Illustrated Will Bennett discography

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Will Bennett
b. about 1877 in Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia
d. after 1930, poss. Roane County, Tennessee
discography

#	year of release	title / label / notes
*10 inch 78 rpm* Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records, but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
1	1929	Will Bennett - Railroad Bill (K-127- ) # @ youtube @ Spotify - Real Estate Blues (K-128- ) @ Spotify rec. August 28, 1929 at WNOX Studios, St. James Hotel, Knoxville, TN; Will Bennett, voc, prob. own g Vocalion 1464 # = Brunswick 80089 (in album B1024) in error for "The Derby Ram" by Bascom Lamar Lunsford
1a	1947	Listen To Our Story A Panorama of American Ballads (on spine: ... of American Folk Balladry) Buell Kazee - Lady Gay [80089 A] Bascom Lamar Lunsford - The Derby Ram [80089 B] [on some copies (in error) "Railroad Bill" by Will Bennett] ¹⁾ Dick Reinhart - The Girl I Left Behind Me [80090 A] Doc Boggs - Pretty Polly [80090 B] Uncle Dave Macon - The Death Of John Henry [80091 A] - Rock About, My Saro Jane [80091 B] Reverend Edward Clayburn - True Religion [80092 A = Vocalion 1121 "Then We'll Need That True Religion"] Furry Lewis - Stackerlee [80092 B = Vocalion 1132 "Billy Lyons and Stack O'Lee"] compiled by Alan Lomax with the support of Decca's Dave Kapp ¹⁾ Tony Russell: "Some copies of Brunswick 80089 erroneously replace matrix AL-127 with matrix K-127, Railroad Bill by Will Bennett (see B&GR), though preserving the Lunsford label." Brunswick 80089 - 80091 Billboard October 17, 1950 set of four 10 inch 78 rpm Brunswick album B-1024 (American Folk Music series) (US 1947) including: Brunswick 80092 10 inch LP = Brunswick BL-59001 (US 10/1950)
*LP / CD compilations*
2	1968	The East Coast States (1927-1940) Georgia - Carolinas - Virginia Peg Leg Howell - Ball And Chain Blues - Away From Home Kokomo Arnold - A Salty Dog Lonnie Coleman - Wild About My Loving Sylvester Weaver & Walter Beasley - St. Louis Blues - Bottleneck Blues Will Bennett - Railroad Bill Buddy Moss - Gravy Server Andrew & Jim Baxter - Bamalong Blues Lil McClintock - Don't Think I'm Santa Claus Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - Gonna Tip Out Tonight Blind Boy Fuller - Crooked Woman Blues - Somebody's Been Talkin' Luke Jordan - My Gal's Done Quit Me William Moore - Ragtime Crazy Roots RL 318 (Austria 1968) Roots Records discography
3	1969	Let's Go Riding Guitar Rags! Blues! Hokum! All The Good-Time Music From The Good Old Days! 14 rare numbers for easy listening: 1924-1936 Mr. Freddie - Let's Go Riding Willie Walker - South Carolina Rag Will Bennett - Railroad Bill Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - Gonna Tip Out Tonight Bill Moore - Ragtime Crazy Walter Hawkins - A Rag Blues Sylvester Weaver - I'm Busy and You Can't Come In Hambone Willie Newbern - Way Down In Arkansas Ellis Williams - Buttermilk Blues Bo Carter - Sue Cow Carl Martin - Morning, Judge Peg Leg Howell and His Gang - Peg Leg Stomp Blind Blake - Southern Rag Gitfiddle Jim - Paddlin Madeline Blues notes by Bill Givens and David Evans Origin Jazz Library OJL 18 (US 1969) OJL Records discography
4	1970	Country Blues Obscurities Vol. 1 (1926 - 1936) Williams & Versey Smith - When That Great Ship Went Down 'Big Boy' George Owens - The Coon Crap Game Smith And Harper - Poor Girl - Insurance Policy Blues Big Boy Cleveland - Quill Blues John D. Fox & Sam Collins - The Moanin' Blues Johnnie Head - Fare Thee Blues - pts. 1 & 2 "Bill" Wilber with Willie Lofton - Greyhound Blues Alfred Lewis - Friday Moan Blues Walter Rhodes - Leaving Home Blues Will Bennett - Real Estate Blues Whistlin' Rufus - (Who's Gonna Do Your) Sweet Jelly Rollin' Archie Lewis - Miss Handy Hanks Shreveport Home Wreckers with Ed Schaffer & Oscar Woods - Fence Breakin' Blues Roots RL-334 Roots Records discography
5	1984	Songsters & Saints Vocal Traditions on Race Records Vol. 1 LP 1: Dances And Traveling Shows Peg Leg Howell and Eddie Anthony - Turkey Buzzard Blues Pink Anderson and Simmie Dooley - Gonna Tip Out Tonight "Beans" Hambone - El Morrow - Beans Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band - Under The Chicken Tree Alec Johnson - Mysterious Coon "Big Boy" George Owens - The Coon Crap Game Memphis Sheiks - He's In The Jailhouse Now Charley Patton - Elder Greene Blues Hambone Willie Newbern - Way Down In Arkansas Comment, Parodies And Ballad Heroes Lil McClintock - Furniture Man Julius Daniels - Can't Put The Bridle On That Mule This Morning Hezekiah Jenkins - The Panic Is On Bogus Ben Covington - I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop Johnson - Nelson - Porkchop - G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again Bo Chatman - Good Old Turnip Greens Two Poor Boys - John Henry Blues Will Bennett - Railroad Bill Kid Coley - Clair And Pearley Blues LP 2: Baptists And Sanctified Preachers Rev. Jim Beale - The Hand Of The Lord Was Upon Me Rev. A.W. Nix - After The Ball Is Over Rev. Isaiah Shelton - As The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest Rev. J.M. Milton - Silk Worms And Boll Weevils Rev. H.M. Massey - Old Time Baptism - part 2 Rev. J.T. Burch - Baptised By Water, and Baptism By The Holy Ghost Rev. E.S (Shy) Moore - The Solemn Warning Elder Curry - Prove All Things Rev. Leora Ross - God's Mercy To Colonel Lindbergh Gospel Soloists And Evangelists Missionary Josephine Miles and Sister Elizabeth Cooper - You Have Lost Jesus Mother McCollum - When I Take My Vacation In Heaven Eddie Head and his Family - Down On Me Washington Phillips - I Am Born To Preach The Gospel Blind Roosevelt Graves and Brother - Telephone To Glory The Guitar Evangelist - Death Is Only A Dream Blind Willie Davis - Your Enemy Cannot Harm You Blind Nesbit - Pure Religion William and Versey Smith - When That Great Ship Went Down prod. by Gef Lucena DLP notes by Paul Oliver Matchbox MSEX 2001/2002 (UK 1984) This set is issued to complement the book "Songsters & Saints: Vocal Traditions On Race Records" by Paul Oliver, Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 1984 Matchbox Records discography
6	1987	Luke Jordan - Church Bell Blues - Church Bell Blues - Pick Poor Robin Clean - Pick Poor Robin Clean - Cocaine Blues - Traveling Coon - My Gal's Done Quit Me - Won't You Be Kind? Eli Framer - God Didn't Make Me No Monkey Man Eli Framer - Framer's Blues Will Bennett - Railroad Bill - Real Estate Blues Lonnie McIntorsh - Sleep On, Mother Sleep On - The Lion And The Tribes Of Judah - Arise And Shine - How Much I Owe Blind Willie Harris - Does Jesus Care? - Where He Leads Me I Will Follow RST Blues Documents BD-2007
7	199?	Sinners and Saints (1926-1931) T C I Section Crew - Track Linin - Section Gang Song Freeman Stowers - Railroad Blues - Texas Wild Cat Chase - Medley Of Blues (All Out And Down: Old Time Blues: Hog In The Mountain) - Sunrise On The Farm 'Beans' Hambone - El Morrow - Beans - Tippin' Out 'Big Boy' George Owens - Kentucky Blues - The Coon Crap Game Will Bennett - Railroad Bill - Real Estate Blues Lonnie Coleman - Old Rock Island Line - Wild About My Loving Nugrape Twins - I Got Your Ice Cold - There's A City Built Of Mansions - The Road Is Rough And Rocky - Pray Children If You Wan't To Go To Heaven - Nugrape - A Flavor You Can't Forget - Can't You Watch Me For One Hour Blind Roger Hays - On My Way To Heaven - I Must Be Blind, I Cannot See Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - Every Day In The Week Blues - C.C. & O. Blues - Papa's 'Bout To Get Mad - Gonna Tip Out Tonight Document DOCD 5106
8	2000	The Roots of Taj Mahal - Milk Cow Blues - Sleepy John Estes - Come on in My Kitchen - Robert Johnson - Sugar Mama - Sonny Boy Williamson - Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell - John the Revelator - Blind Willie Johnson - Linin' Track - Leadbelly - Corinna Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Everybody Ought to Make a Change - Sleepy John Estes - Stack O'Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt - Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson - Sophisticated Mama - Washboard Sam - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Sonny Boy Williamson - Fishing Blues - Henry Thomas - Keep Your Hands Off Her - Leadbelly - You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond - Blind Willie Johnson - Railroad Bill - Will Bennett - Divin' Duck Blues - Sleepy John Estes - Dust My Broom - Robert Johnson - Motherless Child - Barbecue Bob - Sittin' on Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks - Walkin' Blues - Son House - Frankie and Albert - Mississippi John Hurt - Piccolo Rag - Blind Boy Fuller Catfish KATCD 141 Catfish Records (UK) discography
9	2000	The Early Blues Roots of Bob Dylan Under The Influence Vol. 4 - Ragged and Dirty - Sleepy John Estes - Blood In My Eyes - Mississippi Sheiks - Broke Down Engine - Blind Willie McTell - Stack-o-Lee - Mississippi John Hurt - Will The Circle Be Unbroken -Rev. J. C. Burnett - Frankie And Albert - Mississippi John Hurt - Sittin' On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks - Step It Up And Go - Blind Boy Fuller - It Hurts Me Too - Tampa Red - Corrina Corrina - Bo Carter - Honey Allow Me One More Chance - Texas Henry Thomas - Fixin' To Die - Bukka White - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Railroad Bill - Will Bennett - Motherless Children - Blind Willie Johnson - Grasshoppers In My Pillow - Leadbelly - Poor Lazarus - Josh White - Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Candy Man - Mississippi John Hurt - Po' Boy - Bukka White - Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed - Blind Willie Johnson Catfish KATCD 168 Catfish Records (UK) discography
10	2007	People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938 disc 1: - Titanic Blues - Hi Henry Brown (3:14) - Wreck of the Old '97 - The Skillet Lickers (2:54) - Bill Wilson - Birmingham Jug Band (3:21) - The Crash of the Akron - Bobby Miller (3:31) - The Fate of Talmadge Osborne - Ernest V. Stoneman (3:06) - El Mole Rachmim (Für Titanik) - Josef Rosenblatt (3:31) - The Wreck of the Virginian - Blind Alfred Reed (2:59) - Fate of Will Rogers & Wiley Post - Bill Cox (3:17) - Down with the Old Canoe - Dixon Brothers (2:52) - Wreck of Number 52 - Cliff Carlisle (3:16) - Kassie Jones, Pt. 1 - Furry Lewis (3:07) - Kassie Jones, Pt. 2 - Furry Lewis (3:04) - The Brave Engineer - Carver Boys (3:16) - The Sinking of the Titanic - Richard Rabbit Brown (3:48) - Fate of Chris Lively and Wife - Blind Alfred Reed (3:25) - Wreck on the Mountain Road - Paul Miles and The Red Fox Chasers (2:37) - The Unfortunate Brakeman - Kentucky Ramblers (2:26) - Altoona Freight Wreck - Riley Puckett (2:37) - The Fatal Wreck of the Bus - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers (2:48) - Last Scene of the Titanic - Frank Hutchison (3:29) - Casey Jones - The Skillet Lickers (2:48) - The Wreck of the Westbound Airliner - Fred Pendleton (2:58) - The Titanic - Ernest V. Stoneman (3:14) - When That Great Ship Went Down - William & Versey Smith (2:57) disc 2: - The Story of the Mighty Mississippi - Ernest V. Stoneman (3:07) - Mississippi Heavy Water Blues - Robert Hicks (3:04) - Dixie Boll Weevil - Fiddlin' John Carson (2:59) - Mississippi Boweavil - Charley Patton (3:06) - Ohio Prison Fire - Bobby Miller (3:27) - Memphis Flu - Elder Curry (3:03) - Explosion in the Fairmount Mine - Blind Alfred Reed (3:21) - Storm That Struck Miami - Fiddlin' John Carson (3:02) - When the Levee Breaks - Joe McCoy (3:13) - Alabama Flood - Andrew Jenkins (3:18) - Burning of the Cleveland School - J.H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies (3:02) - High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1 - Charley Patton (3:07) - High Water Everywhere, Pt. 2 - Charley Patton (3:06) - Ryecove Cyclone - Asa Martin & James Roberts (3:03) - McBeth Mine Explosion - Andy & Flip Cap (2:52) - Dry Well Blues - Charley Patton (3:20) - Baltimore Fire - Charlie Poole (3:12) - Tennessee Tornado - Uncle Dave Macon (3:14) - Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 2 - Son House (3:14) - The Santa Barbara Earthquake - Green Bailey (2:57) - The Death of Floyd Collins - Vernon Dalhert (3:29) - The Porto Rico Storm - Carson Trio Robison (2:33) - Boll Weavil - Alvin Condor (2:59) - The Flood of 1927 - Elders McIntorsh and Edwards (3:14) disc 3: - Peddler and His Wife - The Appalachia Vagabond (Hayes Shepherd) (3:24) - The Little Grave in Georgia - Earl Johnson (3:07) - Kenny Wagner's Surrender - Ernest V. Stoneman (2:23) - Henry Clay Beattie - Kelly Harrell (3:09) - The Murder of the Lawson Family - Carolina Buddies (3:27) - Naomi Wise - Clarence Ashley (2:53) - Railroad Bill - Will Bennett (2:59) - Frankie - Dykes Magic City Trio (3:02) - Trial of Richard Bruno Hauptmann, Pt. 1 - Bill Cox (3:00) - Trial of Richard Bruno Hauptmann, Pt. 2 - Bill Cox (3:04) - Lanse des Belaires - Dennis McGee & Ernest Fruge (2:50) - Darling Cora - B.F. Shelton (3:53) - Billy Lyons and Stack O' Lee - Furry Lewis (2:37) - Tom Dooley - Grayson & Whitter (3:10) - The Story of Freda Bolt - Floyd County Ramblers (3:37) - Pretty Polly - John Hammond Jr. (3:11) - Fingerprints Upon the Windowpane - Bobby Miller (3:00) - The Bluefield Murder - Roy Harvey (3:08) - Frankie Silvers - Ashley And Foster (3:05) - Fate of Rhoda Sweeten - Wilmer Watts (3:11) - Dupree Blues - Willie Walker (3:29) - Poor Ellen Smith - Dykes Magic City Trio (3:12) 3 CD set notes by Henry Sapoznik & Tom Waits (introduction) Tompkins Square 1875
11	2007	Black Heroes - From Stagger Lee to Joe Louis disc 1: Part I - Bad Men, Tricksters & Good Men Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O'Lee Blues Willie Walker - Dupree Blues Leadbelly - John Hardy Leadbelly - Duncan And Brady Archibald - Stack-A-Lee - Parts 1 & 2 Papa Charlie Jackson - Long Gone Lost John Barbecue Bob - Monkey And The Baboon Will Bennett - Railroad Bill Big Bill Broonzy - Blues In 1890 (Joe Turner Blues) Jazz Gillum And His Jazz Boys - Just Like Jesse James Benny Carter And His All Star Orchestra - Joe Turner Blues disc 1: Part II - Engines, Sports & The Media Big Bill Broonzy - John Henry The Two Poor Boys - John Henry Blues Furry Lewis - Kasie Jones Jesse James - Southern Casey Jones Leadbelly - The Titanic Joe Pullum - Joe Louis Is The Man Memphis Minnie - He's In The Ring (Doing That Same Old Thing) Alberta Hunter - He's Got A Punch Like Joe Louis Brownie McGhee - Robbie-Doby Boogie Memphis Minnie - Sylvester And His Mule Blues Rev. J. M. Gates & His Congregation - President Roosevelt Is Everybody's Friend compiled by Jean-Paul Levet 2 CD set Saga 530 193-4 (Sagablues 42)
12	2007	The Early Blues Roots of Bob Dylan Sleepy John Estes - Broken Hearted, Ragged & Dirty Too Mississippi Sheiks - I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You Blind Willie McTell - Broke Down Engine Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O'Lee Blues Rev. J.C. Burnett - Will The Circle Be Unbroken? Mississippi John Hurt - Frankie (and Albert) Mississippi Sheiks - Sittin' On Top Of The World Blind Boy Fuller - Step It Up And Go Bo Carter - Corrina Corrina Henry Thomas - Honey Won't You Allow Me One More Chance Bukka White - Fixin' To Die Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Will Bennett - Railroad Bill Blind Willie Johnson - Motherless Children Leadbelly - Grasshoppers In My Pillow Booker T. Sapps - Po' Lazarus Blind Lemon Jefferson - Matchbox Blues Mississippi John Hurt - Candyman Blues Bukka White - Po' Boy Blind Willie Johnson - Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed Complete Blues SBLUECD043
13	5/2012	Lonesome Whistle - An Anthology Of American Railroad Song disc 1: Big Railroad Blues Kelly Harrell - The Wreck On The Southern Old 97 Roy Harvey - The Brave Engineer Blind Joe Taggart - I Wish My Mother Was On That Train Ollie Rupert - I Raised My Window And Looked At The Risin' Sun Sam Collins - Yellow Dog Blues Willamson Bros & Curry - Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand Blind Joe Amos (Blind Joe Taggart) - C & O Blues Roy Harvey - The Wreck Of The Virginian No. 3 Tenneva Ramblers - The Longest Train I Ever Saw Andrew & Jim Baxter - K. C. Railroad Blues Ed Bell - Mean Conductor Blues Ed Bell - Frisco Whistle Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson - Rambler Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson - Sunshine Special Henry Whitter & G.B. Grayson - Train 45 Burnett & Rutherford - Ramblin' Reckless Hobo Allen Brothers - Chattanooga Blues "Billiken" Johnson, Fred Adams - Sun Beam Blues Cannon's Jug Stompers - Big Railroad Blues Tenneva Ramblers - If I Die A Railroad Man Pink Anderson, Simmie Dooley - C. C. & O. Blues G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter - The Red And Green Signal Lights Sloppy Henry - Royal Palm Special Blues Furry Lewis - Kassie Jones - Part 1 Frank Hutchison - Hell Bound Train disc 2: Travellin' Blues Nelstone's Hawaiians - North-Bound Train Jimmie Rodgers - Waiting For A Train Frenchy's String Band - Texas And Pacific Blues Mississippi John Hurt - Spike Driver Blues The Carter Family - Engine One-Forty-Three Carolina Tar Heels - The Train's Done Left Me Lonnie Coleman - Old Rock Island Blues Darby & Tarlton - The New York Hobo E.E. Hack String Band - Western Kentucky Limited Eddie Mapp And His Harmonica - Riding The Blinds Buell Kazee - The Hobo's Last Ride Charley Patton - Pea Vine Blues Frank Hutchison - Cannonball Blues Jimmie Rodgers - Train Whistle Blues Will Bennett - Railroad Bill Furry Lewis - John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) - Part 1 Robert Wilkins - Long Train Blues Memphis Jug Band - K. C. Moan Darby & Tarlton - Freight Train Ramble Darby & Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line Blind Sammie (Blind Willie McTell) - Travelin' Blues Carter Family - Wabash Cannonball Washington White (Bukka White) - The New 'Frisco Train Willie Brown - M & O Blues Walter Davis - M & O Blues disc 3: Blow Yo' Whistle Freight Train Alabama Sheiks - Travelin' Railroad Man Blues Lullaby Larkers (Cliff Carlisle) - True And Trembling Brakeman Walter Davis - Railroad Man Blues King Solomon Hill - The Gone Dead Train Big Bill (Big Bill Broonzy) - Too-Too Train Blues Blind Willie (Blind Willie McTell) - B And O Blues No. 2 Sam McGee - Railroad Blues Memphis Minnie - Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down Dirty Thing) Delmore Brothers, The - Blow Yo' Whistle, Freight Train Bumble Bee Slim - B And O Line Blues Dallas Jamboree Jug Band - Flying Crow Blues Meade "Lux" Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Monroe Brothers - New River Train Bill Carlisle - The Heavenly Train Crowder Brothers - Depot Blues Monroe Brothers - My Saviour's Train Little Brother Montgomery - A. & V. Railroad Blues Black Ivory King - The Flying Crow Blind Norris - The Katy Blues Wade Mainer - Train Carry My Girl Back Home Robert Johnson - Love In Vain Wade Mainer, Zeke Morris, Steve Ledford - Riding On That Train Forty-Five Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet - Golden Gate Gospel Train Roosevelt Antrim - Station Boy Blues Shelly Lee Alley - Train Whistle Blues disc 4: The Train Kept A' Rollin' Sleepy John Estes - Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues) Cripple Clarence Lofton - Streamline Train Smith Casey - Santa Fe Blues Rouse Brothers - Orange Blossom Special Bukka White - Special Stream Line Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) - The Midnight Special Leadbelly, Golden Gate Quartet, The - Rock Island Line Byron Parker & His Mountaineers - C. & N. W. Railroad Karl & Harty - Gospel Cannon Ball Yank Rachell - Hobo Blues Arthur Crudup - Mean Old Frisco Blues Leadbelly - Lining Track (Line 'Em) Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee - Lonesome Train Sonny Boy Williamson - G. M. & O. Blues Hank Williams - Pan American Woody Guthrie - Hard Travelin' Muddy Waters - Train Fare Home T-Bone Walker - Railroad Station Blues Reverend Robert Ballinger - This Train Elvis Presley - Mystery Train Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin' Chuck Berry - Down Bound Train Johnny Burnette & The Rock'N'Roll Trio - Train Kept A Rollin' Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow compiled by Russel Beecher 4 CD set Proper PROPERBOX 168
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, p. 53
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 49
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 128
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Tony Russell and Cary Ginell for additional info / scans