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B I L L Y   B I Z O R with his cousin Lightnin' Hopkins at ACA Studios Houston 1968; source: Block 71 (1989), p. 31 ('courtesy Roy C Ames - Home Cooking Records'); click to enlarge!
Billy Bizor with his cousin Lightnin' Hopkins at ACA Studios Houston 1968
source: Block 71 (1989), p. 31 ("courtesy Roy C Ames   Home Cooking Records")

Mance Lipscomb, Lightnin' Hopkins and Billy Bizor
source: "The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins"
(1967 film by Les Blank with Skip Gerson)

 

Billy Bizor
b. September 3, 1913 near Middleton, Leon County, Texas
d. April 5, 1969 at Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston, Harris County, Texas
buried at Gosto Prairie Cemetery in Centerville, Leon County, Texas

discography

Front cover of Home Cooking HCS 111
Front cover of Home Cooking HCS 111

   

- Your Last Chance Baby
- Rhythm Jump
- Huckle Buck
- That's Alright
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Tom Moore's Farm
- Jump
- Lightning's Jump
- Chauffeur Blues
- Blues
- Close The Books
- Billy Jumps One
- Can't Be Satisfied
- Mama Blues
- Crazy About You Baby

rec. July 18, 1961 in Houston, TX by Chris Strachwitz; Billy Bizor, voc, hca; Lightnin' Hopkins, g; Spider Kilpatrick, dr; Cleveland Chenier, wb

Arhoolie unissued

11962Lightnin' Hopkins: Walkin' This Road By Myself

- Walkin' This Road By Myself #
- Black Gal
- How Many More Years...
- Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes
- Worried Life Blues
- Happy Blues For John Glenn
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

- Devil Jumped The Black Man #
- Coffee Blues
- Black Cadillac


rec. February 17, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; # Billy Bizor, hca; Spider Kilpatrick, dr


Bluesville BVLP 1057

= Ace CH 256 (1988)


= Ace CH 409
(along with BVLP 1061
and BVLP 1070)
"How Many More Years I Got"
= Fantasy FCD-24725-2


= Ace CD CHD 930
(along with BVLP 1045)

= Prestige/Bluesville 4406
The Complete Prestige/
Bluesville Recordings

7 CD set

21963Lightnin' Hopkins: Lightnin' & co.

- Sinner's Prayer
- Angel Child

- The Fox Chase #
- I Got A Leak In This Old Building
- You Is One Black Rat

- My Baby Don't Stand No Cheating
- Pneumonia

- Mama Blues #
- Mojo Hand
- Have You Ever Been Mistreated


rec. February 17, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; # Billy Bizor, hca; Spider Kilpatrick, dr


Bluesville BVLP 1061


= Ace CH 409
(along with BVLP 1057
and BVLP 1070)
"How Many More Years I Got"
= Fantasy FCD-24725-2

= Prestige/Bluesville 4406
The Complete Prestige/
Bluesville Recordings

7 CD set

31963Lightnin' Hopkins: Smokes Like Lightning

- T Model Blues
- Jackstropper Blues
- You Cook All Right, My Black Name
- You Never Miss Your Water

- Let's Do the Susie-Q

- Ida Mae #
- Smokes Like Lightning
- Prison Farm Blues *


# rec. February 17, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Billy Bizor, hca; Spider Kilpatrick, dr

* rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr

notes by Mack McCormick
click to read notes !
Bluesville 1070


= OBCCD-551-2


= Ace CH 409
(along with BVLP 1057
and BVLP 1061)" How
Many More Years I Got
"

= Fantasy FCD-24725-2

= Prestige/Bluesville 4406
The Complete Prestige/
Bluesville Recordings

7 CD set

41968Texas Blues Volume 2

Manny Nichols
- Long Skinny Mama
Mance Lipscomb
- You Don't Mean Me No Good
Black Ace
- Beer Drinking Woman
Rattlesnake Cooper
- I'm Leaving Town
Mercy Dee
- Ebony Baby
Isam Hisam & Lightnin' Hopkins
- I'm Feeling Bad
Manny Nichols
- Walking Talking Blues


Billy Bizor
- Tom Moore #
Alex Moore
- Chock House Boogie
Smokey Hogg
- Hello Baby
Robert Shaw
- The Fives
Lightning Hopkins
- Hurricanes Carla & Esther
Mercy Dee
- 8th Wonder Of The World


# rec. December 8, 1967 in Houston, TX by Chris Strachwitz; Billy Bizor, voc, hca

notes by Paul Oliver

Arhoolie F 1017

Arhoolie Records discography

51968Lightnin / Lightning Hopkins: Free Form Patterns

- Mr. Charlie (IA-2038) \\
- Give Me Time to Think
- Fox Chase # *
- Mr. Ditta's Grocery Store
- Open Up Your Door //

- Baby Child # []
- Cooking's Done
- Got Her Letter This Morning
- Rain Falling
- Mini Skirt //

\\ rec. February 1, 1968 at International Artist Studios in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; prod. by Lelan Rogers

rec. February 1, 1968 at International Artist Studios in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Billy Bizor, hca, // p; [] p; * [] g; Duke Davis, b; Danny Thomas, dr (13th Floor Elevators' rhythm section); prod. by Lelan Rogers

# rec. February 1, 1968 at International Artist Studios in Houston, TX; Billy Bizor, voc, hca; [] p; * Lightnin' Hopkins, g; [] g; Duke Davis, b; Danny Thomas, dr (13th Floor Elevators' rhythm section); prod. by Lelan Rogers

notes by Lelan Rogers

International Artists IALP 6

notes by Alan Balfour

= Charly CD 294 (UK 1991)


= Collectables COLCD
0554 (1993)

notes by Bill Dahl

= Get Back GET 7501
(It 2002 180 gram vinyl)

61968LIGHTNIN HOPKINS

- Mr. Charlie (IA-2038)
- Baby Child (IA-2039) #

# rec. February 1, 1968 in Houston, TX; Billy Bizor, voc, hca; [] p; * Lightnin' Hopkins, g; [] g; Duke Davis, b; Danny Thomas, dr (13th Floor Elevators' rhythm section); prod. by Lelan Rogers


International Artists 127

71968Lightnin' Hopkins: Talkin' Some Sense

Jewel LP/LPS 5001 track sequence:
- Long Way From Home #
- Lightnin' Strikes One More Time (instr) #
- Uncle Stan, The Hip Hit Record Man (instr) #
- You're Gonna Miss Me #
- The Purple Puppy (instr) #
- Walking Blues #

- Vietnam War (Pts. 1 & 2) #   @ youtube
- I'm Tired Of Trouble #
- Talkin' Some Sense #
- My Suggestion #
- Lonesome Lightnin' (instr) #

Charly CRB 1147 track sequence:
- Fishing Clothes
- Wig Wearing Woman

- Vietnam War Pts. 1 & 2 #
- Play With Your Poodle
- Back Door Friend
- Gamblers Blues
- Move On Out Pt. 1

- Breakfast Time
- Mr. Charlie Pts.1 & 2

- Long Way From Home #
- Move On Out Pt.2
- Moaning Blues
- Found My Baby Crying
- Ride In Your Automobile


Westside WESD 228 track sequence:
disc 1:

- Wig Wearing Woman
- Move On Out Part 1 (inst)
- Move On Out Part 2 (inst)
- Back Door Friend
- Fishing Clothes (Unedited Version)
- Gamblers Blues
- Moaning Blues A.K.A. Morning Blues
- Found My Baby Crying
- My Money Is What You Want
- Race Track (inst)

- Long Way From Home #
- I'm Tired Of Trouble #
- Vietnam War Parts 1 & 2 #
- Lightnin' Strikes One More Time (inst) #
- Walkin' Blues #
- Talkin' Some Sense #
- Lonesome Lightnin' #
- My Suggestion #
- Uncle Stan The Hip Hit Record Man (inst) #
- You're Gonna Miss Me #
- The Purple Puppy (inst) #

disc 2:
- Walk Me
- Little School Girl
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle
- Katie Mae
- Little Boy Blue
- Pneumonia Blues
- Sail On Little Girl
- West Texas Blues
- A Death In The Family
- Huntin' In The Morning
- Letter To My Back Door Friend
- Love Me This Morning
- Ride Your New Automobile
- Breakfast Time
- You're Too Fast
- Daddy Was A Preacher
- I Hate I Got Married
- I'm Coming Home
- Jail House Blues
- Lovin' Arms
- Rock Me Mama
- Mr. Charlie Parts 1 & 2


Westside WESD 228 compiled by Tony Rounce

# rec. January 17, 1968 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins. voc, g; Billy Bizor, hca; Elmore Nixon, p; Lawrence Evans, b; dr


Jewel LP/LPS 5001

notes by Alan Balfour

(=) Charly CRB 1147 (UK 1987) "Move On Out"

2 CD set
notes by Colin Escott

(=) Westside WESD 228 (UK 2001) "Fishing Clothes:
The Jewel Recordings
1965-69"

8197?Lightnin' Hopkins

- The Fox Chase #
- Mojo Hand

rec. February 17, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; # Billy Bizor, voc, hca; Spider Kilpatrick, dr


Prestige 45-343

9197?Lightnin' Hopkins

- Mama Blues #
- Pneumonia Blues *

# rec. February 17, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Billy Bizor, voc, hca; Spider Kilpatrick, dr

* rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr


Prestige 45-452

101970Soul ... in the Beginning

- December 7, 1941 - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Mojo Hand - Lightnin' Hopkins

- Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night - Billy Biser [sic] #
- Down And Out - Calvin Johnson & Johnny Winter

- Lien On Your Body (Mortgage On Your Soul) - Calvin Johnson & Johnny Winter
- Trouble In Mind - Clifton Chenier
- Be My Chauffer - Clifton Chenier
- Please Come Back To Me - T- Bone Walker
- Treat Your Daddy Well - T-Bone Walker


# rec. March 1, 1969 in Houston, TX; Billy Bizor, voc, hca; Clarence Hollimon, Ely Petty, g; Linda Waring, dr; prod. by Roy C. Ames


Avco-Embassy AVE 33006 (US 1970)



= Avco Embassy 6467 251 (UK 1970)

Amherst AMH-94407 (US 1991)

111980Epitaph For A Legend: International Artists Story

The Chaynes - Night Time
The Patterns - In My Own Time
The Chaparrals - I Tried So Hard
Thursday's Children - A Part Of You
The Electric Rubayyat, The* - If I Was A Carpenter
Sonny Hall - Poor Planet Earth
Inner Scene - Communication Breakdown

Red Krayola - Hurricane Fighter Plane
Red Krayola - Pink Stainless Tail
Red Krayola - Nickle Niceness
Red Krayola - Vile, Vile Grass
Red Krayola - Transparent Radiation
The Emperors - I Want My Woman
Lost & Found* - 25 M.P.H.


Big Walter - Breakfast In Bed
Dave Allen - C.C. Rider
Dave Allen - Saturday A.M. Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Conversation With Lightnin' Hopkin
s
Lightnin' Hopkins - Black Ghost #

Roky Erickson - Excerpts Inter. With Roky, KSAN 4/1/78
Spades - You're Gonna Miss Me
Spades - We Sell Soul
Roky / C. Hall - Splash 1
Roky / C. Hall - Right Track Now
13th Floor Elevators - Wait For May Love
13th Floor Elevators - 60 Radio Spot / Bull Of The Woods
13th Floor Elevators - Fire Engine


compiled by Lelan Roger; album design by Ian Gardiners

# rec. February 1, 1968 at International Artist Studios in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Billy Bizor, hca; Duke Davis, b; Danny Thomas, dr (13th Floor Elevators' rhythm section); prod. by Lelan Rogers

DLP

International Artists IALP 13

= Decal LIKD 52 (UK 1989)

= Collectables COL-CD-8813 (US 1993)

= Sunspots SOT 537 (It 2003)

= International Artists SNAX620CD (US 2010)

121989Billy Bizor: Blowing My Blues Away

- Take It Easy Baby
- Screwdriver #   @ youtube
- Vietnam War []
- When I'm Dead   @ youtube
- T-Model Ford

- You Promised Me #
- I'll Never Do Right Again #
- She Stays Drunk All The Time #
- You Just Got To Miss Me []
- I'll Miss You So #
- Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night # [Avco-Embassy AVE 33006]



unissued track:
- Let's Pitch One (instr)

rec. March 1, 1969 in Houston, TX; Billy Bizor, voc, hca; Clarence Hollimon, # Ely Petty, g; # Linda Waring, dr; prod. by Roy C. Ames

[] rec. April 15, 1968 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Billy Bizor, hca; Elmore Nixon, p; Duke Davis, g; Harold Chevalier, b; Ben Turner, dr; prod. by Roy C. Ames

notes by Roy Ames

Home Cooking HCS 111

notes by Roy Ames

= Collectables COL-CD-5225 (US 1990)

131991The Lost Blues Masters   Volume 1

- December 7, 1941 - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Mojo Hand - Lightnin' Hopkins

- Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night - Billy Biser # [Avco-Embassy AVE 33006]
- Shake That Thing - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Lien On Your Body (Mortgage On Your Soul) - Calvin 'Loudmouth' Johnson & Johnny Winter
- Please Come Back To Me - T-Bone Walker
- Treat Your Daddy Well - T-Bone Walker
- Trouble In Mind - Clifton Chenier
- Be My Chauffeur - Clifton Chenier
- Down And Out - Calvin 'Loudmouth' Johnson & Johnny Winter

- You Promised Me - Billy Biser # [Home Cooking HCS 111]

# rec. March 1, 1969 in Houston, TX; Billy Bizor, voc, hca; Clarence Hollimon, Ely Petty, g; Linda Waring, dr; prod. by Roy C. Ames


Amherst AMH-94407


= Amherst / Polystar PSCW-1128 (Jp 1991)

141991Lightnin' Hopkins: The Complete Prestige/Bluesville Recordings

disc 1: - Rocky Mountain
- Got To Move Your Baby
- So Sorry To Leave You
- Take A Trip With Me
- Last Night Blues
- Lightnin's Stroke
- Hard To Love A Woman
- Conversation Blues
- Automobile Blues
- You Better Watch Yourself
- Mean Old Frisco
- Shinin' Moon
- Come Back Baby
- Thinkin' 'bout An Old Friend
- The Walkin' Blues
- Back To New Orleans
- Katie Mae
- Down There Baby


disc 2:
- Black Gal
- Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes
- Good Morning Little School Girl
- Coffee Blues
- Buddy Brown's Blues (98 Degree Blues)
- Wine Spodee-O-Dee
- Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
- DC-7
- Death Bells
- Goin' To Dallas To See My Pony Run
- Jailhouse Blues
- Blues In The Bottle
- Beans, Beans, Beans
- Catfish Blues
- My Grandpa Is Old Too!
- T Model Blues
- Jackstropper Blues
- You Cook All Right
- You Never Miss Your Water
- Let's Do The Suzie Q
- Smokes Like Lightning


disc 3:
- How Many More Years I Got To Let You Dog Me Around
- Black Cadillac

- Walkin' This Road By Myself #
- The Devil Jumped The Black Man #
- My Baby Don't Stand No Cheating
- You Is One Black Rat

- The Fox Chase # []
- Mojo Hand
- Mama Blues # []
- My Black Name
- Ida Mae #
- Prison Farm Blues
- Worried Life Blues
- Happy Blues For John Glenn
- Sinner's Prayer
- Angel Child
- I Got A Leak In This Old Building
- Pneumonia Blues
- Have You Ever Been Mistreated


disc 4:
- Blues Is A Feeling
- Me And Ray Charles
- In The Evening
- Ain't It Crazy
- Last Night I Lost The Best Friend I Ever Had
- Everything
- I Work Down On The Chain Gang
- Meet Me In The Bottom
- Business You're Doin'
- Wake Up Old Lady
- Stranger Here
- Don't Embarrass Me, Baby
- Little Sister's Boogie
- Goin' Away
- You Better Stop Her
- I'm Wit' It
- Let's Go Sit On The Lawn
- I Woke Up This Morning


disc 5:
- Baby, Please Don't Go - (previously unissued)
- My Black Cadillac - (previously unissued)
- It's Crazy - (previously unissued)
- Mojo Hand - (previously unissued)
- My Babe - (previously unissued)
- Short Haired Woman - (previously unissued)
- Mean Old Frisco - (previously unissued)
- Trouble In Mind - (previously unissued)
- Twister, The - (previously unissued)
- Green Onion - (previously unissued)
- Sun Goin' Down - (previously unissued)
- Come Go Home With Me - (previously unissued)
- I'm A Stranger - (previously unissued)
- I Got Tired
- I Like To Boogie
- I Asked The Bossman
- I'm Taking A Devil Of A Chance
- Just A Wristwatch On My Arm


disc 6:
- I Was Standing On 75 Highway
- Get It Straight
- I'm Going To Build Me A Heaven Of My Own
- My Babe
- Too Many Drivers
- I'm A Crawling Black Snake
- Rocky Mountain Blues
- I Mean Goodbye
- The Howling Wolf
- Black Ghost Blues
- Darling, Do You Remember Me?
- Lonesome Graveyard
- I Don't Want To Do Nothing To You
- You Is One Black Rat
- Got Nowhere To Lay My Head
- Just Boogyin'
- Take Me Back
- I Was Down On Dowling Street


disc 7:
- I Growed Up With The Blues
- My Family
- I Learn About The Blues
- I First Come Into Houston
- I Meet Texas Alexander
- They Was Hard Times
- I Do My First Record And Get My Name
- My Thoughts On The Blues


his complete output for the Prestige and Bluesville labels in the period between 1960 and 1964, including 13 tracks from a previously unreleased 1963 Swarthmore College concert

# with Billy Bizor, hca, [] voc

7 CD set
notes by Samuel Charters

Prestige/Bluesville 7PCD-4406-2 (US 1991)

151991Lightnin' Hopkins & Friends: The Lost Texas Tapes   Vol. 4

- Little Rose # []
- With You On My Mind
- Sam talking to the group #
- Sam and Curley talking #
- Possum Hunt #
- Sam talking and strumming
- Love Me Or Leave Me

- Load The Train #
- Baby Don't Tear My Clothes

rec. 1967 & 1968 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; # "Curley Lee" (Billy Bizor), hca, [] voc; prod. by Aubrey Mayhew


Collectables COL-5206
Collectables COL-CD-5206

Koch KOC-CD 9850

161991Lightnin' Hopkins & Friends: The Lost Texas Tapes   Vol. 5

- Back In Mothers Arms
- John Hardy [actually Leadbelly]
- Goodnight Irene [actually Leadbelly]
- Chicka Choca Shalali ["Irish O'Malley"]
- One Meat Ball [actually Josh White]
- Sorrow To My Heart [actually "Careless Love" by Josh White]
- Blow Out The Candle ["Irish O'Malley"]
- Chicken Minnie


rec. 1967 & 1968 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; "Curley Lee" (Billy Bizor), hca, voc; prod. by Aubrey Mayhew


Collectables COL-5207 (US 1991)
Collectables COL-CD-5207

Koch KOC-CD 9850

171992Sam Lightnin' Hopkins: Lonesome Life

- Rainy Day In Houston
- Lonesome Life [Jewel unissued] #
- You Just Gotta Miss Me
- Pine Gum Boogie (instr) [Jewel unissued] #
- Wake Up The Dead [Jewel unissued] #
- How Does It (instr) [Jewel unissued] #
- Got Her Letter This Morning
- Stinking Foot

- Walking And Walking [Jewel unissued] #
- Good As Old Time Religion
- Born In The Bottoms
- Ballin' The Jack
- The World's In A Tangle
- A Man Like Me Is Hard To Find


# rec. January 17, 1968 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins. voc, g; Billy Bizor, hca; Elmore Nixon, p; Lawrence Evans, b; dr


Collectables COL-CD-5262

notes by Roy Ames

= Magnum/Blue Moon CDBM 093

182001Lightnin' Hopkins: Fishing Clothes
The Jewel Recordings 1965-69

disc 1:
- Wig Wearing Woman
- Move On Out Part 1 (instr)
- Move On Out Part 2 (instr)
- Back Door Friend
- Fishing Clothes (unedited version)
- Gamblers Blues
- Moaning Blues (aka Morning Blues)
- Found My Baby Crying

- My Money Is What You Want [Jewel unissued] #
- Race Track (instr) [Jewel unissued] #
- Long Way From Home [Jewel LP/LPS 5001] #
- I'm Tired Of Trouble [Jewel LP/LPS 5001] #
- Vietnam War Parts 1 & 2 [Jewel LP/LPS 5001] #
- Lightnin' Strikes One More Time (instr) [Jewel LP/LPS 5001] #
- Walkin' Blues [Jewel LP/LPS 5001] #
- Talkin' Some Sense [Jewel LP/LPS 5001] #
- Lonesome Lightnin' (instr) [Jewel LP/LPS 5001] #
- My Suggestion [Jewel LP/LPS 5001] #
- Uncle Stan The Hip Hit Record Man (instr) [Jewel LP/LPS 5001] #
- You're Gonna Miss Me [Jewel LP/LPS 5001] #
- The Purple Puppy (instr) [Jewel LP/LPS 5001] #

disc 2:
- Walk Me
- Little School Girl
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle
- Katie Mae
- Little Boy Blue
- Pneumonia Blues
- Sail On Little Girl
- West Texas Blues
- A Death In The Family
- Huntin' In The Morning
- Letter To My Back Door Friend
- Love Me This Morning
- Ride Your New Automobile
- Breakfast Time
- You're Too Fast
- Daddy Was A Preacher
- I Hate I Got Married
- I'm Coming Home
- Jail House Blues
- Lovin' Arms
- Rock Me Mama
- Mr. Charlie Parts 1 & 2


compiled by Tony Rounce

2 CD set
notes by Colin Escott

Westside WESD 228 (UK 2001)

192004Lightnin' Hopkins & Billy Bizer [sic]: Cousins

- Vietnam War [Home Cooking HCS 111]
- Wake Up The Dead [Collectables COL-CD-5262]
- Born In The Bottoms [Collectables COL-CD-5262]
- A Man Like Me Is Hard To Find [Collectables COL-CD-5262]
- You Just Got To Miss Me [Home Cooking HCS 111]
- War Is Starting Again
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman
- I'll Miss You So [Home Cooking HCS 111]
- Rainy Day In Houston [Collectables COL-CD-5262]
- How Does It [Collectables COL-CD-5262]
- Lonesome Life [Collectables COL-CD-5262]
- Pine Gum Boogie [Collectables COL-CD-5262]
- Got Me A Letter This Morning [Collectables COL-CD-5262]
- Stinking Foot [Collectables COL-CD-5262]

- Walking And Walking [Collectables COL-CD-5262]
- Mojo Hand [Avco-Embassy AVE 33006]
- Late In The Evening
- Lightnin' Jump

"licensed from Home Cooking"


Blues Factory BFY 47028

202005Lightnin' Hopkins: Lightnin' Strikes Twice
(The Lost Texas Tapes)

disk 1:
- From Man To Man [Collectables LP 5203]
- I Wish I Was A Baby [Pickwick 33 PC 3013; = "Back In Mother's Arms"]
- Little Boy Blue [Collectables LP 5203]
- The Crazy Song [Pickwick 33 PC 3013]
- Lightnin's Love [Pickwick 33 PC 3013]
- That Man From New York City [Collectables LP 5203]
- Take It If You Want It [Pickwick 33 PC 3013]
- I Got A Letter [Collectables LP 5203]
- Gonna Move Off This Street [Collectables LP 5203]
- Help Yourself [Pickwick 33 PC 3013]
- This Time We're Gonna Try [Pickwick 33 PC 3013]
- Let's Work Awhile [Pickwick 33 PC 3013]
- The Jet [Pickwick 33 PC 3013]
- How Can You Love Me And Another Man Too [Collectables LP 5203]
- I Heard My Baby [Children] Crying [Guest Star LP 1459]
- Chicken Mary
- My Baby Laid Out All Night
- Sam's Blues
- Goin' To Heaven When I Die


disk 2:
- You And Your Man Don't Get Along
- Rock Me Late At Night

- With You On My Mind #
- Sam Talking To The Group #
- Little Rose # []
- Sam And Curley Talking #
- Possum Hunt #
- Sam Talking And Strumming
- Love Me Or Leave Me

- Load The Train #
- Baby Don't Tear My Clothes
- Back In Mothers Arms
- John Hardy [actually Leadbelly]
- Goodnight Irene [actually Leadbelly]
- Chicka Choca Shalali ["Irish O'Malley"]
- One Meat Ball [actually Josh White]
- Sorrow To My Heart [actually "Careless Love" by Josh White]
- Blow Out The Candle ["Irish O'Malley"]
- Chicken Minnie


rec. 1967 & 1968 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; # "Curley Lee" (Billy Bizor), hca, [] voc; prod. by Aubrey Mayhew

Collectables COL-5207
Collectables COL-CD-5207

2 CD set
notes by Aubrey Mayhew

Koch KOC-CD 9850

212012Billy Bizor: Complete Recording Works

- Fox Chase # [Bluesville 1061]
- Mama's Blues # [Bluesville 1061]
- Tom Moore [] [Arhoolie 1017]
- Baby Child * [International Artists 6]
- Fox Chase * [International Artists 6]
- Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night [Avco-Embassy 33006]
- Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night # 2 [Home Cooking 111]
- She Stays Drunk All TheTime [Home Cooking 111]
- Screwdriver [Home Cooking 111]
- I'll Miss You So [Home Cooking 111]
- You Promised Me [Home Cooking 111]
- T-Model Ford [Home Cooking 111]
- I'll Never Do Right Again [Home Cooking 111]
- Take It Easy Baby [Home Cooking 111]
- When I'm Dead [Home Cooking 111]

# rec. February 17, 1962 in Houston, TX; Billy Bizor, voc, hca; Lightnin' Hopkins, g; Spider Kilpatrick, dr

[] rec. December 8, 1967 in Houston, TX; Billy Bizor, voc, hca

* rec. February 1, 1968 in Houston, TX; Billy Bizor, voc, hca; Lightnin' Hopkins, g, p, g; Duke Davis, bs; Danny Thomas, dr

rec. March 1, 1969 in Houston, TX; Billy Bizor, voc, hca; Clarence Hollimon, g; Ely Petty, g; Linda Waring, dr


Blue Eye blog

222015Lightnin' Hopkins & Billy Bizor: Wake Up The Dead!

disc 1: Lightnin' Hopkins & Billy Bizor
- Wake Up The Dead
- Vietnam War
- Next Trip Down South
- Lonesome Life
- Pine Gum Boogie
- I'm Tired Of Trouble
- My Suggestion
- You're Gonna Miss Me
- Walking Blues
- How Dooz It
- Feel Like Ballin' The Jack (outtakes)
- Lightnin' Bolt
- Mojo Hand (outtakes)
- Mojo Hand (final version)
- Shake That Thing (first version)
- Moving On Out (outtake)
- Free Of Charge
- Old Man
- Screwdriver
- Whiskey Head Woman
- How Dooz It (alt tk)
- Long Way From Home

disc 2: Billy Bizor
- T Model Ford
- Whiskey Head Woman
- Take It Easy Little Girl
- When I'm Dead
- Screwdriver
- You Knock Me Out
- I'll Never Do Right Again
- I'll Miss You So
- Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night
- You Promised Me
- Let's Pitch One
- Whiskey Head Woman (alt tk)
- Screwdriver (alt tk)
- A Hot Spirit
- Billy Bizor Is Dead
- Just A Little Bit More

Lightnin' Hopkins tracks rec. April 11, 1969 at the "ACA" Recording Studio in Houston, TX for Roy C. Ames' Clarity Music Company
"Now for the first time ever the original four track masters have been re-mixed without any of the extraneous studio misjudgments that marred previous releases."

Billy Bizor tracks rec. June 17, 1968 (session with Lightnin' Hopkins) and March 1, 1969 (Bizor solo)

2 CD set

Cicadelic CICD-6869 (2015)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 294 [not 384!]
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 33, 230-233
- http://www.bsnpubs.com/nyc/avco/avco.html
- http://www.lysergia.com/LamaWorkshop/IAlabel/IAdiscography.htm
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Dave Moore, Alan Balfour and Max Hoeffner for additional info / scans

 

 

 

 

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