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B L I N D   J O E   H I L L at Baudelaire's in Santa Barbara, CA, November 20, 1978 (if this event is where Bill Mead took that photo); source: http://sbblues.org/blues_albums1/blind-joe-hill; photographer: Bill Mead
Blind Joe Hill at Baudelaire's in Santa Barbara, CA, November 20, 1978
(if this event is where Bill Mead took that photo);
source: sbblues.org/blues_albums1/blind-joe-hill
photographer: Bill Mead
Blind  Joe Hill
name at birth unknown, called "Joe Thomas Hill" by his stepparents
b. about 1932-1933 in Pennsylvania

adopted son of Thomas Hill, a coal-miner of Gaffney, in 1940 residing at Triadelphia, Ohio County, West Virginia, with his wife, Irene, and son, Joe Thomas Hill, aged 7; by 1942, Thomas and Irene were residing at 79 South Hampton Court, Akron, Ohio, and presumably Joe Thomas Hill was still with them. 1)

cremated November 17, 1998 or 1999 in Los Angeles, CA
discography

 

1) according to an article by Maida Odom in the Akron Beacon Journal of April 14, 1975, p. 23, picked up by The Gaffney Ledger (South Carolina) of 9 May 1975 (info courtesy of Bob Eagle)

B L I N D   J O E   H I L L with his seeing-eye dog; source: http://sbblues.org/blues_albums1/blind-joe-hill; photographer: Bill Mead
Blind Joe Hill with his seeing-eye dog
source: sbblues.org/blues_albums1/blind-joe-hill;
photographer: Bill Mead

#year
of release
title / label / notes
11976Blind Joe Hill: Boogie In The Dark

- Boogie In The Dark   @ youtube
- Tin Pan Alley   @ youtube
- Hideaway (instr)   @ youtube
- One Room Country Shack   @ youtube
- Manish Boy

- She Fool Me
- Hey Hey
- Sweet Home Chicago   @ youtube
- Rock The Night Baby   @ youtube
- She Gotta Go   @ youtube

rec. May 14, 1975 at Glass Finger Studios in Chicago, IL by George Paulus; Blind Joe Hill, voc, g, hca, dr, hi-hat, cymbals, tamb
"The One Man Blues Band, Blind Joe plays honest blues with his hands, his feet, his voice and his heart"

cover photo by Amy O'Neal

notes by Thomas 'Mit' Schuller

Barrelhouse BH-008 (US 1976)

Barrelhouse Records discography

21983Shoe Label Records presents ...
"Pick Your Choice" With George "Harmonica" Smith

George Smith
- Stockholm Swing
Long Gone Miles
- Trouble, Trouble
Doug McCloud [sic]
- Think I'll Go Out Drinkin'
Evans Walker
- Baby Please

George Smith
- Misty
- Bad Luck At My Door

Blind Joe Hill
- Don't Be Nobody's Fool #
William Clarke & The Nightowls
- 52 Cards In A Deck


rec. October 1982 at McCoy Studio, Los Angeles, CA; George Smith, voc, talking, hca; Luke 'Long Gone' Miles, voc; Lloyd Glenn, p; Dennis Walker, Jerry Abrams, b; Systan, Eddie Heans, dr; Mark Withers, p; Bernie Pearl, Evans Walker, g; J.D. Nicholson, p; prod. by George Smith and Bernie Pearl
# Blind Joe Hill, voc, g, hca, dr, hi-hat, cymbals, tamb

recorded for George Smith's "Traveling Shoes Records"

released as Shoe Label SL-1001 after his death

George 'Harmonica' Smith discography
Long Gone Miles discography

31983Blind Joe Hill One-Man-Blues-Band: First Chance

- Big Butt Woman   @ youtube
- Lickin' Gravy Baby
- Wake Me Up In The Morning
- Highway 13
- Darling, I Love You   @ youtube
- Blind Joe Special

- First Chance
- P.D. Blues
- I Can't Do What I Used To Do
- You Got Me Dizzy
- I'm Travellin'

rec. March 27, 1983 at In House Recording, North Hollywood, CA; Blind Joe Hill, voc, hca, g, dr; prod. by Horst Lippmann and Margie Evans
cover photo by Norbert Hess

notes by Inge Gawlitta

L+R LR 42.059 (Germany 1983)

L+R Records discography

41985American Folk Blues Festival '85

James Sparky Rucker
- Babylon Blues [L+R 42.062]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Here Rattler Here [L+R 42.063]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Cash Mc Call
- No More Doggin' [L+R 42.058]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
- Mr. Cleanhead's Blues [unissued track from demo recording]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Kidney Stew [unissued track from demo recording]   @ youtube   @ Spotify


Blind Joe Hill
- Big Boss Man # [unissued track from L+R 42.059 session]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- I'm Travellin' # [L+R 42.059]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
The Young Blues Thrillers
- Blues Thriller's Funk [unissued track from demo recording]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
James "Son" Thomas
- Standing At The Crossroads [L+R 42.048]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Margie Evans
- Chilly Waters [L+R 42.060]   @ youtube   @ Spotify


"from other L+R LPs, unissued tracks, and demo recordings"

# rec. March 27, 1983 at In House Recording, North Hollywood, CA; Blind Joe Hill, voc, hca, g, dr; prod. by Horst Lippmann and Margie Evans
Sparky Rucker and James "Son" Thomas photos by Axel Küstner, all others by courtesy of the artists

rel. in gatefold-cover with a 4-page booklet by Horst Lippmann

L+R 50.003 (Germany 1985)

notes (1985) by Horst Lippmann

= Bellaphon CDLR 711426 (Germany 2008)

American Folk Blues Festival discography
L+R Records discography
James "Son" Thomas discography

51986American Folk Blues Festival Live '85

James "Sparky" Rucker
- Walkin' Blues   @ Spotify

Blind Joe Hill
- Fanny Mae #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Cash McCall & Young Blues Thrillers
- I Can't Quit You Baby   @ Spotify
James "Son" Thomas
- Smokey Mountain Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson & Young Blues Thrillers
- Hold It Right There   @ Spotify

Young Blues Thrillers
- From Boogie To Funk   @ Spotify
- Gettin' Closer   @ Spotify
- Young Blues Thrillers' Theme   @ Spotify
Margie Evans, Cash McCall & Young Blues Thrillers
- Two Lovers In One   @ Spotify


rec. October 22, 1985 at Volksbildungsheim, Frankfurt/Main, Germany and October 23, 1985 at Capitol, Mannheim, Germany
# rec. October 23, 1985 at Capitol, Mannheim, Germany; Blind Joe Hill, voc, g, hca, dr, hi-hat, cymbals, tamb

notes by Horst Lippmann

L+R LR 42.065 (Germany 1986)

notes by Horst Lippmann

= Optimism LR CD-2065 (US 1990?)

notes by Horst Lippmann

= L+R CDLR 42065 (Germany 1992)

4 CD set
notes by Siegfried A. Christmann
  ; click to enlarge!
(=) Bellaphon / L+R CDLR 726024 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1982/1983/1985"

American Folk Blues Festival discography
L+R Records discography
James "Son" Thomas discography

62001Mississippi Blues - New Orleans To Chicago
One Man Boogie

Volume One: One Man Boogie
Doctor Ross
- Cat Squirrel
- I Want All My Friends To Know
- Boogie For The Doctor
- Hobo Blues
- Break 'Em On Down
- G.M. Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- That's Alright Mama
- Little School Girl

Blind Joe Hill
- Boogie In The Dark
- Tin Pan Alley
- Rock The Night Away
- She Fool Me
- Walkin' By Myself
- Mannish Boy
- Hey Little Girl
- Key To The Highway
- She's Bad

Volume Two: Going Upriver
- Go To The Mardi Gras - Professor Longhair
- Big Chief - Professor Longhair
- Keep On Drifting - Champion Jack Dupree
- Junker Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
- Take My Money - Rockin' Sidney
- No Blues At All
- Light In A Dark Place
- Buster - Larry Garner
- Got You On My Mind - Fernest Arceneaux
- I Can't Live Happy - Victor Walker
- Mambo Mumbo
- Joe Pete - Al Rapone
- Let Me Ride With You - Al Rapone
- Bernadette - Fernest Arceneaux
- Think About Me Baby - Louisiana Playboys


Volume Three: Back In The Country
- My Home Is in the Delta - The Butler Twins
- My Baby's Coming Home - The Butler Twins
- Things Can't Be the Same - Doc Terry
- Doctor Boogie - Doc Terry
- Who Do Blues - Doc Terry
- Pick Up The Pieces - Eddie Kirkland
- I'm A Stranger - Eddie Kirkland
- I Don't Need No Woman - Peter Allen
- Fishin' In My Pond - Jimmy Rogers
- Crazy Woman Blues - Jimmy Rogers
- Death Of Ellesse - Louisiana "Guitar" Red
- Chicken Licken - Louisiana Red
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - John Lee Granderson
- Lonesome Blues - John Lee Granderson
- New Guinea Blues - Blind Will Dukes


Volume Four: The Sun Is Shining
- Sun Is Shining - John Littlejohn
- What In The World - John Littlejohn
- Woke Up This Morning - Brewer Phillips
- Poor Boy Blues - Brewer Phillips
- Picking Rags - George "Mojo" Buford
- I Feel Like Jumping - Lefty Dizz
- Easy - Walter Horton
- What's On Your Mind - Walter Horton
- Brought Up The Hard Way - Carey Bell
- (I Shoulda Did) What My Mama Told Me - Carey Bell
- Work, Work, Work - Lucky Lopez Evans
- Young Girl - Lucky Lopez Evans
- Mo's Stroll - George "Mojo" Buford
- I'm A Bluesman - George "Mojo" Buford
- Cleo - Brewer Phillips

4 CD set

St. Clair 7213 (UK 2001)
= Pulse PBX CD 402 (UK 19??)

72002American Folk Blues Festival 1982/1983/1985

Disc 1: 1982 Festival

Disc 2: 1983 Festival

Disc 3: 1985 Festival
James "Sparky" Rucker
- Walkin' Blues

Blind Joe Hill
- Fanny Mae [L+R LR 42.065]
Cash McCall & Young Blues Thrillers
- I Can't Quit You Baby
James "Son" Thomas
- Smokey Mountain Blues
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson &Young Blues Thrillers
- Hold It Right There
Young Blues Thrillers
- From Boogie To Funk
- Gettin' Closer
- Young Blues Thrillers' Theme
Margie Evans, Cash McCall & Young Blues Thrillers
- Two Lovers In One


4 CD set
notes by Siegfried A. Christmann
  ; click to enlarge!
(=) Bellaphon / L+R CDLR 726024 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1982/1983/1985"

American Folk Blues Festival discography
L+R Records discography
James "Son" Thomas discography

82013The Very Best of American Folk Blues Festival '63-'85

Lurrie Bell & Billy Branch (Chicago's Young Blues Generation) - The Train I Ride
Margie Evans - Chilly Waters
Juke Boy Bonner - Running Shoes
Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee - Rock Island Line
John Lee Hooker - Della Mae
Clifton Chenier - Zydeco Et Pas Sale
James "Sparky" Rucker - Crossroads
Jimmy Dawkins Chicago Blues Band - Got My Mojo Workin'
Lightin' Slim & Whispering Smith - Winter Time Blues

Blind Joe Hill (One-Man-Blues-Band) - Big Boss Man [L+R LR 50.003]
John Jackson - Poor Boy
Louisiana Red - Pretty Woman
Bukka White - World Boogie
Bowling Green John Cephas, Harmonica Phil Wiggins - Last Fair Deal
Muddy Waters - Five Long Years
John Lee Hooker - King Of The World
Sonny Boy Williamson - I'm Trying To Make London My Home
Victoria Spivey, Willie Dixon, Bill Stepney - Grant Spivey
James "Sparky" Rucker - Babylon Blues
Margie Evans, Sunnyland Slim & Carey Bell's Blues Harp Band - Hound Dog



Bellaphon CDLR 664128 (Germany 2013)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 195
- Thomas (Mit) Schuller: Blind Joe Hill - Akron's One-Man Band.- Living Blues 30 (1976), pp. 12-13
- https://familysearch.org/
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Klaus Kilian, Mark Pollock and Bob Eagle for additional info / scans

 

B L I N D   J O E   H I L L;
Blind Joe Hill on Big Bill Hill's WOPA broadcast, Banner Show Lounge, Chicago 1972
source: Thomas (Mit) Schuller: Blind Joe Hill - Akron's One-Man Band.- Living Blues 30 (1976), p. 13
photographer: Amy O'Neal

 

B L I N D   J O E   H I L L;
Blind Joe Hill on Big Bill Hill's WOPA broadcast, Banner Show Lounge, Chicago 1972
source: Thomas (Mit) Schuller: Blind Joe Hill - Akron's One-Man Band.- Living Blues 30 (1976), p. 12
photographer: Amy O'Neal

 

B L I N D   J O E   H I L L, 1978; source: Liner notes of L+R 50.003; photographer: Bill Mead
Blind Joe Hill 1978
source: Liner notes of L+R 50.003
photographer: Bill Mead

 

B L I N D   J O E   H I L L, 1980s; source: Dave Harris: Head, Hands & Feet - A Book of One Man Bands.- Victoria, Canada (author's edition) 2012, p. 79; photographer: Bill Mead
Blind Joe Hill, 1980s (?)
source: Dave Harris: Head, Hands & Feet - A Book of One Man Bands.- Victoria,
Canada (author's edition) 2012, p. 79; photographer: Bill Mead

 

B L I N D   J O E   H I L L at the American Folk Blues Festival, DDR-Berlin, Metropol Theater, Oct. 27, 1985; source: Blues Forum 19 (1986), p. 24; photographer: Norbert Hess
Blind Joe Hill at the American Folk Blues Festival '85
DDR-Berlin, Metropol Theater, October 27, 1985

source: Blues Forum 19 (1986), p. 24; photographer: Norbert Hess

 

B L I N D   J O E   H I L L at the American Folk Blues Festival 1985; source: Back cover of Lippmann + Rau LR 42.065 (Germany 1986) 'American Folk Blues Festival Live '85'; photographer: Axel Küstner
Blind Joe Hill at the American Folk Blues Festival 1985
source: Back cover of Lippmann + Rau LR 42.065 (Germany 1986) "American Folk Blues Festival Live '85"; photographer: Axel Küstner

 

B L I N D   J O E   H I L L ; source:
Blind Joe Hill at the Shatto Banquet Hall, Los Angeles, CA, 1988
source: www.blueskalender.de/index.php/kalender-motive; photographer: Martin Feldmann

 

B L I N D   J O E   H I L L at youtube
Blind Joe Hill on Bro Matt's Bluez Shift, 1985

 

William Clarke and B L I N D   J O E   H I L L with the James Harman Band in Los Angeles, c. 1988; source: http://www.travelingboy.com/tim/billy_watson3.jpg; photographer: T.E. Mattox
William Clarke and Blind Joe Hill with the James Harman Band in Los Angeles, c. 1988
source: www.travelingboy.com/tim/billy_watson3.jpg; photographer: T.E. Mattox

 

"Blind Joe Hill" at myspace.com

 

click to read article !
Thomas (Mit) Schuller: Blind Joe Hill - Akron's One-Man Band
Living Blues 30 (1976), pp. 12-13

The article above is 'published' here for private research only. While of historical interest, it may contain factual errors only revealed by later research. Be advised that more recent reference works should be consulted regarding factual points such as spelling of names, dates of birth, dates of recordings.

 

 

 

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