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G U S   C A N N O N   ca. 1920; source: Oakley 1981, p. 208; click to enlarge!
Gus Cannon, c. 1920
source: Oakley 1981, p 208
Gus Cannon /
Cannon's Jug Stompers

b. September 12, 1884 on a Plantation near Red Banks, Marshall County, Mississippi
d. October 15, 1979 at Methodist Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee
buried at Greenview Memorial Gardens in Nesbit, DeSoto County, Mississippi
discography
G U S   C A N N O N, Memphis, Tennessee, 1971; source: Wilmer 1983; click to enlarge!
Gus Cannon, Memphis, Tennessee, 1971
source/photographer: Valerie Wilmer 1983

#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
11927Blind Blake

Paramount 12565:
Blind Blake
- He's In The Jailhouse Now (20147-1) *   @ youtube
- Southern Rag (20123-1) #   @ youtube

Broadway 5053:
Blind George Martin
- He's In The Jailhouse (20147-1) *
- Southern Rag (20123-1) #

# rec. c. October 1927 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, g, sp
* rec. c. November 1927 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g; Gus Cannon, bj


Paramount 12565

= Broadway 5053

# = Tempo R 40

Blind Blake discography

21927Banjo Joe

- Can You Blame The Colored Man (20148-2)   @ youtube
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home (20144-2)   @ youtube

rec. c. November 1927 in Chicago, IL; Gus Cannon (Banjo Joe), voc, bj; Arthur Blake, g


Paramount 12571

31927Banjo Joe

- Madison Street Rag (20145-2) *   @ youtube
- Jonestown Blues (20140-2) #   @ youtube

rec. c. November 1927 in Chicago, IL; Gus Cannon (Banjo Joe), # voc, * sp, * bj, * whistling; Arthur Blake, * g


Paramount 12588

= Broadway 5054

41927Banjo Joe

- My Money Never Runs Out (20149-2) #   @ Spotify
- Jazz Gypsy Blues (20146-2) *   @ youtube

rec. c. November 1927 in Chicago, IL; Gus Cannon (Banjo Joe), bj, # voc, * kazoo; Arthur Blake, g


Paramount 12604

51928Cannon's Jug Stompers

- Minglewood Blues (41803-2) #   @ youtube
- Madison Street Rag (41805-1) *   @ youtube

rec. January 30, 1928 at Memphis Auditorium in Memphis, Tenn; Gus Cannon, bj, * voc, # jug, * whistling, * sp; Ashley Thompson, g, # voc; Noah Lewis, hca


Victor 21267

# = Bluebird 1850
# = Bluebird B5030
# = Sunrise S3117

61928Cannon's Jug Stompers

- Big Railroad Blues (41804-2) #   @ youtube
- Springdale Blues (41806-1) *   @ youtube

rec. January 30, 1928 at Memphis Auditorium in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, * voc, * bj, #* jug; Ashley Thompson, g, # voc; Noah Lewis, hca


Victor 21351

# = Bluebird B5287
# = Sunrise S3368

* = Bluebird B5413

71928Cannon's Jug Stompers

- Bugle Call Rag (47065-1) (instr) *   @ youtube
- Pig Ankle Strut (45481-1) (instr) #   @ youtube

# rec. September 5, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, jug; Elijah Avery, g; Noah Lewis, hca
* rec. September 20, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, jug; Elijah Avery, bj; Noah Lewis, hca; prob. Hosea Woods, kazoo


Victor 38006

* = Bluebird B5389

81928Cannon's Jug Stompers

- Riley's Wagon (47067-2) #   @ youtube
- Feather Bed (47002-2) *   @ youtube

* rec. September 9, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug, voc; Elijah Avery, g; Noah Lewis, hca
# rec. September 20, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug, voc; Elijah Avery, bj, g; Noah Lewis, hca; prob. Hosea Woods, kazoo


Victor 38515 (US)


Victor 38515 (Argentina)

91928Cannon's Jug Stompers

- Viola Lee Blues (47066-1) (3:10) *   @ youtube
- Heart Breakin' Blues (47001-2) #   @ youtube

# rec. September 9, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug, voc; Elijah Avery, g, voc; Noah Lewis, hca
* rec. September 20, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug; Elijah Avery, bj, g; Noah Lewis, hca; prob. Hosea Woods, kazoo


Victor 38523 (US)


Victor 38523 (Argentina)

* = Bluebird 1850
* = Bluebird B5030
* = Sunrise S3117

   

- Viola Lee Blues (47066-2) (2:42)   @ youtube

rec. September 20, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug; Elijah Avery, bj, g; Noah Lewis, hca; prob. Hosea Woods, kazoo

Victor unissued

RCA RCX202
Herwin LP 208
Document DOCD 5032

101928Cannon's Jug Stompers

- Noah's Blues (45482-2)   @ youtube
- Ripley Blues (45480-1) #   @ youtube

rec. September 5, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug, voc; Elijah Avery, g, voc; Noah Lewis, hca


Victor 38539

# = Bluebird B5287
# = Sunrise S3368

111928Cannon's Jug Stompers

- Cairo Rag (47064-2) (instr) *   @ youtube
- Hollywood Rag (45483-2) (instr) #   @ youtube

# rec. September 5, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug; Elijah Avery, g; Noah Lewis, hca
* rec. September 20, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug; Elijah Avery, bj, g; Noah Lewis, hca; prob. Hosea Woods, kazoo


Victor 38566

121929CANNON and WOODS "The Beale Street Boys"

- Fourth And Beale (C-4338- ) *   @ youtube
- Last Chance Blues (C-4337- ) (2:47) #   @ Spotify

rec. September 12, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Gus Cannon, bj, voc; Hosea Woods, g, # voc, * sp


Brunswick 7138

131929Cannon's Jug Stompers

- Pretty Mama Blues (56342-2) *   @ youtube
- Going To Germany (56318-2) #   @ youtube

# rec. October 1, 1929 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug, voc; Hosea Woods, g, voc; Noah Lewis, hca
* rec. October 3, 1929 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug, voc; Hosea Woods, g, voc; Noah Lewis, hca


Victor 38585

* = Bluebird B5413

141929Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers

- Last Chance Blues (56316-1) (3:16) #   @ youtube
- The Rooster's Crowing Blues (56340-1) *   @ youtube

# rec. October 1, 1929 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug, voc; Hosea Woods, g, voc; Noah Lewis, hca
* rec. October 3, 1929 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug, voc; Hosea Woods, g, voc; Noah Lewis, hca


Victor 38593

151929Cannon's Jug Stompers

- Mule Get Up In The Alley (56339-2) *   @ youtube
- Walk Right In (56319-2) #   @ youtube

# rec. October 1, 1929 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug, voc; Hosea Woods, g, voc; Noah Lewis, hca
* rec. October 3, 1929 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug, voc; Hosea Woods, g, voc; Noah Lewis, hca


Victor 38611

161929Cannon's Jug Stompers

- Tired Chicken Blues (56317-2) #   @ youtube
- Jonestown Blues (56341-1) *   @ youtube

# rec. October 1, 1929 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug, voc; Hosea Woods, g, voc; Noah Lewis, hca
* rec. October 3, 1929 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug, voc; Hosea Woods, g, voc; Noah Lewis, hca


Victor 38629

171930Cannon Jug Stompers

- Bring It With You When You Come (64708-2) #   @ youtube
- Money Never Runs Out (64746-2) *   @ youtube

# rec. November 24, 1930 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug, voc; Hosea Woods, g, voc; Noah Lewis, hca; unknown, jug
* rec. November 28, 1930 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug, voc; Hosea Woods, g, voc; Noah Lewis, hca; unknown, jug


Victor 23262

181930Gus Cannon

- Prison Wall Blues (64747-2) *   @ youtube
- Wolf River Blues (64709-2) #   @ youtube

# rec. November 24, 1930 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug, voc; Hosea Woods, g, voc; Noah Lewis, hca; unknown, jug
* rec. November 28, 1930 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, bj, jug, voc; Hosea Woods, g, voc; Noah Lewis, hca; unknown, jug


Victor 23272

191933Cannon's Jug Stompers

- Viola Lee Blues [Victor 21267]
- Minglewood Blues [Victor V38523]


Bluebird 1850 (US 1933)

[in May 1933 Bluebird changed from 1800 to 5000 series]


= Bluebird B5030 (US 1933)

= Sunrise S3117

20193?Cannon's Jug Stompers

- Big Railroad Blues [Victor 21351]
- Ripley Blues [Victor V38539]


Bluebird B5287

= Sunrise S3368

21193? 

Washboard Rhythm Kings

- Sloppy Drunk Blues (71793-1) [Victor 23380]

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Bugle Call Rag [Victor 38006]


Bluebird B5389

22193?Cannon's Jug Stompers

- Going To Germany [Victor 38585]
- Springdale Blues [Victor 21351]


Bluebird B5413


EP / LP / CD compilations
231952Anthology Of American Folk Music
Volume Three: Songs


LP 1:
- The Coo Coo Bird - Clarence Ashley
- East Virginia - Buell Kazee

- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- I Woke Up One Morning In May - Didier Hebert
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Sugar Baby - Dock Boggs
- I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford

- Mountaineer's Courtship - Ernest and Hattie Stoneman
- The Spanish Merchant's Daughter - The Stoneman Family
- Bob Lee Junior Blues - The Memphis Jug Band
- Single Girl, Married Girl - The Carter Family
- Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme - Clemo Breaux and Joseph Falcon
- Rabbit Foot Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Expressman Blues - Sleepy John Estes and Yank Rachell


LP 2:
- Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas

- Feather Bed - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- 99 Year Blues - Julius Daniels
- Prison Cell Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- C'est Si Triste Sans Lui - Cleoma and Orphy Breaux w/ Joe Falcon

- Way Down The Old Plank Road - Uncle Dave Macon
- Buddy Won't You Roll Down The Line - Uncle Dave Macon
- Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt [OKeh 8692]
- K.C. Moan - The Memphis Jug Band
- Train On The Island - J.P. Nestor
- The Lone Star Trail - Ken Manyard
- Fishing Blues - Henry Thomas


edited by Harry Smith

2 LP set

Folkways FP-253 (US 1952)

2 LP set

= Folkways FA 2953 (US 19??)


1997 re-released as 6 CD box set by Smithsonian Folkways

2 LP set

= Doxy DOY627 (It 2009)

241957American Skiffle Bands

The Mobile Strugglers
- Raise A Ruckus Tonight
- Rock Me, Baby
- My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
- Trouble, Trouble Followed Me All Of My Days
Virgil Perkins
- Interview
Virgil Perkins & Jack Sims ["Jack Sims" = Sam Charters]
- Goin' Around The Mountain, Darlin' Bessie
- John Henry


The Memphis Jug Band
- Harmonica Blues
- Tippin' Around *
Gus Cannon
- Interview #
- Old John Booker, You Call That Gone #
- Kansas City Blues #
The Memphis Jug Band
- What You Gonna Do, Baby, When Your Troubles Get Like Mine
Will Shade & Charlie Burse
- Interview

The Memphis Jug Band
- Take Your Fingers Off It *

album rec. by Samuel B. Charters

# rec. December 5, 1956 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, voc, bj
* rec. December 5, 1956 in Memphis, TN; Will Shade, voc, hca, g; Charlie Burse, voc, g; Gus Cannon, jug

notes by Samuel Barclay Charters

Folkways FA 2610 (US 1957)


= Folkways FA 2610 (US 19??)

 
= Folkways FA 2610 (US 19??)

custom CDr

= Smithsonian Folkways FA 2610 (US 2004)

251959The Country Blues

Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Matchbox Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Careless Love

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Walk Right In
Peg Leg Howell
- Low Down Rounder's Blues
Blind Willie McTell
- Statesboro Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Stealin' Stealin'
Blind Willie Johnson
- You Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
Leroy Carr
- Alabama Woman
Sleepy John Estes
- Special Agent
Big Bill Broonzy
- Key To The Highway
Bukka White
- Fixin' To Die
Tommy McClennan
- I'm A Guitar King
Robert Johnson
- Preachin' Blues
Washboard Sam
- I Been Treated Wrong


edited by Samuel B. Charters

8-pp. booklet by Samuel B. Charters

RBF RF 1 (US 1959)


= RBF RF 1 (US 1966)

RBF discography

261962The Great Jug Bands

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Heart Breakin' Blues
- Goin' To Germany
Memphis Minnie and Her Jug Band
- Grandpa And Grandma Blues
Birmingham Jug Band
- Getting Ready For Trial
- German Blues
Jack Kelly and His South Memphis Jug Band
- Cold Iron Bed
- Red Ripe Tomatoes
Whistler and His Jug Band
- The Jug Band Special

Memphis Jug Band
- Coal Oil Blues
- Jug Band Waltz
Elder Richard Bryant's Sanctified Singers
- Come Over Here
Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Garden Of Joy Blues
Kentucky Jug Band
- Walkin' Cane Stomp
Noah Lewis's Jug Band
- New Minglewood Blues
- Ticket Agent Blues
Memphis Sheiks
- He's In The Jailhouse Now


notes by Sam Charters

Origin Jazz Library OJL 4 (US 1962)

notes by Sam Charters

= Origin Jazz Library OJL 4 (US 196?)

notes by Sam Charters
 
= Origin Jazz Library OJL 4 (US 19??)

OJL Records discography
Jaybird Coleman discography
Whistler and His Jug Band discography
Memphis Jug Band discography

271962Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers
Kings of the Blues Vol. 1

- Ripley's Blues
- Viola Lee Blues (tk 2)

- Big Railroad Blues
- Springdale Blues

7 inch EP
notes by Alexis Korner

RCA RCX 202 (UK 1962)

; click to enlarge!; click to enlarge!; click to enlarge!; click to enlarge!
The Rooftop Singers' "Walk Right In" 1962/63
on Fontana 271 700 TF, Vanguard VRS-35017 (7 inch 45 rpm) & Vanguard VRS-9123 (LP)
(credited to "Erik Darling - Willard Svanoe")
287/17/1963




Gus Cannon: Walk Right In

- Narration
- Kill It
- Walk Right In
- Salty Dog
- Going Around The Mountain
- Ol' Hen
- Gonna Raise A Ruckus Tonight

- Ain't Gonna Rain No More
- Boll-Weevil
- Come On Down To My House
- Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
- Get Up In The Morning Soon
- Crawdad Hole

rec. March 24 March 23, June 10, 1963 in Memphis, TN; Gus Cannon, voc, bj; poss. Sam Lindsay, g; Will Shade, jug; Milton Roby, wb

notes by Bob Altshuler

Stax 702 (US 1973) [only 500 copies pressed]


= Collector's Issue C-552 (Austria 199?) "Gus Cannon 1963"

original notes by Bob Altshuler and new notes by Bengt Olsson

= Stax SCD-8603-2 (UK 1999)

Collector's Issue discography

291964The Jug Bands

The Old Southern Jug Band
- Blues Just Blues
- Thats All
- Hatchet Head Blues
The Birmingham Jug Band
- Bill Wilson
King Davids Jug Band
- Rising Sun Blues
- Whats That Tastes Like Gravy

Cannons Jug Stompers
- Mule Get Up In The Alley
Cliffords Louisville Jug Band
- Struttin The Blues

Memphis Jug Band
- Overseas Stomp
- Whitewash Station
- She Done Sold It Out
The Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Florida Blues
- Banjoreno
- Carpet Alley
- House Rent Rag



RBF RF 6 (US 1964)

RBF discography

301965Music Down Home
An Introduction to Negro Folk Music, U.S.A.

When life is big...
- Take This Hammer - Lead Belly (1:38)
- Field Call - Annie Grace Horn Dodson (1:18)
- Children's Call - Annie Grace Horn Dodson (0:47)
- Complaint Call - Enoch Brown (0:44)
- Water On The Wheel - Annie Dodson (0:47)
- Railroad 1 - Rich Amerson (1:26)
- Move Members Move - Rosie Hibler and Family (1:57)
Go pray ye
- Go Pray Ye - Annie Dodson (2:32)
- The Day Is Past - Dorothy Melton (1:56)
- Prayer Song - Dock Reed and Vera Hall Ward (2:37)
- King David - Rich Amerson and Earthy Anne Coleman (4:30)

- Rockin' Jerusalem - Fisk Jubilee Singers (2:13)
- Just Got Over At Last - Little Brother Montgomery (2:23)
When life is young
- Mama's Goin' To Buy Him A Little Lap Dog - Vera Hall Ward (0:48)
- Brother Hawk, Brother Buzzard and Brother Rabbit - Rich Amerson (1:59)
- I'm Goin' Up North Satisfied - Children of East York School (1:25)
Work songs
- Railroad 2 - Rich Amerson (1:53)
- Lost John - Sonny Terry (3:08)
- Lost John - Prison Farm Work Group (4:55)


Blues
- I'm Goin' To Pack Up My Things And Back Down That Sunny Road I'm Goin' - Mozelle Moore (3:13)
- Careless Love - Brownie McGhee (3:18)
- Let Me Go Home, Whiskey - Snooks Eaglin (2:54)
- You're My Man - Slick Chick Blues - Victoria Spivey (4:36)
- I Wonder When I'll Get To Be Called A Man - Big Bill Broonzy (2:20)
- Mule Ridin', Talking Blues - Big Bill Broonzy (3:43)
- Black Woman - Rich Amerson (4:55)


Instrumental sounds
- Old John Booker - You Call That Gone - Gus Cannon (1:45)
- John Henry - Furry Lewis (4:48)
- Take Your Fingers Off It - Gus Cannon, Charlie Burse, and Will Shade (2:53)
- 44 Blues - Willie Thomas and Butch Cage (4:11)
- Sonny's Jump - Sonny Terry's Washboard Band (3:08)
Two songs of Alabama
- Birmingham Jail - Lead Belly (2:30)
- I'm So Glad - Montgomery Gospel Trio (2:34)


ed. by Charles Edward Smith
cover design by Ronald Clyne; illustration by Philip Evergood

review at record-fiend.blogspot.de

DLP     notes by Charles Edward Smith

Folkways FA 2691


custom CD from
www.folkways.si.edu

311966Cannon's Jug Stompers / Clifford's Louisville Jug Band

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Cairo Rag
- Riley's Wagon
- Tired Chicken Blues
- Jonestown Blues

Clifford's Louisville Jug Band
- Dancin' The Blues
- I Don't Want You Blues
- Get It Fixed Blues
- Wakin' Up Blues


10 inch LP

Tax LP-2 (Sweden 1966)

321966The Mike Raven Blues Show

- Levee Camp Moan - Texas Alexander
- Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson

- Walk Right In - Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Four Till Late - Robert Johnson
- Cow Cow Blues - Speckled Red
- Low Friends - Victoria Spivey

- See See Rider - Leadbelly
- Willie May Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- The SKy Is Crying - Sonny Boy Williamson
- I'm Gonna Lay Down - Brownie McGhee
- Don't Treat That Man - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Kocking At Your Door - Elmore James


notes (November 1, 1966) by Mike Raven

XTRA 1047 (UK 1966)

XTRA Records discography

331967The Blues
Music from the Documentary Film by Samuel Charters@ youtube (full album)

J.D. Short
- Introduction   @ youtube
Memphis Willie B.
- Alone In The Evening Blues (instr) # *  @ youtube @ Spotify
J.D. Short
- Slidin' Delta ##   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Pink Anderson (with son "Little Pink")
- Old Cotton Fields Of Home   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Furry Lewis
- John Henry   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Baby Tate
- Bad Blues (instr) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Memphis Willie B. & Gus Cannon
- Sitting Here Thinking # []   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Sleepy John Estes
- Lonesome Ground   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Baby Tate
- If I Could Holler Like A Mountain Jack   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- When I First Started Hoboing   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Pink Anderson
- Weeping Willow Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify


rec. in the summer of 1962 by Samuel Barclay Charters with Ann Charters, technical assistant. "The Blues" was finished early in 1963, and was premiered at the University of Chicago Folk Festival in January, 1963.
# rec. August 12, 1961 in Willie Borum's radio repair shop and rehearsal room in Memphis, TN; Memphis Willie B., voc, g, * hca; [] Gus Cannon, jug; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein & Samuel B. Charters
photography by Ann Charters

notes by Samuel Charters

Asch A-101 (US 1967)
= Folkways FA AS101

notes by Samuel Charters

= Blue Angel BA20011 (Germany 1978/79?) (Zweitausendeins)

CDr
notes by Samuel Charters

= Smithsonian Folkways FW-ASCH101-CCD (US 2007)

J.D. Short discography
Memphis Willie B. discography
Pink Anderson discography
Furry Lewis discography
Baby Tate discography
Sleepy John Estes discography

341967


Rare And Hot 1923-1930
Vocals with accompaniment

Cannon And Woods
- Last Chance Blues
- Forth And Beale
Jenny Pope
- Bull Frog Blues
- Tennessee Workhouse Blues
Lena Henry
- Low Down Despondent Blues
Blind Roosevelt Graves
- New York Blues
- Guitar Boogie

Lucille Bogan
- Pot Hound Blues
- Coffee Grindin' Blues
- Black Angel Blues
- Tricks Ain't Walking No More
Margaret Carter
- Come Get Me Papa Before I Faint
- I Want Plenty Grease In My Frying
Anna Jones
- Trixie Blues
Rosa Henderson
- Get It Fixed


notes by Chris Albertson

Historical ASC-15 (No. 15)


= Historical 5829-15

notes by Chris Albertson

= Historical HLP-15 (Vol. 15) "Pot Hound Blues"

Historical Records discography

351967The Jug Bands Vol. 1

Memphis Jug Band
- Sometimes I Think I Love You
- Memphis Boy Blues


Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Pig Ankle Strut
- Bugle Call Rag

7 inch 33 rpm EP

Natchez NEP-701 (Argentine 1967)

Natchez discography

36196810 Years In Memphis 1927-1937

Furry Lewis - Billy Lyons And Stack O 'Lee
Furry Lewis - Big Chief Blues
Frank Stokes - What's The Matter Blues
Frank Stokes - Jazzin' The Blues
Tom Dickson - Happy Blues [OKeh 8590]
Tom Dickson - Death Bell Blues [OKeh 8590]
Kansas Joe - Pile Drivin' Blues

George Torey - Married Woman Blues
George Torey - Lonesome Man Blues
Gus Cannon - Poor Boy
Allen Shaw - Moanin' The Blues
Robert Wilkins - Jailhouse Blues
Robert Wilkins - Falling Down Blues
Big Boy Cleveland - Goin' To Leave You Blues


notes by Don Kent   390 East 8th Street   New York, New York 10009

back cover has side 1 and side 2 tracks interchanged!
Belzona L-1002 (US 1968)

notes by Don Kent   390 East 8th Street   New York, N.Y. 10009

= Yazoo L-1002 (US 1968)

notes by Don Kent   54 King Street   New York, N.Y. 10014

= Yazoo L-1002 (US 19??)

notes by Don Kent   245 Waverley Place   New York, N.Y. 10014

= Yazoo L-1002 (US 19??)

notes by Steve Calt [!]

= Yazoo L-1002 (US 19??)

Yazoo Records discography

371968Frank Stokes' Dream 1927-1931

Tom Dickson
- Labor Blues
Frank Stokes
- Frank Stokes' Dream
- Take Me Back
Pearl Dickson
- Twelve Pound Daddy
Furry Lewis
- Black Gypsy Blues
- Creeper's Blues
Noah Lewis
- Devil In The Woodpile

Will Weldon
- Turpentine Blues
Furry Lewis
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Judge Harsh Blues
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe
- 'Frisco Town
- I Don't Want That Junk Outta You

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Noah's Blues
Frank Stokes
- Last Go Round


Yazoo CD 1008 YAZ box

notes by Fritz Peterson

Yazoo L 1008 (US 1968)

= Yazoo CD 1008 YAZ (US 1992?)

Yazoo Records discography

381968The Memphis Area - 1927-1932

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Madison Street Rag
- Hollywood Rag
Sleepy John Estes
- Broken-Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too
- Black Mattie Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Nobody Knows What The Good Deacon Does
Burse & Stephen
- Tappin' That Thing
"Poor Jab"
- Come Along, Little Children
Frank Stokes
- It Won't Be Long Now - tk. 2

Memphis Minnie
- Garage Fire Blues
Noah Lewis' Jug Band
- Bad Luck's My Buddy
Sleepy John Estes
- Stack O' Dollars
- My Black Gal Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues
Robert Wilkins
- Nashville Stonewall Blues
- Police Sergeant Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Kansas City Blues


   
Roots RL 307 (Austria 1968)

Roots Records discography

391968Missouri and Tennessee 1924-1937

Missouri
Charley Jordan
- Raidin' Squad
The Two Charlies
- Got Your Water On
- Don't Put Your Dirty Hands On Me
Henry Spaulding
- Biddle Street Blues
Stovepipe No. 1
- Lonesome John
- Fisher's Hornpipe
Henry Townsend
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett
- A Woman Gets Tired Of The Same Man All The Time

Tennessee
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues
- Way Down In Arkansas

Banjo Joe
- My Money Never Runs Out
Rosie Mae Moore
- Staggering Blues
James "Yank" Rachel
- Little Sarah
- T-Bone Steak Blues
Charlie Pickett
- Crazy 'bout My Black Gal
Memphis Jug Band
- Evergreen Money Blues



Roots RL 310 (Austria 1968)

Roots Records discography

401968Harmonicas, Washboards, Fiddles & Jugs (1926-1933)

Bobby Leecan's Need-More Band
- Apaloosa Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Peaches In The Springtime
- Feed Your Friend With A Long-Handled Spoon
- I Whipped My Woman With A Single-Tree
- I Packed My Suitcase, Started To The Train
Jack Kelly's Jug Band
- Believe I'll Go Back Home
- Ko-Ko-Mo Blues

Banjo Joe (Cannon & Blake)
- Jazz Gypsy Blues

Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey
- Black Cat Bone Blues
- Dirty Guitar Blues
James Cole
- Mistreated The Only Friend You Had
- Nobody's Business If I Do
Kansas City Blues Strummers
- String Band Blues
King David's Jug Band
- Sweet Potato Blues
- I Can Deal Worry
Whistler's Jug Band
- Pig Meat Blues


issued with a single-sheet (photocopied) insert


Roots RL-311 (Austria 1968)

Roots Records discography

411969Furry Lewis: On The Road Again
with Bukka White and Gus Cannon

- On The Road Again (Lewis)
- My Wife Is Getting Old (White)
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues (Lewis)

- Lela (Cannon)
- Oh Babe (Lewis)

- I've Got A Bird To Whistle (Lewis)
- Give Me an Old Lady (White)
- Furry's Worried Blues (Lewis)
- Gibson Hill (White)


- Goin' Back (To Memphis, TN) (Cannon) °°

°° on CD only


Adelphi AD 1007S (US 1969)

notes by Denise Tapp

= Genes CD 9918 (US 1999)

Adelphi Records discography

421969?More Of That Jug Band Sound   1927-1939

Memphis Jug Band
- Sometimes I Think I Love You
Noah Lewis's Carolina Peanut Boys
- Selling The Jelly
Vol Stevens
- Baby Got The Rickets, Mama's Got The Mobile Blues
Jed Davenport and His Beale Street Jug Band
- Beale St. Breakdown
- Save Me Some
Tommy Bradley
- Adam And Eve
- Four Days Blue
Cincinnati Jug Band
- George St. Stomp

Jack Kelly
- Betty Sue
- Man Fooler Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Gator Wobble
- On The Road Again
Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- Louisville Special
Daddy Stovepipe and Mississippi Sarah
- Greenville Strut
Birmingham Jug Band
- Giving It Away

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Wolf River Blues

notes by Henry Vestine

Origin Jazz Library OJL 19 (US 1969?)

OJL Records discography

431969?The Blues In Memphis 1927-1939

Sleepy John Estes
- Drop Down Mama
- Married Woman Blues
Allen Shaw
- I Couldn't Help It
Robert Wilkins
- New Stock Yard Blues
Yank Rachell
- Gravel Road Woman
Furry Lewis
- Falling Down Blues
Beale Street Shieks
- Mr. Crump Don't Like It

Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie
- That Will Be Alright
- Goin' Back To Texas
Vol Stevens
- Vol Stevens Blues
Minnie Wallace
- The Old Folks Started It

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Viola Lee Blues
Jack Kelly
- Flower Blues
Will Weldon
- Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule


front cover design by Marina Bokelman

notes by Dave [sic] Evans

Origin Jazz Library OJL-21 (US 1969?)

OJL Records discography

441970Memphis Jamboree 1927-1936

Will Batts
- Highway No. 61 Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Ain't No Use You Tryin' To Tell On Me
Hattie Hart
- Coldest Stuff In Town
Yank Rachell & Dan Smith
- Squeaky Work Bench Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Soo Cow Soo
The Two Charlies
- I Couldn't Stay Here
Kansas Joe Mccoy
- Joliet Bound

Memphis Minnie
- Drunken Barrel House Blues
Furry Lewis
- Dry Land Blues
Memphis Minnie
- That'll Be Alright
Kansas Joe Mccoy
- Something Gonna Happen To You

Gus Cannon
- Can You Blame The Colored Man
Jim Jackson & Co.
- Jim Jackson's Jamboree
San Townsend
- Lily Kimball Blues


notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart

Yazoo L 1021 (US 1970)

= Yazoo CD 1021 YAZ (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography

451970Skoodle Um Skoo
Early Folk Blues Volume 1

Stovepipe No. 1 (Sam Jones)
- I've Got Salvation In My Heart (1924)
- Lord Don't You Know I Have No Friend Like You? (1924)
- Cripple Creek And Sourwood Mountain Take 1 (1925)
- Turkey In The Straw (1925)
Charlie Jackson
- Mama Don't Allow It (1925)
- Take Me Back Blues (1925)
- Shave Em Dry (1925)
- Coffee Pot Blues (1925)
- Skoodle Um Skoo (1927)


Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon & Blind Blake)
- Jonestown Blues (1927)
- Madison Street Rag (1927)
- Can You Blame The Colored Man (1927)
Joe Joe (Joe Linthecome)
- Humming Blues (1927)
Winston Holmes and Charlie Turner
- The Kansas City Call (1929)
- Rounders Lament (1929)
Walter Jacobs and The Carter Brothers
- Sheiks Special (1930)
- Dear Little Girl (1930)
Billy James and his Guitar (Blind Blake)
- Champagne Charlie Is My Name (1932)

compiled by David Harrison; prod. by Gef Lucena

notes by Tony Russell

Saydisc Matchbox SDR 199

461970Memphis Blues (1927-1939) Vol. 2

Memphis Minnie
- Squat It
Kansas Joe McCoy
- Someday I'll Be In The Clay
Jack Kelly's South Memphis Jug Band
- Highway 61 Blues - No. 2
Blind Clyde Church
- Number Nine Blues
- Pneumatic Blues
Rosie Mae Moore
- Mad Dog Blues
Little Buddy Doyle
- Hard Scufflin' Blues
- Renewed Love Blues

Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell
- Sweet Mama
Furry Lewis
- Good Looking Girl Blues
Will Batts
- Country Woman

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Money Never Runs Out
- Prison Wall Blues
Casey Bill Weldon
- Blues Everywhere I Go
- Somebody's Got To Go
The Three Stripped Gears
- 1931 Depression Blues


compiled and produced by Evelyn Parth


Roots RL 329 (Austria 1970)


Roots/Saydisc RL 329 (UK)

= autogram/Roots RL 329 (Germany)

Roots Records discography

471970Travellin' This Lonesome Road
An Anthology Of The Victor/Bluebird Catalogues

Luke Jordan
- Church Bells Blues #
- Pick Poor Robin Clean #
Blind Willie McTell
- Mr. McTell's Got The Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- She Stays Out All Night Long
James Rachel
- Sweet Mama
Clifford Gibson
- Jive Me Blues
- She Rolls It Slow

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Pretty Mama Blues

Walter Davis
- Travellin' This Lonesome Road
- Sad And Lonesome Blues
Elijah Jones
- Katy Fly
- Mean Actin' Mama
Joe Williams
- Get Your Head Trimmed Down
- Peach Orchard Mama
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Early In The Morning
- Project Highway

# previously unissued first takes

notes by Neil Slaven
click to read liner notes!
RCA International (Camden) INT 1175
= RCA 731.046

481970John Jeremy's Film
Blues Like Showers Of Rain
@ youtube

Gus Cannon
- My Money Never Runs Out
J.B. Lenoir
- It Hurts Me So Bad (Someday Baby)
Willie Thomas, James 'Butch' Cage & Grandson
- Little Red Rooster
Little Brother Montgomery
- Trembling Blues
J.B. Lenoir
- I Feel Like Playing My Box
Sunnyland Slim & Robert Lockwood
- Take a Little Walk With Me
Wade Walton & R.C. Smith
- Barbershop Rhythm
J.B. Lenoir
- I Been Don So Long [from Decca 4664]
Otis Spann
- People Call Me Lucky
Willie Thomas & James 'Butch' Cage
- Penitentiary Blues
Sunnyland Slim & Robert Lockwood Jr.
- Prison Bound
J.B. Lenoir
- I Don't Care What Nobody Say (Stand By Me)
Willie Thomas & James 'Butch' Cage
- Kill That Nigger Dead
J.B. Lenoir
- It Hurts Me So Bad (Someday Baby)
Robert Curtis Smith
- Blues



Kay 014 KJ (1979)
(30 minutes)


= Rhapsody 8022 (1986)


(=) Vestapol DVD 13003
(2003 "bonus track")
"Legends of Country
Blues Guitar Vol. 1"

491971Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers

- Minglewood Blues
- Pig Ankle Strut
- Feather Bed
- Cairo Rag
- Bugle Call Rag
- Viola Lee Blues
- Riley's Wagon

- Last Chance Blues
- Fourth And Beale
- Tired Chicken Blues
- Walk Right In
- Mule Get Up In The Alley
- Jonestown Blues
- Pretty Mama Blues
- Bring It With You When You Come


Roots RL-336 (Austria 1971)

Roots Records discography

501971The Great Jug Bands 1926-1934
never before on LP

Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band
- Save Me Some
- You Ought To Move Out Of Town
- Beale Street Breakdown
- The Dirty Dozen

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Viola Lee Blues
- Bring It With You When You Come
- Money Never Runs Out
- Prison Wall Blues

Phillips Louisville Jug Band
- Soldier Boy Blues
Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Florida Blues
- Louisville Stomp
- Skip, Skat, Doodle-Do
Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- Rockin' Chair Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Mary Anna Cut Off
- Memphis Shakedown
- Papa Long Blues


notes by Dick Spottswood

Historical HLP-36 (US 1971)

Historical Records discography

511971The Memphis Blues Again   Vol. 1

Nathan Beauregard
- Nobody's Business But My Own
- Lonesome To Myself
Sam Clark & Dewey Corley and Richard Harney
- Sunnyland Train Blues
Earl Bell & Marshall "Memphis Sonny Boy" Jones
- Catfish Blues
Mose Vinson & Backwards Sam Firk and Dewey Corley
- You Ain't Too Old
Mose Vinson & Backwards Sam Firk
- Bullfrog Blues
Sweet Charlene Peeples & Mose Vinson
- Tin Pan Alley
- Scood Up Be Doop Day

Furry Lewis
- Natural Born Eastman No. 2
Furry Lewis & Willie Morris and Dewey Corley
- New Turn Your Money Green
Joe Dobbins & Backwards Sam Firk
- Basin Street Blues
- Sweet Patricia

Gus Cannon
- Mule Gallop
Dewey Corley & Willie Morris and Furry Lewis
- Dewey's Walkin' Blues
Dewey Corley & Walter Miller
- Step It Up And Go

rec. October 1969 in Memphis, TN and June 1970 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN; prod. by Gene Rosenthal
Adelphi AD 1009 cover drawing by Dick Bangham

notes by Stephan Michaelson and Steve LaVere with assistance by Nick Perls and Michael Stewart
notes by Stephan Michaelson & Steve LaVere; click to enlarge!Nathan Beauregard; click to enlarge! Furry Lewis, Gus Cannon, Sam Clark; click to enlarge!Dewey Corley, Mose Vinson, Sweet Charlene; click to enlarge! Earl Bell & Memphis Sonny Boy, Joe Dobbing; click to enlarge!notes by Steve LaVere, track list; click to enlarge!   gatefold notes; click to enlarge!    
Adelphi AD 1009 (US 1971)

notes by Stephan Michaelson

= Echo Music 801 (UK 1985) "Blues Anthology Vol. 1" "Memphis Blues"

Adelphi Records discography

521971Blues 1920-40

LP track sequence:
LP 1
Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd.

Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues

Frank Stokes - T'Ain't Nobody's Business
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman



LP 2
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz
Gus Cannon - Viola Lee Blues
Gus Cannon - Going To Germany
Gus Cannon - Walk Right In
Daddy Stovepipe - The Spasm

Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Head Woman
Tommy McClennan - De'se My Blues
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me



LP 3
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed
Leroy Carr - - Six Cold Feet In The Ground
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law
Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues - part 3
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues
Joe Pullum - Hard Working Man Blues [Bluebird B6276]

Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway



CD track sequence:
CD 1
Early Years of Country Blues
Tommy Johnson - Road Blues (3:18)
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues (3:37)
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues (3:24)
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues (2:49)
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues (2:34)
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues (2:59)
Clifford Gibson - She Rolls It Slow (2:44) °°
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd. (3:08)
Memphis Blues
Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving (3:11)
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues (3:05)

Frank Stokes - 'Taint Nobody's Business (3:11)
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream (2:52)
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got ... (2:56)
Sleepy John Estes - Poor John Blues (2:52) °°
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues (3:09)
Son Bonds - A Hard Pill To Swallow (2:58) °°
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman (3:13)
Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues (3:30)
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis (2:20)
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz (2:49)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues (3:08)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany (2:32)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In (2:52)
Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (2:54)
Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band - Gonna Hit The Highway (3:09) °°

CD 2
Mississippi Blues In The 30's
Tommy McClennan - Whisky Head Woman (3:00)
Tommy McClennan - Des'e My Blues (3:17)
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (3:21)
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 (3:12)
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama (2:46)
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues (2:52)
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me (2:55)
Piano Blues
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed (3:11)
Leroy Carr - Six Cold Feet In The Ground (3:06)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law (3:22)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Pete Wheatstraw (3:15)
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Part 3 (3:07)
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues (2:57)
Big Maceo - Detroit Jump (2:47) °°
Joe Pullum with Andy Boy - Hard Working Man Blues (3:35)
City Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues (3:22)
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues (3:32)
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues (3:11)
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl (3:01)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Elevator Woman (2:38) °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning (2:58)
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway (2:40)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right (2:54) °°


compiled by Yasufumi Higurashi, Toyo Nakamura & Hiroshi Suzuki; manufactured from Master Recordings of RCA corporation

°° CD has seven additional tracks!

3 LP folding box with 30-pp. booklet

RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp 1971)

3 LP slide-in box with 30-page booklet

= RCA Victor RA-9051/3 (Jp 1975)

2 CD set, notes by Hiroshi Suzuki, Toyo Nakamura, Yasufumi Higurashi, Hisamitsu Noguchi & Shoichi Yui

= RCA BVCP-8733/4 (Jp 1994) "Blues 1927-46"

2 CD set

= RCA BVCM-37530/1 (Jp 2004) "Blues 1927-46"

; click to enlarge!
The Rooftop Singers' "Walk Right In" - reissue 1972
on Eric 6502 (7 inch 45 rpm)
(credited to "Erik Darling - Willard Svanoe - Gus Cannon - Hosia [sic] Woods")
531973Fillin' In Blues

Rare Country Blues: 1928-1930
- Hesitation Blues - Jim Jackson 1930
- John Henry - part 2 - Furry Lewis 1929

- Last Chance Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers 1929
- The Rooster Crowing Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers 1929
- Narrow Face Blues - Washboard Walter 1930
- Insurance Man Blues - Washboard Walter 1930
- It's Tight Like That - Slim Bartin And Eddie Mapp 1929
- Sweet Bunch Of Daisies - El Watson 1928

Obscure Barrelhouse Piano: 1928-1930
- Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport 1928
- Struttin' The Blues - Cow Cow Davenport 1929
- Corinne Corinna Blues - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins 1930
- Gotta Shave 'Em Dry - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins 1930
- Give Us Another Jug - Piano Kid Edwards 1930
- Piano Kid Special - Piano Kid Edwards 1930
- Bust Blues - Ishman Bracey 1930
- Louisiana Bound - Charley Taylor 1930
- Too Damp To Be Wet - Charley Taylor 1930
- Where My Shoes At? - Charley Taylor 1930


notes by Bernard Klatzko

Herwin H-205 (US 1973)

Herwin Records discography

541975Cannon's Jug Stompers
The Complete Works In Chronological Order 1927-1930 including Gus Cannon as Banjo Joe

Herwin / Yazoo DLP track sequence:
- Jonestown Blues #
- Poor Boy Long Ways From Home #
- Madison Street Rag #
- Jazz Gypsy Blues #
- Can You Blame The Colored Man #
- My Money Never Runs Out #
- Minglewood Blues
- Big Railroad Blues
- Madison Street Rag

- Springdale Blues
- Ripley Blues
- Pig Ankel Strut
- Noah's Blues
- Hollywood Rag
- Heart Breakin' Blues
- Feather Bed
- Cairo Rag
- Bugle Call Rag


- Viola Lee Blues - 1
- Viola Lee Blues - 2 #
- Riley's Wagon #
- Last Chance Blues
- Fourth And Beale #
- Last Chance Blues
- Tired Chicken Blues
- Going To Germany
- Walk Right In

- Mule Get Up In The Alley
- The Rooster Crowing Blues
- Jonestown Blues
- Pretty Mama Blues
- Bring It With You When You Come
- Wolf River Blues
- Madison Street Rag
- Money Never Runs Out
- Prison Wall Blues

# not on Yazoo CD

Yazoo CD track sequence:
- Minglewood Blues
- Walk Right In
- Going To Germany
- Bring It With You When You Come
- Bugle Call Rag
- Prison Wall Blues
- Feather Bed
- Noah's Blues
- Wolf River Blues
- Madison Street Rag
- Viola Lee Blues
- Cairo Rag
- Last Chance Blues
- Mule Get Up In The Alley
- Pretty Mama Blues
- Money Never Runs Out
- Pig Ankel Strut
- Jonestown Blues
- The Rooster Crowing Blues
- Hollywood Rag
- Heart Breakin' Blues
- Ripley Blues
- Tired Chicken Blues
- Big Railroad Blues

front cover artwork of Yazoo releases by Fred Carlson

DLP
notes by Bengt Olsson

Herwin H 208 (US 1975)

DLP [no gatefold]
notes by Bengt Olsson

= Yazoo 1082/83 (US 19??)

notes by Bengt Olsson

= Yazoo CD 1082/83 (US 1989)

Herwin Records discography
Yazoo Records discography

551976Blues In The Twenties

Bo Weavil Jackson - You Can't Keep No Brown
Furry Lewis - Sweet Papa Moan
Henry Thomas - Cottonfield Blues
Tampa Red & Georgia Tom - It's Tight Like That
Bertha "Chippie" Hill - Trouble In Mind
Leroy Carr - How Long How Long Blues - no. 2
Pine Top Smith - Nobody Knows You When You'r Down And Out

Henry Spaulding - Cairo Blues
Henry Brown - Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks

Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods - Last Chance Blues
Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along
Jim Jackson - Jim Jackson's Jamboree - part 1
Jim Jackson - Jim Jackson's Jamboree - part 2
Garfield Akers - Dough Roller Blues
"Funny Paper" Smith - Howlin' Wolf Blues no. 1


notes by Toyo Nakamura
 
MCA MCA-3525 (Jp 1976)

561979?The Roots Of Rock

Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- When The Levee Breaks
Charley Patton
- A Spoonful Blues
Bukka White
- Shake 'em On Down
Skip James
- I'm So Glad
Bo Carter
- Corrine Corrine
Blind Blake
- Diddie Wa Diddie
Blind Willie McTell
- Statesboro Blues

Henry Thomas
- Bull Doze Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues
Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
Blind Blake
- That Will Never Happen No More

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Walk Right In

notes by Steve Calt

Yazoo 1063 (US 1979?)


= Yazoo CD 1063 (US 1991?)

Yazoo Records discography

571984Memphis Blues (1928 - 1930)
(Jazz Tribune No. 51)

Frank Stokes
- How Long?
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do Part 2
- It Won't Be Long Now
- Right Now Blues
Jim Jackson
- I'm Wild About My Lovin'
- I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana Part 1
- I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana Part 2
- This Mornin' She Was Gone

Furry Lewis
- Kassie Jones Part 1
- Dry Land Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Mistreatin' Mama
Robert Wilkins
- Jailhouse Blues
- Rolling Stone Part 1
- Rolling Stone Part 2
- I Do Blues


Memphis Jug Band
- Sun Brimmer Blues
- Snitchin' Gambler Blues
- Peaches In The Springtime
- A Black Woman Is Like A Black Snake
Minnie Wallace
- Dirty Butter
- The Old Folks Started It
Hattie Hart
- Won't You Be Kind To Me?
- You Wouldn't, Would You Papa?


Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Big Railroad Blues
- Feather Bed
- Viola Lee Blues
- Bring It With You When You Come
Memphis Minnie
- I'm Going Back Home
- I Never Told A Lie
Joe McCoy and Joe Johnson
- Don't Want No woman
Memphis Minnie
- Georgia Skin


DLP

RCA NL 89276 (Fr)

= BMG/RCA CD 74321264092 (1995)

581984Songsters & Saints
Vocal Traditions on Race Records Vol. 2

LP 1:
Medicine Show Songsters
Papa Charlie Jackson
- I'm Alabama Bound
- Long Gone Lost John

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- My Money Never Runs Out
Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon)
- Can You Blame The Colored Man
Jim Jackson
- Bye, Bye, Policeman
- My Monday Woman Blues
- Old Dog Blue
Beale Street Sheiks (Stokes and Sane)
- Mr. Crump Don't Like It
- Chicken You Can Roost Behind The Moon


Songsters East and West
Stovepipe No. 1 and David Crockett
- A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around
- A Woman Get's Tired Of The Same Man All The Time
Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
- Old Country Stomp
- Bob McKinney
- Arkansas
Luke Jordan
- Traveling Coon
- Cocaine Blues
Blind Blake
- He's In The Jail House Now
- West Coast Blues



LP 2:
The Straining Preachers
Rev. J.C. Burnett
- The Donfall Of Nebuchadnezzar
- The Gambler's Doom
Rev. J.M. Gates
- Yonder Comes My Lord With A Bible In His Hand
- God's Wrath In The St. Louis Cyclone
- The Eagle Stirs Her Nest
Rev. F.W. McGee
- The Half Ain't Never Been Told
- Jonah In The Belly Of The Whale
Rev. D.C. Rice
- Come And See
- We Got The Same Kind Of Power Over Here

Saints of Church and Street
Arizona Dranes
- It's All Right Now
- Just Look
Blind Joe Taggart
- God's Gonna Separate The Wheat From Tares
- There's A Hand Writing On The Wall
Blind Willie Johnson
- If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down
- God Moves On The Water
- The Rain Don't Fall On Me
Elders McIntosh and Edwards
- The Latter Rain Is Fall
Memphis Sanctified Singers
- He Got Better Things For You


gatefold DLP
notes by Paul Oliver
click to read track listing !
Matchbox MSEX 2003/2004 (UK 1984)

This DLP set was issued to complement Paul Oliver's book "Songsters & Saints: Vocal Traditions On Race Records".- Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 1984:

Matchbox Records discography

591985Tennessee Legends

Sleepy John Estes
- Floating Bridge
- Special Agent
- Mr. Pat
- Rats In My Kitchen
Furry Lewis
- Brownsville Blues
- Mistreatin' Woman
- Fare-Thee-Well Blues

Will Shade
- Kansas City Blues
Will Shade & Furry Lewis
- The Train

Gus Cannon
- Boll Weevil Blues
Will Shade
- Wine-Headed Man
Furry Lewis & Will Shade
- Furry Lewis Rag
Charlie Burse & Will Shade
- Beale Street Shuffle
Jennie Mae Clayton & Will Shade
- What Must I Do?
Will Shade
- Jump And Jive


rec. 1962-63 in Memphis, TN by George Mitchell & Roger Brown

notes by Roger S. Brown

Southland SLP 14 (US 1985)


= Fat Possum FP 1092-2 "Tennessee Recordings: The George Mitchell Collection"
BR220,36

Southland Records discography

601989Will Shade & Gus Cannon 1961

- Kansas City Blues
- Can't Stay I've Got To Go []

- Carry Me Back To West Virginia #
- Can I Ride With You Tonight?
- I Can't Stand It

- Goin' Round The Mountain #
- You Send Me John
- I'm Sitting Beside The Water []

- Son Brimmer's Blues
- Stingy Woman Blues
- Newport News Blues
- Stella
- I'll Get A Break Before Long

- Walk Right In (No. 2) #
- Every Day I Have The Blues
- Train

- Banjo Rag #

rec. July 18/19, 1961 "with Friends at a Private Party in Memphis, Tenn."; Will Shade, voc, g; [] Laura Dukes, voc, banjolele # Gus Cannon, voc, bj, jug


Document DLP 561 (Austria 1989)

Document Records discography
Laura Dukes discography

611990The Greatest in Country Blues   (1927-1956)

LP 1
- High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips
- Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson

- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- My Black Momma Part I - Son House
- Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- How Long - Frank Stokes
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins


LP 2
- Devil Got The Woman - Skip James
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
- The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins
- Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams
- Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart
- Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown
- Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker
- Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band
- Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee
- The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill
- Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand


LP 3
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy
- Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg
- Baby How Long - Dan Pickett
- Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
- River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson
- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins


compiled by Johnny Parth

3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver

RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)

3 CD set
notes by Paul Oliver

1927-1930


1927-1936


1929-1956
= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)

= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)

3 CD set

= 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)

621990Gus Cannon: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1
(November 1927 to 20 September 1930)

Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon)
- Jonestown Blues
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home
- Madison Street Rag
- Jazz Gypsy Blues
- Can You Blame The Colored Man
- My Money Never Runs Out
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Minglewood Blues
- Big Railroad Blues
- Madison Street Rag
- Springdale Blues
- Ripley Blues
- Pig Ankle Strut
- Noah's Blues
- Hollywood Rag
- Heart-breakin' Blues
- Feather Bed
- Cairo Rag
- Bugle Call Rag
- Viola Lee Blues (tk 1)
- Viola Lee Blues (tk 2)
- Riley's Wagon

notes by Chris Smith

Document DOCD 5032 (UK 1990)

631990Gus Cannon & Noah Lewis: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 2
(12 September 1929 to 28 November 1930)

Cannon And Woods (The Beale Street Boys)
- Last Chance Blues
- Fourth And Beal
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Last Chance Blues
- Tired Chicken Blues
- Going To Germany
- Walk Right In
Noah Lewis
- Chickasaw Special
- Devil In The Woodpile

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Mule Get Up In The Alley
- The Rooster's Crowing Blues
- Jonestown Blues
- Pretty Mama Blues
- Bring It With You When You Come
- Wolf River Blue
Noah Lewis
- Like I Want To Be
Noah Lewis' Jug Band
- Ticket Agent Blues
- New Minglewood Blues
- Selling The Jelly
- Bad Luck's My Buddy

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Money Never
- Prison Wall Blues

notes by Chris Smith

Document DOCD 5033 (UK 1990)

641991Wild About My Lovin'
Beale Street Blues 1928-30

Memphis Jug Band
- Overseas Stomp
- Stealin' Stealin'
- K. C. Moan
- On The Road Again
- Jug Band Waltz
Jim Jackson
- My Monday Woman Blues
- I'm Wild About My Lovin'
- When I Woke Up This Morning She Was Gone
- I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Walk Right In
- Viola Lee Blues
- Bring It With You When You Come
- Going To Germany
- Prison Wall Blues
Frank Stokes
- Downtown Blues
- Taint Nobody's Business
- Taint Nobody's Business (Part II)
- Take Me Back


notes by Billy Altmann

RCA 2461-2-R (US 1991)

; click to enlarge!
Forrest Gump soundtrack 1994
containing The Rooftop Singers' "Walk Right In"
64a1994Memphis Masters
Early American Blues Classics   1927-1934

- Country Woman - Will Batts
- Death Bell Blues - Tom Dickson
- Billy Lyons and Stackolee - Furry Lewis
- Pile Driver Blues - Joe McCoy
- I'm Going Away Blues - Frank Stokes
- Little Rock Blues - Pearl Dickson
- Beale Street Breakdown - Jed Davenport
- Where Is My Good Man At? - Memphis Minnie
- Doctor Medicine - South Memphis Jug Band

- Poor Boy A Long Way From Home - Gus Cannon °°
- Red Ripe Tomatoes - Jack Kelly
- Downtown Blues - Frank Stokes
- Last Chance Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Better Leave That Stuff Alone - Will Shade
- Won't You Be Kind? - Hattie Hart
- Cadillac Baby - Will Batts
- Bob Lee Junior Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- I Let My Daddy Do That - Hattie Hart
- Old Sometime Blues - Frank Stokes


remastered by Richard Nevins
°° only re-release with accurat speed (2:54)!

notes by Don Kent

Yazoo CD 2008 (US 1994)

Yazoo Records discography

651994Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers
The Legendary 1928-1930 Recordings

- Minglewood Blues
- Big Railroad Blues
- Madison Street Rag
- Springdale Blues
- Ripley Blues
- Pig Ankle Strut
- Noah's Blues
- Hollywood Rag
- Heart Breakin' Blues
- Feather Bed
- Cairo Rag
- Bugle Call Rag
- Viola Lee Blues
- Riley's Wagon
- Last Chance Blues
- Tired Chicken Blues
- Going to Germany
- Walk Right In
- Mule Get Up in the Alley
- Rooster's Crowing Blues
- Jonestown Blues
- Pretty Mama Blues
- Bring It with You When You Come
- Wolf River Blues
- Money Never Runs Out
- Prison Wall Blues


JSP CD 610 (UK 1994)

notes by Keith Briggs

= JSP CD 3406 (2002)
2 CD set along with "Sleepy John Estes: First Recordings" (JSP 601; 1994), remastered by John R.T. Davies

661995Memphis Jug Bands: Walk Right In
The Blues Collection # 41

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Bring It With You When You Come
- Minglewood Blues
- Viola Lee Blues
- Pig Ankle Strut
- Walk Right In
- Ripley Blues
- Feather Bed
Memphis Jug Band
- Sun Brimmer's Blues
- Sugar Pudding
- K.C. Moan
- A Black Woman Is Like A Black Snake
- Cocaine Habit Blues
- On The Road Again
- Stealin' Stealin'
- Move That Thing
- Cave Man Blues
- It Won't Act Right
- He's In The Jailhouse Now


ed. by Tony Russell


Orbis BLU NC 0041 (1995)

671998Ruckus Juice & Chitlins   Vol. 2
The Great Jug Bands

- Bring It With You When You Come - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- German Blues - Birmingham Jug Band
- Selling The Jelly - Noah Lewis's Jug Band
- You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back - Memphis Jug Band
- Walkin' Cane Stomp - Kentucky Jug Band
- Rising Sun Blues - King David's Jug Band
- The Old Folks Started It - Minnie Wallace
- Memphis Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Stealin' Stealin' - Memphis Jug Band
- Sweet Potato Blues - King David's Jug Band
- R.F.C. Blues - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band
- Brown Jug Blues - Ezra Buzzington's Rustic Revelers

- Last Chance Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- He's In The Jailhouse Now - Memphis Jug Band
- George Street Stomp - Cincinnati Jug Band
- Casey Bill - Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- Greenville Strut - Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe
- Boodle-Am-Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Jug Band Special - Whistler's Jug Band
- Smackin' The Sax - Phillip's Louisville Jug Band
- What Makes My Baby Cry - Five Harmaniacs
- Piccolo Blues - Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band
- Jug Rag - Prairie Ramblers


notes by Don Kent

Yazoo CD 2033 (US 1998)

Yazoo Records discography

681998My Rough And Rowdy Ways
Early American Rural Music, Badman Ballads and Hellraising Songs
Classic Recordings of the 1920 and 30s - Vol. I

- Tell It To Me - Grant Brothers
- Little Sadie - Clarence Ashley
- Bad Luck Dice - Clifford Gibson
- Way Up On Clinch Mountain - Jilson Setters
- Frankie - Dykes Magic City Trio
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Got The Jake Leg Too - Ray Brothers
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- Kentucky Blues - 'Little Hat' Jones
- Prisoner's Dream - Allen Brothers
- John Hardy - Sweet Brothers/Ernest Stoneman
- Better Leave That Stuff Alone - Will Shade
- Way Down The Old Plank Road - Uncle Dave Macon/Sam McGee
- The Fate Of Talmedge Osborn - Ernest Stoneman/Kahle Brewer

- Viola Lee Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Rock House Gamblers - Cleve Chaffin/The McClung Brothers
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- All Bound Down - Haywood County Ramblers
- Low Down Rounder Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Stack-O-Lee - Fruit Jar Guzzlers
- My Crime Blues - Barefoot Bill
- Jesse James - Ken Maynard
- Chain Gang Special - Watts & Wilson



Yazoo CD 2039 (US 1998)

Yazoo Records discography

69199?Memphis Sessions (1956 - 1961)

Will Shade (1956)
- I Can't Stand It
Furry Lewis (1959)
- Slide guitar instrumental [Warm Up] [RBF 202]
- You Can Leave [Me] Baby [RBF 202]

Gus Cannon
- I Met Mr. Toad #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Dirty Mother For You #
Will Shade
- You Send Me John (No. 2) #
- The Woman I'm Lovin' #

Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Salty Water #
- He's Knocking On My Door #
Gus Cannon
- Show Me The Way To Go Home #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- He's Gone #

Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Shanghai Blues #
Gus Cannon
- Walk Right In (No. 1) #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Nobody Loves Me #
Will Shade
- You Send Me John (No. 2) #

Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- I'm Goin Down To Lucy Maes #
Charles Hicks (voc, g)
- Lucille #

Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Haunted House Blues #
Will Shade
- Dirty, Dirty Dozen #
Mary Mitchell (with Will Shade, g)
- I'm Drifting #

Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Laura Blues #

# rec. July 18/19, 1961 at a private party in Memphis, Tenn. by Don Hill


Wolf 120.920 (Austria 199?)

Laura Dukes discography

702000The Great Race Record Labels, Vol. 1: Paramount Records

- Blind Arthur's Breakdown - Blind Blake
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 1 - Son House
- Salty Dog Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Drunken Spree - Skip James
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Little Low Mama Blues - Ma Rainey
- High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1 - Charley Patton
- Pratt City - Jabo Williams
- St. Louis Cyclone Blues - Elzadie Robinson
- Mecca Flat Blues - Priscilla Stewart
- Farrell Blues - Henry "Son" Sims
- Soon This Morning Blues - Charlie Spand
- Ramblin' Mind Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Down In The Basement Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Jake Liquor Blues - Ishman Bracey

- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Gus Cannon
- Mr. Man, Pt. 1 - Ida Cox
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Blind Teddy Darby
- Off The Wall - Louise Johnson
- Honey Bee Blues - Bumble Bee Slim
- West Coast Rag - William Ezell
- Ridin' Horse - Tommy Johnson
- Midnight Blues - Gary Moore


artwork by "Slim" Hugh Harwood

notes (June 2000) by Dave Moore

Catfish KATCD 160 (UK 2000)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

712001The Best Of Cannon's Jug Stompers

- Feather Bed
- Last Chance Blues
- Big Railroad Blues
- Going to Germany
- Minglewood Blues
- Mule Get up in the Alley
- Viola Lee Blues
- Walk Right In
- Noah's Blues
- Wolf River Blues
- Riley's Wagon
- Madison Street Rag
- Bring It With You When You Come
- The Rooster's Crowing Blues
- Pig Ankle
- Money Never Runs Out
- Heart Breakin' Blues
- Springdale Blues
- Jonestown Blues
- Prison Wall Blues
- Ripley Blues
- Tired Chicken Blues
- Pretty Mama Blues


Yazoo CD 2060 (US 2001)

722005The Memphis Jug Band with Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers

disc 1:
- Sun Brimmers Blues
- Stingy Woman Blues
- Memphis Jug Blues
- Newport News Blues
- Sometimes I Think I Love You
- Sunshine Blues
- Memphis Boy Blues
- I'm Looking For The Bully Of The Town
- I Packed My Suitcase, Started To The Train
- State Of Tennessee Blues
- Bob Lee Junior Blues
- Kansas City Blues
- Beale Street Mess Around
- I'll See You In The Spring
- Turpentine Blues - Will Weldon
- Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule - Will Weldon
- Vol Stevens Blues - Vol Stevens
- Baby Got The Rickets (Mama's Got The Mobile Blues) - Vol Stevens
- Snitchin' Gambler Blues
- Evergreen Money Blues
- Coal Oil Blues
- Papa Long Blues
- Peaches In The Springtime
- She Stays Out All Night Long


disc 2:
- Lindberg Hop
- Sugar Pudding
- A Black Woman Is Like A Black Snake
- On The Road Again
- Whitehouse Station Blues
- Stealin' Stealin'
- Jug Band Waltz
- Mississippi River Waltz
- Better Leave That Stuff Alone - Will Shade
- She Stabbed Me With An Ice Pick - Will Shade
- I Can't Stand It
- What's The Matter
- Dirty Butter - Minnie Wallace
- The Old Folks Started It - Minnie Wallace
- Won't You Be Kind To Me - Hattie Hart
- You Wouldn't, Would You Papa? - Hattie Hart
- Feed Your Friend With A Long Handled Spoon
- I Can Beat You Plenty
- Taking Your Place
- Tired Of You Driving Me
- Memphis Yo Yo Blues
- K.C. Moan
- I Whipped My Woman With A Single Tree


disc 3:
- Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green
- Oh Ambulance Man
- Cocaine Habit Blues
- Jim Strainer Blues
- Cave Man Blues
- Fourth Street Mess
- It Won't Act Right
- Bumble Bee Blues
- Meningitis Blues
- Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues
- Stonewall Blues
- Spider's Nest Blues
- Papa's Got Your Water On
- Going Back To Memphis
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- Got A Letter From My Darlin'
- Round And Round
- You May Leave, But This Will Bring You Back
- Move That Thing
- You Got Me Rollin'
- Son Brimmers Blues
- Stingy Woman Blues
- Newport News Blues
- Snitchin' Gambler Blues
- Lindberg Hop


disc 4:
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Minglewood Blues
- Big Railroad Blues
- Madison Street Rag
- Springdale Blues
- Ripley Blues
- Pig Ankle Strut
- Noah's Blues
- Hollywood Rag
- Heart Breakin' Blues
- Feather Bed
- Cairo Rag
- Bugle Call Rag
- Viola Lee Blues
- Riley's Wagon
- Last Chance Blues
- Tired Chicken Blues
- Going To Germany
- Walk Right In
- Mule Get Up In The Alley
- The Rooster's Crowing Blues
- Jonestown Blues
- Pretty Mama Blues
- Bring It With You When You Come
- Wolf River Blues
- Money Never Runs Out
- Prison Wall Blues

remastered by John R.T. Davies

4 CD set
notes by Keith Briggs

JSP JSPCD 7745 (UK 2005)

732005Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926 - 1937

disc 1:
- The Spasm - Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah
- Tanner's Boarding House - Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett
- Don't Think I'm Santa Claus - Lil McClintock
- Hokum Blues - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
- Jimbo Jambo Land - Shorty Godwin
- Gonna Swing On The Golden Gate - Fiddlin' John Carson & His Virginia Reelers
- Papa's 'Bout To Get Mad - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was A Married Man - Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright
- Bye, Bye, Policeman - Jim Jackson
- The Bald-Headed End Of A Broom - Walter Smith
- Bow Wow Blues - Allen Brothers
- Beans - Beans Hambone & El Morrow
- A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around - Stovepipe # 1 and David Crockett
- Tell It To Me - Grant Brothers & Their Music
- Ain't No Use Working So Hard - Carolina Tar Heels
- Mama Keep Your Yes Ma'am Clean - Walter Cole
- C-H-I-C-K-E-N Spells Chicken - Kirk McGee & Blythe Poteet

- My Money Never Runs Out - Banjo Joe
- Railroadin' Some - Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
- Traveling Man - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
- G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again - Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop
- Baby All Night Long - Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers
- Born In Hard Luck - Chris Bouchillon
- He's In The Jailhouse Now - Memphis Sheiks


disc 2:
- Gonna Tip Out Tonight - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- Chevrolet Car - Sam McGee
- It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' - Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers

- Bring It With You When You Come - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Atlanta Strut - Blind Sammie
- Go Along Mule - Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers
- Casey Bill - Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- I Got Mine - Frank Stokes
- Hannah - Chris Bouchillon
- Adam & Eve In The Garden - Bogus Ben Covington
- Mysterious Coon - Alec Johnson & His Band
- Her Name Was Hula Lou - Carolina Tar Heels
- Reno Blues - Three Tobacco Tags
- Scoodle Um Skoo - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
- The Cat's Got The Measles, The Dog's Got The Whooping Cough - Walter Smith
- Shout You Cats - Hezekiah Jenkins
- Nobody's Business If I Do - Tommie Bradley
- Sweet Sixteen - Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers
- Ticklish Reuben - Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright
- I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop - Jim Jackson
- Shine - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
- The Gypsy - Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers
- Kiss Me Cindy - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers


2 CD set
notes by Marshall Wyatt & Bengt Olsson

Old Hat CD 1005 (US 2005)

742007Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 5
2008 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Range In My Kitchen Blues - Texas Alexander
- One Dime Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacey
- Nehi Mama Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Deep Moaning Blues - Ma Rainey
- Jail House Blues - Crying Sam Collins

- Madison Street Rag - Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon)
- Seaboard Stomp - Blind Blake
- The New Shake That Thing - Mississippi Sheiks
- Low Down Jail House - Blind Blake
- Cold And Blue - Ida Cox
- The Santa Claus Crave - Elzadie Robinson

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Ain't Gonna Do That No More - Blind Blake
- Talkin' To You Wimmin' About The Blues - Blind Willie McTell & Mary Willis
- Merciful Blues - Blind Willie McTell & Mary Willis
- Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds


remastered by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Vol. 5 (US 2008)

752017American Epic: The Collection

disc 1:
- The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo) - Clarence Ashley
- On the Road Again - Memphis Jug Band
- The Panama Limited - Bukka White
- Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Pt. 1 - Frank Stokes
- K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- I Am Bound for the Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes
- Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2 - Garfield Akers
- I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- Down On Penny's Farm - Bentley Boys
- Foldin' Bed - Whistler's Jug Band
- Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney

- Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow - The Carter Family
- Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
- Bayou Teche - Columbus Fruge
- Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Train On the Island - J.P. Nestor

disc 2:
- My Heart Keeps Singing - Elder J.E. Burch
- Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels
- I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham - Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers
- Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J. M. Gates
- Waiting for a Train - Jimmie Rodgers
- Darling, Where Have You Been So Long? - Tenneva Ramblers
- Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Ma Blond Est Partie - Amadie Breaux, Ophey Breaux & Cleoma Breaux
- Peg and Awl - Carolina Tar Heels
- Chocolate to the Bone - Barbecue Bob
- Down On Me - Eddie Head and Family
- Prenez Courage - Cleoma Breaux with Joseph Falcon and Ophy Breaux
- Pickin' Off Peanuts - Dilly and his Dill Pickles
- Just Because - Nelstone's Hawaiians
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- Ladies On the Steamboat - Burnett & Rutherford
- Mamma, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell

disc 3:
- Cecilia - Cuarteto Flores
- La Coquetera - Los Borinquenos
- Coconito - Guty Cárdenas Y Lencho
- Lovesick Blues - Emmett Miller
- Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy
- John Henry Blues - Two Poor Boys
- Mr. Tom Hughes' Town - Lead Belly
- Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt
- I Am The Light of the World - Blind Gary Davis
- Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
- Chant of the Eagle Dance - Hopi Indian Chanters
- Hilo Hula - Mike Hanapi & The Ilima Islanders
- If The River Was Whiskey - Charlie Poole
- Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
- The Wreck of the '97 - Ernest Stoneman
- Faded Coat of Blue - Buell Kazee
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- Sail Away Ladies - Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers
- Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
- Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson
- Arkansas Traveller - Don Richardson

disc 4:
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin
- Down the Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton

- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Banjo Joe
- Hastings Street - Blind Blake & Charlie Spand
- See That My Grave's Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Gonna Have 'Lasses In the Morning - Golden Melody Boys
- New Orleans Stop Time - Memphis Minnie & Bumblebee Slim
- Prove It On Me Blues - Ma Rainey
- Gonne Die with My Hammer in My Hand - Williamson Brothers & Curry
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Banjoreno - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- It's a Good Thing - Beale Street Sheiks
- Trust In God and Do the Right - Blind Willie Davis
- Someday Baby Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Brown Skin Gal (Down the Lane) - Massey Family
- Henry Lee aka Young Hunting - Dick Justice
- Old Country Rock - William Moore
- La Danseuse - Delma Lachney & Blind Uncle Gaspard
- My Black Mama, Pt. 1 & 2 - Son House
- Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James

disc 5:
- Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
- Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza
- Sunshine Special - Frenchy's String Band
- Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins
- Les Blues De Voyage - Amédé Ardoin & Dennis McGee
- The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers
- I'm Gonna Cross the River Jordan Some of These Days - Jaybird Coleman
- Tomi Tomi - Sol K. Bright with The Aloha Serenaders
- Sittin' On Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks
- James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown
- The Indian Tom Tom - Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band
- Blues In a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
- Je Me Suis En Alle - Bartmont Montet & Joswell Dupuis
- Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- E Mama Ea - Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette
- Ghost Dance - Truett & George
- Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) - Roosevelt Graves & Brother
- Allons A Lafayette - Joseph Falcon
- Corrido De Joaquin Murrieta, Pt. 1 & 2 - Los Madrugadores
- Denomination Blues (Part 1 & 2) - Washington Phillips


"American Epic: The Collection gathers 100 of these original recordings from the 1920s and 1930s in one five-disc set, restored to unprecedented levels of sonic fidelity. For this box set, compiled by Director Bernard MacMahon, engineer Nicholas Bergh refined a transfer process using a mix of both modern and vintage equipment in order to extract the remarkable resolution from the records that is often missed."

5 CD set
 
American Epic AMPC451 (US 2017)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, p. 136-137
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 213
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 83-84
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, p. 104

- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, pp. 106-107
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 225-226
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York (Oak Publications), 1968.- p. 44
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- London (Record Information Services), 1987.- pp. 234-235

- Giles Oakley: Blues, die schwarze Musik (The Devil's Music).- Bergisch Gladbach (Gustav Lübbe) 1976
- Bengt Olsson: Memphis Blues.- London (Studio Vista) 1970
- Valerie Wilmer: The Face of Black Music.- New York (Da Capo Press) 2nd paperback printing 1983
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- http://www.angelfire.com/folk/longtimecoming/jugstompers/
- http://web.archive.org/web/20031004142639/http://www.ping.be/ml-cmb/cjsindex.htm
- www.redhotjazz.com/cjs.html
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Milosch Fürst jun., Max Hoeffner, Izumi Kinoshita, Chris Kimmer, Helge Thygesen, Z. Edward Sigall, Donovan Weaver, Russel Shor, Craig Ventresco, David J Costa, Steve Franz and Joe Formanek for additional info / scans

 

 

Bo Carter, Will Shade & G U S   C A N N O N, July 1960; photographer: Paul Oliver
Bo Carter, Will Shade & Gus Cannon, Memphis, TN, July 1960
photographer: Paul Oliver; photo up to now only published in (at least) two separate parts, photoshop merged by Stefan Wirz

 

 

 

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