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D E W E Y   C O R L E Y at the piano, August 1972; source: Back cover of Albatros VPA 8261; photographer: Gianni Marcucci
Dewey Corley at the piano, August 1972
source: Back cover of Albatros VPA 8261
photographer: Gianni Marcucci
D E W E Y   C O R L E Y; source: Harris 1987, p. 128; photographer: Jim O'Neal
source: Harris 1987, p. 128; photographer: Jim O'Neal


Dewey Corley
b. June 18, 1898 in Halley, Arkansas
d. April 15, 1974 in Memphis, Tennessee

discography
D E W E Y   C O R L E Y at the washtub bass, August 1972 1972; source: Front cover of Albatros VPA 8261; photographer: Gianni Marcucci
Dewey Corley at the washtub bass, August 1972
source: Front cover of Albatros VPA 8261
photographer: Gianni Marcucci

#year
of release
title / label / notes
   

- Little Pretty Woman
- Crazy Blues
- instrumental

rec. July 20, 1960 in Memphis, TN by Paul Oliver; Bo Carter, voc, g; Will Shade, hca, g; Gus Cannon, bj; Dewey Corley, b

unissued


Bo Carter 1960

source: http://sundayblues.org
(from Paul Oliver's book
"Conversation with the Blues")
photographer: Paul Oliver

11969Mississippi Delta Blues - Vol. 1

Napoleon Strickland
- Oh Baby
Do Boy Diamond
- Long Haired Doney
- Going Away Blues
Johnny Woods & Fred McDowell
- Three O'Clock In The Morning
Walter Miller
- Stuttgart, Ark
Tom Turner
- Gonna Bring Her Right Back Home

Furry Lewis
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Robert Diggs
- Drink, Drink, Drink

Dewey Corley
- Fishing In The Dark
Teddy Williams
- Down Home Blues
Houston Stackhouse
- Canned Heat
Peck Curtis
- The Death Of Sonny Boy Williamson


rec. August 1967 in Memphis, TN by George Mitchell and Roger Brown; edited & produced by Chris Strachwitz; all photographs by George Mitchell


inner gatefold of Arhoolie 1041

Do Boy Diamond discography

Johnny Woods discography Fred McDowell discography

Walter Miller discography Furry Lewis discography

notes (adapted from
"Blow my Blues away")
by George Mitchell

Arhoolie 1041

(=) Arhoolie CD 401 (1994)

Arhoolie Records discography

21969Furry 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


# with Dewey Corley, kazoo, b


Adelphi AD 1007S


= Genes CD 9918 (1999)

Adelphi Records discography

31971The 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

41971The Memphis Blues Again   Vol. 2

Bukka White
- Fried Chicken

Willie Morris, g, voc & Dewey Corley, b
- New Stop And Listen Blues   @youtube (4:50 ff.)
Willie Morris
- My Good Woman Has Quit Me
- Tell Me Mama, Babe, On You

Hacksaw Harney & Dewey Corley, b
- Hacksaw's Down South Blues   @youtube (4:50 ff.)
- Can Can

Walter Miller, voc & Willie Morris, g and Mose Vinson, p
- I Don't Care What You Do
Memphis Piano Red John Williams
- Me And My Pal
Sleepy John Estes & Tom Gary, hca
- Drop Down Mama
Van Hunt & Mose Vinson, p
- Jelly Selling Woman

Van Hunt & Mose Vinson, p and Dewey Corley, b
- Lonesome Road Blues

rec. October 1969 in Memphis, TN and June 1970 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN; prod. by Gene Rosenthal
Adelphi AD 1010 cover drawing by Dick Bangham

notes by Steve LaVere with assistance by Nick Perls & Michael Stewart

Adelphi AD 1010 (US 1971)


= Echo Music 802 (UK 1985) "Blues Anthology Vol. 2" "More Memphis Blues"

Adelphi Records discography

51971


Beale Street Mess-Around

Revival 1004 and Barclay 920414 track sequence:
Dewey Corley
- Just A Dream I Had On My Mind * [Fat Possum 1059-2]
- Tri-State-Bus [sic] * [Arhoolie CD 401 / Fat Possum 1059-2]   @ youtube
- Back To The Country * [Fat Possum 1059-2]
- I'm Going Home # °° [Fat Possum 1059-2]
- Four O'Clock In The Morning * [Fat Possum 1059-2]

# + Walter Miller, g
* + Johnny Woods, hca; Earl Bell, g

Will Shade & Abe McNeil
- Beale Street Mess-Around °°
Will Shade & Furry Lewis
- Muscle Shoal Blues °°   @ youtube
Charlie Burse & Will Shade
- Kansas City Blues °°
Will Shade
- Dirty Dozen °°
Charlie Burse
- Tippin' Round °°
Will Shade
- I Can't Stand It [nowhere else released!]

Rounder 2006 track sequence:
Will Shade & Abe McNeil
- Beale Street Mess-Around °°
Will Shade & Furry Lewis
- Muscle Shoals [sic] Blues °°
Charlie Burse
- Tippin' Round °°
Furry Lewis
- Perolee [sic][nowhere else released!]
Will Shade
- Dirty Dozen °°
Furry Lewis
- Old Original Furry Lewis Blues [Revival RVS 1008 "Worried Blues"]
Will Shade & Catherine Porter
- Let Me Ride With You Tonight [Fat Possum 1051-2 "I Wanna Ride ..."]   @ youtube
Walter Miller & Dewey Corley
- I'm Going Home °°

Will Shade & Charlie Burse
- Kansas City Blues °° [Fat Possum 7-1079 "K.C. Blues"]
Will Shade
- Newport News [Revival RVS 1008]
Earl Bell
- Jump On Down [nowhere else released!]
Furry Lewis
- U.S. Waltz [nowhere else released!]
Will Shade
- I'll Get A Break [nowhere else released!]
Charley Burse, Furry Lewis, Will Shade
- Eleven Light City [nowhere else released!]
Furry Lewis
- Hello, Judge [Revival RVS 1008 / Fat Possum 7-1098 "Good Morning Judge"]


rec. 1963, 1967, and 1968 in Memphis, TN by George Mitchell and Roger Brown

°° tracks on both LPs (Revival/Barclay and Rounder)

Furry Lewis discographyEarl Bell discography

Walter Miller discography

notes by "Bengt Olssen"
(Bengt Olsson)

Revival RVS 1004

Revival Records discography

notes by "Bengt Olssen"
(Bengt Olsson)
[translated into French]

= Barclay 920.414 (Fr)
"Blues from Memphis"

notes by Roger S. Brown

(=) Rounder 2006 (1975)

Rounder Records discography

61974Blues Oggi

Booker T. Washington White - I'm Getting Ready   @ youtube
Dewey Corley - I Feel So Bad ##   @ youtube
Laura Dukes - Laura's Blues   @ youtube
Mose Vinson - Vicksburg Blues #   @ youtube
Hammie Nixon - I Told You Baby Long Time Ago   @ youtube

Dewey Corley - Yes, My Baby's Just Like A Dresser ##   @youtube
Sleepy John Estes - Corrina, Corrina   @ youtube

Laura Dukes - Got To Get Myself Somebody To Love   @ youtube
Sleepy John Estes - I Got A Pretty Little Flower   @ youtube
John "Piano Red" Williams - Baby I Need Your Love So Bad   @ youtube
Sleepy John Estes - I'll Be Glad When You Dead (You Rascal You)   @ youtube
John "Piano Red" Williams - Red Boogie   @ youtube
Booker T. Washington White - Brownsville, Tennessee   @ youtube


# rec. December 27, 1972 in Memphis, TN; Mose Vinson, voc, p; Dewey Corley, bull-fiddle; ed. by Franco Coggiola
## rec. December 27, 1972 in Memphis, TN; Dewey Corley, voc, bull-fiddle; Mose Vinson, p; ed. by Franco Coggiola
photos by Gianni Marcucci (on front cover: Dewey Corley at the piano, two of Sleepy John Estes' children: son Charles & daughter Lucy; liner photo: Sleepy John Estes' children, daughters Lucy, Mae (with child), Virginia (Hammie Nixon's [future] wife), and son Charles)

notes (24 pages booklet) by Gianni Marcucci and Lucio Maniscalchi

I Dischi Del Sole DS 526/28 (Italy 1974)


= Ala Bianca CD 128553718 (Italy 1996)

71975Dewey Corley / Mose Vinson: Tennessee Blues Vol. 2

- Stop And Listen *
- It Was A Dream *
- Fishing In The Dark *
- Blues Jumped The Rabbit * []
- Dewey's Blues (aka Dewey's Stomp) (instr) *
- Big Leg Woman *

- Memphis Boogie (instr) #
- So Long Blues #
- You May Be Old #
- I Can't (instr) #
- I Had A Dream Last Night #
- Rains All Night #

rec. August 22 & 27, 1972 in Memphis, TN by Gianni Marcucci & Lucio Maniscalchi

* Dewey Corley, voc, p; [] Gianni Marcucci, hca

# Dewey Corley, voc, kazoo, double b ["bull fiddle"]; Mose Vinson, voc, p

notes (18 pages)

Albatros VPA 8261 (It 1975)
= Albatros VC 0741 (cassette)

30-pp. booklet notes (French, English & Italian) by Anonymous (most likely Gianni Marcucci)

(=) Dom disques Albatros CD DAF 101 (Fr 1997) (along with VPA 8240 "Tennessee Blues Vol. 1")

Albatros Records discography
Mose Vinson discography

81979Tennessee: The Folk Heritage
Volume 1: The Delta

Beale Street Originals - Mr. Crump Don't 'Low
Grandma Dixie Davis - Memphis Blues
Sonny Blake Combo - One Room Country Shack
Roosevelt Sykes - Backyard Blues
Sam Clark Combo - Jammin The Blues
Choir Of The Lambert Church Of God In Christ, Memphis - Keep Me With A Mind

Memphis Slim - Memphis On The Mississippi>
Furry Lewis - My Baby Don't Want Me
Joe Dobbins - Good Morning Blues

Dewey Corley Combo - Dewey's Blues (instr) #
Memphis Minnie Lawler - Nothin' In Ramblin'
Choir Of The Lambert Church Of God In Christ, Memphis - I Love The Lord


# rec. early 1970s live at the Memphis Cotton Festival in Memphis, TN; Dewey Corley, washtub-b; kazoo; Memphis Piano Red Williams, p; Earl Bell, g; Harry E. Godwin, washb

album produced, compiled & edited by Harry E. Godwin; cover painting by Stephen Longstreet

notes by Harry E. Godwin

Tennessee Folklore Society TFS-102 (US 1979)

91979Old Country Blues

Lattie Merle [real name: Lottie Murrell]
- When A Gal Cross The Bottom [different version to that on Flyright LP 501]

Dewey Corley
- Fool's Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Perry Tillis
- Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt
Lum Guffin
- Old Country Blues #
Lincoln Jackson
- Loping Blues   @youtube
Walter Miller
- Hop's Boogie
Lum Guffin, John Mitchell & McKenzie
- Sally Got A Big Leg *

Perry Tillis
- The Man From Galilee
Ashley Thompson
- Sweet Peace
Walter Miller
- Sherman's Blues
Perry Tillis
- God Don't Like It
Othar Broadnax
- Don't The Peaches Look Mellow
Lincoln Jackson
- Big Fat Mama
unknown
- Getting That Stuff
Lum Guffin, Hallie Massey & Plez Rivers
- Do You Know Him []


field recordings 1969-1974 in Tennessee and Alabama by Bengt Olsson
# rec. 1974; Lum Guffin, mandolin; Bill Barth, g
* rec. 1974; Lum Guffin, fife; John Mitchell, bass dr; McKenzie, snare dr
[] rec. 1974; Lum Guffin, fife; Hallie Massey, voc, bass dr; Plez (Williamson) Rivers [notes: "father of Homesick James"], snare dr

notes by Bengt Olsson

Flyright FLY 537

# * Flyright FLYCD 58

Flyright Records discography

101994Mississippi Delta Blues: Blow My Blues Away Vol. 1

- Oh Baby - Napoleon Strickland
- Como Breakdown - Napoleon Strickland
- Three O'Clock In The Morning - Johnny Woods & Fred McDowell
- My Jack Don't Need No Water (Long Haired Doney) - Johnny Woods & Fred McDowell
- Catfish Blues - Teddy Williams
- Down Home Blues - Teddy Williams
- Long Haired Doney (My Jack Don't Need No Water) - Do-Boy Diamond
- Hard Time Blues - Do-Boy Diamond
- The Shaggy Hound - Do-Boy Diamond
- Going Away Blues - Do-Boy Diamond
- Stuttgart, Arkansas - Walter Miller
- Vicksburg Blues - Walter Miller
- Mississippi Goin' To Be My Home - Robert Diggs
- Dangerous Slim - Robert Diggs
- Drink, Drink, Drink - Robert Diggs
- Pork & Beans - Rosa Lee Hill

- Fishing In The Dark - Dewey Corley # [Arhoolie 1041]
- Tri-State Bus - Dewey Corley # [Revival 1004]
- Gonna Bring Her Right Back Home - Tom Turner
- The Death of Sonny Boy Williamson - Peck Curtis
- Nighthawk Boogie - Robert Nighthawk
- You Call Yourself A Cadillac - Robert Nighthawk
- Blues Before Midnight - Robert Nighthawk


# rec. August 1967 in Canton, Ms. by George Mitchell; Dewey Corley, voc, kazoo, b; Walter Miller, g


Arhoolie CD 401

Arhoolie Records discography

111997On The Road Again
Country Blues 1969-1974

- When A Gal Cross The Bottom - Lattie Murrell [Flyright LP 501 or 537 ?]
- Railroad Blues - Lum Guffin (Germany) [Flyright LP 503]
- Spoonful - Lattie Murrell [Flyright LP 501]
- Blues For Mattie Mae - Lattie Murrell [Flyright LP 501]   @ youtube
- Johnny Wilson - Lum Guffin (voc, g) [Flyright LP 503]> [2:31]
- On The Road Again - Lum Guffin (voc, g) [Flyright LP 503]
- Loping Blues - Lincoln Jackson [Flyright LP 537]   @youtube
- Kennedy Moan - Perry Tillis [Flyright LP 501]
- Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt - Perry Tillis [Flyright LP 537]
- Why Did I Have To Leave Cairo? - William Floyd Davis [Flyright LP 501]
- Sweet Peace - Ashley Thompson [Flyright LP 537]
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Lattie Murrell [Flyright LP 501]
- Old Country Blues - Lum Guffin (mandolin) [Flyright LP 537]
- Denomination Blues - Perry Tillis [previously unreleased]
- Take Your Burdens To The Lord - Joe Townsend [Flyright LP 501]
- Moaning And Groaning Blues - Lum Guffin (voc, g) [Flyright LP 503]
- Stuttgart, Arkansas - Walter Miller [previously unreleased]

- Last Night - Dewey Corley [previously unreleased]
- Sherman's Blues - Walter Miller [Flyright LP 537]
- Fool's Blues - Dewey Corley [Flyright LP 537]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Hop's Boogie - Walter Miller [Flyright LP 537]
- Don't The Peaches Look Mellow - Othar Broadnax [Flyright LP 537]
- Sally Got A Big Leg - The Fife And Drum Band Of The United Sons And Daughters Of Zion Chapter 9 (Lum Guffin, fife) [Flyright LP 537]


Flyright FLYCD 58

Flyright Records discography

122003Furry Lewis: Good Morning Judge

- Good Morning Judge
- Worried Blues
- Blues Around My Bed

- Why Don't You Come Home Blues * #
- Don't You Wish Your Mama
- Furry Lewis Rag #
- Roll And Tumble Blues
- Old Hobo
- Farewell, I'm Growing Old
- Furry Lewis's Careless Love


* with Dewey Corley, washtub bass
# rec. Memphis, Tennessee 1962 by George Mitchell

all others rec. Memphis, Tennessee summer 1967

notes by Matthew Johnson

Fat Possum CD 80374

Furry Lewis discography

132003Alan Lomax - Blues Songbook

disc: 1
- Goin' Down The River - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Rolled And Tumbled - Rosalie Hill
- Cherry Ball Blues - Jack Owens & Bud Spires
- Dust My Broom - Howlin' Wolf
- Boogie Children - Joe Lee
- Stagolee - Lucious Curtis
- Stop All The Buses - Cecil Augusta
- Worried Life Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
- The Pony Blues - Son House
- Tangle Eye Blues - Walter 'Tangle Eye' Jackson
- Trouble So Hard - Vera Ward Hall
- Worried Blues - Sonny Terry
- Beggin' The Blues - Bessie Jones
- John Henry - Gabriel Brown
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- Cherry Ball Blues - Skip James
- I Hate A Man Like You - Jelly Roll Morton
- Roll 'Em - Pete Johnson

- Kokomo - The Memphis Jug Band #
- Life Is Like That - Big Bill Broonzy

disc: 2
- I Could Hear My Name A Ringin' - Big Bill Broonzy
- Dimples In Your Jaws - Joe Lee
- Catfish Blues - Jack Owens & Bud Spires
- Kill-It-Kid Rag - Blind Willie McTell
- You're Gonna Need My Help - Elinor Boyer
- The Army Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
- Blues De La Prison - Canray Fontenot
- I Been Drinnkin' - Vera Ward Hall
- I Been A Bad, Bad Girl - Ozella Jones
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- Boogie Instrumental - R.L. Burnside
- Blind Lemon Blues - Lead Belly
- Sweet Patootie Blues - Albert Ammons
- The Last Time - Sam Chatmon
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Desert Blues - Hattie Ellis
- Joe Turner - Hobart Smith
- Joe Turner - Miles
- Joe Turner - Big Bill Broonzy
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Hobart Smith
- How Long Blues - Sonny Terry


# rec. September 30, 1959 in Memphis, TN by Alan Lomax; Charlie Burse, voc, g; Will Shade, voc, b, washb; Robert Carter, g; Dewey Corley, b, jug, kazoo

2 CD set

Rounder CD 1866

142005Old Country Blues Vol. 1

- Stuttgart Arkansas - Walter Miller [Flyright FLYCD 58]   @ Spotify
- Jack Of Diamonds - Lum Guffin [Flyright 503]   @ Spotify
- Spoonful - Lattie Murrell [Flyright 501]   @ Spotify
- Too Close - Bishop Perry Tillis [Flyright 501]   @ Spotify
- Loping Blues - Lincoln Jackson [Flyright 537]   @youtube
- Take Your Burdens To The Lord - Joe Townsend [Flyright 501]   @ Spotify
- Sally Got A Big Leg - Fife And Drum Band Of The United Sons And Daughters Of Zion Chapter Nine [Flyright 537]   @ Spotify
- Blues For Mattie Mae - Lattie Murrell [Flyright 501]   @ youtube
- Denomination Blues - Bishop Perry Tillis [Flyright FLYCD 58]
  @ Spotify
- Fool's Blues - Dewey Corley [Flyright 537]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Why Did I Have To Leave Cairo? - William Davis Floyd [Flyright 501]   @ Spotify
- Sweet Peace - Ashley Thompson [Flyright 537]   @ Spotify
- Old Country Blues - Lum Guffin [Flyright 537]   @ Spotify

rec. by Bengt Olsson


for download only
("Birdman-a-phone is a
virtual wing of the Birdman
Recording Group, Inc.")
[David Katznelson's label]
birdmanaphone.com

152007Dewey Corley and Walter Miller
the george mitchell collection

- Fishing In The Dark [Arhoolie 1041]
- I'm Going Home [Revival 1004]
- Good Potatoes And Green Tomatoes [previously unreleased]
- Just A Dream I Got On My Mind [Revival 1004]
- Highway 61 [previously unreleased]
- Tri-State Blues [Revival 1004]
- Back To The Country [Revival 1004]
- Harp Instrumental [previously unreleased]
- Beale Street [previously unreleased]
- Memphis Is A Wonderful City [previously unreleased]
- Kansas City [previously unreleased]
- Down To Arkansas # [previously unreleased]
- Church Bell Tolling [previously unreleased]

rec. in the summer of 1967 by George Mitchell; Dewey Corley, voc, one stringed b, kazoo; Walter Miller, g, # voc


Fat Possum CDr FP 1059-2

162007George Mitchell Collection Volumes 1 - 45

disc 1:
- Lucy Mae Blues - Cecil Barfield
- I Woke Up Crying - Cecil Barfield
- Love Blues - Cecil Barfield
- I Told You Not To Do That - Cecil Barfield
- In the Evening - Buddy Moss
- Hey Lawdy Mama - Buddy Moss
- Thousand Woman Blues - Buddy Moss
- Blue Shadow Falling - Buddy Moss
- Cold Rainy Day - Buddy Moss
- Amy - Buddy Moss
- Motherless Child - Leon Pinson
- Hush, Somebody is Calling My Name - Leon Pinson
- What God Can Do - Leon Pinson
- He'll Understand and Say Well Done - Leon Pinson
- Big Road Blues - Houston Stackhouse
- Cool Water Blues - Houston Stackhouse
- Big Fat Mama Blues - Houston Stackhouse
- Take a Little Walk With Me - Houston Stackhouse
- Everyone Got a Woman - Big Joe Williams
- What She Need With a Rooster - Big Joe Williams
- Sink or Swim - Big Joe Williams
- Prison Bound - Big Joe Williams
- Who's Gonna Be Your Man - John Lee Zeigler
- If I Lose Let Me Lose - John Lee Zeigler
- Black Woman - Othar Turner
- Bumble Bee - Othar Turner


disc 2:
- Rabbit On a Log - Lonzie Thomas
- Raise a Ruckus Tonight - Lonzie Thomas
- My Three Women - Lonzie Thomas
- Red Cross Store - Lonzie Thomas
- Rats In the Kitchen - Sleepy John Estes
- Special Agent - Sleepy John Estes
- Trying To See - Sleepy John Estes
- Mail Man Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Down Home Blues - Teddy Williams
- Catfish Blues - Teddy Williams
- Black Mattie - Teddy Williams
- Sun Don't Shine - Teddy Williams
- Trouble Brought Me Down - Green Paschal
- My Lord - Green Paschal
- Mother is Dead - Green Paschal
- Lay My Burden Down - Green Paschal
- Your Close Friend - Green Paschal
- I'm Going To Leave It In the Hands of the Lord - Green Paschal
- Hard Time Blues - Do-Boy Diamond
- Just Want To Talk To You - Do-Boy Diamond

- Just A Dream I Got On My Mind - Dewey Corley & Walter Miller
- Memphis Is A Wonderful City - Dewey Corey & Walter Miller
- Down To Arkansas - Dewey Corey & Walter Miller
- Rock Me Mama - Bud Grant
- Freight Train Blues - Bud Grant
- So Sweet - Bud Grant
- Bud Grant's Grunt - Bud Grant


disc 3:
- Go Ahead On - Bud White
- You've Been Gone So Long - Bud White
- White Horses - Bud White
- When I'm Sober I'm Drunk Blues - George Henry Bussey
- Mean Mistreater - George Henry Bussey
- Blues Around My Bed - George Henry Bussey
- Looking For My Woman - George Henry Bussey
- Old Red #2 - Jim Bunkley
- Jack of Diamonds - Jim Bunkley
- Them Greasy Greens - Jim Bunkley
- Rocking Chair - Jim Bunkley
- Old Breakdown - Tom Turner
- Drop Down Mama #1 - Tom Turner
- Search Me Lord - James Shorter
- My Mother Died and Left Me - James Shorter
- Consolation - James Shorter
- Home Going - James Shorter
- Better Than Myself - Abe McNeil
- Steady Rollin' Man - Abe McNeil
- Drink Drink Drink - Abe McNeil
- Country Blues - Joe Callicott
- River Blues - Joe Callicott
- 3 O'Clock In the Morning - Johnny Woods
- I's Be Troubled - Johnny Woods


disc 4:
- Someday Baby - Robert Diggs
- Racehorse Charleston - Robert Diggs
- Done Lost My Health - Robert Diggs
- Drive Your Car - Robert Diggs
- Woke Up This Morning - Cliff Scott
- Long Wavy Hair - Cliff Scott
- Please Come Home - Cliff Scott
- Pole Pattin' - Cliff Scott
- I Wanna Ramble - Jimmie Lee Harris
- Sitting Here Looking 1000 Miles Away - Jimmie Lee Harris
- Just Like A Bird Without A Feather - R.L. Burnside
- Skinny Woman - R.L. Burnside
- Goin' Down South - R.L. Burnside
- Poor Black Mattie - R.L. Burnside
- Hold My Body Down - Robert Johnson
- Trying To Make It Home - Robert Johnson
- Precious Lord - Robert Johnson
- He'll Make a Way - Robert Johnson
- Sugar Mama - Robert Longstreet
- Black Gal - Robert Longstreet
- Sloppy Drunk - Robert Longstreet
- Decoration Day - Robert Longstreet
- Shake Em' On Down - Fred McDowell
- Mama Says I'm Crazy - Fred McDowell


disc 5:
- That Ain't It - John Henry Barbee
- Gonna Lose Your Mind - John Henry Barbee
- Flat Foot Boogie - Albert Macon /Robert Thomas
- Mama Can I Lay It Down - Albert Macon / Robert Thomas
- How Can You Do It - Albert Macon / Robert Thomas
- John Henry - Jessie Clarence Gorman
- Goin' Up To the Country #1 - Jessie Clarence Gorman
- Goin' Up To the Country #2 - Jessie Clarence Gorman
- Dirty Dozens - Will Shade
- Won't You Send Me John - Will Shade
- Wine Headed Man - Will Shade
- K.C. Blues - Will Shade/Charlie Burse
- Every Time I Come Around - Georgia Fife & Drum Band
- J.W.'S Special - Georgia Fife & Drum Band
- Old Hen Cackle - Georgia Fife & Drum Band
- Buck Dance - Georgia Fife & Drum Band
- Hey Freddie - Como Fife & Drum Band
- Late In the Evening - Como Fife & Drum Band
- Punky Tony - Como Fife & Drum Band
- Shimmy She Wa - Como Fife & Drum Band
- You Got Reap What You Sow - Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright - Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
- That's the Way the Good Thing Go - Precious Bryant
- Georgia Buck - Precious Bryant
- When the Saints Go Marching In - Precious Bryant
- Pork & Beans - Rosa Lee Hill
- Count the Days I'm Gone - Rosa Lee Hill
- Roll & Tumble - Rosa Lee Hill
- Bullying Well - Rosa Lee Hill


disc 6:
- Good Morning Judge - Furry Lewis
- Furry Lewis' Careless Love - Furry Lewis
- What Make Grandpa Love Grandma So - Jimmy Lee Williams
- Have You Ever Seen Peaches - Jimmy Lee Williams
- Hoboing Into Hollywood - J.W. Warren
- Sundown Blues - J.W. Warren
- Rabbit On a Log - J.W. Warren
- You're Gonna Miss Me - J.W. Warren
- House On the Hill - Eddie Harris
- I Have To Love Somebody - Eddie Harris
- Old Country Rock #1 - James Davis
- Instrumental #1 - James Davis
- Who Stole the Lock Off the Henhouse Door? - James Davis
- Instrumental #4 - James Davis
- Canned Heat - Robert Nighthawk
- Nighthawk Boogie - Robert Nighthawk
- Down By the Woodshed - Robert Nighthawk
- Home Going - Jessie Mae Hemphill
- I Want To Be Ready - Jessie Mae Hemphill
- Interview - Jessie Mae Hemphill


disc 7 (bonus CD - tracks not on 45s set!)
- Miss Maybelle - Jessie Lee Vortis
- When My Baby Got On Board - Jessie Lee Vortis
- Them Greasy Greens #1 - George Hollis
- Rock and Roll To Midgetville - George Hollis
- Black Rat Swing - Willie Rockomo
- Tease Me Baby #2 - Bruce Upshaw/Willie Rockomo
- Someday Baby #1 - Bruce Upshaw
- Wonder Why My Baby Treat Me So Bad - Bruce Upshaw
- Rosa Lee - Bruce Upshaw
- I Got a Woman - Buddy Hubbard
- So Sweet - Buddy Hubbard
- You're Gonna Miss Me - Ira "Tiny" Coney
- Mamie - Ira "Tiny" Coney
- I'm So Lonesome - Ira "Tiny" Coney
- Blood Red River - Eddie Hodge
- Sitting On Top of the World - Eddie Hodge
- Glory Hallelujah - Eddie Hodge
- Jesus is Coming Back To Me - Pettis Sisters
- Bound For Zion - Pettis Sisters
- You Told Me Baby - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall
- Sweet As an Apple On a Tree - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall
- Juke #2 - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall
- Woke Up This Morning - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall
- Tell Me You Love Me - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall


7 CD set
[with 24 page booklet!]

or forty-five 45s
[without 7th bonus CD!]
notes by Sam Sweet
with George Mitchell

Fat Possum FP 1114

172007Dewey Corley & Walter Miller
the george mitchell collection   volume 13

- Just A Dream I Got On My Mind [Revival 1004]
- Memphis Is A Wonderful City [previously unreleased]

- Down To Arkansas # [previously unreleased]

rec. in the summer of 1967 by George Mitchell; Dewey Corley, voc, one stringed b, kazoo; Walter Miller, g, # voc

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Fat Possum 45 BLM 013

182010Wolf's At The Door@ youtube (full album)
Lost Recordings From The Spirits Of The South

- Johnny Wilson - Lum Guffin [3:43] [Flyright 503]   @ youtube
- Sherman's Blues - Walter Miller [Flyright 537]
- Somewhere To Lay My Head - Bishop Perry Tillis [previously unreleased]
- Jesus Has Never Left Me Alone - Cleo Williams & Howard Williams [previously unreleased]   @youtube
- Sweet Peace - Ashley Thompson [Flyright 537]   @ youtube
- Take Your Burdens To The Lord - Joe Townsend & Bill Barth [Flyright 501]   @ youtube


- Stuttgart, Ark - Dewey Corley & Walter Miller [previously unreleased]   @ youtube
- He's Calling Me - Bootlegger's Quartet [previously unreleased]
- Wolf's At Your Door - Lattie Murrell [previously unreleased]   @ youtube
- 40 Days And 40 Nights - David Johnson & Guitar Sam   @ youtube
- Moan - Lonnie Fuqua [previously unreleased]
- The Soul Of A Man - David Johnson [previously unreleased]


rec. by Bengt Olsson

notes by Scott Barretta

Sutro Park SP 1003
(180 Gram vinyl)
[David Katznelson's vinyl
only reissue project]

192014Deep South Piano: The Music of Little Brother Montgomery, his Family, Friends and Peers

CD 1:
Sunnyland Slim, Little Brother Montgomery, Shakey Horton
- The Devil Is A Busy Man
- Pine Top's Boogie Woogie
- Milas Davis Blues
- Grinder Man Blues
- Shave 'Em Dry
- Don't Get Around Much Any More
- Boogie
- You're Gonna Need My Help Some Day
Lafayette Leake
- Lowdown Blues
- More Blues
- Boogie Nr. 1
- Boogie Nr. 2
- Gone With The Wind
- Boogie Nr. 3
- Boogie Nr. 4
Little Brother Montgomery
- Dangerous Blues
- Dudlow Joe
- Papa Lord God Blues
- Rip Top Blues
- Joe Martin Blues
- Bob Morton Blues
- Joe Lewis Blues
- Vanado Anderson (Andrews) Blues
- Willie Anderson Blues
- Loomis Gibson Blues
- Trembling Blues
- Will Ezell's Blues
- Don't You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
- Basin Street Blues

CD 2:
Little Brother Montgomery
- Forty-Four Blues
- Little Brother Special
- Jan Blues
- Suitcase Blues
Sweet Williams, Little Brother Montgomery
- Poor Buddy Richards Blues (tk 1/2)
- Leon Brumfield Blues
- Poor Buddy Richards Blues (tk 3)
- Poor Buddy Richards Blues (tk 4)
- Sweet Williams Boogie
- Four 'O Clock Blues
- Whispering

Dewey Corley
- Just A Dream
- West Helena Blues
- Yancey Special
- Saturday Night Fish Fry
Tuts Washington
- Mr. Freddie Blues
- Forty-Four Blues
- Boogie Woogie On The St. Louis Blues
- Fish Fry Blues
- Pine Top's Boogie Woogie
- Yancey Special
- 12th Street Rag
Buddy Burns
- Dirty Blues
- Waltz

CD 3:
Little Brother Montgomery, Willie Bell Dailey
- Glory, Glory Hallelujah
- Montgomery Falily Blues & Vicksburg Blue
Joe Montgomery
- Old Blues
- More Old Blues
- Stride Piece
- There Is No Telling What God Will Do
- Do What I Say (piano part)
- What Have I Done
Gus Perryman
- Maple Leaf Rag
- St. Louis Blues
- Old Blues
- Big Butter And Egg Man
Roosevelt Sykes
- Rock Me In The Morning
- The Way I Feel Blues
Simon Frazier
- I Cried Over You
- Some Of These Days
- How Long
- Salty Dog
- Careless Love
Adam Cato
- Solitude
- Old Barrelhouse Blues
- Rhythmic Blues
Leon René
- Brown Skin
- When It's Sleepy Time Down South


1968 and 1972 home recordings by Karl Gert zur Heide; all recordings are previously unissued

3 CD set
20 page booklet notes
by Karl Gert zur Heide

Agram Blues AB3CD 2026



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 71
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 86
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 85, 95, 103, 193, 244, 319, 280, 409, 551
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 273-274
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 110
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 128-130
- Bengt Olsson: Memphis Blues.- London (Studio Vista) 1970, pp 47-49
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Andries van den Berg and Rob Ford for additional info / scans

 

D E W E Y   C O R L E Y (jug) and friends 'in a second-floor-back 'studio' in Beale Street, Memphis'; source: The National Geographic Magazine Vol. LXXV, Number Five (May 1939), p. 583
Dewey Corley (jug) and friends "in a second-floor-back 'studio' in Beale Street, Memphis"
source: The National Geographic Magazine Vol. LXXV, Number Five (May 1939), p. 583

 

Dewey Corley and Will Shade at the port of Memphis, TN in front of the 'Memphis Queen II', 1960 (The third musician is a riverboat worker); source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, pp. 98-99; photographer: William Claxton; photoshop embellished by Stefan Wirz; click to enlarge!
Dewey Corley and Will Shade at the port of Memphis, TN in front of the "Memphis Queen II", 1960 (The third musician is a riverboat worker)
source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, pp. 98-99
photographer: William Claxton; photoshop embellished by Stefan Wirz

 

Will Shade, Dewey Corley and a riverboat worker (on jug) at the port of Memphis, TN in front of the 'Memphis Queen II', 1960; source: William Claxton & Joachim E. Berendt 'Jazzlife - A Journey for Jazz across America in 1960'.- Köln/Cologne (Taschen) 2013, p. 192; photographer: William Claxton; click to enlarge!
Will Shade, Dewey Corley and a riverboat worker (on jug) at the port of Memphis, TN in front of the "Memphis Queen II", 1960
source: William Claxton & Joachim E. Berendt "Jazzlife - A Journey for Jazz across America in 1960".- Köln/Cologne (Taschen) 2013, p. 192
photographer: William Claxton

 

Walter Miller and D E W E Y   C O R L E Y at the Memphis Blues Festival, 1969; source: Olsson 1970, p. 48; photographer: Bengt Olsson [?]
Walter Miller and Dewey Corley at the Memphis Blues Festival, 1969
source: Olsson 1970, p. 48; photographer: Bengt Olsson [?]

 

D E W E Y   C O R L E Y; source: Albatros VPA 8261 liner notes; photographer: Gianni Marcucci
Dewey Corley at his "bull-fiddle"
source: Albatros VPA 8261 liner notes; photographer: Gianni Marcucci

 

D E W E Y   C O R L E Y and Hammie Nixon; source: back cover of Albatros VPA 8261; photographer: Gianni Marcucci
Dewey Corley and Hammie Nixon
source: Back cover of Albatros VPA 8261; photographer: Gianni Marcucci

 

River City Blues Festival at Ellis Auditorium in Memphis, TN, December 3, 1971; l to r: Fred McDowell, Mrs. Van Hunt, Sweet Charlene, Willie '61' Blackwell, Mose Vinson (at piano), Sam Clark, Willie Morris, Richard 'Hacksaw' Harney, Dewey Corley, Lee Baker (seated), Houston Stackhouse (partially obscured), Sleepy John Estes, Hammie Nixon, Earl Bell (face away from camera), Furry Lewis (seated), Bukka White, and assistant emcee T.R. The actual emcee, Nat D. Williams, is not pictured; Festival produced by Steve LaVere. source: Living Blues 7 (Winter 1971-72), p. 10; photographer: Jim Godown River City Blues Festival
River City Blues Festival at Ellis Auditorium in Memphis, TN, December 3, 1971
l to r: Fred McDowell, Mrs. Van Hunt, Sweet Charlene, Willie "61" Blackwell, Mose Vinson (at piano), Sam Clark, Willie Morris,
Richard "Hacksaw" Harney, Dewey Corley, Lee Baker (seated), Houston Stackhouse (partially obscured), Sleepy John Estes,
Hammie Nixon, Earl Bell (face away from camera), Furry Lewis (seated), Bukka White, and assistant emcee T.R.
The actual emcee, Nat D. Williams, is not pictured; Festival produced by Steve LaVere
source: Living Blues 7 (Winter 1971-72), p. 10; photographer: Jim Godown

 

Dewey Corley, Willie '61' Blackwell (at the piano), George Paulus & Furry Lewis at the River City Blues Festival (produced by Steve LaVere), Ellis Auditorium in Memphis, TN, December 3, 1971; source: Living Blues 7 (Winter 1971-72), p. 8; photographer: Jim O'Neal
Dewey Corley, Willie '61' Blackwell (at the piano), George Paulus & Furry Lewis
at the River City Blues Festival (produced by Steve LaVere), Ellis Auditorium in Memphis, TN, December 3, 1971
source: Living Blues 7 (Winter 1971-72), p. 8; photographer: Jim O'Neal

 

D E W E Y   C O R L E Y; source: liner notes of Adelphi 1009; photographer: Steve LaVere
Dewey Corley
source: Liner notes of Adelphi 1009; photographer: Steve LaVere

 

D E W E Y   C O R L E Y; source: Back cover of Arhoolie LP 1041 / liner notes of Arhoolie CD 401; photographer: George Mitchell
Dewey Corley
source: Back cover of Arhoolie LP 1041 / liner notes of Arhoolie CD 401; photographer: George Mitchell

 

 

 

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