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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

B L I N D   T E D D Y   D A R B Y;
Teddy Darby in front of his East St. Louis home
source: Paul Garon: The Devil's Son-in-Law - The Story of Peetie Wheatstraw and his Songs.- London (Studio Vista) 1971, p. 16; photographer: Diane Allmen

Blind
Teddy Darby

Theodore Roosevelt Darby
a/k/a "Blind Blues" a/k/a "Blind Squire Turner"
b. March 2, 1906 in Henderson, Kentucky
d. December 1975 in East Saint Louis, Illinois

discography
#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11929Teddy Darby

- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues (15566) [Double M Blues]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- My Laona Blues (15565) 1)  @ youtube

rec. September 7, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Teddy Darby, voc, g; poss. Roosevelt Sykes, p

1) BG&R: "Some copies of Paramount 12828 title 15565 My Leona Blues"
Newer findings suggest that such a label variant is actually not known to exist!


Paramount 12828 (US 1929)

Roosevelt Sykes discography

21929Teddy Darby

- Lose Your Mind (15564)   @ youtube   @ youtube
- What Am I To Do (15567-A) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. September 7, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Teddy Darby, voc, g; prob. Baby Jay, cornet; prob. Ike Rodgers, trombone; * poss. Roosevelt Sykes, p


Paramount 12907 (US 1929)

Roosevelt Sykes discography

31931Teddy Darby

- Deceiving Blues (67583-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Built Right On The Ground (67584-1)   @ youtube

rec. September 29, 1931 in Chicago, IL; Teddy Darby, voc, g


Victor 23311 (US 1931)

41/1934Blind Squire Turner

- Don't Like The Way You Do (77290-1)   @ youtube
- She Thinks She's Slick (77288-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 9, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Teddy Darby, voc, g; Tom Webb, p, poss. voc


Bluebird B5307 (US 1/1934)

= Sunrise S33388

54/1934Blind Squire Turner

- Low Mellow (77289-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Bought A Bottle Of Gin (77292-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. December 9, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Teddy Darby, voc, g; Tom Webb, p, poss. voc


Bluebird B5412 (US 4/1934)

66/1934Blind Squire Turner

- She Ain't No Girl Of Mine (77291-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Pitty-Pat Blues (772993-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. December 9, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Teddy Darby, voc, g; Tom Webb, p, poss. voc


Bluebird B5491 (US 6/1934)

71935BLIND DARBY

- I'm Gonna Wreck Your Vee Eight (Vee Eight Blues-Part I) (C-931-A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- I'm Gonna Wreck Your Vee Eight (Vee Eight Blues-Part II) (C-931-B)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. March 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Teddy Darby, voc, g; Peetie Wheatstraw, p; Casey Bill Weldon, g


Vocalion 02953 (US 1935)

Peetie Wheatstraw discography
Casey Bill Weldon discography

81935BLIND DARBY

- Pokino Blues (C-942-B) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Meat And Bread Blues (Relief Blues) (C-930-A) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

* rec. March 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Teddy Darby, voc, g; Peetie Wheatstraw, p; Casey Bill Weldon, g
# rec. March 26, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Teddy Darby, voc, g; Peetie Wheatstraw, p; Casey Bill Weldon, g


Vocalion 02988 (US 1935)

Peetie Wheatstraw discography
Casey Bill Weldon discography

93/1936BLIND DARBY

- Decoration Day Blues (C-929-B) *
- Sweet Memories Blues (C-941-B) #

* rec. March 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Teddy Darby, voc; Peetie Wheatstraw, p; Casey Bill Weldon, g
# rec. March 26, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Teddy Darby, voc, g; Peetie Wheatstraw, p; Casey Bill Weldon, g

both tracks not yet re-released on LP or CD!


Vocalion 03177 (US 3/1936)

Peetie Wheatstraw discography
Casey Bill Weldon discography

107/1937BLIND BLUES DARBY

- The Girl I Left Behind (91211-A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Heart Trouble (91212-A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. April 30, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Teddy Darby, voc; poss. Roosevelt Sykes, p [Mike Rowe's notes to DOCD-6042: prob. Tom Webb]; unknown sb


Decca 7328 (US 7/1937)

Roosevelt Sykes discography

1111/1940BLIND BLUES DARBY

- Bootleggin' Ain't Good No More (91213-A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Spike Driver (91210-A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. April 30, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Teddy Darby, voc; poss. Roosevelt Sykes, p [Mike Rowe's notes accompanying DOCD-6042: prob. Tom Webb]; unknown sb


Decca 7816 (US 11/1940)

Roosevelt Sykes discography


EP / LP / CD compilations
   

- Decoration Day Blues (1)
- Back South Blues (2)
- The Right Man's Going To Pay Off After Awhile (3)
- God Moves In The Wind (4)
- My House Burnt Down (5)
- Vee-Eight Ford Blues (6)
- Don't Watch Your Enemies Like You Watch Your Bosom Friend (7)
- Deceiving Blues (8)
- Pokino Blues (9)
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Blues (10)
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues (11)
- She Thinks She's Sick (12)
- Heart Trouble Blues (13)
- Stackolee (14)
- Trouble In Mind (15)
- Low Mellow (16)

rec. October 10, 1960 in Chicago, IL by Pete Welding; Theodore Darby, voc, g; Big Joe Williams, g

Testament unissued

Big Joe Williams discography

121960the country blues: vol. two

Big Boy Cleveland
- Going To Leave You
Willie Baker
- No No Blues


Teddy Darby
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues
Bayless Rose
- Black Dog Blues


EP   notes by Tony Standish

Heritage RE-105

Heritage Records discography

131968The Blues In St. Louis 1929-1937

Henry Townsend
- Henry's Worry Blues
Kokomo Arnold
- Set Down Gal
Barrel House Buck
- I Got To Go Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- C & A Blues
Henry Spaulding
- Biddle Street Blues
Bessie Mae Smith
- St. Louis Daddy
Henry Townsend
- She's Got A Mean Disposition

Walter Davis
- Sloppy Drunk Again
Charley Jordan
- Tight Haired Mama Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Sleepless Night Blues

Teddy Darby
- Deceiving Blues
Alice Moore
- Black Evil Blues
Speckled Red
- House Dance Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw and His Blues-Blowers
- Throw Me In The Alley


notes by Pete Welding

Origin Jazz Library OJL 20

OJL Records discography

141968St. Louis Town 1927-1932 resp. 1929-1933

Henry Spaulding
- Cairo Blues
Henry Townsend
- Long Ago
Hi Henry Brown
- Skin Man
Charley Jordan
- Hunkie Tunkie
- Spoonful Blues

Teddy Darby
- Built Right On The Ground
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues

Jim Jackson
- St. Louis Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Nut Factory
Charley Jordan
- Keep It Clean - No. 2
- You Run And Tell Your Daddy
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
Jelly Jaw Short
- Barefoot Blues
- Snake Doctor Blues


notes by Don Kent

Belzona L 1003 (US 1968)

notes by Don Kent

= Yazoo L 1003 (US 196?)

notes by Stephen Calt

= Yazoo CD 1003 YAZ (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography

151968Hard Time Blues - St. Louis 1933-1940

Lane Hardin
- Hard Times Blues (1935)
Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks
- Workhouse Blues (1935)
Mary Harris
- Happy New Year Blues (1935)
Roosevelt Sykes
- Drunken Gambler (1937)
Henry Townsend
- Don't Love That Woman (1934)
Charly Jordan
- Tight Time Blues (1934)
Walter Davis
- Just Thinking (1940)


Blind Teddy Darby
- Pitty Pat Blues (1933)
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Third Streets Going Down (1937)
Alice Moore
- Blue Black and Evil Blues (1935)
Charlie McFadden
- Times Are So Tight (1933)
Leroy Henderson
- Good Scuffler Blues (1935)
Milton Parks
- Grinder Blues (1935)
Lane Hardin
- California Desert Blues (1935)


cover artwork by Borden Elniff & Don Kent

notes by Michael Stewart and Don Kent

Mamlish S-3806

Mamlish Records discography

161969Vintage Country Blues Vol. 6

Scrapper Blackwell
Big Bill Broonzy
- Something Good
Bumble Bee Slim
- Everybody's Fishing
Tommy Griffin
- Mistreatin' Papa
- Snake Hipping Blues
Frank James
- Springback Papa
Elijah Jones
- Katy Fly
- Mean Actin' Mama
Robert Petway
- Let Me Be Your Boss
Josh White
- Cherry Picker
- Pigmeat And Whiskey Blues
Joe Williams
- Crawlin' King Snake

Blind Squire Turner
- She Ain't No Girl Of Mine
- Pitty-Pat Blues

Down With The Game D 206 (UK 1969) ["... never released; 2 test pressings exist ... with mock up Robert Crumb style sleeve" (Peter Brown)]

Down With The Game discography

171970Savannah Syncopators
African Retentions In The Blues

Blind Teddy Darby
- Meat And Bread Blues (Relief Blues)
Ladzekpo And Ewe Drum Orchestra
- Agbekor
Mamprusi Tribesmen
- Ring Dance
The Como Drum Band
- Oh Baby
Orchstra Of Bour Fodé Diouf
- Wong (war chant)
George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman
- Eloise
Hassan Danlado Griots
- Bako
Elder Richard Bryant's Sanctified Singers
- Lord, Lord, He Sure Is Good To Me

Kunaal and Sosira
- Praise Song
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- Forty-Four Blues
Thiam Sy Griots
- Halam Improvisation
Lonnie Coleman
- Wild About My Loving
Lanyare and Lobi Tribesmen
- Sabere (festival for harvest)
Walter Roland
- Jookit Jookit
Maïkaï
- Babaï
Robert Johnson
- Stop Breakin' Down


notes by Paul Oliver

CBS M 52799 (UK 1970)

album has been issued in association with the book "Savannah Syncopators - African Retentions in the Blues" by Paul Oliver, published by November Books Limited, 1970

181974Uptown Blues
A Decade Of Guitar-Piano Duets 1927-1937

Big Bill Broonzy
- Mountain Blues
Rufus & Ben Quillian
- Sweet Miss Stella Blues
Bo Carter
- When You Left
Charlie Campbell
- Goin' Away Blues

Teddy Darby
- My Leona Blues
Down Home Blues
- You Do It
Leola Manning
- He Fans Me

Rufus & Ben Quillian
- Good Feeling Blues
Watson's Pulman Porters
- Barbecue Blues
Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Policy Blues
Willie Harris
- What Makes A Tom Cat Blue?
Mack Rhinehart & Brownie Stubblefield
- Uptown Blues
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
- Papa's On The Housetop
Charley Spand
- Ain't Gonna Stand For That


cover art by Garry Bready

notes by Stephen Calt and John Miller

Yazoo L 1042 (US 1974)


= Yazoo CD 1042 YAZ (US 1993)

Yazoo Records discography

191975The Blues Box - Country Blues

record 1:
Kokomo Arnold
- Shake That Thing
Baby Doo
- The Death Of Walter Barnes
Scrapper Blackwell
- Motherless Boy Blues
Dot Rice & Frankie Black
- Texas Stomp
Son Bonds
- Trouble Trouble Blues
Walter Coleman
- I'm Going To Cincinnati
- Smack That Thing

Blind Teddy Darby
- The Girl I Left Behind

Bumble Bee Slim
- Bleeding Heart Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- I Ain't No Iceman
- Railroad Blues
Big Boy Teddy Edwards
- W-P-A Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- Louisiana
Blind Boy Fuller
- Stingy Mama
- Working Man Blues
Gene Gilmore
- Natchez Fire



record 2:
Bill Gaither
- Pains In My Heart
- In The Wee Wee Hours
Jimmie Gordon
- Graveyard Blues
- Sweet Jelly Rollin'
The Harlem Hamfats
- Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes
- Let Me Feel It
Honey Hill
- Boogie Woogie
- Set 'Em

Springback James
- Stingaree Mama Blues
- Rusty Can Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Flood Water Blues
- Blue Ghost Blues
Signifying Mary Johnson
- Peepin' At The Risin' Sun
- Black Gal Blues
Charlie McCoy
- Candy Man Blues
- Baltimore Blues



record 3:
Joe McCoy
- I Got To Have A Little More
- Please Baby
Robert Lee McCoy
- Gonna Keep It For Me Daddy
- Mama Don't Allow Me To Stay Out All Night Long
Charlie McFadden
- People People
Leothus "Lee" Green
- 44 Blues
Barrel House Buck McFarland
- Mercy Mercy Blues
- Weeping Willow Blues

Arthur McKay
- Central Limited Blues
- She Squeezed My Lemon
Blind Willie McTell
- Let Me Play With Your Yo-Yo
- Ticket Agent Blues
Alice Moore
- Telephone Blues
- Don't Deny Me Baby
Shorty Bob Parker
- The Death Of Slim Green
- So Cold In China



record 4:
Johnny Temple
- Louise Louise Blues
Black Ace
- Whiskey And Woman
Curley Weaver
- Oh Lawdy Mama
Peetie Wheatstraw
- These Times
Georgia White
- Daddy Let Me Lay It On You
- Dead Man's Blues
Oscar Woods
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues
- Don't Sell It-Don't Give It Away

Charlie Pickett
- Crazy 'Bout My Black Gal
- Trembling Blues
Red Nelson
- Detroit Special
- Streamline Train
Sloke And Ike
- Slocum Blues
- Chocolate Candy Blues
Johnnie Strauss
- Hard Working Woman
Roosevelt Sykes
- Soft And Mellow


coll. by Robert "Bob" Hertwig (TELDEC product manager)

4 LP set
notes (in German and English) by Robert Hertwig





MCA Coral 6.30106 (Germany 1975)

= MCA Coral 82.024 / RCOX 7526/1-4 (Germany 1975)

(=) Bob CD 203 (Germany 2006)

201976Bawdy Blues 1935-1940

Rosetta Howard and Charlie McCoy
- Let Your Linen Hang Low
Roosevelt Sykes
- Dirty Mother For You

Blind Blues Darby
- Spike Driver Blues
Rosetta Howard with The Harlem Hamfats
- The Candy Man
Victoria Spivey
- Black Snake Swing
Sweet Pease Spivey
- Double Dozens
Alex Moore
- Blue Bloomer Blues

Kokomo Arnold
- Shake That Thing
Charles Piekett
- Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon
Jesse James
- Sweet Patuni
Peetie Wheatstraw
- What's That?
Old Ced Odom
- It's Your Yas Yas Yas
Kokomo Arnold
- Sissy Man Blues
Trixie Smith
- My Daddy Rocks Me



MCA MCA-3539 (Jp 1976)

211980The Accompanist 1933-1941
'play it for me' (The Piano Blues Vol. 14)

Bumblebee Slim
- New Bricks In My Pillow
- New Orleans Stop Time
- Any Time A Night
- Rough Treatment
- When Somebody Loses
Johnson & Trowbridge
- Steady Grindin'
Lil Johnson
- I Lost My Baby
- Keep On Knocking

Carl Rafferty
- Dresser With The Drawers
Bill Gaither
- Georgia Woman Stomp
Charlie McFadden
- Times Are So Tight
Johnny Temple
- What Is That She Got
Mary Johnson
- Deceitful Woman

Blind Squire Turner
- Pitty Pat
Trowbridge
- Bad Luck Blues
Kansas City Kitty
- Christmas Mornin'


notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett

Magpie PY 4414 (UK 1980)

Magpie Records discography

221984Blind Teddy Darby: St. Louis Country Blues   (1929-1937)

- My Laona Blues
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues
- Deceiving Blues
- Built Right On The Ground
- Low Mellow
- She Ain't No Girl Of Mine
- Bought A Bottle Of Gin

- Pitty-Pat Blues
- Meat And Bread Blues (Relief Blues)
- I'm Gonna Wreck Your Vee Eight - Part 1
- Spike Driver
- The Girl I Left Behind
- Heart Trouble Blues
- Bootleggin' Ain't Good No More


Earl Archives BD-611 (Austria 1984)

231987Casey Bill Weldon: Master Of The Steel Guitar

- Somebody Changed The Lock On That Door
- Flood Water Blues - Part 2
- Keyhole Blues
- Streamline Woman
- Two-Timin' Woman
- You Talk In Your Sleep
- We Gonna Move (To The Outskirts Of Town)
- Front Door Blues
- I'll Get A Break Someday

- I've Bee Tricked
- No Good Woman
- Sales Lady
- Casey Bill's New W.P.A.
- Rooster Blues
- New Round And Round
- Keyhole Blues
- Streamline Woman

Blind Darby
- Pokino Blues


Old Tramp OT 1206 (NL 1987)

Casey Bill Weldon discography

241988The Blues From St. Louis   (1929-1935)

Blind Teddy Darby
- Lose Your Mind
- What Am I To Do?
- I'm Gonna Wreck Your Vee Eight - Part 2
James "Stump" Johnson
- Bound To Be A Monkey
- Jones Law Blues
- Low Moanin' Blues
- Baby B. Blues
- Steady Grindin'
Leroy Henderson
- Good Grinder Blues

Clifford Gibson
- Whiskey Moan Blues
- Tired Of Being Mistreated Part 2
- Don't Put That Thing On Me
- Keep Your Windows Pinned
- She Rolls It Slow
- Railroad Man Blues
Dorothy Baker
- Steady Grinding Blues
Pretty Boy Walker
- The Break I'm Gettin'
- Hog-Love Blues



RST Blues Documents BD-2017 (Austria 1988)

RST Blues Documents discography

251989Show Me What You Got
Blue Blues From The Thirties

Napoleon Fletcher
- She Showed It All
Carl Rafferty
- Dresser With The Drawers
The Honey Dripper (Roosevelt Sykes)
- Hard Lead Penicil
Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom
- Show Me What You Got

Blind Squire Turner
- She Thinks She's Slick
Little Davis
- New Sweet Patuni
Lizzie Miles
- My Man O'War
Alex Moore
- Blue Bloomer Blues

Jimmy Gordon
- Little Red Dress (Mary Usta Wear)
Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom
- Fish House Blues
Georgia Pine Boy
- One More Greasing
Dorothy Baker
- Steady Grinding Blues

Blind Squire Turner
- Don't Like The Way You Do
Walter Davis
- Dentist Blues
Lizzie Miles
- Electrician Blues
Uncle Skipper
- Chifferobe



Blue Time BT 2016 ("Denmark" 1989)

261989Country Blues Collector Items   Vol. 2   (1931 - 1937)

Spark Plug Smith
- Mama's Doughnut
- Motherless Boy
- Stopped Clock Blues
- Deserted Man Blues
- You Put That Thing On Me
- Sweet Evening Breeze
- In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
- Vampire Woman
- New Blue Heaven
- Make It Tight

Blind Squire Turner
- She Thinks She's Slick [sound clip]
- Don't Like The Way You Do
Sophisticated Jimmy La Rue
- Sweet Violets
- Two Old Maids In A Folding Bed
- Money Truckin' Blues
"Papa" Charlie McCoy
- Times Ain't What They Used To Be
Andrew "Smokey" Hogg
- Family Trouble Blues
- Kind-Hearted Blues
Jimmie Rodgers & Clifford Gibson
- Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (tk 2)



RST Blues Documents BD-2057 (Austria 1989)

271993?Blind Teddy Darby: Bootleggin' Ain't Good No More

- Bootleggin' Ain't Good No More
- Heart Troubles Blues
- The Girl I Left Behind
- Spike Driver
- Im Gonna Wreck You Vee Eight - part 1
- Meat & Bread Blues (Relief Blues)
- Pitty-Pat Blues

- My Laona Blues
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues
- Deceiving Blues
- Built Right On The Ground
- Low Mellow
- She Ain't No Girl Of Mine
- Bought A Bottle Of Gin

notes by Peter Eden

Blue Planet BPLP101 (UK 1993?)
= Blue Planet BPCD 1001

281993Blind Teddy Darby   1929 - 1937
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order

- Lose Your Mind
- My Laona Blues
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues
- What Am I To Do
- Deceiving Blues
- Built Right On The Ground
- She Thinks She's Slick [sound clip]
- Low Mellow
- Don't Like The Way You Do
- She Ain't No Girl Of Mine
- Bought A Bottle Of Gin
- Pitty-Pat Blues
- Meat And Bread Blues (Relief Blues)
- I'm Gonna Wreck Your Vee Eight - Part 1
- I'm Gonna Wreck Your Vee Eight - Part 2
- Pokino Blues
- Spike Driver
- The Girl I Left Behind
- Heart Trouble Blues
- Bootleggin' Ain't Good No More


Document BDCD-6042 (Austria 1993)

291996Before The Blues
The Early American Black Music Scene

- Bamalong Blues - Andrew And Jim Baxter
- Run Mollie Run - Henry Thomas
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Jackson Stomp - Missippi Mud Steppers
- On Jordan's Stormy Banks We Stand - Seventh Day Adventist Choir
- Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacy
- Forked Deer - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
- Bye Bye Baby Blues - Little Hat Jones
- Pretty Polly - B.F. Shelton
- Soft Steel Piston - Weaver & Beasley
- Two White Horses In A Line - Evans & McClain
- Jamestown Exhibition - Bayless Rose
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- France Blues - Papa Harvey Hull
- Dying Mother And Her Child - Rev. Gates & Congregation
- John Hardy - Buell Kazee
- Wayward Girl Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band
- Tom Sherman's Barroom - Dick Devall
- Stack O'Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt

- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby
- I'll Go With Her Blues - Robert Wilkins
- Christian Soldier - Denson Quartet



Yazoo CD 2015 (US 1996)

Yazoo Records discography

301996St. Louis Blues 1925-1941

- Mr. Johnson's Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding

- Built Right On The Ground - Blind Teddy Darby
- Fire Detective Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Can't Make Another Day
- Duck Yas-Yas-Yas
- Black Men Blues - Mary Johnson
- It Hurts So Good
- Deep Morgan Blues - Henry Brown
- Black And Evil Blues - Alice Moore
- Don't Put That Thing On Me - Clifford Gibson
- Keep It Clean, No. 2
- Henry's Worry Blues
- Barefoot Blues
- Harvest Moon Blues
- As True As I've Been To You
- I Have Made Up My Mind
- Ain't It A Pity And A Shame?
- Shack Bully Stomp - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Don't Take Away My P.W.A. - Jimmie Gordon
- Every Day I Have The Blues
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff - Big Joe Williams
- Sweet Sixteen - Walter Davis
- Only Woman



EPM Musique BC158392 (Fr 1996)

311997The Rose Grew Round The Briar   Vol. 2
Early American Rural Love Songs
Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s

- Old Time Rider - Clifford Gibson
- Handsome Molly - Grayson & Whitter
- Last Gold Dollar - Ephraim Woodie

- Built Right On The Ground - Blind Teddy Darby
- George Collins - Roy Harvey
- It's Hard To Leave You Sweet Love - Lewis McDaniel
- Cheatin' Women - Will Batts
- Little Sweetheart Pal Of Mine - The Red Fox Chasers
- Grave In The Pines - Clayton McMichen
- Tired Of You Driving Me - Memphis Jug Band
- Little Bunch Of Roses - Murphy Brothers Harp Band
- You'll Miss Me - Alfred & Orville Reed
- Experience Blues - Ruth Day
- Once I Loved A Railroad Flagman - Frank Jenkins
- I'll Remember Your Love In My Prayers - Blue Ridge Mountain Singers
- Saro - Warren Capplinger
- Teasin Brown Blues - Louis Lasky
- Lost Love Blues - Dock Boggs
- Look On & Cry - Wade Mainer
- My Man Left Me - Katherine Baker
- Tombigbee River Farewell - Karl & Harty
- Baby Will You Please Come Home - Lonnie Johnson
- You Are My Sunshine - Wilf "Montana Slim" Carter


remastered by Richard Nevins

notes by Don Kent

Yazoo CD 2031 (US 1997)

Yazoo Records discography

322000The 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

332000Down On The Levee
The Piano Blues of St. Louis, Vol. 2
Classic Recordings of the 1920s and 30s

Henry Brown
- Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
- Deep Morgan Blues
Pinetop & Lindberg
- Louisiana Bound
Henry Brown
- Eastern Chimes Blues
Mary Johnson
- Those Blackman Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Don't Feel Welcome

Blind Squire Turner
- Pitty Pat
Roosevelt Sykes
- Cotton Seed Blues
Eddie Miller
- Freight Train Blues
Doretha Trowbridge
- Slavin' Mama Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- She Don't Know Who She Wants
Specks Pertum
- Weak Eyed Blues
Wesley Wallace
- Fanny Lee Blues
Wesley Wallace
- No. 29
El-Zee Floyd
- Snowbound And Blue
Pinetop & Lindberg
- Believe I'll Make A Change
Stump Johnson
- Steady Grindin'
Sparks Brothers
- Down On The Levee
St. Louis Jimmy
- That's All I Think
Alice Moore
- Tomorrow Blues
Stump Johnson
- Money Johnson
Sparks Brothers
- Chicago's Too Much For Me
Pinetop
- Tell Her About Me



Yazoo CD 2065 (US 2000)

Yazoo Records discography

342003Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon
The Ultimate Rude Blues Collection

CD 1:
Bobo Thomas - Catfish Blues
Bull Moose Jackson - I Want A Bowlegged Woman
The Honeydrippers - Hard Lead Pencil
Jimmie Gordon - Little Red Dress (Drawers)
Barrel House Annie - Love Operation
Alex Moore - Blue Bloomer Blues
Charlie Pickett - Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon
Charley Lincoln - Doodle Hole Blues
Georgia Pine Boy - One More Greasing
Bessie Smith - Kitchen Man
Buddy Moss - You Got To Give Me Some Of It
Carl Rafferty - Dressed With The Drawers
Clara Smith - Ain't Got Nobody To Grind My Coffee
Dan Pickett - Lemon Man
Mississippi Sheiks - Bed Spring Poker
Kansas City Kitty with Georgia Tom - Show Me What You've Got
Big Bill Broonzy - I Want My Hands On It
Blind Boy Fuller - I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy
Champion Jack Dupree - I Think You Need A Shot
Memphis Minnie - Bumble Bee
Lonnie Johnson - The Best Jockey In Town

Blind Squire Turner - Don't Like The Way You Do
John Lee Hooker - My Daddy Was A Jockey
Leadbelly - Pig Meat Papa


CD 2:
Blind Boy Fuller - Sweet Honey Hole
Bo Carter - Banana In Your Fruitbaskett
Cliff Carlisle - Mouse's Ear Blues
Margaret Carter - I Want Plenty Of Grease In My Frying Pan
Lightnin' Hopkins - Let Me Play With Your Poodle
Hattie Hart - I Let My Daddy Do That
Tampa Red - She Want To Sell My Monkey
Sippie Wallace - I'm A Mighty Tight Women
Robert Johnson - Phonograph Blues
Barbecue Bob - She Shook Her Gin
Big Bill Broonzy - How You Want It Done
Jimmie Gordon - Bed Springs Blues
Kansas City Kitty with Georgia Tom - Fish House Blues
Wynonie Harris - I Want My Fanny Brown
Cleo Gibson - I've Got Ford Movement In My Hips
Dirty Red - Mother Fuyer
Victoria Spivey - Good Cabbage
The Swallows -It Ain't The Meat
Roosevelt Sykes - My Baby's Playground
Minnie Wallace Dirty Butter
Lonnie Johnson - Wipe It Off
Lizzie Miles - My Man O'war
Little Buddy Doyle -She's Got Good Dry Goods
James Johnson - Don't Give My Lard Away
Bo Carter - Cigarette Blues


2 CD set

Grey Town Recordings CD GVC2012 (NL 2003)

352006Woke Up Dis Mornin'
A Collection Of Rare Blues Recordings

CD 1 Country Blues 1934 - 1938
- Peepin' At The Risin' Sun - Mary Johnson
- Trouble Trouble - Son Bonds
- Got To Have A Little More - Joe McCoy
- Hard Working Woman - Johnnie Strauss
- Motherless Boy - Scrapper Blackwell
- Bleeding Heart - Bumble Bee Slim
- Pains In My Heart - Bill Gaither
- Ticket Agent - Blind Willie McTell
- Shake That Thing - Kokomo Arnold
- Louisiana - Big Teddy Boy Edwards
- Telephone Blues - Alice Moore
- Streamline Train - Red Nelson
- Soft And Mellow - Roosevelt Sykes
- Evil Hearted Woman - Oscar Woods
- Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away - Oscar Woods

- The Girl I Left Behind - Blind Blues Darby
- Stingy Mama - Blind Boy Fuller
- In The Wee Wee Hours - Bill Gaither
- Flood Water Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Crazy 'Bout My Black Gal - Charlie Pickett
- Slocum Blues - Sloke and Ike
- Boogie Woogie - Honey Hill
- So Cold In China - Shorty Bob Parker
- Daddy Let Me Lay It On You - Georgia White



CD 2 City Blues 1936 - 1942
- Sissy Man Blues - Connie McLeans' Rhythm Boys
- T B's Got Me - Victoria Spivey
- Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes - The Harlem Hamfats
- She Walks Like A Kangaroo - Olli Shepard's Kentucky Boys
- Railroad Blues - Cow Cow Davenport
- Evil Hearted Woman - Oscar Woods
- Jack I'm Mellow - Trixie Smith
- Uncle Joe - Grant and Wilson
- Part Time Papa - The Bandana Girls
- A Brown Skin Gal Is The Best Gal After All - Fat Hayden
- Fine And Mellow - Alberta Hunter
- Blues At Midnight - Helen Proctor
- Lucille - Lee Brown
- Put Me Back In - The Alley Mae Hopkins with Wingy Carpenter And His Wingies
- I Don't Want You - George Davis
- Let Me Ride Your Train - Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
- Oh Red! - Sam Price Blusicians
- Jive Me Baby - Johnny Temple
- The Low Down Lonely Blues - Sweet Georgia Brown
- Doggin' The Dog - Big Joe Turner
- Uncle Sam Come And Get Him - Bea Booze
- Gonna Buy Me A Telephone - Helen Humes with the Pete Brown Band
- Cannon Ball - Nora Lee King
- Me And My Chauffeur - Mabel Robinson


from 1975
MCA Coral 6.30106 (Blues Box Vol. 1)

and 1976 MCA Coral 30109
= MCA Coral 82.040 (Blues Box Vol. 2)

2 CD set

Bob CD 203 (Germany 2006) (Robert "Bob" Hertwig's label)

362011Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 9
2012 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here, Version 1 - Tampa Red and Georgia Tom
- Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here, Version 2 - Tampa Red and His Hokum Jug Band with Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxson (voc)
- Big Chief Blues - Furry Lewis
- Jinx Blues - Ora Brown
- Jesus Is A Dying Bed Maker - Charley Patton
- Rope Stretchin' Blues - Parts I & II - Blind Blake
- Fence Breakin' Yellin' Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Fogyism - Ida Cox
- Come On In (Ain't Nobody Here) - The Harum Scarums
- Evil Woman Spell - Charley Spand

- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby
- Papa Don't Tear Your Pants - Papa Charlie Jackson
- In That Pearly White City Above - Blind Joel Taggart

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Precious Lord - Blind Joel Taggart
- Little Black Train - Blind Joel Taggart
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin [Bluebird B6242]
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin [Bluebird B6242]
- Cartey Blues - Lane Hardin [Pacific P-100]
- Mr. Postman Blues - Jenny Pope
- Rent Man Blues - Jenny Pope


restored by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 9 (rel. 2011, for 2012)


Blues Images CD BIM-109 (US 2011) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 9 (for 2012)

Blues Calendar discography



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

 

Blind Teddy Darby as subject of other Artist's recordings
#year
of release
artist / title of songs / label # / notes
11999Tom Waits: Mule Variations

- Pony

I've seen it all boys
I've been all over
Been everywhere in the
Whole wide world
I rode the high line
With old Blind Darby
I danced real slow
With Ida Jane

I was full of wonder
When I left Murfreesboro
Now I am full of hollow
On Maxwell street...
And I hope my Pony
I hope my Pony
I hope my Pony
Knows the way back home

AC: The song "Pony" has a lot of characters. These names, "Burn-Face Jake," "Blind Darby." I think you're in "Evelyn's Kitchen." Are these real people that live in these songs?
TW: "Evelyn's Kitchen," that's my Aunt Evelyn, who passed away during the making of the record. Her and my uncle had 10 kids and lived in a place called Gridley. I guess I've been far away from home, and have thought about her kitchen a lot and that a lot of people feel the same way when they've been far away from home. I dreamed about getting back home to her kitchen. That's why we put her in there -- a tribute to Evelyn. The other people are just different people I've come across over the years -- known, heard about, read about."
interview source: http://weeklywire.com/ww/04-26-99/austin_music_feature1.html


Epitaph 86547

 

Other artist's Covers of Blind Teddy Darby songs
#year
of release
Artist:
Record Title

- featured Blind Teddy Darby song / label # / notes
11972John Miller: First Degree Blues

- Church Bell Blues
- I Never Cried
- Policy Blues
- First Degree Blues
- Sue Cow
- Doing A Stretch
- Spanish Breakdown
- Mistake In Life

- Shady Lane
- Dirty Deeds
- Who's Been Here
- Rope Strechting Blues
- Titanic
- Policy Blues
- Chester County


Blue Goose 2007


2002 reissued on CD by Air Mail Recordings (Jp): AIRAC-1021


Blue Goose Records discography
John Miller discography

21975Roy Bookbinder: Git-Fiddle Shuffle
(with Fats Kaplin)

- Let's Get Drunk Again
- 'Lectric Chair Blues
- I Got Mine
- Hey, Hey Daddy

- Never Cried 'til My Baby Got On The Train
- 'Sweets' Petunia

- Take Me To The Land Of Jazz
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- Franklin Blues
- Bad Dream Blues
- Black Dog Blues
- Git-Fiddle Shuffle


Blue Goose 2018

Blue Goose Records discography
Roy Book Binder discography

31980Howard Bursen: Cider In The Kitchen

- I Never Cried

Howard Bursen: "John Miller ... extracted this one from Blind Teddy Darby's 'Built On The Ground,' found on an album called The St. Louis Blues, 1929-33"


Folk Legacy FSI-074

41996Phil Heywood: Local Joe

- Home Range (Heywood)
- Comin' In On A Wing and a Prayer (Jimmie McHugh & Harold Adamson)

- I Never Cried (Teddy Darby, arr. John Miller)
- Lighten Up (Heywood)
- Zulu Bob ( Heywood)
- Good Mornin' Miss Brown (Taj Mahal)
- Backwater (Heywood)
- Local Joe (Heywood)
- Year of the Rooster (Heywood)
- Sportin' Life (Trad., arr. Chuck Henderson)
- Waubonsie (Heywood)
- Steve's Song (Steve Arnold)
- Poor Howard (Huddie Ledbetter, arr. Heywood)
- Arlington (Michael Tillotson)
- When I Feel The Sea Beneath My Soul (Taj Mahal, arr. Heywood)


Atomic Theory 1118

51998Billy Goodman
Walk The Street Alone


- I Never Cried
  ("Blind Ted Darby, arr. Billy Goodman")


Taxim CD TX 3011-2 AT

more info

6199?Pat Donohue
Big Blind Bluesy


- I Never Cried


Bluesky BSR 925

72002Tom Doughty: The Bell

- Banty Rooster
- Tell Me
- Under The Bright Moon
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Sleepwalk

- Built Right On The Ground
- Into The Bong
- Mama In The Kitchen
- Ben Hall
- Been On The Road So Long
- Come Back Baby
- I'll Make Love To You Anytime
- The Bell


Corker Music CCD001

82003Kieron Means with Sara Grey and Kate Lissauer: Run Mountain
North American Songs And Ballads

- Run Mountain
- John Lover
- Deep Ellum Blues
- Hard Killing Floor
- Shady Grove
- Red Rocking Chair
- Mountain Fields
- The Shark Song
- Boll Weevil
- Rain And Snow
- Edward

- I Never Cried
Kieron Means: "I learned this blues from Howie Bursen, a great singer, guitarist and banjo player from New England. He learned it from John Miller, a very talented musician who extracted it from Blind Teddy Darby's "Built Down Low To The Ground"
- Lonesome Robin
- Heart Aching Blues


The Living Tradition,
The Tradition Bearers
Series LTCD3004

92010Andy Cohen: Built Right On The Ground

- Built Right On The Ground
- Railroad Blues
- Cairo Blues
- Honky Tonk Train
- Soo Cow Soo
- Jim Dickinson Stomp
- My Old Pal
- Temptation Rag
- Mopper's Blues
- Miss The Mississippi And You
- Grandpa's Spells
- Me And My Chauffeur
- Shake-a-you-Boogie
- Mean Talkin' Blues
- Tennessee Blues

Andy Cohen discography


Earwig CD 4959

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- Hatch End, Middlesex (Brian A.L. Rust), 1963/64, p. 
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- London (Storyville Publications), revised 2nd ed. 1969, p. 
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- Chigwell (Storyville Publications), fully revised 3rd ed. 1982, p. 185

- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 195-196
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 138
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2006, p. 115
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, p. 140

- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, p. 144
- Paul Garon: The Devil's Son-in-Law - The Story of Peetie Wheatstraw and his Songs.- London (Studio Vista) 1971
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York (Oak Publications), 1968.- no entry
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- p. 312

- sunsite.kth.se/feastlib/mrf/yinyue/pw/DARTED.HTM (Görgen Antonsson)
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/label/bluesdocument/earl.htm
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/label/bluetime/bluetime.htm
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- Ebay auctions
- various other internet resources

thanks to Joe Lauro and Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva for additional info / scans

B L I N D   T E D D Y   D A R B Y; source: Front cover of Blue Planet Bplp101 
Teddy Darby
source: Front cover of Blue Planet BPLP 101

 

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