 source: Front cover of Fantasy DLP 24704; photographer: Esmond Edwards | Gary Davis a/k/a "Blind Gary" a/k/a "Rev.(erend) Gary Davis" b. April 30, 1896 on a farm between Laurens and Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina in 1969 lived at "109-42 174th, Jamaica, New York [Queens] and is on the phone AX-1-7609" (BU 67. p. 19) d. May 5, 1972 at William Kessler Memorial Hospital in Hammonton, New Jersey buried at Rockville Cemetery in Lynbrook, Nassau County, New York discography |  Reverend Gary Davis in Harlem, New York City, 1953 source: Front cover of John Cohen: Walking in the Light.- Göttingen (Steidl) 2015; photographer: John Cohen |
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| 1 | 9/1935 | BLIND GARY - Cross And Evil Woman Blues (17860-1) @ youtube - I'm Throwin' Up My Hands (Ain't Gonna Work No More) (17859-2) @ youtube rec. July 23, 1935 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g
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| 2 | 9/1935 | BLIND BOY FULLER - Baby, I Don't Have To Worry ('Cause That Stuff Is Here) (17861-1) # @ youtube - Looking For My Woman (17868-1) * @ youtube # rec. July 23, 1935 in New York City; Blind Boy Fuller, voc, g; Gary Davis, g * rec. July 24, 1935 in New York City; Blind Boy Fuller, voc, g; Gary Davis, g
= Vocalion 02956
Blind Boy Fuller discography |
| 3 | 9/1935 | BLIND BOY FULLER - I'm Climbin' On Top Of The Hill (17863-2) # @ youtube - Ain't It A Crying Shame? (17867-1) * @ youtube # rec. July 23, 1935 in New York City; Blind Boy Fuller, voc, g; Gary Davis, g * rec. July 24, 1935 in New York City; Blind Boy Fuller, voc, g; Gary Davis, g
= Vocalion 02964 Blind Boy Fuller discography |
| 4 | 9/1935 | BLIND GARY - Oh Lord, Search My Heart (17877-2) # @ youtube - You Got To Go Down (17892-1) * @ youtube # rec. July 25, 1935 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g * rec. July 26, 1935 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g
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| 5 | 12/1935 | BULL CITY RED - Now I'm Talking About You (17865-2) # @ youtube - Richmond Blues (17879-2) * @ youtube # rec. July 24, 1935 in New York City; Bull City Red, voc, g; prob. Gary Davis, 2nd g * rec. July 25, 1935 in New York City; Bull City Red, voc, g
= Perfect 5-12-57 |
| 6 | 12/1935 | BLIND GARY - I Am The True Vine (17875-2) @ youtube - I Am The Light Of The World (17876-2) @ youtube rec. July 25, 1935 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g
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| 7 | 1/1936 | BLIND BOY FULLER - I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy (17862-2) # @ youtube - Rag, Mama, Rag (17873-1) * @ youtube  originally unissued track from same session: - Rag, Mama, Rag (17873-2) * [RnB CK46777, Document DOCD 5091] @ youtube # rec. July 23, 1935 in New York City; Blind Boy Fuller, voc, g; Gary Davis, g * rec. July 25, 1935 in New York City; Blind Boy Fuller, voc, g; Gary Davis, g; Bull City Red, washb
Blind Boy Fuller discography |
| 8 | 1936? | BLIND BOY FULLER - I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy [Melotone 6-01-56 et al.] - Somebody's Been Playing With That Thing [ARC 6-03-60]
Blind Boy Fuller discography |
| 9 | 2/1936 | BULL CITY RED - I Won't Be Dogged Around (17880-2) # @ youtube - Black Woman And Poison Blues (17901-1) * @ youtube # rec. July 25, 1935 in New York City; Bull City Red, voc, g * rec. July 26, 1935 in New York City; Bull City Red, voc, g; prob. Gary Davis, 2nd g
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| 10 | 2/1936 | BLIND GARY - I Belong To The Band - Hallelujah! (17893-2) @ youtube - The Great Change In Me (17894-1) @ youtube originally unissued track from same session: - Lord I Wish I Could See (17895-1) * [RnB CK46779, Document DOCD-5060] rec. July 26, 1935 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g
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| 11 | 3/1936 | BLIND BOY FULLER - Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind (17874-1) # @ youtube - Somebody's Been Playing With That Thing (17899-1) * @ youtube # rec. July 25, 1935 in New York City; Blind Boy Fuller, voc, g; Gary Davis, g; Bull City Red, washb * rec. July 26, 1935 in New York City; Blind Boy Fuller, voc, g
= Vocalion 03014 Blind Boy Fuller discography |
| 12 | 5/1936 | BLIND GARY - I Saw The Light (17878-2) # @ youtube - Lord, Stand By Me (17896-1) * @ youtube # rec. July 25, 1935 in New York City; Bull City Red, voc; Gary Davis, g * rec. July 26, 1935 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g
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| 13 | 11/1936 | BLIND GARY - Have More Faith In Jesus (17891-1) @ youtube - The Angel's Message To Me (17897-2) @ youtube rec. July 26, 1935 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g
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| 14 | 2/1937 | BLIND GARY - Twelve Gates To The City (17890-2) @ youtube - You Can Go Home (17889-2) @ youtube rec. July 26, 1935 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g
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| - Civil War March @ youtube @ Spotify rec. 1945 in New York City; Gary Davis, g solo Asch unissued Folkways ASCH AA 3/4 | ||
| 15 | 1949 | BLIND GARY - I Can't [sings: Cannot] Bear My Burden By Myself (A4171) # @ youtube - Meet Me [sings: You] At The Station (A4172) @ youtube rec. January 1949 in New York; Gary Davis, voc, g; # Brownie McGhee, g
Continental LP 16003 |
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| 16 | 1954? | Folksay American Ballads and Dances Volumes 5 & 6 Stinson SLP 12 (10 inch LP) ("Volume 5") track sequence: Hally Wood - Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies Leadbelly - Take This Hammer Cisco Houston - Hobo Bill Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston - Go Tell Aunt Rhody Pete Seeger - Teeroo, Teeroo Hally Wood - Johnson Boys Cisco Houston - The Rover Woody Guthrie - House Of The Rising Sun Frank Warner - Old Smokey Stinson SLP 13 (10 inch LP) ("Volume 6") track sequence: Lead Belly - Corn Bread Rough Tom Glazer - Laredo Unknown - Down In The Valley Ernie Lieberman - Foggy Dew Pete Seeger - Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn Frank Warner - Jolly Rovin Tar Woody, Cisco & Sonny - Froggy Went A-Courtin' Pete Seeger - Erie Canal Ernie Lieberman - Soldier Garry [sic] Davis & Sonny Terry - When The Train Comes Along # @ youtube
Stinson SLPX12 (12 inch LP) ("Volume 5 & 6") track sequence:
10 inch LP 10 inch LP 12 inch LP Collectables COL-CD-5601 |
| 17 | 1953 | Blind Gary / Garry [on back cover & labels] Davis - The Singing Reverend with Sonny Terry and his mouth harp - I Can't Make The Journey By Myself @ youtube - Oh What A Beautiful City (Twelve Gates To The City) @ youtube - Jesus Met The Woman At The Well @ youtube - You Got To Move @ youtube - Bad Company Brought Me Here @ youtube - Motherless Children # @ youtube - Say No To The Devil @ youtube - Death Is Riding Every Day @ youtube rec. April 1954 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g; Sonny Terry, hca, # voc 10 inch LP front cover illustration signed as by "M. Finn" or "M. Fink" (or similar) 12 inch LP front cover illustration by Jerry Solomon
10 inch LP 12 inch LP Collectables COL-CD-5607 |
| 18 | 1957 | Tony Schwartz - Music In The Streets A fascinating collection of music and musicians recorded on the streets of New York City Side I, Part I: Street Musician  @ youtube (Side I, Part I)Unknown Artist - Untitled (Street Saxophone) Unknown Artist - Untitled (Glass Bowls) Unknown Artists - Bongo Boys Guisseppi Ravita The Carnegie Hall Fiddler Rev. Gary Davis - Untitled (Guitar) # @ youtube (7:07-9:34) Unknown Artist - Untitled (Time Square Accordion) Moondog - Moondog Side I, Part II: Washington Square  @ youtube (Side I, Part II)Unknown Artists - Untitled (Banjo and Bass) The Kosoy Twins - Rambling Around Ralph Rinzler, The Kosoy Twins - King Edward Unknown Artist - When The Saints Go Marching In (Spoons and Ocarina) John Gibbons - Met A Little Gipsy Jane Soyer - Deep Blue Sea Fred Gerlach - Another Man Done Gone @ youtube (10:38-12:22) Side II, Part I: Religious Music Unknown Artist - Untitled (Church Bells) Unknown Artists - Untitled (Salvation Army Group) Unknown Artists - Untitled (Salvation Army Christmas Band) Unknown Artists - Untitled (Puerto Rican Street Gospel Group) Unknown Artist - Just A Closer Walk With Thee Side II, Part I: Street Festival Unknown Artists - Untitled (Jazz Group) Unknown Artists - Untitled (Band) Unknown Artists - Untitled (Parade) Unknown Artist - Untitled (Song) Side II, Part III: Parades Unknown Artists - Untitled ( Montage Of City Parades) Conceived and recorded by Tony Schwartz # rec. early to mid 1950s on 6th Avenue and 46th Street in New York City; Gary Davis, g solo Front cover illustration by Don Freeman
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| 19 | 1961 | Rev. Gary Davis and Pink Anderson: American Street Songs resp. Gospel, Blues and Street Songs Pink Anderson: Carolina Street Ballads - John Henry - Everyday In The Week # @ youtube - The Ship Titanic - Greasy Greens - Wreck Of The Old 97 - I've Got Mine - He's In The Jailhouse Now Rev. Gary Davis: Harlem Street Sprituals - Blow, Gabriel @ Spotify - Twelve Gates To The City @ Spotify - Samson And Delilah @ Spotify - Oh Lord, Search My Heart @ Spotify - Get Right Church @ Spotify - You Got To Go Down @ Spotify - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning @ Spotify - There Was A Time That I Was Blind @ Spotify Pink Anderson rec. May 29, 1950 in Charlottesville, VA by Paul Clayton; Pink Anderson, voc, g; # Jumbo Lewis, washboard Rev. Gary Davis rec. January 20, 1956 by Kenneth S. Goldstein notes by Daniel G. Hoffman & Kenneth S. Goldstein notes by Daniel G. Hoffman & Kenneth S. Goldstein notes by Daniel G. Hoffman & Kenneth S. Goldstein notes by Daniel G. Hoffman & Kenneth S. Goldstein 2 CD set OBC Records discography |
| 20 | 1961 | Blind Gary Davis: Harlem Street Singer resp. Reverend Gary Davis: Pure Religion! - Samson And Delilah @ Spotify - Let Us Get Together Right Down Here @ Spotify - I Belong To The Band @ Spotify - Pure Religion @ Spotify - Great Chance Since I Been Born @ Spotify - Death Don't Have No Mercy @ Spotify - Twelve Gates To The City @ Spotify - Goin' To Sit Down On The Banks Of The River @ Spotify - Tryin' To Get Home @ Spotify - Lo, I Be With You Always @ Spotify - I Am The Light Of This World @ Spotify - Lord, I Feel Like Just Goin' On @ Spotify rec. August 24, 1960 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ; Gary Davis, voc, g Front cover photo by Esmond Edwards
notes by Larry Cohn notes by Larry Cohn notes by Larry Cohn notes by Larry Cohn notes by Larry Cohn notes by Philip Elwood
Bluesville Records discography |
| 21 | 1961 | Reverend Gary Davis: A Little More Faith - You Got To Move @ Spotify - Crucifixion @ Spotify - I'm Glad I'm In That Number @ Spotify - There's A Table Sittin' In Heaven @ Spotify - Motherless Children @ Spotify - There's A Bright Side Somewhere @ Spotify - I'll Be All Right Some Day @ Spotify - You Better Mind @ Spotify - A Little More Faith @ Spotify - I'll Fly Away @ Spotify - God's Gonna Separate @ Spotify - When I Die I'll Live Again @ Spotify rec. August 10, 1961 in New York by Rudy van Gelder; Gary Davis, voc, g; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein front cover photo by Don Schlitten notes by Larry Cohn notes by Larry Cohn
notes by Larry Cohn 2 CD set Bluesville Records discography |
| 22 | 1961 | REVEREND GARY DAVIS - You Got To Move [Bluesville 1032] - I'm Glad I'm In That Number [Bluesville 1032]
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| 23 | 1962 | Reverend Gary Davis: Say No To The Devil - Say No To The Devil # @ youtube @ Spotify - Time Is Drawing Near * @ Spotify - Hold To God's Unchanging Hand [] @ Spotify - Bad Company Brought Me Here # @ Spotify - I Decided To Go Down # @ youtube @ Spotify - Lord I Looked Down The Road # @ Spotify - Little Bitty Baby # @ Spotify - No One Can Do Me Like Jesus [] @ Spotify - Lost Boy In The Wilderness (instr with sp) * @ Spotify - Trying To Get To Heaven In Due Time # @ Spotify rec. 1961 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ by Rudy van Gelder; Gary Davis, voc, # 6-str g, * 12-str g, [] hca; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein cover photo by Don Schlitten
notes by Larry Cohn notes by Larry Cohn notes by Larry Cohn
2 CD set Bluesville Records discography |
| 24 | 1962 | Blind Gary Davis: Pure Religion And Bad Company - Pure Religion @ Spotify - Mountain Jack @ Spotify - Right Now @ Spotify - Buck Dance @ Spotify - Candy Man @ Spotify - Devil's Dream @ Spotify - Moon Goes Down @ Spotify - Coco Blues @ Spotify - Runnin' To The Judgement @ Spotify - Hesitation @ Spotify - Bad Company @ Spotify - I Didn't Want To Join The Band @ Spotify - Evening Sun Goes Down @ Spotify - Seven Sisters @ Spotify - My Heart Is Fixed @ Spotify Smithsonian Folkways SFW40035 bonus tracks: - Time Is Drawing Near [previously unreleased] @ Spotify - Crucifixion [previously unreleased] @ Spotify rec. June 1957 in New York City by Fred Gerlach and Tiny Robinson; prod. by Doug Dobell Smithsonian Folkways CD SF 40035 photography by Manny Greenhill Mr. Suit SUITABLE1315 erroneously lists "Fred Garach" [sic] as original recording engineer; track "My Heart Is Fixed" is written on cover and label, but omitted on the LP Folk-Lyric FL 125 (US) obviously never issued
notes by Paul Oliver notes by Bruce Bastin 12 inch LP 2 CD set 77 Records discography |
| 24a | 1963 | Philadelphia Folk Festival 1962, Vol. 1 / Vol. 2 Prestige/International 13071 track sequence: Jack Elliott - Muleskinner Blues - Night Herding Song - Talking Fishing Blues Prof. Clarence Johnson & Mabel Washington - All Of My Appointed Time - We're Crossing Over One By One Mike Seeger & Sonny Miller - Fisherman's Luck - Sally Ann - John Hardy - Fiddler's Bagpipe Bonnie Dobson - Peter Emberly [sic, actually Keith] - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Prestige/International 13072 track sequence:
Prestige PRCD-9904-2 / Prestige Folklore CDWIKD 137 track sequence:
notes by Gene Shay notes by Gene Shay notes by Samuel Charters |
| 24b | 1963 | Hootenanny At Carnegie Hall Hally Wood - Come And Go With Me To That Land Pete Seeger - Battle Of Maxton Field Tony Kraber - Rye Whiskey Tony Kraber - Blood On The Saddle Jerry Silverman - Things 'Bout Coming My Way Will Geer - Mark Twain Rev. Gary Davis - If I Had My Way (Samson & Delilah) (4:16) # Hally Wood - Old Man Pete Seeger - Done Laid Around Pete Seeger - I Never Will Marry - Oh, Reilly - Kevin Barry - Wimoweh - Jacob's Ladder - United Nations Make A Chain # rec. February 22, 1958 at Carnegie Hall, New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g photography by David Gahr
8-pp. booklet notes by Irwin Silber |
| 25 | 1963 | Blind Reverend Gary Davis Elder Brody And Other Artists Folk Blues The Reverend Blind Gary Davis - I Cannot Bear My Burden [Lenox L-520] - I'm Gonna Meet You At The Station [Lenox L-520] The Reverend "Elder" Brodie and Congregation - You Got To Move - Prayer No. 1 - Prayer For All - Sit Down - I'll Be Listening Somewhere Sonnie and Lonnie - Wiggle Around Me, Baby [Continental 6050] - Southwest Pacific Blues [Continental 6050] "Big Boy" Ellis - Dices Dices - I Love You Baby Sonnie and Sam - I Wonder Who's Holding You [Continental 6055] - Mama Blues [Continental 6055]
notes by Harry Lim |
| 26 | 5/1964 | Blues At Newport Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963 Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Long Gone - Key To The Highway Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man - Trouble, I've Had It All My Days - Frankie John Hammond - No Money Down - Me & The Devil - Tallahassee Woman Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah # @ youtube - You Got To Move # John Lee Hooker - Sometimes You Make Me Feel So Bad - Bus Station Blues Dave Van Ronk - That Will Never Happen No More - Gambler's Blues Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Walk On # rec. July 11/12, 1959 live at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island (tracks "included here because of their special significance")
notes by Stacey Williams notes by Stacey Williams notes by Stacey Williams 4-pp. insert = Vanguard VSD 79145 (stereo) (US 4/2013) (Record Store Day) Newport Folk Festival discography |
| 27 | 1964 | The Guitar & Banjo Of Reverend Gary Davis@ youtube (full album) - Maple Leaf Rag (aka Make Believe Stunt) (2:55) @ Spotify - Slow Drag (aka Cincinnati Flow Rag) (2:20) @ Spotify - The Boy Was Kissing The Girl (And Playing The Guitar At The Same Time) (2:40) @ Spotify - Candy Man (2:50) @ Spotify - United States March (aka Soldier's Drill) (6:25) @ Spotify - Devil's Dream (3:45) # @ Spotify - The Coon Hunt (3:25) * @ Spotify - Mister Jim (aka Walkin' Dog Blues) (4:15) @ Spotify - Please Baby (aka Baby Let Me Lay It On You) (3:20) # @ Spotify - Fast Fox Trot (aka Buck Rag) (2:20) @ Spotify - Can't Be Satisfied (aka Mountain Jack Blues) (2:55) @ Spotify rec. March 2, 1964 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ by Rudy van Gelder; Gary Davis, voc, g, # banjo, * hca; supervised by Samuel Charters photography by Don Schlitten
notes (June 1964) by Chris Albertson
= P-Vine PCD-5618 (Jp 2000)
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| 28 | 1965 | Rev. Gary Davis / Short Stuff Macon Rev. Gary Davis - I'm On My Way To The Kingdom - He Knows Just How Much We Can Bear - Lord, I'll Be With You Always - Yeah! Short Stuff Macon - My Jack Don't Drink Water [Folkways FT 1004 / FTS 31004] @ youtube - Corrina [Folkways FT 1004 / FTS 31004] - Hell Bound Blues [Folkways FT 1004 / FTS 31004] - Messing With That Thing [Folkways FT 1004 / FTS 31004] - Rock Road Bad Treatin' [Folkways FT 1004 / FTS 31004] "Contents produced by Folkways Records USA and issued by special permission." Macon tracks rec. May 18, 1964 after a concert at Bard College in New York by Harry Rosenblum, Jr., Dick Duman & Graham Gibson; John Wesley Macon, voc, g; Big Joe Williams, g Gary Davis tracks rec. c. 1964 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g cover by Brian and Sally Shuel
notes (on Gary Davis) by Gillian Cook
XTRA Records discography |
| 29 | 1966 | BLIND GARY DAVIS - I Saw The Light [ARC 6-05-65] - Lord, Stand By Me [ARC 6-05-65] - The Angel's Message To Me [ARC 6-11-63] - I Have Faith In Jesus [ARC 6-11-63] cover design by Peter Nus
7 inch 45 rpm EP |
| 29a | 1966 | Blues Rediscoveries compiled and edited by Samuel Charters Mississippi John Hurt - Ain't No Tellin' - Avalon Blues Bukka White - Sleepy Man Blues - Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues Henry Townsend - Poor Man Blues John Estes - Poor Man's Friend - Liquor Store Blues Blind Gary Davis - Oh Lord Search My Heart - You Got To Go Down Peg Leg Howell - Doin' Wrong Furry Lewis - Jelly Roll - Sweet Papa Moan Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 - Someday Baby edited by Samuel Charters front cover photo by Ann Charters notes by Samuel Charters RBF discography |
| 30 | 1967 | ASCH Recordings/1939-1945 Volume 2 LP 1: Leadbelly - On A Monday Burl Ives - Wayfaring Stranger Burl Ives - Soldier, Oh Soldier Alan Lomax - Make Me A Garment/I Knew An Old Lady Pete Seeger - Old Woman And The Devil Woody Guthrie - House Of The Rising Sun Cisco Houston - Crayderville Jail Brownie McGhee - Betty And Dupree Folk Group - Go Tell Aunt Nancy Folk Group - Polly Wolly Doodle Folk Group - Down In The Valley Josh White - Train #12 Les Paul, Mary Paul - Born To Lose Frank Warner - Banjo Johnson Boys Ralph Page - Down In The Valley Woody Guthrie - Cowboy Waltz Tiny Clark - Mr. & Mrs. Sellers Country Dance Orchestra Bile Them Cabbage Down LP 2: Richard Dyer-Bennet - Two Maidens Went Milking Andrew Rowan Summers - The Hangman's Tree John Jacob Niles - Little Mattie Groves Cratis Williams -The Wife Of Usher's Well Texas Gladden - Dark Scenes Of Winter Hobart Smith - Railroad Bill Texas Gladden, Hobart Smith - In The Willow Garden Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Springfield Mountain George Edwards - Bonny Laboring Boy Dock Reese - Go Down Ol' Hannah Hobart Smith - Cindy Champion Jack Dupree - Clog Dance Sonny Terry - Fox Chase Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston - 900 Niles Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry - RR Blues Blind Gary Davis - Civil War Parade ("from acetate") @ youtube @ Spotify Baby Dodds - Tom Tom Workout compiled by Moses Asch & Charles Edward Smith 2 LP |
| 31 | 1968 | The Reverend Gary Davis: Bring Your Money, Honey! - Twelve Gates To The City - Samson And Delilah (If I Had My Way) - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - The Boy Was Kissing The Girl (And Playing The Guitar At The Same Time) - Birmingham Special - Time Ain't So Long - Silvie - Lost John - Lo, I'll Be With You Always rec. live at Harvard University by Stefan Grossman; Gary Davis, voc, g photography (Gary and Annie Davis at Newport Folk Festival) by David Gahr notes by Stefan Grossman |
| 32 | 1968 | The Reverend Gary Davis At Newport@ youtube (full album) - Samson And Delilah (If I Had My Way) (3:22) - I Won't Be Back No More (3:31) - Buck Dance (1:17) - Twelve Sticks (3:05) - Death Don't Have No Mercy (3:56) - You Got To Move (5:33) - Lovin' Spoonful (4:23) - She Wouldn't Say Quit (5:34) - I've Done All My Singing For The Lord (3:27) - Twelve Gates To The City (4:16) - I Will Do My Last Singing In This Land Somewhere (5:10) "electronically rechanneled for stereo" front cover painting by Eric Von Schmidt
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| 33 | 2/1969 | The Mike Raven Blues Sampler Leadbelly - Little Children's Blues Jimmy Witherspoon - Evenin' Dr. Ross - After Hours Blues Gary Davis - Say No To The Devil Big Joe Williams - Bottle Up And Go Memphis Slim - Frankie and Johnny Sonny Terry - Louise Jesse Fuller - Brownskin Gal Mabel Hillery - It's So Hard To Be A Nigger Blind Willie McTell - Married Man's A Fool Scraper [sic] Blackwell - "A" Blues Lightnin' Hopkins - Blues In A Bottle
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| 33a | 1969 | Blind Boy Fuller On Down Vol. 2 16 tracks in the Fuller tradition Julius Daniels - Crow Jane Blues Blind Boy Fuller - Walking And Looking Blues - Working Man Blues Buddy Moss - Tricks Ain't Walking No More Blind Gary Davis - Cruel And Evil Woman Blues - I'm Throwing Up My Head Bull City Red - Mississippi River - Pick And Shovel Blues Sonny Jones - Love Me With A Feeling - Dough Roller Blind Boy Fuller No. 2 [Brownie McGhee] - Got To Find My Little Woman - I'm A Black Woman's Man Sleepy Joe's Washboard Band [Ralph Willis] - Mama, Mama Blues Jammin' Jim [Edward P. Harris aka Carolina Slim] - Shake Boogie Dan Pickett - Lemon Man Curley Weaver - Trixie
notes by David Harrison |
| 34 | 1970 | Reverend Gary Davis 1935 - 1939 - The Angel's Message To Me - The Great Change In Me - I'm Throwin Up My Hand - You Got To Go Down - I Can't Bear My Burden By Myself [Lenox L-520] - I Belong To The Band - I Am The True Vine - Lord, Stand By Me - Twelve Gates To The City - Have More Faith In Jesus - O Lord, Search My Heart - You Can Go Home - Meet Me At The Station [Lenox L-520] - Cross And Evil Woman Blues original edition's front cover artwork by Rory Block
Yazoo CD 2011 YAZ track sequence:
notes by Stefan Grossman "Yazoo Records, 54 King Street, New York, N.Y. 10014" notes by Stefan Grossman "Yazoo Records, 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014" notes by Stefan Grossman "Yazoo Records, P.O. Box 810, Newton, NJ 07860" notes by Stefan Grossman Yazoo Records discography |
| 35 | 1971 | Reverend Gary Davis: Ragtime Guitar - Cincinnati Flow Rag - West Coast Blues - Buck Rag - St. Louis Tickle - Two Step Candyman - Walkin' Dog Blues - Italian Rag - C-Rag - Waltz Time Candyman - Make Believe Stunt rec. 1962 - 1970 at Rev. Davis' house by Stefan Grossman Transatlantic 244 cover, photography by Hipgnosis
notes by Stefan Grossman notes by Stefan Grossman
Kicking Mule Records discography |
| 36 | 1971 | Reverend Gary Davis in concert: Children Of Zion LP track sequence: - I'm Going To Sit Down On The Banks ... - Twelve Gates To The City - I Heared The Angel's Singing - Twelve Sticks - Long Way To Tipperary - When The Train Comes Along - Come Down And See Me Sometime - Buck Dance - Soldier's Drill rec. 1962 at Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, PA; prod. by Stefan Grossman Transatlantic TRA 249 / Heritage HT 308 cover photo by Linda Fitzgerald-Moore, liner photos by Stefan Grossman Kicking Mule KM 101 cover art by Joseph Doyle; back cover photo by Stefan Grossman Sonet SNKF 152 / Guimbarda GS-11.111 photography by Stefan Grossman & Valerie Wilmer
CD track sequence:
notes by Duck Baker
notes by Duck Baker Kicking Mule Records discography |
| 37 | 1971 | The Legendary Reverend Gary Davis: New Blues and Gospel LP track sequence: - How Happy I Am (5:13) °° @ youtube - I Heard The Angels Singing (4:00) @ youtube - Samson And Delilah (aka "If I Had My Way")(4:48) @ youtube - Children Of Zion (4:00) @ youtube - Soon My Work Will Be All Done (4:09) °° @ youtube - Talk On The Corner (4:01) @ youtube - Sally, Where'd You Get Your Whiskey? (4:15) @ youtube - Hesitation Blues (4:54) °° @ youtube - Whistling Blues (5:14) °° @ youtube - Lost John (3:42) # @ youtube °° not on Biograph BCD 123 ADD / Biograph DK 34007
Biograph BCD 123 ADD / Biograph DK 34007 track sequence:
notes by Stephan [sic] Calt notes by Stephan [sic] Calt
notes by Stephan [sic] Calt = Sutro Park SP-1018 (US 2016) 180 g LP, limited edition of 500 on blue vinyl Biograph Records discography |
| 38 | 1971 | The Legendary Reverend Gary Davis: Blues and Gospel Volume 2 Lord I Wish I Could See LP track sequence: - You Better Get Right (= "Sun Is Going Down") (3:48) °° - Lord I Wish I Could See (= "There Was A Time When I Was Blind") (2:44) - Be Mindfull Of Your Sacrament (= "Mind How You're Living") (5:53) °° - Down By The River (2:44) - Eagle Rocking Blues (3:48) @ youtube - Candy Man (instr) # (1:50) °° - Crow Jane (instr) (2:41) - Cocaine Blues (3:06) - I'll Do My Last Singing (6:23) @ youtube °° not on Biograph BCD 123 ADD / Biograph DK 34007
Biograph BCD 123 ADD / Biograph DK 34007 track sequence:
notes by Don Kent
Biograph Records discography |
| 39 | 1971 | Black Diamond Express To Hell LP 1 (1927-1935) - SDX 207 I'm So Glad Today Daniel Brown - Now Is The Needy Time Daniel Brown - Beulah Land Rev. J.C. Burnett - The Angel Done Gone Down Rev. J.C. Burnett - Sit Down, Servant Sam Butler - When The Saint's Come Marching Home Sam Butler - I'm On My Way To The Kingdom Land Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers - I Want Two Wings To Veil My Face Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers - Christ Was Born On Christmas Morn Blind Gary Davis - I Saw The Light Blind Willie Davis - Your Enemy Cannot Harm You Blind Willie Davis - I've Got A Key To The Highway A.C. Forehand - Mother's Prayer A.C. Forehand - I'm So Glad Today, Today Elder Otis Jones - I Am The Vine Rev. F.W. McGhee - You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley Lonnie McIntorsh - Arise And Shine Lonnie McIntorsh - How Much I Owe LP 2 (1944-1953) - SDX 208 I Want Two Wings Rev. Charles White - How Long Prophet B. W. West - Laid My Burden Down Rev. Utah Smith - I Want 2 Wings Rev. Utah Smith - God's Mighty Hand Sister Mathews - Stand By Me Rev. B. C. Cambell And Congregation - I'll Fly Away Rev. B. C. Cambell And Congregation - Heaven Bound Train Gospel Keys - We're Gonna Have A Good Time Two Gospel Keys - I Love Travelling Gospel Keys - I Want My Crown Gold Rock Gospel Singers - What You Want The Lord To Do For You Gold Rock Gospel Singers - Jesus Is With Me Rev. A. Johnson - Jesus Loves Us All Rev. A. Johnson - I Don't Know How To Get Along Without The Lord The Gospel Twins - This Way The Gospel Twins - One Word First LP compiled and produced by David Harrison and Gef Lucena, second LP compiled by Dave William and Paul Manners
2 LP set Matchbox Records discography |
| 40 | 1972 | Guitar Evangelists. Vol. II 1927-1941 Blind Willie Johnson - John The Revelator - You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond Blind Willie Harris - Where He Leads Me I Will Follow Kid Prince Moore - Church Bells - Sign Of Judgement Blind Joe Taggart - I've Crossed The Separation Line - Scandalous And A Shame Elders (Lonnie) McIntorsh & Edwards - Since I Laid My Burden Down Rev. Johnnie Blakey - Warmin By The Devil's Fire Rev. Edward W. Clayborn - Let That Lie Alone - Jesus Will Make It All Right Blind Gary Davis - I Am The Light Of The World Blind Willie Davis - I Belive I'll Go Back Home Sleepy John Estes - When The Saints Go Marching In Blind Joe Taggart - There's A Hand Writing On The Wall - Lord Don't Drive Me Away
Truth Records discography |
| 41 | 1972 | The Great Blues Men Vanguard VSD 25/26, LP 1: Homesick James - Set A Date John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road Sleepy John Estes - Corinna °° Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G Rev. Gary Davis - If I Had My Way °° Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Key To The Highway Otis Spann - Burning Fire Lightnin' Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business Vanguard VSD 25/26, LP 2: Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues Junior Wells - Stormy Monday Blues °° Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues Son House (+ Al Wilson) - Empire State Blues °° Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues J. B. Hutto - Please Help Fred McDowell - Fred's Ramblin' Blues Ida Cox - Four Day Creep °° Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas [Vanguard VRS 9180, Vanguard VCD 115/16 (US 1991) Newport Folk Festival discography
Vanguard VCD 25/26:
gatefold DLP
gatefold DLP
DLP, no gatefold, but 2-pp. leaflet notes by Leroy J. Pierson notes by Leroy J. Pierson lots of further editions at www.discogs.com |
| 42 | 1972 | Blues Selection LP 1: Jimmy Whitherspoon - Ain't Nobody's Business (6:25) Lightnin' Hopkins - The Howling Wolf (3:50) Furry Lewis - Goin' To Kansas City (2:50) Rev. Gary Davis - I'll Fly Away (4:32) Memphis Slim - Beer Drinking Woman (3:24) John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillun (2:43) Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:54) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Betty And Dupree's Blues (5:50) Tom Rush - Duncan And Brady (3:35) Dave Van Ronk - Cocaine Blues (4:10) LP 2: Holy Modal Rounders - Blues In The Bottle (3:25) Jimmy Whitherspoon - Every Day (2:36) Lightnin' Hopkins - Too Many Drivers (3:30) Furry Lewis - I'm Going To Brownsville (3:27) Rev. Gary Davis - When I Die I'll Live Again (3:28) Memphis Slim - Fast And Free (1:56) John Lee Hooker - Driftin' And Driftin' (4:02) Jesse Fuller - Red River Blues (3:25) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Freight Train (2:40) Tom Rush - Drop Down Mama (4:05) Dave Van Ronk - He Was A Friend Of Mine (3:29) Holy Modal Rounders - Euphoria (1:30)
DLP |
| 42a | 1972 | Picture Rags A Selection Of Ragtime Music Played On The Guitar David Laibman & Eric Schoenberg - Maple Leaf Rag (2:58) [Transatlantic TRA 253] John James - Picture Rag (2:46) [Transatlantic TRA 219] Stefan Grossman - Dallas Rag (2:10) [Transatlantic TRA 217] Ralph McTell - Blind Blake's Rag (1:56) [Transatlantic TRA 165] Reverend Gary Davis - St. Louis Tickle (3:36) [Transatlantic TRA 244] Reverend Gary Davis - Italian Rag (3:16) [Transatlantic TRA 244] Stefan Grossman - Red Pepper Rag (2:55) [Transatlantic TRA 217] John James - Original Rags (3:10) [Transatlantic TRA 242] Pete Berryman - Weeping Willow (2:24) [Transatlantic TRA 250] David Laibman & Eric Schoenberg - Red Carpet Rag (4:15) [Transatlantic TRA 253]
notes by Fred Dellar
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| 43 | 1973 | Rev. Gary Davis: O, Glory The Apostolic Studio Sessions - Right Now || # § - Sun Goin' Down # - Lo, I'll Be With You Always # - God Will Take Care Of You § [not on Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1595] @ youtube - Mornin' Train # - Birmingham Special - Out On The Ocean Sailing - Soon My Work Will All Be Done || § - O, Glory CD track sequence: - Let's Get Together °° - Sun Goin' Down # - Slippin' Til' My Gal Get In °° - Lo, I'll Be With You Always # - God Will Take Care Of You - Mornin' Train # - Out On The Ocean Sailing - Right Now # - Birmingham Special - There's Destruction In That Land °° - O, Glory - Soon My Work Will All Be Done °° CD bonus tracks Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1595 track sequence: - Let's Get Together °° - Sun Goin' Down # - Lo, I'll Be With You Always # - Mornin' Train # - Out On The Ocean Sailing - Right Now # - Birmingham Special - There's A Destruction In That Land °° - O, Glory - Soon My Work Will All Be Done rec. March 1969 at Apostolic Studios in New York City ("The Apostolic Studio Sessions"); Rev. Gary Davis, voc, g, bj [on "Out On The Ocean Sailing"], p [on "God Will Take Care Of You"], hca [on "Birmingham Special"]; || Annie Davis, voc; # Larry Johnson, hca; § The Apostolic Family (John Townley, Monica Boscia, Jerry Novac, Bobby Brooks), chorus; prod. by John Townley "Let's Get Together" & "There's A Destruction In That Land" rec. 1964 in New York City session photos by John Townley; liner photos by Dave Gahr
notes by John Townley
= Edsel EDCD 482 (UK 1996) notes adapted from original John Townley notes Adelphi Records discography |
| 44 | 1973 | Rev. Gary Davis: Lo' I Be With You Always LP 1: - She's Funny That Way (7:48) [Shanachie CD 97024] - Baby Let Me Lay It On You (4:20) [Shanachie CD 97024] - Please Judy (5:40) @ youtube - The Boy Was Kissing The Girl ... (5:00) - Hesitation Blues (11:52) [Shanachie CD 97024] LP 2: - Candyman (3:05) [Shanachie CD 97024] - I Got Religion, I'm So Glad (8:40) [SGGW 130/1/2] - I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord (5:57) [SGGW 130/1/2] - Children Of Zion (5:17) [Shanachie CD 97024] - Whoopin' Blues (g instr) (4:05) [Shanachie CD 97024] - What Could I Do (3:21) [SGGW 130/1/2] - Lo' I Be With You Always (6:29) [SGGW 130/1/2] LP 1 rec. 1968 at Michigan State University, Ann Arbor, MI; Rev. Gary Davis, voc, g LP 2 side A track 1 rec. February 7, 1963 at Gerdes, Folk City, New York City LP 2 side A tracks 2 & 3 rec. 1959 at the Mariposa Folk Festival LP 2 side B rec. 1962 at Rev. Davis' home, New York City remixed at Livingston Studios all photos by Stefan Grossman 2 LP set Kicking Mule Records discography |
| 44a | 1973 | Acoustic Garden Gerry Rafferty - To Each And Everyone Mick Moloney - Belfast Town Gary Davis - Two Step Candyman Bert Jansch - Wayward Child Gryphon - Sir Gavin Grimbold Paul Brady - You Ought To Know The Dubliners - Off The Dublin In The Green Steve Tilston - All In A Dream John James, Pete Berryman - Quiet Davs Bob Pegg, Nick Strutt - King Dog Gerry Rafferty - Mary Skeffington The Johnstons - Streets Of London Pentangle - Will The Circle Be Unbroken John Renbourn - Buffalo Skinners Stefan Grossman - Roll And Tumble Blues Dave Cartwright - Danse Of The Sessons Derroll Adams - Darling Cory Ian Campbell - Lord Of The Dance Humblebums - Please Sing A Song For Us Carolanne Pegg - Clancy's Song Stefan Grossman - River Of Jordan John James - Rolling On Down Dave Evans - Lady Portia Young Tradition - Lyke Wake Dirge DLP |
| 45 | 1974 | Rev. Gary Davis: Let Us Get Together - Oh Glory, How Happy I Am - Cocaine Blues - Death Don't Have No Mercy - Let Us Get Together - There's Destruction in That Land - Tired, My Soul Needs A 'Restin' - Georgia Camp Meeting - Blues In A - Fox Chase - You're Goin' Quit Me Baby side A rec. in the mid-1960s at Rev. Davis' publisher's office side B rec. either in 1963 or 1968 at Rev. Davis' home "Fox Chase" (B4) rec. 1963 at Gerdes Folk City prod. by Stefan Grossman front cover illustration & typography by Terence Brace, Plastic Dog Graphics; line drawings by Gloria Dallas notes by Stefan Grossman = Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop no# (US 1990) Kicking Mule Records discography |
| 46 | 1974 | Some People Who Play Guitar ... Like A Lot Of / Lotta People Don't ! Stefan Grossman - Tell Me Baby Woody Mann - Good Gal - Old Devil - Crosstown Blues Roy Bookbinder - Bad Luck Blues Larry Sandberg - Delta Swing Roy Bookbinder - I Got Mine - Bye Bye Baby Blues Rev. Gary Davis - Swinging Blues - Darktown Strutter's Ball Woody Mann - Who's Been Here Stefan Grossman - Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl In case someone's asking: CD has no bonus tracks ;-)
Kicking Mule Records discography |
| 47 | 1974 | Kicking Mule Record Co.: Where The Guitar Is King Dave Evans - Stagefright Ton van Bergeyk - Grizzly Bear Stefan Grossman - Tell Me Baby Rev. Gary Davis - Candyman [Sonet SNKD 1] Detlef & Finger - Via Cassia Art Rosenbaum - Waterbound Woody Mann - 10th Street Scratch Dave Laibman - Grandpa Spells Peter Finger - Second Love Rev. Gary Davis - Let Us Get Together [Sonet SNKF 103] Art Rosenbaum - Sally Goodin Dave Evans - Sad Pig Dance Larry Sandburg - Delta Swing Dale Miller - Black Berry Rag Peter Finger - Watchtower sampler containing cuts from first nine European releases
Kicking Mule Records discography |
| 47a | 1976 | Maple Leaf Rag Ragtime in Rural America Dallas String Band - Dallas Rag Blind Blake - Southern Rag Sugar Underwood - Dew Drop Alley Blind Boy Fuller - Piccolo Rag Cow Cow Davenport - Atlanta Rag Blind Willie McTell - Kill-It-Kid Bunk Johnson and his Band - The Entertainer Rev. Gary Davis - Maple Leaf Rag Jimmie Tarlton - Mexican Rag Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers - Hawkins Rag Roy Harvey and Jess Johnson - Guitar Rag Spooney Five - Chinese Rag Bill Boyd and his Cowboy Ramblers - Barn Dance Rag China Poplin - Sunter Rag / Steel Guitar Rag Merle Travis - Cannon Ball Rag / Bugle Call Rag
notes by Lawrence Cohn |
| 47b | 1976 | Great Bluesmen Newport Robert Pete Williams - Midnight Boogie (3:13) [Vanguard VRS 9180] @ youtube - Levee Camp Blues (5:16) [Vanguard VRS 9180] Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door John Lee Hooker with Bill Lee on bass - Tupelo - Bus Station Blues Son House - Son's Blues (6:18) [aka "Preaching Blues"] [Vanguard VSD 79225] - Death Letter Blues (2:50) °° [Vanguard VSD 79225] - Pony Blues (2:30) [previously unissued] (with Mance Lipscomb, 2nd g) Sleepy John Estes - Mailman Blues [Vanguard VRS 9180 / VSD 79180] - Clean Up At Home [Vanguard VRS 9180 / VSD 79180] Doc Reese - Hey Rattler / Oh My Lord [Vanguard VRS 9180 / VSD 79180] Mississippi John Hurt - Sliding Delta [Vanguard VRS-9145 / VSD-79145] - Trouble, I've Had It All My Day [Vanguard VRS-9145 / VSD-79145] Skip James - Hard Times Killing Floor Blues [previously unissued] - Cherry Ball Blues °° [Vanguard VRS-9181 / VSD-79181] - Illinois Blues [previously unissued] The Reverend Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy [Vanguard SRV-73008] Willie Doss - Catfish Blues [Vanguard VRS-9182 / VSD-79182] @ youtube - I Had A Woman [Vanguard VRS-9181 / VSD-79181] Mississippi Fred McDowell - Lord, I'm Going Down South - If The River Was Whiskey Lightnin' Hopkins with Samuel Lay - Cotten Fields Blues - Shake That Thing front cover drawing by Eric Von Schmidt °° note on CD 77/78: "due to compact disc time restrictions some songs on the original album are not included in this package"
DLP DLP
notes (December 1988) by Samuel Charters |
| 48 | 1985 | Rev. Gary Davis: I Am a True Vine 1962-1963 LP track sequence: - I Am A True Vine - Lord Stand By Me - Won't You Hush - Mean Old World - Moon Is Going Down - Sportin' Life Blues - Get Right Church - Blow Gabriel - Slippin' Til My Gal Comes In Partner - Wall Hollow Blues - Blues In E - Piece Without Words - Whoopin' Blues - I Want To Be Saved CD track sequence: - I Am A True Vine - Lord Stand By Me - Won't You Hush - Mean Old World - Moon Is Going Down - Sportin' Life Blues - God's Gonna Seperate °° - Soon My Work Will All Be Done °° - Oh, Glory How Happy I Am °° - Slippin' 'Til My Gal Comes In Partner - Cocaine Blues °° - Candyman - Wall Hollow Blues - Blues In E - Piece Without Words - Whoopin' Blues - Get Right Church - I Want To Be Saved °° CD bonus tracks rec. 1962-63 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g; Stefan Grossman, sp on some tracks leased by permission of Stefan Grossman photos courtesy of Stefan Grossman
notes (January 1985) by Robert Tilling notes by Bruce Bastin |
| 49 | 1976 | Reverend Gary Davis: Sun Is Going Down - Sun Is Going Down * - Oh, What A Beautiful City (Twelve Gates To The City) * - Morning Train * - Fast Stepping Time * - Birdshead Special - Long John - God's Unchanging Hand - We Are The Heavenly Father's Children rec. 1966 by Marzette Watts; Rev. Gary Davis, voc, g; * Larry Johnson, hca front cover photo by David Gahr
notes by David Jansen = Smithsonian Records CD (US 2012) Larry Johnson discography |
| 50 | 1988 | Bluesville Vol. 1 "Folk Blues" Furry Lewis - Judge Boushay Blues @ youtube Memphis Willie B. - Country Girl Blues @ youtube K.C. Douglas - Big Road Blues @ youtube Big Joe Williams - Levee Camp Blues @ youtube Robert Curtis Smith - Catfish Blues @ youtube Sidney Maiden - San Quentin Blues @ youtube Wade Walton - Big Fat Mama @ youtube Pete Franklin - Grievin' Me @ youtube Blind Willie McTell - The Dying Crapshooter's Blues @ youtube Lonnie Johnson - Fine Booze and Heavy Dues @ youtube Scrapper Blackwell - Blues Before Sunrise @ youtube Reverend Gary Davis - You Got To Move @ youtube Blind Snooks Eaglin - Brown Skinned Woman @ youtube Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Pawn Shop @ youtube Lightnin' Hopkins - T-Model Blues @ youtube Doug Quattlebaum - You Is One Black Rat @ youtube Ace CDCH 247 bonus tracks: Memphis Willie B - Highway 61 @ youtube Furry Lewis - Shake 'em On Down @ youtube Blind Snooks Eaglin - Alberta @ youtube Baby Tate - See What You Done Done @ youtube Scrapper Blackwell - Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog @ youtube compiled by Ray Topping
notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley
Bluesville Records discography |
| 51 | 1988 | Blind Gary Davis at "Al Matthes", Toronto (Spring 1976) - Slow Blues - Right Now - Instrumental Guitar Rag - Candy Man No.1 - Instrumental Rag - Fast Blues - Candy Man No. 2 - Maple Leaf Rag - Christ Is A Friend (O My Lord) - Instrumental (untitled) - Untitled Rag - When The Evening Sun Goes Down - Stovepipe Stom - She Just Put It That Way - Guitar & Banjo Duet - If I Had My Way "all titles in this album come from rare private acetates"
Document Records discography |
| 52 | 1988 | Blind Gary Davis at Allegheny College, Meadville, PA - Afternoon Workshop - Cincinnati Slow Drag - Harmonica Solo - Candyman - Banjo Instrumental - Maple Leaf Rag - I Know You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone - Guitar Blues - Banjo Instrumental rec. c. late January / early February 1964; part of the Evening Concert at Allegheny College will appear on Wolf 120.915
Document DOCD-5693 Document Records discography |
| 53 | 1988 | Blind Gary Davis 1962 - 1964 Recorded Live - Death Don't Have No Mercy - Soon My Work Will All Be Done - You Got To Move - If I Had My Way - Just A Closer Walk With Thee - He Knows How Much We Can Bear - Samson And Delilah - Instrumental March - Old Time Religion - I Heard The Angels Singing - God's Unchanging Hand - Trying To Get Home side A rec. 1962 live at the Chicago Folk Festival side B rec. 1964 live at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA (Evening Concert)
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| 54 | 1989 | Reverend Gary Davis - I'm Going To Sit Down On The Banks Of The River - Twelve Gates To The City - (I Heard The) Angels Singing - Twelve Sticks - It's A Long Way To Tipperary - I'll Meet You At The Station When The Train Comes Along - Come Down And Meet Me Sometime - Buck Dance - Soldier's Drill - Cincinnati Flow Rag - West Coast Blues # - Buck Rag - St. Louis Tickle - Two Step Candyman - Walkin' Dog Blues - Italian Rag - C-Rag - Waltz Time Candyman - Make Believe Stunt tracks 1 through 9 rec.1962 at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, PA; tracks 10 through 19 rec. at various dates between 1962 and 1970; Gary Davis, voc, g, # banjo
notes by Robert Tilling |
| 55 | 1990 | Rev. Gary Davis at the Sign of the Sun 1962 - Sun Is Going Down - I'm Gonna Meet You At The Station - If I Had My Way - Twelve Gates To The City - God's Gonna Separate The Wheat From The Tares - Get Right Church - When The Saints Go Marching In - God Don't Work Like A Natural Man [] - Soon My Work Will All Be Done (incomplete on original tape) - I'll Be Alright - Old Drunken Sally - Kitty Went A-Courtin' # - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning # - There's Destruction On This Land - Death Don't Have No Mercy - Near The Cross rec. June 22 & 23, 1962 in San Diego, CA; Gary Davis, voc, g, # banjo, [] hca
notes by Lou Curtiss and Robert Tilling |
| 56 | 1990 | Leadbelly, Reverend Gary Davis & Dan Smith Leadbelly - Went Out On The Mountain - Whoa Back - Worried Blues - Good Morning Blues - You Can't Lose Me Charlie - Boll Weevil Dan Smith - Babylon Is Falling Down [Biograph BLP-12036] - Where Shall I Be When The First Trumpet Sounds [Biograph BLP-12036] - Lining The Track [Biograph BLP-12053] - Cotton Needs Picking [Biograph BLP-12053] Reverend Gary Davis - Candy Man - Hesitation Blues - Whistling Blues - How Happy I Am - Soon My Work Will All Be Done
notes by Chris Albertson, Joel Bernstein, Arnold Caplin, Don Kent Biograph Records discography |
| 57 | 1991 | Reverend Blind Gary Davis: Meet You At The Station The Vintage Recordings (1935 - 1949) - I'm Throwin' Up My Hands (Ain't Gonna Work Here No More) (2:47) - Cross And Evil Woman Blues (3:01) - I Am The True Vine (3:13) - I Am The Light Of The World (3:08) - O Lord, Search My Heart (3:02) - I Saw The Light (3:03) - You Can Go Home (3:05) - Twelve Gates To The City (3:06) - Have More Faith In Jesus (3:00) - You Got To Go Down (3:15) - I Belong To The Band - Hallelujah! (3:11) - The Great Change In Me (3:15) - Lord, I Wish I Could See (3:02) - Lord, Stand By Me (3:05) - The Angel's Message To Me (3:05) - Civil War March (5:27) [Asch LP 4] - I Cannot Bear My Burden By Myself (2:49) [Lenox L-520] - I'm Gonna Meet You At The Station (2:38) [Lenox L-520] prod. by Paul Swinton
notes by Chris Smith |
| 58 | 1991 | Rev. Gary Davis and Sonny Terry Taj Mahal - Introduction Rev. Gary Davis - If I Had My Way @ youtube - Slow Drag @ youtube - Candy Man @ youtube - Where'd You Get Your Liquor @ youtube - Buck Dance - She Wouldn't Say Quit - Oh, Glory How Happy I Am @ youtube - I Heard The Angels Singing @ youtube Taj Mahal - Introduction Sonny Terry - Easy Rider - Beautiful City - I Got My Eyes On You - My Baby Changed The Lock On The Door - Hootin' The Blues photos by Stefan Grossman notes by Stefan Grossman |
| 59 | 1991 | Blues At Newport Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival 1959-64 Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man - Coffee Blues - Stagolee Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Long Gone - Key To The Highway Reverend Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah - I Won't Be Back No More Reverend Robert Wilkins - The Prodigal Son - (I Wish I Was In) Heaven Sitting Down Skip James - Devil Got My Woman Sleepy John Estes, Yank Rachel [sic] & Hammy [sic] Nixon - Clean Up At Home Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas - Bulldog Blues Jesse Fuller - I Double Double Do Love You - San Francisco Bay Blues John Hammond - Me And The Devil John Lee Hooker - Sometimes You Make Me Feel So Bad - Hobo Blues Dave Van Ronk - That Will Never Happen No More compilation prod. by Sam Charters
notes by Sam Charters Newport Folk Festival discography |
| 59a | 1991 | Reverend Gary Davis: Delia Late Concert Recordings 1970-71 - She's Funny That Way - Cincinnati Flow Rag - Sally - CC Rider - Make Believe Stunt - Delia - Candy Man - Samson and Delilah (If I Had My Way) - Let Us Get Together (Right Down Here) - Pure Religion - Mountain Jack - Cincinnati Flow Rag (version 2) - Mama Le Me Lay It On You - I'm the True Vine - Candy Man (version 2) - Buck Dance - Walking Dog Blues (Happy Blues) - I Hear The Angels Sing - Whistlin' Blues tracks 1 to 9 rec. August 12, 1970 at Bucks Rock Camp in New Milford, CT; Gary Davis, voc, g tracks 10 to 19 rec. August 5, 1971 at Royal Hotel in Jersey, UK; Gary Davis, voc, g
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| 60 | 1992 | Blind Boy Fuller Complete Recorded Work in Chronological Order Vol. 1 23 September 1935 to 29 April 1936 - Baby, I Don't Have To Worry - I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy - I'm Climbin' On Top Of The Hill - Ain't It A Crying Shame? - Looking For My Woman - Rag, Mama, Rag (tk 1) - Rag, Mama, Rag (tk 2) - Baby, You Gotta Change Your Mind - Evil Hearted Woman - My Brownskin Sugar Plum - Somebody's Been Playing With That Thing - Log Cabin Blues (tk 1) - Log Cabin Blues (tk 2) - Homesick And Lonesome Blues - Walking My Troubles Away (tk 1) - Walking My Troubles Away (tk 2) - Black And Tan - Keep Away From My Woman (tk 1) - Keep Away From My Woman (Ttk 2) - Babe You Got To Do Better - Big Bed Blues - Truckin' My Blues Away - (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She's Funny That Way - Cat Man Blues (tk 1)
notes by Ken Romanowski |
| 61 | 1993 | Rev. Gary Davis: Blues & Ragtime@ youtube (full album) - Walkin' Dog Blues [Transatlantic TRA 244 et al.] - Cincinnati Flow Rag [Transatlantic TRA 244 et al.] - She's Funny That Way [Sonet SNKD 1] - Whoopin' Blues [Sonet SNKD 1] - Twelve Sticks [Transatlantic TRA 249 et al.] - Children Of Zion [Sonet SNKD 1] - Buck Rag [Transatlantic TRA 244 et al.] - Hesitation Blues [Sonet SNKD 1] - C-Rag [Transatlantic TRA 244 et al.] - Baby, Let Me Lay It On You [Sonet SNKD 1] - Cocaine Blues [Sonet SNKF 103] - Buck Dance [Transatlantic TRA 249 et al.] - Candyman [Sonet SNKD 1] - Wall Hollow Blues [Gospel Heritage HT 307] - Little Boy, Little Boy Who Made Your Britches [Stefan Grossman cassette #2] - Whistlin' Blues [Stefan Grossman cassette #2] rec. 1962 - 1966 at different locations photography by Brian Shuel & George Pickow notes by Duck Baker |
| 62 | 1994 | The Complete Early Recordings of Rev. Gary Davis - I Belong To The Band - Hallelujah! (3:16) - The Great Change In Me (3:20) - The Angel's Message To Me (3:11) - I Saw The Light (3:02) °° - Lord, Stand By Me (3:11) - I Am The Light (3:04) °° - O Lord, Search My Heart (3:07) - Have More Faith In Jesus (3:07) - You Got To Go Down (3:20) - I Am The True Vine (3:18) - Twelve Gates To The City (3:12) - You Can Go Home (3:11) - I'm Throwin' Up My Hand (2:53) - Cross And Evil Woman Blues (3:06) - I Can't Bear My Burden By Myself (2:54) [Lenox L-520] - Meet Me At The Station (2:41) [Lenox L-520] °° CD bonus tracks front cover photo "Courtesy of Manny Greenhill" remastered b Richard Nevins (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 9, 11 to 16); tracks 6 & 10: Initial mastering by Richard Nevins with subsequent mastering using NoNOISE digital audio restoration at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA Yazoo L-1023 notes by Stefan Grossman Yazoo Records discography |
| 63 | 1994 | Legends of Country Blues Guitar Mance Lipscomb - Silver City - Angel Child Mississippi John Hurt - Spike Driver - You're Going To Walk That Lonesome Valley Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Worried Man Blues - How You Want It Done - John Henry - Blues In E Brownie McGhee - Don't Kid Me Son House - Death Letter Blues - I Had A Woman In Hughes Rev. Gary Davis - Children Of Zion # @ youtube - Death Don't Have No Mercy * @ youtube Robert Pete Williams - Mamie Henry Townsend - Cairo Blues Josh White - Jelly Jelly # rec. 1966 at Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest; Gary Davis, voc, g * from Lionel Rogosin's 1970 film "Black Roots"; Gary Davis, voc, g Gary Davis photos 1) Courtesy Folklore Productions and 2) by Stefan Grossman notes by Don Kent |
| 64 | 1994 | Legends of Traditional Fingerstyle Guitar Merle Travis - John Henry - Mus'rat - Lost John Sam & Kirk McGee - Railroad Blues - Wheels - Victory Rag Mance Lipscomb - Take Me Back - Run Sinner Run Roscoe Holcomb - Poor Wayfaring Stranger Elizabeth Cotten - Goin Down The Road - Mama Your Papa Loves You - Freight Train - Vestapol Doc Watson - Deep River Blues - Traveling Man Doc & Merle Watson - Lay My Burden Down - Sittin' On Top Of The World - Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied Josh White - John Henry Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Keys To The Highway Rev. Gary Davis - I Belong To The Band # @ youtube # from Lionel Rogosin's 1970 film "Black Roots"; Gary Davis, voc, g; Larry Johnson, hca Gary Davis photos by George Pickow & Stefan Grossman notes by Don Kent |
| 64a | 1994 | Legends of Country Blues Guitar Vol. 2 Bukka White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues Sam Chatmon - Big Road Blues Rev. Gary Davis - Buck Dance Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water Lead Belly - Goodnight Irene - take 1 - Goodnight Irene - take 2 Rev. Gary Davis - Hard Walking Blues Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 Rev. Gary Davis - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - Make Believe Stunt Lead Belly - Pick A Bale Of Cotton Bukka White - Poor Boy Big Joe Williams - Providence Help The Poor People Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk Blues Lead Belly - Take This Hammer Sam Chatmon - That's All Right Lead Belly - The Grey Goose Son House - Yonder Comes The Blues
video & dvd |
| 65 | 1995 | Folksay - American Ballads & Dances Vol. 5 & 6 / Chain Gang Vol. 1 & 2 Volume 5 Holly Wood - Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies Leadbelly - Take This Hammer Cisco Houston - Hobo Bill Woody Guthrie - Go Tell Aunt Rhody Pete Seeger - Teeroo Teeroo Holly Wood - Johnson Boys Cisco Houston - The Rover Woody Guthrie - House Of The Rising Sun Frank Warner - Old Smokey Volume 6 Gary Davis & Sonny Terry - When The Train Comes Along @ youtube Leadbelly - Corn Bread Rough Tom Glazer - Streets Of Loredo Unknown - Down In The Valley Ernie Liberman - Foggy Dew Pete Seeger - Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn Frank Warner - Jolly Roving Tar Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston & Sonny Terry - Froggie Went A-Courtin' Pete Seeger - Erie Canal Ernie Liberman - Soldier, Soldier Volumes 1&2 Woody Guthrie - Cornbread, Meat & Molasses - Ham And Eggs - Lost John - Chain Gang Blues - It Takes A Chain Gang Man - Betty And Dupree - Stack-O-Lee - Rock Me Momma - Chain Gang Special
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| 66 | 1995 | Sonny Terry & His Mouth Harp and Blind Gary Davis, The Singing Reverend Sonny Terry - Don't You Hear Me Calling You Blues (2:59) - Silver Fox Chase (2:41) - Worried And Lonesome Blues (2:55) - Gray Hound Bus Blues (3:23) - She Is A Sweet Woman (3:01) - South Bound Express (2:36) - You Don't Want Me Blues (2:53) - Tell Me Little Woman (2:58) Reverend Gary Davis - I Can't Make This Journey By Myself (4:13) - Oh What A Beautiful City (3:44) - Jesus Met The Woman At The Well (3:40) - You Got To Move (2:33) - Bad Company Brought Me Here (3:57) - Motherless Children (4:39) - Say No To The Devil (4:01) - Death Is Riding Everyday (2:50)
notes by Don Brown |
| 66a | 1995 | Gospel at Newport - Christian's Automobile - The Dixie Hummingbirds °° - Only Believe - Swan Silvertone Singers °° - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - Rev. Pearly Brown & Mrs. Christine Brown "°°" [actually previously on Vanguard VCD2-77005] - Gonna Lay Down My Sword And Shield (aka "Down By The Riverside") - Joseph Spence °° - Swing Down Chariot - Dorothy Love Coates & The Gospel Harmonettes °° - Jesus Hear My Prayer - Swan Silvertone Singers °° - I've Got So Much To Shout About - The Dixie Hummingbirds °° - Trouble In The Land Will Soon Be Over - Dorothy Love Coates & The Gospel Harmonettes °° - You Better Mind - Bessie Jones, Janie Hunter °° - See God's Ark A-Moving - Moving Star Hall Singers [Vanguard VRS 9182] - What A Time - Rev. Pearly Brown & Mrs Christine Brown °° - Highway To Heaven - Rev. Alex Bradford & The Stone Temple Baptist Church Singers °° - Samson And Delilah (aka "If I Had My Way") # - Reverend Gary Davis [Vanguard VRS-9145] @ youtube - This Little Light Of Mine - The Freedom Singers °° - John The Revelator - Son House °° - Every Day Will Be Sunday By And By - Dorothy Love Coates & The Gospel Harmonettes °° - Just A Closer Walk With Thee - The Chambers Brothers/Joan Baez °° - Oh Mary Don't You Weep - Swan Silvertone Singers [Vanguard VRS-9186] - Pray On My Child - The Staple Singers [Vanguard VRS-9185] rec. live at the Newport Folk Festival 1959, 1963-66 # rec. July 11/12, 1959 live at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI; Rev. Gary Davis, voc, g °° previously unreleased
notes by Mary Katherine Aldin
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| 66b | 1995 | The Prestige / Folklore Years Vol. 3: Roots And Branches - Let Us Get Together - Rev. Gary Davis - Twelve Gates To The City - Rev. Gary Davis - Maple Leaf Rag - Rev. Gary Davis - Bound To Lose - The Holy Modal Rounders - Euphoria - The Holy Modal Rounders - Crowley Waltz - The Holy Modal Rounders - Blues In The Bottle - The Holy Modal Rounders - St. Louis Tickle - Dave Van Ronk - Goodbye Maggie - The Lilly Brothers - I'm Coming Back, But I Don't Know When - Harry and Jeanie West - I'd Like To Be Your Shadow In The Moonlight - Harry and Jeanie West - Beautiful, Beautiful Brown Eyes - The Charles River Valley Boys / Tex Logan - Sally Goodin' - The Charles River Valley Boys / Tex Logan - Uncle Penn - The Charles River Valley Boys / Tex Logan - Salty Dog - Keith And Rooney - Teardrops In My Eyes - Keith And Rooney - The Maggie Rag - Mitch Greenhill - Blues, Just Blues, That's All - The True Endeavor Jug Band - Jug Band Blues - The True Endeavor Jug Band - She's Gone - The True Endeavor Jug Band / Artie Traum - High Society - The Folk Stringers - I Don't Feel At Home In This World Any More - The New Strangers
notes by Samuel Charters
Bluesville Records discography |
| 66c | 1995 | Folk Music at Newport, Part 1 Patrick Sky - Separation Blues Ian & Sylvia - Someday Soon Ian & Sylvia - Play One More Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys - Blue Moon Of Kentucky Bill Monroe, Peter Rowan, Tex Logan - Shady Grove Lightnin' Hopkins - The Woman I Am Loving, She's Taken My Appetite Cyprien Landreneau - Danse De Blackberry Briar Rev. Gary Davis - I Will Do My Last Singing In This Land Somewhere The New Lost City Ramblers - Gold Watch And Chain Maybelle Carter - Wildwood Flower Eck Robertson, The New Lost City Ramblers - Forked Deer / Eighth Of January Kathy & Carol - A Swallow Song Sam & Kirk McGee - Milk 'Em In The Evening Blues Pete Seeger - Oh Mary Don't You Weep Joan Baez, Donovan - Colours Cousin Emmy, The New Lost City Ramblers - Free Little Bird Mance Lipscomb - The Sinking Of The Titanic Charles River Valley Boys - I'll Meet You In The Morning Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band - Sadie Green (The Vamp Of New Orleans) Bill Keith, Jim Rooney - Little Sadie Richard & Mimi Farina - Celebration For A Grey Day Kingston Trio - M.T.A. Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man The Chambers Brothers - I Got It rec. at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival
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| 67 | 1998 | The Bluesville Years, Vol. 6 "Blues Sweet Carolina Blues" Pink Anderson - Meet Me In The Bottom - Baby I'm Going Away - Mama Where Did You Stay Last Night - Baby, Please Don't Go Baby Tate - See What You Done Done - Baby, You Just Don't Know - Hey Mama - Hey Pretty Girl - What Have I Done To You? Sonny Terry - Callin' My Mama - Ida Mae Baby Tate - Trucking Them Blues Away - Lonesome Over There - Dupree Blues Pink Anderson - That's No Way To Do - Weeping Willow Blues - My Baby Left Me This Morning - Ain't Nobody Home But Me Reverend Gary Davis - The Boy Was Kissing The Girl (And Playing The Guitar At The Same Time) (2:39) [Prestige Folklore FL/FLST 14033] - Candy Man (2:51) [Prestige Folklore FL/FLST 14033] Larry Johnson - Tell You Women 'Bout Me - Whiskey Store Blues - Take These Blues Off My Mind Brownie McGhee - One Thing For Sure
notes by Samuel Charters Bluesville Records discography |
| 67a | 1996 | Raggin' The Blues - East Coast Blues Julius Daniels - Crow Jane Blues Blind Blake - You Gonna Quit Me Blues Luke Jordan - Church Bells Blues - Pick Poor Robin Clean - Cocaine Blues William Moore - Barbershop Rag - Old Country Rock - Raggin' The Blues Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - Every Day In The Week Blues Tarter & Gay - Brownie Blues - Unknown Blues Willie Walker - Dupree Blues 1 - South Carolina Rag Josh White - Good Gal - Low Cotton - Blood Red River Blind Gary Davis - I'm Throwin' Up My Hands - Cross And Evil Woman Blues Carl Martin - Farewell To You Baby - Badly Mistreated Man - Crow Jane - Carl Martin - Old Time Blues Brownie McGhee - Picking My Tomatoes - Dealing With The Devil
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| 68 | 1997 | Reverend Gary Davis: Live & Kickin' - Make Believe Stunt (4:42) - Maple Leaf Rag (5:40) - Coon Chase (5:58) - Samson And Delilah (4:48) - Twelve Gates To The City (6:25) - Mind How You're Living (2:39) - You Got To Move (6:53) - How Much We Can Bear (4:58) - I Will Do My Last Singing (8:14) - Buck Dance (2:50) rec. January 27, 1967 in Montreal, Ca by Michael Nerenberg
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| 69 | 1999 | Rev. Gary Davis Live At Cambridge 1971 - Let Us Get Together (16:20) - There's Destruction In This Land (8:38) - Samson And Delilah (5:13) - You Got To Move (6:05) - Pure Religion (3:18) licensed through exclusive agreement with Folklore Productions
notes by Robert Tilling Catfish Records (UK) discography |
| 70 | 2000 | Reverend Gary Davis: I Am The True Vine - Twelve Gates To The City - The Great Change In Me - You Got To Go Down - Cross And Evil Woman Blues - I Belong To The Band - I Am The True Vine - You Can Go Home - The Angel's Message To Me - I'm Throwing Up My Hands - I Am The Light Of The World - I'm Gonna Meet You At The Station [Lenox L-520] - Lord Stand By Me - O Lord Search My Heart - Have More Faith In Jesus - I Cannot Bear The Burden Myself [Lenox L-520] - Civil War March [Asch LP 4]
notes by Robert Tilling Catfish Records (UK) discography |
| 70a | 2000 | Roy Book Binder: The Radio Show Roy Book Binder - The Introduction (0:17) - Beginning The Interview (2:46) - Rag Mama (3:04) - St. Pete Blues (3:59) - Book Binder, Singer Songwriter (1:35) - Can't Do That No More 3:19) - The Book, The Early Years (4:30) Gary Davis - Candyman (8:11) Roy Book Binder - The Blues Scene Today (1:42) - Roy Talks About Old Guitars (1:55) - Minstrels & Medicine Shows (5:08) Pink Anderson - Travelin' Man (3:44) Roy Book Binder - Life In A Moterhome (1:03) - The Artist Sells Out? (4:44) - Anywhere You Go (2:34) J. Murphy - Electricity (2:45)
Roy Book Binder discography |
| 70b | 2000 | Rev. Gary Davis: Demons And Angels The Ultimate Collection Volume One - "Slippin' 'Til My Gal Comes In Partner: Columbia University, 1958-1959" - Buck Dance - Soldier's March - Baby, What You Going To Do? - Twelve Sticks (The Dozens) - Save Up Your Money, John D. Rockerfeller, Put The - I Am The Light Of This World - Nobody Cares For Me - Slippin' 'Til My Gal Comes In Partner - Blues - Crucifixion - Rag Blues In C - Blues In E - Square Dance Verses - Don't Know Where To Go - He's My King - I'm Throwin' Up My Hands (Ain't Gonna Work No More) - Cross And Evil Woman Blues - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - I'm So Tired Of Being All Alone Volume Two - "I Am The True Vine: At Home, 1964-1966" - I Am The True Vine - Lord, Stand By Me - Won't You Hush? - Mean Old World - Moon Is Going Down - Sportin' Life Blues - God's Gonna Separate - Soon My Work Will All Be Done - Blow, Gabriel - Get Right Church - I Want To Be Saved - Oh, Glory, How Happy I Am - There's Destruction In That Land (Message From Heaven) - Tired, My Sould Needs Resting - Georgia Camp Meeting - Bill Bailey - Honey, Get Your Towel Wet - She Wouldn't Say Quit - You're Going To Quit Me, Baby Volume Three - "Twelve Gates To The City: In Concert, 1962-1966" - I'm Going To Sit Down On The Banks Of The River - Twelve Gates To The City - I Heard The Angels Sing - Twelve Sticks - It's A Long Way To Tipperary - When The Train Comes Along - Little Boy, Little Boy Who Made Your Britches - All Night Long - Who Shall Deliver Poor Me? - Jesus Met The Woman At The Well - Lord, Search My Heart - Lord, On Your Word - Let Us Get Together - Cocaine Blues - Devil's Dream - Blow, Gabriel - Sun Is Going Down - Spoonful - Whistlin' Blues - Virgin Mary
3 CD set + 36 page booklet |
| 71 | 200? | Rare And Red Hot Gospel - Woke Up This Morning (With Jesus On My Mind) - Roosevelt Graves And Brother - I Belong To The Band, Hallelujah - Blind Gary Davis - I Got Heaven On My Mind - Heavenly Gospel Singers - John Said He Saw The Number - Arizona Dranes - Handwriting On The Wall - Blind Joe Taggart - I Am Born To Preach The Gospel - Washington Phillips - Drinking Shrine - Elder Charles Beck - I'm On My Way To The Kingdom Land - Alfred Karnes - Bathe In The Beautiful Pool - Dock Walsh - Death Is Only A Dream - Reverand Clayborn - I'll Be Rested (When The Roll Is Called) - Roosevelt Graves And Brother - When I Stand Before The King - Blind Joe Taggart - Oh Death - Charley Patton And Bertha Lee - I Am A Pilgrim - Silver Leaf Quartet - Does Jesus Care - Blind Willie Harris - Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit - Luther Magby - Easter Day - Dixon Brothers - God's Mighty Hand - Reverand Utah Smith - Don't Want To Go There - Willie Mae Williams - I Want To Live So God Can Use Me - Brother Willie Eason
Catfish Records (UK) discography |
| 71a | 2001 | Newport Folk Festival Best of the Blues 1959-68 disc 1: Mississippi John Hurt - Sliding Delta - Candy Man - Coffee Blues - Stagger Lee - Here I Am Lord Send Me - Pallet On Your Floor Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (3:23) - Hard Time Killing Floor Blues Son House - Preaching Blues - Death Letter Blues - Empire State Express - Son Blues Bukka White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues Mississippi Fred McDowell - Louise - If The River Was Whiskey Muddy Waters (solo) - Walkin' Blues [Vanguard VCD2-77005] - I Can't Be Satisfied [Vanguard VCD2-77005] disc 2: Robert Pete Williams - Levee Camp Blues - Midnight Boogie - On My Way From Texas Mance Lipscomb - Freddie - So Different Blues - God Moves On The Water (The Sinking Of The Titanic) Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues - Double Double Do Love You Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah - I Won't Be Back No More Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Intro/The Train Is Leaving °° - Drink Muddy Water °° - Long Gone - Key To The Highway - My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door Sleepy John Estes - Clean Up At Home disc 3: Lightnin' Hopkins - Woman I'm Lovin' She's Taken My Appetite - Baby Please Don't Go Lightnin' Hopkins & Samuel Lay - Shake That Thing John Lee Hooker & Bill Lee - Tupelo - Bus Station Blues - Let's Make It °° - Great Fire Of Natchez °° - Boom Boom °° - I Can't Quit You Baby / Stop Now Baby Memphis Slim - How Long °° - Black Cat Crossed My Path °° - Harlem Bound °° - Piano Instrumental °° Muddy Waters & Otis Spann - Blow Wind Blow °° @ youtube - Flood (= "Clouds In My Heart") °° @ youtube Chambers Brothers - CC Rider The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Blues With A Feeling - Born In Chicago °° compilation prod. by Tom Vickers front cover painting by Meredith Steele °° 12 previously unreleased tracks
3 CD set |
| 72 | 2002 | Reverend Gary Davis: The Sun Of Our Life @ youtube (full album)solos - songs - a sermon 1955 - 1957 - Improvisation: Fast Blues In A - Improvisation: Slow Blues In E - West Coast Blues (Blind Blake) - Improvisation: Rag In A Minor - Two-Step - Horse Thief's Blues - Candy Man - Cigarette Break - Improvisation: Hills And Valleys - Seven Sisters - Crucifixion - I Decided To Go Down - Sun Is Going Down - My Heart Is Fixed - Hold To God's Unchanging Hand - Davis Speaks - My Home Is On High - Sermon - Improvisation: Coco Blues private recordings (1955-1957) contain works otherwise unrepresented; prod. by Allan Evans
notes by Allan Evans |
| 73 | 2003 | Reverend Gary Davis: If I Had My Way Early Home Recordings - If I Had My Way (4:43) @ youtube - If The Lord Be For You (3:43) - Twelve Gates To The City (3:53) - You Got To Move 4:14) - We Are The Heavenly Father's Children (3:23) - A Friend Like Lonely Jesus (4:22) °° - Get Right Church (2:23) - Marine Band (2:47) °° - Shine On Me (2:58) °° @ youtube - There's Destruction On This Land (5:20) - He Stole Away (2:38) # °° - The Uncloudy Day (4:09) # °° @ youtube - Say No To The Devil (3:16) °° - I Belong To The Band (3:56) - Give Me A Heart To Love (2:20) ## °°) - He Never Has Left Me Alone (2:52) # °° - Got On My Traveling Shoes (3:03) # °° @ youtube - Civil War Parade (5:26) [Asch AA4] @ youtube °° previously unreleased rec. 1953 at Gary Davis' home in the Bronx (where he just had moved from Harlem), New York City on a 1/4 inch tape, reel-to-reel Pentron recorder, with the microphone that came with the machine by John Cohen; Gary Davis, voc, g; 'Mother' Annie Davis, voc; # McKinley 'Kinny' Peebles (aka "Sweet Papa Stovepipe"), voc, ## g photos by John Cohen notes by John Cohen, Carla Borden & Horace Boyer |
| 73a | 2003 | Heroes Of The Blues: The Very Best of Rev. Gary Davis - Samson & Delilah (4:05) - Death Don't Have No Mercy (4:45) - Cross & Evil Woman Blues (3:04) - Can't Be Satisfied (2:56) - Lord I Wish I Could See (3:05) - Twelve Gates To The City (3:12) - Out On The Ocean Sailing (3:29) - Whistlin' Blues (5:14) - Candy Man (2:34) - How Happy I Am (5:10) - I Belong To The Band - Hallelujah! (3:13) - Bad Company (Brought Me Here) (3:52) - Crucifixion (4:59) - You Got To Move (3:20) - Cocaine Blues (2:41) - Soon My Work Will Be All Done (5:05) compiled by Frank Scott tracks 3, 11: 1935; tracks 9, 15: 1957; tracks 1, 2, 6: 1960; tracks 12, 13, 14: 1961; track 4: 1964; tracks 7, 16: 1969; tracks 5, 8, 10: 1971 cover illustration by Robert Crumb notes by Ed Ward |
| 73b | 2003 | Down In The Basement Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s 1926-1937 - The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers - How You Want It Done? - Big Bill - The (New) Call Of The Freaks - Luis Russell & His Orchestra - The School House Fire - Dixon Brothers - Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band - You Got To Go Down - Blind Gary - The Old Ark's A'Moving - A.A. Gray And Seven-Foot Dilly - Runnin' Wild - James Cole's Washboard Four - Keep It Clean - Charley Jordan - Get The "L" On Down The Road - Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band - I Got A Bulldog - Sweet Brothers & Ernest Stoneman - Old Hen Cackle - Colman & Harper - Song From A Cotton Field - Bessie Brown - Atlanta Bound - Gene Autry - Easy Rider Blues - Soileau And Robin - Hot Lips - Bill Brown And His Brownies - Uncle Dave's Beloved Solo - Uncle Dave Macon - Hastings Street - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand - Ain't That Trouble In Mind - Fields Ward & The Grayson County Railsplitters - Give The World A Smile - The Corley Family - Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long Cleve Reed And Little Harvey Hull (Down Home Boys) - Hot Town - Fess Williams And His Royal Flush Orchestra - Paddlin' Blues - Gitfiddle Jim - Plow Boy Hop - Grinnell Giggers compiled by Marshall Wyatt
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| 74 | 2007 | Lifting The Veil: The First Bluesmen Rev. Gary Davis & Peers - Sermon On Pancakes - The Blood's Done Signed Your Name - Come Down To See Me Sometime - Lost John - Soldier's Drill - Gallows Pole - Leaving Blues - Slow Blues In E - Starvation Blues - Black Biting Bee Blues - Mountain Jack - I Didn't Want To Join The Band - A Rag - Raggin' The Blues - Old Country Rock - Poor Boy - Poor Boy - Mississippi Bo Weevil Blues - Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues - Mississippi Jail House Groan - Ham Hound Crave - Seven Sisters Blues - Hard Dallas Blues - Back Gnawing Blues - Going Crazy unissued session tapes from 1956-57, recorded by Fred Gerlach & Tiny Robinson; prod. by Allan Evans notes by Allan Evans |
| 75 | 2008 | Reverend Gary Davis: Manchester Free Trade Hall 1964 - You Got To Move (4:45) - If I Had My Way (3:51) - The Sun Is Going Down (3:20) * - I'm A Soldier (1:52) - I Got A Little Mama, Sweet As She Can Be (4:53) - Sally, Please Come Back To Me (Worried Blues) (2:45) - Cocaine Blues (4:43) - Cincinnati Flow Rag (4:19) - Children Of Zion (3:33) - Coon Hunt (hca instr) (3:19) # - Maple Leaf Rag (3:14) rec. May 8, 1964 live at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England; Gary Davis, voc/sp, g, # hca; * Sonny Terry, sp, hca; compiled & prod. by Gary Atkinson photography by Brian Smith notes by Bob Groom |
| 76 | 2009 | Rev. Gary Davis Live at Gerde's Folk City, February 1962 CD 1: - You Got To Move (5:12) - intro to Come Down And See Me Sometime (2:03) - Come Down And See Me Sometime (7:50) - Wouldn't Say Quit (5:13) - Oh Lord (6:47) [] - announcing guitar lessons (0:56) - People That Use To See, Can't See No More (3:51) - There's Destruction In This Land (7:52) - intro to Soon My Work Will All Be Done (3:35) - Soon My Work Will All Be Done (3:19) # - intro to Oh Glory, How Happy I Am (0:51) - Oh Glory, How Happy I Am (5:35) # CD 2: - I Want To Be Saved (4:10) - Just A Closer Walk With Thee (3:42) - Death Don't Have No Mercy (5:14) - Lord I Won't Go Back In Sin (3:51) - Candyman (3:10) - Buck Dance (5:15) - Samson And Delilah (3:54) - Working On The Building (4:43) - I'll Fly Away (3:59) - Sun Goin' Down (4:06) - Fox Chase (6:26) CD 3: - God's Gonna Separate (2:48) - Lord Search My Heart (3:40) - Jesus Met The Woman At The Well (5:33) - Say No To The Devil (6:04) - I Am A Pilgrim (6:06) - All Night Long (5:37) - Trying To Get To Heaven (4:14) - Thank You Jesus (3:04) - Twelve Sticks (2:59) - intro to Tesse (2:43) - Tesse (2:59) - Lord They Tell Me (6:20) - Right Or Wrong 8:51) rec. February 7 & 10, 1962 at Gerde's Folk City, New York City by Stefan Grossman with a two track Tandberg tape machine; Gary Davis, voc, g, [] hca; # New World Singers (Gil Turner, Happy Traum and Bob Cohen), voc photography by Don Schlitten & Joe Alper
3 CD set |
| 77 | 2010 | Rev. Gary Davis At Home And Church 1962-1967 CD 1: At Home - Twelve Sticks (3:47) - Sally, Where'd You Get Your Liquor From (1:52) - Babylon Is Falling (6:36) - What Could I Do (3:23) - Children Of Zion (7:05) - Hesitation Blues (4:05) - Candyman (on 5 string banjo) (1:23) # - Steal Away And Pray (5:36) - Goin' To Chattanooga (5:02) - Packing Up, Get Ready To Go (3:37) - Untitled (0:39) - You Cry Because I'm Leaving (4:16) - Don't Let My Baby Catch You Here (5:14) - Lord Let Me Live Longer (2:21) - I Want To Be Saved (2:47) - Waltz Time Candyman (3:17) - Little Boy Who Made Your Britches (4:38) - Talks About Verses Not Sung (2:21) - C-Rag (5:41) - Two Step Candyman (2:51) CD 2: At Home - Piece Without Words (3:51) - Lord Search My Heart (4:05) - Slippin' To My Gal Comes In Partner (2:56) - Sun Is Going Down (2:44) - Raise A Ruckus Tonight (2:14) - Save Up Your Money, John D. Rockefeller Put The Panic On (5:59) - Soon My Work Will All Be Done (3:57) * - You're Gonna Need King Jesus (2:44) - I'm Going Back To Jesus (2:02) - Blues In C (5:12) - Saddle It Around (3:00) - People Who Use To See (4:52) - Italian Rag (3:16) - Candyman (4:24) - Nobody Don't Care For Me (3:12) - Fox Chase (4:51) [] - Talk On Blind Boy Fuller (9:39) CD 3: In Church - Amazing Grace (3:26) - Sermon (3:11) - I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord (5:19) - Sermon (2:40) - Lord, I Feel Just Like Goin' On (5:01) - Steal Away (6:30) - Can't Make This Journey By Myself (2:47) - Sermon (17:56) - I Will Overcome Someday (5:15) - God Be With You (1:15) From The Mariposa Folk Festival - I Got Religion I'm So Glad (7:56) - I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord (4:24) rec. 1962 to 1967 at Rev. Davis' Bronx Home & Storefront Church by Stefan Grossman; Gary Davis, voc, g, [] hca, # 5-str banjo; * Annie Davis, voc photography by Stefan Grossman
3 CD set |
| 78 | 2010 | Reverend Gary Davis John Cohen's 1952 wire recordings - I Am The True Vine (3:05) - I Can't Make The Journey By Myself (4:05) - Jesus Met The Woman At The Well (3:49) - Please Don't Drive Your Children Away (2:44) - I'm Gonna Meet You At The Station (3:55) - Instrumental (Cocaine) (1:27) - Children Go Where I Send Thee (2:39) - I Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley (3:09) - I See The Sign Of Judgement (1:33) - Bad Company Brought Me Here (3:47) - Tell Me, John (2:43) - Tessie (4:57) - Twelve Gates To The City (3:19) all previously unreleased rec. 1952 at Gary Davis' home in Harlem, New York City by John & Mike Cohen; Gary Davis, voc, g photos by John Cohen notes by John Cohen |
| 79 | 2010 | Hear Me Howling! Blues, Ballads, & Beyond disc A: Jesse Fuller - Hump In My Back (2:46) Jesse Fuller - Brother Low Down (2:41) Skid Band - Berkeley's Junko Partner (4:04) Skid Band - Tight Like That (3:38) Bob Mielke's Bearcats - Moose March (3:22) Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 (3:49) Big Joe Williams w/ Mary Williams - Oakland Blues (2:46) Big Joe Williams - Greystone (Alameda County Jail) Blues (2:32) K.C. Douglas & Band - I Know You Didn't Want Me (2:15) K.C. Douglas - Night Shirt Blues (2:07) K.C. Douglas - Stop Time (1:26) K.C. Douglas - Hear Me Howling (2:10) Lonnie Johnson - Stand Alone Blues (3:24) Lonnie Johnson - Brenda (4:12) Sonny Terry - Changed The Lock On My Door (3:14) Bukka White - Bald Eagle Train (tk 1) (11:44) Lightning Hopkins - Tom Moore's Farm (5:12) Lightning Hopkins - Up On Telegraph (Avenue) (3:13) Mercy Dee - Lady Luck (2:47) disc B: Country Joe And The Fish - I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag (2:58) Toni Brown - You Turned Your Back (2:19) Toni Brown - How Could I Stand It (2:42) Toni Brown - Don't Forget Me, Love (2:03) Crabgrass - Charles Giteau (3:32) The Joy Of Cooking - Midnight Blues (4:08) T.A. Talbott - Depression Gone From Me (2:57) T.A. Talbott - Mr. Brakeman (3:52) Debbie Green - Who's Going To Be My Man? (4:21) Bob Neuwirth - Come See (4:26) Janet Smith - Lady Gay (3:16) Merritt Herring - Talking Protest Blues (2:37) Alice Stuart - Black Jack David (2:05) Perry Lederman - Eventually (2:20) Perry Lederman - Impressions Of John Henry (6:27) Barbara Dane - Deportees (5:50) Hackberry Ramblers - Big Texas (Grand Texas) (3:50) Hackberry Ramblers - Jolie Blonde (3:01) Hackberry Ramblers - Turtle Tail (2:18) The Fondettes The Beatles Are In Town (2:02) disc C: Mance Lipscomb - Willie Poor Boy (3:25) Mance Lipscomb - The Titanic (3:34) Mance Lipscomb - Mean Boss Man (2:55) Mance Lipscomb - Sugar Babe (3:20) Rev. Louis Overstreet Working On A Building (6:38) Rev. Louis Overstreet The Old Ship Of Zion (3:40) Rev. Gary Davis I'm A Soldier (6:09) # Rev. Gary Davis Floor Sweepin' Rag (5:07) # Rev. Gary Davis Courtin' Boy (5:42) # Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em On Down (3:11) Fred McDowell - Louise (6:06) Fred McDowell - Write Me A Few Of Your Lines (3:18) Skip James - Low Down Dirty Things (4:04) Skip James - 22-20 Blues (Mr. Kress) (3:37) Skip James - Sea Walking Jesus (4:07) Skip James - No Special Lover (4:57) Skip James - Peace In The Valley (4:29) disc D: Vern & Ray - Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong (2:34) Vern & Ray - The Touch Of God's Hand (2:59) Big Mama Thornton - 'Fore Day In The Mornin' (5:00) Big Mama Thornton- Ball And Chain (5:34) Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (4:55) John Semien & The Opelousas Playboys - Monsieur Leonard (3:08) John Semien & The Opelousas Playboys - Chi Ca Nai (Slow Drag) (2:56) John Semien & The Opelousas Playboys - Bye Bye Rosa (2:32) Clifton Chenier - Mr. Charlie (3:22) Clifton Chenier - Louisiana Rock (2:54) Notes From The Underground - What Am I Doing Here? (2:19) Stanley Willis - To Be A Thief (4:39) NOW Creative Arts Ensemble - Pretty Good (8:31) Jerry Hahn - In The Breeze (5:39) Smiley Winters - To 'Trane (aka: Two Trains) (9:21) Sonny Simmons - The Beauty Of Isis (6:52) rec. & prod. by Chris Strachwitz # rec. at the Cabale, Berkeley, previously unissued 136-page full-color book detailing artists recorded by Strachwitz in the San Francisco Bay area in the 1960s photography by Chris Strachwitz
4 CD set |
| 80 | 2012 | An Afternoon with Reverend Gary Davis at Allegheny College, Meadville, P.A. 1964 - Cincinnati Slow Drag (7:17) - Chase - harmonica solo (5:00) - Candyman (2:41) - Banjo Instrumental 1 (2:08) - Maple Leaf Rag (5:18) - I Know You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone (4:13) - Guitar Blues (6:06) - Banjo Instrumental 2 (2:20) rec. 1964 live during an afternoon workshop at Allegheny College, Meadville, PA; Gary Davis, voc, g, banjo, hca; prod. by Johnny Parth Document DLP 527 notes by Gary Atkinson |
| 81 | 2013 | Legendary Country Blues Guitarists Charlie Burse & Will Shade - Kansas City Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Trouble In Mind - Backwater Blues Son House - Talk About The Blues - So Hard To Love Someone Skip James - Cherry Ball Blues - Son House - Sick And Bad Blues Bukka White - Aberdeen Blues - Tombstone Blues - Brownsville Blues Rev. Gary Davis - A Documentary by Harold Becker Blind Connie Williams - Take My Hand, Precious Lord - I'm Going Too Ralph Willis & Washboard Pete Sanders - Dream I Had On My Mind - I've Been Living With The Blues - Midnight Special Sam Chatmon - Sales Tax Blues - Outside Friend - Fishing Blues (Evil Jackson) - Glad When You're Dead Mance Lipscomb - I Want To Do Something For You - Alabama Jubilee Henry Johnson - Blood Red River Willie Trice - Be Your Dog - Run Here Gal - Poor Boy Long Ways From Home - Good Time Boogie, Sweet Sugar Mama - Stand And Welcome Jesus - When The Saints Go Marching In Son House & Buddy Guy - I Wish I Had My Whole Heart In My Hand
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| 81a | 2013 | The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Blind Blake Reborn and Remastered disc 1: - Blind Arthur's Breakdown (3:00) - He's In The Jailhouse Now (2:46) - Police Dog Blues (2:53) - Diddie Wah Diddie (2:58) - You Gonna Quit Me Blues (2:45) - West Coast Blues (3:14) - Hey Hey Daddy Blues (3:11) - Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around (2:45) - I Was Afraid Of That: Part 2 (3:16) - Georgia Bound (3:23) - Southern Rag (2:53) - Bad Feelin' Blues (2:29) - That Will Never Happen No More (3:03) - Skeedle Loo Doo Blues (3:04) - Doing A Stretch (2:38) - Too Tight Blues No. 2 (2:56) - Sweet Jivin' Mama (2:58) - Dry Bone Shuffle (2:47) - Poker Woman Blues (2:42) - Righteous Blues (2:37) - Sweet Papa Low Down (3:15) - Sea Board Stomp (3:05) - Guitar Chimes (3:02) - Wabash Rag (2:54) bonus disc "The Rough Guide to Ragtime Blues & Hokum" Blind Willie McTell: Georgia (3:03) Blind Boy Fuller: Mama Let Me Lay It On You (2:57) Luke Jordan: Cocaine Blues (3:17) William Moore: Ragtime Millionaire (3:10) Big Bill Broonzy: Hokum Stomp (2:53) Charley Patton: Hang It On The Wall (2:44) Banjo Joe: My Money Never Runs Out (2:52) Robert Wilkins: Old Jim Canan's (2:58) Willie Walker: South Carolina Rag (3:09) The Allen Brothers: Bow Wow Blues (3:22) Buddy Boy Hawkins: How Come Mama Blues (3:03) Will Ezel: West Coast Rag (2:46) Papa Charlie Jackson: Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine (2:54) Bayless Rose: Black Dog Blues (3:09) Pink Anderson & and Simmie Dooley: Papa's 'Bout To Get Mad (3:00) Robert Johnson: They're Red Hot (2:58) Bessie Smith: Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out (2:59) Dallas String Band with Coley Jones: Hokum Blues (3:14) Bo Carter: She's Your Cook, But She Burns My Bread Sometimes (3:00) Reverend Gary Davis: Lord I Wish I Could See (3:04) William Harris: Hot Time Blues (2:54) Bogus Ben Covington: Adam And Eve In The Garden (2:43) Mississippi John Hurt: Candy Man Blues (2:47) Blind Lemon Jefferson: Beggin' Back (2:50)
180 g LP + free MP3 download card
2 CD set 180 g LP + MP3 |
| 82 | 2/2014 | Reverend Gary Davis: Twelve Gates To The City - I Belong To The Band - Hallelujah! - The Great Change In Me - The Angel's Message To Me - I Saw The Light - Lord, Stand By Me - I Am The Light - O Lord, Search My Heart - Have More Faith In Jesus - You Got To Go Down - I Am The True Vine - Twelve Gates To The City - You Can Go Home - I'm Throwin' Up My Hand - Cross And Evil Woman Blues rec. July 1935 in New York City
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| 83 | 2014 | Black Roots The Films of Lionel Rogosin, Volume II: "Come Back, Africa" (1959) + "Black Roots" (1970) "Black Roots" Larry Johnson - How Long Blues Gary Davis - I Belong To The Band (acc. Larry Johnson, g; Wende Smith, tamb) Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy (voc, g) @ youtube Jim Collier (voc, g) - I Want To Be Somebody (duet with Wende Smith, voc, tamb) Jim Collier - Burn, Baby, Burn (acc. by Wende Smith) Florynce 'Flo' Kennedy (sp) reflecting on her parents defiance of the Klan and oppressive whites Rev. Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick tells a tale about sharecropping in Louisiana 1970 film by Lionel Rogosin (1924-2000): "In Black Roots, set in the intimacy of a small cafe, five individuals exchange biographical anecdotes and make music in a compelling and honest distillation of Black history and culture." Blue-Ray DVD, 2 disc set |
| 84 | 2017 | American 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 |
| 84 | 2014 | Classic African American Songsters from Smithsonian Folkways - Bring it On Down to My House - Warner Williams with Jay Summerour (2:02) - Talking Blues - Pink Anderson (2:26) - Nobody's Business (If I Do) - John Jackson (3:15) - Alabama Bound - Little Brother Montgomery (2:17) - Pallet On The Floor - Brownie McGhee (3:09) - Chicken You Can't Roost Too High For Me - Bill Williams (3:16) - My Hula Love - Lead Belly (2:16) - Candy Man - Reverend Gary Davis (2:32) - Going Down The Road Feeling Bad - John Cephas and Phil Wiggins (3:32) - Froggy Went-A-Courting - Peg Leg Sam (4:10) - Monday Morning Blues - Mississippi John Hurt (5:52) - The Boys Of Your Uncle Sam - Pink Anderson (2:03) - Raise A Ruckus Tonight - Brownie McGhee (2:49) - Reno Factory - Marvin Foddrell (2:09) - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - John Jackson (3:07) - Honeysuckle Rose - Warner Williams with Jay Summerour (2:05) - Bill Bailey - Big Bill Broonzy (1:55) - When The Roses Bloom Again - Bill Williams 2:05) - Straighten Up And Fly Right - Peg Leg Sam (3:14) - Careless Love - Snooks Eaglin (2:33) - They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree - Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong (2:20) compiled by Barry Lee Pearson and Jeff Place
notes by Barry Lee Pearson and Jeff Place |
| 85 | 2014 | The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3 disc 1: The 1960s Mance Lipscomb - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50) John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (3:19) Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (4:05) Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (2:48) Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:03) Lonnie Johnson - Moaning Blues (4:01) Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' (4:06) Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You (2:45) Scrapper Blackwell - Shady Lane (5:27) Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (3:07) Pete Franklin - Prison Bound (4:21) Shirley Griffith - Bye Bye Blues (4:11) R.C. Smith - Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:25) Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Woman (3:36) Baby Tate - What Have I Done To You (2:42) Leroy Dallas - She Caught The M & O (3:43) Sleepy John Estes - Vernita's Blues (2:19) J.D. Short - I'm Just Wastin' My Time (5:25) Muddy Waters - Feel Like Going Home (3:52) Buddy Moss - Amy (2:42) Johnny Young - Want My Lovin' (3:30) Arvella Gray - Corrine, Corrina (2:13) Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53) Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Alberta (2:56) disc 2: The 1970s Son House - Empire State Express (3:41) Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Lines (3:59) J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (2:59) Skip James - Sickbed Blues (4:06) R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (2:45) Furry Lewis - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (3:46) Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues (3:04) John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:15) Babe Stovall - Worried Blues (3:33) Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road #2 (4:20) Larry Johnson - Four Women Blues (2:33) Jack Owens - I Love My Baby (4:50) Johnny Shines - Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine (4:18) Brownie McGhee - My Last Suit (3:53) Juke Boy Bonner - Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:26) Tarheel Slim - So Sweet, So Sweet (3:19) Tom Shaw - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (5:44) Eddie Taylor - Bullcow Blues (3:10) Bill Williams - Salty Dog (4:37) Guitar Shorty - Jessie Jones (3:58) Rev. Pearly Brown - It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In (2:24) Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (3:56) David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:56) Henry Townsend - Can't You See (3:18) front cover photo (of Big Joe Williams) by Axel Küstner
112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl |
discogs.com you'll find more compilation albums featuring Gary Davis tracks which I'm at the moment too lazy to "illustrate" here, because they don't contain any previously unissued material - afaik 
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 79 - Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 97-98 - Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 83, 121, 277 - Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 285 - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, pp. 143-145 - Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, pp. 146-148 - Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- London (Record Information Services), 1987.- pp. 319-323 - Robert Tilling: "Oh, What A Beautiful City" - A Tribute to Rev. Gary Davis 1896-1972.- Jersey (Paul Mill Press), 1992 - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to David J Costa, Harvey Bojarski, Daniel Gjini, Helge Thygesen, Russell Shor, Donovan Weaver, Mario Longoria and Chris Smith for additional info / scans
 Rev. Gary Davis promo photo printed by Davis' sometime management, Manny Greenhill's "Folklore Productions" photographer's name not given (actually Lenny Schechter, c. 1965)
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