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J O E   D E A N c. 1940; source: Blues Unlimited 127, p. 4
Joe Dean, c. 1940
source: Blues Unlimited 127, p. 4
("courtesy Joe Dean")
J O E   D E A N   St. Louis, September 1977; source: Blues Unlimited 144, p. 35; photographer: Mike Rowe
Joe Dean, St. Louis, September 1977
source: Blues Unlimited 144, p. 35; photographer: Mike Rowe

 

Joe Dean
né Tommy Dean, later known as (Rev.) Joseph Hensky Dean
b. April 24, 1908 in St. Louis, Missouri
d. June 24, 1981 in St. Louis, Missouri

discography

J O E   D E A N on the cover of Blues Unlimited 127
Joe Dean on the cover of Blues Unlimited 127
("courtesy Joe Dean")

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
   

- I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-One Years Old Today (C-6033- )

c. July 18, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Joe Dean, voc, p

Vocalion unissued

11930Joe Dean (From Bowling Green)

- Mexico Bound Blues (C-6034- ) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-One Years Old Today (C-5991- ) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

# rec. c. July 18, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Joe Dean, voc, p

* rec. c. August 7, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Joe Dean, voc, p


Vocalion 1544


LP / CD compilations
21972Barrelhouse Blues 1927-1936

Bob Call
- Thirty-One Blues
Barelhouse Welsh
- Dying Pickpocket Blues

Joe Dean
- I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-One Years Old Today
George Noble
- Seminole Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Sam, You're Just A Rat
Louise Johnson
- On The Wall
Montana Taylor
- Indiana Avenue Stomp

Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues No. 2
Charley Taylor
- Heavy Suitcase Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- State Street Jive
Jabo Williams
- Polack Blues
Jesse James
- Ramrod
Raymond Barrow
- Walking Blues
Will Ezell
- Barrelhouse Woman (tk 2)


notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls

Yazoo 1028


= Yazoo CD 1028 (US 1992)

Yazoo Records discography

31977Vocalion 1928-1930
'shake your wicked knees' (The Piano Blues Vol. 3)

Cow Cow Davenport
- Back In The Alley
Bert M. Mays
- Michigan River Blues

Joe Dean
- I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-One Years Old Today
Lee Green
- Memphis Fives
Jim Clarke
- Fat Fanny Stomp
Cow Cow Davenport
- Cow Cow Blues
Romeo Nelson
- Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing
Dan Stewart
- New Orleans Blues

Lil Johnson
- House Rent Scuffle
Montana Taylor
- Detroit Rocks
Tampa Red
- Black Hearted Blues
Pinetop Smith
- Jump Steady Blues

Joe Dean
- Mexico Bound Blues
Romeo Nelson
- Head Rag Hop
Cow Cow Davenport
- Texas Shout
Montana Taylor & The Jazoo Boys
- Whoop And Holler Stomp

foreword by Francis Smith
notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett

Magpie PY 4403 (UK 1977)

Magpie PYCD 03

Magpie Records discography

41989Piano Blues   (1927-1930)

Sammy Brown
- The Jockey Blues
Bert M. Mays
- Midnight Rambler's Blues
- Oh-Oh Blues
- Troublesome Mind Blues
- Mama's Man Blues
- Michigan River Blues
- You Can't Come In
Ruby Paul
- Red Letter Blues
- Last Farewell Blues
Southern Blues Singers
- Lighthouse Blues

Dan Stewart
- New Orleans Blues
Jim Clarke
- Fat Fanny Stomp
Rudy Foster
- Black Gal Makes Thunder
- Corn Trimmer Blues

Joe Dean
- Mexico Bound Blues
- I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-one Years Old Today
Kingfish Bill Tomlin
- Dupree Blues
- Army Blues
- Hot Box
- Mean And Unkind Blues



HK HK 4010 (Austria 1989)

HK Records discography

51990Vocalion 1928-1930
The Piano Blues series

- Back In The Alley - Cow Cow Davenport
- Michigan River Blues - Bert M. Mays

- I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today - Joe Dean
- Memphis Fives - Lee Green
- Fat Fanny Stomp - Jim Clarke
- Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport
- Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing - Romeo Nelson
- New Orleans Blues - Dan Stewart
- Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Pine Top Smith
- You Can't Come In - Bert M. Mays
- Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana Taylor
- Slum Gullion Stomp - Cow Cow Davenport
- Pine Top Blues - Pine Top Smith
- Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor
- Black Hearted Blues - Tampa Red
- Jump Steady Blues - Pine Top Smith

- Mexico Bound Blues - Joe Dean
- Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson
- Texas Shout - Cow Cow Davenport
- Whoop And Holler Stomp - Montana Taylor & The Jazoo Boys


Magpie PY 4403


Magpie PYCD 03 (UK 1990)

Magpie Records discography

61993Piano Blues Vol. 1   1927 - 1936

Bert M. Mays
- Midnight Rambler's Blues
- Oh-oh Blues
- Troublesome Mind Blues
- Mama's Man Blues
- Michigan River Blues
- You Can't Come In
Blind Clyde Church
- Number Nine Blues
- Pneumatic Blues
Dan Stewart
New Orleans Blues
Jim Clarke
- Fat Fanny Stomp
Judson Brown
- You Don't Know My Mind Blues

Joe Dean
- Mexico Bound Blues
- I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-one Years Old Today
James Bat Robinson
- You Left Me Alone
- Bat's Own Blues
- Humming Blues
Pigmeat Terry
- Moaning The Blues
- Black Sheep Blues
Jesse James
- Sweet Patuni
- Southern Casey Jones
- Lonesome Day Blues
- Highway 61
Bat The Hummingbird Robinson
- Bat's Blues
- Four O'clock


notes by Howard Rye

Document DOCD 5192 (Austria 1993)

71998Shake Your Wicked Knees - Rent Parties And Good Times
Classic Piano Rags, Blues & Stomps 1928-43

- Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson
- Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Pine Top Smith
- Pine Top's Blues - Pine Top Smith
- Back In The Alley - Cow Cow Davenport

- I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today - Joe Dean
- Pitchin' Boogie - Will Ezell
- Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis
- Dearborn Street Breakdown - Charles Avery
- Fat Fanny Stomp - Jim Clarke
- Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport
- Hip Shakin' Strut - Hokum Boys & Jane Lucas
- House Rent Scuffle - Lil Johnson #
- Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing - Romeo Nelson
- Jump Steady Blues - Pine Top Smith
- Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor
- Whoop And Holler Stomp - Montana Taylor #
- I'm Sober Now - Pine Top Smith
- Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana Taylor
- Stomp 'em Down To The Bricks - Henry Brown
- Hokum Stomp - Hokum Boys & Jane Lucas
- Jimmy's Rocks - Jimmy Yancey
- Mooch Piddle - Cow Cow Davenport #
- Tight Whoopee - Mozelle Alderson


prod. by Francis Wilford-Smith
remastered by Richard Nevins, # John R. T. Davies

notes by Bob Hall

Yazoo CD 2035 (US 1998)

Yazoo Records discography

81999Down in Black Bottom - Lowdown Barrelhouse Piano
Classic Piano Rags, Blues & Stomps from the 1920s & 1930s

- Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More - Turner Parrish
- You Gonna Miss Me Blues - Freddie Nicolson
- Freddie's Got The Blues - Freddie Nicholson
- New Orleans Blues - Dan Stewart
- The Right String, But The Wrong Yo Yo - Speckled Red
- 31 Blues - Bob Call
- You Can't Come In - Bert Mays
- Michigan River Blues - Bert Mays
- Humming Blues - Bat The Humming Bird
- Black Hearted Blues - Tampa Red

- Mexico Bound Blues - Joe Dean
- Louisiana Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Frisco Hi-Ball Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark
- West Side Blues - Willie Harris
- Broke Down Engine Blues - Lonnie Clark
- Mean Blues - Sylvester Palmer
- Whoopee Mama Blues - John Oscar
- Chimes Blues - Cow Cow Davenport
- Graveyard Blues - Turner Parrish
- The Jockey Blues - Sammy Brown
- Shook It This Morning Blues - Joe Evans
- Down In Black Bottom - Joe Evans



Yazoo CD 2043 (US 1999)

Yazoo Records discography

92001Piano Blues - The Essential

disc 1:
- Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson
- Trenches - Turner Parrish
- Ain't It A Shame - Leroy Carr
- Big Mama - Walter Roland
- 44 Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Flying Crow Blues - Black Ivory King
- I Don't Know - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Rocks In My Pillow - Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton)
- Oh You Devil You - Oliver Brown
- Fat Fanny Stomp - Jim Clarke
- Playing The Dozen - Will Ezell
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Black Gal Makes Thunder - Rudy Foster
- All Night Long - Louise Johnson
- Whoopie - Eddie Miller
- Pine Tops Boogie - Pine Top Smith
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road - Skip James
- The Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red


disc 2:
- I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today - Joe Dean
- Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade 'Lux' Lewis
- Think You Need A Shot - Walter Davis
- Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow (Charles) Davenport
- Keep A-knocking An You Can't Get In - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins
- No. 29 - Wesley Wallace
- 31 Blues - Bob Call
- Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard - Joe Pullum
- Joe Louis Strut - Memphis Minnie
- Dearborn Street Breakdown - Charles Avery
- Lonesome Man Blues - Sylvester Palmer
- East Chicago Blues - Sparks Brothers
- Pratt City Blues - 'Jabo' Williams
- Shack Bully Stomp - 'Jabo' Williams
- Soon This Morning - Charlie Spand
- 5 O'Clock Blues - Jimmy Yancey
- Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor


compiled by Paul Swinton

double CD
notes by Gary Atkinson

Document CBL-200004 (UK 2001)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, p. 211
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 139
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 308
- Bob Hall: "Joe Dean from Bowling Green".- in Komara, Edward (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the Blues, Volume 1 (A-J), p. 260
- Mike Rowe: Joe Dean from Bowling Green.- Blues Unlimited 127 (November/December 1977), pp. 4-9
- Mike Rowe: Joe Dean [obituary].- Blues Unlimited 144 (Spring 1983), pp. 35-36
- "Joe Dean" [obituary].- Living Blues 53 (Summer/Autumn 1982), p 48
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

 

 

 

 

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