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King Solomon Hill
real name: Joe Holmes [there is still scepticism about it!]
b. July 18, 1897 near McComb (Pike County), Mississippi
d. August 13, 1940 19491) in Sibley, Louisiana
discography

K I N G   S O L O M O N   H I L L   B A P T I S T   C H U R C H
King Solomon Hill Baptist Church, Yellow Pine, Louisiana (source: Wardlow 1987, p. 11)

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
11932King Solomon Hill   (Blind Lemon's Buddy)

- Whoopee Blues (L-1252-1) [with lower voice]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Down On My Bended Knee (L-1253-1) (3:08)   @ youtube

rec. "c. January, 1932" (BG&R 1997) / "before November 22, 1931" (v.d.Tuuk 2005) in Grafton, WI; King Solomon Hill, voc, g

label pic from 78 Quarterly # 1 (courtesy Alex van der Tuuk)


Paramount 13116

21932

Paramount 13116 / Crown 3325
King Solomon Hill   (Blind Lemon's Buddy)
- Whoopee Blues (L-1252-2)   @ youtube [with falsetto voice]
- Down On My Bended Knee (L-1253-2) (2:57)   @ youtube

Varsity 6010
Down South Boys
- Whoopie Blues [sic] (L-1252-2)
- Down On My Bended Knees [sic] (L-1253-2)

rec. "c. January, 1932" (BG&R 1997) / "before November 22, 1931" (v.d.Tuuk 2005) in Grafton, WI; King Solomon Hill, voc, g


Paramount 13116 (US 1932)


= Crown 3325 (US 1932)


= Varsity 6010 (US 1939)

31932King Solomon Hill

- My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon (L-1256-2) #   @ youtube
- Times Has Done Got Hard (L-1255-2)   @ youtube

rec. "c. January, 1932" (BG&R 1997) / "before November 22, 1931" (v.d.Tuuk 2005) in Grafton, WI; King Solomon Hill, voc, g

There are only two known copies of this record, one found in Wisconsin in 2002, one junked in an antique store in Kentucky in 2015


Paramount 13125

41932King Solomon / Soloman Hill

- The Gone Dead Train (L-1254-2)   @ youtube
- Tell Me Baby (L-1258-2) #   @ youtube

rec. "c. January, 1932" (BG&R 1997) / "before November 22, 1931" (v.d.Tuuk 2005) in Grafton, WI; King Solomon Hill, voc, g

Paramount 13129-A 'The Gone Dead Train', 'Solomon' version
["Solomon" version]

Paramount 13129-A 'The Gone Dead Train', 'Soloman' version
["Soloman" version2)]

Paramount 13129-B 'Tell Me Baby', 'Solomon' version
Paramount 13129

= Champion 50022

ad for Paramount 13129, 'Solomon' version
ad from a 1932 F. W. Boerner Co. flyer for Paramount 13129, 2 x "Solomon" version

ad for Paramount 13129, 'Soloman/Solomon' version
ad from a 1932 F. W. Boerner Co. flyer for Paramount 13129, "Soloman/Solomon" version

51936?King Soloman Hill

- The Gone Dead Train [Paramount 13129]
- Tell Me Baby [Paramount 13129]


Champion 50022


LP / CD compilations
61954Backwoods Blues

Bobby Grant
- Nappy Head Blues
- Lonesome Atlanta Blues
Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Jailhouse Fire Blues
- Shaggy Dog Blues


King Solomon Hill
- The Gone Dead Train
- Tell Me, Baby
Big Bill Johnson (Broonzy)
- Mr. Conductor Man
- Big Bill Blues


Riverside RLP 1039 cover art by Robert J. Lee; London AL 3535 artwork by Paul Oliver (see "P.H.O." in felled trunk's back end)

10 inch LP
notes by Orrin Keepnews

Riverside RLP 1039 (US 1954)

10 inch LP
click to read notes ! click to enlarge! click to enlarge!
= London AL 3535 (UK 1954)

London Records discography
Buddy Boy Hawkins discography

71965Crying Sam Collins And His Git-Fiddle
14 Rare Country Blues by Sam Collins & 2 Surprises by King Solomon Hill - vintage 1927-31

Sam Collins
- Riverside Blues
- Loving Lady BluesThe actual running order of the tracks on side one is A2 to A8, A1.
- Yellow Dog Blues
- Devil In The Lions Den
- Lead Me All The Way
- It Won't Be Long
- Do That Thing
- Hesitation Blues

- Midnight Special Blues
- I want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart
- Slow Mama Slow
- I'm Still Sitting On Top Of The World
- New Salty Dog

King Solomon Hill
- Whoopee Blues
- Down On My Bended Knees

Later 1960s issues with corrected (side A) and a different (side B) track sequence:
- Loving Lady Blues
- Yellow Dog Blues
- Devil In The Lions Den
- Lead Me All The Way
- It Won't Be Long
- Do That Thing
- Hesitation Blues
- Riverside Blues

- Midnight Special Blues
- I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart
- Slow Mama Slow
- New Salty Dog
- I'm Still Sitting On Top Of The World
- The Worried Man Blues

King Solomon Hill
- Whoopee Blues
- Down On My Bended Knees

notes by Pete Whelan

Origin Jazz Library OJL 10 (US 1965)


Origin Jazz Library OJL 10 (US 196?)   different running order of tracks!


Origin Jazz Library OJL 10 (US 19??)

OJL Records discography
Sam Collins discography

81968Tex-Arkana-Louisiana Country 1929-1933 resp. Don't Leave Me Here

Buddy Boy Hawkins - Awful Fix
Henry Thomas - Don't Leave Me Here
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Hot Dogs
Little Hat Jones - Bye Eye Baby Blues
Six Cylinder Smith - Oh Oh Lonesome
Sammy Hill - Needin' My Women

King Solomon Hill - The Gone Dead Train

Willie Reed - Dreaming Blues
Henry Thomas - Lovin' Babe
Texas Alexander - 98 Degree Blues
Little Hat Jones - Kentucky Blues
Sammy Hill - Cryin' For You

King Solomon Hill - Tell Me Baby
Six Cylinder Smith - Pennsylvania Woman Blues

notes by Horace Butterworth [= Stephen Calt]     390 East 8th Street, New York, N.Y. 10009

Belzona L-1004 (US 1968)

notes by Horace Butterworth [= Stephen Calt]     390 East 8th Street, New York, N.Y. 10009 (black and purple label)

= Yazoo L-1004 (US 1968)

notes by Stephen Calt     54 King Street, New York, N.Y. 10014 (black, purple & red label)
 
= Yazoo L-1004 (US 196? ff.)

notes by Stephen Calt     245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10009 (red label)

= Yazoo L-1004 (US 19??)

notes by Stephen Calt     245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10009 (new front cover, new title, red or peacock label)

= Yazoo L-1004 (US 19??) "Don't Leave Me Here" The Blues of Texas, Arkansas, & Louisiana 1927-1932


= Yazoo 1004 cassette (US 1989)

notes by Stephen Calt

= Yazoo CD 1004 YAZ (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography
Buddy Boy Hawkins discography
Henry Thomas discography
Blind Lemon Jefferson discography
Little Hat Jones discography
Texas Alexander discography

91970/71?The Blues Tradition
Notable Performances by Early Bluesmen (1927-1932)

Big Bill Broonzy
- Big Bill Blues
- Mr. Conductor Man

King Solomon Hill
- The Gone Dead Train
- Tell Me, Baby
Bumble Bee Slim
- No Woman, No Nickel
- Chain Gang Bound
Willie Brown
- M & O Blues
- Future Blues

Blind Roosevelt Graves
- Staggerin' Blues
- Low Down Woman
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Oil Well Blues
Bobby Grant
- Nappy Head Blues
- Lonesome Atlanta Blues
Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Shaggy Dog Blues
- Jailhouse Fire Blues


"Reissued by special arrangement with John Steiner"; cover illustration [Sam Collins!] courtesy John Steiner; prod. by Orrin Keepnews

notes by Michael Cuscuna

Milestone MLP 2016 (US 1970/71?)

Milestone Records discography

101971Texas & Louisiana Country  (1927-1932)

Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Struck Sorrow Blues
- Empty House Blues
- Saturday Night Spender Blues
- Bed Springs Blues
Willie Reed
- Leavin' Home
Texas Bill Day & Billiken Johnson
- Billiken's Weary Blues
Gene Campbell
- Wandering Blues
- Robbin' And Stealin' Blues

Billiken Johnson & Fred Adams
- Sun Beam Blues
- Interurban Blues
Coley Jones
- Drunkard's Special
Willard 'Ramblin'' Thomas
- Hard To Rule Woman Blues
- Sawmill Moan
- No Baby Blues
- Ramblin' Mind Blues

King Solomon Hill
- Whoopee Blues [tk 1]


Roots RL 335 (Austria 1971)


Roots/Saydisc RL 335 (UK 1971)

Roots Records discography

111972Bottleneck Blues Guitar Classics 1926-37

King Solomon Hill
- Whoopie Blues [tk 2]
Barbecue Bob
- Atlanta Moan
Shreveport Home Wreckers
- Fence Breakin' Blues
Robert Johnson
- Milkcow's Calf Blues Take 2
Black Ace
- Black Ace
Ruth Willis
- Man Of My Own
Jim & Bob
- St. Louis Blues

Bo Weavil Jackson
- You Can't Keep No Brown
Weaver & Beasley
- Bottleneck Blues
Ramblin' Thomas
- So Lonesome
Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- My Wash Woman's Gone
Oscar Woods
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues
Bukka White
- The Panama Limited
Irene Scruggs
- My Back To The Wall


click to read notes!      
Yazoo L-1026 (US 1972)

notes by Mike Stewart & Stephen Calt

Yazoo CD 1026 (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography

121972Blues From The Western States 1927-1949

King Solomon Hill
- Down On My Bended Knee [tk 2]
Will Day
- Sunrise Blues
Ramblin' Thomas
- Lock And Key Blues
Jesse Baby Face Thomas
- No Good Woman Blues
Willie Lane
- Howling Wolf Blues
Rabbit Brown
- James Alley Blues
Little Hat Jones
- Cherry Street Blues

Otis Harris
- You'll Like My Loving
Oscar Woods
- Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away
Little Hat Jones
- Little Hat Blues
Jesse Baby Face Thomas
- Blue Goose Blues
Willie Lane
- Black Cat Rag
Texas Alexander
- Double Crossing Blues
Little Hat Jones
- Cross The Water Blues


notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart

Yazoo L-1032 (US 1972)

Yazoo Records discography

131972The World's Rarest Country Blues Records

Blind Willie McTell
- B And O Blues No 2 (New York Sep. 21 1933)

King Solomon Hill
- Down On My Bended Knee (Grafton, Wis. c. Jan 1932) [tk 1]
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Disgusted Blues (Chicago, Ill. c. Jan 1929)
- The Cheaters Spell (Richmond Ind. Sep 24 1929)
Sluefoot Joe
- She's A Fool (Long Island City, N.Y. Apr 1929)
- House Top Blues (Long Island City, N.Y. Apr 1929)
Jaybird Coleman
- Trunk Busted Suitcase Full Of Holes (Birmingham Alabama c. Aug. 1927)
Ruby Paul
- Last Farewell Blues (Chicago, Ill. Dec. 1927)
Blind Willie Davis
- Trust In God And Do Right. Grafton Wis. c. Jan 1930)

William Harris
- Electric Chair Blues
- Kansas City Blues (Richmond Ind. Oct. 9th 1928)
Geeshie Wiley
- Last Kind Words Blues
- Skinny Leg Blues (Grafton, Wis. c. April 1930)
Skip James
- Hard-Luck Child
- 4 O'Clock Blues (Grafton Wis. c. Feb. 1931)
Charley Patton
- Circle Round The Moon
- Magnolia Blues
- Mean Black Cat Blues (Grafton Wis. Nov. 1929)

Strictly limited edition (150 copies). Plain white cover white separate typed listing sheet.
Note: "Every title presented on this lp has been dubbed from the only copy known to exist in the world. The makers have done their best to make these extremely rare and worn out 78's audible!"


For Specialists Only FSO-001 (Austria [Paltram/Roots] 1972)

141985Giants Of Country Blues Vol. 1 (1927-32)

Willie Brown
- Future Blues
- M & O Blues
Bobby Grant
- Lonesome Atlanta Blues
- Nappy Head Blues

King Solomon Hill
- Down On Bended Knee - take 1
- Down On Bended Knee - take 2
- Gone Dead Train
- Tell Me Baby
- Whoopee Blues - take 1
- Whoopee Blues - take 2

Son House
- Dry Spell Blues-part 1
- Dry Spell Blues - part 2
- My Black Mama - part 1
- My Black Mama - part 2
- Preachin' The Blues - part 1
- Preachin' The Blues - part 2
Rube Lacy
- Ham Hound Crave
- Mississippi Jail House Groan

notes by Paul Oliver

Wolf WSE 116 (Austria 1985)
BU147,45

(=) Wolf WSE CD 107 (Austria 2002)

Wolf Records discography

151990The Greatest in Country Blues   (1927-1956)

LP 1
- High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips
- Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- My Black Momma Part I - Son House
- Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- How Long - Frank Stokes
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins


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

- The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill
- Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand

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


compiled by Johnny Parth

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

RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)

3 CD set
notes by Paul Oliver

1927-1930


1927-1936


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

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

3 CD set

= 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)

161991Backwoods Blues (1926-1935)
The Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order of Sam Butler, Bobby Grant, King Solomon Hill, Lane Hardin

Sam Butler (Bo Weavil Jackson)
- Pistol Blues
- Some Scream High Yellow
- You Can't Keep No Brown
- When The Saints Come Marching Home
- I'm On My Way To The Kingdom Land
- Why Do You Moan?
- Devil And My Brown Blues
- Poor Boy Blues
- Jefferson County Blues
- Jefferson County Blues (alt tk)
- You Can't Keep No Brown
- Christians Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long
- Heaven Is My View
Bobby Grant
- Nappy Head Blues
- Lonesome Atlanta Blues

King Solomon Hill
- Whoopee Blues (tk 1)
- Whoopee Blues (tk 2)
- Down On My Bended Knee (tk 1)
- Down On My Bended Knee (tk 2)
- The Gone Dead Train
- Tell Me Baby
Lane Hardin
- Hard Time Blues
- California Desert Blues

notes by Paul Oliver

Document DOCD 5036 (Austria 1991)

171994Mississippi Masters
Early American Blues Classics 1927 - 35

Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues (1930)
William Harris
- Kansas City Blues (1928)
Otto Virgial
- Litle Girl In Rome (1935)
Mattie Delaney
- Tallahatchie River Blues (1930)
Geeshie Wiley
- Last Kind Words (1930)
Joe Calicott
- Fare Thee Well Blues (1930)
Williams Harris
- Bullfrog Blues (1928)
John D. Fox
- The Moaning Blues (1927)
Geeshie Wiley & Elvie Thomas
- Pick Poor Robin Clean (1931)
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues (1930)

King Solomon Hill
- Gone Dead Train (1932)
Garfield Akers
- Cottonfield Blues Part 1 (1929)
Garfield Akers
- Cottonfield Blues Part 2 (1929)
Williams Harris
- Hot Time Blues (1928)
Geeshie Wiley
- Skinny Leg Blues (1930)
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Third Street Woman Blues (1930)
John D. Fox
- Worried Man Blues (1927)
Mattie Delaney
- Down The Big Road Blues (1930)

King Solomon Hill
- Whoopee Blues (1932)
Elvie Thomas
- Motherless Child Blues (1930)


Yazoo CD 2007 (US 1994)

Yazoo Records discography

181995Suitcase Full of Blues

- The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
- Frisco Whistle Blues - Ed Bell
- Ramblin' Man - Ramblin' Thomas
- Going Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home - Gus Cannon
- Florida Bound - Edward Thompson
- Pea Vine Blues - Charley Patton
- Rambler Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Up the Way Bound - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham - George "Bullet" Williams
- Slidin' Delta - Tommy Johnson
- Down the Country - Leola B. Wilson
- M and O Blues - Willie Brown
- Georgia Bound - Blind Blake
- Number Three Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Sunshine Special - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Illinois Blues - Skip James
- I Wonder to Myself - Tommy Johnson
- Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Mean Conductor Blues - Ed Bell
- Suitcase Full of Blues - Ishman Bracey


compiled by John Tottenham, prod. for the GHB Jazz Foundation by Jon P. Pult
cover art by Tony Mostrom

notes by John Tottenham

Black Swan HCD-23 (US 1995)

191995The Essential Recordings of
Slide Guitar Blues

- You Can't Keep No Brown - Bo Weevil Jackson
- Jack O'Diamonds Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Guitar Rag - Sylvester Weaver
- Falling Down Blues - Walter 'Furry' Lewis
- Mama 'Taint Long 'Fo Day - 'Blind' Willie McTell
- Dark Was The Night - 'Blind' Willie Johnson
- So Lonesome - Ramblin' Thomas
- Roll And Tumble Blues - 'Hambone' Willie Newbern
- Spoonful Blues - Charley Patton
- Walking Blues - Son House
- Atlanta Moan - Barbecue Bob

- Whoopee Blues - King Solomon Hill
- Packin' Trunk - Leadbelly
- Denver Blues - Tampa Red
- Old Original Kokomo Blues - Kokomo Arnold
- Lone Wolf Blues - Oscar Woods
- You Just As Well Let Her Go - Casey Bill Weldon
- Terraplane Blues - Robert Johnson
- Black Ace - Black Ace
- I'm A Stranger Here - Blind Boy Fuller
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters



Indigo IGOCD 2030 (UK 1995)

201997Rose Grew Round The Briar   Vol. 1
Early American Rural Love Songs
Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s

- I Went To See My Sweetheart - Walter Smith/Lewis McDaniel & Walter Smith
- Dark Holler Blues - Clarence Ashley
- I Do Blues - Robert Wilkins
- What Will I Do, For My Money Is All Gone - Hattie Stoneman/Uncle Eck Dunford/Eck Dunford & Hattie Stoneman
- The Old Fashioned Cottage - Alfred Reed/Alfred & Orville Reed
- Lonesome Man Blues - George Torey
- Little Maggie With A Dram Glass In Her Hand - Grayson & Whitter
- False Hearted Lover's Blues - Dock Boggs
- Brooklyn Blues (45th Street Blues) - Clifford Gibson
- Stolen Love - Red Fox Chasers
- Shady Grove - The Kentucky Thorobreds

- Down On My Bended Knee - King Solomon Hill
- I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man - Shortbuckle Roark & Family
- A Pretty Gal's Love - Whitter/Hendly-Whitter-Small
- Drive Away Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- A Short Life Of Trouble - Buell Kazee
- Going To Germany - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Dark Eyes - Morris Family
- Lulu Wall - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Don't Say Goodbye - Leroy Carr
- Hobo From The T & P Line, Pt. 2 - Almoth Hodges
- Barbara Allen - Bradley Kincaid


remastered by Richard Nevins

notes by Don Kent

Yazoo CD 2030 (US 1997)

Yazoo Records discography

212000Classic Slide Guitar Blues

- Somebody's Changed The Lock On My Door - Casey Bill Weldon
- East Texas Rag - Smith Casey
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Last Time Blues - Charlie McCoy
- Country Farm Blues - Son House
- Busy Bootin' - Kokomo Arnold

- Whoopee Blues - King Solomon Hill
- Early One Mornin' - Dan Pickett
- Fence Breakin' Blues - Shreveport Home Wreckers
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Weak Minded Blues - Willie Baker
- Rollin' And Thunder (parts 1 and 2) - Babyface Leroy & Muddy Waters
- Down At The Depot - John Lee,
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Married Man Blues - 'Blind' Joe Reynolds
- Shake It Gal - Ramblin' Thomas
- Black Hearted Blues - Tampa Red
- Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Charley Patton
- Yellow Dog Blues - Sam Collins
- Jacksonville Blues - Nellie Florence



Catfish CATCD 157 (UK 2000)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

222002Giants Of Country Blues Vol. 1 (1927-32)

Bobby Grant
- Nappy Head Blues
- Lonesome Atlanta Blues
Rube Lacy
- Mississippi Jail House Groan
- Ham Hound Crave
Willie Brown
- M & O Blues
- Future Blues

King Solomon Hill
- Whoopee Blues
- Whoopee Blues
- Down On My Bended Knee
- Down On My Bended Knee
- The Gone Dead Train
- Tell Me Baby
Son House
- My Black Mama (Part 1)
- My Black Mama (Part 2)
- Preachin' The Blues (Part 1)
- Preachin' The Blues (part 2)
- Dry Spell Blues (Part 1)
- Dry Spell Blues (Part 2)
- Walking Blues
John Henry Barbee
- Six Weeks Old Blues
- God Knows I Can't Help It
- You'll Work Down To Me Someday
- Against My Will

Wolf WSE 116 (Austria 1985)


(=) Wolf WSE CD 107 (Austria 2002)

Wolf Records discography

232003Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 1
2004 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- He's In The Jailhouse Now - Blind Blake
- No Job Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- 22-20 Blues - Skip James
- Rising High Water Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Down The Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- Death Cell Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Rough Rugged Road - Bumble Bee Slim
- Dry Spell Blues - Son House
- Bad Feeling Blues - Blind Blake
- Beale Town Bound - The Beale Street Sheiks
- Black Snake Dream - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Dead Drunk Blues - Ma Rainey


Supplementary CD tracks:
- I Want Someone To Love Me - Tommy Johnson
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds

- Times Has Done Got Hard - King Solomon Hill

restored by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 1 (rel. 2003, for 2004)


Blues Images CD BIM-101 (US 2003) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 1 (for 2004)

Blues Images calendar discography

242003Times Ain't What They Used To Be Vol. 7
Early American Rural Music
Classis Recordings of the 1920s and 30s

Dilly & Hil Dill Pickles
- Bust Down Stomp
Jimmie Tarlton
- Dixie Mail

King Solomon Hill
- Times Has Done Got Hard
East Texas Serenaders
- Mineola Rag
Sheffield Male Quartet
- Christ Arose
"Gitfiddle Jim"
- Rainy Night Blues
Three Tobacco Tags
- Good Gal Remember Me
Red Headed Fiddlers
- Texas Quickstep
Ed Bell
- Ham Bone Blues
David Miller
- Cannonball Rag
Fiddlin John Carson & His Virginia Reelers
- Little More Sugar In The Coffee / Peter Went A'Fishin'
Bo Weavil Jackson
- Devil And My Brown Shoes
Stripling Brothers
- Horseshoe Bend
Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers
- Primrose Hill
Skip James
- Hard Luck Child
Uncle Dave Macon & Sam McGee
- Go On, Nora Lee
Dennis McGee
- Jeunes Gens Campagnard
Jay Bird Coleman
- I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan Some Of These Days
Uncle Pete & Louise
- Only A Tramp
Ben Jarrel & Frank Jenkins
- Jack Of Diamonds
Son House
- Dry Spell Blues - part 1
"Ted" Sharp, Hinman & Sharp
- Pike's Peak
Old Southern Sacred Singers
- I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go


Yazoo CD 2067 (US 2003)

Yazoo Records discography

252003Times Ain't What They Used To Be Vol. 8
Early American Rural Music
Classis Recordings of the 1920s and 30s

Vaughan Quartet
- It's Just Like Heaven
Red Headed Fiddler
- The Steeley Rag
"Gitfiddle Jim"
- Paddlin' Blues
Dilly & His Dill Pickles
- Sand Mountain Drag
Dock Boggs
- Sugar Baby

King Solomon Hill
- My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon
Stripling Brothers
- The Lost Child
Frank Hutchison
- The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
Bo Weavil Jackson
- You Can't Keep No Brown
Wright Brothers Quartet
- Mother Is With The Angels
Dick Reinhart
- Rambling Lover
Skip James
- 4 O'Clock Blues
Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters
- Yellow Rose Of Texas
Johnny Barfield
- Gonna Ride Till The Sun Goes Down
Ed Bell
- Mamlish Blues
"Ted" Sharp, Hinman & Sharp
- Robinson County
Dennis McGee
- Valse Des Vachers
David Miller
- Jailhouse Rag
Tommy Johnson
- I Want Someone To Love Me
Uncle Dave Macon & McGee Bros.
- Tennessee Tornado
Frank Jenkins
- Roving Cowboy
Shelor Family
- Big Bend Gal
Rev. W.M. Mosley
- Yes! Tis Me


Yazoo CD 2068 (US 2003)

Yazoo Records discography

262003The Best There Ever Was
The Legendary Early Blues Performers
Classic Recordings From the 1920s & 30s

Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues
Son House
- My Black Mamma - part 1
Mississippi John Hurt
- Ain't No Tellin
Skip James
- Cypress Grove
Blind Willie Johnson
- I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
Blind Willie McTell
- Mama Tain't Long Fo' Day
Jaydee Short
- Barefoot Blues
Robert Wilkins
- I'll Go With Her Blues
Ed Bell
- Squabblin Blues
Charlie Patton
- It Won't Be Long
Frank Stokes
- What's The Matter Blues
Geeshie Wiley
- Last Kind Word Blues
Williams Harris
- Bullfrog Blues
Blind Blake
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues

King Solomon Hill
- The Gone Dead Train
Memphis Minnie
- Outdoor Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Prison Cell Blues
Sam Collins
- Graveyard Digger's Blues
Furry Lewis
- Big Chief Blues


remastered by Richard Nevins

notes by Don Kent

Yazoo CD 3002 (US 2003)

Yazoo Records discography

272004Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 2
2005 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Drunken Spree - Skip James
- My Black Mama (1 & 2) - Son House
- Blues, Oh Blues - Ma Rainey
- Jungle Man Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell
- Sitting On Top of the World - The Mississippi Sheiks
- Pony Blues - Charley Patton
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - Jaydee Short
- Depressions Gone From Me Blues - Blind Blake
- Midnight Hour Blues - Ida Cox
- Half Cup of Tea - The Beale Street Sheiks
- Christmas Eve Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson


Supplementary CD tracks:
- My Buddy Blind Lemon Jefferson - King Solomon Hill
- Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- You Gotta Have That Thing - The Memphis Jug Band
- Bottle It Up and Go - The Memphis Jug Band


restored by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 2 (rel. 2004, for 2005)


Blues Images CD BIM-102 (US 2004) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 2 (for 2005)

Blues Images calendar discography

282004The Paramount Masters

disc 1:
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Red River Blues - Lottie Beaman
- Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis
- You Can't Keep No Brown - Bo Weevil Jackson
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby
- No. 29 - Wesley Wallace
- Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Old Country Rock - William Moore
- Keep A-Knockin' - James "Boodle It" Wiggins
- Touch Me Light Mama - George "Bullet" Williams
- Jack Of All Trades - Moanin' Bernice Edwards
- Come on in (Ain't Nobody Here But Me) - Harum Scarums
- All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me - Sweet Papa Stovepipe
- Cotton Field Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson
- Traveling Blues - Ma Rainey
- Soon This Morning Blues - Charlie Spand
- Gay Cattin' - Papa Charlie Jackson

- Whoopee Blues - King Solomon Hill
- Eagles On A Half - Geechie Wiley
- Wasn't It Sad About Lemon - Washboard Walter
- Freakish Man Blues - George Hannah
- Rough Rugged Road Blues - Bumble Bee Slim
- Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacy
- Try Me One More Time - Marshall Owens
- Barrel House Flat Blues - Mary Johnson


disc 2:
- I Shall Not Be Moved - Charley Patton
- Walking Blues - Raymond Barrow
- Guitar Boogie - Blind Roosevelt Graves
- Black and Evil Blues - Alice Moore
- The New Dirty Dozen - Ben Curry
- Low-Down Mississippi Bottom Man - Freddie Spruell
- Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Jack of Diamonds Georgia Rub - Henry Townsend
- Billy Goat Blues - John Byrd
- Bunker Hill Blues - Side Wheel Sally Duffie
- Number Three Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell
- Eastern Chimes Blues - Henry Brown
- Fetch Your Water - Charlie Spand
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - J.D. Short
- Water Bound Blues - Alice Pearson
- Broke Down Engine - Lonnie Clark
- Dying Pickpocket Blues - Barrel House Welch
- Seven Sister Blues - Edward Thompson
- Old Timbrook Blues - John Byrd
- The Preacher Must Get Some Sometime - Bob Robinson
- Motherless Child Blues - Elvie Thomas
- The Ducks Yas Yas - Jack O' Diamonds
- Boodle De Bum Bum - Ben Curry
. Gotta Shave 'Em Dry - James Wiggins


disc 3:
- Some Scream High Yellow - Bo Weevil Jackson
- Jab Blues - "Jabo" Williams
- Raised In The Alley Blues - Freddie Brown
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham - George "Bullet" Williams
- Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Conjur Man Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Mama's Angel Child - Sweet Papa Stovepipe
- Honey Blues - Lottie Beaman
- Lonesome Atlanta Blues - Bobby Grant
- Fat Greasy Baby - Robert Peeples
- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- New York Blues - Blind Roosevelt Graves
- Doctor, Oh Doctor - Henry Townsend
- I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop - Bogus Ben Covington
- Red Letter Blues - Ruby Paul
- Piano Kid Special - Piano Kid Edwards
- Where Did You Stay Last Night - Famous Hokum Boys

- The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
- Fanny Lee Blues - Wesley Wallace
- Narrow Face Blues - Washboard Walter
- Pick Poor Robin Clean - Geechie Wiley
- The Boy In The Boat - George Hannah
- Texas Blues - Marshall Owens
- Evil Woman Blues - James "Boodle It" Wiggins
- Three, Six and Nine - Roosevelt Sykes


disc 4:
- Tom Cat Blues - Freddie Spruell
- Smiling Blues - Jack O' Diamonds
- Mama, Don't You Think I Know - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Back To The Woods Blues - Charlie Spand
- Prison Blues - Alice Moore
- Deep Morgan Blues - Henry Brown
- My Laona Blues - Teddy Darby
- Pistol Blues - Bo Weevil Jackson
- Pratt City Blues - "Jabo" Williams
- Telephone Arguin' Blues - J.D. Short
- Over To My House - Elvie Thomas
- Hambone Blues - Ed Bell
- Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy
- Fire Detective Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Up On The Hill Blues - Edward Thompson
- Key To The Mountain Blues - Mary Johnson

- Down On My Bended Knee - King Solomon Hill
- Red River Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson
- Give Us Another Jug - Piano Kid Edwards
- Nehi Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Last Farewell Blues - Ruby Paul
- Larceny Woman Blues - Barrel House Welch
- Wicked Devil's Blues - Robert Peeples
- Raggin' The Blues - William Moore


4 CD box
       
JSP JSPCD 7723 (UK 2004)

292005Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 3
2006 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
- Love My Stuff - Charley Patton
- M&O Blues - Willie Brown
- He Calls That Religion - Mississippi Sheiks
- Champagne Charlie's My Name - Blind Blake
- Lost Man Blues - Ida Cox

- The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
- War Time Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Ma Rainey
- Skoodle Um Skoo - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Guitar Boogie - Blind Roosevelt Graves & Brother
- Christmas In Jail - Leroy Carr

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done - Louie Lasky
- Married Woman Blues - George Torey
- Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James


remastered by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Vol. 3 (US 2006)

Blues Images calendar discography

302006The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

disc 1
Freeny's Barn Dance Band: Croquet Habits
Son House: Mississippi County Farm Blues
Georgia Pot Lickers: Up Jumped The Rabbit
Memphis Minnie & Joe McCoy: I'm Going Back Home
Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles: Fightin' In The War With Spain
John Byrd: Old Timbrook Blues
Ernest Phipps And His Holiness Singers: A Little Talk With Jesus
Tommy Johnson: Slidin' Delta
The Three Striped Gears: Alabama Blues
Jack Gowdlock: Rollin Dough Blues
Kentucky Ramblers: Ginseng Blues
Ollis Martin: Police And High Sheriff Come Ridin' Down
Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston And The West Virginia Ramblers: John Hardy Blues
Long "Cleeve" Reed & Little Harvey Hull - The Down Home Boys: Original Stack O' Lee Blues
Amedie Ardoin & Dennis McGee: Two Step De La Prairie Soileau
Andrew & Jim Baxter: Operator Blues
J.D. Harris: The Grey Eagle
Memphis Jug Band: Jim Strainer Blues
Grayson County Railsplitters: Ain't That Trouble In Mind (unissued)
Dock Boggs: Old Rub Alcohol Blues
Jaybird Coleman: Mistreatin' Mama
Henry Whitter: It's A Rough Road To Georgia (unissued)
Rev. B.L. Wightman with Lottie Kimbrough & Congregation: Live The Life

disc 2
Yank Rachel with Sleepy John Estes & Jab Jones: Sweet Mama
Crowder Brothers: We All Love Mother (unissued
Son House: Clarksdale Moan
Ashley & Foster: Bull Dog Sal (unissued)
Jesse "Babyface" Thomas: Down In Texas Blues
Georgia Pot Lickers: Chicken Don't Roost Too High
William Harris: I'm Leavin' Town (But I Sho' Don't Wanna Go)
Asa Martin & Roy Hobbs: Wild Cat Rag

King Solomon Hill: Whoopee Blues (alt tk)
Chubby Parker: Davey Crockett
Geeshie Wiley: Skinny Leg Blues
Sweet Brothers: I'm Gonna Marry That Pretty Little Girl
Blind Roosevelt Graves & Varoy Graves: I Shall Not Be Moved
Smith & Irvine: Lonesome Road Blues
Luke Jordon: If I Call You Mama
Grayson & Whitter: My Mind Is To Marry (unissued)
Osey Helton: Green River
Lottie Kimbrough: Don't Speak To Me
Wade Ward: Married Man's Blues (unissued)
Ken Maynard: Sweet Betsey From Pike (unissued)
Jaybird Coleman: Boll Weevil
Bill Shepherd with Hayes Shepherd & Ed Webb: Bound Steel Blues
Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1: Bells Of Love

double CD

Yazoo YAZ CD 2202 (US 2006)

312007When The Levee Breaks - Mississippi Blues
Rare Cuts 1926-1941

disc 1:
- Cottonfield Blues Part 1 - Garfield Akers - (featuring Joe Calicott)
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey - (featuring Unknown)
- Poor Boy Blues - Sam Butler
- I'm Leavin' Town - William Harris - (featuring Joe Robinson)
- Hittin' The Bottle Stomp - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Coone...
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Muddy Water Blues - Freddie Spruell
- Fare Thee Well Blues - Joe Calicott
- That Won't Do - Arthur Petties
- Four O'Clock Flower Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Evil Devil Woman Blues - Joe McCoy - (featuring Charlie McCoy)
- Jail House Blues, The - Sam Collins
- Black Spider Blues - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Traveling Riverside Blues Take 1 - Robert Johnson
- Baltimore Blues - Charlie McCoy - (featuring Joe McCoy)
- Down The Big Road Blues - Mattie Delaney
- You Scolded Me And Drove Me - Mississippi Bracey - (featuring Virginia Bracey)
- Milk Cow Blues - Freddie Spruell
- Ten Pound Hammer - Mose Andrews
- Noiseless Motor Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Jailhouse Fire Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
- 41 Highway - Freddie Spruell - (featuring Carl Martin)

- Times Has Done Got Hard - King Solomon Hill

disc 2:
- Mississippi County Farm Blues - Son House
- When The Levee Breaks - Joe McCoy - (featuring Memphis Minnie)
- Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Snake Doctor Blues - Jelly Jaw Short
- Little Girl In Rome - Otto Virgial
- It's Cold In China Blues - Mississippi Moaner
- Bald Eagle Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell
- Boodle-De-Bum Blues - Bogus Ben Covington
- Bull Frog Blues - William Harris
- Dangerous Woman - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Cooney Vaughn)
- Shaggy Dog Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Devil In The Lion's Den - Sam Collins
- Quarrellin' Mama Blues - Arthur Petties - (featuring Unknown/Jed Davenport)
- Devil And My Brown Blues - Sam Butler
- Take A Little Walk With Me - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Last Time Blues - Charlie McCoy
- Dough Roller Blues - Garfield Akers
- Crowing Rooster, The - Walter Rhodes - (featuring 'Pet' And 'Can')
- Motherless Child Blues - Geeshie Wiley/Elva Thomas
- Married Woman Blues - George Torey
- She's Young And Wild - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Cherry Ball - Mississippi Bracey - (featuring Virginia Bracey)
- Bad Notion Blues - Otto Virgial
- Don't Cry Baby - Freddy Spruell - (featuring Carl Martin)
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey - (featuring Unknown)


disc 3:
- My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon - King Solomon Hill
- Snatch It Back Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
- Machine Gun Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Revenue Man Blues - Arthur Petties - (featuring Unknown/Jed Davenport)
- Mr Freddie's Kokomo Blues - Freddie Spruell - (featuring Carl Martin)
- Over To My House - Geeshie Wiley - (featuring Elvie Thomas)
- Barefoot Blues - Jelly Jaw Short
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers
- Look Who's Coming Down The Road - Georgia Pine Boy - (featuring Unknown)
- Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott
- Leavin' Here Blues - William Harris
- Got The Blues About Rome - Otto Virgial
- Young Heifer Blues - Mose Andrews
- Skippy Whippy - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Cooney Vaughn)
- Yellow Dog Blues - Sam Collins
- You Can't Keep No Brown - Sam Butler
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Stered Gal - Mississippi Bracey
- Motherless And Fatherless Blues - Mississippi Mudder - (featuring Unknown)
- Don't Misuse Me, Baby - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Out On Santa Fe Blues - Arthur Petties
- It's Hard Times - Joe Stone
- Your Good Man Is Gone - Freddie Spruell - (featuring Carl Martin)
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds

disc 4:
- Clarksdale Moan - Son House
- Adam And Eve In The Garden - Bogus Ben Covington
- Lonesome Man Blues - George Torey
- Leaving Home Blues - Walter Rhodes - (featuring 'Pet' And 'Can')
- Loving Lady Blues - Sam Collins
- Early Mornin' Blues - William Harris
- Number Three Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins

- Tell Me Baby - King Solomon Hill
- Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Cottonfield Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers - (featuring Joe Calicott)
- Chalk My Toy - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Barbecue Bust - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Cooney Vaughn)
- Two Time Blues - Arthur Petties
- Back Door Blues - Joe Stone
- Way Back Down Home - Freddie Spruell
- Skinny Leg Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Meat Cutter Blues - Joe McCoy - (featuring Charlie McCoy)
- Mississippi Moan - Mississippi Moaner
- Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Jefferson County Blues - Sam Butler
- Rampaw Street Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- I'll Overcome Someday - Mississippi Bracey - (featuring Virginia Bracey)
- Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties
- Grand Daddy Blues - Jelly Jaw Short
- Let's Go Riding - Freddie Spruell - (featuring Carl Martin)


4 CD box

JSP JSPCD 7781 (UK 2007)

322008Ain't Times Hard
Political and Social Comment In The Blues

disc 1:
- Labor Blues - Tom Dickson
- No Dough Blues - Blind Blake
- Down and Out Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
- Starvation Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Bad Time Blues - Barbecue Bob
- Miss Meal Cramp Blues - Alec Johnson
- Shelby County Workhouse Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
- We Sure Got Hard Times - Barbecue Bob
- Levee Camp Man Blues - Gene Campbell
- Hard Times on Me Blues - Andy Chatman
- Tough Times Blues - Charley Jordan
- Northern Starvers are Returning Home - Bo Carter / Charlie McCoy
- Hard Times Done Drove Me to Drink - Leroy Carr
- Starvation Blues - Charley Jordan
- Hard Time Blues - Charles Spand
- Chain Gang Bound - Bumble Bee Slim
- Days of the Weeks Blues - Charley Jordan

- Times Has Done Got Hard - King Solomon Hill
- Hard Time Blues - Carrie Edwards
- The Depression Blues - Leroy Carr
- Turpentine Blues - Tampa Red
- Hard Time Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
- DeKalb Chain Gang - Fred McMullen
- Hard Time Blues - Buddy Moss
- Red Cross Blues - Walter Roland


disc 2:
- Red Cross Man - Lucille Bogan
- Coal Mountain Blues - Sonny Scott
- Red Cross Blues No.2 - Walter Roland
- It's Hard Time - Joe Stone
- R.F.C. Blues - Jack Kelly
- Red Cross Blues - Walter Davis
- Sales Tax - Mississippi Sheiks
- Welfare Blues - Joshua White
- C.W.A. Blues - Walter Roland
- Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell
- Charity Blues - Charlie McCoy
- Sylvester and His Mule Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Providence Help the Poor People - Big Joe Williams
- Meat and Bread Blues - Blind Teddy Darby
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin
- Let's Have a Good Deal - Joe Pullum
- Bonus Blues - Joe Pullum
- W.P.A. Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
- When I Get My Bonus - Peetie Wheatstraw
- When I Get My Money - Bumble Bee Slim
- I'm Gonna Have My Fun - Bumble Bee Slim
- Jungle Man Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- When the Soldiers Get Their Bonus - Bumble Bee Slim
- W.P.A. Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Don't Take Away My P.W.A. - Jimmie Gordon


disc 3:
- Hobo Jungle Blues - Bumble Bee Slim
- New Red Cross Blues - Frank Springback
- Working for the P.W.A. - Black Ivory King
- Government Money - Sleepy John Estes
- Working on the Project - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Hobo Jungle Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Hard Times Ain't Gone No Where - Lonnie Johnson
- I Have Spent My Bonus - Robert Lee McCoy
- Relief Blues - Red Nelson
- Unemployment Stomp - Big Bill Broonzy
- 304 Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Old Bachelor Blues - Son Bonds
- Welfare Blues - Calvin Frazier
- Back in My Cell Again - George Curry
- Welfare Blues - Speckled Red
- C.C.C. Blues - Washboard Sam
- Welfare Blues - Sampson Pittman
- '29 Blues - Alfred Fields
- Charity Blues - Gene Gilmore
- Four-O-Three Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Warehouse Man Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
- Nothing in Rambling - Memphis Minnie
- Hobo Blues - Yank Rachell
- Stamp Blues - Tony Hollins
- Hard Times is on Me - Ollie Shepard


disc 4:
- Keep Straight Blues - Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly
- Red Cross Store Blues - Terry & McGhee
- Working Man Blues - Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly
- Post-War Future Blues - Cousin Joe
- Shipyard Woman - Jim Wynn
- Living in a Different World - Roosevelt Sykes
- Reconversion Blues - Ivory Joe Hunter
- Sunny Road - Roosevelt Sykes
- Bonus Pay - Eddie Vinson
- Luxury Tax Blues - Eddie Vinson
- Unemployment Blues - Smokey Hogg
- Hard Times - Smokey Hogg
- Stockyard Blues - Floyd Jones
- High Cost Low Pay Blues - Ivory Joe Hunter
- Homeless Blues - Willie "Long Time" Smith
- Inflation Blues - Jack McVea
- Strike Blues - L.C. Williams
- Strike Blues - John Lee Hooker
- Cotton Picking Blues - Big Mama Thornton
- Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones
- Tough Times - John Brim
- Depression Blues - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- The Panic's On - Jimmy McCracklin
- Things Are So Slow - J.B. Hutto
- Eisenhower Blues - J.B. Lenoir


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD box
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 77109 (UK 2008)



Additional information appreciated !!!
 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 334
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, p. 396
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 235
- Alex van der Tuuk: Try Me One More Time (Marshall Owens spiced with a little Curry).- 78 Quarterly 12 (2005), pp. 47-58
- Gayle Dean Wardlow: One Last Walk Up King Solomon Hill.- Blues Unlimited 148/149 (1987), p. 8-12
- Gayle Dean Wardlow: Chasin' That Devil Music - Searching for the Blues.- San Francisco (Backbeat Books) 1998
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- some of the label pictures from Blues & Rhythm - The Gospel Truth ## 187-189 (2004)
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

1) according to Alex van der Tuuk's research
2) Wardlow 1998, p. 208

thanks to Alex van der Tuuk, Edith de Ronde and Angie M Reilly for additional info / scans

 

This is not King Solomon Hill! (nor is it Joe Holmes)
(even though diverse internet sources do claim so)

source of the above magazine page: The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual N° 2 (2011), p. 97

(the photo on the left [crossed out by Stefan Wirz] has been taken in 1920 at Cross Plains, Wisconsin
by a photographer named Matthew Witt and first published in the November section of the 1992 Wisconsin Historical Calendar
see Wisconsin Historical Society website archives; caption: "Two men pose for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
James Gorman [60], standing, has a pipe in his mouth; the seated man holding a guitar is unidentified."
)

 

 

 

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