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W I L L I E   N I X, c. 1951; source: Front cover of Living Blues # 43 (Summer 1979) ('courtesy of Patty Nix & Steve LaVere'); click to enlarge!
Willie Nix, c. 1951
source: Front cover of Living Blues # 43 (Summer 1979)
("courtesy of Patty Nix & Steve LaVere")
W I L L I E   N I X in front of his home in Monroe, Louisiana, 1960; source: Mike Rowe: Chicago Blues - The City and the Music.- New York (Da Capo Paperback) 1975, first published in 1973 as 'Chicago Breakdown', p. 110; photographer: Paul Oliver; click to enlarge!
source: Mike Rowe: Chicago Blues, p. 110
photographer: Paul Oliver

 
Willie Nix     real name: Willie Nicks
b. August 6, 1922 in Memphis, Tennessee
d. July 9, 1991 in Leland, Mississippi

buried at the Bogue Memorial Gardens in Leland, Mississippi
discography

W I L L I E   N I X & his wife Patty in front of their home in Monroe, Louisiana, 1960; source: Paul Oliver: Conversation with the Blues (The Jazz Book Club, 1967), photo #73, photo pp. between pp. 164 and 165; photographer: Paul Oliver; click to enlarge!
Willie Nix & his wife Patty in front of their home in Monroe, Louisiana, 1960; source: Paul Oliver: Conversation with the Blues (The Jazz Book Club, 1967) photo #73, photo pp. between pp. 164 and 165; photographer: Paul Oliver

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11951WILLIE NIX

- Lonesome Bedroom Blues (MM 1608)   @ youtube
- Try Me One More Time (MM 1609)   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- Fine And Mellow Baby [P-Vine PCD-3036]

rec. c. June 18, 1951 at Memphis Recording Service in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; Billy "Red" Love, p; Willie Johnson, g


RPM 327

21952WILLIE NIX

- Truckin' Little Woman (C 1026)   @ youtube
- Just One Mistake (C 1027)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Take A Little Walk With Me [Charly CR 30127]   @ youtube
- Ridin' In The Moonlight [Sun Box 105]   @ youtube
- Prison Bound Blues [Charly CR 30127]   @ youtube
- Mighty Showers Of Rain [Sun Box 105]   @ youtube

rec. April 25, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; Walter Horton, hca; Billy Love, p; Willie Johnson, g


Checker 756

31952JOE HILL LOUIS

- When I Am Gone (C 1036A, edited for release on Checker 763) #   @ youtube
- Dorothy Mae (C 1035A) *   @ youtube

# rec. March 31, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Joe Hill Louis, voc, g; Nolan Hall, dr

* rec. July 18, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Joe Hill Louis, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Jack Kelly, b; Willie Nix, dr


Checker 763

41953Joe Hill Louis

- She May Be Yours (But She Comes To See Me Sometime) (U58-3) #   @ youtube
- We All Gotta Go Sometime (U57, tk 2) *   @ youtube

# rec. November 17, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Joe Hill Louis, voc, hca, g; Albert Williams, p; Willie Nix, dr
* rec. December 29, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Joe Hill Louis, voc, hca, g; Albert Williams, p; dr


Sun 178

   

- She Comes To See Me Sometime (tk 2) [P-Vine PLP 304]
- Make My Love Stay Warm [Bear Family BCD 15524]

rec. November 17, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Joe Hill Louis, voc, hca, g; Albert Williams, p; Willie Nix, dr

Sun unissued

51953WILLIE NIX   THE MEMPHIS BLUES BOY

- Seems Like A Million Years (U 59) (2:40) [piano intro]   @ youtube
- Baker Shop Boogie (U 60) (2:40)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Baker Shop Boogie (tk 1) (2:51) [Charly CR 30114]   @ youtube
- Baker Shop Boogie (tk ?) [Titanic CD 6006]

rec. October 9, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; James Cotton, hca; Albert Williams, p; Joe Willie Wilkins, g


Sun 179

   

- untitled instrumental

rec. December 10, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; George Lawson, ts; James Cotton, hca; Albert Williams, p; Joe Willie Wilkins, g

Sun unissued

   

- Seems Like A Million Years (tk 1) (2:48) [guitar intro, guitar/hca dominated outro]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Seems Like A Million Years (tk 2) (2:48) [guitar intro, sax dominated outro]   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. December 10, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; ts; prob. Walter Horton, hca; Willie Johnson, g; g

Sun unissued

Titanic CD 6006

   

- Cold Love (U4336)
- Mean And Evil (U4337)
- Eight Ball (U4338) #   @ youtube

rec. January 9, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Augustus "Gus" Jenkins, voc, p; Walter Horton, hca; Willie Nix, dr

Chess unissued

# Chess LP 6641 174

   

- (Talkin') Off The Wall #
- Off The Wall (2 inc. tks) *

rec. July 15, 1953 in Memphis, TN; Walter Horton (or Joe Hill Louis?), hca; prob. Pinetop Perkins, p; Earl Hooker, g; Edward Irvon or Willie Nix, dr;

Sun unissued

# Charly CD 30127

* Sun CD Box 7

61953WILLIE NIX and HIS BAND

- Nervous Wreck (C 5062)   @ youtube
- No More Love (C 5063)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. October 14, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Willie Nix, voc; Snooky Pryor, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Eddie Taylor, g; Alfred Wallace, dr


Chance 1163 [Art Sheridan's label]

71953WILLIE NIX AND HIS COMBO

- Just Can't Stay (C 5064)   @ youtube
- All By Yourself (C 5065)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. October 14, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Willie Nix, voc; Snooky Pryor, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Eddie Taylor, g; Alfred Wallace, dr

10 inch 78 rpm

Sabre 104 [Art Sheridan's label]

7 inch 45 rpm

Sabre 104


Sabre 104 (2011 repro)

7a4/1953MUDDY WATERS and his Guitar

- She's All Right (U 4334) (2:31)   @ youtube
- Sad, Sad Day (U 4335)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Flood (U 4332) # [Chess LP 6641 174]
- My Life Is Ruined (Land Lady) (U 4333) * [Chess LP 1511]
- She's All Right (alt tk) (2:28) * [Chess LP 1511]   @ youtube

rec. January 9, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; prob. Willie Nix, dr

   
Chess 1537 (US 4/1953)

brown vinyl 7 inch 45 rpm

= Third Man (US 2017 repro)

Muddy Waters discography
Jimmy Rogers discography
Walter Horton discography

   

- Cold Love (U 4336)   @ youtube
- Mean And Evil (U 4337)   @ youtube
- Eight Ball (U 4338) #   @ youtube

rec. January 9, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Augustus "Gus" Jenkins, voc, p; Walter Horton, hca; Willie Nix, dr

Chess unissued

# Chess LP 6641174

Walter Horton discography


LP / CD compilations
81965Chicago
the post-war blues volume 1

Johnny Shines
- Brutal Hearted Woman
- Evening Sun

Willie Nix & His Combo
- Just Can't Stay [Sabre 104]
- All By Yourself [Sabre104]
"Little" Willie Foster
- Falling Rain Blues
- Four Day Jump
J B. Hutto & His Hawks
- Pet Cream Man
- Lovin' You

Othum Brown
- Ora-Nelle Blues
Little Walter
- I Just Keep Loving Her
Johnny William(s)
- Worried Man Blues
Johnny Young
- Money Taking Woman
John Lee
- Knocking On Lula Mae's Door
- Rythm Rockin' Boogie [sic]
Junior Wells & His Eagle Rockers
- Hodo Man [sic]
- Junior's Wail


notes by Charles Radcliffe

post-war blues pwb 1

pwb discography

93/1966The Blues Came Down From Memphis

LP track sequence:
Dr. Ross
- The Boogie Disease [Sun 212]
James Cotton
- Cotton Crop Blues

Willie Nix
- Baker Shop Boogie [Sun 179]
Rufus "Hound Dog" Thomas
- Bear Cat
Jimmy DeBerry
- Take A Little Chance
Dr. Ross
- Juke Box Boogie [Sun 212]
Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson Combo
- I Feel So Worried

Little Milton
- If You Love Me
Jimmy DeBerry
- Time Has Made A Change
Dr. Ross
- Come Back Baby [Sun 193]
Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson Combo
- So Long
Rufus Thomas Jr.
- Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle)

Willie Nix
- Seems Like A Million Years [Sun 179]
Dr. Ross
- Chicago Breakdown [Sun 193]


compiled by Michael Vernon

CD track sequence:
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- She May Be Yours - Joe Hill Louis
- Keep Your Arms Around Me - Joe Hill Louis
- Tiger Man (King of the Jungle) - Rufus Thomas
- Come Back Baby - Doctor Ross
- That Ain't Right - Doctor Ross
- Take a Little Chance - Jimmy DeBerry
- Wolf Call Boogie - DeBerry/Horton
- Easy - Jimmy DeBerry & Walter Horton
- West Winds Are Blowing - Big Walter Horton
- Walter's Instrumental - Big Walter Horton

- Seems Like a Million Years - Willie Nix
- Baker Shop Boogie - Willie Nix
- Take a Little Walk With Me - Willie Nix
- Bear Cat - Rufus Thomas
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton
- Feelin' Good - Little Junior's Blue Flames
- Mystery Train - Little Junior's Blue Flames
- Love My Baby - Little Junior's Blue Flames
- Carry My Business On - Houston Boines
- I Feel So Worried - Sammy Lewis
- So Long Baby Goodbye - Willie Johnson


compiled by Bez Turner

notes by Neil Slaven

London HAS 8265 (UK 3/1965)

notes by Neil Slaven

= Charly CR 30125 (UK 9/1977)


= Charly 33/3E-CHART-7021 (Greece 1977)


= Charly CR 30125 (UK 19??)

= Charly LP 10033 (Portugal 1985)


= Brasidisc 5040 (Brazil 1988) (Serie Rarity)

notes by Bez Turner

(=) Charly CD 67 (UK 1987)


(=) Charly CDGR 243 (UK 1998)

101966Two Willies From Memphis

Willie Love and His Three Aces
- Shady Lane Blues [Trumpet 174]
- Feed My Body To The Fishes [Trumpet 172]
- Falling Rain [Trumpet 172]


Willie Nix
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues [RPM 327]
- No More Love [Chance 1163]
- Nervous Wreck [Chance 1163]

Front cover: Willie Nix at Monroe, Louisiana; photographer: Paul Oliver

7 inch EP
notes by Eddie Harding

Highway 51 H-700 (UK 1966)

Highway 51 Records discography
Willie Love discography

111969Memphis Blues
Anthology of the Blues - Archive series   Volume Two

Kent/United/Musidisc LPs track sequence:
Howlin' Wolf
- Passing By Blues [RPM 340]
- I'm The Wolf [previously unissued]
Joe Hill Louis
- The Way You Treat Me
- Highway 99
Big Walter Horton
- Walter's Blues
Bobby Bland
- Love Me Baby

Bobby Bland & Junior Parker
- Drifting From Town To Town
Joe Hill Louis
- Western Union Man
Howlin' Wolf
- The Sun Is Rising [previously unissued]
- My Friends (Stealing My Clothes) [previously unissued]

Willie Nix
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues [RPM 327]
Big Walter Horton
- Little Boy Blue




P-Vine PCD-3036 track sequence:
Howling Wolf
- I'm The Wolf
- The Sun Is Rising
Joe Hill Louis
- The Way You Treat Me
- Highway 99
- Western Union Man
Walter Horton
- Walter's Blues
- Little Boy Blue

Willie Nix
- Lonesome Bedroom [RPM 327]
- Fine And Mellow Baby [previously unissued]
Bobby Bland & Junior Parker
- Love My Baby
Bobby Bland
- Drifting From Town To Town (tk 1)
- Dry Up Baby
- Crying All Night Long
- Love You Yes I Do
- Drifting From Town To Town (tk 2)
Johnny Ace
- I Cried [actually by Earl Forest]
- Midnight Hours Journey
Rosco Gordon
- No More Doggin'
- Just In From Texas


gatefold LP
notes by Frank Scott

Kent KST-9002 (US 1969)

gatefold LP
notes by Frank Scott

= Kent KST-9002 (US 19??)

notes by Frank Scott

= Kent KST-9002 (US 197?) (repress without gatefold)

 
= United Superior US-7779 (US 1975)

notes by Frank Scott

= Musidisc 30 AB 5602 (Fr 1976)


(=) P-Vine PCD-3036 (Jp 1994) "Anthology of the Blues Vol. 1"

Kent/United Records discography
Howlin' Wolf discography
Walter Horton discography

121972Take A Little Walk With Me
The Blues in Chicago 1948-1957

LP 1:
J.B. Hutto
- Combination Boogie

Willie Nix
- All By Yourself [Sabre 104]
Floyd Jones
- Any Old Lonesome Day
Eddie Taylor
- Big Town Playboy
Little Willie Foster
- Little Girl
John Lee Henley
- Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door
Robert Nighthawk
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman
John Brim
- Gary Stomp

Lazy Bill Lucas
- She Got Me Walkin'

Willie Nix
- Nervous Wreck [Chance 1163]
Floyd Jones
- Skinny Woman
Grace Brim
- Going Down The Line
Johnny Young
- My Baby Walked Out
Little Walter
- Blue Baby
Jimmy Rogers
- Ludella No.2
Baby Face Leroy
- Take A Little Walk With Me


LP 2:
Grace Brim
- Mean Man Blues
Robert Nighthawk
- Feel So Bad
Homesick James
- The Woman I Love
Lazy Bill Lucas
- I Had A Dream

Willie Nix
- No More Love [Chance 1163]
Floyd Jones
- Floyd's Blues
John Lee Henley
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
Memphis Minnie
- World Of Trouble

Johnny Young
- Let Me Ride Your Mule
Floyd Jones
- Big World
John Brim
- Drinking Woman
Memphis Minnie
- Kissing In The Dark

Willie Nix
- Just Can't Stay [Sabre 104]
Junior Wells
- Tomorrow Night
Little Willie Foster
- Crying The Blues
Johnny Shines
- Living In The White House


compiled, annotated and produced by Leroy Pierson

DLP
notes by Leroy J. Pierson

Boogie Disease BD 101/2 (US 1972) [Leroy Pierson's first (one record) label, 500 copies only]

131973Joe Hill Louis & Willie Nix: Blue in the Morning

Joe Hill Louis
- Nappy Head Woman
- Cold Chills
- Mistreat Me Woman
- Key To The Highway
- Blue In The Morning
- Highway
- Big Legged Woman
- Gotta Go Baby

- Eyesight To The Blind
- The Way You Treat Me
- Peace Of Mind
- At The Woodchopper's Ball
- I Love My Baby
- Western Union Man

Willie Nix
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues [RPM 327]
- Try Me One More Time [RPM 327]

notes by Mike Leadbitter and Steve LaVere

Polydor 2383-214 (UK 1973)

141973Genesis Vol. 2
The Beginnings of Rock: From Memphis to Chicago

Album 1 (6499 432)
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Work With Me
- Don't Start Me To Talking
- All My Love In Vain
- Good Evening Everybody
- You Killing Me (On My Feet)
- Let Me Explain
- I Know What Love Is All About

Sonny Boy Williamson
- I Wonder Why
- Your Imagination
Elmore James
- Country Boogie
- My Best Friend
- I See My Baby
- She Just Won't Do Right
- Muddy Shoes


Album 2 (6499 433)
Ethel Mae
- Down The Line
- Handsome Lover
- Sugar Papa
Robert Nighthawk
- Good News
- Six Three O
- Prison Bound
Forrest City Joe
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman

Forrest City Joe
- Lonesome Day Blues
Howlin' Wolf
- I'm Not Joking
- Moanin' At Midnight
- How Many More Years
- All Night Long
- No Place To Go


Album 3 (6499 434)
Jackie Brenston
- Rocket "88"
Doctor Ross
- Country Clown
- Doctor Ross Boogie

Willie Nix
- Truckin' Little Woman [Checker 756]
- Just One Mistake [Checker 756]
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Open Your Book
- Tears In My Eyes (C-1023 [alt.])

Woodrow Adams
- Pretty Baby Blues
- She's Done Come And Gone
Joe Hill Louis
- Dorothy Mae
- When I Am Gone
Harmonica Frank
- Swamp Root
- Howlin' Tomcat
- She Done Moved


Album 4 (6499 435)
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Keep It To Yourself
- Please Forgive (Keep It To Yourself)
- The Key To Your Love
Howlin' Wolf
- Baby How Long
- Evil Is Goin' On
- Forty Four
- Who Will Be Next

Howlin' Wolf
- I Have A Little Girl
- Come To Me Baby
- Don't Mess With My Baby
- Smokestack Lightning
- You Can't Be Beat
- So Glad
- Break Of Day


compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven

4 LP box set

Chess 6641 125 (UK Phonogram 1973)

14a6/1975Genesis Vol. 3 - Sweet Home Chicago
Dedicated to Mike Leadbitter

Album 1 (6499 862)
Baby Face Leroy
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
- Big World
- Overseas
- Playhouse
Otis Spann
- It Must Have Been The Devil
- Five Spot


Gus Jenkins
- Eight Ball [Chess unissued]
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires
- One Of These Days [Checker 752]
- Murmur Low [Checker 752]
Little Henry
- I Declare That Ain't Right
- Matchbox Blues
Blue Smitty
- Sad Story
- Elgin Movements
- Date Bait


Album 2 (6499 863)
Muddy Waters
- Mean Red Spider
- Hard Days
- Burying Ground
- Last Time I Fool Around With You
- Screaming And Crying
- Where's My Woman Been
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 1
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 2

- Stuff You Gotta Watch
- Lonesome Day
- Iodine In My Coffee
- Flood
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- Oh! Yeh
- Smokestack Lightning


Album 3 (6499 864)
Little Walter
- Juke
- Boogie
- Mean Old World
- Sad Hours
- Don't Have To Hunt No More
- Tonight With A Fool
- Quarter To Twelve
- Blues With A Feeling

- Last Boogie
- Fast Boogie
- Light's Out
- You're So Fine
- Blues Light
- Last Night
- Thunderbird
- I Got To Go


Album 4 (6499 865)
Jimmy Rogers
- Today, Today Blues
- The World Is In A Tangle
- She Loves Another Man
- Hard Working Man
- Chance To Love
- My Little Machine
- Mistreated Baby
- What's The Matter

Jimmy Rogers
- You're The One
John Brim
- Rattlesnake
- It Was A Dream
- Ice Cream Man
- Lifetime Baby
- Tough Times
- Go Away
- That Ain't Right


compiled by Mike Rowe

4 LP box set
18-pp. booklet of notes, credits and photographs by Mike Rowe

Chess 6641 174 (UK Phonogram 6/1975)

 

Neil Slaven review in Blues Unlimited 113, p. 24-25; click to download pdf-file
Neil Slaven review in Blues Unlimited 113 (May/June 1975), p. 24-25

151976Lowdown Memphis Harmonica Jam   1950-1955

Hot Shot Love
- Harmonica Jam
- Wolf Call Boogie
Joe Hill Louis
- Street Walkin' Woman
- Walkin' Talkin' Blues
J. D. Horton
- Cadillac Blues
- Why Don't You Let Me Be
Mumbles
- Now Tell Me Baby
- Jumpin' Blues

Joe Hill Louis
- Gotta Let You Got
- Boogie In The Park

Willie Nix
- Seems Like A Million Years [Sun 179]
- Bakershop Boogie [Sun 179]
Woodrow Adams
- Wine Head Woman [Meteor 5018]
- Baby, You Just Don't Know [Meteor 5018]>
Chicago Sunny Boy
- Love My Baby
- On The Floor

notes by Leroy Pierson
click to read liner notes!
Nighthawk 103 (US 1976)

Nighthawk Records discography

161976Sun Blues
The Roots Of Rock Vol. 7

Handy Jackson
- Got My Application Baby
- Trouble (Will Bring You Down)

Willie Nix
- Seems Like A Million Years
- Baker Shop Boogie
Little Junior's Blue Flames
- Feelin' Good
- Fussin' And Fightin' Blues
Rufus Thomas
- Tiger Man
- Save That Money

Hot Shot Love
- Wolf Call Boogie
- Harmonica Jam
James Cotton
- Cotton Crop Blues
- Hold Me In Your Arms
Doctor Ross
- Boogie Disease
- Juke Box Boogie
Eddie Snow
- Ain't That Right
- Bring Your Love Back To Me


Charly CR 30114 (UK 1976)

171976Memphis Blues Anthology: Drifting From Town To Town
Blues Great Essential Vol. 4

Walter Horton
- Jumpin' Blues
Joe Hill Louis
- Cold Chills

Willie Nix
- Try Me One More Time
Bobby Bland
- Drifting From Town To Town
Joe Hill Louis
- Eyesight To The Blind
Junior Parker
- Bad Woman, Bad Whiskey

Walter Horton
- Hard-Hearted Woman
Joe Hill Louis
- I Feel Like A Millionaire

Willie Nix
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Bobby Bland & Junior Parker
- Love My Baby
Joe Hill Louis
- Chocolate Blonde
Bobby Bland
- Good Lovin'



Trio PA-3123M (Jp 1976)

Trio Records discography

188/1977Union Avenue Breakdown
The Roots Of Rock Vol. 12

Jimmy DeBerry
- Party Line Blues
Joe Hill Louis
- Treat Me Mean And Evil

Willie Nix
- Prison Bound Blues [previously unissued]
- Take A Little Walk With Me [previously unissued]
Walter Horton
- Walter's Boogie
Honeyboy Edwards [mistakenly credited to Albert (Joiner) Williams]
- Sweet Home Chicago
Albert (Joiner) Williams
- Rhumba Chillen

Woodrow Adams
- The Train Is Coming
William Stewart
- Rattlesnakin' Mama
- The Call Me Talkin' Boy
Dr. Ross with Henry Hill
- That Ain't Right
Dr. Ross
- Texas Hop
Pinetop Perkins
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Chris Booker [sic]
- Walked All Night (tk 2) [Sun unissued]
Boyd Gilmore & Earl Hooker
- Believe I'll Settle Down


notes by Martin Hawkins

Charly CR 30127 (UK 8/1977)

191980Chicago Slickers Vol. 2 1948-55

Little Walter
- Blue Baby
Man Young
- Let Me Ride Your Mule
- My Baby Walked Out
Robert Nighthawk
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman
Grace Brim
- Goin Down The Line
Johnny Shines
- Living In The White House

Willie Nix
- No More Love
- Nervous Wreck

Willie Nix
- Just Can't Stay
- All By Yourself
Floyd Jones
- Skinny Woman
John Brim
- Drinking Woman
Lazy Bill
- I Had A Dream
J. B. Hutto
- Combination Boogie
Floyd Jones
- Any Old Lonesome Day

- Floyd's Blue


Nighthawk 107 (US 1980)

Nighthawk Records discography

201982Combination Blues
Chicago Bluesmasters Vol. 1

J.B. Hutto & His Hawks
- Combination Boogie
- Now She's Gone
- Pet Cream Man
- Lovin' You
- Price Of Love
- Things Are So Slow
- Dim Lights

Snooky Pryor
- Judgement Day
- Someone To Love Me
- You Tried To Ruin Me

Willie Nix And His Combo
- Nervous Wreck [Chance 1163]
- No More Love [Chance 1163]
- Just Can't Stay [Sabre 104]
- All By Myself [Sabre 104]

compiled by Bez Turner

notes by D. Weld, Jim O'Neal and Mike Rowe

Charly CRB 1042 (UK 1982)

211985Sun Records - The Blues Years   1950-1956

record five:
side 9 - Sellin' My Stuff

Walter Horton
- Walter's Instrumental
Jackie Boy & Little Walter
- Selling My Whiskey
Walter Horton
- West Winds Are Blowing
- Little Walter's Boogie
- Off The Wall
- Easy
Jimmy DeBerry
- Before Long
- Party Line Blues


side 10 - Take A Little Chance
Jimmy DeBerry
- Take A Little Chance
- Time Has Made A Change

Willie Nix
- Midnight Showers Of Rain
- Prison Bound Blues
- Riding In The Moonlight
- Take A Little Walk With Me
- Seems Like A Million Years [Sun 179]
- Baker Shop Boogie [Sun 179]


record six:
side 11 - Hoo Doo Man

L.B. Lawson
- Can't Love Me And My Money Too
Honeyboy Edwards
- Sweet Home Chgicago
Albert Williams
- Rhumba Chillen
- Hoo Doo Man

Joe Hill Louis
- When I'm Gone
- We All Gotta Go Sometime

- She May Be Yours
- Keep Your Arms Around Me

side 12
Mose Vinson
- Mistreatin' Boogie
- Worry You Off My Mind
Joe Hill Louis
- Hydramatic Woman
- Tiger Man
Mose, Joe & Walter
- Shine Boy
Mose Vinson
- Reap What You Sow
- 44 Blues
- Come See Me


9 LP box set


Charly SUNBOX 105 (UK 1985)

Sun Blues Boxes discography

221986Joe Hill Louis: The Bebop Boy

- We All Gotta Go Sometime
- She May Be Yours
- Sweet Gal In Town (She May Be Yours) (take 2)
- I Got A New Woman
- Keep Your Arms Around Me
- Tiger Man
- I'm A Poor Boy

- Boogie In The Park
- Gotta Let You Go
- When I'm Gone (= She Treats Me Mean And Evil)
- Tiger Man
- Hydramatic Woman
- We All Gotta Go Sometime (tk 2)
- We All Gotta Go Sometime (tk 3)



P-Vine PLP-304 (Jp 1986)

231986Memphis: Beale Street Breakdown
Chess Blues Archives Vol. 3

Doctor Ross
- Doctor Ross Boogie
- Country Clown
Walter Horton
- Walter's Boogie
- West Winds Are Blowing

Willie Nix
- Truckin Little Woman
- Just One Mistake
Harmonica Frank
- Swamp Root [Chess 1475]

Harmonica Frank
- Goin' Away Walkin' [Chess 1475]
- Howlin' Tomcat [Chess 1494]
- She Done Moved [Chess 1494]
Joe Hill Louis
- When I'm Gone
- Dorothy Mae
LJ Thomas
- Baby Take A Chance With Me
- Sam's Drag



P-Vine PLP-6073 (Jp 1986)

23a1986Cotton Crop Blues
James Cotton, Walter Horton & Willie Nix

Jimmy & Walter - Easy
Willie Nix - Prison Bound Blues
Willie Nix - Midnight Showers Of Rain
Willie Nix - Ridin' In the Moonlight
Willie Nix - Take A Little Walk With Me
Jackie Boy And Little Walter - Selling My Whiskey
Walter Horton - Off The Wall

James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues

Willie Nix - Hold Me In Your Arms
Willie Nix - Baker Shop Boogie
Willie Nix - Seems Like A Million Years
James Cotton - My Baby
James Cotton - Straighten Up Baby
Walter Horton - Walter's Instrumental



P-Vine PLP-310 (Jp 1986)

Walter Horton discography
Jack Kelly discography

241995Ain't Times Hard
Modern Blues Anthology

CD 1
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Well That's All Right - Howlin' Wolf
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd

- Seems Like A Million Years - Willie Nix
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Easy - Big Walter Horton
- Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog) - Rufus Thomas
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy De Berry
- Feelin' Good - Junior Parker
- Mystery Train - Junior Parker
- The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross
- Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love
- Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor
- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- So Long Baby, Goodbye - Willie Johnson


CD 2
- I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor
- Hands Off - Priscilla Bowman
- I Ain't Got You - Billy Boy Arnold
- Every Woman I Know (Crazy About Automobiles) - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Big Walter Horton
- The Telephone Is Ringing - Pee Wee Crayton
- Going Back Home - Big Joe Williams
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- The Twelve Year Old Boy - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed
- Blues Get Off My Shoulder - Bobby Parker
- Mama, You Got A Daughter - John Lee Hooker
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark
- Roll You Moneymaker - Shakey Jake
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Number Nine Train - Tarheel Slim
- Kansas City - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker


CD 3
- Bad Luck And Trouble - Boogie Jake
- No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed
- Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim
- Just A Little Bit - Rosco Gordon
- Fannie Mae - Buster Brown
- Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong - Edgar Blanchard
- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- You Don't Have To Go - Sam Myers
- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Christine Kitrell
- You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
- Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
- Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
- Mean Old Frisco - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- Too Many Cooks - Jesse Fortune
- Cut You A-Loose - Rick Allen
- You Better Stop - Andrew Brown


CD 4
- Rough Dried Woman, Pt. 1 - Big Mac
- Ain't Broke Ain't Hungry - Polka Dot Slim
- Figure Head - Lonnie Brooks
- The Way I Feel - Detroit Junior
- Southern Country Boy - Carter Brothers
- Out Of Bad Luck - Magic Sam
- Ride With Your Daddy Tonight - Frank Frost
- Say You're Leavin' - Fenton Robinson
- She's Crazy 'bout Entertainers - Jerry Mccain
- Hard Times - Young, Mighty Joe
- Rambling Woman - Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker
- Put It All In There - George 'Wild Child' Butler
- Long Way From Home - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Rock Me Baby - Ike And Tina Turner
- Cummins Prison Farm - Calvin Leavy
- Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
- Shakin' Hands With The Judge - Little Joe Blue
- My Baby - Lowell Fulson
- High Cost Of Livin' - Al King
- It's My Fault Darling - Little Johnny Taylor
- Go And Help Yourself - Albert Washington
- Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man, Pt. 1 - Bobby Rush
- Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton
- Food Stamp Blues - Eddie Lang


compiled by Les Fancourt

4 CD set with 44-pp. booklet

Charly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)

251996Sun Records - The Blues Years - 1950-1958

disc three:
Willie Nix
- Midnight Showers of Rain
- Prison Bound Blues
- Riding in the Moonlight
- Let's Take a Little Walk
James Banister
- Ain't Gonna Tell You No Lie (Sweet Little Woman)
Dennis Binder
- Love You Love You Baby
Woodrow Adams
- Last Time (tk 1)
- Train is Comin'
- If You Don't Want Me
- Train Time
Walter Bradford
- Reward for my Baby
- Love for my Baby
LC Hubert
- Lucy Done Moved
Walter Horton
- West Winds are Blowing
- In the Mood
- Little Walter's Boogie (tk 2)
- We All Gotta Go Sometime (tk 2)
Raymond Hill
- Long Gone Raymond
- My Baby Left Me
- Somebody's Been Carryin' On Your Rollin' On
- I'm Back Pretty Baby

Willie Nix
- Seems Like a Million Years [Sun 179]
- Bakershop Boogie [Sun 179]
Walter 'Tang' Smith
- Hi-Tone Mama
- Every Monday Morning


disc four:
Houston Stokes
- You'll Be Sorry
- Blue and Lonesome
- Baby's Gone and Left Me
- We're All Gonna Do Some Wrong

Joe Hill Louis
- She Comes to See Me Sometime (tk 1)
- We All Gotta Go Sometime

- She May Be Yours (Sweetest Girl in Town)
- I'm A Poor Boy
Doctor Ross
- Left Job Boogie
- Shake 'em On Down (tk 1)
Henry Hill with Doctor Ross
- That Ain't Right (tk 1)
Doctor Ross
- Down South Blues
Honeyboy Edwards
- Sweet Home Chicago (tk 1)
Albert Williams
- Rhumba Chillen
- Hoodoo Man (Memphis Al)
Handy Jackson
Got My Application Baby
- Trouble Will Bring You Down
Various Artists
- Easy
- Before Long
Rufus Thomas Jr
- Bear Cat
- Walkin' in the Rain
Charlie Booker
- Walked All Night (tk 1)
- Baby I'm Comin' Home (tk 1)
Rosco Gordon
- Juice Head
- VO Baby


8 CD box set

Charly CDSUNBOX 7 (UK 1996)

Sun Blues Boxes discography

261997Big Bad Blues
25 Sun Blues Classics   Volume One

- Before Long - Jimmy & Walter
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Bear Cat - Rufus Thomas
- Carry My Business On - Houston Boines
- Baby I'm Coming Home - Charlie Booker [Sun unissued]
- Juiced - Billy Red Love
- My Real Gone Rocket - Jackie Brenston
- Greyhound Blues - D.A. Hunt
- Wolf Call Boogie - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love

- Prison Bound Blues - Willie Nix
- Blues Train - Tot Randolph
- Mystery Train - Little Junior'S Blue Flames
- Beggin' My Baby - Little Milton
- Red Hot - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- Rattlesnakin Mama - William Stewart
- Tiger Man - Mose Vinson
- Gonna Leave You Baby - Willie Johnson
- Cool Down Mama - Lost John Hunter
- Come Back Home - Howlin' Wolf
- Come Back Baby - Doctor Ross
- Feel So Worried - Willie Johnson
- Lets Get High - Rosco Gordon
- Aint That Right - Eddie Snow



Charly/Sun CPCD 8272 (UK 1997)

272001The Traveling Record Man
Historic Down South Recording Trips Of Joe Bihari & Ike Turner

- Blue Serenade - Baby Face Turner
- My Sweet Woman - Driftin' Slim<
- No Ridin' Blues - Charlie Booker [Blues & Rhythm 7003]>
- Numbered Days (previously unreleased) - Big Charlie Bradix
- Riding In The Moonlight - Howlin' Wolf
- I'm Gonna Find Your Trick - Smokey Hogg
- Baby Please Don't Go - Pinetop Slim
- Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- Good Morning Little Angel - Joe Hill Louis
- Tiny's Down Home - Tiny Webb
- Tomorrow I May Be Gone - Jesse Thomas
- Please Send My Baby Back Home aka Step Back Baby - Sunny Blair
- If I Lose You Woman - Alexander Moore
- My Little Machine - Driftin' Slim
- My Baby's Gone - Elmore James
- Rock House - Calvin Frazier
- She Broke Up My Life (She Got Me Walking) - Joe Hill Louis
- Keep Away From Me Baby - Joe Hill Louis

- Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Willie Nix
- Talking Boogie - Lil' Son Jackson
- Long Tall Woman - Elmore James
- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You - "Arkansas Johnny Todd"
- Ramblin' On My Mind - Boyd Gilmore



Ace CDCHD 813 (UK 2001)

282006Memphis Blues
Important Postwar Blues

disc 1:
- Gotta Let You Go - Joe Hill Louis
- Boogie in the Park - Joe Hill Louis
- That Ain't Right (tk 1) - Henry Hill
- Little Soldier Boy (tk 2) - Doctor Ross
- Country Clown (tk 1) - Doctor Ross
- County Farm Blues - William Stewart
- They Call Me Talkin' Boy - William Stewart
- Easy - Jimmy & Walter
- Before Long - Jimmy & Walter
- Lonesome Ol' Jail - D.A. Hunt
- Greyhound Blues - D.A. Hunt
- Registration Day Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Rats in My Kitchen - Sleepy John Estes
- Rattlesnake Mama - William Stewart
- Forty Four Blues - William Stewart
- I Feel Like a Million - Joe Hill Louis
- Heartache Baby - Joe Hill Louis
- Shorty the Barber - Charlie Burse
- Last Time, The - Woodrow Wilson Adams
- Train Is Comin' - Woodrow Wilson Adams
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Perkins
- Wolf Call Boogie - Sleepy John Estes
- Harmonica Jam - Coy "Hot Shot" Love
- Policy Man Blues (tk 1) - Coy "Hot Shot" Love
- Take a Little Chance - Jimmy DeBerry
- Tailor Made - Doctor Ross
- The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross


disc 2:
- Moanin' at Midnight - Howlin' Wolf
- Bluebird - Howlin' Wolf
- Move on Down the Line - Earl Hooker
- The Hucklebuck - Earl Hooker
- Walter's Instrumental - Walter Horton
- Grandmother Got Grandfather Told - Walter Horton

- Midnight Showers of Rain - Willie Nix
- Prison Bound Blues - Willie Nix
- Bear Cat - Rufus Thomas
- Married Woman - Rufus Thomas
- Roscoe's Boogie - Rosco Gordon
- City Women - Rosco Gordon
- Baby, Baby - Earl Forest
- Rock the Bottle - Earl Forest
- Bad Women, Bad Whiskey - Little Parker, Jr.
- You're My Angel - Little Parker, Jr.
- Good Lovin' - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Drifting from Town to Town - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- My Baby - James Anthony Cotton
- Straighten Up Baby - James Anthony Cotton
- Work with Her Boy - Shy Guy Douglas
- Detroit Arrow Blues - Shy Guy Douglas
- Carry My Business On (tk 1) - Houston Boines
- Crying in the Courthouse (tk 1) - Houston Boines
- Walked All Night - Charley Booker [Sun unissued]
- Baby I'm Coming Home - Charley Booker [Sun unissued]
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- Bonus Pay - Pat Hare


disc 3:
- T Model Boogie - Rosco Gordon
- Saddled the Cow (And Milked the Horse) - Rosco Gordon

- Seems Like a Million Years (tk 1) - Willie Nix
- Riding in the Moonlight - Willie Nix
- Can't Love Me and My Money Too - L.B. Lawson
- Flypaper Boogie - L.B. Lawson
- Somebody Told Me - Little Milton
- If You Love Me Baby - Little Milton
- Feelin' Good - Little Junior
- Fussin' and Fightin' Blues - Little Junior
- Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love
- Blues Leave Me Alone - Billy Love
- She Comes to See Me Sometime (tk 1) - Joe Hill Louis
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Sweet Home Chicago (tk 1) - David Honeyboy Edwards
- Mistreating Boogie - Mose Vinson
- Worry You Off My Mind - Mose Vinson
- Lucy Done Moved - L.C. Hubert
- Don't Dog Me Around - Eddie Snow
- Skin and Bone (tk 1) - Eddie Snow
- Dead Letter Blues (tk 1) - Johnny O'Neal
- Ugly Woman (tk 3) - Johnny O'Neal
- You'll Be Sorry - Houston Stokes
- Blue and Lonesome - Houston Stokes
- Long Gone Raymond - Raymond Hill
- I'm Back Pretty Baby - Raymond Hill
- Blue Man (tk 1) - Kenneth Banks
- High (tk 1) - Kenneth Banks


disc 4:
- Tiger Man - Rufus Thomas
- Save That Money - Rufus Thomas
- Lookin' for My Baby - Little Milton
- Homesick for My Baby - Little Milton
- Feel So Worried - Sammy Lewis/Willie Johnson
- So Long Baby Goodbye - Sammy Lewis/Willie Johnson
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Anthony Cotton
- Hold Me in Your Arms - James Anthony Cotton
- Come Back Home (tk 1) - Howlin' Wolf
- Chocolate Drop - Howlin' Wolf
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Believe I'll Settle Down - Boyd Gilmore
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Walter Horton
- Off the Wall - Walter Horton
- Love My Baby - Little Junior
- Mystery Train - Junior Parker
- Dry Up Baby - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Crying All Night Long - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Way After Midnight (tk 1) - Billy Love
- Hey Now (tk 1) - Billy Love
- I Wronged a Woman - Earl Forest
- I Can't Forgive You - Earl Forest
- Midnight Hours Journey - Johnny Ace
- My Baby Left Me - Raymond Hill
- You're Driving Me Insane - Ike Turner
- Trouble and Heartaches - Ike Turner
- When It Rains It Pours - Billy "The Kid" Emerson
- Move Baby Move - Billy "The Kid" Emerson


4 CD set

JSP JSPCD 7777 (UK 2006)

292008Red Hot about The Blues
Previously Unreleased Sun Recordings

Billy the Kid Emerson - Red Hot (tk 2)
Houston Boines - Operator Blues (tk 3) [Modern unissued]
Houston Boines - G-Man Blues [Modern unissued]
Houston Boines - Operator Blues (tk 2) [Modern unissued]
Hot Shot Love - Cotton Patch Hop

Willie Nix Seems Like A Million Years (tk 1) (2:48) [guitar intro, guitar/hca dominated outro]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Willie Nix - Baker Shop Boogie (tk 1 [?])
Willie Nix - Seems Like A Million Years (tk 2) (2:48) [guitar intro, sax dominated outro]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Doctor Ross - Juke Box Boogie (tk 2)
Doctor Ross - Boogie Disease (tk 5)
Doctor Ross - Juke Box Boogie (tk 1)
Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson - Feel So Worried (tk 2)
Eddie Snow - Bring It Home (tk 2)
Raymond Hill - The Snuggle (tk 2)
Billy the Kid Emerson - Little Fine Healthy Thing (tk 3)
Billy the Kid Emerson - Something For Nothing (tk 1)
Billy the Kid Emerson - No Greater Love (tk 2)
Little Milton - Lookin' For My Baby (tk 1)
Little Milton - If You Love Me
Little Milton - Homesick For My Baby
Little Milton - Alone And Blue (tk 1)
Little Milton - Lookin' For My Baby (tk 5)
Roscoe Gordon - Just Love Me Baby (tk 1)
Roscoe Gordon - Love For You Baby
Roscoe Gordon - The Chicken
Roscoe Gordon - Weeping Blues
Roscoe Gordon - Just Love Me Baby (tk 4)
Billy Emerson - If Loving Is Believing (tk 4)
Billy Emerson - I'm Not Going Home (tk 2)



Titanic TRC 6006 (It 2008)

302010Big Walter Horton: Blues Harmonica Giant
Classic Sides 1951-1956

disc 1:
- Cotton Patch Hotfoot
- What's The Matter With You (tk 1)
- Little Boy Blue (tk 1)
- Blues In The Morning
- Now Tell Me Baby
- I'm In Love With You Baby (tk 1)
- Black Gal
- Hard Hearted Woman
- Jumpin' Blues
- So Long Woman
- What's The Matter With You (tk 2)
- Little Boy Blue (tk 2)
- I'm I Love With You Baby (tk 2)
- Grandmother Got Grandfather Told (tk 1)
- In The Mood
- Grandmother Got Grandfather Told (tk 2)
- We All Gotta Go (tk 3)
- Little Walter's Boogie (tk 1)
- We All Gotta Go (tk 4)
- Little Walter's Boogie (tk 2)
- West Winds Are Blowing (tk 1)
- Little Walter's Boogie (tk 3)
- West Winds Are Blowing (tk 2)
- Walter's Instrumental
- Off The Wall
- Off The Wall
- Hard Hearted Woman
- Back Home To Mama

disc 2:
- Hard Hearted Woman
- Back Home To Mama
- Need My Baby [Cobra 5002]
- Have A Good Time
- Need My Baby (tk 1)
- Selling My Whiskey (incomplete version)

- Midnight Showers of Rain
- Prison Bound Blues
- Riding In The Moonlight
- Let's Take A Little Walk
- Easy
- Hydramatic Woman
- Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle)

- Seems Like A Million Years (tk 1)
- Seems Like A Million Years (tk 2)
- Worry You Off My Mind
- Shine Boy
- Evening Shuffle (tk 1)
- Evening Shuffle (tk2)
- Evening Sun
- No Name Blues
- Brutal Hearted Woman
- Gonna Call The Angel (rehearsal version)
- Gonna Call The Angel (tk 3)
- Big Stars Falling Blues
- Rambler's Blues
- Evalena
- Highway 61
- It's You Baby

disc 3:
- Hard Hearted Woman [JSP 1071]
- Sick & Tired [JSP 1071]
- Walter's Jump (instr) [JSP 1071]
- Leaving In The Morning [JSP 1071]
- Walter & Carey (instr) [JSP 1071]
- Walking By Myself [JSP 1071]
- My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble [JSP 1071]


compiled by Neil Slaven

3 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 2305 (UK 2010)

312012Juke Joints   Vol. 3

disc 1
- I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo
- My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone - Hop Wilson
- Steady - Jerry McCain
- Late Hours At Midnight - Homesick James
- Ludella - Jimmy Rogers
- Sail On, Little Girl - Pete McKinley
- Alley Special - Wright Holmes
- Play My Juke Box - Boy Green
- Chicago Blues - Dan Pickett
- Shackles Round My Body - David Wylie
- Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicholls
- Dial 110 Blues - Country Jim
- About To Lose My Mind - Big Boy Spires
- You Better Move On Away From Here - Honeyboy
- Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim

- Seems Like A Million Years tk 1 - Willie Nix
- Western Union Man - Chicago Sunny Boy
- Silver Haired Woman - Johnny Williams
- She Got Me Walkin' - Lazy Bill Lucas
- Ride My New Car With Me - Big Joe Williams
- After Hours - Earl Hooker
- 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis
- Bad Feeling Blues (alt tk) - Lightnin' Slim
- Feel So Worried tk 2 - Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson
- I Want A Roller - Smokey Hogg
- Gary Stomp - John Brim


disc 2
- Operator Blues tk 2 - Houston Boines
- My Baby Left Me - John Lee Hooker
- Lookin' For My Baby tk 5 - Little Milton
- I'm Gonna Love You - Eddie Taylor
- She's Gone With The Wind - The Sugarman
- Eula Mae - Big Joe Williams
- Ardelle - Pete McKinley
- Happy Home Blues - D.C. Washington
- I've Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo
- That's All Right - Jimmy Rogers
- Hello Central, Please Give Me 209 - Robert Lee Westmoreland
- Crying - J.D. Edwards
- I'll Move You - Eddie Kirkland
- Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy
- Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton
- Hollywood Boogie - Country Jim
- Chicken Stuff - Hop Wilson
- Please Mam Forgive Me - Sunny James
- You Better Watch That Jive - Smokey Hogg
- Walking Talking Blues - Manny Nicholls
- Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck
- Highway 51 - Stick Horse Hammond
- Jet Black Woman - Buddy Chiles
- I Had A Dream - Lazy Bill Lucas
- Got A Letter This Morning - Clarence London
- Down South - Junior Blackmon


disc 3
- She's Tough - Jerry Mccain
- Baker Shop Boogie tk 1 - Willie Nix
- Ridin' Home - Leslie Louis
- Sad And Lonely - Country Jim
- Crawdad - Smokey Hogg
- No One To Love Me - Manny Nicholls
- Wonderin' And Worryin' - Slim Harpo
- Lightnin' Slim Boogie - Lightnin' Slim
- A & B Blues - Boy Green
- Homesick Blues - Homesick James
- Fat Mouth - Johnny Williams
- Number Writer - Dan Pickett
- King's Highway - Big Joe Williams
- John Henry - Pinetop Slim
- Jammin' - Earl Hooker
- Take It Easy - Nat Terry
- Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks
- Which One Do I Love - Big Boy Spires
- Little School Girl - L.C. Greene
- Excuse Me Baby - Sunny James
- Have You A Match - Honeyboy
- Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis
- Want To Boogie-woogie - Clarence London
- Love Me Mama - Boogie Bill Webb
- Log House On The Hill - Leroy Johnson
- You'll Always Have A Home - Eddie Taylor


disc 4
- Jimmie's Boogie - Jimmy Reed
- Rather Be Sloppy Drunk - Big Joe Williams
- G-man Blues - Houston Boines
- No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson
- Y M & V Blues - Lost John Hunter
- Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham
- Strange Love - Slim Harpo
- Size 4 Shoe - Smokey Hogg
- I'm In Love - Jimmy Rogers
- You Gotta Lay Down Mama - Johnny Beck
- Jelly Roll Man - Bill Simpson
- Cold In The Evening - J.D. Edwards
- Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles
- My Baby's Gone - Lazy Bill Lucas
- Forgive Me - Manny Nicholls
- Don't Do It Again - Leslie Louis
- Good Lookin' Woman - Country Jim
- Goin' Back To Mama - Clarence London
- Truck 'em On Down - Stick Horse Hammond
- Goin' Back Home Today - Willie Baker
- Uncle Sam Blues - Pinebluff Pete
- Harlem Women - Hank Kilroy
- Don't Want Me Blues - Pete McKinley
- Broke And Hungry - Hop Wilson
- I Don't Know Why - Nat Terry
- Boogie - Boogie Bill Webb


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 77150 (UK 2012)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 234, 260, 345, 421
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 769-770
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 399-400
- Paul Oliver: Conversation with the Blues.- London (The Jazz Book Club) 1967
- Mike Rowe: Chicago Blues - The City and the Music.- New York (Da Capo Paperback) 1975, first published in 1973 as "Chicago Breakdown"
- http://www.ckua.com/10/03/10/1953-WILLIE-NIX-78-ON-SABRE-/landing.html?blockID=323852&feedID=7648
- http://www.boija.com/skivor/presun/presun.htm
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Ray Templeton and Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva for additional info / scans

 

Willie Nix and his band ('Satchel Paige', saxophone; Jerry McConkle, guitar [seated at piano]; Joe Willie Wilkins, guitar; Willie Nix, drums / vocals; unidentified musician seated at drums; Billy Adolph Duncan, saxophone); source: Postcard from postcard book by Stephen C. LaVere (Pomegranate Artbooks 1989, revised 1993); 'photograph courtesy Patty Nix'; click to enlarge!
Willie Nix and his band: "Satchel Paige", saxophone; Jerry McConkle, guitar [seated at piano];
Joe Willie Wilkins, guitar; Willie Nix, drums / vocals; unidentified musician seated at drums;
Billy Adolph Duncan, saxophone

source: Postcard from postcard book by Stephen C. LaVere (Pomegranate Artbooks 1989, revised 1993)
"photograph courtesy Patty Nix"

 

Joe Willie Wilkins and W I L L I E   N I X; Blues Unlimited # 120 (1976), p. 6; ('courtesy Steve La Vere'); click to enlarge!
Joe Willie Wilkins and Willie Nix
source: Blues Unlimited # 120 (1976), p. 6
("courtesy Steve La Vere")

 

 

 

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