Illustrated Buster Pickens discography

B U S T E R P I C K E N S; source: Paul Oliver: The Story of the Blues, p. 139
source: Paul Oliver: The Story of the Blues, p. 139
watch the typical forehead quiff! 'Buster' Pickens
Edwin Goodwin Pickens
b. June 3, 1916 in Hempstead, Texas
d. November 24, 1964 in Houston, Texas
discography
source: Front cover of Heritage HLP 1008

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	1948	PERRY CAIN SKIPPY BROWN EDWIN PICKENS - All The Way From Texas (A) @ youtube @ Spotify - Cry, Cry (B) rec. c. January 13, 1948 in Houston, TX; Perry Cain, voc, g; Edwin Pickens, p; Skippy Brown, b Gold Star 632
2	1948	PERRY CAIN - My Heart Belongs To You (A) @ soundcloud - Big Timing Grandma (B) @ soundcloud rec. late 1948 in Houston, TX; Perry Cain, voc, g; Nathaniel Haskins, Ed Wiley, ts; Buster Pickens, p; Skippy Brown, b; Ben Turner, dr more info Freedom 1200
3	1950	BILL HAYES and his orchestra - I Want To Cry (2039) # - Highway 75 (2057) rec. 1950 in Houston, TX; Bill Hayes, as; # Perry Cain, voc; Ed Wiley, ts; Buster Pickens, p; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, dr Sittin In With 551
4	1950	BILL HAYES - I'm Sorry I Was Reckless (With Your Heart) (2051) # @ soundcloud - South Texas Blues (2060) @ Spotify rec. 1950 in Houston, TX; Bill Hayes, as; # Perry Cain, voc; Ed Wiley, ts; Buster Pickens, p; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, dr Sittin In With 560
5	1950	GOREE CARTER - Jumpin' At Jeffs' (2058) # - True Love Is Hard To Find (2092) [] @ Spotify rec. 1950 in Houston, TX; # Bill Hayes, as; Ed Wiley, ts; Buster Pickens, p; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, dr [although credited to Goree Carter, this track doesn't feature him] [] rec. 1949/50 in Houston, TX; Goree Carter, voc, g; with tp; Henry Hayes, as; Ed Wiley, ts; Willie Johnson, p; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, dr Sittin In With 572
		Bill Hayes & His Band (vocal by Goree Carter) - I'm Just Another Fool (2089) @ youtube - If It's True What They Tell Me (2090) @ youtube rec. 1950 in Houston, TX; Goree Carter, voc, g; Henry Hayes, as; Ed Wiley, ts; Buster Pickens / Willie Johnson, p; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, dr Jade 211 = Jax 211
		- Hurry Home Baby (2052) # @ soundcloud - Found A New Love rec. 1950 in Houston, TX; Bill Hayes, as; Perry Cain, voc; Ed Wiley, ts; Buster Pickens, p; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, dr SIW/Jade unissued # DCC ZS-159
6	1950	TEXAS ALEXANDER and Benton's Busy Bees - Bottoms Blues (1604) @ youtube - Crossroads (1605) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. 1950 in Houston, TX; Alger "Texas" Alexander, voc; Buster Pickens, p; Leon Benton, g Freedom 1538
7	1951	BILL HAYES and Band - My Baby Loves Me So (2050) # @ Spotify - I've Done Everything For You (2230) [] rec. 1949/50 in Houston, TX; Bill Hayes, as; # Perry Cain, voc; [] J. Haines, voc; Ed Wiley, ts; Buster Pickens, p; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, dr Jade 204
8	1953	J.D. EDWARDS - Hobo (IM583) @ youtube - Crying (IM581) @ youtube rec. May 27, 1953 in Houston, TX; J.D. Edwards, voc, g; prob. Buster Pickens, p; Lightnin' Hopkins, g; dr Imperial 5245
		- Playboy Blues (IM582) # @ youtube - Cold In The Evening (IM584) * @ youtube rec. May 27, 1953 in Houston, TX; J.D. Edwards, voc, g; prob. Buster Pickens, p; Lightnin' Hopkins, g; dr Imperial unissued # Imperial LM 94006 * Imperial LM 94001
9	1960	Various unidentified Texas, New York and British Artists: The Unexpurgated Folk Songs Of Men - The Ring-A-Rang-A-Roo - Keeper Of The Eddystone Light - Mamie Had A Baby - Cocaine Bill And Morphine Sue - Take A Whiff On Me - The Bastard King Of England - No Balls At All - Barnacle Bill The Sailor - Big Jim Folsom - Cristoforo Columbo - Monk Of Priory Hall - Hootchy Kootchy Dance - Always In The Hallway - Merry Cuckold - In Crawled One-Hung-Low - Who Stole My Beer? - Dicky Dido - Shine And The Titanic - You Be Kind To Me [Mance Lipscomb] - Boar Hog Blues [~~Buster Pickens~~ Texas Alexander] - Grubbing Hoe - Uncle Bud - The Girl I Left Behind Me - There's A Skeeter - Stavin' Chain [Mance Lipscomb] - You Got Good Business [Buster Pickens] - Dirty Dozens [Lightnin' Hopkins] - Limericks - Ball Of Kirriemuir - Change The Name Of Arkansas collected 1959 by Robert 'Mack' McCormick first issued with no label name ('ufsom' being the master name printed on the label) 12-pp. booklet Raglan R 51 = Arhoolie LP 4006 [according to 1976 Arhoolie catalog]
	1960	A Treasury Of Field Recordings Vol. 1 Traditional Music And Song 77 LA 12-2 track sequence: Harry Stephens - The Streets Of Laredo Jimmy Womack - Talking Blues Jimmy Womack - The Jealous Lover Harry Burton and Group - Yellow Gal Andrew Everett - KC Ain't Nothing But A Rag Ed Badeaux - The Waitress And The Sailor Lightnin' Hopkins - Corrine, Corrina # Mrs. Melton - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett IC Forest & Gozy Kilpatrick - Crying Won't Make Me Stay Dudley Alexander Washboard Band - Baby Please Don't Go Dennis Gainus - You Gonna Look Like A Monkey @ youtube Jim Wilkie - Bad Lee Brown Pete Rose - Sand Mountain Blues Linna Belle Hafti - Soldier Will You Marry Me Joel Hopkins - Good Times Here, Better Down The Road * @ youtube John Lomax Jr. - The Grey Goose @ youtube Andrew Everett - Hello Central, Give Me 209 John Q Anderson - The Miller Boy George Coleman [= Bongo Joe] - After Hours Improvisation @ youtube Joseph Johnson, R G Williams & Group - Shake It Mister Gater Grover Dickson and Group - Grizzly Bear Candid CJM 8026 track sequence: Harry Stephens - The Streets Of Laredo Jimmy Womack - Talking Blues Jimmy Womack - The Jealous Lover Harry Burton and Group - Yellow Gal Andrew Everett - KC Ain't Nothing But A Rag Ed Badeaux - The Waitress And The Sailor Lightnin' Hopkins - Corrine, Corrina # Mrs. Melton - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett John Q Anderson - The Miller Boy R.C. Forest & Gozy Kilpatrick - Crying Won't Make Me Stay Dudley Alexander Washboard Band - Baby Please Don't Go Dennis Gainus - You Gonna Look Like A Monkey Jim Wilkie - Bad Lee Brown Pete Rose - Sand Mountain Blues Linna Belle Hafti - Soldier Will You Marry Me Joel Hopkins - Good Times Here, Better Down The Road * John Lomax Jr. - The Grey Goose Andrew Everett - Hello Central, Give Me 209 Edwin Pickens - Blues In The Bottom \|\| [actually not included, following George Coleman title instead !] George Coleman [= Bongo Joe] - After Hours Improvisation (p instr) Joseph Johnson, R G Williams & Group - Shake It Mister Gater Grover Dickson and Group - Grizzly Bear collected by members of the Houston Folklore Group (Harold Belikoff, Ed Badeaux, Pete Seeger, Chester Bower, John Lomax, Jr., Mack McCormick) and compiled by Mack McCormick # rec. July 13, 1959 in Houston, TX by Mack McCormick; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g * rec. June 12, 1959 in Dickinson, TX by Mack McCormick; Joel Hopkins, voc, g \|\| rec. August 17, 1960 in Houston, TX by Chris Strachwitz, Mack McCormick & Paul Oliver 17 pp. notes by Mack McCormick 77 LA 12-2 (UK 1960) notes by Mack McCormick (=) Candid CJM 8026 (US 1962) "Treasury of Field Recording" [Cadence subsidiary label] [= CJM 8025 / CJS 9025 ??? 9025 is Otis Spann: Walking The Blues; 9026 is Charles Mingus: Reincarnation Of A Lovebird !!!] 77 Records discography Lightnin' Hopkins discography Joel Hopkins discography
10	1962	Buster Pickens Heritage HLP 1008 / Flyright LP 536 - Santa Fe Train # - Rock Island Blues # - Ain't Nobody's Business # - Colorado Springs Blues # - She Caught The L & N (instr) # - Remember Me # - Women In Chicago [] - The Ma Grinder No. 2 * @ youtube - You Better Stop Your Woman (From Tickling Me Under The Chin) * - Jim Nappy [] - Mountain Jack # - D.B.A. Blues # - Hattie Green # - Backdoor Blues # - Santa Fe Blues # Document DOCD-5698 Texas Alexander (believed to be vocalist) - Boar Hog Blues [Raglan R 51] Edwin Goodwin " Buster" Pickens - You Got Good Business [Raglan R 51] - Santa Fe Train # - Rock Island Blues # - Ain't Nobody's Business # - Colorado Springs Blues # - She Caught The L & N # - Remember Me # - Mountain Jack # - D.B.A. Blues # - Hattie Green # - Backdoor Blues # - Santa Fe Blues # - The Ma Grinder No. 2 * - You Better Stop Your Woman (From Tickling Me Under The Chin) * - Jim Nappy [] - Women In Chicago [] rec. in Houston, TX; Edwin Goodwin Pickens, voc, p # rec. August 9, 1960 by Chris Strachwitz * rec. August 17, 1960 by Mack McCormick [] rec. May 4, 1961 by Mack McCormick sessions organized by Paul Oliver for the Blues Reseach and Recording Project notes by Paul Oliver Heritage HLP 1008 (UK 1962) notes (1962) by Paul Oliver = Flyright LP 536 (UK 1977) 12-pp. booklet by Jeff Harris (=) Document DOCD-5698 (UK 2013) Heritage Records discography Flyright Records discography
		- Barrelhouse Man - Back Door Blues - Ma Grinder - Shorty George - Stagolee - Four Ten Blues - No Name Rag rec. August 9, 1960 in Houston, TX by Chris Strachwitz unissued
		- Raise Your Window - The Cows - Back Water Blues - Shortie George - Hattie Green - Stavin' Chain - How Long, How Long - The Cows rec. August 17, 1960 in Houston, TX by Mack McCormick unissued
		- Piggly Wiggly - 44 Blues - Handsome Stranger - I've Got A Beautiful Woman rec. August 3/4, 1961 in Houston, TX unissued
11	196?	Texas Blues - The Early '50s Smokey Hogg - Penitentiary Blues - Penitentiary Blues, part 2 Mercy Dee - Lonesome Cabin Blues Frankie Lee Sims - Lucy Mae Blues John Hogg - West Texas Blues - Black Snake Blues Frankie Lee Sims - I'm Long, Long Gone Buddy Chiles - Mistreated Blues Anonymous [Mance Lipscomb] - Tom Moore's Farm L.C. Williams - Trying, Trying Texas Alexander # - Crossroads [Freedom 1538] L.C. Williams - Hole In The Wall Lightning Hopkins - Late In The Evening # Texas Alexander, voc; Buster Pickens, p; Leon Benton, g (as "Benton's Busy Bees") Blues Classics BC 16 Blues Classics discography
		- Prison Farm Blues - Worried Life Blues - Happy Blues For John Glenn - part 1 - Happy Blues For John Glenn - part 2 - Sinner's Prayer - Angel Child - I Got A Leak In This Old Building - Pneumonia Blues - Have You Ever Been Mistreated rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr Bluesville Bluesville 45-820 Bluesville 45-822 Prestige 45-391 Prestige 45-452 Bluesville BV 1057 Bluesville BV 1061 Bluesville BV 1070 Bluesville BV 1084 Prestige PR 7592 Prestige PR 7714
12	1962	Lightnin' Hopkins: Walkin' This Road By Myself - Walkin' This Road By Myself - Black Gal - How Many More Years... - Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes - Worried Life Blues # - Happy Blues For John Glenn # - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Devil Jumped The Black Man - Coffee Blues - Black Cadillac # rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr Bluesville 1057 = Ace CH 256 (1988) = Ace CH 409 (along with BVLP 1061 and BVLP 1070) "How Many More Years I Got" = Fantasy FCD-24725-2 = Ace CD CHD 930 (along with BVLP 1045) = Prestige/Bluesville 4406 The Complete Prestige/ Bluesville Recordings 7 CD set Bluesville Records discography
13	1962	Lightnin' Hopkins - Happy Blues For John Glenn - part 1 - Happy Blues For John Glenn - part 2 rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr Bluesville 45-820
14	1963	Lightnin' Hopkins: Lightnin' and co. - Sinner's Prayer # - Angel Child # - The Fox Chase - I Got A Leak In This Old Building # - You Is One Black Rat - My Baby Don't Stand No Cheating - Pneumonia # - Mama Blues - Mojo Hand - Have You Ever Been Mistreated # # rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr Bluesville BV 1061 = Ace CH 409 (along with BVLP 1057 and BVLP 1070) "How Many More Years I Got" = Fantasy FCD-24725-2< = Prestige/Bluesville 4406 The Complete Prestige/ Bluesville Recordings 7 CD set Bluesville Records discography
15	196?	Lightnin' Hopkins - Sinner's Prayer - Angel Child rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr Bluesville 45-822
16	1963	Lightnin' Hopkins: Smokes Like Lightning - T Model Blues - Jackstropper Blues - You Cook All Right, My Black Name - You Never Miss Your Water - Let's Do the Susie-Q - Ida Mae - Smokes Like Lightning - Prison Farm Blues # # rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr notes by Mack McCormick Bluesville 1070 = OBCCD-551-2 = Ace CH 409 (along with BVLP 1057 and BVLP 1061)" How Many More Years I Got" = Fantasy FCD-24725-2 = Prestige/Bluesville 4406 The Complete Prestige/ Bluesville Recordings 7 CD set
17	1965	Conversation With The Blues A Documentary of Field Recordings by Paul Oliver LP tracks: Boogie Woogie Red - So Much Good Feeling (spoken, with own piano) Willie Thomas - A Little Different spoken James Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - Kill That Nigger Dead (Cage, vocal and fiddle; Thomas, vocal and guitar) Lil' Son Jackson - The Onliest Way (spoken) J.B. Lenoir - My Father's Style (guitar solo) J.B. Lenoir - So It Rocked On (spoken) J.B. Lenoir - Move To Kansas City (vocal and own guitar) Otis Spann - When She Comes Back (spoken) Otis Spann - Poor Country Boy (vocal, with own piano) Lightnin' Hopkins - Ain't No Easy Thing (spoken) Mance Lipscomb - Evil Heart Blues (vocal and own piano) Blind Arvella Gray - A Roughneck (spoken) Roosevelt Sykes - West Helena Blues (vocal and guitar) Will Shade - Days Of Nineteen-Hundred (spoken) Will Shade - Newport News Blues (vocal and own guitar) Whistling Alex Moore - Chock House Days (spoken) Whistling Alex Moore - Come and Get Me (vocal and own piano) Brother John Sellers - Move Back For What? (spoken) J. B. Lenoir - I Been Down So Long (vocal and own guitar) Jasper Love - Santa Fé Blues (vocal and piano) John Lee Hooker - Somewhere Down The Line (spoken) Robert Curtis Smith - I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change (vocal and own guitar) Otis Spann - Only Places They Can Go (spoken) Otis Spann - People Calls Me Lucky (vocal and own piano) Henry Townsend - What Have I Committed (spoken) James Butch Cage - Tween Midnight And Day (vocal and own guitar) Little Brother Montgomery - Walking Basses (spoken) Little Brother Montgomery - Dud Low Joe (piano solo) Little Brother Montgomery - It's A Barrelhouse Blues (spoken) [] Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues (vocal with piano) Little Brother Montgomery - They Beat Me To Chicago (spoken) [] Roosevelt Sykes - They All Called Him 'Pork Chops' (spoken) Roosevelt Sykes - Forty-Four Blues (vocal and own piano) Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - Doctor Clayton And Me (spoken) [] Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - Take A Little Walk With Me (vocal with own electric guitar, with Sunnyland Slim, piano) [] Edwin Buster Pickens - To Have The Blues Within (spoken) # Mance Lipscomb - Blues In The Bottle (vocal and own guitar) CD tracks: - So Much Good Feeling - Boogie Woogie Red - A Little Different - Willie Thomas - Kill That Nigger Dead - James "Butch" Cage & Willie Thomas - The Onliest Way - Lil Son Jackson - My Father's Style / So It Rocked On / Move To Kansas City - J.B. Lenoir - When She Come Back / Poor Country Boy - Otis Spann - Ain't No Easy Thing - Lightnin' Hopkins - Evil Heart Blues - Mance Lipscomb - A Roughneck - Blind Arvella Gray - West Helena Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Days of 1900 / Newport News Blues - Will Shade - Chock House Days / Come and Get Me - Whistling Alex Moore - Move Back! For What? - Brother John Sellers - Been Down So Long - J.B. Lenoir - A Place They Call Boots' - James "Stump" Johnson [] - Henry Brown Blues - Henry Brown [] - They Called Us Gandy Dancers / Work Songs / John Henry - Blind Arvella Gray with Blind James Brewer [] - Santa Fe Train - Edward "Buster" Pickens # - Most Reason I Sing - Robert Curtis Smith - Santa Fe Blues - Jasper Love - Somewhere Down The Line - John Lee Hooker - I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change - Robert Curtis Smith - Only Places They Can Go / People Call Me Lucky - Otis Spann - What Have I Committed? - Henry Townsend - 'Tween Midnight And Day - James "Butch" Cage - Walking Basses / Dud Low Joe / The First Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - They Call Him "Pork Chops" / Forty-Four Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Blues In The Bottle - Mance Lipscomb - To Have The Blues Within - Edward "Buster" Pickens # - Colorado Springs Blues - Edwin "Buster" Pickens # [] # rec. July 14, 1960 in Chicago, IL; LP resp. CD accompanying Paul Oliver's book by the same title [] = not on LP resp. CD !!! Decca LK 4664 2nd ed. (1997) of book (with enclosed CD)
18	1968	Saturday Night Function - Rural Blues, Vol. 2 Papa Lightfoot - When The Saints Go Marchin' In [Imperial unissued] Snooks Eaglin - Travelin' Mood Boogie Bill Webb - I Ain't For It Clifton Chenier - Country Bred Slim Harpo - A Man Is Crying J.D. Edwards - Cold In The Evening [Imperial unissued] Boozoo Chavis - Paper In My Shoe Papa Lightfoot - Wine Women Whiskey [Imperial 5289] Snooks Eaglin - See See Rider Boogie Bill Webb - Love Me Mama Clifton Chenier - Just A Lonely Boy Slim Harpo - Something Inside Me J.D. Edwards - Crying [Imperial 5245] Boozoo Chavis - Boozoo Stomp notes by Pete Welding Imperial LM-94001 notes by Pete Welding = Liberty LBL 83214E notes by Pete Welding (=) Beat Goes On BGOCD 384 (UK 1998; along with Imperial LM-94000) "Rural Blues, Volumes 1&2" (remastered)
19	1968	Down Home Stomp - Rural Blues, Vol. 3 Papa Lightfoot - Jump The Boogie [Imperial unissued] - Mean Ol Train [Imperial 5289] Boogie Bill Webb - Boogie - Bad Dog J.D. Edwards - Playboy Blues [Imperial unissued] - Hobo [Imperial 5245] Lowell Fulsom - Stormin' And Rainin' Roosevelt Sykes - Hush Oh Hush - I'm Tired Manny Nichols - No One To Love Me Country Jim - Sad And Lonely Lil' Son Jackson - Rock And Rollin' # 2 - Sad Letter Blues Imperial LM-94006 inner gatefold notes by Pete Welding Imperial LM-94006 notes by Pete Welding = Liberty LBL 83329 notes by Pete Welding = Beat Goes On BGOCD 464 (UK 1999, remastered)
20	1969	Lightnin' Hopkins: His Greatest Hits - The Walkin' Blues - Back To New Orleans - Last Night Blues - Hard To Love A Woman - Wake Up Old Lady - Sinner's Prayer # - Angel Child # - Business You're Doin' - Mojo Hand - Got To Move Your Baby # rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p; Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr notes by Francis Squibb Bluesville BV 1084 (1969) = Prestige PR/PRT-7592 (1972) "Lightnin' Hopkins' Greatest Hits!" = Prestige/Bluesville 4406 The Complete Prestige/ Bluesville Recordings 7 CD set Bluesville Records discography
21	19??	Lightnin' Hopkins - Sinner's Prayer # - Got To Move Your Baby (2624) * # rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr * rec. October 26, 1960 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Sonny Terry, hca; Leonard Gaskin, b; Belton Evans, dr "taken from [Bluesville] BV 1084" Prestige 45-391
22	197?	The Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins And Texas Blues Band - Happy Blues For John Glenn # - Worried Life Blues # - I Got A Leak In This Old Building # - Walking This Road By Myself - The Devil Jumped The Black Man - Pneumonia Blues # - Ida Mae - Prison Farm Blues # # rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr Prestige PR 7714
23	197?	Lightnin' Hopkins - Mama Blues * - Pneumonia Blues # * rec. February 17, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Billy Bizor, voc, g; Spider Kilpatrick, dr # rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr Prestige 45-452
24	1990	Texas Alexander Vol. 4 1934-50 Complete Recordings In Chronological Order - Blues In My Mond (Sa-2158-A) - Mistreatin' Woman (Sa-2159-A) - Polo Blues (Sa-2160-A) - Normangee Blues (Sa-2161-A) - Worried Blues (Sa-2162-A) - Prairie Dog Hole Blues (Sa-2163-A) - Justice Blues (Fw-1130-1) - Katy Crossing Blues (Fw-1131-1) - Lonesome Blues (Fw-1132-1) - Lonesome Valley Blues (Fw-1133-1) - One Morning Blues (Fw-1134-1) - Deceitful Blues (Fw-1136-1) - Easy Rider Blues (Fw-1138-1) - Good Feelin' Blues (Fw-1139-1) - Bottom's Blues [Freedom 1538] - Crossroads [Freedom 1538] notes by Paul Oliver Matchbox MSE-224 Matchbox Records discography
25	1991	Lightnin' Hopkins: The Complete Prestige/Bluesville Recordings disc 1: - Rocky Mountain - Got To Move Your Baby - So Sorry To Leave You - Take A Trip With Me - Last Night Blues - Lightnin's Stroke - Hard To Love A Woman - Conversation Blues - Automobile Blues - You Better Watch Yourself - Mean Old Frisco - Shinin' Moon - Come Back Baby - Thinkin' 'bout An Old Friend - The Walkin' Blues - Back To New Orleans - Katie Mae - Down There Baby disc 2: - Black Gal - Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes - Good Morning Little School Girl - Coffee Blues - Buddy Brown's Blues (98 Degree Blues) - Wine Spodee-O-Dee - Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On - DC-7 - Death Bells - Goin' To Dallas To See My Pony Run - Jailhouse Blues - Blues In The Bottle - Beans, Beans, Beans - Catfish Blues - My Grandpa Is Old Too! - T Model Blues - Jackstropper Blues - You Cook All Right - You Never Miss Your Water - Let's Do The Suzie Q - Smokes Like Lightning disc 3: - How Many More Years I Got To Let You Dog Me Around - Black Cadillac - Walkin' This Road By Myself - The Devil Jumped The Black Man - My Baby Don't Stand No Cheating - You Is One Black Rat - Fox Chase, The - Mojo Hand - Mama Blues - My Black Name - Ida Mae - Prison Farm Blues # - Worried Life Blues # - Happy Blues For John Glenn # - Sinner's Prayer # - Angel Child # - I Got A Leak In This Old Building # - Pneumonia Blues # - Have You Ever Been Mistreated # disc 4: - Blues Is A Feeling - Me And Ray Charles - In The Evening - Ain't It Crazy - Last Night I Lost The Best Friend I Ever Had - Everything - I Work Down On The Chain Gang - Meet Me In The Bottom - Business You're Doin' - Wake Up Old Lady - Stranger Here - Don't Embarrass Me, Baby - Little Sister's Boogie - Goin' Away - You Better Stop Her - I'm Wit' It - Let's Go Sit On The Lawn - I Woke Up This Morning disc 5: - Baby, Please Don't Go - (previously unissued) - My Black Cadillac - (previously unissued) - It's Crazy - (previously unissued) - Mojo Hand - (previously unissued) - My Babe - (previously unissued) - Short Haired Woman - (previously unissued) - Mean Old Frisco - (previously unissued) - Trouble In Mind - (previously unissued) - Twister, The - (previously unissued) - Green Onion - (previously unissued) - Sun Goin' Down - (previously unissued) - Come Go Home With Me - (previously unissued) - I'm A Stranger - (previously unissued) - I Got Tired - I Like To Boogie - I Asked The Bossman - I'm Taking A Devil Of A Chance - Just A Wristwatch On My Arm disc 6: - I Was Standing On 75 Highway - Get It Straight - I'm Going To Build Me A Heaven Of My Own - My Babe - Too Many Drivers - I'm A Crawling Black Snake - Rocky Mountain Blues - I Mean Goodbye - The Howling Wolf - Black Ghost Blues - Darling, Do You Remember Me? - Lonesome Graveyard - I Don't Want To Do Nothing To You - You Is One Black Rat - Got Nowhere To Lay My Head - Just Boogyin' - Take Me Back - I Was Down On Dowling Street disc 7: - I Growed Up With The Blues - My Family - I Learn About The Blues - I First Come Into Houston - I Meet Texas Alexander - They Was Hard Times - I Do My First Record And Get My Name - My Thoughts On The Blues his complete output for the Prestige and Bluesville labels in the period between 1960 and 1964, including 13 tracks from a previously unreleased 1963 Swarthmore College concert # with Buster Pickens, p 7 CD set notes by Samuel Charters Prestige/Bluesville 4406
26	1992	Texas Blues Bill Quinn's Gold Star Recordings Buddy Chiles - Jet Black Woman Leroy Ervin - Blue, Black, And Evil - Rock Island Blues Lee Hunter - Back To Santa Fe Lil' Son Jackson - Bad Whiskey Bad Women - Cairo Blues - Evil Blues - Freedom Train Blues - Gambling Blues - Gone With The Wind - Ground Hog Blues - Homeless Blues - No Money No Love - Roberta Blues Andy Thomas - Angel Child L. C. Williams - Black Woman - Boogie All The Time - Hole In The Wall - I Won't Be Here Long - Strike Blues - Trying Trying - You Can't Take It With You Baby - You Never Miss The Water Perry Cain - All The Way From Texas [Gold Star 632] # # with Buster Pickens, p includes all of Arhoolie LP 2006 ("Texas Blues Vol. 1") plus several previously unreleased selections Arhoolie CD 352
27	1994	Texas Alexander Vol. 3 1930-1950 Complete Recordings In Chronological Order - Last Stage Blues - Stealing To Her Man - She's So Fair - Rolling And Stumbling Blues - Frost Texas Tornado Blues - Texas Troublesome Blues - Blues In My Mind - Mistreatin' Woman - Polo Blues - Normangee Blues - Worried Blues - Prairie Dog Hole Blues - Justice Blues - Katy Crossing Blues - Lonesome Blues - Lonesome Valley Blues - One Morning Blues - Deceitful Blues - Easy Rider Blues - Good Feelin' Blues - Bottoms Blues [Freedom 1538] - Cross Roads [Freedom 1538] notes (reprinted from Matchbox MSE-224) by Paul Oliver Document MBCD-2003
28	1998	The Real Blues Brothers Volume 2 Brownie McGhee - Ease My Worried Mind Hubert Sumlin - Late In The Evening Rosco Gordon - What You Got On Your Mind? Charles Brantley - Boogie Me Baby Lightnin' Hopkins - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Champion Jack Dupree - Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door Connie McBooker - Rich Woman Blues I.C. Williams - Lazy J. Sonny Terry - Crying Blues Perry Cain - Reckless Lightnin' Jr. And The Empires - Ragged And Hungry Goree Carter - Bull Corn The Roosevelts - Jitterbug Special Teddy Reynolds - Suicide Blues Lightnin' Hopkins - Worried Life Blues The Roosevelts - Coon Can Annie Perry Cain - Hurry Home Baby Clayton and The Dreamers - I Wonder Harmony Kings - Search Me Lord DCC Compact Classics ZS-159
29	199?	Savage Kick : Vol. 7 Billy Garner - Little School Girl J.D. Edwards - Hobo [Imperial 5245] The Barons - Who's In The Shack Arthur Gunter - We're Gonna Shake Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil Little Johnny Jones - Hoy Hoy Jessie Hill - Oogsey Moo Bobby Long - Jersey City Louisiana Red - Ride On Red, Ride On Junior Wells - Little By Little Harold Burrage - She Knocks Me Out Champion Jack Dupree - Nasty Boogie Vincent Francks - Vincent's Blues Little Sonny (Sonny Warner with Big Jay McNeely) - ...Back...Shack...Trac Little Sonny - Ride With Me The Idols - The Prowler Savage Kick SK-507 (UK)
30	2009	Stompin' Vol. 16 Honey Brown - Lonesome And Mistreated Piney "Kokomo" Brown & His Blue Flashes - Talking About You Sammy Cotton - We're Gonna Ball This Mornin' H-Bomb Ferguson - I Love My Baby Les Harris - 96 Lbs. Bill Hayes & His Orchestra - Highway 75 [Sittin In With 551] Cliff Holland - Don't Ever Trust A Woman Al Jackson - It Ain't Gonna Be Like That Willie Johnson - Love Me 'Til Dawn Oliver Jones - What I Say? Eddie Mack - Key Hole Blues Bumps Myers - I'm Clappin' And Shoutin' Bumps Myers - I'm Telling You Baby Jimmy Preston & Burnetta Evans - Oh Babe! Clara Streat - Holey Boogie Roosevelt Sykes - Sputnik Baby Rufus Thomas - Crazy About You, Baby Rufus Thomas - No More Dogging Around Iona Wade - Why Don't You Tell Me So? Crown Prince Waterford - Eating Watermelon Crown Prince Waterford - Love Awhile Bob Williams - Talk To Me Stompin' CD 316 Stompin' Records discography
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources:
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 6, 81, 86, 203, 231, 442-443
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 101, 176, 242
- Freedom 1538 label picture from Blues Unlimited 126 (1977), p. 7 (given a little colour/color by Stefan Wirz)
- Paul Oliver: The Story Of The Blues.- New York (Penguin Books) 1969 (repr. 1978), p. 139
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Paul Duvivie and Michael Hortig for additional info / scans

Dietrich Wawzyn: On The Road Again 1963 - Down Home Blues, Jazz, Gospel and More.- Filmed on Location 1963

Buster Pickens 1963
source: Screen capture from Dietrich Wawzyn: On The Road Again 1963 - Down Home Blues, Jazz, Gospel and More.- Filmed on Location 1963

short biography

Buster Pickens appears in film "Blues Like Showers of Rain"
An introduction to the world of Country Blues through historic photographs and field recordings
Performers: Arvella Gray, Otis Spann, J.B. Lenoir, Little Brother Montgomery, Willie Thomas, Edwin Buster Pickens, Billie Pierce, Wade Walton, Robert Curtis Smith, Lonnie Johnson, Henry Townsend, Sunnyland Slim, Robert Lockwood, Sam Lightnin' Hopkins, James Butch Cage, James Brewer, St. Louis Jimmy, Charles Love, Sam Price, James Stump Johnson, Speckled Red.
30 min. Video