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Only known photo of Dan Pickett. From left: Alex Griffen, Mary Griffen, Betty Jean Griffen, Dan Pickett, and Nancy Griffen (ca. 1950), Albertville, Alabama. Collection of Axel Küstner, courtesy of Betty Jean Griffen; source: Oxford American Music Issue 71 (12th Annual Southern Music Issue: Music of Alabama) (2011), p. 67Only known photo of Dan Pickett
from left: Alex Griffen, Mary Griffen, Betty Jean Griffen, Dan Pickett, and Nancy Griffen
(ca. 1950), Albertville, Alabama. Collection of Axel Küstner, courtesy of Betty Jean Griffen

source: Oxford American Music Issue 71 (12th Annual Southern Music Issue: Music of Alabama) (2011), p. 67

 

Dan Pickett
real name: James Founty
b. August 31, 1907 in Pike County, Alabama
d. August 16, 1967 in Boaz, Marshall County, Alabama

buried at Old Albertville Cemetery in Albertville, Marshall County, Alabama
discography

Dan Pickett 78 rpm / EP / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
title / label # / notes
11950Dan Pickett

- Laughing Rag (DP1)   @ Spotify
- That's Grieving Me (DP2)   @ Spotify

rec. August 23, 1949 in Philadelphia, PA; Dan Pickett, voc, g


Gotham 201

21950Dan Pickett

- Baby How Long (DP3)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- You Got To Do Better (DP4)   @ Spotify

rec. August 23, 1949 in Philadelphia, PA; Dan Pickett, voc, g


Gotham 242 [542]

31951Dan Pickett

- Ride To A Funeral In A V8 (DP5)   @ youtube
- Early One Morning (DP6)   @ youtube

rec. August 23, 1949 in Philadelphia, PA; Dan Pickett, voc, g


Gotham 510

41951Dan Pickett

- Something's Gone Wrong (DP7)   @ Spotify
- Chicago Blues (DP8)   @ Spotify

rec. August 23, 1949 in Philadelphia, PA; Dan Pickett, voc, g


Gotham 512

51951Dan Pickett

- Number Writer (DP10) #   @ Spotify
- Lemon Man (DP9)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. August 23, 1949 in Philadelphia, PA; Dan Pickett, voc, g; # 2nd unknown g (maybe Tampa Red?)


Gotham 516

   

- Laughing Blues (tk 2)
- Number Writer (tk 1)   @ Spotify
- Decoration Day   @ Spotify
- Drivin' That Thing   @ youtube
- Drivin' That Thing (alt tk)   @ Spotify
- 99 1/2 Won't Do   @ youtube
- Baby Don't You Want To Go   @ youtube
- I Can Shake It   @ Spotify

- I'm Going Back With Jesus °°
- I Can Buy It (The Stuff Is Here) °°

rec. August 23, 1949 in Philadelphia, PA; Dan Pickett, voc, g

°° listed in Gotham files, but not yet found

Gotham unissued

Krazy Kat KK 811
Collectables VCL 5311
JSP JSPCD 7753

61965Blues Classics Volume 2

Bayless Rose
- Frisco Blues
Frank Stokes
- I Got Mine
Joe Williams
- I'm Getting Wild About Her
Bukka White
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
- Good Gin Blues
Frank Stokes
- How Long
Bobo Jenkins
- Democrat Blues
Blind Norris
- Sundown Blues

Scrapper Blackwell
- Rambling Blues
Pinetop Slim
- Applejack Boogie
Milton Sparks
- Erie Train Blues
Blind Boy Fuller
- Rag Mama Rag

Dan Pickett
- Baby, How Long [Gotham 242]
Frank Edwards
- Terraplane Blues
- We Got To Get Together
Johnny Shines
- Ramblin'



Blues Classics BC 6

Blues Classics discography

71966Eastern And Gulf Coast States

Dan Pickett
- Ride To A Funeral In A V8 [Gotham 510]
- Early One Morning [Gotham 510]
John Lee
- Babys Blues
- Down At The Depot
- Alabama Boogie
Doug Quattlebaum
- Don't Be Funny Baby
Skoodle Dum Doo & Shefield
- Gas Ration Blues
- Tampa Blues

Leroy Dallas
- I'm Down Now But I Won't Be Down Always
- Your Sweet Mans Blues
Country Paul
- Mother Dear Mother
Blues King
- Me And My Baby
- Good Boy
Curley Weaver
- My Babys Gone
Julius King
- If You See My Lover
- I Want A Slice Of Your Puddin'



The Post War Blues PWB 3 (UK 1966)

PWB discography

81969Blind Boy Fuller On Down Vol. 2
16 tracks in the Fuller tradition

Julius Daniels
- Crow Jane Blues
Blind Boy Fuller
- Walking And Looking Blues
- Working Man Blues
Buddy Moss
- Tricks Ain't Walking No More
Blind Gary Davis
- Cruel And Evil Woman Blues
- I'm Throwing Up My Head
Bull City Red
- Mississippi River
- Pick And Shovel Blues

Sonny Jones
- Love Me With A Feeling
- Dough Roller
Blind Boy Fuller No. 2 [Brownie McGhee]
- Got To Find My Little Woman
- I'm A Black Woman's Man
Sleepy Joe's Washboard Band [Ralph Willis]
- Mama, Mama Blues
Jammin' Jim [Edward P. Harris aka Carolina Slim]
- Shake Boogie

Dan Pickett
- Lemon Man [Gotham 516]
Curley Weaver
- Trixie


notes by David Harrison

Matchbox/Saydisc SDR 168 (UK 1969)

91971/72?Dan Pickett

- Something's Gone Wrong [Gotham 512]
- Chicago Blues [Gotham 512]
- You Got To Be Better [Gotham 242]

- That's Grieving Me [Gotham 201]
- Lemon Man [Gotham 516]
- Number Writer [Gotham 516]


XX MIN 710 (UK 1971/72?)

XX discography

10197?Something Gone Wrong
Blues Obscurities Volume 5

Baby Boy Warren
- My Special Friend Blues [Gotham 507]
- Nervy Woman Blues [Gotham 507]
Leroy 'Country' Johnson
- Log House On The Hill [Freedom 1509]
- No One To Love Me [Freedom 1509]
Ernest McClay
- Big Timin' Woman [Murray 506]
- Night Working Woman [Murray 506]
Little Walter
- I Just Keep Loving Her [Ora Nelle 711]

Othum Brown (+ Little Walter)
- Ora Nelle Blues [Ora Nelle 711]
Little Sam Davis
- 1958 Blues [Rockin' 512]
- Goin' Home To Mother [Rockin' 512]
Little Milton Anderson
- Little Milton's Boogie [Delta 403]
- Boogie Woogie Woogie Baby [Delta 403]

Dan Pickett
- Something's Gone Wrong [Gotham 512]
- Chicago Blues [Gotham 512]


Blues Obscurities BOV5 (UK 197?)

Blues Obscurities discography

111976Play My Jukebox

Boy Green
- Play My Juke-Box

Dan Pickett
- Lemon Man [Gotham 516]
- Number Writer [Gotham 516]
Curley Weaver
- Some Rainy Day
Skoodle-Dum-Doo & Sheffield
- West Kinney Street Blues
Julius King
- Mississippi Boogie

Dan Pickett
- That's Grieving Me [Gotham 201]
Robert Lee Westmoreland
- Hello Central, Please Give Me 209

Boy Green
- A And B Blues

Dan Pickett
- Chicago Blues [Gotham 512]
Robert Lee Westmoreland
- Good Looking Woman Blues
Julius King
- One O'Clock Boogie
Skoodle-Dum-Doo & Sheffield
- Broome Street Blues

Dan Pickett
- Something's Gone Wrong [Gotham 512]
- You Got To Do Better [Gotham 242]
Carolina Slim
- Georgia Woman


notes by Bruce Bastin

Flyright LP 4711 (UK 1976)

Flyright Records discography

121987Dan Pickett: 1949 Country Blues

- Baby How Long [Gotham 242]
- You Got To Do Better [Gotham 242]
- Ride To A Funeral In A V-8 [Gotham 510]
- Decoration Day [Gotham unissued]
- Driving That Thing [Gotham unissued]
- That's Grievin' Me [Gotham 201]
- 99 And A Half Won't Do [Gotham unissued]

- Baby Don't You Want To Go [Gotham unissued]
- Chicago Blues [Gotham 512]
- Something's Gone Wrong [Gotham 512]
- Early One Morning [Gotham 510]
- Lemon Man [Gotham 516]
- Number Writer (alt tk) [Gotham unissued]
- Laughing Rag (alt tk) [Gotham unissued]

notes (February 1987) by Chris Smith

Krazy Kat KK 811 (UK 1987)

notes by Chris Smith

= Collectables VCL 5311 (US 1990)

Krazy Kat Records discography

131988East Coast Blues

Ralph Willis
- So Many Days
- That Gal's No Good
Doug Quattlebaum
- Foolin' Me (2:31)   @ Spotify
- Don't Be Funny Baby [full version 5:18]
Ralph Willis
- Goin' To Chattanooga
- New Goin' Down Slow

Dan Pickett
- Number Writer [Gotham 516]
- Laughing Blues [Gotham 201]

Tarheel Slim
- Somebody Changed The Lock
- You're A Little Too Slow

Dan Pickett
- Driving That Thing (alt tk) [Gotham unissued]
- I Can Shake It [Gotham unissued]
Ralph Willis
- Steel Mill Blues
- I Will Never Love Again
Sonny Terry
- No Love Blues
Doug Quattlebaum
- Lizzie Lou [original speed: 2:28]   @ Spotify


Gotham recordings

notes by Chris Smith
notes by Chris Smith, November 1987; click to enlarge!
Krazy Kat KK 824 (UK 1988)

original notes (November 1987) by Chris Smith

= Collectables VCL 5324 (US 1990)

Krazy Kat Records discography

141990The 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 [Gotham 242]
- 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

Vol. 1: 1927-1930


Vol. 2: 1927-1936


Vol. 3: 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)

151990Dan Pickett & Tarheel Slim

Dan Pickett
- Baby How Long [Gotham 242]
- You Got To Do Better [Gotham 242]
- Ride To A Funeral In A V-8 [Gotham 510]
- Decoration Day [Krazy Kat 811]
- Drivin' That Thing [Krazy Kat 811]
- That's Grieving Me [Gotham 201]
- 99 1/2 Won't Do [Krazy Kat 811]
- Baby Don't You Want To Go [Krazy Kat 811]
- Chicago Blues [Gotham 512]
- Something's Gone Wrong [Gotham 512]
- Early One Morning [Gotham 510]
- Lemon Man [Gotham 516]
- Number Writer [Krazy Kat 811]
- Drivin' That Thing (alt tk) [Krazy Kat 824]
- I Can Shake It [Krazy Kat 824]
Tarheel Slim
- Somebody Changed The Lock
- You're A Little Too Slow
- I Have Found No Friend
- Get On The Road To Glory


notes by Ray Templeton

Flyright FLYCD 25 (UK 1990)

Flyright Records discography

161991Dan Pickett & Tarheel Slim: Lonesome Slide Guitar Blues

- Baby How Long [Gotham 242]
- That's Grieving Me [Gotham 201]
- Laughing Rag [Gotham 201]
- You Got To Do Better [Gotham 242]
- Ride To A Funeral In A V-8 [Gotham 510]
- Early One Morning [Gotham 510]
- Something's Gone Wrong [Gotham 512]
- Chicago Blues [Gotham 512]
- Lemon Man [Gotham 516]
- Number Writer [Krazy Kat 811]
- Decoration Day [Krazy Kat 811]
- Drivin' That Thing [Krazy Kat 811]
- 99 1/2 Won't Do [Krazy Kat 811]
- Baby Don't You Want To Go [Krazy Kat 811]
- I Can Shake It [Krazy Kat 824]
- Laughing Blues (alt tk) [Krazy Kat 811]
- Number Writer (alt tk) [Krazy Kat 811]
- Drivin' That Thing (alt tk) [Krazy Kat 824]
Tarheel Slim
- Somebody Changed The Lock
- You're A Little Slow
- I Have Found No Friend
- Get On The Road To Glory



P-Vine PCD-2271 (Jp 1991)

172000Classic Slide Guitar Blues, Vol. 2

- 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 [Gotham 510]
- Fence Breakin' Blues - Shreveport Home Wreckers
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Weak Minded Blues - Willie Baker
- Rollin' And Tumblin' (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 KATCD 157 (UK 2000)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

182004Down Home Blues Classics (1943-1953)

disc 1
- Little Mama Boogie - Thunder Smith
- Cross Country Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
- Hobo - J.D. Edwards
- Hole In The Wall - L.C. Williams
- Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin
- Alley Special - Wright Holmes
- Quinsella - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Hattie Green - Dr Hepcat
- Angel Chile - Andy Thomas
- Back To Sante Fe - Lee Hunter
- Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper
- Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles
- No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson
- Too Many Woman Blues - Willie Lane
- Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck
- Wee Wee Hours - Charley Bradix
- Forgive Me Blues - Jesse James
- Black Snake Blues - Monister Parker
- Neglected Woman - Alexander Moore
- Gambling Blues - Lil Son Jackson
- Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicols
- Give Me Central 209 - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Western Rider Blues - Soldier Boy Houston
- Take It Easy - Nat Terry
- Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham


disc 2
- Boogie - Snooky & Moody
- Hard Times - Floyd Jones
- Stop Messing Around - Walter Mitchell
- Cadillac Woman - Robert Richard
- Big City Blues - Big Maceo
- Please Don't Think I'm Nosey - Baby Boy Warren
- Notoriety Woman - Eddie Burns
- Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters
- Cut That Out - Junior Wells
- Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins
- Crying Won't Help You - Robert Nighthawk
- Soon One Morning - Rocky Fuller
- Mean Old World - Little Walter
- Tired of Crying Over You - Morris Pejoe
- It Was A Dream - John Brim
- The Last Time - Jimmy Rogers
- Sad Story - Blue Smitty
- Little School Girl - L.C. Greene
- Something's Wrong With My Lovin' Machine - Robert Henry
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- I'll Die Tryin' - J.B. Lenoir
- Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- I Am The Boogie Man - John Lee Hooker
- She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr.
- High And Lonesome - Jimmy Reed


disc 3
- She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams
- How Many Years - Howlin Wolf
- Build Myself A Cave - Mr Honey
- Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks
- Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard
- Too Late Baby Stick - Horse Hammond
- Country Boy Blues - Pee Wee Hughes
- Ardelle - David "Pete" McKinley
- Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton
- Schoolboy Lost - John Hunter
- Eyesight To The Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson
- 1951 Blues - Luther Huff
- New Arrival - Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Catfish Blues - Bobo Thomas
- Going Home To Mama - Clarence London
- Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee
- Western Union Man Chicago - Sunny Boy
- After Awhile - Papa Lightfoot
- Sweet Angel - Earl Hooker
- Seventy Four Blues - Willie Love
- Easy - Jimmy & Walter
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy DeBarry
- Make A Little Love - Arthur Big Boy Crudup
- Goin' To New Orleans - Goin' To New Orleans


disc 4
- Broome Street Blues - Skookle-Dum-Do & Sheffield
- Black Jack Blues - Gabriel Brown
- Worried Man Blues - The Blues Boys
- Income Tax Blues - Ralph Wills
- Poor Little Angel- Dennis McMillan
- Broke Down Engine - Blind McTell
- Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim

- Number Writer - Dan Pickett [Krazy Kat 811]
- She's Gone - Big Boy Ellis
- Your Sweet Man Blues - Leroy Dallas
- Blues Mixture - Sticks McGhee
- Shackles Round My Body - Little David
- Ticket Agent - Curley Weaver
- I Got What My Daddy Likes - Marylyn Scott
- Blind's Blues - John Lee
- Keep Your Hands Off 'Er - John Tinsley & Fred Holland
- Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy
- Lizzie Lou - Doug Quattlebaum
- Rub A Little Boogie - Duke Bayou
- So Much Trouble - Brownie McGhee
- Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim
- Baby, Let's Have Some Fun - Sonny Terry
- Rumors About My Baby - Willie Baker
- Gimme Your Bankroll - Square Walton
- Shake Baby Shake Champion - Jack Dupree


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD box
notes by Neil Slaven

Boulevard Vintage BVBCD 1003 (UK 2004)

192006Shake That Thing: East Coast Blues 1935-1953

disc 2
Gabriel Brown
- It's Getting Soft
- Don't Worry About It
- Mean Old Blues
- You Have To Be Different
- The Jinx Is On Me
- It's Time To Move
- Hold Me Baby
- Nobody Loves Me Like My Little Girl
- Youngster's Blues
- Cold Mama
- I'm Just Crazy
- I Am Playing The Game
- I Am Just Hard Luck
- Got No Money Blues
- I Had My Hands On It

Dan Pickett
- Laughing Rag [Gotham 201]
- Baby How Long [Gotham 242]
- You Got To Do Better [Gotham 242]
- Ride To A Funeral In A V-8 [Gotham 510]
- Decoration Day [Krazy Kat 811]
- Drivin' That Thing [Krazy Kat 811]
- That's Grieving Me [Gotham 201]
- 99 1/2 Won't Do [Krazy Kat 811]
- Baby Don't You Want To Go [Krazy Kat 811]
- Chicago Blues [Gotham 512]
- Something's Gone Wrong [Gotham 512]


disc 4
Ralph Willis
- Blues, Blues, Blues
- I Got A Letter
- Too Late To Scream And Shout
- Hoodoo Man
- Income Tax Blues
- Bed Tick Blues
- Cold Chills
- Black And Tan
- Church Bell Blues
- Tell Me Pretty Baby
- Goodbye Blues
- Lazy Woman Blues
- Old Home Blues
- Salty Dog
- Cold Chills
- Amen
- Gonna Hop On Down The Line
- Do Right
- Door Bell Blues
- Why'd You Do It

Dan Pickett
- Early One Morning [Gotham 510]
- Number Writer [Gotham 516]
- Lemon Man [Gotham 516]
- Laughing Blues (alt tk) [Krazy Kat 811]
- Number Writer (tk 1) [Krazy Kat 811]
- I Can Shake It [Krazy Kat 824]
- Drivin' That Thing (alt tk) [Krazy Kat 824]

4 CD box set

JSP JSPCD 7753 (UK 2006)

202012Juke 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 [Gotham 512]
- 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 [Krazy Kat 811]
- 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)

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 89
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 443
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 513
- Mike Leadbitter, Leslie Fancourt & Paul Pelletier: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. two, L to Z.- London (Record Information Services), 1994, p. 373
- Chris Smith: Are you from Alabama, Tennessee or Carolina? - The Dan Pickett Story so far.- Blues & Rhythm 30 (1987), p. 4-5
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York 1968.- p. 265
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to 'Rivers', Paul Pelletier, Ray Templeton, Chris Smith, Michael Duer, Jeff Peters and Chris James for additional info / scans

 

"... Dan Pickett, a superlative performer in the style of the Southeast
and high on my list of most exciting bluesmen ever."

Bruce Bastin in Cohn, Lawrence: Nothing But The Blues 1993

 

Dan Pickett's grave; source: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62106899; photographer: 'Rachel' Dan Pickett's grave; source: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62106899
Dan Pickett's grave
at Old Albertville Cemetery in Albertville, Marshall County, AL

source of both photos: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62106899
photographer: "Rachel"

 

Southeast Blues further reading


Bastin, Bruce: Crying for the Carolines.- London (Studio Vista) 1971


Bastin, Bruce: Red River Blues - The Blues Tradition in the Southeast.- Chicago (University of Illinois Press) 1986


Bastin, Bruce: Truckin' My Blues Away - East Coast Piedmont Styles.- in: Cohn, Lawrence: Nothing But The Blues - The Music and the Musicians.- New York, London, Paris (Abbeville Press) 1993, p. 205 - 231

 

 

 

 

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