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J O H N N Y   S H I N E S; source: Back cover of Blue Horizon 7-63212; photographer: Mike Rowe
source: Back cover of Blue Horizon 7-63212
photographer: Mike Rowe
Johnny Shines
John Ned Lee Shines, Jr.
b. April 25, 1915 in Frayser (now a suburb of Memphis), Shelby County, Tennessee
suffered a stroke in 1980 that limited his dexterity
d. April 20, 1992 at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

buried at Cedar Oak Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
discography
J O H N N Y   S H I N E S   1978; source: http://www.thebluehighway.com/shines.jpg; photographer: Torsten Ståhlberg
Johnny Shines, 1978; source: http://www.thebluehighway.com/shines.jpg
photographer: Torsten Ståhlberg

#year
of release
title / label / notes
   

- Tennessee Woman Blues (CCO 4496-1)   @ youtube
- Delta Pine Blues (CCO 4497-1)   @ youtube
- Ride, Ride Mama (CCO 4798-1)   @ youtube
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues (CCO 4799-1)   @ youtube

rec. February 24, 1946 in Chicago, IL; John Shines, voc, g; poss. Big Bill Broonzy, g; dr

Columbia unissued

Testament LP 2207 (1973)
Epic EG 37318/19 (1982)
Document DOCD 5270 (1994)

111/1950Shoe Shine Johnny

- Joliet Blues (U7279)   @ youtube
- So Glad I Found You (U7280) #   @ youtube

rec. October 23, 1950 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; # Ernest 'Big' Crawford, b

Chess 1443 [was cancelled]

Chess LP 411 (1970)
Document DOCD 5270 (1994)

21952JOHNNY SHINES

- Rambling (JB 48885) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Cool Driver (JB 48887) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. April 28, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Moody Jones, b, # g; # dr


JOB 116 (without hand written "116")


JOB 116 (with hand written "116")


(=) JOB 116 (45 rpm repro!)

* Blues Classics BC-6 (1965)
Westside CD WESM635 (2001)

   

- Fish Tail (JB 48886)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Ain't Doin' No Good (JB 48888) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. April 28, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Moody Jones, b, # g; # dr

JOB unissued

Flyright FLY 563(1980)

31953JOHNNY SHINES

- Evening Sun (U 2337-3)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Brutal Hearted Woman (U 2339-1; on label: U-2338)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. January 22, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Al Smith, b

 
JOB 1010

Muskadine 1 / M 100

Westside CD WESM635

= JOB 1010 (45 rpm repro)

Walter Horton discography

   

- Evening Shuffle (U 2337-1) (2:38; studio chat at the start!) //   @ Spotify
- Evening Shuffle (U 2337-2) (2:16) # *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- No Name Blues (U 2338-2) # *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Gonna Call The Angel (U 2340) (3:29) # *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Gonna Call The Angel (U 2340-3 - rehearsal) (3:07) # *   @ Spotify

rec. January 22, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Al Smith, b

JOB unissued

Westside CD WESM635

# P-Vine PLP 705

* Flyright 563

// P-Vine PCD-2176

3a1964A Bucket Of Blues
Collector's Showcase - Vol. 6

John Lee Hooker
- 609 Boogie
- Road Trouble
T-Bone Walker & Marl Young's Orchestra
- Come Back To Me Baby
- I Can't Stand Being Away From You
- She's Gonna Rain [sic] Me
J.B. Lenore
- Mojo Boogie
- Slow Down Woman

J.B. Lenore
- I Want My Baby
- How Can I Leave

Sunnyland Slim
- When I Was Young *
- Bassology *
- Worried About My Baby *
- Livin' In The White House * #
- Please Don't * #

* unissued 1953 Chance recordings; Sunnyland Slim, voc (except #), p; J.T. Brown, ts; Johnny Shines, g, # voc; unknown, b; Alfred Wallace, dr


Constellation CS-6 (US 1964) [Ewart Abner's label]

Classics CD 5171

3b1965Chicago
the post-war blues volume 1

Johnny Shines
- Brutal Hearted Woman
- Evening Sun
Willie Nix & His Combo
- Just Can't Stay
- All By Yourself
"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

post-war blues discography

41965Blues 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
Frank Edwards
- Terraplane Blues
- We Got To Get Together

Johnny Shines
- Ramblin'

 
Blues Classics BC 6 (US 1965)

Blues Classics discography

51966Chicago / The Blues / Today! Vol. 3

Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band
- One More Time #   @ youtube
- Kid Man Blues #   @ youtube
- My Black Mare #   @ youtube
- Stealin' Back *   @ youtube
- I Got Mine In Time *   @ youtube
- Tighten Up On It #   @ youtube


Johnny Shines Blues Band
- Dynaflo Blues   @ youtube
- Black Spider Blues   @ youtube
- Layin' Down My Shoes And Clothes   @ youtube
- If I Get Lucky   @ youtube
Big Walter Horton's Blues Harp Band
- Rockin' My Boogie #   @ youtube
Johnny Shines Blues Band
- Mr. Bo Weevil   @ youtube
- Hey, Hey   @ youtube

side A (Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band) rec. December 1965 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Young, voc, # g, [] mand; # Walter Horton, hca; Hayes Ware, b; Elga Edmonds, dr

side B (Johnny Shines Blues Band) rec. 1965 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Shines, voc, g with Walter Horton, hca; # Charlie Musselwhite, 2nd hca; Floyd Jones, b, Frank Kirkland, dr

notes by Sam Charters

Vanguard VRS 9218

notes by Sam Charters

= Fontana TFL 6070 (UK 12/1966)


= Vanguard VMD 79218 (US 1989)

add'l releases @ discogs

3 CD set
notes by Ed Ward

(=) Vanguard 3VCD 172/74-2 (1999)

3xLP box set

Vanguard VSD-79216/7/8 (180 g; remastered) (UK 2009)

add'l releases @ discogs

Fontana Records discography
Johnny Young discography

5a1966Otis Spann's Chicago Blues / Nobody Knows My Troubles

- Get Your Hands Out Of My Pocket #   @ youtube
- Nobody Knows My Troubles #   @ youtube
- Sarah Street #   @ youtube
- Worried Life Blues   @ Spotify
- You Can't Hide   @ Spotify
- Jack-Knife (instr) # []   @ Spotify
- What's On Your Worried Mind?   @ youtube

- Vicksburg Blues §   @ Spotify
- Who's Out There? #   @ youtube
- Spann's Boogie Woogie (instr)   @ youtube
- See See Rider   @ youtube
- Lovin' You # []   @ youtube
- One-Room Country Shack   @ Spotify
- Mr. Jelly-Roll Baker   @ Spotify


CD bonus track:
- G.B. Blues (instr) * [Testament T-2217]   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1965 in Chicago, IL by Pete Welding; Otis Spann, voc, p; § Robert Whitehead, dr
# rec. November 22, 1965 in Chicago, IL; Otis Spann, voc, p, [] org; James Cotton, hca; Johnny Young, g; Jimmy Lee Morris, b; S.P. Leary, dr

* rec. 1966 in Chicago, IL; Otis Spann, p; Walter Horton, hca; Johnny Shines, g; Lee Jackson, b; Fred Below, dr

notes by Pete Welding"P.O. Box 1813 / Chicago, Illinois 60690"
   
Testament T-2211 (US 1966) "Otis Spann's Chicago Blues"

notes by Pete Welding"577 Levering Avenue / Los Angeles, California 90024"
   
Testament T-2211 (US 19??) "Nobody Knows My Troubles"

notes by Pete Welding

= Bounty BY-6037 (UK 1967) "Nobody Knows My Troubles"

notes by Pete Welding

= Polydor 545 030 (UK 1969) "Nobody Knows My Troubles"

notes by Pete Welding
 
Testament T-2211 (Special re-release by OJL) (US 198?) "Otis Spann's Chicago Blues"

notes by Pete Welding

(=) Testament TCD 5005 (US 1994) "Otis Spann's Chicago Blues"

Testament Records discography
Otis Spann discography
Walter Horton discography
Lee Jackson discography
Johnny Young discography

61966The Johnny Shines Band
Masters Of Modern Blues Vol. 1

- Rollin' & Tumblin'   @ youtube
- Trouble Is All I See   @ youtube
- Mr. Tom Green's Farm   @ youtube
- My Black Mare   @ youtube
- What Kind Of Little Girl Are You?   @ youtube

- So Cold In Vietnam   @ youtube
- Sweet Home Chicago   @ youtube
- Walkin' Blues   @ youtube
- Black Panther   @ youtube
- Two Trains Runnin'   @ youtube

rec. June 1966 at One-derful Studios in Chicago, IL; The Johnny Shines Band: Johnny Shines, voc, g; Big Walter Horton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Lee Jackson, b; Fred Below, dr; prod. by Pete Welding
cover photograph line resolution by Brad Barrett from a photograph by Pete Welding; liner photo by Ray Flerlage

notes by Pete Welding
 
Testament T-2212 (US 1966)

notes by Pete Welding

Testament T-2212 (Special Re-Release by OJL) (US 198?)

notes by Pete Welding

= Testament TCD-5002 (US 1994)


= P-Vine PCD-5565 (Jp 1999)

Testament Records discography
Walter Horton discography
Otis Spann discography
Lee Jackson discography

71969Johnny Shines: Last Night's Dream

- Solid Gold
- From Dark 'Til Dawn
- I Will Be Kind To You
- Last Night's Dream
- Baby Don't You Think I Know

- Pipeline Blues
- I Don't Know
- Black Panther
- I Had A Good Home
- Mean Fisherman

rec. and engineered June 10, 1968 [Blue Horizon BM 4607 says 'May 1968'] by Malcolm Chisholm at the Chess Records Ter-Mar Studios in Chicago, IL; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Big Walter Horton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Willie Dixon, p; Clifton James, dr; prod. by Mike Vernon
Blue Horizon 7-63212 front cover artwork by Terence Ibbott
Blue Horizon 7-63212 back cover photograph by Mike Rowe

notes (January 1969) by Mike Rowe

Blue Horizon 7-63212 (UK 1969)


= Blue Horizon BM 4607 "Blues Masters Vol. 7"


Sire/Warner Bros. CD 45285-2 (US 1993)


= Pure Pleasure Records APPR 63212 (180 gram vinyl)

EPIC 88697192172 (US 2008)

81969Really Chicago Blues@ youtube (full album playlist)

LP 1:
Johnny Shines/Sunnyland Slim/Backwards Sam Firk
- Two Long Freight Trains   @ youtube
John Lee Granderson/Big Joe Williams/Firk
- Girl At The Bottom   @ youtube

Slim/Shines/Firk
- Rolling And Tumbling   @ youtube
Honeyboy Edwards/Firk
- Hot Springs Blues #   @ youtube
Williams/Granderson/Firk
- If You Can't Shimmy-She-Wobble   @ youtube

Shines/Slim/Firk/Williams
- As Long As The World Stands   @ youtube

Shines/Edwards/Walter Horton
- For The Love Of Mike [sic] (aka "Love Of Mine")   @ youtube
Honeyboy Edwards
- Jersey Bull Blues   @ youtube
Williams/Granderson/Firk
- You're An Old Lady   @ youtube

Shines/Slim/Firk/Williams
- Poor Man's Tonic   @ youtube
Horton/Edwards/Shines
- Way 'Cross Town   @ youtube
Williams/Shines/Slim
- Jook House Blues   @ youtube


LP 2:
Slim/Shines/Firk
- Cuttin' Out Blues   @ youtube
Honeyboy Edwards/Firk
- Howling Wind #   @ youtube

Shines/Slim/Williams/Firk
- Evening Sun   @ youtube
Granderson/Williams/Firk
- Going 'Round The World   @ youtube

Williams/Slim/Shines/Firk
- Mama Don't Allow Me   @ youtube

Slim/Shines/Firk
- She Got A Thing Going On   @ youtube
Granderson/Williams/Firk
- Stop Breaking Down   @ youtube
Honeyboy Edwards
- Sweet Home Chicago   @ youtube
Granderson/Williams/Firk
- Yellow Box Blues   @ youtube

Slim/Williams/Shines/Firk
- Bye Bye Baby   @ youtube

all tracks rec. September 1969 in Chicago, IL; prod. by Gene Rosenthal

DLP
notes by G.L. Moore
 
Adelphi AD 1005 (US 1969)


= Echo ECB 803 (US 1985) "Blues Anthology Vol. 3" "Real Chicago Blues"


= Echo ECB 804 (US 1985) "Blues Anthology Vol. 4" "More From Chicago"

# Genes GCD 9914

Adelphi Records discography
Big Walter Horton discography
David 'Honeyboy' Edwards discography
John Lee Granderson discography
Backwards Sam Firk discography
Big Joe Williams discography

91969Chicago Blues All Stars: Loaded With The Blues

- German Babies (James, voc)   @ youtube
- Baby I Need Your Love (Horton, voc)   @ youtube
- 29 Ways (Dixon, voc)
- Put It All In There (S. Slim, voc)
- She Got A Thing Goin' On (S. Slim, voc)   @ youtube
- Every Time I Get To Drink (S. Slim, voc)

- Fat Mama (Shines, voc)
- Little Boy Blue (Horton, voc)
- See See Rider (Shines, voc)
- I Love The World (Shines, voc)   @ youtube
- Chicago Is Loaded With The Blues (James, voc)

rec. July 1, 1969 in Cologne, Germany; Johnny Shines, g, voc; Sunnyland Slim, p; Walter Horton, hca, voc; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr, voc; prod. by Joachim E. Berendt
photos by Hans Harzheim

notes by Joachim E. Berendt

MPS 15 244 ST (Germany 1969)

= MPS 15 003 (Fr)

notes by Joachim E. Berendt

MPS BASF G-20707 (Germany 1972)

101969Johnny Shines with Big Walter Horton
Electrifying Performances By Two Masters Of Modern Chicago Blues, With Luther Allison

- Hello Central *   @ youtube
- You Don't Have To Go #   @ youtube
- Sneakin' And Hidin' *   @ youtube
- 'Til I Made My Tonsils Sore #   @ youtube
- Fat Mama *   @ youtube

- Worried Life Blues #   @ youtube
- I Cry, I Cry *   @ youtube
- If It Ain't Me * []   @ youtube
- I Want To Warn You, Baby #   @ youtube
- G.B. Blues #   @ youtube

Testament TCD-5015 bonus tracks:
- I Cry, I Cry (alt tk) *   @ youtube
- Sneakin' And Hidin' Part 2 *   @ youtube

Floating World 2CD track sequence:
CD 1:
- Hello Central *
- You Don't Have To Go #
- Sneakin' And Hidin' *
- 'Til I Made My Tonsils Sore #
- Fat Mama *
- G.B. Blues #
- Worried Life Blues #
- I Cry, I Cry *
- If It Ain't Me * []
- I Want To Warn You, Baby #
- I Cry, I Cry (alt tk) *
- Sneakin' And Hidin' Part 2 *

CD 2:
- Standing At The Crossroads
- Milk Cow's Troubles
- Death Hearse Blues
- Drunken Man's Prayer
- Hoo Doo Snake Doctor's Blues
- It's A Lowdown Dirty Shame
- How Long
- Crying Black Angel
- Down In Spirit
- Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine
- Kind-Hearted Woman
- Baby Sister Blues
- My Rat
- Don't Take A Country Woman
- Kind-Hearted Woman
- Death Hearse Blues

# rec. June 1966 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Big Walter Horton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Lee Jackson, b; Fred Below, dr
* rec. January 1969 in Los Angeles, LA; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Big Walter Horton, hca, [] voc; Luther Allison, g; Prince Candy, b; Bill Brown, dr
cover illustration by Warren Hughey; back liner photo by Brad Barrett

notes by Pete Welding
   
Testament T-2217 (US 1969)
BU 66 (October 1969), p. 29
BW 26 (January 1970), p. 15/16

 
= Testament T-2217 (Special Re-Release by OJL) (US 19??)


(=) Testament TCD-5015 (USA 1994)
= P-Vine PCD-5586 (Jp)

two CD set

= Floating World 2816717 (UK 2013) along with "Standing At The Crossroads"

Testament Records discography
Walter Horton discography
Otis Spann discography
Lee Jackson discography

10a1969The Story Of The Blues

Fra-Fra Tribesmen
- Yarum Praise Songs
Mississippi John Hurt
- Stack O' Lee Blues
Blind Willie McTell
- Travelin' Blues
Charley Patton
- Stone Pony Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Black Snake Moan
Leadbelly
- Pig Meat Papa
Texas Alexander
- Broken Yo-yo
Peg Leg Howell
- Broke And Hungry Blues
Barbecue Bob
- It Won't Be Long Now
Henry Williams
- Georgia Crawl
Mississippi Jook Band
- Dangerous Woman
Memphis Jug Band
- Gator Wobble
Bessie Smith
- In The House Blues
Lillian Glinn
- Shake It Down
Bertha 'Chippie' Hill
- Pratt City Blues
Butterbeans And Susie
- What It Takes To Bring You Back (Mama Keeps It All The Time)


Leroy Carr
- Midnight Hour Blues
Faber Smith
- East St Louis Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Good Whiskey Blues
Casey Bill
- W.P.A. Blues
Bo Carter
- Sorry Feeling Blues
Robert Johnson
- Little Queen Of Spades
Bukka White
- Parchman Farm Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Me And My Chauffeur Blues

Blind Boy Fuller
- I Want Some Of Your Pie
Brownie McGhee
- Million Lonesome Woman
Joe Williams
- Wild Cow Moan
Big Bill Broonzy
- All By Myself
Joe Turner
- Roll 'Em Pete
Otis Spann
- Bloody Murder
Elmore James
- Sunnyland

Johnny Shines
- I Don't Know

compiled by Paul Oliver

DLP

CBS 22135

10b10/1969Koko Taylor

- Love You Like A Woman [] [Checker unissued]
- I Love A Lover Like You # [Checker unissued]   @ youtube
- Don't Mess With The Messer || [Checker 1106]
- I Don't Care Who You Know [] [Checker 1210]
- Wang Dang Doodle // [Checker 1135]
- I'm A Little Mixed Up * [Checker unissued]


- Nitty Gritty # [Checker unissued]   @ youtube
- Fire \\ [Checker 1191]
- Whatever I Am, You Made Me || [Checker 1106]

- Twenty-Nine Ways # [Checker unissued]   @ youtube
- Insane Asylum \\ [Checker 1191]
- Yes, It's Good For You [] [Checker unissued]

CD 088112519-2 bonus tracks:
- Love Sick Tears || [Checker unissued]

- He Always Knocks Me Out # [Checker unissued]   @ youtube

collection of Checker material rec. between 1965 and 1969 in Chicago, IL; prod. by Willie Dixon

|| rec. January 20, 1965; Koko Taylor, voc; Lafayette Leake, p; Buddy Guy, Matt Murphy, g; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr

* rec. 1965; Koko Taylor, voc; Gene Barge, sax; other personnel unknown

// rec. December 7, 1965; Koko Taylor, voc; Gene Barge, Donald Hankins, sax; Lafayette Leake, p; Buddy Guy, Johnny 'Twist' Williams, g; Jack Myers, b; Fred Below, dr

\\ rec. August 1967; Koko Taylor, voc; Gene Barge, sax; Lafayette Leake, p; Buddy Guy, Johnny 'Twist' Williams, g; Willie Dixon, voc

[] rec. October 1968; Koko Taylor, voc; other personnel unknown


# rec. April 23, 1969; Koko Taylor, voc; Koko Taylor, voc; Walter Horton, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Buddy Guy and Johnny Shines or Matt Murphy, g; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr


Chess LPS 1532 (US 1969)

notes by Don Kamerer

= Chess CH 9263 (1987)


= Chess GCH 8039 (It 1987)


= Chess/MCA CHD-31271
(1987)


(=) MCA CD 088 112519-2 (2001)

111970Drop Down Mama

Johnny Shines
- So Glad I Found You (U 7280) #
Robert Nighthawk
- Sweet Black Angel
- Anna Lee
Big Boy Spires
- One Of These Days
David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
- Drop Down Mama
Floyd Jones
- Playhouse
Big Boy Spires
- Murmur Low

Floyd Jones
- You Can't Live Long

Johnny Shines
- Joliet Blues (U 7279) #
Robert Nighthawk
- Jackson Gal Blues
- Return Mail Blues
Claude Smith
- Crying
- Sad Story
Floyd Jones
Dark Road


# rec. October 23, 1950 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; Big Crawford, b; Elga Edmonds, dr


Chess 411 (US 1970)


= P-Vine PLP 807 (Jp)


= MCA Chess CHD-93002 (US 1990)

121970Victoria Spivey Presents The All Stars BLUES WORLD of Spivey Records in Stereo

Roosevelt Sykes
- Fat Daddy Jump
- Dresser Drawers
John Hammond
- I'm Leaving
Victoria Spivey
- Black Gal
Smokey Hogg
- Smokey's West Texas
- Laura So Sweet

Smokey Hogg
- My Baby Left Me
Washboard Doc
- Doctor Of The Washboard
Smokey Hogg
- Bells Are Toning
Willie Dixon
- Down In The Bass-Ment
Sunnyland Slim
- Blues Drove Me Out Of My Mind
Marie Dixon
- Three O'Clock In The Morning

Johnny Shines
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues

rec. in Willie Dixon's basement in May '69
Roosevelt Sykes & His Koochie Koochie Men (Bill Dicey, John Hammond & Washboard Doc)
Smokey Hogg & His Washboard Trio (Hogg, Wasboard Doc & Benny Jefferson)

Willie Dixon Chicago Blues All Stars (Sunnyland Slim, Johnny Shines, Clifton James & Cryin' Marie Dixon)

the "Smokey Hogg" on this LP is not Andrew 'Smokey' Hogg, but Willie Anderson 'Smokey' Hogg, who - nine years after Andrew Hogg's death - claimed to be the 'authentic' and 'original' Smokey Hogg

S M O K E Y   (Willie Anderson)   H O G G; source: Front cover of Spivey 1011; photographer most likely Len Kunstadt
Smokey (Willie Anderson) Hogg
source: Front cover of Spivey 1011; photographer most likely Len Kunstadt

notes by Len Kunstadt

Spivey 1011 (US 1970)

Spivey Records discography

12a1970Spivey's Blues Parade

Spivey's Blues Paraders
- Overture Rouser #
Benny Jefferson
- Life Is A Feeling
Pat Blackman
- Get Yourself Another Monkey
Sugar Blue & His Harmonica
- Sugar Really Has The Blues
Sippie Wallace
- I'm A Mighty Tight Woman
Billie Mitchell
- My Mama And My Papa

Walter "Shakey" Horton (+ Sunnyland Slim & Johnny Shines)
- Inter-Mission Taste § ("Hotel Alvin Blues Party")
Victoria Spivey (+ Lonnie Johnson, Little Brother Montgomery & Sonny Greer)
- Jet

Carolina Rose
- Wine Drinkin' Man
Sonny Boy Williamson [actually Victoria Spivey, accompanied by SBW]
- Black Snake Swinger (158) |||   @ youtube
Nita Washington
- Rich Man Blues //
Washboard Bill
- You Are My Sunshine
Littly Sonny Parker
- Love Is Got Me Down
Delsey MacCay (+ Horton & Sunnyland Slim)
- Just Deserts * ("Hotel Alvin Blues Party")
Papa Comb & His Ukelele Mama
- Struggle Buggy Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Lonnie's Traveling Light




unissued tracks from September 28, 1963 Victoria Spivey & Sonny Boy Williamson session:
- Careless Love (156) ||
- St. Louis Blues (157) |||


# rec. May 1969 in Willie Dixon's basement in Chicago, IL; Bill Dicey, hca; Roosevelt Sykes, p; John Hammond, g; Bob Malenky, flute; Washboard Doc, washb
|| rec. September 28, 1963 (during AFBF '63) at Stephanie Wiesand's home in Baden-Baden, Germany; Victoria Spivey, voc, uke; ||| Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Günter Boas, p

§ rec. 1969/70 in New York City; Walter Horton, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Johnny Shines, g; Victoria Spivey, voc chorus
* rec. 1969/70 in New York City; Delsey McKay, voc; Walter Horton, hca; Sunnyland Slim, chatter
// rec. February 1970 in New York City; Nita Washington, voc; Bob Malenky, fl; Roosevelt Sykes, p; John Hammond, g; Joseph "Washboard Doc" Doctor, wb

notes by Len Kunstadt

Spivey 1012 (US 1970)

Spivey Records discography

12b1970Willie Dixon: I Am The Blues

- Back Door Man
- I Can't Quit You, Baby
- The Seventh Son
- Spoonful
- I Ain't Superstitious
- You Shook Me
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- The Little Red Rooster
- The Same Thing

rec. 1969/1970 in Chicago, IL; Willie Dixon, voc, b; Johnny Shines, g; Mighty Joe Young, g; Walter "Shakey" Horton, hca; Sunnyland Slim, Lafayette Leake, p; Clifton James, dr


Columbia CS 9987

notes by Pete Welding
= (1993)
Roots N' Blues series

= Sony CD 53627 (1993)

131971Johnny Shines: Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop!
Live in Concert

- Sweet Home Chicago
- Delta Pines
- Kind Hearted Woman
- I Will Be Kind
- When Your Troubles Get Like Mine
- Milk Cow Blues
- Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
- Saddle My Pony
- I Had A Good Home
- Terraplane Blues
- Mean Mistreater
- Going To The River
- Do Like The Lord Say Do

rec. 1971 in Boston


Black & Blue 33.582

notes by Peter Guralnick

= Rounder 2020 (US 1992)

(=) Bullseye Blues CD 9623

Rounder Records discography

141971Johnny Shines: Standing At The Crossroads
Classic Mississippi Delta Blues Performances

Testament T-2221 / TCD-5022 tracks:
- Standing At The Crossroads
- Milk Cow's Troubles
- Death Hearse Blues
- Drunken Man's Prayer
- Hoo-Doo Snake Doctor Blues
- It's A Lowdown Dirty Shame

- How Long #
- Crying Black Angel #
- Down In Spirit #
- Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine
- Kind-Hearted Woman
- Baby Sister Blues
- My Rat
- Don't Take A Country Woman
- Kind-Hearted Woman (alt.) #
- Death Hearse Blues (alt.) #

# CD bonus tracks

Floating World 2CD tracks:
CD 1:
- Hello Central
- You Don't Have To Go
- Sneakin' And Hidin'
- Till I Make My Tonsils Sore
- Fat Mama
- G.B. Blues
- Worried Life Blues
- I Cry I Cry
- If It Ain't Me
- I Want To Warn You
- I Cry I Cry
- Sneakin' And Hidin' (Part 2)


CD 2:
- Standing At The Crossroads
- Milk Cow's Troubles
- Death Hearse Blues
- Drunken Man's Prayer
- Hoo Doo Snake Doctor's Blues
- It's A Lowdown Dirty Shame
- How Long
- Crying Black Angel
- Down In Spirit
- Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine
- Kind-Hearted Woman
- Baby Sister Blues
- My Rat
- Don't Take A Country Woman
- Kind-Hearted Woman
- Death Hearse Blues

rec. November 11 & 17, 1970 in Altadena, CA by Pete Welding; Johnny Shines, voc, g
front cover photo (1st ed.) by Brad Barrett; front cover photo (2nd ed.) by Pete Welding [? - definitively not by Brad Barrett; 2nd ed. uses same back cover as 1st ed. without changing the photographer credit!]; liner photo by Ray Flerlage

notes by Pete Welding

Testament T-2221 (1st ed.)


= Testament T-2221
(2nd ed.)


= Testament T-2221
("Special Re-Release by OJL")


= Testament TCD-5022
(1995)

Testament Records discography


= Pure Pleasure PPAN
T-2221 (UK 2013, 180 g)

two CD set

= Floating World 2816717
(2013) "With Big Walter
Horton & Standing At The
Crossroads"

151971On The Road Again
An Anthology Of Chicago Blues 1947-1954

lp 1 track sequence
Floyd Jones & His Trio
- On The Road Again
Baby Face Leroy Trio
- Red Headed Woman

Johnny Shines
- Brutal Hearted Woman (U 2339)
John Brim Trio
- Trouble In The Morning
J.B. & His Hawks
- Now She's Gone
Snooky And Moody
- Keep What You Got
Little Walter Trio
- Bad Acting Woman


Johnny Shines
- Evening Sun (U 2337)
Little Walter Trio
- Moonshine Blues
Delta Joe
- Roll, Tumble And Slip
J.B. & His Hawks
- Pet Cream Man
Othum Brown
- Ora Nelle Blues
John Brim Trio
- Humming Blues
Little Walter Trio
- I Just Keep Lovin' Her
J.B. & His Hawks
- Lovin' You


M 100 / XTRA 1133 track sequence
Floyd Jones & His Trio
- On The Road Again
Snooky And Moody
- Keep What You Got
Delta Joe
- Roll, Tumble And Slip
Little Walter Trio
- Bad Acting Woman
- I Just Keep Lovin' Her
- Moonshine Blues
Baby Face Leroy Trio
- Red Headed Woman
Othum Brown
- Ora Nelle Blues


Johnny Shines
- Evening Sun (U 2337)
- Brutal Hearted Woman (U 2339)
John Brim Trio
- Humming Blues
- Trouble In The Morning
J.B. & His Hawks
- Lovin' You
- Pet Cream Man
- Now She's Gone


disc to tape transfer: Pete Welding
original recordings provided by Frank Scott and Bruce Bromberg
liner notes by John Harmer & Frank Scott

Rick Griffin cover art
4 pages insert

Muskadine 1


= Muskadine M 100

Muskadine Records discography


= XTRA 1133 (1973)

XTRA Records discography

161971Nothing But The Blues
The record companion to Hanover Publications' book "Nothing But The Blues" compiled by the Editors of Blues Unlimited

LP 1:
J.B. Lenoir - I Don't Care What Nobody Say [Blue Horizon 1004]
Juke Boy Bonner - Runnin' Shoes [Blues Unlimited 101]
Doctor Ross - Goin' Down Slow [Blue Horizon LP-1]
Model 'T' Slim - Woman's The Glory Of Man [Audio Blues AB-1933-A]
Little Mack Simmons - Come Back [C.-J. 606]

Johnny Shines - Pipeline Blues [Blue Horizon 7-63212]

Boozoo Chavis - Forty One Days [Folk Star 1201]
Hop Wilson - That Wouldn't Satisfy [Goldband G-1071]
Big Walter - My Tears [Flyright LP 4700]
Lonesome Sundown - I Stood By [Excello 2145]
Arthur Gunter - Don't Leave Me Now [Excello 2147]
Rockin' Sydney - Keep On Pushin' [previously unissued]


LP 2:
B.B. King - Eyesight To The Blind [Kent 441]
Otis Rush - All Your Love (I Miss Loving) [Cobra 5032]
Buddy Guy - Sit And Cry (The Blues) [Artistic 1501]
John Brim - Lifetime Baby [previously unissued]
Elmore James - Goin' For Good [previously unissued]
Magic Sam - All Night Long [Cobra 5025]

Lightnin' Slim - Greyhound Blues [Excello 2252]
Slim Harpo - Loving You (The Way I Do) [Excello 2282]
Otis Spann - Can't Do Me No Good [Blue Horizon 57-3142]
Sunnyland Slim - Midnight Jump [Blue Horizon 7-63213]
Johnny Young - Moaning And Groaning [Blue Horizon 7-63852]
George Smith - Telephone Blues [Blue Horizon7-63858]


compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Mike Vernon

2 LP set
notes by Mike Leadbitter

CBS 66278 (UK 1971)

DLP accompanying the book by the same title:

Mike Leadbitter (ed.): Nothing But The Blues.- London / New York (Hanover Books / Oak Publications) 1971

 1971The Velvet Vampire (soundtrack)

Johnny Shines
- Evil Hearted Woman

181972Johnny Shines: Sitting On Top Of The World resp. Traditional Delta Blues

Biograph BLP 12044 track sequence:
- Delta Pine   @ youtube
- Pony Blues   @ youtube
- Milk Cow Blues   @ youtube
- Dynaflow Blues   @ youtube
- Glad Rags   @ youtube
- Pet Rabbit   @ youtube

- Ramblin' Blues   @ youtube
- Tell Me Mama   @ youtube
- Bumble Bee Blues   @ youtube
- It Ain't Nobody's Fault But Mine   @ youtube
- Arguing And Boodling   @ youtube
- Sittin' On Top Of The World   @ youtube

Biograph CD 121 / Collectables COL-CD-6936 track sequence:
- Sitting On Top Of The World
- Ramblin' Blues
- Tell Me Mama
- Bumble Bee Blues
- It Ain't Nobody's Fault But Mine
- Arguing And Boodling
- Delta Pine
- Pony Blues
- Milk Cow Blues
- Dynaflow Blues
- Glad Rags
- Pet Rabbit
- Little Wolf °°   @ youtube
- Jim String * °°   @ youtube

°° CD bonus tracks (from Biograph BLP 12048)

rec. prob. February 9, 1972 in New York, NY; Johnny Shines, voc, ac & National steel g
°° CD bonus tracks rec. 1974 in New York, NY; Johnny Shines, voc, g; * Richard Tiven, vn

notes by Chris Lornell (aka Kip Lornell)

Biograph BLP 12044 (US 1972) "Sitting On Top Of The World"

notes by Chris Lornell
 
(=) Biograph CD 121 (US 1991) "Traditional Delta Blues"

notes by Chris Lornell

(=) Collectables COL-CD-6936 (US 2007)

Biograph Records discography

191972The Great Blues Men

Vanguard VSD 25/26, LP 1:
Homesick James - Set A Date
John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road
Sleepy John Estes - Corinna °°
Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues
Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G
Rev. Gary Davis - If I Had My Way °°

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Key To The Highway
Otis Spann - Burning Fire
Lightnin' Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues
Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It
James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business

Vanguard VSD 25/26, LP 2:
Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues
Junior Wells - Stormy Monday Blues °°

Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues
Son House (+ Al Wilson) - Empire State Blues °°
Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby

Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
J. B. Hutto - Please Help
Fred McDowell - Fred's Ramblin' Blues
Ida Cox - Four Day Creep °°
Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas [Vanguard VRS 9180, Vanguard VCD 115/16 (US 1991)

Newport Folk Festival discography
Mississippi John Hurt discography
Reverend Gary Davis discography
Reverend Robert Wilkins discography
Skip James discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Yank Rachell discography
Hammie Nixon discography
Robert Pete Williams discography
Jesse Fuller discography
John P. Hammond discography
Dave Van Ronk discography, Vanguard 3VCD 193/95-2]   @ youtube
Otis Rush - I't's A Mean Old World


°° not on CD

design by Jules Halfant; front cover collage by Eric Von Schmidt

Vanguard VCD 25/26:
Homesick James - Set A Date (2:44)
John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road (3:05)
Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old (4:55)
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:40)
Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G (3:33)
Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues (3:15)

Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues (2:35)
Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues (3:04)
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby (2:30)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway (3:38)
Otis Spann - Burning Fire (3:15)
Lightning Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues (5:36)
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues (2:55)
Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It (3:06)
James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business (3:23)
Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues (4:45)
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues (4:10)
J.B. Hutto - Please Help (2:52)
Fred McDowell - Fred's Rambling Blues (2:05)
Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas (3:43)
Otis Rush - It's A Mean Old World (2:22)

gatefold DLP
notes Leroy J. Pierson


Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1972)

gatefold DLP
notes Leroy J. Pierson


= Vanguard VSD 25/26 (Fr 1972)

DLP, no gatefold, but 2-page leaflet
notes Leroy J. Pierson


Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1986)

notes Leroy J. Pierson

(=) Vanguard VCD 25/26 (US 1988)

lots of further editions at www.discogs.com

201972Chicago Blues Anthology

Album 1
- Tough Times - John Brim
- Anna Lee - Robert Nighthawk

- So Glad I Found You - Johnny Shines
- Having Fun - Memphis Slim
- Goin' Away Baby - Jimmy Rogers
- I Don't Know - Willie Mabon

- Dark Road - Floyd Jones
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Eisenhower Blues - J.B. Lenoir
- By Myself - Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam
- Murmur Low - Big Boy Spires
- Rattlesnake - John Brim


Album 2
- I See My Baby - Elmore James
- Korea Blues - J.B. Lenoir
- You Can't Live Long - Floyd Jones
- I Can't Stop - Willie Dixon
- Third Degree - Eddie Boyd
- Ten Years Ago - Buddy Guy

- Be Careful - John Brim
- Jackson Town Gal - Robert Nighthawk
- The World's In A Tangle - Jimmy Rogers
- You Know My Live - Willie Dixon
- My Time After A While - Buddy Guy
- Chicago Bound - Jimmy Rogers


2 LP set
notes by Pete Welding

Chess 2CH 60012

= Chess CH 50 011 (Fr)

= Chess CXMD4053 (UK Chess Masters)


= Chess/MCA 2CH 92520
(1984)

211972Take A Little Walk With Me
The Blues in Chicago 1948-1957

J.B. Hutto
- Combination Boogie
Willie Nix
- All By Yourself
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
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


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
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
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
[Leroy Pierson's first (one
record) label, 500 copies only]

21a1972It's A Mean Old World

Anne Romaine
- Forsaken Lover
Alice Gerrard & Hazel Dickens
- Two Soldiers
- Two Dollar Bill
- Mannington Mine
Rev. Pearly Brown
- It's A Mean Old World
- You Got To Move
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
Brenda Jones
- Daniel
- Hell No


John Shines [sic (on front & back cover)]
- Steady Rollin' Man
- Southern Fool 1)   @ youtube
Jack Wright
- The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore
- Lucy Jane
Ora & Arlie Watson
- The Banks Of The Ohio
- Springtime Is Here
- Lost John


collection of songs by artists featured on the Southern Folk Festival and Old Time Mountain Music Tours between 1966-1972

1) with reference to Booker White's residence on Mosby Street in Memphis (actually White lived in Mosby Street, Baton Rouge, while Furry Lewis' home was in Mosby Street, Memphis, TN --- but who cares ;-)


Southern Folk Cultural
Revival Project Records
no #

221973Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1972

Michael Turner
- Introduction
Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers
- Kitchen Sink Boogie
Koko Taylor
- Wang Dang Doodle
Bobby Blue Bland
- Ain't That Loving You
Dr. John
- I Walk On Guilded Splinters
Junior Walker & the All Stars
- (I'm A) Roadrunner / These Things Will Keep Me Loving You

Bonnie Raitt
- Tribute to Fred McDowell
Howlin' Wolf
- Highway 49
Muddy Waters
- Honey Bee
CJQ
- Form Kinetic


John Sinclair, Muddy Waters, Lucille Spann
- Festival Dedication To Otis Spann
Lucille Spann with Mighty Joe Young
- Dedicated To Otis
Freddie King
- Goin' Down
Luther Allison
- Please Send Me Someone To Love
Boogie Brothers With Sister Sarah Brown
- My Last Meal


Johnny Shines
- Dust My Broom
Otis Rush
- Gambler's Blues
Sippie Wallace with Bonnie Raitt
- Women Be Wise
Sun Ra & His Solar-Myth Arkestra
- Life Is Splendid


rec. September 10, 1972 live at the Otis Spann Memorial Field, Ann Arbor, MI; prod. by Gary Grimshaw and John Sinclair

The Boogie Brothers were Sister Sarah Brown, b; Johnny Nicholas, voc, g; Steve Nardella, hca

DLP

Atlantic SD2-502 (US 1973)

= Atlantic P-5090 (Jp)

8 LP box set, 45 rpm 180 gram

Classic SD 2 502 (US 2000)

= Atlantic 2CD AMCY-6134-5 (Jp 2001)

Wounded Bird WOU 2502 (US 2014)

231973Johnny Shines: Chicago Blues Festival 1972@ youtube

- I Believe I Make A Change
- Nobody's Fault But Mine
- Back To The Steelmill
- The Devil's Daughter
- Abide My Wish

- Mean Black Gobbler #   @ youtube
- Lost Letter Blues
- Freight Train #
- My Best Friend
- The Blue Horizon #

CD bonus tracks:
- Blood Ran Like Wine
- Mean Black Gobbler #   @ youtube

rec. December 4, 1972 in Bordeaux, France & November 14, 1972 in Gan, France; Johnny Shines, voc, g; # Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, g

notes by Jacques Morgantini

Black & Blue 33.502
("Blues Greatest Names")


= Movieplay 21693 (1973)
("House of the Blues Vol.
12")


= Black & Blue 33.541 (197?)
"Nobody's Fault But Mine"


= Black & Blue CD 437-2
(2002) "Taking The
Blues Back South"

241973Chicago Blues: The Beginning
12 Previously Unissued 1946 Recordings In The Newly Developed Modern Blues Styles

Muddy Waters & Homer Harris
- Hard Day Blues

Johnny Shines
- Delta Pine Blues [Capitol unissued]   @ youtube
James Clark with Homer Harris & Muddy Waters
- Come To Me Baby
Homer Harris & Muddy Waters
- Atomic Bomb Blues

Johnny Shines
- Ride, Ride, Mama [Capitol unissued]   @ youtube
Muddy Waters & Homer Harris
- Jitterbug Blues

Homer Harris & Muddy Waters
- I'm Gonna Cut Your Head

Johnny Shines
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues [Capitol unissued]   @ youtube
Muddy Waters & Homer Harris
- Burying Ground Blues
James Clark with Homer Harris & Muddy Waters
- You Can't Make The Grade

Johnny Shines
- Tennessee Woman Blues [Capitol unissued]   @ youtube
Homer Harris & Muddy Waters
- Tomorrow Will Be Too Late


notes by Pete Welding

Testament T-2207 (US 1973)

Testament Records discography

24a1974Spivey's Blues Cavalcade
Blues and More Blues!

Bill Dicey's High Street Blues Band
- Evil Spirit
Larry Johnson
- Worried Life Blues #   @ youtube
Brooklyn Blues Busters
- Talk To Me Baby
Danny Russo
- Cross My Heart
Washboard Bill
- All Ask For Me
Homesick James
- I Got To Move §   @ youtube   @ youtube
Mark Ross & John Brenner
- Black Snake Moan
John Hammond
- I'm Tore Down //   @ youtube


Johnny Shines, Big Walter Horton & Sunnyland Slim
- Midnight Darling / Hotel Alvin Blues Jam (instr) ("Hotel Alvin Blues Party") $   @ youtube
Bukka White
- Brownsville Tennessee ||   @ youtube
Bill Dicey & Sugar Blue
- Spivey's Hoe Down
Ralph Rush
- Chump Man Blues
Harvey Hill
- When I've Been Drinking
Louisiana Red
- Rock Me Mama \\
Victoria Spivey
- Closed Door []


# rec. March 24, 1974 in Brooklyn, NY; Larry Johnson, voc, ac g; Danny Russo, hca; Ted Stilles, el g
* rec. c. 1960 in Chicago, IL; Harvey Hill, voc, g; Lafayette Leake, p; Willie Dixon, b
§ rec. mid 1960s in New York City; Homesick James, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Willie Dixon, perc

$ rec. 1969/70 at Miss Delsey McKay's Hotel Alvin suite in New York City; Walter Horton, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Johnny Shines, g
// rec. February 1970 in New York, NY; John P. Hammond, voc, g; Bill Dicey, hca; Roosevelt Sykes, p; Joseph "Washboard Doc" Doctor, wb
// rec. February 1970 in New York, NY; John P. Hammond, voc, g; Bill Dicey, hca; Roosevelt Sykes, p; Joseph "Washboard Doc" Doctor, wb
|| rec. c. 1971 in New York, NY; Bukka White, voc, g
\\ rec. 1974 in Bryam, CT; Louisiana Red, voc, hca; Bob Malenky, g; Gerry Gioia, dr
[] rec. August 4, 1974 in Brooklyn, NY; Victoria Spivey, voc, uke; Danny Russo, hca; Ralph Rush, g; Dave Rosenthal, perc

notes by Len Kunstadt

Spivey 1015 (US 1974)     (The release date "1970" given elsewhere is highly unlikely: 1. Watch the recording dates of the tracks included! 2. The LP has been reviewed in "Blues Unlimited" and "Living Blues" in 1975!)

Spivey Records discography
Larry Johnson discography
Homesick James discography
John Hammond discography

Johnny Shines discography
Walter Horton discography
Bukka White discography
Harvey Hill discography

251974Johnny Shines

- Give My Heart A Break
- Too Lazy
- Moaning And Groaning
- Just A Little Tenderness
- I Know The Winds Are Blowing
- Just Call Me

- My Love Can't Hide
- Skull And Crossbones Blues
- Vallie Lee
- Can't Get Along With You
- Have To Pay The Cost

CD bonus track:
- Ramblin'

rec. 1970 at Vault Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Philip Walker, g; David Li, bs; Nathaniel Dove, p; Charles Jones, b; Downy Murl, dr (Phillip Walker Band); prod. by Bruce Bromberg, John Harmer & Frank Scott

CD bonus track rec. June 1974 at radio station KPFK

notes (January 1974)
by Frank Scott

Advent 2803 (US 1974)

Advent Records discography


= Trio PA-3040 (Jp 1975)


= P-Vine PCD 2103 (Jp 1989)

notes by Peter Guralnick

(=) Hightone HCD 8028 (US 1991)

261974Johnny Shines

- My Love Can't Hide
- Skull And Crossbones Blues

rec. December 1970 in Los Angeles, CA; Johnny Shines, voc, g; David Ii, b; Mat Dove, p; Philip Walker, g; Charles Jones, b; Murl Downey, dr

7 inch 45 rpm

Joliet 206

271974Johnny Shines: Country Blues 1974

- Slavery Time Breakdown
- This Morning
- Country Blues
- Deep Freeze
- Devil's Daughter
- You're The One I Love

- About My Wish
- Went To the River To Drown
- I Thought I Heard A Tone
- Down In Spirit
- Worried Blues Ain't Bad
- Stop Cryin'
- Goodbye

rec. Febr. 1974 at Damon Studios, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada


Stony Plain 1005 (US)


= XTRA 1142 (UK 1974)

XTRA Records discography


= Labor CD 7011 (1995)


= Blues Alliance CD (1996)
"Worried Blues Ain't Bad"

281974Johnny Shines and Company
accompanied by Dave Bromberg and his band

LP track sequence:
- Little Wolf #
- Mr. Cover Shaker
- Shotgun Whupin'
- Lost Love Letter Blues *
- Stand By Me

- Blood Ran Like Wine
- Chief Tuscaloosa *
- I'm Getting Old
- Mother's Place
- Jim String #

# reissued on Biograph CD 121
* not reissued on CD

CD track sequence:
- Devil's Daughter #
- Look Behind The Door #
- Two Steps To Hell #
- Face In The Courthouse #
- Blood Ran Like Wine #
- May I Apologize #
- Blood Ran Like Wine
- I'm Getting Old
- Mother's Place
- Mr. Cover Shaker
- Shotgun Whupin'
- Stand By Me

# on CD only (from Biograph BLP 12044)

rec. at the Shaggy Dog Studio; Johnny Shines, voc, g; David Bromberg acoustic, electric guitar, mandolin; prod by David Bromberg

notes by Barbara Caplin
click to blow up ! click to blow up !
Biograph BLP-12048


Blue Moon BMLP 1.065
(1988?)

notes by Brett J. Bonner

(=) Biograph CD 125 (1992)
"Mr. Cover Shaker"

Biograph Records discography

28a1974Johnny Shines Recorded Live 1974

- Won't You Tell Me Mama
- Goin' Down In The Bottom
- Bumble Bee Blues
- Workin' On The Station

- Moanin' The Blues
- Talking / Just A Little Tenderness
- Guitar Boogie

rec. April 5, 1974 at Webster College, St. Louis, MO; Johnny Shines, voc, g


Wolf 120.914

Wolf CD 120.914 (1994)

291975Johnny Shines: Too Wet To Plow
featuring Louisiana Red & Sugar Blue

- Too Wet To Plow
- Travelling Back Home
- Hot Tomale
- Moanin' The Blues
- Red Sun
- Winding Mind

- You Better Turn Around   @ youtube
- The Wind Is Blowin'
- Troubles All I See
- 30 Days In Jail
- Pay Day Woman
- Epilog

rec. September 18 & 19, 1975 at Century 11 Studios, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Louisiana Red, voc, g, hca; Sugar Blue, hca, Ron Rault, b; prod. by Kent Cooper & Heiner Stadler


Blue Labor BL 110


Tomato LP 2696361 (Germany 1989)

notes by Robert Palmer

= Tomato/Rhino CD 2696362
(1989)


Blue Labor LAB 7003 (1994)


= Blues Alliance BZH 13001
(1996)


= Tomato CD 2065 (2005)

301975Johnny Shines
Live Recording at Yubin Chokin Hall on March 1975 @ youtube (full album)

- Steady Rollin' Man
- Dust My Broom
- Good Morning Blues
- Have To Pay The Cost
- Little Wolf

- Pony Blues
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Dynaflow Blues
- Mean Black Snake
- Nobody's Fault But Mine

rec. March 9-11, 1975 at Yubin Chokin Hall in Tokyo, Japan; Johnny Shines, voc, g


 
Tokuma / Bourbon BMC-2003 (Jp 1975) (Blues Festival Live # 2)

30a1975You Got Magic
Fox Hollow Festival 10th Anniversary Album Volume 2

Biograph 12052 (first edition 1975)
Bodie Wagner
- The Other Side Of Freedom #
Sparky Rucker
- Here Rattler
Jean Ritchie
- Charlie's Neat & Charlie's Sweet
Sweet Potato Pie: Doug and Lana Allen
- My Old Lady

Johnny Shines & David Bromberg
- Worried Blues
Bob Coltman
- Rocky Island
Jim Ringer, Jay Unger, Lynn Unger
- Baby Rocked Her Dolly #
Bruce "Utah" Phillips
- Children's Liberation Song
John Herald, ALan Stowell, Jay Unger, Saul Brody
- Ruby

Jane Voss
- Standing Behind Some Man #
Bodie Wagner
- Magic Mojo #
Tony Barrand, John Roberts, Cliff Haslam
- Three Jolly Lads #
Kenny Hall & Sweets Mill String Band
- Coldrush
Frankie Armstrong & Friends
- Lord Bateman
Holly Tannen, Alistair Anderson
- Lord Edgecomb #
Calliope's Children Stell Band & The Invermark Pipers
- Scotland the Brave
Bruce "Utah" Phillips
- Touch Me #


Biograph 12052 (revised edition 1976)
Sparky Rucker
- Here Rattler (1974)
Jean Ritchie
- Charlie's Neat & Charlie's Sweet (1974)
Doug Johnson & Lana Pettey
- My Old Lady (1973)

Johnny Shines
- Worried Blues (1973)
Bob Coltman
- Rocky Island (1974)
Bruce Phillips
- Children's Liberation Song (1974)
John Herald & Jay Unger
- Ruby (1973)

Kenny Hall & Sweets Mill String Band
- Goldrush (1973)
Frankie Armstrong
- Lord Bateman (1974)
Calliope's Children Steel Band & The Invermark Pipers
- Scotland The Brave (1974)
Ebenezer
- Sandy River Belle (1975) #
Gordon Bok
- Mister I Don't Mind (1975) #
Lorre Wyatt & John Guth
- A Toast To The Times (1975) #
Bill Stanies
- Happy Yodel (1975) #
Margaret Christl & Ian Robb
- Mingelay Boat Song (1975) #


# on first resp. revised edition only


Biograph BLP-12052 (revised edition)

Biograph Records discography

311976Windy City Blues
The Transition: 1935 to 1953

Pinetop [Aaron 'Pinetop' Sparks]
- Every Day I Have The Blues
State Street Boys
- Sweet To Mama
Washboard Sam
- Easy Ridin' Mama
Robert Lee McCoy
- Prowlin' Nighthawk
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Sunnyland
- My Little Cornelius
Robert Lockwood
- Black Spider Blues
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby

Guitar Pete Franklin
- Down Behind The Rise
- Casey Brown Blues
Tampa Red
- Green And Lucky Blues
Robert Lockwood
- Gonna Dig Myself A Hole
- Dust My Broom
Tony Hollins
- Fishin' Blues
- Wino Woman

Johnny Shines
- Please Don't

notes by Leroy Pierson
click to read liner notes! click to read liner notes! click to read liner notes!
Nighthawk 101

Nighthawk Records discography

321976Chicago Slickers 1948-1953

Little Walter
- I Want My Baby
Floyd Jones
- School Days
- Hard Time
Forest City Joe
- A Woman On Every Street
Little Walter
- Just Keep Lovin' Her
John Brim
- Dark Clouds
- Lonesome Man Blues
Earl Hooker
- Sweet Angel


Johnny Shines
- Ramblin'
- Cool Driver
Homesick James
- Lonesome Ole Train
- Farmer's Blues
Delta Joe
- Train Time
Big Boy Spires
- About To Lose My Mind
Floyd Jones
- Early Morning


notes by Leroy Pierson
click to read liner notes! click to read liner notes!
Nighthawk 102

Nighthawk Records discography

32a1977Joe Willie Wilkins
& His King Biscuit Boys


- Mr. Downchild
- Sad Letter
- Hucklefinger
- Me & The Devil Blues
- Everyday I Have The Blues


- Tribute to Joe Willie Wilkins - Johnny Shines
- Little Care Blues
- It's Sad To Be Alone
- Na's Blues
- Walkin' Blues
- Feel Like Goin' Home
- It's Too Bad


rec. mostly live at the Memphis Blues Caravan in the early 1970's; plus studio tracks from 1976


Adamo ADS 9507

331977Chicago Blues At Home

Louis Myers - Going Back To The Ghetto   @ youtube
John Littlejohn - Mean Old World   @ youtube
Eddie Taylor - Greyhound Bus   @ youtube
Louis Myers - Stop Breaking Down   @ youtube
Bob Myers - Train Fare Home °°   @ youtube
Jimmy Rogers - Ludella   @ youtube

Johnny Shines - Ramblin' #   @ youtube

John Littlejohn - The Moon Is Rising °°   @ youtube
Homesick James Williamson - Tell Me Who   @ youtube
Louis Myers - Short Haired Woman °°   @ youtube
Jimmy Rogers - Back Door Friend °°   @ youtube
Bob Myers - Right Kind Of Life   @ youtube
John Littlejohn - Slidin'   @ youtube
Louis Myers - Mean Red Spider   @ youtube
Louis Myers - Just a Snap Boogie °°   @ youtube
Jimmy Rogers - What Have I Done °°   @ youtube
Eddie Taylor - Jackson Town   @ youtube
Eddie Taylor - Tell Me Baby °°   @ youtube


John Littlejohn tracks rec. August 21, 1970 at John Littlejohn's home in Chicago, IL by Frank Scott; John Littlejohn, voc, g; Jimmy Rogers, g
Jimmy Rogers tracks rec. August 21, 1970 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; John Littlejohn, g

# Johnny Shines track rec. June 1974 at KPFK Radio, North Hollywood, CA; Johnny Shines, voc, g
Homesick James track rec. March 8, 1973 in Chicago, IL by Jim O'Neal; Homesick James, voc, g; Andrew McMahon, g; Lou Ella Smith, conga
photography (Louis & Bob Myers) by Amy O'Neal, all other photos by Frank Scott

°° CD bonus tracks, previously unissued

notes by Frank Scott

Advent 2806 (US 1977)

notes by Frank Scott

(=) Testament TCD-5028 (US 1995)

Advent Records discography
Testament Records discography
John Littlejohn discography
Jimmy Rogers discography
Homesick James discography

341977Johnny Shines & Big Boy Spires with Johnny Williams
Chance Vintage Blues R&B Crops Vol. 1

Johnny Shines
- Evening Shuffle (take 2)
- No Name Blues
- Brutal Hearted Woman
- Gonna Call The Angel (rehearsal and take 3)
- Evening Shuffle (take 3, issued as "Which One Do I Love")
Big Boy Spires
- Pine Gasoline (issued as "About To Lose My Mind")

Big Boy Spires
- Sometimes I Wonder (issued as "Which One Do I Love")
- Someday Little Darling
- My Baby Left Me
- Rhythm Rock Boogie
- Tired Of Being Mistreated
Johnny Williams
- Silver Haired Woman
- Fat Mouth


P-Vine PLP 705

351977Johnny Nicholas & Friends:
Too Many Bad Habits


- Mandolin Boogie
- Looks Can Be Deceivin'

- Too Many Bad Habits #
- Sittin' On Top Of The World
- Got The Train?
- Rock My Blues Away

- Blues Walk #
- Don't You Mind People Grinnin' In Your Face

- The New Canned Heat
- West Wind

- Blues Came Fallin' Down ##
- Careless Love
- Gettin' Outta Town
- Hellhound On My Trail

rec. 1974; 'friends' are Big Walter Horton; Johnny Shines, # g, ## voc; members of Asleep At The Wheel


Blind Pig BP 004

361979Piano Red (Doctor Feelgood) / Johnny "Guitar" Shines: Blues Live

Piano Red
- Let's Get It On

Johnny "Guitar" Shines
- Shake Rattel And Roll [sic]
Piano Red
- The Right Swing Baby, But The Wrong Yoyo [sic]
- It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
- I Ain't Gonna Be Your Lowdown Dog No More
- She's My Baby
- Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone


Johnny "Guitar" Shines
- It's Easy When You Know How
- Kindhearted Woman Blues
- Little Wolf
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
- You Better Turn Around
- Crossroad Blues

rec. April 28, 1978 live at the International Jazz Festival Bern, Switzerland; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Piano Red, voc, p; prod. by Willy Leiser & Hans Zurbrügg
photograph by George Tanner

notes (in German)
by Norbert Hess

Zytglogge ZYT 220
(Switzerland)


BU 139/50

371980Chicago 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


notes by Leroy Pierson

Nighthawk 107

Nighthawk 107

Nighthawk Records discography

381980Johnny Shines & Robert Lockwood: Dust My Broom
The Job series Vol. 1

Johnny Shines
- Ramblin' [J.O.B. 116]
- Fish Tail [J.O.B. unissued]
- Cool Driver [J.O.B. 116]
- Ain't Doin' No Good [J.O.B. unissued]
Robert Lockwood
- Dust My Broom
- Pearly B
- Aw Aw Baby
- Sweet Woman From Maine


Johnny Shines
- Evening Sun
- No Name Blues
- Brutal Hearted Woman
- Gonna Call The Angel (rehearsal)
- Gonn Call The Angel (tk 3)
- Evening Shuffle
Robert Lockwood
- Dust My Broom (alt)

notes by Mike Rowe

Flyright FLY 563

(=) Flyright FLYCD 10 (UK 1989)

Flyright Records discography

391980Robert Jr. Lockwood & Johnny Shines: Hangin' On

- Big John \\ *
- Hangin' On // #
- Full Grown Woman // *
- Razzmadazz (instr) \\ #
- We're Gonna Ball Tonight \\ *
- Early In The Morning // *   @ youtube

- Here It Is Brother // #
- Mean Mistreater \\ #
- Goin' To England // *
- I Gotta Find My Baby \\ #
- Just The Blues // #
- Lonesome Whistle \\ *

// rec. January 16/17, 1980 in Cleveland, OH; Robert Jr. Lockwood, electric & acoustic 12-string g, # voc; Johnny Shines, electric & acoustic g, * voc; Peter Haskin, as; Harold D. Arnold, Sr., ts; Harold D. Arnold, Jr., electric p; James C. Garrett, b; Wilford Core, dr

\\ rec. January 18, 1980 in Newton, MA; Robert Jr. Lockwood, electric & acoustic 12-string g, # voc; Johnny Shines, electric & acoustic g, * voc

Rounder 2023 photographs by John Earl, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

notes by Peter Guralnick

Rounder 2023 (US 1980)


= Paris Album PLB 2-28516 (Fr)

= Bluesmen BS-32221

notes by Frank-John Hadley

(=) Bullseye Blues CD 9623 "Robert Jr. Lockwood: Just The Blues" (only tracks featuring Lockwood on lead voc)

Rounder Records discography

39a1980Robert Jr. Lockwood & Johnny Shines

- Hangin' On
- Here It Is Brother

rec. January 16/17, 1980 in Cleveland, OH; Robert Jr. Lockwood, electric & acoustic 12-string g, voc; Johnny Shines, electric & acoustic g; Peter Haskin, as; Harold D. Arnold, Sr., ts; Harold D. Arnold, Jr., electric p; James C. Garrett, b; Wilford Core, dr

7 inch 45 rpm

Rounder 4533 (US 1980)

Rounder Records discography

401980Delta Blues Festival '79

Napoleon Strickland Fife and Drum Band (Jesse Mae Hemphill, Abe Young)
- Shimmy Shawhaha
Boyd Rivers
- Grow Sick And Die
Clyde Maxwell
- Alberta
Big Joe Williams
- Tell Me Mama
Harmonica Medley:
Napoleon Strickland
- Fox Chase
- Let's Boogie
Hammie Nixon
- Rock Me Mama
- Mule To Ride
Sam Chatmon & Eugene Powell
- How Long


Johnny Shines
- Have You Ever Loved A Woman
Sam Myers
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
Sylvia Embry
- Goin' To New York

Betty Fikes & Johnny Shines Band feat. Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Rock Me Baby
Lefty Dizz
- You Might Have Made Your Move Too Soon


rec. September 8, 1979 in Freedom Village (outside Greenville), Mississippi, by Worth Long in cooperation with Mississippi Action for Community Education (MACE)


Delta Blues DBF 79

40a1980Mississippi Delta Blues

Boyd Rivers   @ youtube
- You Got To Take Sick And Die One Of These Days
- When I Cross Over
Clyde Maxwell   @ youtube
- I Left Alabama
Hammie Nixon [& Napoleon Strickland]   @ youtube
- I'm A Tatta [actually "(Po)Tato"] Digging Man [Nixon]
- Fox Hound [Strickland]
- Sent My Baby A Brand New Twenty Dollar Bill [Nixon]
- Let's Boogie [Strickland]
- Rock Me Baby [Nixon]
Big Joe Williams   @ youtube
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Don't You Wish Your Woman Was Tailored Made Like Mine [actually "Tailor Made"]
- Came Home This Morning
Sam Chatmon & Eugene Powell   @ youtube
- We Going Round The Mountain
- How Long That Evening Train Been Gone

Johnny Shines   @ youtube
- You Got To Pay The Cost
- I Walked All The Way From East St. Louis Today
Betty Fikes & Johnny Shines Band feat. Robert Jr. Lockwood   @ youtube
- Rock Me Baby, Rock Me All Night Long
Johnny Shines with Robert Lockwood Jr.   @ youtube
- They Call Me Little Wolf
Sylvia Embry   @ youtube
- I'm Going To New York, Even If I Have To Walk
Lefty Dizz
- Make Your Move Too Soon


filmed September 8, 1979 live at the 1st [*not* 2nd (1980), as the VHS' notes claim!] Mississippi Delta Blues Festival at Freedom Village (outside Greenville), Mississippi; hosted by Willie Dixon

VHS video, 60 min, colour, mono

Kay Jazz KJ 081 (UK 1980)



... in April 1980 Johnny Shines suffered a stroke, which robbed him of some of his dexterity on guitar ...

 

40b1981Robert Jr. Lockwood & Johnny Shines:
Mister Blues Is Back To Stay


- For You My Love #
- My Bad Luck Soul *
- Party Time #
- I Want You To Know (instr)
- Rockin' Free #

- Mister Blues []
- Soul Power *
- Blues On The Hour (instr)
- Inflation Blues *
- Stake A Claim # []
- Hey Hey #

rec. April 3 & 6, 1981 in Jamaica Plain & Newton, MA; Robert Jr. Lockwood, electric & acoustic 12-string g, # voc; * Johnny Shines, voc; Paul Combs, as, ss; Bobby Marcus, as, ts; Maurice Reedus, ts; [] Scott Billington, chromatic hca; Carl "Ace" Carter, p; James C. Garrett, b; Wilford Core, Jimmy Hoare, dr; J.K. Terrell, congas, percussion

photographs by John Earl, Tuscaloosa, Alabama (front cover photo hand tinted by Susan March [?]) except group photo by ??? Train [?]

Johnny Shines' first post-stroke record


Rounder 2026

Rounder Records discography


= Atlas LA25-5002 (Jp 1983)

notes by Frank-John Hadley

(=) Bullseye Blues CD 9623 "Robert Jr. Lockwood: Just The Blues" (only tracks featuring Lockwood on lead voc)

40c1981Chicago Blues - A Quarter Century

LP 1
Big Road To Chicago
Johnny Shines
- Ramblin' [J.O.B. 116]
- Fish Tail [J.O.B. unissued]
- Cool Driver [J.O.B. 116]
- Ain't Doin' No Good [J.O.B. unissued]
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
Moody Jones
- Rough Treatment
- Why Should I Worry
- Please Somebody


5 Long Years At Steel Mill
Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years
- Hard Head Woman
J.T. Brown
- My Gal Went Away
- Soup Line
Memphis Minnie
- Kissing In The Dark
Son Joe
- I'd Write A Letter
Little Brother Montgomery
- Keep On Drinkin'
Memphis Slim
- Black Cat Crossed My Trail



LP 2
Chicago Blues Is Killing Me
Baby Face Leroy
- Blues Is Killing Me
- Late Hours At Midnight
- Pet Rabbit
John Lee Henley
- Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
J.B. Lenoir
- Let It Roll
John Brim
- Hard Pill To Swallow


Just Blowing
Louis Meyers
- Just Wailing
- Bluesy
Big Walter Horton
- Have A Good Time
- Need My Baby
Little Willie Foster
- Crying The Blues
- Little Girl
Junior Wells with Earl Hooker
- Calling All Blues



LP 3
Down Home Child Grown Up
Sunnyland Slim
- Down Home Child
- Over Night
- Highway 61
Lee Jackson
- Fishin' In My Pond
- I'll Just Keep Walking
Arbee Stidham
- When I Find My Baby
Homesick James
- Crossroads


Rather Fight Than Switch
Buddy Guy
- Sit And Cry
- Try To Quit You Baby
Shakey Jake with Magic Sam
- Call Me If You Need Me
Jesse Fortune
- Too Many Cooks
- Heavy Heart Beat
A.C. Reed
- I'd Rather Fight Than Switch
Ricky Allen
- Ouch!



LP 4
Hard Times Follow Me
Fenton Robinson
- From My Heart
- Say You're Leavin'
Mighty Joe Young
- Hard Times
Earl Hooker
- Blues In D Natural
Lonnie Brooks
- Figure Head
Reggie Boyd
- Nothing But Poison
Andrew Brown
- You Better Stop


Sing The Way I Feel
Koko Taylor
- Honky Tonky
Big Moose
- Rambling Woman
- Foot Race
Big Mac
- Rough Dried Woman
Detroit Jr.
- The Way I Feel
- Call My Job
Bobby Rush
- I Don't Know
Buster Benton
- Money Is The Name Of The Game

4 LP set

P-Vine PLP-9022-9025 (Jp 1981)

411982Okeh Chicago Blues

- Good Doing Daddy - Big Boy Edwards (unissued Master)
- Hollywood Stomp - Victoria Spivey & Her Chicago Four
- Blues And Trouble - Curtis Jones (unissued Performance)
- Brownskin Woman Swing - Roosevelt Scott
- Miss Ora Lee Blues - Peter Chatman & His Washboard Band
- Born For Bad Luck - Brownie McGhee
- Weed Head Woman - Champion Jack Dupree

- 15 Cents A Day - Roosevelt Sykes (The Honey Dripper)
- Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins
- Confessin' The Blues - Peter Cleighton
- I Am Sailin' - Memphis Minnie
- Just Had To Holler - Little Son Joe
- I Can't Write - Big Bill & His Rhythm Band
- Bad Whiskey Blues - The Yas Yas Girl (Merline Johnson)



- Tennessee Woman Blues - Johnny Shines (unissued)
- Delta Pine Blues - Johnny Shines (unissued)
- Ride, Ride Mama - Johnny Shines (unissued)
- Evil-Hearted Woman Blues - Johnny Shines (unissued)
rec. Chicago, Feb 24, 1946; Johnny Shines, voc, g; prob. Big Bill Broonzy, g;
- Jitterbug Blues - Muddy Waters (Unissued)
- Hard Day Blues - Muddy Waters (Unissued)
- Burying Ground Blues - Muddy Waters (unissued)
Muddy Waters (Vocal, Guitar), James Clarke (Piano), Probably Baby-Face Leroy Foster (Guitar), Chicago, September 27, 1946)

Big Joe Williams
- P Vine Blues
- Bad And Weak Hearted Blues
- King Biscuit Stomp
- I'm A Highway Man
- Banta Rooster Blues (unissued)
- Mean Step Father Blues (unissued)
- House Lady Blues
- Don't You Leave Me Here (Big Joe Williams (Vcl, Guitar), Sonny Boy Williamson (Harmonica), Ransom Knowling (Bass), Judge Lawrence Riley (Drums), Chicago, December 18, 1947)

DLP

Epic EG 37318/37319

= Epic EPC 22123 (UK)

421984Johnny Shines / Blind Will Dukes: Country Blues

Johnny Shines
- Rambling Blues
- Maggie Lee Blues
- You're The One That I Love
- Sweet Home Chicago
- Shake 'em On Down
- Moanin' & Groanin' The Blues

Blind Will Dukes
- Terraplane Blues
- Dead Shrimp Blues
- Steady Rollin' Man
- Me & The Devil
- Mean Hearted Woman
- Ramblin' Blues
- Hobo Blues
- Milk Cow Blues
- Mistreated So Long
- Sail On Little Woman
- Hoodoo Man


Johnny Shines tracks rec. c. October 25, 1978 live in Breda, The Netherlands; Johnny Shines, voc, g

Blind Will Dukes tracks rec. February 1975 in Detroit, MI by George Paulus; Blind Will Dukes, voc, g
Blind Will Dukes photo by Sven Ahlstrom

notes by John Stedman
   
JSP 1079 (UK 1984)

(=) JSP JSPCD 7795 (UK 2007)

JSP Records discography

431989Johnny Shines / Robert Jr. Lockwood

Johnny Shines
- Ramblin'
- Fish Tail
- Cool Driver
- Ain't Doin' No Good
- Evening Sun
- No Name Blues
- Brutal Hearted Woman
- Gonna Call The Angel
- Gonna Call The Angel
- Evening Shuffle
Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dust My Broom
- Pearly B
- Aw Aw Baby
- Sweet Woman From Maine
- You've Got To Stop This Mess
- Glad I Don't Worry No More
- Down Home Child
- Sunny Land Special
- Leaving Your Town
- Dust My Broom (alt tk)


Flyright FLY 563 plus five (Robert Lockwood) bonus tracks

notes by Mike Rowe

Flyright FLYCD 10 (UK 1989)


= Paula PCD-14 (US 1990)

P-Vine PCD 24051 (Jp 2003)

43a1990Johnny Shines - John Brim - Floyd Jones: Original J.O.B. Recordings 1951-53

Johnny Shines
- Evening Shuffle (tk 2)
- No Name Blues
- Brutal Hearted Woman
- Gonna Call The Angel
- Evening Shuffle (tk 3)
- Living In The White House
- Please Don't (tk 1)
- Please Don't (tk 2)
- Evening Shuffle (tk 1)
John Brim
- Young And Wild
- I Love My Baby
- Trouble In The Morning
- Humming Blues
- Man Around My Door
- Hospitality Blues
- Hard Pill To Swallow
- Drinking Woman
- Don't Leave Me
- Moonlight Blues
Floyd Jones
- Big World
- I Lost A Good Woman
- Skinny Mama
- Rising Wind



P-Vine PCD-2176 (Jp 1990)

441991Johnny Shines & Friends@ youtube (just ignore them king-size pauses 'tween the tracks!)

- Dust My Broom
- You're The One I Love
- Rock Me
- So Glad I Found You

- Brutal Hearted Woman #
- Down The Highway
- The Delta Pines
- Hello Central

rec. 1991 in Gadsden, AL; Johnny Shines, voc (recovering from a stroke, hence no g); Alan Adkins, ts; Peter Madcat Ruth, hca; # Jerry "Boogie" McCain, hca; Gloria Sitz ("Blueswoman Alabama Annie" f/k/a "Memphis Annie"), p, b; Bart Pate, g; Jim Henderson, dr


Alley-Way 001 (cassette only)

451991Johnny Shines and Snooky Pryor: Back To The Country

1991 CD track sequence:
- Trouble In Mind (Jones)
- Corrine Corrina (Chatman/Parish/Williams)
- Cool Driver (Shines)
- They're Red Hot (Johnson)
- Crossroads (Johnson)
- Lost A Good Woman (Pryor) #
- Evening Sun (Shines)
- Peace In Hell (Nicholas)
- Send Your Man To War (Pryor)
- Come On In My Kitchen (Johnson)
- Blues Come To Texas (Shines)
- Moon Is Rising (Shines)
- Hey Bobba Re Bop (Hamner)
- Terraplane (Johnson)
- I Make You Happy (Pryor)

# not included on LP release !!!

2008 LP track sequence:
- Trouble In Mind (Jones)
- Corrine Corrina (Chatman/Parish/Williams)
- Cool Driver (Shines)
- They're Red Hot (Johnson)
- Crossroads (Johnson)
- Evening Sun (Shines)
- I Make You Happy (Pryor)

- Come On In My Kitchen (Johnson)
- Hey Bobba Re Bop (Hamner)
- Blues Come To Texas (Shines)
- Moon Is Rising (Shines)
- Send Your Man To War (Pryor)
- Terraplane (Johnson)
- Peace In Hell (Nicholas)

Johnny Nicholas acoustic g, p, steel g, prod


Blind Pig BP-4391


= Blind Pig BPLP 4391 (2008)
remastered, limited edition,
HQ-180 gram LP

461992Johnny Shines: Mr. Cover Shaker

- Devil's Daughter #
- Look Behind The Door #
- Two Steps To Hell #
- Face In The Courthouse #
- Blood Ran Like Wine #
- May I Apologize #
- Blood Ran Like Wine
- I'm Getting Old
- Mother's Place
- Mr. Cover Shaker
- Shotgun Whupin'
- Stand By Me

rec. 1974

notes by Brett J. Bonner

Biograph CD 125

Biograph Records discography

471992Roots of Rhythm & Blues
A Tribute to the Robert Johnson Era


Johnny 'Ned' Shines & Kent DuChaine & ensemble
- Sweet Home Chicago
Lonnie Pitchford
- Come On In My Kitchen
Moving Star Hall Singers
- You've Got To Move
Henry Townsend
- All My Money's Gone
Robert Jr. Lockwood & Gene Schwartz, b
- How Long, How Long Blues
David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
- That's Alright
Jesse Mae Hemphill
- Train, Train
Elder Roma Wilson
- This Train
Phil Wiggins
- Silver Comet Train
Railroad Maintenance Crew
- Captain Can't Read

Johnny 'Ned' Shines
- Satisfied
- Watermelons
David Savage
- I'm Going Home
John Cephas & Phil Wiggins
- Brownsville Blues

Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble
- Loved And Lost
Lonnie Pitchford
- Walking Blues

Johnny 'Ned' Shines
- Tell Me Daddy, How You Want Your Rolling Done
David Savage
- Bertha
Moving Star Hall Singers
- If You Miss Me

Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble
- Moon Is Rising
Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Kindhearted Woman Blues
Toshi Reagon
- I Hate To See The Sun Go Down
Lonnie Pitchford
- Terraplane Blues

Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble
- Milk Cow Blues
- Fat Mama

notes by Barry Lee Pearson
with introduction by
Bernice Johnson Reagon
click to read liner notes!
CBS 48584

481992Johnny Shines: The Blues Collection Vol. 87

- Ramblin' Blues
- Delta Pine
- Dynaflow Blues
- Milk Cow Blues
- Look Behind The Door
- Little Wolf
- Arguing And Boodling
- Lost Love Letter Blues
- I'm Getting Old
- Blood Ran Like Wine
- Mr. Cover Shaker
- Glad Rags
- Shotgun Whupin'
- Two Steps To Hell

notes by Tony Russell

491994Johnny Shines: 1915-1992

- Won't You Tell Me Mama #
- Goin' Down In The Bottom #
- Bumble Bee Blues #
- Workin' On The Station #
- Moanin' The Blues #
- Talkin' #
- Just A Little Tenderness #
- Guitar Boogie #
- Worried Life Blues *
- Fat Mama *
- High Road Blues *
- Hello Central *

# rec. 1974 at Webster College; Johnny Shines, voc, g
* Johnny Shines, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Big Walter Horton, hca; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr

Wolf 120.914 (1974)


Wolf CD 120.914

BR40

501994Chicago Blues Vol. 1 1939 - 1951

Alfred Fields (1939)
- Money Green
- Mighty Blue
- '29 Blues
- I`ve Retired
- In My Prime
- Quit Your Jivin'
- Spongy Baby
- Step Pepper Stepper
Tony Hollins (1941-1951)
- Crawlin' King Snake
- Married Woman Blues
- Big Time Woman
- Stamp Blues
- Tease Me Over Blues
- Cross Cut Saw Blues
- Traveling Man Blues
- Fishin' Blues
- I`ll Get A Break
- Wine-o-woman
- Crawlin' King Snake

Johnny Shines (1946-1950)
- Tennessee Woman Blues
- Delta Pine Blues
- Ride, Ride Mama
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues
- Joliet Blues
- So Glad I Found You

notes by Chris Smith

Document DOCD 5270

50a1994Memphis Blues Caravan, Vol. 2

Memphis Piano Red
- Blues Like Showers Of Rain
Skip James
- Crow Jane
Little Red Holmes
- Peach Tree Blues
Joe Dobbins
- Satchel Blues
Bukka White
- Uncle Sam Blues
Furry Lewis
- Furry Lewis' Blues

Johnny Shines
- Mr. Tom Green's Farm
Joe Willie Wilkins
- Hard Headed Woman
Roland Boy Blue Hayes
- Cold Chills
Charlie Booker with Joe Willie Wilkins & His King Biscuit Boys
- New Moonrise Blues
Big Daddy Rucker with T-Bone Terrell & His Band
- Sweet Little Angel


prod. by Steve LaVere

notes by Steve LaVere

Memphis Archives CD 7009

511995Johnny Shines: Worried Blues Ain't Bad

- Slavery Time Breakdown
- This Morning
- Country Blues
- Deep Freeze
- Devil's Daughter
- You're The One I Love
- About My Wish
- Went To The River To Drown
- I Thought I Heard A Tone
- Down In Spirit
- Worried Blues Ain't Bad
- Stop Cryin'
- Goodbye

rec. Febr. 1974 at Damon Studios, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Stony Plain 1005 (US 1974))
= XTRA 1142 (UK 1974)


Labor CD 7011


= Blues Alliance CD (1996)

51a1995Ain'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)

51b1995Testament Records Sampler

- Pet Cream Man - J.B. Hutto & The Hawks
- A Man For The Nation - John Lee Granderson
- Railroad Blues - The Chicago String Band
- Nobody Knows My Troubles - Otis Spann
- Jesus Is On The Mainline - Fred McDowell & The Hunter's Chapel Singers
- Peach Tree Blues - Eddie Taylor
- I'm Talking 'Bout You - Eddie Lee "Mustright" Jones
- Cat Squirrel - Dr. Isaiah Ross
- I'm Gettin' Tired - Robert Nighthawk
- Going Back To Texas - Jimmy Walker & His Western Stars/Erwin Helfer
- Black Mary - Ruby McCoy

- So Cold In Vietnam - Johnny Shines
- Titanic Blues - Bill Jackson
- Don't Start Me To Talkin' - A Feeling / Johnny Turner & Blues With A Feeling
- All My Money Gone - Johnny Young
- One Thin Dime - Blind Connie Williams [Storyville SLP 181]
- Goin' Down South - Fred McDowell
- I'm Going To Detroit - John Wrencher
- Annie Mae - Big Joe Williams
- My Babe - Napoleon Strickland Fife & Drum Band

- Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues - Johnny Shines
- Dust My Broom - Johnny Littlejohn
- Pleading And Crying - Billy Boy Arnold


notes by Pete Welding

Testament TCD-4001

Testament Records discography

51c1995Bottleneck Blues

Napoleon Strickland
- Key To The Bushes
Big Joe Williams
- Talking About Bottleneck
- Traveling Blues
Robert Night Hawk
- Crying Won't Help You (alt tk) §
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Six White Horses
Mott Willis
- Knife Instrumental
Robert Lee Granderson
- Flora Blues
J.B. Hutto & The Hawks
- Wild Wild Woman
Blind Connie Williams
- St. Louis Blues [Testament T-2225]
David Honeyboy Edwards
- Worryin' Woman Blues
Robert Johnson
- I'm Coming, Lord, Please Don't Drive Me Away
Chicago Blues Band
- Verna Lee Blues []
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Wouldn't Mind Dying
John Littlejohn
- Dust My Broom
Blind Connie Williams
- Trouble In Mind [Testament T-2225]
Big Joe Williams
- How Do You Want Your Rollin' Done
Mott Willis
- M & O Blues

Johnny Shines
- Crucial Moment
Jack Owens
- Train Time
Robert Johnson
- I Don't Know When Death Is Gonna Call Me
Herb Quinn
- Casey, You Can't Ride This Train
Napoleon Strickland
- Skake 'Em Down


[Testament T-2216
announced, but not issued]

notes by David Evans

Testament TCD-5021 (US 1995)

= P-Vine PCD-5576 (Jp)

Testament Records discography

521996Uncle Sam Blues

- Army Blues - Bukka White
- G.I. Blues - Lightnin' Slim
- Red's Dream - Louisiana Red
- Vietnam Blues - J.B. Lenoir
- Stormy Desert - Cooper Terry
- Overseas Blues - Memphis Willie Borum
- Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man - Snooky Pryor
- Back To Korea Blues - Sunnyland Slim
- Vietcong Blues - Junior Wells
- Million Lonesome Women - Brownie McGhee
- '41 Blues - Dr. Clayton
- Pearl Harbour Blues - Dr. Clayton
- Give Me A 32-30 - Arthur Big Boy Crudup
- Win The War Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- The Army Blues - David Edwards
- Atomic Bomb Blues - Homer Harris

- So Cold In Vietnam - Johnny Shines
- Sad News From Korea - Lightnin' Hopkins


Blues Encore CD 52043

52a1998Chigago All Stars
featuring Willie Dixon, Walter Horton, Sunnyland Slim, Clifton James, Johnny Shines

- 29 Ways
- I Just Want To Make Love To You
- Crazy For My Baby
- My Babe
- Every Time I Get To Drinkin
- Rock This House
- Sunnyland Boogie
- Won't Do That No More
- It's You Baby
- She's Got a Thing Going On
- Worried Life Blues #
- Fat Mama #
- High Road Blues #
- Hello Central #
- Hard Hearted Woman
- Everybody's Fishin'
- Baby I Need Your Love

rec. 1970 in Boston, MA; Johnny Shines, g, # voc; Sunnyland Slim, p; Walter Horton, hca; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr


Wolf CD 120.291

531999Robert Jr. Lockwood: Just The Blues

- Hangin' On
- Stake A Claim
- Razzmadazz
- Here It Is, Brother
- For You My Love
- Mean Mistreater
- Rockin' Free
- We're Gonna Ball Tonight
- Blues On The Hour
- I Gotta Find My Baby
- Just The Blues

Robert Jr. Lockwood, voc, electric & acoustic 12-string g; Johnny Shines, electric & acoustic g; Carl "Ace" Carter, p; Peter Haskin, Bobby Marcus, alto sax; Harold D. Arnold, Sr., Paul Combs, Maurice Reedus. El., Sr., ten sax; Harold D. Arnold, Jr., electric p; James C. Garrett, b; Wirtford Core, Jimmy Hoare, dr; Scott Billington, chromatic hca; J.K. Terrell, congas, percussion

Rounder 2023 /
Rounder 2026

notes by Frank-John Hadley

Bullseye Blues CD 9623

542001Johnny Shines: Evening Shuffle
The Complete J.O.B. Recordings 1952-53

- Ramblin'
- Fish Tail
- Cool Driver
- Ain't Doin' No Good
- Livin' In The White House - Sunnyland Slim And His Boys
- Please Don't (take 2) - Sunnyland Slim And His Boys
- Evening Sun (take 3 - Master)
- No Name Blues
- Brutal Hearted Woman
- Gonna Call The Angel (Master - take 1)
- Evening Shuffle (take 1)
- Gonna Call The Angel (Rehearsal)
- Evening Shuffle (take 2)
- Please Don't (take 1) - Sunnyland Slim And His Boys


Westside CD WESM635

54a2002Rough Treatment: The J.O.B. Records Story

disc 1:
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- Late Hours At Midnight - Babyface Leroy
- Pet Rabbit - Babyface Leroy
- How Much More - J.B. Lenoir
- Mojo - J.B. Lenoir
- Boogie Fool - Snooky Pryor
- Crying Shame - Snooky Pryor
- Boogie Twist - Snooky Pryor
- Rough Treatment - Little Hudson
- Don't Hand Around - Little Hudson
- Sweet Woman From Maine - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dust My Broom - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dark Road - Floyd Jones
- Skinny Mama - Floyd Jones
- Kissing In The Dark - Memphis Minnie
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Hard Pill To Swallow - John Brim
- Glad I Don't Worry No More - Fat Man
- Please Somebody - Moody Jones
- Keep Drinkin' - Little Brother Montgomery
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie - John Lee
- Man Around My Door - Grace Brim
- Down Home Child - Sunnyland Slim
- Ethel Bea - Little Son Joe

- Ramblin' - Johnny Shines
- Goin' Back To Memphis - Ernest Cotton

disc 2:
- Aw Aw Baby - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Pearly B - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Leaving Your Town - Sunnyland Slim
- Overnight - Sunnyland Slim
- Trouble In The Morning - John Brim
- You've Got To Stop This Mess - Fat Man
- Eighty Nine Ten - Snooky Pryor
- Raising Sand - Snooky Pryor
- Things Going So Tough With Me - Little Hudson
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Play A Little While - J.B. Lenoir
- People Are Meddling - J.B. Lenoir
- Knockin' On Lula's Mae's Door - John Lee
- Big World - Floyd Jones
- On The Road Again - Floyd Jones

- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- Cool Driver - Johnny Shines
- Hospitality Blues - Grace Brim
- Louella - Babyface Leroy
- Blues Is Killing Me - Babyface Leroy
- Blue Coat Man - Eddie Boyd
- Little Too Late - Little Son Joe
- Why Should I Worry - Moody Jones
- Boogie - Little Brother Montgomery
- World Of Trouble - Memphis Minnie
- Drinking Woman - John Brim
- Uh'm Beautiful - Ernest Cotton


2 CD set

Westside CD WESD 233

54b2003Johnny Shines: Skull & Crossbones Blues

- Give My Heart A Break (2:43) [Advent 2803]
- Johnny's Walkin' Blues (3:29) [Testament T-2212]
- Skull & Crossbones Blues (2:49) [Advent 2803]
- What Kind Of Little Girl Are You? (2:31) [Testament T-2212]
- My Black Mare (3:26) [Testament T-2212]
- Standing At The Crossroads (2:52) [Testament T-2221]
- Rollin' & Tumblin' (3:11) [Testament T-2212]
- Trouble Is All I See (3:48) [Testament T-2212]
- Fat Mama (2:50) [Testament T-2217]
- Drunken Man's Prayer (3:22) [Testament T-2221]
- Two Trains Runnin' (3:17) [Testament T-2212]
- You Don't Have To Go (2:23) [Testament T-2212]

compiled by Dave Alvin


Hightone HCD8153

552003Robert Jr. Lockwood & Johnny Shines: Sweet Home Chicago
The JOB Sessions 1951-1955

Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dust My Broom
- Pearly B
- Down Home Child
- Leaving Your Town (No Name Blues)
- Sunnyland Special
- You've Gotta Stop This Mess
- Glad I Don't Worry No More
- Mary Lee
- That Woman
- Aw Aw Baby
- Sweet Woman From Maine
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom

Johnny Shines
- Ramblin'
- Fish Tail
- Cool Driver
- Ain't Doin' No Good
- Evening Shuffle
- Evening Sun
- No Name Blues
- Gonna Call The Angel
- Gonna Call The Angel

improved sound over previous reissues of this material


P-Vine PCD 24051

55a2003Roots Of The Blues

disc 1 "Folk Blues":
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:47)
The Chambers Brothers - See See Rider (3:08)
John Hammond - Statesboro Blues (3:39)
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train (3:53)
Dave Van Ronk - Cocaine (3:46)
Buffy Sainte-Marie - You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (2:51) °°
Spider John Koerner - Traveling Blues (4:44)
Bill Monroe - Blue Yodel # 4 (2:43)
Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Maria Muldaur - Richland Woman (4:19)
Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Geoff & Maria Muldaur - Chevrolet (3:51)
Sam & Kirk McGee - Milk Cow Blues (2:31) °°
Tony Glover - I Dont Need No Whiskey (4:30) °°
Josh White - What You Gonna Do When Your Meat Gives Out (1:49) °°
Eric Von Schmidt - Grizzly Bear (4:34)
Mance Lipscomb - Keep On Truckin' Mama (1:35) °°


disc 2 "Delta & Country Blues":
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)
Rev. Gary Davis - You Got To Move (5:50)
Skip James - I'm So Glad (1:53)
Son House - Empire State Express (3:50)
Bukka White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (4:45)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - If The River Was Whiskey (2:34)
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:53)
Odetta - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (2:13)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway (3:37)
Sleepy John Estes - Clean Up At Home (2:59)
Mance Lipscomb - Freddie (1:50)
Memphis Slim - How Long (2:59)
Robert Pete Williams - Midnight Boogie (3:25) [Vanguard VRS 9180, Vanguard VSD 77/78, Vanguard CD 70193-2, Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
Eddie Boyd & Willie Dixon - Five Long Years (2:22)
Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (5:12)


disc 3 "Urban Blues":
Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid (2:21)
Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (3:14)
J.B. Hutto & The Hawks - Going Ahead (2:03)
Otis Spann - Marie (2:28)
James Cotton - Rocket 88 (2:03)
Homesick James And His Dusters - Dust My Broom (3:17)
Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band - One More Time (2:26)

The Johnny Shines Blues Band - If I Get Lucky (3:23)
Buddy Guy - One Room Country Shack (5:30)
Muddy Waters with Otis Spann - Blow Wind Blow (3:09)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go (2:37)
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Blues With A Feeling (3:55)
Charlie Musselwhite - Juke (4:18)
Big Mama Thornton - Ball And Chain (6:48)
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (3:01)


compilation prod. by Tom Vickers; cover design by Ann Smalley; photography by David Gahr

°° previously unreleased tracks

3-CD Set
notes by Ed Ward

Vanguard 3VCD 208-10 (Germany 2002)
= Vanguard CD 79715 (US 2003)

562005Johnny Shines 'Live' in Europe 1975

- 32-20 Blues
- Did You Ever Love A Woman (That Didn't Love You)
- Instrumental
- Stormy Monday
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
- I Don't Know
- Rock Me Mama
- Motherless Children
- Got My Mojo Working
- How Long
- Kind Hearted Woman
- Won't Be Your Fool No More
- Roll And Tumble Blues
- Why I Sing The Blues So Sad
- Instrumental
- Why Do You Treat Me So Mean
- St. Louis Blues
- You Ain't Sugar No More
- Shake Your Money Maker (instrumental)
- Ramblin'
- Stand By Me

rec. at the Jazzland, Vienna, Austria

notes by Bob Groom

Document DOCD-32-20-07

572006Sunnyland Slim: The Chronological 1952-1955

- Bassology (Chance) *
- Bassology (Blue Lake 107)
- Be Mine Alone (Club 51)
- Be My Baby (Vee Jay)
- City Of New Orleans
- Devil Is A Busy Man (Blue Lake 105)
- Four Day Bounce (JOB 1108)
- Going Back To Memphis (Blue Lake 105)
- I Done You Wrong (Vee Jay)

- Living In The White House (Chance) * #
- Please Don't (Chance) * #
- Sad And Lonesome (Club 51)
- Shake It Baby (Blue Lake 107)
- Shake It Baby (JOB 1105)
- That Woman (You Have Heard Of A Woman) (JOB 1108)
- Troubles Of My Own (Vee Jay)

- When I Was Young (Chance) *
- Woman Trouble (JOB 1105)
- Worried About My Baby (Chance) *
- Worried About My Baby (Vee Jay)

* unissued 1953 Chance recordings; Sunnyland Slim, voc (except #), p; J.T. Brown, ten; Johnny Shines, g, # voc; unknown, b; Alfred Wallace, dr

Constellation SC-6


Classics CD 5171

582007The Road To Robert Johnson And Beyond

disc 1:
- Walkin' Blues - Son House
- Mean Mistreater Mama - Leroy Carr
- Lead Pencil Blues - Johnny Temple
- Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
- Georgia Bound - Blind Blake
- Blue Ghost Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Mr- Carl's Blues - Carl Rafferty
- Change My Luck Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Things 'Bout Coming My Way - Tampa Red
- Police Station Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Old Original Kokomo Blues - Kokomo Arnold
- Roll And Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
- No Job Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Shelby County Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Booze And Blues - Ma Rainey & Her Georgia Jazz Band
- You're Gonna Somebody When You Die - Charley Patton
- 22/20 Blues - Skip James
- Milk Cow Blues - Kokomo Arnold
- Preachin' The Blues Pt. 1 - Son House
- Life Saver Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- The Evil Devil Blues -Johnny Temple
- When The Sun Comes Down - Leroy Carr
- Red River Blues - Henry Thomas
- Dry Southern Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Show Me What You Got - Mississipppi Sheiks


disc 2:
- Kind Hearted Woman Blues - Robert Johnson
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom - Robert Johnson
- Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson
- Ramblin' On My Mind - Robert Johnson
- When You Got A Good Friend - Robert Johnson
- Come On In My Kitchen - Robert Johnson
- Terraplane Blues - Robert Johnson
- They're Red Hot - Robert Johnson
- Phonograph - Robert Johnson
- 32-20 Blues - Robert Johnson
- Dead Shrimp Blues - Robert Johnson
- Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
- Walkin' Blues - Robert Johnson
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down - Robert Johnson
- Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson
- If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day - Robert Johnson
- Stones In My Passway - Robert Johnson
- I'm A Steady Rollin' Man - Robert Johnson
- From Four Until Late - Robert Johnson
- Hell Hound On My Trail - Robert Johnson
- Little Queen Of Spades - Robert Johnson
- Malted Milk - Robert Johnson
- Drunken Hearted Man - Robert Johnson
- Me And The Devil Blues - Robert Johnson
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues - Robert Johnson
- Travelin' Riverside Blues - Robert Johnson
- Honeymoon Blues - Robert Johnson
- Love In Vain - Robert Johnson
- Milkcow's Calf Blues - Robert Johnson


disc 3:
- Country Blues No. 1 - Muddy Waters
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- Burr Clover Farm Blues - Muddy Waters
- Ramblin' Kid Blues - Muddy Waters
- Rosalie - Muddy Waters
- Take A Walk With Me - Muddy Waters
- Burr Clover Blues - Muddy Waters
- I Be Bound To Write To You No. 1 - Muddy Waters
- I Be Bound To Write To You No. 2 - Muddy Waters
- You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone - Muddy Waters
- You Got To Take Sick And Die Some Of These Days - Muddy Waters
- Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You - Muddy Waters
- Country Blues No. 2 - Muddy Waters
- You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone No. 2 - Muddy Waters
- 32-20 Blues - Muddy Waters
- Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood
- She's A Double-Crossin' Woman - Calvin Frazier
- Friar's Point Blues - Robert Lee McCoy
- I'm A Highway Man - Big Joe Williams

- Evil Hearted Woman Blues - Johnny Shines
- Lilly Mae No. 1 - Calvin Frazier
- Ramblin' - Johnny Shines
- Sweet Home Chicago - Honeyboy Edwards
- Fishtail - Johnny Shines
- Muskadine Blues - Little Walter

disc 4:
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Long Lonesome Day - James Williamson
- Rollin' & Tumblin' Pts. 1 & 2 - Baby Face Leroy Foster
- Johnnie Mae - James Williamson
- Stop Breaking Down - Baby Boy Warren
- Standing At The Crossroads - Elmore James
- Lonesome Blues - James Williamson
- Homesick - James Williamson
- I Believe - Elmore James

- Rambling Blues - Johnny Shines [JSP 1079]
- Maggie Lee Blues - Johnny Shines [JSP 1079]
- You're The One That I Love - Johnny Shines [JSP 1079]
- Sweet Home Chicago - Johnny Shines [JSP 1079]
- Shake 'Em On Down - Johnny Shines [JSP 1079]
- Moanin' & Groanin' The Blues - Johnny Shines [JSP 1079]
- Terraplane Blues - Blind Will Dukes [JSP 1079]
- Dead Shrimp Blues - Blind Will Dukes [JSP 1079]
- Steady Rollin' Man - Blind Will Dukes [JSP 1079]
- Me And The Devil - Blind Will Dukes [JSP 1079]
- Mean Hearted Woman - Blind Will Dukes [JSP 1079]
- Ramblin' Blues - Blind Will Dukes [JSP 1079]
- Hobo Blues - Blind Will Dukes [JSP 1079]
- Milk Cow Blues - Blind Will Dukes [JSP 1079]
- Mistreated So Long - Blind Will Dukes [JSP 1079]
- Sail On Little Woman - Blind Will Dukes [JSP 1079]
- Hoodoo Man - Blind Will Dukes [JSP 1079]


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7795 (UK 2007)

592008Sunnyland Slim / Johnny Shines:
The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions


Sunnyland Slim
- Layin' In My Cell, Sleepin'
- I Am The Blues
- Sunnyland Special
- Heartache
- Lowland Blues
- Stepmother
- Get To My Baby - Take 2
- Get To My Baby - Take 3
- Stella Mae
- Midnight Jump - Take 3
- Midnight Jump
- Depression Blues
- Heartache - alternative version

Johnny Shines
- Solid Gold
- From Dark 'til Dawn
- I Will Be Kind To You
- Last Night's Dream
- Baby Don't You Think I Know
- Pipeline Blues
- I Don't Know
- Black Panther
- I Had A Good Home
- Mean Fisherman

remastered versions


EPIC 88697192172

592011Where the Palm Trees Shake at Night
Blues Music from the Florida Folklife Collection

- Palm Trees Shakin' InThe Night - Roy Book Binder
- Careless Love - Ida Goodson
- Rollin' Stone - Albert "Buck" Thompson
- Step Up A Little Bit Bigger - Sammy Lee Williams
- Dog Days Of August - Cephas and Wiggins
- Apple Farm Blues - Moses Williams
- Nobody Likes Mexico Like I Do - Johnny Brown
- St. Louis Blues - Mary McClain and Ida Goodson
- M&O Blues - Martin "Tampa Blue" Locklear
- Crow Jane Blues - Etta Baker
- Old Time Rounders - Emmett Murray
- Feelin' Fine Today - Marie Buggs and Isaac Hamilton
- In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down - Alex McBride

- Have To Pay The Cost - Johnny Shines #
- Key To The Highway - Charles Atkins and the Blues Boys
- Sunshine Florida - William "Washboard Bill" Cooke
- Unidentified - Richard Williams


# rec. April 16, 1977 (Florida Folklife Program); 1977 Portable Folk Festival; White Springs, Florida


State Archives of Florida

59a2014The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3

disc 1: The 1960s
Mance Lipscomb - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50)
John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (3:19)
Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (4:05)
Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (2:48)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:03)
Lonnie Johnson - Moaning Blues (4:01)
Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' (4:06)
Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You (2:45)
Scrapper Blackwell - Shady Lane (5:27)
Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (3:07)
Pete Franklin - Prison Bound (4:21)
Shirley Griffith - Bye Bye Blues (4:11)
R.C. Smith - Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:25)
Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Woman (3:36)
Baby Tate - What Have I Done To You (2:42)
Leroy Dallas - She Caught The M & O (3:43)
Sleepy John Estes - Vernita's Blues (2:19)
J.D. Short - I'm Just Wastin' My Time (5:25)
Muddy Waters - Feel Like Going Home (3:52)
Buddy Moss - Amy (2:42)
Johnny Young - Want My Lovin' (3:30)
Arvella Gray - Corrine, Corrina (2:13)
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Alberta (2:56)


disc 2: The 1970s
Son House - Empire State Express (3:41)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Lines (3:59)
J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (2:59)
Skip James - Sickbed Blues (4:06)
R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (2:45)
Furry Lewis - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (3:46)
Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues (3:04)
John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:15)
Babe Stovall - Worried Blues (3:33)
Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road #2 (4:20)
Larry Johnson - Four Women Blues (2:33)
Jack Owens - I Love My Baby (4:50)

Johnny Shines - Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine (4:18)
Brownie McGhee - My Last Suit (3:53)
Juke Boy Bonner - Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:26)
Tarheel Slim - So Sweet, So Sweet (3:19)
Tom Shaw - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (5:44)
Eddie Taylor - Bullcow Blues (3:10)
Bill Williams - Salty Dog (4:37)
Guitar Shorty - Jessie Jones (3:58)
Rev. Pearly Brown - It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In (2:24)
Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (3:56)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:56)
Henry Townsend - Can't You See (3:18)


front cover photo (of Big Joe Williams) by Axel Küstner

112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl

Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)

602017Down Home Blues - Chicago - Fine Boogie

CD 1:
James McCain - I Got To Check Up On My Baby(3:32)
James McCain - Good Morning Mr. Roosevelt (2:40)
Bluesboy Bill - Come On Babe (2:28)

Johnny Shines - Tennessee Woman Blues (2:51)
Muddy Waters - Jitterbug Blues (2:52)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Hard Day Blues (2:50)
John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (2:47)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - My Buddy Doctor Clayton (3:04)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - I Love You Baby Boogie (3:09)
Little Walter with Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues (2:37)
Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her (2:29)
Jimmy Rogers - Little Store Blues (2:37)
Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman (2:35)
Johnny Temple - Old '98' Blues (2:25)
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:43)
St. Louis Jimmy - Florida Hurricane (2:57)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Train Time (3:19)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Roll Tumble And Slip (3:25)
Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues (2:54)
Floyd Jones - Keep What You Got (2:22)
Little Walter - Blue Baby (2:17)
Little Walter - I Want My Baby (2:48)
Robert Nighthawk with Ethel Mae Brown - Down The Line (2:50)
The Nighthawks - She Knows How To Love A Woman (3:09
Big Maceo - One Sunday Morning (2:52)
Big Maceo - Just Tell Me Baby (2:29)


CD 2:)
Pete Franklin - Down Behind The Rise (3:12)
Pete Franklin - Casey Brown Blues (3:15)
Mildred White - Kind Hearted Woman (2:52)
Mildred White - Cutting Out On Me (2:57)
Muddy Waters - Last Time I Fool Around With You (2:39)
Muddy Waters - You Gonna Need my Help (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Anymore (3:16)
Baby Face Leroy - Take A Little Walk With Me (3:10)
Gray Haired Bill - Gertrude (2:38)
Gray Haired Bill - I'm A Hard Working Man (2:59)
The Nighthawks - Black Angel Blues (3:05)
Jimmy Rogers - Ludella (2:42)
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (3:03)
Floyd Jones - Dark Road (3:15)
Floyd Jones - Overseas (2:13)
Floyd Jones - Playhouse (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (2:41)
Muddy Waters - All Night Long (3:50)
J.B. Lenoir - Let's Roll (2:52)
Howlin' Wolf - Howling Wolf Boogie (2:40)

Johnny Shines - Ramblin' (2:32)
Johnny Shines - Ain't Doin' No Good (2:36)
Snooky Pryor - Fine Boogie (3:04)
Memphis Minnie - Conjur Man (2:59)
Little Walter - Juke (3:00)
Little Walter - Can't Hold Out Much Longer (2:55)


CD 3:
Elmore James - She Just Won't Do Right (3:04)
Elmore James - My Best Friend (3:22)
Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes (3:17)
Baby Face Leroy - Blues Is Killin' Me (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - Late Hours At Midnight (3:11)
Blue Smitty - Crying (3:03)
Blue Smitty - Date Bait (2:37)
Jimmy Rogers - Mistreated Baby (3:30)
Jimmy Rogers - What's The Matter (3:17)
Homesick James - Whiskey Headed Woman (2:48)
Little Walter - Blue Midnight (3:04)
Johnny Williams - Silver Haired Woman (2:47)
Johnny Williams - Fat Mouth (2:39)
Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go (3:06)
Jimmy Rogers - Act Like You Love Me (3:03)
Homesick James - Homesick (3:08)
Homesick James - Late Hours At Midnight (2:52)
Billy Boy Arnold - Hello Stranger (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Ain't Got No Money (2:31)

Johnny Shines - Evening Shuffle (2:16)
J.B. Lenoir - The Mojo (2:53)
J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down Woman (3:24)
Howlin' Wolf - You Gonna Wreck My Life (2:37)
Big Boy Spires - Someday little Darling (3:11)
Big Boy Spires - Rhythm Rock Boogie (2:38)
Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark (2:32)


CD 4:
Sonny Boy Williamson - Work With Me (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - You Killing Me (3:24)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' (2:36)
John Brim - Ice Cream Man (2:49)
John Brim - Life Time Baby (3:06)
Lazy Bill - My Baby's Gone (2:45)
Lazy Bill - I Can't Sleep, I Can't Eat (2:50)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (2:45)
Albert King - Sweet Woman (2:59)
Sunnyland Slim - Trouble Of My Own (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Worried About My Baby (3:01)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (3:09)
Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues (3:25)
J.B. Hutto - Price Of Love (3:02)
Big Boy Spires - Tired Of Being Mistreated (2:30)
Sunnyland Slim - I Done You Wrong (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Be My Baby (2:55)
Little Walter - Got To Find My Baby (3:09)
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Yes She's Gone (2:41)
Dusty Brown - He Don't Love You (3:15)
Dusty Brown - Rusty Dusty (2:47)
Jimmy Rogers - You're The One (2:37)
Billy Boy Arnold - Sweet On You Baby (2:36)
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me (2:29)
Jimmy Reed - You Upset My Mind (2:53)
Jimmy Reed - Come On Baby (2:40)


CD 5:
Elmore James - The Twelve Year Old Boy (3:07)
Elmore James - Coming Home (2:27)
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too (3:06)
John Brim -Go Away (2:45)
John Brim - That Ain't Right (2:51)
Birmingham Junior - Birmingham Late Hours (2:30)
Birmingham Junior - You're Too Bad (2:31)
Howlin' Wolf - Break Of day (2:48)
Howlin' Wolf - Bluebird (3:35)
Howlin' Wolf - You Ought To Know (3:22)
Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You (2:42)
Otis Spann - I'm In Love With You Baby (2:40)
Snooky Pryor - Someone To Love Me (2:37)
Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day (2:47)
Snooky Pryor - You Tried To Ruin Me Baby (2:02)
Po' Joe Williams - Kings Highway (2:27)
Po' Joe Williams - Eula Mae (2:50)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Lose Your Eye (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Wonder Why (1:34)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Know What Love Is All About (2:42)
Jimmy Reed - When You Left Me (2:37)
Jimmy Reed - It's You Baby (2:27)
Jimmy Reed - Do The Thing (2:47)
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Key To Your Door (2:37)
John Brim - I Would Hate To See You Go (2:46)
John Brim - You Got Me Where You Want Me (3:02)
Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours Of Fear (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (2:46)


88-pp. book by Mike Rowe

5 CD set

Wienerworld WNRCD5100 (US/EU 2017)

615/2018Hotter Than a Bulldog Spitting In a Polecat's Eye
Mable Hillery + Johnny Shines Live 1975


- introduction by Robert "Rocky" Ford
- Bring It On Home
- Young Woman's Blues
- Four Day Creep
- You've Got To Love Him With A Feeling

- Bumble Bee Blues
- Come Back Baby
- Backwater Blues
- announcements

rec. April 11, 1975 live at the 1975 Miami Blues Festival; Mable Hillery, voc; Johnny Shines, g
cover art by Rachel Meirs

edition of 250 hand- numbered LPs



Americana Music Productions 001

Mable Hillery discography

625/2019Johnny Shines: The Blues Came Falling Down - Live 1973

- Big Boy Boogie
- Seems Like A Million Years
- Cold In Hand Blues
- Kind Hearted Woman Blues
- Have You Ever Loved A Woman
- Stay High All Day Long
- Stand By Me
- I'm A Steady Rollin' Man
- Happy Home
- Someday Baby Blues
- They're Red Hot (Hot Tamales)
- You're The One I Love
- Sweet Home Chicago
- The Blues Came Falling Down   @ youtube
- Big Star Falling
- Tell Me Mama
- Ramblin'
- It's Nobody's Fault But Mine
- Goodbye Boogie
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done

rec. 1973 live at Washington University's Graham Chapel in St. Louis by Leroy Jodie Pierson; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Leroy Jodie Pierson, 2nd g

notes by Leroy Jodie Pierson

Omnivore OV-328 (US 5/2019)

637/2019Down Home Blues - Chicago Volume 2 - Sweet Home Chicago
CD 1:
James Clark - Who But You (2:41)
Memphis Jimmy - Drifting (3:20)

Johnny Shines - Delta Pine Blues (3:03)
Johnny Shines - Ride, Ride Mama (2:55)
Johnny Shines - Evil-Hearted Woman Blues (2:50)
Homer Harris - I'm Gonna Cut Your Head (2:56)
Homer Harris - Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (3:06)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Due Respects To You (3:27)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - No Special Rider Here (3:03)
'Blues Boy' Bill - "Little Boy" Blue (3:14)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (alt tk) (2:33)
James (Beal Street) Clark - Come To Me Baby (2:51)
James (Beal Street) Clark - You Can't Make The Grade (2:55)
Herman Ray - Xmas Blues (2:44)
Forest City Joe - Special Delivery Man (2:52)
Forest City Joe -. Shady Lane Woman (3:02)
Homer Harris - Atomic Bomb Blues (2:34)
Homer Harris - Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (3:08)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Devilment On My Mind (2:57)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Homeless Blues (3:12)
Forest City Joe - Mean Mistreatin' Woman (2:52)
Forest City Joe - Lonesome Day Blues (2:51)
Dirty Red - Mother Fuyer (2:28)
Dirty Red - You Done Me Wrong (3:14)
Pete Franklin - Mr. Charley (3:10)
Big Bill Broonzy - Water Coast Blues (2:46)


CD 2:
Muddy Waters - Hard Days (2:41)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground (2:38
Floyd Jones - School Days (2:51
Tampa Red - Come On, If You're Coming (2:53)
Tampa Red - I'll Find My Way (2:39)
Johnny Temple - Between Midnight And Day (2:36)
Johnny Temple - Sit Right On It (2:22)
Jimmy Rogers - Hard Working Man (3:22)
Jimmy Rogers - My Little Machine (3:12)
Jimmy Rogers - Crying Shame (2:50)
Robert Lockwood Jr. - Glory For Man (2:30)
Robert Lockwood Jr. - My Daily Wish (2:43)
Howling Wolf - How Many More Years (alt tk) (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Just My Kind (2:53)
Memphis Minnie - Broken Heart (2:37)
Memphis Minnie - Lake Michigan (3:00)
Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur (alt tk) (2:54)
Muddy Waters - Lonesome Day (3:32)
Muddy Waters - Stuff You Gotta Watch (2:52)
Blue Smitty - Crying (2:45)
Blue Smitty - Elgin Movement (3:27)
Memphis Minnie - In Love Again (2:32)
Memphis Minnie - What A Night (3:00)
Rocky Fuller - Funeral Hearse At My Door (3:17)
Little Walter - Driftin' (alt tk) (3:09)
Little Walter - Off The Wall (alt tk) (2:59)


CD 3:
Honey Boy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago (tk 2) (3:03)
Honey Boy Edwards - Drop Down Mama (2:39)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (tk 4) (2:34)
Big Boy Spires - My Baby Left Me (2:36)
Little Walter - That's It (3:14)
Little Walter - That's It (edited) (2:47)
Little Walter - Blues With A Feeling (alt tk) (2:57)
Elmore James - I See My Baby (3:07)
Elmore James - Country Boogie (2:43)
Lazy Bill - I Had A Dream (alt tk) (2:57)
Lazy Bill - She Got Me Walkin' (alt tk) (3:08)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (alt tk) (2:41)
Albert King - Hand Me Down (Sweet Woman) (2:58)
Albert King - Murder (2:59)
Morris Pejoe - Untitled Instrumental (2:23)
Morris Pejoe - Hurt My Feelings (2:55)
Homesick James - Lonesome Blues (2:23)
Homesick James - 12th St Station (2:44)
Homesick James - Long Lonesome Days (2:26)
Gus Jenkins - Eight Ball (3:12)
Muddy Waters - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (alt tk) (2:48)
Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil (2:43)
Otis Spann - Five Spot (2:45)
Little Walter - I Love You So (Oh Baby) (2:35)
Little Walter - Last Night (first tk) (2:56)
Henry Gray - Goodbye Baby (3:19)
Henry Gray - You Messed Up (2:53)


CD 4:
Chuck Berry - Wee Wee Hours (3:06)
Chuck Berry - No Money Down (3:00)
Chuck Berry - I've Changed (3:07)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Was Fooled (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - Don't Stay Out All Night (2:54)
Bo Diddley - Little Girl (alt tk) (2:38)
Bo Diddley - I'm A Man (alt tk) (3:08)
Bo Diddley - You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) (2:50)
Henry Gray - Watch Yourself (2:45)
Henry Gray - That Ain't Right (2:29)
Muddy Waters - This Pain (3:10)
Muddy Waters - I Want To Be Loved (alt tk) (2:46)
Little Walter - Little Girl (3:07)
Little Walter - Temperature (first tk) (2:02)
Dusty Brown - Hurry Home (2:45)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Evening Everybody (2:38)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Have You Ever Been In Love (2:55)
Herby Joe - Smokestack Lightning (2:53)
Herby Joe - Dreamed (Last Night) (2:28)
Harmonica "Blues King" Harris - I Need You Pretty Baby For My Own (2:47)
Harmonica "Blues King" Harris - Blues King Mango (2:26)
Po Joe Williams - Goin' Back (2:53)
Po Joe Williams - My Baby Left (2:37)
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got Me Wrong (2:41)
Billy Boy Arnold - My Heart Is Crying (2:12)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Don't Know (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Like Wolf (2:51)
Sonny Boy Williamson - This Is My Apartment (2:41)


CD 5:
Jimmy Reed - I'm Gonna Ruin You (first tk) (2:49)
Jimmy Reed - Honey, Where You Going? (2:41)
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (2:59)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Hurts Me So Much (tk 2) (2:38)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Fattening Frogs For Snakes (alt tk) (3:01)
Elmore James - Knocking At Your Door (2:39)
G. "Davy" Crockett - Look Out Mable (2:25)
Jimmy Reed - Honey, Where You Going? (alt tk) (3:14)
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (alt tk) (3:12)
Jimmy Reed - Signals Of Love (alt tk) (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Well You Know (I Love You) (2:48)
Freddie Hall - I Love This Carrying On (2:43)
Freddie Hall - She's A Upsetter (2:35)
Little Mack Simmons - My Walking Blues (3:12)
Little Mack Simmons - Come Back (2:35)
Eddie Boyd - Nothing But Trouble (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Her Picture In The Frame (3:28)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (3:05)
Elmore James - I Can't Hold Out (2:18)
Elmore James - The Sun Is Shining (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Mr Airplane Man (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Little Baby (2:45)
Hound Dog Taylor - Baby's Coming Home (2:38)
Hound Dog Taylor - Five, Take Five (2:05)
Homesick James - Can't Afford To Do It (2:31)
Homesick James - Set A Date (2:40)
Slim Willis - Running Around (2:55)
Slim Willis - No Feeling For You (3:02)


essay by Mike Rowe

5 CD set

Wienerworld WNRCD5106 (US/EU 7/2019)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 244
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 484-485 [utilization not finished yet!]
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 410[utilization not finished yet!]
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 457-459
- Pete Hoppula website
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York 1968.- p. 287-288
- http://physics.lunet.edu/blues/Johnny_Shines.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Clas Ahlstrand, Barry Neavill, Flemming Nielsen, Paul Vernon, Joe Louis, Klaus Kilian, Patrick Banino, Jim Clay, Hank Moore, Ben Walker and Dave McMillan for additional info / scans

 

 

 

 

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