Illustrated Hound Dog Taylor discography

Hound Dog Taylor at Ruby Gulch in Champaign, IL, 1975
playing his Kawai (Kingston) SD-40 guitar
photographer: André Hobus
Hound Dog Taylor
Theodore Roosevelt Taylor
b. April 12, 1915 in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi
d. December 17, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois
buried at Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, Cook County, Illinois
discography
J.B. Hutto, Hound Dog Taylor, Brewer Phillips & Ted Harvey outside Florence's Lounge, Chicago, Illinois; source: David Harrison: Die Legenden des Blues - Eine Hommage in Bildern.- Königswinter, Germany (HEEL-Verlag) 1995, p. 108; photographer's name not given ("courtesy of Blues Unlimited") [actually Sandy Sutherland]

year
of release

title / label / notes

1960

HOUND DOG TAYLOR

Bea & Baby 112 / Key 112
- My Baby Is Coming Home (A)
- Take Five (B) @ youtube

Marjette 1102
- Baby's Coming Home (A)
- Five, Take Five (B)

Rooster Blues R-24
- My Baby's Coming Home (A) @ youtube
- Five, Take Five (B)

rec. 1960 in Chicago, IL; Theodore Roosevelt Taylor, voc, g; Detroit Jr., p; Emerson Kidd, b; Bill "Levi" Warren, dr; prod. by Cadillac Baby (real name: Narvel Eatmon)

Bea & Baby 112 [Cadillac Baby label]

= Key 112 [Cadillac Baby label]

= Marjette 1102

= Rooster Blues R-24 (US 1980)

= Bea & Baby 112 (US 2012 repro)

1962

HOUND DOG TAYLOR

- Christine (A) @ youtube
- Alley Music (instr) (B) @ youtube

rec. c. 1962 in Chicago, IL; Theodore Roosevelt Taylor, voc, g; Lafayette Leake, p; Blind Jesse Williams, b; dr

Firma 626 (US 1962) [Carl Jones' label]

= C.J. 626 (US 19??) [Carl Jones' label]

= Outasite 45-504 (UK 1967)

1962

HOMESICK JAMES

- Can't Afford To Do It (A) @ youtube
- Set A Date (B) @ youtube

rec. 1962 in Chicago, IL; Homesick James, voc, g; Lazy Bill Lucas, p; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Willie Knowling, dr

Colt 632 (US 1962) [Carl Jones' label]

= Sue WI 330 (UK 2/1965)

Homesick James discography
Lazy Bill Lucas discography

- I Know You Don't Love Me @ youtube

rec. 1962 in Chicago, IL; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Lazy Bill Lucas, p; Homesick James, voc, g ?; Willie Knowling, dr

Colt unissued

Neon NELP-899 (1982)

Homesick James discography
Lazy Bill Lucas discography

1969

HOUND DOG TAYLOR

- Watch Out (16233) @ youtube
- Down Home (16236) (instr) [= Down Home Special] @ youtube

rec. c. September 1967 in Chicago, IL; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Lafayette Leake, p; Lee Jackson, b; Robert Whitehead, dr

Checker 1223 [unissued]

Blues Ball 2003
Chess LP 2-92519

- Hound Dog (16232) (instr) @ youtube
- Scrappin' (16234) (instr) @ youtube
- Sittin' Here Alone (16235) @ youtube

rec. c. September 1967 in Chicago, IL; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Lafayette Leake, p; Lee Jackson, b; Robert Whitehead, dr

Checker unissued

Blues Ball 2003
Chess LP 2-92519

The Video 1: American Folk Blues Festival 1967
Little Walter
- My Babe @ youtube
Koko Taylor
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight
- Wang Dang Doodle
Bukka White
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues @ youtube
Little Walter
- Untitled (actually "Little Walter's Jump") @ youtube
Skip James
- Hard Times Killing Floor
Interview with Bruce Jackson
Son House
- Death Letter Blues
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Born With The Blues
Interview with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Rock Island Line
Interview with Horst Lippmann
Little Walter
- Mean Old World @ youtube
Hound Dog Taylor
- Shake Your Money Maker
Koko Taylor
- What Kind Of Man Is This
- Ad libitum Blues

rec. October 9, 1967 at WDR TV in Cologne, Germany
Little Walter, voc, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Koko Taylor, voc; Little Walter, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Bukka White, voc, g
Skip James, voc, g
Son House, voc, g
Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Brownie McGhee, voc, g, kazoo
Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
presentation: Siegfried Schmidt-Joos; director: Hanno Brühl

originally issued on TV only

Tropical DVD 68.364 (Germany 2008) "Legends of the American Folk Blues Festivals 1967, 1968 & 1969"

American Folk Blues Festival discography

Hip-O DVD JHAM0263 track sequence:
Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965)
Roosevelt Sykes - Gulfport Boogie (1965)
Buddy Guy - Out Of Sight (1965)
Dr. Isaiah Ross - Feel So Good (1965)
Joe Turner - Flip, Flop & Fly (1966)
Skip James
- All Night Long # @ youtube
- Crow Jane # @ youtube
Bukka White
- Got Sick And Tired # @ youtube
Son House
- Death Letter Blues # @ youtube
Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter
- Wild About You Baby # @ youtube
Koko Taylor & Little Walter
- Wang Dang Doodle # @ youtube
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Stranger Blues # @ youtube
- Burnt Child (Afraid Of Fire) # @ youtube
- Gonna Move Across The River # @ youtube
Helen Humes - The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Woman (1962)
Earl Hooker - Earl's Boogie (1969)
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (1968)
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1968)

Hip-O CD B0003224-02 track sequence:
Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Stranger Blues (1967) #
Skip James - All Night Long (1967) #
Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep It To Yourself (1963)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial (1963)
Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop And Fly (1966)
Howlin' Wolf - I'll Be Back Someday (1964)
Willie Dixon - Nervous (1962)
Bukka White - Got Sick And Tired (1967) #
Son House - Death Letter Blues (1967) #
Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter - Wild About You (1967) #
Koko Taylor & Little Walter - Wang Dang Doodle (1967) #
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (1968)
Earl Hooker - Walking The Floor Over You / Off The Hook (1969)
Magic Sam - All Your Love (1969)
entire ensemble - Bye Bye Blues (1963)

# rec. October 11, 1967 at DRTV studio in Copenhagen, Denmark
Bukka White, voc, g
Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Koko Taylor, voc; Little Walter, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Son House, voc, g
Skip James, voc, g
Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Brownie McGhee, voc, g, kazoo
MC: Dillard Crume
photographer: Jan Persson

originally issued on TV only

Hip-O DVD JHAM0263 (US 2004) "The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Volume Three"

Hip-O CD B0003224-02 (US 2004) "The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Volume Two"

American Folk Blues Festival discography

1968

American Folk Blues Festival '67

Bukka White
- Aberdeen Blues
Hound Dog Taylor
- The Sky Is Crying @ youtube
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Rock Island Line
Son House
- Got A Letter This Morning
Little Walter
- You Be So Fine

Koko Taylor
- Wang Dang Doodle
Skip James
- Hard Luck Child
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- I'm Gonna Move Across The River
Koko Taylor
- What Kind Of Man Is This
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Walk On

rec. October 15, 1967 at Kongress-Halle, Berlin, Germany
Bukka White, voc, g
Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Brownie McGhee, voc, g, kazoo
Son House, voc, g
Little Walter, voc, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Koko Taylor, voc; Little Walter, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Skip James, voc, g

notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos (translated by Nigel Whittaker)

Fontana 885 433 TY (Germany 1968)

notes (8-pp. booklet) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

= Optimism/L+R LR CD-2070 (US 1990)

notes (8-pp. booklet) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42070 (Germany 1998)

4 CD set
notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

(=) Bellaphon / L+R CDLR 726222 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1965/1966/1967/1969"

American Folk Blues Festival discography
Fontana Records discography
L+R Records discography
Bukka White discography
Son House discography
Little Walter discography
Skip James discography

197?

Collector's Album
C. J.'s Roots of Chicago Blues

Hound Dog Taylor
- Christine [Firma 626, minus vocal track!] @ youtube
Earl Hooker
- Wild Moments
Little Mack
- Come Back
Homesick James
- Set A Date [Colt 632]
Lee Jackson
- Pleading For Love

Lee Jackson
- Juanita
Little Mack
- My Walking Blues
Hound Dog Taylor
- Alley Music [Firma 626]
Morris & Betty Everett
- This House
Earl Hooker
- Chicken
Betty Everett
- Why Did You Have To Go

prod. by Carl Jones; compiled by Cary S. Baker from C. J.'s Catalog Of Chicago Blues

Blue Flame BLP 101

Blue Flame discography

1971

Hound Dog Taylor and the House Rockers

- She's Gone (3:46)
- Walking The Ceiling (instr) (3:12)
- Held My Baby Last Night (4:14)
- Taylor's Rock (instr) (3:50)
- It's Alright (3:10)
- Phillips' Theme (instr) (5:27)

- Wild About You, Baby (3:35)
- I Just Can't Make It (3:15)
- It Hurts Me Too (3:47)
- 44 Blues (instr) (2:52)
- Give Me Back My Wig (tk 3) (3:31)
- 55th Street Boogie (instr) (2:59)

originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Give Me Back My Wig (tk 1)
- Give Me Back My Wig (tk 2)
- Phillips' Theme (tk 1)

rec. May 25 & June, 1971 at Sound Studios in Chicago, IL; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, lead g; Brewer Phillips, 2nd g; Ted Harvey, dr; prod. by Hound Dog Taylor, Bruce Iglauer & Wesley Race
cover photos by Peter Amft

notes by Wesley Race

Alligator AL 4701 (US 1971)

= Sonet SNTF 676 (UK 1974)

= Trio PA-3090 (Jp 1976)

= Alligator ALCD 4701 (US 1990)

= P-Vine PCD-23040 (Jp 2000)

more releases @ discogs.com

1973

Ann 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 @ youtube
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)

1974

Hound Dog Taylor and the House Rockers: Natural Boogie

- Take Five (2:40)
- Hawaiian Boogie (2:38)
- See Me In The Evening (5:04)
- You Can't Sit Down (3:20)
- Sitting At Home Alone (4:07)
- One More Time (2:27)

- Roll Your Moneymaker (4:00)
- Buster's Boogie (3:12)
- Sadie (6:10)
- Talk To My Baby (3:18)
- Goodnight Boogie (3:22)

rec. September or October 5, 1973 at Sound Studios in Chicago, IL; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, lead g; Brewer Phillips, 2nd g; Ted Harvey, dr; prod. by Hound Dog Taylor & Bruce Iglauer
cover photos by Bob Keeling

Alligator AL 4704 (US 1974)

= Sonet SNTF 678 (UK 1974)

= Sonet 528096 (Fr 1974)

= Toadstool L 35500 (Australia 1974)

= Trio PA-6217
= Trio PA-3090 (Jp 1980)

= Yupiteru LA23-3003 (Jp 1980)

= Alligator ALCD 4704 (US 1989)

= P-Vine PCD-23041 (Jp 2000)

more releases @ discogs.com

1975

LEVI's BLUES: The first Australian Blues/Rock Festival '75

Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers - Everything's Alright (4:45)
Alexis Korner - Baby Doll (a/k/a "Geneva") (2:00)

Duster Bennett - Bright Lights, Big City (6:10)

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Toadstool SMX-46057/58 (Australia 1975)

1976

Hound Dog Taylor and the House Rockers: Beware Of The Dog

- Give Me Back My Wig (4:34)
- The Sun Is Shining (4:33)
- Kitchen Sink Boogie (instr) (4:17) #
- Dust My Broom (3:16)
- Comin' Round The Mountain (instr) (3:57)

- Let's Get Funky (5:08)
- Rock Me (4:04)
- It's Alright (4:04)
- Freddie's Blues (6:31) *

tracks A3, B4 rec. January 18, 1974 live at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL for WXRT-FM, Chicago; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, lead g, # b; Brewer Phillips, 2nd g, # lead g; Ted Harvey, dr, * remarks
tracks A1, A2, A4 to B3, B5 rec. November 22-24, 1974 live at the Smiling Dog Saloon in Cleveland, OH for WMMS-FM, Cleveland; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, lead g; Brewer Phillips, 2nd g; Ted Harvey, dr
cover photos by Michael Vollan

notes by Bruce Iglauer

Alligator AL 4707 (US 1976)

= Sonet SNTF 701 (UK 1976)

= Rossil LP 14109 (Portugal 1976)

= Trio PA-6060 (Jp 1977)

= Alligator ALCD 4707 (US 1991)

more releases @ discogs.com

1979

Sultans Of The Slide Guitar
Rare and unreleased Recordings from 1953 - 1969

Hound Dog Taylor
- Watch Out [Checker 1223, issued?]
Robert Nighthawk
- My Angel [previously unissued]
Johnny Littlejohn
- Keep On Running [previously unissued]
Hound Dog Taylor
- Hound Dog [previously unissued]
Koko Taylor with Robert Nighthawk
- What Kind Of Man Is This [Checker 1092]
Johnny Littlejohn
- She's Too Much [previously unissued]
Hound Dog Taylor
- Scrappin' [previously unissued]

Robert Nighthawk
- She Knows How To Love A Man [previously unissued]
Johnny Littlejohn
- When I Think About My Baby [previously unissued]
Hound Dog Taylor
- Sitting Here Alone [previously unissued]
Johnny Littlejohn
- I Had a Dream [previously unissued]
Koko Taylor with Robert Nighthawk
- I Got What It Takes [Checker 1092]
Hound Dog Taylor
- Down Home Special [Checker 1223, issued?]
Robert Nighthawk
- Someday [previously unissued]

rec. 1949-1969

notes by Anonymous

Blues Ball 2003
BU 137/138,39

Blues Ball Records discography

1979

Slide Guitar Classics

Hound Dog Taylor
- Sitting Here Alone
John Littlejohn
- Keep On Running
Robert Nighthawk
- My Angel
Hound Dog Taylor
- Watch Out
John Littlejohn
- She's Too Much
Hound Dog Taylor
- Hound Dog

John Littlejohn
- I Had A Dream
Earl Hooker
- Tanya
Hound Dog Taylor
- Down Home Special
John Littlejohn
- When I Think About My Baby
Earl Hooker
- Oh, Baby
Hound Dog Taylor
- Scrappin'

Chicago Slide CS-005 (US 1979)
BU 137/138,39

Blue Night / Chicago Slide Records discography
John Littlejohn discography
Earl Hooker discography

12a

1979/80?

Jump 1

- Take Five - Houndog Taylor
- Go To The Mardi Gras - Prof. Longhair

- Thunderbird - Little Walter
- Shake Your Hips - Slim Harpo

45 rpm EP

Jump JUMP 1001 (UK 1979/80?)

1980

Hound Dog Taylor Live At Florences

- Stompin' (instr) @ youtube
- I Held My Baby Last Night @ youtube
- Funky @ youtube
- You Can't Sit Down (instr) @ youtube
- Hound Dog's Blues (instr) @ youtube

- Coming Round The Mountain (instr) @ youtube
- Rock Me @ youtube
- Florence's Shuffle (instr) @ youtube
- Juke Joint Boogie (instr) @ youtube
- Goodnight Boogie (instr) @ youtube

rec. ~~1969~~ early 1970's live at Florence's Lounge in Chicago, IL; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Brewer Phillips, g; Ted Harvey, dr
photos courtesy of Ted Harvey & Ron Bartolucci

JSP 1020 (UK 1980)

= JSP CD 1020 (UK 1997)

JSP Records discography

1981

Chess Blues Rarities
Rare and Unissued Recordings

B.B. King
- Recession Blues
- Don't Keep Me Waiting
- Tickle Britches
- Don't Break Your Promise
Howlin' Wolf
- You Can't Put Me Out
- Gettin' Late

Howlin' Wolf
- Rockin' Daddy
- I Didn't Know
- I Better Go Now
- New Crawlin' King Snake
- My Mind Is Ramblin'
- Tail Dragger
- Poor Wind That Never Change

Buddy Guy
- Stick Around
- Gully Hully
- That's It
- American Bandstand
- Untitled Instrumental
- My Love Is Real
- Moanin'

Hound Dog Taylor
- Down Home Special
- Watch Out
- Scrappin'
- Sittin' Here Alone
- Hound Dog
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Little Village
- Unseen Eye

John Littlejohn
- Keep On Running [Blues Ball 2003]
- She's Too Much [Blues Ball 2003]
- When I Think About My Baby [Blues Ball 2003]
- I Had A Dream [Blues Ball 2003]

[despite being listed in FANCOURT & MCGRATH 2006 as on Chess LP 2-92519 until now I found no evidence that the four Littlejohn tracks are actually included in either of those DLP sets]

DLP
notes by Manfred Miller

Chess/Teldec 6.28 601 (Germany 1981)

DLP

= Chess CXMD 4055 (UK 1984) "The Best of Chess"

= Chess 2-9230

DLP

Chess LP 2-92519 (US 1986)
[Littlejohn tracks definitely not included in this set !!!]

1982

Hound Dog Taylor and the House Rockers: Genuine Houserocking Music

- Ain't Got Nobody (3:30)
- Gonna Send You Back To Georgia (5:03)
- Fender Bender (3:01)
- My Baby's Coming Home (2:54)
- Blue Guitar (3:38)

- The Sun Is Shining (5:31)
- Phillips Goes Bananas (2:36)
- What'd I Say (2:53)
- Kansas City (3:49)
- Crossroads (2:22)

rec. June 1971 & September, 1973 at Sound Studios, Chicago, IL; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, lead g; Brewer Phillips, 2nd g; Ted Harvey, dr

Alligator AL 4727 (US 1982)

= Sonet SNTF 879 (UK 1982)

= Yupiteru LA23-3015 (Jp 1982)

more releases @ discogs.com

15a

198?

Fenton Robinson / Hound Dog Taylor

Fenton Robinson
- Little Touch [previously unissued]
Hound Dog Taylor
- Crossroads [Alligator AL 4727]

7 inch 45 rpm

Alligator TD-13 (Jp 198?)

1982

Hound Dog Taylor: house rockin' boogie

- Ships On The Ocean ** @ youtube
- Rockin' With The Dog (instr) * @ youtube
- Everyday I Have The Blues ** @ youtube
- No Hair ** ***

- Walking The Ceiling (instr) #
- Mother In Law Blues #
- Stinging The Blues (instr) #
- Rockin' Boogie (instr) #

# rec. 1969? at Florence's Lounge (or 1971? at Joe's Place) in Chicago, IL; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Brewer Phillips, g; Ted Harvey, dr
* rec. ~~1969~~ more likely early 1970s at Florence's Lounge in Chicago, IL; Lefty Dizz, voc, g; prob. Brewer Phillips, g; Hound Dog Taylor, ** g, *** b; Ted Harvey or Levi Warren, dr

JSP 1049 (UK 1982)

JSP Records discography

1982

Bachelor Blues

- I Know You Don't Love Me - ~~"Homesick James"~~ [actually Hound Dog Taylor]
- Come Back - Little Mack
- Bachelor Blues - Rudy Robinson
- This House - Carl Jones & Betty Everett
- Blues Falling - Jimmy Rogers [C.J. 666 / Shelter SW-8921]
- Juanita - Lee Jackson
- Alley Music - Hound Dog Taylor

- Why Did You Have To Go - Betty Everett
- My Walking Blues - Little Mack
- Jumpin' At The Cadillac - Little Mack & James Cotton
- From Now On - Slim Willis
- You're The Sweetest Girl I Ever Knew - Slim Willis
- Her Spare - Carl Jones
- Act Like You Love Me - Jimmy Rogers [Shelter SW-8921]

front cover photography by Marc PoKempner; liner photos courtesy Jim & Amy O'Neal / Living Blues Magazine

notes (November 1981) by Cary Baker

Neon NELP-899 (US 1982)

1982

The Blues Guitar Album Volume 2

Buddy Guy
- Girl You're Nice & Clean @ youtube
Eddie Kirkland
- I'm A Stranger @ youtube
Phil Guy
- Garbage Man Blues @ youtube

Left Hand Frank
- One Room Country Shack
- Honky Tonk
John Lee Granderson
- Lonesome Blues @ youtube
Hound Dog Taylor
- Blues Stomp #
Bobby Davis Trio
- I Was Wrong @ youtube

# rec. 1969 at Florence's Lounge in Chicago, IL; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Brewer Phillips, g; Ted Harvey, dr

notes by John Stedman

JSP 1055 (UK 1982)

JSP Records discography
John Lee Granderson discography

1983

Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers: Natural Boogie / Beware Of The Dog!

- Take Five
- Hawaiian Boogie
- See Me In The Evening
- You Can't Sit Down
- Sitting At Home Alone
- One More Time

- Roll Your Moneymaker
- Buster's Boogie
- Sadie
- Talk To My Baby
- Goodnight Boogie

- Get Me Back My Wig
- The Sun Is Shining
- Kitchen Sink Boogie
- Dust My Broom
- Comin' Around The Mountain

- Let's Get Funky
- Rock Me
- It's Alright
- Freddie's Blues

DLP

Alligator BD-32.227/28 (US 1983)

= Bluesmen BD-32.227/28 (Sp 1983)

19a

1983

Alligator Shoes

Albert Collins - Honey Hush
Johnny Otis - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
Tony Mathews - Let Me Know When You're Comin'
Hound Dog Taylor - Take Five
Lonnie Brooks - Eyeballin'
Professor Longhair - Cry To Me
Koko Taylor - Hey Bartender

Scotty & The Rib-Tips - Poison Ivy
Professor Longhair - Whole Lotta Lovin'
Lonnie Brooks - Teenage Boogie Man
Johnny Otis - Jonella And Jack
A.C. Reed & The Spark Plugs - Going To New York
Son Seals - No No Baby
Albert Collins - If You Love Me Like You Say

Sonet Intercord INT 147.134 (SNTF 894) (Germany 1983)

1984

Kings Of Slide Guitar

Hound Dog Taylor
- Watch Out [Checker 1223]
- Hound Dog
- Scrappin' (instr) @ youtube
- Sittin' Here Alone
- Downhome Special (instr) [Checker 1223]

Johnny Littlejohn
- What In The World [Margaret 997]
- Can't Be Still [Margaret 997]
- Bloody Tears [T-D-S 4710]
- I Had A Dream [Blues Ball 2003]
- When I Think About My Baby [Blues Ball 2003]
- Keep On Running [Blues Ball 2003]
- She's Too Much [Blues Ball 2003]

Hound Dog Taylor tracks rec. c. September 1967 in a studio in Chicago, IL; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Lafayette Leake, p; ~~Brewer Phillips, g;~~ ~~Dave Myers~~ Lee Jackson, b; ~~Ted Harvey~~ Robert Whitehead, dr

JSP 1074 (UK 1984)

JSP Records discography
Johnny Littlejohn discography

20a

1985

Genuine Houserockin' Music

Johnny Winter - Sound The Bell
Koko Taylor - Come To Mama
Lonnie Mack - Satisfy Suzie
Albert Collins with Robert Cray and Johnny Copeland - Blackjack
Son Seals - Goin' Home

Lonnie Brooks - Don't Take Advantage Of Me
Roy Buchanan - Short Fuse
Fenton Robinson - Laundry Man
Jimmy Johnson - You Don't Know What Love Is
James Cotton - Ain't Doin' Too Bad
Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers - Don't Blame Me

Alligator AL-101 (US 1985)

= Alligator ALCD-101 (US 1995)

20b

1986

Slidin' Chicago

Hound Dog Taylor
- Hound Dog
- Watch Out
- Scrappin'
- Sittin' Here Alone
- Down Home
John Littlejohn
- Keep On Running
- She's Too Much

John Littlejohn
- When I Think About My Baby
- I Had A Dream
Earl Hooker
- Frog Hop
- Dynamite
- Tryin' To Make A Livin'
- Tanya
- Oh Baby

P-Vine/Chess PLP-6074 (Jp 1986)

Johnny Littlejohn discography
Earl Hooker discography

20c

1990

Hound Dog Taylor: Release The Hound

- Introduction: John Plant on WXRT-FM, Chicago
- Wild About You Baby #
- Sen-Sa-Shun *
- She's Gone §
- It Hurts Me Too §
- What'd I Say #
- One More Time #
- Sadie #
- The Dog Meets The Wolf §
- Walking The Ceiling ||
- Sitting At Home Alone #
- Phillips Screwdriver ||
- Gonna Send You Back To Georgia ||
- Things Don't Work Out Right #
- See Me In The Evening / It's Alright []

"All recordings previously unreleased"
# November 22-24, 1974 at the Smiling Dog Saloon in Cleveland, OH
* January 18, 1974 at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL
§ December 1971 at Harward University in Cambridge, MA
|| either 25, June 2, 1971 or September 1973 at Sound Studios, Chicago, IL
[] March 1975 in Sydney, Australia
cover painting by Jon Langford (based on a photo by Marc PoKempner)
back cover photo by Jack Lardomita; inside photos by Jeff Nield

notes by Bruce Iglauer

Alligator ALCD 4896 (US 1990)

= P-Vine PCD-23513 (Jp 2004)

= P-Vine PCD-986691 (Jp 2004)

1991

Slidin'
A Collection of the Blues Slide Guitar

Elmore James
- Country Boogie (Tool Bag Boogie)
- My Best Friend
- I See My Baby
- She Just Won't Do Right (Dust My Broom (To Give My Friends A Chance))
- Whose Muddy Shoes
- I Can't Hold Out (Talk To Me Baby)
- The Sun Is Shining
- Stormy Monday
- Madison Blues
- The Sun Is Shining (alt tk)
Hound Dog Taylor
- Hound Dog
- Watch Out
- Scrappin'
- Sitting Here Alone
- Down Home
Earl Hooker
- Tanya
- Oh Baby
John Littlejohn
- Keep On Running [Blues Ball 2003]
- She's Too Much [Blues Ball 2003]
- When I Think About My Baby [Blues Ball 2003]
- I Had A Dream [Blues Ball 2003]

notes by Norman Darwen

Charly CD RED 36 (UK 1991)

21a

1991

Alligator Records - 20th Anniversary Collection

CD 1:
Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers - Give Me Back My Wig (3:31) #
James Cotton - No Cuttin' Loose (3:20)
Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland - Black Cat Bone (4:54)
Professor Longhair - Big Chief (3:13)
Koko Taylor - That's Why I'm Crying (4:28)
Tinsley Ellis - Double Eyed Whammy (3:20)
Lucky Peterson - I'm Free (5:18)
A.C. Reed with Stevie Ray Vaughan - These Blues Is Killing Me (3:05)
Little Charlie and The Nightcats - Rain (5:11)
Kenny Neal - Look But Don't Touch (3:16)
Elvin Bishop - Fannie Mae (3:18)
Jimmy Johnson - Serves Me Right To Suffer (3:56)
The Siegel-Schwall Band - Leavin' (3:10)
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Born In Louisiana (3:50)
Charlie Musselwhite - Leaving Your Town (3:15)
Roy Buchanan - Drowning On Dry Land (6:18)
Detroit Junior - If I Hadn't Been High (4:07)
Big Walter Horton - Trouble In Mind (4:37)

CD 2:
Albert Collins - Brick (4:35)
Katie Webster - Pussycat Moan (6:05)
Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials - You Don't Exist Any More (4:01)
Carey Bell and Junior Wells - Second Hand Man (4:00)
Delbert McClinton - I've Got Dreams To Remember (4:26)
The Paladins - Going Down To Big Mary's (2:54)
Big Twist and The Mellow Fellows - 300 Pounds Of Heavenly Joy (3:05)
Son Seals - Going Back Home (7:04)
Lonnie Mack - Strike Like Lightning (3:39)
Saffire -The Uppity Blues Women - The Middle Aged Blues Boogie (5:42)
Lonnie Brooks - Eyeballin' (3:42)
The Kinsey Report - Full Moon On Main Street (4:21)
Sonny Terry - Crow Jane (3:46)
Clifton Chenier - I'm The Zydeco Man (2:55)
Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is (3:50)
Pinetop Perkins - Blues After Hours (5:01)
Johnny Winter - Boot Hill (3:35)

# rec. May 25 (or June?), 1971 in Chicago, IL; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Brewer Phillips, g; Ted Harvey, dr

2 CD set

Alligator ALCD 105/106 (US 1991)

1992

(Hound Dog Taylor And) The Houserockers: Have Some Fun

- Gonna Send You Back To Georgia (5:34)
- Taylor's Crawl (instr) (4:42)
- Rock Me Baby (7:08)
- Good Night Boogie (instr) (3:17)
- Wild About You Baby (4:36)
- Jumping With Symphony Sid (instr) (4:04)
- The Things I Used To Do (4:37)
- Phillip's Stomp (instr) (3:23)
- I Just Can't Take It (3:14)
- What Do I Say (instr) (1:55)
- Ingleside Blues (instr) (7:08)

rec. November 28, 1972 live at Joe's Place in Cambridge, MA; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Brewer Phillips, g; Ted Harvey, dr

Wolf CD 120.300 (Austria 1992) "The Houserockers"

Wolf CD 120.300 (Austria 1998) "Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers"

22a

1992

Hound Dog Taylor Live At Joe's Place

- Kitchen Sink Boogie @ Spotify
- Phillips Crawl @ Spotify
- Wild About You Baby @ Spotify
- Kansas City @ Spotify
- Mama Talk To Your Daughter @ Spotify

- The Sky Is Crying @ Spotify
- It Hurts Me Too @ Spotify
- Dust My Broom @ Spotify
- Freddy's Blues @ Spotify
- Glue [sic] Me Back My Wig @ Spotify
- Take Five @ Spotify

rec. 1972 live at Joe's Place, Inman Square in Cambridge, MA; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Brewer Phillips, g; Ted Harvey, dr
photography by Ron Bartolucci

notes by Ron Bartolucci

Fan Club FC 100 (Fr 1992)

notes by Ron Bartolucci

Fan Club FCD 100 (Fr 1992)

notes by Ron Bartolucci

= Last Call 422319 (Fr 1996)

= New Rose CD 5100

22b

1996

Alligator Records - 25th Anniversary Collection

CD 1:
Son Seals - Don't Pick Me For Your Fool (4:15)
James Cotton - Digging My Potatoes (3:38)
Albert Collins & Johnny Copeland - Something To Remember You By (5:26)
William Clarke - The Complainer's Boogie Woogie (4:52)
Charlie Musselwhite - Stingaree (2:54)
Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials - It's Alright (4:46)
C.J. Chenier and The Red Hot Lousiana Band - Man Smart, Woman Smarter (3:02)
Maurice John Vaughn - I Want To Be Your Spy (5:34)
Floyd Dixon - Hey Bartender (3:24)
Eddie Shaw and The Wolf Gang - Sitting On Top Of The World (3:41)
Cephas & Wiggins - Action Man (1:53)
Kenny Neal - Bayou Blood (3:14)
Long John Hunter - T-Bone Intentions (3:08)
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women - T'aint Nobodys Bussiness (4:12)
Lonnie Mack With Stevie Ray Vaughan - If You Have To Know (4:31)
Billy Boy Arnold - Been Gone Too Long (2:54)
Tinsley Ellis - A Quitter Never Wins (6:10)
Sugar Blue - I Ain't Got You (2:37)
Professor Longhair - Crawfish Fiesta (3:13)

CD 2:
Koko Taylor - Evil (4:59)
Lonnie Brooks - Got Lucky Last Night (2:59)
Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin - Blues Lover (4:53)
Little Charlie & The Night Cats - I Could Deal With It (4:06)
Luther Allison - Cherry Red Wine (4:22)
Katie Webster - Hard Lovin' Mama (4:12)
Elvin Bishop - She Puts Me In The Mood (3:32)
Carey Bell - Low Down Dirty Shame (4:29)
Lucky Peterson - Six O'Clock Blues (3:42)
Dave Hole - Keep Your Motor Runnin' (3:45)
Corey Harris - Roots Woman (2:50)
Michael Hill's Blues Mob - Can't Recall A Time (3:45)
Roy Buchanan & Delbert McClinton - Baby, Baby, Baby (4:23)
Roy Buchanan - Jack The Ripper (2:47)
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Sky Is Crying (3:17)
Johnny Winter - Love, Life And Money (5:20)
Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers - Look On Yonder's Wall # (3:27)
Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime (2:56)
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - We're Outta Here (3:50)

# rec. May 25 (or June?), 1971 in Chicago, IL; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Brewer Phillips, g; Ted Harvey, dr

2 CD set

Alligator ALCD 110/111 (US 1996)

22c

1999

Hound Dog Taylor Live In Boston

- Wild About You Baby
- The Sky Is Crying
- Dust My Broom
- Give Me Back My Wig
- Mama, Talk To Your Daughter
- Gonna Send You Back To Georgia
- Rock Me Baby
- Jumping With Symphony Sid
- I Just Can't Take It
- It Hurts Me Too
- Roll Your Money Maker
- Freddie's Blues
- Let's Get Funky
- Take Five
- Goodnight Boogie

Charly RXB010 (UK 1999)

= Charly CDGR 218

1999

Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers: Deluxe Edition

- Wild About You, Baby (3:38)
- The Sun Is Shining (live) (4:15) #
- Roll Your Moneymaker (4:00)
- Give Me Back My Wig (live) (4:36) #
- Walkin The Ceiling (3:16)
- See Me In The Evening (4:58)
- Phillips Goes Bananas (2:37)
- It Hurts Me Too (3:52)
- What'd I Say? (2:54)
- Rock Me (live) (3:49) #
- Phillips' Theme (live) (6:30) * [previously unissued]
- Take Five (2:42)
- She's Gone (3:49)
- Ain't It Lonesome? (live) (5:26) # [previously unissued]
- Ain't Got Nobody (3:31)

# rec. November 22-24, 1974 live at the Smiling Dog Saloon in Cleveland, OH for WMMS-FM, Cleveland, OH
* rec. January 18, 1974 live at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, for WXRT--FM in, Chicago, IL; prod. by Bruce Iglauer
all other tracks rec. 1971 resp. 1973 at Sound Studios, Chicago, IL; prod. by Bruce Iglauer, Wesley Race and Hound Dog Taylor

Alligator ALCD 5605 (US 1999)

2001

Alligator Records - 30th Anniversary Collection

CD 1 - in the studio
Shemekia Copeland - Turn The Heat Up
Michael Burks - Got A Way With Women
Marcia Ball - Louella
Junior Wells - Keep Your Hands Out Of My Pocket
Coco Montoya - Enough Is Enough
Robert Cray, Albert Collins - She's Into Something
Corey Harris, Henry Butler - If You Let A Man Kick You Once
William Clarke - Brokde And Hungry
Koko Taylor - Bring Me Some Water
Carey Bell - Hard Working Woman
Rusty Zinn - The Chill
Corey Harris - Basehead
The Kinsey Report - Time Is Running Out
John Cephas & Phil Wiggins - Mamie
The Holmes Brothers - Homeless Child
Dave Hole - Jenny Lee
Johnny Winter - My Time After Awhile
Phillip Walker, Lonnie Brooks - Boogie Rambler

CD 2 - on the stage
Lonnie Brooks - Two Headed Man
Luther Allison - Soul Fixin' Man
C.J. Chenier And The Red Hot Louisiana Band - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
Albert Collins And The Icebreakers - Dyin' Flu
James Cotton - When It Rains It Pours
Elvin Bishop - Slow Down
Saffire -The Uppity Blues Women - You Can Have My Husband
Little Charlie And The Nightcats - I'll Take You Back
Delbert McClinton - Maybe Someday Baby
Lil' Ed And The Blues Imperials - Chicken, Gravy And Biscuits
Son Seals, Elvin Bishop - Sadie
Lonnie Mack - Stop
Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers - It's Alright #

bonus DVD:
Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers - Taylor's Rock (25825) # [previously unissued] @ youtube

# rec. September 9, 1972 live at Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival, MI 1972; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Brewer Phillips, g; Ted Harvey, dr

2 CD set

Alligator ALCD 112/113 (US 2001)

24a

20??

Pink 'n' Black Records Volume 4

San Antonio Rogues
- I'm Gonna Tell Ya
Hound Dog Taylor
- Take Five

Johnnie Fuller
- First Stage Of The Blues
- No More, No More

EP

Pink 'n' Black PBEP 04 (UK 20??)

2002

Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers: Freddie's Blues

- Dust My Broom (3:10)
- Phillip's Crawl (instr) (4:06)
- Freddie's Blues (3:51)
- Strollin' With Brewer (instr) (4:12)
- It Hurts Me Too (4:15)
- Jumping With Symphony Sid (instr) (4:46)
- Take Five (2:55)
- Blues For Suzie (instr) (4:50)
- Roll Your Moneymaker (3:24)
- Let's Get Funky (instr) (4:07)
- Florence's Blues (instr) (3:33)

rec. November 28, 1972 live at Joe's Place in Cambridge, MA; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Brewer Phillips, g; Ted Harvey, dr
photos by Hannes Folterbauer

notes by Ron Bartolucci

Wolf CD 120.600 (Austria 2002)

2004

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Volume Three

Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965)
Roosevelt Sykes - Gulfport Boogie (1965)
Buddy Guy - Out Of Sight (1965)
Dr. Isaiah Ross - Feel So Good (1965)
Joe Turner - Flip, Flop & Fly (1966)
Skip James
- All Night Long # @ youtube
- Crow Jane # @ youtube
Bukka White
- Got Sick And Tired # @ youtube
Son House
- Death Letter Blues # @ youtube
Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter
- Wild About You Baby # @ youtube
Koko Taylor & Little Walter
- Wang Dang Doodle # @ youtube
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Stranger Blues # @ youtube
- Burnt Child (Afraid Of Fire) # @ youtube
- Gonna Move Across The River # @ youtube
Helen Humes - The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Woman (1962)
Earl Hooker - Earl's Boogie (1969)
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (1968)
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1968)

# rec. October 11, 1967 at DRTV studio in Copenhagen, Denmark
Bukka White, voc, g
Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Koko Taylor, voc; Little Walter, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Son House, voc, g
Skip James, voc, g
Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Brownie McGhee, voc, g, kazoo
MC: Dillard Crume
photographer: Jan Persson

American Folk Blues Festival discography

originally issued on TV only

Hip-O DVD JHAM0263 (US 2004)

2004

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Volume Two

Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Stranger Blues (1967) #
Skip James - All Night Long (1967) #
Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep It To Yourself (1963)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial (1963)
Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop And Fly (1966)
Howlin' Wolf - I'll Be Back Someday (1964)
Willie Dixon - Nervous (1962)
Bukka White - Got Sick And Tired (1967) #
Son House - Death Letter Blues (1967) #
Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter - Wild About You (1967) #
Koko Taylor & Little Walter - Wang Dang Doodle (1967) #
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (1968)
Earl Hooker - Walking The Floor Over You / Off The Hook (1969)
Magic Sam - All Your Love (1969)
entire ensemble - Bye Bye Blues (1963)

# rec. October 11, 1967 at DRTV studio in Copenhagen, Denmark
Bukka White, voc, g
Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Koko Taylor, voc; Little Walter, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Son House, voc, g
Skip James, voc, g
Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Brownie McGhee, voc, g, kazoo

American Folk Blues Festival discography

originally issued on TV only

notes by Rob Bowman

Hip-O CD B0003224-02 (US 2004)

2009

Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers: The Best & Unreleased

- Give Me Back My Wig (3:35)
- Crossroads (2:22)
- She's Gone (4:17)
- The Sky Is Crying (4:34) [previously unissued]
- You Can't Sit Down (3:22)
- Look On Yonder's Wall (3:26)
- Buster's Boogie (3:19)
- Sadie (7:06)
- Phillips Goes Bananas (4:08) [previously unissued]
- It's Allright (4:03)
- 55th Street Boogie (3:04)
- Sitting At Home Alone (5:20)
- Don't Blame On Me (3:58)
- Wichita Special (3:23) [previously unissued]
- Let's Get Funky (5:08)
- Taylor's Rock (enhanced)

P-Vine PCD-93289 (Jp 2009)

2011

Alligator Records - 40th Anniversary Collection

CD 1:
Koko Taylor - I'm A Woman
Albert Collins - I Ain't Drunk
Michael Burks - Strange Feeling
Tommy Castro - Backup Plan
Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials - Icicles In My Meatloaf
Guitar Shorty - We The People
Rick Estrin and The Nightcats - U B U
Marcia Ball - The Party's Still Going On
Roomful Of Blues - That's A Pretty Good Love
Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Have Blues, Will Travel
Sonny Seals - Going Home (Where Women Got Meat On Their Bones)
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Give Me My Coat And Shoes
Janiva Magness - Slipped, Tripped And Fell In Love
Johnny Winter - Mojo Boogie
Coco Montoya - Last Dirty Deal
Corey Harris - Fish Ain't Bitin'
Luther Allison - All The King's Horses
Anders Osborne - Echoes Of My Sins
Lonnie Mack with Stevie Ray Vaughan - Double Whammy

CD 2:
Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland - T-Bone Shuffle
Lonnie Brooks - Don't Take Advantage Of Me
Eddy Clearwater - A Good Leavin' Alone
Hound Dog Taylor - Sitting At Home Alone
Elvin Bishop & Little Smokey Smothers - Roll Your Moneymaker
James Cotton - With The Quickness
Shemekia Copeland - It's My Own Tears
Professor Longhair - Red Beans
Charlie Musselwhite - Where Hwy 61 Runs
Roy Buchanan with Delbert McClinton - You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover
Mavis Staples - Step Into The Light
Tinsley Ellis - Speak No Evil
Eric Lindell - It's A Drag
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women - Going Down To The River
The Holmes Brothers - Feed My Soul
Katie Webster - Two-Fisted Mama
William Clarke - Daddy Pinocchio
Buckwheat Zydeco - When The Levee Breaks
J.J. Grey & Mofro - The Sun Is Shining Down

# rec. May 25 (or June?), 1971 in Chicago, IL; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Brewer Phillips, g; Ted Harvey, dr

2 CD set

Alligator ALCD 125 (US 2011)

2???

The Best of Hound Dog Taylor

- Give Me Back My Wig (3:35)
- Don't Blame Me (3:57)
- Sitting At Home Alone (live) (5:21)
- Taylor's Rock (3:54)
- She's Gone (Live) (4:19)
- Kitchen Sink Boogie (live) (4:18)
- The Dog Meets The Wolf (live) (3:06)
- Held My Baby Last Night (4:17)
- 55th Street Boogie (3:04)
- Crossroads (2:23)
- Sadie (6:12)
- Fender Bender (3:02)
- It's Alright (3:56)
- Buster's Boogie (3:19)
- Kansas City (3:50)
- Let's Get Funky (live) (5:07)
- Phillips' Theme (live) (6:31)
- Wild About You, Baby (live) (3:38)

available digitally @ www.alligator.com Not available on CD!

7/2019

Earwig Music Company presents
Cadillac Baby's Bea & Baby Records
The Definitive Collection

disc 1:
- I'm Commin' Home - Eddie Boyd
- Thank You Baby - Eddie Boyd
- Nitwit - L.C. McKinley
- Sharpest Man In Town - L.C. McKinley
- Mad House Jump - The Daylighters
- You're Breaking My Heart - The Daylighters
- I Need Him To Love Me - 11 Year Old Faith Taylor and the Sweet Teens
- I Love You Darling - 11 Year Old Faith Taylor and the Sweet Teens
- Trying To Make A Living - Bobby Saxton
- Dynamite - Earl Hooker
- The Legend Of Cadillac Baby - Cadillac Baby
- Blue Monday Blues - Eddie Boyd
- The Blues Is Here To Stay - Eddie Boyd
- Come Home! - Eddie Boyd
- You Got To Reap! - Eddie Boyd
- Times Are Getting Tougher - Little Mac
- Don't Come Back - Little Mac
- Little Lu-Lu Frog - T. Valentine
- Teen-Age Jump - T. Valentine
- How Detroit Junior Got Famous - Cadillac Baby
- Money Tree - Detroit Junior
- So Unhappy - Detroit Junior
- Come On Home - Eddie Boyd & the Daylighters
- Reap What You Sow - Eddie Boyd & the Daylighters

disc 2:
- Welcome To Cadillac Baby's Show Lounge - Cadillac Baby
- My Baby Is Coming Home - Hound Dog Taylor
- Take Five - Hound Dog Taylor
- You Mistreated Me - St. Louis Mac
- Broken Heart - St. Louis Mac
- It's So Hard - Phil Sampson
- Sampson - Singing Sam Featuring Phil Sampson
- My Story - Singing Sam
- Calvins Reserve - Singing Sam
- Worried About My Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Drinkin' And Clownin' - Sunnyland Slim
- All The Way - Eddie Boyd
- Where You Belong - Eddie Boyd
- Cadillac Baby Gets Into The Record Business - Cadillac Baby
- Please Baby - Lee Jackson
- Juanita - Lee Jackson
- Please Give Me A Chance - Andre Williams
- I Still Love You - Andre Williams
- I'm Your Fool - Little Mac
- Let Hootenanny Blues (Out Of Jail) - Little Mac
- One More Mile - James Cotton
- There Must Be A Panic On - James Cotton
- Your Love - Kirk Taylor and the Velvets
- This World - Kirk Taylor and the Velvets
- Joe's House Rent Party Part I - Tall Paul Hankins and the Hudson Brothers
- Joe's House Rent Party Part II - Tall Paul Hankins and the Hudson Brothers
- It's You I'm Going To Miss - Willie Hudson with Tall Paul Hankins on organ
- Red Lips - Willie Hudson - Tall Paul Hankins

disc 3:
- The Christmas Song
- Santa Came Home Drunk
- One More Chance
- It Takes More Than Love Alone
- Mother-In-Law
- Woman, Help Me
- The Sky Is Crying
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- Trouble No More
- I'm Tore Down
- I Love My Man
- Hello Baby
- House Rock
- She Got That Jive
- Little Girl
- Too Late To Pray
- I Done You Wrong
- My Baby's Gone
- My Kind Of Woman
- Homesick Sunnyland Special
- Lost In the Jungle
- Special Agent
- Lost In the Jungle
- Special Agent
- Worried All The Time
- Potato Diggin' Man

disc 4:
- Somebody Changed The Lock - Willie Williams
- 38 Woman Blues - Willie Williams
- Raise Your Window Baby - Unknown blues band and vocalist
- Jump This Morning - Unknown blues band and vocalist
- 7402 - 3D (Richard Davenport)
- Here We Go Chi-Town - 3D (Richard Davenport)
- Just In Case That You Got a Case - possibly Clyde Lasley
- I Bet I Don't Die Tired - unknown actors
- The Preacher, A Deacon & A Razor - unknown actors Cadillac Baby
- Passed So Fast - Sleepy John Estes and Hammy Nixon
- Worry My Mind - Sleepy John Estes and Hammy Nixon
- Spirit Don't Leave Me - Sleepy John Estes and Hammy Nixon
- Lay My Burden Down - Sleepy John Estes and Hammy Nixon
- I Did A Lot Of Spiritual Records - Cadillac Baby
- Search Me Lord - The Glory-Airs
- Now Lord Don't Drive Me Away - The Glory-Airs
- Holy Place - Eddie Dean & the Biblical Aires
- God Has Prepared - Eddie Dean & the Biblical-Aires
- He's A God - The Norfolk Singers
- Testimonial - The Norfolk Singers
- Witness There Too - The Pilgrim Harmonizers
- Over The Hill - The Pilgrim Harmonizers
- Climbing High Mountains - Samuel Patterson
- Judgment Day - Samuel Patterson
- Blues Is My Soul - Cadillac Baby

prod. by Michael Robert Frank, CEO of Earwig Music Company

101-track 4 CD set packaged in a 128-pp. book
notes by Jim O'Neal, artist notes by Bill Dahl, gospel notes by Robert M. Marovich and producer notes by Michael Robert Frank

Earwig CD 4975 (7/2019)

7/2019

Down 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)

tribute album

1997

Hound Dog Taylor - A Tribute

- Give Me Back My Wig - Luther Allison @ youtube
- Sadie - Son Seals @ youtube
- Taylor's Rock - Sonny Landreth @ youtube
- Gonna Send You Back To Georgia - Gov't Mule @ youtube
- Freddie's Blues - Magic Slim & the Teardrops @ youtube
- See Me In The Evening - Bob Margolin @ youtube
- Let's Get Funky - Elvin Bishop @ youtube
- It's Alright - Alvin Youngblood Hart/Vernon Reid (acoustic) @ youtube
- Hawaiian Boogie - Dave Hole @ youtube
- She's Gone - Michael Hill's Blues Mob @ youtube
- I Just Can't Make It - George Thorogood @ youtube
- Wayward Angel - Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters @ youtube
- Take Five - Cub Koda/The Houserockers @ youtube
- It's Alright - Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials @ youtube

notes by Bruce Iglauer

Alligator ALCD 4855 (US 1997)

Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, pp. 244-245
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 368-369
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 602
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 950-952
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp.274, 445-446
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, pp. 499-451
- http://wdd.mbnet.fi/hounddog.htm
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Lex Jansen, Phil Wight, Raymond Astbury, David Sinclair Harris and Benoît Brière for additional info / scans

Hound Dog Taylor at Ann Arbor, 1972; source: Blues Unlimited 137/138 (Spring 1980), p. 39
photographer: Bill Greensmith

H O U N D D O G T A Y L O R, Brewer Phillips, Sandy Sutherland, Wes Race, Ted Harvey, Sutherland's then wife Joyce; courtesy of Phil Wight; photographer unknown
Hound Dog Taylor, Brewer Phillips, Sandy Sutherland, Wes Race,
Ted Harvey, Sutherland's then wife Joyce
courtesy of Phil Wight; photographer unknown

Hound Dog Taylor at the Shaboo Inn, Mansfield, Conn., 1973
source: Robert Neff & Anthony Connor: Blues.- Boston (Godine) 1975, pp. 108-109 // London (Latimer) 1976
photographer: Robert Neff

Alligator Records promo photo
photographer: Jack Lardomita