Illustrated Joe Willie Wilkins discography

Joe Willie Wilkins, Ann Arbor, 1973
source: Blues Unlimited 134 (March/June 1979), p. 13
photographer: Sandy Sutherland
... for (re)issues of recordings with Joe Willie Wilkins as accompanist
see the resp. discographies of the artists he is accompanying:
Charley Booker discography
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup discography
David 'Honeyboy' Edwards discography
Willie Love / Sonny Boy Williamson discography
Willie Nix discography

Joe Willie Wilkins
b. January 7, 1923 near Davenport, Coahoma County, Mississippi
d. March 28, 1979 at the University of Tennessee Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee
buried at Galilee Memorial Gardens in Memphis, Tennessee (just as Memphis Slim)
discography

Joe Willie Wilkins and Willie Nix
source: Blues Unlimited # 120 (1976), p. 6
("courtesy Steve La Vere")

#	year of release	title / label / notes
*10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 rpm*
		- (Little) Walter's Instrumental @ youtube @ Spotify rec. c. January 1951 in Memphis, TN; Walter Horton, hca; poss. Billy 'Red' Love, p; Joe Willie Wilkins, g; dr Sun unissued Redita LP 105 Sun Box 105 Bear Family
1	1951	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON - Eyesight To The Blind (DRC1-15) - Crazy About You Baby (DRC1-16) rec. January 4, 1951 in Jackson, MS; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Joe Dyson, dr Trumpet Records founder and owner Lillian McMurry pressed up a limited supply of this record and sent the test pressing back to the pressing plant to get more made. The plant burned down with the test pressing in it so she had to re-record the record; those replicate recordings took place on March 12, 1951, Joe Willie Wilkins' guitar being replaced by Henry Reed on bass (see below) Trumpet no #
	1951	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON - Eyesight To The Blind (DRC15-2) @ youtube - Crazy About You Baby (DRC16-2) @ youtube rec. March 12, 1951 in Jackson, Ms; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; prob. Willie Love, p; (Elmore James ?) g; Henry Reed, b; Joe Dyson, dr in addition to those labels shown, Lillian McMurry also used what was left of the DRC-1-15/DRC-1-16 labels (see above) on later records of DRC-15-2/DRC-16-2, but with DRC 15-2 resp. DRC 16-2 in the wax.! Trumpet 129
2	1951	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON - Do It If You Wanta (DRC18) - Cool, Cool Blues (DRC19) # rec. August 5, 1951 in Jackson, MS; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love,, # Dave Campbell, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Leonard Ware, b; dr Trumpet 139
3	1951	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON His Harmonica and House Rockers - Stop Crying (DRC17) - Come On Back Home (DRC20) rec. August 5, 1951 in Jackson, MS; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love,, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Leonard Ware, b; dr Trumpet 140
4	1951	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON His Harmonica & House Rockers - West Memphis Blues (DRC22) - I Cross My Heart (DRC21) rec. August 5, 1951 in Jackson, MS; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love,, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Leonard Ware, b; dr Trumpet 144
5	1951	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON - Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues (DRC45) - Pontiac Blues (DRC46) rec. August 5, 1951 in Jackson, MS; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love,, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Leonard Ware, b; dr Trumpet 145
6	1951	WILLIE LOVE and HIS THREE ACES - Everybody's Fishing (DRC48) # - My Own Boogie (DRC50) * rec. July 25, 1951 in Jackson, MS; Willie Love, voc, p; * prob. Otis Green, ts; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; prob Alex Wallace, dr; # ens voc Trumpet 147 Willie Love discography
7	1952	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON - Mighty Long Time (DRC88) - Nine Below Zero (DRC89) rec. December 4, 1951 in Jackson, MS; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love,, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Cliff Givens, voc b; Joe Dyson, dr Trumpet 166
8	1952	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON His Harmonica and House Rockers - Stop Now Baby (DRC92) - Mr. Down Child (DRC93) rec. December 4, 1951 in Jackson, MS; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love,, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Cliff Givens, voc b; Joe Dyson, dr Trumpet 168
9	1952	ELMER / ELMO JAMES Trumpet 186: Elmer James - Gonna Find My Baby (DRC128) [] - Make A Little Love (DRC 129) [] Jewel 764: Elmo James - Dust My Broom (DRC53) (Trumpet 146) # - Gotta Find My Baby (DRC128) (Trumpet 186) [] Jewel 783: Elmo James - Make A Little Love (DRC 129) (Trumpet 186) [] - Catfish Blues (DRC52) (Trumpet 146) * [] rec. August 28, 1952 in Jackson, Ms.; Arthur Crudup, voc; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Joe Willie Wilkins, g; b [credited to "Elmer/Elmo James"] # rec. August 5, 1951 in Jackson, Ms.; Elmore James, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Leonard Ware, b; Frock O'Dell, dr * rec. July 24, 1951 in Jackson, Ms.; Andrew 'Bobo' Thomas, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Leonard Ware, b [credited to "Elmo James"] Trumpet 186 (=) Jewel 764 (1965) (=) Jewel 783 (1967) Elmore James discography
		- Gotta Find My Baby (alt tk) - Gotta Find My Baby (alt tk) rec. August 28, 1952 in Jackson, Ms.; Arthur Crudup, voc; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Joe Willie Wilkins, g; b Trumpet unissued P-Vine PCD 2185 (Jp) Arthur Crudup discography
10	1953	WILLIE NIX THE MEMPHIS BLUES BOY - Seems Like A Million Years (U 59) @ youtube - Baker Shop Boogie (U 60) @ youtube rec. October 9, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; James Cotton, hca; Albert Williams, p; Joe Willie Wilkins, g Sun 179 Willie Nix discography
		- Baker Shop Boogie (tk 1) # - Baker Shop Boogie (tk ?) * rec. October 9, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; James Cotton, hca; Albert Williams, p; Joe Willie Wilkins, g Sun unissued # Charly CR 30114 * Titanic CD 6006
		- untitled instrumental rec. December 10, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; George Lawson, ts; James Cotton, hca; Albert Williams, p; Joe Willie Wilkins, g Sun unissued
		- Hoodoo Man (Memphis Al) # @ youtube - Rhumba Chillen * @ youtube rec. 1952 in Memphis, TN; Albert Williams, voc, p; Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Dickie Houston, dr; James Walker, washb Sun unissued # Sun Box 105 * Charly CR 30127
		- Sweet Home Chicago (tk 1) * - Sweet Home Chicago (tk 2) # rec 1952/53 in Memphis, TN; Honeyboy Edwards, voc, g; Albert Williams, p; poss. Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Dickie Houston, dr; James Walker, washb Sun unissued * Charly CD Sun 7 # Charly CR 30127 Charly Sun Box 105 David 'Honeyboy' Edwards discography
		- Shout Brother, Shout (DRC174) - Way Back (DRC175) - Worried Blues (DRC175A) # - Wonderful Baby (DRC176) - Lonesome World Blues (DRC177?) # - Willie Mae (DRC178) - Ella Lee (DRC178) rec. March 23, 1953 in Jackson, Ms.; Willie Love, voc, p; Bernard Williams, ts; Joe Willie Wilkins, g; b; Oneal Hudson, dr Trumpet unissued # Acoustic Archives AA 700
11	1953	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON His Harmonica & Houserockers - Too Close Together (DRC91) # - Cat Hop (DRC180) * # rec. December 4, 1951 in Jackson, MS; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love,, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Cliff Givens, voc b * rec. March 23, 1953 in Jackson, MS; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Kyle, Carlton Wells or Bernard Williams, sax; J.W. Walker, p; Joe Willie Wilkins, g; b; O'Neil Hudson, dr Trumpet 212
12	1953	"SONNY BOY" WILLIAMSON and His House Rockers - She Brought Life Back To The Dead (DRC90 78 rpm) # - She Brought Life Back To The Dead (45-DRC90 45 rpm) # - Gettin' Out Of Town (DRC185) # rec. December 4, 1951 in Jackson, MS; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love,, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Cliff Givens, voc b * rec. October 24, 1953 in Jackson, MS; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Bernard Williams, ts; .James Williams, g; Hermann Fowlkes, b; O'Neil Hudson, dr; Frank Crawley, mrcs Trumpet 215
13	1957	ROOSEVELT SYKES - She's Jail Bait (1006A) @ Spotify - Sputnik Baby (1006B) @ Spotify rec. 1957 in Memphis, TN; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; ts; Joe Willie Wilkins, g; b; dr House of Sound C&S 505 [Chesley Sherod's label]
14	1973	JOE WILLIE WILKINS & HIS KING BISCUIT BOYS - Mr. Downchild [edited version, 2:57] - It's Too Bad [edited version, 3:14] rec. 1973 in Memphis, TN by Steve LaVere & Fred Hay; Joe Willie Wilkins, voc, g; Roland 'Boy Blue' Hayes, hca; Melvin Lee, b; Homer Jackson, dr Mimosa 174 [Steve LaVere's label]
*LP / CD compilations*
15	1970	Sonny Boy Williamson: King Biscuit Time - Do It If You Wanna - Cool Cool Blues - Come On Back Home - Stop Crying - Eyesight To The Blind # - West Memphis Blues - I Cross My Heart - Crazy About You Baby # - Nine Below Zero - Mighty Long Time - She Brought Life Back To The Dead - Stop Now Baby - Mr. Downchild - Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues - Pontiac Blues - Too Close Together Original recordings produced by Lillian NcMurry; reissue prod. by Chris Strachwitz notes by Paul Oliver "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709" Arhoolie 2020 (US 1970) notes by Paul Oliver = Trio PA-3057 (Jp 1975) notes by Paul Oliver "Arhoolie Records, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, Ca. 94530" (uses slightly different "King Biscuit Time" photo!) = Arhoolie 2020 (US 19??) Arhoolie Records discography
16	1973	Memphis Blues At Sunshine / Memphis Blues At Sunrise Joe Hill Louis - Gotta Let You Go - Glamour Girl - Boogie In The Park Billy "The Kid" Emerson - We Gonna Rock Tonight [previously unissued] - Chop Chop [previously unissued] [Drop Top] - Shake It [previously unissued] Walter Horton - Little Walter's Instrumental [previously unissued] Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years (alt tk) [previously unissued] Rufus Thomas - Tiger Man (alt tk) - Crazy About My Baby (Crazy About You Baby) Walter 'Tang' Smith - Every Monday Morning [previously unissued] Raymond Hill - Hold Me Baby [previously unissued] - Did You Ever Loved A Woman (Have You Ever Loved A Woman) (prev. unissued) Johnny London - Flat Tire (instr) - Drivin' Slow (instr) Harmonica Frank - She Done Moved "(in agreement with Collector Records)" label has "Memphis Blues At Sunrise", cover says "Memphis Blues At Sunshine"; on back cover sides A and B reversed Redita RLP 105 (NL 1973) [first series] BU 107,23
17	1976	The Devil's Music from the BBC T.V. series Red Lightnin' RL0033 track sequence: LP 1: Mississippi and Memphis Blues@ youtube ([almost] full album LP 1) Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water * Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight Booker White - Aberdeen Mississippi Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid Of My Mule Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack // Sonny Blake - Bring It On Home To Me [] Joe Wilkins - Mr. Downchild # Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider * Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues Laura Dukes - Crawdad @ youtube LP 2: Chicago Blues@ youtube ([almost] full album LP 2) The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me To Talkin' Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me The Aces - Blue Shadows Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now @ Spotify prod. & ed. by Maddalena Fagandini & Giles Oakley (BBC TV series) sleeve design and illustration of Red Lightnin' RL0033 by G.M.W. Snow; photography by Axel Küstner Indigo IGOTCD 2537 track sequence: CD 1: The Devil's Music Part 1 Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water * Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight Bukka White - Aberdeen, Mississippi Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid Of My Mule Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack // Sonny Blake - Bring It On Home [] Joe Willie Wilkins - Mr. Downchild # Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider * Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues Laura Dukes - Crawdad The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me Talkin' Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too CD 2: The Devil's Music Part 2 Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me The Aces - Blue Shadows Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now James De Shay - Crossroads °° James De Shay - Pony Blues °° James De Shay - Mistake In Life °° James De Shay - Evil Is Going On °° James De Shay - Hold That Train, Conductor °° James De Shay - Forty Four °° Big Joe Williams - Providence Help The Poor People °° Henry Townsend - Tears Came Rolling Down °° Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk °° Henry Townsend - Wave My Hands Bye Bye °° Big Joe Williams - Meet Me At The Bottom °° Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues °° CD 3: Live 1963 European Blues Festival Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well °° Memphis Slim - I Wrote This Song °° Memphis Slim - All By Myself °° Sonny Boy Williamson - 99 °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Bye Bye Bird °° Memphis Slim - In The Evening °° Matt Murphy - Grooving On Bounce °° Matt Murphy - Taking Off °° Sonny Boy Williamson - All My Love In Vain °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' °° °° Indigo IGOTCD 2537 bonus tracks # rec. January 19, 1976 in Memphis, TN; Joe Willie Wilkins, voc, g; Mose Vinson, p; Houston Stackhouse, g; L.T. Lewis, dr * rec. January 19, 1976 in Memphis, TN; Houston Stackhouse, voc, g; Joe Willie Wilkins, g [] // rec. January 19, 1976 in Memphis, TN; Sonny Blake, voc, hca; // Mose Vinson, p; [] Joe Willie Wilkins, g; L.T. Lewis, dr gatefold DLP notes by Giles Oakley Red Lightnin' RL 0033 (UK 1976) 3 CD box set notes by Neil Slaven = Indigo IGOTCD 2537 (UK 2003) "The Devil's Music: The Soundtrack To The 1976 BBC TV Documentary Series" Red Lightnin' Records discography
18	1977	Joe Willie Wilkins & His King Biscuit Boys - Mr. Downchild [LP version; 3:09] # @ youtube - Sad Letter * @ youtube - Hucklefinger * @ youtube - Me & The Devil Blues * @ youtube - Everyday I Have The Blues * @ youtube - Tribute to Joe Willie Wilkins - Johnny Shines § @ youtube - Little Car Blues * @ youtube - It's Sad To Be Alone * @ youtube - Na's Blues - Nate Armstrong [] @ youtube - Walkin' Blues / Feel Like Goin' Home * @ youtube - It's Too Bad [LP version, 3:37] # @ youtube # rec. 1973 in Memphis, TN by Steve LaVere & Fred Hay; Joe Willie Wilkins, voc, g; Roland 'Boy Blue' Hayes, hca; Melvin Lee, b; Homer Jackson, dr * rec. 1972-1976 live in Memphis, TN; Joe Willie Wilkins, voc, g; (collective personnel): Greg 'Fingers' Taylor, Sonny Blake, Roland 'Boy Blue' Hayes, hca; Johnny Shines, Houston Stackhouse, g; Melvin Lee, b [] rec. September 28, 1973 live at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; Nathaniel Armstrong, hca; Sonny Blake, hca; Joe Willie Wilkins, Houston Stackhouse, g; Melvin Lee, b; Homer Jackson, dr § rec. October 19, 1973 live at the Memphis Blues Caravan, University of Missouri, St. Louis; Johnny Shines, voc, g cover photo by Rene Koopman notes by Steve LaVere Adamo ADS 9507 (US 1977)
18a	1986	Cotton Crop Blues James Cotton, Walter Horton & Willie Nix Jimmy & Walter - Easy Willie Nix - Prison Bound Blues Willie Nix - Midnight Showers Of Rain Willie Nix - Ridin' In the Moonlight Willie Nix - Take A Little Walk With Me Jackie Boy And Little Walter - Selling My Whiskey Walter Horton - Off The Wall James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues Willie Nix - Hold Me In Your Arms Willie Nix - Baker Shop Boogie Willie Nix - Seems Like A Million Years James Cotton - My Baby James Cotton - Straighten Up Baby Walter Horton - Walter's Instrumental P-Vine PLP-310 (Jp 1986) Walter Horton discography Jack Kelly discography
19	1988	Giants Of Country Blues Vol. 2 1975-81 LP track sequence: James 'Son' Thomas - It Hurts Me Too (3:20) # @ Spotify - Four Women Blues (2:30) # @ Spotify - Shake 'Em On Down (2:53) # @ Spotify - Dust My Broom (3:07) # @ Spotify - Beefsteak Blues (3:44) ## @ Spotify R.L. Burnside - It's Be Troubled [sic] (3:38) * [Wolf 120.921 CD] @ Spotify - When My First Wife Left Me ("alt tk" / tk 2) (4:02) * [Wolf 120.921 CD] @ youtube Joe Willie Wilkins - Walking Blues (2:39) \|\| @ Spotify Boogie Bill Webb - Doodeville Blues (2:38) // @ Spotify - I'll Buy A Ticket (2:29) // @ Spotify - It Used To Be (2:37) // @ Spotify - Maggie Campbell Blues (2:16) // @ Spotify - Seven Sister's Blues (2:23) \\ @ Spotify Clyde Maxwell - Untitled Blues (2:42) [] @ Spotify Cornelius Bright - Devil's Blues (3:53) § @ Spotify CD track sequence: R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (3:41) ** [Wolf 120.921 CD] @ Spotify - When My First Wife Left Me (tk 1) (3:28) * [Wolf 120.921 CD] @ Spotify - Poor Black Mattie (3:01) [Wolf 120.921 CD] @ Spotify - Jumper On The Line (3:17) (with Daniel Burnside, b; Calvin Jackson, dr) [Wolf 120.921 CD] @ Spotify - Rollin' And Tumblin' (3:02) ** [Wolf 120.921 CD] @ Spotify - It's Be Troubled [sic] (3:38) * [Wolf 120.921 CD] James "Son" Thomas - It Hurts Me Too (3:20) # - Four Women Blues (2:30) # - Shake 'Em On Down (2:53) # - Dust My Broom (3:07) # - Beefsteak Blues (3:44) ## - Rock Me (2:40) ### @ Spotify Joe Willie Wilkins - Walking Blues (2:39) \|\| Boogie Bill Webb - Doodeville Blues (2:38) // - I'll Buy A Ticket (2:29) // - It Used To Be (2:37) // - Maggie Campbell Blues (2:16) // - Seven Sister's Blues (2:23) \\ - I Ain't For It (2:37) /// @ Spotify Clyde Maxwell - Untitled Blues (2:42) [] Cornelius Bright & Jimmy Holmes - Devil's Blues (3:53) # rec. November 6, 1981 in Leland, MS by Michael Hortig; James 'Son" Thomas, voc, g ## rec. July 6, 1975 in Leland, MS by Hannes Folterbauer & Christoph Steffl; James 'Son" Thomas, voc, g ### rec. June 17, 1991 in Leland, MS by Ulrich Hahn; James 'Son" Thomas, voc, g * rec. July 9, 1975 in Senatobia, MS by Hannes Folterbauer & Christoph Steffl; R.L. Burnside, voc, g ** rec. September 1991 in Coldwater, MS by Hannes Folterbauer; R.L. Burnside, voc, g \|\| rec. 1976 in Memphis, TN by Hannes Folterbauer; Joe Willie Wilkins, voc, g; Sonny Blake, hca // rec. June 20, 1981 in New Orleans, LA by Ulrich Hahn; Boogie Bill Webb, voc, g \\ rec. October 24, 1981 in New Orleans, LA by Michael Hortig; Boogie Bill Webb, voc, g /// rec. April 6,, 1990 in New Orleans, LA by Clarence Toussaint; Boogie Bill Webb, voc, g [] rec. October 30, 1981 near Camden, MS by Michael Hortig; Clyde Maxwell, voc, g § rec. June 16, 1981 at the Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia, MS by Ulrich Hahn; Cornelius Bright, voc; Jimmy Holmes, g cover drawing of Clyde Maxwell by Bernd Conrad notes by Michael Hortig and Herbert Pessiak Wolf LP 120.917 (Austria 1988) notes by Larry Hoffman (=) Wolf CD 120.917 "1975-1991" (Austria 1991)
20	1994	Memphis Blues Caravan Vol. I Sam Chatmon - Forgive Me Too Big Sam Clark - I Fell in Love With This Woman Sonny Boy Nelson - Pony Blues Earl Bell - Travelin' Blues Sleepy John Estes / Hammie Nixon - President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long - Yellow Yam Blues Bukka White - Bed Springs Blues Furry Lewis - Mary Tell-Blues/Mother Story Harmonica Frank - Goin' Away Happy Houston Stackhouse - Crying Won't Help You * Joe Willie Wilkins & His King Biscuit Boys - Me And The Devil Blues # # rec. November 17, 1973 live Memphis Blues Caravan at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX; Joe Willie Wilkins, voc, g; Nathaniel Armstrong, hca; Houston Stackhouse, g; Melvin Lee, b; Homer Jackson, dr; Clemon Lee 'Sonny' Blakes, sp * rec. October 12, 1973 live at Notre Dame University in South Bend, IN; Houston Stackhouse, voc, g; Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Brewer Phillips, b; Ted Harvey, dr notes by Steve LaVere Memphis Archives CD 7008 (US 1994)
21	1994	Memphis Blues Caravan Vol. II 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 # rec. September 25, 1976 live at The Back Door, San Diego State University, CA; Joe Willie Wilkins, voc, g * rec. October 12, 1973 live at Notre Dame University in South Bend, IN; Charley Booker, voc, g; Joe Willie Wilkins, Houston Stackhouse, g; Brewer Phillips, "bass on guitar"; Ted Harvey, dr (King Biscuit Boys); prod. by Steve LaVere notes by Stephen C. LaVere Memphis Archives CD MA 7009 Charley Booker discography
22	1994	Roosevelt Sykes Vol 10 1951 - 1957 - Fine And Brown - Lucky Blues - Raining In My Heart - Heavy Heart - Walkin' This Boogie - Four O'clock Blues - Hot Boogie - Something Like That - Security Blues - Toy Piano Blues - Listen To My Song - Come Back Baby - Ruthie Lee - Tell Me True - Boogie Sykes - You Can't Be Lucky All The Time - Sweet Old Chicago - Blood Stains - Hush Oh Hush - I'm Tired - Crazy Fox - She's Jail Bait - Sputnik Baby - Low Land Blues - Savoy Boogie notes by Chris Smith Blues Documents BDCD-6050 (Austria 1994) Blues Documents discography
23	1996	King Biscuit Boys / Big Walter Horton: Well All Right! Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival Vol. 4 King Biscuit Boys Joe Willie Wilkins - Introduction (by Joe Willie Wilkins) # - Little Car Blues # - Me And The Devil Blues # @ youtube Sonny Blake - Down So Long [] @ youtube Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink of Water Blues * @ youtube - Bricks In My Pillow * @ youtube - Sweet Black Angel * @ youtube Joe Willie Wilkins - It's Too Bad # @ youtube - Mr. Downchild # @ youtube Walter Horton - Introduction * - Walter's Slow Blues * - Hard Hearted Woman * - Swingin' Blues * - That Ain't It * - Trouble In Mind * - St. Louis Blues * - Walter Jumps One * - It Hurts Me Too * # rec. September 9, 1973 live, Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Joe Willie Wilkins, voc, g; Sonny Blake, hca, [] voc; Houston Stackhouse, g, * voc; prob. Melvin Lee, b; Homer Jackson, dr; prod. by John Sinclair for Big Chief Productions * rec. September 8, 1973 live, Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Walter Horton, voc, hca; John Nicholas, el g; Sarah Brown, el b; Fran Christina, dr; prod. by John Sinclair for Big Chief Productions Schoolkids SKR 2104 (US 1996) = Sequel NEX CD 285 (UK 1996)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 269
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 403
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 193
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 277, 595, 663, 680
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 1044-1045
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 19, 49, 409, 424, 493-494
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 560-561
- Cilla Huggins: Joe Willie Wilkins obituary.- Blues Unlimited 134 (March/June 1979), pp. 12-13
- Jim O'Neal: Joe Willie Wilkins - 1923 - 1979.- Living Blues 42 (January/February 1979), pp. 8-9
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to John Burton and Michael Hortig for additional info / scans

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

"Joe Willie Wilkins & His King Biscuit Boys":
Melvin Lee, Houston Stackhouse, Joe Willie Wilkins, Homer Jackson and Nathaniel Armstrong
source: Blues Unlimited 134 (March/June 1979), p. 13; photographer's name not given

Joe Willie Wilkins during the filming of "The Friendly Invasion",
BBC-TV at the Hollywood Café in Hollywood, Mississippi, June 29, 1973
source: The Blues - A Book of Postcards (Vol. 1).- San Francisco (Pomegranate Artbooks A534), 1995
photographer: Rene Koopman
photo was also used on the front cover of Adamo LP ADS 9507 (US 1977)
"Joe Willie Wilkins & His King Biscuit Boys"

Joe Willie Wilkins, Houston Stackhouse & Robert Lockwood Jr. at Ann Arbor, September 7/8/9, 1973
source: Blues Unlimited 111 (December-January 1974/75), p. 5; photographer: Norbert Hess

Joe Willie Wilkins at Ann Arbor, September 7/8/9, 1973
source: Sheldon Harris 1987, p. 560; photographer: Peter B. Lowry

Joe Willie Wilkins at the Memphis Blues Caravan,
Wisconsin Dells, September 30, 1973
source: Notes of Memphis Archives CD MA 7009 (US 1994)
"Memphis Blues Caravan Vol. II"; photographer: Stephen C. LaVere

Floyd Jones & Joe Willie Wilkins at Wilkins' home at 1656 Carpenter Street in North Memphis, TN, March 31, 1974
source: The Blues - A Book of Postcards (Vol. 1).- San Francisco (Pomegranate Artbooks A534), 1995; photographer: Stephen C. LaVere

Joe Willie Wilkins headstone at Galilee Memorial Gardens
in Memphis, Tennessee, erected by The Killer Blues project
source: Twitter; photographer: most likely Steven Salter