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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

J O H N N Y   W O O D S; source: Front cover of Rounder 2007
Johnny Woods 1967
source: Front cover of Rounder 2007
photographer: George Mitchell
R.L. Burnside & Johnny Woods play 'Suzanna'
Johnny Woods & R.L. Burnside play 'Suzanna' 1984
 
Johnny Woods
a/k/a 'Mississippi' Johnny Woods
b. November 19, 1917 in Looxahoma, Mississippi
approx. 8 miles east of Senatobia and approx. 8 miles west of Tyro
d. February 1, 1990 in Olive Branch, Mississippi

buried at Carter Sunset Memorial Gardens in Tyro, Tate County, MS
discography
J O H N N Y   W O O D S; source: Front cover of Oblivion #2
Johnny Woods 1972 in front of Fred McDowell's new Pontiac
source: Front cover of Oblivion #2; photographer: Tom Pomposello

#year
of release
title / label / notes
11969Mississippi Delta Blues - Vol. 1

Napoleon Strickland
- Oh Baby
Do Boy Diamond
- Long Haired Doney
- Going Away Blues

Johnny Woods & Fred McDowell
- Three O'Clock In The Morning #
Walter Miller
- Stuttgart, Ark
Tom Turner
- Gonna Bring Her Right Back Home

Furry Lewis
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Robert Diggs
- Drink, Drink, Drink
Dewey Corley
- Fishing In The Dark
Teddy Williams
- Down Home Blues
Houston Stackhouse
- Canned Heat
Peck Curtis
- The Death Of Sonny Boy Williamson


# rec. August 1967 in Como, MS by George Mitchell; Johnny Woods, voc, hca; Fred McDowell, g

notes (adapted from "Blow my Blues away") by George Mitchell

Arhoolie 1041 (US 1969)

# Arhoolie CD 401

Arhoolie Records discography

21969Memphis Swamp Jam

Booker White
- Christmas Eve Blues
- Columbus, Miss. Blues
- Sad Day Blues
Piano Red
- Mobile Blues
- Abel Street Stomp

Nathan Beauregard
- Nathan's Bumble Bee Blues
- 'Bout A Spoonful
Sleepy John Estes
- Need More Blues
- President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long



Fred McDowell
- Shake Em On Down #
- Fred's Blues #
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning #
Napoleon Strickland
- Back Water Rising
- Other's Piece
- Shimmy She Wobble

Furry Lewis
- Judge Boushay Blues
- Walking Blues
Watson & Jones [John Fahey & Bill Barth]
- Memphis Rag
- St. Louis Blues
- Praying On The Old Campground


# rec. June 9, 1969 in Memphis, TN; Fred McDowell, voc, g, Johnny Woods, hca

DLP
notes by Pete Welding
click to read track list ! click to enlarge left page of inner gatefold !click to enlarge right page of inner gatefold and read track list ! click to read first and second column of inner sleeve A !click to read third and fourth column of inner sleeve A ! click to read first column of inner sleeve B !click to read second column of inner sleeve B !click to read third column of inner sleeve B !
Blue Thumb BTS 6000 (US 1969)
= King SR-481 (Jp 1971)

(=) Arhoolie 1084 (US 1979) "Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 1"

and
Arhoolie 1085 (US 1979) "Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 2"


(=) Arhoolie CD 385


(=) Arhoolie CD 386 "Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Vol. 1 & 2"

Arhoolie Records discography

31971Fred McDowell and Johnny Woods: Eight Years Ramblin'

Revival RVS 1001 / Barclay 920415 track sequence:
- Shake Em On Down []
- Going Down To The River []
- Smokestack Lightning # [not on Fat Possum CD]
- My Babe # [not on Fat Possum CD]
- Long Haired Doney #

- Red Cross Store []   @ youtube
- I Left My Baby (Sitting In The Back Door Crying) (aka Standing At The Back Door) []
- John Henry []
- Scratch My Back * [not on Fat Possum CD]
- Going Away []

Rounder 2007 / Guimbarda 30111075 track sequence:
- Shake Em On Down []
- Smokestack Lightning # [not on Fat Possum CD]
- John Henry []
- My Babe # [not on Fat Possum CD]
- Red Cross Store []

- Going Down To The River []
- Long Haired Doney #
- I Left My Baby (Sitting In The Back Door Crying) (aka Standing At The Back Door) []
- Going Away []
- Scratch My Back * [not on Fat Possum CD]

Fat Possum CD 03642 track sequence:
- Shake Em On Down []
- Going Away []
- Mama Says I'm Crazy [previously unissued] []
- I Got A Woman [previously unissued] #   @ youtube
- Red Cross Store []
- Going Down To The River []

- Standing At The Back Door []
- What's Going To Become Of Me? [previously unissued] []   @ youtube
- Long Haired Doney #
- John Henry []
- I Walked All Night Long [previously unissued] []

[] rec. August 1967 in Como, MS by George Mitchell; Fred McDowell, voc, g; Johnny Woods, hca
# rec. August 1967 in Como, MS by George Mitchell; Johnny Woods, voc, hca; Fred McDowell, g
* rec. August 1967 in Como, MS by George Mitchell; Johnny Woods, voc. hca

notes by George Mitchell and Tony Martin

Revival RVS 1001 (UK 1971)

notes by George Mitchell

= Barclay 920415 (Fr 1972)

notes by George Mitchell

= Rounder 2007 (US 1976)


= Guimbarda GS-11.075 (Sp 1980)

notes by George Mitchell

(=) Fat Possum CD 03642 / Fat Possum LP 80364 (US 2002) "Mama Says I'm Crazy"

add'l releases @ discogs

Revival Records discography
Rounder Records discography
Mississippi Fred McDowell discography

41972Johnny Woods: Mississippi Harmonica

- Long Haired Doney
- Three O'Clock In The Morning

rec. April 27, 1972 in Olive Branch, Ms. by Tom Pomposello; Johnny Woods, voc, hca; photograph on front cover taken by Tom Pomposello: Johnny Woods in front of Fred McDowell's new Pontiac

7 inch 45 rpm
notes by Tom Pomposello

Oblivion o#2

more info / sound files

51979The Memphis Development Foundation Presents
Beale Street Saturday Night

Sid Selvidge
- Walkin' Down Beale Street
Fred Ford
- Hernando Horn
Grandma Dixie Davis
- Beale Street Blues
Sleepy John Estes
- Big Fat Mama / Liquor Store
Prince Gabe
- Ol' Beale Street Blues
Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues
Teenie Hodges
- Rock Me Baby

Alex [Teal]
- Rock Me Baby
Thomas Pinkston
- "Ben Griffin Was Killed In The Monarch ..." (narration)

Johnny Woods
- Frisco Blow
Mud Boy & the Neutrons
- On The Road Again
Thomas Pinkston
- "W. C. Handy Told Me 50 Years Ago ..." (narration)
Furry Lewis
- Chicken Ain't Nothing But A Bird
Grandma Dixie Davis
- Roll On, Mississippi


rec. October 1, 1978 at "The Tennessee Waltz", Orpheum Theater, Memphis, TN; mixed at Sam Phillips Recording Studio & Ardent Sudios; prod. by James Luther Dickinson; cover photograph by William Eggleston

notes by Stanley Booth

Orpheum O-101

61984Johnny Woods / R.L. Burnside

DVD track sequence:
part 1
- Poor Black Mattie
- Rolling & Tumbling
- Peach Tree Blues
- Skinny Woman
- Going Down South
- I Believe My Time Ain't Long
- Bad Luck And Trouble
- Jumper On The Line
- Ramblin' On My Mind []
- Gone So Long []
- Long Distance Call
- 44 Blues []
- See What My Buddy Done
- Poor Boy
- Sneakers Jam []


part 2 (= VHS video track sequence)
- Somebody's Knocking On My Door
- Poor Boy
- Baby Scratch My Back #
- Poor Black Mattie #
- Long Haired Doney #
- So Many Cold Mornings #
- When My First Wife Left Me #
- Susanna #
- Jumper On The Line #
- Going Up The Country #
- Ain't That Just Like A Woman #
- Long Haired Doney #
- Moaning At Midnight #

R.L. Burnside, voc, g; # Johnny Woods, voc, hca; [] Fred Reining, el g
part 1 of DVD rec. 1986 in the back of the Swingmaster record-shop in Groningen, The Netherlands
part 2 of DVD (= VHS video tracks) rec. 1984 in the back of the Swingmaster record-shop in Groningen, The Netherlands
VHS video front cover photo by Sem van Gelder
DVD front cover photos by Brian Smith (R.L. Burnside) & Sem van Gelder (Johnny Woods)


Swingmaster Video 4 (NL 1984)

notes by Marcel Haerkens, Rien Wisse & Robert Slim

= Sunny Moon DVD (2009) "R.L. Burnside Live 1984/1986 with Johnny Woods" (The Swingmaster Vintage Tapes Vol. 1)

71987Blues by Johnny Woods: So Many Cold Mornings

- So Many Cold Mornings *
- She's Loving Another Man *
- Be My Baby *
- One String Baby §
- That's Allright *
- Going Over The Hill *

- Going Up The Country #
- My Jack Don't Drink No Water # []
- On This Killing Floor #
- Susanna # []
- Shake A Regular Boogie #

* rec. August 19, 1981 near Coldwater, MS; Johnny Woods, voc, hca
# rec. November 1984 in Groningen, The Netherlands; Johnny Woods, voc, hca; [] R.L. Burnside, g
§ rec. August 22, 1981 in Senatobia, MS; Ranie Burnette, voc g; Abe "Keg" Young, hca
prod. by Sem van Gelder and Leo Bruin
photography by Sem van Gelder

notes by Jane Carr Jameson

Swingmaster 2112 (NL 1987)

(=) Swingmaster CD 2203

R.L. Burnside discography
Ranie Burnette discography

81988DXCV1 Down Home Delta Experimental Projects Compilation Vol. 1: The Blues

- Baby Please - unknown
- Roll Me Over Slow - Alex Teal, Chopping Wood

- Old Hucklebuck - Johnny Woods, Lee Baker
- I'm Black - Furry Lewis
- Jes' Like A Monkey - Johnny Woods
- Holy Spirit - Hammy Nixon, Sleepy John Estes, Bobby Ray Watson, Ry Cooder (mandolin), Lee Baker, James Luther Dickinson
- Dozens - Thomas Pinkston

- Ol' Man Mose - Johnny Woods, Verlina Woods, Bobby Ray Watson, Lee Baker, Jimmy Crosthwait, James Luther Dickinson
- Same Man All The Time - Thomas Pinkston
- Policy Talk - Thomas Pinkston
- Blind Man In The Tear Gas - Sleepy John Estes, Ry Cooder, James Luther Dickinson
- Not Now - Furry Lewis

- Blue Moon - Johnny Woods

rec. and comp. by James Luther Dickinson


Fan Club FC 044 (Fr 1988) [New Rose subsidiary]

more info


(=) Fan Club FC064cd (Fr 1990) "Delta Experimental Projects Compilation Vol 1 & 2"

91994Mississippi Delta Blues: Blow My Blues Away   Vol. 1

- Oh Baby - Napoleon Strickland
- Como Breakdown - Napoleon Strickland

- Three O'Clock In The Morning (3:54) - Johnny Woods & Fred McDowell
- My Jack Don't Need No Water (Long Haired Doney) (2:50) - Johnny Woods & Fred McDowell
- Catfish Blues - Teddy Williams
- Down Home Blues - Teddy Williams
- Long Haired Doney (My Jack Don't Need No Water) - Do-Boy Diamond
- Hard Time Blues - Do-Boy Diamond
- The Shaggy Hound - Do-Boy Diamond
- Going Away Blues - Do-Boy Diamond
- Stuttgart, Arkansas - Walter Miller [Arhoolie 1041]
- Vicksburg Blues - Walter Miller [Arhoolie unissued]   @ youtube
- Mississippi Goin' To Be My Home - Robert Diggs
- Dangerous Slim - Robert Diggs
- Drink, Drink, Drink - Robert Diggs
- Pork & Beans - Rosa Lee Hill
- Fishing In The Dark - Dewey Corley & Walter Miller # [Arhoolie 1041]
- Tri-State Bus - Dewey Corley # [Revival 1004]
- Gonna Bring Her Right Back Home - Tom Turner
- The Death of Sonny Boy Williamson - Peck Curtis
- Nighthawk Boogie - Robert Nighthawk
- You Call Yourself A Cadillac - Robert Nighthawk
- Blues Before Midnight - Robert Nighthawk


notes (adapted from "Blow my Blues away") by George Mitchell

Arhoolie CD 401 (US 1994)

Arhoolie Records discography

101995Shake 'Em On Down
The Real Country Blues

- Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell
- Sloppy Drunk Blues - Big Joe Williams
- Alabama Blues - Bukka White
- Need More Blues - Sleepy Joe Estes
- Judge Boushay Blues - Furry Lewis
- Pardon Denied Again - Robert Pete Williams
- Rabbit Blues - Smoky Babe
- Take Me Out Of The Bottom - Big Joe Williams
- Fred's Worried Life Blues - Fred McDowell
- Poor Black Mattie - R.L. Burnside
- Come Home To Me Baby - Joe Callicott
- Smokestack Lightning - Clarence Edwards
- Write Me A Few Lines - Fred McDowell
- Mississippi River - Smoky Babe
- Just Tippin' It - Robert Pete Williams
- She Left Me A Mule To Ride - Big Joe Williams
- Canned Heat - Houston Stackhouse

- Three O'Clock In The Morning - Johnny Woods
- 'Bout A Spoonful - Nathan Beauregard
- You Call Yourself A Cadillac - Robert Nighthawk
- Keep Your Nose Out Of My Business - Johnny Young & Otis Spann
- Oh Baby - Napeleon Strickland


Arhoolie/Ace CDCHD 527 (UK 1995)

11199?Mississippi Delta Blues Jam in Memphis, Vol. 1

Napoleon Strickland with The Como Drum Band
- Back Water Rising

Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods
- Shake 'Em On Down
- Fred's Blues
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
Otha Turner with The Como Drum Band
- Otha's Piece
Napoleon Strickland with The Como Drum Band
- Shimmy She Wobble
Fred McDowell
- Write Me A Few Of Your Lines
- A Dark Cloud Rising
Furry Lewis
- Furry Lewis' Blues (previously unreleased)
- Walking Blues
- Judge Bushay Blues
R.L. Watson & Josiah Jones [= John Fahey & Bill Barth]
- Memphis Rag
- St. Louis Blues
- Praying On The Old Campground / Lonesome Blues
Memphis Piano Red
- Mobile Blues
- Abel Street Stomp


rec. June 1969; includes all of Arhoolie LP 1085, part of 1084 and several previously unissued cuts. LPs 1084 & 1085 were once available as "Swamp Blues", a double LP originally released on Blue Thumb


Arhoolie CD 385 (US 199?)

Mississippi Fred McDowell discography

121999R.L. Burnside, Ranie Burnette & Johnny Woods: Going Down South

- Going Down South #
- Miss Maybelle *

- So Many Cold Mornings +
- Going Away Blues # []
- Can't Be Satisfied #
- One String Baby §
- Hungry Spell *

- Going Up The Country {}

- My Jack Don't Drink No Water $
- Stack O'Lee And Billy Lyons # []
- Walking Blues #
- Coal Black Mattie *

- She's Loving Another Man +
- Lonesome Moon Blues *
- Suzanna Blues $

# rec. February 6, 1986 in New Orleans, La.; R.L. Burnside, voc, g; [] Curtis Salgado, hca

* rec. November 1980 in Groningen, The Netherlands; Ranie Burnette, voc, g


+ rec. August 19, 1981 at R.L. Burnside's house near Coldwater, Ms.; Johnny Woods, voc, hca

§ rec. August 22, 1981 in Senatobia, Ms.; Ranie Burnette, voc, g; Abe 'Keg' Young, hca

$ rec. November 1984 in Groningen, The Netherlands; Johnny Woods, voc, hca; R.L. Burnside, g [Swingmaster LP 2112 (1987)]

{} rec. November 1984 in Groningen, The Netherlands; Johnny Woods, voc, hca

prod. by Sem van Gelder and Leo Bruin


Swingmaster CD 2203 (NL 1999)

R.L. Burnside discography
Ranie Burnette discography

12a2000Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary

disc 1:
- San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller (previously unreleased)
- Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas
- Shake Shake Mama - Mance Lipscomb
- Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / Robert Curtis Smith
- One Thin Dime - Butch Cage / Willie Thomas
- Charmin' Betsy - Hodges Brothers
- Whistlin' Alex Moore's Blues - Alex Moore
- I Am The Black Ace - Black Ace
- Brother James - Big Joe Williams
- Lady Luck - Mercy Dee
- Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith
- Zydeco Introduction - Zydeco Announcer
- Bernadette Chere - Albert Chevalier
- Bald Headed Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Baby Please Don't Go - James Campbell
- Believe On Me - Rev. Louis Overstreet
- Low Down Blues - George Lewis
- The Country Blues - J.E. Mainer
- Crowley Waltz - The Hackberry Ramblers
- She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain - Booker White (previously unreleased)
- Ay, Ai Ai - Clifton Chenier
- Write Me A Few Lines - Fred McDowell
- Charlie James - Mance Lipscomb
- Louisiana Blues - Clifton Chenier


disc 2:
- Cindy - John Jackson
- Little Red Rooster - Big Mama Thornton
- La Betaille - Isom Fontenot
- Calcasieu Waltz - Nathan Abshire
- Almlied - Eibelsberger Duo
- I Wonder Where You Are Tonight - Del McCoury
- In The Breeze - Jerry Hahn Quintet
- Goin' Back To The Country - Juke Boy Bonner
- Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
- Two Bugs And A Roach - Earl Hooker
- Dream - John Littlejohn
- Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston
- Visions - Sonny Simmons
- I Wish I Could Sing - Bongo Joe
- Boogieing In Strasbourg - Alex Moore
- The Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King - Big Joe Williams
- Please Settle In Vietnam - Lightnin' Hopkins

- Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell / Johnny Woods
- El Desesperado - Los Pinguinos Del Norte
- Creole Belles - New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
- Finger Lickin' Good - Charlie Musselwhite


disc 3:
- Church Point Breakdown - Austin Pitre
- Gstanzeln Aus Dem Freistriztal - Original Herberstein Trio
- Gibson Creek Shuffle - Charles Ford Band
- Ups And Downs - L.C. Robinson
- You Ain't Got A Chance - Piano Red
- Home Sweet Home - Boisec Ardoin / Canray Fontenot
- Satan's Burning Hell - Bill Neely
- Luzita - Narciso Martinez
- Yo Me Enamore - Trio San Antonio
- Borracho Perdido - Trio San Antonio
- One Of These Mornings (I'm Checkin' Out) - J.C. Burris
- Allons A Grand Coteau - Clifton Chenier
- En Bas Du Chene Vert - Dewey Balfa / Marc Savoy/D.L. Menard
- Besos Y Copas - Chavela Ortiz Y Brown Express
- Fast Santa Fe - Robert Shaw
- I'll See You In C-U-B-A - Any Old Time String Band
- El Balaju - Conjunto Alma Jarocha
- La Gata - Los Caporales De Panuco
- Beym Rebas Sude - The Klezmorim
- J'ai Laisse De La Maison - Cheese Read
- Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio - Don Santiago Jimenez Sr.
- Mi Problema - Lydia Mendoza


disc 4:
- Gritenme Piedras Del Campo - Flaco Jimenez
- Co-Fe - John Delafose
- Single Girl - Rose Maddox
- Bec De La Manche - Canray Fontenot
- Bosco Stomp - Octa Clark / Hector Duhon
- Negra Ausencia - Santiago Jimenez Jr.
- La Chanson De Cinquante Sous - Michael Doucet Dit BeauSoleil (previously unreleased)
- Shake What You Got - Preston Frank
- Little Black Eyes - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
- The Chill Of A Saturday Afternoon - Wade Fruge
- Jolie Blonde - Chuck Guillory
- Here To Stay - Rebirth Brass Band
- I Know That's Right - Katie Webster
- I've Been There - Lawrence Ardoin
- Mentiste Cuando Dijiste - Flaco Jimenez
- Aguililla - Los Campesinos De Michoacan
- La Reine De La Salle - Odile Falcon
- Chanson De La Sagesse - Michael Doucet
- Hot Chili Mama - BeauSoleil
- Check Out The Zydeco - C.J. Chenier
- El Canoero - Valerio Longoria
- Corrido Del Mono - Los Gavilanes De Oakland
- San Francisco Can Be Such A Lonely Town - Omar Sharriff


disc 5:
- Mother - Paramount Gospel Singers
- Gumagarugu - Chatuye
- Khandan-E Amaturi III - Aziz Herawi
- A Ti, Colombia - Ivan Cuesta
- Food Stamp Blues - Treme Brass Band
- Ain't It A Shame - Elder Roma Wilson
- J'ai Ete Au Bal - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
- La Mal Sentada - Los Cenzontles
- Falling For You - Rose Maddox
- Los Traficantes Del Bravo - Los Palomares Del Bravo (previously unreleased)
- Jesus Will Fix It For You - Sonny Treadway
- Medved Na Lancu - Csokolom
- Jale Griego - Jose Moreno
- El Corrido De Esequiel Hernandez - Santiago Jimenez, Jr.
- What's His Name - Jesus! - The Campbell Brothers
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Aubrey Ghent


Compilation producers: Chris Strachwitz & Elijah Wald; digitally remastered by Mike Cogan

5 CD box
66-pp. booklet by Chris Strachwitz, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt & Elijah Wald

Arhoolie CD 491 (US 2000)

132001It Came From Memphis   volume 2

- Come On Down To My House - Good Kid Robert
- Boogie - Otha Turner
- Smokestack Lightning - Moloch
- By Your Side - Sid Selvidge (rec. 1966)
- Let Your Light Shine On Me - Mud Boy And The Neutrons (rec. 1992)
- T'aint Nobody's Business - Hammie Nixon

- Shake Your Boogie - Johnny Woods
- Calvin's Boogie - Phineas Newborn Orchestra
- Train Kept A 'Rolling - Tav Falco's Unapproachable Panther Burns
- Trip To Bandstand - B.B. Cunningham
- Memphis, Tennessee - Jerry Lawler
- You'll Do It All The Time - Jim Dickinson And The New Beale Street Sheiks (rec. 1964)
- Going Down Slow - Soldiers Of The Cross
- Family Values - Band Of Ones
- Back For More - Lawson And Four More
- Special Rider - Insect Trust
- Bottle Up And Go - Bootleggers Quartet
- It Came From Memphis, Vol. 2 (bonus track)



Birdman BMR 036 (US 2001)

142001The Best Of Mississippi Fred McDowell

- Write Me A Few Of Your Lines
- Do My Baby Ever Think Of Me
- Levee Camp Blues
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- My Bottleneck
- Fred's Worried Life Blues
- Kokomo Blues
- Meet Me Down In Froggy Bottom
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning #
- Shake 'Em On Down #
- Going Away
- Won't Be Gone Long
- I Wish I Was In Heaven Sittin' Down
- Fred's Rambling Blues
- I Looked At The Sun
- You Gatta Move
- My Baby
- Intro: Shake 'Em On Down / Louise


# with Johnny Woods, hca

Mississippi Fred McDowell discography


Arhoolie CD 501 (US 2001)

Arhoolie Records discography

152003Jim Dickinson Field Recordings: Delta Experimental Project Vol. 3

Otha Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band
- My Babe
Mose Vinson
- Old Blue Jumped A Rabbit
Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues
Sleepy John Estes
- Broke & Hungry
Alec Teal & Butter Biscuit
- Roll Me Over Slow

Johnny Woods
- So Many Cold Mornings
Furry Lewis
- Turkey In The Straw
Sleepy John Estes
- Floating Bridge

Johnny Woods
- Lonesome Feelin'
Mose Vinson
- Barrel House Blues
- Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay
Sleepy John Estes & Hammy Nixon
- Race That You Don't Run
Tate County Singers
- Jesus Is On The Mainline



Birdman BMR 047 (US 2003)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- http://frederatorblogs.com/kathleen/2008/03/09/johnny-woods-mississippi-harmonica/
- http://fredseibert.com/post/321609658/all-the-oblivion-records
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Joe Louis and Max Hoeffner for additional info / scans

 

 

 

 

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