Calvin Frazier Issues

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Title: Sweet Lucy (Drinking Women) / Be-Bop Boogie
Artist: Calvin Frazier
Format: 78     Label: Alben     Cat. Num.: 106     Rel. Year: 1949
2:50 1949 Sweet Lucy (Drinking Women)
2:32 1949 Be-Bop Boogie

Calvin Frazier (ldr), unknown (ts, p, b, d), Calvin Frazier (g, v)


Title: Longing For You / Sweet Bread Baby
Artist: Jimmy Milner
Format: 78     Label: Fortune     Cat. Num.: 806     Rel. Year: 1951
1950 Longing For You
1950 Sweet Bread Baby

Jimmy Milner (ldr), Jimmy Harris (t), Duke Coates (ts), Bill Brewer (p), Calvin Frazier (g, v), Henry White (b), Jimmy Milner (d), The Blue Ribbon Band (grp)


Title: I Need Love / Rising Tide - Calvin Frazier/George Benson
Artist: various
Format: 78     Label: New Song     Cat. Num.: 120     Rel. Year: 1951
2:12 1951 I Need Love
1951 Rising Tide

George Benson, Calvin Frazier (ldr), George Benson (as), unknown (ts, p, b, d), Tommy Flanagan (p), Calvin Frazier (g, v), Alvin Jackson (b), George Buckner (d)


Title: Got Nobody To Tell My Troubles To / Rock House
Artist: Calvin Frazier
Format: 45     Label: New Song     Cat. Num.: 121     Rel. Year: 1951
3:01 1951 Got Nobody To Tell My Troubles To
3:59 1951 Rock House

Calvin Frazier (ldr), unknown (ts, p, b, d), Calvin Frazier (g, v)


Title: Fowler's Boogie / Night Crawler
Artist: T.J. Fowler
Format: 78     Label: Savoy     Cat. Num.: 843     Rel. Year: 1952
2:11 Mar 28, 1952 Fowler's Boogie
3:07 Mar 28, 1952 Night Crawler

T.J. Fowler (ldr), John Lawton (t), Lee Gross (as), Walter Cox (ts), T.J. Fowler (p), Calvin Frazier (g), Henry "Hank" Ivory (b), Clarence Stamps (d), Freddie Johnson (v)


Title: Got Nobody To Tell My Troubles To / Little Baby Child
Artist: Calvin Frazier
Format: 78     Label: Savoy     Cat. Num.: 858     Rel. Year: 1952
2:43 Jul 25, 1952 Got Nobody To Tell My Troubles To
2:31 Jul 25, 1952 Little Baby Child

T.J. Fowler (ldr), John Lawton (t), Lee Gross (as), Walter Cox (ts), T.J. Fowler (p), Calvin Frazier (g, v), Henry "Hank" Ivory (b), Clarence Stamps (d)


Title: Wine Cooler / Back Biter
Artist: T.J. Fowler
Format: 78     Label: Savoy     Cat. Num.: 857     Rel. Year: 1952
2:22 Jul 25, 1952 Wine Cooler
2:34 Jul 25, 1952 Back Biter

T.J. Fowler (ldr), John Lawton (t), Lee Gross (as), Walter Cox (ts), T.J. Fowler (p), Calvin Frazier (g), Henry "Hank" Ivory (b), Clarence Stamps (d), Freddie Johnson (v)


Title: Wine Cooler / Back Biter
Artist: Calvin Frazier
Format: 78     Label: Savoy     Cat. Num.: 857     Rel. Year: 1952
2:22 Jul 25, 1952 Wine Cooler
2:34 Jul 25, 1952 Back Biter

T.J. Fowler (ldr), John Lawton (t), Lee Gross (as), Walter Cox (ts), T.J. Fowler (p), Calvin Frazier (g), Henry "Hank" Ivory (b), Clarence Stamps (d), Freddie Johnson (v)


Title: Fowler's Boogie / Night Crawler
Artist: T.J. Fowler
Format: 45     Label: Savoy     Cat. Num.: 45-843     Rel. Year: 1952
2:11 Mar 28, 1952 Fowler's Boogie
3:07 Mar 28, 1952 Night Crawler

T.J. Fowler (ldr), John Lawton (t), Lee Gross (as), Walter Cox (ts), T.J. Fowler (p), Calvin Frazier (g), Henry "Hank" Ivory (b), Clarence Stamps (d), Freddie Johnson (v)


Title: Got Nobody To Tell My Troubles To / Little Baby Child
Artist: Calvin Frazier
Format: 45     Label: Savoy     Cat. Num.: 45-858     Rel. Year: 1952
2:43 Jul 25, 1952 Got Nobody To Tell My Troubles To
2:31 Jul 25, 1952 Little Baby Child

T.J. Fowler (ldr), John Lawton (t), Lee Gross (as), Walter Cox (ts), T.J. Fowler (p), Calvin Frazier (g, v), Henry "Hank" Ivory (b), Clarence Stamps (d)


Title: Wine Cooler / Back Biter
Artist: T.J. Fowler
Format: 45     Label: Savoy     Cat. Num.: 45-857     Rel. Year: 1952
2:22 Jul 25, 1952 Wine Cooler
2:34 Jul 25, 1952 Back Biter

T.J. Fowler (ldr), John Lawton (t), Lee Gross (as), Walter Cox (ts), T.J. Fowler (p), Calvin Frazier (g), Henry "Hank" Ivory (b), Clarence Stamps (d), Freddie Johnson (v)


Title: Wine Cooler / Back Biter
Artist: Calvin Frazier
Format: 45     Label: Savoy     Cat. Num.: 45-857     Rel. Year: 1952
2:22 Jul 25, 1952 Wine Cooler
2:34 Jul 25, 1952 Back Biter

T.J. Fowler (ldr), John Lawton (t), Lee Gross (as), Walter Cox (ts), T.J. Fowler (p), Calvin Frazier (g), Henry "Hank" Ivory (b), Clarence Stamps (d), Freddie Johnson (v)


Title: Camel Walk / Gold Rush
Artist: Varetta Dillard
Format: 78     Label: Savoy     Cat. Num.: 885     Rel. Year: 1953
2:28 Jan 16, 1953 Camel Walk
2:31 Jan 16, 1953 Gold Rush

T.J. Fowler (ldr), John Lawton (t), Lee Gross (as), Walter Cox (ts), T.J. Fowler (p), Calvin Frazier (g), Henry "Hank" Ivory (b), Clarence Stamps (d), Freddie Johnson (v)


Title: Three Lies / Getting Ready For My Daddy
Artist: Varetta Dillard
Format: 78     Label: Savoy     Cat. Num.: 884     Rel. Year: 1953
2:33 Jan 16, 1953 Three Lies
2:23 Jan 16, 1953 Getting Ready For My Daddy

Varetta Dillard, T.J. Fowler (ldr), John Lawton (t), Lee Gross (as), Walter Cox (ts), T.J. Fowler (p), Calvin Frazier (g), Henry "Hank" Ivory (b), Clarence Stamps (d), Varetta Dillard (v)


Title: Camel Walk / Gold Rush
Artist: Varetta Dillard
Format: 45     Label: Savoy     Cat. Num.: 45-885     Rel. Year: 1953
2:28 Jan 16, 1953 Camel Walk
2:31 Jan 16, 1953 Gold Rush

T.J. Fowler (ldr), John Lawton (t), Lee Gross (as), Walter Cox (ts), T.J. Fowler (p), Calvin Frazier (g), Henry "Hank" Ivory (b), Clarence Stamps (d), Freddie Johnson (v)


Title: Three Lies / Getting Ready For My Daddy
Artist: Varetta Dillard
Format: 45     Label: Savoy     Cat. Num.: 45-884     Rel. Year: 1953
2:33 Jan 16, 1953 Three Lies
2:23 Jan 16, 1953 Getting Ready For My Daddy

Varetta Dillard, T.J. Fowler (ldr), John Lawton (t), Lee Gross (as), Walter Cox (ts), T.J. Fowler (p), Calvin Frazier (g), Henry "Hank" Ivory (b), Clarence Stamps (d), Varetta Dillard (v)


Title: Mattie Mae / Santa Fe
Artist: Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren
Format: 78     Label: Blue Lake     Cat. Num.: 106     Rel. Year: 1954
2:57 April 1954 Mattie Mae
2:38 April 1954 Santa Fe

Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (ldr), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison (p), Calvin Frazier (g), Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (g, v), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb)


Title: Good Rockin' Mama / Lonesome Blues
Artist: Henry Smith
Format: 78     Label: Dot     Cat. Num.: 1220     Rel. Year: 1954
2:20 1954 Good Rockin' Mama
3:18 1954 Lonesome Blues

Henry Smith (ldr), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns (h), Calvin Frazier (g), Henry Smith (g, v), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb)


Title: Mattie Mae / Santa Fe
Artist: Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren
Format: 45     Label: Blue Lake     Cat. Num.: 106     Rel. Year: 1954
2:57 April 1954 Mattie Mae
2:38 April 1954 Santa Fe

Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (ldr), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison (p), Calvin Frazier (g), Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (g, v), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb)


Title: Rock House / We'll Meet Again
Artist: Calvin Frazier
Format: 78     Label: J-V-B     Cat. Num.: 49     Rel. Year: 1955
3:04 1955 live Rock House
3:27 1955 live We'll Meet Again

Calvin Frazier (ldr), Calvin Frazier (g, v), unknown (b), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb)


Title: Washboard Blues
Artist: William "Washboard Willie" Hensley
Format: 78     Label: J-V-B     Cat. Num.: 70     Rel. Year: 1956
2:52 1956 Washboard Blues, Part 1
2:27 1956 Washboard Blues, Part 2

William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (ldr), Calvin Frazier (g), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb, v)


Title: Cherry Red Blues / Washboard Shuffle
Artist: William "Washboard Willie" Hensley
Format: 45     Label: J-V-B     Cat. Num.: 59     Rel. Year: 1956
1956 Cherry Red Blues
1956 Washboard Shuffle

William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (ldr), Calvin Frazier (g), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb, v)


Title: Rock House / We'll Meet Again
Artist: Calvin Frazier
Format: 45     Label: J-V-B     Cat. Num.: 49     Rel. Year: 1956
3:04 1955 live Rock House
3:27 1955 live We'll Meet Again

Calvin Frazier (ldr), Calvin Frazier (g, v), unknown (b), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb)


Title: Washboard Blues
Artist: William "Washboard Willie" Hensley
Format: 45     Label: J-V-B     Cat. Num.: 70     Rel. Year: 1956
2:52 1956 Washboard Blues, Part 1
2:27 1956 Washboard Blues, Part 2

William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (ldr), Calvin Frazier (g), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb, v)


Title: What You Gonna Do / Five Long Years
Artist: Lena Hall
Format: 45     Label: J-V-B     Cat. Num.: 48     Rel. Year: 1956
2:34 1956 What You Gonna Do
2:17 1956 Five Long Years

Lena Hall (ldr), Calvin Frazier (g), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb), Lena Hall (v)


Title: Rock And Roll Party
Artist: various
Format: LP 12"     Label: Regent     Cat. Num.: MG 6042     Rel. Year: 1957
2:22 Feb 1, 1955 Don't Be Angry
2:48 Dec 15, 1948 The Deacon's Hop
2:31 Jan 16, 1953 Gold Rush
2:48 May 2, 1956 T'Aint Whatcha Say, It's Whatcha Do
3:02 circa 1951 Groovin' Grind
2:13 1951-1952 Rock Socks
2:39 1951-1952 Gabardine Groove
2:57 Mar 6, 1953 Down For Dean (Home Town)
2:28 Jan 16, 1953 Camel Walk
2:38 Oct 4, 1951 Bump Bump Bump

Nappy Brown, T.J. Fowler, The Hot Shots, Little Sylvia (Sylvia Vanderpool), Cecil "Big Jay" McNeely, Esther "Little Esther" Phillips, Hal Singer, Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams (ldr), John Anderson, Bobby Johnson, Money Johnson, John Lawton, Richard "Blue" Mitchell (t), Nat Allen, Britt Woodman (tb), Lee Gross (as), Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams (as, bar), Ted Buckner (ts, bar), Walter Cox, Albert "Budd" Johnson, George Kelly, Warren Luckey, Cecil "Big Jay" McNeely, Lee Pope, Hal Singer, Sam "The Man" Taylor (ts), Frank "Haywood" Henry (bar, dir), Maurice Simon (bar), Lee Anderson, Howard Biggs, T.J. Fowler, Jimmy O'Brien, Kelly Owens, Fletcher Smith (p), McHouston "Mickey" Baker, James Cannady, Calvin Frazier, Jimmy Shirley (g), Prince Babbs, Abie Baker, Leonard Gaskin, Henry "Hank" Ivory, Sam Jones, Jimmy Lewis, Ted Shirley (b), Dave 'Specs' Bailey, Joe Booker, Clarence "Bobby" Donaldson, Solomon Hall, Clarence Stamps, Williams Streetser (d), Nappy Brown, Freddie Johnson, Little Sylvia (Sylvia Vanderpool), Esther "Little Esther" Phillips (v), The Hot Shots (grp)


Title: Have Blues Must Travel / Track Down
Artist: Calvin Frazier
Format: 78     Label: Checker     Cat. Num.: 908     Rel. Year: 1958
2:50 1958 Have Blues Must Travel
3:01 1956 Track Down

Calvin Frazier (ldr), unknown (ts, p, b), Calvin Frazier (g), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb)


Title: Have Blues Must Travel / Lilly Mae
Artist: Calvin Frazier
Format: 78     Label: J-V-B     Cat. Num.: 86     Rel. Year: 1958
2:50 1958 Have Blues Must Travel
2:28 1956 Lilly Mae

Calvin Frazier (ldr), unknown (ts, p, b), Calvin Frazier (g), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb)


Title: Have Blues Must Travel / Track Down
Artist: Calvin Frazier
Format: 45     Label: Checker     Cat. Num.: 908     Rel. Year: 1958
2:50 1958 Have Blues Must Travel
3:01 1956 Track Down

Calvin Frazier (ldr), unknown (ts, p, b), Calvin Frazier (g), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb)


Title: Have Blues Must Travel / Lilly Mae
Artist: Calvin Frazier
Format: 45     Label: J-V-B     Cat. Num.: 86     Rel. Year: 1958
2:50 1958 Have Blues Must Travel
2:28 1956 Lilly Mae

Calvin Frazier (ldr), unknown (ts, p, b), Calvin Frazier (g), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb)


Title: 2-2-5 Special
Artist: Calvin Frazier
Format: 45     Label: Von     Cat. Num.: 704     Rel. Year: 1960
2:35 1962-1964 2-2-5 Special I
2:20 1962-1964 2-2-5 Special II

Calvin Frazier (ldr), Calvin Frazier (g, v), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb)


Title: A Fool On A Mule In The Middle Of The Road / Ham Bone
Artist: William "Washboard Willie" Hensley
Format: 45     Label: Von     Cat. Num.: 702     Rel. Year: 1964
2:57 1962-1964 A Fool On A Mule In The Middle Of The Road
2:06 1962-1964 Ham Bone

William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (ldr), Calvin Frazier (g), Chuck Smith (b), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb, v)


Title: Washboard Willie's After Hours
Artist: William "Washboard Willie" Hensley
Format: 45     Label: Von     Cat. Num.: 721     Rel. Year: 1964
4:54 1962-1964 Washboard Willie's After Hours, Part 1
3:51 1962-1964 Washboard Willie's After Hours, Part 2

William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (ldr), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison (p), Calvin Frazier (g), Chuck Smith (b), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb, v)


Title: Detroit Blues - The Early 1950s
Artist: various
Format: LP 12"     Label: Blues Classics     Cat. Num.: BC 12     Rel. Year: 1966
2:59 Jan 10, 1954 Sanafee
2:55 Jan 10, 1954 Baby Boy Blues
2:57 April 1954 Mattie Mae
2:41 Jan 10, 1954 Chicken
2:40 December 1958 Thirty-Two Twenty
2:13 1957 Ten Below Zero
2:32 1957 Baby, Don't You Want To Go
2:40 Jul 23, 1953 No Shoes
2:57 1948 Hastings Street Opera, Part 1
3:16 1948 Hastings Street Opera, Part 2
3:02 1952 Remember Way Back
2:32 Apr 14, 1949 Big City Blues
2:42 November 1950 House Rent Boogie
3:00 1956 I Need A Hundred Dollars
2:20 1956 The Alabama Bus, Part 1
2:09 1956 The Alabama Bus, Part 2

L.C. Green, Brother Will Hairston, John Lee Hooker, Bobo Jenkins, Eddie Kirkland, Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather, Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, Bob "Detroit Count" White, One String Sam Wilson (ldr), Walter Mitchell (h, v), Robert Richard, Sonny Boy Williamson II (h), Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross (h, g, v), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Louise Jackson, Little Johnny Jones (p), Bob "Detroit Count" White (p, v, spk), Calvin Frazier, Hudson "Tampa Red" Whittaker (g), L.C. Green, John Lee Hooker, Bobo Jenkins, Eddie Kirkland, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, One String Sam Wilson (g, v), Ransom Knowling (b), unknown (b, d), Odie Payne, Ted Walker (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb), Brother Will Hairston, Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather (v)


Title: Whippin' That Board
Artist: William "Washboard Willie" Hensley
Format: LP 12"     Label: Barrelhouse     Cat. Num.: BH 01     Rel. Year: 1969
3:05 1962-1964 Shake Your Moneymaker, Honey
2:59 1962-1964 10/20 Special Blues
4:54 1962-1964 Washboard Willie's After Hours, Part 1
3:27 1962-1964 No Name Blues
2:51 1962-1964 Summit Ridge Drive
2:57 1962-1964 A Fool On A Mule In The Middle Of The Road
2:06 1962-1964 Ham Bone
3:42 1962-1964 Move After Hours
4:39 1962-1964 See See Rider
2:44 1962-1964 Struttin' That Stuff
3:51 1962-1964 Washboard Willie's After Hours, Part 2
4:19 1962-1964 Dupree Blues

William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (ldr), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison (p), Calvin Frazier (g), Chuck Smith (b), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb, v)


Title: Blues Sounds Of The Hastings Street Era (The Original Detroit Blues)
Artist: various
Format: LP 12"     Label: Fortune     Cat. Num.: FTS 3012     Rel. Year: 1974
3:08 1963 San Francisco Breakdown
2:31 1952 Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool
3:29 July 1960 Have Mercy On Poor Me
2:06 1950 alt Strange Man
2:25 1952 Lilly Mae
2:35 1959 Stolen Property
3:00 1952 Dog Me Blues
4:26 1963 Going Down Slow
3:12 1957 rhs Sea Sick And Water Bound
3:01 1959 I Must Have Done Something Wrong

John Brim, Calvin Frazier, John Lee Hooker, Bobo Jenkins, Eddie Kirkland, Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather, Marshall "Big Jack" Reynolds, The Richard Brothers, Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross, Henry Smith (ldr), Grace Brim, Marshall "Big Jack" Reynolds, Robert Richard (h, v), Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross (h, g, v), Johnny Hooks (ts), Joe Dooms, Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, James Watkins (p), Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather (p, v), John Brim, Calvin Frazier, John Lee Hooker, Bobo Jenkins, Eddie Kirkland, Howard Richard, Henry Smith (g, v), Roy Hooker, Alonzo Tucker (g), unknown (g, b, d, hnd, v), Jimmy Parner, Ted Walker, Tom Whitehead (d), rest unknown (grp)


Title: Detroit Ghetto Blues 1948-1954
Artist: various
Format: LP 12"     Label: Nighthawk     Cat. Num.: 104     Rel. Year: 1976
2:40 1949 Papa's Boogie
3:45 1948 Pet Milk Blues
3:13 1948 Stop Messin' Around
2:14 1952 Little School Girl
2:53 1953 Goin' Down To The River Blues
2:36 1953 Ramblin' Around Blues
3:12 1953 Gonna Play My Guitar
3:13 1953 Sugar Cane Highway
2:51 Mar 13, 1952 Soon One Morning
2:40 Mar 13, 1952 Come On Baby Now
2:55 Mar 10, 1953 Something's Wrong With The Lovin' Machine
2:31 Jan 10, 1954 Hello Stranger
3:18 1954 Lonesome Blues
2:20 1954 Good Rockin' Mama
2:30 1952-1953 Taxi Driver
3:07 1952-1953 Bad Lover Blues

Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, L.C. Green, Robert Henry, Sam Kelly, Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter, Walter Mitchell, Henry Smith, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (ldr), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns (h, g), Robert Henry, Sam Kelly, Walter Mitchell (h, v), Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter (h, g, v), Robert Richard, Sonny Boy Williamson II (h), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison (p), unknown (p, b, d, hnd), Calvin Frazier, Little George Jackson, John T. Smith (g), L.C. Green, Henry Smith, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (g, v), Little George (b), Curtis "Sleepy" Foster (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb)


Title: Blues Guitar Killers! Detroit 1950's
Artist: various
Format: LP 12"     Label: Barrelhouse     Cat. Num.: BH 012     Rel. Year: 1977
2:58 mid 1950's 38 Pistol Blues
3:18 mid 1950's Mary Ann Blues
2:52 mid 1950's Goin' To The River
3:26 mid 1950's Hastings Street Boogie
3:15 mid 1950's This Is Goin' So Tough Today
3:19 mid 1950's Shine My Light
2:41 mid 1950's Natural Man Blues
2:29 mid 1950's Dark Night Blues
2:49 Mar 13, 1952 Early Evening Blues
2:59 1954 Kansas City Blues
2:39 September 1953 I Ain't Cheatin'
3:28 September 1953 Sunnyland Blues

Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, L.C. Green, Johnny Howard, Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter, Henry Smith (ldr), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns (h, g, v), Walter Mitchell (h), unknown (p), Calvin Frazier (g), L.C. Green, Johnny Howard, Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter, Henry Smith (g, v), J. W. King (b), Jimmy Ponder (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb)


Title: Detroit Blues 1949 To 1954
Artist: Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren
Format: LP 12"     Label: Kingfish     Cat. Num.: 1001     Rel. Year: 1977
2:35 1949 My Special Friend Blues
2:52 1949 Nervy Woman Blues
2:55 1949 Lonesome Cabin Blues
3:04 1949 Don't Want No Skinny Woman
2:31 1949 Forgive Me Darling
2:28 1949 Please Don't Think I'm Nosey
2:56 1950 I Got Lucky
3:02 1950 Let's Renew Our Love
2:31 Jan 10, 1954 Hello Stranger
2:57 April 1954 Mattie Mae
2:37 July 1954 Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me
2:30 July 1954 Stop Breakin' Down
2:30 1952-1953 Taxi Driver
3:07 1952-1953 Bad Lover Blues

Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (ldr), Sonny Boy Williamson II (h), Johnny Hooks (ts), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Charles Mills (p), Calvin Frazier, Little George Jackson (g), Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (g, v), unknown (b), Curtis "Sleepy" Foster, Jimmy Tarrant (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb)


Title: I'm In The Highway Man (1938 Detroit Field Recording) - Calvin Frazier/Sampson Pittman
Artist: various
Format: LP 12"     Label: Flyright     Cat. Num.: FLY LP 542     Rel. Year: 1980
3:40 Oct 15, 1938 This Old World's In A Tangle
3:23 Oct 15, 1938 Cotton Farmer Blues
2:11 Oct 15, 1938 Oh Mary Don't You Weep
3:35 Oct 16, 1938 Welfare Blues
3:27 Oct 16, 1938 Joe Louis
2:43 Oct 16, 1938 Welfare Blues
3:50 Oct 16, 1938 I Been Down In The Circle Before
3:35 Nov 1, 1938 Highway 61 Blues
Nov 1, 1938 Brother Low-Down And Sister Do-Dad
6:41 Nov 1, 1938 Brother Low-Down And Sister Do-Dad
3:16 Nov 1, 1938 Brother Low-Down And Sister Do-Dad
2:36 Nov 1, 1938 The Dirty Dozens
2:17 Nov 1, 1938 Boogie Woogie
4:04 Nov 1, 1938 Lily Mae
3:12 Nov 1, 1938 Highway 61 Blues

Calvin Frazier, Frazier Family, Sampson Pittman (ldr), Calvin Frazier, Sampson Pittman (g, v), rest unknown (grp), Alan Lomax (eng)


Title: Motor Town Boogie
Artist: William "Washboard Willie" Hensley
Format: LP 12"     Label: JSP     Cat. Num.: 1036     Rel. Year: 1982
4:39 1962-1964 See See Rider
3:42 1962-1964 Move After Hours
2:51 1962-1964 Summit Ridge Drive
4:19 1962-1964 Dupree Blues
2:44 1962-1964 Struttin' That Stuff
2:59 1962-1964 10/20 Special Blues
4:08 1962-1964 Calvin's Blues
3:05 1962-1964 Shake Your Moneymaker, Honey
3:27 1962-1964 No Name Blues
2:57 1962-1964 A Fool On A Mule In The Middle Of The Road

William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (ldr), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison (p), Calvin Frazier (g), Chuck Smith (b), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb, v)


Title: Double Crossing Daddy
Artist: Varetta Dillard
Format: LP 12"     Label: Mr. R&B     Cat. Num.: R&B 106     Rel. Year: 1984
2:13 Jul 18, 1952 Them There Eyes
3:06 Sep 18, 1951 Please Come Back To Me
2:49 Sep 18, 1951 Love And Wine
2:49 Jul 18, 1952 Double Crossing Daddy
2:24 Jul 1, 1953 I Love You Just The Same
2:23 Jan 16, 1953 Getting Ready For My Daddy
3:09 Aug 20, 1954 Love
2:15 Nov 4, 1953 (That's The Way) My Mind Is Working
2:22 Aug 20, 1954 Send Me Some Money
2:53 May 3, 1955 You're The Answer To My Prayer
2:10 May 3, 1955 I Can't Stop Now
2:38 Jun 26, 1956 Got You On My Mind
2:34 Jun 26, 1956 Skinny Jimmy
2:30 Oct 23, 1956 One More Time
2:32 Mar 7, 1961 I Don't Know What It Is, But I Like It
2:42 Feb 2, 1959 Scorched

Varetta Dillard, T.J. Fowler (ldr), Emile De Villia, Bobby Johnson, John Lawton (t), Nat Allen (tb), Lee Gross, Joe "Cornbread" Thomas (as), Walter Cox, King Curtis, Albert "Budd" Johnson, George Kelly, Jerome Richardson, George "Buddy" Tate, Sam "The Man" Taylor (ts), unknown (ts, bar, b), Frank "Haywood" Henry, Sol "Pee Wee" Moore (bar), George Berg (bsx), T.J. Fowler, Archie "Skip" Hall, Ernie Hayes, George Rhodes, Fletcher Smith, Mal Waldron (p), McHouston "Mickey" Baker, Calvin Frazier, Wally Richardson (g), Milt Hinton, Henry "Hank" Ivory, Lloyd Trotman, John Williams, Jr., Carl "Flat-Top" Wilson (b), Dave 'Specs' Bailey, Kenny Clarke, Clarence "Bobby" Donaldson, David "Panama" Francis, Bill Smith, Clarence Stamps (d), Varetta Dillard (v), The Nitecaps (Detroit) (bkv), rest unknown (grp), Leroy Kirkland (arr, dir)


Title: Blues For Big Town
Artist: various
Format: LP 12"     Label: P-Vine     Cat. Num.: PLP-6061     Rel. Year: 1985
2:54 Apr 24, 1952 Walkin' The Boogie
3:09 1952 Blues For Big Town
2:15 1953 Big Fine Mama
3:14 January-February 1949 Christmas Time Blues
2:28 1956 Lilly Mae
2:50 1958 Have Blues Must Travel
3:11 1957 Trying To Get You Off My Mind
2:28 1954 Biscuit Baking Woman
2:36 1954 Superstition
3:10 1954 Democrat Blues
2:41 1954 Bad Luck & Trouble
2:24 1957 Treat Me LIke I Treat You
2:23 1957 Don't Cha Leave Me Baby
3:06 1957 Snake Blues

Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Calvin Frazier, John Lee Hooker, Bobo Jenkins, Katie Watkins (ldr), Jimmy Miller (t), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns (h, g, v), Robert Richard (h), Johnny Hooks (ts), unknown (ts, p, b, d), Bob Thurman, James Watkins, Joe Wood (p), Percy Lee Brown, Calvin Frazier, Sax Kari, Albert Witherspoon (g), John Lee Hooker, Bobo Jenkins (g, v), George Deloach (b), Harry Flemming, Curtis "Sleepy" Foster, Melvin Sims, Tom Whitehead (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb), Katie Watkins (v), rest unknown (grp)


Title: T.J. Fowler And His Rockin’ Jump Band Featuring Calvin Frazier
Artist: T.J. Fowler
Format: LP 12"     Label: Savoy Jazz     Cat. Num.: SJL 1187     Rel. Year: 1987
2:51 1948 T.J. Boogie
2:25 1948 What's The Matter Now
2:29 October 1948 Red Hot Blues
2:40 1948 Harmony Grits
2:55 1948 Pleas For Love
2:13 Mar 28, 1952 Yes I Know
2:19 Mar 28, 1952 Oo-La-La
3:07 Mar 28, 1952 Night Crawler
2:11 Mar 28, 1952 Fowler's Boogie
2:34 Jul 25, 1952 Back Biter
2:22 Jul 25, 1952 Wine Cooler
2:31 Jul 25, 1952 Little Baby Child
2:43 Jul 25, 1952 Got Nobody To Tell My Troubles To
2:12 Jul 25, 1952 Say Baby Say
2:31 Jan 16, 1953 Gold Rush
2:28 Jan 16, 1953 Camel Walk

T.J. Fowler (ldr), John Lawton (t), Lee Gross (as), Walter Cox (ts), T.J. Fowler (p), Calvin Frazier (g, v), Henry "Hank" Ivory (b), Clarence Stamps (d), Alberta Adams, Freddie Johnson (v)


Title: Early Detroit R&B
Artist: T.J. Fowler
Format: LP 12"     Label: Official     Cat. Num.: 6044     Rel. Year: 1989
2:51 1948 T.J. Boogie
2:25 1948 What's The Matter Now
2:43 1948 Midnight Clipper
2:36 1948 Midnight Clipper
2:40 1948 Harmony Grits
2:29 October 1948 Red Hot Blues
2:50 October 1948 Hot Sauce
2:32 October 1948 Blue Lullaby
3:07 Mar 28, 1952 Night Crawler
2:11 Mar 28, 1952 Fowler's Boogie
2:34 Jul 25, 1952 Back Biter
2:22 Jul 25, 1952 Wine Cooler
2:28 Jan 16, 1953 Camel Walk
2:31 Jan 16, 1953 Gold Rush
2:46 Nov 10, 1953 The Queen
2:56 Nov 10, 1953 Tell Me What's The Matter

T.J. Fowler (ldr), John Lawton, Dezie McCullers (t), Lee Gross (as), Frank Taylor (as, v), Walter Cox (ts), T.J. Fowler (p), Calvin Frazier (g), Henry "Hank" Ivory, Gene Taylor (b), Flyod "Bubbles" McVay, Clarence Stamps (d), Freddie Johnson (v)


Title: Blues For Big Town
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Chess     Cat. Num.: CDCHESS 1013     Rel. Year: 1989
2:54 Apr 24, 1952 Walkin' The Boogie
3:09 1952 Blues For Big Town
2:15 1953 Big Fine Mama
3:14 January-February 1949 Christmas Time Blues
2:28 1956 Lilly Mae
2:50 1958 Have Blues Must Travel
3:11 1957 Trying To Get You Off My Mind
2:28 1954 Biscuit Baking Woman
2:36 1954 Superstition
3:10 1954 Democrat Blues
2:41 1954 Bad Luck & Trouble
2:24 1957 Treat Me LIke I Treat You
2:23 1957 Don't Cha Leave Me Baby
3:06 1957 Snake Blues

Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Calvin Frazier, John Lee Hooker, Bobo Jenkins, Katie Watkins (ldr), Jimmy Miller (t), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns (h, g, v), Robert Richard (h), Johnny Hooks (ts), unknown (ts, p, b, d), Bob Thurman, James Watkins, Joe Wood (p), Percy Lee Brown, Calvin Frazier, Sax Kari, Albert Witherspoon (g), John Lee Hooker, Bobo Jenkins (g, v), George Deloach (b), Harry Flemming, Curtis "Sleepy" Foster, Melvin Sims, Tom Whitehead (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb), Katie Watkins (v), rest unknown (grp)


Title: Baby Boy Warren
Artist: Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren
Format: LP 12"     Label: (no label)     Cat. Num.: BBW 901     Rel. Year: 1991
2:35 1949 My Special Friend Blues
2:52 1949 Nervy Woman Blues
2:55 1949 Lonesome Cabin Blues
3:04 1949 Don't Want No Skinny Woman
2:31 1949 Forgive Me Darling
2:28 1949 Please Don't Think I'm Nosey
2:56 1950 I Got Lucky
3:02 1950 Let's Renew Our Love
2:57 April 1954 Mattie Mae
2:38 April 1954 Santa Fe
2:30 1952-1953 Taxi Driver
3:07 1952-1953 Bad Lover Blues
2:41 Jan 10, 1954 Chicken
2:55 Jan 10, 1954 Baby Boy Blues
2:37 July 1954 Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me
2:30 July 1954 Stop Breakin' Down
2:59 Jan 10, 1954 Sanafee
2:31 Jan 10, 1954 Hello Stranger
2:39 Jan 10, 1954 Not Welcome Anymore
3:07 Jan 10, 1954 Chuc-A-Luck

Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (ldr), Sonny Boy Williamson II (h), Johnny Hooks (ts), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Charles Mills (p), Calvin Frazier, Little George Jackson (g), Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (g, v), unknown (b), Curtis "Sleepy" Foster, Jimmy Tarrant (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb)


Title: Stop Breakin' Down
Artist: Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren
Format: CD     Label: Official     Cat. Num.: OFCD 5901     Rel. Year: 1991
2:35 1949 My Special Friend Blues
2:52 1949 Nervy Woman Blues
2:55 1949 Lonesome Cabin Blues
3:04 1949 Don't Want No Skinny Woman
2:31 1949 Forgive Me Darling
2:28 1949 Please Don't Think I'm Nosey
3:02 1950 Let's Renew Our Love
2:56 1950 I Got Lucky
2:57 April 1954 Mattie Mae
2:38 April 1954 Santa Fe
2:30 1952-1953 Taxi Driver
3:07 1952-1953 Bad Lover Blues
2:41 Jan 10, 1954 Chicken
2:55 Jan 10, 1954 Baby Boy Blues
2:37 July 1954 Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me
2:30 July 1954 Stop Breakin' Down
2:59 Jan 10, 1954 Sanafee
2:31 Jan 10, 1954 Hello Stranger
2:39 Jan 10, 1954 Not Welcome Anymore
3:07 Jan 10, 1954 Chuc-A-Luck
4:06 Sep 8, 1973 live Too Many Drivers
5:31 Sep 8, 1973 live She's Fine

Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (ldr), Sonny Boy Williamson II (h), Johnny Hooks (ts), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Charles Mills (p), Little Sonny Allen (org), Little Mack Collins, Calvin Frazier, Little George Jackson, Bob Kimball (g), Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (g, v), Champ Dogg, unknown (b), Curtis "Sleepy" Foster, Earl Jones, Jimmy Tarrant (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb), The Partymakers Incorporated (grp)


Title: The Devil Is Busy
Artist: Sampson Pittman
Format: CD     Label: Laurie     Cat. Num.: LCD 7002     Rel. Year: 1992
3:50 Oct 16, 1938 I Been Down In The Circle Before
0:49 October-November 1938 interview
4:45 Oct 16, 1938 Levee Camp Story
3:35 Nov 1, 1938 Highway 61 Blues
Nov 1, 1938 Brother Low-Down And Sister Do-Dad
6:41 Nov 1, 1938 Brother Low-Down And Sister Do-Dad
3:16 Nov 1, 1938 Brother Low-Down And Sister Do-Dad
3:23 Oct 15, 1938 Cotton Farmer Blues
0:23 October-November 1938 interview
2:43 Oct 16, 1938 Welfare Blues
0:17 October-November 1938 interview
3:27 Oct 16, 1938 Joe Louis
0:45 October-November 1938 interview
2:51 Oct 15, 1938 John Henry

Sampson Pittman (ldr), Calvin Frazier (g), Sampson Pittman (g, v, spk), Alan Lomax (int, eng)


Title: This Old World's In A Tangle
Artist: Calvin Frazier
Format: CD     Label: Laurie     Cat. Num.: LCD 7001     Rel. Year: 1993
0:35 Oct 16, 1938 inc This Old World's In A Tangle
3:58 Oct 16, 1938 Lily Mae Blues
3:35 Oct 16, 1938 Welfare Blues
4:04 Nov 1, 1938 Blues
2:49 Nov 1, 1938 She's A Double-Crossing Woman
0:43 October-November 1938 interview
2:36 Nov 1, 1938 The Dirty Dozens
0:22 October-November 1938 interview
2:17 Nov 1, 1938 Boogie Woogie
4:04 Nov 1, 1938 Lily Mae
3:40 Oct 15, 1938 This Old World's In A Tangle
3:12 Nov 1, 1938 Highway 61 Blues

Calvin Frazier (ldr), Calvin Frazier (g, v, spk), Sampson Pittman (g), Alan Lomax (int, eng)


Title: Mississippi Blues & Gospel (Field Recordings) 1934-1942
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Document     Cat. Num.: DOCD 5320     Rel. Year: 1995
2:25 August 24-31, 1941 No Condemnation
2:10 July 19 or 26, 1942 Testimony (One Day Lord I'll Give Up This World For You)
1:55 July 19 or 26, 1942 Jesus Is My Everything
2:36 Jul 24, 1942 Cornfield Holler
3:55 Jul 24, 1942 Cornfield Holler
3:20 Jul 16, 1942 Four O'Clock (Flower) Blues
6:06 Jul 16, 1942 Mississippi Blues
25:15 Jul 16, 1942 East St. Louis Blues
4:46 Jul 16, 1942 Ragged And Dirty
1:33 Oct 19, 1940 Country Girl Blues
1:15 Oct 19, 1940 Guitar Picking Song
3:36 Oct 19, 1940 Time Is Gittin' Hard
0:59 Oct 19, 1940 Nobody's Business If I Do
2:58 May 23, 1939 Sic 'Em Dogs On
2:55 May 23, 1939 Po' Boy
2:11 Oct 15, 1938 Oh Mary Don't You Weep
3:35 Oct 16, 1938 Welfare Blues
1:57 Sep 27, 1934 Booker
1:56 Sep 27, 1934 Stagolee
2:42 Sep 27, 1934 Cacklin' Hen
2:11 Sep 27, 1934 Black Bayou Ain't Got No Bottom
0:19 Sep 27, 1934 Banty Rooster
1:14 Sep 27, 1934 Blues
3:00 Sep 27, 1934 Banty Rooster
2:14 Sep 27, 1934 Banty Rooster

Charles Berry, Willie "61" Blackwell, Blind Pete, George Boldwin, William Brown, Congregation Of The Church Of God In Christ, Lucious Curtis, Willie Ford, Calvin Frazier, Frazier Family, Rev. McGhee, Bukka White (ldr), Charles Berry, Willie "61" Blackwell, George Boldwin, William Brown, Lucious Curtis, Willie Ford, Calvin Frazier, Bukka White (g, v), Willie Brown, Sampson Pittman, George Ryan (g), Blind Pete, Congregation Of The Church Of God In Christ, Rev. McGhee (v), Congregation Of Church Of God In Christ (bkv), rest unknown (grp), Alan Lomax (eng)


Title: Juke Joint Jump - A Boogie Woogie Celebration
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Columbia     Cat. Num.: CK 64988     Rel. Year: 1996
3:57 Jul 7, 1961 Panic Street
3:05 Aug 12, 1940 Down The Road A-Piece
3:04 Nov 2, 1931 Baby Boogie Woogie
2:56 September 1930 Soon This Morning No. 2
2:35 Dec 30, 1938 Boogie Woogie Prayer, part 1
2:19 Dec 30, 1938 Boogie Woogie Prayer, part 2
2:16 early 1961 Mr. Boogie
3:08 Jan 21, 1953 Honky Tonk Train Blues
2:48 Dec 30, 1938 Roll 'Em Pete
2:48 Jan 28, 1941 Dupree Shake Dance
2:57 Feb 1, 1939 Boo-Woo
2:24 Dec 30, 1938 alt Shout For Joy
2:17 Nov 1, 1938 Boogie Woogie
2:18 May 7, 1940 Honky Tonk Train Blues
2:35 Feb 23, 1940 Old Quaker Blues
2:49 Oct 13, 1947 I Love You Baby Boogie
2:42 Oct 13, 1939 Boogie Woogie
2:27 Apr 2, 1949 live Tatum Pole Boogie

Albert Ammons, Will Bradley, Pete "Memphis Slim" Chatman, Champion Jack Dupree, Calvin Frazier, Harry James, Pete Johnson, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Adrian Rollini, Theodore "Red" Saunders, Willie "Long Time" Smith, Charlie Spand, Art Tatum, Sir Charles Thompson, Big Joe Turner, Curley Weaver, Jimmy Yancey (ldr), George "Sonny" Cohn, Harry James, Fortunatus Paul "Fip" Ricard (t), John Avant, Harlan "Booby" Floyd (tb), McKinley "Mack" Easton, Riley Hampton, Leon Washington (cl), Adrian Rollini (vib), Albert Ammons, Pete "Memphis Slim" Chatman, Pete Johnson, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Art Tatum, Earl Washington (p), Champion Jack Dupree, Willie "Long Time" Smith, Charlie Spand, Jimmy Yancey (p, v), Freddie Slack (p, cel), Sir Charles Thompson (org), Clifton "Skeeter" Best, Willie James Lacey, Sampson Pittman, Bucky Pizzarelli, unknown, Frank Victor (g), Calvin Frazier, Curley Weaver (g, v), Harry Clark, Edward "Doc" Goldberg, Ransom Knowling, Jimmy Richardson, Wilson Swain, Charles "Sonny" Wellesley, Johnny Williams (b), Eddie Dougherty, Oliver Jackson, Charles Saunders, Theodore "Red" Saunders (d), Ray McKinley (d, w, v), Will Bradley, Clarence Moore, Big Joe Turner, Joe Williams (v), Sun Ra (arr), Alan Lomax (eng)


Title: A Fortune Of Blues Vol. 2
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Regency     Cat. Num.: RR 120     Rel. Year: 1997
3:08 1963 San Francisco Breakdown
2:15 1953 Big Fine Mama
2:34 1959 Tell Me Who
2:59 December 1949 Nobles' Shuffle
2:40 December 1958 Thirty-Two Twenty
2:43 1963 Miss Jessie James
3:14 January-February 1949 Christmas Time Blues
2:35 1963 The Night You Left
2:34 1950 Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool
3:09 1952 Blues For Big Town
4:26 1963 Going Down Slow
2:36 1952 Juke Bug
2:31 1959 The Sunnyland
2:53 1956 Going Back To Chicago
2:04 1958 Loving You Baby
2:08 1961 Numbers Blues
2:30 1959 I Need You Baby
2:52 1950 Without You My Life Don't Mean A Thing
2:05 1961 We’re All God’s Chillun
3:00 1952 Dog Me Blues
2:25 1952 Lilly Mae
2:25 1963 Leaving Blues
2:23 1959 Nothing But Love
2:02 1965 You Won't Treat Me Right
2:54 1949 Miss Sadie Mae Curl My Baby's Hair

Eddie "Big Blues" Carson, Earl Chapman, Calvin Frazier, John Lee Hooker, Bobo Jenkins, Eddie Kirkland, Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather, Jimmy Milner, Chet Oliver, Marshall "Big Jack" Reynolds, Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross, Henry Smith, James Walton (ldr), Jimmy Harris, Jimmy Miller (t), Marshall "Big Jack" Reynolds (h, v), Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross, James Walton (h, g, v), Duke Coates, Johnny Hooks (ts), Bill Brewer, Joe Dooms, Bob Thurman, James Watkins, Joe Weaver, Joe Wood (p), Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather (p, v), John Brim, Willie Johnson, Eddie Taylor (g), Eddie "Big Blues" Carson, Calvin Frazier, John Lee Hooker, Bobo Jenkins, Eddie Kirkland, Henry Smith (g, v), unknown (g, b, d, hnd, v), Alonzo Tucker, Henry White (b), Curtis "Sleepy" Foster, Jimmy Milner, Jimmy Parner, Earl "Stovepipe" Phillips, Tom Whitehead (d), Earl Chapman, Chet Oliver (v), vocal quartet (bkv), The Blue Note Band, The Blue Ribbon Band, Little Joe's Band, The Orbits, rest unknown (grp)


Title: Vintage Toledo Blues 1950-1980
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: T-R-H     Cat. Num.: CD 8001     Rel. Year: 1998
4:49 1954 Water Coast Blues
3:02 1954 Low Down Dirty Shame
2:59 1954 Shady Land Blues
2:25 October 1962 Made It Up In Your Mind
2:09 October 1962 You Don't Treat Me Right
3:59 1951 Rock House
3:01 1951 Got Nobody To Tell My Troubles To
2:12 1951 I Need Love
3:23 1951 Lilly Mae
2:54 1950 Uptown
2:55 1950 Sad Man Blues
2:29 1957 Organ Rocker
2:52 1957 In Love With A Woman
3:05 1962-1963 Don't Make Me Cry
3:45 1965 Four O'Clock Blues
2:45 Nov 26, 1952 Sittin' By The Window
2:06 1966 Leave Me Alone
2:40 1962 The Devastating Bombs
3:48 1968 Trying For The Future
3:38 1975 Main Street Beat
3:43 1977 What The Judge Did To Me

The Blues Rockers (Toledo), Eddie "Big Blues" Carson, Calvin Frazier, Arthur Griswold, Fred Harris, Walter Mitchell, The Organics, Dave Parker, Marshall "Big Jack" Reynolds (ldr), Frank McKinley (t), Walter Mitchell, Marshall "Big Jack" Reynolds (h, v), William Newsum, Jr. (as), Big Joe Burrell (ts, v), C. Clay (ts), unknown (ts, p, b, d), Fred Harris (p, org, v), R. Hunter (p, v), Roman Griswold (org, eb, d), Eddie "Big Blues" Carson, Calvin Frazier, Arthur Griswold (g, v), Clarence Sherrill (b), Louis Lee, Erman Terry (d), Dave Parker (v), rest unknown (grp)


Title: Bump Jump Jive Volume Fourteen
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Lucky     Cat. Num.: CDRL 914     Rel. Year: 1999
2:40 June 1952 Lulubell Blues
2:41 1950 Good Jax Boogie
2:46 Nov 30, 1949 Gravy Train
2:31 Jun 30, 1953 Let's Have A Party
2:32 early 1955 Ain't Gonna Hush
2:35 1953 I Need You, I Want You
2:31 Oct 5, 1953 Move Me, Baby
2:09 January 1958 Boppin' At The Hop
2:23 1955 Flip Your Daddy
2:19 Jan 14, 1954 I Got Booted
2:30 1950 Rock Little Daddy
2:05 1957 She Likes To Boogie Real Low
2:23 1958 Roberta
2:35 Mar 20, 1953 Bicycle Tillie
2:06 unknwn 1950s Slow, Smooth And Easy
2:28 Nov 23, 1954 Fujiyama Mama
2:22 November 1959 That's All I Need
2:23 Jan 16, 1953 Getting Ready For My Daddy
2:19 1958 Flipping There Top
2:29 1952 Boogie Woogie Daddy
2:23 Aug 20, 1957 Shake Baby Shake
3:04 Dec 19, 1948 I Want My Fanny Brown
2:26 1956-1960 Boppity Bop (Boggity Boog)
2:10 July 1956 Tough Lover
2:20 February 1958 Mama Loochie
2:43 1952 Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night?
3:00 Jul 8, 1955 Ay La Bah
2:41 Jun 16, 1955 Shake 'Em Up Baby
2:05 Mar 27, 1958 Bim Bam
2:53 Jan 9, 1952 Keep On Churnin' (Till The Butter Come)
3:03 Dec 23, 1949 Head Hunter
1:58 Nov 11, 1954 Trim Your Tree

Annisteen Allen, Lee Allen, Dave Bartholomew, Zuzu Bollin, Myron "Tiny" Bradshaw, Roy Brown, Jimmy Butler, Wynona Carr, The Cocoas, Dolly Cooper, Eunice Davis, Cordella De Milo, Varetta Dillard, Don & Dewey, Champion Jack Dupree, The Egyptians, The Enchanters (Queens, NY), Frankie Ford, T.J. Fowler, Gene & Eunice, Wynonie Harris, Frank "Fat Man" Humphries, Etta James, Little Sonny Jones, Amos Milburn, Johnny Otis, Jack "The Bear" Parker, Frankie Lee Sims, Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith, The Swallows, Ike Turner, Jimmy Witherspoon (ldr), William "Cat" Anderson, Leslie Ayers, John Fernandez, Don Johnson, John Lawton, Paul Lopez, Bobby Simmons, Willie Wells (t), Dave Bartholomew (t, v, dir), Frank "Fat Man" Humphries (t, v), unknown (t, ts, bar, g, b, d), George Washington (tb), Harold Battiste, Ted Buckner, Danny Crisp, Frank "Floorshow" Culley, Howard "Holley" Dismurkes, Lee Gross, Joe Harris, David "Fathead" Newman (as), Orrington Hall, Jackie Kelso, Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams (as, bar), Lee Allen, Pete Brown, Clifford "Gene" Burks, Walter Cox, King Curtis, Grady Gaines, Bill Gaither, Rufus "Nose" Gore, Clarence Hall, Cecil "Big Jay" McNeely, Nat Perrilliat, Hal Singer, Louis Stephens, Alvin "Red" Tyler, Noble "Thin Man" Watts, Jack White (ts), Maxwell Davis (ts, dir), Fred Harmon (ts, bar), Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith (ts, v), Elmer Alexander, Leroy "Hog" Cooper, Larry Lenneart, Julius Schedemayer (bar), Johnny Otis (vib), Wynona Carr, Champion Jack Dupree, Little Sonny Jones, Amos Milburn (p, v), Salvador Doucette, T.J. Fowler, Edward Frank, Ernie Freeman, Frank McClure, Willard McDaniel, Charles Morgan, Jimmy "Bee Bee" Robinson, Fred Sample, Huey "Piano" Smith, Wilbert Smith, Willie Taylor, Albert "Birdie" Wallace, Devonia "Dee" Williams (p), Todd Rhodes (p, dir), Allen Toussaint (org), McHouston "Mickey" Baker, Edgar Blanchard, Larry Dale, Calvin Frazier, Harold Grant, Charles Grayson, Leroy Harris, Pete "Guitar" Lewis, Ernest McLean, Jimmy "Chank" Nolen, Ike Turner, Johnny "Guitar" Watson (g), Zuzu Bollin, Frederick "Money" Johnson, Frankie Lee Sims (g, v), Arthur Blake, Jimmy Butts, Curtis Counce, Mario Delagarde, Frank Fields, Chuck Hamilton, Henry "Hank" Ivory, Jesse Knight, Jr., Al Lucas, Clarence Mack, Curtis Mitchell, Ralph Morgan, Olsie Robinson, Lloyd Trotman, Joe Williams (b), Albert Bartee, Leard "KC" Bell, William "Benny" Benjamin, Edgar Ennis, Willie Jones, Connie Kay, Harry Mance, Sylvester Morton, Jimmy "Mercy Baby" Mullins, Earl Palmer, Emile Russell, Calvin "Eagle Eyes" Shields, Clarence Stamps, Charles "Hungry" Williams, John "Bootie Lip" Wings (d), Annisteen Allen, Jesse Belvin, Richard Berry, Myron "Tiny" Bradshaw, Roy Brown, Pearl Bryce, Jimmy Butler, Dolly Cooper, Emmet Davis, Eunice Davis, Cordella De Milo, Herman "Junior" Denby, Varetta Dillard, The Dreamers (Flair), Frankie Ford, Rachel Gist, Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Wynonie Harris, Eunice "Levy" Hazel Ross, Earl Hurley, Etta James, France Kelley, Norris "Bunky" Mack, Rusty McDonald, Jack "The Bear" Parker, Eddie Rich, Della Simpdon, Dewey Terry, Tina Turner, Gene "Forrest" Wilson, Jr., Jimmy Witherspoon (v), ensemble, Venetta Fields, The Five Keys, The Flairs, The Four Notes, The Ikettes, The Lamplighters, Robbie Montgomery, Jessie Smith (bkv), The Egyptians, The Upsetters (New Orleans) (grp), rest unknown (grp, orc), Howard Biggs (arr, dir), Buddy Lucas (dir)


Title: The Travelling Record Man
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Ace (UK)     Cat. Num.: CDCHD 0813     Rel. Year: 2001
2:04 Apr 6, 1952 Blue Serenade
2:53 Apr 6, 1952 My Sweet Woman
2:55 Jan 23, 1952 No Ridin' Blues
2:35 Oct 17, 1948 Numbered Days
2:25 September 1951 alt Riding In The Moonlight
2:58 Apr 9, 1949 I'm Gonna Find Your Trick
2:40 Feb 23, 1949 Baby Please Don't Go
2:26 1949 alt Cairo Blues
2:38 ca. Feb 24, 1953 Good Morning Little Angel
3:10 January 1949 What's The Use, Baby
3:35 August 1949 Tomorrow I May Be Gone
2:16 March 1952 Please Send My Baby Back
2:40 June 1951 If I Lose You, Woman
2:22 Nov 1, 1951 My Little Machine
3:04 January 25 or 26, 1952 My Baby's Gone (Won't Be Back No More)
3:04 1955 live Rock House
3:16 ca. Feb 24, 1953 She Broke Up My Life
2:35 ca. Feb 24, 1953 Keep Away From My Baby
2:48 August 1949 alt Meet Me Tonight Along The Avenue
2:25 Jun 18, 1951 Lonesome Bedroom Blues
3:00 1949 Talkin' Boogie
2:52 Jan 4, 1956 Long Tall Woman
2:35 1952 I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You
2:46 Jan 23, 1952 alt Ramblin' On My Mind

Sunny Blair, Charley Booker, Charlie Bradix, Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett, Calvin Frazier, Boyd Gilmore, Lane "Arkansas Johnny Todd" Hardin, Andrew "Smokey" Hogg, Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson, Elmore James, Joe Hill Louis, Elmon "Drifting Slim" Mickle, Alexander "Whistlin' Alex" Moore, Willie Nix, Pinetop Slim, Jesse "Babyface" Thomas, Edgar "Baby Face" Turner, Mitchell "Tiny" Webb (ldr), Sunny Blair, Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett, Elmon "Drifting Slim" Mickle (h, v), Houston Boines (h), Joe Hill Louis (h, g, d, v), J.T. Brown, Raymond Hill (ts), unknown (ts, b, d), Hadda Brooks, Little Johnny Jones, Billy "Red" Love, Ike Turner (p), Alexander "Whistlin' Alex" Moore (p, w, v), Charley Booker, Charlie Bradix, Calvin Frazier, Boyd Gilmore, Lane "Arkansas Johnny Todd" Hardin, Andrew "Smokey" Hogg, Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson, Elmore James, Pinetop Slim, Jesse "Babyface" Thomas, Edgar "Baby Face" Turner, Mitchell "Tiny" Webb (g, v), Willie Johnson, Eddie Taylor (g), Bill Davis, Ransom Knowling (b), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb), Jessie "Cleanhead" Love, Odie Payne, Bill Russell, Willie Steel, Al "Cake" Wichard (d), Willie Nix (d, v), rest unknown (grp)


Title: Detroit Blues Rarities 1 - Blues Guitar Killers!
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: P-Vine     Cat. Num.: PVD-5416     Rel. Year: 2001
2:58 mid 1950's 38 Pistol Blues
3:18 mid 1950's Mary Ann Blues
2:52 mid 1950's Goin' To The River
3:26 mid 1950's Hastings Street Boogie
3:15 mid 1950's This Is Goin' So Tough Today
3:19 mid 1950's Shine My Light
2:41 mid 1950's Natural Man Blues
2:29 mid 1950's Dark Night Blues
2:49 Mar 13, 1952 Early Evening Blues
2:59 1954 Kansas City Blues
2:39 September 1953 I Ain't Cheatin'
3:28 September 1953 Sunnyland Blues
2:38 1965 I Am Leaving
2:50 1965 Wig Wearing Woman
2:41 1965 You Better Cut That Out
2:27 1965 You Say That You're Leaving
3:04 1955 live Rock House
3:27 1955 live We'll Meet Again
3:30 mid 1950s Decoration Day Blues
3:43 mid 1950s alt Decoration Day Blues

Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, Johnny Howard, Bobo Jenkins, Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter, Henry Smith (ldr), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns (h, p, g, v), Walter Mitchell (h), unknown (p, g, b), Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, Johnny Howard, Bobo Jenkins, Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter, Henry Smith (g, v), J. W. King (b), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb), Jimmy Ponder (d)


Title: Detroit Blues Rarities 3 - Blues Screamers & Gospel Moaners
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: P-Vine     Cat. Num.: PCD-5418     Rel. Year: 2001
2:52 1956 Washboard Blues, Part 1
2:27 1956 Washboard Blues, Part 2
2:17 1956 Five Long Years
2:34 1956 What You Gonna Do
2:36 1958 You Got My Nose Wide Open
2:31 1958 I'll Try To Understand
2:44 1957 They Were Rockin'
2:05 1957 Stop Mambo
2:50 1958 I'm A Lookin'
2:51 1958 I Love You Baby
2:20 1956 The Alabama Bus, Part 1
2:09 1956 The Alabama Bus, Part 2
2:09 1956 Seems Like A Dream
2:37 1956 He Comes Rushing Like A Mighty Wind
2:50 1956 The Bible Is Right
2:38 1954 You Got To Move
2:31 1954 None But The Righteous
2:49 1957 I Know It Was The Blood
3:17 1957 Ain't Got Long To Stay Here
2:59 1957 My Mother
3:02 1957 When They Ring The Golden Bells
2:41 1950's Come Let Us Go Back To God
3:01 1950's Pilate Washed His Hands

The Flying Clouds Of Detroit, The Goldentone Singers, Brother Will Hairston, Lena Hall, Tye Tongue Hanley, William "Washboard Willie" Hensley, Danny Kirkland, Bob Smith, The Spiritual Wonders (Detroit) (ldr), Danny Kirkland (ts), Louise Jackson (p), Bob Smith (p, v), Calvin Frazier (g), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb, v), John T. Evans, The Goldentone Singers, Brother Will Hairston, Anderson Hall, Lena Hall, Tye Tongue Hanley, Leon Irving, The Spiritual Wonders (Detroit), Elmer Stallworth, William Turner (v), rest unknown (grp)


Title: The R&B Years 1952/4
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Boulevard Vintage     Cat. Num.: BVBCD 1002     Rel. Year: 2004    Volumes: 4
2:13 Jul 18, 1952 Them There Eyes
3:05 Aug 21, 1952 Greyhound
2:25 Jul 8, 1952 See See Rider
2:52 1952 My Days Are Limited
2:30 May 12, 1952 Come Back Baby
2:53 August 1952 Can't Do Sixty No More
2:27 1952 Goodbye Baby
2:36 Jun 26, 1952 Oooh Oooh Oooh
3:05 1952 My Story
2:37 July 1952 Every Day I Have The Blues
2:10 Jul 18, 1952 We're Gonna Rock This Joint
2:34 Jul 25, 1952 Back Biter
2:26 Aug 7, 1952 Hey, Miss Fannie
1:53 Sep 17, 1952 I'd Be Satisfied
2:12 Apr 28, 1952 Poor Poor Me
2:58 ca. Oct 7, 1952 Rockin' Chair Boogie
3:08 July 1952 I Don't Know
2:57 Sep 11, 1952 The Midnight Hour
2:47 September 1952 Boogie Woogie Woman
2:00 November 1951 How Long
2:26 Sep 25, 1952 Strange Kind Of Feelin'
2:19 Nov 4, 1952 Brand New Baby
2:18 Jun 24, 1952 I'm Gone
2:32 September 1952 Great Big Eyes
2:33 1952 Feelin' Sad

Horace "Little" Caesar, Ray Charles, The Clovers, Varetta Dillard, Floyd Dixon, Antoine "Fats" Domino, The Dominoes, The Du-Droppers, T.J. Fowler, Leon T. "Archibald" Gross, Ivory Joe Hunter, The Jackson Brothers Orchestra, Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones, Jesse "Tiny" Kennedy, Riley "B.B." King, Willie Mabon, Jimmy McCracklin, Amos Milburn, The Orioles, Lloyd Price, Shirley & Lee, Joe Williams, Lester Williams, Robert "Chick" Willis (ldr), Dave Bartholomew, King Kolax (t, dir), Jesse Drakes, Reunald Jones, Ludwig "Joe" Jordan, John Lawton, Frank Mims, unknown (t), Bennie Green, Leo Williams (tb), Bennie "Hank" Crawford, Wendell Duconge, Joe Evans, Lee Gross, Joe Harris, Johnny Parker (as), Dave McRae (as, bar), Ben Smith (as, dir), Verdun Banks, Ben Branch, Joseph H. Calloway, Ernest Cotton, Walter Cox, Dick Davis, Maxwell Davis, Clyde Dunn, Bill Forte, Robert "Buddy" Hagans, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Willis Jackson, Albert "Budd" Johnson, Robert B. Lacefield, William "Wild Bill" Moore, Sam "The Man" Taylor (ts), Buddy Lucas, Quedillas Martyn (ts, dir), Clarence Ford, Minters Galloway, Jewell Grant, Richard Sanders (bar), Herman Butler, Calvin Cage, Robert Hamp (sax), Eddie Beal, Johnnie Mae Brown, Salvador Doucette, T.J. Fowler, Edward Frank, Peter Martin, Prentice McCary, Alfordson Nelson, Huey "Piano" Smith, Ike Turner, Harry "Piano Man" Van Walls (p), Ray Charles, Floyd Dixon, Antoine "Fats" Domino, Leon T. "Archibald" Gross, Ivory Joe Hunter, Willie Mabon, Jimmy McCracklin, Amos Milburn (p, v), Billy Ward (p, dir), McHouston "Mickey" Baker, George Collier, Calvin Frazier, Lloyd Thomas "Tommy" Gaither, Bill Harris, Roy Hayes, Ernest McLean, Johnny Moore, Calvin Newborn, Ike Perkins, Lafayette Thomas, Harrison Verrett (g), Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones, Riley "B.B." King, Lester Williams, Robert "Chick" Willis (g, v), Oscar "Yogi" Adams, Bob Bushnell, Billy Diamond, Hugh Dickson, Billy Evans, Frank Fields, Richard "Tuff" Green, Ralph "Chuck" Hamilton, Harold Holmes, Henry "Hank" Ivory, George "Hack" Jackson, Mentho "Cowboy" Martin, Wilbur Steinberg, Joe Toussaint, Lloyd Trotman, Eddie Williams (b), Dave McNeil, John T. Reed (b, v), Cornelius "Tenoo" Coleman, Carl "Kansas" Fields, San Francisco Jeffries, Connie Kay, Artie Long, Nathaniel "Monk" McFay, Oscar Moore, Phineas Newborn, Sr., Earl Palmer, Wayne Robinson, John "Jesse" Sailes, Clarence Stamps, Bill Stepney, Houston Stokes, Luther Taylor, Homer "Chuck" Walker (d), John "Buddy" Bailey, Horace "Little" Caesar, Varetta Dillard, Caleb Ginyard, Jr., Shirley Goodman, Eddie Hashaw, Bill Henderson, Freddie Johnson, Jesse "Tiny" Kennedy, Joe Lamont, Leonard Lee, Harold Lucas, Clyde McPhatter, Matthew McQuater, George Nelson, Johnny Oliver, Lloyd Price, Harvey Ray, Willie Ray, Alexander Sharp, Earlington "Sonny Til" Tilghman, James Van Loan, Joe Williams, Harold Winley (v), rest unknown (grp), Jesse Stone (arr), Wilfred Jackson (dir)


Title: The Chronological T.J. Fowler 1948-1953
Artist: T.J. Fowler
Format: CD     Label: Classics     Cat. Num.: CLA 5103     Rel. Year: 2004
2:57 1948 Sultry Moon
2:34 1948 Mango Blues
2:51 1948 T.J. Boogie
2:25 1948 What's The Matter Now
2:43 1948 Midnight Clipper
2:36 1948 Midnight Clipper
2:40 1948 Harmony Grits
2:55 1948 Pleas For Love
2:29 October 1948 Red Hot Blues
2:50 October 1948 Hot Sauce
2:32 October 1948 Blue Lullaby
2:13 Mar 28, 1952 Yes I Know
2:19 Mar 28, 1952 Oo-La-La
3:07 Mar 28, 1952 Night Crawler
2:11 Mar 28, 1952 Fowler's Boogie
2:34 Jul 25, 1952 Back Biter
2:22 Jul 25, 1952 Wine Cooler
2:43 Jul 25, 1952 Got Nobody To Tell My Troubles To
2:31 Jul 25, 1952 Little Baby Child
2:12 Jul 25, 1952 Say Baby Say
2:28 Jan 16, 1953 Camel Walk
2:31 Jan 16, 1953 Gold Rush
2:46 Nov 10, 1953 The Queen
2:47 Nov 10, 1953 Take Off
2:56 Nov 10, 1953 Tell Me What's The Matter

T.J. Fowler (ldr), John Lawton, Dezie McCullers (t), Lee Gross (as), Frank Taylor (as, v), Walter Cox (ts), T.J. Fowler (p), Calvin Frazier (g, v), Henry "Hank" Ivory, Gene Taylor (b), Flyod "Bubbles" McVay, Clarence Stamps (d), Alberta Adams, Freddie Johnson (v)


Title: Les Triomphes Du Rhythm 'N' Blues Volume 07 - Chanteuses #2
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Habana     Cat. Num.: 112507     Rel. Year: 2004    Volumes: 20
3:02 Jun 19, 1953 Soul On Fire
2:36 Jun 19, 1953 How Can You Leave A Man Like This?
2:49 Jul 18, 1952 Double Crossing Daddy
2:23 Jan 16, 1953 Getting Ready For My Daddy
2:27 Jan 28, 1953 Baby, I'm Doin' It
2:38 Feb 28, 1951 Bongo Boogie
2:39 Oct 8, 1952 Gabbin' Blues (Don't Run My Business)
2:33 Oct 8, 1952 My Country Man
2:49 July 1953 Ain'tcha Got Me (Where You Want Me)
3:01 Dec 20, 1950 No More Love
1:32 August 1950 live E-Baba-Le-Ba
2:56 November 1945 Voo-it! Voo-it!
2:59 Apr 30, 1947 He's A Real Gone Guy
2:58 Dec 29, 1947 He Sends Me
2:27 Dec 28, 1947 My Man Boogie
2:46 1953 Shake A Hand
3:05 Dec 14, 1951 Try A Little Tenderness
2:55 Nov 2, 1951 Work, Daddy, Work
2:46 Aug 23, 1946 Gotta Gimme Watcha' Got
2:25 Sep 10, 1949 A Job For A Jockey
2:53 January 1949 New Orleans Lover Man
1:51 Nov 29, 1949 3x7=21
2:38 Apr 23, 1952 It's Been A Long Time
2:17 July 1949 Jump And Shout
2:11 Jul 16, 1950 live Cool Kind Papa
1:50 Jul 16, 1950 live Fast Movin' Mama

Marion Abernathy, Annisteen Allen, LaVern Baker, Little Miss Cornshucks, Eunice Davis, Varetta Dillard, T.J. Fowler, Erline "Rock And Roll" Harris, Helen Humes, Buddy Johnson, Jewel King, Annie Laurie, Julia Lee, Nellie Lutcher, Lucky Millinder, Alma "Miss Lollipop" Mondy, Joe Morris, Chubby "Hip Shakin'" Newsome, Mabel "Big Maybelle" Smith, Dinah Washington (ldr), Dave Bartholomew (t, dir), Andrew "Fats" Ford, Frank Galbreath, Charles Gillum, Henry Glover, John Lawton, Leon Merian, Joe Morris, Willis Nelson, Oran "Hot Lips" Page, Frank Royal, Vernon "Geechie" Smith, Calvin Strickland, Andrew Wood, Lamar Wright, Eugene "Snooky" Young (t), unknown (t, as, ts, p, g, b, d, bkv), Joe Britton, Henderson Chambers, Alfred Cobbs, Donald Cole, Steve Pulliam, Julius "Hawshaw" Watson, Fred Zito (tb), Lee Allen, Lee Gross, Joe Harris, George James, Jackie Kelso, Harold "Geezil" Minerve, John O'Laughin, Everad "Rudy" Powell, Willie Smith (as), Jimmy Buchanan, Ernest "Pinky" Williams (as, bar), Ernest "Tom" Archia, Henry Bridges, Charles Burbank, Harold "Hal" Clark, Corky Corcoran, Walter Cox, Big John Greer, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Purvis Henson, Jimmy Jackson, Harold "Hot Lips" Johnson, Jr., Plas Johnson, Freddie Mitchell, Maurice Simon, Hal Singer, Sam "The Man" Taylor, Alvin "Red" Tyler, David Van Dyke, Elmer "Skippy" Williams (ts), Vincent Bair-Bey, Sid Brown, Teddy "Cherokee" Conyers, Dave McRae (bar), Don Abney, Salvador Doucette, T.J. Fowler, Camille Howard, Buddy Johnson, Ray Johnson, Hank Jones, Joe "Earl" Knight, Arnold Ross, Danny Small, Fletcher Smith (p), Howard Biggs (p, dir), Julia Lee, Nellie Lutcher (p, v), McHouston "Mickey" Baker, Raphael Barrow, James Cannady, Calvin Frazier, Hilton "Nappy" Lamare, Jimmy "Baby Face" Lewis, Bernie McKay, Ernest McLean, Walter "Papoose" Nelson, Hurley Ramey, Allan Reuss, Johnny Rogers, Chaucey "Lord" Westbrook (g), Artie Baker, Dallas Bartley, George "Red" Callender, Frank Fields, Billy Hadnott, Percy Heath, Henry "Hank" Ivory, Grachan Moncur, Charles "Truck" Parham, Leon Spann, Lloyd Trotman, Carl "Flat-Top" Wilson (b), George Miller (b, dir), Alvin Burroughs, Clarence "Bobby" Donaldson, Henry "Tucker" Green, Louis Joseph, Sam "Baby" Lovett, Sylvester Paine, Earl Palmer, Philip Paul, Jerry Potter, Ed Shaughnessy, Emmanuel Simms, Charlie Smith, Clarence Stamps, Lee Young (d), Roy Milton (d, dir), Marion Abernathy, Faye Adams, Annisteen Allen, LaVern Baker, Little Miss Cornshucks, Eunice Davis, Varetta Dillard, Erline "Rock And Roll" Harris, Helen Humes, Ella Johnson, Jewel King, Annie Laurie, Alma "Miss Lollipop" Mondy, Chubby "Hip Shakin'" Newsome, Mabel "Big Maybelle" Smith, Dinah Washington (v), Rose Marie McCoy (spk), The Johnson Brothers' Combo, rest unknown (grp), Leroy Kirkland, Lucky Millinder (dir)


Title: Blues From The Motor City 1938-1954/1
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: JSP     Cat. Num.: JSPCD 7736A     Rel. Year: 2004    Volumes: 4
1:32 Oct 16, 1938 inc I'm In The Highway Man
0:35 Oct 16, 1938 inc This Old World's In A Tangle
3:58 Oct 16, 1938 Lily Mae Blues
3:35 Oct 16, 1938 Welfare Blues
4:04 Nov 1, 1938 Blues
2:49 Nov 1, 1938 She's A Double-Crossing Woman
0:43 October-November 1938 interview
2:36 Nov 1, 1938 The Dirty Dozens
0:22 October-November 1938 interview
2:17 Nov 1, 1938 Boogie Woogie
4:04 Nov 1, 1938 Lily Mae
3:40 Oct 15, 1938 This Old World's In A Tangle
3:12 Nov 1, 1938 Highway 61 Blues
2:51 Oct 15, 1938 John Henry
3:23 Oct 15, 1938 Cotton Farmer Blues
0:49 October-November 1938 interview
3:27 Oct 16, 1938 Joe Louis
0:23 October-November 1938 interview
2:43 Oct 16, 1938 Welfare Blues
0:17 October-November 1938 interview
3:50 Oct 16, 1938 I Been Down In The Circle Before
0:45 October-November 1938 interview
4:45 Oct 16, 1938 Levee Camp Story
3:35 Nov 1, 1938 Highway 61 Blues
Nov 1, 1938 Brother Low-Down And Sister Do-Dad
6:41 Nov 1, 1938 Brother Low-Down And Sister Do-Dad
3:16 Nov 1, 1938 Brother Low-Down And Sister Do-Dad

Calvin Frazier, Sampson Pittman (ldr), Calvin Frazier, Sampson Pittman (g, v, spk), Alan Lomax (int, eng)


Title: Blues From The Motor City 1938-1954/3
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: JSP     Cat. Num.: JSPCD 7736C     Rel. Year: 2004    Volumes: 4
2:35 1949 My Special Friend Blues
2:52 1949 Nervy Woman Blues
2:55 1949 Lonesome Cabin Blues
3:04 1949 Don't Want No Skinny Woman
2:31 1949 Forgive Me Darling
2:28 1949 Please Don't Think I'm Nosey
2:56 1950 I Got Lucky
3:02 1950 Let's Renew Our Love
2:30 1952-1953 Taxi Driver
3:07 1952-1953 Bad Lover Blues
2:59 Jan 10, 1954 Sanafee
2:31 Jan 10, 1954 Hello Stranger
2:41 Jan 10, 1954 Chicken
2:55 Jan 10, 1954 Baby Boy Blues
3:07 Jan 10, 1954 Chuc-A-Luck
2:57 April 1954 Mattie Mae
2:38 April 1954 Santa Fe
2:37 July 1954 Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me
2:30 July 1954 Stop Breakin' Down
2:55 1952 It's Time For Lovin' To Be Done
2:13 1952 That's All Right
2:39 Jul 23, 1953 Please Don't Think I'm Nosey
2:40 Jul 23, 1953 No Shoes
2:42 Jul 23, 1953 alt No Shoes
2:28 Jul 23, 1953 I Mistreated A Woman
2:50 Jul 23, 1953 Time For My Lovin' To Be Done

Eddie Kirkland, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (ldr), Sonny Boy Williamson II (h), Johnny Hooks (ts), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Charles Mills (p), Calvin Frazier, Little George Jackson (g), John Lee Hooker, Eddie Kirkland, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (g, v), unknown (b, d), Curtis "Sleepy" Foster, Jimmy Tarrant (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb)


Title: Blues From The Motor City 1938-1954/4
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: JSP     Cat. Num.: JSPCD 7736D     Rel. Year: 2004    Volumes: 4
2:40 1949 Papa's Boogie
2:58 1949 Notoriety Woman
3:09 December 1952 Hello Miss Jessie Lee
2:57 December 1952 Dealing With The Devil
3:18 1954 Lonesome Blues
2:20 1954 Good Rockin' Mama
2:53 1953 Goin' Down To The River Blues
2:36 1953 Ramblin' Around Blues
3:11 1948 Cadillac Woman
3:23 1948 Wig Wearing Woman
3:01 1948 Root Hog
3:13 1948 Stop Messin' Around
3:45 1948 Pet Milk Blues
3:06 1948 Looking for My Woman
3:12 1953 Gonna Play My Guitar
3:13 1953 Sugar Cane Highway
3:03 1950 Strange Man
2:53 1950 Mean Man Blues
2:53 1950 Leaving Blues
2:20 1950 Have You Heard About It?
2:48 1950 Worried Life Blues No.2
3:05 1950 Strange To Me Blues
2:52 1950 Without You My Life Don't Mean A Thing
2:34 1950 Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool
2:57 1948 Hastings Street Opera, Part 1
3:16 1948 Hastings Street Opera, Part 2

John Brim, Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, L.C. Green, Sam Kelly, Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather, Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter, Walter Mitchell, Robert Richard, Henry Smith, Joe Von Battle, Bob "Detroit Count" White (ldr), Grace Brim, Sam Kelly, Walter Mitchell, Robert Richard (h, v), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter (h, g, v), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Chuck Smith, James Watkins (p), Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather (p, v), Bob "Detroit Count" White (p, v, spk), John Brim, Percy Lee Brown, Calvin Frazier, Howard Richard, John T. Smith (g), L.C. Green, Henry Smith (g, v), Little George, Alonzo Tucker (b), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb), unknown (hnd), Joe Von Battle (v), rest unknown (grp)


Title: Stompin' At The Savoy - The Original Indie Label 1944-1961/3
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Savoy Jazz     Cat. Num.: SVY 17446     Rel. Year: 2004    Volumes: 4
2:15 Dec 12, 1951 Good Lovin'
2:39 May 6, 1952 Easy, Easy Baby
3:39 Jun 9, 1952 Keyhole Blues
2:43 Jul 25, 1952 Got Nobody To Tell My Troubles To
2:18 December 1950 Forgive Me Baby
2:30 Jan 23, 1953 My Kind Of Woman
2:26 Mar 6, 1953 I Wanna Know (Whatcha Doin' Down There)
2:27 Jun 1, 1953 Beggin' At Your Mercy
2:43 May 15, 1953 Mercy, Mr. Percy
2:26 Nov 22, 1953 Little Daddy
2:51 Apr 1, 1954 Darlene
2:37 August 1953 That Ain't Right
2:29 Jun 14, 1954 Let's Make Love Tonight
2:32 Aug 20, 1954 Don't Drop It
2:43 Jan 24, 1955 Johnny Has Gone
2:30 Nov 12, 1954 Things Have Changed
2:22 Feb 1, 1955 Don't Be Angry
2:25 Mar 14, 1955 Chop Chop Ching A Ling
2:08 Apr 22, 1955 Don't Cry Baby
3:01 Feb 1, 1955 It's Really You
2:38 Mar 30, 1955 Rocking Boy

Charles "Chuz" Alfred, Lee Allen, Nappy Brown, Dolly Cooper, Varetta Dillard, The Dreams, Robert P. "H-Bomb" Ferguson, T.J. Fowler, Wilbert Harrison, Bertha Henderson, Earl King Johnson, Eddie Mack, Granville "Stick" McGhee, Frank Motley, Elmore Nixon, The Roamers, Little Jimmy Scott, Emmitt Slay (ldr), J. Hawkins, John Lawton, Frank Motley, Joshua "Jack" Willis (t), Cla Hanson, Waldren "Frog" Joseph, Julius Watkins (tb), Lee Gross, Henry Hayes, Ernest "Pinky" Williams (as), Dave McRae (as, bar), Charles "Chuz" Alfred, Lee Allen, George Berg, David "Bubba" Brooks, Robert Caffery, Walter Cox, Purvis Henson, Albert "Budd" Johnson, George Kelly, Sam "The Man" Taylor, Ed Wiley (ts), Maurice Simon (ts, bar), Hal Singer (ts, dir), Clarence Ford, Frank "Haywood" Henry (bar), Lee Anderson, T.J. Fowler, Edward Frank, Ernie Hayes, Kelly Owens, Fletcher Smith, Huey "Piano" Smith (p), Howard Biggs (p, arr), Wilbert Harrison, Elmore Nixon (p, v), Bob "Detroit Count" White (org, v), Justin Adams, McHouston "Mickey" Baker, George Barnes, Goree Carter, Lonnie Johnson, Bill Jones (g), Calvin Frazier, Granville "Stick" McGhee, Emmitt Slay (g, v), Prince Babbs, Abie Baker, Roland Cook, Donald Cooks, Charles "Doles" Dickens, Frank Fields, Al Hall, Henry "Hank" Ivory, Al Lucas, Grachan Moncur, Leon Spann, Lloyd Trotman (b), Dave 'Specs' Bailey, Gene Brooks, Irving Brown, Clarence "Bobby" Donaldson, Lawrence Jackson, Earl Palmer, Jack "The Bear" Parker, Clarence Stamps, Ben Turner, Charles "Hungry" Williams (d), Nappy Brown, Dolly Cooper, James "Jimmy" Crawford, Jr., Varetta Dillard, Robert P. "H-Bomb" Ferguson, Bernard Harris, John Wesley "Wes" Hayes, Bertha Henderson, Robert "Flyright" Henderson, Earl King Johnson, Eddie Mack, Stephen "Press" Presbery, James Ricketts, Little Jimmy Scott, Judge Taylor, George Tindley, Sam Walton, Billy Williams, Earl Williams (v), rest unknown (grp), Leroy Kirkland (arr, dir)


Title: Things Have Changed 1951-1955
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Savoy Jazz     Cat. Num.: SVY 19437     Rel. Year: 2004
2:15 Dec 12, 1951 Good Lovin'
2:39 May 6, 1952 Easy, Easy Baby
3:39 Jun 9, 1952 Keyhole Blues
2:43 Jul 25, 1952 Got Nobody To Tell My Troubles To
2:18 December 1950 Forgive Me Baby
2:30 Jan 23, 1953 My Kind Of Woman
2:26 Mar 6, 1953 I Wanna Know (Whatcha Doin' Down There)
2:27 Jun 1, 1953 Beggin' At Your Mercy
2:43 May 15, 1953 Mercy, Mr. Percy
2:26 Nov 22, 1953 Little Daddy
2:51 Apr 1, 1954 Darlene
2:37 August 1953 That Ain't Right
2:29 Jun 14, 1954 Let's Make Love Tonight
2:32 Aug 20, 1954 Don't Drop It
2:43 Jan 24, 1955 Johnny Has Gone
2:30 Nov 12, 1954 Things Have Changed
2:22 Feb 1, 1955 Don't Be Angry
2:25 Mar 14, 1955 Chop Chop Ching A Ling
2:08 Apr 22, 1955 Don't Cry Baby
3:01 Feb 1, 1955 It's Really You
2:38 Mar 30, 1955 Rocking Boy

Charles "Chuz" Alfred, Lee Allen, Nappy Brown, Dolly Cooper, Varetta Dillard, The Dreams, Robert P. "H-Bomb" Ferguson, T.J. Fowler, Wilbert Harrison, Bertha Henderson, Earl King Johnson, Eddie Mack, Granville "Stick" McGhee, Frank Motley, Elmore Nixon, The Roamers, Little Jimmy Scott, Emmitt Slay (ldr), J. Hawkins, John Lawton, Frank Motley, Joshua "Jack" Willis (t), Cla Hanson, Waldren "Frog" Joseph, Julius Watkins (tb), Lee Gross, Henry Hayes, Ernest "Pinky" Williams (as), Dave McRae (as, bar), Charles "Chuz" Alfred, Lee Allen, George Berg, David "Bubba" Brooks, Robert Caffery, Walter Cox, Purvis Henson, Albert "Budd" Johnson, George Kelly, Sam "The Man" Taylor, Ed Wiley (ts), Maurice Simon (ts, bar), Hal Singer (ts, dir), Clarence Ford, Frank "Haywood" Henry (bar), Lee Anderson, T.J. Fowler, Edward Frank, Ernie Hayes, Kelly Owens, Fletcher Smith, Huey "Piano" Smith (p), Howard Biggs (p, arr), Wilbert Harrison, Elmore Nixon (p, v), Bob "Detroit Count" White (org, v), Justin Adams, McHouston "Mickey" Baker, George Barnes, Goree Carter, Lonnie Johnson, Bill Jones (g), Calvin Frazier, Granville "Stick" McGhee, Emmitt Slay (g, v), Prince Babbs, Abie Baker, Roland Cook, Donald Cooks, Charles "Doles" Dickens, Frank Fields, Al Hall, Henry "Hank" Ivory, Al Lucas, Grachan Moncur, Leon Spann, Lloyd Trotman (b), Dave 'Specs' Bailey, Gene Brooks, Irving Brown, Clarence "Bobby" Donaldson, Lawrence Jackson, Earl Palmer, Jack "The Bear" Parker, Clarence Stamps, Ben Turner, Charles "Hungry" Williams (d), Nappy Brown, Dolly Cooper, James "Jimmy" Crawford, Jr., Varetta Dillard, Robert P. "H-Bomb" Ferguson, Bernard Harris, John Wesley "Wes" Hayes, Bertha Henderson, Robert "Flyright" Henderson, Earl King Johnson, Eddie Mack, Stephen "Press" Presbery, James Ricketts, Little Jimmy Scott, Judge Taylor, George Tindley, Sam Walton, Billy Williams, Earl Williams (v), rest unknown (grp), Leroy Kirkland (arr, dir)


Title: Mercy Mr. Percy
Artist: Varetta Dillard
Format: CD     Label: Blue City     Cat. Num.: BCCD 820     Rel. Year: 2005
2:43 May 15, 1953 Mercy, Mr. Percy
2:49 Jul 18, 1952 Double Crossing Daddy
2:43 Jan 24, 1955 Johnny Has Gone
2:32 May 3, 1955 Promise Mr. Thomas
2:38 Jul 1, 1953 I Love You
2:39 May 6, 1952 Easy, Easy Baby
3:04 Jan 22, 1952 Hurry Up
2:19 May 24, 1952 I'm Yours
2:13 Jul 18, 1952 Them There Eyes
2:23 Jan 16, 1953 Getting Ready For My Daddy
2:10 May 3, 1955 I Can't Stop Now
3:01 May 15, 1953 No Kinda Good, No How
2:24 Jul 1, 1953 I Love You Just The Same
2:48 May 3, 1955 I'll Never Forget You
3:09 Aug 20, 1954 Love
2:15 Nov 4, 1953 (That's The Way) My Mind Is Working
3:16 Sep 18, 1951 You're Gone
3:06 Sep 18, 1951 Please Come Back To Me
2:53 May 3, 1955 You're The Answer To My Prayer
2:42 Jan 24, 1955 So Many Ways (To Love You)
2:06 Nov 4, 1953 I Ain't Gonna Tell
3:01 May 6, 1952 I Cried And Cried
2:44 Jan 22, 1952 Please Tell Me Why
2:22 Aug 20, 1954 Send Me Some Money
2:33 Jan 16, 1953 Three Lies
2:49 Sep 18, 1951 Love And Wine
2:50 May 6, 1952 A Letter In Blues
2:33 May 6, 1952 Love That Man
2:49 May 24, 1952 Here In My Heart

Varetta Dillard, T.J. Fowler (ldr), Emile De Villia, Bobby Johnson, John Lawton (t), Nat Allen, Elmer Crumbley (tb), Lee Gross (as), Dave McRae (as, bar), Walter Cox, Lowell "Count" Hastings, Albert "Budd" Johnson, George Kelly, Jerome Richardson, Maurice Simon, George "Buddy" Tate, Sam "The Man" Taylor (ts), unknown (ts, bar, b), Frank "Haywood" Henry, Sol "Pee Wee" Moore (bar), Lee Anderson, T.J. Fowler, Archie "Skip" Hall, Ernie Hayes, Jimmy Reynolds, Fletcher Smith, Mal Waldron (p), Kelly Owens (p, arr), McHouston "Mickey" Baker, Calvin Frazier, Lonnie Johnson, Wally Richardson (g), Prince Babbs, Charles "Doles" Dickens, Milt Hinton, Henry "Hank" Ivory, Al Lucas, Lloyd Trotman, John Williams, Jr., Carl "Flat-Top" Wilson (b), Dave 'Specs' Bailey, Gene Brooks, Kenny Clarke, Clarence "Bobby" Donaldson, Lester Jenkins, Bill Smith, Clarence Stamps (d), Varetta Dillard (v), rest unknown (grp), Leroy Kirkland (arr, dir)


Title: Stompin' 27 - 22 Rockin' Blues Classic's!
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Stompin'     Cat. Num.: ST 327     Rel. Year: 2005
2:10 1954 She's Gone
2:06 1959 Rock 'N Roll Boogie
2:20 November or December 1956 It's You Baby
2:10 1952 Certainly All
3:01 1956 Track Down
2:42 Oct 14, 1953 Just Can't Stay
2:28 1954 Biscuit Baking Woman
2:02 1959 I'll Love You Baby (Until The Day I Die)
3:26 1965 Ain't Gonna Pick No Cotton
2:12 1956 Miss O Mally's Rally
2:30 December 1958 Industrial Boogie
2:55 ca. Feb 3, 1954 Going Back To Memphis
2:36 ca. Jan 17, 1953 Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
2:34 1964 That's Not Right
2:37 1964 Baby Come Back To Me
2:31 1956 You're Too Bad
2:18 1959 Jackson Blues
2:16 1959 Lonesome Highway
3:02 Apr 13, 1954 Sloppy Drunk
2:32 May 27-28, 1953 Hydramatic Woman
2:42 1958 Boogie Woogie Baby
2:34 1960 Chicken Shack Boogie

Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Calvin Frazier, Eddie "Clearwater" Harrington, John Lee Henley, McKinley "Guitar Harp" James, Clarence Johnson, Birmingham Jones, Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones, Clifford King, Joe Hill Louis, Albert "Sunnyland Slim" Luandrew, Elmon "Drifting Slim" Mickle, Willie Nix, Jimmy Rogers, Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross, George "Harmonica" Smith, Cleveland "Schoolboy Cleve" White, Jo Jo Williams, Aaron "Little Sonny" Willis (ldr), George "Mojo" Buford, Big Walter "Shakey" Horton, Little Walter Jacobs, Snooky Pryor (h), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, John Lee Henley, Birmingham Jones, Clifford King, George "Harmonica" Smith, Cleveland "Schoolboy Cleve" White, Aaron "Little Sonny" Willis (h, v), McKinley "Guitar Harp" James, Elmon "Drifting Slim" Mickle (h, g, v), Chuck Smith (bar), Herman Butler, Calvin Cage (sax), Albert "Sunnyland Slim" Luandrew (p, v), Lazy Bill Lucas, Chuck Smith, Huey "Piano" Smith, Otis Spann, Bob Thurman, Mose Vinson, Albert "Joiner" Williams (p), rest unknown (p, b, d, grp), unknown (p, b), Percy Lee Brown, Calvin Frazier, Otis "Lightnin' Slim" Hicks, Johnny Holloway, John Hudson, Charles Jones, Floyd Jones, Moody Jones, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Dave Members, Freddy Robinson, Eddie Taylor, Eddie Willis, Po' Bob Woodfork (g), Eddie "Clearwater" Harrington (g, b), Clarence Johnson, Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones, Joe Hill Louis, Jimmy Rogers, Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross, Jo Jo Williams (g, v), Kenneth Banks, Hugh Dickson, Willie Dixon, Sam Hall (b), Fred Below, Sam Burden, James Crawford, Billy Davenport, Sammy Drake, Israel Franklin, S.P. Leary, Oscar Moore, Richard Rogers, Alfred "The Fat Man" Wallace, Tom Whitehead, Allan "Zono Sago" Williams (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb), Willie Nix (d, v), The Tom Cats (grp)


Title: Motor Town Boogie
Artist: William "Washboard Willie" Hensley
Format: CD     Label: P-Vine     Cat. Num.: PCD-23894     Rel. Year: 2007
4:39 1962-1964 See See Rider
3:42 1962-1964 Move After Hours
2:51 1962-1964 Summit Ridge Drive
4:19 1962-1964 Dupree Blues
2:44 1962-1964 Struttin' That Stuff
2:59 1962-1964 10/20 Special Blues
4:08 1962-1964 Calvin's Blues
3:05 1962-1964 Shake Your Moneymaker, Honey
3:27 1962-1964 No Name Blues
2:57 1962-1964 A Fool On A Mule In The Middle Of The Road

William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (ldr), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison (p), Calvin Frazier (g), Chuck Smith (b), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb, v)


Title: Let Me Tell You About The Blues - Detroit/1
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Fantastic Voyage     Cat. Num.: FVTD 070     Rel. Year: 2010    Volumes: 3
2:49 Nov 1, 1938 She's A Double-Crossing Woman
3:12 Nov 1, 1938 Highway 61 Blues
3:11 1948 Cadillac Woman
2:57 1948 Hastings Street Opera, Part 1
3:13 1948 Stop Messin' Around
2:58 1949 Notoriety Woman
3:01 1948 Root Hog
3:45 1948 Pet Milk Blues
2:53 Oct 2, 1944 Sak-Relation Blues
3:06 1948 Looking for My Woman
3:16 1948 Hastings Street Opera, Part 2
2:34 Sep 30, 1944 Ugly Woman Blues
3:08 November 1948 Henry's Swing Club
2:41 mid-late 1949 Little Bitty Woman
3:03 mid-late 1949 Sweet Lucy
2:35 1949 My Special Friend Blues
2:44 Oct 1, 1944 Stormy Weather Blues
3:03 1950 Strange Man
2:48 1950 Worried Life Blues No.2
3:03 mid-late 1949 Hattie Mae
2:52 1950 Without You My Life Don't Mean A Thing
3:00 Nov 16, 1950 Never Satisfied
2:13 1952 That's All Right
2:53 1950 Mean Man Blues
3:12 June 1951 Where Did You Stay Last Night

John Brim, Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Sylvester Cotton, Alfred Dunham, Calvin Frazier, John Lee Hooker, Eddie Kirkland, Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather, Walter Mitchell, Robert Richard, James Taylor II, Joe Von Battle, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, Bob "Detroit Count" White (ldr), Grace Brim, Walter Mitchell, Robert Richard (h, v), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns (h, g, v), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Charles Mills, James Watkins (p), Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather (p, v), Bob "Detroit Count" White (p, v, spk), John Brim, Sampson Pittman, Howard Richard, John T. Smith (g), Sylvester Cotton, Alfred Dunham, Calvin Frazier, Eddie Kirkland, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (g, v), John Lee Hooker (g, v, spk), Little George, Alonzo Tucker (b), Tom Whitehead (d), James Taylor II, Joe Von Battle (v), rest unknown (grp), Alan Lomax (eng)


Title: Let Me Tell You About The Blues - Detroit/2
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Fantastic Voyage     Cat. Num.: FVTD 070     Rel. Year: 2010    Volumes: 3
3:05 Aug 7, 1951 I'm In The Mood
2:55 1952 It's Time For Lovin' To Be Done
2:27 Mar 10, 1953 Old Battle Ax
2:58 mid 1950's 38 Pistol Blues
2:16 September 1953 I'm A Boogie Man
3:13 1953 Sugar Cane Highway
3:09 December 1952 Hello Miss Jessie Lee
3:26 mid 1950's Hastings Street Boogie
3:12 1953 Gonna Play My Guitar
2:57 December 1952 Dealing With The Devil
2:40 Jul 23, 1953 No Shoes
2:36 1953 Ramblin' Around Blues
2:53 1953 Goin' Down To The River Blues
2:59 Jan 10, 1954 Sanafee
2:41 mid 1950's Natural Man Blues
2:50 1950 Bus Driver
2:31 Jan 10, 1954 Hello Stranger
2:20 1954 Good Rockin' Mama
2:29 mid 1950's Dark Night Blues
3:18 1954 Lonesome Blues
2:41 Jan 10, 1954 Chicken
3:00 1956 I Need A Hundred Dollars
2:52 1956 Washboard Blues, Part 1
3:04 1955 live Rock House
3:03 1956 My Baby, Ooo

John Brim, Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, Robert Henry, William "Washboard Willie" Hensley, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Howard, Sam Kelly, Eddie Kirkland, Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter, Henry Smith, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, One String Sam Wilson (ldr), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Robert Henry, Sam Kelly, Walter Mitchell (h, v), Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter (h, g, v), Robert Richard, Sonny Boy Williamson II (h), Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather, Chuck Smith (p), unknown (p, b, d), John Brim, Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Howard, Eddie Kirkland, Henry Smith, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, One String Sam Wilson (g, v), Percy Lee Brown (g), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb, v)


Title: Let Me Tell You About The Blues - Detroit/3
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Fantastic Voyage     Cat. Num.: FVTD 070     Rel. Year: 2010    Volumes: 3
3:11 Oct 6, 1947 Thirty-Five-Thirty
2:39 Dec 18, 1947 We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll
2:51 1948 T.J. Boogie
3:05 Dec 15, 1948 The Hucklebuck
2:29 October 1948 Red Hot Blues
2:57 1948 Little Tillie Willie
2:20 June 1950 Looky Ploot
2:26 Aug 28, 1950 Burnt Toast
2:42 April 1950 It Ain't Right
2:39 June 1950 Beulah
2:36 December 1950 or January 1951 I Want To Rock
2:25 1948 The Rainy Day Blues
2:54 Apr 25, 1951 I Feel So Good
3:05 1951 That's The Best I Can Do For You Blues
2:52 Apr 25, 1951 I Want A Lavender Cadillac
3:01 1951 Got Nobody To Tell My Troubles To
2:12 Jul 25, 1952 Say Baby Say
2:47 1952 She Fool Me
2:31 Jul 25, 1952 Little Baby Child
2:50 Jul 16, 1953 Remember
2:38 September 1953 J.B. Boogie
3:23 May 12-13, 1954 I Do Like I Please
2:37 1954 No One Monkey Goin' To Run My Show
2:17 1956 Five Long Years
2:27 May 12-13, 1954 No More Doggin'

Alberta Adams, LaVern Baker, T.J. Fowler, Calvin Frazier, Robert "Gip Roberts" Gibson, Lena Hall, Harvey Hill, Jr., John Lee Hooker, Maurice King, Billy Mitchell, William "Wild Bill" Moore, Emmitt Slay, Kitty Stevenson, Joe Weaver, Bob "Detroit Count" White, Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams, Fred Woods (ldr), George "Sonny" Cohn, Sammy Cohn, Russell Green, Phil Guilbeau, Thad Jones, John Lawton, Fortunatus Paul "Fip" Ricard, Howard Thompson (t), unknown (h, ts, p, g, b, d), Walter Cox (as, ts), Howard "Holley" Dismurkes, Lee Gross, Porter Kilbert, Maurice King (as), Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams (as, ts, bar), Louis Barnett, Sam Miller, Billy Mitchell, William "Wild Bill" Moore, Louis Stephens, Jesse Ulmer, Leon Washington, Cranford Wright (ts), Thomas "Bean" Bowles, Ted Buckner, McKinley "Mack" Easton, George Favors, Tate Houston (bar), Terry Pollard (vib, p), T.J. Fowler, Neal Robinson, Ted Sheely, Floyd Taylor, Earl Washington (p), Todd Rhodes (p, dir), Joe Weaver, Bob "Detroit Count" White (p, v), Johnny Bassett (g), Calvin Frazier, Harvey Hill, Jr., John Lee Hooker, Emmitt Slay (g, v), Herman Hopkins, Henry "Hank" Ivory, Lewis Martin, Jimmy Richardson, Clarence Sherrill, Joe Williams (b), Calvin Andrews, Leonard Christian, Elvin Jones, Elbert Langford, Reetham Mallett, Clarence Stamps, Huestell Tally, Tom Whitehead (d), Theodore "Red" Saunders (d, dir), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb), Alberta Adams, LaVern Baker, Robert "Gip Roberts" Gibson, Lena Hall, Kitty Stevenson, Sonny Wilson, Fred Woods (v), The Kool Kats (Detroit), rest unknown (grp), Herman "Sonny" Blount, Sun Ra (arr)


Title: Essential Detroit Blues/1
Artist: various
Format: LP 12"     Label: Not Now     Cat. Num.: NOT2LP 162     Rel. Year: 2012    Volumes: 2
2:39 Jun 26, 1953 Love Money Can't Buy
2:40 1949 Papa's Boogie
2:32 Apr 14, 1949 Big City Blues
2:30 December 1958 Industrial Boogie
3:13 1953 Sugar Cane Highway
2:32 1957 Baby, Don't You Want To Go
2:13 1952 That's All Right
3:00 1956 I Need A Hundred Dollars
3:02 1952 Remember Way Back
2:38 September 1953 J.B. Boogie
2:55 Mar 10, 1953 Something's Wrong With The Lovin' Machine
2:50 1949 Sweet Lucy (Drinking Women)
2:53 Oct 2, 1944 Sak-Relation Blues
2:29 mid 1950's Dark Night Blues

Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Sylvester Cotton, Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, Robert Henry, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Howard, Bobo Jenkins, Eddie Kirkland, Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather, Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter, Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross, Joe Weaver, One String Sam Wilson (ldr), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns (h, g), Robert Henry, Walter Mitchell (h, v), Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter (h, g, v), Robert Richard (h), Jesse Ulmer (ts), unknown (ts, p, b, d, hnd), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Little Johnny Jones (p), Joe Weaver (p, v), Johnny Bassett, John T. Smith, Hudson "Tampa Red" Whittaker (g), Sylvester Cotton, Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Howard, Bobo Jenkins, Eddie Kirkland, Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross, One String Sam Wilson (g, v), Ransom Knowling (b), Calvin Andrews, Odie Payne, Ted Walker, Tom Whitehead (d), Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather (v)


Title: Essential Detroit Blues/2
Artist: various
Format: LP 12"     Label: Not Now     Cat. Num.: NOT2LP 162     Rel. Year: 2012    Volumes: 2
2:57 December 1952 Dealing With The Devil
3:23 May 12-13, 1954 I Do Like I Please
2:58 1949 Notoriety Woman
2:37 July 1954 Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me
3:13 1948 Stop Messin' Around
2:13 1957 Ten Below Zero
2:36 1953 Ramblin' Around Blues
2:52 1956 Washboard Blues, Part 1
3:06 1948 Looking for My Woman
2:27 Mar 10, 1953 Old Battle Ax
2:41 mid 1950's Natural Man Blues
3:03 1956 My Baby, Ooo
2:20 1954 Good Rockin' Mama
2:41 1953 No More Doggin'

Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Robert Henry, William "Washboard Willie" Hensley, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Howard, Bobo Jenkins, Sam Kelly, Walter Mitchell, Henry Smith, Joe Von Battle, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, One String Sam Wilson (ldr), Jimmy Miller (t), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns (h, g, v), Robert Henry, Sam Kelly, Walter Mitchell (h, v), Robert Richard (h), Johnny Hooks (ts), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Chuck Smith, Joe Wood (p), unknown (p, b, d), Percy Lee Brown, Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, Little George Jackson, John T. Smith (g), John Lee Hooker, Johnny Howard, Bobo Jenkins, Henry Smith, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, One String Sam Wilson (g, v), Little George (b), Jimmy Tarrant, Tom Whitehead (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb, v), Joe Von Battle (v), rest unknown (grp)


Title: Detroit City Blues, Volume 1 - Calvin Frazer & Sampson Pittman
Artist: various
Format: MP3     Label: Revolver     Cat. Num.: (no number)     Rel. Year: 2012
1:32 Oct 16, 1938 inc I'm In The Highway Man
0:35 Oct 16, 1938 inc This Old World's In A Tangle
3:58 Oct 16, 1938 Lily Mae Blues
3:35 Oct 16, 1938 Welfare Blues
4:04 Nov 1, 1938 Blues
2:49 Nov 1, 1938 She's A Double-Crossing Woman
0:43 October-November 1938 interview
2:36 Nov 1, 1938 The Dirty Dozens
0:22 October-November 1938 interview
2:17 Nov 1, 1938 Boogie Woogie
4:04 Nov 1, 1938 Lily Mae
3:40 Oct 15, 1938 This Old World's In A Tangle
3:12 Nov 1, 1938 Highway 61 Blues
2:51 Oct 15, 1938 John Henry
3:23 Oct 15, 1938 Cotton Farmer Blues
0:49 October-November 1938 interview
3:27 Oct 16, 1938 Joe Louis
0:23 October-November 1938 interview
2:43 Oct 16, 1938 Welfare Blues
0:17 October-November 1938 interview
3:50 Oct 16, 1938 I Been Down In The Circle Before
0:45 October-November 1938 interview
4:45 Oct 16, 1938 Levee Camp Story
3:35 Nov 1, 1938 Highway 61 Blues
Nov 1, 1938 Brother Low-Down And Sister Do-Dad
6:41 Nov 1, 1938 Brother Low-Down And Sister Do-Dad
3:16 Nov 1, 1938 Brother Low-Down And Sister Do-Dad

Calvin Frazier, Sampson Pittman (ldr), Calvin Frazier, Sampson Pittman (g, v, spk), Alan Lomax (int, eng)


Title: Essential Detroit Blues/1
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Not Now     Cat. Num.: NOT2CD 445     Rel. Year: 2012    Volumes: 2
2:39 Jun 26, 1953 Love Money Can't Buy
2:40 1949 Papa's Boogie
2:32 Apr 14, 1949 Big City Blues
2:30 December 1958 Industrial Boogie
3:13 1953 Sugar Cane Highway
2:32 1957 Baby, Don't You Want To Go
2:35 1949 My Special Friend Blues
2:13 1952 That's All Right
3:23 May 12-13, 1954 I Do Like I Please
2:38 September 1953 J.B. Boogie
2:55 Mar 10, 1953 Something's Wrong With The Lovin' Machine
3:00 1956 I Need A Hundred Dollars
3:02 1952 Remember Way Back
2:50 1949 Sweet Lucy (Drinking Women)
2:53 Oct 2, 1944 Sak-Relation Blues
3:13 1948 Stop Messin' Around
2:58 1949 Notoriety Woman
2:37 July 1954 Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me
2:29 mid 1950's Dark Night Blues
2:13 1957 Ten Below Zero
2:57 December 1952 Dealing With The Devil
2:36 1953 Ramblin' Around Blues
3:05 Dec 15, 1948 The Hucklebuck
3:23 1948 Wig Wearing Woman
3:53 1950 Prison Bound Blues

Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Sylvester Cotton, Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, Robert Henry, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Howard, Bobo Jenkins, Sam Kelly, Eddie Kirkland, Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather, Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter, Walter Mitchell, Robert Richard, Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, Joe Weaver, Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams, One String Sam Wilson (ldr), Phil Guilbeau (t), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter (h, g, v), Robert Henry, Sam Kelly, Walter Mitchell, Robert Richard (h, v), Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams (as, bar), Johnny Hooks, Sam Miller, Jesse Ulmer (ts), unknown (ts, p, b, d, hnd), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Little Johnny Jones, Charles Mills, Chuck Smith, Floyd Taylor (p), Joe Weaver (p, v), Johnny Bassett, Percy Lee Brown, Little George Jackson, John T. Smith, Hudson "Tampa Red" Whittaker (g), Sylvester Cotton, Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Howard, Bobo Jenkins, Eddie Kirkland, Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, One String Sam Wilson (g, v), Herman Hopkins, Ransom Knowling, Little George (b), Calvin Andrews, Curtis "Sleepy" Foster, Reetham Mallett, Odie Payne, Jimmy Tarrant, Ted Walker, Tom Whitehead (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb), Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather (v)


Title: Essential Detroit Blues/2
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Not Now     Cat. Num.: NOT2CD 445     Rel. Year: 2012    Volumes: 2
2:52 1956 Washboard Blues, Part 1
3:03 1956 My Baby, Ooo
2:33 1952 When The Sun Is Shining
2:28 1956 Lilly Mae
2:20 1956 The Alabama Bus, Part 1
2:09 1956 The Alabama Bus, Part 2
3:09 December 1952 Hello Miss Jessie Lee
2:57 1948 Hastings Street Opera, Part 1
2:47 1950 Bumble Bee Blues
2:40 December 1958 Thirty-Two Twenty
3:45 1948 Pet Milk Blues
2:48 1950 Worried Life Blues No.2
2:55 1952 It's Time For Lovin' To Be Done
2:41 mid 1950's Natural Man Blues
2:34 Sep 30, 1944 Ugly Woman Blues
2:27 Mar 10, 1953 Old Battle Ax
2:41 1953 No More Doggin'
3:03 mid-late 1949 Hattie Mae
3:06 1948 Looking for My Woman
2:53 1953 Goin' Down To The River Blues
3:59 1951 Rock House
2:20 1954 Good Rockin' Mama
3:12 1953 Gonna Play My Guitar
3:16 1948 Hastings Street Opera, Part 2
3:07 1952-1953 Bad Lover Blues

Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Sylvester Cotton, Alfred Dunham, Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, Brother Will Hairston, Robert Henry, William "Washboard Willie" Hensley, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Howard, Eddie Kirkland, Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather, Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter, Walter Mitchell, Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross, Henry Smith, Joe Von Battle, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, Bob "Detroit Count" White, One String Sam Wilson (ldr), Jimmy Miller (t), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Robert Henry, Walter Mitchell (h, v), Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter, Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross (h, g, v), Robert Richard (h), Johnny Hooks (ts), unknown (ts, p, b, d), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Louise Jackson, Chuck Smith, James Watkins, Joe Wood (p), Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather (p, v), Bob "Detroit Count" White (p, v, spk), John Brim, Percy Lee Brown, Little George Jackson (g), Sylvester Cotton, Alfred Dunham, Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Howard, Eddie Kirkland, Henry Smith, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, One String Sam Wilson (g, v), Little George, Alonzo Tucker (b), Curtis "Sleepy" Foster, Tom Whitehead (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb, v), Brother Will Hairston, Joe Von Battle (v), rest unknown (grp)


Title: Mercy, My Percy/1
Artist: Varetta Dillard
Format: CD     Label: Great Voices Of The Century     Cat. Num.: GVC 2036     Rel. Year: 2013    Volumes: 2
2:49 Sep 18, 1951 Love And Wine
3:06 Sep 18, 1951 Please Come Back To Me
3:04 Jan 22, 1952 Hurry Up
2:44 Jan 22, 1952 Please Tell Me Why
2:39 May 6, 1952 Easy, Easy Baby
2:50 May 6, 1952 A Letter In Blues
2:19 May 24, 1952 I'm Yours
2:49 May 24, 1952 Here In My Heart
2:33 May 6, 1952 Love That Man
3:16 Sep 18, 1951 You're Gone
2:13 Jul 18, 1952 Them There Eyes
2:49 Jul 18, 1952 Double Crossing Daddy
3:01 May 6, 1952 I Cried And Cried
2:33 Jan 16, 1953 Three Lies
2:23 Jan 16, 1953 Getting Ready For My Daddy
2:43 May 15, 1953 Mercy, Mr. Percy
3:01 May 15, 1953 No Kinda Good, No How
2:24 Jul 1, 1953 I Love You Just The Same
2:38 Jul 1, 1953 I Love You
2:06 Nov 4, 1953 I Ain't Gonna Tell
2:15 Nov 4, 1953 (That's The Way) My Mind Is Working
2:22 Aug 20, 1954 Send Me Some Money
3:09 Aug 20, 1954 Love
2:43 Jan 24, 1955 Johnny Has Gone
2:42 Jan 24, 1955 So Many Ways (To Love You)
2:53 May 3, 1955 You're The Answer To My Prayer
2:32 May 3, 1955 Promise Mr. Thomas
2:48 May 3, 1955 I'll Never Forget You
2:10 May 3, 1955 I Can't Stop Now

Varetta Dillard, T.J. Fowler (ldr), Emile De Villia, Bobby Johnson, John Lawton (t), Nat Allen, Elmer Crumbley (tb), Lee Gross (as), Dave McRae (as, bar), Walter Cox, Lowell "Count" Hastings, Albert "Budd" Johnson, George Kelly, Jerome Richardson, Maurice Simon, George "Buddy" Tate, Sam "The Man" Taylor (ts), unknown (ts, bar, b), Frank "Haywood" Henry, Sol "Pee Wee" Moore (bar), Lee Anderson, T.J. Fowler, Archie "Skip" Hall, Ernie Hayes, Jimmy Reynolds, Fletcher Smith, Mal Waldron (p), Kelly Owens (p, arr), McHouston "Mickey" Baker, Calvin Frazier, Lonnie Johnson, Wally Richardson (g), Prince Babbs, Charles "Doles" Dickens, Milt Hinton, Henry "Hank" Ivory, Al Lucas, Lloyd Trotman, John Williams, Jr., Carl "Flat-Top" Wilson (b), Dave 'Specs' Bailey, Gene Brooks, Kenny Clarke, Clarence "Bobby" Donaldson, Lester Jenkins, Bill Smith, Clarence Stamps (d), Varetta Dillard (v), rest unknown (grp), Leroy Kirkland (arr, dir)


Title: Juke Joints 4 - That's All Right With Me/2
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: JSP     Cat. Num.: JSP 77168B     Rel. Year: 2013    Volumes: 4
2:53 May 24, 1952 Last Time
2:46 November 1949 Texas Blues (T.P. Railer)
3:05 Fall 1949 That's All Right With Me
2:35 1955 Weekly Blues
3:14 1953-1954 Blue And Lonesome Blues
2:34 1949 My Baby Quit Me Blues
2:43 August 1957 Waitin' At The Station
3:17 1953 No More Lovin'
2:26 1948 Southern California Blues
2:16 1959 Lonesome Highway
3:07 late 1949-early 1950 Overhaul Blues
2:09 1957 Easy Ridin' Buggy
2:24 January 19, 25 & April 12, 1958 The Monkey And The Engineer
2:31 early 1949 I Don't Live Here No More
2:38 November 1956 Operator
2:45 1949 Gone With The Wind She's Gone
2:43 March 1954 You Did Me Wrong Baby
3:17 1953 I Got A Letter
3:01 1947 She's Alright With Me
2:01 1959 Playing In The Park
2:53 1948 Single Man Blues
2:36 1953 Ramblin' Around Blues
2:46 September 1953 Dirty Britches
2:52 September 1956 Leave My Money Alone
2:20 1954 Good Rockin' Mama
2:17 Jan 13, 1948 All The Way From Texas
3:15 Apr 25, 1952 Riding In The Moonlight

Woodrow Adams, Jospeh "Kid Twat" Butler, Perry Cain, Sonny Boy Davis, Jesse Fuller, Bob Gaddy, Cornelius "Lonesome Sundown" Green, Al Gunter, Otis "Lightnin' Slim" Hicks, Andrew "Smokey" Hogg, Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson, Sonny Boy Johnson, Sam Kelly, The Leap Frogs, Ernest "Buddy" Lewis, Elmon "Drifting Slim" Mickle, Duke Bayou & His Mystic Six, Willie Nix, Cousin Leroy Rozier, Beverly Scott, Frankie Lee Sims, Henry Smith, Andrew Thomas, Lafayette Thomas, Ellas "Big Son" Tillis, James "Smokestack" Tisdom, Phillip Walker (ldr), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Sylvester Hayes, Big Walter "Shakey" Horton, Jimmy Johnson, Wild Bill Phillips, Robert Richard (h), Sonny Boy Johnson, Sam Kelly, Walter Mitchell (h, v), Elmon "Drifting Slim" Mickle (h, g, v), unknown (h, ts, bar, p, g, b, d, v), Jesse Fuller (kaz, g, per, v), Willie Gresham (ts), Peter Brandbull, Champion Jack Dupree, Billy "Red" Love, Talton Miller, Dig Moore, J.D. Nicholson, Edwin "Buster" Pickens (p), Sonny Boy Davis, Bob Gaddy (p, v), Woodrow Adams, Cornelius "Lonesome Sundown" Green, Al Gunter, Otis "Lightnin' Slim" Hicks, Andrew "Smokey" Hogg, Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson, Ernest "Buddy" Lewis, Cousin Leroy Rozier, Beverly Scott, Alec "Guitar Slim" Seward, Frankie Lee Sims, Henry Smith, Ellas "Big Son" Tillis, James "Smokestack" Tisdom (g, v), D.C. Bender, James "Black Diamond" Butler, Louis Campbell, Rattlesnake Cooper, Larry Dale, Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, Arthur Gunter, Willie Johnson, Ernest McClay, Brownie McGhee, Luther "Rocky Mountain" Stoneham, Lafayette Thomas, Phillip Walker (g), J. R. Perkins (s-g), Lindy Lou Adams, Skippy Brown, Al Hall, Bob Harris, Sid Wallace (b), Jospeh "Kid Twat" Butler (b, v), Gene Brooks, Joe Martin, Gene Moore, Lloyd Reynaud, Bobby Tinsley (d), Willie Nix (d, v), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley, Washboard Bill (Billy Valentine) (wb), Perry Cain, Andrew Thomas, Lillian Tillis (v), The Leap Frogs (grp), Al Prince (dir)


Title: Juke Joints 4 - That's All Right With Me/4
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: JSP     Cat. Num.: JSP 77168D     Rel. Year: 2013    Volumes: 4
3:00 December 1956 No Jive
2:15 August 1957 Highway 41
2:36 May 8, 1951 January 11, 1949 Blues
2:23 Summer 1949 Too Many Women Blues
2:49 May 24, 1952 Train Time
2:26 1949 I Love My Baby
3:03 1953 Rocks Is My Pillow
3:20 late 1949-early 1950 Last Affair Blues
2:23 ca. Feb 16, 1960 Bloodstains On The Wall
3:15 1953-1954 Misery In My Life
2:46 1948 Don't Forget Me Baby
2:18 circa 1954 Bop Cat Stomp
3:18 1954 Lonesome Blues
2:38 early 1957 Lonesome Whistler
2:37 Apr 25, 1952 Truckin' Little Woman
2:35 Jun 21, 1954 Please Tell Me
3:02 1953 West Coast Blues
2:30 1947 Cruel Hearted Woman
3:00 1950s Up For It
2:29 1959 Louisiana Walk
3:25 1950 Skin And Bones
2:48 1958 Don't Bring No Friend
2:54 March 1954 That's All Right
2:43 1949 Worried Life
3:08 1949 Rattlesnake Blues
2:41 1953 Cold Blues
2:51 1948 Shakin' The Boogie

Woodrow Adams, King Charles, Rattlesnake Cooper, Larry Dale, Cornelius "Lonesome Sundown" Green, Al Gunter, Otis "Lightnin' Slim" Hicks, Andrew "Smokey" Hogg, Leslie "Lazy Lester" Johnson, Willie Lane, Ernest "Buddy" Lewis, Charlie "Left Handed " Morris, Manny Nichols, Willie Nix, Cousin Leroy Rozier, Beverly Scott, Frankie Lee Sims, Henry Smith, Wilson "Thunder" Smith, Luther "Rocky Mountain" Stoneham, Andrew Thomas, Ellas "Big Son" Tillis, James "Smokestack" Tisdom, Phillip Walker, Mac "Little Son" Willis, Johnny Wright (ldr), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Sylvester Hayes, Big Walter "Shakey" Horton (h), Leslie "Lazy Lester" Johnson (h, v), unknown (h, g, b, d), Willie Gresham, Leslie Johankins, Lionel Prevost, Sam "The Man" Taylor (ts), Frank "Haywood" Henry (bar), Peter Brandbull, Sonny Boy Davis, Champion Jack Dupree, Billy "Red" Love, Talton Miller, Dig Moore, J.D. Nicholson, Merton Thibodeaux (p), Wilson "Thunder" Smith, Mac "Little Son" Willis (p, v), Woodrow Adams, D.C. Bender, Rattlesnake Cooper, Larry Dale, Al Gunter, Otis "Lightnin' Slim" Hicks, Andrew "Smokey" Hogg, Willie Lane, Ernest "Buddy" Lewis, Charlie "Left Handed " Morris, Manny Nichols, Cousin Leroy Rozier, Beverly Scott, Frankie Lee Sims, Henry Smith, Luther "Rocky Mountain" Stoneham, Ellas "Big Son" Tillis, James "Smokestack" Tisdom, Johnny Wright (g, v), McHouston "Mickey" Baker (g, dir), Al Foreman, Calvin Frazier, Arthur Gunter, Willie Johnson, Ernest McClay, Gabriel "Guitar Gable" Perrodin, Clifford "Pee Wee" Trahan, Phillip Walker (g), Cornelius "Lonesome Sundown" Green (g, w), J. R. Perkins (s-g), Lindy Lou Adams, Bobby McBride, John Clinton "Fats" Perrodin, Lloyd Trotman, Sid Wallace (b), Gene Brooks, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne, David "Panama" Francis, Joe Martin, Ray "Diggy Do" Meaders, Warren Storm, Bobby Tinsley (d), Willie Nix (d, v), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb), Andrew Thomas, Lillian Tillis (v), rest unknown (grp)


Title: Definitive Detroit Blues/1
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Not Now     Cat. Num.: NOT3CD 097     Rel. Year: 2013    Volumes: 3
2:38 May 22, 1952 I Got Eyes For You
2:50 1949 Sweet Lucy (Drinking Women)
3:12 June 1951 Where Did You Stay Last Night
2:40 December 1958 Thirty-Two Twenty
2:31 1949 Forgive Me Darling
3:09 December 1952 Hello Miss Jessie Lee
3:05 Dec 15, 1948 The Hucklebuck
2:28 Jul 23, 1953 I Mistreated A Woman
2:53 1953 Goin' Down To The River Blues
2:48 1950 Worried Life Blues No.2
2:46 May 22, 1952 It Hurts Me So
3:13 1953 Sugar Cane Highway
2:27 Mar 10, 1953 Old Battle Ax
3:03 December 1950 or January 1951 Take Out Some Time
2:38 September 1953 J.B. Boogie
2:57 1948 Hastings Street Opera, Part 1
2:34 Sep 30, 1944 Ugly Woman Blues
3:03 mid-late 1949 Sweet Lucy
2:33 1952 When The Sun Is Shining
3:03 1956 My Baby, Ooo
2:59 Jan 10, 1954 Sanafee
2:41 1953 No More Doggin'
3:45 1948 Pet Milk Blues
3:01 1948 Root Hog
2:52 1956 Washboard Blues, Part 1

LaVern Baker, Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Sylvester Cotton, Alfred Dunham, Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, Robert Henry, William "Washboard Willie" Hensley, John Lee Hooker, Eddie Kirkland, Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather, Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter, Walter Mitchell, Robert Richard, Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, Joe Weaver, Bob "Detroit Count" White, Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams, One String Sam Wilson (ldr), Sammy Cohn, Phil Guilbeau, Jimmy Miller (t), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Robert Henry, Walter Mitchell, Robert Richard (h, v), Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter, Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross (h, g, v), Sonny Boy Williamson II (h), McKinley "Mack" Easton, Porter Kilbert (as), Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams (as, bar), Johnny Hooks, Sam Miller, Jesse Ulmer, Leon Washington (ts), unknown (ts, p, org, b, d), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Charles Mills, Chuck Smith, Floyd Taylor, Earl Washington, James Watkins, Joe Wood (p), Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather, Joe Weaver (p, v), Bob "Detroit Count" White (p, v, spk), Johnny Bassett, John Brim, Percy Lee Brown, Howard Richard, John T. Smith (g), Sylvester Cotton, Alfred Dunham, Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, Eddie Kirkland, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, One String Sam Wilson (g, v), John Lee Hooker (g, v, spk), Herman Hopkins, Little George, Jimmy Richardson, Alonzo Tucker (b), Calvin Andrews, Reetham Mallett, Tom Whitehead (d), Theodore "Red" Saunders (d, dir), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb, v), LaVern Baker (v), Herman "Sonny" Blount (arr)


Title: Definitive Detroit Blues/2
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Not Now     Cat. Num.: NOT3CD 097     Rel. Year: 2013    Volumes: 3
3:07 1952-1953 Bad Lover Blues
2:40 Jul 23, 1953 No Shoes
2:39 1952 Rock Me Mama
3:06 1948 Looking for My Woman
2:23 1959 Nothing But Love
3:02 1952 Remember Way Back
2:30 December 1958 Industrial Boogie
2:25 1948 The Rainy Day Blues
2:55 1952 It's Time For Lovin' To Be Done
3:00 1956 I Need A Hundred Dollars
2:20 1956 The Alabama Bus, Part 1
2:09 1956 The Alabama Bus, Part 2
2:39 Dec 18, 1947 We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll
2:20 1954 Good Rockin' Mama
3:53 1950 Prison Bound Blues
2:25 April 1950 Make It Good
2:13 1952 That's All Right
2:28 1956 Lilly Mae
2:35 1949 My Special Friend Blues
2:55 Mar 10, 1953 Something's Wrong With The Lovin' Machine
2:53 1950 Mean Man Blues
3:13 1948 Stop Messin' Around
2:58 1949 Notoriety Woman
2:32 1957 Baby, Don't You Want To Go
2:42 December 1950 or January 1951 I'll Try (I've Tried)
2:39 Jun 26, 1953 Love Money Can't Buy

LaVern Baker, John Brim, Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, Brother Will Hairston, Robert Henry, John Lee Hooker, Bobo Jenkins, Eddie Kirkland, Billy Mitchell, Walter Mitchell, William "Wild Bill" Moore, Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross, Henry Smith, Kitty Stevenson, Joe Von Battle, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, One String Sam Wilson (ldr), Sammy Cohn, Phil Guilbeau, Thad Jones, Howard Thompson (t), Grace Brim, Robert Henry, Walter Mitchell (h, v), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns (h, g), Robert Richard (h), Howard "Holley" Dismurkes, McKinley "Mack" Easton, Porter Kilbert (as), Billy Mitchell, William "Wild Bill" Moore, Leon Washington, Cranford Wright (ts), George Favors, Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams (bar), Terry Pollard (vib, p), T.J. Fowler, Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Louise Jackson, Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather, Charles Mills, Earl Washington, James Watkins (p), Todd Rhodes (p, dir), unknown (p, b, d), Bernie Besman (org, bkv), John Brim, Calvin Frazier, Little George Jackson, Willie Johnson, Emmitt Slay, John T. Smith, Eddie Taylor (g), L.C. Green, John Lee Hooker, Bobo Jenkins, Eddie Kirkland, Charles Isaiah "Doctor" Ross, Henry Smith, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, One String Sam Wilson (g, v), Herman Hopkins, Little George, Jimmy Richardson, Joe Williams (b), Curtis "Sleepy" Foster, Elvin Jones, Reetham Mallett, Earl "Stovepipe" Phillips, Huestell Tally, Ted Walker, Tom Whitehead (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb), Theodore "Red" Saunders (d, dir), LaVern Baker, Brother Will Hairston, Kitty Stevenson, Joe Von Battle, Sonny Wilson (v), rest unknown (grp), Herman "Sonny" Blount (arr)


Title: Definitive Detroit Blues/3
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Not Now     Cat. Num.: NOT3CD 097     Rel. Year: 2013    Volumes: 3
2:56 Jun 26, 1953 Please Take Me Back
2:40 1949 Papa's Boogie
2:49 Nov 1, 1938 She's A Double-Crossing Woman
2:29 mid 1950's Dark Night Blues
2:37 July 1954 Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me
2:29 October 1948 Red Hot Blues
3:12 1953 Gonna Play My Guitar
2:12 Jul 25, 1952 Say Baby Say
3:16 1948 Hastings Street Opera, Part 2
3:03 mid-late 1949 Hattie Mae
2:57 December 1952 Dealing With The Devil
3:35 Nov 1, 1938 Highway 61 Blues
2:53 Oct 2, 1944 Sak-Relation Blues
2:47 1950 Bumble Bee Blues
2:41 mid 1950's Natural Man Blues
2:52 1949 Nervy Woman Blues
3:18 1954 Lonesome Blues
2:36 1953 Ramblin' Around Blues
3:23 1948 Wig Wearing Woman
3:59 1951 Rock House
2:26 Aug 28, 1950 Burnt Toast
2:13 1957 Ten Below Zero
1:32 Oct 16, 1938 inc I'm In The Highway Man
2:32 Apr 14, 1949 Big City Blues
3:23 May 12-13, 1954 I Do Like I Please

Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Sylvester Cotton, Alfred Dunham, T.J. Fowler, Calvin Frazier, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Howard, Bobo Jenkins, Sam Kelly, Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather, Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter, William "Wild Bill" Moore, Sampson Pittman, Robert Richard, Henry Smith, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, Bob "Detroit Count" White (ldr), Russell Green, John Lawton (t), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Iverson "Louisiana Red" Minter (h, g, v), Sam Kelly, Walter Mitchell, Robert Richard (h, v), Lee Gross (as), Louis Barnett, Walter Cox, Johnny Hooks, William "Wild Bill" Moore (ts), unknown (ts, b, d, hnd), Tate Houston (bar), T.J. Fowler, Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Little Johnny Jones, Charles Mills, Ted Sheely, Chuck Smith (p), Bob "Detroit Count" White (p, v, spk), Percy Lee Brown, L.C. Green, Little George Jackson, Eddie Kirkland, Emmitt Slay, John T. Smith, Hudson "Tampa Red" Whittaker (g), Sylvester Cotton, Alfred Dunham, Calvin Frazier, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Howard, Bobo Jenkins, Sampson Pittman, Henry Smith, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (g, v), Henry "Hank" Ivory, Ransom Knowling, Little George, Lewis Martin (b), Leonard Christian, Curtis "Sleepy" Foster, Odie Payne, Clarence Stamps, Jimmy Tarrant, Tom Whitehead (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb), Alberta Adams, Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather (v), Alan Lomax (eng)


Title: Varetta Dillard Volume Two
Artist: Varetta Dillard
Format: CD     Label: Rock 'n' Rhythm     Cat. Num.: RRCD 02     Rel. Year: 2014
3:01 May 15, 1953 No Kinda Good, No How
2:35 Apr 17, 1957 That's Why I Cry
2:27 Aug 20, 1957 Undecided
2:17 Jan 17, 1956 If (You Want To Be My Baby)
2:30 Oct 23, 1956 One More Time
2:34 Jun 26, 1956 Skinny Jimmy
2:29 Mar 4, 1957 Leave A Happy Fool Alone
2:38 Apr 17, 1957 I Got A Lot Of Love
2:07 Dec 11, 1957 Star Of Fortune
2:28 May 29, 1958 Just Multiply
2:15 Aug 20, 1957 The Night Is Never Long Enough
1:59 May 16, 1960 Teaser
2:07 Oct 26, 1960 Mercy, Mr. Percy
2:44 Mar 7, 1961 What Can I Say
2:56 Mar 7, 1961 Hey Sweet Love
2:06 Oct 26, 1960 A Little Bitty Tear
2:37 Jul 11, 1961 alt You Ain't Foolin' Nobody
2:42 Feb 2, 1959 Scorched
2:39 May 6, 1952 Easy, Easy Baby
2:49 Sep 18, 1951 Love And Wine
2:10 May 3, 1955 I Can't Stop Now
2:33 May 6, 1952 Love That Man
2:22 Aug 20, 1954 Send Me Some Money
2:23 Jan 16, 1953 Getting Ready For My Daddy
2:42 Jan 24, 1955 So Many Ways (To Love You)
3:01 May 6, 1952 I Cried And Cried
2:19 May 24, 1952 I'm Yours
2:33 Jan 16, 1953 Three Lies
2:53 May 3, 1955 You're The Answer To My Prayer

Varetta Dillard, T.J. Fowler (ldr), Emile De Villia, John Lawton (t), Nat Allen, Lawrence Brown (tb), Lee Gross, Joe "Cornbread" Thomas (as), Dave McRae (as, bar), George Berg (ts, bsx), Walter Cox, King Curtis, George Kelly, Jerome Richardson, Al Sears, Maurice Simon, Sam "The Man" Taylor (ts), Albert "Budd" Johnson (ts, bar), unknown (ts, bar, b), Frank "Haywood" Henry, Sol "Pee Wee" Moore, Stanley "Champ" Webb (bar), Lee Anderson, T.J. Fowler, Ernie Hayes, Jimmy Reynolds, George Rhodes, Fletcher Smith (p), McHouston "Mickey" Baker, Everett Barksdale, George Barnes, Calvin Frazier, Lonnie Johnson, Wally Richardson (g), Prince Babbs, Abie Baker, Charles "Doles" Dickens, Milt Hinton, Henry "Hank" Ivory, Al Lucas, Lloyd Trotman (b), Dave 'Specs' Bailey, Gene Brooks, Kenny Clarke, Clarence "Bobby" Donaldson, Bill English, David "Panama" Francis, Clarence Stamps (d), Varetta Dillard (v), Butch Birdsall, Elise Bretton, chorus, Harry Clark, Jala Divigard, Lou Hurst, The Nitecaps (Detroit), Myriam Workman (bkv), The Cookies (grp), rest unknown (grp, orc), Leroy Kirkland (arr, dir), Sid Bass, Howard Biggs, Jesse Stone (dir)


Title: Down Home Blues Detroit - Detroit Special/1
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Wienerworld     Cat. Num.: WNRCD 5095     Rel. Year: 2016    Volumes: 3
2:59 early 1949 Miss Lorraine
3:04 early 1949 Talkin' Boogie
2:17 1952 Come Back Sugar Mama
2:32 1952 Little Machine
2:40 1949 Papa's Boogie
2:35 1949 My Special Friend Blues
2:52 1949 Nervy Woman Blues
2:58 June 1951 Making A Fool Out Of Me
2:59 June 1951 Squeeze Me Baby
2:41 1954 Bad Luck & Trouble
3:10 1954 Democrat Blues
3:23 1951 Lilly Mae
3:23 1951 Lilly Mae
2:50 1950 Bus Driver
2:33 1952 When The Sun Is Shining
2:32 1952 Hold Me In Your Arms
2:58 1952 Rockin' Chair Boogie
3:40 1952 Nelly Mae
2:55 1949 Lonesome Cabin Blues
3:04 1949 Don't Want No Skinny Woman
2:34 November 1952 Gangster Blues
2:47 November 1952 Grieving Blues
2:36 1953 Ramblin' Around Blues
2:17 1951-1952 Now I'll Have To Sing The Blues
2:44 1951-1952 Winter Time Is Comin'
2:30 1952-1953 Taxi Driver
3:07 1952-1953 Bad Lover Blues

Martee Bradley, John Brim, Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Detroit Slim, Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, John Lee Hooker, Bobo Jenkins, Sam Kelly, Clarence Posey, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (ldr), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns (h, g, v), Detroit Slim, Sam Kelly, Walter Mitchell (h, v), Robert Richard (h), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather, Charles Mills, Clarence Posey (p), Martee Bradley, John Brim, Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, Bobo Jenkins, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (g, v), John Lee Hooker (g, v, spk), Little George Jackson, Henry Smith, John T. Smith, Albert Witherspoon (g), unknown (g, b, d, hnd), Harry Flemming, Curtis "Sleepy" Foster, Tom Whitehead (d)


Title: Down Home Blues Detroit - Detroit Special/2
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Wienerworld     Cat. Num.: WNRCD 5095     Rel. Year: 2016    Volumes: 3
3:09 early 1949 Graveyard Blues
3:11 early 1949 I Love To Boogie
2:14 1952 Little School Girl
3:02 1952 Remember Way Back
2:36 1954 Superstition
2:28 1954 Biscuit Baking Woman
2:31 1949 Forgive Me Darling
2:28 1949 Please Don't Think I'm Nosey
2:47 1952 She Fool Me
2:42 1952 Boogie Woogie Woman
2:25 1952 Lilly Mae
3:00 1952 Dog Me Blues
2:51 1957 rhs Baby, Don't You Want To Go
2:00 1957 rhs Ten Below Zero
2:56 1950 I Got Lucky
3:02 1950 Let's Renew Our Love
2:50 1958 Papa Doo
2:04 1958 Loving You Baby
0:59 1948 inc Parrot Lounge
2:38 1948 Detroit Boogie
3:12 1957 rhs Sea Sick And Water Bound
2:15 1963 Pitch A Boogie Woogie
2:28 1956 Lilly Mae
2:57 April 1954 Mattie Mae
2:38 April 1954 Santa Fe
2:20 May 1958 Hastings Street After Hours
2:27 1959 Love You Pretty Baby
3:29 July 1960 Have Mercy On Poor Me

Eddie "Big Ed" Burns, Earl Chapman, Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, Harvey Hill, Jr., John Lee Hooker, Bobo Jenkins, Marshall "Big Jack" Reynolds, Henry Smith, James Walton, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, Bob "Detroit Count" White, Aaron "Little Sonny" Willis (ldr), Eddie "Big Ed" Burns (h, g, v), Walter Mitchell, Marshall "Big Jack" Reynolds, James Walton, Aaron "Little Sonny" Willis (h, v), Robert Richard (h), unknown (h, ts, p, g, b, d), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Charles Mills, Chuck Smith, Bob Thurman (p), Bob "Detroit Count" White (p, v), Percy Lee Brown, Roy Hooker, Eddie Willis (g), Calvin Frazier, L.C. Green, Harvey Hill, Jr., John Lee Hooker, Bobo Jenkins, Henry Smith, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (g, v), George Deloach, Sam Hall (b), James Crawford, Curtis "Sleepy" Foster, Ted Walker, Tom Whitehead (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb), Earl Chapman (v), rest unknown (grp)


Title: Calvin Frazier Meets Washboard Willie
Artist: Calvin Frazier
Format: CD     Label: J-V-B     Cat. Num.: CD-48     Rel. Year: 2017
2:50 1949 Sweet Lucy (Drinking Women)
2:32 1949 Be-Bop Boogie
2:12 1951 I Need Love
3:01 1951 Got Nobody To Tell My Troubles To
3:59 1951 Rock House
2:43 Jul 25, 1952 Got Nobody To Tell My Troubles To
2:31 Jul 25, 1952 Little Baby Child
2:25 1952 Lilly Mae
2:34 1956 What You Gonna Do
2:17 1956 Five Long Years
1956 Cherry Red Blues
1956 Washboard Shuffle
2:52 1956 Washboard Blues, Part 1
2:27 1956 Washboard Blues, Part 2
3:04 1955 live Rock House
3:27 1955 live We'll Meet Again
2:28 1956 Lilly Mae
3:01 1956 Track Down
2:50 1958 Have Blues Must Travel
2:35 1962-1964 2-2-5 Special I
2:20 1962-1964 2-2-5 Special II
1966 Natural Born Lover
1966 Wee Baby Blues
4:54 1962-1964 Washboard Willie's After Hours, Part 1
3:51 1962-1964 Washboard Willie's After Hours, Part 2

T.J. Fowler, Calvin Frazier, Lena Hall, William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (ldr), John Lawton (t), Lee Gross (as), Walter Cox (ts), unknown (ts, p, b, d), T.J. Fowler, Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison (p), Calvin Frazier (g, v), Evans McClendon (g), Henry "Hank" Ivory, Chuck Smith, Angelo Willis (b), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb, v), Clarence Stamps (d), Lena Hall (v)


Title: Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1958/3
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Rhythm & Blues     Cat. Num.: RANDB 045     Rel. Year: 2017    Volumes: 3
2:28 1960 (Let’s Do) The Shimmy
2:14 Aug 28, 1957 Shake It
2:06 1958 Miss Letha Jones
2:38 January 1957 Little Hawk's Walk
2:23 1958 Hot Tamales
2:15 early 1958 Honeycomb
2:12 Dec 29, 1957 Flip, Flop And Bop
2:05 July 1958 Wicked
2:10 1959 Cha Cha Rock
4:31 Feb 4, 1958 Strollin'
2:30 October 1959 A La Carte
1:49 1958 Teen Age Rock
2:21 Jun 30, 1958 Crawfish
2:11 May 1957 Juke Joint
2:26 Nov 6, 1958 Misirlou
2:31 1958 Overton-Lea Drive
2:45 March 1959 Skumbo
2:57 March 1958 Rocko Soco
1:37 Jan 15, 1958 Rumba Rockin' With Coleman
3:01 1956 Track Down
2:28 December 29-30, 1957 Chuckwalk
3:30 early 1958 Topsy II
2:20 1958 Freeze
2:20 mid August 1955 to Summer 1956 Hi-Ho
2:08 November 1958 Milk Shake
2:35 July 1957 My Mood
2:17 August 1958 The Sneak
2:39 Dec 17, 1956 South Shore Drive
3:07 1958 After Hours No. 2
2:21 February 1958 Drum Village, Part 1
2:39 Nov 29, 1957 Swingin' Shepherd Blues

Rickey Aquary, Chuck Berry, Edgar Blanchard, James "Little" Booker, Louis Brooks, Rusty Bryant, Cliff Butler, The Chargers (Chicago), William "Cozy" Cole, Albert Collins, Floyd Cramer, Champion Jack Dupree, The Flock-Rocker, T.J. Fowler, Calvin Frazier, Herb Hardesty, James "Red" Holloway, Ronnie Isle, Duke Jenkins, Jimmy Oliver, Earl Palmer, Johnny Pate, Bobby Peterson, Rafael "Googie" Rene, Ashton Savoy, The Stone Crushers, The Surf Riders, Sonny Thompson, Earl Washington, Noble "Thin Man" Watts (ldr), John Anderson, John Audino, Conrad Gozzo, Vito "Mickey" Mangano, Dezie McCullers, Frank S. Mitchell, Bernie Privin (t), Mitchell Hearns (t, v), Danny Moore (t, ts), unknown (t, p, b), John Avant, John "Streamline" Ewing, Harlan "Booby" Floyd, Vern Friley, Urbie Green, Lester Robinson, George Washington (tb), Buddy Collette (f, rds), Lenny Druss (f), Michael "Peanuts" Hucko (cl, ts), Henry Hayes, Jackie Kelso, Tommy Purkson, Willie Smith, Floyd Turnham (as), Freddie Jenkins, Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams (as, bar), Lee Allen, Cleotis Arsh, David "Bubba" Brooks, Louis Brooks, Rusty Bryant, Clifford "Gene" Burks, Walter Cox, King Curtis, Cliff Davis, Maxwell Davis, Grady Gaines, Danny George, Herb Hardesty, Raymond Hill, James "Red" Holloway, Plas Johnson, Eddie Jones, Bill "Weasel" Parker, Robert Parker, Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith, Noble "Thin Man" Watts, Don Wilkerson (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (ts, bar), Jackie Brenston, McKinley "Mack" Easton, Clarence Ford, Larry Lenneart, Alexander Nelson (bar), Larry Bunker (vib, mar), Rickey Aquary, James "Little" Booker, Ed "Skippy" Brooks, Floyd Cramer, Bert Farber, T.J. Fowler, Edward Frank, Ernie Freeman, Royal Hamilton, Bennie Holton, Duke Jenkins, Johnnie Johnson, Bert Keyes, Hank Marr, Floyd Morris, Bobby Peterson, Rafael "Googie" Rene, Fred Sample, Clifton Smalls, Huey "Piano" Smith, Sonny Thompson, Earl Washington, Katie Webster (p), Champion Jack Dupree (p, v), Dick Hyman (org), Justin Adams, Everett Barksdale, Johnny Bassett, William "Lefty" Bates, Chuck Berry, Edgar Blanchard, Al Caiola, Larry Dale, Calvin Frazier, Ronnie Isle, Earl King Johnson, Willie Lewis, Ernest McLean, Thomas "Curley" Palmer, Bobby Parker, Wally Richardson, Howard Roberts, Ashton Savoy, Wild Jimmy Spruill, Paul Weeden, Johnnie Wynne, Wilbur Wynne (g), Albert Collins (g, v), Rene Hall (g, arr), Jimmy Oliver (g, dir), Al Hendrickson, Al Viola (man), Leo Blevins, George "Red" Callender, Louis Willy Candy, Charles "Doles" Dickens, Willie Dixon, Frank Fields, Charles "Ike" Isaacs, Bill Johnson, Jesse Knight, Jr., Jack Lesberg, Wendell Marshall, Johnny Pate, Olsie Robinson, George Washington, Sherman Webster, Curtis Wilder, Albert Winston (b), Fred Below, Samuel "Babe" Borders, Steve Boswell, William "Cozy" Cole, Cornelius "Tenoo" Coleman, Wilfred Eddleton, Vernell Fournier, Herbert Henderson, Willie "Saint" Jenkins, Willie Jones, Joe Marshall, Lightnin' Mitchell, Earl Palmer, Emile Russell, Eugene Washington, Charles "Hungry" Williams (d), John Brown, Archie Taylor (d, per), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb), Jack Costanzo, Modesto Duran, Milton Holland, Walter Spriggs (per), The Blisters, The Hi-Toppers, The Keys, The Upsetters (New Orleans) (grp), rest unknown (grp, orc), Gerald Wilson (arr), Cliff Butler, Jesse Stone (dir)


Title: Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1956-1957/2
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Rhythm & Blues     Cat. Num.: RANDB 054     Rel. Year: 2019    Volumes: 4
2:28 October 1956 Congo Mombo
1:50 August 1956 Lester's Stomp
2:38 December 1956 Slummin'
2:45 December 1956 Boogie Beat
2:32 Feb 9, 1956 Smokey Room
2:23 Dec 15, 1956 rhs Untitled Instrumental
2:59 November 1956 Midnight
2:20 circa 1957 Crowley Blues
2:35 Feb 26, 1957 Chicago Cha Cha
2:11 1956 Big Boy's Bounce
2:10 July 1956 Rock And Roll March
3:04 1955 live Rock House
2:45 1949 Cool Diggin'
2:15 Oct 8, 1956 Loco-Motion
2:50 December 1956 Waughely's Boogie
2:42 March 1956 Bluesy
2:37 Oct 11, 1956 Gum Shoe
3:02 1956 Straight To Watts
2:22 1954 Pie A La Mode
2:39 Mar 28, 1956 Buddy's Boogie
3:13 Sep 7, 1956 Tie It Down
2:27 Feb 2, 1957 St. Louis Blues
3:50 Jul 14, 1955 Spanish Guitar
2:57 August 1956 Guitar Rumba
2:30 1959 Creole Alley
2:40 Nov 29, 1957 Harlem Nocturne
3:02 Mar 9, 1956 Flying Saucer
4:32 Mar 27, 1956 Bubbis
2:06 Nov 20, 1956 Sweet Sixteen Bars

Lee Allen, Irving Ashby, William "Lefty" Bates, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Pee Wee Crayton, Maxwell Davis, Bo Diddley, Don & Dewey, Calvin Frazier, Lowell Fulson, Erwin "Big Daddy" Groves, Lorenzo Holden, Earl Hooker, Little Walter Jacobs, Buddy Johnson, Leslie "Lazy Lester" Johnson, Jesse James "J.J." Jones, Barney Kessel, Milliard Lee, Clarence Locksley, Rock Murphy And His Rockets, Louis Myers, Jimmy O'Brien, Gabriel "Guitar Gable" Perrodin, Rafael "Googie" Rene, The Rhythm Aces (New Orleans), Levi Seabury, Jimmy Smith, Sonny Thompson (ldr), Gil Askey, Raymond Orr, Jake Porter, Wallace Wilson, Andrew Wood (t), Ed Burke, Slide Hampton, Haleem Rasheed (tb), Billy Boy Arnold, Little Walter Jacobs, Leslie "Lazy Lester" Johnson, Louis Myers (h), Harold "Geezil" Minerve, Tommy Purkson, Teddy Small (as), unknown (as, bar, p, g, b, d), Lee Allen, David "Bubba" Brooks, Johnny Burdine, Eddie Chamblee, King Curtis, Maxwell Davis, Purvis Henson, Lorenzo Holden, Plas Johnson, Jesse James "J.J." Jones, Jack McVea (ts), Hubert Maxwell "Bumps" Myers (ts, dir), Maxwell Lucas, Maurice Simon, Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Ray Charles, Edward Frank, Ernie Freeman, Lloyd Glenn, Buddy Johnson, Johnnie Johnson, Milliard Lee, Austin McCoy, Jimmy O'Brien, Horace M. Palm, Rogers N. Rambo, Rafael "Googie" Rene, Paul Smith, Sonny Thompson (p), Erwin "Big Daddy" Groves (p, v), Dewey Terry (p, g), Jimmy Smith, Allen Toussaint (org), Justin Adams, Irving Ashby, William "Lefty" Bates, Edgar Blanchard, Lowell Fulson, Rene Hall, Earl Hooker, Barney Kessel, Riley "B.B." King, Clarence Locksley, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Jack W. Marshall, Dave Myers, Charles "Chuck" Norris, Thomas "Curley" Palmer, Bobby Parker, Gabriel "Guitar Gable" Perrodin, Thornel Schwartz, Hilmer "Tiny" Timbrell, Luther Tucker, Chaucey "Lord" Westbrook (g), Chuck Berry, Pee Wee Crayton, Bo Diddley, Calvin Frazier (g, v), Adolphus Alsbrook, Ted Brinson, George "Red" Callender, Joe Comfort, Willie Dixon, Frank Fields, Billy Hadnott, Layman Jackson, John Clinton "Fats" Perrodin, Roosevelt "Whiskey" Sheffield, Leon Spann, Albert Winston (b), Donald "Duck" Bailey, Fred Below, Robert Boswell, Irving Cottler, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne, Frank Kirkland, Lafayette Lawson, Eugene Lyons, Ray Martinez, Earl Palmer, William Peeples, Emmanuel Simms, Charles "Hungry" Williams, Lee Young (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb), Jerome Green (mcs, v, bkv), Marlon Booker, Irving Kluger (per), Don "Sugarcane" Harris (vn), Bernard "King Karl" Jolivette, Paul Tate (v), The Musical Kings, The Rhythm Aces (New Orleans) (grp), rest unknown (grp, orc), Willie Egan, Levi Seabury (dir)


Title: Bad Lover Blues -The Complete Singles 1950-1962
Artist: Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren
Format: CD     Label: Soul Jam     Cat. Num.: 806 192     Rel. Year: 2021
2:35 1949 My Special Friend Blues
2:52 1949 Nervy Woman Blues
2:55 1949 Lonesome Cabin Blues
3:04 1949 Don't Want No Skinny Woman
2:31 1949 Forgive Me Darling
2:28 1949 Please Don't Think I'm Nosey
2:56 1950 I Got Lucky
3:02 1950 Let's Renew Our Love
2:30 1952-1953 Taxi Driver
3:07 1952-1953 Bad Lover Blues
2:59 Jan 10, 1954 Sanafee
2:31 Jan 10, 1954 Hello Stranger
2:41 Jan 10, 1954 Chicken
2:55 Jan 10, 1954 Baby Boy Blues
2:57 April 1954 Mattie Mae
2:38 April 1954 Santa Fe
2:37 July 1954 Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me
2:30 July 1954 Stop Breakin' Down
2:39 Jan 10, 1954 Not Welcome Anymore
3:07 Jan 10, 1954 Chuc-A-Luck

Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (ldr), Sonny Boy Williamson II (h), Johnny Hooks (ts), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Charles Mills (p), Calvin Frazier, Little George Jackson (g), Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (g, v), unknown (b), Curtis "Sleepy" Foster, Jimmy Tarrant (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb)


Title: Detroit Blues Masters Vol. 7 - Baby Boy Warren
Artist: Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren
Format: CD     Label: tape copy     Cat. Num.: (no number)     Rel. Year: 2021
2:35 1949 My Special Friend Blues
2:52 1949 Nervy Woman Blues
2:55 1949 Lonesome Cabin Blues
3:04 1949 Don't Want No Skinny Woman
2:31 1949 Forgive Me Darling
2:28 1949 Please Don't Think I'm Nosey
2:56 1950 I Got Lucky
3:02 1950 Let's Renew Our Love
2:30 1952-1953 Taxi Driver
3:07 1952-1953 Bad Lover Blues
2:59 Jan 10, 1954 Sanafee
2:39 Jan 10, 1954 Not Welcome Anymore
2:31 Jan 10, 1954 Hello Stranger
2:44 Jan 10, 1954 Bring Me My Machine Gun
2:41 Jan 10, 1954 Chicken
3:07 Jan 10, 1954 Chuc-A-Luck
2:55 Jan 10, 1954 Baby Boy Blues
2:57 April 1954 Mattie Mae
2:38 April 1954 Santa Fe
2:37 July 1954 Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me
2:30 July 1954 Stop Breakin' Down
4:06 Sep 8, 1973 live Too Many Drivers
5:31 Sep 8, 1973 live She's Fine

Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (ldr), Sonny Boy Williamson II (h), Johnny Hooks (ts), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Charles Mills (p), Little Sonny Allen (org), Little Mack Collins, Calvin Frazier, Little George Jackson, Bob Kimball (g), Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (g, v), Champ Dogg, unknown (b), Curtis "Sleepy" Foster, Earl Jones, Jimmy Tarrant (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb), The Partymakers Incorporated (grp)


Title: Detroit Blues Masters Vol. 8 - Calvin Frazier
Artist: Calvin Frazier
Format: CD     Label: tape copy     Cat. Num.: (no number)     Rel. Year: 2021
0:35 Oct 16, 1938 inc This Old World's In A Tangle
1:32 Oct 16, 1938 inc I'm In The Highway Man
3:58 Oct 16, 1938 Lily Mae Blues
3:35 Oct 16, 1938 Welfare Blues
2:49 Nov 1, 1938 She's A Double-Crossing Woman
2:36 Nov 1, 1938 The Dirty Dozens
2:17 Nov 1, 1938 Boogie Woogie
4:04 Nov 1, 1938 Lily Mae
4:04 Nov 1, 1938 Blues
3:12 Nov 1, 1938 Highway 61 Blues
2:50 1949 Sweet Lucy (Drinking Women)
2:32 1949 Be-Bop Boogie
3:01 1951 Got Nobody To Tell My Troubles To
3:59 1951 Rock House
3:23 1951 Lilly Mae
2:12 1951 I Need Love
2:43 Jul 25, 1952 Got Nobody To Tell My Troubles To
2:31 Jul 25, 1952 Little Baby Child
2:17 1952 Sweet Bread Baby
2:25 1952 Lilly Mae
3:27 1955 live We'll Meet Again
2:28 1956 Lilly Mae
3:01 1956 Track Down
3:04 1955 live Rock House
2:50 1958 Have Blues Must Travel
2:35 1962-1964 2-2-5 Special I
2:20 1962-1964 2-2-5 Special II

T.J. Fowler, Calvin Frazier (ldr), John Lawton (t), Lee Gross (as), Walter Cox (ts), unknown (ts, p, b, d), T.J. Fowler (p), Calvin Frazier (g, v), Sampson Pittman (g), Henry "Hank" Ivory (b), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (d, wb), Clarence Stamps (d), Jimmy Millner's Blue Rhythm (grp), Alan Lomax (eng)


Title: Blues From Detroit 1949 - 1954 - Baby Boy Warren/L.C. Green
Artist: various
Format: CD     Label: Jasmine     Cat. Num.: JASMCD 3196     Rel. Year: 2022
2:35 1949 My Special Friend Blues
2:52 1949 Nervy Woman Blues
2:55 1949 Lonesome Cabin Blues
3:04 1949 Don't Want No Skinny Woman
2:31 1949 Forgive Me Darling
2:28 1949 Please Don't Think I'm Nosey
2:56 1950 I Got Lucky
3:02 1950 Let's Renew Our Love
2:30 1952-1953 Taxi Driver
3:07 1952-1953 Bad Lover Blues
2:59 Jan 10, 1954 Sanafee
2:31 Jan 10, 1954 Hello Stranger
2:41 Jan 10, 1954 Chicken
2:55 Jan 10, 1954 Baby Boy Blues
2:57 April 1954 Mattie Mae
2:38 April 1954 Santa Fe
2:37 July 1954 Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me
2:30 July 1954 Stop Breakin' Down
2:39 Jan 10, 1954 Not Welcome Anymore
3:07 Jan 10, 1954 Chuc-A-Luck
2:17 1952 Come Back Sugar Mama
2:32 1952 Little Machine
2:33 1952 When The Sun Is Shining
2:32 1952 Hold Me In Your Arms
2:14 1952 Little School Girl
3:02 1952 Remember Way Back
2:58 mid 1950's 38 Pistol Blues
3:18 mid 1950's Mary Ann Blues
2:52 mid 1950's Goin' To The River
3:26 mid 1950's Hastings Street Boogie

L.C. Green, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (ldr), Walter Mitchell (h, v), Sonny Boy Williamson II (h), Johnny Hooks (ts), Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, Charles Mills (p), Calvin Frazier, Little George Jackson (g), L.C. Green, Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren (g, v), unknown (b), Curtis "Sleepy" Foster, Jimmy Tarrant (d), William "Washboard Willie" Hensley (wb)



Issues Reported: 93