D.C.   B E N D E R; source: front cover of Sunnyland KS 102
source: front cover of Sunnyland KS 102

D.C. Bender
real name: D.C. Bendy
b. June 19, 1919 in Arbala (Arbana?), Texas
d. August 11, 1982 in Houston, Texas

discography
D.C.   B E N D E R; source: Blues Unlimited 148/149 (Winter 1987), p. 34 ('courtesy Ivory Semien'); click to enlarge !
source: Blues Unlimited 148/149 (Winter 1987), p. 34
("courtesy Ivory Semien")

This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own.

Stefan Wirz   www.wirz.de

D.C. Bender 78 rpm / 45 rpm / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes

10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 rpm
11949D.C. Washington

- Rebob Boogie (A)
- Happy Home Blues (B) #

rec. June 10, 1949 in Houston, TX; D.C. Bender, voc, g

Gold Star 661

# Highway 51 H-101 (1967)

# Boulevard Vintage
BVBCD 1012 (2005)

21953BIG SON TILLIS – D. C. BENDER

- Rocks Is My Pillow (A)
- Zetela Blues (B)   @ youtube

rec. 1953 in Los Angeles, CA; Big Son Tillis, voc, g; D.C. Bender, g; hca

Elko 821
31953Big Son Tillis

- When I Get In This House Woman (A)   @ youtube
- Ten Long Years (B)

rec. 1953 in Los Angeles, CA; Big Son Tillis, voc, g; Lillian Tillis, voc; D.C. Bender, g

Elko 822
41953Big Son Tillis

- Dayton Stomp (A)
- My Baby Wrote Me A Letter (B) #

rec. 1953 in Los Angeles, CA; Big Son Tillis, voc, g; D.C. Bender, g, # voc

Elko 823
   

- Tillis Stomp
- Big Son's Blues
- Buaty Street \\
- I'm Going Upstairs * []
- I Got A Letter # *
- Cold Blues * []
- Texas Blues
- Tillis Boogie //
- Lonesome Road #

rec. 1953 in Los Angeles, CA; Big Son Tillis, voc, g; # Lillian Tillis, voc; D.C. Bender, g, [] voc; // p; \\ washb

Elko unissued

# P-Vine PLP 2-704

* Krazy Kat KK 7434

51964CALVIN JOHNSON

- Lein On Your Body [sic] (-1)
- Unsatisfied Mind (-2)   @ youtube

rec. March 1964 in Houston, TX; Calvin "Loudmouth" Johnson, voc, g; D.C. Bender, g; b; dr



New World 2002
61965MABEL FRANKLIN

- Let's Do The Wiggle (-1)   @ youtube
- Dream I Had Last Night (-2)   @ youtube

rec. 1965 in Houston, TX; Mabel Franklin, voc; D.C. Bender, g; C.W. Thornton, dr

Ritzy 1002
71967MABLE FRANKLIN

- Lucille Leave My Man Alone (LH4255) #
- Unhappy Woman (LH4256) []

rec. July 1967 in Houston, TX; Mabel Franklin, voc; # Bolo Goodwill, p; D.C. Bender, g; [] Big H. Williams, g; # Oscar Adams, b; Ivory Lee Semien, dr

Ivory I-132
81967BIG H WILLIAMS

- Almost Gone (LH4298)
- Somebody's Daughter (LH4299)   @ youtube

rec. 1967 in Houston, TX; Big H. Williams, voc, g; D.C. Bender, g; Earl Gilliam, org; Ivory Lee Semien, dr

Ivory I-133
91967D. C. BENDER

- Boogie Children (LH4361)
- Woke Up This Morning (LH4362)   @ youtube

rec. 1967 in Houston, TX; D.C. Bender, voc, g; Earl Gilliam, org; Big H. Williams, g; Ivory Lee Semien, dr

Ivory I-134
   

- D.C.'s Freeze Up

rec. July 16, 1967 in Houston, TX by Mike Leadbitter; D.C. Bender, g; Big H. Williams, g; Ivory Lee Semien, dr
originally unissued

Sunnyland KS 102

   

- Wiggle Wiggle

rec. July 16, 1967 in Houston, TX by Mike Leadbitter; Mabel Franklin, voc; D.C. Bender, g; Ivory Lee Semien, dr
originally unissued

Sunnyland KS 102

   

- Come Back Baby Blues
- H's Sunshine (You Are My Sunshine)

rec. July 16, 1967 in Houston, TX by Mike Leadbitter; Big H. Williams, voc, g; D.C. Bender, g; Ivory Lee Semien, dr
originally unissued

Sunnyland KS 102


LP / CD compilations
101967Decade Of The Blues - The 1950s   Volume Two

Dennis McMillon
- Goin' Back Home
Rattlesnake Cooper
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Lost Woman Blues
Thunder Smith
- Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615]
Jesse James
- Forgive Me Blues
- Corinna's Boogie
Gus Jinkins
- You Told Me [Flash 115]
J.B. Lenoir
- I'm In Korea

Robert Nighthawk
- The Moon Is Rising
Memphis Minnie
- Kissing In The Dark
- World Of Trouble

D.C. Washington
- Happy Home Blues [Gold Star 661]
Willie Lane
- Prowlin' Ground Hog
- Too Many Women Blues
Stickhorse Hammond
- Too Late Baby
- Highway 51


prod. by Ted Griffiths & Trev Huyton
notes by Chris Roby



Highway 51 H-101

BU43

Highway 51 discography

111968?Story Of The Blues - New Traditional Guitar -3

Smokey Hogg
- Change Your Ways [Macy's 5008]
- Crawdad >[Fidelity 2006]
- Baby, Baby [Macy's 5008]
- Goin' Back Home [Bullet 285]
John Lee Hooker
- I'm Mad
- Everybody's Blues
- Helpless Blues
- Goin' Mad Blues

Dickie Thompson
- Jailhouse Blues
- Gambler's Blues

Big Son Tillis & D.C. Bender
- Dayton Stomp [Elko 823]
- When I Get In This House Woman [Elko 822]
- Ten Long Years [Elko 822]
- My Baby Write Me A Letter [Elko 823]
- Rocks Is My Pillow [Elko 821]
- Zetela Blues [Elko 821]

Negro Art M-12-SB-368 (Fr)

Negro Art discography

121974Gulf Coast Blues

D.C. Bender
- D.C.'s Freeze Up [originally unissued]
Rockin' Sidney
- Boogie In The Mud
Blue Scotty
- True Love Blues

Big Houston Williams
- H's Sunshine [originally unissued] #
Rockin' Sidney
- Old Happy Days Blues

Silas Hogan
- Let Me Be Your Hatchett []
- Born In Texas []

Big Houston Williams
- Come Back Baby Blues [originally unissued] #
Vincent Frank
- Opelousas Special

Mabel Franklin
- Wiggle Wiggle (false start) [originally unissued] #
- Wiggle Wiggle [originally unissued] #

Blue Scotty [advertised but not included]
- Scotty's Lonesome Blues

prod. by Mike Leadbitter (except [] prod. by Lloyd Reynaud); # with D.C. Bender



Sunnyland KS 102

BU104

Sunnyland discography

131976Mr. Fulbright's Blues

Jimmy Nolen [actually Jimmy Wilson]
- Strangest Blues #
- I Used To Love A Woman #
Phillip Walker
- Louisiana Walk
- I Want You For Myself
- Playing In The Park
- Heelo My Darling
Mac Willis
- Pretty Woman

- Howling Woman
Smokey Hogg
- Blue And Lonesome Blues
- Misery In My Life
Elmon Mickle
- Flat Foot Sam
- I Got To Get Some Money
Jesse Fuller
- Listen Here Mr. Fireman
- San Francisco Bay Blues



Big Son Tillis & D.C. Bender
- Zetela Blues [Elko 821]
- Rock Is My Pillow [Elko 821]
- Ten Long Years [Elko 822]
- I Got A Letter [Elko unissued]
Unknown Artist A
- Hard Luck Blues
- Lonesome Road
Jesse Thomas
- Another Fool Like Me

George Smith
- West Helena Blues
Unknown Artist B
- Come Back Baby
Unknown Artist C
- Strange Ol' Feeling
J.D. Nicholson
- I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More
Jimmy Nolen
- Let's Try It Again
Willie Egans
- It's A Shame
- Willie's Boogie

P-Vine Special PLP 2-704
(2 LP set Jp)

= P-Vine PCD 2008

notes by Chris Bentley

= Diving Duck DD 4314/5
"Mr. Fullbright's Blues
Vols. 1 & 2"
(1990)

Wolf CD 120.614 (1994),
120.615, 120616 (1998)

"Elko Blues Vols. 1, 2 & 3"

141986Texas Country Blues   1948-1953

Rattlesnake Cooper
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Lost Woman
Willie Lane
- Black Cat Rag
- Howling Wolf Blues
Sonny Boy Davis
- I Don't Live Here No More
Willie Lane
- Prowlin' Ground Hog
Sonny Boy Davis
- Rhythm Blues

Rattlesnake Cooper
- I Treated You Wrong
Manny Nichols
- Walkin' Blues

Big Son Tillis & D.C. Bender
- I Got A Letter [Elko unissued, P-Vine PLP 2-704]
- Cold Blues [Elko unissued]
Manny Nichols
- Forgive Me Baby

Big Son Tillis & D.C. Bender
- I'm Going Upstairs [Elko unissued]
Frankie Lee Sims
- Cross Country Blues [Blue Bonnet 147]


remastered by John R.T. Davis
notes by Chris Bentley



Krazy Kat KK7434 (UK)
151993Saturday Night at the Pleasure Spot
The little labels of Texas and Louisiana series

- You Are My Sunshine - Big H. Williams [Sunnyland KS 102] #
- Come Back Baby - Big H. Williams [Sunnyland KS 102] #
- Going To Chicago - Lowell Fulson
- Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
- Stop Light - Jimmy Reed
- My Old Time Used To Be - T-Bone Walker
- Things That I Used To Do - Pete Mayes
- Down On Bending Knees - Johnny Copeland

- The Wiggle - Mabel Franklin [Ritzy 1002] #
- Nobody Loves Me - Albert Collins
- If Blues Was Money - Albert Collins
- Blues, Blues, Blues - Juke Boy Bonner
- I Wonder If You Know How It Is - Juke Boy Bonner


# with D.C. Bender

Home Cooking/
Collectables COL-5273


= Prime Masters (2007)

161994Blues As Big As Texas   Vol. 2

- Ain't Got Much - Low Down Brown
- Life's Highway - Big Walter
- Can't Sleep Tonight - Guitar Slim
- Can't Sleep Tonight - Henry Moore
- Good As Old Time Religion - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Cry Sometimes - Kilroy King

- Dream I Had Last Night - Mabel Franklin [Ritzy 1002] #
- Picking My Baby's Bones - Henry Hayes
- Now I Know - Albert Rideaux
- Empty House Of So Many Tears - Clarence Green
- What Fool Is That Knocking - Big Walter

- Let's Do The Wiggle - Mabel Franklin [Ritzy 1002] #
- Drowning On Dry Land - Eastwood Review
- I'm A Stepper - Joe "Papoose" Fritz

- Boogie Chillen - D.C Bender [Ivory I-134]


# with D.C. Bender

Home Cooking/
Collectables COL-5284
171994In The Alley: The Story of Ivory Records
The little labels of Texas and Louisiana series

Collectables COL-5507 / Prime Masters "In The Alley" track sequence:
- Almost Gone - Big H. Williams [Ivory 133] #
- Somebody's Daughter - Big H. Williams [Ivory 133] #
- Louisiana - Lonnie Mitchell
- War Is Starting Again - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Do What You Did Yesterday - Helen Wilson
- Betty - Elliot Wilson
- Sadie Hawkins Day - Elliot Wilson
- You Don't Love Me No More - King Ivory
- Rockin' In The Coconut Top - King Ivory

- Woke Up This Morning - D.C. Bender [Ivory I-134]
- Boogie Children - D.C. Bender [Ivory I-134]
- Just You and I - Earl Gilliam
- Roosevelt In The Ally - Roosevelt Hopes
- Vincent's Blues - Vincent Franks
- Tighten Up Zydico - Vincent Franks


Prime Masters "Almost Gone" track sequence:
- Almost Gone - Big H. Williams [Ivory 133]
- Betty - Elliot Wilson
- Boogie Children - D.C. Bender [Ivory I-134] #
- Do What You Did Yesterday - Helen Wilson
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- In The Coconut Top - King Ivory
- Just You and I - Earl Gilliam
- Louisiana Slow Drag - Lonnie Mitchell
- Roosevelt In The Alley - Roosevelt Hopes
- Sadie Hawkins Day - Elliot Wilson

- Somebody's Daughter - Big H. Williams [Ivory 133] #
- Tighten Up Zydico - Vincent Franks
- Vincent's Blues - Vincent Franks
- War Is Starting Again - Lightnin' Hopkins

- Woke Up This Morning - D.C. Bender [Ivory I-134]
- You Don't Love Me No More - King Ivory
# with D.C. Bender

Home Cooking/
Collectables COL-5507


= Prime Masters (2007)
"In The Alley"


= Prime Masters (2007)
"Almost Gone"

181997Stompin' Vol. 23

Austin Wright - Keep Me On Your Mind In '59
Mckinley Mitchell - Rock Everybody Rock
Rich Mcqueen - Who's That Under My Bed
Joe Mccoy - Hey Hey Loretta
John Bullard - Mary Lou
Jay Holiday - I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday
Frank Linkenberg - Ball Of Fire

Calvin Johnson - Unsatisfied Mind [New World 2002] #

Jesse Allen - Love Me Baby
Johnny (Rockhouse) Green - Little Eva
Artie Wilson - Tarzan
Georgia Lane - Get It
Lorenzo Holden & Orchestra - Whipped Cream
Bill Heyman - I Want My Baby
Joe Mccoy - Too Much Going On
Chico Chism - Hot Tamales And Bar-B-Que


# with D.C. Bender

Stompin STOMP 123

Stompin' discography

191998Elko Blues Vol. 2

Jesse Thomas
- Another Fool Like Me
Mac Willis
- Howling Woman - Pretty Woman

D.C. Bender
- Zetela [Elko 821]
- Ten Long Years [Elko 822]
- Rocks Is My Pillow [Elko 821]
Big Son Tillis and D.C. Bender
- I Got A Letter [Elko unissued, P-Vine PLP 2-704]
- Cold Blues [Elko unissued, Krazy Kat KK 7434]
- I'm Going Upstairs [Elko unissued, Krazy Kat KK 7434]
Clifton Chenier
- Nobody Loves Me
- Rockin' Hop
- It's A Shame
- Willie's Boogie
- Hard Luck Blues
Bertha 'Chippie' Hill
- Lonesome Road
George 'Harmonica' Smith
- West Helena Blues [J&M 45-001-A]
- All Last Night [Lapel 103]
- Go Ahead On [J&M 45-002-B]
Hollywood Flames
- Strange Old Feeling
James Hill
- I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More
Jesse Belvin, The Cliques
- Come Back
notes by Ron Bartolucci

Wolf CD 120.615
202002Beware of the Texas Blues   Volume 2

- Ain't Got Much - Lowdown Brown
- Clarence Green - Clarence Green
- Cold, Cold Feet - Pete Mayes
- Picking My Baby's Bones - Henry Hayes Orchestra
- Goodbye All You Blues - Kilroy Kings
- Goin Down Slow - James Bolden
- School Day Blues - Johnny Winter

- Let's Do The Wiggle - Mabel Franklin [Ritzy 1002] #
- I Cried - Joe Medwick
- Now I Know - Albert Rideaux
- What Fool Is That Knocking - Big Walter
- Cry Sometime - Kilroy King
- Deep Blue - James Bolden
- Henry Hayes - Henry Hayes Orchestra

- Dream I Had Last Night - Mabel Franklin [Ritzy 1002] #

# with D.C. Bender

Blue Moon CDBM085
21200?Stompin' Vol. 9

Roy Brown - Rockin' All The Time
Harold Burrage - She Knocks Me Out
Mary Coleman - I'll Make Him Mine
Cousin Leroy - I'm Lonesome

Mabel Franklin - Lucille, Leave My Man Alone [Ivory 132] #
Mabel Franklin - Unhappy Woman [Ivory 132] #
Guitar Frank - Wild Track
Betty James - I'm A Little Mixed Up
Bobo Jenkins - Nothing But Love
Georgia Lane - Get It!
Louis & Frosty - Train Time
Joe McCoy - Dizzy Little Girl
Joe McCoy - Hey, Hey Loretta
Willie Mitchell Orch. - Lizzie Lou
Willie Mitchell Orch. - Wasting My Time
Screaming Joe Neal - Don't Quit Me Baby Screaming Joe Neal - She's My Baby
The Night Riders - Pretty Plaid Skirt
Bird Rollins - Just Let Me Be
Jamie Van Loan - What's Your Name, Little Girl?
Van Walker - The Crawl
Young Jessie - Make Me Feel A Little Good


# with D.C. Bender

Stompin' CD ST 309

Stompin' discography

222005Down Home Blues Classics - Texas 1946-1954

disc 1: Lightnin' Boogie
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Lightnin' Boogie
- Katie Mae Blues [Aladdin 167]
- Feel So Bad [Aladdin 168 ? or alt tk ?]
- Short Haired Woman<
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209]
- Picture On The Wall
- Sugar Mama
- Someday Baby
- Abilene
- Shotgun
- Lonesome Home
- Tim Moore's Farm
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Automobile
- Jake Head Boogie
- One Kind Favor
- Gotta Move
- Long Way From Texas
- Dirty House
- Freight Train Blues
- Sad News From Korea
- Gone With The Wind
- Sittin' Down Thinkin'
- Don't Think 'Cause You're Pretty
- Sick Feeling Blues
- Had A Gal Called Sal


disc 2: Walking Talking Blues
West Texas Slim - Loudella
Thunder Smith - Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615]
Stick Horse Hammond - Alberta
Frankie Lee Sims - Lucy Mae Blues
Rattlesnake Cooper - Lost Woman Blues
Mercy Dee - Lonesome Cabin Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Bad Whiskey, Bad Woman
Smokey Hogg` - Worried Blues
Willie Lane - Prowlin' Ground Hog
Manny Nichols - Walking Talking Blues
Sonny Boy Davis - Rhythm Blues
L.C. Williams - Strike Blues

Big Son Tillis - Rocks Is My Pillow [Elko 821]
Clarence Garlow - Bon Ton Roula
Sunny James - Please Mam Forgive Me [Down Town 2010]
Wright Holmes - Drove From Home Blues
Leroy Ervin - Blue, Black and Evil
Pete McKinley - Mean Black Snake
Manny Nichols - Tall Skinny Mama Blues
Ernest Lewis - No More Lovin'
Bill Simpson - Jelly Roll Man
Soldier Boy Houston - Dallas Be Bop Blues
Perry Cain - A|l The Way From Texas
John Hogg - Black Snake Blues
Buddy Chiles - Jet Black Woman


disc 3: Little Mae Belle
Frankie Lee Sims - Home Again Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Roberta Blues
Texas Alexander - Crossroads
Thunder Smith - Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615]
L.C. Williams - Boogie All The Time
Ernest Lewis - Rosa Lee
Stick Horse Hammond - Gamblin' Man
Johnny Beck - You Gotta Lay Down Mama
Manny Nichols - Worried Life
Monister Parker - You Gonna Need Me
Smokey Hogg - Misery Blues
Country Slim - What Wrong Have I Done
Mercy Dee - Ba-Ba-Du-Lay Blues (G.I. Fever)
James Tisdom - Throw This Poor Dog A Bone
Andy Thomas - My Baby Quit Me Blues
The Sugarman - Which Woman Do I Love

D.C. Washington - Happy Home Blues [Gold Star 661]
Willie Lane - Howlin' Wolf
Miss Country Slim - In My Girlish Days
Thunder Smith - Low Down Dirty Ways [Down Town 2013]
Andrew Thomas - Chicago Blues

Big Son Tillis - Zetela Blues [Elko 821]
Sonny Boy Davis - I Don't Live Here No More
Clarence Garlow - I'm In A Boogie Mood
West Texas Slim - Little Mae Belle


disc 4: She's Gone with the Wind
Soldier Boy Houston - Hug Me Baby
Lil' Son Jackson - Cairo Blues
Leroy 'Country' Johnson - Log House On The Hill
Manny Nichols - No One To Love Me
Ernest Lewis - Shake 'Em On Down
Thunder Smith - Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644]

Big Son & Lillian Tillis - Ten Long Years [Elko 822]
Stick Horse Hammond - Highway 5
Lil' Son Jackson - Freedom Train Blues
Frankie Lee Sims - Single Man Blues
James Tisdom - Last Affair Blues
Wright Holmes - Good Road Blues
Manny Nichols - Forgive Me
Andrew Thomas - I Love My Baby
Sunny James - Excuse Me Baby [Down Town 2010]
Luther Stoneham - January 11, 1949 Blues
David Pete McKinley - Shreveport Blues
John Hogg - Worrying Blues
Willie Lane - Black Cat Rag
Ernest Lewis - West Coast Blues
Mercy Dee - Evil And Hanky
L.C. Williams - Black Woman
Soldier Boy Houston - Lawyer Houston Blues
The Sugarman - She's Gone With The Wind
Stick Horse Hammond - Truck 'Em On Down


4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

Boulevard Vintage
BVBCD 1012
232007'That's What They Want' Jook Joint Blues
Good Time Rhythm & Blues   1943-1956

disc 1:
- Wine, Women, Whiskey - Papa Lightfoot
- Rock Me Mama - Lightnin' Slim
- Little Lean Woman - Little Al
- Hydramatic Woman - Joe Hill Louis
- Lucy Mae Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
- Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis
- Another Fool Like Me - Jesse Thomas
- Little Milton's Boogie - Little Milton Anderson
- Scott's Boogie - L.B. Lawson
- She's Gone - Schoolboy Cleve
- Down At the Depot - John Lee
- Calling All Cows - Blues Rockers
- Courtin' In a Cadillac - Jerry McCain
- Walkin' And Cryin' Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes
- Ride Hooker Ride - Earl Hooker
- Don't Let Your Daddy Slow Walk You Down - Good Rockin' Sam
- Cool Down Mama - Lost John Hunter
- Country Boy - Pee Wee Hughes
- Lillie Mae Boogie - Alex Moore
- Gotta Get Together - Frank Edwards

- When I Come In This House Woman - Big Son Tillis
- I'm Gonna Leave You Baby - Lazy Lester
- Evil And Hanky - Mercy Dee
- Bad Luck - Lightnin' Slim
- Central Avenue Blues - R. Green & Turner
- On My Way - Alvin Smith
- Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee Thompson
- Mama Does the Boogie - Red Johnson


disc 2:
- She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr.
- Chicken Hearted Woman - Clarence Samuels
- That's What They Want - Jerry McCain
- Sneaky Groundhog - Clifford Gibson
- Blinds Blues - John Lee
- Sugar Mama - Pee Wee Hughes
- One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee
- You Are Doing Me Wrong - Arthur Gunter
- I Can't Live Happy - Lightnin' Slim
- Mean Old Train - Papa Lightfoot
- Jackson Juke - Little Milton Anderson
- Jealous Man - Johnny Lewis
- Winehead Swing - James Tisdom
- Weekend Blues - Lafayette Thomas
- Leave My Money Alone - Lonesome Sundown
- Pebble In My Shoe - Wild Bill Phillips
- Lonely Blues - K.C. Douglas
- No-4 Boogie - Pinebluff Pete
- Someday You'll Understand - King Davis
- Alley Corn - Earl Hooker
- I Got Them Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes
- L.J. Boogie - Louis Jackson
- She's So Good To Me - Little Sam Davis
- New Orleans Bound - Lightnin' Slim
- West Kinney Street Blues - Skoole-Dum-Doo & Sheffield
- I'm Him - Schoolboy Cleve
- Neglected Woman - Alex Moore
- Too Much Competition - Tarheel Slim


disc 3:
- A Fool No More - Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys
- Johnny Mae - Blues Rockers
- Got My Call Card - L.B. Lawson
- Love My Baby - Frank Edwards
- Jump the Boogie - Papa Lightfoot
- One Thing My Baby Likes - Country Jim
- A Dream - Little Willie Cotton
- Happy Go Lucky - Good Rockin' Beasley
- Bugger Bugger Boy - Lightnin' Slim
- Sweet Angel - Earl Hooker
- You Don't Love Me No More - Jerry McCain
- My Woman Knows the Score - Mercy Dee
- Goin' Home To Mother - Little Sam Davis
- Santa Fe Blues - Pee Wee Hughes
- Tiger Man - Little Al
- Alabama Boogie - John Lee
- Wolf Call Boogie - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love
- Congo Mombo - Guitar Gable
- Big Time Woman - Ernest McClay
- Paper Wooden Daddy - Dennis McMillon
- Bloodstains On the Wall - Honeyboy
- Rub a Little Boogie - Alec Seward
- Schoolboy - Lost John Hunter
- Ethel May - Lightnin' Slim
- Knocking the Boogie - Jerry Perkins
- Mistreated Baby Blues - Little Milton Anderson
- The $64 Question - Sonny Boy Holmes
- If I Lose You Woman - Alex Moore


disc 4:
- Lester's Stomp - Lazy Lester
- Dark Muddy Bottom - Mercy Dee
- Lost Child - Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys
- 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis
- Now Listen Baby - Good Rockin' Sam
- Lost Without Love - Lonesome Sundown
- Alla Blues - R. Green & Turner
- She's Mine All Mine - Arthur Gunter
- T.N.T. Woman - Sonny Boy Holmes
- Lightnin' Blues - Lightnin' Slim
- K.C. Boogie - K.C. Douglas
- Baby Blues - John Lee
- She's Taking All My Money - Johnny Lewis
- Let Me Be Your Handy Man - Clifford Gibson
- You Better Change - Ole Sonny Boy
- Strange Letter Blues - Schoolboy Cleve
- Things Ain't Right - Jerry McCain
- Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim
- Don't Take It Out On Me - Frankie Lee Sims
- Deep South Guitar Blues - Lafayette Thomas
- Packin' Up My Blues - Tommy Lee Thompson
- Blow It Down - Little Milton Anderson
- Good Road Blues - Wright Holmes
- Katherine Blues - Jerry Perkins
- On the Hook - Earl Hooker
- I Can't Be Successful - Lightnin' Slim
- Philippine Blues - Country Jim
- Harpin' On It - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love


4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7796


Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Chris Bentley: Calvin Johnson (Chris's Curiosities).- Blues & Rhythm 55 (September 1990), p. 18
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 35
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 24-25, 155, 266, 536, 578
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 127
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 43
- Bo Svensson: Een man en zijn merk - De 'Black-Cat-Bone'-man over zijn label.- Block # 98 (1996), pp. 23-26
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Ivory 1-134; source: Block # 98 (1996), p. 26

thanks to Alan Balfour and Big Joe Louis for additional info / scans

 


left to right: D.C. Bender, poss. Hop Wilson, Mabel Franklin, unknown woman,
unknown man, poss. Lee Semien (half in picture); Houston 1967
(source: back cover of Krazy Kat KK 7434)
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||| Resonator guitars |||
||| American Folk Blues Festival |||
||| Lawrence Gellert recordings |||
||| Dr. Harry Oster recordings |||
||| Yazoo Records | Blue Goose Records | Nick Perls |||
| Anthology | Roy Bookbinder | Steve Calt/Dave Mann | Sam Chatmon | Robert Crumb ... |
| Shirley Griffith | Graham Hine | Son House | Roger Hubbard | Larry Johnson | Jo Ann Kelly |
| Gary Lawrence ... | Steve Mann | John Miller | Yank Rachell | Alan Seidler | Tom Shaw | Bill Williams |
discographies:
||| 77 Records |||
||| Adelphi Records |||
||| Advent Records |||
||| Ahura Mazda Records |||
||| Albatros Records |||
||| Audio-Video Productions |||
||| Barrelhouse Records |||
||| Blues Beacon Records |||
||| Blues Classics Records |||
||| Prestige/Bluesville Records |||
||| Flyright Records |||
||| Heritage Records |||
||| Herwin Records |||
||| Kicking Mule Records |||
||| Kokomo Records |||
||| L + R Records |||
||| Magpie Records |||
||| Mamlish Records |||
||| Muskadine Records |||
||| Nighthawk Records |||
||| Origin Jazz Library OJL |||
||| Policy Wheel Records |||
||| the post war blues |||
||| RBF Records |||
||| Revival Records |||
||| Scout Records |||
||| Southland Records |||
||| Spivey Records |||
||| Spokane Records |||
||| Storyville Records |||
||| Takoma Records |||
||| Trix Records |||
| Casey Anderson | Pink Anderson | Kokomo Arnold | Memphis Willie B. | John Henry Barbee |
| Ed Bell | Brooks Berry | Leon Bibb | Eric Bibb | Scrapper Blackwell |
| (Bahamian) Blind Blake | Allan Block | Juke Boy Bonner |
| Roy Book Binder | James Booker | Chris Bouchillon | Jim Brewer |
| David Bromberg | Ian Buchanan | Butch Cage | Len Chandler | Joe Callicott | Sam Chatmon |
| Frank Christian | Doctor Clayton | Paul Clayton | Andy Cohen | Larry Dale | Karen Dalton | Barbara Dane |
| Blind Teddy Darby | Bonnie Dobson | Doctor Ross | Driftin' Slim |
| Scott Dunbar | Champion Jack Dupree |
| Snooks Eaglin | Archie Edwards | David 'Honeyboy' Edwards | Frank Edwards |
| Ramblin' Jack Elliott | Logan English | Sleepy John Estes | Even Dozen Jug Band |
| Billy Faier | Guitar Pete Franklin | Jesse Fuller |
| Sam Gary | Paul Geremia | Fred Gerlach | Arvella Gray | Mitch Greenhill | Shirley Griffith |
| George Gritzbach | Stefan Grossman | Guitar Nubbit |
| Guitar Gabriel (Nyles Jones) | Guitar Shorty (John Henry Fortescue) |
| John Hammond | Hecksaw Harney |
| Gordon Heath & Lee Payant | Blind Joe Hill | Son House | Cisco Houston |
| John Jackson | Skip James | Henry 'Rufe' Johnson |
| Larry Johnson | Blind Willie Johnson | Nyles Jones (Guitar Gabriel) | Luke Jordan | Danny Kalb |
| Jo Ann Kelly | Lisa Kindred | Koerner, Ray & Glover |
| Jim Kweskin | Peter La Farge | Bruce Langhorne | Terrea Lea | J.B. Lenoir |
| Furry Lewis | Mance Lipscomb | Willie Mabon | Steve Mann | Judy Mayhan | Suni McGrath |
| Mississippi Fred McDowell | Memphis Willie B. | Herb Metoyer | Elmon Mickle | Luke 'Long Gone' Miles |
| John Miller | Sam Mitchell | Model T. Slim | Little Brother Montgomery | Buddy Moss | Fred Neil |
| Bob Neuwirth | New Lost City Ramblers | Johnny Nicholas | Hermes Nye | Jack Owens |
| Dave Peabody | Robert Petway | Buster Pickens | Lonnie Pitchford | Doug Quattlebaum | Willie Guy Rainey |
| Jerry Rasmussen | 'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks | Walt Robertson |
| Judy Roderick | Dick Rosmini | Doctor Ross | Carl Sandburg | Brother John Sellers | Sid Selvidge |
| Thomas Shaw | Siegel-Schwall Band | Patrick Sky | Gordon Smith | Smoky Babe | Joseph Spence |
| Mark Spoelstra | Babe Stovall | Abu Talib (Freddy Robinson) |
| Baby Tate | Harry Taussig | Art Thieme | James 'Son' Thomas | Jesse Thomas | Willie B. Thomas |
| Joan Toliver | Henry Townsend | Willie Trice | Ton van Bergeyk |
| Dave van Ronk | Eric von Schmidt | Jackie Washington | Casey Bill Weldon |
| 'Bukka' White | Josh White | Geeshie Wiley | Major Wiley | Robert Wilkins | Bill Williams |
| Big Joe Williams | Robert Pete Williams | Chris Youlden | Mighty Joe Young |
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