Weldon 'Juke Boy' Bonner 45 rpm / EPs / LPs / CDs
| # | year
of release | title | label # / notes |
|---|
| 1 | 1957 | JUKE BOY BARNER and Group
- Well Baby (111A)
- Rock With Me Baby (111B)
rec. Oakland, 1957; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Lafayette Thomas, g; unk. b | 
Irma 111
(Bob Geddins' label)Arhoolie 2008
Wolf CD 120.613
X Rockin' Blues LP 1000 |
| | |
- It's A Dirty Deal
- I'm Hep To It
rec. Oakland, 1957; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Lafayette Thomas, g; unk. b |
Irma unissued |
| 2 | 1960 | JUKE BOY BONNER THE ONE MAN TRIO
- Call Me Juke Boy (A)
- Can't Hardly Keep From Crying (B)
(B) rec. January 6, 1960 in Lake Charles, La.; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Guitar Joe, g; Little Brother Griffin, dr
(A) rec. January 15, 1960 in Lake Charles, La.; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Guitar Joe, g; Little Brother Griffin, dr; unk. b | 
Goldband G-1102
(Eddie Shuler's label)Storyville SLP 177
Ace CDCHD 821 |
| | |
- Life Is A Dirty Deal #
- Life Is A Dirty Deal (alt. tk.) []
rec. January 6, 1960 in Lake Charles, La.; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Guitar Joe, g; Little Brother Griffin, dr | Goldband unissued # Jan & Dil EP 451
[] Ace CDCHD 821 |
| | |
- True Love Waiting
- My Time To Go
rec. January 15, 1960 in Lake Charles, La.; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Guitar Joe, g; Little Brother Griffin, dr; unk. b |
Goldband unissuedCollectables COL-5088 |
| | |
- One Short Hour
- One More Lonesome Road
rec. December 29, 1960 in Lake Charles, La.; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; no details |
Goldband unissued |
| 3 | 1965 | The Louisiana Blues
Bluesscene USA Vol. 2
Juke Boy Bonner
- Let's Boogie [Goldband unissued] §
- My Time To Go [Goldband unissued] #
- Going Crazy Over You [Goldband unissued] §
- I'm Not Jiving [Goldband unissued] #
- Just Got To Take A Ride [Goldband unissued] §
- Blues [sic] River Rising [Goldband unissued] §
- Can't Hardly Keep From Crying [Goldband 1102] #
- Call Me Juke Boy [Goldband 1102] *
Ashton Savoy, Lazy Lester, Katie Webster, Lightnin
- Need Shorter Hours
- Want To Talk To You Baby
- Tell Me Baby
Big Chenier, Jack The Cat
- The Dog And His Puppies
- Going To The City
Hop Wilson, King Ivory Lee Semien's Band
- Broke And Hungry
- Always Be In Love
Jay "Mr. Sugar Bee" Stutes, Shorty LeBlanc
- Hound Dog Baby
- Midnight Blues
# rec. Lake Charles, La, Jan. 6, 1960; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Guitar Joe, g; Little Brother Griffin, dr
* rec. Lake Charles, La, March 15, 1960; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Guitar Joe, g; Little Brother Griffin, dr; unk. b
§ rec. Lake Charles, La, Dec. 29, 1960; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Katie Webster, p; Sherman Webster, b; Lightnin' Mitchell, dr
prod. by Eddie Shuler; compiled by Mike Leadbitter | notes by Paul Oliver
Storyville SLP 177notes by Mike Leadbitter
= Storyville 616005 (1970)
"In Person: The Louisiana
Blues with the fabulous
Weldon 'Juke Boy' Bonner" = Storyville SLP 841 Ace CDCHD 821  Storyville discography
|
| 4 | 1967 | Juke Boy Bonner: The One Man Trio
- I Live Where The Action Is #
- Can't Let Your Troubles Get You Down #
- Movin' Back To The Country §
- Nine Below Zero *
- Real Quiet Fellow #
- Blues, Blues, Blues #
- Bad Breaks *
- Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do #
- No Place To Run #
- I Wonder If You Know How It Is #
- Dust My Broom *
- You Don't Have To Go *
rec. by Juke Boy Bonner on his own taperecorder; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca
# Jan./Febr. 1967 live in the Jungle Lounge in Houston
* Aug. 8, 1967 at home in Houston
§ Aug. 22, 1967 in Houston
reprint of liner notes
in BU 111 (1974/75), p. 6 | notes by Mike Leadbitter
Flyright LP 3501
= Flyright FLY 548 (1979)
Flyright discography |
| 5 | 1968 | JUKE BOY BONNER
- Yakin' In My Plans (LH-3948)
- Runnin' Shoes (LH-3949)
rec. Houston, Dec. 1967 | 7 inch 45 rpm
Blues Unlimited 101Blue Horizon 57-3163
CBS 66278 |
| 6 | 1968 | Juke Boy Bonner: I'm Going Back To The Country
Where They Don't Burn The Buildings Down
- Going Back To The Country
- Sad-Sad Sound
- She Turns Me On
- Hard Luck
- Trying To Be Contented
- Working With Juke Boy #
- Life Is A Nightmare
- It’s Time To Make A Change
- Jumpin’ At The Zydeco #
- My Blues
- Stay Off Lyons Avenue
- I’m Getting Tired
rec. December 1967 & January 1968 | notes by Larry Skoog
Arhoolie F 1036Arhoolie CD 375
(except #) Arhoolie discography |
| 7 | 1968 | The Roots Of America's Music
Fred McDowell
- Shake 'Em On Down
Mance Lipscomb
- Sugar Babe
Black Ace
- New Triflin' Woman
Alex Moore
- July Boogie
Big Joe Williams
- Greystone Blues
Lil Son Jackson
- Roberta
John Jackson
- Going Down In Georgia On A Horn
Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly
- No More Hard Times
Lowell Fulson
- River Blues
Mercy Dee
- Walked Down So Many Turnrows
Juke Boy Bonner
- Going Back To The Country
Lightning Hopkins
- Tom Moore Blues
Big Mama Thornton
- Unlucky Girl
Clifton Chenier
- Louisiana Blues
Larry Williams
- I Know You Hear Me Calling
Johnny Young
- Wild Wild Woman
Bukka White
- Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World
Jesse Fuller
- Amazing Grace
Rev. Overstreet
- I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord
Robert Shaw
- The Ma Grinder
Kid Thomas
- Eh La Bas
Joe Turner
- Old Piney Brown's Gone
Luna
- Nisaba In The Grass
J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
- Run Mountain
Del McCoury
- Dreams
The Hodges Brothers
- Carroll County Blues
Luderin Darbone
- Crowley Waltz
Nathan Abshire
- Cajun Two Step
Alice Stuart
- Once I Had A Sweetheart
Crabgrass
- Charles Giteau
James Campbell
- Baby Please Don't Go | 2-disc package
Arhoolie R2001/2002= Stateside/Toshiba
SR-9323B (Jp 1972) Arhoolie discography |
| 8 | 1969 | Juke Boy Bonner
- Houston, The Action Town
- My Blues | 7 inch 45 rpm
Arhoolie 45-522Arhoolie discography |
| 9 | 1969 | Juke Boy Bonner: The Struggle
- Struggle Here In Houston
- Railroad Tracks
- Watch Your Buddies
- I Got My Passport
- When The Deal Goes Down
- Being Black And I'm Proud
- I'm In The Big City
- Houston, The Action Town
- Over Ten Years Ago
- Runnin' Shoes
- Just A Blues
- It Don't Take Too Much
rec. November 30 & December 2, 1968 & May 5, 1969 | notes by Larry Skoog
Arhoolie ST 1045 (US)
= Arhoolie AR 19002 (D)Arhoolie CD 375 Arhoolie discography |
| 10 | 1969 | Juke Boy Bonner: Things Ain't Right
- Let's Boogie On []
- Talkin' Bout Lightnin'
- Well Well
- Mr. Downchild #
- B.U. Blues
- Regent Sound
- Things Ain't Right
- Belfast Blues
- Trying To Call Home []
- Mojo Hand
- Texas Turnpike # []
- Sun's Going Down
- Where I Live
- Travellin' Shoes
rec. at Regent "A" Studios, London during November 1969; Juke Boy Bonner, electric g, acoustic g , 12 string acoustic g and hca; # The Nighthawks: Bruce Langsman, g, Ron Skinner, b, Melvyn Wright, dr; [] John Lewis (Jona Lewie), p; prod. by Chris Trimming & Ron Watts of the National Blues Federation with a little help from Noel
front cover photograph by Mike Hasted | notes by Mike Leadbitter
Liberty LBS 83319 (UK)notes by Tony Burke
= Sequel NEXCD 209
(UK 1992) ("The 1969
London Sessions") |
| 11 | 1969 | Juke Boy Bonner
- It's A Shame, Shame, Shame (LH-6414)
- Boone's Farm (LH-6415)
rec. Houston, 1969 | 7 inch 45 rpm
Blues Unlimited 102 |
| 12 | 1969 | JUKE BOY BONNER
- Runnin' Shoes
- Yackin' In My Plans
reissue of Blues Unlimited 101 | 7 inch 45 rpm
Blue Horizon 57-3163
= CBS 66278 |
| 13 | 196? | More Down Home Blues
Juke Boy Bonner
- Life Is A Dirty Deal [Goldband unissued] #
Good Jelly Bess
- Come And Get It [Hermitage 775]
Papa Lightfoot
- Wine, Women, Whiskey [Imperial 5289]
Snooky Pryor
- Cryin' Shame [J.O.B. 1014]
# rec. January 6, 1960 in Lake Charles, La. by Eddie Shuler; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Guitar Joe, g; Little Brother Griffin, dr | 7 inch 45 rpm EP
notes by John J. Broven
Jan & Dil JR 451 (UK) |
| 13a | 1969 | Blues Roots
- Frisco Lines - Fred McDowell
- Fare You Well Baby Blues - Joe Callicott
- Long Haired Doney - R. L. Burnside
- Mean Stepfather - Big Joe Williams
- Bald Eagle Train - Bukka White and Washboard Willie
- Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith
- Long Tall Girl - Mance Lipscomb
- Red River Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- I Am the Black Ace - Black Ace
- Whistling Alex Moore - Alex Moore
- Texas Blues - L. and M. Fulson
- Cat Bear - John Jackson
- Ma Grinder - Robert Shaw
- Take a Walk - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Bear Cat - John Jackson
- Snowing and Raining - Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly
- Got A Date I Can't Be Late - Jesse Fuller
- You Got Another - Lightnin' Hopkins and Barbara Dane
- Struggle Here - Juke Boy Bonner and Simon
- Listen At That Bull - G. Coleman
- Trouble Blues - Big Joe Turner
- Dream - Little Willie Littlejohn
- Sugar Daddy - Wade Walton
- I'm Feeling Alright - Big Mama Thorton
- Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
- Black Snake Blues - Clifton Chenier
- Two Bugs - Earl Hooker
 
"The selections from this album have been comprised from the catalog of Arhoolie Records ... Except where otherwise indicated, all selections produced and recorded by Chris Strachwitz" | two record set
Poppy PYS-60.003
= RCA / Victor SHP-6124/25Poppy discography 
= Tomato DLP 2696181 (1989)
reissued as Tomato CD
TOM 3001
|
| 14 | 1970 | American Folk Blues Festival '69 Live!
at Royal Albert Hall London, Oct.3, '69
Juke Boy Bonner
- Jumpin' With Juke Boy
Earl Hooker
- Going Up And Down
Carey Bell
- Rocking With Chromanica / I Feel Bad, Bad, Bad
Juke Boy Bonner
- Runnin' Shoes
John Jackson
- Poor Boy
Clifton Chenier
- Zydeco Et Pas Sale
Earl Hooker
- Blue Shadows Fall
Magic Sam
- Easy Baby
- Looking Good
Whistling Alex Moore
- Across The Atlantic Ocean
John Jackson
- John Jackson Breakdown
rec. October 3rd, 1969 at Royal Albert Hall, London
source: Blues Unlimited 130 (1978), p. 24 | 
Scout Sc-6Scout discography 
= CBS S 63912
= L+R 42.071
L+R discography AFBF discography |
| 15 | 1970 | Oakland Blues
KC Douglas
- Mercury Boogie
Sidney Maiden
- Eclipse Of The Sun
Willie B. Huff
- Beggar Man Blues
Juke Boy Bonner
- Well Baby [Irma 111]
Mercy Dee Walton
- Trailing My Baby
LC Good Rockin’ Robinson
- Why Don’t You Write To Me
Juke Boy Bonner
- Rock With Me Baby [Irma 111]
Johnny Fuller
- Train, Train Blues
- First Stage of the Blues
Jimmy McCracklin
- When I’m Gone
Jimmy Wilson
- Tin Pan Alley
- A Woman Is To Blame
- Blues At Sundown
- Frisco Bay | notes by Lee Hildebrand
Arhoolie 2008= Trio PA-3063 (Jp 1975) Arhoolie discography |
| 16 | 1970 | Chicken Stuff
Houston Ghetto Blues
Hop Wilson *
- Merry Christmas Darling
- My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone
- I Met A Strange Woman
- I’m A Stranger
- A Good Woman Is Hard To Find
- Be Careful With The Blues
Big Walter (The Thunderbird) #
- Nothing But The Blues
- My Tears
Juke Boy Bonner §
- I’m Going Up I’m Going Down
- I Love You So
- Lonesome House Blues
- Slim’s Blues
* rec. 1960-1961; Hop Wilson, voc, hawaiian g; Elmore Nixon, p; Ivory Semien, dr
# rec. 1965; Big Walter (The Thunderbird), p; with b and dr (also Albert Collins, g and horns on 'My Tears')
§ rec. live in Houston, Texas' night clubs in 1965 and 1967; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, el g | notes by Mike Leadbitter
Flyright LP 4700reissued Flyright FLY 527
"Houston Ghetto Blues" (1977) Flyright discography |
| 16a | 1971 | Nothing But The Blues
The record companion to Hanover Publications' book "Nothing But The Blues" compiled by the Editors of Blues Unlimited
J.B. Lenoir
- I Don't Care What Nobody Say
Juke Boy Bonner
- Runnin' Shoes
Doctor Ross
- Goin' Down Slow
Model 'T' Slim
- Woman's The Glory Of Man
Little Mack Simmons
- Come Back
Johnny Shines
- Pipeline Blues
Boozoo Chavis
- Forty One Days
Hop Wilson
- That Wouldn't Satisfy
Big Walter
- My Tears
Lonesome Sundown
- I Stood By
Arthur Gunter
- Don't Leave Me Now
Rockin' Sydney
- Keep On Pushin'
B. B. King
- Eysight To The Blind
Otis Rush
- All Your Love (I Miss Loving)
Buddy Guy
- Sit And Cry (The Blues)
John Brim
- Lifetime Baby
Elmore James
- Goin' For Good
Magic Sam
- All Night Long
Lightnin' Slim
- Greyhound Blues
Slim Harpo
- Loving You (The Way I Do)
Otis Spann
- Can't Do Me No Good
Sunnyland Slim
- Midnight Jump
Johnny Young
- Moaning And Groaning
George Smith
- Telephone Blues | notes by Mike Leadbitter 2 LP set
CBS 66278 (UK) |
| 17 | 1972 | Juke Boy Bonner: The Legacy Of The Blues Vol. 5
- I'm A Bluesman
- Problems All Around
- Trying To Get Ahead
- If You Don't Want To Get Mistreated
- Lonesome Ride Back Home
- Funny Money
- I'm Lonely Too
- Real Good Woman
- Come To Me
- Yammin' The Blues
- Better Place To Go
- Tired Of the Greyhound Bus
rec. Berkeley 1971; prod. by Chris Strachwitz | notes by Sam Charters
Sonet SNTF 634 (Sw)= GNP Crescendo
GNP 10015 (US 1976) 
= Poljazz PSJ 204 (P)
= Grammercy CD (2004)
"Lonesome Ride Back Home"
Emarcy CD 06024 986 9251
(2005 "The Sonet Blues Story")
new notes by Sam Charters
|
| 17a | 1974 | The Legacy Of The Blues Sampler
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - Bukka White
- Funky Malaguena - Snooks Eaglin
- Found My Baby Gone - Champion Jack Dupree
- Wishy Washy Woman - Mighty Joe Young
- I'm A Bluesman - Juke Boy Bonner
- Black Gal You're Sure Looking Warm - Big Joe Williams
- Long Time Gone, A - Memphis Slim
- Starry Crown Blues - J.D. Short<
- I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball - Robert Pete Williams
- The Cannonball - Eddie Boyd
- She's So Mellow - Sunnyland Slim
- Please Help Poor Me - Lightnin' Hopkins
"Maxi Sampler" bonus tracks:
- Poor Boy Long Way From Home - Bukka White
- Drive It Home - Snooks Eaglin
- You're The One - Champion Jack Dupree
- Early In The Morning - Mighty Joe Young
- Lonesome Ride Back Home - Juke Boy Bonner
- I Been Wrong But I'll Be Right - Big Joe Williams
- Lets Get With It - Memphis Slim
- Make Me Down A Pallet - J.D. Short
- You're My All Day Steady And My Midnight Dream - Robert Pete Williams
- It's A Mellow Day - Eddie Boyd
- Get Hip To Yourself - Sunnyland Slim
- Water Fallin' Boogie - Lightnin' Hopkins | 
Sonet SNTX 1
= Crescendo GNPS 10010
(1976)
(=) Sonet SNTCD 1 (1989)
"The Legacy Of The Blues
Maxi Sampler" 
= GNP Crescendo (1992)
|
| 18 | 1974 | Those Old Happy Days
1960s Blues From The Gulf
Blue Scotty
- Shame Shame On You
- Lonely Love Blues
- Lonesome Blues
- Those Old Happy Days (alt. tk.)
- True Love Blues
Rockin Sidney
- Boogie In The Mud
- Keep On Pushin'
Silas Hogan
- Born In Texas
Juke Boy Bonner
- How Well Do I Remember
- No Place To Run
Silas Hogan
- Let Me Be Your Hatchet
Louisiana Johnny
- Sick And Tired
- That Your Dog?
Juke Boy Bonner
- Don't Cry On My Shoulder
prod. 1969 in the Goldband Studios by Mike Leadbitter (with the help of Eddie Shuler) | 
Flyright LP 513Flyright discography |
| 19 | 1974 | Bluesville
Clarence Garlow
- Nothing To Talk About
Cookie And The Cupcakes
- In The Evening
Left Handed Charlie
- Miss My Lagnion
Boozoo Chavis
- Paper In My Shoe
Guitar Jr.
- Please
Big Walter
- Never Too Old
Scottie Milford
- How Do You Say I'm Sorry
Tal Miller
- Life's Journey
Shelton Dunaway with Cookie And The Cupcakes
- Cindy Lou
Juke Boy Bonner
- Blue River Rising (alt. tk.)
Hop Wilson
- Chicken Stuff
Big Chenier
- Let Me Hold Your Hand
Johnny Moses
- Your Careless Love
Rockin Sidney
- Mary's Cat | 
Goldband G-7774-2 |
| 20 | 1977 | Houston Ghetto Blues
Hop Wilson *
- Merry Christmas Darling
- My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone
- I Met A Strange Woman
- I’m A Stranger
- A Good Woman Is Hard To Find
- Be Careful With The Blues
Big Walter (The Thunderbird) #
- Nothing But The Blues
- My Tears
Juke Boy Bonner §
- I’m Going Up I’m Going Down
- I Love You So
- Lonesome House Blues
- Slim’s Blues
* rec. 1960-1961; Hop Wilson, voc, hawaiian g; Elmore Nixon, p; Ivory Semien, dr
# rec. 1965; Big Walter (The Thunderbird), p; with b and dr (also Albert Collins, g and horns on 'My Tears')
§ rec. live in Houston, Texas' night clubs in 1965 and 1967; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, el g | reissue of Flyright 4700 
Flyright FLY 527
Flyright discography |
| 21 | 1979 | Juke Boy Bonner: The One Man Trio
- I Live Where The Action Is
- Can't Let Your Troubles Get You Down
- Movin' Back To The Country
- Nine Below Zero
- Real Quiet Fellow
- Blues, Blues, Blues
- Bad Breaks
- Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do
- No Place To Run
- I Wonder If You Know How It Is
- Dust My Broom
- You Don't Have To Go
rec. 1967 in Houston | reissue of Flyright LP 3501
Flyright FLY 548
Flyright discography |
| 22 | 197? | JUKE BOY BONNER
- The Winds Came
- Six Over Ten
prod. by Roy C. Ames | 7 inch 45 rpm
Home Cooking HCS 720 |
| 23 | 1980 | The Adventures Of Juke Boy Bonner In AuthentiCity
- The Winds Came
- Life's Highway
- Lovin' Arms 
- A Distant Feel
- Six Over Ten
- Can't Win For Losin'
- Rock Of Gibraltar
- Tryin' To Keep It Together
- A Woman's Mind
- Blues For Tomorrow
"This travesty never should have been recorded, much less reissued; (...) avoid this piece of crap like the plague it is"
(Cub Koda for www.allmusic.com) | 
Home Cooking HCS 105
= Collectables CD 5219
(1994) "Adventures Of Juke Boy Bonner"
|
| 24 | 1981 | Juke Boy Bonner: Last Live Recording
- Don't Get Down
- Big Boss Man
- Lyons Ave. Blues
- Talk To Your Daughter
- Stranded In Houston
- Leave Me And My Woman Alone
- Rock Me Mama
- Head Down To The Powerline
rec. at the Juneteenth Blues Festival; June 19, 1978 | 10 inch LP
notes by Tom Usselman
Lunar #2 M-2007 |
| 25 | 1988 | Blues As Big As Texas Vol. 1
Johnny Copeland
- Rock me Baby
Jimmy "T99" Nelson
- Hot Tamale Man
Gatemouth Brown
- Stop What You're Doing To Me
Juke Boy Bonner
- Carried To The Cleaners & Hung Out To Dry
Joe Medwick
- You Hit The Hand That Fed You
Percy Mayfield
- Freeway
- Gone Astray
Johnny Copeland
- Baby Please Don't Go
Joe Hughes
- I Can't Figure Out Women
Jimmy "T99" Nelson
- Too Weak To Work
Big Walter
- Bloodstaines On The Wall
Calvin "Loudmouth" Johnson
- Lost You Baby
Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow
- Train Fare Home
Gatemouth Brown
- It's Alright | notes by Ertell S. Jackson
Home Cooking HCS 106= Collectables COLCD 5220
(1991) |
| 25a | 1988 | Texas Guitar Greats
Clarence Green
- Don't Let The Blues Get You Down
Gatemouth Brown
- Hot Times Tonight
Joey Long
- 4 O'Clock A.M.
Ted Hawley
- Woman So Fine
Chris Holzhaus
- Long Sad Letters
Johnny Copeland
- Come On Y'all
Johnny Winter
- Going Down Slow
Ted Hawley & Weldon Bonner
- Trying To Keep It Together
Ted Hawley
- Box Ride
Freddie King
- Boogie On Down
Rockola
- Diving Duck
James Bolden
- Deep Blues
"previously unissued material"; prod. by Roy C. Ames | notes by Roy C. Ames
Home Cooking HCS 109 |
| 26 | 1989 | Weldon 'Juke Boy' Bonner: The Texas Blues Troubadour
- Nowhere To Run
- Grandmas Will Dog You Around
- Life's Highway
- Loving Arms (original version)
- Loving Arms (finished version)
- Gimme Some Boone's Farm
- It's A Shame, Shame, Shame
- The Winds Came
- A Distant Feel
- Carried To The Cleaners And Hung Out To Dry
- What'll I Tell The Children
- Disappearing Act
- Nothing But A Child
- Six Over Ten
rec. Houston, Tx., 1968-75 | 
Home Cooking HCS 113
= Collectables CD 5227
(1994)
|
| 27 | 1989 | Juke Boy Bonner: They Call Me "Juke Boy"
- The Best Way To Lose The Blues
- A Distant Feel
- Nowhere To Run
- Don't Ever Get Down
- It Don't Take Too Much
- Shame Shame Shame
- Boone's Farm
- What The Blues Has Done Or Me
- Texas Zydeco
- Nothing But A Child
- European Tour
- Live My Troubles On Down
- Loving Arms
- Gettin' Low Down | 
Ace CHD 269 (UK) |
| 28 | 198? | Take A Greyhound Bus And Ride
Jerry McCain
- Stay Out Of Automobiles
- Trying To Please
- Love To Make Out
- My Next Door Neighbour
John Hogg
- Got A Mean Evil Woman
Betty James
- I'm A Little Mixed Up
Juke Boy Bonner
- Life Is A Dirty Deal
Model T Slim
- Woman's The Glory Of Man
G.L. Crockett
- It's A Man Down There
Woodrow Adams
- Seventh Son
- Everything I Do Is Wrong
- Something On My Mind
- Sad And Blue
John Hogg
- Why Did You Leave Me
Little Willie Brown
- Cut It Out
Betty James
- Salt In My Coffee
McKinley James
- Tuskeegee Boogie
Little Eddie
- Listen Baby Please Be Good To Me | 
Moonshine BLP 117 (NL)Moonshine discography |
| 28a | 1990 | Down Home Blues
A "Home Cooking" Sampler
Lightning Hopkins - Stinking Foot
Lightning Hopkins - Rainy Day In Houston
Johnny Copeland - Working Man Blues
Big Walter with Albert Collins - Nothing But The Blues
Juke Boy Bonner - Gimme Some Boone's Farm [Home Cooking HCS 113]
Calvin "Loudmouth" Johnson - Lean On Your Body
Larry Davis - That's Allright With You
Gene Vell - Screaming All Night Long
Sidewalk Sam - Mister Lend Me A Dime
Peppermint Harris - To Be With The One You Love
Clarence Green - Empty House Of So Many Tears
Pete Mayes - Crazy Woman
Big Walter with Albert Collins - If Blues Was Money
Pete Mayes - Moving Out
Lonnie Mitchell - Louisiana Slow Drag
rec. 1958 to 1965 in Houston, TX; prod. by Roy C. Ames
cover photograph shows Big Joe Williams (even though he's not present on the LP); photographer: Burton Wilson | notes by Roy Ames
Rattlesnake MMLP55001
(Germany 1990) |
| 29 | 1991 | Juke Boy Bonner 1960-1967
- Look Out Lightning
- Jumpin' With Juke Boy
- Dust My Broom
- That A While Ago
- Three Ring Circus
- Look Out Your Window
- True Love Darling
- Jumpin' At The Studio
- I'm Going Up
- Life Is A Dirty Deal
- Nine Below Zero
- How Well I Remember
- I Live Where The Action Is
- Nine Below Zero
- Blues Blues Blues
- Bad Breaks
- Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do
- You Don't Have To Go
- I Wonder If You Know How It Is
- Jumpin' At The Studio | 
Flyright FLYCD 38 (UK)Flyright discography |
| 30 | 1993 | Juke Boy Bonner: Life Gave Me A Dirty Deal
- Life Gave Me A Dirty Deal
- Going Back To The Country
- Sad, Sad Sound
- She Turns Me On
- Hard Luck
- Trying To Be Contented
- Life Is A Nightmare
- It's Time To Make A Change
- Stay Off Lyons Avenue
- My Blues
- I'm Getting Tired
- Over Ten Years Ago
- I Got My Passport
- I'm In The Big City
- Runnin' Shoes
- Just A Blues
- It Don't Take Too Much
- Struggle Here In Houston
- Railroad Tracks
- Watch Your Buddies
- When The Deal Goes Down
- Being Black And I'm Proud | notes by Chris Strachwitz
and Larry Skoog
Arhoolie CD 375 (US) |
| 31 | 1993 | Juke Boy Bonner: Jumpin' With Juke Boy
- Psycho Jump
- Look Out Lightnin'
- Action Town
- I'm Going Up, I'm Going Down
- What You Want Me To Do?
- Texas Zydeco
- Look Out Your Window
- Dust My Broom
- My European Tour
- Jumpin' With Juke-Boy
- Who Was That A While Ago?
- Live My Troubles On Down
- Three Ring Circus
- I Know That Somethings Wrong
- Jumpin' At The Studio | 
Collectables CD 5275 |
| 32 | 1994 | 1950's Oakland Blues
Juke Boy Bonner
- Well Baby [Irma 111]
- Rock With Me Baby [Irma 111]
Jimmy McCracklin
- I Wanna Make Love To You
- You're The One
- Fare-Well
- Savoy Jump
- I'm The One
- Take A Chance
- Beer Tavern
- Love For You
Big Mama Thornton
- Don't Talk Back
- Big Mama's Coming
Johnny Fuller
- Strange Land
- First Stage Of The Blues
- No More
- Weeping And Mourning
Jimmy Wilson & The Blues Blasters
- Oh Red
- Blues In The Alley
originally released on Irma Records | 
Wolf CD 120.613 |
| 33 | 1994 | The Goldband Blues Collection Part 1
Juke Boy Bonner
- Can't Hardly Keep From Crying | 
Collectables COL-5087 |
| 34 | 1994 | The Goldband Blues Collection Part 2
Juke Boy Bonner
- True Love Waiting
- My Time To Go | 
Collectables COL-5088 |
| 34a | 1996 | Let's Have A Blues Ball!
The Music if the Juke Joints
- I'm Having A Ball - Johnny Young
- Dream - John Littlejohn
- Swing It On Home - Big Mama Thornton
- Anna Lee - Earl Hooker
- Going Back To The Country - Juke Boy Bonner
- It's Hard - Clifton Chenier
- Come On Baby - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Nine Below Zero - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Gambling Blues - Juke Boy Bonner
- Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- I'm In The Big City - Juke Boy Bonner
- Meet You At The Chicken Shack - Ligtnin Hopkins
- Rag Around Your Head - John Delafose
- The Blues (Won't Let Me Take My Rest) - Henry Gray
- Shake You Moneymaker - John Littlejohn
- If Trouble Was Money - Charlie Musslewhite
- Wild, Wild Woman - Johnny Young
- Gimme A Penny - Big Mama Thornton
- On The Road Again - Johnny Young
- Mojo In My Hand - L.C. Robinson
| 
Arhoolie CD 590 (US)= Ace CDCHD 590 (UK) |
| 35 | 1997 | Weldon "Juke Boy" Bonner: I Live Where The Action Is
- Bad Breaks *
- No Place To Run #
- Dust My Broom *
- I Live Where The Action Is #
- Movin' Back To The Country §
- Nine Below Zero *
- Rock With Me Baby [Irma 111] $
- Railroad Tracks []
- Runnin' Shoes []
- It Don't Take Too Much &
- Texas Zydeco ||
- I'm Getting Tired ß
- She Turns Me On %
- Gettin' Low Down ||
Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca
$ rec. Oakland 1957
# Jan./Febr. 1967 live in the Jungle Lounge in Houston
& rec. Houston July 13, 1967; with Oscar Adams, b; Ivory Lee Semien, dr; Ivory unissued
* rec. Aug. 8, 1967 at home in Houston
§ rec. Aug. 22, 1967 in Houston
% rec. Dec. 20, 1967, Houston
ß rec. Jan 23, 1968, Houston
[] rec. Nov. 3, and Dec. 2, 1968, Houston; with Alvin J. Simon, dr
|| rec. Dec. 30, 1969, Houston
| notes by Malcolm Hicks
Rockin' Blues LP 1000 (It) |
| 35a | 1996 | 15 Urban Blues Classics
- Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Big Mama's Bumble Bee - Big Mama Thornton
- Cincinnati Stomp - Big Joe Duskin
- Anna Lee - Earl Hooker
- Up & Down The Avenue - Charlie Musselwhite
- Been Around The World - John Littlejohn
- Wine-O-Baby Boogie - Joe Turner/Pete Johnson
- I Know That's Right - Katie Webster
- Raven, The - Omar Sharriff
- You Think I'm Your Good Thing - Bee Houston
- Going Back To The Country - Juke Boy Bonner
- Ups & Downs - L.C. "Good Rockin'" Robinson
- Atlanta Bounce - Piano Red
- Wild, Wild, Woman - Johnny Young
- Gibson Creek Shuffle - The Charles Ford Band
| 
Arhoolie CD 102 |
| 35b | 199? | Rural Blues Vol. 2 (1951-1962)
Sam 'Suitcase' Johnson
- Sam's Comin' Home
- Sam's Boogie
Bobo Thomas
- Catfish Blues (i Wish I Was A Catfish)
Clifford Gibson (1951)
- Sneaky Groundhog
- Let Me Be Your Handy Man
Juke Boy Bonner
- Rock With Me Baby [Irma 111]
- Well Baby [Irma 111]
Joel Hopkins
- Good Times Here, Better Down The Road
- Thunder In Germany
- I Ain't Gonna Roll For The Big Hat Man No More
- Accused Me Of Forgin' Can't Even Write My Name
- Matchbox Blues
Jewell Long (1960)
- Frankie And Albert
- My Pony Run Blues
- Sealy Rag
- Muddy Shoes Blues
Clifford Gibson (1960)
- It's Best To Know Who You're Talking To
- I Don't Want No Woman
- The Monkey Likes To Boogie
- No Success Blues
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Angel Child (tk. 2) | 
Document DOCD-5619 |
| 36 | 1999 | Blues At Kerrville
Dave Van Ronk
- Another Time And Place
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- Sometimes I Feel Myself Slippin'
Roy Book Binder
- Kentucky Blues
Marcia Ball
- My Man Is A Two Timer
Josh White Jr.
- I Can Be Had
Angela Strehli
- Telephone Blues
Marcia Ball
- Under Love's Spell
Tom Ball/Kenny Sultan
- Honey Bee
Mance Lipscomb
- Texas Blues
Robert Shaw
- Put Me In The Alley
Juke Boy Bonner
- I've Had The Blues
Spider John Kelmer
- Midnight Special
Kenneth Threadgill
- Mississippi Delta Blues | 
Silverwolf CD 1016 |
| 37 | 1999 | Low Down Blues
Juke Boy Bonner
- Life's Highway
- Live My Troubles On Down | 
Blues Factory BFY 47012
(NL) |
| 38 | 1999 | Blues In My Shoes
Juke Boy Bonner
- Look Out Your Window
- Dust My Broom | 
Blues Factory BFY 47013
(NL) |
| 38a | 1999 | Country Blues Obscurities
Little Joe
- Keep Your Arms Around Me
Leroy Dallas
- Jump Little Children Jump
Little Sam Davis
- Goin To New Orleans
L.C. Green
- The Sun Was Shining
Freddy King
- That's What You Think
Harmonica Harris
- Blues King Mango
Henry Smith
- Good Rockin' Mama
J & J Deuces
- Little Woman Blues
Eddie Burns
- Hello Miss Jessie Lee
Buddy Lewis
- You've Got Good Business
Albert & Charles
- Weird
Joe Williams
- Stack O Dollars
Sonny Boy Williams
- Alice Mae Blues
Harvey Hill Jr.
- She Fool Me
Joe Hill Louis
- Joe's Jump
Jesse Belvin
- Going Away Baby
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Another Half A Pint
Juke Boy Barner
- Rock With Me Baby [Irma 111]
Clifford King
- Want To Jump With You Baby
Jessie Pipkin
- Work With It
Emright
- One Of These Days
Richard Brothers
- Drunk Drivers Comin'
John Lee
- Down At The Depot
- Alabama Boogie | 
Tapper CD T2
[inferior sound, no notes, no
discographical information]
= Stompin' CD 319
"Stompin' Vol. 19"
[with label shots & notes
on all the songs]
Stompin' discography |
| 39 | 19?? | Black Rock 'n' Roll
Juke Boy Bonner
- Runnin' Shoes
| 
Savage Kick SK-505 |
| 40 | 2001 | Going Down To Louisiana
Juke Boy Bonner
- Can't Hardly Keep From Crying
- I'm Not Jiving
- My Time To Go
- Life Is A Dirty Deal (alt. tk.)
- Let's Boogie
- Just Got To Take A Ride
- Going Crazy About You
- Blue River Rising
Ashton Savoy
- Need Shorter Hours
- Want To Talk To You Baby
- Tell Me Baby
- I Love Her So
- If I Don't See You
- You Wanta Do Me Wrong
- Burning Sensation
- Down Down
Tal Miller
- Life's Journey
- Mean Old Kokamoo
Hop Wilson
- That Wouldn't Satisfy
- Chicken Stuff
- Dog And His Puppies
- Going To The City
- Let Me Hold Your Hand
- Please Try To Realize
- I Wanna Know
- I Know Now
- Come On Little Girl
Juke Boy Bonner
- Call Me Juke Boy
- True Love's Waiting
Tal Miller
- B-A-B-Y
Ashton Savoy
- Rooster Strut | 
Ace CDCHD 821 |
| 41 | 2003 | Blues Harp Heroes
Juke Boy Bonner
- Rock Of Gibraltar | 
Blues Factory BFY 47027
(NL) |
| 42 | 2003 | Juke Boy Bonner: Ghetto Poet
- Daylight Won't Catch Me Here
- The Animal Gap
- Time To Say Goodbye
- Blues For Elmo
- If I Sound Lowdown
- Sportsman's Luck
- California Here I Come
- Zodico Jump
- Getting Up From The Ground
- Houston Beat
- All The Lonely Days
- Childhood Dreams
- Settin' The Record Straight
- Rainin' In My Room
- Let Me Run It Down To You
- I Don't Go For Games
- It's Enough
previously unissued 1968/69 recordings | notes by Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie CD 9040 (US) |
| 43 | 2004 | Juke Boy Bonner: Nowhere To Run
- Life's Highway
- Gimme Some Boone's Farm
- Grandmas Will Dog You Around
- Carried To The Cleaners And Hung Out To Dry
- Nowhere To Run
- Dust My Broom
- Live My Troubles On Down
- Who Was That Awhile Ago
- Disappearing Act
- The Best Way To Lose The Blues
- It's A Shame, Shame, Shame
- Loving Arms
- Loving Arms
- A Distant Feel
- What'll I Tell The Children
- The Winds Came
- Nothing But A Child
- Six Over Ten | 
Blues Factory BFY 47031
(NL) |
| 44 | 2005 | Blues With A Message
- I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatman
- John Henry - John Jackson
- Walked Down So Many Turn Rows - Mercy Dee
- Tom Moore's Farm - Mance Lipscomb
- Tom Moore Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- River Blues - Lowell Fulson
- Levee Camp Blues - Fred McDowell
- The 1919 Influenza Blues - Essie Jenkins
- Why I Like Roosevelt - Willie Eason
- Little Soldier Boy - Doctor Ross
- Prisoner's Talking Blues - Robert Pete Williams
- I Got To Climb A High Mountain - Johnie Lewis
- Depression Blues - Herman E. Johnson
- Stockyard Blues - Johnny Young/Big Walter Horton
- What Will I Tell The Children - Juke Boy Bonner
- It's Enough - Juke Boy Bonner
Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston
Back Home Blues - Big Joe Williams | notes by Paul Oliver
Arhoolie CD 510 |
| 45 | 2008 | Bob Geddins' Irma Records Story
Weldon 'Juke Boy' Bonner
- Well Baby
- Rock With Me Baby
Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters
- I Wanna Make Love To You
- You're The One
- Fare-Well
- Savoy's Jump
- I'm The One
- Take A Chance
- Beer Tavern Girl
- My Love For You
Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton & The Hi-Tones
- Don't Talk Back
- Big Mama's Coming Home
Johnny Fuller
- Strange Land
Johnny Fuller & The 'Candyman' McGuirt Band
- First Stage Of The Blues
- No More No More
Johnny Fuller
- Weeping And Mourning
Jimmy Wilson & His Blues Blasters
- Oh Red
- Blues In The Alley
Geneva Vallier & The 'Candyman' McGuirt Band
- He's A Friend (Vote For Adlai Stevenson)
- Sunny Day
Intervals & Chick Morris' Band
- Love Me Sweet
Starlighters
- Last Night
- Love Cry
Al Smith & The Angels
- Leavin' You Baby
Golden Keys
- One Step (Don't Wonder 'Bout Him)
- Somebody Touched Me
| notes by
Opal Louis Nations
Acrobat CD 4038 |
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