Richard  
(Rabbit) Brown  
(c. 1880 - 1937)  
discography  

Richard (Rabbit) Brown 78 rpm

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
1	1927	Richard (Rabbit) Brown - JAMES ALLEY-Blues (38000-1) - I'M NOT JEALOUS (38003-1) rec. March 11, 1927 in New Orleans; Richard (Rabbit) Brown, voc, g Jane Alley --> Jane's Alley --> James Alley	10 inch 78 rpm Victor 20578
		- Great Northern Blues (38001-2) rec. March 11, 1927 in New Orleans; Richard (Rabbit) Brown, voc, g	Victor unissued
2	1927	Richard (Rabbit) Brown / Andrew & Jim Baxter Richard (Rabbit) Brown - NEVER LET THE SAME BEE STING YOU TWICE (38002-1) # Andrew & Jim Baxter - THE MOORE GIRL (39786-2) # rec. March 11, 1927 in New Orleans; Richard (Rabbit) Brown, voc, g	10 inch 78 rpm Victor 21475
3	1927	Richard (Rabbit) Brown - MYSTERY OF THE DUNBAR'S CHILD (38004-1) 4:26 - SINKING OF THE TITANIC (38005-1) 3:43 rec. March 11, 1927 in New Orleans; Richard (Rabbit) Brown, voc, g	12 inch 78 rpm Victor 35840

Blind Willie Harris 78 rpm
who was probably Richard (Rabbit) Brown under a pseudonym

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
1	1929	Blind Willie Harris - Does Jesus Care? (NO-106) - Where He Leads Me I Will Follow (NO-107) rec. c. February 1929 in New Orleans	10 inch 78 rpm Victor 1273

Richard (Rabbit) Brown LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
11	1952	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 3 - Songs - The Coo Coo Bird -- Clarence Ashley - East Virginia -- Buell Kazee - Minglewood Blues -- Cannon's Jug Stompers - I Woke Up One Morning In May -- Didier Hebert - James Alley Blues -- Richard "Rabbit" Brown - Sugar Baby -- Dock Boggs - I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground -- Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Mountaineer's Courtship -- Ernest and Hattie Stoneman - The Spanish Merchant's Daughter -- The Stoneman Family - Bob Lee Junior Blues -- The Memphis Jug Band - Single Girl, Married Girl -- The Carter Family - Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme -- Clemo Breaux and Joseph Falcon - Rabbit Foot Blues -- Blind Lemon Jefferson - Expressman Blues -- Sleepy John Estes and Yank Rachell - Poor Boy Blues -- Ramblin' Thomas - Feather Bed -- Cannon's Jug Stompers - Country Blues -- Dock Boggs - 99 Year Blues -- Julius Daniels - Prison Cell Blues -- Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean -- Blind Lemon Jefferson - C'est Si Triste Sans Lui -- Cleoma and Orphy Breaux w/ Joe Falcon - Way Down The Old Plank Road -- Uncle Dave Macon - Buddy Won't You Roll Down the Line -- Uncle Dave Macon - Spike Driver Blues -- Mississippi John Hurt - K.C. Moan -- The Memphis Jug Band - Train On The Island -- J.P. Nestor - The Lone Star Trail -- Ken Manyard - Fishing Blues -- Henry Thomas	2 LP set ed. by Harry Smith Folkways FP-253 = Folkways FA 2953 1997 re-released as 6 CD Box Set by Smithsonian Folkways www.folkways.si.edu www.harrysmitharchives.com
Richard (Rabbit) Brown cited as a favorite in the notes to first Bob Dylan album (rec. Nov. 20, 1961, rel. Mar. 1962) more info about that album
2	1968	Nearer My God To Thee (1926-1942) Sanctified Singers, Preachers & Congregations Richard Rabbit Brown - Sinking Of The Titanic Sister Mary Nelson - The Royal Telephone Joe & Emma Taggart - Mother's Love Rev. F.W. McGhee - Jonah In The Belly Of The Whale Arizona Dranes - Sweet heaven Is My Home Blind Willie Johnson - You'll Need Somebody On Your Bond Bozie Sturdivant - Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down Mississippi John Hurt - Blessed Be The Mama Rev. F.W. McGhee - With His Stripes We Are Healed Arizona Dranes - It's All Right Now Blind Joe Taggart - Religion Is Something Within You Blind Lemon Jefferson - He Arose From The Dead Skip James - Be Ready When He Comes Barbecue Bob - When The Saints Go Marching In Comp. and prod. by Evelyn Sperker	Roots RL 304 Roots discography
3	1968	Down South 1927-1941 Louisiana-Mississippi-Alabama-Florida Richard "Rabbit" Brown - Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice Shreveport Home Wreckers - Home Wreckin' Blues Kid Cole - Hard Hearted Mama Blues - Niagra Fall Blues Robert Johnson - Milkcow's Calf Blues No. 2 Tommy McClennan - Deep Blue Sea Blues Fiddlin' Joe Martin - Son House - Willie Brown - Fo' Clock Blues Fiddlin' Joe - Willie Brown - Leroy Williams - Going To Fishing Barefoot Bill - Big Rock Jail Wiley Barner - If You Want A Good Woman Clifford Gibson - Hard-Headed Woman Blues - Levee Camp Moan Jaybird Coleman - Save Your Money - Let These Women Go - Man Trouble Blues Tallahassee Tight - Black Snake Blind Blake - Depression's Gone From Me Blues	Roots RL 313 Roots discography
4	1969	Up And Down The Mississippi Richard (Rabbit) Brown - Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child - I'm Not Jealous Roots Buddy Boy Hawkins - Jail House Fire Blues - Shaggy Dog Blues Bo Weavil Jackson - You Can't Keep No Brown Mae Glover & John Byrd - Pig Meat Papa Jim Thompkins - Bedside Blues Bertha Lee & Charley Patton - Mind Reader Blues Robert Lee McCoy - Friar's Point Blues Mississippi Bracey - You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door - I'll Overcome Someday Will Weldon - Hitch Me To Your Buggy (And Drive Me Like A Mule) Little Buddy Doyle - Grief Will Kill You - Bad In Mind Blues Lane Hardin - California Desert Blues Henry Townsend - Henry's Worry Blues	Roots RL 319 Roots discography
5	1970	Cream Of The Crop Son House - Shetland Pony Blues Willie Brown - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor Bukka White - Sic 'Em Dogs On - Po' Boy William Harris - Kitchen Range Blues Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers - Go I'll Send Thee - Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler) - Why Do You Moan? Son House - The Pony Blues - The Jinx Blues - part 1 Alfred Lewis - Mississippi Swamp Moan Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins - Workin' On The Railroad - Yellow Woman Blues Richard (Rabbit) Brown - James Alley Blues The Beale Street Sheiks - Rockin' On The Hill Blues	Roots RL 332 Roots discography
6	1970	Gambler's Lament Virginia Dandies - The Cabin With The Roses Green Bailey - The Wreck Of Number 4 (And The Death Of John Daily) - Shut Up In The Mines At Coal Creek Oda Roark (with George Roark) - I Truly Understand You Love Another Man Carver Boys - Molly And Tenbrooks Richard (Rabbit) Brown - Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child	Country Turtle CT 6001
7	1972	Blues From The Western States 1927-1949 King Solomon Hill - Down On My Bended Knee Will Day - Sunrise Blues Ramblin' Thomas - Lock And Key Blues Jesse Baby Face Thomas - No Good Woman Blues Willie Lane - Howling Wolf Blues Rabbit Brown - James Alley Blues Little Hat Jones - Cherry Street Blues Otis Harris - You'll Like My Loving Oscar Woods - Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away Little Hat Jones - Little Hat Blues Jesse Baby Face Thomas - Blue Goose Blues Willie Lane - Black Cat Rag Texas Alexander - Double Crossing Blues Little Hat Jones - Cross The Water Blues	Yazoo L-1032 Yazoo discography
8	1974	Il Blues Rurale - Country Blues Richard Rabbit Brown - James Alley Blues Blind Boy Fuller, - Three Ball Blues Willie Baker - Sweet Patunia Willie Reed - Leaving Home Leadbelly - See See Rider Blind Lemon Jefferson - Pneumonia Blues Texas Alexander - Water Bound Blues Black Ace - Christmas Time Blues Furry Lewis - Pearlee Blues Bessie Tucker - Penitentiary Sleepy John Estes - Diving Duck Blues Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere Robert Wilkins - National Stonewall Blues Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues Robert Johnson - Hellhound On My Trail Big Joe Williams - Rooting Ground Hog	Albatros VPA 8187 = Albatros VC 0775 (cassette) (=) Albatros ALB 8 3LP = VPA 8187/88/89 "Il Blues Rurale/Jazzistico/ Urbano" Albatros discograpy
9	197?	Guitar Evangelists Vol. 1 1927-1936 Blind Willie Johnson - Mother's Children Have A Hard Time - If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down - Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground Mother McCollum - I Want To See Him Rev. I. B. Ware You Better Quit Drinking Shine Rev. Edward W. Clayborn, The Guitar Evangelist - Death Is Only A Dream Blind Benny Paris and wife - I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me - Hide Me In The Blood of Jesus Blind Roger Hays - On My Way To Heaven - I Must Be Blind, I Cannot See Bessie Johnson - He Got Better Things For You Rev. Moses Mason - John the Baptist Rev. I. B. Ware - I Wouldn't Mind Dying (But I Gotta Go By Myself) Blind Willie Harris - Does Jesus Care? Blind Roosevelt Graves - Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) Rev. D.C. Rice - The Angels Rolled The Stone Away	Truth TLP 1002 (Austria)
10	1972	Guitar Evangelists. Vol. 2 1927-1941 Blind Willie Johnson - John The Revelator - You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond Blind Willie Harris - Where He Leads Me I Will Follow Kid Prince Moore - Church Bells - Sign Of Judgement Blind Joe Taggart - I've Crossed The Separation Line - Scandalous And A Shame Elders (Lonnie) McIntorsh & Edwards - Since I Laid My Burden Down Rev. Johnnie Blakey - Warmin By The Devil's Fire Rev. Edward W. Clayborn - Let That Lie Alone - Jesus Will Make It All Right Blind Gary Davis - I Am The Light Of The World Blind Willie Davis - I Belive I'll Go Back Home Sleepy John Estes - When The Saints Go Marching In Blind Joe Taggart - There's A Hand Writing On The Wall - Lord Don't Drive Me Away	Truth TLP 1003 (Austria)
11	1980	opus musicum: Jazz Richard (Rabbit) Brown - James Alley Blues comp. by Wolfgang Sandner & Reimer von Essen	3 LP set Opus Musicum OM 128/30 (Cologne, Germany)
12	1981	Papa Harvey Hull & Long Cleve Reed, Richard (Rabbit) Brown: Complete Recordings Country Blues - The First Generation Papa Harvey Hull & Long Cleve Reed - Gang Of Brown Skin Women - France Blues - Two Little Tommie Blues - Don't You Leave Me Here - Mama You Don't Know How - Original Stack O'Lee Blues Richard (Rabbit) Brown - James Alley Blues - Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice - I'm Not Jealous - Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child - Sinking Of The Titanic	Matchbox Bluesmaster MSE 201 Matchbox discography
13	1990?	The Greatest In Country Blues Richard (Rabbit) Brown - James Alley Blues Furry Lewis - Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along	RST BD-1 (A, 3 LP set) RST discography
14	1990	The Greatest Songsters (1927-1929) Richard (Rabbit) Brown (1927) - James Alley Blues - Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice - I'm Not Jealous - Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child - Sinking Of The Titanic Mississippi John Hurt (1928) - Frankie - Nobody's Dirty Business - Ain't No Tellin' - Louis Collins - Avalon Blues - Big Leg Blues - Stack O'Lee Blues - Candy Man Blues - Got The Blues Can't Be Satified - Blessed Be The Name - Praying on the Old Camp Ground - Blue harvest Blues - Spike Driver Blues Hambone Willie Newbern (1929) - She Could Toodle-Oo - Nobody Knows - Shelby County Workhouse Blues - Way Down In Arkansas - Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues - Roll and Tumble Blues	notes by Chris Smith Document DOCD 5003 www.document-records.com = P-Vine PCD 2259 (2003)
15	1990	Guitar Evangelists 1928 - 1951 Blind Penny Paris And Wife (1928) - I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me - Hide Me In The Blood Of Jesus Rev. I. B. Ware With Wife And Son (1928) - I Wouldn't Mind Dying (But I Gotta Go By Myself) - You Better Quit Drinking Shine Blind Willie Harris (1929) - Does Jesus Care? - Where He Leads Me I Will Follow Eddie Head And His Family (1930) - Down On Me - Lord I'm The True Vine - Tryin' To Get Home - Within My Mind Mother McCollum (1930) - I Want To See Him - When I Take My Vacation In Heaven - You Can't Hide - Jesus Is My Air-o-plane - Oh Lord I'm Your Child - Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Dennis Crumpton And Robert Summers (1936) - Go I'll Send Thee - Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime Sister Mathews (1948) - Stand By Me Rev. Charles White (1948) - How Long Willie Mae Williams (1950) - Don't Want To Go There - Where The Sun Never Goes Down Brother Willie Eason (1951) - There'll Be No Grumblers There - I Want To Live (So God Can Use Me) Sister Elizabeth Phillips (50s) - A Little Old-Fashioned - There's Nothing Like The Holy Spirit	Document DOCD 5101 www.document-records.com
16	1996	New Orleans Blues 1923-1940 Richard (Rabbit) Brown - James Alley Blues	EPM Musique 157612
17	1996	Blind Willie Johnson and the Guitar Evangelists Blind Willie Harris - Does Jesus Care? - Where He Leads Me I Will Follow	4 CD box set JSP 7737
18	2000	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be Classic Recordings of the 1920's and 30's, Vol. 1 Richard (Rabbit) Brown - Sinking Of The Titanic	Yazoo CD 2028 www.yazoorecords.com
19	2000	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be Classic Recordings of the 1920's and 30's, Vol. 2 Richard (Rabbit) Brown - James Alley Blues	Yazoo CD 2029 www.yazoorecords.com
20	2002	New Orleans Blues Richard (Rabbit) Brown - James Alley Blues - I'm Not Jealous	Acrobat CD 140
21	2003	Goodbye, Babylon Blind Willie Harris - Where He Leads Me I Will Follow (disc 4, # 108)	6 CD box set Dust-To-Digital DTD 01 dust-digital.com
22	2003	Mississippi John Hurt King Of The Blues Vol. 4 with Richard 'Rabbit' Brown & Hambone Willie Newbern Mississippi John Hurt - Frankie - Nobody's Dirty Business - Ain't No Tellin' - Louis Collins - Avalon Blues - Big Leg Blues - Stack O Lee Blues - Candy Man Blues - Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied - Blessed Be The Name - Praying On The Old Camp Ground - Blue Harvest Blues - Spike Driver Blues Richard 'Rabbit' Brown - James Alley Blues - Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice - I'm Not Jealous - Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child - Sinking Of The Titanic Hambone Willie Newbern - She Could Toodle-Oo - Nobody Knows (What The Good Deacon Does) - Shelby County Workhouse Blues - Way Down In Arkansas - Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues - Roll And Tumble Blues The Reissue Project Cooperated by Johnny Parth, Document Records, Vienna, Austria	Document DOCD 5003 (1990) P-Vine PCD 2259

 

Other artist's Covers of Richard (Rabbit) Brown songs

#	year of release	Artist: Record Title - featured Richard (Rabbit) Brown song	label # / notes
1	1964	Alice Stuart: All The Good Times - Leavin' Home - I'll Pawn You My Gold Watch And Chain - Beatnik - Seven Daffodils - Black Jack David - James Alley Blues - Everyday Dirt - Once I Had A Sweetheart - Stackerlee - Bad Girl - Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman - I Can't Help But Wonder - All the Good Times CD bonus tracks: - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Follow Me Honey, I'll Turn Your Money Green - Lady Margaret - Kassie Jones - Take It Slow And Easy - Three Jolly Rogues - Woman Blue - Frankie And Johnny	Arhoolie 4002 = Arhoolie CD 9034 (2002) www.arhoolie.com www.alicestuart.com
2	1966	Judy Roderick Woman Blue - Someone To Talk My Troubles To (Weissman) - Born In The Country (Traditional) - Rock Me Baby (Traditional) - Walking Slow Behind You (Heath/Lange) - Young Girl's Dream (Drew/Jean) - Mistreated (Traditional) - Louisville Lou (Ager/Yellen) - Country Girl Blues - Contemporary Blues (Hendricks) - Black And Blue (Brooks/Razaf/Waller) - You Were on My Mind (Fricker) - Two Hoboes (Gellert/Weissman) - Woman Blue (Traditional) CD bonus tracks: - Jelly Roll Lord - Me and My Chauffeur (Memphis Minnie) - Mama Keeps Her Man at Home (Roderick) - Long Old Road (Smith)	Vanguard VRS-9197 (mono) VSD-79197 (stereo) = Fontana TFL 6078 (UK) re-released 1993 on CD: Vanguard VCD 19197 www.vanguardrecords.com Judy Roderick discography
3	1969	The Lyman Family with Lisa Kindred American Avatar Love Comes Rolling Down - California Water - take 1 (Trad.) - James Alley Blues (Rabbit Brown) - Good Shepherd (Trad.) - Jesus Met The Woman At The Well (Trad.) - It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Man To Cry (Bob Dylan) - My Love Comes Rolling Down (Eric von Schmidt) - California Water - take 2	Reprise 6353 more info Lisa Kindred discography Jim Kweskin discography
4	1976	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard - Let That Liar Alone - When I Loved You - Working Girl Blues - West Virginia My Home - Mama's Gonna Stay - Montana Cowboy - Mean Papa Blues - Nice Like That - Mary Johnson - Ramblin' Woman - Beaufort County Jail - Banjo Picking Girl - James Alley Blues - True Life Blues	Rounder 0054 = Rounder CD 0054 (1998) www.rounder.com
5	1991	Philadelphia Jerry Ricks: True Blues - Got The Blues and Can't Be Satisfied - Shakes Blues - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Homeless Blues - Ain't No Tellin' (Blue Harvest) - Casey Jones - Goin' Home - Break Of Dawn - Let Me Be - Take Me To The River - No Crazy Woman - James Alley Blues	Traditional Line CD TL 1314 Jerry Ricks discography
6	1994	Bob Dylan: Minnesota Party Tape (May 1961) - James Alley Blues	3 CD set Wanted Man WMM 033/034/035 www.bobsboots.com
7	1995	Joan Crane: Foothills - Hard Time Killing Floor - It Must Be Love - Foothills - Back To The Woods - You Don't Know - Come Back Baby - Marked For Blues - James Alley Blues - Tired Of Being Mistreated	Three Rivers Prod. 0029
8	1997	'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks: Deep In The Well - James Alley Blues - No Place For Me - Down In Luck - Empty Bottle Blues - Change Your Ways - Born With The Blues - New Pallet On The Floor - When A Man Gets In Trouble - New Avalon - Ain't Afraid Of These Blues - Gary Davis Medley - Troubles - Troubled, Lord - Swing Low Sweet Chariot	Rooster CD R2636 www.roosterblues.com Jerry Ricks discography
9	1998	The Harry Smith Connection: A Live Tribute To The Anthology Of American Folk Music - East Virginia Blues - Roger McGuinn, Jeff Tweedy, And Jay Bennett - I'm On The Battlefield For My Lord - Ethel Caffie-Austin - John Henry - John Jackson - A Lazy Farmer Boy - Greg Hooven String Band - Old Dog Blue - Lonnie Pitchford - Home Sweet Home - The New Lost City Ramblers - The Butcher Boy - Ginny Hawker - John The Revelator - Ethel Caffie-Austin - His Tapes Roll On - Peter Stampfel - Minglewood Blues - John Sebastian And The J-Band With Geoff Muldaur - The Coo Coo Bird - Ella Jenkins - Frankie And Johnny - John Jackson - Sugar Baby - Roger McGuinn, Jeff Tweedy And Jay Bennett - Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme - Balfa Toujours - Spike Driver Blues - Dave Van Ronk - Darling Corey - Greg Hooven String Band - The Coo Coo Bird - Toshi Reagon - James Alley Blues - Jeff Tweedy, Roger McGuinn, And Jay Bennett - Nothing - The Fugs	Smithsonian Folkways CD 40085
10	1999	Roger McGuinn's Folk Den Vol. 1 - Mighty Day - Pushboat - John The Revelator - Bonny Ship The Diamond - John Henry - Handsome Cabin Boy - Wayfaring Stranger - Finnegan's Wake - James Alley Blues - Home On The Range - Mary Had A Baby	mp3.com 2720 soundclip / lyrics
11	2000	Rooster Blues Records 1980-2000 Sampler 'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks - James Alley Blues	Rooster CD 2637 Jerry Ricks discography
12	2000	Bob Dylan: I Was So Much Younger Second McKenzie Tape (March 1963) - James Alley Blues	4 CD set Scouser/Dandelion 075/076/077/078 www.bobsboots.com
13	2000	David Johansen and the Harry Smiths - James Alley Blues - Darling, Do You Remember Me? - Delia - Little Geneva - Well, I've Been To Memphis - Katie Mae - Old Dog Blue - Somebody Buy Me A Drink - Poor Boy Blues - On The Wall - Don't Start Me Talking - Oh Death - Richland Woman	Chesky JD 196
14	2000	Baby Gramps: Same Ol' Timously - Nuthin' But A Nuthin' - Medley Of Heartwarming Worm Songs - Shake It 'N' Break It - James Alley Blues - Uncontrovertible Facts - St. James Infirmary - Go Wash An Elephant - A-Ba-Dic-A-Dabba-Buz - Big Rock Candy Mountain - Palindromes - Let's All Be Fairies - When A Body Is Out Of A Job - 'Nuther Nuthin' But A Nuthin' - How I Found My Teddy Bear - Teddy Bears' Picnic	Grampophone CD 1 www.babygramps.com
15	2004	Roger McGuinn: Limited Edition - If I Needed Someone - Parade Of Lost Dreams - Shady Grove - James Alley Blues - On And On - Southbound 95 - Castanet Dance - Shenandoah - When The Saints Go Marching In	April First 0401
Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 120-121
- http://sunsite.kth.se/feastlib/mrf/yinyue/pw/BROWNR.HTM
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Original 1952 liner notes of Folkways FP-253

thanks to Alan Balfour, 'Montgomery Cleft', and John Miller for additional info / label scans