Illustrated Eddie Cusic discography

E D D I E C U S I C and James 'Son' Thomas; source:

Eddie Cusic and James 'Son' Thomas, Greenville, Mississippi September 1981
source: Blues Unlimited 145 (1983/84), p.17; photographer: John Perriss

Eddie Cusic
b. January 4, 1926 in the Wilmot community
south of Leland, Mississippi
discography

E D D I E C U S I C in front of his own mural image; source: http://www.rootsofrhythm.com/pix.html

Eddie Cusic in front of his own image
on a mural in Leland, Mississippi
source: www.rootsofrhythm.com

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.

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**Eddie Cusic** LPs / CDs
#	year of release	title	label # / notes
*LP / CD compilations*
1	1977	Mississippi Delta & South Tennessee Blues Sam Chatmon - Open Your Book Eddie Cusic [name misspelled "Eddie Quesie"] & James Thomas, g - Once I Had A Car Asie Payton - Catfish Blues Wallace Johnson - Pine Top's Boogie James Thomas - Bottle Up And Go Eugene Powell - Poor Boy Blues Walter Cooper - Peach Tree Blues Cary Tate - Early One Morning Charley Sangster - Bull Cow Blues Van Hunt - Mister Crump Joe Cooper - Boogie Children Eugene Powell - M & O Blues rec. 1976 by Gianni Marcucci; photography by Enzo Castella	notes by Gianni Marcucci and Enzo Castella Albatros VPA 8387 Albatros discography
2	1981	Living Country Blues USA Vol. 2 Blues On Highway 61 James 'Son' Thomas - Standing At The Crossroads Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen Blues # James 'Son' Thomas - Bull Cow Blues # - 61 Highway Blues Walter Brown - Keep On Walkin' Joe Cooper - She Put Me Out On The Road Sam Chatmon - Sam's Blues - Black Night James 'Son' Thomas - Mean Ol' Frisco Sam Chatmon - My Daddy Was A Jockey # Eddie Cusic [name misspelled "Eddie Cusie"] - Gonna Cut You Loose # Sam Chatmon - Vicksburg Blues # recorded 1980 by Siegfried A. Christmann and Axel Küstner # tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2	notes / photography by Axel Küstner L+R 42.032 some tracks reissued on CD Evidence ECD 26105-2 (1999) Living Country Blues - An Anthology = L+R LRCD 713024 (2008) www.zweitausendeins.de L + R discography
3	1998	Eddie Cusic: I Want To Boogie - Pretty Thing - Reconsider Baby - Catfish Blues - Worry You Off My Mind - Cut You Loose - Ludella - Little Angel Child - Big Boss Man - You Don't Have To Go - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - I Walk The Water - Stop Arguing Over Me - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Feelin' Good - You Don't Love Me rec. December 1997 by Matthew Block	notes by Matthew Block Hightone HMG 1005
4	1999	From Mississippi To Chicago R.L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie Pinetop Perkins - Kansas City Robert Curtis Smith - The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow Boogaloo Ames - Tommy Dorsey's Boogie Woogie R.L. Burnside - See My Jumper Hangin' On The Line Robert Curtis Smith - Lye Water Conversion Pinetop Perkins - Everyday I Have The Blues R.L. Burnside - Fireman Ring The Bell Eddie Cusic - Gonna Lose A Good Man R.L. Burnside - Skinny Woman Robert Curtis Smith - Thank You - Milky White Way R.L. Burnside - Bad Luck Robert Curtis Smith - Calvary Boogaloo Ames - After Hours rec. 1990 in Mississippi by Matthew Block	notes by Matthew Block Hightone HMG 1008 = P-Vine PCD 5574 (Jp 1999) www.hightone.com
5	1999	Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 1: Mississippi Moan - Catfish Blues (James Thomas) - Bye Bye Blues (Arzo Youngblood) - Gonna Cut You Loose (Eddie Cusic) - You Gonna Take Sick And Die (Boyd Rivers) - Maggie Campbell Blues (Bill Webb) - Sittin' on Top Of The World (Sam Chatmon) - Move Daniel (Cora Fluker) - My Babe (Othar Turner) - Boogie Chillen (Lonnie Pitchford) - Bull Cow Blues (James Thomas) - Stop And Listen Blues (Sam Chatmon) - Swing, Swing (Arzo Youngblood) - Jazz Boogie Woogie (Stonewall Mays) - Jesus On The Mainline (Boyd Rivers) - Shake Your Money Makeer (Lonnie Pitchford) - Rock Me Mama (James Thomas / Cleveland Jones) - Big Road Blues (Bill Webb) - My Daddy Was A Jockey (Sam Chatmon) - That's The Boogie (Napoleon Strickland) - Vicksburg Blues (Sam Chatmon) - Mississippi Moan (Walter Brown) - When I Lay Down My Burden (Othar Turner) Disc 2: Lonesome Road Blues (East Coast) - Lonesome Road Blues (Guitar Frank) - Baby Please Give Me A Break (Archie Edwards) - Road Is Rough And Rocky (Archie Edwards) - Come On In My Kitchen (Guitar Slim) - Bye And Bye, I'm Going To See The King (Flora Molton & The Truth Band) - Chimney Hill Breakdown (Guitar Frank) - Railroad Bill (GuitarFrank, ) - Chicken Can't Roost Too High For Me (John Cephas) - Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad (John Cephas / Phil Wiggins) - Do Lord Remember Me (Archie Edwards) - Jelly Roll Baker (Guitar Frank) - I'm Feelin' Lonesome (Guitar Slim) - My Old Schoolmates (Archie Edwards) - Lonesome Home Blues (Guitar Slim) - T For Texas (Archie Edwards) - Diggin' My Potatoes (Guitar Frank) Disc 3: You Got To Move (Tennessee, Arkansas & More) - Vacation In Heaven (Flora Molton & The Truth Band) - Granny, Will Your Dog Bite? (Othar Turner) - I Laid And I Wondered (James Thomas / Cleveland Jones) - I Can't Stand It (Flora Molton & The Truth Band) - Mr. Freddie Blues (Memphis Piano Red) - Corine, Corrina (Hammie Nixon) - Rollin' And Tumblin' (Lottie Murrell) - She's Tailor Made (Charlie Sangster) - Hounds (Sam Shields) - You Got To Move (Boyd Rivers) - Let Me Play With Your Poodle (CeDell Davis) - Viola Lee Blues (Hammie NIxon) - Joe's Prison Camp Holler (Joe Savage) - When The Saints Go Marchin' In (Othar Turner) - Spoonful (Lottie Murrell, ) - You Got To Do The Boogie Woogie (CeDell Davis) - Trouble Late Last Night (Lottie Murrell) - Dry Bones In The Valley (Cora Fluker) - I Got a Gal 'Cross The Bottom (Lottie Murrell) - Soon One Mornin' (Hammie Nixon) - Levee Camp Holler (Walter Brown) - Precious Lord (Boyd Rivers)	notes by Jerry Gordon and Axel Küstner Evidence ECD 26105-2 with 48 page booklet
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Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

E D D I E C U S I C and James 'Son' Thomas; source: back cover of Albatros VPA 8387 (1977)

Eddie Cusic & James 'Son' Thomas 1976; source: back cover of Albatros VPA 8387 (1977)
photographer: Enzo Castella

James 'Son' Thomas and E D D I E C U S I C during L+R recording session (October 25, 1980 in Leland, Mississippi); source: front cover of L+R LRCD 713024 (2008); photographer: Axel Küstner
James 'Son' Thomas & Eddie Cusic during L+R recording session
(October 25, 1980 in Leland, Mississippi)
source: front cover of L+R LRCD 713024 (2008)
photographer: Axel Küstner

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