K. C.  D O U G L A S, source: front cover of Arhoolie 1073; photographer: Howard Brainen
source: front cover of Arhoolie 1073
photographer: Howard Brainen

K.C. Douglas
b. November 21, 1913 near Sharon, Mississippi
d. October 18, 1975 in Berkeley, California
discography

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

K.C. Douglas 78 rpm / 45 rpm / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
11949K.C. Douglas Trio

- Mercury Boogie (DT2004) #
- Eclipse Of The Sun (DT2005) *

rec. c.1948 in Oakland, CA; K.C. Douglas, g, # voc, with Sidney Maiden, hca, * voc; labels of Down Town list Ford Chaney, g, and Otis Cherry, dr, as present, but neither is audible

10 inch 78 rpm

Down Town 2004


= Gilt Edge GE 5043 (as by
"Lowell Fulson")

21954K.C. Douglas
A Dead-Beat Guitar and the Mississippi Blues

Street corner blues 'bout women and automobiles

- Canned Heat
- Catfish
- Big Road Blues
- Kansas City
- I Got The Key
- Casey Jones

- Mercury Blues
- Blues
- I Met The Blues This Morning
- I Have My Woman
- Had I Money

"collected" 1952 (?) by Sam Eskin in Oakland, CA; K.C. Douglas, voc, g

notes by Sam Eskin







Cook 5002
(Road Recordings)

= Smithsonian COOK 5002
(2001)
www.smithsonianglobal
sound.org

31955K. C. DOUGLASS and His Lumber Jacks

- Lonely Blues (H627) [Lonely Boy Blues ???]
- K.C. Boogie (H628)

rec. 1955 in Oakland, CA; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; p, b. dr

10 inch 78 rpm

Rhythm 1780




= Hollywood 1040

41960I Have To Paint My Face

F 1005 (1960) track list:
Sam Chatman
- I Have To Paint My Face [lyrics]
- You Shall Be Free (Nigger Be A Nigger) *
- I Stand And Wonder
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- Forty-Four Blues #
Jasper Love
- Desert Blues
Sam Chatmon
- Lay My Burden Down (Glory Hallelujah) *
Kathryn Pitman and group
- Save A Seat For Me

Wade Walton & R. C. Smith
- Barbershop Rhythm
R.C. Smith
- Going Back To Texas
Jasper Love & Columbus Jones
- The Slop
R. C. Smith
- Lost Love Blues
- Lonely Widow
Wade Walton
- Rooster Blues
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- Butch's Blues

rec. 1960 by Chris A. Strachwitz with assistance from Mr. and Mrs. Paul Oliver
notes to Arhoolie F 1005; click to enlarge ! notes to Arhoolie F 1005; click to enlarge ! notes to Arhoolie F 1005; click to enlarge !

F 1005 (1980) track list:
Sam Chatman
- I Have To Paint My Face [lyrics]

K. C. Douglas
- Big Road Blues #
Sam Chatman
- I Stand And Wonder
Big Joe Williams
- Texas Blues #
Bukka White
- Drifting Blues #

Wade Walton & R. C. Smith
- Barbershop Rhythm
R. C. Smith
- Going Back To Texas

K. C. Douglas & Sidney Maiden
- Blues And Trouble #
R. C. Smith
- Lonely Widow
Wade Walton
- Rooster Blues
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- Butch's Blues

* omitted from 1969 and 1980 remastered LP versions; not included in CD 432
# on remastered LP version only

notes by Mack McCormick
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Arhoolie F 1005 (1960)

notes by Chris Strachwitz
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Arhoolie F 1005 (1980)
subtitled "A Random Collection of
Mississippi Blues"

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partly reissued on Arhoolie
CD 432 (1995)
"Mississippi Blues 1960"

www.arhoolie.com

51961K. C. Douglas: K. C.'s Blues

- Broken Heart
- Hen House Blues
- Wake Up, Workin' Woman
- Rootin' Ground Hog
- Meanest Woman
- Born In The Country

- Love Me All Night Long
- Tell Me
- No More Cryin'
- K.C.'s Doctor Blues
- You Got A Good Thing Now
- Watch Dog Blues

rec. February 5, 12 & 22, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz; K.C. Douglas, voc, g

notes by Larry Cohn
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Bluesville 1023

notes by Larry Cohn
click to enlarge !
= OBC 533 (1990)

= OBCCD-533-2

61961Sidney Maiden: Trouble An' Blues

- Buy Me An Airplane
- Sweet Little Woman
- My Black Name
- Sidney's Fox Chase
- San Quentin Blues
- Tell Me, Somebody

- Blues An' Trouble
- Hand-Me-Down Baby
- Sidney's Worried Life Blues
- Me And My Chauffeur
- Coal Black Mare
- I'm Goin' Back Home

rec. April 16, 1961 in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Sidney Maiden, voc, hca; K.C. Douglas, g

notes by Larry Cohn
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Bluesville 1035

= OBCCD-574-2 (1990)

click to enlarge !
= Analogue Productions
APR 3011 Stereo (US)
(Audiophile 180 g LP)

71961K. C. Douglas: Big Road Blues

- Big Road Blues
- Howling Blues
- Move To Kansas City
- Buck Dance
- Tore Your Playhouse Down
- Bottle Up And Go

- Whiskey Headed Woman
- Catfish Blues
- K.C.'s Blues
- Canned Heat
- Key To The Highway

rec. February 5, 12 & 22, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz; K.C. Douglas, voc, g

notes by Larry Cohn
click to enlarge !
Bluesville 1050

notes by Larry Cohn
= Ace 254 (1988)

notes by Larry Cohn
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= OBCCD-569-2 (1994)

81961Blues 'n Trouble

Big Joe Williams
- Married Woman Blues
Lil' Son Jackson
- Johnny Mae
Lowell Fulson
- Good Woman Blues
Mance Lipscomb
- Back Water Blues
Jasper Love
- Jove's Honeydripper
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- One Thin Dime #

Sam Chatman
- God Don't Like Ugly
"Whistling" Alex Moore
- Wake Up Old Lady
Black Ace
- Hitchhiking Woman
Robert Curtis Smith
- Stella Ruth

Mercy Dee
- I Been A Fool #
Sidney Maiden
- Chicago Blues [] *
Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly']
- Goin' Back South *

* on 1980 remastered LP version only

on CD 432 only:
Sam Chatmon
- Hollandale Blues

rec. February 5, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mercy Dee Walton, p, # voc; Sidney Maiden, hca, [] voc; K.C. Douglas, g; Otis Cherry, dr

click to enlarge !
Arhoolie FS 101

notes by Chris Strachwitz
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Arhoolie F 1006

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partly reissued on Arhoolie
CD 432 (1995)
"Mississippi Blues 1960"

www.arhoolie.com

8a196?Goin' To California

Lowell Fulson
- Three O¹Clock Blues
- I'm Wild About You
- Don't Be So Evil
- Prison Bound
- My Baby Left Me
- Double Trouble
- Storming and Raining


K. C. Douglas with Sidney Maiden
- Mercury Boogie
Sidney Maiden with K. C. Douglas
- Eclipse Of The Sun
Willie B. Huff
- Beggar Man Blues
Mercy Dee Walton
- Trailing My Baby
Johnny Fuller
- Train, Train
Thunder Smith
- New Worried Life Blues
"Rocky Mountain" Stoneham
- Water Coast Blues
Thunder Smith
- Thunder's Boogie (piano solo)
notes by Chris Strachwitz



Heritage 1003

Heritage discography

91961Mercy Dee

first pressing track sequence
- Mercy's Troubles
- Jack Engine #
- Lady Luck
- Red Light

- Walked Down So Many Turnrows
- Troublesome Mind
- Betty Jean
- Call The Asylum
- Mercy's Party # []

second pressing track sequence
- Mercy's Troubles
- Harvest Time *
- Lady Luck
- Red Light
- Trying To Kick This Habit * [1954 Rhythm unissued]

- Walked Down So Many Turnrows
- After The Fight *
- Troublesome Mind
- Betty Jean
- Call The Asylum
- Shady Lane *

# only on 1st pressing
* only on 2nd pressing
rec. February 5 & 12, 1961 & March 12, 1961 in Stockton, CA & April 16, 1961 in Berkeley, CA; Mercy Dee Walton, voc, p; K. C. Douglas, g, [] voc; Sidney Maiden, hca, [] voc; Otis Cherry, dr
notes by
Chris A. Strachwitz



Arhoolie 1007
(1st pressing 1961)

notes by
Chris A. Strachwitz (1961)

Arhoolie 1007
(2nd pressing 1963?)


(=) Arhoolie CD 369 (1993)

Arhoolie discography

Mercy Dee Walton
discography

101968Texas Blues Volume 2

Manny Nichols
- Long Skinny Mama
Mance Lipscomb
- You Don't Mean Me No Good
Black Ace
- Beer Drinking Woman
Rattlesnake Cooper
- I'm Leaving Town
Mercy Dee & Otis Cherry
- Ebony Baby
Isam Hisam & Lightnin' Hopkins
- I'm Feeling Bad
Manny Nichols
- Walking Talking Blues

Billy Bizor
- Tom Moore
Alex Moore
- Chock House Boogie
Smokey Hogg
- Hello Baby
Robert Shaw
- The Fives
Lightning Hopkins
- Hurricanes Carla & Esther

Mercy Dee, K.C. Douglas & Otis Cherry
- 8th Wonder Of The World
notes by Paul Oliver
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click to enlarge !
Arhoolie F 1017
111965Bad Luck N' Trouble

Clifton Chenier
- Why Did You Go Last Night
R.C. Smith
- Don't Drive Me Away
Mercy Dee
- Bird Brain Baby
Lightning Hopkins & Spider Kilpatrick
- Candy Wagon
James Phillips
- No Lovin'
Little Son Willis
- Bad Luck N' Trouble

K.C. Douglas
- I Know You Didn't Want Me (tk 5) #

Fred McDowell
- Fred's Rambling Blues
Little Son Willis
- Harlem Blues
Detroit Slim
- Nelly Mae
Essie Jenkins
- Influenza Blues
Bukka White
- Midnight Blues
Manny Nichols
- Throw A Little Boogie

# rec. August 19, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Clarence Van Hook, voc; George Hurst, p; Jimmy Rainey, dr

notes by Chris Strachwitz



Arhoolie F-1018
121963K.C. Douglas

- I Know You Didn't Want Me (tk.2)
- I'm Gonna Build Me A Web

rec. August 19, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Clarence Van Hook, ts; George Hurst, p; Jimmy Rainey, dr

7 inch 45 rpm

Arhoolie 45-504
131967K.C. (Country Boy) Douglas

- The Things I'd Do For You (F2637) *
- The Little Green House (F2638) #

rec. 1967 in Berkeley; K.C. Douglas, voc, g with # hca; * Lonnie Hewitt, p; g; dr

7 inch 45 rpm



Galaxy 753
141970Oakland Blues

K.C. Douglas
- Mercury Boogie
Sidney Maiden
- Eclipse Of The Sun
Willie B. Huff
- Beggar Man Blues
Juke Boy Bonner
- Well Baby
Mercy Dee Walton
- Trailing My Baby
LC Good Rockin’ Robinson
- Why Don’t You Write To Me
Juke Boy Bonner
- Rock With Me Baby

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

152/1972K.C. Douglas The Country Boy

- Havin' A Lotta Trouble
- Woke Up With The Blues

rec. January 8, 1972 by Don Lindenau; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Jim Marshall, dr, Bob Smith, b

7 inch 45 rpm

Blues Connoisseur 1001
(Don Lindenau's label)
  K.C. Douglas

- Believe I'll Marry And Leave The Other Women Alone
- You Good Lookin' Women
- Divorce Blues
- Black Cat Bone

rec. January 8, 1972 by Don Lindenau; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Jim Marshall, dr, Bob Smith, b

Blues Connoisseur
unissued
161972K.C. Douglas The Country Boy

- Mercury Boogie
- You Hear Me Howlin'

rec. in summer 1972 live at The Square Rigger, Orinda, CA by Don Lindenau; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Richard Riggins ('Harmonica Slim'), hca; Bob Smith, b; Jim Marshall, dr

7 inch 45 rpm



Blues Connoisseur 1003
171974K. C. Douglas: The Country Boy

LP track sequence
- Fanny Lou
- Hear Me Howling
- Your Crying Won't Make Me Stay
- Country Girl
- Black Cat Bone
- Good Looking Women

- Woke Up This Morning
- High Water Rising
- Mercury Boogie
- My Mind's Going Back To 1929
- Catfish Blues

rec. on portable equipment at Arhoolie House by Chris Strachwitz; Side A: November 16, 1973; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Richard Riggins, hca; Side B: January 26, 1974; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Richard Riggins, hca; Ron Thompson, lead g; Jim Marshall, dr

CD track sequence
- Mercury Blues
- My Mind's Going Back To 1929
- Catfish Blues
- High Water Rising
- Woke Up This Morning
- Somebody Done Stole My Gal - (previously unreleased)
- Fanny Lou - (previously unreleased)
- I Don't Want No Woman To Love Me - (previously unreleased)
- Married Woman Blues - (previously unreleased)
- Black Cat Bone - (previously unreleased)
- Good Looking Woman - (previously unreleased)
- Richard's Ride - (previously unreleased)
- Hear Me Howling - (previously unreleased)
- I'm Gonna Build Me A Web - (previously unreleased)
- Make Your Coffee - (previously unreleased)
- Night Shift Blues - (previously unreleased)
- Canned Heat - (previously unreleased)
- Your Crying Won't Make Me Stay
- Country Girl
- Black Cat Bone
- Good Looking Women
- Fanny Lou

"previously unreleased" = CD bonus tracks

notes by Tom Mazzolini



Arhoolie 1073

notes by Tom Mazzolini
and Chris Strachwitz

(=) Arhoolie CD 475 (1998)
"Mercury Blues"

www.arhoolie.com

181979All Night Long They Play The Blues

- Part Time Love - Little Johnny Taylor
- Country Boy - Sonny Rhodes
- I Know You Hear Me Calling - Little Johnny Taylor

- Little Green House - K.C. Douglas
- Hey, Hey Baby's Gone - Phillip Walker
- I'm Serving Time - Rodger Collins
- Life Goes On - Big Mama Thornton
- Mama Rufus - Merced Blue Notes

- All Night Long They Play The Blues - Clarence Smith
- Somewhere Down The Line - Little Johnny Taylor

- Things I'd Do For You - K.C. Douglas
- Laughin' And Clownin' - Phillip Walker
- There's Gonna Be Some Changes - Clay Hammond
- One Of These Days - Sonny Rhodes
- Because It's Love - Big Mama Thornton
- I'm Gonna Push On - Charles Brown


from 45s on the Galaxy and Fantasy labels from 1963 to 1972; compilation: Alan Balfour, Bob Fisher
notes by Clive Richardson





Fantasy FT 563

(=) Specialty SPCD-7029-2
= Ace CDCHD 440
(UK 1992)

191980K.C. Douglas: Mercury Boogie

- Mercury Boogie
- Eclipse Of The Sun

- Canned Heat
- Catfish
- Big Road Blues
- Kansas City
- I Got The Key
- Casey Jones

- Mercury Blues
- Blues
- I Met The Blues This Morning
- I Have My Woman
- Had I Money

previously on Down Town 2004 & Cook LP 5002

notes by Guido van Rijn



Oldie Blues OL 2812 (NL)

Oldie Blues discography

201988Bluesville Vol. 1
"Folk Blues"


Furry Lewis
- Judge Boushay Blues
Memphis Willie B.
- Country Girl Blues

K.C. Douglas
- Big Road Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Levee Camp Blues
Robert Curtis Smith
- Catfish Blues
Memphis Willie B
- Highway 61 (CD only)
Furry Lewis
- Shake 'em On Down (CD only)

Sidney Maiden
- San Quentin Blues
Wade Walton
- Big Fat Mama
Pete Franklin
- Grievin' Me
Blind Willie McTell
- Dying Crapshooter's Blues
Blind Snooks Eaglin
- Alberta (CD only)
Lonnie Johnson
- Fine Booze and Heavy Dues
Scrapper Blackwell
- Blues Before Sunrise
Doug Quattlebaum
- You Is One Black Rat
Reverend Gary Davis
- You Got to Move
Blind Snooks Eaglin
- Brown Skin Woman
Baby Tate
- See What You Done Done (CD only)
Scrapper Blackwell
- Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog (CD only)
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
- Pawn Shop
Lightnin' Hopkins (LP only)
- T-Model Blues


read liner notes, part 1read liner notes, part 2
Ace CH 247


Ace CD 247

Bluesville discography

211988The Bluesville Years, Vol. 10
"Country Roads, Country Days"


K.C. Douglas
- Wake Up
- Working Woman
- Broken Heart
Alec Seward
- Evil Woman Blues
- Creepin' Blues
Doug Quattlebaum
- You Is One Black Rat
- Sweet Little Woman
Scrapper Blackwell And Brooks Berry
- ’Bama Bound
- Blues And Trouble
Jesse Fuller
- Key To The Highway
- Stranger Blues
Snooks Eaglin
- That's All Right
- Well, I Had My Fun (Goin' Down Slow)
Henry Townsend
- Cairo Is My Baby's Home
- I Asked Her If She Loved Me
Mercy Dee Walton
- Pity And A Shame
- Have You Ever Been Out In The Country
Shakey Jake
- Gimme A Smile
- Jake's Cha Cha
Arbee Stidham
- I'm Tired Of Wandering
- You Can't Live In This World By Yourself
St. Louis Jimmy
- Goin' Down Slow

Prestige PRCD-9918-2
221992All Night Long They Play The Blues
The Galaxy Masters

- Part Time Love [extended version] - Little Johnny Taylor
- S.K. Blues - Saunders King
- Life Goes On - Big Mama Thornton
- One Of These Days - Sonny Rhodes
- There's Gonna Be Some Changes - Clay Hammond

- The Things I'd Do For You - K.C. Douglas
- What's Your Story, Morning Glory? - Saunders King
- I'm Gonna Push On - Charles Brown
- Hey, Hey Baby's Gone - Phillip Walker
- All Night Long They Play The Blues - Clarence Smith

- Little Green House - K.C. Douglas
- The Things That I Used To Do - Little Johnny Taylor
- Because It's Love - Big Mama Thornton
- Danger Zone - Percy Mayfield J.J. Malone
- Country Boy - Sonny Rhodes
- Laughin' And Clownin' - Phillip Walker
- You're Gonna Want Me - Bill Coday
- Driving Wheel - Little Johnny Taylor
- Cry No More - Charles Brown
- I'm Serving Time - Rodger Collins
- You Oughta Slow Dance, Baby - The Right Kind
- Please Come Home For Christmas - Little Johnny Taylor
- Tighten Up - Merl Saunders
Fantasy FT 563 (1979)

notes by Lee Hildebrand

Specialty SPCD-7029-2
= Ace CDCHD 440 (UK)

231993Mercy Dee Walton: Troublesome Mind

- Have You Ever Been Out In The Country
- Five Card Hand
- After The Fight - (previously unreleased - previously on LP 1007 2nd pressing)
- Lady Luck - (previously unreleased)
- Betty Jean - (previously unreleased)
- One Room Country Shack
- Mercy's Troubles
- Sugar Daddy
- Red Light
- Walked Down So Many Turnrows
- Call The Asylum - (previously unreleased)
- Mercy's Shuffle - (previously unreleased)
- Troublesome Mind
- Shady Lane - (previously unreleased - previously on LP 1007 2nd pressing)
- Eight Wonder Of The World
- I Been A Fool

rec. February 5, 12 & 16, 1961 in Stockton, CA; Mercy Dee Walton, voc, p; K. C. Douglas, g, # voc; Sidney Maiden, hca; Otis Cherry, dr

Arhoolie 1007 (196?)


Arhoolie CD 369

www.arhoolie.com

241995I Have To Paint My Face

- I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatmon [lyrics]
- Big Road Blues - K.C. Douglas
- I Stand And Wonder - Sam Chatmon
- Texas Blues - Big Joe Williams

- Night Shirt Blues - K.C. Douglas (previously unreleased)
- Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas / Bruce Bratton (previously unreleased)
- Hollandale Blues - Sam Chatmon (previously unreleased)
- The Slop - Jasper Love / Columbus Jones
- Stella Ruth - R.C. Smith
- God Don't Like Ugly - Sam Chatmon
- Rooster Blues - Wade Walton
- Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / R.C. Smith
- Going Back To Texas - R.C. Smith

- Blues And Trouble - K.C. Douglas / Sidney Maiden
- Lonely Widower - R.C. Smith
- Lost Love Blues - R.C. Smith
- Married Woman Blues - Big Joe Williams
- Love's Honeydripper - Jasper Love
- Desert Blues - Jasper Love
- One Thin Dime - Butch Cage / Willie Thomas
- Butch's Blues - Butch Cage / Willie Thomas
- Forty Four Blues - Butch Cage / Willie Thomas

- Chicago Blues - Sidney Maiden / K.C. Douglas
Arhoolie 1005 (1960)
Arhoolie 1006 (1961)

notes by Chris Strachwitz
click to enlarge !
Arhoolie CD 432

www.arhoolie.com

251998K. C. Douglas: Mercury Blues

- Mercury Blues
- My Mind's Going Back To 1929
- Catfish Blues
- High Water Rising
- Woke Up This Morning
- Somebody Done Stole My Gal - (previously unreleased)
- Fanny Lou - (previously unreleased)
- I Don't Want No Woman To Love Me - (previously unreleased)
- Married Woman Blues - (previously unreleased)
- Black Cat Bone - (previously unreleased)
- Good Looking Woman - (previously unreleased)
- Richard's Ride - (previously unreleased)
- Hear Me Howling - (previously unreleased)
- I'm Gonna Build Me A Web - (previously unreleased)
- Make Your Coffee - (previously unreleased)
- Night Shift Blues - (previously unreleased)
- Canned Heat - (previously unreleased)
- Your Crying Won't Make Me Stay
- Country Girl
- Black Cat Bone
- Good Looking Women
- Fanny Lou

rec. on portable equipment at Arhoolie House by Chris Strachwitz
November 16, 1973; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Richard Riggins, hca
January 26, 1974; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Richard Riggins, hca; Ron Thompson, lead g; Jim Marshall, dr

"previously unreleased" = CD bonus tracks

Arhoolie 1073 (1974)

notes by Tom Mazzolini
and Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 475

www.arhoolie.com

261999The Bluesville Years, Vol. 12
"Jump, Jumpin the Blues"


K.C. Douglas
- You Got A Good Thing Now
Sonny Terry
- My Baby Done Gone
- High Powered Woman
Memphis Willie B
- Good Potatoes
Lightnin Hopkins
- Wine Spodee-o-Dee
Memphis Slim
- Frankie And Johnny Boogie
Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim
- Don't You Tell Nobody
Little Brother Montgomery
- Santa Fe
Billy Boy Arnold
- Get Out of Here
- You Better Cut That Out
Homesick James
- Working with Homesick
Otis Spann and James Cotton
- Lightnin
Shakey Jake
- It Won't Happen Again
Roosevelt Sykes
- Runnin The Boogie
- Hey Big Momma
Curtis Jones
- Good Time Special
Jimmy Witherspoon
- One Scotch One Bourbon One Beer
- Kansas City
- Drinking Beer
Mildred Anderson
- I'm Free
- Cool Kind Of Poppa
Sunnyland Slim
- Slim's Shout

Prestige PRCD-9922-2
272007Down Home Blues Classics - West Coast California

K.C. Douglas - Mercury Blues
Sidney Maiden - Eclipse Of The Sun
Little Son Willis - Bad Luck And Trouble
- Operator Blues
Black Diamond - T.P. Railer
- Lonesome Blues
Sonny Boy Johnson - Desert Blues
- Come And Go With Me
Willie B Huff - Beggar Man Blues
- I''ve Been Thinkin'' And Thinkin'
Brother Jackson - L.C. Boogie
Junior Hampton - J.H. Stomp
Little Son Willis - Harlem Blues
- I Love You Just The Way You Are
Sonny Boy Johnson - Walkin'' And Cryin'' Blues
- I''ve Got The $64,000 Question
Jerry Perkins - P38 Stomp
- My Baby''s Last Goodbye
Slim Green - Alla Blues
- Central Avenue Blues
Ernest McClay - Big Timing Woman
- Night Working Woman
Buddy Lewis - You''ve Got Good Business
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Jerry Perkins - Katherine Blues
- Knockin'' The Boogie
Al Prince - Don''t Love A Married Woman
- Wine Talk
King Davis - Someday You''ll Understand
- Waggin'' Your Tail
Beverly Scott - Southern California Blues
- Shakin'' The Boogie
Little Son Willis - Skin And Bone
- Nothing But The Blues
Slim Green - Baby I Love You
- Tricky Woman Blues
Little Willie Cotton - Gonna Shook It Up And Go
- A Dream
Sonny Boy Holmes - I Got Them Blues
- T-N-T Woman
Goldrush - All My Money Is Gone

K.C. Douglas - Lonely Blues
- K.C. Boogie
Little Son Willis - Roll Me Over Slow
- Baby Come Back Home
Sonny Boy Johnson - Swimming Pool Blues
- I''ve Been Drinkin'' My Last Drink
Beverly Scott - Brownskin Woman
- Little Girl Blues
Willie B Huff - I Love You Baby
- Operator 209
Sidney Maiden - Hurry Hurry Baby
- Everything Is Wrong
Haskell Sadler - Do Right Mind
- Gone For Good
Alvin Smith - On My Way
2 CD set

Boulevard Vintage
BVBCD1012


Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Lawrence Cohn: Nothing But The Blues.- New York, London, Paris (Abbeville Press) 1993
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 133-134, 354, 557
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 325-326, 681, 1007-1008
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 160-161, 347, 533-534
- Mick Rainsford: Veelzijdig en toch single-minded - De Blues Connoisseur story.- Block 104 (1997), p. 20-24
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Front cover of Arhoolie CD 475

thanks to Flemming Nielsen, Alan Balfour, and Michael 'Hawkeye' Herman for additional info / scans

 

K. C.  D O U G L A S, source: eBay auction; photographer: Chris Strachwitz; click to enlarge !
K.C. Douglas (source: eBay auction; photographer: Chris Strachwitz)

 

Otis Cherry, K.C. Douglas, Mercy Dee Walton, Sidney Maiden; source: Blues Link 5 (1974), p. 15; photographer: Chris Strachwitz; click to enlarge !
Otis Cherry, K.C. Douglas, Mercy Dee Walton, Sidney Maiden
source: Blues Link 5 (1974), p. 15; photographer: Chris Strachwitz

 

Sidney Maiden, K.C. Douglas, Mercy Dee Walton; source: Blues Link 5 (1974), p. 17; photographer: Chris Strachwitz; click to enlarge !
Sidney Maiden, K.C. Douglas, Mercy Dee Walton
source: Blues Link 5 (1974), p. 17; photographer: Chris Strachwitz

 

K. C.  D O U G L A S, source: Cohn 1993, p. 298; photographer: Chris Strachwitz; click to enlarge !
K.C. Douglas and Richard Riggins ('Harmonica Slim')
source: Cohn 1993, p. 298; photographer: Chris Strachwitz

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