D O C T O R   R O S S; from front cover of Testament LP 2206
source: front cover of Testament LP 2206

Doctor Ross
Charles Isaiah Ross
b. October 21, 1925 in Tunica, Mississippi
d. May 28, 1993 in Flint, Michigan

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.

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Doctor Ross 78 rpm / 45 rpm / EPs / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
13/1952Doctor Ross And His Jump And Jive Boys

- Country Clown (F-1012)
- Doctor Ross Boogie (F-1013)

rec. November 29, 1951 in Memphis; Doctor Ross, voc, hca, g; Wiley Galatin, g; prod. by Sam Philips

10 inch 78 rpm



Chess 1504
   - Doctor Ross Boogie (alt) #
- Little Soldier Boy *
- Shake A My Hand *

rec. November 29, 1951 in Memphis; Doctor Ross, voc, hca, g; Wiley Galatin, g; prod. by Sam Philips

unissued

# CRB 1061
* Arhoolie 1065

212/1953Doctor Ross

- Come Back Baby (U 90) #
- Chicago Breakdown (U 91)

rec. October 3, 1953 in Memphis; Doctor Ross, voc, hca, g; Wiley Galatin, g; Robert Moore, broom; Reuben Martin, washboard; prod. by Sam Philips

10 inch 78 rpm /
7 inch 45 rpm

Sun 193

London HAS 8265
Charly CR 30125
# Sun Box 105
P-Vine PLP-352

   - Mississippi Blues #
- Dr. Ross Breakdown #
- Turkey Leg Mama #
- Texas Hop *
- Terra Mae §

rec. October 3, 1953 in Memphis; Doctor Ross, voc, hca, g; Wiley Galatin, g; Robert Moore, broom; Reuben Martin, washboard; prod. by Sam Philips

Sun inissued

# Arhoolie 1065
* Charly CR 30127
§ Sun Box 105

   - That Ain't Right * §
- Shake 'Em On Down #
- Down South Blues #
- Goin' Back South #
- My Be-Bop Gal #
- Left Job Boogie (poss.) §

rec. unknown date in Memphis; Doctor Ross, voc, hca, g; § Henry Hill, voc; Reuben Martin, washboard; prod. by Sam Philips

Sun inissued

# Arhoolie 1065
* Charly CR 30127
§ Sun Box 105
§ P-Vine PLP-352

311/1954Doctor Ross

- The Boogie Disease (U 136) §
- Juke Box Boogie (U 137)

rec. 1954 in Memphis; Doctor Ross, voc, hca, g; Tom Troy, g; Bobby Parker, dr; prod. by Sam Philips

10 inch 78 rpm /
7 inch 45 rpm





Sun 212

Charly CR 30114
Charly CR 30125
§ Sun Box 105
P-Vine PLP-352

   - Memphis Boogie #
- Going To The River #
- Good Thing Blues #

rec. 1954 in Memphis; Doctor Ross, voc, hca, g; Tom Troy, g; Bobby Parker, dr; prod. by Sam Philips

Sun unissued

# Arhoolie 1065

   - Polly Put The Kettle On *
- Feel So Sad *
- That's All Right # *
- Industrial Boogie *
- Tailor Made
- Downtown Boogie
- 1953 Jump *
- Cat Squirrel # *

rec. unknown dates in Memphis; Doctor Ross, voc, hca, g; unknown group; prod. by Sam Philips

Sun unissued

# Krazy Kat 7427
* P-Vine PLP-352

41958"Doctor" Ross

- Industrial Boogie (D 1001, KB 1190B)
- Thirty-Two Twenty (D 1002, KB 1190A) #

rec. December 1958 in Flint, Michigan; Doctor Ross, voc, hca, g

10 inch 78 rpm /
7 inch 45 rpm



DIR A101 / B102
[Doctor Isaiah Ross]

# Blues Classics 12

51960Doctor Ross The Harmonica Boss
with Tony Valla & The Alamos

- Sugar Mama
- I'd Rather Be An Old Woman's Baby Than A Young Girl's Slave

Doctor Ross, voc, hca, g

7 inch 45 rpm



Fortune 538
61961Doctor Ross & His Orbits

- Cat Squirrel (F 221)
- Sunnyland (F 222)

rec. Detroit 1959; Doctor Ross, voc, hca, g; with g; b; dr

7 inch 45 rpm



Fortune 857
71963Doctor Ross

- Cannonball (H 68)
- Numbers Blues (H 69)

rec. Detroit 1961; Doctor Ross, voc, hca, g with Little Joe's Band: g; b; dr

7 inch 45 rpm

HI-Q 5027
(subsidiary of Fortune label)
81963Doctor Ross

- Call The Doctor (H 83)
- New York Breakdown (H 84)

rec. Detroit 1963; Doctor Ross, voc, hca, g; with g; b; dr

7 inch 45 rpm

HI-Q 5033
(subsidiary of Fortune label)
91965Doctor Ross: Call The Doctor
Breakdowns And Blues By Mississippi One-Man Band Dr. Isaiah Ross

- Cat Squirrel
- Blues & Trouble
- Freight Train
- Illinois Blues
- Hobo Blues
- Mama Blues
- My Little Woman
- Dr. Ross' Rock

- 32-20
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Chicago Breakdown
- China Blues
- Blues In The Night
- Going To The River
- Drifting Blues
- Fox Chase
- Jivin' Blues *

* cd-bonus track

rec. Flint, Michigan, 1965 by Pete Welding




Testament T-2206


= Bounty BY 6020 (UK 1966)


= Testament TCD 5009 (1994)

101965Ramblin' On My Mind
Classic Train and Travel Blues

Johnny Youngwith Little Walter Jacobs, Jimmy Walker
- Hear That Whistle Blow
Carl Hodges
- Standing At The Greyhound Station
Leroy 'Country' Dallas
- She Caught The M&O
Jimmy Brewer
- Pea Vine Whistle
Honeyboy Edwards
- Highway 61
Big Joe Williams
- Ramblin' On My Mind

Blind Connie Williams
- Key To The Highway

Dr. Isaiah Ross
- Hobo Blues
John Lee Grandison
- My Home Ain't Here
Bill Jackson
- Freight Train Blues
Elijah Brown
- Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay
W. B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson
- Mean Old Train

prod. by Pete Welding and Norman Dayron

notes by Pete Welding





Milestone MLP-3002
111965Doctor Ross: The Flying Eagle

- Flying Eagle Boogie *
- Goin' Down Slow *
- Something To Tell You, Want All My Friends To Know *
- Tommy Dorsey Boogie *
- Hobo Blues *
- Mother Before This Time Another Year *

- Bad Whiskey, Bad Women *
- Decoration Day *
- Too Close Together *
- Rollin' And Tumblin' *
- Mean Old World *
- Rock Me *

tracks on XTRA 1038:
- Bad Whiskey, Bad Women *
- Decoration Day *
- Rollin' And Tumblin' *
- Something To Tell You, Want All My Friends To Know*
- Flying Eagle Boogie *

- Miss Elvira #
- After Hours Blues #
- Sugar Gal #
- Sweet Black Angel #
- Stop Cryin' #
- Train Fare Home #

* rec. London, October 20, 1965
# rec. Flint, Michigan, Jan. 1966


Blue Horizon LP 1




(=) XTRA 1038 (1966)
"Doctor Ross"

= Blue Horizon CD 1 (2000)

123/1966The Blues Came Down From Memphis

Dr. Ross
The Boogie Disease
James Cotton
- Cotton Crop Blues
Willie Nix
- Baker Shop Boogie
Rufus "Hound Dog" Thomas
- Bear Cat
Jimmy DeBerry
- Take A Little Chance

Dr. Ross
- Juke Box Boogie
Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson Combo
- I Feel So Worried

Little Milton
- If You Love Me
Jimmy DeBerry
- Time Has Made A Change

Dr. Ross
- Come Back Baby
Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson Combo
- So Long
Rufus Thomas Jr.
- Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle)
Willie Nix
- Seems Like A Million Years

Dr. Ross
- Chicago Breakdown



London HAS 8265

notes by Neil Slaven



= Charly CR 30125 (1977)

= Rarity 5040 (Brazil 1988)
= Charly CD 67 (1988)
= Charly CDGR 243

131966Lets Go Down South
Post War Blues as sung from Memphis down to Dallas

Baby Face Turner
- Blue Serenade
- Gonna Let You Go
Charley Booker
- Rabbit Blues
Clarence London
- One Rainy Morning
- Going Back To Mama
Lost John Hunter
- Cool Down Mama
- School Boy
Joe Hill Louis
- Goin' Down Slow

D.A. Hunt
- Lonesome Ol' Jail
- Greyhound Blues

Dr. Ross
- Country Clown
Country Paul
- Your Picture Done Fade
- Ain't It Sad
Joe Hill Louis
- Eyesight To The Blind
Big Charley Bradix
- Dollar Diggin' Woman
- Boogie Like You Wanna





Neshoba N-11
141966American Folk Blues Festival '65 - Studio Session

Fred McDowell
- Highway 61
J.B. Lenoir
- Slow Down
Walter Horton
- Christine
Roosevelt Sykes
- Come On Back Home
Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years
- The Big Question

Jimmy Lee Robinson
- Rosalie
John Lee Hooker
- King Of The World
- Della Mae
Buddy Guy
- First Time I Met The Blues
Big Mama Thornton
- Houn' Dog

Doctor Ross
- My Black Name Is Ringing

- Farewell Baby *

rec. Hamburg, Germany, October 7th, 1965

* Doctor Ross bonus track on Evidence 5 CD set ECD 26200

click to enlarge !
= Fontana 885 422 TY
= Fontana TL 5286

click to enlarge !
= Fontana 681529 TL


= Philips/Phonogram
SFL-7386 (1969)
American Folk Blues
Festival 65-66


= L+R 42.025 (1980)
= LR CD-2025

click to enlarge !
= disc 5 of Evidence 5 CD set
ECD 26200

151966Detroit Blues - The Early 1950s

Baby Boy Warren
- Sanafee
- Baby Boy Blues
- Mattie Mae
- Chicken

Dr. Ross
- Thirty Two Twenty [DIR A101 / B102]
Bobo Jenkins
- 10 Below Zero
- Baby Don't You Want To Go
Eddie Kirkland
- No Shoes

Detroit Count
- Hastings Street Opera
L. C. Green
- Remember Way Back
Big Maceo
- Big City Blues
John Lee Hooker
- House Rent Boogie
One String Sam
- O Need $100
Brother Will Hairston
- Alabama Bus
notes by Paul Oliver



Blues Classics BC 12

Blues Classics discography

162/1969The Mike Raven Blues Sampler

Leadbelly
- Little Children's Blues
Jimmy Witherspoon
- Evenin'

Dr. Ross
- After Hours Blues
Gary Davis
- Say No To The Devil
Big Joe Williams
- Bottle Up And Go
Memphis Slim
- Frankie and Johnny

Sonny Terry
- Louise
Jesse Fuller
- Brownskin Gal
Mabel Hillery
- It's So Hard To Be A Nigger
Blind Willie McTell
- Married Man's A Fool
Scraper
[sic] Blackwell
- "A" Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Blues In A Bottle



Transatlantic TRA SAM 5

read liner notes

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Cream: Fresh Cream.- Mercury / Polydor
(rec. July, Aug., Sept. 1966, rel. UK Dec. 1966, US Jan. 1967)
more info

17197?Dr. Ross: King Of The Memphis Boogie

- Boogie Disease
- Juke Box Boogie

- Chicago Breakdown
- Come Back, Baby
7 inch 45 rpm EP

Masked Clam 32-20

(reissue of Sun 212 + 193)

181971Nothing 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
2 LP set

notes by Mike Leadbitter







CBS 66278 (UK)

191971Doctor Ross: The Harmonica Boss

- I'd Rather Be An Old Woman's Baby Than A Young Woman's Slave
- Good Things Come To Mind
- Baby Stop Crying
- My Black Name Is Ringing
- Going Away Baby
- General Motors Blues

- Cat Squirrel
- Biscuit Baking Woman
- Miss Ledora Blues
- I Am Not Dead
- Mean Old World
- Industrial Blues

Fortune F-3011 (mono)
= FS-3011 (stereo)
20197?Blues Sounds of the Hastings Street Era
(The Original Detroit Blues)

Doctor Ross
- San Francisco Breakdown

Big Maceo Merriweather
- Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool
John Lee Hooker
- Have Mercy On Poor Me
Gracie Brim
- Strange Man (alt. tk.)
Calvin Frazier
- Lilly Mae

The Richard Brothers
- Stolen Property
Henry Smith
- Dog Me Blues
Big Jack Reynolds
- Going Down Slow
Bobo Jenkins
- Seasick And Waterbound
Eddie Kirkland
- I Must Have Done Somebody Wrong

compiled by Jack Brown

notes by Richard Pohrt

Fortune FTS 3012
211972?Doctor Ross: Live & Well

- Chicago Breakdown
- 30:20 Blues
- Got Somethin' To Tell
- Mama Blues
- Hobo Blues
- Boogie Disease No. 3

- Trouble, Trouble
- Sweet Black Angel
- China Blues
- Little Schoolgirl
- Biscuit Bakin' Woman

rec. live in Germany in 1972




Ornament CH-7.101 (D)




= Esceha CH-7.101 (D)


= Chrisly CM 30006 (2000)
= CMA/Ornament CD 8006
"Blues And Boogie From
Detroit"

221972Doctor Ross: His First Recordings

- Shake 'Em On Down *
- Down South Blues *
- Shake A My Hand #
- Little Soldier Boy #
- Mississippi Blues %
- Going Back South []
- Dr. Ross Breakdown %

- Going To The River §
- Good Thing Blues §
- Turkey Leg Woman %
- Country Clown #
- My BeBop Gal *
- Memphis Boogie $

rec. 1951-1954 for the Sun label

notes by Steve LaVere
and Bob Eagle



Arhoolie F 1065
231972Doctor Ross Live At Montreux

- Doctor Ross Rockin'
- Freight Train
- Mama Blues
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- General Motors Blues

- Got Something To Tell You #
- Hobo Blues #
- Let's Boogie All Night Long #
- Honey Bee Blues #
- My Airplane Chick #

rec. live at Montreux, Switzerland, June 18, 1972; # with Louis Myers, g; Lafayette Leake, p; Dave Myers, b




Atlantic / Polydor 2460 169

= Big Bear 18 (1973)

Big Bear discography

241972Montreux Blues Festival

Doctor Ross
- Freight Train
- Chicago Breakdown
Lightnin' Slim and Whispering Smith
- Lonesome Cabin Blues
- Just Imagination
- Caress Me Baby
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do

Bessie Griffin with The Johnny Thompson Singers
- Jesus, Keep Me Near The Cross
Jimmy Dawkins
- Casino Trick Stick
- Five Long Years
- Dust My Broom / Sweet Home Chicago


Lightnin' Slim and Whispering Smith
- I Want You To Love Me
- You Got Me Dizzy
- Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
- My Starter Won't Work
- Storm In Texas

Lightnin' Slim and Whispering Smith
- Got My Mojo Working
Jimmy Dawkins
- Whole Lotta Lovin´
- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
- You Don´t Love Me
- Close Down Boogie
DLP







Excello 28026
241973Genesis Vol. 2
The Beginnings of Rock: From Memphis to Chicago

Album 1 (6499 432)
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Work With Me
- Don't Start Me To Talking
- All My Love In Vain
- Good Evening Everybody
- You Killing Me (On My Feet)
- Let Me Explain
- I Know What Love Is All About

Sonny Boy Williamson
- I Wonder Why
- Your Imagination
Elmore James
- Country Boogie
- My Best Friend
- I See My Baby
- She Just Won't Do Right
- Muddy Shoes


Album 2 (6499 433)
Ethel Mae
- Down The Line
- Handsome Lover
- Sugar Papa
Robert Nighthawk
- Good News
- Six Three O
- Prison Bound
Forrest City Joe
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman

Forrest City Joe
- Lonesome Day Blues
Howlin' Wolf
- I'm Not Joking
- Moanin' At Midnight
- How Many More Years
- All Night Long
- No Place To Go


Album 3 (6499 434)
Jackie Brenston
- Rocket "88"

Doctor Ross
- Country Clown
- Doctor Ross Boogie
Willie Nix
- Truckin' Little Woman
- Just One Mistake
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Open Your Book
- Tears In My Eyes (C-1023 [alt.])

Woodrow Adams
- Pretty Baby Blues
- She's Done Come And Gone
Joe Hill Louis
- Dorothy Mae
- When I Am Gone
Harmonica Frank
- Swamp Root
- Howlin' Tomcat
- She Done Moved


Album 4 (6499 435)
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Keep It To Yourself
- Please Forgive (Keep It To Yourself)
- The Key To Your Love
Howlin' Wolf
- Baby How Long
- Evil Is Goin' On
- Forty Four
- Who Will Be Next

Howlin' Wolf
- I Have A Little Girl
- Come To Me Baby
- Don't Mess With My Baby
- Smokestack Lightning
- You Can't Be Beat
- So Glad
- Break Of Day

compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven

4 LP box set




Chess 6641 125
(UK Phonogram)

251974The American Blues Legends '74

Big John Wrencher
- Big Johns Boogie
- I'm A Roots Man
- How Many More Years #
Cousin Joe Pleasant
- I Can't Lose With The Stuff I Use
- Problems

Doctor Ross
- It Seems Like A Dream
- On My Way To School
- Boogie Disease No. 2 #

Eddie "Playboy" Taylor
- I Used To Have Some Friends
- I Know My Baby
- You Don't Love Me
G.P. Jackson
- 12th Street Boogie
- Letter Dressed In Red
- Leavin' Kansas City
Cousin Joe Pleasant
- Railroad Avenue
- Blues Legends 1974


rec. & mixed February & March 1974 at Chalk Farm Studios, London, England; prod. by Jim Simpson
# CD bonus tracks



Munich BM 150 202


= Big Bear BEAR 1


= Big Bear / Indigo CD 2527
(2002; 2 CD set)
"American Blues Legends
1973 / 1974"

Big Bear discography

261974Doctor Ross: The Harmonica Boss

- Boogie Disease No. 2
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Harmonica Boogie
- Decoration Day
- How Much More Long
- Don't Worry About The Bear

- That's All Right Mama
- Blues In The Night
- Do The Boogie Woogie #
- Rockin' After Midnight
- Ethel Mae
- San Francisco Breakdown

rec. live at Chalk Farm, London Nov. 1972
# with Bob Hall, p; prod. by Jim Simpson


Big Bear BEAR 2




= Munich BM 150201

= Big Bear / Intercord
INT 146.403 (D)


= Blues Project 2013

Big Bear discography

271974Doctor Ross: Jivin' The Blues

- Blues For Illinois
- Reconsider Baby *
- Jivin' The Blues
- I'm A Mannish Boy
- Step Back Woman #

- Big Boat
- Harley Street Special *
- That's All Right Mama
- Come One & Shake Your Boogie #
- Stop Crying #

rec. at Chalk Farm Studios, London; prod. by Jim Simpson
* with Bob Hall, p; # with The Blueshounds (Bob Hall, p; Pat Grover, g; Bob Brunning, b; John Hunt, dr)




Big Bear BEAR 15

= Big Bear / Intercord
INT 146.409 (1979)

Big Bear discography

281975The Harmonica Blues of Sonny Terry, Doctor Ross, Hammie Nixon, Sonny Boy Williamson

Sonny Terry, Copenhagen, 1971
- The Sweetest Girl I Know
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Copenhagen, 1971
- Blues With A Whoop
- I Woke Up With The Blues

Doctor Ross, no date, London
- Mother Before This Time Another Year
- Going Down Slow

Hammie Nixon with Sleepy John Estes, Copenhagen, 1964
- I'm Going Home
- Minnie's Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson with Matt Murphy, Copenhagen, 1963
- Down And Out (take 1)
- Down And Out (take 2)
Sonny Boy Williamson with Matt Murphy & Memphis Slim, Copenhagen, 1963
- Early One Morning



Storyville SLP 4008


= Storyville ST 21021

291975The Blues
The Blues Music In Early 50's

Sunnyland Slim
- Johnson Machine
Muddy Waters
- Little Anna Mae
Forrest City Joe
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman
Ethel Mae
- Sugar Papa
Robert Nighthawk
- 6-3-0
- Prison Bound

Howlin' Wolf
- Mama Died And Left Me
Muddy Waters
- Where Is My Woman Been

Doctor Ross
- Doctor Ross Boogie
Willie Nix
- Just One Mistake
Memphis Minnie
- Broken Heart
Howlin' Wolf
- Come To Me Baby

Victor LWG-1089 (Jp promo)
301976Sun Blues
The Roots Of Rock Vol. 7

Handy Jackson
- Got My Application Baby
- Trouble (Will Bring You Down)
Willie Nix
- Seems Like A Million Years
- Baker Shop Boogie
Little Junior's Blue Flames
- Feelin' Good
- Fussin' And Fightin' Blues
Rufus Thomas
- Tiger Man
- Save That Money

Hot Shot Love
- Wolf Call Boogie
- Harmonica Jam
James Cotton
- Cotton Crop Blues
- Hold Me In Your Arms

Doctor Ross
- Boogie Disease
- Juke Box Boogie
Eddie Snow
- Ain't That Right
- Bring Your Love Back To Me

Charly CR 30114
311977Union Avenue Breakdown
The Roots Of Rock Vol. 12

Jimmy DeBerry
- Party Line Blues
Joe Hill Louis
- Treat Me Mean And Evil
Willie Nix
- Prison Bound Blues
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Walter Horton
- Walter's Boogie
Honeyboy Edwards [mistakenly credited to Albert (Joiner) Williams]
- Sweet Home Chicago
Albert (Joiner) Williams
- Rhumba Chillen

Woodrow Adams
- The Train Is Coming
William Stewart
- Rattlesnakin' Mama
- The Call Me Talkin' Boy

Dr. Ross with Henry Hill
- That Ain't Right
Dr. Ross
- Texas Hop
Pinetop Perkins
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Chris Booker
- Walked All Night
Boyd Gilmore & Earl Hooker
- Believe I'll Settle Down
notes by Martin Hawkins



Charly CR 30127
321980The Sun Box

Dr. Ross
- The Boogie Disease
3 LP set

Charly SUNBOX 100
331980Chicago Breakdown

Little Brother Montgomery
- Hesitatin' Blues
John Lee Granderson
- Minglewood Town

Dr. Ross
- Chicago Breakdown
Big Joe Williams
- I Feel So Worried
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop and Paul Butterfield
- V 8 Ford Blues
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay

Little Brother Montgomery with Michael Bloomfield
- Michigan Water Blues
John Lee Granderson
- Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl

Dr. Ross
- Hobo Blues
Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield
- Stack O' Dollars
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop and Paul Butterfield
- Polly Put The Kettle On
Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years
notes by Norman Dayron
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Takoma TAK 7071

click to enlarge !
= Sonet SNTF 863


Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2
"Takoma Blues"

www.fantasyjazz.com

341980Rare Blues

Dr. Isaiah Ross
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Alberta
Big Joe Williams
- I Ain't Got Nobody
Son House
- Preachin' The Blues
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down

Little Brother Montgomery
- The Pleadin' Blues
Sunnyland Slim
- Lend Me Your Love
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Two Trains Running
Big Joe Williams
- Whistling Pines
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- O Lord I Want You To Help Me
click to enlarge !
Takoma TAK 7081

click to enlarge !
= Sonet SNTF 853
= Sonet RISLP-14115


Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2
"Takoma Blues"

Takoma discography

35198?Dr. Ross: One Man Band

- Dr. Ross's Rock
- My Little Woman
- Mama Blues
- 32/20
- Chicago Breakdown

- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Hobo Blues
- Fox Chase
- Goin' Down Slow
- The Boogie Woogie
liner notes by Pete Welding
click to enlarge !

click to enlarge !
Takoma TAK 7087

= Sonet SNTF 862 (1981)

= Takoma TAKCD 7087

361983Red Hot & Blue

Jackie Brenston And The Delta Cats - Rocket 88
Dewey Phillips - Red Hot And Blue
Billy The Kid Emerson - Red Hot
Billy Love - Gee I Wish
Guitar Red - Baby Please Don't Go
Little Junior's Blue Flames - Love Me Baby
Rosco Gordon - Bop With Me Baby
Earl Hooker - The Hucklebuck
Tiny Kennedy - Strange Kinda Feeling
Rufus Thomas - Bear Cat
Eddie Snow - Ain't That Right
Pat Hare - It Ain't Gonna Be That Way
Howlin' Wolf - Oh Red
Little Junior's Blue Flames - Mystery Train

Doctor Ross - Doctor Ross' Boogie (alt.)
Pinetop Perkins - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Tiny Kennedy - Blues Disease

Charly CRB 1061
371985Sun Records - The Blues Years 1950-1956

Doctor Ross (with Henry Hill)
- That Ain't Right
Doctor Ross
- Left Job Boogie
- Terra Mae
- Come Back Baby

rec. Memphis, Tenn., 1953/54

9 LP box set






Charly Sun Box 105

www.sunrecords.com

381985Memphis Blues
Unissued tracks from the 1950's

Woodrow Adams
- The Last Time

Dr. Ross
- Cat Squirrel
William Steart
- Black Snake Boogie
- 44
Willie Carr
- Outside Friends
Raymond Hill
- Sittin' On Top Of The World
Kenneth Banks
- High
Johnny O'Neal
- Peg Leg Baby

Little Milton
- Oo-Wee Baby
Eddie Snow
- Stay With Me Baby
Rufus Thomas
- I'm Off That Stuff
Eddie Snow
- I'm All Alone
Sherman "Blues" Johnson
- Blues Jumped A Rabbit
- Hello Pretty Baby
Phineas Newborn Sr.
- Phineas' Boogie
- The Joint Is Jumping

Krazy Kat KK 7427
391986National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Four

Dr. Ross
- Chicago Breakdown
- That's All Right, Mama
- Biscuit Baking Woman
Booker T. Laury
- Woman I Love Lives In Memphis, Tennessee
- Disco Strut

Son Thomas
- Roll And Tumble
Henry & Vernell Townsend
- The Tears Come Rolling Down
Henry Townsend
- Standing Looking Out The Window
Larry Johnson
- The Wrong Woman
- Can't You Hear The Angels Singing?
Hezekiah & The Houserockers
- Downhome Blues
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Southland SLP-24

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(=) Southland SCD-22
(2001)

401986Memphis: Beale Street Breakdown
Chess Blues Archives Vol. 3

Doctor Ross
- Doctor Ross Boogie
- Country Clown

P-Vine PLP 6073 (Jp)
411987Memphis Harp & Piano Jam

Doctor Ross
- Down Town Boogie


P-Vine PLP 350 (Jp)
421987Doctor Ross: Memphis Breakdown

- Chicago Breakdown
- Boogie Disease
- Polly Put The Kettle On
- Juke Box Boogie
- Terra Mae
- Feel So Sad
- Texas Hop

- That's All Right
- Cat's Squirrel
- Industrial Boogie
- Left Job Boogie
- That Ain't Right
- 1953 Jump
- Come Back Baby

1951-54 Memphis recordings




P-Vine PLP-352 (Jp)
431988Rumble Chillen

Albert Williams
- Rhumba Chille
Rosco Gordon
- I'm Gonna Shake It
Jackie Brenston
- Tuckered Out
Little Junior's Blue Flames
- Love Me Baby

Doctor Ross
- Left Job Boogie
The Prisonaires
- Don't Say Tomorrow
Charlie Booker
- Walked All Night
Johnny O'Neal
- Ugly Woman

'Hot Shot' Love
- Wolf Call Boogie
Howlin' Wolf
- Everybody's In The Mood
Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson
- I Feel So Worried
Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Shim Sham Shimmy
Billy Love
- Gee I Wish
James Cotton
- Hold Me In Your Arms

Doctor Ross
- Terra Mae
Joe Hill Louis
- Gotta Let You Go

Charly/Sun CRM 2033
43a1989Sun Records Harmonica Classics

Jimmy & Walter
- Easy
Walter Horton
- West Winds Are Blowing
- In The Mood

Doctor Ross
- Jukebox Boogie
- Country Clown
- Downtown Boogie

Hot Shot Love
- Wolf Call Boogie
- Harmonica Jam
- Wolf Call Boogie
Sammy Lewis - Willie Johnson Combo
- So Long Baby Goodbye
Joe Hill Louis
- Keep Your Arms Around Me Mama
- Got Me A New Woman
- She May Be Yours

Rounder SS 29
441991Doctor Ross: I Want All My Friends To Know
Live at the Burnley Blues Festival 1991

- My Little Woman
- Cat Squirrel
- I Want All My Friends To Know
- Boogie For The Doctor
- Hobo Blues
- Break 'Em Down
- G.M. Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- That's Alright Mama
- Burnley Boogie
- Little Schoolgirl

JSP CD 243


= JSP CD 810 (1999)

451992Doctor Ross: Boogie Disease

- Boogie Disease (tk. 5)
- Going To The River
- Good Thing Blues
- Turkey Leg Woman
- Country Clown
- My Bebop Gal
- Memphis Boogie (Juke Box Boogie) (tk. 1)
- Shake 'Em On Down
- Down South Blues
- Shake A My Hand
- Little Soldier Boy
- Mississippi Blues (Cat Squirrel)
- Going Back South
- Dr. Ross (Chicago) Break Down (tk. 2)
- Taylor Mae
- Texas Hop
- Chicago Breakdown (tk. 3)
- Juke Box Boogie (tk. 2)
- Feel So Sad
- Polly Put The Kettle On
- Industrial Avenue Boogie
- Downtown Boogie

rec. 1951-54; with Wiley Gatlin; g, voc; Henry Hill, p; Reubin Martin, washboard; Barber Parker, dr

notes by Steve LaVere
and Bob Eagle

Arhoolie CD 371
461995Doctor Ross: The Harmonica Boss

- Cat Squirrel
- Biscuit Baking Woman
- Miss Ledora Blues
- I Am Not Dead
- Mean Old World
- Industrial Blues
- I'd Rather Be An Old Woman's Baby
- Good Things Come To My Mind
- Baby Stop Crying
- My Black Name Ringing
- Going Away Baby
- General Motor Blues
- Industrial Boogie
- Thirty-Two-Twenty
- New York Breakdown
- Call The Doctor
- Numbers Blues
- Cannon Ball
- The Sunnyland
- Sugar Mama
- San Francisco Breakdown
- Boogie Disease
- Live at the Ann Arbor ('73)

Official / Fortune 3011-FS
471995Testament Records Sampler

- Pet Cream Man - J.B. Hutto & The Hawks
- A Man For The Nation - John Lee Granderson
- Railroad Blues - The Chicago String Band
- Nobody Knows My Troubles - Otis Spann
- Jesus Is On The Mainline - Fred McDowell & The Hunter's Chapel Singers
- Peach Tree Blues - Eddie Taylor
- I'm Talking 'Bout You - Eddie Lee "Mustright" Jones

- Cat Squirrel - Dr. Isaiah Ross
- I'm Gettin' Tired - Robert Nighthawk
- Going Back To Texas - Jimmy Walker & His Western Stars/Erwin Helfer
- Black Mary - Ruby McCoy
- So Cold In Vietnam - Johnny Shines
- Titanic Blues - Bill Jackson
- Don't Start Me To Talkin' - A Feeling / Johnny Turner & Blues With A Feeling
- All My Money Gone - Johnny Young
- One Thin Dime - Blind Connie Williams
- Goin' Down South - Fred McDowell
- I'm Going To Detroit - John Wrencher
- Annie Mae - Big Joe Williams
- My Babe - Napoleon Strickland Fife & Drum Band
- Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues - Johnny Shines
- Dust My Broom - Johnny Littlejohn
- Pleading And Crying - Billy Boy Arnold

Testament TCD 4001

www.hightone.com

47a1995Ain't Times Hard
Modern Blues Anthology

CD 1
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Well That's All Right - Howlin' Wolf
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Seems Like A Million Years - Willie Nix
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Easy - Big Walter Horton
- Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog) - Rufus Thomas
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy De Berry
- Feelin' Good - Junior Parker
- Mystery Train - Junior Parker

- The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross
- Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love
- Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor
- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- So Long Baby, Goodbye - Willie Johnson


cd 2
- I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor
- Hands Off - Priscilla Bowman
- I Ain't Got You - Billy Boy Arnold
- Every Woman I Know (Crazy About Automobiles) - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Big Walter Horton
- The Telephone Is Ringing - Pee Wee Crayton
- Going Back Home - Big Joe Williams
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- The Twelve Year Old Boy - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed
- Blues Get Off My Shoulder - Bobby Parker
- Mama, You Got A Daughter - John Lee Hooker
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark
- Roll You Moneymaker - Shakey Jake
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Number Nine Train - Tarheel Slim
- Kansas City - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker


cd 3
- Bad Luck And Trouble - Boogie Jake
- No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed
- Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim
- Just A Little Bit - Rosco Gordon
- Fannie Mae - Buster Brown
- Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong - Edgar Blanchard
- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- You Don't Have To Go - Sam Myers
- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Christine Kitrell
- You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
- Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
- Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
- Mean Old Frisco - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- Too Many Cooks - Jesse Fortune
- Cut You A-Loose - Rick Allen
- You Better Stop - Andrew Brown


cd 4
- Rough Dried Woman, Pt. 1 - Big Mac
- Ain't Broke Ain't Hungry - Polka Dot Slim
- Figure Head - Lonnie Brooks
- The Way I Feel - Detroit Junior
- Southern Country Boy - Carter Brothers
- Out Of Bad Luck - Magic Sam
- Ride With Your Daddy Tonight - Frank Frost
- Say You're Leavin' - Fenton Robinson
- She's Crazy 'bout Entertainers - Jerry Mccain
- Hard Times - Young, Mighty Joe
- Rambling Woman - Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker
- Put It All In There - George 'Wild Child' Butler
- Long Way From Home - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Rock Me Baby - Ike And Tina Turner
- Cummins Prison Farm - Calvin Leavy
- Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
- Shakin' Hands With The Judge - Little Joe Blue
- My Baby - Lowell Fulson
- High Cost Of Livin' - Al King
- It's My Fault Darling - Little Johnny Taylor
- Go And Help Yourself - Albert Washington
- Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man, Pt. 1 - Bobby Rush
- Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton
- Food Stamp Blues - Eddie Lang

compiled by Les Fancourt

4 CD set

Charly CD 3 (UK)
481996Motor City Blues - Please Mr. Foreman
(The Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival Vol. 1)

Chinner Mitchell / Mack Collins: Introductions
Little Junior: I Got My Eyes On You
Joe L.: Please Mr. Foreman
Bobo Jenkins: 24 Years
One String Sam: I Need $100
Johnnie Mae Matthews: Send You Back To Georgia
Washboard Willie: Wee Baby Blues

Dr. Ross: Boogie Disease
Boogie Woogie Red: The Viper Song
Baby Boy Warren: Too Many Drivers
Eddie "Guitar" Burns: Better Watch What You're Doing
Mr. Bo: Don't Want No Woman
Eddie Kirkland: I Got The Blues
Bobo Jenkins: Reelin' & Rockin'
Baby Boy Warren: She's Fine
Boogie Woogie Red: Red's Boogie
Joe L.: In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)
One String Sam: I Got To Go
The Partymakers Inc.: Move It
John Sinclair: Interviewed by Fred Flame

rec. at the Otis Spann Memorial Field, Sept. 8, 1973


Sequel NEXCD 274


= P-Vine PCD-1978 (Jp)

491997Dr. Ross: The Flying Eagle
The Blues Collection

- Flying Eagle Boogie
- Goin' Down Slow
- Something To Tell You, Want All My Friends To Know
- Tommy Dorsey Boogie
- Hobo Blues
- Bad Whiskey, Bad Women
- Too Close Together
- Mother Before This Time Another Year
- Decoration Day
- Call The Doctor #
- Rollin' And Tumblin'
- The Fox Chase #
- Mean Old World
- Rock Me

# bonus tracks, previously unissued


Orbis CD 089
49a1997A Fortune Of Blues Vol. 1

- 609 Boogie - John Lee Hooker
- Cat Squirrel - Dr. Ross
- Ten Below Zero (version 1) - Bobo Jenkins
- Ten Below Zero (version 2) - Bobo Jenkins
- Cry Baby - John Lee Hooker
- Love You Baby - John Lee Hooker

- Call The Doctor - Dr. Ross
- Worried Life Blues - Maceo Merriweather
- I Must've Done Something Wrong - Eddie Kirkland

- New York Breakdown - Dr. Ross
- I Had A Little Dog - Big Jack Reynolds
- Whiskey & Women - John Lee Hooker
- Strange Man - Grace Brim

- Industrial Boogie - Dr. Ross
- Baby Don't You Want To Go (version 1) - Bobo Jenkins
- Baby Don't You Want To Go (version 2) - Bobo Jenkins
- Have Mercy On Poor Me - John Lee Hooker
- It's My Own Fault - John Lee Hooker
- Have You Heard About It - Maceo Merriweather
- Poker Playing Baby - Harry Willis
- Why Did You Leave - Big Blue Carson
- Take Two Steps Back - Earl Chapman

- Cannonball - Dr. Ross
- Crazy 'Bout That Walk - Sir John Lee Hooker
- I'm On My Merry Way - Joe Weaver

Regency CD RR 119 (Ca)
49b1997A Fortune Of Blues Vol. 2

Dr. Ross - San Francisco Breakdown
John Lee Hooker - Big Fine Woman
Bobo Jenkins - Tell Me Who
Jimmy Milner - Noble's Jump

Dr. Ross - Thirty Two Twenty
James Walton - Miss Jesse James
John Lee Hooker - Blues For Christmas
Big Blue Carson - The Night You Left
Maceo Merriweather - Eloise
John Lee Hooker - Blues For The Big Town
Big Jack Reynolds - Going Down Slow
John Lee Hooker - Juke Hop

Dr. Ross - Sunnyland
Chet Oliver - Going Back To Chicago
Earl Chapman - Lave You Baby

Dr. Ross - Numbers Boogie
Eddie Kirkland - I Need You Baby
Maceo Merriweather - Without You Life Don't Mean A Thing
John Lee Hooker - We're All God's Chillun
Henry Smith - Dog Me Blues
Calvin Frazier - Lillie Mae
James Walton - Leaving Blues
Bobo Jenkins - Nothing But Love
Big Jack Reynolds - You Won't Treat Me Right
John Lee Hooker - Miss Sadie Mae (Curl My Baby's Hair)

Regency CD RR 120 (Ca)
501998Takoma Eclectic Sampler

Bukka White
- World Boogie
Canned Heat With Harvey Mandel
- She's Lookin' Good
Sir Douglas Quintet
- I Keep Wishing For You
Maria Muldaur
- Just Like An Eagle
Ronnie Barron
- Cha Dooky-doo

Dr. Ross
- Mama Blues
Cal Hand
- Ferns
Rose Maddox
- Heart Of A Country Song (Aka Rose's Song)
Ron Thompson & The Resistors
- I'm Shakin'
Swamp Dogg
- Wine, Women & Rock N' Roll
Ron Cuccia & The Jazz Poetry Group
- My Darlin' New Orleans
Colin Winski
- Tennessee Rock N' Roll
Spencer Davis
- Crossfire
Michael Bloomfield
- Your Friends
John Fahey
- Indian-Pacific R.R. Blues
Charles Bukowski
- Last Days Of The Suicide Kid
The Santa Monica Pier Merry-Go-Round
- Turkey In The Straw

Takoma TAKCD 8904

www.fantasyjazz.com

511998Takoma Blues

Little Brother Montgomery
- Hesitating Blues
John Lee Granderson
- Minglewood Town

Dr. Isaiah Ross
- Chicago Breakdown
Big Joe Williams
- I Feel So Worried
James Cotton
- V-8 Ford Blues
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay
Little Brother Montgomery
- Michigan Water Blues
John Lee Granderson
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

Dr. Isaiah Ross
- Hobo Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Stack O' Dollars
James Cotton
- Polly Put The Kettle On
Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years

Dr. Isaiah Ross
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Alberta
Big Joe Williams
- I Ain't Got Nobody
Son House
- Preachin' Blues
Rev. Robert Wikins
- I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down
Little Brother Montgomery
- Pleadin' Blues
Sunnyland Slim
- Lend Me Your Love
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Two Trains Running
Big Joe Williams
- Whistling Pines
Rev. Robert Wikins
- O Lord I Want You To Help me

Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2

www.fantasyjazz.com

521998Motor City Blues
Live at the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1973

Doctor Ross
- Boogie Disease
- Chicago Breakdown

Total Energy NER-3019

www.alive-totalenergy.com

52a1998Down Home Harp

- Blue Mood - Big Walter Horton
- We All Got To Go - Billy Boy Arnold
- Billy Boy's Jump - Billy Boy Arnold
- Borrow Love And Go - James 'Bat' Robinson
- You Know I Love You Big - John Wrencher
- Thinkin' About Your Apples - Coot Venson
- Sweet Woman Blues - George Robertson
- Canadian Sunset - Harmonica Slim Willis Quartet
- Last Night Blues - Andrew Cauthen
- Blue As I Can Be - Willie Lee Harris
- Fox Chase - Snake Hippin' - Careless Love - John Lee Henley
- Sweet Little Woman - Robert Nighthawk With Little Walter
- Slow Train Through Arkansas - Elmon 'Driftin' Slim' Mickle
- T-Model And The Train - Elmon 'Driftin' Slim' Mickle
- Morning Rock - Coot Venson

- Blues For Illinois - Dr. Ross
- Mattie Mae - Billy Boy Arnold
- Where The Southern Crosses The Dog - Coot Venson
- Goin' Down To The Station - Andrew Cauthen
- Walter's Boogie - Big Walter Horton
- John Henry - James 'Bat' Robinson
- Baby, You Don't Have To Go - Johnny Young With Little Walter

Testament TCD 6011
532000Doctor Ross: The Flying Eagle

- Flying Eagle Boogie
- Goin' Down Slow
- Something To Tell You, Want All My Friends To Know
- Tommy Dorsey Boogie
- Hobo Blues
- Mother Before This Time Another Year
- Bad Whiskey, Bad Women
- Decoration Day
- Too Close Together
- Rollin' And Tumblin'
- Mean Old World
- Rock Me
- Miss Elvira #
- After Hour Blues #
- Sugar Gal #
- Sweet Black Angel #
- Stop Cryin' #
- Train Fair Home #

rec. London, October 20, 1965
# rec. Flint, Michigan, Jan. 1966


Blue Horizon CD-1
542001National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Two

John Jackson
- Bad Water Blues
- Rocks & Gravel
- I'm A Bad Man
Albert Macon & Robert Thomas
- She Wanna Do The Boogie Woogie
- My Baby Don't Wear No Drawers
Robert Lockwood
- Big Legged Woman
Snooky Pryor & Homesick James
- Why You Want To Treat Me Like That
- Boogie Twist
Piano Red
- Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo
- Lowdown Dog
Eddie Kirkland
- I Got My Eyes On You


Dr. Ross
- Chicago Breakdown
- That's All Right, Mama
- Biscuit Baking Woman
Booker T. Laury
- Woman I Love Lives In Memphis, Tennessee
- Disco Strut
Son Thomas
- Roll And Tumble
Henry & Vernell Townsend
- The Tears Come Rolling Down
Henry Townsend
- Standing Looking Out The Window
Larry Johnson
- The Wrong Woman
- Can't You Hear The Angels Singing?
Hezekiah & The Houserockers
- Downhome Blues
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Southland SCD-22
552001Mississippi Blues - New Orleans To Chicago Vol. One
One Man Boogie

Doctor Ross
- Cat Squirrel
- I Want All My Friends To Know
- Boogie For The Doctor
- Hobo Blues
- Break 'Em On Down
- G.M. Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- That's Alright Mama
- Little School Girl
Blind Joe Hill
- Boogie In The Dark
- Tin Pan Alley
- Rock The Night Away
- She Fool Me
- Walkin' By Myself
- Mannish Boy
- Hey Little Girl
- Key To The Highway
- She's Bad

St. Clair
55a2002Don't Worry 'bout The Bear

disc 1
- Shake Your Boogie - Snooky Pryor
- After You There Won't Be Nobody Else - Snooky Pryor
- Crossroads - Homesick James
- Highway 51 - Homesick James
- Honeydripper - Big John Wrencher
- Seems Like A Million Years - Eddie "Playboy" Taylor
- Ready For Eddie - Eddie "Playboy" Taylor

- Don't Worry 'Bout the Bear - Doctor Ross
- I'm A Mannish Boy - Doctor Ross
- Got Something To Tell You [live] - Doctor Ross, Chicago Aces
- Sneaky Pete - Erwin Helfer
- Homage To AA And PJ - Erwin Helfer, Bob Hall
- Texas Flood - Whispering Smith
- Walkin' In The Park - Lightnin' Slim
- 12th Street Boogie - G.P. Jackson
- Meet Me In The Alley - Johnny Mars, Boogie Woogie Red & Baby Boy Warren


disc 2
- She's in L.A. - Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- Do It If You Wanna - Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- Viper Song - Boogie Woogie Red
- I Wish You Would - Arnold, Billy Boy
- It's My Own Fault - Johnny Mars
- I've Been Down So Long - Johnny Mars
- Klickety Klock - Willie Mabon
- Blues Fell This Morning - Mickey Baker
- I'll Always Be In Love With You - Mickey Baker
- Alimony - Tommy Tucker
- Buzzard Luck - Billy "The Kid" Emerson
- Blues For My Baby - Charles Brown
- So Tired - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors
- Let The Good Times Roll - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors
- Honky Tonk - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors
- When A Woman Loves A Man - Cousin Joe
2 CD set
notes by Jim Simpson

Indigo IGOXDCD 2503 (UK)


= Sanctuary CD 81268 (2003)


= Castle CD 36170 (US 2005)

562003Blowing The Blues
A History Of Blues Harmonica 1926-2002
three discs: 'Pre-War Acoustic Harmonica', '1946-52 The Harp Goes Electric', & 'Into The Rock Era & Beyond'
1. Sun Brimmers Blues - The Memphis Jug Band
2.Need More Blues - Robert Cooksey
3.Up Country Blues - De Ford Bailey
4.Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
5.Greenville Strut - Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe
6.Chickasaw Special - Noah Lewis
7.The Old Folks Started It - Minni Wallace
8.Touch Me Light Mama - George Bullet Williams
9.Fourth Avenue Blues - Slim Barton & Eddie Mapp
10.El Watsons Fox Chase - Wl Watson
11.Medley Of Blues - Freeman Stowers
12.Beale Street Breakdown - Jed Davenport & His Beale St Jug Ba
13.Police And High Sheriff Come Ridin Down - Ollis Martin
14.Bumble Bee Blues - Memphis Minnie
15.Mean Low Blues - Blues Birdhead
16.Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis
17.Tampa Strut - The Georgia Browns
18.Harmonica Stomp - Jazz Gillum
19.Im A Stranger Here - Blind Boy Fuller
20.Blues In The Rain - Eddie Kellys Washboard Band
21.You Can Lead Me - Sonny Boy Williamson
22.Slick Capers Blues - Little Buddy Doyle
23.Blowing The Blues - Sonny Terry
24. Frank Edwards
- We Got To Get Together
25.Tampa Blues - Skoodle Dum Doo & Sheffield
26.King Biscuit Stom - Big Joe Williams
27.Pet Milk Blues - Walter Mitchell
28.Better Get Reaky - Elder Roma Wilson
29.Bring Another Half A Pint - Sonny Boy Williamson
30.Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe
31.Im A Country Boy - Pee Wee Hughes & His Delta Duo
32.Wig Wearing Woman - Robert Richard
33.Boogy Fool - Snooky Pryour
34.Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard & The Gondoliers
35.Wailin Willie - Rhythm Willie
36.Winehead Seing - James Tisdom
37.Evans Shuffle - Muddy Waters
38.Gotta Go Baby - Joe Hill Louis
39.Moanin At Midnight - Howling Wolf
40.Jumpin Blues - Walter Horton
41.Me & My Chauffeur - Memphis Minnie
42.Down South Blues - Driftin Slim
43.Juke - Little Walter
44.Glad To Be Back Home - Sunny Blair
45.After While (Blue Lights) - Papa Lightfoot
46.Man Around My Door - Grace Brim

47.Doctor Ross Boogie - Doctor Ross And His Jump & Jive Boys
48.The Woman Is Killing Me - Sonny Terry
49.Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
50.Dont Come Back - Little Mac
51.Gonna Have A Good Time - Snooky Pryor
52.Juke - Little Walter
53.Hoodoo Man Blues - Junior Wells
54.Dont Start Me Talking - Good Rockin Charles
55.Sonny Boy Williamson - Paul Jones & Jack Bruce

56.Got Something To Tell You - Doctor Ross
57.99 - Sonny Boy Williamson
58.Last Night - Paul Butterfield
59.Down At The Grocery Store - Jimmy Reed
60.Fresh Country Jam - Duster Bennett
61.Key To The Highway - Charlie Musselwhite
62.Easy - Walter Horton
63.Hoodoo Party - King Biscuit Boy
64.You Went Away Baby - Carey Bell
65.Why Worry - John Mayall
66.Honeydripper - Big John Wrencher
67.Back Door Friend - Billy Boy Arnold
68.Rode Myself Crazy - Paul Delay
69.Bring It On Home - Sonny Blake
70.Texas Flood - Whispering Smith
71.Hootin And Screamin - Paul Lamb
3 CD box

Indigo/Sanctuary
IGOTD 2536
572003Harmonica Blues, Vol. 2: 1946-1952

CD 1
- Hoodoo Hoodoo John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
- Boogy Fool Snooky Pryor
- Take One More Chance With Me Jazz Gillum
- Mellow Chick Swing John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
- Woman On Every Street Forest City Joe
- Pontiac Blues Sonny Boy Williamson

- My Bebop Gal Doctor Ross
- Little Boy Blue Big Walter Horton
- Love My Baby Frank Edwards
- Mercury Boogie
- Cadillac Blues J. D.Horton
- Better Get Ready Elder Roma Wilson
- Brazos Blues Billy Brazos
- Santa Fe Blues Pee Wee Hughes
- Rambling Around My Blues Sam Kelly
- Walkin' Talkin' Blues Joe Hill Louis
- Now Tell Me Baby Big Walter Horton
- Mr. Downchild Sonny Boy Williamson
- Harmonica Boogie Pete Lewis

CD 2
- Down South Blues Drifting Slim
- Blue Midnight Little Walter
- Going to New Orleans Little Sam Davis
- Harmonica Rhumba Sonny Terry
- Riding in the Moonlight Howlin' Wolf
- Scratchin' Pete Lewis
- Baby, Let's Have Some Fun Sonny Terry
- Honeydripper Papa Lightfoot
- Come Home and Go With Me Sonny Boy Johnson
- Stop Mess Around
- Jumpin' With Jarvis Papa Lightfoot,
- Man Around My Door Grace Brim,
- Little Milton's Boogie Little Milton
- Five Foot Three Sunny Blair
- Wailin' Willie Rhythm Willie
- Hello Miss Jessie Lee Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- Sad Hours Little Walter


Fremeaux CD FA 5059

www.fremeaux.com

582005Blues With A Message

1. I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatman
2. John Henry - John Jackson
3. Walked Down So Many Turn Rows - Mercy Dee
4. Tom Moore's Farm - Mance Lipscomb
5. Tom Moore Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
6. River Blues - Lowell Fulson
7. Levee Camp Blues - Fred McDowell
8. The 1919 Influenza Blues - Essie Jenkins
9. Why I Like Roosevelt - Willie Eason

10. Little Soldier Boy - Doctor Ross
11. Prisoner's Talking Blues - Robert Pete Williams
12. I Got To Climb A High Mountain - Johnie Lewis
13. Depression Blues - Herman E. Johnson
14. Stockyard Blues - Johnny Young/Big Walter Horton
15. What Will I Tell The Children - Juke Boy Bonner
16. It's Enough - Juke Boy Bonner
17. Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston
18. Back Home Blues - Big Joe Williams
notes by Paul Oliver

Arhoolie CD 510

www.arhoolie.com

5919??Doctor Ross Live At Interfolk



rec. Sept. 17, 1975 at the Interfolk Festival, Osnabrück, Germany (?)

ALCD 5811


Look at Pete Hoppula's site

for more Doctor Ross reissues on compilations, anthologies, etc. on CDs

Sources / Further reading:
- Alan Balfour: Doctor Isiah Ross discography
- http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/doctorross.htm
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/blues/d/drross.htm
- http://www.sunrecords.biz/search/artist/drross.php
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/chess1.html
- http://www.rockabillyhall.com/Sun45s.html
- own record collection
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Front cover of Esceha / Ornament CH-7.101

thanks to Alan Balfour and Flemming Nielsen for additional info & scans

 

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||| Various Artist's Early Records |||
||| Oddities on LP/CD covers |||
||| Tuba |||
||| Doubleneck guitars |||
||| 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 | Floyd Council | 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 | Herman E. 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 |
||| Wirz' record collection | want list |||