Frank
Edwards
b. March 20, 1909 in Washington, Georgia
d. March 22, 2002 in Greenville, South Carolina
discography
F R A N K   E D W A R D S, source: Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who.- New York 1979, p. 171; photo by George Mitchell
source: Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who, p. 171  
photographer: George Mitchell  
This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
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Frank Edwards 78 rpm / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
11941Frank Edwards

- Terraplane Blues (C-3811-1)
- We Got To Get Together (C-3812-1) *

rec. May 28, 1941 in Chicago; Frank Edwards, voc, g, hca; unknown sb; Washboard Sam, wb; * unknown sp; prod. by Lester Melrose




Okeh 06363
21941Frank Edwards

- Sweet Man Blues (C-3807-1)
- Three Women Blues (C-3808-1)

rec. May 28, 1941 in Chicago; Frank Edwards, voc, g, hca; unknown sb; Washboard Sam, wb; prod. by Lester Melrose




Okeh 06493
   

- Old Woman Blues (C-3809-1)
- Southern Brownskin (C-3810-1)
- Skin And Bones (C-3813-1)
- Getting Tired Of That Woman (C-3814-1)

rec. May 28, 1941 in Chicago; Frank Edwards, voc, g, hca; unknown sb; Washboard Sam, wb; prod. by Lester Melrose


Columbia unissued
   

- Love My Baby (R-1264)
- Gotta Get Together (R-1265)

rec. August 1949 in Atlanta; Frank Edwards, voc, g, hca; Curley Weaver, g


Regal unissued
31964Living With The Blues

Savoy MG-16000 / Realm/Oriole RM 209 / CBS 52209 tracks
(source: http://www.jazzdisco.org/savoy/14000-cat/a/#mg-16000):

Brownie McGhee (g, voc), Ernie Hayes (p), Roy Gaines, Carl Lynch, Al Lucas (b), Bobby Donaldson (d)
NYC, December 22, 1958
- Living With The Blues (SBM70332)
Memphis Minnie (g, voc), Sunnyland Slim (p), unknown (b), unknown (d)
Chicago, IL, 1950
- Kidman Blues (1217)
John Lee Hooker (g, voc), Eddie Kirkland (g), unknown (b) unknown (d)
New Jersey, 1954
- When My Wife Quit Me
Sunnyland Slim (p), unknown (b), unknown (d), St. Louis Jimmy (voc)
Chicago, IL, 1950
- Tryin' To Change My Ways
Pee Wee Hughes (hca, voc), unknown (g), unknown (d)
New Orleans, LA, 1949
- I'm A Country Boy (1012)
Curley Weaver (g, voc) a.o. same location, date
- She Don't Treat Me Good No More

Sunnyland Slim (p, voc), unknown (g), unknown (b), unknown (d), unknown (ts)
Chicago, IL, April 19, 1949? or 1951
- Orphan Boy Blues (R1513)
Dennis McMillon (g, voc)
Linden, NJ, 1950
- Poor Little Angel (AM1056)

Frank Edwards (voc, g, hca), Curley Weaver, g
"Atlanta, GA, 1950"
- Gotta Get A Gettin' [sic] (R-1265)
Peg [sic] N' Whistle Red (g, voc)
Atlanta, GA, 1949
- A To Z Blues (1267)
David Wylie (g, voc)
circa 1950???
- You're Gonna Weep And Moan (1263)
Papa Lightfoot
- That Mean Old Train


prod. by Fred Mendelsohn

Muse MR 5212 / Tobacco Road B2537 tracks:
Frank Edwards
- Gotta Get A Gettin' *
Pig N' Whistle Red (Willie McTell)
- A To Z Blues
Curley Weaver
- She Don't Treat Me Good No More
Dennis McMillan
- Poor Little Angel Girl
David Wylie
- You're Gonna Weep And Moan
John Lee Hooker
- When My Wife Quit Me

Memphis Minnie
- Kid Man Blues
Pee Wee Hughes
- I'm A Country Boy
Blind Billy Tate
- Cryin' In The Morning
St Louis Jimmy
- Trying To Change My Ways
Sunnyland Slim
- Orphan Boy Blues
Blind Billy Tate
- Ooh Wee Baby

reissue prepared and edited by Fred Seibert; Cover photo and design by Ron Warwell
"Some compositions previously released on Savoy MG-16000"

Musidisc 30CV955 tracks:
Brownie McGhee
- Livin' With The Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Kid Man Blues
John Lee Hooker
- When My Wife Quit Me
St Louis Jimmy
- Trying To Change My Ways
Pee Wee Hughes
- I'm A Country Boy
Curley Weaver
- She Don't Treat Me Good No More

Sunnyland Slim
- Orphan Boy Blues
Dennis McMillan
- Poor Little Angel Girl

Frank Edwards
- Gotta Get A Gettin' *
Peg [sic] n' Whistle Red
- A To Z Blues
David Wylie
- You're Gonna Weep And Moan
Papa Lightfoot
- That Mean Old Train

* rec. 1950 in Atlanta for Regal label




Savoy MG 16000




= Realm/Oriole RM 209
(1964)
"Livin' With The Blues"

notes by Chris Whent



= CBS 52209
CBS Realm Jazz series
"Livin' With The Blues"

notes by Ed Salamon



= Muse MR 5212
"Cryin' In The Morning"


= Tobacco Road B/2537
(G 1976?)
"What Is The Thing Called
Blues?"
(American Jazz &
Blues History Vol. 37)


= Happy Bird B 90084
(G 1979)
"Cryin' In The Morning"


= Muse MR 5212
(Australia 1981)
"Cryin' In The Morning"



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= Musidisc 30CV955 (Fr)
"Living With The Blues"

41965Country Blues Classics Vol. 2

Bayless Rose
- Frisco Blues
Frank Stokes
- I Got Mine
Joe Williams
- I'm Getting Wild About Her
Bukka White
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
- Good Gin Blues
Frank Stokes
- How Long
Bobo Jenkins
- Democrat Blues
Blind Norris
- Sundown Blues

Scrapper Blackwell
- Rambling Blues
Pinetop Slim
- Applejack Boogie
Milton Sparks
- Erie Train Blues
Blind Boy Fuller
- Rag Mama Rag
Dan Picket
- Baby, How Long

Frank Edwards
- Terraplane Blues
- We Got To Get Together
Johnnie Shines
- Ramblin'



Blues Classics BC-6

Blues Classics discography

51969Chicago Sessions Vol. 1 (1937-41)

Louisiana Johnny
- Cherry Hill Blues
- Razor Cuttin' Man
Charlie Spand
- Soon This Morning No. 2
- Gone Mother Blues
Alfred Fields
- Money Green
- Mighty Blue
- Spongy Baby
- Step Pepper Stepper


Frank Edwards
- Sweet Man Blues
- Three Women Blues
Peter Cleighton
- Roaming Gambler
- Slick Man Blues
- Something Going On Wrong
- Confessin' The Blues
Perry Weston
- Border Blues
- Night Time Is The Right Time




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Kokomo K-1005

Kokomo discography

61969Sugar Mama Blues
1949 Postwar Blues

David Wylie (Little David)
- Baby, You Don't Mean Me No Good
- Baby, You're Gonna Change Your Mind
- Shackles Around My Body

Frank Edwards
- Love My Baby (R-1264) *
Pee Wee Hughes
- Sugar Mama Blues
- Santa Fe Blues
- Shreveport Blues

Curley Weaver
- Brown Skin Woman
- I Keep On Drinkin'
Dennis McMillan
- Woke Up One Morning (tk. 1)
- Woke Up One Morning, (tk. 2)
- Poor Little Angel Girl
- Paper Wooden Daddy (tk. 1)
- Paper Wooden Daddy (tk. 2)

* rec. Aug. 1949 in Atlanta for Regal label; Frank Edwards, voc, g, hca; Curley Weaver, g


Biograph BLP 12009

Biograph discography

71972Frank Edwards: Done Some Travelin'

- Throw Your Time Away (Edwards)
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Williamson) *
- Goin' Back And Get Her (Edwards)
- She Is Mine (Edwards) *
- Mean Old Frisco (Crudup) #
- Key To The Highway (Broonzy/Segar) *
- I Know He Shed The Blood (Edwards)

- Slide Interlude (Edwards) *
- When The Saints Go Marching In (Edwards)
- Chicken Raid (Edwards) *
- Mini Dress Wearer (Edwards) #
- Alcatraz Blues (Edwards) *
- Love My Baby (Edwards)
- Put Your Arms Around Me (Edwards) #

rec. Conyers, Ga, Sept. - Dec. 1972 by Pete Lowry; prod. by Frank Edwards & Pete Lowry; * with Steve Carson, g; # with 'Popcorn', washboard

additional tracks on Wolf CD 120.913:
- Sweet Man Blues
- Three Women Blues
- Terraplane Blues
- We Got To Get Together

rec. Chicago, 28 May 1941

notes by William Bentley
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Trix 3303

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= Wolf 120.913 (1990)
"Georgia Blues"
(Pete Lowry in notes to Trix
CD: "... there must be
something good about it...
it's been bootlegged
recently in Austria!
")

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= Trix CD 3303 (1993)

Trix discography

notes by David Nelson
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(=) Wolf CD 120.913 (2003)
"Georgia Country Blues"

81973Blues Come To Chapel Hill

Eddie Kirkland
- Louise
Tommy Lee Russell
- Dupree Blues
- After Hours
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
- Draggin' The Blues

Frank Edwards *
- Chicken Raid
- Love My Baby
- Throw'd Your Time Away
Roy Dunn
- Everything I Get Hold To
- Rollin' Mill
- Tired Of Living A Batchelor
Tarheel Slim
- Cold Rainy Day
- No Time At All
- Number 9 Train

rec. live at the Chapel Hill Blues Festival
* + Billy Troiani, b (Tom Russell Band)


Flyright LP 504

Flyright discography

91985Going Back On The Farm
Blues In Chicago 1940-1942

Roosevelt Sykes
- Let The Black Have His Way
Baby Doo
- I'm Gonna Walk Your Log
Big Bill Broonzy
- Jivin' Mr. Fuller Blues
Lil Green
- 99 Blues
Willie '61' Blackwell
- Machine Gun Blues
The Florida Kid
- I'm Going Back On The Farm
Little Bill Gaither
- Life Of Leroy Carr
Big Joe & His Rhythm
- What Will I Do

Yank Rachell
- Katy Lee Blues
Gene Gilmore
- She Got Something There
The Five Breezes
- My Buddy Blues

Frank Edwards
- Three Women Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw's Buddy
- Sleeping By Myself
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Kind Lover Blues
Peter Chatman & His Washboard Band
- The Jive Blues
Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band
- Good Old Cabbage Greens
notes by John Cowley



Travelling Man TM-809

Travellin' Man
discography

101986National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Two

Thomas Burt
- Hooks In The Water
- Hate To See The Evening Sun Go Down
- Ain't Got No Loving Baby Now
Jessie Mae Hemphill
- Train, Train
Junior Kimbrough and the Soul Blues Boys
- All Night Long

Sunnyland Slim
- You Put That Thing On Me
- She's Got Things Going On

Frank Edwards
- Chicken Raid
John Cephas and Phil Wiggins
- Burning Bridges
- Stagolee
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Southland SLP-22

Southland discography

111988Chicago Blues (1937-1941)
The Complete Recordings in Chronological Order of Perry Weston, Alfred Fields, Frank Edwards, Tony Hollins

Perry Weston
- Border Blues
- Nighttime Is The Right Time
Alfred Fields
- Money Green
- Mighty Blue
- 29 Blues
- I've Retired
- In My Prime
- Quit Your Jivin'
- Spongy Baby
- Step Pepper Stepper


Frank Edwards
- Sweet Man Blues
- Three Women Blues
- Terraplane Blues
- We Got To Get Together
Tony Hollins
- Crawlin' King Snake
- Married Woman Blues
- Big Time Woman
- Stamp Blues
- Tease Me Over Blues
- Traveling Man Blues



HK Records HK 4007
121990Country Blues Collector Items Vol. 2 1930-1941

Tommy Griffin (1930-1936)
- Mistreatment Blues
- Snake Hipping Blues
- Little Tommy Blues
- On My Way Blues
- Dream Book Blues
One Arm Slim (1938-1939)
- Howling Man Blues
- Bootin' That Thing #
- Crap Shootin' Blues
- Where Did You Stay Last Night?

Frank Edwards (1941)
- Sweet Man Blues
- Three Women Blues
Tommy Griffin
- Yo Yo Mama Blues

Frank Edwards (1941)
- Terraplane Blues
- We Got To Get Together
Tommy Griffin
- Ball Playing Blues
- Bell Tolling Blues
- Young Heifer Blues
- Hey Hey Blues
- Dying Sinner Blues, Pt. 2
- Mistreatin' Papa
- Miserable Life Blues

Document DOCD-5426

www.document-
records.com

131992Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective (1925-50)

disc 1
- Whitehouse Blues - Charlie Poole/The North Carolina Ramblers
- High Sheriff - Aiken County String Band
- The Last Scene Of The Titanic - Frank Hutchison
- Suitcase Blues - Hersal Thomas
- Death's Black Train Is Coming-Rev. J.M. Gates
- Cow-Cow Blues - Dora Carr
- Washington County Fox Chase - Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners (previously unreleased)
- I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte - Fiddlin' John Carson (previously unreleased)
- Untitled - Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio (previously unreleased)
- Low Down Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Paul & Silas In Jail - Washington Phillips
- Blind Pig Blues - Barbecue Bob
- Chattanooga Blues - Austin & Lee Allen
- Untitled - Sherman Tedder (previously unreleased)
- Hokum Blues -Dallas String Band w/Coley Jones
- Worried Blues - Gladys Bentley
- Empty Bed Blues (Part 1) - Elizabeth Johnson
- Empty Bed Blues (Part 2) - Elizabeth Johnson
- Blue Grass Twist - South Georgia Highballers
- Moonshiner And His Money - Charlie Bowman & His Brothers
- Johnson City Blues - Clarence Green (previously unreleased, alternate take)
- Warming By The Devil's Fire - Rev. Johnny Blakey/The Sanctified Singers
- It's Tight Like That, (Honey) - Papa Too Sweet/Harry Jones
- Big Leg Blues - Mississippi John Hurt (previously unreleased)
- Hallelujah - Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers (previously unreleased)


disc 2
- Liberty - Herschel Brown & His Happy Five (previously unreleased)
- My Sportin' Man - Mamie Smith (previously unreleased)
- Mean Low Blues - Blues Birdhead
- C.C. & O. Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley/Simmie Dooley
- Ortonville - OKeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers
- Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs) - Slim Doucet
- Roosevelt Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Gin Mill Blues - The Hokum Boys
- Osson - Joe Falcon/Clemo/Ophy Breaux
- Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown) - W.T Narmour/S.W. Smith
- Soldier's Joy - Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers/Riley Puckett/Clavton McMichen
- They May Not Be My Toes- Whistlin' Alex Moore
- The Jazz Fiddler - Mississippi Sheiks
- I Have To Do My Time - Lonnie Johnson
- Lonesome Frisco Line -Tom Darby/Jimmie Tarlton (previously unreleased)
- Back To The Blue Ridge - Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland/Leonard Copeland (previously unreleased)
- Darn Good Girl - Buster Carter/Preston Young (previously unreleased)
- West Jackson Blues - Bo Carter (previously unreleased)
- You Had Too Much - Lonnie Johnson/Clara Smith (as Violet Green)
- Oh! Glory Glory - Silver Leaf Quartet (previously unreleased)
- Don't You Remember The Time - Freeny's Barn Dance Band
- Walkin' Georgia Rose - Pelican Wildcats
- Police Station Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw (The Devil's Son-In-Law)
- Hallelujah Side - Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers (previously unreleased)
- Highway #61 Blues - Will Batts


disc 3
- Doughboys Theme Song #1 - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Light Crust Doughboys (previously unreleased)
- Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider) - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys (previously unreleased)
- Doughboys Theme Song #2 - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Light Crust Doughboys (previously unreleased)
- Bell Street Lightnin' - Blind Willie McTell & Partner (previously unreleased)
- Jersey Bull Blues - Charlie Patton
- Every Morning Blues - Walter Roland (previously unreleased)
- D Blues - Blue Ridge Ramblers
- La Valse Des Yeux Bleu (Blue Eyes Waltz) - Breaux Freres
- Skin Game Blues - Lucille Bogan
- Good Woman Blues - Leroy Carr/Scrapper Blackwell
- Sissy Man - Josh White (as Pinewood Tom)
- Blue Yodel #2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille) - The Rhythm Wreckers
- Just Inside The Pearly Gates - The Anglin Twins (Jack And Jim)
- Hard Rocks In My Bed - Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton)
- Tired Feelin' Blues - The Two Charlies (previously unreleased)
- One Eyed Sam - Eldon Baker & His Brown County Revellers (previously unreleased)
- Poor Naomi Wise - A'nt Idy Harper & The Coon Creek Girls
- South Bound Blues (previously unreleased, Kid)
- C & A Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- My Last Five Dollars - George Curry (previously unreleased)
- Memphis Blues - The Nite Owls
- Pourquoi Tu M'Aime Pas - The Alley Boys Of Abbeville (previously unreleased)
- Have Mercy On Me - Reverend Benny Campbell (Meetin' House In Dixie)
- Shout For Joy - Albert Ammons (previously unreleased)
- Flower Blues - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis (previously unreleased)
- Onion Eating Mama - Cliff Carlisle (previously unreleased)
- Brown's Ferry Blues #2 - Callahan Bros.
- Slick Capers Blues - Little Buddy Doyle (previously unreleased)
- Poor Boy Blues - Bill "Jazz" Gillum (previously unreleased)


disc 4
- We Got To Get Together - Frank Edwards
- You Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All) - Sweet Violet Boys
- I'll Fly Away - The Humbard Family (previously unreleased)
- Cross Cut Saw Blues - Tony Hollins (previously unreleased)
- Black Snake Blues - Peter Cleighton (previously unreleased)
- Step It Up And Go - Black Cats & The Kitten
- Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad - Bob & Randall Atcher (previously unreleased)
- Cotton-Eyed Joe - Adolf Hofner & His San Antonians
- Old Vets Blues - Poor Boy Burke (previously unreleased)
- Black Rat Swing - Little Son Joe
- Macy Special - Big Maceo Merriweather (previously unreleased)
- It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do - Light Crust Doughboys/J.B. Brinkley (previously unreleased)
- Army Blues - Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys
- Who But You - James "Beale Street" Clark (previously unreleased, Beale Street)
- Tomorrow May Be Too Late - Homer Harris (previously unreleased)
- Burying Ground Blues - Muddy Waters (as McKinley Morganfield)
- Goodbye Old Pal - Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys (previously unreleased, alternate take)
- Dixie Cannonball - Gene Autry
- Run On For A Long Time - Bill Landford & The Lanfordaires
- Baby, Please Don't Go - Joe Williams (previously unreleased)
- I'm Toiling - Sister Myrtle Fields/Austin McCoy Trio
- Two By Four Blues - Willie "Boodle It" Right (previously unreleased, Boodle It)
- You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In) - Bailes Bros. (previously unreleased)
- Heaven's Radio - Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks
- Plow Hand Blues - Rosetta Howard (previously unreleased)
- Grunt Meat Blues - Memphis Seven
- Until I Found The Lord - Deep South Boys (previously unreleased)
- I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me - Brother Porter & Brother Cook/Brother Cook (previously unreleased)
4 disc set


Columbia Legacy
47911/47912-15

141995Harmonica Blues
Mississippi, Memphis, Chicago 1927-1941


CD 1: Robert Cooksey: Shortnin' Bread; Blue Harmonica; De Ford Bailey: Muscle Shoals Blues; Pan American Blues; Will Shade & Memphis Jug Band: Kansas City Blues; El Watson: Bay Rum Blues; Noah Lewis: Devil In The Woodpile; Ticket Agent Blues; Blues Birdhead: Moon Low Blues; Jed Davenport: Save Me Some; Beale Street Breakdown; Jaybird Coleman: Man Trouble Blues no. 2; Alfred Lewis: Mississippi Swamp Moon; Hammie Nixon & Son Bonds: Wary Worried Blues; Trouble Trouble Blues; Will Shade & Minnie Wallace: Field Mouse Stomp
CD 2: Harper & Smith: Insurance Policy Blues; George Clarke: Prisoner's Blues; Jazz Gillum: Just Like Jesse James; Sweet Sweet Woman; Big Walter Horton & Little Buddy Doyle: Lost Baby Blues; John Lee Sonny Boy Williamson: Sugar Mama Blues no. 2; Mattie Mae Blues; She Don't Love Me That Way; Rhythm Willie & Pete Wheatstraw: You Can't Stop Me From Drinking; Sonny Terry: Harmonica And Washboard Breakdown; Rhythm Willie: Bedroom Stomp; Sonny Boy Williamson & Yank Rachell: Hobo Blues; Lou Della Blues;

Frank Edwards
- Three Women Blues
Robert Nighthawk & Big Joe McCoy: Whatt Will I Do?; Robert Nighthawk & Walter Vincson: She's Loving Me; Leroy Williams: Uncle Sam Called
2 CD set

Fremeaux CD FA040 (Fr)

www.fremeaux.com

151996National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume One

Lonnie Pitchford
- That Train Coming Around The Bend
- My Babe
- Mary Had A Little Lamb
- One-String Boogie
- Walking Blues
- Last Fair Deal
Precious Bryant
- Baby, Please Come Home To Me
- Ain't That Loving You Baby
- Black Rat Swing
- You Don't Have To Go
- Long Distance Call
- Precious Bryant Staggering Blues
Thomas Burt
- Hooks In The Water
- Hate To See The Evening Sun Go Down
- Ain't Got No Loving Baby Now
Jessie Mae Hemphill
- Train, Train
Junior Kimbrough and the Soul Blues Boys
- All Night Long
Sunnyland Slim
- You Put That Thing On Me
- She's Got Things Going On

Frank Edwards
- Chicken Raid
John Cephas and Phil Wiggins
- Burning Bridges
- Stagolee
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Southland SCD-21

more info

Southland discography

162000The Great Race Record Labels Vol. 3: Okeh

- I Am Calling Blues - Texas Alexander
- Sorry Feeling Blues - Bo Carter
- Gamblin' Man Blues - Jack Dupree
- Life Saver Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Kentucky Blues - Little Hat Jones
- You Gonna Need Me - Charlie McCoy
- Born For Bad Luck - Brownie McGhee
- She's A Bad Girl - Mississippi Sheiks
- Struggle Buggie - Buddy Moss
- Shelby County Workhouse Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith
- Way Back Down Home - Freddie Spruell
- Caldonia Blues - Sippie Wallace
- Chitlin' Rag Blues - Sylvester Weaver
- Roaming Gambler - Doc Clayton
- The Jive Blues - Memphis Slim

- Sweet Man Blues - Frank Edwards
- Money Green - Alfried Fields
- Lost Lover Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
- Married Woman Blues - Tony Hollins
- Worry Blues - Tom Dickson
- Insane Crazy Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- -Me & My Chauffeur Blues - Memphis Minnie

Catfish KATCD167

more info

review

172002Sol: Volume: Blue

- Mister Frank (Sample, based on Frank Edwards' "Chicken Raid")

Frank Edwards, voc, g., harm
Cool John, banjo
Abe Reid, harp
sol, instrumentation not listed


Music Maker Relief
Foundation SOL001

more info

www.cdbaby.com
(sound clip)

182003Blowing 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'
- Sun Brimmers Blues - The Memphis Jug Band
- Need More Blues - Robert Cooksey
- Up Country Blues - De Ford Bailey
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- Greenville Strut - Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe
- Chickasaw Special - Noah Lewis
- The Old Folks Started It - Minni Wallace
- Touch Me Light Mama - George Bullet Williams
- Fourth Avenue Blues - Slim Barton & Eddie Mapp
- El Watsons Fox Chase - Wl Watson
- Medley Of Blues - Freeman Stowers
- Beale Street Breakdown - Jed Davenport & His Beale St Jug Ba
- Police And High Sheriff Come Ridin Down - Ollis Martin
- Bumble Bee Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Mean Low Blues - Blues Birdhead
- Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis
- Tampa Strut - The Georgia Browns
- Harmonica Stomp - Jazz Gillum
- Im A Stranger Here - Blind Boy Fuller
- Blues In The Rain - Eddie Kellys Washboard Band
- You Can Lead Me - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Slick Capers Blues - Little Buddy Doyle
- Blowing The Blues - Sonny Terry

- We Got To Get Together - Frank Edwards
- Tampa Blues - Skoodle Dum Doo & Sheffield
- King Biscuit Stom - Big Joe Williams
- Pet Milk Blues - Walter Mitchell
- Better Get Reaky - Elder Roma Wilson
- Bring Another Half A Pint - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe
- Im A Country Boy - Pee Wee Hughes & His Delta Duo
- Wig Wearing Woman - Robert Richard
- Boogy Fool - Snooky Pryour
- Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard & The Gondoliers
- Wailin Willie - Rhythm Willie
- Winehead Seing - James Tisdom
- Evans Shuffle - Muddy Waters
- Gotta Go Baby - Joe Hill Louis
- Moanin At Midnight - Howling Wolf
- Jumpin Blues - Walter Horton
- Me & My Chauffeur - Memphis Minnie
- Down South Blues - Driftin Slim
- Juke - Little Walter
- Glad To Be Back Home - Sunny Blair
- After While (Blue Lights) - Papa Lightfoot
- Man Around My Door - Grace Brim
- Doctor Ross Boogie - Doctor Ross And His Jump & Jive Boys
- The Woman Is Killing Me - Sonny Terry
- Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Dont Come Back - Little Mac
- Gonna Have A Good Time - Snooky Pryor
- Juke - Little Walter
- Hoodoo Man Blues - Junior Wells
- Dont Start Me Talking - Good Rockin Charles
- Sonny Boy Williamson - Paul Jones & Jack Bruce
- Got Something To Tell You - Doctor Ross
- 99 - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Last Night - Paul Butterfield
- Down At The Grocery Store - Jimmy Reed
- Fresh Country Jam - Duster Bennett
- Key To The Highway - Charlie Musselwhite
- Easy - Walter Horton
- Hoodoo Party - King Biscuit Boy
- You Went Away Baby - Carey Bell
- Why Worry - John Mayall
- Honeydripper - Big John Wrencher
- Back Door Friend - Billy Boy Arnold
- Rode Myself Crazy - Paul Delay
- Bring It On Home - Sonny Blake
- Texas Flood - Whispering Smith
- Hootin And Screamin - Paul Lamb
3 CD box

Indigo/Sanctuary
IGOTD 2536
192003Harmonica 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
2 CD set

Fremeaux CD FA 5059

www.fremeaux.com

202003Mr. Frank Edwards: Chicken Raid

- Chicken Raid
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- Evil Woman
- Gone With Another Man
- Done Got Drunk
- She's Mine
- My Baby Quit Me
- My Baby Gone
- I Know He Shed His Blood
- Sweet Man Blues
- Three Women Blues
- Terraplane Blues
- We Got To Get Together

Music Foundation

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212006Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 2

disc: 1
Blind Boy Fuller, Bull City Red, Sonny Terry
- I Don't Care How Long
- You've Got Something There
- Baby Quit Your Low Down Ways [take 1]
- Baby Quit Your Low Down Ways [take 2]
- It Doesn't Matter Baby
- Black Bottom Blues
- I Crave My Pigmeat
- Big Leg Woman Gets My Pay
- I'm A Stranger Here
- Red's Got The Piccolo Blues
- I Want Some Of Your Pie
- Jivin' Big Bill Blues
- Woman You Better Wake Up
- Step It Up And Go
- Worn Out Engine Blues
- Blue And Worried Man
- Passenger Train Woman
- Shake It Baby
- Somebody's Been Talkin'
- Three Ball Blues
- Little Woman You're So Sweet
- Good Feeling Blues
- You Can't Hide From The Lord
- Twelve Gates To The City
- Crooked Woman Blues


disc: 2
Blind Boy Fuller, Bull City Red, Sonny Terry
- I Don't Want No Skinny Woman
- Bus Rider Blues
- You Got To Have Your Dollar
- Lost Lover Blues
- Thousand Woman Blues
- Bye Bye Baby
- When You Are Gone
- No Stranger Now
- Must Have Been My Jesus
- Jesus Is A Holy Man
- Precious Lord
- Night Rambling Woman
Bull City Red
- Now I'm Talking About You
- I Saw The Light
- Richmond Blues
- I Won't Be Dogged Around
- Pick And Shovel Blues
- Black Woman & Poison Blues
- Mississippi River
- Have You Decided (Which Way To Go)
- I See The Sign Of Judgement
- Everybody Wants To Know How I Die
- I Feel Like Shoutin'
- Jesus Touched Me
- Talkin' With Jesus


disc: 3
Cedar Creek Sheik
- Ford V-8
- Watch The Fords Go By
- Mary Had A Little Lamb
- She's Totin' Something Good
- What A Pity
- I Believe Somebody's Been Ridin' My Mule
- Don't Use That Stuff
- Buy If From A Poultry Man
- Don't Credit My Stuff
- Jimmy Shut His Store Doors
"Rosevelt" Antrim
- No Use Of Worryin'
- Complaint To Make
- I Guess You're Satisfied
- Station Boy Blues
Virgil Childers
- Dago Blues
- Red River Blues
- Who's That Knockin' At My Door
- Somebody Stole My Jane
- Travelin' Man
- Preacher And The Bear
Sonny Jones
- Won't Somebody Pacify My Mind
- I'm Pretty Good At It
- Love Me With A Feeling
- Dough Roller


disc: 4
Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council
- Runaway Man Blues
- I'm Grievin' & I'm Worryin'
- Don't Want No Hungry Woman
- Working Man Blues
- Poor And Ain't Got A Dime
- Lookin' For My Baby
Welly Trice
- Come On In Here Mama
- Let Her Go God Bless Her
Richard Trice
- Come On Baby
- Trembling Bed Springs
- Shake Your Stuff
- Lazy Bug Blues
- Bed Spring Blues
- Pack It Up And Go
- Blood Red River Blues
- Down-Hearted Man

Frank Edwards
- Sweet Man Blues
- Three Women Blues
- Terraplane Blues
- We Got To Get Together
- Love My Baby
- Gotta Get Together
Dennis McMillon
- Woke Up One Morning
- Poor Little Angel Girl
- Paper Wooden Daddy
- Goin' Back Home
4 CD box set


JSP CD 7772



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 222
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 - 1970 Volume One: A to K, 2nd ed. 1987, p. 389
- Ebay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: back cover of Trix CD 3303

thanks to Alan Balfour for additional info / scans

 

source: http://www.northsidetavern.com/ma1.html (Northside Image Slideshow; photographer: Mark Austin; click to enlarge !)
source: http://www.northsidetavern.com/ma1.html
(Northside Image Slideshow; photographer: Mark Austin)

source: http://www.musicmaker.org/photogallery/pages/15.02.frankedwards.htm (Music Maker Relief Foundation; photographer: Axel Küstner; click to enlarge !
source: http://www.musicmaker.org/photogallery/pages/15.02.frankedwards.htm
(Music Maker Relief Foundation; photographer: Axel Küstner)


Frank Edwards on cover of Living Blues # 137

www.mrfrankedwards.com

Mr. Frank on his 93rd Birthday

Obituary

another Obituary (in French)

Stefan Wirz


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