Sleepy John Estes 78 rpm

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
		- Broken Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too (55531-2) rec. Memphis, Tenn., September 17, 1929; John Estes, voc, g; Jab Jones, p; James Rachell, mand	Victor unissued
1	1929	John Estes - Diving Duck Blues (55596-2) * - The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair (55581-1) # # rec. Memphis, Tenn., September 24, 1929; John Estes, voc, g; Johnny Hardge, p; James Rachell, mand * rec. Memphis, Tenn., September 26, 1929; John Estes, voc, g; Jab Jones, p; James Rachell, mand	Victor V38549 # = Bluebird B7849 (Rev. by Sonny Boy Nelson) * = Bluebird B7677
2	1929	John Estes - Broken Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too (55531-3) # - Black Mattie Blues (36335-1) * # rec. Memphis, Tenn., September 26, 1929; John Estes, voc, g; Jab Jones, p; James Rachell, mand * rec. Memphis, Tenn., October 2, 1929; John Estes, voc, g; "Tee", hca; James Rachell, mand	Victor V38582
3	1929	John Estes - James Rachel - T-Bone Steak Blues (56336-2) * - Little Sarah (55597-2) # # rec. September 26, 1929 in Memphis, Tenn.; James Rachell, voc, mand; John Estes, g; 'Tee', Jab Jones, p * rec. October 2, 1929 in Memphis, Tenn.; James Rachell, voc, mand; John Estes, g; "Tee", hca	Victor V38595
4	1930	John Estes - Milk Cow Blues (59918-2) # - Street Car Blues (59919-2) rec. Memphis, Tenn., May 13, 1930; John Estes, voc, g; Jab Jones, p; James Rachell, mand	Victor V38614 # = Bluebird B7677
5	1930	John Estes - Expressman Blues (59934-2) # - Sweet Mama (62550-2) * # rec. Memphis, Tenn., May 17, 1930; John Estes, g; Jab Jones, p; James Rachell, voc, mand * rec. Memphis, Tenn., May 30, 1930; John Estes, g; Jab Jones, p; James Rachell, voc, mand	Victor 23318
		- Wadie Green Blues (59935-2) rec. Memphis, Tenn., May 17, 1930; John Estes, voc, g; Jab Jones, p; James Rachell, mand	Victor unissued
6	1930	John Estes - Whatcha doin'? (59967-2) - Poor John Blues (59968-2) * rec. Memphis, Tenn., May 21, 1930; John Estes, voc, g; Jab Jones, p; James Rachell, mand	Victor 38628
7	1930	John Estes - Stack O' Dollars (62547-2) - My Black Gal Blues (62548-2) rec. Memphis, Tenn., May 30, 1930; John Estes, voc, g; Jab Jones, p; James Rachell, mand	Victor 23397
		- Ninety Pound Mama (62549-2) rec. Memphis, Tenn., May 30, 1930; John Estes, voc, g; Jab Jones, p; James Rachell, voc, mand	Victor unissued
8	1935	Sleepy John Estes - Down South Blues (90094-A) # - Stop That Thing (90095-A) rec. Chicago, July 9, 1935; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca, # sp	Champion 50001 = Decca 7325
9	1935	Sleepy John Estes - Someday Baby Blues (90096-A) - Who's Been Tellin' You Buddy Brown Blues (90097-A) rec. Chicago, July 9, 1935; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca	Champion 50068 = Decca 7279
10	1935	Sleepy John Estes - Married Woman Blues (90175-A) - Drop Down Mama (90176-A) rec. July 17, 1935 in Chicago; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca	Champion 50048 = Decca 7289 = Brunswick (E) 03562 = Decca (E) 03562
11	1937	Sleepy John Estes - I Wanta Tear It All The Time (62462-A) # - Vernita Blues (62463-A) rec. August 2, 1937 in New York City; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca; Charlie Pickett, g; # Lee Brown, kazoo	Decca 7342
12	1937	Sleepy John Estes - Airplane Blues (62482) - Hobo Jungle Blues (62481-A) rec. August 3, 1937 in New York City; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca; Charlie Pickett, g	Decca 7354
13	1937	Sleepy John Estes - Jack And Jill Blues (62479-A) * - Need More Blues (62466-A) # # rec. August 2, 1937 in New York City; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca; Charlie Pickett, g * rec. August 3, 1937 in New York City; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca; Charlie Pickett, g	Decca 7365
14	1937	Sleepy John Estes - Government Money (62461-A) - I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More (62464-A) # rec. August 2, 1937 in New York City; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca; Charlie Pickett, g; # Lee Brown, kazoo	Decca 7414
15	1937	Sleepy John Estes - Poor Man's Friend (T Model) (62480-A) * - Floating Bridge (62465-A) # # rec. August 2, 1937 in New York City; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca; Charlie Pickett, g * rec. August 3, 1937 in New York City; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca; Charlie Pickett, g	Decca 7442
16	1938	Sleepy John Estes - New Someday Baby (63652-A) - Brownsville Blues (63653-A) # rec. New York City, April 22, 1938; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Son Bonds or Charlie Pickett, g	Decca 7473
17	1938	Sleepy John Estes - Liquor Store Blues (63648-A) - Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues) (63654-A) # rec. New York City, April 22, 1938; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Son Bonds or Charlie Pickett, g	Decca 7491
18	1938	Sleepy John Estes - Easin' Back To Tennessee (63649-A) - Clean Up At Home (63651-A,-B) # rec. New York City, April 22, 1938; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Son Bonds or Charlie Pickett, g	Decca 7516
19	1938	Sleepy John Estes - Everybody Oughta Make A Change (63647-A) - Fire Department Blues (Martha Hardin) (63650-A) rec. April 22, 1938 in New York City; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Son Bonds or Charlie Pickett, g	Decca 7571
20	1940	Sleepy John Estes - Drop Down (I Don't Feel Welcome Here) (93009-A) - Tell Me How About It (Mr. Tom's Blues) (93008-A) rec. June 4, 1940 in Chicago; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Robert Lee McCoy, hca; unknown, wb	Decca 7766
21	1940	Sleepy John Estes - Mailman Blues (93004-A) # - Time Is Drawing Near (93005-A) rec. June 4, 1940 in Chicago; Sleepy John Estes, voc; Robert Lee McCoy, g, # hca	Decca 7789
22	1940	Sleepy John Estes - Mary Come On Home (93006-A) # - Jailhouse Blues (93007-A) * # rec. Chicago, June 4, 1940; Sleepy John Estes, voc, * g; Robert Lee McCoy, # g, * harm	Decca 7814
23	19??	John Estes - Milk Cow Blues (59918-2) # - Diving Duck Blues (55596-2) * # rec. May 13, 1930 in Memphis, Tenn.; John Estes, voc, g; Jab Jones, p; James Rachell, mand * rec. September 26, 1929 in Memphis, Tenn.; John Estes, voc, g; Jab Jones, p; James Rachell, mand (* This reissue may use a different take than the original Victor V38549)	# Victor V38614 * Victor V38549 Bluebird B7677
24	19??	John Estes / Sonny Boy Nelson - The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair (55581-1) # - Long Tall Woman (02597-1) * # rec. Memphis, Tenn., September 24, 1929; John Estes, voc, g; Johnny Hardge, p; James Rachell, mand (This reissue may use a different take than the original Victor V38549) * rec. New Orleans, October 15, 1936; Sonny Boy Nelson, voc, g; Willie Harris Jr, g	= Victor V38549 Bluebird B7849
25	1941	The Delta Boys - You Shouldn't Do That (064916-1) # - Black Gal Swing (064918- ) * rec. Chicago, September 24, 1941; Sleepy John Estes, # lead voc, g; Son Bonds, * lead voc, kazoo, Raymond Thomas, imb Each singer joins in choruses on each tune	Bluebird B8852
26	1941	"Sleepy" John Estes - Lawyer Clark (064924-1) - Little Laura Blues (064925-A1 # rec. Chicago, September 24, 1941; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Son Bonds, g, Raymond Thomas, imb	Bluebird B8871
27	1941	The Delta Boys - When The Saints Go Marching In (064917-1) # - Every Time My Heart Beats (064920-1) * # rec. Chicago, September 24, 1941; Sleepy John Estes, # lead voc, g; Son Bonds, * lead voc, kazoo, Raymond Thomas, imb Each singer joins in choruses on each tune	Bluebird B8891
28	1941	The Delta Boys - Don't You Want To Know (064915-1) # - Get Up And Go (064919-1) * # rec. Chicago, September 24, 1941; Sleepy John Estes, # lead voc, g; Son Bonds, * lead voc, kazoo, Raymond Thomas, imb Each singer joins in choruses on each tune	Bluebird B8915
29	1941	"Sleepy" John Estes / Son Bond [sic] "Sleepy" John Estes - Working Man Blues (064926-1) # Son Bond - Come Back Home - Blues (064923-1) * # rec. Chicago, September 24, 1941; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Son Bonds, g, sp; Raymond Thomas, imb * rec. Chicago, September 24, 1941; Son Bonds, voc, g; Sleepy John Estes, g; Raymond Thomas, imb	Bluebird B8950
		John Estes - Harlem Bound # * - Stone Blind # rec. Chicago 1948; John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca; unk washtub b	Ora-Nelle unissued # Barrelhouse BH-004 (1974) and P-Vine PLP-6714 (Jp 1998) * St. George STG 1001 (1983)

Sleepy John Estes 45 rpm / LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
30	1952	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 3 - Songs - The Coo Coo Bird -- Clarence Ashley - East Virginia -- Buell Kazee - Minglewood Blues -- Cannon's Jug Stompers - I Woke Up One Morning In May -- Didier Hebert - James Alley Blues -- Richard "Rabbit" Brown - Sugar Baby -- Dock Boggs - I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground -- Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Mountaineer's Courtship -- Ernest and Hattie Stoneman - The Spanish Merchant's Daughter -- The Stoneman Family - Bob Lee Junior Blues -- The Memphis Jug Band - Single Girl, Married Girl -- The Carter Family - Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme -- Clemo Breaux and Joseph Falcon - Rabbit Foot Blues -- Blind Lemon Jefferson - Expressman Blues -- Sleepy John Estes and Yank Rachell - Poor Boy Blues -- Ramblin' Thomas - Feather Bed -- Cannon's Jug Stompers - Country Blues -- Dock Boggs - 99 Year Blues -- Julius Daniels - Prison Cell Blues -- Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean -- Blind Lemon Jefferson - C'est Si Triste Sans Lui -- Cleoma and Orphy Breaux w/ Joe Falcon - Way Down The Old Plank Road -- Uncle Dave Macon - Buddy Won't You Roll Down the Line -- Uncle Dave Macon - Spike Driver Blues -- Mississippi John Hurt - K.C. Moan -- The Memphis Jug Band - Train On The Island -- J.P. Nestor - The Lone Star Trail -- Ken Manyard - Fishing Blues -- Henry Thomas	2 LP set ed. by Harry Smith Folkways FP-253 = Folkways FA 2953 1997 re-released as 6 CD Box Set by Smithsonian Folkways www.folkways.si.edu www.harrysmitharchives.com
31	1960	Bad Luck Blues A Blues Anthology Lonnie Johnson - Blue Ghost Blues Red Nelson - Crying Mother Blues Kokomo Arnold - Bad Luck Blues Cecil Gant - Playin' Myself The Blues Sleepy John Estes - Someday Baby Blues Lem Johnson - Candy Blues Lightening [sic!] Hopkins - Highway Blues Sleepy John Estes - Jailhouse Blues Pleasant Joe - Bad Luck Blues Kokomo Arnold - Red Beans And Rice Joe Turner - Blues On Central Avenue Peetie Wheatstraw - Road Tramp Blues compiled by Jacques Demêtre	notes by Nat Henthoff Brunswick LPBM 87 504 (G)
32	1956	Guide To Jazz Louis Armstrong - Some Sweet Day Count Basie - One O'Clock Boogie Sidney Bechet - Shake It and Brake It Johnny Dodds - Heah' Me Talkin' "Sleepy" John Estes - Working Man Blues Duke Ellington - Black and Tan Fantasie Lionel Hampton - Don't Be That Way Coleman Hawkins - My Blue Heaven Fletcher Henderson - Sugar Foot Stomp Earl Hines - Grand Terrace Shuffle Ladnier-Mezzrow - Really The Blues Jimmy Lunceford - Swingin' Uptown Jelly Roll Morton - Black Bottom Stomp King Oliver - Sweet Like This "Fats" Waller - Black Raspberry Jam Jimmy Yancey - The Mellow Blues	LP accompanying book by Hugues Panassie & Madeleine Gautier: Guide to Jazz.- Houghton -Mifflin, Boston 1956 (translation of "Dictionnaire du Jazz", Robert Laffont 1954) RCA LPM-1393 (G)
33	1957	Dictionary Of Jazz Sleepy John Estes - Working Man Blues Jimmy Yancey - The Mellow Blues Jimmy Lunceford - Swingin' Uptown Lionel Hampton - Don't Be That Way Count Basie - One O'Clock Boogie Coleman Hawkins - My Blue Heaven Fats Waller - Black Raspberry Jam Louis Armstrong - Some Day You'll Be Sorry	10 inch LP accompanying book of the same title by Hughues Panassie & Madeleine Gautier RCA RC 24002 (UK)
34	1959	The Country Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson - Matchbox Blues Lonnie Johnson - Careless Love Cannon’s Jug Stompers - Walk Right In Peg Leg Howell - Low Down Rounder’s Blues Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues Memphis Jug Band - Stealin’ Stealin’ Blind Willie Johnson - You Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond Leroy Carr - Alabama Woman Sleepy John Estes - Special Agent Big Bill Broonzy - Key To The Highway Bukka White - Fixin’ To Die Tommy McClennan - I’m A Guitar King Robert Johnson - Preachin’ Blues Washboard Sam - I Been Treated Wrong edited by Sam Charters	notes by Sam Charters RBF 1 RBF discography
35	1960	The Rural Blues A Study of the Vocal and Instrumental Resources RF-202 tracks: Will Shade - I Can't Stand It Hambone Willie Newburn - Shelby County Work House Blues Robert Johnson - From Four Until Late Furry Lewis - You Can Leave, Baby Sleepy John Estes - Sloppy Drunk Blues L'il Son Jackson - Roberta Blues Lightnin' Hopkins - Bad Luck And Trouble Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman [sic!] Blues Arthur Crudup - If I Get Lucky Charlie Pickett - Down The Highway Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues Blind Willie Johnson - Take Your Burden To The Lord Tommy McClennan - New Highway 51 Lightnin' Hopkins - Penitentiary Blues Blind Willie McTell - Mama T'ain't Long 'Fo' Day Charlie Burse - Take Your Fingers Off It Charlie Lincoln - My Wife Drove Me From My Door Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues Lightnin' Hopkins - Come Go Home With Me - Goin' Back To Florida Robert Johnson - Standing At The Crossroads Lightnin' Hopkins - One Kind Favor Furry Lewis - John Henry Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine Furry Lewis - Warm Up Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing John Hurt - Frankie Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can Mama Papa Charlie Jackson - Airy Man Blues Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell - New How Long Blues Bert Bilbro - Mohuna Blues Sonny Terry and Oh Red - Harmonica Stomp Frank Stokes - Shiney Town Blues Virgil Perkins - Solo Charlie Burse - Tippin' Round Ham Gravy - Mama Don't Love It Moochie Reeves - Key To The Highway	compiled and annotated by Samuel B. Charters RBF RF-202 (X) The 1. ed. of this record, RF-202, featured only extracts of most of the recordings on 202X =XTRA 1035 (2 LP boxed set UK) =XTRA 1035 (DLP UK 1966) = Fontana 982.099 RBF discography
36	19??	Sleepy John Estes and Son Bond [sic] Treasury of Jazz 30 - Lawyer Clark Blues - Little Laura Blues - Working Man Blues - Come Back Home	7 inch 45rpm EP RCA Victor 75.752 S
37	1962	Alexis Korner presents Kings Of The Blues Vol. 3 Big Joe Williams - Ain't Seen No Whiskey Arthur Crudup - If I Get Lucky Sleepy John Estes - Working Man Blues Furry Lewis - Cannon Ball Blues	7 inch 45rpm EP RCA RCX 204 RCA (UK) discography
38	1962	The Legend of Sleepy John Estes - Rats In My Kitchen § [] - Someday Baby # - Stop That Thing $ [] - Diving Duck Blues $ [] - Death Valley Blues # [] - Married Woman Blues * [] - Down South Blues # [] - Who's Been Telling You, Buddy Brown § [] - Drop Down Mama * [] - You Got To Go * [] - Milk Cow Blues # - I'd Been Well Warned * [] # rec. March 24, 1962 in Saukville, WS; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; [] Ed Wilkenson, b * rec. June 3, 1962 in Saukville, WS; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca; [] Ed Wilkenson, b $ rec. June 4, 1962 in Saukville, WS; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca; John 'Knocky' Parker, p; [] Ed Wilkenson, b	notes by Bob Koester Delmar DL-603 Delmark DL-603 (mono) Delmark DS-603 (stereo) = Trio PA-6212 (Jp 1973) = Trio PA-6212 (Jp 1980) = P-Vine PLP-377 (Jp 1988) = Delmark CD DE-603 www.delmark.com
39	1962? 1966?	Sleepy John's Got The Blues - Rats In My Kitchen - Who's Been Telling You, Buddy Brown - Diving Duck Blues - Stop That Thing rec. June 4, 1962 in Saukville, WS; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca; John 'Knocky' Parker, p; Ed Wilkenson, b	7 inch 45 rpm EP Delmark djb 3
40	196?	Blues Classics Volume 3 Lonnie Coleman - Old Rock Island Blues Robert Lockwood - Little Boy Blue Wright Holmes - Alley Blues The Delta Boys - You Shouldn't Say That - Black Gal Swing Barbeque Bob - Ease It To Me Blues Walter Roland - 45 Pistol Blues - Every Morning Blues Willie McTell - Kill It Kid Kid Stormy Weather - Short Haired Blues Casey Bill -WPA Blues Harmonika Frank - Tom Cat Blues Memphis Minnie - Bumble Bee Blues Black Boy Shine - Sugarland Blues Son Bond - 80 Highway Willie McTell - Broke Down Engine	Blues Classics BC 7 Blues Classics discography
41	196?	The Original Sleepy John Estes with His "Jug Buddy" Hammie Nix & "Father Jazz" Booker T. Washington - Some Day Baby (A) - Sleepy John's Blues (B) rec. c.1964 in Chicago; (John Estes, voc, g); Hammie Nixon, hca; Booker T. Washington, dr (The above are actually pre-war masters of a 1938 Decca coupling of "New Someday Baby" / "Brownsville Blues" with Nixon and Washington added, probably in late 1964)	Ebony 1020
42	196?	Jimmy Oden / Sleepy John Estes with Jimmy Odens Blues Soul Stirrers Jimmy Oden with Jimmy Odens Blues Soul Stirrers - Going Down Slow (A) Sleepy John Estes with Jimmy Odens Blues Soul Stirrers - Some Day Baby (B) # # rec. c.1964 in Chicago; John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca; Booker T. Washington, dr	Ebony 1000
42	1964	Out Came The Blues (1934 - 1939) Lightning Hopkins - Bad Things on My Mind Georgia White - The Blues Ain't Nuthin' But ... Cousin Joe and Sam Price Trio - Beggin' Woman Kokomo Arnold - Wild Water Blues Red Nelson with Cripple Clarence Lofton, Piano - Sweetest Thing Born Memphis Minnie - Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down Dirty Thing) Oscar Woods (The Lone Wolf) - Lone Wolf Blues Big Joe Turner and the Pete Johnson Trio - Little Bittie Gal's Blues Trixie Smith - Freight Train Blues Johnnie Temple - Louise Louise Blues Scrapper Blackwell - No Good Woman Blues Peetie Wheatstraw (The Devil's Son-in-Law) - Crazy With The Blues Sleepy John Estes - Vernita Blues Rosetta Crawford with Jimmy Johnson's Band - My Man Jumped Salty On Me	Decca DL 4434 = Ace of Hearts H 0072 (1964) notes by Stanley Dance & Yannick Bruynoghe = Coral CP 58 (1970) = MCA 1352 (1982) (Jazz Heritage Series)
44	1964	Sleepy John Estes 1929-1940 1929-1930 - Divin' Duck Blues - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair - Street Car Blues - Milk Cow Blues 1930-1940 - Jack And Jill Blues - New Someday Baby - Floating Bridge - Brownsville Blues - Need More Blues - Jailhouse Blues - Everybody Ought To Make A Change - Working Man Blues	Compiled and annotated by Samuel Charters RBF 8 RBF discography
44a	1964	Yank Rachell And His Tennessee Jug Busters: Mandolin Blues Delmark DS/DL 606 track sequence: - Texas Tony - Up And Down The Line * - Shout Baby Shout - Bye Bye Baby * - Stop Knockin On My Door * - Move Your Hand * # - Doorbell Blues * - Lonesome Blues - I'm Gonna Get Up In The Morning - Get Your Morning Exercise * 77 LA12/23 track sequence: - Texas Tony - Shout Baby Shout - Lonesome Blues - I'm Gonna Get Up In The Morning - Up And Down The Line * - Bye Bye Baby * - Stop Knockin On My Door * - Move Your Hand * # - Doorbell Blues * - Get Your Morning Exercise * CD track sequence: - Texas Tony - Girl Of My Dreams - Do The Boogie Mama (take 3) - Starvation In My Kitchen - I'm Gonna Get Up In The Morning - Lonesome Blues - Shout Baby Shout - Rocky Mountain Blues - Do The Boogie Mama (take 2) - Stop Knocking On My Door * - Doorbell Blues * - Move Your Hand * - Get Your Morning Exercise * - When My Baby Comes Back Home * - Up And Down The Line * - Bye Bye Baby * red = previously unissued rec. March 6 & 31, 1963 in private homes in Chicago; Yank Rachell, voc, mand; Hammie Nixon, jug, hca; Sleepy John Estes, g; * Big Joe Williams, 9-str g, # voc; * Mike Bloomfield, g; album production and supervision: Robert G. Koester; cover design by Peter J. Welding	notes by Bob Koester = Delmark DL-606 (US mono) 77 Records LA 12/23 notes by Bob Koester = Delmark DS-606 (stereo) = Goody GY 10010 (D 198?) "Super Black Blues Vol. 5" = Delmark CD DD-608 (1995) www.delmark.com
45	1964	Sleepy John Estes: Broke And Hungry The Tennessee Jug Busters - Broke And Hungry # [] - Black Mattie # - 3:00 Morning Blues # [] - Beale Street Sugar # [] - Olie Blues # - So Glad I'm Livin' - Freedom Loan # [] - The Girl I Love # - Electric Chair # - Sleepy John's Twist # CD DD 608 bonus tracks: - Everybody Oughta Change # [] - Al Rawls # rec. March 3, 1964 in Chicago; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; # Yank Rachell, mand; # Hammie Nixon, hca; [] Mike Bloomfield, g	77 LA 12-27 notes by Bob Koester = Delmar(k) DE-608 (US) = Delmark DL-608 = Delmark DS-9608 (stereo) later Delmark DS-608 = Trio PA-3048 (Jp 1974) = Trio PA-6207 (Jp 1978) = Goody GY 10008 (D 198?) "Super Black Blues Vol. 3" = Delmark CD DD-608 (1995) www.delmark.com
46	1964	Sleepy John Estes with Hammie Nixon Portraits In Blues Vol. 10 - Needmore Blues - Who's Been Tellin' You - Airplane Blues - Vernita - Denmark Blues - I'm A Tearing Little Daddy - You Stayed Away Too Long - Drop Down Mama - The Woman I Love, She Got Long Black Curley Hair - You Oughtn't Do That - Easin' Back To Tennessee	notes by Paul Oliver Storyville SLP 172 = Storyville 671172 Storyville discography
47	1964	La storia del Jazz: The Blues Sleepy John Estes - Working Man Blues	RCA LPM 10041 (I) = RCA LJ 50013 (I)
48	196?	American Folk Blues Festival '64 Sonnyboy Williamson - I'm Trying To Make London My Home - Dissatisfied Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins - Ain't It A Pity - Baby Please Don't Go Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon - I'm A Tearing Little Daddy # John Henry Barbee - Cotton Pickin' Blues Hubert Sumlin / Sunnyland Slim - No Title Boogie Sugar Pie Desanto - Slip In Mules Howlin' Wolf - Dust My Broom # rec. October 9, 1964 at the Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca   insert notes of Fontana 681 522 TL [in German !]	notes by Georges Adins, Joachim E. Behrend, Jacques Demêtre Bob Koester, Horst Lippmann, Paul Oliver Fontana 681 522 TL (mono) = Fontana 885 411 MY (stereo) = Fontana TL 5225 [not = Amiga 850043 !!!] = Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 (1969) American Folk Blues Festival 63-64 notes by Willy Leiser L + R 42.024 (1981) = LR CD-2024 L + R discography = disc 4 of Evidence 5 CD set ECD 26200
49	1965	The Blues at Newport 1964 Part 1 Fred McDowell - Lord I'm Going Down South - Highway 61 - If The River Was Whiskey Sleepy John Estes - Sleepy John’s Twist - Mailman Blues - Drop Down Mama - Clean Up At Home Doc Reese - Old Hannah - Hey Rattler - Oh My Lord Robert Pete Williams - Levee Camp Blues - On My Way From Texas - Midnight Boogie rec. July 23-26 1964 live at the Newport Folk Festival	Vanguard VRS 9180 (mono) = VSD 79180 (stereo) = King SR-187 (Jp 1968)
50	1965	Newport Folk Festival 1964 Evening Concerts Vol. 1 Pete Seeger - Oh Mary Don't You Weep - Never Wed an Old Man Sleepy John Estes (with Hammy Nixon and Yank Rachell) - Corinna Buffy Sainte-Marie - Melora - Cod'ine Jose Feliciano - La Bamba - El Pastor - I'm Satisfied With My Babe Rodriguez Brothers - Yo Soy Negro Phil Ochs - The Power and the Glory - Draft Dodger Rag Frank Proffitt - Tom Dooley - Moonshine Still Jim Kweskin and The Jug Band - I'm a Woman - Sadie Green - My Gal rec. live at the Newport Folk Festival July 23-26, 1964	Vanguard VRS-9184 (mono) VSD-79184 (stereo) = Fontana TFL 6050 (UK) = King/Vanguard SH-225 (Jp)
51	1965	Bluebird Blues 1933-46 Blind Willie McTell - Lonesome Day Blues - Searching The Desert For The Blues Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues - Mean Mistreater Blues Big Joe Williams - Wild Cow Blues - Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff Sonny Boy Williamson - Down South - Moonshine Tommy McClennan - Bluebird Blues - Brown Skin Girl Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues - Little Laura Blues Arthur Crudup - Black Pony Blues - Death Valley Blues Lonnie Johnson - Jersey Belle Blues - Crowing Rooster Blues reissue prod. by Brad McCuen	RCA Victor LPV-518 = RCA RD-7786
52	1965	Sleepy John Estes in Europe - Needmore Blues # - Who's Been Tellin' You * - Airplane Blues # - Vernita * - Denmark Blues # - I'm A Tearing Little Daddy * [] - I Stayed Away Too Long * - Drop Down Mama * - The Woman I Love She Got Long Black Curly Hair * - You Oughtn't Do That * [] - Easin' Back To Tennessee # CD bonus tracks: - I'm A Tearing Little Daddy (alt. tk.) * [] - Blues For JFK * # rec. October 9, 1964 in Copenhagen; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g * rec. October 24, 1964 in London; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca, [] jug	notes by Bob Koester Delmark DL-611 (mono) Delmark DS-9611 (stereo) = Delmark DS-611 Delmark CD DD-611 www.delmark.com
53	1965	Sleepy John Estes' Brownsville Blues Institutions - The Girl I Love # - City Hall Blues * - Government Money // - Working Man Blues # - Mailman Blues # - Mary Come On Home # People - Pat Mann * - Vassie Williams # - Young Lawyer $ - Al Rawls # - Lawyer Clark # - Martha Hardin $ CD bonus tracks: - 38 Pistol # - Time Is Drawing Near # - God Can Use Me # - I'd Been Well Warned # - Drop Down Mamma # - Rats In My Kitchen # # rec. March 24, 1962 in Saukville, WS; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g * rec. June 3, 1962 in Saukville, WS; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca; Ed Wilkenson, b $ rec. October 9, 1964 in Copenhagen; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g // rec. February 27, 1965 in Chicago; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Yank Rachell, mand; Ransom Knowling, b	notes by Bob Koester Delmark DS-613 = Delmark CD DD-613 www.delmark.com
54	1966	Blues Rediscoveries Mississippi John Hurt - Ain't No Tellin' - Avalon Blues Bukka White - Sleepy Man Blues - Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues Henry Townsend - Poor Man Blues John Estes - Poor Man's Friend - Liquor Store Blues Blind Gary Davis - Oh Lord Search My Heart - You Got to Go Down Peg Leg Howell - Doin' Wrong Furry Lewis - Jelly Roll - Sweet Papa Moan Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 - Someday Baby	Compiled and edited by Samuel Charters RBF 11 RBF discography
55	1966	American Folk Blues Festival '66 Vol. 1: Amiga 855114 Roosevelt Sykes - Running The Boogie Otis Rush - All Your Love Little Brother Montgomery - I Keep On Drinking Sleepy John Estes - You Shouldn't Do It # Big Joe Turner - Roll 'Em Pete Junior Wells - Sheckin' On My Baby [sic] - Vietnam Blues [] Sippie Wallace - Suitcase Blues Robert Pete Williams - Midnight Boogie [] Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop And Fly Vol. 2: Amiga 855126 Otis Rush - It Takes Time [] Roosevelt Sykes - Night Time Is The Right Time [] Otis Rush - My Own Fault (actually "Sweet Little Angel") Little Brother Montgomery - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie [] Yank Rachell with Sleepy John Estes, g - Yellow Jam Blues [] # Junior Wells - Over Yonders Walls [] Sippie Wallace - Women Keep Your Mouth Shut [] Junior Wells - A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson Robert Pete Williams - Louise Big Joe Turner - Feeling Happy [] [] not on Fontana 885 431 BY Fontana 885 431 BY Roosevelt Sykes - Running The Boogie Otis Rush - All Your Love Little Brother Montgomery - I Keep On Drinking Sleepy John Estes - You Shouldn't Do It # Otis Rush - My Own Fault [actually "Sweet Little Angel"] Junior Wells - Checkin' On My Baby - A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson Sippie Wallace - Suitcase Blues Robert Pete Williams - Louise Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop And Fly - Roll 'Em Pete # rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Yank Rachell, voc, mand	notes by Karlheinz Drechsel Vol. 1 Amiga 855114 (DDR 1969) = Amiga CD 82876-63060-2 (2004) notes by Karlheinz Drechsel Vol. 2 Amiga 855126 (DDR 1969) = Amiga CD 82876-63061-2 (2004) Fontana 885 431 BY Philips/Phonogram SFL-7386 (1969) American Folk Blues Festival 65-66 L+R 42.069 = LR CD-2069 L + R discography
56	1967	The Blues Music from the Documentary Film by Samuel Charters J.D. Short & Memphis Willie B. - Alone in the Evening Blues J.D. Short - Slidin' Delta Pink Anderson - Old Cotton Fields of Home Furry Lewis - John Henry Baby Tate - Bad Blues Memphis Willie B. & Gus Cannon - Sitting Here Thinking Sleepy John Estes - Lonesome Ground Baby Tate - If I Could Holler Like a Mountain Jack - When I First Started Hoboing Pink Anderson - Weeping Willow Blues rec. July 1962	Asch A-101 =Folkways FA AS101 =Folkways F-ASCH101 = Blue Angel / Asch BA20011 (Zweitausendeins 1967 G) www.folkways.si.edu download liner notes/ sound clips at Smithsonian Global Sound
57	196?	The Best of The Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Diggin' My Potatoes Speckled Red - Uncle Sam's Blues Memphis Slim - Bertha May Champion Jack Dupree - Christina, Christina Blues Big Joe Williams - Vitamin A Blues Lonnie Johnson - Don't Cry Baby Roosevelt Sykes - The Way I Feel Sleepy John Estes - City Hall Blues John Henry Barbee - Early In The Morning Sunnyland Slim - One Room Country Shack Sonny Boy & M. Slim - Copenhagen Woman Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes	Storyville SLP 188 = Storyville 671188 = Teichiku ULS-1819-R (Jp 1975) = Storyville SLP 4023 (1981) Storyville discography
58	1967	John Henry Barbee & Sleepy John Estes: Blues Live Sleepy John Estes - Drop Down Mama - I'd Been Well Warned - Stop That Thing # - Divin' Duck Blues - Vernita Blues - Bottle Up And Go # - Mountain Cat Blues John Henry Barbee - Hey Woman - Backwater Blues - Boll Weevil - Somebody Done Change The Lock On My Door - That's All Right CD bonus tracks: - Tell Me Baby - John Henry - Dust My Broom Estes tracks rec. live October 8, 1964 in Copenhagen; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca, # jug Barbee tracks rec. live October 8, 1964 at the Folk Club of Denmark in Copenhagen; John Henry Barbee, voc, g	notes by Paul Oliver Storyville SLP 4074 Storyville discography Storyville STCD 8051 (2000) www.storyville-records.com
59	1968	The Memphis Area - 1927-1932 Cannon's Jug Stompers - Madison Street Rag - Hollywood Rag Sleepy John Estes - Broken-Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too - Black Mattie Blues Hambone Willie Newbern - Nobody Knows What The Good Deacon Does - Burse & Stephen - Tappin' That Thing "Poor Jab" - Come Along, Little Children Frank Stokes - It Won't Be Long Now - tk. 2 Memphis Minnie - Garage Fire Blues Noah Lewis' Jug Band - Bad Luck's My Buddy Sleepy John Estes - Stack O' Dollars - My Black Gal Blues Hambone Willie Newbern - Roll And Tumble Blues Robert Wilkins - Nashville Stonewall Blues - Poloce Seargeant Blues Memphis Jug Band - Kansas City Blues	Roots RL 307 Roots discography
60	1968	Sleepy John Estes: Electric Sleep - I Ain't Gonna Sell It - Everybody's Got To Change Sometime - Walking Down Beale Street [] - If The River Was Whiskey # - Needmore Has Harmed Many A Man - May West # - Laura Had A Dream [] - How To Sing These Blues - Sweet Little Flower # - Drop Down Mama, Let Your Papa See CD bonus tracks: - Newport Blues # - Easin' Back To Tennessee - Airplane rec. December 3 & 5, 1968 in Chicago; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca, [] b; Sunnyland Slim, p; Jimmy 'Fast Fingers' Dawkins, g; Joe Harper, b; # Earl Hooker, b; Odie Payne Jr., dr	notes by Bob Koester Delmark DS-619 notes by Bob Koester = Goody GY 10003 (D 198?) "Electric Blues, Chicago Style Vol. 3" = Delmark CD DD-619 www.delmark.com
61	1969	Memphis Swamp Jam Booker White - Christmas Eve Blues - Columbus, Miss. Blues - Sad Day Blues Piano Red - Mobile Blues - Abel Street Stomp Nathan Beauregard - Nathan's Bumble Bee Blues - 'Bout A Spoonful Sleepy John Estes - Need More Blues # - President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long # Furry Lewis - Judge Boushay Blues - Walking Blues Fred McDowell - Shake Em On Down - Fred's Blues Napoleon Strickland - Back Water Rising - Other's Piece - Shimmy She Wobble Watson & Jones [John Fahey & Bill Barth] - Memphis Rag - St. Louis Blues - Praying On The Old Campground # Sleepy John Estes, voc, el g; Tom Gary, hca; Mike Stewart, g inner gatefold of Blue Thumb BTS 6000 inner sleeves of Blue Thumb BTS 6000	DLP notes by Pete Welding Blue Thumb BTS 6000 = King SR-481 (Jp 1971) (=) Arhoolie 1084 (1979) "Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 1" and Arhoolie 1085 (1979) "Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 2" (=) Arhoolie CD 385 www.arhoolie.com notes by Pete Welding (=) Arhoolie CD 386 (1993) www.arhoolie.com "Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Vol. 1 & 2"
61a	1969	Up The Country ! Blues People Robert Pete Williams - Don't the Moon Look Lonesome Yank Rachell - Yellow Jam Blues * Sippie Wallace - Up The Country Sleepy John Estes - I'm A Tearing Little Daddy # Magic Sam Blues Band - Back Door Friend Roosevelt Sykes - Boot That Thing Roosevelt Sykes - Night Time Is The Right Time Sippie Wallce - Women Be Wise Magic Sam Blues Band - Feeling Good Joe Turner - Chains Of Love Joe Turner with Otis Rush's Blues Band - Well Oh Well # rec. October 9, 1964 at the Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany (American Folk Blues Festival '64); Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca * rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin; Yank Rachell, voc, mand; Sleepy John Estes, g	Scout Sc-3 Scout discography
62	1969?	The Blues In Memphis 1927-1939 Sleepy John Estes - Drop Down Mama - Married Woman Blues Allen Shaw - I Couldn't Help It Robert Wilkins - New Stock Yard Blues Yank Rachell - Gravel Road Woman Furry Lewis - Falling Down Blues Beale Street Shieks - Mr. Crump Don't Like It Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie - That Will Be Alright - Goin' Back To Texas Vol Stevens - Vol Stevens Blues Minnie Wallace - The Old Folks Started It Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues Jack Kelly - Flower Blues Will Weldon - Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule	Origin Jazz Library OJL-21 OJL discography
63	1969	Memphis Blues Tom Dickson Sleepy John Estes - Poor John Blues - Whatcha Doin'? Jim Jackson T.C. Johnson Furry Lewis - Mr Furry's Blues - Mistreatin' Mama Memphis Jug Band, Rosie Mae Moore, Hambone Willie Newbern, Ollie Rupert, Allen Shaw, William & Versey Smith, Frank Stokes	Roots RL 323 Roots discography
64	1970	Travellin' This Lonesome Road An Anthology Of The Victor/Bluebird Catalogues Luke Jordan - Church Bells Blues # - Pick Poor Robin Clean # Blind Willie McTell - Mr. McTell's Got The Blues Memphis Jug Band - She Stays Out All Night Long James Rachel - Sweet Mama Clifford Gibson - Jive Me Blues - She Rolls It Slow Cannon's Jug Stompers - Pretty Mama Blues Walter Davis - Travellin' This Lonesome Road - Sad And Lonesome Blues Elijah Jones - Katy Fly - Mean Actin' Mama Joe Williams - Get Your Head Trimmed Down - Peach Orchard Mama Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning - Project Highway # previously unissued first takes	notes by Neil Slaven RCA International (Camden) INT 1175 = RCA 731.046
65	1970	Sleepy John Estes: Down South Blues (1935-1940) - Down South Blues - Stop That Thing - Someday Baby Blues - Married Woman Blues - Vernita Blues - Need More Blues - Jack And Jill Blues - Everybody Oughta Make A Change - Fire Department Blues - New Someday Baby - Mailman Blues - Time Is Drawing Near - Jailhouse Blues - Drop Down (I Don't Feel Welcome Here)	MCA 1339 ("Jazz Heritage" series) = MCA 510.091 (Fr)
66	1970	Memphis Blues (1927-1939) Vol. 2 Memphis Minnie - Squat It Kansas Joe McCoy - Someday I'll Be In The Clay Jack Kelly's South Memphis Jug Band - Highway 61 Blues - No. 2 Blind Clyde Church - Number Nine Blues - Pneumatic Blues Rosie Mae Moore - Mad Dog Blues Little Buddy Doyle - Hard Scufflin' Blues - Renewed Love Blues Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell - Sweet Mama Furry Lewis - Good Looking Girl Blues Will Batts - Country Woman Cannon's Jug Stompers - Money Never Runs Out - Prison Wall Blues Casey Bill Weldon - Blues Everywhere I Go - Somebody's Got To Go The Three Stripped Gears - 1931 Depression Blues	Roots RL 329 Roots discography
67	1970	Kings Of Memphis Town (1927-1930) Furry Lewis - Falling Down Blues - Mean Old Bedbug Blues - Why Don't You Come Home - Furry's Blues - Kassie Jones - pt. 1 - Kassie Jones - pt. 2 Robert Wilkins - Alabama Blues - Long Train Blues Frank Stokes - Downtown Blues - Hunting Blues Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair - Divin' Duck Blues - Milk Cow Blues - Expressman Blues Lonnie McIntorsh - Sleep On Mother, Sleep On - The Lion And The Tribes Of Judah	Roots RL 333 Roots discography
68	1977	The Blues Lil Green - What Have I Done? Sleepy John Estes - Working Man Blues prod. by Jean-Paul Guitier	boxed set of 3 LPs notes by Michael Walter (transl. by Don Waterhouse) RCA PM 42039 (F)
69	197?	Early Folk Blues Vol. 2 Hometown Skiffle Beale Street Sheiks - You Shall Excelsior Quartette - Jelly Roll Blues Mississippi Sheiks - Too Long Napoleon Fletcher - She Showed It All Hokum Boys - I'm Gonna Get It Ol Ced Odom & Lil "Diamonds" Hardaway - Derbytown Paramount All Stars - Hometown Skiffle - part 1 - Hometown Skiffle - part 2 Beale Street Sheiks - It's A Good Thing Excelsior Quartette - Kitchen Mechanic Blues Winston Holmes and Charlie Turner - Skinner Bumble Bee Slim - Slave Man Blues Hokum Boys - Keep Your Mind On It Tampa Red and The Chicago Five - Stop Truckin' And Suzi-Q Yank Rachell - Texas Tommy The Delta Boys - Every Time My Heart Beats	Matchbox SDR 206
70	1971	Blues 1920-40 LP 1 Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues - Canned Heat Blues Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues - Loving Talking Blues Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues Bukka White - The Panama Ltd. Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues Frank Stokes - T'Ain't Nobody's Business - Frank Stoke's Dream Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair - Lawyer Clark Blues Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman LP 2 Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues - Going Back To Memphis - Jug Band Waltz Gus Cannon - Viola Lee Blues - Going To Germany - Walk Right In Daddy Stovepipe - The Spasm Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Head Woman - De'se My Blues Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go - Highway 49 - Peach Orchard Mama Robert Petway - Catfish Blues Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me LP 3 Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed - Six Cold Feet In The Ground Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law - Peetie Wheatstraw Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues - part 3 Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues Joe Pullum - Hard Working Man Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues - The Southern Blues Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl - Early In The Morning Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway	3 LP box RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp) = RCA Victor RA-9051/3 (Jp 1975)
71	1971	Bluesin Juuret (Blues Roots) Sleepy John Estes - Milk Cow Blues	Finnish Blues Society FBS-2
72	1971	The Memphis Blues Again Vol. 2 Bukka White - Fried Chicken Willie Morris, g, voc & Dewey Corley, b - New Stop And Listen Blues Willie Morris - My Good Woman Has Quit Me Hacksaw Harney & Dewey Corley, b - Hacksaw's Down South Blues - Can Can Walter Miller, voc & Willie Morris, g and Mose Vinson, p - I Don't Care What You Do Memphis Piano Red John Williams - Me And My Pal Sleepy John Estes & Tom Gary, hca - Drop Down Mama Van Hunt & Mose Vinson, p - Jelly Selling Woman Van Hunt & Mose Vinson, p and Dewey Corley, b - Lonesome Road Blues prod. by Gene Rosenthal	Adelphi AD 1010 = Echo Music 802 (1985) "Blues Anthology Vol. 2" "More Memphis Blues" Adelphi discography
73	1972	Guitar Evangelists. Vol. II 1927-1941 Blind Willie Johnson - John The Revelator - You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond Blind Willie Harris - Where He Leads Me I Will Follow Kid Prince Moore - Church Bells - Sign Of Judgement Blind Joe Taggart - I've Crossed The Separation Line - Scandalous And A Shame Elders (Lonnie) McIntorsh & Edwards - Since I Laid My Burden Down Rev. Johnnie Blakey - Warmin By The Devil's Fire Rev. Edward W. Clayborn - Let That Lie Alone - Jesus Will Make It All Right Blind Gary Davis - I Am The Light Of The World Blind Willie Davis - I Belive I'll Go Back Home Sleepy John Estes - When The Saints Go Marching In Blind Joe Taggart - There's A Hand Writing On The Wall - Lord Don't Drive Me Away	Truth TLP 1003 (Austria)
74	1972	The Great Blues Men Homesick James - Set A Date John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road Sleepy John Estes - Corinna # Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G Rev. Gary Davis - If I Had My Way # Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Key To The Highway Otis Spann - Burning Fire Lightnin' Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues Junior Wells - Stormy Mnday Blues # Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues Son House (+ Al Wilson) - Empire State Blues # Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues J. B. Hutto - Please Help Fred McDowell - Fred's Ramblin' Blues Ida Cox - Four Day Creep # Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas Otis Rush - I't's A Mean Old World # not on CD	DLP Vanguard VSD 25/26 Vanguard / King GW-203/4 (Jp 1972) (=) Vanguard CD 25/26 (1988) www.vanguardrecords.com
75	1972	Ry Cooder: Boomer's Story - Boomer's Story - Cherry Ball Blues - Crow Black Chicken - Ax Sweet Mama (Estes) - Maria Elena - Dark End Of The Street - Rally 'Round The Flag - Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer - President Kennedy (Sleepy John Estes, voc, g) - Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man	Reprise K44224 more info
76	1973	Sleepy John Estes with Yank Rachell: 1929-30 Sessions - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair - Broken-Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too - Divin' Duck Blues - Little Sarah - Black Mattie Blues - T-Bone Steak Blues - Milk Cow Blues - Street Car Blues - Expressman Blues - Whatcha Doin'? - Poor John Blues - Stack O'dollars - My Black Gal Blues - Sweet Mama	Roots RSE 4 Roots discography
77	197?	Delmark Blues Masterpiece Sleepy John Estes - Diving Duck Blues	Delmark / Trio TD6 (Jp) (promotion LP)
78	197?	Low Down Memphis Barrelhouse Blues Hattie Hart - I Let My Daddy Do That Will Shade - Better Let That Stuff Alone Robert Wilkins - Alabama Blues South Memphis Jug Band - Policy Rag - Doctor Medicine Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie - Shake Mattie - My Washwoman's Gone Mooch Richardson - T and T Blues John Estes - My Black Gal Blues Jack Kelly - Highway No. 61 Blues Mooch Richardson - Burying Ground Blues Jim Jackson - Bootlegging Blues Memphis Minnie - Reachin' Pete Mooch Richardson - Low Down Barrelhouse Blues pt. 1 rec. 1928 - 1935	notes by Michael Stewart and Don Kent Mamlish S-3803 Mamlish discography
79	197?	Old Original Tennessee Blues Furry Lewis - Good Morning, Baby - Hello, Judge - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues - Brownsville Blues - Glory, Hallelujah Sleepy John Estes (rec. Memphis, 1967) - Floating Bridge - Mr. Pat - Rats In My Kitchen - Special Agent Will Shade - Newport News - I'll get A Break rec. 1963 & 1967 in Memphis, TN by George Mitchell	Revival RVS 1008 Revival discography
80	1974	Chicago Blues Barrelhouse BH-004 track sequence Jimmy Rogers & Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her, take 1 # - I Just Keep Loving Her, take 2 Othum Brown & Little Walter - Ora Nelle Blues, take 1 # - Ora Nelle Blues, take 2 Johnny Young - Money Takin Woman, take 1 * - Money Takin Woman, take 2 Johnny Williams & Johnny Young - Worried Man Blues * Jimmy Rogers & Little Walter - Little Store Blues, take 1 - Little Store Blues, take 2 Boll Weevil - Christmas Time Blues - Thinkin' Blues Sleepy John Estes - Harlem Bound - Stone Blind Johnny Temple - Olds "98" Blues St. George STG-1001 track sequence Jimmy Rogers & Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her, take 1 # Othum Brown & Little Walter - Ora Nelle Blues, take 1 # Jimmy Rogers & Little Walter - Little Store Blues, take 1 Johnny Young - Money Takin Woman, take 1 * Boll Weevil - Christmas Time Blues Johnny Temple - Olds 98 Blues Sleepy John Estes - Stone Blind Johnny Williams & Johnny Young - Worried Man Blues * Boll Weevil - Thinkin' Blues Johnny Young - Money Takin Woman, take 2 Othum Brown & Little Walter - Ora Nelle Blues, take 2 Jimmy Rogers & Little Walter - Little Store Blues, take 1 Jimmy Rogers & Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her, take 2 Sleepy John Estes - Harlem Bound rec. 1947/48 in Bernard and Red Abrams' Maxwell Street record shop for the Ora Nelle label # previously issued as Ora Nelle 711 (= Chance 1116) * previously issued as Ora Nelle 712 all other tracks previously unissued	Barrelhouse BH-004 = St. George STG-1001 (1983) "Chicago Boogie 1947" improved sound = P-Vine PLP-6714 (1998) Barrelhouse discography St. George discography
81	1974	Il Blues Rurale - Country Blues Richard Rabbit Brown - James Alley Blues Blind Boy Fuller, - Three Ball Blues Willie Baker - Sweet Patunia Willie Reed - Leaving Home Leadbelly - See See Rider Blind Lemon Jefferson - Pneumonia Blues Texas Alexander - Water Bound Blues Black Ace - Christmas Time Blues Furry Lewis - Pearlee Blues Bessie Tucker - Penitentiary Sleepy John Estes - Diving Duck Blues Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere Robert Wilkins - National Stonewall Blues Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues Robert Johnson - Hellhound On My Trail Big Joe Williams - Rooting Ground Hog	Albatros VPA 8187 = Albatros VC 0775 (cassette) (=) Albatros ALB 8 3LP = VPA 8187/88/89 "Il Blues Rurale/Jazzistico/ Urbano" Albatros discography
82	1974	Blues Oggi Booker T. Washington White - I'm Getting Ready Dewey Corley - I Feel So Bad Laura Dukes - Laura's Blues Mose Vinson - Vicksburg Blues Hammie Nixon - I Told You Baby Long Time Ago Dewey Corley - Yes, My Baby's Just Like A Dresser Sleepy John Estes - Corrina, Corrina Laura Dukes - Got To Get Myself Somebody To Love Sleepy John Estes - I Got A Pretty Little Flower John "Piano Red" Williams - Baby I Need Your Love So Bad Sleepy John Estes - I'll Be Glad When You Dead (You Rascal You) John "Piano Red" Williams - Red Boogie Booker T. Washington White - Brownsville, Tennessee rec. 1972 in Memphis, Tn.; ed. by Lucio Maniscalchi & Gianni Marcucci	I Dischi Del Sole DS 526/28 (Italy) = Ala Bianca CD (It 1996) www.alabianca.it
83	1975	Blues In The Thirties The Mississippi Mudder (Joe & Charlie McCoy) - Going Back Home Blues Memphis Minnie - Dirty Mother For You Kokomo Arnold - Old Black Cat Blues (Jinx Blues) Blind Willie McTell - Hillbilly Willie's Blues Frankie Black (Scrapper Blackwell) & Dot Rice - No Good Woman Blues Sleepy John Estes - Someday Baby Blues The Honey Dripper (Roosevelt Sykes) & Kokomo Arnold - The Honey Dripper Jesse James - Lonesome Day Blues Bumble Bee Slim - Green Country Gal (No More To Say) Johnny Temple - Louise Louise Blues Alex Moore - Bull Cow Blues Andrew Hogg - Family Trouble Blues Blind Boy Fuller - Some Day You're Gonna Be Sorry Peetie Wheatstraw & Lonnie Johnson - What More Can A Man Do?	MCA 3526 (Jp)
84	1975	Blues, Boogie And Beat Sleepy John Estes - Needmore Blues	DLP MCA / Victor 3521/22 (Jp) = MCA / Victor VIM-4636/37 (Jp 1981)
85	1975	The 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 Storyville discography
86	1975	Bluebird Blues Sleepy John Estes - Poor John Blues - Little Laura Blues - When The Saints Go Marching In Son Bonds - A Hard Pill To Swallow Blind Willie McTell - Searching The Desert For The Blues - Mr. McTell Got The Blues Big Joe Williams - Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff - Wild Cow Blues Tommy McClennan - Bottle It Up And Go - Brown Skin Girl - Bluebird Blues Clifford Gibson - She Rolls It Slow Sonny Boy Williamson - Down South - Moonshine - Elevator Woman Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band - Gonna Hit The Highway Big Maceo - Texas Blues - Detroit Jump Arthur "Big Boy"Crudup - That's All Right - Mean Old Frisco - Rock Me Mama Doctor Clayton - Copper Colored Mama Doctor Clayton's Buddy - Nappy Head Woman - Walking With The Blues	2 LP set RCA RVC RA-9054/55 (Jp)
87	1975	Sleepy John Estes 1935-37 - Down South Blues - Stop That Thing - Who's Been Tellin' You Buddy Brown Blues - Married Woman Blues - Drop Down Mama - Goverment Money - I Wanta Tear It All The Time - Vernita Blues - Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More - Floating Bridge - Jack And Jill Blues - Poor Man's Friends - Hobo Jungle Blues - Airplane Blues	MCA / Victor MCA-3517 (Jp)
88	1975	Sleepy John Estes 1938-40 - Everybody Oughta Make A Change - Liquor Store Blues - Easin' Back To Tennessee - Fire Department Blues (Martha Hardin) - Clean Up At Home - New Someday Baby - Brownsville Blues - Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues) - Mailman Blues - Time Is Drawing Near - Mary Come On Home - Jailhouse Blues - Tell Me How About It (Mr. Tom's Blues) - Drop Down (I Don't Feel Welcome Here)	MCA / Victor MCA-3518 (Jp)
89	1975	Sleepy John Estes: Broken Hearted - Broken Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair - Diving Duck Blues - Milk Cow Blues - Street Car Blues - Expresman Blues - Whatch Doin'? - Sweet Mama - Don't You Want To Know - You Shouldn't Do That - Black Gal Swing - Get Up And Go - Every Time My Heart Beats - Lawyer Clark Blues - Working Man Blues	RCA / RVC RA-5704 (Jp)
90	1976	Great Bluesmen Newport Robert Pete Williams - Midnight Boogie - Levee Camp Blues Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door John Lee Hooker with Bill Lee on bass - Tupelo - Bus Station Blues Son House - Son Blues - Death Letter Blues # - Pony Blues Sleepy John Estes - Mailman Blues - Clean Up At Home Doc Reese - Hey Rattler / Oh My Lord Mississippi John Hurt - Sliding Delta - Trouble, I've Had It All My Day Skip James - Hard Times Killing Floor Blues - Cherry Ball Blues # - Illinois Blues The Reverend Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy Willie Doss - Catfish Blues - I Had A Woman Mississippi Fred McDowell - Lord, I'm Going Down South - If The River Was Whiskey Lightnin' Hopkins with Samuel Lay - Cotten Fields Blues - Shake That Thing gatefold inner sleeve of Vanguard VSD 77/78 # note on CD 77/78: "due to compact disc time restrictions some songs on the original album are not included in this package"	DLP notes by Maynard Solomon Vanguard VSD 77/78 King/Vanguard LAX-155 (Jp 1976) notes by Samuel Charters = Vanguard CD 77/78 (1991) 2 LPs on 1 CD # Great Bluesmen At Newport 1959-1965
91	1976	Jumping On The Hill The Beale Street Sheiks - Jumping On The Hill Memphis Jug Band - My Love Is Cold Furry Lewis - Cannon Ball Blues Kaiser Clifton - She'll Be Back Some Day The Delta Boys - Don't You Want To Know? Jim Jackson - Old Dog Blues Memphis Jug Band - Little Green Slippers Too Tight Henry - Squinch Owl Moan Tom Dickson - Worry Blues Memphis Jug Band - Fishin' In The Dark Little Buddy Doyle - She's Got Good Dry Goods Kaiser Clifton - Teach Me Right From Wrong Hattie Hart - Won't You Be Kind To Me? Jim Jackson - Santa Fe Blues Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Quartette Too Tight Henry - The Way I Do	Policy Wheel PW 459-1 Policy Wheel discography
92	1976	Blues Live! Sleepy & Hammie Meet Japanese People - Corinna - Broke And Hungry - You Shouldn't Do That - Tin Pan Alley - Holy Spirit, Don't You Leave Me - You Rascal You - Stop That Thing - The Girl I Love. She Got Long Curly Hair - Diving Duck Blues - When Your Mother Is Gone - When The Saints Go Marching In rec. November 27 & 28, 1974	Trio PA 6059 (Jp)
93	1976	'Sleepy' John Adam Estes Tennessee Blues Vol. 4 - Lord Have Mercy - Clean That Home - When You Lose Your Eyesight - I Wanna Tear It All The Time - Poor Man's Friend - I'm Twist - Broke And Hungry - She Was A Dreamer - Someday Baby Blues - Mailman - Kansas City Blues - Mailman - Kansas City Blues - Need More - President Kennedy - I Came For To Do It - John & Hammie's Blues - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair rec. March 26, 1976 in Brownsville, TN by Lucio Maniscalchi & Gianni Marcucci	Albatros VPA 8285 = Albatros VC 0766 (cassette) reissued (along with VPA 8277) by Dom disques Fr 1997 as Albatros CD DAF 102 "Tennessee Blues Vol. 2" Albatros discography
94	1977	Sun - The Roots of Rock, Vol. 1: Catalyst Howlin' Wolf - Highway Man Sleepy John Estes - Registration Day # Rosco Gordon - T-Model Boogie Junior Parker - Mystery Train Jimmy DeBerry - Take A Little Chance Smokey Joe Baugh - The Signifying Monkey Jerry Lee Lewis - Hello Hello Baby Billy Adams - Reconsider Baby Johnny Cash - Give My Love To Rose Carl Perkins - I'm Sorry I'm Not Sorry Billy Lee Riley - Rock With Me Baby Jack Earls - Crawdad Hole Roy Orbison - You're My Baby Ray Smith & Charlie Rich - Sail Away Charlie Rich - Closed For Repair # rec. Memphis, Tenn., April 24, 1952	Charly CR 30101 Charly discography
95	1977	Sleepy John Estes, Hammie Nixon with Yuka Dan: Blues Is A-Live - Mary, Come On Home - Rats In My Kitchen - Potato Digging Man - Fox Chase - Sleepy John's Twist - Careless Love - I've Been Well Warned - 80 Highway - Going To Brownsville - Jesus On The Mainline rec. live in Japan 1976 with Yuka-Dan (Japanese Acoustic Blues Band)	Trio 3A-2025 (Jp) = TDK CD
96	1979	The Memphis Development Foundation Presents Beale Street Saturday Night Sid Selvidge - Walkin' Down Beale Street Fred Ford - Hernando Horn Grandma Dixie Davis - Beale Street Blues Sleepy John Estes - Big Fat Mama / Liquor Store Prince Gabe - Ol' Beale Street Blues Furry Lewis - Furry's Blues Teenie Hodges - Rock Me Baby Alex [Teal] - Rock Me Baby Thomas Pinkston - "Ben Griffin Was Killed In The Monarch ..." (narration) Johnny Woods - Frisco Blow Mud Boy & the Neutrons - On The Road Again Thomas Pinkston - "W. C. Handy Told Me 50 Years Ago ..." (narration) Furry Lewis - Chicken Ain't Nothing But A Bird Grandma Dixie Davis - Roll On, Mississippi rec. October 1, 1978 at "The Tennessee Waltz", Orpheum Theater, Memphis, TN; mixed at Sam Phillips Recording Studio & Ardent Sudios; prod. by James Luther Dickinson	notes by Stanley Booth cover photograph by William Eggleston Orpheum O-101
97	197?	The Blues of Sleepy John Estes, Vol. 1 1934-37 - Stop That Thing - Down South Blues - Someday Baby Blues - Who's Been Tellin' You Buddy Brown Eyes [sic] - Married Woman Blues - Drop Down Mama - Government Money - I Want To Tear It All The Time - Vernita Blues - I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More - Floating Bridge - Need More Blues - Jack And Jill Blues - Poor Man's Friend - Hobo Jungle Blues - Airplane Blues rec. Chicago 1934 & 1937; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca; Son Bonds, g; Charlie Pickett, g, kazoo	notes by Bill Haesler Swaggie 1219 (Australia)
98	197?	The Blues of Sleepy John Estes, Vol. 2 - Easin' Back To Tennessee - Fire Department Blues (Martha Hardin) - Clean It Up At Home - New Someday Baby - Brownsville Blues - Special Agent Blues - Everybody Oughta Make A Change - Mailman Blues - Time Is Drawing Near - Mary Come On Home - Jailhouse Blues - Tell Me How About It - I Don't Feel Welcome Here - Liquor Store Blues	notes by Bill Haesler Swaggie 1220 (Australia)
99	197?	Sleepy John Estes Volume One - Stop That Thing - Down South Blues - Someday Baby Blues - Who's Been Telling You Buddy Brown Eyes - Married Woman Blues - Drop Down Mama	Swaggie JCS-33782 (Australia)
100	197?	Sleepy John Estes Volume Two - Government Money - I Wanto Tear It All The Time - Vernita Blues - I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More - Floating Bridge - Need More Blues	Swaggie JCS-33798 (Australia)
101	197?	Sleepy John Estes Volume Three - Jack And Jill Blues - Poor Man's Friend - Hobo Jungle Blues - Airplane Blues - Everybody Ought To Make A Change - Liquor Store Blues	Swaggie JCS-33799 (Australia)
101a	197?	Sleepy John Estes Masters of the Blues Vol. 3 - Government Blues - Airplane Blues - Drop Down Mama - Down South Blues - Floating Bridge - Someday Baby Blues - Vernita Blues - Married Woman Blues - Stop That Thing - ...	Collector's Classics CC 24 (Dk)
102	1982	Sleepy John Estes 1935-37 - Down South Blues - Stop That Thing - Someday Baby Blues - Married Woman Blues - Vernita Blues - Need More Blues - Jack And Jill Blues - Poor Man's Friend - Everybody Ought To Make A Change - Fire Department Blues - New Someday Baby - Mail Man Blues - Time Is Drawing Near - Jail House Blues - Drop Down (I Don't Feel Welcome Here) with Hammie Nixon and Robert Lee McCoy	MCA 1339
103	1983	Chicago Boogie 1947 Little Walter - Just Keep Loving Her (take 1) Othum Brown - Ora-Nelle Blues (take 1) Jimmy Rogers - Little Store Blues (take 1) Johnny Young - Money Takin' Woman (take 1) Boll Weevil - Christmas Time Blues Johnnie "Geechie" Temple - Old "98" Blues Sleepy John Estes - Stone Blind Blues Johnnie Williams - Worried Man Blues Boll Weevil - Thinkin' Blues Johnny Young - Money Takin' Woman (take 2) Othum Brown - Ora-Nelle Blues (take 2) Jimmy Rogers - Little Store Blues (take 2) Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her (take 2) Sleepy John Estes - Harlem Bound # # rec. Chicago 1948; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca; unk washtub b (originally rec. for Ora-Nelle Records)	St. George STG 1001 St. George discography
104	1983	Movin' On Up - The Story Of Afro-American Music Sleepy John Estes - Floating Bridge	MCA / Victor VIM-5/7 (Jp)
105	1983	The Blues Classics Sleepy John Estes - Someday Baby Blues - I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More	3 LP set MCA / Victor VIM-20/2 (Jp) = MCA CD (1996) (3 CD set)
106	1985	Sun Records - The Blues Years 1950-1956 Sleepy John Estes - Registration Day Blues - Policy Man (Burial Insurance Blues) - Rats In My Kitchen - Runnin' Around rec. Memphis, Tenn., April 24, 1952	9 LP box set Charly Sun Box 105 www.sunrecords.com
107	1985	Tennessee Legends Sleepy John Estes - Floating Bridge - Special Agent - Mr. Pat - Rats In My Kitchen Furry Lewis - Brownsville Blues - Mistreatin' Woman - Fare-Thee-Well Blues Will Shade - Kansas City Blues Will Shade & Furry Lewis - The Train Gus Cannon - Boll Weevil Blues Will Shade - Wine-Headed Man Furry Lewis & Will Shade - Furry Lewis Rag Charlie Burse & Will Shade - Beale Street Shuffle Jennie Mae Clayton & Will Shade - What Must I Do? Will Shade - Jump And Jive rec. 1962-63 in Memphis, TN by George Mitchell & Roger Brown	Southland SLP-14 Southland discography
108	198?	Sleepy John Estes recorded live featuring James 'Yank' Rachel [sic] and Hammie Nixon 1966 / 1974 - Blues For Johnny * - Mailman Blues * - Three Little Flowers * § - You Shouldn't Say That * - You Don't Mean Me No Good * § - I've Been Well-Warned * - Divin' Duck Blues * - Clean Up At Home * - I'll Be Glad When You're Dead # - Rats In My Kitchen # [] - Sleepy John's Twist # - Diving Duck Blues # - Stop That Thing # - I Wanta Tear It All The Time # - Corinne, Corinna # - Holy Spirit Don't Leave Me # * rec. October 1966 in Hinterbruhl; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Yank Rachell, mand., § voc # rec. 1974; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, [] Sam Chatmon	Wolf 120.913
109	198?	Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon / Sonny Boy Nelson: Southern Blues Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon * - You Rascal You - I Ain't Gonna Sell It - Someday Baby You Ain't Gonna Worry My Life Anymore - The Death Of President Kennedy - Tear It Down (Tearing Little Daddy) - Mama Don't Allow Me To Stay Out All Night Long - 80 Highway - Mama Won't You Do That Thing Sonny Boy Nelson (Eugene Powell) # - "44" Blues - Pony Blues - Don't Cry Baby - M&O Blues - Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue - G Rag - My Gal's Got A Heart Like A Rock Cast In The Sea - I Just Keep On Working - Blues On My Mind * rec. live at El Mocombo, Toronto, 1974 # rec. in Greenville, Miss., 1985	Wolf 120.916
110	1987	Memphis Country Blues In The 50's Sleepy John Estes - Rats In My Kitchen - Registration Day Blues - Runnin' Around - Police Man D.A. Hunt - Greyhound Blues - Lonesome Ol' Jail William Stewart - They Call Me Talkin' Boy - 44 William Stewart - Rattlesnakin' Mama - Country Farm Blues Willie Carr - Outside Friends Jimmy DeBerry - Before Long - Party Line Blues - Take A Little Chance - Time Has Made A Change	Sun / P-Vine PLP-347 (Jp)
111	1988	DXCV1 Down Home Delta Experimental Projects Compilation Vol. 1: The Blues - Baby Please (unknown) - Roll Me Over Slow (Alex Teal, Chopping Wood) - Old Hucklebuck (Johnny Woods, Lee Baker) - I'm Black (Furry Lewis) - Jes' Like A Monkey (Johnny Woods) - Holy Spirit (Hammy Nixon, Sleepy John Estes, Bobby Ray Watson, Ry Cooder (mandolin), Lee Baker, James Luther Dickinson) - Dozens (Thomas Pinkston) - Ol' Man Mose (Johnny Woods, Verlina Woods, Bobby Ray Watson, Lee Baker, Jimmy Crosthwait, James Luther Dickinson) - Same Man All The Time (Thomas Pinkston) - Policy Talk (Thomas Pinkston) - Blind Man In The Tear Gas (Sleepy John Estes, Ry Cooder, James Luther Dickinson) - Not Now (Furry Lewis) - Blue Moon (Johnny Woods) rec. and comp. by James Luther Dickinson	Fan Club FC 044 more info = Fan Club FC064cd Fan Club page
112	1988	Country Blues Live Mississippi John Hurt (recorded at Joel Jacobson's, Washington, D.C., 1960's) - I Shall Not Be Moved - Avalon Blues - I Hate To See That Evening Sun Go Down - Payday - Casey Jones - Spanish Flang Dang - Welcome Robert Pete Williams (at Johnny's, Hinterbruhl, Austria, October 1966) - I'm So Worried John Jackson (at Washington Folk Festival) - John Henry - Poor Boy - Buck Dancer's Choice - Tell Me Pretty Mama Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell (In Vienna, Austria, October 1966, TV show) - I'm A Tearing Little Daddy - 80 Highway - Mailman Blues	Document DLP 525 Limited Edition
113	1988	The Delta Boys 1934-1941 Complete Recordings in Chronological Order Son Bonds with Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon Brownsville Son Bonds - All Night Long - She Walks Like My Woman - Weary Worried Blues - Back And Side Blues Brother Son Bonds - I Want To Live So God Can Use Me - Ain't That News ? - Give Me That Old Time Religion - I My Father's House Hammie And Son - Trouble Trouble Blues - Tennessee Worried Blues Son Bonds - I'll Work Up To You Someday - Old Bachelor Blues The Delta Boys - Don't You Want To Know - You Shouldn't Do That - When The Saints Go Marching In - Black Gal Swing - Get Up And Go - Every Time My Heart Beats Son Bonds - 80 Highway Blues - A Hard Pill To Swallow	notes by Paul Oliver Wolf WSE 129 (=) Wolf WBCD-003 (1991) "Son Bonds & Charlie Pickett: Brownsville Blues"
114	1989	Tommy Johnson / Sleepy John Estes 1928-1930 Tommy Johnson - Cool Drink Of Water - Big Road Blues - Bye-bye Blues - Maggie Campbell Blues - Canned Heat Blues - Lonesome Home Blues take 1 - Lonesome Home Blues take 2 - Big Fat Mama Blues Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair - Broken-Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too - Divin' Duck Blues - Milk Cow Blues - Street Car Blues - Whatcha Doin'? - Poor John Blues - Sweet Mama	notes by Ricardo Reccioni [= Alan Balfour] Bluetime BT 2010 (Dk/I) Bluetime discography
115	1989	Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair - Broken-Hearted, Raged And Dirty Too - Diving Duck Blues - Little Sarah - Black Mattie Blues - T-Bone Steak Blues - Milk Cow Blues - Street Car Blues - Expressman Blues - Whatcha Doin'? - Poor John Blues - Stack O' Dollars - My Black Gal Blues - Sweet Mama - Come Back Home, Little Girl] - Lawyer Clark Blues - Little Laura Blues - Working Man Blues with Yank Rachell and Son Bonds	Document DLP 564
116	1990	Sleepy John Estes Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 1: 1927 - 1937 - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair - Broken-Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too - Divin' Duck Blues - Little Sarah (Yank Rachell, voc) - Black Mattie Blues - T-Bone Steak Blues (Yank Rachell, voc) - Milk Cow Blues - Street Car Blues - Expressman Blues (Yank Rachell, voc) - Whatcha Doin'? - Poor John Blues - Stack O' Dollars - My Black Gal Blues - Sweet Mama (Yank Rachell, voc) - Down South Blues - Stop That Thing - Someday Baby Blues - Who's Been Telling You Buddy Brown Blues - Married Woman Blues - Drop Down Mama - Government Money - I Wanta Tear It All The Time	notes by Chris Smith Document DOCD 5015 www.document-records.com
117	1990	Sleepy John Estes Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 2: 1937 - 1941 - Floating Bridge - Need More Blues - Jack And Jill Blues - Poor Man's Friend (T Model) - Hobo Jungle Blues - Airplane Blues - Everybody Oughta Make A Change - Liquor Store Blues - Easin' Back To Tennessee - Fire Department Blues (Martha Hardin) - Clean Up At Home New Someday Baby - Brownsville Blues - Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues) - Mailman Blues - Time Is Drawing Near - Mary Come On Home - Jailhouse Blues - Tell Me How About It (Mr. Tom's Blues) - Drop Down (I Don't Feel Welcome Here) - Don`t You Want To Know (The Delta Boys) - You Shouldn`t Do That (The Delta Boys) - When The Saints Go Marching In (The Delta Boys) - Lawyer Clark Blues - Little Laura Blue - Working Man Blues	notes by Chris Smith Document DOCD 5016 www.document-records.com
118	1991	Blues At Newport Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival 1959-64 Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man - Coffee Blues - Stagolee Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Long Gone - Key To The Highway Reverend Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah - I Won’t Be Back No More Reverend Robert Wilkins - The Prodigal Son - (I Wish I Was In) Heaven Sitting Down Skip James - Devil Got My Woman Sleepy John Estes, Yank Rachel & Hammy Nixon - Clean Up At Home Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas - Bulldog Blues Jesse Fuller - I Double Double Do Love You - San Francisco Bay Blues John Hammond - Me And The Devil John Lee Hooker - Sometimes You Make Me Feel So Bad - Hobo Blues Dave Van Ronk - That Will Never Happen No More	Vanguard CD 70115-2 www.vanguardrecords.com
119	1991	Sleepy John Estes: I Ain’t Gonna Be Worried No More, 1929-1941 - Milk Cow Blues - The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair - Someday Baby Blues - Little Laura Blues - Black Mattie Blues - Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues) - Broken-Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too - Drop Down Mama - Street Car Blues - Lawyer Clark Blues - Whatcha Doin'? - Who's Been Tellin' You Buddy Brown Blues - Everybody Ought To Make A Change - Poor John Blues - Fire Department Blues (Martha Hardin) - I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More - Diving Duck Blues - Down South Blues - Clean Up At Home - Floating Bridge	notes by Don Kent Yazoo CD 2004 www.yazoorecords.com
120	1994	Sleepy John Estes: First Recordings - Broken Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair - Divin' Duck Blues - Little Sarah - Black Mattie Blues - T-Bone Steak Blues - Chickasaw Special - Devil I The Woodpile - Milk Cow Blues - Street Car Blues - Expressman Blues - Watcha Doin'? - Poor John Blues - Stack O'Dollars - My Black Gal Blues - Sweet Mama - Like I Want To Be - Ticket Agent Blues - New Minglewood - Selling The Jelly - Bad Luck's My Buddy	JSP CD 601 notes by Keith Briggs = JSP CD 3406 (2002) 2 CD set along with "Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers" (JSP 610; 1994) remastered by John R.T. Davies
121	1994	Memphis Blues Caravan, Vol. 1 Sam Chatmon - Forgive Me Too Big Sam Clark - I Fell in Love With This Woman Sonny Boy Nelson - Pony Blues Earl Bell - Travelin' Blues Sleepy John Estes / Hammie Nixon - President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long - Yellow Yam Blues Bukka White - Bed Springs Blues Furry Lewis - Mary Tell-Blues/Mother Story Harmonica Frank - Goin' Away Happy Houston Stackhouse - Crying Won't Help You Joe Willie Wilkins & His King Biscuit Boys - Me And The Devil Blues	Memphis Archives CD 7008
121a	1994	Lost Blues Tapes Vol. 1 American Folk Blues Festival 1963-65 - Della Mae - John Lee Hooker - Hound Dog - Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton - Captain Captain - Muddy Waters - I Got To Cut Out - Sonny Boy Williamson - Blues Harp Shuffle - 'Big' Walter Horton - Strong Brain Broad Mind - Willie Dixon - Big Leg Woman - Willie Dixon - You Got Me Runnin' - Sugar Pie Desanto - South Side Jump - Buddy Guy - If I Get Lucky - J. B. Lenoir - Got A Letter This Morning - 'Mississippi' Fred McDowell - Sail On - Roosevelt Sykes - Memphis Boogie - Memphis Slim - Your Best Friend's Gone - John Estes & Hammie Nixon # - Farewell Baby - Dr. Isaiah Ross - Della Mae - John Lee Hooker # rec. October 9, 1964 at the Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, jug	ACT CD 9204
122	1995	Sleepy John Estes: Drop Down Mama The Blues Collection - Someday Baby Blues - Everybody Ought To Make A Change - Stop That Thing - Drop Down Mama - Married Woman Blues - I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More - Working Man Blues - Special Agent - Down South Blues - Clean Up At Home - Milk Cow Blues - Diving Duck Blues - Street Car Blues - The Girl I Love, She's Got Long Curly Hair - Broken Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too - Watcha Doin‘?	BLU NC 053
123	1996	Sleepy John Estes: Someday Baby - The Girl I Love, She's Got Long Curly Hair - Broken Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too - Divin' Duck Blues - Milk Cow Blues - Poor John Blues - Stack O' Dollars - Stop That Thing - Someday Baby Blues - Married Woman Blues - Drop Down Mama - I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More - Floating Bridge - Jack And Jill Blues - Everybody Oughta Make A Change - Liquor Store Blues - New Someday Baby - Brownsville Blues - Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues) - Time Is Drawing Near - Tell Me How About It (Mr. Tom's Blues) - You Shouldn't Do That - Lawyer Clark Blues - Working Man Blues	notes by Les Fancourt Indigo IGOCD 2041
124	1996	Sun Records - The Blues Years 1950-1958 Sleepy John Estes - Registration Day Blues - Policy Man (Burial Insurance Blues) - Rats In My Kitchen - Runnin' Around rec. Memphis, Tenn., April 24, 1952	8 CD box set Charly CDSUNBOX 7 www.sunrecords.com more info
125	1996	Blues Classics Sleepy John Estes - Floating Bridge	3 CD set MCA 11441
126	1996	Sun - 60 Originals Authentic Blues, Rockabilly, Rock and Roll Sleepy John Estes - Registration Day Blues	3 CD box set Hallmark
127	1998	Bukka White / Sleppy John Estes: Tennessee Blues Bukka White - The New Frisco Train - Pinebluff, Arkansas - Shake 'Em On Down - Sic 'Em Dogs On - Po' Boy - Parchman Farm Blues - High Fever Blues - Fixin' to Die Blues - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair - Broken Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too - Milk Cow Blues - My Black Gal Blues - Down South Blues - Someday Baby Blues - Married Woman Blues - Drop Down Mama - Airplane Blues - Liquor Store Blues - Brownsville Blues - Mailman Blues - Jailhouse Blues - Working Man Blues	Wolf CD WBJ 015
127a	1998	Mandolin Blues Yank Rachell - Dig My Buddy, Joe - Smokey Joe - Rainy Day Blues # - My Baby's Gonna Jump And Shout # Carl Martin - Every Day I Have The Blues - Grave Digger Blues Will Hatcher - Garbage Man Blues - Crawdad - Waiting Just For You Ted Bogan - Mary, Run To The Window Johnny Young - Highway 61 - Jumpin' On Eight - Stealin' - Mandolin Rock - I Tried To Get You Off My Mind - Bumble Bee - Crawling King Snake Rachell tracks rec. February 12, 1967 in Chicago; Yank Rachell, voc, mand, g; Taj Mahal, g, # hca; Sleppy John Estes, g	notes by Frank Scott Testament TCD 6004 Testament discography
128	1998	Sleepy John Estes: Goin' To Brownsville - Bring Me My 38 Pistol - Bye And Bye When The Morning Comes - Divin' Duck Blues - Floating Bridge - Freedom Loan - Goin' To Brownsville - I'm Goin' Home - In My Father's House - It Was A Dream - Lost My Eyesight - Married Woman Blues - Rats In My Kitchen - Run Around - Sleepy John Estes interviewed by Pete Welding - Sloppy Drunk Blues - Someday Baby Blues - Stop That Thing - Street Car Blues - Sweet Sugar Mama - Try Him And See - Vernita Blues - Working Man Blues rec. April 19 & 22, 1962 in Chicago; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g	notes by Frank Scott Testament TCD 6008 Testament discography
129	1999	Sleepy John Estes: The Man Who Cried The Blues Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon 1929-1941 - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair - Black Mattie Blues - Milk Cow Blues - Street Car Blues - Expressman Blues - Watcha Doin'? - Down South Blues - Stop That Thing - Someday Baby Blues - Drop Down Mama - Government Money - Vernita Blues - Jack And Jill Blues - Everybody Oughta Make A Change - Liquor Store Blues - Brownsville Blues - Time Is Drawing Near - Jailhouse Blues - You Shouldn't Do That - Black Gal Swing - Come Back Little Girl - Little Laura Blues	EPM Musique 159402
130	1999	Sleepy John Estes: Stone Blind Blues - Broken Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too - Floating Bridge - Lawyer Clark Blues - Harlem Bound - Divin' Duck Blues - Liquor Store Blues - Watcha Doin' - Working Man Blues - Someday Baby Blues - The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair - Special Agent Blues - Easin' Back To Tennessee - Stone Blind Blues - Milk Cow Blues - Clean Up At Home - Tell Me How About It - I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More - Jack And Jill Blues - You Shouldn't Do That - Stop That Thing - Hobo Jungle Blues - Brownsville Blues - Drop Down - Everybody Oughta Make A Change - Time Is Drawing Near	Catfish CD 117
131	1999	Sleepy John Estes: Brownsville Blues	Wolf BC 003
132	2001	The Essential Sleepy John Estes - Special Agent - Milk Cow Blues - Someday Baby Blues - Watcha Doin‘? - Down South Blues - Everybody Oughta Make A Change - Liquor Store - Drop Down Mama - Vernila Blues - Mary Come On Home - Floating Bridge - Black Gal Swing (The Delta Boys) - Working Man Blues - Mailman Blues - Lawyer Clark Blues - You Shouldn't Do That (The Delta Boys) - Airplane Blues - Stop That Thing - Street Car Blues - Expressman Blues (with Yank Rachell) - New Someday Baby - Government Money - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair - Sweet Mama (with Yank Rachell) - I Wanta Tear It All The Time - Fire Department Blues (with Martha Hardin) - Every Time My Heart Beats (The Delta Boys) - Jack And Jill Blues - Hobo Jungle Blues - Easin` Back To Tennessee - Clean Up At Home - Jailhouse Blues - Time Is Drawing Near - I Ain`t Gonna Be Worried No More - Who`s Been Telling You Buddy Brown Blues - Little Laura Blues	2 CD set notes by Gary Atkinson Document CBL 200009 www.document-records.com
133	2001	Newport Folk Festival Best of Blues 1959-68 Robert Pete Williams - Levee Camp Blues - Midnight Boogie - On My Way From Texas Mance Lipscomb - Freddie - So Different Blues - God Moves On The Water Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues - I Double Double Do Love You The Reverend Gary Davis - Samson & Delilah - I Won't Be Back No More Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry The Train is Leaving - Drink Muddy Water - Long Gone - Key To The Highway - My Baby Done Changed Sleepy John Estes - Clean Up At Home	Vanguard CD 70193-2 www.vanguardrecords.com
134	2002	Sleepy John Estes: Newport Blues - Intro - Special Agent - Wadie Green Blues - Airplane Blues - Up & Down - Need More Blues - Newport Blues - B K Blues - 80 Highway - Mary Come On Home - NYC Breakdown - City Hall Blues - Worried Mind Blues - I Wanta Tear It All The Time - Government Money - Poor Mother's Child - New Doorbell Blues Never before released 1964 session with Yank Rachell (mandolin, guitar, piano and one vocal) and Hammie Nixon (harmonica, jug and two vocals)	Delmark DE 639
135	2002	Sleepy John Estes: The Blues - From Memphis To Chicago 1929-1941 - Broken Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too - The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair - Divin' Duck Blues - Milk Cow Blues - Poor John Blues - Stack O' Dollars - My Black Gal Blues - Down South Blues - Stop That Thing - Someday Baby Blues - Who's Telling You Buddy Brown? - Married Woman Blues - Drop Down Mama - Government Money - Vernita Blues - Floating Bridge - Need More Blues - Jack And Jill Blues - Poor Man's Friend - Hobo Jungle Blues - Airplane Blues - Everybody Ought To Make A Change - Liquor Store Blues - Easin' Back To Tennessee - Fire Department Blues - Clean It Up At Home - New Someday Baby - Brownsville Blues - Special Agent - Mailman Blues - Time Is Drawing Near - Jailhouse Blues - Tell Me How About It - Drop Down - Lawyer Clark Blues - Working Man Blues	2 CD set Fremeaux CD 258 www.fremeaux.com
136	2002	Sleepy John Estes: Blues For Ever 1935-1938 - Down South Blues - Stop That Thing - Someday Baby Blues - Who's Telling You Buddy Brown Blues - Married Woman Blues - Drop Down Mama - Government Money - Vernita Blues - Need More Blues - Jack And Jill Blues - Poor Man's Blues - Hobo Jungle Blues - Air Plane Blues - Everybody Oughta Make A Change - Liquor Store Blues - Easin' Back To Tennessee - Fire Department Blues (Martha Hardin) - Clean Up At Home - New Someday Baby - Brownsville Blues - Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues)	Black & Blue CD 254
137	200?	Sleepy John Estes: Working Man Blues - The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair - Broken Hearted Raggedy And Dirty Too - Divin' Duck Blues - Black Mattie Blues - Milk Cow Blues - Expressman Blues - Whatcha Doin' - Poor John Blues - My Black Gal Blues - Sweet Mama - Down South Blues - Who's Been Tellin You Buddy Brown Blues - Jack And Jill Blues - Poor Man's Friend (T-Model) - Hobo Jungle Blues - Everybody Oughta Make A Change - Liquor Store Blues - Easin' Back To Tennessee - Fire Department Blues - New Someday Baby - Brownsville Blues - Mailman Blues - Lawyer Clark Blues - Little Laura Blues - Working Man Blues	Fabulous CD 112
138	2003	Jim Dickinson Field Recordings: Delta Experimental Project Vol. 3 Otha Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band - My Babe Mose Vinson - Old Blue Jumped A Rabbit Furry Lewis - Furry's Blues Sleepy John Estes - Broke & Hungry Alec Teal & Butter Biscuit - Roll Me Over Slow Johnny Woods - So Many Cold Mornings Furry Lewis - Turkey In The Straw Sleepy John Estes - Floating Bridge Johnny Woods - Lonesome Feelin' Mose Vinson - Barrel House Blues - Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay Sleepy John Estes & Hammy Nixon - Race That You Don't Run Tate County Singers - Jesus Is On The Mainline	Birdman BMR 047 www.birdmanrecords.com review
139	2004	Sleepy John Estes: Someday Baby - Broken-Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too - Floating Bridge - Lawyer Clark Blues - Harlem Bound - Divin' Duck Blues - Liquor Store Blues - Watcha Doin' - Working Man Blues - Someday Baby Blues - The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair - Special Agent Blues - Easin' Back To Tennessee - Stone Blind Blues - Milk Cow Blues - Clean Up At Home - Tell Me How About It - I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More - Jack And Jill Blues - You Shouldn't Do That - Stop That Thing - Hobo Jungle Blues - Brownsville Blues - Drop Down Mama - Everybody Oughta Make A Change - Time Is Drawing Near	Snapper SBLUECD028 www.snappermusic.co.uk
140	2006	The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of disc 1 Freeny's Barn Dance Band: Croquet Habits Son House: Mississippi County Farm Blues Georgia Pot Lickers: Up Jumped The Rabbit Memphis Minnie & Joe McCoy: I'm Going Back Home Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles: Fightin' In The War With Spain John Byrd: Old Timbrook Blues Ernest Phipps And His Holiness Singers: A Little Talk With Jesus Tommy Johnson: Slidin' Delta The Three Striped Gears: Alabama Blues Jack Gowdlock: Rollin Dough Blues Kentucky Ramblers: Ginseng Blues Ollis Martin: Police And High Sheriff Come Ridin' Down Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston And The West Virginia Ramblers: John Hardy Blues Long "Cleeve" Reed & Little Harvey Hull - The Down Home Boys: Original Stack O' Lee Blues Amedie Ardoin & Dennis McGee: Two Step De La Prairie Soileau Andrew & Jim Baxter: Operator Blues J.D. Harris: The Grey Eagle Memphis Jug Band: Jim Strainer Blues Grayson County Railsplitters: Ain't That Trouble In Mind (unissued) Dock Boggs: Old Rub Alcohol Blues Jaybird Coleman: Mistreatin' Mama Henry Whitter: It's A Rough Road To Georgia (unissued) Rev. B.L. Wightman with Lottie Kimbrough & Congregation: Live The Life disc 2 Yank Rachel with Sleepy John Estes & Jab Jones: Sweet Mama Crowder Brothers: We All Love Mother (unissued) Son House: Clarksdale Moan Ashley & Foster: Bull Dog Sal (unissued) Jesse "Babyface" Thomas: Down In Texas Blues Georgia Pot Lickers: Chicken Don't Roost Too High William Harris: I'm Leavin' Town (But I Sho' Don't Wanna Go) Asa Martin & Roy Hobbs: Wild Cat Rag King Solomon Hill: Whoopee Blues (Alternate Take) Chubby Parker: Davey Crockett Geeshie Wiley: Skinny Leg Blues Sweet Brothers: I'm Gonna Marry That Pretty Little Girl Blind Roosevelt Graves & Varoy Graves: I Shall Not Be Moved Smith & Irvine: Lonesome Road Blues Luke Jordon: If I Call You Mama Grayson & Whitter: My Mind Is To Marry (unissued) Osey Helton: Green River Lottie Kimbrough: Don't Speak To Me Wade Ward: Married Man's Blues (unissued) Ken Maynard: Sweet Betsey From Pike (unissued) Jaybird Coleman: Boll Weevil Bill Shepherd with Hayes Shepherd & Ed Webb: Bound Steel Blues Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1: Bells Of Love	double CD Yazoo YAZ CD 2202 street date: April 4th, 2006 more info: Tom Mug's Blog Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
141	2008	Sleepy John Estes On 80 Highway with Hammie Nixon - Love Grows In Your Heart - Potato Diggin' Man - Talk - I'll Be Glad When You're Dead - Holy Spirit - 80 Highway - When The Saints Go Marching In - Corrine Corrina - President Kennedy (take 14) - IGA (Independent Grocers Alliance) - T Model Ford - Do Lord Remember Me - Vernita Blues - Mary Comes On Home - President Kennedy (take 13) - Talk - Brownsville Blues rec. July 19, 1974	Delmark DE 797
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Sources / Further reading:
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 226-228
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 147-148
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 345-348
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 176-178
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970, Vol. 1: A to K.- London 1987, p. 396-399
- http://sunsite.kth.se/feastlib/mrf/yinyue/pw/ESTJOH.HTM
- http://home.t-online.de/home/mueller.lorenz/yankdisc.htm
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/blues/s/sleepy.htm
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/label/bluetime/bluetime.htm
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/label/document/document4.htm
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/label/stgeorge/stgeorge.htm
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/label/wolf/wolf2.htm
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
- own record collection

source of left column picture: Front cover of Goody GY 10008

thanks to Alan Balfour and Phil Hawkins for additional info / scans