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This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own.Stefan Wirz www.wirz.de |
John Lee Granderson LPs / CDs
| # | year
of release | title | label # / notes |
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| 1 | 1964 | Can't Keep From Crying
Topical Blues on the Death of President Kennedy
Big Joe Williams
- A Man Amongst Men
James & Fannie Brewer
- I Want To Know Why
John Lee Granderson
- A Man For The Nation
Otis Spann
- Sad Day In Texas
Mary Ross (with John Lee Granderson, g)
- President Kennedy Gave His Life
Bill Jackson
- The 22nd Day Of November
James Brewer
- Why Did He Have To Go?
Johnny Young
- I Tried Not To Cry
Avery Brady
- Poor Kennedy
Fannie Brewer
- When We Got The Message
Jimmy Brown
- He Was Loved By All The People
CD bonus tracks:
Jimmy Brown
- Tribute To J.F.K.
Avery Brady
- Poor Kennedy no. 2
rec. in Chicago. IL in the weeks immediately following JFK's death on November 22, 1963 | 
Testament S-01
= Bounty BY 6035 (UK 1966)
(=) Testament CD (1994)
 Testament discography
= P-Vine PCD-5587 (Jp 2000)
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| 2 | 1964 | Modern Chicago Blues
Johnny Young
- My Baby Walked Out In 1954
Wilbert Jenkins
- Married Woman Blues
Johnny Young
- You Make Me Feel So Good
Maxwell St. Jimmy
- Crying Won't Make Me Stay
Big Walter Horton
- Everybody's Fishing
Johnny Young
- Money Talking Woman
Robert Nighthawk
- Blues Before Sunrise §
Johnny Young
- Back To Chicago
John Lee Granderson
- Bumble Bee # @ youtube
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- I've Got My Eyes on You #
Johnny Young
- Bad Blood
John Wrencher
- I'm Going To Detroit []
Maxwell St. Jimmy
- Hanging Around My Door
Johnny Young
- Tired Of You Smiling
Wilbert Jenkins
- Crawling King Snake
Johnny Young
- Let Me Ride Your Mule
Big Walter Horton
- Hard-Hearted Woman
Johnny Young
- I Don't Feel Good
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Long Haired Doney #
John Lee Granderson
- That's All Right #
William Mack
- Hideaway // #
# CD bonus tracks
// rec. September 30, 1962 in Chicago, IL; William Mack, g; Jimmy Walker, p; John Lee Granderson, g
§ rec. October 14, 1964 in Chicago, Ill.; Robert Nighthawk, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Johnny Young, mand
[] rec. 1964 in Chicago, Ill.; Big John Wrencher, voc, hca; Johnny Young, mand; John Lee Granderson, g | 
Testament T-2203
= Polydor 545031 (UK)
= Testament TCD 5008
(1994)
 Testament discography
= P-Vine PCD-5566 (Jp)
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| 3 | 1964 | Blues All Around My Bed
Blues Scene USA Vol. 3
Carl Hodges
- Blues All Around My Bed
Big Joe Williams
- Hellhound On My Trail
John Lee Granderson
- Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl
Johnny Young
- Green Door Blues []
James Robinson
- Standing In My Backk Door Crying
W.B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson
- Sometimes I Rate
Connie Williams
- One Thin Dime
Leroy 'Country' Dallas
- Sweet Man Blues
Doug Quattlebaum
- Good Woman Blues
Bill Jackson
- Trouble In Mind
Avery Brady
- Gonna Let You Down
Arthur Weston & Big Joe Williams & George Robertson
- Roll Me Over Slow
[] rec. 1964 in Chicago, Ill.; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Big John Wrencher, hca; John Lee Granderson, g | notes by Pete Welding
Storyville SLP 181
= Storyville 670181 (D)
= Storyville SLP 842notes by Pete Welding
= Storyville SLP 4036 (1981)
"Blues Roots Vol. 2" Storyville discography |
| 4 | 1969 | Really Chicago Blues
Johnny Shines/Sunnyland Slim/Backwards Sam Firk
- Two Long Freight Trains
John Lee Granderson/Big Joe Williams/Firk
- Girl At The Bottom
Slim/Shines/Firk
- Rolling And Tumbling
Honeyboy Edwards/Firk
- Hot Springs Blues
Williams/Granderson/Firk
- If You Can't Shimmy-She-Wobble
Shines/Slim/Firk/Williams
- As Long As The World Stands
Slim/Shines/Firk
- Cuttin' Out Blues
Honeyboy Edwards/Firk
- Howling Wind
Shines/Slim/Williams/Firk
- Evening Sun
Granderson/Williams/Firk
- Going 'Round The World
Williams/Slim/Shines/Firk
- Mama Don't Allow Me
Shines/Edwards/Walter Horton
- For The Love Of Mike
Honeyboy Edwards
- Jersey Bull Blues
Williams/Granderson/Firk
- You're An Old Lady
Shines/Slim/Firk
- Poor Man's Tonic
Horton/Edwards/Shines
- Way 'Cross Town
Williams/Shines/Slim
- Jook House Blues
Slim/Shines/Firk
- She Got A Thing Going On
Granderson/Williams/Firk
- Stop Braeking Down
Honeyboy Edwards
- Sweet Home Chicago
Granderson/Williams/Firk
- Yellow Box Blues
Shines/Slim/Williams/Firk
- Bye Bye Baby | DLP
notes by G. L. Moore
Adelphi AD 1005
= Echo 803 (1985)
"Blues Anthology Vol. 3"
"Real Chicago Blues"
= Echo 804 (1985)
"Blues Anthology Vol. 4"
"More From Chicago"
Adelphi discography |
| 5 | 1970 | The Chicago String Band
LP track sequence:
- The Sun Is Sinking Low []
- Trouble On Your Hands
- Weeping And Moaning
- You Know I Do
- Hoodoo Blues
- You Got Good Business
- I Got To Find That Woman []
- Clean Cut Mama
- Railroad Blues
- Don't Sic Your Dog On Me
- John Henry
- Memphis, Tenn., 1939 Blues
CD track sequence:
- The Sun Is Sinking Low []
- Trouble On Your Hands
- Weeping And Moaning
- You Know I Do []
- Hoodoo Blues
- You Got Good Business
- Take It Easy Baby [] #
- I Got To Find That Woman []
- Clean Cut Mama
- Railroad Blues
- Don't Sic Your Dog On Me
- John Henry
- Memphis, Tenn., 1939 Blues
- Bye Bye Pete § #
# CD bonus tracks
rec. June 18, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Big John Wrencher, hca, voc; John Lee Granderson, g, [] voc; Carl Martin, voc, vl, mand; Johnny Young, voc, mand; § Bill Foster, g | notes by Pete Welding
Testament T-2220
= Testament TCD 5006
(1994)
Testament discography |
| 6 | 1975 | Johnny Young & His Friends
LP track sequence:
- Prison Bound
- Sugar Farm Blues []
- All My Money Gone
- My Home Ain't Here
- Did You Get That Letter?
- I'm Leaving Baby
- I Got It
- Meet Me In The Bottom $
- You Made Me Feel So Good
- Blues And Trouble
- Kid Man Blues []
- Humpty Dumpty
- Forty-Four Blues
- Whoop It Up
CD track sequence:
- Prison Bound
- Sugar Farm Blues []
- All My Money Gone
- My Home Ain't Here
- Blues For Big Time [] #
- Did You Get That Letter?
- I'm Leaving Baby
- I Got It
- Bumble Bee [] #
- Meet Me In The Bottom $
- You Made Me Feel So Good
- Want My Lovin' #
- Blues And Trouble
- Kid Man Blues []
- Humpty Dumpty
- Instrumental [] #
- Forty-Four Blues
- Whoop It Up
# CD bonus tracks
[] rec. 1964 in Chicago, Ill.; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Big John Wrencher, hca; John Lee Granderson, g
$ rec. 1964 in Chicago, Ill.; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Big John Wrencher, hca; Robert Nighthawk, g | notes by Pete Welding
Testament T-2226
= Testament TCD 5003
(1994)
Testament discography 
= P-Vine PCD-5564 (Jp)
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| 7 | 197? | Robert Nighthawk & His Flames of Rhythm live on Maxwell Street - 1964
- Cheating and Lying Blues [aka Goin' Down To Eli's aka Murderin' Blues]
- Juke Medley [aka Mr. Bell's Shuffle]
- The Time Have Come
- Honey Hush [aka Yakety Yak]
- I Need Your Love So Bad
- Take It Easy Baby
- Annie Lee / Sweet Black Angel
- Big World Blues #
- Maxwell Street Jam [aka Burning Heat]
- I Got News For You
- All I Want For Breakfast / Them Kind Of People #
- Mama Talk to Your Daughter #
- The Real McCoy #
- Interview
rec. c. October 25 & November 1964 live on the corner of 14th & Peoria, Chicago, Ill.
# CD bonus tracks | 
Rounder 2022(=) Bullseye Blues
CDBEYE9624 (2000) |
| 8 | 1978 | Rare Gems
Little Brother Montgomery
- Ain't Nobody Here But Me #
- Buddy Bolden's Blues #
- Prescription For The Blues #
- Salty Dog #
John Lee Granderson
- Bumble Bee #
Robert Nighthawk
- Murderin' Blues [aka Goin' Down To Eli's aka Cheating And Lying Blues] #
- Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel #
Otis Spann
- Hotel Lorraine #
- Blues For Martin Luther King #
Johnnie Jones * with Billy Boy Arnold
- Worried Life Blues #
- I Hear My Black Name Ringing # *
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- Glory Glory Hallelujah #
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Big Joe Williams
- Wild Cow Moan #
- Screamin' And Cryin' #
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop *, Paul Butterfield $ and Billy Boy Arnold +
- So Glad You're Mine # *
- Diggin' My Potatoes # *$
- Three Harp Boogie # *$+
Robert Pete Williams
- Ugly Man Blues #
J. B. Lenoir
- My Dear Old Mother
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Someday Baby #
# on Rounder CD
prod. early to mid 1960s in Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron | DLP
Roots TR 1005 (US)
= TK Records TKR 82539
(UK)notes by Pete Welding
reissued on Bullseye/
Rounder CD BEYE9530
(1993) "Rare Chicago
Blues 1962-68" |
| 9 | 1980 | Chicago Breakdown
Little Brother Montgomery
- Hesitatin' Blues
John Lee Granderson
- Minglewood Town
Dr. Ross
- Chicago Breakdown
Big Joe Williams
- I Feel So Worried
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop and Paul Butterfield
- V 8 Ford Blues
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay
Little Brother Montgomery with Michael Bloomfield
- Michigan Water Blues
John Lee Granderson
- Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl
Dr. Ross
- Hobo Blues
Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield
- Stack O' Dollars
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop and Paul Butterfield
- Polly Put The Kettle On
Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years | notes by Norman Dayron
Takoma TAK 7071
= Sonet SNTF 863
Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2
"Takoma Blues"
Takoma discography |
| 10 | 1995 | Bottleneck Blues
Napoleon Strickland
- Key To The Bushes
Big Joe Williams
- Talking About Bottleneck
- Traveling Blues
Robert Night Hawk
- Crying Won't Help You (alt. tk.) §
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Six White Horses
Mott Willis
- Knife Instrumental
Robert Lee Granderson
- Flora Blues
J.B. Hutto & The Hawks
- Wild Wild Woman
Blind Connie Williams
- St. Louis Blues
David Honeyboy Edwards
- Worryin' Woman Blues
Robert Johnson
- I'm Coming, Lord, Please Don't Drive Me Away
Chicago Blues Band
- Verna Lee Blues []
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Wouldn't Mind Dying
John Littlejohn
- Dust My Broom
Blind Connie Williams
- Trouble In Mind
Big Joe Williams
- How Do You Want Your Rollin' Done
Mott Willis
- M & O Blues
Johnny Shines
- Crucial Moment
Jack Owens
- Train Time
Robert Johnson
- I Don't Know When Death Is Gonna Call Me
Herb Quinn
- Casey, You Can't Ride This Train
Napoleon Strickland
- Skake 'Em Down
§ rec. October 14, 1964 in Chicago, Ill.; Robert Nighthawk, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Johnny Young, mand
[] rec. June 18, 1966 in Chicago, Ill.; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Carl Martin, voc, vl, mand; Johnny Young, voc, mand | (Testament 2216
announced, but not issued)
Testament TCD 5021
= P-Vine PCD-5576 (Jp) Testament discography |
| 11 | 1998 | John Lee Granderson: Hard Luck John
- Minglewood Blues
- Hard Luck John
- Flora Blues
- Please Come Back To Me
- Death Valley Blues
- Texas Blues
- Rock Me All Night Long
- Cold Dark Evening
- County Farm Blues
- Decoration Day
- Aching Pain Blues
- This Is Your Last Chance
- That's Doggin' Me
- Watch Out, Girl
- Got To Bend You Over, Baby
- One Kind Favor
| notes by Frank Scott
Testament TCD 5031 |
| 12 | 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 (with John Lee Granderson, g)
- 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 6004Testament discography |
| 13 | 1998 | Down Home Harp
- Blue Mood - Big Walter Horton
- We All Got To Go - Billy Boy Arnold
- Billy Boy's Jump - Billy Boy Arnold
- Borrow Love And Go - James 'Bat' Robinson
- You Know I Love You - Big John Wrencher []
- Thinkin' About Your Apples - Coot Venson
- Sweet Woman Blues - George Robertson
- Canadian Sunset - Harmonica Slim Willis Quartet
- Last Night Blues - Andrew Cauthen
- Blue As I Can Be - Willie Lee Harris
- Fox Chase - Snake Hippin' - Careless Love - John Lee Henley
- Sweet Little Woman - Robert Nighthawk With Little Walter
- Slow Train Through Arkansas - Elmon 'Driftin' Slim' Mickle
- T-Model And The Train - Elmon 'Driftin' Slim' Mickle
- Morning Rock - Coot Venson
- Blues For Illinois - Dr. Ross
- Mattie Mae - Billy Boy Arnold
- Where The Southern Crosses The Dog - Coot Venson
- Goin' Down To The Station - Andrew Cauthen
- Walter's Boogie - Big Walter Horton
- John Henry - James 'Bat' Robinson
- Baby, You Don't Have To Go - Johnny Young with Little Walter
[] rec. June 18, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Big John Wrencher, hca, voc; John Lee Granderson, g; Carl Martin, vl, mand; Johnny Young, mand | 
Testament TCD 6011Testament discography |
| 14 | 1999 | And This Is Maxwell Street
CD One:
- The Sun Is Shining- Johnny Young
- Can't Hold Out Much Longer - Big John Wrencher
- Juke Medley - Carey Bell
- That's All Right - Robert Night Hawk #
- Red Top/Ornithology - Little Arthur King
- Maxwell Street Jam - Carey Bell
- Lucille - Big John Wrencher
- Corinna, Corinna - Arvella Gray
- Power To Live Right - Carrie Robinson
- Cheating And Lying Blues - Robert Night Hawk #
- Honky Tonk - Robert Night Hawk #
- Dust My Broom - Robert Night Hawk [] #
- Peter Gunn Jam - Robert Night Hawk #
- I Need Love So Bad - Robert Night Hawk #
- All I Want For My Breakfast - Johnny Young
- Take It Easy, Baby - Robert Night Hawk #
- Long Gone John - Unknown Harpist
CD Two:
- Mama, Talk To Your Daughter - Big Mojo Elem
- I'm Ready - Carey Bell
- Carey'n On - Carey Bell
- When The Saints Go Marching In - James Brewer Gospel Group
- Back Off Jam - Robert Night Hawk #
- John Henry - Arvella Gray
- Anna Lee / Sweet Black Angel - Robert Night Hawk #
- Love You Tonight - Big John Wrencher
- The Time Have Come - Robert Night Hawk #
- Cruisin' In A Cadillac - Carey Bell
- Honey Hush - Robert Night Hawk #
- I'll Fly Away - James Brewer Gospel Group
- I Shall Overcome - Fannie Brewer
# rec. October 25 & November 1964 on Maxwell Street in Chicago, Ill. for Mike Shea's Documentary Film 'And This Is Free'; Robert Nighthawk, voc, g; John Lee Granderson, g; [] prob. Mike Bloomfield, g; Jimmy Collins, dr | 2 CD set
P-Vine PCD-5527/28 (Jp)= Rooster CD ROO2641 (US) = Catfish CD (UK) |
| 15 | 1999 | I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume One
CD One:
Willie Mabon
- Michelle
- I'm Hungry
- I Don't Know
- New Orleans Blues
- I'm The Fixer
James Brewer
- I Know A Woman, She Lives Up The Hill
- Big Road Blues
- Blues In The Morning, Blues Every Turn Around
- Poor Kelly Blues
- I Don't No Woman, She Got Hair Like Drops Of Rain
Eddie Boyd (+ Mike Bloomfield)
- Five Long Years
- Early Grave
- The Big Question
- Look Over Younder Wall
Yank Rachell
- Going To Pack Up My Things And Go #
- Every Night And Day, I Hear My Baby Call My Name #
- My Baby Rocks Me #
- My Baby's Gone, Soon I'll Be Gone Myself #
CD Two:
Johnny Young (+ Slim Willis, Otis Spann, Robert Whitehead)
- Why Did You Break My Heart
- Better Cut It Out
- My Baby Walked Out And Left
- Step By, Baby
- Monkey-Face Woman
Sunnyland Slim (+ Mike Bloomfield)
- Brownskin Woman
- It's You Baby
- One Room Country Shack
- Sunnyland's Jump
- Rock Me
Big Walter Horton (+ Robert Nighthawk)
- Let's Have A Good Time
- Mean Mistreater
- I'm In The Mood
- Louise, Louise
- You Don't Mistreat Me
- Trouble In Mind
Interviews
Willie Mabon
James Brewer
Eddie Boyd
Yank Rachell
# rec. May 16, 1964 in Chicago, Ill.; Yank Rachell, voc, mand, g; Mike Bloomfield, p; John Lee Granderson, g
Yank Rachell
- Texas Tony (takes 1 to 3) # [unissued]
- Bye Bye Baby # [unissued]
- Sometimes I Believe My Baby Treats Me Wrong # [unissued]
- My Rock Is My Steady Pistol # [unissued] | 2 CD set
Jefferson Records
SBACD 12653/4 |
| 16 | 2000 | I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume Two
CD One
Paul Butterfield
- Help Me
- Going Back Home
- Everything´s Gonna Be Alright
- Poor Boy
- Last Night
- Got My Mojo Working
Washboard Sam
- Mountain Blues
- All By Myself
- Booker T Blues
- I´m A Lonely Man
- I´m Been Treated Wrong
John Lee Granderson
- Death Valley Blues #
- Easy Street #
- Bumble Bee Blues #
- That´s All Right #
- Minglewood Blues #
Avery Brady
- Bad Weather #
- City Of New Orleans #
- Gangster Blues #
Avery Brady (& John Lee Granderson)
- I Have A Woman Who Lives Down By The Sea #
CD Two
Little Brother Montgomery (& Mike Bloomfield)
- West Texas Blues
- Up The Country Blues
- Cow Cow Blues
- Mama, You Don´t Mean Me No Good
- Suitcase Blues
Arvella Gray
- John Henry
- Corrine, Corrina
- Have Mercy, Mister Percy
- Captains A Hollering
St. Louis Jimmy (& Sunnyland Slim, Mike Bloomfield and Washboard Sam)
- Can´t Stand Your Evil Ways
- Complete This Order
- Poor Boy Blues
- The Girl I Love
Interviews (& Olle Helander)
John Lee Granderson 2:43 #
Avery Brady 3:30
Little Brother Montgomery 2:21
Arvella Gray 5:25
# rec. May 15, 1964 in Chicago, IL by Olle Helander for the Swedish Radio Corporation; Avery Brady, voc, g; John Lee Granderson, g | 2 CD set
Jefferson Records
SBACD 12655/6 |
| 17 | 2003 | J. B. Lenoir, Sunnyland Slim & Friends: Live In '63
18 Classic Tracks
- Harlem Can't Be Heaven (Sunnyland Slim)
- I Want To Know (Lenoir)
- It's You Baby (Sunnyland Slim / Lenoir / John Lee Granderson)
- Brown Skin Woman (Sunnyland Slim / Lenoir)
- Lend Me Your Love (Sunnyland Slim / Oden, St. Louis Jimmy)
- J.B.'s Harp-Rack Blues (Lenoir)
- Piney Brown Blues (Sunnyland Slim / Lenoir)
- For You, My Love (Sunnyland Slim / Lenoir)
- My Dear Old Mother (Oden)
- I Had My Trouble (Lenoir)
- J.L.'s Blues (John Lee Granderson / Mike Bloomfield)
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright (John Lee Granderson / Mike Bloomfield)
- That's All Right (John Lee Granderson / Mike Bloomfield)
- Louise (Lenoir / Sunnyland Slim)
- Mojo Boogie (Lenoir / Sunnyland Slim)
- The Devil Is A Busy Man (Sunnyland Slim / Lenoir)
- Worried Life Blues (Sunnyland Slim)
- Sunnyland Blues (Sunnyland Slim)
rec. July 9, 1963 at Nina's Lounge in Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; J. B. Lenoir, voc, g, hca; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Mike Bloomfield, acoustic g; St. Louis Jimmy Oden, hca
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Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 103
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 130-131
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 50, 94, 176-177, 201, 352, 421, 453, 471, 512, 582, 603-604, 608
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 196-197
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
source of left column picture: Front cover of Testament TCD 5031
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