Roosevelt Holts 45 rpm / LPs / CDs

1	1968	Roosevelt Holts: Presenting The Country Blues - Prison Bound Blues (MBHL 10139) - Maggie Campbell Blues (MBHL 10140) - Feelin' Sad And Blue (MBHL 10141) * - I'm Going To Build Right On That Shore (MBHL 10142) - Lead Pencil Blues (MBHL 10143) - Another Mule Kickin' In My Stall (MBHL 10144) - Little Bitty Woman (MBHL 10145) # - The Good Book Teach You (MBHL 10146) [] # - Big Road Blues (MBHL 10147) - Let's Talk It All Over Again (MBHL 10148) - Red River Blues (MBHL 10149) - She Put Me Outdoors (MBHL 10150) # * rec. January 27, 1966 in Franklinton, La.; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g; Babe Stovall, g rec. February 3, 1966 in New Orleans; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g # rec. August 28, 1966 in Bogalusa, La. by David Evans; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g; [] L.H. Lane, hca Babe Stovall discography	notes by David Evans Blue Horizon 7-63201 (UK 1968) notes by David Evans = Blue Horizon BH 7704 (US 1968)
2	1968	Goin' Up The Country Roosevelt Holts - My Phone Keeps Ringing # Isaiah Chattman - Found My Baby Gone Arzo Youngblood - Bye And Bye Blues Cornelius Bright - My Baby's Gone Herb Quinn - Casey, You Can't Ride This Train Arzo Youngblood - Four Women Blues L.V. Conerly - Bad Luck And Trouble Mager Johnson - Travelling Blues O.D. Jones & Babe Stovall - Got The Blues This Morning Jack Owens - B & O Blues Bill "Boogie Bill" Webb - Dooleyville Blues Roosevelt Holts - Nowhere To Go # Mager Johnson - Big Road Blues Cornelius Bright - Devil Got My Woman Jack Owens - Devil Got My Woman # rec. August 28, 1966 in Bogalusa, La. by David Evans; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g Jack Owens discography Babe Stovall discography	notes by David Evans Decca LK 4931 (UK 1968) = Decca BLK-16563-P (G) new notes (June 1975) by David Evans = Rounder 2012 (US 1975) shortened version of original 1968 notes by David Evans (english & italian) Albatros VPA 8451 (It 1979) "Bad Luck And Trouble" Albatros discography
3	1969	ROOSEVELT HOLTS with Boogie Bill - Down The Big Road (A) - Blues On My Mind (B) rec. April 2, 1969 in Bogalusa; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g; Boogie Bill Webb, g; prod. by David Evans	7 inch 45 rpm Bluesman 100
4	1970	How Blue Can We Get? Fleetwood Mac - Watch Out Jellybread - Don't Pay Them No Mind Top Topham - Mini-Minor-Mo Duster Bennett - What A Dream Bacon Fat - Boom, Boom (Out Goes The Lights) Chicken Shack - Evelyn Christine Perfect - And That's Saying A Lot Bacon Fat - Small's On 53rd Fleetwood Mac - I'm Worried Chicken Shack - The Way It Is Jellybread - No Brag, Just Facts (parts 1 and 2) Fleetwood Mac - Rambling Pony Elmore James - Hand In Hand Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - That's Alright Magic Sam - All Your Love Larry Johnson - Catfish Blues Otis Spann - My Love Depends On You Furry Lewis - Casey Jones Champion Jack Dupree - Grandma (You're A Bit Too Slow) George Smith - No Time For Jive Johnny Young - Deal The Cards Roosevelt Holts - Little Bitty Woman Bukka White - Bed Spring Blues Mississippi Joe Callicott - On My Last Go Round Otis Rush - Jump Sister Bessie	DLP Blue Horizon SPR 45/46
5	1971	South Mississippi Blues Babe Stovall & Herb Quinn - See See Rider Eli Owens - Rabbit On A Log Roosevelt Holts - Big Fat Mama Blues [] Herb Quinn - Casey Babe Stovall - Candy Man O. D. Jones & Babe Stovall, Dink Brister - Bye Bye Baby Eli Owens - Old Hen Cackle Esau Weary - You Don't Have To Go Babe Stovall - Do Lord, Remember Me Roosevelt Holts - Matchbox Blues * Roosevelt Holts - Mean Conductor Blues # Eli Owens - Muleskinner Blues Babe Stovall - Maypole March Myrt Holmes - Run Here, Fairo Isaac Youngblood - Hesitating Blues Esau Weary - Forty-Four Blues Babe Stovall - Boll Weevil Eli Owens - Ida Red - Sally Goodin' Babe Stovall - Sweet Bunch Of Daisies Eli Owens - Ways Like The Devil Roosevelt Holts - Home Town Skiffle # # rec. August 31, 1965 in Franklinton, La. by David Evans; Roosevelt Holts, voc/sp, g * rec. April 2, 1969 in Bogalusa, La. by David Evans; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g [] rec. August 25, 1970 in Bogalusa, La. by David Evans; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g Babe Stovall discography	notes by David Evans Rounder 2009 (US 1971) notes by D.V. = Albatros VPA 8392 (It 1979) "See See Rider" Albatros discography
6	1972	The Legacy Of Tommy Johnson Isaac Youngblood & Herb Quinn - Big Road Blues Mager Johnson - Bye And Bye Blues Isaac Youngblood - Maggie Campbell Blues John Henry 'Bubba' Brown - Canned Heat Blues Boogie Bill Webb - Cool Water Blues Isaac Youngblood - Big Fat Mama Blues Houston Stackhouse & Carey 'Ditty' Mason - Pony Blues Arzo Youngblood - I Believe I'll Make Everything Alright Boogie Bill Webb - Show Me What You Got For Sale Arzo Youngblood - Prison Bound Blues Boogie Bill Webb - Maggie Campbell Blues Arzo Youngblood - The Old Folks Doing It And The Little Ones Trying Babe Stovall & O.D. Jones, g, Dink Brister, mand - Big Road Blues Boogie Bill Webb - Take Your Time Roosevelt Holts - Pine Top Boogie (instr.) # Boogie Bill Webb - Don't You Lie To Me # rec. February 3, 1966 in New Orleans; Roosevelt Holts, g Babe Stovall discography	notes by David Evans saydisc Matchbox SDM 224
7	1972	Roosevelt Holts and his friends Roosevelt Holts - Barrelhouse Blues * # - Packing Up Her Trunk To Leave # Esau Weary - Bogalousa Boogie Roosevelt Holts - I'll Catch The Train And Ride # Esau Weary - Big Leg Woman Roosevelt Holts - Leaving This Town, Won't Be Back Til Fall [] Boogie Bill Webb - Maggie Campbell Blues § - Drinking And Stinking // § Eli Owens - Railroad Blues - Memphis Mail Blind Pete Burrell - I'll Fly Away # rec. August 24/25, 1970 in Bogalusa, La. by David Evans; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g; * Calvin Davis, g § rec. August 27, 1970 in New Orleans by David Evans; Boogie Bill Webb, voc, g; Roosevelt Holts, g; // Robert Rucker, dr; [] rec. August 26, 1970 in Clifton, La.; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g; Herb Quinn, mandolin prod. by Chris Strachwitz & David Evans	notes by David Evans Arhoolie 1057 Arhoolie discography
8	1979	Way Back Yonder ... Original Country Blues Volume 3 Flora, Canton, Bentonia, Crystal Springs, Mississippi & Bogalusa, Louisiana (1978) - Sound Of The Yazoo river Mott Willis - Baby Please Don't Go William Diamond - Black Mattie - Shaggy Hound Jack Owens - Cherry Ball Blues no. 2 Jacob Stuckey - Devil Got My Woman Lonzo Burkes - Train I Ride - Back Door Friend - Smokestack Lightning Roosevelt Holts - Big Road Blues - Look-A-Here Little Woman rec. August 1978 by Gianni Marcucci Do Boy Diamond discography Jack Owens discography	Albatros VPA 8460 Albatros VC4960 Albatros discography
	1982	Big Road Blues Roosevelt Holts - Sundown Blues # - Maggie Campbell Blues # - 2 more tracks Mager Johnson - 3 tracks Robert "Nighthawk" Johnson - 1 track Carey Lee Simmons - 2 tracks Babe Stovall - 1 track Willis Taylor - Mama Do Right Willis Taylor & Mott Willis - The Trashy Gang Blues Mott Willis - Riverside Blues - It Ain't Gonna Rain No More - Bad Night Blues - Who Is That Yonder Coming Down The Road? - Pick And Shovel Blues - Dresser Drawer Blues Arzo & Isaac Youngblood - No Place To Go # rec. April 2, 1969 in Bogalusa; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g announced in David Evans' 1982 book (p. 322) by the same title, but obviously never issued; information about contents from http://www.deltahaze.com and EVANS 1982	Advent 2815 Advent discography
9	199?	Giants Of Country Blues   Vol. 3 Jack Owens - Leavin' Blues Eugene Powell - Blues In Texas Son Thomas - Walking Cane LV Conerly - Hard Headed Woman Roosevelt Holts - Big Road Blues Arzo Youngblood - I Don’t Want No Woman Sam Chatmon - Talkin’ Bout My Girl Wade Walton - Catfish Blues Isaac Youngblood - Big Road Blues Wade Walton - Catfish Blues Isaac Youngblood - Big Road Blues Mott Willis - Long Tall Woman Robert Shaw - Ma Grinder Pt 2 - Mobile & KC Blues - The Cows - Rock Island Lavada Durst - Boogie Woogie Alex Moore - Henry 6 Mike Memphis Piano Red - Mama Likes Good Whiskey - After Hours Mose Vinson - Blues Jumped A Rabbit - Four O’Clock Blues Jack Owens discography Eugene Powell discography	Wolf 120.921 not identical with Wolf CD 120.918 with same title !!!
	1992	Big Road Blues The Real Thing from Mississippi 1951 - 1967 Bobo Thomas & Sonny Boy Williamson No. 2 - Catfish Blues Little Milton's Juke Band - Blow It Down - Jackson Juke Houston Stackhouse & Carey "Ditty" Mason - Mercy Blues - Few Clothes - Boogie Mager Johnson - Traveling Blues Little Milton Anderson & Eddie White - Little Milton's Boogie - Mistreated Baby Blues Tommy Lee Thompson - Packin' up My Blues Houston Stackhouse & Carey "Ditty" Mason - I Hate to Hear My Good Gal Call My Name - Big Road Blues - Talkin' 'Bout You - That's Alright Roosevelt Holts is subject of the cover photo, but does not appear as musical content of this album	Collectables COL-CD-5269
10	1993	Roosevelt Holts, Herlin Holts, L. V. Conerly: The Franklinton Muscatel Society - Louise Blues # - Corina # - Coal-Black Woman # - Big Road Blues # - Roll and Tumble Blues [] # - Maggie Campbell Blues [] # - Up The Country Blues [] # - Rocks In My Pillow # - Two Wings // - He Satisfied Me // - Burke Holmes' Piece * - Red River Blues * - Don't The Sun Look Lonesome? § - Key To The Highway § - Meet Me In The Bottom § - I'm Gonna Build Right On That Shore § # rec. August 31, 1965 in Franklinton, La.; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g; [] L.V. Conerly, g // rec. August 31, 1965 in Franklinton, La.; L.V. Conerly, g * rec. February 1966 in Franklinton, La.; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g § rec. March 31 1969 in Bogalusa, La.; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g; Herlin Holts1), hca prod. by David Evans & Marc Ryan for Home Cooking Records 1) Roosevelt Holts' brother; FANCOURT & McGRATH 2006 and FORD 2007 both list his given name as "Merlin"	notes by Marc Ryan Blue Moon CDBM 091
11	1999	Giants Of Country Blues   Vol. 3 Jessie Mae Hemphill - Go Back to Your Used to Be - Train, Train - Shake It, Shake It - Eagle Bird - Shame on You Ranie Burnette - I Wonder Why - I Call My Baby - I'm Goin' Away Roosevelt Holts - Big Road Blues L.V. Conerly - Hard Headed Woman Junior Kimbrough - Nobody But You - All Night Long - Lord Have Mercy - Please Don't Leave Me, Baby Tommy West - Catfish Blues - Goin' Away - Back Door Man Blues Jacob Stuckey - I Love My Baby	notes by Dr. David Evans & Hannes Folterbauer Wolf CD 120.918
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- David Evans: Roosevelt Holts Interview.- Blues Unlimited # 116 (November/December 1975), pp. 9-11
- David Evans: Big Road Blues, Tradition and Creativity in the Folk Blues.- Berkeley (University of California Press) 1982
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 216, 565-566
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 446
- http://record-fiend.blogspot.com/2010/08/big-road-blues-real-thing-from.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: front cover of Arhoolie 1057

thanks to Alan Balfour for additional info / scans

Roosevelt Holts
source: EVANS 1975, p. 10; photographer: Cheryl Evans

 

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