John Jackson LPs / CDs
| # | year
of
release | title | label # / notes |
|---|
| 1 | 1965 | John Jackson
Blues And Country Dance Tunes From Virginia
- Nobody's Business But My Own
- Going Down In Georgia On A Horn
- Black Snake Moan
- Flat Foot & Buck Dance
- If Hattie Wanna Lu, Let Her Lu Like A Man
- T.B. Blues
- I Am A Bad, Bad Man
- Rattlesnakin' Daddy #
- Poor Boy #
- Boats Up the River #
- Steamboat Whistle Blues #
- John's Rag #
- Cindy #
- John Henry #
[all titles!!!] rec. April 19, 1965 in Fairfax, Virginia
by Chris Strachwitz
[1970 remastered version contains tracks with the same title (#) recorded 1969 in Stuttgart, Germany] | notes by Chuck Perdue
Arhoolie F 1025 (mono)(=) Arhoolie F 1025
(remastered version 1970)  Arhoolie discography
|
| 2 | 1967 | Buddy Moss: Rediscovery Vol. 1
- Hurry Home #
- Red River Blues #
- Pushin' It #
- Comin' Back #
- How I Feel Today #
- That'll Never Happen No More #
- Oh Lordy Mama #
- Sitting On Top Of The World *
- Kansas City *
- It Was In The Weary Hour Night
- Chesterfield
- I've Got To Keep To The Highway
- Come On Around To My House *
- Step It Up And Go *
- Everyday Seems Like Sunday
- I Got A Woman, Don't Mean Me No Good *
- Betty And Dupree *
- Every Day, Every Day *
rec. June 10, 1966 at the Gas Light Auditorium, Washington, DC. (concert for the Folklore Society of Greater Washington); Buddy Moss, voc, hca, g; Jeff Espina, hca; * John Jackson (billed as "J.J.") second g
# on CD only (additional live tracks from elsewhere) | notes by Pete Lowry and
Chuck & Nan Perdue
Biograph BLP-12019
= Biograph BCD-139 (1995)
"Atlanta Blues Legend"
Biograph discography |
| 3 | 1968 | John Jackson Vol. 2
More Blues And Country Dance Tunes From Virginia
- Bear Cat Blues
- Death Of Blind Boy Fuller
- Reuben
- Rocks And Gravel
- You Left Me
- Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
- Police Dog Blues
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
- Muleskinner Blues
- Near The Cross
- Going Up North
- Lay Down My Old Guitar
rec. Dec. 8, 1967 in Fairfax Station, Virginia
by Chris Strachwitz | 
Arhoolie F 1035 (stereo)Arhoolie discography |
| 4 | 1969 | Blues Roots
- Frisco Lines - Fred McDowell
- Fare You Well Baby Blues - Joe Callicott
- Long Haired Doney - R. L. Burnside
- Mean Stepfather - Big Joe Williams
- Bald Eagle Train - Bukka White and Washboard Willie
- Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith
- Long Tall Girl - Mance Lipscomb
- Red River Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- I Am the Black Ace - Black Ace
- Whistling Alex Moore - Alex Moore
- Texas Blues - L. and M. Fulson
- Cat Bear - John Jackson
- Ma Grinder - Robert Shaw
- Take a Walk - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Bear Cat - John Jackson
- Snowing and Raining - Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly
- Got A Date I Can't Be Late - Jesse Fuller
- You Got Another - Lightnin' Hopkins and Barbara Dane
- Struggle Here - Juke Boy Bonner and Simon
- Listen At That Bull - G. Coleman
- Trouble Blues - Big Joe Turner
- Dream - Little Willie Littlejohn
- Sugar Daddy - Wade Walton
- I'm Feeling Alright - Big Mama Thorton
- Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
- Black Snake Blues - Clifton Chenier
- Two Bugs - Earl Hooker
 
"The selections from this album have been comprised from the catalog of Arhoolie Records ... Except where otherwise indicated, all selections produced and recorded by Chris Strachwitz" | two record set
Poppy PYS-60.003
= RCA / Victor SHP-6124/25Poppy discography 
= Tomato DLP 2696181 (1989)
reissued as Tomato CD
TOM 3001
|
| 5 | 1970 | American Folk Blues Festival '69 Live!
at Royal Albert Hall London, Oct.3,'69
Juke Boy Bonner
- Jumpin' With Juke Boy
Earl Hooker
- Going Up And Down
Carey Bell
- Rocking With Chromanica / I Feel Bad, Bad, Bad
Juke Boy Bonner
- Running Shoes
John Jackson
- Poor Boy
Clifton Chenier
- Zydeco Et Pas Sale
Earl Hooker
- Blue Shadows Fall
Magic Sam
- Easy Baby
- Looking Good
Whistling Alex Moore
- Across The Atlantic Ocean
John Jackson
- John Jackson Breakdown
rec. October 3rd, 1969 at Royal Albert Hall, London | 
Scout Sc-6
= CBS S 63912
= L+R 42.071
AFBF discography |
| 6 | 1970 | John Jackson In Europe
- I Bring My Money
- John's Ragtime
- Red River Blues
- Knife Blues
- Trucking Little Baby
- Blind Blake's Rag
- Goodbye Booze
- Too Tight
- You Ain't No Woman
- Early Morning Blues
- Graveyard Blues
- All Around The Water Tank
- Don't You Want To Go Up There
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
rec. Oct. 23, 1969 in Stuttgart, Germany
by Chris Strachwitz | 
Arhoolie 1047 (stereo)Arhoolie discography |
| 7 | 1970 | John Jackson
Blues And Country Dance Tunes From Virginia
- Nobody's Business But Mine
- Going Down In Georgia On A Horn
- Black Snake Moan
- If Hattie Wants To Lu, Let Her Lu Like A Man
- I Am A Bad, Bad Man
- John's Rag
- Cindy
- John Henry
- Rattlesnakin' Daddy #
- T.B. Blues #
- Flat Foot & Buck Dance #
- Steamboat Whistle Blues #
- Boats Up The River #
- Poor Boy #
side A rec. April 19, 1965 in Fairfax, Virginia (in mono)
side B rec. Oct. 23, 1969 in Stuttgart, Germany (in stereo) [# new versions of same titles on 1965 mono LP]
by Chris Strachwitz | Arhoolie F 1025
(mono 1965)notes Chuck Perdue
Arhoolie F 1025
(remastered version) notes Chuck Perdue
= Arhoolie AR 19034 Arhoolie discography |
| 8 | 1975 | A Place To Be
Fox Hollow Festival 10th Anniversary Album Volume 1
Biograph 12051 (first edition 1975)
Len Chandler
- Lovin' People (1967) #
Pat Sky
- She's Up For Grabs (1968)
Michael Cooney
- Be Kind To Your Parents (1969) #
Dave Bromberg & John Hartford
- The Holdup (1971) #
Douglas Neidt
- Argentine Folk Dance (1971)
Dan Smith, Bessie Jones, Doris Frazier, Robert Caplin
- Something Down In Me (1971)
Lorre Wyatt
- Clearwater (1974) #
Lou & Sally Killen
- Thousand Or More (1973) #
Martha Nagler
- The Lone Pilgrim - (1971)
The Boys Of The Lough
- Lament (1973) #
Michael Cooney
- Watermelon Song (1969) #
Sandy Paton & The Golden Ring
- Wild Mt. Thyme & The Hunt (1971)
John Hartford, Dave Brober, Norman Blake, Vassar Clements, Alan Stowell
- Babe, You've Been On My Mind (1971) #
Gordon Bok
- Leaving Glen Aben (1972) #
Joe Hickerson
- Maid On The Shore (1974)
John Wright
- Jew's Harp Solo (1974)
Susan Boyer
- Bell Song (1974)
Evelyn Beers
- Green Gravel (1974)
R. U. Brown
- Highland Bagpipe Playing (1971)
Bob Beers
- Closing Speech (1971)
Biograph 12051 (revised edition 1976)
Roger Sprung
- June Apple (1967) #
Pat Sky
- She's Up For Grabs (1968)
John Jackson
- Bad Badman (1969) #
Sandy Paton & The Golden Ring
- Wild Mt. Thyme (1970)
Douglas Neidt
- Argentine Folk Dance (1971)
Dan Smith with Bessie Jones
- Something Down In Me (1971)
Bottle Hill
- Sittin' On Top Of The World (1972) #
Joe Hickerson
- Maid On The Shore (1972)
Craig Morton
- Go To Sea No More (1973) #
John Wright
- Jews Harp Solo (1974)
Susan Boyer
- Bell Song (1974)
Evelyne Beers
- Green Gravel (1974)
R. U. Brown
- Highland Bagpipe Playing (1971)
Bob Beers
- closing speech (1971)
# on first resp. revised edition only | 
Biograph BLP-12051
(first edition)
Biograph BLP-12051
(revised edition)
Biograph discography |
| 9 | 1977 | 39th National Folk Festival
Albert Hash and the Whitetop Mountain Band
- Single Girl
E.C. Ball
- Old Jimmy Sutton
Ted Lundi
- Sally Ann
The Balfa Brothers
- You Got Some But You Ain't Getting Any More
Graham Townsend
- Hangman's Reel
Abe Horton
- The House Carpenter
Henry Townsend
- Walk All Night
Ted Lundy
- Sally Ann
Joe & Antoinette McKenna
- Unnamed Reel
- Drops Of Brandy / Unnamed Slip Jig
John Jackson
- You Ain't No Woman
rec. July 29-31, 1977 at Wolf Trap Farm Park, Vienna, Va. | 
NCTA 77www.ncta.net
(National Council for
the Traditional Arts) |
| 10 | 1979 | John Jackson
Step It Up And Go
- Step It Up And Go
- Georgia Blues
- One Black Cat
- Bile 'Em Cabbage Down
- She's Got Something There
- Brownskin Woman
- South Carolina Rag
- Red Lips
- Key To The Highway
- Backwater Blues
- Gautar Rag
- Matchbox Blues
- Kansas City
- You Promised Me Love
rec. May 7 and 8, 1978, at the Mixing Lab., Newton, Mass. | notes by Wendy Ritger
and Glenn Jones
Rounder 2019 |
| 11 | 198? | Virginia Traditions - Non-Blues Secular Black Music
- I Wish To The Lord I'd Never Been Born - Leonard Bowles And Irvin Cook
- I Used To Work On The Tractor - Jimmie Strothers
- Come Let's March - Daniel Womack
- Casey Jones - Isaac Curry
- Cripple Creek - Uncle Homer Walker
- Reno Factory - Marvin Foddrell
- Buckdance - Sanford L Collins
- Bile Them Cabbage Down - Lewis Hairston
- John Henry - John Cephas
- Fox Chase - James Applewhite
- Railroad Bill - Turner Foddrell
- Hop Along Lou - John Lawson Tyree
- The Cuckoo Bird - John Calloway
- Poor Farmers - Lemuel Jones
- Tennessee Dog - Jimmie Strothers
- Poor Black Annie - Clayton Horsely
- Eve - Clarence Waddy
- Old Blue - Irvin Cook
- Medley Of Country Dance Tunes - John Jackson
- Cotton-Eyed Joe - Lewis Hairston | 
Blue Ridge Institute
BRI 001= Global Village CD 1001
(1994) |
| 12 | 1983 | John Jackson
Deep In The Bottom
- Come On In This Old House
- Bootleggers Blues
- Walkin' The Floor Over You
- St. Louis Blues
- The Year Clayton Delaney Died #
- Brown's Ferry Blues
- Deep In The Bottom
- That's Alright Mama
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- Diddy Wah Diddy
- Mississippi River Blues
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
rec. March 22, 1982 at the Mixing Lab. Newton, Mass.
# rec. May 7, 1978 at the Mixing Lab. | 
Rounder 2032 |
| 13 | 1986 | National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Three
John Jackson
- Bad Water Blues
- Rocks & Gravel
- I'm A Bad Man
Albert Macon & Robert Thomas
- She Wanna Do The Boogie Woogie
- My Baby Don't Wear No Drawers
Robert Lockwood
- Big Legged Woman
Snooky Pryor & Homesick James
- Why You Want To Treat Me Like That
- Boogie Twist
Piano Red
- Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo
- Lowdown Dog
Eddie Kirkland
- I Got My Eyes On You | 
Southland SLP-23(=) Southland SCD-22
(2001) Southland discography |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 1993 | John Jackson
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
- Going Down In Georgia On A Horn
- Black Snake Moan
- John Henry
- If Hattie Wants To Lu, Let Her Lu Like A Man
- Nobody's Business But My Own
- John's Rag
- Boat's Up The River
- Rattlesnakin' Daddy
- Flat Foot And Buck Dance
- Bear Cat Blues
- Reuben
- Rocks And Gravel
- Going Down The Road Feelin' Bad
- Police Dog Blues
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
- Mule Skinner Blues
- I Bring My Money
- John's Ragtime
- Red River Blues
- Knife Blues
- Trucking Little Baby
- Blind Blake's Rag
- Goodbye Booze
- Graveyard Blues
- Early Morning Blues
- You Ain't No Woman
rec. between 1965 and 1969 by Chris Strachwitz | Arhoolie 1025, 1035, & 1047 
Arhoolie CD 378
|
| 16 | 1995 | Blues Live From Mountain Stage
Charlie Musselwhite
- Blues Why Do You Worry Me?
John Hammond
- My Daddy Was A Jockey
Tracy Nelson
- It Hurts Me Too
The Legendary Blues Band
- Got Love If You Want It
Johnnie Johnson
- That'll Work
Duke Robillard
- Gee I Wish
William Clarke
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues
The Nighthawks
- Leave My Woman Alone
Charles Brown
- Quicksand Blues
John Jackson
- Louisiana Blues
Paul Geremia
- Slidell Blues
Cephas & Wiggins
- Black Cat On The Line
Snooky Pryor
- That's The Way To Do It
Chris Smither
- The Devil's Real | 
Blue Plate CD 305 |
| 16a | 1996 | Arhoolie Presents American Masters, Vol. 1
15 Down Home Country Blues Classics
- Frisco Line - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Have You Ever Loved A Woman - Lightning Hopkins
- Going Down In Georgia On A Horn - John Jackson
- Cairo Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- 'bout A Spoonful - Mance Lipscomb
- Drink On Little Girl - Black Ace
- Country Boy Down In New Orleans - Snooks Eaglin
- Columbus, Mississippi Blues - Bukka White
- Shake 'em On Down - Dr. Ross
- Just Trippin' In - Robert Pete Williams
- Hump In My Back - Jesse Fuller
- Brother James - Big Joe Williams
- I'm Broke And I'm Hungry - Smoky Babe
- Poor Black Mattie - R.L. Burnside
- Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas
| 
Arhoolie CD 101
|
| 17 | 1998 | The Harry Smith Connection: A Live Tribute To The Anthology Of American Folk Music
John Jackson
- John Henry
- Frankie And Johnny | 
Smithsonian Folkways
CD 40085 |
| 18 | 1999 | John Jackson
Front Porch Blues
- Railroad Bill
- C.C. Rider
- Death Don't Have No Mercy
- Chesterfield (Buddy Moss!)
- Steel Mill Blues
- Louisiana Blues
- Just Because
- Red River Blues
- Fairfax Station Rag
- West Texas Blues
- When He Calls Me
- Midnight Hour Blues
- Rappahannock Blues
- She's So Sweet
- The Devil He Wore A Hickory Shoe
- Have It Your Own Way | 
Alligator ALCD 4867 |
| 19 | 1999 | John Jackson
Country Blues & Ditties
- Diddy Wa Diddy
- Match Box Blues
- Roll On Buddy
- T.B. Blues
- Guitar Rag
- Railroad Bill
- Waiting For A Train
- Cindy
- Steamboat Whistle Blues
- I'll Step Aside
- John's Guitar Boogie
- Brown Skin Mama
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
- Screaming And Crying
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- Red Sea Blues
- Kneel At The Cross
- Going Up North
- Lay Down My Old Guitar
- Too Tight
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- Deep In The Bottom Blues
- That'll Never Happen No More
- I'm A Bad, Bad Man
- Why I Quit Playing Guitar (Story)
rec. April 1965, Dec. 1967, and fall of 1969 by Chris Strachwitz
| 
Arhoolie CD 471 |
| 20 | 2000 | Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary
John Jackson
- Cindy | 
Arhoolie 5 CD box |
| 21 | 2001 | National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Two
John Jackson
- Bad Water Blues
- Rocks & Gravel
- I'm A Bad Man
Albert Macon & Robert Thomas
- She Wanna Do The Boogie Woogie
- My Baby Don't Wear No Drawers
Robert Lockwood
- Big Legged Woman
Snooky Pryor & Homesick James
- Why You Want To Treat Me Like That
- Boogie Twist
Piano Red
- Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo
- Lowdown Dog
Eddie Kirkland
- I Got My Eyes On You
Dr. Ross
- Chicago Breakdown
- That's All Right, Mama
- Biscuit Baking Woman
Booker T. Laury
- Woman I Love Lives In Memphis, Tennessee
- Disco Strut
Son Thomas
- Roll And Tumble
Henry & Vernell Townsend
- The Tears Come Rolling Down
Henry Townsend
- Standing Looking Out The Window
Larry Johnson
- The Wrong Woman
- Can't You Hear The Angels Singing?
Hezekiah & The Houserockers
- Downhome Blues | Southland SLP-23 + 24 
Southland SCD-22
Southland discography |
| 22 | 2005 | Blues With A Message
1. I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatman
2. John Henry - John Jackson
3. Walked Down So Many Turn Rows - Mercy Dee
4. Tom Moore's Farm - Mance Lipscomb
5. Tom Moore Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
6. River Blues - Lowell Fulson
7. Levee Camp Blues - Fred McDowell
8. The 1919 Influenza Blues - Essie Jenkins
9. Why I Like Roosevelt - Willie Eason
10. Little Soldier Boy - Doctor Ross
11. Prisoner's Talking Blues - Robert Pete Williams
12. I Got To Climb A High Mountain - Johnie Lewis
13. Depression Blues - Herman E. Johnson
14. Stockyard Blues - Johnny Young/Big Walter Horton
15. What Will I Tell The Children - Juke Boy Bonner
16. It's Enough - Juke Boy Bonner
17. Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston
18. Back Home Blues - Big Joe Williams | notes by Paul Oliver
Arhoolie CD 510 |
| 23 | 2010 | John Jackson: Rappahannock Blues
- Rocks And Gravel #
- Too Tight Rag #
- Candy Man #
- Truckin' Little Baby #
- Railroad Bill
- Nobody's Business (If I Do) #
- Don't You Want To Go Up There #
- The Year Clayton Delaney Died #
- John Jackson's Breakdown #
- Red River Blues #
- Brown's Ferry Blues #
- Cindy #
- You Ain't No Woman #
- John Henry
- Diddy Wah Diddy #
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee #
- Frankie And Johnny #
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down #
- Step It Up And Go #
- West Coast Rag #
# = previously unreleased
| 
Smithsonian Folkways
SFW40181 |
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