There is no photo of this artist known to exist

Jesse James
date and location of birth unknown
date and location of death unknown

discography


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

Jesse James 78 rpm / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
11936JESSE JAMES

- Southern Casey Jones (90761-A)   @ youtube
- Lonesome Day Blues (90762-A)   @ youtube

rec. June 3, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Jesse James, voc, p



Decca 7213 (US)




= Vocalion V1037 (UK 1954)

   

- Sweet Patuni (90760-A) *   @ youtube
- Highway 61 (90763-A) #

rec. June 3, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Jesse James, voc, p; # unknown, jug
Decca unissued

* Post 439 (1948)


90763-A test pressing

# Document DLP 514

21936WALTER COLEMAN

- Mama Let Me Lay It On You (90611-C) #   @ youtube
- Smack That Thing (90612-B) *

# rec. June 3, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Walter Coleman, voc, g; poss. Jesse James, p; unknown, jug

* rec. February 8, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Walter Coleman, voc, g; unknown, g

Decca 7157
   

- Mama Don't You Think I Know (90764- )
- Carry Your Good Stuff Home (90765- ) #

rec. June 3, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Walter Coleman, voc, g; poss. Jesse James, p; unknown, jug

Decca unissued

# RST BD 2021

31948HOOKER JOE [sic]

- Ramrod [= Sweet Patuni] #
- The Needle [= Think You Need A Shot] *

# rec. June 3, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Jesse James, voc, p

* rec. April 3, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p (= Bluebird BB6498)

Post 439

LP / CD compilations
41963?This Is The Blues Vol. 9
Johnnie Temple / Jesse James
A Collection of Authentic Blues Recordings

Johnnie Temple
- Bow Leg Woman [Decca 7817]
- Evil Bad Woman [Decca 7660]


Jesse James
- Southern Casey Jones [Decca 7213]
- Lonesome Day Blues [Decca 7213]

7 inch EP
notes by Hans Herder





Brunswick 10 359
(Germany 1963?)
51963The Best of This Is The Blues

Lightning Hopkins
- I'm Wild About You Baby
Roosevelt Sykes
- Ups And Downs Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Laplegged Drunk Again
Rosetta Howard
- Rosetta Blues
Ollie Shepard
- She Walks Like A Kangaroo
Cow Cow Davenport
- Railroad Blues

Jimmie Gordon
- Me And My Gin
Peetie Wheatstraw
- All Night Long Blues
- Love Bug Blues
Johnnie Temple
- Bow Leg Woman [Decca 7817]

Jesse James
- Lonesome Day Blues [Decca 7213]
Cousin Joe
- Beggin' Women


compiled by Horst Hohenböken


Brunswick 87 521 inner gatefold

notes by Hans Herder

Brunswick 88-001
(Germany 1963)

notes by Hans Herder





= Brunswick 87 521

61965Country Blues Classics Vol. 1

Billy Baker
- No No Blues
Fred McMullen
- De Kalb Chain Gang
Curley Weaver
- Ticket Agent
Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Brown Skin Girls
Black Ivory King
- Flying Crow
John Lee
- Blind's Blues
Munroe Moe Jackson
- Go Away From My Door
Elmore James
- Dust My Broom

Joe McCoy
- Evil Devil Woman
Jim Jackson
- I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop

Jesse James
- Southern Casey Jones [Decca 7213]
Black Ivory King
- Southern Casey Jones
Tim Wilkins
- Dirty Deal Blues
Tommie Bradley & Cole
- Window Pane Blues
Frank Stokes
- Downtown Blues
- T'aint Nobody's Business
Tony Hollins
- Stamp Blues



Blues Classics BC 5

Blues Classics
discography

71967Out Came The Blues   Vol. 2

- Let Your Linen Hang Low - Rosetta Howard
- Southern Casey Jones - Jesse James [Decca 7213]
- Pigmeat Blues - Georgia White
- Black Snake Blues - Victoria Spivey
- All Night Long Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Got The Blues For The West End - Lonnie Johnson
- Callin' Corrine - Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon

- I Ain't No Ice Man - Cow Cow Davenport
- Double Dozens (You Dirty No Gooder) - Sweet Pease Spivey

- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James [Decca 7213]
- Blue Ghost Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Walking The Street - Georgia White
- Green Country Gal - Bumble Bee Slim
- No Good Man - Trixie Smith





Ace of Hearts AH 158
81968Texas Country Music (1927-1936)

Henry Thomas
- Arkansas
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Sunshine Special - take 1
Bernice Edwards
- Hot Mattress Stomp
J.T. "Funny Paper" Smith
- Before Long
Texas Tommy
- Jail Break Blues
Ramblin' Thomas
- No Job Blues
- Back Gnawing Blues
Billiken Johnson & Neal Roberts
- Frisco Blues

Coley Jones
- Sweet Mama Blues
Dallas String Band
- Dallas Rag
Blind Willie Johnson
- When The War Was On
- Praise God I'm Satisfied
Texas Alexander
- Section Gand Blues
- No More Woman Blues
- Sittin' On A Log

Jesse James
- Sweet Patuni [Decca unissued, Post 439]

Roots RL-312




= Autogram RL-312
(Germany 2010)
"Texas Country Blues
Music Vol. 1"

Roots discography

91968?Rugged Piano Classics 1927-1939

Skip James
- 22-20 Blues
Jim Clark
- Fat Fanny Stomp
Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Henry Brown
- Stomp Em Down To The Bricks
Black Diamond Twins
- Block & Tackle
Blythe and Burton
- Block & Tackle Blues
Blythe and Clark
- Don't Break Down

Cow Cow Davenport
- Alabama Strut
Sammy Brown
- The Jockey Blues
Romeo Nelson
- Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing
James Wiggins
- Frisco Bound
- 44 Blues

Jessie James
- Lonesome Day Blues
Frank Melrose
- Pass The Jug
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Origin Jazz Library OJL-15

OJL discography

101972Barrelhouse Blues 1927-1936

Bob Call
- Thirty-One Blues
Barelhouse Welsh
- Dying Pickpocket Blues
Joe Dean
- I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-One Years Old Today
George Noble
- Seminole Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Sam, You're Just A Rat
Louise Johnson
- On The Wall
Montana Taylor
- Indiana Avenue Stomp

Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues No. 2
Charley Taylor
- Heavy Suitcase Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- State Street Jive
Jabo Williams
- Polack Blues

Jesse James
- Ramrod [aka Sweet Patuni; Decca unissued, Post 439]
Raymond Barrow
- Walking Blues
Will Ezell
- Barrelhouse Woman Take 2
notes by Stephen Calt,
Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls
click to enlarge!

click to enlarge!
Yazoo 1028

= Yazoo CD 1028 YAZ

Yazoo discography

111974Il Blues Urbano - Urban Blues

Jesse James
- Lonesome Day Blues
Blind Blake
- Doing A Stretch
Speckled Red
- The Dirty Dozens
Kokomo Arnold
- Bad Luck Blues
Little Brother Montgomery
- No Special Rider Blues
Memphis Minnie & Joe McCoy
- She Put Me Outdoors
Red Nelson
- Crying Mother Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- New Falling Rain Blues

Georgia Tom
- Don't Leave Me Here
Jimmy Yancey
- Yancey Stomp
Big Bill Broonzy
- Night Time Is The Right Time
Lucille Bogan
- Pot Hound Blues
Leroy Carr
- Blues Before Sunrise
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Road Tramp Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Bluebird Blues n. 2
Roosevelt Sykes
- You Can't Fix It Back



Albatros VPA 8189
Albatros VC 0777 (cassette)


(=) Albatros ALB 8
3LP = VPA 8187/88/89
"Il Blues Rurale/Jazzistico/
Urbano"

Albatros discography

121975Blues 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 1975)
131976Bawdy Blues 1935-1940

Rosetta Howard and Charlie McCoy
- Let Your Linen Hang Low
Roosevelt Sykes
- Dirty Mother For You
Blind Blues Darby
- Spike Driver Blues
Rosetta Howard with The Harlem Hamfats
- The Candy Man
Victoria Spivey
- Black Snake Swing
Sweet Pease Spivey
- Double Dozens
Alex Moore
- Blue Bloomer Blues

Kokomo Arnold
- Shake That Thing
Charles Piekett
- Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon

Jesse James
- Sweet Patuni
Peetie Wheatstraw
- What's That?
Old Ced Odom
- It's Your Yas Yas Yas
Kokomo Arnold
- Sissy Man Blues
Trixie Smith
- My Daddy Rocks Me



MCA (Jp) MCA-3539
14197?La Ballata Afro-Americana
Afro-American Ballads - La Ballade Afro-Américaine

Hi Henry Brown
Mississippi John Hurt
Jesse James
- Southern Casey Jones
Leadbelly
Furry Lewis
Willie Walker
plus 6 postwar tracks

Albatros VPA 8437

= Albatros: VC 4934 (cassette)

Albatros discography

151987Piano Blues – Vol. 2: The Thirties   1930-1939

Judson Brown
- You Don't Know My Mind Blues
Pigmeat Terry
- Moaning The Blues
- Black Sheep Blues
Harry "Freddie" Shayne
- Original Mr. Freddie Blues
- Lonesome Man Blues
Bob Robinson
- Down In The Alley
- Makin' A Fool Out Out Of Me
- Can Use It Myself
- She's A Mellow Thing

Albert Clemens
- Policy Blues

Jesse James
- Sweet Patuni [Decca unissued, Post 439]
- Southern Casey Jones [Decca 7213]
- Lonesome Day Blues [Decca 7213]
- Highway 61 [Decca unissued]
Frank Busby
- Leven Light Blues
- Prisoner Bound
James Carter
- Death Letter Blues
- Death Cell Blues





Document DLP 514
(Austria 1987)


= Story of Blues CD 3512-2
(Austria 1991)

161988Cincinnati Blues   (1928-1936)

Kid Cole
- Sixth Street Moan
- Hey Hey Mama Blues
- Hard Hearted Mama Blues
- Niagara Fall Blues
Cincinnati Jug Band
- Newport Blues
- George St. Stomp
Bob Coleman & Cincinnati Jug Band
- Tear It Down
- Cincinnati Underworld Woman
Bob Coleman
- Sing Song Blues [Paramount misprint for Sing Sing Blues]


Walter Coleman
- I'm Going To Cincinnati
- Greyhound Blues
- Mama Let Me Lay
- Smack That Thing

- Mama Let Me Lay It On You [Decca 7157]
- Carry Your Good Stuff Home [Decca unissued]




RST BD-2021 (Austria)


= Story of Blues CD 3519-2
(Austria 1992)

171990?The Greatest in Country Blues   (1927-1956)

LP 1
- High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton
- See That My Grave Is Kepy Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips
- Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- My Black Momma Part I - Son House
- Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- How Long - Frank Stokes
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins


LP 2
- Devil Got The Woman - Skip James
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
- The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins
- Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams
- Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart
- Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown
- Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker
- Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band
- Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee
- The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill
- Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand


LP 3
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin

- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy
- Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg
- Baby How Long - Dan Pickett
- Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
- River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson
- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins


compiled by Johnny Parth
3 LP set
20 page booklet notes
by Paul Oliver
click to enlarge !
RST Blues Documents BD-1
(Austria)

3 CD set
click to enlarge !
= Story Of Blues/Da Music
(1992)

3 CD set
click to enlarge !
= 1201 Music (1999)

181993Piano Blues Vol. 1   1927 - 1936

Bert M. Mays
- Midnight Rambler's Blues
- Oh-oh Blues
- Troublesome Mind Blues
- Mama's Man Blues
- Michigan River Blues
- You Can't Come In
Blind Clyde Church
- Number Nine Blues
- Pneumatic Blues
Dan Stewart
New Orleans Blues
Jim Clarke
- Fat Fanny Stomp
Judson Brown
- You Don't Know My Mind Blues
Joe Dean
- Mexico Bound Blues
- I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-one Years Old Today
James Bat Robinson
- You Left Me Alone
- Bat's Own Blues
- Humming Blues
Pigmeat Terry
- Moaning The Blues
- Black Sheep Blues

Jesse James
- Sweet Patuni
- Southern Casey Jones
- Lonesome Day Blues
- Highway 61
Bat The Hummingbird Robinson
- Bat's Blues
- Four O'clock


notes by Howard Rye

Document DOCD 5192
192001Piano Blues - The Essential

disc 1:
- Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson
- Trenches - Turner Parrish
- Ain't It A Shame - Leroy Carr
- Big Mama - Walter Roland
- 44 Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Flying Crow Blues - Black Ivory King
- I Don't Know - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Rocks In My Pillow - Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton)
- Oh You Devil You - Oliver Brown
- Fat Fanny Stomp - Jim Clarke
- Playing The Dozen - Will Ezell

- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Black Gal Makes Thunder - Rudy Foster
- All Night Long - Louise Johnson
- Whoopie - Eddie Miller
- Pine Tops Boogie - Pine Top Smith
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road - Skip James
- The Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red


disc 2:
- I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today - Joe Dean
- Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade 'Lux' Lewis
- Think You Need A Shot - Walter Davis
- Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow (Charles) Davenport
- Keep A-knocking An You Can't Get In - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins
- No. 29 - Wesley Wallace
- 31 Blues - Bob Call
- Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard - Joe Pullum
- Joe Louis Strut - Memphis Minnie
- Dearborn Street Breakdown - Charles Avery
- Lonesome Man Blues - Sylvester Palmer
- East Chicago Blues - Sparks Brothers
- Pratt City Blues - 'Jabo' Williams
- Shack Bully Stomp - 'Jabo' Williams
- Soon This Morning - Charlie Spand
- 5 O'Clock Blues - Jimmy Yancey
- Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor


compiled by Paul Swinton
double CD
notes by Gary Atkinson
click to enlarge !
Document CBL-200004
202000Anthology Of American Folk Music Volume 4

disc 1:
- Memphis Shakedown - Memphis Jug Band
- Dog And Gun (An Old English Ballad) - Bradley Kincaid
- Black Jack David - The Carter Family
- Down On The Banks Of The Ohio - Blue Sky Boys
- Adieu False Heart - Arthur Smith Trio
- John Henry Was A Little Boy - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
- Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy - Monroe Brothers

- Southern Casey Jones - Jesse James
- Cold Iron Bed - Jack Kelly And His South Memphis Jug Band
- Packin' Trunk - Lead Belly
- Baby Please Don't Go - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down - Robert Johnson
- Parchman Farm Blues - Bukka White
- Mean Old World - Heavenly Gospel Singers

disc 2:
- Hello Stranger - The Carter Family
- Stand By Me - Sister Clara Hudmon
- West Virginia Gals - Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters
- How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live? - Blind Alfred Reed
- Wreck Of The Tennessee Gravy Train - Uncle Dave Macon
- Governor Al Smith - Uncle Dave Macon
- Milk Cow Blues - John Estes
- No Depression In Heaven - The Carter Family
- I'll Be Rested (When The Roll Is Called) - Roosevelt Graves And Brother
- He's In The Ring (Doing The Same Old Thing) - Memphis Minnie
- The Cockeyed World - Minnie Wallace
- Barbecue Bust - Mississippi Jook Band
- Dans Le Grand Bois (In The Forest) - Hackberry Ramblers
- Aces' Breakdown - The Four Aces


2 CD set

Revenant CD 211
212000Good Blues Tonight
25 Epic Tracks

- Church Bell Blues - Luke Jordan
- Mr. McTell Got The Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- She Stays Out All Night Long - Memphis Jug Band
- Susie Q. - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Good Morning Blues - Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly)
- Roberta - Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly)
- Blues - Robert Johnson
- Terraplane Blues - Robert Johnson
- Stompin' Em Along Slow - Lonnie Johnson

- Southern Casey Jones Blues - Jesse James
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- State Street Blues - Sam Theard
- Macon Blues - Dorothy Everetts
- Fat Mouth Blues - Dorothy Everetts
- Tight In Chicago - Mozelle Anderson
- Sadie's Servant Room Blues - Hattie Burleson
- Superstitious Blues - Hattie Burleson
- Heavenly Sunshine - Laura Henton
- Dirty T.B. Blues - Victoria Spivey
- Chicago Stomp - Jimmy Blythe
- Armour Avenue Struggle - Jimmy Blythe
- Big Bill Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Truckin' Little Woman - Big Bill Broonzy
- Southern Flood Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Good Old Cabbage Greens - Washboard Sam



Memoir CDMOIR 503
222000Dirty Blues

disc 1:
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle - Lightnin' Hopkins
- If You See My Rooster (Please Run Him Home) - Memphis Minnie
- I Don't Want No Skinny Woman - Blind Boy Fuller
- Caught Us Doing It - The Hokum Boys
- I'll Keep Sittin' on It (If I Can't Sell It) - Georgia White
- Phonograph Blues - Robert Johnson
- Press My Button, Ring My Bell - Lil Johnson
- Garbage Man, The - Harlem Hamfats
- Ants in My Pants - Bo Carter
- Empty Bed Blues - Bessie Smith
- Dirty Mother For You - Roosevelt Sykes
- Toothache Blues - Victoria Spivey
- Gas Man Blues - Mae Glover
- I Wonder Who's Boogien' My Woogie Now - Oscar's Chicago Swingers
- Shake That Thing - Ethel Waters
- It's Tight Like That - Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band


disc 2:
- What's the Matter With the Mill? - Kansas Joe/Memphis Minnie
- What's That Smells Like Fish - Blind Boy Fuller
- You Stole My Cherry - Lil Johnson
- No More Biscuits Rolling Here - Bumble Bee Slim
- Coal and Iceman Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Get 'Em From the Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) - Georgia White
- I Got the Best Jelly Roll in Town - Lonnie Johnson
- Two Old Maids in a Folding Bed - Monette Moore
- My Handy Man - Ethel Waters

- Sweet Patootie - Jesse James
- Stavin' Chain - Bill "Jazz" Gillum
- Take Your Hands Off My Mojo - Coot Grant
- Big Mama - Walter Roland
- Candy Man, The - Rosetta Howard
- All Around Man - Bo Carter
- Kitchen Man - Bessie Smith


2 CD set

Columbia River
CD 120113
232008Rural Blues
The Essential Collection

disc 1:
- Crossroads Blues - Robert Johnson
- Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Charley Patton
- Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Good Morning Blues - Leadbelly
- Statesboro’ Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Careless Love Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Homesick & Lonesome Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
- Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Sportin’ Life - Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- So Long - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Diddie Wa Diddie - Blind Blake
- Judge Harsh Blues - Furry Lewis
- I Belong To The Band - Rev. Gary Davis
- Baby Please Don’t Go - Big Joe Williams
- Motherless Child Blues - Barbecue Bob
- Lazy Black Snake Blues - Josh White
- Going To Germany - Gus Cannon
- I’m A Prowling Groundhog - Washboard Sam
- I Can’t Be Satisfied - Big Bill Broonzy
- Candy Man Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- I Can’t Make You Satisfied - Sonny Boy Williamson
- That’s No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- I’ll Be Rested - Roosevelt Graves


disc 2:
- Walking Blues - Son House
- I’m So Glad - Skip James
- Kingfish Blues - Tampa Red
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - Bukka White
- Divin’ Duck Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Cold Iron Bed - Jack Kelly
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
- Special Delivery Man - Forrest City Joe
- Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Sorry Feeling Blues - Bo Carter
- Dead & Gone Mother - Bumble Bee Slim
- The Twelves - Kokomo Arnold
- Down South Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
- Taint Nobody’s Business If I Do Part 2 - Frank Stokes
- Country Blues - Muddy Waters
- Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Lock And Key Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Travellin Mama Blues - Joe Callicott
- No More Women Blues - Texas Alexander
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood
- Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Broke & Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell

- Ramrod - Jesse James
- Kansas City Blues - Memphis Jug Band

2 CD set

Avid Jazz CD
242010Country Blues Hard Hitters
23 Essential Recordings from the Twenties to the Fifties

- Careless Love Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Highway Number 61 Blues - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band
- Every Day In the Week Blues - Pink Anderson, Simmie Dooley
- Go Away from My Door - Monroe Moe Jackson
- Cocaine Habit - Memphis Jug Band
- Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood
- Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Low Moaning Blues - Snitcher Roberts
- How You Want Your Rollin Done - Louie Lasky
- Pumped the Wind in My Doughnut - Washboard Sam
- Who Pumped the Wind in My Doughnut - Blind Willie McTell
- Searching the Dessert for the Blues - Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Going to Germany - Big Bill Broonzy
- Mountain Blues - Lottie Kimborough, Winston Holmes
- Lost Lover Blues - Robert Wilkins

- Ramrod - Jesse James
- Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cross Cut Saw Blues - Tommy McLennan
- Evil Heated Woman Blues - Oscar Woods
- A Spoonful Blues - Charlie Patton
- Alabama Woman Blues - Leroy Carr, Scrapper Blackwell
- Taint Nobodys Business If I Do Part Two - Frank Strokes
- Motherless Child Blues - Barbeque Bob



Ozit/Cargo CD


Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 180-181
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 171, 206, 436
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 510
- http://www.bluesnexus.com/bio.php?id=413
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Decca 7213 label side A

thanks to Alan Balfour, Paul Garon, John Clarke, and Paul Vernon for additional info / scans

 

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||| Policy Wheel Records |||
||| the post war blues |||
||| RBF Records |||
||| Revival Records |||
||| Scout Records |||
||| Southland Records |||
||| Spivey Records |||
||| Spokane Records |||
||| Storyville Records |||
||| Takoma Records |||
||| Trix Records |||
| Casey Anderson | Pink Anderson | Kokomo Arnold | Memphis Willie B. | John Henry Barbee |
| Ed Bell | Brooks Berry | Leon Bibb | Eric Bibb | Scrapper Blackwell |
| (Bahamian) Blind Blake | Allan Block | Juke Boy Bonner |
| Roy Book Binder | James Booker | Chris Bouchillon | Jim Brewer |
| David Bromberg | Ian Buchanan | Butch Cage | Len Chandler | Joe Callicott | Sam Chatmon |
| Frank Christian | Doctor Clayton | Paul Clayton | Andy Cohen | Larry Dale | Karen Dalton | Barbara Dane |
| Blind Teddy Darby | Bonnie Dobson | Doctor Ross | Driftin' Slim |
| Scott Dunbar | Champion Jack Dupree |
| Snooks Eaglin | Archie Edwards | David 'Honeyboy' Edwards | Frank Edwards |
| Ramblin' Jack Elliott | Logan English | Sleepy John Estes | Even Dozen Jug Band |
| Billy Faier | Guitar Pete Franklin | Jesse Fuller |
| Sam Gary | Paul Geremia | Fred Gerlach | Arvella Gray | Mitch Greenhill | Shirley Griffith |
| George Gritzbach | Stefan Grossman | Guitar Nubbit |
| Guitar Gabriel (Nyles Jones) | Guitar Shorty (John Henry Fortescue) |
| John Hammond | Hecksaw Harney |
| Gordon Heath & Lee Payant | Blind Joe Hill | Son House | Cisco Houston |
| John Jackson | Skip James | Henry 'Rufe' Johnson |
| Larry Johnson | Blind Willie Johnson | Nyles Jones (Guitar Gabriel) | Luke Jordan | Danny Kalb |
| Jo Ann Kelly | Lisa Kindred | Koerner, Ray & Glover |
| Jim Kweskin | Peter La Farge | Bruce Langhorne | Terrea Lea | J.B. Lenoir |
| Furry Lewis | Mance Lipscomb | Willie Mabon | Steve Mann | Judy Mayhan | Suni McGrath |
| Mississippi Fred McDowell | Memphis Willie B. | Herb Metoyer | Elmon Mickle | Luke 'Long Gone' Miles |
| John Miller | Sam Mitchell | Model T. Slim | Little Brother Montgomery | Buddy Moss | Fred Neil |
| Bob Neuwirth | New Lost City Ramblers | Johnny Nicholas | Hermes Nye | Jack Owens |
| Dave Peabody | Robert Petway | Buster Pickens | Lonnie Pitchford | Doug Quattlebaum | Willie Guy Rainey |
| Jerry Rasmussen | 'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks | Walt Robertson |
| Judy Roderick | Dick Rosmini | Doctor Ross | Carl Sandburg | Brother John Sellers | Sid Selvidge |
| Thomas Shaw | Siegel-Schwall Band | Patrick Sky | Gordon Smith | Smoky Babe | Joseph Spence |
| Mark Spoelstra | Babe Stovall | Abu Talib (Freddy Robinson) |
| Baby Tate | Harry Taussig | Art Thieme | James 'Son' Thomas | Jesse Thomas | Willie B. Thomas |
| Joan Toliver | Henry Townsend | Willie Trice | Ton van Bergeyk |
| Dave van Ronk | Eric von Schmidt | Jackie Washington | Casey Bill Weldon |
| 'Bukka' White | Josh White | Geeshie Wiley | Major Wiley | Robert Wilkins | Bill Williams |
| Big Joe Williams | Robert Pete Williams | Chris Youlden | Mighty Joe Young |
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