Larry Johnson 45 rpm / LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
1	1962	Big Joe Williams/blues for 9 strings - I'm A Fool About My Baby - 38 Pistol Blues - Pearly Mae - Walking Blues - Highway 45 - Meet Me In The Bottom - Skinny Mama - Jockey Ride Blues - Coal And Iceman Blues - Army Man Blues - Black Gal - Pallet On The Floor rec. October 7, 1961 in New York by Mel Kaiser; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; Larry Johnson, hca; Willie Dixon, b; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein; remastered in 1981 by George Horn Big Joe Williams discography	Bluesville BVLP 1056 DLP notes by Martin Williams and David Mangurian (=) Fantasy DA 24724 (1981) (along with BVLP 1083) "Walking Blues" = Fantasy FCD-24724-2 Bluesville discography
2	1964	Larry Johnson - Catfish Blues (MBHL 10385) - So Sweet (MBHL 10388) rec. 1964 [1966] in New York; Larry Johnson, voc, g; prod. by Bobby Robinson	7 inch 45 rpm Blue Soul 100 Blue Horizon LP 7-63851
unissued		- Betty And Dupree (MBHL 10371) - In The Evening (MBHL 10372) - Going Up The Country (MBHL 10376) - No Lover Blues (MBHL 10377) - Milk Cow Blues (MBHL 10378) - Back Water Blues (MBHL 10380) - I'm Tired (MBHL 10381) - Crawdad Hole (MBHL 10382) - Rock Island Line (MBHL 10383) rec. 1964 [1966] in New York; Larry Johnson, voc, g; prod. by Bobby Robinson	unissued source: 'Blue Horizon Records 1965 - 1972, a discography by Leslie Fancourt'
3	1965	Alec Seward: Creepin' Blues - Big Hip Mama * - Evil Woman Blues * - Goin' Down Slow - Sweet Woman * - Some People Say * - Creepin' Blues * - I Made a Mistake in Life * - Piney Woods - Late One Saturday Evening * - Let A Good Thing Do * rec. 1965 in New York City; Alec Seward, voc, g; * Larry Johnson, hca; prod. by Pete Welding	Bluesville BVLP 1076 Bluesville discography
4	1965	Larry & Hank: The Blues / A New Generation - Four Women Blues - The Captain Don't 'Low That Here - Tell You Woman 'Bout It - Watchdog Blues - Death Cell - Two Gun Green - When I'm Drinking - Whiskey Store Blues - If You Don't Want Me Baby - My Gal Ain't Fat - Country Road Blues - Take These Blues Off My Mind rec. November 25, 1965 in New York; Larry Johnson, voc, g; Hank Adkins, voc, g; prod. by Sam Charters "all songs - word and music - Larry Johnson"	notes by Samuel Charters Prestige PR 7472
5	1966	Big Joe Williams: Studio Blues - Levee Camp Blues # - Low Down Dirty Shame # * - Gamblin Man # - Ain't Gonna Rain No More # * - Feel So Good # - Prowling Ground Hog # - Back Home Again - Sugar Babe # * - Tell Me Mama # - Studio Blues # rec. October 7, 1961 in New York by Mel Kaiser; Big Joe Williams, voc, 9-str., 6-str. & 12.str. g; * Larry Johnson, hca; # Willie Dixon, b; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein; remastered in 1981 by George Horn Big Joe Williams discography	notes by David Mangurian Bluesville BVLP 1083 DLP notes by Martin Williams and David Mangurian (=) Fantasy DA 24724 (1981) (along with BVLP 1056) "Walking Blues" = Fantasy FCD-24724-2 Bluesville discography
6	1969	Larry Johnson: Presenting The Country Blues - Catfish Blues (MBHL 10385) - Southern Train (MBHL 10379) - Lonesome Town Blues (MBHL 10384) - Southern Carolina Boogie (MBHL 10386) - Sail on Baby (MBHL 10368) - When I Go Home (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10375) - Trouble in Mind (R. Jones) (MBHL 10387) - So Sweet (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10388) - Cherry Red (J. Turner/P. Johnson) (MBHL 10389) - Step It up and Go (J. P. Long) (MBHL 10390) - When Things Go Wrong (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10370) - Troubles Just Begun (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10373) - Lovin' Machine (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10369) - Say What You Mean (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10374) rec. 1964 [cover says 1966] in New York, Larry Johnson, voc, g; prod. by Bobby Robinson	notes by Simon A. Napier Blue Horizon 7-63851
unissued		- Hurry Down Sunshine (SBH 10558) - Trouble In Mind (SBH 10559) - Nobody's Business But Mine (SBH 10560) - What Have I Done (SBH 10561) - They Hung Him On The Cross For Me (SBH 10562) - Ragtime (SBH 10562) - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (SBH 10563) - Keep It Clean (SBH 10564) - Boogie (SBH 10565) - Seaboard Train Blues (SBH 10566) rec. January 1969 in New York City; Larry Johnson, voc, g	unissued source: 'Blue Horizon Records 1965 - 1972, a discography by Leslie Fancourt'
7	1969	Reverend Gary Davis: O, Glory The Apostolic Studio Sessions - Right Now * - Sun Goin' Down * - Lo, I'll Be With You Always * - God Will Take Care Of You - Mornin' Train * - Birmingham Special - Out On The Ocean Sailing - Soon My Work Will All Be Done - O, Glory tracks on CD: - Let's Get Together - Sun Goin' Down * - Slippin' Til' My Gal Get In - Lo, I'll Be With You Always * - God Will Take Care Of You - Mornin' Train * - Out On The Ocean Sailing - Right Now * - Birmingham Special - There's Destruction in That Land - O, Glory - Soon My Work Will All Be Done rec. March 1969; prod. by John Townley; Gary Davis, voc, g; * Larry Johnson, hca	notes by John Townley Adelphi AD 1008 Adelphi GCD 9908 (1996) www.adelphirecords.com Adelphi discography
8	1971	Charles Walker - You Know It Ain't Right (F-8) - Rock Me Mama (F-9) rec. 1971 in New York; Charles Walker, voc, g; Larry Johnson, hca; Lee Roy Little, p; g; b; Bobby King, dr; prod. by Bobby Robinson	7 inch 45 rpm Fury 3000
9	1970	These Blues Is Meant To Be Barrelhoused Graham Hine - No place to go John Lewis - East Village Rag Larry Johnson & Woody Mann - Bad Feeling Blues Graham Hine - Have You Had Your Look, Mush? John Lewis - U.S.A. Blues Larry Johnson - Seabord Train Blues Larry Johnson & Rob Fleder - Keep A Knockin' An' You Can't Come In John Lewis - I Waited Bill Williams - John Henry John Lewis - Beggin' Woman Stephen Calt & Kenneth McNichol - Wimp Wompin' Blues John Lewis - Sociology Rag Graham Hine - Walking Blues Larry Johnson & Woody Mann - Barrelhouse Blues Graham Hine - Rocks In My Bed Roy Bookbinder - He's In The Jailhouse Now prod. by Nick Perls	notes by 'Maggie de Miramon' Blue Goose 2003 more info about this LP Blue Goose discography
10	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
11	1971	Larry Johnson: Fast And Funky - Keep It Clean - Charley Stone - Four Women Blues - Nobody's Business If I Do - Pick Poor Robin Clean - Up North Blues - The Beat From Rampart Street - Spoonful Blues - Two White Horses - Ragged And Dirty - Cookbook - Frisco Blues - My Game Blues # - Lordy Good Lord rec. April 1970 by Nick Perls; Larry Johnson, voc, g; # Nick Perls, g	notes by Stephen Calt Blue Goose 2001 Blue Goose discography re-released 1997 on CD by Baltimore Blues Society Blues Access review
12	1973	Charles Walker and the New York City Blues Band: Blues From The Apple Charles Walker and the New York City Blues Band - Scratch My Back Lee Roy Little - Black Cat Bone Charles Walker and the New York City Blues Band - Gladly Charles Walker & Larry Johnson - Decoration Day * Lee Roy Little & Charles Walker & Band - I'm A Good Man But A Poor Man Charles Walker and the New York City Blues Band - Juice Head Woman Lee Roy Little - Bluebird's Blues Charles Walker and the New York City Blues Band - Fast, Fast Women And A Slow Race Horse - It's Changin' Time - Meeting You prod. by Tom Pomposello & Fred Seibert Charles Walker, voc, g; Lee Roy Little, voc, p; Bill Dicey, hca; Goody Hunt, hca; Foxy Ann Yancey, el g; David Lee Reitman, b; Ola Mae Dixon, dr; Bobby King, rigged snare dr; Tom Pomposello, b; Sonny Harden, b; * Larry Johnson, hca	notes by Richard H. Pennington, Jr. Oblivion OD 4 = Oblivion CD (2011)
13	1973	Victoria Spivey presents The All Star Blues World of Maestro Willie Dixon and his Chicago Blues Band featuring Carey Bell, Buster Benton, Lafayette Leake, Willie Dixon & guests Larry Johnson and Prof. King; Victoria Spivey Willie Dixon Band - Intro, Maestro Buster Benton - I Must Have A Hole In My Head Lafayette Leake - Leake's Trouble Trouble Larry Johnson - My Hoodoo Doctor Victoria Spivey - I'm Taking Over Carey Bell - When The Evening Sun Goes Down Buster Benton - Every Day I Have The Blues Lafayette Leake - Fine Little Girl Larry Johnson - Put It All In There Carey Bell - One Day You're Going To Get Lucky Victoria Spivey - It's A Mighty Poor Rat That Ain't Got But One Hole Buster Benton - The Thrill Is Gone	Spivey LP 1016 Spivey discography
14	1974	Larry Johnson: Country Blues - Blood Red River - One Room Country Shack - Saturday Evening Blues - Peace Breakin' People - Walking Blues - Mama-Less Rag - Red River Dam Blues - Nobody's Biz-Ness - Midnight Hour Blues - When Things Go Wrong - Tell Me Mama rec. Febr. 2, 1971; prod. by Arnold S. Caplin; Larry Johnson, voc, g; John Hammond, hca & national steel g; vocal duet track 5	notes by Chris Albertson Biograph BLP-12028 Vol. 1 = Biograph CD 138 (1995) Midnight Hour Blues more info / liner notes Biograph discography
15	1974	Spivey's Blues Cavalcade Bill Dicey’s High Street Blues Band - Evil Spirit Larry Johnson - Worried Life Blues Brooklyn Blues Busters - Talk To Me Baby Danny Russo - Cross My Heart Washboard Bill - All Ask For Me Homesick James - I Got To Move Mark Ross & John Brenner - Black Snake Moan John Hammond - I’m Tore Down Johnny Shines, Big Walter Horton & Sunshine Slim - Midnight Darling Bukka White - Brownsville Tennessee Bill Dicey & Sugar Blue - Spivey’s Hoe Down Ralph Rush - Chump Man Blues Harvey Hill - When I’ve Been Drinking Louisiana Red - Rock Me Mama Victoria Spivey - Closed Door	Spivey LP 1015 Spivey discography
16	1976	Reverend Gary Davis: Sun Is Going Down - Morning Train * - Birdshead Special - Sun Is Going Down * - Out On The Ocean Sailing - Soon My Work Willa All Be Done - O, Glory - Right Now - Lo, I'll Be With You Always - God Will Take Care Of You - Oh, What A Beautiful City * - Fast Stepping Time * - Long John - We Are The Heavenly Father's Children - God's Unchanging Hand Rev. Gary Davis, voc, g; * Larry Johnson, hca	from 1969 Adelphi recording session Folkways FS 3542
17	1980	The All Star Blues World from Spivey Records presents Victoria Spivey And Her "Danny Boy"   Danny Russo with Danny Russo Band plus Lefty Dizz and Larry Johnson - I've Got The Blues So Bad - Victoria Spivey - Imagination - Danny Russo # - Fishing At 14 1/2 Cents A Pund - Victoria Spivey - Smokestack Lightnin' - Danny Russo - T.B. Blues - Victoria Spivey & Danny Russo - Jelly Oh Jelly - Victoria Spivey - Two Trains Running - Danny Russo - Don't You Wink Your Goo Goo Eyes At Me (I've Got A Baseball For You!) - Victoria Spivey & Danny Russo - Little Boy Blue - Danny Russo - Easy Blues For Victoria - Danny Russo & Joe Berson rec. March 24, 1974 - October 22, 1977in Brooklyn, New York and Chelsea House, Brattleboro, Vermont by Len Kunstadt; Victoria Spivey, voc, ukulele; Danny Russo, voc, hca; Joe Berson, hca; Seth Handleman, ts; Dane Mygind, p; Charlie Colatta, g; Ralph Rush, g; # Larry Johnson, g; [] Lefty Dizz, g; Tony Melio, g; Brian Bisesi, g; Ted Stilles, g; Barry S. Daggers, b; Dave Rosenthal, Harris Rosenfeld (Johnny Harris), Ralph Sobol, dr # rec. March 24, 1974 in Brooklyn, New York by Len Kunstadt; Danny Russo, voc, hca; Larry Johnson, g;	notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey LP 1023 Spivey discography
18	1981	New York Really Has The Blues Stars Vol. 2 Larry Johnson - Big Boss Man Andy Story - Sweet Little Angel Larry Johnson - Memphis Fives Nat Riddles - You Killing me Larry Johnson - Out With Wrong Woman Brenda Bell with Bob Shatkin (harm) - Call It Stormy Monday Nat Riddles - Sonny Boy's Jump Andy Story - Story Of Andy (guitar solo) Victoria Spivey & Muddy Waters Blues Band - Take Webster's Word For It prod. by Len Kunstadt; cover art & design by Nat Riddles	notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey LP 1026 Spivey discography
19	1983	American Folk Blues Festival '83 In Memoriam Muddy Waters Louisiana Red & His Chicago Blues Friends - Louisiana Hot Sauce "Sparky" Rucker - Black Snake Moan Louisiana Red & His Chicago Blues Friends - Future Blues Larry Johnson - Confusion Larry Johnson & Nat Riddles - I Got The Blues Lonnie Pitchford - Johnny Stole An Apple Louisiana Red & Carey Bell - Delta Fish Market Blues Lovie Lee - Mine To Ramble - Lovie Lee's Boogie Queen Sylvia's Blues Band - You Treat Me So Mean	tracks from other (L+R) LPs, and unissued tracks L+R 50.002 L + R discography
20	1983	American Folk Blues Festival Live '83 James "Sparky" Rucker - Rock Me Baby - Here Rattler Here - Crossroads - Come On In My Kitchen Larry Johnson - Midnight Hour - That's The Wrong Woman Louisiana Red - Red's Tribute To Muddy Waters - Boy From Black Bayou - Gold Tail Bird - She Is Worse Lonnie Pitchford - One-string Boogie - My Baby Walked Away - C.C. Rider - Why I Sing The Blues Louisiana Red & Carey Bell - When I Lay Down To Rest - Who's Louisiana Red - Reagan Is For The Rich Man Lovie Lee & Band - Flip, Flop, And Fly - Mind To Ramble - Iko-Iko Queen Sylvia Embry & Friends - I Love You - Baby, What Do I Do - New York Bound rec. October 30th, 1983 at the Volksbildungsheim, Frankfurt a. M., and November 11th, 1983 at the Music Hall, Würzburg	L+R 42.063 = L+R CDLS 42063 (1992) L + R discography
21	1983	Larry Johnson: Johnson! Where Did You Get That Sound? - Don't Get Mad With Me (Larry Johnson) - Davison County Blues (DeFord Bailey) * - Standing By My Window (Larry Johnson) - Crawdad Whole (Big Bill Broonzy) - You Can't Quit Me Baby (Blind Blake) - Evening Sun / Rocke Me (Trad., arr. Nat Riddles) # - Johnson! Where Did You Get That Sound? (Larry Johnson) - Little Boy Blue (Rice Miller Williamson) # - Who's Been Here Since I've Been Gone (Bo Carter) - C. C. Rider (Arent - Ma Rainey) - Step It Up And Go (Blind Boy Fuller) - Baby Quit Me, That's All (Larry Johnson) rec. June 22, 1982 at Fly Studios, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Larry Johnson, voc, g; Nat Riddles, blues harp & vocal * harp solo Nat Riddles # vocals Nat Riddles	notes by Len Kunstadt L + R LR 42.046 Nat Riddles L + R discography
22	1984	Larry Johnson & Nat Riddles featuring The Doctor's Basin Free Larry Johnson (voc./guitar) & Nat Riddles (hca) - I Believe (from Robert Johnson) - Katie Mae (from Lightnin' Hopkins) - Basin Free (Larry Johnson) - Sally, Where You Get That Liquor From (from Gary Davis) - Little Woman, You're So Sweet (from Blind Boy Fuller) - John Henry (Trad.) - Mama Don't Allow (from Chas. Davenport) - Baby Let Me Lay It On You (from Gary Davis) - Now You Have Two Hearts (from Chuck Bradford) - Sundown Blues (from Alec Johnson) - Cab Driver (from Carson Parks) - Sugar Babe (from Roosevelt Sykes) Victoria Spivey - Good Sissages (V. Spivey) prod. by Len Kunstadt	notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey LP 1034 Nat Riddles Spivey discography
23	1986	National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Four 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-24 reissued 1999 on Southland SCD-22 ("National Downhome Blues Festival, Vol. 2") second of two CDs originally issued on four LPs Southland discography
24	1990	Larry Johnson: Railroad Man - I Been Watching You - Johnson, Where'd You Get That Band - Johnson's Early Morning Blues - Railroad Man - Summer Sun - Flip To Flop - Evil - Two Hearts - When I'm In Your Arms - Gone With The Blues rec. 1990 at Falconer Studio, London, England; Larry Johnson, voc, g; Richard Studholme, g; Julian Taylor, b; Steve Thorneycroft, drprod. by John Stedman	notes by Norman Darwen JSP JSPCD 237 (1990) = JSP JSPCD 2136 (1999)
25	1995	The Prestige/Folklore Years Vol. 2: The New City Blues Dave Van Ronk - Cocaine Blues - Death Letter Blues Jesse Fuller - Red River Blues - How Long Blues - San Francisco Bay Blues Geoff Muldaur - Sleepy Man Blues - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues Tracy Nelson - Motherless Child Blues - Startin' For Chicago - Ramblin' Man by Eric Von Schmidt - Crow Jane - Light Rain - Kennedy Blues Tom Rush - Orphan's Blues Larry & Hank - If You Don't Want Me Baby # - Watchdog Blues # - Four Women Blues # The New Strangers - Alberta # Larry Johnson & Hank Adkins	Prestige PRCD 9902-2 Bluesville discography
26	1995	The Bluesville Years, Vol. 6 "Blues Sweet Carolina Blues" Pink Anderson - Meet Me In The Bottom - Baby I'm Going Away - Mama Where Did You Stay Last Night - Baby, Please Don't Go Baby Tate - See What You Done Done - Baby, You Just Don't Know - Hey Mama - Hey Pretty Girl - What Have I Done To You? Sonny Terry - Callin' My Mama - Ida Mae Baby Tate - Trucking Them Blues Away - Lonesome Over There - Dupree Blues Pink Anderson - That's No Way To Do - Weeping Willow Blues - My Baby Left Me This Morning - Ain't Nobody Home But Me Reverend Gary Davis - The Boy Was Kissing The Girl (And Playing The Guitar At The Same Time) - Candy Man Larry Johnson - Tell You Women 'Bout Me - Whiskey Store Blues - Take These Blues Off My Mind Brownie McGhee - One Thing For Sure	Prestige PRCD 9914-2 Bluesville discography
27	????	Guitar Showdown at the Dusk 'til Dawn Blues Festival An Oklahoma Blues Heritage CD - Hide Away - D.C. Minner - You Told Me Baby - Tony Matthews - Want A Big Fat Woman - Berry Harris - The Blues Is Alright - Larry Johnson # - Back Door Man - Flash Terry - My Name Is Little D.D. - Donald Dunn - Rock Me Baby - D.C. Minner - 12 Bar Instrumental - Herbie Welch - Dust My Blues - Tony Matthews - More And More - Flash Terry - Sweet 16 - Larry Johnson # # rec. September 1, 1996 live at the 6th Dusk 'til Dawn Blues Festival, Rentiesville, OK; Larry Johnson, voc, g	notes by Kerry Kudlacek Texas Road CD no #
28	1997 3 CD set	The Blue Horizon Story 1965-1970 Vol. 1 disc 1 - The Pre-CBS Years: - Across The Board - Hubert Sumlin - Sumlin Boogie - Hubert Sumlin - Baby You Just Don't Know - Woodrow Adams with Boogie Blues Blasters - Winehead Woman - Woodrow Adams with Boogie Blues Blasters - Christmas Time (Part 1) - Jimmy McCracklin - Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenore - I Don't Care What Nobody Say - J.B. Lenore - Mean Old World - Doctor Isaiah Ross - Someone To Love Me - T.S. McPhee - I Feel So Good - Jo Ann Kelly - Good Morning Baby - Drifting Slim - My Sweet Woman - Drifting Sli - Lonely Years - John Mayall & Eric Clapton - Bernard Jenkins - John Mayall & Eric Clapton - Superintendent Blues - Houston Boines - Monkey Motion - Houston Boines - Can't Quit You Baby - Savoy Brown's Blues Band - Get Your Head Happy - Champion Jack Dupree with T.S. McPhee - Talk All In My Sleep - Champion Jack Dupree with T.S. McPhee - Hot Rock - Stone's Masonry - Christine - Hound Dog Taylor - Come Back - 'Little' Mack Simmons & His Boys - My Walking Blues - 'Little' Mack Simmon And His Boys - It's So Miserable To Be Alone - Eddie Boyd (with Peter Green and John McVie) - Empty Arms - Eddie Boyd (with Peter Green and John McVie) disc 2 - The CBS Years - part One: - I Believe My Time Ain't Long - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - Warning - Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - When My Left Eye Jumps - The Chicken Shack Featuring Stan Webb (with Christine Perfect) - She Drives Me Out Of My Mind - Arthur K. Adams - The Big Boat - Eddie Boyd (with Peter Green and John McVie) - Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac - Prison Bound Blues - Roosevelt Holts - Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac - How Am I Doing - Champion Jack Dupree with Stan Webb - Can't Do Me No Good - Otis Spann - The Woman I Love - B.B. King - You Don't Have To Go - Curtis Jones - Albatross [instrumental] - Fleetwood Mac - Since My Baby Hit The Numbers - Guitar Crusher Jimmy Spruill O - Next Time You See Me - Garfield Love Jimmy Spruill Orchestra - Solid Gold - Johnny Shines - Layin' In My Cell, Sleepin' - Sunnyland Slim - It's Hard But It's Fair - Bobby Parker - I Couldn't Quit My Baby - Bobby Parker - Stumbling Block - Champion Jack Dupree - I'd Rather Go Blind - Chicken Shack (with Christine Perfect) - Temperature Is Rising (98.8) - Otis Spann With Fleetwood Mac - All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Otis Rush And His Band disc 3 - The CBS Years - part Two: - Everything Gonna Be Alright - Magic Sam - Hideaway - Chicken Shack - My Baby's Gone - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards (with Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood) - Mandy Lee - Coyne Clague - Too Long - Gordon Smith - You Don't Know My Mind - Mississippi Joe Callicott - Judge Harsh Blues - Furry Lewis - Drifting Blues - Bukka White - Southern Train - Larry Johnson - Tears In The Wind - Chicken Shack - I'm Gonna Wind Up Ending Up Or I'm Gonna End Up Winding Up With You - Duster Bennett - She Wants To Rock 'N' Roll - Harmonica Slim - Moaning And Groaning - Johnny Young - Someday Your Gonna Learn (To Treat Me Right) - George Smith - Ridin' The Blinds - Top Topham - Boom Boom (Out Goes The Lights) - Bacon Fat - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu - Jellybread - Crazy 'Bout You Baby - Christine Perfect - Voodoo Rhythym - Key Largo - I Want You To Love Me - Duster Bennett - I'm Gonna Leave You - Martha Velez - Blues Feeling - Bacon Fat	Columbia 488992-2 more info
29	1999	Larry Johnson: Blues For Harlem - Mr. Johnson Sound (Johnson) - Mean Ol' Frisco (Crudup) - Banks Of The River (Davis) - Trouble In Mind (Jones) - Sally Where You Get Your Liquor From (Davis) - Blues For Harlem (Johnson) - That's Alright Mama (Crudup) - Hear The Angels Singing (Johnson) - Jesus Loves Me (Trad. arr. Johnson) - Don't You Leave Me Here (Trad. arr. Johnson) - Ma Story Should Be Told (Johnson) - The Reverend And Me - A Tribute (Trad. arr. Johnson)   Swing Low Sweet Chariot   Give Me Back Me Glory   Death Don't Have No Mercy - Interview With Larry Johnson # - Things I Used To Do (Jones) rec. June 1999 in Buckingham, England; Larry Johnson, voc, g, # sp; prod. by Bernie Marsden, Michael Roach & Larry Johnson	notes by Sheldon Harris Armadillo CD ARMD 00005
30	2002	Larry Johnson: Two Gun Green - Can't Last Very Long - Late Last Night - Midnight Train - I Used To Be Down - Old Time Religion - Evening Sun Go Down - Two Gun Green - Goodnight Irene - Back To The Groove - Charlie Stone rec. with Brian Kramer & The Couch Lizards	notes by Samuel Charters and Brian Kramer Armadillo CD ARMD 00013
31	2004	The Gentle Side Of Larry Johnson - Pioneer Blues - Charley Stone - Take This Hammer - Hang Your Head Over - Pick A Bale Of Cotton - Keep Your Home Fire Burning - Give Me Back My Glory - I Got The Blues - Mean Ol' Frisco - That's Alright Mama  Medley: - Blues In E - Blues Before Sunrise - I Can't Afford To Loose My Gal rec. June 11-13, 1999 live at the Stamford Arts Centre in Stamford, England; Larry Johnson, voc, g	Stella STCD 006

portrait from Blues Who's Who 1979, p. 284 ('courtesy Sing Out Magazine')

source: booklet of Armadillo CD ARMD 00013 (2002)
photographer: Theresa Hemp

Sam Charters and Larry Johnson
source: booklet of Armadillo CD ARMD 00013 (2002)
photographer: Brian Kramer

 

Sources / Bibliography

FANCOURT, Leslie: Blue Horizon records 1965 - 1972, A discography.- p. 24-25 FANCOURT, Les & Bob MCGRATH: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 269, 480-481, 578-582 FORD, Robert & Bob MCGRATH: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 229-230, 472 HARRIS, Sheldon: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 283-284 KORMANN, Ken: In the footsteps of the Reverend - A blues master returns to the spotlight.- Acoustic Guitar Jan. 1998, p. 21-22 LEADBITTER, Mike & Neil SLAVEN: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York 1968 LEADBITTER, Mike & Neil SLAVEN: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- p. 709-710 LIVING BLUES Spring '74 p. 16-22 PEABODY, Dave: We go for entertainment now. Dave Peabody finds Larry Johnson has returned to New York, October 1980.- Blues Unlimited No. 140 (1981), p. 40-42 RUSH, Ralph: A Conversation with Larry Johnson.- Sing Out 23/3 (1974), p. 1-3 TILLING, Robert: Oh, What A Beautiful City - A Tribute to Rev. Gary Davis 1896-1972.- Jersey 1992 WIEBEN, Gerd: Larry Johnson - Auf dem Kreuzzug für den Country-Blues.- Blues Forum 14 (1984), p. 14-18 WIEBEN, Gerd: Larry Johnson Diskografie.- Blues Forum 17/18 (1985), p. 18-19 Thanks to Bob Eagle, Gerrit Robs, and Milosch Fuerst, jun. for additional info / scans

Larry Johnson on 1974 Sing Out! cover

 

Larry Johnson pages at www.bluearmadillo.com

Larry Johnson Blues Pages
by John Irving

Profile for 10th Annual DC Blues Society Festival

Larry Johnson L' héritier du Piedmont Blues

Larry Johnson interview by S. Nelson

1974 John Jackson, Larry Johnson, Victoria Spivey video clip
(The Say Brother Collection)