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L I T T L E   B R O T H E R   M O N T G O M E R Y; Foto Axel Küstner
source: Red Lightnin' RL0033 inner gatefold
photographer: Axel Küstner
Little Brother Montgomery
Eurreal Wilford Montgomery
b. April 18, 1906 in Kentwood, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
d. September 6, 1985 in Chicago, Illinois

buried at Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
discography
L I T T L E   B R O T H E R   M O N T G O M E R Y   1931; source: Front cover of RCA / Bluebird AXM2-5522
Little Brother Montgomery 1931
source: Front cover of RCA / Bluebird AXM2-5522
#year
of release
title / label # / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11930Little Brother Montgomery

Paramount 13006
- Vicksburg Blues (L-502-1)   @ youtube
- No Special Rider Blues (L-501-1)   @ youtube

Century 4011 / Jazz Collector L44
- Vicksburg Blues (L-502-1)
- No Special Rider (L-501-1)

rec. c. September 1930 in Grafton, WI; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p


Paramount 13006


= Century 4011 (US 1947)


= Jazz Collector L44 (UK 1949)

1a1930Irene Scruggs

- Good Grinding (L-497-2)   @ youtube
- Must Get Mine In Front (L-499-2)   @ youtube



unissued track from same session:
- St. Louis Woman Blues (L-495- )

rec. c. September 1930 in Grafton, WI; Irene Scruggs, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p


Paramount 13023

1b1930Irene Scruggs

- Borrowed Love (L-498- )   @ youtube
- Back To The Wall (L-500- )   @ youtube

rec. c. September 1930 in Grafton, WI; Irene Scruggs, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p

Paramount 13046

21931"E" Montgomery

- Louisiana Blues (C-6879-A) #   @ Spotify
- Frisco Hi-Ball Blues (C-6880-B)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. January 5, 1931 at Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; # Hicks, g; # prob. Minnie Hicks, sp


Melotone M12548


= Vocalion 02706

   

- Louisiana Blues (C-6879-B)   @ Spotify

rec. January 5, 1931 at Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Hicks, g

Vocalion unissued

Document BDCD 6045

31935Little Brother Montgomery

- Vicksburg Blues No. 2 (94420-1) #   @ youtube
- Mama You Don't Mean Me No Good (94421-1)   @ youtube

rec. August 10, 1935 in New Orleans, LA; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Jesse Coleman (Monkey Joe), sp


Bluebird B6072

# Bluebird 7970

41935Little Brother Montgomery

- The Woman I Love Blues (94418-1)   @ youtube
- Pleading Blues (94419-1)   @ youtube

rec. August 10, 1935 in New Orleans, LA; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Walter Vinson, g; Jesse Coleman (Monkey Joe), sp


Bluebird B6140

51936Little Brother

- Chinese Man Blues (02655-1)   @ youtube
- Something Keeps A-Worryin' Me (02648-1)   @ youtube

rec. October 16, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, LA; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p


Bluebird B6658

61936Little Brother

- Louisiana Blues–Part 2 (02646-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Vicksburg Blues–Part 3 (02645-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. October 16, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, LA; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p

 
Bluebird B6697

= Montgomery Ward M7111

71936Creole George Guesnon / Robert Hill

Creole George Guesnon
- Goodbye, Luck To You (02659-1) #   @ youtube
Robert Hill
- Pal, How I Miss You Tonight (02608-1) *


* rec. October 15, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans, LA; Robert Hill, voc, hca; Sonny Boy Nelson, g; prob. Willie Harris, 2nd g

# rec. October 16, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans, LA; Creole George Guesnon, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p


Bluebird B6706

81936Annie Turner

- Black Pony Blues (02637-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Hard On You (02640-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. October 16, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, LA; Annie Turner, voc, Little Brother Montgomery, p; Walter Vinson, g


Bluebird B6707


= Bluebird B7156

91936Little Brother

Bluebird B6733
- Crescent City Blues (02657-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Shreveport Farewell (02658-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Bluebird B10953
- Shreveport Farewell (02658-1)
- Crescent City Blues (02657-1)

rec. October 16, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, LA; Little Brother Montgomery, p


Bluebird B6733


= Bluebird B10953

101936Little Brother

- Tantalizing Blues (02644-1)   @ youtube
- The First Time I Met You (02642-1) [wrong title - should have been "The First Time I Met The Blues"]   @ youtube

rec. October 16, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, LA; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p


Bluebird B6766

= Montgomery Ward M7112

111936Annie Turner

- Deceived Blues (02638-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Workhouse Blues (02639-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. October 16, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, LA; Annie Turner, voc, Little Brother Montgomery, p; Walter Vinson, g


Bluebird B6788

121936Little Brother

- A. & V. Railroad Blues (02643-1)   @ youtube
- Santa Fe Blues (02647-1)   @ youtube

rec. October 16, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, LA; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p


Bluebird B6811

131936 

Tampa Red
- Someday I'm Bound To Win (01880-1) *

Little Brother
- Never Go Wrong Blues (02652-1) #   @ youtube

# rec. October 16, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, LA; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p
* rec. December 21, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Tampa Red, voc, p; Willie B. James, g


Bluebird B6825

141937?Mack and Mack / Little Brother

Mack and Mack
- You Gotta Quit Your Low Down Ways (01898-1) *

Little Brother
- Farish Street Jive (02656-1) #

# rec. October 16, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, LA; Little Brother Montgomery, p
* rec. December 22, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Billy and Mary Mack, voc duet; poss. Albert Ammons, p


Bluebird B6894

# = Bluebird 10177

151936Little Brother

- Out West Blues (02649-1)
- Leaving Town Blues (02650-1)

rec. October 16, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, LA; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p


Bluebird B6916

161936Little Brother

- West Texas Blues (02651-1)
- Mistreatin' Woman Blues (02654-1)

rec. October 16, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, LA; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p


Bluebird B7178

171937?Eddie Kelly's Washboard Band / Little Brother

Eddie Kelly's Washboard Band
- Goin' Back To Alabama (013021-1) *   @ youtube

Little Brother
- Sorrowful Blues (02653-1) #

* rec. August 6, 1937 in Charlotte, N.C.; Eddie Kelly, voc; unknown, hca; unknown, kazoo; unknown, g; unknown, washboard # rec. October 16, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, LA; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p


Bluebird B7277

181938Little Brother / One Arm Slim

Little Brother
- Misled Blues (02641-1) #
One Arm Slim
- Howling Man Blues (020166-1) *


# rec. October 16, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, LA; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p
* rec. March 14, 1938 at Leland Hotel, Aurora. Ill.;One Arm Slim (Lovell Alexander), voc, poss. own p; unknown, g; unknown, sb


Bluebird B7806

19193?Pinetop and Lindberg / Little Brother

Pinetop and Lindberg
- East Chicago Blues (71623-1) *

Little Brother
- Farish Street Jive (02656-1) #

* rec. February 25, 1932 in Atlanta, Ga. Aaron 'Pinetop' Sparks, p; Milton 'Lindberg' Sparks, voc, sp
# rec. October 16, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, LA; Little Brother Montgomery, p

# Bluebird B6894


Bluebird 10177

201938Little Brother / Leroy Carr

Little Brother
- Vicksburg Blues No. 2 [Bluebird B6072]
Leroy Carr
- Big Four Blues (85-498-1) [Bluebird B5915] *


* rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Carr, voc, p; Scrapper Blackwell, g

Leroy Carr discography


Bluebird B7970

211947"LITTLE BROTHER" MONTGOMERY'S QUINTET Featuring LEE COLLINS, Trumpet

- Long Time Ago
- El Ritmo

rec. early 1947 by Robert Stendahl; Lee Collins, tp; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Oliver Alcorn, ts, cl; Ernest Crawford, b; Jerome 'Pork Chops' Smith, dr


Century 4009

221947"LITTLE BROTHER" MONTGOMERY'S QUINTET Featuring LEE COLLINS, Trumpet

- Swingin' With Lee
- Woman That I Love

rec. early 1947 by Robert Stendahl; Lee Collins, tp; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Oliver Alcorn, ts, cl; Ernest Crawford, b; Jerome 'Pork Chops' Smith, dr


Century 4010

231952LITTLE BROTHER MONTGOMERY And His Vicksburgers

- Cow Cow Blues (A)
- Vicksburg Blues (B)

rec. 1952 in Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Oliver Alcorn, ts; Jack Cooley, dr


Ebony 1000

241952LITTLE BROTHER MONTGOMERY AND HIS VICKSBURG BOYS

- If It's All Night Long (A)
- New Vicksburg Blues (B)

rec. 1952 in Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Oliver Alcorn, ts; Jack Cooley, dr


Ebony 1000

25195?LITTLE BROTHER MONTGOMERY AND HIS VICKSBURGERS

- Fever (A)
- Cow Cow Blues (B) *

rec. 1950s in Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Ransom Knowling, b; Booker T. Washington, dr; * George Blunt, shouting


Ebony 1002

26195? 

LITTLE BROTHER MONTGOMERY AND HIS BOGALUSA BOYS WITH BROTHER GEORGE BLUNT CALLING THE LICKS
- Pinetops [sic] Boogie (Ureal [sic] Montgomery Adaptation) (A) *

LITTLE BROTHER MONTGOMERY AND HIS BOGALUSA BOYS
- Arkansas Blues (Vocal Southbound Special) (B) #

rec. 1950s in Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, p, # voc; Ransom Knowling, b; Booker T. Washington, dr; * George Blunt, shouting


Ebony 78-1005

27195? 

LITTLE BROTHER "Big Head" MONTGOMERY with Brother George Blunt Calling the Licks
- Pinetops [sic] Boogie Blues (A) *

LITTLE BROTHER "Big Head" MONTGOMERY AND HIS JUKE BAND From New Orleans
- Cow Cow Blues (B) #

rec. 1950s in Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, p, # voc; Ransom Knowling, b; Booker T. Washington, dr; * George Blunt, shouting


Ebony 1000

281959 

"CALDONIA" PALMER AND "BROTHER" JOHN SELLERS with Little Brother And His Jazz Blues Band
- Busy Bootin And You Can't Come In (A) #
CAL "CALDONIA" PALMER with Little Brother Montgomery's Blues Band
- Michigan Water Blues (B) *

# rec. c. 1959 in Chicago, IL; Lil Palmore, voc; John Sellers, voc; Le Roi Nabors, tp; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Jack Cooley, dr
* rec. c. 1959 in Chicago, IL; Lil Palmore, voc; Verna "Baby Sis" Rogers, voc; Le Roi Nabors, tp; Little Brother Montgomery, p; b; dr


Ebony MMF 1040 ("South Center Records")

# Ebony EB-1095

Brother John Sellers discography

291959 

BROTHER JOHN SELLERS AND HIS TAMBOURINE WITH SONNY ARCHER
- Shakin That Thing (A) #
BROTHER JOHN SELLERS AND HIS TAMBOURINE WITH SOUL SISTER CALDONIA
- Busy Bootin (B) * [Ebony MMF 1040]

# rec. 1959 in Chicago, IL; John Sellers, voc; Sonny Archer, voc; Le Roi Nabors, tp; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Jack Cooley, dr
* rec. c. 1959 in Chicago, IL; Lil Palmore, voc; John Sellers, voc; Le Roi Nabors, tp; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Jack Cooley, dr


Ebony EB-1095

Brother John Sellers discography


LP / CD compilations
11954Natty Dominique / Little Brother Montgomery

Natty Dominique and his New Orleans Hot Six
- Big Butter And Egg Man
- Touching Blues
- Someday Sweetheart
- You Rascal You


Little Brother Montgomery - "piano and vocal"
- Mule Face Blues (tk 1) (instr)   @ youtube
- Cow Cow Blues (tk 3) #   @ youtube
- Vicksburg Blues (instr)   @ youtube
- Crescent City Blues (instr)   @ youtube

rec. May 2, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, p, # voc

10 inch LP
notes by Birch (Birchall Warren) Smith

Windin' Ball WS 104 (US 1954) [Birch Smith's label]

Saydisk/Matchbox SDR-213

21960Sunnyland Slim and Little Brother Montgomery: Chicago Blues Session

77 Records LA 12/21 // Polydor 423212 track sequence:
- One Room Country Shack a)
- Trembling Blues b)
- Prison Bound c)
- My Electronical Invention Blues d)
- Brownskin Woman a)
- La Salle St. Boogie e)


- That's Why I Keep Drinkin' d)
- I Got The Blues About My Baby a)
- Bob Martin Blues b)
- Devil Is A Busy Man a)
- No Special Rider f)
- Everytime I Get To Drinkin' c)

Redita RLP 133 track sequence:
- One Room Country Shack a)
- Trembling Blues b)
- Prison Bound c)
- My Electronical Invention Blues d)
- Brownskin Woman a)
- La Salle St. Boogie e)

- I Keep On Drinkin' d) °°
- New Vicksburg Blues f) °°
- Farrish St. Jive b) °°

- Chinese Man Blues f) °°
- Cow Cow Blues f) °°
- That's Why I Keep Drinkin' d)
- I Got The Blues About My Baby a)
- Bob Martin Blues b)
- Devil Is A Busy Man a)
- No Special Rider f)
- Everytime I Get To Drinkin' c)

°° Redita RLP 133 bonus tracks

rec. July 14, 1960 in Chicago, IL by John Steiner (a, c, d, e) and Paul Oliver (b, f); session arranged and supervised by Paul Oliver
a) Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Corky Robertson, b; Armund 'Jump' Jackson, dr
b) Little Brother Montgomery, p
c) Sunnyland Slim, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Corky Robertson, b; Armund 'Jump' Jackson, dr
d) Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Corky Robertson, b; Armund 'Jump' Jackson, dr
e) Sunnyland Slim, p; Corky Robertson, b; Armund 'Jump' Jackson, dr
f) Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p
77 Records LA 12/21 front cover photo by Paul Oliver

Wolf CD bonus tracks:
- I Keep On Drinkin'
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
- Cow Cow Blues
- New Vicksburg Blues
- Farrish St. Jive
- Chinese Man Blues

Southland CD bonus tracks:
Sunnyland Slim
- Depression Blues
- Sad And Lonesome
- Disc Jockey Special
- Vicksburg Blues


notes by Paul Oliver

77 Records LA 12/21 (UK 1960)

notes by Paul Oliver

= Int. Polydor 423212 (Germany 1966)


(=) Redita RLP 133 (NL 1989) (+ 5 bonus tracks)


= Wolf CD 120.296 (Austria 1992) "The La Salle Chicago Blues Recordings, Vol. 1"

notes by Paul Oliver

= Southland SCD-010 (US 1994) (+ 4 bonus tracks)

77 Records discography
Southland Records discography

31960Little Brother Montgomery: Tasty Blues

- Tasty Blues   @ youtube
- Santa Fe   @ youtube
- How Long, Brother?   @ youtube
- Pleading Blues   @ youtube
- No Special Rider   @ youtube
- Brother's Boogie   @ youtube

- Sneaky Pete Blues   @ youtube
- Something Keeps Worrying Me   @ youtube
- Cry, Cry Baby   @ youtube
- Satellite Blues   @ youtube
- Deep Fried   @ youtube
- Vicksburg Blues   @ youtube

rec. July 1, 1960 in New York City; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Lafayette Thomas, g; Julian Euell, b
front cover photo by Raeburn Flerlage

Roosevelt Sykes tracks on Fantasy 24717:
Roosevelt Sykes
- Drivin' Wheel
- Long, Lonesome Night
- Set The Meat Outdoors   @ youtube
- Coming Home
- Stompin' The Boogie
- Number Nine   @ youtube

- Calcutta
- Selfish Woman
- Hangover
- Night Time Is The Right Time   @ youtube
- Runnin' The Boogie   @ youtube
- Hey Big Momma

Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Clarence Perry, Jr., ts; Frank Ingalls, g; Floyd Ball, g; Armond "Jump" Jackson, dr

notes by Frank Driggs
 
Bluesville BVLP 1012 (mono) (US 1960)

notes by Frank Driggs

= Status ST 1012 (US mid-1960s)

notes by Frank Driggs
 
= Prestige PRT/PRST 7807 (US 1972)

notes by Paul Oliver

(=) Fantasy 24717 (US 1973) "Urban Blues" (along with BVLP 1006)

notes by Frank Driggs

= OBCCD-554-2 (US 1992)

notes by Frank Driggs

= OBCCD-554-2 (EU 1992)

Bluesville Records discography
OBC Records discography
Lafayette Thomas discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography

41961Little Brother@ youtube (full album)
Little Brother Montgomery plays and sings

- I Keep On Drinkin' #$
- Just The Blues *
- Farish Street Jive - Take 1
- New Vicksburg Blues
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie §
- I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll *

- Cow Cow Blues
- Chinese Man Blues
- Farish Street Jive, Take 3
- Old Man Blues #$
- Canadian Sunset
- Buddy Bolden's Blues *

rec. August 18 & 20, 1960 in London, UK; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; * Ken Colyer, tpt; § Jack Fallon, b; # Alexis Korner, g; $ Bob Guthrie, dr
photography: Patrick Gwynn-Jones

notes by Alexis Korner

Columbia 33SX 1289 (UK 1961) (Lansdowne Jazz Series)

notes by Alexis Korner

= Metronome MLP 15065 (Denmark 19??) (Lansdowne Jazz Series)

Aves 0059.012
Aves INT 146.502

4a1961LITTLE BROTHER MONTGOMERY

- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie §
- Cow Cow Blues

rec. August 18-20, 1960 in London; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; § Jack Fallon, b



Columbia 45-DB 4595 (UK 1961)

51961Little Brother Montgomery: Blues

- Pleading Blues
- Vicksburg 44 (instr)
- Early One Morning
- Now About That Prisoner
- Crescent City Blues (instr)
- Pallet On The Floor
- West 46th Street Boogie (instr)

- Louisiana Rag (instr)
- I Ain't No Bulldog
- Mean Old Mama
- London Shout (instr)
- Storyville Blues
- L&N Boogie (instr)
- It's All Over Now

rec. 1960 in New York; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; prod. by Rudi Blesh

notes by Rudi Blesh
click to read notes (pdf) at Smithsonian Folkways
Folkways FG 3527 (US 1961)

61961Chicago - The Living Legends

LP 1:
Lil Hardin Armstrong and her Orchestra - Bugle Blues
Franz Jackson's Original Jass All Stars - Hotter Than That
Earl Fatha Hines and His Band - Sister Kate
Al Wynn's Gut Bucket Seven - I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of this Jelly Roll
Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders - Gillian Stomp

Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders - Downhearted Blues

Little Brother Montgomery and Friends - Somethin Keep Worryin Me Blues
The Mississippi Sheiks - Things Bout Comin My Way
Mama Yancey - The Santa Fe Blues


LP 2:
Blind John Davis with Al Wynn's Gut Bucket Seven - How Long Blues
Lil Hardin Armstrong Trio - Boogie Me
June Cobb's Hometown Band - I'm Gonna Have You
Franz Jackson's Original Jass All Stars - 1919 Rag

Little Brother Montgomery and Friends - Cooter Crawl

Lil Hardin Armstrong and her Orchestra - Muskrat Ramble
Little Brother Montgomery and Friends - Saturday Night Function (instr)
Junie Cobb's New Hometown Band - Once or Twice
Earl Fatha Hines and His Band - Caution Blues
Alberta Hunter with Lil's Hot Shots - After All These Years


prod. by Chris Albertson

DLP

Riverside RLP 389/390 (mono)

DLP

= Riverside RLP 9389/9390 (stereo)

DLP

= Riverside/Victor SR-7038/9 (Jp)

71962Chicago - The Living Legends
South Side Blues

featuring Mama Yancey and Little Brother Montgomery

- A Wonderful Thing ||
- Four O'Clock Blues *
- New Satellite Blues # (344-3)
- How Long Blues *
- Jelly, Jelly //

- I Knew You Were Kiddin' All The Time ||
- Mama Yancey's Blues *
- Jelly Roll Baker //
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor *
- Things 'Bout Coming My Way ||

rec. September 6 & 8, 1961 live at The Birdhouse in Chicago, IL; prod. by Chris Albertson

# Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Ted Butterman, cor; Bob Gordon, cl; Rufus Brown, ts; Mike McKendrick, bj

* Mama Yancey, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Sam Hill, g; Pops Foster, b; Earl Watkins, dr

// Harry Benson, voc, hca; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Walter Vinson, g; Pops Foster, b; Earl Watkins, dr

|| Mississippi Sheiks: Walter Vinson, voc, g; Jesse Coleman, p; George "Pops" Foster, b; Earl Watkins, dr

notes by Chris Albertson

Riverside RLP 403 (mono)
= RS-9403 (stereo)

notes by Chris Albertson

= OBC 508

notes by Chris Albertson

= OBC OBCCD-508-2

OBC Records discography

81962Chicago - The Living Legends
Little Brother Montgomery
Piano, Vocal, And Band Blues

- Home Again Blues (350-1) (instr)
- Up The Country Blues (347-1)   @ youtube
- Saturday Night Function (343-1) (instr) [Riverside 9389/90]
- Michigan Water Blues (348-1)   @ youtube
- Sweet Daddy (Your Mama's Done Gone Mad) (354-1)

- Prescription For The Blues (349-1)
- 44 Vicksburg (356-1) (instr)
- Trouble In Mind (352-1)
- Riverside Boogie (instr)   @ youtube
- Oh, Daddy (355-1) []   @ youtube
- Somethin' Keep Worryin' Me Blues (353) [Riverside 9389/90]

CD bonus track:
- Cooter Crawl (346-2) [Riverside 9389/90]



unissued track ("rejected") from same session:
- Twelth Street Rag (345-1) (instr)



rec. September 6, 1961 live at The Birdhouse in Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Ted Butterman, cor; Bob Gordon, cl; Rufus Brown, ts; Mike McKendrick, bj; [] Elaine McFarland, voc

notes by Chris Albertson

Riverside RLP 410 (mono)


= Riverside RS-9410 (stereo)


= OBC OBC 525 (US 1987)

= Ace CH 263


= OBC OBCCD-525-2

OBC Records discography

91964Little Brother Montgomery 1936
Treasury Of Jazz Vol. 45


- Crescent City Blues
- The First Time I Met You [aka "The First Time I Met The Blues"]

- Shreveport Farewell
- Tantalizing Blues

7 inch EP 45 rpm

RCA 86.395 (Fr 1964)

101965Victoria Spivey: Queen and Her Knights

- How He's Gone (Victoria Spivey)
- New Black Snake Blues (Little Brother Montgomery)
- Just A Rank Stud (Victoria Spivey)
- Somebody's Got To Go (Victoria Spivey with Lonnie Johnson)
- 1965 (Victoria Spivey)
- TB Blues (Memphis Slim)

- Every Dog Has His Day (Victoria Spivey)

- West Texas Blues (Little Brother Montgomery)
- Dig Me (Victoria Spivey)
- My Baby Isn't Here (Lonnie Johnson)
- We Both Got To Die (Victoria Spivey)
- I'm A Tigress (Victoria Spivey with Memphis Slim)


featuring two cuts each by Lonnie Johnson, g (one w/ Victoria Spivey, voc) and Memphis Slim, voc, p (one with Victoria Spivey, voc), Sonny Greer, dr, plus two cuts by Little Brother Montgomery

notes by Len Kunstadt

Spivey 1006 (US 1965)

Spivey Records discography

121965Conversation With The Blues
A Documentary of Field Recordings by Paul Oliver

LP tracks:
Boogie Woogie Red - So Much Good Feeling (spoken, with own piano)
Willie Thomas - A Little Different spoken
James Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - Kill That Nigger Dead (Cage, vocal and fiddle; Thomas, vocal and guitar)
Lil' Son Jackson - The Onliest Way (spoken)
J.B. Lenoir - My Father's Style (guitar solo)
J.B. Lenoir - So It Rocked On (spoken)
J.B. Lenoir - Move To Kansas City (vocal and own guitar)
Otis Spann - When She Comes Back (spoken)
Otis Spann - Poor Country Boy (vocal, with own piano)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Ain't No Easy Thing (spoken)
Mance Lipscomb - Evil Heart Blues (vocal and own piano)
Blind Arvella Gray - A Roughneck (spoken)
Roosevelt Sykes - West Helena Blues (vocal and guitar)
Will Shade - Days Of Nineteen-Hundred (spoken)
Will Shade - Newport News Blues (vocal and own guitar)
Whistling Alex Moore - Chock House Days (spoken)
Whistling Alex Moore - Come and Get Me (vocal and own piano)
Brother John Sellers - Move Back For What? (spoken)
J. B. Lenoir - I Been Down So Long (vocal and own guitar)

Jasper Love - Santa Fé Blues (vocal and piano)
John Lee Hooker - Somewhere Down The Line (spoken)
Robert Curtis Smith - I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change (vocal and own guitar)
Otis Spann - Only Places They Can Go (spoken)
Otis Spann - People Calls Me Lucky (vocal and own piano)
Henry Townsend - What Have I Committed (spoken)
James Butch Cage - Tween Midnight And Day (vocal and own guitar)

Little Brother Montgomery - Walking Basses (spoken) #
Little Brother Montgomery - Dud Low Joe (piano solo) #
Little Brother Montgomery - It's A Barrelhouse Blues (spoken) # []
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues (vocal with piano) #
Little Brother Montgomery - They Beat Me To Chicago (spoken) # []
Roosevelt Sykes - They All Called Him 'Pork Chops' (spoken)
Roosevelt Sykes - Forty-Four Blues (vocal and own piano)
Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - Doctor Clayton And Me (spoken) []
Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - Take A Little Walk With Me (vocal with own electric guitar, with Sunnyland Slim, piano) []
Edwin Buster Pickens - To Have The Blues Within (spoken)
Mance Lipscomb - Blues In The Bottle (vocal and own guitar)

CD tracks:
- So Much Good Feeling - Boogie Woogie Red
- A Little Different - Willie Thomas
- Kill That Nigger Dead - James "Butch" Cage & Willie Thomas
- The Onliest Way - Lil Son Jackson
- My Father's Style / So It Rocked On / Move To Kansas City - J.B. Lenoir
- When She Come Back / Poor Country Boy - Otis Spann
- Ain't No Easy Thing - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Evil Heart Blues - Mance Lipscomb
- A Roughneck - Blind Arvella Gray
- West Helena Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Days of 1900 / Newport News Blues - Will Shade
- Chock House Days / Come and Get Me - Whistling Alex Moore
- Move Back! For What? - Brother John Sellers
- Been Down So Long - J.B. Lenoir
- A Place They Call Boots' - James "Stump" Johnson []
- Henry Brown Blues - Henry Brown []
- They Called Us Gandy Dancers / Work Songs / John Henry - Blind Arvella Gray with Blind James Brewer []
- Santa Fe Train - Edwin "Buster" Pickens
- Most Reason I Sing - Robert Curtis Smith
- Santa Fe Blues - Jasper Love
- Somewhere Down The Line - John Lee Hooker
- I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change - Robert Curtis Smith
- Only Places They Can Go / People Call Me Lucky - Otis Spann
- What Have I Committed? - Henry Townsend
- 'Tween Midnight And Day - James "Butch" Cage

- Walking Basses / Dud Low Joe / The First Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery #
- They Call Him "Pork Chops" / Forty-Four Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Blues In The Bottle - Mance Lipscomb
- To Have The Blues Within - Edward "Buster" Pickens
- Colorado Springs Blues - Edwin "Buster" Pickens []


All tracks recorded between June 26 and August 28, 1960
# rec. July 14, 1960 in Chicago, IL

LP and CD have slightly different tracks: [] = not on LP resp. CD !!!

notes (plus 6-pp. insert) by Paul Oliver    Decca LK 4664 insert (1 sheet folded to 6 pp.)
 
Decca LK 4664 (UK 1965)

notes by Paul Oliver

= Decca LK 4664 (Germany 1965)

 

LP resp. CD accompanying Paul Oliver's book by the same title:


London (Cassell) (1st UK ed. 1965)   xv, 217 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm

 
New York (Horizon Press) (1st US ed. 1965)   xix, 217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

 
London ("Jazz Book Club") JBC 64 (2nd UK ed. 1967)


Cambridge (University Press) 0 521 59181 3 (revised edition of the original 1965 book with enclosed CD) (2nd US ed. 1997)


Doyosha LLC (1st Jp ed. 2016) ISBN 978-4-907511-25-8 (190 × 129 × 21,8 mm | 336 pages (incl. 48 photos) | weight: 9,5 pound; price: 1.850 JPY equals 14,84 EUR)   translated by Yasufumi Higurashi

12a1965Piano Blues   1927-1933

- Midnight Rambler's Blues - Bert M. Mays
- Oh-Oh Blues - Bert M. Mays
- Larceny Woman Blues - Rudy Foster
- Dying Pickpocket Blues - Rudy Foster
- Black Gal Makes Thunder - Jack O'Diamonds
- Corn Trimmer Blues - Jack O'Diamonds
- The Ducks Yas Yas - James Bat Robinson
- Humming Blues - James Bat Robinson

- On The Wall - Louise Johnson
- By The Moon And Stars - Louise Johnson

- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Polock Blues - Jabo Williams
- Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams
- Graveyard Blues - Turner Parrish
- Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More - Turner Parrish

notes by Paul Oliver

Riverside RM/RLP 8809 (US 1965)


= Pierre Cardin presente 93518 (Fr 1975)


= BASF 10 29525 7 (Fr) (Jazz Ancestors series)

= Music Parade Cetra LEL 206 (It)

Jabo Williams discography
Turner Parrish discography

12b1965Music Down Home
An Introduction to Negro Folk Music, U.S.A.

When life is big...
- Take This Hammer - Lead Belly (1:38)
- Field Call - Annie Grace Horn Dodson (1:18)
- Children's Call - Annie Grace Horn Dodson (0:47)
- Complaint Call - Enoch Brown (0:44)
- Water On The Wheel - Annie Dodson (0:47)
- Railroad 1 - Rich Amerson (1:26)
- Move Members Move - Rosie Hibler and Family (1:57)
Go pray ye
- Go Pray Ye - Annie Dodson (2:32)
- The Day Is Past - Dorothy Melton (1:56)
- Prayer Song - Dock Reed and Vera Hall Ward (2:37)
- King David - Rich Amerson and Earthy Anne Coleman (4:30)

- Rockin' Jerusalem - Fisk Jubilee Singers (2:13)

- Just Got Over At Last - Little Brother Montgomery (2:23)
When life is young
- Mama's Goin' To Buy Him A Little Lap Dog - Vera Hall Ward (0:48)
- Brother Hawk, Brother Buzzard and Brother Rabbit - Rich Amerson (1:59)
- I'm Goin' Up North Satisfied - Children of East York School (1:25)
Work songs
- Railroad 2 - Rich Amerson (1:53)
- Lost John - Sonny Terry (3:08)
- Lost John - Prison Farm Work Group (4:55)


Blues
- I'm Goin' To Pack Up My Things And Back Down That Sunny Road I'm Goin' - Mozelle Moore (3:13)
- Careless Love - Brownie McGhee (3:18)
- Let Me Go Home, Whiskey - Snooks Eaglin (2:54)
- You're My Man - Slick Chick Blues - Victoria Spivey (4:36)
- I Wonder When I'll Get To Be Called A Man - Big Bill Broonzy (2:20)
- Mule Ridin', Talking Blues - Big Bill Broonzy (3:43)
- Black Woman - Rich Amerson (4:55)

Instrumental sounds
- Old John Booker - You Call That Gone - Gus Cannon (1:45)
- John Henry - Furry Lewis (4:48)
- Take Your Fingers Off It - Gus Cannon, Charlie Burse, and Will Shade2:53)
- 44 Blues - Willie Thomas and Butch Cage (4:11)
- Sonny's Jump - Sonny Terry's Washboard Band (3:08)
Two songs of Alabama
- Birmingham Jail - Lead Belly (2:30)
- I'm So Glad - Montgomery Gospel Trio (2:34)


ed. by Charles Edward Smith
cover design by Ronald Clyne; illustration by Philip Evergood

review at record-fiend.blogspot.de

DLP
notes by Charles Edward Smith

Folkways FA 2691 (US 1965)


custom CD from www.folkways.si.edu

131965Little Brother Montgomery: Spirituals resp. Church Songs...

Xtra 1018 track sequence:
- Rock Of Ages
- Zion To God
- Come Out The Wilderness
- I Got A Father
- This Train
- When The Saints Go Marchin' In
- God Be With You

- Just Got Over
- It Pays To Serve Jesus
- Down By The Riverside
- On The Evergreen Shore
- In The Blood
- She Has Gone To Heaven #
- I'll Be There

Folkways FTS 31042 track sequence:@ youtube (full album playlist)
- Rock Of Ages
- Zion Of God
- Wilderness
- He'll Understand # °°
- I Got A Father
- This Train
- Now When The Saints Go Marching In
- God Be With You

- Veil Of Beulah [on back cover: Benlah] (p solo) °°
- Down By The Riverside
- Over On The Evergreen Shore
- In The Blood
- Just Got Over At Last [track not mentioned on front & back cover]
- It Pays To Serve Jesus
- She Has Gone To Heaven #
- I'll Be There

°° tracks not included on XTRA 1018

rec. 1961 in Chicago, IL by Moses Asch; Little Brother Montgomery. voc, p; # Booker T. Washington, voc; # Gladys Hawthorne, voc; Mike McKendrick, voc, g; Bill Martin, tp
Folkways FTS 31042: tape mastered by Nick Perls; compiled by David A. Jasen

notes by John Lockwood

XTRA 1018 (UK 1965) "Spirituals"

notes by Stephen Calt
click to read notes (pdf) at Smithsonian Folkways
= Folkways FTS 31042 (US 1975) "Church Songs played on the piano and sung by ..."

XTRA Records discography

141966American Folk Blues Festival '66

Fontana 885 431 BY / L+R 42.069
Roosevelt Sykes
- Running The Boogie   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Otis Rush
- All Your Love ||   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery
- I Keep On Drinking   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Sleepy John Estes
- You Shouldn't Do It   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Otis Rush
- My Own Fault || [actually "Sweet Little Angel"]   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Junior Wells
- Checkin' On My Baby \\   @ youtube @ Spotify
- A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson \\ @ youtube (2:40)   @ Spotify

Sippie Wallace
- Suitcase Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Robert Pete Williams
- Louise   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Big Joe Turner
- Flip, Flop And Fly // *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Roll 'Em Pete // ^   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin, GDR (American Folk Blues Festival 1966); prod. by Siegfried E. Loch

Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
|| Otis Rush, voc, g; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Freddie Below, dr
Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Yank Rachell, voc, mand
\\ Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Rush g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr

Sippie Wallace, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Robert Pete Williams, voc, g
// Big Joe Turner, voc; * Little Brother Montgomery, ^ Roosevelt Sykes, p; Otis Rush g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr

notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

Fontana 885 431 TY (Germany 1966)


= Fontana 885 431 BY/MY (Fr 1966)


= Fontana TL 5389 (mono) / STL 5389 (stereo) (UK 1966)


= Fontana 681.533 TL/IL (Fr 1966?)


= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42069 (Germany 1990)


= Optimism/L+R LR CD-2069 (US 1990)

4-CD-Box
original 1966 notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos
 
(=) Bellaphon CDLR 726322 (Germany 1998) (45 Tracks, 165:59)


American Folk Blues Festival '66   Vol. 1

Vol. 1: Amiga 855114
Roosevelt Sykes
- Running The Boogie   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Otis Rush
- All Your Love ||   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery
- I Keep On Drinking   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Sleepy John Estes
- You Shouldn't Do It   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Big Joe Turner
- Roll 'Em Pete // ^   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Junior Wells
- Sheckin' [sic] On My Baby \\   @ youtube @ Spotify
- Vietnam Blues \\ °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Sippie Wallace
- Suitcase Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Robert Pete Williams
- Midnight Boogie °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Big Joe Turner
- Flip, Flop And Fly // *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

°° not on Fontana 885 431 BY

rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin, GDR (American Folk Blues Festival 1966); prod. by Siegfried E. Loch

Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
|| Otis Rush, voc, g; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Freddie Below, dr
Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Yank Rachell, voc, mand
\\ Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Rush g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr

Sippie Wallace, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Robert Pete Williams, voc, g
// Big Joe Turner, voc; * Little Brother Montgomery, ^ Roosevelt Sykes, p; Otis Rush g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr

notes (1968) by Karlheinz Drechsel
Amiga 855114, 1968 release, flip-back cover; click to read notes (in German)! Amiga 855114, 1971 repress, no flip-back cover; click to read notes (in German)!
Amiga 855114 (GDR 1968, flipback cover)(GDR 1971 repress, no flipback cover)

notes (1968) by Karlheinz Drechsel
click to read notes (in German)!
= Amiga 855114 (GDR 1979) (Amiga Jazz series)


= Amiga 855114 (GDR 1981-86?) blue label re-release


= Amiga CD 82876-63060-2 (Germany 2004)


American Folk Blues Festival '66   Vol. 2

Vol. 2: Amiga 850126/855126
Otis Rush
- It Takes Time || °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Roosevelt Sykes
- Night Time Is The Right Time °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Otis Rush
- My Own Fault || [actually "Sweet Little Angel"]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Sleepy John Estes, g (Yank Rachell, voc, mand!)
- Yellow Jam Blues °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Junior Wells
- Over Yonders Walls \\ °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Sippie Wallace
- Women Keep Your Mouth Shut °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Junior Wells
- A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson \\ @ youtube (2:40)   @ Spotify
Robert Pete Williams
- Louise   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Big Joe Turner
- Feeling Happy // * °°

°° not on Fontana 885 431 BY

rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin, GDR (American Folk Blues Festival 1966); prod. by Siegfried E. Loch

Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
|| Otis Rush, voc, g; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Freddie Below, dr
Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Yank Rachell, voc, mand
\\ Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Rush g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr

Sippie Wallace, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Robert Pete Williams, voc, g
// Big Joe Turner, voc; * Little Brother Montgomery, ^ Roosevelt Sykes, p; Otis Rush g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr

notes (1969) by Karlheinz Drechsel

Amiga 850126 (GDR 1969)

notes (1969) by Karlheinz Drechsel
click to read notes (in German)!
= Amiga 855126 (GDR 1979) (Amiga Jazz series)


= Amiga 855126 (GDR 1981-86?) blue label re-release

click to read track list!
= Amiga CD 82876-63061-2 (Germany 2004)


American Folk Blues Festival '65-'66
Philips/Phonogram SFL-7386
John Lee Hooker - King Of The World (AFBF 1965)
John Lee Hooker - Della May [sic] (AFBF 1965)
J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down (AFBF 1965)
Fred McDowell - Highway 61 (AFBF 1965)
Doctor Ross - My Black Name Is Ringing (AFBF 1965)
Jimmy Lee Robinson - Rosalie (AFBF 1965)
Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues (AFBF 1965)

Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (AFBF 1965) [track sequence of side B?]
Eddie Boyd - The Big Question (AFBF 1965)
Junior Wells - Checkin' On My Baby (AFBF 1966)
Roosevelt Sykes - Running The Boogie (AFBF 1966)

Little Brother Montgomery - I Keep On Drinking (AFBF 1966)
Sippie Wallace - Suitcase Blues (AFBF 1966)
Otis Rush - All Your Love or My Own Fault (actually "Sweet Little Angel") (AFBF 1966)


(=) Philips/Phonogram SFL-7386 (Jp 1969) "American Folk Blues Festival 65-66"

American Folk Blues Festival discography
Fontana Records discography
L+R Records discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography
Otis Rush discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Yank Rachell discography
Robert Pete Williams discography

   

Big Joe Turner - Well, Oh Well # (1966)   @ dailymotion (@ 49:34)
Junior Wells - What'd Say ## (1966)

# rec. September 30, 1966 at Granada TV Centre in Manchester, UK; Big Joe Turner, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Otis Rush, g; Jack Myers, b; Fred Below, dr
## rec. September 30, 1966 at Granada TV Centre in Manchester, UK; Junior Wells, voc; Otis Rush, g; Jack Myers, b; Fred Below, dr

originally broadcast on ???, released on Hip-O Records DVD 0008353-09 (US 2007 "The American Folk-Blues Festival - The British Tours 1963-1966   (Volume Four)"

originally unissued

Hip-O DVD 0008353-09

American Folk Blues Festival discography
Otis Rush discography

   

- I Can't Quit You Baby   @ youtube (live footage!)   @ Spotify

rec. October 5, 1966 at the Liedertafel in Mainz, Germany by Horst Lippmann (American Folk Blues Festival '66); Otis Rush, voc, g; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Fred Below, dr
originally broadcast on German SWF (Südwestfunk Baden-Baden) TV "Jazz - Gehört und Gesehen", Folge 48), released on Hip-O Records DVD B0000750-09 (US 2003) "The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Volume One"

originally unissued

Hip-O CD 1003 (2003)

Hip-O DVD 602498604120

American Folk Blues Festival discography
Otis Rush discography

151966Piano Blues

Walter Roland
- Big Mama
- Dice's Blues
Sylvester Palmer
- Broke Man Blues
Mississippi Jook Band
- Skippy Whippy
Wesley Wallace
- Fanny Les Blues
- Number 29
Jabbo Williams
- Pratt City Blues

Walter Davis
- M & O Blues
Romeo Nelson
- Dyin' Rider Blues
Louise Johnson
- On The Wall
Roosevelt Sykes
- Lost All I Had Blues

Little Brother Montgomery
- The First Time I Met You [aka "The First Time I Met The Blues"]
Jabbo Williams
- Jab Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Good Woman Blues


compiled and edited by Samuel Charters

RBF 12

read notes

RBF discography

161966"Little Brother" MONTGOMERY

- All My Love (A)
- She's My One And All Desire (B)

7 inch 45 rpm

FM 1000

16a1967LITTLE BROTHER MONTGOMERY TRIO

- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (0103) (instr)
- The Rocks (0306) (= Farish Street Jive) (instr)

rec. November 19, 1967 at Sound Studios in Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Charles "Truck" Parham, b; Jim Herndon, dr
session recorded for Lakco; "From LP 12005 'Blind & Dumb Man Blues'"


Blackbird 705

   

- First Time I Met The Blues (0204/5) (2 tks)
- I Ain't No Bulldog (0408/9) (2 tks)
- No Special Rider Boogie (0510/12) (3 tks) #
- Blind And Dumb Man (0613/16) (4 tks)

rec. November 19, 1967 at Sound Studios in Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Charles "Truck" Parham, b; Jim Herndon, dr
session recorded for Lakco

Lakco unissued

# Earwig LP 4918

171966The Little Brother Montgomery Trio
featuring "Red" Saunders, dr; "Truck" Parham, b; Jeanne Carrol, voc

- New Vicksburg Blues
- Oh Daddy

7 inch 45 rpm

FM 1001

17a196?The Little Brother Montgomery Trio
featuring "Red" Saunders, dr; "Truck" Parham, b

- Mini-Skirt Blues
- Brother Red's Boogie

7 inch 45 rpm

FM 1002

181968Little Brother Montgomery: Farro Street Jive

- Lonesome Mama (instr)   @ Spotify
- Alabama Bound   @ Spotify
- Sweet Momma Your Daddy's Done Gone Mad (instr)   @ Spotify
- I Don't Feel Welcome Here (Stingaree Blues)   @ Spotify [on XTRA 1115: alt tk]
- Farro Street Jive (Farish St.) (instr)   @ Spotify
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (instr)   @ Spotify

- No Special Rider Blues   @ Spotify
- St. Louis Blues (instr)   @ Spotify
- Up The Country Blues   @ Spotify
- Vicksburg Blues   @ Spotify
- Out West Blues   @ Spotify
- Dangerous Blues   @ Spotify

rec. 1960 in New York by Raeburn Flerlage; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p
cover drawing and design by Craig Mierop


Folkways FT 1014 (acetate)

notes by Raeburn Flerlage
click to read notes (pdf) at Smithsonian Folkways
Folkways FT 1014 (mono)
= FTS 31014 (electronically reprocessed "stereo"!)

notes by Raeburn Flerlage

= XTRA 1115 (UK 1971)

CD-R

Folkways FTS 31014 (US 2009)

XTRA Records discography

18a1968Bye Bye, Bird ...
Solo Blues

Sonny Boy Williamson
- Bye Bye Bird
Robert Pete Williams
- Midnight Boogie

Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues
Willie Dixon
- Big Legged Woman
Sonny Boy Williamson
- In My Own Little Cabin

Sunnyland Slim
- Leavy [sic] Camp Moan
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Dissatisfied
J.B. Lenoir
- Everybody Is Crying About Vietnam
Hubert Sumlin
- When I Feel Better


notes by Horst Lippmann

Scout Sc-1 (Germany 1968)

Scout Records discography

18b1969Look out, Sam !
Group Blues

Otis Rush Blues Band
- It Takes Time # (2:36) [Amiga 855 126]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Magic Sam's Blues Band
- All Your Love ||| (2:40) [CBS 1444; L+R 42.014]   @ youtube
J.B. Lenoir's Afro-American Blues Band
- Down in Mississippi [] (3:10) [previously unissued; Crusade 24-4011]   @ youtube
The Junior Wells Blues Band
- Vietnam Blues § (4:38) [Amiga 855114]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Magic Sam's Blues Band
- Look Out, Sam! ||| (1:55) [previously unissued; L+R 42.014]   @ youtube

Joe Turner with the Otis Rush Blues Band
- Come On, Baby * (4:15) [previously unissued, actually "Hide & Seek"]   @ youtube

Magic Sam's Blues Band
- Sometimes || (3:30) [previously unissued; L+R 42.014]   @ youtube
The Junior Wells Blues Band
- Over Yonder Walls § (2:57) [Amiga 855 126]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Magic Sam's Blues Band
- Call Me If You Need Me ||| (2:08) [previously unissued; L+R 42.014]   @ youtube
The Junior Wells Blues Band
- Shake My Hand § (4:45) [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Magic Sam's Blues Band
- Torchering [sic, actually "Torturing"] My Soul || (3:50) [previously unissued; L+R 42.014]   @ youtube
J.B. Lenoir and Company
- I Feel So Good [] (1:50) [CBS 62593]   @ youtube


# * § rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin, GDR (American Folk Blues Festival 1966)
# Otis Rush, voc, g; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
* Big Joe Turner, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Otis Rush, g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
§ Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Rush, g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr

|| rec. October 30, 1963 resp. ||| rec. February 11, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Magic Sam, voc, g; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p, org; Mac Thompson, b; Bob Richey, dr
[] rec. October 7 (or 8?), 1965 in a studio in Hamburg, Germany (American Folk Blues Festival 1965) May 5, 1965 in Chicago, IL; J.B. Lenoir, voc, g; Freddie Below, dr; Willie Dixon, additional voc

notes by Horst Lippmann

Scout Sc-2 (Germany 1969)

Scout Records discography
American Folk Blues Festival discography
Otis Rush discography
Magic Sam discography
J.B. Lenoir discography

191969Little Brother Montgomery with Jeanne Carroll: No Special Rider

- No Special Rider   @ youtube
- Prisoner Bound Blues *   @ youtube
- You Gotta See Your Mama Every Night #
- Cow Cow Blues *
- Gin House Blues #

- New Vicksburg Blues #
- London Shout (instr)
- Oh, Daddy # *
- Little Brother's Early Pieces and History (interview)
- No Special Boogie (instr) *

CD / Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP bonus tracks:
- Farrish Street Jive
- Muleface Blues

rec. September 1, 1969 in Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; # Jeanne Carroll, voc; * B. Sam Firk [Mike Stewart], National steel g; prod. by Gene Rosenthal

notes by Mike Stewart

Adelphi AD 1003S (US 1969)


(=) Adelphi GCD 9913 (US 1999)


Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1604 (US 2017) "Worried Blues"

Adelphi Records discography

201969St. Louis Jimmy / Sunnyland Slim / Little Brother Montgomery: After Hour Blues 1949

St. Louis Jimmy
- Hard Work Boogie
- Your Evil Ways
- I Sit Up All Night
- State Street Blues
Sunnyland Slim
- When I Was Young (Shake It Baby, tk.1)
- When I Was Young (Shake It Baby, tk.2)


Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues #
- A & B Blues #
- After Hour Blues #
- Little Brother Stomp #
- No Special Rider *
- Vicksburg Blues *

St. Louis Jimnmy tracks rec. April 19, 1949 in Chicago, IL
# rec. April 19, 1949 in Chicago, IL
* rec. c. September 1930 in Grafton, WI (Paramount 13006)

notes by Chris Albertson

Biograph BLP 12010 (US 1969)


= Blue Moon BMLP 1.067 (UK 1989)

Biograph Records discography
St. Louis Jimmy discography

20a1969Blues Piano
The various roles of the Piano in Early Blues

Cripple Clarence Lofton
- I Don't Know
- Policy Blues
Blind Roosevelt Graves
- Crazy Bout My Baby
- Bustin' The Jug
Shorty Bob Parker
- So Cold In China
- Rain And Snow

- Little Brother Montgomery
- Farish Street Jive

Springback James
- Texas Heifer Blues
- Stingaree Mama Blues
Mississippi Jook Band
- Skippy Whippy
- Dangerous Woman
Lee Brown
- Down By The M & O
- Jeff Davis Highway
Pinetop & Lindberg
- East Chicago Blues



Saydisc Matchbox SDR 146 (UK 1969)


Savoy Brown: Blue Matter.- Decca LK 4994 1969
including a cover of Little Brother Montgomery's 'Vicksburg Blues'
Bob Hall, p & Chris Youlden, voc; rec. March 19-21, 1968
20b1970John Jeremy's Film
Blues Like Showers Of Rain
@ youtube

Gus Cannon
- My Money Never Runs Out
J.B. Lenoir
- It Hurts Me So Bad (Someday Baby)
Willie Thomas, James 'Butch' Cage & Grandson
- Little Red Rooster

Little Brother Montgomery
- Trembling Blues
J.B. Lenoir
- I Feel Like Playing My Box
Sunnyland Slim & Robert Lockwood
- Take a Little Walk With Me
Wade Walton & R.C. Smith
- Barbershop Rhythm
J.B. Lenoir
- I Been Don So Long [from Decca 4664]
Otis Spann
- People Call Me Lucky
Willie Thomas & James 'Butch' Cage
- Penitentiary Blues
Sunnyland Slim & Robert Lockwood Jr.
- Prison Bound
J.B. Lenoir
- I Don't Care What Nobody Say (Stand By Me)
Willie Thomas & James 'Butch' Cage
- Kill That Nigger Dead
J.B. Lenoir
- It Hurts Me So Bad (Someday Baby)
Robert Curtis Smith
- Blues


Kay 014 KJ (1979)
(30 minutes)


= Rhapsody 8022 (1986)


(=) Vestapol DVD 13003 (2003 "bonus track") "Legends of Country Blues Guitar Vol. 1"

20c1970Spivey's Blues Parade

Spivey's Blues Paraders
- Overture Rouser
Benny Jefferson
- Life Is A Feeling
Pat Blackman
- Get Yourself Another Monkey
Sugar Blue & His Harmonica
- Sugar Really Has The Blues
Sippie Wallace
- I'm A Mighty Tight Woman
Billie Mitchell
- My Mama And My Papa
Walter "Shakey Horton (+ Sunnyland Slim & Johnny Shines)
- Inter-Mission Taste # ("Hotel Alvin Blues Party")

Victoria Spivey (+ Lonnie Johnson, Little Brother Montgomery & Sonny Greer)
- Jet ||

Carolina Rose
- Wine Drinkin' Man
Sonny Boy Williamson [actually Victoria Spivey, accompanied by SBW]
- Black Snake Swinger (158)   @ youtube
Nita Washington
- Rich Man Blues
Washboard Bill
- You Are My Sunshine
Littly Sonny Parker
- Love Is Got Me Down
Delsey MacKay (+ Horton & Sunnyland Slim)
- Just Deserts * ("Hotel Alvin Blues Party")
Papa Comb & His Ukelele Mama
- Struggle Buggy Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Lonnie's Traveling Light


# rec. 1969/70 in New York City; Walter Horton, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Johnny Shines, g; Victoria Spivey, voc chorus

* rec. 1969/70 in New York City; Delsey McKay, voc; Walter Horton, hca; Sunnyland Slim, chatter

|| rec. June 3, 1963 in New York City; Victoria Spivey, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Lonnie Johnson, g; Sonny Greer, dr

notes by Len Kunstadt

Spivey 1012

Spivey Records discography

20d1970How Blue Can We Get?

Volume I: White
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


Volume II: Black
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 PR 45/46 (UK 1970)

DLP

= Blue Horizon SPR 45/46 (NL 1970)

Blue Horizon Records discography

211971Little Brother Montgomery: Rare Recordings 1930 - 1969

- No Special Rider Blues
- Vicksburg Blues
- Louisiana Blues
- Frisco Hi
- Ball Blues
- Something Keeps A-Worrying Me
- Chinese Man Blues
- Louisiana Blues pt. 2
- Muleface Rag [Windin' Ball WS 104, 1954]
- Cow Cow Blues [Windin' Ball WS 104, 1954]

- Vicksburg Blues [Windin' Ball WS 104, 1954]
- In The Evening [Ebony 1960]
- Michigan Water Blues [Ebony, 1960, previously unissued]
- Winding Ball Blues (aka "Home Again Blues") [Windin' Ball, 1954, previously unissued]
- New Vicksburg Blues (Jeanne Caroll, voc) [FM, 1969]
- O Daddy [FM, 1969]
- Brother Red's Boogie [FM, 1969]

notes by Derrick Stewart-Baxter

Saydisk/Matchbox SDR-213 (UK 1971)


= Autogram (Monogram) RSE-03 (Germany 1987)

221971Blues 1920-40

LP track sequence:
LP 1
Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd.

Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues

Frank Stokes - T'Ain't Nobody's Business
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman



LP 2
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz
Gus Cannon - Viola Lee Blues
Gus Cannon - Going To Germany
Gus Cannon - Walk Right In
Daddy Stovepipe - The Spasm

Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Head Woman
Tommy McClennan - De'se My Blues
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me



LP 3
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed
Leroy Carr - - Six Cold Feet In The Ground
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law
Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues - part 3
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues
Joe Pullum - Hard Working Man Blues [Bluebird B6276]

Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway



CD track sequence:
CD 1
Early Years of Country Blues
Tommy Johnson - Road Blues (3:18)
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues (3:37)
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues (3:24)
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues (2:49)
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues (2:34)
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues (2:59)
Clifford Gibson - She Rolls It Slow (2:44) °°
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd. (3:08)
Memphis Blues
Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving (3:11)
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues (3:05)

Frank Stokes - 'Taint Nobody's Business (3:11)
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream (2:52)
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got ... (2:56)
Sleepy John Estes - Poor John Blues (2:52) °°
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues (3:09)
Son Bonds - A Hard Pill To Swallow (2:58) °°
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman (3:13)
Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues (3:30)
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis (2:20)
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz (2:49)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues (3:08)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany (2:32)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In (2:52)
Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (2:54)
Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band - Gonna Hit The Highway (3:09) °°

CD 2
Mississippi Blues In The 30's
Tommy McClennan - Whisky Head Woman (3:00)
Tommy McClennan - Des'e My Blues (3:17)
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (3:21)
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 (3:12)
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama (2:46)
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues (2:52)
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me (2:55)
Piano Blues
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed (3:11)
Leroy Carr - Six Cold Feet In The Ground (3:06)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law (3:22)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Pete Wheatstraw (3:15)
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Part 3 (3:07)
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues (2:57)
Big Maceo - Detroit Jump (2:47) °°
Joe Pullum with Andy Boy - Hard Working Man Blues (3:35)
City Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues (3:22)
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues (3:32)
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues (3:11)
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl (3:01)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Elevator Woman (2:38) °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning (2:58)
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway (2:40)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right (2:54) °°


compiled by Yasufumi Higurashi, Toyo Nakamura & Hiroshi Suzuki; manufactured from Master Recordings of RCA corporation

°° CD has seven additional tracks!

3 LP folding box with 30-pp. booklet

RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp 1971)

3 LP slide-in box with 30-page booklet

= RCA Victor RA-9051/3 (Jp 1975)

2 CD set, notes by Hiroshi Suzuki, Toyo Nakamura, Yasufumi Higurashi, Hisamitsu Noguchi & Shoichi Yui

= RCA BVCP-8733/4 (Jp 1994) "Blues 1927-46"

2 CD set

= RCA BVCM-37530/1 (Jp 2004) "Blues 1927-46"

231972Barrelhouse 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
Raymond Barrow
- Walking Blues
Will Ezell
- Barrelhouse Woman (tk 2)


notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls

Yazoo 1028


= Yazoo CD 1028 (1992)

Yazoo Records discography

241972Blues Piano - Chicago Plus
Blues Originals Vol. 4

Little Johnny Jones
- Chicago Blues
Floyd Dixon
- When I Get Lucky

Little Brother Montgomery
- Shreveport Farewell
Little Johnny Jones
- Hoy Hoy
Floyd Dixon
- Floyd's Blues

Little Brother Montgomery
- Talkin' boogie
Frank Sweet Williams
- Sweet's slow blues

Meade Lux Lewis
- Riff Boogie

Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues
Floyd Dixon
- Hey Bartender
Little Johnny Jones
- Wait Baby

Little Brother Montgomery
- Farish Street Jive
Floyd Dixon
- Two Piano Blues
Little Johnny Jones
- Up The Line


programmed by Pete Lowry

notes by Pete Lowry

Atlantic SD-7227 (US 1972)


= Atlantic P-6187 A (Jp)

251972Blues Piano Orgy

Speckled Red
- Blues Hurt My Tongue To Talk (4:12) //   @ youtube
Curtis Jones
- Tin Pan Alley Blues (3:06) §   @ youtube
Sunnyland Slim
- My Baby's Coming With A Marriage License (3:13) ##   @ youtube
- Every Time I Get To Drinkin' (3:09) ##

Little Brother Montgomery
- Stendahl Stomp (2:49) ||   @ youtube
- Tremblin' Blues (3:05) ||

Little Brother Montgomery
- No Special Rider (2:38) ||
- Bass Key Boogie (2:57) ||   @ youtube
Roosevelt Sykes
- Dresser Drawers (2:43) ##
- Concentration Blues (2:56) ##   @ youtube
- Kickin' Motor Scooter (2:51) #   @ youtube
Otis Spann
- Three-In-One Blues (2:25) []   @ youtube

Delmark CD DE-626 bonus tracks:
Roosevelt Sykes
- (New Year's) Resolution Blues (2:28) ### [Delmark DD 773]   @ youtube
Sunnyland Slim
- Poor Boy (4:04) **
- Depression Blues (3:03) ##
Memphis Slim
- Five O'Clock Blues (2:51)
- Nat Dee Special (2:47)
Curtis Jones
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues § (5:10) [Delmark DL 605]   @ youtube
- Takin' Off (2:55) §§   @ youtube


// rec. 1956/57 in St. Louis, MO; Speckled Red, voc, p
# rec. May 17, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p resp. Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; ## Homesick James, g/b
### rec. May 17, 1963 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy Oden, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p

|| all 4 of Little Brother Montgomery's 1947 sides originally meant to be issued on Disc Records
§ rec. January 12, 1962 / §§ January 27, 1962 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p
[] rec. December 30, 1969 in Chicago, IL; Otis Spann, p; Fred Below, dr

front cover photo by Ray Flerlage

notes by Bob Koester     "Delmark Records, 4243 North Lincoln, Chicago, Illinois 60618"
 
Delmark 626 (US 1972)


= Trio PA-3046 (Jp 1974)


= Trio PA-6211 (Jp 1978)

notes by Bob Koester     "Delmark Records, 4121 North Rockwell, Chicago, Illinois 60618"

(=) Delmark CD DE-626 (US 1996)

Delmark Records discography
Trio Records discography
Speckled Red discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography
Curtis Jones discography
Otis Spann discography
Homesick James discography

261972Little Brother Montgomery: Bajez Copper Station
Live at Amsterdam

- Pinetop's Boogie   @ Spotify
- Cow Cow Blues   @ Spotify
- Doctor, Write Me A Prescription For The Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Farrish Street Jive   @ Spotify

- Vicksburg Blues   @ Spotify
- Up The Country   @ Spotify
- Big Flat Boogie   @ Spotify
- Conny Vaughn Tremblin' Blues   @ Spotify

Blues Beacon CD BLU-1002 bonus tracks:
- No Special Rider Blues   @ Spotify
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor   @ Spotify
- Keep On Drinkin'   @ Spotify

rec. October 7, 1972 live at the Bajes Blues Club, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
photos by Paulus Zwarga


Blues Beacon 1932 115 (Germany 1972)

text transcription by Teddy Doering

Blues Beacon 631002 (Germany 1982)


= Blues Beacon CD BLU-1002 (Germany 1993)

Blues Bacon discography

271972Little Brother Montgomery: Home Again
Chicago 1972, with Jan Montgomery

- Lonesome Mama Blues
- Tremblin' Blues
- Aggravatin' Papa #
- No Special Boogie
- Jan
- St. Louis Blues

- Home Again Blues
- Dangerous Blues #
- Up The Country
- I Was So In Love With You #
- History Of Little Brother
- After You've Gone #

rec. January 30, 1972 at Little Brother's home, South Drexel Ave. in Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; # Jan Montgomery, voc


Matchbox SDM-223 (UK 1972)

= Autogram ALL-223 (Germany)

Matchbox Records discography

27a1972Blues For Your Pocket

Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground [XTRA 1098]
Son House - New Pony Blues [Transatlantic TRA 223]
Furry Lewis - Pearlee Blues [XTRA 1116]
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway [XTRA 1111]
Big Bill Broonzy - Guitar Shuffle [XTRA 1004]
Brownie McGhee - Sportin' Life Blues [XTRA 1035]

Memphis Slim - Boogie Woogie Piano Styles [XTRA 1085]

Little Brother Montgomery - Lonesome Mama [XTRA 1115]
Sticks McGhee - Drink Of Wine Mop Mop [XTRA 1110]
J.D. Short - So Much Wine [XTRA 1080]
James 'Son' Thomas - Beefsteak Blues [XTRA 1105]
Fred McDowell - Mojo Hand [Transatlantic TRA 194]


compiled by Mike Leadbitter

notes by Mike Leadbitter

Transatlatic TRA SAM 25 (UK 1972)


= Guimbarda 30.111057 (Sp 1979) "Bluesmen 3"

XTRA Records discography

281976Little Brother Montgomery's State Street Swingers: Goodbye Mister Blues
featuring Preston Jackson and Ikey Robinson

- Goodbye Mr. Blues **
- South Rampart St. Parade *
- Tishomingo Blues *
- I Must Get Mine In Front #
- Struttin' With Some Barbecue *
- Boy In The Boat *
- Riverside Blues *
- Old Maid Blues #
- Saturday Night Function *
- Glitsy's Blues #
- Wailing Blues #
- Goodbye Mr. Blues (alt tk) ##
- Panama Rag *

# rec. September 5, 1973 in Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Preston Jackson, tb, ## voc; Leon Scott, tp; Oliver Alcorn, cl/ts/ss; Little Ikey Robinson, g/bj; Truck Parham, b; Red Saunders, dr
* rec. April 16, 1975 & January 7, 1976 in Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Preston Jackson, tb, ** voc; Leroi Nabors, tp; Franz Jackson, cl/ts/ss; Little Ikey Robinson, g/bj; Truck Parham, b; Ed Wilkinson, b; Red Saunders, dr


Delmark DE-663 (US 1976)

Delmark Records discography

291973Little Brother Montgomery: Deep South Piano

- I Must Get Mine In Front   @ Spotify
- Willie Anderson's Blues   @ Spotify
- Jim Jam Blues   @ Spotify
- Vanado Anderson Blues   @ Spotify
- The 44 (Vicksburg) Blues °°   @ Spotify
- Hesitatin' Blues   @ Spotify

- Bob Martin Blues °°   @ Spotify
- Mama, You Don't Mean Me No Good °°   @ Spotify
- Cooney Vaughn's Tremblin' Blues   @ Spotify
- Hard, Oh Lord   @ Spotify
- Miles Davis Blues   @ Spotify
- Yodlin' Blues   @ Spotify
- Shreveport Farewell (instr) °°   @ Spotify

°° Storyville CD 8007 bonus tracks

rec. September 19, 1972 in Copenhagen, Denmark; supervision: Karl Emil Knudsen

notes by Derrick Stewart-Baxter

Storyville SLP 228 (Denmark 1973)
= Storyville ST 21204 (Fr)

notes by Derrick Stewart-Baxter

= Storyville CD 8007 (Sweden 1991) "Blues Masters Vol. 7"

Storyville Records discography

301975Little Brother Montgomery: Blues Live!
3rd Blues Festival

- Blue Monday Blues
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- I Love You Baby, But You Don't Treat Me No Good
- Cow Cow Blues
- Hesitation Blues
- Chinese Man Blues

- Loomis Gibson Blues
- Going Up The Country Blues
- Vicksburg Blues
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
- Ii The Evening
- First Time I Met The Blues

rec. July 20 & 29, 1975 live at Hibiya-Yagai-Ongaku-Do, Tokyo, Japan


Trio PA-3087 (Jp 1975)

= Vivid Sound VSCD-011 (Jp 1999)

Trio Records discography

30a1976Edith Wilson with Little Brother Montgomery and the State Street Ramblers: He May Be Your Man... But He Comes To See Me Sometime!

- Mistreatin' Blues
- Hesitating Blues
- He May Be Your Man
- Easin' Away From Me
- That Same Dog
- Hey! Hey! Boogie

- Poppa-Mama Blues
- Slow Creepin' Blues
- My Handy Man Ain't Handy Anymore
- Twiddlin'
- Put A Little Love In Everything You Do

rec. July 5, 1973 at Sound Studios Chicago, IL

notes by Paige Van Vorst

Delmark DS 637 (US 1976)

= Delmark DD 637 (1993)

Delmark Records discography

311976The Devil's Music
from the BBC T.V. series

Red Lightnin' RL0033 track sequence:
LP 1: Mississippi and Memphis Blues@ youtube ([almost] full album LP 1)
Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water
Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag
Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues
Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight
Booker White - Aberdeen Mississippi

Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid Of My Mule
Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack
Sonny Blake - Bring It On Home To Me
Joe Wilkins - Mr. Downchild
Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider
Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues
Laura Dukes - Crawdad   @ youtube



LP 2: Chicago Blues@ youtube ([almost] full album LP 2)
The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me
Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me
Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime
Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me To Talkin'
Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is
Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too

Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me
The Aces - Blue Shadows
Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie

Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues #
Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues ##
Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now #   @ Spotify

prod. & ed. by Maddalena Fagandini & Giles Oakley (BBC TV series)
sleeve design and illustration of Red Lightnin' RL0033 by G.M.W. Snow; photography by Axel Küstner

Indigo IGOTCD 2537 track sequence:
CD 1: The Devil's Music Part 1
Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water
Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag
Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues
Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight
Bukka White - Aberdeen, Mississippi
Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid Of My Mule
Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack
Sonny Blake - Bring It On Home
Joe Willie Wilkins - Mr. Downchild
Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider
Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues
Laura Dukes - Crawdad
The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me
Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me
Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime
Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me Talkin'
Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is
Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too

CD 2: The Devil's Music Part 2
Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me
The Aces - Blue Shadows
Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie

Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues #
Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues ##
Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now #
James De Shay - Crossroads °°
James De Shay - Pony Blues °°
James De Shay - Mistake In Life °°
James De Shay - Evil Is Going On °°
James De Shay - Hold That Train, Conductor °°
James De Shay - Forty Four °°
Big Joe Williams - Providence Help The Poor People °°
Henry Townsend - Tears Came Rolling Down °°
Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk °°
Henry Townsend - Wave My Hands Bye Bye °°
Big Joe Williams - Meet Me At The Bottom °°
Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues °°


CD 3: Live 1963 European Blues Festival
Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well °°
Memphis Slim - I Wrote This Song °°
Memphis Slim - All By Myself °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - 99 °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Bye Bye Bird °°
Memphis Slim - In The Evening °°
Matt Murphy - Grooving On Bounce °°
Matt Murphy - Taking Off °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - All My Love In Vain °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' °°


°° Indigo IGOTCD 2537 bonus tracks

# rec. January 29, 1976 in Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; ## Edith Wilson, voc

DLP
notes by Giles Oakley

Red Lightnin' RL 0033 (UK 1976)

3 CD box set
notes by Neil Slaven

= Indigo IGOTCD 2537 (UK 2003) "The Devil's Music: The Soundtrack To The 1976 BBC TV Documentary Series"

Red Lightnin' Records discography

321976Juke Joint Blues Piano

Walter Davis
- M&O Blues
- Don't You Want To Go
Charlie McFadden
- Piggly Wiggly Blues
'Stump' Johnson
- Money Blues
Memphis Slim
- Grinder Man Blues
Ida Mae Mack
- Goodbye Rider
Curtis Henry
- G-Man Blues


Little Brother Montgomery
- The First Time I Met You [aka "The First Time I Met The Blues"]
- Out West Blues
Tommy Griffin
- Young Heifer Blues
Frank Tannehill
- Rollin' Stone
Robert Cooper
- West Dallas Drag
Andy Boy
- Church Street Blues
- Evil Blues



RCA RA 5709 (Jp 1976)


= MCA/Victor MCA-3537 (Jp)

32a1977Dealing With The Devil
The Devil's Music as sung and played by ...

Little Brother Montgomery - Dealing With The Devil [Columbia 33SX 1289]
Brownie McGhee - I Need A Lover
Roosevelt Sykes - Unlucky 13 Blues
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Fighting A Losing Battle

Little Brother Montgomery - Cow Cow Blues [Columbia 33SX 1289]
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Doctor Brownie's Famous Cure

Roosevelt Sykes - Ice Cream Freezer
Jimmy Cotton - Slow And Easy

Little Brother Montgomery - Chinese Man Blues [Columbia 33SX 1289]
Sonny Terry - Talking Harmonica Blues
Roosevelt Sykes - Papa Low
Jimmy Cotton - Dealing With The Devil


rec. under the personal supervision of Denis Preston

notes by Max Jones

EMI (One-Up) OU 2164 (UK 1977)

32b1977Dealing With The Devil   Volume 2
The Devil's Music as sung and played by ...

Jimmy Cotton - Dealing With The Devil
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Rockin And Whoopin
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Born With The Blues

Little Brother Montgomery - New Vicksburgh Blues [Columbia 33SX 1289]
Roosevelt Sykes - Hot Nuts
Jimmy Rushing - St. Louis Blues


Little Brother Montgomery - I Keep On Drinkin' [Columbia 33SX 1289]
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Jet Plane Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - Farrish St. Jive [Columbia 33SX 1289]
Roosevelt Sykes - Sweet Old Chicago
Jimmy Rushing - Am I Blue


rec. under the personal supervision of Denis Preston (except Jimmy Rushing tracks)

notes by Max Jones

EMI (One-Up) OU 2192 (UK 1977)

331977Little Brother Montgomery: Crescent City Blues

LP 1:
- The Woman I Love Blues
- Pleading Blues
- Vicksburg Blues
- Mama You Don't Mean Me No Good
- Misled Blues
- The First Time I Met The Blues
- A & V Railroad Blues
- Tantalizing Blues

- Vicksburg Blues Part III
- Louisiana Blues
- Santa Fe Blues
- Something Keeps A-Worrying Me
- Out West Blues
- Leaving Town Blues
- West Texas Blues
- Never Go Wrong Blues


LP 2:
- Sweet Petunia Stomp ("Monkey Joe" Coleman, voc)
- Gonna Beat It Back To Memphis ("Monkey Joe" Coleman, voc)
- Monkey Joe Got The Blues ("Monkey Joe" Coleman, voc)
- Hard Time Blues ("Monkey Joe" Coleman, voc)
- Black Pony Blues (Annie Turner, voc)
- Deceived Blues (Annie Turner, voc)
- Workhouse Blues (Annie Turner, voc)
- Hard On You (Annie Turner, voc)

- Sorrowful Blues
- Mistreatin' Man Blues
- Chinese Man Blues
- Farish Street Jive
- Crescent City Blues
- Shreveport Farewell
- Goodbye, Luck To You (George Guesnon, voc)

rec. 1935-1937

DLP
notes by Jim O'Neal

RCA / Bluebird AXM2-5522 (Fr 1977)

341977Paramount 1929-1930
'whip it to a jelly' (The Piano Blues Vol. 1)

Charlie Spand
- Moanin' The Blues
- Mississippi Blues
Blind Leroy Garnett
- Chain 'Em Down
- Louisiana Glide

Little Brother
- No Special Rider
- Vicksburg Blues
Wesley Wallace
- Fanny Lee Blues
- No. 29

Louise Johnson
- By The Moon And Stars
- All Night Long Blues
Will Ezell
- Pitchin' Boogie
- Heifer Dust
Charles Avery
- Dearborn St. Breakdown
James Wiggins
- Forty-Four Blues
Henry Brown
- Henry Brown Blues
Blind Blake / Spand
- Hastings St.

foreword by Francis Smith
notes by Bob Hall
and Richard Noblett

Magpie PY 4401

Magpie PYCD 01 (1990)
(four add'l tracks)

Magpie Records discography

351977Postscripts, 1927-33
The Piano Blues Vol. 5

Little Brother Montgomery
- Frisco Hi-Ball
Turner Parrish
- Trenches
Roosevelt Sykes
- 44 Blues
Mozelle Alderson
- Tight Whoopee
Sammy Brown
- Jockey Blues
Speckled Red
- Wilkins Street Stomp
Jame Robinson
- Humming Blues
Rufus & Ben Quillian
- Holy Roll

Cow Cow Davenport
- Atlanta Rag
Pinetop & Lindberg
- 4-11-44
Lonnie Clark
- Down In Tennessee
Skip James
- If You Haven't Any Hay
Charlie Spand
- Soon This Morning No 2
Herve Duerson
- Avenue Strut
Stump Johnson
- Bound To Be A Monkey
Kingfish Bill Tomlin
- Hot Box


foreword by Francis Smith
notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett

Magpie PY 4405

Magpie Records discography

361978Little Brother Montgomery: Little Brother@ youtube (full album)

- I Keep (On) Drinkin'
- Just The Blues
- Farish Street Jive - tk 1
- New Vicksburg Blues
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
- I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll

- Cow Cow Blues
- Chinese Man Blues
- Farish Street Jive - tk 3
- Old Maid Blues
- Canadian Sunset
- Buddy Bolden's Blues

rec. August 18th & 20th, 1960 in England; recording supervisor: Denis Preston
Aves 0059.012 front cover photo by Raeburn Flerlage
Aves INT 146.502 front cover photo by David Redfern

Columbia 33SX 1289


Aves 0059.012 (Germany 1978)


= Aves INT 146.502 (Germany 1978)

371977Rare Gems
Previously unissued Chicago blues recordings from the collection of Norman Dayron

Roots TR 1005 LP 1 // TK Records TKR 82539:
Little Brother Montgomery - Ain't Nobody Here But Me #
John Lee Granderson - Bumble Bee   @ youtube
Robert Nighthawk - Murderin' Blues (= Goin' Down To Eli's = Cheatin' And Lyin' Blues)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Otis Spann - Hotel Lorraine   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - Sinkin' Blues   @ Spotify
Johnnie Jones - Worried Life Blues   @ youtube

Rev. Robert Wilkins - Glory Glory Hallelujah   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield - Wild Cow Moan   @ Spotify
Johnnie Jones with Billy Boy Arnold - I Hear My Black Name Ringing   @ youtube
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop - So Glad I'm Living   @ Spotify

Little Brother Montgomery - Buddy Bolden's Blues #   @ youtube


Roots TR 1005 LP 2:
Otis Spann - Blues For Martin Luther King   @ youtube
Robert Pete Williams - Ugly Man Blues   @ Spotify

Little Brother Montgomery - Prescription For The Blues #   @ youtube
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield - Diggin' My Potatoes   @ Spotify
J.B. Lenoir - My Dear Old Mother °°   @ youtube
Maxwell Street Jimmy - Someday Baby   @ youtube

James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold - Three Harp Boogie (= South Side Boogie)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Big Joe Williams - Screamin' And Cryin'   @ Spotify

Little Brother Montgomery - Salty Dog #   @ youtube
Robert Nighthawk - Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Rev. Robert Wilkins - Just A Closer Walk With Thee (2:50) °°   @ youtube


°° not on Bullseye/Rounder CD BB 9530

Bullseye/Rounder CD BB 9530 track sequence
Little Brother Montgomery - Ain't Nobody Here But Me #   @ youtube
John Lee Granderson - Bumble Bee
Robert Nighthawk - Murderin' Blues
Otis Spann - Hotel Lorraine
Big Joe Williams - Sinkin' Blues
Johnnie Jones - Worried Life Blues
Rev. Robert Wilkins - Glory Glory Hallelujah

Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield - Wild Cow Moan
Johnnie Jones with Billy Boy Arnold - I Hear My Black Name Ringing
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop - So Glad I'm Living

Little Brother Montgomery - Buddy Bolden's Blues #
Otis Spann - Blues For Martin Luther King
Robert Pete Williams - Ugly Man Blues

Little Brother Montgomery - Prescription For The Blues #
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield - Diggin' My Potatoes
J.B. Lenoir - My Dear Old Mother °°
Maxwell Street Jimmy - Someday Baby
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold - Three Harp Boogie
Big Joe Williams - Screamin' And Cryin'

Little Brother Montgomery - Salty Dog #
Robert Nighthawk - Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel
Rev. Robert Wilkins - Just A Closer Walk With Thee °°


rec. early to mid 1960s in Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; compiled and edited by Norman Dayron & Mark Naftalin
# rec. c. 1963 at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p

notes by Pete Welding
Roots TR 1005, front cover; click to enlarge! Roots TR 1005, back cover; click to enlarge! Roots TR 1005, inner sleeve; click to enlarge! Roots TR 1005, label 1; click to enlarge! Roots TR 1005, label 2; click to enlarge! Roots TR 1005, label 3; click to enlarge! Roots TR 1005, label 4; click to enlarge! Roots TR 1005, inner gatefold 1; click to enlarge!Roots TR 1005, inner gatefold 2; click to enlarge!Roots TR 1005, inner gatefold 3; click to enlarge! Roots TR 1005, inner gatefold 4; click to enlarge!
Roots TR 1005 (US 1977)

= CBS S2BP 220205 (Australia 1977)

notes by Pete Welding
TK Records TKR 82539, front cover; click to enlarge! TK Records TKR 82539, back cover; click to enlarge! TK Records TKR 82539, notes; click to enlarge!
(=) TK Records TKR 82539 (UK 1978) "Rare Gems Vol. 1" (LP 1 only)

notes by Pete Welding

(=) Bullseye Blues CD BB 9530 (US 1993) "Rare Chicago Blues 1962-1968"

381979Big Four 1933-1941
'will satisfy your mind' (The Piano Blues Vol. 12)

Little Brother
- Farrish Street Jive
- Vicksburg Blues - part 3
- Shreveport Farewell
- Louisiana Blues - part 2
Walter Davis
- Big Jack Engine
- I Can Tell
- Sweet Sixteen
- Frisco Blues

Roosevelt Sykes
- Big Legs Ida
- Low As A Toad
- Let Me Hang My Stocking
Stingback James
- Bad Luck Ever Change?
- New Red Cross
- Snake Hip Blues
- See For Yourself
- Poor Coal Loader

notes by Bob Hall
and Richard Noblett

Magpie PY 4412

Magpie Records discography

38a1979Blues Giants
Masters of Jazz Vol. 15

LP 1
- Southern Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Jasper's Gal - Memphis Slim
- Anytime Is The Right Time - Roosevelt Sykes
- New Shake 'Em On Down - Tommy McClennan
- Willow Tree Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Anna Lou Blues - Tampa Red
- Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
- Worried Life Blues - Big Maceo

- Early In The Morning - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Milk Cow Blues - Big Bill Broonzy

- Pleading Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Get Yourself Together - Lonnie Johnson
- Walkin' And Drinkin' - Roosevelt Sykes
- Evil Blues - Washboard Sam
- Let Me In Your Saddle - Walter Davis
- Key To The Highway - William 'Jazz' Gillum



LP 2
- Beer Drinking Woman - Memphis Slim
- Crawlin' Kingsnake - Big Joe Williams
- Winter Time Blues - Big Maceo Merriweather

- Louisiana Blues part 2 - Little Brother Montgomery
- Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam
- Look On Yonder Blues - William 'Jazz' Gillum
- Coal And Iceman Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- My Stove Don't Work - Casey Bill Weldon

- Big Time Woman - Roosevelt Sykes
- Katy Mae Blues - Tommy McClennan
- Good Jelly - Big Bill Broonzy
- When Things Go Wrong With You - Tampa Red
- 'Way Down In Louisiana - Casey Bill Weldon
- Teasin' Brown Skin - Walter Davis
- Caught The Old Coon At Last - Memphis Slim
- Lazy Woman Blues - Lonnie Johnson

DLP





RCA CL 42858 (UK)

391980Chicago 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 Records discography

401980Rare Blues

Dr. Isaiah Ross
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Alberta
Big Joe Williams
- I Ain't Got Nobody
Son House
- Preachin' The Blues
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down


Little Brother Montgomery
- The Pleadin' Blues
Sunnyland Slim
- Lend Me Your Love
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Two Trains Running
Big Joe Williams
- Whistling Pines
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- O Lord I Want You To Help Me

notes by Norman Dayron

Takoma TAK 7081

notes by Norman Dayron

= Sonet SNTF 853
= Sonet RISLP-14115


Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2
"Takoma Blues"

Takoma Records discography

411980Little Brother Montgomery: Tishomingo Blues

- No Special Rider
- I Would Not Drink No Whisky
- Twelfth Street Rag
- Tishomingo Blues
- I'm Sure Of Everything But You
- The Chinese Man Blues
- Brother's Boogie Woogie

- Cow Cow Blues
- Mule Face Blues
- Home Again Blues
- Farrish Street Jive
- Tremblin' Blues
- Vicksburg Blues
- Shreveport Farewell

rec. March 1980 at 100 Club, London; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; prod. by John Stedman

notes by Tony Russell

JSP 1015

JSP Records discography

41a1980The Imagery of Louisiana Red and Brenda Bell

Louisiana Red
- Dedicated To The Queen, Brenda & Pop Muddy
Brenda Bell
- Let Me Tell You A Story About West Virginia
Louisiana Red
- Red's In Prison
Red & Brenda
- Stick With Me Brenda, Stick With Me Red

Red & Brenda
- Let Me Tell You A Story About Victoria Spivey
Louisiana Red
- I Got Friends Out There

Victoria Spivey with Lonnie Johnson, Little Brother Montgomery & Sonny Greer
- Every Dog Has His Day

notes by Len Kunstadt

Spivey 1027

Spivey Records discography

421981Big Joe Williams, Memphis Slim, Little Brother Montgomery

Big Joe Williams
- Cottage Grove
- Meet Me In The Bottom
- Bessemer Baby
- Baby Please Don't Go (tks. 1 & 2)
- Highway 49
- Shake Your Boogie
- Jump Baby Jump

Big Joe Williams
- Mean Mistreater
- Prison Bound

Little Brother Montgomery
- Keep Drinkin'
- Boogie
Memphis Slim
- I Wonder What's The Matter
- Best Girl I Ever Had

notes by Alan Balfour

Flyright 577

(=) Flyright CD 31 (1990)
Chicago piano 1951-58
from JOB & Cobra

Flyright Records discography

431981Chicago Blues - A Quarter Century

LP 1
Big Road To Chicago
Johnny Shines
- Ramblin'
- Fish Tail
- Cool Driver
- Ain't Doin' No Good
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
Moody Jones
- Rough Treatment
- Why Should I Worry
- Please Somebody


5 Long Years At Steel Mill
Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years
- Hard Head Woman
J.T. Brown
- My Gal Went Away
- Soup Line
Memphis Minnie
- Kissing In The Dark
Son Joe
- I'd Write A Letter

Little Brother Montgomery
- Keep On Drinkin'
Memphis Slim
- Black Cat Crossed My Trail



LP 2
Chicago Blues Is Killing Me
Baby Face Leroy
- Blues Is Killing Me
- Late Hours At Midnight
- Pet Rabbit
John Lee Henley
- Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
J.B. Lenoir
- Let It Roll
John Brim
- Hard Pill To Swallow


Just Blowing
Louis Meyers
- Just Wailing
- Bluesy
Big Walter Horton
- Have A Good Time
- Need My Baby
Little Willie Foster
- Crying The Blues
- Little Girl
Junior Wells with Earl Hooker
- Calling All Blues



LP 3
Down Home Child Grown Up
Sunnyland Slim
- Down Home Child
- Over Night
- Highway 61
Lee Jackson
- Fishin' In My Pond
- I'll Just Keep Walking
Arbee Stidham
- When I Find My Baby
Homesick James
- Crossroads


Rather Fight Than Switch
Buddy Guy
- Sit And Cry
- Try To Quit You Baby
Shakey Jake with Magic Sam
- Call Me If You Need Me
Jesse Fortune
- Too Many Cooks
- Heavy Heart Beat
A.C. Reed
- I'd Rather Fight Than Switch
Ricky Allen
- Ouch!



LP 4
Hard Times Follow Me
Fenton Robinson
- From My Heart
- Say You're Leavin'
Mighty Joe Young
- Hard Times
Earl Hooker
- Blues In D Natural
Lonnie Brooks
- Figure Head
Reggie Boyd
- Nothing But Poison
Andrew Brown
- You Better Stop


Sing The Way I Feel
Koko Taylor
- Honky Tonky
Big Moose
- Rambling Woman
- Foot Race
Big Mac
- Rough Dried Woman
Detroit Jr.
- The Way I Feel
- Call My Job
Bobby Rush
- I Don't Know
Buster Benton
- Money Is The Name Of The Game


4 LP set



P-Vine PLP-9022-9025 (Jp 1981)

441983Piano Blues Legends

Professor Longhair
- P.L. Bounce
Lyin' Joe Holley
- Sea-Sick & Waterbound
- With You On My Mind
- Mother Fuyer
- Goin' Down Slow

Little Brother Montgomery
- St. Louis Blues

Otis Spann
- T.99
- Blood Stains On The Wall
- Why Should I Cry
- Blues Ain't Nothing' But A Botheration
- I Got A Gal


JSP 1056

JSP Records discography

44a1983Little Brother Montgomery And The Jazz All Stars

- How Long Blues
- Oh Daddy!
- Chicago Town Blues
- She's My One And All Desire
- All Of My Love

- Little Brother's Boogie
- Your Love Is So Incredible
- Tishomingo Blues
- Mule Face


FM 2001

44b1986Atlantic Blues: Piano

- Yancey Special - Jimmy Yancey
- Talkin' Boogie - Little Brother Montgomery
- Mournful Blues - Jimmy Yancey
- Farish Street Jive - Little Brother Montgomery *
- Salute To Pinetop - Jimmy Yancey
- Vicksburg Blues 1951 - Little Brother Montgomery *
- Shave 'Em Dry - Jimmy Yancey

- Frankie And Johnny - Champion Jack Dupree
- T.B. Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
- Strollin' - Champion Jack Dupree
- Ball The Wall - Professor Longhair *
- Tipitina - Professor Longhair
- Blue Sender - Vann Piano Man Walls
- After Midnight - Vann Piano Man Walls


- Roll 'Em Pete - Joe Turner with Pete Johnson, p
- 'Fore Day Rider - Jay McShann
- Cherry Red - Jay McShann Joe Turner with Pete Johnson, p *
- My Chile - Jay McShann
- Cow Cow Blues - Meade Lux Lewis
- Albert's Blues - Meade Lux Lewis
- Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis

- Ray's Blues - Ray Charles *
- Low Society - Ray Charles
- A Bit Of Soul - Ray Charles *
- Hey Bartender - Floyd Dixon
- Floyd's Blues - Floyd Dixon
- After Hours Blues - Texas Johnny Brown
- Junco Partner - Doctor John
- I Don't Know - Willie Mabon


* not included on CD reissue

2 LP set
notes by Jim O'Neal

Atlantic 7-81694-1

part of "Atlantic Blues:
Guitar, Piano, Vocalists,
Chicago"
(8 LP box)

Atlantic 7-81713-1

4 CD set

(=) Atlantic CD 82309 (1990)
"Atlantic Blues: Guitar,
Piano, Vocalists, Chicago"

451987Little Brother Montgomery: These Are What I Like
Unissued Recordings Vol. 1

- Mr. Freddie Blues
- Railroad Blues
- Old Louisiana Blues
- Trembling Blues
- I Ain't No Bulldog
- Trumpets Farm Blues
- Farish Street Jive

- Pinetop's Boogie
- The Fives
- No Special Rider Blues
- Cow Cow Blues
- Four O'Clock Blues
- Up The Country
- Suitcase Blues

rec. June 26/27 and August 26/27, 1960 in Sussex, England by Francis Wilford Smith
mastered by John R. T. Davies
photography by Mrs. Janet Montgomery

foreword by
Francis Wilford Smith
notes by Bob Hall

Magpie PY 4451

= Magpie PYCD 04

Magpie Records discography

461988Little Brother Montgomery: Those I Liked I Learned
Unissued Recordings Vol. 2

- Wang Wang Blues
- Prescription For The Blues
- Caldonia No. 1 and No. 2
- Kansas City Kitty
- Careless Love
- Ain't Nobody's Business
- You Shall

- Do Right Mama
- Black Snake Blues
- Golf Coast Blues
- Lonesome Mama Blues
- The Cooter Crawl
- Hesitation Blues
- Lonesome Road Blues
- Trouble In Mind

rec. 1960 by Francis Wilford Smith
mastered by John R. T. Davies
photography by Mrs. Janet Montgomery

foreword by
Francis Wilford Smith
notes by Paul Oliver

Magpie PY 4452

= Magpie PYCD 05

Magpie Records discography

47198?Little Brother Montgomery:
Masters Of The Blues Vol. 9
- The Woman I Love Blues
- Pleading Blues
- Vicksburg Blues. No. 2
- Mama You Don't Mena Me No Good
- The First Time I Met You # [aka "The First Time I Met The Blues"]
- Farish Street Jive #
- Crescent City Blues #

- Vicksburg Blues No. 3 #
- Out West Blues #
- Leaving Town Blues #
- West Texas Blues #
- Never Go Wrong Blues #
- Mistreatin' Woman Blues #
- Shreveport Blues #

rec. New Orleans, Aug. 10, 1935

# rec. Oct. 16, 1936


Collector's Classics CC 35

47a1989Roots Of The Postwar Blues

- New Little Pretty Mama (Tee-Ninecy Mama) - Leroy's Buddy
- Crawling King Snake - Tony Hollins
- If You See My Rooster (Please Run Him Home) - Memphis Minnie
- A Hard Pill To Swallow - Son Bond
- Beer Drinking Woman - Memphis Slim
- Sweet Man Blues - Little Buddy Doyle
- West Coast Blues - Walter Davis
- Mattie Mae Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Tired Of Your Low Down Ways - Leroy Carr
- Piggly Wiggly - Charlie McFadden
- My Little Machine - Sonny Boy Williamson

- First Time I Met You - Little Brother Montgomery [aka "The First Time I Met The Blues"]
- Black Angel Blues - Bessie Jackson
- Renewed Love Blues - Little Buddy Doyle
- Rough Treatment - Bumble Bee Slim
- She Fooled Me - Washboard Sam


notes by Tom Carter
[= Mike Rowe]

Swingtime/Bluetime BT 2015
(Dk)

481990Grinder Man Blues
Masters of the Blues Piano

Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues No. 2
- Mama, You Don't Mean Me No Good
- Santa Fe Blues
- Chinese Man Blues
- Farish Street Jive
- Shreveport Farewell
Memphis Slim
- Beer Drinking Woman
- Grinder Man Blues
- You Got To Help Me Some
- Me, Myself And I
- Whiskey And Gin Blues
- Lend Me Your Love
Big Maceo Merriweather
- Worried Life Blues
- County Jail Blues
- So Long Baby
- Texas Stomp
- Kid Man Blues
- Chicago Breakdown



RCA CD 2098-2-R

491990Little Brother Montgomery At Home

- The Rocks   @ Spotify
- Louisiana Blues   @ Spotify
- Brother Red's Boogie   @ Spotify
- Without You Sweetheart #   @ Spotify
- Suitcase Blues   @ Spotify
- Jan   @ Spotify
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie   @ Spotify

- Hard, Oh Lord   @ Spotify
- I'm Gonna Build My Bed on the Bottom of The Deep Blue Sea   @ Spotify
- Yankee Doodle Blues #   @ Spotify
- I'm Going Back To Old Tennessee   @ Spotify
- No Special Rider Blues   @ Spotify
- Mini Skirt Blues   @ Spotify
- Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans   @ Spotify

rec. 1967 - 1982

# Jan Montgomery, voc


Earwig LP/CD 4918

= Blue Sting

49a1990Chicago Piano 1951 - 1958 from Cobra and JOB

Sunnyland Slim
- Highway 61
- It's You Baby
- Over Night
- That Woman
- 'Fore Day Bounce
Floyd Jones
- Big World
Sunnyland Slim
- Mary Lee
Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years
- Hard Headed Woman
- It's Miserable To Be Alone
Charles Clark
- Row Your Boat
Memphis Slim
- I Wonder What's The Matter
- I Can't Live Without You
- Best Gal I Ever Had
- So Tired
- Need My Baby

Little Brother Montgomery
- Keep Drinkin'
- Boogie
Moody Jones
- Please Somebody
J.T. Brown
- Short Dresses

notes by Chris Smith

Flyright FLYCD 31

Flyright Records discography


= Paula PCD-15 (1991 US)

49b1990Paramount Vol. 1   1928-1932

Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues
Blind Leroy Garnett - Chain 'Em Down

Little Brother - No Special Rider
Wesley Wallace - Fanny Lee Blues
Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars
Will Ezell - Pitchin' Boogie
Blind Leroy Garnett - Louisiana Glide
Blind Blake / Spand - Hastings St.
Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay
'Jabo' Williams - Fat Mama Blues
'Boodle It' Wiggins - Evil Woman Blues
Lonnie Clark - Down In Tennessee
Charles Avery - Dearborn St. Breakdown
Charlie Spand - Mississippi Blues
Will Ezell - Heifer Dust

Little Brother - Vicksburg Blues
Wesley Wallace - No. 29
James Wiggins - Forty-Four Blues
Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues
Louise Johnson - All Night Long Blues


Magpie PY 4401
+ four tracks from
Magpie PY 4420

notes by Bob Hall
and Richard Noblett

Magpie PYCD 01

Magpie Records discography

49c1991The Paramount Piano Blues 1928-32, Vol. 1

- Evil Woman Blues - James Wiggins
- Forty-Four Blues - James Wiggins
- Chain 'Em Down - James Wiggins
- Lousianna Glide - Blind Leroy Garnett
- Mississippi Blues - Charlie Spand
- Moanin' The Blues - Charlie Spand
- Hastings Street - Charlie Spand
- Pitchin' Boogie - Baby Jay
- Heifer Dust - William Ezell
- Henry Brown Blues - Henry Brown
- Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark
- Dearborn St. Breakdown - Charles Avery
- All Night Long Blues - Louise Johnson
- By The Moon And Stars - Louise Johnson

- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Fanny Lee Blues - Wesley Wallace
- No. 29 - Wesley Wallace
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road - Skip James
- Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams


Black Swan HCD-11

501992Little Brother Montgomery
Complete Recorded Works 1930-1936


- No Special Rider Blues
- Vicksburg Blues
- Louisiana Blues, tk A
- Louisiana Blues, tk B *
- Frisco Hi-Ball Blues
- The Woman I Love Blues
- Pleading Blues
- Vicksburg Blues No. 2
- Mama, You Don't Mean Me No Good
- Misled Blues
- The First Time I Met You [aka "The First Time I Met The Blues"]
- A. & V. Railroad Blues
- Tantalizing Blues
- Vicksburg Blues, pt. 3
- Louisiana Blues, pt. 2
- Santa Fe Blues
- Something Keeps A-Worryin' Me
- Out West Blues
- Leaving Town Blues
- West Texas Blues
- Never Go Wrong Blues
- Sorrowful Blues
- Mistreatin' Woman Blues
- Chinese Man Blues
- Farish Street Jive
- Crescent City Blues
- Shreveport Farewell

* on P-Vine CD only


Document DOCD 5109


= P-Vine 5758 (Jp 2002)

511994Little Brother Montgomery: Complete Recorded Works 1930-1954
Vocal Accompaniments & Early Post-War Recordings 1930-1954

- Good Grinding (Irene Scruggs)
- Borrowed Love (Irene Scruggs)
- Must Get Mine In Front (Irene Scruggs)
- Back To The Wall (Irene Scruggs)
- Monkey Man Blues (Minnie Hicks)
- Sweet Rider (Minnie Hicks)
- Black Pony Blues (Annie Turner)
- Deceived Blues (Annie Turner)
- Workhouse Blues (Annie Turner)
- Hard On You (Annie Turner)
- Goodbye, Good Luck To You ("Creole" George Guesnon)
- El Ritmo
- Swingin' With Lee
- Long Time Ago
- Woman That I Love
- Vicksburg Blues
- A & B Blues
- After Hours Blues
- Little Brother Stomp
- Mule Face Blues [Windin' Ball WS 104]
- Cow Cow Blues [Windin' Ball WS 104]
- Vicksburg Blues [Windin' Ball WS 104]
- Crescent City Blues [Windin' Ball WS 104]
- Winding Ball Blues [Saydisc/Matchbox SDR 213]


Document DOCD 6034

51a1999Broke, Black And Blue
An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities

disc 1:
Up Country Blues
- Barrel House Blues - Ed Andrews
- Georgia Stockade Blues - Tom Delaney
- Sun Brimmers Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Dry Bone Shuffle - Blind Blake
- Up Country Blues - DeFord Bailey
- Dead Drunk Blues - Sippie Wallace
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long 'Cleve' Reed
- Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name - Barbecue Bob
- Bo Lita - Kid Brown
- Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William & Versey Smith
- Church Bells Blues - Luke Jordan
- Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen
- It Won't Be Long Now - Barbecue Bob & Laughing Charley
- Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley
- Rock Island Blues - Lewis Black
- Midnight Blues - Bill Moore
- Fare Thee Blues - Johnnie Head
- My Monday Woman Blues - Jim Jackson
- What's The Matter Blues - Frank Stokes
- School Girl Blues - Rosie Mae Moore
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- TC Johnson Blues - T. C. Johnson


disc 2:
Broke & Hungry Blues
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacey
- No More Women Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander
- How Long, How Long Blues - Willie Jackson
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Chicken Wilson Blues - Chicken Wilson
- Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Broke And Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Funny Feathers - Victoria Spivey
- Pitchin' Boogie - William Ezell
- Mr- Devil Blues - Jed Davenport
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Weary Heart Blues - James Wiggins
- Poor Man Blues - Henry Townsend
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker
- Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor
- Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Walking Blues - Son House
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Long Ways from Home - Louise Johnson
- Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose
- Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties

- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery

disc 3:
Good Whiskey Blues
- Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- 22-20 Blues - Skip James
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams
- Never Mind Blues - Georgia Boyd
- Twelves (Dirty Dozens) - Kokomo Arnold
- Little Leg Woman - Big Joe Williams
- That's What My Baby Likes - Bessie Jackson
- Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Strut That Thing - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky
- Cold Blooded Murder, No.2 - Bumble Bee Slim
- Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind - Blind Boy Fuller
- Ashes In My Whiskey - Walter Davis
- It's Cold in China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner
- Jockey Blues - Jazz Gillum
- Prisoner Blues - George Clarke
- Back Door Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
- Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods
- Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam
- Hard Scufflin' Blues - Little Buddy Doyle
- Jersey Belle Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me - Tommy McClennan


disc 4:
Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame
- East St.Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White
- Can't You Read - Big Maceo Merriweather
- Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forrest City Joe
- Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown
- Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown
- Low Land Blues - Lee Brown
- Round The World Blues - Lee Brown
- Rock That Boogie - Jimmie Gordon
- Fast Life - Jimmie Gordon
- Mistreated Blues - Jimmie Gordon
- I Ain't Like That No More - Jimmie Gordon
- Chain Gang Blues - Johnny Temple
- Yum, Yum, Yum - Johnny Temple
- My Baby's Acting Funny - Jimmie Gordon
- It's Time To Go - Jimmie Gordon
- That Woman's A Pearl Diver - Jimmie Gordon
- Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - Jimmie Gordon
- I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again - Johnny Temple
- Something In The Moon That Gives Me A Thrill - Johnny Temple
- Dixie Flyer - Johnny Temple
- Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out - Johnny Temple
- Rhythm Mama - Johnny Temple
- New Little Girl, Little Girl - Lee Brown


4 CD set
40-pp. booklet by Joop Visser

Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)

51b1999Down In Black Bottom - Lowdown Barrelhouse Piano
Classic Piano Rags, Blues & Stomps from the 1920s & 1930s

- Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More - Turner Parrish
- You Gonna Miss Me Blues - Freddie Nicolson
- Freddie's Got The Blues - Freddie Nicholson
- New Orleans Blues - Dan Stewart
- The Right String, But The Wrong Yo Yo - Speckled Red
- 31 Blues - Bob Call
- You Can't Come In - Bert Mays
- Michigan River Blues - Bert Mays
- Humming Blues - Bat The Humming Bird
- Black Hearted Blues - Tampa Red
- Mexico Bound Blues - Joe Dean

- Louisiana Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Frisco Hi-Ball Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark
- West Side Blues - Willie Harris
- Broke Down Engine Blues - Lonnie Clark
- Mean Blues - Sylvester Palmer
- Whoopee Mama Blues - John Oscar
- Chimes Blues - Cow Cow Davenport
- Graveyard Blues - Turner Parrish
- The Jockey Blues - Sammy Brown
- Shook It This Morning Blues - Joe Evans
- Down In Black Bottom - Joe Evans


prod. by Francis Wilford-Smith


Yazoo CD 2043

Yazoo Records discography

51c2000Juke Joint Saturday Night - Piano Blues, Rags & Stomps
Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s

'Jabo' Williams - Pratt City Blues
'Jabo' Williams - Jab's Blues
Louise Johnson - On The Wall
Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road
Charley Taylor - Heavy Suitcase Blues

Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - No Special Rider Blues
'Jabo' Williams - Polock Blues
Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars
Charley Taylor - Louisiana Bound
James Wiggins - Gotta Shave 'Em Dry
Skip James - 22-20 Blues
James Wiggins - Forty-Four Blues
'Jabo' Williams - Fat Mama Blues
'Boodle It' Wiggins - Evil Woman Blues
Louise Johnson - Long Ways From Home
Louise Johnson - All Night Long Blues
Rudy Foster - Black Gal Makes Thunder
Rudy Foster - Corn Trimmer Blues
Kingfish Bill Tomlin - Army Blues
Kingfish Bill Tomlin - Hot Box
Roosevelt Sykes - 3-6 & 9
Piano Kid Edwards - Gamblin' Man's Prayer


prod. by Francis Wilford-Smith

booklet by Bob Hall

Yazoo CD 2053

Yazoo Records discography

51d2000I 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 (& John Lee Granderson)
- Bad Weather
- City Of New Orleans
- Gangster Blues
- I Have A Woman Who Lives Down By The Sea



CD Two:
Little Brother Montgomery (& Mike Bloomfield) *
- West Texas Blues   @ Spotify
- Up The Country Blues   @ Spotify
- Cow Cow Blues   @ Spotify
- Mama, You Don't Mean Me No Good   @ Spotify
- Suitcase Blues   @ Spotify
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) **   @ Spotify
Arvella Gray (5:25)

* rec. May 21, 1964 in Chicago, IL by Olle Helander for the Swedish Radio Corporation; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p, ** sp; Mike Bloomfield, g

2 CD set
notes by Scott Barretta, Hans Westman, Rolf Wikström & Per "Slim" Notini

Jefferson Records SBACD 12655/6 (Sweden 2000)

51e20??Piano Discoveries

- Flapper's Stomp - Ezra Howlett Shelton
- Five Minute Blues - Leothus Lee Green
- What's the Matter Now? Pt. 3 - Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson
- What's the Matter Now? Pt. 4 - Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson
- That's the Kind of Girl I'm Looking For - Ivy Smith / Cow Cow Davenport
- It's a Pretty Little Thing - Georgia Tom / Tampa Red
- Poor Old Bachelor Blues - Tampa Red / Georgia Tom

- Louisiana Blues (tk B-test) - Little Brother Montgomery
- You Don't Worry My Mind (tk 2) - Walter Davis
- Church House Blues (tk 1) - Leroy Carr
- Beer Drinking Woman (tk 2) - Albert Ammons / Memphis Slim / Pete Johnson
- Boogie Woogie Man - Albert Ammons / Pete Johnson
- Deep End Boogie - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- I Don't Know - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Fine and Mellow - Cripple Clarence Lofton (featuring Evie Westphal)
- Vocal Blues - Jimmy Yancey - (featuring Cripple Clarence Lofton)
- Talking & Piano Experiment - Cripple Clarence Lofton/Jimmy Yancey
- Untitled - Cripple Clarence Lofton / Jimmy Yancey
- Boogie No. A1 - Jimmy Yancey (previously unreleased)
- Mama and Jimmy Blues - Jimmy Yancey (previously unreleased)
- The Rocks - Jimmy Yancey (previously unreleased)
- Untitled Blues - Jimmy Yancey (previously unreleased)
- Unkown Rag (At Party) - Alonzo Yancey (previously unreleased)
- Ecstatic Rag - Alonzo Yancey (previously unreleased) - Everybody's Rag - Alonzo Yancey (previously unreleased)


RST Blues Documents BDCD-6045

522001Rough Treatment: The J.O.B. Records Story

disc 1
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- Late Hours At Midnight - Babyface Leroy
- Pet Rabbit - Babyface Leroy
- How Much More - J.B. Lenoir
- Mojo - J.B. Lenoir
- Boogie Fool - Snooky Pryor
- Crying Shame - Snooky Pryor
- Boogie Twist - Snooky Pryor
- Rough Treatment - Little Hudson
- Don't Hand Around - Little Hudson
- Sweet Woman From Maine - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dust My Broom - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dark Road - Floyd Jones,
- Skinny Mama - Floyd Jones
- Kissing In The Dark - Memphis Minnie
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Hard Pill To Swallow - John Brim
- Glad I Don't Worry No More - Fat Man
- Please Somebody - Moody Jones

- Keep Drinkin' - Little Brother Montgomery
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie - John Lee
- Man Around My Door - Grace Brim
- Down Home Child - Sunnyland Slim
- Ethel Bea - Little Son Joe
- Ramblin' - Johnny Shines
- Goin' Back To Memphis - Ernest Cotton


disc 2
- Aw Aw Baby - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Pearly B - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Leaving Your Town - Sunnyland Slim
- Overnight - Sunnyland Slim
- Trouble In The Morning - John Brim
- You've Got To Stop This Mess - Fat Man
- Eighty Nine Ten - Snooky Pryor
- Raising Sand - Snooky Pryor
- Things Going So Tough With Me - Little Hudson
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Play A Little While - J.B. Lenoir
- People Are Meddling - J.B. Lenoir
- Knockin' On Lula's Mae's Door - John Lee
- Big World - Floyd Jones
- On The Road Again - Floyd Jones
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- Cool Driver - Johnny Shines
- Hospitality Blues - Grace Brim
- Louella - Babyface Leroy
- Blues Is Killing Me - Babyface Leroy
- Blue Coat Man - Eddie Boyd
- Little Too Late - Little Son Joe
- Why Should I Worry - Moody Jones

- Boogie - Little Brother Montgomery
- World Of Trouble - Memphis Minnie
- Drinking Woman - John Brim
- Uh'm Beautiful - Ernest Cotton

2 CD set

Westside CD WESD 233

532004I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume Three

CD One:
Snooks Eaglin
- Yours Truly   @ Spotify
- Pine Top's Boogie Woogie   @ Spotify
- My Babe   @ Spotify
- Let Me Go Home, Whiskey   @ Spotify
- Careless Love   @ Spotify
- Rock Island Line   @ Spotify
- C.C. Rider   @ Spotify
- I'm Looking For A Woman   @ Spotify
- Hello Dolly   @ Spotify
- Lonesome Road   @ Spotify
Babe Stovall
- Good Morning Blues   @ Spotify
- Candy Man   @ Spotify
- Fo' Day Blues   @ Spotify
- Gonna Move To Kansas City   @ Spotify
Johnny Moment
- Keep Our Business To Yourself   @ Spotify
- You Got To Mind How To Treat Someone Else   @ Spotify
Will Shade
- I Got The Blues So Bad   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- I Can't Stand It   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Furry Lewis
- Baby, I Know You Don't Love Me   @ Spotify
Earl Bell
- Travellin' Man   @ Spotify
- Terraplane Blues   @ Spotify
Moose Williams
- Mother Keep Your Light Burning High In The Window
  @ Spotify


CD Two:
Willie Mabon
- Somebody's Got To Pay   @ Spotify
Big Walter Horton
- West Side Blues   @ Spotify
- Tin Pan Alley   @ Spotify
- This Is It   @ Spotify
Sunnyland Slim
- Prison Bound   @ Spotify
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Hot Potatoes   @ Spotify
- One Room Country Shack   @ Spotify

Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues   @ Spotify
Johnny Young
- You Got Bad Blood, I Think You Need A Shoot   @ Spotify
Washboard Sam
- Mama Don't Allow   @ Spotify
Big Joe Williams
- Rootin' Groundhog   @ Spotify
- Southern Blues   @ Spotify
- King's Highway Blues   @ Spotify
Champion Jack Dupree
- Improvisations and Interview 1   @ Spotify
- Drive 'em Down Special   @ Spotify
- Improvisations and Interview 2   @ Spotify
- I Feel Like A Millionaire   @ Spotify
- Improvisations and Interview 3   @ Spotify
- Barrelhouse Woman   @ Spotify
- Improvisations and Interview 4   @ Spotify


Snooks Eaglin tracks rec. June 2, 1964 in New Orleans, LA
Babe Stovall tracks rec. June 2, 1964 at the Art Gallery, St. Peter Street, New Orleans, LA
Johnny Moment, Will Shade, Furry Lewis, Earl Bell, and Moose Williams rec. May 26, 1964 at Will Shade's apartment, Memphis, TN

CD 2 tracks rec. May 1964 at Southerland Lounge, Chicago, IL
Little Brother Montgomery track rec. May 21, 1964 at Southerland Lounge, Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p
except
Big Joe Williams tracks rec. May 18, 1961 at Willie Dixon's home in Chicago,IL
Champion Jack Dupree tracks rec. January 26, 1964 at Sveriges Radio, Karlaplansstudion in Stockholm, Sweden

2 CD set
notes writer's name not given, most likely Leif Gäverth

Jefferson Records SBACD 12658/9 (Sweden 2004)

542014Deep South Piano: The Music of Little Brother Montgomery, his Family, Friends and Peers

CD 1:
Sunnyland Slim, Little Brother Montgomery, Shakey Horton
- The Devil Is A Busy Man
- Pine Top's Boogie Woogie
- Milas Davis Blues
- Grinder Man Blues
- Shave 'Em Dry
- Don't Get Around Much Any More
- Boogie
- You're Gonna Need My Help Some Day
Lafayette Leake
- Lowdown Blues
- More Blues
- Boogie Nr. 1
- Boogie Nr. 2
- Gone With The Wind
- Boogie Nr. 3
- Boogie Nr. 4

Little Brother Montgomery
- Dangerous Blues
- Dudlow Joe
- Papa Lord God Blues
- Rip Top Blues
- Joe Martin Blues
- Bob Morton Blues
- Joe Lewis Blues
- Vanado Anderson (Andrews) Blues
- Willie Anderson Blues
- Loomis Gibson Blues
- Trembling Blues
- Will Ezell's Blues
- Don't You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
- Basin Street Blues

CD 2:
Little Brother Montgomery
- Forty-Four Blues
- Little Brother Special
- Jan Blues
- Suitcase Blues
Sweet Williams, Little Brother Montgomery
- Poor Buddy Richards Blues (tk 1/2)
- Leon Brumfield Blues
- Poor Buddy Richards Blues (tk 3)
- Poor Buddy Richards Blues (tk 4)
- Sweet Williams Boogie
- Four 'O Clock Blues
- Whispering
Dewey Corley
- Just A Dream
- West Helena Blues
- Yancey Special
- Saturday Night Fish Fry
Tuts Washington
- Mr. Freddie Blues
- Forty-Four Blues
- Boogie Woogie On The St. Louis Blues
- Fish Fry Blues
- Pine Top's Boogie Woogie
- Yancey Special
- 12th Street Rag
Buddy Burns
- Dirty Blues
- Waltz


CD 3:
Little Brother Montgomery, Willie Bell Dailey
- Glory, Glory Hallelujah
- Montgomery Falily Blues & Vicksburg Blue
Joe Montgomery
- Old Blues
- More Old Blues
- Stride Piece
- There Is No Telling What God Will Do
- Do What I Say (piano part)
- What Have I Done
Gus Perryman
- Maple Leaf Rag
- St. Louis Blues
- Old Blues
- Big Butter And Egg Man
Roosevelt Sykes
- Rock Me In The Morning
- The Way I Feel Blues
Simon Frazier
- I Cried Over You
- Some Of These Days
- How Long
- Salty Dog
- Careless Love
Adam Cato
- Solitude
- Old Barrelhouse Blues
- Rhythmic Blues
Leon René
- Brown Skin
- When It's Sleepy Time Down South


1968 and 1972 home recordings by Karl Gert zur Heide; all recordings are previously unissued

3 CD set
20 page booklet notes
by Karl Gert zur Heide

Agram Blues AB3CD 2026

552014Classic African American Songsters from Smithsonian Folkways

- Bring it On Down to My House - Warner Williams with Jay Summerour (2:02)
- Talking Blues - Pink Anderson (2:26)
- Nobody's Business (If I Do) - John Jackson (3:15)
- Alabama Bound - Little Brother Montgomery (2:17)
- Pallet On The Floor - Brownie McGhee (3:09)
- Chicken You Can't Roost Too High For Me - Bill Williams (3:16)
- My Hula Love - Lead Belly (2:16)
- Candy Man - Reverend Gary Davis (2:32)
- Going Down The Road Feeling Bad - John Cephas and Phil Wiggins (3:32)
- Froggy Went-A-Courting - Peg Leg Sam (4:10)
- Monday Morning Blues - Mississippi John Hurt (5:52)
- The Boys Of Your Uncle Sam - Pink Anderson (2:03)
- Raise A Ruckus Tonight - Brownie McGhee (2:49)
- Reno Factory - Marvin Foddrell (2:09)
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - John Jackson (3:07)
- Honeysuckle Rose - Warner Williams with Jay Summerour (2:05)
- Bill Bailey - Big Bill Broonzy (1:55)
- When The Roses Bloom Again - Bill Williams 2:05)
- Straighten Up And Fly Right - Peg Leg Sam (3:14)
- Careless Love - Snooks Eaglin (2:33)
- They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree - Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong (2:20)


compiled by Barry Lee Pearson and Jeff Place

notes by Barry Lee Pearson and Jeff Place

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40211 (US 2014)
[read notes]



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 144, 333, 651-652, 932
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, pp. 466-468
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/ebony.html
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/ebony1950s.html
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/blues/l/montgome.htm
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/blues/r/sykes.htm

thanks to David J Costa, Russell Shor, Peter Brown, Rob van den Handel, Pauli Koivula, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva, Scott Barretta, Don Deering, Manfred Helfert and Axel Küstner for additional info / scans / MP3


Karl Gert Zur Heide:
Deep South Piano,
The Story Of Little Brother Montgomery
Studio Vista books, 1970

 


Begonia 'Little Brother Montgomery'
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Little Brother Montgomery 1931     Little Brother Montgomery 1976
Little Brother Montgomery 1931                   ... and 1976

 

Lee Jackson, 'Clear Waters' (Eddie Clearwater), Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, St. Louis Jimmy (Oden), Sunnyland Slim, Tom Archia, Corky Roberts, Armand 'Jump' Jackson, Shakey Jake (Harris) - all guests at the 'Blues Party', a special event organized in Jump Jackson's garage 'studio', 5727 South La Salle Street, Chicago, IL, summer 1960; source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, pp. 136-137; photographer: William Claxton
Lee Jackson, 'Clear Waters' (Eddie Clearwater), Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, St. Louis Jimmy (Oden),
Sunnyland Slim, Tom Archia, Corky Roberts(on), Armand 'Jump' Jackson, Shakey Jake (Harris) - all guests at the "Blues Party",
a special event organized in Jump Jackson's garage "studio", 5727 South La Salle Street, Chicago, IL, summer 1960

source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg, Germany (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, pp. 136-137
photographer: William Claxton

 

Little Brother Montgomery, Victoria Spivey, Lonnie Johnson & Sonny Greer, June 21, 1965 in New York, after finishing recordings for Spivey LP 1006 'The Queen and her Knights'; source: Blues Forum Nr. 13 (1. Quartal 1984), p. 9; photographer: Len Kunstadt
Little Brother Montgomery, Victoria Spivey, Lonnie Johnson & Sonny Greer, June 21, 1965 in New York
after finishing recordings for Spivey LP 1006 "The Queen and her Knights"

source: Blues Forum Nr. 13 (1. Quartal 1984), p. 9; photographer: Len Kunstadt

 

Performers of the 'Blues is a Woman' Concert at the Newport Jazz Festival, Avery Fisher Hall, 1980; (standing, l to r): Koko Taylor, Linda Hopkins, George Wein, Rosetta Reitz, Adelaide Hall, Little Brother Montgomery, Big Mama Thornton, Beulah Bryant; (seated, l to r): Sharon Freeman, Sippie Wallace, Nell Carter; source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Reitz; photographer: Barbara Weinberg Barefield
Performers of the 'Blues is a Woman' Concert at the Newport Jazz Festival, Avery Fisher Hall, 1980
(standing, l to r): Koko Taylor, Linda Hopkins, George Wein, Rosetta Reitz, Adelaide Hall, Little Brother Montgomery,
Big Mama Thornton, Beulah Bryant; (seated, l to r): Sharon Freeman, Sippie Wallace, Nell Carter

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Reitz; photographer: Barbara Weinberg Barefield

Little Brother Montgomery in Venice/Italy

 

 

 

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