real name: James Founty   b. August 31, 1907 in Pike County, Alabama   d. August 16, 1967 in Boaz, Alabama

Dan   Pickett   discography

This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm. All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own. Stefan Wirz   www.wirz.de Dan Pickett 78 rpm / LPs / CDs # year of release title label # / notes 1 1949 Dan Pickett - Laughing Rag (DP1) - That's Grieving Me (DP2) rec. August 23, 1949 in Philadelphia; Dan Pickett, voc, g Gotham 201 2 1949 Dan Pickett - Baby How Long (DP3)   @ youtube - You Got To Do Better (DP4) rec. August 23, 1949 in Philadelphia; Dan Pickett, voc, g Gotham 242 [542] 3 1949 Dan Pickett - Ride To A Funeral In A V8 (DP5)   @ youtube - Early One Morning (DP6) rec. August 23, 1949 in Philadelphia; Dan Pickett, voc, g Gotham 510 4 1949 Dan Pickett - Something's Gone Wrong (DP7) - Chicago Blues (DP8) rec. August 23, 1949 in Philadelphia; Dan Pickett, voc, g Gotham 512 5 1949 Dan Pickett - Lemon Man (DP9) - Number Writer (DP10) # rec. August 23, 1949 in Philadelphia; Dan Pickett, voc, g; # 2nd unknown g (maybe Tampa Red?) Gotham 516       - Laughing Blues (take 2) - Number Writer (take 1) - Decoration Day - Drivin' That Thing - Drivin' That Thing (alt. take) - 99 1/2 Won't Do - Baby Don't You Want To Go - I Can Shake It - I'm Going Back With Jesus # - I Can Buy It (The Stuff Is Here) # rec. August 23, 1949 in Philadelphia; Dan Pickett, voc, g Gotham unissued # listed in Gotham files, but not yet found 6 1965 Blues Classics Volume 2 Bayless Rose - Frisco Blues Frank Stokes - I Got Mine Joe Williams - I'm Getting Wild About Her Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Good Gin Blues Frank Stokes - How Long Bobo Jenkins - Democrat Blues Blind Norris - Sundown Blues Scrapper Blackwell - Rambling Blues Pinetop Slim - Applejack Boogie Milton Sparks - Erie Train Blues Blind Boy Fuller - Rag Mama Rag Dan Pickett - Baby, How Long Frank Edwards - Terraplane Blues - We Got To Get Together Johnny Shines - Ramblin' Blues Classics BC 6 Blues Classics discography 7 1966 Eastern And Gulf Coast States Dan Pickett - Ride To A Funeral In A V8 - Early One Morning John Lee - Babys Blues - Down At The Depot - Alabama Boogie Doug Quattlebaum - Don't Be Funny Baby Skoodle Dum Doo & Shefield - Gas Ration Blues - Tampa Blues Leroy Dallas - I'm Down Now But I Won't Be Down Always - Your Sweet Mans Blues Country Paul - Mother Dear Mother Blues King - Me And My Baby - Good Boy Curley Weaver - My Babys Gone Julius King - If You See My Lover - I Want a Slice Of Your Puddin' The Post War Blues PWB 3 PWB discography 8 1969 Blind Boy Fuller On Down Vol. 2 16 tracks in the Fuller tradition Julius Daniels - Crow Jane Blues Blind Boy Fuller - Walking And Looking Blues - Working Man Blues Buddy Moss - Tricks Ain't Walking No More Blind Gary Davis - Cruel And Evil Woman Blues - I'm Throwing Up My Head Bull City Red - Mississippi River - Pick And Shovel Blues Sonny Jones - Love Me With A Feeling - Dough Roller Blind Boy Fuller No. 2 [Brownie McGhee] - Got To Find My Little Woman - I'm A Black Woman's Man Sleepy Joe's Washboard Band [Ralph Willis] - Mama, Mama Blues Jammin' Jim [Edward P. Harris aka Carolina Slim] - Shake Boogie Dan Pickett - Lemon Man Curley Weaver - Trixie notes by David Harrison Matchbox/Saydisc SDR 168 8a 1971/2? Dan Pickett - Something's Gone Wrong - Chicago Blues - You Got To Be Better - That's Grieving Me - Lemon Man - Number Writer XX MIN 710 (UK) XX discography 9 197? Something Gone Wrong Blues Obscurities Volume 5 Baby Boy Warren - My Special Friend Blues [Gotham 507] - Nervy Woman Blues [Gotham 507] Leroy 'Country' Johnson - Log House On The Hill [Freedom 1509] - No One To Love Me [Freedom 1509] Ernest McClay - Big Timin' Woman [Murray 506] - Night Working Woman [Murray 506] Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her [Ora Nelle 711] Othum Brown (+ Little Walter) - Ora Nelle Blues [Ora Nelle 711] Little Sam Davis - 1958 Blues [Rockin' 512] - Goin' Home To Mother [Rockin' 512] Little Milton Anderson - Little Milton's Boogie [Delta 403] - Boogie Woogie Woogie Baby [Delta 403] Dan Pickett - Something's Gone Wrong [Gotham 512] - Chicago Blues [Gotham 512] Blues Obscurities BOV5 (UK) Blues Obscurities discography 10 1976 Play My Jukebox Boy Green - Play My Juke-Box Dan Pickett - Lemon Man - Number Writer Curley Weaver - Some Rainy Day Skoodle-Dum-Doo & Sheffield - West Kinney Street Blues Julius King - Mississippi Boogie Dan Pickett - That's Grieving Me Robert Lee Westmoreland - Hello Central, Please Give Me 209 Boy Green - A And B Blues Dan Pickett - Chicago Blues Robert Lee Westmoreland - Good Looking Woman Blues Julius King - One O'Clock Boogie Skoodle-Dum-Doo & Sheffield - Broome Street Blues Dan Pickett - Something's Gone Wrong - You Got To Do Better Carolina Slim - Georgia Woman notes by Bruce Bastin Flyright LP 4711 Flyright discography 11 1987? Dan Pickett: 1949 Country Blues - Baby How Long - You Got To Do Better - Ride To A Funeral In A V-8 - Decoration Day - Drivin' That Thing - That's Grievin' Me - 99 And A Half Won't Do - Baby Don't You Want To Go - Chicago Blues - Something's Gone Wrong - Early One Morning - Lemon Man - Number Writer - Laughing Rag notes by Chris Smith Krazy Kat KK 811 12 1988 East Coast Blues Ralph Willis - So Many Days - That Gal's No Good Doug Quattlebaum - Foolin' Me [original speed] - Don't Be Funny Baby [full version 5'18"] Ralph Willis - Goin' To Chattanooga - New Goin' Down Slow Dan Pickett - Number Writer - Laughing Blues Tarheel Slim - Somebody Changed The Lock - You're A Little Too Slow Dan Pickett - Driving That Thing - I Can Shake It Ralph Willis - Steel Mill Blues - I Will Never Love Again Sonny Terry - No Love Blues Doug Quattlebaum - Lizzie Lou notes by Chris Smith Krazy Kat KK 824 = Collectables VCL 5324 (1990) 12a 1990? The Greatest in Country Blues   (1927-1956) LP 1 - High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton - See That My Grave Is Kepy Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers - James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown - Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips - Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell - Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson - Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers - Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant - Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds - My Black Momma Part I - Son House - Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas - Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson - Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey - Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand - Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt - Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman - How Long - Frank Stokes - Future Blues - Willie Brown - Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins LP 2 - Devil Got The Woman - Skip James - When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith - The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins - Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams - Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart - Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown - Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough - Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander - K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band - Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim - Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson - Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis - Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker - Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band - Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie - Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves - That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins - McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee - The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill - Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand LP 3 - Shorty George - Smith Casey - Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant - I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters - How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy - She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers - Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White - California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin - Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James - Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw - Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr - Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris - Dust My Broom - Elmore James - Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey - Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy - Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg - Baby How Long - Dan Pickett - Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson - River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson - Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins compiled by Johnny Parth 3 LP set 20 page booklet notes by Paul Oliver RST Blues Documents BD-1 (Austria) 3 CD set = Story Of Blues/Da Music (1992) 3 CD set = 1201 Music (1999) 13 1990 Dan Pickett: 1949 Country Blues - Baby How Long - You Got To Do Better - Ride To Funeral In A V-8 - Decoration Day - Drivin' That Thing - That's Grieving Me - 99 1/2 Won't Do - Baby Don't You Want To Go - Chicago Blues - Something's Gone Wrong - Early One Morning - Lemon Man - Number Writer notes by Chris Smith Collectables VCL 5311 14 199? Dan Pickett & Tarheel Slim Dan Pickett - Baby How Long - You Got To Do Better - Ride To Funeral - Decoration Day - Drivin' That Thing - That's Grieving Me - Chicago Blues Tarheel Slim - Somebody Changed The Lock - You're A Little Too Slow - Get On The Road To Glory Flyright FLYCD 25 Flyright discography 15 2004 Down Home Blues Classics (1943-1953) disc 1 - Little Mama Boogie - Thunder Smith - Cross Country Blues - Frankie Lee Sims - Hobo - J.D. Edwards - Hole In The Wall - L.C. Williams - Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin - Alley Special - Wright Holmes - Quinsella - Sonny Boy Johnson - Hattie Green - Dr Hepcat - Angel Chile - Andy Thomas - Back To Sante Fe - Lee Hunter - Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper - Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles - No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson - Too Many Woman Blues - Willie Lane - Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck - Wee Wee Hours - Charley Bradix - Forgive Me Blues - Jesse James - Black Snake Blues - Monister Parker - Neglected Woman - Alexander Moore - Gambling Blues - Lil Son Jackson - Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicols - Give Me Central 209 - Lightnin' Hopkins - Western Rider Blues - Soldier Boy Houston - Take It Easy - Nat Terry - Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham disc 2 - Boogie - Snooky & Moody - Hard Times - Floyd Jones - Stop Messing Around - Walter Mitchell - Cadillac Woman - Robert Richard - Big City Blues - Big Maceo - Please Don't Think I'm Nosey - Baby Boy Warren - Notoriety Woman - Eddie Burns - Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters - Cut That Out - Junior Wells - Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins - Crying Won't Help You - Robert Nighthawk - Soon One Morning - Rocky Fuller - Mean Old World - Little Walter - Tired of Crying Over You - Morris Pejoe - It Was A Dream - John Brim - The Last Time - Jimmy Rogers - Sad Story - Blue Smitty - Little School Girl - L.C. Greene - Something's Wrong With My Lovin' Machine - Robert Henry - Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines - I'll Die Tryin' - J.B. Lenoir - Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson - I Am The Boogie Man - John Lee Hooker - She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr. - High And Lonesome - Jimmy Reed disc 3 - She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams - How Many Years - Howlin Wolf - Build Myself A Cave - Mr Honey - Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks - Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard - Too Late Baby Stick - Horse Hammond - Country Boy Blues - Pee Wee Hughes - Ardelle - David "Pete" McKinley - Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton - Schoolboy Lost - John Hunter - Eyesight To The Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson - 1951 Blues - Luther Huff - New Arrival - Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones - Dust My Broom - Elmore James - Catfish Blues - Bobo Thomas - Going Home To Mama - Clarence London - Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee - Western Union Man Chicago - Sunny Boy - After Awhile - Papa Lightfoot - Sweet Angel - Earl Hooker - Seventy Four Blues - Willie Love - Easy - Jimmy & Walter - Take A Little Chance - Jimmy DeBarry - Make A Little Love - Arthur Big Boy Crudup - Goin' To New Orleans - Goin' To New Orleans disc 4 - Broome Street Blues - Skookle-Dum-Do & Sheffield - Black Jack Blues - Gabriel Brown - Worried Man Blues - The Blues Boys - Income Tax Blues - Ralph Wills - Poor Little Angel- Dennis McMillan - Broke Down Engine - Blind McTell - Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim - Number Writer - Dan Pickett - She's Gone - Big Boy Ellis - Your Sweet Man Blues - Leroy Dallas - Blues Mixture - Sticks McGhee - Shackles Round My Body - Little David - Ticket Agent - Curley Weaver - I Got What My Daddy Likes - Marylyn Scott - Blind's Blues - John Lee - Keep Your Hands Off 'Er - John Tinsley & Fred Holland - Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy - Lizzie Lou - Doug Quattlebaum - Rub A Little Boogie - Duke Bayou - So Much Trouble - Brownie McGhee - Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim - Baby, Let's Have Some Fun - Sonny Terry - Rumors About My Baby - Willie Baker - Gimme Your Bankroll - Square Walton - Shake Baby Shake Champion - Jack Dupree compiled by Neil Slaven 4 CD box notes by Neil Slaven Boulevard Vintage BVBCD 1003 16 2006 Shake That Thing: East Coast Blues 1935-1953 disc 2 Gabriel Brown - It's Getting Soft - Don't Worry About It - Mean Old Blues - You Have To Be Different - The Jinx Is On Me - It's Time To Move - Hold Me Baby - Nobody Loves Me Like My Little Girl - Youngster's Blues - Cold Mama - I'm Just Crazy - I Am Playing The Game - I Am Just Hard Luck - Got No Money Blues - I Had My Hands On It Dan Pickett - Laughing Rag - Baby How Long - You Got To Do Better - Ride To A Funeral In A V-8 - Decoration Day - Drivin' That Thing - That's Grieving Me - 99 1/2 Won't Do - Baby Don't You Want To Go - Chicago Blues - Something's Gone Wrong disc 4 Ralph Willis - Blues, Blues, Blues - I Got A Letter - Too Late To Scream And Shout - Hoodoo Man - Income Tax Blues - Bed Tick Blues - Cold Chills - Black And Tan - Church Bell Blues - Tell Me Pretty Baby - Goodbye Blues - Lazy Woman Blues - Old Home Blues - Salty Dog - Cold Chills - Amen - Gonna Hop On Down The Line - Do Right - Door Bell Blues - Why'd You Do It Dan Pickett - Early One Morning - Number Writer - Lemon Man - Laughing Blues - Number Writer Take 1 - I Can Shake It - Drivin' That Thing (Alternate) 4 CD box set JSP CD 7753 Additional information appreciated !!!   Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Chris Smith: Are you from Alabama, Tennessee or Carolina? - The Dan Pickett Story so far.- Blues & Rhythm 30 (1987), p. 4-5 - Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York 1968.- p. - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources source of left column picture: Front cover of Krazy Kat KK 811 thanks to 'Rivers' and Paul Pelletier for additional info / corrections / scan   "... Dan Pickett, a superlative performer in the style of the Southeast and high on my list of most exciting bluesmen ever." Bruce Bastin in Cohn, Lawrence: Nothing But The Blues 1993   Southeast Blues further reading Bastin, Bruce: Crying for the Carolines.- London (Studio Vista) 1971 Bastin, Bruce: Red River Blues - The Blues Tradition in the Southeast.- Chicago (University of Illinois Press) 1986 Bastin, Bruce: Truckin' My Blues Away - East Coast Piedmont Styles.- in: Cohn, Lawrence: Nothing But The Blues - The Music and the Musicians.- New York, London, Paris (Abbeville Press) 1993, p. 205 - 231

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