Doug Quattlebaum; source: Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who.- New York 1979, p. 425
source: Harris 1979
Doug D O U G   Q U A T T L E B A U M; from notes to Testament TCD 6003
source: notes to Testament TCD 6003
photographer: Pete Welding
Quattlebaum
Douglas Elijah Quattlebaum
b. January 22, 1927 in Florence, South Carolina
d. around 1990 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Doug Quattlebaum records
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
14/1953Doug Quattlebaum

- Don't Be Funny, Baby! (DQ 1) [edited version 2'30"]
- Lizzie Lou (DQ 2) [speeded up]

rec. 1953 in Philadelphia; Doug Quattlebaum, voc, g




Gotham 519




Gotham G 7519

Duck Tail DT EP 201

   

- Don't Be Funny Baby [original version 5'18"]
- Foolin' Me

rec. 1953 in Philadelphia; Doug Quattlebaum, voc, g

Gotham unissued

Krazy Kat KK 824
Collectables CD 5324
P-Vine PCD 2274

   

- Hard Luck Blues
- Good Woman Blues #
- Baby, Please Don't Go
- Come Back, Baby
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do
- If You've Ever Been Mistreated
- Lizzie Lou
- Drifting Blues
- What'd I Say
- Kiddio
- It's Nobody's Fault But Mine
- Story Of Adam And Eve
- Come Over Here
- Honeydripper
- I've Been Working On My Baby
- Touch The Hem Of His Garment
- He May Not Come When You Want Him
- How Great Thou Art
- Quattlebaum's Boogie

rec. July 6, 1961 in Philadelphia; Doug Quattlebaum, voc, g; prod. by Pete Welding

Pete Welding recordings
unissued
[announced to be issued
on the Heritage label,
but that never happened]

# Storyville SLP 181 (1963)

Testament TCD 6003 (1997)

21963Doug Quattlebaum:
Softee Man Blues


- Sweet Little Woman
- Whiskey Headed Woman
- Trouble In Mind
- You Is One Black Rat
- On My Way To School
- You Ain't No Good
- Come Home Blues

- Mama Don't Allow Me To Stay Out All Night...
- Big Leg Woman
- Baby Take A Chance With Me
- Love My Baby
- Back Night Is Falling
- So Sweet
- Worried Life Blues

rec. November 27, 1961 in Philadelphia; Doug Quattlebaum, voc, g; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein & Pete Welding

notes by Pete Welding
click to enlarge !

click to enlarge !
Prestige Bluesville BV 1065

notes by Jacques Demetre
click to enlarge !

click to enlarge !
= Vogue CLDP 830 (Fr 1972)

click to enlarge !
= P-Vine PCD 1962 (Jp)

Bluesville discography

31963Blues All Around My Bed
Blues Scene USA Vol. 3

Carl Hodges
- Blues All Around My Bed
Big Joe Williams
- Hellhound On My Trail
John Lee Granderson
- Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl
Johnny Young & John Wrencher & John Lee Granderson
- Green Door Blues
James Robinson
- Standing In My Backk Door Crying
W.B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson
- Sometimes I Rate

Connie Williams
- One Thin Dime
Leroy 'Country' Dallas
- Sweet Man Blues

Doug Quattlebaum
- Good Woman Blues #
Bill Jackson
- Trouble In Mind
Avery Brady
- Gonna Let You Down
Arthur Weston & Big Joe Williams & George Robertson
- Roll Me Over Slow

# rec. July 6, 1961 in Philadelphia; Doug Quattlebaum, voc, g; prod. by Pete Welding

notes by Pete Welding



Storyville SLP 181
= Storyville 670181 (D)
= Storyville SLP 842

notes by Pete Welding



= Storyville SLP 4036 (1981)
"Blues Roots Vol. 2"

Storyville discography

41966Eastern 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

The Post War Blues
discography

5late
1960s
Dough Quattlebaum [sic]

- Jailhouse Blues
- Baby I'm Back
7 inch 45 rpm


Na-Cat 212
[Philadelphia label owned
by Nate and Cathy Strand;
other outings:
Na-Cat 210: Ed Wiley:
- Young Generation /
- Stretching Out]

61970I'm Your Country Man

Shy Guy Douglas
- I'm You Country Man
- Wasted Time
Stickhorse Hammond
- Gambling Man
- Alberta
Pete McKinley
- Shrevport Blues
- Ardella
Little Boy Fuller [Rich Trice]
- Shake Your Stuff
- Lazy Bug Blues

Country Jim
- Sad And Lonely Blues
Willie Lane
- Howling Wolf Blues
- Black Cat Rag
Sonny Boy Davis & Rattlesnake Cooper
- Rhythm Blues
- I Don't Live Here No More
Square Walton & Sonny Terry
- Gimme Your Bankroll
- Pepper Head Woman

Doug Quattlebaum
- Lizzie Lou



Highway 51 H-104

Highway 51 discography

6a19??Tillman Franks / Doug Quattlebaum

Tillman Franks And His Rainbow Boys [Faron Young, voc]
- Hot Rod - Shotgun Boogie *
- Hi-Tone Poppa *


Doug Quattlebaum
- Lizzie Lou #
- Don't Be Funny, Baby #

* Gotham 412 / G-7412 (1951)
# Gotham 519 / G-7519 (1953)

7 inch 45 rpm EP



Duck Tail DT EP 201
6b197325 Géants du Blues
A World of Jazz series

Big Bill Broonzy
Curtis Jones
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Blind John Davis
Lonnie Johnson
Louisiana Red
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Roosevelt Sykes
Eddie Boyd
St. Louis Jimmy
Sonny Boy Williamson
Memphis Slim
Lightnin; Hopkins
Champion Jack Dupree
Jimmy Dawkins
Hubert Sumlin
Eddie Kirkland
The Aces
Sunnyland Slim
Billy Boy Arnold
Big Joe Williams
Doug Quattlebaum
Jimmy Reed
John Lee Hooker
DLP





Vogue 400 037 (Fr)
71979Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues

Smoky Babe
- Boogy
Avery Brady
- I Don't Want You No More

Doug Quattlebaum
- Good Woman Blues
Huddie Ledbetter
- Frankie And Albert, parts 1 + 2

[Jimmy Brewer
- Big Road Blues
Even though shown on the cover as well as on the label track listing and even though there's a picture and a short bio of Jim Brewer in the liner notes - this Jim Brewer track is actually / erraneously? not included; instead there's the following Arthur Weston track !!!]

Arthur Weston
- Someday Baby
Big Joe Williams
- Long Road Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
- You Better Mind

Clarence Edwards
- Mean Old Frisco
Bert Logan, Russ Logan, Big Joe Williams
- Four O'Clock In The Morning
Big Joe Henry Miller, Jimmy Lee Miller
- Down Here By Myself
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires
- 21 Below Zero
Johnny Young
- Green Door Blues
Arthur Weston
- Roll Me Over Slow


Champion Jack Dupree
- Back Door Special
Roosevelt Sykes
- Southern Style Piano
Henry Brown
- Low Down Drag
Memphis Slim
- Funky Blues
Jimmy Yancey
- Yancey Special
Sunnyland Slim
- Sunnyland's Boogie

Speckled Red
- Cow Cow Blues
Otis Spann
- The Skies Are Blue
Memphis Slim
- A Letter Home
Otis Spann
- Boots And Shoes
Memphis Slim
- Rebecca Blues
Willie Mabon
- I'm The Fixer
Champion Jack Dupree
- I Just Want To Be Free
DLP






Storyville 6.28470
= PGP RTB 2LP 3220044

to read liner notes
click on pictures of covers

G = German / E = English
text has been black/white
reversed to improve readability

Bluesville discography

81988Bluesville Volume 1
"Folk Blues"


Furry Lewis
- Judge Boushay Blues
Memphis Willie B.
- Country Girl Blues
K.C. Douglas
- Big Road Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Levee Camp Blues
Robert Curtis Smith
- Catfish Blues
Memphis Willie B
- Highway 61 (CD only)
Furry Lewis
- Shake 'em On Down (CD only)
Sidney Maiden
- San Quentin Blues
Wade Walton
- Big Fat Mama
Pete Franklin
- Grievin' Me

Blind Willie McTell
- Dying Crapshooter's Blues
Blind Snooks Eaglin
- Alberta (CD only)
Lonnie Johnson
- Fine Booze and Heavy Dues
Scrapper Blackwell
- Blues Before Sunrise

Doug Quattlebaum
- You Is One Black Rat
Reverend Gary Davis
- You Got to Move
Blind Snooks Eaglin
- Brown Skin Woman
Baby Tate
- See What You Done Done (CD only)
Scrapper Blackwell
- Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog (CD only)
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
- Pawn Shop
Lightnin' Hopkins (LP only)
- T-Model Blues


read liner notes, part 1read liner notes, part 2
Ace CH 247


Ace CD 247

Bluesville discography

91988East Coast Blues

Ralph Willis
- So Many Days
- That Gal's No Good

Doug Quattlebaum
- Foolin' Me
- 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 Slimnotes by Chris Smith, November 1987; click to enlarge !
- 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 [original speed]
Gotham recordings

notes by Chris Smith

Krazy Kat KK 824

original notes (November
1987) by Chris Smith



= Collectables VCL 5324
(1990)

101991Gotham Post-War Country Blues Anthology

Ralph Willis
- So Many Days
- That Gal's No Good
- New Goin' Down Slow
- Goin' To Chattanooga
- Steel Mill Blues
- I Will Never Love Again

Doug Quattlebaum
- Don't Be Funny Baby
- Foolin' Me
- Lizzie Lou
Wright Holmes
- Good Road Blues
- Alley Special
- Drove From Home Blues
Sonny Boy Johnsonlyrics; click to enlarge !
- Quinsella
David Pete McKinley
- Shreveport Blues
- Ardelle
Stick "Horse" Hammond
- Little Girl
- Truck 'Em On Down
Muddy Waters (as James 'Sweet Lucy' Carter & His Orchestra)
- Mean Red Spider





P-Vine PCD 2274
111992Drove From Home Blues

Wright Holmes
- Good Road Blues
- Alley Special
Sonny Boy Johnson
- Quinsella
Wright Holmes
- Drove From Home Blues
David Pete McKinley
- Ardelle
Stick "Horse" Hammond
- Little Girl
- Truck 'Em On Down
Sonny Boy Johnson
- Netta Mae
- She's Alright With Me
- I Done Got Tired
David Pete McKinley
- Shreveport Blues
Ralph Willis
- So Many Days
- That Gal's No Good

Doug Quattlebaum
- Don't Be Funny Baby
Ralph Willis
- Goin' To Chattanooga
- New Goin' Down Slow
Sonny Terry
- No Love Blues
Ralph Willis
- Steel Mill Blues
- I Will Never Love Again
Sonny Terry
- Lonesome Room
- Baby, Let's Have Some Fun
Muddy Waters
- Mean Red Spider
rel. orig. on the Gotham
and 20th Century labels
between 1946-52

notes by Larry Hoffman



Flyright FLYCD 48

Flyright discography

121997Doug Quattlebaum:
If You've Ever Been Mistreated


- Hard Luck Blues
- Good Woman Blues
- Baby, Please Don't Go
- Come Back, Baby
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do
- If You've Ever Been Mistreated
- Lizzie Lou
- Drifting Blues
- What'd I Say
- Kiddio
- It's Nobody's Fault But Mine
- Story Of Adam And Eve
- Come Over Here
- Honeydripper
- I've Been Working On My Baby
- Touch The Hem Of His Garment
- He May Not Come When You Want Him
- How Great Thou Art
- Quattlebaum's Boogie

rec. July 6, 1961 in Philadelphia; Doug Quattlebaum, voc, g; prod. by Pete Welding
"issued here for the first time" [except for "Good Woman Blues"]

[in the 1960s
announced to be issued
on the Heritage label,
but that never happened]

notes by Frank Scott



Testament TCD 6003

131997The Fabulous Low-Price HMG Blues Sampler

- Bad Luck City - R.L. Burnside
- Tin Pan Alley - Otis Spann/Muddy Waters Band
- Unwanted Child - Clara McDaniel
- There Is No Excuse - Prince Dixon & The Jackson Southernaires
- Do The Rump - Junior Kimbrough

- If You've Ever Been Mistreated - Doug Quattlebaum
- I Found The Answer - The Pattersonaires
- Ladies And The Babies, The - Frankie Lee
- Crawling Kingsnake - David "Honeyboy" Edwards
- Help Now - Tucker & Thomas
- Feelin' Good - Jessie Mae Hemphill
- The Fieldstones - The Fieldstones
- I Really Got The Blues Today - Tony Matthews
- Highway 61 - Johnny Young
- Just Your Fool - Chicago Bob & The Shadows
- Pea Vine Special - Arthur Weston
- I John Saw - Spirit Of Memphis Quartet
- Crow Jane Blues - Carl Martin
- Don't Mess With My Wife - Big Bad Smitty

High Water, Testament, HMG


Hightone HMG 4003
141998The Bluesville Years, Vol. 10
"Country Roads, Country Days"


K.C. Douglas
- Wake Up
- Working Woman
- Broken Heart
Alec Seward
- Evil Woman Blues
- Creepin' Blues

Doug Quattlebaum
- You Is One Black Rat
- Sweet Little Woman
Scrapper Blackwell And Brooks Berry
- ’Bama Bound
- Blues And Trouble
Jesse Fuller
- Key To The Highway
- Stranger Blues
Snooks Eaglin
- That's All Right
- Well, I Had My Fun (Goin' Down Slow)
Henry Townsend
- Cairo Is My Baby's Home
- I Asked Her If She Loved Me
Mercy Dee Walton
- Pity And A Shame
- Have You Ever Been Out In The Country
Shakey Jake
- Gimme A Smile
- Jake's Cha Cha
Arbee Stidham
- I'm Tired Of Wandering
- You Can't Live In This World By Yourself
St. Louis Jimmy
- Goin' Down Slow

Prestige PRCD-9918-2
15200?Down Home Blues Classics (1943-1953)

disc 1
1. Little Mama Boogie - Thunder Smith 2. Cross Country Blues - Frankie Lee Sims 3. Hobo - J.D. Edwards 4. Hole In The Wall - L.C. Williams 5. Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin 6. Alley Special - Wright Holmes 7. Quinsella - Sonny Boy Johnson 8. Hattie Green - Dr Hepcat 9. Angel Chile - Andy Thomas 10. Back To Sante Fe - Lee Hunter 11. Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper 12. Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles 13. No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson 14. Too Many Woman Blues - Willie Lane 15. Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck 16. Wee Wee Hours - Charley Bradix 17. Forgive Me Blues - Jesse James 18. Black Snake Blues - Monister Parker 19. Neglected Woman - Alexander Moore 20. Gambling Blues - Lil Son Jackson 21. Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicols 22. Give Me Central 209 - Lightnin' Hopkins 23. Western Rider Blues - Soldier Boy Houston 24. Take It Easy - Nat Terry 25. Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham

disc 2
1. Boogie - Snooky & Moody 2. Hard Times - Floyd Jones 3. Stop Messing Around - Walter Mitchell 4. Cadillac Woman - Robert Richard 5. Big City Blues - Big Maceo 6. Please Don't Think I'm Nosey - Baby Boy Warren 7. Notoriety Woman - Eddie Burns 8. Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters 9. Cut That Out - Junior Wells 10. Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins 11. Crying Won't Help You - Robert Nighthawk 12. Soon One Morning - Rocky Fuller 13. Mean Old World - Little Walter 14. Tired of Crying Over You - Morris Pejoe 15. It Was A Dream - John Brim 16. The Last Time - Jimmy Rogers 17. Sad Story - Blue Smitty 18. Little School Girl - L.C. Greene 19. Something's Wrong With My Lovin' Machine - Robert Henry 20. Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines 21. I'll Die Tryin' - J.B. Lenoir 22. Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson 23. I Am The Boogie Man - John Lee Hooker 24. She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr. 25. High And Lonesome - Jimmy Reed

disc 3
1. She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams 2. How Many Years - Howlin Wolf 3. Build Myself A Cave - Mr Honey 4. Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks 5. Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard 6. Too Late Baby Stick - Horse Hammond 7. Country Boy Blues - Pee Wee Hughes 8. Ardelle - David "Pete" McKinley 9. Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton 10. Schoolboy Lost - John Hunter 11. Eyesight To The Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson 12. 1951 Blues - Luther Huff 13. New Arrival - Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones 14. Dust My Broom - Elmore James 15. Catfish Blues - Bobo Thomas 16. Going Home To Mama - Clarence London 17. Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee 18. Western Union Man Chicago - Sunny Boy 19. After Awhile - Papa Lightfoot 20. Sweet Angel -Earl Hooker 21. Seventy Four Blues - Willie Love 22. Easy - Jimmy & Walter 23. Take A Little Chance - Jimmy DeBarry 24. Make A Little Love - Arthur Big Boy Crudup 25. Goin' To New Orleans - Goin' To New Orleans

disc 4
1. Broome Street Blues - Skookle-Dum-Do & Sheffield 2. Black Jack Blues - Gabriel Brown 3. Worried Man Blues - The Blues Boys 4. Income Tax Blues - Ralph Wills 5. Poor Little Angel- Dennis McMillan 6. Broke Down Engine - Blind McTell 7. Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim 8. Number Writer - Dan Pickett 9. She's Gone - Big Boy Ellis 10. Your Sweet Man Blues - Leroy Dallas 11. Blues Mixture - Sticks McGhee 12. Shackles Round My Body - Little David 13. Ticket Agent - Curley Weaver 14. I Got What My Daddy Likes - Marylyn Scott 15. Blind's Blues - John Lee 16. Keep Your Hands Off 'Er - John Tinsley & Fred Holland 17. Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy 18. Lizzie Lou - Doug Quattlebaum 19. Rub A Little Boogie - Duke Bayou 20. So Much Trouble - Brownie McGhee 21. Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim 22. Baby, Let's Have Some Fun - Sonny Terry 23. Rumors About My Baby - Willie Baker 24. Gimme Your Bankroll - Square Walton 25. Shake Baby Shake Champion - Jack Dupree

compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD box

Boulevard Vintage 1003

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Chris Smith: "I'm Your Ice-Cream Man" Doug Quattlebaum.- Blues & Rhythm 39 (1988)
p. 14
- Gary Atkinson: Nationals On The Streets.- in: Bob Brozman: The History and Artistry of National Resonator Instruments.- Fullerton 1993, p. 197 - 198
- Ebay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: front cover of Bluesville BV 1065

thanks to Alan Balfour for additional info / scans

 

Doug Quattlebaum; source: eBay auction of photograph similar to the one used on the front cover of Bluesville BVLP 1065 (see left column); photographer: Pete Welding
Doug Quattlebaum in front of his ice-cream van
source: eBay auction of photograph similar to the one
used on the front cover of Bluesville BVLP 1065 (see left column)
photographer: Pete Welding
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