T H U N D E R   S M I T H   marker; source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7iPnIaVkLQ
source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7iPnIaVkLQ
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'Thunder' Smith
Wilson "Thunder" Smith
b. November 17, 1914 in Wharton, Texas
d. August 20, 1963 in Houston, Texas

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

Wilson "Thunder" Smith 78 rpm / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
11947 

Aladdin 165 (1st release)
"THUNDER" SMITH
- Can't Do Like You Used To (52-3)
- West Coast Blues (53-1)

Aladdin 165 (2nd release)
"LIGHTNIN'" HOPKINS AND "THUNDER" SMITH
- Can't Do Like You Used To (52-3)
- West Coast Blues (53-1)

rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Wilson Smith, voc, p; Lightnin' Hopkins, g; dr



Aladdin 165 (1st release)


Aladdin 165 (2nd release)

21947"THUNDER" SMITH

- L.A. Blues (54-1)
- Little Mama Boogie [or Blues] (55-1)

rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Wilson Smith, voc, p; Lightnin' Hopkins, g; dr



Aladdin 166
31947"LIGHTNIN'" HOPKINS

- Katie Mae Blues (56-1)
- That Mean Old Twister (58-1)

rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; dr

Aladdin 167
41947"LIGHTNIN'" HOPKINS

- I Feel So Bad (57-2)
- Rocky Mountain Blues (59-1) #

rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; # dr

Aladdin 168
51947"LIGHTNIN'" HOPKINS

- Down (Now) Baby (221-1)
- (Let Me) Play With Your Poodle (222-1) #

rec. August 15, 1947 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; # Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; # dr

Aladdin 209
61947THUNDER SMITH

- Cruel-Hearted Woman (A)
- Big Stars are Falling (B)

rec. 1947 in Houston, TX; Wilson Smith, voc, p; Luther Stoneham, g



Gold Star 615
71947THUNDER SMITH

- Santa Fe Blues (A)
- Temptation Blues (B) #

rec. 1947 in Houston, TX; Wilson Smith, voc, p; # Luther Stoneham, g

Gold Star 644
7a1947ANDY THOMAS

- Baby Quit Me Blues (B)
- Angel Child (A)   @ youtube

rec. poss. c. June 19, 1947 in Houston, TX; Andrew Thomas, voc; Wilson Smith, p; Luther Stoneham, g

Gold Star 645
81948SUNNY JAMES

- Please Mam Forgive Me (DT20010A) [Please Mama Forgive Me]
- Excuse Me Baby (DT20010B)

rec. 1948 in Houston, TX; Jesse James, voc, g; Wilson Smith, p; Luther Stoneham, g

Down Town 2010
91948ROCKIE – THUNDER SMITH

- Thunder's Unfinished Boogie (instr) (A)
- The Train Is Leaving (B) #

rec. 1948 in Houston, TX; Wilson Smith, p; Luther Stoneham, g, # voc



Down Town 2011
101948ROCKIE – THUNDER SMITH

- New Worried Life Blues (A) #
- Mable Blues (B) *

rec. 1948 in Houston, TX; Wilson Smith, p, # voc; Luther Stoneham, g, * voc

Down Town 2012
111948ROCKIE – THUNDER SMITH

- Low Down Dirty Ways (A) #
- Water Coast Blues (B) *

rec. 1948 in Houston, TX; Wilson Smith, p, # voc; Luther Stoneham, g, * voc

Down Town 2013
121950MR. HONEY

- Build A Cave (102A)   @ youtube
- Who May Your Regular Be (ACA-1666) *   @ youtube

rec. 1950 in Houston, Tx.; David Edwards, voc, g; * Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p

David 'Honeyboy' Edwards discography




ARC 102
[Artist Record Co.,
Lola Anne Cullum's label,
Houston, Texas]

LP / CD compilations
131958Lightnin' Hopkins Strums The Blues

Score SLP-4022 track sequence:
- Katie May (aka Katie Mae Blues) [Aladdin 167] #
- My California [Aladdin 3262]
- Honey Babe [Aladdin 3077]
- Short Haired Woman [Aladdin 3005]
- Little Mamma Blues (aka Big Mama Jump) [Aladdin 3005]

- Shotgun [Aladdin 3063]
- Rollin' And Rollin' [Aladdin 3063]
- See See Rider [Imperial LP 9180]
- So Long [Aladdin 3262]
- Mistreated Blues [RPM 388]


Imperial LP 9180 track sequence:
- Katie May (aka Katie Mae Blues) [Aladdin 167] #
- My California [Aladdin 3262]
- Honey Babe [Aladdin 3077]
- Short Haired Woman [Aladdin 3005]
- Little Mamma Blues [Aladdin 3005]
- So Long [Aladdin 3262]


- Feel So Bad (alt tk) (IM 3613) #
- Shotgun [Aladdin 3063]
- Rollin' And Rollin' [Aladdin 3063]
- See See Rider [Imperial LP 9180]
- Mistreated Blues [RPM 388]
- Abilene [Aladdin 3096]


Toshiba/EMI LLR-8189 / Score 2C 069 83076 1-2 track sequence:
- Katie May (aka Katie Mae Blues) [Aladdin 167] #
- Feel So Bad (alt tk) (IM 3613) #
- I Can't Stay Here in Your Town [Aladdin 168] #
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209] *
- Short Haired Woman [Aladdin 3005]
- Fast Mail Rambler [Aladdin 204]
- Just Don't Care [Imperial LP 9211]

- Change Your Way [Aladdin 3028]
- Morning Blues [Aladdin 3035]
- Unpredictable Woman [Aladdin 3052]
- Sis Boogie [Score 4002]
- Rollin' And Rollin' [Aladdin 3063]
- Honey Babe [Aladdin 3077]
- My California [Aladdin 3262]


# rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; dr

* rec. August 15, 1947 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; dr
notes by Anonymous

Score SLP-4022


(=) Imperial LP 9180-A
Imperial LP 12180-A (stereo)
(US 1962 "Lightnin'
Hopkins On Stage"
)




(=) Toshiba/EMI LLR-8189
(Jp 197? "Lightnin' Hop-
kins Strums The Blues"
)


(=) Score 2C 069 83076 1-2
(1984 "Lightnin' Hopkins
Strums The Blues"
)

141962Lightnin' Hopkins Sings The Blues

- Sis' Boogie [Score 4002]
- Come Back Baby [Imperial LP 9186]
- Daddy Will Be Home One Day [Aladdin 3117]
- Baby You're Not Going To Make A Fool Out Of Me [Imperial LP 9186]
- Morning Blues [Aladdin 3035]
- Have To Let You Go [Aladdin 3035]


- Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209] *
- Down Baby [Aladdin 209]
- Fast Mail Rambler [Aladdin 204]
- Thinkin' And Worryin' [Aladdin 204]
- Picture On The Wall [Aladdin 3015]
- You're Not Goin' To Worry My Life Anymore [Aladdin 3117]


* rec. August 15, 1947 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; dr
notes by Anonymous





Imperial LP 9186-A
Imperial LP-12186-A (stereo
[rechanneled])
(US 1962)
151964Best of the Blues   Vol. 2

Lightnin' Hopkins
- Feel So Bad (alt tk) (IM 3613) #
- Shot Gun
- Katie May (aka Katie Mae Blues) [Aladdin 167] #
- My California
Floyd Dixon
- Call Operator 210
Peppermint Harris
- I Got Loaded

Amos Milburn
- Trouble In Mind
- Bad Bad Whiskey
- Baby Baby
- Bewildered
Fats Domino
- Every Night
- Comin' Home


# rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; dr

Imperial LP 9259
16196?Goin' To California

Lowell Fulson
- San Francisco Blues
- Three O¹Clock Blues
- I'm Wild About You
- Don't Be So Evil
- Prison Bound
- My Baby Left Me
- Double Trouble
- Storming and Raining

K.C. Douglas with Sidney Maiden
- Mercury Boogie
Sidney Maiden with K.C. Douglas
- Eclipse Of The Sun
Willie B. Huff
- Beggar Man Blues
Mercy Dee
- Trailing My Baby [Rhythm 1774]
Johnny Fuller
- Train, Train, Train

Thunder Smith
- New Worried Life Blues [Down Town 2012]
Rocky ("Rocky Mountain" Stoneham)
- Water Coast Blues [Down Town 2013]
Thunder Smith
- Thunder's Unfinished Boogie (piano solo) [Down Town 2011]


recorded by Bob Geddins; edited & selected by Chris A. Strachwitz
notes by Chris Strachwitz



Heritage HLP 1003

Heritage discography

17196?Texas Blues Vol. 1

Lil' Son Jackson
- Gambling Blues
- Homeless Blues
Lee Hunter
- Back To Santa Fe
L.C. Williams
- Strike Blues
Leroy Ervin
- Blue, Black And Evil
- Rock Island Blues
Lightning Hopkins
- Grievance Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go

L.C. Williams
- You Never Miss The Water

Thunder Smith
- Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644]
- Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615]
Lightning Hopkins
- Big Mama Jump
L.C. Williams
- I Wonder
Lightning Hopkins
- Death Bells
L.C. Williams
- I Won't Be Here Long
- Black Woman
notes by Paul Oliver



Arhoolie 2006

Arhoolie discography

181967Decade Of The Blues - The 1950s   Volume Two

Dennis McMillon
- Goin' Back Home
Rattlesnake Cooper
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Lost Woman Blues

Thunder Smith
- Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615]
Jesse James
- Forgive Me Blues
- Corinna's Boogie
Gus Jinkins
- You Told Me [Flash 115]
J.B. Lenoir
- I'm In Korea

Robert Nighthawk
- The Moon Is Rising
Memphis Minnie
- Kissing In The Dark
- World Of Trouble
D.C. Washington
- Happy Home Blues
Willie Lane
- Prowlin' Ground Hog
- Too Many Women Blues
Stickhorse Hammond
- Too Late Baby
- Highway 51


prod. by Ted Griffiths & Trev Huyton
notes by Chris Roby



Highway 51 H-101

BU43

Highway 51 discography

191968Goin' Up The Country - Rural Blues, Vol. 1

Nathaniel Terry
- Take It Easy
Manny Nichols
- Forgive Me
Country Jim
- Avenue Breakdown
Lil' Son Jackson
- Disgusted [previously unissued]

Thunder 'N Lightnin'
- West Coast Blues [Aladdin 165]
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Howling Wolf Blues
Snooks Eaglin
- Nobody Knows

Nathaniel Terry
- Don't Know Why
Manny Nichols
- Worried Life
Country Jim
- Philippine Blues
Lil' Son Jackson
- Thrill Me Baby [alt. tk.] [previously unissued]

Thunder 'N Lightnin'
- Can't Do Like You Used To [Aladdin 165]
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind
Snooks Eaglin
- By The Water
notes by Pete Welding

Imperial LM-94000

notes by Pete Welding



= Liberty LBL 83213E

notes by Pete Welding

(=) Beat Goes On BGOCD
384 (UK 1998; along with
Imperial LM-94001) "Rural
Blues, Volumes 1&2"

(remastered)

19a197?Water Coast Blues

Flyright 4704 tracks:
Wright Holmes
- Good Road Blues
The Sugarman
- She's Gone With The Wind
- Which Woman Do I Love
James Tisdom
- Model T Boogie
- Last Affair Blues
- I Feel So Good
- Overhaul Blues

Luther Stoneham
- January 11, 1949 Blues
- Sittin' Here Wonderin'

Sunny James
- Please Mam Forgive Me
- Excuse Me Baby
Sonny Boy Holmes
- I Got Them Blues
- Walking And Crying Blues

Mr. Honey (Honeboy Edwards)
- Who May Your Regular Be

Krazy Kat 7445 tracks:
Leroy 'Country' Johnson
- No One To Love Me
The Sugarman
- She's Gone With The Wind
- Which Woman Do I Love
James Tisdom
- Model T Boogie
- Last Affair Blues
- I Feel So Good
- Overhaul Blues
- Winehead Swing
- Throw This Old Dog A Bone
Luther Stoneham
- January 11, 1949 Blues
- Sittin' Here Wonderin'

Sunny James
- Please Mam Forgive Me
- Excuse Me Baby
Sonny Boy Holmes
- I Got Them Blues
- Walking And Crying Blues

Mr. Honey (Honeboy Edwards)
- Who May Your Regular Be




Flyright LP 4704

Flyright discography

notes by Chris Bentley

(=) Krazy Kat KK 7445
(1989)

201978Unfinished Boogie
Western Blues Piano 1946-1952

Thunder Smith
- Thunder's Unfinished Boogie [Down Town 2011]
- New Worried Life Blues [Down Town 2012]
Jimmy McCracklin
- Highway 101
- Street Loafin' Woman

Thunder Smith
- Little Mama Boogie [Aladdin 166]
Mercy Dee
- Straight And Narrow [Colony 102]
Little Son Willis
- Howling Woman
- Roll Me Over Slow

Little Willie Littlefield
- Little Willie's Boogie

Thunder Smith
- West Coast Blues [Aladdin 165]
- Low Down Dirty Ways [Down Town 2013]
Luther "Rocky Mountain" Stoneham
- Mable Blues [Down Town 2012]
Mercy Dee
- The Pay Off [Colony 107]
- Baba-Du-Lay Fever (G.I. Fever) [Spire 101]
Little Son Willis
- Skin And Bones
Jimmy McCracklin
- Baby, Don't You Want To Go


illustration by Mike Faye
notes by Frank Scott



Muskadine M 104

Muscadine discography

211989Lightnin' Hopkins   (1946-1960)

- That Mean Old Twister [Aladdin 167] #
- Short Haired Woman [Gold Star 3131]
- Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind
- You Are Not Going To Worry My Life Anymore
- You're Gonna Miss Me
- Sugar On My Mind
- Nightmare Blues
- Someday Baby
- Come Back Baby
- The Moon Is Rising
- Howling Wolf Blues

- Have To Let You Go
- (Mama's) Baby Child
- Whiskey Headed Woman
- Shining Moon
- I Wonder Why
- Papa Bones Boogie
- I've Been A Bad Man
- Corinna, Corrina
- Tom Moore's Farm
- The Slop


with # Thunder Smith, Joel Hopkins, Donald Cooks, Melvin "Jack" Jackson

RST Blues Documents
BD 2066 (Austria 1989)
221991Lightnin' Hopkins: The Complete Aladdin Recordings

disc 1:
- Down Baby [Aladdin 209]
- L.A. Blues [Aladdin 166]
- Short Haired Woman [Gold Star 3131]
- Can't Do Like You Used To [Aladdin 165]
- Katie Mae [Aladdin 167]
- I Can't Stay Here In Your Town (Rocky Mountain Blues) [Aladdin 168]
- Feel So Bad [Aladdin 168]
- West Coast Blues [Aladdin 165]
- Backwater Blues (That Mean Old Twister) [Aladdin 167]
- Big Mama Jump [Gold Star 3131]
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209]
- Fast Mail Rambler [Aladdin 204]
- Woman, Woman [Aladdin 3028]
- Thinkin' And Worryin' [Aladdin 204]
- Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind [Imperial LM 94000]
- You're Not Goin' To Worry My Life Anymore [Aladdin 3117]
- Picture On The Wall [Aladdin 3015]
- Someday Baby [Imperial LP 9211]
- Nightmare Blues [Aladdin 3028]
- You're Gonna Miss Me [Aladdin 3096]
- Sugar On My Mind [Aladdin 3015]
- Come Back Baby [Imperial LP 9186]


disc 2:
- Morning Blues
- Have To Let You Go
- Mistreated Blues
- Daddy Will Be Home One Day
- Howling Wolf
- Moon Rise Blues
- Baby You're Not Going To Make A Fool Out Of Me
- Mama's Baby Child
- So Long
- I Just Don't Care
- Honey Babe
- My California
- Unpredictable Woman
- See See Rider
- Abilene
- Rolling And Rolling
- Drinkin' Woman
- Miss Loretta
- Shotgun
- Tell It Like It Is
- Lightnin's Boogie


reissue prod. by Pete Welding
2 CD set

EMI CDP-7-96843-2 (US)
231992Texas Blues
Bill Quinn's Gold Star Recordings

- Gambling Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Homeless Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Cairo Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Evil Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Back to Santa Fe - Lee Hunter
- Trying, Trying - L.D. Williams
- You Never Miss the Water - L.C. Williams

- Cruel Hearted Woman - Thunder Smith [Gold Star 615]
- Big Stars Are Falling - Thunder Smith [Gold Star 615]
- Hole in the Wall - L.C. Williams
- Boogie All the Time - L.C. Williams
- Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin
- Blue Black and Evil Blues - Leroy Ervin
- Roberta Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Freedom Train Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Ground Hog Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Bad Whiskey, Bad Women - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson

- Santa Fe Blues - Thunder Smith [Gold Star 644]
- Black Woman - L.C. Williams
- Strike Blues - L.C. Williams
- You Can't Take It With You Baby - L.C. Williams
- Jet Black Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- No Money No Love - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Gone With the Wind - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- I Won't Be Here Long - L.C. Williams
- Angel Child - Andy Thomas
- All the Way From Texas - Perry Cain


notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 352

Arhoolie discography

241994Texas Country Blues 1948-1951

- I Feel So Good - James Tisdom
- I Love My Baby - Andrew Thomas
- I Treated You Wrong - Rattlesnake Cooper
- No One to Love Me - Leroy Johnson
- Black Cat Rag - Willie Lane
- '51 Blues - James Tisdom
- Black Snake Blues - Monister Parker
- I Don't Live Here No More - Sonny Boy Davis
- Crazy With the Blues - Cleo Harves
- Cross Country Blues - Frankie Lee Sims

- Excuse Me Baby - Sunny James ["Sunny Jones"]
- Last Affair Blues - James Tisdom
- Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper
- Chicago Blues - Andrew Thomas

- Who May Your Regular Be - Mr. Honey
- Prowlin' Ground Hog - Willie Lane
- Log House on the Hill - Leroy Johnson
- Cadillac Blues - James Tisdom
- You Gonna Need Me - Monister Parker
- Lost Woman - Rattlesnake Cooper

- Please Mam Forgive Me - Sunny James
- Rhythm Blues - Sonny Boy Davis
- Model T Boogie - James Tisdom


compiled by Chris Bentley
notes by Chris Bentley

Flyright FLYCD 941

Flyright discography

24a199715 Piano Blues & Boogie Classics

- Dollar Bill Boogie - Big Joe Duskin
- Have You Ever Been Out In The Country - Mercy Dee
- Whistling Alex Moore's Blue - Whistling Alex Moore
- Moaning And Groaning - Johnny Young/Otis Spann
- Katie's Boogie Woogie - Katie Webster

- Cruel Hearted Woman - Thunder Smith
- Ma Grinder, The - Robert Shaw
- Why Did You Go Last Night - Clifton Chenier/Elmore Nixon
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - L.C. "Good Rockin" Robinson/Pinetop Perkins
- San Francisco Can Be Such A Lonely Town - Omar Sharriff
- Rocket Boogie "88" - Pete Johnson
- Sugar Hill - Bukka White
- You Ain't Got A Chance - Piano Red
- Cold Chills - Henry Gray
- On The Spot Boogie - Charlie Musselwhite/Lafayette Leake



Arhoolie CD 108
252000Lightnin' Hopkins: Feel So Bad
The Essential Recordings of Lightnin' Hopkins

- Katie Mae [Aladdin 167]
- Short Haired Woman
- Big Mama Jump

- Feel So Bad [Aladdin 168 ? or alt tk ?]
- Down Baby
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209]
- Fast-Mail Rambler
- Thinkin' And Worryin'
- Picture On The Wall
- Sugar On My Mind
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Whiskey Headed Woman
- Shining Moon
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Mercy
- What Can It Be
- Appetite Blues
- Tim Moore's Farm
- Mad With You
- T Model Blues
- Lightning Boogie
- Death Bells


compiled by Les Fancourt
notes by Les Fancourt

Indigo IGOCD 2119
262004Down Home Blues Classics (1943-1953)

disc 1
- Little Mama Boogie - Thunder Smith [Aladdin 166]
- 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 Willis
- 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
272005Down Home Blues Classics: Texas 1946-1954

disc 1: Lightnin' Boogie
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Lightnin' Boogie
- Katie Mae Blues [Aladdin 167]
- Feel So Bad [Aladdin 168 ? or alt tk ?]
- Short Haired Woman
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209]
- Picture On The Wall
- Sugar Mama
- Someday Baby
- Abilene
- Shotgun
- Lonesome Home
- Tim Moore's Farm
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Automobile
- Jake Head Boogie
- One Kind Favor
- Gotta Move
- Long Way From Texas
- Dirty House
- Freight Train Blues
- Sad News From Korea
- Gone With The Wind
- Sittin' Down Thinkin'
- Don't Think 'Cause You're Pretty
- Sick Feeling Blues
- Had A Gal Called Sal


disc 2: Walking Talking Blues
West Texas Slim - Loudella
Thunder Smith - Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615]
Stick Horse Hammond - Alberta
Frankie Lee Sims - Lucy Mae Blues
Rattlesnake Cooper - Lost Woman Blues
Mercy Dee - Lonesome Cabin Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Bad Whiskey, Bad Woman
Smokey Hogg` - Worried Blues
Willie Lane - Prowlin' Ground Hog
Manny Nichols - Walking Talking Blues
Sonny Boy Davis - Rhythm Blues
L.C. Williams - Strike Blues
Big Son Tillis - Rocks Is My Pillow
Clarence Garlow - Bon Ton Roula

Sunny James - Please Mam Forgive Me [Down Town 2010]
- Wright Holmes - Drove From Home Blues
Leroy Ervin - Blue, Black and Evil
Pete McKinley - Mean Black Snake
Manny Nichols - Tall Skinny Mama Blues
Ernest Lewis - No More Lovin'
Bill Simpson - Jelly Roll Man
Soldier Boy Houston - Dallas Be Bop Blues
Perry Cain - A|l The Way From Texas
John Hogg - Black Snake Blues
Buddy Chiles - Jet Black Woman


disc 3: Little Mae Belle
Frankie Lee Sims - Home Again Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Roberta Blues
Texas Alexander - Crossroads

Thunder Smith - Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615]
L.C. Williams - Boogie All The Time
Ernest Lewis - Rosa Lee
Stick Horse Hammond - Gamblin' Man
Johnny Beck - You Gotta Lay Down Mama
Manny Nichols - Worried Life
Monister Parker - You Gonna Need Me
Smokey Hogg - Misery Blues
Country Slim - What Wrong Have I Done
Mercy Dee - Ba-Ba-Du-Lay Blues (G.I. Fever)
James Tisdom - Throw This Poor Dog A Bone
Andy Thomas - My Baby Quit Me Blues
The Sugarman - Which Woman Do I Love
D.C. Washington - Happy Home Blues
Willie Lane - Howlin' Wolf
Miss Country Slim - In My Girlish Days

Thunder Smith - Low Down Dirty Ways [Down Town 2013]
Andrew Thomas - Chicago Blues
Big Son Tillis - Zetela Blues
Sonny Boy Davis - I Don't Live Here No More
Clarence Garlow - I'm In A Boogie Mood
West Texas Slim - Little Mae Belle


disc 4: She's Gone with the Wind
Soldier Boy Houston - Hug Me Baby
Lil' Son Jackson - Cairo Blues
Leroy 'Country' Johnson - Log House On The Hill
Manny Nichols - No One To Love Me
Ernest Lewis - Shake 'Em On Down

Thunder Smith - Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644]
Big Son & Lillian Tillis - Ten Long Years
Stick Horse Hammond - Highway 5
Lil' Son Jackson - Freedom Train Blues
Frankie Lee Sims - Single Man Blues
James Tisdom - Last Affair Blues
Wright Holmes - Good Road Blues
Manny Nichols - Forgive Me
Andrew Thomas - I Love My Baby

Sunny James - Excuse Me Baby [Down Town 2010]
Luther Stoneham - January 11, 1949 Blues
David Pete McKinley - Shreveport Blues
John Hogg - Worrying Blues
Willie Lane - Black Cat Rag
Ernest Lewis - West Coast Blues
Mercy Dee - Evil And Hanky
L.C. Williams - Black Woman
Soldier Boy Houston - Lawyer Houston Blues
The Sugarman - She's Gone With The Wind
Stick Horse Hammond - Truck 'Em On Down


4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

Boulevard Vintage
BVBCD 1012
282007Lightning Hopkins: All The Classics 1946-1951

disc 1:
- Katie Mae Blues [Aladdin 167]
- Feel So Bad (alt tk)
- That Mean Old Twister [Aladdin 167]
- Rocky Mountain Blues [Aladdin 16(]
- Short Haired Woman
- Big Mama Jump
- Down Baby

- Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209]
- Fast Mail Rambler
- Thinkin' And Worryin'
- Short Haired Woman
- Big Mama Jump
- Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind
- Woman Woman
- Picture On The Wall
- Worried Life Blues
- Miss Me Blues
- Sugar Mama
- Nightmare Blues
- Someday Baby
- Come Back Baby
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Baby, You're Not Going To Make A Fool Out Of Me
- Daddy Will Be Home One Day
- Moonrise Blues
- Howling Wolf Blues


compiled by Neil Slaven
5 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7705
292007Lightning Hopkins: Lightning Special
Volume 2 of the Collected Works

disc 1:
- What Kind Of Heart Have You
- Mad As I Can Be - (alt tk)
- Ain't It A Shame
- Crazy 'bout My Baby
- What's The Matter Now
- My Mama Told Me
- Highway Blues
- I'm Wild About You Baby
- Bad Things On My Mind
- The War Is Over
- Policy Game
- Merry Christmas
- Happy New Year
- Cemetery Blues
- I Love You Baby
- Shine On Moon
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Lonesome In Your Home
- Remember Me
- Sittin' Down Thinkin'
- Lightnin's Special
- Please Don't Go Baby
- Don't Think 'cause You're Pretty
- Life I Used To Live
- Grandma's Boogie
- My Baby's Gone
- Early Mornin' Boogie


disc 2:
- Moving On Out Boogie
- Sick Feeling Blues
- Hopkins Sky Hop
- Evil Hearted Woman
- Don't Need No Job
- Blues For My Cookie
- Had A Gal Called Sal
- They Wonder Who I Am
- Nothin' But The Blues
- That's Alright Baby
- Finally Met My Baby
- My Little Kewpie Doll
- Wonder What Is Wrong With Me
- Late In The Evening
- Lightnin' Jump
- Leavin' Blues
- Moanin' Blues
- Walkin' The Streets
- Mussy Haired Woman
- Trying, Trying
- You'll Never Miss The Water
L.C. Williams
- Hole In The Wall
- Boogie All The Time
- Strike Blues
- You Can't Take It With You Baby
- So Sorry
- The Lazy J
- Fannie Mae


disc 3:
Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Roberta Blues
- Freedom Train Blues
- Ground Hog Blues
- Bad Whiskey - Bad Women
- Gone With The Wind
- No Money, No Love
- Talkin' Boogie
- Milford Blues
- Cairo Blues
- Evil Blues
- Gambling Blues
- Homeless Blues
Manny Nichols
- Walkin' Blues
- Forgive Me Baby
- Walking Talking Blues
- Tall Skinny Mama Blues
- Worried Life
- Forgive Me
- No One To Love Me
- Throw A Little Boogie

Thunder Smith
- Can't Do Like You Used To [Aladdin 165]
- West Coast Blues [Aladdin 165]
- Little Mama Boogie [Aladdin 166]
- Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615]
- Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615]
- Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644]

disc 4:
Soldier Boy Houston
- Dallas Bebop Blues
- Western Rider Blues
- Hug Me Baby
- Out In California Blues
- In The Army Since 94
- Lawyer Houston Blues
- Going To The West Coast
- Lawton, Oklahoma Blues
J.D. Edwards
- Cryin'
- Playboy Blues
- Hobo
- Cold In The Evening
- West Coast Blues
Ernest Lewis
- Rosa Lee
- Shake 'em On Down
- Loudella
- Little Mae Belle
- No More Lovin'
- West Coast Blues
- What Wrong Have I Done
- In My Girlish Days
Frankie Lee Sims
- Home Again Blues
- Cross Country Blues
- Don't Forget Me Baby
- Single Man Blues


compiled by Neil Slaven
4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7790


Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 143, 227, 258, 496-497
- Klaus-Dieter Tilch: Rock LPs 1955-1970, Hamburg (Taurus) 1990,p. 756
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Gold Star 644

thanks to Alan Balfour, Big Joe Louis and Michael Hortig for additional info / scans

 


Wilson Smith certificate of death
(courtesy Michael Hortig)
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