Henry  James
Townsend
b. October 27, 1909 in Shelby, Mississippi
d. September 24, 2006 in Mequon, Wisconsin

discography
H E N R Y   T O W N S E N D; from front cover of Folkways FS 3816
source: front cover of Folkways FS 3816
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

Henry Townsend 78 rpm / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
11929Henry Townsend

- Mistreated Blues (403301-A)
- Poor Man Blues (403303-A)

Henry Townsend, voc. g; rec. Chicago, Nov. 15, 1929



Columbia 14491-D
21929Henry Townsend

- Henry's Worry Blues (403300-A)
- Long Ago Blues (403302-A)

Henry Townsend, voc. g; rec. Chicago, Nov. 15, 1929


Columbia 14529-D
31931Henry Townsend

- Doctor Oh Doctor (L-465-1)
- Jack Of Diamonds Georgia Rub (L-469-1)

Henry Townsend, voc. g; rec. Grafton, Wis., c. May, 1931


Paramount 13097
41931Jesse Townsend

- No Home Blues (69410-2)
- Take A Chance (69411-2)

Henry Townsend, voc. g; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p; rec. Louisville, June 9, 1931


Victor 23322
  Henry Thomas

- Can't Do That No More (77309-1)

Henry Townsend, voc. g; Roosevelt Sykes, p; rec. Chicago, Dec. 11, 1933


Bluebird unissued
51933Henry Thomas

- She's Got What I Want (77310-1)
- My Sweet Candy (77311-1)

Henry Townsend, voc. g; Roosevelt Sykes, p; rec. Chicago, Dec. 11, 1933


Bluebird B5343
= Sunrise S3424
61933Henry Thomas / Walter Davis

- Sick With The Blues (77314-1) *
- Stormy Weather Blues No. 2 (77286-1) (Walter Davis)

* Henry Townsend, voc. g; Roosevelt Sykes, p; rec. Chicago, Dec. 11, 1933


Bluebird B5411
71935Henry Townsend

- Don't Love That Woman (85493-1)
- She's Got A Mean Disposition (85494-1)

Henry Townsend, voc. g; rec. Chicago, Febr. 25, 1935


Bluebird B5966
81935Henry Townsend / Bo Chatman

- She's Got A Mean Disposition (85494-1) *
- I Got The Blues (99235-1) (Bo Chatman)

* Henry Townsend, voc. g; rec. Chicago, Febr. 25, 1935


Bluebird B6589
91937Henry Townsend

- Lose Your Man (016534-1)
- Now I Stay Away (016537-1)

Henry Townsend, voc. g, unknown, b, Robert Lee McCoy, g, Sonny Boy Williamson, h; rec. Aurora, Ill., Nov. 11, 1937


Bluebird B7453
101937Henry Townsend

- All I've Got's Gone (016535-1)
- A Ramblin' Mind (016536-1)

Henry Townsend, voc. g, unknown, b, Robert Lee McCoy, g, Sonny Boy Williamson, h; rec. Aurora, Ill., Nov. 11, 1937


Bluebird B7474

LP / CD compilations
11962Henry Townsend:
Tired Of Bein’ Mistreated


- Cairo's My Baby's Home
- Tired Of Being Mistreated
- Rocks Have Been My Pillow
- The Train Is Coming
- She Just Walked Away

- I Asked Her If She Loved Me
- I Got Tired
- My Home Ain't There
- All My Money Gone
- She Drove Me To Drinking
- My Baby Have Come Back

rec. by Sam Charters May 17, 1961 at Technisonic Studios, St. Louis
Henry Townsend, voc, g, p; Tommy Bankhead, g

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Bluesville BV 1041

Bluesville discography

acerecords.co.uk

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= Folkways FS 3816 (1984)
"The Blues In St. Louis
Vol. 3"

2196?The Country Blues Volume 2
Compiled and Edited by Samuel Charters

Texas Alexander
- Levee Camp Moan
Peg Leg Howell
- Tishamingo Blues

Henry Townsend
- Mistreated Blues
Eddie Kelly's Washboard Band
- Poole County Blues
Papa Charlie Jackson
- Papa's Lawdy Lawdy Blues
"Georgia Bill"
- Scarey Day Blues
Luke Jordan
- Church Bells Blues

Bo Carter
- I'm An Old Bumble Bee
Charlie Lincoln
- Jealous Hearted Blues
Bukka White
- Strange Place Blues
Blind Boy Fuller with Sonny Terry
- Bye Bye Baby Blues
Charlie Pickett
- Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon
Brownsville Son Bonds
- Weary Worried
Big Maceo with Tampa Red
- Maceo's 32 - 20

RBF 9

RBF discography

31965Conversation With The Blues
A Documentary of Field Recordings by Paul Oliver

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
Whistling Alex Moore - "Chock House Days" Spoken
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

# rec. 1960; LP accompanying Paul Oliver's book by the same title

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Decca LK 4664

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2nd ed. (1997) of book
(with enclosed CD)

41966Blues Rediscoveries
Compiled and Edited by Samuel Charters

Mississippi John Hurt
- Ain't No Tellin'
- Avalon Blues
Bukka White
- Sleepy Man Blues
- Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues

Henry Townsend
- Poor Man Blues
John Estes
- Poor Man's Friend
- Liquor Store Blues

Blind Gary Davis
- Oh Lord Search My Heart
- You Got to Go Down
Peg Leg Howell
- Doin' Wrong
Furry Lewis
- Jelly Roll
- Sweet Papa Moan
Big Joe Williams
- Highway 49
- Someday Baby
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RBF 11

RBF discography

51968The Blues In St. Louis 1929-1937

Henry Townsend
- Henry's Worry Blues
Kokomo Arnold
- Set Down Gal
Barrel House Buck
- I Got To Go Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- C & A Blues
Henry Spaulding
- Biddle Street Blues
Bessie Mae Smith
- St. Louis Daddy

Henry Townsend
- She's Got A Mean Disposition

Walter Davis
- Sloppy Drunk Again
Charley Jordan
- Tight Haired Mama Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Sleepless Night Blues
Teddy Darby
- Deceiving Blues
Alice Moore
- Black Evil Blues
Speckled Red
- House Dance Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw and His Blues-Blowers
- Throw Me In The Alley

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Origin Jazz Library OJL-20

OJL discography

61968St. Louis Town 1929-1933

Henry Spaulding
- Cairo Blues

Henry Townsend
- Long Ago
Hi Henry Brown
- Skin Man
Charley Jordan
- Hunkie Tunkie
- Spoonful Blues
Teddy Darby
- Built Right On The Ground
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues

Jim Jackson
- St. Louis Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Nut Factory
Charley Jordan
- Keep It Clean - No. 2
- You Run And Tell Your Daddy
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
Jelly Jaw Short
- Barefoot Blues
- Snake Doctor Blues
notes by Don Kent
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Belzona L 1003

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= Yazoo L 1003

= CD 1003 YAZ [1991]
with different liner notes !

Yazoo discography

71968Missouri and Tennessee 1924-1937

Missouri
Charley Jordan
- Raidin' Squad
The Two Charlies
- Got Your Water On
- Don't Put Your Dirty Hands On Me
Henry Spaulding
- Biddle Street Blues
Stovepipe No. 1
- Lonesome John
- Fisher's Hornpipe

Henry Townsend
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett
- A Woman Gets Tired Of The Same Man All The Time


Tennessee
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-eyed Woman's Blues
- Way Down In Arkansas
Banjo Joe
- My Money Never Runs Out
Rosie Mae Moore
- Staggering Blues
James "Yank" Rachel
- Little Sarah
- T-Bone Steak Blues
Charlie Pickett
- Crazy 'bout My Black Gal

Memphis Jug Band
- Evergreen Money Blues



Roots RL 310

Roots discography

81969Up And Down The Mississippi

Richard (Rabbit) Brown
- Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child
- I'm Not Jealous Roots
Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Jailhouse Fire Blues
- Shaggy Dog Blues
Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler)
- You Can't Keep No Brown
Mae Glover & John Byrd
- Pig Meat Papa
Jim Thompkins
- Bedside Blues
Bertha Lee & Charley Patton
- Mind Reader Blues

Robert Lee McCoy
- Friar's Point Blues
Mississippi Bracey
- You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door
- I'll Overcome Someday
Will Weldon
- Hitch Me To Your Buggy
Little Buddy Doyle
- Grief Will Kill Me
- Bad In Mind Blues
Lane Hardin
- California Desert Blues

Henry Townsend
- Henry's Worry Blues



Roots RL-319

Roots discography

919??Hard Time Blues - St. Louis 1933-1940

Lane Hardin
- Hard Times Blues (1935)
Aaron “Pinetop” Sparks
- Workhouse Blues (1935)
Mary Harris
- Happy New Year Blues (1935)
Roosevelt Sykes
- Drunken Gambler (1937)

Henry Townsend
- Don’t Love That Woman (1934)
Charly Jordan
- Tight Time Blues (1934)
Walter Davis
- Just Thinking (1940)

Blind Teddy Darby
- Pitty Pat Blues (1933)
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Third Streets Going Down (1937)
Alice Moore
- Blue Black and Evil Blues (1935)
Charlie McFadden
- Times Are So Tight (1933)
Leroy Henderson
- Good Scuffler Blues (1935)
Milton Parks
- Grinder Blues (1935)
Lane Hardin
- California Desert Blues (1935)



Mamlish S-3806

Mamlish discography

101972St. Louis Blues 1929-1935
The Depression


Henry Townsend
- Sick With The Blues
Charley Jordan
- Gasoline Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Preachers Blues

Henry Townsend
- Mistreated Blues
Charley Jordan
- Raidin' Squad Blues

Henry Townsend
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
Georgia Boyd
- Never Mind Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Titanic Blues

Henry Townsend
- Henry's Worried Blues
Charley Jordan
- Big Four Blues
Joe Stone
- Back Door Blues

Henry Townsend
- Poor Man Blues
Charley Jordan
- Keep It Clean
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Sleepless Nights Blues
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Yazoo L 1030
= CD 1030 YAZ [1991]

Yazoo discography

11197?Things Have Changed
an anthology of today's blues from St. Louis

Henry Townsend
- Cairo Blues
Arthur Weston
- Uncle Sam Called Me
George McCoy
- Things Have Changed
Jimmy Brown
- Two Trains
Ethel McCoy
- Bumble Bee
Henry Brown
- Webster's Blues

George McCoy
- Train
Arthur Weston
- Highway 49

Henry Townsend
- Christmas Blues
Clarence Johnson
- Baby Let Me Come Back Home

Henry Townsend
- Tired Of Being Mistreated
Henry Brown
- Henry's Jive
rec. 1969






Adelphi AD 1012

www.adelphirecords.com

Adelphi discography

121973Henry Townsend: Henry T. Music Man
Henry Townsend and Backwards Sam Firk with Henry Brown and Vernell Townsend

- Cairo Blues *
- Tired Of Being Mistreated *

- Biddle Street Blues
- She Walked Away
- Every Day of My Life
- Sloppy Drunk Again
- Why Do We Love Each Other
- Deep Morgan Stomp

- Buzz, Buzz, Buzz
- Heart Trouble
- Doing Better in Life
- Do You Remember Me?
- Now or Never!

* on CD only




Adelphi AD 1016


= Genes/Adelphi CD 9916
(1999)
www.adelphirecords.com

Adelphi discography

13197739th National Folk Festival

Henry Townsend
- Walk All Night

John Jackson
- You Ain't No Woman

NCTA 77

www.ncta.net
(National Council for
the Traditional Arts)

141980Henry Townsend & Vernell Townsend, Piano Slim:
St. Louis Blues


- Baby Please Don't Go
- Baby Tell Me What Is On Your Mind
- Goodbye, Baby
- Cairo
- I Hate To Leave
- What Tomorrow Brings
- As She's Gone, I'm Looking Right Into Her Heart

- Trying To Be Satisfied
- Going Back Home
- M & O
- Going Down Slow
- Early In The Morning
- Sloppy Drunk
- Tired Of Being Mistreated

side one rec. Nov. 1980 at Heinz Studios, Vienna
side two rec. Nov. 1980, live in Kufstein, Austria


Wolf 120.495


= Wolf CD 120.495

www.wolfrec.com

151980Henry Townsend: "Mule"

- Bad Luck Dice
- Nothing But Trouble
- Things Have Changed
- The Old Man's Soul
- Tears Come Rollin' Down
- It's A Hard Toad To Travel
- Talkin' Guitar Blues

- I'm Just An Ordinary Man
- Alley Strut
- Can't You See
- Dark Clouds Rising
- The Train Is At The Station
- Overstayed My Time

Nighthawk NH-201


= Nighthawk CD NH-201
(1993)

Nighthawk discography

161981Henry Townsend:
Hard Luck Stories


- Hard Luck Story
- The Cutback Blues
- Bring Me My Pistol And My Shotgun Too
- Heartbroken Man Blues
- Baby Boy Blues

- Tears Settled In My Eyes
- What Would You Do?
- The Three G's Blues
- Have No Fear
- People Need People
- I Got To Go

rec. Aug. 11, 12 & 15 1981 in St. Louis by Leo Bruin


Swingmaster 2107

www.swingmaster
records.com

171986National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Four

Dr. Ross
- Chicago Breakdown
- That's All Right, Mama
- Biscuit Baking Woman
Booker T. Laury
- Woman I Love Lives In Memphis, Tennessee
- Disco Strut

Son Thomas
- Roll And Tumble

Henry & Vernell Townsend
- The Tears Come Rolling Down
Henry Townsend
- Standing Looking Out The Window
Larry Johnson
- The Wrong Woman
- Can't You Hear The Angels Singing?
Hezekiah & The Houserockers
- Downhome Blues
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Southland SLP-24

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(=) Southland SCD-22
(2001)

Southland discography

181986Henry Townsend and Henry Spaulding (1929-37)

Henry Spaulding (1929)
- Cairo Blues
- Biddle Street Blues

Henry Townsend (1929 - 1937)
- Henry's Worry Blues
- Mistreated Blues
- Long Ago Blues
- Poor Man Blues
- She's Got What I Want
- My Sweet Candy
- Sick With The Blues
- Don't Love That Woman
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
- Lose Your Man
- All I've Got's Gone
- A Ramblin' Mind
- Now I Stay Away

on CD only:
Charley Jordan
- Stack O'Dollars Blues
- Keep It Clean
- Big Four Blues
- Just a Spoonful
- Two Street Blues
- Raidin' Squad Blues
- Hunkie Tunkie Blues
- Gasoline Blues

Wolf WSE 117


Wolf CD WSE 110
St. Louis Blues: Charlie
Jordan, Henry Townsend
& Henry Spaulding
Complete Recordings
1929-37

www.wolfrec.com

191992Roots of Rhythm & Blues
A Tribute to the Robert Johnson Era


Johnny 'Ned' Shines & Kent DuChaine & ensemble
- Sweet Home Chicago
Lonnie Pitchford
- Come On In My Kitchen
Moving Star Hall Singers
- You've Got to Move

Henry Townsend
- All My Money's Gone
Robert Jr. Lockwood & Gene Schwartz, b
- How Long, How Long Blues
David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
- That's Alright
Jesse Mae Hemphill
- Train, Train
Elder Roma Wilson
- This Train
Phil Wiggins
- Silver Comet Train
Railroad Maintenance Crew
- Captain Can't Read
Johnny 'Ned' Shines
- Satisfied
- Watermelons
David Savage
- I'm Going Home
John Cephas & Phil Wiggins
- Brownsville Blues
Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble
- Loved And Lost
Lonnie Pitchford
- Walking Blues
Johnny 'Ned' Shines
- Tell Me Daddy, How You Want Your Rolling Done
David Savage
- Bertha
Moving Star Hall Singers
- If You Miss Me
Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble
- Moon Is Rising
Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Kindhearted Woman Blues
Toshi Reagon
- I Hate to See the Sun Go Down
Lonnie Pitchford
- Terraplane Blues
Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble
- Milk Cow Blues
- Fat Mama
notes by
Barry Lee Pearson
with introduction by
Bernice Johnson Reagon
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CBS 48584
20199?St. Louis Country Blues 1929 - 1937

Henry Spaulding (1929)
- Cairo Blues
- Biddle Street Blues

Henry Townsend (1929-1937)
- Henry's Worry Blues
- Mistreated Blues
- Long Ago Blues
- Poor Man Blues
- No Home Blues
- Take A Chance
- She's Got What I Want
- Sick With The Blues
- Don't Love That Woman
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
- Lose Your Man
- All I've Got's Gone
- A Ramblin' Mind
- Now I Stay Away
J.D. Short (1930-1933)
- Telephone Arguin' Blues
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
- Snake Doctor Blues
- Barefoot Blues
- Grand Daddy Blues
- It's Hard Time
- Back Door Blues

Document DOCD-5147

www.document-records.com

211996Too Late, Too Late Vol. 5 (1927-64)

Sister Morgan (1927)
- Hurry Down, Sunshine, And See What Tomorrow Brings
Lonnie Johnson (1927)
- Handfull O' Keys
- Searchin' For Flats
Cow Cow Davenport (1928)
- Cow Cow Blues (take B)
Elizabeth Johnson (1928)
- Be My Kid Blues
- Sobbin' Woman Blues
Leroy Carr (1928)
- Box Car Blues
Frank Stokes (1929)
- I'm Going Away Blues
- Old Sometime Blues

Henry Townsend (1931)
- Doctor, Oh Doctor
- Jack Of Diamonds Georgia Rub
Blind Wille McTell (1933)
- Broke Down Engine No. 2 (take 1)
- Love Makin' Mama (take 2)
John (Big Nig) Bray (1934)
- Trench Blues. Leadbelly (1940)
- Didn't Ol' John Cross The Water?
Sonny Terry (1944/45)
- I Have Had My Fun
- Keys To The Highway
Leadbelly (1945)
- Eagle Rock Rag (alt. take)
James 'Jack Of All Trades' McCain (1945)
- Good Mr. Roosevelt
Montana Taylor (1946)
- Lowdown Bugle (take B)
- Detroit Rocks
Big Maceo (c. 1950)
- Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool
Scrapper Blackwell (1959)
- How Long No. 2
Rev. Lonnie Farris (1964)
- Peace In The Valley (Proverb 1001)

Document DOCD 5411

www.document-records.com

221999Henry Townsend: The 88 Blues

- I Believe In Love (g)
- No Doggin' (p)
- She's Gone (p)
- You've Changed (g)
- Drivin' On The Highway (g)
- Search For Your Heart (p)
- It's Got To End Somewhere (g)
- Hear Me Cryin' (p)
- Train Comin' (p)
- Gone Too Long (g)
- Change Your Name (g)
- Leave You Alone (p)
- The Way You're Actin' (g)
- The 88 Blues (p)
- Baby Please Don't Go (g)
rec. 1997 at the Sheldon
Concert Hall, St Louis


Blueberry Hill CD

www.blueskycd.com

232000Henry Townsend:
St. Louis Blues Ace


- Big City Blues
- People Need People
- Dirty Trick Blues
- I'm Having Bad Luck
- Too Pretty For Me
- I'm Gonna Stay
- Your Doggone Ways
- The Three GS Blues
- Night Is Falling
- Hey Dear Brother
- Heart Broken Man Blues
- Slap Her Down
- The Cut Back Blues
- Down by That Muddy Pond
- Baby Boy Blues
rec. 1980-83 in St. Louis
& 1987 in Groningen


Swingmaster CD 2202

www.swingmaster
records.com

242000Henry Townsend and Friends:
Henry's Worry Blues


Henry Townsend
- Henry's Worry Blues
- Mistreated Blues
- Long Ago Blues
- Poor Man Blues
- Doctor Oh Doctor
- Jack Of Diamonds Georgia Rub
- No Home Blues
- Take A Chance
- She's Got What I Want
- My Sweet Candy
- Sick With The Blues
- Don't Love That Woman
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
- Lose Your Man
- All I've Got's Gone
- A Ramblin' Mind
- Now I Stay Away
J.D. Short
- Telephone Arguin' Blues
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
- Snake Doctor Blues
- Barefoot Blues
- Grand Daddy Blues
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
- Back Door Blues

Catfish CD 172

review

252001Henry Townsend: My Story

- Less Than A Man
- Tell Me
- World Full Of People
- No Fuss And Fight
- Dreaming
- You Should've Told Me
- My Story
- Help Me Darling
- Screaming And Crying
- Put Me On Hold
- Goodbye
- Repentance Blues
rec. Salina, Kansas
Oct. 12/13, 1999


Apo CD 2014

262001Henry Townsend:
The Real St. Louis Blues


- Can't You See; Mercy
- Can't Help Myself
- So Long, So Long
- Pleasin' Myself
- My Babe
- Crying Won't Make Me Stay
- Sad Story
- I've Got To Go
- Long Ago
- Bye Bye St. Louis
- Room And Board
- What's On Your Mind
- Let Her Go
- I Regret
- Every Once In A While
- Going Back Home

rec. August 1979 in St. Louis by Bob West


Arcola ACD 1002

www.arcolarecords.com

272001National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Two

John Jackson
- Bad Water Blues
- Rocks & Gravel
- I'm A Bad Man
Albert Macon & Robert Thomas
- She Wanna Do The Boogie Woogie
- My Baby Don't Wear No Drawers
Robert Lockwood
- Big Legged Woman
Snooky Pryor & Homesick James
- Why You Want To Treat Me Like That
- Boogie Twist
Piano Red
- Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo
- Lowdown Dog
Eddie Kirkland
- I Got My Eyes On You

Dr. Ross
- Chicago Breakdown
- That's All Right, Mama
- Biscuit Baking Woman
Booker T. Laury
- Woman I Love Lives In Memphis, Tennessee
- Disco Strut
Son Thomas
- Roll And Tumble

Henry & Vernell Townsend
- The Tears Come Rolling Down
Henry Townsend
- Standing Looking Out The Window
Larry Johnson
- The Wrong Woman
- Can't You Hear The Angels Singing?
Hezekiah & The Houserockers
- Downhome Blues
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Southland SCD-22

Southland discography



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- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/label/wolf/wolf1.htm

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Henry Townsend bio

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||| Muskadine Records |||
||| Nighthawk Records |||
||| Origin Jazz Library OJL |||
||| Policy Wheel Records |||
||| the post war blues |||
||| RBF Records |||
||| Revival Records |||
||| Scout Records |||
||| Southland Records |||
||| Spivey Records |||
||| Spokane Records |||
||| Storyville Records |||
||| Takoma Records |||
||| Trix Records |||
| Casey Anderson | Pink Anderson | Memphis Willie B. | John Henry Barbee | Ed Bell | Leon Bibb |
| Eric Bibb | (Bahamian) Blind Blake | Allan Block | Juke Boy Bonner |
| Roy Book Binder | James Booker | Chris Bouchillon | Jim Brewer |
| David Bromberg | Ian Buchanan | Len Chandler | Joe Callicott | Sam Chatmon |
| Frank Christian | Doctor Clayton | Paul Clayton | Andy Cohen | Karen Dalton | Barbara Dane |
| Blind Teddy Darby | Bonnie Dobson | Doctor Ross | Driftin' Slim | Champion Jack Dupree |
| Snooks Eaglin | Archie Edwards | David 'Honeyboy' Edwards | Frank Edwards |
| Ramblin' Jack Elliott | Logan English | Sleepy John Estes | Even Dozen Jug Band |
| Billy Faier | Guitar Pete Franklin | Jesse Fuller |
| Sam Gary | Paul Geremia | Fred Gerlach | Arvella Gray | Mitch Greenhill | Shirley Griffith |
| George Gritzbach | Stefan Grossman | Guitar Nubbit |
| Guitar Gabriel (Nyles Jones) | Guitar Shorty (John Henry Fortescue) | John Hammond | Hecksaw Harney |
| Gordon Heath & Lee Payant | Blind Joe Hill | Cisco Houston | John Jackson | Skip James | Henry 'Rufe' Johnson |
| Larry Johnson | Blind Willie Johnson | Nyles Jones (Guitar Gabriel) | Luke Jordan | Danny Kalb |
| Jo Ann Kelly | Lisa Kindred | Koerner, Ray & Glover |
| Jim Kweskin | Peter La Farge | Bruce Langhorne | Terrea Lea |
| J.B. Lenoir | Furry Lewis | Mance Lipscomb | Willie Mabon | Steve Mann | Judy Mayhan | Suni McGrath |
| Mississippi Fred McDowell | Memphis Willie B. | Herb Metoyer | Elmon Mickle | Luke 'Long Gone' Miles |
| John Miller | Sam Mitchell | Model T. Slim | Little Brother Montgomery | Buddy Moss | Fred Neil |
| Bob Neuwirth | New Lost City Ramblers | Johnny Nicholas | Hermes Nye | Jack Owens |
| Dave Peabody | Buster Pickens | Lonnie Pitchford | Doug Quattlebaum | Willie Guy Rainey |
| Jerry Rasmussen | 'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks | Walt Robertson |
| Judy Roderick | Dick Rosmini | Doctor Ross | Carl Sandburg | Brother John Sellers | Sid Selvidge |
| Thomas Shaw | Siegel-Schwall Band | Patrick Sky | Gordon Smith | Smoky Babe | Joseph Spence |
| Mark Spoelstra | Babe Stovall | Abu Talib (Freddy Robinson) |
| Baby Tate | Harry Taussig | Art Thieme | James 'Son' Thomas | Jesse Thomas |
| Joan Toliver | Henry Townsend | Willie Trice | Ton van Bergeyk |
| Dave van Ronk | Eric von Schmidt | Jackie Washington | Casey Bill Weldon |
| 'Bukka' White | Josh White | Geeshie Wiley | Major Wiley | Robert Wilkins | Bill Williams |
| Big Joe Williams | Robert Pete Williams | Chris Youlden |
||| Wirz' record collection | want list |||