M E R C Y   D E E   W A L T O N, from front cover of Arhoolie CD 369
source: front cover of Arhoolie CD 369
photographer: William Carter
Specialty label 'One Room Country Shack'
Mercy Dee
Walton

b. August 30, 1915 in Waco, Texas
d. December 2, 1962 in Stockton, California
discography
This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
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Mercy Dee Walton 78 rpm / 45 rpm / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
11949Mercy Dee

- Lonesome Cabin Blues (Log Cabin Blues) (A / A860)
- Baba-Du-Lay Fever (G. I. Fever) (B / A859)

rec. 1949 in Fresno, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p






Spire 11-001 (101)
[Chester Lew's (Lu's) label]
21949Mercy Dee

- Evil And Hanky (A)
- Travelin Alone Blues (B)

rec. 1949 in Fresno, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p






Spire 11-002 (102)
31950Mercy Dee

- Homely Baby (IM225)
- Empty Life (IM226)

rec. c. November 1950 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; g; b




Imperial 5104
[Lew Chudd's label]
41951Mercy Dee

- Bird Brain Baby (IM228) #
- Big Foot Country (IM249) *

# rec. c. November 1950 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; g; b
* rec. December 1950 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; g; b


Imperial 5110
51951Mercy Dee

- Roamin' Blues (IM251)
- Bought Love (IM253)

rec. December 1950 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; g; b




Imperial 5118
61951Mercy Dee

- Danger Zone (Crepe On Your Door) (IM250)
- Pay Off (Anything In The World) (IM256)

rec. December 1950 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; g; b


Imperial 5127
71951Big Jay McNeely And His Orchestra

- Insect Ball (IM261) #
- Sad Story (IM262) *

rec. 1951 in Los Angeles; Big Jay McNeely, ts; # Mercy Dee Walton, voc
* Jesse Belvin and Three Dots & A Dash; Jesse Belvin, voc


Imperial 5130
81951Mercy Dee

- Straight And Narrow (IM252)
- Happy Bachelor (IM255)

rec. December 1950 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; g; b


Colony 102
91951Mercy Dee

- Old Fashioned Ways (IM254)
- Pay Off (Anything In The World) (IM256)

rec. December 1950 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; g; b


Colony 107
101951Mercy Dee

- Danger Zone (IM250) *
- All Over (IM227) #

* rec. December 1950 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; g; b
# rec. c. November 1950 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; g; b


Colony 111
111953Mercy Dee

- One Room Country Shack
- My Woman Knows The Score

rec. May 13, 1952 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; Jesse Sailes, dr








Specialty 458
[Art Rupe's label]
121953Mercy Dee

- Anything In The World (Pay Off) (IM256)
- Please Understand (All Over) (IM227)

rec. c. November 1950 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; g; b


Bayou 003




Bayou 45-003
[founded by Franklin Kort
in the spring of 1953, the
Bayou label in the summer
of 1953 was absorbed into
the Imperial label]

131953Mercy Dee

- Crepe On Your Door [Danger Zone] (IM250)
- Happy Bachelor Blues (IM255)

rec. December 1950 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; g; b




Bayou 013
141953MERCY DEE

- Rent Man Blues #
- Fall Guy

rec. April 25, 1953 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; # Thelma 'Lady Fox' Walton, voc








Specialty 466
151954MERCY DEE And LADY FOX / MERCY DEE

- Get To Gettin' #
- Dark Muddy Bottom *

rec. October 4, 1953 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; Thelma 'Lady Fox' Walton, # voc, * tamb; # ts






Specialty 481
161954Mercy Dee

- Trailing My Baby (A) #
- The Main Event (instrumental) (B)

# rec. 1954 in Oakland, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; L.C. Robinson, steel g; dr
* rec. 1954 in West Oakland, CA; Big Jim Wilson, ts; p (unlikely to be Walton); g; b; dr


Rhythm 1774
   

- Trying To Kick This Habit

rec. 1954 in Oakland, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; L.C. Robinson, g; dr


Rhythm unissued

Arhoolie F1007
2nd pressing (198?) only

171955Mercy Dee

- Romp & Stomp Blues (FL244)
- Oh Oh Please (FL245)

rec. 1955 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; g; b; dr




Flair 1073
181955Mercy Dee

- Come Back Maybellene (FL246) #
- True Love (FL257) *

rec. 1955 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; g; # 2nd gs; b; dr; * ens voc






Flair 1077
191955Mercy Dee

- Have You Ever (FL259)
- Stubborn Woman (FL258)

rec. 1955 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; g; b; dr




Flair 1078
   

- Have You Ever (alt. tk.)

rec. 1955 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; g; b; dr

Flair unissued

Kent KST 9012 (1969)

201961Blues 'N Trouble

Big Joe Williams
- Married Woman Blues
Lil' Son Jackson
- Johnny Mae
Lowell Fulson
- Good Woman Blues
Mance Lipscomb
- Back Water Blues
Jasper Love
- Love's Honeydripper
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- One Thin Dime #

Sam Chatman
- God Don't Like Ugly
"Whistling" Alex Moore
- Wake Up Old Lady
Black Ace
- Hitchhiking Woman
Robert Curtis Smith
- Stella Ruth

Mercy Dee
- I Been A Fool #

Sidney Maiden
- Chicago Blues [] *
Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly']
- Goin' Back South *

* on 1980 remastered LP version only

on CD 432 only:
Sam Chatmon
- Hollandale Blues

rec. February 5, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mercy Dee Walton, p, # voc; Sidney Maiden, hca, [] voc; K.C. Douglas, g; Otis Cherry, dr

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Arhoolie FS 101

notes by Chris Strachwitz
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Arhoolie F 1006

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partly reissued on Arhoolie
CD 432 (1995)
"Mississippi Blues 1960"

www.arhoolie.com

Arhoolie discography

211961Mercy Dee

- Lady Luck
- Betty Jean

rec. April 16, 1961 in Berkeley, CA; Mercy Dee Walton, voc, p; Sidney Maiden, hca; Otis Cherry, dr
7 inch 45 rpm



Arhoolie 45-501
221961Mercy Dee

first pressing track sequence
- Mercy's Troubles
- Jack Engine #
- Lady Luck
- Red Light

- Walked Down So Many Turnrows
- Troublesome Mind
- Betty Jean
- Call The Asylum
- Mercy's Party # []

second pressing track sequence
- Mercy's Troubles
- Harvest Time *
- Lady Luck
- Red Light
- Trying To Kick This Habit * [1954 Rhythm unissued]

- Walked Down So Many Turnrows
- After The Fight *
- Troublesome Mind
- Betty Jean
- Call The Asylum
- Shady Lane *

# only on 1st pressing
* only on 2nd pressing
rec. February 5 & 12, 1961 & March 12, 1961 in Stockton, CA & April 16, 1961 in Berkeley, CA; Mercy Dee Walton, voc, p; K. C. Douglas, g, [] voc; Sidney Maiden, hca, [] voc; Otis Cherry, dr
notes by
Chris A. Strachwitz



Arhoolie 1007
(1st pressing 1961)

notes by
Chris A. Strachwitz (1961)

Arhoolie 1007
(2nd pressing 1963?)


(=) Arhoolie CD 369 (1993)

Arhoolie discography

23196?Blues N' Trouble Volume 2

Ligtning Hopkins
- Wine Drinking Woman
Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly
- Yellow-Brown Woman
Little Son Willis
- Nothing But The Blues
Blind James Phillips
- Night Is Falling
Lil' Son Jackson
- Bad Whiskey - Bad Women
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson
- B & O Blues


Mercy Dee
- Sugar Daddy #
Big Joe Williams
- Little Machine
Paul McZiel Zydeco Band
- I'm Sad And I'm Blue
Blind James Campbell
- Sittin' Here Drinking
Robert Shaw
- Turn Loose My Tongue

# rec. April 16, 1961 in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mercy Dee Walton, voc, p

notes by Chris A. Strackwitz
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Arhoolie F 1012

Arhoolie discography

24196?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
Rocky ("Rocky Mountain" Stoneham)
- Water Coast Blues
Thunder Smith
- Thunder's Unfinished Boogie (piano solo)


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



Heritage HLP 1003

Heritage discography

24a196?Texas Blues - The Early '50s

Smokey Hogg
- Penitentiary Blues
- Penitentiary Blues, part 2

Mercy Dee
- Lonesome Cabin Blues
Frankie Lee Sims
- Lucy Mae Blues
John Hogg
- West Texas Blues
- Black Snake Blues
Frankie Lee Sims
- I'm Long, Long Gone
Buddy Chiles
- Mistreated Blues
Anonymous [Mance Lipscomb]
- Tom Moore's Farm
L.C. Williams
- Trying, Trying
Texas Alexander
- Crossroads
L.C. Williams
- Hole In The Wall
Lightning Hopkins
- Late In The Evening

Blues Classics BC 16

Blues Classics
discography

25c1963Mercy Dee Walton: A Pity And A Shame

- Pity And A Shame *
- Your Friend And Woman
- Five Card Hand * []
- Have You Ever Been Out In The Country
- After The Fight*

- One Room Country Shack
- My Little Angel *
- Shady Lane
- The Drunkard * []

rec. April 16, 1961 in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mercy Dee Walton, voc, p; Sidney Maiden, hca *; Otis Cherry, dr; [] Marcellus Thomas, voc

notes by Chris Strachwitz
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Bluesville 1039

notes by Chris Strachwitz
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= OBCCD-552-2 (1992)

Bluesville discography

261968Texas Blues Volume 2

Manny Nichols
- Long Skinny Mama
Mance Lipscomb
- You Don't Mean Me No Good
Black Ace
- Beer Drinking Woman
Rattlesnake Cooper
- I'm Leaving Town

Mercy Dee
- Ebony Baby #
Isam Hisam & Lightnin' Hopkins
- I'm Feeling Bad
Manny Nichols
- Walking Talking Blues

Billy Bizor
- Tom Moore
Alex Moore
- Chock House Boogie
Smokey Hogg
- Hello Baby
Robert Shaw
- The Fives
Lightning Hopkins
- Hurricanes Carla & Esther

Mercy Dee
- 8th Wonder Of The World # *

# rec. February 5, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mercy Dee Walton, voc, p; * K.C. Douglas, g; Otis Cherry

notes by Paul Oliver
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Arhoolie F 1017

Arhoolie discography

271965Bad Luck N' Trouble

Clifton Chenier
- Why Did You Go Last Night
R.C. Smith
- Don't Drive Me Away

Mercy Dee
- Bird Brain Baby #
Lightning Hopkins & Spider Kilpatrick
- Candy Wagon
James Phillips
- No Lovin'
Little Son Willis
- Bad Luck N' Trouble
K.C. Douglas
- I Know You Didn't Want Me (tk 5)

Fred McDowell
- Fred's Rambling Blues
Little Son Willis
- Harlem Blues
Detroit Slim
- Nelly Mae
Essie Jenkins
- Influenza Blues
Bukka White
- Midnight Blues
Manny Nichols
- Throw A Little Boogie

# rec. March 12, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mercy Dee Walton, voc, p; K. C. Douglas, g; Otis Cherry, dr

notes by Chris Strachwitz



Arhoolie F-1018

Arhoolie discography

281968Blues Uptown
Urban Blues Vol. 1

- Don't Lie To Me - Fats Domino
- Mother Fuyer - Dirty Red (Nelson Wimborn)
- Vida Lee - T-Bone Walker
- Too Many Drivers - Smiley Lewis
- Sweet Old Chicago - Roosevelt Sykes
- Story To Tell - Joe Turner

- Empty Life - Mercy Dee [Imperial 5104]

- Rose Mary - Fats Domino
- You Done Me Wrong - Dirty Red
- I Get So Weary - T-Bone Walker
- Tee Nah Nah - Smiley Lewis
- You Can't Be Lucky All The Time - Roosevelt Sykes
- Battle Of The Blues (part 1) - Joe Turner & Wynonie Harris

- Danger Zone - Mercy Dee [Imperial 5127]
notes by Pete Welding

Imperial LM 94002 (US)


= Liberty LBL 83215 (UK)

291968Story Of The Blues - Blues Pianorama -3

Lloyd Lambert
- Heavy Sugar

Mercy Dee
- Rent Man Blues [Specialty 466]
- Fall Guy [Specialty 466]
Dirty Red
- Mother Fuyer
- Home Last Night
- You Done Me Wrong
- Hotel Boogie

Lloyd Lambert
- King Cotton
Floyd Dixon
- Hole In The Wall
- Old Memories
- Oooh Little Girl
- What Is Life Without A Home
Champion Jack Dupree
- Drunk Again
- Shim Sham Shimmy

Negro Art M-12-SB-363 (Fr)

Negro Art discography

301969West Coast Blues
Anthology Of The Blues Vol. 12

Mercy Dee
- Stubborn Woman [Flair 1078] #
- Have You Ever [Flair alt. tk.] #
Jimmy Nelson
- T-99 Blues
Pee Wee Crayton
- Blues After Hours
- Texas Hop
Saunders King
- S.K. Blues (part 1)

J.W. Walker
- Sitting Here Wondering
- J. W.'s Blues
James Reed
- Dr. Brown
- You Better Hold Me
Roy Hawkins
- Strange Land
Saunders King
- S.K. Blues (part 2)

# rec. 1955 in Los Angeles, CA; Mercy Dee, voc, p; g; b; dr


Kent KST-9012 gatefold sleeve (inside)


Kent KST-9012




= United Superior US-7789

notes by Michael Bromberg



= Musidisc 30 AB 5612

311969This Is How It All Began
The Specialty Story Vol. 1

Gospel
- It's Getting Late In The Evening - Chosen Gospel Singers
- By and By - The Soul Stirrers
- Somebody Touched Me - Prof. Alex Bradford
- Trouble In My Way - The Swan Silvertones
Country Blues
- Don't Trust Nobody - John Lee Hooker
- Married Woman - Frankie Lee Sims

- One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee [Specialty 458]

City Blues
- R.M. Blues - Roy Milton
- Pink Champagne - Joe Liggins
Ballads
- Please Send Me Someone To Love - Percy Mayfield
- Tabarin - The Four Flames
Jump & Boogie
- X-Temporaneous Boogie - Camille Howard
- Hucklebuck - Roy Milton
- Shuffle Shuck - Jimmy Liggins





Specialty SP/SPS 2117 (US)


= Specialty SNTF 5002 (UK)

= Columbia SL-5083-SP
(Jp 1974)

321969Blues Roots

- Frisco Lines - Fred McDowell
- Fare You Well Baby Blues - Joe Callicott
- Long Haired Doney - R. L. Burnside
- Mean Stepfather - Big Joe Williams
- Bald Eagle Train - Bukka White & Washboard Willie
- Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith

- Long Tall Girl - Mance Lipscomb
- Red River Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- I Am The Black Ace - Black Ace
- Whistling Alex Moore Blues - Alex Moore
- Texas Blues - Lowell & Martin Fulson
- The Ma Grinder - Robert Shaw
- Take a Walk - Lightnin' Hopkins


- Bear Cat Blues - John Jackson
- Snowing and Raining Blues - Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly
- Got A Date At Half Past Eight - Jesse Fuller
- You Got Another Man - Lightnin' Hopkins and Barbara Dane
- Struggle Here In Houston - Juke Boy Bonner
- Listen At That Bull - G. Coleman
- Trouble Blues - Big Joe Turner

- Dream - John Littlejohn

- Sugar Daddy - Mercy Dee Walton #
- I'm Feeling Alright - Big Mama Thorton
- Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
- Black Snake Blues - Clifton Chenier
- Two Bugs - Earl Hooker

# rec. April 16, 1961 in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mercy Dee Walton, voc, p

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"The selections from this album have been comprised from the catalog of Arhoolie Records ... Except where otherwise indicated, all selections produced and recorded by Chris Strachwitz"

two record set
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Poppy PYS-60.003
= RCA / Victor SHP-6124/25

Poppy discography

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= Tomato DLP 2696181 (1989)

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reissued as Tomato CD
TOM 3001

331970Oakland Blues

K.C. Douglas
- Mercury Boogie
Sidney Maiden
- Eclipse Of The Sun
Willie B. Huff
- Beggar Man Blues
Juke Boy Bonner
- Well Baby

Mercy Dee Walton
- Trailing My Baby [Rhythm 1774]
LC Good Rockin’ Robinson
- Why Don’t You Write To Me
Juke Boy Bonner
- Rock With Me Baby

Johnny Fuller
- Train, Train Blues
- First Stage Of The Blues
Jimmy McCracklin
- When I’m Gone
Jimmy Wilson
- Tin Pan Alley
- A Woman Is To Blame
- Blues At Sundown
- Frisco Bay
notes by Lee Hildebrand



Arhoolie 2008

= Trio PA-3063 (Jp 1975)

Arhoolie discography

341972Dark Muddy Bottom Blues

- Nothin' But Trouble - John Lee Hooker
- A Woman Acts Funny - Pinebluff Pete
- Rather Be Sloppy Drunk - Big Joe Williams
- Black Cat Bone - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Ain't Done Nothin' Wrong - Clarence London
- Hollywood Boogie - Country Jim


- Dark Muddy Bottom Blues - Mercy Dee [Specialty 481]
- Ride My New Car With Me - Big Joe Williams
- Uncle Sam Blues - Pinebluff Pete
- I Need Love So Bad - John Lee Hooker
- Dial 110 Blues - Country Jim
- Dark and Cloudy - Lightnin' Hopkins
notes by Darryl Stolper

Specialty SPS 2149

= Pony Canyon CD 18323
(2000)

351973The City Blues

Roosevelt Sykes
- Homesick Blues
Bumble Bee Slim
- Strange Angel
- Lonesome Trail Blues
Jesse Thomas
- Jack O'Diamonds

Mercy Dee
- The Drifter [Specialty previously unissued]
- Dark Muddy Bottom [Specialty 481]
Big Maceo Merriweather
- Just Tell Me Baby

Honeyboy
- Blood Stains On The Wall
- My Time Ain't Long
Gus Jenkins
- Cold Love
- Worries & Troubles
Frankie Lee Sims
- Yeh Baby

Mercy Dee & Thelma
- Rent Man Blues
Joe Turner
- Still In The Dark
notes by Samuel Charters

Specialty SNTF 5015 (UK)
361973Down Home Blues

- Big City Blues - Big Maceo
- Lonesome Old Feeling - Bumble Bee Slim
- I'll Get Along Sonehow - Frankie Lee Sims

- My Woman Knows The Score - Mercy Dee [Specialty 458]
- Cryin' For My Baby - Pete McKinley
- I'm through with You - Smokey Hogg
- I Ate The Wrong Part - Little Temple And His "88"

- One Sunday Morning - Big Maceo
- Goin' Back To Mama - Clarence London

- One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee [Specialty 458]
- Ida Red - Bumble Bee Slim
- Yeh, Baby! - Frankie Lee Sims
- Mean Black - Pete McKinley
- Ay-Tete Fee - Clifton Chenier

Specialty SNTF 5024 (UK)

= Specialty SPY 28092
(Fr 1977)

371978Unfinished Boogie
Western Blues Piano 1946-1952

Thunder Smith
- Thunder's Unfinished Boogie
- New Worried Life Blues
Jimmy McCracklin
- Highway 101
- Street Loafin' Woman
Thunder Smith
- Little Mama Boogie

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
- Low Down Dirty Ways
Luther "Rocky Mountain" Stoneham
- Mable Blues

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
notes by Frank Scott
illustration by Mike Faye



Muskadine M 104

Muscadine discography

381983Big Jay McNeely: Deacon Rides Again

- Deacon Rides Again
- Blow Blow Blow
- Jay Walk
- Night Ride
- Jet Fury w/ Cheers
- Deacon’s Express

- Insect Ball [Imperial 5130]

- Sad Story
- All That Wine Is Gone
- Don’t Cry Baby
- Let’s Do it (Deacon’s Hop)
- I’ll Never Love again
- Love From the Heart (True Love)
- Old Black Mule

Imperial / EMI-PatheMarconi 1546691 (Fr)
391985Mercy Dee: G.I. Fever

- G.I. Fever [Spire 101]
- Homely Baby [Imperial 5104]
- Evil And Hanky [Spire 102]
- Empty Life [Imperial 5104]
- Get To Gettin' [Specialty 481]
- Bird Brain Baby [Imperial 5110]
- Crepe On Your Door [Imperial 5127]
- Please Understand [Colony 111]

- Fall Guy [Specialty 466]
- Come Back Maybelline [Flair 1077]
- Bought Love [Imperial 5118]
- Happy Bachelor [Colony 102]
- Romp & Stomp Blues [Flair 1073]
- Roamin' Blues [Imperial 5118]
- Oh, Oh, Please [Flair 1073]
- Anything In This World [Imperial 5127]
- True Love [Flair 1077]
notes by Hank Davis



Crown Prince IG-406 (Sw)


BU147,41 Dave Penny

401988The 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 [Bluesville 1039]
- Have You Ever Been Out In The Country [Bluesville 1039]
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

Bluesville discography

40a1989Kings Of The Blues

- Sweet Little Angel - B.B. King
- She Moves Me - Johnny Guitar Watson
- Sufferin' Mind - Guitar Slim
- I'll Get Along Somehow - Frankie Lee Sims
- Blues Serenade - Babyface Turner
- On My Way Back Home - Flash Terry
- Odds Against Me - John Lee Hooker
- Sitting Here Thinking - T-Bone Walker

- Problem Child - Mercy Dee

- Worried About My Baby - Howling Wolf
- Tavern Lounge Boogie - Eddie Guitar Burns
- Believe I'll Change Towns - Smokey Hogg
- Too Many Drivers - Lowell Fulson
- Yesterday - Clifton Chenier
- Lonesome Dog Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Hard Times - Johnny Fuller
- Riding Mighty High - Floyd Dixon
- Please Find My Baby - Elmore James


compiled by Ted Carroll

CD tracks:
- Sweet Little Angel - B.B. King
- She Moves Me - Johnny Guitar Watson
- Sufferin' Mind - Guitar Slim
- I'll Get Along Somehow - Frankie Lee Sims
- Blues Serenade - Babyface Turner
- On My Way Back Home - Flash Terry
- Odds Against Me - John Lee Hooker
- Sitting Here Thinking - T-Bone Walker

- Problem Child - Mercy Dee Walton
- Lonesome Old Feeling - Bumble Bee Slim
- I Tried - Young Wolf
- Cotton Picker - Chuck Higgins & The Mellotones
- Wild Hop - Pee Wee Crayton
- Worried About My Baby - Howling Wolf
- Tavern Lounge Boogie - Eddie Guitar Burns
- Believe I'll Change Towns - Smokey Hogg
- Too Many Drivers - Lowell Fulson
- Yesterday - Clifton Chenier
- Lonesome Dog Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Hard Times - Johnny Fuller
- Riding Mighty High - Floyd Dixon
- Please Find My Baby - Elmore James

notes by Ted Carroll



Ace CH 276


Ace CD 276 (1997)

411993Mercy Dee Walton: One Room Country Shack

- One Room Country Shack
- My Woman Knows The Score
- Misery Blues
- The Great Mistake
- Save Me Some
- Strugglin' With The Blues
- Lonesome Cabin Blues
- Rent Man Blues
- Fall Guy
- The Drifter
- Hear Me Shout
- Love Is A Mystery
- Winter Blues
- Pauline
- Get To Gettin'
- Dark Muddy Bottom
- What'cha Gonna Do?
- My Woman And The Devil
- Big Minded Daddy
- Perfect Health
- Problem Child
- Pull 'em And Pop 'em
- Eighth Wonder Of The World
- Rock & Roll Fever

Specialty SPCD-7036-2
= Ace CDCHD 475
421993Mercy Dee Walton: Troublesome Mind

- Have You Ever Been Out In The Country
- Five Card Hand
- After The Fight - (previously unreleased - previously on LP 1007 2nd pressing)
- Lady Luck - (previously unreleased)
- Betty Jean - (previously unreleased)
- One Room Country Shack
- Mercy's Troubles
- Sugar Daddy
- Red Light
- Walked Down So Many Turnrows
- Call The Asylum - (previously unreleased)
- Mercy's Shuffle - (previously unreleased)
- Troublesome Mind
- Shady Lane - (previously unreleased - previously on LP 1007 2nd pressing)
- Eight Wonder Of The World
- I Been A Fool

rec. February 5, 12 & 16, 1961 in Stockton, CA; Mercy Dee Walton, voc, p; K. C. Douglas, g, # voc; Sidney Maiden, hca; Otis Cherry, dr

Arhoolie 1007 (1961/63?)

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 369

www.arhoolie.com

431994The Specialty Story 1944–1964

Mercy Dee Walton
- One Room Country Shack

5 CD set
notes by Billy Vera

Ace / Specialty
5SPCD-4412-2
441994Mercy Dee Walton: Danger Zone 1949-1955
Early Rhythm & Blues Vol. 5

- G.I. Fever (Baba-Du-Lay-Fever)
- Lonesome (Cabin Blues)
- Evil And Hanky
- Travellin' Alone Blues
- Homely Baby
- Empty Life
- Please Understand
- Bird Brain Baby
- Big Foot Country
- Crepe On Your Door (Danger Zone)
- Roamin' Blues
- Straight And Narrow
- Bought Life
- Old Fashioned Ways
- Happy Bachelor
- Anything In The World (Pay Off)
- Trailing My Baby [Rhythm 1774]
- The Main Event (instrumental)
- Romp & Stomp Blues
- Oh Oh Please
- Come Back Maybellene
- True Love
- Have You Ever
- Have You Ever (alternative take)
- Stubborn Woman
cover art by Erik Trauner
notes by Nicholas Neptune


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RST CD1518-2

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(Rudi Staeger)

44a199715 Piano Blues & Boogie Classics
Arhoolie Presents American Masters   Vol. 8

- 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
452003Houston Jump Blues 1950s

Connie Mack Booker
- All Alone
- Love Me Pretty Baby
- Love Me Pretty Baby (RPM unissued alt. tk.)
King Curtis
- unknown instrumental
- unknown instrumental
- unknown instrumental
- unknown instrumental
Melvin Daniels
- Boogie In The Moonlight (Lean Chick)
- Hey Hey Little Girl
- I'll Be There
- If You Don't Want My Lovin'

Mercy Dee
- Come Back Maybellene [Flair 1077]
- True Love [Flair unissued instrumental version]
Lucky Enois
- Crazy Man Crazy
- Zig Zag Ziggin'
Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow
- Crawfishin'
- Route "90"
Peppermint Harris
- Bye Bye Fare Thee Well
- The Blues Ain't Nothing (RPM unissued)
Quinn Kimble
- Blue Memories
- Feel My Broom
Preacher Stevens
- So Far Away
- Whoopin' & Hollerin'

P-Vine PCD 3057
462003Big Jay McNeely Classics 1951-1952

- Insect Ball [Imperial 5130]
- Sad Story
- All That Wine Is Gone
- Don't Cry Baby
- Let's Do It
- I'll Never Love Again
- Love From The Heart
- Old Black Mule
- Deacon Blows For Ray
- Tall, Brown Woman
- Deacon Rides Again
- Blow, Blow, Blow
- Jay Walk
- Night Ride
- Jet Fury
- Deacon's Express
- Goof
- Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)
- Just Crazy
- Big Jay Shuffle

Classics CD 5058 (Fr)
472007'That's What They Want' Jook Joint Blues
Good Time Rhythm & Blues   1943-1956

disc 1:
- Wine, Women, Whiskey - Papa Lightfoot
- Rock Me Mama - Lightnin' Slim
- Little Lean Woman - Little Al
- Hydramatic Woman - Joe Hill Louis
- Lucy Mae Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
- Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis
- Another Fool Like Me - Jesse Thomas
- Little Milton's Boogie - Little Milton Anderson
- Scott's Boogie - L.B. Lawson
- She's Gone - Schoolboy Cleve
- Down At the Depot - John Lee
- Calling All Cows - Blues Rockers
- Courtin' In a Cadillac - Jerry McCain
- Walkin' And Cryin' Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes
- Ride Hooker Ride - Earl Hooker
- Don't Let Your Daddy Slow Walk You Down - Good Rockin' Sam
- Cool Down Mama - Lost John Hunter
- Country Boy - Pee Wee Hughes
- Lillie Mae Boogie - Alex Moore
- Gotta Get Together - Frank Edwards
- When I Come In This House Woman - Big Son Tillis
- I'm Gonna Leave You Baby - Lazy Lester

- Evil And Hanky - Mercy Dee
- Bad Luck - Lightnin' Slim
- Central Avenue Blues - R. Green & Turner
- On My Way - Alvin Smith
- Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee Thompson
- Mama Does the Boogie - Red Johnson


disc 2:
- She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr.
- Chicken Hearted Woman - Clarence Samuels
- That's What They Want - Jerry McCain
- Sneaky Groundhog - Clifford Gibson
- Blinds Blues - John Lee
- Sugar Mama - Pee Wee Hughes

- One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee
- You Are Doing Me Wrong - Arthur Gunter
- I Can't Live Happy - Lightnin' Slim
- Mean Old Train - Papa Lightfoot
- Jackson Juke - Little Milton Anderson
- Jealous Man - Johnny Lewis
- Winehead Swing - James Tisdom
- Weekend Blues - Lafayette Thomas
- Leave My Money Alone - Lonesome Sundown
- Pebble In My Shoe - Wild Bill Phillips
- Lonely Blues - K.C. Douglas
- No-4 Boogie - Pinebluff Pete
- Someday You'll Understand - King Davis
- Alley Corn - Earl Hooker
- I Got Them Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes
- L.J. Boogie - Louis Jackson
- She's So Good To Me - Little Sam Davis
- New Orleans Bound - Lightnin' Slim
- West Kinney Street Blues - Skoole-Dum-Doo & Sheffield
- I'm Him - Schoolboy Cleve
- Neglected Woman - Alex Moore
- Too Much Competition - Tarheel Slim


disc 3:
- A Fool No More - Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys
- Johnny Mae - Blues Rockers
- Got My Call Card - L.B. Lawson
- Love My Baby - Frank Edwards
- Jump the Boogie - Papa Lightfoot
- One Thing My Baby Likes - Country Jim
- A Dream - Little Willie Cotton
- Happy Go Lucky - Good Rockin' Beasley
- Bugger Bugger Boy - Lightnin' Slim
- Sweet Angel - Earl Hooker
- You Don't Love Me No More - Jerry McCain

- My Woman Knows the Score - Mercy Dee
- Goin' Home To Mother - Little Sam Davis
- Santa Fe Blues - Pee Wee Hughes
- Tiger Man - Little Al
- Alabama Boogie - John Lee
- Wolf Call Boogie - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love
- Congo Mombo - Guitar Gable
- Big Time Woman - Ernest McClay
- Paper Wooden Daddy - Dennis McMillon
- Bloodstains On the Wall - Honeyboy
- Rub a Little Boogie - Alec Seward
- Schoolboy - Lost John Hunter
- Ethel May - Lightnin' Slim
- Knocking the Boogie - Jerry Perkins
- Mistreated Baby Blues - Little Milton Anderson
- The $64 Question - Sonny Boy Holmes
- If I Lose You Woman - Alex Moore


disc 4:
- Lester's Stomp - Lazy Lester
- Dark Muddy Bottom - Mercy Dee
- Lost Child - Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys
- 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis
- Now Listen Baby - Good Rockin' Sam
- Lost Without Love - Lonesome Sundown
- Alla Blues - R. Green & Turner
- She's Mine All Mine - Arthur Gunter
- T.N.T. Woman - Sonny Boy Holmes
- Lightnin' Blues - Lightnin' Slim
- K.C. Boogie - K.C. Douglas
- Baby Blues - John Lee
- She's Taking All My Money - Johnny Lewis
- Let Me Be Your Handy Man - Clifford Gibson
- You Better Change - Ole Sonny Boy
- Strange Letter Blues - Schoolboy Cleve
- Things Ain't Right - Jerry McCain
- Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim
- Don't Take It Out On Me - Frankie Lee Sims
- Deep South Guitar Blues - Lafayette Thomas
- Packin' Up My Blues - Tommy Lee Thompson
- Blow It Down - Little Milton Anderson
- Good Road Blues - Wright Holmes
- Katherine Blues - Jerry Perkins
- On the Hook - Earl Hooker
- I Can't Be Successful - Lightnin' Slim
- Philippine Blues - Country Jim
- Harpin' On It - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love


4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7796
482008The Bayou Records Story

- The Honey Jump pt. 1 - Red Callender & Sextet
- The Honey Jump pt. 2 - Red Callender & Sextet
- Soldier's Blues - Red Callender (Duke Upshaw - Vocal)
- In The Meantime - Red Callender (Duke Upshaw - Vocal)

- Anything In This World - Mercy Dee [Bayou 003]
- Please Understand - Mercy Dee [Bayou 003]
- Sabre Jet - Joe Houston
- Moody - Joe Houston
- Country Gal - Dave Bartholomew
- Snatchin' Back - Dave Bartholomew
- Gather 'Round - Jimmy Gil
- North Wind - Jimmy Gil
- Mean And Evil - L.C. Williams
- My Darkest Hours - L.C. Williams
- Low Top Inn - Clarence Samuels
- Drunk Or Sober - Clarence Samuels
- Dragnet - Jesse Allen
- Take It Easy - Jesse Allen
- Pigtails - Joe Houston
- Chillin' - Joe Houston

- Crepe On Your Door - Mercy Dee [Bayou 013]
- Happy Bachelor - Mercy Dee [Bayou 013]
- Hometown Jamboree - Big Jay McNeely
- Teenage Hop - Big Jay McNeely
- Blues Jumped The Rabbit - Joe Turner
- The Sun Is Shining - Joe Turner
- I'm Thankful - Fats Mathews
- Goin' Down - Fats Matthews
- Landslide - Joe Houston
- Scramble - Joe Houston
- Catastrophe - Big Jay McNeely
- Calamity - Big Jay McNeely

BCD-1008
492009Frankie Lee Sims & Mercy Dee Walton: Masterly Texas Blues

disc 1
Frankie Lee Sims
- Lucy Mae Blues
- Don't Take It Out On Me
- Married Woman
- Wine And Gin Bounce
- Boogie 'Cross The Country
- Jelly Roll Baker
- I'm So Glad
- Long Gone
- Raggedy And Dirty
- Yeh, Baby!
- No Good Woman
- Walking Boogie
- Frankie's Blues
- Cryin' Won't Help You
- I Done Talked And I Done Talked
- Lucy Mae Blues (Part 2)
- Rhumba My Boogie
- I'll Get Along Somehow
- Hawk Shuffle
- Frankie Lee's 2 O'Clock Jump
- What Will Lucy Do
- Misery Blues
- Hey Little Girl
- Walking With Frankie
- My Talk Didn't Do No Good
- I Warned You Baby
- She Likes To Boogie Real Low
- Well Goodbye Baby
- How Long


disc 2
Mercy Dee Walton
- G.I. Fever (Baba-Du-Lay-Fever)
- Lonesome Cabin Blues
- Evil and Hanky
- Travelin' Alone Blues
- Homely Baby
- Empty Life
- Please Understand (All Over)
- Bird Brain Baby
- Bi Foot Country
- Danger Zone (Crepe On Your Door)
- Roamin' Blues
- Straight And Narrow
- Bought Love
- Old Fashioned Ways
- Happy Bachelor
- Pay Off (Anything In the World)
- One Room Country Shack
- My Woman Knows The Score
- Rent Man Blues
- Fall Guy
- Get To Gettin'
- Dark Muddy Bottom
- Trailing My Baby [Rhythm 1774]
- Main Event, The
- Romp & Stomp Blues
- Oh Oh Please
- Come Back Maybellene
- Have You Ever
- Stubborn Woman
2 CD set

JSP JSPCD 4217


Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 133-134, 354, 557
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 325-326, 681, 1007-1008
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 160-161, 347, 533-534
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/neverslim/440824810/in/set-72157600038529665/
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Front cover of Arhoolie LP 1007 (photographer: William Carter)

thanks to Flemming Nielson (Odense, Denmark), Alan Balfour and Jennings Falcon for scans / additional info

 

Mercy Dee Walton; source: Harris 1987, p. 533; click to enlarge !
Mercy Dee Walton
source: Harris 1987, p. 533

 

Otis Cherry, K.C. Douglas, Mercy Dee Walton, Sidney Maiden; source: Blues Link 5 (1974), p. 15; photographer: Chris Strachwitz; click to enlarge !
Otis Cherry, K.C. Douglas, Mercy Dee Walton, Sidney Maiden
source: Blues Link 5 (1974), p. 15; photographer: Chris Strachwitz

 

Sidney Maiden, K.C. Douglas, Mercy Dee Walton; source: Blues Link 5 (1974), p. 17; photographer: Chris Strachwitz; click to enlarge !
Sidney Maiden, K.C. Douglas, Mercy Dee Walton
source: Blues Link 5 (1974), p. 17; photographer: Chris Strachwitz

 

Anthony Rotante: Rhythm & Blues - The Records of Mercy Dee Walton.- Record Research 32 (1961), p. 9; click to read !
Anthony Rotante: Rhythm & Blues - The Records of Mercy Dee Walton
Record Research 32 (1961), p. 9

(scan courtesy Alan Balfour)

 

Blues Link 4 (1974); click to enlarge !   Blues Link 5 (1974); click to enlarge !   Bob Groom: Mercy Dee.- Blues Link 4 (1974), p. 9-12 & Blues Link 5 (1974), p. 14-19; click to read pdf-file !
Bob Groom: Mercy Dee.- Blues Link 4 (1974), p. 9-12 & Blues Link 5 (1974), p. 14-19

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