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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 |
Johnny Woods LPs / CDs / Video / DVD
| # | year of release | title | label # / notes |
| 1 | 196? | Mississippi Delta Blues Vol. 1

Napoleon Strickland
- Oh Baby
Do Boy Diamond
- Long Haired Doney
- Going Away Blues
Johnny Woods & Fred McDowell
- Three O'Clock In The Morning #
Walter Miller
- Stuttgart, Ark
Tom Turner
- Gonna Bring Her Right Back Home

Furry Lewis
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Robert Diggs
- Drink, Drink, Drink
Dewey Corley
- Fishing In The Dark
Teddy Williams
- Down Home Blues
Houston Stackhouse
- Canned Heat
Peck Curtis
- The Death Of Sonny Boy Williamson

# rec. August 1967 in Como, Ms. by George Mitchell; Johnny Woods, voc, hca; Fred McDowell, g | 

 Arhoolie 1041 Arhoolie discography
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| 2 | 1969 | Memphis Swamp Jam

Booker White
- Christmas Eve Blues
- Columbus, Miss. Blues
- Sad Day Blues
Piano Red
- Mobile Blues
- Abel Street Stomp

Nathan Beauregard
- Nathan's Bumble Bee Blues
- 'Bout A Spoonful
Sleepy John Estes
- Need More Blues
- President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long


Fred McDowell
- Shake Em On Down #
- Fred's Blues #
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning #
Napoleon Strickland
- Back Water Rising
- Other's Piece
- Shimmy She Wobble

Furry Lewis
- Judge Boushay Blues
- Walking Blues
Watson & Jones [John Fahey & Bill Barth]
- Memphis Rag
- St. Louis Blues
- Praying On The Old Campground

# rec. June 9, 1969 in Memphis, TN; Fred McDowell, voc, g, Johnny Woods, hca
  inner gatefold of Blue Thumb BTS 6000

    inner sleeves of Blue Thumb BTS 6000 | DLP notes by Pete Welding


 Blue Thumb BTS 6000 = King SR-481 (Jp 1971)(=) Arhoolie 1084 (1979) "Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 1"
 and Arhoolie 1085 (1979) "Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 2"  (=) Arhoolie CD 385

 (=) Arhoolie CD 386 "Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Vol. 1 & 2"
Arhoolie discography
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| 3 | 1970 | Fred McDowell and Johnny Woods Eight Years Ramblin'

Revival RVS 1001 / Barclay 920415 tracks:
- Shake Em On Down []
- Going Down To The River []
- Smokestack Lightning # [not on Fat Possum CD]
- My Babe # [not on Fat Possum CD]
- Long Haired Doney #

- Red Cross Store []
- I Left My Baby (Sitting In The Back Door Crying) (aka Standing At The Back Door) []
- John Henry []
- Scratch My Back * [not on Fat Possum CD]
- Going Away []

Fat Possum CD 03642 tracks:
- Shake Em On Down []
- Going Away []
- Mama Says I'm Crazy [previously unissued] []
- I Got A Woman [previously unissued] #
- Red Cross Store []
- Going Down To The River []
- Standing At The Back Door []
- What's Going To Become Of Me? [previously unissued] []
- Long Haired Doney #
- John Henry []
- I Walked All Night Long [previously unissued] []

[] rec. August 1967 in Como, Ms. by George Mitchell; Fred McDowell, voc, g; Johnny Woods, hca

# rec. August 1967 in Como, Ms. by George Mitchell; Johnny Woods, voc, hca; Fred McDowell, g

* rec. August 1967 in Como, Ms. by George Mitchell; Johnny Woods, voc. hca
Mississippi Fred McDowell discography | notes by George Mitchell and Tony Martin


 Revival RVS 1001 (UK 1970) Revival discography
notes by George Mitchell


 = Barclay 920415 (Fr 1972) notes by George Mitchell


 = Rounder 2007 (US 1976)  = Guimbarda GS-11075 (Sp 1980)
notes by George Mitchell




 = Fat Possum CD 03642 (US 2002) "Mama Says I'm Crazy" |
| 4 | 1972 | Johnny Woods: Mississippi Harmonica

- Long Haired Doney
- Three O'Clock In The Morning

rec. April 27, 1972 in Olive Branch, Ms. by Tom Pomposello; Johnny Woods, voc, hca; photograph on front cover taken by Tom Pomposello: Johnny Woods in front of Fred McDowell's new Pontiac | 7 inch 45 rpm notes by Tom Pomposello






 Oblivion o#2more info / sound files |
| 5 | 1984 | Johnny Woods / R.L. Burnside

DVD track sequence:
- Poor Black Mattie
- Rolling & Tumbling
- Peach Tree Blues
- Skinny Woman
- Going Down South
- I Believe My Time Ain't Long
- Bad Luck And Trouble
- Jumper On The Line
- Ramblin' On My Mind []
- Gone So Long []
- Long Distance Call
- 44 Blues []
- See What My Buddy Done
- Poor Boy
- Sneakers Jam []
- Somebody's Knocking On My Door
- Poor Boy
- Baby Scratch My Back #
- Poor Black Mattie #
- Long Haired Doney #
- So Many Cold Mornings #
- When My First Wife Left Me #
- Susanna #
- Jumper On The Line #
- Going Up The Country #
- Ain't That Just Like A Woman #
- Long Haired Doney #
- Moaning At Midnight #

R.L. Burnside, voc, g; # Johnny Woods, voc, hca; [] Fred Reining, el g
 Swingmaster Video 4

video tracks rec. 1984 in the back of the Swingmaster record-shop in Groningen, The Netherlands
R.L. Burnside discography |  Swingmaster Video 4 = Sunny Moon DVD (2009) "R.L. Burnside Live 1984/ 1986 with Johnny Woods" (The Swingmaster Vintage Tapes Vol. 1)
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| 6 | 1987 | Blues by Johnny Woods: So Many Cold Mornings

- So Many Cold Mornings *
- She's Loving Another Man *
- Be My Baby *
- One String Baby §
- That's Allright *
- Going Over The Hill *

- Going Up The Country #
- My Jack Don't Drink No Water (aka Long Haired Doney) # []
- On This Killing Floor #
- Susanna # []
- Shake A Regular Boogie #

* rec. August 19, 1981 near Coldwater, Ms.; Johnny Woods, voc, hca

# rec. November 1984 in Groningen, The Netherlands; Johnny Woods, voc, hca; [] R.L. Burnside, g

§ rec. August 22, 1981 in Senatobia, Ms.; Ranie Burnette, voc g; Abe "Keg" Young, hca

prod. by Sem van Gelder and Leo Bruin |  Swingmaster 2112 (NL)(=) Swingmaster CD 2203 (NL 1999) |
| 7 | 1995 | Shake 'Em On Down
The Real Country Blues

- Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell
- Sloppy Drunk Blues - Big Joe Williams
- Alabama Blues - Bukka White
- Need More Blues - Sleepy Joe Estes
- Judge Boushay Blues - Furry Lewis
- Pardon Denied Again - Robert Pete Williams
- Rabbit Blues - Smoky Babe
- Take Me Out Of The Bottom - Big Joe Williams
- Fred's Worried Life Blues - Fred McDowell
- Poor Black Mattie - R.L. Burnside
- Come Home To Me Baby - Joe Callicott
- Smokestack Lightning - Clarence Edwards
- Write Me A Few Lines - Fred McDowell
- Mississippi River - Smoky Babe
- Just Tippin' It - Robert Pete Williams
- She Left Me A Mule To Ride - Big Joe Williams
- Canned Heat - Houston Stackhouse
- Three O'Clock In The Morning - Johnny Woods
- 'Bout A Spoonful - Nathan Beauregard
- You Call Yourself A Cadillac - Robert Nighthawk
- Keep Your Nose Out Of My Business - Johnny Young & Otis Spann
- Oh Baby - Napeleon Strickland |  Arhoolie/Ace CDCHD 527 |
| 8 | 199? | Mississippi Delta Blues Jam in Memphis, Vol. 1

Napoleon Strickland with The Como Drum Band
- Back Water Rising
Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods
- Shake 'Em On Down
- Fred's Blues
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
Otha Turner with The Como Drum Band
- Otha's Piece
Napoleon Strickland with The Como Drum Band
- Shimmy She Wobble
Fred McDowell
- Write Me A Few Of Your Lines
- A Dark Cloud Rising
Furry Lewis
- Furry Lewis' Blues (previously unreleased)
- Walking Blues
- Judge Bushay Blues
R.L. Watson & Josiah Jones [= John Fahey & Bill Barth]
- Memphis Rag
- St. Louis Blues
- Praying On The Old Campground / Lonesome Blues
Memphis Piano Red
- Mobile Blues
- Abel Street Stomp

rec. June 1969; includes all of Arhoolie LP 1085, part of 1084 and several previously unissued cuts. LPs 1084 & 1085 were once available as "Swamp Blues", a double LP originally released on Blue Thumb
Mississippi Fred McDowell discography |  Arhoolie CD 385 |
| 9 | 1999 | R.L. Burnside, Ranie Burnette & Johnny Woods: Going Down South

- Going Down South #
- Miss Maybelle *
- So Many Cold Mornings +
- Going Away Blues # []
- Can't Be Satisfied #
- One String Baby §
- Hungry Spell *
- Going Up The Country {}

- My Jack Don't Drink No Water $
- Stack O'Lee And Billy Lyons # []
- Walking Blues #
- Coal Black Mattie *
- She's Loving Another Man +
- Lonesome Moon Blues *
- Suzanna Blues $

# rec. February 6, 1986 in New Orleans, La.; R.L. Burnside, voc, g; [] Curtis Salgado, hca

* rec. November 1980 in Groningen, The Netherlands; Ranie Burnette, voc, g

+ rec. August 19, 1981 at R.L. Burnside's house near Coldwater, Ms.; Johnny Woods, voc, hca

§ rec. August 22, 1981 in Senatobia, Ms.; Ranie Burnette, voc, g; Abe 'Keg' Young, hca

$ rec. November 1984 in Groningen, The Netherlands; Johnny Woods, voc, hca; R.L. Burnside, g [Swingmaster LP 2112 (1987)]

{} rec. November 1984 in Groningen, The Netherlands; Johnny Woods, voc, hca

prod. by Sem van Gelder and Leo Bruin
R.L. Burnside discography |  Swingmaster CD 2203 (NL) |
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Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- http://frederatorblogs.com/kathleen/2008/03/09/johnny-woods-mississippi-harmonica/
- http://fredseibert.com/post/321609658/all-the-oblivion-records
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
source of left column picture: front cover of Oblivion o#2
thanks to Alan Balfour and Big Joe Louis for additional info / scans
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