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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

'W H I S T L I N G'   A L E X   M O O R E; from front cover of Arhoolie 1008; photographer: Paul Oliver
source: Front cover of Arhoolie 1008; photographer: Paul Oliver
Whistlin' Alex Moore
Alexander Herman Moore
b. November 22, 1898 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
d. January 20, 1989, at Methodist Central Hospital in Dallas, Texas
buried at Lincoln Memorial Park in Dallas, TX
discography
'W H I S T L I N G'   A L E X   M O O R E; from front cover of Arhoolie 1048
source: Front cover of Arhoolie 1048; photographer: Chris Strachwitz

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
11930WHISTLIN' ALEX MOORE

- West Texas Woman (149531-2) *   @ youtube
- It Wouldn't Be So Hard (149562-2) #   @ youtube

* rec. December 5, 1929 in Dallas, TX; Whistlin' Alex Moore, voc, p
# rec. December 6, 1929 in Dallas, TX; Whistlin' Alex Moore, voc, p; poss. Blind Norris, g


Columbia 14496-D

23/1930BOBBIE CADILLAC and COLEY JONES

- Easin' In (149567-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Listen Everybody (149566-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. December 6, 1929 in Dallas, TX; Bobbie Cadillac and Coley Jones, voc duets; poss. Alex Moore, p; Coley Jones, g

 
Columbia 14505-D

31930NICK NICHOLS

- Riverside Blues (149541-2)   @ youtube
- Rugger Blues (149540-2)   @ youtube

rec. December 5, 1929 in Dallas, TX; Nick Nichols, voc; prob. Alex Moore, p; poss. Blind Norris, g

 
Columbia 14512-D

41930WHISTLIN' ALEX MOORE

- Ice Pick Blues (149535-2)   @ youtube
- Heart Wrecked Blues (149534-2)   @ youtube

rec. December 5, 1929 in Dallas, TX; Whistlin' Alex Moore, voc, p


Columbia 14518-D

51989PERRY DIXON

- Back To Georgia Blues (149564-2)   @ youtube
- Be Mean To Your Baby (149565-2)   @ youtube

rec. December 6, 1929 in Dallas, TX; Perry Dixon, voc; poss. Alex Moore, p; poss. Coley Jones, g


Columbia 14522-D

61930?WHISTLIN' ALEX MOORE

- Blue Bloomer Blues (149563-2) #   @ youtube
- They May Not Be My Toes (149530-1) *   @ youtube

* rec. December 5, 1929 in Dallas, TX; Whistlin' Alex Moore, voc, p
# rec. December 6, 1929 in Dallas, TX; Whistlin' Alex Moore, voc, p; poss. Blind Norris, g


Columbia 14596-D

76/1931BOBBIE CADILLAC and COLEY JONES

- I Can't Stand That (149536-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- He Throws That Thing (149537-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. December 5, 1929 in Dallas, TX; Bobbie Cadillac and Coley Jones, voc duets; poss. Alex Moore, p; Coley Jones, g


Columbia 14604-D

81930NICK NICHOLS

- Frankie And Johnny (The Shooting Scene) Part 1 (149542-1)   @ youtube
- Frankie And Johnny (The Courtroom Scene) Part 2 (149543-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 5, 1929 in Dallas, TX; Nick Nichols, voc; prob. Alex Moore, p; poss. Blind Norris, g


Columbia 2071-D

91937ALEX MOORE

- Blue Bloomer Blues (61852-A)   @ youtube
- Come Back Baby (61853-A)   @ youtube

rec. February 18, 1937 in Dallas, TX; Whistlin' Alex Moore, voc, p; unknown, g; unknown, voc b


Decca 7288

101937BLIND NORRIS

- Sundown Blues (61850-A) *   @ youtube
- The Katy Blues (61851-A) #   @ youtube

rec. February 18, 1937 in Dallas, TX; Blind Norris, voc, prob. kazoo; Alex Moore, p, # train effects; * Andrew Hogg, g


Decca 7290

111937ALEX MOORE

- Bull Con Blues (61854-A)   @ youtube
- Hard Hearted Woman (61855-A)   @ youtube

rec. February 18, 1937 in Dallas, TX; Whistlin' Alex Moore, voc, p; unknown, g; unknown, voc b


Decca 7552

   

- I Want My Mary
- Miss No-Good Weed no. 1 (2215)
- Miss No-Good Weed no. 2
- Dish Washer Boogie / "Alex's Boogie" (2216)
- Disagreeable Woman / "You Got Me Dissatisfied" (2217)
- Alex's Rag (2218)
- slow piano improvisation / "Alex's Blues" (2219)
- fast piano improvisation / "Alex's Wild Blues" (2220)
- Sometime I Feel Worried
- I Love You Baby

rec. February 27, 1947 at Radio KLIF in Dallas, TX; commissioned by Walter E. Wilden, proprietor of the Southern Steak House where Moore worked as a dishwasher; Alex Moore, voc, p

unissued

Highway 51 H-103
Documentary Arts DA 105
Arhoolie CD 408

128/1951ALEXANDER MOORE

- If I Lose You Woman (MM1614-2)   @ youtube
- Neglected Woman (MM1615)   @ youtube

rec. 1951 in Dallas, TX; Alexander Moore, voc, p; poss. Andrew 'Smokey' Hogg, g; unknown, dr


RPM 326

   

- If I Lose You Woman (MM1614-1)
- Carolina (MM1616)
- Lillie Mae Boogie (MM1617)
- If I Lose You Woman (MM1618-2)

rec. 1951 in Dallas, TX; Alexander Moore, voc, p; Smokey Hogg, g; unknown, dr

RPM unissued


LP / CD compilations
131961Whistling Alexander Moore

- Whistling Alex Moore's Blues #   @ youtube
- Pretty Woman With A Sack Dress On   @ youtube
- Rubber Tired Hack   @ youtube
- From North Dallas To The East Side   @ youtube
- You Say I'm A Bad Feller   @ youtube
- Miss No-Good Weed   @ youtube

- Black Eyed Peas And Hog Jowls   @ youtube
- Boogie In The Barrel   @ youtube
- Going Back To Froggy Bottom   @ youtube
- July Boogie   @ youtube
- West Texas Woman   @ youtube
- Frisky Gal   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- Chock House Boogie (instr) [Arhoolie CD 408]   @ youtube

rec. July 30, 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz; 'Recording Supervision & Photography' by Paul Oliver; Whistling Alexander Moore, voc, p, # whistling

Arhoolie CD 408 = Arhoolie LP 1008, one previously unreleased track from same session, eight previously unissued sides that Alex recorded at Radio KLIF in Dallas in 1947, and two cuts made in Germany which appeared on LP 1048

notes by Paul Oliver

= 77 LA12/7 (UK 1961) "Whistling Alexander Moore - Blues Piano Vocal and Whistling"

notes by Paul Oliver   "Arhoolie Records, Box 5073, Berkeley 5, California"

= Arhoolie F 1008 (US 1961/62?) "Alex Moore", on labels: ""Whistling" Alex Moore"

notes by Paul Oliver   "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, CA. 94709"
 
= Arhoolie F 1008 (US 19??) "Alex Moore", on labels: ""Whistling" Alex Moore" or "Alex Moore"

notes by Chris Strachwitz and Paul Oliver

(=) Arhoolie CD 408 (US 1994)

77 Records discography
Arhoolie Records discography

141961Blues N' Trouble / Blues 'N Trouble

Arhoolie FS 101 / F 1006 (1961 + 197?) track sequence:
Big Joe Williams - Married Woman Blues   @ youtube
Lil' Son Jackson - Johnny Mae   @ youtube
Lowell Fulson - Good Woman Blues   @ youtube
Mance Lipscomb - Back Water Blues   @ youtube
Jasper Love - Love's Honeydripper   @ youtube
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - One Thin Dime   @ youtube

Sam Chatman - God Don't Like Ugly   @ youtube

"Whistling" Alex Moore - Wake Up Old Lady   @ youtube
Black Ace - Hitchhiking Woman   @ youtube
Robert Curtis Smith - Stella Ruth   @ youtube
Mercy Dee - I Been A Fool [Arhoolie CD 369]   @ youtube


Arhoolie F 1006 (1980) track sequence:
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
Sidney Maiden - Chicago Blues °°   @ youtube

Black Ace - Hitchhiking Woman
Sam Chatman - God Don't Like Ugly

"Whistling" Alex Moore - Wake Up Old Lady
Black Ace - Ace's Guitar Blues °°   @ youtube
Robert Curtis Smith - Stella Ruth
Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly'] - Goin' Back South [aka "Down South Blues"] °°
Mercy Dee - I Been A Fool [Arhoolie CD 369]


°° 1980 version "bonus tracks", listed on labels, but not on back cover!

Black Ace rec. September 19, 1960 in Ft. Worth, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas rec. 1960 in Zachary, LA by Chris Strachwitz
Sam Chatman rec. July 25, 1960 in Hollandale, MS by Chris Strachwitz
Lowell Fulson rec. c. 1949 in Oakland, CA by Bob Geddins
Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly'] rec. 1947 in New York, NY
Lil' Son Jackson rec. July 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Mance Lipscomb rec. August 13, 1960 in Navasota, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Jasper Love rec. July 23, 1960 in Clarksdale, MS by Chris Strachwitz
Sidney Maiden rec. February 5, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz
Mercy Dee Walton rec. February 5, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mercy Dee, voc, p

"Whistling" Alex Moore rec. summer 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Robert Curtis Smith rec. July 24, 1960 at the "Big 6" Barbershop in Clarksdale, MS by Chris Strachwitz
Big Joe Williams rec. October 6, 1960 in Los Gatos, CA by Chris Strachwitz


Arhoolie FS101 front cover lay-out by Clair Moxley
Arhoolie F1006 front cover design by Wayne Pope
photos by Chris Strachwitz (except Black Ace, courtesy B.K. Turner)


I Have To Paint My Face - Mississippi Blues 1960

Arhoolie CD 432 (1995) track sequence:
- I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Big Road Blues - K.C. Douglas [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.]
- I Stand And Wonder - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Texas Blues - Big Joe Williams [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.]
- Night Shirt Blues - K.C. Douglas [previously unreleased]   @ Spotify
- Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas/Bruce Bratton [previously unreleased]   @ Spotify
- Hollandale Blues - Sam Chatmon [previously unreleased]   @ Spotify
- The Slop - Jasper Love/Columbus Jones [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Stella Ruth - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- God Don't Like Ugly - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Rooster Blues - Wade Walton [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st ed.]
- Going Back To Texas - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Blues And Trouble - K.C. Douglas/Sidney Maiden [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.]
- Lonely Widower - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Lost Love Blues - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Married Woman Blues - Big Joe Williams [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Love's Honeydripper - Jasper Love [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Desert Blues - Jasper Love [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- One Thin Dime - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Butch's Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Forty Four Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Chicago Blues - Sidney Maiden/K.C. Douglas [Arhoolie F 1006, 2nd. ed.]


notes (on 4-pp. leaflet, December 1961) by Chris Strachwitz   "P.O. Box 671 - Los Gatos, Calif."

Arhoolie FS101 (US 1961)

notes (on 4-pp. leaflet, December 1961) by Chris Strachwitz   "P.O. Box 671 - Los Gatos, Calif."

= Arhoolie F 1006 (196?)

notes (on back cover, 1961) by Chris Strachwitz   "P.O. Box 5073, Berkeley, California"
   
= Arhoolie F 1006 (197?)

notes (on back cover, 1961) by Chris Strachwitz   "Box 9195, Berkeley, CA. 94709"

(=) Arhoolie F 1006 (US 1980)   1980 release uses same front and back covers as 197? release, but actually has slightly different content - as printed on the labels!

notes by Chris Strachwitz

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

Arhoolie Records discography

  Alex Moore

- That's Disgustin'
- Raggin' At Minnie's Tea Room
- Liverpool
- Crazy Mixed Up Boogie
- Sometime I Feel Worried
- I Love You Baby

rec. July 30, 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz, 'supervised' by Paul Oliver

Arhoolie unissued

151965Conversation 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 #
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

CD track sequence:@ youtube (full album)
- So Much Good Feeling - Boogie Woogie Red
- A Little Different - Willie Thomas
- Kill That Nigger Dead - James "Butch" Cage & Willie Thomas
- The Onliest Way - Lil Son Jackson
- My Father's Style / So It Rocked On / Move To Kansas City - J.B. Lenoir
- When She Come Back / Poor Country Boy - Otis Spann
- Ain't No Easy Thing - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Evil Heart Blues - Mance Lipscomb
- A Roughneck - Blind Arvella Gray
- West Helena Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Days of 1900 / Newport News Blues - Will Shade

- Chock House Days / Come and Get Me - Whistling Alex Moore #
- Move Back! For What? - Brother John Sellers
- Been Down So Long - J.B. Lenoir
- A Place They Call Boots' - James "Stump" Johnson []
- Henry Brown Blues - Henry Brown []
- They Called Us Gandy Dancers / Work Songs / John Henry - Blind Arvella Gray with Blind James Brewer []
- Santa Fe Train - Edwin "Buster" Pickens
- Most Reason I Sing - Robert Curtis Smith
- Santa Fe Blues - Jasper Love
- Somewhere Down The Line - John Lee Hooker
- I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change - Robert Curtis Smith
- Only Places They Can Go / People Call Me Lucky - Otis Spann
- What Have I Committed? - Henry Townsend
- 'Tween Midnight And Day - James "Butch" Cage
- Walking Basses / Dud Low Joe / The First Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- They Call Him "Pork Chops" / Forty-Four Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Blues In The Bottle - Mance Lipscomb
- To Have The Blues Within - Edward "Buster" Pickens
- Colorado Springs Blues - Edwin "Buster" Pickens []



All tracks recorded between June 26 and August 28, 1960
# rec. July 30, 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz, 'supervised' by Paul Oliver; Whistling Alex Moore, voc, p or sp

LP and CD have slightly different tracks: [] = not on LP resp. CD !!!

notes (plus 6-pp. insert) by Paul Oliver    Decca LK 4664 insert (1 sheet folded to 6 pp.)
 
Decca LK 4664 (UK 1965)

notes by Paul Oliver

= Decca LK 4664 (Germany 1965)

 

LP resp. CD accompanying Paul Oliver's book by the same title:


London (Cassell) (1st UK ed. 1965)   xv, 217 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm

 
New York (Horizon Press) (1st US ed. 1965)   xix, 217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

 
London ("Jazz Book Club") JBC 64 (2nd UK ed. 1967)


Cambridge (University Press) 0 521 59181 3 (revised edition of the original 1965 book with enclosed CD) (2nd US ed. 1997)


Doyosha LLC (1st Jp ed. 2016) ISBN 978-4-907511-25-8 (190 × 129 × 21,8 mm | 336 pages (incl. 48 photos) | weight: 9,5 pound; price: 1.850 JPY equals 14,84 EUR)   translated by Yasufumi Higurashi

161968Texas Blues Volume 2

Manny Nichols
- Long Skinny Mama
Mance Lipscomb
- You Don't Mean No Good
Black Ace
- Beer Drinking Wooman
Rattlesnake Cooper
- I'm Leaving Town
Mercy Dee & Otis Cherry
- Ebony Baby [never re-released on CD]
Isam Hisam & Lightning 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 / K.C. Douglas / Otis Cherry
- 8th Wonder Of The World [never re-released on CD]


# rec. July 30, 1960 in Dallas, Tx. by Chris Strachwitz, 'supervised' by Paul Oliver


Arhoolie F 1017

Arhoolie Records discography

171968Texas

Jesse Thomas
- Texas Blues
- Gonna Write You A Letter

Alex Moore
- Neglected Woman
- If I Lose You Woman
Manny Nichols
- Walkin' Talkin' Blues
- Tall Skinny Mama Blues
Soldier Boy Houston
- Western Rider Blues
- Hug Me Baby

Buddy Chiles
- Mistreated Blues
- Jet Black Woman
Andy Thomas
- Baby Quit Me Blues
- Angel Child
Country Jim
- Old River Blues
- I'll Take You Back
Nat Terry
- Take It Easy
- I Don't Know Why


notes (April 1968) by Paul Oliver

the post-war blues pwb 4 (UK 1968)

PWB discography

181968Texas Country Music Vol. 2
1927-1937

Henry Thomas
- Charmin Betsy
Coley Jones
- The Elders He's My Man
Blind Willie Johnson
- If It Had Not Been For Jesus
Will Day
- Sunrise Blues
Texas Alexander
- Corn Bread Blues & Long Lonesome Blues
"Little Brother"
- Blues [Up And Down Building K.C. Line]
Andrew Hogg
- Family Trouble Blues

Little Hat Jones
- Corpus Blues
Billiken Johnson & Neal Roberts
- Wild Jack Blues
Blind Willie Johnson
- The Soul Of Man & Take Your Stand
Jack Ranger
- T.P. Window Blues

Whistlin' Alex Moore
- It Wouldn't Be So Hard
Leadbelly
- Packin' Trunk Blues & All Out & Down
Texas Alexander
- Long Lonesome Day Blues
- Corn-Bread Blues



Roots RL-315 (Austria 1968)


= Autogram RL-315 (Germany 2010) "Texas Country Blues Music Vol. 2

191968The Roots Of America's Music

LP 1:
Country Blues
Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em On Down
Mance Lipscomb - Sugar Babe
Black Ace - New Triflin' Woman

Alex Moore - July Boogie
Big Joe Williams - Greystone Blues
Lil Son Jackson - Roberta
John Jackson - Going Down In Georgia On A Horn
Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly - No More Hard Times
Lowell Fulson - River Blues

City Blues
Mercy Dee - Walked Down So Many Turnrows
Juke Boy Bonner - Going Back To The Country
Lightning Hopkins - Tom Moore Blues
Big Mama Thornton - Unlucky Girl
Clifton Chenier - Louisiana Blues
Larry Williams - I Know You Hear Me Calling
Johnny Young - Wild Wild Woman


LP 2:
Gospel & Jazz
Bukka White - Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World
Jesse Fuller - Amazing Grace
Rev. Overstreet - I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord
Robert Shaw - The Ma Grinder
Kid Thomas - Eh La Bas
Joe Turner - Old Piney Brown's Gone
Luna - Nisaba In The Grass

Country, Cajun & Folk
J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers - Run Mountain
Del McCoury - Dreams
The Hodges Brothers - Carroll County Blues
Luderin Darbone - Crowley Waltz
Nathan Abshire - Cajun Two Step
Alice Stuart - Once I Had A Sweetheart
Crabgrass - Charles Giteau
James Campbell - Baby Please Don't Go


compilation of tracks previously on Arhoolie LPs; ed. & prod. by Chris Strachwitz
no previously unissued tracks!

inner gatefold with Pete Welding notes

2-disc package
notes by Pete Welding

Arhoolie R2001/2002 (US 1968)




= Stateside SR-9323B (Jp 1972)

Arhoolie Records discography

201969Blues 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 and 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 - Alex Moore
- Texas Blues - L. and M. Fulson
- Cat Bear - John Jackson
- Ma Grinder - Robert Shaw
- Take a Walk - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Bear Cat - John Jackson
- Snowing and Raining - Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly
- Got A Date I Can't Be Late - Jesse Fuller
- You Got Another - Lightnin' Hopkins and Barbara Dane
- Struggle Here - Juke Boy Bonner and Simon
- Listen At That Bull - G. Coleman
- Trouble Blues - Big Joe Turner
- Dream - Little Willie Littlejohn
- Sugar Daddy - Wade Walton
- I'm Feeling Alright - Big Mama Thorton
- Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
- Black Snake Blues - Clifton Chenier
- Two Bugs - Earl Hooker


"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 LP set

Poppy PYS-60.003
= RCA / Victor SHP-6124/25


= Tomato DLP 2696181 (1989)


reissued as Tomato CD
TOM 3001

211969I'm Wild About My Lovin' 1928-1930

Memphis Minnie
- Georgia Skin
- I'm Goin' Back Home
Joe McCoy
- Botherin' That Thing
- I'm Wild About Stuff
Ishman Bracey
- Leavin' Town Blues
- Brown Mama Blues

Whistlin' Alex Moore
- West Texas Woman
- It Wouldn't Be So Hard

Curley Weaver
- No No Blues
- Sweet Petunia
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Shelby County Workhouse Blues
Jim Jackson
- I'm Wild About My Lovin'
- This Mornin' She Was Gone
Little Hat Jones
- New Two Sixteen Blues
- Two String Blues


artwork by Miguel Covarrubias

notes by Chris Albertson

Historical HLP-32

Historical Records discography

221969Anthology Of The Blues - Texas Blues

Little Son Jackson
- Milford Blues
Smokey Hogg
- Unemployment Blues
- Bad Life Blues
Jesse Thomas
- Meet Me Tonight (MM 1188) #

Alexander Moore
- Neglected Woman
Lowell Fulsom
- Prison Bound


Alexander Moore
- Lillie Mae Boogie
Little Son Jackson
- Cairo Blues
Jesse Thomas
- Texas Blues (MM 1190) #
- Tomorrow I May Be Gone (MM 1189) #
Charlie Bradix
- Boogie Like You Wanna
- Dollar Diggin' Woman

# rec. Los Angeles 1949; Jesse Thomas, voc, g


Kent KST-9005 gatefold sleeve (inside)

notes by Bruce Bromberg

Kent KST-9005


= United Superior US-7782


= Musidisc 30AB5605


= P-Vine PCD-3039 (1994)

231969Texas - Louisiana

Alexander Moore
- I Want My Mary
- Miss No Good Weed
Black Diamond (James Butler)
- T.P. Railer
Li'l Son Jackson
- Ground Hog Blues
Frankie Lee Sims
- Don't Forget My Baby
- Single Man Blues
Jesse Thomas
- Same Old Stuff
- Zetter Blues
- Mountain Key Blues
Country Jim (James Bledsoe)
- Rainey Morning Blues
- Avenue Blues

Li'l Son Jackson
- Cario Blues [sic]
- Evil Blues


Highway 51 H-103

Highway 51 Records discography

241969American Folk Blues Festival '69
Live! At Royal Albert Hall London

Juke Boy Bonner - Jumpin' With Juke Boy   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Earl Hooker - Going Up And Down   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Carey Bell - Rocking With Chromanica / I Feel Bad, Bad, Bad   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Juke Boy Bonner - Running Shoes   @ youtube   @ Spotify
John Jackson - Poor Boy   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Clifton Chenier - Zydeco Et Pas Sale   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Earl Hooker - Blue Shadows Fall   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Clifton Chenier - Wrap It Up   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Magic Sam - Easy Baby (3:24)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Magic Sam - Looking Good (2:06)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Whistling Alex Moore - Across The Atlantic Ocean   @ youtube   @ youtube   @ Spotify
John Jackson - John Jackson Breakdown (instr)   @ youtube   @ Spotify



originally unissued tracks from same appearance:
Earl Hooker
- Walking The Floor Over You / Steel Guitar Rag (HCO 2010) # [CBS LP 52796]
- Walking The Floor Over You / Off The Hook # [Hip-O CD B0003224-02]
Magic Sam
- Sweet Home Chicago
- All Your Love [Hip-O CD B0003224-02, Hip-O DVD B0000751-09]
- Every Night About This Time
- I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie) [aka "Magic Sam's Boogie", Hip-O DVD B0000751-09]




rec. October 3, 1969 at Royal Albert Hall, London, UK; prod. & presented by Lippmann + Rau in cooperation with Chris Strachwitz

Juke Boy Bonner, voc, hca, g
Earl Hooker, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca; Mack Thompson, b; Robert St. Julien, dr
Earl Hooker, voc, g; Mack Thompson, b; Robert St. Julien, dr
Carey Bell, voc, hca; Earl Hooker, g; Mack Thompson, b; Robert St. Julien, dr
John Jackson, voc, g
Clifton Chenier, voc, acc; Cleveland Chenier, washb; Robert St. Julien, dr
Magic Sam, voc, g; Mack Thompson, b; Robert St. Julien, dr

Whistling Alex Moore, voc, p, whistling

back cover photo by Valerie Wilmer

notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver

Scout Sc-6 (Germany 1969)

notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver

= CBS S 63912 (UK 1969)

notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver

= Optimism/L+R LR CD-2071 (US 198?)

notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver

= Bellaphon/L+R CD 42.071 (Germany 1991)

4 CD set
notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver
 
(=) Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 726222 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1965/1966/1967/1969"

concert review by Paul Oliver (Jazz Monthly December 1969, pp. 24-25) at WeenieCampbell.com, scanned & OCRed by Alan Balfour

American Folk Blues Festival discography
Scout Records discography
L+R Records discography
Juke Boy Bonner discography
Earl Hooker discography
John Jackson discography
Magic Sam discography
Whistling Alex Moore discography
Mac Thompson discography

251970Recording The Blues

Lucille Bogan - Skin Game Blues
Bertha 'Chippie' Hill (with Louis Armstrong) - Kid Man Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Rabbit Foot Blues

Whistlin' Alex Moore - Blue Bloomer Blues
Barbecue Bob - Crooked Woman Blues
Georgia Cotton Pickers - She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day
Rev. J. M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Coming
Mississippi Sheiks - Loose Like That

Blind Willie Johnson - When The War Was On
Allan Shaw - I Couldn't Help It
Tim Wilkins - New Stock Yard Blues
Bumble Bee Slim - Bricks In My Pillow
Big Bill - Detroit Special
Lil Johnson - Press My Button (Ring My Bell)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Ain't It A Pity And A Shame
Pinetop Burks - Fannie Mae Blues


album illustrates the book "Recording The Blues" in the Blues Paperback Series, produced by November Books Ltd., and published in 1970 by Studio Vista Ltd.

Epic ECPJ-23
 

notes by Robert W.M.
Dixon and John Godrich

CBS M 52797 (UK 1970)


= Epic ECPJ-23 (Jp 1970)

261970Alex Moore in Europe

- Boogiein' In Strassburg [Arhoolie CD 408]   @ youtube
- Alex Thinking
- New Blue Bloomer Blues
- Rock And Roll Bed Blues [Arhoolie CD 408]   @ youtube

- Flossie Mae
- Just A Blues
- Rolling Around Dallas
- Having Fun Here And There



unissued tracks from same session:
- At Jay's Pawnshop
- If I Lose Your Woman
- Blues (instr)
- Sentimental Boogie (instr)
- Alex's Boogie



rec. October 23, 1969 live at Jankowski Studio in Stuttgart, Germany; Alex Moore, voc, p, whistling; prod. by Chris Strachwitz with assistance from Horst Lippmann & Fritz Rau
cover photo by Chris Strachwitz

notes by Paul Oliver

Arhoolie 1048 (US)

= Arhoolie AR 19004
(Europe)

Arhoolie Records discography

271970The Story Of The Blues Vol. 2

Side One: Guitar Pickers
Curley Weaver - No No Blues>
Little Hat Jones - Hurry Blues
Emery Glen - Blue Blazes Blues
'Mooch' Richardson - Low Down Barrelhouse Blues 2
Lonnie Johnson - Broken Levee Blues
Buddy Moss - Undertaker Blues
J.B. Lenoir - Mojo Boogie
Son House - Pearline


Side Two: Piano Blues
Whistlin' Alex Moore - West Texas Woman
Sylvester Palmer - Lonesome Man Blues
George Noble - The Seminole Blues
Cripple Clarence Lofton - Brown Skin Blues
Bumble Bee Slim - Ramblin' With That Woman
Roosevelt Scott - Black Gal Blues
Roosevelt Sykes - Training Camp Blue
Champion Jack Dupree - Junker Blues



Side Three: Blues Girls
Maggy Jones - Good Time Flat Blues
Clara Smith - Whip It To A Jelly
Cleo Gibson - I've Got Ford Movement In My Hips
Martha Copeland - Desert Blues
Victoria Spivey - Christmas Morning Blues
Liza Brown, Ann Johnson - Get On Out Of Here
Merline Johnson - Good Old Easy Street
Big Maybelle - Maybelle's Blues


Side Four: Blues Groups
Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie - That Will Be Alright
Mississippi Mud Steppers - Jackson Stomp
Jazzbo Tommy & Lowlander's - Blaze Face Cow
Duskey Dailey & His Band - Miss Georgia Blues
Willie 'Long Time' Smith - My Buddy Dr. Clayton
Otis Rush - Love That Woman
Magic Sam - All Your Love
John Littlejohn - Been Around The World


compiled by Paul Oliver

CBS 66232 inner gatefold

DLP
notes by Paul Oliver

CBS 66232 (UK 1970)

= CBS 88630 (NL 1970)

notes by Paul Oliver

= CBS 66232 (It 1970)
"La Storia del Blues
Vol. Due"

other releases at discogs.com

4 LP set

(=) CBS 66426 (Fr 1972)
"Vol. 1 & 2"

= CBS LSP 14410 (Germany 1981)

27a1971Pre War Texas Blues

William McCoy
- Mama Blues
- Train Imitations and The Fox Chase
William McCoy with poss. Sam Harris
- Just It
- How Long Baby

Texas Bill Day with Alex Moore & Coley Jones
- Good Mornin' Blues
- Burn The Trestle Down
Bobbie Cadillac with Coley Jones and poss. Alex Moore
- Listen Everybody
- Easin' In

Andy Boy
- Out O' Line Blues
- Yellow Gal Blues
Walter Washington with Andy Boy & unknown
- Bad Managing Blues
- I Need You Blues
- Ice Pick Mama
- West Dallas Woman
Curtis Jones with Willie Bee James
- Bad Avenue Blues
- Good Old Easy Street



Kokomo K-1006 (UK 1971)

Kokomo Records discography

281975Blues In The Thirties

The Mississippi Mudder (Joe & Charlie McCoy)
- Going Back Home Blues [Decca 7087]
Memphis Minnie
- Dirty Mother For You [Decca 7048]
Kokomo Arnold
- Old Black Cat Blues (Jinx Blues) [Decca 7050]
Blind Willie McTell
- Hillbilly Willie's Blues [Decca 7117]
Frankie Black (Scrapper Blackwell) & Dot Rice
- No Good Woman Blues [Champion 50049]
Sleepy John Estes
- Someday Baby Blues [Champion 50068]
The Honey Dripper (Roosevelt Sykes) & Kokomo Arnold
- The Honey Dripper >[Decca 7050]

Jesse James
- Lonesome Day Blues [Decca 7213]
Bumble Bee Slim
- Green Country Gal (No More To Say) [Decca 7440]
Johnny Temple
- Louise Louise Blues [Decca 7254]

Alex Moore
- Bull Cow Blues [Decca 7552]
Andrew Hogg
- Family Trouble Blues [Decca 7303]
Blind Boy Fuller
- Some Day You're Gonna Be Sorry [Decca 7892]
Peetie Wheatstraw & Lonnie Johnson
- What More Can A Man Do? [Decca 7429]



MCA-3526 (Jp 1975)

291976Bawdy Blues 1935-1940

Rosetta Howard and Charlie McCoy
- Let Your Linen Hang Low
Roosevelt Sykes
- Dirty Mother For You
Blind Blues Darby
- Spike Driver Blues
Rosetta Howard with The Harlem Hamfats
- The Candy Man
Victoria Spivey
- Black Snake Swing
Sweet Pease Spivey
- Double Dozens

Alex Moore
- Blue Bloomer Blues

Kokomo Arnold
- Shake That Thing
Charles Piekett
- Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon
Jesse James
- Sweet Patuni
Peetie Wheatstraw
- What's That?
Old Ced Odom
- It's Your Yas Yas Yas
Kokomo Arnold
- Sissy Man Blues
Trixie Smith
- My Daddy Rocks Me



MCA MCA-3539 (Jp 1976)

301976Texas Blues Anthology

Lil Son Jackson
- Milford Blues
Smoky Hogg
- Unemployment Blues
Jesse Thomas
- Tomorrow I May Be Gone
Charlie Bradix
- Dollar Diggin Woman
Lowell Fulson
- Prison Bound
Lil Son Jackson
- Cairo Blues

Jesse Thomas
- Texas Blues

Alexander Moore
- Lillie Mae Boogie
- Neglected Woman
Lightnin' Hopkins
- One Kind Favor
- You Gonna Look Like A Monkey
- Tim Moore's Farm


cover art by Kazuyuki Goto


Trio PA-3125 (Jp)

Trio Records discography

311980Dallas 1927-1929
'Elm Street's paved in brass' (The Piano Blues Vol. 15)

Texas Bill Day & Billiken Johnson - Elm Street Blues
Whistlin' Alex Moore - Heart Wrecked Blues
Johnson & Roberts - Frisco Blues
Texas Bill Day - Goin' Back To My Baby
Hattie Hudson - Doggone My Good Luck Soul
Johnson & Adams - Sun Beam Blues

Whistlin' Alex Moore - Blue Bloomer Blues
Texas Bill Day - Good Mornin' Blues

Whistlin' Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes
Texas Bill Day & Billiken Johnson - Billiken's Weary Blues
Johnson & Roberts - Wild Jack Blues

Whistlin' Alex Moore - West Texas Woman
Bobbie Cadillac - Carbolic Acid Blues
Texas Bill Day - Burn The Trestle Down
Johnson & Adams - Interurban Blues

Whistlin' Alex Moore - Ice Pick Blues

foreword by Francis Smith
notes by Paul Oliver

Magpie PY 4415 (UK 1980)

(=) Magpie PYCD 15 (UK 1992)

Magpie Records discography

321987Them Dirty Blues
A Five Record Copulation Compilation

record 1:
- Bring On Home To Grandma - Mississippi Mud Mashers
- (Good Mornin' Susie) I'm Gonna Heat Your Bread - Lee Green
- Keep It To Yourself - Lonnie Johnson And Spencer Williams
- Worn Out Engine Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
- She Done Sold It Out - Memphis Jug Band
- Big Leg Mama - Kokomo Arnold
- Daddy, You've Got Everything - Mary Dixon
- Take A Pro - Unidentified Armed Forces Radio Orchestra

- Yas Yas Yas No.1 - Jimmy Strange, The Yas Yas Man
- The Hottest Stuff In Town - Bob Howe and Frankie Griggs
- Every Morning Blues - Walter Roland
- Ram Rod Blues - Mississippi Sheiks
- Ash Can Blues - Bob Clifford
- Caught Us Doing It - Hokum Boys

- Blue Bloomer Blues - Whistlin' Alex Moore
- Mister Mary Blues - Speedy Holmes

record 2:
- Wet It - Frankie Half Pint Jaxon
- I Want Some Of Your Pie - Blind Boy Fuller
- You Can't Sleep In My Bed - Mary Dixon
- Messin' Around - Bud Jackson's Swannee Serenaders
- The Coldest Stuff In Town - Whistling Bob Howe and Frankie Griggs
- Somebody's Been Using That Thing - Holmes And Howard
- She Really Meant To Keep It - Johnny Messner and His Orchestra
- Empty Bed Blues, Part One - Bessie Smith

- Empty Bed Blues, Part Two - Bessie Smith
- Big Mama - Walter Roland
- Loose Like That - The Mississippi Sheiks
- Once Or Twice - Lonnie Johnson and Spencer Williams
- Shake It, Baby - Blind Boy Fuller
- I Can't Use That Thing - Connie Mcclean's Rhythm Boys
- She Really Meant To Keep It - Johnny Messner and His Orchestra
- Tricks Ain't Walkin' - Jimmy Rushing


record 3:
- Somebody's Been Using That Thing, No.2 - The Hokum Boys
- Shave 'em Dry - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Sissy Man - Pinewood Tom
- Sissy Blues - Ma Rainey with Her Georgia Band
- Two Old Maids In A Folding Bed - Monette Moore with Her Swing Shop Boys
- Rollin Mama Blues Ruby Glaze and Hot Shot Willie
- Windy City Blues - Ruth Ladson with The Three Shadows
- Stew Meat Blues - Lucille Bogan

- Toothache Blues - Victoria Spivey and Lonnie Johnson
- Anybody Here Want To Try My Cabbage? - Maggie Jones with Louis Armstrong and Fletcher Henderson
- Take Your Hand Off It - Lil Johnson
- I'm Gonna Keep My Hair Parted - Washboard Sam and His Washboard Band
- I'm A Mighty Tight Woman - Sippie Wallace
- Gas Man Blues - Mae Glover
- Black Snake Blues - Victoria Spivey
- I Got What It Takes - Blanch Galloway with Her Joy Boys


record 4:
- The Candy Man - Rosetta Howard
- Tired As I Can Be - Bessie Jackson (Lucille Bogan)
- You've Got To Save That Thing - Ora Alexander
- Ants In My Pants - Bo Carter (Bo Chatman)
- Don't Tear My Clothes - The Chicago Black Swans
- My Ba (Squeeze Me Again) - Lil Johnson
- She Showed It All - Napoleon Fletcher
- Honey, You're So Good To Me - Lil Johnson

- You've Gotta Have That Thing - The Dallas Jug Band
- If You Don't Give Me What I Want - Lil Johnson
- Please Warm My Weiner - Bo Carter (Bo Chatman)
- Try And Get It - Bea Foote
- Grinding Mill - Johnny Temple
- If You See My Rooster - Memphis Minnie
- I Don't Want No Skinny Woman - Blind Boy Fuller
- Take It Easy, Greasy - Lil Johnson


record 5:
- Get 'em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) - Georgia White
- Southern Can Mama - Blind Willie and Partner
- Let Me Pat That Thing - The Hokum Boys
- My Handy Man - Ethel Waters
- Six Or Seven Times - The Chocolate Dandies
- The Duck's Yas-yas-yas - James "Stump" Johnson
- My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More - Miss Edith Wilson
- I Wonder Who's Boogiein' My Woggie Now - Oscar's Chicago Swingers

- What's That Smells Like Fish? - Blind Boy Fuller
- How Do They Do It That Way? - Victoria Spivey
- Papa's Got Your Water On - The Memphis Jug Band
- Honey Dripper Blues - Hattie North (Edith North Johnson)
- All Around Man - Bo Carter (Bo Chatman)
- (Easy Rider) I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone - Tampa Red and his Hokum Jug Band
- Uncle Ned, Don't Use Your Head - Lonnie Johnson
- I'm Wild About That Thing - Bessie Smith


5 LP box set

Jass Box One

Stash/Jazz discography

331987?Giants of Country Blues Piano

Whistlin' Alex Moore
- Boogie Woogie #
- You Leave Me Walkin' #
Robert Shaw
- Piggly Wiggly Blues
- People People
- She Used To Be My Baby
- Ma Grinder
- Santa Fe Blues
- Jim Nappy
- Low Down Dirty Shame

Lavada Durst (Dr. Hepcat)
- Love You Baby
- Blues
"Memphis" Piano Red
- Baby Please
- Stormy Monday
Mose Vinson
- How Long
- Memphis Stomp
Isaac Youngblood
- Jesus Never Says No
Trenton Cooper
- Blues
- I'm Goin' To Chicago


# rec. October 21, 1981 in Dallas, TX

notes by Michael Hortig
 
Wolf LP 120.910 (Austria 1987?)

Wolf CD 120.629

341988Alex Moore: Wiggle Tail
Original, Eccentric, Legendary and Lascivious Piano Playing and Stories

- Wiggle Tail
- Everybody Have A Good Time
- Chasin' Rainbows

- Newest Blue Bloomer Blues
- Elephant Brain Man

CD bonus tracks:
- More Alex
- Mistreatin' Woman
- Knockin' On My Door
- My Daily Nutrition
- Lonesone
- Neglected Woman

rec. February 2, 1988 "live" at the Prohibition Room in Dallas, TX


Rounder 2091


= Rounder CDROUN11559

Rounder Records discography

351988Deep Ellum Blues

- Deep Ellum Blues - Bill Neely
- Kansas City - Heat Waves of Swing
- Hurry Down - Robert Shaw
- Matchbox Blues - Bill Neely
- Monkey Jump - Heat Waves of Swing
- How Long - Lavada Durst

- Graveyard Blues - Bill Neely

- Central Track Blues - Alex Moore
- Walkin' to New Orleans - Heat Waves of Swing
- Santa Fe - Robert Shaw
- At the Jazz Band Ball - Hal Baker and the Gloomchasers
- Pinetop Boogie - Lavada Durst


prod. by Alan Govenar on location in Austin and Dallas between 1983 and 1986


Documentary Arts DA
(cassette)

www.docarts.com

361989Alex Moore: Then And Now

A Alex Moore 1947; Untitled piano blues recorded at KLIF Studios

- Miss No-Good Weed no. 1 (2215)
- Dish Washer Boogie / "Alex's Boogie" (2216)
- slow piano improvisation / "Alex's Blues" (2219)
- Disagreeable Woman / "You Got Me Dissatisfied" (2217)
- fast piano improvisation / "Alex's Wild Blues" (2220)
- Alex's Rag (2218)


B Alex Moore - 1988; Untitled piano blues, recorded at El Centro College

prod. by Alan Govenar


Documentary Arts DA 105
(cassette)

www.docarts.com

371989Show Me What You Got
Blue Blues From The Thirties

Napoleon Fletcher
- She Showed It All
Carl Rafferty
- Dresser With The Drawers
The Honey Dripper (Roosevelt Sykes)
- Hard Lead Penicil
Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom
- Show Me What You Got
Blind Squire Turner
- She Thinks She's Slick
Little Davis
- New Sweet Patuni
Lizzie Miles
- My Man O'War

Alex Moore
- Blue Bloomer Blues

Jimmy Gordon
- Little Red Dress (Mary Usta Wear)
Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom
- Fish House Blues
Georgia Pine Boy
- One More Greasing
Dorothy Baker
- Steady Grinding Blues
Blind Squire Turner
- Don't Like The Way You Do
Walter Davis
- Dentist Blues
Lizzie Miles
- Electrician Blues
Uncle Skipper
- Chifferobe


notes by Nick Ersdown
[= Mike Rowe]

Bluetime BT 2016 ("Denmark" 1989)

381989Texas Piano Styles 1929-1937

Texas Bill Day
- Don't Get Love In Your Mind

Whistlin' Alex Moore
- It Wouldn't Be So Hard
- Blue Bloomer Blues
- Come Back Baby
- Bull Con Blues
- Hard Hearted Woman
Blind Norris
- Sundown Blues
- The Katy Blues
Pinetop Burks
- Shake The Shack

Son Becky
- Sunrise Blues
- Black Heart Blues
- Mistreated Washboard Blues
Walter "Cowboy" Washington
- Bad Managing Blues
- I Need You Blues
Andy Boy
- Out O'Line Blues
- Jive Blues
Black Ivory King
- The Flying Crow
- Match Box Blues



Wolf WSE 132 (Austria 1989)

391989Texas Piano Blues 1929-1947

Nick Nichols
- Rugger Blues
- Riverside Blues
- Frankie And Johnny (The Shooting Scene) part 1
- Frankie And Johnny (The Shooting Scene) part 2
Perry Dixon
- Back To Georgia Blues
- Be Mean To Your Baby
Big Boy Knox
- Blue Man Blues
- Poor Man Blues
- Eleven Light City Blues
- Texas Bues

Joe Pullum
- CWA Blues
- Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard? No. 2
- Black Gal No. 3
- Black Gal No. 4
- Telephone Blues
- Bedroom Blues
- Hattie Green
- My Woman part 1

Alex Moore
- I Want My Mary
- Miss No Good Weed


RST-BD 2059 (Austria 1989)


= Story of Blues CD 3509-2 (1991)

401992Giants Of Country Blues Vol. 3

Jack Owens
- Leavin' Blues
Eugene Powell
- Blues In Texas
Son Thomas
- Walking Cane
LV Conerly
- Hard Headed Woman
Roosevelt Holts
- Big Road Blues
Arzo Youngblood
- I Don't Want No Woman
Sam Chatmon
- Talkin' Bout My Girl
Wade Walton
- Catfish Blues
Isaac Youngblood
- Big Road Blues
Wade Walton
- Catfish Blues
Isaac Youngblood
- Big Road Blues
Mott Willis
- Long Tall Woman

Robert Shaw
- Ma Grinder Pt 2
- Mobile & KC Blues
- The Cows
- Rock Island
Lavada Durst
- Boogie Woogie

Alex Moore
- Henry 6 Mike #
Memphis Piano Red
- Mama Likes Good Whiskey
- After Hours
Mose Vinson
- Blues Jumped A Rabbit
- Four O'Clock Blues


# rec. October 21, 1981 in Dallas, TX
cover drawing (of Robert Shaw) by Bernd Konrad

notes by Michael Hortig

Wolf 120.921 (Austria 1992)

not identical with Wolf CD 120.918 with same title !!!

411992The Roots 'n Blues
Retrospective 1925 - 1950


disc 1:
Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Whitehouse Blues
Aiken County String Band - High Sheriff
Frank Hutchison - The Last Scene Of The Titanic
Hersal Thomas - Suitcase Blues
Reverend J.M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Coming
Dora Carr - Cow-Cow Blues
Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners - Washington County Fox Chase
Fiddlin' John Carson - I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte
Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio - Untitled
Whistler And His Jug Band - Low Down Blues
Washington Phillips - Paul & Silas In Jail
Barbecue Bob - Blind Pig Blues
Austin & Lee Allen - Chattanooga Blues
Sherman Tedder - Untitled
Dallas String Band With Coley Jones - Hokum Blues
Gladys Bentley - Worried Blues
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 1
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 2
South Georgia Highballers - Blue Grass Twist
Charlie Bowman And His Brothers - Moonshiner And His Money
Clarence Green - Johnson City Blues
Reverend Johnny Blakey assisted by The Sanctified Singers - Warming By The Devil's Fire
Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones - (Honey) It's Tight Like That
Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues
Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - Hallelujah


disc 2:
Hershel Brown and His Happy Five - Liberty
Mamie Smith - My Sportin' Man
Blues Birdhead - Mean Low Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - C.C. & O. Blues
The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers - Ortonville
Slim Doucet - Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs)
Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt Blues
The Hokum Boys - Gin Mill Blues
Joe Falcon acc. by Clemo Breaux & Ophy Breaux - Osson
W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith - Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown)
Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen - Soldier's Joy

Whistlin' Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes
Mississippi Sheiks - The Jazz Fiddler
Lonnie Johnson - I Have To Do My Time
Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland - Back To The Blue Ridge
Buster Carter & Preston Young - Darn Good Girl
Bo Carter - West Jackson Blues
Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green - You Had Too Much
Silver Leaf Quartet - Oh! Glory Glory
Freeny's Barn Dance Band - Don't You Remember The Time
Pelican Wildcats - Walkin' Georgia Rose
Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues
Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers - Hallelujah Side
Will Batts - Highway # 61 Blues


disc 3:
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 1
W. Lee O'Daniel And His Hillbilly Boys - Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 2
Blind Willie - Bell Street Lightnin'
Charlie Patton - Jersey Bull Blues
Walter Roland - Every Morning Blues
Blue Ridge Ramblers - D Blues
Breaux Freres - La Valse Des Yeux Bleus
Bessie Jackson - Skin Game Blues
Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell - Good Woman Blues
Pinewood Tom - Sissy Man
The Rhythm Wreckers - Blue Yodel # 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)
The Anglin Twins - Just Inside The Pearly Gates
Bumble Bee Slim - Hard Rocks In My Bed
The Two Charlies - Tired Feelin' Blues
Eldon Baker And His Brown County Revelers - One Eyed Sam
A'nt Idy Harper And The Coon Creek Girls - Poor Naomi Wise
Kid Prince Moore - South Bound Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - C & A Blues
George Curry - My Last Five Dollars
The Nite Owls - Memphis Blues
The Alley Boys Of Abbeville - Pourquoi tu m'aime pas
Reverend Benny Campbell - Have Mercy On Me
Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy
Jack Kelly - Flower Blues
Bob Clifford - Onion Eating Mama
Callahan Bros. - Brown's Ferry Blues # 2
Little Buddy Doyle - Slick Capers Blues
Bill McKinley - Poor Boy Blues


disc 4:
Frank Edwards - We Got To Get Together
Sweet Violet Boys - You Got To See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)
The Humbard Family - I'll Fly Away
Tony Hollins - Cross Cut Saw Blues
Peter Cleighton - Black Snake Blues
Black Cats And The Kitten - Step It Up And Go
Bob And Randall Atcher - Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad
Adolf Hofner And His San Antonians - Cotton-Eyed Joe
Poor Boy Burke - Old Vets Blues
Little Son Joe - Black Rat Swing
Big Maceo Merriweather - Maceo Special
The Light Crust Doughboys with J.B. Brinkley - It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do
Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys - Army Blues
James "Beal Street" Clark - Who But You
Homer Harris - Tomorrow May Be Too Late
McKinley Morganfield - Burying Ground Blues
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Goodbye Old Pal
Gene Autry - Dixie Cannonball
Bill Landford & The Landfordaires - Run On For A Long Time
Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go
Sister Myrtle Fields acc. by The Austin McCoy Trio - I'm Toiling
Willie "Boodle It" Right - Two By Four Blues
Bailes Bros. - You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In)
Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks - Heaven's Radio
Rosetta Howard - Plow Hand Blues
Memphis Seven - Grunt Meat Blues
Deep South Boys - Until I Found The Lord
Brother Porter & Brother Cook - I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me


compiled by Lawrence Cohn

4 disc set
notes by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding

Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15

41a1992Dallas 1927-1929
The Piano Blues series

Texas Bill Day & Billiken Johnson - Elm Street Blues
Whistlin' Alex Moore - Heart Wrecked Blues
Johnson & Roberts - Frisco Blues
Texas Bill Day - Goin' Back To My Baby
Hattie Hudson - Doggone My Good Luck Soul
Johnson & Adams - Sun Beam Blues

Whistlin' Alex Moore - Blue Bloomer Blues
Bessie Tucker - Penitentiary [Magpie 1815]
Bessie Tucker - The Dummy [Magpie 1815]
Texas Bill Day - Good Mornin' Blues

Whistlin' Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes
Ida Mae Mack - When You Lose Your Daddy [Magpie 1815]
Ida Mae Mack - Elm Street Blues [Magpie 1815]
Texas Bill Day & Billiken Johnson - Billiken's Weary Blues
Johnson & Roberts - Wild Jack Blues

Whistlin' Alex Moore - West Texas Woman
Bobbie Cadillac - Carbolic Acid Blues
Texas Bill Day - Burn The Trestle Down
Johnson & Adams - Interurban Blues

Whistlin' Alex Moore - Ice Pick Blues

Magpie PYCD 15

Magpie PY 4415
+ four tracks from
Magpie PY 1815

notes by Paul Oliver

Magpie PYCD 15

Magpie Records discography

421993'Whistling' Alex Moore 1929-51

Alex Moore (1929)
- They May Not Be My Toes
- West Texas Woman
- Heart Wrecked Blues
- Ice Pick Blues
Nick Nichols (1929)
- Rugger Blues
- Riverside Blues
- Frankie And Johnny (The Shooting Scene) part 1
- Frankie And Johnny (The Courtroom Scene) part 2
Alex Moore (1929)
- It Wouldn`t Be So Hard
- Blue Bloomer Blues
Perry Dixon (1929)
- Back To Georgia Blues
- Be Mean To Your Baby
Blind Norris (1937)
- Sundown Blues
- The Katy Blues
Alex Moore (1937-1951)
- Blue Bloomer Blues
- Come Back Baby
- Bull Con Blues
- Hard Hearted Woman
- I Want My Mary
- Miss No Good Weed
- If I Lose You Woman
- Neglected Woman
- Lillie Mae Boogie

notes by Bill Westcott

Document DOCD 5178

42a1994Boogie Woogie Riot
American Arhoolie Music

Big Joe Duskin - The Tribute [Arhoolie 1080]
Pete Johnson - Rocket Boogie '88' (Part 2)
Joe Turner / W. Pete Johnson - Wine-o Baby Boogie
Dave Alexander - The Rattler
Earl Hooker - Earl's Boogie Woogie
Robert Shaw - The Cows
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin's Boogie
Piano Red - Atlanta Bounce

Alex Moore - Rock And Roll Bed
Big Joe Williams - Throw The Boogie Woogie
Big Joe Duskin - Down The Road A Piece [Arhoolie 1080]
Robert Shaw - Fast Santa Fe (Bear Cat)
L.C. Williams - Boogie All The Time
Piano Red - The Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo
Pete Johnson - Hala Tight Boogie
Lightnin' Hopkins - Hammond Boogie (Organ Boogie)
Mercy Dee - Red Light
Big Walter Horton - Walter's Boogie
Clifton Chenier - Houston Boogie
L.C. Robinson - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie
Katie Webster - I Know That's Right
Dave Alexander - Fillmore Street Boogie
Pete Johnson - Skid Row Boogie


compiled by Chris Strachwitz and John Broven

notes by Chris Smith

Ace CDCHD 526 (UK)

431994Alex Moore: From North Dallas To The East Side@ youtube

- Whistling Alex Moore's Blues []
- Pretty Woman With A Sack Dress On
- Rubber Tired Hack
- You Say I Am A Bad Feller
- From North Dallas To The East Side
- New Miss No-Good Weed
- Black Eyed Peas And Hog Jowls
- Boogie In The Barrel
- Going Back To Froggy Bottom
- July Boogie
- West Texas Woman
- Frisky Gal
- Chock House Boogie
- Miss No-Good Weed * []
- Alex's Boogie *
- You Got Me Dissatisfied *
- Alex's Rag *
- Alex's Blues *
- Alex's Wild Blues *
- Sometime I Feel Worried *
- I Love You Baby *
- Rock And Roll Bed # [Arhoolie 1048]
- Boogiein' In Strassburg # [Arhoolie 1048]

rec. 1960 in Dallas, TX (originally issued as Arhoolie LP 1008); Alex Moore, voc, p, [] whistling
* rec. 1947 at Radio KLIF in Dallas, TX; prod. by Walter E. Wilden
# rec. October 23, 1968 in Stuttgart, Germany

notes by Chris Strachwitz and Paul Oliver

Arhoolie CD 408 (US 1994)

44199715 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

452000Dallas Alley Drag
Yazoo Piano Blues

- Frisco Blues - Billiken Johnson / Neal Roberts
- Heart Wrecked Blues - Whistlin' Alex Moore
- Doggone My Good Luck Soul - Hattie Hudson
- Elm Street Blues - Texas Bill Day / Billiken Johnson
- When You Lose Your Daddy - Ida Mae Mack
- Elm Street Blues - Ida Mae Mack
- Goin' Back To My Baby - Texas Bill Day

- Blue Bloomer Blues - Whistlin' Alex Moore
- Good Mornin' Blues - Texas Bill Day
- They May Not Be My Toes - Whistlin' Alex Moore
- T.P. Window Blues - Jack Ranger
- Billiken's Weary Blues - Texas Bill Day / Billiken Johnson
- Fort Worth And Denver Blues - Bessie Tucker
- My Man Has Quit Me - Bessie Tucker
- Interurban Blues - Billiken Johnson / Fred Adams

- West Texas Woman - Whistlin' Alex Moore
- Carbolic Acid Blues - Bobby Cadillac
- Burn The Trestle Down - Texas Bill Day
- Wild Jack Blues - Billiken Johnson / Neal Roberts

- Ice Pick Blues - Whistlin' Alex Moore
- The Katy - Bessie Tucker
- Thieving Blues - Jack Ranger
- Sun Beam Blues - Billiken Johnson / Fred Adams


Yazoo CD 2054

462001Giants of Texas Country Blues Piano

Robert Shaw
- Piggly Wiggly Blues
- She Used To Be My Baby
- Low Down Dirty Shame
- Ma Grinder Pt II
- Mobile & K. C. Blues
- People, People
- The Cows
- Jim Nappy
- Rock Island
- Santa Fe Blues
- Ma Grinder
Lavada Durst (Dr. Hepcat)
- Love You Baby
- Blue
- Boogie Woogie

Whistlin' Alex Moore
- Boogie Woogie #
- You Leave Me Walkin' #
- Henry & Mike #

# rec. October 21, 1981 in Dallas, Tx.


Wolf 120.629

472001The Traveling Record Man
Historic Down South Recording Trips Of Joe Bihari & Ike Turner

- Blue Serenade - Baby Face Turner
- My Sweet Woman - Driftin' Slim
- No Ridin' Blues - Charlie Booker
- Numbered Days - Big Charlie Bradix
- Riding In The Moonlight - Howlin' Wolf
- I'm Gonna Find Your Trick - Smokey Hogg
- Baby Please Don't Go - Pinetop Slim
- Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- Good Morning Little Angel - Joe Hill Louis
- Tiny's Down Home - Tiny Webb
- Tomorrow I May Be Gone - Jesse Thomas
- Please Send My Baby Back Home aka Step Back Baby - Sunny Blair

- If I Lose You Woman - Alexander Moore
- My Little Machine - Driftin' Slim
- My Baby's Gone - Elmore James
- Rock House - Calvin Frazier
- She Broke Up My Life (She Got Me Walking) - Joe Hill Louis
- Keep Away From Me Baby - Joe Hill Louis>
- Meet Me Tonight (Along The Avenue) - Jesse Thomas
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Willie Nix
- Talking Boogie - Lil' Son Jackson
- Long Tall Woman - Elmore James
- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You - "Arkansas Johnny Todd"
- Ramblin' On My Mind - Boyd Gilmore



Ace CDCHD 813

48200?The Modern Down Home Blues Sessions Vol. 4
Southern Country Blues Guitarists 1948-1952

Alexander Moore with Smokey Hogg
- Neglected Woman
- Carolina
- Lillie Mae Boogie
- If I Lose You Woman
Jesse Thomas
- Meet Me Tonight Along The Avenue
- Gonna Write You A Letter
Pine Top Slim and His Guitar
- Applejack Boogie
- I'm Gonna Carry On
- John Henry
- Baby Please Don't Go
Leroy Simpson with Lane Hardin
- 13 Highway
- Bluebird Blues
Lane Hardin aka Arkansas Johnny Todd
- Keep 'Em Down
- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You
Big Bill Dotson
- Dark Old World
- Thinking Life Over aka Sittin' Down Thinkin'
Pine Top Slim and His Guitar
- Fast Life
- Mean Old Frisco
- Poor Boy
- Applejack Boogie
Little Son Jackson
- Milford Blues
- Talkin' Boogie
Jesse Thomas
- Night Time Anytime aka Tomorrow I May Be Gone
- Texas Blues
Big Charley Bradix
- Numbered Days
- Wee Wee Hours
- Dollar Diggin' Woman Boogie
- Like You Wanna



Ace CDCHD 1057

492007'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



Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

I herewith confess
that I do not have the ambition to list each and every CD anthology / compilation
containing only one (or two ;-) 'Whistling' Alex Moore track(s) !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 84, 133, 220, 654, 679
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 542
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 363
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 382
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York 1968.- p. 247, 379
- http://www.everydaymusiconline.org/...
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour and Peter K. Siegel for additional info / scan / MP3

 

On November 22, 1988, the state of Texas designated his birthday "Alex Moore Day."

 

cover of Blues Link 4 cover of Blues Link 4
Alex Moore on the cover of  Blues Link 4

 

 

 

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