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W O O D R O W   A D A M S at a recording session produced by David Evans in his home on Highway 61 just outside Robinsonville, August 28/29, 1967; source: Evans 1987, p. 126; photographer: Marina Bokelman
Woodrow Adams at a recording session produced by David Evans
in Adams' home on Highway 61 just outside Robinsonville, August 28/29, 1967
source: Evans 1982, p. 126; photographer: Marina Bokelman

Woodrow Adams
Woodrow Wilson Adams
b. April 9, 1917 in Tchula, Holmes County, Mississippi
d. August 9, 1988 in Tunica County, possibly Robinsonville, Mississippi

discography

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 rpm
17/1952WOODROW ADAMS and the 3 B's

- Pretty Baby Blues (C 1030)   @ youtube
- She's Done Come And Gone (C 1031)   @ youtube

rec. May 24, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN by Sam Philips; Woodrow Adams, voc, g; Sylvester Hayes, hca; Joe Martin, dr

only one copy of Checker 757 is known to survive: Traded by Mike Rowe to the late George Paulus, now in the possession of John Tefteller!


Checker 757

   

- If You Don't Want Me #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- The Last Time (tk 1) # *   @ youtube
- The Train Is Coming §   @ youtube
- Traintime []   @ youtube

rec. May 24, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN by Sam Philips; Woodrow Adams, voc, g; Sylvester Hayes, hca; Joe Martin, dr

Sun/Checker unissued

# Charly SUNCD 29

* Krazy Kat KK 7427

§ Charly CR 30127

[] Charly SUNCD 27

21955WOODROW ADAMS with BOOGIE BLUES BLASTERS

- Wine Head Woman (MR 5032) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Baby You Just Don't Know (MR 5033) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1955 in Memphis, TN; Woodrow Adams, voc, hca; # p; * g; Joe Hill Louis, g; Joe Martin, dr


Meteor 5018


= Blue Horizon 45-1001 (UK 4/1965) as by Woodrow Adams

31961WOODROW ADAMS

- Something On My Mind (HB 2523)   @ youtube
- Sad And Blue (HB 2524)   @ youtube

rec. c. August 1960 in Memphis, TN; Woodrow Adams, voc, hca, Curtis Allen (Adams' step-son), Dacey Williams, g; Joe Martin, dr


Home of the Blues 109

   

- Seventh Son #   @ youtube
- Everything I Do Is Wrong #   @ youtube
- Don't You Know I Love You *   @ youtube
- I Love You O Yes I Do *   @ youtube

rec. c. August 1960 in Memphis, TN; Woodrow Adams, voc, hca, Curtis Allen (Adams' step-son), Dacey Williams, g; Joe Martin, dr

Home of the Blues unissued

# African Folk Society 3428
* P-Vine PVC 22007

   

- Sitting On Top Of The World
- Mean Mistreater
- How Long #   @ youtube

rec. August 29, 1967 in Woodrow Adams' home on Highway 61 just outside Robinsonville, MS by David Evans; Woodrow Adams, voc, hca; Curtis Allen (Adams' step-son), g; Joe Martin, dr

originally unissued

# Flyright FLY 512 (1974)

   

- Rolling And Tumbling
- untitled instrumental
- Pony Blues #   @ youtube
- Get Up In The Morning

rec. August 29, 1967 in Woodrow Adams' home on Highway 61 just outside Robinsonville, MS by David Evans; Woodrow Adams, voc, g; Curtis Allen (Adams' step-son), g; Joe Martin, dr

originally unissued

# Flyright FLY 512 (1974)

42011?ROY BROWN / WOODROW ADAMS

ROY BROWN
- Rockin' All The Time [Home of the Blues 110]

WOODROW ADAMS
- Something On My Mind [Home of the Blues 109]


Home of the Blues 109/110 (2011? replica)


LP / CD compilations
51/1974Genesis Vol. 2
The Beginnings of Rock: From Memphis to Chicago

Album 1 (6499 432)
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Work With Me
- Don't Start Me To Talking
- All My Love In Vain
- Good Evening Everybody
- You Killing Me (On My Feet)
- Let Me Explain
- I Know What Love Is All About

Sonny Boy Williamson
- I Wonder Why
- Your Imagination
Elmore James
- Country Boogie
- My Best Friend
- I See My Baby
- She Just Won't Do Right
- Muddy Shoes


Album 2 (6499 433)
Ethel Mae
- Down The Line
- Handsome Lover
- Sugar Papa
Robert Nighthawk
- Good News
- Six Three O
- Prison Bound
Forrest City Joe
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman

Forrest City Joe
- Lonesome Day Blues
Howlin' Wolf
- Mama Died And Left Me [previously unissued]
- I'm Not Joking [previously unissued]
- Moanin' At Midnight [Chess 1479]
- How Many More Years [Chess 1479]
- All Night Long [Chess 1557]
- No Place To Go [Chess 1566]


Album 3 (6499 434)
Jackie Brenston
- Rocket "88"
Doctor Ross
- Country Clown
- Doctor Ross Boogie
Willie Nix
- Truckin' Little Woman
- Just One Mistake
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Open Your Book
- Tears In My Eyes (C-1023 [alt.])


Woodrow Adams
- Pretty Baby Blues [Checker 757]
- She's Done Come And Gone [Checker 757]
Joe Hill Louis
- Dorothy Mae
- When I Am Gone
Harmonica Frank
- Swamp Root
- Howlin' Tomcat
- She Done Moved


Album 4 (6499 435)
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Keep It To Yourself
- Please Forgive (Keep It To Yourself)
- The Key To Your Love
Howlin' Wolf
- Baby How Long [Chess 1575]
- Evil Is Goin' On [Chess 1575]
- Forty Four [Chess 1584]
- Who Will Be Next [Chess 1593]

Howlin' Wolf
- I Have A Little Girl [Chess 1593]
- Come To Me Baby [Chess 1607]
- Don't Mess With My Baby [Chess 1607]
- Smokestack Lightning [Chess 1618]
- You Can't Be Beat [Chess 1618]
- So Glad [Chess 1632]
- Break Of Day (8177) [previously unissued]


compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven

4 LP box set

Chess 6641 125 (UK Phonogram 1/1974)

'Genesis' discography

61974High Water Blues

Isaia Chatman
- Cold In Hand
L.V. Conerly
- Hard Headed Woman
- High Water
John Henry Brown
- Sister Kate
- Corinna
Fiddlin' Joe Martin
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

Woodrow Adams
- Pony Blues [originally unissued]

Houston Stackhouse
- Return Mail
- Talkin' 'Bout You

Woodrow Adams
- How Long [originally unissued]
Cary Lee Simmons
- Doodleville Blues
Boogie Bill Webb
- Seven Sisters Blues
Charlie Taylor
- I Got The Blues
- Midnight Blues


rec. by David (and Cheryl) Evans
front cover photo: Painting by Lester Willis, cousin of the Taylor Bros., taken by Cheryl Evans

notes by David Evans

Flyright LP 512 (UK 1974)

Flyright Records discography

71976Lowdown Memphis Harmonica Jam   1950-1955

Hot Shot Love
- Harmonica Jam
- Wolf Call Boogie
Joe Hill Louis
- Street Walkin' Woman
- Walkin' Talkin' Blues
J. D. Horton
- Cadillac Blues
- Why Don't You Let Me Be
Mumbles
- Now Tell Me Baby
- Jumpin' Blues

Joe Hill Louis
- Gotta Let You Got
- Boogie In The Park
Willie Nix
- Seems Like A Million Years
- Bakershop Boogie

Woodrow Adams
- Wine Head Woman [Meteor 5018]
- Baby, You Just Don't Know [Meteor 5018]
Chicago Sunny Boy
- Love My Baby
- On The Floor

notes by Leroy Pierson
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Nighthawk 103 (US 1974)

Nighthawk Records discography

88/1977Union Avenue Breakdown
The Roots Of Rock Vol. 12

Jimmy DeBerry
- Party Line Blues
Joe Hill Louis
- Treat Me Mean And Evil
Willie Nix
- Prison Bound Blues
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Walter Horton
- Walter's Boogie
Honeyboy Edwards [mistakenly credited to Albert (Joiner) Williams]
- Sweet Home Chicago
Albert (Joiner) Williams
- Rhumba Chillen


Woodrow Adams
- The Train Is Coming [Sun/Checker unissued]
William Stewart
- Rattlesnakin' Mama
- The Call Me Talkin' Boy
Dr. Ross with Henry Hill
- That Ain't Right
Dr. Ross
- Texas Hop
Pinetop Perkins
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Chris Booker
- Walked All Night
Boyd Gilmore & Earl Hooker
- Believe I'll Settle Down


notes by Martin Hawkins

Charly CR 30127 (UK 8/1977)

91978Down South Blues   1949-1961

Lightnin' Slim
- Station Blues [previously unissued]
- Lightnin' Blues [previously unissued]
- Bad Feelin' Blues [previously unissued]
- School Boy Jump [previously unissued]
Duke Paige
- Ida May [Juke Box 520]
Hot Rod Happy (Country Jim Bledsoe)
- Worried Blues [Pacemaker 1014]
- Hot Rod Boogie [Pacemaker 1014]
John Lee Hooker
- Shake Your Boogie [previously unissued]


Woodrow Adams
- Seventh Son [Home of the Blues unissued]
- Everything I Do Is Wrong [Home of the Blues unissued]
Howlin' Wolf
- Pony Blues [aka Saddle My Pony; Chess 1515]
- Bluebird Blues [aka Bluebird; previously unissued]
James Tisdom
- Last Affair Blues [Universal-Fox 100]
- Model T Boogie [Universal-Fox 100]
Dr. Hepcat
- Hattie Green [Uptown 201]
- Hepcat's Boogie [Uptown 201]


"A Jump Back Production"
"Album Compilation: John Uhuru
Album Mixing: James Oboto
Photo Credits: Roscoe Oto Maracaibo
Album Design: William Wazoo
Lines Notes: Lucius Zanzibar"


African Folk Society 3428 (US 1978)

101985Memphis Blues
Unissued tracks from the 1950's

Woodrow Adams
- The Last Time [Sun/Checker unissued]
Dr. Ross
- Cat Squirrel
- That's Alright
William Steart
- Black Snake Boogie
- 44
Willie Carr
- Outside Friends
Raymond Hill
- Sittin' On Top Of The World
Kenneth Banks
- High

Johnny O'Neal
- Peg Leg Baby
Little Milton
- Oo-Wee Baby
Eddie Snow
- Stay With Me Baby
Rufus Thomas
- I'm Off That Stuff
Eddie Snow
- I'm All Alone
Sherman "Blues" Johnson
- Blues Jumped A Rabbit
- Hello Pretty Baby
Phineas Newborn Sr.
- Phineas' Boogie
- The Joint Is Jumping


Krazy Kat KK 7427 (UK 1985)

Krazy Kat discography

111987Mempis Harp & Piano Jam [sic]

Hot Shot Love
- Harmonica Jam
- Wolf Call Boogie

Woodrow Adams
- Pretty Baby Blues [Checker 757]
- She Done Moved [Checker 757]
Dr. Ross
- Down Town Boogie

Woodrow Adams
- Last Time [Sun/Checker unissued]
- Train Time [Sun/Checker unissued]
Mose, Joe And Walter
- Shine Boy

Lost John Hunter
- Cool Down Mama
- School Boy
Charlie Burse
- Shorty The Barber (unissued)
Mose Vinson
- Mistreatin' Boogie (unissued)
- Worry You Off My Mind (unissued)
Pinetop Perkins
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Mose Vinson
- 44 Blues (unissued)
- Come See Me (unissued)


compiled by Hitoshi Koide


P-Vine PLP 350 (Jp 1987)

12198?Take A Greyhound Bus And Ride

Jerry McCain
- Stay Out Of Automobiles
- Trying To Please
- Love To Make Out
- My Next Door Neighbour
John Hogg
- Got A Mean Evil Woman
Betty James
- I'm A Little Mixed Up
Juke Boy Bonner
- Life Is A Dirty Deal
Model T Slim
- Woman's The Glory Of Man
G.L. Crockett
- It's A Man Down There


Woodrow Adams
- Seventh Son [Home of the Blues unissued]
- Everything I Do Is Wrong [Home of the Blues unissued]
- Something On My Mind [Home of the Blues 109]
- Sad And Blue [Home of the Blues 109]
John Hogg
- Why Did You Leave Me
Little Willie Brown
- Cut It Out
Betty James
- Salt In My Coffee
McKinley James
- Tuskeegee Boogie
Little Eddie
- Listen Baby Please Be Good To Me


Moonshine BLP 117 (NL 198?)

Moonshine discography

131990Blow It 'till You Like It   Memphis Harmonica 1951-1954

Walter Horton
- Grandmother Got Grandfather Told
- In The Mood
- We All Gotta Go Sometime
- Little Walter's Boogie (tk 1)
- West Winds Are Blowing (tk 2)
- Walter Horton - Off The Wall
Houston Boines
- Cryin' In The Courthouse
Hot Shot Love
- Wolf Call Boogie
- Harmonica Jam
- Wolf Call Boogie
- Harpin' On It
- Keep Your Arms Around Me
- Got Me A New Woman
- Sweetest Gal In Town
- I'm a Poor Boy

Woodrow Adams
- Train Time [Sun/Checker unissued]
Willie Nix
- Midnight Showers Of Rain
- Prison Bound Blues
- Baker Shop Boogie
Doctor Ross
- Country Clown
- Polly Put the Kettle On
- Jukebox Boogie
- Feel So Sad
- Boogie Disease


notes by Neil Slaven

Charly/Sun CD 27 (UK 1990)

141990The Sun Blues Archives, Vol. 1 - Blue Guitar

Charly/Sun CR 1060 tracks:
Earl Hooker
- The Hucklebuck
- Mexicali Hip Shake
- Razorback
- Blue Guitar
- Red River Variations
- Move On Down The Line
- Guitar Rag

Charlie Booker
- Walked All Night
Pinetop Perkins
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (alt tk)
Lewis-Johnson Combo
- Baby Tell Me Your Name
Coy Love & Pat Hare
- Harping On It
- Wolf Call Boogie
L.B. Lawson & James Scott Blues Rockers
- Flypaper Boogie
- Missing In Action
- Scott's Boogie


Charly SUN CD 29 tracks:
Earl Hooker
- The Hucklebuck
- Mexicali Hip-Shake
- The Drive
- Razorback
- Blue Guitar
- Red River Variations
- Move On Down The Line
- Guitar Rag
Pinetop Perkins
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Boyd Gilmore
- Believe I'll Settle Down (alt tk) [Sun unissued]
Charlie Booker
- Walked All Night
Coy Love & Pat Hare
- Harping On It
- Wolf Call Boogie
L.B.Lawson & James Scott Blues Rockers
- Flipaper Boogie
- Got My Call Card
- Scotts Boggie
- Misssing In Action
- Can't Love Me And My Money Too

Woodrow Adams
- If You Don't Want Me [Sun/Checker unissued]
- The Last Time [Sun/Checker unissued]
Lewis-Johnson Combo
- Baby Tell Me Your Name
- Gonna Leave You Baby
- So Long Baby, Goodbye
- Feel So Worried


Charly/Sun LP 1060 (UK 1989)


(=) Charly/Sun CD 29 (UK 1990)

14a1991An Early Chess Blues Anthology 1947-1953

disc 1:
Sunnyland Slim
- Johnson Machine Gun
- Flyright Little Girl
Ethel Mae & Robert Nigthawk
- Down The Line
- Handsome Lover
Leroy Foster
- Shady Grove Blues
Forest City Joe
- Memory Of Sonny Boy
- Sawdust Bottom
- Lonesome Day Blues
Baby Face Leroy
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Robert Nighthawk
- Sweet Black Angel
- Anna Lee
- Return Mail Blues
Little Johnny Jones
- Big Town Playboy
- Shelby County Blues
Robert Nighthawk
- Six-Three-O
- Prison Bound
- Jackson Town Gal


disc 2:
Shoe Shine Johnny Shines
- Joliet Blues
- So Glad I Found You
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
- Big World
- Overseas
- Playhouse
Doctor Ross
- Country Clown
Big Boy Spires
- One Of These Days
- Murmur Low
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Tears

Woodrow Adams
- Pretty Baby
Blue Smitty
- Crying
- Sad Story
- Elgin Movements
Floyd Jones
- You Can't Live Long
Honeyboy Edwards
- Drop Down Mama
Gus Jenkins
- Eight Ball
Little Henry
- Matchbox Blues

2 CD set

Vogue VG 660531 (Fr 1991)

151994Blues From The Deep South
Anthology of the Blues - Archive series   Volume Four

Kent/United/Musidisc LPs track sequence:
Pinetop Slim
- John Henry   @ youtube
- Applejack Boogie (alt tk) (2:26)   @ youtube
- Fast Life   @ Spotify
Dixie Blues Boys
- Monte Carlo   @ youtube
- My Baby Left Town   @ youtube
Leroy Simpson (+ Lane Hardin)
- 13 Highway   @ youtube

Big Bill Dotson
- Sitting Down Thinking   @ youtube
- Dark Old World   @ youtube
Arkansas Johnny Todd [Lane Hardin]
- Keep Em Down   @ youtube
Johnny Harris
- Miss Darlene   @ youtube
Pinetop Slim
- Poor Boy   @ Spotify
- I'm Gonna Carry On   @ youtube




P-Vine PCD-3038 track sequence:
Pinetop Slim
- John Henry
- Applejack Boogie
- Fast Life
- Poor Boy
- I'm Gonna Carry On
Dixie Blues Boys
- Monte Carlo
- My Baby Left Town
Leroy Simpson (+ Lane Hardin)
- 13 Highway
Big Bill Dotson
- Sittin Down Thinkin
- Dark Old World
Arkansas Johnny Todd [Lane Hardin]
- Keep Em Down
Johnny Harris
- Miss Darlene

Woodrow Adams
- Wine Head Woman   @ youtube
- Baby, You Just Don't Know   @ youtube
Elmore James
- Hawaiian Boogie   @ youtube
- Please Find My Baby   @ youtube

"The names on the album were invented [by Frank Scott and Bruce Bromberg] because Joe Bihari would not issue an album with "unknown artist" listed on it." "Joe Bihari was so certain that [Leroy] Simpson were John Lee Hooker, that Hooker's name appears on the front cover [...]. The reissue team prevailed in at least giving a fictional name to the artist in the track listing on the back cover." (from Jim O'Neal's notes to Ace CD 2310)

notes (December 1969) by Frank Scott

Kent KST-9004 (1st release, gatefold cover) (US 1969)
"The names on the album were invented [by Frank Scott and Bruce Bromberg] because Joe Bihari would not issue an album with "unknown artist" listed on it." "Joe Bihari was so certain that [Leroy] Simpson were John Lee Hooker, that Hooker's name appears on the front cover [...]. The reissue team prevailed in at least giving a fictional name to the artist in the track listing on the back cover." (from Jim O'Neal's notes to Ace CD 2310)


Kent KST-9004 (2nd release, no gatefold) (US 1969/70?)


= United Superior US-7781 (US 197?)

notes by Frank Scott

= Musidisc 30 AB 5604 (Fr 1976)


(=) P-Vine PCD-3038 (Jp 1994) "Anthology of the Blues Vol. 3"

Anthology ... discography
Lane Hardin discography
Elmore James discography

161995Feel Alright
Home of the Blues

Jimmy Dotson
- Feel Alright
- Sear No More
Willie Cobbs
- You Don't Love Me
- You're So Hard To Please
Dave Dixon
- You Satisfy

Woodrow Adams
- Don't You Know I Love You [previously unreleased] #
- I Love You O Yes I Do [previously unreleased] #
Aristocrats
- Don't Go
Bowlegs Miller
- One More Time - Part One
- One More Time - Part Two
Sammy Lawhorn
- The Home Of The Blues [previously unreleased]
Cleanhead Cootsie (Fred Ford)
- Freddy The Freeloader
- Big Legs
Daddy Goodloe (Fred Ford)
- Jamil - Part One
- Jamil - Part Two
Prince Gabe & The Rhythmaires
- Marriage [previously unreleased]
- Swingin' The Big M [previously unreleased]
Daddy Goodloe (Fred Ford)
- See See Rider [previously unreleased]
- Movin' On [previously unreleased]


# rec. 1960/61 in Memphis, TN

notes by Marc Ryan

P-Vine CLUB PVC-22007 (Jp 1995)

171998The Blue Horizon Story 1965-1970 Vol. 1
A Definitive History of the UK's Most Influential Blues Label

disc 1 - The Pre-CBS Years:
- Across The Board - Hubert Sumlin
- Sumlin Boogie - Hubert Sumlin

- Baby You Just Don't Know - Woodrow Adams [Blue Horizon 45-1001]
- Winehead Woman - Woodrow Adams [Blue Horizon 45-1001]
- Christmas Time (Part 1) - Jimmy McCracklin
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenore
- I Don't Care What Nobody Say - J.B. Lenore
- Mean Old World - Doctor Isaiah Ross
- Someone To Love Me - T.S. McPhee
- I Feel So Good - Jo Ann Kelly
- Good Morning Baby - Drifting Slim
- My Sweet Woman - Drifting Slim
- Lonely Years - John Mayall & Eric Clapton
- Bernard Jenkins - John Mayall & Eric Clapton
- Superintendent Blues - Houston Boines
- Monkey Motion - Houston Boines
- Can't Quit You Baby - Savoy Brown's Blues Band
- Get Your Head Happy - Champion Jack Dupree with T.S. McPhee
- Talk All In My Sleep - Champion Jack Dupree with T.S. McPhee
- Hot Rock - Stone's Masonry
- Christine - Hound Dog Taylor
- Come Back - 'Little' Mack Simmons & His Boys
- My Walking Blues - 'Little' Mack Simmon And His Boys
- It's So Miserable To Be Alone - Eddie Boyd (with Peter Green and John McVie)
- Empty Arms - Eddie Boyd (with Peter Green and John McVie)


disc 2 - The CBS Years - part One:
- I Believe My Time Ain't Long - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
- Warning - Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation
- When My Left Eye Jumps - The Chicken Shack Featuring Stan Webb (with Christine Perfect)
- She Drives Me Out Of My Mind - Arthur K. Adams
- The Big Boat - Eddie Boyd (with Peter Green and John McVie)
- Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac
- Prison Bound Blues - Roosevelt Holts
- Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac
- How Am I Doing - Champion Jack Dupree with Stan Webb
- Can't Do Me No Good - Otis Spann
- The Woman I Love - B.B. King
- You Don't Have To Go - Curtis Jones
- Albatross [instrumental] - Fleetwood Mac
- Since My Baby Hit The Numbers - Guitar Crusher Jimmy Spruill O
- Next Time You See Me - Garfield Love Jimmy Spruill Orchestra
- Solid Gold - Johnny Shines
- Layin' In My Cell, Sleepin' - Sunnyland Slim
- It's Hard But It's Fair - Bobby Parker
- I Couldn't Quit My Baby - Bobby Parker
- Stumbling Block - Champion Jack Dupree
- I'd Rather Go Blind - Chicken Shack (with Christine Perfect)
- Temperature Is Rising (98.8) - Otis Spann With Fleetwood Mac
- All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Otis Rush And His Band


disc 3 - The CBS Years - part Two:
- Everything Gonna Be Alright - Magic Sam
- Hideaway - Chicken Shack
- My Baby's Gone - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards (with Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood)
- Mandy Lee - Coyne Clague
- Too Long - Gordon Smith
- You Don't Know My Mind - Mississippi Joe Callicott
- Judge Harsh Blues - Furry Lewis
- Drifting Blues - Bukka White
- Southern Train - Larry Johnson
- Tears In The Wind - Chicken Shack
- I'm Gonna Wind Up Ending Up Or I'm Gonna End Up Winding Up With You - Duster Bennett
- She Wants To Rock 'N' Roll - Harmonica Slim
- Moaning And Groaning - Johnny Young
- Someday Your Gonna Learn (To Treat Me Right) - George Smith
- Ridin' The Blinds - Top Topham
- Boom Boom (Out Goes The Lights) - Bacon Fat
- Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu - Jellybread
- Crazy 'Bout You Baby - Christine Perfect
- Voodoo Rhythym - Key Largo
- I Want You To Love Me - Duster Bennett
- I'm Gonna Leave You - Martha Velez
- Blues Feeling - Bacon Fat


prod. by Mike Vernon

3 CD box set
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Columbia 488992-2 (UK/EU 10/1998)

3 CD set
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3 CD set
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182006Memphis Blues
Important Postwar Blues

disc 1:
- Gotta Let You Go - Joe Hill Louis
- Boogie in the Park - Joe Hill Louis
- That Ain't Right (tk 1) - Henry Hill
- Little Soldier Boy (tk 2) - Doctor Ross
- Country Clown (tk 1) - Doctor Ross
- County Farm Blues - William Stewart
- They Call Me Talkin' Boy - William Stewart
- Easy - Jimmy & Walter
- Before Long - Jimmy & Walter
- Lonesome Ol' Jail - D.A. Hunt
- Greyhound Blues - D.A. Hunt
- Registration Day Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Rats in My Kitchen - Sleepy John Estes
- Rattlesnake Mama - William Stewart
- Forty Four Blues - William Stewart
- I Feel Like a Million - Joe Hill Louis
- Heartache Baby - Joe Hill Louis
- Shorty the Barber - Charlie Burse

- The Last Time - Woodrow Wilson Adams [Sun/Checker unissued]
- Train Is Comin' - Woodrow Wilson Adams [Sun/Checker unissued]
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Perkins
- Wolf Call Boogie - Sleepy John Estes
- Harmonica Jam - Coy "Hot Shot" Love
- Policy Man Blues (tk 1) - Coy "Hot Shot" Love
- Take a Little Chance - Jimmy DeBerry
- Tailor Made - Doctor Ross
- The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross


disc 2:
- Moanin' at Midnight - Howlin' Wolf
- Bluebird - Howlin' Wolf
- Move on Down the Line - Earl Hooker
- Hucklebuck, The - Earl Hooker
- Walter's Instrumental - Walter Horton
- Grandmother Got Grandfather Told - Walter Horton
- Midnight Showers of Rain - Willie Nix
- Prison Bound Blues - Willie Nix
- Bear Cat - Rufus Thomas
- Married Woman - Rufus Thomas
- Roscoe's Boogie - Rosco Gordon
- City Women - Rosco Gordon
- Baby, Baby - Earl Forest
- Rock the Bottle - Earl Forest
- Bad Women, Bad Whiskey - Little Parker, Jr.
- You're My Angel - Little Parker, Jr.
- Good Lovin' - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Drifting from Town to Town - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- My Baby - James Anthony Cotton
- Straighten Up Baby - James Anthony Cotton
- Work with Her Boy - Shy Guy Douglas
- Detroit Arrow Blues - Shy Guy Douglas
- Carry My Business On (tk 1) - Houston Boines
- Crying in the Courthouse (tk 1) - Houston Boines
- Walked All Night - Charley Booker
- Baby I'm Coming Home - Charley Booker
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- Bonus Pay - Pat Hare


disc 3:
- T Model Boogie - Rosco Gordon
- Saddled the Cow (And Milked the Horse) - Rosco Gordon
- Seems Like a Million Years (tk 1) - Willie Nix
- Riding in the Moonlight - Willie Nix
- Can't Love Me and My Money Too - L.B. Lawson
- Flypaper Boogie - L.B. Lawson
- Somebody Told Me - Little Milton
- If You Love Me Baby - Little Milton
- Feelin' Good - Little Junior
- Fussin' and Fightin' Blues - Little Junior
- Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love
- Blues Leave Me Alone - Billy Love
- She Comes to See Me Sometime (tk 1) - Joe Hill Louis
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Sweet Home Chicago (tk 1) - David Honeyboy Edwards
- Mistreating Boogie - Mose Vinson
- Worry You Off My Mind - Mose Vinson
- Lucy Done Moved - L.C. Hubert
- Don't Dog Me Around - Eddie Snow
- Skin and Bone (tk 1) - Eddie Snow
- Dead Letter Blues (tk 1) - Johnny O'Neal
- Ugly Woman (tk 3) - Johnny O'Neal
- You'll Be Sorry - Houston Stokes
- Blue and Lonesome - Houston Stokes
- Long Gone Raymond - Raymond Hill
- I'm Back Pretty Baby - Raymond Hill
- Blue Man (tk 1) - Kenneth Banks
- High (tk 1) - Kenneth Banks


disc 4:
- Tiger Man - Rufus Thomas
- Save That Money - Rufus Thomas
- Lookin' for My Baby - Little Milton
- Homesick for My Baby - Little Milton
- Feel So Worried - Sammy Lewis/Willie Johnson
- So Long Baby Goodbye - Sammy Lewis/Willie Johnson
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Anthony Cotton
- Hold Me in Your Arms - James Anthony Cotton
- Come Back Home (tk 1) - Howlin' Wolf
- Chocolate Drop - Howlin' Wolf
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Believe I'll Settle Down - Boyd Gilmore
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Walter Horton
- Off the Wall - Walter Horton
- Love My Baby - Little Junior
- Mystery Train - Junior Parker
- Dry Up Baby - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Crying All Night Long - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Way After Midnight (tk 1) - Billy Love
- Hey Now (tk 1) - Billy Love
- I Wronged a Woman - Earl Forest
- I Can't Forgive You - Earl Forest
- Midnight Hours Journey - Johnny Ace
- My Baby Left Me - Raymond Hill
- You're Driving Me Insane - Ike Turner
- Trouble and Heartaches - Ike Turner
- When It Rains It Pours - Billy "The Kid" Emerson
- Move Baby Move - Billy "The Kid" Emerson


4 CD set

JSP JSPCD 7777 (UK 2006)

192011Juicy Harmonica Vol. 2

- You're Too Bad - Birmingham Junior & His Lover Boys [Ebony 1007]
- 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis - Rockin' 512]
- Falling Rain Blues - Little Willy Foster [Blue Lake 113]
- Alley Corn - Earl Hooker (Little Sam Davis, hca) [Rockin' unissued]
- She's So Good To Me - Little Sam Davis [Rockin' 519]
- Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis [Rockin' 519]
- Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix (Walter Horton, hca) [Checker 756]
- Old Battle Ax - Robert Henry [King 4646]
- Opossum Rock - Sonny Boy Williams [Duplex 9005]
- Just One Mistake - Willie Nix (Walter Horton, hca) [Checker 756]
- Early In The Morning - Robert Henry [King 4646]
- Red Headed Woman - Baby Face (Little Walter, hca) [Savoy 1122]
- After-While - Papa Lightfoot [Aladdin 3171]

- Don't You Know I Love You - Woodrow Adams [Home Of The Blues unissued]
- Du Dee Squat - Little Luther [Criss Cross 110]
- Aw Shucks Baby - Little Red Walter [Le Sage 711]
- Complete This Order - James Cotton [Loma 2042]
- Laying In The Weeds - James Cotton [Loma 2042]
- Mean Old Train - Papa Lightfoot [Imperial 5289]
- Open Your Book (Daddy Wants To Read With You) - Percy Lee Crudup [Checker 754]
- Midnight Jump - Walter J. Westbrook & His Phantom Five [Bobbin 106]

- I Love You O Yes I Do - Woodrow Adams [Home Of The Blues unissued]
- Goin' Home To Mother - Little Sam Davis [Rockin' 512]
- Birmingham Late Hours - Birmingham Junior & His Lover Boys [Ebony 1007]


Sundown CD 4002 (NL 2011)

Sundown Records discography

20????Beale Street After Dark

Roy Brown
- Don't Stop Loving Me
- I Need Your Love
Dave Dixon
- Hey, Hey Pretty Baby
- That's Why You're Blue

Woodrow Adams
- Something On My Mind #
Willie Cobbs
- You Ain't Treatin' Your Daddy Right
Sammy Lawhorn
- 107 Beale
Thelma Brewer
- My Man
Joseph Cooke
- The Way You Make Me Feel
- Waiting For My Baby
Prince Gabe & The Rhythmaires
- Muddy Trail
- Beale Street After Dark
Charles James
- One Mint Julep
- Please Wait
- It's Alright
- Thief In The Night
- Rockin' Chair
Fred Ford and his Band
- Down Home
Roy Brown
- Peace Of Mind Blues


# rec. 1960/61 in Memphis, TN

notes by Marc Ryan

more info at Stephen LaVere's (†) www.deltahaze.com page

212013Rockin' Rhythm & Blues From Memphis

- Rocking All The Time - Roy Brown
- You Satisfy - Dave Dixon
- Little Schoolgirl - Larry Birdsong
- Hokin' - Willie Mitchell
- I Got To Know - The '5' Royales
- Oh So Wonderful - Roy Brown With Mamie Dell Merriwether
- You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
- Big M - Billy Adams
- Flip Flop And Fly - Billy Lee Riley
- Not Going To Cry - The '5' Royales
- Feel Alright - Jimmy Dotson

- Don't You Know I Love You - Woodrow Adams
- Stroll - Willie Mitchell
- Continental Time - Larry Birdsong
- Rock 'n' Roll Jamboree - Roy Brown
- Don't Go - The Aristocrats
- Teenage Letter - Billy Lee Riley
- She Did Me Wrong - The '5' Royales
- Thief In The Night - Charles James
- Hey Hey Pretty Baby - Dave Dixon
- One More Time Part 1 - Gene ''Bowlegs'' Miller
- I'll Let Nothing Separate Me From Your Love - Larry Birdsong
- They Don't Know - The '5' Royales
- One Mint Julep - Willie Mitchell
- Big Legs - Cleanhead Cootsie
- Talk About My Woman - The '5' Royales
- Freddy The Freeloader - Cleanhead Cootsie

- Something On My Mind - Woodrow Adams
- You're So Hard To Please - Willie Cobbs
- One Mint Julep - Charles James
- Had The Blues (Twist) - Billy Adams
- The Home Of The Blues - Sammy Lawhorn



Stomper Time STCD 31

222013The Sun Blues Box   1950-1958

disc 1:
Lost John Hunter and the Blind Bats
- Cool Down Mamma
- Schoolboy
- Y-M And V Blues
- Boogie For Me Baby
Charlie Burse
- Shorty The Barber
Joe Hill Louis
- Boogie In The Park
- Gotta Let You Go
'Sleepy' John Estes
- Registration Day Blues
- Policy Man
- Rats In My Kitchen
- Runnin' Around
Doctor Ross & His Jump And Jive Boys
- Doctor Ross Boogie
- Country Clown
- Cat Squirrel
- Little Soldier Boy
- Shake 'Em On Down
- Down South Blues (aka Lacey Belle)
- Texas Hop
LB Lawson & James Scott Jr.
- Can't Love Me And My Money Too
- Flypaper Boogie
- Got My Call Card
- Scott's Boogie
William 'Talking Boy' Stewart
- They Call Me Talking Boy
- County Farm Blues
- Forty-Four Blues
- Rattlesnakin' Mama

Woodrow Adams & Three Bs
- Pretty Baby Blues
- She's Done Come And Gone
- If You Don't Want Me
- Last Time
- Train Time
- Train Is Comin'

10 CD box set
184 page booklet

Bear Family BCD 17310 (Germany 2013)

Sun Blues Boxes discography

23201?The Home Of The Blues Story

Billy Adams
Woodrow Adams
- ???
Larry Birdsong
Roy Brown
Willie Cobbs
Dave Dixon
Jimmy Dotson
The "5" Royales
Fred Ford
Harmonica Frank
Sammy Lawhorn
"Bowlegs" Miller
Willie Mitchell
Ed Lowman Pauling
Prince Gabe & The Rhythmaires
Billy Lee Riley
Billy Yates
many others

rec. 1960/61 in Memphis, TN

4-CD box set
notes by Marc Ryan

"currently in production"

more info at Stephen LaVere's (†) www.deltahaze.com page

242015Woodrow Adams: This Is The Blues Vol. 4
A Collection of Authentic Blues Recordings

- Pretty Baby Blues [Checker 757]
- She's Done Come And Gone [Checker 757]
- If You Don't Want Me [Sun/Checker unissued]
- The Last Time [Sun/Checker unissued]
- The Train Is Coming [Sun/Checker unissued]
- Train Time [Sun/Checker unissued]
- Wine Headed Woman [Meteor 5018]
- Baby You Just Don't Know [Meteor 5018]
- Something On My Mind [Home of the Blues 109]
- Sad And Blue [Home of the Blues 109]
- Seventh Son [Home of the Blues unissued]
- Everything I Do Is Wrong [Home of the Blues unissued]
- Don't You Know I Love You [Home of the Blues unissued]
- I Love You O Yes I Do [Home of the Blues unissued]
- How Long [originally unissued]
- Pony Blues [originally unissued]

Vinyl LP

Be! Sharp 6092 (Germany 2015) Limited Edition of 500 copies

front cover design loosely based on the 1963 "This Is The Blues" series on the German Brunswick label:

Brunswick EP 10354 "Rosetta Howard - This Is The Blues Vol. 4"



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 192
- David Evans: Big Road Blues, Tradition and Creativity in the Folk Blues.- Berkeley (University of California Press) 1982
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 3-4
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 12
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 27-28
- http://markattheflicks.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html
- http://www.deltahaze.com/Mimosa_Records_Productions_Catalog_HOTB.html
- http://myweb.clemson.edu/~campber/chess1.html
- http://www.706unionavenue.nl/70661161
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Steve Franz, Marc Claes, Jim O'Neal, Paul Vernon, John Tefteller and Eric Edwardson for additional info / scans

 

Fiddlin' Joe Martin and W O O D R O W   A D A M S, Robinsonville, Mississippi, April 18, 1971; source: Postcard from a postcard book by Stephen C. LaVere (Pomegranate Artbooks 1989, revised 1993); photographer: Stephen LaVere
Fiddlin' Joe Martin and Woodrow Adams, Robinsonville, Mississippi, April 18, 1971
source: Postcard from postcard book by Stephen C. LaVere (Pomegranate Artbooks 1989, revised 1993)
photographer: Stephen LaVere

 

 

 

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