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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

G R A C E   B R I M; source: Blues Who's Who, p. 66
source: Blues Who's Who, p. 66
photographer: Amy O'Neal
Grace and John Brim
Grace / Gracie Brim
née Grace Millard   b. July 10, 1923 in Biscoe, Arkansas

d. June 28, 1999 in Gary, Indiana
buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Gary, Indiana

John Brim
John Charles Brim   b. April 10, 1922 near Hopkinsville, Kentucky

d. October 1, 2003 in Gary, Indiana
buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Gary, Indiana
discography
J O H N   B R I M; source: Back cover of BRP 2016
John Brim, 1953   source: Back cover of BRP 2016

XTRA Records discography
#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11950BIG MACEO MERRIWEATHER

- Leaving Blues (A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Have You Heard About It? (B)   @ youtube

rec. c. 1950 in Detroit, MI; Big Maceo Merriweather, voc, p (left hand); James Watkins, p (right hand); John Brim, g; Alonzo Tucker, dr


Fortune 137

Big Maceo Merriweather discography

21950JOHN BRIM AND HIS COMBO

- Strange Man (A) (2:35)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Mean Man Blues (B)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1950 in Detroit, MI; Grace Brim, voc, hca; John Brim, g; Big Maceo Merryweather (left hand), James Watkins (right hand), p


Fortune 801

Big Maceo Merriweather discography

   

- Strange Man (alt tk) (2:06 3:06)   @ youtube

rec. c. 1950 in Detroit, MI; Grace Brim, voc, hca; John Brim, g; Big Maceo Merryweather (left hand), James Watkins (right hand), p

Fortune unissued

Fortune FTS 3012

Big Maceo Merriweather discography

   

- Bus Driver   @ youtube

rec. c. 1950 in Detroit, MI; John Brim, voc, g; Big Maceo Merryweather, p

Fortune unissued

Fortune LP 8018
(cancelled)

Fantastic Voyage FVTD070

Big Maceo Merriweather discography

31950BIG MACEO MERRIWEATHER

- Worried Life Blues No. 2 (A)   @ youtube
- Strange To Me Blues (B)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. c. 1950 in Detroit, MI; Big Maceo Merriweather, voc, p (left hand); James Watkins, p (right hand); John Brim, g; Alonzo Tucker, dr


Fortune 805

Big Maceo Merriweather discography

   

- Without You My Life Don't Mean A Thing #   @ youtube
- Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool []   @ youtube

rec. c. 1950 in Detroit, MI; Big Maceo Merriweather, voc, p (left hand); Grace Brim, hca; James Watkins, p (right hand); John Brim, g; Alonzo Tucker, dr

Fortune unissued

# Fortune FTS 3002
[] Fortune FTS 3012

Big Maceo Merriweather discography

41951JOHN BRIM

- Dark Clouds (G101)   @ youtube
- Lonesome Man Blues (G102)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1951 in St. Louis, MO; John Brim, voc, g; Roosevelt Sykes, p


Random 201

Roosevelt Sykes discography

51951MRS. JOHN BRIM

- Going Down The Line (G103)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Leaving Daddy Blues (G104)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1951 in St. Louis, MO; Grace Brim, voc; John Brim, g; Roosevelt Sykes, p


Random 202

Roosevelt Sykes discography

61951JOHN BRIM TRIO

- Trouble In The Morning (JB41534 [sic], A)   @ Spotify
- Humming Blues (JB41535 [sic], B) #   @ Spotify

rec. September 27, 1951 in Chicago, IL; John Brim, voc, g, # humming; Sunnyland Slim, p, # humming; Moody Jones, b


J.O.B. 110

   

- Young And Wild (JB41531) # *
- I Love My Baby (JB41532-1) # *
- I Love My Baby (JB41532-2) *

rec. September 27, 1951 in Chicago, IL; John Brim, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Moody Jones, b

J.O.B. unissued

# P-Vine PLP 9020

* Flyright FLY 568

78/1952Grace Brim
Queen of the Harmonica

- Man Around My Door (51-922) [same song as "Strange Man" on Fortune] #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Hospitality Blues (51-921)   @ youtube   @ Spotify



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Hard Pill To Swallow (51923-1) [Juke Joint 1501, P-Vine PLP 9020, Flyright FLY 568]   @ youtube
- Hard Pill To Swallow (51923-2) [Flyright FLY 594]

rec. August 22, 1952 at Modern Recording Studio, Chicago; Grace Brim, voc, # hca, dr; John Brim, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p

"Man Around My Door" is a remake of "Strange Man" from the 1950 Fortune session, "Hospitality Blues" is a variant of "Catfish Blues"


J.O.B. 117 (US 8/1952)

81953JOHN BRIM and His Trio

- Over Nite (U-1016) (actually SUNNYLAND SLIM's "Woman Trouble") #   @ youtube
- Drinking Woman (S1924 [sic, should be 51924] *   @ youtube

# rec. c. October 1952 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Ernest Cotton, ts; John Brim, eg; Pete Franklin, g; Ernest 'Big' Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr
* rec. August 22, 1952 at Modern Recording Studio, Chicago; John Brim, voc, g; Grace Brim, hca, dr; Sunnyland Slim, p; Eddie Taylor, g


J.O.B. JOB 1011

Flyright FLYCD 31
Paula PCD-15
Opal OCD 110
Westside WESA 910
Westside CD WESD 233
Classics CD 5171

   

- Don't Leave Me (No Name Blues) (1014) #
- Moonlight Blues (1015) #
- Couldn't Take My Rest

rec. 1952 in Chicago, IL; John Brim, voc, g; Ernest Cotton. ts; Sunnyland Slim, p; Pete Franklin, g; Ernest 'Big Boy' Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr

J.O.B. unissued

# P-Vine PLP 9020, Flyright FLY 568

   

- City Of New Orleans (U-1017)

rec. late 1952 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, p; John Brim, eg; Ernest Cotton, ts; Pete Franklin, g; Ernest 'Big' Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr

J.O.B. unissued

Westside WESA 910;
Classics CD 5171

Guitar Pete Franklin discography

94/1953John Brim

- Rattlesnake (U4350)   @ youtube
- It Was A Dream (U4351)   @ youtube

rec. March 1953 in Chicago, IL; John Brim, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Louis Myers, Dave Myers, g, Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr


Checker 769 (US 4/1953) [withdrawn before release]

Little Walter discography

   

- Ice Cream Man (U7505) [Blue Horizon 7-63204, Chess 1537]   @ youtube
- Life Time Baby (U7506) [Blue Horizon 7-63204, Chess CD 9114]   @ youtube

rec. May 4, 1953 in Chicago, IL; John Brim, voc, g 1); Little Walter, hca; Eddie Taylor & Jimmy Rogers, g; Elga Edmonds, dr

1) Scott Dirks @ facebook: "John Brim told me he did not play guitar on 'Ice Cream Man', even though most discographies indicate that he did."

Chess unissued

Little Walter discography

107/1953JIMMY REED and His Trio

- High And Lonesome (53-104) #   @ youtube
- Roll And Rhumba (53-107)   @ youtube

rec. poss. June 6, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Mathis Jimmy Reed, hca, # voc; John Brim, g; b; Albert King or Morris Wilkerson, dr


Chance 1142

 
= Vee Jay 100

Jimmy Reed discography

111/1954JIMMY REED And His Trio

- I Found My Baby (53-106) #   @ youtube
- Jimmies Boogie [sic] (53-105)   @ youtube

rec. poss. June 6, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Reed, hca, # voc; John Brim, g; b; Albert King or Morris Wilkerson, dr


Vee Jay 105

Jimmy Reed discography

11a1953ALBERT KING

- Be On Your Merry Way (P-53177)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Bad Luck Blues (P-53178)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Little Boy Blue (P-53175-1) [Relic LP 8024]   @ youtube
- Little Boy Blue (P-53175-2) [Blue Night BN0731669, Relic CD 7015]   @ youtube
- Sweet Woman (P-53176) ) [Blue Night BN0731669]
- Hand Me Down Blues [alt of above] (P-53176-2) [Relic LP 8024]   @ youtube
- Murder (P-53179) [Chess LP 1538]   @ Spotify

rec. November 30, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Albert Nelson, voc, g; Johnny Jones, p; John Brim, g; Willie Dixon, b; Grace Brim, dr


Parrot 798

Little Johnny Jones discography

124/1954JOHN BRIM and his Stompers

- Tough Times (P-53194) #   @ youtube
- Gary Stomp (P-53195) (instr)   @ youtube

rec. March 1954 in Chicago, IL; John Brim, g, # voc; Jimmy Reed, hca 1); Eddie Taylor, g; Grace Brim, dr

1) more likely Snooky Pryor


 
Parrot 799 (US 4/1954)

Snooky Pryor discography

138/1954Sunnyland Slim and His Boys

- Shake It Baby (1009-A) *   @ youtube
- Woman Trouble (= Over Nite = Overnite) (U-1016) #   @ youtube

* rec. 1953/54 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, p; Ernest Cotton, ts; unidentified, eg; Ernest 'Big' Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr; unidentified female, voc [formerly released as Ebony 1009]
# rec. c. October 1952 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, p; Ernest Cotton, ts; John Brim, eg; Pete Franklin, g; Ernest 'Big' Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr


J.O.B. 1105

Flyright FLYCD 31
Paula PCD-15
Opal OCD 110
Westside WESA 910
Westside CD WESD 233
Classics CD 5171

Guitar Pete Franklin discography

142/1955JOHN BRIM And His Gary Kings

- Go Away (7666)   @ youtube
- That Ain't Right (7667)   @ youtube

rec. January 1955 in Chicago, IL; John Brim, voc, g; James Dalton, hca; W.C. Dalton, g; Grace Brim, dr


Chess 1588 (US 2/1955)

155/1956JOHN BRIM and his Gary Kings

- I Would Hate To See You Go [Be Careful] (8080)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- You Got Me Where You Want Me (8081 [on label: 8082])   @ youtube

rec. April 5, 1956 in Chicago, IL; John Brim, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

   
Chess 1624 (US 5/1956)

Little Walter discography
Robert Lockwood Jr. discography

15a1958LITTLE SONNY

- I Gotta Find My Baby (FR 3060) #   @ youtube
- Hear My Woman Calling (FR 3061)   @ youtube

rec. April 1958 in Detroit, MI by Joe Von Battle; Aaron "Little Sonny" Willis, voc, # hca; Chuck Smith, p; John Brim, g; George DeLoach, b; James "Jim Due" Crawford, dr

 
Duke 186


LP / CD compilations
161964Jimmy Reed: The Legend - The Man

- High And Lonesome [Vee Jay 100]
- You Don't Have To Go
- Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
- You Got Me Dizzy
- Honest I Do
- Going To New York

- Baby What You Want Me To Do
- Big Boss Man
- Bright Lights Big City
- Aw Shucks Hush Your Mouth
- Shame Shame Shame
- I'm Going Upside Your Head

Vee Jay LP includes parts of an interview with Jimmy Reed and Calvin Carter as introductions to each song [not included on later issues!]


Vee Jay VJLP 8501 (mono)
= VJS 8501 (stereo)


= Exodus EX 324 (mono)
= EXS 324 (stereo)(1966)

= Joy JOYS111 (UK 1968)

Jimmy Reed discography

171965Chicago Blues - The Early 1950s

Homesick James
- Homesick
Baby Face Leroy
- Boll Weevil
- Rollin' & Tumblin' - pt. 1
Little Walter
- Muskadine
J. B. Hutto
- Dim Lights
- Things Are So Slow
Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years
Baby Face Leroy
- Rollin' & Tumblin' - pt. 2

Junior Wells
- Hoodoo Man
Little Willie Foster
- Falling Rain Blues
Snooky & Moody
- Stockyard Blues
Johnny Young
- Money Taking Woman
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
Big Walter
- Hard Hearted Woman
Robert Nighthawk
- Kansas City Blues

John Brim
- Tough Times [Parrot 799]

notes by Chris A. Strachwitz

Blues Classics BC 8 (US 1965)

Blues Classics discography

17a1966Let Me Tell You About The Blues   Volume One

Floyd Jones
- Keep What You Got
Ernest Lewis
- No More Lovin'
- West Coast Blues
Little Hudson
- Rough Treatment
Howlin' Wolf
- Passing By Blues

John Brim
- Gary Stomp
Eddie Hope
- Lost Child

J.B. Hutto
- Combination Boogie
- Now She's Gone
West Texas Slim
- Little Mae Bell
- Loudella
Eddie Hope
- A Fool No More
Danny Boy
- Kokomo Me Baby
The Howling Wolf
- I Want Your Picture
- My Baby Stole Off


notes by Mike Leadbitter

Blue Horizon LP 2 [only 99 copies pressed]

Blue Horizon Records discography

181968


Elmore James / John Brim: Tough

Elmore James
- Stormy Monday Blues [Chess unissued]   @ youtube
- Going For Good [Checker 777 'She Just Won't Do Right']   @ youtube

John Brim
- Lifetime Baby [Chess unissued]   @ youtube
Elmore James
- I See My Baby [Chess unissued]   @ youtube

John Brim
- Be Careful What You Do [Chess 1624]   @ youtube
Elmore James
- The Sun Is Shining [Chess 1756, unedited]   @ youtube


John Brim
- You Got Me [Chess 1624]   @ youtube
Elmore James
- Whose Muddy Shoes [Chess unissued]   @ youtube
- Madison Blues [Chess unissued]   @ youtube

John Brim
- Ice Cream Man [Chess unissued]   @ youtube
Elmore James
- My Best Friend [Chess unissued]   @ youtube
- Talk To Me Baby [Chess 1756 'I Can't Hold Out']   @ youtube

notes by Neil Slaven

Blue Horizon S 7-63204 (UK 1968)

notes by Neil Slaven

= Blue Horizon S 7-63204 (Germany 1968)

Blue Horizon Records discography
Elmore James discography

191969Blues People

Baby Boy Warren
- My Special Friend Blues
- Nervy Woman Blues
Robert Nighthawk
- Six Three O
- Jackson Town Girl
Snooky Pryor
- Boogy Fool
- Raisin' Sand
Mumbles (Walter Horton)
- Little Boy Blue
- Now Tell Me Baby

John Brim Trio
- Trouble In The Morning [J.O.B. 110]
- Humming Blues [J.O.B. 110]
Snooky Pryor
- I'm Getting Tired
- Going Back On The Road
Little Son Willis
- Roll Me Over Slow
- Baby Come Back Home
Lazy Bill Lucas and His Blue Rhythms
- She Got Me Walkin'
- I Had A Dream


Highway 51 H-102

Highway 51 Records discography

2010/1969


Elmore James / John Brim: Whose Muddy Shoes

John Brim
- Ice Cream Man [Blue Horizon S 7-63204]
Elmore James
- Whose Muddy Shoes [Checker unissued]
- Madison Blues [Chess unissued]
- I See My Baby [Checker unissued]

John Brim
- You Got Me [Chess 1624]
Elmore James
- My Best Friend [Checker unissued]
- The Sun Is Shining [Chess unissued]


Elmore James
- Talk To Me Baby [Chess 1756 'I Can't Hold Out']

John Brim
- Rattlesnake [Checker 769, withdrawn before release]
- Be Careful [Chess 1624]
Elmore James
- Dust My Broom [Checker 777 'She Just Won't Do Right']
- Tool Bag Boogie [Checker 777 'Country Boogie']

John Brim
- Tough Times [Parrot 799]
Elmore James
- Call It Stormy Monday [Chess unissued]


bonus track (track 8) on Chess CD CHD-9114:
John Brim
- Lifetime Baby

bonus tracks on Universal CD
Elmore James
- The Sun Is Shining (alt tk) [Argo LP 4034]

John Brim
- Gary Stomp [Parrot 799]


notes by Pete Welding

Chess 1537 (UK)

= Chess AWX-6133 (Jp 1974)

notes by Pete Welding
(transl. by Ivano Amati)

= Blues Rock BRP 2016
(It 1981)

= Chess CXMP2007 (UK 1982)
= Chess GCH 8097 (UK 1982)


= P-Vine PLP-823 (Jp 1983)


= Chess CHD-9114 (US 1984)


= Chess CHD-9114 (US 1991)


= Universal UICY-3443 (Jp 2004)

Elmore James discography

quite a few more LP/CD
releases @ discogs.com

21196?Blues Sounds of the Hastings Street Era
(The Original Detroit Blues)

Doctor Ross
- San Francisco Breakdown

Big Maceo Merriweather
- Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool [previously unissued]
John Lee Hooker
- Have Mercy On Poor Me

Gracie Brim
- Strange Man (alt tk) (2:06 3:06) [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Calvin Frazier
- Lilly Mae

The Richard Brothers
- Stolen Property
Henry Smith
- Dog Me Blues
Big Jack Reynolds
- Going Down Slow
Bobo Jenkins
- Seasick And Waterbound
Eddie Kirkland
- I Must Have Done Somebody Wrong


compiled by Jack Brown

notes by Richard Pohrt

Fortune FTS 3012

21a1969Albert King / Otis Rush: Door To Door

Albert King
- Searching For A Woman
- Bad Luck [Parrot 798]
Otis Rush
- So Close
Albert King
- Howlin' For My Darling
Otis Rush
- I Can't Stop
Albert King
- Won't Be Hangin' Around
Otis Rush
- I'm Satisfied

- All Your Love
- You Know My Love

Albert King
- Merry Way [Parrot 798]
- Wild Woman
- Murder [Parrot unissued]
Otis Rush
- So Many Roads, So Many Trains
Albert King
- California Blues


photography front cover by James Powell
photography back cover by Ray Flerlage


Chess LP 1538 (US 1969)

= Polarvox Chess-LP 102 (Finland 1986)

= MCA / Chess CD 9322 (US 1990)

= MCA MVCM-22028 (Jp)

= Dol DOL1467 (EU 2014)

Otis Rush discography

221970Black Cat Trail

Elmore James
- Hawaiian Blues
Big Boy Spires
- Murmur Low
Johnny Howard
- Vacation Blues
Slim Pickens
- Bad Woman Blues
Robert Nighthawk
- Crying Won't Help You

Grace Brim
- Strange Man (alt tk) [Fortune FTS 3012]   @ youtube
Willie Lane
- Black Cat Rag

Otis Hinton
- Walking Down Hill
Snooky Pryor
- Boogie Twist
Black Diamond
- T. P. Railer
Chicago Sunny Boy
- Western Union Man
Baby Face Leroy
- Pet Rabbit
Rev. Utah Smith
- God's Mighty Hand
Country Paul
- Black Cat Trail


Mamlish S-3800

Mamlish Records discography

231971Big Maceo Merriweather and John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker
- It's My Own Fault
- Juke Bug
- Blues For Big Town
- Big Fine Woman
- Miss Sadie Mae (Curl My Baby's Hair)


Big Maceo Merriweather
- Leaving Blues #
- Have You Heard About It #
- Strange To Me #
- Worried Life Blues No. 2 #
- Without You My Life Don't Mean A Thing # [] [previously unissued]
- Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool # []

# rec. c. 1950 in Detroit, MI; Big Maceo Merriweather, voc, p; [] Grace Brim, hca; James Watkins, p (right hand only?); John Brim, g; Alonzo Tucker, dr

"Eloise..." listed by Fancourt & McGrath as released on FTS 3002, but actuallly included on Fortune LP FTS 3012


Fortune FTS 3002

Big Maceo Merriweather discography

241971JOHN BRIM

- You Put The Hurt On Me   @ youtube
- Movin' Out   @ youtube

rec. 1971; John Brim, voc, g; John Brim Jr., g; Ernest Brim, b; Grace Brim, dr

7 inch 45 rpm

BB Records 1001 [John & Grace Brim's label]

251 (fall 1970)

M 100 (1971)
On The Road Again
An Anthology Of Chicago Blues 1947-1954

lp 1 track sequence:
Floyd Jones & His Trio
- On The Road Again
Baby Face Leroy Trio
- Red Headed Woman
Johnny Shines
- Brutal Hearted Woman (U 2339)

John Brim Trio
- Trouble In The Morning [J.O.B. 110]
J.B. & His Hawks
- Now She's Gone
Snooky And Moody
- Keep What You Got
Little Walter Trio
- Bad Acting Woman

Johnny Shines
- Evening Sun (U 2337)
Little Walter Trio
- Moonshine Blues
Delta Joe
- Roll, Tumble And Slip
J.B. & His Hawks
- Pet Cream Man
Othum Brown
- Ora Nelle Blues

John Brim Trio
- Humming Blues [J.O.B. 110]
Little Walter Trio
- I Just Keep Lovin' Her
J.B. & His Hawks
- Lovin' You

M 100 / XTRA 1133 track sequence:
Floyd Jones & His Trio
- On The Road Again
Snooky And Moody
- Keep What You Got
Delta Joe
- Roll, Tumble And Slip
Little Walter Trio
- Bad Acting Woman
- I Just Keep Lovin' Her
- Moonshine Blues
Baby Face Leroy Trio
- Red Headed Woman
Othum Brown
- Ora Nelle Blues

Johnny Shines
- Evening Sun (U 2337)
- Brutal Hearted Woman (U 2339)

John Brim Trio
- Humming Blues [J.O.B. 110]
- Trouble In The Morning [J.O.B. 110]
J.B. & His Hawks
- Lovin' You
- Pet Cream Man
- Now She's Gone


disc to tape transfer by Pete Welding
original recordings provided by Frank Scott and Bruce Bromberg
Muskadine 1 has Rick Griffin cover art

notes (4-pp. insert) by "Fats Terminal"

Muskadine 1 (US, fall 1970)

notes by John Harmer and Frank Scott

(=) Muskadine M 100 (US 1971)

notes by John Harmer and Frank Scott

= XTRA 1133 (UK 1973)

Muskadine Records discography
XTRA discography

261971Nothing But The Blues
The record companion to Hanover Publications' book "Nothing But The Blues" compiled by the Editors of Blues Unlimited

LP 1:
J.B. Lenoir - I Don't Care What Nobody Say [Blue Horizon 1004]
Juke Boy Bonner - Runnin' Shoes [Blues Unlimited 101]
Doctor Ross - Goin' Down Slow [Blue Horizon LP-1]
Model 'T' Slim - Woman's The Glory Of Man [Audio Blues AB-1933-A]
Little Mack Simmons - Come Back [C.-J. 606]
Johnny Shines - Pipeline Blues [Blue Horizon 7-63212]

Boozoo Chavis - Forty One Days [Folk Star 1201]
Hop Wilson - That Wouldn't Satisfy [Goldband G-1071]
Big Walter - My Tears [Flyright LP 4700]
Lonesome Sundown - I Stood By [Excello 2145]
Arthur Gunter - Don't Leave Me Now [Excello 2147]
Rockin' Sydney - Keep On Pushin' [previously unissued]


LP 2:
B.B. King - Eyesight To The Blind [Kent 441]
Otis Rush - All Your Love (I Miss Loving) [Cobra 5032]
Buddy Guy - Sit And Cry (The Blues) [Artistic 1501]

John Brim - Lifetime Baby [previously unissued]
Elmore James - Goin' For Good [previously unissued]
Magic Sam - All Night Long [Cobra 5025]

Lightnin' Slim - Greyhound Blues [Excello 2252]
Slim Harpo - Loving You (The Way I Do) [Excello 2282]
Otis Spann - Can't Do Me No Good [Blue Horizon 57-3142]
Sunnyland Slim - Midnight Jump [Blue Horizon 7-63213]
Johnny Young - Moaning And Groaning [Blue Horizon 7-63852]
George Smith - Telephone Blues [Blue Horizon7-63858]


compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Mike Vernon

2 LP set
notes by Mike Leadbitter

CBS 66278 (UK 1971)

DLP accompanying the book by the same title:

Mike Leadbitter (ed.): Nothing But The Blues.- London / New York (Hanover Books / Oak Publications) 1971

271972Chicago Blues Anthology

Album 1:
- Tough Times - John Brim [Parrot 799]
- Anna Lee - Robert Nighthawk
- So Glad I Found You - Johnny Shines
- Having Fun - Memphis Slim
- Goin' Away Baby - Jimmy Rogers
- I Don't Know - Willie Mabon

- Dark Road - Floyd Jones
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Eisenhower Blues - J.B. Lenoir
- By Myself - Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam
- Murmur Low - Big Boy Spires

- Rattlesnake - John Brim [Checker 769, withdrawn before release]

Album 2:
- I See My Baby - Elmore James
- Korea Blues - J.B. Lenoir
- You Can't Live Long - Floyd Jones
- I Can't Stop - Willie Dixon
- Third Degree - Eddie Boyd
- Ten Years Ago - Buddy Guy


- Be Careful - John Brim [Chess 1624]
- Jackson Town Gal - Robert Nighthawk
- The World's In A Tangle - Jimmy Rogers
- You Know My Live - Willie Dixon
- My Time After A While - Buddy Guy
- Chicago Bound - Jimmy Rogers

2 LP set
notes by Pete Welding

Chess 2CH 60012

= Chess CH 50 011 (Fr 1972)

= Chess CXMD4053 (UK Chess Masters)


= Chess/MCA 2CH 92520 (US 1984)

281972Take A Little Walk With Me
The Blues in Chicago 1948-1957

J.B. Hutto
- Combination Boogie
Willie Nix
- All By Yourself
Floyd Jones
- Any Old Lonesome Day
Eddie Taylor
- Big Town Playboy
Little Willie Foster
- Little Girl
John Lee Henley
- Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door
Robert Nighthawk
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman

John Brim
- Gary Stomp [Parrot 799]

Lazy Bill Lucas
- She Got Me Walkin'
Willie Nix
- Nervous Wreck
Floyd Jones
- Skinny Woman

Grace Brim
- Going Down The Line [Random 202]
Johnny Young
- My Baby Walked Out
Little Walter
- Blue Baby
Jimmy Rogers
- Ludella No. 2
Baby Face Leroy
- Take A Little Walk With Me



Grace Brim
- Mean Man Blues [Fortune 801]
Robert Nighthawk
- Feel So Bad
Homesick James
- The Woman I Love
Lazy Bill Lucas
- I Had A Dream
Willie Nix
- No More Love
Floyd Jones
- Floyd's Blues
John Lee Henley
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
Memphis Minnie
- World Of Trouble

Johnny Young
- Let Me Ride Your Mule
Floyd Jones
- Big World

John Brim
- Drinking Woman [J.O.B. 1011]
Memphis Minnie
- Kissing In The Dark
Willie Nix
- Just Can't Stay
Junior Wells
- Tomorrow Night
Little Willie Foster
- Crying The Blues
Johnny Shines
- Living In The White House


compiled, annotated and produced by Leroy Pierson

gatefold DLP
notes by Leroy J. Pierson

Boogie Disease BD 101/2 [Leroy Pierson's first (one record) label, 500 copies only]

291976Chicago Slickers 1948-1953

Little Walter
- I Want My Baby
Floyd Jones
- School Days
- Hard Time
Forest City Joe
- A Woman On Every Street
Little Walter
- Just Keep Lovin' Her

John Brim
- Dark Clouds [Random 201]
- Lonesome Man Blues [Random 201]
Earl Hooker
- Sweet Angel

Johnny Shines
- Ramblin'
- Cool Driver
Homesick James
- Lonesome Ole Train
- Farmer's Blues
Delta Joe
- Train Time
Big Boy Spires
- About To Lose My Mind
Floyd Jones
- Early Morning

notes by Leroy Pierson

Nighthawk 102

Nighthawk Records discography

301976Jimmy Reed: Big Boss Man
Memorial Album Vol. 1

- Found My Baby
- Roll & Rhumba
- You Don't Have To Go
- Boogie In The Dark
- Shoot My Baby [prev. unissued]
- Rockin' With Reed
- Come On Baby [prev. unissued]

- Ain't That Loving You Baby
- When You Left Me [prev. unissued]
- My First Plea
- You Got Me Dizzy
- Do The Thing [prev. unissued]
- Little Rain
- Signals Of Love


- Honest I Do
- Odds & Ends
- My Bitter Seed
- Ends & Odds
- A String To Your Heart
- You Got Me Crying
- Down In Virginia

- I'm Gonna Get My Baby
- Caress Me Baby
- I Know It's A Sin
- You In That Sack [prev. unissued]
- Going To New York
- Take Out Some Insurance
- Big Boss Man

"Memorial Album Vol. 2" never happened

DLP
notes by Alan Balfour

DJM DJD 28033 (UK)

311977After Midnight - Chicago Blues 1952-1957

J.B. Hutto
- Price Of Love
Jimmy Reed
- State Street Boogie

Grace Brim
- Hospitality Blues [J.O.B. 117]
- Man Around My Door [J.O.B. 117]
Howlin' Wolf
- Sweet Woman
- Dorothy Mae
Tampa Red
- Please Mr. Doctor
- I Should Have Loved Her More

Eddie Taylor
- Stroll Out West
- Find My Baby
Baby Face Leroy
- Pet Rabbit
- Louella
Curtis Jones
- Flamin' Blues
- Upside Down Blues
L.C. McKinley
- Rosalie Blues
- Pains In My Heart



Delta Swing 379


Van Halen.- Warner Bros. 1978
containing a cover of John Brim's "Ice Cream Man"
321978Blues Is Killing Me
14 Rare Performances

Leroy Foster - Blues Is Killin' Me   @ youtube
Robert Lockwood - Dust My Broom   @ youtube

Grace Brim - Man Around My Door   @ youtube
Floyd Jones - Big World   @ youtube
J.B. Lenoir - How Much More   @ youtube
Moody Jones - Please Somebody   @ youtube
Harry Brooks - Black Mare   @ youtube

"poss. "Elga Edmonds" [Elga Edmonds]" [actually Ernest 'Little Son Joe' Lawlars] - Ethel Bea   @ youtube
Eddie Boyd - Hard Headed Woman   @ youtube
Sunnyland Slim - The Devil Is A Busy Man   @ youtube
B.B. King - Recession Blues   @ youtube

John & Grace Brim - Hard Pill To Swallow (tk 1)   @ youtube
Memphis Minnie and Her Combo - World Of Trouble   @ youtube
Percy Parham - Just A Mouse   @ deezer


the woman depicted on the front cover is Fannie Brewer, wife of Jim Brewer

notes by Pete Welding

Juke Joint 1501

331980

John Brim / Little Hudson
Classic Early 1950s Chicago Blues

P-Vine PLP 9020 track sequence:
John Brim
- Young And Wild [JOB unissued]
- I Love My Baby (tk 1) [JOB unissued]
- Woke Up This Morning [J.O.B. 110]
- "Chattanooga Tennessee" (= Hospitality Blues) (Grace Brim, voc) [J.O.B. 117]
- Humming Blues [J.O.B. 110]
- Hard Pill To Swallow [most likely tk 1] [JOB unissued]
- Drinkin' Woman [J.O.B. 1011]

Little Hudson
- Rough Treatment [J.O.B. 1015]
- I'm Looking For A Woman [J.O.B. 1015]
- Things Going So Tough With Me (tk 4) [JOB unissued]
- Don't Hung [sic] Around [JOB unissued]
- Shake It Baby [JOB unissued]

John Brim
- Don't Leave Me (No Name Blues) [JOB unissued] #
- Moonlight Blues [JOB unissued] #

Flyright FLY 568 track sequence:
John and Grace Brim
- Young And Wild [P-Vine PLP 9020]
- I Love My Baby (tk 1) [P-Vine PLP 9020]
- I Love My Baby (tk 2) [JOB unissued] °°
- Trouble In The Morning [J.O.B. 110]
- Humming Blues [J.O.B. 110]
- Man Around My Door [J.O.B. 117] °°
- Hospitality Blues [J.O.B. 117]
- Hard Pill To Swallow "tk 2" [tk 2 actually tk 1] [P-Vine PLP 9020]

John Brim
- Drinking Woman [J.O.B. 1011]
- Don't Leave Me (No Name Blues) # [P-Vine PLP 9020]
- Moonlight Blues # [P-Vine PLP 9020]
Little Hudson
- Rough Treatment [J.O.B. 1015]
- I'm Looking For A Woman [J.O.B. 1015]
- Things Going So Tough With Me (tk 1) [J.O.B. unissued] °°
- Things Going So Tough With Me (tk 4) [P-Vine PLP 9020]
- Don't Hang Around [P-Vine PLP 9020]
- Shake It Baby [P-Vine PLP 9020]


# with Pete Franklin, g

°° tracks not on P-Vine PLP 9020; note on Flyright FLY 568 back cover: "Most of the above were issued on P-Vine PLP-9020, but the album does not include JB-41532-2, 51921 and U-2361-1."


P-Vine PLP 9020 (Jp 1980)
"john brim & little hudson"

notes by Mike Rowe

Flyright 568 (UK 1981)

KC CD 03, Paula PCD-22

Flyright Records discography
Little Hudson discography

33a1979Chicago Guitar Killers

Buddy Guy
- Stick Around

Albert King
- Little Boy Blue (tk 2) [Parrot unissued]
Earl Hooker
- Frog Hop
Robert Nighthawk
- She Knows How To Love
B.B. King
- Recession Blues
Otis Rush
- Ooh-Wee Baby
Earl Hooker
- Hooked On Love

Otis Rush
- I Won't Be Worried No More
Earl Hooker
- Guitar Rhumba
Robert Nighthawk
- Someday
Buddy Guy
- Buddy's Boogie

Albert King
- Sweet Woman [Parrot unissued]
B.B. King
- Tickle Britches
Buddy Guy
- $100 Bill


Blue Night BN 073-1669

BU 137/138,50

Blue Night discography

34198?Otis Rush & Buddy Guy: The Final Takes And Others

Otis Rush
- I Can't Quit You Baby
- Groaning The Blues
- She's A Good 'Un
- Double Trouble
Charles Clark
- Row Your Boat
Harold Burrage
- I Cry For You
Ike Turner
- I Know You Don't Love Me Any More
Sunnyland Slim
- Highway 61 (session)
- Blues
Buddy Guy
- This Is The End
- You Sure Can't Do
Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years

John Brim
- Hard Pill To Swallow (tk 2) [J.O.B. unissued]
Freddie Hall
- Can't This Be Mine
unknown
- Laughing To Keep From Crying



Flyright FLY 594

Flyright Records discography

351980Chicago Slickers   Vol. 2   1948-55

Little Walter
- Blue Baby
Man Young
- Let Me Ride Your Mule
- My Baby Walked Out
Robert Nighthawk
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman

Grace Brim
- Goin Down The Line [Random 202]
Johnny Shines
- Living In The White House
Willie Nix
- No More Love
- Nervous Wreck

Willie Nix
- Just Can't Stay
- All By Yourself
Floyd Jones
- Skinny Woman

John Brim
- Drinking Woman [J.O.B. 1011]
Lazy Bill
- I Had A Dream
J. B. Hutto
- Combination Boogie
Floyd Jones
- Any Old Lonesome Day
- Floyd's Blue


notes by Leroy Pierson

Nighthawk 107

Nighthawk 107

Nighthawk Records discography

361981Chicago Blues - A Quarter Century

LP 1
Big Road To Chicago
Johnny Shines
- Ramblin'
- Fish Tail
- Cool Driver
- Ain't Doin' No Good
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
Moody Jones
- Rough Treatment
- Why Should I Worry
- Please Somebody

5 Long Years At Steel Mill
Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years
- Hard Head Woman
J.T. Brown
- My Gal Went Away
- Soup Line
Memphis Minnie
- Kissing In The Dark
Son Joe
- I'd Write A Letter
Little Brother Montgomery
- Keep On Drinkin'
Memphis Slim
- Black Cat Crossed My Trail



LP 2
Chicago Blues Is Killing Me
Baby Face Leroy
- Blues Is Killing Me
- Late Hours At Midnight
- Pet Rabbit
John Lee Henley
- Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
J.B. Lenoir
- Let It Roll

John Brim
- Hard Pill To Swallow

Just Blowing
Louis Meyers
- Just Wailing
- Bluesy
Big Walter Horton
- Have A Good Time
- Need My Baby
Little Willie Foster
- Crying The Blues
- Little Girl
Junior Wells with Earl Hooker
- Calling All Blues



LP 3
Down Home Child Grown Up
Sunnyland Slim
- Down Home Child
- Over Night
- Highway 61
Lee Jackson
- Fishin' In My Pond
- I'll Just Keep Walking
Arbee Stidham
- When I Find My Baby
Homesick James
- Crossroads


Rather Fight Than Switch
Buddy Guy
- Sit And Cry
- Try To Quit You Baby
Shakey Jake with Magic Sam
- Call Me If You Need Me
Jesse Fortune
- Too Many Cooks
- Heavy Heart Beat
A.C. Reed
- I'd Rather Fight Than Switch
Ricky Allen
- Ouch!



LP 4
Hard Times Follow Me
Fenton Robinson
- From My Heart
- Say You're Leavin'
Mighty Joe Young
- Hard Times
Earl Hooker
- Blues In D Natural
Lonnie Brooks
- Figure Head
Reggie Boyd
- Nothing But Poison
Andrew Brown
- You Better Stop


Sing The Way I Feel
Koko Taylor
- Honky Tonky
Big Moose
- Rambling Woman
- Foot Race
Big Mac
- Rough Dried Woman
Detroit Jr.
- The Way I Feel
- Call My Job
Bobby Rush
- I Don't Know
Buster Benton
- Money Is The Name Of The Game

4 LP set



P-Vine PLP-9022-9025 (Jp 1981)

373/1981Jimmy Reed: High And Lonesome

- She Don't Want Me No More
- High And Lonesome [Vee Jay 100]
- I'm Gonna Ruin You
- Pretty Thing
- You Upset My Mind

- Jimmie's Boogie [Vee Jay 105]
- Baby Don't Say That No More
- I Don't Go For That

- I Love You Baby
- Honey Don't Let Me Go
- It's You Baby
- Honey Where You Going
- You Know I Love You
- Please Don't
- You Gonna Need My Help
- Sugar Sugar

notes by Bez Turner

Charly CRB 1013

Jimmy Reed discography

37a1983Chess Masters - Chicago Blues

Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy
Johnny Jones - Shelby County
Blue Smitty - Sad Story [Chess 1522]
Blue Smitty - Elgin Movements [Chess unissued]
Blue Smitty - Date Bait [Chess unissued]
Eddie Boyd - Twenty Four Hours

J B Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues
J B Lenoir - Sitting Down Thinking

John Brim - It Was A Dream [Checker 769 - withdrawn before release]
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right
Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues

John Brim - Lifetime Baby [Blue Horizon 7-63204]


Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil
Otis Spann - Five Spot

John Brim - Go Away [Chess 1588]
John Brim - That Ain't Right [Chess 1588]
Jimmy Rogers - You're The One
Jimmy Rogers - If It Ain't Me

Muddy Waters - Rock Me
Jimmy Rogers - One Kiss
Howlin' Wolf - I'm Leavin' You
Buddy Guy - Let Me Love You Baby
Buddy Guy - My Time After Awhile
Robert Nighthawk - Someday


concept by Matt Haywood; compiled by Leslie Fancourt & Matt Haywood

DLP

Chess CXMD 4013 (UK 1983)

3811/1985Jimmy Reed: I'm The Man (Down There)

- I Found My Baby [Vee Jay 105]
- Roll And Rhumba [Vee Jay 100]
- Shoot My Baby
- Come On Baby
- Rockin' With Reed
- When You Left Me
- State Street Boogie
- Signals Of Love

- I'm The Man Down There
- Tell Me You Love Me
- Let's Get Together
- Lookin' For You Baby
- Don't Think I'm Through
- When Girls Do It
- Left-Handed Woman
- A New Leaf

notes by Bez Turner

Charly CRB 1082

Jimmy Reed discography

391986Elmore James, John Brim, Floyd Jones

John Brim
- Ice Cream Man
Elmore James
- Whose Muddy Shoes
- Madison Blues
- I See My Baby

John Brim
- You Got Me [Chess 1624]
Elmore James
- My Best Friend
- The Sun Is Shining
- Talk To Me Baby

John Brim
- Rattlesnake [Checker 769, withdrawn before release]
- Be Careful [Chess 1624]
Elmore James
- Dust My Broom
- Tool Bag Boogie

John Brim
- Tough Times [Parrot 799]
Elmore James
- Call It Stormy Monday
Floyd Jones
- Overseas
- Playhouse
- Dark Road
- Big World
- You Can't Live Long
- Early Morning



Chess/Vogue CD 600119 (Fr 1986)

401989John Brim and Pinetop Perkins
Chicago Blues Session Vol. 12

John Brim
- I'm Gonna Let You Go #
Pinetop Perkins
- Take It Easy Baby

John Brim
- Let Me Hold You #
Pinetop Perkins
- High Heel Sneakers
- Driving Wheel

John Brim
- Naptown #
Pinetop Perkins
- Going Down Slow

John Brim
- Call Me Easy Papa #
Pinetop Perkins
- How Long

John, Grace & John Jr. Brim (1971)
- You Put The Heart On Me [sic]
- Movin' Out

# rec. 1989; John Brim, voc, g; Pinetop Perkins, p; Willie Kent, g; Billy Branch, John Primer, hca


Wolf CD 120.858 (Austria 1989)

411989?Hand Me Down Blues
Parrot/Blue Lake # 1

Relic LP 8024:
Henry Gray
- Watch Yourself
- That Ain't Right
- Goodbye Baby
- You Messed Up
Dusty Brown
- He Don't Love You
- Yes She's Gone
- Hurry Home
- Rusty Dusty


Albert King
- Hand Me Down Blues [Parrot unissued]
- Little Boy Blue (tk 1) [Parrot unissued]
- Gary Stomp [Parrot 799]
Sunnyland Slim
- Going Back To Memphis
- Devil Is A Busy Man
Snooky Pryor
- Crosstown Blues [Parrot 807]
- I Want You For Myself [Parrot 807]
Little Willie Foster
- Four Day Jump


Relic CD 7015:
Henry Gray
- Watch Yourself
- That Ain't Right
- Goodbye Baby
- You Messed Up
Dusty Brown
- He Don't Love You
- Yes She's Gone
- Hurry Home
- Rusty Dusty

Albert King
- Hand Me Down Blues [Parrot unissued]
- Little Boy Blue (tk 2) [Parrot unissued]
John Brim
- Gary Stomp [Parrot 799]
Sunnyland Slim
- Going Back To Memphis
- Devil Is A Busy Man
Snooky Pryor
- Crosstown Blues [Parrot 807]
- I Want You For Myself [Parrot 807]
Little Willie Foster
- Four Day Jump


notes (December 1989) by Dick Shurman

Relic 8024 (US 1989?)


(=) Relic CD 7015 (US 1990)

41a1990Johnny Shines - John Brim - Floyd Jones: Original J.O.B. Recordings 1951-53

Johnny Shines
- Evening Shuffle (tk 2)
- No Name Blues
- Brutal Hearted Woman
- Gonna Call The Angel
- Evening Shuffle (tk 3)
- Living In The White House
- Please Don't (tk 1)
- Please Don't (tk 2)
- Evening Shuffle (tk 1)

John Brim
- Young And Wild
- I Love My Baby
- Trouble In The Morning
- Humming Blues
- Man Around My Door
- Hospitality Blues
- Hard Pill To Swallow
- Drinking Woman
- Don't Leave Me
- Moonlight Blues
Floyd Jones
- Big World
- I Lost A Good Woman
- Skinny Mama
- Rising Wind



P-Vine PCD-2176 (Jp 1990)

421991Paula Records presents
Chicago Blues Of The 1950's

- Irma Lee - Guitar Shorty
- You Don't Treat Me Right - Guitar Shorty
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight - Lillian Offitt
- I'll Just Keep Walkin' - Lee Jackson
- Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- Changing Love - Clarence Jolly
- Easy Baby (Take 5) - Magic Sam
- Highway 61 - Sunnyland Slim
- Why Should I Worry - Moody Jones
- Screaming And Crying - Morris Pejoe
- Maybe Blues - Morris Pejoe

- Trouble In The Morning - John Brim
- I Love My Baby - John Brim
- Man Around My Door - Grace Brim [J.O.B. 117]
- Humming Blues - John Brim
- Hospitality Blues - Grace Brim [J.O.B. 117]
- Young And Wild - John Brim
- Drinking Woman - John Brim
- Hard Pill To Swallow - John Brim
- Don't Leave Me - John Brim
- Moonlight Blues - John Brim


Paula PCD-22

notes by Mark Humphrey

= KC CD 03 (Cz 1992) "Chicago Blues Of The Fifties"

431994John Brim: The Ice Cream Man

- Ice Cream Man
- Jump With Me
- Lonesome Man Blues
- Tough Times
- Wake up America
- This Old Hangover
- Old Time Boogie
- Be Careful
- Standin' Around Cryin'
- Messin' Around
- Can't Hold Out Much Longer
- I Wonder Why
- Going Down Slow

rec. 1994; John Brim, voc, g; Bob Margolin, g; Jerry Portnoy, hca; Little Anthony Geraci, p; Tom Brill, b; Wes Johnson, dr


Tone Cool CD TC 1150

441994Roosevelt Sykes
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 9 (18 November 1947 to 1951)

- Boogie Honky Tonk
- Booze Blues
- Time Wasted On You
- Until The Cows Come Home
- High As A Georgia Pine
- I Know How You Feel
- Candy Man Blues
- Why Should I Cry?
- He's Just A Gravy Train
- Southern Blues
- Stop Her Poppa
- My Baby Is Gone
- Drivin' Wheel
- Rock It
- West Helena Blues
- Mailbox Blues
- Wintertime Blues
- Blues 'N' Boogie
- Green Onion Top
- Wonderin' Blues

- Dark Clouds [Random 201]
- Lonesome Man Blues [Random 201]
- Going Down The Line [Random 202]
- Leaving Daddy Blues [Random 202]


Document BDCD 6049

Roosevelt Sykes discography

451994Charlie Spand - Big Maceo

Charlie Spand
- Gold Tooth Mama
- Big Alley Rat Blues
- Hoodoo Woman Blues
- Soon This Morning No. 2
- Rock And Rye
- She's A Squabblin' Woman
- Alabama Blues
- Gone Mother Blues

Big Maceo
- It's All Up To You
- Why Should I Hang Around
- Macy Special
- Come On Home
- Winter Time Blues
- Broke And Hungry Blues
- If You Ever Change Your Ways
- It's All Over Now
- I Lost My Little Woman
- Big City Blues
- Do You Remember?
- Just Tell Me Baby
- One Sunday Morning

- Leavin' Blues [Fortune 137]
- Have You Heard About It [Fortune 137]
- Worried Life Blues No. 2 [Fortune 805]
- Strange To Me Blues [Fortune 805]
- Without You My Life Don't Mean A Thing [Fortune LP3002]


Old Tramp OTCD-04

Big Maceo Merriweather discographydiscography

45a1995Big Maceo: Worried Life Blues
The Blues Collection Nr. 38

- County Jail Blues
- Why Should I Hang Around?
- Anytime For You
- Since You Been Gone
- I Got The Blues
- Worried Life Blues
- Winter Time Blues
- Big Road Blues
- Detroit Jump
- Texas Blues
- Tuff Luck Blues

- Have You Heard About It
- Strange To Me
- Worried Life Blues No. 2
- Leaving Blues
- Without You My Life Don't Mean A Thing


Orbis BLU NC 038

Big Maceo Merriweather discography

461996Too Late, Too Late Vol. 5 (1927-64)

Sister Morgan (1927)
- Hurry Down, Sunshine, And See What Tomorrow Brings
Lonnie Johnson (1927)
- Handfull O' Keys
- Searchin' For Flats
Cow Cow Davenport (1928)
- Cow Cow Blues (tk B)
Elizabeth Johnson (1928)
- Be My Kid Blues
- Sobbin' Woman Blues
Leroy Carr (1928)
- Box Car Blues
Frank Stokes (1929)
- I'm Going Away Blues
- Old Sometime Blues
Henry Townsend (1931)
- Doctor, Oh Doctor
- Jack Of Diamonds Georgia Rub
Blind Wille McTell (1933)
- Broke Down Engine No. 2 (tk 1)
- Love Makin' Mama (tk 2)
John (Big Nig) Bray (1934)
- Trench Blues. Leadbelly (1940)
- Didn't Ol' John Cross The Water?
Sonny Terry (1944/45)
- I Have Had My Fun
- Keys To The Highway
Leadbelly (1945)
- Eagle Rock Rag (alt tk)
James 'Jack Of All Trades' McCain (1945)
- Good Mr. Roosevelt
Montana Taylor (1946)
- Lowdown Bugle (tk B)
- Detroit Rocks

Big Maceo (c.1950)
- Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool #
Scrapper Blackwell (1959)
- How Long No. 2
Rev. Lonnie Farris (1964)
- Peace In The Valley (Proverb 1001)


# rec. c. 1950 in Detroit, MI; Big Maceo Merriweather, voc, p; Grace Brim, hca; James Watkins, p (right hand only?); John Brim, g; Alonzo Tucker, dr

notes by Guido van Rijn

Document DOCD 5411 (Austria 1996)

471997A Fortune Of Blues Vol. 1

- 609 Boogie - John Lee Hooker
- Cat Squirrel - Dr. Ross
- Ten Below Zero (version 1) - Bobo Jenkins
- Ten Below Zero (version 2) - Bobo Jenkins
- Cry Baby - John Lee Hooker
- Love You Baby - John Lee Hooker
- Call The Doctor - Dr. Ross
- Worried Life Blues - Maceo Merriweather
- I Must've Done Something Wrong - Eddie Kirkland
- New York Breakdown - Dr. Ross
- I Had A Little Dog - Big Jack Reynolds
- Whiskey & Women - John Lee Hooker

- Strange Man - Grace Brim
- Industrial Boogie - Dr. Ross
- Baby Don't You Want To Go (version 1) - Bobo Jenkins
- Baby Don't You Want To Go (version 2) - Bobo Jenkins
- Have Mercy On Poor Me - John Lee Hooker
- It's My Own Fault - John Lee Hooker
- Have You Heard About It - Maceo Merriweather
- Poker Playing Baby - Harry Willis
- Why Did You Leave - Big Blue Carson
- Take Two Steps Back - Earl Chapman
- Cannonball - Dr. Ross
- Crazy 'Bout That Walk - Sir John Lee Hooker
- I'm On My Merry Way - Joe Weaver


Regency CD RR 119 (Ca 1997)

481997A Fortune Of Blues Vol. 2

Dr. Ross - San Francisco Breakdown
John Lee Hooker - Big Fine Woman
Bobo Jenkins - Tell Me Who
Jimmy Milner - Noble's Jump
Dr. Ross - Thirty Two Twenty
James Walton - Miss Jesse James
John Lee Hooker - Blues For Christmas
Big Blue Carson - The Night You Left

Maceo Merriweather - Eloise
John Lee Hooker - Blues For The Big Town
Big Jack Reynolds - Going Down Slow
John Lee Hooker - Juke Hop
Dr. Ross - Sunnyland
Chet Oliver - Going Back To Chicago
Earl Chapman - Lave You Baby
Dr. Ross - Numbers Boogie
Eddie Kirkland - I Need You Baby

Maceo Merriweather - Without You Life Don't Mean A Thing
John Lee Hooker - We're All God's Chillun
Henry Smith - Dog Me Blues
Calvin Frazier - Lillie Mae
James Walton - Leaving Blues
Bobo Jenkins - Nothing But Love
Big Jack Reynolds - You Won't Treat Me Right
John Lee Hooker - Miss Sadie Mae (Curl My Baby's Hair)


Regency CD RR 120 (Ca 1997)

48a1997Blues Before Sunrise, Live - Volume One
A Benefit for Steve Cushing's Radio Show

Big Wheeler
- I'm Ready
- Down In Virginia
- She Loves Another Man
- Got A Feeling (I Got The Blues)
- I Gotta Go

John Brim
- Be Careful
- Lonesome Man Blues
- Tough Times
- Ice Cream Man
Billy Boy Arnold
- Streetwise Advisor
- Billy Boy Medley:
  Stormy Monday / Broken Hearted Blues / Sonny Boy's Jump
Jimmy Burns
- You're The One
- Leaving Here Walking


rec. October 20, 1996 live in Chicago


Delmark CD DE 699 (US 1997)

492000John Brim: Jake's Blues

- Tougher Times
- Walkin' With Grace
- What May Be Your Name
- You Put The Hurt On Me
- I Just Got To Know
- Dedicated To Grace (part 1)
- Boogie Home
- No Place I Go
- Hey Baby
- Movin' Out Too
- Dedicated To Grace (part 2)
- Oooowee
- * [Grace Brim singing]

John Brim, voc, g; Billy Flynn, g; Jan Arenas, g; Rick Gerek, hca; P.T. Pedersen, b; Matt Laban, dr ("The Tough Time Boys")


Anna Bee ABCD 499

cdbaby.com

502001Rough Treatment: The J.O.B. Records Story

disc 1:
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- Late Hours At Midnight - Babyface Leroy
- Pet Rabbit - Babyface Leroy
- How Much More - J.B. Lenoir
- Mojo - J.B. Lenoir
- Boogie Fool - Snooky Pryor
- Crying Shame - Snooky Pryor
- Boogie Twist - Snooky Pryor
- Rough Treatment - Little Hudson
- Don't Hand Around - Little Hudson
- Sweet Woman From Maine - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dust My Broom - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dark Road - Floyd Jones
- Skinny Mama - Floyd Jones
- Kissing In The Dark - Memphis Minnie
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd

- Hard Pill To Swallow - John Brim
- Glad I Don't Worry No More - Fat Man
- Please Somebody - Moody Jones
- Keep Drinkin' - Little Brother Montgomery
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie - John Lee

- Man Around My Door - Grace Brim [J.O.B. 117]
- Down Home Child - Sunnyland Slim
- Ethel Bea - Little Son Joe
- Ramblin' - Johnny Shines
- Goin' Back To Memphis - Ernest Cotton


disc 2:
- Aw Aw Baby - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Pearly B - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Leaving Your Town - Sunnyland Slim
- Overnight - Sunnyland Slim

- Trouble In The Morning - John Brim
- You've Got To Stop This Mess - Fat Man
- Eighty Nine Ten - Snooky Pryor
- Raising Sand - Snooky Pryor
- Things Going So Tough With Me - Little Hudson
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Play A Little While - J.B. Lenoir
- People Are Meddling - J.B. Lenoir
- Knockin' On Lula's Mae's Door - John Lee
- Big World - Floyd Jones
- On The Road Again - Floyd Jones
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- Cool Driver - Johnny Shines

- Hospitality Blues - Grace Brim [J.O.B. 117]
- Louella - Babyface Leroy
- Blues Is Killing Me - Babyface Leroy
- Blue Coat Man - Eddie Boyd
- Little Too Late - Little Son Joe
- Why Should I Worry - Moody Jones
- Boogie - Little Brother Montgomery
- World Of Trouble - Memphis Minnie

- Drinking Woman - John Brim
- Uh'm Beautiful - Ernest Cotton

2 CD set

Westside CD WESD 233 (UK 2001)

50a2001The Parrot Records Blues Story

- Bad Luck Blues - Albert King
- Mama Talk to Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir
- West Coast Blues - Ernest Lewis

- Tough Times - John Brim
- That Ain't Right - Henry Gray
- Cool Playing Blues - Curtis Jones
- Easy Lovin' - Little Papa Joe
- Fine Girls - J.B. Lenoir
- Looking for My Baby - Little Papa Joe
- Murder in the First Degree - St. Louis Jimmy Oden
- Blue Blues Boogie - Nature Boy Brown
- Yes, She's Gone - Dusty Brown
- Santa Fe - Baby Boy Warren
- Devil Is a Busy Man - Sunnyland Slim
- Crosstown Blues - Snooky Pryor
- No More Lovin' - Ernest Lewis
- Falling Rain Blues - Little Willie Foster

- Gary Stomp - John Brim
- Wrong Blues - Curtis Jones
- Eisenhower Blues - J.B. Lenoir
- Mattie Mae - Baby Boy Warren
- Four Day Jump - Little Willie Foster
- Going Back to Memphis - Sunnyland Slim
- Watch Yourself - Henry Gray

- Be on Your Merry Way - Albert King

notes by Victor Pearlin

Preserved CD 8575 (US 2001)

512002Chicago Blues Down-Homers!
The J.O.B. Recordings 1950's

Baby Face Leroy
- Pet Rabbit
- Louella
- Blues Is Killing Me
- Late Hours At Midnight

John & Grace Brim
- Young And Wild
- I Love My Baby
- Trouble In The Morning
- Humming Blues
- Man Around My Door [J.O.B. 117]
- Hospitality Blues [J.O.B. 117]
- Hard Pill To Swallow
- Drinking Woman
- Don't Leave Me
- Moonlight Blues
Moody Jones
- Rough Treatment
- Why Should I Worry
- Please Somebody
Floyd Jones
- Big World
- Dark Road
- I Lost A Good Woman
- Skinny Mama
- Rising Wind
- On The Road Again



P-Vine PCD-24089 (Jp 2002)

522003Harmonica Blues, Vol. 2: 1946-1952

CD 1:
- Hoodoo Hoodoo - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
- Boogy Fool - Snooky Pryor
- Take One More Chance With Me - Jazz Gillum
- Mellow Chick Swing - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
- Woman On Every Street - Forest City Joe
- Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Me Bebop Gal - Doctor Ross
- Little Boy Blue - Big Walter Horton
- Love My Baby - Frank Edwards
- Mercury Boogie
- Cadillac Blues - J. D. Horton
- Better Get Ready - Elder Roma Wilson
- Brazos Blues - Billy Brazos
- Santa Fe Blues - Pee Wee Hughes
- Rambling Around My Blues - Sam Kelly
- Walkin' Talkin' Blues - Joe Hill Louis
- Now Tell Me Baby - Big Walter Horton
- Mr. Downchild - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Harmonica Boogie - Pete Lewis
CD 2:
- Down South Blues - Drifting Slim
- Blue Midnight - Little Walter
- Going to New Orleans - Little Sam Davis
- Harmonica Rhumba - Sonny Terry
- Riding in the Moonlight - Howlin' Wolf
- Scratchin' - Pete Lewis
- Baby, Let's Have Some Fun - Sonny Terry
- Honeydripper - Papa Lightfoot
- Come Home and Go With Me - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Stop Mess Around
- Jumpin' With Jarvis - Papa Lightfoot

- Man Around My Door [J.O.B. 117] - Grace Brim
- Little Milton's Boogie - Little Milton
- Five Foot Three - Sunny Blair
- Wailin' Willie - Rhythm Willie
- Hello Miss Jessie Lee - Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- Sad Hours - Little Walter



Fremeaux CD FA 5059 (Fr 2003)

53200?John Brim: Authorized Blues
His Random and JOB Recordings

- Dark Clouds [Random 201]
- Lonesome Man Blues [Random 201]
- Going Down The Line [Random 202]
- Young And Wild
- I Love My Baby
- Trouble In The Morning [J.O.B. 110]
- Humming Blues [J.O.B. 110]
- Hard Pill To Swallow
- Drinking Woman [J.O.B. 1011]
- Don't Leave Me
- Moonlight Blues
- Moving Out [BB 1001]
- You Put The Hurt On Me [BB 1001]


Anna Bea ABCD 451


David Lee Roth: Diamond Dave.- Magna Carta 2003
containing a cover of John Brim's "Ice Cream Man"
542003Big Maceo: Big City Blues
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Vol. 2 (1945-1950)

- Maceo's 32-20
- Come On Home
- Texas Stomp
- Detroit Jump
- Winter Time Blues
- Won't Be A Fool No More
- Big Road Blues
- Chicago Breakdown
- Broke And Hungry Blues
- If You Ever Change Your Ways
- It's All Over Now
- I Lost My Little Woman
- One Sunday Morning
- Just Tell Me Baby
- Do You Remember?
- Big City Blues

- Leavin' Blues
- Have You Heard About It?
- Worried Life Blues No. 2
- Strange To Me Blues
- Without You My Life Don't Mean A Thing
- Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool

notes by Gillian George

Document DOCD 5674 (UK 2003)

Big Maceo Merriweather discography

54a2003Queens of the Blues

- Kissing in the Dark - Memphis Minnie
- Man Around My Door - Grace Brim [J.O.B. 117]
- All Right Baby - Big Mama Thorton & The Harlem Stars
- World of Trouble - Memphis Minnie

- Hospitality Blues - Grace Brim [J.O.B. 117]
- Midnight Special - Odetta
- Killer Diller - Betty Everett
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight - Lillian Offitt
- Ain't Gonna Cry - Betty Everett
- Oh Mama - Lillian Offitt
- Honky Tonky - Koko Taylor
- If I Could Live My Life - Dorothy Prince
- Like Heaven to Me - Koko Taylor
- Bad Luck - Betty Harris
- You're No Good - Barbara West
- Home Wrecker - Fontella Bass
- You Can't Have Your Cake (And Eat It Too) - Tommie Young
- Crazy About You Baby - Ike & Tina Turner



Fuel 2000 61370 (US 2003)

552004The Chronological John Brim 1950-1953

- Strange Man [Fortune 801]
- Mean Man Blues [Fortune 801]
- Dark Clouds [Random 201]
- Lonesome Man Blues [Random 201]
- Going Down The Line [Random 202]
- Leaving Daddy Blues [Random 202]
- Young And Wild
- I Love My Baby
- Trouble In The Morning [J.O.B. 110]
- Humming Blues [J.O.B. 110]
- Man Around My Door [J.O.B. 117]
- Hospitality Blues [J.O.B. 117]
- Hard Pill To Swallow
- Drinking Woman [J.O.B. 1011]
- Don't Leave Me (No Name Blues)
- Moonlight Blues
- Rattlesnake [Checker 769, withdrawn before release]
- It Was A Dream [Checker 769 - withdrawn before release]
- Lifetime Baby
- Ice Cream Man
- Tough Times [Parrot 799]
- Gary Stomp [Parrot 799]

notes by Dave Penny

Jazz Classics CD 5086

562005Detroit Blues

disk 1:
Calvin Frazier
- I'm In The Highway Man
- This Old World's In A Tangle (Fragment)
- Lilly Mae (1)
- Welfare Blues
- Blues
- She's A Double-Crossin' Woman
- Calvin Frazier Interview
- Dirty Dozens, The
- Calvin Frazier Interview
- Boogie-Woogie
- Lilly Mae (2)
- This Old World's In A Tangle
- Highway 51 Blues
Sampson Pittman
- John Henry - Cotton Farmer Blues
- Sampson Pittman Interview
- Joe Louis
- Sampson Pittman Interview
- Welfare Blues
- Sampson Pittman Interview
- I Been Down In The Circle Before
- Sampson Pittman Interveiw
- Levee Camp Story
- Highway 61 Blues
- Brother Low-Down And Sister Do-Dad (1)
- Brother Low-Down And Sister Do-Dad (2)


disk 2:
John Lee Hooker
- Cold Chills (All Over Me)
- Rock Me Mama
- It Hurts Me So
- I Got Eyes For You
- Key To The Highway
- Bluebird Blues
- It's Been A Long Time Baby
- Ride 'Til I Die
- I Tried Hard
- Rock House Boogie
- It's Stormin' And Rainin'
- Let's Talk It Over
- Cool Little Car
- Lookin' For A Woman
- Boogie Rambler
- No More Doggin'
- Love Money Can't Buy
- Please Take Me Back
- My Baby Don't Love Me
- Pouring Down Rain
- Real, Real Gone
- Guitar Lovin' Man
- Stuttering Blues
- Too Much Boogie
- Need Somebody


disk 3:
Baby Boy Warren
- My Special Friend Blues
- Nervy Woman Blues
- Lonesome Cabin Blues
- Don't Want To Skinny Woman
- Forgive Me Darling
- Please Don't Think I'm Nosey
- I Got Lucky
- Let's Renew Our Love
- Taxi Driver
- Bad Lover Blues
- Sanafee
- Hello Stranger
- Chicken
- Baby Boy Blues
- Chuck-A-Luck
- Mattie Mae
- Santa Fe
- Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me
- Stop Breakin' Down
- It's Time For Lovin' To Be Done
Eddie Kirkland
- That's All Right
- Please Don't Think I'm Nosey
- No Shoes
- No Shoes
- Mistreated Woman
- Time For My Lovin' To Be Done


disk 4:
Eddie Burns
- Papa's Boogie
- Notoriety Woman
- Hello Miss Jessie Lee
- Dealing With The Devil
Henry Smith
- Lonesome Blues
- Good Rockin' Mama
L.C. Green
- Going Down To The River
Sam Kelly
- Ramblin' Around Blues
Robert Richard
- Cadillac Woman
- Wig Wearing Woman
- Root Hog
Walter Mitchell
- Stop Messing Around
- Pet Milk Blues
Joe Von Battle
- Looking For My Woman
Playboy Fuller
- Gonna Play My Guitar
- Sugar Cane Highway

John Brim Combo
- Strange Man [Fortune 801]
- Mean Man Blues [Fortune 801]
Big Maceo
- Leavin' Blues
- Have You Heard About It
- Worried Life Blues No. 2
- Strange To Me Blues
- Without You My Life Don't Mean A Thing
- Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool
Detroit Count
- Hastings Street Opera: 1
- Hastings Street Opera: 2 - Detroit Count


4 CD set

JSP CD 7736 (UK 2005)

572009John Brim: Ice Cream Man

- Ice Cream Man
- Going Down The Line
- Man Around My Door [J.O.B. 117]
- Lonesome Man Blues
- Hard Pill To Swallow
- Trouble In The Morning
- Rattlesnake [Checker 769, withdrawn before release]
- I Love My Baby
- Lifetime Baby
- Humming Blues
- Gary Stomp
- Strange Man
- Goin' Down Slow
- I Wonder Why?
- I Can't Hold Out Much Longer
- Ice Cream Man [1994]
- Old Time Boogie


"home made" by
mindaugasbluescollection.
blogspot.com

582009Juicy Harmonica

- Gary Stomp - John Brim & His Stompers [Parrot 799]]
- Biscuit Baking Mama - Big Ed & His Combo [Checker 790]
- Tough Times - John Brim & His Stompers [Parrot 799]
- Boggie Woogie Woogie Baby - Little Milton (vocal Eddie White) [Delta 403]
- Boogie Beat - Levi Seabury & His Band [Blues Boys Kingdom 101]
- Harmonica Train - Sonny "Hootin'" Terry & His Night Owls [Jackson 2302]
- Little Milton's Boogie - Little Milton [Delta 403]
- Don't Do It Again - Leslie Louis [Rockin' 509]
- My Little Baby - Little Shy Guy & The Hot Rods [Calvert 107]
- Goin' Back To Orleans - Jesse & Buzzy [Savoy 1556]
- Working Man - Long Tall Lester & His Band [Duke 197]
- All Because Of You - Long Tall Lester & His Band [Duke 197]
- Well, You Know - Dusty Brown [Bandera 2503]
- Messin' With The Kid - Mojo Buford [Bangar 4415]
- Whole Lotta Woman - Mojo Buford [Bangar 4415]
- Get Up And Go - Al Smith [Falcon 1001]
- You Better Believe It - Harmonica Slim [Vita 138]
- Mary Helen - Harmonica Slim [Aladdin 3317]
- Somebody Voodooed The Hoodooman - Model "T" Slim [Audio Blues 1932]
- You're Growing Old Baby Model "T" Slim [Audio Blues 1932]
- Take My Hand - Model "T" Slim [Audio Blues 1933]
- Spend My Money - Little Daddy Walton & Sons [Pennie 555]
- Highway Blues - Little Daddy Walton & Sons [Big Hit 100]
- You'd Better Change - Joe Richards [Carl 504]
- Jive Harp - Tim Whitsett & His Imperials [Trebco 701]
- Hello Mary Lee - Ken Cameron [Hilltop 1001]



Sundown CD 4001 (NL 2009)

Sundown Records discography

594/2010Juke Joint Blues 2
Crazy With The Blues

disc 1:
Lee Brown: Horse Shoe Boogie
Jerry Mccain - Bad Credit
Cleo Harves - Crazy With The Blues
Papa Lightfoot - P.l. Blues
Louis Campbell - Gotta Have You Baby
Sammy Myers - My Love Is Here To Stay
Mr. Honey - Build A Cave
Andrew Thomas - Chicago Blues
K.C. Douglas - Mercury Boogie
Haskell Sadler - Gone For Good
Boogie Bill Webb - I Ain't For It
James Tisdom - Model T Boogie
Big Chenier - Let Me Hold Your Hand
King Davis - Waggin' Your Tail
Sonny Boy Johnson - I'm Drinkin' My Last Drink
Sidney Maiden - Eclipse Of The Sun
J.D. Edwards - Playboy Blues
Left Hand Charlie - Miss My Lagnion
Country Jim - Old River Blues
Lewis Campbell - Don't Want Anyone Hangin' Around
Buddy Lewis - Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Slim Green - Tricky Woman Blues
Lee Brown - Ruby Moore Blues
Pete McKinley - Mean Black Snake
Ernest McClay - Night Working Woman
Jerry Perkins - P 38 Stomp
Hot Rod Happy - Worried Blues


disc 2:
Jimmy Rogers - Round About Boogie
John Brim - Bus Driver [Fortune unissued]
Willie Lane - Prowlin' Ground Hog
James Tisdom - Throw This Poor Dog A Bone
Lewis Campbell - A Call On The Phone
Pinebluff Pete - A Woman Acts Funny
Haskell Sadler - Do Right Mind
Lee Brown - Lowland Blues
King Davis - Someday You'll Understand
K.C. Douglas - Lonely Boy Blues
J.D. Edwards - Hobo
Sonny Boy Johnson - Swimming Pool Blues
Jerry McCain - My Next Door Neighbor
Jimmy McCracklin - My Baby's Last Goodbye
Big Chenier - Please Try To Realise
Sidney Maiden - Everything Is Wrong
Pete McKinley - Cryin' For My Baby
Mr. Honey - Who May Your Regular Be
Sammy Myers - Sleeping In The Ground
Country Jim - I'll Take You Back Baby
Buddy Lewis - You've Got Good Business
Robert Lee Westmoreland - Good Looking Woman Blues
Lee Brown - Round The World Boogie
Louis Campbell - The Natural Facts
James Tisdom - '51 Blues
Boogie Bill Webb - Bad Dog
Papa Lightfoot - Jumpin' With Jarvis


2 CD set

JSP JSPCD 4213 (UK 4/2010)

609/2010Let Me Tell You About The Blues
The Evolution of Detroit Blues

CD 1:
- A Double Crossing Woman - Calvin Frazier
- Highway 61 Blues - Sampson Pittman
- Cadillac Woman - Robert Richard
- Street Opera (Part 1) - Detroit Count
- Stop Messin' Around - Walter Mitchell
- Notoriety Woman - Slim Pickens
- Root Hog - Robert Richard
- Pet Milk Blues - Walter Mitchell
- Sak-Relation Blues - Sylvester Cotton
- Lookin' For My Woman - Joe Von Battle
- Street Opera (Part 2) - Detroit Count
- Ugly Woman Blues - Sylvester Cotton
- Henry's Swing Club - John Lee Hooker
- Little Bitty Woman - James Taylor
- Sweet Lucy - Andrew Dunham
- My Special Friend Blues - Baby Boy Warren
- Stormy Weather Blues - Sylvester Cotton

- Strange Man - John Brim [Fortune 801)
- Worried Life Blues No. 2 - Big Maceo
- Hattie Mae - Andrew Dunham
- Without You My Life Don't Mean A Thing - Big Maceo
- Never Satisfied - John Lee Hooker
- That's All Right - Eddie Kirkland

- Mean Man Blues - John Brim [Fortune 801)
- Where Did You Stay Last Night - Eddie Burns

CD 2:
- I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker
- It's Time For Lovin' To Be Done - Eddie Kirkland
- Old Battle Ax - Robert Henry
- 38 Pistol Blues - L.C. Green
- I'm A Boogie Man - John Lee Hooker
- Sugar Cane Highway - Playboy Fuller
- Hello Miss Jessie Lee - Eddie Burns
- Hastings Street Boogie - L.C. Green
- Gonna Play My Guitar - Playboy Fuller
- Dealing With The Devil - Eddie Burns
- No Shoes - Eddie Kirkland
- Ramblin' Around Blues - Sam Kelly
- Goin' Down To The River Blues - L.C. Green
- Sanafee (Not Welcome Anymore) - Baby Boy Warren
- Natural Man Blues - Johnny Howard

- Bus Driver - John Brim [Fortune unissued]
- Hello Stranger - Baby Boy Warren
- Good Rockin' Mama - Henry Smith
- Dark Night Blues - Johnny Howard
- Lonesome Blues - Henry Smith
- Chicken - Baby Boy Warren
- I Need A $100.00 - One String Sam
- Washboard Blues (Part 1) (Washboard Willie
- Rock House - Calvin Frazier
- My Baby Ooo - One String Sam


CD 3:
- Thirty-Five-Thirty - Paul Williams
- We're Gonna Rock - Wild Bill Moore
- T.J. Boogie - T.J. Fowler
- The Hucklebuck - Paul Williams
- Red Hot Blues - T.J. Fowler
- Little Tillie Willie - Detroit Count
- Looky Ploot - Emmit Slay
- Burnt Toast - Wild Bill Moore
- It Ain't Right - Kitty Stevenson
- Beulah - Emmit Slay
- I Want To Rock - Little Miss Sharecropper
- The Rainy Day Blues - Sonny Wilson
- I Feel So Good - Maurice King & His Wolverines
- That's The Best I Can Do For You Blues - The Kool Kats
- I Want A Lavender Cadillac - Maurice King & His Wolverines
- Got Nobody To Tell My Troubles To - Calvin Frazier
- Say Baby Say - T.J. Fowler
- She Fool Me - Harvey Hill
- Little Baby Child - Calvin Frazier
- Remember - Alberta Adams
- J.B. Boogie - Joe Weaver & His Blue Notes
- I Do Like I Please - John Lee Hooker
- No One Monkey Goin' To Run My Show - Gip (Sandman) Roberts
- Five Long Years - Lena Hall
- No More Doggin' - John Lee Hooker


3 CD set

Fantastic Voyage FVTD070 (UK 9/2010)

612011Chicago Downhome Harmonica   Vol. 1

- Go Away - John Brim & His Gary Kings
- That Ain't Right - John Brim & His Gary Kings
- The Morning Before Day - Mojo & His Rhythm Quartett
- Memphis To Maxwell - Big John Wrencher
- Tell Me Darling - Big John Wrencher
- Never Leave My Homework Undone - Little Mack Simmon
- Teddy Bear Blues - Little Eddie
- Do You Want Me To Cry - Eddie Taylor
- I Need My Baby Blues - Walter Horton
- Can't Help Myself - Walter Horton
- La Cucuracha - Walter Horton
- You're The Sweetest Girl I Ever Knew - Slim Willis
- Next Time You See Me - Mack Simmons
- My Walking Blues - Little Mack
- You Lied To Me Baby - Sammy Lewis
- The Skrooch - Little Eddie
- I Got My Eyes On You - Smokey Smothers
- Bleeding Heart - J.L. Smith
- Messing With The Kid - Mojo & His Rhythm Quartette
- Blue Light - Mac Simmons
- Drinking Again - Birmingham Jones
- I'm Sittin Here - Eddie Taylor
- The Mix Up - Little Sonny & His Band



Olchicago 11001

627/2016Down Home Blues Detroit

CD 1:
- Miss Lorraine - John Lee Hooker
- Talkin' Boogie - John Lee Hooker
- Come Back Sugar Mama - L.C. Green
- Little Machine - L.C. Green
- Papa's Boogie - Eddie Burns
- My Special Friend Blues - Baby Boy Warren
- Nervy Woman Blues - Baby Boy Warren
- Making A Fool Out Of Me - Eddie Burns
- Squeeze Me Baby - Eddie Burns
- Democrat Blues (Democrat Man) - Bobo Jenkins
- Bad Luck And Trouble - Bobo Jenkins
- Lillie Mae (version 1) - Calvin Frazier
- Rockhouse - Calvin Frazier

- Bus Driver - John Brim
- When The Sun Is Shining - L.C. Green
- Hold Me In Your Arms - L.C. Green
- Rockin' Chair Boogie - Clarence Posey
- Nelly Mae - Detroit Slim
- Lonesome Cabin Blues - Baby Boy Warren
- Don't Want No Skinny Woman - Baby Boy Warren
- Gangster Blues - Eddie Burns
- Grievin' Blues - Eddie Burns
- Ramblin' Around Blues - Sam Kelly
- Now I'll Have To Sing The Blues - Martee Bradley
- Winter Time Is Comin' - Martee Bradley
- Taxi Driver Blues - Baby Boy Warren
- Bad Lover Blues - Baby Boy Warren


CD 2:
- Graveyard Blues - John Lee Hooker
- I Love To Boogie - John Lee Hooker
- Little School Girl - L.C. Green
- Remember Way Back - L.C. Green
- Superstition - Eddie Burns
- Biscuit Baking Woman - Eddie Burns
- Forgive Me Darling - Baby Boy Warren
- Please Don't Think I'm Nosey - Baby Boy Warren
- She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr.
- Boogie Woogie Woman - Harvey Hill Jr.
- Lilly Mae (version 2) - Calvin Frazier
- Dog Me Blues - Henry Smith
- Baby Don't You Want To Go - Bobo Jenkins
- Ten Below Zero - Bobo Jenkins
- I Got Lucky - Baby Boy Warren
- Let's Renew Our Love - Baby Boy Warren
- Papa Doo - James Walton
- Loving You Baby - Earl Chatman
- Parrot Lounge - Detroit Count
- Detroit Boogie - Detroit Count
- Seasick And Waterbound - Bobo Jenkins
- Pitch A Boogie Woogie - Big Jack Reynolds
- Lilly Mae (version 3) - Calvin Frazier
- Mattie Mae - Baby Boy Warren
- Santa Fe - Baby Boy Warren
- Hastings Street After Hours - Little Sonny
- Love You Pretty Baby - Little Sonny
- Have Mercy On Me - John Lee Hooker


CD 3:
- Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me - Baby Boy Warren
- Stop Breaking Down - Baby Boy Warren
- Love Shock - Little Sonny
- I'll Love You Baby Until The Day I Die - Little Sonny
- I'll Move You Baby - Eddie Kirkland
- Mercy Mercy - Eddie Kirkland
- Miss Sadie Mae - John Lee Hooker
- 609 Boogie - John Lee Hooker
- Cat Squirrel - Doctor Ross
- The Sunnyland - Doctor Ross
- Nothing But Love - Bobo Jenkins
- Tell Me Who - Bobo Jenkins
- Orange Driver - Eddie Burns
- Hard Hearted Woman - Eddie Burns
- I Gotta Find My Baby - Little Sonny
- Hear My Woman Calling - Little Sonny
- Chuck-A-Luck (or Chicken) - Baby Boy Warren
- Baby Boy Blues - Baby Boy Warren
- Done Somebody Wrong - Eddie Kirkland
- I Need You Baby - Eddie Kirkland
- She's My Baby - Bob Kelly
- The Thing To Do - Eddie Burns
- I Hear My Woman Callin' (alt tk) - Little Sonny
- Industrial Boogie - Doctor Ross
- Thirty Two Twenty- Doctor Ross
- Baby Don't You Want Me To Go (alt tk) - Bobo Jenkins
- Ten Below Zero (alt) - Bobo Jenkins


3 CD set; 48-pp. book by Mike Rowe

Wienerworld WNRCD5095 (UK 7/2016)

632017Down Home Blues - Chicago - Fine Boogie

CD 1:
James McCain - I Got To Check Up On My Baby(3:32)
James McCain - Good Morning Mr. Roosevelt (2:40)
Bluesboy Bill - Come On Babe (2:28)
Johnny Shines - Tennessee Woman Blues (2:51)
Muddy Waters - Jitterbug Blues (2:52)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Hard Day Blues (2:50)
John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (2:47)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - My Buddy Doctor Clayton (3:04)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - I Love You Baby Boogie (3:09)
Little Walter with Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues (2:37)
Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her (2:29)
Jimmy Rogers - Little Store Blues (2:37)
Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman (2:35)
Johnny Temple - Old '98' Blues (2:25)
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:43)
St. Louis Jimmy - Florida Hurricane (2:57)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Train Time (3:19)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Roll Tumble And Slip (3:25)
Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues (2:54)
Floyd Jones - Keep What You Got (2:22)
Little Walter - Blue Baby (2:17)
Little Walter - I Want My Baby (2:48)
Robert Nighthawk with Ethel Mae Brown - Down The Line (2:50)
The Nighthawks - She Knows How To Love A Woman (3:09
Big Maceo - One Sunday Morning (2:52)
Big Maceo - Just Tell Me Baby (2:29)


CD 2:
Pete Franklin - Down Behind The Rise (3:12)
Pete Franklin - Casey Brown Blues (3:15)
Mildred White - Kind Hearted Woman (2:52)
Mildred White - Cutting Out On Me (2:57)
Muddy Waters - Last Time I Fool Around With You (2:39)
Muddy Waters - You Gonna Need my Help (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Anymore (3:16)
Baby Face Leroy - Take A Little Walk With Me (3:10)
Gray Haired Bill - Gertrude (2:38)
Gray Haired Bill - I'm A Hard Working Man (2:59)
The Nighthawks - Black Angel Blues (3:05)
Jimmy Rogers - Ludella (2:42)
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (3:03)
Floyd Jones - Dark Road (3:15)
Floyd Jones - Overseas (2:13)
Floyd Jones - Playhouse (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (2:41)
Muddy Waters - All Night Long (3:50)
J.B. Lenoir - Let's Roll (2:52)
Howlin' Wolf - Howling Wolf Boogie (2:40)
Johnny Shines - Ramblin' (2:32)
Johnny Shines - Ain't Doin' No Good (2:36)
Snooky Pryor - Fine Boogie (3:04)
Memphis Minnie - Conjur Man (2:59)
Little Walter - Juke (3:00)
Little Walter - Can't Hold Out Much Longer (2:55)


CD 3:
Elmore James - She Just Won't Do Right (3:04)
Elmore James - My Best Friend (3:22)
Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes (3:17)
Baby Face Leroy - Blues Is Killin' Me (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - Late Hours At Midnight (3:11)
Blue Smitty - Crying (3:03)
Blue Smitty - Date Bait (2:37)
Jimmy Rogers - Mistreated Baby (3:30)
Jimmy Rogers - What's The Matter (3:17)
Homesick James - Whiskey Headed Woman (2:48)
Little Walter - Blue Midnight (3:04)
Johnny Williams - Silver Haired Woman (2:47)
Johnny Williams - Fat Mouth (2:39)
Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go (3:06)
Jimmy Rogers - Act Like You Love Me (3:03)
Homesick James - Homesick (3:08)
Homesick James - Late Hours At Midnight (2:52)
Billy Boy Arnold - Hello Stranger (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Ain't Got No Money (2:31)
Johnny Shines - Evening Shuffle (2:16)
J.B. Lenoir - The Mojo (2:53)
J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down Woman (3:24)
Howlin' Wolf - You Gonna Wreck My Life (2:37)
Big Boy Spires - Someday little Darling (3:11)
Big Boy Spires - Rhythm Rock Boogie (2:38)
Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark (2:32)


CD 4:
Sonny Boy Williamson - Work With Me (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - You Killing Me (3:24)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' (2:36)

John Brim - Ice Cream Man (2:49)
John Brim - Life Time Baby (3:06)
Lazy Bill - My Baby's Gone (2:45)
Lazy Bill - I Can't Sleep, I Can't Eat (2:50)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (2:45)
Albert King - Sweet Woman (2:59)
Sunnyland Slim - Trouble Of My Own (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Worried About My Baby (3:01)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (3:09)
Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues (3:25)
J.B. Hutto - Price Of Love (3:02)
Big Boy Spires - Tired Of Being Mistreated (2:30)
Sunnyland Slim - I Done You Wrong (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Be My Baby (2:55)
Little Walter - Got To Find My Baby (3:09)
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Yes She's Gone (2:41)
Dusty Brown - He Don't Love You (3:15)
Dusty Brown - Rusty Dusty (2:47)
Jimmy Rogers - You're The One (2:37)
Billy Boy Arnold - Sweet On You Baby (2:36)
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me (2:29)
Jimmy Reed - You Upset My Mind (2:53)
Jimmy Reed - Come On Baby (2:40)


CD 5:
Elmore James - The Twelve Year Old Boy (3:07)
Elmore James - Coming Home (2:27)
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too (3:06)

John Brim -Go Away (2:45)
John Brim - That Ain't Right (2:51)
Birmingham Junior - Birmingham Late Hours (2:30)
Birmingham Junior - You're Too Bad (2:31)
Howlin' Wolf - Break Of day (2:48)
Howlin' Wolf - Bluebird (3:35)
Howlin' Wolf - You Ought To Know (3:22)
Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You (2:42)
Otis Spann - I'm In Love With You Baby (2:40)
Snooky Pryor - Someone To Love Me (2:37)
Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day (2:47)
Snooky Pryor - You Tried To Ruin Me Baby (2:02)
Po' Joe Williams - Kings Highway (2:27)
Po' Joe Williams - Eula Mae (2:50)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Lose Your Eye (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Wonder Why (1:34)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Know What Love Is All About (2:42)
Jimmy Reed - When You Left Me (2:37)
Jimmy Reed - It's You Baby (2:27)
Jimmy Reed - Do The Thing (2:47)
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Key To Your Door (2:37)

John Brim - I Would Hate To See You Go (2:46)
John Brim - You Got Me Where You Want Me (3:02)
Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours Of Fear (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (2:46)


88-pp. book by Mike Rowe

5 CD set

Wienerworld WNRCD5100 (US/EU 2017)

646/2018The Tough Blues of John Brim   1950-1956

- Strange Man [Fortune 801, Grace Brim]
- Mean Man Blues [Fortune 801, Grace Brim]
- Bus Driver [Fortune unissued, Fortune LP 8018 (cancelled), Fantastic Voyage FVTD070]
- Dark Clouds [Random 201]
- Lonesome Man Blues [Random 201]
- Going Down The Line [Random 202, Grace Brim]
- Leaving Daddy Blues [Random 202, Grace Brim]
- Young And Wild [J.O.B. unissued, P-Vine PLP 9020]
- I Love My Baby [J.O.B. unissued, P-Vine PLP 9020]
- Trouble In The Morning [J.O.B. 110]
- Humming Blues [J.O.B. 110]
- Man Around My Door [J.O.B. 117, Grace Brim]
- Hospitality Blues [J.O.B. 117, Grace Brim]
- Hard Pill To Swallow [J.O.B. unissued, Juke Joint 1501]
- Drinking Woman [J.O.B. 1011]
- Don't Leave Me (No Name Blues) [JOB unissued, P-Vine PLP 9020, Flyright FLY 568]
- Moonlight Blues [JOB unissued, P-Vine PLP 9020, Flyright FLY 568]
- Rattlesnake [Checker 769, withdrawn before release]
- It Was A Dream [Checker 769, withdrawn before release]
- Ice Cream Man [Chess unissued, Blue Horizon 7-63204]
- Lifetime Baby [Chess unissued, Blue Horizon 7-63204]
- Tough Times [Parrot 799]
- Gary Stomp [Parrot 799]
- Go Away [Chess 1588]
- That Ain't Right [Chess 1588]
- I Would Hate To See You Go (aka "Be Careful What You Do") [Chess 1624]
- You Got Me Where You Want Me [Chess 1624]


Jasmine JASMCD 3118 (UK 6/2018)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 147
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, pp. 52-53
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, pp. 68-69, 608
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 173-174
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 66-67
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York 1968.- pp. 148-150
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/chance.html
- http://www.bsnpubs.com/charly/charly08-crb1000.html
- http://www.bsnpubs.com/veejay/exodus.html
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/job.html
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/parrot.html
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/veejay.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Flemming Nielsen, Jennings Falcon, Ray Templeton, Lex Jansen, Brad Barrett, Hank Moore, John Brim, Jr., Paul Vernon, Scott Dirks, Ed Parker, David J Costa, Ben Walker and Helge Thygesen for additional info / scans / MP3

 

source: Jeff Dunas: State of the Blues.- New York (Aperture Foundation) 1998, p. 143; click to enlarge!
source: Jeff Dunas: State of the Blues.- New York (Aperture Foundation) 1998, p. 143

 

 

 

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