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H E N R Y   B R O W N; source: ; photographer: Paul Oliver
Henry Brown, 1960
source: Jazz on Record (1968), p. 30
photographer: Paul Oliver

Henry Brown
b. July 25, 1906 in Troy, Obion County, Tennessee
moved to St. Louis at the age of twelve, raised in Deep Morgan
d. June 28, 1981 (dead on arrival at City Hospital) in St. Louis, Missouri

buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis
discography
H E N R Y   B R O W N; source: Front cover of 77 LA 12/5; photographer: Paul Oliver
Henry Brown, 1960   source: Front cover of 77 LA 12/5; photographer: Paul Oliver

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
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
11929MARY JOHNSON

- Black Men Blues (C-3457- )   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Western Union Blues (C-3458- ) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. May 29, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Mary Johnson, voc; # Ike Rodgers, tb; Henry Brown, p


Brunswick 7081

Mary Johnson discography

21929 

IKE RODGERS and HIS BIDDLE STREET BOYS
- Malt Can Blues (C-3454-B) #   @ youtube
HENRY BROWN
- Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks (C-3453- ) *   @ youtube

rec. May 9, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Henry Brown, p, * p solo; # Ike Rodgers, tb; Lawrence 'Papa Eggshell' Casey, sp, * g


Brunswick 7086


= Creole 12

31929MARY JOHNSON

- Muddy Creek Blues (C-3451- )   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Room Rent Blues (C-3452- )   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. May 7, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Mary Johnson, voc; Ike Rodgers, tb; Henry Brown, p


Brunswick 7093

Mary Johnson discography

41929Ike Rodgers resp. Henry Brown (Collector L55)

- It Hurts So Good (15446)   @ youtube
- Screenin' The Blues (15451)   @ youtube

rec. August 16, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Henry Brown, voc, p; Ike Rodgers, tb; Alice Moore, sp


Paramount 12816 (US 1929)

= Broadway 5081


= Century 3003 (US 9/1946)


= Jazz Collector L55 (UK 1950)

Alice Moore discography

510/1929Alice Moore

- Black and Evil Blues (15447)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Broadway St. Woman Blues (15452)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. August 16, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Alice Moore, voc; Ike Rodgers, tb; Henry Brown, p


Paramount 12819 (US 10/1929)

= Broadway 5092


= Paramount 14031 [14301A on label] Steiner reissue (US late 1940s)

Paramount Album P-2 (106) (three 10 inch 78 rpm)

Alice Moore discography

61929Henry Brown

- Twenty First St. Stomp (15445) (instr)   @ youtube
- Henry Brown Blues (15450) (instr)   @ youtube

rec. August 16, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Henry Brown, voc, p; Ike Rodgers, tb


Paramount 12825

= Broadway 5094   as by Henry Charles

= Signature 909   "Twenty-First Street Stomp"


= Jazz Collector L15

71929Alice Moore

- Prison Blues (15448)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- My Man Blues (15449-A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. August 16, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Alice Moore, voc; Ike Rodgers, tb; Henry Brown, p


Paramount 12868 (US 1929)


= Century 3022 (US 1946?)

Alice Moore discography

81929Mary Johnson

- Mean Black Man Blues (L-172-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Dream Daddy Blues (L-173-1) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

c. November 1929 in Grafton, WI; Mary Johnson, voc; # Ike Rodgers, tb; Henry Brown, p


Paramount 12931

Mary Johnson discography

91929Henry Brown and Ike Rodgers

- Blues Stomp (L-178-2) #   @ youtube
- Blind Boy Blues (L-179-1)   @ youtube

rec. c. November 1929 in Grafton, WS; Henry Brown, p solo; Ike Rodgers, tb; prob. Mary Johnson, sp


Paramount 12934

= Century 3020


= Jazz Collector L31

Mary Johnson discography

101930Alice Moore

- Serving Time Blues (L-167-2)   @ youtube
- Loving Heart Blues (L-166-2)   @ youtube

rec. c. November 1929 in Grafton, WI; Alice Moore, voc; Ike Rodgers, tb; Henry Brown, p


Paramount 12947 (US 1930)

Alice Moore discography

111930George Allison and Willie White

- How I Feel My Love (L-162-2)   @ Spotify
- I'll Be Mean To You Blues (L-163-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. c. November 1929 in Grafton, WI; George Allison, Willie [female singer] White, voc duet; prob. Henry Brown, p


Paramount 12960

128/1930Alice Moore

- Have Mercy Blues (L-164-1)   @ youtube
- Cold Iron Walls (L-165-3)   @ youtube

rec. c. November 1929 in Grafton, WI; Alice Moore, voc; Ike Rodgers, tb; Henry Brown, p


Paramount 12973 (US 8/1930)

Alice Moore discography

131930Henry Brown

- Eastern Chimes Blues (L-180-1)   @ youtube
- Deep Morgan Blues (L-181-1)   @ youtube

rec. c. November 1929 in Grafton, WS; Henry Brown, p solo


Paramount 12988

= Century 3013


= Jazz Collector L70

141930Robert Peeples

- Wicked Devil's Blues (L-182-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Fat Greasy Baby (L-183-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

c. November 1929 in Grafton, WI; Robert Peeples, voc; Henry Brown, p


Paramount 12995

151930Mary Johnson

- Barrel House Flat Blues (L-176-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Key To The Mountain Blues (L-177-3)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

c. November 1929 in Grafton, WI; Mary Johnson, voc; Ike Rodgers, tb; Henry Brown, p


Paramount 12996


= Century 3016

Paramount Album P-2 (107)
(three 10 inch 78 rpm)

Mary Johnson discography

161930Alice Moore

- Lonesome Dream Blues (L-170-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Kid Man Blues (L-171-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. c. November 1929 in Grafton, WI; Alice Moore, voc; Ike Rodgers, tb; Henry Brown, p


Paramount 13107

Alice Moore discography

171930St. Louis Bessie

- Sugar Man Blues—Part 1 (C-6167- )   @ Spotify
- Sugar Man Blues—Part 2 (C-6168- )   @ Spotify

rec. September 19, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Bessie Mae Smith, voc; poss. Henry Brown, p; Charley Jordan, g


Vocalion 1559

181930St. Louis Bessie

- He Treats Me Like A Dog (C-6490- )   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Meat Cutter Blues (C-6491- )   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. c. November 6, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Bessie Mae Smith, voc; prob. Henry Brown, p


Vocalion 1615

191934MARY JOHNSON

- Those Black Man Blues (C-9313- )   @ Spotify
- Peepin' At The Risin' Sun (C-9314- )   @ Spotify

rec. August 18, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Mary Johnson, voc; Ike Rodgers, tb; Henry Brown, p


Decca 7012

Mary Johnson discography

201934MARY JOHNSON

- Deceitful Woman Blues (C-9326- ) #   @ Spotify
- Black Gal Blues (C-9335- ) *   @ Spotify

# rec. August 20, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Mary Johnson, voc; Henry Brown, p
* rec. August 24, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Mary Johnson, voc; Henry Brown, p


Decca 7014

Mary Johnson discography

211934 

TEE McDONALD
- Beef Man Blues (C-9350- , -A) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
PEETIE WHEATSTRAW & His Blue Blowers
- Throw Me In The Alley (C-9351- , -A) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

# rec. August 24, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Tee McDonald (= Tecumseh McDowell?), [female] voc; Henry Brown, p
* rec. August 24, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, voc; prob. Ike Rodgers, tb; unknown, cl; unknown, vn; Henry Brown, p


Decca 7018

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

221934ALICE MOORE (Little Alice from St. Louis)

- Black Evil Blues (C-9317- ) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Riverside Blues (C-9318- ) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. August 18, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Alice Moore, voc; Ike Rodgers, # tb, * poss. vn; Henry Brown, p


Decca 7028

Alice Moore discography

233/1935ALICE MOORE

- Lonesome Woman Blues (C-9333-A) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Trouble Blues (C-9334-A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. August 24, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Alice Moore, voc; # Ike Rodgers, tb; Henry Brown, p


Decca 7056 (US 3/1935)

Alice Moore discography

241935 

DOROTHY BAKER
- Steady Grinding Blues (C-9346-A) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

DOLLY MARTIN
- All Men Blues (C-9349-A) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

# rec. August 24, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Dolly Martin (= Tecumseh McDowell?), [female] voc; prob. Ike Rodgers, tb; unknown, vn; prob. Henry Brown, p
* rec. August 24, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Dorothy Baker, voc; prob. Roosevelt Sykes, p


Decca 7080

24a1948St. Louis Jimmy [sic]

- Now I'm Through (A) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Mr. Brown Boogie (instr) (B)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1948 in Chicago, IL; Henry Townsend, g, # voc; Henry Brown [claimed by Jaap Hindriks, but disputed by Michael Hortig: Roosevelt Sykes], p; b


Bullet 291 (US 1948)

St. Louis Jimmy discography
Henry Townsend discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography

25194?Barrel House Blues from St. Louis
Played and Sung By Ike Rodgers, Edith Johnson, Henry Brown,
Baby Jay, Alice Moore, Mary Johnson, Roosevelt Sykes

Paramount 105
Edith Johnson
- Good Chib Blues [Paramount 12864]
- Can't Make Another Day [Paramount 12864]


Paramount 106
Alice Moore
- Broadway Street Woman Blues [Paramount 12819]
- Black And Evil Blues [Paramount 12819]

Paramount 107
Mary Johnson
- Key To The Mountain Blues [Paramount 12996]
- Barrel House Flat Blues [Paramount 12996]


three 10 inch 78 rpm records in album set

Paramount Album P-2 [most likely never saw the light of day]

Alice Moore discography
Mary Johnson discography


LP / CD compilations
25a1953?Pioneers of Boogie Woogie Volume 1

Meade 'Lux' Lewis
- Honky Tonk Train Blues
Wesley Wallace
- Number 29
- Fanny Lee Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- Slow Drag

Blind Leroy Garnett
- Chain 'Em Down
- Louisiana Glide
Charles Spand
- Moanin' The Blues

Henry Brown
- Henry Brown Blues

10 inch LP

Riverside RLP 1009


= London AL 3506 (UK)

London Records discography

261953The Fabulous Trombone of Ike Rodgers
King of the Gutbucket Blues

- Nickel's Worth of Liver
- Screenin' the Blues
- It Hurts So Good
- Good Chib Blues

- My Man Blues
- Prison Blues
- 21st Street Stomp
- Barrel House Flat


Riverside RLP 1013 (US 1953)


London AL 3512

London Records discography

26a1955Pioneers of Boogie Woogie   Volume 2

Charles Avery
- Dearborn Street Breakdown
Jabo Williams
- Polack Blues
- Fat Mama Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- Chimes Blues


Henry Brown
- Eastern Chimes Blues
- Deep Morgan Blues
Charlie Spand
- Mississippi Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- Atlanta Rag


prod. by Bill Grauer

10 inch LP
notes by Orrin Keepnews

Riverside RLP 1034 (US 1954)

10 inch LP
notes by Orrin Keepnews

= London AL 3537 (UK 11/1954)

London Records discography
Charles Avery discography
Jabo Williams discography
Charlie Spand discography

271961Henry Brown Blues

- Henry Brown Blues #   @ youtube
- Got It And Cain't Quit It
- Bottled In Bond
- Blues For Charlie O'Brien
- Deep Morgan Is Delmar Now

- Henry Brown Boogie
- O'Fallon Blues
- My Blues Is In The Bottle
- Papa Slick Head
- Handyman Blues
- Scufflin' Boogie

CD bonus track:
- Henry Brown's Talking Blues

# rec. August 25, 1960 in St. Louis, MO; all other tracks rec. August 28, 1960 in St. Louis, MO; Henry Brown, p, sp; session organized by Paul Oliver for the Blues Recording and Research Project

notes by Paul Oliver

77 LA 12/5

77 Records discography

original notes
by Paul Oliver

(=) Southland SCD-043 (US 2010)

Southland Records discography

27a1961Roy Palmer / Ike Rodgers: Gut-Bucket Trombones
The Art of Traditional Jazz Trombone

Roy Palmer & The State Street Ramblers
- Sic 'Em Tiger
- I Want To Be Your Lovin' Man
- South African Blues
- Tiger Moan
- Georgia Grind
- Barrel House Stomp


Ike Rodgers
- 21 Street Stomp
- It Hurts So Good (Alice Moore, sp)
- My Man Blues (Alice Moore, voc)
- Nickel's Worth Of Liver
- Good Chib Blues

- Prison Blues (Alice Moore, voc)


Riverside RLP 12-150

27b1962?Piano, Brass and Blues
A Collection of Classic Blues Accompaniments

- Freakish Man - Meade Lux Lews, p; George Hannah, voc
- Tuba Lawdy Blues - Bert Cobb, tuba; unknown, p; Sharlie English, voc
- Can't Make Another Day - Roosevelt Sykes, p; "Baby Jay", cornet; Edith Johnson, voc
- Dishrag Blues - "Baby Jay" cornet; unknown, p; Leola B. "Coot" Grant, voc
- Weary Heart Blues - Blind Leroy Garnett, p; James "Boodle-It" Wiggins, voc, hca

- Black and Evil Blues - Ike Rodgers, tb; Henry Brown, p; Alice Moore, voc

- Gambler's Dream - Thomas (Mutt) Carey, trumpet; Hociel Thomas, p, voc
- Troubled in Mind Blues- Lee Collins, trumpet; Lovie Austin, p; John Lindsay, b; Baby Dodds, dr; Bertha "Chippie" Hill, voc
- On the Wall - Cripple Clarence Lofton, p; Louise Johnson, voc
- Evil Woman Blues - Dobby Bragg, p; James "Boodle-It" Wiggins, voc #
- Transom Blues - Bert Cobb and Sharlie English
- Molasses Sopper Blues - Meade Lux Lewis and George Hannah

# it was then believed that Dobby Bragg did the piano accompaniment


Riverside RLP 12-153

281964Honky Tonk Train

Cow Cow Davenport
- Chimes Blues
Meade Lux Lewis
- Honky Tonk Train Blues
Will Ezell
- Barrel House Woman

Henry Brown
- Henry Brown Blues
Charles Avery
- Dearborn Street Breakdown
Blind Boy Garnett
- Chain 'em Down
Wesley Wallace
- No. 29
Jabo Williams
- Jab Blues

Will Ezell
- Heifer Dust
Cow Cow Davenport
- Slow Drag
- Atlanta Rag
Blind Boy Garnett
- Louisiana Glide

Henry Brown
- Deep Morgan Blues
- Eastern Chimes Blues
Wesley Wallace
- Fanny Lee Blues
Jabo Williams
- Pratt City Blues


booklet notes by H.R.R.
[Hans R. Rookmaaker]

Riverside RM/RLP 8806


= Pierre Cardin presente
PC 93.509 (Fr 1975)

= Mercury 6332 989 (Fr)

(=) Jazz Story 40.005 "Low
Down Piano Blues" (Ger
197?; 4 tracks excluded)


= BASF 10 29846-9 (Fr)

= Music Parade LEL 189

= Classic Jazz Masters
88503 (NL)

= Classic Jazz Masters
22026 (Ger)

291965Conversation With The Blues
A Documentary of Field Recordings by Paul Oliver

LP tracks:
Boogie Woogie Red - So Much Good Feeling (spoken, with own piano)
Willie Thomas - A Little Different spoken
James Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - Kill That Nigger Dead (Cage, vocal and fiddle; Thomas, vocal and guitar)
Lil' Son Jackson - The Onliest Way (spoken)
J.B. Lenoir - My Father's Style (guitar solo)
J.B. Lenoir - So It Rocked On (spoken)
J.B. Lenoir - Move To Kansas City (vocal and own guitar)
Otis Spann - When She Comes Back (spoken)
Otis Spann - Poor Country Boy (vocal, with own piano)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Ain't No Easy Thing (spoken)
Mance Lipscomb - Evil Heart Blues (vocal and own piano)
Blind Arvella Gray - A Roughneck (spoken)
Roosevelt Sykes - West Helena Blues (vocal and guitar)
Will Shade - Days Of Nineteen-Hundred (spoken)
Will Shade - Newport News Blues (vocal and own guitar)
Whistling Alex Moore - Chock House Days (spoken)
Whistling Alex Moore - Come and Get Me (vocal and own piano)
Brother John Sellers - Move Back For What? (spoken)
J. B. Lenoir - I Been Down So Long (vocal and own guitar)

Jasper Love - Santa Fé Blues (vocal and piano)
John Lee Hooker - Somewhere Down The Line (spoken)
Robert Curtis Smith - I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change (vocal and own guitar)
Otis Spann - Only Places They Can Go (spoken)
Otis Spann - People Calls Me Lucky (vocal and own piano)
Henry Townsend - What Have I Committed (spoken) #
James Butch Cage - Tween Midnight And Day (vocal and own guitar)
Little Brother Montgomery - Walking Basses (spoken)
Little Brother Montgomery - Dud Low Joe (piano solo)
Little Brother Montgomery - It's A Barrelhouse Blues (spoken) []
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues (vocal with piano)
Little Brother Montgomery - They Beat Me To Chicago (spoken) []
Roosevelt Sykes - They All Called Him 'Pork Chops' (spoken)
Roosevelt Sykes - Forty-Four Blues (vocal and own piano)
Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - Doctor Clayton And Me (spoken) []
Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - Take A Little Walk With Me (vocal with own electric guitar, with Sunnyland Slim, piano) []
Edwin Buster Pickens - To Have The Blues Within (spoken)
Mance Lipscomb - Blues In The Bottle (vocal and own guitar)

CD tracks:
- So Much Good Feeling - Boogie Woogie Red
- A Little Different - Willie Thomas
- Kill That Nigger Dead - James "Butch" Cage & Willie Thomas
- The Onliest Way - Lil Son Jackson
- My Father's Style / So It Rocked On / Move To Kansas City - J.B. Lenoir
- When She Come Back / Poor Country Boy - Otis Spann
- Ain't No Easy Thing - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Evil Heart Blues - Mance Lipscomb
- A Roughneck - Blind Arvella Gray
- West Helena Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Days of 1900 / Newport News Blues - Will Shade
- Chock House Days / Come and Get Me - Whistling Alex Moore
- Move Back! For What? - Brother John Sellers
- Been Down So Long - J.B. Lenoir
- A Place They Call Boots' - James "Stump" Johnson []

- Henry Brown Blues - Henry Brown []
- They Called Us Gandy Dancers / Work Songs / John Henry - Blind Arvella Gray with Blind James Brewer []
- Santa Fe Train - Edwin "Buster" Pickens
- Most Reason I Sing - Robert Curtis Smith
- Santa Fe Blues - Jasper Love
- Somewhere Down The Line - John Lee Hooker
- I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change - Robert Curtis Smith
- Only Places They Can Go / People Call Me Lucky - Otis Spann
- What Have I Committed? - Henry Townsend #
- 'Tween Midnight And Day - James "Butch" Cage
- Walking Basses / Dud Low Joe / The First Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- They Call Him "Pork Chops" / Forty-Four Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Blues In The Bottle - Mance Lipscomb
- To Have The Blues Within - Edward "Buster" Pickens
- Colorado Springs Blues - Edwin "Buster" Pickens []

# rec. 1960 in Chicago, IL; LP resp. CD accompanying Paul Oliver's book by the same title

[] = not on LP resp. CD !!!


Decca LK 4664


2nd ed. (1997) of book
(with enclosed CD)

301966Barrelhouse Blues & Boogie Woogie Vol. 2

Jimmie Yancey
- Yancey Special
Champion Jack Dupree
- Shirley Mae (alt tk)
Speckled Red
- You Ain't No Good

Henry Brown
- Becky Thatcher Blues #
- St. Louis Sweet Patootie #

Memphis Slim
- Celeste Boogie
Roosevelt Sykes
- Dog Finger Blues
Champion Jack Dupree
- Daybreak Blues
Pete Johnson
- 4 O'Clock Blues
Boogie Woogie Trio (Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons, Meade "Lux" Lewis)
- Dupree Blues
Albert Ammons
- Monday Struggle


# rec. March 13, 1965 in St. Louis, MO; Henry Brown, p

notes by Paul Oliver

Storyville SLP 183

notes by Paul Oliver

= Storyville 670183

Storyville Records discography

311966Piano Blues Vol. 2

Champion Jack Dupree
- Blues Before Sunrise (alt tk)
Speckled Red
- T'aint Nobody's Business
Champion Jack Dupree
- You Got Me Way Down Here

Henry Brown
- Deep Morgan Blues #
Roosevelt Sykes
- Under-Eyed Woman
Memphis Slim
- Worries All The Time

Memphis Slim
- Gone Mother Blues
Champion Jack Dupree
- Please Send Me Someone To Love #
Roosevelt Sykes
- 9 Hour Call

Henry Brown
- New Eastern Chimes #
Champion Jack Dupree
- Work House Blues #
Speckled Red
- How Long Blues


# rec. March 13, 1965 in St. Louis, MO; Henry Brown, p

notes by Paul Oliver

Storyville SLP 187

= Storyville 670187

DLP

(=) Storyville ST 21013
(along with SLP 168)

Storyville Records discography

321967Barrelhouse Blues & Stomps   Vol. 5

Speckled Red
- Blues On My Brain
Charlie Rasch
- Deep Jungle
James Crutchfield
- Black Woman
John Bentley
- Greenville Rocks

Henry Brown
- 21 Street Stomp #
Dink Johnson
- Miss Clementine From New Orleans

Speckled Red
- All On Account Of You
Charlie Rasch
- Whip It To A Jelly
James Crutchfield
- How Long Blues
John Bentley
- West Texas Shout
Buster Wilson
- Egyptian Fantasy
Dink Johnson
- Exactly Like You


# rec. March 13, 1965 in St. Louis, MO; Henry Brown, p

notes by John Bentley

Euphonic ESR 1204

331967Barrelhouse Blues & Stomps   Vol. 4

Lawrence 'Smokey Joe' Henry
- Sweet Georgia Brown

Henry Brown
- Pickin 'Em Out Again #
James Crutchfield
- Levee Blues
John Bentley with Roosevelt Sykes, voc
- Over At Hattie's Barrelhouse
James 'Stump' Johnson
- The Snitcher's Blues
Speckled Red
- Ain't Gonna Cry No More

Speckled Red
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Cyril Bennett
- Gin Mill Blues
Lawrence 'Smokey Joe' Henry
- Nagasaki
Dink Johnson
- Dink's Final Blues


# rec. March 13, 1965 in St. Louis, MO; Henry Brown, p

notes by Paul E. Affeldt

Euphonic ESR 1205

33ac.1967Rugged Piano Classics 1927-1939

Skip James
- 22-20 Blues   @ youtube
Jim Clark [sic]
- Fat Fanny Stomp   @ youtube
Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie   @ youtube

Henry Brown
- Stomp Em Down To The Bricks   @ youtube
Black Diamond Twins
- Block & Tackle   @ youtube
Blythe and Burton
- Block & Tackle Blues   @ youtube
Blythe and Clark
- Don't Break Down   @ youtube

Cow Cow Davenport
- Alabama Strut   @ youtube
Sammy Brown
- The Jockey Blues   @ youtube
Romeo Nelson
- Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing   @ youtube
James Wiggins
- Frisco Bound   @ youtube
- 44 Blues   @ youtube
Jessie James
- Lonesome Day Blues   @ youtube
Frank Melrose
- Pass The Jug   @ youtube


notes by Tracy Nelson

Origin Jazz Library OJL 15

OJL Records discography

341969Boogie Woogie Rarities   1927-1932

Meade Lux Lewis
- Honky Tonk Train Blues [original version]
- Molasses Sopper Blues [accompanying George Hannah]
Wesley Wallace
- Number 29
Blind Leroy Garnet
- Chain 'em Down
Cripple Clarence Lofton
- On The Wall [accompanying Louise Johnson]
Will Ezell
- Playing The Dozens
- Just Can't Stay Here

Charlie Spand
- Hastings Street (with Blind Blake)
- Levee Camp Man
Jabo Williams
- Jab Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- Chimes Blues
- New Cow Cow Blues (with B.T. Wingfield)

Henry Brown
- Deep Morgan
Charles Avery
- Dearborn Street Breakdown


notes by Mait Edey

Milestone MLP 2009

Milestone Records discography

351972Barrel-House, Blues & Boogie Woogie   Vol. 3


track sequence according to labels = actual content:
Roosevelt Sykes
- Southern Style Piano (5:16) [Storyville 6.28470]   @ youtube
Champion Jack Dupree
- Keep On Goin' (3:30) [Storyville 6.28443]   @ youtube
Sunnyland Slim
- Sunnylands Back Beat (2:55) [Storyville 6.28470]   @ youtube
Memphis Slim
- Frankie And Johnny (3:16) [Storyville STCD 8009]   @ youtube

Henry Brown
- 21st Stomp (4:07)   @ youtube

Champion Jack Dupree
- Piano Solo (instr) (4:25) [Storyville STCD-8030 as "My Own Blues"]   @ youtube
Roosevelt Sykes
- Crow Hopping Blues (2:52) [Storyville STCD-8027]   @ youtube

Henry Brown
- Lowdown Drag (4:25) [Storyville 6.28470]   @ youtube
Memphis Slim
- Funky Blues (4:20) [Storyville 6.28470; Storyville STCD 8030 as "Funky (Slow And Easy) Blues"]   @ youtube
Champion Jack Dupree
- Gravier Street Rag (= Gravier Street Special) (2:04) [Storyville STCD 8030]   @ youtube


track sequence according to back cover:
Roosevelt Sykes
- Southern Style Piano
Champion Jack Dupree
- Gravier Street Day (actually "Gravier Street Rag")
Sunnyland Slim
- Sunnylands Boogie [= "Sunnylands Back Beat"]
Roosevelt Sykes
- You Deceived Me [actually not on Storyville SLP 213, first released on Storyville STCD-8027!]
Memphis Slim
- Frankie And Johnny

Henry Brown
- 21st Stomp

Champion Jack Dupree
- My Own Blues (instr) [= "Piano Solo"]
Roosevelt Sykes
- Crow Hopping Blues

Henry Brown
- Lowdown Drag
Memphis Slim
- Funky Blues
Champion Jack Dupree
- Keep On Goin' (3:30)


notes by Mike Leadbitter

Storyville SLP 213

Storyville Records discography

361971Ike Rodgers: Gut Bucket Trombone

- Malt Can Blues
- Twenty-First Street Stomp
- It Hurts So Good
- Black And Evil Blues
- Prison Blues
- My Man Blues
- Screamin' The Blues [actually Screenin' The Blues]
- Broadway St. Woman Blues

- Nickel's Worth Of Liver Blues
- Good Chib Blues
- Lonesome Dream Blues
- Kid Man Blues
- Barrelhouse Flat Blues
- Key To The Mountain Blues
- Blues Stomp
- Blind Boy Blues


Collector's Classics CC 37 (Denmark 1971) "Masters of the Blues 11"

36a197?Barrelhouse Piano


Cow Cow Davenport
- Cow Cow Blues
- State Street Jive
- Alabama Strut
- Back In The Alley
- Mootch Piddle

Henry Brown
- Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
Speckled Red
- The Dirty Dozen
- Wilkins Street Stomp

Speckled Red
- Dirty Dozen No. 2
Montana Taylor
- Whoop And Holler Stomp
- Hayride Stomp
- Indiana Avenue Stomp
- Detroit Rocks
Romeo Nelson
- Head Rag Hop
- Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing
- The Midnight Special



Jazz Piano JP-5007

37197?Things Have Changed
an anthology of today's blues from St. Louis

Henry Townsend
- Cairo Blues
Arthur Weston
- Uncle Sam Called Me
George McCoy
- Things Have Changed
Jimmy Brown
- Two Trains
Ethel McCoy
- Bumble Bee

Henry Brown
- Webster's Blues # *

George McCoy
- Train
Arthur Weston
- Highway 49
Henry Townsend
- Christmas Blues
Clarence Johnson
- Baby Let Me Come Back Home
Henry Townsend
- Tired Of Being Mistreated

Henry Brown
- Henry's Jive # §

# rec. September 1969 in St. Louis, MO; Henry Brown, p, sp; Mike Stewart, g; * Henry Townsend, sp; § unknown, sp

notes by Dick Spottswood,
Don Kent & Stephen Calt

Adelphi AD 1012

Adelphi Records discography

   

- unknown titles

rec. 1976 at Henry Brown's house in St. Louis, MO by Giles Oakley for use in the BBC TV series "The Devil's Blues"; Henry Brown, voc, p
For an account of this session see Blues & Rhythm # 228 (2008), pp. 6-7

unissued

37a1976Blues In The Twenties

Bo Weavil Jackson - You Can't Keep No Brown
Furry Lewis - Sweet Papa Moan
Henry Thomas - Cottonfield Blues
Tampa Red & Georgia Tom - It's Tight Like That
Bertha "Chippie" Hill - Trouble In Mind
Leroy Carr - How Long How Long Blues - no. 2
Pine Top Smith - Nobody Knows You When You'r Down And Out

Henry Spaulding - Cairo Blues

Henry Brown - Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods - Last Chance Blues
Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along
Jim Jackson - Jim Jackson's Jamboree - part 1
Jim Jackson - Jim Jackson's Jamboree - part 2
Garfield Akers - Dough Roller Blues
"Funny Paper" Smith - Howlin' Wolf Blues no. 1


notes by Toyo Nakamura
 
MCA MCA-3525 (Jp 1976)

381977Paramount 1929-1930
'whip it to a jelly' (The Piano Blues Vol. 1)

Charlie Spand
- Moanin' The Blues
- Mississippi Blues
Blind Leroy Garnett
- Chain 'Em Down
- Louisiana Glide
Little Brother
- No Special Rider
- Vicksburg Blues
Wesley Wallace
- Fanny Lee Blues
- No. 29

Louise Johnson
- By The Moon And Stars
- All Night Long Blues
Will Ezell
- Pitchin' Boogie
- Heifer Dust
Charles Avery
- Dearborn St. Breakdown
James Wiggins
- Forty-Four Blues

Henry Brown
- Henry Brown Blues
Blind Blake / Spand
- Hastings St.


foreword by Francis Smith
notes by Bob Hall
and Richard Noblett

Magpie PY 4401

Magpie PYCD 01 (1990)
(four add'l tracks)

Magpie Records discography

38a1977Brunswick 1928-1930
'nothing but a worried mind' (The Piano Blues Vol. 2)

Lucille Bogan
- Alley Boogie
- New Way Blues
'Speck' Pertum
- Gamblers Blues
- Weak Eyed Blues
- Harvest Moon
John Oscar
- Whoopee Mama Blues
Freddie Nicholson
- You Gonna Miss Me Blues
- Freddie's Got The Blues

Eddie Miller
- Freight Train Blues
- Good Jelly Blues
- School Day Blues
Shorty George
- Jones Law Blues
Bob Call
- 31 Blues

Henry Brown
- Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
Mary Johnson
- Dawn Of Day Blues
Mozelle Alderson
- Tight In Chicago


foreword by Francis Smith
notes by Bob Hall
and Richard Noblett

Magpie PY 4402

Magpie Records discography

391979Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues
The Living Tradition

LP 1:
Smoky Babe - Boogy
Avery Brady - I Don't Want You No More
Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues
Huddie Ledbetter - Frankie And Albert, parts 1 + 2
[Jimmy Brewer - Big Road Blues
Even though shown on the cover as well as on the label track listing and even though there's a picture and a short bio of Jim Brewer in the liner notes, this Jim Brewer track is actually / erroneously? not included; instead there's the following Arthur Weston track !!!]

Arthur Weston - Someday Baby
Big Joe Williams - Long Road Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - You Better Mind

Clarence Edwards - Mean Old Frisco
Bert Logan, Russ Logan, Big Joe Williams - Four O'Clock In The Morning
Big Joe John Henry Miller, Jimmy Lee Miller - Down Here By Myself
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - 21 Below Zero
Johnny Young - Green Door Blues
Arthur Weston - Roll Me Over Slow


LP 2:
Champion Jack Dupree - Back Door Special
Roosevelt Sykes - Southern Style Piano
Henry Brown - Low Down Drag
Memphis Slim - Funky Blues
Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special
Sunnyland Slim - Sunnyland's Boogie

Speckled Red - Cow Cow Blues
Otis Spann - The Skies Are Blue
Memphis Slim - A Letter Home
Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes
Memphis Slim - Rebecca Blues
Willie Mabon - I'm The Fixer
Champion Jack Dupree - I Just Want To Be Free

compiled by Manfred Miller
front cover lino-cut by Hartmut Heumann


accompanying flyer

DLP
notes by Manfred Miller   (English translation by Christa M. Gowing)

Storyville 6.28470 (Germany 1979)
to read liner notes click on pictures of covers: G = German / E = English   text has been black/white reversed to improve readability


= PGP RTB 2LP 3220044 (Yugoslavia 1981)

Storyville Records discography

39a1982Paramount Vol. 2 1927-1932
'raised in the alley' (The Piano Blues Vol. 17)

Jabo Williams
- Pratt City Blues

Henry Brown
- Eastern Chimes Blues
Freddie Brown
- Raised In The Alley Blues
Skip James
- 22-20 Blues
Raymond Barrow
- Walking Blues
Charley Taylor
- Heavy Suitcase Blues
Barrel House Welch
- Dying Pickpocket Blues
Louise Johnson
- Long Way From Home

Louise Johnson
- On The Wall
Charley Taylor
- Louisiana Bound
Barrel House Welch
- Larceny Woman Blues
Meade Lux Lewis
- Honky Tonk Train Blues
Will Ezell
- Playing The Dozen
Freddie Brown
- Whip It To A Jelly

Henry Brown
- Deep Morgan Blues
Jabo Williams
- Jabo Blues


foreword by Francis Smith
notes by Bob Hall
and Richard Noblett

Magpie PY 4417

Magpie Records discography

39a1984Barrelhouse Years 1928-1933
'some piano player, I'll tell you that' (The Piano Blues Vol. 20)

Pine Top Smith
- Pine Top's Boogie Woogie (-B)
- Pine Top Blues (-B)
Pinetop & Lindberg
- Down On The Levee
- Louisiana Bound
- East Chicago Blues
Speckled Red
- The Right String
- The Dirty Dozen - no. 2
'Boodle It' Wiggins
- Evil Woman Blues

Turner Parrish
- Fives
Lonnie Clark
- Broke Down Engine
Davenport
- Slum Gullion Stomp
'Montana' Taylor
- Indiana Avenue Stomp
'Jabo' Williams
- Fat Mama Blues

Henry Brown
- Blind Boy Blues
Bert M. Mays
- You Can't Come In
Davenport & Smith
- Alabama Strut


mastered by John R. T. Davies

foreword by Francis Smith
notes by Bob Hall

Magpie PY 4420

Magpie Records discography

401984Henry Brown & Edith Johnson
The Blues in St. Louis
  Volume 2
Barrelhouse Piano & Classic Blues

- Henry Brown Blues
- Little Drops Of Water
- Take It Light
- Soothing Syrup Blues
- Original Blues
- Honeysuckle Rose

- Nickel's Worth Of Liver
- Deep Brown Blues
- Old Time Fast Blues
- Changing Blues
- Drive My Baby Slow

rec. 1961 in St. Louis by Samuel Charters; Edith Johnson, voc; Henry Brown, p; prod. by Samuel Charters
cover photograph by Ann Charters

notes by Samuel Charters

Folkways FS 3815

411984The Pioneers of Boogie Woogie
Original Masterpieces Vol. 1

Pine Top Smith - Pinetop's Blues
Pine Top Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Pine Top Smith - Jump Steady Blues
Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues
Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen No. 2

Henry Brown - Deep Morgan
Cripple Clarence Lofton - In The Morning
Speckled Red - Jim Jackson's Jamboree

Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special
Jimmy Yancey - White Sox Stomp
Jimmy Yancey - The Fives
Jimmy Yancey - South Side Stuff
Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop
Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp
Charles Avery - Dearborn Street Breakdown



Joker SM 4081 (It)

6 LP set
(=) Joker SM 9416 (It)
(boxed set of Joker SM
4081 to SM 4086)

421988St. Louis Piano Blues   1929-1934

Jesse Johnson
- I Wish I Had Died In Egyptland Pt.1 [15570;p-1432]
- I Wish I Had Died In Egyptland Pt.2 [15571;p-1433]

Henry Brown
- Stomp 'em Down To The Bricks [C-3453]
- Henry Brown Blues [15450]
- Eastern Chimes Blues [L-180-1]
- Deep Morgan Blues [L-181-1]
- All Men Blues [C-9349-a]
- Beef Man Blues [C-9350- ]
Robert Peeples
- Wicked Devil's Blues [L-182-1]

Robert Peeples
- Fat Greasy Baby [L-183-1]
- Dying Baby Blues [L-190-1]
- Mama's Boy [L-191-2]
Wesley Wallace
- No. 29 [L-184-2]
- Fanny Lee Blues [L-185-1]
Sylvester Palmer
- Do It Sloppy [403304-b]
- Broke Man Blues [403305-b]
- Mean Blues [403306-b]
- Lonesome Man Blues [403307-a]


front cover photo of Henry Brown by Paul Oliver


Document DLP 529

Document Records discography

431988Alice Moore: Black Gal

- Have Mercy Blues (3:08)
- Cold Iron Walls (3:15)
- Loving Heart Blues (3:01)
- Serving Time Blues (2:55)
- Riverside Blues (2:51)
- Lonesome Woman Blues (2:45)
- Trouble Blues (2:36)
- S.O.S. Blues (Distress Blues) (3:03)
- Just Sitting Here Wondering (3:11)

- Death Valley Blues (3:11)
- Tomorrow Blues (2:49)
- Dark Angel (3:07)
- Money Tree Man (3:05)
- Midnight Creepers (3:04)
- Just A Good Girl Treated Wrong (3:02)
- New Blue Black And Evil Blues (2:58)
- Push Cart Pusher (3:02)
- Unlucky Play Blues (3:06)

notes by Guido van Rijn,
Hans Vergeer & Cor van
Sliedregt

Agram AB 2013 (NL)

441988Mary Johnson: I Just Can't Take It

- Muddy Creek Blues
- Room Rent Blues
- Western Union Blues
- Barrel House Flat Blues
- Key To The Mountain Blues
- Three Months Ago Blues
- Dawn Of Day Blues
- Friendless Gal Blues
- Death Cell Blues

- No Good Town Blues
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Mary Johnson Blues
- Those Black Men Blues
- Peepin' At The Risin' Sun
- Deceitful Woman Blues
- Black Gal Blues
- Delmar Avenue
- I Just Can't Take It

notes by Guido van Rijn,
Cor van Sliedregt & Hans
Vergeer

Agram AB 2014 (NL)

44a1990Paramount Vol. 1   1928-1932
The Piano Blues series

Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues
Blind Leroy Garnett - Chain 'Em Down
Little Brother - No Special Rider
Wesley Wallace - Fanny Lee Blues
Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars
Will Ezell - Pitchin' Boogie
Blind Leroy Garnett - Louisiana Glide
Blind Blake / Charlie Spand - Hastings St.
Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay
'Jabo' Williams - Fat Mama Blues
'Boodle It' Wiggins - Evil Woman Blues
Lonnie Clark - Down In Tennessee
Charles Avery - Dearborn St. Breakdown
Charlie Spand - Mississippi Blues
Will Ezell - Heifer Dust
Little Brother - Vicksburg Blues
Wesley Wallace - No. 29
James Wiggins - Forty-Four Blues

Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues
Louise Johnson - All Night Long Blues

Magpie PY 4401
+ four tracks from
Magpie PY 4420

notes by Bob Hall
and Richard Noblett

Magpie PYCD 01

Magpie Records discography

451991The Paramount Piano Blues 1928-32, Vol. 1

- Evil Woman Blues - James Wiggins
- Forty-Four Blues - James Wiggins
- Chain 'Em Down - James Wiggins
- Lousianna Glide - Blind Leroy Garnett
- Mississippi Blues - Charlie Spand
- Moanin' The Blues - Charlie Spand
- Hastings Street - Charlie Spand
- Pitchin' Boogie - Baby Jay
- Heifer Dust - William Ezell

- Henry Brown Blues - Henry Brown
- Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark
- Dearborn St. Breakdown - Charles Avery
- All Night Long Blues - Louise Johnson
- By The Moon And Stars - Louise Johnson
- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery<
- Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery<
- Fanny Lee Blues - Wesley Wallace
- No. 29 - Wesley Wallace
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road - Skip James
- Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams



Black Swan HCD-11

461993
J.D. Short & Henry Brown: St. Louis Blues (1929-1933)

Jaydee Short
- Telephone Arguin' Blues
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
'Spider' Carter
- Please Please Blues
- Dry Spell Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw & 'Neckbones'
- Tennessee Peaches Blues
- Four O' Clock In The Morning
'Spider' Carter
- Don't Leave Me Blues
Ell-Zee Floyd
- Snow Bound And Blue
R.T. Hanen
- She's Got Jordan River In Her Hips
- Happy Days Blues
Jelly Jaw Short
- Snake Doctor Blues
- Barefoot Blues
- Grand Daddy Blues
Georgia Boyd
- Never Mind Blues
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
- Back Door Blues
Johnson's Jazzers [James 'Stump' Johnson]
- Don't Give My Lard Away

Henry Brown
- Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
- Henry Brown Blues
- Eastern Chimes Blues
- Deep Morgan Blues
- All Men Blues
- Beef Man Blues



Wolf CD 115

471994St. Louis Barrelhouse Piano - 1929-34
The Complete Recorded Works of Wesley Wallace, Henry Brown & Associates

Wesley Wallace
- St. Louis Daddy (Bessie Mae Smith & Wesley Wallace)
- Farewell Baby Blues (Bessie Mae Smith & Wesley Wallace)

- Wicked Devil's Blues (Robert Peeples & Henry Brown)
- Fat Greasy Baby (Robert Peeples & Henry Brown)
- No. 29 (Wesley Wallace)
- Fanny Lee Blues (Wesley Wallace)
- Dying Baby Blues (Robert Peeples & Wesley Wallace)
- Mama's Boy (Robert Peeples & Wesley Wallace)
Sylvester Palmer
- Do It Sloppy
- Broke Man Blues
- Mean Blues
- Lonesome Man Blues

Henry Brown
- Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
- Malt Can Blues
- Twenty First St. Stomp
- It Hurts So Good
- Henry Brown Blues
- Screenin' The Blues
- Blues Stomp
- Blind Boy Blues
- Eastern Chimes Blues
- Deep Morgan Blues
- All Men Blues
- Beef Man Blues
- Throw Me In The Alley

notes by Mike Rowe

Document DOCD-5104

47a1994Mary Johnson
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order   1929-1936

- Muddy Creek Blues
- Room Rent Blues
- Black Men Blues
- Western Union Blues
- Mean Black Man Blues
- Dream Daddy Blues
- Barrel House Flat Blues
- Key To The Mountain Blues
- Three Months Ago Blues
- Dawn Of Day Blues
- Friendless Gal Blues
- Death Cell Blues
- Morning Sun Blues
- No Good Town Blues
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Mary Johnson Blues
- Those Black Man Blues
- Peepin' At The Risin' Sun
- Deceitful Woman Blues
- Black Gal Blues
- Delmar Avenue
- I Just Can't Take It

notes by Chris Smith

Document DOCD-5305

481996St. Louis Blues 1925-1941

- Mr. Johnson's Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding
- Built Right On The Ground - Blind Teddy Darby
- Fire Detective Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Can't Make Another Day
- Duck Yas-Yas-Yas
- Black Men Blues - Mary Johnson
- It Hurts So Good

- Deep Morgan Blues - Henry Brown
- Black And Evil Blues - Alice Moore
- Don't Put That Thing on Me - Clifford Gibson
- Keep It Clean, No. 2
- Henry's Worry Blues
- Barefoot Blues
- Harvest Moon Blues
- As True As I've Been To You
- I Have Made Up My Mind
- Ain't It A Pity And A Shame?
- Shack Bully Stomp - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Don't Take Away My P.W.A. - Jimmie Gordon
- Every Day I Have The Blues
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff - Big Joe Williams
- Sweet Sixteen - Walter Davis
- Only Woman



EPM Musique BC158392

491998Shake Your Wicked Knees - Rent Parties And Good Times
Classic Piano Rags, Blues & Stomps 1928-43

- Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson
- Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Pine Top Smith
- Pine Top's Blues - Pine Top Smith
- Back In The Alley - Cow Cow Davenport
- I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today - Joe Dean
- Pitchin' Boogie - Will Ezell
- Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis
- Dearborn Street Breakdown - Charles Avery
- Fat Fanny Stomp - Jim Clarke
- Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport
- Hip Shakin' Strut - Hokum Boys & Jane Lucas
- House Rent Scuffle - Lil Johnson #
- Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing - Romeo Nelson
- Jump Steady Blues - Pine Top Smith
- Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor
- Whoop And Holler Stomp - Montana Taylor #
- I'm Sober Now - Pine Top Smith
- Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana Taylor

- Stomp 'em Down To The Bricks - Henry Brown
- Hokum Stomp - Hokum Boys & Jane Lucas
- Jimmy's Rocks - Jimmy Yancey
- Mooch Piddle - Cow Cow Davenport #
- Tight Whoopee - Mozelle Alderson


prod. by Francis Wilford-Smith
remastered by Richard Nevins, # John R. T. Davies

notes by Bob Hall

Yazoo CD 2035 (US 1998)

Yazoo Records discography

502000Biddle Street Barrelhousin'

- Oh, Red! - Speckled Red
- Dad's Piece - Speckled Red
- Goin' Down Slow - Speckled Red

- 21st Street Stomp - Henry Brown [Euphonic LP 1204]
- Levee Blues - James Crutchfield
- Blow North Wind - James Crutchfield
- How Long Blues - James Crutchfield
- Milk Cow Blues - Speckled Red
- Black Gal - Speckled Red
- Black Gal - James Crutchfield
- Ora-Nelle Blues - James Crutchfield
- Pearly Mae Blues - James Crutchfield
- Snitcher's Blues - James 'Stump' Johnson
- Blues For Lindy - James 'Stump' Johnson
- St. Louis Blues - Lawrence Henry
- Memphis Blues - Lawrence Henry

- Goin' Down To Becky Thatcher - Henry Brown [Storyville SLP 183]
- All On Account Of You - Speckled Red
- Wilkins Street Stomp - Speckled Red


compiled by Paul Affeldt

notes by Bob Koester

Delmark DE-739 (Euphonic series)

512003Down On The Levee - The Piano Blues of St. Louis, Vol. 2
Classic Recordings of the 1920s and 30s

Henry Brown
- Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
- Deep Morgan Blues
Pinetop & Lindberg
- Louisiana Bound
Henry Brown
- Eastern Chimes Blues
Mary Johnson
- Those Blackman Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Don't Feel Welcome
Blind Squire Turner
- Pitty Pat
Roosevelt Sykes
- Cotton Seed Blues
Eddie Miller
- Freight Train Blues
Doretha Trowbridge
- Slavin' Mama Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- She Don't Know Who She Wants
Specks Pertum
- Weak Eyed Blues
Wesley Wallace
- Fanny Lee Blues
- No. 29
El-Zee Floyd
- Snowbound And Blue
Pinetop & Lindberg
- Believe I'll Make A Change
Stump Johnson
- Steady Grindin'
Sparks Brothers
- Down On The Levee
St. Louis Jimmy
- That's All I Think
Alice Moore
- Tomorrow Blues
Stump Johnson
- Money Johnson
Sparks Brothers
- Chicago's Too Much For Me
Pinetop
- Tell Her About Me



Yazoo CD 2065

Yazoo Records discography

522004The Paramount Masters

disc 1:
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Red River Blues - Lottie Beaman
- Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis
- You Can't Keep No Brown - Bo Weevil Jackson
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby
- No. 29 - Wesley Wallace
- Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Old Country Rock - William Moore
- Keep A-Knockin' - James "Boodle It" Wiggins
- Touch Me Light Mama - George "Bullet" Williams
- Jack Of All Trades - Moanin' Bernice Edwards
- Come on in (Ain't Nobody Here But Me) - Harum Scarums
- All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me - Sweet Papa Stovepipe
- Cotton Field Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson
- Traveling Blues - Ma Rainey
- Soon This Morning Blues - Charlie Spand
- Gay Cattin' - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Whoopee Blues - King Solomon Hill
- Eagles on a Half - Geechie Wiley
- Wasn't It Sad About Lemon - Washboard Walter
- Freakish Man Blues - George Hannah
- Rough Rugged Road Blues - Bumble Bee Slim
- Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacy
- Try Me One More Time - Marshall Owens
- Barrel House Flat Blues - Mary Johnson


disc 2:
- I Shall Not Be Moved - Charley Patton
- Walking Blues - Raymond Barrow
- Guitar Boogie - Blind Roosevelt Graves
- Black and Evil Blues - Alice Moore
- The New Dirty Dozen - Ben Curry
- Low-Down Mississippi Bottom Man - Freddie Spruell
- Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Jack of Diamonds Georgia Rub - Henry Townsend
- Billy Goat Blues - John Byrd
- Bunker Hill Blues - Side Wheel Sally Duffie
- Number Three Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell

- Eastern Chimes Blues - Henry Brown
- Fetch Your Water - Charlie Spand
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - J.D. Short
- Water Bound Blues - Alice Pearson
- Broke Down Engine - Lonnie Clark
- Dying Pickpocket Blues - Barrel House Welch
- Seven Sister Blues - Edward Thompson
- Old Timbrook Blues - John Byrd
- The Preacher Must Get Some Sometime - Bob Robinson
- Motherless Child Blues - Elvie Thomas
- The Ducks Yas Yas - Jack O' Diamonds
- Boodle De Bum Bum - Ben Curry
- Gotta Shave 'Em Dry - James Wiggins


disc 3:
- Some Scream High Yellow - Bo Weevil Jackson
- Jab Blues - "Jabo" Williams
- Raised In The Alley Blues - Freddie Brown
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham - George "Bullet" Williams
- Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Conjur Man Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Mama's Angel Child - Sweet Papa Stovepipe
- Honey Blues - Lottie Beaman
- Lonesome Atlanta Blues - Bobby Grant
- Fat Greasy Baby - Robert Peeples
- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- New York Blues - Blind Roosevelt Graves
- Doctor, Oh Doctor - Henry Townsend
- I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop - Bogus Ben Covington
- Red Letter Blues - Ruby Paul
- Piano Kid Special - Piano Kid Edwards
- Where Did You Stay Last Night - Famous Hokum Boys
- The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
- Fanny Lee Blues - Wesley Wallace
- Narrow Face Blues - Washboard Walter
- Pick Poor Robin Clean - Geechie Wiley
- The Boy In The Boat - George Hannah
- Texas Blues - Marshall Owens
- Evil Woman Blues - James "Boodle It" Wiggins
- Three, Six and Nine - Roosevelt Sykes


disc 4:
- Tom Cat Blues - Freddie Spruell
- Smiling Blues - Jack O' Diamonds
- Mama, Don't You Think I Know - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Back To The Woods Blues - Charlie Spand
- Prison Blues - Alice Moore

- Deep Morgan Blues - Henry Brown
- My Laona Blues - Teddy Darby
- Pistol Blues - Bo Weevil Jackson
- Pratt City Blues - "Jabo" Williams
- Telephone Arguin' Blues - J.D. Short
- Over To My House - Elvie Thomas
- Hambone Blues - Ed Bell
- Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy
- Fire Detective Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Up On The Hill Blues - Edward Thompson
- Key To The Mountain Blues - Mary Johnson
- Down On My Bended Knee - King Solomon Hill
- Red River Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson
- Give Us Another Jug - Piano Kid Edwards
- Nehi Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Last Farewell Blues - Ruby Paul
- Larceny Woman Blues - Barrel House Welch
- Wicked Devil's Blues - Robert Peeples
- Raggin' The Blues - William Moore

4 CD box
       
JSP JSPCD 7723 (UK)

532009Boogie Woogie Kings

Albert Ammons
- Pinetop's Blues
Pete Johnson
- G-Flat Blues
"Cripple" Clarence Lofton
- Streamline Train
- Pitchin' Boogie
- Mistaken Blues
- Travelin' Blues
- I Don't Know
- Mercy Blues
Meade Lux Lewis
- Doll House Boogie
- Whistlin' Blues

Henry Brown
- Deep Morgan # [previously unissued]
- 22nd St. Stomp # [previously unissued]
- Pickin' Em Out Again # [Euphonic LP 1205]
Speckled Red
- Dirty Dozens
- Dad's Piece
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
- Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo
Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson & Meade Lux Lewis
- Boogie Woogie Prayer
Meade Lux Lewis
- Closing Time


# rec. March 13, 1965 in St. Louis, MO; Henry Brown, p


Delmark DE 804

542010The Frog   Blues and Jazz Annual   Vol. 1

Roosevelt Graves - Woke Up This Morning (With Jesus On My Mind)
Mississippi Jook Band - Hittin' The Bottle Stomp
Thomas Morris - The Mess
George McClennon's Jazz Devils - Home Alone Blues
Henry Thomas - Railroadin' Some
Dorothy Everetts - Macon Blues
Charlie Patton - Down The Dirt Road Blues
Roger (Burn Down) Garnett - Lighthouse Blues
Henry Thomas - Don't You Leave Me Here
Edmonia Henderson - Who's Gonna Do Your Lovin' (When You're Good Man's Gone Away)
Frenchy's String Band - Sunshine Special
Ida Cox - My Mean Man Blues #1

Henry Brown - Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
Wesley Wallace - No 29
The Missourians - Market Street Stomp
The Tub Jug Washboard Band - San
Ma Rainey - Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues
Lil's Hot Shots - Georgia Bo Bo
Arnold Wiley - Windy City
James 'Boodle It' Wiggins - Keep A Knockin' An You Can't Get In #1
Fletcher Henderson - Fidgety Feet
Everitt Robbins - A Triflin' Daddy's Blues
Duke Ellington - Cotton Club Stomp #B
Irene Wiley - Bo Hog Blues
McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Tight Like That
Leslie Hutchinson, Opal Cooper - Moonlight On The Ganges


remastered by Nick Dellow


CD accompanying the
Frog Blues and Jazz
Annual - Vol. 1

www.frogrecords.co.uk

552012Every Day In The Week Blues   Vol. 1

Harum Scarums - Come On In (Ain't nobody here but me)
Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band - You Rascal You
Bobbie Leecan's Need-More Band - Wash-Board Cut Out
Bumble Bee Slim - Greasy Greens
Memphis Night Hawks - Come On In, Baby
Kansas City Kitty and Georgia Tom - You Got That Stuff
Jack Kelly & his South Memphis Jug Band - Highway 61 Blues No.2

Boodle-It Wiggins - Keep A Knockin' An You Can't Get In

Henry Brown - Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - Every Day In The Week Blues
Lucille Bogan - Pot Hound Blues
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues
Nelson's Paramount Serenaders - Nelson Blues
Pinetop & Lindberg - 4-11-44


notes by Alex van der Tuuk

Hidden Charms LP-001 (NL 180 g LP)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 56
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 57-58
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 12, 33, 110-111, 468, 573, 600, 654-655, 711, 767, 812, 1008
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 241
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 82
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 195-196
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 66
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, p. 79
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Benoît Brière, Russell Shor, Alex van der Tuuk and Helge Thygesen for additional info / scans

 

H E N R Y   B R O W N with his friend, the guitar-player Henry Townsend, St. Louis, 1960; source: Paul Oliver: Blues off the Record - Thirty Years of Blues Commentary.- Tunbridge Wells (The Baton Press), 1984,<br>photo pages between pp. 138 & 139; photographer: Paul Oliver
Henry Brown with his friend, the guitar-player Henry Townsend, St. Louis, 1960
source: Paul Oliver: Blues off the Record - Thirty Years of Blues Commentary.- Tunbridge Wells (The Baton Press), 1984,
photo pages between pp. 138 & 139; photographer: Paul Oliver

 

 

 

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