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J.C.   B U R R I S; source: Back cover of Arhoolie LP 1075; photographer: Jon Sievert
source: Back cover of Arhoolie LP 1075
photographer: Jon Sievert
J.C.   B U R R I S; source:
 
J.C. Burris
Johnny Charles Burris
b. March 15, 1928 on a farm in Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina
d. May 16, 1988 (60) at general hospital in Kings Mountain, North Carolina

discography
J.C.   B U R R I S; source: Front cover of Arhoolie LP 1075; photographer: Jon Sievert
source: Front cover of Arhoolie LP 1075; photographer: Jon Sievert

#year
of release
title / label / notes
11958SONNY and JAYCEE

- Mister Froggie (H 1369-2) #   @ youtube
- You Keep Doggin' Me (H 1370)   @ youtube

rec. c. May 1958 in New York; Sonny Terry, voc, hca; J.C. Burris, voc, hca; # ts; p; b; dr; # clapping

 
Ember 1034

21959Sonny Terry, J.C. Burris, Sticks McGhee: On The Road

actual track sequence (as on labels):
- My Baby's Leaving
- You Keep On Dogging Me
- Jail House Blues *
- I've Been A Long, Long Way *
- Easy Rider * #
- Harmonica Jump
- Bones Blues //

- Pete's Jump
- Drink Of Wine, Mop Mop * #
- My Baby Gone Home *
- Blues All Around My Bed
- Poor Man But A Good Man
- Slap Blues \\
- Harmonica with Slaps

- Wail On
- Better Let It Go
- Poor Man And Good Man Blues
- Body Slaps
- Bones Solo
- Wine Blues

- My Baby's Leaving
- Easy Rider
- Whooping And Hollering Blues
- Jail House Blues
- I've Been A Long, Long Ways
- Boys In My Room [sic]
- Keep On Dogging Me
- Pete's Jump


rec. 1958 in New York; Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Stick McGhee, g, * voc; J.C. Burris, hca, body slapping, bones, # voc, // bones solo, \\ body slapping solo
front cover photo by David Gahr

 
track sequence as on front cover:

Folkways FA 2369 (US 1959)

31961Sonny Terry: Sonny's Story

- I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More
- My Baby Done Gone
- Worried Blues
- High Powered Woman
- Pepperheaded Woman

- Sonny's Story
- I'm Gonna Get On My Feets Afterwhile
- Four O'Clock Blues
- Telephone Blues
- Great Tall Engine

rec. October 13, 1960 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ by Rudy van Gelder; Sonny Terry, voc, hca; J.C. Burris, hca, bones; Sticks McGhee, g; Belton Evans, dr
photography by Esmond Edwards

notes by Joe Goldberg

Bluesville BV/BVLP 1025 (US 1961)

notes by Joe Goldberg

= XTRA 5025 (UK 1967)

notes by Joe Goldberg

= OBC OBC-503 (US 1984)

6-pp. notes by Joe Goldberg

= OBC OBCCD-503-2 (US 1990)

Bluesville Records discography
XTRA Records discography
OBC Records discography

41968Sonny Terry's New Sound - The Jawharp in Blues and Folk Music

- Shortnin' Bread
- Beautiful City
- Whoop And Holler
- My Baby's Gone
- Dirty Mistreater
- Pick A Bale Of Cotton
- I've Been Your Doggie Since I've Been Your Man

- Skip To My Lou
- Crow Jane
- Blues From Everywhere
- Fox Chase
- Harmonica Blues
- Bottle Up And Go

rec. 1958 in New York; Sonny Terry, voc, jaw harp (jew's harp), hca; Brownie McGhee voc, g, J.C. Burris, hca, bones
Folkways FS 3821 photography by Bob Smith
on XTRA 1099: "Licensed from Moses Asch, Folkways Records U.S.A."

notes by Charles Edward Smith

Folkways FS 3821 (US 1961) "Sonny Terry's New Sound - Jawharp in Blues and Folk Music"

notes by Charles Fox

XTRA 1099 (UK 1970) "Blues From Everywhere with Brownie McGhee & J.C. Burris"

XTRA Records discography

51976J.C. Burris: One Of These Mornings

Arhoolie LP 1075 track sequence:
- Hold Me Tight
- Loneliness
- River Of Life   @ youtube
- She Can't Be Right Always Doing Wrong °°
- Mr. Jack's Dance

- One Of These Mornings   @ youtube
- Inflation Blues
- Hand Jive
- You Got To Roam
- Highway Blues

°° not reissued on Arhoolie CD 497

Arhoolie CD 497 track sequence:
- Hold Me Tight
- Loneliness
- River Of Life
- Mr. Jack's Dance
- One Of These Mornings
- Inflation Blues
- Hand Jive
- You Got To Roam
- Highway Blues
- Blues Professor [previously unissued]
- Where I Am Bound [previously unissued]
- Moving On [previously unissued]
- Raining In Your Life [previously unissued]
- One Way Trip [previously unissued]
- Holdin' On [previously unissued]
- Christmas Time Once Again [previously unissued]
- City By The Bay [previously unissued]
- Way Down South [previously unissued]
- Blues Calling On You [previously unissued]
- Wailing And Sailing [previously unissued]

Arhoolie LP 1075 tracks rec. 1975 at the Northeast Community Center in San Francisco, CA and at West Dakota in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; J.C. Burris, voc, hca, bones
previously unissued Arhoolie CD 497 tracks rec. by J.C. Burris in San Francisco in 1976, probably on a cassette recorder
photography by Jon Sievert

notes by Tom Mazzolini

Arhoolie 1075 (US 1976)

notes by Tom Mazzolini

(=) Arhoolie CD 497 (US 2001) "Blues Professor"

Arhoolie Records discography

61980San Francisco Blues Festival
European Sessions

LP 1:
Sonny Rhodes
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama (4:38)
- Paris Blues (5:05)
- Up Above My Head (3:42)
Luther Tucker
- Tuck's Blues (4:10)

Luther Tucker
- Ska Me Blues (3:10)
- Lonesome Boulevards (5:25)
Little Willie Littlefield
- Digne (3:24)
- Lonesome And Blue (3:44)
- Outskirts Of Paris Boogie (3:07)


LP 2:
Ron Thompson
- Love Has Struck Me Down (3:12)
- My Little Woman (3:13)
- Blue Sparks (3:04)

J.C. Burris
- Blues In France (3:21) #   @ youtube
- Airplane Blues (3:18) #   @ youtube

J.C. Burris
- Black President (4:05) ##   @ youtube
Mississippi Johnny Waters
- Baby, Don't Treat Me This Way (2:11)
- Blues Is Something (3:53)
- They Call It The Boogie (6:08)


rec. May 12, 13 & 14, 1980 at Davout, Paris, France and St-Nom-La-Bretèche Studios; prod. by Larry Martin
# J.C. Burris, voc, hca, ## bones
photo by Pascal Marnay

DLP
notes by Tom Mazzolini

Paris PLB 28510/11 (Fr 1980)


= Guimbarda DD-224748 (Sp 1981)

= EPM BC 157732 (Fr)


= EPM FDC 5507 (Fr 1992)

71982Suckin' And Blowin'

George Smith
- Telephone Blues

Sonny [Terry] & Jaycee [Burris]
- Keep On Doggin' Me [Ember 1034]
Jerry McCain
- East Of The Sun
Long Gone Miles & George Smith
- Little Sweet Thing
Papa Lightfoot
- P.L. Blues [Aladdin 3171]
George Smith
- Love Life
Cousin Leroy
- I'm Lonesome
Ole Sonny Boy
- Blues & Misery

Long Gone Miles & George Smith
- Hello Josephine
Morris Bailey
- Tell Me Why
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Polly Put Your Kettle On
Jerry McCain
- Wine-O-Wine
Ole Sonny Boy
- You Better Change
George Smith
- Blues In The Dark
Sonny Terry
- Dangerous Woman
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Mailman, Mailman



Sundown CG 709-03 (NL 1982)

Sundown Records discography

8199?Savage Kick   Volume Four

Sly Dell - Let Me Tell You 'Bout It
Sil Austin - Say Lou
Isley Brothers - Everybody's Gonna Rock 'N' Roll

Sonny & Jaycee - You Keep On Doggin' Me [Ember 1034]
Lightning Hopkins - I'm Wild About You Baby
Stomp Gordon - Dragnet
Eddie Lang - She's Mine All Mine
Valiants - Tequila Twist

Bobo Jenkins - Tell Me Who [Boxer 202]
Phil Flowers - The Dances
Aggie Dukes - John John
The Silhouettes - Miss Thing
Johnny Chef - Can't Stop Movin'
Millionaires - Arkansas Jane
John Lee - Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
Wynona Carr - Touch And Go



Savage Kick SK 504

39a2000Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary

disc 1:
- San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller (previously unreleased)
- Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas
- Shake Shake Mama - Mance Lipscomb
- Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / Robert Curtis Smith
- One Thin Dime - Butch Cage / Willie Thomas
- Charmin' Betsy - Hodges Brothers
- Whistlin' Alex Moore's Blues - Alex Moore
- I Am The Black Ace - Black Ace
- Brother James - Big Joe Williams
- Lady Luck - Mercy Dee
- Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith
- Zydeco Introduction - Zydeco Announcer
- Bernadette Chere - Albert Chevalier
- Bald Headed Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Baby Please Don't Go - James Campbell
- Believe On Me - Rev. Louis Overstreet
- Low Down Blues - George Lewis
- The Country Blues - J.E. Mainer
- Crowley Waltz - The Hackberry Ramblers
- She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain - Booker White (previously unreleased)
- Ay, Ai Ai - Clifton Chenier
- Write Me A Few Lines - Fred McDowell
- Charlie James - Mance Lipscomb
- Louisiana Blues - Clifton Chenier


disc 2:
- Cindy - John Jackson
- Little Red Rooster - Big Mama Thornton
- La Betaille - Isom Fontenot
- Calcasieu Waltz - Nathan Abshire
- Almlied - Eibelsberger Duo
- I Wonder Where You Are Tonight - Del McCoury
- In The Breeze - Jerry Hahn Quintet
- Goin' Back To The Country - Juke Boy Bonner
- Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
- Two Bugs And A Roach - Earl Hooker
- Dream - John Littlejohn
- Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston
- Visions - Sonny Simmons
- I Wish I Could Sing - Bongo Joe
- Boogieing In Strasbourg - Alex Moore
- The Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King - Big Joe Williams
- Please Settle In Vietnam - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell / Johnny Woods
- El Desesperado - Los Pinguinos Del Norte
- Creole Belles - New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
- Finger Lickin' Good - Charlie Musselwhite


disc 3:
- Church Point Breakdown - Austin Pitre
- Gstanzeln Aus Dem Freistriztal - Original Herberstein Trio
- Gibson Creek Shuffle - Charles Ford Band
- Ups And Downs - L.C. Robinson
- You Ain't Got A Chance - Piano Red
- Home Sweet Home - Boisec Ardoin / Canray Fontenot
- Satan's Burning Hell - Bill Neely
- Luzita - Narciso Martinez
- Yo Me Enamore - Trio San Antonio
- Borracho Perdido - Trio San Antonio

- One Of These Mornings (I'm Checkin' Out) - J.C. Burris
- Allons A Grand Coteau - Clifton Chenier
- En Bas Du Chene Vert - Dewey Balfa / Marc Savoy/D.L. Menard
- Besos Y Copas - Chavela Ortiz Y Brown Express
- Fast Santa Fe - Robert Shaw
- I'll See You In C-U-B-A - Any Old Time String Band
- El Balaju - Conjunto Alma Jarocha
- La Gata - Los Caporales De Panuco
- Beym Rebas Sude - The Klezmorim
- J'ai Laisse De La Maison - Cheese Read
- Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio - Don Santiago Jimenez Sr.
- Mi Problema - Lydia Mendoza


disc 4:
- Gritenme Piedras Del Campo - Flaco Jimenez
- Co-Fe - John Delafose
- Single Girl - Rose Maddox
- Bec De La Manche - Canray Fontenot
- Bosco Stomp - Octa Clark / Hector Duhon
- Negra Ausencia - Santiago Jimenez Jr.
- La Chanson De Cinquante Sous - Michael Doucet Dit BeauSoleil (previously unreleased)
- Shake What You Got - Preston Frank
- Little Black Eyes - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
- The Chill Of A Saturday Afternoon - Wade Fruge
- Jolie Blonde - Chuck Guillory
- Here To Stay - Rebirth Brass Band
- I Know That's Right - Katie Webster
- I've Been There - Lawrence Ardoin
- Mentiste Cuando Dijiste - Flaco Jimenez
- Aguililla - Los Campesinos De Michoacan
- La Reine De La Salle - Odile Falcon
- Chanson De La Sagesse - Michael Doucet
- Hot Chili Mama - BeauSoleil
- Check Out The Zydeco - C.J. Chenier
- El Canoero - Valerio Longoria
- Corrido Del Mono - Los Gavilanes De Oakland
- San Francisco Can Be Such A Lonely Town - Omar Sharriff


disc 5:
- Mother - Paramount Gospel Singers
- Gumagarugu - Chatuye
- Khandan-E Amaturi III - Aziz Herawi
- A Ti, Colombia - Ivan Cuesta
- Food Stamp Blues - Treme Brass Band
- Ain't It A Shame - Elder Roma Wilson
- J'ai Ete Au Bal - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
- La Mal Sentada - Los Cenzontles
- Falling For You - Rose Maddox
- Los Traficantes Del Bravo - Los Palomares Del Bravo (previously unreleased)
- Jesus Will Fix It For You - Sonny Treadway
- Medved Na Lancu - Csokolom
- Jale Griego - Jose Moreno
- El Corrido De Esequiel Hernandez - Santiago Jimenez, Jr.
- What's His Name - Jesus! - The Campbell Brothers
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Aubrey Ghent


Compilation producers: Chris Strachwitz & Elijah Wald; digitally remastered by Mike Cogan

5 CD box
66-pp. booklet by Chris Strachwitz, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt & Elijah Wald

Arhoolie CD 491 (US 2000)

102004J.C. Burris: Long Way By Myself
A collection of rare previously unreleased recordings

- Long Way By Myself
- Poor Man But A Good Man
- Get On My Feet Afterwhile
- Jailhouse Got Me
- Ballin' In My Room
- Early Morning Blues
- Whoop And Holler
- Black President
- Hard Time In Jail
- Selling Out To The Jungle
- Further On Down The Line
- This World Is A Jungle
- She Sold Her Thing
- What I Want To Know
- If the Walls Could Talk
- Blues Is A Feeling
- Uneducated Fool
- Sonny's Story
- Lost John
- The Blues I Play Is Me

rec. 1979 at the University of Santa Cruz, CA


Oosik CD 43609

112010Classic Appalachian Blues from Smithsonian Folkways

- My Baby's Gone - Sticks McGhee
- Louise Blues - Big Chief Ellis with Cephas and Wiggins
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Doc Watson
- Railroad Bill - John Jackson   @ youtube
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - Bill Williams
- You Don't Know My Mind - Pink Anderson

- Blues Around My Bed - J.C. Burris #
- Hesitation Blues - Reverend Gary Davis
- Pawn Shop Blues - Brownie McGhee
- The Road Is Rough and Rocky - Archie Edwards
- Hoodoo Blues - Martin, Bogan and Armstrong
- Red River Blues - Lesley Riddle
- Walking Cane - Peg Leg Sam Jackson
- One Dime Blues - Etta Baker
- Mississippi Heavy Water Blues - Roscoe Holcomb
- Outskirts Of Town - Josh White
- See What You Done Done - Baby Tate
- I Got A Woman - Marvin and Turner Foddrell
- Girl Dressed In Green - John Tinsley
- Blues In The Morning - E.C. Ball
- Wine Blues (Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee) - Sticks McGhee


# rec. June 28, 1982 live at the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife in Washington, DC.; J.C. Burris, voc, hca

compiled by Barry Lee Pearson and Jeff Place

notes by Barry Lee Pearson and Jeff Place

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40198
[read notes]



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 59
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 282
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 608 [Sonny Terry]
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 214
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 78-79
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, pp. 96-98
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Bob Eagle for additional info

 

 

 

 

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