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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

J O E   C A R T E R; source: Front cover of Barrelhouse BH-007
Johnny Junious, Walter "Big Red" Smith & Joe Carter
source: Front cover of Barrelhouse BH-007; photographer: Joe Frogg
Joe Carter
Joseph J. Carter   a/k/a "Elmore James, Jr."
b. November 6, 1927 in Midland, Georgia
d. June 15, 2001 in Chicago, Illinois

discography
J O E   C A R T E R   at South Park Lounge, Chicago, 1974; source: Neff & Connor 1975, p. 48; photographer: Robert Neff
Joe Carter at South Park Lounge, Chicago, 1974
source: Neff & Connor 1975, p. 48; photographer: Robert Neff

#year
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11973Hubert Sumlin and his friends: Kings of Chicago Blues Vol. 2

- Blues For Elmore James (instr)   @ youtube
- Funky Roots (instr)   @ youtube
- I Can't Loose [sic] *   @ youtube
- One Down (instr) ||
- Willie's Back In Town (instr)   @ youtube
- Minor Feelings (instr)

- Everyday I Have The Blues **
- Straight Talk (instr)   @ youtube
- Little By Little §
- When Evelyn's Not Around (instr) ||

- It Hurts Me Too #

rec. January 20, 1971 at the P.S. Recording Studios in Chicago, IL; prod. by Hubert Sumlin & Willy Leiser
|| Hubert Sumlin, g
# Joe Carter, voc, g (1st solo); Hubert Sumlin, g; Jimmy Dawkins, g; James Green, b; Fred Below, dr
* Billy Boy Arnold, hca, ** voc; Hubert Sumlin, g; Jimmy Dawkins, g; James Green, b; Fred Below, dr
§ Eddie Shaw, voc, ts; Hubert Sumlin, g; Jimmy Dawkins, g; James Green, b; Fred Below, dr

front cover photo by Willy Leiser (Hubert Sumlin, S.P. Leary, Sunnyland Slim & Howlin' Wolf at Big Duke's Flamingo Lounge, Chicago)

notes by Willy Leiser

Vogue LDM 30175 (Fr 1973)

notes by Willy Leiser

= Blues Legacy BL 12503 (Fr 1973) "Funky Roots"

notes by Willy Leiser
   
= Vogue LDM.30175 (Fr 2011) "Hubert Sumlin & his friends" = disc 19 of 25 CD box set "The Perfect Blues Collection" Vogue 88697847832

Billy Boy Arnold discography
Hubert Sumlin discography

21976The Aces and their guests
Bobby King ... Joe Carter ... Johnny Drummer
Direct From Chicago ...

MCM 900.293 track sequence:
- Rock Me Baby
- You're The One
- Baby What You Want Me To Do
- Someday Baby
- Off The Wall *


- Worried About My Baby * []
- Bobby's Rock (instr) *
- Kansas City
- Honky Tonk


Storyville STCD 8049 / P-Vine PCD-24208 track sequence:
- Rock Me Baby
- You're The One
- Baby What You Want Me To Do
- Someday Baby
- Off The Wall

- Worried About My Baby * []
- Bobby's Rock (instr) *
- Kansas City
- Honky Tonk
- Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong #
- C.C. Rider °°
- Sweet Home Chicago °°
- It's My Life Baby °°

- It Hurts Me Too * [] °°
- Hide Away °°
- Tribute To Little Water * °°

°° CD bonus tracks

2013 reissued on 'The Chicago Bluesbox' (8 CD set Storyville 1088612)

rec. October 14, 1975 "live" at Ma Bea's in Chicago, IL; Louis Myers, voc, hca, g; Dave Myers, voc, g; b; Fred Below, dr; guests: Bobby King, voc, g; Johnny Drummer, voc; Joe Carter, * g, [] voc; prod. by Marcelle Morgantini


MCM 900.293 (Fr 1976)


(=) Storyville STCD 8049 (Denmark 2001)


= P-Vine PCD-24208 (Jp 2008)

MCM Records discography
Storyville Records discography

31976Joe Carter and his Chicago Broomdusters: Mean & Evil Blues

- Take A Little Walk With Me [Rhino CD R2 71124]   @ youtube
- Honey Bee   @ youtube
- Rock Me   @ youtube
- I'm Worried (3:18) [Rhino CD R2 75348]   @ youtube
- It Hurts Me Too   @ youtube

- Shake Your Moneymaker   @ youtube
- Sloppy Drunk   @ youtube
- Treat Me The Way You Do   @ youtube
- Dust My Broom   @ youtube
- Blow Wind Blow   @ youtube
- Hoochie Koochie Man   @ youtube

rec. c. October/November 1975 at Glass Fingers Studios in Chicago, IL by George Paulus; Joe Carter, voc, lead & slide g; Walter "Big Red" Smith, g; Johnny Junious, dr
cover photograph by Joe Frogg

notes by George Paulus

Barrelhouse BH-007 (US 1976)

notes by George Paulus

= P-Vine PCD-5202 (Jp 1997)

Barrelhouse Records discography

41976The Devil's Music
from the BBC T.V. series

Red Lightnin' RL0033 track sequence:
LP 1: Mississippi and Memphis Blues@ youtube ([almost] full album LP 1)
Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water
Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag
Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues
Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight
Booker White - Aberdeen Mississippi

Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid Of My Mule
Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack
Sonny Blake - Bring It On Home To Me
Joe Wilkins - Mr. Downchild
Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider
Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues
Laura Dukes - Crawdad   @ youtube



LP 2: Chicago Blues@ youtube ([almost] full album LP 2)
The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me
Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me
Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime
Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me To Talkin'
Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is

Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too #

Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me
The Aces - Blue Shadows
Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues
Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now   @ Spotify


prod. & ed. by Maddalena Fagandini & Giles Oakley (BBC TV series)
sleeve design and illustration of Red Lightnin' RL0033 by G.M.W. Snow; photography by Axel Küstner

Indigo IGOTCD 2537 track sequence:
CD 1: The Devil's Music Part 1
Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water
Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag
Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues
Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight
Bukka White - Aberdeen, Mississippi
Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid Of My Mule
Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack
Sonny Blake - Bring It On Home
Joe Willie Wilkins - Mr. Downchild
Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider
Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues
Laura Dukes - Crawdad
The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me
Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me
Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime
Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me Talkin'
Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is

Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too #

CD 2: The Devil's Music Part 2
Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me
The Aces - Blue Shadows
Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues
Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now
James De Shay - Crossroads °°
James De Shay - Pony Blues °°
James De Shay - Mistake In Life °°
James De Shay - Evil Is Going On °°
James De Shay - Hold That Train, Conductor °°
James De Shay - Forty Four °°
Big Joe Williams - Providence Help The Poor People °°
Henry Townsend - Tears Came Rolling Down °°
Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk °°
Henry Townsend - Wave My Hands Bye Bye °°
Big Joe Williams - Meet Me At The Bottom °°
Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues °°


CD 3: Live 1963 European Blues Festival
Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well °°
Memphis Slim - I Wrote This Song °°
Memphis Slim - All By Myself °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - 99 °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Bye Bye Bird °°
Memphis Slim - In The Evening °°
Matt Murphy - Grooving On Bounce °°
Matt Murphy - Taking Off °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - All My Love In Vain °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' °°


°° Indigo IGOTCD 2537 bonus tracks

# rec. January 28, 1976 in Chicago, IL; Joe Carter, voc, g; Dave Myers, b; Fred Below, dr

DLP
notes by Giles Oakley

Red Lightnin' RL 0033 (UK 1976)

3 CD box set
notes by Neil Slaven

= Indigo IGOTCD 2537 (UK 2003) "The Devil's Music: The Soundtrack To The 1976 BBC TV Documentary Series"

Red Lightnin' Records discography

51982Joe Carter & Kansas City Red: Original Chicago Blues
featuring Eddie Taylor & John Wrencher

Joe Carter
- Mama Talk To Your Daughter #   @ youtube
- You're The One #
- Rock Me #   @ youtube
Kansas City Red
- Open Your Heart *
- Crawling Kingsnake *   @ youtube

Kansas City Red
- Sweet Black Angel *
- Rollin' & Tumblin' *
- Standing Around Crying   @ youtube
- The Moon Is Rising *


# Joe Carter tracks rec. July 24, 1976 in Chicago, IL by George Paulus for Barrelhouse Records; Joe Carter, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Walter "Big Guitar Red" Smith, g; Johnny Junious, dr
* Kansas City Red tracks rec. March 14, 1977 in Chicago, IL by Steve Wisner; Kansas City Red, voc, dr; Nate Armstrong, hca; Eddie Taylor, g; Hayes Ware, b
front cover photo of Kansas City Red by Jim O'Neal

notes by (most likely) John Stedman

JSP 1038 (UK 1982)


= P-Vine PCD 23889 (Jp 2007)

JSP Records discography
Big John Wrencher discography

61984I Didn't Give A Damn If Whites Bought It
The Ralph Bass Sessions   Vol. 1: Lacy Gibson / Joe Carter

Lacy Gibson
- You Better Be Sure
- Easy Woman
- Whop That Thang Around Me
- Black Jack
- C.B. Blues


Joe Carter
- I'm Worried # (4:47)   @ youtube
- Annie Lee #   @ youtube
- Sweet Home Chicago #
- Joe's Boogie (instr) #   @ youtube
- Joe's New Stormy Monday #

# rec. April 5, 1977 in Chicago, IL; Joe Carter, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Lacy Gibson, g; Willie Black, b; Fred Below, dr; prod. by Ralph Bass

notes by Mick "Frenchie" Atherton & Rien Wisse

Red Lightnin' RL 0050 (UK 1984)

Delmark DE-786

Red Lightnin' Records discography

71985I Didn't Give A Damn If Whites Bought It
The Ralph Bass Sessions   Vol. 5

Lee Jackson - Dirty Old Man
Lacy Gibson - Take My Love
Lee Jackson - Lee's Boogie
Magic Slim - Ship Made Of Paper
Sunnyland Slim - Soft And Mellow Stella

Eddie Clearwater - Mayor Daley's Blues
Sunnyland Slim- Depression Blues

Joe Carter - Bobby's Rock (instr) #
Sunnyland Slim - Smile On My Face
Lee Jackson - Juanita


# rec. April 5, 1977 in Chicago, IL; Joe Carter, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Lacy Gibson, g; Willie Black, b; Fred Below, dr; prod. by Ralph Bass


Red Lightnin' RL 0057 (UK 1985)

Delmark DE-786

Red Lightnin' Records discography

81988Low Blows
An Anthology of Chicago Harmonica Blues

Big Guitar Red with Good Rockin' Charles
- Found My Baby (Gone) []
Big Leon Brooks
- Kicking Up Dust
George "Mojo" Buford
- Don't Go No Further
Easy Baby
- Good Morning Mr. Blues
Good Rockin' Charles
- She Loves Another Man   @ youtube
Big Leon Brooks
- Pink Champagne


Joe Carter with Big John Wrencher
- Take A Little Walk With Me (2:33) #
Golden Wheeler
- Good Lover
Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell
- Avenue Stomp
Good Rockin' Charles
- Ground Hog Blues
Golden Wheeler
- Evil Woman
Big Leon Brooks
You Know


CD bonus tracks:
Good Rockin' Charles
- I Got To Go
- Good Rockin'

Joe Carter with Big John Wrencher
- Honey Bee #   @ youtube

# rec. July 24, 1976 in Chicago, IL by George Paulus for Barrelhouse Records; Joe Carter, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Walter "Big Guitar Red" Smith, g; Johnny Junious, dr

Mr. Blues MB 7010 (US)
[???]


= Rooster Blues R7610 (US 1988)


= Bedrock BEDLP 15 (UK)

notes by Dick Shurman, Steve Wisner, Jim O'Neal

(=) Rooster CD 2610 (US 1994)
= Bedrock BED CD 15 (UK)

91992Blues Masters Vol. 4: Harmonica Classics

Little Walter And His Night Cats - Juke (2:43)
Jimmy Reed - Ends & Odds (2:24)
Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet - Rocket 88 (2:05)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Help Me (3:09)
Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band - Messin' With The Kid (2:23)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Blues With A Feeling (4:24)
Lazy Lester - Sugar Coated Love (2:44)
Jerry McCain - Steady (2:08)
Howlin' Wolf - I'll Be Around (3:13)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Was Fooled (2:50)

Big John Wrencher with Joe Carter - Take A Little Walk With Me (2:35) [Barrelhouse BH-007]
Jimmy & Walter - Easy (2:58)
Snooky Pryor - Boogie Twist (2:47)
Hot Shot Love - Wolf Call Boogie (2:37)
George "Harmonica" Smith And The Chicago Blues Band - Last Night (4:22)
Slim Harpo - I Got Love If You Want It (2:48)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White (1:59)
Charlie Musselwhite - Christo Redemptor (11:46)



Rhino CD R2 71124 (US 1992)

101997Blues Chicago Style Volume Four - Take A Walk With Me
The 50's Sound Revival

Joe Carter - Mama Talk To Your Daughter (2:31) [JSP 1038]
Joe Carter - Rock Me (2:29) [JSP 1038]
Joe Carter - You're The One (3:27) [JSP 1038]
Johnny Littlejohn - If You Don't Want Me (4:14)
Johnny Littlejohn - Keep On Running (4:47)
Lefty Dizz - I Feel Like Jumping (6:46)
Jimmy Rogers - Take A Walk With Me (4:38)
Frank Jr - Wee Little Room (3:27)
Johnny Littlejohn - Mojo (5:17)
Byther Smith - Looking For A Woman (4:00)
Hubert Sumlin - You Got To Help Me (5:30)
Hubert Sumlin - It Could Be You (3:42)
Brewer Phillips - Whisky Headed Woman (5:17)
Brewer Phillips - Poison Ivy (4:38)
Big Red Smith - Bottleneck Blues (3:00)



Castle Pulse PBX CD 403/4 (UK 1997)

111998Blues Masters Vol. 18: More Slide Guitar Classics

Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:42)
Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying (2:48)
Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers - Take Five (2:43)
Blind Willie Johnson - I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole (3:04)
J.B. Hutto & The Hawks - Hip-Shakin' (2:21)
Robert Junior Lockwood - Little Boy Blue (3:02)
Hop Wilson & His Blues Steel Guitar - Rocking In The Cocanut Top (2:35)
Black Ace - Your Leg's Too Little (2:24)

Joe Carter & His Chicago Broomdusters - I'm Worried (3:21) [Barrelhouse BH-007]
Tampa Red - Green And Lucky Blues (2:47)
Eddie "One String" Jones - John Henry (3:08)
Son House - Death Letter (alt tk) (5:05)
Earl Hooker - Wah Wah Blues (4:36)
Johnny Winter - Dallas (2:45)
Boyd Gilmore - All In My Dreams (3:12)
Chuck Berry - Blues For Hawaiians (3:23)



Rhino CD R2 75348 (US 1998)

122006Magic Slim / Joe Carter: That Ain't Right!

Magic Slim
- In The Dark
- She Is Mine
- Strange Things Happen
- Cummins Prison Farm
- Soul Blues
- Just To Be With You

Joe Carter
- I'm Worried [Red Lightnin' RL 0050]
- Anna Lee [Red Lightnin' RL 0050]
- Sweet Home Chicago [Red Lightnin' RL 0050]
Fred Below
- Route 66

Joe Carter
- Joe's Boogie (instr) [Red Lightnin' RL 0050]
- (Joe's New) Stormy Monday [Red Lightnin' RL 0050]
- Bobby's Rock (instr) [Red Lightnin' RL 0057]


Delmark DE-786 (US 2006)

Delmark Records discography

132013The Chicago Bluesbox
Jimmy Dawkins / Jimmy Johnson / Willie Kent / Eddie Clearwater / Big Voice Odom / Andrew Blueblood / Magic Slim / Big Mojo Elm / Bobby King

CD 1: Magic Slim, Alabama Junior Pettis, Nick Holt, Douglas Holt - Recording date Nov. 1976

CD 2: Big Mojo Elem, Willie James Lyon, Wayne Bennett, Freddy Below - Recording date Oct. 1977
John Littlejohn, Larry Burton, Aaron Burton, Candy Utah - Recording date Nov. 1976

CD 3: Eddie Clearwater, Jimmy Dawkins, Sylvester Boines, Freddy Belov - Recording date Nov. 1976
Eddie Taylor, Lacy Gibson, Hayes Ware, Freddy Below - Recording date Oct. 1977

CD 4: Bobby King, Leonard Gill, Harry Mitchum, Bill Warren, Muddy Waters Jr. - Recording date Oct. 1975

CD 5: Jimmy Johnson, Jimmy Dawkins, Sylvester Boines, Tyrone Centuray, Andrew Odom - Recording date Oct. 1975
Luther Johnson Jr., Willie James Lyons, Willie Kent, Tyrone Centuray - Recording date Oct. 1975
Willie Kent, Willie James Lyons, Big 'Guitar' Red, Tyrone Centuray - Recording date Oct. 1975

CD 6: Jimmy Dawkins, Richard Kirch, Sylvester Boines, Tyrone Centuray - Recording date Nov. 1976 / Hip Lankchan, Jimmy Miller, Ernest Gatewood, Tyrone Centuray - Recording date Nov. 1976
Jimmy Johnson, David Matthews, Ike Anderson, Dino Neal - Recording date Oct. 1977
Alabama Junior Pettis, Magic Slim, Nick Holt, Douglas Holt - Recording date Nov. 1976

CD 7: Andrew Odom, Jimmy Dawkins, Jimmy Johnson, Sylvester Boines, Tyrone Centuray, Carey Bell - Recording date Oct. 1976


CD 8: Joe Carter, Andrew MacMahon, Jimmy Dawkins, The Aces (Big Duke's 1976, Ma Bea's 1975-1976)
- Go Get Me Baby
- I Wonder Why
- Change My Way of Living
- You Got to Help Yourself
- Give Up and Let Me Go
- What Would We Do Later On?
- You Don't Have to Go
- It Hurts Me Too
- Got My Mojo Working
- Little Red Rooster
- So Glad
- Stranger in Your Land

Joe Carter
- Worried About My Baby [MCM 900.293]
- It Hurts Me Too [Storyville STCD 8049]

8 CD set
notes by Stuart Son Maxwell

Storyville 1088612 (Denmark 2013)

Storyville Records discography



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 9, 85, 429
- Robert Neff & Anthony Connor: Blues.- Boston (Godine) 1975, p. 48 // London (Latimer) 1976
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Tom Morris and Mark Sinclair Harris for additional info / scans

 

 

 

 

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