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E D D Y   C L E A R W A T E R   at Jump Jackson's garage
Eddy Clearwater at Jump Jackson's garage "studio", 5727 South La Salle Street, Chicago, IL, summer 1960; source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg, Germany (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, p. 139; photographer: William Claxton
Eddy Clearwater
né Edward C. Harrington     a/k/a "The Chief"
b. January 10, 1935 in Macon, Noxubee County, Mississippi
d. June 1, 2018 at his home in Skokie, Cook County, Illinois
buried at New Light Cemetery in Lincolnwood, Cook County, Illinois

discography
E D D Y   C L E A R W A T E R duck walking (with Jerry Portnoy, hca); source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 5.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 101; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir
Eddy Clearwater duck walking (with Jerry Portnoy, hca)
source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 5.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 101;
photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 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
   

- Jet Black Woman
- I Got Everybody Wondering

rec. mid-1950s in Chicago, IL; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; John Hudson, g or Richard Rogers, dr

Atomic-H unissued

11958Clear Waters and His Band

original Atomic-H 78 / 45 rpm
- Boogie Woogie Baby (A)   @ youtube
- Hill Billy Blues (B)   @ youtube

Atomic-H 45 rpm repros
- Hill Billy Blues (A)
- Boogie Woogie Baby (B)

rec. 1958 in Chicago, IL; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g, b (overdubbed); Lazy Bill Lucas, p; John Hudson, g; Richard Rogers, dr

 
Atomic-H 203 (US 1958) "... the originals [of the 45 rpm release] have the single push mark, the repros dont." (Johnny Alexander)


Atomic-H 203 repro (UK 197?) bootleg "... aimed largely at the then revivalist rockabilly market in the UK and Europe." (Paul Vernon)


Atomic-H 203 repro (UK 20??) ("stompingsevens" bootleg)

Lazy Bill Lucas discography

   

- Love You Elsa (I Love You Esther)

rec. 1958 in Chicago, IL; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g, b (overdubbed); Lazy Bill Lucas, p; John Hudson, g; Richard Rogers, dr

Atomic-H unissued

Lazy Bill Lucas discography

   

- Jumpin' At Charley's (instr) [Delmark CD DE-624]
- Baby (Nite And Day)
- Neckbones Everyday # [Delmark DE-624]
- We Never Part

rec. 1958/59 in Chicago, IL; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; unknown, g; unknown, dr; # ens voc

Atomic-H unissued

21960CLEAR WATERS and His Orchestra

- I Don't Know Why (A) (I Don't Know Baby) #
- A Minor Cha-Cha (B) (instr)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- A Minor Cha-Cha (alt tk) (inst) [Redita CD RR 145]   @ youtube
- Finger Poppin' #

rec. 1959 in Chicago, IL; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; Chuck Smith, ts, # bs; Rayburn Williams, p; Jimmy Lee Robinson, b; Richard Rogers, dr


Atomic-H 905 (US 1960)

   

- Ain't That A Shame [Redita 108, second series]
- Dancin' Time [Redita 108, second series]

rec. 1960 in Chicago, IL; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; Chuck Smith, ts; Rayburn Williams, p; Jimmy Lee Robinson, b; Richard Rogers, dr

La Salle unissued

31961CLEAR WATER

- Cool Clear Water (A 121) #   @ youtube
- Baby Please (B 122) *   @ youtube

rec. 1961 in Chicago, IL; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; * Chuck Smith, ts; * unknown, bs; * Rayburn Williams, p; Jesse Pariles, g; unknown, b; Pete Perez, dr; # voc group


La Salle 502 504 (US 1958)

 1960/61 


Eddie Bell & the Bell-Aires
source: https://www.discogs.com/artist/4249226-Eddy-Bell-The-Bel-Aires
41962EDDIE CLEARWATER

- I Was Gone (F 784) #   @ youtube
- Twist Like This (F 787) *   @ youtube

# rec. November 21, 1961 in Cincinnati, OH; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; Osborne Whitfield, ts; Hank Marr, org; Mitchell Robinson, p; Freddy King, g; Lawrence Frazier, b; Philip Paul, dr; voc group
* rec. November 22, 1961 in Cincinnati, OH; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; Hank Marr, org; Mitchell Robinson, p; Freddy King, g; Lawrence Frazier, b; Philip Paul, dr; voc group

 
Federal 12446 (US 1962)

51962EDDIE CLEARWATER

- A Real Good Time (F 783) #   @ youtube
- Hey Bernadine [sic] (F 788) *   @ youtube

# rec. November 21, 1961 in Cincinnati, OH; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; Osborne Whitfield, ts; Hank Marr, org; Mitchell Robinson, p; Freddy King, g; Lawrence Frazier, b; Philip Paul, dr
* rec. November 22, 1961 in Cincinnati, OH; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; Osborne Whitfield, ts; Hank Marr, org; Mitchell Robinson, p; Freddy King, g; Lawrence Frazier, b; Philip Paul, dr

 
Federal 12463 (US 1962)

61963CLEARWATER

- The Duck Walk   @ youtube
- Momee, Momee   @ youtube

rec. 1963 in Chicago, IL; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; g; Earnest Gatewood, b; dr; prod. by Al Smith


USA 827 (US 1963)

71969EDDIE CLEARWATER

Versa
- Doin' The Model (106-A)   @ youtube
- I Don't Know Why (106-B)   @ youtube

Atomic-H
- Doin' The Model (TM3538)
- I Don't Know Why (TM3539)

rec. May 1, 1969 at Bel-Aire Studio in Chicago, IL; Edward Harrington (Eddy Clearwater), voc, g; tps; Chuck Smith, ts; Bob Little, bs; Mighty Joe Young, g; Mack Thompson, b; Louis Batista, dr


Versa 106


= Atomic-H 106

Mighty Joe Young discography
Mack Thompson discography


LP / CD compilations
4196?JUMP JACKSON BLUES SESSION

- Sunnyland Bounce (Four Day Bounce) - Sunnyland Slim ||
- I'll Always Love You - Shakey Jake #
- Please Send Me Someone To Love - Johnny Thompson *
- Long About Midnight - Jimmy Johnson (aka James Thompson) **
- Change Of Love - Lee Jackson ***

- Depression Blues - Sunnyland Slim |||
- El Capitan - Memphis Slim //
- In My Dreams - Roosevelt Sykes §
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James [Chief 7004 (US 10/1957)]

- Hillbilly Blues (Harrington) - Eddie Clearwater (as "Clear Waters") \\



unissued track from same session:
- Wanna Be Cool - Eddie Clearwater \\

All tracks (except Elmore James) rec. summer 1960 at Jump Jackson's garage, 5727 La Salle Street, Chicago, IL
|| Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; ||| Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Corky Robertson, b; Jump Jackson, dr
# Shakey Jake, voc, hca; Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Jump Jackson, dr
* Johnny Thompson, voc; Lee Jackson, g; Corky Robertson, b; Jump Jackson, dr
** Jimmy Johnson, voc, g; Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Jump Jackson, dr
*** Lee Jackson, voc, g; Tom Archia, ts; Jump Jackson, dr
§ Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Corky Robertson, b; Jump Jackson, dr
// Memphis Slim, voc, p; Corky Robertson, b; Jump Jackson, dr

\\ Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Jump Jackson, dr

10 inch LP

Private pressing (10 copies) by Rainer E. Lotz from an SWF ("Südwestfunk") air-check of material recorded by Joachim E. Berendt in preparation of the Bill Claxton Jazz Life book.
The lacquers were cut by Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, near Stuttgart, Germany

Lotz A115 (Germany 1960/61?)

more info

91971When Girls Do It

LP 1:
Bobby 'Guitar' Bennett
- When Girls Do It
Junior Wells
- I'm A Stranger
Little Oscar Stricklin
- Suicide Blues
Harmonica Fats
- How Low Is Low
Magic Slim
- Love Me Baby [Ja-Wes 0105]
Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm
- Down And Out
Sam Baker
- Sweet Little Angel

Drifting Charles
- Evil Hearted Woman
- Drifting Cloud
Memphis Slim And His House Rockers
- Blue And Lonesome
Donnie Jacobs
- Street Walkin' Woman
T.V. Slim
- Don't Knock The Blues [Pzazz 005]
- My Heart's Full Of Pain [Pzazz 005]
Buddy Guy
- Hard But It's Fair


LP 2:
Magic Sam
- My Love Is Your Love
Danny Boy
- Wild Woman
- Kokomo Me Baby
Jimmy McCracklin
- Fare Well
- Take A Chance
Mr. Bo
- I Ain't Gonna Suffer
- If Trouble Was Money

Junior Wells
- I'm A Stranger

Clear Waters
- Hilly Billy Blues
- Boogie Woogie Baby
Tender Slim
- Don't Cut Out On Me
- I'm Checkin' Up
Sugar Boy Williams
- Little Girl
- Five Long Years


compiled, arranged & prod. by Ian Sippen & Peter Shertser

DLP
notes by Peter Shertser

Red Lightnin' RL 006 (UK 1971)


= Broadside CD STERN1 (UK 2008)

Red Lightnin' Records discography

101972chicago ain't nothin' but a blues band

Delmark DL 624 (LP) track sequence:
- Recession Blues - Sunnyland Slim
- Everything's Gonna Be All Right - Sunnyland Slim
- WOPA Jingle - J.T. Brown [Delmark CD DE 174]
- I Want To Go Home To My Baby - J.T. Brown [Delmark CD DE 174]
- Give Her Plenty Of Money To Spend - J.T. Brown [Delmark CD DE 174]

- I Don't Know Why - Eddie [sic] Clearwater
- A Minor Cha-Cha - Eddie [sic] Clearwater

- All Pretty Women - Jo Jo Williams
- Rock 'N' Roll Boogie - Jo Jo Williams
- You Gone Away - Morris Pejoe [Atomic H 410/11]
- She Walked Right In - Morris Pejoe [Atomic H 410/11]

- Hillbilly Blues - Eddy Clearwater
- Sad and Blue - Harmonica George

Delmark DL 624 (CD) track sequence:
- Recession Blues - Sunnyland Slim
- Everything's Gonna Be All Right - Sunnyland Slim

- I Don't Know Why - Eddy Clearwater
- A Minor Cha-Cha - Eddy Clearwater
- Boogie Woogie Baby - Eddy Clearwater °°
- Let's Get High - Morris Pejoe [Atomic H unissued; P-Vine PLP-9040] °°
- Baby I'm Lonely - Morris Pejoe [Atomic H unissued] °°

- How Can You Do It? - Henry Gray (with Morris Pejoe, g) °°
- All Pretty Women - Jo Jo Williams
- Rock 'N' Roll Boogie - Jo Jo Williams
- Why Did We Have to Part? - Unknown °°
- I Am a Lucky Lucky Man - Johnny Rogers °°
- Blues For Atomic-H - Little Mack Simmons °°
- You Know You Don't Want Me - George & His House Rockers °°
- Morning Love Blues - George & His House Rockers °°

- Hillbilly Blues - Eddy Clearwater
- Jumpin' at Charley's - Eddy Clearwater "Baby" Joe Little °°
- Neckbones Everyday - Eddy Clearwater "Baby" Joe Little °°
- Sad and Blue - Harmonica George
- Sputnik Music - Harmonica George   @ youtube
- Women's World - Jo Jo Williams °°
- Davy Crockett's Jingle Bells - Jo Jo Williams °°
- You Can't Live in This Big World by Yourself - Jo Jo Williams °°


°° CD bonus tracks

rec. 1958-1960 for Rev. Houston H. Harrington's Atomic-H label

notes by Jimmy Dawkins and Bob Koester

Delmark DL 624 (US 1972)

notes by Jimmy Dawkins and Bob Koester

= Delmark 624 (UK 1972)

new notes

= Delmark DE 624 (US 1999)

Delmark Records discography
Morris Pejoe discography

111974The Bob Riedy Blues Band: Just Off Halstead

- Cruzing (3:58)
- I Got A Woman (4:48)
- Haint (5:09) *

- Pretty Baby (2:11) #   @ youtube
- Coming Home (4:51)

- Heart Akes And Pain (6:25) *
- Road Dust (3:27)

- Caldonia (3:31) # *
- Hard To Leave You Alone (5:48)
- Just Off Halsted (2:06)


rec. July 1974 at Chess Studios in Chicago, IL; Bob Riedy, voc, p; # Eddy Clearwater, voc; * Carey Bell, hca; Mark Gaston, tp; Mike Cogan, ts; Mike Williams, bs, as; John Reda, 1st g; Dan Draher, 2nd g; Bob Falvey, el b; Richard 'Hub Cap' Robinson, dr
photography by John Soboson & Ray Hillstrom

 
Flying Fish FF 006 (US 1974)

= Flying Fish LP FC 27007

= CSR CD 2006

121974/78Chicago Rock

First series (1955-1963):
Wild Child Gibson
- Uncle John
- Sittin' Here Cryin'
Big Daddy Simpson
- Give Me Back My Ring
- Let Your Hair Down Baby

Clear Waters
- Boogie Woogie Baby
- Cool Water
Ray Agee
- Wobble Loo
T.V. Slim
- To Proof My Love [sic] [Speed 6858]

Billy Boy Arnold
- Here's My Picture
- You've Got Me Wrong
- I Wish You Would
Harold Burrage
- Betty Jean
Cleve Jackson
- Hound Dog
- Has A Chicken Got A Leg
Jimmy Reed
- She Don't Want Me No More
- I Don't Go For That

Second series (1959-1970):
"with Jump Jackson and Friends"
Eddie Clearwater
- Ain't That A Shame [La Salle unissued]
- Dancin' Time [La Salle unissued]
- Cool (Clear) Water
- Baby Please
Little Mack
- Broken Heart
Sy Perry
- I Don't Understand You Woman
Wilbur "Hi-Fi" White
- Don't look now

Little Mack
- Drivin' Wheel
Sy Perry
- I Don't Really Have The Blues
Little Wolf Jr.
- Inflation Blues
Eddie Boyd
- I cry
- Vacation From The Blues
Jump Jackson
- Midnight Shuffle
Sunnyland Slim
- Something Is Going Wrong



Redita 108 (NL 1974) [first series] ("A Fan to Fan Production Manufactured by Independent Brothers Transylvanian Road Rumania")


Redita 108 (NL 1978) [second series]

[Redita is Robert Loers' label]

131977Eddie Clearwater: Black night
Direct From Chicago ...

MCM 900.296 track sequence:
- Black Night   @ youtube
- Chicago Dailey Blues   @ youtube

- My Babe   @ youtube
- Hoochie Coochie Man   @ youtube
- Rock Me Baby   @ youtube

Storyville STCD 8036 track sequence:
- Black Night
- Chicago Dailey Blues
- My Babe
- Hoochie Coochie Man
- Rock Me Baby
- Every Day I Have The Blues °°   @ youtube
- The Things I Used To Do °°   @ youtube
- You Don't Have To Go °°   @ youtube
- Poison Ivy °°   @ youtube

°° CD bonus tracks

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

rec. November 5, 1976 at My Bea's in Chicago, IL; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; Jimmy Dawkins, g; Sylvester Boines, b; Fred Below, dr; prod. by Marcelle Morgantini
photos by Luc Nicolas-Morgantini

notes by Marcelle Morgantini

MCM 900.296 (Fr 1977)

notes by Keith Briggs

(=) Storyville STCD 8036 (Denmark 1995)

MCM Records discography

141977Eddie Clearwater ... Fred Below ... Eddie Taylor
Direct From Chicago ...

MCM 900.305 track sequence:@ youtube (full album)
- Let's Jam *
- I Came Up The Hard Way *
- Three Ways To Skin A Cat *
- Let's Boogie *

- Red Light §
- Big Town Play Boy §
- Jackson Town Blues §
- Train Fare Home §


Storyville STCD 8032 track sequence:
- Let's Jam *
- I Came Up The Hard Way *
- Three Ways To Skin A Cat *
- Let's Boogie *
- Opening §
- Red Light §
- Big Town Play Boy §
- Jackson Town Blues §
- Train Fare Home §
- Route 66 § °°
- Tell Me Mama § °°
- Blues For Luc § °°
- Blow Wind Blow § °°


°° CD bonus tracks

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

* rec. November 5, 1976 at Ma Bea's in Chicago, IL; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; Jimmy Dawkins, g; Sylvester Boines, b; Fred Below, dr; prod. by Marcelle Morgantini

§ rec. October 24, 1976 "live" at the Golden Slipper in Chicago, IL; Eddie Taylor, voc, g; Lacy Gibson, g; Hayes Ware, b; Fred Below, dr; prod. by Marcelle Morgantini
photos by Luc Nicolas-Morgantini

notes (in French and English) by Marcelle Morgantini

MCM 900.305 (Fr 1977)

notes by Marcelle Morgantini

(=) Storyville STCD 8043 (Denmark 1998) "Chicago Blues Nights Vol. 2"

MCM Records discography
Storyville Records discography
Jimmy Dawkins discography

151980Eddy Clearwater: The Chief

- Find You A Job (3:28)
- Blues For Breakfast (6:07)
- Blue, Blue, Blue Over You (4:35)
- One Day At A Time (4:19)
- I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down (3:16)

- Chills (3:43)
- Bad Dream (5:02)
- I'm Tore Up (3:38)
- Lazy Woman (3:40)
- Blues For A Living (6:40)


Rooster Blues R2615 (US/UK 1980)

= Atlas LA25-5007 (Jp 1980)

= P-Vine/Rooster PCD-1848(Jp 1991)

= Rooster Blues R 2615 (US 1994)

= P-Vine/Rooster PCD-93486 (Jp 2012)

161981Eddy Clearwater: Two Times Nine

- A Little Bit Of Blues, A Little Bit Of Rock & Roll
- Blast Off
- Came Up The Hard Way
- 2 X 9

- Chicago Daily Blues
- Nashville Road
- The World Is In A Bad Situation
- Payments On My Woman

notes by Stuart Colman

Charly CRB 1025 (UK 1981)

171984I Didn't Give A Damn If Whites Bought It
The Ralph Bass Sessions   Vol. 2

Jimmy Johnson
- Pepper's Hangout
- Looking For My Baby
- Pretty For My Baby
- Hi Heel Sneakers
- When My First Wife Quit Me


Eddie Clearwater
- Muddy Water's Gonna Run Clear   @ youtube
- Boogie My Blues Away   @ youtube
- Blues At Theresa's   @ youtube
- I Don't Know Why   @ youtube

prod. by Ralph Bass

notes (August 1983) by Rien Wisse & Mick "Frenchie" Atherton

Red Lightnin' RL 0051 (UK 1984)

Red Lightnin' Records discography

181985I Didn't Give A Damn If Whites Bought It
The Ralph Bass Sessions   Vol. 4

Willie Williams - Showing Off My Car
Sunnyland Slim - I Had It So Hard
Lee Jackson - Pleading For Love

Eddie Clearwater - Came Up The Hard Way   @ youtube
Magic Slim - That Ain't Right   @ Spotify

Jimmy Johnson - Things I Used To Do
Lee Jackson - Chicago Woman
Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinking
Sunnyland Slim - Bessie Mae
Lee Jackson - Rocks Is My Pillow


Magic Slim track rec. March 22, 1977 at PS Studios in Chicago, IL; Magic Slim, voc, g; Coleman 'Alabama Junior' Pettis Jr. (aka Daddy Rabbit), g; Nick Holt, b; Douglas Holt, dr
all tracks prod. by Ralph Bass

notes (June 1984) by Mick "Frenchie" Atherton

Red Lightnin' RL 0056 (UK 1985)

Red Lightnin' Records discography

191985I 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   @ youtube
Sunnyland Slim - Depression Blues
Joe Carter - Bobby's Rock
Sunnyland Slim - Smile On My Face
Lee Jackson - Juanita


Magic Slim track rec. March 22, 1977 at PS Studios in Chicago, IL; Magic Slim, voc, g; Coleman 'Alabama Junior' Pettis Jr. (aka Daddy Rabbit), g; Nick Holt, b; Douglas Holt, dr
all tracks prod. by Ralph Bass

notes (June 1984) by Mick "Frenchie" Atherton

Red Lightnin' RL 0057 (UK 1985)

Red Lightnin' Records discography

201986Eddie Clearwater: FlimDoozie

- All About The Blues *
- Sugar Baby #   @ youtube
- Do This Town Tonight
- Black Night / Falling Down Heavy *   @ youtube

- Flimdoozie
- I.R.S. Man # *
- Sail The Ship *
- Don't Take My Blues *

rec. September 11, 1985 / January 3, 1986 / March 14, 1986 at PS Recording Studios in Chicago, IL; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; # Sugar Blue, hca; Leo Davis, p, org; Will Crosby, g; * Otis Rush, g; Herman Applewhite, b; Tim Austin, dr; prod. by Jim O'Neal & Eddie Clearwater

notes by Jim O'Neal

Rooster R 2622 (US 1986)


= Seven Seas K28P 677 (Jp 1987)

notes by Bill Dahl

= Rooster ROB-CD-2622 (US 2001)

211990Eddy Clearwater: A Real Good Time - Live!

- How! (2:19) // ^
- A Real Good Time / Cool Water (5:33) \\ ^^ ||
- Three Ways To Skin A Cat (4:05)
- Lowdown Lonesome Feeling (6:50)
- Hustlin' And Schemin' (5:22) //
- Hi-Yo Silver (5:40) * \\ ^^ || °° (medley based on Honey Hush / Flip, Flop & Fly / Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bob)
- I'll Change My Style (3:06) \\ °°
- My Little Honey Bee (4:00) °°
- Party At My House (5:08) * // ^^ ||
- Tear Down The Wall Of Hate (5:02) //
- All Your Love (5:05)
- Gett Off On The Blues (5:54) ^^
- Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight (3:00) // || ^

°° CD bonus tracks

rec. live at Jake's, Bloomington, Indiana & Nick's, West Lafayette, Indiana; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; Will Crosby, g, * backgr voc; Herman Applewhite, b; Tim Austin, dr; Allen Batts, // keyb, \\ p; Leroy Brown, ^ introductions, ^^ backgr voc; || D.D. Parker, backgr voc; prod. by Eddy Clearwater & Jim O'Neal


Rooster Blues LP/CD R72625 (US 1990)

= Bedrock BED CD19 (UK 1990)
= Bedrock BED LP19 (UK 1990?)

= Seven Seas KICP-2208 (Jp 1992)

221991Eddy Clearwater: Blues Hang Out

- Blues Hang Out
- Somebody Please Help Me
- I Came Up The Hard Way
- Set It Out
- Stormy Monday Blues #
- I Don't Know Why   @ youtube
- Boogie Woogie Baby
- Blues For Breakfast
- Miss You So #
- Chicago Daley Blues
- That's My Baby
- You Upset Me Baby
- Hound Dog #
- Lay My Guitar Down

Editions Atlas BLU-CD 3073 track sequence:
- Blues For Breakfast (5:09)
- Set It Out (3:09)
- I Don't Know Why (5:07)
- You Upset Me Baby (4:25)
- Stormy Monday Blues (7:50) #
- That's My Baby (3:31)
- Chicago Daley Blues (6:46)
- Boogie Woogie Baby (2:56)
- I Came Up The Hard Way (7:09)
- Miss You So (2:58) #
- Somebody Please Help Me (6:41)
- Lay My Guitar Down (2:44)

rec. December 3, 1989 at Sysmo studio, Paris, France by Dominique Samarq; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; Will Crosby, g; Herman Applewhite, b; Tim Austin, dr; # Big Time Sarah, voc
photography by Jean-Pierre Tahmazian


Black & Blue LP/CD 59.732-2 (Fr 1991) "Blues Hang Out"

notes by Bill Dahl

= Evidence ECD 26008-2 (US 1992) "Blues Hang Out"


= Editions Atlas BLU-CD 3073 (Fr 1993) "The Chief" (Les Génies Du Blues # 73)

= Black & Blue CD 732 (Fr 2000) "Blues Hang Out"

notes by Jacques Périn

= Black & Blue CD 460.2 (Fr 2004) "Blues Hang Out" (Blues Reference series)

231992Eddy Clearwater: Help Yourself

- Who Loves You Baby
- Help Yourself
- Set It Out
- All Your Love   @ youtube
- Chicago Weather Woman
- Crossover
- That's My Baby
- Big Time Gambler
- Little Bit Of Blues
- Poison Ivy #
- Messed Up World
- We're Out Of Here

rec. 1992 at Tone Zone Recording in Chicago, IL; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; Carey Bell, # Little Mike, hca; Will Crosby, g; Bob Stroger, el b; Kurt Krahnke, ac b; Brian "B.J." Jones, dr; Jeff Taylor, backing voc; prod. by Jerry Del Giudice & Michael Freeman
photography by Brenda Black

notes by Bill Dahl

Blind Pig BP 74792 (US 1992)

241992Eddy Clearwater Live at The Kingston Mines, Chicago, 1978

- Last Nite (5:37)
- Black Night (9:37)
- Just A Little Bit (3:45)
- Pretty Baby (6:21)
- Hoochie Coochie Man (4:33)
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright (3:14)
- Sweet Little Sixteen (3:37)
- Reelin & Rockin (3:01)
- Kansas City (5:34)
- Honky Tonk (5:37)

rec. 1978 live at Kingston Mines, Chicago, IL; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; Abe Locke, sax; Marvin Jackson, b; Casey Jones, dr; Leroy Brown, backing voc; prod. by Eddie Clearwater & Ron Bartolucci
photography by Ron Bartolucci

notes by Ron Bartolucci

Fan Club 422411
Fan Club FCD 121 (Fr 1992)

251995Eddy Clearwater: Boogie My Blues Away@ youtube (full album)

- Muddy Waters Goin' To Run Clear (6:10) #   @ youtube
- Boogie My Blues Away (2:46)   @ youtube
- Came Up The Hard Way (6:33) #
- Blues At Theresa's (4:01)   @ youtube
- I Don't Know Why (5:17)   @ youtube
- Tore Up All The Time (5:49)
- Real Fine Woman (4:01)
- Mayor Daley's Blues (6:11)   @ youtube

rec. March 14, 1977 at PS Studios, Chicago, IL; Eddy Clearwater, voc, g; # Mack Simmons, hca; Bob Riedy, p; Thomas Eckert, g; Aron Burton, b; Sam Lay, dr; prod. by Ralph Bass
photography by Bill Greensmith

notes by Bill Dahl

Delmark DD-678 (US 1995)

261996Eddy Clearwater: Mean Case of the Blues

- Mean Case Of The Blues (4:32)
- Send For Me (3:26)
- Check Up On My Baby (4:49)
- Love Being Loved By You (4:01)
- Make It If You Try (4:49)
- Hard Way To Make An Easy Living (5:04)
- Look What You Done (5:12)
- Come On Down(3:11)
- Party At My House (3:07)
- Don't Take My Blues (6:33)


Cleartone CR9601 (US 1996)

= Bullseye CD BB 9584 (US 1997)

271998Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater: Cool Blues Walk

- Cool Blues Walk (5:36)   @ youtube
- Very Good Condition (3:15)
- Stranded (6:13)
- Bad Mamma Jamma (3:33)
- I Just Want To Make Love To You (4:03)
- Nashville Road (2:54)
- I Love You (4:24)
- Boppin' At The Top Of The Rock (3:12)
- The Love I Have For You (5:10)
- Sen-Say-Shun (4:55)
- Blues For A Living (7:03)

notes by Brett J. Bonner

Bullseye CD 11661-9614-2 (US 1998)
= Bullseye CD 9614 (EU 1998)

281998Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater & Carey Bell

- I'm Gonna Move #
- Carey's Boogie (instr)
- Last Night #
- I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down #
- Jump Back Jack #
- Got My Mojo Working *
- One Day *
- Close Out Theme (instr) #

rec. 1980 live in Cambridge, MA; Eddy Clearwater, g, # voc; Carey Bell, hca, * voc; Chuck Smith, ts; Allen Batts, p; Bob Stroger, b; Casey Jones, dr


Wolf CD 120.869 (Austria 1998) (Chicago Blues Session Volume 23)

291998 I Didn't Give A Damn If Whites Bought It!   Vol. 1 & 2

Lee Jackson - Dirty Old Man (3:57)
Lee Jackson - Chicago Woman (4:41)
Lee Jackson - Pleading For Love (4:36)
Lee Jackson - Rocks In My Pillow (4:08)
Sunnyland Slim - Bessie Mae (3:46)
Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' (4:15)
Sunnyland Slim - I Had It So Hard (3:29)
Sunnyland Slim - Soft And Mellow Stella (4:16)

Eddie Clearwater - Mayor Daley's Blues (5:41)
Eddie Clearwater - Boogie My Blues Away (2:49)
Eddie Clearwater - I Don't Know Why (4:50)
Eddie Clearwater - Came Up The Hard Way (6:41)
Willie Williams - You Went Away Baby (4:14)
Willie Williams - Alcoholic Man (4:34)
Willie Williams - Showing Off My Car (3:49)


2 CD set

P-Vine PCD-5382 (Jp 1998)

301999Eddy Clearwater: Chicago Daily Blues

- 2 x 9 (4:02)
- Chicago Daily Blues (4:23)
- A Little Bit of Blues, A Little Bit of Rock & Roll (4:06)
- The World Is In A Bad Situation (4:38)
- Payments On My Woman (4:19)
- Blast Off (4:30)
- Came Up The Hard Way (8:33)
- Nashville Road (3:10)
Live At Kingston Mines
- Caldonia (6:26)
- Chicago Daily Blues (live version) (6:13)
- You Don't Have To Go (2:46)
- The Things I Used To Do (8:18)
- The Twist (4:41)
- Johnny B. Goode (7:40)

original notes by Dave Pierce with update by Ron Bartolucci

Wolf CD 120.897 (Austria 1999) "Chicago Blues Session Volume 51"

30a1999Chicago Blues From Federal Records

Kid Thomas
- Wolf Pack
- The Spell
- Jivin' Mess
- You're Fine
- Come Here Woman
- Beulah Come Back
- Here Is My Story
- Ride On, Ride On
Smokey Smothers
- I've Been Drinking Muddy Water [Federal 12395]
- Blind And Dumb Man Blues [Federal 12441]
- Hello Little School Girl [Federal 12466]
- Come On Rock Little Girl [Federal 12405]
Willie Mabon
- Light Up Your Lamp [Federal 12306]
- Rosetta Rosetta [Federal 12306]
- It's Gonna Hurt You [Negro Rhythm 107]
- Got To Find My Baby [Negro Rhythm 107]
Bobby King
- I Want You To Rock Me
- Two Telephones
- W-A-S-T-E-D
- What A Day What A Night

Eddie Clearwater
- Real Good Time
- Hey Bernardine

notes (1998) by Ray Topping

Ace CDCHD 717 (UK 1999)

Smokey Smothers discography
Willie Mabon discography

31199?Black Rock 'N' Roll
Savage Kick Vol. 8

The Sly Fox - Hoo-doo Say
Little Willie John - Leave My Kitten Alone
Stomp Gordon - Ride Superman Ride
Lightnin' Hopkins - Uncle Stan The Hip Hit Record Man
Jimmy Liggins - I Ain't Drunk
Magic Sam - 21 Days In Jail

Eddie Clearwater - I Was Gone
Sam Myers - You Don't Have To Go

V & Bb - They Just Rocking And Rolling
Al Calloway - Uncle John
Eddie Burns - Hard Hearted Woman
Al "TNT" Braggs - Chase Em Tom Cat
Curtis And The Creeps - The Thing
The Five Dollars - How To Do The Bacon Fat
Morris Bailey - Tell Me Why



Savage Kick SK-508 (UK 199?)

322000Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater: Reservation Blues

- Winds Of Change (4:54) |
- I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down (4:26) |
- Find Yourself (5:34) |
- Reservation Blues (6:14) |
- Walls Of Hate (3:56) |
- Running Along (7:40) |
- Blues Cruise (6:01) |
- Susie Q (2:56) ||
- Easy Is My Style (3:53) ||
- Everything To Gain (5:03) |
- Sweet Little Rock And Roller (4:04) ||

rec. & mixed at Lakewest Recording Studio, West Greenwich, RI; Eddy Clearwater, voc, lead g; Doug James, bs; Dennis Taylor, ts; Matt McCabe, p; Duke Robillard, rhythm g; | John Packer, || Patrick McKeever, b; Jeff McAllister, dr, perc; prod. by Duke Robillard & Eddy Clearwater
photography by Robert Corwin

notes by Michael McCall

Bullseye CD 11661-9636-2 (US 2000)

334/2000Rooster Blues Records
1980-2000 Sampler

- Fistful Of Dollars - Lonnie Shields
- Eatin' Dry Onions - Willie Cobbs
- Worried Dream - Larry Davis
- Down In The Delta - Johnson's Jazzers
- Rocking Daddy - Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes & The Playboys
- Elvira - Lonnie Pitchford
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Carey Bell, Lurrie Bell

- I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down - Eddy Clearwater
- Eyesight To The Blind - Good Rockin' Charles
- Bad Avenue - Valerie Wellington
- King Of The Jungle - Eddie C. Campbell
- Give Me Back My Wig - Magic Slim
- Hummin' Blues, Pt. 1 - Big Jack Johnson
- How Much More / Mama Talk To Your Daughter - Robert Walker
- Dunkin' Donut Woman - Eddie Shaw
- Can't Sleep At Night - L.C. Luckett, Johnny Rawls
- I Can't Leave You Alone - D.C. Bellamy
- James Alley Blues - Jerry Ricks
- Walkin' And Cryin' The Blues - Foree 'Guitar' Wells


notes by Jim O'Neal

Rooster CD R9825 (US 4/2000) "20th Anniversary Sampler"

notes by Jim O'Neal

= Rooster CD R2637 (US 2001)

342002The USA Records Blues Story

- Figure Head - Lonnie Brooks
- The Duck Walk - Eddy Clearwater
- Some Time I Wonder - Willie Mabon
- From My Heart - Fenton Robinson
- Going Or Coming - Ricky Allen
- Forget It - Jimmy Burns
- It's Bad To Make A Woman Mad - Detroit Junior
- You Better Stop - Andrew Brown
- Hard Times (Follow Me) - Mighty Joe Young
- Like Heaven To Me - Koko Taylor
- I Feel So Good - J.B. Lenoir
- I'd Rather Fight Than Switch - A.C. Reed
- Just Got Some - Willie Mabon
- Too Many Cooks - Jesse Fortune
- Crossroads - Homesick James
- I Have Made A Change - Ricky Allen
- She's A Sweet One - Junior Wells
- Through All Your Faults - Jimmy Burns
- Call My Job - Detroit Junior

- Momee, Momee - Eddy Clearwater
- Something Can Go Wrong - Andrew Brown
- I'm Not Going Home - Lonnie Brooks
- Say You're Leavin' - Fenton Robinson
- My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James
- Honky Tonky - Koko Taylor
- Good Things - Jesse Fortune


compiled by Bill Dahl

notes by Bill Dahl

Fuel 2000 061209 (US 2002)
= Varese Sarabande (US 2002)

352003Eddy Clearwater: Rock 'n' Roll City
featuring Los Straitjackets

- You're Humbuggin' Me (2:49)
- Ding Dong Daddy (2:33)
- Lonesome Town (3:32)
- Hillbilly Blues (3:49)
- Monkey Paw (2:35)
- Back Down To Earth (2:51)
- Before This Song Is Over (4:00)
- Old Time Rocker (3:21)
- Midnight Groove (2:20)
- I Love You (3:36)
- Let The Four Winds Blow (3:25)
- Peggy Sue (2:46)
- Good Times Are Coming (6:17)

Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, voc, g; Los Straitjackets: Eddie Angel, g; Danny Amis, g; Pete Curry, b; Jimmy Lester, dr; prod. by Jake Guralnick


Bullseye CD 11661 9640-2 (US 2003)

= Bullseye BBCD 9640 (EU 2003)

362005Stompin' Vol. 27

Schoolboy Cleve
- She's Gone
Sunnyland Slim
- Going Back To Memphis
- It's You Baby
Calvin Frazier
- Track Down
Big Ed (Burns)
- Biscuit Baking Mama
McKinley James
- Ain't Gonna Pick No Cotton
Dr. Ross
- Industrial Boogie
John Lee (Henley)
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
Clarence Johnson
- Baby Come Back To Me
- That's Not Right
Elmon Mickle
- Jackson Blues
- Lonesome Highway
Jimmy Rogers
- Sloppy Drunk
Joe Louis Hill
- Hydramatic Woman

Clear Waters
- Boogie Woogie Baby
Clifford King
- Chicken Shack Boogie


Stompin' CD ST 327

Stompin' Records discography

372008Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater: West Side Strut

- A Good Leavin' Alone (4:12)
- Hypnotized (4:10)
- Gotta Move On (4:39)
- Walking Through The Park (4:09)
- Do Unto Others (4:22)
- Blue Over You (3:56)
- Trouble, Trouble (6:09)
- Too Old To Get Married (3:53)
- Came Up The Hard Way (6:12)
- They Call Me The Chief (4:22)
- Rock-A-Blues Baby (3:42)
- A Time For Peace (3:20)

photos by Paul Natkin

notes by Jeff Johnson

Alligator ALCD 4921 (US 2008)

= Krokus IROND CD 08-K026 (Russia 2008)

382009Eddy Clearwater: Hillbilly Blues

Eddy Bell & The Bel-Aires - Johnny B Goode Is In Hollywood
Eddy Bell & The Bel-Aires - The Masked Man
Eddy Bell & The Bel-Aires - Knock Knock Knock
Eddy Bell & His Bel-Aires - He's A Square
Eddy Bell & The Rockafellas - Countin' The Days
Eddy Bell & His Bel-Aires - Night Party
Clear Waters & His Band - Hillbilly Blues
Eddy Bell & His Bel-Aires - Few More Days
Clear Waters & His Band - Boogie Woogie Baby
Eddy Clearwater with Orchestra - Twist Like This
The Belvederes Wage - Assignement Blues
Eddy Clearwater with Orchestra - Hey Bernadine
Eddy Clearwater - Ain't That A Shame
Eddy Clearwater - Wear My Class Ring On A Ribbon
Eddy Clearwater - 2 x 9
Eddy Clearwater with Orchestra - I Was Gone
Eddy Clearwater - He's A Square
Eddy Bell & His Bel-Aires - The Great Great Pumpkin
Eddy Clearwater - A Minor Cha-Cha
Clear Water - Cool Water
Eddy Clearwater with Orchestra - A Real Good Time
Eddy Bell & His Bel-Aires - I'm All Alone
Clear Waters & His Orchestra - I Don't Know Why
Eddy Bell & His Bel-Aires - I'm Still In Love With You
Eddy Clearwater - Baby Please
Eddy Bell & His Bel-Aires - Any Time
Clear Water - Dancin' Time
Eddy Clearwater - I Don't Know Why
Clear Waters & His Orchestra - A Minor Cha-Cha


Redita CD 145 (NL 2009)

392013The 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: Eddy Clearwater, Jimmy Dawkins, Sylvester Boines, Freddy Below - 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: Andrew McMahon, John Littlejohn, Jimmy Dawkins, Larry Burton, Candy Utah - Recording date Nov. 1976


8 CD set

Storyville 1088612

Storyville Records discography

402014Eddy Clearwater: Soul Funky

- They Call Me The Chief
- Hypnotized
- To Old To Get Married
- Good Times Are Coming
- Came Up The Hard Way - Root To The Fruit   @ youtube
- Cool Blues Walk   @ youtube
- Please Accept My Love
- Find You A Job
- Lonesome Town
- A Good Leavin' Alone
- Soul Funky
- Ending Midnight Groove

rec. January 10, 2014 live at SPACE in Evanston, IL; with Ronnie Baker Brooks and Billy Branch


Cleartone 888295 149358 (US 2014)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 69
- Eddy Clearwater, Jim O'Neal, Felix Wohrstein and Rooster Blues Records: Eddy Clearwater Discography.- Blues Unlimited # 141 (Autumn/Winter 1981), pp. 11-12
- Bill Dahl: Eddy Clearwater - Blues Reaching Higher! (Featured Interview)- Blues Blast # 11-50 (December 14, 2017), pp. 
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 119
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2006, pp. 95-96
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, pp. 117-118

- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, pp. 120-121
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 259-260
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2011, pp. 97-100
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, pp. 122-124
- Yves Laberge: Eddy Clearwater.- in Edward Komara (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Blues Vol. 1 (A-L).- New York/London (Routledge) 2005, p. 214
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- London (Record Information Services), 1987.- pp. 265-266
- Bez Turner: "Three Mexicans, a Hillbilly & a Pollack".- Blues Unlimited # 141 (Autumn/Winter 1981), pp. 5-10
- David Whiteis: Eddy Clearwater - A Little Bit of Blues, a Little Bit of Rock 'n' Roll.- Living Blues Vol. 46, # 4 (issue # 238) (July/August 2015), pp. 10-17
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Paul Vernon, Johnny Alexander, Lynn Orman Weiss, Horacio Lopez Kohan, Gilbert Guyonnet, Steve Smith, Edith de Ronde, Juan Urbano López and Steven Salter for additional info / scans

 

E D D Y   C L E A R W A T E R most likely 1958; source: Blues Unlimited # 141 (Autumn/Winter 1981), p. 5 ('courtesy Atomic-H')
Eddy Clearwater, most likely 1958
source: Blues Unlimited # 141 (Autumn/Winter 1981), p. 5 ("courtesy Atomic-H")

 

E D D Y   C L E A R W A T E R on the front cover of Blues Unlimited # 141 (Autumn/Winter 1981)
Eddy Clearwater on the front cover of Blues Unlimited # 141 (Autumn/Winter 1981)
sporting a faux Tiger hide jacket and a 1950's Fender Telecaster that is covered in a Leopard print

 

Lee Jackson, 'Clear Waters' (Eddy Clearwater), Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, St. Louis Jimmy (Oden), Sunnyland Slim, Tom Archia, Corky Roberts, Armand 'Jump' Jackson, Shakey Jake (Harris) - all guests at the 'Blues Party', a special event organized in Jump Jackson's garage 'studio', 5727 South La Salle Street, Chicago, IL, summer 1960; source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, pp. 136-137; photographer: William Claxton
Lee Jackson, 'Clear Waters' (Eddy Clearwater), Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, St. Louis Jimmy (Oden),
Sunnyland Slim, Tom Archia, Corky Roberts, Armand 'Jump' Jackson, Shakey Jake (Harris) - all guests at the "Blues Party",
a special event organized in Jump Jackson's garage "studio", 5727 South La Salle Street, Chicago, IL, summer 1960
source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg, Germany (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, pp. 136-137
photographer: William Claxton

 

E D D Y   C L E A R   W A T E R and Mac Thompson at the J&J Lounge, Chicago, IL, spring 1972; source: Front cover of Living Blues # 9 (Summer 1972); photographer: Amy O'Neal
Eddy Clear Water and Mac Thompson at the J&J Lounge, Chicago, IL, spring 1972
source: Front cover of Living Blues # 9 (Summer 1972)
photographer: Amy O'Neal

 

E D D Y   C L E A R W A T E R in Orange, France, 1978; source: http://www.soulbag.fr/n/news/i/4181/t/eddy-clearwater-mort-du-chef; photographer: Brigitte Charvolin
Eddy Clearwater in Orange, France, 1978
source: http://www.soulbag.fr/n/news/i/4181/t/eddy-clearwater-mort-du-chef
photographer: Brigitte Charvolin

 

E D D Y   C L E A R W A T E R in Bonn, Germany, 1980; source: Blues Forum 1 (November 1980), p. 4; photographer: Hanno Holzheuser
Eddy Clearwater in Bonn, Germany, 1980
source: Blues Forum 1 (November 1980), p. 4; photographer: Hanno Holzheuser

 

E D D Y   C L E A R W A T E R on the front cover of Living Blues # 127 (May/June 1996); photographer: James Fraher
Eddy Clearwater on the front cover of Living Blues # 127 (May/June 1996)
photographer: James Fraher

 

E D D Y   C L E A R W A T E R, most likely somewhere in France; source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 5.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 98; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir
Eddy Clearwater, most likely somewhere in France
source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 5.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 98; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

 

E D D Y   C L E A R W A T E R on the front cover of Living Blues Vol. 46, # 4 (issue # 238) (July/August 2015); photographer: Jack Vartoogian
Eddy Clearwater on the front cover of Living Blues Vol. 46, # 4 (issue # 238) (July/August 2015)
photographer: Jack Vartoogian

 

E D D Y   C L E A R W A T E R on the front cover of Blues Blast # 11-50 (December 14, 2017); photographer: Bob Kieser
Eddy Clearwater on the front cover of Blues Blast # 11-50 (December 14, 2017)
photographer: Bob Kieser

 

E D D Y   C L E A R W A T E R's headstone  at New Light Cemetery in Lincolnwood, Cook County, Illinois; source: Lynn Orman Weiss' post at Facebook
Eddy Clearwater's headstone
at New Light Cemetery, 6807 N. East Prairie Road in Lincolnwood, Cook County, Illinois 60712
source of photo: Lynn Orman Weiss' post at Facebook

 

 

 

 

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