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Ben Curry /
Blind   Ben Covington
a/k/a Bogus Ben Covington (because he only pretended to be blind to increase tips)
b. July 6, 1906 north of Columbus, Lowndes County, Georgia
d. apparently May 23, 1933 in Birmingham, Alabama

discography

Blind Ben Covington / Ben Curry 78 rpm / LPs / CDs
#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
   

- Hot Dog (M-852)
- Adam And Eve In The Garden (M-853)

rec. November 23, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Memphis Ben, comedy voc; unknown, g; unknown, hca

This may posssibly be the same artist as Ben Curry or Ben Covington

Vocalion unissued
trial recording

11928Bogus Ben Covington

- Adam And Eve In The Garden (20863-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop (20866-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. c. September 1928 in Chicago, IL; Ben Covington, voc, hca, bj


Paramount 12693

   

- Mule Skinner Moan (21447-1, -2) #
- Poor Me Blues (21448-1, -2)

Ben Covington, voc; p


Paramount unissued
test pressings

# Yazoo CD 2063

21929BLIND BEN COVINGTON

- Boodle-De-Bum Bum (C-4630-) #   @ Spotify
- It's A Fight Like That (C-4631-) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
or
- It's A Fight Like That (C-4634-) *

rec. # October 9 & * October 10, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Ben Covington, voc, hca, bj


Brunswick 7121

   

- Saturday Night Party (C-4632-)
- Landlady Blues (C-4633-)

rec. October 10, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Ben Covington, voc, hca, bj

Brunswick unissued

 

Big Joe Williams gives the following personnel for the Birmingham Jug Band:
poss. Jaybird Coleman, hca; Joe Williams, 'One-Armed Dave' (Dave Miles), 'Dr. Scott', Bogus Ben Covington, g, mand; 'Honeycup', jug; 'New Orleans Slide', washboard

31930Birmingham Jug Band

- German Blues (404677-B)   @ youtube
- Gettin' Ready For Trial (404682-C)   @ youtube

rec. December 11, 1930 in Atlanta, Ga.; unknown, hca, mand, g, jug, voc; Big Joe Williams gives the following personnel: poss. Jaybird Coleman, hca; Joe Williams, 'One-Armed Dave' (Dave Miles), 'Dr. Scott', Bogus Ben Covington, g, mand; 'Honeycup', jug; 'New Orleans Slide', washboard


OKeh 8856

41930Birmingham Jug Band

- Cane Brake Blues (404679-B)   @ Spotify
- Kickin' Mule Blues (404684-B)   @ youtube

rec. December 11, 1930 in Atlanta, Ga.; unknown, hca, mand, g, jug, voc; Big Joe Williams gives the following personnel: poss. Jaybird Coleman, hca; Joe Williams, 'One-Armed Dave' (Dave Miles), 'Dr. Scott', Bogus Ben Covington, g, mand; 'Honeycup', jug; 'New Orleans Slide', washboard


OKeh 8866

51930Birmingham Jug Band

- Bill Wilson (404681-B) #   @ youtube
- Birmingham Blues (404682-B) []   @ Spotify

rec. December 11, 1930 in Atlanta, Ga.; unknown, hca, mand, g, jug, # voc, [] sp; Big Joe Williams gives the following personnel: poss. Jaybird Coleman, hca; Joe Williams, 'One-Armed Dave' (Dave Miles), 'Dr. Scott', Bogus Ben Covington, g, mand; 'Honeycup', jug; 'New Orleans Slide', washboard


OKeh 8895

61930Birmingham Jug Band

- The Wild Cat Squawl (404680-A)   @ Spotify
- Giving It Away (404683-A)   @ youtube

rec. December 11, 1930 in Atlanta, Ga.; unknown, hca, mand, g, jug, voc; Big Joe Williams gives the following personnel: poss. Jaybird Coleman, hca; Joe Williams, 'One-Armed Dave' (Dave Miles), 'Dr. Scott', Bogus Ben Covington, g, mand; 'Honeycup', jug; 'New Orleans Slide', washboard


OKeh 8908

   

- Airplane Blues (404678-B)

rec. December 11, 1930 in Atlanta, Ga.; unknown, hca, mand, g, jug, voc; Big Joe Williams gives the following personnel: poss. Jaybird Coleman, hca; Joe Wiliams, 'One-Armed Dave' (Dave Miles), 'Dr. Scott', Bogus Ben Covington, g, mand; 'Honeycup', jug; 'New Orleans Slide', washboard

OKeh unissued

 

Ben Curry is usually accepted as being the same person as Ben Covington

71932Ben Curry

- Boodle De Bum Bum (L-1232-3)   @ Spotify
- Fat Mouth Blues (L-1236-2)   @ Spotify

rec. c. January 1932 in Grafton, WI; Ben Curry, voc, bj-md, poss. own hca


Paramount 13118

81932Ben Curry

- The Laffing Rag   @ Spotify
- Hot Dog   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. c. January 1932 in Grafton, WI; Ben Curry, voc, bj-md, poss. own hca


Paramount 13122

91932Marshall Owens

- Texas Blues - Part II #
- Seventh St. Alley Strut (instr) *

rec. "c. January, 1932" (BG&R 4th ed., 1997) / "before November 22, 1931" (v.d.Tuuk 2005) in Grafton, WI; Marshall Owens, # voc, g, * md/bj; * Ben Curry, g

A copy of Paramount 13131 hasn't been found yet !!!


Marshall Owens discography


Paramount 13131

101932Ben Curry

- The New Dirty Dozen (L-1234-3)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- You Rascal You (L-1257-1)   @ Spotify

rec. c. January 1932 in Grafton, WI; Ben Curry, voc, bj-md, poss. own hca


Paramount 13140

= Champion 50019


LP / CD compilations
101962The Great Jug Bands

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Heart Breakin' Blues
- Goin' To Germanys
Memphis Minnie and Her Jug Band
- Grandpa And Grandma Blues

Birmingham Jug Band
- Getting Ready For Trial
- German Blues
Jack Kelly and His South Memphis Jug Band
- Cold Iron Bed
- Red Ripe Tomatoes
Whistler and His Jug Band
- The Jug Band Special

Memphis Jug Band
- Coal Oil Blues
- Jug Band Waltz
Elder Richard Bryant's Sanctified Singers
- Come Over Here
Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Garden Of Joy Blues
Kentucky Jug Band
- Walkin' Cane Stomp
Noah Lewis's Jug Band
- New Minglewood Blues
- Ticket Agent Blues
Memphis Shieks
- He's In The Jailhouse Now


notes by Sam Charters

OJL 4OJL Records discography

111964/5?Blues Classics
by The Jug, Jook and Washboard Bands


Memphis Jug Band
- Rukus Juice And Chittlin
Dallas Jug Band
- Elm Street Woman Blues
Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Hen Party Blues
Walter Taylor
- 38
Mississippi Jook Band
- Hitting The Bottle Stomp
Chasey Collins
- Atlanta Town
Washboard Sam
- Buckets Got A Hole In It
Washboard Rhythm Kings
- Brown Skin Mama
Memphis Jug Band
- Cocaine Habit

Birmingham Jug Band
- Wild Cat Squall
Ed Kelly
- Shim Shamming
Memphis Jug Band
- Stonewall Blues
Washboard Sam
- Sophisticated Mama
Memphis Jug Band
- Jazzbo Stomp

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Blues Classics BC 2

Blues Classics discography

121969Alabama Country Blues 1924-1933

Barefoot Bill
- Barefoot Bill's Hard Luck Blues
- One More Time
Pillie Bolling with Ed Bell
- I Don't Like That
- She's Got Nice Line
Red Hot Ole Man Mose (Moses Mason)
- Shrimp Man
Daddy Stovepipe
- Sundown Blues
- Stove Pipe Blues
Clifford Gibson
- Beat You Doing It

Ed Bell
- Carry It Right Back Home
- She's A Fool Gal

Ben Curry
- Fat Mouth Blues
Sonny Scott
- Red Cross Blues

Birmingham Jug Band
- Cane Break Blues
- Kickin' Mule Blues
Blind Bogus Ben Covington
- It's A Fight Like That
- Boodle-De-Bum Blues


Roots RL-325Roots Records discography

131969More Of That Jug Band Sound 1927-1939

Memphis Jug Band
- Sometimes I Think I Love You
Noah Lewis's Carolina Peanut Boys
- Selling The Jelly
Vol Stevens
- Baby Got The Rickets, Mama's Got The Mobile Blues
Jed Davenport and His Beale Street Jug Band
- Beale St. Breakdown
- Save Me Some
Tommy Bradley
- Adam And Eve
- Four Days Blues
Cincinnati Jug Band
- George St. Stomp

Jack Kelly
- Betty Sue
- Man Fooler Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Gator Wobble
- On The Road Again
Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- Louisville Special
Daddy Stovepipe and Mississippi Sarah
- Greenville Strut

Birmingham Jug Band
- Giving It Away
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Wolf River Blues

notes by Henry Vestine

Origin Jazz Library OJL-19OJL Records discography

141984Songsters & Saints
Vocal Traditions on Race Records Vol. 1

Dances And Traveling Shows
Peg Leg Howell and Eddie Anthony
- Turkey Buzzard Blues
Pink Anderson and Simmie Dooley
- Gonna Tip Out Tonight
"Beans" Hambone - El Morrow
- Beans
Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- Under The Chicken Tree
Alec Johnson
- Mysterious Coon
"Big Boy" George Owens
- The Coon Crap Game
Memphis Sheiks
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
Charley Patton
- Elder Greene Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Way Down In Arkansas

Comment, Parodies And Ballad Heroes
Lil McClintock
- Furniture Man
Julius Daniels
- Can't Put The Bridle On That Mule This Morning
Hezekiah Jenkins
- The Panic Is On

Bogus Ben Covington
- I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop
Johnson - Nelson - Porkchop
- G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again
Bo Chatman
- Good Old Turnip Greens
Two Poor Boys
- John Henry Blues
Will Bennett
- Railroad Bill
Kid Coley
- Clair And Pearley Blues


Baptists And Sanctified Preachers
Rev. Jim Beale
- The Hand Of The Lord Was Upon Me
Rev. A.W. Nix
- After The Ball Is Over
Rev. Isaiah Shelton
- As The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest
Rev. J.M. Milton
- Silk Worms And Boll Weevils
Rev. H.M. Massey
- Old Time Baptism - part 2
Rev. J.T. Burch
- Baptised By Water, and Baptism By The Holy Ghost
Rev. E.S (Shy) Moore
- The Solemn Warning
Elder Curry
- Prove All Things
Rev. Leora Ross
- God's Mercy To Colonel Lindbergh

Gospel Soloists And Evangelists
Missionary Josephine Miles and Sister Elizabeth Cooper
- You Have Lost Jesus
Mother McCollum
- When I Take My Vacation In Heaven
Eddie Head and his Family
- Down On Me
Washington Phillips
- I Am Born To Preach The Gospel
Blind Roosevelt Graves and Brother
- Telephone To Glory
The Guitar Evangelist
- Death Is Only A Dream
Blind Willie Davis
- Your Enemy Cannot Harm You
Blind Nesbit
- Pure Religion
William and Versey Smith
- When That Great Ship Went Down


DLP
 
Matchbox MSEX 2001/2002

Matchbox Records discography

151988Alabama Jug & String Bands (1928-1932)
The Complete Recordings In Chrionological Order
Of The Birmingham Jug Band And Ben Curry

Birmingham Jug Band
- German Blues
- Cane Brake Blues
- The Wild Cat Squawl
- Bill Wilson
- Birmingham Blues
- Gettin' Ready For Trial
- Giving It Away
- Kickin' Mule Blues

Ben Curry (Blind Bogus Ben Covington)
- Adam And Eve In The Garden
- I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop
- Boodle-De-Bum Blues [sic]
- It's A Fight Like That
- Boodle De Bum Bum
- The New Dirty Dozen
- Fat Mouth Blues
- You Rascal You


Blues Documents
RST BD-2028

161992Jaybird Coleman & The Birmingham Jug Band 1927-30

Jaybird Coleman
- My Jelly Blues (Bertha Ross, voc) - Mill Log Blues
- Boll Weevil
- Ah'm Sick And Tired Of Tellin' You
- Man Trouble Blues
- Trunk Busted - Suitcase Full Of Holes
- I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan - Some O' These Days
- You Heard Me Whistle
- No More Good Water - 'cause The Pond Is Dry
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Save Your Money - Let These Women Go
- Ain't Gonna Lay My 'ligion Down (Frank Palmes)
- Troubled 'bout My Soul (Frank Palmes)
- Coffee Grinder Blues
- Man Trouble Blue

The Birmingham Jug Band
- German Blues
- Cane Brake Blues
- The Wild Cat Squawl
- Bill Wilson
- Birmingham Blues
- Gettin' Ready For Trial
- Giving It Away
- Kickin' Mule Blues

notes by Kip Lornell

Document DOCD-5140

171993Alabama Black Country Dance Bands 1924 - 1949

Daddy Stovepipe (1924-1927)
- Sundown Blues
- Stove Pipe Blues
- Black Snake Blues
- Tuxedo Blues

Ben Curry (Blind Bogus Ben Covington) (1928-1932)
- Adam And Eve In The Garden
- I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop
- Boodle-De-Bum Blues [sic]
- It's A Fight Like That
- Boodle De Bum Bum
- The New Dirty Dozen
- Fat Mouth Blues
- You Rascal You
Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe (1931-1935)
- Burleskin' Blues
- Greenville Strut
- Read Your A.B.C.s
- Do You Love Him?
- Strewin' It Out
- The Spasm
- 35 Depression
- If You Want Me, Baby
Mobile Strugglers (1949)
- Memphis Blues
- Fattenin' Frogs


notes by Keith Briggs

Document DOCD 5166

182002Times Ain't Like They Used To Be Vol. 5

- Railroad Blues - Sam McGee
- Step Stone - Floyd County Ramblers
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues - Skip James
- Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band
- Doggone That Train - Jimmie Davis
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- No Room For a Tramp - Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston
- Just Over The River - Garland Brothers & Grinstead

- Mule Skinner Moan - Ben Covington [previously unissued]
- Shortening Bread - Reaves White County Ramblers
- Black-Eyed Susie - J.P. Nestor & Norman Edmonds
- A Rag Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Railroad Blues - Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston
- Way Down In North Carolina - Grayson County Railsplitters
- Citaco - The Swamp Rooters (A.A. Gray & Lowe Stokes)
- Pistol Blues - Unknown Artist
- Boat Song March - Murphy Brothers Band
- I've Got No Honey Babe Now - Frank Blevins and his Tar Heels Rattlers
- Bonnie Bess - Wilmer Watts and the Lonely Eagles
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Hamilton's Special Breakdown - Wyzee, Tucker & Lecroy
- Johnny Goodwin - Bull Mountain Moonshiners
- Some Happy Day - Charley Patton



Yazoo CD 2063

192004The 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 Porkchop - 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

202005Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926 - 1937

disc 1:
- The Spasm - Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah
- Tanner's Boarding House - Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett
- Don't Think I'm Santa Claus - Lil McClintock
- Hokum Blues - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
- Jimbo Jambo Land - Shorty Godwin
- Gonna Swing On The Golden Gate - Fiddlin' John Carson & His Virginia Reelers
- Papa's 'Bout To Get Mad - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was A Married Man - Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright
- Bye, Bye, Policeman - Jim Jackson
- The Bald-Headed End Of A Broom - Walter Smith
- Bow Wow Blues - Allen Brothers
- Beans - Beans Hambone & El Morrow
- A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around - Stovepipe # 1 and David Crockett
- Tell It To Me - Grant Brothers & Their Music
- Ain't No Use Working So Hard - Carolina Tar Heels
- Mama Keep Your Yes Ma'am Clean - Walter Cole
- C-H-I-C-K-E-N Spells Chicken - Kirk McGee & Blythe Poteet
- My Money Never Runs Out - Banjo Joe
- Railroadin' Some - Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
- Traveling Man - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
- G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again - Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop
- Baby All Night Long - Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers
- Born In Hard Luck - Chris Bouchillon
- He's In The Jailhouse Now - Memphis Sheiks


disc 2:
- Gonna Tip Out Tonight - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- Chevrolet Car - Sam McGee
- It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' - Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers
- Bring It With You When You Come - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Atlanta Strut - Blind Sammie
- Go Along Mule - Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers
- Casey Bill - Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- I Got Mine - Frank Stokes
- Hannah - Chris Bouchillon

- Adam & Eve In The Garden - Bogus Ben Covington
- Mysterious Coon - Alec Johnson & His Band
- Her Name Was Hula Lou - Carolina Tar Heels
- Reno Blues - Three Tobacco Tags
- Scoodle Um Skoo - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
- The Cat's Got The Measles, The Dog's Got The Whooping Cough - Walter Smith
- Shout You Cats - Hezekiah Jenkins
- Nobody's Business If I Do - Tommie Bradley
- Sweet Sixteen - Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers
- Ticklish Reuben - Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright
- I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop - Jim Jackson
- Shine - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
- The Gypsy - Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers
- Kiss Me Cindy - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers

2 CD set
notes by Marshall Wyatt & Bengt Olsson

Old Hat CD 1005 (US 2005)

212007When The Levee Breaks - Mississippi Blues
Rare Cuts 1926-1941

disc 1:
- Cottonfield Blues Part 1 - Garfield Akers - (featuring Joe Calicott)
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey - (featuring Unknown)
- Poor Boy Blues - Sam Butler
- I'm Leavin' Town - William Harris - (featuring Joe Robinson)
- Hittin' The Bottle Stomp - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Coone...
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Muddy Water Blues - Freddie Spruell
- Fare Thee Well Blues - Joe Calicott
- That Won't Do - Arthur Petties
- Four O'Clock Flower Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Evil Devil Woman Blues - Joe McCoy - (featuring Charlie McCoy)
- Jail House Blues, The - Sam Collins
- Black Spider Blues - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Traveling Riverside Blues Take 1 - Robert Johnson
- Baltimore Blues - Charlie McCoy - (featuring Joe McCoy)
- Down The Big Road Blues - Mattie Delaney
- You Scolded Me And Drove Me - Mississippi Bracey - (featuring Virginia Bracey)
- Milk Cow Blues - Freddie Spruell
- Ten Pound Hammer - Mose Andrews
- Noiseless Motor Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Jailhouse Fire Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
- 41 Highway - Freddie Spruell - (featuring Carl Martin)
- Times Has Done Got Hard - King Solomon Hill

disc 2:
- Mississippi County Farm Blues - Son House
- When The Levee Breaks - Joe McCoy - (featuring Memphis Minnie)
- Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Snake Doctor Blues - Jelly Jaw Short
- Little Girl In Rome - Otto Virgial
- It's Cold In China Blues - Mississippi Moaner>
- Bald Eagle Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell

- Boodle-De-Bum Blues [sic] - Bogus Ben Covington
- Bull Frog Blues - William Harris
- Dangerous Woman - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Cooney Vaughn)
- Shaggy Dog Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Devil In The Lion's Den - Sam Collins
- Quarrellin' Mama Blues - Arthur Petties - (featuring Unknown/Jed Davenport)
- Devil And My Brown Blues - Sam Butler
- Take A Little Walk With Me - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Last Time Blues - Charlie McCoy
- Dough Roller Blues - Garfield Akers
- Crowing Rooster, The - Walter Rhodes - (featuring 'Pet' And 'Can')
- Motherless Child Blues - Geeshie Wiley / Elva Thomas
- Married Woman Blues - George Torey
- She's Young And Wild - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Cherry Ball - Mississippi Bracey - (featuring Virginia Bracey)
- Bad Notion Blues - Otto Virgial
- Don't Cry Baby - Freddy Spruell (featuring Carl Martin)
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey - (featuring Unknown)


disc 3:
- My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon - King Solomon Hill
- Snatch It Back Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
- Machine Gun Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Revenue Man Blues - Arthur Petties - (featuring Unknown/Jed Davenport)
- Mr Freddie's Kokomo Blues - Freddie Spruell (featuring Carl Martin)
- Over To My House - Geeshie Wiley - (featuring Elvie Thomas)
- Barefoot Blues - Jelly Jaw Short
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers
- Look Who's Coming Down The Road - Georgia Pine Boy - (featuring Unknown)
- Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott
- Leavin' Here Blues - William Harris
- Got The Blues About Rome - Otto Virgial
- Young Heifer Blues - Mose Andrews
- Skippy Whippy - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Cooney Vaughn)
- Yellow Dog Blues - Sam Collins
- You Can't Keep No Brown - Sam Butler
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Stered Gal - Mississippi Bracey
- Motherless And Fatherless Blues - Mississippi Mudder - (featuring Unknown)
- Don't Misuse Me, Baby - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Out On Santa Fe Blues - Arthur Petties
- It's Hard Times - Joe Stone
- Your Good Man Is Gone - Freddie Spruell (featuring Carl Martin)
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds


disc 4:
- Clarksdale Moan - Son House
- Adam And Eve In The Garden - Bogus Ben Covington
- Lonesome Man Blues - George Torey
- Leaving Home Blues - Walter Rhodes - (featuring 'Pet' And 'Can')
- Loving Lady Blues - Sam Collins
- Early Mornin' Blues - William Harris
- Number Three Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
- Tell Me Baby - King Solomon Hill
- Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Cottonfield Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers - (featuring Joe Calicott)
- Chalk My Toy - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Barbecue Bust - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Cooney Vaughn)
- Two Time Blues - Arthur Petties
- Back Door Blues - Joe Stone
- Way Back Down Home - Freddie Spruell
- Skinny Leg Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Meat Cutter Blues - Joe McCoy - (featuring Charlie McCoy)
- Mississippi Moan - Mississippi Moaner
- Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Jefferson County Blues - Sam Butler
- Rampaw Street Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- I'll Overcome Someday - Mississippi Bracey - (featuring Virginia Bracey)
- Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties
- Grand Daddy Blues - Jelly Jaw Short
- Let's Go Riding - Freddie Spruell (featuring Carl Martin)


4 CD box

JSP JSPCD 7781

222007A Richer Tradition - Country Blues & String Band Music 1923 - 1942

disc 1:
- Guitar Blues - Sylvester Weaver
- Time Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay - Ed Andrews
- Sundown Blues - Daddy Stovepipe
- Salt Lake City Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Whiskey And Gin Blues - South Street Trio
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Hey Lawdy Mama - The France Blues - Papa Harvey Hull / Long "Cleve" Reed
- A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around - Stovepipe No.1 / David Crockett
- Bamalong Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- Blue Coat Blues - "Blue Coat" Tom Nelson
- Frisco Whistle Blues - Ed Bell
- Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen
- Gravel Camp Blues - Lewis Black
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- Death Bell Blues - Tom Dickson
- C.C. & O. Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- Middlin' Blues - George "Bullet" Williams
- Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Kyle's Worried Blues - Charlie Kyle
- Bull Frog Blues - William Harris
- Sobbin' Woman Blues - Elizabeth Johnson
- Miss Meal Cramp Blues - Alec Johnson
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay


disc 2:
- Jail House Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Blues, Just Blues, That's All - Old Southern Jug Band
- String Band Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers
- Black Cat Blues - Old Pal Smoke Shop Four
- Dirty Guitar Blues - Leecan & Cooksey
- Boodle-Am-Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Quill Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- The Jug Band Special - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Cold Morning Shout - South Street Trio
- Violin Blues - Johnson Boys
- Easy Winner - The Blue Boys
- G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again - Johnson / Nelson / Porkchop
- I Got A Gal - James Cole's String Band
- The Jazz Fiddler - Walter Jacobs / Lonnie Carter
- Knox Couty Stomp - Tennessee Chocolate Drops
- Adam And Eve - Tommie Bradley
- Runnin' Wild - James Cole's Washboard Four

- Giving It Away - Birmingham Jug Band
- Jackson Stomp - Mississippi Mud Steppers
- Old Hen Cackle - Coleman & Harper
- Travelin' Railroad Man Blues - Alabama Sheiks
- Old Hen Cackle - Coleman & Harper
- Ted's Stomp - Louie Blue / Ted Bogan
- Dusting The Frets - Dallas Jamboree Jug Band
- Arkansas Traveller - Nashville Washboard Band


disc 3:
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - "Long Cleve" Reed/Little Harvey Hull
- Tuxedo Blues - Whistlin' Pete & Daddy Stovepipe
- Mean Conductor Blues - Ed Bell
- Back Door Blues - Emery Glen
- Spanish Blues - Lewis Black
- Helena Blues - Mooch Richardson

- I Heard the Voice Of a Porkchop - Bogus Ben Covington
- Rising River Blues - George Carter
- She Could Toodle-Oo - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Weak Minded Woman - Willie Baker
- Old Rock Island Blues - Lonnie Coleman
- Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None - Mae Glover
- Showers Of Rain Blues - Edward Thompson
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- If I Call You Mama - Luke Jordan
- Never Drive a Stranger From Your Door - Willie Harris
- Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Shaking Weed Blues - Tommy Settlers
- South Carolina Rag - Willie Walker
- Beans - El Morrow / Beans Hambone
- Poor Jane Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Window Pane Blues - Tommie Bradley
- Hot Jelly Roll Blues - George Carter


disc 4:
- Labor Blues - Tom Dickson
- Goin' Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- No Baby - Charlie Kyle
- Early Mornin' Blues - William Harris
- Dreaming Blues - Willie Reed
- Weeping Willow Blues - George Carter
- Way Down In Arkansas - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Wild About My Loving - Lonnie Coleman
- Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone
- Florida Bound - Edward Thompson
- God Didn't Make No Monkey Man - Eli Framer
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Diamond Ring Blues - Jim Jam (Walter Taylor)
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Lonesome Midnight Dream - Willie Harris
- Billy Goat Blues - John Byrd
- That Won't Do - Arthur Pettis
- Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter
- 'Toby' Woman Blues - Gene Campbell
- Rollin' Dough Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell
- Farewell To You Baby - Carl Martin
- Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky
- Married Woman Blues - George Torey
- Dago Blues - Virgil Childers

4 CD box

JSP JSPCD 7798 (UK 2007)

232011Barbecue Any Old Time
Blues From The Pit   1927-1942

Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon - Down At Jasper's Barbecue
"Big Boy" Teddy Edwards - Who Did You Give My Barbecue To? - Part 1
Memphis Minnie - Pig Meat On The Line
The Two Charlies - Pork Chop Blues
Mississippi Jook Band - Barbecue Bust
Blind Boy Fuller - I Crave My Pig Meat
Barbecue Bob - Barbecue Blues
Charlie Campbell And His Red Peppers - Pepper Sauce Mama
Georgia White - Pigmeat Blues
Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon - Gimme A Pig's Foot And A Bottle Of Beer
Tiny Parham And His Musicians - Pigs' Feet And Slaw
Four Southern Singers - Ham Bone Am Sweet
Hunter And Jenkins - Meat Cuttin' Blues
Brownie McGhee - Barbecue Any Old Time
Jolly Two - Come On Down
Bessie Jackson - Barbecue Bess

Bogus Ben Covington - I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop
Bo Carter - Pig Meat Is What I Crave
Savannah Churchill And Her All Star Seven - Fat Meat Is Good Meat
Richard M. Jones' Jazz Wizards - Smoked Meat Blues
Vance Dixon And His Pencils - Meat Man Pete (Pete, The Dealer In Meat)
Hank Jones And His Ginger - Barbecue Blues
"Big Boy" Teddy Edwards - Who Did You Give My Barbecue To? - Part 2
Tempo King And His Kings Of Tempo - Alabama Barbecue


Old Hat CD 1008



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 180, 190, 611
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 320
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 278
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, p. 134
- Alex van der Tuuk: Ben Covington alias Ben Curry.- 78 Querterly no. 12 (2005), pp. 54-58
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Brunswick 7121

thanks to John Heneghan for additional info / label scan

 

 

 

 

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