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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

R E V.   G A R Y   D A V I S; source: Front cover of Fantasy DLP 24704; photographer: Esmond Edwards
source: Front cover of Fantasy DLP 24704; photographer: Esmond Edwards
Gary Davis
a/k/a "Blind Gary"   a/k/a "Rev.(erend) Gary Davis"
b. April 30, 1896 on a farm between Laurens and Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina
in 1969 lived at "109-42 174th, Jamaica, New York [Queens] and is on the phone AX-1-7609" (BU 67. p. 19)
d. May 5, 1972 at William Kessler Memorial Hospital in Hammonton, New Jersey

buried at Rockville Cemetery in Lynbrook, Nassau County, New York
discography
R E V.   G A R Y   D A V I S;  in Harlem, New York City, 1953; source: Front cover of John Cohen: Walking in the Light.- Göttingen (Steidl) 2015; photographer: John Cohen
Reverend Gary Davis in Harlem, New York City, 1953
source: Front cover of John Cohen: Walking in the Light.-
Göttingen (Steidl) 2015; photographer: John Cohen

#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
19/1935BLIND GARY

- Cross And Evil Woman Blues (17860-1)   @ youtube
- I'm Throwin' Up My Hands (Ain't Gonna Work No More) (17859-2)   @ youtube

rec. July 23, 1935 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g


Perfect 35-10-16

29/1935BLIND BOY FULLER

- Baby, I Don't Have To Worry ('Cause That Stuff Is Here) (17861-1) #   @ youtube
- Looking For My Woman (17868-1) *   @ youtube

# rec. July 23, 1935 in New York City; Blind Boy Fuller, voc, g; Gary Davis, g
* rec. July 24, 1935 in New York City; Blind Boy Fuller, voc, g; Gary Davis, g


Melotone 35-10-17

= Vocalion 02956


= Conqueror 8562

Blind Boy Fuller discography

39/1935BLIND BOY FULLER

- I'm Climbin' On Top Of The Hill (17863-2) #   @ youtube
- Ain't It A Crying Shame? (17867-1) *   @ youtube

# rec. July 23, 1935 in New York City; Blind Boy Fuller, voc, g; Gary Davis, g
* rec. July 24, 1935 in New York City; Blind Boy Fuller, voc, g; Gary Davis, g


Melotone 35-10-32

= Vocalion 02964

Blind Boy Fuller discography

49/1935BLIND GARY

- Oh Lord, Search My Heart (17877-2) #   @ youtube
- You Got To Go Down (17892-1) *   @ youtube

# rec. July 25, 1935 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g
* rec. July 26, 1935 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g


ARC 35-10-33


= Conqueror 8561

512/1935BULL CITY RED

- Now I'm Talking About You (17865-2) #   @ youtube
- Richmond Blues (17879-2) *   @ youtube

# rec. July 24, 1935 in New York City; Bull City Red, voc, g; prob. Gary Davis, 2nd g
* rec. July 25, 1935 in New York City; Bull City Red, voc, g


Melotone 5-12-57

= Perfect 5-12-57

612/1935BLIND GARY

- I Am The True Vine (17875-2)   @ youtube
- I Am The Light Of The World (17876-2)   @ youtube

rec. July 25, 1935 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g


Melotone 5-12-66

71/1936BLIND BOY FULLER

- I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy (17862-2) #   @ youtube
- Rag, Mama, Rag (17873-1) *   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- Rag, Mama, Rag (17873-2) * [RnB CK46777, Document DOCD 5091]   @ youtube

# rec. July 23, 1935 in New York City; Blind Boy Fuller, voc, g; Gary Davis, g
* rec. July 25, 1935 in New York City; Blind Boy Fuller, voc, g; Gary Davis, g; Bull City Red, washb


Melotone 6-01-56


= Perfect 6-01-56


= Vocalion 03084


# = Conqueror 8641


= Columbia 30078


= Columbia 37776


= OKeh 03084 (US 1940s)

Blind Boy Fuller discography

81936?BLIND BOY FULLER

- I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy [Melotone 6-01-56 et al.]
- Somebody's Been Playing With That Thing [ARC 6-03-60]


Conqueror 8641

Blind Boy Fuller discography

92/1936BULL CITY RED

- I Won't Be Dogged Around (17880-2) #   @ youtube
- Black Woman And Poison Blues (17901-1) *   @ youtube

# rec. July 25, 1935 in New York City; Bull City Red, voc, g
* rec. July 26, 1935 in New York City; Bull City Red, voc, g; prob. Gary Davis, 2nd g


Melotone 6-02-56


= Perfect 6-02-56

102/1936BLIND GARY

- I Belong To The Band - Hallelujah! (17893-2)   @ youtube
- The Great Change In Me (17894-1)   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- Lord I Wish I Could See (17895-1) * [RnB CK46779, Document DOCD-5060]

rec. July 26, 1935 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g


Melotone 6-02-65

113/1936BLIND BOY FULLER

- Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind (17874-1) #   @ youtube
- Somebody's Been Playing With That Thing (17899-1) *   @ youtube

# rec. July 25, 1935 in New York City; Blind Boy Fuller, voc, g; Gary Davis, g; Bull City Red, washb
* rec. July 26, 1935 in New York City; Blind Boy Fuller, voc, g


Melotone 6-03-60

= Vocalion 03014

Blind Boy Fuller discography

125/1936BLIND GARY

- I Saw The Light (17878-2) #   @ youtube
- Lord, Stand By Me (17896-1) *   @ youtube

# rec. July 25, 1935 in New York City; Bull City Red, voc; Gary Davis, g
* rec. July 26, 1935 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g


Melotone 6-05-65


= Romeo 6-05-65

1311/1936BLIND GARY

- Have More Faith In Jesus (17891-1)   @ youtube
- The Angel's Message To Me (17897-2)   @ youtube

rec. July 26, 1935 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g


Perfect 6-11-63


= Conqueror 8768

142/1937BLIND GARY

- Twelve Gates To The City (17890-2)   @ youtube
- You Can Go Home (17889-2)   @ youtube

rec. July 26, 1935 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g


Perfect 7-04-55

   

- Civil War March   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1945 in New York City; Gary Davis, g solo

Asch unissued

Folkways ASCH AA 3/4

151949BLIND GARY

- I Can't [sings: Cannot] Bear My Burden By Myself (A4171) #   @ youtube
- Meet Me [sings: You] At The Station (A4172)   @ youtube

rec. January 1949 in New York; Gary Davis, voc, g; # Brownie McGhee, g


Lenox L-520

Continental LP 16003
Yazoo LP 1023


45 rpm / EP / LP / CD compilations
161954?Folksay   American Ballads and Dances   Volumes 5 & 6

Stinson SLP 12 (10 inch LP) ("Volume 5") track sequence:
Hally Wood - Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies
Leadbelly - Take This Hammer
Cisco Houston - Hobo Bill
Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston - Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Pete Seeger - Teeroo, Teeroo

Hally Wood - Johnson Boys
Cisco Houston - The Rover
Woody Guthrie - House Of The Rising Sun
Frank Warner - Old Smokey


Stinson SLP 13 (10 inch LP) ("Volume 6") track sequence:
Lead Belly - Corn Bread Rough
Tom Glazer - Laredo
Unknown - Down In The Valley
Ernie Lieberman - Foggy Dew
Pete Seeger - Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn

Frank Warner - Jolly Rovin Tar
Woody, Cisco & Sonny - Froggy Went A-Courtin'
Pete Seeger - Erie Canal
Ernie Lieberman - Soldier

Garry [sic] Davis & Sonny Terry - When The Train Comes Along #   @ youtube

Stinson SLPX12 (12 inch LP) ("Volume 5 & 6") track sequence:
Hally Wood - Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies
Leadbelly - Take This Hammer
Cisco Houston - Hobo Bill
Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston - Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Pete Seeger - Teeroo, Teeroo
Hally Wood - Johnson Boys
Cisco Houston - The Rover
Woody Guthrie - House Of The Rising Sun
Frank Warner - Old Smokey


Garry [sic] Davis & Sonny Terry - When The Train Comes Along #
Lead Belly - Corn Bread Rough
Tom Glazer - Laredo
Unknown - Down In The Valley
Ernie Lieberman - Foggy Dew
Pete Seeger - Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn
Frank Warner - Jolly Rovin Tar
Woody, Cisco & Sonny - Froggy Went A-Courtin'
Pete Seeger - Erie Canal
Ernie Lieberman - Soldier


# rec. April 1954 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g; Sonny Terry, hca

10 inch LP
notes by Kenneth Goldstein

Stinson SLP 12 ("Vol. 5") (US 1954?)

10 inch LP

Stinson SLP 13 ("Vol. 6") (US 1954?)

12 inch LP
notes by Kenneth Goldstein

(=) Stinson SLPX12 ("Volume V & VI") (US 1962)

Collectables COL-CD-5601

171953Blind Gary / Garry [on back cover & labels] Davis - The Singing Reverend
with Sonny Terry and his mouth harp

- I Can't Make The Journey By Myself   @ youtube
- Oh What A Beautiful City (Twelve Gates To The City)   @ youtube
- Jesus Met The Woman At The Well  @ youtube
- You Got To Move   @ youtube

- Bad Company Brought Me Here   @ youtube
- Motherless Children #   @ youtube
- Say No To The Devil   @ youtube
- Death Is Riding Every Day   @ youtube

rec. April 1954 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g; Sonny Terry, hca, # voc
10 inch LP front cover illustration signed as by "M. Finn" or "M. Fink" (or similar)
12 inch LP front cover illustration by Jerry Solomon

10 inch LP
 
Stinson SLP 56 (US 1953)

12 inch LP
(red vinyl)   (black vinyl)  
= Stinson SLP 56 (US 1963)

Collectables COL-CD-5607

181957Tony Schwartz - Music In The Streets
A fascinating collection of music and musicians recorded on the streets of New York City

Side I, Part I: Street Musician@ youtube (Side I, Part I)
Unknown Artist - Untitled (Street Saxophone)
Unknown Artist - Untitled (Glass Bowls)
Unknown Artists - Bongo Boys
Guisseppi Ravita The Carnegie Hall Fiddler

Rev. Gary Davis - Untitled (Guitar) #   @ youtube (7:07-9:34)
Unknown Artist - Untitled (Time Square Accordion)
Moondog - Moondog

Side I, Part II: Washington Square@ youtube (Side I, Part II)
Unknown Artists - Untitled (Banjo and Bass)
The Kosoy Twins - Rambling Around
Ralph Rinzler, The Kosoy Twins - King Edward
Unknown Artist - When The Saints Go Marching In (Spoons and Ocarina)
John Gibbons - Met A Little Gipsy
Jane Soyer - Deep Blue Sea
Fred Gerlach - Another Man Done Gone   @ youtube (10:38-12:22)


Side II, Part I: Religious Music
Unknown Artist - Untitled (Church Bells)
Unknown Artists - Untitled (Salvation Army Group)
Unknown Artists - Untitled (Salvation Army Christmas Band)
Unknown Artists - Untitled (Puerto Rican Street Gospel Group)
Unknown Artist - Just A Closer Walk With Thee

Side II, Part I: Street Festival
Unknown Artists - Untitled (Jazz Group)
Unknown Artists - Untitled (Band)
Unknown Artists - Untitled (Parade)
Unknown Artist - Untitled (Song)
Side II, Part III: Parades
Unknown Artists - Untitled ( Montage Of City Parades)


Conceived and recorded by Tony Schwartz
# rec. early to mid 1950s on 6th Avenue and 46th Street in New York City; Gary Davis, g solo
Front cover illustration by Don Freeman



Folkways FD 5581 (US 1957)

191961Rev. Gary Davis and Pink Anderson: American Street Songs  resp.  Gospel, Blues and Street Songs

Pink Anderson: Carolina Street Ballads
- John Henry
- Everyday In The Week #   @ youtube
- The Ship Titanic
- Greasy Greens
- Wreck Of The Old 97
- I've Got Mine
- He's In The Jailhouse Now


Rev. Gary Davis: Harlem Street Sprituals
- Blow, Gabriel   @ Spotify
- Twelve Gates To The City   @ Spotify
- Samson And Delilah   @ Spotify
- Oh Lord, Search My Heart   @ Spotify
- Get Right Church   @ Spotify
- You Got To Go Down   @ Spotify
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning   @ Spotify
- There Was A Time That I Was Blind   @ Spotify

Pink Anderson rec. May 29, 1950 in Charlottesville, VA by Paul Clayton; Pink Anderson, voc, g; # Jumbo Lewis, washboard

Rev. Gary Davis rec. January 20, 1956 by Kenneth S. Goldstein

notes by Daniel G. Hoffman & Kenneth S. Goldstein

Riverside RLP 12-611 (US 1961)

notes by Daniel G. Hoffman & Kenneth S. Goldstein

= Riverside RLP 148 "Gospel, Blues and Street Songs"

notes by Daniel G. Hoffman & Kenneth S. Goldstein

= OBC LP 524

notes by Daniel G. Hoffman & Kenneth S. Goldstein

= OBCCD-524-2 (EU 1987)

2 CD set

(=) Avid Roots AMSC1271 "Reverend Gary Davis" (Three Classic Album Plus series)
77 LA 12/14 "Pure Religion And Bad Company", Bluesville BV/BVLP 1032 "A Little More Faith", Bluesville BV/BVLP 1049 "Say No To The Devil" plus side two of Riverside RLP 12-611 "American Street Songs: Harlem Street Spirituals"

OBC Records discography
Pink Anderson discography

201961Blind Gary Davis: Harlem Street Singer resp. Reverend Gary Davis: Pure Religion!

- Samson And Delilah   @ Spotify
- Let Us Get Together Right Down Here   @ Spotify
- I Belong To The Band   @ Spotify
- Pure Religion   @ Spotify
- Great Chance Since I Been Born   @ Spotify
- Death Don't Have No Mercy   @ Spotify

- Twelve Gates To The City   @ Spotify
- Goin' To Sit Down On The Banks Of The River   @ Spotify
- Tryin' To Get Home   @ Spotify
- Lo, I Be With You Always   @ Spotify
- I Am The Light Of This World   @ Spotify
- Lord, I Feel Like Just Goin' On   @ Spotify

rec. August 24, 1960 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ; Gary Davis, voc, g
Front cover photo by Esmond Edwards

notes by Larry Cohn

Bluesville BV/BVLP 1015 "Blind Gary Davis: Harlem Street Singer"

notes by Larry Cohn

= Fontana 688 303 ZL (UK 1965) "Blind Gary Davis: Harlem Street Singer"

notes by Larry Cohn

= Prestige Folklore FL-14028 "Reverend Gary Davis: Pure Religion!"

notes by Larry Cohn

= Prestige Folklore FL-14028 "Reverend Gary Davis: Pure Religion!"

notes by Larry Cohn

= Prestige PR/PRST 7805 (US 1972) "Reverend Gary Davis: Pure Religion!" ("Electronically Remastered For Stereo")

notes by Philip Elwood

(=) Fantasy 24704 (US 1973) "Gary Davis" (along with Bluesville BVLP 1032 "When I Die I'll Live Again")
(=) Fantasy 5986 (Fr 1973?)


= OBCCD-547-2 (US 1992) "Blind Gary Davis: Harlem Street Singer"

Bluesville Records discography
Fontana Records discography
OBC Records discography

211961Reverend Gary Davis: A Little More Faith
- You Got To Move   @ Spotify
- Crucifixion   @ Spotify
- I'm Glad I'm In That Number   @ Spotify
- There's A Table Sittin' In Heaven   @ Spotify
- Motherless Children   @ Spotify
- There's A Bright Side Somewhere   @ Spotify

- I'll Be All Right Some Day   @ Spotify
- You Better Mind   @ Spotify
- A Little More Faith   @ Spotify
- I'll Fly Away   @ Spotify
- God's Gonna Separate   @ Spotify
- When I Die I'll Live Again   @ Spotify

rec. August 10, 1961 in New York by Rudy van Gelder; Gary Davis, voc, g; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein
front cover photo by Don Schlitten

notes by Larry Cohn

Bluesville BV/BVLP 1032 (US 1961)

notes by Larry Cohn

= Prestige PRLP 1032 (US 196?)


= XTRA 5042 (UK 1967)


(=) Fantasy 24704 (US 1973) (along with Bluesville BVLP 1015 "When I Die I'll Live Again")
(=) Fantasy 5986 (Fr) "Gary Davis"

notes by Larry Cohn

= OBC OBCCD-588-2 (US 1999)

2 CD set

(=) Avid Roots AMSC1271 "Reverend Gary Davis" (Three Classic Album Plus series)
77 LA 12/14 "Pure Religion And Bad Company", Bluesville BV/BVLP 1032 "A Little More Faith", Bluesville BV/BVLP 1049 "Say No To The Devil" plus side two of Riverside RLP 12-611 "American Street Songs: Harlem Street Spirituals"

Bluesville Records discography
XTRA Records discography
OBC Records discography

221961REVEREND GARY DAVIS

- You Got To Move [Bluesville 1032]
- I'm Glad I'm In That Number [Bluesville 1032]


Bluesville 45-819

231962Reverend Gary Davis: Say No To The Devil

- Say No To The Devil #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Time Is Drawing Near *   @ Spotify
- Hold To God's Unchanging Hand []   @ Spotify
- Bad Company Brought Me Here #   @ Spotify
- I Decided To Go Down #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

- Lord I Looked Down The Road #   @ Spotify
- Little Bitty Baby #   @ Spotify
- No One Can Do Me Like Jesus []   @ Spotify
- Lost Boy In The Wilderness (instr with sp) *   @ Spotify
- Trying To Get To Heaven In Due Time #   @ Spotify

rec. 1961 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ by Rudy van Gelder; Gary Davis, voc, # 6-str g, * 12-str g, [] hca; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein

cover photo by Don Schlitten

notes by Larry Cohn

Bluesville BV/BVLP 1049 (US 1962)

notes by Larry Cohn

= XTRA 5014 (UK 1966)

notes by Larry Cohn

= OBC LP 519 (1987) (remastered)


= OBCCD 519-2 (US 1990)

2 CD set

(=) Avid Roots AMSC1271 "Reverend Gary Davis" (Three Classic Album Plus series)
77 LA 12/14 "Pure Religion And Bad Company", Bluesville BV/BVLP 1032 "A Little More Faith", Bluesville BV/BVLP 1049 "Say No To The Devil" plus side two of Riverside RLP 12-611 "American Street Songs: Harlem Street Spirituals"

Bluesville Records discography
XTRA Records discography
OBC Records discography

241962Blind Gary Davis: Pure Religion And Bad Company

- Pure Religion   @ Spotify
- Mountain Jack   @ Spotify
- Right Now   @ Spotify
- Buck Dance   @ Spotify
- Candy Man   @ Spotify
- Devil's Dream   @ Spotify
- Moon Goes Down   @ Spotify
- Coco Blues   @ Spotify

- Runnin' To The Judgement   @ Spotify
- Hesitation   @ Spotify
- Bad Company   @ Spotify
- I Didn't Want To Join The Band   @ Spotify
- Evening Sun Goes Down   @ Spotify
- Seven Sisters   @ Spotify
- My Heart Is Fixed   @ Spotify

Smithsonian Folkways SFW40035 bonus tracks:
- Time Is Drawing Near [previously unreleased]   @ Spotify
- Crucifixion [previously unreleased]   @ Spotify

rec. June 1957 in New York City by Fred Gerlach and Tiny Robinson; prod. by Doug Dobell
Smithsonian Folkways CD SF 40035 photography by Manny Greenhill

Mr. Suit SUITABLE1315 erroneously lists "Fred Garach" [sic] as original recording engineer;
track "My Heart Is Fixed" is written on cover and label, but omitted on the LP

Folk-Lyric FL 125 (US) obviously never issued

notes by Paul Oliver
click to read liner notes!
= 77 LA 12/14 (UK 1962)

notes by Bruce Bastin

(=) Smithsonian Folkways CD SF 40035 (US 1991)

12 inch LP
notes by Bruce Bastin

= Mr. Suit SUITABLE1315 (EU 2014)

2 CD set

(=) Avid Roots AMSC1271 "Reverend Gary Davis" (Three Classic Album Plus series)
77 LA 12/14 "Pure Religion And Bad Company", Bluesville BV/BVLP 1032 "A Little More Faith", Bluesville BV/BVLP 1049 "Say No To The Devil" plus side two of Riverside RLP 12-611 "American Street Songs: Harlem Street Spirituals"

77 Records discography

24a1963Philadelphia Folk Festival 1962, Vol. 1 / Vol. 2

Prestige/International 13071 track sequence:
Jack Elliott
- Muleskinner Blues
- Night Herding Song
- Talking Fishing Blues
Prof. Clarence Johnson & Mabel Washington
- All Of My Appointed Time
- We're Crossing Over One By One

Mike Seeger & Sonny Miller
- Fisherman's Luck
- Sally Ann
- John Hardy
- Fiddler's Bagpipe
Bonnie Dobson
- Peter Emberly [sic, actually Keith]
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Prestige/International 13072 track sequence:
Blind Gary Davis
- If I Had My Way (Samson & Delilah) #
- Sally, Where You Get Your Liquor From? #
- You Got To Move #
Bill Kieth [sic, actually Keith], Jim Rooney & Fritz Richmond
- Devil's Dream
- Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow
Tossi Aaron
- Gypsy Davy
- Black Is The Color
- All The Pretty Little Horses
Pete Seeger
- I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister
- Here's To Cheshire, Here's To Cheese

Prestige PRCD-9904-2 / Prestige Folklore CDWIKD 137 track sequence:
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
- Muleskinner Blues
- Night Herding Song
- Talking Fishing Blues
Mike Seeger & Sonny Miller
- Fisherman's Luck
- Sally Ann (instr duet)
- John Hardy
- Fiddler's Bagpipe
Bonnie Dobson
- Peter Amberley [sic]
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Rev. Gary Davis
- If I Had My Way (Samson & Delilah) #
- Sally, Where You Get Your Liquor From? #
- You Got To Move #
Keith & Rooney
- Devil's Dream
- I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow
Tossi Aaron
- Gypsy Davy
Pete Seeger
- I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister
- Here's To Cheshire, Here's To Cheese


LPs prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein
CD compiled by Samuel Charters
# rec. September 8, 1962 at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Wilson Estate, Swedesford Road, Paoli, Penna by Fred Miles; Gary Davis, voc, g

notes by Gene Shay
 
original orange labellater trident label
Prestige/International PR-INT 13071 (US 1963) "Philadelphia Folk Festival 1962 Vol. 1"

notes by Gene Shay

Prestige/International PR-INT 13072 (US 1963) "Philadelphia Folk Festival 1962 Vol. 2"

notes by Samuel Charters

(=) Prestige PRCD-9904-2 (US 1994) "Philadelphia Folk Festival: The Prestige/ Folklore Years, Vol. 4: Singing Out Loud"

24b1963Hootenanny At Carnegie Hall

Hally Wood - Come And Go With Me To That Land
Pete Seeger - Battle Of Maxton Field
Tony Kraber - Rye Whiskey
Tony Kraber - Blood On The Saddle
Jerry Silverman - Things 'Bout Coming My Way
Will Geer - Mark Twain

Rev. Gary Davis - If I Had My Way (Samson & Delilah) (4:16) #
Hally Wood - Old Man
Pete Seeger - Done Laid Around

Pete Seeger
- I Never Will Marry
- Oh, Reilly
- Kevin Barry
- Wimoweh
- Jacob's Ladder
- United Nations Make A Chain


# rec. February 22, 1958 at Carnegie Hall, New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g
photography by David Gahr

8-pp. booklet notes by Irwin Silber

Folkways FN 2512 (US 1963)

251963Blind Reverend Gary Davis   Elder Brody And Other Artists
Folk Blues


The Reverend Blind Gary Davis
- I Cannot Bear My Burden [Lenox L-520]
- I'm Gonna Meet You At The Station [Lenox L-520]
The Reverend "Elder" Brodie and Congregation
- You Got To Move
- Prayer No. 1
- Prayer For All
- Sit Down - I'll Be Listening Somewhere

Sonnie and Lonnie
- Wiggle Around Me, Baby [Continental 6050]
- Southwest Pacific Blues [Continental 6050]
"Big Boy" Ellis
- Dices Dices
- I Love You Baby
Sonnie and Sam
- I Wonder Who's Holding You [Continental 6055]
- Mama Blues [Continental 6055]


notes by Harry Lim

Continental CLP-16003 (US 1963)

265/1964Blues At Newport
Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Long Gone
- Key To The Highway
Mississippi John Hurt
- Candy Man
- Trouble, I've Had It All My Days
- Frankie
John Hammond
- No Money Down
- Me & The Devil
- Tallahassee Woman


Rev. Gary Davis
- Samson And Delilah #   @ youtube
- You Got To Move #
John Lee Hooker
- Sometimes You Make Me Feel So Bad
- Bus Station Blues
Dave Van Ronk
- That Will Never Happen No More
- Gambler's Blues
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Walk On


# rec. July 11/12, 1959 live at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island
(tracks "included here because of their special significance")

notes by Stacey Williams

Vanguard VRS-9145 (mono) (US 5/1964)

notes by Stacey Williams
click to read notes !  
= Vanguard VSD-79145 (stereo) (US 5/1964)

notes by Stacey Williams

= Fontana TFL 6037 (stereo) (UK 1964)

4-pp. insert

= Vanguard/King SR-660 (Jp 1971)

= Vanguard VSD 79145 (stereo) (US 4/2013) (Record Store Day)

Newport Folk Festival discography

271964The Guitar & Banjo Of Reverend Gary Davis@ youtube (full album)

- Maple Leaf Rag (aka Make Believe Stunt) (2:55)   @ Spotify
- Slow Drag (aka Cincinnati Flow Rag) (2:20)   @ Spotify
- The Boy Was Kissing The Girl (And Playing The Guitar At The Same Time) (2:40)   @ Spotify
- Candy Man (2:50)   @ Spotify
- United States March (aka Soldier's Drill) (6:25)   @ Spotify

- Devil's Dream (3:45) #   @ Spotify
- The Coon Hunt (3:25) *   @ Spotify
- Mister Jim (aka Walkin' Dog Blues) (4:15)   @ Spotify
- Please Baby (aka Baby Let Me Lay It On You) (3:20) #   @ Spotify
- Fast Fox Trot (aka Buck Rag) (2:20)   @ Spotify
- Can't Be Satisfied (aka Mountain Jack Blues) (2:55)   @ Spotify

rec. March 2, 1964 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ by Rudy van Gelder; Gary Davis, voc, g, # banjo, * hca; supervised by Samuel Charters
photography by Don Schlitten

notes (June 1964) by Chris Albertson
 
Prestige Folklore FL/FLST 14033 (US 1964)     Stereo edition uses mono cover with a "Stereo" sticker on front


= Prestige PR/PRT 7725 (US 19??) ("Electronically remastered for Stereo")

= P-Vine PCD-5618 (Jp 2000)


= OBC OBCCD-592-2 (Germany 2001)

281965Rev. Gary Davis / Short Stuff Macon

Rev. Gary Davis
- I'm On My Way To The Kingdom
- He Knows Just How Much We Can Bear
- Lord, I'll Be With You Always
- Yeah!

Short Stuff Macon
- My Jack Don't Drink Water [Folkways FT 1004 / FTS 31004]   @ youtube
- Corrina [Folkways FT 1004 / FTS 31004]
- Hell Bound Blues [Folkways FT 1004 / FTS 31004]
- Messing With That Thing [Folkways FT 1004 / FTS 31004]
- Rock Road Bad Treatin' [Folkways FT 1004 / FTS 31004]


"Contents produced by Folkways Records USA and issued by special permission."

Macon tracks rec. May 18, 1964 after a concert at Bard College in New York by Harry Rosenblum, Jr., Dick Duman & Graham Gibson; John Wesley Macon, voc, g; Big Joe Williams, g
Gary Davis tracks rec. c. 1964 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g

cover by Brian and Sally Shuel

notes (on Gary Davis) by Gillian Cook
notes (on Macon) = short excerpt from Paul Nelson's notes on Folkways LP


XTRA 1009 (UK 1965)


= EMI (Australia 19??)

XTRA Records discography
Short Stuff Macon discography
Big Joe Williams discography

291966BLIND GARY DAVIS

- I Saw The Light [ARC 6-05-65]
- Lord, Stand By Me [ARC 6-05-65]

- The Angel's Message To Me [ARC 6-11-63]
- I Have Faith In Jesus [ARC 6-11-63]

cover design by Peter Nus

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Pirate MPC 526 (Sweden 1966)

29a1966Blues Rediscoveries
compiled and edited by Samuel Charters

Mississippi John Hurt
- Ain't No Tellin'
- Avalon Blues
Bukka White
- Sleepy Man Blues
- Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues
Henry Townsend
- Poor Man Blues
John Estes
- Poor Man's Friend
- Liquor Store Blues


Blind Gary Davis
- Oh Lord Search My Heart
- You Got To Go Down
Peg Leg Howell
- Doin' Wrong
Furry Lewis
- Jelly Roll
- Sweet Papa Moan
Big Joe Williams
- Highway 49
- Someday Baby


edited by Samuel Charters
front cover photo by Ann Charters

notes by Samuel Charters

RBF 11 (US 1966)

RBF discography

301967ASCH Recordings/1939-1945   Volume 2

LP 1:
Leadbelly - On A Monday
Burl Ives - Wayfaring Stranger
Burl Ives - Soldier, Oh Soldier
Alan Lomax - Make Me A Garment/I Knew An Old Lady
Pete Seeger - Old Woman And The Devil
Woody Guthrie - House Of The Rising Sun
Cisco Houston - Crayderville Jail
Brownie McGhee - Betty And Dupree
Folk Group - Go Tell Aunt Nancy

Folk Group - Polly Wolly Doodle
Folk Group - Down In The Valley
Josh White - Train #12
Les Paul, Mary Paul - Born To Lose
Frank Warner - Banjo Johnson Boys
Ralph Page - Down In The Valley
Woody Guthrie - Cowboy Waltz
Tiny Clark - Mr. & Mrs. Sellers
Country Dance Orchestra Bile Them Cabbage Down


LP 2:
Richard Dyer-Bennet - Two Maidens Went Milking
Andrew Rowan Summers - The Hangman's Tree
John Jacob Niles - Little Mattie Groves
Cratis Williams -The Wife Of Usher's Well
Texas Gladden - Dark Scenes Of Winter
Hobart Smith - Railroad Bill
Texas Gladden, Hobart Smith - In The Willow Garden
Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Springfield Mountain
George Edwards - Bonny Laboring Boy
Dock Reese - Go Down Ol' Hannah

Hobart Smith - Cindy
Champion Jack Dupree - Clog Dance
Sonny Terry - Fox Chase
Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston - 900 Niles
Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry - RR Blues

Blind Gary Davis - Civil War Parade ("from acetate")   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Baby Dodds - Tom Tom Workout

compiled by Moses Asch & Charles Edward Smith

2 LP

Folkways ASCH AA 3/4 (US 1967)

311968The Reverend Gary Davis: Bring Your Money, Honey!

- Twelve Gates To The City
- Samson And Delilah (If I Had My Way)
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
- The Boy Was Kissing The Girl (And Playing The Guitar At The Same Time)
- Birmingham Special

- Time Ain't So Long
- Silvie
- Lost John
- Lo, I'll Be With You Always

rec. live at Harvard University by Stefan Grossman; Gary Davis, voc, g
photography (Gary and Annie Davis at Newport Folk Festival) by David Gahr

notes by Stefan Grossman

Fontana SFJL 914
Fontana 886 505 JCY

321968The Reverend Gary Davis At Newport@ youtube (full album)

- Samson And Delilah (If I Had My Way) (3:22)
- I Won't Be Back No More (3:31)
- Buck Dance (1:17)
- Twelve Sticks (3:05)
- Death Don't Have No Mercy (3:56)
- You Got To Move (5:33)

- Lovin' Spoonful (4:23)
- She Wouldn't Say Quit (5:34)
- I've Done All My Singing For The Lord (3:27)
- Twelve Gates To The City (4:16)
- I Will Do My Last Singing In This Land Somewhere (5:10)

"electronically rechanneled for stereo"
front cover painting by Eric Von Schmidt


Vanguard SRV-73008 (US 1968)

332/1969The Mike Raven Blues Sampler

Leadbelly
- Little Children's Blues
Jimmy Witherspoon
- Evenin'
Dr. Ross
- After Hours Blues

Gary Davis
- Say No To The Devil
Big Joe Williams
- Bottle Up And Go
Memphis Slim
- Frankie and Johnny

Sonny Terry
- Louise
Jesse Fuller
- Brownskin Gal
Mabel Hillery
- It's So Hard To Be A Nigger
Blind Willie McTell
- Married Man's A Fool
Scraper [sic] Blackwell
- "A" Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Blues In A Bottle



Transatlantic TRA SAM 5 (UK 2/1969)

33a1969Blind Boy Fuller On Down Vol. 2
16 tracks in the Fuller tradition

Julius Daniels
- Crow Jane Blues
Blind Boy Fuller
- Walking And Looking Blues
- Working Man Blues
Buddy Moss
- Tricks Ain't Walking No More

Blind Gary Davis
- Cruel And Evil Woman Blues
- I'm Throwing Up My Head
Bull City Red
- Mississippi River
- Pick And Shovel Blues

Sonny Jones
- Love Me With A Feeling
- Dough Roller
Blind Boy Fuller No. 2 [Brownie McGhee]
- Got To Find My Little Woman
- I'm A Black Woman's Man
Sleepy Joe's Washboard Band [Ralph Willis]
- Mama, Mama Blues
Jammin' Jim [Edward P. Harris aka Carolina Slim]
- Shake Boogie
Dan Pickett
- Lemon Man
Curley Weaver
- Trixie


notes by David Harrison

Matchbox/Saydisc SDR 168 (UK 1969)p>Matchbox Records discography

341970Reverend Gary Davis 1935 - 1939

- The Angel's Message To Me
- The Great Change In Me
- I'm Throwin Up My Hand
- You Got To Go Down
- I Can't Bear My Burden By Myself [Lenox L-520]
- I Belong To The Band
- I Am The True Vine

- Lord, Stand By Me
- Twelve Gates To The City
- Have More Faith In Jesus
- O Lord, Search My Heart
- You Can Go Home
- Meet Me At The Station [Lenox L-520]
- Cross And Evil Woman Blues

original edition's front cover artwork by Rory Block

Yazoo CD 2011 YAZ track sequence:
- I Belong To The Band - Hallelujah! (3:16)
- The Great Change In Me (3:20)
- The Angel's Message To Me (3:11)
- I Saw The Light (3:02) °°
- Lord, Stand By Me (3:11)
- I Am The Light (3:04) °°
- O Lord, Search My Heart (3:07)
- Have More Faith In Jesus (3:07)
- You Got To Go Down (3:20)
- I Am The True Vine (3:18)
- Twelve Gates To The City (3:12)
- You Can Go Home (3:11)
- I'm Throwin' Up My Hand (2:53)
- Cross And Evil Woman Blues (3:06)
- I Can't Bear My Burden By Myself (2:54) [Lenox L-520]
- Meet Me At The Station (2:41) [Lenox L-520]

°° CD onus tracks
Yazoo L-1023 (US 198?) / Yazoo CD 2011 YAZ front cover photo "Courtesy of Manny Greenhill"
Yazoo CD 2011 YAZ remastered b Richard Nevins (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 9, 11 to 16); tracks 6 & 10: Initial mastering by Richard Nevins with subsequent mastering using NoNOISE digital audio restoration at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA

notes by Stefan Grossman     "Yazoo Records, 54 King Street, New York, N.Y. 10014"

Yazoo L-1023 (US 1970)

notes by Stefan Grossman     "Yazoo Records, 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014"
 
Yazoo L-1023 (US 1970s)

notes by Stefan Grossman     "Yazoo Records, P.O. Box 810, Newton, NJ 07860"

= Yazoo L-1023 (US 198?)

notes by Stefan Grossman

= Yazoo CD 2011 YAZ (US 1994) "The Complete Early Recordings"

Yazoo Records discography

351971Reverend Gary Davis: Ragtime Guitar

- Cincinnati Flow Rag
- West Coast Blues
- Buck Rag
- St. Louis Tickle
- Two Step Candyman

- Walkin' Dog Blues
- Italian Rag
- C-Rag
- Waltz Time Candyman
- Make Believe Stunt

rec. 1962 - 1970 at Rev. Davis' house by Stefan Grossman
Transatlantic 244 cover, photography by Hipgnosis

notes by Stefan Grossman

Transatlantic 244 (UK 1971)

notes by Stefan Grossman
 
= Kicking Mule KM 106 (US 1974)


= Sonet SNKF 133 (UK 1976/77)


= Guimbarda GS-11034 (Sp 1979)


= Gospel Heritage HT 309 (UK 1985)


= Transatlantic IRS 80187 (Jp 19??)


(=) Shanachie CD 97024 (US 1993) "Blues & Ragtime"

Kicking Mule Records discography

361971Reverend Gary Davis in concert: Children Of Zion

LP track sequence:
- I'm Going To Sit Down On The Banks ...
- Twelve Gates To The City
- I Heared The Angel's Singing
- Twelve Sticks
- Long Way To Tipperary

- When The Train Comes Along
- Come Down And See Me Sometime
- Buck Dance
- Soldier's Drill

rec. 1962 at Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, PA; prod. by Stefan Grossman
Transatlantic TRA 249 / Heritage HT 308 cover photo by Linda Fitzgerald-Moore, liner photos by Stefan Grossman
Kicking Mule KM 101 cover art by Joseph Doyle; back cover photo by Stefan Grossman
Sonet SNKF 152 / Guimbarda GS-11.111 photography by Stefan Grossman & Valerie Wilmer

CD track sequence:@ youtube (full album)
- Walkin' Dog Blues [Transatlantic TRA 244 et al.]
- Cincinnati Flow Rag [Transatlantic TRA 244 et al.]
- She's Funny That Way [Sonet SNKD 1]
- Whoopin' Blues [Sonet SNKD 1]
- Twelve Sticks [Transatlantic TRA 249 et al.]
- Children Of Zion [Sonet SNKD 1]
- Buck Rag [Transatlantic TRA 244 et al.]
- Hesitation Blues [Sonet SNKD 1]
- C-Rag [Transatlantic TRA 244 et al.]
- Baby, Let Me Lay It On You [Sonet SNKD 1]
- Cocaine Blues [Sonet SNKF 103]
- Buck Dance [Transatlantic TRA 249 et al.]
- Candyman [Sonet SNKD 1]
- Wall Hollow Blues [Gospel Heritage HT 307]
- Little Boy, Little Boy Who Made Your Britches [Stefan Grossman cassette #2]
- Whistlin' Blues [Stefan Grossman cassette #2]

Shanachie CD 97024 rec. 1962 - 1966 at different locations
photography by Brian Shuel & George Pickow


Transatlantic TRA 249 (UK 1971)


= Kicking Mule KM 101 (US 1974)

notes by Duck Baker

= Sonet SNKF 152 (UK 1978) "The Best of Rev. Gary Davis - Live in Concert"


= Guimbarda GS-11.111 (Sp 1981) "The Best of Rev. Gary Davis - Live in Concert" ("Bluesmen 7")


= Heritage HT 308 (UK 1985)

notes by Duck Baker

(=) Shanachie CD 97024 (US 1993) "Blues & Ragtime"

Kicking Mule Records discography

371971The Legendary Reverend Gary Davis: New Blues and Gospel

LP track sequence:
- How Happy I Am (5:13) °°   @ youtube
- I Heard The Angels Singing (4:00)   @ youtube
- Samson And Delilah (aka "If I Had My Way")(4:48)   @ youtube
- Children Of Zion (4:00)   @ youtube
- Soon My Work Will Be All Done (4:09) °°   @ youtube

- Talk On The Corner (4:01)   @ youtube
- Sally, Where'd You Get Your Whiskey? (4:15)   @ youtube
- Hesitation Blues (4:54) °°   @ youtube
- Whistling Blues (5:14) °°   @ youtube
- Lost John (3:42) #   @ youtube

°° not on Biograph BCD 123 ADD / Biograph DK 34007

Biograph BCD 123 ADD / Biograph DK 34007 track sequence:
- Talk On The Corner [Biograph BLP-12030] (4:01)
- Sally, Where'd You Get Your Whiskey From? [Biograph BLP-12030] (4:16)
- Crow Jane [Biograph BLP-12034] (2:40)
- Eagle Rocking Blues [Biograph BLP-12034] (3:48)
- Cocaine Blues [Biograph BLP-12034] (3:03)
- Lost John [Biograph BLP-12030] (3:46) #
- Samson And Delilah [Biograph BLP-12030] (4:48)
- I Heard The Angels Singing [Biograph BLP-12030] (3:59)
- Children Of Zion [Biograph BLP-12030] (3:55)
- Lord I Wish I Could See [Biograph BLP-12034] (2:44)
- Down By The River [Biograph BLP-12034] (2:44)
- You Better Get Right [Biograph BLP-12034] (3:47)
- I'll Do My Last Singing [Biograph BLP-12034] (6:18)

rec. March 17, 1971 at Sherman Fairchild Studio in New York City, NY; Gary Davis, voc, g, # hca solo
front cover photo by Arnold S. Caplin

notes by Stephan [sic] Calt

Biograph BLP-12030 (US 1971)

notes by Stephan [sic] Calt

= Blue Moon BMLP 1.040 (UK 1987)


= Biograph BCD 123 ADD (US 1992) "From Blues To Gospel"


= Biograph/Shout! Factory DK 34007 (US 2004) "From Blues To Gospel"

notes by Stephan [sic] Calt

= Sutro Park SP-1018 (US 2011) (180 g LP)

= Sutro Park SP-1018 (US 2016) 180 g LP, limited edition of 500 on blue vinyl

Biograph Records discography

381971The Legendary Reverend Gary Davis: Blues and Gospel   Volume 2
Lord I Wish I Could See

LP track sequence:
- You Better Get Right (= "Sun Is Going Down") (3:48) °°
- Lord I Wish I Could See (= "There Was A Time When I Was Blind") (2:44)
- Be Mindfull Of Your Sacrament (= "Mind How You're Living") (5:53) °°
- Down By The River (2:44)

- Eagle Rocking Blues (3:48)   @ youtube
- Candy Man (instr) # (1:50) °°
- Crow Jane (instr) (2:41)
- Cocaine Blues (3:06)
- I'll Do My Last Singing (6:23)   @ youtube

°° not on Biograph BCD 123 ADD / Biograph DK 34007

Biograph BCD 123 ADD / Biograph DK 34007 track sequence:
- Talk On The Corner [Biograph BLP-12030] (4:01)
- Sally, Where'd You Get Your Whiskey From? [Biograph BLP-12030] (4:16)
- Crow Jane [Biograph BLP-12034] (2:40)
- Eagle Rocking Blues [Biograph BLP-12034] (3:48)
- Cocaine Blues [Biograph BLP-12034] (3:03)
- Lost John [Biograph BLP-12030] (3:46) #
- Samson And Delilah [Biograph BLP-12030] (4:48)
- I Heard The Angels Singing [Biograph BLP-12030] (3:59)
- Children Of Zion [Biograph BLP-12030] (3:55)
- Lord I Wish I Could See [Biograph BLP-12034] (2:44)
- Down By The River [Biograph BLP-12034] (2:44)
- You Better Get Right [Biograph BLP-12034] (3:47)
- I'll Do My Last Singing [Biograph BLP-12034] (6:18)

rec. March 17, 1971 at Sherman Fairchild Studio in New York City, NY; Gary Davis, voc, g; # Larry Breezer, g
front cover photo by Arnold S. Caplin

notes by Don Kent

Biograph BLP-12034 (US 1971)


= Biograph BCD 123 ADD (US 1992) "From Blues To Gospel"


= Biograph/Shout! Factory DK 34007 (US 2004) "From Blues To Gospel"

Biograph Records discography

391971Black Diamond Express To Hell

LP 1 (1927-1935) - SDX 207 I'm So Glad Today
Daniel Brown - Now Is The Needy Time
Daniel Brown - Beulah Land
Rev. J.C. Burnett - The Angel Done Gone Down
Rev. J.C. Burnett - Sit Down, Servant
Sam Butler - When The Saint's Come Marching Home
Sam Butler - I'm On My Way To The Kingdom Land
Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers - I Want Two Wings To Veil My Face
Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers - Christ Was Born On Christmas Morn


Blind Gary Davis - I Saw The Light
Blind Willie Davis - Your Enemy Cannot Harm You
Blind Willie Davis - I've Got A Key To The Highway
A.C. Forehand - Mother's Prayer
A.C. Forehand - I'm So Glad Today, Today
Elder Otis Jones - I Am The Vine
Rev. F.W. McGhee - You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley
Lonnie McIntorsh - Arise And Shine
Lonnie McIntorsh - How Much I Owe



LP 2 (1944-1953) - SDX 208 I Want Two Wings
Rev. Charles White - How Long
Prophet B. W. West - Laid My Burden Down
Rev. Utah Smith - I Want 2 Wings
Rev. Utah Smith - God's Mighty Hand
Sister Mathews - Stand By Me
Rev. B. C. Cambell And Congregation - I'll Fly Away
Rev. B. C. Cambell And Congregation - Heaven Bound Train
Gospel Keys - We're Gonna Have A Good Time

Two Gospel Keys - I Love Travelling
Gospel Keys - I Want My Crown
Gold Rock Gospel Singers - What You Want The Lord To Do For You
Gold Rock Gospel Singers - Jesus Is With Me
Rev. A. Johnson - Jesus Loves Us All
Rev. A. Johnson - I Don't Know How To Get Along Without The Lord
The Gospel Twins - This Way
The Gospel Twins - One Word


First LP compiled and produced by David Harrison and Gef Lucena, second LP compiled by Dave William and Paul Manners

2 LP set
notes by Rev. Doug Constable

Saydisk Matchbox SDX 207/8 (UK 1971)

Matchbox Records discography

401972Guitar Evangelists. Vol. II 1927-1941

Blind Willie Johnson
- John The Revelator
- You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
Blind Willie Harris
- Where He Leads Me I Will Follow
Kid Prince Moore
- Church Bells
- Sign Of Judgement
Blind Joe Taggart
- I've Crossed The Separation Line
- Scandalous And A Shame
Elders (Lonnie) McIntorsh & Edwards
- Since I Laid My Burden Down

Rev. Johnnie Blakey
- Warmin By The Devil's Fire
Rev. Edward W. Clayborn
- Let That Lie Alone
- Jesus Will Make It All Right

Blind Gary Davis
- I Am The Light Of The World
Blind Willie Davis
- I Belive I'll Go Back Home
Sleepy John Estes
- When The Saints Go Marching In
Blind Joe Taggart
- There's A Hand Writing On The Wall
- Lord Don't Drive Me Away



Truth TLP 1003 (Austria 1972)

Truth Records discography

411972The Great Blues Men

Vanguard VSD 25/26, LP 1:
Homesick James - Set A Date
John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road
Sleepy John Estes - Corinna °°
Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues
Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G

Rev. Gary Davis - If I Had My Way °°

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Key To The Highway
Otis Spann - Burning Fire
Lightnin' Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues
Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It
James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business

Vanguard VSD 25/26, LP 2:
Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues
Junior Wells - Stormy Monday Blues °°
Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues
Son House (+ Al Wilson) - Empire State Blues °°
Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby

Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
J. B. Hutto - Please Help
Fred McDowell - Fred's Ramblin' Blues
Ida Cox - Four Day Creep °°
Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas [Vanguard VRS 9180, Vanguard VCD 115/16 (US 1991)

Newport Folk Festival discography
Mississippi John Hurt discography
Reverend Gary Davis discography
Reverend Robert Wilkins discography
Skip James discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Yank Rachell discography
Hammie Nixon discography
Robert Pete Williams discography
Jesse Fuller discography
John P. Hammond discography
Dave Van Ronk discography, Vanguard 3VCD 193/95-2]   @ youtube
Otis Rush - I't's A Mean Old World


°° not on CD

design by Jules Halfant; front cover collage by Eric Von Schmidt

Vanguard VCD 25/26:
Homesick James - Set A Date (2:44)
John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road (3:05)
Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old (4:55)
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:40)
Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G (3:33)
Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues (3:15)
Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues (2:35)
Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues (3:04)
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby (2:30)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway (3:38)
Otis Spann - Burning Fire (3:15)
Lightning Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues (5:36)
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues (2:55)
Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It (3:06)
James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business (3:23)
Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues (4:45)
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues (4:10)
J.B. Hutto - Please Help (2:52)
Fred McDowell - Fred's Rambling Blues (2:05)
Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas (3:43)
Otis Rush - It's A Mean Old World (2:22)

gatefold DLP
notes by Leroy J. Pierson

Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1972)

gatefold DLP
notes by Leroy J. Pierson

= Vanguard VSD 25/26 (Fr 1972)

DLP, no gatefold, but 2-pp. leaflet notes by Leroy J. Pierson

Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1986)

notes by Leroy J. Pierson

(=) Vanguard VCD 25/26 (US 1988)

lots of further editions at www.discogs.com

421972Blues Selection

LP 1:
Jimmy Whitherspoon - Ain't Nobody's Business (6:25)
Lightnin' Hopkins - The Howling Wolf (3:50)
Furry Lewis - Goin' To Kansas City (2:50)

Rev. Gary Davis - I'll Fly Away (4:32)
Memphis Slim - Beer Drinking Woman (3:24)

John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillun (2:43)
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:54)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Betty And Dupree's Blues (5:50)
Tom Rush - Duncan And Brady (3:35)
Dave Van Ronk - Cocaine Blues (4:10)


LP 2:
Holy Modal Rounders - Blues In The Bottle (3:25)
Jimmy Whitherspoon - Every Day (2:36)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Too Many Drivers (3:30)
Furry Lewis - I'm Going To Brownsville (3:27)

Rev. Gary Davis - When I Die I'll Live Again (3:28)
Memphis Slim - Fast And Free (1:56)

John Lee Hooker - Driftin' And Driftin' (4:02)
Jesse Fuller - Red River Blues (3:25)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Freight Train (2:40)
Tom Rush - Drop Down Mama (4:05)
Dave Van Ronk - He Was A Friend Of Mine (3:29)
Holy Modal Rounders - Euphoria (1:30)


DLP

Bellaphon/Fantasy BJS 4071 (Germany 1972)
= Bellaphon/Fantasy BBS 2502

42a1972Picture Rags
A Selection Of Ragtime Music Played On The Guitar

David Laibman & Eric Schoenberg - Maple Leaf Rag (2:58) [Transatlantic TRA 253]
John James - Picture Rag (2:46) [Transatlantic TRA 219]
Stefan Grossman - Dallas Rag (2:10) [Transatlantic TRA 217]
Ralph McTell - Blind Blake's Rag (1:56) [Transatlantic TRA 165]

Reverend Gary Davis - St. Louis Tickle (3:36) [Transatlantic TRA 244]

Reverend Gary Davis - Italian Rag (3:16) [Transatlantic TRA 244]
Stefan Grossman - Red Pepper Rag (2:55) [Transatlantic TRA 217]
John James - Original Rags (3:10) [Transatlantic TRA 242]
Pete Berryman - Weeping Willow (2:24) [Transatlantic TRA 250]
David Laibman & Eric Schoenberg - Red Carpet Rag (4:15) [Transatlantic TRA 253]


notes by Fred Dellar

Transatlantic TRA SAM 26 (UK 1972)


= Transatlantic IRS-80315 (Jp 1972)

431973Rev. Gary Davis: O, Glory
The Apostolic Studio Sessions

- Right Now || # §
- Sun Goin' Down #
- Lo, I'll Be With You Always #
- God Will Take Care Of You § [not on Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1595]   @ youtube

- Mornin' Train #
- Birmingham Special
- Out On The Ocean Sailing
- Soon My Work Will All Be Done || §
- O, Glory

CD track sequence:
- Let's Get Together °°
- Sun Goin' Down #
- Slippin' Til' My Gal Get In °°
- Lo, I'll Be With You Always #
- God Will Take Care Of You
- Mornin' Train #
- Out On The Ocean Sailing
- Right Now #
- Birmingham Special
- There's Destruction In That Land °°
- O, Glory
- Soon My Work Will All Be Done

°° CD bonus tracks

Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1595 track sequence:
- Let's Get Together °°
- Sun Goin' Down #
- Lo, I'll Be With You Always #
- Mornin' Train #
- Out On The Ocean Sailing
- Right Now #
- Birmingham Special
- There's A Destruction In That Land °°
- O, Glory
- Soon My Work Will All Be Done

rec. March 1969 at Apostolic Studios in New York City ("The Apostolic Studio Sessions"); Rev. Gary Davis, voc, g, bj [on "Out On The Ocean Sailing"], p [on "God Will Take Care Of You"], hca [on "Birmingham Special"]; || Annie Davis, voc; # Larry Johnson, hca; § The Apostolic Family (John Townley, Monica Boscia, Jerry Novac, Bobby Brooks), chorus; prod. by John Townley
"Let's Get Together" & "There's A Destruction In That Land" rec. 1964 in New York City

session photos by John Townley; liner photos by Dave Gahr

notes by John Townley

Adelphi AD 1008 (US 1973)


(=) Genes GCD 9908 (US 1996)

= Edsel EDCD 482 (UK 1996)

notes adapted from original John Townley notes

Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1602 (US 2017)

Adelphi Records discography
"Worried Blues" series discography
Larry Johnson discography

441973Rev. Gary Davis: Lo' I Be With You Always

LP 1:
- She's Funny That Way (7:48) [Shanachie CD 97024]
- Baby Let Me Lay It On You (4:20) [Shanachie CD 97024]
- Please Judy (5:40)   @ youtube

- The Boy Was Kissing The Girl ... (5:00)
- Hesitation Blues (11:52) [Shanachie CD 97024]


LP 2:
- Candyman (3:05) [Shanachie CD 97024]
- I Got Religion, I'm So Glad (8:40) [SGGW 130/1/2]
- I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord (5:57) [SGGW 130/1/2]

- Children Of Zion (5:17) [Shanachie CD 97024]
- Whoopin' Blues (g instr) (4:05) [Shanachie CD 97024]
- What Could I Do (3:21) [SGGW 130/1/2]
- Lo' I Be With You Always (6:29) [SGGW 130/1/2]

LP 1 rec. 1968 at Michigan State University, Ann Arbor, MI; Rev. Gary Davis, voc, g
LP 2 side A track 1 rec. February 7, 1963 at Gerdes, Folk City, New York City
LP 2 side A tracks 2 & 3 rec. 1959 at the Mariposa Folk Festival
LP 2 side B rec. 1962 at Rev. Davis' home, New York City
remixed at Livingston Studios
all photos by Stefan Grossman

2 LP set
notes by Stefan Grossman

Kicking Mule/Sonet SNKD 1 (UK 1973)

Kicking Mule Records discography

44a1973Acoustic Garden

Gerry Rafferty - To Each And Everyone
Mick Moloney - Belfast Town

Gary Davis - Two Step Candyman
Bert Jansch - Wayward Child
Gryphon - Sir Gavin Grimbold
Paul Brady - You Ought To Know

The Dubliners - Off The Dublin In The Green
Steve Tilston - All In A Dream
John James, Pete Berryman - Quiet Davs
Bob Pegg, Nick Strutt - King Dog
Gerry Rafferty - Mary Skeffington
The Johnstons - Streets Of London


Pentangle - Will The Circle Be Unbroken
John Renbourn - Buffalo Skinners
Stefan Grossman - Roll And Tumble Blues
Dave Cartwright - Danse Of The Sessons
Derroll Adams - Darling Cory
Ian Campbell - Lord Of The Dance

Humblebums - Please Sing A Song For Us
Carolanne Pegg - Clancy's Song
Stefan Grossman - River Of Jordan
John James - Rolling On Down
Dave Evans - Lady Portia
Young Tradition - Lyke Wake Dirge


DLP

Transatlantic TRA 89511/12 (Fr 1973)

451974Rev. Gary Davis: Let Us Get Together

- Oh Glory, How Happy I Am
- Cocaine Blues
- Death Don't Have No Mercy
- Let Us Get Together
- There's Destruction in That Land

- Tired, My Soul Needs A 'Restin'
- Georgia Camp Meeting
- Blues In A
- Fox Chase
- You're Goin' Quit Me Baby

side A rec. in the mid-1960s at Rev. Davis' publisher's office
side B rec. either in 1963 or 1968 at Rev. Davis' home
"Fox Chase" (B4) rec. 1963 at Gerdes Folk City
prod. by Stefan Grossman
front cover illustration & typography by Terence Brace, Plastic Dog Graphics; line drawings by Gloria Dallas

notes by Stefan Grossman

Sonet SNKF 103 (UK 1974)

= Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop no# (US 1990)

Kicking Mule Records discography

461974Some People Who Play Guitar ... Like A Lot Of / Lotta People Don't !

Stefan Grossman
- Tell Me Baby
Woody Mann
- Good Gal
- Old Devil
- Crosstown Blues
Roy Bookbinder
- Bad Luck Blues
Larry Sandberg
- Delta Swing

Roy Bookbinder
- I Got Mine
- Bye Bye Baby Blues

Rev. Gary Davis
- Swinging Blues
- Darktown Strutter's Ball
Woody Mann
- Who's Been Here
Stefan Grossman
- Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl


In case someone's asking: CD has no bonus tracks ;-)


Kicking Mule KM 104 (US 1974) "Some People Play Guitar ... Like A Lot Of People Don't !"


= Sonet SNKF 102 (UK 1975) "Some People Play Guitar ... Like A Lotta People Don't !"


= Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop SGGW120 (2009)

Kicking Mule Records discography
Roy Book Binder discography
Stefan Grossman discography

471974Kicking Mule Record Co.: Where The Guitar Is King

Dave Evans
- Stagefright
Ton van Bergeyk
- Grizzly Bear
Stefan Grossman
- Tell Me Baby

Rev. Gary Davis
- Candyman [Sonet SNKD 1]
Detlef & Finger
- Via Cassia
Art Rosenbaum
- Waterbound
Woody Mann
- 10th Street Scratch

Dave Laibman
- Grandpa Spells
Peter Finger
- Second Love

Rev. Gary Davis
- Let Us Get Together [Sonet SNKF 103]
Art Rosenbaum
- Sally Goodin
Dave Evans
- Sad Pig Dance
Larry Sandburg
- Delta Swing
Dale Miller
- Black Berry Rag
Peter Finger
- Watchtower


sampler containing cuts from first nine European releases


Sonet SNKB 300 (UK 1974)

Kicking Mule Records discography
Ton van Bergeyk discography
Stefan Grossman discography

47a1976Maple Leaf Rag
Ragtime in Rural America

Dallas String Band
- Dallas Rag
Blind Blake
- Southern Rag
Sugar Underwood
- Dew Drop Alley
Blind Boy Fuller
- Piccolo Rag
Cow Cow Davenport
- Atlanta Rag
Blind Willie McTell
- Kill-It-Kid
Bunk Johnson and his Band
- The Entertainer

Rev. Gary Davis
- Maple Leaf Rag

Jimmie Tarlton
- Mexican Rag
Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers
- Hawkins Rag
Roy Harvey and Jess Johnson
- Guitar Rag
Spooney Five
- Chinese Rag
Bill Boyd and his Cowboy Ramblers
- Barn Dance Rag
China Poplin
- Sunter Rag / Steel Guitar Rag
Merle Travis
- Cannon Ball Rag / Bugle Call Rag


notes by Lawrence Cohn

New World 235 (US 1976)

47b1976Great Bluesmen Newport

Robert Pete Williams
- Midnight Boogie (3:13) [Vanguard VRS 9180]   @ youtube
- Levee Camp Blues (5:16) [Vanguard VRS 9180]
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
- My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door
John Lee Hooker with Bill Lee on bass
- Tupelo
- Bus Station Blues

Son House
- Son's Blues (6:18) [aka "Preaching Blues"] [Vanguard VSD 79225]
- Death Letter Blues (2:50) °° [Vanguard VSD 79225]
- Pony Blues (2:30) [previously unissued] (with Mance Lipscomb, 2nd g)
Sleepy John Estes
- Mailman Blues [Vanguard VRS 9180 / VSD 79180]
- Clean Up At Home [Vanguard VRS 9180 / VSD 79180]
Doc Reese
- Hey Rattler / Oh My Lord [Vanguard VRS 9180 / VSD 79180]


Mississippi John Hurt
- Sliding Delta [Vanguard VRS-9145 / VSD-79145]
- Trouble, I've Had It All My Day [Vanguard VRS-9145 / VSD-79145]
Skip James
- Hard Times Killing Floor Blues [previously unissued]
- Cherry Ball Blues °° [Vanguard VRS-9181 / VSD-79181]
- Illinois Blues [previously unissued]

The Reverend Gary Davis
- Death Don't Have No Mercy [Vanguard SRV-73008]

Willie Doss
- Catfish Blues [Vanguard VRS-9182 / VSD-79182]   @ youtube
- I Had A Woman [Vanguard VRS-9181 / VSD-79181]
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Lord, I'm Going Down South
- If The River Was Whiskey
Lightnin' Hopkins with Samuel Lay
- Cotten Fields Blues
- Shake That Thing


front cover drawing by Eric Von Schmidt

°° note on CD 77/78: "due to compact disc time restrictions some songs on the original album are not included in this package"

DLP
notes by Maynard Solomon
click to read track list ! gatefold inner sleeve, left side; click to enlarge!gatefold inner sleeve, right side; click to read Maynard Solomon notes!
Vanguard VSD-77/78 (US 1976)

DLP
notes by Maynard Solomon
click to read track list! gatefold inner sleeve, left side; click to enlarge!gatefold inner sleeve, right side; click to read Maynard Solomon notes !
= Vanguard VSD-77/78 (Fr 1976)


= King/Vanguard LAX-155 (Jp 1976)

notes (December 1988) by Samuel Charters

(=) Vanguard CD 77/78 (US 1989) (2 LPs on 1 CD) °° "Great Bluesmen At Newport 1959-1965"

481985Rev. Gary Davis: I Am a True Vine   1962-1963

LP track sequence:
- I Am A True Vine
- Lord Stand By Me
- Won't You Hush
- Mean Old World
- Moon Is Going Down
- Sportin' Life Blues
- Get Right Church

- Blow Gabriel
- Slippin' Til My Gal Comes In Partner
- Wall Hollow Blues
- Blues In E
- Piece Without Words
- Whoopin' Blues
- I Want To Be Saved

CD track sequence:
- I Am A True Vine
- Lord Stand By Me
- Won't You Hush
- Mean Old World
- Moon Is Going Down
- Sportin' Life Blues
- God's Gonna Seperate °°
- Soon My Work Will All Be Done °°
- Oh, Glory How Happy I Am °°
- Slippin' 'Til My Gal Comes In Partner
- Cocaine Blues °°
- Candyman
- Wall Hollow Blues
- Blues In E
- Piece Without Words
- Whoopin' Blues
- Get Right Church
- I Want To Be Saved

°° CD bonus tracks

rec. 1962-63 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g; Stefan Grossman, sp on some tracks
leased by permission of Stefan Grossman
photos courtesy of Stefan Grossman

notes (January 1985) by Robert Tilling

(Gospel) Heritage HT 307 (UK 1985)

notes by Bruce Bastin

= Heritage HT CD07 (UK 1991)

491976Reverend Gary Davis: Sun Is Going Down

- Sun Is Going Down *
- Oh, What A Beautiful City (Twelve Gates To The City) *
- Morning Train *
- Fast Stepping Time *

- Birdshead Special
- Long John
- God's Unchanging Hand
- We Are The Heavenly Father's Children

rec. 1966 by Marzette Watts; Rev. Gary Davis, voc, g; * Larry Johnson, hca
front cover photo by David Gahr

notes by David Jansen

Folkways FS 3542 (US 1976)

= Smithsonian Records CD (US 2012)

Larry Johnson discography

501988Bluesville Vol. 1   "Folk Blues"

Furry Lewis - Judge Boushay Blues   @ youtube
Memphis Willie B. - Country Girl Blues   @ youtube
K.C. Douglas - Big Road Blues   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - Levee Camp Blues   @ youtube
Robert Curtis Smith - Catfish Blues   @ youtube
Sidney Maiden - San Quentin Blues   @ youtube
Wade Walton - Big Fat Mama   @ youtube
Pete Franklin - Grievin' Me   @ youtube

Blind Willie McTell - The Dying Crapshooter's Blues   @ youtube
Lonnie Johnson - Fine Booze and Heavy Dues   @ youtube
Scrapper Blackwell - Blues Before Sunrise   @ youtube

Reverend Gary Davis - You Got To Move   @ youtube
Blind Snooks Eaglin - Brown Skinned Woman   @ youtube
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Pawn Shop   @ youtube
Lightnin' Hopkins - T-Model Blues   @ youtube
Doug Quattlebaum - You Is One Black Rat   @ youtube


Ace CDCH 247 bonus tracks:
Memphis Willie B - Highway 61   @ youtube
Furry Lewis - Shake 'em On Down   @ youtube
Blind Snooks Eaglin - Alberta   @ youtube
Baby Tate - See What You Done Done   @ youtube
Scrapper Blackwell - Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog   @ youtube


compiled by Ray Topping

notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley
read liner notes, part 1read liner notes, part 2
Ace CH 247 (UK 1988)


Ace CDCH 247 (UK 1988)

Bluesville Records discography

511988Blind Gary Davis at "Al Matthes", Toronto (Spring 1976)

- Slow Blues
- Right Now
- Instrumental Guitar Rag
- Candy Man No.1
- Instrumental Rag
- Fast Blues
- Candy Man No. 2
- Maple Leaf Rag

- Christ Is A Friend (O My Lord)
- Instrumental (untitled)
- Untitled Rag
- When The Evening Sun Goes Down
- Stovepipe Stom
- She Just Put It That Way
- Guitar & Banjo Duet
- If I Had My Way

"all titles in this album come from rare private acetates"


Document DLP 521 (Austria 1988)

Document Records discography

521988Blind Gary Davis at Allegheny College, Meadville, PA - Afternoon Workshop

- Cincinnati Slow Drag
- Harmonica Solo
- Candyman
- Banjo Instrumental

- Maple Leaf Rag
- I Know You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone
- Guitar Blues
- Banjo Instrumental

rec. c. late January / early February 1964; part of the Evening Concert at Allegheny College will appear on Wolf 120.915


Document DLP 527 (Austria 1988)

Document DOCD-5693

Document Records discography

531988Blind Gary Davis   1962 - 1964
Recorded Live

- Death Don't Have No Mercy
- Soon My Work Will All Be Done
- You Got To Move
- If I Had My Way
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- He Knows How Much We Can Bear

- Samson And Delilah
- Instrumental March
- Old Time Religion
- I Heard The Angels Singing
- God's Unchanging Hand
- Trying To Get Home

side A rec. 1962 live at the Chicago Folk Festival
side B rec. 1964 live at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA (Evening Concert)


Wolf 120.915 (Austria 1988)

541989Reverend Gary Davis

- I'm Going To Sit Down On The Banks Of The River
- Twelve Gates To The City
- (I Heard The) Angels Singing
- Twelve Sticks
- It's A Long Way To Tipperary
- I'll Meet You At The Station When The Train Comes Along
- Come Down And Meet Me Sometime
- Buck Dance
- Soldier's Drill
- Cincinnati Flow Rag
- West Coast Blues #
- Buck Rag
- St. Louis Tickle
- Two Step Candyman
- Walkin' Dog Blues
- Italian Rag
- C-Rag
- Waltz Time Candyman
- Make Believe Stunt

tracks 1 through 9 rec.1962 at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, PA; tracks 10 through 19 rec. at various dates between 1962 and 1970; Gary Davis, voc, g, # banjo

notes by Robert Tilling

= Heritage HT CD02 (UK 1989)

551990Rev. Gary Davis at the Sign of the Sun   1962

- Sun Is Going Down
- I'm Gonna Meet You At The Station
- If I Had My Way
- Twelve Gates To The City
- God's Gonna Separate The Wheat From The Tares
- Get Right Church
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- God Don't Work Like A Natural Man []
- Soon My Work Will All Be Done (incomplete on original tape)
- I'll Be Alright
- Old Drunken Sally
- Kitty Went A-Courtin' #
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning #
- There's Destruction On This Land
- Death Don't Have No Mercy
- Near The Cross

rec. June 22 & 23, 1962 in San Diego, CA; Gary Davis, voc, g, # banjo, [] hca

notes by Lou Curtiss and Robert Tilling

= Heritage HT CD03 (UK 1990)

561990Leadbelly, Reverend Gary Davis & Dan Smith

Leadbelly
- Went Out On The Mountain
- Whoa Back
- Worried Blues
- Good Morning Blues
- You Can't Lose Me Charlie
- Boll Weevil
Dan Smith
- Babylon Is Falling Down [Biograph BLP-12036]
- Where Shall I Be When The First Trumpet Sounds [Biograph BLP-12036]
- Lining The Track [Biograph BLP-12053]
- Cotton Needs Picking [Biograph BLP-12053]

Reverend Gary Davis
- Candy Man
- Hesitation Blues
- Whistling Blues
- How Happy I Am
- Soon My Work Will All Be Done

notes by Chris Albertson, Joel Bernstein, Arnold Caplin, Don Kent

Biograph BCD 113

Biograph Records discography

571991Reverend Blind Gary Davis: Meet You At The Station
The Vintage Recordings (1935 - 1949)

- I'm Throwin' Up My Hands (Ain't Gonna Work Here No More) (2:47)
- Cross And Evil Woman Blues (3:01)
- I Am The True Vine (3:13)
- I Am The Light Of The World (3:08)
- O Lord, Search My Heart (3:02)
- I Saw The Light (3:03)
- You Can Go Home (3:05)
- Twelve Gates To The City (3:06)
- Have More Faith In Jesus (3:00)
- You Got To Go Down (3:15)
- I Belong To The Band - Hallelujah! (3:11)
- The Great Change In Me (3:15)
- Lord, I Wish I Could See (3:02)
- Lord, Stand By Me (3:05)
- The Angel's Message To Me (3:05)
- Civil War March (5:27) [Asch LP 4]
- I Cannot Bear My Burden By Myself (2:49) [Lenox L-520]
- I'm Gonna Meet You At The Station (2:38) [Lenox L-520]

prod. by Paul Swinton

notes by Chris Smith

Document DOCD-5060 (Austria 1991)

581991Rev. Gary Davis and Sonny Terry

Taj Mahal
- Introduction
Rev. Gary Davis
- If I Had My Way   @ youtube
- Slow Drag   @ youtube
- Candy Man   @ youtube
- Where'd You Get Your Liquor   @ youtube
- Buck Dance
- She Wouldn't Say Quit
- Oh, Glory How Happy I Am   @ youtube
- I Heard The Angels Singing   @ youtube
Taj Mahal
- Introduction
Sonny Terry
- Easy Rider
- Beautiful City
- I Got My Eyes On You
- My Baby Changed The Lock On The Door
- Hootin' The Blues


photos by Stefan Grossman

notes by Stefan Grossman

Yazoo VHS 501 (US 1991)

591991Blues At Newport
Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival 1959-64

Mississippi John Hurt
- Candy Man
- Coffee Blues
- Stagolee
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Long Gone
- Key To The Highway

Reverend Gary Davis
- Samson And Delilah
- I Won't Be Back No More
Reverend Robert Wilkins
- The Prodigal Son
- (I Wish I Was In) Heaven Sitting Down
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
Sleepy John Estes, Yank Rachel [sic] & Hammy [sic] Nixon
- Clean Up At Home
Robert Pete Williams
- On My Way From Texas
- Bulldog Blues
Jesse Fuller
- I Double Double Do Love You
- San Francisco Bay Blues
John Hammond
- Me And The Devil
John Lee Hooker
- Sometimes You Make Me Feel So Bad
- Hobo Blues
Dave Van Ronk
- That Will Never Happen No More


compilation prod. by Sam Charters

notes by Sam Charters

Vanguard VCD 115/16 (US 1991)

Newport Folk Festival discography
Mississippi John Hurt discography
Reverend Robert Wilkins discography
Skip James discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Yank Rachell discography
Hammie Nixon discography
Robert Pete Williams discography
Jesse Fuller discography
John P. Hammond discography
Dave Van Ronk discography

59a1991Reverend Gary Davis: Delia
Late Concert Recordings 1970-71

- She's Funny That Way
- Cincinnati Flow Rag
- Sally
- CC Rider
- Make Believe Stunt
- Delia
- Candy Man
- Samson and Delilah (If I Had My Way)
- Let Us Get Together (Right Down Here)
- Pure Religion
- Mountain Jack
- Cincinnati Flow Rag (version 2)
- Mama Le Me Lay It On You
- I'm the True Vine
- Candy Man (version 2)
- Buck Dance
- Walking Dog Blues (Happy Blues)
- I Hear The Angels Sing
- Whistlin' Blues

tracks 1 to 9 rec. August 12, 1970 at Bucks Rock Camp in New Milford, CT; Gary Davis, voc, g
tracks 10 to 19 rec. August 5, 1971 at Royal Hotel in Jersey, UK; Gary Davis, voc, g


American Activities UACD103 (UK 1991)

601992Blind Boy Fuller
Complete Recorded Work in Chronological Order Vol. 1

23 September 1935 to 29 April 1936

- Baby, I Don't Have To Worry
- I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy
- I'm Climbin' On Top Of The Hill
- Ain't It A Crying Shame?
- Looking For My Woman
- Rag, Mama, Rag (tk 1)
- Rag, Mama, Rag (tk 2)
- Baby, You Gotta Change Your Mind
- Evil Hearted Woman
- My Brownskin Sugar Plum
- Somebody's Been Playing With That Thing
- Log Cabin Blues (tk 1)
- Log Cabin Blues (tk 2)
- Homesick And Lonesome Blues
- Walking My Troubles Away (tk 1)
- Walking My Troubles Away (tk 2)
- Black And Tan
- Keep Away From My Woman (tk 1)
- Keep Away From My Woman (Ttk 2)
- Babe You Got To Do Better
- Big Bed Blues
- Truckin' My Blues Away
- (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She's Funny That Way
- Cat Man Blues (tk 1)


notes by Ken Romanowski

Document DOCD-5091 (Austria 1992)

611993Rev. Gary Davis: Blues & Ragtime@ youtube (full album)

- Walkin' Dog Blues [Transatlantic TRA 244 et al.]
- Cincinnati Flow Rag [Transatlantic TRA 244 et al.]
- She's Funny That Way [Sonet SNKD 1]
- Whoopin' Blues [Sonet SNKD 1]
- Twelve Sticks [Transatlantic TRA 249 et al.]
- Children Of Zion [Sonet SNKD 1]
- Buck Rag [Transatlantic TRA 244 et al.]
- Hesitation Blues [Sonet SNKD 1]
- C-Rag [Transatlantic TRA 244 et al.]
- Baby, Let Me Lay It On You [Sonet SNKD 1]
- Cocaine Blues [Sonet SNKF 103]
- Buck Dance [Transatlantic TRA 249 et al.]
- Candyman [Sonet SNKD 1]
- Wall Hollow Blues [Gospel Heritage HT 307]
- Little Boy, Little Boy Who Made Your Britches [Stefan Grossman cassette #2]
- Whistlin' Blues [Stefan Grossman cassette #2]

rec. 1962 - 1966 at different locations
photography by Brian Shuel & George Pickow

notes by Duck Baker

Shanachie CD 97024 (US 1993)

621994The Complete Early Recordings of Rev. Gary Davis

- I Belong To The Band - Hallelujah! (3:16)
- The Great Change In Me (3:20)
- The Angel's Message To Me (3:11)
- I Saw The Light (3:02) °°
- Lord, Stand By Me (3:11)
- I Am The Light (3:04) °°
- O Lord, Search My Heart (3:07)
- Have More Faith In Jesus (3:07)
- You Got To Go Down (3:20)
- I Am The True Vine (3:18)
- Twelve Gates To The City (3:12)
- You Can Go Home (3:11)
- I'm Throwin' Up My Hand (2:53)
- Cross And Evil Woman Blues (3:06)
- I Can't Bear My Burden By Myself (2:54) [Lenox L-520]
- Meet Me At The Station (2:41) [Lenox L-520]

°° CD bonus tracks
front cover photo "Courtesy of Manny Greenhill"
remastered b Richard Nevins (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 9, 11 to 16); tracks 6 & 10: Initial mastering by Richard Nevins with subsequent mastering using NoNOISE digital audio restoration at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA

Yazoo L-1023

notes by Stefan Grossman

= Yazoo CD 2011 YAZ (US 1994) "The Complete Early Recordings"

Yazoo Records discography

631994Legends of Country Blues Guitar

Mance Lipscomb
- Silver City
- Angel Child Mississippi
John Hurt
- Spike Driver
- You're Going To Walk That Lonesome Valley Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
- Worried Man Blues
- How You Want It Done
- John Henry
- Blues In E
Brownie McGhee
- Don't Kid Me
Son House
- Death Letter Blues
- I Had A Woman In Hughes

Rev. Gary Davis
- Children Of Zion #   @ youtube
- Death Don't Have No Mercy *   @ youtube
Robert Pete Williams
- Mamie
Henry Townsend
- Cairo Blues
Josh White
- Jelly Jelly


# rec. 1966 at Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest; Gary Davis, voc, g
* from Lionel Rogosin's 1970 film "Black Roots"; Gary Davis, voc, g
Gary Davis photos 1) Courtesy Folklore Productions and 2) by Stefan Grossman

notes by Don Kent

Rounder/Vestapol OV 13003 (US 1994)

641994Legends of Traditional Fingerstyle Guitar

Merle Travis
- John Henry
- Mus'rat
- Lost John
Sam & Kirk McGee
- Railroad Blues
- Wheels
- Victory Rag
Mance Lipscomb
- Take Me Back
- Run Sinner Run
Roscoe Holcomb
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Elizabeth Cotten
- Goin Down The Road
- Mama Your Papa Loves You
- Freight Train
- Vestapol
Doc Watson
- Deep River Blues
- Traveling Man
Doc & Merle Watson
- Lay My Burden Down
- Sittin' On Top Of The World
- Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied
Josh White
- John Henry
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Keys To The Highway

Rev. Gary Davis
- I Belong To The Band #   @ youtube

# from Lionel Rogosin's 1970 film "Black Roots"; Gary Davis, voc, g; Larry Johnson, hca
Gary Davis photos by George Pickow & Stefan Grossman

notes by Don Kent

Rounder/Vestapol OV 13004 (US 1994)

64a1994Legends of Country Blues Guitar Vol. 2

Bukka White
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
Sam Chatmon
- Big Road Blues

Rev. Gary Davis
- Buck Dance
Houston Stackhouse
- Cool Drink Of Water
Lead Belly
- Goodnight Irene - take 1
- Goodnight Irene - take 2

Rev. Gary Davis
- Hard Walking Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Highway 49

Rev. Gary Davis
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
- Make Believe Stunt
Lead Belly
- Pick A Bale Of Cotton
Bukka White
- Poor Boy
Big Joe Williams
- Providence Help The Poor People
Sam Chatmon
- Sam's Rag
Big Joe Williams
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
Lead Belly
- Take This Hammer
Sam Chatmon
- That's All Right
Lead Belly
- The Grey Goose
Son House
- Yonder Comes The Blues


video & dvd

Omnibus Video OV11283
Vestapol 13016 (US 1994)

651995Folksay - American Ballads & Dances Vol. 5 & 6 / Chain Gang Vol. 1 & 2

Volume 5
Holly Wood - Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies
Leadbelly - Take This Hammer
Cisco Houston - Hobo Bill
Woody Guthrie - Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Pete Seeger - Teeroo Teeroo
Holly Wood - Johnson Boys
Cisco Houston - The Rover
Woody Guthrie - House Of The Rising Sun
Frank Warner - Old Smokey

Volume 6
Gary Davis & Sonny Terry - When The Train Comes Along   @ youtube
Leadbelly - Corn Bread Rough
Tom Glazer - Streets Of Loredo
Unknown - Down In The Valley
Ernie Liberman - Foggy Dew
Pete Seeger - Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn
Frank Warner - Jolly Roving Tar
Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston & Sonny Terry - Froggie Went A-Courtin'
Pete Seeger - Erie Canal
Ernie Liberman - Soldier, Soldier
Volumes 1&2
Woody Guthrie
- Cornbread, Meat & Molasses
- Ham And Eggs
- Lost John
- Chain Gang Blues
- It Takes A Chain Gang Man
- Betty And Dupree
- Stack-O-Lee
- Rock Me Momma
- Chain Gang Special



Collectables COL-CD-5601 (The Stinson Collectors Series)

661995Sonny Terry & His Mouth Harp and Blind Gary Davis, The Singing Reverend

Sonny Terry
- Don't You Hear Me Calling You Blues (2:59)
- Silver Fox Chase (2:41)
- Worried And Lonesome Blues (2:55)
- Gray Hound Bus Blues (3:23)
- She Is A Sweet Woman (3:01)
- South Bound Express (2:36)
- You Don't Want Me Blues (2:53)
- Tell Me Little Woman (2:58)

Reverend Gary Davis
- I Can't Make This Journey By Myself (4:13)
- Oh What A Beautiful City (3:44)
- Jesus Met The Woman At The Well (3:40)
- You Got To Move (2:33)
- Bad Company Brought Me Here (3:57)
- Motherless Children (4:39)
- Say No To The Devil (4:01)
- Death Is Riding Everyday (2:50)

notes by Don Brown

Collectables COL-CD-5607 (The Stinson Collectors Series)

66a1995Gospel at Newport

- Christian's Automobile - The Dixie Hummingbirds °°
- Only Believe - Swan Silvertone Singers °°
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - Rev. Pearly Brown & Mrs. Christine Brown "°°" [actually previously on Vanguard VCD2-77005]
- Gonna Lay Down My Sword And Shield (aka "Down By The Riverside") - Joseph Spence °°
- Swing Down Chariot - Dorothy Love Coates & The Gospel Harmonettes °°
- Jesus Hear My Prayer - Swan Silvertone Singers °°
- I've Got So Much To Shout About - The Dixie Hummingbirds °°
- Trouble In The Land Will Soon Be Over - Dorothy Love Coates & The Gospel Harmonettes °°
- You Better Mind - Bessie Jones, Janie Hunter °°
- See God's Ark A-Moving - Moving Star Hall Singers [Vanguard VRS 9182]
- What A Time - Rev. Pearly Brown & Mrs Christine Brown °°
- Highway To Heaven - Rev. Alex Bradford & The Stone Temple Baptist Church Singers °°

- Samson And Delilah (aka "If I Had My Way") # - Reverend Gary Davis [Vanguard VRS-9145]   @ youtube
- This Little Light Of Mine - The Freedom Singers °°
- John The Revelator - Son House °°
- Every Day Will Be Sunday By And By - Dorothy Love Coates & The Gospel Harmonettes °°
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee - The Chambers Brothers/Joan Baez °°
- Oh Mary Don't You Weep - Swan Silvertone Singers [Vanguard VRS-9186]
- Pray On My Child - The Staple Singers [Vanguard VRS-9185]


rec. live at the Newport Folk Festival 1959, 1963-66
# rec. July 11/12, 1959 live at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI; Rev. Gary Davis, voc, g

°° previously unreleased

notes by Mary Katherine Aldin

Vanguard VCD 77014-2 (EU 1995)


Ace/Vanguard VCD 77014-2 (EU 2004)

66b1995The Prestige / Folklore Years   Vol. 3: Roots And Branches

- Let Us Get Together - Rev. Gary Davis
- Twelve Gates To The City - Rev. Gary Davis
- Maple Leaf Rag - Rev. Gary Davis
- Bound To Lose - The Holy Modal Rounders
- Euphoria - The Holy Modal Rounders
- Crowley Waltz - The Holy Modal Rounders
- Blues In The Bottle - The Holy Modal Rounders
- St. Louis Tickle - Dave Van Ronk
- Goodbye Maggie - The Lilly Brothers
- I'm Coming Back, But I Don't Know When - Harry and Jeanie West
- I'd Like To Be Your Shadow In The Moonlight - Harry and Jeanie West
- Beautiful, Beautiful Brown Eyes - The Charles River Valley Boys / Tex Logan
- Sally Goodin' - The Charles River Valley Boys / Tex Logan
- Uncle Penn - The Charles River Valley Boys / Tex Logan
- Salty Dog - Keith And Rooney
- Teardrops In My Eyes - Keith And Rooney
- The Maggie Rag - Mitch Greenhill
- Blues, Just Blues, That's All - The True Endeavor Jug Band
- Jug Band Blues - The True Endeavor Jug Band
- She's Gone - The True Endeavor Jug Band / Artie Traum
- High Society - The Folk Stringers
- I Don't Feel At Home In This World Any More - The New Strangers


notes by Samuel Charters

Prestige PRCD-9903-2 (US 1995)


= Big Beat CDWIKD 136 (UK 1995)

Bluesville Records discography
Dave Van Ronk discography
Mitch Greenhill discography
Danny Kalb discography

66c1995Folk Music at Newport, Part 1

Patrick Sky - Separation Blues
Ian & Sylvia - Someday Soon
Ian & Sylvia - Play One More
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys - Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Bill Monroe, Peter Rowan, Tex Logan - Shady Grove
Lightnin' Hopkins - The Woman I Am Loving, She's Taken My Appetite
Cyprien Landreneau - Danse De Blackberry Briar

Rev. Gary Davis - I Will Do My Last Singing In This Land Somewhere
The New Lost City Ramblers - Gold Watch And Chain
Maybelle Carter - Wildwood Flower
Eck Robertson, The New Lost City Ramblers - Forked Deer / Eighth Of January
Kathy & Carol - A Swallow Song
Sam & Kirk McGee - Milk 'Em In The Evening Blues
Pete Seeger - Oh Mary Don't You Weep
Joan Baez, Donovan - Colours
Cousin Emmy, The New Lost City Ramblers - Free Little Bird
Mance Lipscomb - The Sinking Of The Titanic
Charles River Valley Boys - I'll Meet You In The Morning
Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band - Sadie Green (The Vamp Of New Orleans)
Bill Keith, Jim Rooney - Little Sadie
Richard & Mimi Farina - Celebration For A Grey Day
Kingston Trio - M.T.A.
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man
The Chambers Brothers - I Got It


rec. at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival


Vanguard CD 77007-2 (US 1995)

671998The Bluesville Years, Vol. 6
"Blues Sweet Carolina Blues"


Pink Anderson
- Meet Me In The Bottom
- Baby I'm Going Away
- Mama Where Did You Stay Last Night
- Baby, Please Don't Go
Baby Tate
- See What You Done Done
- Baby, You Just Don't Know
- Hey Mama
- Hey Pretty Girl
- What Have I Done To You?
Sonny Terry
- Callin' My Mama
- Ida Mae
Baby Tate
- Trucking Them Blues Away
- Lonesome Over There
- Dupree Blues
Pink Anderson
- That's No Way To Do
- Weeping Willow Blues
- My Baby Left Me This Morning
- Ain't Nobody Home But Me

Reverend Gary Davis
- The Boy Was Kissing The Girl (And Playing The Guitar At The Same Time) (2:39) [Prestige Folklore FL/FLST 14033]
- Candy Man (2:51) [Prestige Folklore FL/FLST 14033]
Larry Johnson
- Tell You Women 'Bout Me
- Whiskey Store Blues
- Take These Blues Off My Mind
Brownie McGhee
- One Thing For Sure


notes by Samuel Charters

Prestige PRCD 9914-2 (US 1998)

Bluesville Records discography
Pink Anderson discography
Baby Tate discography
Larry Johnson discography

67a1996Raggin' The Blues - East Coast Blues

Julius Daniels
- Crow Jane Blues
Blind Blake
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
Luke Jordan
- Church Bells Blues
- Pick Poor Robin Clean
- Cocaine Blues
William Moore
- Barbershop Rag
- Old Country Rock
- Raggin' The Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- Every Day In The Week Blues
Tarter & Gay
- Brownie Blues
- Unknown Blues
Willie Walker
- Dupree Blues 1
- South Carolina Rag
Josh White
- Good Gal
- Low Cotton
- Blood Red River

Blind Gary Davis
- I'm Throwin' Up My Hands
- Cross And Evil Woman Blues
Carl Martin
- Farewell To You Baby
- Badly Mistreated Man
- Crow Jane - Carl Martin
- Old Time Blues
Brownie McGhee
- Picking My Tomatoes
- Dealing With The Devil



Indigo IGOCD 2044 (UK 1996)

681997Reverend Gary Davis: Live & Kickin'

- Make Believe Stunt (4:42)
- Maple Leaf Rag (5:40)
- Coon Chase (5:58)
- Samson And Delilah (4:48)
- Twelve Gates To The City (6:25)
- Mind How You're Living (2:39)
- You Got To Move (6:53)
- How Much We Can Bear (4:58)
- I Will Do My Last Singing (8:14)
- Buck Dance (2:50)

rec. January 27, 1967 in Montreal, Ca by Michael Nerenberg


Just A Memory JAM 9133-2 (Ca 1997) ("Collectors' Classics")

691999Rev. Gary Davis Live At Cambridge 1971

- Let Us Get Together (16:20)
- There's Destruction In This Land (8:38)
- Samson And Delilah (5:13)
- You Got To Move (6:05)
- Pure Religion (3:18)

licensed through exclusive agreement with Folklore Productions

notes by Robert Tilling

Catfish KATCD 115 (UK 1999)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

702000Reverend Gary Davis: I Am The True Vine

- Twelve Gates To The City
- The Great Change In Me
- You Got To Go Down
- Cross And Evil Woman Blues
- I Belong To The Band
- I Am The True Vine
- You Can Go Home
- The Angel's Message To Me
- I'm Throwing Up My Hands
- I Am The Light Of The World
- I'm Gonna Meet You At The Station [Lenox L-520]
- Lord Stand By Me
- O Lord Search My Heart
- Have More Faith In Jesus
- I Cannot Bear The Burden Myself [Lenox L-520]
- Civil War March [Asch LP 4]

notes by Robert Tilling

Catfish KATCD 146 (UK 2000)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

70a2000Roy Book Binder: The Radio Show

Roy Book Binder
- The Introduction (0:17)
- Beginning The Interview (2:46)
- Rag Mama (3:04)
- St. Pete Blues (3:59)
- Book Binder, Singer Songwriter (1:35)
- Can't Do That No More 3:19)
- The Book, The Early Years (4:30)

Gary Davis
- Candyman (8:11)
Roy Book Binder
- The Blues Scene Today (1:42)
- Roy Talks About Old Guitars (1:55)
- Minstrels & Medicine Shows (5:08)
Pink Anderson
- Travelin' Man (3:44)
Roy Book Binder
- Life In A Moterhome (1:03)
- The Artist Sells Out? (4:44)
- Anywhere You Go (2:34)
J. Murphy
- Electricity (2:45)



PegLeg CD PL 7002-2 (US 2000)

Roy Book Binder discography

70b2000Rev. Gary Davis: Demons And Angels
The Ultimate Collection

Volume One - "Slippin' 'Til My Gal Comes In Partner: Columbia University, 1958-1959"
- Buck Dance
- Soldier's March
- Baby, What You Going To Do?
- Twelve Sticks (The Dozens)
- Save Up Your Money, John D. Rockerfeller, Put The Panoc Panic On
- I Am The Light Of This World
- Nobody Cares For Me
- Slippin' 'Til My Gal Comes In Partner
- Blues
- Crucifixion
- Rag Blues In C
- Blues In E
- Square Dance Verses
- Don't Know Where To Go
- He's My King
- I'm Throwin' Up My Hands (Ain't Gonna Work No More)
- Cross And Evil Woman Blues
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
- I'm So Tired Of Being All Alone

Volume Two - "I Am The True Vine: At Home, 1964-1966"
- I Am The True Vine
- Lord, Stand By Me
- Won't You Hush?
- Mean Old World
- Moon Is Going Down
- Sportin' Life Blues
- God's Gonna Separate
- Soon My Work Will All Be Done
- Blow, Gabriel
- Get Right Church
- I Want To Be Saved
- Oh, Glory, How Happy I Am
- There's Destruction In That Land (Message From Heaven)
- Tired, My Sould Needs Resting
- Georgia Camp Meeting
- Bill Bailey
- Honey, Get Your Towel Wet
- She Wouldn't Say Quit
- You're Going To Quit Me, Baby

Volume Three - "Twelve Gates To The City: In Concert, 1962-1966"
- I'm Going To Sit Down On The Banks Of The River
- Twelve Gates To The City
- I Heard The Angels Sing
- Twelve Sticks
- It's A Long Way To Tipperary
- When The Train Comes Along
- Little Boy, Little Boy Who Made Your Britches
- All Night Long
- Who Shall Deliver Poor Me?
- Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
- Lord, Search My Heart
- Lord, On Your Word
- Let Us Get Together
- Cocaine Blues
- Devil's Dream
- Blow, Gabriel
- Sun Is Going Down
- Spoonful
- Whistlin' Blues
- Virgin Mary

3 CD set + 36 page booklet

Shanachie 6117 (US 2000)

71200?Rare And Red Hot Gospel

- Woke Up This Morning (With Jesus On My Mind) - Roosevelt Graves And Brother
- I Belong To The Band, Hallelujah - Blind Gary Davis
- I Got Heaven On My Mind - Heavenly Gospel Singers
- John Said He Saw The Number - Arizona Dranes
- Handwriting On The Wall - Blind Joe Taggart
- I Am Born To Preach The Gospel - Washington Phillips
- Drinking Shrine - Elder Charles Beck
- I'm On My Way To The Kingdom Land - Alfred Karnes
- Bathe In The Beautiful Pool - Dock Walsh
- Death Is Only A Dream - Reverand Clayborn
- I'll Be Rested (When The Roll Is Called) - Roosevelt Graves And Brother
- When I Stand Before The King - Blind Joe Taggart
- Oh Death - Charley Patton And Bertha Lee
- I Am A Pilgrim - Silver Leaf Quartet
- Does Jesus Care - Blind Willie Harris
- Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit - Luther Magby
- Easter Day - Dixon Brothers
- God's Mighty Hand - Reverand Utah Smith
- Don't Want To Go There - Willie Mae Williams
- I Want To Live So God Can Use Me - Brother Willie Eason



Catfish KATCD 171 (UK 200?)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

71a2001Newport Folk Festival
Best of the Blues 1959-68


disc 1:
Mississippi John Hurt
- Sliding Delta
- Candy Man
- Coffee Blues
- Stagger Lee
- Here I Am Lord Send Me
- Pallet On Your Floor
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman (3:23)
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
Son House
- Preaching Blues
- Death Letter Blues
- Empire State Express
- Son Blues
Bukka White
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Louise
- If The River Was Whiskey
Muddy Waters (solo)
- Walkin' Blues [Vanguard VCD2-77005]
- I Can't Be Satisfied [Vanguard VCD2-77005]


disc 2:
Robert Pete Williams
- Levee Camp Blues
- Midnight Boogie
- On My Way From Texas
Mance Lipscomb
- Freddie
- So Different Blues
- God Moves On The Water (The Sinking Of The Titanic)
Jesse Fuller
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Double Double Do Love You

Rev. Gary Davis
- Samson And Delilah
- I Won't Be Back No More
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Intro/The Train Is Leaving °°
- Drink Muddy Water °°
- Long Gone
- Key To The Highway
- My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door
Sleepy John Estes
- Clean Up At Home


disc 3:
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Woman I'm Lovin' She's Taken My Appetite
- Baby Please Don't Go
Lightnin' Hopkins & Samuel Lay
- Shake That Thing
John Lee Hooker & Bill Lee
- Tupelo
- Bus Station Blues
- Let's Make It °°
- Great Fire Of Natchez °°
- Boom Boom °°
- I Can't Quit You Baby / Stop Now Baby
Memphis Slim
- How Long °°
- Black Cat Crossed My Path °°
- Harlem Bound °°
- Piano Instrumental °°
Muddy Waters & Otis Spann
- Blow Wind Blow °°   @ youtube
- Flood (= "Clouds In My Heart") °°   @ youtube
Chambers Brothers
- CC Rider
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Blues With A Feeling
- Born In Chicago °°


compilation prod. by Tom Vickers
front cover painting by Meredith Steele
°° 12 previously unreleased tracks

3 CD set
notes by John Milward

Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2 (US 2001)

722002Reverend Gary Davis: The Sun Of Our Life@ youtube (full album)
solos - songs - a sermon   1955 - 1957

- Improvisation: Fast Blues In A
- Improvisation: Slow Blues In E
- West Coast Blues (Blind Blake)
- Improvisation: Rag In A Minor
- Two-Step
- Horse Thief's Blues
- Candy Man
- Cigarette Break
- Improvisation: Hills And Valleys
- Seven Sisters
- Crucifixion
- I Decided To Go Down
- Sun Is Going Down
- My Heart Is Fixed
- Hold To God's Unchanging Hand
- Davis Speaks
- My Home Is On High
- Sermon
- Improvisation: Coco Blues

private recordings (1955-1957) contain works otherwise unrepresented; prod. by Allan Evans

notes by Allan Evans

World Arbiter 2005 (US 2002)

732003Reverend Gary Davis: If I Had My Way
Early Home Recordings

- If I Had My Way (4:43)   @ youtube
- If The Lord Be For You (3:43)
- Twelve Gates To The City (3:53)
- You Got To Move 4:14)
- We Are The Heavenly Father's Children (3:23)
- A Friend Like Lonely Jesus (4:22) °°
- Get Right Church (2:23)
- Marine Band (2:47) °°
- Shine On Me (2:58) °°   @ youtube
- There's Destruction On This Land (5:20)
- He Stole Away (2:38) # °°
- The Uncloudy Day (4:09) # °°   @ youtube
- Say No To The Devil (3:16) °°
- I Belong To The Band (3:56)
- Give Me A Heart To Love (2:20) ## °°)
- He Never Has Left Me Alone (2:52) # °°
- Got On My Traveling Shoes (3:03) # °°   @ youtube
- Civil War Parade (5:26) [Asch AA4]   @ youtube

°° previously unreleased

rec. 1953 at Gary Davis' home in the Bronx (where he just had moved from Harlem), New York City on a 1/4 inch tape, reel-to-reel Pentron recorder, with the microphone that came with the machine by John Cohen; Gary Davis, voc, g; 'Mother' Annie Davis, voc; # McKinley 'Kinny' Peebles (aka "Sweet Papa Stovepipe"), voc, ## g
photos by John Cohen

notes by John Cohen, Carla Borden & Horace Boyer

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40123 (US 2003)

73a2003Heroes Of The Blues: The Very Best of Rev. Gary Davis

- Samson & Delilah (4:05)
- Death Don't Have No Mercy (4:45)
- Cross & Evil Woman Blues (3:04)
- Can't Be Satisfied (2:56)
- Lord I Wish I Could See (3:05)
- Twelve Gates To The City (3:12)
- Out On The Ocean Sailing (3:29)
- Whistlin' Blues (5:14)
- Candy Man (2:34)
- How Happy I Am (5:10)
- I Belong To The Band - Hallelujah! (3:13)
- Bad Company (Brought Me Here) (3:52)
- Crucifixion (4:59)
- You Got To Move (3:20)
- Cocaine Blues (2:41)
- Soon My Work Will Be All Done (5:05)

compiled by Frank Scott
tracks 3, 11: 1935; tracks 9, 15: 1957; tracks 1, 2, 6: 1960; tracks 12, 13, 14: 1961; track 4: 1964; tracks 7, 16: 1969; tracks 5, 8, 10: 1971
cover illustration by Robert Crumb

notes by Ed Ward

Shout! Factory DK 30257 (US 2003)

73b2003Down In The Basement
Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s   1926-1937

- The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers
- How You Want It Done? - Big Bill
- The (New) Call Of The Freaks - Luis Russell & His Orchestra
- The School House Fire - Dixon Brothers
- Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band

- You Got To Go Down - Blind Gary
- The Old Ark's A'Moving - A.A. Gray And Seven-Foot Dilly
- Runnin' Wild - James Cole's Washboard Four
- Keep It Clean - Charley Jordan
- Get The "L" On Down The Road - Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band
- I Got A Bulldog - Sweet Brothers & Ernest Stoneman
- Old Hen Cackle - Colman & Harper
- Song From A Cotton Field - Bessie Brown
- Atlanta Bound - Gene Autry
- Easy Rider Blues - Soileau And Robin
- Hot Lips - Bill Brown And His Brownies
- Uncle Dave's Beloved Solo - Uncle Dave Macon
- Hastings Street - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand
- Ain't That Trouble In Mind - Fields Ward & The Grayson County Railsplitters
- Give The World A Smile - The Corley Family
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long Cleve Reed And Little Harvey Hull (Down Home Boys)
- Hot Town - Fess Williams And His Royal Flush Orchestra
- Paddlin' Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Plow Boy Hop - Grinnell Giggers


compiled by Marshall Wyatt


Old Hat RCD-1004 (US 2003)

742007Lifting The Veil: The First Bluesmen
Rev. Gary Davis & Peers

- Sermon On Pancakes
- The Blood's Done Signed Your Name
- Come Down To See Me Sometime
- Lost John
- Soldier's Drill
- Gallows Pole
- Leaving Blues
- Slow Blues In E
- Starvation Blues
- Black Biting Bee Blues
- Mountain Jack
- I Didn't Want To Join The Band
- A Rag
- Raggin' The Blues
- Old Country Rock
- Poor Boy
- Poor Boy
- Mississippi Bo Weevil Blues
- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
- Mississippi Jail House Groan
- Ham Hound Crave
- Seven Sisters Blues
- Hard Dallas Blues
- Back Gnawing Blues
- Going Crazy

unissued session tapes from 1956-57, recorded by Fred Gerlach & Tiny Robinson; prod. by Allan Evans

notes by Allan Evans

World Arbiter 2008 (US 2007)

752008Reverend Gary Davis: Manchester Free Trade Hall 1964

- You Got To Move (4:45)
- If I Had My Way (3:51)
- The Sun Is Going Down (3:20) *
- I'm A Soldier (1:52)
- I Got A Little Mama, Sweet As She Can Be (4:53)
- Sally, Please Come Back To Me (Worried Blues) (2:45)
- Cocaine Blues (4:43)
- Cincinnati Flow Rag (4:19)
- Children Of Zion (3:33)
- Coon Hunt (hca instr) (3:19) #
- Maple Leaf Rag (3:14)

rec. May 8, 1964 live at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England; Gary Davis, voc/sp, g, # hca; * Sonny Terry, sp, hca; compiled & prod. by Gary Atkinson
photography by Brian Smith

notes by Bob Groom

Document DOCD-32-20-14 (EU 2008)

762009Rev. Gary Davis Live at Gerde's Folk City, February 1962

CD 1:
- You Got To Move (5:12)
- intro to Come Down And See Me Sometime (2:03)
- Come Down And See Me Sometime (7:50)
- Wouldn't Say Quit (5:13)
- Oh Lord (6:47) []
- announcing guitar lessons (0:56)
- People That Use To See, Can't See No More (3:51)
- There's Destruction In This Land (7:52)
- intro to Soon My Work Will All Be Done (3:35)
- Soon My Work Will All Be Done (3:19) #
- intro to Oh Glory, How Happy I Am (0:51)
- Oh Glory, How Happy I Am (5:35) #

CD 2:
- I Want To Be Saved (4:10)
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee (3:42)
- Death Don't Have No Mercy (5:14)
- Lord I Won't Go Back In Sin (3:51)
- Candyman (3:10)
- Buck Dance (5:15)
- Samson And Delilah (3:54)
- Working On The Building (4:43)
- I'll Fly Away (3:59)
- Sun Goin' Down (4:06)
- Fox Chase (6:26)

CD 3:
- God's Gonna Separate (2:48)
- Lord Search My Heart (3:40)
- Jesus Met The Woman At The Well (5:33)
- Say No To The Devil (6:04)
- I Am A Pilgrim (6:06)
- All Night Long (5:37)
- Trying To Get To Heaven (4:14)
- Thank You Jesus (3:04)
- Twelve Sticks (2:59)
- intro to Tesse (2:43)
- Tesse (2:59)
- Lord They Tell Me (6:20)
- Right Or Wrong 8:51)

rec. February 7 & 10, 1962 at Gerde's Folk City, New York City by Stefan Grossman with a two track Tandberg tape machine; Gary Davis, voc, g, [] hca; # New World Singers (Gil Turner, Happy Traum and Bob Cohen), voc
photography by Don Schlitten & Joe Alper

3 CD set
notes by Stefan Grossman

Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop SGGW 114/5/6 (US 2009)

772010Rev. Gary Davis At Home And Church   1962-1967

CD 1: At Home
- Twelve Sticks (3:47)
- Sally, Where'd You Get Your Liquor From (1:52)
- Babylon Is Falling (6:36)
- What Could I Do (3:23)
- Children Of Zion (7:05)
- Hesitation Blues (4:05)
- Candyman (on 5 string banjo) (1:23) #
- Steal Away And Pray (5:36)
- Goin' To Chattanooga (5:02)
- Packing Up, Get Ready To Go (3:37)
- Untitled (0:39)
- You Cry Because I'm Leaving (4:16)
- Don't Let My Baby Catch You Here (5:14)
- Lord Let Me Live Longer (2:21)
- I Want To Be Saved (2:47)
- Waltz Time Candyman (3:17)
- Little Boy Who Made Your Britches (4:38)
- Talks About Verses Not Sung (2:21)
- C-Rag (5:41)
- Two Step Candyman (2:51)

CD 2: At Home
- Piece Without Words (3:51)
- Lord Search My Heart (4:05)
- Slippin' To My Gal Comes In Partner (2:56)
- Sun Is Going Down (2:44)
- Raise A Ruckus Tonight (2:14)
- Save Up Your Money, John D. Rockefeller Put The Panic On (5:59)
- Soon My Work Will All Be Done (3:57) *
- You're Gonna Need King Jesus (2:44)
- I'm Going Back To Jesus (2:02)
- Blues In C (5:12)
- Saddle It Around (3:00)
- People Who Use To See (4:52)
- Italian Rag (3:16)
- Candyman (4:24)
- Nobody Don't Care For Me (3:12)
- Fox Chase (4:51) []
- Talk On Blind Boy Fuller (9:39)

CD 3: In Church
- Amazing Grace (3:26)
- Sermon (3:11)
- I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord (5:19)
- Sermon (2:40)
- Lord, I Feel Just Like Goin' On (5:01)
- Steal Away (6:30)
- Can't Make This Journey By Myself (2:47)
- Sermon (17:56)
- I Will Overcome Someday (5:15)
- God Be With You (1:15)
From The Mariposa Folk Festival
- I Got Religion I'm So Glad (7:56)
- I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord (4:24)

rec. 1962 to 1967 at Rev. Davis' Bronx Home & Storefront Church by Stefan Grossman; Gary Davis, voc, g, [] hca, # 5-str banjo; * Annie Davis, voc
photography by Stefan Grossman

3 CD set
notes by Stefan Grossman

Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop SGGW 130/1/2 (US 2010)

782010Reverend Gary Davis
John Cohen's 1952 wire recordings

- I Am The True Vine (3:05)
- I Can't Make The Journey By Myself (4:05)
- Jesus Met The Woman At The Well (3:49)
- Please Don't Drive Your Children Away (2:44)
- I'm Gonna Meet You At The Station (3:55)
- Instrumental (Cocaine) (1:27)
- Children Go Where I Send Thee (2:39)
- I Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley (3:09)
- I See The Sign Of Judgement (1:33)
- Bad Company Brought Me Here (3:47)
- Tell Me, John (2:43)
- Tessie (4:57)
- Twelve Gates To The City (3:19)

all previously unreleased

rec. 1952 at Gary Davis' home in Harlem, New York City by John & Mike Cohen; Gary Davis, voc, g
photos by John Cohen

notes by John Cohen

The Field Recorders' Collective FRC116 (US 2010)

792010Hear Me Howling!
Blues, Ballads, & Beyond

disc A:
Jesse Fuller - Hump In My Back (2:46)
Jesse Fuller - Brother Low Down (2:41)
Skid Band - Berkeley's Junko Partner (4:04)
Skid Band - Tight Like That (3:38)
Bob Mielke's Bearcats - Moose March (3:22)
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 (3:49)
Big Joe Williams w/ Mary Williams - Oakland Blues (2:46)
Big Joe Williams - Greystone (Alameda County Jail) Blues (2:32)
K.C. Douglas & Band - I Know You Didn't Want Me (2:15)
K.C. Douglas - Night Shirt Blues (2:07)
K.C. Douglas - Stop Time (1:26)
K.C. Douglas - Hear Me Howling (2:10)
Lonnie Johnson - Stand Alone Blues (3:24)
Lonnie Johnson - Brenda (4:12)
Sonny Terry - Changed The Lock On My Door (3:14)
Bukka White - Bald Eagle Train (tk 1) (11:44)
Lightning Hopkins - Tom Moore's Farm (5:12)
Lightning Hopkins - Up On Telegraph (Avenue) (3:13)
Mercy Dee - Lady Luck (2:47)

disc B:
Country Joe And The Fish - I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag (2:58)
Toni Brown - You Turned Your Back (2:19)
Toni Brown - How Could I Stand It (2:42)
Toni Brown - Don't Forget Me, Love (2:03)
Crabgrass - Charles Giteau (3:32)
The Joy Of Cooking - Midnight Blues (4:08)
T.A. Talbott - Depression Gone From Me (2:57)
T.A. Talbott - Mr. Brakeman (3:52)
Debbie Green - Who's Going To Be My Man? (4:21)
Bob Neuwirth - Come See (4:26)
Janet Smith - Lady Gay (3:16)
Merritt Herring - Talking Protest Blues (2:37)
Alice Stuart - Black Jack David (2:05)
Perry Lederman - Eventually (2:20)
Perry Lederman - Impressions Of John Henry (6:27)
Barbara Dane - Deportees (5:50)
Hackberry Ramblers - Big Texas (Grand Texas) (3:50)
Hackberry Ramblers - Jolie Blonde (3:01)
Hackberry Ramblers - Turtle Tail (2:18)
The Fondettes The Beatles Are In Town (2:02)

disc C:
Mance Lipscomb - Willie Poor Boy (3:25)
Mance Lipscomb - The Titanic (3:34)
Mance Lipscomb - Mean Boss Man (2:55)
Mance Lipscomb - Sugar Babe (3:20)
Rev. Louis Overstreet Working On A Building (6:38)
Rev. Louis Overstreet The Old Ship Of Zion (3:40)

Rev. Gary Davis I'm A Soldier (6:09) #
Rev. Gary Davis Floor Sweepin' Rag (5:07) #
Rev. Gary Davis Courtin' Boy (5:42) #
Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em On Down (3:11)
Fred McDowell - Louise (6:06)
Fred McDowell - Write Me A Few Of Your Lines (3:18)
Skip James - Low Down Dirty Things (4:04)
Skip James - 22-20 Blues (Mr. Kress) (3:37)
Skip James - Sea Walking Jesus (4:07)
Skip James - No Special Lover (4:57)
Skip James - Peace In The Valley (4:29)

disc D:
Vern & Ray - Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong (2:34)
Vern & Ray - The Touch Of God's Hand (2:59)
Big Mama Thornton - 'Fore Day In The Mornin' (5:00)
Big Mama Thornton- Ball And Chain (5:34)
Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (4:55)
John Semien & The Opelousas Playboys - Monsieur Leonard (3:08)
John Semien & The Opelousas Playboys - Chi Ca Nai (Slow Drag) (2:56)
John Semien & The Opelousas Playboys - Bye Bye Rosa (2:32)
Clifton Chenier - Mr. Charlie (3:22)
Clifton Chenier - Louisiana Rock (2:54)
Notes From The Underground - What Am I Doing Here? (2:19)
Stanley Willis - To Be A Thief (4:39)
NOW Creative Arts Ensemble - Pretty Good (8:31)
Jerry Hahn - In The Breeze (5:39)
Smiley Winters - To 'Trane (aka: Two Trains) (9:21)
Sonny Simmons - The Beauty Of Isis (6:52)


rec. & prod. by Chris Strachwitz
# rec. at the Cabale, Berkeley, previously unissued
136-page full-color book detailing artists recorded by Strachwitz in the San Francisco Bay area in the 1960s
photography by Chris Strachwitz

4 CD set
notes by Adam Machedo

Arhoolie 518 A-D (US 2010)

802012An Afternoon with Reverend Gary Davis at Allegheny College, Meadville, P.A. 1964

- Cincinnati Slow Drag (7:17)
- Chase - harmonica solo (5:00)
- Candyman (2:41)
- Banjo Instrumental 1 (2:08)
- Maple Leaf Rag (5:18)
- I Know You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone (4:13)
- Guitar Blues (6:06)
- Banjo Instrumental 2 (2:20)

rec. 1964 live during an afternoon workshop at Allegheny College, Meadville, PA; Gary Davis, voc, g, banjo, hca; prod. by Johnny Parth

Document DLP 527

notes by Gary Atkinson

Document DOCD-5693 (EU 2012)

812013Legendary Country Blues Guitarists

Charlie Burse & Will Shade
- Kansas City Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
- Trouble In Mind
- Backwater Blues
Son House
- Talk About The Blues
- So Hard To Love Someone
Skip James
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Son House
- Sick And Bad Blues
Bukka White
- Aberdeen Blues
- Tombstone Blues
- Brownsville Blues

Rev. Gary Davis
- A Documentary by Harold Becker
Blind Connie Williams
- Take My Hand, Precious Lord
- I'm Going Too
Ralph Willis & Washboard Pete Sanders
- Dream I Had On My Mind
- I've Been Living With The Blues
- Midnight Special
Sam Chatmon
- Sales Tax Blues
- Outside Friend
- Fishing Blues (Evil Jackson)
- Glad When You're Dead
Mance Lipscomb
- I Want To Do Something For You
- Alabama Jubilee
Henry Johnson
- Blood Red River
Willie Trice
- Be Your Dog
- Run Here Gal
- Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
- Good Time Boogie, Sweet Sugar Mama
- Stand And Welcome Jesus
- When The Saints Go Marching In
Son House & Buddy Guy
- I Wish I Had My Whole Heart In My Hand



Vestapol DVD 13129 (US 2013)

81a2013The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Blind Blake
Reborn and Remastered

disc 1:
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown (3:00)
- He's In The Jailhouse Now (2:46)
- Police Dog Blues (2:53)
- Diddie Wah Diddie (2:58)
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues (2:45)
- West Coast Blues (3:14)
- Hey Hey Daddy Blues (3:11)
- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around (2:45)
- I Was Afraid Of That: Part 2 (3:16)
- Georgia Bound (3:23)
- Southern Rag (2:53)
- Bad Feelin' Blues (2:29)
- That Will Never Happen No More (3:03)
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues (3:04)
- Doing A Stretch (2:38)
- Too Tight Blues No. 2 (2:56)
- Sweet Jivin' Mama (2:58)
- Dry Bone Shuffle (2:47)
- Poker Woman Blues (2:42)
- Righteous Blues (2:37)
- Sweet Papa Low Down (3:15)
- Sea Board Stomp (3:05)
- Guitar Chimes (3:02)
- Wabash Rag (2:54)

bonus disc "The Rough Guide to Ragtime Blues & Hokum"
Blind Willie McTell: Georgia (3:03)
Blind Boy Fuller: Mama Let Me Lay It On You (2:57)
Luke Jordan: Cocaine Blues (3:17)
William Moore: Ragtime Millionaire (3:10)
Big Bill Broonzy: Hokum Stomp (2:53)
Charley Patton: Hang It On The Wall (2:44)
Banjo Joe: My Money Never Runs Out (2:52)
Robert Wilkins: Old Jim Canan's (2:58)
Willie Walker: South Carolina Rag (3:09)
The Allen Brothers: Bow Wow Blues (3:22)
Buddy Boy Hawkins: How Come Mama Blues (3:03)
Will Ezel: West Coast Rag (2:46)
Papa Charlie Jackson: Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine (2:54)
Bayless Rose: Black Dog Blues (3:09)
Pink Anderson & and Simmie Dooley: Papa's 'Bout To Get Mad (3:00)
Robert Johnson: They're Red Hot (2:58)
Bessie Smith: Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out (2:59)
Dallas String Band with Coley Jones: Hokum Blues (3:14)
Bo Carter: She's Your Cook, But She Burns My Bread Sometimes (3:00)

Reverend Gary Davis: Lord I Wish I Could See (3:04)
William Harris: Hot Time Blues (2:54)
Bogus Ben Covington: Adam And Eve In The Garden (2:43)
Mississippi John Hurt: Candy Man Blues (2:47)
Blind Lemon Jefferson: Beggin' Back (2:50)

180 g LP + free MP3 download card
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown (3:00)
- He's In The Jailhouse Now (2:46)
- Police Dog Blues (2:53)
- Diddie Wah Diddie (2:58)
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues (2:45)
- West Coast Blues (3:14)

- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around (2:45)
- I Was Afraid Of That: Part 2 (3:16)
- Southern Rag (2:53)
- Hey Hey Daddy Blues (3:11)
- That Will Never Happen No More (3:03)
- Too Tight Blues No. 2 (2:56)


compiled by Neil Record

2 CD set

World Music Network RGNET1303CD

180 g LP + MP3
notes by Rachel Jackson

(=) World Music Network RGNET1303LP

822/2014Reverend Gary Davis: Twelve Gates To The City

- I Belong To The Band - Hallelujah!
- The Great Change In Me
- The Angel's Message To Me
- I Saw The Light
- Lord, Stand By Me
- I Am The Light
- O Lord, Search My Heart

- Have More Faith In Jesus
- You Got To Go Down
- I Am The True Vine
- Twelve Gates To The City
- You Can Go Home
- I'm Throwin' Up My Hand
- Cross And Evil Woman Blues

rec. July 1935 in New York City


Mr. Suit SUITABLE1318 (EU 2014)

832014Black Roots
The Films of Lionel Rogosin, Volume II: "Come Back, Africa" (1959) + "Black Roots" (1970)

"Black Roots"
Larry Johnson - How Long Blues
Gary Davis - I Belong To The Band (acc. Larry Johnson, g; Wende Smith, tamb)
Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy (voc, g)   @ youtube
Jim Collier (voc, g) - I Want To Be Somebody (duet with Wende Smith, voc, tamb)
Jim Collier - Burn, Baby, Burn (acc. by Wende Smith)
Florynce 'Flo' Kennedy (sp) reflecting on her parents defiance of the Klan and oppressive whites
Rev. Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick tells a tale about sharecropping in Louisiana


1970 film by Lionel Rogosin (1924-2000): "In Black Roots, set in the intimacy of a small cafe, five individuals exchange biographical anecdotes and make music in a compelling and honest distillation of Black history and culture."

movie clip

Blue-Ray

Milestone Films (US 2014)

DVD, 2 disc set

Milestone Films (US 2014)

842017American Epic: The Collection

disc 1:
- The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo) - Clarence Ashley
- On the Road Again - Memphis Jug Band
- The Panama Limited - Bukka White
- Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Pt. 1 - Frank Stokes
- K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- I Am Bound for the Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes
- Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2 - Garfield Akers
- I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- Down On Penny's Farm - Bentley Boys
- Foldin' Bed - Whistler's Jug Band
- Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow - The Carter Family
- Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
- Bayou Teche - Columbus Fruge
- Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Train On the Island - J.P. Nestor

disc 2:
- My Heart Keeps Singing - Elder J.E. Burch
- Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels
- I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham - Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers
- Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J. M. Gates
- Waiting for a Train - Jimmie Rodgers
- Darling, Where Have You Been So Long? - Tenneva Ramblers
- Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Ma Blond Est Partie - Amadie Breaux, Ophey Breaux & Cleoma Breaux
- Peg and Awl - Carolina Tar Heels
- Chocolate to the Bone - Barbecue Bob
- Down On Me - Eddie Head and Family
- Prenez Courage - Cleoma Breaux with Joseph Falcon and Ophy Breaux
- Pickin' Off Peanuts - Dilly and his Dill Pickles
- Just Because - Nelstone's Hawaiians
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- Ladies On the Steamboat - Burnett & Rutherford
- Mamma, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell

disc 3:
- Cecilia - Cuarteto Flores
- La Coquetera - Los Borinquenos
- Coconito - Guty Cárdenas Y Lencho
- Lovesick Blues - Emmett Miller
- Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy
- John Henry Blues - Two Poor Boys
- Mr. Tom Hughes' Town - Lead Belly
- Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt

- I Am The Light of the World - Blind Gary Davis
- Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
- Chant of the Eagle Dance - Hopi Indian Chanters
- Hilo Hula - Mike Hanapi & The Ilima Islanders
- If The River Was Whiskey - Charlie Poole
- Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
- The Wreck of the '97 - Ernest Stoneman
- Faded Coat of Blue - Buell Kazee
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- Sail Away Ladies - Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers
- Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
- Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson
- Arkansas Traveller - Don Richardson

disc 4:
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin
- Down the Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Banjo Joe
- Hastings Street - Blind Blake & Charlie Spand
- See That My Grave's Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Gonna Have 'Lasses In the Morning - Golden Melody Boys
- New Orleans Stop Time - Memphis Minnie & Bumblebee Slim
- Prove It On Me Blues - Ma Rainey
- Gonne Die with My Hammer in My Hand - Williamson Brothers & Curry
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Banjoreno - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- It's a Good Thing - Beale Street Sheiks
- Trust In God and Do the Right - Blind Willie Davis
- Someday Baby Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Brown Skin Gal (Down the Lane) - Massey Family
- Henry Lee aka Young Hunting - Dick Justice
- Old Country Rock - William Moore
- La Danseuse - Delma Lachney & Blind Uncle Gaspard
- My Black Mama, Pt. 1 & 2 - Son House
- Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James

disc 5:
- Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
- Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza
- Sunshine Special - Frenchy's String Band
- Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins
- Les Blues De Voyage - Amédé Ardoin & Dennis McGee
- The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers
- I'm Gonna Cross the River Jordan Some of These Days - Jaybird Coleman
- Tomi Tomi - Sol K. Bright with The Aloha Serenaders
- Sittin' On Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks
- James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown
- The Indian Tom Tom - Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band
- Blues In a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
- Je Me Suis En Alle - Bartmont Montet & Joswell Dupuis
- Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- E Mama Ea - Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette
- Ghost Dance - Truett & George
- Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) - Roosevelt Graves & Brother
- Allons A Lafayette - Joseph Falcon
- Corrido De Joaquin Murrieta, Pt. 1 & 2 - Los Madrugadores
- Denomination Blues (Part 1 & 2) - Washington Phillips


"American Epic: The Collection gathers 100 of these original recordings from the 1920s and 1930s in one five-disc set, restored to unprecedented levels of sonic fidelity. For this box set, compiled by Director Bernard MacMahon, engineer Nicholas Bergh refined a transfer process using a mix of both modern and vintage equipment in order to extract the remarkable resolution from the records that is often missed."

5 CD set

American Epic AMPC451 (US 2017)

842014Classic African American Songsters from Smithsonian Folkways

- Bring it On Down to My House - Warner Williams with Jay Summerour (2:02)
- Talking Blues - Pink Anderson (2:26)
- Nobody's Business (If I Do) - John Jackson (3:15)
- Alabama Bound - Little Brother Montgomery (2:17)
- Pallet On The Floor - Brownie McGhee (3:09)
- Chicken You Can't Roost Too High For Me - Bill Williams (3:16)
- My Hula Love - Lead Belly (2:16)
- Candy Man - Reverend Gary Davis (2:32)
- Going Down The Road Feeling Bad - John Cephas and Phil Wiggins (3:32)
- Froggy Went-A-Courting - Peg Leg Sam (4:10)
- Monday Morning Blues - Mississippi John Hurt (5:52)
- The Boys Of Your Uncle Sam - Pink Anderson (2:03)
- Raise A Ruckus Tonight - Brownie McGhee (2:49)
- Reno Factory - Marvin Foddrell (2:09)
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - John Jackson (3:07)
- Honeysuckle Rose - Warner Williams with Jay Summerour (2:05)
- Bill Bailey - Big Bill Broonzy (1:55)
- When The Roses Bloom Again - Bill Williams 2:05)
- Straighten Up And Fly Right - Peg Leg Sam (3:14)
- Careless Love - Snooks Eaglin (2:33)
- They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree - Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong (2:20)


compiled by Barry Lee Pearson and Jeff Place

notes by Barry Lee Pearson and Jeff Place

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40211 (US 2014)
[read notes]

852014The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3

disc 1: The 1960s
Mance Lipscomb - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50)
John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (3:19)

Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (4:05)
Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (2:48)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:03)
Lonnie Johnson - Moaning Blues (4:01)
Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' (4:06)
Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You (2:45)
Scrapper Blackwell - Shady Lane (5:27)
Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (3:07)
Pete Franklin - Prison Bound (4:21)
Shirley Griffith - Bye Bye Blues (4:11)
R.C. Smith - Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:25)
Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Woman (3:36)
Baby Tate - What Have I Done To You (2:42)
Leroy Dallas - She Caught The M & O (3:43)
Sleepy John Estes - Vernita's Blues (2:19)
J.D. Short - I'm Just Wastin' My Time (5:25)
Muddy Waters - Feel Like Going Home (3:52)
Buddy Moss - Amy (2:42)
Johnny Young - Want My Lovin' (3:30)
Arvella Gray - Corrine, Corrina (2:13)
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Alberta (2:56)


disc 2: The 1970s
Son House - Empire State Express (3:41)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Lines (3:59)
J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (2:59)
Skip James - Sickbed Blues (4:06)
R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (2:45)
Furry Lewis - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (3:46)
Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues (3:04)
John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:15)
Babe Stovall - Worried Blues (3:33)
Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road #2 (4:20)
Larry Johnson - Four Women Blues (2:33)
Jack Owens - I Love My Baby (4:50)
Johnny Shines - Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine (4:18)
Brownie McGhee - My Last Suit (3:53)
Juke Boy Bonner - Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:26)
Tarheel Slim - So Sweet, So Sweet (3:19)
Tom Shaw - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (5:44)
Eddie Taylor - Bullcow Blues (3:10)
Bill Williams - Salty Dog (4:37)
Guitar Shorty - Jessie Jones (3:58)
Rev. Pearly Brown - It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In (2:24)
Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (3:56)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:56)
Henry Townsend - Can't You See (3:18)


front cover photo (of Big Joe Williams) by Axel Küstner

112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl

Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)



At
discogs.com
you'll find more compilation albums featuring Gary Davis tracks
which I'm at the moment too lazy to "illustrate" here,
because they don't contain any previously unissued material - afaik

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 79
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 97-98
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 83, 121, 277
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 285
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, pp. 143-145
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, pp. 146-148
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- London (Record Information Services), 1987.- pp. 319-323
- Robert Tilling: "Oh, What A Beautiful City" - A Tribute to Rev. Gary Davis 1896-1972.- Jersey (Paul Mill Press), 1992
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to David J Costa, Harvey Bojarski, Daniel Gjini, Helge Thygesen, Russell Shor, Donovan Weaver, Mario Longoria and Chris Smith for additional info / scans

 


Rev. Gary Davis promo photo
printed by Davis' sometime management, Manny Greenhill's "Folklore Productions"

photographer's name not given (actually Lenny Schechter, c. 1965)

 


Stefan Grossman: Rev. Gary Davis/Blues Guitar.- New York / London (Oak Publications / Music Sales Limited), 1974
(Front cover photograph "Courtesy of Manny Greenhill"; photographer: Lenny Schechter, c. 1965)

 


Robert Tilling: "Oh, What A Beautiful City" - A Tribute to Rev. Gary Davis 1896-1972.- Jersey (Paul Mill Press), 1992
(Back cover photograph by Bob Carlin, 1969; front cover photograph by Valerie Wilmer, 1964)

 


Reprinted in 2010 by Mel Bay / Grossman's Guitar Workshop
(ISBN:0-7866-8258-2; UPC:796279111126; ISBN13:978-07866-8258-4)

 

R E V.   G A R Y   D A V I S and Megan Ochs; photographer: Alice Ochs
Rev. Gary Davis and Megan Ochs
photographer: Alice Ochs

 

 

 

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