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G U I T A R   P E T E   F R A N K L I N; Source: Front cover of Ace CH 247 (UK 1988)
source: Front cover of Ace CH 247 (UK 1988)
photographer: Art Rosenbaum

Guitar Pete Franklin
real name: Edward Lamonte Franklin
b. January 16, 1928 in Indianapolis, Indiana
d. July 31, 1975 at home in Indianapolis, Indiana

buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
discography
G U I T A R   P E T E   F R A N K L I N, p & Scrapper Blackwell, g in Indianapolis, 1960; source: http://www.indystar.com/story/life/2015/05/20/forgotten-graves-notable-indianapolis-people/26928607/</a> photographer: Duncan Schiedt
Pete Franklin, org & Scrapper Blackwell, g in Indianapolis, 1960
source: http://www.indystar.com/story/life/2015/05/20/forgotten-graves-notable-indianapolis-people/26928607/; photographer: Duncan Schiedt

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
11947ST. LOUIS JIMMY

- Coming Up Fast (HY40CF)   @ Spotify
- One Doggone Reason (HY43ODR)   @ Spotify

rec. December 1947 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; Lamont 'Guitar Pete' Franklin, eg; poss Alfred Elkins, b
rec. for Hy-Tone label


Opera 4   [Joe Brown label]

21949Pete Franklin

- Casey Brown Blues (D9VB 0353)   @ Spotify
- Down Behind The Rise (D9VB 035)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. January 26, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Pete Franklin, voc, g; Tampa Red, p; Ransom Knowling, b


RCA Victor 22-0012

Nighthawk LP 101

  

- Mr. Charley (D9VB 0354) #   @ Spotify
- Naptown Blues (D9VB 0355)

rec. January 26, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Pete Franklin, voc, g; Tampa Red, p; Ransom Knowling, b

RCA Victor unissued

# Document CD 5214

31949Jazz Gillum

- Take One More Chance With Me (D9VB 343)
- Look What You Are Today (D9VB 345)

rec. January 25, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Bob Call, p; Pete Franklin, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr


RCA Victor 22-0033


= RCA Victor 50-0017 (1949, 45 rpm red wax)

41949Jazz Gillum

- Gonna Be Some Shooting (D9VB 344)
- A Lie Is Dangerous (D9VB 346)

rec. January 25, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Bob Call, p; Pete Franklin, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr


RCA Victor 22-0051


= RCA Victor 50-0035 (1949, 45 rpm red wax)

   

- Don't Leave Me (No Name Blues) (1014)
- Moonlight Blues (1015)

rec. late 1952 in Chicago, IL; John Brim, voc, g; Ernest Cotton, ts; Sunnyland Slim, p; Pete Franklin, g; Big Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr

JOB unissued

Flyright 568
KC CD 03
Paula PDC-22
Jazz Classics 5086

51949Mildred White

- Kind Hearted Women (D9VB 349)
- Cutting Out On Me (D9VB 352)

rec. January 26, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Mildred White, voc; Pete Franklin, p; Tampa Red, g; Ransom Knowling, b


RCA Victor 22-0015


source: Billboard - 30. Apr. 1949 - p. 131

   

- Home Sick Blues (D9VB 350)
- Broken Hearted Blues (D9VB 351)

rec. January 26, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Mildred White, voc; Pete Franklin, p; Tampa Red, g; Ransom Knowling, b

RCA Victor unissued

   

- Couldn't Take My Rest

rec. late 1952 in Chicago, IL; Ernest Cotton, ts; Sunnyland Slim, p; Pete Franklin, g; Big Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr

JOB unissued

   

- Where Have You Been So Long

rec. late 1952 in Chicago, IL; unidentified artist [Ernest Cotton?], voc; Sunnyland Slim, p; poss. Pete Franklin, g; poss. Moody Jones, b; Alfred Wallace, dr

JOB unissued

Flyright 584
Flyright FLYCD 28
Paula PCD-19

61953John Brim And His Trio

- Over Nite (U-1016) #
- Drinking Woman (S-1924) *

# rec. late 1952 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, p; John Brim, eg; Ernest Cotton, ts; Pete Franklin, g; Ernest 'Big' Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr
* rec. Chicago August 22, 1952; John Brim, voc; prob. Eddie Taylor, eg; Sunnyland Slim, p


JOB 1011

Flyright FLYCD 31
Paula PCD-15
Opal OCD 110
Westside WESA 910
Westside CD WESD 233
Classics CD 5171

78/1954SUNNYLAND SLIM and His Boys

- Woman Trouble (= Over Nite) (U-1016) #
- Shake It Baby (1009-A) *

# rec. Chicago, late 1952; Sunnyland Slim, p; John Brim, eg; Ernest Cotton, ts; Pete Franklin, g; Ernest 'Big' Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr
* rec. late 1952 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, p; unidentified, eg; Ernest Cotton, ts; Ernest 'Big' Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr; unidentified female, voc; orginally released on Ebony 1009


Job 1105

Flyright FLYCD 31
Paula PCD-15
Opal OCD 110
Westside WESA 910
Westside CD WESD 233
Classics CD 5171

   

- City Of New Orleans (U-1017)

rec. rec. late 1952 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, p; John Brim, eg; Ernest Cotton, ts; Pete Franklin, g; Ernest 'Big' Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr

Job unissued

Westside WESA 910
Classics CD 5171

81959Ernest Cotton

- Going Back To Memphis (1018) #
- Uh'm Beautiful (1019) (instr)

rec. October 1952 in Chicago, IL; Ernest Cotton, ts, # voc; Sunnyland Slim, p; Pete Franklin [Fancourt & McGrath 2006] or Robert Jr. Lockwood [http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/job.html], g; Ernest 'Big' Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr


J.O.B. 1120

91963Ernest Cotton

- Sharron
- Unusual Guy

rec. October 1952 in Chicago, IL; Ernest Cotton, ts; Sunnyland Sliom, p; Pete Franklin (or Robert Jr. Lockwood?), g; Ernest 'Big' Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr


J.O.B. 1125


LPs / CDs
101962The Blues of Pete Franklin: guitar pete's blues

- I Got To Find My Baby   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Prison Bound   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Black Gal #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Grievin' Me   @ youtube   @ Spotify

- Rocky Mountains   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Six White Horses   @ youtube #   @ Spotify
- Sail On   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- My Old Lonesome Blues #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Guitar Pete's Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. July 12, 1961 in Indianapolis, IN; Pete Franklin, voc, g, # p; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein & Art Rosenbaum

notes by Art Rosenbaum
 
Bluesville BV/BVLP 1068 (US 1962)

original notes by Art Rosenbaum
click to read notes !
= OBC OBCCD-560-2 (US 1993)

Bluesville Records discography
OBC Records discography

  Guitar Pete Franklin

- ???

rec. at 33rd National Folk Festival, held August 26-29, 1971, at Wolf Trap Farm Park in Vienna, VA

??? unissued

  Guitar Pete Franklin

- ???

rec. 1972 in Indianapolis by Nick Perls

Blue Goose unissued

Blue Goose discography

111975Windy City Blues
The Transition: 1935 to 1953

Pinetop [Aaron 'Pinetop' Sparks]
- Every Day I Have The Blues
State Street Boys
- Sweet To Mama
Washboard Sam
- Easy Ridin' Mama
Robert Lee McCoy
- Prowlin' Nighthawk
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Sunnyland
- My Little Cornelius
Robert Lockwood
- Black Spider Blues
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby

Guitar Pete Franklin
- Down Behind The Rise
- Casey Brown Blues
Tampa Red
- Green And Lucky Blues
Robert Lockwood
- Gonna Dig Myself A Hole
- Dust My Broom
Tony Hollins
- Fishin' Blues
- Wino Woman
Johnny Shines
- Please Don't


notes by Leroy Pierson

Nighthawk 101

Nighthawk Records discography

11a1975The Blues Box - Country Blues

record 1:
Kokomo Arnold
- Shake That Thing
Baby Doo
- The Death Of Walter Barnes
Scrapper Blackwell
- Motherless Boy Blues

Dot Rice & Frankie Black
- Texas Stomp
Son Bonds
- Trouble Trouble Blues
Walter Coleman
- I'm Going To Cincinnati
- Smack That Thing
Blind Teddy Darby
- The Girl I Left Behind

Bumble Bee Slim
- Bleeding Heart Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- I Ain't No Iceman
- Railroad Blues
Big Boy Teddy Edwards
- W-P-A Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- Louisiana
Blind Boy Fuller
- Stingy Mama
- Working Man Blues
Gene Gilmore
- Natchez Fire



record 2:
Bill Gaither
- Pains In My Heart
- In The Wee Wee Hours
Jimmie Gordon
- Graveyard Blues
- Sweet Jelly Rollin'
The Harlem Hamfats
- Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes
- Let Me Feel It
Honey Hill
- Boogie Woogie
- Set 'Em

Springback James
- Stingaree Mama Blues
- Rusty Can Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Flood Water Blues
- Blue Ghost Blues
Signifying Mary Johnson
- Peepin' At The Risin' Sun
- Black Gal Blues
Charlie McCoy
- Candy Man Blues
- Baltimore Blues



record 3:
Joe McCoy
- I Got To Have A Little More
- Please Baby
Robert Lee McCoy
- Gonna Keep It For Me Daddy
- Mama Don't Allow Me To Stay Out All Night Long
Charlie McFadden
- People People
Leothus "Lee" Green
- 44 Blues
Barrel House Buck McFarland
- Mercy Mercy Blues
- Weeping Willow Blues

Arthur McKay
- Central Limited Blues
- She Squeezed My Lemon
Blind Willie McTell
- Let Me Play With Your Yo-Yo
- Ticket Agent Blues
Alice Moore
- Telephone Blues
- Don't Deny Me Baby
Shorty Bob Parker
- The Death Of Slim Green
- So Cold In China



record 4:
Johnny Temple
- Louise Louise Blues
Black Ace
- Whiskey And Woman
Curley Weaver
- Oh Lawdy Mama
Peetie Wheatstraw
- These Times
Georgia White
- Daddy Let Me Lay It On You
- Dead Man's Blues
Oscar Woods
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues
- Don't Sell It-Don't Give It Away

Charlie Pickett
- Crazy 'Bout My Black Gal
- Trembling Blues
Red Nelson
- Detroit Special
- Streamline Train
Sloke And Ike
- Slocum Blues
- Chocolate Candy Blues
Johnnie Strauss
- Hard Working Woman
Roosevelt Sykes
- Soft And Mellow


compiled by Robert "Bob" Hertwig (TELDEC product manager)

4 LP set
notes (in German and English) by Robert Hertwig





MCA Coral 6.30106 (Germany 1975)

= MCA Coral 82.024 / RCOX 7526/1-4 (Germany 1975)

(=) Bob CD 203 (Germany 2006)

121976Blues From The Windy City
Chicago In Transition 1946 - 1952

Bill 'Jazz' Gillum
- Country Woman Blues
John Sellers
- Let Me Be Your Sidetrack
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Bring Another Half Pint
Willie 'Long Time' Smith
- Due Respects To You
Eddie Boyd
- I Had To Let Her Go

Bill 'Jazz' Gillum
- Take One More Chance With Me
Tampa Red
- Maybe Some Day

Guitar Pete Franklin
- Casey Brown Blues

Tampa Red
- It's Good Like That
Memphis Minnie
- Tears On My Pillow

Bill 'Jazz' Gillum
- Look What You Are Today
Walter Davis
- What May Your Troubles Be

Guitar Pete Franklin
- Down Behind The Rise
Willie 'Long Time ' Smith
- Flying Cloud Boogie
James 'Beal St.' Clark
- You Can't Make The Grade
Walter Davis
- Tears Came Rollin' Down


notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley
 
Flyright LP 4713

Flyright Records discography

131977Indianapolis Jump@ youtube (full album playlist)

Shirley Griffith & J.T. Adams
- Maggie Campbell #   @ youtube
- Saturday Blues #   @ youtube
- Indianapolis Jump (instr) #   @ youtube
- Big Road Blues #   @ youtube
Yank Rachell & Shirley Griffith
- Mandolin Stomp (instr) []   @ youtube
J.T. Adams & Shirley Griffith
- Kill It Kid (instr) §   @ youtube
- I Don't Feel Welcome *   @ youtube
- The Hop Joint (instr) §   @ youtube
- Kentucky Guitar Blues (instr) **   @ youtube


Pete Franklin
- Lowdown Dirty Ways |||   @ youtube
- The Fives |||   @ youtube
- Penal Farm Blues ||||   @ youtube
Bertha Lee Jones
- Spanish Blues °°   @ youtube
Scrapper Blackwell
- Little Girl Blues \\   @ youtube
- Cherry (instr) \\   @ youtube

James Easley
- Big Leg Woman //   @ youtube

all tracks rec. in Indianapolis, IN by Art Rosenbaum
# rec. September 1960; Shirley Griffith, voc, g; J.T. Adams, g
[] rec. June 17, 1964; Yank Rachell, mand, sp; Shirley Griffith, g
§ rec. June 1, 1966; J.T. Adams, g; Shirley Griffith, g
* rec. September 1960; J.T. Adams, g, * voc, ** sp; Shirley Griffith, * g, ** sp

|| rec. December 24, 1963 in Indianapolis; Guitar Pete Franklin, voc, ||| p, |||| g
°° rec. June 17. 1961; Bertha Lee Jones, g
\\ rec. June 4, 1958; Scrapper Blackwell, voc, g

// rec. June 17, 1961 in Indianapolis; James Easley, voc, hca; Guitar Pete Franklin, g; Raymond Holloway, g
all photographs by Art Rosenbaum

= re-released on Dust-to-Digital DTD-06 (2006), Dust-to-Digital DTD-12 (2009), Dixiefrog DFGCD8697 (2010)

notes by Art Rosenbaum

Flyright LP 523 (UK 1977)

Flyright Records discography
Shirley Griffith discography
Yank Rachell discography
Scrapper Blackwell discography

141979John Brim / Little Hudson
Classic Early 1950s Chicago Blues

P-Vine PLP 9020 track sequence:
John Brim
- Young And Wild [JOB unissued]
- I Love My Baby (tk 1) [JOB unissued]
- Woke Up This Morning [J.O.B. 110]
- "Chattanooga Tennessee" (= Hospitality Blues) (Grace Brim, voc) [J.O.B. 117]
- Humming Blues [J.O.B. 110]
- Hard Pill To Swallow [most likely tk 1] [JOB unissued]
- Drinkin' Woman [J.O.B. 1011]

Little Hudson
- Rough Treatment [J.O.B. 1015]
- I'm Looking For A Woman [J.O.B. 1015]
- Things Going So Tough With Me (tk 4) [JOB unissued]
- Don't Hung [sic] Around [JOB unissued]
- Shake It Baby [JOB unissued]

John Brim
- Don't Leave Me (No Name Blues) [JOB unissued] #
- Moonlight Blues [JOB unissued] #

Flyright FLY 568 track sequence:
John and Grace Brim
- Young And Wild [P-Vine PLP 9020]
- I Love My Baby (tk 1) [P-Vine PLP 9020]
- I Love My Baby (tk 2) °°
- Trouble In The Morning [J.O.B. 110]
- Humming Blues [J.O.B. 110]
- Man Around My Door[J.O.B. 117] °°
- Hospitality Blues [J.O.B. 117]
- Hard Pill To Swallow "tk 2" [tk 2 actually tk 1] [P-Vine PLP 9020]


John Brim
- Drinking Woman [J.O.B. 1011]
- Don't Leave Me (No Name Blues) [P-Vine PLP 9020] #
- Moonlight Blues [P-Vine PLP 9020] #
Little Hudson
- Rough Treatment [J.O.B. 1015]
- I'm Looking For A Woman [J.O.B. 1015]
- Things Going So Tough With Me (tk 1) °° [J.O.B. unissued]
- Things Going So Tough With Me (tk 4) [P-Vine PLP 9020]
- Don't Hang Around [P-Vine PLP 9020]
- Shake It Baby [P-Vine PLP 9020]


# with Pete Franklin, g

°° tracks not on P-Vine PLP 9020; note on Flyright FLY 568 back cover: "Most of the above were issued on P-Vine PLP-9020, but the album does not include JB-41532-2, 51921 and U-2361-1."


P-Vine PLP 9020 (Jp 1980) "john brim & little hudson"

notes by Mike Rowe

Flyright 568 (UK 1981)

KC CD 03, Paula PCD-22

Flyright Records discography
Grace & John Brim discography

151983Baby Face Leroy & Floyd Jones
The Job series Vol. 6

Baby Face Leroy
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore
- Take A Little Walk With Me
- Pet Rabbit
- Louella
- Late Hours At Midnight
- Blues Is Killing Me
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
- I Lost A Good Woman

Floyd Jones
- Skinny Mama
- Rising Wind
- On The Road Again
Snooky Pryor
- Boogy Fool
- Raisin' Sand
- Head Is Turning Grey
- Can't Feel Good

unknown
- Where Have You Been So Long

notes by Mike Rowe

Flyright FLY 584

Flyright Records discography

161988Bluesville 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

171990Blues Is Killin' Me

Baby Face Leroy
- Pet Rabbit
- Louella
- Late Hours At Midnight
- Blues Is Killin' Me
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
- I Lost A Good Woman
- Skinny Mama
- Rising Wind
- On The Road Again

Unknown
- Where Have You Been So Long
Little Hudson
- Rough Treatment
- I'm Looking For A Woman
- Things Going So Tough With Me
- Don't Hang Around
Memphis Minnie
- Kissing In The Dark
- World Of Trouble
- In Love Again
- What A Night
Little Son Joe
- Ethel Bea
- A Little Too Late

notes by Mike Rowe

Flyright FLYCD 28 (UK 1990)

notes by Mike Rowe

= Paula PCD-19 (US 1991)

181990Chicago Piano 1951 - 1958 from Cobra and JOB

Sunnyland Slim
- Highway 61
- It's You Baby

- Over Night (Woman Trouble)
- That Woman
- 'Fore Day Bounce
Floyd Jones
- Big World
Sunnyland Slim
- Mary Lee
Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years
- Hard Headed Woman
- It's Miserable To Be Alone
Charles Clark
- Row Your Boat
Memphis Slim
- I Wonder What's The Matter
- I Can't Live Without You
- Best Gal I Ever Had
- So Tired
- Need My Baby
Little Brother Montgomery
- Keep Drinkin'
- Boogie
Moody Jones
- Please Somebody
J.T. Brown
- Short Dresses


Flyright FLYCD 31 (UK 1990)


= Paula PCD-15 (US 1991)

191991Paula Records presents
Chicago Blues Of The 1950's

- Irma Lee - Guitar Shorty
- You Don't Treat Me Right - Guitar Shorty
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight - Lillian Offitt
- I'll Just Keep Walkin' - Lee Jackson
- Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- Changing Love - Clarence Jolly
- Easy Baby (Take 5) - Magic Sam
- Highway 61 - Sunnyland Slim
- Why Should I Worry - Moody Jones
- Screaming And Crying - Morris Pejoe
- Maybe Blues - Morris Pejoe
- Trouble In The Morning - John Brim
- I Love My Baby - John Brim
- Man Around My Door - Grace Brim
- Humming Blues - John Brim
- Hospitality Blues - Grace Brim
- Young And Wild - John Brim
- Drinking Woman - John Brim
- Hard Pill To Swallow - John Brim

- Don't Leave Me - John Brim
- Moonlight Blues - John Brim


Paula PCD-22 (US 1991)

notes by Mark Humphrey

= KC CD 03 (Cz 1992) "Chicago Blues Of The Fifties"

201994Jazz Gillum: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order   Vol. 4   (1946-1949)

- Fast Woman
- All In All Blues
- Keep On Sailing
- Look On Younder Wall
- Long Razor Blues
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby
- Roll Dem Bones
- Can't Trust Myself
- I'm Not The Lad
- Blues What Am
- Gonna Take My Rap
- You Got To Run Me Down
- Chauffer Blues
- Hand Reader Blues
- Country Woman Blues
- You Should Give Some Away
- Take A Little Walk With Me
- What A Gal
- Signifying Woman
- Devil Blues
- Jazz Gillum's Blues

- Take One More Chance With Me
- Gonna Be Some Shooting
- Look What You Are Today
- A Lie Is Dangerous

notes by Keith Briggs

Document CD 5200 (Austria 1994)

211994Tampa Red: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol. 14, 1949-1951

Guitar Pete Franklin
- Casey Brown Blues [RCA Victor 22-0012]
- Mr. Charley [RCA Victor unissued]
- Down Behind The Rise [RCA Victor 22-0012]
Tampa Red
- It's a Brand New Boogey
- Come On, If You're Coming
- Please Try to See It My Way
- When Things Go Wrong With You
- Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
- That's Her Own Business
- It's Too Late Now
- I'll Find My Way
- 1950 Blues
- It's Good Like That
- Love Her With A Feelin'
- New Deal Blues
- Midnight Boogie
- Don't Blame Shorty For That
- I Miss My Lovin' Blues
- Sweet Little Angel
- Since My Baby's Been Gone
- She's Dynamite
- Pretty Baby Blues
- Early In The Morning


notes by Alan Balfour

Document CD 5214 (Austria 1994)

221999The Bluesville Years, Vol. 9
"Down the Country Way"


J.T. Adams And Shirley Griffith
- Match Box Blues
- O Mama How I Love You
Robert Curtis Smith
- Get A Real Young Woman
- I'm Going Away
Smoky Babe
- Hottest Brand Goin'
- Locomotive Blues
Robert Pete Williams
- Free Again
- Rolling Stone
Wade Walton
- Rock Me, Mamma
- Blues, Stay Away From Me
Big Joe Williams
- Jockey Ride Blues
- Coal And Iceman Blues

Pete Franklin
- I Got To Find My Baby [Bluesville BVLP 1068]
- Black Gal [Bluesville BVLP 1068]
Scrapper Blackwell
- Blues Before Sunrise
- A Blues
Blind Willie Mctell
- Broke Down Engine Blues
- Don't Forget It
Tampa Red
- Dark And Stormy Night
- You Better Let My Gal Alone



Prestige PRCD-9917-2 (US 1999)

Bluesville Records discography

231999The Bluesville Years, Vol. 11
"Blues is Heart's Sorrow"


Roosevelt Sykes
- I Hate To Be Alone
- Selfish Woman
Sunnyland Slim
- Everytime I Get To Drinking
Mercy Dee Walton
- Pity And A Shame
Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'll Go On Living
- Sail On
- Little Girl
- How Long Blues
Lightnin Hopkins with Sonny Terry
- Last Night Blues
Henry Townsend
- The Train Is Coming
Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim
- Nervous
Lonnie Johnson
- You Have No Love In Your Heart
- Evil Woman
- Four Walls and Me
Mildred Anderson
- I'm Getting Long Alright
Little Brother Montgomery
- Cry Cry Baby
Curtis Jones
- Fool Blues
- Good Woman Blues

Pete Franklin
- My Old Lonesome Blues
St Louis Jimmy
- Dog House Blues
- Some Sweet Day


Prestige PRCD-9921-2 (US 1999)

Bluesville Records discography

242000Chicago Blues (1933-1953)

disc 1:
- Friendless Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Mississippi River Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Keep On Knocking - Lil Johnson
- When The Sun Goes Down - Leroy Carr
- Hustlin' Woman Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Well Well - Joe McCoy
- I Love All My Women - Washboard Sam
- Prowlin' Night Hawk - Robert Lee McCoy
- Bluebird Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- My Gal Is Gone - Tampa Red
- My Old Lizzie - Jazz Gillum
- Back Door - Washboard Sam
- Bad Luck Blues 1939 - Sonny Boy Williamson
- I Been Dealing With The Devil - Sonny Boy Williamson
- 38 Pistol Blues - Yank Rachell
- Break Em' On Down - Big Joe Williams
- Why Don't You Do Right? - Lil Green
- Worried Life Blues - Big Maceo
- Beer Drinking Woman - Memphis Slim
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby - Robert Lockwood


disc 2:
- Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood
- Cheating And Lying Blues - Dr Clayton
- Going Down Slow - St Louis Jimmy
- He's A Jelly-Roll Baker - Lonnie Johnson
- Mean Ol' Frisco Blues - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Chicago Breakdown - Big Maceo
- Somebody's Been Worryin' - Big Joe Williams
- High Price Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Elevator Woman - Sonny Boy Williamson
- That's All Right - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Sunny Road - Roosevelt Sykes
- Better Cut That Out - Sonny Boy Williamson
- I Had To Let Her Go - Eddie Boyd
- When Things Go Wrong With You: (It Hurts Me Too) - Tampa Red

- Down Behind The Rise - Pete Franklin [RCA Victor 22-0012]
- Take One More Chance With Me - Jazz Gillum
- Tears Come Rolling Down - Walter Davis
- So Crazy About You Baby - Tampa Red
- Big Stars Falling Blues - Tampa Red
- Signifying Woman - Jazz Gillum


2 CD set

Sony/BMG (UK 2000)

25200?Gonna Take My Rap
Post War Chicago Blues, 1945-49

Sonny Boy Williamson (1)
- Elevator Woman
James 'Beal St.' Clark
- Come To Me Baby (What Evil Have I Done)
Sonny Boy Williamson (2)
- Sonny Boy's Jump
Dr. Clayton
- Farwell Little Girl
John Sellers
- Let Me Be Your Sidetrack
Willie 'Long Time' Smith
- Due Respects To You
Sonny Boy Williamson (1)
- GM And O blues
Bill 'Jazz' Gillum
- Gonna Take My Rap
Memphis Minnie
- Mean Mistreater Blues
Eddie Boyd
- I Had To Let Her Go
James 'Beal St.' Clark
- You Can't Make The Grade
Dr. Clayton
- Broke And Hungry
Tampa Red
- It's A Brand New Boogey

Pete Franklin
- Casey Brown Blues [RCA Victor 22-0012]
Bill 'Jazz' Gillum
- Signifying Woman
Willie 'Long Time ' Smith
- Flying Cloud Boogie
Tampa Red
- Come On If You're Coming

Pete Franklin
- Down Behind The Rise [RCA Victor 22-0012]
Memphis Minnie
- True Love
Tampa Red
- Please Try To See It My May
Bill 'Jazz' Gillum
- Hand Reader Blues
Tampa Red
- I'll Find My Way


Indigo IGCD 2114 (UK 200?)

262001Jazz Gillum: It Sure Had A Kick
The Essential Recordings of ...

- You're Laughing Now
- I'm Gonna Get It
- Let Her Go
- It Sure Had A Kick
- Riley Springs Blues
- I Got Somebody Else
- Maybe You'll Love Me Too
- It Looks Bad For You
- War Time Blues
- You Are Doing Me Wrong
- Down South Blues
- I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town
- I Couldn't Help It
- Tell Me, Mama
- Keep on Sailing
- Long Razor Blues
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby
- I'm Not The Lad
- Blues What Am
- Country Woman Blues
- Take A Little Walk With Me
- What A Gal

- Take One More Chance With Me
- Look What You Are Today

Guitar Pete Franklin only on the final two titles


Indigo IGOCD 2132 (UK 2001)

272001Sunnyland Slim And Friends: Sunnyland Special
The Cobra and Job recordings 1949-56

Sunnyland Slim
- When I Was Young
- Bassology
- Worried About My Baby
- Down Home Child
- Sunnyland Special
Sunnyland Slim Trio
- Mary Lee
- Leaving Your Town

Sunnyland Slim And His Boys
- Shake It Baby
- Woman Trouble
- City Of New Orleans
Sunnyland Slim And His Playboys
- That Woman
- Four Day Bounce
Sunnyland Slim
- Highway 61
- It's You Baby
Sunnyland Slim, Jimmy Rogers
- Blues
Sunnyland Slim
- Highway 61
- Highway 61
- Highway 61
Floyd Jones
- Big World
- Dark Road
Floyd Jones And His Trio
- I Lost A Good Woman
- Skinny Mama
- Rising Wind
- On The Road Again
Moody Jones
- Please Somebody
Robert Lockwood Jr.
- Aw Aw Baby
- Sweet Woman From Maine
- Dust My Broom
- Pearly B
- Dust My Broom


Westside CD WESA 910 (UK 2001)

282002Rough Treatment: The J.O.B. Records Story

disc 1:
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- Late Hours At Midnight - Babyface Leroy
- Pet Rabbit - Babyface Leroy
- How Much More - J.B. Lenoir
- Mojo - J.B. Lenoir
- Boogie Fool - Snooky Pryor>
- Crying Shame - Snooky Pryor
- Boogie Twist - Snooky Pryor
- Rough Treatment - Little Hudson
- Don't Hand Around - Little Hudson
- Sweet Woman From Maine - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dust My Broom - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dark Road - Floyd Jones
- Skinny Mama - Floyd Jones
- Kissing In The Dark - Memphis Minnie
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Hard Pill To Swallow - John Brim
- Glad I Don't Worry No More - Fat Man
- Please Somebody - Moody Jones
- Keep Drinkin' - Little Brother Montgomery
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie - John Lee
- Man Around My Door - Grace Brim
- Down Home Child - Sunnyland Slim
- Ethel Bea - Little Son Joe
- Ramblin' - Johnny Shines

- Goin' Back To Memphis - Ernest Cotton

disc 2:
- Aw Aw Baby - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Pearly B - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Leaving Your Town - Sunnyland Slim

- Overnight - Sunnyland Slim
- Trouble In The Morning - John Brim
- You've Got To Stop This Mess - Fat Man
- Eighty Nine Ten - Snooky Pryor
- Raising Sand - Snooky Pryor
- Things Going So Tough With Me - Little Hudson
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Play A Little While - J.B. Lenoir
- People Are Meddling - J.B. Lenoir
- Knockin' On Lula's Mae's Door - John Lee
- Big World - Floyd Jones
- On The Road Again - Floyd Jones
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- Cool Driver - Johnny Shines
- Hospitality Blues - Grace Brim
- Louella - Babyface Leroy
- Blues Is Killing Me - Babyface Leroy
- Blue Coat Man - Eddie Boyd
- Little Too Late - Little Son Joe
- Why Should I Worry - Moody Jones
- Boogie - Little Brother Montgomery
- World Of Trouble - Memphis Minnie
- Drinking Woman - John Brim

- Uh'm Beautiful - Ernest Cotton

2 CD set

Westside CD WESD 233 (UK 2002)

292003Harmonica Blues, Vol. 2: 1946-1952

CD 1:
- Hoodoo Hoodoo John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
- Boogy Fool Snooky Pryor

- Take One More Chance With Me Jazz Gillum
- Mellow Chick Swing John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
- Woman On Every Street Forest City Joe
- Pontiac Blues Sonny Boy Williamson
- Me Bebop Gal Doctor Ross
- Little Boy Blue Big Walter Horton
- Love My Baby Frank Edwards
- Mercury Boogie
- Cadillac Blues J. D.Horton
- Better Get Ready Elder Roma Wilson
- Brazos Blues Billy Brazos
- Santa Fe Blues Pee Wee Hughes
- Rambling Around My Blues Sam Kelly
- Walkin' Talkin' Blues Joe Hill Louis
- Now Tell Me Baby Big Walter Horton
- Mr. Downchild Sonny Boy Williamson
- Harmonica Boogie Pete Lewis
CD 2:
- Down South Blues Drifting Slim
- Blue Midnight Little Walter
- Going to New Orleans Little Sam Davis
- Harmonica Rhumba Sonny Terry
- Riding in the Moonlight Howlin' Wolf
- Scratchin' Pete Lewis
- Baby, Let's Have Some Fun Sonny Terry
- Honeydripper Papa Lightfoot
- Come Home and Go With Me Sonny Boy Johnson
- Stop Mess Around
- Jumpin' With Jarvis Papa Lightfoot,
- Man Around My Door Grace Brim,
- Little Milton's Boogie Little Milton
- Five Foot Three Sunny Blair
- Wailin' Willie Rhythm Willie
- Hello Miss Jessie Lee Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- Sad Hours Little Walter


Fremeaux CD FA 5059 (Fr 2003)

30200?John Brim: Authorized Blues
His Random and JOB Recordings

- Dark Clouds
- Lonesome Man Blues
- Going Down The Line
- Young And Wild
- Love My Baby
- Trouble In The Morning
- Humming Blues
- Hard Pill To Swallow
- Drinking Woman

- Don't Leave Me #
- Moonlight Blues #
- Moving Out
You Put The Hurt On Me

# John Brim, voc, g with Ernest Cotton, ts; Sunnyland Slim, p; Pete Franklin, g; Big Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr


Anna Bea ABCD 451

312004John Brim: 1950-1953

- Strange Man
- Mean Man Blues
- Dark Clouds
- Lonesome Man Blues
- Going Down The Line
- Leaving Daddy Blues
- Young And Wild
- I Love My Baby
- Trouble In The Morning
- Humming Blues
- Man Around My Door
- Hospitality Blues
- Hard Pill To Swallow
- Drinking Woman

- Don't Leave Me (No Name Blues)
- Moonlight Blues
- Rattlesnake
- It Was A Dream
- Lifetime Baby
- Ice Cream Man
- Tough Times
- Gary Stomp


Jazz Classics CD 5086

322007Art Of Field Recording Vol. 1
50 Years Of Traditional Music Documented By Art Rosenbaum

disc 3:
- Georgia Bottleneck Blues - Cecil Barfield
- Carroll County Blues - Gordon Tanner, Smokey Joe Miller & Uncle John Patterson
- Brooks' Blues - Brooks Berry & Scrapper Blackwell
- Key to the Highway - Neal Patman & Bill Giles
- Red River Blues - J. T. Adams
- Nobody's Business - George Childers
- Bowles' Blues - Eddie Bowles
- Got the Blues So Bad - Cliff Sheats

- Guitar Pete's Blues - Guitar Pete Franklin [Bluesville BVLP 1068]
- Peach Orchard Mama - James Yank Rachel & Shirley Griffith
- Big Leg Women - James Easley, Guitar Pete Franklin & Raymond Holloway [Flyright 523]
- Leaving Here, Don't Know Where I'm Going - Joe K. Rakestraw & Art Rosenbaum
- The Mogul - Neal Patman
- Deep Ellum Blues - Buford Boyd & Willard Benson
- River Line Blues - Shirley Griffith
- Going Down the Road Feeling Bad - Jake Staggers
- I Cried All Night Long - Harvie Sims
- Maggie Campbell Blues - Shirley Griffith

- How Long Blues - Guitar Pete Franklin (voc, p)
- "A" Blues - Scrapper Blackwell

4 CD set

Dust-to-Digital (2007)

332010Dixiefrog presents Black & White
Recorded in the Field by Art Rosenbaum

Henry Grady Terrel - Old John Henry Died On The Mountain
The Chancey Brothers - I Wish I Was A Mode In The Ground
Mose Parker - John Henry
Silver Light Gospel Singers - Don't You Let Nobody Turn You 'round
Gordon Tanner & Smokey Joe Miller - Devilish Mary
James "Yank" Rachell & Shirley Griffith - Mandolin Stomp [Flyright LP 523]
Lawrence Eller & Vaughn Eller - Down The Road
Golden River Grass - Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
Jake Staggers - Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
Brady Doc & Lucy Barnes - Free Go Lily
Ben Entrekin & Uncle John Patterson - Flat Foot Charlie
Cecil Barfield - Georgia Bottkeneck Blues
Lawrence McKiver & The McIntosh County Shouters - Jubilee
Marie Lomax - Lord Daniel
The Eller Brothers & Ross Brown - Don't Go Riding Down That Old Texas Trail

Guitar Pete Franklin - Guitar Pete's Blues [Bluesville BVLP 1068]
Albert Hash & Art Rosenbaum - Train 45
Eddie Bowles - Bowles' Blues
George Childers - Nobody's Business
Scrapper Blackwell - Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog
Fleeta & Rev. Nathaniel Mitchell - Brother, You Ought T've Been There
Tony Bryant - Broke Down Engine
Juanita & Oscar Shorty Shehan - Free Little Bird
The Balfa Brothers & Nathan Abshire - J'ai passé devant ta porte



Dixiefrog DFGCD8697 (2010)

33a2014The 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)

342017Down Home Blues - Chicago - Fine Boogie

CD 1:
James McCain - I Got To Check Up On My Baby(3:32)
James McCain - Good Morning Mr. Roosevelt (2:40)
Bluesboy Bill - Come On Babe (2:28)
Johnny Shines - Tennessee Woman Blues (2:51)
Muddy Waters - Jitterbug Blues (2:52)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Hard Day Blues (2:50)
John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (2:47)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - My Buddy Doctor Clayton (3:04)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - I Love You Baby Boogie (3:09)
Little Walter with Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues (2:37)
Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her (2:29)
Jimmy Rogers - Little Store Blues (2:37)
Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman (2:35)
Johnny Temple - Old '98' Blues (2:25)
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:43)
St. Louis Jimmy - Florida Hurricane (2:57)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Train Time (3:19)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Roll Tumble And Slip (3:25)
Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues (2:54)
Floyd Jones - Keep What You Got (2:22)
Little Walter - Blue Baby (2:17)
Little Walter - I Want My Baby (2:48)
Robert Nighthawk with Ethel Mae Brown - Down The Line (2:50)
The Nighthawks - She Knows How To Love A Woman (3:09
Big Maceo - One Sunday Morning (2:52)
Big Maceo - Just Tell Me Baby (2:29)


CD 2:
Pete Franklin - Down Behind The Rise (3:12)
Pete Franklin - Casey Brown Blues (3:15)
Mildred White - Kind Hearted Woman (2:52)
Mildred White - Cutting Out On Me (2:57)
Muddy Waters - Last Time I Fool Around With You (2:39)
Muddy Waters - You Gonna Need my Help (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Anymore (3:16)
Baby Face Leroy - Take A Little Walk With Me (3:10)
Gray Haired Bill - Gertrude (2:38)
Gray Haired Bill - I'm A Hard Working Man (2:59)
The Nighthawks - Black Angel Blues (3:05)
Jimmy Rogers - Ludella (2:42)
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (3:03)
Floyd Jones - Dark Road (3:15)
Floyd Jones - Overseas (2:13)
Floyd Jones - Playhouse (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (2:41)
Muddy Waters - All Night Long (3:50)
J.B. Lenoir - Let's Roll (2:52)
Howlin' Wolf - Howling Wolf Boogie (2:40)
Johnny Shines - Ramblin' (2:32)
Johnny Shines - Ain't Doin' No Good (2:36)
Snooky Pryor - Fine Boogie (3:04)
Memphis Minnie - Conjur Man (2:59)
Little Walter - Juke (3:00)
Little Walter - Can't Hold Out Much Longer (2:55)


CD 3:
Elmore James - She Just Won't Do Right (3:04)
Elmore James - My Best Friend (3:22)
Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes (3:17)
Baby Face Leroy - Blues Is Killin' Me (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - Late Hours At Midnight (3:11)
Blue Smitty - Crying (3:03)
Blue Smitty - Date Bait (2:37)
Jimmy Rogers - Mistreated Baby (3:30)
Jimmy Rogers - What's The Matter (3:17)
Homesick James - Whiskey Headed Woman (2:48)
Little Walter - Blue Midnight (3:04)
Johnny Williams - Silver Haired Woman (2:47)
Johnny Williams - Fat Mouth (2:39)
Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go (3:06)
Jimmy Rogers - Act Like You Love Me (3:03)
Homesick James - Homesick (3:08)
Homesick James - Late Hours At Midnight (2:52)
Billy Boy Arnold - Hello Stranger (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Ain't Got No Money (2:31)
Johnny Shines - Evening Shuffle (2:16)
J.B. Lenoir - The Mojo (2:53)
J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down Woman (3:24)
Howlin' Wolf - You Gonna Wreck My Life (2:37)
Big Boy Spires - Someday little Darling (3:11)
Big Boy Spires - Rhythm Rock Boogie (2:38)
Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark (2:32)


CD 4:
Sonny Boy Williamson - Work With Me (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - You Killing Me (3:24)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' (2:36)
John Brim - Ice Cream Man (2:49)
John Brim - Life Time Baby (3:06)
Lazy Bill - My Baby's Gone (2:45)
Lazy Bill - I Can't Sleep, I Can't Eat (2:50)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (2:45)
Albert King - Sweet Woman (2:59)
Sunnyland Slim - Trouble Of My Own (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Worried About My Baby (3:01)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (3:09)
Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues (3:25)
J.B. Hutto - Price Of Love (3:02)
Big Boy Spires - Tired Of Being Mistreated (2:30)
Sunnyland Slim - I Done You Wrong (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Be My Baby (2:55)
Little Walter - Got To Find My Baby (3:09)
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Yes She's Gone (2:41)
Dusty Brown - He Don't Love You (3:15)
Dusty Brown - Rusty Dusty (2:47)
Jimmy Rogers - You're The One (2:37)
Billy Boy Arnold - Sweet On You Baby (2:36)
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me (2:29)
Jimmy Reed - You Upset My Mind (2:53)
Jimmy Reed - Come On Baby (2:40)


CD 5:
Elmore James - The Twelve Year Old Boy (3:07)
Elmore James - Coming Home (2:27)
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too (3:06)
John Brim -Go Away (2:45)
John Brim - That Ain't Right (2:51)
Birmingham Junior - Birmingham Late Hours (2:30)
Birmingham Junior - You're Too Bad (2:31)
Howlin' Wolf - Break Of day (2:48)
Howlin' Wolf - Bluebird (3:35)
Howlin' Wolf - You Ought To Know (3:22)
Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You (2:42)
Otis Spann - I'm In Love With You Baby (2:40)
Snooky Pryor - Someone To Love Me (2:37)
Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day (2:47)
Snooky Pryor - You Tried To Ruin Me Baby (2:02)
Po' Joe Williams - Kings Highway (2:27)
Po' Joe Williams - Eula Mae (2:50)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Lose Your Eye (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Wonder Why (1:34)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Know What Love Is All About (2:42)
Jimmy Reed - When You Left Me (2:37)
Jimmy Reed - It's You Baby (2:27)
Jimmy Reed - Do The Thing (2:47)
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Key To Your Door (2:37)
John Brim - I Would Hate To See You Go (2:46)
John Brim - You Got Me Where You Want Me (3:02)
Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours Of Fear (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (2:46)


88-pp. book by Mike Rowe

5 CD set

Wienerworld WNRCD5100 (US/EU 2017)

357/2019Down Home Blues - Chicago Volume 2 - Sweet Home Chicago
CD 1:
James Clark - Who But You (2:41)
Memphis Jimmy - Drifting (3:20)
Johnny Shines - Delta Pine Blues (3:03)
Johnny Shines - Ride, Ride Mama (2:55)
Johnny Shines - Evil-Hearted Woman Blues (2:50)
Homer Harris - I'm Gonna Cut Your Head (2:56)
Homer Harris - Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (3:06)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Due Respects To You (3:27)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - No Special Rider Here (3:03)
'Blues Boy' Bill - "Little Boy" Blue (3:14)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (alt tk) (2:33)
James (Beal Street) Clark - Come To Me Baby (2:51)
James (Beal Street) Clark - You Can't Make The Grade (2:55)
Herman Ray - Xmas Blues (2:44)
Forest City Joe - Special Delivery Man (2:52)
Forest City Joe -. Shady Lane Woman (3:02)
Homer Harris - Atomic Bomb Blues (2:34)
Homer Harris - Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (3:08)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Devilment On My Mind (2:57)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Homeless Blues (3:12)
Forest City Joe - Mean Mistreatin' Woman (2:52)
Forest City Joe - Lonesome Day Blues (2:51)
Dirty Red - Mother Fuyer (2:28)
Dirty Red - You Done Me Wrong (3:14)

Pete Franklin - Mr. Charley (3:10)
Big Bill Broonzy - Water Coast Blues (2:46)

CD 2:
Muddy Waters - Hard Days (2:41)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground (2:38
Floyd Jones - School Days (2:51
Tampa Red - Come On, If You're Coming (2:53)
Tampa Red - I'll Find My Way (2:39)
Johnny Temple - Between Midnight And Day (2:36)
Johnny Temple - Sit Right On It (2:22)
Jimmy Rogers - Hard Working Man (3:22)
Jimmy Rogers - My Little Machine (3:12)
Jimmy Rogers - Crying Shame (2:50)
Robert Lockwood Jr. - Glory For Man (2:30)
Robert Lockwood Jr. - My Daily Wish (2:43)
Howling Wolf - How Many More Years (alt tk) (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Just My Kind (2:53)
Memphis Minnie - Broken Heart (2:37)
Memphis Minnie - Lake Michigan (3:00)
Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur (alt tk) (2:54)
Muddy Waters - Lonesome Day (3:32)
Muddy Waters - Stuff You Gotta Watch (2:52)
Blue Smitty - Crying (2:45)
Blue Smitty - Elgin Movement (3:27)
Memphis Minnie - In Love Again (2:32)
Memphis Minnie - What A Night (3:00)
Rocky Fuller - Funeral Hearse At My Door (3:17)
Little Walter - Driftin' (alt tk) (3:09)
Little Walter - Off The Wall (alt tk) (2:59)


CD 3:
Honey Boy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago (tk 2) (3:03)
Honey Boy Edwards - Drop Down Mama (2:39)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (tk 4) (2:34)
Big Boy Spires - My Baby Left Me (2:36)
Little Walter - That's It (3:14)
Little Walter - That's It (edited) (2:47)
Little Walter - Blues With A Feeling (alt tk) (2:57)
Elmore James - I See My Baby (3:07)
Elmore James - Country Boogie (2:43)
Lazy Bill - I Had A Dream (alt tk) (2:57)
Lazy Bill - She Got Me Walkin' (alt tk) (3:08)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (alt tk) (2:41)
Albert King - Hand Me Down (Sweet Woman) (2:58)
Albert King - Murder (2:59)
Morris Pejoe - Untitled Instrumental (2:23)
Morris Pejoe - Hurt My Feelings (2:55)
Homesick James - Lonesome Blues (2:23)
Homesick James - 12th St Station (2:44)
Homesick James - Long Lonesome Days (2:26)
Gus Jenkins - Eight Ball (3:12)
Muddy Waters - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (alt tk) (2:48)
Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil (2:43)
Otis Spann - Five Spot (2:45)
Little Walter - I Love You So (Oh Baby) (2:35)
Little Walter - Last Night (first tk) (2:56)
Henry Gray - Goodbye Baby (3:19)
Henry Gray - You Messed Up (2:53)


CD 4:
Chuck Berry - Wee Wee Hours (3:06)
Chuck Berry - No Money Down (3:00)
Chuck Berry - I've Changed (3:07)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Was Fooled (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - Don't Stay Out All Night (2:54)
Bo Diddley - Little Girl (alt tk) (2:38)
Bo Diddley - I'm A Man (alt tk) (3:08)
Bo Diddley - You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) (2:50)
Henry Gray - Watch Yourself (2:45)
Henry Gray - That Ain't Right (2:29)
Muddy Waters - This Pain (3:10)
Muddy Waters - I Want To Be Loved (alt tk) (2:46)
Little Walter - Little Girl (3:07)
Little Walter - Temperature (first tk) (2:02)
Dusty Brown - Hurry Home (2:45)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Evening Everybody (2:38)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Have You Ever Been In Love (2:55)
Herby Joe - Smokestack Lightning (2:53)
Herby Joe - Dreamed (Last Night) (2:28)
Harmonica "Blues King" Harris - I Need You Pretty Baby For My Own (2:47)
Harmonica "Blues King" Harris - Blues King Mango (2:26)
Po Joe Williams - Goin' Back (2:53)
Po Joe Williams - My Baby Left (2:37)
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got Me Wrong (2:41)
Billy Boy Arnold - My Heart Is Crying (2:12)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Don't Know (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Like Wolf (2:51)
Sonny Boy Williamson - This Is My Apartment (2:41)


CD 5:
Jimmy Reed - I'm Gonna Ruin You (first tk) (2:49)
Jimmy Reed - Honey, Where You Going? (2:41)
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (2:59)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Hurts Me So Much (tk 2) (2:38)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Fattening Frogs For Snakes (alt tk) (3:01)
Elmore James - Knocking At Your Door (2:39)
G. "Davy" Crockett - Look Out Mable (2:25)
Jimmy Reed - Honey, Where You Going? (alt tk) (3:14)
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (alt tk) (3:12)
Jimmy Reed - Signals Of Love (alt tk) (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Well You Know (I Love You) (2:48)
Freddie Hall - I Love This Carrying On (2:43)
Freddie Hall - She's A Upsetter (2:35)
Little Mack Simmons - My Walking Blues (3:12)
Little Mack Simmons - Come Back (2:35)
Eddie Boyd - Nothing But Trouble (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Her Picture In The Frame (3:28)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (3:05)
Elmore James - I Can't Hold Out (2:18)
Elmore James - The Sun Is Shining (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Mr Airplane Man (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Little Baby (2:45)
Hound Dog Taylor - Baby's Coming Home (2:38)
Hound Dog Taylor - Five, Take Five (2:05)
Homesick James - Can't Afford To Do It (2:31)
Homesick James - Set A Date (2:40)
Slim Willis - Running Around (2:55)
Slim Willis - No Feeling For You (3:02)


essay by Mike Rowe

5 CD set

Wienerworld WNRCD5106 (US/EU 7/2019)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 155-156, 574
- Harris, Sheldon: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- pp. 181-182
- Leadbitter, Mike & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- pp. 104, 149, 423, 461
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/opera.html
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/job.html
- http://blueslim.m78.com/john_brim_e.html
- eBay auctions
- other internet sources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Gerrit Robs, Bob Eagle, Paul Vernon, David J Costa, Dave Garland, Fernando Goin, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva, Marc Claes, Wes Race and Scott Barretta for additional info / scans

 

short Pete Franklin bio

 

G U I T A R   P E T E   F R A N K L I N; source: Sing Out! Vol. 22 # 2 (1973), p. 28; photographer: Herbert Wise
source: Sing Out! vol. 22 # 2 (1973), p. 28; photographer: Herbert Wise

 

G U I T A R   P E T E   F R A N K L I N; from Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who, p. 182
source: Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who, p. 182
photographer's name not given

 

G U I T A R   P E T E   F R A N K L I N; from ebay auction; photographer: Art Rosenbaum
source: ebay auction; photographer: Art Rosenbaum

 

G U I T A R   P E T E   F R A N K L I N; from ebay auction; photographer: Art Rosenbaum
James Easley [I suppose], hca & Pete Franklin, g
source: ebay auction; photographer: Art Rosenbaum

 

G U I T A R   P E T E   F R A N K L I N; from ebay auction; photographer: Art Rosenbaum
source: ebay auction; photographer: Art Rosenbaum

 

G U I T A R   P E T E   F R A N K L I N; source: The Blues Collection # 44 (Germany 1996) 'Champion Jack Dupree', p. 521 ('Blues Unlimited')
Edward "Guitar Pete" Franklin
source: The Blues Collection # 44 (Germany 1996) "Champion Jack Dupree", p. 521 ("Blues Unlimited")

 

 

 

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