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S H A K E Y   J A K E; source: Front cover of Polydor PD 5014
source: Front cover of Polydor PD 5014
S H A K E Y   J A K E footage @ Youtube
Shakey Jake October 4, 1962 in Baden-Baden, Germany
with Memphis Slim, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Jump Jackson

Shakey Jake
Jimmie D. Harris   a/k/a "Shaky Jake"
b. April 12, 1921 in Earle, Crittenden County, Arkansas
d. March 2, 1990 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Forrest City, St. Francis County, Arkansas

discography

#year
of release
title / label / notes
   

- Things Are Different
- Angry Lover

rec. c. 1957 in Chicago, IL; James Harris, voc, hca; Magic Sam, g; prob. Mac Thompson, b; Odie Payne, dr


Ping unissued


MBS Recordings acetate as by "Shaky Jake" [sic]

more info

11958Shakey Jake and Willie Dixon Band

- Roll Your Money Maker (C1048) #   @ youtube
- Call Me If You Need Me (C1049) [= "Love My Baby"]   @ youtube

rec. 1958 in Chicago, IL; Shakey Jake, voc; Willie Dixon Band: Magic Sam, Freddy King, g; Odell Campbel, b-g; Willie Dixon, b; Junior Blackmon, dr; # ens voc

 
Artistic 1502 (US 1958)


= Vivid 100 (Jp 1964)

21960Shakey Jake: Good Times@ youtube (full album)

- Worried Blues #   @ youtube
- My Foolish Heart [Bluesville 45-807]
- Sunset Blues (instr) #
- You Spoiled Your Baby #
- Tear Drops #
- Just Shakey (instr) #

- Jake's Blues (instr) # [Bluesville 45-807]
- Still Your Fool #   @ youtube
- Keep A-Loving Me Baby
- Call Me When You Need Me # [= "Love My Baby"]
- Huffin' And Puffin' (instr) #   @ youtube
- Good Times #

rec. May 11, 1960 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey by Rudy van Gelder; Shakey Jake Harris, voc, # hca; Brother Jack McDuff, org; Bill Jennings, g
cover photo by Esmond Edwards

notes by Frank Driggs
 
Bluesville BVLP 1008 (US 1960)


= Bluesville BVLP 1008 (US 196?)


= Bluesville BVLP 1008 (UK 1960, distributed by Interdisc)


= OBCCD-572-2 (US 1994)

180g LP

= 4 Men With Beards 4M250 (US 2016)

Bluesville Records discography
OBC Records discography

31960Shakey Jake

- My Foolish Heart [Bluesville BVLP 1008]
- Jake's Blues (instr) # [Bluesville BVLP 1008]

rec. May 11, 1960 in New York; Shakey Jake Harris, voc, # hca; Brother Jack McDuff, org; Bill Jennings, g


Bluesville 45-807

4196?Jump Jackson Chicago Blues Session

- Sunnyland Bounce (Four Day Bounce) - Sunnyland Slim
- Please Send Me Someone To Love - Lee Jackson
- Hillbilly Blues (Harrington) - Eddie Clearwater (as "Clear Waters")

- I'll Always Love You - Shakey Jake #
- In My Dreams - Roosevelt Sykes
- Long About Midnight - Lee Jackson


# rec. summer 1960 at Jump Jackson's garage, 5727 La Salle Street, Chicago, IL; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Jump Jackson, dr


Private pressing LP
no label, no # (Germany)

more info

51960Jazzlife - Auf den Spuren des Jazz   Volume 2

- It's A Long Way To Tipperary - Paul Barbarin & His New Orleans Jazz Band
- Jack O'Diamonds - Brother Percy Randolph
- I Lost My Heart - Armand Hugh & Emile Christian New Orleans Band
- Bobblin' - Carmell Jones
- Little Fugue - Roland Kirk

- Spoiled Your Baby - Shaky Jake #
- Number Nine - Roosevelt Sykes
- Two Blues Choruses - Ira Sullivan
- Blow Low - Buddy Tate & His Harlem Band
- Night Train - Cootie Williams & His Central Ballroom Band
- Walk On - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Soft Lights - John Coltrane


# rec. summer 1960 at Jump Jackson's garage, 5727 La Salle Street, Chicago, IL; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; Eddie Clearwater (as "Clear Waters") or Lee Jackson, g

These records (Vols. 1 & 2) were only available with the equally named book by Joachim Ernst Berendt / William Claxton

7 inch 33 rpm

Metronome JEB 1001 B (Germany 1960)

more info

remastered versions of both
7 inch 33 rpm volumes re-released in 2013 on a CD
accompanying a reissue of
the book:

   

- Things Are Different - Shakey Jake
- Love My Baby - Shakey Jake

rec. summer 1960 at Jump Jackson's garage, 5727 La Salle Street, Chicago, IL; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; Willie Mabon, p; Lee Jackson, g; Corky Robertson, b; Jump Jackson, dr

La Salle unissued

more info

61961Shakey Jake: Mouth Harp Blues

- Mouth Harp Blues (instr) #   @ youtube
- Love Me Baby #
- Jake's Cha Cha (instr) #
- Gimme A Smile #   @ youtube
- My Broken Heart

- Angry Lover #
- Things Is Alright
- Easy Baby
- Things Are Different Baby #
- It Won't Happen Again

rec. November 19, 1960 in New York; Shakey Jake Harris, voc, # hca; Robert Banks, p; Jimmie Lee Robinson, g; Leonard Gaskin, b; Junior Blackmon, dr

notes by Joe Goldberg

Bluesville BVLP 1027 (US 1961)

= Ace CH 236 (UK 1988)


= OBCCD-559-2 (US 1993)

= Analogue Productions LP TJAZ 1027 (US 2007)

(=) Analogue Productions 2-LP AJAZ 1027 [180 gram 45rpm edition] (US 2007)

Bluesville Records discography
OBC Records discography

71962American Folk Blues Festival

Big Bill Broonzy - Trouble In Mind
Memphis Slim - Beer Drinking Woman
Memphis Slim - Hey Slim
Helen Humes - Million Dollar Secret
Helen Humes - I'm Gonna Let Him Ride
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Sweet Lovin' Kind
Roosevelt Sykes - Night Time Is The Right Time

Lightnin' Hopkins - Automobile Blues

Shakey Jake - Good Times [Bluesville BVLP 1008]
John Lee Hooker - I Need Some Money
Odetta - Prettiest Train
Willie Dixon - Nerveous
Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams & Sonny Terry - Wimmin From Coast To Coast


Philips 681 555 was issued before start of the 1962 American Folk Blues Festival tour to introduce the participating artists
front cover artwork: "Feld mit 8 Gruppen" by Max Bill (1956)

notes by Joachim E. Berendt

Philips B 681 555 L (Germany 1962) (Philips Twen Serie 11)

81962American Folk Blues Festival '62

Brunswick/Decca/Polydor/L+R/Evidence/Bellaphon/Oldays track sequence:
Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock
T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby
T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love
Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Stewball
John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby

John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby
John Lee Hooker - The Right Time

Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17) #   @ youtube
Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) # [= "Call Me If You Need Me"]
Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby

Excello LPS-8029 track sequence:
Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock
T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby
T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love
Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Stewball
John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby

John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby
John Lee Hooker - The Right Time

Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17) #
Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) #
Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby
John Lee Hooker - Need Your Love So Bad [bonus track]

Polydor 825 502-2 track sequence:
Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock
T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby
T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love
John Lee Hooker - Need Your Love So Bad [bonus track]
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Stewball
John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby
John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby
John Lee Hooker - The Right Time

Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17) #
Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) #
Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station
Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby

Decca 7-34228 (EP) track sequence:
John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby
Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) #

Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17) #
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby
Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock


# rec. October 18, 1962 in Hamburg, Germany; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; Memphis Slim, p; T-Bone Walker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Jump Jackson, dr

originally recorded and released by Deutsche Grammophon / Polydor

monostereo
Brunswick 009 012 (mono) "American Folk Blues Festival"
= Brunswick 109 012 (stereo) (Germany 1962)

notes by Werner Burkhardt

= Decca DL 4392 (mono) "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"
= Decca DL 74392 (stereo) (US 1962)

7 inch 33 1/3 rpm EP

Decca 7-34228 (US 1962)


= Polydor 2482 041 (NL 1963) Golden Crown series "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"

= Intercord ST 658017


= Circulo Musical 037 (Columbia)


= Polydor 46.397 (Germany 1963)


= Polydor 237 597 (Germany 196?)


= Polydor Privilège 2310296 (Fr 196?)


= Polydor Privilège 658 017 (Fr 196?)


= Polydor SLPM-1172 (Jp 1964) "Blues Hootenanny"

notes by Werner Burkhardt

(=) Excello LPS-8029 (US 1974) "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"

notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

= L+R 42.017 (Germany 1981)


= Optimism/L+R CD-2017 (US 198?)


= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42017 (US 1990)


(=) Polydor 825 502-2 (Germany 1991)

5 CD box set
notes by Bill Dahl
 
(=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65"   CD 1 "'sixty-two"

notes by Jerry Gordon

(=) Evidence ECD 26087-2 (US 1997) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65 - Highlights"

Evidence ECD 260101 "American Folk Blues Festival '66 - '72" (as announced in the notes accompanying Evidence ECD 26087-2) obviously never happened!

3 CD set
 
(=) Bellaphon CDLR 726321 (Germany 1999) "1962, 1963, 1964"   CD 1 "American Folk Blues Festival '62"


(=) Oldays ODR 6287-88 (Jp 2016) "1962-63"

American Folk Blues Festival discography
L+R Records discography
Excello Records discography

8a19??American Blues Festival - 1962 - Jam Session

Shakey Jake with T-Bone Walker
- I Love My Baby [= "Call Me If You Need Me"]
Shakey Jake with T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim
- Hey Baby # (3:25)   @ youtube (live footage!)
Memphis Slim with T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon
- Blues Is Everywhere
- Boogie Woogie (We're Gonna Rock)
T-Bone Walker with Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, Jump Jackson
- Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong
Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim, T-Bone Walker
- Nervous

Helen Humes with Willie Dixon
- Baby Won't You Please Come Home
Helen Humes with Willie Dixon, T-Bone Walker, Memphis Slim
- Kansas City
Helen Humes, Shakey Jake, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Jump Jackson
- Blues Ain't Nothing (Helen Humes)
- Blues Was Money (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
- Blues So Bad (Willie Dixon)
- I'm In Love (T-Bone Walker)
- Blues So Bad + impro (Wille Dixon)
- Fast Blues (impro)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- I'm A Stranger
- Hootin' Blues


Shakey Jake tracks rec. October 4, 1962 in Baden-Baden, Germany; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; # Memphis Slim, p; T-Bone Walker, g; # Willie Dixon, b; Jump Jackson, dr

Helen Humes tracks rec. October 20, 1962 at the Olympia in Paris, France


Secret Records LP 12-8 (Germany)


= Rare Records R.R. 2 (UK) "American Blues Festival - 1962 - Jam Session"

= Tony's LP 392 (UK)

91966SHAKEY JOKE [sic]

- Respect Me Baby   @ youtube
- A Hard Road   @ youtube

rec. 1966 in Chicago, IL; Shakey Jake, voc; Louis Myers, hca; Otis Spann, p; Magic Sam, g; Mighty Joe Young, b; S.P. Leary, dr


The Blues 303

Flyright FLY 605

101966Decade Of The Blues - The 1950s

Smokey Hogg
- Highway 51
J.B. Lenoir
- The Mountain
- How Much More

Shakey Jake
- Call Me If You Need Me [Artistic 1502]   @ youtube
Little Walter
- Moonshine Baby
Leroy Foster
- Red Headed Woman
Cousin Leroy
- I'm Lonesome
Sunnyland Slim
- Woman Trouble

Shakey Jake
- Roll Your Money Maker # [Artistic 1502]

Little Walter
- Bad Actin' Woman
J.B. Lenoir
- Eisenhower Blues
Willie Nix
- Try Me One More Time
Willie Love
- 21 Minutes To Nine
Floyd Jones
- Big World
James Banister
- Blues And Trouble
- Gold Digger
Smokey Hogg
- Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes


# neither mentioned on back cover nor on label !


Highway 51 H-100
BU34

Highway 51 Records discography

   

- Too Hot To Hold (instr) #
- Key To The Highway #
- Scratch My Back #
- Strollin' On The Strip (instr) #
- Respect Me Baby *
- My Babe *
- This Is True *
- Long Distance Call *
- Too Hot To Hold (instr) * §

rec. September 26, 1968 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; § Kenny Courtney, hca; # Otis Spann, * Lloyd Glenn, p; Luther Allison, g; Robert 'Mojo' Elem, b; Francis Clay, dr

World Pacific unissued

111969Shakey Jake and The All Stars: Further On Up The Road     @ youtube (full album)

World Pacific WPS-21886 / Liberty LBS 83217E / Sequel NEXCD 211 track sequence:
- Everything Gonna Be Alright * §
- Hold That Bus, Conductor * []
- Strollin' On the Strip (instr) #
- Respect Me Baby * []
- I Will Always Love You * []
- Three Times Seven * §

- Further On Up The Road * §   @ youtube
- A Hard Road To Travel * []
- Save Your Money Baby * [] //
- Too Hot To Hold (instr) #
- Long Distance Call * []

rec. September 30 / October 1, 1968 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, # hca; * Kenny Courtney, hca; § Wandering John [John Mayall], [] Sunnyland Slim, p; Luther Allison, g; Robert 'Mojo' Elem, b; Francis Clay, dr; // Danny Bruce, Steve Cummins, perc; prod. by Steve LaVere
photography: Gabor Halmos

Capitol CD 36288 track sequence:
disc 1
Shakey Jake Harris
- Everything Gonna Be Alright
- Hold That Bus, Conductor
- Strollin' The Strip (instr)
- Respect Me Baby
- I Will Always Love You
- Three Times Seven
- Farther On Up The Road
- A Hard Road To Travel
- Save Your Money, Baby
- Too Hot To Hold (instr)
- Long Distance Call
- Don't Answer The Door [previously unissued]   @ youtube
- Love Me Baby [previously unissued]
Lucille Spann
- Chains Of Love [previously unissued, no harmonica (Shakey Jake) to be heard!]   @ youtube
James Cotton
- Sky Is Falling
- Long Distance Operator
- I'm A Free Man
- Can't Live Without Love
- Kiddy Boy


disc 2
George Smith
- Mellow Down Easy
- Can't Hold On Much Longer
- My Babe
- Juke
- West Helena Woman
- Tell Me Mama
- Last Night
- You Better Watch Yourself
- Key To The Highway
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
- Too Late
Lucille Spann
- Love With A Feelin' [previously unissued, no harmonica (George Smith) to be heard!]   @ youtube
George Smith
- Goin' Down Slow
- Just A Feelin'
James Cotton
- She Moves Me
- Tonight I Wanna Love Me A Stranger
- Nose Open
- Goodbye My Lady
- Georgia Swing


compiled by Billy Vera

notes (January 1969) by Pete Welding

World Pacific WPS-21886 (US 1969) (Bluesmakers series)

notes by Pete Welding

= Liberty LBS 83217E (UK 1969)

notes by Neil Slaven

= Sequel NEXCD 211 (UK 1992)

2 CD set
notes by Keith Briggs

Capitol CD 36288 (US 1996)

1210/1969Magic Sam   (1937-1969)

- Everything Gonna Be Alright [Cobra 5021, complete track!]
- Look Whatcha Done [Cobra 5021]
- All My Whole Life [Cobra 5025]
- Love Me With A Feeling (tk 1) ["Cobra 5013", Cobra unissued]
- All Your Love (alt tk) ["Cobra 5013", Cobra unissued]

- Call Me If You Need Me (Shakey Jake, voc) [Artistic 1502 1520]

- Roll Your Money Maker (Shakey Jake, voc) [Artistic 1502 1520]
- Easy Baby (tk 3) ["Cobra 5029", Cobra unissued]
- Magic Rocker [Cobra unissued]
- Love Me This Way [Cobra unissued]
- 21 Days In Jail [Cobra 5029]
- All Night Long [Cobra 5025]


front cover photo of Blue Horizon 7-63223 by Terence Ibbott; liner photo by Mike Vernon, taken at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles just some eight weeks prior to Magic Sam's death; photography of Flyright FLY 561 by Sylvia Pitcher

for some of the Flyright FLY 561 tracks better-quality sources were used than for the Blue Horizon LPs

notes by Mike Leadbitter

Blue Horizon 7-63223 (UK 10/1969)

notes by Mike Leadbitter

= Blue Horizon BM 4603 (US 1972)


= Epic ECPJ-21 (Jp 1975?)

notes by Bruce Bastin, Mike Leadbitter, Simon A. Napier

= Flyright FLY 561 (UK 1980) "Magic Sam & Shakey Jake: Magic Rocker"

Magic Sam discography
Blue Horizon Records discography
Flyright Records discography

131972Shaky [sic] / Shakey Jake Harris: The Devil's Harmonica

- Sawed Off Shotgun   @ youtube
- Ragged And Dirty   @ youtube
- Love Is Strange
- Let Me Be Your Loverman
- Bad Luck Time

- My Blues Advice   @ youtube
- Family Blues
- What A Fool
- Remembering
- More Bad Luck

rec. September 2, 1971 at Larrabee Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake Harris, voc, hca; Freddy Robinson, g; John Mayall, rhythm / slide g, p; Elliot Ingber, g; Larry Taylor, b; Ron Selico & Phil Parker, dr
photography: Nancy Throckmorton & John Mayall


Polydor PD 5014 (US 1972)

= Polydor 2391 015 (UK / Germany / Sp 1972)


= Stomp/Line STLP 4.00328 (Germany 1987)


= Line/Stomp LICD 600053E (Germany 2018)

etc., etc., etc.

141976SHAKEY JAKE HARRIS

- Sister Rose #
- Turn You On

rec. 1976 in Los Angeles, CA; Shake Jake Harris, voc; horns, p; 2 gs; b; dr; # voc group


Grenade GR 1004 (US 1976)

151978Shakey Jake: Make It Good To You@ youtube (full album)

- This World *
- Shot Gun *
- Tell Me How You Like It * [Big Town 717]
- Catherline [Big Town 717]
- Shakey Jake

- Down So Long
- Jake And Bill Clark (instr) # *
- Long Distance Call #
- Going Away
- Don't Get Broke [= "Love My Baby"]

rec. late 1977 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, # hca, arranger; Rod Piazza, * hca (co-arranger); Hollywood Fats, lead g; Lee King, 2nd g (co-arranger); Larry Taylor, b; Sam King, dr; prod by Shakey Jake


Good Time GTS 1001

16197?Shakey Jake

- Tell Me How You Like It * [Good Time GTS 1001]
- Shakey's Boogie [aka Catherline] [Good Time GTS 1001]

rec. late 1977 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, arranger; Rod Piazza, hca (co-arranger); Hollywood Fats, lead g; Lee King, 2nd g (co-arranger); Larry Taylor, b; Sam King, dr; prod by Shakey Jake


Big Town 717

 1978Blues Boy Rawlins A-K-A "Sweet Lovin' Daddy"
Chicago Blues
@ youtube (full album)

- I Got A Woman Shining My Shoes
- Susie
- Wake Up In The Morning

- Baby, She Loves Me
- I'm Leaving You Baby
- Going Back To Alabama
- Just Playing The Blues


rec. in Los Angeles, CA; Blues Boy Rawlins, "music [g, hca] & voc"; prod. & arranged by Shakey Jake


Good Time GTS-1002

171978William Clarke: Hittin' Heavy
with special guest artist Shakey Jake

- Hittin' Heavy
- Diggin' My Potatoes
- Blues Afterwhile
- Next To Me
- Keep On Lovin' Her

- Come On Baby
- Keep It To Yourself

- Make Love To Me #
- Hard Times
- So All Alone


# rec. c. 1978 prob. in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake Harris, voc; William Clarke, hca; Bill Johnston, hca solo; John Detherage, p; Hollywood Fats, 1st g; Garth Beckington, 2nd g; Mike Downey, b; Johnny Dominguez, dr; prod. and arr. by William Clarke and Shakey Jake


Good Time GTS-1003

181983SHAKEY JAKE

- Never Leave You [Murray Brothers MB 1002]
- Easy Baby [Murray Brothers MB 1002]

rec. c. 1980 poss. in Arlington, CA; Shakey Jake, voc; Rod Piazza, hca; Honey Alexander, p; Junior Watson, g; Bill Stuve, b; Bill Swartz, dr


Good Time G.T. 01

191983Shakey Jake: The Key Won't Fit@ youtube (full album)

- Do The Boogie With You (aka Catherline) # [Good Time GTS 1001]
- Cross My Heart *
- The Key Won't Fit *
- Down So Long # [Good Time GTS 1001]
- What You Want Me To Do *

- Let Me Tell You Baby (aka Don't Get Broke) # [Good Time GTS 1001]
- Never Leave You * [Good Time G.T. 01]
- Save Your Money (aka Shakey Jake) # [Good Time GTS 1001]
- Easy Baby * [Good Time G.T. 01]

# rec. late 1977 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, arranger; Rod Piazza, hca (co-arranger); Hollywood Fats, lead g; Lee King, 2nd g (co-arranger); Larry Taylor, b; Sam King, dr; prod by Shakey Jake

* rec. c. 1980 poss. in Arlington, CA; Shakey Jake, voc; Rod Piazza, hca; Honey Alexander, p; Junior Watson, g; Bill Stuve, b; Bill Swartz, dr
photos by Honey Alexander

notes by Rob Murray

Murray Brothers MB 1002

201983Magic Sam - Shakey Jake: Magic Touch
Live at Sylvio's 1968 [sic - actually it has been neither 1968, but rather 1966, nor was it at "Sylvio's" but rather at "Silvio's"]

Black Magic 9003 / Black Top CD BT-1085:
- Juke (instr)
- Hate To See You Go
- Just Like A Fish
- Dirty Work Goin' On #
- Rock Me #
- I've Been Down So Long
- I Just Can't Please You

- I Just Got To Know
- Tore Down
- Scratch My Back #
- Sawed Off Shotgun #
- Backstroke (instr)
- All Your Love
- 19 Years Old #

RockBeat ROC-CD-3161:@ youtube (full album)
- Juke
- Reconsider Baby [previosuly unissued]
- Just Like A Fish
- Dirty Work Goin' On
- Rock Me Baby
- I've Been Down So Long
- I Just Can't Please You
- Just Got To Know
- I'm Tore Down
- Baby Scratch My Back
- Sawed Off Shotgun
- Back Stroke
- All Your Love
- She's Nineteen Years Old
- Magic Sam Interview (Europe 1969) [previosuly unissued]
- All Your Love [previosuly unissued]
- Magic Sam's Boogie [previosuly unissued]

rec. December 1966 live at Silvio's in Chicago, IL by Georges Adins; Magic Sam Maghett, voc, g; Shakey Jake Harris, hca, # voc; Mack Thompson, b; Odie Payne, dr
photos by Georges [not "George"] Adins

notes by Robert Sacre & Anonymous [actually Marcel Vos]

Black Magic BM 9003 (NL 1983)

notes by Robert Sacre & Anonymous [actually Marcel Vos]

= Black Top CD BT-1085 (US 1993) "Magic Touch"


= RockBeat ROC-CD-3161 (US 2013)
= Floating World FLOATM 6196 (UK 2013) "Live At Sylvio's 1968"


= P-Vine PCD-20279 (Jp 2013) "Live At Sylvio's"

Magic Sam discography

211985Johnnie Dyer & Shakey Jake: Straight Ahead

- Slippin & Slidin - Part 1 *
- Everybody, Somebody *
- K.C. *
- Tell Me How You Like It *
- You're The One *

- Long Distance Call # [Good Time GTS 1001]

- Catherline # [Good Time GTS 1001]
- Key To The Highway *
- Oh Baby *

- Down So Long # [Good Time GTS 1001]
- Overdose Of Love *
- Slippin & Slidin - Part 2 *


# rec. late 1977 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, arranger; Rod Piazza, hca (co-arranger); Hollywood Fats, lead g; Lee King, 2nd g (co-arranger); Larry Taylor, b; Sam King, dr; prod by Shakey Jake
* rec. 1978/79 in Los Angeles, CA; Johnny Dyer, voc, hca; Debbie 'Honey' Alexander, p; Michael 'Junior' Watson, g; poss. Bill Stuve, b; Bill 'Little Willie' Swartz, dr


Mina M-1001 (Jp 1985)

221985Junior Wells: Chiefly Wells

Junior Wells
- Two-Headed Woman
- Cha Cha Cha In Blues
- Lovey Dovey Lovey One
- I'm A Stranger
- The Things I'd Do For You
- I Need Me A Car
- I'll Get You Too
- One Day (Every Goodbye Ain't Gone)

Junior Wells
- Calling All Blues
- Love Me
- Galloping Horses A Lazy Mule
Magic Sam
- You Don't Have To Work
- Mr. Charlie
- My Love Is Your Love
- She Belongs To Me

Shakey Jake
- Respect Me Baby [The Blues 303]
- A Hard Road [The Blues 303]

rec. 1957 - 1966


Flyright FLY 605

Flyright Records discography

231988Desperate Rock 'N' Roll   Volume 9

John Ashley - Little Lou
Lattie Moore - Why Did You Lie To Me
Nicki Redman - Cops Rock
The Notes - G.I. Blues
The Vice - Don't Let Go
Gene Stacks - I Know My Baby Loves Me
Los Boppers - Treen Solitario
Jimmy Franklin - Long Tall Lou
Tony Harris - Try This Lil' Ole' Heart
Lewis Lindsey - The Push

Eddie Riff - My Baby's Gone Away
Ray Sawyer - I'm Gonna Leave
Wild Chid Gipson - Kool
Augie Rios - Linda Lou
Chuck Tyler - She's All Mine
Steve Alaimo - Should I Care
Lonesome Lee - Cry Over Me
Bobby Page - Hippy-Ti-Yo
Ron & Ellie Jaye - Road Runner

Shakey Jake - Roll Your Money Maker [Artistic 1502]


Flame LP 009 (UK 1988)

241989The Magic Sam Legacy

- I Feel So Good #
- Lookin' Good #

- Walkin' By Myself // #
- Hoochie Coochie Man // #
- That Ain't It // #
- That's All I Need #

- What Have I Done Wrong §
- I Just Want A Little Bit §
- Everything's Gonna Be All Right §
- Keep On Doin' What You're Doin' $
- Blues For Odie Payne $

- Easy Baby (alt tk) § []
- Keep On Lovin' Me Baby $

[] CD bonus track


rec. October 18/25, 1967 in Chicago, IL; Sam Maghett, voc, g; // Shakey Jake, hca; Mighty Joe Young, g; Mack Thompson, b; Odie Payne III, dr; prod. by Robert G. Koester

§ rec. October 23, & $ November 6, 1968 in Chicago, IL; Sam Maghett, voc, g; Eddie Shaw, ts; Lafayette Leake p; Mighty Joe Young, g; Mack Thompson, b; Odie Payne, dr; prod. by Robert G. Koester

Magic Sam discography


Delmark DS-651 (US 1989)


= P-Vine PLP-516 (Jp)


= Delmark CD DD-651 (1997)

www.delmark.com


= P-Vine PCD-5218 (Jp 1997)

251993Magic Sam: West Side Soul
Charly Blues Masterworks Vol. 29

- All Your Love
- Love Me With A Feeling
- Everything Gonna Be Alright
- Look Watcha Done
- All Night Long
- All My Whole Life
- Easy Baby
- 21 Days In Jail
- Love Me This Way
- Magic Rocker

- Roll Your Moneymaker [Artistic 1502]
- Call Me If You Need Me [Artistic 1502]
- Every Night About This Time
- Blue Light Boogie
- Out Of Bad Luck
- She Belongs To Me


Magic Sam discography


Charly CD BM 29 (UK 1993)

261993The Cobra Records Story

disc 1:
- I Can't Quit You Baby (alt version) - Otis Rush
- Just Wailin' - Louis Myers And The Aces
- I Can't Quit You Baby (alt version) - Otis Rush
- Sit Down Baby - Otis Rush
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Rock And Roll Boogie - The Clouds
- Need My Baby - Shakey Horton
- Have A Good Time - Shakey Horton
- My Love Will Never Die - Otis Rush and his Band
- Violent Love - Otis Rush and his Band
- Highway 61 - Sunnyland Slim
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Groaning The Blues - Otis Rush
- If You Were Mine - Otis Rush
- Crying The Blues - Little Willie Foster
- Little Girl - Little Willie Foster
- I Don't Care Who Knows - Harold Burrage
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Love Me With A Feeling - Magic Sam
- Love That Woman - Otis Rush
- Jump Sister Bessie - Otis Rush
- Satisfied - Harold Burrage
- My Love - Betty Everett
- Shake It (previously unreleased alt version) - Duke Jenkins And His Orchestra
- Look Whatcha Done - Magic Sam
- Everything Gonna Be Alright - Magic Sam
- Eli Toscano Blues - Sunnyland Slim Session Outtake


disc 2:
- Three Times A Fool - Otis Rush and Willie Dixon Band
- She's A Good Un' - Otis Rush and Willie Dixon Band
- Ain't Gonna Cry - Betty Everett
- All Night Long - Magic Sam
- I Cry For You (previously unreleased alt version) - Harold Burrage
- All My Whole Life - Magic Sam
- It Takes Time - Otis Rush
- Checking In My Baby - Otis Rush
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark and Willie Dixon Band
- Sit And Cry (The Blues) - Buddy Guy and his Band
- Try To Quit You Baby - Buddy Guy and his Band
- Easy Baby - Magic Sam
- 21 Days In Jail - Magic Sam

- Call Me If You Need Me - Shakey Jake and Willie Dixon Band
- Roll Your Moneymaker - Shakey Jake and Willie Dixon Band
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush and his Band
- Keep On Loving Me Baby - Otis Rush and his Band
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy and his Band
- You Sure Can't Do - Buddy Guy and his Band
- All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Otis Rush and his Band
- My Baby's A Good Un' - Otis Rush and his Band
- Matchbox - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm
- You've Got To Lose - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm
- Box Top - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm
- You Keep On Worrying Me - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm
- (I Know) You Don't Love Me - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm
- Down And Out - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm


2 CD set

Capricorn 42012-2 (US 1993)

= Zomba 7893942012 2 (US 2001)

271994Chicago Blues

disc 1: Sweet Black Angel
Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her
Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues
Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman
Johnny Williams - Worried Man Blues
Little Walter - Blue Baby
Muddy Waters - I Feel Like Going Home
Johnny Young - My Baby Walked Out
Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues
Snooky & Moody - Boogie
Leroy Foster - My Head Can't Rest Anymore
Robert Nighthawk - Sweet Black Angel
Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy
Jimmy Rogers - That's All Right
Floyd Jones - Dark Road
Muddy Waters - Still A Fool
Jimmy Rogers - Chance To Love
Muddy Waters - Stuff You Gotta Watch
Little Walter - Juke
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur
Blue Smitty - Sad Story [Chess 1522]
Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours


disc 2: Mojo Boogie
Little Walter - Sad Hours
J.B. Lenoir - Mojo Boogie
Tampa Red - Please Mr. Doctor
Johnny Shines - Evening Sun
Johnny Shines - Brutal Hearted Woman
Eddie Boyd - Third Degree
John Brim - Life Time
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right
Big Bill Broonzy - Lonesome
Muddy Waters - Blow Wind Blow
John Brim - Tough Times
Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Howlin' Wolf - No Place To Go
J.B. Hutto - Combination Boogie
J.B. Hutto - Things Are So Slow
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues
J.B. Lenoir - Mama Talk To Your Daughter
Otis Spann / B.B. King - Five Spot
Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go
Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
Willie Dixon - Walkin' The Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin'
Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy


disc 3: Smokestack Lightnin'
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
John Brim - Be Careful (I Would Hate To See You Go)
Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day
Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You
Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby
Walter Horton - Have A Good Time
Jimmy Rogers - Walkin' By Myself
Muddy Waters - I Live The Life I Love
Sunnyland Slim - It's You Babe
Lee Jackson - Fishin' In My Pond
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too
Magic Sam - All Your Love
Charles Clark - Row Your Boat
Magic Sam - All My Whole Life
Otis Rush - Checkin' On My Baby

Shakey Jake - Call Me (If You Need Me)
Otis Rush - Double Trouble
Little Walter - Key To The Highway
Buddy Guy - This Is The End
Little Walter - Everything Gonna Be Alright
Jimmy Reed - Baby What You Want Me To Do
Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well
Elmore James - Dust My Broom
Junior Wells - Little By Little
Junior Wells - Prison Bars All Around Me


disc 4: So Many Roads, So Many Traiins
Otis Rush - So Many Roads, So Many Trains
Lillian Offitt - Will My Man Be Home Tonight?
Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working
Earl Hooker - Blues In D Natural
Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid
Albert King - Searching For A Woman
Buddy Guy - Stone Crazy
Howlin' Wolf - Goin' Down Slow
Homesick James - Crossroads
Sonny Boy Williamson - Help Me
Ricky Allen - Cut You A-Loose
Muddy Waters - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
Big Mack - Rough Dried Woman
Robert Nighthawk - Someday
Andrew Brown - You Better Stop
Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle
Lonnie Brooks - Figure Head
Detroit Junior - Call My Job
Muddy Waters - That's Why I Don't Mind
Little Milton - Feel So Bad
Magic Sam - Out Of Bad Luck
Fenton Robinson - Sad You're Leavin'
Mighty Joe Young - Hard Times
Hound Dog Taylor - Watch Out


compiled by Les Fancourt
produced by Les Fancourt & Joop Visser

4 CD set

Charly CD DIG 4 (UK 1994)

27a10/1994Charlie Musselwhite: The Blues Never Die

- Tennessee Woman (3:43)
- Stingaree (2:55)
- Arkansas Boogie (5:02)
- Temperature (3:10)
- Done Somebody Wrong (2:39)
- River Hip Mama (4:13)
- Help Me (3:26)
- Juke (4:19)
- Taylor, Arkansas (2:44)
- I Don't Play, I'll Be Your Man Some Day (3:15)
- Finger Lickin' Good (3:55)
- Blue Feeling Today (4:59)
- Crazy For My Baby (2:53)
- I'm A Stranger (4:52)
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright (2:33)
- Too Hot To Touch (4:44)
- Blues Got Me Again (5:20)
- The Blues Never Die (3:10)
- After While (3:13)
- Trouble For Everybody (2:57)
- Christo Redentor (3:20)


Vanguard CD 153/54-2 (US 10/1994)

281995Ain't Times Hard
Modern Blues Anthology

CD 1
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Well That's All Right - Howlin' Wolf
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Seems Like A Million Years - Willie Nix
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Easy - Big Walter Horton
- Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog) - Rufus Thomas
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy De Berry
- Feelin' Good - Junior Parker
- Mystery Train - Junior Parker
- The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross
- Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love
- Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor
- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- So Long Baby, Goodbye - Willie Johnson


CD 2
- I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor
- Hands Off - Priscilla Bowman
- I Ain't Got You - Billy Boy Arnold
- Every Woman I Know (Crazy About Automobiles) - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Big Walter Horton
- The Telephone Is Ringing - Pee Wee Crayton
- Going Back Home - Big Joe Williams
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- The Twelve Year Old Boy - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed
- Blues Get Off My Shoulder - Bobby Parker
- Mama, You Got A Daughter - John Lee Hooker
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark

- Roll Your Moneymaker - Shakey Jake
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Number Nine Train - Tarheel Slim
- Kansas City - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker


CD 3
- Bad Luck And Trouble - Boogie Jake
- No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed
- Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim
- Just A Little Bit - Rosco Gordon
- Fannie Mae - Buster Brown
- Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong - Edgar Blanchard
- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- You Don't Have To Go - Sam Myers
- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Christine Kitrell
- You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
- Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
- Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
- Mean Old Frisco - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- Too Many Cooks - Jesse Fortune
- Cut You A-Loose - Rick Allen
- You Better Stop - Andrew Brown


CD 4
- Rough Dried Woman, Pt. 1 - Big Mac
- Ain't Broke Ain't Hungry - Polka Dot Slim
- Figure Head - Lonnie Brooks
- The Way I Feel - Detroit Junior
- Southern Country Boy - Carter Brothers
- Out Of Bad Luck - Magic Sam
- Ride With Your Daddy Tonight - Frank Frost
- Say You're Leavin' - Fenton Robinson
- She's Crazy 'bout Entertainers - Jerry Mccain
- Hard Times - Young, Mighty Joe
- Rambling Woman - Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker
- Put It All In There - George 'Wild Child' Butler
- Long Way From Home - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Rock Me Baby - Ike And Tina Turner
- Cummins Prison Farm - Calvin Leavy
- Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
- Shakin' Hands With The Judge - Little Joe Blue
- My Baby - Lowell Fulson
- High Cost Of Livin' - Al King
- It's My Fault Darling - Little Johnny Taylor
- Go And Help Yourself - Albert Washington
- Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man, Pt. 1 - Bobby Rush
- Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton
- Food Stamp Blues - Eddie Lang


compiled by Les Fancourt

4 CD set with 44 pp. booklet

Charly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)

301997Chicago Blues - The Golden Era

disc 1
- I Just Keep Loving Her - Little Walter
- Ora Nelle Blues - Othum Brown
- Blue Baby - Little Walter
- My Baby Walked Out - Johnny Young
- Stockyard Blues - Floyd Jones
- Boogie - Snooky & Moody
- Dark Road - Floyd Jones
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Please, Mister Doctor - Tampa Red
- Just Can't Stay - Willie Nix
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Things Are So Slow - J.B. Hutto
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor
- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Lockwood Jr.
- I Was Fooled - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor
- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor


disc 2
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Walter Horton
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishing In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark
- All My Whole Life - Magic Sam
- Checkin' On My Baby - Otis Rush

- Call Me If You Need Me - Shakey Jake Harris
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Baby What You Want Me To Do? - Jimmy Reed
- Wish Me Well - Memphis Slim
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Prison Bars All Around Me - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- Blues In D Natural - Earl Hooker
- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Crossroads - Homesick James Williamson
- Rough Dried Woman - Big Mac



Charly CDGR 143-2 (UK 1997)

311998The Bluesville Years, Vol. 10
"Country Roads, Country Days"


K.C. Douglas
- Wake Up
- Working Woman
- Broken Heart
Alec Seward
- Evil Woman Blues
- Creepin' Blues
Doug Quattlebaum
- You Is One Black Rat
- Sweet Little Woman
Scrapper Blackwell And Brooks Berry
- 'Bama Bound
- Blues And Trouble
Jesse Fuller
- Key To The Highway
- Stranger Blues
Snooks Eaglin
- That's All Right
- Well, I Had My Fun (Goin' Down Slow)
Henry Townsend
- Cairo Is My Baby's Home
- I Asked Her If She Loved Me
Mercy Dee Walton
- Pity And A Shame
- Have You Ever Been Out In The Country

Shakey Jake
- Gimme A Smile [Bluesville BVLP 1027]
- Jake's Cha Cha [Bluesville BVLP 1027]
Arbee Stidham
- I'm Tired Of Wandering
- You Can't Live In This World By Yourself
St. Louis Jimmy
- Goin' Down Slow


Prestige PRCD-9918-2 (US 1998)

Bluesville Records discography

321999The Bluesville Years, Vol. 12
"Jump, Jumpin the Blues"


K.C. Douglas
- You Got A Good Thing Now
Sonny Terry
- My Baby Done Gone
- High Powered Woman
Memphis Willie B.
- Good Potatoes
Lightnin Hopkins
- Wine Spodee-o-Dee
Memphis Slim
- Frankie And Johnny Boogie
Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim
- Don't You Tell Nobody
Little Brother Montgomery
- Santa Fe
Billy Boy Arnold
- Get Out of Here
- You Better Cut That Out
Homesick James
- Working with Homesick
Otis Spann and James Cotton
- Lightnin

Shakey Jake
- It Won't Happen Again [Bluesville BVLP 1027]
Roosevelt Sykes
- Runnin The Boogie
- Hey Big Momma
Curtis Jones
- Good Time Special
Jimmy Witherspoon
- One Scotch One Bourbon One Beer
- Kansas City
- Drinking Beer
Mildred Anderson
- I'm Free
- Cool Kind Of Poppa
Sunnyland Slim
- Slim's Shout


Prestige PRCD-9922-2 (US 1999)

Bluesville Records discography

331999Pittsburgh's Favorite Oldies - At The Hop   Vol. 6
The Porky Album

disc 2:
Hal Paige - Big Foot May
Chico Booth - (Let's Do) The Shimmy
Calvin Boze - Safronia B
El Tones - Like Matti
Starlettes - Please Ring My Phone
Sheppards - Tragic
Invincibles - Mr. Moonglow
Flamingos - The Nearness Of You
Richard Dimples - Fields Jazzy Lady
Swallows - Good Time Girls

Shakey Jake - Roll Your Money Maker
Roscoe Gordon - You Figure It Out
Penguins - My Troubles Are Not At End
Four Voices - Honest Darling (Believe Me)
Swallows - My Baby
Raindrops - (I Found) Heaven In Love
Untouchables - Poor Boy Needs A Preacher
Ron & Bill - It
Roy Byrd - Bald Head
Hot Lips Page - Last Call For Alcohol
Five Jets - I'm Stuck
Vibranaires - Doll Face
Ruby & The Romantics - Moonlight And Music
Jessie Belvin - Goodnight My Love


2 CD set

Itzy 1000/1001

342002Magic Sam: Rockin' Wild In Chicago

- Tremble
- Call Me When You Need Me #
- How Long Can This Go On?
- Every Night, Every Day
- Why Are You So Mean To Me
-Dirty Work Going On

- Further on Up the Road #
- It's All Your Fault Baby
- Looking Good
- Keep on Loving Me Baby See All 3
- I Found Me A New Love
- Got My Mojo Working
- I Don't Want No Woman
- Just a Little Bit
- Tore Down See
- Rockin' Wild


# rec. October 2, 1966 at The Copa Cabana in Chicago, IL; Magic Sam, g; Shakey Jake Harris, voc; Mack Thompson, b; Odie Payne, dr

notes by Dick Shurman

Delmark DG-765 (US 2002)

352005This Is The Blues Harmonica   Vol 2

- Tomorrow Night (alt tk) - Junior Wells
- Love Grows In Your Heart - Hammie Nixon
- Carey's Rhumba - Carey Bell
- I Got My Brand On You- Mark Hummel

- That Ain't It - Shakey Jake #
- Fox Chase Lost John (alt tk) - Walto Pace
- West Side Blues Harp - Lester Davenport
- Rollin' & Tumblin' - Little Walter
- That's Alright - Louis Myers
- Miss Ida - Alfred Harris
- Coming Home - Tad Robinson
- Devil's Trail - Little Sammy Davis
- Muddy Waters Goin' To Run - Little Mack Simmons
- Chicago Winter Weather Blues - Big Wheeler
- Back Home To Mama - Big Walter Horton
- Hastings Street Special - Eddie Burns


# rec. October 18/25, 1967 in Chicago, IL; Sam Maghett, voc, g; // Shakey Jake, hca; Mighty Joe Young, g; Mack Thompson, b; Odie Payne III, dr; prod. by Robert G. Koester


Delmark 780 (US 2005)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, pp. 223-224
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 328-329
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 159
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 353, 481-482
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 138, 402
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 874
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 213-214
- http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/shakeyjake.htm
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/ping.html
- http://myweb.clemson.edu/~campber/archia.html
- http://mitglied.multimania.de/condouant/inhalt/carm/carmell4.html
- http://americanfolkbluesfestivaldiscography.blogspot.de/
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Klaus Kilian, Paul Vernon, Lex Jansen, Hank Moore, Gerrit Robs and Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva for additional info / scans

 

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

source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, pp. 136-137
photographer: William Claxton

 

Magic Sam & Shakey Jake at Silvio's, Chicago, IL, 1966; source: Block 72 (oct/nov/dec '89), p. 30; photographer: Georges Adins
Magic Sam & Shakey Jake at Silvio's, Chicago, IL, 1966
source: Block 72 (oct/nov/dec '89), p. 30;
photographer: Georges Adins

 

Shakey Jake Harris; source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 3.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 164; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir
Shakey Jake Harris
source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 3.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 164
photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

 

 

 

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