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W A L T E R   'B U D D Y   B O Y'   H A W K I N SBuddy Boy
Hawkins

real name: Walter Hawkins
date and location of birth unknown
'discovered' 1927 by Harry Charles in Birmingham, Alabama
date and location of death unknown

discography
W A L T E R   'B U D D Y   B O Y'   H A W K I N S; from the Chicago Defender May 14, 1927; source: Jeff Todd Titon: Early Downhome Blues, p. 84; originally published in the Chicago Defender, May 14, 1927
source: Jeff Todd Titon: Early Downhome Blues, p. 84
originally published in the Chicago Defender, May 14, 1927

#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
15/1927Buddy Boy Hawkins

- Number Three Blues (4416-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Snatch It Back Blues (4420-2)   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- Number Three Blues (4416-1) [Document DOCD-5276]   @ youtube



rec. c. April 1927 in Chicago, IL; Buddy Boy Hawkins, voc, g


Paramount 12475 (US May 14, 1927)


source: https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/walter-buddy-boy-hawkins-delivers-snatch-back-blues (from John Tefteller's "Blues Images" Calendar Vol. 10 (rel. 2012, for 2013))


source: Chicago Defender May 14, 1927

28/1927Buddy Boy Hawkins

- Jailhouse Fire Blues (4419-2)   @ youtube
- Shaggy Dog Blues (4415- )   @ youtube

rec. c. April 1927 in Chicago, IL; Buddy Boy Hawkins, voc, g


Paramount 12489 (US 8/1927)


source: John Tefteller's "Blues Images" Calendar Vol. 6 (rel. 2008, for 2009), for June 2009

310/1927Buddy Boy Hawkins

- Awful Fix Blues (20034-1)   @ youtube
- Raggin' The Blues (20029-3)   @ youtube

rec. c. September 1927 in Chicago, IL; Buddy Boy Hawkins, voc, g


Paramount 12539 (US 10/1927)

411/1927Buddy Boy Hawkins

- Workin On The Railroad (20027-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Yellow Woman Blues (20028-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. c. September 1927 in Chicago, IL; Buddy Boy Hawkins, voc, g


Paramount 12558 (US 11/1927)

59/1929Walter Hawkins

- How Come Mama Blues (15213) [aka "Deeble Bum Blues"]   @ youtube
- Voice Throwin' Blues (15219)   [ventriloquist blues song]   @ youtube

rec. June 14, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Walter Hawkins, voc, g


Paramount 12802 (US 9/1929)

"New Release" in September 1929 Dealers' List. First advertised in The Chicago Defender on September 14, 1929

610/1929Walter Hawkins

- Snatch It And Grab It (15218)   @ youtube
- A Rag Blues (15212)   @ youtube

rec. June 14, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Walter Hawkins, voc, g


Paramount 12814 (US 10/1929)


EP / LP / CD compilations
71954Backwoods Blues

Bobby Grant
- Nappy Head Blues
- Lonesome Atlanta Blues

Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Jailhouse Fire Blues
- Shaggy Dog Blues

King Solomon Hill
- The Gone Dead Train
- Tell Me, Baby
Big Bill Johnson (Broonzy)
- Mr. Conductor Man
- Big Bill Blues


Riverside RLP 1039 cover art by Robert J. Lee; London AL 3535 artwork by Paul Oliver (see "P.H.O." in felled trunk's back end)

10 inch LP
notes by Orrin Keepnews

Riverside RLP 1039 (US 1954)

10 inch LP
click to read notes ! click to enlarge! click to enlarge!
= London AL 3535 (UK 1954)

London Records discography
King Solomon Hill discography

8c. 1959Blind Lemon Jefferson & Buddy Boy Hawkins
The Male Blues Vol. 5

Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Stocking Feet Blues
- That Black Snake Moan


Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Shaggy Dog Blues
- Jailhouse Fire Blues

7 inch 45 rpm EP
notes by Owen Bryce

Jazz Collector JEL 8 (UK c. 1959)

Jazz Collector discography
Blind Lemon Jefferson discography

91962Walter Hawkins & William Moore play That Country Rock

Buddy Boy Hawkins
- A Rag Blues
- Snatch It And Grab It

William Moore
- Old Country Rock
- Raggin' The Blues


7 inch 45 rpm EP

Heritage RE-102 (UK 1962)

Heritage Records discography
William Moore discography

101968Tex-Arkana-Louisiana Country 1929-1933 resp. Don't Leave Me Here

Buddy Boy Hawkins - Awful Fix
Henry Thomas - Don't Leave Me Here
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Hot Dogs
Little Hat Jones - Bye Eye Baby Blues
Six Cylinder Smith - Oh Oh Lonesome
Sammy Hill - Needin' My Women
King Solomon Hill - The Gone Dead Train

Willie Reed - Dreaming Blues
Henry Thomas - Lovin' Babe
Texas Alexander - 98 Degree Blues
Little Hat Jones - Kentucky Blues
Sammy Hill - Cryin' For You
King Solomon Hill - Tell Me Baby
Six Cylinder Smith - Pennsylvania Woman Blues


notes by Horace Butterworth [= Stephen Calt]     390 East 8th Street, New York, N.Y. 10009

Belzona L-1004 (US 1968)

notes by Horace Butterworth [= Stephen Calt]     390 East 8th Street, New York, N.Y. 10009 (black and purple label)

= Yazoo L-1004 (US 1968)

notes by Stephen Calt     54 King Street, New York, N.Y. 10014 (black, purple & red label)
 
= Yazoo L-1004 (US 196? ff.)

notes by Stephen Calt     245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10009 (red label)

= Yazoo L-1004 (US 19??)

notes by Stephen Calt     245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10009 (new front cover, new title, red or peacock label)

= Yazoo L-1004 (US 19??) "Don't Leave Me Here" The Blues of Texas, Arkansas, & Louisiana 1927-1932


= Yazoo 1004 cassette (US 1989)

notes by Stephen Calt

= Yazoo CD 1004 YAZ (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography
Henry Thomas discography
Blind Lemon Jefferson discography
Little Hat Jones discography
King Solomon Hill discography
Texas Alexander discography

111968Buddy Boy Hawkins & his Buddies 1927-1934

Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Snatch It And Grab It
- Number Three Blues
- How Come Mama Blues
- A Rag
- Snatch It Back Blues
- Raggin' The Blues
- Voice Throwin' Blues

Will Day
- Central Avenue Blues
Texas Alexander
- Easy Rider Blues
Willie Reed
- Texas Blues
Little Hat Jones
- Hurry Blues
- Rollin' from Side To Side
'Funny Paper' Smith
- Fool's Blues
Blind Percy and his Blind Band
- Coal River Blues


front cover photograph by Ben Shahn

notes by Jerome Epstein

Yazoo L-1010 (US 1968)

Yazoo Records discography

121969Let's Go Riding

Mr. Freddie
- Let's Go Riding
Willie Walker
- South Carolina Rag
Will Bennett
- Railroad Bill
Pink Anderson and Simmie Dooley
- Gonna Tip Out Tonight
Bill Moore
- Ragtime Crazy

Walter Hawkins
- A Rag Blues
Sylvester Weaver
- I'm Busy and You Can't Come In

Hambone Willie Newbern
- Way Down In Arkansas
Ellis Williams
- Buttermilk Blues
Bo Carter
- Sue Cow
Carl Martin
- Morning, Judge
Peg Leg Howell and His Gang
- Peg Leg Stomp
Blind Blake
- Southern Rag
Gitfiddle Jim
- Paddlin Madeline Blues


notes by Bill Givens and David Evans

Origin Jazz Library OJL 18 (US 1969)

OJL Records discography

131969Up And Down The Mississippi (1926-1940)

Richard (Rabbit) Brown
- Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child
- I'm Not Jealous Roots

Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Jailhouse Fire Blues
- Shaggy Dog Blues
Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler)
- You Can't Keep No Brown
Mae Glover & John Byrd
- Pig Meat Papa
Jim Thompkins
- Bedside Blues
Bertha Lee & Charley Patton
- Mind Reader Blues

Robert Lee McCoy
- Friar's Point Blues
Mississippi Bracey
- You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door
- I'll Overcome Someday
Will Weldon
- Hitch Me To Your Buggy
Little Buddy Doyle
- Grief Will Kill Me
- Bad In Mind Blues
Lane Hardin
- California Desert Blues
Henry Townsend
- Henry's Worry Blues



Roots RL 319 (Austria 1969)

= autogram/Roots RL 319 (Germany 2009)

Roots Records discography

141970Cream Of The Crop

Son House
- Shetland Pony Blues
Willie Brown
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
Bukka White
- Sic 'Em Dogs On
- Po' Boy
William Harris
- Kitchen Range Blues
Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers
- Go I'll Send Thee
- Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime
Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler)
- Why Do You Moan?

Son House
- The Pony Blues
- The Jinx Blues - part 1
Alfred Lewis
- Mississippi Swamp Moan

Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins
- Workin' On The Railroad
- Yellow Woman Blues
Richard (Rabbit) Brown
- James Alley Blues
The Beale Street Sheiks
- Rockin' On The Hill Blues



Roots RL 332 (Austria 1970)

Roots Records discography

151970/71?The Blues Tradition
Notable Performances by Early Bluesmen (1927-1932)

Big Bill Broonzy
- Big Bill Blues
- Mr. Conductor Man
King Solomon Hill
- The Gone Dead Train
- Tell Me, Baby
Bumble Bee Slim
- No Woman, No Nickel
- Chain Gang Bound
Willie Brown
- M & O Blues
- Future Blues

Blind Roosevelt Graves
- Staggerin' Blues
- Low Down Woman
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Oil Well Blues
Bobby Grant
- Nappy Head Blues
- Lonesome Atlanta Blues

Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Shaggy Dog Blues
- Jailhouse Fire Blues

"Reissued by special arrangement with John Steiner"; cover illustration [Sam Collins!] courtesy John Steiner; prod. by Orrin Keepnews

notes by Michael Cuscuna

Milestone MLP 2016 (US 1970/71?)

Milestone Records discography

161979Bullfrog Blues
"Can't be satismamlishfied"

Sam Butler
- Devil And My Brown Blues
- Heaven Is My View
- You Can't Keep No Brown

Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins
- Working On The Railroad
- Shaggy Dog Blues
William Harris
- Hot Time Blues
- Early Morning Blues

William Harris
- Bullfrog Blues
- Range In My Kitchen

Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins
- Yellow Woman Blues
- Jailhouse Fire Blues
Bo Weavil Jackson
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- Why Do You Moan ?
Sam Butler
- Christians Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long


notes by Stephen Calt & Gayle Dean Wardlow

Mamlish S-3809 (US 1979)

Mamlish Records discography

171982Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins 1927-29
Complete Recordings in Chronological Order

- Shaggy Dog Blues
- Number Three Blues
- Jailhouse Fire Blues
- Snatch It Back Blues
- Workin' On The Railroad
- Yellow Woman Blues

- Raggin' The Blues
- Awful Fix Blues
- A Rag Blues
- How Come Mama Blues
- Snatch It And Grab It
- Voice Throwin' Blues

notes by Paul Oliver

Matchbox MSE-202 (UK 1982)

Matchbox Records discography

181990The Greatest in Country Blues   (1927-1956)

LP 1
- High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips
- Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- My Black Momma Part I - Son House
- Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- How Long - Frank Stokes
- Future Blues - Willie Brown

- Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins

LP 2
- Devil Got The Woman - Skip James
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
- The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins
- Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams
- Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart
- Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown
- Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker
- Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band
- Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee
- The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill
- Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand


LP 3
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy
- Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg
- Baby How Long - Dan Pickett
- Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
- River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson
- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins


compiled by Johnny Parth

3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver

RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)

3 CD set
notes by Paul Oliver

Vol. 1: 1927-1930


Vol. 2: 1927-1936


Vol. 3: 1929-1956
= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)

= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)

3 CD set

= 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)

191991William Harris & Buddy Boy Hawkins
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order (1927-1929)

William Harris
- I'm Leavin' Town
- Kansas City Blues
- Kitchen Range Blues
- Keep Your Man Out Of Birmingham
- Electric Chair Blues
- Bullfrog Blues
- Leavin' Here Blues
- Early Mornin' Blues
- Hot Time Blues

Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
- Shaggy Dog Blues
- Number Three Blues (tk 2)
- Jailhouse Fire Blues
- Snatch It Back Blues
- Workin' On The Railroad
- Yellow Woman Blues
- Raggin' The Blues
- Awful Fix Blues
- A Rag Blues
- How Come Mama Blues
- Snatch It And Grab It
- Voice Throwin' Blues

notes by Paul Oliver
 
Document DOCD 5035 (Austria 1991)

William Harris discography

201994Too Late Too Late Vol. 3 1926 - 1960's

Buddy Boy Hawkins (1927)
- Number Three Blues (tk 1)
Side Wheel Sally Duffie (1927)
- Bunker Hill Blues
- Plantation Blues
Memphis Jug Band (1928)
- She Stays Out All Night Long (tk 1)
Lottie Kimbrough & Winston Holmes (1928)
- Don't Speak To Me
Jim Jackson (1928)
- I'm Wild About My Lovin' (tk 1)
- Electric Chair Blues (Jefferson County Blues)
William Harris (1928)
- Bad Treated Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson (1929)
- Big Night Blues (21402)
Charley Patton (1929)
- I Shall Not Be Moved (alt tk)
Mississippi Sheiks (1930)
- The Jazz Fiddler (tk A)
Memphis Minnie (1930)
- Dirt Dauber Blues
- You Dirty Mistreater
Curley Weaver (1933)
- No No Blues (12909-1)
- Early Morning Blues (12910)
Tampa Red (1934)
- I'll Get A Break Some Day
Joshua White (1935)
- Cherry Picker
- Tweet Tweet Mama Blues
Leadbelly (1935)
- My Baby Quit Me (17183-1)
Casey Bill Weldon (1936)
- We Gonna Move (To The Outskirts...) (tk 2)
Tampa Red (1940)
- This Ain't No Place For Me
Ida Parham (1940's 1950's)
- Untitled Blues
Two Gospel Keys (1948)
- If I Never See You Anymore
- Stranger, Don't Drive Me Away
Jesse Thomas (c. 1960's)
- Your Love Is Automatic
- Rain Sleet Or Snow


notes by Guido van Rijn

Document DOCD-5276 (Austria 1994)

211995Suitcase Full of Blues

- The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
- Frisco Whistle Blues - Ed Bell
- Ramblin' Man - Ramblin' Thomas
- Going Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Gus Cannon
- Florida Bound - Edward Thompson
- Pea Vine Blues - Charley Patton
- Rambler Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Up the Way Bound - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham - George "Bullet" Williams
- Slidin' Delta - Tommy Johnson
- Down the Country - Leola B. Wilson
- M and O Blues - Willie Brown
- Georgia Bound - Blind Blake

- Number Three Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Sunshine Special - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Illinois Blues - Skip James
- I Wonder to Myself - Tommy Johnson
- Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Mean Conductor Blues - Ed Bell
- Suitcase Full of Blues - Ishman Bracey


compiled by John Tottenham, prod. for the GHB Jazz Foundation by Jon P. Pult
cover art by Tony Mostrom

notes by John Tottenham

Black Swan HCD-23 (US 1995)

221997Paramount Blues   Hometown Skiffle
From the Paramount collection of Gayle Dean Wardlow

Blind Roosevelt Graves
- Bustin' The Jug
- Crazy About My Baby

Buddy Boy Hawkins
- A Rag Blues
- Snatch It And Grab It
"The Paramount All Stars" featuring Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Will Ezell, Charlie Spand, The Hokum Boys, Papa Charlie Jackson
- Hometown Skiffle - Part 1
- Hometown Skiffle - Part 2
Beale Street Sheiks
- Mr. Crump Don't Like It
- Jazzin The Blues
Tampa Red
- Through Train Blues
Charlie Spand
- Fetch Your Water
- Soon This Morning
Dad Nelson
- Cleveland Stomp
Blind Blake
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown
Johnnie Head
- Fare Thee Blues Part 1
Papa Charlie Jackson
- Forgotten Blues
Blind Blake
- Southern Rag
Blind Roosevelt Graves
- Guitar Boogie
- New York Blues
Will Ezell
- Just Can't Stay Here


prod. by George H. Buck Jr., production coordinator: Lars Edegran

notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow

Black Swan BSCD-30 (US 1997)

232001Screamin' and Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton

disc 1:
- Pony Blues (Charley Patton)
- A Spoonful Blues (Charley Patton)
- Down The Dirt Road Blues (Charley Patton)
- Prayer Of Death Part 1 (Charley Patton)
- Prayer Of Death Part 2 (Charley Patton)
- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues (Charley Patton)
- Banty Rooster Blues (Charley Patton)
- Tom Rushen Blues (Charley Patton)
- It Won't Be Long (Charley Patton)
- Shake It And Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama) (Charley Patton)
- Pea Vine Blues (Charley Patton)
- Mississippi Boweavil Blues (Charley Patton)
- Lord I'm Discouraged (Charley Patton)
- I'm Goin' Home (Charley Patton)

- Snatch It And Grab It (Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins)
- A Rag Blues (Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins)
- How Come Mama Blues (Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins)
- Voice Throwin' Blues (Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins)

disc 2:
- I Shall Not Be Moved (tk 1; unissued) (Charley Patton) [pregap track]
- Hammer Blues (tk 1; unissued) (Charley Patton) [pregap track]
- High Water Everywhere-Part I (Charley Patton)
- High Water Everywhere-Part II (Charley Patton)
- I Shall Not Be Moved (Charley Patton)
- Rattlesnake Blues (Charley Patton)
- Going To Move To Alabama (Charley Patton)
- Hammer Blues (take 2) (Charley Patton)
- Joe Kirby (Charley Patton)
- Frankie And Albert (Charley Patton)
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues (Charley Patton)
- Magnolia Blues (Charley Patton)
- Running Wild Blues (Charley Patton)
- Some Happy Day (Charley Patton)
- Mean Black Moan (Charley Patton)
- Green River Blues (Charley Patton)
- That's My Man (Edith North Johnson)
- Honey Dripper Blues No. 2 (Edith North Johnson)
- Eight Hour Woman (Edith North Johnson)
- Nickel's Worth Of Liver Blues No. 2 (Edith North Johnson)


disc 3:
- Elder Greene Blues (tk 2; unissued) (Charley Patton) [pregap track]
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone (tk 1; unissued) (Charley Patton) [pregap track]
- Jim Lee-Part I (Charley Patton)
- Jim Lee-Part II (Charley Patton)
- Mean Black Cat Blues (Charley Patton)
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker (Charley Patton)
- Elder Greene Blues (tk 1) (Charley Patton)
- When Your Way Gets Dark (Charley Patton)
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone (tk 2) (Charley Patton)
- Heart Like Railroad Steel (Charley Patton)
- Circle Round The Moon (Charley Patton)
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die (Charley Patton)
- Be True Be True Blues (Charley Patton)
- Farrell Blues (Henry "Son" Sims)
- Tell Me Man Blues (Henry "Son" Sims)
- Come Back Corrina (Henry "Son" Sims)

disc 4:
- Some Summer Day (Charley Patton)
- Bird Nest Bound (Charley Patton)
- Future Blues, wb (Willie Brown)
- M&O Blues (Willie Brown)
- Walkin' Blues (unissued) (Son House)
- My Black Mama-Part I (Son House)
- My Black Mama-Part II (Son House)
- Preachin' The Blues - Part I (Son House)
- Preachin' The Blues - Part II (Son House)
- Dry Spell Blues - Part I (Son House)
- Dry Spell Blues - Part II (Son House)
- All Night Long Blues (tk 1) (Louise Johnson)
- On The Wall (Louise Johnson)
- All Night Long Blues (tk 2; unissued) (Louise Johnson)
- By The Moon And Stars (Louise Johnson)
- Long Ways From Home (Louise Johnson)


disc 5:
- Dry Well Blues (Charley Patton)
- Moon Going Down (Charley Patton)
- We All Gonna Face The Rising Sun (Delta Big Four)
- Moaner Let's Go Down In The Valley (Delta Big Four)
- Jesus Got His Arms Around Me (Delta Big Four)
- God Won't Forsake His Own (Delta Big Four)
- I'll Be Here (Delta Big Four)
- Where Was Eve Sleeping? (Delta Big Four)
- I Know My Time Ain't Long (Delta Big Four)
- Watch And Pray (Delta Big Four)
- Paramount Test 1-4/19/30 headlines (HC Speir)
- Paramount Test 2-4/12/30 headlines (HC Speir)

- High Sheriff Blues (Charley Patton)
- Stone Pony Blues (Charley Patton)
- Jersey Bull Blues (Charley Patton)
- Hang It On The Wall (Charley Patton)
- 34 Blues (Charley Patton)
- Love My Stuff (Charley Patton)
- Poor Me (Charley Patton)
- Revenue Man Blues (Charley Patton)
- Troubled 'Bout My Mother (Charley Patton and Bertha Lee)
- Oh Death (Charley Patton and Bertha Lee)
- Yellow Bee (Bertha Lee)
- Mind Reader Blues (Bertha Lee)


disc 6: Charley's Orbit - Songs
- Booze And Blues - Ma Rainey
- The Crowing Rooster - Walter Rhodes
- I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy
- Bye Bye Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Maggie Campbell - Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Kansas City Blues - William Harris
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Just A Spoonful - Charley Jordan
- Banty Rooster - Blind Pete And George Ryan
- My Grey Pony - Big Joe Williams
- Dark Road Blues - Willie Lofton Trio
- Blues - Unknown Convict
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- Po' Boy - Bukka White
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - Willie Brown
- County Farm Blues - Son House
- Saddle My Pony - The Howlin' Wolf
- Forty Four - The Howlin' Wolf
- Too Close - Roebuck "Pops" Staples & Staple Singers


disc 7:
- The Howlin' Wolf, interviewed by Pete Welding, ca. 1967 (The Howlin' Wolf)
- Booker Miller, interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, 1968 (Booker Miller)
- HC Speir, interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, 1968, 1969 (HC Speir)
- Roebuck "Pops" Staples, interviewed by Chris Strachwitz, ca. 1964 (Roebuck "Pops" Staples & Staple Singers)


"A seven CD set containing the complete Patton sessions, plus tracks and interviews with Charley's orbit, packaged in a deluxe 11" x 13" x 3.5" cloth-bound hardcover '78 Album' and slipcase. This set comes with a reprint of John Fahey's 1970 book on Charley Patton, plus 128 pages of new writing on Patton. The slipcase also contains full-size reproductions of 1929 Paramount ads and a complete Paramount/Vocalion record label sticker set.
All tracks are fully remastered and pitch-corrected from the best possible sources, resulting in the definitive versions of this material."

7 CD album
notes by David Evans, John Fahey, Ed Komara & Dick Spottswood

Revenant RVN-CD-212 (US 2001)

242001Prison Blues

- Chain Gang Blues - Kokomo Arnold
- Big Rock Jail - Ed Bell
- He's In The Jailhouse Now - Jim Jackson
- Prison Blues - Alice Moore, Ike Rodgers

- Jailhouse Fire Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Christmas In Jail, Ain't That a Pain - Leroy Carr
- Penitentiary Bound Blues - Sylvester Weaver
- Blind Lemon's Penitentiary Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Midnight Special - Leadbelly
- County Jail Special - Champion Jack Dupree
- The County Farm Blues - Mae Glover, James Parker
- New Prison Blues - Howell, Peg Leg
- Dekalb Chain Gang - Fred McMullen
- The County Farm Blues - Bo Carter
- Alabama Prison Blues - Jesse Wadley
- County Jail - Big Maceo, Tampa Red
- Crime Don't Pay - Merline Johnson
- County Jail Blues - "Funny Paper" Smith
- Big House Bound - Blind Boy Fuller
- Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels
- Doin' A Stretch - Blind Blake, Alex Robinson
- Parchman Farm Blues - Bukka White, Washboard Sam
- Prisoner Bound - Frank Busby, Honey Hill



Catfish KATCD 179 (UK 2001)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

252002Country Blues - the essential

CD 1
- Weeping Willow - Blind Boy Fuller
- Little Rock Blues - Pearl Dickson
- Weak-Minded Woman - Willie Baker
- Saturday Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimborough
- Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Fence Breakin' Blues - Shreveport Home Wreckers
- Mississippi Jailhouse Groan - Rube Lacey
- Charming Betsy - Henry Thomas
- Mamlish Blues - Barefoot Bill
- Easy Rider Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Davidson County Blues - De Ford Baily
- Kentucky Blues - Little Hat Jones
- Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan
- Mama, You Gotta Get It Fixed - Troy Ferguson
- One Way Gal - William Moore
- Two Time Blues - Arthur Petties


CD 2
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Police Sargeant Blues - Robert Wilkins
- Penal Farm Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
- Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter
- Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Nehi Mamma Blues - Frank Stokes
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None - Mae Glover
- Happy Blues - Tom Dickson
- Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding
- C.C. & O Blues - Pink Anderson and Simmy Dooley
- I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis
- John Henry Blues - Evans & McClain
- Jealous Hearted Blues - Charlie Lincoln
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Devil In The Woodpile - Noah Lewis
- Bye Bye Mama - Buddy Moss

- Jailhouse Fire Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins

2 CD set
notes by Gary Atkinson

Document CBL-200008 (UK 2002)

262002Times Ain't Like They Used To Be   Vol. 5

- Railroad Blues - Sam McGee
- Step Stone - Floyd County Ramblers
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues - Skip James
- Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band
- Doggone That Train - Jimmie Davis
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- No Room For a Tramp - Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston
- Just Over The River - Garland Brothers & Grinstead
- Mule Skinner Moan - Ben Covington
- Shortening Bread - Reaves White County Ramblers
- Black-Eyed Susie - J.P. Nestor & Norman Edmonds

- A Rag Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Railroad Blues - Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston
- Way Down In North Carolina - Grayson County Railsplitters
- Citaco - The Swamp Rooters (A.A. Gray & Lowe Stokes)
- Pistol Blues - Unknown Artist
- Boat Song March - Murphy Brothers Band
- I've Got No Honey Babe Now - Frank Blevins and his Tar Heels Rattlers
- Bonnie Bess - Wilmer Watts and the Lonely Eagles
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Hamilton's Special Breakdown - Wyzee, Tucker & Lecroy
- Johnny Goodwin - Bull Mountain Moonshiners
- Some Happy Day - Charley Patton


prod. & remastered by Richard Nevins


Yazoo CD 2063 (US 2002)

Yazoo Records discography

272004The Paramount Masters

disc 1
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Red River Blues - Lottie Beaman
- Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis
- You Can't Keep No Brown - Bo Weevil Jackson
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby
- No. 29 - Wesley Wallace
- Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Old Country Rock - William Moore
- Keep A-Knockin' - James "Boodle It" Wiggins
- Touch Me Light Mama - George "Bullet" Williams
- Jack Of All Trades - Moanin' Bernice Edwards
- Come on in (Ain't Nobody Here But Me) - Harum Scarums
- All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me - Sweet Papa Stovepipe
- Cotton Field Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson
- Traveling Blues - Ma Rainey
- Soon This Morning Blues - Charlie Spand
- Gay Cattin' - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Whoopee Blues - King Solomon Hill
- Eagles on a Half - Geechie Wiley
- Wasn't It Sad About Lemon - Washboard Walter
- Freakish Man Blues - George Hannah
- Rough Rugged Road Blues - Bumble Bee Slim
- Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacy
- Try Me One More Time - Marshall Owens
- Barrel House Flat Blues - Mary Johnson


disc 2
- I Shall Not Be Moved - Charley Patton
- Walking Blues - Raymond Barrow
- Guitar Boogie - Blind Roosevelt Graves
- Black and Evil Blues - Alice Moore
- The New Dirty Dozen - Ben Curry
- Low-Down Mississippi Bottom Man - Freddie Spruell
- Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Jack of Diamonds Georgia Rub - Henry Townsend
- Billy Goat Blues - John Byrd
- Bunker Hill Blues - Side Wheel Sally Duffie

- Number Three Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell
- Eastern Chimes Blues - Henry Brown
- Fetch Your Water - Charlie Spand
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - J.D. Short
- Water Bound Blues - Alice Pearson
- Broke Down Engine - Lonnie Clark
- Dying Pickpocket Blues - Barrel House Welch
- Seven Sister Blues - Edward Thompson
- Old Timbrook Blues - John Byrd
- The Preacher Must Get Some Sometime - Bob Robinson
- Motherless Child Blues - Elvie Thomas
- The Ducks Yas Yas - Jack O' Diamonds
- Boodle De Bum Bum - Ben Curry
. Gotta Shave 'Em Dry - James Wiggins


disc 3
- Some Scream High Yellow - Bo Weevil Jackson
- Jab Blues - "Jabo" Williams
- Raised In The Alley Blues - Freddie Brown
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham - George "Bullet" Williams
- Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Conjur Man Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Mama's Angel Child - Sweet Papa Stovepipe
- Honey Blues - Lottie Beaman
- Lonesome Atlanta Blues - Bobby Grant
- Fat Greasy Baby - Robert Peeples
- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- New York Blues - Blind Roosevelt Graves
- Doctor, Oh Doctor - Henry Townsend
- I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop - Bogus Ben Covington
- Red Letter Blues - Ruby Paul
- Piano Kid Special - Piano Kid Edwards
- Where Did You Stay Last Night - Famous Hokum Boys
- The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
- Fanny Lee Blues - Wesley Wallace
- Narrow Face Blues - Washboard Walter
- Pick Poor Robin Clean - Geechie Wiley
- The Boy In The Boat - George Hannah
- Texas Blues - Marshall Owens
- Evil Woman Blues - James "Boodle It" Wiggins
- Three, Six and Nine - Roosevelt Sykes


disc 4
- Tom Cat Blues - Freddie Spruell
- Smiling Blues - Jack O' Diamonds
- Mama, Don't You Think I Know - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Back To The Woods Blues - Charlie Spand
- Prison Blues - Alice Moore
- Deep Morgan Blues - Henry Brown
- My Laona Blues - Teddy Darby
- Pistol Blues - Bo Weevil Jackson
- Pratt City Blues - "Jabo" Williams
- Telephone Arguin' Blues - J.D. Short
- Over To My House - Elvie Thomas
- Hambone Blues - Ed Bell
- Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy
- Fire Detective Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Up On The Hill Blues - Edward Thompson
- Key To The Mountain Blues - Mary Johnson
- Down On My Bended Knee - King Solomon Hill
- Red River Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson
- Give Us Another Jug - Piano Kid Edwards
- Nehi Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Last Farewell Blues - Ruby Paul
- Larceny Woman Blues - Barrel House Welch
- Wicked Devil's Blues - Robert Peeples
- Raggin' The Blues - William Moore


4 CD box
       
JSP JSPCD 7723 (UK 2004)

282007When The Levee Breaks - Mississippi Blues
Rare Cuts 1926-1941

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

- Jailhouse Fire Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
- 41 Highway - Freddie Spruell - (featuring Carl Martin)
- Times Has Done Got Hard - King Solomon Hill

disc 2:
- Mississippi County Farm Blues - Son House
- When The Levee Breaks - Joe McCoy - (featuring Memphis Minnie)
- Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Snake Doctor Blues - Jelly Jaw Short
- Little Girl In Rome - Otto Virgial
- It's Cold In China Blues - Mississippi Moaner>
- Bald Eagle Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell
- Boodle-De-Bum Blues - Bogus Ben Covington
- Bull Frog Blues - William Harris
- Dangerous Woman - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Cooney Vaughn)

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


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


disc 4:
- Clarksdale Moan - Son House
- Adam And Eve In The Garden - Bogus Ben Covington
- Lonesome Man Blues - George Torey
- Leaving Home Blues - Walter Rhodes - (featuring 'Pet' And 'Can')
- Loving Lady Blues - Sam Collins
- Early Mornin' Blues - William Harris

- Number Three Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
- Tell Me Baby - King Solomon Hill
- Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Cottonfield Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers - (featuring Joe Calicott)
- Chalk My Toy - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Barbecue Bust - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Cooney Vaughn)
- Two Time Blues - Arthur Petties
- Back Door Blues - Joe Stone
- Way Back Down Home - Freddie Spruell
- Skinny Leg Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Meat Cutter Blues - Joe McCoy - (featuring Charlie McCoy)
- Mississippi Moan - Mississippi Moaner
- Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Jefferson County Blues - Sam Butler
- Rampaw Street Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- I'll Overcome Someday - Mississippi Bracey - (featuring Virginia Bracey)
- Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties
- Grand Daddy Blues - Jelly Jaw Short
- Let's Go Riding - Freddie Spruell (featuring Carl Martin)


4 CD box

JSP JSPCD 7781 (UK 2007)

292008Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 6
2009 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Night & Day Blues - Blind Blake
- Milk Cow Blues - Kokomo Arnold
- Shake It And Break It - Charley Patton
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader - Skip James
- Home Town Skiffle Parts 1 & 2 - Paramount All Stars

- Jailhouse Fire Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Worried Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cherry Ball Blues - Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- Graveyard Dream Blues - Ida Cox
- Nightmare - Elgar's Creole Orchestra
- The Death Of Blind Lemon - Rev Emmett Dickenson
- Death May Be Your Christmas Present - Rev. AW Nix


Supplementary CD tracks:
- Sun To Sun - Blind Blake
- The Laffing Rag - Ben Curry
- Hot Dog - Ben Carry
- Home Town Skiffle - Paramount All Stars
- Alcohol And Jake Blues - Tommy Johnson


restored by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 6 (rel. 2008, for 2009)


Blues Images CD BIM-106 (US 2008) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 6 (for 2009)

302012Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 10
2013 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Dark Was The Night - Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Diddy Wah Diddy - Blind Blake
- What's The Matter With The Mill - Memphis Minnie
- Sow Good Seeds - Lil' McClintock
- Peach Orchard Mama - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Police Dog Blues - Blind Blake

- Snatch It Back Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Pig Meat Blues - Ardell Bragg
- Alabama Scratch - Parts 1 & 2 - Harum Scarum
- Frankie And Albert - Charley Patton
- Ice And Snow Blues - Clifford Gibson
- The Devil And God Meet At Church - Rev. Emmet Dickenson


Supplementary CD tracks:
- I Believe I'll Go Back Home - Blind Willie Davis
- Trust In God And Do The Right - Blind Willie Davis
- Titanic Blues - Hi Henry Brown
- Preacher Blues - Hi Henry Brown
- Fancy Tricks - Laura Rucker with Blind Blake
- Ocean Blues - Freddie Spruell with Washboard Sam
- Y.M.V. Blues - Freddie Spruell with Washboard Sam
- Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone - tk 1 [unreleased] - Charley Patton
- Some Of These Days I'll be Gone - tk 2 [released] - Charley Patton


restored by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 10 (rel. 2012, for 2013)


Blues Images CD BIM-110 (US 2012) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 10 (for 2013)

Blues Images calendar discography



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 308
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, p. 366
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013 --- no entry!
- Jeff Todd Titon: Early Downhome Blues, A Musical and Cultural Analysis.- University of Illinois Press 1979
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Helge Thygesen for label scans

 

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I'M BORING by 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
by Tony Mostrom; One of 9 'Fake Paramount Ads' that ran in 78 Quarterly # 9 (1994)

 

B U D D Y   B O Y   H A W K I N S; Robert Crumb's 'Heroes Of The Blues' card # 27, front side   B U D D Y   B O Y   H A W K I N S; Robert Crumb's 'Heroes Of The Blues' card # 27, back side
Robert Crumb's 'Heroes Of The Blues' card # 27: Buddy Boy Hawkins
© 1980 by Yazoo Records, Inc., 245 Waverly Place. New York, NY 10014

 

 

 

 

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