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B O B O   J E N K I N S in concert, 1975; photographer: Leni Sinclair
Bobo Jenkins in concert, 1975
photographer: Leni Sinclair
Bobo Jenkins
John Pickens Jenkins
b. January 7, 1916 in Forkland, Greene County, Alabama
d. August 15, 1984 in Detroit, Michigan

buried at Detroit Memorial Park East in Warren, Macomb County, Michigan
discography
B O B O   J E N K I N S in concert, 1975; photographer: Robert Cavallo
Bobo Jenkins in concert, 1975
photographer: Robert Cavallo

#year
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11954BOBO JENKINS

- Democrat Blues (U7614)   @ youtube
- Bad Luck & Trouble (U7615)   @ Spotify

rec. 1954 in Detroit, MI; John Pickens Jenkins, voc, g; Robert Richard, hca; Albert Witherspoon, g; Harry Flemming, dr

 
Chess 1565

   

- Decoration Day - tk 1
- Decoration Day - tk 2

rec. in Detroit, MI; John Pickens Jenkins, voc, g; p; g

J-V-B unissued

P-Vine PCD-5416

   

- Love That Woman

rec. in Detroit, MI; John Pickens Jenkins, voc, g; hca; g

acetate

21957BO-BO JENKINS

- Baby, Don't You Want To Go (F 127) (3:15) [aka "Sweet Home Chicago"]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- 10 Below Zero (F 128) (3:17)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1957 in Detroit, MI; John Pickens Jenkins, voc, g; Robert Richard, hca; James "Brer Rabbit" Johnson, g; Ted Walker, dr

These are the studio takes, not the rehearsal tracks (which can be found on the 45 rpm release Jack Brown did for Mike Rowe in 1966)!

10 inch 78 rpm

Fortune 838 [Jack and Devora Brown's label]

   

- Baby, Don't You Want To Go (F 127-?) (2:55) #   @ youtube
- 10 Below Zero (F 128-?) (3:28) #   @ youtube
- Sea Sick And Water Bound *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1957 in Detroit, MI [rehearsal session]; John Pickens Jenkins, voc, g; Robert Richard, hca; James "Brer Rabbit" Johnson, g; b; Ted Walker, dr

Fortune unissued

# Fortune 838, 45 rpm

* Fortune FTS 3012

31959BOBO JENKINS

Boxer 202:
- Nothing But Love (BX 307A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Tell Me Who (BX 308B)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Duchess 101:
- Tell Me Who (BX 308A)
- Nothing But Love (BX 307B)

rec. c. [1955 or] 1959 in Chicago, IL; John Pickens Jenkins, voc; Willie Johnson, Eddie Taylor, g; Earl Phillips, dr


Boxer 202 [Johnny Moore's label]


= Duchess DR-101 (mid 1960s)


= Boxer 202 (20?? repro!)

   

- That Woman
- Reelin' And Rockin'

rec. c. [1955 or] 1959 in Chicago, IL; John Pickens Jenkins, voc, g; Willie Johnson, Eddie Taylor, g; Earl Phillips, dr

Boxer unissued

41960BOBO JENKINS & BAND

- You Will Never Under Stand [sic] (CP 4535)   @ youtube
- Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night (CP 4536)   @ youtube

rec. 1960 in Detroit, MI; John Pickens Jenkins, voc, g; Walter Cox, p; James Johnson, g; Ted Walker, dr


Big Star 001

   

- Reeling And Rocking
- Teenage Twist (instr)

rec. c. 1962 in Detroit, MI; John Pickens Jenkins, voc, g;ts; p; b; dr

unissued

51965Blues Classics Volume 2

Bayless Rose
- Frisco Blues
Frank Stokes
- I Got Mine
Joe Williams
- I'm Getting Wild About Her
Bukka White
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
- Good Gin Blues
Frank Stokes
- How Long

Bobo Jenkins
- Democrat Blues [Chess 1565]
Blind Norris
- Sundown Blues

Scrapper Blackwell
- Rambling Blues
Pinetop Slim
- Applejack Boogie
Milton Sparks
- Erie Train Blues
Blind Boy Fuller
- Rag Mama Rag
Dan Pickett
- Baby, How Long
Frank Edwards
- Terraplane Blues
- We Got To Get Together
Johnny Shines
- Ramblin'



Blues Classics BC 6

Blues Classics discography

61966Detroit Blues - The Early 1950s

Baby Boy Warren
- Sanafee [J-V-B 26]
- Baby Boy Blues [J-V-B 59]
- Mattie Mae [Hallo Stranger] [J-V-B 26]
- Chicken [J-V-B 59]
Dr. Ross
- Thirty Two Twenty [DIR A101 / B102]

Bobo Jenkins
- 10 Below Zero [Fortune 838, 78 rpm!]
- Baby Don't You Want To Go [Fortune 838, 78 rpm!]
Eddie Kirkland
- No Shoes

Detroit Count
- Hastings Street Opera
L.C. Green
- Remember Way Back
Big Maceo
- Big City Blues [Specialty 320]
John Lee Hooker
- House Rent Boogie
One String Sam
- I Need $100
Brother Will Hairston
- Alabama Bus (Parts 1 & 2)


cover photo by Jacques Demêtre

notes by Paul Oliver


Blues Classics BC 12

Blues Classics discography

71966BO-BO JENKINS

- Baby, Don't You Want To Go (F 127-?) (2:55) #   @ youtube
- 10 Below Zero (F 128-?) (3:28) #   @ youtube

rec. 1957 in Detroit, MI [rehearsal session]; John Pickens Jenkins, voc, g; Robert Richard, hca; James "Brer Rabbit" Johnson, g; b; Ted Walker, dr

These are rehearsal takes, which Jack Brown chose when asked by Mike Rowe in 1966 to re-release [200 copies pressed] the original 1959 78 rpm on a 45 rpm!

7 inch 45 rpm

Fortune 838

Big Star B.S. 11-33

84/1968Detroit
the post war blues volume 5

Harvey Hill & His String Band
- She Fool Me
L.C. Green
- When The Sun Is Shining
- Hold Me In Your Arms
Henry Smith & His Blue Flames
- Lonesome Blues
- Good Rockin' Mama
Sylvester Cotton & His Guitar
- Sak-Relation Blues
- Ugly Woman

Slim Pickens
- Papa's Boogie
Baby Boy Warren & His Buddy
- Lonesome Cabin Blues
- Don't Want No Skinny Woman
- Forgive Me Darling
- Please Don't Think I'm Nosey

Bobo Jenkins
- Bad Luck And Trouble [Chess 1565]
Andrew Durham & His Guitar
- Sweet Lucy
- Hattie Mae


notes (04/1968) by Ron Harwood and Sam Stark

the post-war blues pwb 5

PWB discography

91971Do The Chicken
Blues Obscurities Volume 7

Earl Hooker
- Do The Chicken
- Yeah Yeah
- Rocking Wild
- Rocking With The Kid
- Universal Rock

Bobo Jenkins
- Tell Me Who [Boxer 202]

Bobo Jenkins
- Nothing But Love [Boxer 202]
Big Daddy Simpson
- Let Your Hair Down Baby
- Give Me Back My Ring
Magic Slim
- She Is Mine [Ja-Wes JW-0116]   @ youtube
Homesick James
- Can't Afford To Do It
- Set A Date


notes by Jim Frith

Blues Obscurities BOV7

Blues Obscurities discography

101972Blues Rarities

LP 1:
J.L. Smith
- Got My Top Let Down
- If It's Too Late
- I Hate To See You Go
- Can't Stand Your Evil Ways
- Tears Won't Help You Baby
- Bleeding Heart
Mighty Joe Young
- Sweet Kisses

John Littlejohn
- Bloody Tears [T-D-S 4710]
- What In The World [Margaret 997]
- 29 Ways [T-D-S 4713]
- Kitty O [Margaret 996]
Little Eddie
- Teddy Bear Blues
Bo Dudley
- Shotgun Rider


LP 2:
Fenton Robinson
- From My Heart
- Say You're Leavin'
Prez Kenneth
- I Am The Man Downstairs
G.L. Crockett
- Every Goodbye Ain't Gone
Magic Sam
- She Belongs To Me
Andre Odom
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes
Jody Williams
- You May

Louie Meyers & The Aces
- Just Whaling
- Bluesy
Detroit Jr.
- The Way I Feel

Bo Bo Jenkins
- Tell Me Who [Boxer 202]
- Nothing But Love [Boxer 202]
Smokey Smothers
- I Got My Eyes On You
Eddie Taylor
- Big Town Playboy


front cover photo by Horst Lippmann

2 LP set

Rarities no #, no print on labels (NL 1972)

111977Blues Guitar Killers - Detroit 1950's

L.C. Green & Sam Kelly
- 38 Pistol Blues
- Mary Ann Blues
- Goin' To The River, take two
- Hastings Street Boogie
- Things Is Goin' So Tough Today
- Shine My Light

Johnny Howard
- Natural Man Blues
- Dark Night Blues
Rocky Fuller
- Early Evening Blues
Henry Smith
- Kansas City Blues
Eddie Burns
- I Ain't Cheatin'
- Sunnyland Blues

P-Vine PCD 5416 bonus tracks:
Eddie Burns
- I Am Leaving
- Wig Wearing Woman
- You Better Cut That Out
- You Say That You're Leaving
Calvin Frazier
- We'll Meet Again
- Rock House

Bobo Jenkins
- Decoration Day Blues, tk 1 [J-V-B unissued]
- Decoration Day Blues, tk 2 [J-V-B unissued]

rec. mid-1950s in Detroit, MI; original sessions prod. by Joe Von Battle; album prod. by George Paulus
front cover: Rabbit Johnson, Detroit, early 1950s ("George Paulus Collection")
back cover of P-Vine PCD-5416: Bobo Jenkins ("George Paulus Collection")

notes by George Paulus

Barrelhouse BH-012


(=) P-Vine PCD-5416 (Jp 2001)

Barrelhouse Records discography

12197?Blues Sounds of the Hastings Street Era
(The Original Detroit Blues)

Doctor Ross
- San Francisco Breakdown
Big Maceo Merriweather
- Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool
John Lee Hooker
- Have Mercy On Poor Me
Gracie Brim
- Strange Man (alt tk)
Calvin Frazier
- Lilly Mae

The Richard Brothers
- Stolen Property
Henry Smith
- Dog Me Blues
Big Jack Reynolds
- Going Down Slow

Bobo Jenkins
- Sea Sick And Water Bound [Fortune unissued]
Eddie Kirkland
- I Must Have Done Somebody Wrong


compiled by Jack Brown

notes by Richard Pohrt

Fortune FTS 3012

131972The Life of Bobo Jenkins

Big Star BB 008-19 track sequence:
- When I First Left Home
- Realing And Rocking
- Cold Hearted Blues
- I Love That Woman
- Solid Gold
- You Will Never Understand

- Trying To Get You Off My Mind
- 24 Years
- I Sure Got To Leave Your Town
- Have You Heard The News
- Tell Me Who
- I'm So Glad Trouble Don't Last Always

rec. April 1972 in Detroit, MI; Bobo Jenkins, voc, g; horns; org; James 'Rabbit' Johnson, g; b; dr

P-Vine PCD-5640 track sequence:
- When I First Left Home
- Realing And Rocking
- Cold Hearted Blues
- I Love That Woman
- Solid Gold
- You Will Never Understand
- Trying To Get You Off My Mind
- 24 Years
- I Sure Got To Leave Your Town
- Have You Heard The News
- Tell Me Who
- I'm So Glad Trouble Don't Last Always
- Playboy Blues
- If You Were The Only Woman
- Shake 'em On Down
- Scared To Call Her Name
- Monkey Not For Sale
- Here I Am A Fool In Love Again
- Somebody Been Talkin'
- Share Cropper Blues
- Ten Below Zero
- Baby Don't You Want To Go
- Nothing But Love
- Watergate Blues

notes by Fred Reif

Big Star BB 008-19 (US 1972) ["The red album"]

notes by Fred Reif

(=) P-Vine PCD 5640 (Jp 2001) "The Life of Bobo Jenkins / Here I Am A Fool In Love Again"

141974Bobo Jenkins: Here I Am A Fool In Love Again

Big Star B.S. 11-33 track sequence:
- Playboy Blues (A022)
- If You Were The Only Woman (A023)   @ Spotify
- Shake 'Em On Down (A024) [Big Star A-024/B-033]   @ youtube
- Scared To Call Her Name (A025)
- Monkey Not For Sale (A026)
- Here I Am A Fool In Love Again (A027)   @ youtube

- Somebody Been Talkin' (B028)
- Share Cropper Blues (B029) #
- Ten Below Zero (B030) (2:06) [Fortune 838; 45 rpm]
- Baby Don't You Want To Go (B031) [Fortune 838; 45 rpm]
- Nothing But Love (B032)
- Watergate Blues (B033) [] [Big Star A-024/B-033]   @ youtube

rec. April 1973 in Detroit, MI; Bobo Jenkins, voc, g; Steve Nardella, hca; John Nicholas, g; Sarah Brown, b; Fran Christina, dr

# rec. 1974 in Detroit, MI; Bobo Jenkins, voc, g; L.B. Pryor, org; Michael Bell, g; Melvin Allen, b; Kenny Mathews, dr

[] rec. 1974 in Detroit, MI; Bobo Jenkins, voc, g; L.B. Pryor, org; James 'Rabbit' Johnson, 2nd g; "King", b; Kenny Mathews, dr

P-Vine PCD-5640 track sequence:
- When I First Left Home
- Realing And Rocking
- Cold Hearted Blues
- I Love That Woman
- Solid Gold
- You Will Never Understand
- Trying To Get You Off My Mind
- 24 Years
- I Sure Got To Leave Your Town
- Have You Heard The News
- Tell Me Who
- I'm So Glad Trouble Don't Last Always
- Playboy Blues
- If You Were The Only Woman
- Shake 'em On Down
- Scared To Call Her Name
- Monkey Not For Sale
- Here I Am A Fool In Love Again
- Somebody Been Talkin'
- Share Cropper Blues
- Ten Below Zero
- Baby Don't You Want To Go
- Nothing But Love
- Watergate Blues

notes by Fred Reif

Big Star B.S. 11-33 (US 1974) ["The green album"]

notes by Fred Reif

(=) P-Vine PCD 5640 (Jp 2001) "The Life of Bobo Jenkins / Here I Am A Fool In Love Again"

151974Bobo Jenkins

- Shake 'Em On Down # [Big Star B.S. 11-33]
- Watergate Blues * [Big Star B.S. 11-33]

# rec. April 1973 in Detroit, MI; Bobo Jenkins, voc, g; Steve Nardella, hca; John Nicholas, g; Sarah Brown, b; Fran Christina, dr
* rec. 1974 in Detroit, MI; Bobo Jenkins, voc, g; L.B. Pryor, org; James 'Rabbit' Johnson, 2nd g; "King", b; Kenny Mathews, dr


Big Star A-024/B-033 (US 1974)


Big Star A-024/B-033 (US 20?? repro)

161977Bobo Jenkins: Detroit All Purpose Blues

- I Love That Woman
- Heard The News?
- New 44 Blues
- First Left Home
- Nothing But Love
- Walking With The Devil (by Blind Child = Gerry Gaugham)   @ youtube

- Door Lock Blues (by Steel Wheels = Willie D. Warren)
- Detroit Jump (by Steel Wheels)
- How Can A Honkey Sing The Blues? (by Blind Child)
- When A Fool Gets To Drinking (by Blind Child)
- My Baby Done Left Me (by Buddy Folks)
- Baby What You Trying To Do? (by Buddy Folks)

rec. March 1977 at Big Star Recording Studio, Detroit, MI

notes by Nancy Singham

Big Star B.S. 15-50 (US 1977) ["The yellow album"]

171983Juicy Harmonica

Eddie Burns
- Biscuit Baking Mama
Sir Arthur
- Stop Cheating On Me
Jerry McCain
- That's What I Want
Papa Lightfoot
- Wildfire
Chicago Sunny Boy (= Joe Hill Louis)
- Western Union Man
(Jesse) Mule Thomas
- Take Some And Leave Some
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Cut That Out
Rhythm Willie
- Wailin' Willie

Jerry McCain
- Courtin' In A Cadillac
Eddie Burns
- Superstition
Chicago Sunny Boy (= Joe Hill Louis)
- Jackpot
Sonny Terry
- I Love You Baby

Bobo Jenkins
- Bad Luck And Trouble [Chess 1565]
Model T Slim
- Shake Your Boogie
Papa Lightfoot
- After-While (Blue Lights)
(Jesse) Mule Thomas
- Blow My Baby Back To Me



Sundown CG 709-06 (NL 1983)

Sundown Records discography

181989Blues For Big Town

Big Ed & His Combo
- Biscuit Baking Mama [Checker 790]
- Superstition [Checker 790]

Bobo Jenkins
- Democrat Blues [Chess 1565]
- Bad Luck And Trouble [Chess 1565]
Eddie Burns
- Treat Me Like I Treat You [Chess 1672]
- Don't Cha Leave Me Baby [Chess 1672]
Texas Red & Jimmy
- Black Snake Blues [Checker 879]

John Lee Hooker
- Walkin' The Boogie (alt tk)
- Blues For Big Town
- Big Fine Mama [Elmor 303]
- Blues For Christmas [Elmor 303]
Calvin Frazier
- Lilly Mae [Checker 908]
- Have Blues Will Travel [Checker 908]
Katie Watkins
- Trying To Get You Off My Mind [Checker 877]


Chess GCH 8119 (US 1989)


= P-Vine PLP-6061 (Jp)

= Green Line CDCHESS-1013 (US 1989)

1919??Stompin'

Stompin' STOMP 101 track sequence:
Lloyd Price - Such A Mess
Little Walter - Crazy Mixed Up World
Big Walter - Just Looking For A Home
Lue Cazz - The Walk
Roy Milton - Hop, Skip, & Jump
Papa Lightfoot - Wine, Women, Whiskey
Arthur Gunter - Baby Let's Play House
Big Jack Reynolds - I Had A Little Dog
Jimmy Witherspoon - Endless Sleep

Louis (Blues Boy) Jones - Come On Home
Bob Williams - My Goose Is Cooked
Ted Taylor - Everywhere I Go
Big Amos - Move With You Baby
Dusty Brown - Well, You Know
Billy Brooks - I'm Gone
Otis Rush - Jump Sister Bessie
Cile Turner - Crap Shootin' Sinner
Bob Kelly - Malinda

Stompin' 01 (CD) track sequence:
Lloyd Price - Such A Mess
Little Walter - Crazy Mixed Up World
Big Walter - Just Looking For A Home
Lue Cazz - The Walk
Roy Milton - Hop, Skip, & Jump
Papa Lightfoot - Wine, Women, Whiskey
Arthur Gunter - Baby Let's Play House
Big Jack Reynolds - I Had A Little Dog
Jimmy Witherspoon - Endless Sleep
Louis (Blues Boy) Jones - Come On Home
Bob Williams - My Goose Is Cooked
Ted Taylor - Everywhere I Go
Big Amos - Move With You Baby
Dusty Brown - Well, You Know
Billy Brooks - I'm Gone
Otis Rush - Jump Sister Bessie
Cile Turner - Crap Shootin' Sinner
Bob Kelly - Malinda
Jesse & Buzzy - Goin' Back To New Orleans
J.L. Smith - Got My Top Let Down
Howlin' Wolf - Hidden Charms

Bobo Jenkins - Nothing But Love [Boxer 202]
Lord Lebby - Caldonia
Big Walter - Gamblin' Woman


the CD issues 01-03 have nothing to do with the producers of the Stompin' LP series


Stompin' STOMP 101

(=) Stompin' 01 (CD) "Stompin' Vol. 1" (all 18 tracks of STOMP 101 + 6 tracks from STOMP 102)

Stompin' Records discography

2019??Stompin'   Volume Two

Stompin' STOMP 102 track sequence:
Jesse & Buzzy - Goin' Back To New Orleans
J.L. Smith - Got My Top Let Down
Howlin' Wolf - Hidden Charms

Bobo Jenkins - Nothing But Love [Boxer 202]
Lord Lebby - Caldonia
Big Walter - Gamblin' Woman
Square Walton - Bad Hangover
Papa Lightfoot - Jump The Boogie
Pigmeat Peterson - Loud Mouth Lucy

Cousin Leroy - I'm Lonesome
The Sly Fox - My Four Women
Little Red Walter - Aw! Shucks Baby
Lloyd Price - The Chicken And The Bop
Young John Watson - I Got Eyes
Junior Welles - Lord, Lord
Ernest Brooks - Talkin' Off The Wall
Slim Harpo - Bobby Sox Baby
Mojo Watson - I'm The Only One

Stompin' 02 (CD) track sequence:
Square Walton - Bad Hangover
Papa Lightfoot - Jump The Boogie
Pigmeat Peterson - Loud Mouth Lucy
Cousin Leroy - I'm Lonesome
The Sly Fox - My Four Women
Little Red Walter - Aw! Shucks Baby
Lloyd Price - The Chicken And The Bop
Young John Watson - I Got Eyes
Junior Welles - Lord, Lord
Ernest Brooks - Talkin' Off The Wall
Slim Harpo - Bobby Sox Baby
Mojo Watson - I'm The Only One
Jackie Brenston - Much Later
Harmon "Hump" Jones - Lookin' For My Baby
Crawford Bros. - I Ain't Guilty
The Table Toppers - Talk To Me Baby
Mister Ruffin - Bring It On Back
Johnny Little John - Bloody Tears
Polka Dot Slim - A Thing You Gotta Face
Big Daddy - I Think You're Lying
Sherman Evans - Yo Yo Twist
Phil Flowers - Twistin' Beat
Little Papa Joe - Looking For My Baby
Freddie Clark - Beggin' Papa Blues


the CD issues 01-03 have nothing to do with the producers of the Stompin' LP series


Stompin' STOMP 102

(=) Stompin' 02 (CD) "Stompin' Vol. 2" (12 tracks from STOMP 102 + 12 tracks from STOMP 103)

Stompin' Records discography

211994Motor City Blues - Please Mr. Foreman
(The Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1973)

Schoolkids SKR 2101-2 / P-Vine PCD-1978 / Sequel NEXCD 274 track sequence:
Chinner Mitchell / Mack Collins - Introductions
Little Junior - I Got My Eyes On You
Joe L. - Please Mr. Foreman

Bobo Jenkins - 24 Years #
One String Sam - I Need $100
Johnnie Mae Matthews - Send You Back To Georgia
Washboard Willie - Wee Baby Blues
Dr. Ross - Boogie Disease
Boogie Woogie Red - The Viper Song
Baby Boy Warren - Too Many Drivers
Eddie "Guitar" Burns - Better Watch What You're Doing
Mr. Bo - Don't Want No Woman
Eddie Kirkland - I Got The Blues

Bobo Jenkins - Reelin' & Rockin' #
Baby Boy Warren - She's Fine
Boogie Woogie Red - Red's Boogie
Joe L. - In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)
One String Sam - I Got To Go
The Partymakers Inc. - Move It
John Sinclair interviewed by Fred Flame


Total Energy LP NER-3019 track sequence:
Bobo Jenkins - 24 Years #
Baby Boy Warren - Too Many Drivers
Dr. Ross - Boogie Disease
One String Sam - I Need $ 100
Eddie Burns - I Call It Love
Little Junior - I Got My Eyes On You

Washboard Willie - Do You Wanna Jump
Eddie Kirkland - I Got The Blues
Boogie Woogie Red - The Viper Song
Mr. Bo - Don't Want No Woman
Johnny Mae Matthews - Send You Back To Georgia
Joe L. - Please Mr. Foreman


Total Energy CD NER-3019 track sequence:
Bobo Jenkins - 24 Years (2:01) #
Baby Boy Warren - Too Many Drivers (4:01)
Doctor Ross - Boogie Disease (1:54)
One String Sam - I Need $100 (2:35)
Eddie Kirkland - Mojo In Her Backbone (6:30)
Eddie 'Guitar' Burns - I Call It Love (3:38)

Bobo Jenkins - Reelin' & Rockin' (3:12) #
Washboard Willie - Do You Wanna Jump (3:33)
Doctor Ross - Chicago Breakdown (2:45)
Eddie Kirkland - I Got The Blues (3:42)
Boogie Woogie Red - Viper's Drag (2:07)
Mr. Bo - Don't Want No Woman (2:53)

Bobo Jenkins - She Wanna Sell My Monkey (2:53) #
Washboard Willie - Wee Baby Blues (4:10)
Baby Boy Warren - She's Fine (5:31)
Joe Lee Carter - Please Mr. Foreman (3:38)
Little Junior - I Got My Eyes On You (3:34)
Boogie Woogie Red - Red's Boogie (5:04)
Johnnie Mae Matthews - Send You Back To Georgia (3:19)
Eddie 'Guitar' Burns - Better Watch What You're Doing (2:55)
Joe Lee Carter - In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down) (2:43)
One String Sam - I Got To Go (0:49)


rec. September 8, 1973 live at the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival at the Otis Spann Memorial Field, MI; prod. by John Sinclair

# Bobo Jenkins, voc, g; Steve Nardella, hca; John Nicholas, g; Sarah Brown, b; Fran Christina, dr; unknown fem. voc


Schoolkids SKR 2101-2 (US 1994)


= P-Vine PCD-1978 (Jp 1996)


= Sequel NEXCD 274 (UK 1996)


(=) Total Energy LP/CD NER-3019 (1998)

221995Gonna Rock The Blues

- We're Gonna Rock - Gunter Lee Carr
- A Fool No More - Eddie Hope
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto & His Hawks
- Hoo-Doo Say - Sly Fox
- Slow Down Baby - Bob Gaddy

- Nothing But Love - Bobo Jenkins [Boxer 202]
- I'm Wild About You Baby - Lighting Hopkins
- Lost Child - Eddie Hope
- I Done Woke Up - Louisiana Red
- I'm Tired Oof Beggin' - Sly Fox
- Set A Date - Homesick James
- Hydramatic Woman - Joe Hill Louis

- Tell Me Who - Bobo Jenkins [Boxer 202]
- Boogie Twist - Snooky Pryor
- Can't Afford To Do It - Homesick James
- Six Weeks Of Misery - Big Walter
- Next Door Neighbor - Jerry McCain
- Look-a-There - Mojo Watson
- Jumpin' From Six To Six - Jimmy Wilson
- Rock 'n' Roll Boogie - Jo Jo Williams
- Love Me Baby - Jesse Allen
- Let's Move - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Alley Music - Hound Dog Taylor
- Bring It On Back - Mister Ruffin
- Jump Sister Bessie - Otis Rush
- Cant Be Satisfied - TV Slim
- I Love You Baby - Sonny Terry & His Buckshot Five
- 21 Days In Jail - Magic Sam
- My Baby Left Me - B. Brown & His Rockin' McVouts
- Number 9 Train - Tarheel Slim
- I Gotta A New Car - Big Boy Grove



Official OFF CD 503 (Denmark 1995)

23199?Real Black Rhythm

Jerry Bradford & Spades - Hey Hey
Gabriel & His Trumpet - Dont' Stay Out All Night
The 3 Of Us Trio - Big Sid/It's Love

Bobo Jenkins - If You Were The Only Woman [Big Star B.S. 11-33]
Sheryl Crowley - It Ain't To Play With
Jo Jo Williams - Rock 'N Roll Boogie
Baby Washington - Knock Yourself Out
Otis Read - Come On Baby
Sara Lee & Spades - Jim Dandy
Georgia Lane - Oo-Wee Mr. Jeff
Big Will Stephens & T-Men - Saturday Night
Emmett Hobson - Looka Here, Mattie Bee
Ray Morton & Temp-Tones - Whirlwind
Carl Simpson - Baby Blues Rock/One Night Stand
Tini Williams & Skyliners - I Cant' Sleep
Frank Floyd - Rock A Little Baby
J.J. Taylor (Little Wolf) - Put It All In There
Little Cameron - Kansas City Dog
The Curisers - I Want Your Love
The Commandos - The Chicken Scratch
Sneeze & Breeze - Bongo Boo Boo
The Warcells - Dancin' Time
Bob Roubain - Rock it Davy Crockett



Still STCD 1156

24199?Savage Kick   Volume Four

Sly Dell - Let Me Tell You 'Bout It
Sil Austin - Say Lou
Isley Brothers - Everybody's Gonna Rock 'N' Roll
Sonny & Jaycee - You Keep On Doggin' Me
Lightning Hopkins - I'm Wild About You Baby
Stomp Gordon - Dragnet
Eddie Lang - She's Mine All Mine
Valiants - Tequila Twist


Bobo Jenkins - Tell Me Who [Boxer 202]
Phil Flowers - The Dances
Aggie Dukes - John John
The Silhouettes - Miss Thing
Johnny Chef - Can't Stop Movin'
Millionaires - Arkansas Jane
John Lee - Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
Wynona Carr - Touch And Go



Savage Kick SK 504

251997A Fortune Of Blues Vol. 1

- 609 Boogie - John Lee Hooker
- Cat Squirrel - Dr. Ross

- Ten Below Zero (version 1) - Bobo Jenkins [Fortune 838, 78 rpm]
- Ten Below Zero (version 2) - Bobo Jenkins [Fortune 838, 45 rpm]
- Cry Baby - John Lee Hooker
- Love You Baby - John Lee Hooker
- Call The Doctor - Dr. Ross
- Worried Life Blues - Maceo Merriweather
- I Must've Done Something Wrong - Eddie Kirkland
- New York Breakdown - Dr. Ross
- I Had A Little Dog - Big Jack Reynolds
- Whiskey & Women - John Lee Hooker
- Strange Man - Grace Brim
- Industrial Boogie - Dr. Ross

- Baby Don't You Want To Go (version 1) - Bobo Jenkins [Fortune 838, 78 rpm]
- Baby Don't You Want To Go (version 2) - Bobo Jenkins [Fortune 838, 45 rpm]
- Have Mercy On Poor Me - John Lee Hooker
- It's My Own Fault - John Lee Hooker
- Have You Heard About It - Maceo Merriweather
- Poker Playing Baby - Harry Willis
- Why Did You Leave - Big Blue Carson
- Take Two Steps Back - Earl Chapman
- Cannonball - Dr. Ross
- Crazy 'Bout That Walk - Sir John Lee Hooker
- I'm On My Merry Way - Joe Weaver


Regency CD RR 119 (Ca 1997)

261997A Fortune Of Blues Vol. 2

Dr. Ross - San Francisco Breakdown
John Lee Hooker - Big Fine Woman

Bobo Jenkins - Tell Me Who [Boxer 202]
Jimmy Milner - Noble's Jump
Dr. Ross - Thirty Two Twenty
James Walton - Miss Jesse James
John Lee Hooker - Blues For Christmas
Big Blue Carson - The Night You Left
Maceo Merriweather - Eloise
John Lee Hooker - Blues For The Big Town
Big Jack Reynolds - Going Down Slow
John Lee Hooker - Juke Hop
Dr. Ross - Sunnyland
Chet Oliver - Going Back To Chicago
Earl Chapman - Lave You Baby
Dr. Ross - Numbers Boogie
Eddie Kirkland - I Need You Baby
Maceo Merriweather - Without You Life Don't Mean A Thing
John Lee Hooker - We're All God's Chillun
Henry Smith - Dog Me Blues
Calvin Frazier - Lillie Mae
James Walton - Leaving Blues

Bobo Jenkins - Nothing But Love [Boxer 202]
Big Jack Reynolds - You Won't Treat Me Right
John Lee Hooker - Miss Sadie Mae (Curl My Baby's Hair)


Regency CD RR 120 (Ca 1997)

271997Savage Kick   Volume 9
Black Rock N' Roll
- Just Can't Stay - Willie Nix
- Mish Mash - Carrie Grant
- Anna Mae - Brownie McGhee

- Sea Sick And Water Bound - Bobo Jenkins [Fortune FTS 3012]
- Honey For Sale - Chip Nelson
- Dig Yourself - Les Cooper
- Twist Like This - Eddie Clearwater
- House Rent Party - Babs Gonzales
- San Francisco Breakdown - Dr. Ross
- Rockin' In The Jungle - Wailin' Bethea (Harmon Bethea)
- Dig Myself A Hole - Robert Lockwood (with Sunnyland Slim)
- Talking That Talk - Jimmy Liggins
- She's A Fine Chick - Neil Darrow
- Blow My Baby Back To Me - Mule Thomas
- Twistin' Linda - Jimmy Ty
- She's Just Right For Me - Babs Gonzales



Savage Kick SK 509

282001Bobo Jenkins presents Big Star All Stars

Bobo Jenkins - I Love That Woman [Big Star BB 008-19]
Bobo Jenkins - Heard The News? [Big Star BB 008-19]
Bobo Jenkins - New 44 Blues [Big Star B.S. 15-50]
Bobo Jenkins - First Left Home [Big Star BB 008-19]
Bobo Jenkins - Nothing But Love [Boxer 202]
Blind Child - Walking With The Devil
Steel Wheels - Door Lock Blues
Steel Wheels - Detroit Jump
Blind Child - How Can A Honkey Sing The Blues?
Blind Child - When A Fool Gets To Drinking
Buddy Folks - My Baby Done Left Me
Buddy Folks - Body What You Trying To Do?

Bobo Jenkins - You Will Never Understand [Big Star 001]
Bobo Jenkins - Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night [Big Star 001]
Little Junior - I've Got My Eyes On You
Little Junior - Don't Turn Your Love On
Chuck Cole - Ha, Baby
Chuck Cole - My Bonney
Robert Lockwood Jr. - Selfish Ways
Robert Lockwood Jr. - Down Home Cookin'
Big Roger Thomas - My Woman So Fine
James Walton - Tell Me What You Got
James Walton - Shady Grove
Walton Brother Band - Midnight
Syl Foreman - Before I Leave You


notes by Fred Reif and Nancy Singham

P-Vine PCD-5641 (Jp 2001)

292002?Stompin' 9
22 Crazed Rhythm 'n' Blues Pounders!

Roy Brown - Rockin' All The Time
Harold Burrage - She Knocks Me Out
Mary Coleman - I'll Make Him Mine
Cousin Leroy - I'm Lonesome
Mabel Franklin - Lucille, Leave My Man Alone [Ivory 132]
Mabel Franklin - Unhappy Woman [Ivory 132]
Guitar Frank - Wild Track
Betty James - I'm A Little Mixed Up

Bobo Jenkins - Nothing But Love [Boxer 202]
Georgia Lane - Get It!
Louis & Frosty - Train Time
Joe McCoy - Dizzy Little Girl
Joe McCoy - Hey, Hey Loretta
Willie Mitchell Orch. - Lizzie Lou
Willie Mitchell Orch. - Wasting My Time
Screaming Joe Neal - Don't Quit Me Baby
Screaming Joe Neal - She's My Baby
The Night Riders - Pretty Plaid Skirt
Bird Rollins - Just Let Me Be
Jamie Van Loan - What's Your Name, Little Girl?
Van Walker - The Crawl
Young Jessie - Make Me Feel A Little Good



Stompin' CD 309

Stompin' Records discography

30200?Stompin' 26
22 Rockin' Blues Classics!

Big Walter Price - Six Weeks Of Misery
Clear Waters (Eddy Harrington) - Hillbilly Blues
Allen Bunn - Too Much Competition
Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys - A Fool No More
Po' Joe Williams - Goin' Back
Junior Wells - Lawdy Lawdy
Elmon Mickle - Short And Fat
Elmon Mickle - Independent Walk
Mojo Watson - I'm The Only One
Square Walton - Bad Hangover
John KaSandrea & The Midnight Riders - My Conscience Is Bothering Me
James Williamson - The Woman I Love
Alexander 'Papa' Lightfoot - P.L. Blues
Blue Charlie (Morris) - I'm Gonna Kill That Hen
Morris Pejoe - Tired Of Cryin' Over You
Little Milton (Campbell) - Boogie Woogie Woogie Baby
Little Sonny (Aaron Willis) - Love Shock
Robert Gill - I Only Had A Little
Binghampton Blues Boys - Cross Cut Saw
Binghampton Blues Boys - Slim's Twist

Bobo Jenkins - You Will Never Understand [Big Star 001]
Bobo Jenkins - Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night [Big Star 001]


Stompin' CD 326

Stompin' Records discography

317/2016Down Home Blues Detroit

CD 1:
- Miss Lorraine - John Lee Hooker
- Talkin' Boogie - John Lee Hooker
- Come Back Sugar Mama - L.C. Green
- Little Machine - L.C. Green
- Papa's Boogie - Eddie Burns
- My Special Friend Blues - Baby Boy Warren
- Nervy Woman Blues - Baby Boy Warren
- Making A Fool Out Of Me - Eddie Burns
- Squeeze Me Baby - Eddie Burns

- Democrat Blues (Democrat Man) - Bobo Jenkins
- Bad Luck And Trouble - Bobo Jenkins
- Lillie Mae (version 1) - Calvin Frazier
- Rockhouse - Calvin Frazier
- Bus Driver - John Brim
- When The Sun Is Shining - L.C. Green
- Hold Me In Your Arms - L.C. Green
- Rockin' Chair Boogie - Clarence Posey
- Nelly Mae - Detroit Slim
- Lonesome Cabin Blues - Baby Boy Warren
- Don't Want No Skinny Woman - Baby Boy Warren
- Gangster Blues - Eddie Burns
- Grievin' Blues - Eddie Burns
- Ramblin' Around Blues - Sam Kelly
- Now I'll Have To Sing The Blues - Martee Bradley
- Winter Time Is Comin' - Martee Bradley
- Taxi Driver Blues - Baby Boy Warren
- Bad Lover Blues - Baby Boy Warren


CD 2:
- Graveyard Blues - John Lee Hooker
- I Love To Boogie - John Lee Hooker
- Little School Girl - L.C. Green
- Remember Way Back - L.C. Green
- Superstition - Eddie Burns
- Biscuit Baking Woman - Eddie Burns
- Forgive Me Darling - Baby Boy Warren
- Please Don't Think I'm Nosey - Baby Boy Warren
- She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr.
- Boogie Woogie Woman - Harvey Hill Jr.
- Lilly Mae (version 2) - Calvin Frazier
- Dog Me Blues - Henry Smith

- Baby Don't You Want To Go - Bobo Jenkins
- Ten Below Zero - Bobo Jenkins
- I Got Lucky - Baby Boy Warren
- Let's Renew Our Love - Baby Boy Warren
- Papa Doo - James Walton
- Loving You Baby - Earl Chatman
- Parrot Lounge - Detroit Count
- Detroit Boogie - Detroit Count

- Seasick And Waterbound - Bobo Jenkins
- Pitch A Boogie Woogie - Big Jack Reynolds
- Lilly Mae (version 3) - Calvin Frazier
- Mattie Mae - Baby Boy Warren
- Santa Fe - Baby Boy Warren
- Hastings Street After Hours - Little Sonny
- Love You Pretty Baby - Little Sonny
- Have Mercy On Me - John Lee Hooker


CD 3:
- Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me - Baby Boy Warren
- Stop Breaking Down - Baby Boy Warren
- Love Shock - Little Sonny
- I'll Love You Baby Until The Day I Die - Little Sonny
- I'll Move You Baby - Eddie Kirkland
- Mercy Mercy - Eddie Kirkland
- Miss Sadie Mae - John Lee Hooker
- 609 Boogie - John Lee Hooker
- Cat Squirrel - Doctor Ross
- The Sunnyland - Doctor Ross

- Nothing But Love - Bobo Jenkins
- Tell Me Who - Bobo Jenkins
- Orange Driver - Eddie Burns
- Hard Hearted Woman - Eddie Burns
- I Gotta Find My Baby - Little Sonny
- Hear My Woman Calling - Little Sonny
- Chuck-A-Luck (or Chicken) - Baby Boy Warren
- Baby Boy Blues - Baby Boy Warren
- Done Somebody Wrong - Eddie Kirkland
- I Need You Baby - Eddie Kirkland
- She's My Baby - Bob Kelly
- The Thing To Do - Eddie Burns
- I Hear My Woman Callin' (alt tk) - Little Sonny
- Industrial Boogie - Doctor Ross
- Thirty Two Twenty- Doctor Ross

- Baby Don't You Want Me To Go (alt tk) - Bobo Jenkins
- Ten Below Zero (alt tk) - Bobo Jenkins

3 CD set
48 page book by Mike Rowe

Wienerworld WNRCD5095



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, pp. 135-136
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 185-186
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 89
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 307
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 519
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 224-225
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 278-279
- David Harrison: Die Legenden des Blues - Eine Hommage in Bildern Königswinter (HEEL-Verlag) 1995
- Robert Pruter, Robert L. Campbell & Armin Büttner: Boxer discography (August 9, 2015)
- http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/bobojenkins.htm
- http://www.detroitmusichistory.com/bobo-jenkins.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Xyros Tweevijf, Fred Reif, Kami Kazu, Paul Vernon, Csaba Gál Boogie, Gerrit Robs, Joe Louis, Bob Eagle, Jeff Peters and Hank Moore for additional info / scans

 

B O B O   J E N K I N S; c. late 1950s; source: Harrison 1995, p. 68 ('Courtesy of Bobo Jenkins'); a bit photoshop treated by Stefan Wirz
Bobo Jenkins c. late 1950s
source: Harrison 1995, p. 68 ("Courtesy of Bobo Jenkins")
a bit photoshop treated by Stefan Wirz

 

B O B O   J E N K I N S; source: Back cover of P-Vine PCD-5416 ('George Paulus collection')
Bobo Jenkins
source: Back cover of P-Vine PCD-5416 ("George Paulus collection")

 

B O B O   J E N K I N S; source: Blues Unlimited # 146 (Autumn/Winter 1984), p. 27; photographer: Sandy Sutherland
Bobo Jenkins
source: Blues Unlimited # 146 (Autumn/Winter 1984), p. 27
photographer: Sandy Sutherland

 

B O B O   J E N K I N S c. mid-1970s on the front cover of Blues & Rhythm # 313 (October 2016)
Bobo Jenkins c. mid-1970s
on the front cover of Blues & Rhythm
# 313 (October 2016) ("Photo courtesy
Mike Rowe")

 

 

 

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