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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

L I T T L E   J O H N N Y   J O N E S; source:
Little Johnny Jones (and his wife Letha)
source: http://sundayblues.org/archives/144
Little Johnny Jones
b. November 1, 1924 in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
d. November 19, 1964 at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois

buried at Restvale Cemetery in Worth, Illinois
discography
looking for

Little Johnny Jones

as accompanist
of

- Big Maceo
- Howlin' Wolf
- Elmore James
  (incl. J.T. Brown, Joe Turner)
- Magic Sam
- Jimmy Rogers
- Tampa Red

... then please have a look at

those artists' discographies !

accompaniments of
Harold Burrage, Willie Dixon,
J.B. Hutto, Lee Jackson, Albert
King, Muddy Waters, Eddie
Taylor and Junior Wells
will be added here gradually

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 rpm
12/1950LITTLE JOHNNY   MUDDY WATERS

- Big Town Play Boy (U 7213)   @ youtube
- Shelby County Blues (U 7214)   @ youtube

rec. September 1949 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Jones, voc, p; Muddy Waters, Leroy Foster, gs; poss. Elga Edmonds, dr



the green Aristocrat labels tend to fade with time. The faded portions of the label look yellow, and those that have faded all over look brownish yellow:

Aristocrat 405

Muddy Waters discography
Leroy Foster discography

22/1950MUDDY WATERS

- Screaming And Crying (U 7215)   @ youtube
- Where's My Woman Been (U 7216)   @ youtube

rec. c. September 1949 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Johnny Jones, p; Jimmy Rogers, g; Leroy Foster, dr


Aristocrat 406

Muddy Waters discography
Leroy Foster discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

   

- Last Time I Fool Around With You (U 7217)   @ youtube

rec. c. September 1949 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Johnny Jones, p; Jimmy Rogers (or Tampa Red), g; Leroy Foster, dr

Aristocrat unissued

Chess LP 6641 174
Chess LP 9180

38/1953JUNIOR WELLS

- Cut That Out (1325-4)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Eagle Rock (1329-5) (instr)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. June 8, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Johnny Jones, p; Elmore James or Louis Myers, g; Dave Myers, b-g; Odie Payne, dr

   
States S 122

   

- Cut That Out (1325-3) #
- Ways Like An Angel (1326-5) [] # *   @ Spotify
- Eagle Rock (1329-4) (instr) *   @ Spotify

rec. June 8, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Johnny Jones, p; Elmore James or Louis Myers, g; Dave Myers, b-g; Odie Payne, dr

States unissued

[] P-Vine PLP-379

# Delmark DD-775

* Delmark DD-640
* P-Vine PCD-20164

3a1953LITTLE JOHNNY JONES and the CHICAGO HOUND DOGS

- Dirty By The Dozen (FL121)   @ youtube
- I May Be Wrong (FL122)   @ youtube

rec. October 1953 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Jones, voc, p; J.T. Brown, ts; Elmore James, g; poss. Ransom Knowling, b; Odie Payne, dr

   
Flair 1010 (US 1953)


= Flair 45X1010 (repro US 2009)

Elmore James discography

3b4/1954JUNIOR WELLS and his Eagle Rockers

- Hodo Man (on later pressings: "Somebody Hoodooed The Hoodoo Man" or "Hoodoo Man") (1327-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Junior's Wail (1330-3)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. June 8, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Johnny Jones, p; Elmore James or Louis Myers, g; Dave Myers, b-g; Odie Payne, dr

       
States S 134

410/1954LITTLE JOHNNY JONES

- Doin' The Best I Can (A 1336-1) (2:36)   @ youtube
- Hoy Hoy (A 1338-2) (2:36)   @ youtube

rec. October [or November] 9, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Jones, voc, p; J.T. Brown, ts; Elmore James, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Odie Payne, dr

   
Atlantic 1045

   

- Wait Baby (A1335)   @ youtube
- Hoy Hoy (alt tk) (2:04)   @ youtube
- Chicago Blues (A1337)   @ youtube

rec. October [or November] 9, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Jones, voc, p; J.T. Brown, ts; Elmore James, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Odie Payne, dr

Atlantic unissued

Atlantic SD 7227 (1972)

4a1953ALBERT KING

- Be On Your Merry Way (P-53177)   @ Spotify
- Bad Luck Blues (P-53178)   @ youtube

rec. November 30, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Albert Nelson, voc, g; Johnny Jones, p; John Brim, g; Willie Dixon, b; Grace Brim, dr


Parrot 798

   

- Little Boy Blue (P-53175-1) #   @ youtube
- Little Boy Blue (P-53175-2) * §   @ youtube
- Sweet Woman (P-53176) *
- Hand Me Down Blues [alt of above] (P-53176-2) #   @ youtube
- Murder (P-53179) []   @ Spotify

rec. November 30, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Albert Nelson, voc, g; Johnny Jones, p; John Brim, g; Willie Dixon, b; Grace Brim, dr

Parrot unissued

# Relic LP 8024

* Blue Night BN0731669

§ Relic CD 7015

[] Chess LP 1538

4b1/1956JIMMIE [sic] ROGERS And His Rocking Four

- Blues All Day Long (= Blues Leave Me Alone) (7591-13) #   @ youtube
- You're The One (7970) *   @ youtube

# rec. January 7, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Henry Gray or Johnny Jones, p; Muddy Waters, g; Odie Payne, dr

* rec. December 1955 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; poss. Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

     
Chess 1616 (US 1/1956)

Jimmy Rogers discography
Little Walter discography
Muddy Waters discography
Robert Lockwood Jr. discography


LP / CD compilations
5196?Blues From Chicago Volume 2

Jimmy Lee Robinson and Band
- All Of My Life
Tommy Brown with Big Walter 'Shakey' Horton
- Remember Me
- Southern Women
Lazy Bill Lucas and his Blue Rhythms
- I Had A Dream
Otis Spann with Band
- Five Spot


Elmore James and his Broomdusters
- Baby What's Wrong
- Sinful Woman
Junior Wells and his Eagle Rockers
- Lawdy Lawdy (Lord, Lord) [States 139]
Muddy Waters with Rhythm Accompaniment
- You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Dead And Gone)

Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs
- Sweet Little Woman (Dirty By The Dozen) [Flair 1010]


Python PLP-KM 9

Python Records discography

5a1971When Girls Do It

LP 1:
Bobby 'Guitar' Bennett - When Girls Do It
Junior Wells - I'm A Stranger
Little Oscar Stricklin - Suicide Blues
Harmonica Fats - How Low Is Low

Magic Slim - Love Me Baby
Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm - Down And Out
Sam Baker - Sweet Little Angel

Drifting Charles - Evil Hearted Woman
Drifting Charles - Drifting Cloud
Memphis Slim And His House Rockers - Blue And Lonesome
Donnie Jacobs - Street Walkin' Woman
T.V. Slim - Don't Knock The Blues [Pzazz 005]
T.V. Slim - My Heart's Full Of Pain [Pzazz 005]
Buddy Guy - Hard But It's Fair



LP 2:
Magic Sam - My Love Is Your Love
Danny Boy - Wild Woman
Danny Boy - Kokomo Me Baby
Jimmy McCracklin - Fare Well
Jimmy McCracklin - Take A Chance
Mr. Bo - I Ain't Gonna Suffer
Mr. Bo - If Trouble Was Money

Junior Wells - I'm A Stranger
Clear Waters - Hilly Billy Blues
Clear Waters - Boogie Woogie Baby
Tender Slim - Don't Cut Out On Me
Tender Slim - I'm Checkin' Up
Sugar Boy Williams - Little Girl
Sugar Boy Williams - Five Long Years


compiled, arranged & prod. by Ian Sippen & Peter Shertser

DLP
notes by Peter Shertser

Red Lightnin' RL 006 (UK 1971)


= Broadside CD STERN1 (UK 2008)

Red Lightnin' Records discography

61972Blues Piano - Chicago Plus
Blues Originals Vol. 4

Little Johnny Jones
- Chicago Blues (A1337) (3:02) # [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Floyd Dixon
- When I Get Lucky
Little Brother Montgomery
- Shreveport Farewell

Little Johnny Jones
- Hoy Hoy (alt tk) (2:04) # [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Floyd Dixon
- Floyd's Blues
Little Brother Montgomery
- Talkin' Boogie
Frank Sweet Williams
- Sweet's Slow Blues

Meade Lux Lewis
- Riff Boogie
Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues
Floyd Dixon
- Hey Bartender

Little Johnny Jones
- Wait Baby (A1335) (3:00) # [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Little Brother Montgomery
- Farish Street Jive
Floyd Dixon
- Two Piano Blues

Little Johnny Jones
- Up The Line (A1338-2) (Doin' The Best I Can) # [Atlantic 1045]

# rec. October [or November] 9, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Jones, voc, p; J.T. Brown, ts; Elmore James, g; Ransom Knowling, b: Odie Payne, dr

notes by Pete Lowry

Atlantic SD-7227 (US 1972)

= Atlantic ATL 40 404 (Germany 1972)

notes by Yasufumi Higurashi

= Atlantic P-6187 A (Jp 1980)

71972Genesis Vol. 1
The Beginnings Of Rock

Album 1:
Sunnyland Slim
- Johnson Machine Gun
- Fly Right Little Girl
Muddy Waters
- Gypsy Woman
- Little Anna Mae
- I Can't Be Satisfied
- I Feel Like Going Home
Leroy Foster
- Locked Out Boogie

Leroy Foster
- Shady Grove
Forrest City Joe
- Memory Of Sonny Boy [Aristocrat 3101]
- Sawdust Bottom [Aristocrat unissued]
Robert Nighthawk
- Anna Lee
- Sweet Black Angel

Johnny Jones   Muddy Waters
- Big Town Play Boy [Aristocrat 405]
- Shelby County Blues [Aristocrat 405]


Album 2:
Muddy Waters
- You're Gonna Miss Me
- Rollin' Stone
- Louisiana Blues
- Evan's Shuffle
- Long Distance Call
- Honey Bee
- Howlin' Wolf

Muddy Waters
- She Moves Me
- My Fault
- Still A Fool
- They Call Me Muddy Waters
- All Night Long
- Please Have Mercy
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man



Album 3:
Memphis Minnie
- Broken Heart
- Me And My Chauffeur
Robert Nighthawk
- Jackson Town Gal
- Return Mail Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
- Jacqueline
- Little City Woman
- Lonesome

Big Bill Broonzy
- Romance Without Finance
Washboard Sam
- Shirt Tail
- Diggin' My Potatoes
- Minding My Own Business
- Horseshoe Over My Door
- By Myself
- I'm A Lonely Man



Album 4:
Jimmy Rogers
- That's All Right
- Ludella
- Goin' Away Baby
- I Used To Have A Woman
- Money Marbles And Chalk
- Back Door Friend
- The Last Time

Jimmy Rogers
- Out On The Road
- Act Like You Love Me
- Blues All Day Long
- Chicago Bound
- Sloppy Drunk
- You're The One
- Walking By Myself


compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven

4 LP box set
notes by Mike Leadbitter

Chess 6641 047 (UK Phonogram)

'Genesis' discography

86/1972Genesis - Maxi Single
4 tracks from The Beginnings Of Rock

Muddy Waters - They Call Me Muddy Waters
Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur

Jimmy Rogers - Walking By Myself

Little Johnny Jones - Big Town Play Boy [Aristocrat 405]

7 inch 45 rpm

Chess 6145 011 (UK Phonogram)

'Genesis' discography

8a1977Rare Gems
Previously unissued Chicago blues recordings from the collection of Norman Dayron

Roots TR 1005 LP 1 // TK Records TKR 82539:
Little Brother Montgomery - Ain't Nobody Here But Me   @ youtube
John Lee Granderson - Bumble Bee   @ youtube
Robert Nighthawk - Murderin' Blues (= Goin' Down To Eli's = Cheatin' And Lyin' Blues)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Otis Spann - Hotel Lorraine   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - Sinkin' Blues   @ Spotify

Johnnie Jones - Worried Life Blues   @ youtube

Rev. Robert Wilkins - Glory Glory Hallelujah   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield - Wild Cow Moan   @ Spotify

Johnnie Jones with Billy Boy Arnold - I Hear My Black Name Ringing   @ youtube
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop - So Glad I'm Living   @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery - Buddy Bolden's Blues   @ youtube


Roots TR 1005 LP 2:
Otis Spann - Blues For Martin Luther King   @ youtube
Robert Pete Williams - Ugly Man Blues   @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery - Prescription For The Blues   @ youtube
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield - Diggin' My Potatoes   @ Spotify
J.B. Lenoir - My Dear Old Mother °°   @ youtube
Maxwell Street Jimmy - Someday Baby   @ youtube

James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold - Three Harp Boogie (= South Side Boogie)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Big Joe Williams - Screamin' And Cryin'   @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery - Salty Dog   @ youtube
Robert Nighthawk - Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Rev. Robert Wilkins - Just A Closer Walk With Thee (2:50) °°   @ youtube


°° not on Bullseye/Rounder CD BB 9530

Bullseye/Rounder CD BB 9530 track sequence
Little Brother Montgomery - Ain't Nobody Here But Me
John Lee Granderson - Bumble Bee
Robert Nighthawk - Murderin' Blues
Otis Spann - Hotel Lorraine
Big Joe Williams - Sinkin' Blues

Johnnie Jones - Worried Life Blues
Rev. Robert Wilkins - Glory Glory Hallelujah
Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield - Wild Cow Moan

Johnnie Jones with Billy Boy Arnold - I Hear My Black Name Ringing
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop - So Glad I'm Living
Little Brother Montgomery - Buddy Bolden's Blues
Otis Spann - Blues For Martin Luther King
Robert Pete Williams - Ugly Man Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - Prescription For The Blues
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield - Diggin' My Potatoes
J.B. Lenoir - My Dear Old Mother °°
Maxwell Street Jimmy - Someday Baby
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold - Three Harp Boogie
Big Joe Williams - Screamin' And Cryin'
Little Brother Montgomery - Salty Dog
Robert Nighthawk - Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel
Rev. Robert Wilkins - Just A Closer Walk With Thee °°


rec. early to mid 1960s in Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; compiled and edited by Norman Dayron & Mark Naftalin

notes by Pete Welding
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Roots TR 1005 (US 1977)

= CBS S2BP 220205 (Australia 1977)

notes by Pete Welding
TK Records TKR 82539, front cover; click to enlarge! TK Records TKR 82539, back cover; click to enlarge! TK Records TKR 82539, notes; click to enlarge!
(=) TK Records TKR 82539 (UK 1978) "Rare Gems Vol. 1" (LP 1 only)

notes by Pete Welding

(=) Bullseye Blues CD BB 9530 (US 1993) "Rare Chicago Blues 1962-1968"

8b1977The United Records Story


prod. by Robert G. Koester & Steve Wagner

notes (8-pp.) by Jim O'Neal & Bob Pruter

Delmark DD-640 (US 1977)

91979Little Johnny Jones with Billy Boy Arnold
Rare Recording by Elmore James' Legendary Piano Man

- The Dirty Dozens *
- Hello Baby *
- Sloppy Drunk #   @ youtube
- Worried Life Blues *   @ youtube
- I Believe I'll Give It Up *
- Early In The Morning #   @ youtube
- One Room Country Shack #

- She Wants To Sell My Monkey *
- I Hear My Black Name Ringing #
- Ouch ! *
- Nine Below Zero *
- I Have Got To Go #
- Love Her With A Feeling *

rec. June 25, 1963 live at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; Billy Boy Arnold, hca, # voc; Johnny Jones, p, * voc

notes by Bruce Iglauer

Alligator AL 4717 (US 1979)

notes by Bruce Iglauer

= Sonet SNTF 821 (UK 1979)

notes by Bruce Iglauer

= Alligator ALCD 4717 (US 1992)

Billy Boy Arnold discography

101979Chicago Blues - Live at the Fickle Pickle@ youtube (full album)

Johnny Jones & Willie Dixon
- Johnny's Boogie []
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Long Haired Doney
John Henry Barbee
- Baby I Need Your Love

Billy Boy Arnold & Johnny Jones
- Sloppy Drunk
Blind James Brewer
- Big Road Blues
- See What Poor Kelly Done
Big Joe Williams
- Sugar Mama


Billy Boy Arnold & Johnny Jones
- Early In The Morning #
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Make Some Love To Me
- Smokestack Lightnin'

Billy Boy Arnold & Johnny Jones
- My Little Machine #
John Henry Barbee
- Tell Me Baby

Billy Boy Arnold & Johnny Jones
- Going To The River #

[] rec. 1963 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Jones, voc, p; Willie Dixon, b

# rec. June 25, 1963 live at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Johnny Jones, p

notes by George Mitchell (May 1979) & Bruce Bastin

Flyright LP 549 (UK 1979)

Flyright Records discography

111980LITTLE JOHNNY JONES & THE TOE TWISTERS

- Prison Bound Blues (64-1815)   @ youtube   @ soundcloud (excerpt)
- Don't You Lie To Me (64-1816)   @ youtube   @ soundcloud (excerpt)



unissued track from same session:
- I Get Evil



rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL by Carl Jones; Johnny Jones, voc, p; poss. Boyd Atkins, ts; Lee Jackson, g; b; dr

Johnny Jones' widow, Letha Jones, owned an acetate of the two above titles and Jim O'Neal of Rooster Records licensed the rights from her to issue this 45

7 inch 45 rpm

Rooster R-23

121982Tampa Red 1944-1952
featuring Johnny Jones

- It's A Brand New Boogey # [Victor 23-0043]
- Corrine Blues [Victor 20-2432]
- New Bad Luck Blues [Victor 20-2432]

- Come On If You're Coming # [Victor 23-0053]
- Sure Enough I Do [Bluebird 34-0731]
- Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is # [Victor 23-0043]
- Look A There Look A There # [Victor 20/47-4898]
- Sugar Baby [Victor 20-3309]

- New Deal Blues # [Victor 22/50-0094]
- I'll Never Let You Go # [Victor 20-5273]
- Don't Blame Shorty For That # [Victor 22/50-0107] #
- Too Late Too Long # [Victor 20/47-5134]
- 1950 Blues # [] [Victor 22/50-0084]
- I'm Gonna Put You Down # [Victor 20/47-4722]
- Got A Mind To Leave This Town # [Victor 20-5273]

# with Johnny Jones, p, [] 2nd voc

notes by Chris Bentley

Krazy Kat KK 7411 (UK 1982)

Krazy Kat Records discography
Tampa Red discography

131983Elmore James: King Of The Slide Guitar

- Lost Woman Blues (Please Find My Baby alt. tk.)
- One More Drink
- Strange Kinda Feeling
- Sho Nuff I Do
- My Best Friend
- So Mean To Me
- Wild About You Baby

- Sweet Little Woman [Flair 1010] *
- Long Tall Woman
- Where Can My Baby Be
- Dark & Dreary
- My Baby's Gone
- I May Be Wrong [Flair 1010] *
- Elmo's Shuffle (Part 2)

* Little Johnny Jones, voc

notes by Ray Topping

Ace CH 68

141983Chess Masters - Chicago Blues

Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy
Johnny Jones - Shelby County
Blue Smitty - Sad Story [Chess 1522]
Blue Smitty - Elgin Movements [Chess unissued]
Blue Smitty - Date Bait [Chess unissued]
Eddie Boyd - Twenty Four Hours

J B Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues
J B Lenoir - Sitting Down Thinking
John Brim - It Was A Dream
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right
Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues
John Brim - Lifetime Baby


Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil
Otis Spann - Five Spot
John Brim - Go Away
John Brim - That Ain't Right
Jimmy Rogers - You're The One
Jimmy Rogers - If It Ain't Me

Muddy Waters - Rock Me
Jimmy Rogers - One Kiss
Howlin' Wolf - I'm Leavin' You
Buddy Guy - Let Me Love You Baby
Buddy Guy - My Time After Awhile
Robert Nighthawk - Someday


concept by Matt Haywood; compiled by Leslie Fancourt & Matt Haywood

DLP

Chess CXMD 4013 (UK 1983)

151984Muddy Waters: Rare And Unissued

- Little Anna Mae
- Mean Disposition
- Feel Like Going Home
- You're Gonna Miss Me
- Stand Here Trembling

- Last Time I Fool Around With You
- Where My Woman Been

- Gal You Gotta Watch
- Lonesome Day
- Iodine In My Coffee
- Smokestack Lightning
- Let Me Hang Around
- Born Lover
- Deep Down In My Heart



Chess CH 9180

15a1988Knights Of The Keyboard
Chicago Piano Blues   1947-1956

Otis Spann
- I'm Leaving You
- I'm In Love With You Baby
- It Must Have Been The Devil
- Five Spot
Little Henry
- I Declare That Ain't Right (tk 2)
- I Declare That Ain't Right (tk 4)
- Matchbox Blues


Little Johnny Jones
- Big Town Playboy
- Shelby County Blues
Eddie Ware
- Wandering Lover
- Rumba Dust
- I Found Out
- Lima Beans
Sunnyland Slim
- Johnson Machine Gun
- Fly Right Little Girl


notes (July 1988) by Chris Bentley

Chess GCH 8105 (It 1988)

161992Chess Blues

disc 1:
- Lollypop Mama - Clarence Samuels
- Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs
- Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim
- Fly Right, Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim
- Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk
- I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters
- She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim
- Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe
- Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes
- Cryin' The Blues - Laura Rucker
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore - Baby Face Leroy

- Big Town Playboy - Johnny Jones
- Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk
- Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters
- Luedella - Jimmy Rogers
- Mother Earth - Memphis Slim
- Dr. Ross' Boogie - Doctor Ross
- Joliet Blues - Johnny Shines
- Moanin' At Midnight - Howlin' Wolf
- All Night Long - Muddy Waters (alt tk)
- Mr. Commissioner - Arbee Stidham (alt tk)
- Getting Old And Grey - Howlin' Wolf


disc 2:
- Walkin' The Boogie - John Lee Hooker Alternate Take
- Juke - Little Walter
- Conjur Man - Memphis Minnie
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone - Muddy Waters
- Broken Heart - Memphis Minnie Alternate Take
- Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix
- Funeral Hearse At My Door - Rocky Fuller
- Hard Time Gettin' Started - Eddie Boyd
- Don't Need No Horse - Little Walter
- Eight Ball - Gus Jenkins
- Fast Boogie - Little Walter
- I'm Mad - Willie Mabon
- Ice Cream Man - John Brim
- Whose Muddy Shoes - Elmore James
- Got To Have It - Willie Mabon
- I Declare That Ain't Right - Henry Gray
- Remember - Alberta Adams
- [Untitled Instrumental] - Henry Gray
- Blues With A Feeling - Little Walter
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
- Forty-Four - Howlin' Wolf
- Got To Find My Baby - Little Walter (alt tk)
- Evil - Howlin' Wolf
- Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
- Mama Talk To Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir


disc 3:
- Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter
- My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble) - Muddy Waters
- My Baby - Little Walter
- You Got To Love Me - Billy Boy Arnold
- Walking The Blues - Willie Dixon
- Don't Start Me To Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
- Twenty-Nine Ways To My Baby's Door - Willie Dixon
- Right To Love You - Paul Gayton
- Ain't Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm Leaving You - Otis Spann
- Break Of Day - Howlin' Wolf
- Please Don't Go - Floyd Dixon
- Keep It To Yourself - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers
- Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Slow Leake - Lafayette Leake
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Howlin' Wolf
- She Don't Know - J.B. Lenoir
- Your Funeral And My Trial - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Key To The Highway - Little Walter
- Double Trouble - Muddy Waters (alt tk)
- Come On Home - Eddie Boyd
- Goat - Sonny Boy Williamson II Band Track
- So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush


disc 4:
- First Time I Met the Blues - Buddy Guy
- Too Poor - Detroit Junior
- Blue Shadows - Lowell Fulson
- The Shakedown - Lloyd Glenn
- Sun Is Shining - Elmore James (alt tk)
- Calling On My Darling - Albert King
- The Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf
- Nine Below Zero - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Goin' Down Slow - Howlin' Wolf
- Satisfied - Little Milton
- Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James
- Wrinkles - The Big Three Trio
- Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Good Moanin' Blues - Big Walter Horton
- Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf
- What Kind Of Man Is That? - Koko Taylor
- We're Gonna Make It - Little Milton
- Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
- Dirty Work Goin' On - Little Joe Blue
- One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker
- Jinglin' Baby - Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- That's Why I Don't Mind - Muddy Waters
- Keep It To Myself - Buddy Guy
- Sitting Here Alone - Hound Dog Taylor
- I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James


compiled by Mary Katherine Aldin & Andy McKaie; prod. by Andy McKaie

4 CD box set
64-page booklet notes by Mary Katherine Aldin

MCA CHD4-9340 (US 1992)

171993Elmore James and His Broomdusters
The Classic Early Recordings 1951-1956


CD 1: Canton Crusade
- Dust My Broom
- Please Find My Baby [take 1]
- Hawaiian Boogie [take 1]
- Please Find My Baby [take]
- Hand in Hand
- Long Tall Woman
- Rock My Baby Right
- One More Drink [take 1]
- My Baby's Gone (Won't Be Back No...
- One More Drink [take 2]
- Lost Woman Blues (aka Please Fin...
- I Believe (My Time Ain't Long)
- I Held My Baby Last Night
- Baby What's Wrong
- Sinful Woman
Bep Brown Orchestra
- Round House Boogie (aka Sax Symphonic Boogie)
- Dumb Woman Blues
J.T Brown
- Sax-Ony Boogie [Instrumental]
- Kickin' the Blues Around (aka Flaming Blues)
Little Johnny Jones
- I May Be Wrong
- Sweet Little Woman

CD 2: Broomdusting in Chicago
- Early in the Morning
- Can't Stop Lovin' My Baby
- Hawaiian Boogie [take 2]
- Make a Little Love
- My Best Friend [take 1]
- Make My Dreams Come True [take 2]
- Make My Dreams Come True [take 3]
- Make My Dreams Come True [take 4]
- Make My Dreams Come True [take 7]
- Strange Kinda Feeling [take 1]
- Strange Kinda Feeling [take 2]
- Strange Kinda Feeling [take 3]
- Strange Kinda Feeling [take 4]
- Strange Kinda Feeling [take 5]
- Strange Kinda Feeling [take 6]
- Dark and Dreary [take 1]
- Dark and Dreary [take 2]
- Dark and Dreary [take 4]
- Quarter Past Nine
- Where Can My Baby Be [take 1]
- Where Can My Baby Be [take 8]
- Where Can My Baby Be [take 9]
- Please Come Back to Me (Sho' Nuff]
- Sho' Nuff I Do [session talk & false start]
- Sho' Nuff I Do [alternate take]
- Sho' Nuff I Do
- 1839 Blues
- I Got a Strange Baby [False Start]
- Canton, Mississippi Breakdown [I...

CD 3: Culver City to the Crescent City
- Standing at the Crossroads
- Late Hours at Midnight
- Happy Home
- Sunny Land
- Way You Treat Me (aka Mean and Evil]
- No Love in My Heart
- Dust My Blues
- I Was a Fool
- Blues Before Sunrise
- Good Bye (Baby)
- So Mean to Me [take 2]
- So Mean to Me [take 3]
- So Mean to Me [take 4]
- Wild About You Baby [Chat & False start]
- Wild About You Baby
- Wild About You Baby
- Elmo's Shuffle [take 3] [Instrumental]
- Elmo's Shuffle [take 4]
- Elmo's Shuffle [take 5]
- Long Tall Woman
- Long Tall Woman

3 CD set

Flair / Ace ABOXCD 4


= Ace ABOXCD 4 (2007)

17a1997The Aristocrat Of The Blues
The Best of Aristocrat Records

disc 1:
- Chicago Boogie - The Five Blazes
- Ice Man Blues - Tom Archia
- Fishin' Pole - Tom Archia
- Boogie Woogie Blues - Clarence Samuels
- Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs
- Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim
- Fly Right, Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim
- Gypsy Woman - Muddy Waters
- Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters
- Forest Sykes Plays The Blues - Forest Sykes
- Good Lookin' Woman - Muddy Waters
- Mean Disposition - Muddy Waters
- She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim
- My Baby, My Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
- I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters
- Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy
- So Nice And Kind - St. Louis Jimmy
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk
- Train Fare Home - Muddy Waters
- Kind Hearted Woman - Muddy Waters
- Down South Blues - Muddy Waters
- Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Muddy Waters
- Locked Out Boogie - Leroy Foster
- Shady Grove Blues - Leroy Foster


disc 2:
- You're Gonna Miss Me - Muddy Waters
- Mean Red Spider - Muddy Waters
- Standin' Here Tremblin' - Muddy Waters
- Muddy Jumps One - Muddy Waters
- Streamline Woman - Muddy Waters
- Hard Days - Muddy Waters
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe [Aristocrat 3101]
- Baby, I'm Sick Of You - Duke Jenkins' Aristocrats
- Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk
- She Knows How To Love A Man - Robert Nighthawk
- Anna Lee - Robert Nighthawk
- Return Mail Blues - Robert Nighthawk
- Little Geneva - Muddy Waters
- Canary Bird - Muddy Waters
- Burying Ground - Muddy Waters
- You Gonna Need My Help - Muddy Waters

- Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones [Aristocrat 405]
- Shelby County Blues - Little Johnny Jones [Aristocrat 405]
- Screamin' And Cryin' - Muddy Waters [Aristocrat 406]
- Where's My Woman Blues - Muddy Waters [Aristocrat 406]
- Last Time I Fool Around With You - Muddy Waters
- Six Three O - Robert Nighthawk
- Prison Bound - Robert Nighthawk
- Jackson Town Gal - Robert Nighthawk
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 1 - Muddy Waters
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 2 - Muddy Waters


2 CD set

Chess/MCA 9387

= Chess MVCE-30017 (Jp)

182000Messing With The Blues - Atlantic Blues

- Hoy Hoy aka Hop, Skip And Jump - Little Johnny Jones [Atlantic 1045]
- Up The Line (Doin' The Best I Can) - Little Johnny Jones [Atlantic 1045]
- Chicago Blues - Little Johnny Jones [Atlantic SD 7227]
- Wait Baby - Little Johnny Jones [Atlantic SD 7227]
- Hoy Hoy (alt tk) - Little Johnny Jones [Atlantic SD 7227]
- TV Mama - Joe Turner & His Blues Kings [Atlantic 1016]
- T-Bone Shuffle - T-Bone Walker
- Play On Little Girl - T-Bone Walker
- Bad Blood aka Think You Need A Shot - Jack Dupree
- Junker's Blues - Jack Dupree
- A Bit Of Soul - Ray Charles
- Losing Hand - Ray Charles
- Sinner's Prayer - Ray Charles
- After Hours Session - Frank 'Floorshow' Culley & His Band
- Climbin' Up To Heaven Blues (part 1) - Jimmy Earle & The Jazz Kings
- Cold Love - Lucky Davis & His Blues Kings
- Messin' Up - Chuck Norris
- Let Me Know - Chuck Norris
- Guitar Lovin' Man (Lovin' Guitar Man) - John Lee Hooker
- Real Real Gone - John Lee Hooker
- She's A W-O-M-A-N aka Mannish Boy - Jimmy Griffin & His Band (with Beau Fairley, voc)
- Blue Harlem - Tiny Grimes & His Sextet
- Draggin' Hours - Odelle Turner with The Jesse Stone Orch.
- Break Of Day Blues - Hal Paige & His Band
- Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Larry Dale



Ace CDCHD 773

192004The United Records Story

Roosevelt Sykes - Fine And Brown (alt tk) (2:54)
Leo Parker - Cool Leo (2:27)
Junior Wells - Cut That Out (alt tk) (2:51)
Chris Woods - Somebody Done Stole My Blues (2:22)
Robert Nighthawk - Seventy Four (2:49)
Jimmy Coe - Organ Grinder (2:49)
The Four Blazes - Raggedy Ride (2:12)
J.T. Brown - Walking Home (2:36)
Memphis Slim - Memphis Slim U.S.A. (2:53)
Ray McKinstry - Dinah (2:29)
Morris Pejoe - Let's Get High (2:30)
Tab Smith - Crazy Walk (2:40)
Grant Jones - In The Dark (3:06)
Paul Bascomb - Nona (3:05)
Dennis Binder - The Long Man (2:42)
The Pastels - Goodbye (2:42)
Alfred Harris - My Life Blues (3:01)
Tiny Grimes - Tiny's Boogie (2:57)
Della Reese - Yes Indeed (2:44)
Johnny Wicks' Swinging Ozarks - Jockey Jack Boogie (2:39)
Jimmy Forrest - Sophisticated Lady (alt tk) (2:47)
Robert Anderson & His Gospel Caravans - Come In The Room (2:33)

prod. by Robert G. Koester & Steve Wagner

notes (8 pages) by
Jim O'Neal & Bob Pruter

Delmark DD-775

19a11/2011Dust My Rhythm & Blues
The Flair Records R&B Story 1953-55

CD 1:
- Dirty By The Dozen (Sweet Little Woman) - Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs
- Early In The Morning - Elmore James & His Broomdusters
- She Wants To Rock (tk 2) - The Flairs
- I Wonder Why (tk 1) - The Royal Hawk & His Orchestra
- Can't Stop Lovin' - Elmore James & His Broomdusters
- Midnight Hours Journey - Johnny Ace
- Down At Hayden's - The Hunters feat. Young Jessie
- Hello Baby - Big Duke & His Orchestra
- Send Him Back (tk 6) - Shirley Gunter with Monroe Tucker & His Orchestra
- Route "90" - Clarence "Bonton" Garlow & His Orchestra
- Strange Kinda Feeling - Elmore James & His Broomdusters
- Pleadin' Heart - The Whips
- Found Some Good Lovin' (tk 1, breakdown & tk 2, master) - Shirley Gunter with Maxwell Davis & His Orchestra
- Gettin' High (tk 1) - The Flairs
- Baby Beat It (tk 4) - Big Duke & His Orchestra
- This Time It's Real - Ricky & Jennell
- My Mama Told Me - James Reed
- Beggin' & Pleadin' (tk 1) - Big Duke & His Orchestra
- My Close Friend (tk 1) - Saunders King & His Orchestra
- I've Got The Feeling - Baby "Pee Wee" Parham
- Baby Please (tk 4) - Mat Cockrell
- Night Howler - Billy Gale & His Orchestra
- Sho' Nuff I Do - Elmore James & His Broomdusters
- You Better Hold Me (tk 1) - James Reed & His Orchestra
- Loosely - Ike Turner & His Orchestra


CD 2:
- Chop House (tk 1) - Blinky Allen & His Orchestra
- Let's Make With Some Love (tk 2) - The Flairs
- Quit Hangin' Around Me (tk 1) - Saunders King & His Orchestra
- An Angel Cried - Anna Marie & The Stardusters with Blinky Allen & The Stardusters
- Blue Mambo - Bobby Rey & His Orchestra
- Oop Shoop (tk 2) - Shirley Gunter & The Queens
- Love Me, Love Me, Love Me (tk 2) - The Chimes
- Sputterin' Blues - Walter Robertson
- Hard Times - Johnny Fuller
- The Big Break - Richard Berry
- Standing At The Crossroads - Elmore James & His Broomdusters
- Daddy Daddy (tk 1) - Richard Berry & The Dreamers
- Cuban Get Away - Ike Turner & His Orchestra
- Dizzy (tk 1) - The Carroll County Boys featuring Pee Wee Crayton
- Farewell - Bobby Relf & The Laurels
- Oh! Oh! Get Out Of The Car - Richard Berry
- She Loves To Dance - The Flairs
- Stubborn Woman - Mercy Dee
- Next Time (tk 4) - Richard Berry
- Oh, Oh, Please - Mercy Dee
- Ipsy Opsie Ooh (tk 1) - Shirley Gunter & The Flairs
- Dust My Blues - Elmore James & His Broomdusters
- Together (tk 2) - Richard Berry & The Dreamers
- Have You Ever? - Mercy Dee
- Goodbye - Elmore James & His Broomdusters


compiled by Tony Rounce

2 CD set
notes by Tony Rounce

Ace CD TOP2 1382 (UK)

Tony Rounce @
acerecords.co.uk

2010/2014The Aristocrat Blues Story

CD 1:
- Rollin' And Tumblin' (Part 1) - Muddy Waters
- My Baby, My Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Jackson Town Gal - Robert Nighthawk

- Shelby County Blues - Little Johnny Jones [Aristocrat 405]
- I Feel Like Crying - Andrew Tibbs
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe
- Boogie Woogie Blues - Clarence Samuels
- Locked Out Boogie - LeRoy Foster
- Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy
- Ice Man Blues - Tom Archia with George Kirby
- You're Gonna Miss Me - Muddy Waters
- Toothless Woman Blues - Andrew Tibbs
- Chicago Boogie - Five Blazes & Ernie Harper
- I'm Bound For Canaan Land - Famous Blue Jay Singers Of Birmingham
- Crying The Blues - Laura Rucker
- Mean And Evil Baby - Tom Archia with Sheba Griffin
- Six Three 0 - Robert Nighthawk
- Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim

CD 2:
- Annie Lee Blues - Robert Nighthawk with Robert McCullum
- Lollipop Mama - Clarence Samuels
- Screamin' And Cryin' - Muddy Waters
- She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim
- A Woman On Every Street - Forest City Joe
- Drinkin' Blues - Tom Archia
- So Nice And Kind - St. Louis Jimmy
- Baby I'm Sick Of You - Duke Jenkins' Aristocrats
- Shady Grove Blues - LeRoy Foster
- She's Gone - The Dozier Boys
- Married Man Blues - Andrew Tibbs with Tom Archia
- Black Angel Blues - Robert Nighthawk with Robert McCullum
- Fly Right Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim
- Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes
- Cherry - Tom Archia with Sheba Griffin

- Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones [Aristocrat 405]
- Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters


2 CD set

One Day Music
5060255182666

212015Johnny Jones: Doin' The Best I Can

CD 1:
Little Johnny Jones
- Sweet Little Woman (3:05)
- I May Be Wrong (2:52)
- Wait Baby (3:11)
- Hoy, Hoy (2:40)
- Chicago Blues (3:13)
- Doin' The Best I Can (2:41)
Tampa Red
- Come On If You're Coming (2:53)
- Please Try To See It My Way (3:06)
Big Maceo
- One Sunday Morning (2:50)
- Just Tell Me Baby (2:31)
- Do You Remember (2:27)
- Big City Blues (2:33)
Tampa Red
- It's Too Late Now (2:58)
- I'll Find My Way (2:38)
- Midnight Boogie (2:47)
- I Miss My Lovin' Blues (2:56)
- Since My Baby's Been Gone (2:49)
- She's A Cool Operator (3:04)
- Look A-There, Look A-There (2:44)
- True Love (2:45)
- All Mixed Up Over You (2:49)
- So Much Trouble (3:02)
Joe Turner
- Ti-Ri-Lee (2:56)
- Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop (2:47)
- TV Mama (2:48)

CD 2:
Elmore James
- Baby What's Wrong (2:56)
- I Believe (3:16)
- Sinful Woman (2:54)
- I Held My Baby Last Night (3:25)
J.T. Brown
- Round House Boogie (2:49)
- Kickin' The Blues Around (3:00)
- Saxony Boogie (2:39)
- Dumb Woman Blues (3:16)
Elmore James
- Early In The Morning (2:50)
- Hawaiian Boogie (2:21)
- Can't Stop Lovin' (2:26)
- Make A Little Love (2:51)
- Make My Dreams Come True (2:42)
- Strange Kinda Feelin' (2:33)
- Dark And Dreary (2:48)
- Sho' Nuff I Do (2:54)
- 1839 Blues (3:16)
Junior Wells
- Cut That Out (2:52)
- Ways Like An Angel (3:16)
- Hoodoo Man (3:06)
- Tomorrow Night (2:28)
- Eagle Rock (2:22)
- Junior's Wail (2:55)
Elmore James
- The Twelve Year Old Boy (3:05)
- Coming Home (2:27)
- It Hurts Me Too (3:05)
- Knocking At Your Door (2:38)
- Elmore's Contribution To Jazz (2:19)

2 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 4245



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, pp. 143, 146
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 201
- Bob Eagle: Big Town Playboy: Johnnie Jones.- Living Blues #12 (Spring 1973), pp. 28-29 [reprinted in Living Blues #40 (1978), pp. 52-53]
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 226
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 280, 411
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 294-295
- http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/sugar_chile_robinson.htm
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/aristocrat.html
- http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/johnny_jones
- http://blueslim.m78.com/maceojones.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, David Cox, Bob Eagle, Steve Franz, Lex Jansen, Robert L. Campbell and Fernando Goin for additional info / scans

 

Odie Payne, Little Johnny Jones, Willie Mabon, Big Bill Hill, Sam Dawson, Caledonia Lounge, Chicago 1950; source: Blues Forum Nr. 2 (März/April/Mai 1981), p. 41; photoshop treated by Stefan Wirz
Odie Payne, Little Johnny Jones, Willie Mabon, Big Bill Hill, Sam Dawson, Caledonia Lounge, Chicago 1950
source: Blues Forum Nr. 2 (März/April/Mai 1981), p. 41; photoshop treated by Stefan Wirz

 

Eddie Taylor, 'T.J.', Little Johnny Jones, Boyd Atkins, prob. mid-1950s; source: Back cover of Alligator AL 4717 ('Photos courtesy Letha Jones'); a bit photoshop treated by Stefan Wirz
Eddie Taylor, "T.J.", Little Johnny Jones, Boyd Atkins, prob. mid-1950s
source: Back cover of Alligator AL 4717 ("Photos courtesy Letha Jones"); a bit photoshop treated by Stefan Wirz

 

L I T T L E   W A L T E R and his Jukes at the Zanzibar Club in Chicago, IL, c. 1955/56; Fred Below, Luther Tucker, Johnny Jones, unknown female [Bill Hill's wife Mary?], Little Walter, unknown male [DJ Big Bill Hill?], unknown female [Johnny Jones' wife Letha?], Robert Jr Lockwood; source: ebay auction; photographer unknown; photoshop processed by Stefan Wirz
Little Walter and his Jukes at the Zanzibar Club in Chicago, IL, c. 1955/56
l to r: Fred Below, Luther Tucker, Little Johnny Jones, unknown female (Bill Hill's wife Mary ?), Little
Walter, unknown male (DJ Big Bill Hill ?), unknown female (Johnny Jones' wife Letha ?), Robert Jr Lockwood

source: ebay auction; photographer unknown; photoshop processed by Stefan Wirz
BTW: PA system top left is a Bell Sound 3725 (amplifier) and (half of) a Danelectro Commando (speaker)

 

Little Johnny Jones and Otis Spann with George 'Mojo' Buford, Chicago, late 1950s; source: Living Blues 42 (1979), p. 24 ('Courtesy Letha Jones')
Little Johnny Jones and Otis Spann with George 'Mojo' Buford, Chicago, late 1950s
source: Living Blues 42 (1979), p. 24 ("Courtesy Letha Jones")

 

Boyd Atkins, S.P. Leary, Magic Sam, Letha and Johnny Jones, Georgia Maghett (Sam's wife), Odell Campbell, at the Joneses' house at 18th and Michigan in Chicago, IL, 1959; source: Mike Rowe: Chicago Blues - The City and the Music.- New York (Da Capo Paperback) 1975 (first published in 1973 as 'Chicago Breakdown'), p. 202 ('Courtesy Letha Jones')
Boyd Atkins, S.P. Leary, Magic Sam, Letha and Johnny Jones, Georgia Maghett (Sam's wife), Odell Campbell,
at the Joneses' house at 18th and Michigan in Chicago, IL, 1959
source: Mike Rowe: Chicago Blues - The City and the Music.- New York (Da Capo Paperback) 1975
(first published in 1973 as "Chicago Breakdown"), p. 202 ("Courtesy Letha Jones")

 

Johnnie Jones & Junior Wells; source: Blues Unlimited 127 (November/December 1977), p. 11 ('Courtesy Letha Jones')
Johnny Jones & Junior Wells
source: Blues Unlimited 127 (November/December 1977), p. 11 ("courtesy Letha Jones")

 

Magic Sam and Johnnie Jones in Chicago, IL, c. early 1960s; source: Blues Unlimited 139 (Autumn 1980), p. 41 ('Courtesy Letha Jones')
Magic Sam & Johnny Jones in Chicago, IL, c. early 1960s
source: Blues Unlimited 139 (Autumn 1980), p. 41 ("Courtesy Letha Jones")

 

 

 

 

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