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Dewey Corley & J A C K   K E L L Y; source:
Dewey Corley and Jack Kelly
source: Posted in 2015 at facebook by Max Hoeffner
(taken from Steve LaVere's website)
Jack Kelly
b. March 12, 1905 near Middleton and Rogers Springs, Hardeman County, Tennessee
d. September 9, 1953 at home in Memphis, Tennessee

discography
J A C K   K E L L Y

#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
11933Jack Kelly and his South Memphis Jug Band

- Highway No. 61 Blues (13712-1)   @ youtube
- Red Ripe Tomatoes (13714-2)   @ youtube

rec. August 1, 1933 in New York City; Jack Kelly, voc, g; acc. by His South Memphis Jug Band: prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g; Will Batts, vn; D.M 'Doctor' Higgs, jug


Banner 32844


= Melotone M12773


= Oriole 8262


= Perfect 0254


= Romeo 5262


= Conqueror 8242

21933Jack Kelly and South Memphis Jug Band

- R.F.C. Blues (13723-1) #   @ youtube
- President Blues (13727-2) *   @ youtube



unissued track from August 2, 1933 session:
- Jack Kelly Blues (13728- ) *

# rec. August 1, 1933 in New York City; Jack Kelly, voc, g; acc. by His South Memphis Jug Band: prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g; Will Batts, vn; D.M 'Doctor' Higgs, jug
* rec. August 2, 1933 in New York City; Jack Kelly, voc, g; acc. by His South Memphis Jug Band: prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g; Will Batts, vn; D.M 'Doctor' Higgs, jug


Banner 32857


= Melotone M12784

= Oriole 8266

= Perfect 0256

= Romeo 5266

31933Jack Kelly and South Memphis Jug Band

- Highway No. 61 Blues No. 2 (13713-1)   @ youtube
- Cold Iron Bed (13722-2)   @ youtube

rec. August 1, 1933 in New York City; Jack Kelly, voc, g; acc. by His South Memphis Jug Band: prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g; Will Batts, vn; D.M 'Doctor' Higgs, jug


Banner 32934


= Melotone M12877

= Oriole 8296


= Perfect 0267

= Romeo 5296

41933Jack Kelly and his South Memphis Jug Band

- Believe I'll Go Back Home (13715-1)   @ youtube
or
- Believe I'll Go Back Home (13715-2)   @ youtube

- Ko-Ko-Mo Blues (13721-1)   @ youtube
or
- Ko-Ko-Mo Blues (13721-2)   @ youtube

rec. August 1, 1933 in New York City; Jack Kelly, voc, g; acc. by His South Memphis Jug Band: prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g; Will Batts, vn; D.M 'Doctor' Higgs, jug


Melotone M12812 (13721-1)


= Oriole 8274


= Perfect 0260 (13721-2)


= Romeo 5274 (13715-2 / 13721-2)

51933Will Batts

- Highway No. 61 Blues (13729-1) *   @ youtube
- Country Woman (13718-1) #   @ youtube



unissued tracks from August 3, 1933 session:
- Cow Tail Rag (13731- ) *
- My Darling (13733- ) *
- Just An Echo In The Valley (13734- ) *

# rec. August 1, 1933 in New York City; Will Batts, voc; prob. Jack Kelly, prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g, sp
* rec. August 3, 1933 in New York City; Will Batts, voc; prob. Jack Kelly, prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g, sp; D.M. 'Doctor' Higgs, jug


Vocalion 02531 (US 1933)

   


- All Night Blues (13720- )

rec. August 2, 1933 in New York City; Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), voc; prob. Jack Kelly, g

ARC unissued

   


- Hand To Hand (13724- )

rec. August 2, 1933 in New York City; Will Batts, voc; prob. Jack Kelly, prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g, sp

Vocalion unissued

   


- Bad Luck Blues (13725- )

rec. August 2, 1933 in New York City; D.M. 'Doctor' Higgs, voc; prob. Jack Kelly, prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g

ARC unissued

61933Will Batts

- Cheatin' Woman (13719-1) #   @ youtube
- Cadillac Baby (13730-1) *   @ youtube

# rec. August 1, 1933 in New York City; Will Batts, voc; prob. Jack Kelly, prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g, sp
* rec. August 3, 1933 in New York City; Will Batts, voc; prob. Jack Kelly, prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g, sp


Vocalion 02542 (US 1933)

71933Jack Kelly

- Policy Rag (13726-2) #   @ youtube
- Doctor Medicine (13732-1) *   @ youtube

# rec. August 2, 1933 in New York City; Jack Kelly, g, sp; acc. by His South Memphis Jug Band: prob. Dan Sing (or Sane), g; Will Batts, vn; D.M 'Doctor' Higgs, jug, vocal jibe
* rec. August 3, 1933 in New York City; Jack Kelly, g; acc. by His South Memphis Jug Band: prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g, sp; Will Batts, vn; D.M 'Doctor' Higgs, jug, vocal jibe


Vocalion 02585

   

- Lightenin' Blues (MEM-142-1) [Flyright LP 113, RST BDCD-6005]   @ youtube
- Betty Sue Blues (MEM-143-1) [Origin OJL 19, RST BD-2006, RST BDCD-6005]   @ youtube
- Flower Blues (MEM-144-1) [Origin OJL 21, Flyright LP 113, RST BDCD-6005, RnB CK47911]   @ youtube
- Joe Louis Special (MEM-145-1) [Magnolia MLP501, RST BD-2006, RnB CL462176, RnB 467249-2, RnB CSCS5328]   @ youtube

rec. July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Jack Kelly, voc, g; unknown, g; prob. Will Batts, vn

Vocalion unissued

91939JACK KELLY

- You Done Done It (MEM-147-1)   @ youtube
- Diamond Buyer Blues (MEM-148-1)   @ youtube

rec. July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Jack Kelly, voc, g; unknown, g; prob. Will Batts, vn


Vocalion 05031

101939LITTLE BUDDY DOYLE

- Grief Will Kill You (MEM-18-1) #   @ youtube
- Bad In Mind Blues (MEM-153-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

# rec. July 1, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Charlie 'Little Buddy' Doyle, voc, g; prob. Walter Horton Hammie Nixon, hca
* rec. July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Charlie 'Little Buddy' Doyle, voc, prob. g; Jack Kelly or Willie Tango (Willie Shaw), g; Walter Horton Hammie Nixon, hca


Vocalion 05111

Little Buddy Doyle discography
Walter Horton discography

111939JACK KELLY

- High Behind Blues (MEM-146-1)   @ youtube
- Neck Bone Blues (MEM-150-1)   @ youtube

rec. July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Jack Kelly, voc, g; unknown, g; prob. Will Batts, vn


Vocalion 05193

121939LITTLE BUDDY DOYLE

- Three-Sixty-Nine Blues (MEM-154-3)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- She's Got Good Dry Goods (MEM-156-1)   @ youtube

rec. July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Charlie 'Little Buddy' Doyle, voc, prob. g; Jack Kelly or Willie Tango (Willie Shaw), g; Walter Horton Hammie Nixon, hca


Vocalion 05246

Little Buddy Doyle discography
Walter Horton discography

131939JACK KELLY

- World Wandering Blues (MEM-149- )   @ youtube
- Men Fooler Blues (MEM-151- )   @ youtube

rec. July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Jack Kelly, voc, g; unknown, g; prob. Will Batts, vn


Vocalion 05312

141939LITTLE BUDDY DOYLE

- Hard Scufflin' Blues (MEM-17-1) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Renewed Love Blues (MEM-152-1) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

# rec. July 1, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Charlie 'Little Buddy' Doyle, voc, g; prob. Walter Horton Hammie Nixon, hca
* rec. July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Charlie 'Little Buddy' Doyle, voc, prob. g; Jack Kelly or Willie Tango (Willie Shaw), g; Walter Horton Hammie Nixon, hca


OKeh 05771

Little Buddy Doyle discography
Walter Horton discography

   

- N.B. And A. Blues (MEM-155- ) [master spoiled]
- Sweet Man Blues (MEM-158-1) # [Policy Wheel PW 4591, Library of Congress 3, RST BD-2006, RST BDCD-6028]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Lost Baby Blues (MEM-157-1) * [RST BD-2006, RST BDCD-6028]   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Charlie 'Little Buddy' Doyle, voc, prob. g; Jack Kelly or Willie Tango (Willie Shaw), g; Walter Horton Hammie Nixon, hca

Columbia unissued

Little Buddy Doyle discography
Walter Horton discography

151952Jackie Boy & Little Walter [sic]

- Blues In My Condition (U 49) (originally Wonderin' Woman)
- Selling My Whiskey (U 50) (originally Selling My Stuff) (incomplete)   @ youtube

rec. February 25, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Jack Kelly, voc, p; Walter Horton, hca; Joe Hill Louis, g, dr [both g and dr ?]; unknown, g or dr

"Sun 174 remained unseen and unheard until Robert Loers found an acetate bearing the label Sun 174 and Steve LaVere later found a fragment of the song on another acetate." (source: http://www.706unionavenue.nl/70661171)


Sun 174 (cancelled)

Sun Box 105

Walter Horton discography

161952JOE HILL LOUIS

- Dorothy Mae (C 1035A) *   @ youtube
- When I'm Gone (C 1036A, edited for release on Checker 763) (aka She Treats Me Mean And Evil, aka I'm Going Over The Sea) #   @ youtube

# rec. March 31, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Joe Hill Louis, voc, g; Nolan Hall, dr

* rec. July 18, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Joe Hill Louis, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Jack Kelly, p; Willie Nix, dr


Checker 763 (US 1952)

Walter Horton discography

 11/1952 

- Little Walter's Boogie (1041-4) (instr) [Charly CR 30127]
- West Winds Are Blowing (1042-1) (3:08) # [Sun Box 105]   @ Spotify



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Little Walter's Boogie (1041-1) (instr) (2:33) [Sun CD 27]   @ youtube
- Little Walter's Boogie (1041-2) (instr) (2:29) [Bear Family BCD 15524]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Little Walter's Boogie (1041-3) (instr) (2:35) [Sun Box CD 7]   @ Spotify
- West Winds Are Blowing (1042-2) (3:06) # [Rounder SS 29]   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. September 15, 1952 at Sun Studios in Memphis, TN; Walter Horton, hca, # voc; Jack Kelly, p; Joe Hill Louis, g; Willie Nix, dr


Chess 1529 (cancelled before release!)

Walter Horton discography


LP / CD compilations
181960Low Down Blues

Leroy Carr - Mean Mistreater Mama No. 2
Bumble Bee Slim - I Done Lost My Baby
Charlie Campbell - Goin' Away Blues

Jack Kelly - Red Ripe Tomatoes
Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman Blues [sic]
Big Bill Broonzy - Come Home Early
Washboard Sam - I'm A Prowlin' Groundhog

Black Boy Shine - Coal Woman Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O'Lee Blues
Texas Alexander - Katy Crossing Blues
Roosevelt Scott - Do You Call That Right?
Yas Yas Girl - Reckless Life Blues
Brownie McGhee - Try Me One More Time
Little Bill Gaither - A Short Cut To The Grave
Champion Jack Dupree - Heavy Heart Blues


ed. by H.R. Rookmaaker

gatefold LP
notes by H.R. Rookmaaker

Fontana 682.099 TL (NL 1960)

Fontana Records discography

191962The Great Jug Bands

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Heart Breakin' Blues
- Goin' To Germany
Memphis Minnie and Her Jug Band
- Grandpa And Grandma Blues
Birmingham Jug Band
- Getting Ready For Trial
- German Blues

Jack Kelly and His South Memphis Jug Band
- Cold Iron Bed
- Red Ripe Tomatoes
Whistler and His Jug Band
- The Jug Band Special

Memphis Jug Band
- Coal Oil Blues
- Jug Band Waltz
Elder Richard Bryant's Sanctified Singers
- Come Over Here
Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Garden Of Joy Blues
Kentucky Jug Band
- Walkin' Cane Stomp
Noah Lewis's Jug Band
- New Minglewood Blues
- Ticket Agent Blues
Memphis Sheiks
- He's In The Jailhouse Now


notes by Sam Charters

Origin Jazz Library OJL 4 (US 1962)

notes by Sam Charters

= Origin Jazz Library OJL 4 (US 196?)

notes by Sam Charters
 
= Origin Jazz Library OJL 4 (US 19??)

OJL Records discography
Jaybird Coleman discography
Whistler and His Jug Band discography
Memphis Jug Band discography

201968Down With The Game   Vol. 3
Vintage Country Blues

Big Bill (Broonzy)
- C & A Blues
Devil's Daddy In Law (Floyd Council)
- Lookin' For My Baby
Sonny Boy Nelson
- Low Down
Yank Rachell & Dan Smith
- Night Latch Blues
- Gravel Road Blues
Frank Stokes
- Mistreatin' Blues
(Big) Joe Williams
- Meet Me Around The Corner

Walter Roland
- Piano Stomp

Will Batts
- Cheatin' Woman
- Cadillac Baby
Lucille Bogan
- Shave 'Em Dry
Devil's Daddy In Law (Floyd Council)
- I Don't Want No Hungry Woman
Sam Montgomery
- I'm Through With You
Charlie Pickett
- Trembling Blues


the labels have "D.214" resp. "D.215" printed; Matrix/Runout: "DWG LP 214"


Down With The Game D 203 (UK 1968)

DWTG Records discography

211968Harmonicas, Washboards, Fiddles & Jugs (1926-1933)

Bobby Leecan's Need-More Band
- Apaloosa Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Peaches In The Springtime
- Feed Your Friend With A Long-Handled Spoon
- I Whipped My Woman With A Single-Tree
- I Packed My Suitcase, Started To The Train

Jack Kelly's Jug Band
- Believe I'll Go Back Home (tk 2)
- Ko-Ko-Mo Blues (tk 2)
Banjo Joe (Cannon & Blake)
- Jazz Gypsy Blues

Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey
- Black Cat Bone Blues
- Dirty Guitar Blues
James Cole
- Mistreated The Only Friend You Had
- Nobody's Business If I Do
Kansas City Blues Strummers
- String Band Blues
King David's Jug Band
- Sweet Potato Blues
- I Can Deal Worry
Whistler's Jug Band
- Pig Meat Blues


issued with a single-sheet (photocopied) insert


Roots RL-311 (Austria 1968)

Roots Records discography

221968The Country Fiddlers

Andrew & Jim Baxter
- The Moore Girl
Chasey Collins
- Walking Blues

Jack Kelly's South Memphis Jug Band
- Highway No. 61 Blues
Henry Williams & Eddie Anthony
- Georgia Crawl
Mississippi Sheiks
- Lonely One In This Town
- Sittin' On Top Of The World
T.C. Johnson & "Blue Coat" Tom Nelson
- J.C. Johnson's Blues
"Blue Coat" Tom Nelson
- Blue Coat Blues

State Street Boys
- Rustlin' Man
Peg Leg Howell & His Gang
- Too Tight Blues
- Peg Leg Stomp
T.C. Johnson Boys
- Violin Blues
Texas Alexander
- Seen Better Days
- Frost Texas Tornado Blues
Mobile Strugglers
- Fattenin' Frogs
- Memphis Blues



Roots RL-316 (Austria 1968)

Roots Records discography

231969?More Of  That Jug Band Sound   1927-1939

Memphis Jug Band
- Sometimes I Think I Love You
Noah Lewis's Carolina Peanut Boys
- Selling The Jelly
Vol Stevens
- Baby Got The Rickets, Mama's Got The Mobile Blues
Jed Davenport and His Beale Street Jug Band
- Beale St. Breakdown
- Save Me Some
Tommy Bradley
- Adam And Eve
- Four Days Blues
Cincinnati Jug Band
- George St. Stomp


Jack Kelly
- Betty Sue
- Man Fooler Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Gator Wobble #
- On The Road Again
Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- Louisville Special
Daddy Stovepipe and Mississippi Sarah
- Greenville Strut
Birmingham Jug Band
- Giving It Away
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Wolf River Blues

# with Laura Dukes

notes by Henry Vestine

Origin Jazz Library OJL 19 (US 1969?)

OJL Records discography

241969?The Blues In Memphis 1927-1939

Sleepy John Estes
- Drop Down Mama
- Married Woman Blues
Allen Shaw
- I Couldn't Help It
Robert Wilkins
- New Stock Yard Blues
Yank Rachell
- Gravel Road Woman
Furry Lewis
- Falling Down Blues
Beale Street Shieks
- Mr. Crump Don't Like It

Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie
- That Will Be Alright
- Goin' Back To Texas
Vol Stevens
- Vol Stevens Blues
Minnie Wallace
- The Old Folks Started It
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Viola Lee Blues

Jack Kelly
- Flower Blues
Will Weldon
- Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule


front cover design by Marina Bokelman

notes by Dave [sic] Evans

Origin Jazz Library OJL-21 (US 1969?)

OJL Records discography

251970Memphis Blues (1927-1939) Vol. 2

Memphis Minnie
- Squat It
Kansas Joe McCoy
- Someday I'll Be In The Clay

Jack Kelly's South Memphis Jug Band
- Highway 61 Blues - No. 2 [this is - unlike other re-releases - actually "No. 2"!]
Blind Clyde Church
- Number Nine Blues
- Pneumatic Blues
Rosie Mae Moore
- Mad Dog Blues
Little Buddy Doyle
- Hard Scufflin' Blues
- Renewed Love Blues

Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell
- Sweet Mama
Furry Lewis
- Good Looking Girl Blues
Will Batts
- Country Woman
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Money Never Runs Out
- Prison Wall Blues
Casey Bill Weldon
- Blues Everywhere I Go
- Somebody's Got To Go
The Three Stripped Gears
- 1931 Depression Blues


compiled and produced by Evelyn Parth

 
Roots RL-329 (Austria 1970)


Roots/Saydisc RL-329 (UK 197?)


= autogram/Roots RL-329 (Germany 20??)

261970Memphis Jamboree 1927-1936

Will Batts
- Highway No. 61 Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Ain't No Use You Tryin' To Tell On Me
Hattie Hart
- Coldest Stuff In Town
Yank Rachell & Dan Smith
- Squeaky Work Bench Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Soo Cow Soo
The Two Charlies
- I Couldn't Stay Here
Kansas Joe Mccoy
- Joliet Bound

Memphis Minnie
- Drunken Barrel House Blues
Furry Lewis
- Dry Land Blues
Memphis Minnie
- That'll Be Alright
Kansas Joe Mccoy
- Something Gonna Happen To You
Gus Cannon
- Can You Blame The Colored Man
Jim Jackson & Co.
- Jim Jackson's Jamboree
San Townsend
- Lily Kimball Blues


notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart

Yazoo L 1021 (US 1970)

= Yazoo CD 1021 YAZ (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography

27197?Low Down Memphis Barrelhouse Blues

Hattie Hart
- I Let My Daddy Do That
Will Shade
- Better Let That Stuff Alone
Robert Wilkins
- Alabama Blues
South Memphis Jug Band
- Policy Rag
- Doctor Medicine
Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie
- Shake Mattie
- My Washwoman's Gone

Mooch Richardson
- T and T Blues
John Estes
- My Black Gal Blues

Jack Kelly
- Highway No. 61 Blues
Mooch Richardson
- Burying Ground Blues
Jim Jackson
- Bootlegging Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Reachin' Pete
Mooch Richardson
- Low Down Barrelhouse Blues pt. 1


rec. 1928 - 1935

notes by Michael Stewart and Don Kent

Mamlish S-3803 (US 197?)

Mamlish Records discography

281974If Beale Street could talk ...
A Selection of Pre-War Memphis Blues Favorites 1928 - 1939

Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- She Wouldn't Give Me None
Jim Jackson
- Going Round The Mountain
Memphis Jug Band
- Tear It Down Bedslats And All
Hattie Hart
- You Wouldn't Would You Papa?
Beale Street Rounders
- I'm Sitting On Top Of The World

Jack Kelly
- You Done Done It
Charlie Manson
- Nineteen Women Blues
Minnie Wallace
- Pick 'Em Up And Put 'Em Down

Memphis Jug Band
- Spider's Nest Blues [Victor 23319]

Jack Kelly
- Joe Louis Special
Minnie Wallace
- Let's All Do That Thing
Kid Cole
- Sixth Street Moan
Beale Street Rounders
- Talking 'Bout Yo-Yo
Kid Cole
- Hey Hey Mama Blues
Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- Give It To Me In My Hand
Memphis Minnie
- Mr. Tango Blues


prod. by Yngve Nordström Jr.

notes by Bengt Olsson

Magnolia MLP 501 (Sweden 1974)

Magnolia Records discography

291976South Memphis Jug Band

- "Highway No. 61 Blues No. 2" [this actually is not "Highway No. 61 No. 2", but "Highway No. 61"!]
- Believe I'll Go Back Home
- Country Woman
- Cheatin' Woman
- Ko-Ko-Mo Blues
- R.F.C. Blues
- President Blues
- Cadillac Blues

- Lightenin' Blues
- Flower Blues
- High Behind Blues
- Diamond Buyer Blues
- World Wandering Blues
- Neck Bone Blues
- Kansas City Blues # *
- Lady Be Good #


rec. August 1, 2 & 3 1933 in New York; July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN

# rec. 1954 poss. in Cleveland, OH; Will Batts' Novelty Band: Will Batts, g, violin, * voc; Milton Roby, g, violin, * voc; Laura Dukes, bj, * voc; prob. Mickey Mathis, cl; Will Shade, washtub b

notes by Bengt Olsson (1974) and Bruce Bastin

Flyright LP 113 (UK 1976)

Flyright Records discography
Laura Dukes discography

29a1986Cotton Crop Blues
James Cotton, Walter Horton & Willie Nix

Jimmy & Walter - Easy
Willie Nix - Prison Bound Blues
Willie Nix - Midnight Showers Of Rain
Willie Nix - Ridin' In the Moonlight
Willie Nix - Take A Little Walk With Me

Jackie Boy And Little Walter - Selling My Whiskey
Walter Horton - Off The Wall

James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues
Willie Nix - Hold Me In Your Arms
Willie Nix - Baker Shop Boogie
Willie Nix - Seems Like A Million Years
James Cotton - My Baby
James Cotton - Straighten Up Baby
Walter Horton - Walter's Instrumental



P-Vine PLP-310 (Jp 1986)

Walter Horton discography
Willie Nix discography
Joe Willie Wilkins discography

301987The Sounds of Memphis (1933-1939)

Jack Kelly and His South Memphis Jug Band
- Highway No. 61 Blue
- Red Ripe Tomatoes
- Cold Iron Bed
- Policy Rag
- Highway No. 61 Blue
Jack Kelly and His South Memphis Jug Band (Will Batts, lead voc)
- Doctor Medicin
- Betty Sue Blues
- Joe Louis Special
- You Done Done It
- Men Fooler Blues

Little Buddy Doyle
- Hard Scufflin' Blues
- Grief Will Kill You

- Renewed Love Blues #
- She's Got Good Dry Goods #
- Lost Baby Blues # [previously unissued]
Charlie Pickett
- Crazy 'Bout My Black Gal
- Trembling Blues
- Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon
- Down The Highway


# with Jack Kelly or Willie Tango (Willie Shaw), g


RST Blues Documents BD-2006 (Austria 1987)


= Story of Blues CD 3531-2

RST Blues Documents discography

311990Jack Kelly And His South Memphis Jug Band with Will Batts
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1933-1939)

Jack Kelly And His South Memphis Jug Band
- Highway No. 61 Blues
- Highway No. 61 Blues No. 2
- Red Ripe Tomatoes
- Believe I'll Go Back Home
Will Batts
- Country Woman
- Cheatin' Woman
Jack Kelly And His South Memphis Jug Band
- Ko-Ko-Mo Blues
- Cold Iron Bed
- R.F.C. Blues
South Memphis Jug Band
- Policy Rag
Jack Kelly And His South Memphis Jug Band
- President Blues
Will Batts
- Highway No. 61 Blues
- Cadillac Baby
South Memphis Jug Band
- Doctor Medicine
Jack Kelly
- Lightenin' Blues
- Betty Sue Blues
- Flower Blues
- Joe Louis Special
- High Behind Blues
- You Done Done It
- Diamond Buyer Blues
- World Wandering Blues
- Neck Bone Blues
- Men Fooler Blues

front cover showing Will Batts (RST) resp. Will Batts & Milton Roby (Document), not Jack Kelly!

notes by Alan Balfour

RST BDCD-6005 (Austria 1990) "Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band"

notes by Alan Balfour

= Document BDCD-6005 (19??) "Jack Kelly And His South Memphis Jug Band with Will Batts"

321994Memphis Masters
Early American Blues Classics   1927-1934

- Country Woman - Will Batts
- Death Bell Blues - Tom Dickson
- Billy Lyons and Stackolee - Furry Lewis
- Pile Driver Blues - Joe McCoy
- I'm Going Away Blues - Frank Stokes
- Little Rock Blues - Pearl Dickson
- Beale Street Breakdown - Jed Davenport
- Where Is My Good Man At? - Memphis Minnie
- Doctor Medicine - South Memphis Jug Band
- Poor Boy A Long Way From Home - Gus Cannon
°°
- Red Ripe Tomatoes - Jack Kelly
- Downtown Blues - Frank Stokes
- Last Chance Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Better Leave That Stuff Alone - Will Shade
- Won't You Be Kind? - Hattie Hart
- Cadillac Baby - Will Batts
- Bob Lee Junior Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- I Let My Daddy Do That - Hattie Hart
- Old Sometime Blues - Frank Stokes


remastered by Richard Nevins
°° only re-release with accurat speed (2:54)!

notes by Don Kent

Yazoo CD 2008 (US 1994)

Yazoo Records discography

331992Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective   (1925-1950)

disc 1:
Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Whitehouse Blues
Aiken County String Band - High Sheriff
Frank Hutchison - The Last Scene Of The Titanic
Hersal Thomas - Suitcase Blues
Reverend J.M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Coming
Dora Carr - Cow-Cow Blues
Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners - Washington County Fox Chase
Fiddlin' John Carson - I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte
Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio - Untitled
Whistler And His Jug Band - Low Down Blues
Washington Phillips - Paul & Silas In Jail
Barbecue Bob - Blind Pig Blues
Austin & Lee Allen - Chattanooga Blues
Sherman Tedder - Untitled
Dallas String Band with Coley Jones - Hokum Blues
Gladys Bentley - Worried Blues
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 1
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 2
South Georgia Highballers - Blue Grass Twist
Charlie Bowman And His Brothers - Moonshiner And His Money
Clarence Green - Johnson City Blues
Reverend Johnny Blakey assisted by The Sanctified Singers - Warming By The Devil's Fire
Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones - (Honey) It's Tight Like That
Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues
Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - Hallelujah


disc 2:
Hershel Brown and His Happy Five - Liberty
Mamie Smith - My Sportin' Man
Blues Birdhead - Mean Low Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - C.C. & O. Blues
The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers - Ortonville
Slim Doucet - Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs)
Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt Blues
The Hokum Boys - Gin Mill Blues
Joe Falcon acc. by Clemo Breaux & Ophy Breaux - Osson
W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith - Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown)
Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen - Soldier's Joy
Whistlin' Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes
Mississippi Sheiks - The Jazz Fiddler
Lonnie Johnson - I Have To Do My Time
Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland - Back To The Blue Ridge
Buster Carter & Preston Young - Darn Good Girl
Bo Carter - West Jackson Blues
Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green - You Had Too Much
Silver Leaf Quartet - Oh! Glory Glory
Freeny's Barn Dance Band - Don't You Remember The Time
Pelican Wildcats - Walkin' Georgia Rose
Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues
Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers - Hallelujah Side
Will Batts - Highway # 61 Blues


disc 3:
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 1
W. Lee O'Daniel And His Hillbilly Boys - Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 2
Blind Willie (McTell) - Bell Street Lightnin'
Charlie Patton - Jersey Bull Blues
Walter Roland - Every Morning Blues
Blue Ridge Ramblers - D Blues
Breaux Freres - La Valse Des Yeux Bleus
Bessie Jackson - Skin Game Blues
Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell - Good Woman Blues
Pinewood Tom (Josh White) - Sissy Man
The Rhythm Wreckers - Blue Yodel # 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)
The Anglin Twins - Just Inside The Pearly Gates
Bumble Bee Slim - Hard Rocks In My Bed
The Two Charlies - Tired Feelin' Blues
Eldon Baker And His Brown County Revelers - One Eyed Sam
A'nt Idy Harper And The Coon Creek Girls - Poor Naomi Wise
Kid Prince Moore - South Bound Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - C & A Blues
George Curry - My Last Five Dollars
The Nite Owls - Memphis Blues
The Alley Boys Of Abbeville - Pourquoi tu m'aime pas
Reverend Benny Campbell - Have Mercy On Me
Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy

Jack Kelly - Flower Blues
Bob Clifford - Onion Eating Mama
Callahan Bros. - Brown's Ferry Blues # 2
Little Buddy Doyle - Slick Capers Blues [previously unissued]
Bill McKinley (Jazz Gillum) - Poor Boy Blues


disc 4:
Frank Edwards - We Got To Get Together
Sweet Violet Boys - You Got To See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)
The Humbard Family - I'll Fly Away
Tony Hollins - Cross Cut Saw Blues
Peter Cleighton (Clayton) - Black Snake Blues
Black Cats And The Kitten - Step It Up And Go
Bob And Randall Atcher - Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad
Adolf Hofner And His San Antonians - Cotton-Eyed Joe
Poor Boy Burke - Old Vets Blues
Little Son Joe - Black Rat Swing
Big Maceo Merriweather - Maceo Special
The Light Crust Doughboys with J.B. Brinkley - It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do
Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys - Army Blues
James "Beal Street" Clark - Who But You
Homer Harris - Tomorrow May Be Too Late
McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) - Burying Ground Blues
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Goodbye Old Pal
Gene Autry - Dixie Cannonball
Bill Landford & The Landfordaires - Run On For A Long Time
(Big) Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go
Sister Myrtle Fields acc. by The Austin McCoy Trio - I'm Toiling
Willie "Boodle It" Right - Two By Four Blues
Bailes Bros. - You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In)
Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks - Heaven's Radio
Rosetta Howard - Plow Hand Blues
Memphis Seven - Grunt Meat Blues
Deep South Boys - Until I Found The Lord
Brother Porter & Brother Cook - I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me

compiled by Lawrence Cohn

4 disc set
notes by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding

Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15 (US 1992)

20 CD box set
     

(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014)

341996Too Late Too Late Vol. 6 (1924 - 1946)

- I Know A Great Saviour, I Do - Emma E. Beacham
- I'm Going Through With Jesus - Emma E. Beacham
- You've Got To Quit Your Low Down Ways - Billy Mack
- Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J.M. Gates
- Amazing Grace - Rev. J.M. Gates
- Don't You Leave Me Here - Laura Smith
- If You Don't Like My Potatoes - Laura Smith
- Tell It To The Judge No. 2 (tk A) - Dessa Foster and Howling Smith
- Blackberry Rag - Three Stripped Gears
- Alabama Blues - Three Stripped Gears
- Beedle Um Bum - Memphis Nighthawks

- Ko-Ko-Mo Blues (tk 2, Perfect 0260) - Jack Kelly
- Happy Am I (TO-1373) - Elder Lightfoot
- Black Man - Josh White
- Poor Millionaire Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Decoration Day Blues (tk 2) - Curtis Jones   @ youtube
- Crap Shootin' Blues (tk 1) - One Arm Slim
- I'm In Buddy's Wagon - Charlie Burse
- Radio Blues - Charlie Burse
- Hell's Highway - Charlie Burse
- Grey Goose (tk 2) - Leadbelly
- Soldiers Joy Nashville - Washboard Band
- Old Joe Nashville - Washboard Band
- We Shall Be Free (alternate version) - Leadbelly
- 4, 5 and 9 - Leadbelly


notes by Dr. Guido Van Rijn

Document DOCD-5461 (Austria 1996)

351998Ruckus Juice & Chitlins   Vol. 1
The Great Jug Bands

- Low Down Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Giving It Away - Birmingham Jug Band
- Cocaine Habit Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- Try And Treat Her Right - Ben Ferguson
- Glad And Sorry Blues - John Harris
- What's That Tastes Like Gravy? - King David's Jug Band
- Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band
- Big Railroad Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Fourth Street Mess Around - Memphis Jug Band
- Banjoreno - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Tear It Down - King David's Jug Band
- Ticket Agent Blues - Noah Lewis's Jug Band
- You Ought To Move Out Of Town - Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug

- Cold Iron Bed - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band
- Bill Wilson - Birmingham Jug Band
- Cash Money Blues - Kaiser Clifton
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It - Walter Family
- Spider's Nest Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- She's In The Graveyard Now - Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- Please Don't Holler, Mama - Ben Ferguson
- The Vamps Of '28 - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Rukus Juice And Chittlin' - Memphis Jug Band



Yazoo CD 2032 (US 1998)

Yazoo Records discography

361998Ruckus Juice & Chitlins   Vol. 2
The Great Jug Bands

- Bring It With You When You Come - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- German Blues - Birmingham Jug Band
- Selling The Jelly - Noah Lewis's Jug Band
- You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back - Memphis Jug Band
- Walkin' Cane Stomp - Kentucky Jug Band
- Rising Sun Blues - King David's Jug Band
- The Old Folks Started It - Minnie Wallace
- Memphis Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Stealin' Stealin' - Memphis Jug Band
- Sweet Potato Blues - King David's Jug Band

- R.F.C. Blues - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band
- Brown Jug Blues - Ezra Buzzington's Rustic Revelers
- Last Chance Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- He's In The Jailhouse Now - Memphis Jug Band
- George Street Stomp - Cincinnati Jug Band
- Casey Bill - Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- Greenville Strut - Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe
- Boodle-Am-Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Jug Band Special - Whistler's Jug Band
- Smackin' The Sax - Phillip's Louisville Jug Band
- What Makes My Baby Cry - Five Harmaniacs
- Piccolo Blues - Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band
- Jug Rag - Prairie Ramblers


notes by Don Kent

Yazoo CD 2033 (US 1998)

Yazoo Records discography

371999Violin, Sing The Blues For Me
African-American Fiddlers, 1926 - 1947

- Violin Blues - Johnson Boys
- K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- Beaver Slide Rag - Peg Leg Howell
- Alma Waltz - Mississippi Mud Steppers
- Window Pane Blues - Tommie Bradley
- Travelin' Railroad Man Blues - Alabama Sheiks
- Pig Meat Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Right Now Blues - Frank Stokes
- East Jackson Blues - Bo Chatmon
- Memphis Blues - Mobile Strugglers
- Vine Street Drag - Tennessee Chocolate Drops
- Broken Bed Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers
- Lonesome Blues - Eddie Anthony/Henry "Rubberlegs" Williams
- Memphis Shakedown - Memphis Jug Band
- Adam and Eve - Tommie Bradley
- Tell Me Man Blues - Henry "Son" Sims
- Blue Coat Blues - Tom Nelson
- Salty Dog - Booker Orchestra
- Baby, Please Don't Go - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
- Stop and Listen Blues No. 2 - Mississippi Sheiks
- Stealin' Blues - Cow Cow Davenport
- The Moore Girl - Andrew & Jim Baxter

- Highway 61 Blues - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band
- Ted's Stomp - Louie Bluie

notes by Marshall Wyatt

Old Hat CD 1002 (US 1999)

382012Every Day In The Week Blues   Vol. 1

Harum Scarums - Come On In (Ain't nobody here but me)
Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band - You Rascal You
Bobbie Leecan's Need-More Band - Wash-Board Cut Out
Bumble Bee Slim - Greasy Greens
Memphis Night Hawks - Come On In, Baby
Kansas City Kitty and Georgia Tom - You Got That Stuff

Jack Kelly & his South Memphis Jug Band - Highway 61 Blues No.2

Boodle-It Wiggins - Keep A Knockin' An You Can't Get In
Henry Brown - Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - Every Day In The Week Blues
Lucille Bogan - Pot Hound Blues
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues
Nelson's Paramount Serenaders - Nelson Blues
Pinetop & Lindberg - 4-11-44


notes by Alex van der Tuuk

Hidden Charms LP-001 (NL 180 g LP)

392017The Rough Guide To Jug Band Blues

RGNET1358CD track sequence:
Memphis Sheiks - He's In The Jailhouse Now (3:10)
Whistler & His Jug Band - The Jug Band Special (3:06)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany (2:30)
Birmingham Jug Band - Giving It Away (3:02)
Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band - Casey Bill (2:46)
Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band - It's Tight Like That (2:44)
Carolina Peanut Boys - This Will Bring You Back (3:02)
Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (2:49)
Minnie Wallace - The Old Folks Started It (2:40)
King David's Jug Band - What's That Tastes Like Gravy (3:04)
Seven Gallon Jug Band - Wipe 'Em Off (2:40)
Memphis Minnie And Her Jug Band - Grandpa And Grandma Blues (3:21)
Memphis Jug Band - Stealin', Stealin' (2:55)
Bob Coleman & The Cincinnati Jug Band - Tear It Down (2:45)
Clifford's Louisville Jug Band - Mammy O'Mine Blues (3:35)
Noah Lewis' Jug Band - Ticket Agent Blues (2:37)
Jimmie Rodgers & The Louisville Jug Band - My Good Gal's Gone Blues (2:44)
Jed Davenport And His Beale Street Jug Band - Beale Street Breakdown (2:49)
Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band - Don't Drink It In Here (2:49)
Picaninny Jug Band - Bottle It Up And Go (2:24)
Dixieland Jug Blowers - Banjoreno (3:10)
Prairie Ramblers - Jug Rag (2:49)

Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band - Red Ripe Tomatoes (3:01)
Old Southern Jug Band - Blues, Just Blues, That's All (2:45)
Alabama Jug Band - Sugar Blues (2:34)


RGNET1358LP track sequence:
Memphis Sheiks - He's In The Jailhouse Now (3:10)
Whistler & His Jug Band - The Jug Band Special (3:06)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany (2:30)
Birmingham Jug Band - Giving It Away (3:02)
Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band - Casey Bill (2:46)
Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band - It's Tight Like That (2:44)
Carolina Peanut Boys - This Will Bring You Back (3:02)

Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (2:49)
Minnie Wallace - The Old Folks Started It (2:40)
King David's Jug Band - What's That Tastes Like Gravy (3:04)
Memphis Jug Band - Stealin', Stealin' (2:55)
Jimmie Rodgers & The Louisville Jug Band - My Good Gal's Gone Blues (2:44)
Picaninny Jug Band - Bottle It Up And Go (2:24)
Old Southern Jug Band - Blues, Just Blues, That's All (2:45)


series prod. by Phil Stanton; compiled by Neil Record

notes by Neil Record

World Music Network / Music Rough Guides RGNET1358CD (UK 2017)

= World Music Network / Music Rough Guides RGNET1358LP (US 2018)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 147
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 346
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- Hatch End, Middlesex (Brian A.L. Rust), 1963/64, p. 
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- London (Storyville Publications), revised 2nd ed. 1969, p. 
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- Chigwell (Storyville Publications), fully revised 3rd ed. 1982, pp. 422-424

- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 44, 505-506
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, pp. 130-131
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2006, pp. 234, 345
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, pp. 277, 402

- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, pp. 284, 412
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition.- New York & London (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 572
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York (Oak Publications), 1968.- pp. 147, 207
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- London (Record Information Services), 1987.- p. 614
- Mike Leadbitter, Leslie Fancourt & Paul Pelletier: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. two, L to Z.- London (Record Information Services), 1994, p. 108

- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Max Hoeffner for additional info / scans

 

South Memphis Jug Band (without Jack Kelly)

Robert Burse, Dick Rowles, L A U R A   D U K E S, Louis Allen, Wilfred Bell, Will Batts, late 1930s; source: Blues Unlimited 125 (1977), p.19 ('Bengt Olsson/Laura Dukes')
Robert 'Good Kid' Burse, Dick Rowles, Laura Dukes, Louis Allen, Wilfred 'Birdbreath' Bell, Will Batts, late 1930s
source: Blues Unlimited 125 (1977), p. 19 ("Bengt Olsson/Laura Dukes")
also published in Bengt Olsson: Memphis Blues.- London (Studio Vista) 1970, p. 44

 

L A U R A   D U K E S, Milton Roby, Wilfred Bell, Will Batts, Robert Burse, 'Looty' [not 'Lotis', poss. Arbee Stidham's father, Luddie Stidham, reported by his son to have played saxophone in Memphis], 1935-40'; source: Blues Unlimited 125 (1977), p. 21 ('Bengt Olsson/Laura Dukes')
Laura Dukes, Milton Roby, Wilfred 'Birdbreath' Bell, Will Batts, Robert 'Good Kid' Burse, "Looty" ["Lotis", poss. Arbee Stidham's
father, Luddie Stidham, reported by his son to have played saxophone in Memphis]
, 1935-40

source: Blues Unlimited 125 (1977), p.21 ("Bengt Olsson/Laura Dukes")
also published in Bengt Olsson: Memphis Blues.- London (Studio Vista) 1970, p. 42

 

L A U R A   D U K E S, Will Batts, Milton Roby and Robert Burse playing at a private white party in Memphis, early 1950s; source: Back cover of Flyright LP 113; photographer's name not given
Laura Dukes, Will Batts, Milton Roby and Robert 'Good Kid' Burse
playing at a private white party in Memphis, early 1950s
source: Back cover of Flyright LP 113; photographer's name not given
also published in Bengt Olsson: Memphis Blues.- London (Studio Vista) 1970, pp. 40-41

 

L A U R A   D U K E S, Mickey Mathis, Will Batts, Son Smith and Will Shade playing outside a drive-in shop in Memphis, early 1950s; source: Back cover of Flyright LP 113; photographer's name not given
Laura Dukes, Mickey Mathis, Will Batts, Son Smith and Will Shade
playing outside a drive-in shop in Memphis, early 1950s

source: Back cover of Flyright LP 113; photographer's name not given
also published in Bengt Olsson: Memphis Blues.- London (Studio Vista) 1970, p. 46

 

 

 

 

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