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Bobby Leecan
& Robert Cooksey
Bobby/Bobbie Leecan,   b. about April 1897 in Philadelphia, PA
d. May 3, 1946 at Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia, PA
buried May 8, 1946 at the Eden Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA

Robert Cooksey,   b. 1893 in Erin, Houston County, Tennessee
d. 1936 in the Bronx, New York City
, buried at the National Cemetery
discography

#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
11924Viola McCoy

- It Makes No Difference Now (13012)   @ youtube
- West Indies Blues (13007) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. April 14, 1924 in New York City; Viola McCoy, voc; # unknown1) [Robert Cooksey ?], hca; Edgar Dowell, p; # Elmer Snowden, bj

1) according to Dixon, Godrich & Rye 1997


Vocalion 14801

= Guardsman 7003 (UK)

Bobby Leecan and Robert Cooksey were mentioned in Roger Pryor Dodge's fall 1925 article "Jazz Contra Whiteman", first published (retitled "Negro Jazz") in The Dancing Times (1929), pp. 32-35
21925SARA MARTIN

- Some Of These Mornings (73778-B) #   @ youtube
- Forget Me Not Blues (73759-B) *   @ youtube

# rec. November 24, 1925 in New York City; Sara Martin, voc; Harry's Happy Four: Harry Cooper, Louis Metcalf, c; Earres Prince, p; Bernard Addison, bj
* rec. c. November 12, 1925 in New York City; Sara Martin, voc; Bubber Miley, c; Robert Cooksey, hca; prob. Phil Worde, p


OKeh 8292

31925SARA MARTIN

- Give Me Just A Little Of Your Time (73761-B)   @ youtube
- Nobody Knows And Nobody Cares Blues (73760-A)   @ youtube

rec. c. November 12, 1925 in New York City; Sara Martin, voc; Bubber Miley, c; Robert Cooksey, hca; prob. Phil Worde, p


OKeh 8304

41926Bobby Leecan–Robert Cooksey

- Black Cat Bone Blues (36356-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Dirty Guitar Blues (36357-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify



unissued tracks from same session:
- Philadelphia Cut-Out (3635-2)
- Hesitating Blues (36359-2)
- Dinah (trial recording)

rec. September 27, 1926 in New York City; Bobby Leecan, g; Robert Cooksey, hca


Victor 20251

51926Elizabeth Smith–Sidney Easton

- When My Wants Run Out (36621-3)   @ youtube
- Talk 'bout Something That's Gwine To Happen (36622-3)   @ youtube

rec. October 18, 1926 in New York City; Elizabeth Smith, Sidney Easton, voc duet; Phil Worde, p; Bobby Leecan, g


Victor 20334

61926South Street Trio

- Whiskey And Gin Blues (37022-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Need More Blues (37021-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. November 22, 1926 in New York City; Robert Cooksey, voc, hca; Bobby Leecan, bj; Alfred Martin, g


Victor 20402

   

- Need More Blues (37021-1)   @ Spotify
- Whiskey And Gin Blues (37022-1)   @ Spotify

rec. November 22, 1926 in New York City; Robert Cooksey, voc, hca; Bobby Leecan, bj; Alfred Martin, g

Victor unissued

Collector's Classics CC53
Document DOCD 5279

71926South Street Trio

- South Street Stomp (370024-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Big Four (370023-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. November 22, 1926 in New York City; Robert Cooksey, hca; Bobby Leecan, bj; Alfred Martin, g


Victor V38509

   

- South Street Stomp (370024-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. November 22, 1926 in New York City; Robert Cooksey, hca; Bobby Leecan, bj; Alfred Martin, g

Victor unissued

Collector's Classics CC53
Document DOCD 5279

81927Mandy Lee / Helen Baxter

Mandy Lee
- Harlem Blues (7012-7) #

Helen Baxter
- I Wants A Real Man (6909-1) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

# rec. c. December 1926 / January 1927 in New York City; Mandy Lee, voc, unknown, p; unknown, g
* rec. c. December 1926 / January 1927 in New York City; Helen Baxter, voc, Robert Cooksey, hca; Bobby Leecan, g; prob. Phil Worde, p


Banner 1920


= Domino 3892


* = Oriole 795 (both sides as by Mamie Spencer)

* = Regal 8238

91927Mandy Lee / Helen Baxter

Mandy Lee
- Somebody's Been Loving My Baby (7016-1, -2) #

Helen Baxter
- Scrubbin' Blues (6910-2) *   @ Spotify

# rec. c. December 1926 / January 1927 in New York City; Mandy Lee, voc, unknown, p; unknown, g
* rec. c. December 1926 / January 1927 in New York City; Helen Baxter, voc, Robert Cooksey, hca, kazoo; Bobby Leecan, g; prob. Phil Worde, p


Banner 1958

= Domino 3929

* = Oriole 795
* = Regal 8283

101927Margaret Johnson

- Second-Handed Blues (37681-2)
- Good Woman Blues (37680-2)

rec. February 14, 1927 in New York City; Margaret Johnson, voc; Robert Cooksey, hca; Bobby Leecan, g; prob. Phil Worde or Mike Jackson, p


Victor 20652

   

- Second-Handed Blues (37681-1)

rec. February 14, 1927 in New York City; Margaret Johnson, voc; Robert Cooksey, hca; Bobby Leecan, g; prob. Phil Worde or Mike Jackson, p

Victor unissued

Victor LP V534
RCA RD7840 (UK)
RST BD 2112 (Austria)
Document DOCD-5436

111927MARTIN & ROBERTS [sic]

- Dollar Blues (E-22051/52/53)   @ Spotify
- Hock My Shoes (E-22059/60/61)   @ Spotify

rec. March 22, 1927 in New York City; Alfred Martin, g; Robert Cooksey, hca, voc


Brunswick 7007

121927Martin & Robert

- Maxwell And Peoria Blues (E-22054/55/56)   @ Spotify
- South Street Blues (E-22057/58)   @ Spotify

rec. March 22, 1927 in New York City; Alfred Martin, g; Robert Cooksey, hca


Vocalion 1127

131927Bobbie Leecan's Need-More Band

- Midnight Susie (38436-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Wash-Board Cut Out (38434-1) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. April 5, 1927 in Camden, NJ; Robert Cooksey, hca; Bobby Leecan, g; Alfred Martin, md; unknown, cello; Eddie Edinborough, washboard, voc


Victor 20660


# Electrola EG790


# His Master's Voice B5398

141927Bobbie Leecan–Robert Cooksey

- Don't You Let Your Head Hang Down (38930-1)   @ Spotify
- Blue Harmonica (38932-1)   @ Spotify

rec. May 24, 1927 in Camden, NJ; Bobby Leecan, kazoo, g; Robert Cooksey, hca


Victor 20768

151927Thomas Waller with Morris's Hot Babies

- Savannah Blues (38051-1)
- Won't You Take Me Home (38052-3) #

rec. May 20, 1927; Fats Waller, org, p, voc; Thomas Morris, cornet, sp, voc; Jimmy Archey, Charlie Irvis, tb; # Phil Worde, p; Bobby Leecan, g; Eddie King, dr


Victor 20776

1610/1927Bobbie Leecan's Need-More Band

Victor 20853 / Sunrise S3274 / Bluebird B5194
Bobbie Leecan's Need-More Band
- Shortnin' Bread (38435-3) #   @ youtube
- Apaloosa Blues (38437-3) *   @ youtube

His Master's Voice B5430
Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
- Sugar (BVE-38667) (previously Victor 20855) []

BOBBIE LEECAN'S NEED-MORE BAND
- Apaloosa Blues (38437-3) *

# * rec. April 5, 1927 in Camden, NJ; Robert Cooksey, hca; Bobby Leecan, g, * kazoo; Alfred Martin, md; unknown, cello; Eddie Edinborough, washboard, # voc

[] rec. June 11, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra


Victor 20853 (US 10/1927)

= Sunrise S3274 (US 8/1933?)

= Bluebird B5194 (US 10/1933)


* His Master's Voice B5430 (UK 1939?)

171927Bobbie Leecan–Robert Cooksey

- Ain't She Sweet (38929-2)   @ Spotify
- Royal Palm Blues [Royal Palm Special] (38931-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. May 24, 1927 in Camden, NJ; Bobby Leecan, kazoo, g; Robert Cooksey, hca


Victor 20958

   

- Ain't She Sweet (38929-1)   @ Spotify

rec. May 24, 1927 in Camden, NJ; Bobby Leecan, kazoo, g; Robert Cooksey, hca

Victor unissued

Document DOCD 5280

181927Margaret Johnson

- What Kind Of Love Is That? (35757-1) #
- Dead Drunk Blues (37682-2) *

# rec. July 9, 1926 in New York City; Margaret Johnson, voc; The Black & Blue Trio: unknown, cl; Henry Palmer, p; unknown, bj; unknown, sb
* rec. February 14, 1927 in New York City; Margaret Johnson, voc; Robert Cooksey, hca; Bobby Leecan, g; prob. Phil Worde or Mike Jackson, p


Victor 20982

191927Blind Bobby Baker and His Guitar

- Nobody Needs You When You're Down And Out   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Macon Georgia Cut Out #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. c. June 1927 in New York City; Bobby Leecan, voc, g, # kazoo


Pathé Actuelle 7533


= Perfect 133

201927Dixie Jazzers Washboard Band

- Memphis Shake (107617)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- My Old Daddy's Got A Brand New Way To Love (107618)   @ youtube   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. July 1927 in New York City; Tom Morris, c; Robert Cooksey, hca; Bobby Leecan, g; Mike Jackson, p; Eddie Edinborough, washboard, dr


Pathé Actuelle 7536


= Perfect 136

= Parlophone 11530 (UK)

211927Dixie Jazzers Washboard Band

- Kansas City Shuffle (107619- )   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Black Cat Bone (107620 ) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. July 1927 in New York City; Tom Morris, c; Robert Cooksey, hca, # voc; Bobby Leecan, g; Mike Jackson, p; Eddie Edinborough, washboard, dr


Pathé Actuelle 7539


= Perfect 139

= Parlophone 11548 (UK)

   

- Kansas City Shuffle (107619-2)
- Black Cat Bone (107620-2) #

rec. July 1927 in New York City; Tom Morris, c; Robert Cooksey, hca, # voc; Bobby Leecan, g; Mike Jackson, p; Eddie Edinborough, washboard, dr


Pathé Actuelle unissued

Document DOCD-5612

221927Thomas Waller with Morris's Hot Babies

- I Ain't Got Nobody (40094-2)   @ youtube
- Red Hot Dan (40096-1, -2)   @ youtube

rec. December 1, 1927 in Camden, NJ; Fats Waller, org, p, voc; Thomas Morris, cornet, sp, voc; Jimmy Archey, tb; Bobby Leecan, g; Eddie King, dr


Victor 21127

231927South Street Trio

- Mean Old Bed Bug Blues (39374-2) (3:10)   @ Spotify
- Dallas Blues (39377-2)   @ Spotify

rec. October 27, 1927 in Camden, NJ; Robert Cooksey, hca, voc; Bobby Leecan, bj; Alfred Martin, g


Victor 21135

   

- Mean Old Bed Bug Blues (39374-1) (3:12)   @ Spotify
- Dallas Blues (39377-1) (3:07)   @ Spotify

rec. October 27, 1927 in Camden, NJ; Robert Cooksey, hca, voc; Bobby Leecan, bj; Alfred Martin, g

Victor unissued

Collector's Classics CC53
Document DOCD 5280

241927Thomas Waller Pipe-organ with Thomas Morris and His Hot Babies

- Please Take Me Out Of Jail (40098-2)   @ youtube
- He's Gone Away (40093-2, -3)   @ Spotify

rec. December 1, 1927 at Victor's Trinity Church Studio, 114 North 5th Street, Camden, NJ; Fats Waller, org, p, voc; Thomas Morris, cornet, sp, voc; Jimmy Archey, tb; Bobby Leecan, g; Eddie King, dr


Victor 21202

   

- He's Gone Away (40093-1)
- Please Take Me Out Of Jail (40098-1)

rec. December 1, 1927 at Victor's Trinity Church Studio, 114 North 5th Street, Camden, NJ; Fats Waller, org, p, voc; Thomas Morris, cornet, sp, voc; Jimmy Archey, tb; Bobby Leecan, g; Eddie King, dr

Victor unissued

251927South Street Trio

- Cold Mornin' Shout (39375-2)   @ Spotify
- Suitcase Breakdown (39376-2)   @ Spotify

rec. October 27, 1927 in Camden, NJ; Robert Cooksey, hca; Bobby Leecan, bj; Alfred Martin, g


Victor 21249

261927Thomas Waller (Pipe Organ Solo) / with Thomas Morris and His Hot Babies

Thomas Waller (Pipe Organ Solo)
- The Digah's Stomp (40095-1)   @ youtube

Thomas Waller with Thomas Morris and His Hot Babies
- Geechee (40097-1, -2) #   @ youtube

rec. December 1, 1927 at Victor's Trinity Church Studio, 114 North 5th Street, Camden, NJ; Fats Waller, org, p; # Thomas Morris, cornet; # Jimmy Archey, tb; # Bobby Leecan, g; # Eddie King, dr


Victor 21358

271928Cooksey and Watson / El Watson

Cooksey And Watson
- El Watson's Fox Chase (43952-2) #   @ Spotify
El Watson
- One Sock Blues (43955-2)


rec. May 7, 1928 in New York City; El Watson, hca, # sp; Robert Cooksey, # hca, # sp; # Watson or Cooksey, voc effects


Victor 21440

281928?BOBBIE LEECAN'S NEED MORE BAND / DIXIELAND JUG BLOWERS

BOBBIE LEECAN'S NEED MORE BAND
- Wash Board Cut-Out (38434-1) # [Victor 20660]
DIXIELAND JUG BLOWERS
- Skip, Scat, Doodle-Do (37224-2) * [Victor 20649]


# rec. April 5, 1927 in Camden, NJ; Robert Cooksey, hca; Bobby Leecan, g; Alfred Martin, md; unknown, voc; Eddie Edinborough, washboard, voc
* rec. December 10, 1926 in Chicago, IL; Lockwood Lewis, voc, as; Clifford Hayes, vn; Cal Smith, Freddie Smith, Curtis Hayes, bj; Earl McDonald, voc, jug; Henry Clifford, jug


Electrola EG 790 (Germany)

= His Master's Voice B5398

28a1931NEW ORLEANS WILD CATS with Tap Dancing Joe

- Wild Cats On Parade (W151497-1, -2)
- Harlem Baby (W151499-1, -2)

rec. April 10, 1931 in New York, NY; Tap Dancing Joe (Eddie Edinborough), voc, kazoo, washb; Wesley Wilson, p; Bobby Leecan, g


Columbia 14599-D

28b1931Eddie Edinborough and His New Orleans Wild Cats

- Some Of These Days (W151622-1)
- Wild Cats Ball (W151623-1, -2)   @ youtube

rec. June 22, 1931 in New York, NY; Eddie Edinborough, voc, kazoo, washb; Wesley Wilson, p; Bobby Leecan, g


Columbia 14613-D


LP / CD compilations
291965Rare Blues Of The Twenties

'Blind' Richard Yates
- Sore Bunion Blues
- I'm Gonna Moan My Blues Away
Virginia Liston
- Rolls Royce Papa
- I'm Gonna Get Me A Man
Jenny Pope
- Whiskey Drinking Blues
- Doggin' Me Around Blues
Ethel Waters
- Tell 'Em Bout Me

Grant & Wilson
- Scoop It
- Stevedore Man
Georgia Tom & Tampa Red
- Grievin' Me Blues
- It's Tight Like That

Bobbie Leecan & Robert Cooksey
- Blue Harmonica
- Don't Let Your Head Hang Down
Coletha Simpson
- Down South Blues


cover drawings by Arnold S. Caplin


Historical Jazz RBT ASC 1 (Rare Blues Of The Twenties)


= Historical ASC-1 ("No. 1")

= Historical ASC-5829-1 ("Volume 1")

= Historical 5829 HJ

notes (review) by Paul Burgess, Jr.

= Historical HLP-1 (No. 1)

Historical Records discography

301966Women of the Blues

Mamie Smith
- Goin' Crazy With The Blues
- What Have You Done
Victoria Spivey
- Moaning The Blues
- Blood Hound Blues
Sweet Peas (Addie Spivey)
- I Got A Man In The 'bama Mines
- Cold In Hand
Lizzie Miles
- My Man O' War
- Electrician Blues

Alberta Hunter
- Sugar
- Beale Street Blues
Monette Moore
- Somebody's Been Lovin' My Baby
- Hard Hearted Papa
Sippie Wallace
- You Gonna Need My Help
- I'm A Mighty Tight Woman

Margaret Johnson
- Dead Drunk Blues
- Second-Handed Blues

reissue prod. by Mike Lipskin; remastered by Don Miller

notes by Pete Welding

RCA LPV-534 (US 1966)

= RCA RD-7840 (UK)

notes by Pete Welding

= RCA LPM-534 (Germany)

311967They Sang The Blues (1927-1929)

Mississippi John Hurt
- Nobody's Dirty Business
"Mr. Freddie" Spruell
- Tom Cat Blues
Ki Ki Johnson
- Wrong Woman Blues
- Lady, Your Clock Ain't Right
Willie Reed
- Leavin' Home
Sluefoot Joe
- Shouting Baby Blues
- Tooten' Out Blues


Blind Bobby Baker (= Bobby Leecan)
- Macon Georgia Cut Out
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
Frenchy's String Band
- Texas And Pacific Blues
- Sunshine Special
Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers
- I Want Two Wings To Veil My Face


prod. by Arnold S. Caplin; cover by Paul Burgess

notes by Arnold S. Caplin

Historical ASC-17

= Historical ASC-5829-17

notes by Paul Burgess

= Historical HLP-17

Historical Records discography

31a1967Dixie Jassers Washboard Band

- Kansas City Shuffle [Pathé Actuelle 7539]
- Black Cat Bone [Pathé Actuelle 7539]

- Memphis Shake [Pathé Actuelle 7536]
- My Old Daddy's Got A Brand New Way To Love [Pathé Actuelle 7536]

7 inch 45 rpm EP
notes by Brian Rust

HMV VEP 19 (UK 1967)

321968Harmonicas, 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
- Ko-Ko-Mo Blues
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

Roots Records discography

331969The Great Harmonica Players   Vol. 2
1927-1940

Jed Davenport
- Cow Cow Blues   @ youtube
- How Long How Long Blues   @ youtube
Martin & Robert
- Dollar Blues   @ youtube
- Hock My Shoes   @ youtube
Slim Barton & James Moore
- Poor Convict Blues   @ youtube
Minnie Wallace and Will Shade
- The Cockeyed World   @ youtube
- Field Mouse Stomp   @ youtube
Jimmy Smith [Victor 20020; "NOTE: This is a white folk artist"]
- Mountain Blues   @ youtube

Leecan & Cooksey
- Royal Palm Special   @ youtube
- Ain't She Sweet   @ youtube
Ellis Williams
- Smokey Blues   @ youtube
- Buttermilk Blues   @ youtube
Joe Williams (with Jed Davenport)
- I Want It Awful Bad   @ youtube
- Mr. Devil Blues   @ youtube
Robert Lee McCoy (with Sonny Boy Williamson on harp)
- Tough Luck   @ youtube
Sonny Terry
- Harmonica And Wasboard Breakdown   @ youtube

compiled and prod. by Evelyn Parth


Roots RL-321 (Austria 1969)   distributed in the UK by Saydisk Records


= Roots RL-321 (Austria 19??)


= Roots/Autogram RL-321 (Germany 19??)

the LP front cover depicts Percy Randolph being recorded by Harry Oster, most likely January/February 1958 in New Orleans (Harry Oster, on the left of the original photo, has been cropped; the original photo was published in Les Génies du Blues, Volume 2.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 67 ("D.I.T.E. / I.P.S." [French photo agency]; photographer's name not given)
Harry Oster recording P E R C Y   R A N D O L P H (most likely January/February 1958 in New Orleans); source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 2.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 67 ('D.I.T.E. / I.P.S.' [French photo agency]; photographer's name not given); click to enlarge!

Roots Records discography

341974Mama Let Me Lay It On You 1926-1936

Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey
- Whiskey And Gin Blues (tk 2)
Irene Scruggs
- Itching Heel
Smith And Harper
- Poor Girl
Willie Walker
- South Carolina Rag - take 1
Blind Blake
- Chump Man Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- Every Day In The Week Blues
Walter Coleman
- Mama Let Me Lay It On You

Josh White
- Good Gal
Leola B. Wilson
- Wilson Dam
- Black And Tan
Spark Plug Smith
- Vampire Women
Blind Blake
- Sweet Jivin' Mama
Smith And Harper
- Insurance Policy Blues
Charlie Manson
- Nineteen Women Blues

notes by Stephen Calt and John Miller

Yazoo 1040 (US 1974)

= Yazoo CD 1040 (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography

351976Harmonica Blues
Great Harmonica Performances of the 1920s and '30s

Freeman Stowers
- Railroad Blues
State Street Boys
- Crazy About You
Carver Boys
- Wang Wang Harmonica Blues
Lee Brown
- My Driving Wheel
Ashley & Foster
- Bay Rum Blues
Robert Hill
- I'm Going To Write And Tell Mother
Chuck Darling
- Blowin' The Blues
- Harmonica Rag
Jaybird Coleman
- Man Trouble Blues
Jazz Gillum
- I Want You By My Side
Alfred Lewis
- Friday Moan Blues
Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton
- House Snake Blues

Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey
- Need More Blues (tk 2)
De Ford Bailey
- Davidson County Blues

notes by Steve Calt
click to read notes !
Yazoo L 1053 (US 1976)


= CD 1053 YAZ (US 1991)


= Yazoo L-1053 (US 2012) reissue, 180 gram LP

Yazoo Records discography

361977Jazz   Some Beginnings   1913-1926

- You Can't Get Away From It - Bert Williams
- Down Home Rag - James Europe's Society Orchestra
- Raggin' The Scale - Fred Van Eps
- Round The Corner - Dabney's Band
- I'm Done - Eddie Hunter, Alex Rogers, and C. Luckyeth Roberts
- You Gotta See Mama Every Night - Gene Fosdick's Hoosiers
- Masculine Women! Feminine Men! - Friar's Inn Orchestra

- Taint Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do - Matson's Creole Serenaders
- Graysom Street Blues - Black and Blue Trio

- Nobody Knows And Nobody Cares Blues - Sara Martin
- When My Sugar Walks Down The Street - The New Orleans Orchestra
- Weary Blues - The Vic Meyers Orchestra
- Old Time Blues - Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
- In Harlem's Araby - The Good Time Band


compiled by Samuel Charters

notes by Samuel Charters

RBF RF 31 (US 1977)

RBF discography

37197?The Blues of Bobbie Leecan & Robert Cooksey
with South Street Trio

- Need More Blues (tk 2)
- Whiskey And Gin Blues (tk 2)
- Big Four
- South Street Stomp (tk 1)
- Mean Old Bed Bud Blues (tk 2)
- Cold Mornin' Shout
- Suitcase Breakdown
- Dallas Blues (tk 2)

- Washboard Cut Out
- Shortnin' Bread
- Midnight Susie
- Apaloosa Blues
- Need More Blues (tk 1)
- Whiskey Blues (aka Whiskey And Gin Blues) (tk 1)
- South Street Stomp (tk 2)
- Bed Bug Blues (aka Mean Old Bed Bug Blues) (tk 1)
- Dallas Blues (tk 1)


Collector's Classics CC-53 (Denmark 197?)

381983Great Harp Players (1927-30)

William Francis & Richard Sowell
- John Henry Blues (E-4603)
- Roubin Blues (E-4606)

El Watson
- Pot Licker Blues (39732-2)
- Narrow Gauge Blues (39733-2)

- El Watson's Fox Chase (43952-2)
- Bay Rum Blues (43953-2)
- Sweet Bunch Of Daisies (43954-2)
- One Sock Blues (43955-2)
Palmer McAbee
- Lost Boy Blues (41929-2)

- McAbee's Railroad Piece (41930-2)
Freeman Stowers
- Railroad Blues (14711)
- Texas Wild Cat Chase (14898)
- Medley Of Blues (14899)
  All Out And Down
  Old Time Blues
  Hog In The Mountain
- Sunrise On The Farm (14900-B)
Blues Birdhead
- Mean Low Blues (403111-A)
- Harmonica Blues (403112-A)
Alfred Lewis
- Mississippi Swamp Moan (C-4481)
- Friday Moan Blues (C-4482)


Matchbox MSE-209 (UK 1983)

Matchbox Records discography

391986Bobbie Leecan & Robert Cooksey   1926-27
The Remaining Titles

Bobbie Leecan & Robert Cooksey
- Black Cat Bone Blues (36356-1)
- Dirty Guitar Blues (36357-2)
Martin And Robert
- Dollar Blues (E-22052)
- Maxwell And Peoria Blues (E-22054/55/56)
- South Street Blues (E-22057/58)
- Hock My Shoes (E-22059)
Bobbie Leecan & Robert Cooksey
- Ain't She Sweet (38929-2)
- Don't You Let Your Head Hang Down (38930-1)

Bobbie Leecan & Robert Cooksey
- Royal Palm Special [sic, actually "Royal Palm Blues"] (38931-1)
- Blue Harmonica (38932-1)
Blind Bobby Baker
- Macon Georgia Cut Out (Pa7533)
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (Pa7533)
Dixie Jazzers Washboard Band
- Memphis Shake (107617)
- My Old Daddy's Got A Brand New Way To Love (107618)
- Kansas City Shuffle (107619-1)
- Black Cat Bone (107620-1)

notes by Paul Oliver

Matchbox MSE 1010 (UK 1986)

Matchbox Records discography

401990Female Blues Singers   Volume B2   (1923-1928)

Helen Baxter
- You Got Ev'ry Thing A Sweet Mama Needs But Me
- Satisfied Blues (A Barrel House Blues)
- Daddy Ease It To Me
- Cruel Back Bitin' Blues (A Heart Aching Chant)
- You Got Ev'ry Thing A Sweet Mama Needs (But Me)
- She Walked Right Up And Took My Man Away

- I Wants A Real Man
- Scrubbin' Blues

Eloise Bennett
- Love Me Mr. Strange Man
- Effervescent Daddy
- I Can't Be Satisfied With One
- Sting Me, Mr. Strange Man
Glory Bernard
- Put It Here Or Keep It Out There
- That's Why The Undertaker's Busy
- South Bound Blues
- Cockroach Blues
Lela Bolden
- Southern Woman Blues
- Seawall Special Blues



Selmerphone SHN-4013 (Austria 1990)

411991Female Blues Singers   Volume R/S   (1921-1931)

Dolly Ross
- He Don't Know (And I Can't Make Him Understand)
- Hootin' Owl Blues
Laura Rucker
- Little Joe
- St. Louis Blues
Gertrude Saunders
- I'm Craving For That Kind Of Love
- Daddy, Won't You Please Come Home
- Potomac River Blues
- Love Me
- Don't Let Your Love Come Down
- You Can't Have It Unless I Give It To You
Mae Scott
- Squawkin' The Blues

Mae Scott
- I'll Get Even With You (Revengeful Blues)
Clara Smith
- Wandering Boy Blues
- Sand Raisin' Blues
Clementine Smith
- Everybody Loves My Baby
- Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now
- Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Mornin'

Elizabeth Smith
- When My Wants Run Out
- Talk 'bout Something That's Gwine To Happen
Irene Mims (Hazel Smith)
- West End Blues
- Get Up Off Your Knees



Selmerphone SHN-4031 (Austria 1991)

421994Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey   Volume 1   1924-1927
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order

- West Indies Blues (Viola McCoy, voc)
- Forget Me Not Blues (Sara Martin, voc)
- Nobody Knows And Nobody Cares Blues (Sara Martin, voc)
- Give Me Just A Little Of Your Time (Sara Martin, voc)
- Black Cat Bone Blues
- Dirty Guitar Blues
- When My Wants Run Out (Elizabeth Smith-Sidney Easton, voc)
- Talk 'Bout Somethin' That's Gwine To Happen (Elizabeth Smith-Sidney Easton, voc)
- Need More Blues (tk 1)
- Need More Blues (tk 2)
- Whiskey And Gin Blues (tk 1)
- Whiskey And Gin Blues (tk 2)
- Big Four
- South Street Stomp (tk 1)
- South Street Stomp (tk 2)
- I Wants A Real Man (Helen Baxter, voc)
- Scrubbin' Blues (Helen Baxter, voc)
- Good Woman Blues (Margaret Johnson, voc)
- Second Handed Blues (Margaret Johnson, voc)
- Dead Drunk Blues (Margaret Johnson, voc)
- Dollar Blues
- Maxwell And Peoria Blues
- South Street Blues
- Hock My Shoes

notes by John Wilby

Document DOCD-5279 (Austria 1994)

431994Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey   Volume 2   1927-1928
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order

- Wash-Board Cut Out
- Shortnin' Bread
- Midnight Susie
- Apaloosa Blues
- Ain't She Sweet (tk 1) [previously unissued]
- Ain't She Sweet (tk 2)
- Don't Let Your Head Hang Down
- Royal Palm Special [sic, actually "Royal Palm Blues"]
- Blue Harmonica
- Macon Georgia Cut Out
- Nobody Knows You When You're
- Down And Out
- Memphis Shake
- My Old Daddy's Got A Brand
- New Way To Love
- Kansas City Shuffle
- Black Cat Bone
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues (tk 1)
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues (tk 2)
- Cold Morning Shout
- Suitcase Breakdown
- Dallas Blues (tk 1)
- Dallas Blues (tk 2)
- El Watson's Fox Chase

notes by John Wilby

Document DOCD-5280 (Austrai 1994)

441995Viola McCoy   Volume 2   1924-1926
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order

- I've Got The World In A Jug
- I Ain't Gonna Marry, Ain't Gonna Settle Down
- If Your Good Man Quits You, Don't Wear No Black

- West Indies Blues
- It Makes No Difference Now
- I Don't Want Nobody That Don't Want Me
- It Makes No Difference Now (12948)
- I Don't Want Nobody That Don't Want Me
- Mamma, Mamma (Don't Love Her Papa No More)
- Mama's Gone, Goodbye
- You Don't Know My Mind (tk 2)
- Buzzin' Around (tk 2)
- How Come You Do Me Like You Do? (tk 2)
- Clearing House Blues (tk 2)
- Keep On Going (13805) (vocal duet with Billy Higgins)
- Get Yourself A Monkey Man And Make Him Strut His Stuff (vocal duet with Billy Higgins)
- Keep On Going (31699) (vocal duet with Billy Higgins)
- Memphis Bound (tk C)
- Stomp Your Blues Away
- Shake That Thing
- South Street Blues
- Charleston Blues
- I'm Saving It All For You
- Papa, If You Can't Do Better (I'll Let A Better Papa Move In)


notes by Howard Rye

Document DOCD-5417 (Austria 1995)

451996Before The Blues   Vol. 2
The Early American Black Music Scene

- Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band
- How Long - Frank Stokes
- Skin Game Blue - Peg Leg Howell s
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Just A Spoonful - Charley Jordan
- Doggone My Good Luck Soul - Hattie Hudson
- There's A Brown Skin Girl Down The Road Somewhere - Eck Robertson
- You're Going To Leave The Old Home Jim! - Lulu Jackson
- Deep Blue Sea Blues - Tommy McClennan

- Cold Morning Shout - South Street Trio
- Been Listening All The Day - Blind Joe Taggart
- Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues - Charley Patton
- I'll Lead A Christian Life - Golden P. Harris
- The Old Folks Started It - Minnie Wallace
- Vine Street Drag - Tennessee Chocolate Drops
- It's Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Guitar Stomp - Roland & Scott
- Jack O'Diamond Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Reuben Oh Reuben - Emry Arthur
- Memphis Stomp - Blue Boys
- On The Wall - Louise Johnson
- Roving Cowboy - Frank Jenkins

notes by Don Kent and Richard Nevins

Yazoo CD 2016 (US 1996)

Yazoo Records discography

45a1996Harmonica Masters

- Ice Water Blues - DeFord Bailey
- Lost Boy Blues - Palmer McAbee
- Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis
- Choking Blues - Kyle Wooten
- Chickasaw Special - Noah Lewis
- Pennsylvania Woman Blues - Six Cylinder Smith
- Take Your Foot Out Of The Mud & Put It In - Dr. Humphrey Bates' Possum Hunters
- Don't Mistreat Your Good Boy Friend - Bubbling Over Five
- The Downfall Of Paris - Murphy Brothers Harp Band
- Touch Me Light Mama - George Williams
- Booneville Stomp - Dutch Coleman / Red Whitehead
- How Long Blues - Jed Davenport
- East Virginia Blues - Clarence Ashley / Gwen Foster
- Goin' Cross The Sea - Crook Brothers
- Just It - William McCoy
- Wilkes County Blues - Gwen Foster
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- I Want My Mama - Salty Holmes
- Gastonia Gallop - David McCarn

- Don't Let Your Head Hang Down - Bobby Leecan / Robert Cooksey
- Sisco Harmonica Blues - Carver Boys
- Down South Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Medley Of Blues - Freeman Stowers



Yazoo CD 2019 (US 1996)

Yazoo Records discography

461996The Blues Collection Vol. 84 - East Coast Blues

Bobbie Leecan's Need-More Band
- Wash-Board Cut Out
Julius Daniels
- Ninety-Nine Year Blues [Victor 20658]
Blind Blake
- Southern Rag
Luke Jordan
- If I Call You Mama
Jack Gowdlock
- Poor Jane Blues
Peg Leg Howell & Eddie Anthony
- Turkey Buzzard Blues
Luke Jordan
- Pick Poor Robin Clean
Jack Gowdlock
- Rollin' Dough Blues
Julius Daniels & Bubba Lee Torrence
- Slippin' And Slidin' Up The Golden Street [Victor 20499]
Luke Jordan
- Tom Brown Sits In His Prison Cell
Blind Blake
- Depression's Gone From Me Blues
Blind Boy Fuller
- Walking And Looking Blues
Boy Green
- Play My Juke Box
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Carolina Blues
Gabriel Brown
- Down In The Bottom
Skoodle Dum Doo & Sheffield Seth Richard(s)
- Gas Ration Blues
Marylin Scott
- I Got What My Daddy Likes
Boy Green
- A And B Blues
Sunny Jones
- Don't Want Pretty Women
Skoodle Dum Doo & Sheffield Seth Richard(s)
- Tampa Blues


prod. by Tony Russell; remastering: John R.T. Davis

booklet notes by Tony Russell

Orbis BLU NC084 (1996)

471998Rare 1920s Blues & Jazz   1923-1929
Remaining Titles & Alternate Takes in Chronological Order

Viola McCoy
- Don't Mean You No Good Blues
- Lonesome Daddy Blues
Sam Manning
- Keep Your Hands Off That
- Go, I Got Somebody Sweeter Than You
Sammie Lewis
- Arkansas Shout
- There'll Come A Time
- Hateful Papa Blues
- Leaving Town To Wear You Off My Mind
Willie Lewis with Wilson's T.O.B.A. Band
- Steady Roll
- Backyard Blues
"Blind Richard" Yates
- Levee Blues
- Wayward Roamer Blues

Dixie Jazzers Washboard Band
- Kansas City Shuffle
- Black Cat Bone
Clifford Hayes' Louisville Stompers
- Automobile Blues
- Frog Hop
- Dance Hall Shuffle
- Shoe String Stomp
- Everybody Wants My Tootelum
- Hey! Am I Blue
- Shady Lane Blues
Q.R.S. Boys - Walter "Fats" Pichon
- Dad Blame Blues
- Black Boy Blues
- Wiggle Yo' Toes
- I've Seen My Baby (And It Won't Be Long Now)



Document DOCD-5612 (Austria 1998)

482007A Richer Tradition - Country Blues & String Band Music 1923 - 1942

disc 1:
- Guitar Blues - Sylvester Weaver
- Time Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay - Ed Andrews
- Sundown Blues - Daddy Stovepipe
- Salt Lake City Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson

- Whiskey And Gin Blues - South Street Trio
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Hey Lawdy Mama - The France Blues - Papa Harvey Hull/Long "Cleve" Reed
- A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around - Stovepipe No.1/David Crockett
- Bamalong Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- Blue Coat Blues - "Blue Coat" Tom Nelson
- Frisco Whistle Blues - Ed Bell
- Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen
- Gravel Camp Blues - Lewis Black
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- Death Bell Blues - Tom Dickson
- C.C. & O. Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- Middlin' Blues - George "Bullet" Williams
- Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Kyle's Worried Blues - Charlie Kyle
- Bull Frog Blues - William Harris
- Sobbin' Woman Blues - Elizabeth Johnson
- Miss Meal Cramp Blues - Alec Johnson
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay


disc 2:
- Jail House Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Blues, Just Blues, That's All - Old Southern Jug Band
- String Band Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers
- Black Cat Blues - Old Pal Smoke Shop Four

- Dirty Guitar Blues - Leecan & Cooksey
- Boodle-Am-Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Quill Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- The Jug Band Special - Whistler & His Jug Band

- Cold Morning Shout - South Street Trio
- Violin Blues - Johnson Boys
- Easy Winner - The Blue Boys
- G- Burns Is Gonna Rise Again - Johnson/Nelson/Porkchop
- I Got A Gal - James Cole's String Band
- The Jazz Fiddler - Walter Jacobs/Lonnie Carter
- Knox Couty Stomp - Tennessee Chocolate Drops
- Adam And Eve - Tommie Bradley
- Runnin' Wild - James Cole's Washboard Four
- Giving It Away - Birmingham Jug Band
- Jackson Stomp - Mississippi Mud Steppers
- Old Hen Cackle - Coleman & Harper
- Travelin' Railroad Man Blues - Alabama Sheiks
- Old Hen Cackle - Coleman & Harper
- Ted's Stomp - Louie Blue/Ted Bogan
- Dusting the Frets - Dallas Jamboree Jug Band
- Arkansas Traveller - Nashville Washboard Band


disc 3:
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - "Long Cleve" Reed/Little Harvey Hull
- Tuxedo Blues - Whistlin' Pete & Daddy Stovepipe
- Mean Conductor Blues - Ed Bell
- Back Door Blues - Emery Glen
- Spanish Blues - Lewis Black
- Helena Blues - Mooch Richardson
- I Heard the Voice Of a Pork Chop - Bogus Ben Covington
- Rising River Blues - George Carter
- She Could Toodle-Oo - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Weak Minded Woman - Willie Baker
- Old Rock Island Blues - Lonnie Coleman
- Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None - Mae Glover
- Showers Of Rain Blues - Edward Thompson
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- If I Call You Mama - Luke Jordan
- Never Drive a Stranger From Your Door - Willie Harris
- Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Shaking Weed Blues - Tommy Settlers
- South Carolina Rag - Willie Walker
- Beans - El Morrow/Beans Hambone
- Poor Jane Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Window Pane Blues - Tommie Bradley
- Hot Jelly Roll Blues - George Carter


disc 4:
- Labor Blues - Tom Dickson
- Goin' Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- No Baby - Charlie Kyle
- Early Mornin' Blues - William Harris
- Dreaming Blues - Willie Reed
- Weeping Willow Blues - George Carter
- Way Down In Arkansas - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Wild About My Loving - Lonnie Coleman
- Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone
- Florida Bound - Edward Thompson
- God Didn't Make No Monkey Man - Eli Framer
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Diamond Ring Blues - Jim Jam (Walter Taylor)
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Lonesome Midnight Dream - Willie Harris
- Billy Goat Blues - John Byrd
- That Won't Do - Arthur Pettis
- Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter
- 'Toby' Woman Blues - Gene Campbell
- Rollin' Dough Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell
- Farewell To You Baby - Carl Martin
- Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky
- Married Woman Blues - George Torey
- Dago Blues - Virgil Childers

4 CD box

JSP JSPCD 7798 (UK 2007)

493/2018Bobby Leecan (Guitar Maestro): Suitcase Breakdown

South Street Trio - Suitcase Breakdown
South Street Trio - South Street Stomp # 2
Bobbie Leecan and Robert Cooksey - Blue Harmonica
Bobbie Leecan's Need-More Band - Short'nin' Bread
Blind Bobby Baker - Macon Georgia Cut Out
Blind Bobby Baker - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
South Street Trio - Cold Morning Shout
South Street Trio - Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
Bobbie Leecan and Robert Cooksey - Dirty Guitar Blues
Bobbie Leecan and Robert Cooksey - Ain't She Sweet
Elizabeth Smith and Sidney Easton - When My Wants Run Out
Elizabeth Smith and Sidney Easton - Talk 'Bout Something That's Gwine To Happen
Thomas Waller with Morris's Hot Babies - Red Hot Dan
Eddie Edinborough and His New Orleans Wild Cats - Harlem Baby
Eddie Edinborough and His New Orleans Wild Cats - Wild Cats Ball
Bobbie Leecan's Need-More Band - Midnight Susie
Bobbie Leecan's Need-More Band - Apaloosa Blues
Bobbie Leecan's Need-More Band - Washboard Cut-Out
Margaret Johnson - Good Woman Blues
Margaret Johnson - Second Handed Blues
South Street Trio - Dallas Blues
Bobbie Leecan and Robert Cooksey - Royal Palm Special
Alberta Hunter - Gimmie All The Love You Got
Alberta Hunter - My Particular Man
Dixie Jazzers Washboard Band - Kansas City Shuffle
Dixie Jazzers Washboard Band - Black Cat Bones

remastered by Nick Dellow
cover illustration by Kit 'Stymee' Stovepipe

notes by Guido van Rijn

Frog DGF86 (UK 3/2018)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 225-226
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 45, 466-467, 536-537, 605, 821, 827
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 229
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to 'Little Zion', 'Masked Marvel', Alan Balfour, Ray Templeton,Bernhard H. Behncke, Bob Eagle (reporting Winne Freyer's research results at facebook), Christian Stanfield, Zella Glynn, Ken Brooks, Fernando Goin and Max Hoeffner for additional info / scans

 

 

 

 

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