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L I G H T N I N #   S L I M; source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 3.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 139; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir
Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 3.- Paris (Editions
Atlas) 1992, p. 139; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir
Front cover of Blue Horizon 7-63863
source: Blue Horizon LP 7-63863

 

Lightnin' Slim
real name: Otis V. Hicks
b. March 13, 1913 in St. Louis, Missouri
d. July 27, 1974 in Detroit, Michigan

buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan
discography

Whispering Smith, Lightnin' Slim & Fred Below; source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 2.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 175; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir
Whispering Smith, Lightnin' Slim & Fred Below
source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 2.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 175
photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

#year
of release
title / label / notes
11954Lightning Slim

- Bad Luck (ACA2814) (3:01)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Rock Me Mama (F3006Re)   @ youtube   @ Spotify



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- I'm Gonna Leave [Ace CDCHD 616]
- Rooster Blues (alt tk) [Excello CD 3002]
- We Gotta Rock Tonight (Rooster Blues, alt tk) [Flyright LP FLY 612]
- Bad Luck (alt tk) [Flyright LP FLY 524]
- The Blues Are Back Again (ACA2815) [unissued]
- Rock Me Mama (alt tk) [Flyright LP FLY 524]
- That's All Right [no hca] [Flyright CD 47]
- Love Me For Myself [Flyright CD 47]
- You Did Me Wrong Baby [no dr] [Flyright LP FLY 524]



rec. c. March 1954 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Wild Bill Phillips, hca; Ray "Diggy Do" Meaders, dr

 
Feature 3006

21954Lightning Slim

- New Orleans Bound (F508)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- I Can't Live Happy (F507)   @ youtube   @ Spotify



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- I Beg You Little Woman [Flyright LP FLY 524]   @ youtube
- Woke Up Feelin' Bad [Flyright LP FLY 524]   @ youtube
- Can't Understand [Excello CD 2003]   @ youtube
- My Little Woman [unissued]
- Got Me A Little Woman [Flyright LP FLY 533]



rec. c. August 1954 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Henry Clement, hca; Sammy Drake, dr

 
Feature 3008

31954Lightning Slim

- Bugger Bugger Boy (F527)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Ethel Mae (F528)   @ youtube   @ Spotify



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Poor Lightnin' Blues (alt tk) [Flyright FLY 524]   @ youtube
- I'm Him [Excello CD 2003]   @ youtube



rec. 1954 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; "Schoolboy" Cleve White, hca; Sammy Drake, dr

 
Feature 3012

41954Schoolboy Cleve

- She's Gone (F529)   @ youtube
- Strange Letter Blues (F530)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- I'm Him (tk 1) (1:57) ("My Big Fat Woman") [Flyright FLY 524]   @ youtube
- I'm Him (tk 3 - with false start) (2:07) ("My Big Fat Woman") [Flyright FLY 583]



rec. 1954 in Crowley, LA; Cleve White, voc, hca; Lightnin' Slim, g; Jerry West or Sammy Drake, dr

 
Feature 3013

= 2010 UK repro

51955LIGHTNING SLIM

- Bad Feeling Blues (3034) (African Folk Society 3428: 7801)   @ youtube
- Lightning Slim Boogie (3035) (African Folk Society 3428: 7802)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Bad Feeling Blues (tk 1) [Westside WESD 240]
- Lightning Slim Boogie (tk 1) [Westside WESD 240]
- Lightning Boogie (African Folk Society 3428: 7802) [African F.S. 3428 / P-Vine PLP 6035]
- School Boy Jump (African Folk Society 3428: 7803) [African F.S. 3428 / P-Vine PLP 6035]
- Station Blues (African Folk Society 3428: 7804) [African F.S. 3428 / P-Vine PLP 6035]



rec. March 10, 1955 in Opelousas, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Schoolboy Cleve, hca; Lloyd Reynaud, dr

 
Ace 505

African Folk Society 3428

61955LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- I Can't Be Successful (A) *   @ youtube
- Lightnin' Blues (B) #   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same 1954 session:
- West Texas # [Ace CDCHD 587]
- West Texas (alt tk) # [unissued]
- What Evil Have I Done # [Excello CD 2003]
- I Can't Be Successful (alt tk) # [unissued]



# rec. 1954 in Crowley, LA (delivered to Excello c. August 1954); Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; "Schoolboy" Cleve White [Slim Harpo] ***, hca; Sammy Drake, dr

* rec. August 1955 in Crowley, LA (delivered to Excello August 23, 1955); Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; "Schoolboy" Cleve White [Slim Harpo] ***, hca; Sammy Drake, dr

*** false report in Leadbitter & Slaven 1968 ("with Slim Harpe" [sic]) (and many parroting other sources ;-)

 
Excello 2066

71956LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Sugar Plum (A)   @ youtube
- Just Made Twenty-One (B)   @ youtube

rec. c. May 1956 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Schoolboy Cleve, hca; Clarence "Jockey" Etienne, dr


Excello 2075

81956LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Goin' Home (A)   @ youtube
- Wonderin' And Goin' (B)   @ youtube

rec. 1956 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Schoolboy Cleve, hca; Clarence "Jockey" Etienne, dr


Excello 2080

91957LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Bad Luck And Trouble (A)   @ youtube
- Have Your Way (B)   @ youtube

rec. c. August 1956 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Clarence "Jockey" Etienne, dr; Vince Monroe or Lazy Lester, perc


Excello 2096

101957LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Mean Ole Lonesome Train (A) #   @ youtube
- I'm Grown (B) *   @ youtube

# rec. 1957 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Clarence "Jockey" Etienne, dr; Vince Monroe or Lazy Lester, perc; Jay Miller, voc interjections
* rec. c. May 1956 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Carol Fran, voc; Schoolboy Cleve, hca; Clarence "Jockey" Etienne, dr


Excello 2106

111957LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- I'm A Rollin' Stone (A)   @ youtube
- Love Me Mama (B)   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- I'm A Rollin' Stone (tk 5) [Flyright LP FLY 533]:



rec. June 10, 1957 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Roosevelt Samples, dr; prob. Vince Monroe, perc


Excello 2116

121957LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Hoo Doo Blues (A)   @ youtube
- It's Mighty Crazy (B)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Hoodoo Blues [Flyright LP FLY 583]
- It's Mighty Crazy (alt tk) [Excello CD 3002]
- Bed Bug Blues (B) [Excello 2173]
- Bed Bug Blues (alt tk)



poss. same session as Excello 2116: rec. June 10, 1957 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Roosevelt Samples, dr; prob. Vince Monroe, perc


Excello 2131

131958LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- My Starter Won't Work (A)   @ youtube
- Long Leanie Mama (B)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- My Starter Won't Work (alt tk) [ACE CDCHD 616]
- Long Leanie Mama (alt tk) [Flyright LP FLY 612]
- Farming Blues [Excello CD 3002]
- Tom Cat Blues (A) [Excello 2173]
- Blues At Night (A) [Excello 2240]



rec. June 2, 1958 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Guitar Gable, g; unknown, b; poss. Roosevelt Samples, dr


Excello 2142

141959LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- I'm Leavin' You Baby (A) #   @ youtube
- Feelin' Awful Blue (B) *   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- I'm Leavin' You Baby (alt tk) # [Ace CDCHD 616]
- I'm Leavin' You Baby (alt tk) #



# rec. January 12, 1959 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Guitar Gable, g; unknown, b; poss. Roosevelt Samples, dr
* rec. c. August 1956 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Clarence "Jockey" Etienne, dr; Vince Monroe or Lazy Lester, perc


Excello 2150

151959LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Sweet Little Woman (A) #   @ youtube
- Lightnin's Troubles (B) *   @ youtube

# rec. c. July 6, 1956 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Guitar Gable, g; unknown, b; poss. Roosevelt Samples, dr
* rec. c. August 1956 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Clarence "Jockey" Etienne, dr; Vince Monroe or Lazy Lester, perc


Excello 2160

161959LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Rooster Blues (A)   @ youtube
- "G.I." Slim (B)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- I'm Gonna Leave [Ace CDCHD 616]
- Rooster Blues (alt tk) [Excello CD 3002]
- We Gotta Rock Tonight (Rooster Blues, alt tk) [Flyright LP FLY 612]
- G.I. Blues (alt tk) [Flyright LP FLY 609]
- I'm Goin' Join The Army (alt tk) [Flyright CD 47]
- Driftin' Blues [Ace CDCHD 616]
- I Just Don't Know [Excello 2195]
- Just Don't Know (alt tk) [Flyright CD 47]
- I Don't Know [Flyright LP FLY 612]
- Drifting Blues [Flyright LP FLY 533]
- It Been A Long Time (alt tk of above) [Flyright LP FLY 612]
- Black Cat Blues [Flyright CD 47]



rec. c. September 15, 1959 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Kenneth "Sam" Sample, dr

 
Excello 2169

171959 LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Tom Cat Blues (A) #   @ youtube
- Bed Bug Blues (B) *   @ youtube

# rec. c. July 6, 1956 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Guitar Gable, g; unknown, b; poss. Roosevelt Samples, dr
* poss. same session as Excello 2116: rec. June 10, 1957 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Roosevelt Samples, dr; prob. Vince Monroe, perc


Excello 2173

181960Lightnin' Slim: Rooster Blues

Excello / Rumble LP track sequence (12 tracks):
- Rooster Blues [Excello 2169]
- Long Leanie Mama [Excello 2142]
- My Starter Won't Work [Excello 2142]
- "GI" Slim [Excello 2169]
- Beg Bug Blues 1) [Excello 2173]
- Lightnin's Troubles 1) [Excello 2160]

- Hoo-Doo Blues [Excello 2131]
- It's Mighty Crazy [Excello 2131]
- Sweet Little Woman [Excello 2160]
- Tom Cat Blues [Excello 2173]
- Feelin' Awful Blues [Excello 2150]
- I'm Leaving You Baby [Excello 2150]

cover photograph of Blue Horizon 7-63863: "Blues Unlimited"

1) "Bed Bug Blues" and "Lightnin's Troubles" on some re-releases (starting with the 1970s Excello LP-8000) are interchanged on *print* (back cover and label track lists), not on vinyl!

P-Vine PCD-2326 track sequence (18 tracks):
- Rooster Blues
- Long Leanie Mama
- My Starter Won't Work
- "G.I." Slim
- Lightnin's Troubles
- Bed Bug Blues
- Hoo-Doo Blues
- It's Mighty Crazy
- Sweet Little Woman
- Tom Cat Blues
- Feelin' Awful Blues
- I'm Leavin' You, Baby

- Lightnin' Blues [Excello 2066]
- I Can't Be Successful [Excello 2066]
- Sugar Plum [Excello 2075]
- Just Made Twenty-One [Excello 2075]
- Goin' Home [Excello 2080]
- Wonderin' And Goin' [Excello 2080]

Hip-O CD HIPD-40134 track sequence (15 tracks):
- Rooster Blues
- Long Leanie Mama
- My Starter Won't Work
- "G.I." Slim
- Lightnin's Troubles
- Bed Bug Blues
- Hoo-Doo Blues
- It's Mighty Crazy
- Sweet Little Woman
- Tom Cat Blues
- Feelin' Awful Blues
- I'm Leavin' You, Baby

- Lightnin' Blues
- Just Made Twenty-One
- Sugar Plum

notes by Anonymous

Excello LP-8000 (US 1960)

notes (July 1970) by Mike Leadbitter

= Blue Horizon 7-63863 (UK 1970)


= Excello LP-8000 (US 1970s) "Electronically reprocessed to simulate stereo"


= Excello 8000/SO-1 (US late 1980s)


(=) P-Vine PCD-2326 (Jp 1991)


(=) Ace CDCHD 517 (Germany 1994) "Lightnin' Slim: Rooster Blues / Bell Ringer"


(=) Hip-O CD HIPD-40134 (US 1998)

12 inch LP

(=) Rumble RUM2011064 (EU 2014)

Lightnin' Slim discography

191960LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Too Close Blues (A)   @ youtube
- My Little Angel Child (B)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Somebody Knockin' (B) [Excello 2195]
- Greyhound Blues (B) [Excello 2252]
- Just A Lonely Stranger (A) [Excello 2276]



rec. April 4, 1960 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Kenneth "Sam" Sample, dr


Excello 2179

201960LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Cool Down Baby (A)   @ youtube
- Nothin' But The Devil (B)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Nothin' But The Devil (alt tk) [Flyright FLY 533]
- Watch The Sun When It Rise (Goin' Away Blues)
- Goin' Away Blues (B) [Excello 2276]
- I Hate To Leave You Baby [Flyright FLY 612]
- Lightnin' Blues [Flyright FLY 524]
- Late In The Evening [Flyright FLY 612]



rec. c. August 3, 1960 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Al Foreman, g; Bobby McBride, b; Warren Storm, dr


Excello 2186

211961LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- I Just Don't Know (A) #   @ youtube
- Somebody Knockin' (B) *   @ youtube

# rec. c. September 15, 1959 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Kenneth "Sam" Sample, dr
* rec. April 4, 1960 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Kenneth "Sam" Sample, dr


Excello 2195

221961LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- I'm Tired Waitin' Baby (A)   @ youtube
- Hello Mary Lee (B)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- I'm Tired Of Waiting Baby [Flyright CD 47]
- Mary Lee (alt tk) [Flyright CD 47]
- Death Valley [Excello LP 8011]



rec. c. June 21, 1961 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; g; b; dr


Excello 2203

231962LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Mind Your Own Business (A) #   @ youtube
- You're Old Enough To Understand (B)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Winter Time Blues (B) [Excello 2224]
- I'm Warning You Baby (A) [Excello 2224]
- I'm Warning You Baby (alt tk) [Flyright FLY 612]
- Winter Time Blues (alt tk) [Ace CDCHD 562]
- Winter Time Done Rolled By (alt tk) [Flyright FLY 612]
- Bad Luck Is Falling [Excello CD 3002]
- Tired Little Fellow # [Flyright FLY 533]



rec. c. March 30, 1962 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; # Sonny Martin, p; Bobby McBride, b; Warren Storm, dr


Excello 2215

241962LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- I'm Warning You Baby (A)   @ youtube
- Winter Time Blues (B)   @ youtube

rec. c. March 30, 1962 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Bobby McBride, b; Warren Storm, dr


Excello 2224

251963LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- I'm Evil (A)   @ youtube
- If You Ever Need Me (B)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- What's Gon' Come Of Me (instr) [Flyright FLY 533]
- You Give Me The Blues (B) (instr) [Excello 2245]
- You Give Me The Blues (alt tk) [Flyright FLY 533]
- Lonely Stranger [Excello CD 3002]



rec. c. January 11, 1963 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Al Foreman, g; Bobby McBride or Rufus Thibodeaux, b; Austin Broussard, dr


Excello 2228

261963LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Loving Around The Clock (A)   @ youtube
- You Know You're So Fine (B)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Stranger In Town
- Don't Mistreat Me Baby (B) [Excello 2240]



rec. c. May 17, 1963 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Al Foreman, g; Bobby McBride or Rufus Thibodeaux, b; Austin Broussard, dr


Excello 2234

271963LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Blues At Night (A) #   @ youtube
- Don't Mistreat Me Baby (B) *   @ youtube

# rec. c. July 6, 1956 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Guitar Gable, g; unknown, b; poss. Roosevelt Samples, dr
* rec. c. May 17, 1963 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Al Foreman, g; Bobby McBride or Rufus Thibodeaux, b; Austin Broussard, dr


Excello 2240

281964LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- The Strangest Feeling (A) #   @ youtube
- You Give Me The Blues (B) *   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- The Strangest Feeling (alt tk) # [Excello CD 3002]
- You Move Me Baby (B) # [Excello 2258]
- Miss Fannie Brown # [Flyright LP FLY 612]



# rec. c. January 10, 1964 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Al Foreman, g; Bobby McBride or Rufus Thibodeaux, b; Austin Broussard, dr
* rec. c. January 11, 1963 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Al Foreman, g; Bobby McBride or Rufus Thibodeaux, b; Austin Broussard, dr


Excello 2245

291963Authentic R&B

- I'm Evil - Lightnin' Slim [Excello 2228]
- You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby - Lazy Lester
- I Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo [Excello 2113]
- Going Through The Park - Jimmy Anderson

- I'm Warning You Baby - Lightnin' Slim [Excello 2224]
- Lonesome Lonely Blues - Lonesome Sundown
- Wild Cherry - Leroy Washington
- You're Too Late Baby - Silas Hogan

- I'm A Lover, Not A Fighter - Lazy Lester
- I Love The Life I'm Living - Slim Harpo [Excello 2239]
- Naggin' - Jimmy Anderson
- I'm Gonna Quit You Pretty Baby - Silas Hogan
- I'm Glad She's Mine - Lonesome Sundown
- I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo [Excello 2113]
- Mean Woman Blues - Whispering Smith

- Loving Around The Clock - Lightnin' Slim [Excello 2234]

notes by Guy Stevens

Stateside SL 10068 (UK 1963)


= Tasty TASTY 001 (UK 19??)

= Ace CDCHD 492 (Germany 1993)

301/1965The Real R&B

Slim Harpo - Little Queen Bee [Excello 2246]
Whispering Smith - I Tried So Hard [Excello 2250]
Silas Hogan - I'm Goin' In The Valley [Excello 2241]
Leon Austin - I'm So Glad [Excello 2248]
Lonesome Sundown - I Had A Dream Last Night [Excello 2249]
Lightnin' Slim - She's My Crazy Little Baby [Excello 2252]
Slim Harpo - I Need Money [Excello 2246]
Jimmy Anderson - Goin' Crazy Over TV [Excello 2257]

Silas Hogan - Dark Clouds Rollin' [Excello 2251]
Lonesome Sundown - You're Playin' Hookey [Excello 45-2254]
Slim Harpo - Still Rainin' In My Heart [Excello 2253]
Earl Gaines - It's Love Baby [Excello 2056]
Jimmy Anderson - Nothing In This World [Excello 2220]
Arthur Gunter - Baby Let's Play House [Excello 2047]
Lightnin' Slim - Wintertime Blues [Excello 2224]
Whispering Smith - Cryin' Blues [Excello 2250]


Stateside SL 10112 (UK 1/1965)


= Tasty TASTY 002 (UK 19??)


(=) Ace CDCHD 562 (UK 1994)

311964Lightnin' Slim / Slim Harpo: A Long Drink Of Blues

Lightnin' Slim
- Rooster Blues [Excello 2169]
- My Starter Won't Work [Excello 2142]
- It's Mighty Crazy [Excello 2131]
- Hoo-Doo Blues [Excello 2131]
- I'm Leaving You Baby [Excello 2150]
- Feelin' Awful Blues [Excello 2150]

Slim Harpo
- Blues Hangover [Excello 2184]
- What A Dream [Excello 2184]
- Buzz Me Baby [Excello 2171]
- Moody Blues [Excello LP 8003]
- My Home Is A Prison [Excello LP 8003]
- Dream Girl [Excello LP 8003]


notes by Guy Stevens

Stateside SL 10135 (UK)

321964LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- She's My Crazy Little Baby (A) #   @ Spotify
- Greyhound Blues (B) *

# rec. c. June 15, 1964 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; prob. Katie Webster, p; Al Foreman, g; Bobby McBride or Rufus Thibodeaux, b; Austin Broussard, dr


Excello 2252

331964LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Baby Please Come Back (A) #
- You Move Me Baby (B) *   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Baby Please Come Back (alt tk) # [Ace CDCHD 674]   @ youtube
- Have Mercy On Me Baby (A) # [Excello 2262]
- I've Been A Fool For You Darlin' (B) # [Excello 2262]
- Darling You're The One (B) # [Excello 2269]



# rec. September 10, 1964 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Katie Webster, org; Al Foreman, g; Bobby McBride or Rufus Thibodeaux, b; Austin Broussard, dr
* rec. c. January 10, 1964 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Al Foreman, g; Bobby McBride or Rufus Thibodeaux, b; Austin Broussard, dr


Excello 2258

341964LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Have Mercy On Me Baby (A)   @ Spotify
- I've Been A Fool For You Darlin' (B)

rec. c. September 10, 1964 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; prob. Katie Webster, org; Lazy Lester, hca, Al Foreman, g; Bobby McBride or Rufus Thibodeaux, b; Austin Broussard, dr


Excello 2262

351965LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Can't Live This Life No More (A)   @ youtube
- Bad Luck Blues (B) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Love Is Just A Gamble (A) [Excello 2272]
- I Can Hear My Baby Calling # [Ace CDCHD 674]
- A Stranger In Your Town # [Ace CDCHD 674]



rec. c. January 15, 1965 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; # Katie Webster, p; Lazy Lester, hca, Al Foreman, g; Bobby McBride or Rufus Thibodeaux, b; Austin Broussard, dr


Excello 2267

361965LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Don't Start Me Talkin' (A) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Darling, You're The One (B) *   @ youtube

# rec. June 15, 1964 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; prob. Katie Webster, p; Lazy Lester, hca, Al Foreman, g; Bobby McBride or Rufus Thibodeaux, b; Austin Broussard, dr
* rec. c. September 10, 1964 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Katie Webster, org; Lazy Lester, hca, Al Foreman, g; Bobby McBride or Rufus Thibodeaux, b; Austin Broussard, dr


Excello 2269

371965LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Love Is Just A Gamble (A) #   @ youtube
- I Hate To See You Leave (B) *   @ youtube

# rec. c. January 15, 1965 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca, Al Foreman, g; Bobby McBride or Rufus Thibodeaux, b; Austin Broussard, dr

* rec. June 15, 1964 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; * prob. Katie Webster, p; Lazy Lester, hca, Al Foreman, g; Bobby McBride or Rufus Thibodeaux, b; Austin Broussard, dr


Excello 2272

381965LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- Just A Lonely Stranger (A) #   @ youtube
- Goin' Away Blues (B) *   @ youtube

# rec. April 4, 1960 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Kenneth "Sam" Sample, dr
* rec. c. August 3, 1960 in Crowley, LA; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Lazy Lester, hca; Al Foreman, g; Bobby McBride, b; Warren Storm, dr


Excello 2276

391965Lightnin' Slim's Bell Ringer
12 Top Rhythm And Blues Songs

- Love Me Mama [Excello 2116]
- She's My Crazy Little Baby [Excello 2252]
- Have Mercy On Me Baby [Excello 2262]
- Wintertime Blues [Excello 2224]
- If You Ever Need Me [Excello 2228]
- Mean Ole Lonesome Train [Excello 2106]

- Baby Please Come Back [Excello 2258]
- Love Is Just A Gamble [Excello 2272]
- Somebody Knockin' [Excello 2195]
- You Give Me The Blues [Excello 2245]
- Don't Start Me Talkin' [Excello 2269]
- You Move Me Baby [Excello 2258]


Excello LPS-8004 (US 1965)


= Excello LPS-8004 (US 1973?) "Electronically reprocessed to simulate stereo"


= Excello 8004/SO-1 (US late 1980s)


(=) Ace CDCHD 517 "Lightnin' Slim: Rooster Blues / Bell Ringer"

12 inch LP

= Rumble RUM 2011073 (EU/US 2014)

Excello Records discography

401965Pure Blues Volume One

Homesick James
- Crossroads
Buster Brown
- Don't Dog Your Woman

Lightnin' Slim
- Bad Feeling Blues [Ace 505]
Etta James
- Roll With Me Honey
Frankie Lee Sims
- What Will Lucy Do?
John Lee Hooker
- Boogie Chillun
Bobby Peterson
- One Day

J.B. Lenoir
- I Sing Um The Way I Feel
Willie Mae Thornton
- Tom Cat
Elmore James [actually Andrew 'Bobo' Thomas]
- I Wish I Was A Catfish
Mercy Baby
- Mercy's Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Bad Boogie
James Brown
- Why Does Everything Happen To Me


notes by Guy Stevens

Sue ILP 919 (UK)

411965We Sing The Blues

Lightnin Hopkins
- Wonder What Is Wrong With Me
Junior Wells
- Prison Bars All Around Me
Otis Rush
- Cant Quit You Baby
Buster Brown
- Sugar Babe
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Mean Ole Frisco
Magic Sam
- Every Night About This Time [Chief C-7026]
Sammy Myers
- Sleeping In The Ground [Ace 536]
Tarheel Slim
- Number Nine Train


Lightnin Slim
- Lightnin Slim Boogie [Ace 505]
T.V. Slim
- Hold Me Close To Your Heart
Lightnin Hopkins
- Mojo Hand
B.B. King
- The Letter
Elmore James & Sonny Boy Williamson
- I Believe My Time Ain't Long
Junior Wells
- Come On In This House
Frankie Lee Sims
- Misery Blues [Ace 524]
Earl Hooker
- Swear To Tell The Truth


compiled by Guy Stevens

notes by Guy Stevens

Sue ILP 921 (UK 1965)

421966Big City Blues

- I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo
- Baby Scratch My Back - Slim Harpo
- Strange Things Happem - Lazy Lester

- Hello Mary Lee - Lightnin' Slim
- Midnight Blues - Slim Harpo
- I'm Gonna Miss You - Slim Harpo
- Five Minutes More - Charles Friday
- Please Be On That '519' - Lonesome Sundown

- My Home Ain't Here - Lonesome Sundown
- Woke Up Cryin' - Lonesome Sundown
- You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby - Lazy Lester
- Sugar Coated Love - Lazy Lester

- I'm Tired Waitin' Baby - Lightnin' Slim
- I Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo
- My Little Angel Child - Lightnin' Slim
- Too Close Blues - Lightnin' Slim


Polydor 623 240 (Ger)

43196?the Kings sing the Blues

Teem LP-5005 track sequence:
Frankie Lee Sims
- Walking With Frankie [Ace 527]
Sonny Boy Williams
- No Nights By Myself
Elmore James
- I Believe
Charles Brown
- Trouble Blues
Earl King
- Those Lonely, Lonely Nights

Eddie Bo
- I'll Keep On Trying
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Wonder What's Wrong With Me

Lightnin' Slim
- Bad Feeling Blues [Ace 505]
Frankie Fair
- Mean Mistreater
Sugar Boy Crawford
- I Cried


Vivid VS-1008 track sequence:
Sonny Boy Williams
- Boppin' With Sonny
- No Nights By Myself
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Mean Old World
- Baby I've Been Mistreated
Elmore James
- Dust My Broom
Bo Bo Thomas
- I Wish I Was A Catfish


Lightnin' Slim
- Bad Feeling Blues [Ace 505]
Schoolboy Cleve
- Beautiful Beautiful Love
- My Baby Done Gone
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Wonder What's Wrong With Me
Frankie Lee Sims
- What Will Lucy Do
- Misery Blues



Teem LP-5005
[Ace budget subsidiary]



(=) Vivid Sound/Ace VS-
1008 (Jp 1979)

43a196?The 'Downhome' Blues Part One by Lightnin' Slim

- Wanderin' And Goin'
- Hoo Doo Blues
- Cool Down Baby
- I'm Grown
- Have Your Way
- Bad Luck And Trouble

- Mean Old Lonesome Train
- Sugar Plum
- Goin' Home
- Blues At Night
- Too Close Together
- I'm A Rollin' Stone


Python PLP-KM 8

Python Records discography

441969The Real Blues

- Think It Over - Roscoe Shelton [Excello 2167]
- Miss You So - Roscoe Shelton [Excello 2181]
- I'm Gonna Kill That Hen - Blue Charlie [Nasco 6002]
- Not Welcome Anymore - Baby Boy Warren [Excello 2211]
- It's Love Baby - Earl Gaines [Excello 2217]
- I Tried So Hard - Whispering Smith [Excello 2250]

- Trouble At Home Blues - Silas Hogan [Excello 2221]
- Frankie And Johnny - Jimmy Anderson [previously unissued]
- Workin' For My Baby - Arthur Gunter [Excello 2204]

- Death Valley Blues - Lightnin' Slim [previously unissued]
- Courtroom Blues - Lazy Lester [previously unissued]
- Loving You The Way I Do - Slim Harpo [Excello 2282]



Excello 8011 (US 1969)


= Excello 8011 (US 19??)


= Excello 8011/SO-1 (US late 1980s) "Electronically reprocessed to simulate stereo"

Excello Records discography

451969Jambalaya On The Bayou   Vol. 2
The Blues

Lightnin' Slim
- Rock Me Mama [Feature 3006]
- Bad Luck [Feature 3006]
Schoolboy Cleve
- She's Gone [Feature 3013]
Polka-Dot Slim
- Ain't Broke, Ain't Hungry
Mule Thomas [Jesse Thomas]
- Blow My Baby Back Home
Clifton Chenier
- Good Bye Baby
- La Coeur De La Louisianne

Ashton Savoy
- I Want You To Love Me
Katie Webster & Ashton Savoy
- Baby Baby
Jimmy Anderson
- I Wanna Boogie
Donnie Jacobs
- If You Want Good Lovin'
Rockin' Sidney
- You Don't Have To Go
Sonny Boy Williamson [Edward William Johnson a/k/a Sonny 'Golden Boy' Williamson]
- Mailman, Mailman [RAM 2501]


notes by Mike Leadbitter

Flyright LP 3503

Flyright Records discography

461971Nothing But The Blues
The record companion to Hanover Publications' book "Nothing But The Blues" compiled by the Editors of Blues Unlimited

LP 1:
J.B. Lenoir - I Don't Care What Nobody Say [Blue Horizon 1004]
Juke Boy Bonner - Runnin' Shoes [Blues Unlimited 101]
Doctor Ross - Goin' Down Slow [Blue Horizon LP-1]
Model 'T' Slim - Woman's The Glory Of Man [Audio Blues AB-1933-A]
Little Mack Simmons - Come Back [C.-J. 606]
Johnny Shines - Pipeline Blues [Blue Horizon 7-63212]

Boozoo Chavis - Forty One Days [Folk Star 1201]
Hop Wilson - That Wouldn't Satisfy [Goldband G-1071]
Big Walter - My Tears [Flyright LP 4700]
Lonesome Sundown - I Stood By [Excello 2145]
Arthur Gunter - Don't Leave Me Now [Excello 2147]
Rockin' Sydney - Keep On Pushin' [previously unissued]


LP 2:
B.B. King - Eyesight To The Blind [Kent 441]
Otis Rush - All Your Love (I Miss Loving) [Cobra 5032]
Buddy Guy - Sit And Cry (The Blues) [Artistic 1501]
John Brim - Lifetime Baby [previously unissued]
Elmore James - Goin' For Good [previously unissued]
Magic Sam - All Night Long [Cobra 5025]


Lightnin' Slim - Greyhound Blues [Excello 2252]
Slim Harpo - Loving You (The Way I Do) [Excello 2282]
Otis Spann - Can't Do Me No Good [Blue Horizon 57-3142]
Sunnyland Slim - Midnight Jump [Blue Horizon 7-63213]
Johnny Young - Moaning And Groaning [Blue Horizon 7-63852]
George Smith - Telephone Blues [Blue Horizon7-63858]


compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Mike Vernon

2 LP set
notes by Mike Leadbitter

CBS 66278 (UK 1971)

DLP accompanying the book by the same title:

Mike Leadbitter (ed.): Nothing But The Blues.- London / New York (Hanover Books / Oak Publications) 1971

471971Lightnin' Slim: High & Low Down

- Rooster Blues
- Things I Used To Do
- Bad Luck Blues
- My Babe [Excello 2320]
- G.I. Blues

- Oh Baby
- That's All Right
- Crazy 'Bout You Baby
- Good Morning Heartaches [Excello 2320]
- Voodoo Blues

rec. c. 1971 in Sheffield, AL; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Stacy Goss, Mike Stough, tps, Charles Rose, tb; Sonny Royal, sax (all horns overdubbed); Tippy Armstrong, hca; Clayton Ivy, p, org; Jesse Carr, g; Bob Wary, b; Fred Proudly, dr; prod. by Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams

notes by B.B. King

Excello LPS-8018 (US)


= Sonet SNTF 770 (UK)

= Contempo CRM 118

(=) Intermedia 5062

(=) Aim 2008 (Australia)


(=) Ace CDCHD 578 (UK
1995) Lightnin' Slim /
Whispering Smith "High
& Low Down/Over Easy"

481972LIGHTNIN' SLIM

- My Babe (8790) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Good Morning Heartaches (8791) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. c. 1971 in Sheffield, AL; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Stacy Goss, Mike Stough, tps; Charles Rose, tb; Sonny Royal, sax (all horns overdubbed); * Tippy Armstrong, hca; # Clayton Ivy, p; Jesse Carr, g; Bob Wary, b; Fred Proudly, dr; prod. by Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams; prod. by Jerry 'Swamp Dogg' Williams


Excello 2320

491972Lightnin' Slim: London Gumbo

- Just A Little Bit
- Miss Sarah' A Good Girl
- Too Much Monkey Business
- Ain't Nothin' But Trouble
- I Won't Give Up
- Mama Talk To Your Daughter

- Mean Ole Frisco
- Hey Little Girl
- The Sky Is Crying
- Help Me Spend My Gold
- I Got A Little Woman
- Take It Real Easy

rec. March 5 & 6, 1972 at Marquee Studios in London, UK


Excello LPS-8023

Excello Records discography


= Blue Horizon 2931-005

501972




The Excello Story

record 1:
- Goin' Home - Lightnin' Slim
- Just Made Twenty One - Lightnin' Slim

- My Home Is A Prison - Lonesome Sundown
- No Jive - Little Al
- Little Lean Woman - Little Al
- Don't Bring Me No Friend - Blue Charlie
- Tell Me Pretty Baby - Lazy Lester

- Gonna Stick To You Baby - Lonesome Sundown

- Nothin' But The Devil - Lightnin Slim
- Bobby Sox Baby - Slim Harpo
- Snoopin' Around - Slim Harpo
- Frankie & Johnny - Jimmy Anderson
- Everybody Needs Somebody - Silas Hogan
- Hoodoo Party - Tabby Thomas
- Live Jive - Whispering Smith
- Don't Let Nobody Know - Willie Baker

record 2:
- Little Darlin' - The Gladiolas
- Sweetheart Please Don't Go - The Gladiolas
- Oh Julie - Crescendos
- Miss You So - Lillian Offitt
- This Should Go On Forever - Guitar Gable
- Prisoner's Song - Warren Storm
- Mama Mama Mama Look What Your Little Boy's Done - Warren Storm
- Rainin' In My Heart - Slim Harpo

- She's My Kinda' Girl - Shy Guy Douglas
- Calling All Cows - Blues Rockers
- Things Ain't Right - Jerry McCain & His Upstarts
- She's Mine, All Mine - Arthur Gunter
- Chicken Hearted Woman - Clarence Samuels
- Love Shock - Little Sonny
- Chuc-A-Luck - Baby Boy Warren
- Quit My Drinkin' - Robert Garrett


DLP
notes (February 1972)
by John Broven

Excello LPS-8025 (US 1972)

Excello Records discography

DLP
notes (February 1972)
by John Broven

= Blue Horizon 2683 007
= 2937-001A / 2937-002B (UK 1972)

Blue Horizon Records discography

519/1972

Montreux Blues Festival

Excello EX 28026 track sequence:
LP 1:
Doctor Ross
- Freight Train   @ youtube
- Chicago Breakdown   @ youtube

Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
- Lonesome Cabin Blues   @ youtube
- Just Imagination   @ youtube
- Caress Me Baby   @ youtube
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do   @ youtube

Bessie Griffin with The Johnny Thompson Singers
- Jesus, Keep Me Near The Cross   @ youtube
Jimmy Dawkins
- Casino Trick Stick   @ youtube
- Five Long Years   @ youtube
- Dust My Broom / Sweet Home Chicago   @ youtube



LP 2:
Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
- I Want You To Love Me   @ youtube
- You Got Me Dizzy   @ youtube
- Nobody Loves Me But My Mother   @ youtube
- My Starter Won't Work   @ youtube
- Storm In Texas   @ youtube

Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
- Got My Mojo Working   @ youtube
Jimmy Dawkins
- Whole Lotta Lovin'   @ youtube
- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town   @ youtube
- You Don't Love Me   @ youtube
- Close Down Boogie


Verve 2610 006 track sequence:
LP 1:
Bessie Griffin with The Johnny Thompson Singers
- Jesus, Keep Me Near The Cross

Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
- Lonesome Cabin Blues
- Just Imagination
- Caress Me Baby
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do

Doctor Ross
- Freight Train
- Chicago Breakdown
Jimmy Dawkins
- Casino Trick Stick
- Five Long Years
- Dust My Broom / Sweet Home Chicago



LP 2:
Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
- I Want You To Love Me
- You Got Me Dizzy
- Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
- My Starter Won't Work
- Storm In Texas

Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
- Got My Mojo Working
Jimmy Dawkins
- Whole Lotta Lovin'
- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
- You Don't Love Me
- Close Down Boogie


rec. June 18, 1972 at the Pavillon, Montreux, Switzerland

Verve 2610 006 has some tracks on sides A and B of LP 1 interchanged!
Verve 2610 006 front photos by Jean-Pierre Leloir

DLP
notes by Mike Vernon
and Chris Turner

Excello EX 28026 (US 1972)

Excello Records discography

DLP
notes by Mike Vernon
and Chris Turner

(=) Verve 2610 006 (Germany 1972)
"Blues Night - Live from
Montreux"

Excello Records discography

521973


American Blues Legends '73

Boogie Woogie Red
- Viper Song
- After Hours
- Red's Boogie
Snooky Pryor
- Dangerous Woman
- Sloppy Drunk
- Bottle Up And Go °°
Homesick James
- Shake Your Money Maker °°
- Tin Pan Alley
- Dust My Broom

Washboard Willie
- I Feel So Fine
- Kansas City
Red & Mose
- Sassy *
Whispering Smith
- Take Me Back Baby #   @ Spotify
- Texas Flood # []   @ youtube
Lightnin' Slim
- Love Bug
- Walking In The Park

# * rec. February 16, 1973 in London, UK; Whispering Smith, hca # voc; Boogie Woogie Red, p; Homesick James, Lightnin' Slim, g; Trigger Hill, b; Uncle Tom Farnell, dr; prod. by Jim Simpson

°° CD bonus tracks

"Big Bear Four"


Polydor 2460 186 (UK 1973)

= Big Bear BEAR 20

2 CD set

(=) Big Bear/Indigo
CD 2527 (UK 2002) "American Blues
Legends '73/'74"

Big Bear Records discography

531973American Folk Blues Festival '72

LP 1:
Bukka White
- I'm Gettin' Ready *   @ youtube
- World Boogie (1:25) * °°   @ youtube
- Aberdeen Blues *   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams
- My Baby Is Gone #   @ youtube
- My Boots & Shoes #   @ youtube
- Louise (1:28) # °°   @ youtube
Robert Pete Williams
- Look Here Woman #   @ youtube

Roosevelt Sykes
- Driving Wheel (2:50) *   @ youtube
- Sweet Home Chicago (2:10) *   @ youtube
- Boot That Thing (2:10) * °°   @ youtube
Memphis Slim
- Baby Please Come Home # °°   @ youtube
- Lonesome Traveller #   @ youtube
- Boogin' And Bluesin' #   @ youtube
Johnny Young, W.D. Kent, Billy Davenport
- Instrumental Boogie *   @ youtube


LP 2:
Big Mama Thornton
- Tell Me Baby #   @ youtube
- Ball In [sic] Chain #   @ youtube
T-Bone Walker
- Shake It Baby #   @ youtube
- Goin' Back To Church #   @ youtube

Jimmy Rogers & Whispering Smith
- Chicago Bound (3:10) * °°   @ youtube
- Tricky Woman *

Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
- Winter Time Blues *   @ youtube
Jimmy Dawkins Chicago Blues Band
- Don't Ever Leave Me *   @ youtube
- Got My Mojo Workin' *   @ youtube


°° not on CD

# rec. March 16, 1972 at Hilpert Theatre, Lünen, Germany: Memphis Slim, voc, p; Big Mama Thornton, voc, hca; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; Robert Pete Williams, voc, g; T-Bone Walker, voc, g, p; Hartley Severns, ts, bs, ss, vn; Edward Taylor, ts; Paul Lenart, g; Phillip Morrison, b; Vinton Johnson, dr

* rec. October 26, 1972 at Circus-Krone-Bau, München, Germany: Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Bukka White, voc, g; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Whispering Smith, voc, hca; Jimmy Dawkins, voc, g; Big Voice Odom, voc; Jesse Williams, g; W.D. Kent, b; Billy Davenport, dr

photography by Rolf Ambor, Hans Harzheim, Norbert Hess

gatefold DLP
notes (German & English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos
click to read notes !click to read notes ! click to enlarge! click to enlarge! click to enlarge! click to enlarge!   l; click to enlarge!
Atlantic 60036 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland 1973) "The 10th American Folk Blues Festival - 'Blues Giants - Rock Creators'"

gatefold DLP
notes (English only) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

= L+R 42.018 (Germany 1980) "American Folk Blues Festival '72"
= L+R LRC-2018 (cassette) (Germany 1980)

= Edigsa/L+R 12A0272 (Sp 1981)

notes (English only) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

(=) Optimism/L+R LR CD-2018 (US 1991?)

notes (English only) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

(=) Bellaphon/L+R CDLS 42018 (Germany 1998?)

American Folk Blues Festival discography
L+R Records discography
Bukka White discography
Big Joe Williams discography
Robert Pete Williams discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography
Johnny Young discography
Jimmy Rogers discography
Whispering Smith discography
Jimmy Dawkins discography

54197?Down South Blues   1949-1961

Lightnin' Slim
- Station Blues [7804; previously unissued]
- Lightnin' Blues [7802; previously unissued]
- Bad Feelin' Blues [7801; previously unissued]
- School Boy Jump [7803; previously unissued]
Duke Paige
- Ida May [Juke Box 520]
Hot Rod Happy
- Worried Blues [Pacemaker 1014]
- Hot Rod Boogie [Pacemaker 1014]
John Lee Hooker
- Shake Your Boogie [previously unissued]

Woodrow Adams
- Seventh Son [Home of the Blues unissued]
- Everything I Do Is Wrong [Home of the Blues unissued]
Howlin' Wolf
- Pony Blues [aka Saddle My Pony; Chess 1515]
- Bluebird Blues [aka Bluebird; previously unissued]
James Tisdom
- Last Affair Blues [Universal-Fox 100]
- Model T Boogie [Universal-Fox 100]
Dr. Hepcat
- Hattie Green [Uptown 201]
- Hepcat's Boogie [Uptown 201]



African Folk Society 3428
[George Paulus' label]

54a1970The Downhome Blues Volume 3

Lightnin' Slim
- Just Made 21
Whispering Smith
- I Tried So Hard
Schoolboy Cleve
- New Kind Of Loving
Mr. Calhoun
- Hallo Friends, Hallo Pals

Lightnin' Slim
- Just A Lonely Stranger
Lonesome Sundown
- I'm Gonna Cut Out On You [Excello 2259]
Roscoe Chenier
- I Broke The Jo-Jo [Reynaud 1018]

Slim Harpo
- Little Queen Bee
Lazy Lester
- Patrol Blues
Schoolboy Cleve
- Leaving You Baby

Lightnin' Slim
- Greyhound Blues
Whispering Smith
- Crying Blues
Roscoe Chenier
- Born For Bad Luck


notes by Keith Tillman

Python PLP-KM 22

Python Records discography

551976Lightnin' Slim: The Early Years
The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions Volume 5

- Rock Me Mama (alt tk)
- Paper In My Shoe
- You Did Me Wrong Baby
- Woke Up Feelin' Bad
- Bad Luck (alt tk)
- Those Neighbors Of Mine

- Lightnin' Blues
- Poor Lightnin' Blues
- I'm Him (tk 1) ("My Big Fat Woman") - Schoolboy Cleve [Feature unissued] 1)
- I Hate To Leave You
- I Beg You Little Woman
- The Blues And My Woman

photo by Valerie Wilmer

1) Bastin's notes to FLY 583: "the first take, a slow one"

notes by Bruce Bastin

Flyright FLY 524

Flyright Records discography

561977Louisiana Swamp Pop
The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions Volume 11

King Karl
- Walkin' In The Park
- Goodbye Whiskey
Big Bopper
- Boogie Woogie
Lester Robertson
- Ooh My Darling
- Please Don't Go

Dale Houston
- Won't You Believe
- Bigtime Operator
Billy Tate
- Special Lesson No. 1
Henry Clement
- So In Love With You
Jay Nelson
- Betty Ann
Eddie Hudson
- Sugar Sweet

Johnny Sonnier
- Asiatic Flu #

# with Mr. Calhoun (Vince Monroe), intro; Lazy Lester, hca; Katie Webster, Sonny Martin, p; Lightnin' Slim, g

notes by Bruce Bastin

Flyright FLY 532

571978Lightnin' Slim: Trip To Chicago
The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions Volume 12

- Got Me A Little Woman
- Drifting Blues
- Mother-In-Law Trouble
- I Ain't Got No Money
- Tom Cat Blues
- Nothin' But The Devil (alt tk)

- Rollin' Stone (tk 5)
- Trip To Chicago (tk 1)
- Go Ahead On Babe (alt tk)
- I'm Grown (alt tk)
- What's Gon' Come Of Me (instr)
- Tired Little Fellow

photo by Sylvia Pitscher

notes (June 1977) by Bruce Bastin
 
Flyright FLY 533 (UK 1978)

Flyright Records discography

581981Lightnin' Slim: The Feature Sides 1954
The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions Volume 27

Lightnin' Slim
- Bad Luck [Feature 3006]
- Rock Me Mama [Feature 3006]
- I Can't Live Happy [Feature 3008]
- New Orleans Bound [Feature 3008]
- Bugger Bugger Boy [Feature 3012]
- Ethel Mae [Feature 3012]

Schoolboy Cleve
- She's Gone [Feature 3013]
- Strange Letter Blues [Feature 3013]
- I'm Him (tk 3) ("My Big Fat Woman") (Bastin's notes: "much faster" [?]) [Feature unissued]
Lightnin' Slim
- Don't Mistreat Me [Excello unissued]
- Mean Old Train (alt tk) [Excello unissued]
- Hoodoo Man [Excello unissued]

photo by Sylvia Pitcher: "Lightnin' Slim with unknown harmonica player" [Schoolboy Cleve], Jay Miller Studio

notes by Bruce Bastin

Flyright FLY 583

Flyright Records discography

591984AVI presents An Anthology Of The Blues

- I'm Warning You Baby - Lightnin' Slim
- My Home Is A Prison - Lonesome Sundown
- The Moon Without You - Chuck Brown

- Baby What You Want Me To Do - Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town - Jimmy Dawkins
- That's What You Mean To Me - The Kelly Brothers

- High Cost Of Living - Jimmy Dawkins
- Raining In My Heart - Slim Harpo
- Things I Used To Do - Jimmy Dawkins

- Mean Old Frisco Blues - Lightnin' Slim
- Mojo Hand - Whispering Smith
- Five Long Years - Bessie Griffin



Avi 8654

59a1985





Bayou Drive

- The Big Wheel - Clifton Chenier
- Baby Please - Clifton Chenier
- Where Can My Baby Be - Clifton Chenier
- My Soul - Clifton Chenier
- Bayou Drive - Clifton Chenier
- Now Is The Time - Clifton Chenier
- Bad Luck And Trouble - Boogie Jake
- Early Morning Blues - Boogie Jake


- Bad Feeling Blues - Lightning Slim
- Lightning Boogie - Lightning Slim
- School Boy Jump (instr) - Lightning Slim
- Station Blues - Lightning Slim
- Good Understanding - Henry Talbert
- Shake It Baby - Henry Talbert



P-Vine/Chess PLP 6035 (Jp 1985)


= Chess GCH 8122 (It 1989)

601986Lightnin' Slim: We Gotta Rock Tonight
The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions Volume 47

- Late In The Evening
- It Been A Long Long Time
- Long Leanie Mama
- I Hate To Leave You Baby
- I Love To Hold My Baby's Hand
- We Gotta Rock Tonight
- I Don't Know

- I'm Warning You Baby
- Wintertime Done Rolled By
- Mis Fanny Brown
- Soldier Boy Blues
- You'd Better Change
- You Give Me The Blues
- Bye Bye Pretty Baby

notes (October 1986)
by Dave Williams

Flyright FLY 612 (UK 1986)

Flyright Records discography

611989Lightning Slim: Rollin' Stone

- Rock Me Mama
- Bad Luck
- New Orleans Bound
- I Can't Live Happy
- Bugger Bugger Boy
- Ethel Mae
- Mean Old Lonesome Train
- I'm Grown
- I'm A Rolling Stone
- Hoodoo Man
- Long Leanie Mama
- Tom Cat Blues
- Rooster Blues
- Nothing But The Devil
- Wintertime Blues
- Trip To Chicago
- I Hate To Leave You
- Lightnin' Blues


Flyright FLYCD 08 (UK 1998)

Flyright Records discography

621989Louisiana Swamp Blues

- I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo
- I Hope You Come Back Home - Buddy Guy

- I'm Warning You Baby - Lightnin' Slim
- Gonna Stick To You Baby - Lonesome Sundown
- I'm A Lover Not A Fighter - Lazy Lester
- Sugar Coated Love - Lazy Lester
- Baby Baby (I Know You're A Lady) - Katie Webster & Ashton Savoy
- Naggin' - Jimmy Anderson
- Alimonia Blues - Joe Johnson
- Mumblin' Blues - Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow
- Early In The Morning - Boogie Jake
- My Baby Walked Out - Silas Hogan
- Baby Left Me This Morning - Moses 'Whispering' Smith
- Hey Mattie - Mr. Calhoun
- Early One Morning - Rambling Hi Harris
- Wild Cherry - Leroy Washington
- Hoodoo Party - Tabby Thomas
- Midnight Dream - Henry Gray
- Little Queen Bee (Got A Brand New King) - Slim Harpo



Flyright FLYCD 09 (UK 1989)

Flyright Records discography

631990More Louisiana Swamp Blues

- She Treats Me So Evil - Sylvester Buckley
- I Don't Know Why - Boogie Jake
- Trying To Call My Baby - Ramblin' Hi Harris
- I'm A Free-hearted Man - Silas Hogan
- Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo [unedited take]

- Stranger In Your Town - Lightnin' Slim [previously unissued]
- Mojo Man - Lonesome Sundown
- Late Late In The Evening - Lazy Lester [previously unissued take]
- Change Your Ways - Mr. Calhoun
- The World Loves A Lover - Mr. Mojo [previously unissued]
- Natural Born Man - Joe Mayfield
- Dreaming Dreaming - Joe Rich
- Draft Board Blues - Jimmy Anderson
- Crying Blues - Whispering Smith
- Dirty Woman Blues - Joe Johnson
- Lucky Lucky Man - Henry Gray
- Shoo-shoo Chicken - Charles Sheffield [previously unissued take]
- C. C. Rider - Tabby Thomas
- Runnin' And Hidin' - Carol Fran
- You Can Have My Husband But Don't Mess With My Man - Kat



Flyright FLYCD 24 (UK 1990)

Flyright Records discography

641991Louisiana R'n'B

- Walkin' In The Park - Guitar Gable / King Karl
- So In Love With You - Henry Clement
- Special Lesson No. 1 - Billy Tate
- Plea Of Love - The Gaynotes
- Ooh My Dear - Lester Robertson
- Rooty Tooty - Lionel Torrence
- One Look At Your Daddy - Carol Fran
- Hey Ma Ma Wonder - Classie Ballou
- You Know Yeah - Boy Travis
- Ford V-8 - Honey Boy Allen
- Long Hair Knock Knees And Bow Legs - Leroy Washington

- Hello Mary Lee - Lightnin' Slim
- I Need Money - Slim Harpo
- I'm A Samplin' Man - Lonesome Sundown
- Rocka Me All Night Long - Jay Nelson
- I Wanna Be Your Man - Lil Bob
- She's Got Eyes Like A Cat - Wonder Boy Travis
- The Kangaroo - Charles Sheffield
- Popeye Train - Tabby Thomas
- Mama Don't Allow - Katie Webster


compiled by John Broven; cover drawing by Smygol Dorphy

notes by John Broven

Flyright CD 42 (UK 1991)

Flyright Records discography

651992Lightnin' Slim: King Of The Swamp Blues 1954-61

- That's All Right [Feature unissued]
- Rock Me Mama
- Love Me For Myself [Feature unissued]
- Paper In My Shoe
- You Did Me Wrong Baby
- Poor Lightnin' Blues
- Woke Up Feelin' Blue
- Bad Luck (alt tk)
- I'm Him
- Strange Letter Bues
- She's Gone
- Don't Mistreat Me
- Those Neighbours Of Mine
- I Beg You Little Woman
- I Just Don't Know (alt tk) [Excello unissued]
- The Blues And My Woman
- I'm Goin' Join The Army (alt tk) [Excello unissued]
- Black Cat Blues (alt tk) [Excello unissued]
- I'm Tired Of Waiting Baby (alt tk) [Excello unissued]
- Mary Lee (alt tk) [Excello unissued]

compiled by John Broven; remastered by Charlie Crump

notes by John Broven

Flyright FLYCD 47

Flyright Records discography

661992Baby Let's Burn
Blues from Baton Rouge

Jimmy Anderson
- I'm A King Bee
- Half Past Midnight
- In The Dark In The Park
- Baby Let's Burn
- When I Play My Harp
- Angel Please
- I Wanna Boogie
Jimmy Dotson
- Oh Baby
- I Need Your Love
- I Wanna Know
- Looking For My Baby
Silas Hogan
- Tell Me Babe
- Sittin' Here Wondering
Blues Boy Dorsey
- Walkin' Out My Door
- Don't Do That To Me
- Come Here To Me Baby
Slim Harpo
- One More Day

Lightning Slim
- Miss Sandy Brown
- Tell Me Baby
- Walk the Streets All Night
Boogie Jake
- I Don't Know Why
Sylvester Buckley
- I Can Be on My Way
Henry Gray
- Cold Chills



Flyright FLYCD 51 (UK 1992)

Flyright Records discography

66a1992Lightnin' Slim: Blue Lightning

- Mama Talk To Your Daughter
- My Baby Left Me This Morning
- It's Mighty Crazy
- Caress Me Baby
- I Love You Baby
- Sky Is Crying
- G.I. Slim
- Help Me Spend My Gold
- My Little Angel Chile
- Too Close Blues
- I Want You To Love Me
- Bed Bug Blues
- I'm Tired Waitin' Baby
- Ah'w Baby

rec. 1972 live at The Marquee, London, England by Mike Vernon; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Rick Hayward, Paul Butler, g; Pete Wingfield, p; Kenny Lamb, dr; previously unreleased
photographer: Sylvia Pitcher

notes by John Broven

Indigo IGO 2002 (UK 1992)

671994Lightnin' Slim: I'm Evil
Rare & Unissued Excello Masters   Vol. 1

- Bad Luck
- Rock Me Mama
- What Evil Have I Done (with studio talk)
- I'm Him
- I Can't Understand
- Mean Ol' Lonesome Train (alt tk, with studio talk)
- Rocky Mountain (aka Lonesome Stranger)
- Goin' Home (alt tk)
- I'm Grown (alt tk)
- Bad Luck And Trouble
- Lightnin's Troubles (with longer fade)
- It's Mighty Crazy (alt tk)
- Farming Blues
- Have Your Way (with studio talk)
- Rooster Blues (alt tk)
- I Just Don't Know
- My Little Angel Child
- Too Close Blues
- Nothin' But The Devil
- Cool Down Baby
- Goin' Away Blues
- I'm Tired Waitin' Baby
- Bad Luck Is Fallin'
- I'm Warnin' You Baby
- Lonely Stranger
- I'm Evil
- The Strangest Feelin' (alt tk)

digitally remastered from master tapes by Tom Moulton

notes by Cub Koda

Excello CD 3002 (1994)

notes by Cub Koda

= AVI EXD-4204 (1997)

681994Authentic Excello R&B

- I'm Evil - Lightning Slim
- You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby - Lazy Lester
- I Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo
- Going Through The Park - Jimmy Anderson

- I'm Warning You Baby - Lightning Slim
- Lonesome Lonely Blues - Lonesome Sundown
- Wild Cherry - Leroy Washington
- You're Too Late Baby - Silas Hogan

- I'm A Lover, Not A Fighter - Lazy Lester
- I Love The Life I'm Living - Slim Harpo
- Naggin' - Jimmy Anderson
- I'm Gonna Quit You Pretty Baby - Silas Hogan
- I'm Glad She's Mine - Lonesome Sundown
- I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo
- Mean Woman Blues - Whispering Smith

- Loving Around The Clock - Lightning Slim

- Tell Me Pretty Baby - Lazy Lester
- Hoodoo Party - Tabby Thomas
- Lonesome La La - Silas Hogan
- Wake Up Old Maid - Whispering Smith

- I'm Tired Watin' Baby - Lightning Slim
- Gonna Stick To You Baby - Lonesome Sundown
- No Naggin' No Draggin' - Arthur Gunter
- I'm Doin' Alright - Shy Guy Douglas


Stateside SL 10068


Ace CDCHD 492 (UK)

691995The Real Excello R&B

- Little Queen Bee - Slim Harpo
- I Tried So Hard - Whispering Smith
- I'm Goin' In The Valley - Silas Hogan
- I'm So Glad - Leon Austin
- I Had A Dream Last Night - Lonesome Sundown

- She's My Crazy Little Baby - Lightnin' Slim
- I Need Money - Slim Harpo
- Goin' Crazy Over Tv - Jimmy Anderson
- Dark Clouds Rollin' - Silas Hogan
- You're Playin' Hookey - Lonesome Sundown
- Still Rainin' In My Heart - Slim Harpo
- It's Love Baby - Earl Gaines
- Nothing In This World - Jimmy Anderson
- Baby Let's Play House - Arthur Gunter
- Wintertime Blues - Lightnin' Slim
- Cryin' Blues - Whispering Smith
- Pleadin' For Love - Roscoe Shelton
- Whoa Now - Lazy Lester
- It's Your Voodoo Working - Charles Sheffield
- Rocka Me All Night Long - Jay Nelson
- Leavin' Tennessee - Al Garner
- Baby, Kiss Me Again - Sweet Clifford
- Crazy Over You - Roscoe Shelton
- Baby! I'm Stickin' To You - Charles Friday


Stateside SL 10068


Ace CDCHD 562 (UK)

701995Lightnin' Slim: It's Mighty Crazy
Featuring all the early Excello & Ace recordings and more

- Rock Me Mama
- Bad Luck
- West Texas
- What Evil Have I Done
- Lightnin' Blues
- I Can't Be Successful
- I'm Him
- I Can't Understand
- Just Made Twenty-One
- Sugar Plum
- Goin' Home
- Wonderin' And Goin'
- Bad Luck And Trouble
- Have Your Way
- I'm Grown
- Mean Ole Lonesome Train
- Rocky Mountain Blues
- Love Me Mama
- I'm A Rollin' Stone
- Hoo Doo Blues
- It's Mighty Crazy
- Bed Bug Blues
- Tom Cat Blues
- Farming Blues


Ace CDCHD 587

711996Lightnin' Slim: Nothing But The Devil
Featuring Lazy Lester on Harmonica

- Long Leanie Mama
- My Starter Won't Work (alt tk)
- It's Mighty Crazy (alt tk)
- Blues At Night
- I'm Leavin' You Baby (alt tk)
- Feelin' Awful Blues
- Sweet Little Woman (alt tk)
- Lightnin's Troubles
- I Gonna Leave
- Rooster Blues (alt tk)
- G.I. Slim
- Driftin' Blues
- Too Close Blues
- My Little Angel Child
- Greyhound Blues
- I Just Don't Know
- Somebody Knockin'
- Just A Lonely Stranger
- Cool Down Baby
- Nothin' But The Devil
- Goin' Away Blues
- I'm Tired Waitin' Baby
- Death Valley Blues
- Hello Mary Lee


Ace CDCHD 616

721997Lightnin' Slim: Bad Luck And Trouble
The Complete Excello Singles

disc 1:
- I Can't Be Successful [Excello 2066]
- Lightnin' Blues [Excello 2066]
- Sugar Plum [Excello 2075]
- Just Made Twenty One [Excello 2075]
- Wonderin' And Goin' [Excello 2080]
- I'm Grown [Excello 2106]
- Goin' Home [Excello 2080]
- Bad Luck And Trouble [Excello 2096]
- Have Your Way [Excello 2096]
- Mean Ole Lonesome Train [Excello 2106]
- I'm A Rollin' Stone [Excello 2116]
- Love Me Mama [Excello 2116]
- Hoo Doo Blues [Excello 2131]
- Bed Bug Blues [Excello 2173]
- It's Mighty Crazy [Excello 2131]
- My Starter Won't Work [Excello 2142]
- Tom Cat Blues [Excello 2173]
- Blues At Night [Excello 2240]
- Long Leanie Mama [Excello 2142]
- I'm Leavin' You Baby [Excello 2150]
- Feelin' Awful Blue [Excello 2150]
- Sweet Little Woman [Excello 2160]
- Lightnin's Troubles [Excello 2160]
- Rooster Blues [Excello 2169]
- G.I. Slim [Excello 2169]
- I Just Don't Know [Excello 2195]
- Too Close Blues [Excello 2179]
- My Little Angel Child [Excello 2179]
- Somebody Knockin' [Excello 2195]

disc 2:
- Greyhound Blues [Excello 2252]
- Cool Down Baby [Excello 2186]
- Nothin' But The Devil [Excello 2186]
- Goin' Away Blues [Excello 2276]
- I'm Tired Waiting Baby [Excello 2203]
- Hello Mary Lee [Excello 2203]
- You're Old Enough To Understand [Excello 2215]
- Wintertime Blues [Excello 2224]
- Mind Your Own Business [Excello 2215]
- I'm Warning You Baby [Excello 2224]
- You Know You're So Fine [Excello 2234]
- Loving Around The Clock [Excello 2234]
- Don't Mistreat Me Baby [Excello 2240]
- The Strangest Feelin' [Excello 2245]
- You Move Me Baby [Excello 2258]
- I'm Evil [Excello 2228]
- If You Ever Need Me [Excello 2228]
- You Give Me The Blues [Excello 2245]
- Just A Lonely Stranger [Excello 2276]
- She's My Crazy Little Baby [Excello 2252]
- I Hate To See You Leave [Excello 2272]
- Don't Start Me Talking [Excello 2269]
- Baby Please Come Back [Excello 2258]
- Have Mercy On Me Baby [Excello 2262]
- I've Been A Fool For You Darlin' [Excello 2262]
- Darling, You're The One [Excello 2269]
- Can't Live This Life No More [Excello 2267]
- Bad Luck Blues [Excello 2262]
- Love Is Just A Gamble [Excello 2272]

2 CD set

P-Vine PCD-5230/31

72a1997Lightnin' Slim: King Of The Louisiana Swamp Blues

- Bad Luck Blues
- G.I. Blues
- My Babe
- The Things I Used To Do
- Voodoo Blues
- Crazy 'bout You Baby
- That's All Right
- Good Morning Heartaches
- Rooster Blues
- Oh Baby

front cover picture flipped!


AIM 2000 (Australia)

731998Lightnin' Slim: Winter Time Blues@ youtube (full album)
The Later Excello Sessions

- Mind Your Own Business [Excello 2215]
- Wintertime Blues [Excello 2224]
- Bad Luck Is Falling [Excello CD 3002]
- I'm Warning You Baby [Excello 2224]
- You're Old Enough To Understand [Excello 2215]
- I'm Evil [Excello 2228]
- If You Ever Need Me [Excello 2228]
- Lonely Stranger (aka Rocky Mountain Blues) [Excello CD 3002]
- You Give Me The Blues [Excello 2245]
- You Know You're So Fine [Excello 2234]
- Don't Mistreat Me Baby [Excello 2240]
- You Move Me Baby [Excello 2258]
- The Strangest Feelin' [Excello 2245]
- Lonesome Cabin Blues [previously unissued]
- Don't Start Me Talkin' (alt tk) [previously unissued]
- I Hate To See You Leave [Excello 2272]
- Sittin' And Thinkin' [previously unissued]
- Darlin' You're The One [Excello 2269]
- Baby Please Come Back (alt tk) [previously unissued]
- I Been A Fool For You Darling [Excello 2262]
- Can't Life [sic] This Life No More [Excello 2267]
- I Can Hear My Baby Calling [previously unissued]
- A Stranger In Town [previously unissued]
- Bad Luck Blues [Excello 2267]

compiled by John Broven & Dave Sax with thanks to Ray Topping
transferred from original analogue master tapes


Ace CDCHD 674

73a1998Tuff Enuff
The Ace Blues Masters   Vol. 3

- Looped - Joe Dyson Orchestra / Johnny Collins
- I Got The Blues For You (tk 4) - Al Collins Orchestra
- Shuckin' Stuff (Take 1) - Al Collins Orchestra
- I Know I'll Die - Kenzie Moore
- I Can't Forget You Baby (tk 1) - Junior Blackmon
- Down South (tk 1) - Junior Blackmon
- Baby Say You Will - Jesse Allen
- Goodbye Blues - Jesse Allen
- Beautiful, Beautiful Love - Schoolboy Cleve
- My Baby Done Gone - Schoolboy Cleve

- Bad Feeling Blues - Lightnin' Slim
- Lightnin' Slim Boogie - Lightnin' Slim
- Sleeping In The Ground - Sammy Myers
- My Love Is Here To Stay - Sammy Myers
- The Way You Been Treating Me - Buddy Guy
- Baby Don't You Wanna Come Home - Buddy Guy
- Sittin' Here Worryin' - Little Cameron
- You Got The Wrong Kind Of Life - Little Cameron
- Annie Mae - Little Cameron
- Don't You Say A Mumblin' Word - Guitar Reed
- Rockin' Blues - Guitar Reed
- Mean Mistreater - Frankie Fair
- Steady - Jerry McCain
- She's Tough - Jerry McCain


2 CD set

Westside WESM-570 (UK)

74199?Stompin'   Volume Nine

King Perry - Come Back Baby
Bobby Jackson - Oh, Baby
Smokey Smothers - Come On Rock Little Girl
Charles Williams - So Worried
J.L. Smith - If It's Too Late
Homesick James - Set A Date
Johnnie Fuller - No More, No More
Jay Nelson - Don't You Wanna Man Like Me

Roosevelt Sykes - Sputnik Baby

Schoolboy Cleve - She's Gone
Baby Calloway - Midnite Blues
Guitar Shorty - Ways Of A Man
Nat The Cool Cat - Come By Here
Paul Perryman - Just To Be Close To You
B.B. Brown - I Weep
Big Al Downing - Georgia Slop



Stompin' STOMP 109 (UK)

Stompin' Records discography

751999Deep Harmonica Blues

- Courtin' In A Cadillac - Jerry McCain & His Upstarts
- That's What They Want - Jerry McCain & His Upstarts
- Calling All Cows - Blues Rockers
- Johnny Mae - Blues Rockers
- Santa Fe (Not Welcome Anymore) - Baby Boy Warren
- Chicken (Chuck A Luck) - Baby Boy Warren
- Love Shock - Little Sonny
- I'll Love You Baby (Until the Day I Die) - Little Sonny
- Bring Me My Machine Gun (Baby Boy Blues) - Baby Boy Warren
- Hello Stanger (Mattie Mae) - Baby Boy Warren
- You Better Change - Ole Sonny Boy
- Blues And Misery - Ole Sonny Boy
- You Don't Love Me No More - Jerry McCain & His Upstarts
- Things Ain't Right - Jerry McCain & His Upstarts

- Goin' Home - Lightnin' Slim
- Mannish Boy (I'm Grown) - Lightnin' Slim
- Wondering And Worrying - Slim Harpo
- They Call Me Lazy - Lazy Lester
- Harmonica Twist - Whispering Smith
- Please Give Me One More Chance - Whispering Smith
- Shut Your Mouth - Jimmy Anderson
- Rats And Roaches On Your Mind - Jimmy Anderson
- When I Met You Baby - Jolly George
- She's Got Me - Jolly George



Ace CDCHD 604 (UK)

761999The Best of Lightnin' Slim

- Have Your Way
- Bad Luck And Trouble
- Love Me Mama
- I'm A Rollin' Stone
- It's Mighty Crazy
- Hoo Doo Blues
- Rooster Blues
- Nothin' But The Devil
- Cool Down Baby
- Somebody Knockin'
- Hello Mary Lee
- I'm Tired Waitin' Baby
- You're Old Enough To Understand
- Mind Your Own Business
- Winter Time Blues
- I'm Evil


Hip-O HIPD-12010

76a1999Lightnin' Slim: Hoodoo Blues

- Rooster Blues
- Lightnin's Bad Luck
- G.I. Blues
- Crazy About You Baby
- My Babe
- Things I Used To Do
- That's All Right
- Good Mornin' Heartaches
- Hoodoo Blues
- Bad Luck Blues
- Oh Baby


Rock & Melody
3445.2101-2
(Switzerland / Cz)

77200?Stompin' 27
22 Rockin' Blues Classics!

Schoolboy Cleve (Cleveland White) - She's Gone
Jo Jo Williams - Rock 'n' Roll Boogie
Sunnyland Slim (Albert Luandrew) - It's You Baby
Eddie 'Guitar Slim' Jones - Certainly All
Calvin Frazier - Track Down
Willie Nix - Just Can't Stay
Eddie Burns - Biscuit Baking Mama
Little Sonny (Aaron Willis) - I Love You Baby Until The Day I Die
McKinley James - Ain't Gonna Pick No Cotton
Little Walter Jr. (George Smith) - Miss O'Mally's Rally
Dr. Ross (Isaiah Ross) - Industrial Boogie
Sunnyland Slim - Going Back To Memphis
John Lee (Henley) - Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
Clarence Johnson - That's Not Right
Clarence Johnson - Baby Come Back To Me
Birmingham Jr. (Wright Birmingham) - You're Too Bad
Elmon Mickle - Jackson Blues
Elmon Mickle - Lonesome Highway
Jimmy Rogers - Sloppy Drunk
Joe Hill Lewis - Hydramatic Woman
Clear Waters (Eddy Harrington) - Boogie Woogie Baby
Clifford King - Chicken Shack Boogie



Stompin' CD 327

Stompin' Records discography

782002Don't Worry 'bout The Bear

disc 1:
- Shake Your Boogie - Snooky Pryor
- After You There Won't Be Nobody Else - Snooky Pryor
- Crossroads - Homesick James
- Highway 51 - Homesick James
- Honeydripper - Big John Wrencher
- Seems Like A Million Years - Eddie "Playboy" Taylor
- Ready For Eddie - Eddie "Playboy" Taylor
- Don't Worry 'Bout the Bear - Doctor Ross
- I'm A Mannish Boy - Doctor Ross
- Got Something To Tell You [live] - Doctor Ross, Chicago Aces
- Sneaky Pete - Erwin Helfer
- Homage To AA And PJ - Erwin Helfer, Bob Hall
- Texas Flood - Whispering Smith

- Walkin' In The Park - Lightnin' Slim
- 12th Street Boogie - G.P. Jackson
- Meet Me In The Alley - Johnny Mars, Boogie Woogie Red & Baby Boy Warren


disc 2:
- She's In L.A. - Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- Do It If You Wanna - Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- Viper Song - Boogie Woogie Red
- I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
- It's My Own Fault - Johnny Mars
- I've Been Down So Long - Johnny Mars
- Klickety Klock - Willie Mabon
- Blues Fell This Morning - Mickey Baker
- I'll Always Be In Love With You - Mickey Baker
- Alimony - Tommy Tucker
- Buzzard Luck - Billy "The Kid" Emerson
- Blues For My Baby - Charles Brown
- So Tired - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors
- Let The Good Times Roll - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors
- Honky Tonk - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors
- When A Woman Loves A Man - Cousin Joe


2 CD set
notes by Jim Simpson

Indigo IGOXDCD 2503 (UK)
(Big Bear Blues Heritage
series)


= Sanctuary CD 81268 (2003)


= Castle CD 36170 (US 2005)

78a2002Excello Blues Rarities - Blues Hangover

disc 1:
- I'm A King Bee - Jimmy Anderson
- Going Through The Park - Jimmy Anderson
- Naggin' - Jimmy Anderson
- Nothing In This World - Jimmy Anderson
- Frankie & Johnny - Jimmy Anderson
- Love Me Baby - Jimmy Anderson
- Goin' Crazy Over TV - Jimmy Anderson
- Ain't Gonna Let Her Go - Jimmy Anderson
- Rats & Roaches On Your Mind - Jimmy Anderson
- Going Through The Park (alt tk) - Jimmy Anderson
- Don't Bring No Friend (breakdown tk) - Blue Charlie
- I'm Gonna Kill That Hen - Blue Charlie
- Harmonica Twist - Whispering Smith
- Please Give Me One More Chance - Whispering Smith
- Wake Up Old Maid - Whispering Smith

- Death Valley Blues - Lightnin' Slim [Excello LP 8011]
- Love Shock - Little Sonny
- I'll Love You Baby - Little Sonny
- No Jive - Little Al
- Little Lean Woman - Little Al
- You Better Change - Ole Sonny Boy
- Blues And Misery - Ole Sonny Boy

disc 2:
- I'm Leaving This Morning - Early Drane
- I Hate To See You Leave - Early Drane
- My New Chevrolet - Early Drane
- Evil Ways Blues - Early Drane
- Find My Little Darling - Early Drane
- Look On Yanders Wall - Early Drane
- Nobody Prayin' - Early Drane
- Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) - Early Drane
- My Little Banty - Early Drane
- Take A Walk With Me - Early Drane
- Hillbilly Serenade - Early Drane
- I'm Gonna Scratch Your Back Pt. 1 - Early Drane
- Honey Bee Lonely - Early Drane
- I'm Gonna Scratch Your Back Pt. 2 - Early Drane
- Late In The Evening - Early Drane
- Not Welcome Anymore - Baby Boy Warren
- Bring My Machine Gun - Baby Boy Warren
- Chuck-A-Luck - Baby Boy Warren
- Hello Stranger - Baby Boy Warren
- When I Met Your Baby - James Stewart
- She's Got Me - James Stewart



Excello CD 2002

792002American Blues Legends '73/'74

disc 1:
Boogie Woogie Red
- Viper Song
- After Hours
- Red's Boogie
Snooky Pryor
- Dangerous Woman
- Sloppy Drunk
- Bottle Up And Go #
- Shake Your Moneymaker #
Homesick James
- Tin Pan Alley
- Dust My Broom

Washboard Willie
- I Feel So Fine
- Kansas City
Red & Mose
- Sassy
Whispering Smith
- Take Me Back Baby

Lightnin' Slim
- Love Bug
- Walking In The Park

disc 2:
Big John Wrencher
- Big Johns Boogie
- I'm A Roots Man
- How Many More Years #
Cousin Joe Pleasant
- I Can't Lose With The Stuff I Use
- Problems
Doctor Ross
- It Seems Like A Dream
- On My Way To School
- Boogie Disease No. 2 #
Eddie "Playboy" Taylor
- I Used To Have Some Friends
- I Know My Baby
- You Don't Love Me #
G.P. Jackson
- 12th Street Boogie
- Letter Dressed In Red
- Leavin' Kansas City
Cousin Joe Pleasant
- Railroad Avenue #
- Blues Legends


# CD bonus tracks

Polydor 2460 186
= Big Bear BEAR 20
Munich BM 150 202
= Big Bear BEAR 1

2 CD set

Big Bear / Indigo CD 2527
(Big Bear Blues Heritage
series)

79b2002Shuckin' Stuff
Rare Blues from Ace Records (MS)

CD 1:
- Goodbye Blues - Jesse Allen
- I'm Not Satisfied (alt tk) - Dave Dixon
- Those Lonely, Lonely Nights (alt tk) - Earl King
- Mercy's Blues - Mercy Baby [Ace 535]
- I Got The Blues For You - Al Collins
- Give A Helping Hand (alt tk) - Bobby Marchan
- What Will Lucy Do - Frankie Lee Sims [Ace 524]
- 4th And Beale - Joe Hill Louis
- Shuckin' Stuff - Al Collins
- Baby You Can Get Your Gun - Earl King
- Let's Get It - Edgar Blanchard

- Bad Feeling Blues (alt tk) - Lightnin' Slim
- Don't Say A Mumblin' Word - Fred McDowell
- My Baby Done Gone - Schoolboy Cleve
- I Got My Nose Open - John Littlejohn
- I Feel So Good - Albert Scott
- Mean Old World - Big Boy Crudup
- Feeling So Low (alt tk) - Dave Dixon
- My Love Is Strong (alt tk) - Earl King

- Lightnin' Slim Boogie (alt tk) - Lightnin' Slim
- She's 19 Years Old - John Littlejohn
- Smokestack Lightning - Bad Smitty
- Sweetest Woman I Ever Knew - Joe Hill Louis
- Pity Poor Me (alt tk) - Bobby Marchan
- Silly Dilly Woman - Mercy Baby [Ace 535]
- I'm So Glad You're Mine - Albert Scott
- Hey Little Girl - Frankie Lee Sims [Ace 527]


CD 2:
- My Love Is Here To Stay (alt tk) - Sammy Myers
- Sleeping In The Ground (alt tk) - Sammy Myers
- Every Day I Have The Blues - Alabama Red
- I've Been Searchin' - Unknown Male Singer #0
- Honeycomb - Edgar Blanchard
- I'll Never Leave Anymore - Unknown Male Singer #0
- Annie Mae (alt tk) - Little Cameron
- I'm Leaving You Baby - Albert Scott
- Every Night About This Time - Unknown Male Singer #1
- Standing At The Station - Unknown Male Singer #3
- Baby Please - H-Bomb Ferguson
- Hideaway - Johnny Littlejohn
- Take Me Back Baby Unknown Female Singer
- Three Long Years - Unknown Male Singer #0
- My Love Is Here To Stay - Sammy Myers
- Sleeping In The Ground - Sammy Myers
- Driving Wheel (+ Message) - Alabama Red
- Standing At The Crossroads (alt tk) - Bad Smitty
- Lonesome Guitar (alt tk) - Edgar Blanchard
- Lifetime In Prison Pt. 1 - Billy Tate
- Lifetime In Prison Pt. 2 - Billy Tate
- Sittin' Here Worryin' (alt tk) - Little Cameron
- Little Boy Blue - Unknown Male Singer #2
- Pathway Of Love - Unknown Male Singer #3
- Right At Home - Albert Scott
- Whiskey And Women - Unknown Male Singer #0

2 CD set

Westside WESD 240 (UK)

802005Schoolboy Cleve: South To West - Iron And Gold

- Here I Go Again
- Really I Apologize
- Don't Thread On Me
- I Saw The Blues
- My Heart Is Crying
- If It's Love You Want (Come To Me)
- Beautiful Beautiful Love
- My Baby Done Gone

- My Big Fat Woman (= I'm Him, tk 1) #
- Strange Letter Blues #
- She's Gone #
- Ali Shuffle (Fight Moves) [previously unissued]
- I Love A Little Woman [previously unissued]
- We Are Going To Rock [previously unissued]
- She's Alright [previously unissued]
- I Saw The Blues [previously unissued alt. tk]
- Sweet Little Woman [= I Love A Little Woman, previously unissued]
- Friday Night (The New Orleans, LA Sound) [previously unissued]


# with Lightnin' Slim, g


Cherrie CR-CDA20-2 (US)

812012Juke Joints   Vol. 3

disc 1
- I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo
- My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone - Hop Wilson
- Steady - Jerry McCain
- Late Hours At Midnight - Homesick James
- Ludella - Jimmy Rogers
- Sail On, Little Girl - Pete McKinley
- Alley Special - Wright Holmes
- Play My Juke Box - Boy Green
- Chicago Blues - Dan Pickett
- Shackles Round My Body - David Wylie
- Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicholls
- Dial 110 Blues - Country Jim
- About To Lose My Mind - Big Boy Spires
- You Better Move On Away From Here - Honeyboy
- Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim
- Seems Like A Million Years tk 1 - Willie Nix
- Western Union Man - Chicago Sunny Boy
- Silver Haired Woman - Johnny Williams
- She Got Me Walkin' - Lazy Bill Lucas
- Ride My New Car With Me - Big Joe Williams
- After Hours - Earl Hooker
- 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis

- Bad Feeling Blues (alt tk) - Lightnin' Slim
- Feel So Worried tk 2 - Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson
- I Want A Roller - Smokey Hogg
- Gary Stomp - John Brim


disc 2
- Operator Blues tk 2 - Houston Boines
- My Baby Left Me - John Lee Hooker
- Lookin' For My Baby tk 5 - Little Milton
- I'm Gonna Love You - Eddie Taylor
- She's Gone With The Wind - The Sugarman
- Eula Mae - Big Joe Williams
- Ardelle - Pete McKinley
- Happy Home Blues - D.C. Washington
- I've Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo
- That's All Right - Jimmy Rogers
- Hello Central, Please Give Me 209 - Robert Lee Westmoreland
- Crying - J.D. Edwards
- I'll Move You - Eddie Kirkland
- Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy
- Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton
- Hollywood Boogie - Country Jim
- Chicken Stuff - Hop Wilson
- Please Mam Forgive Me - Sunny James
- You Better Watch That Jive - Smokey Hogg
- Walking Talking Blues - Manny Nicholls
- Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck
- Highway 51 - Stick Horse Hammond
- Jet Black Woman - Buddy Chiles
- I Had A Dream - Lazy Bill Lucas
- Got A Letter This Morning - Clarence London
- Down South - Junior Blackmon


disc 3
- She's Tough - Jerry McCain
- Baker Shop Boogie tk 1 - Willie Nix
- Ridin' Home - Leslie Louis
- Sad And Lonely - Country Jim
- Crawdad - Smokey Hogg
- No One To Love Me - Manny Nicholls
- Wonderin' And Worryin' - Slim Harpo

- Lightnin' Slim Boogie - Lightnin' Slim
- A & B Blues - Boy Green
- Homesick Blues - Homesick James
- Fat Mouth - Johnny Williams
- Number Writer - Dan Pickett
- King's Highway - Big Joe Williams
- John Henry - Pinetop Slim
- Jammin' - Earl Hooker
- Take It Easy - Nat Terry
- Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks
- Which One Do I Love - Big Boy Spires
- Little School Girl - L.C. Greene
- Excuse Me Baby - Sunny James
- Have You A Match - Honeyboy
- Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis
- Want To Boogie-woogie - Clarence London
- Love Me Mama - Boogie Bill Webb
- Log House On The Hill - Leroy Johnson
- You'll Always Have A Home - Eddie Taylor


disc 4
- Jimmie's Boogie - Jimmy Reed
- Rather Be Sloppy Drunk - Big Joe Williams
- G-man Blues - Houston Boines
- No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson
- Y M & V Blues - Lost John Hunter
- Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham
- Strange Love - Slim Harpo
- Size 4 Shoe - Smokey Hogg
- I'm In Love - Jimmy Rogers
- You Gotta Lay Down Mama - Johnny Beck
- Jelly Roll Man - Bill Simpson
- Cold In The Evening - J.D. Edwards
- Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles
- My Baby's Gone - Lazy Bill Lucas
- Forgive Me - Manny Nicholls
- Don't Do It Again - Leslie Louis
- Good Lookin' Woman - Country Jim
- Goin' Back To Mama - Clarence London
- Truck 'em On Down - Stick Horse Hammond
- Goin' Back Home Today - Willie Baker
- Uncle Sam Blues - Pinebluff Pete
- Harlem Women - Hank Kilroy
- Don't Want Me Blues - Pete McKinley
- Broke And Hungry - Hop Wilson
- I Don't Know Why - Nat Terry
- Boogie - Boogie Bill Webb


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 77150

822012The Ace Records Blues Story

CD 1:
Frankie Lee Sims - Walking With Frankie
Sammy Myers - My Love Is Here To Stay
Elton Anderson - Shed So Many Tears

Lightnin' Slim - Lightning Slim Boogie
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - I Wonder
Jesse Allen - Goodbye Blues
Frankie Lee Sims - Well Goodbye Baby
Earl King - My Love Is Strong
Mercy Baby - Silly Dilly Woman
Charles Brown - Love's Like A River
Eddie Bo - I'm So Tired
Dave Dixon - I'm Not Satisfied
Joe Dyson - Looped
Al Collins - Shuckin Stuff
Bobby Marchan - Don't Take Your Love Away From Me
Frankie Lee Sims - Hey Little Girl
Mercy Baby - Mercy's Blues
Earl King - Mother Told Me Not To Go


CD 2:
Earl King - Those Lonely, Lonely Nights
Frankie Lee Sims - My Talk Didn't Do No Good
Sammy Myers - Sleeping In The Ground
Elton Anderson - Roll On Train
Frankie Lee Sims - Misery Blues
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - My Baby Boogies All The Time

Lightnin' Slim - Bad Feeling Blues
Billy Tate - Lifetime In Prison, Pt. 1
Frankie Lee Sims - What Will Lucy Do?
Frankie Fair - Mean Mistreater
Dave Dixon - Feeling So Low
Jesse Allen - Baby Say You Will
Mercy Baby - Marked Deck
Frankie Lee Sims - Warned You Baby
Al Collins - I Got The Blues For You
Earl King - It Must Have Been Love
Mercy Baby - Rock And Roll Baby
Frankie Lee Sims - She Likes To Boogie Real Low

notes by Bill Dahl

Fuel 2000 619152

832013Bluesin' By The Bayou
From the vaults of J.D. Miller and Eddie Shuler

- Just Give Me A Chance - Silas Hogan
- That's Alright - Slim Harpo [previously unissued; not the same take as on Flyright LP 520 !!!]
- Late In The Evening - Lazy Lester [previously unissued]
- Worries Like Blues - Clifton Chenier
- Catch Morning Train - Thaddus Declouet

- Big Fat Woman - Lightnin' Slim
- Dreaming - Joe Rich
- Oh Baby - Jimmy Dotson
- They Say The World Loves A Lover - Mr Mojo [previously unissued]
- Walkin In The Park - Jimmy Anderson
- Walkin' Out My Door - Blue Boy Dorsey [previously unissued]
- Natural Born Man - Joe Mayfield
- Early In The Morning - Boogie Jake [previously unissued]
- I'm A Real Lover Baby - Honey Boy Allen [previously unissued]
- 41 Days - Boozoo Chavis
- Trouble Trouble - Thaddus Declouet
- Long Journey (Life's Journey) - Talton Miller [previously unissued]
- Gonna Miss My Lognion - Left Hand Charlie

- I Ain't Got No Money - Lightnin' Slim
- I'm A Samplin' Man - Lonesome Sundown
- I'm Gonna Leave You Baby - Lazy Lester [previously unissued]

- Stranger In Your Town - Lightnin' Slim [previously unissued]
- Sitting Here Wondering - Silas Hogan
- Lost Love Letter Blues - Leroy Washington [previously unissued]
- Lonesome Lover Blues - Joe Rich
- I Want You, I Need You - Jimmy Anderson [previously unissued]
- I Can Be On My Way - Sylvester [previously unissued]

- Slow Walking Fever & Asiatic Flu - Johnny Sonnier

compiled by Ian Saddler

notes by Ian Saddler

Ace CDCHD 1368

842013The Very Best of American Folk Blues Festival '63-'85

Lurrie Bell & Billy Branch (Chicago's Young Blues Generation) - The Train I Ride
Margie Evans - Chilly Waters
Juke Boy Bonner - Running Shoes
Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee - Rock Island Line
John Lee Hooker - Della Mae
Clifton Chenier - Zydeco Et Pas Sale
James "Sparky" Rucker - Crossroads
Jimmy Dawkins Chicago Blues Band - Got My Mojo Workin'

Lightin' Slim & Whispering Smith - Winter Time Blues
Blind Joe Hill (One-Man-Blues-Band) - Big Boss Man
John Jackson - Poor Boy
Louisiana Red - Pretty Woman
Bukka White - World Boogie
Bowling Green John Cephas, Harmonica Phil Wiggins - Last Fair Deal
Muddy Waters - Five Long Years
John Lee Hooker - King Of The World
Sonny Boy Williamson - I'm Trying To Make London My Home
Victoria Spivey, Willie Dixon, Bill Stepney - Grant Spivey
James "Sparky" Rucker - Babylon Blues
Margie Evans, Sunnyland Slim & Carey Bell's Blues Harp Band - Hound Dog


Bellaphon CDLR 664128 (Germany 2013)

852017Bluesin' by the Bayou - Ain't Broke, Ain't Hungry

- Pleadin' - Mercy Baby
- I've Been In This Prison - Leroy Washington

- Little Girl Blues - Lightnin' Slim [previously unissued tk 3 of track from Flyright FLY 524]
- I Haven't Got A Home - Ramblin' Hi Harris
- Better Start Doin' It - 'Honey Boy' Allen Pierre
- Cigarettes - Slim Harpo [Flyright FLY 607]

- Hoo Doo Blues - Lightnin' Slim [originally unissued of Excello 2121 from Flyright FLY 583]
- Ain't Broke, Ain't Hungry - Polka Dot Slim
- I'm A Lover Not A Fighter - Lazy Lester
- Dreaming Dreaming - Joe Richards
- Still In Love With You - Al Smith ["previously unissued", actually "If I Don't See You" alt tk]
- In The Evening - Cookie & The Cupcakes
- A Thing You Gotta Face - Polka Dot Slim
- Life Gets Hard - Jake Jackson
- Sugar Coated Love - Barbara Lynn
- Tee Black - Boozoo Chavis & His Zodico Accordian
- Angel Please - Jimmy Anderson & The Joy Jumpers
- Make Me Cry - Clarence Garlow
- Hamburgers & Popcorn - Boozoo Chavis & His Zodico Accordian

- I Hate To Leave You Baby - Lightnin' Slim [previously unissued alt tk of track from Flyright FLY 524 and FLY 612]
- If I Don't See You [Goldband 1092] - Al Smith
- Baby, Baby, Baby - Ramblin' Hi Harris

- I Don't Know - Lightnin' Slim [Flyright FLY 612]
- If The Blues Was Money - Big Walter [previously unissued]
- Somebody Tell Me - Jake Jackson
- I Love Her So - Al Smith
- Don't Change Your Mind - T.B. Fisher
- I'm Gonna Find My Baby - Unknown Artist



Ace CDCHD 1506

862019Blues Kings Of Baton Rouge

CD 1:
Slim Harpo - Blues Hang-Over [Excello 2184]
Butch Cage & Willie B. Thomas - Who Broke The Lock [Folk-Lyric FL 111]

Lightnin' Slim - Bad Luck [Feature 3006]
Lightnin' Slim - Bugger Bugger Boy [Feature 3012]
Schoolboy Cleve - Strange Letter Blues [Feature 3013]
Clarence Edwards - Smokestack Lightning [Folk-Lyric FL 111]
Robert Pete Williams - Angola Special [Folk Lyric FL 109, 77 LA 12/17, Arhoolie CD 394]
Butch Cage & Willie B. Thomas - Jelly Roll [Folk-Lyric FL 111]
Slim Harpo - I'm A King Bee [Excello 2113]
Lonesome Sundown - My Home Is A Prison [Excello 2102]

Lightnin' Slim - Mean 'Ol Lonesome Train [Excello 2106]
Clarence Edwards - Stack O' Dollars [Folk Lyric FL 111]
Robert Pete Williams - Come Here Baby [Folk Lyric FL 109, 77 LA 12/17, Arhoolie R 2015, CD 394]
Sally Dotson & Smoky Babe - Your Dice Won't Pass [Folk-Lyric FL 111, Arhoolie R 2018, CD 372]
Lazy Lester - They Call Me Lazy [Excello 2107]
Jimmy Dotson - Looking For My Baby [Zynn 511]
Raful Neal - Crying Hard [Peacock 1686]
Lazy Lester - I'm A Lover Not A Fighter [Excello 2143]

Lightnin' Slim - Lightnin's Troubles [Excello 2160]
Slim Harpo - One More Day [Excello 2162]
Lightnin' Slim - Rooster Blues [Excello 2169]
Lightnin' Slim & Lazy Lester - Trip To Chicago (alt tk) [Ace CDCHD 1403]
Slim Harpo - What A Dream [Excello 2184]
Smoky Babe, Clyde Causey - Black Gal [Folk-Lyric FL 111, 77 LA 12-12, Arhoolie CD 440]
Smoky Babe & Lazy Lester - Mississippi River So Deep And Wide [Folk-Lyric FL 111, 77 LA 12-12, Arhoolie R 2019, CD 440]
Herman E. Johnson - Depression Blues [Arhoolie 1060, CD 440]


CD 2:
Slim Harpo - Rainin' In My Heart [Excello 2194]
Lightnin' Slim - I'm Tired Waitin' Baby [Excello 2203]
Tabby Thomas - Hoodoo Party [Excello 2212]
Lonesome Sundown - My Home Ain't Here [Excello 45-2213]
Jimmy Anderson - Naggin' [Excello 2220]
Silas Hogan - Trouble At Home Blues [Excello 2221]

Lightnin' Slim - Winter Time Blues [Excello 2224]
Jimmy Anderson - Going Through The Park [Excello 2227]
Lightnin' Slim - I'm Evil [Excello 2228]
The Nitehawks - Boogie Chillun [Montel 913]
Moses "Whispering" Smith - Mean Woman Blues [Excello 22]
Silas Hogan - I'm Goin In The Valley [Excello 2241]
Silas Hogan - Dark Clouds Rollin' [Excello 2251]

Lightnin' Slim - Can't Live This Life No More [Excello 2267]
Isaiah Chattman - Cold In Hand [Flyright FLY 512]
Slim Harpo - Baby, Scratch My Back [Excello 2273]
Slim Harpo - I'm Gonna Miss You (Like The Devil) [Excello 2173]
Silas Hogan - Hoo Doo Blues [Excello LPS-8015/16]
Henry Gray - Showers Of Rain [Excello LPS-8015/16]
Arthur Kelley - Number Ten At The Station (And Number 12 Is On The Road) [Excello LPS-8015/16]
Arthur Kelley - How Can I Stay (When All I Have Is Gone) [Excello LPS-8015/16]
Moses "Whispering" Smith - Baton Rouge Breakdown [Excello LPS-8015/16]
Silas Hogan - Honey Bee Blues [Excello LPS-8015/16]
Silas Hogan - I Didn't Tell Her To Leave [Excello LPS-8015/16]
Slim Harpo - The Music's Hot [Excello LPS-8013]
Robert Pete Williams - Goodbye Slim Harpo [Ahura Mazda AMS 2002, 45-AMS-101, Fat Possum CD 80349]
Slim Harpo - Talking Blues [Flyright 558]


reissue prod. by Martin Hawkins

2 CD set
notes by Martin Hawkins

Bear Family Records BCD 17512 (Germany 2019)

Excello Records discography
Slim Harpo discography
Butch Cage & Willie B. Thomas discography
Robert Pete Williams discography
Lonesome Sundown discography
Smoky Babe discography
Lazy Lester discography
Herman E. Johnson discography
Silas Hogan discography
Moses "Whispering" Smith discography
Arthur "Guitar" Kelley discography



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 160-161
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 230-231
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 380-382, 552
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 276-277
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 227-228
- http://www.allblues.co.kr/review_1/schoolboy_cleve.htm
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Ray Templeton, Phil Wight, Steve Franz, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva and Patrick Banino for additional info / scans

 

L I G H T N I N #   S L I M, late 1950s; source: Back cover of Excello LP-8000; photographer's name not given
Lightnin' Slim, late 1950s
source: Back cover of Excello LP-8000; photographer's name not given

 

L I G H T N I N #   S L I M at Quartier Latin in Berlin, Germany, January 17, 1973; source: Blues Forum #20 (Mai 1987), p. 38; photographer: Ulrich Borchert
Lightnin' Slim at Quartier Latin in Berlin, Germany, January 17, 1973
source: Blues Forum #20 (Mai 1987), p. 38; photographer: Ulrich Borchert

 

L I G H T N I N #   S L I M; source: Philippe Bas-Rabérin: Le Blues Moderne Depuis 1945.- Paris (Albin Michel) 1986, photo pp. without pagination between pp. 64 and 65; photographer: Christian Rose
Lightnin' Slim
source: Philippe Bas-Rabérin: Le Blues Moderne Depuis 1945.- Paris (Albin Michel) 1986, photo pp. without pagination between pp. 64 and 65
photographer: Christian Rose

 

 

 

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