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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC
R O B E R T   L O C K W O O D; source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 4.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 174; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir
source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 4.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 174
photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir
Robert Lockwood
a/k/a Robert Lockwood, Jr.   he didn't like Robert "Junior" Lockwood
b. March 27, 1915 in Turkey Scratch, near Marvell, Phillips County, Arkansas
d. November 21, 2006 at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio

buried at Riverside Cemetery in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
discography
R O B E R T   L O C K W O O D, Jr., playing his custom-built Japanese electric 12-string guitar, built by Moony Omote and Age Sumi from Blues Guitar/Open Natural G Musical Instruments; source: https://www.vintageguitar.com/35513/robert-lockwood-jr-1915-2006/; photographer: Lisa Sharken
Robert Lockwood, Jr., playing his custom-built Japanese electric 12-string guitar,
built by Moony Omote and Age Sumi from Blues Guitar/Open Natural G Musical Instruments; photographer: Lisa Sharken
source: www.vintageguitar.com/35513/robert-lockwood-jr-1915-2006/
#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 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

11941PETER CLEIGHTON

- '41 Blues (C-39898-1)
- Love Is Gone (C-3902-1)

rec. July 1, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Peter Cleighton, voc; Blind John Davis, p; Robert Lockwood, g; unknown, sb


OKeh 06375

Peter Clayton discography

21941PETER CLEIGHTON

- Slick Man Blues (C-3894-1) #
- Confessin' The Blues (C-3972-1) *

# rec. July 1, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Peter Cleighton, voc; Blind John Davis, p; Robert Lockwood, g; unknown, sb
* rec. August 19, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Peter Cleighton, voc; Blind John Davis, p; Robert Lockwood, g; unknown, sb


OKeh 06398

Peter Clayton discography

31941PETER CLEIGHTON

- False Love Blues (C-3895-1) #
- Streamline Love (C-3973-1) *

# rec. July 1, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Peter Cleighton, voc; Blind John Davis, p; Robert Lockwood, g; unknown, sb
* rec. August 19, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Peter Cleighton, voc; Blind John Davis, p; Robert Lockwood, g; unknown, sb


OKeh 06464

# = Conqueror 9947

Peter Clayton discography

41941PETER CLEIGHTON

- Roaming Gambler (C-3893-1) #
- Something Going On Wrong (C-3896-1)

rec. July 1, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Peter Cleighton, voc; Blind John Davis, p; Robert Lockwood, g; unknown, sb


OKeh 06514

# = Conqueror 9947

Peter Clayton discography

51941PETER CLEIGHTON

- Roaming Gambler [OKeh 06464]
- False Love Blues [OKeh 06514]


Conqueror 9947

Peter Clayton discography

61941PETER CLEIGHTON

- Back Door Man Blues (C-3900-1) #
- Confessin' The Blues (C-3972-1) *

# rec. July 1, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Peter Cleighton, voc; Blind John Davis, p; Robert Lockwood, g; unknown, sb
* rec. August 19, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Peter Cleighton, voc; Blind John Davis, p; Robert Lockwood, g; unknown, sb


Conqueror 9948

Peter Clayton discography

   

- Black Snake Blues (C-3897-1)#
- Moonshine Man Blues (C-3899-1) *
- Jitterbug Swing (C-3901-1)

rec. July 1, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Peter Cleighton, voc; Blind John Davis, p; Robert Lockwood, g; unknown, sb

Columbia unissued

# = RST BD 2062 (1989)

* = RST BD 2102

Peter Clayton discography

71941Robert Lockwood

- Little Boy Blue (064640- )   @ youtube
- Take A Little Walk With Me (064641- )   @ youtube

rec. July 30, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Robert Lockwood, voc, g; Alfred Elkins, imb


Bluebird B8820

81941Robert Lockwood

- I'm Gonna Train My Baby (064639- )   @ youtube
- Black Spider Blues (064638- )   @ youtube

rec. July 30, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Robert Lockwood, voc, g; Alfred Elkins, imb


Bluebird B8877

91951SUNNYLAND SLIM AND HIS TRIO

- Down Home Child (MRS 32783)   @ youtube
- Sunnyland Special (MRS 32784)   @ youtube

rec. February 1, 1951 at Modern Recording Studio in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Moody Jones, b; Alfred Wallace, dr


JOB 102

101951THE FAT MAN and the SUNNYLAND SLIM TRIO

- You've Got To Stop This Mess (MRS 32781)   @ youtube
- Glad I Don't Worry No More (MRS 32782)   @ youtube

rec. February 1, 1951 in Chicago, IL; Alfred Wallace (The Fat Man), voc, dr; Sunnyland Slim, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Moody Jones, b


JOB 103


= Nashboro 516 (US 195?)

  SUNNYLAND TRIO   Vocal by Baby Face

- Pet Rabbit (35224)   @ youtube
- Louella (35225)   @ youtube

rec. March 22, 1951 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Alfred Wallace, dr


J.O.B. JB1002

Leroy Foster discography

111952SUNNYLAND TRIO   Vocal Sunnyland Slim

- Mary Lee (35227)   @ youtube
- Leaving Your Town (35226)   @ youtube

rec. March 22, 1951 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Alfred Wallace, dr


J.O.B. JB1003

   

- Late Hours At Midnight (1012) *
- Blues Is Killin' Me (1013-1) # *   @ youtube

rec. 1952 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Robert Lockwood, g; unknown, b; Alfred Wallace, dr

J.O.B. unissued

# Juke Joint 1501 (1978)
* Flyright 584 (1983)

Leroy Foster discography

   

- Dust My Broom (35223) # *
- Dust My Broom (35223 alt tk) *
- Pearly B *
- untitled instrumental

rec. March 22, 1951 in Chicago, IL; Robert Lockwood, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Alfred Wallace, dr

J.O.B. unissued

# Juke Joint 1501 (1978)

* Flyright 563 (1980)

121951ROBERT LOCKWOOD, JR. with Rhythm Accompaniment

- I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole (4538) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Dust My Broom (4539)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. November 1951 in Chicago, IL; Robert Lockwood, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p, # bk voc; Ernest ' Big' Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr


Mercury 8260 (US 1951)

   

- Glory For Man (4540)   @ Spotify
- My Daily Wish (4541)   @ Spotify

rec. November 1951 in Chicago, IL; Robert Lockwood, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Ernest ' Big' Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr

Mercury unissued

Mercury CD 8-528292 (US 1996)

131952EDDIE BOYD

- Cool Kind Treatment (C4311)   @ youtube
- Rosa Lee Swing (C4313)

rec. c. August, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Robert "Little Sax" Crowder, ts; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Alfred Elkins, b; Percy Walker, dr


Chess 1523

Eddie Boyd discography

   

- Blues For Baby (C4310) #
- untitled instrumental (C4312)

rec. c. August, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Robert "Little Sax" Crowder, ts; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Alfred Elkins, b; Percy Walker, dr

Chess unissued

# Teldec/Chess 6.24810 AG
# Chess/P-Vine PLP 6019

Eddie Boyd discography

142/1953EDDIE BOYD

- 24 Hours (U7486)
- The Tickler (U7489) (instr)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. October 10, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Robert "Little Sax" Crowder, ts; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Willie Dixon, b; Percy Walker, dr

 
Chess 1533

Eddie Boyd discography

   

- Hard Time Getting Started (U7487) #   @ youtube
- Best I Could (U7488) *   @ youtube
- The Tickler (alt tk) (instr) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. October 10, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Robert "Little Sax" Crowder, ts; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Willie Dixon, b; Percy Walker, dr

Chess unissued

# Chess CHD-4-9340

* P-Vine PLP 6019

Eddie Boyd discography

151953ST. LOUIS JIMMY

- Hard Luck Boogie (= Hard Work Boogie) (D 1538 H 1018)   @ youtube
- Good Book Blues (= Tryin' To Change My Ways) (D 1539 H 1019) #   @ youtube

rec. April 19, 1951 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy Oden, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Big Crawford, b


Herald 407 [Fred Mendelsohn's label]

# Savoy MG 16000

St. Louis Jimmy discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography

161953ST. LOUIS JIMMY

- Your Evil Ways (D 1540 H 1028) #   @ youtube
- Whiskey Drinkin' Woman (= I Sit Up All Night) (D 1541 H 1029) #   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- State Street Blues (instr) [Biograph BLP 12010]

rec. April 19, 1951 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy Oden, voc; # Roosevelt Sykes, p; # Robert Lockwood, g; # Big Crawford, b


Herald 408

St. Louis Jimmy discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography

171954 

J.O.B. 1107
ROBERT JR. and His Combo
- Aw Aw (3003) (= Sweet Home Chicago)   @ youtube
- Sweet Woman From Maine (3004)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Fury 500
ROBERT JR.
- Aw Aw Baby (3003)
- Sweet Woman (3004)

rec. 1954 in Chicago, IL; Robert Lockwood, voc, g; Ernest Cotton, ts; Sunnyland Slim, p; Alfred Wallace, dr


J.O.B. JOB 1107


= Fury 500

17a1954SUNNYLAND SLIM and His Playboys

- Four Day Bounce (U2900) (instr) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- That Woman (3001) *   @ Spotify

rec. 1954 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Ernest Cotton, ts; # Prince Candy, * Robert Lockwood, g; b; Alfred Wallace, dr


J.O.B. JOB 1108


= J.O.B. JOB 1108

184/1954LITTLE WALTER and HIS JUKES

- Rocker (instr) (7604)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Oh Baby (7608)   @ youtube

rec. February 22, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Dave Myers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr


Checker 793

Little Walter discography

191954LITTLE WALTER and HIS JUKES

- Rocker (instr) (7604)
- Oh Baby [actually "I Love You So" (7605)]

rec. February 22, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Dave Myers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr


Checker 793 (repress)

Little Walter discography

   

- Come Back Baby (instr) (7603) # ||   @ youtube
- I Love You So (Oh Baby) (7605) # * ||
- Blue Light (7609) (instr)

rec. February 22, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Dave Myers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

Checker unissued

# Le Roi Du Blues 33.2012

* Le Roi Du Blues 33.2017

|| Chess CHD 2-9357

Little Walter discography

   

- My Babe (Mercy Babe) (7669) #
- Last Night (7670) *

rec. July 1, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Dave Myers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

Checker unissued

# Chess LP 60003 (Cn)
# Chess CHD 9357
# Le Roi Du Blues 33.2017

* Argo LP 4042
* Le Roi Du Blues 33.2017

Little Walter discography

   

- I Got To Find My Baby (7653) #
- I Got To Find My Baby (alt tk) *
- Big Leg Mama (7654) ||

rec. May 22, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Otis Spann, p; Robert Lockwood Jr., Dave Myers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

Checker unissued

# Checker 1013 (1962)

* Chess CHD 4-9340

|| Le Roi Du Blues 33.2007
|| Chess CHD 2-9357

Little Walter discography

207/1954LITTLE WALTERand his JUKES

- You'd Better Watch Yourself (7673)   @ youtube
- Blue Light(s) (7674)   @ youtube

rec. July 14, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Dave Myers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr


Checker 799

Little Walter discography

2111/1954LITTLE WALTER and his Jukes

- Last Night (U 4416)   @ youtube
- Mellow Down Easy (U 4417)   @ youtube

rec. October 5, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr


Checker 805

Little Walter discography

   

- Instrumental (U 4415) #
- Instrumental (U 4418)

rec. October 5, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

Checker unissued

# Le Roi Du Blues 33.2017
# Hip-O-Select CD B0012636-02

Little Walter discography

222/1955LITTLE WALTER And His Jukes

- My Babe (7777) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Thunder Bird (7776) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. January 25, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, hca, * voc; # Leonard Caston, g; Robert Lockwood Jr., # g, * b-g g; Willie Dixon, b, * voc; Fred Below, dr

* some repressings of Checker 811 may feature matrix 7777R (originally on Checker 955)


Checker 811

Little Walter discography

235/1955LITTLE WALTER and His Jukes

- Roller Coaster (U 7827) (instr) #   @ youtube
- I Got To Go (U 7828) *   @ youtube

rec. April 28, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; # Bo Diddley, g; * Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr


Checker 817

Little Walter discography

   

- Little Girl, Little Girl (U 7874) #
- Crazy For My Baby (U 7875) *
- Can't Stop Lovin' You (U 7876) # ||

rec. July 14, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

Checker unissued

# Le Roi Du Blues 33.2012
# Chess CHD 9342

* Checker 986 (1961)

|| Chess CHD 9357

Little Walter discography

249/1955LITTLE WALTER and HIS JUKES

- Too Late (U 4400) #   @ youtube
- I Hate To See You Go (U 7888; edited down to just 2:17!) *   @ youtube

# rec. April 28, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr
* rec. July 23, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Bo Diddley, g; Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

editing and remastering were done on August 12, 1955


Checker 825

* Chess CHD 9357

Little Walter discography

251/1956JIMMIE [sic] ROGERS And His Rocking Four

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

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

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

     
Chess 1616 (US 1/1956)

Jimmy Rogers discography
Little Walter discography
Little Johnny Jones discography
Muddy Waters discography

261956JOHN BRIM and his Gary Kings

- I Would Hate To See You Go [Be Careful] (8080)   @ Spotify
- You Got Me Where You Want Me (8081 [on label: 8082])   @ youtube

rec. April 5, 1956 in Chicago, IL; John Brim, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

   
Chess 1624

John Brim discography
Little Walter discography

272/1956LITTLE WALTER and His Jukes

- Who (U 7967)   @ youtube
- It Ain't Right (U 7969)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- One More Chance With You (U 7966) [Checker 838]
- Boom, Boom Out Goes [sic] The Lights (U 7968) [Checker 867]



rec. December 1955 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

   
   
Checker 833 (US 2/1956)

Little Walter discography

285/1956LITTLE WALTER and his Jukes

- One More Chance With You (U 7966) #   @ youtube
- Flying Saucer (8068) (instr) *   @ youtube

# rec. December 1955 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr
* rec. March 9, 1956 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr


Checker 838 (US 5/1956)

Little Walter discography

291956FREDDY KING

- Country Boy (LB 157) #   @ youtube
- Thats [sic] What You Think (LB 158)   @ youtube

rec. 1956 in Chicago, IL; Freddie Christian, voc; # with Margaret Whitfield, voc; Earlee Payton, hca; Billy Emerson, p; Robert Lockwood, Eugene Pearson, g; Milton Rector, b; Fred Below, dr


El-Bee 157


= El-Bee 157

   

- I'm Leaving You (8185)
- I'm In Love With You Baby (8186)

rec. July 1956 in Chicago, IL; Otis Spann, voc, p; Walter Horton, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

Chess unissued

Chess/P-Vine PLP-6022
Chess GCH-8105

Otis Spann discography

Walter Horton discography

308/1956LITTLE WALTER

- Just A Feeling (8194)   @ youtube
- Teenage Beat (8192) (instr)   @ youtube

rec. July 27, 1956 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr


Checker 845 (US 8/1956)

Little Walter discography

3112/1956LITTLE WALTER

- It's Too Late Brother (8191)   @ youtube
- Take Me Back (8193)   @ youtube

rec. July 27, 1956 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr


Checker 852

Little Walter discography

324/1957LITTLE WALTER

- Nobody But You (8433)   @ youtube
- Everybody Needs Somebody (8436)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Temperature (8434) [Le Roi Du Blues 33.2012; Hip-O-Select CD B0012636-02]
- Shake Dancer (8435) (instr) [Checker 1071 (1964)]



rec. March 5, 1957 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

 
Checker 859

Little Walter discography

338/1957LITTLE WALTER

- Boom, Boom Out Goes [sic] The Lights (U 7968) #   @ youtube
- Temperature (8625, tk 24) *   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from June 20, 1957 session:
- Temperature (tk 6) [Chess CHD 9357]
- Temperature (alt tk) [Hip-O-Select CD B0012636-02]
- Temperature (tk 30) [Le Roi Du Blues 33.2007; Hip-O-Select CD B0012636-02]
- Temperature (tks 35-38) [P-Vine PLP-6036/7]
- Ah'w Baby (alt tk) [Chess LP 60014]
- I've Had My Fun (alt tk) [Chess CHD 9342]
- I've Had My Fun (alt tk) [Chess LP 1535; Hip-O-Select CD B0012636-02]



# rec. December 1955 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr
* rec. June 20, 1957 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Jimmy Lee Robinson, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

 
Checker 867

Little Walter discography

341957EDDIE BOYD

- I Got A Woman (8472)   @ youtube
- Hotel Blues (473)   @ youtube

rec. March 27, 1957 in Chicago, IL; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Purcell Brockenburgh, ts; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Alfred Elkins, b; Percy Walker, dr

 
Chess 1660

Eddie Boyd discography

351957EDDIE BOYD

- I Got The Blues (U7666) #   @ youtube
- She's The One (8553) *   @ youtube

# rec. May 28, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Purcell Brockenburgh, ts; Lee Cooper, g; Alfred Elkins, b; Percy Walker, dr
* rec. 1957 in Chicago, IL; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Alfred Elkins, b; Percy Walker, dr

 
Chess 1674

Eddie Boyd discography

362/1958MUDDY WATERS

- Evil (8511) *
- I Live The Life I Love (I Love The Life I Live) (8388) #

# rec. December 1, 1956 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; James Cotton, hca; Marcus Johnson, ts; sax; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Willie Dixon, b; prob. S.P. Leary, dr

* rec. June 1957 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, Hubert Sumlin, g; Willie Dixon, b; prob. Fred Below, dr


Chess 1680

Muddy Waters discography

Otis Spann discography

Pat Hare discography

37c.5/1958JOHN LEE

- Rythm Rockin' Boogie [sic] (U-4911) #   @ youtube
- Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door (U-4912)   @ youtube

rec. prob. 1952 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Henley, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Johnny Holloway, g; Moody Jones, b; Sona Sago [Allan Williams], dr; # ensemble voc

 
J.O.B. 114 (US c.5/1954)


= J.O.B. 114 repro (2010)

John Lee Henley discography

381958J.B. LENOIR

- Daddy Talk To Your Son (8728)   @ youtube
- She Don't Know (8729) #   @ youtube

rec. 1958 in Chicago, IL; J.B. Lenoir, voc, g; Alex Atkins, as; Ernest Cotton, ts; Leonard Caston, org; Joe Montgomery, p; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Willie Dixon, b; Al Galvin, dr; # voc group

   
Checker 901

J.B. Lenoir discography

   

- Daddy Talk To Your Son (alt tk)
- I Don't Know (alt tk)   @ youtube
- Good Looking Woman (8730)   @ youtube
- Voodoo Boogie (8731)   @ youtube

rec. 1958 in Chicago, IL; J.B. Lenoir, voc, g; Alex Atkins, as; Ernest Cotton, ts; Leonard Caston. org; Joe Montgomery, p; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Willie Dixon, b; Al Galvin, dr

Checker unissued

Chess 2ACMB 208 (1976)

J.B. Lenoir discography

391958WILLIE C

- We'll All Be There (241) #
- Slow Down Baby (242) *

rec. c. September 1958 in Chicago, IL; Willie Cobbs, voc, # hca; Eddie Boyd, p; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; b; Fred Below, dr


Ruler 5000 (US 1958)

Eddie Boyd discography

 1963/71WILLIE COBBS

- Hoppin' Bird (3000) * (= Don't Say Good-Bye) [C&F 3000/1, Ascot 2113]   @ youtube
- Slow Down (S 2981) # (= Slow Down Baby)   @ youtube (Ruler/Rice Belt 1131, without wah wah g!)
or
- Slow Down Baby #   @ youtube (Ruler 900, with wah wah g!)

# rec. c. September 1958 in Chicago, IL; Willie Cobbs, voc; Sammy Lawhorn, g, wah wah g (overdubbed on Ruler 900); Robert Lockwood Jr., b; "Whitey", dr
* rec. 1962 in Memphis, TN; Willie Cobbs, voc; Willie Mitchell, Bowlegs Miller, tp; Bill Harvey, ts; saxes, org; Prince Conley, g; b; dr; voc group added to Ruler/Rice Belt 1131 issues


Ruler 1131 (US 1963)


= Rice Belt 1131 (US 1963)


(=) Ruler 900 (US c. 1971)

Robert Lockwood Jr. discography

401959 

"CALDONIA" PALMER AND "BROTHER" JOHN SELLERS with Little Brother And His Jazz Blues Band
- Busy Bootin And You Can't Come In (A) #
CAL "CALDONIA" PALMER with Little Brother Montgomery's Blues Band
- Michigan Water Blues (B) *


# rec. 1959 in Chicago, IL; Lil Palmore, voc; John Sellers, voc; Le Roi Nabors, tp; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Jack Cooley, dr
* rec. c. 1959 in Chicago, IL; Lil Palmore, voc; Verna "Baby Sis" Rogers, voc; Le Roi Nabors, tp; Little Brother Montgomery, p; b; dr


Ebony MMF 1040
("South Center Records")

# Ebony EB-1095

Brother John Sellers discography
Little Brother Montgomery discography

411959 

BROTHER JOHN SELLERS AND HIS TAMBOURINE WITH SONNY ARCHER
- Shakin That Thing (A) #
BROTHER JOHN SELLERS AND HIS TAMBOURINE WITH SOUL SISTER CALDONIA
- Busy Bootin (B) * [Ebony MMF 1040]

# rec. 1959 in Chicago, IL; John Sellers, voc; Sonny Archer, voc; Le Roi Nabors, tp; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Jack Cooley, dr
* rec. c. 1959 in Chicago, IL; Lil Palmore, voc; John Sellers, voc; Le Roi Nabors, tp; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Jack Cooley, dr


Ebony EB-1095

Brother John Sellers discography
Little Brother Montgomery discography

4210/1959EDDIE BOYD

- I'm Commin' [sic] Home (A)   @ Spotify
- Thank You Baby (B)   @ Spotify

rec. c. September 1959 in Chicago, IL; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Ronald Wilson, ts; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Bob Carter, b; Sonny Allen, dr


Bea & Baby 101

Eddie Boyd discography

431959EDDIE BOYD

- Blue Monday Blues (A)
- The Blues Is Here To Stay (B)

rec. c. September 1959 in Chicago, IL; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Ronald Wilson, ts; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Bob Carter, b; Sonny Allen, dr


Bea & Baby 107

Eddie Boyd discography

441959EDDIE BOYD

Bea & Baby 108
EDDIE BOYD
- Come Home! (A)
- You've Got To Reap! (B)

Key Hole 107
EDDIE BOYD & THE DAYLIGHTERS
- Come On Home (A) #   @ youtube
- Reap What You Sow (B) #   @ youtube

rec. c. September 1959 in Chicago, IL; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Ronald Wilson, ts; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Bob Carter, b; Sonny Allen, dr; # The Daylighters, voc group [overdubbed on Key Hole 107]; Key Hole 107 prod. by Christine Ketrell [sic]


Bea & Baby 108 (1959)


(=) Key Hole 107 (1960)

Eddie Boyd discography

   

- Going Down Slow (9889) #
- My Desire (9890)
- You're Sweet (9891) *

rec. December, 1959 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; George, dr
this session is possibly earlier!
9889 issued as "I Don't Play" on repressings of Checker 968
9890 is a retitling of 7888 "I Hate To See You Go"

Checker unissued

# Le Roi Du Blues 33.2007
# Chess CHD 9357

* Chess CD 2-9357

Little Walter discography

452/1960LITTLE WALTER

- Ah'w Baby (8626)   @ youtube
- I Had My Fun (8627)   @ youtube

rec. June 20, 1957 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Jimmy Lee Robinson, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

 
Checker 945

Little Walter discography

466/1960LITTLE WALTER

- My Babe (7777R) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Blue Midnight ("10280", 1050) #   @ Spotify

# rec. October 1952 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, hca; Louis Myers, Dave Myers, g; Fred Below, dr
* rec. January 25, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., voc, b-g; Willie Dixon, voc, b; Fred Below, dr; voc chorus (overdubbed)


Checker 955


= London HLM 9175 (UK 8/1960)

# Chess LP 1535

Little Walter discography

471960Roosevelt Sykes

- Piney Woods (116A) [aka Pinewoods]
- I'll Get Even (116B)

rec. August 24, 1960 in Chicago, IL; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; "Gilbert Potter" (Porter Kilbert), Oett "Sax" Mallard, ts; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Jimmy Lee Robinson, b; Armand "Jump" Jackson, dr


Bea & Baby 116

Roosevelt Sykes discography

   

- Gulf Port Boogie
- Casual Friend
- Strange World
- Elaine

rec. August 24, 1960 in Chicago, IL; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; "Gilbert Potter" (Porter Kilbert), Oett "Sax" Mallard, ts; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Jimmy Lee Robinson, b; Armand "Jump" Jackson, dr

Fancourt & McGrath 2012: "The titles have been listed as Bea & Baby 117 and 118 resp., actual release is unconfirmed."

Bea & Baby unissued

Roosevelt Sykes discography

481961EDDIE BOYD

- Vacation From The Blues (A117)
- I Cry (D120)

rec. April 27, 1961 in Chicago, IL; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Jarret Gibson, Jay Peters Jr, ts; Eugene Pearson, Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Jump Jackson, dr


La Salle 503

Eddie Boyd discography

   

- Got A Woman In New Orleans
- Hello Baby

rec. April 27, 1961 in Chicago, IL; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Jarret Gibson, Jay Peters Jr, ts; Eugene Pearson, Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Jump Jackson, dr

La Salle unissued

Eddie Boyd discography

497/1961LITTLE WALTER

- Crazy For My Baby (U 7875 [on label: "7874"]) *   @ youtube
- Crazy Legs (U 4344) #   @ youtube

# rec. early March 1953 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr
* rec. July 14, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr


Checker CK-986

Little Walter discography

501962Eddie Boyd Blues Combo: BOYDS BLUES

- Nothing But Trouble
- Her Picture In The Frame

- Five Long Years
- Stroller (instr)

rec. October 15, 1960 in Chicago, IL; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Eugene Pearson, g; Robert Lockwood Jr., b [?]; Jump Jackson, dr

cover design by John Marshall

7 inch EP
notes by B. Palmer
click to read notes !
Esquire EP 247 (UK 1962) [Carlo Krahmer's label]

Eddie Boyd discography


LP / CD compilations
511960Otis Spann Is The Blues

- The Hard Way   @ youtube
- Take A Little Walk With Me #   @ youtube
- Otis In The Dark (Spann piano solo)   @ youtube
- Little Boy Blue #   @ youtube
- Country Boy   @ youtube

- Beat-Up Team   @ youtube
- My Daily Wish (4:10) #   @ youtube
- Great Northern Stomp (instr)   @ youtube
- I Got Rambling On My Mind no. 2 #   @ youtube
- Worried Life Blues   @ youtube

rec. August 23, 1960 at Fine Recording Studios in New York, NY; Otis Spann, voc, p; Robert Lockwood, g, # voc; engineered by George Piros; prod. by Nat Hentoff
photography/design by Frank Gauna

notes by Nat Hentoff

Candid CJM 8001 (mono) (US 1960)

notes by Nat Hentoff

Candid GJS 9001 (stereo) (US 1960)

notes by Don DeMicheal

= Barnaby Z 30246 (US 1972)

(shortened) notes by Nat Hentoff

= Jazz Man BLZ 5504 (US 1980)

(German) notes by Manfred Miller

= CrossCut CCR 1003 (Germany 1983)

notes by Nat Hentoff

= Candid CCD 79001 (UK 2000)

Otis Spann discography

521962





Living With The Blues

Savoy MG-16000 / Realm/Oriole RM 209 / CBS 52209 tracks
(source: http://www.jazzdisco.org/savoy/14000-cat/a/#mg-16000):

Brownie McGhee (g, voc), Ernie Hayes ℗, Roy Gaines, Carl Lynch, Al Lucas (b), Bobby Donaldson (d)
NYC, December 22, 1958
- Living With The Blues (SBM70332)
Memphis Minnie (g, voc), Sunnyland Slim ℗, unknown (b), unknown (d)
Chicago, IL, 1950
- Kidman Blues (1217)
John Lee Hooker (g, voc), Eddie Kirkland (Germany), unknown (b) unknown (d)
New Jersey, 1954
- When My Wife Quit Me

Sunnyland Slim ℗, unknown (b), unknown (d), St. Louis Jimmy (voc)
Chicago, IL, 1950
- Tryin' To Change My Ways [= "Good Book Blues"]
Pee Wee Hughes (hca, voc), unknown (Germany), unknown (d)
New Orleans, LA, 1949
- I'm A Country Boy (1012)
Curley Weaver (g, voc) a.o. same location, date
- She Don't Treat Me Good No More

Sunnyland Slim (p, voc), unknown (Germany), unknown (b), unknown (d), unknown (ts)
Chicago, IL, April 19, 1949? or 1951
- Orphan Boy Blues (R1513)
Dennis McMillon (g, voc)
Linden, NJ, 1950
- Poor Little Angel (AM1056)
Frank Edwards (voc, g, hca), Curley Weaver, g ("Atlanta, GA, 1950")
- Gotta Get A Gettin' [actually "Gotta Get Together"] [Regal unissued]
Peg [sic] N' Whistle Red (g, voc) (Willie McTell)
Atlanta, GA, 1949
- A To Z Blues (1267)
David Wylie (g, voc)
circa 1950???
- You're Gonna Weep And Moan (1263)
Papa Lightfoot
- That Mean Old Train


Savoy MG-16000 cover art by "Harvey"; prod. by Fred Mendelsohn

Muse MR 5212 / Tobacco Road B2537 tracks:
Frank Edwards
- Gotta Get A Gettin' [actually "Gotta Get Together"] [Regal unissued]
Pig N' Whistle Red (Willie McTell)
- A To Z Blues
Curley Weaver
- She Don't Treat Me Good No More
Dennis McMillan
- Poor Little Angel Girl
David Wylie
- You're Gonna Weep And Moan
John Lee Hooker
- When My Wife Quit Me

Memphis Minnie
- Kid Man Blues
Pee Wee Hughes
- I'm A Country Boy
Blind Billy Tate
- Cryin' In The Morning

St. Louis Jimmy
- Trying To Change My Ways [= "Good Book Blues"]
Sunnyland Slim
- Orphan Boy Blues
Blind Billy Tate
- Ooh Wee Baby


Muse MR 5212 / Tobacco Road B/2537 / Happy Bird B 90084 reissues "prepared and edited by Fred Seibert"
Muse MR 5212 cover photo and design by Ron Warwell
Tobacco Road B/2537 cover photo by Jan Saudek
"Some compositions previously released on Savoy MG-16000"

Musidisc 30CV955 tracks:
Brownie McGhee
- Livin' With The Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Kid Man Blues
John Lee Hooker
- When My Wife Quit Me

St. Louis Jimmy
- Trying To Change My Ways [= "Good Book Blues"]
Pee Wee Hughes
- I'm A Country Boy
Curley Weaver
- She Don't Treat Me Good No More

Sunnyland Slim
- Orphan Boy Blues
Dennis McMillan
- Poor Little Angel Girl
Frank Edwards
- Gotta Get A Gettin' [actually "Gotta Get Together"] [Regal unissued]
Peg [sic] n' Whistle Red (Willie McTell)
- A To Z Blues
David Wylie
- You're Gonna Weep And Moan
Papa Lightfoot
- That Mean Old Train


Musidisc 30CV955 cover photo (John Lee Hooker) by Jean-Pierre Leloir




click to read liner notes!

click to read liner notes!

notes by Fred Mendelsohn

Savoy MG 16000 (US 1962)
"Living With The Blues"

notes by Chris Whent

= Realm/Oriole RM 209 (UK 1964)
"Livin' With The Blues"

notes by Chris Whent

= CBS 52209 (US 1964)
(CBS Realm Jazz series)
"Livin' With The Blues"

notes by Ed Salamon

= Muse MR 5212 (US 1979)
"Cryin' In The Morning"


= Tobacco Road B/2537 (Germany 1976?)
"What Is The Thing
Called Blues?"
(American
Jazz & Blues History Vol. 37)


= Happy Bird B 90084 (Germany 1979 "Jazz 2000")
"Cryin' In The Morning"


= Muse MR 5212
(Australia 1981)
"Cryin' In The Morning"


= Musidisc 30CV955 (Fr)
"Living With The Blues"

click to read liner notes!
= Musidisc 30CO955 (Fr "collection or")

531963WILLIE COBBS

- Hoppin' Bird (S 2980) (= "Don't Say Goodbye") [C&F 3000/1, Ascot 2113] #
- Slow Down (S 2981) * [Ruler 5000]   @ youtube

# rec. 1962 in Memphis, TN; Willie Cobbs, voc; Willie Mitchell, Bowlegs Miller, tp; Bill Harvey, ts; saxes, org; Prince Conley, g; b; dr
* no Sammy Lawhorn, wah wah g, overdub!


Ruler 1131 (US 1963)


= Rice Belt 1131 (US 1963)

541965Conversation With The Blues
A Documentary of Field Recordings by Paul Oliver

LP tracks:
Boogie Woogie Red - So Much Good Feeling (spoken, with own piano)
Willie Thomas - A Little Different spoken
James Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - Kill That Nigger Dead (Cage, vocal and fiddle; Thomas, vocal and guitar)
Lil' Son Jackson - The Onliest Way (spoken)
J.B. Lenoir - My Father's Style (guitar solo)
J.B. Lenoir - So It Rocked On (spoken)
J.B. Lenoir - Move To Kansas City (vocal and own guitar)
Otis Spann - When She Comes Back (spoken)
Otis Spann - Poor Country Boy (vocal, with own piano)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Ain't No Easy Thing (spoken)
Mance Lipscomb - Evil Heart Blues (vocal and own piano)
Blind Arvella Gray - A Roughneck (spoken) #
Roosevelt Sykes - West Helena Blues (vocal and guitar)
Will Shade - Days Of Nineteen-Hundred (spoken)
Will Shade - Newport News Blues (vocal and own guitar)
Whistling Alex Moore - Chock House Days (spoken)
Whistling Alex Moore - Come and Get Me (vocal and own piano)
Brother John Sellers - Move Back For What? (spoken)
J.B. Lenoir - I Been Down So Long (vocal and own guitar)

Jasper Love - Santa Fé Blues (vocal and piano)
John Lee Hooker - Somewhere Down The Line (spoken)
Robert Curtis Smith - I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change (vocal and own guitar)
Otis Spann - Only Places They Can Go (spoken)
Otis Spann - People Calls Me Lucky (vocal and own piano)
Henry Townsend - What Have I Committed (spoken)
James Butch Cage - Tween Midnight And Day (vocal and own guitar)
Little Brother Montgomery - Walking Basses (spoken)
Little Brother Montgomery - Dud Low Joe (piano solo)
Little Brother Montgomery - It's A Barrelhouse Blues (spoken) []
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues (vocal with piano)
Little Brother Montgomery - They Beat Me To Chicago (spoken) []
Roosevelt Sykes - They All Called Him 'Pork Chops' (spoken)
Roosevelt Sykes - Forty-Four Blues (vocal and own piano)

Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - Doctor Clayton And Me (spoken) []
Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - Take A Little Walk With Me (vocal with own electric guitar, with Sunnyland Slim, piano) []
Edwin Buster Pickens - To Have The Blues Within (spoken)
Mance Lipscomb - Blues In The Bottle (vocal and own guitar)

CD tracks:
- So Much Good Feeling - Boogie Woogie Red
- A Little Different - Willie Thomas
- Kill That Nigger Dead - James "Butch" Cage & Willie Thomas
- The Onliest Way - Lil Son Jackson
- My Father's Style / So It Rocked On / Move To Kansas City - J.B. Lenoir
- When She Come Back / Poor Country Boy - Otis Spann
- Ain't No Easy Thing - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Evil Heart Blues - Mance Lipscomb
- A Roughneck - Blind Arvella Gray #
- West Helena Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Days of 1900 / Newport News Blues - Will Shade
- Chock House Days / Come and Get Me - Whistling Alex Moore
- Move Back! For What? - Brother John Sellers
- Been Down So Long - J.B. Lenoir
- A Place They Call Boots' - James "Stump" Johnson []
- Henry Brown Blues - Henry Brown []
- They Called Us Gandy Dancers / Work Songs / John Henry - Blind Arvella Gray with Blind James Brewer # []
- Santa Fe Train - Edwin "Buster" Pickens
- Most Reason I Sing - Robert Curtis Smith
- Santa Fe Blues - Jasper Love
- Somewhere Down The Line - John Lee Hooker
- I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change - Robert Curtis Smith
- Only Places They Can Go / People Call Me Lucky - Otis Spann
- What Have I Committed? - Henry Townsend
- 'Tween Midnight And Day - James "Butch" Cage
- Walking Basses / Dud Low Joe / The First Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- They Call Him "Pork Chops" / Forty-Four Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Blues In The Bottle - Mance Lipscomb
- To Have The Blues Within - Edward "Buster" Pickens
- Colorado Springs Blues - Edwin "Buster" Pickens []


All tracks recorded between June 26 and August 28, 1960
# rec. July 17, 1960 in Chicago, IL

LP and CD have slightly different tracks: [] = not on LP resp. CD !!!

notes (plus 6-pp. insert) by Paul Oliver    Decca LK 4664 insert (1 sheet folded to 6 pp.)
 
Decca LK 4664 (UK 1965)

notes by Paul Oliver

= Decca LK 4664 (Germany 1965)

 

LP resp. CD accompanying Paul Oliver's book by the same title:


London (Cassell) (1st UK ed. 1965)   xv, 217 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm

 
New York (Horizon Press) (1st US ed. 1965)   xix, 217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

 
London ("Jazz Book Club") JBC 64 (2nd UK ed. 1967)


Cambridge (University Press) 0 521 59181 3 (revised edition of the original 1965 book with enclosed CD) (2nd US ed. 1997)


Doyosha LLC (1st Jp ed. 2016) ISBN 978-4-907511-25-8 (190 × 129 × 21,8 mm | 336 pages (incl. 48 photos) | weight: 9,5 pound; price: 1.850 JPY equals 14,84 EUR)   translated by Yasufumi Higurashi

551966Blues Classics Volume 3

Lonnie Coleman
- Old Rock Island Blues

Robert Lockwood
- Little Boy Blue
Wright Holmes
- Alley Blues
The Delta Boys
- You Shouldn't Say That
- Black Gal Swing
Barbecue Bob
- Ease It To Me Blues
Walter Roland
- 45 Pistol Blues
- Every Morning Blues
Willie McTell
- Kill It Kid [Atlantic 891]

Kid Stormy Weather
- Short Haired Blues
Casey Bill
-WPA Blues
Harmonika Frank
- Tom Cat Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Bumble Bee Blues
Black Boy Shine
- Sugarland Blues
Son Bond
- 80 Highway
Willie McTell
- Broke Down Engine [Atlantic 891]



Blues Classics BC 7

Blues Classics discography

561969St. Louis Jimmy / Sunnyland Slim / Little Brother Montgomery: After Hour Blues 1949

St. Louis Jimmy
- Hard Work Boogie [= "Hard Luck Boogie"]
- Your Evil Ways
- I Sit Up All Night
- State Street Blues (instr)
Sunnyland Slim
- When I Was Young (Shake It Baby, tk 1)
- When I Was Young (Shake It Baby, tk 2)

Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues #
- A & B Blues #
- After Hour Blues #
- Little Brother Stomp #
- No Special Rider *
- Vicksburg Blues *


St. Louis Jimmy tracks rec. April 19, 1949 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy Oden, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Big Crawford, b
# rec. April 19, 1949 in Chicago, IL
* rec. c. September 1930 in Grafton, WI (Paramount 13006)

notes by Chris Albertson

Biograph BLP 12010 (US 1969)


= Blue Moon BMLP 1.067 (UK 1989)

Biograph Records discography
Little Brother Montgomery discography

571970Robert Lockwood: Steady Rolling Man

- Steady Rollin' Man
- Western Horizon
- Take A Walk With Me
- Steady Groove (instr)
- Mean Red Spider
- Lockwood's Boogie (instr)

- Ramblin' On My Mind
- Blues And Trouble
- Worst Old Feeling
- Kind-Hearted Woman
- Can't Stand The Pain
- Tanya (instr)

Delmark DD 630 bonus tracks:
- Worst Old Feeling (alt)
- Lockwood's Boogie (alt)


Delmark DS 630

(=) Delmark DD 630

581970John Jeremy's Film
Blues Like Showers Of Rain
@ youtube

Gus Cannon
- My Money Never Runs Out
J.B. Lenoir
- It Hurts Me So Bad (Someday Baby)
Willie Thomas, James 'Butch' Cage & Grandson
- Little Red Rooster
Little Brother Montgomery
- Trembling Blues
J.B. Lenoir
- I Feel Like Playing My Box

Sunnyland Slim & Robert Lockwood
- Take a Little Walk With Me
Wade Walton & R.C. Smith
- Barbershop Rhythm
J.B. Lenoir
- I Been Down So Long [from Decca 4664]
Otis Spann
- People Call Me Lucky
Willie Thomas & James 'Butch' Cage
- Penitentiary Blues

Sunnyland Slim & Robert Lockwood Jr.
- Prison Bound
J.B. Lenoir
- I Don't Care What Nobody Say (Stand By Me)
Willie Thomas & James 'Butch' Cage
- Kill That Nigger Dead
J.B. Lenoir
- It Hurts Me So Bad (Someday Baby)
Robert Curtis Smith
- Blues


Kay 014 KJ (1979)
(30 minutes)


= Rhapsody 8022 (1986)


(=) Vestapol DVD 13003
(2003 "bonus track")
"Legends of Country
Blues Guitar Vol. 1"

591971WILLIE COBBS

- You Dont [sic] Love (M 18) [Mojo 2168, Hob 231, Vee-Jay 411, Bootheel 182] #   @ youtube
- Slow Down Baby (S 2981) * [Ruler 5000]   @ youtube

# rec. 1960 in Memphis, TN; Willie Cobbs, voc; Rico Collins, ts; Eddie Clark, p; Sammy Lawhorn, g; b; Wilbert Harris, dr
* Sammy Lawhorn, wah wah g, overdubbed


Ruler 900 (US 1971)

= Ruler 900 (UK 2010 repro)

601971Blues 1920-40

LP track sequence:
LP 1
Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd.

Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues

Frank Stokes - T'Ain't Nobody's Business
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman



LP 2
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz
Gus Cannon - Viola Lee Blues
Gus Cannon - Going To Germany
Gus Cannon - Walk Right In
Daddy Stovepipe - The Spasm

Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Head Woman
Tommy McClennan - De'se My Blues
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me



LP 3
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed
Leroy Carr - - Six Cold Feet In The Ground
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law
Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues - part 3
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues
Joe Pullum - Hard Working Man Blues [Bluebird B6276]

Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway



CD track sequence:
CD 1
Early Years of Country Blues
Tommy Johnson - Road Blues (3:18)
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues (3:37)
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues (3:24)
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues (2:49)
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues (2:34)
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues (2:59)
Clifford Gibson - She Rolls It Slow (2:44) °°
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd. (3:08)
Memphis Blues
Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving (3:11)
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues (3:05)

Frank Stokes - 'Taint Nobody's Business (3:11)
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream (2:52)
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got ... (2:56)
Sleepy John Estes - Poor John Blues (2:52) °°
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues (3:09)
Son Bonds - A Hard Pill To Swallow (2:58) °°
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman (3:13)
Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues (3:30)
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis (2:20)
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz (2:49)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues (3:08)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany (2:32)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In (2:52)
Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (2:54)
Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band - Gonna Hit The Highway (3:09) °°

CD 2
Mississippi Blues In The 30's
Tommy McClennan - Whisky Head Woman (3:00)
Tommy McClennan - Des'e My Blues (3:17)
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (3:21)
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 (3:12)
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama (2:46)
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues (2:52)
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me (2:55)
Piano Blues
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed (3:11)
Leroy Carr - Six Cold Feet In The Ground (3:06)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law (3:22)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Pete Wheatstraw (3:15)
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Part 3 (3:07)
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues (2:57)
Big Maceo - Detroit Jump (2:47) °°
Joe Pullum with Andy Boy - Hard Working Man Blues (3:35)
City Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues (3:22)
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues (3:32)
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues (3:11)
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl (3:01)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Elevator Woman (2:38) °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning (2:58)
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway (2:40)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right (2:54) °°


compiled by Yasufumi Higurashi, Toyo Nakamura & Hiroshi Suzuki; manufactured from Master Recordings of RCA corporation

°° CD has seven additional tracks!

3 LP folding box with 30-page booklet

RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp 1971)

3 LP slide-in box with 30-page booklet

= RCA Victor RA-9051/3 (Jp 1975)

2 CD set, notes by Hiroshi Suzuki, Toyo Nakamura, Yasufumi Higurashi, Hisamitsu Noguchi & Shoichi Yui

= RCA BVCP-8733/4 (Jp 1994) "Blues 1927-46"

2 CD set

= RCA BVCM-37530/1 (Jp 2004) "Blues 1927-46"

611972ROBERT LOCKWOOD JR. with George Cook & Gene Schwartz

- Selfish Ways (2:45)
- Down Home Cookin' (instr)

rec. c. 1972 in Detroit, MI; Robert Lockwood, voc, g; Gene Schwartz, b; George Cook, dr


Big Star BB 020 (US 1972)

621972Otis Spann: Walking The Blues
Featuring: St. Louis Jimmy and Robert Lockwood, Jr.

- It Must Have Been The Devil #
- Otis' Blues (Spann piano solo)
- Going Down Slow *
- Half Ain't Been Told #
- Monkey Face Woman *
- This Is The Blues (Spann piano solo)

- Evil Ways #
- Come Day, Go Day *
- Walking The Blues (Spann piano solo)
- Bad Condition *
- My Home Is On The Delta #

rec. August 23, 1960 in New York, NY; Otis Spann, p, # voc; * St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Robert Lockwood, g

photograph on Candid 9025/Candid CCD 79025 by Sylvia Pitcher


Barnaby KZ 31290 (US 1972)   [originally
intended as Candid 8/9025]


= Candid 9025 (US 1987)

notes by Tony Russell

= Candid CCD 79025 (US 1989)

631973Roosevelt Sykes: Feel Like Blowing My Horn

- Feel Like Blowing My Horn #   @ youtube
- My Hamstring's Poppin'
- I'm A Nut
- Blues Will Prank Your Soul
- Sykes' Gumboogie (instr) #

- Rock-A-Bye Birdie
- Moving Blues
- All Days Are Good Days
- Eagle-Rock Me, Baby #
- Jubilee Time #

CD bonus tracks:
- All Days Are Good Days (alt tk)
- Jubilee Time (alt tk) #
- Don't Bat Your Eye
- Love The One You're With

rec. August 10/11, 1970 in Chicago, IL; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; # King Kolax, tp; Sax Mallard, cl, ts; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Dave Myers, b; Fred Below, dr

Roosevelt Sykes discography


Delmark DS 632

= Delmark CD DS 632

641974Robert Jr. Lockwood: Contrasts

- Little Boy Blue (Lockwood) (73-0854) #   @ youtube
- Come Day, Go Day (Lockwood) (73-0864) |||   @ youtube
- Annie's Boogie (Lockwood) (instr)) (73-0861) *   @ youtube
- Driving Wheel (Sykes) (73-0863) ||   @ youtube
- Funny, But True (Lockwood) (73-0866) |||   @ youtube
- Mr. Down Child (Johnson/Lockwood) (73-0859) #   @ youtube
- Lonely Man (Lockwood) (73-0855) #   @ youtube

- Hold Everything (Lockwood) (73-0865) |||   @ youtube
- Dust My Broom (Johnson/Lockwood) (73-0858) #   @ youtube
- Majors, Minors & Ninths (Lockwood) (instr) (73-0867) |||   @ youtube
- Forever On My Mind (Lockwood) (73-0860) *   @ youtube
- I Am To Blame (Lockwood) (73-0857) #   @ youtube
- Howdy Dowdy (Lockwood) (instr) (73-0862)   @ youtube
- Empty Life (Lockwood) (73-0856) #   @ youtube

prod. by Robert Lockwood & Pete Lowry; "thanks to Roger Brown for making this album possible"
# rec. June 8, 1973 at Roger Brown's home in Hiram, OH; Robert Lockwood, voc, g; Gene Schwartz, b
* rec. June 13, 1973 in Cleveland, OH; Robert Lockwood, voc, g; Maurice Reedus, ts; Gene Schwartz, b; George Cook, dr
|| rec. June 18, 1973 in Cleveland, OH; Robert Lockwood, voc, g; ||| Maurice Reedus, ts; Gene Schwartz, b; George Cook, dr
Trix LP/CD cover photo by George Mitchell; liner photos by Pete Lowry

notes by Roger S. Brown
  Lockwood signature
Trix 3307

notes by Roger S. Brown

= Trix CD 3307 (US 1993)


= Trix CS 3307 (1993) (cassette)

2 CD set
notes by Kevin Calabro & Fetzer Mills Jr.

(=) 32 Blues 32109 (US 1999) (along with 'Does 12') "The Complete Trix Recordings"


= Savoy Jazz SVY17312 (US 2003)

Trix Records discography

651974Lonesome Road Blues
15 Years in the Mississippi Delta 1926 - 1941

Big Joe Williams
- Little Leg Woman
Arthur Pettis
- Good Boy Blues
Sonny Boy Nelson
- Street Walkin'
Mississippi Bracey [Bracy]
- Stered Gal [Stir It, Gal]
- Cherry Ball
Sam Collins
- My Road Is Rough And Rocky
- Lobesome Road Blues

Robert Petway
- Catfish Blues
Freddie Spruell
- Milk Cow Blues
- Tom Cat Blues
Skip James
- I'm So Glad

Robert Lockwood
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Johnny Temple
- The Evil Devil Blues
The Mississippi Moaner
- It's Cold In China Blues


notes by Stephen Calt and John Miller

Yazoo L-1038


= Yazoo L-1038


= Yazoo CD 1038 (1992?)

Yazoo Records discography

661975Robert Jr. Lockwood & The Aces: Blues Live

Trio PA-6024 / Advent 2807 tracks (LP):
- Sweet Home Chicago
- Going Down Slow
- Worried Life Blues
- Anna Lee #
- One Room Country Shack #

- Stormy Monday
- Feel All Right Again
- Honky Tonk (instr)
- Mean Black Spider
- Little And Low

Vivid VSCD-011 bonus tracks:
- You Upset Me Baby
- Sweet Little Angel
- Just Like A Woman
- Juke (instr)

Vivid VSCD-3107/08 bonus tracks (= CD 3):
- Work Song
- Caldonia
- What'd I Say
Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon
- Corina Corina
- When The Saints Go Marchin' In


rec. November 27 and 28, 1974 live at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, Japan; Robert Jr. Lockwood, voc, g; Louis Myers, g, # voc; Dave Myers, b; Fred Below, dr


Trio PA-6024 (Jp 1975) "Blues Live"

notes by Steve Tomashevsky

= Advent 2807 (US 1976) "Blues Live In Japan"


= Art Union/Vivid KEN-2001 (Jp 1999)


(=) Vivid VSCD-011 (Jp 20??)

3 CD set

(=) Vivid VSCD-3107/08 (Jp 2008) (VSCD-011 plus VSCD-033 plus bonus CD 3)

Trio Records discography
Advent Records discography

671975Mississippi Blues In The 40s

Tommy McClennan
- New Shake 'Em On Down
- My Baby's Gone
- Blues Trip Me This Morning
- Roll Me, Baby
- Blue As I Can Be

Robert Lockwood
- Black Spider Blues
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby

Robert Lockwood
- Little Boy Blue
Arthur Crudup
- If I Get Lucky
Robert Petway
- Ride 'Em On Down
- Left My Baby Crying
- Sleepy Woman Blues
- Bertha Lee Blues
- In The Evening


album conception by Toyo Nakamura

notes (in Japanese) by Yasufumi Higuarsi

RCA RVC RA-5708 (Jp 1975)

68197?Delmark Blues Masterpiece

- All Of Your Love - Magic Sam
- Indiana Woman Blues - Big Joe Williams
- If You Change Your Mind - J.B. Hutto
- Little Angel Child - Jimmy Dawkins
- All Days Are Good Days - Roosevelt Sykes
- Sad Dreams - Carey Bell


- Steady Rollin' Man - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Diving Duck Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- All Pretty Wimmins - Jo Jo Williams
- Coal Black Mare - Arthur Crudup
- You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now - Luther Allison
- Wilkins Street Stomp - Speckled Red
- Early In The Morning - Junior Wells


"Special Album" (promotion LP)


Delmark/Trio TD6 (Jp)

691976Windy City Blues
The Transition: 1935 to 1953

Pinetop [Aaron 'Pinetop' Sparks]
- Every Day I Have The Blues
State Street Boys
- Sweet To Mama
Washboard Sam
- Easy Ridin' Mama
Robert Lee McCoy
- Prowlin' Nighthawk
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Sunnyland
- My Little Cornelius

Robert Lockwood
- Black Spider Blues
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby

Guitar Pete Franklin
- Down Behind The Rise
- Casey Brown Blues
Tampa Red
- Green And Lucky Blues

Robert Lockwood
- Gonna Dig Myself A Hole
- Dust My Broom
Tony Hollins
- Fishin' Blues
- Wino Woman
Johnny Shines
- Please Don't


notes by Leroy Pierson
click to read liner notes!
Nighthawk 101

Nighthawk Records discography

701977The Blues

Volume 1: Country and City Blues
- Working Man Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- I'se Just A Bad Luck Man - Casey Bill Weldon
- Friendless Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Vitamin A - Big Joe Williams
- Mozelle Blues - Tommy McClennan
- Big Woman Blues - Johnny Temple
- When You Feel Down - Lonny Johnson
- If I Get Lucky - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup

- For B.B. King - T-Bone Walker
- Mercy Mama - Tampa Red
- Devil's Son-In-Law - Peetie Wheatstraw

- Black Spider Blues - Robert Lockwood Jr.
- What Have I Done - Lil Green
- My Black Name Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- She's Making A Fool Out Of Me - Washboard Sam
- You Got To Run Me Down - William 'Jazz' Gillum



Volume 2: Blues Pianists, Boogie Woogie and Blues Shouters
- Winter Time Blues - Big Maceo
- Sunny Road - Roosevelt Sykes
- Just One More Time - Walter Davis
- Rocks In My Bed - Leroy Carr
- Caught The Old Coon At Last - Memphis Slim
- Jivin' The Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Eddie's Blues - Eddie Boyd
- Chicago Breakdown - Big Maceo

- Slow And Easy Blues - Jimmy Yancey
- Cuttin' The Boogie - Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons
- Bye Bye Baby - Jimmy Rushing
- How Long How Long Blues - Big Joe Turner
- Cleanhead Blues - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson
- Hootie Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Thirsty Mama Blues - Hot Lips Page
- Moaning The Blues - Victoria Spivey



Volume 3: When The Jazzmen Play The Blues
- Back O'Town Blues - Louis Armstrong
- Winnin' [sic] Boy Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
- Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning - Sidney Bechet
- If You See Me Comin' - Mezzrow Ladnier Quintet
- Across The Track Blues - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
- House Rent Boogie - Count Basie & His Orchestra
- After Hours - Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
- Ride My Blues Away - Harlan Leonard & His Rockets

- That's The Blues Old Man - Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra
- Mobile Bay - Rex Stewart
- Rangoon - Cootie Williams
- A Tiny Bit Of Blues - Big Maceo
- Fats Waller's Original E Flat Blues - Fats Waller
- Low Bottom no 2 - Wild Bill Davis
- Hey Ba-Ba Re-Bop / Hamp's Boogie Woogie - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra


prod. by Jean-Paul Guitier

boxed set of 3 LPs
notes by Michael Walter (translated by Don Waterhouse)
   
RCA PM 42039 (Fr 1977)

711978Robert Jr. Lockwood ... Does 12

- Just A Little Bit (Gordon)   @ youtube
- This Is The Blues (Lockwood)   @ youtube
- Down Home Cooking (Lockwood) (instr)   @ youtube
- Walkin' Blues (Johnson)   @ youtube
- Angel Child (Lockwood)   @ youtube
- Terraplane Blues (Johnson)   @ youtube

- Red Top (Ammons) (instr)   @ youtube
- Selfish Ways (Lockwood)   @ youtube
- Half Steppin' (Lockwood) (instr)   @ youtube
- Little Queen Of Spades (Johnson)   @ youtube
- King Biscuit Time   @ youtube

rec. December 4 & 5, 1975 at Nashville North Studios in Parma, OH; Robert Lockwood, voc, g; Maurice Reedus, ts; Mark Hahn, g; Gene Schwartz, b; Jimmy Jones, dr; prod. by Robert Lockwood & Pete Lowry
Trix LP/CD photos by Pete Lowry

notes by Tim (Mit) Schuller

Trix 3317 (US 1978)


= Trix CD 3317 (US 1998)

2 CD set
notes by Kevin Calabro & Fetzer Mills Jr.

(=) 32 Blues 32109 (US 1999) (along with 'Contrasts') "The Complete Trix Recordings"


= Savoy Jazz SVY17312 (US 2003)

Trix Records discography

721978Blues Is Killing Me
14 Rare Performances

Leroy Foster - Blues Is Killin' Me   @ youtube
Robert Lockwood - Dust My Broom   @ youtube
Grace Brim - Man Around My Door   @ youtube
Floyd Jones - Big World   @ youtube
J.B. Lenoir - How Much More   @ youtube
Moody Jones - Please Somebody   @ youtube
Harry Brooks - Black Mare   @ youtube

"poss. "Elga Edmonds" [Elga Edmonds]" [actually Ernest 'Little Son Joe' Lawlars] - Ethel Bea   @ youtube
Eddie Boyd - Hard Headed Woman   @ youtube
Sunnyland Slim - The Devil Is A Busy Man   @ youtube
B.B. King - Recession Blues   @ youtube
John & Grace Brim - Hard Pill To Swallow   @ youtube
Memphis Minnie and Her Combo - World Of Trouble   @ youtube
Percy Parham - Just A Mouse   @ deezer


the woman depicted on the front cover might be Ethel McCoy or Fannie Brewer (wife of Jim Brewer)

notes by Pete Welding

Juke Joint 1501

731978going to chicago blues!   1949-1957

Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Aw Aw Baby [J.O.B. 1107]   @ youtube
- Sweet Woman From Maine [J.O.B. 1107]   @ youtube
L.C. McKinley
- Blue Evening (Blues) [Vee Jay unissued]   @ youtube
J.B. Lenoir
- In The Evening [J.O.B. unissued]   @ youtube
- Please Don't Go Away [J.O.B. unissued]   @ youtube
Forest City Joe
- Ash Street Boogie [Aristocrat unissued]   @ youtube

Willie Mabon
- It's Gonna Hurt You [Federal unissued]   @ youtube
- Got To Find My Baby [Federal unissued]   @ youtube
Robert Jenkins Trio
- Steelin' Boogie pt. 1 [Parkway 103]   @ youtube
- Steelin' Boogie pt. 2 [Parkway 103]   @ youtube
Sunnyland Slim
- Back To Korea [Sunny 101]   @ youtube
- It's All Over Now [Sunny 101]   @ youtube


A Division of Son Brimmer Enterprises
Album production: Joe Willie Gilmore
Liner notes: Hayes Williams
Mastering: Friday Ford Studios
Design and Calligraphy: Garfield Akers
Photos: Dudlow Tutwiler Archives


Negro Rhythm 107 [George Paulus label]
BU 130/26

73a1979Little Willie Anderson: Swinging The Blues
featuring Robert Jr. Lockwood

- Come Here Mama   @ youtube   @ spotify
- Willie's Women Blues #   @ spotify
- Lester Leaps In (instr) []   @ spotify
- Everything Gonna Be Alright #   @ spotify
- Late Night (instr) #   @ spotify

- 69th Street Bounce (instr)   @ spotify
- Looking For You Baby   @ youtube   @ spotify
- Been Around   @ spotify
- West Side Baby   @ youtube   @ spotify
- Big Fat Mama #   @ spotify

rec. July 8, 1979 at Birdland Recording Studio in Chicago, IL; Little Willie Anderson, voc, hca; [] Pete Haskin, as; Robert Jr. Lockwood, Sammy Lawhorn, g; Jimmy Lee Robinson, b, # g; Willie Black, b; Fred Below, dr; prod. by Bob Corritore
photography by Jim O'Neal

notes (Oct. 1979) by Dick Shurman

Blues Over Blues
BOB 2701 (US 1979) [Bob Corritore's label]

notes (Oct. 1979) by Dick Shurman

= Earwig CD 4930 (US 1994)

Little Willie Anderson discography

741980Johnny Shines & Robert Lockwood: Dust My Broom
The Job series Vol. 1

Johnny Shines
- Ramblin' [J.O.B. 116]
- Fish Tail [J.O.B. unissued]
- Cool Driver [J.O.B. 116]
- Ain't Doin' No Good [J.O.B. unissued]

Robert Lockwood
- Dust My Broom [J.O.B. unissued, Juke Joint 1501]
- Pearly B [J.O.B. unissued]
- Aw Aw Baby [J.O.B. 1107]
- Sweet Woman From Maine [J.O.B. 1107]

Johnny Shines
- Evening Sun
- No Name Blues
- Brutal Hearted Woman
- Gonna Call The Angel (rehearsal)
- Gonn Call The Angel (tk 3)
- Evening Shuffle

Robert Lockwood
- Dust My Broom (alt tk) [J.O.B. unissued]

notes by Mike Rowe

Flyright FLY 563

(=) Flyright FLYCD 10 (UK 1989)
= Paula PCD 14 (US 1990)

Johnny Shines discography
Flyright Records discography

751980Robert Jr. Lockwood & Johnny Shines: Hangin' On

- Big John \\ *
- Hangin' On // #
- Full Grown Woman // *
- Razzmadazz (instr) \\ #
- We're Gonna Ball Tonight \\ *
- Early In The Morning // *

- Here It is Brother // #
- Mean Mistreater \\ #
- Goin' To England // *
- I Gotta Find My Baby \\ #
- Just The Blues // #
- Lonesome Whistle \\ *

// rec. January 16/17, 1980 in Cleveland, OH; Robert Jr. Lockwood, electric & acoustic 12-string g, # voc; Johnny Shines, electric & acoustic g, * voc; Peter Haskin, as; Harold D. Arnold, Sr., ts; Harold D. Arnold, Jr., electric p; James C. Garrett, b; Wilford Core, dr

\\ rec. January 18, 1980 in Newton, MA; Robert Jr. Lockwood, electric & acoustic 12-string g, # voc; Johnny Shines, electric & acoustic g, * voc

Rounder 2023 photographs by John Earl, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

notes by Peter Guralnick

Rounder 2023 (US 1980)


= Paris Album PLB 2-28516 (Fr 1980)

= Bluesmen BS-32221

notes by Frank-John Hadley

(=) Bullseye Blues CD 9623 "Robert Jr. Lockwood: Just The Blues" (only tracks featuring Lockwood on lead voc)

Johnny Shines discography
Rounder Records discography

761980Delta Blues Festival '79

Napoleon Strickland Fife and Drum Band (Jesse Mae Hemphill, Abe Young)
- Shimmy Shawhaha
Boyd Rivers
- Grow Sick And Die
Clyde Maxwell
- Alberta
Big Joe Williams
- Tell Me Mama
Harmonica Medley:
Napoleon Strickland
- Fox Chase
- Let's Boogie
Hammie Nixon
- Rock Me Mama
- Mule To Ride
Sam Chatmon & Eugene Powell
- How Long

Johnny Shines
- Have You Ever Loved A Woman
Sam Myers
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
Sylvia Embry
- Goin' To New York

Betty Fikes & Johnny Shines Band feat. Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Rock Me Baby
Lefty Dizz
- You Might Have Made Your Move Too Soon


rec. September 8, 1979 in Freedom Village (outside Greenville), Mississippi, by Worth Long in cooperation with Mississippi Action for Community Education (MACE)


Delta Blues DBF 79

771980Mississippi Delta Blues

Boyd Rivers   @ youtube
- You Got To Take Sick And Die One Of These Days
- When I Cross Over
Clyde Maxwell   @ youtube
- I Left Alabama
Hammie Nixon [& Napoleon Strickland]   @ youtube
- I'm A Tatta [actually "(Po)Tato"] Digging Man [Nixon]
- Fox Hound [Strickland]
- Sent My Baby A Brand New Twenty Dollar Bill [Nixon]
- Let's Boogie [Strickland]
- Rock Me Baby [Nixon]
Big Joe Williams   @ youtube
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Don't You Wish Your Woman Was Tailored Made Like Mine [actually "Tailor Made"]
- Came Home This Morning
Sam Chatmon & Eugene Powell   @ youtube
- We Going Round The Mountain
- How Long That Evening Train Been Gone
Johnny Shines   @ youtube
- You Got To Pay The Cost
- I Walked All The Way From East St. Louis Today

Betty Fikes & Johnny Shines Band feat. Robert Jr. Lockwood   @ youtube
- Rock Me Baby, Rock Me All Night Long
Johnny Shines with Robert Lockwood Jr.   @ youtube
- They Call Me Little Wolf
Sylvia Embry   @ youtube
- I'm Going To New York, Even If I Have To Walk
Lefty Dizz
- Make Your Move Too Soon


filmed September 8, 1979 live at the 1st [*not* 2nd (1980), as the VHS' notes claim!] Mississippi Delta Blues Festival at Freedom Village (outside Greenville), Mississippi by Worth Long in cooperation with Mississippi Action for Community Education (MACE); hosted by Willie Dixon; VHS 60 min, colour, mono


Kay Jazz KJ 081 (UK 1980)

781981Robert Jr. Lockwood & Johnny Shines:
Mister Blues Is Back To Stay


- For You My Love #
- My Bad Luck Soul *
- Party Time #
- I Want You To Know (instr)
- Rockin' Free #

- Mister Blues []
- Soul Power *
- Blues On The Hour (instr)
- Inflation Blues *
- Stake A Claim # []
- Hey Hey #

rec. April 3 & 6, 1981 in Jamaica Plain & Newton, MA; Robert Jr. Lockwood, electric & acoustic 12-string g, # voc; * Johnny Shines, voc; Paul Combs, as, ss; Bobby Marcus, as, ts; Maurice Reedus, ts; [] Scott Billington, chromatic hca; Carl "Ace" Carter, p; James C. Garrett, b; Wilford Core, Jimmy Hoare, dr; J.K. Terrell, congas, percussion

photographs by John Earl, Tuscaloosa, Alabama (front cover photo hand tinted by Susan March [?]) except group photo by ??? Train [?]

Johnny Shines' first post-stroke record


Rounder 2026 (US 1981)


= Atlas LA25-5002 (Jp 1983)

notes by Frank-John Hadley

(=) Bullseye Blues CD 9623 "Robert Jr. Lockwood: Just The Blues" (only tracks featuring Lockwood on lead voc)

Johnny Shines discography
Rounder Records discography

791982Robert Lockwood plays Robert & Robert

- Rambling On My Mind
- Kindhearted Woman Blues
- Walking Blues
- I'm A Steady Rollin' Man
- Sweet Home Chicago
- Little Queen Of Spades

- Western Horizon
- She's Little And She's Low
- Little Boy Blue
- Lockwood's Boogie
- Take A Walk With Me
- See See Rider
- Sweet Home Chicago [alt tk]

rec. November 28, 1982 in Paris, France; Robert Lockwood, voc, g


Black & Blue 33.740 (Fr 1982)

= Black & Blue CD 59.740

= Evidence ECD 26020

(=) Black & Blue BB 438-2 "Ramblin' On My Mind"

801987Mississippi Country Blues Vol. 1   (1935-1951)
Delta Blues Goin' North

DLP 19 track sequence:
Robert Johnson
- Ramblin' On My Mind
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Phonograph Blues
- Cross Road Blues
- Little Queen Of Spades
- Drunken Hearted Man
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues
- Love In Vain
Otto Virgial
- Got The Blues About Rome [Bluebird B6279]
- Seven Year Itch [Bluebird B6279]


Robert Lockwood
- Black Spider Blues
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby
- Little Boy Blue
- Take A Little Walk With Me
- I'm Gonna Dig A Hole Myself
- Dust My Broom
Otto Virgial
- Little Girl In Rome [Bluebird B6213]
- Bad Notion Blues [Bluebird B6213]


DOCD 5682 track sequence:
Otto Virgial
- Little Girl In Rome [Bluebird B6213]
- Bad Notion Blues [Bluebird B6213]
- Got The Blues About Rome [Bluebird B6279]
- Seven Year Itch [Bluebird B6279]
Robert Johnson
- Ramblin' On My Mind
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Terraplane Blues
- Phonograph Blues
- Cross Road Blues
- Walkin' Blues
- Little Queen Of Spades
- Drunken Hearted Man
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues
- Traveling Riverside Blues
- Love In Vain

Robert Lockwood
- Black Spider Blues
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby
- Little Boy Blue
- Take A Little Walk With Me
- I'm Gonna Dig A Hole Myself
- Dust My Broom
- Aw Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago)
- Sweet Woman From Maine


Document DLP 519


(=) Document DOCD 5682 (2007) "Mississippi Blues Vol. 4" (new material digitally remastered by Gary Atkinson in 2007)

Document Records discography

811989Johnny Shines / Robert Jr. Lockwood

Johnny Shines
- Ramblin'
- Fish Tail
- Cool Driver
- Ain't Doin' No Good
- Evening Sun
- No Name Blues
- Brutal Hearted Woman
- Gonna Call The Angel
- Gonna Call The Angel
- Evening Shuffle

Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dust My Broom
- Pearly B
- Aw Aw Baby
- Sweet Woman From Maine
- You've Got To Stop This Mess
- Glad I Don't Worry No More
- Down Home Child
- Sunny Land Special
- Leaving Your Town
- Dust My Broom (alt)

Flyright FLY 563 plus five (Robert Lockwood) bonus tracks

notes by Mike Rowe

Flyright FLYCD 10 (UK 1989)


= Paula PCD-14 (US 1990)

P-Vine PCD 24051 (Jp 2003)

Johnny Shines discography
Flyright Records discography

821991Mississippi Blues (1935-1951)
The Complete Recorded Works Of Otto Virgial, Robert Petway, Robert Lockwood

Robert Lockwood
- Black Spider Blues
- Dust My Broom
- I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby
- Little Boy Blue
- Take A Walk With Me
Robert Petway
- Bertha Lee Blues
- Boogie Woogie Woman
- Catfish Blues
- Cotton Pickin' Blues
- Don't Go Down Baby
- Hollow Log Blues
- In The Evening
- Left My Baby Crying
- Let Me Be Your Boss
- My Baby Left Me
- My Little Girl
- Ride 'Em On Down
- Rockin' Chair Blues
- Sleepy Woman Blues
Otto Virgial
- Bad Notion Blues
- Got The Blues About Rome
- Little Girl In Rome
- Seven Year Itch


notes by Alan Balfour

Wolf WBCD-005 (Austria 1991)

831992Roots of Rhythm & Blues
A Tribute to the Robert Johnson Era


Johnny 'Ned' Shines & Kent DuChaine & ensemble
- Sweet Home Chicago
Lonnie Pitchford
- Come On In My Kitchen
Moving Star Hall Singers
- You've Got To Move
Henry Townsend
- All My Money's Gone

Robert Jr. Lockwood & Gene Schwartz, b
- How Long, How Long Blues
David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
- That's Alright
Jesse Mae Hemphill
- Train, Train
Elder Roma Wilson
- This Train
Phil Wiggins
- Silver Comet Train
Railroad Maintenance Crew
- Captain Can't Read
Johnny 'Ned' Shines
- Satisfied
- Watermelons
David Savage
- I'm Going Home
John Cephas & Phil Wiggins
- Brownsville Blues
Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble
- Loved And Lost
Lonnie Pitchford
- Walking Blues
Johnny 'Ned' Shines
- Tell Me Daddy, How You Want Your Rolling Done
David Savage
- Bertha
Moving Star Hall Singers
- If You Miss Me
Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble
- Moon Is Rising

Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Kindhearted Woman Blues
Toshi Reagon
- I Hate To See The Sun Go Down
Lonnie Pitchford
- Terraplane Blues
Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble
- Milk Cow Blues
- Fat Mama


notes by Barry Lee Pearson with introduction by Bernice Johnson Reagon
click to read liner notes!
CBS 48584

83a1992The Complete Candid Otis Spann, Lightnin' Hopkins Sessions



# rec. August 23, 1960 in New York, NY; Otis Spann, voc, p; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Robert Lockwood, g

notes by Mark A. Humphrey and Michael Cuscuna

Mosaic MR5-139 (US 1992)

83b1993Delmark 40th Anniversary Blues

Junior Wells - Snatch It Back And Hold It
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go
Jimmie Lee Robinson - Lonely Traveller
Big Time Sarah - I Make Love
Dave Specter, Barkin' Bill Smith - Things I'd Do For You

Robert Lockwood Jr. - Rambling On My Mind
Sleepy John Estes - I'd Been Well Warned
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right
Otis Rush - You're Breakin' My Heart (alt tk)
J.B. Hutto - Slidewinder
Roosevelt Sykes - Eagle Rock Me Baby
Jimmy Johnson - Easy Money
Curtis Jones - Highway 51 Blues
Edith Wilson - Mistreatin' Blues
Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen
Yank Rachell - Let Me Tangle In Your Vines
Jesse Fortune - Fortune Tellin' Man
Willie Kent - Memory Of You
Magic Sam - I Need You So Bad



Delmark DX-2 (US 1993)

Delmark Records discography

841993Chicago Blues Festival Vol. 4 1977-1982

- Key To The Highway - Luther Allison
- Love Me Papa - Luther Allison
- Man Or Mouse - Magic Slim
- I'm Mad - Alabama Junior
- Sky Is Crying - Magic Slim
- Dust My Broom - John Littlejohn
- Feel So Blue - Lafayette Leake
- Blue Shadows - Lefty Dizz
- One Eyed Woman - Johnny Big Moose Walker
- West Helena Blues - George "Harmonica" Smith
- Leave Your Love In Greater Hands - J.B. Hutto

- She's Light And Low - Robert Lockwood, Jr.
- Ramblin' On My Mind - Robert Lockwood, Jr.
- My Heart Is Achin' To Love You - J.B. Hutto
- J.B.'s Crawl - J.B. Hutto


Black and Blue 604 (Fr 1993)

851995Ain't Times Hard
Modern Blues Anthology

CD 1
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Well That's All Right - Howlin' Wolf
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Seems Like A Million Years - Willie Nix
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Easy - Big Walter Horton
- Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog) - Rufus Thomas
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy De Berry
- Feelin' Good - Junior Parker
- Mystery Train - Junior Parker
- The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross
- Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love
- Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor

- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- So Long Baby, Goodbye - Willie Johnson

CD 2
- I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor
- Hands Off - Priscilla Bowman
- I Ain't Got You - Billy Boy Arnold
- Every Woman I Know (Crazy About Automobiles) - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Big Walter Horton
- The Telephone Is Ringing - Pee Wee Crayton
- Going Back Home - Big Joe Williams
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- The Twelve Year Old Boy - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed
- Blues Get Off My Shoulder - Bobby Parker
- Mama, You Got A Daughter - John Lee Hooker
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark
- Roll You Moneymaker - Shakey Jake
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Number Nine Train - Tarheel Slim
- Kansas City - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker


cd 3
- Bad Luck And Trouble - Boogie Jake
- No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed
- Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim
- Just A Little Bit - Rosco Gordon
- Fannie Mae - Buster Brown
- Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong - Edgar Blanchard
- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- You Don't Have To Go - Sam Myers
- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Christine Kitrell
- You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
- Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
- Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
- Mean Old Frisco - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- Too Many Cooks - Jesse Fortune
- Cut You A-Loose - Rick Allen
- You Better Stop - Andrew Brown


cd 4
- Rough Dried Woman, Pt. 1 - Big Mac
- Ain't Broke Ain't Hungry - Polka Dot Slim
- Figure Head - Lonnie Brooks
- The Way I Feel - Detroit Junior
- Southern Country Boy - Carter Brothers
- Out Of Bad Luck - Magic Sam
- Ride With Your Daddy Tonight - Frank Frost
- Say You're Leavin' - Fenton Robinson
- She's Crazy 'bout Entertainers - Jerry Mccain
- Hard Times - Young, Mighty Joe
- Rambling Woman - Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker
- Put It All In There - George 'Wild Child' Butler
- Long Way From Home - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Rock Me Baby - Ike And Tina Turner
- Cummins Prison Farm - Calvin Leavy
- Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
- Shakin' Hands With The Judge - Little Joe Blue
- My Baby - Lowell Fulson
- High Cost Of Livin' - Al King
- It's My Fault Darling - Little Johnny Taylor
- Go And Help Yourself - Albert Washington
- Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man, Pt. 1 - Bobby Rush
- Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton
- Food Stamp Blues - Eddie Lang


compiled by Les Fancourt

4 CD set with 44 pp. booklet

Charly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)

861996Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Story   1945-1955

disc 2:
- Mud Kickin' Woman - Sunnyland Slim & His Sunny Boys
- Evertime I Get to Drinkin' - Sunnyland Slim & His Sunny Boys
- Train Is Comin' - Memphis Slim
- The Question - Memphis Slim
- I'm a Good Rockin' Daddy - Ray Snead
- Drivin' Me Mad - Memphis Slim
- Never Let Me Love - Memphis Slim
- Train Time - Memphis Slim
- Blue Evening - Memphis Slim
- Get Back (Black, Brown and White) - Big Bill Broonzy
- Willie Mae Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- I Know She Will - Big Bill Broonzy
- Leavin' Day - Big Bill Broonzy
- Southbound Train - Big Bill Broonzy
- Tomorrow - Big Bill Broonzy
- You Changed - Big Bill Broonzy

- I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole - Robert Lockwood Jr. [Mercury 8260]
- Dust My Broom - Robert Lockwood Jr. [Mercury 8260]
- Glory For Man - Robert Lockwood Jr. [Mercury unissued]
- My Daily Wish - Robert Lockwood Jr. [Mercury unissued]
- No Mail Blues - Memphis Slim
- You're Gonna Need My Help Someday - Memphis Slim
- Ain't Nothing But a Child - Sunnyland Slim & His Trio
- Brown Skinned Woman - Sunnyland Slim & His Trio
- Hit the Road Again - Sunnyland Slim & His Trio
- Gin Drinkin' Baby - Sunnyland Slim & His Trio
- Leap Year Blues - Sax Mallard & His Orchestra


8 CD set
notes by Dick Shurman, Mary Katherine Aldin, Jim O'Neal & Billy Vera

Mercury CD 8-528292

871999Robert Jr. Lockwood: Just The Blues

- Hangin' On
- Stake A Claim
- Razzmadazz
- Here It Is, Brother
- For You My Love
- Mean Mistreater
- Rockin' Free
- We're Gonna Ball Tonight
- Blues On The Hour
- I Gotta Find My Baby
- Just The Blues

Robert Jr. Lockwood, voc, electric & acoustic 12-string g; Johnny Shines, electric & acoustic g; Carl "Ace" Carter, p; Peter Haskin, Bobby Marcus, alto sax; Harold D. Arnold, Sr., Paul Combs, Maurice Reedus. El., Sr., ten sax; Harold D. Arnold, Jr., electric p; James C. Garrett, b; Wirtford Core, Jimmy Hoare, dr; Scott Billington, chromatic hca; J.K. Terrell, congas, percussion

Rounder 2023 / Rounder 2026

notes by Frank-John Hadley

Bullseye Blues CD 9623

881999Robert Jr. Lockwood & The Aces: Blues Live !   II

- Everyday I Have The Blues
- Early In The Morning
- Guitar Instrumental
- Route 66 ||
- Things Happening
- Money Marbles And Chalk
- Hide Away (instr)
- Reconsider Baby
- Harp Instrumental
- New Orleans
- Hoochie Koochie Man
- Steal Away
- Got My Mojo Working
Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon
- Corina Corina


Vivid VSCD-3107/08 bonus tracks (= CD 3):
- Work Song
- Caldonia
- What'd I Say
Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon
- Corina Corina
- When The Saints Go Marchin' In


Lockwood tracks rec. November 27 and 28, 1974 live at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, Japan; Robert Jr. Lockwood, voc, g; Louis Myers, g, # voc; Dave Myers, b; Fred Below, dr, || voc


= Vivid VSCD-033 (Jp 1999)

3 CD set

(=) Vivid VSCD-3107/08 (Jp 2008) (VSCD-011 plus VSCD-033 plus bonus CD 3)

891999Bob Corritore: All-Star Blues Sessions

- Hip Shakin' - Lil' Ed Williams
- Out On The Road - Jimmy Rogers

- Naptown Blues - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Everybody's Fishin' - Henry Gray
- Hear That Rumblin' - Clarence Edwards
- Five Long Years - Chico Chism
- How Many More Years - Henry Gray
- Goin' Down South - R.L. Burnside
- Cool Calm Collected - King Karl
- Coal Black Mare - Clarence Edwards
- Little Girl - Bo Diddley
- Tired Of Being Alone - Jimmy Dotson
- Showers Of Rain - Henry Gray
- I Had My Fun - Chico Chism
- Jennie Bea - Dino Spells
- Nappy's Driftin' Blues - Nappy Brown


notes by Dick Shurman

Hightone HMG 1009

liner notes cover art work

902001Bo Bo Jenkins presents Big Star All Stars

Bobo Jenkins
- I Love That Woman
- Heard The News?
- New 44 Blues
- First Left Home
- Nothing But Love
- You Will Never Understand
- Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night
Blind Child
- Walking With The Devil
- How Can A Honkey Sing The Blues?
- When A Fool Gets To Drinking
Steel Wheels
- Door Lock Blues
- Detroit Jump
Buddy Folks
- My Baby Done Left Me
- Baby What You Trying To Do?
Little Junior Cannady
- I've Got My Eyes On You
- Don't Turn Your Love On
Chuck Cole
- Ha, Baby
- My Bonney

Robert Lockwood
- Selfish Ways [Big Star BB 020]
- Down Home Cookin' (instr) [Big Star BB 020]
Big Roger Thomas
- My Woman So Fine
James Walton
- Tell Me What You
- Shady Grove
Walton Brothers Band
- Midnight
Syl Foreman
- Before I Leave You


notes by Fred Reif and Nancy Singham

P-Vine PCD-5641 (Jp 2001)

912002Rough Treatment: The J.O.B. Records Story

disc 1:
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- Late Hours At Midnight - Babyface Leroy
- Pet Rabbit - Babyface Leroy
- How Much More - J.B. Lenoir
- Mojo - J.B. Lenoir
- Boogie Fool - Snooky Pryor
- Crying Shame - Snooky Pryor
- Boogie Twist - Snooky Pryor
- Rough Treatment - Little Hudson
- Don't Hand Around - Little Hudson

- Sweet Woman From Maine - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dust My Broom - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dark Road - Floyd Jones
- Skinny Mama - Floyd Jones
- Kissing In The Dark - Memphis Minnie
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Hard Pill To Swallow - John Brim

- Glad I Don't Worry No More - Fat Man
- Please Somebody - Moody Jones
- Keep Drinkin' - Little Brother Montgomery
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie - John Lee
- Man Around My Door - Grace Brim
- Down Home Child - Sunnyland Slim
- Ethel Bea - Little Son Joe
- Ramblin' - Johnny Shines
- Goin' Back To Memphis - Ernest Cotton


disc 2:
- Aw Aw Baby - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Pearly B - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Leaving Your Town - Sunnyland Slim
- Overnight - Sunnyland Slim
- Trouble In The Morning - John Brim

- You've Got To Stop This Mess - Fat Man
- Eighty Nine Ten - Snooky Pryor
- Raising Sand - Snooky Pryor
- Things Going So Tough With Me - Little Hudson
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Play A Little While - J.B. Lenoir
- People Are Meddling - J.B. Lenoir
- Knockin' On Lula's Mae's Door - John Lee
- Big World - Floyd Jones
- On The Road Again - Floyd Jones
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- Cool Driver - Johnny Shines
- Hospitality Blues - Grace Brim
- Louella - Babyface Leroy
- Blues Is Killing Me - Babyface Leroy
- Blue Coat Man - Eddie Boyd
- Little Too Late - Little Son Joe
- Why Should I Worry - Moody Jones
- Boogie - Little Brother Montgomery
- World Of Trouble - Memphis Minnie
- Drinking Woman - John Brim
- Uh'm Beautiful - Ernest Cotton


2 CD set

Westside CD WESD 233

922003Robert Jr. Lockwood & Johnny Shines: Sweet Home Chicago
The JOB Sessions 1951-1955

Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dust My Broom
- Pearly B
- Down Home Child
- Leaving Your Town (No Name Blues)
- Sunnyland Special
- You've Gotta Stop This Mess
- Glad I Don't Worry No More
- Mary Lee
- That Woman
- Aw Aw Baby
- Sweet Woman From Maine
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
Johnny Shines
- Ramblin'
- Fish Tail
- Cool Driver
- Ain't Doin' No Good
- Evening Shuffle
- Evening Sun
- No Name Blues
- Gonna Call The Angel
- Gonna Call The Angel


improved sound over previous reissues of this material


P-Vine PCD 24051 (Jp 2003)

Johnny Shines discography

932006Cleveland Fats: The Way Things Go

- Stay Away Baby (4:06)
- Don't Call Me (4:39)
- Invisible Man (5:47)
- Cheaters Never Win (4:09)
- Long Gone (5:04)
- It Ain't Right (4:14)
- Blues Time (6:23)
- Bakin' Fats (3:09)
- Cell Phone Blues (4:10)
- You'll Love Again (5:49
- Dead or Alive (Robert Jr. Lockwood) (3:14)
- That's the Way Things Go (2:50)

Robert Lockwood, 12str g


Honeybee CD 3302

942007When The Levee Breaks - Mississippi Blues
Rare Cuts 1926-1941

disc 1:
- Cottonfield Blues Part 1 - Garfield Akers - (featuring Joe Calicott)
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey (featuring Unknown)
- Poor Boy Blues - Sam Butler
- I'm Leavin' Town - William Harris (featuring Joe Robinson)
- Hittin' The Bottle Stomp - Mississippi Jook Band (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Coone...
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Muddy Water Blues - Freddie Spruell
- Fare Thee Well Blues - Joe Calicott
- That Won't Do - Arthur Petties
- Four O'Clock Flower Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Evil Devil Woman Blues - Joe McCoy (featuring Charlie McCoy)
- The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins

- Black Spider Blues - Robert Lockwood (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Traveling Riverside Blues tk 1 - Robert Johnson
- Baltimore Blues - Charlie McCoy (featuring Joe McCoy)
- Down The Big Road Blues - Mattie Delaney
- You Scolded Me And Drove Me - Mississippi Bracey (featuring Virginia Bracey)
- Milk Cow Blues - Freddie Spruell
- Ten Pound Hammer - Mose Andrews
- Noiseless Motor Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Jailhouse Fire Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
- 41 Highway - Freddie Spruell - (featuring Carl Martin)
- Times Has Done Got Hard - King Solomon Hill

disc 2:
- Mississippi County Farm Blues - Son House
- When The Levee Breaks - Joe McCoy (featuring Memphis Minnie)
- Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Snake Doctor Blues - Jelly Jaw Short
- Little Girl In Rome - Otto Virgial [Bluebird B6213]
- It's Cold In China Blues - Mississippi Moaner>
- Bald Eagle Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell
- Boodle-De-Bum Blues - Bogus Ben Covington
- Bull Frog Blues - William Harris
- Dangerous Woman - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Cooney Vaughn)
- Shaggy Dog Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Devil In The Lion's Den - Sam Collins
- Quarrellin' Mama Blues - Arthur Petties (featuring Unknown/Jed Davenport)
- Devil And My Brown Blues - Sam Butler

- Take A Little Walk With Me - Robert Lockwood (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Last Time Blues - Charlie McCoy
- Dough Roller Blues - Garfield Akers
- Crowing Rooster, The - Walter Rhodes (featuring 'Pet' And 'Can')
- Motherless Child Blues - Geeshie Wiley/Elva Thomas
- Married Woman Blues - George Torey
- She's Young And Wild - Willie '61' Blackwell (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Cherry Ball - Mississippi Bracey (featuring Virginia Bracey)
- Bad Notion Blues - Otto Virgial [Bluebird B6213]
- Don't Cry Baby - Freddy Spruell (featuring Carl Martin)
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey (featuring Unknown)

disc 3:
- My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon - King Solomon Hill
- Snatch It Back Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
- Machine Gun Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Revenue Man Blues - Arthur Petties - (featuring Unknown/Jed Davenport)
- Mr Freddie's Kokomo Blues - Freddie Spruell (featuring Carl Martin)
- Over To My House - Geeshie Wiley - (featuring Elvie Thomas)
- Barefoot Blues - Jelly Jaw Short
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers
- Look Who's Coming Down The Road - Georgia Pine Boy - (featuring Unknown)
- Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott
- Leavin' Here Blues - William Harris
- Got The Blues About Rome - Otto Virgial [Bluebird B6279]
- Young Heifer Blues - Mose Andrews
- Skippy Whippy - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Cooney Vaughn)
- Yellow Dog Blues - Sam Collins
- You Can't Keep No Brown - Sam Butler
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Stered Gal - Mississippi Bracey
- Motherless And Fatherless Blues - Mississippi Mudder - (featuring Unknown)
- Don't Misuse Me, Baby - Willie '61' Blackwell (featuring Alfred Elkins)

- I'm Gonna Train My Baby - Robert Lockwood (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Out On Santa Fe Blues - Arthur Petties
- It's Hard Times - Joe Stone
- Your Good Man Is Gone - Freddie Spruell (featuring Carl Martin)
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds

disc 4:
- Clarksdale Moan - Son House
- Adam And Eve In The Garden - Bogus Ben Covington
- Lonesome Man Blues - George Torey
- Leaving Home Blues - Walter Rhodes (featuring 'Pet' And 'Can')
- Loving Lady Blues - Sam Collins
- Early Mornin' Blues - William Harris
- Number Three Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
- Tell Me Baby - King Solomon Hill

- Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Cottonfield Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers - (featuring Joe Calicott)
- Chalk My Toy - Willie '61' Blackwell (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Barbecue Bust - Mississippi Jook Band (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Cooney Vaughn)
- Two Time Blues - Arthur Petties
- Back Door Blues - Joe Stone
- Way Back Down Home - Freddie Spruell
- Skinny Leg Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Meat Cutter Blues - Joe McCoy - (featuring Charlie McCoy)
- Mississippi Moan - Mississippi Moaner
- Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Jefferson County Blues - Sam Butler
- Rampaw Street Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- I'll Overcome Someday - Mississippi Bracey - (featuring Virginia Bracey)
- Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties
- Grand Daddy Blues - Jelly Jaw Short
- Let's Go Riding - Freddie Spruell (featuring Carl Martin)

4 CD box

JSP JSPCD 7781 UK 2007)

952007Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen - Live in Dallas

Robert Lockwood, Jr. - King Biscuit Time (2:55)
Pinetop Perkins - Chicken Shack (4:42)
Henry Townsend - It's Got to End Somewhere (3:56)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Catfish Blues (2:58)
Pinetop Perkins - Down in Mississippi (3:36)

Robert Jockwood, Jr. - Hangin' On (5:17)
Henry Townsend - All My Money's Gone (4:57)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago (3:09)
Pinetop Perkins - Kansas City (4:53)
Henry Townsend - If I Asked You (6:08)

Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Got to Find Me a Woman (4:56)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Country Boy (3:13)
Pinetop Perkins - Got My Mojo Working (5:11)
Henry Townsend - If You Don't Want Me (5:59)

Robert Lockwood, Jr. - For You My Love (4:37)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Apron Strings (1:49)
Henry Townsend - Blind Girl Blues (4:21)

Robert Lockwood, Jr. - See See Rider (3:55)

rec. October 16, 2004 at the The Majestic Theatre in Dallas, TX; prod. by Jeffry Dyson and Michael Dyson
photography by Anne E. Dyson

16-pp. booklet

The Blue Shoe Project no #

962012Robert Jr. Lockwood: Sweet Home Chicago

- Aw Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago)
- Glad I Don't Have To Worry No More
- Sweet Woman From Maine
- Mary Lee
- Dust My Broom
- Pearly B
- Leaving Your Town
- You've Got To Stop This Mess
- That Woman
- Four Day Bounce
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom

1951-54 J.O.B. recordings

notes by Bill Dahl

Fuel 2000 CD 61921 (US 2012)

977/2019Down Home Blues - Chicago Volume 2 - Sweet Home Chicago
CD 1:
James Clark - Who But You (2:41)
Memphis Jimmy - Drifting (3:20)
Johnny Shines - Delta Pine Blues (3:03)
Johnny Shines - Ride, Ride Mama (2:55)
Johnny Shines - Evil-Hearted Woman Blues (2:50)
Homer Harris - I'm Gonna Cut Your Head (2:56)
Homer Harris - Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (3:06)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Due Respects To You (3:27)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - No Special Rider Here (3:03)
'Blues Boy' Bill - "Little Boy" Blue (3:14)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (alt tk) (2:33)
James (Beal Street) Clark - Come To Me Baby (2:51)
James (Beal Street) Clark - You Can't Make The Grade (2:55)
Herman Ray - Xmas Blues (2:44)
Forest City Joe - Special Delivery Man (2:52)
Forest City Joe -. Shady Lane Woman (3:02)
Homer Harris - Atomic Bomb Blues (2:34)
Homer Harris - Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (3:08)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Devilment On My Mind (2:57)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Homeless Blues (3:12)
Forest City Joe - Mean Mistreatin' Woman (2:52)
Forest City Joe - Lonesome Day Blues (2:51)
Dirty Red - Mother Fuyer (2:28)
Dirty Red - You Done Me Wrong (3:14)
Pete Franklin - Mr. Charley (3:10)
Big Bill Broonzy - Water Coast Blues (2:46)


CD 2:
Muddy Waters - Hard Days (2:41)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground (2:38
Floyd Jones - School Days (2:51
Tampa Red - Come On, If You're Coming (2:53)
Tampa Red - I'll Find My Way (2:39)
Johnny Temple - Between Midnight And Day (2:36)
Johnny Temple - Sit Right On It (2:22)
Jimmy Rogers - Hard Working Man (3:22)
Jimmy Rogers - My Little Machine (3:12)
Jimmy Rogers - Crying Shame (2:50)

Robert Lockwood Jr. - Glory For Man (2:30)
Robert Lockwood Jr. - My Daily Wish (2:43)
Howling Wolf - How Many More Years (alt tk) (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Just My Kind (2:53)
Memphis Minnie - Broken Heart (2:37)
Memphis Minnie - Lake Michigan (3:00)
Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur (alt tk) (2:54)
Muddy Waters - Lonesome Day (3:32)
Muddy Waters - Stuff You Gotta Watch (2:52)
Blue Smitty - Crying (2:45)
Blue Smitty - Elgin Movement (3:27)
Memphis Minnie - In Love Again (2:32)
Memphis Minnie - What A Night (3:00)
Rocky Fuller - Funeral Hearse At My Door (3:17)
Little Walter - Driftin' (alt tk) (3:09)
Little Walter - Off The Wall (alt tk) (2:59)


CD 3:
Honey Boy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago (tk 2) (3:03)
Honey Boy Edwards - Drop Down Mama (2:39)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (tk 4) (2:34)
Big Boy Spires - My Baby Left Me (2:36)
Little Walter - That's It (3:14)
Little Walter - That's It (edited) (2:47)
Little Walter - Blues With A Feeling (alt tk) (2:57)
Elmore James - I See My Baby (3:07)
Elmore James - Country Boogie (2:43)
Lazy Bill - I Had A Dream (alt tk) (2:57)
Lazy Bill - She Got Me Walkin' (alt tk) (3:08)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (alt tk) (2:41)
Albert King - Hand Me Down (Sweet Woman) (2:58)
Albert King - Murder (2:59)
Morris Pejoe - Untitled Instrumental (2:23)
Morris Pejoe - Hurt My Feelings (2:55)
Homesick James - Lonesome Blues (2:23)
Homesick James - 12th St Station (2:44)
Homesick James - Long Lonesome Days (2:26)
Gus Jenkins - Eight Ball (3:12)
Muddy Waters - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (alt tk) (2:48)
Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil (2:43)
Otis Spann - Five Spot (2:45)
Little Walter - I Love You So (Oh Baby) (2:35)
Little Walter - Last Night (first tk) (2:56)
Henry Gray - Goodbye Baby (3:19)
Henry Gray - You Messed Up (2:53)


CD 4:
Chuck Berry - Wee Wee Hours (3:06)
Chuck Berry - No Money Down (3:00)
Chuck Berry - I've Changed (3:07)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Was Fooled (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - Don't Stay Out All Night (2:54)
Bo Diddley - Little Girl (alt tk) (2:38)
Bo Diddley - I'm A Man (alt tk) (3:08)
Bo Diddley - You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) (2:50)
Henry Gray - Watch Yourself (2:45)
Henry Gray - That Ain't Right (2:29)
Muddy Waters - This Pain (3:10)
Muddy Waters - I Want To Be Loved (alt tk) (2:46)
Little Walter - Little Girl (3:07)
Little Walter - Temperature (first tk) (2:02)
Dusty Brown - Hurry Home (2:45)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Evening Everybody (2:38)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Have You Ever Been In Love (2:55)
Herby Joe - Smokestack Lightning (2:53)
Herby Joe - Dreamed (Last Night) (2:28)
Harmonica "Blues King" Harris - I Need You Pretty Baby For My Own (2:47)
Harmonica "Blues King" Harris - Blues King Mango (2:26)
Po Joe Williams - Goin' Back (2:53)
Po Joe Williams - My Baby Left (2:37)
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got Me Wrong (2:41)
Billy Boy Arnold - My Heart Is Crying (2:12)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Don't Know (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Like Wolf (2:51)
Sonny Boy Williamson - This Is My Apartment (2:41)


CD 5:
Jimmy Reed - I'm Gonna Ruin You (first tk) (2:49)
Jimmy Reed - Honey, Where You Going? (2:41)
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (2:59)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Hurts Me So Much (tk 2) (2:38)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Fattening Frogs For Snakes (alt tk) (3:01)
Elmore James - Knocking At Your Door (2:39)
G. "Davy" Crockett - Look Out Mable (2:25)
Jimmy Reed - Honey, Where You Going? (alt tk) (3:14)
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (alt tk) (3:12)
Jimmy Reed - Signals Of Love (alt tk) (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Well You Know (I Love You) (2:48)
Freddie Hall - I Love This Carrying On (2:43)
Freddie Hall - She's A Upsetter (2:35)
Little Mack Simmons - My Walking Blues (3:12)
Little Mack Simmons - Come Back (2:35)
Eddie Boyd - Nothing But Trouble (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Her Picture In The Frame (3:28)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (3:05)
Elmore James - I Can't Hold Out (2:18)
Elmore James - The Sun Is Shining (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Mr Airplane Man (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Little Baby (2:45)
Hound Dog Taylor - Baby's Coming Home (2:38)
Hound Dog Taylor - Five, Take Five (2:05)
Homesick James - Can't Afford To Do It (2:31)
Homesick James - Set A Date (2:40)
Slim Willis - Running Around (2:55)
Slim Willis - No Feeling For You (3:02)


essay by Mike Rowe

5 CD set

Wienerworld WNRCD5106 (US/EU 7/2019)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, p. 550
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, pp. 119, 182, 246, 352, 398-399, 500, 549
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, p. 122
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 286-287
- Marc Norberg: Black, White & Blues.- Zurich, Switzerland (Graphis) 1995, p. 204
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Patrick Banino, Brad Barrett, Ray Templeton, Richard Egner, Bob Frank, Keith Randall, Larry Hoffman, Tom Morris, Gerrit Robs and Don Deering for additional info / scans

 

Sonny Boy Williamson & R O B E R T   L O C K W O O D, 1941, playing the King Biscuit Time show, advertising the King Biscuit brand of baking flour on radio station KFFA in Helena, Arkansas; source: Juke Blues 20 (Summer 1990), p. 33; photographer: Max Moore; a bit photoshop processed by Stefan Wirz
Sonny Boy Williamson & Robert Jr. Lockwood, 1941,
playing the King Biscuit Time show, advertising the King Biscuit brand
of baking flour on radio station KFFA in Helena, Arkansas
source: Juke Blues 20 (Summer 1990), p. 33; photographer: Max Moore
a bit photoshop processed by Stefan Wirz

 

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

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

 

R O B E R T   L O C K W O O D; source: Marc Norberg: Black, White & Blues.- Zurich, Switzerland (Graphis) 1995, p. 204; photographer: Marc Norberg
Robert Lockwood 1990s
source: Norberg 1995, p. 204; photographer: Marc Norberg

 

R O B E R T   L O C K W O O D's headstone in Section 25 of Riverside Cemetery in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; source: Killer Blues Headstone Project; photographer: Steven Salter
Robert Lockwood's headstone
in Section 25 of Riverside Cemetery in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
source: Killer Blues Headstone Project; photographer: Steven Salter

 

 

 

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