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John (Short Stuff) Macon</b> and Big Joe Williams at Café Lena, 1964; source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Soe7jnZck; photographer: Joe Alper
John (Short Stuff) Macon and Big Joe Williams at Café Lena, 1964
source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Soe7jnZck; photographer: Joe Alper
Mr. Shortstuff
John Wesley Macon   a/k/a Short Stuff Macon
b. 1923 (1933) in Shuqualak (Crawford), Noxubee County, Mississippi
d. December 28, 1973, reportedly at Noxubee General Hospital in Macon, Noxubee County, Mississippi

buried in Cross Roads Cemetery
discography


Big Joe Williams & Mr. Shortstuff
source: Front cover of Folkways FT 1004
drawing by Craig Mierop

#year
of release
title / label / notes
11964Introducing Mr. Shortstuff
His 1st Recordings

- I Want To Love (215) #
- Moanin (216) #   @ youtube
- Didn't Know Right From Wrong (222) *
- Cotton Pickin' (217) #
- Old Grey Mule (213) #
- What Makes A Broke Man Sleep So Sound (231) *

- I Want A Little Bit (214) #
- Great Big Legs (218) #
- If You Can't Fly A Plane (226) *
- Don't Want (219) #
- No Special Woman (220) #   @ youtube
- Toledo To Buffalo (228) *

rec. May 23, 1964 in New York; John Wesley Macon, g, # voc, Big Joe Williams, g, sp, * voc

front and back cover photographs by Len Kunstadt

notes by Len Kunstadt


Spivey 1005 (US 1964)

Spivey Records discography
Big Joe Williams discography

21965Rev. Gary Davis / Short Stuff Macon

Rev. Gary Davis
- I'm On My Way To The Kingdom
- He Knows Just How Much We Can Beer
- Lord, I'll Be With You Always
- Yeah!


Short Stuff Macon
- My Jack Don't Drink Water [Folkways FT 1004 / FTS 31004]
- Corrina [Folkways FT 1004 / FTS 31004]
- Hell Bound Blues [Folkways FT 1004 / FTS 31004]
- Messing With That Thing [Folkways FT 1004 / FTS 31004]
- Rock Road Bad Treatin' [Folkways FT 1004 / FTS 31004]

"Contents produced by Folkways Records USA and issued by special permission."

Macon tracks rec. May 18, 1964 after a concert at Bard College in New York by Harry Rosenblum, Jr., Dick Duman & Graham Gibson; John Wesley Macon, voc, g; Big Joe Williams, g
Gary Davis tracks rec. c. 1964 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g
cover by Brian and Sally Shuel

notes (on Gary Davis) by Gillian Cook
notes (on Macon) = short excerpt from Paul Nelson notes on Folkways LP

XTRA 1009 (UK 1965)


= EMI (Australia 19??)

XTRA Records discography
Big Joe Williams discography
Rev. Gary Davis discography

31968Big Joe Williams & Short Stuff Macon: Hell Bound & Heaven Sent

- Night Cap Blues *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- My Jack Don't Drink Water No More #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Flour Dough Blues *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Hell-Bound Blues #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Big-Legged Women, Keep Your Dresses Down *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Short Stuff's Corinna #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

- Don't Leave Me Here *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- You Rascal You *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Messing With That Thing #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Bumble Bee *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- If You Can't Fly *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Rock Road Bad Treatin' #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. May 18, 1964 after a concert at Bard College in New York by Harry Rosenblum, Jr., Dick Duman & Graham Gibson; John Wesley Macon, g, # voc; Big Joe Williams, g, * voc

Cover drawing and cover design by Craig Mierop
"© 1967" on back cover, but released early 1968!

notes by Paul Nelson

Folkways FT 1004 (mono)
Folkways FTS 31004 (stereo) (US 1968)

Big Joe Williams discography

41968Encore For The Chicago Blues

Muddy Waters Blues Men
- Yes Sir! Boss
Harvey Hill
- I Feel So Good
Koko Taylor
- I'm Looking For A Man
Memphis Slim
- Chicago To Paris
Babe Stovall
- My Brown Is A Mistraeter

Big Joe Williams
- Move Your Hand #   @ youtube
Olive Brown
- Woman's Lament
J.B. Lenoir
- Korea Blues

Washboard Sam's Band
- Chicago Rock
Victoria Spivey
- T B Blues
Willie Dixon
- Brooklyn Going To Be My Home
John Hammond & Babe Stovall, g & Kazoo Papa [= Len Kunstadt], kazoo
- Squeeze My Lemon
John Henry Barbee
- Six Weel Old Blues
Viola Wells
- See See Rider
Homesick James
- Somebody's Been Talkin'
Roosevelt Sykes
- Dirty Mother Fuyer


# rec. May 23, 1964 in New York; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; John Wesley Macon, g

notes by Len Kunstadt

Spivey 1009 (US 1968)

Spivey Records discography
Big Joe Williams discography
John Henry Barbee discography
John Hammond discography
Homesick James discography
J.B. Lenoir discography
Babe Stovall discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography

51999Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford

- Back Home Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Saturday Night Women
- Been In Crawford Too Long
- Sugar Diabetes Blues
- Run Here Jailer With The Key
- Take Me Out of the Bottom

- Bird Nest #   @ youtube
- Corrina #
- I Walked All Night Long
- Sugar On The Bottom #   @ youtube
- Bad Luck #   @ youtube
- Checkin' Out
- My Last Girl - Don't Treat Her Wrong
- Can't Listen No More
- Don't Stay Long
- I'm Wild About My Jelly Roll

- Moanin' 'Fo Day #
- I'm Leavin' This Town
- I Don't Know Why

- My Baby Stopped Drinking Water #   @ youtube
- Good Times Here, Better Down The Road #   @ youtube
- Shake It Enough For Me
- Mary Frances

- My Baby Don't Stand No Foolin' #   @ youtube
- She Have Broken My Heart #   @ youtube

# rec. c. March 1971 in Starkville, MS & May 21, 1971 in Crawford, MS; John "Shortstuff" Macon, voc, (rattling) g; Big Joe Williams, g

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 9015 (US 1999)

Big Joe Williams discography

62003Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings   Vol. 2

- Dark Road - Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Step It Up And Go - Warner Williams
- It Was Early One Morning - Lead Belly
- Blues - Until My Baby Comes Home - Nora Lee King
- That's No Way To Do - Pink Anderson
- Farro Street Jive - Little Brother Montgomery
- I Ain't Gonna Cry No More (Depot Blues) - Son House
- Graveyard Blues - Roscoe Holcomb
- 44 Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Big Fat Mama - David "Honeyboy" Edwards
- Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor - Lucinda Williams
- Lieutenant Blues - Thomas McFarland (Barrelhouse Buck)
- The Woman Is Killing Me - Sonny Terry and Friends
- Little Drops Of Water - Edith North Johnson & Henry Brown
- When Things Go Wrong (It Hurts Me Too) - Big Bill Broonzy
- Poor Boy A Long, Long Way From Home - Cat-Iron

- My Jack Don't Drink Water No More - Shortstuff Macon
- 'way Behind The Sun - Barbara Dane
- Tell Me, Baby - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Just A Dream - Memphis Slim
- Jelly Jelly - Josh White
- Down In The Alley - The Chambers Brothers


prod. by Barry Lee Pearson
cover photo by Pat Terry

notes by Barry Lee Pearson

Folkways Smithsonian SFW40148 (US 2003)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 352, 581
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 117
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 409, 670
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 297, 497
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 344
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Paul Vernon, Jim Clay and Benoît Brière for additional info

 

Short Stuff Macon; source: Front cover of XTRA LP 1009; photographer's name not given; click to enlarge!
Short Stuff Macon
source: Front cover of XTRA LP 1009; photographer's name not given

 

Mr. Shortstuff; source: Front cover of Spivey LP 1005; photographer: Len Kunstadt; click to enlarge!
Mr. Shortstuff, 1964
source: Front cover of Spivey LP 1005; photographer: Len Kunstadt

 

Big Joe Williams & Mr. Shortstuff, 1964; source: Back cover of Spivey LP 1005; photographer: Len Kunstadt; click to enlarge!
Big Joe Williams & Mr. Shortstuff, 1964
source: Back cover of Spivey LP 1005; photographer: Len Kunstadt

 

Mr. Shortstuff, Amelia Johnson & Big Joe Williams, 1971; source: Front cover of Arhoolie CD 9015; photographer: Chris Strachwitz; click to enlarge!
Mr. Shortstuff, Amelia Johnson & Big Joe Williams, 1971
source: Front cover of Arhoolie CD 9015; photographer: Chris Strachwitz

 

 

 

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