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C A R L   M A R T I N playing guitar at the NBBO [Netherlands Blues & Boogie Organization] 10th Anniversary Festival; source: Blues Unlimited 134 (March/June 1979), p. 18; photographer: Marc de Jonghe/André Hobus; click to enlarge!
Carl Martin at the NBBO 10th Anniversary Festival
source: Blues Unlimited 134 (March/June 1979), p. 18
photographer: Marc de Jonghe/André Hobus
C A R L   M A R T I N playing the fiddle; source: Back cover of Testament T-2220
source: Back cover of Testament T-2220
 
Carl Martin
b. April 1, 1906 in Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia
his family moved to Knoxville when he was 12, in 1918
d. May 10, 1979 in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan

discography
C A R L   M A R T I N playing mandolin; source: http://www.bluesmandolin.de/page11.html
source: http://www.bluesmandolin.de/page11.html

 

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
11930

Vocalion 1517 ["race" series!]
Tennessee Chocolate Drops
- Knox County Stomp (K-8066- )   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Vine Street Rag [sic: not "Drag"] (K-8067- )   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Vocalion 5472 ["hillbilly" series!]
Tennessee Trio
- Knox County Stomp (K-8066- )
- Vine Street Rag [sic] (K-8067- )

rec. April 3, 1930 at the WNOX Studios, St. James Hotel, Knoxville, TN; Howard Armstrong, violin, Roland Martin, g; Carl Martin, sb


Vocalion 1517


= Vocalion 5472

21934Tampa Red

- Grievin' And Worryin' Blues (80601-1)
- Mean Mistreater Blues (80604-1) #

rec. June 14, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Tampa Red, voc, g; Henry '45' Scott, p; prob. Carl Martin, g; # unknown, jug


Bluebird B5546

31934Tampa Red

- Give It Up Buddy And Get Goin' (80602-1)
- Somebody's Been Using That Thing (80603-2) #

rec. June 14, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Tampa Red, voc, g; Henry '45' Scott, p; prob. Carl Martin, g; # group voc


Bluebird B5572

41934Carl Martin

- You Can Go Your Way (80933-1)   @ youtube
- Kid Man Blues (80934-1)   @ youtube

rec. October 27, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, g


Bluebird B5745

51934Tampa Red

- I'm Just Crazy 'bout You (80599-1) #
- I Still Got California On My Mind (80600-1)

rec. June 14, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Tampa Red, voc, g, kazoo; Henry '45' Scott, p; prob. Carl Martin, g; # unknown, sp


Bluebird B5673

   

- Somebody's Been Using That Thing (80603-1)

rec. June 14, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Tampa Red, voc, g; Henry '45' Scott, p; prob. Carl Martin, g; group voc

Bluebird unissued

Document DOCD-5206

61934Amos

- Mean Mistreatin' Woman (80935-1) #
- Worrisome Woman Blues (80936-1) *

rec. October 27, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Carl Martin, poss. Big Bill Broonzy, g


Bluebird B5780

# Bluebird B6586
* Bluebird B6559 (as by Bumble Bee Slim)

71934Amos

- Mean Bad Man Blues (80937-1) *
- Muddy Water Blues (80938-1) #

rec. October 27, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; unknown, p; prob. Carl Martin, poss. Big Bill Broonzy, g


Bluebird B5862

# Bluebird B6586
* Bluebird B6612 (as by Bumble Bee Slim)

81934Bumble Bee Slim

- You Can't Take It, Baby (C-868-A, -B) #
- Running Bad Luck Blues (C-867- )

rec. November 26, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Bumble Bee Slim, voc; prob. Carl Martin, g; # unknown, 2nd g


Vocalion 02903

91934Bumble Bee Slim

- I Tried Everything I Could (C-733-D)
- Blues Before Daylight (C-866-B)

rec. November 26, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Bumble Bee Slim, voc; prob. Carl Martin, g; unknown, 2nd g


Vocalion 02930

101934Bumble Bee Slim

- My Troubles (C-864-B)
- Way Down In Georgia (C-869-A) #

rec. November 26, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Bumble Bee Slim, voc; prob. Carl Martin, g; # unknown, 2nd g; # voc duet with Ted Bogan


Vocalion 02970

   

- Muddy Water (C-865-A)
- Muddy Water (C-865-B)

rec. November 26, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Bumble Bee Slim, voc; prob. Carl Martin, g

ARC unissued

111935Carl Martin

- Farewell To You Baby (C-877-1)   @ youtube
- Badly Mistreated Man (C-881-2)   @ youtube

rec. January 8, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, g; Roland Armstrong, sb


OKeh 8961


= Vocalion 03003

121935STATE STREET BOYS

- Don't Tear My Clothes (C-894-2) #
- She Caught The Train (C-891-2) *

# rec. January 10, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Zeb Wright, vn; Black Bob, p; Carl Martin, voc, g; poss. Bill Settles, sb

* rec. January 10, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Zeb Wright, vn; Jazz Gillum, hca; Black Bob, p; Big Bill Broonzy, voc, vn; poss. Bill Settles, sb; unknown, 2nd voc


OKeh 8962


= Vocalion 03002

131935STATE STREET BOYS

- Midnight Special (C-892-1) #
- Crazy About You (C-888-2) *

# rec. January 10, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Zeb Wright, vn; Black Bob, p; Big Bill Broonzy, voc; poss. Bill Settles, sb; unknown, 2nd voc

* rec. January 10, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Black Bob, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Carl Martin, g; poss. Bill Settles, sb


OKeh 8964


= Vocalion 03004

141935Carl Martin

- You Can't Play Me Cheap (C-878-1)   @ youtube
- Good Morning, Judge (C-882-2)   @ youtube

rec. January 8, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, g; Roland Armstrong, sb


= Vocalion 03047

151935Sugar Cane Johnny / Joe Williams

Sugar Cane Johnny
- Who Pumped The Wind In The Doughnuts? (85788-1, -2) *
Joe Williams
- My Grey Pony (85491-1) #


# rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g
* rec. April 12, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Sugar Cane Johnny (= Johnny Ellis), voc; prob. Carl Martin or Freddie Spruell, g; prob. Washboard Sam, wb


Bluebird B5948

161935Washboard Sam

- Ocean Blues (85780- )
- Y.M.V. Blues (85781- )

rec. April 12, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Washboard Sam, voc, wb; poss. Freddie Spruell, poss. Carl Martin, g


Bluebird B5983

171935Mr. Freddie

- 4A Highway (85782- )
- Mr. Freddie's Kokomo Blues (85786- )

rec. April 12, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Freddie Spruell, voc, g; Carl Martin, g


Bluebird B5995

181935Mr. Freddie

- Don't Cry Baby (85783- )
- Your Good Man Is Gone (85784)

rec. April 12, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Freddie Spruell, voc, g; Carl Martin, g


Bluebird B6025

191935Mr. Freddie / Chasey Collins

Mr. Freddie
- Let's Go Riding (85785- ) #
Chasey Collins
- Walking Blues (96249-1) *


# rec. April 12, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Freddie Spruell, voc, g; Carl Martin, g

* rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Chasey 'Kokomo' Collins, voc, washboard; 'Dad' Tracy, vn; Joe Williams, g


Bluebird B6261

201935Carl Martin

- Crow Jane (91427-1)   @ youtube
- Old Time Blues (91428-1)   @ youtube

rec. July 27, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, g


Bluebird B6139

211935CARL MARTIN

- Joe Louis Blues (90293-A)   @ youtube
- Let's Have A New Deal (90294-A)   @ youtube

rec. September 4, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, g; poss. Willie Bee James, g


Decca 7114

221936CARL MARTIN

- I'm Gonna Have My Fun (When I Get My Bonus) (90635- ) #   @ youtube
- High Water Flood Blues (90681-A) *   @ youtube

# rec. March 24, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, g; Chuck Segar, p
* rec. April 14, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, g; unknown, ts; unknown, p


Champion 50074

231936Casey Bill / Carl Martin

Casey Bill
- Jinx Blues (C-1462-1, -2) *

Carl Martin
- That New Kind Of Stuff (C-1101-A) #   @ youtube

# rec. August 22, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, g

* rec. September 3, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Casey Bill, voc, stg; prob. Black Bob, p; Charlie McCoy, md; prob. Big Bill Broonzy, 2nd g


Vocalion 03496

241936Jimmie Gordon

- Big Four Whistle Blues (90679-A) #
- Drunken Woman Blues (90680-C) *

# rec. April 17, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Jimmie Gordon, voc; unknown, ts; unknown, p; poss. Carl Martin, g
* rec. May 7, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Jimmie Gordon, voc, poss. p; poss. Carl Martin, g


Decca 7282

   

- Drunken Woman Blues (90680-B)

rec. April 17, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Jimmie Gordon, voc; unknown, ts; unknown, p; poss. Carl Martin, g

Decca unissued


45 rpm / LP / CD compilations
251967Country Blues Classics, Volume 4

Leroy Dallas
- I'm Going Away
- Good Morning Blues
- I'm Down Now
- Jump Little Children
Joe Williams
- His Spirit Lives On
Peter Warfield
- Morning Train Blues
Dennis McMillon
- Going Back Home

John Henry Barbee
- Six Week Old Blues [Vocalion 04417]

Carl Martin
- Lets Have A New Deal [Decca 7114]
Sonny Boy Johnson
- Swimming Pool Blues
Gabriel Brown
- Black Jack Blues
Lost John Hunter
- YM & V Blues
James Cain
- Good Mr. Roosevelt
Peter McKinley
- Mean Black Snake


Blues Classics BC 14

Blues Classics discography

261968?Classic Guitar Blues

Peg Leg Howell
- Rock And Gravel Blues
- Low Down Rounder Blues
Sylvester Weaver
- True Love Blues
- Poor Boy Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
- Frankie
- Spike Driver Blues
Bo Carter
- Pencil Blues
- Backache Blues

Bo Carter
- Boot It
- I've Got A Case Of Mashin' It

Carl Martin
- Farewell To You Baby
- You Can't Play My Cheap
- Badly Mistreated Man
- Good Morning, Judge
Curley Weaver
- Sometime Mama
- Two Faced Woman


Confidential CLP 002 (Fr 1968?)

271968East Coast Blues 1926-1935

Willie Walker
- South Carolina Rag - take 2
- Dupree Blues
Blind Blake
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown
William Moore
- Barbershop Rag
- Raggin' The Blues

Carl Martin
- Old Time Blues
- Crow Jane

Tarter & Gay
- Unknown Blues
- Brownie Blues
Bo Weavil Jackson
- Pistol Blues
Bayless Rose
- Original Blues
- Black Dog Blues
Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton
- Myrtle Avenue Stomp
- D.C. Rag


cover photo by Jack Delano (Buddy Moss on guitar)

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart   390 East 8th Street, N.Y. 10009

= Yazoo L-1013 (US 1968)

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart   54 King Street, N.Y. 10014
   
= Yazoo L-1013 (US 196?)

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart   245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014
 
= Yazoo L-1013 (US 196?)   catalog # on peacock labels to the left

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart   P.O. Box 810, Newton, NJ 07860

= Yazoo L-1013 (US 1988)   catalog # on labels to the right

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart

= Yazoo 1013 cassette (US 1989)

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart

Yazoo CD 1013 (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography

281969Let's Go Riding
Guitar Rags! Blues! Hokum! All The Good-Time Music From The Good Old Days!
14 rare numbers for easy listening: 1924-1936

Mr. Freddie
- Let's Go Riding
Willie Walker
- South Carolina Rag
Will Bennett
- Railroad Bill
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- Gonna Tip Out Tonight
Bill Moore
- Ragtime Crazy
Walter Hawkins
- A Rag Blues
Sylvester Weaver
- I'm Busy and You Can't Come In

Hambone Willie Newbern
- Way Down In Arkansas
Ellis Williams
- Buttermilk Blues
Bo Carter
- Sue Cow

Carl Martin
- Morning, Judge
Peg Leg Howell and His Gang
- Peg Leg Stomp
Blind Blake
- Southern Rag
Gitfiddle Jim
- Paddlin Madeline Blues


notes by Bill Givens and David Evans

Origin Jazz Library OJL 18 (US 1969)

OJL Recordsdiscography

291969Guitar Wizards 1926-1935

Carl Martin
- Farewell To You Baby
- Badly Mistreated Man
Billy Bird
- Mill Man Blues
Blind Blake
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
- Wabash Rag
Tampa Red
- Boogie Woogie Dance
- Bumble Bee Blues

Blind Blake
- Guitar Chimes
- Panther Squall Blues
Sam Butler
- Poor Boy Blues
- Jefferson County Blues
- Some Scream High Yellow
William Moore
- Ragtime Millionaire

Carl Martin
- Joe Louis Blues [Decca 7114]

notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart

Yazoo L-1016


= Yazoo CD 1016 (1991)

Yazoo Records discography

301970The Chicago String Band
Carl Martin, Johnny Young, John Lee Granderson, John Wrencher

Testament T-2220 track sequence:
- The Sun Is Sinking Low #   @ youtube
- Trouble On Your Hands *   @ youtube
- Weeping And Moaning ||
- You Know I Do []
- Hoodoo Blues *
- You Got Good Business ||


- I Got To Find That Woman #
- Clean Cut Mama ||
- Railroad Blues *   @ youtube
- Don't Sic Your Dog On Me []
- John Henry
- Memphis, Tenn., 1939 Blues ||

Testament TCD 5006 track sequence:
- The Sun Is Sinking Low
- Trouble On Your Hands
- Weeping And Moaning
- You Know I Do []
- Hoodoo Blues
- You Got Good Business

- Take It Easy Baby # °°
- I Got To Find That Woman
- Clean Cut Mama
- Railroad Blues
- Don't Sic Your Dog On Me []
- John Henry
- Memphis, Tenn., 1939 Blues
- Bye Bye Pete || § °°

°° CD bonus tracks

rec. June 18, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Big John Wrencher, hca, [] voc; John Lee Granderson, g, # voc; Carl Martin, vl, mand, * voc; Johnny Young, mand, || voc; § Bill Foster, g

notes by Pete Welding

Testament T-2220 (US 1970)
BW 36 (November 1970), p. 14
BU 79 (January 1971), p. 27


= Testament T-2220 (Special Re-Release by OJL) (US 198?)


= Testament TCD-5006 (US 1994)


= P-Vine PCD-5580 (Jp)

Testament Records discography
John Lee Granderson discography
Carl Martin discography
Big John Wrencher discography
Johnny Young discography

311972Carl Martin / Ted Bogan

Carl Martin
- Ice Cream Freezer (AM-CM7199A) #
Ted Bogan
- Seabord Stomp (instr) (AM-CM7199B) *


# rec. 1972 live at the University of Chicago Folk Festival; Carl Martin, voc, g
* rec. 1972 live at the University of Chicago Folk Festival; Ted Bogan, g


Rocky Road 4501

321972Martin, Bogan & Armstrong: The Barnyard Dance

- Lady Be Good
- Carl's Blues
- Corrine, Corrina
- Barnyard Dance
- Cacklin' Hen
- Sweet Georgia Brown

- French Blues
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
- Old Man Mose
- Alice Blue Gown
- Knox County Stomp

rec. March 1972 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, mand; Howard Armstrong, voc, violin; Ted Bogan, voc, g; L.C. Armstrong, b

notes by Bruce Kaplan and Tom Ahrens

Rounder 2003 (US 1972)

Rounder Records discography

331972The New Mississippi Sheiks

- When I Come Home, Who's Going Out My Back Door? #   @ youtube
- What Is It Tastes Like Gravy *
- Outskirts Of Town #
- You Say You Didn't Want Me §   @ youtube
- Stop And Listen # *

- Railroad Blues §
- Wintertime Blues *   @ youtube
- I Got A Letter From My Woman #
- Gonna Stare You In The Face Someday *
- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead # * §   @ youtube

rec. February 1972 in Chicago, IL; Sam Chatmon, g, # voc; Walter Vinson, National steel g, * voc; Carl Martin, fiddle, mand, § voc; Ted Bogan, b
photography by Arthur Freyer

notes by Frank Proschan and Bruce Kaplan
click to read notes !
Rounder 2004 (US 1972)

Rounder Records discography
Mississippi Sheiks discography
Sam Chatmon discography

341974Martin, Bogan & Armstrong

Flying Fish FF 003 track sequence:
- Let's Give A Party
- Chinatown
- Do You Call That A Buddy?
- They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree
- If You'se A Viper
- Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi

- Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
- Nagging Woman Blues *
- Mexicali Rag *
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
- You'll Never Find Another Kanaka Like Me

rec. 1974 at Webb Studio, Chicago, Ill.; Carl Martin, voc, mand; Howard Armstrong, voc, violin; Ted Bogan, voc, g; Tom Armstrong, b

* not on Flying Fish CD FF 70003



Flying Fish CD FF 70003 track sequence:
- Yes Pappy Yes
- In The Bottom
- Marie
- Ice Cream Freezer Blues
- That Old Gang Of Mine
- Jamaica Farewell
- I'd Do Most Anything For You
- Nagging Woman Blues [1977]
- The Sheik Of Araby
- Streets Of Old Chicago
- Let's Give A Party
- Chinatown
- Do You Call That A Buddy?
- They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree
- If You'se A Viper
- Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi
- Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
- You'll Never Find Another Kanaka Like Me

notes by Anonymous

Flying Fish FF 003 (US)


= Sonet SNTF 711 (UK 1974)

= Flying Fish FF 27003

notes by Steve Goodman

(=) Flying Fish CD FF 70003
(1993) (along with Flying
Fish FF 056)

34a1975Mariposa 1975

Aly Bain - Introduction and The Laird Of Drumblair
The Boys Of The Lough - Medley - Boys Of The Lough Slanty Gart
John Donald Cameron with Winston Fitzgerald with Wilfred Gillis with Bobby Brown with Graham Townsend - Medley - High Level Hornpipe/College Hornpipe
Philippe Bruneau with Gilles Losier With Joseph Bouchard - La Gallope De La Malbae
Dennis McGee with S.D. Courville with Marc Savoy with Gilles Losier - Le Jig Du Mardi Gras
Rufus Guinchard - McBain
Unknown Artist - Three Milling Songs
Michael Cooney - I Wish They'd Do It Now
Tommy Makem - Will You Go, Lassie, Go

Lilly Bros. with Don Stover - Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Buell Kazee - Roll On John
Kilby Snow - Flop Eared Mule
Grant Rogers - Four Walls
Ola Belle Reed - Only The Leading Role Will Do
Rita MacNeil - The War Of Conditioning
Sarah Ogan Gunning - Honey In The Rock
Sweet Honey In The Rock - A Woman


David Jones - The Flying Cloud
John Arpin - Wolverine Blues

Martin Bogan with Howard Armstrong - Alabama Jubilee
The Original Sloth Band - The Sunny Side Of The Street
Blind John Davis - Georgia On My Mind
Howard Armstrong - I Want My Jesus To Walk With Me
Sweet Honey In The Rock - Joan Little

David Amran - What Do Joseph Stalin, Sex, I.T. & T., Gangrene And Primal Therapy Have In Common With Mariposa?/Medley
Malvina Reynolds - I Don't Dig This Love Stuff (From ''Making Up Verses'')
Vera Johnson - The Fountain
Margaret Christi - I'm A Freeborn Man
Glen Ohrlin - The Cowboy
Rosailie Sorrels - Starlight The Rails
Bruce Phillips - Old Buddy Good Night
Adam Mitchell - Light In The Tunnel


DLP
Mariposa Folk Festival MS75 001 (US 1975)

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

Freeman Stowers
- Railroad Blues

State Street Boys
- Crazy About You [OKeh 8964]
Carver Boys
- Wang Wang Harmonica Blues
Lee Brown
- My Driving Wheel
Ashley & Foster
- Bay Rum Blues
Robert Hill
- I'm Going To Write And Tell Mother
Chuck Darling
- Blowin' The Blues
- Harmonica Rag
Jaybird Coleman
- Man Trouble Blues
Jazz Gillum
- I Want You By My Side
Alfred Lewis
- Friday Moan Blues
Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton
- House Snake Blues
Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey
- Need More Blues
De Ford Bailey
- Davidson County Blues


Yazoo L-1053

= CD 1053 YAZ

Yazoo Records discography

361977Weed: A Rare Batch
Classic Jazz Vocals

Chick Webb - When I Get Low I Get High
Tampa Red & Chicago Five - I'm Gonna Get High
Oscar's Chicago Swingers - Try Some Of That

Carl Martin - That New Kind Of Stuff [Vocalion 03496]
Harlem Hamfats - Don't Start No Stuff
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends - The Spinach Song (I Didn't Like It The First Time)
Sam Price & His Texas Blusicians - Do You Dig My Jive

Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters - Ol Man River
Adrian & His Tap Room Game - Got A Need For You
Lorraine Walton - If You're A Viper
Yack Taylor - Knockin' Myself Out
Blue Steele - All Mugged Up
Lucille Bogan - Pot Hound Blues


prod. by Bernard Brightman

notes by John McDonough

Stash ST-107

371978Martin, Bogan & the Armstrongs: That Old Gang of Mine

Flying Fish FF 056 track sequence:
- Yes Pappy Yes
- In the Bottom
- Marie
- Ice Cream Freezer Blues
- That Old Gang of Mine

- Jamaica Farewell
- I'd Do Most Anything For You
- Nagging Woman Blues
- The Sheik of Araby
- Streets Of Old Chicago

rec. 1975-1977 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, mand, voc; Howard Armstrong, fiddle, lead voc; Ted Bogan, g, voc; Tom Armstrong, b, voc, upright aluminum b; Steve Goodman, ac & el g, voc; Jeff Gutcheon, p; High McDonald, el b; Sheldon Plotkin, dr; Jethro Burns, mand; Howard Levy, hca, vibes, p; Jim Tulio, upright b



Flying Fish CD FF 70003 track sequence:
- Yes Pappy Yes
- In The Bottom
- Marie
- Ice Cream Freezer Blues
- That Old Gang Of Mine
- Jamaica Farewell
- I'd Do Most Anything For You
- Nagging Woman Blues [1977]
- The Sheik Of Araby
- Streets Of Old Chicago
- Let's Give A Party
- Chinatown
- Do You Call That A Buddy?
- They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree
- If You'se A Viper
- Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi
- Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
- You'll Never Find Another Kanaka Like Me


Flying Fish FF 056 (US)

= Flying Fish FF 27056

notes by Steve Goodman

(=) Flying Fish CD FF 70003
(1993) (along with most of
Flying Fish FF 003)

381986Big Bill Broonzy   (1935-1941)

- She Caught The Train
- The Dozen

- Don't Tear My Clothes [OKeh 8962]
- Ash Hauler
- Out With The Wrong Woman
- Down In The Alley
- Stuff They Call Money
- Good Boy
- Unemployment Stomp

- Rider Rider Blues
- Whiskey And Good Time Blues
- Make My Get Away
- Looking For My Baby
- My Mellow Man
- Knockin' Myself Out
- Key To The Highway
- Wee Wee Blues
- Conversation With The Blues



Best of Blues BOB 2 (A)

= Best of Blues CD 2 (A)

391987"Jazz" Gillum   (1935-1946)

- Mobile and Western Line
- Crazy About You [OKeh 8964]
- I Want You By My Side
- Jockey Blues
- She Keeps On Rickin'
- I Went To The Gypsy
- My Old Lizzie
- My Old Suitcase
- Get Away Old Woman

- Stavin' Chain
- Somebody Been Talking To You
- One Time Blues
- Big Katy Adams
- Get Your Business Straight
- That's What Worries Me
- My Big Money
- Deep Water Blues
- Fast Woman



Best of Blues BOB 4 (A)

= Best of Blues CD 14
(A 1998)

401988Carl Martin   1930-36
Complete recordings in chronological order

Tennessee Chocolate Drops
- Knox County Stomp
- Vine Street Drag
Carl Martin
- You Can Go Your Way
- Kid Man Blues
- Farewell To You Baby
- You Can't Play Me Cheap
- Badly Mistreated Man
- Good Morning, Judge

- Crow Jane
- Old Time Blues
- That New Kind Of Stuff
- Joe Louis Blues
- Let's Have A New Deal
- I'm Gonna Have My Fun
- High Water Flood Blues

notes by Paul Oliver

Wolf WSE 123

Wolf discography

411988Virginia Traditions - Southwest Virginia Blues

- Brownie Blues - Steve Tarter And Harry Gay
- Pan American Blues - Fred Galliher
- Poor Boy Long Way From Home - James Henry Diggs
- I Went Down In Virginia - Earl Gilmore
- King Edward's Blues - King Edward Smith
- Bear Creek Blues - The Carter Family
- Mississippi Heavy Water Blues - Josh Thomas

- Old Time Blues - Carl Martin

- Take Care My Wife And My Baby - Howard Twine
- Chattanooga Blues - Malcolm Johnson
- False Hearted Lover's Blues - Dock Boggs
- The War Is Over - Dave Dickerson
- Going Down That Road Feeling Bad - "Cowboy" Thurman Burks
- Bed Bugs Making Their Last Go 'round - Byrd Moore
- Black Snake Moan - Spence Moore
- Long Gone Lonesome Blues - Bobby Buford And Keith Rogers

compiled by Vaughan Webb

notes by Vaughan Webb

Blue Ridge Institute BRI 008 (US 1988)


= Global Village CD 1008
(1996)

421990Tampa Red   Volume 2   (1929-1940)

- You Better Tighten Up On It
- I'm Just Crazy 'bout You [Bluebird B5673]
- I Still Got California On My Mind [Bluebird B5673]
- Mean Old Tom Cat Blues
- Rowdy Woman Blues
- Waiting Blues
- She Don't Know My Mind
- All Night Long
- If It Wasn't For You

- My Za Zu Girl
- When Love Comes In
- You Got To Learn To Do It
- She Got The Best In Town
- Booze Head Woman
- If I Had Known
- No Good Woman Blues
- Nobody Knows How Bad I Feel
- Forget About Me



Old Tramp OT 1217 (NL)

431992kent state folk festival   1968-1992
25 years of outstanding performances

The Hotmud Family - Somewhere Down Below the Dixon Line
Dan Gellert - Liza Jane
Liz Carrol & Mick Moloney - Medley - Bunch of Keys, The Dawn Reel, Dawn Backwards
Hazel Dickens - Lonesome Pine Special
Djimo Kouyate - Bambarana
Eric Schoenburg - Blackbird
Louisiana Aces - The LaFayette Two-Step
Rosalie Sorrels - Travelin' Lady
Daniel Womack - Good News, Chariot's Coming
Ray Kamalay & the Red Hot Peppers - Porter's Love Song to a Chamber Maid
The Highwood String Band - Green Mountain Polka, Flop Ear Mule, Richmond Cotillion

Rhythm in Shoes - The Funny Blues
Lisa Ornstein - Gallop and the Reel for Two Lisa's
Robin & Linda Williams - Freight Train Blues
I Am a Tattoo - Bombay Baby
John Hammond - Drop Down Mama
The High Flyers - Somebody's Been Using That Thing
Eleanor Ellis - Streamlined Train
John McCutcheon - This Land Is Your Land
Mirkop Roknich Orchestra - Sheva

Martin, Bogan and Armstrong - Goodnight, A Thousand Goodnights



(cassette)

441992Jimmie Gordon   (1934-1937)

- Louise,Louisa Blues
- Bye Bye Baby Blues
- Black Gal Blues
- Gone Gal Blues
- Drive Me Away Blues
- Graveyard Blues
- Little Red Dress

- Big Four Whistle Blues [Decca 7282]
- Sweet Jelly Rollin'
- Baker Man


- Drunken Woman Blues [Decca 7282]
- I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
- Mother Blues
- Think You Need A Shot
- C.C. And St.Louis Blues
- Playing In The Grass
- You're Bound To Look Like A Monkey
- Good As I Been To You
- Rattlesnake Bite
- I Believe I Been Hoodood



Old Tramp OT 1219 (NL)

(=) Old Tramp: OTCD 01 (NL 1993)

451993?Carolina Blues: Carl Martin (1930-36) & Brownie McGhee (1940-41)
Complete Recordings in Chronological Order

Tennessee Chocolate Drops
- Knox County Stomp
- Vine Street Drag
Carl Martin
- You Can Go Your Way
- Kid Man Blues
- Farewell To You Baby
- You Can't Play Me Cheap
- Badly Mistreated Man
- Good Morning Judge
- Crow Jane
- Old Time Blues
- That New Kind Of Stuff
- Joe Louis Blues
- Let's Have A New Deal
- I'm Gonna Have My Fun (When I Get My Bonus)
- High Water Flood Blues
Brownie McGhee
- Me And My Dog Blues
- Picking My Potatoes
- Poison Woman Blues
- Money Spending Woman
- Try Me One More Time
- Double Trouble


notes by Hannes Folterbauer
and Paul Oliver

Wolf WSE 114 CD
(Austria)

461994Carl Martin (1930-1936), Willie "61" Blackwell (1941)
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order

Tennessee Chocolate Drops (1930)
- Knox County Stomp
- Vine Street Drag
Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan (1934)
- State Street Rag
- Ted's Stomp
Carl Martin (1934-1936)
- You Can Go Your Way
- Kid Man Blues
- Farewell To You Baby
- You Can't Play Me Cheap
- Badly Mistreated Man
- Good Morning, Judge
- Crow Jane
- Old Time Blues
- That New Kind Of Stuff
- Joe Louis Blues
- Let's Have A New Deal
- I'm Gonna Have My Fun (When I Get My Bonus)
- High Water Flood Blues
Willie "61" Blackwell (1941)
- She's Young And Wild
- Noiseless Motor Blues
- Don't Misuse Me, Baby
- Bald Eagle Blues
- Four O'Clock Flower Blues
- Chalk My Toy
- Machine Gun Blues
- Rampaw Street Blues

Willie "61" Blackwell discography

notes by Dave Moore

Document DOCD-5229

471995Bottleneck Blues

Napoleon Strickland
- Key To The Bushes
Big Joe Williams
- Talking About Bottleneck
- Traveling Blues
Robert Night Hawk
- Crying Won't Help You
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Six White Horses
Mott Willis
- Knife Instrumental
Robert Lee Granderson
- Flora Blues
J.B. Hutto & The Hawks
- Wild Wild Woman
Blind Connie Williams
- St. Louis Blues
David Honeyboy Edwards
- Worryin' Woman Blues
Robert Johnson
- I'm Coming, Lord, Please Don't Drive Me Away

Chicago Blues Band
- Verna Lee Blues #
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Wouldn't Mind Dying
John Littlejohn
- Dust My Broom
Blind Connie Williams
- Trouble In Mind
Big Joe Williams
- How Do You Want Your Rollin' Done
Mott Willis
- M & O Blues
Johnny Shines
- Crucial Moment
Jack Owens
- Train Time
Robert Johnson
- I Don't Know When Death Is Gonna Call Me
Herb Quinn
- Casey, You Can't Ride This Train
Napoleon Strickland
- Skake 'Em Down


# rec. June 18, 1966 in Chicago. Ill.; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; John Wrencher, hca; Carl Martin, vn, mand; Johnny Young, mand

[Testament LP 2216
announced, but not issued]


Testament TCD 5021
= P-Vine PCD-5576 (Jp)

481997Mandolin Blues

Yank Rachell
- Dig My Buddy, Joe   @ youtube
- Smokey Joe   @ youtube
- Rainy Day Blues #   @ youtube
- My Baby's Gonna Jump And Shout #   @ youtube

Carl Martin
- Every Day I Have The Blues   @ youtube
- Grave Digger Blues   @ youtube
Willie Hatcher (with John Lee Granderson, g)
- Garbage Man Blues   @ youtube
- Crawdad   @ youtube
- Waiting Just For You   @ youtube
Ted Bogan
- Mary, Run To The Window §   @ youtube
Johnny Young
- Highway 61   @ youtube
- Jumpin' On Eight (instr)   @ youtube
- Stealin'   @ youtube
- Mandolin Rock (instr)   @ youtube
- I Tried To Get You Off My Mind   @ youtube
- Bumble Bee []   @ youtube
- Crawling King Snake ||   @ youtube


Yank Rachell tracks rec. February 12, 1967 in Chicago, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, mand, g; Taj Mahal, g, # hca; Sleepy John Estes, g

Carl Martin tracks rec. June 6, 1966 [actually May 31, 1966] in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, fiddle, g, mand; Johnny Young, g

Willie Hatcher tracks rec. prob. mid-1960s in Chicago, IL; Will(ie) Hatcher, voc, mand; John Lee Granderson, g

Ted Bogan track rec. prob. December 20, 1965 in Chicago, IL; Ted Bogan, voc, g; John Lee Henley, hca; Johnny Young, mand

Johnny Young tracks rec. 1963-1964 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Young, voc, mand; John Wrencher, hca; John Lee Granderson, g
[] rec. May 9, 1964 live at the University of Chicago; Johnny Young, voc, mand, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Walker, p
|| rec. 1963-1964 in Chicago, IL ; Johnny Young, voc, mand, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Walker, p

notes by Frank Scott

Testament TCD 6004

Testament Records discography

491997Carl Martin: Crow Jane Blues

- Minglewood Blues #   @ youtube
- Hard Luck John §   @ youtube
- Flora Blues §   @ youtube
- Please Come Back To Me *   @ youtube
- Death Valley Blues //   @ youtube
- Texas Blues \\   @ youtube
- Rock Me All Night Long #   @ youtube
- Cold Dark Evening *   @ youtube
- County Farm Blues §   @ youtube
- Decoration Day ||   @ youtube
- Aching Pain Blues §   @ youtube
- This Is Your Last Chance #   @ youtube
- That's Doggin' Me $   @ youtube

- Watch Out, Girl []   @ youtube
- Got To Bend You Over, Baby $   @ youtube
- One Kind Favor #   @ youtube


prod. and rec. by Pete Welding
# rec. c. 1964 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, el & Dobro g
* rec. April 4, 1964 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Johnny Young, mand; Jimmy Walker, p
§ rec. May 2, 1966 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Bill Foster, g
|| rec. July 24, 1963 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Pezs Thomas, hca; Jimmy Walker, p

[] rec. June 18, 1966 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Carl Martin, violin; Johnny Young, mand
// rec. September 30, 1962 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; William Mack, g; Pezs Thomas, hca; Jimmy Walker, p
\\ rec. October 21, 1962 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, g
$ rec. ca. mid-1960s in Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Bill Foster, g

notes (March 1998) by Frank Scott

Testament TCD 5031 (US 1998)

Testament Records discography
John Lee Granderson discography
Johnny Young discography

501997The Fabulous Low-Price HMG Blues Sampler

- Bad Luck City - R.L. Burnside
- Tin Pan Alley - Otis Spann/Muddy Waters Band
- Unwanted Child - Clara McDaniel
- There Is No Excuse - Prince Dixon & The Jackson Southernaires
- Do The Rump - Junior Kimbrough
- If You've Ever Been Mistreated - Doug Quattlebaum
- I Found The Answer - The Pattersonaires
- Ladies And The Babies, The - Frankie Lee
- Crawling Kingsnake - David "Honeyboy" Edwards
- Help Now - Tucker & Thomas
- Feelin' Good - Jessie Mae Hemphill
- The Fieldstones - The Fieldstones
- I Really Got The Blues Today - Tony Matthews
- Highway 61 - Johnny Young
- Just Your Fool - Chicago Bob & The Shadows
- Pea Vine Special - Arthur Weston
- I John Saw - Spirit Of Memphis Quartet

- Crow Jane Blues - Carl Martin
- Don't Mess With My Wife - Big Bad Smitty

High Water, Testament, HMG


Hightone HMG 4003

511998Down Home Harp

- Blue Mood - Big Walter Horton
- We All Got To Go - Billy Boy Arnold
- Billy Boy's Jump - Billy Boy Arnold
- Borrow Love And Go - James 'Bat' Robinson

- You Know I Love You - Big John Wrencher #
- Thinkin' About Your Apples - Coot Venson
- Sweet Woman Blues - George Robertson
- Canadian Sunset - Harmonica Slim Willis Quartet
- Last Night Blues - Andrew Cauthen
- Blue As I Can Be - Willie Lee Harris
- Fox Chase - Snake Hippin' - Careless Love - John Lee Henley
- Sweet Little Woman - Robert Nighthawk With Little Walter
- Slow Train Through Arkansas - Elmon 'Driftin' Slim' Mickle
- T-Model And The Train - Elmon 'Driftin' Slim' Mickle
- Morning Rock - Coot Venson
- Blues For Illinois - Dr. Ross
- Mattie Mae - Billy Boy Arnold
- Where The Southern Crosses The Dog - Coot Venson
- Goin' Down To The Station - Andrew Cauthen
- Walter's Boogie - Big Walter Horton
- John Henry - James 'Bat' Robinson
- Baby, You Don't Have To Go - Johnny Young with Little Walter


# rec. June 18, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Big John Wrencher, voc, hca; John Lee Granderson, g; Carl Martin, vl, mand; Johnny Young, mand

notes by Frank Scott

Testament TCD 6011

Testament Records discography

= P-Vine PCD-5575 (Jp)

522001Joe Louis: An American Hero

- Joe Louis Is The Man - Joe Pullum [Bluebird B6071]
- He's In The Ring (Doin' The Same Old Thing) - Memphis Minnie

- Joe Louis Blues - Carl Martin [Decca 7114]
- Winner Joe (The Knock-Out King) - Lil Johnson
- Louis-Schmeling Fight - Lion & Atilla/Gerald Clark & His Caribbean Serenaders
- Joe The Bomber - Billy Hicks & His Sizzlin' Six
- Champ Joe Louis (King of the Gloves) - Bill Gaither
- Big Joe Louis - Jack Sneed & His Sneezers
- Interview With Sampson Pittman
- Joe Louis - Sampson Pittman
- Joe Louis Special - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band
- Joe Louis And John Henry Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson I
- Joe Louis' Wrist And His Fist - Rev. J.M. Gates
- King Joe Part 1 - Count Basie Big Band/Paul Robeson
- Let's Go Joe - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
- Joe Louis Is A Fightin' Man - The Dixieaires
- Joe Louis Blues - Earl McIntyre

notes by Rena Kosersky
& William H. Wiggins, Jr.

Rounder CD ROUN1106

532001East Coast Blues

disc 1:
- Crow Jane - Julius Daniels
- My Mamma Was A Sailor - Julius Daniels
- Georgia Stomp - Andrew And Jim Baxter
- Shake That Shimmy - Blind Boy Fuller
- Poor And Ain't Got A Dime - Floyd Council
- Blood Red River Blues - Josh White
- Gonna Tip Out Tonight - Pink Anderson
- Won't You Be Kind - Luke Jordan
- Long And Tall - Kokomo Arnold
- Georgia Rag - Blind Willie McTell
- Waycross Georgia Blues - Barbecue Bob
- Next Door Man - Georgia Browns
- Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More - Curley Weaver
- You Got To Give Me Some Of It - Buddy Moss/Josh White
- Daddy Don't Care - Buddy Moss
- Me And My Dog Blues - Brownie McGhee

- Let's Have A New Deal - Carl Martin [Decca 7114]
- Champagne Charlie Is My Name - Blind Blake
- Please Ma'am - Peg Leg Howell
- Ball And Chain Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Georgia Crawl - Henry Williams/Eddie Anthony
- Ragtime Millionaire - William Moore
- Barbershop Rag - William Moore

disc 2:
- South Carolina Rag - Willie Walker
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- Poor Jane Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Rollin' Dough Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Royal Palm Special Blues - Sloppy Henry
- Long, Tall Disconnected Mama - Sloppy Henry
- Decatur Street Drag - Guy Lumpkin
- Chain Gang Trouble - Charlie Lincoln
- Jealous Hearted Blues - Charlie Lincoln
- Rag Baby - Willie Baker
- Rolling Mama - Fred McMullen
- Poor Stranger Blues - Fred McMullen
- Hot Jelly Roll - George Carter
- Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter
- Come On In Here Mama - Richard And Welly Trice
- Trembling Bed Spring Blues - Richard And Welly Trice
- Harmonica And Washboard Breakdown - Sonny Terry
- Georgia Skin - Walter Beasley
- Southern Man Blues - Walter Beasley
- Unknown Blues - Tarter And Gay
- Brownie Blues - Tarter And Gay
- Mama, You Gotta Get It Fixed - Troy Ferguson
- Tampa Blues - Skoodle Dum Doo And Sheffield


2 CD set
notes by Keith Briggs

Catfish KATCD 178 (UK 2001)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

54200?Violin, Sing The Blues For Me
African-American Fiddlers, 1926 - 1947

- Violin Blues - Johnson Boys
- K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- Beaver Slide Rag - Peg Leg Howell
- Alma Waltz - Mississippi Mud Steppers
- Window Pane Blues - Tommie Bradley
- Travelin' Railroad Man Blues - Alabama Sheiks
- Pig Meat Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Right Now Blues - Frank Stokes
- East Jackson Blues - Bo Chatmon
- Memphis Blues - Mobile Strugglers

- Vine Street Drag - Tennessee Chocolate Drops
- Broken Bed Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers
- Lonesome Blues - Eddie Anthony/Henry "Rubberlegs" Williams
- Memphis Shakedown - Memphis Jug Band
- Adam and Eve - Tommie Bradley
- Tell Me Man Blues - Henry "Son" Sims
- Blue Coat Blues - Tom Nelson
- Salty Dog - Booker Orchestra
- Baby, Please Don't Go - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
- Stop and Listen Blues No. 2 - Mississippi Sheiks
- Stealin' Blues - Cow Cow Davenport
- The Moore Girl - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- Highway 61 Blues - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band
- Ted's Stomp - Louie Bluie

552007When 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)
- Jail House Blues, The - Sam Collins
- Black Spider Blues - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Traveling Riverside Blues Take 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

- A4 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
- 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

- 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
- 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

562010Classic Appalachian Blues from Smithsonian Folkways

- My Baby's Gone - Sticks McGhee
- Louise Blues - Big Chief Ellis with Cephas and Wiggins
- Sitting on Top of the World - Doc Watson
- Railroad Bill - John Jackson
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - Bill Williams
- You Don't Know My Mind - Pink Anderson
- Blues Around My Bed - J. C. Burris
- Hesitation Blues - Reverend Gary Davis
- Pawn Shop Blues - Brownie McGhee
- The Road is Rough and Rocky - Archie Edwards

- Hoodoo Blues - Martin, Bogan and Armstrong #
- Red River Blues - Lesley Riddle
- Walking Cane - Peg Leg Sam Jackson
- One Dime Blues - Etta Baker
- Mississippi Heavy Water Blues - Roscoe Holcomb
- Outskirts of Town - Josh White
- See What You Done Done - Baby Tate
- I Got a Woman - Marvin and Turner Foddrell
- Girl Dressed in Green - John Tinsley
- Blues in the Morning - E.C. Ball
- Wine Blues (Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee) - Sticks McGhee


# rec. July 1, 1972 live at the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife in Washington, DC:; Carl Martin, voc, mand; Howard Armstrong, vn; Ted Bogan, g; Tommy Armstrong, b

compiled by Barry Lee Pearson and Jeff Place

notes by Barry Lee
Pearson and Jeff Place

Smithsonian Folkways
SFW CD 40198
[read notes]

572014Classic African American Songsters from Smithsonian Folkways

- Bring it On Down to My House - Warner Williams with Jay Summerour (2:02)
- Talking Blues - Pink Anderson (2:26)
- Nobody's Business (If I Do) - John Jackson (3:15)
- Alabama Bound - Little Brother Montgomery (2:17)
- Pallet On The Floor - Brownie McGhee (3:09)
- Chicken You Can't Roost Too High For Me - Bill Williams (3:16)
- My Hula Love - Lead Belly (2:16)
- Candy Man - Reverend Gary Davis (2:32)
- Going Down The Road Feeling Bad - John Cephas and Phil Wiggins (3:32)
- Froggy Went-A-Courting - Peg Leg Sam (4:10)
- Monday Morning Blues - Mississippi John Hurt (5:52)
- The Boys Of Your Uncle Sam - Pink Anderson (2:03)
- Raise A Ruckus Tonight - Brownie McGhee (2:49)
- Reno Factory - Marvin Foddrell (2:09)
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - John Jackson (3:07)
- Honeysuckle Rose - Warner Williams with Jay Summerour (2:05)
- Bill Bailey - Big Bill Broonzy (1:55)
- When The Roses Bloom Again - Bill Williams 2:05)
- Straighten Up And Fly Right - Peg Leg Sam (3:14)
- Careless Love - Snooks Eaglin (2:33)
- They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree - Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong (2:20)


compiled by Barry Lee Pearson and Jeff Place

notes by Barry Lee Pearson and Jeff Place

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40211 (US 2014)
[read notes]



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, pp. 234,
316, 599, 857, 870, 886, 908, 983, 1004
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 41
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 94, 356
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 303
- http://www.bluesmandolin.de/page11.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

"NBBO" = "Netherlands Blues & Boogie Organization" (founded in 1969 by Martin van Olderen and Guido van Rijn)

thanks to Alan Balfour, John Heneghan and Russell Shor for additional info / scans

 

The Chicago String Band: Carl Martin, John Wrencher, Johnny Young, John Lee Granderson; source: front cover of Testament T-2220; photographer: Pete Welding; click to enlarge!
The Chicago String Band: Carl Martin, John Wrencher, Johnny Young, John Lee Granderson
source: front cover of Testament T-2220; photographer: Pete Welding

 

Southeast Blues further reading


Bastin, Bruce: Crying for the Carolines.- London (Studio Vista) 1971


Bastin, Bruce: Red River Blues - The Blues Tradition in the Southeast.- Chicago (University of Illinois Press) 1986


Bastin, Bruce: Truckin' My Blues Away - East Coast Piedmont Styles.- in: Cohn, Lawrence: Nothing But The Blues - The Music and the Musicians.- New York, London, Paris (Abbeville Press) 1993, p. 205 - 231

 

 

 

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