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S A M   M Y E R S; source: Back cover of Black Top BT 1032; photographer: Bill Crump
source: Back cover of Black Top BT 1032
photographer: Bill Crump

Sammy Myers
Samuel Joseph Myers
b. February 19, 1936 in Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi
d. July 17, 2006 at home in East Dallas, Texas

buried at Rocky Mount Baptist Cemetery in Paulding, Jasper County, MS
discography
S A M   M Y E R S; source: Back cover of TJ LP 1030; photographer's name not given
source: Back cover of TJ LP 1030
photographer's name not given

#year
of release
title / label / notes
   

- Sleeping In The Ground
- My Love Is Here To Stay

rec. 1957 in Jackson, MS; Sam Myers, voc, hca; g; b; dr

Ace unissued

Westside WESD 240

11957SAMMY MYERS With King Mose Royal Rockers

- Sleeping In The Ground (3405)   @ youtube
- My Love Is Here To Stay (3404)   @ youtube

rec. 1957 in Jackson, MS; Sam Myers, voc, hca; Walter Berry, p; Tommy Lee Thompson, g; Walter Crowley, b; King Mose Taylor, dr


Ace 536

   

- Sleeping In The Ground (alt tk)
- My Love Is Here To Stay (alt tk)

rec. 1957 in Jackson, MS; Sam Myers, voc, hca; Walter Berry, p; Tommy Lee Thompson, g; Walter Crowley, b; King Mose Taylor, dr

Ace unissued

Westside WESD 240

21959ELMORE JAMES AND HIS BROOMDUSTERS

- Make My Dreams Come True (FL-162-7) #
- Bobby's Rock (FM124) *

# rec. August 1953 in Chicago, IL; Elmore James, voc, g; J.T. Brown, ts; Johnny Jones, p; prob Ransom Knowling, b; Odie Payne, dr
* rec. poss. November 3/4 1959 in Chicago, IL; Elmore James, voc, g; J.T. Brown & poss. Boyd Atkins, ts; Johnny Jones, p; Homesick James, b-g; prob Ransom Knowling, b; Odie Payne or Sam Myers, dr


Fire 1011

Elmore James discography

31960ELMO JAMES AND HIS BROOMDUSTERS

- The Sky Is Crying (FM 133)
- Held My Baby Last Night (FM 134)

rec. poss. November 3/4 1959 in Chicago, IL; Elmore James, voc, g; J.T. Brown & poss. Boyd Atkins, ts; Johnny Jones, p; Homesick James, b-g; prob Ransom Knowling, b; Odie Payne or Sam Myers, dr


Fire 1016

= Down Home 775/6 (1962/3?)

Elmore James discography

41960ELMORE JAMES and His Broom Dusters

- Rollin And Tumblin (FM 151)
- I'm Worried (FM-152)

rec. poss. May 23/4, 1960 in New York; Elmore James, voc, g; saxes; prob. Johnny Acey, p; Jimmy Spruill, g; Homesick James, b-g; Sam Myers, dr


Fire 1024

Elmore James discography

51960ELMO JAMES

- Done Somebody Wrong (FM 165)
- Fine Little Mama (FM 166)

rec. poss. May 23/4, 1960 in New York; Elmore James, voc, g; saxes; prob. Johnny Acey, p; Jimmy Spruill, g; Homesick James, b-g; Sam Myers, dr


Fire 1031

Elmore James discography

61960SAM MYERS

- You Don't Have To Go (FM 159) #   @ youtube
- Sad Sad Lonesome Day (FM 160)   @ youtube

rec. 1960 in New Orleans.; Sam Myers, voc, # hca; Dave Campbell, p; James Russell, g; Leon Dixon, b; King Mose, dr


Fury 1035

# = Black Diamond 4507

71960ELMORE JAMES

- I Can't Hold Out (10109)
- The Sun Is Shining (10110 edited)

rec. April 14, 1960 in Chicago, IL; Elmore James, voc, g; J.T. Brown, ts; sax; Johnny Jones, p; Homesick James, g; Henry 'Sneaky Joe' Harris or Sam Myers, dr


Chess 1756

Elmore James discography

   

- The Sun Is Shining *
- Stormy Monday Blues (10111) *
- Madison Blues (10112) *
- The Sun Is Shining (alt tk) #

rec. April 14, 1960 in Chicago, IL; Elmore James, voc, g; J.T. Brown, ts; sax; Johnny Jones, p; Homesick James, g; Henry 'Sneaky Joe' Harris or Sam Myers, dr

Chess unissued

* Blue Horizon 7-63204
* Chess LP 1537
# Argo LP 4034

   

- (Poor Little) Angel Child   @ youtube
- Little Girl   @ youtube

rec. 1961 in New Orleans; Sam Myers, voc, hca; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p; Elmore James, g; Sammy Lee Bully, b; King Mose, dr

Bobby Robinson recordings
unissued

P-Vine PLP-6101/02
Charly CRB 1208
P-Vine PCD-5461

81961ELMORE JAMES

- Look On Yonder Wall (FM 193) #
- Shake Your Moneymaker (FM 194-2)

rec. August? 1961 in New Orleans; Elmore James, voc, g; # Sammy Myers, hca; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p; Sammy Lee Bully, b; King Mose Tayler, dr


Fire 504


= Burn 504

= Enjoy 2022 (1965)

Elmore James discography

 1962Buddy Skipper

- Don't Be A Shame
- Baby Please
#

# uses "You Don't Have To Go" (FM 159) (Fury 1035) backing track


Fury 1062

91965ELMORE JAMES

- The Sky Is Crying (6431) (= FM 133) #
- Standing At The Crossroads (6432) *

# rec. poss. November 3/4, 1959 in Chicago, IL; Elmore James, voc, g; J.T. Brown & poss. Boyd Atkins, ts; Johnny Jones, p; Homesick James, b-g; prob Ransom Knowling, b; Odie Payne or Sam Myers, dr
* rec. 1961 in New York; Elmore James, voc, g; Danny Moore, tp; ts; Paul Williams, bs; Johnny Acey, p; Riff Ruffin, g; Johnny Williams, dr


Flashback 15

Elmore James discography

101965We Sing The Blues

Lightnin Hopkins
- Wonder What Is Wrong With Me
Junior Wells
- Prison Bars All Around Me
Otis Rush
- Cant Quit You Baby
Buster Brown
- Sugar Babe
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Mean Ole Frisco
Magic Sam
- Every Night About This Time [Chief C-7026]

Sammy Myers
- Sleeping In The Ground [Ace 536]
Tarheel Slim
- Number Nine Train

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


compiled by Guy Stevens

notes by Guy Stevens

Sue ILP 921 (UK 1965)

111966ELMORE JAMES

- I Need You Baby (6517) #
- Shake Your Moneymaker (FM-194-2) *

# rec. poss. May 23/4, 1960 in New York; Elmore James, voc, g; saxes; prob. Johnny Acey, p; Jimmy Spruill, g; Homesick James, b-g; Sam Myers, dr
* rec. August? 1961 in New Orleans; Elmore James, voc, g; Sammy Myers, hca; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p; Sammy Lee Bully, b; King Mose Tayler, dr


Sphere Sound SSR 708

Elmore James discography

121966?ELMO JAMES

- Dust My Broom (6711) #
- Rollin' And Tumblin' (6712) (= FM 151) *

# rec. poss. November 3/4, 1959 in Chicago, IL; Elmore James, voc, g; J.T. Brown & poss. Boyd Atkins, ts; Johnny Jones, p; Homesick James, b-g; prob Ransom Knowling, b; Odie Payne or Sam Myers, dr
* rec. poss. May 23/4, 1960 in New York; Elmore James, voc, g; saxes; prob. Johnny Acey, p; Jimmy Spruill, g; Homesick James, b-g; Sam Myers, dr


Sphere Sound 712

Elmore James discography

131966?ELMORE JAMES

- She Done Moved (8317)
- Something Inside Me (8316)

rec. poss. May 23/4, 1960 in New York; Elmore James, voc, g; saxes; prob. Johnny Acey, p; Jimmy Spruill, g; Homesick James, b-g; Sam Myers, dr


Sphere Sound 713

Elmore James discography

141968?Story Of The Blues - Harmonica Blues -1

Walter Westbrook & His Phantom Five
- Midnight Jump [Bobbin 106, 1959]
- Bring Your Clothes Back [Bobbin 106, 1959]
Harmonica Slim
- Mary Helen [Aladdin 3317]
- Lonely Hours [Aladdin 3317]
Papa Lightfoot
- Blues [sic] Lights [Aladdin 3304, 1952]
- Jumpin' With Jarvis [Aladdin 3304, 1952]

Sammy Myers
- My Love [Is] Here To Stay [Ace 536, 1957]
- Sleeping In The Ground [Ace 536, 1957]

Sonny Boy Williamson
- Cat Hop [Trumpet 212]
- Going In Your Direction [Trumpet 216]
- Red Hot Kisses [Trumpet 216]
Little George Smith
- Telephone Blues [RPM 434]
- Blues In The Dark [RPM 434]
Ernest Lewis
- No More Lovin' [Parret 791]
- West Coast Blues [Parret 791]



Negro Art M-12-SB-362 (Fr 1968?)

Negro Art Records discography

14a1969This Is Blues

Homesick James
- Crossroads
J.B. Lenoir
- I Sing Um The Way I Feel
Elmore James
- It Hurts Me Too
Buster Brown
- Doctor Brown
Sonny Boy Williamson
- No Nights By Myself
Willie Mae Thornton
- Tom Cat
Freddy King
- Driving Sideways

Lowell Fulsom
- Talking Woman Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Wonder What Is Wrong With Me
Frankie Lee Sims
- What Will Lucy Do
Otis Rush
- I Can't Quit You Baby
Junior Wells
- Prison Bars All Around Me

Sammy Myers
- Sleeping In The Ground
Tarheel Slim
- Numer 9 Train


compiled by Guy Stevens


Island IWP 5

151976Southern Harp

Jerry McCain
- Steady [Rex 1014]
Schoolboy Cleve
- New Kind Of Lovin' [Reynaud 1017]
Jerry McCain
- She's Tough [Rex 1014]

Sonny Boy Williamson [Jeff Williamson]
- Mailman, Mailman [Ram 2501]
Jerry McCain
- Things Ain't Right [Excello 2081]

Sammy Myers
- You Don't Have To Go [Fury 1035]

7 inch 33 1/3 rpm EP

Black Diamond 4507

Black Diamond Records discography

 1977The Mississippi Delta Blues Band (Live ... a little funky)

- I've Got The Blues
- Tupelo Boogie
- Love Your Daddy
- Boogie On Down
- Slide Down

- All Night Long
- Don't Go
- Mississippi Funk
- Bajou Mojo


Sam Myers not present! (joined them not earlier than 1979); back cover is plain white


TJ Records TJ-1000 (US 1977)

TJ Records discography

161979Blow By Blow

Junior Wells
- A Tribute To Little Walter
Jerry McCain
- She's Tough
- Steady
Andy Belvin
- Travellin' Mood
Sammy Lewis
- Somebody Stole My Love
- You Lied To Me

Sam Myers
- My Love Is Here To Stay
- Sleeping In The Ground

Long Tall Lester
- Working Man
- All Because Of You
Eddie Hope
- A Fool No More
- Lost Child
Charles Walker
- My Babe
- 40 Days And 40 Nights
Cliff Jackson
- Nine Below Zero
Smokey Smothers
- Hello Little Schoolgirl


     
Sundown CG 709-01 (NL 1979)


= Sundown CG 709-01 (NL 1985/86 ?)

Sundown Records discography

171979Sam Myers: Down Home In Mississippi   @ youtube (full album)

- What's Wrong (2:50)
- Bad Acting Woman (3:10)
- Things You Do (2:10)
- Homage To Elmo (3:40)
- Crutch And Cane (3:05)

- From Now On (3:00)
- Sad And Lonesome (4:25)
- Little Bit (0:45)
- My Baby Don't Love Me No More (2:42) [track not listed on back cover & label!]
- What Have I Done (3:10)
- Jackson (2:20)

rec. 1978 "live" in Fannie, MS; Sam Myers, voc, hca; Tommy Lee Thompson, g


TJ Records TJ-1030 (US 1979)

TJ Records discography

17a1979The Kings Sing The Blues Vol. 2

Jerry McCain
- Steady
- She's Tough

Sammy Myers
- My Love Is Here To Stay
- Sleeping In The Ground
Mercy Baby
- Marked Deck
- Mercy's Blues

Frankie Fair
- Mean Mistreater
Frankie Lee Sims
- Hey Little Girl
- My Talk Didn't Do Any Good
- Well Goodbye Baby
Buddy Guy
- The Way You've Been Treat Me
- Baby Don't You Wanna Come Home



Vivid Sound VS-1011 (Jp 1979)

181979

KING EDWARD WITH SAMMY MYERS
- The Things I Used To Do (72279) #   @ youtube
SAMMY MEYERS WITH KING EDWARD ON GUITAR
- You're So Fine (72379) *   @ youtube

# rec. May 15, 1979 in Jackson, MS; "King" Edward Antoine, voc, g; Sam Myers, hca; Mercy Baby, p; John Littlejohn, g; George Allen, b; Charlie Blount or Glen Holmes, dr

* rec. May 15, 1979 in Jackson, MS; Sam Myers, voc, hca; "King" Edward Antoine, g; John Littlejohn, g; George Allen, b; Charlie Blount or Glen Holmes, dr

7 inch 45 rpm

Ace 3027

  

- I Should Quiet [sic] You Baby

rec. May 15, 1979 in Jackson, MS; "King" Edward Antoine, voc, g; Sam Myers, hca; Mercy Baby, p; John Littlejohn, g; George Allen, b; Charlie Blount or Glen Holmes, dr

Ace unissued

Ace LP/CD 2028

  

- Sad And Lonesome * //
- Money Is My Downfall # //   @ youtube
- Gold Tail Bird - tk 1 # []   @ youtube
- Gold Tail Bird - tk 2 # //   @ youtube

rec. May 15, 1979 in Jackson, MS; Sam Myers, voc, hca; # Mercy Baby, p; John Littlejohn, g; * "King" Edward Antoine, g; George Allen, b; Charlie Blount or Glen Holmes, dr

Ace unissued

// Ace LP/CD 2028
[] Westside WESM 579

 1979Going Down To Louisiana
Previously unreleased recordings


Joe Hill Louis
- Joe Hill Boogie
- 4th & Beale
- Ruthy Mae
- Going Down To Louisiana
- Get Up Of It
- Sweetest Woman
Schoolboy Cleve & his Houserockers
- Beautiful Beautiful Love

Big Boy Crudup
- Mean Old World, Baby [Champion unissued, Vivid Sound VS-1008]
- I've Been Mistreated [Champion unissued, Vivid Sound VS-1008]
- Boogie All The Time [Champion 108, Ace 5031)]
- I Wonder Where My Baby's Gone [Champion 108, Ace 5031)]
Schoolboy Cleve & his Houserockers
- My Baby Done Gone
Bad Smitty
- Smokestack Lightning

Sam Myers
- Rhythm With Me2)

1) according to van Olderen's liner notes these two tracks "were published a long time ago on the already long-gone Bluesband label" [???]

2) this is actually an alternative take of "Steady" by Jerry McCain !

notes by
Martin van Olderen

White Label LP 9955 (NL 1979)

191980JOHNNY LITTLE JOHN

- I Wanna Go Home (72079)   @ youtube
- She's 19 Years Old (72179) *   @ youtube

rec. 1980 in Jackson, MS; Johnny Littlejohn, voc, g; Sam Myers, hca; b; dr

7 inch 45 rpm
 
Ace 3028 (US 1980)

Ace LP/CD 2028 (US 1981)

* Westside WESD 240 (UK 2002)

Johnny Littlejohn discography

201980Delta Blues Festival '79

Napoleon Strickland Fife and Drum Band (Jesse Mae Hemphill, Abe Young)
- Shimmy Shawhaha
Boyd Rivers
- Grow Sick And Die (de.youtube.com)
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
- 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)
# Sam Myers, voc, hca; Honeyboy Edwards, Robert Lockwood, gs; Sylvia Embry, b; Woody Williams, dr

soundtrack of film "Mississippi Delta Blues" 60 min, colour, mono, 1980; filmed live at the 2nd Mississippi Delta Blues Festival at Freedom Village, hosted by Willie Dixon (Kay Jazz KJ 081)


Delta Blues DBF 79


211980Sam Myers: Mississippi Delta Blues

- Waiting On You Mama   @ youtube
- Sam's Boogie   @ youtube
- Trying Hard
- Sad & Lonesome

- Moving To The Country
- Looking For My Baby
- Remembering Elmore
- Snuff & More Snuff
- Sleeping In The Ground   @ youtube
- Heart Is Crying Out   @ youtube

rec. 1978 live in Jackson, MS; Sam Myers, voc, hca; Jesse 'Lightnin'' Russell, g; Robert Robinson, b; Clarence Lee, dr


TJ Records TJ-1040 (US 1980)

TJ Records discography

221981Mississippi Delta Blues Band In Europe

- Treat Me Right (6:08) #
- Hell Of A Mistake (6:02)
- Slipin' [sic] And Slidin' (6:04)

- I Wonder Why (5:37) #
- All Alone (4:01)
- Strutin' [sic] (5:19)
- My Own Fault (3:54)

rec. April 25, 1977 live in Stockholm, Sweden feat. Eddie Lang, voc, lead g; Lee Crisp, hca, # voc; Vincent Blakey, rhythm g; Jesse Alexander, b; Richard Milton, dr


TJ Records TJ-1002 (US 1981)

TJ Records discography

231981Mississippi Delta Blues Band

- Jackson, Mississippi
- Big Cat Boogie (instr)
- I've Got The Blues   @ youtube
- Things I Used To Do
- Standing On The Highway

- Funking The Blues (instr)   @ youtube
- Little Girl Of Mine
- Gonna Move
- Cold Hearted Woman   @ youtube

rec. 1979 in Mississippi; Sam Myers, voc, hca; Gary Asazawa, g; Bob Deance, g; Norman Hill, b; Richard Milton, dr; prod. by Tom Boyd


TJ Records TJ-1050 (US 1981)

TJ Records discography

23a1981John Vincent presents Genuine Mississippi Blues

Ace LP 2028 tracks:
Johnny Littlejohn
- She Nineteen Year Old [Ace 3028]
Elmore James, Jr.
- Crazy Bend Ida Mae
- Bad Feeling
- Cummins Prison Blues

King Edward
- I should Quiet You Baby [Ace unissued]
- The Things I Used To Do [Ace 3027]
Fred McDowell
- Baby Please Don't Go [not "Don't Say A Mumblin Word" as written on back cover!]

Bad Smitty
- Smokestack Lightnin
- How Many More Years

Sam Myers
- Sad & Lonesome [Ace unissued]
- You're So Fine [Ace 3027]
- Money Is My Downfall [Ace unissued]
- Gold Tail Bird (tk 2) [Ace unissued]
Johnny Littlejohn
- I Wanna Go Home [Ace 3028]
- I Got My Nose Open [Ace unissued]

Ace CD 2028 tracks:
- Smokestack Lightenin' - Bad Smitty
- How Many More Years - Bad Smitty

- Sad And Lonesome - Sam Myers
- You're So Fine - Sam Myers
- Money Is My Downfall - Sam Myers
- Gold Tail Bird - Sam Myers
- I Wanna Go Home - John Littlejohn
- I Got My Nose Open - John Littlejohn
- She Nineteen Year Old - John Littlejohn
- Crazy Bout Ida Mae - Elmore James, Jr.
- Bad Feeling - Elmore James, Jr.
- Cummins Prison Blues - Elmore James, Jr.

- I Should Quiet You, Baby - King Edward
- The Things I Used To Do - King Edward
- Baby, Please Don't Go - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Hey Little Girl - Frankie Lee Sims
- Walking With Frankie - Frankie Lee Sims
- What Will Lucy Mae Do - Frankie Lee Sims
- Don't Say A Mumblin Word - Mississippi Fred McDowell


Westside WESM 579 tracks:
- Smokestack Lightning - Bad Smitty
- Gold Tail Bird (tk 1) - Sam Myers [Ace unissued]
- I Got My Nose Open - Johnny Littlejohn
- Crazy 'Bout Ida Mae - Elmore James Jr.
- Money Is My Downfall - Sam Myers
- The Things I Used To Do - King Edward
- Standing At The Crossroads - Bad Smitty [Ace unissued]
- You're So Fine - Sam Myers
- Bad Feeling - Elmore James Jr.
- Sad And Lonesome - Sam Myers
- I Wanna Go Home - Johnny Littlejohn
- Last Night - Bad Smitty [Ace unissued]
- I Should Quit You Baby (Killing Floor) - King Edward
- Take Me Where You Go - Sam Myers [Ace unissued]
- Cummins Prison Blues - Elmore James Jr.
- She's 19 Years Old - Johnny Littlejohn
- How Many More Years - Bad Smitty
- Gold Tail Bird (tk 2) - Sam Myers
- Today I Started Loving You Again - King Edward
- Walkin' With Smitty (tk 1) - Bad Smitty [Ace unissued]



Ace LP 2028 (US 1981)


(=) Ace CD 2028 (US 1993)

notes by Neil Slaven

(=) Westside WESM 579 (UK 1999) "Genuine Mississippi Blues... Plus" (Ace Blues Masters Vol. 4)

23b1982COOL PAPA AND THE ALL STAR BLUES BAND

- Draw In Your Lips (2:55)
- Shady Spot By The River (2:51)   @ youtube
- Papa's Boogie (2:54)
- Hard Times (5:31)
- Woman I'm Going Crazy (3:11)

- End Of The Road (4:45)
- What Have I Done (4:45)
- I'm Gonna Walk On (3:38)
- I Had A Woman (3:55)

Cool Papa (Haskell Sadler), voc, g; Big Bob Deance, g; Kenney Herrera, sax; Connell Page, b; Sam Myers, dr; prod. by Tom Boyd


TJ Records TJ-1052 (US 1982)

TJ Records discography

241984The Down Home Blues Band

The Down Home Blues Band [Z Z Hill's Road Band]
- Delta State Of Mind

The Down Home Blues Band Featuring: Sam "Blues Man" Myles [sic]
- Back In My Baby's Arms #

# Sam Myers, voc; Vasti Jackson, g; J.B. Jackson; N. WilliaMS; G. Holmes; prod. by Haran Griffin & Nathaniel Baldwin; executive producer: Robert Rosenthal ("from the up coming Mississippi Delta Blues album")

7 inch 45 rpm

Mid-South NR-15681

251985The Mississippi Delta Blues Album
The greatest blues album ever recorded [sic]

Linda Hopkins
- How Blue Can You Get
Z Z Hill's Road Band (a tribute to ZZ Hill)
- Delta State Of Mind
Lynn White ("Queen Of The Blues")
- Stepping Out
Ollie Nightingale
- Jealousy She's Gone
Nighthawks
- Man

Elmore James
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama

Sam "Blues Man" Meyers [sic]
- Back Into My Baby's Arms #
James "Son" Thomas
- Big Fat Mama
Toru Oki
- Mojo
Muddy Waters Jr.
- I Wanna Rock You


# Sam Myers, voc; Vasti Jackson, g; J.B. Jackson; N. WilliaMS; G. Holmes; prod. by Haran Griffin & Nathaniel Baldwin; executive producer: Robert Rosenthal


Mid-South NR-15901 (US 1985)

[be warned - it ain't ;-]

261985Sam Myers - Anson Funderburgh: My Love Is Here To Stay

- True Love
- Suggestion Blues
- Life Problem
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
- Hep Cats In Big Town
- What's Wrong, What's Wrong?

- My Heart Cries Out For You
- Poor Little Angel Child
- Wee Wee Hours
- Take Me Where You Go
- Tomorrow Will Find Me The Same Way
- My Love Is Here To Stay

rec. August 1984

notes by Bunny Matthews

Black Top BT-1032

= Making Waves SPIN 206

271986Mississippi Delta Blues Band: Chromatic Style   @ youtube

- Where Is My Woman (4:15)
- I've Laid My Habits Down (4:10)
- Sad, Sad Lonesome Day (4:29)
- Black Beauty (instr) (4:26)

- Money Is My Downfall (3:00)
- Like The Devil (3:00)
- I Need Someone (2:42)
- The Slow One (instr) (3:48)
- Tell Me What You Want (3:16)
- My Love Is Here To Stay (2:14)

rec. early 1980s at Music Annex Studios in Menlo Park, CA by Tom Boyd; Sam Myers, voc, hca; Carl Green, ts; Robert Lee Deance, Craig Horton, gs; Connell Page, b; Rubin Kerr, dr; prod. by Tom Boyd; mixed and mastered at Tom's Music Studios, Palo Alto, CA
photography: Creative Arts

"Dedicated to our friends in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Holland, West Germany, East Germany, Japan, France, Spain, Portugal, Romania and the U.S.A."


TJ Records TJ-1054 (US 1986)

TJ Records discography

281986San Francisco Blues Band

- Three Days And Three Nights
- Loving My Baby (instr)
- Damn Money
- Waiting On Me
- Funky San Francisco (instr)   @ youtube

- Try Me On More Time
- Elizabeth
- Big Bob's Boogie (instr)
- Icelantic Woman
- Strollin' (instr)

rec. early 1980s at Music Annex Studios in Menlo Park, CA; Craig Horton, voc, g; Sam Myers, hca; Robert Lee Deance, g; Connell Page, b; Rubin Kerr, dr; guest: Carl Green, ts; prod. by Tom Boyd; mixed and mastered at Tom's Music Studios, Palo Alto, CA
photography: Creative Arts


TJ Records TJ-1056 (US 1986)

TJ Records discography

291986Mississippi Delta Blues Band: Greatest Hits

- Jackson, Mississippi [TJ-1050]
- Standing On The Highway [TJ-1050]
- The Slow One (instr) [TJ-1054]
- I've Got The Blues [TJ-1050]
- Black Beauty (instr) [TJ-1054]

- Sleeping In The Ground [TJ-1040]
- Big Cat Boogie (instr) [TJ-1050]
- Where Is My Woman [TJ-1054]
- Funking The Blues (instr) [TJ-1050]
- My Love Is Here To Stay [TJ-1054]

prod. by Tom Boyd
front cover photo by Gunnar Holmberg


TJ Records TJ-1060 (US 1986)

TJ Records discography

301986N.Y. on Fire
Bobby's Harlem Rock Vol. 2
LP 1:
Sammy Myers
- Angel Child [previously unissued]
- Little Girl [previously unissued]
- You Don't Have To Go
- Sad Lonesome Day
Johnny Acey
- I Go Into Orbit
- What Am I Going To Do
Bobby Long
- The Pleasure Is All Mine

Mighty Joe Young
- Why Baby
- Empty Arms
B. Brown and His Rockin' McVouts
- Hardworking Man
- My Baby Left Me
- Rockin' With "B"
- Fannie Mae Is Back
- Candied Yams
Johnny Chef
- Baby Please Come Back


LP 2:
Hal Paige and The Whalers
- After Hours Blues
- Going Back My Hometown
Dr. Horse
- I'm Tired Of It
- Think I Know
Paul Perryman
- Look At My Baby
Noble Watts and The Possum Bellys featuring June Bateman
- Go Way Mr. Blues
- Possum Belly Overalls

Sammy Taylor
- Ain't That Some Shame
- Next In Line
- Your Precious Love
Billy Lewis
- Heart Trouble
Tommy Tucker
- Watch Out
- I Just Wanna Make Love To You
Bobby Porter
- Searching For Love
- Let's Make That Dream Come True


DLP

P-Vine PLP 6101/02 (Jp)


= P-Vine PCD-5461 (Jp 1986) "New York On Fire"

311987Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets featuring Sam Myers: Sins

- A Man Needs His Loving
- I'll Be True
- Don't Want No Leftovers
- Walked All Night
- My Kind Of Baby
- Changing Neighborhood

- I Can't Stop Loving
- Chill Out
- My Heart
- Trying To Make You Mine
- Sleeping In The Ground
- Hard-Hearted Woman


Black Top BT-1038 (US)

= Demon FIEND 104 (UK 1987)

321988Black Top Blues-A-Rama Vol. 1
Live at Tipitina's, New Orleans

Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets with Sam Myers
- Pawnbroker
- That's Alright
- Suggestion Blues
- Changing Neighborhoods
Ron Levy (with Sam Myers, hca)
- I'm Your Professor
Ron Levy
- It's Hot in Here
- Big Mamou
Grady Gaines (with Ronnie Earl, g)
- Hard Time Blues
- Something On Your Mind


Black Top LP BT-1044 (US 1988)


= Black Top CD BT-1044

331989Snooks Eaglin: Out Of Nowhere

- Oh Lawdy, My Baby
- Lipstick Traces

- Young Girl #
- Out Of Nowhere
- You're So Fine
- Mailman Blues
- Wella Wella Baby-La
- Kiss Of Fire
- It's Your Thing
- Playgirl
- West Side Baby
- Cheeta

P-Vine bonus tracks:
- Bombastic
- Young Boy Blues
- Kiss Of Fire (alt. take)


rec. February & May, 1988 at Southlake Recording Studios, Metairie, La; # Sam Myers, hca

notes by Ben Sandmel & Jeff Hannusch

Black Top BT-1046 (US)
= Demon FIENDCD 146 (UK)

(=) P-Vine PCD-3775 (Jp)
= P-Vine PCD-22255 (Jp)

Snooks Eaglin discography

341989New York Blues Vol. 2

Sammy Myers
- Angel Child
- Little Girl
- You Don't Have To Go
- Sad, Sad Lonesome Day
B. Brown & His Rockin' McVouts
- Rockin' With B.
Bobby Long
- The Pleasure Is All Mine
Dr. Horse (Al Pittman)
- I'm Tired Of It

Johnny Acey
- I Go Into Orbit
- What Am I Going To Do
Mighty Joe Young
- Why Baby
- Empty Arms
Dr. Horse
- Jack That Cat Was Clean
- Think I Know
Noble Watts & June Bateman
- Go Away Mr. Blues



Charly CRB 1208 (UK 1989)

351989Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets featuring Sam Myers: Rack 'Em Up

- Tell Me What Have I Done Wrong?
- Since We've Been Together
- Rack 'Em Up
- Mama And Papa
- 20 Miles
- Hold That Train, Conductor
- I'm Your Professor
- I'll Keep On Trying
- All Your Love
- Are You Out There?
- Lemonade
- Meanstreak

notes by Jeff Hannusch

Black Top BT-1049 (US 1989)
= Demon FIEND CD 147 (UK 1989)

361989Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets featuring Sam Myers:
Tell Me What I Want To Hear


- Tell Me What I Want To Hear
- Ways Of Man
- I Done Quit Getting Sloppy Drunk
- I Want A Wife
- I'm Innocent
- Shedding Tears Of Laughter
- Rent Man Blues

- I Need You So
- Waitin' On You, Mamma
- It'll Do
- The Amateur (She's Gone)
- Missing Person
- Happy Man
- Down At J.J.'s


Black Top BT-1068 (US 1989)

36a199?Black Rock 'N' Roll
Savage Kick Vol. 8

The Sly Fox - Hoo-doo Say
Little Willie John - Leave My Kitten Alone
Stomp Gordon - Ride Superman Ride
Lightnin' Hopkins - Uncle Stan The Hip Hit Record Man
Jimmy Liggins - I Ain't Drunk
Magic Sam - 21 Days In Jail
Eddie Clearwater - I Was Gone

Sam Myers - You Don't Have To Go

V & Bb - They Just Rocking And Rolling
Al Calloway - Uncle John
Eddie Burns - Hard Hearted Woman
Al "TNT" Braggs - Chase Em Tom Cat
Curtis And The Creeps - The Thing
The Five Dollars - How To Do The Bacon Fat
Morris Bailey - Tell Me Why



Savage Kick SK-508

371992Black Top Blues-A-Rama Vol. 6
Live At Tipitina's

Anson Funderburgh And The Rockets/Sam Myers
- 20 Miles
- Hold That Train, Conductor
- Look On Yonder Wall
- One Room Country Shack
- Feel So Bad
- Can't Stop Loving My Baby
Snooks Eaglin
- I Cry, Oh!
- Irene
- Apache
- Certainly Ya'll
- Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Hubert Sumlin
- Howlin' For My Darling
- Your Clock Is Running Out
- Come Home Little Girl
- Honey Dumpling



Black Top BT-1073 (US 1992)

381992Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets featuring Sam Myers: Through The Years - A Retrospective (1981-1992)
featuring Sam Myers and Darrell Nulish

- Come On
- Talk To You By Hand
- Keep What I've Got
- The Blues Seem To Follow Me

- Tomorrow Will Find Me The Same Way #
- My Heart Cries Out For You #
- Look What You're Doing To Me
- Hard Hearted Woman

- I'm Your Professor #
- I'll Be There
- A Man Needs His Loving #
- Changing Neighborhoods #
- Tell Me What Have I Done Wrong? #
- I Done Quit Getting Sloppy Drunk #
- Since We've Been Together #
- Make A Little Love
- Tell Me What I Want To Hear #
- Meanstreak #
- Down At J.J.'s #

# with Sam Myers


Black Top BT-1077 (US 1992)

391995Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets featuring Sam Myers
Live At The Grand Emporium


- Sidetracked
- Understand
- Ways Of Man
- It's You
- Turning My Life Around
- Piece Of Mind
- Empty Arms
- Wild Cherry
- Tell Me What I Want To Hear
- The Drifter
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
- Shedding Tears Of Laughter
- Trying To Make You Mine
- Make A Little Love Tonight
- Backstroke


Black Top BT-1111 (US 1995)

401995Black Top Blues Vocal Dynamite!

- Toehold - Robert Ward
- Coffee Break Blues - Grady "Fats" Jackson
- Along About Midnight - Solomon Burke
- Undivided Love - Lynn August
- So Many Roads - Kim Wilson
- Your Girlfriend - Joe Medwick
- Shack Up With Me - Tommy Ridgely
- Best Of Me - Doctor John
- The Four Questions - The James Harman Band
- Special Built Woman - Phillip Walker
- Ever Since The World Began - Big Joe And The Dynaflows
- Seduction - Earl King
- Kick It Around With You - Bobby Parker

- Tomorrow Will Find Me The Same Way - Sam Myers
- I Should've Done Better - Lee McBee
- I'll Never Be Free - Carol Fran
- Nine Pound Steel - Snooks Eaglin



Black Top BT-1124 (US 1995)

40a1995Ain'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 - Mighty Joe Young
- 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)

411997Anson Funderburgh & Sam Myers: That's What They Want

- Lookin' The World Over
- Oh-Oh
- The Last Time Around
- Monkey Around
- That's What They Want
- The Dew Is Falling
- Mudslide
- I Don't Play
- I Don't Want You Cutting Off Your Hair
- Don't Quit The One You Love For Me
- I've Been Dogged By Women
- The Meanest Woman
- I'm Shakin'


Black Top BT-1140 (US 1997)

41a1998Tuff Enuff
The Ace Blues Masters   Vol. 3

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

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


2 CD set

Westside WESM-570 (UK 1998)

421999Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets Featuring Sam Myers: Change In My Pocket

- Change In My Pocket
- Young Fashioned Ways
- Little Girl
- Single Again
- $100 Bill
- Hula Hoop
- Willie Jo
- Ain't That Lonely
- - Highway Man
- What Have I Done
- You Can't Be The One For Me
- Things Have Changed


Rounder/Bullseye Blues
& Jazz 61 9573 (US 1999)

42a199?Papa Lightfoot & Sammy Myers: Blues Harmonica Wizards

Papa Lightfoot
- Wine, Women & Whiskey
- Jump The Boogie
- Mean Ole Train
- PL Blues
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- Blue Lights
- Mean Ole Train Version 2
- Wild Fire
- Jumpin' With Jarvis
- Rub A Little Boogie(Champion Jack Dupree, voc)
- Mr. Ticket Agent (Donald "Silver" Cooks, voc)
- Coming Back Home(Donald "Silver" Cooks, voc)
- Creole Gal Blues (Edgar Blanchard, voc)
- She'll Be Mine After Awhile (Edgar Blanchard, voc)
- Mean Ole Train Version 3

Sammy Myers
- Sleeping In The Ground
- My Love Is Here To Stay
- You Don't Have To Go
- Sad, Sad Lonesome Day
- Look On Yonder Wall (with Elmore James)
- Poor Little Angel Child (with Elmore James)
- Rhythm With Me #

# this is actually an alternative take of "Steady" by Jerry McCain !


Official CD 5254 ("Denmark" 199?)

Papa Lightfoot discography
Jerry McCain discography

42b2002Shuckin' Stuff
Rare Blues from Ace Records (MS)

CD 1:
- Goodbye Blues - Jesse Allen
- I'm Not Satisfied (alt tk)- Dave Dixon
- Those Lonely, Lonely Nights (alt tk) - Earl King
- Mercy's Blues - Mercy Baby
- I Got The Blues For You - Al Collins
- Give A Helping Hand (alt tk) - Bobby Marchan
- What Will Lucy Do - Frankie Lee Sims
- 4th And Beale - Joe Hill Louis
- Shuckin' Stuff - Al Collins
- Baby You Can Get Your Gun - Earl King
- Let's Get It - Edgar Blanchard
- Bad Feeling Blues (alt tk) - Lightnin' Slim
- Don't Say A Mumblin' Word - Fred McDowell
- My Baby Done Gone - Schoolboy Cleve

- I Got My Nose Open - John Littlejohn
- I Feel So Good - Albert Scott
- Mean Old World - Big Boy Crudup
- Feeling So Low (alt tk) - Dave Dixon
- My Love Is Strong (alt tk) - Earl King
- Lightnin' Slim Boogie (alt tk) - Lightnin' Slim

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


CD 2:
- My Love Is Here To Stay (alt tk) - Sammy Myers
- Sleeping In The Ground (alt tk) - Sammy Myers
- Every Day I Have The Blues - Alabama Red
- I've Been Searchin' - Unknown Male Singer #0
- Honeycomb - Edgar Blanchard
- I'll Never Leave Anymore - Unknown Male Singer #0
- Annie Mae (alt tk) - Little Cameron
- I'm Leaving You Baby - Albert Scott
- Every Night About This Time - Unknown Male Singer #1
- Standing At The Station - Unknown Male Singer #3
- Baby Please - H-Bomb Ferguson
- Hideaway - Johnny Littlejohn
- Take Me Back Baby Unknown Female Singer
- Three Long Years - Unknown Male Singer #0

- My Love Is Here To Stay - Sammy Myers
- Sleeping In The Ground - Sammy Myers
- Driving Wheel (+ Message) - Alabama Red
- Standing At The Crossroads (alt tk) - Bad Smitty
- Lonesome Guitar (alt tk) - Edgar Blanchard
- Lifetime In Prison Pt. 1 - Billy Tate
- Lifetime In Prison Pt. 2 - Billy Tate
- Sittin' Here Worryin' (alt tk) - Little Cameron
- Little Boy Blue - Unknown Male Singer #2
- Pathway Of Love - Unknown Male Singer #3
- Right At Home - Albert Scott
- Whiskey And Women - Unknown Male Singer #0


2 CD set

Westside WESD 240 (UK 2002)

432003Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets with Sam Myers:
Which Way Is Texas?


- Can We Get Together
- One Woman I Need
- Tryin' To Get Back On My Feet
- Rambling Woman
- Some Sunny Day
- Going My Way?
- The Last Time
- Don't Turn This Child Away From Heaven
- Hoodoo Party
- Toss And Turn
- Jungle
- I Need To Know
- Crutch And Cane


Rounder/Bullseye Blues
& Jazz 61 9669 (US 2003)

442004Sam Myers: Coming From The Old School

- I'm Tired Of Your Jive
- Ninety Nine
- I Got A Thing For The Voodoo Woman
- Burning Fire
- Waitin' On You Mama
- I Got The Blues
- My Daily Wish
- You Don't Know What Love Is All About
- Coming From The Old School
- Country Boy
- Money Is My Downfall
- After Hours When The Joint Is Closed
- Packing Up My Blues
- Let You Slowly Bring Me Down


Electro-Fi E-FI 3383 (Ca 2004)

452012The Ace Records Blues Story

CD 1:
Frankie Lee Sims - Walking With Frankie
Sammy Myers - My Love Is Here To Stay
Elton Anderson - Shed So Many Tears
Lightnin' Slim - Lightning Slim Boogie
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - I Wonder
Jesse Allen - Goodbye Blues
Frankie Lee Sims - Well Goodbye Baby
Earl King - My Love Is Strong
Mercy Baby - Silly Dilly Woman
Charles Brown - Love's Like A River
Eddie Bo - I'm So Tired
Dave Dixon - I'm Not Satisfied
Joe Dyson - Looped
Al Collins - Shuckin Stuff
Bobby Marchan - Don't Take Your Love Away From Me
Frankie Lee Sims - Hey Little Girl
Mercy Baby - Mercy's Blues
Earl King - Mother Told Me Not To Go


CD 2:
Earl King - Those Lonely, Lonely Nights
Frankie Lee Sims - My Talk Didn't Do No Good

Sammy Myers - Sleeping In The Ground
Elton Anderson - Roll On Train
Frankie Lee Sims - Misery Blues
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - My Baby Boogies All The Time
Lightnin' Slim - Bad Feeling Blues
Billy Tate - Lifetime In Prison, Pt. 1
Frankie Lee Sims - What Will Lucy Do?
Frankie Fair - Mean Mistreater
Dave Dixon - Feeling So Low
Jesse Allen - Baby Say You Will
Mercy Baby - Marked Deck
Frankie Lee Sims - Warned You Baby
Al Collins - I Got The Blues For You
Earl King - It Must Have Been Love
Mercy Baby - Rock And Roll Baby
Frankie Lee Sims - She Likes To Boogie Real Low

notes by Bill Dahl

Fuel 2000 619152 (2012)

462013It's A Southern Blues Thing - Volume 1

- No Way Out - Mighty Men
- Heart Trouble - Jessie "Guitar" Box with Harry Dallas Band
- Non Support (That's What The Judge Say) - Ironing Board Sam
- You Won't Treat Me Right - TV Slim & His Bluesmen

- The Things I Used To Do - King Edward with Sammy Myers, hca
- Dark, Muddy Bottom - Lightnin' Leon
- Worst Feeling (I Ever Had) - Willie Cobbs
- Fatten Pin - Clyde Hopkins
- Bye Bye Baby - Slim Sanders
- Lein On Your Body - Calvin Johnson
- She's Nineteen Years Old - Johnny Little John
- "T" Model Ford - Model "T" Slim feat. Jack Wall, lead g
- I've Been Used - Ironing Board Sam
- Rambling Woman - Big Moose
- Lorain, Lorain - Eddie Clay
- Santa Fee - Clyde Hopkins
- Married Too Soon - Jolly George
- Look Here Mama - Harmonica Joe
- Do It Like That - Little Willie Brown & Cameos
- Ron-De-View 36 - Little Boyd (King of Harmonica) [Lamga 0002]
- It's All Your Fault - Bill Rice
- Burnt Out - Model "T" Slim with Jack Wall, g
- Unsatisfied Mind - Calvin Johnson
- Love Bounce - T.V. Slim & His Bluesmen



Styletone 100 (2013)

476/2018Voices Of Mississippi
Artists And Musicians Documented by William Ferris

CD 1: Blues
James "Son Ford" Thomas - 44 Blues (3:45)
Lovey Williams - I Feel So Good (2:06)
Wallace "Pine-Top" Johnson & Maudie Shirley with Jasper Love - Stackalee And Billy Lyons (2:45)
Scott Dunbar - Lil' Liza Jane (2:59)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Big Fat Mama (2:28)
Louis Dotson - Bottle Blowing (0:52)
Sonny Boy Watson - Bring Me My Shotgun (3:08)

Sam Myers - Eyesight To The Blind (2:25)
James "Son Ford" Thomas - Cairo (2:49)
Scott Dunbar - Jaybird (8:35)
Tom Dumas - Cotton Eyed Joe (2:24)
Lovey Williams - Coal Black Mare (2:37)
Unidentified Musician with Mississippi Fred McDowell - I Dreamed I Went To The U.N. (2:30)
Walter Lee Hood - Darling If You Must Leave (1:06)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - I Got A Letter From Hot Springs (3:54)
Wallace "Pine-Top" Johnson & Maudie Shirley With Jasper Love - Baby Loves To Boogie (3:13)
Wash Heron & "Big" Jack Johnson - Nothing (1:36)
James "Son Ford" Thomas - Dust My Broom (2:31)
Scott Dunbar - The Memphis Mail (3:30)
Sonny Boy Watson - Have You Seen My Baby (3:48)
James Hughes - Instrumental Guitar Piece In A (1:37)
Lovey Williams - Train I Ride (1:57)
Unidentified Musician with Mississippi Fred McDowell - Little Red Rooster (3:01)
Leland Musician - Darlin' Why You Treat Me So? (2:19)
Inmates at Parchman Farm - Water Boy Drowned In The Mobile Bay (1:57)
George Lee "Sun Bud" Spears - I Ain't Gonna Live It No More (4:10)
James "Son Ford" Thomas with Sonny Boy Watson - I Cannot Stay Here Baby (4:03)



CD 2: Gospel
Mary Alice & Alan McGowan - My Mother's On That Train (1:36)
The Southland Hummingbirds - You Don't Know Like I Know (3:48)
Lovey Williams - I'm Standing In The Safety Zone (1:20)
Reverend Smith And Family - Children, Go Where I Send Thee (3:27)
Liddle Hines - What Could I Do? (3:23)
Providence Missionary Baptist Church - So Glad I Got Good Religion (3:21)
Church Of God In Christ - I Know The Lord Will Make A Way (Yes He Will) (2:08)
Walter Lee Hood And Parchman Inmates - Home On High (2:28)
Fannie Bell Chapman -We're So Glad To Be Here (3:52)
Mary & Amanda Gordon -Lord, I'm In Your Hand (2:59)
Reverend Ott & Family - You Don't Knock, You Just Walk On In (2:29)
Walter Lee Hood - They Tell Me Of An Uncloudy Day (1:33)
Rose Hill Church - Thanks For Bill Ferris (0:35)
Rose Hill Church - Over Yonder Where The Sun Will Never Shine (2:48)
The Southland Hummingbirds - I've Been Born Again (3:18)
Lovey Williams & Family - The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow (2:51)
Providence Missionary Baptist Church - How Did You Feel When You Come Out Of The Wilderness (4:10)
Church Of God In Christ - I Don't Have To Worry About Where I Spend Eternity (2:56)
Fannie Bell Chapman & Family - He's My Rock, My Sword, And Shield (3:58)
Walter Lee Hood & Parchman Inmates - Thank You Jesus (2:23)
Mary & Amanda Gordon - Cross Of Calvary (2:50)
The Church Of God In Christ - My Grave's Gonna Be Decorated On That Day (2:55)
The Southland Hummingbirds - There Are Days (2:58)
The Church Of God In Christ - You Can't Hide Sinner (2:43)
Reverend Isaac Thomas & Rose Hill Church - Lord, Remember Me (2:51)
The Church Of God In Christ - Glory, Glory (Lay My Burden Down) (8:38)



CD 3: Storytelling
Barry Hannah - On Bill (1:34)
Alice Walker - Regions Of The Mind And Heart (0:46)
Alex Haley - The South (1:46)
Ray Lum - A Trader Is (1:18)
Bobby Rush - The Blues To Me (1:23)
Barry Hannah - On Son Thomas And Tradition (1:49)
James "Son Ford" Thomas - I Know It's Wrong To Be Playin' The Blues (2:56)
Sonny Boy Watson - Jitterbug Comes To Town (2:06)
James "Son Ford" Thomas - You Whistlin' (2:19)
Joe "Skeet" Skillet - Mule Toast And Pool Hall Toast (3:02)
Joe Cooper - The Preacher (1:28)
Wallace "Pine-Top" Johnson, Jasper Love, Maudie Shirley - Lyin' (1:05)
Shelby "Poppa Jazz" Brown - Two Brothers, Heaven And Hell (5:26)
Shelby "Poppa Jazz" Brown - Creekman Killed Charlie Kirkland (3:26)
B.B. King - Lucille (3:20)
Allen Ginsberg, James "Son Ford" Thomas, Bill Ferris - On Blues Composition (4:41)
Robert Penn Warren - The Decline In Human Values (2:46)
Pecolia Warner - The Bible Salesma n(5:06)
Ray Lum - Fast Traders Disguising Mules (2:50)
Ray Lum - Horses Too Tall To Drown (1:02)
Ray Lum - The Ark And The Cats (1:55)
Ray Lum - The Panther (1:33)
Victor Bobb - Fixing Charles Lindbergh's Engine (7:43)
Barry Hannah - Lying About Being From Mississippi (0:58)
Pete Seeger - We Shall Overcome (2:13)
James "Son Ford" Thomas - Cemetery Conversations (6:50)



DVD 4: Films
William Ferris - Gravel Springs Fife And Drum - Otha Turner(10:28)
William Ferris - Green Valley Grandparents (10:20)
William Ferris - Ray Lum: Mule Trader (18:03)
William Ferris - Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer (42:47)
William Ferris - Four Women Artists: Pecolia Warner, Eudora Welty, Ethel Mohamed, Theora Hamblett (24:04)
William Ferris - Hush Hoggies Hush: Tom Johnson's Praying Pigs (4:15)
William Ferris - Bottle Up And Go - Louis Dotson (17:56)


3 x CD, DVD-Video

Dust-To-Digital DTD-53 (US June 1, 2018)

482020Sam Myers & the South Dallas Shoan-Nufferz: My Pal Sam

- Bring It On Back Home To Me
- Left Me With A Broken Heart
- Newport News
- Goin Down Slow
- Keep Your Arms Around Me
- Bad Luck & Trouble
- Nerve To Put Me Out
- These Young Girls
- Sleeping In The Ground

rec. at Butchie Boy's studio in Oak Cliff, Dallas, TX; compilation of never-before-heard tracks; Sam Myers, voc, hca; Lucky Peterson; Big Will; Brett Nance; produced by Jack ("Daddy Jack") Chaplin
mastering & design by Jim Carpenter Loco Dare Productions

notes (August 2020) by Jack Chaplin

Jack Daddy Records 00261-48374-0 ("Cooking With The Blues" series)



At
Pete Hoppula's Sam Myers discography
you'll find more compilation albums featuring Sam Myers tracks
which I'm at the moment too lazy to "illustrate" here

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/sammyers.htm
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 120
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 416
- Don Zijlstra: Bij Sam Myers over de vloer (with "Anson & Sam discography").- Block 69 (1989), p. 13-15
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Alex van der Tuuk, Gerrit Robs, Klaus Kilian and Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva for additional info / scans

 

 

 

 

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