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Doug Quattlebaum; source: Internet find, as usual without any credits given, except for the Ole Miss watermark
source: Internet find, as usual without any credits given, except for the Ole Miss watermark, which might indicate that it's originally from Amy & Jim O'Neal's "Living Blues" magazine
Doug Quattlebaum; source: Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who.- New York 1979, p. 425
source: Harris: Blues Who's Who.- New York 1979, p. 425

 

Doug Quattlebaum
Elijah Douglas Quattlebaum   (apparently né Elijah Washington)
b. January 22, 1929 in Florence, Florence County, South Carolina
d. March 1, 1996 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

discography

D O U G   Q U A T T L E B A U M; source: Notes accompanying Testament TCD 6003
source: Notes accompanying Testament TCD 6003; photographer: Pete Welding

#year
of release
title / label / notes
14/1953DOUG QUATTLEBAUM

- Don't Be Funny, Baby! (DQ 1) [edited version 2'30"]   @ Spotify
- Lizzie Lou (DQ 2) [speeded up]

rec. 1953 in Philadelphia, PA; Doug Quattlebaum, voc, g


Gotham 519


= Gotham G 7519

Duck Tail DT EP 201

   

- Don't Be Funny Baby [original version 5'18"]   @ youtube
- Foolin' Me   @ Spotify

rec. 1953 in Philadelphia, PA; Doug Quattlebaum, voc, g

Gotham unissued

Krazy Kat KK 824
Collectables CD 5324
P-Vine PCD 2274

   

- Hard Luck Blues
- Good Woman Blues #   @ youtube
- Baby, Please Don't Go
- Come Back, Baby
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do
- If You've Ever Been Mistreated
- Lizzie Lou
- Drifting Blues
- What'd I Say
- Kiddio
- It's Nobody's Fault But Mine
- Story Of Adam And Eve
- Come Over Here
- Honeydripper
- I've Been Working On My Baby
- Touch The Hem Of His Garment
- He May Not Come When You Want Him
- How Great Thou Art
- Quattlebaum's Boogie

rec. July 6, 1961 in Philadelphia, PA; Doug Quattlebaum, voc, g; prod. by Pete Welding

Pete Welding recordings, originally unissued
[announced to be issued on the Heritage label, but that never happened]

# Storyville SLP 181 (1963)

Testament TCD 6003 (1997)

21963Doug Quattlebaum: Softee Man Blues@ youtube (full album)

- Sweet Little Woman   @ youtube
- Whiskey Headed Woman   @ youtube
- Trouble In Mind
- You Is One Black Rat   @ youtube
- On My Way To School
- You Ain't No Good   @ youtube
- Come Home Blues

- Mama Don't Allow Me To Stay Out All Night Long
- Big Leg Woman
- Baby Take A Chance With Me   @ youtube
- Love My Baby
- Back Night Is Falling
- So Sweet   @ youtube
- Worried Life Mind Blues   @ youtube

rec. November 27, 1961 in Philadelphia, PA; Doug Quattlebaum, voc, g; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein & Pete Welding
front cover design by Don Schlitten, photo by Pete Welding

notes by Pete Welding

Prestige Bluesville BV 1065 (US 1963) (Prestige Blusville logo on label)

notes by Pete Welding

= Prestige Bluesville BV 1065 (US 1964 or later) (Prestige trident logo on label)

notes (French and English) by Jacques Demêtre

= Vogue CLDP 830 (Fr 1972)


= P-Vine PCD-1962 (Jp 1994)

Bluesville Records discography

31964Blues All Around My Bed
Blues Scene USA Vol. 3

Carl Hodges - Blues All Around My Bed   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - Hellhound On My Trail   @ youtube
John Lee Granderson - Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl [Takoma TAK 7071]   @ youtube
Johnny Young & John Wrencher & John Lee Granderson - Green Door Blues   @ youtube
James Robinson - Standing In My Back Door Crying   @ youtube
W.B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson - Sometimes I Rate   @ youtube

Connie Williams - One Thin Dime   @ youtube
Leroy "Country" Dallas - Sweet Man Blues (4:22)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues #   @ youtube
Bill Jackson - Trouble In Mind   @ youtube
Avery Brady - Gonna Let You Down   @ youtube
Arthur Weston & Big Joe Williams & George Robertson - Roll Me Over Slow   @ youtube


# rec. July 6, 1961 in Philadelphia, PA by Pete Welding; Doug Quattlebaum, voc, g

front cover photos by Harry Oster (the photo of Leon Strickland is laterally reversed; Strickland was not left handed!)

notes by Pete Welding

Storyville SLP 181 (Denmark 1964)

notes by Pete Welding

= Storyville 670181 (Germany 196?)

= Storyville SLP 842 (Denmark 1979)

notes by Pete Welding

= Storyville PSLP-842 (Portugal 4/1983)

notes by Pete Welding

= Poljazz PSJ 248 (Poland 1983)

notes by Pete Welding

= Storyville SLP 4036 (Switzerland 1985) "Blues Roots Vol. 2"

Storyville Records discography
Big Joe Williams discography
Johnny Young discography
Big John Wrencher discography
John Lee Granderson discography
Blind Connie Williams discography
Leroy Dallas discography

41966Eastern And Gulf Coast States

Dan Pickett
- Ride To A Funeral In A V8
- Early One Morning
John Lee
- Babys Blues
- Down At The Depot
- Alabama Boogie

Doug Quattlebaum
- Don't Be Funny Baby
Skoodle Dum Doo & Shefield
- Gas Ration Blues
- Tampa Blues

Leroy Dallas
- I'm Down Now But I Won't Be Down Always
- Your Sweet Mans Blues
Country Paul
- Mother Dear Mother
Blues King
- Me And My Baby
- Good Boy
Curley Weaver
- My Babys Gone
Julius King
- If You See My Lover
- I Want a Slice Of Your Puddin'



The Post War Blues PWB 3

The Post War Blues discography

5late
1960s
Dough [sic] Quattlebaum

- Jailhouse Blues   @ youtube
- Baby I'm Back   @ youtube

rec. most likely late 1960s in Philadelphia, PA; Doug Quattlebaum, voc, el. g; b; dr; prod. by Nate and Cathy Strand


Na-Cat 212
[Philadelphia label owned by Nate and Cathy Strand;
other outings:
Na-Cat 210: Ed Wiley:
- Young Generation / Stretching Out]

61970I'm Your Country Man

Shy Guy Douglas
- I'm You Country Man
- Wasted Time
Stickhorse Hammond
- Gambling Man
- Alberta
Pete McKinley
- Shrevport Blues
- Ardella
Little Boy Fuller [Rich Trice]
- Shake Your Stuff
- Lazy Bug Blues

Country Jim
- Sad And Lonely Blues
Willie Lane
- Howling Wolf Blues
- Black Cat Rag
Sonny Boy Davis & Rattlesnake Cooper
- Rhythm Blues
- I Don't Live Here No More
Square Walton & Sonny Terry
- Gimme Your Bankroll
- Pepper Head Woman

Doug Quattlebaum
- Lizzie Lou

notes by Chris Roby

Highway 51 H-104 (UK 1970)

Highway 51 Records discography

719?? 

Tillman Franks And His Rainbow Boys [Faron Young, voc]
- Hot Rod - Shotgun Boogie [Gotham 412 / G-7412 (1951)]
- Hi-Tone Poppa [Gotham 412 / G-7412 (1951)]


Doug Quattlebaum
- Lizzie Lou [Gotham 519 / G-7519 (1953)]
- Don't Be Funny, Baby [Gotham 519 / G-7519 (1953)]

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Duck Tail DT EP 201

81974Blue Guitar Album

LP 1:
Big Bill Broonzy - Guitar Shuffle
Lightnin' Hopkins - Drinkin' The Blues
Brownie McGhee - That's How I Feel
Jimmy Reed - Instrumental

Jimmy Dawkins - Blues In The Ghetto
Hubert Sumlin - Straight Talk
Big Joe Williams - Skinny Mama
John Lee Hooker - Wednesday Evening Blues
Jimmy Dawkins - Lick For Licks


LP 2:
Louis Myers - The Ace's Shuffle
Lonnie Johnson - You Will Need Me

Doug Quattlebaum - Sweet Little Woman
Louisiana Red - I'm Louisiana Red
Hubert Sumlin - Blues For Elmore James

Big Bill Broonzy - House Rent Stomp
John Lee Hooker - Blues Before Sunrise
Eddie Kirkland - Saturday Night Stomp
Jimi Hendrix - C Blues


gatefold DLP
notes by Jacques-Emile Deschamps

Vogue DP 27 (Fr 1974) (Plaisir Double series)

gatefold DLP
notes by Jacques-Emile Deschamps

= Vogue 400027 (Fr 19??) (Plaisir Double series)

9197525 Géants du Blues
A World of Jazz

LP 1:
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise Louise Blues
Curtis Jones - Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - I Love You Baby
Blind John Davis - How Long Blues
Lonnie Johnson - Big Leg Woman
Louisiana Red - Keep Your Hands Off My Woman

Lightnin' Hopkins - Catfish Blues
Champion Jack Dupree - The Death Of Louis (Armstrong)
Jimmy Dawkins - The Way She Walks
Hubert Sumlin - Funky Roots
Eddie Kirkland - Have Mercy On Me
The Aces - Dust My Broom



LP 2:
Memphis Slim - Sassy Mae
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Skies Are Crying
St. Louis Jimmy - Some Sweet Day
Eddie Boyd - I Cried
Roosevelt Sykes - Jail Bait
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Deceitful Brownskin Blues

John Lee Hooker - Wednesday Evening Blues
Jimmy Reed - Hard Walking Hanna

Doug Quattlebaum - Trouble In Mind
Big Joe Williams - Pallet On The Floor
Billy Boy Arnold - I'm Gonna Move
Sunnyland Slim - Brownskin Woman


gatefold DLP

Vogue DP 37 (Fr 1975) (Plaisir Double series)

gatefold DLP

= Vogue 400037 (Fr 1975) (Plaisir Double series)

101979Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues
The Living Tradition

LP 1:
Smoky Babe - Boogy
Avery Brady - I Don't Want You No More

Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues
Huddie Ledbetter - Frankie And Albert, parts 1 + 2
[Jimmy Brewer - Big Road Blues
Even though shown on the cover as well as on the label track listing and even though there's a picture and a short bio of Jim Brewer in the liner notes, this Jim Brewer track is actually / erroneously? not included; instead there's the following Arthur Weston track !!!]

Arthur Weston - Someday Baby
Big Joe Williams - Long Road Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - You Better Mind

Clarence Edwards - Mean Old Frisco
Bert Logan, Russ Logan, Big Joe Williams - Four O'Clock In The Morning
Big Joe John Henry Miller, Jimmy Lee Miller - Down Here By Myself
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - 21 Below Zero
Johnny Young - Green Door Blues
Arthur Weston - Roll Me Over Slow



LP 2:
Champion Jack Dupree - Back Door Special
Roosevelt Sykes - Southern Style Piano
Henry Brown - Low Down Drag
Memphis Slim - Funky Blues
Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special
Sunnyland Slim - Sunnyland's Boogie

Speckled Red - Cow Cow Blues
Otis Spann - The Skies Are Blue
Memphis Slim - A Letter Home
Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes
Memphis Slim - Rebecca Blues
Willie Mabon - I'm The Fixer
Champion Jack Dupree - I Just Want To Be Free


compiled by Manfred Miller
front cover lino-cut by Hartmut Heumann


accompanying flyer

DLP
notes by Manfred Miller   (English translation by Christa M. Gowing)

Storyville 6.28470 (Germany 1979)
to read liner notes click on pictures of covers: G = German / E = English   text has been black/white reversed to improve readability


= PGP RTB 2LP 3220044 (Yugoslavia 1981)

Storyville Records discography

111988Bluesville Vol. 1   "Folk Blues"

Furry Lewis - Judge Boushay Blues   @ youtube
Memphis Willie B. - Country Girl Blues   @ youtube
K.C. Douglas - Big Road Blues   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - Levee Camp Blues   @ youtube
Robert Curtis Smith - Catfish Blues   @ youtube
Sidney Maiden - San Quentin Blues   @ youtube
Wade Walton - Big Fat Mama   @ youtube
Pete Franklin - Grievin' Me   @ youtube

Blind Willie McTell - The Dying Crapshooter's Blues   @ youtube
Lonnie Johnson - Fine Booze and Heavy Dues   @ youtube
Scrapper Blackwell - Blues Before Sunrise   @ youtube
Reverend Gary Davis - You Got To Move   @ youtube
Blind Snooks Eaglin - Brown Skinned Woman   @ youtube
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Pawn Shop   @ youtube
Lightnin' Hopkins - T-Model Blues   @ youtube

Doug Quattlebaum - You Is One Black Rat   @ youtube

Ace CDCH 247 bonus tracks:
Memphis Willie B - Highway 61   @ youtube
Furry Lewis - Shake 'em On Down   @ youtube
Blind Snooks Eaglin - Alberta   @ youtube
Baby Tate - See What You Done Done   @ youtube
Scrapper Blackwell - Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog   @ youtube


compiled by Ray Topping

notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley
read liner notes, part 1read liner notes, part 2
Ace CH 247 (UK 1988)


Ace CDCH 247 (UK 1988)

Bluesville Records discography

121988East Coast Blues

Ralph Willis
- So Many Days
- That Gal's No Good

Doug Quattlebaum
- Foolin' Me (2:31)   @ Spotify
- Don't Be Funny Baby [full version 5:18]
Ralph Willis
- Goin' To Chattanooga
- New Goin' Down Slow
Dan Pickett
- Number Writer
- Laughing Blues

Tarheel Slim
- Somebody Changed The Lock
- You're A Little Too Slow
Dan Pickett
- Driving That Thing
- I Can Shake It
Ralph Willis
- Steel Mill Blues
- I Will Never Love Again
Sonny Terry
- No Love Blues

Doug Quattlebaum
- Lizzie Lou [original speed: 2:28]   @ Spotify

Gotham recordings

notes by Chris Smith

Krazy Kat KK 824 (UK 1988)

original notes (November 1987) by Chris Smith
notes by Chris Smith, November 1987; click to enlarge!
= Collectables VCL 5324 (US 1990)

Krazy Kat Records discography

131991Gotham Post-War Country Blues Anthology

Ralph Willis
- So Many Days
- That Gal's No Good
- New Goin' Down Slow
- Goin' To Chattanooga
- Steel Mill Blues
- I Will Never Love Again

Doug Quattlebaum
- Don't Be Funny Baby
- Foolin' Me
- Lizzie Lou
Wright Holmes
- Good Road Blues
- Alley Special
- Drove From Home Blues
Sonny Boy Johnson
- Quinsella
David Pete McKinley
- Shreveport Blues
- Ardelle
Stick "Horse" Hammond
- Little Girl
- Truck 'Em On Down
Muddy Waters (as James 'Sweet Lucy' Carter & His Orchestra)
- Mean Red Spider



P-Vine PCD 2274 (Jp 1991)

141992Drove From Home Blues   @ youtube

Wright Holmes
- Good Road Blues
- Alley Special
Sonny Boy Johnson
- Quinsella
Wright Holmes
- Drove From Home Blues
David Pete McKinley
- Ardelle
Stick "Horse" Hammond
- Little Girl
- Truck 'Em On Down
Sonny Boy Johnson
- Netta Mae
- She's Alright With Me
- I Done Got Tired
David Pete McKinley
- Shreveport Blues
Ralph Willis
- So Many Days
- That Gal's No Good

Doug Quattlebaum
- Don't Be Funny Baby   @ youtube
Ralph Willis
- Goin' To Chattanooga
- New Goin' Down Slow
Sonny Terry
- No Love Blues
Ralph Willis
- Steel Mill Blues
- I Will Never Love Again
Sonny Terry
- Lonesome Room
- Baby, Let's Have Some Fun
Muddy Waters
- Mean Red Spider


originally released on the Gotham and 20th Century labels between 1946-52

notes by Larry Hoffman

Flyright FLYCD 48 (UK 1992)

Flyright Records discography

151997Doug Quattlebaum: If You've Ever Been Mistreated

- Hard Luck Blues
- Good Woman Blues
- Baby, Please Don't Go
- Come Back, Baby
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do
- If You've Ever Been Mistreated
- Lizzie Lou
- Drifting Blues
- What'd I Say
- Kiddio
- It's Nobody's Fault But Mine
- Story Of Adam And Eve
- Come Over Here
- Honeydripper
- I've Been Working On My Baby
- Touch The Hem Of His Garment
- He May Not Come When You Want Him
- How Great Thou Art
- Quattlebaum's Boogie


rec. July 6, 1961 in Philadelphia, PA by Pete Welding; Doug Quattlebaum, voc, g
"issued here for the first time" [except for "Good Woman Blues"]

[in the 1960s announced to be issued on the Heritage label, but that never happened]

notes by Frank Scott

Testament TCD-6003 (US 1997)

Testament Records discography

161997The 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 (US 1997)

Testament Records discography

171998The Bluesville Years, Vol. 10
"Country Roads, Country Days"


K.C. Douglas
- Wake Up
- Working Woman
- Broken Heart
Alec Seward
- Evil Woman Blues
- Creepin' Blues

Doug Quattlebaum
- You Is One Black Rat
- Sweet Little Woman
Scrapper Blackwell and Brooks Berry
- 'Bama Bound
- Blues And Trouble
Jesse Fuller
- Key To The Highway
- Stranger Blues
Snooks Eaglin
- That's All Right
- Well, I Had My Fun (Goin' Down Slow)
Henry Townsend
- Cairo Is My Baby's Home
- I Asked Her If She Loved Me
Mercy Dee Walton
- Pity And A Shame
- Have You Ever Been Out In The Country
Shakey Jake
- Gimme A Smile
- Jake's Cha Cha
Arbee Stidham
- I'm Tired Of Wandering
- You Can't Live In This World By Yourself
St. Louis Jimmy
- Goin' Down Slow



Prestige PRCD-9918-2 (US 1998)

Bluesville Records discography

182004Down Home Blues Classics (1943-1953)

disc 1:
- Little Mama Boogie - Thunder Smith
- Cross Country Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
- Hobo - J.D. Edwards
- Hole In The Wall - L.C. Williams
- Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin
- Alley Special - Wright Holmes
- Quinsella - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Hattie Green - Dr Hepcat
- Angel Chile - Andy Thomas
- Back To Sante Fe - Lee Hunter
- Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper
- Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles
- No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson
- Too Many Woman Blues - Willie Lane
- Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck
- Wee Wee Hours - Charley Bradix
- Forgive Me Blues - Jesse James
- Black Snake Blues - Monister Parker
- Neglected Woman - Alexander Moore
- Gambling Blues - Lil Son Jackson
- Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicols
- Give Me Central 209 - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Western Rider Blues - Soldier Boy Houston
- Take It Easy - Nat Terry
- Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham


disc 2:
- Boogie - Snooky & Moody
- Hard Times - Floyd Jones
- Stop Messing Around - Walter Mitchell
- Cadillac Woman - Robert Richard
- Big City Blues - Big Maceo
- Please Don't Think I'm Nosey - Baby Boy Warren
- Notoriety Woman - Eddie Burns
- Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters
- Cut That Out - Junior Wells
- Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins
- Crying Won't Help You - Robert Nighthawk
- Soon One Morning - Rocky Fuller
- Mean Old World - Little Walter
- Tired of Crying Over You - Morris Pejoe
- It Was A Dream - John Brim
- The Last Time - Jimmy Rogers
- Sad Story - Blue Smitty
- Little School Girl - L.C. Greene
- Something's Wrong With My Lovin' Machine - Robert Henry
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- I'll Die Tryin' - J.B. Lenoir
- Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- I Am The Boogie Man - John Lee Hooker
- She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr.
- High And Lonesome - Jimmy Reed


disc 3:
- She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams
- How Many Years - Howlin Wolf
- Build Myself A Cave - Mr Honey
- Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks
- Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard
- Too Late Baby Stick - Horse Hammond
- Country Boy Blues - Pee Wee Hughes
- Ardelle - David "Pete" McKinley
- Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton
- Schoolboy Lost - John Hunter
- Eyesight To The Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson
- 1951 Blues - Luther Huff
- New Arrival - Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Catfish Blues - Bobo Thomas
- Going Home To Mama - Clarence London
- Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee
- Western Union Man Chicago - Sunny Boy
- After Awhile - Papa Lightfoot
- Sweet Angel -Earl Hooker
- Seventy Four Blues - Willie Love
- Easy - Jimmy & Walter
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy DeBarry
- Make A Little Love - Arthur Big Boy Crudup
- Goin' To New Orleans - Goin' To New Orleans


disc 4:
- Broome Street Blues - Skookle-Dum-Do & Sheffield
- Black Jack Blues - Gabriel Brown
- Worried Man Blues - The Blues Boys
- Income Tax Blues - Ralph Wills
- Poor Little Angel- Dennis McMillan
- Broke Down Engine - Blind McTell
- Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim
- Number Writer - Dan Pickett
- She's Gone - Big Boy Ellis
- Your Sweet Man Blues - Leroy Dallas
- Blues Mixture - Sticks McGhee
- Shackles Round My Body - Little David
- Ticket Agent - Curley Weaver
- I Got What My Daddy Likes - Marylyn Scott
- Blind's Blues - John Lee
- Keep Your Hands Off 'Er - John Tinsley & Fred Holland
- Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy

- Lizzie Lou - Doug Quattlebaum
- Rub A Little Boogie - Duke Bayou
- So Much Trouble - Brownie McGhee
- Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim
- Baby, Let's Have Some Fun - Sonny Terry
- Rumors About My Baby - Willie Baker
- Gimme Your Bankroll - Square Walton
- Shake Baby Shake Champion - Jack Dupree


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD box
notes by Neil Slaven

Boulevard Vintage BVBCD 1003 (UK 2004)


= Boulevard Vintage BVDCD1033 (UK 2015)

Boulevard Vintage Records discography

192007Down Home Blues Classics: New York & The East Coast
1943-1953

disc 1:
Ralph Willis - Tell Me Pretty Baby
Square Walton - Bad Hangover
Dennis McMillon - Woke Up One Morning
Brownie McGhee - That's The Stuff (Watch Out)
Curley Weaver - My Baby's Gone
Jack Dupree - Number Nine Blues
Carolina Slim - Georgia Woman
Leroy Dallas - Jump Little Children
Louis Hayes - Me And My Baby
Julius King - One O'Clock Boogie
Hank Kilroy - Harlem Women
Brownie McGhee - Knockabout Blues (Carolina Blues)
Ralph Willis - Church Bell Blues
Boy Green - A And B Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Love Changing Blues
Robert Lee Westmoreland - Hello Central, Please Give Me 209
Dennis McMillon - Paper Wooden Daddy
Louis Hayes - Good Boy
Dan Pickett - Ride To A Funeral In A V-8
Curley Weaver - Some Rainy Day
Carolina Slim - Side Walk Boogie
Brownie McGhee - Greyhound Bus
Gabriel Brown - Stick With Me
Blind Willie McTell - Talkin' To You Mama
Julius King - Mississippi Boogie
Leroy Dallas - I'm Down Now, But I Won't Be Down Always
Jack Dupree - Stumbling Block Blues


disc 2:
Jack Dupree - Highway Blues (Walking Down The Highway)
Ralph Willis - Lazy Woman Blues
Brownie McGhee - Tell Me Baby

Doug Quattlebaum - Don't Be Funny Baby [edited single version]
Louis Hayes - In Love Blues
Little David - You're Gonna Weep And Moan
Leroy Dallas - Good Morning Blues
Skoodle Dum Doo - West Kinney Street Blues
Dennis McMillon - Goin' Back Home
Blind Willie McTell - Kill It Kid
Robert Lee Westmoreland - Good Looking Woman
Gabriel Brown - Cold Love
Marilyn Scott - Let's Do The Boogie Woogie
Julius King - If You See My Lover
Brownie McGhee - Confusin' Blues
Ralph Willis - Goodbye Blues
Carolina Slim - One More Drink
Curley Weaver - Trixie
Dan Pickett - You Got To Do Better
Jack Dupree - Drunk Again
Leroy Dallas - I'm Going Away
Julius King - I Want A Slice Of Your Pudding
Boy Green - Play My Juke Box
Big Boy Ellis - Dices Dices
Brownie McGhee - Bottom Blues
Louis Hayes - Crooked Wife Blues
Jack Dupree - Shim Sham Shimmy


2 CD set
notes by Paul Garon

Boulevard Vintage BVBCD 1017 (UK 2007)

Boulevard Vintage Records discography

202013Juke Joints Vol. 4: That's Allright With Me

disc 1:
- Things Gonna Change - The Leap Frogs
- Boogie Like You Wanna - Charley Bradix
- Catfish - Cousin Leroy
- Loudella - Ernest Lewis
- I'm Him - Lightnin' Slim
- Notoriety Woman - Eddie Burns
- Drove From Home Blues - Wright Holmes
- Black Snake Blues - John Hogg
- Cross Country Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
- Netta Mae - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins
- Can't Love Me And My Money Too - L.B. Lawson / James Scott Jr
- Tall Skinny Mama Blues - Manny Nicholls
- Howling Wolf - Willie Lane
- You Gonna Need Me - Monister Parker
- Cadillac Blues - James Tisdom
- Rhythm Blues - Sonny Boy Davis
- Hard Pill To Swallow - John Brim
- I'm Going Upstairs - Big Son Tillis
- Whole Lotta Drinkin' On The Block - Left Hand Charlie
- I Don't Know What's Happening Baby - Willie 'Bo' Thomas
- Let's Take A Little Walk - Willie Nix
- I Treated You Wrong - Rattlesnake Cooper
- Nelly Mae - Detroit Slim
- Big Stars Are Falling - Thunder Smith
- Fish Tail Blues - Square Walton


disc 2:
- Last Time - Woodrow Adams
- Texas Blues - Joseph Butler
- That's All Right With Me - Duke Bayou
- Weekly Blues - Lafayette Thomas
- Blue & Lonesome Blues - Smokey Hogg
- My Baby Quit Me Blues - Andrew Thomas
- Waitin' At The Station - Cousin Leroy
- No More Lovin' - Ernest Lewis
- Southern California Blues - Beverley Scott
- Lonesome Highway - Elmon Mickle
- Overhaul Blues - James Tisdom
- Easy Ridin' Buggy - Little Al
- Mr Engineer - Jesse Fuller
- I Don't Live Here No More - Sonny Boy Davis
- Operator - Bob Gaddy
- Gone With The Wind - Lil' Son Jackson
- Did Me Wrong Baby - Lightnin' Slim
- I Got A Letter - Big Son Tillis
- Alright With Me - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Playing In The Park - Phillip Walker
- Single Man Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
- Ramblin' Around Blues - Sam Kelly
- Dirty Britches - The Leap Frogs
- Leave My Money Alone - Lonesome Sundown
- Good Rockin' Mama - Henry Smith
- All The Way From Texas - Perry Cain
- Riding In The Moonlight - Willie Nix


disc 3:
- I (Believe Yo Got A Sidekick) - Bob Gaddy
- Midnight Showers Of Rain - Willie Nix
- Tell Me Pretty Baby - Lazy Lester
- Quinsella - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Black Snake Blues - Monister Parker

- Don't Be Funny Baby - Doug Quattlebaum
- Nothing But The Blues - Little Son Willis
- Midnight Hours - Larry Dale
- Lonesome Blues - Black Diamond
- Lost Woman Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper
- Black Cat Rag - Willie Lane
- Goin' Back Home - Cousin Leroy
- Shreveport Blues - David Pete McKinley
- Feel So Good - James Tisdom
- Train Is Comin' - Woodrow Adams
- The Thing - Lafayette Thomas
- Rocky Mountain Blues - Lightnin' Slim
- Honey Babe - Arthur Gunter
- Little Mae Belle - Ernest Lewis
- Got To Get Some Money - Elmon Mickle
- Flypaper Boogie - L.B. Lawson / James Scott Jr
- Pepper Head Woman - Square Walton
- Worryin' Blues - John Hogg
- Home Again Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
- I Love My Baby - John Brim
- Miss My Lagnion - Left Hand Charlie
- Freedom Train Blues - Lil' Son Jackson


disc 4:
- No Jive - Little Al
- Highway 41 - Cousin Leroy
- January 11, 1949 Blues - Luther Stoneham
- Too Many Women Blues - Willie Lane
- Train Time - Woodrow Adams
- I Love My Baby - Andrew Thomas
- Rocks Is My Pillow - Big Son Tillis
- Last Affair Blues - James Tisdom
- Bloodstains - Lazy Lester
- Misery Is My Life - Smokey Hogg
- Don't Forget Me Baby - Frankie Lee Sims
- Bop Cat Stomp - King Charles
- Lonesome Blues - Henry Smith
- Lonesome Whistler - Lonesome Sundown
- Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix
- Please Tell Me - Larry Dale
- West Coast Blues - Ernest Lewis
- Cruel Hearted Woman - Thunder Smith
- Up For It - tk 1 - Johnny Wright
- Louisiana Walk - Phillip Walker
- Skin And Bone - Little Son Willis
- Don't Bring No Friend - Blue Charlie
- That's All Right - Lightnin' Slim
- Worried Life - Manny Nicholls
- Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper
- Cold Blues - Big Son Tillis
- Shakin' The Boogie - Beverley Scott


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 77168 (UK 2013)

212015I'm Pretty Good At It

Papa Charley Hill Blues - tk A - Papa Charley Hill
Papa Charley Hill Blues - tk B - Papa Charley Hill
No Use Of Worryin' - Roosevelt Antrim
Complaint To Make - Roosevelt Antrim
I Guess You're Satisfied - Roosevelt Antrim
Station Boy Blues - Roosevelt Antrim
Won't Somebody Pacify My Mind - Sonny Jones
I'm Pretty Good At It - Sonny Jones
Love Me With A Feeling - Sonny Jones
Dough Roller - Sonny Jones
Laughing Rag - Dan Pickett
That's Grieving Me - Dan Pickett
Baby How Long - Dan Pickett
You Got To Do Better - Dan Pickett
Ride To A Funeral In A V-8 - Dan Pickett
Early One Morning - Dan Pickett
Something's Gone Wrong - Dan Pickett
Chicago Blues - Dan Pickett
Lemon Man - Dan Pickett
Number Writer (tk 1) - Dan Pickett

Don't Be Funny Baby - Doug Quattlebaum
Lizzie Lou - Doug Quattlebaum


Document DOCD-5699 (UK 2015)

229/2018Down Home Blues
New York, Cincinnati & The North Eastern States: Tough Enough


disc 1:
- Big Chief's Blues - Big Chief Ellis
- I Love You Baby - Big Boy Ellis and His Rhythm
- Tampa Blues - Skoodle-dum-doo and Sheffield
- Gas Ration Blues - Skoodle-dum-doo and Sheffield
- Hold That Train - Gabriel Brown
- I'll Be Seeing You One Of These Days - Gabriel Brown
- Gonna Pitch A Boogie - Bob Camp and His Buddies
- Reading Blues - Bob Camp and His Buddies
- Boa Hog Blues - Irene Wiley
- Irene's Boogie Blues - Irene Wiley
- Poor Man's Blues - Big Chief Ellis
- Mr Radio Announcer - Big Chief Ellis
- Fred's Boogie Woogie - Fred Dunn
- Baby Don't Feel Lowdown - Fred Dunn
- Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy
- Be Bop Daddy Blues - Rosita (Chicken) Lockhart
- Mean Mean Woman Blues - Rosita (Chicken) Lockhart
- Somebody Changed The Lock - Allen Bunn
- You're A Little Too Slow - Allen Bunn
- Wrap Me Up Tight - Gabriel Brown
- I Can't Last Long - Gabriel Brown
- How Can I Love You - Brownie McGhee
- My Bulldog Blues - Brownie McGhee
- Truble Blues [sic] - John Tinsley and Fred Holland
- Telephone Blues - Sonny Terry
- Tell Me, Tell Me - Sonny Terry


disc 2:
- My Baby Don't Allow - Alonzo Scales
- Let Me Home Blues - Alonzo Scales
- The Guy With A "45" - Allen Bunn and Trio
- She'll Be Sorry - Allen Bunn and Trio
- Leaving Blues - Sunny Jones
- Don't Want Pretty Women - Sunny Jones
- Black Horse Blues - Sonny Terry
- Going Down Slow - Sonny Terry

- Foolin' Me - Doug Quattlebaum
- Don't Be Funny Baby (full version) - Doug Quattlebaum
- Emmaline - Otis Hinton
- Walkin' Down Hill - Otis Hinton
- Discouraged - Allen Bunn and Trio
- I Got You Covered - Allen Bunn and Trio
- Playboy - Jimmy Newsome
- I'm Gonna Chunk You Down - Jimmy Newsome
- Something's Wrong With My Loving Machine - Robert Henry
- Miss Anna B - Robert Henry
- Evil Man Blues - Doctor Gaddy and His Orchestra
- Doctor Gaddy's Blues - Doctor Gaddy and His Orchestra
- Do That Thing - Jimmy Newsome
- My Little Child - Jimmy Newsome
- Early In The Morning - Robert Henry
- Old Battle Ax - Robert Henry
- Fish Tail Blues - Square Walton
- Pepper Head Woman - Square Walton


disc 3:
- Goin' Back Home - Cousin Leroy
- Catfish - Cousin Leroy
- Sharp Harp - Jack Dupree
- Hard Luck Child - Alonzo Scales
- We Just Can't Agree - Alonzo Scales
- I Got Drunk - Lick, Slick and Slide
- I Love My Baby - Lick, Slick and Slide
- Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby - Eddie Riff with Orchestra
- My Baby's Gone Away - Eddie Riff with Orchestra
- My Baby Likes To Shuffle - Alonzo Scales
- She's Gone - Alonzo Scales
- Paper Lady - Bob Gaddy
- Out Of My Name - Bob Gaddy
- Highway 41 - Cousin Leroy
- Will A Match Box Hold My Clothes? - Cousin Leroy
- You Know You Don't Want Me - Mojo Watson
- All Alone - Mojo Watson
- I'm Lonesome - Cousin Leroy
- Up The River - Cousin Leroy
- Dirty Women - Jack Dupree
- Just Like A Woman - Jack Dupree
- Crossroads - Cousin Leroy
- Waiting At The Station - Cousin Leroy
- Without Your Love - Jesse and Buzzy
- Going Back To Orleans - Jesse and Buzzy
- Aw Shucks Baby - Little Red Walter
- Picking Cotton - Little Red Walters
- That Minute There With You - Emright and Mattie
- One Of These Days - Emright


disc 4:
- Nobody's Fool - Kine Morgan
- We're Goin' Out To Rock Tonight - Kine Morgan
- Don't Leave Me Baby - Little Boyd and the Blues Bees
- Harmonica Rock - Little Boyd and the Blues Bees
- Ever Lovin' Baby - Little Luther
- Cryin' Blues - Little Luther
- Laura - Guitar Nubbit
- Evil Woman Blues - Guitar Nubbit
- Drinking Blues Part One - Little L. Boyd
- Drinking Blues Part Two - Little L. Boyd
- So Jealous - The Bees
- Terror - The Bees
- Tell Me Why - Morris Bailey and the Thomas Boys
- Calendar Hanging On The Wall - Morris Bailey and the Thomas Boys
- I'm A Little Mixed Up - Betty James
- Help Me To Find My Love - Betty James
- I've Got The Blues - Guitar Nubbit
- New Orleans - Guitar Nubbit
- Oh Yes - The Bees
- Tough Enough - The Bees
- I Got to Know - 'Guitar' Crusher
- Cuddle up - 'Guitar' Crusher
- Steppin' High - Little Luther
- Du Dee Squat - Little Luther
- I'm Walkin' On - Curley Mays
- Hard Road - Guitar Nubbit
- Georgia Chain Gang - Guitar Nubbit
- Doggin' Me - Little Luther
- Automatic Baby - Little Luther


all tracks "digitally remastered, some of which have never been reissued since their original release"

4 CD set
80-pp. book by Chris Bentley

Wienerworld WNRCD5104 (UK 9/2018)

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 128
- Chris Smith: "I'm Your Ice-Cream Man" Doug Quattlebaum.- Blues & Rhythm 39 (1988), p. 14
- Gary Atkinson: Nationals On The Streets.- in: Bob Brozman: The History and Artistry of National Resonator Instruments.- Fullerton 1993, p. 197-198
- Ebay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Nico Fournier, Russell Shor, Tony Russell and Gerrit Robs for additional info / scans

 

Doug Quattlebaum in front of his ice-cream van; photo used on the front cover of Bluesville BVLP 1065; photographer: Pete Welding
This photo was used on the front cover of Bluesville BVLP 1065

 

Doug Quattlebaum in front of his ice-cream van; photographer: Pete Welding

Doug Quattlebaum in front of his ice-cream van; photographer: Pete Welding
Doug Quattlebaum in front of his ice-cream van in Philadelphia, PA
(where the Quattlebaum family ran a small newspaper in the Northside of the city)
photographer (of all three photographs above): 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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