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'Mojo Buford & Sonny Boy Rogers' March 13, 1970; source: Front cover of Blues Unlimited Nr. 77 (November 1970); photographer: Jeff Titon (photo is reversed left to right!); click to enlarge!
"Mojo Buford & Sonny Boy Rogers", March 13, 1970, Cosy Bar, Minneapolis
source: Blues Unlimited Nr. 77 (November 1970)
photographer: Jeff Titon (photo is reversed left to right!)
Forrest City Joe & 'Sonny Boy Rogers' 1959; source: Notes accompanying Atlantic 782496; photographer: Alan Lomax
Forrest City Joe & 'Sonny Boy Rogers', 1959
source: Notes accompanying Atlantic 782496; photographer: Alan Lomax

 

Sonny Rodgers
Oliver Lee Rodgers   a/k/a "Cat Daddy"
b. December 4, 1939 near Hughes, Arkansas
d. May 7, 1990 in Minneapolis, Minnesota

discography

S O N N Y   'Cat Daddy'   R O D G E R S; source: Front cover of Blues & Rhythm Nr. 54 (August 1990); click to enlarge!
Sonny "Cat Daddy" Rodgers, 1989
source: Blues & Rhythm Nr. 54 (August 1990)
("courtesy Pat Dawson, Blue Moon Records")

#year
of release
title / label / notes
11960Roots Of The Blues
Southern Folk Heritage Series

Lonnie Young
- Jim and John
Vera Hall
- The Wild Ox Moan
Fred McDowell
- Been Drinkin' Water Out Of A Hollow Log
Miles Pratcher
- All Night Long
Fred McDowell
- Shake 'Em On Down
Forest City Joe
- Levee Camp Reminiscence

Lonnie Young
- Chevrolet
Lonnie Young
- Oree
Johnny Lee Moore
- Levee Camp Holler
- Eighteen Hammers
Forest City Joe
- Train Time
Fred McDowell
- Freight Train Blues

Forest City Joe
- Drink On Little Girl #

Forrest City Joe tracks rec. October 1, 1959 in Hughes, AR by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins; Forrest City Joe, voc, hca; # Oliver Lee "Sonny Boy" Rogers, g; # Thomas Martin or Darnel Walker, dr

notes by Gary Kramer

Atlantic SD-1348 (US 1960)

notes by Alan Lomax

= Polydor-Atlantic 590 019 (UK 1968)


= Atlantic 782496 4 cd boxset 1993 "Sounds Of The South"

Forrest City Joe discography

21960The Blues Roll On
Southern Folk Heritage Series

Boy Blue
- Boogie Children

Forest City Joe
- She Lived Her Life Too Fast
Fred McDowell
- Drop Down Mama
Lonnie Young
- Sittin' On Top Of The World
John Dudley
- Cool Water Blue
s
Forest City Joe
- She Don't Love Me That Way
- Stop Breaking Down
Boy Blue
- Joe Lee's Rock
Rosalie Hill
- Bullyin' Well
Fred McDowell
- When You Get Home, Write Me A Few Little Lines

Forest City Joe
- Red Cross Store #
- Forest City Jump

Forrest City Joe tracks rec. October 1, 1959 in Hughes, AR by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins; Forrest City Joe, voc, hca; Oliver Lee "Sonny Boy" Rogers, g; Thomas Martin or Darnel Walker, dr
# Forrest City Joe, voc, p


Atlantic SD 1352 (US 1960)

= London LTZ-K 15215 (UK 1960)

notes by Alan Lomax

= Polydor-Atlantic 590 025 (UK 1968)


= Atlantic 782496 4 cd boxset 1993 "Sounds Of The South"

Forrest City Joe discography

31965MO JO and his "Chi 4"

- My Mojo's Working (SK4M 1351)
- She's A Whole Lot's A Woman (SK4M 1351) #

rec. 1964/65 in Minneapolis, MN; Mojo Buford, voc; Oliver Lee "Sonny Boy" Rodgers, g; Jo Jo Williams, b; Francis Clay, dr; # ens voc


Adell 101

Mojo Buford discography

41965MOJO and the "chi 4"

- MO JO Woman (SK4M 1350) #
- It Was Early One Morn'n (SK4M 1349) *

rec. 1964/65 in Minneapolis, MN; Mojo Buford, voc; * Artis Hopkins, 2nd voc; Oliver Lee "Sonny Boy" Rodgers, g; Jo Jo Williams, b; Francis Clay, dr; # ens voc


Adell 102

Mojo Buford discography

51970Lazy Bill & His Friends

- Had A Dream
- Early One Morning
- Sarah Jane

- Johnny Mae #
- Sensation Rag

- Rock 'N' Roll Boogie
- All Pretty Women
- Poor Boy Blues
- Foolin' Around

- I Feel So Good #
- She Got Me Walkin'


# rec. May 3, 1970 in Minneapolis, MN by Jeff Titon; Lazy Bill Lucas, voc, p; Sonny Rodgers, g; Jo Jo Williams, b; Mojo Buford, dr

notes by Jeff Titon

Lazy 12 M 02 (Fr 1970)

Lazy Bill Lucas discography

61977Roots Of The Blues

Henry Ratcliff
- Louisiana
Bakari-Badji
- Field Song From Senegal
John Dudley
- Po' Boy Blues
Tangle Eye
- Kate Left Memphis
Leroy Miller And A Group Of Prisoners
- Berta, Berta
Fred McDowell And Miles Pratcher
- Old Original Blues [= Fred McDowell Blues]
Ed Young And Lonnie Young
- Jim And John
Alec Askew
- Emmaline, Take Your Time
Miles Pratcher And Bob Pratcher
- Buttermilk
Leroy Gary
- Mama Lucy
Miles Pratcher And Bob Pratcher
- I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Till I Die

Tangle Eye And A Group Of Prisoners
- No More, My Lord
Rev. Crenshaw And The Congregation Of New Brown's Chapel, Memphis
- Lining Hymn And Prayer
Fred McDowell
- Death Comes A-Creepin' In My Room [= Soon One Mornin']
Congregation Of New Brown's Chapel, Memphis
- Church-House Moan
Bessie Jones
- Beggin' The Blues
Rose Hemphill
- Rolled And Tumbled #
Fred McDowell, Miles Pratcher, And Fannie Davis
- Goin' Down To The Races [= Goin' Down To The River]

Forrest City Joe
- You Gotta Cut That Out

Forrest City Joe track rec. October 1, 1959 in Hughes, AR by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins; Forrest City Joe, voc, hca; Oliver Lee "Sonny Boy" Rogers, g; Thomas Martin or Darnel Walker, dr

# Fred McDowell erroneously credited as guitarist

notes by Alan Lomax

New World NW 252 (US 1977)

notes by Alan Lomax

= New World CD 80252 (US 1997)

Forrest City Joe discography

71979Mojo Buford's Chicago Blues Summit

Mr. Blues 7603 / Rooster R-7603 track sequence:
- Mo' Jam (instr) #
- Deep Sea River #
- I Need you So Bad []
- Worry Worry []

- I'm So Glad #

- Devil's Love Sin #
- St. James Infirmary *
- Windy City Blues #
- Watch Dog #
- Mean Old World *
- Blues for Georgia Boy #

Pony Canyon 1850 / P-Vine PCD-1850 track sequence:
- Mo' Jam (instr) #
- Deep Sea River #
- I Need you So Bad []
- Sammy's Shuffle # #
- Worry Worry []
- I'm So Glad #
- Devil's Love Sin #
- St. James Infirmary *
- Sonny's Blues #
- Don't Go No Farther # #
- Windy City Blues #
- Watch Dog #
- Mean Old World *
- Blues for Georgia Boy #

# CD bonus tracks

rec. February 17, 1979 at the Curtom Studios in Chicago, IL; prod. by Steve Wisner
# George 'Mojo' Buford, voc, hca; Sammy Lawhorn, James 'Pee Wee' Madison, Oliver 'Sonny' Rogers, Abe 'Little Smokey' Smothers, g; Earnest Johnson, b; Sam Lay, dr
* Sammy Lawhorn, voc, g; George 'Mojo' Buford, hca; Oliver 'Sonny' Rogers, Abe 'Little Smokey' Smothers, g; Earnest Johnson, b; Sam Lay, dr
[] Abe 'Little Smokey' Smothers, voc, g; James 'Pee Wee' Madison, g; Earnest Johnson, b; Sam Lay, dr

notes (April 1979) by Dick Shurman

Mr. Blues MB 7603 (US 1979)

notes (April 1979) by Dick Shurman

= Rooster R-7603 (US 1982)


= Pony Canyon PCD-1850 (Jp 2000)


= P-Vine PCD-1850 (Jp 2002)


= P-Vine PCD-93488 (Jp 2012)

Mr. Blues Records discography
Mojo Buford discography
Abe 'Little Smokey' Smothers discography

81989Sonny Rodgers and the Cat Scratchers

- Cadillac Baby
- Big Leg Woman

rec. May 27, 1989 at the Blue Moon Studios, South Minneapolis, MN; Sonny Rodgers, voc, g; Curtis Blake, hca; Mike "The Hook" Deutsch, p; John Wickstrom, rhythm g; Pat Dawson, b; Greg Chuck or Brad Moe, dr; prod. by Pat Dawson


Blue Moon BMR-001 (US 1989)

91990Sonny Rodgers: They Call Me The Cat Daddy

- Big Leg Woman
- Black Nights Are Falling []
- Bad Whiskey # §
- Cadillac Baby
- You Got to Love Me or Leave Me []
- They Call Me the Cat Daddy # §
- Walkin' Thru the Park # §
- Five Long Years #
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl *
- I Got To Go *
- Fever #
- Stand By Me #

# rec. 1987-1990 at the Blue Moon Studios, South Minneapolis, MN; Sonny Rodgers, voc, g; Curtis Blake, hca; Mike "The Hook" Deutsch, p; § Dan Schwalbe, g; Pat Dawson, b; Greg Chuck or Brad Moe, dr
* rec. 1987-1990 at the Blue Moon Studios, South Minneapolis, MN; Sonny Rodgers, voc, g; Curtis Blake, hca; Kid Boogie Nord, p; Pat Dawson, b; Kevin Carsten, dr
[] rec. January 1990 at the Blue Moon Studios, South Minneapolis, MN; Sonny Rodgers, voc, g; Bill Conner sax; Tommy Spaeth, p; Ivan Wallace; Dave Miller, b; Moe Stevenson, dr


Blue Moon BMR-003 (US 1990)
= Fattening Frogs JUMP-2 (UK 1990)

101993Sounds Of The South
A Musical Journey From The Georgia Sea Islands To The Mississippi Delta

Disc 1: Sounds Of The South / Blue Ridge Mountain Music:
- The Banks Of The Arkansas / Wave The Ocean - Neil Morris/Charley Everidge
- Hen Duck - Lonnie Young/Ed Young/Lonnie Young Jr.
- The Farmer's Curst Wife - Estil C. Ball
- Boll Weevil Holler - Vera Hall
- Jesse James - The Mountain Ramblers
- Jesse James - Vera Hill
- Kenny Wagner - Bob Carpenter
- Trouble So Hard - Vera Hall
- Baptizing Scene - Reverend W.A. Donaldson
- Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus - Viola James & Congregation
- Windham - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Come On Boys, Let's Go To The Ball - Sid Hemphill/Lucas Smith
- Join The Band - John Davis & Group
- Lucky Holler - Ed Lewis
- I Be So Blad When The Sun Goes Down - Ed Lewis & Group
- Cotton Eyed Joe - The Mountain Ramblers
- Big Tilda - The Mountain Ramblers
- Jennie Jenkins - Estil C. Ball/Orna Ball
- John Henry - The Mountain Ramblers
- Rosewood Casket - The Mountain Ramblers
- Silly Bill - The Mountain Ramblers
- Big Ball In Boston - The Mountain Ramblers
- Chilly Winds - Wade Ward
- The Old Hickory Cane - The Mountain Ramblers
- John Brown - Hobart Smith
- Poor Ellen Smith - Hobart Smith
- Shady Grove - The Mountain Ramblers


Disc 2: Roots Of The Blues / The Blues Roll On:
- Jim And John - Lonnie Young/Ed Young/Lonnie Young Jr.
- The Wild Ox Moan - Vera Hall
- Been Drinkin' Water Out Of A Hollow Log - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- All Night Long - Miles Pratcher/Bob Pratcher
- Shake 'Em On Down - Mississippi Fred McDowell/Mile Pratcher/Annie Davis
- Levee Camp Reminiscence - Forrest City Joe
- Chevrolet - Lonnie Young/Ed Young/Lonnie Young Jr.
- Levee Camp Holler - Johnny Lee Moore
- Eighteen Hammers - Johnny Lee Moore/12 Mississippi Penitentary Convicts

- Drink On Little Girl - Forrest City Joe/Sonny Boy Rogers/Thomas Morgan
- Drop Down Mama - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Boogie Children - Boy Blue / Willie Jones / Joe Lee

- She Lived Her Life Too Fast - Forrest City Joe / Sonny Boy Rogers / Thomas Martin
- Sittin' On Top Of The World - Lonnie Young/Ed Young/Lonnie Young Jr.
- Cool Water Blues - John Dudley

- Stop Breaking Down - Forrest City Joe / Sonny Boy Rogers / Thomas Martin
- Joe Lee's Rock - Boy Blue/Willie Jones/Joe Lee
- Bullyin' Well - Rosalie Hill
- When You Get Home, Write Me A Few Lines - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Red Cross Store - Forrest City Joe

- Forrest City Jump - Forrest City Joe / Sonny Boy Rogers / Thomas Martin

Disc 3: Negro Church Music / White Spirituals:
- Death, Have Mercy - Vera Hall
- I Want Jesus To Walk With Me - James Shorty & Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Jesus Is Real To Me - Mrs. Mary Lee/Congregation
- I Love The Lord - Reverend R.C. Crenshaw & Congregation
- A Sermon Fragment - Reverend G.I. Townsel
- I'm Goin' Home On The Mornin' Train - Reverend R.C. Crenshaw & Congregation
- Power - Madam Mattie Wigley/Congregation
- On That Rock - Viola James/Lonnie Young/Ed Young
- Jesus On The Mainline - James Shorty/Viola James/Congregation
- I'm Gonna Sail Like A Ship On The Ocean - Henry Morrison & St Simon's Island Singers
- Blow Gabriel - John Davis/Bessie Jones/St. Simon's Island Singers
- What Do You Think About Jesus (He's Alright) - Bernice McClellan/Congregation
- Tribulations - Estil C. Ball/Lacey Richardson/Blair Reedy
- When I Get Home - Estil C. Ball/Blair Reedy
- The Poor Wayfaring Stranger - Estil C. Ball
- Baptizing Down By The Creek - The Mountain Ramblers
- Sermon And Lining Hymn - Reverend I.D Back/Congregation
- Antioch - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Calvary - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Please Let Me Stay A Little Longer - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Father, Jesus Loves You - Estil C. Ball
- Lonesome Valley - Estil C. Ball/Lacey Richardson/Orna Ball/Blair Reedy
- Father Adieu - Estil C. Ball
- The Old Country Church - The Mountain Ramblers
- Cabin On The Hill - Estil C. Ball/Lacey...


Disc 4: American Folk Songs For Children:
- Johnson's Old Gray Mule - Mainer Band
- My Little Rooster - Almeda Riddle
- Whoa Mule - Mainer Band
- Frog Went A-Courtin' - Almeda Riddle
- Glenn's Chimes - Mainer Band
- Chick-A-Li-Lee-Lo - Almeda Riddle
- Old Joe Clark - The Mountain Ramblers
- Go Tell Aunt Nancy - Almeda Riddle
- Train III - Mainer Band
- Johnny Cuckoo - Bessie Jones & Group
- Mama Buy Me A Chiney Doll - Almeda Riddle
- Soldier, Soldier - Hobart Smith
- Mary Mack - Jessie Pratcher/Mattie Gardner/Mary Gardner
- Hambone - Bessie Jones
- Banging Breakdown - Hobart Smith
- Green Sally, Up - Jessie Pratcher/Mattie Gardner/Mary Gardner
- Sometimes - Bessie Jones & Group
- The Arkansas Traveller - Hobart Smith
- Paper Of Pins - Estil C. Ball/Orna Ball
- The Little Dappled Cow - Texas Gladden
- Go To Sleep, Little Baby - Bessie Jones
- Paddy On The Turnpike - Wade Ward/Charley Higgins/Charley Poe
- Jimmy Sutton - Spence Moore/Roy Birns
- Liza Jane - The Mountain Ramblers
- Oree - Lonnie Young/Ed Young/Lonnie Young Jr.
- Train Time - Forrest City Joe
- Freight Train Blues - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- This Little Light Of Mine - James Shorty/Viola James/Congregation
- Motherless Children - Felix Dukes / Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Little Moses - Neil Morris


reissue prod. by Yves Beauvais

4 CD boxset
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Atlantic 782496 (US 1993) "Sounds Of The South"

Forrest City Joe discography

111995Forrest City Joe / Polka Dot Slim: Downhome Delta Harmonica

Forrest City Joe
- Train Time [Atlantic SD-1348]
- You Better Cut That Out [New World NW 252]
- Levee Camp Reminiscence [Atlantic SD-1348]
- Drink On Little Girl [Atlantic SD-1348]
- She Lived Her Life Too Fast [Atlantic SD-1352]
- She Don't Love Me That Way [Atlantic SD-1352]
- Stop Breaking Down [Atlantic SD-1352]
- Red Cross Store [Atlantic SD-1352]
- Forrest City Jump [Atlantic SD-1352]
- Memory Of Sonny Boy [Aristocrat 3101]
- Special Delivery Man [P-Vine/Chess PLP 6032]
- Shady Lane Woman [P-Vine/Chess PLP 6032]
- A Woman On Every Street [Aristocrat 3101]
- Sawdust Bottom [Chess 6641 047]
- Ash Street Boogie [Negro Rhythm Records 107]
- Mean Mistreating Woman [Victor LWG-1089]
- Lonesome Day Blues [P-Vine/Chess PLP 6032]
Polka Dot Slim
- It's A Thing You Gotta Face
- Ain't Broke Ain't Hungry
- Hello Friends, Hello Pals
- Sunny Side Of Love
- Hey Mattie
- Change Your Ways
- They Call Me Mr. Calhoun
- I'm Ragged And Dirty



Deltacat 1003



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 74, 152, 309
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 388-389
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Ray Templeton, Gerrit Robs and Big Joe Louis for additional info / scans

 

F O R R E S T   C I T Y   J O E (left); source: front cover of Polydor-Atlantic 590 033; photographer: Alan Lomax
Forrest City Joe 1959 with 'Sonny Boy Rogers'
source: front cover of Polydor-Atlantic 590 033
photographer: Alan Lomax

 

S O N N Y   B O Y   R O D G E R S & Mojo Buford, March 13, 1970, Cosy Bar, Minneapolis; source: Blues Unlimited Nr. 77 (November 1970); photographer: Jeff Titon (flipped by Stefan Wirz, because Rodgers wasn't a left hand guitarist); click to enlarge!
Sonny Rodgers & Mojo Buford, March 13, 1970, Cosy Bar, Minneapolis
source: Blues Unlimited Nr. 77 (November 1970); photographer: Jeff Titon (left to right corrected by Stefan Wirz)

 

Mojo Buford & S O N N Y   B O Y   R O D G E R S; source: http://revivalist.okayplayer.com/2011/10/14/mojo-buford-harmonica-player-has-passed/; click to enlarge!
Mojo Buford, hca & Sonny Rodgers, g @ Theresa's Lounge in Chicago, February 1979
rehearsing for the album "Mojo Buford's Chicago Blues Summit" (Mr. Blues MB 7603)
source: http://revivalist.okayplayer.com/...

 

 

 

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