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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

J A M E S 'S O N'   T H O M A S; source: Front cover of L+R 42.030, photographer: Axel Küstner
source: Front cover of L+R 42.030, photographer: Axel Küstner
James 'Son' Thomas
b. October 14, 1926 near Eden, Yazoo County, Mississippi
d. June 26, 1993 at Autumn Leaves Nursing Home in Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi
buried at Bogue Memorial Cemetery in Leland, Washington County, Mississippi
discography
J A M E S 'S O N'   T H O M A S; source: Youtube video
James 'Son' Thomas and his friend Cleveland 'Brooman' Jones

#year
of release
title / label / notes
11970James 'Son' Thomas, Lee Kizart & Lovey Williams: The Blues Are Alive And Well

Son Thomas
- Crawling Kingsnake #   @ youtube
- Beefsteak Blues #   @ youtube
- Fast Boogie #   @ youtube
- Recollections of childhood and sessions # ||   @ youtube
- 44 Blues #   @ youtube
- Standing At The Crossroads #   @ youtube
Lee Kizart
- Boogie Woogie Woman   @ youtube
- I Got The World In A Jug Baby And The Stopper In My Hand   @ youtube
- Been A Long Time Since I Been Home   @ youtube
- Hello Miss Good Looking   @ youtube

- Got The Blues For My Baby   @ youtube
- Conversation about Blues and Religion   @ youtube
Lovey Williams
- Honey, I Ain't Going Outta That Door   @ youtube
- Baby, Let Me Ride In Your Automobile   @ youtube
- Coal Black Mare   @ youtube
- Mo Jo Hand   @ youtube
- Boogie Chillun   @ youtube


rec. by Bill Ferris in Tutwiler, Leland and Morning Star, Mississippi
# rec. July 1968 in Leland, MS by Bill Ferris; James 'Son' Thomas, voc, g, || sp

notes by Bill Ferris

XTRA 1105 (UK 1970)

XTRA Records discography
Lee Kizart discography
Lovey Williams discography

21972Blues From The Delta
Field Recordings 1968

Son Thomas
- Cairo Blues   @ youtube
Lee Kizart
- Bottle Up And Go   @ youtube
Scott Dunbar
- Big Fat Momma   @ youtube
Lovey Williams
- Rooting Ground Hog   @ youtube

Son Thomas
- Rock Me Momma   @ youtube

Lovey Williams
- Train I Ride   @ youtube
Scott Dunbar
- It's So Cold Up North   @ youtube
Lee Kizart
- Don't Want No Woman Telling Me What To Do   @ youtube
Scott Dunbar
- Jay Bird   @ youtube


rec. July 1968 in Leland, MS by Bill Ferris; James 'Son' Thomas, voc, g

notes (September 1969) by Bill Ferris

Matchbox SDM 226 (UK 1972)


= Autogram ALLP-243 (Germany 19??)

Matchbox Records discography


William Ferris Jr.: Blues From The Delta.- Studio Vista, London 1970 (series ed. by Paul Oliver)

2a1972Blues For Your Pocket

Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground [XTRA 1098]
Son House - New Pony Blues [Transatlantic TRA 223]
Furry Lewis - Pearlee Blues [XTRA 1116]
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway [XTRA 1111]
Big Bill Broonzy - Guitar Shuffle [XTRA 1004]
Brownie McGhee - Sportin' Life Blues [XTRA 1035]

Memphis Slim - Boogie Woogie Piano Styles [XTRA 1085]
Little Brother Montgomery - Lonesome Mama [XTRA 1115]
Sticks McGhee - Drink Of Wine Mop Mop [XTRA 1110]
J.D. Short - So Much Wine [XTRA 1080]

James 'Son' Thomas - Beefsteak Blues [XTRA 1105]
Fred McDowell - Mojo Hand [Transatlantic TRA 194]

compiled by Mike Leadbitter

notes by Mike Leadbitter

Transatlatic TRA SAM 25 (UK 1972)


= Guimbarda 30.111057 (Sp 1979) "Bluesmen 3"

XTRA Records discography

31973Mississippi Folk Voices

Napoleon Strickland
- Somebody Knocking On My Door
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Glory Glory Hallelujah
Bill Mitchell
- Pico Polka
- High Level
- Tom & Jerry

James Thomas
- "The Blues" (Conversation)
- Cool Water
- Momma Talk To Your Daughter
John Arnold
- Hobo's Meditation

The Chapman Family
- We So Glad To Be Here
- God Spoke
- He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield
J.L. Jones And The Good Guys
- Light At The River
- As I Go Along My Way
Mississippi Sacred Harp Singers
- When I Can Read My Titles Clear
- Love Divine
Inmates Parchman State Penitentiary Camp B
- Oh Rosie
- Lazarus


1968-72 field recordings by Bill Ferris; SC 1700 cover art by Mara Califf

notes by William Ferris

Southern Folklore SF-101 (US 1973)

notes by William Ferris

Southern Culture SC 1700 (US 1983)

Southern Culture discography

41977Mississippi Delta & South Tennessee Blues

Sam Chatmon
- Open Your Book

Eddie Cusic [name misspelled "Eddie Quesie"] & James Thomas, g
- Once I Had A Car
Asie Payton
- Catfish Blues
Wallace Johnson
- Pine Top's Boogie

James Thomas
- Bottle Up 'Em And Go [sic]
Eugene Powell
- Poor Boy Blues

Walter Cooper
- Peach Tree Blues
Cary Tate
- Early One Morning
Charley Sangster
- Bull Cow Blues
Van Hunt
- Mister Crump
Joe Cooper
- Boogie Children
Eugene Powell
- M & O Blues


rec. 1976 by Gianni Marcucci
photos by Enzo Castella

liner notes & booklet notes by Gianni Marcucci

Albatros VPA 8387 (It 1977)
= Albatros VC 4894 (cassette)

Albatros Records discography
Sam Chatmon discography
Eddie Cusic discography
Eugene Powell discography
Cary Tate discography

4a1979Way Back Yonder ...
Original Country Blues   Volume 2
Clarksdale, Greenville, Leland, Mississippi (1978)

Wade Walton
- The Little Red Rooster
- Razor Rhythm
Ernest Roy
- Boogie Children
Big Jack Johnson
- Catfish Blues
Wallace Johnson
- Tommy Dorsey Boogie
- Vicksburg Blues

Eugene Powell
- Hesitation Blues
- See See Rider

Son Thomas
- Shake 'Em On Down
- If I Get Lucky
- Four Women Blues

Albatros VPA 8459 front cover photo (James 'Son' Thomas and daughter) by Gianni Marcucci
Albatros ALB 13 front cover photo by Gianni Marcucci

notes by Gianni Marcucci

Albatros VPA 8459 (It 1979)


(=) Albatros ALB 13 "Way Back Yonder... Original Country Blues Volumes 1, 2 & 3" (It 1979)

Albatros Records discography
Wade Walton discography
Eugene Powell discography

4b1979I Got The Blues This Morning

Charley Sangster
- Dreamed Eyes Woman
- Kokomo Blues
Lum Guffin
- Louise
- Baby Please Don't Go
John Williams
- Mr. Freddy Blues
Charley Taylor
- The Blues So Bad
Eugene Powell
- Greenville Boogie
- I Got The Blues And I Can't Be Satisfied


James Thomas
- Mama Don't Allow
- Bumble Bee Blues
Lonzo Burkes
- Louisiana Blues
Eugene Powell
- Big Fat Mama
William Diamond
- Stop Your Crying
Sam Chatmon
- Falling Out
Eddie Cusic [name misspelled "Eddie Quesie"]
- You Better Stop Arguing Over Me
Wallace Johnson
- After Hours
Van Hunt
- Mississippi River Blues
Clay Pittman
- I Got The Blues This Morning
Asie Payton
- Blind Man


notes by Gianni Marcucci

Albatros VPA 8461

Albatros Records discography

51980Living Country Blues USA
The Introduction


LP 1:
Guitar Frank (Hovington)
- Lonesome Road Blues
Memphis Piano Red
- The Train Is Coming
Flora Molton & The Truth Band
- What's The Matter Now
- The Titanic
Lottie Murell
- Trouble Late Last Night
Sam Chatmon
- Sittin' On Top Of The World


James "Son" Thomas
- Rock Me Mama (2:09) #   @ Spotify
Hammie Nixon
- Corinna, Corinna
Cora Fluker & Ola Mae Bell
- Talkin' 'Bout Jesus
Walter Brown
- So Hard To See
Archie Edwards
- Bear Cat Mama Blues


LP 2:
Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins
- Reno Factory
Lonnie Pitchford
- My Babe
Sam "Stretch" Fields
- Bluebird Blues
Joe Savage
- Mean Ol' Frisco
Arzo Youngblood
- I Can't Be Successful

CeDell "Big G" Davis
- I Don't Know Why
Othar Turner & the Rising Star Five & Drum Band
- Tango Twist
Guitar Slim (Stephens)
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Lula's Back In Town
Boyd Rivers
- You Got To Move
Boogie Bill Webb
- Big Road Blues


# rec. October 25, 1980 in Leland, MS by Siegfried A. Christmann and Axel Küstner; James 'Son' Thomas, voc, g; Cleveland 'Broomman' Jones, broom-b
photos by Axel Küstner

"none of the takes included in this double album will re-appear in further releases"

= on Evidence 3 CD set (US 1999)

DLP
notes by Axel Küstner

L+R 42.030 (Germany 1980)


some tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) "Living Country Blues - An Anthology"

2 CD set
notes by Axel Küstner

[CD notes do *not* contain liner photos that were part of the original LP release!]


= Bellaphon CDLR 711921 (Germany 2008)

= Bellaphon LR 713014 (Germany 2014) (180 g DLP) (includes download code)

L+R Records discography

61981Living Country Blues USA Vol. 2
Blues On Highway 61


James 'Son' Thomas
- Standing At The Crossroads   @ Spotify
Sam Chatmon
- Stop And Listen Blues °°

James 'Son' Thomas
- Bull Cow Blues °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- 61 Highway Blues (el g)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Walter Brown
- Keep On Walkin'
Joe Cooper
- She Put Me Out On The Road

Sam Chatmon
- Sam's Blues
- Black Night

James 'Son' Thomas
- Mean Ol' Frisco (+ Cleveland 'Broomman' Jones, broom-b)   @ Spotify
Sam Chatmon
- My Daddy Was A Jockey °°
Eddie Cusic
- Gonna Cut You Loose °°
Sam Chatmon
- Vicksburg Blues °°


recorded 1980 by Siegfried Christmann and Axel Küstner

°° tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2

notes by Axel Küstner

L+R 42.032 (Germany 1981)


some tracks reissued on CD
Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) "Living Country Blues - An Anthology"


= L+R LRCD 713024 (Germany 2008)

L+R Records discography

71981Son Thomas Plays And Sings Delta Blues

- Big Leg Woman
- High Brown
- Whiskey Headed Woman
- Devil Blues
- Take A Little Walk
- Cool Water Blues

- Lonesome Road Blues
- Black Rat
- Hard Time Blues
- Catfish Blues
- My Black Mare
- Bull Cow Blues

rec. May 1981 in Groningen, The Netherlands, by Leo Bruin

notes by Leo Bruin

Swingmaster 2102 (NL 1981)


= Swingmaster CD 2204 (NL 2001) "Mississippi Delta Bluesman"

81982Living Country Blues USA Vol. 5
Mississippi Delta Blues


James 'Son' Thomas
- Big Fat Mama   @ Spotify
James 'Son' Thomas & Cleveland Jones
- I Laid And I Wondered (+ Cleveland 'Broomman' Jones, broom-b) °°   @ Spotify
CeDell Davis
- Bull Dog Blues
Othar Turner
- My Babe °°
CeDell Davis
- Love Blues

James 'Son' Thomas
- Cairo Blues   @ Spotify

CeDell Davis
- Hello Central

James 'Son' Thomas
- Catfish Blues °°   @ Spotify
Walter Brown
- Goin' To Arkansas City
Stonewall Mays
- Jazz Boogie Woogie °°
CeDell Davis
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle °°
Stonewall Mays
- Stormy Weather Blues


recorded 1980 by Siegfried Christmann and Axel Küstner

°° tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2

notes by Axel Küstner

L+R 42.035 (Germany 1982)


some tracks reissued on CD
Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) "Living Country Blues - An Anthology


= L+R LRCD 712720 (Germany 2008)

L+R Records discography

91982Living Country Blues USA Vol. 9
Mississippi Moan


Boogie Bill Webb
- Maggie Campbell Blues °°
Lonnie Pitchford
- My Baby Walked Away

James 'Son' Thomas
- Beefsteak Blues   @ Spotify
Joe Savage
- Joe's Prison Camp Holler °°
Arzo Youngblood
- Bye Bye Blues °°
Sam "Stretch" Shields
- Mellow Peaches
Cora Fluker
- Out In The Woods

Arzo Youngblood
- Worried Blues
Walter Brown
- Levee Camp Holler °°
Cora Fluker
- Look How This World Done A Change
Boogie Bill Webb
- Seven Sisters Blues
Walter Brown
- Mississippi Moan °°


recorded 1980 by Siegfried Christmann and Axel Küstner

°° tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2


L+R 42.039 (Germany 1982)


some tracks reissued on CD Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) "Living Country Blues - An Anthology"


= L+R LRCD 712324 (Germany 2008)

L+R Records discography

101982Living Country Blues USA Vol. 10
Country Boogie


Lottie Murrell - Spoonful   @ youtube
Napoleon Strickland - That's The Boogie   @ youtube
Guitar Slim - Lovin' Blues   @ youtube

James "Son" Thomas - Mama Don't 'Low No Guitar Playin' Here #   @ youtube
Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band - Bouncin' Ball   @ youtube
Lonnie Pitchford - One String Boogie   @ youtube

Bowling Green John & Harmonica Phil Wiggins - Burn Your Bridges   @ youtube
Memphis Piano Red - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie   @ youtube
Archie Edwards - Sellin' That Stuff   @ youtube
Lonnie Pitchford - Shake Your Moneymaker   @ youtube
Cora Fluker - Shotgun Boogie   @ youtube
Arzo Youngblood - Swing, Swing   @ youtube
Cedell "Big G" Davis - You Got To Do The Boogie Woogie   @ youtube


# rec. October 25, 1980 in Leland, Mississippi by Siegfried Christmann and Axel Küstner; James "Son" Thomas, voc, g
photos by Axel Küstner

= on Evidence 3 CD set (US 1999)

notes by Axel Küstner

L+R 42.040 (Germany 1982)

3 CD set
48-pp. booklet with notes by Jerry Gordon, Axel Küstner & Brett Bonner

some tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) "Living Country Blues - An Anthology"


[CD notes do *not* contain liner photos that were part of the original LP release!]
= L+R LRCD 712225 (Germany 2008)

Lippmann + Rau Records discography
Lattie Murrell discography
Guitar Slim discography
Lonnie Pitchford discography
Memphis Piano Red discography
Archie Edwards discography

111982American Folk Blues Festival 1982
Program and LP Album with all participating artists

James 'Son' Thomas
- Cairo Blues [L+R 42.035]
Archie Edwards
- The Road Is Rough And Rocky
Bowling Green & John Cephas
- Bye Bye Baby
Carey Bell & Billy Brach
- Tribute To Big Walter

Lurrie Bell & Billy Brach
- The Train I Ride
Carey Bell's Blues Harp Band
- Goin' On Main Street
Margie Evans, Cash McCall et al.
- Mistreated Woman


tracks from other L+R LPs, unissued tracks, and demo recordings

notes by Horst Lippmann
   
L+R 50.001 (Germany 1982)

= Bellaphon CDLR 711624 (Germany 2008)

= Bellaphon CDLR 711624 (Germany 2008)

L+R Records discography

121982American Folk Blues Festival '82

Lurrie Bell & Billy Branch
- Breaking Up Somebody's Home (6:53)
Margie Evans & Carey Bell
- Oh Lawdy Lord (5:25) [= It Hurts Me Too]
Harmonica Phil Wiggins, Carey Bell, Billy Branch
- Tribute To Little Walter (7:28)   @ youtube

James 'Son' Thomas
- Catfish Blues (3:27)

Chicago's Young Blues Generation & J. W. Williams
- Sweet Little Angel (4:55)
Archie Edwards
- The Road Is Rough And Rocky (3:28)
Carey Bell & Lurrie Bell
- Easy To Love (8:18)
Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins
- Last Fair Deal (4:27)   @ youtube




originally unissued track from same session:
James 'Son' Thomas
- Hoochie Coochie Man / Tune In Next Time (4:00) [L+R 42.048]

rec. November 6, 1982 live at Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach-Konzerthalle, Frankfurt/Oder, GDR; prod by Horst Jurczok of Berliner Rundfunk, Redaktion: Jürgen Lahrtz
photos by Otto Sill

notes by Herbert Flügge

Amiga 8 56 016 (GDR 1982)

American Folk Blues Festival discography

131982American Folk Blues Festival
Blues Live '82


LP 1:
James "Son" Thomas
- Beefsteak Blues *   @ youtube
- Catfish Blues *   @ youtube
Archie Edwards
- How Long Blues *   @ youtube
- That Won't Do *   @ youtube
- Take Me Back Baby *   @ youtube
Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins
- Big Boss Man *   @ youtube

Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins
- Burn Your Bridges #   @ youtube
- Worried Man Blues # °°   @ youtube
Lurrie Bell & Billy Branch
- Detroit, Michigan #   @ youtube
- Tribute To Little Walter #   @ youtube


LP 2:
Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins
- Running And Hiding #   @ youtube

James "Son" Thomas
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl #   @ youtube
- Standing At The Crossroads * °° (4:50) [L+R 42.048]   @ youtube
- Stormy Monday Blues #   @ youtube
Carey Bell
- Goin' On Main Street #   @ youtube

Carey Bell
- Blues Harp By Three *   @ youtube
Margie Evans
- That Dirty Black Rat #   @ youtube
- Sometimes I'll Be Gone #   @ youtube
- Bye Bye Baby *   @ youtube


°° not on CDs

# rec. November 15, 1982 at Palmengarten, Frankfurt a.M., Germany by Gerhard Krätz
* rec. November 24, 1982 at Siegerlandhalle, Siegen, Germany by Siegfried A. Christmann
all photos by Axel Küstner

gatefold DLP
notes by Siegfried A. Christmann & Horst Lippmann

L+R 42.052 (Germany 1983)

notes by Siegfried A. Christmann & Horst Lippmann

(=) L+R/Bellaphon CDLS 42052 (Germany 1991)

3-CD-Box

(=) Bellaphon CDLR 726024 (Germany 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1982/1983/1985"

American Folk Blues Festival discography
L+R Records discography

141982Son Thomas: Son Down On The Delta

- Highway '61 Blues
- Ludella Ludella
- Monologue on Bottlenecks
- Steel Guitar Rag
- Monologue on Ghosts
- Crawlin' King Snake
- Bottle It Up And Go

- Big Fat Mama
- Mean Old Frisco
- Beefsteak Blues
- Monologue on Getting Old
- Mama Don't Low
- Boogie Chillun

rec. August 17, 1981 at the Hop and August 18, 1981 at Daddios (both Forth Worth, TX)

notes by Mike H. Price

Flying High FH 6506 (US 1982)

151983James 'Son' Thomas: Highway 61 Blues

- Fast Boogie
- Rock Me Mama
- Bottle Up And Go
- Beef Steak Blues
- Catfish Blues
- Look Up Side The Wall

- Highway 61 Blues
- Ludella
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Must Have Been The Devil
- Dust My Broom
- Sonny Ford Shuffle

notes by William Ferris

Southern Culture SC 1701 (US 1983)

Southern Culture discography

161983Bothered All The Time

Lovey Williams - Going Away Blues [CD accompanying Ferris' 2009 book "Give My Poor Heart Ease"]
Sonny Boy Williams - How I Learned To Play Guitar
Louis Dotson - Sitting On Top Of The World
Arthur Williams - A Definition Of The Blues
Parchman Work Gang - Rosie

James 'Son' Thomas - Bull Cow Blues #
Lee Kizart - Juke Joint Reminiscence
Lee Kizart - Boogie
Lee Kizart - A Tale Of Church Hypocrisy

James 'Son' Thomas - Blues And Spirituals # ||
Southland Hummingbirds - There Are Days

Jasper Love - The Blues As Consolation
Lee Kizart - World In A Jug
Gussie Tobe - The Abuse Of Farm Laborers
Sonny Boy Williams - Shotgun Blues
Gussie Tobe - Why They Called Colored Folks Bears
Sonny Boy Williams - Going Down To The Station
Anonymous - Hidden Violence In Mississippi
Lovey Williams - Mojo Hand Blues [XTRA 1105]
Jasper Love - Tables Turned On The Bossman
Wash Herron & Big Jack Jackson - Stack Of Dollars


rec. by William Ferris 1963-68; ed. by John Barnie
# rec. July 1968 in Leland, MS by Bill Ferris; James 'Son' Thomas, voc, g, || sp
cover art by Mara Califf

notes by William Ferris, essay on inner sleeve by John Barnie

Southern Culture SC 1703 (US 1983)

Southern Culture discography

171985The James 'Son' Thomas Album

L+R 42.048 / P-Vine PCD-2179 track sequence:
- Big Fat Mama (3:30)   [AFBF '82, previously unissued]
- The Real Catfish Blues (6:50)   [AFBF '82,unexpurgated version, previously unissued]   @ youtube
- Standing At The Crossroads (4:50)   [AFBF '82, L+R 42.052]   @ youtube
- 61 Highway (4:00)   [AFBF '82, previously unissued]   @ youtube

- Beefsteak Blues (3:44)   [AFBF '82, L+R 42.052]
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (2:44)   [AFBF '82, L+R 42.052]
- Stormy Monday Blues (3:09)   [AFBF '82, L+R 42.052]
- Rock Me Mama (2:09) ||   [L+R 42.030]
- Mama Don't 'Low No Guitar Playin' Round Here (3:47) |||   [L+R 42.040]
- Hoochie Coochie Man / Tune In Next Time (4:00) []   [AFBF '82, previously unissued]

Bellaphon CDLR 82006 track sequence:
- Big Fat Mama   @ Spotify
- The Real Catfish Blues (6:50)   @ Spotify
- Standing At The Crossroads   @ Spotify
- 61 Highway   @ Spotify
- Beefsteak Blues   @ Spotify
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl   @ Spotify
- Stormy Monday Blues (el g)   @ Spotify
- Rock Me Mama   @ Spotify
- Mama Don't 'Low No Guitar Playin' Round Here   @ Spotify
- Hoochie Coochie Man / Tune In Next Time   @ Spotify
- Smokey Mountain Blues (3:04) [AFBF '82, L+R 42.065]   @ Spotify

Evidence CD 26095 track sequence:
- Mama Don't 'Low No Guitar Playin' Round Here
- Big Fat Mama
- Beefsteak Blues
- Rock Me Mama
- The Real Catfish Blues (6:50)
- Standing At The Crossroads
- Highway 61
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Stormy Monday Blues
- Catfish Blues ['clean' version]
- Smokey Mountain [L+R 42.065]
- Hoochie Coochie Man / Tune In Next Time

|| rec. October 25, 1980 in Leland, MS by Siegfried Christmann and Axel Küstner; Son Thomas, voc, g; Cleveland 'Broomman' Jones, broom-b
||| rec. October/November, 1980 in Leland, MS by Siegfried Christmann and Axel Küstner; Son Thomas, voc, g; J.W. Williams, b
[] rec. November 6, 1982 live at Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach-Konzerthalle, Frankfurt/Oder, GDR; Son Thomas, voc, g

notes by Inge Gawlitta

L+R 42.048 (Germany 1985)


= P-Vine PCD 2179 (Jp 1991) "Living Country Blues"


(=) Bellaphon CDLR 82006 (Germany 1996) "James 'Son' Thomas" (Blues Classics series)


= Evidence CD 26095 (US 1998) "Beefsteak Blues"

L+R Records discography

181985The 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
- Back Into My Baby's Arms

James "Son" Thomas
- Big Fat Mama
Toru Oki
- Mojo
Muddy Waters Jr.
- I Wanna Rock You



Mid-South NR-15901 (US 1985)

[be warned - it ain't ;-]

191985American Folk Blues Festival '85

James Sparky Rucker
- Babylon Blues [L+R 42.062]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Here Rattler Here [L+R 42.063]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Cash Mc Call
- No More Doggin' [L+R 42.058]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
- Mr. Cleanhead's Blues [unissued track from demo recording]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Kidney Stew [unissued track from demo recording]   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Blind Joe Hill
- Big Boss Man # [unissued track from L+R 42.059 session]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- I'm Travellin' # [L+R 42.059]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
The Young Blues Thrillers
- Blues Thriller's Funk [unissued track from demo recording]   @ youtube   @ Spotify

James "Son" Thomas
- Standing At The Crossroads [L+R 42.048]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Margie Evans
- Chilly Waters [L+R 42.060]   @ youtube   @ Spotify


"from other L+R LPs, unissued tracks, and demo recordings"

# rec. March 27, 1983 at In House Recording, North Hollywood, CA; Blind Joe Hill, voc, hca, g, dr; prod. by Horst Lippmann and Margie Evans
Sparky Rucker and James "Son" Thomas photos by Axel Küstner, all others by courtesy of the artists

rel. in gatefold-cover with a 4-pp. booklet by Horst Lippmann

L+R 50.003 (Germany 1985)

notes (1985) by Horst Lippmann

= Bellaphon CDLR 711426 (Germany 2008)

American Folk Blues Festival discography
L+R Records discography
Blind Joe Hill discography

201986American Folk Blues Festival Live '85

James "Sparky" Rucker
- Walkin' Blues   @ Spotify
Blind Joe Hill
- Fanny Mae   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Cash McCall & Young Blues Thrillers
- I Can't Quit You Baby   @ Spotify

James "Son" Thomas
- Smokey Mountain Blues #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson & Young Blues Thrillers
- Hold It Right There   @ Spotify

Young Blues Thrillers
- From Boogie To Funk   @ Spotify
- Gettin' Closer   @ Spotify
- Young Blues Thrillers' Theme   @ Spotify
Margie Evans, Cash McCall & Young Blues Thrillers
- Two Lovers In One   @ Spotify


rec. October 22, 1985 at Volksbildungsheim, Frankfurt/Main, Germany and October 23, 1985 at Capitol, Mannheim, Germany
# rec. October 23, 1985 at Capitol, Mannheim, Germany; James "Son" Thomas, voc, g

notes by Horst Lippmann

L+R LR 42.065 (Germany 1986)

notes by Horst Lippmann

= Optimism LR CD-2065 (US 1990?)

notes by Horst Lippmann

= L+R CDLR 42065 (Germany 1992)

4 CD set
notes by Siegfried A. Christmann
  ; click to enlarge!
(=) Bellaphon / L+R CDLR 726024 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1982/1983/1985"

American Folk Blues Festival discography
L+R Records discography
Blind Joe Hill discography

211986National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Four

Dr. Ross
- Chicago Breakdown
- That's All Right, Mama
- Biscuit Baking Woman
Booker T. Laury
- Woman I Love Lives In Memphis, Tennessee
- Disco Strut


Son Thomas
- Roll And Tumble
Henry & Vernell Townsend
- The Tears Come Rolling Down
Henry Townsend
- Standing Looking Out The Window
Larry Johnson
- The Wrong Woman
- Can't You Hear The Angels Singing?
Hezekiah & The Houserockers
- Downhome Blues



Southland SLP-24 (US 1986)

(=) Southland SCD-22 (US 2001)

Southland Records discography

221987Son Thomas: Good Morning Schoolgirl

- Rollin' And Tumblin'
- Sugar Mama Blues
- Good Morning School Girl
- Nelson Street Blues
- Standing At The Crossroads
- Bumble Bee
- Hard Times

- Big Fat Mama
- Two Trains Running
- Whiskey Head Woman
- Bottle It Up And Go
- Ethel Mae
- Forty Four Blues

Hepcat CD 440-2 tracks:
- Good Morning School Girl #
- Sugar Mama Blues #
- Rollin' And Tumblin' #
- Nelson Street Blues #
- Standing At The Crossroads #
- Bumble Bee #
- Hard Times #
- Big Fat Mama #
- Two Trains Running #
- Whiskey Headed Woman #
- Bottle It Up And Go #
- Ethel Mae #
- Forty Four Miles #
- Crawlin' King Snake *
- Beefsteak Blues *
- Mama Talk To Your Daughter (prev. unissued)
- It Hurts Me Too *
- Cairo Blues *
- Steel Guitar Rag (prev. unissued)

# from Black and Blue 33.744
* from Black and Blue 33.745

# rec. March 19, 1986 at Continental Studio, Paris by Didier Perrier
photo by Jean-Pierre Tahmazian

notes by Jean Buzelin

Black and Blue 33.744 (Fr 1987)


Black & Blue / Hepcat CD 440-2 "Hard Times" (Fr 2003)

231987Mississippi Blues Festival 1986

Jessie Mae Hemphill
- Eagle Bird
- Streamline Train
- I'm So Glad You Don't Know What's On My Mind (take 2)
- My Daddy's Blues
Hezekiah & the House Rockers
- She Used To Be Your Woman But She Comes To See Me Sometimes


Son Thomas
- Crawling Kingsnake (4:25) #
- Beefsteak Blues #
- It Hurts Me Too #
- Cairo Blues #
Hezekiah & the House Rockers
- Roll Me Baby
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy

Hepcat CD 457-2 tracks:
- My Daddy's Blues #
- Go Back To Your Used To Be #
- I'm So Glad You Don't Know What's On My Mind (take 1) #
- Saint Louis Blues #
- Don't Mess With My Toot Toot #


# rec. March 19, 1986 at Continental Studio, Paris by Didier Perrier
photos by Jean-Pierre Tahmazian

notes by Jean Buzelin

Black and Blue 33.745 (Fr 1987)


= Black & Blue / Hepcat CD 457-2 (Fr 2004)

241987James Son Thomas: Gateway To The Delta

- I Love The Way You Walks *
- Sugar Mama *
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl *
- Rock Me *
- It Hurts Me Too

- I Walked All Night Long
- Trainfare Blues
- Cold Black Mare
- After The War
- Three Days I Cried *
- Bull Cow Blues

A1-A5 & B6 rec. November 24, 1987 at Rust College Recording Studio, Holly Springs, MS; James 'Son' Thomas, voc, g; * Walter Liniger, hca

B1-B4 October 24, 1987 live at James and Maggie Rouster's home, Eden, MS; James 'Son' Thomas, voc, g

B5 rec. Dezember, 23, 1986 at Rust College Recording Studio, Holly Springs, MS; James 'Son' Thomas, voc, g; * Walter Liniger, hca

front cover photo by Robert T. Jones, back cover photo by Michael Wall

notes by Jerry W. Ward, Jr.

Rustron LP 1001 (US 1987) (Sylvester Oliver's label Rust College, Holly Springs)

Handy Award 1989 category "Traditional Blues Album"

251988Giants Of Country Blues Vol. 2   1975-81

LP track sequence:
James 'Son' Thomas
- It Hurts Me Too (3:20) #   @ Spotify
- Four Women Blues (2:30) #   @ Spotify
- Shake 'Em On Down (2:53) #   @ Spotify
- Dust My Broom (3:07) #   @ Spotify
- Beefsteak Blues (3:44) ##   @ Spotify
R.L. Burnside
- It's Be Troubled [sic] (3:38) * [Wolf 120.921 CD]   @ Spotify
- When My First Wife Left Me ("alt tk" / tk 2) (4:02) * [Wolf 120.921 CD]   @ youtube

Joe Willie Wilkins
- Walking Blues (2:39) ||   @ Spotify
Boogie Bill Webb
- Doodeville Blues (2:38) //   @ Spotify
- I'll Buy A Ticket (2:29) //   @ Spotify
- It Used To Be (2:37) //   @ Spotify
- Maggie Campbell Blues (2:16) //   @ Spotify
- Seven Sister's Blues (2:23) \\   @ Spotify
Clyde Maxwell
- Untitled Blues (2:42) []   @ Spotify
Cornelius Bright
- Devil's Blues (3:53) §   @ Spotify

CD track sequence:
R.L. Burnside
- Long Haired Doney (3:41) ** [Wolf 120.921 CD]   @ Spotify
- When My First Wife Left Me (tk 1) (3:28) * [Wolf 120.921 CD]   @ Spotify
- Poor Black Mattie (3:01) ** [Wolf 120.921 CD]   @ Spotify
- Jumper On The Line (3:17) (with Daniel Burnside, b; Calvin Jackson, dr) ** [Wolf 120.921 CD]   @ Spotify
- Rollin' And Tumblin' (3:02) ** [Wolf 120.921 CD]   @ Spotify
- It's Be Troubled [sic] (3:38) * [Wolf 120.921 CD
]
James "Son" Thomas
- It Hurts Me Too (3:20) #
- Four Women Blues (2:30) #
- Shake 'Em On Down (2:53) #
- Dust My Broom (3:07) #
- Beefsteak Blues (3:44) ##
- Rock Me (2:40) ###   @ Spotify
Joe Willie Wilkins
- Walking Blues (2:39) ||
Boogie Bill Webb
- Doodeville Blues (2:38) //
- I'll Buy A Ticket (2:29) //
- It Used To Be (2:37) //
- Maggie Campbell Blues (2:16) //
- Seven Sister's Blues (2:23) \\
- I Ain't For It (2:37) ///   @ Spotify
Clyde Maxwell
- Untitled Blues (2:42) []
Cornelius Bright & Jimmy Holmes
- Devil's Blues (3:53)


# rec. November 6, 1981 in Leland, MS by Michael Hortig; James 'Son" Thomas, voc, g
## rec. July 6, 1975 in Leland, MS by Hannes Folterbauer & Christoph Steffl; James 'Son" Thomas, voc, g
### rec. June 17, 1991 in Leland, MS by Ulrich Hahn; James 'Son" Thomas, voc, g

* rec. July 9, 1975 in Senatobia, MS by Hannes Folterbauer & Christoph Steffl; R.L. Burnside, voc, g
** rec. September 1991 in Coldwater, MS by Hannes Folterbauer; R.L. Burnside, voc, g

|| rec. 1976 in Memphis, TN by Hannes Folterbauer; Joe Willie Wilkins, voc, g; Sonny Blake, hca

// rec. June 20, 1981 in New Orleans, LA by Ulrich Hahn; Boogie Bill Webb, voc, g
\\ rec. October 24, 1981 in New Orleans, LA by Michael Hortig; Boogie Bill Webb, voc, g
/// rec. April 6,, 1990 in New Orleans, LA by Clarence Toussaint; Boogie Bill Webb, voc, g

[] rec. October 30, 1981 near Camden, MS by Michael Hortig; Clyde Maxwell, voc, g

§ rec. June 16, 1981 at the Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia, MS by Ulrich Hahn; Cornelius Bright, voc; Jimmy Holmes, g


cover drawing of Clyde Maxwell by Bernd Conrad

notes by Michael Hortig and Herbert Pessiak

Wolf LP 120.917 (Austria 1988)

notes by Larry Hoffman

(=) Wolf CD 120.917 "1975-1991" (Austria 1991)

261990James 'Son' Thomas & Walter Liniger: Bottomlands

- European Country *
- Big Boss Man *
- Beefsteak Blues *
- Chicago Blues
- Lady Lee []
- Catfish Blues *

- Ludella *
- Train I Ride *
- Smokey Mountain *
- Honey Bee
- Cairo *
- Southern Memories #

CD bonus tracks:
- Little Red Shoes [previously unissued]
- Bumble Bee Blues [previously unissued]

rec. October 1989 in Clarksale, MS; Son Thomas, voc, g; Walter Liniger, * hca, [] voc, [] g


Rooster Blues R96100 (cassette only) (US 1990)


= P-Vine PCD-5289 (Jp 1997)

26a1992The Ultimate Blues Collection Volume 3

CD 1:
Karen Carroll
- Little Red Rooster
- Woke Up This Morning
- Big Boss Man
- Sweet Home Chicago
Maisha Grant
- Help Me Through The Day
- Mellow Down Easy
- Mama Talk To Your Daughter
- Please Love Me
The Cat
- Tin Roof Rules
Katie Webster
- When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
- Misty Blue


CD 2:
Thomas Shaw
- I'm Broke And I Haven't Got A Dime #
- Sail Along Little Girl #
Joanna Connor
- Guitar Woman #
- The Sky Is Crying #
VGO / Ed Morris
- Talking Hard Luck Blues
#
James 'Son' Thomas
- Bull Cow Blues #
Luther Allison
- Fight
- Freedom
Thomas Shaw
- Smokey Mountain #
- Mini Blues #
Sam Chatmon
- Sittin' On Top Of The World
#

CD 3:
Willie Mabon
- Klickety Klock
- Lover Girl
- Dorsey's Boogie
- The Seventh Son
The Cat
- I Love My Baby
- Came Home This Morning
- Rockin' The Subway
'Big Moose' Walker
- Don't Cry Baby
Little Willie Littlefield
- Adam Come And Get Your Bone
- Prisoner For Tonight
Tommy Tucker
- Trouble In Mind
#

# previously unreleased

3 CD set

Chrisly CM 11003 ("Chrisly Records Blues Box")

Ornament Records discography

271992Giants Of Country Blues Vol. 3

Jack Owens
- Leavin' Blues
Eugene Powell
- Blues In Texas

Son Thomas
- Walking Cane
LV Conerly
- Hard Headed Woman
Roosevelt Holts
- Big Road Blues
Arzo Youngblood
- I Don't Want No Woman
Sam Chatmon
- Talkin' Bout My Girl
Wade Walton
- Catfish Blues
Isaac Youngblood
- Big Road Blues
Wade Walton
- Catfish Blues
Isaac Youngblood
- Big Road Blues
Mott Willis
- Long Tall Woman

Robert Shaw
- Ma Grinder Pt 2
- Mobile & KC Blues
- The Cows
- Rock Island
Lavada Durst
- Boogie Woogie
Alex Moore
- Henry 6 Mike
Memphis Piano Red
- Mama Likes Good Whiskey
- After Hours
Mose Vinson
- Blues Jumped A Rabbit
- Four O'Clock Blues


cover drawing (of Robert Shaw) by Bernd Konrad

notes by Michael Hortig

Wolf 120.921 (Austria 1992)

not identical with Wolf CD 120.918 with same title !!!

281999Living Country Blues: An Anthology

Disc 1:   Mississippi Moan
- Catfish Blues (James Thomas)
- Bye Bye Blues (Arzo Youngblood)
- Gonna Cut You Loose (Eddie Cusic)
- You Gonna Take Sick And Die (Boyd Rivers)
- Maggie Campbell Blues (Bill Webb)
- Sittin' on Top Of The World (Sam Chatmon)
- Move Daniel (Cora Fluker)
- My Babe (Othar Turner)
- Boogie Chillen (Lonnie Pitchford)

- Bull Cow Blues (James Thomas)
- Stop And Listen Blues (Sam Chatmon)
- Swing, Swing (Arzo Youngblood)
- Jazz Boogie Woogie (Stonewall Mays)
- Jesus On The Mainline (Boyd Rivers)
- Shake Your Money Makeer (Lonnie Pitchford)

- Rock Me Mama (James Thomas / Cleveland Jones)
- Big Road Blues (Bill Webb)
- My Daddy Was A Jockey (Sam Chatmon)
- That's The Boogie (Napoleon Strickland)
- Vicksburg Blues (Sam Chatmon)
- Mississippi Moan (Walter Brown)
- When I Lay Down My Burden (Othar Turner)


Disc 2:   Lonesome Road Blues (East Coast)
- Lonesome Road Blues (Guitar Frank)
- Baby Please Give Me A Break (Archie Edwards)
- Road Is Rough And Rocky (Archie Edwards)
- Come On In My Kitchen (Guitar Slim)
- Bye And Bye, I'm Going To See The King (Flora Molton & The Truth Band)
- Chimney Hill Breakdown (Guitar Frank)
- Railroad Bill (GuitarFrank, )
- Chicken Can't Roost Too High For Me (John Cephas)
- Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad (John Cephas, / Phil Wiggins)
- Do Lord Remember Me (Archie Edwards)
- Jelly Roll Baker (Guitar Frank)
- I'm Feelin' Lonesome (Guitar Slim)
- My Old Schoolmates (Archie Edwards)
- Lonesome Home Blues (Guitar Slim)
- T For Texas (Archie Edwards)
- Diggin' My Potatoes (Guitar Frank)


Disc 3:   You Got To Move (Tennessee, Arkansas & More)
- Vacation In Heaven (Flora Molton & The Truth Band)
- Granny, Will Your Dog Bite? (Othar Turner)

- I Laid And I Wondered (James Thomas / Cleveland Jones)
- I Can't Stand It (Flora Molton & The Truth Band)
- Mr. Freddie Blues (Memphis Piano Red)
- Corine, Corrina (Hammie Nixon)
- Rollin' And Tumblin' (Lottie Murrell)
- She's Tailor Made (Charlie Sangster)
- Hounds (Sam Shields)
- You Got To Move (Boyd Rivers)
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle (CeDell Davis)
- Viola Lee Blues (Hammie NIxon)
- Joe's Prison Camp Holler (Joe Savage)
- When The Saints Go Marchin' In (Othar Turner)
- Spoonful (Lottie Murrell, )
- You Got To Do The Boogie Woogie (CeDell Davis)
- Trouble Late Last Night (Lottie Murrell)
- Dry Bones In The Valley (Cora Fluker)
- I Got a Gal 'Cross The Bottom (Lottie Murrell)
- Soon One Mornin' (Hammie Nixon)
- Levee Camp Holler (Walter Brown)
- Precious Lord (Boyd Rivers)


Evidence ECD 26105-2


with 48-pp. booklet

292001National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Two

John Jackson
- Bad Water Blues
- Rocks & Gravel
- I'm A Bad Man
Albert Macon & Robert Thomas
- She Wanna Do The Boogie Woogie
- My Baby Don't Wear No Drawers
Robert Lockwood
- Big Legged Woman
Snooky Pryor & Homesick James
- Why You Want To Treat Me Like That
- Boogie Twist
Piano Red
- Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo
- Lowdown Dog
Eddie Kirkland
- I Got My Eyes On You
Dr. Ross
- Chicago Breakdown
- That's All Right, Mama
- Biscuit Baking Woman
Booker T. Laury
- Woman I Love Lives In Memphis, Tennessee
- Disco Strut

Son Thomas
- Roll And Tumble
Henry & Vernell Townsend
- The Tears Come Rolling Down
Henry Townsend
- Standing Looking Out The Window
Larry Johnson
- The Wrong Woman
- Can't You Hear The Angels Singing?
Hezekiah & The Houserockers
- Downhome Blues



Southland SCD-22 (US 2001)

Southland Records discography

306/2018Voices 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)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 197
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Walter Liniger and Scott Barretta for additional info / scans
and to the Highway 61 Blues Museum, Leland, Mississippi, for correcting Eddie Cusic's name on Albatros VPA 8387

J A M E S 'S O N'   T H O M A S; source: Valerie Wilmer: The Face Of Black Music
James 'Sonny Ford' Thomas, Leland, Mississippi, 1972
source: Valerie Wilmer: The Face Of Black Music.- New York 1976, no p.

 

J A M E S   T H O M A S; source: The Transatlantic Blues Book, compiled by Mike Leadbitter, photographs by Valerie Wilmer.- London (Transatlantic Group), no date [1973], no pagination (scanned and photoshopped [all illustrations in this booklet originally are reddish] by Stefan Wirz); photographer: Val Wilmer
James 'Son' Thomas
source: The Transatlantic Blues Book, compiled by Mike Leadbitter, photographs by Valerie Wilmer.-
London (Transatlantic Group), no date [1973], no pagination
(scanned and photoshopped [all illustrations in this booklet originally are reddish] by Stefan Wirz)
photographer: Val Wilmer

 

J A M E S 'S O N'   T H O M A S; source: Notes of L+R 50.003; photographer: Axel Küstner
James 'Son' Thomas, 198?
source: Notes of L+R 50.003; photographer: Axel Küstner

 

J A M E S 'S O N'   T H O M A S; source: Cover of Black & Blue 33.745; photographer: Jean-Pierre Tahmazian
James 'Son' Thomas, Paris, France, 1986
source: Front cover of Black & Blue 33.745; photographer: Jean-Pierre Tahmazian

 

James 'Son' Thomas biography

http://www.littletobywalker.com/pages/jamessonthomas.html

Bill Ferris Jr. (= Prof. Dr. William Ferris) homepage

 

 

 

 

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