Illustrated Henry Townsend discography

H E N R Y T O W N S E N D at the 19th Annual Mississippi Valley Blues Festival 2003; source: http://www.mnblues.com/review/2003/mvbf03-dp-rb.html; photographer: Rich Benson
Henry Townsend at the 19th Annual Mississippi Valley Blues Festival 2003
source: http://www.mnblues.com/review/2003/mvbf03-dp-rb.html;
photographer: Rich Benson
Henry Townsend at The Palace Theatre in Grapevine, Texas, February 2006
(second "Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen" Concert)
photographer: most likely Anne E. Dyson

Henry Townsend
Henry James 'Mule' Townsend
b. October 27, 1909 in Shelby, Mississippi
d. September 24, 2006 at St. Mary's Ozaukee Hospital, later Columbia St. Mary's in Mequon, Wisconsin
buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri
discography

Henry Townsend, St. Louis, 1962
source: Front cover of Folkways FS 3816
photographer: Ann Charters

#	year of release	title / label / notes
*10 inch 78 rpm*
1	1929	HENRY TOWNSEND - Mistreated Blues (403301-A) @ youtube - Poor Man Blues (403303-A) @ youtube rec. November 15, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Henry Townsend, voc, g Columbia 14491-D
2	1929	HENRY TOWNSEND - Henry's Worry Blues (403300-A) @ youtube - Long Ago Blues (403302-A) @ youtube rec. November 15, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Henry Townsend, voc, g Columbia 14529-D
3	1931	Henry Townsend - Doctor Oh Doctor (L-465-1) @ youtube - Jack Of Diamonds Georgia Rub (L-469-1) @ youtube rec. c. May 1931 in Grafton, WI; Henry Townsend, voc, g No copies of this record were known to exist until one surfaced in January 1995 Paramount 13097
4	1931	Willie Kelly - Don't Squeeze Me Too Tight (69419-2) * @ youtube - As True As I've Been To You (69403-1) # @ youtube # rec. June 9, 1931 in Louisville, KY; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), voc, p; Henry Townsend, g * rec. June 10, 1931 in Louisville, KY; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), voc, p Victor 23286 Roosevelt Sykes discography
5	10/23/1931	Walter Davis - You Don't Worry My Mind (69415-1) @ youtube - Sunny Land Blues (a/k/a "Railroad Man Blues") (69414-1) @ youtube originally unissued tracks from same session: - You Don't Worry My Mind (69415-2) [Document BDCD-6045] @ youtube - Railroad Man Blues (69414-2) [Document DOCD-5662] @ youtube rec. June 10, 1931 in Louisville, KY; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p; prob. Henry Townsend, g 1263 copies sold Victor 23291 (US October 23, 1931) not re-released on Document DOCD-5281, but on JSP JSPCD-605 69415-2 - test, most likely used for the Document BDCD-6045 release Walter Davis discography Roosevelt Sykes discography
6	1931	Willie Kelly - Hard Luck Man Blues (69404-1) * @ youtube - No Settled Mind Blues (69401-1) # @ youtube unissued tracks from same session: - Sunshine Special Blues (69400-2) # - Hard Rock Was My Pillow (69402-2) # # rec. June 9, 1931 in Louisville, KY; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), voc, p; Henry Townsend, g * rec. June 9, 1931 in Louisville, KY; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), voc, p; Clifford Gibson, g Victor 23320 Roosevelt Sykes discography Clifford Gibson discography
7	1931	Jesse Townsend - Take A Chance (69411-2) @ youtube - No Home Blues (69410-2) @ youtube rec. June 9, 1931 in Louisville, KY; Henry Townsend, voc, g; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p Victor 23322 Roosevelt Sykes discography
8	1933	Henry Thomas - She's Got What I Want (77310-1) @ youtube - My Sweet Candy (77311-1) @ youtube unissued track from same session: - Can't Do That No More (77309-1) rec. December 11, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Henry Townsend, voc, g; Roosevelt Sykes, p Bluebird B-5343 = Sunrise S3424 Roosevelt Sykes discography
9	4/1934	Walter Davis - Stormy Weather Blues–Part 2 (77286-1) # @ youtube Henry Thomas - Sick With The Blues (77314-1) * @ youtube # rec. December 9, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p * rec. December 11, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Henry Townsend, voc, g Bluebird B-5411 (4/1934) Walter Davis discography Roosevelt Sykes discography
10	3/1935	Walter Davis - Wonder Where My Baby's Gone (85485-1) @ youtube - Sloppy Drunk Again (85479-1) @ youtube rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Joe Williams, g; poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-5879 (3/1935) Walter Davis discography Big Joe Williams discography
11	4/10/1935	Joe Williams - Little Leg Woman (85487-1) @ youtube - Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff (85488-1) # @ youtube rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; # Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-5900 (US April 10, 1935) Big Joe Williams discography
12	5/1935	Walter Davis - Sweet Sixteen (85484-1) # @ youtube - Lay Around On Your DBA (85486-1) @ youtube rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Joe Williams, g; # poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-5931 (5/1935) = Bluebird B-6236 (1/1936) Walter Davis discography Big Joe Williams discography
13	6/1935	Walter Davis - Minute Man–Part 1 (85482-1) @ youtube - Minute Man–Part 2 (85483-1) @ youtube rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Joe Williams, g; poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-5965 (6/1935) Walter Davis discography
14	6/1935	Henry Townsend - Don't Love That Woman (85493-1) @ youtube - She's Got A Mean Disposition (85494-1) @ youtube rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Henry Townsend, voc, g Bluebird B-5966 (6/1935)
15	6/1935	Walter Davis - Travelin' This Lonesome Road (85480-1) @ youtube - Sad And Lonesome Blues (85481-1) @ youtube rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Joe Williams, g; poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-5982 (6/1935) Walter Davis discography
16	8/1935	Walter Davis - Dentist Blues (91429-1) @ youtube - Root Man Blues (91430-1) # @ youtube rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-6040 (8/1935) = Montgomery Ward M-4835 # Bluebird B-8490 (8/1940) Walter Davis discography
17	1935	Pine Top - Tell Her About Me (91439-1) @ youtube - Workhouse Blues (91442-1) @ youtube rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Aaron Sparks, voc, p; Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-6041 Sparks Brothers discography
18	8/1935	Tampa Red - (Play Your Hand) Keep On Dealin' (91405-1) * @ youtube Walter Davis - I Can Tell By The Way You Smell (91433-1) # @ youtube # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g * rec. July 27, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Tampa Red, voc, g; Myrtle Jenkins, p Bluebird B-6059 (8/1935) Walter Davis discography Tampa Red discography
19	1935	Peter J. Clayton - Yo Yo Jive [No. 2] (91416-1) * @ youtube Milton Sparks - Grinder Blues (91447-1) # [not ~~"Grinder Man Blues"~~] @ youtube * rec. July 27, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Peter J. Clayton, voc; Beatrice 'Toots' Willis, p # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Milton Sparks, voc; Aaron Sparks, p; Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-6096 Doctor Clayton discography Sparks Brothers discography
20	10/23/1935	Walter Davis - Santa Claus (91434-1) # @ youtube Pine Top - Every Day I Have The Blues (91440-1) * @ youtube # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g * rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Aaron Sparks, voc, p; Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-6125 (October 23, 1935) Walter Davis discography Sparks Brothers discography
21	1935	Tampa Red - Rowdy Woman Blues (91404-1) * @ youtube Milton Sparks - I Wake Up In The Morning (91448-1) @ youtube * rec. July 27, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Tampa Red, voc, g, k; Myrtle Jenkins, p; unknown, sb # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Milton Sparks, voc; Aaron Sparks, p; Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-6126 Tampa Red discography Sparks Brothers discography
21a	12/1935	Walter Davis - Katy Blues (96236-1) @ youtube - Ashes In My Whiskey (96237-1) @ youtube rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-6201 (12/1935) Walter Davis discography
22	1935	Memphis Minnie - Hustlin' Woman Blues (96227-1) * @ youtube Pine Top - Got The Blues About My Baby (91441-1) # @ youtube # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Aaron Sparks, voc, p; Henry Townsend, g * rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Memphis Minnie, voc, g; prob. Black Bob, p; Casey Bill Weldon, stg; Bill Settles, sb Bluebird B-6202 Sparks Brothers discography
23	1935	Bumble Bee Slim - Everybody's Fishing (85533-1) * @ youtube Milton Sparks - Ina Blues (91446-1) # @ youtube * rec. February 27, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; poss. Horace Malcolm, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Milton Sparks, voc; Walter Davis, p; Henry Townsend, g * Bluebird B-5964 (as by "Amos") Bluebird B-6521 Bumble Bee Slim discography Sparks Brothers discography Walter Davis discography
24	1936	Bo Carter - T Baby Blues (99234-1) * @ youtube Milton Sparks - Erie Train Blues (91445-1) # @ youtube # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Milton Sparks, voc; Walter Davis, p; Henry Townsend, g * rec. February 20, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Bo Carter, voc, g Bluebird B-6529 ¹⁾ Bo Carter discography
25	1935	Henry Townsend - She's Got A Mean Disposition (85494-1) # @ youtube Bo Carter - I Get The Blues (99235-1) @ youtube # rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Henry Townsend, voc, g * rec. February 20, 1936 in New Orleans, LA; Bo Carter, voc, g Bluebird B-6589 Bo Carter discography
26	5/19/1937	Walter Davis - What Else Can I Do? (07646-1) @ youtube - Nightmare Blues (07647-1) @ youtube rec. May 5, 1937 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, # p; poss. Henry Townsend~~, g; prob.~~ or Robert Lee McCoy, g Bluebird B-6971 (May 19, 1937) Walter Davis discography
27	6/1937	Walter Davis - Good Gal (07648-1) * @ youtube - Shady Lane (07645-1) # @ youtube rec. May 5, 1937 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, # p; ~~poss. Henry Townsend, g; prob.~~ Robert Lee McCoy, g; * Robert Lee McCoy, 2nd voc Bluebird B-6996 (6/1937) Walter Davis discography
28	6/1937	Walter Davis - Fifth Avenue (07642-1) @ youtube - I Ain't Got Changing Clothes (07643-1) @ youtube rec. May 5, 1937 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, # p; poss. Henry Townsend~~, g; prob.~~ or Robert Lee McCoy, g Bluebird B-7021 (6/1937) Walter Davis discography
29	7/21/1937	Walter Davis - Angel Child (07641-1) # @ youtube - West Coast Blues (07644-1) * @ youtube rec. May 5, 1937 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Henry Townsend~~, g; prob.~~ or Robert Lee McCoy, g Bluebird B-7064 (buff label: July 21, 1937 // staff label: 9/1937) Walter Davis discography
30	12/1937	Walter Davis - Guiding Rod (016515-1) # @ youtube - Talk's All Over Town (016516-1) * @ youtube rec. November 11, 1937 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-7292 (12/1937) Montgomery Ward M-7505 Walter Davis discography
31	1938	Robert Lee McCoy - Mean Black Cat (016528-1) @ youtube - I Have Spent My Bones [sic, not "Bonus", at least that's what it says on the label] (016532-1) @ youtube rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel, Aurora, IL; Robert Lee McCoy, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; unknown, p; poss. Henry Townsend, g; Joe Williams, g Dixon, Godrich & Rye (1997): "There is some doubt whether Sonny Boy Williamson is the harmonica player on all titles on which a harmonica is present on this session" Bluebird B-7303 Sonny Boy Williamson discography Big Joe Williams discography
32	1/1938	Walter Davis - Big Jack Engine Blues (016514-1) @ youtube - My Babe (016517-1) @ youtube rec. November 11, 1937 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird ~~B-7325~~ B-7375 (1/1938) Walter Davis discography
33	12/1937	Walter Davis - Streamline Woman (016512-1) @ youtube - Holiday Blues (016510-1) @ youtube unissued tracks from same session: - Let Me Dig Your Basement (016511-1) - Let Me Meg Your Water (016513-1) rec. November 11, 1937 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-7329 (12/1937) Montgomery Ward M-7433 Walter Davis discography
34	1938	Washboard Sam and his Washboard Band - Want To Woogie Some More–F.T. (016501-1) * @ youtube Robert Lee McCoy - C N A (016533-1) # @ youtube unissued track from same session: - Danger Blues (016526-1) # # rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel, Aurora, IL; Robert Lee McCoy, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; unknown, p; poss. Henry Townsend, g; Joe Williams, g * rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel, Aurora, IL; Washboard Sam, voc, washb; Arnett Nelson, cl; Black Bob, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; unknown, sb Dixon, Godrich & Rye (1997): "There is some doubt whether Sonny Boy Williamson is the harmonica player on all titles on which a harmonica is present on this session" Bluebird B-7440 = Montgomery Ward M-7499 Big Joe Williams discography Henry Townsend discography
35	1937	Henry Townsend - Now I Stay Away (016537-1) @ youtube - Lose Your Man (016534-1) @ youtube rec. November 11, 1937 in Aurora, IL; Henry Townsend, voc, g; unknown, p; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Robert Lee McCoy, g Bluebird B-7453 (US 1937) Sonny Boy Williamson discography
36	1937	Henry Townsend - All I've Got's Gone (016535-1) @ youtube - A Ramblin' Mind (016536-1) @ youtube rec. November 11, 1937 in Aurora, IL; Henry Townsend, voc, g; unknown, p; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Robert Lee McCoy, g Bluebird B-7474 (US 1937) Sonny Boy Williamson discography
37	12/1938	Walter Davis - Cuttin' Off My Days (030829-1) @ youtube - I Like The Way You Spread Your Wings (030828-1) @ youtube rec. December 19, 1938 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-7978 (12/1938) = Montgomery Ward M-7844 Walter Davis discography
38	1/1939	Walter Davis - Early This Morning (030836-1) @ youtube - Your Time Is Comin' (030833-1) @ youtube rec. December 19, 1938 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-8002 (1/1939) = Montgomery Ward M-7845 Walter Davis discography
39	2/1939	Walter Davis - You Don't Know Right From Wrong (030830-1) # @ youtube - Smoky Mountain (030832-1) @ youtube rec. December 19, 1938 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; # poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-8026 (2/1939) = Montgomery Ward M-7846 Walter Davis discography
40	3/1939	Walter Davis - Everything Is O.K. (030834-1) @ youtube - Mercy Blues (030837-1) @ youtube rec. December 19, 1938 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-8058 (3/1939) = Montgomery Ward M-7847 Walter Davis discography
41	4/1939	Walter Davis - Troubled And Weary (030831-1) @ youtube - Bad Luck And Trouble (030835-1) @ youtube rec. December 19, 1938 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-8107 (4/1939) = Montgomery Ward M-7848 Walter Davis discography
42	1948	St. Louis Jimmy [sic] - Now I'm Through (A) # @ youtube @ Spotify - Mr. Brown Boogie (instr) (B) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. 1948 in Chicago, IL; Henry Townsend, g, # voc; Henry Brown [claimed by Jaap Hindriks, but disputed by Michael Hortig: Roosevelt Sykes], p; b Bullet 291 (US 1948) St. Louis Jimmy discography Henry Brown discography Roosevelt Sykes discography
*LP / CD compilations*
43	1962	Henry Townsend: Tired Of Bein' Mistreated@ youtube (full album playlist) - Cairo's My Baby's Home - Tired Of Being Mistreated - Rocks Have Been My Pillow - The Train Is Coming - She Just Walked Away - I Asked Her If She Loved Me - I Got Tired - My Home Ain't There - All My Money Gone - She Drove Me To Drinking - My Baby Have Come Back rec. May 17, 1961 at Technisonic Studios, St. Louis, MO by Sam Charters with the assistance of Ann Charters; Henry Townsend, voc, g, p; Tommy Bankhead, el b Bluesville BV/BVLP 1041 front cover design by Don Schlitten, photo by Samuel B. Charters Folkways FS 3816 front cover photo by Ann Charters notes by Samuel B. Charters Bluesville BV/BVLP 1041 (US 1962) notes by Samuel B. Charters = Bluesville/Prestige BV/BVLP 1041 (US 1967) - trident label in use 1964-1971 notes by Samuel Charters = Folkways FS 3816 (US 1984) "The Blues In St. Louis Vol. 3" = Folkways CD FS 3816 (US 2004) Bluesville Records discography
45	1964	The Country Blues Volume 2 Texas Alexander - Levee Camp Moan Peg Leg Howell - Tishamingo Blues Henry Townsend - Mistreated Blues Eddie Kelly's Washboard Band - Poole County Blues Papa Charlie Jackson - Papa's Lawdy Lawdy Blues "Georgia Bill" - Scarey Day Blues Luke Jordan - Church Bells Blues Bo Carter - I'm An Old Bumble Bee Charlie Lincoln - Jealous Hearted Blues Bukka White - Strange Place Blues Blind Boy Fuller with Sonny Terry - Bye Bye Baby Blues Charlie Pickett - Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon Brownsville Son Bonds - Weary Worried Big Maceo with Tampa Red - Maceo's 32 - 20 compiled and edited by Samuel Charters RBF 9 (US 1964) RBF discography
46	1965	Conversation With The Blues A Documentary of Field Recordings by Paul Oliver LP tracks: Boogie Woogie Red - So Much Good Feeling (spoken, with own piano) Willie Thomas - A Little Different spoken James Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - Kill That Nigger Dead (Cage, vocal and fiddle; Thomas, vocal and guitar) Lil' Son Jackson - The Onliest Way (spoken) J.B. Lenoir - My Father's Style (guitar solo) J.B. Lenoir - So It Rocked On (spoken) J.B. Lenoir - Move To Kansas City (vocal and own guitar) Otis Spann - When She Comes Back (spoken) Otis Spann - Poor Country Boy (vocal, with own piano) Lightnin' Hopkins - Ain't No Easy Thing (spoken) Mance Lipscomb - Evil Heart Blues (vocal and own piano) Blind Arvella Gray - A Roughneck (spoken) Roosevelt Sykes - West Helena Blues (vocal and guitar) Will Shade - Days Of Nineteen-Hundred (spoken) Will Shade - Newport News Blues (vocal and own guitar) Whistling Alex Moore - Chock House Days (spoken) Whistling Alex Moore - Come and Get Me (vocal and own piano) Brother John Sellers - Move Back For What? (spoken) J. B. Lenoir - I Been Down So Long (vocal and own guitar) Jasper Love - Santa Fé Blues (vocal and piano) John Lee Hooker - Somewhere Down The Line (spoken) Robert Curtis Smith - I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change (vocal and own guitar) Otis Spann - Only Places They Can Go (spoken) Otis Spann - People Calls Me Lucky (vocal and own piano) Henry Townsend - What Have I Committed (spoken) # James Butch Cage - Tween Midnight And Day (vocal and own guitar) Little Brother Montgomery - Walking Basses (spoken) Little Brother Montgomery - Dud Low Joe (piano solo) Little Brother Montgomery - It's A Barrelhouse Blues (spoken) [] Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues (vocal with piano) Little Brother Montgomery - They Beat Me To Chicago (spoken) [] Roosevelt Sykes - They All Called Him 'Pork Chops' (spoken) Roosevelt Sykes - Forty-Four Blues (vocal and own piano) Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - Doctor Clayton And Me (spoken) [] Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - Take A Little Walk With Me (vocal with own electric guitar, with Sunnyland Slim, piano) [] Edwin Buster Pickens - To Have The Blues Within (spoken) Mance Lipscomb - Blues In The Bottle (vocal and own guitar) CD tracks: - So Much Good Feeling - Boogie Woogie Red - A Little Different - Willie Thomas - Kill That Nigger Dead - James "Butch" Cage & Willie Thomas - The Onliest Way - Lil Son Jackson - My Father's Style / So It Rocked On / Move To Kansas City - J.B. Lenoir - When She Come Back / Poor Country Boy - Otis Spann - Ain't No Easy Thing - Lightnin' Hopkins - Evil Heart Blues - Mance Lipscomb - A Roughneck - Blind Arvella Gray - West Helena Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Days of 1900 / Newport News Blues - Will Shade - Chock House Days / Come and Get Me - Whistling Alex Moore - Move Back! For What? - Brother John Sellers - Been Down So Long - J.B. Lenoir - A Place They Call Boots' - James "Stump" Johnson [] - Henry Brown Blues - Henry Brown [] - They Called Us Gandy Dancers / Work Songs / John Henry - Blind Arvella Gray with Blind James Brewer [] - Santa Fe Train - Edwin "Buster" Pickens - Most Reason I Sing - Robert Curtis Smith - Santa Fe Blues - Jasper Love - Somewhere Down The Line - John Lee Hooker - I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change - Robert Curtis Smith - Only Places They Can Go / People Call Me Lucky - Otis Spann - What Have I Committed? - Henry Townsend # - 'Tween Midnight And Day - James "Butch" Cage - Walking Basses / Dud Low Joe / The First Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - They Call Him "Pork Chops" / Forty-Four Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Blues In The Bottle - Mance Lipscomb - To Have The Blues Within - Edward "Buster" Pickens - Colorado Springs Blues - Edwin "Buster" Pickens [] All tracks recorded between June 26 and August 28, 1960 # rec. 1960 in Chicago, IL LP and CD have slightly different tracks: [] = not on LP resp. CD !!! notes (plus 6-pp. insert) by Paul Oliver Decca LK 4664 insert (1 sheet folded to 6 pp.) Decca LK 4664 (UK 1965) notes by Paul Oliver = Decca LK 4664 (Germany 1965) LP resp. CD accompanying Paul Oliver's book by the same title: London (Cassell) (1st UK ed. 1965) xv, 217 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm New York (Horizon Press) (1st US ed. 1965) xix, 217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm London ("Jazz Book Club") JBC 64 (2nd UK ed. 1967) Cambridge (University Press) 0 521 59181 3 (revised edition of the original 1965 book with enclosed CD) (2nd US ed. 1997) Doyosha LLC (1st Jp ed. 2016) ISBN 978-4-907511-25-8 (190 × 129 × 21,8 mm \| 336 pages (incl. 48 photos) \| weight: 9,5 pound; price: 1.850 JPY equals 14,84 EUR) translated by Yasufumi Higurashi
47	1966	Blues Rediscoveries Compiled and Edited by Samuel Charters Mississippi John Hurt - Ain't No Tellin' - Avalon Blues Bukka White - Sleepy Man Blues - Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues Henry Townsend - Poor Man Blues John Estes - Poor Man's Friend - Liquor Store Blues Blind Gary Davis - Oh Lord Search My Heart - You Got to Go Down Peg Leg Howell - Doin' Wrong Furry Lewis - Jelly Roll - Sweet Papa Moan Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 - Someday Baby edited by Samuel Charters front cover photo by Ann Charters notes by Samuel Charters RBF 11 (US 1966) RBF discography
48	1968	The Blues In St. Louis 1929-1937 Henry Townsend - Henry's Worry Blues Kokomo Arnold - Set Down Gal Barrel House Buck - I Got To Go Blues Peetie Wheatstraw - C & A Blues Henry Spaulding - Biddle Street Blues Bessie Mae Smith - St. Louis Daddy Henry Townsend - She's Got A Mean Disposition Walter Davis - Sloppy Drunk Again Charley Jordan - Tight Haired Mama Blues Peetie Wheatstraw - Sleepless Night Blues Teddy Darby - Deceiving Blues Alice Moore - Black Evil Blues Speckled Red - House Dance Blues Peetie Wheatstraw and His Blues-Blowers - Throw Me In The Alley notes by Pete Welding Origin Jazz Library OJL 20 (US 1968) OJL Records discography
49	1968	St. Louis Town 1927-1932 resp. 1929-1933 Henry Spaulding - Cairo Blues Henry Townsend - Long Ago Hi Henry Brown - Skin Man Charley Jordan - Hunkie Tunkie - Spoonful Blues Teddy Darby - Built Right On The Ground - Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues Jim Jackson - St. Louis Blues Hi Henry Brown - Nut Factory Charley Jordan - Keep It Clean - No. 2 - You Run And Tell Your Daddy Joe Stone - It's Hard Time Jelly Jaw Short - Barefoot Blues - Snake Doctor Blues notes by Don Kent Belzona L 1003 (US 1968) notes by Don Kent = Yazoo L 1003 (US 196?) notes by Stephen Calt = Yazoo CD 1003 YAZ (US 1991) Yazoo Records discography
50	1968	Missouri and Tennessee 1924-1937 *Missouri* Charley Jordan - Raidin' Squad The Two Charlies - Got Your Water On - Don't Put Your Dirty Hands On Me Henry Spaulding - Biddle Street Blues Stovepipe No. 1 - Lonesome John - Fisher's Hornpipe Henry Townsend - She's Got A Mean Disposition Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett - A Woman Gets Tired Of The Same Man All The Time *Tennessee* Hambone Willie Newbern - Hambone Willie's Dreamy-eyed Woman's Blues - Way Down In Arkansas Banjo Joe - My Money Never Runs Out Rosie Mae Moore - Staggering Blues James "Yank" Rachel - Little Sarah - T-Bone Steak Blues Charlie Pickett - Crazy 'bout My Black Gal Memphis Jug Band - Evergreen Money Blues Roots RL 310 (Austria 1968) Roots Records discography
51	1969	Up And Down The Mississippi Richard (Rabbit) Brown - Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child - I'm Not Jealous Roots Buddy Boy Hawkins - Jailhouse Fire Blues - Shaggy Dog Blues Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler) - You Can't Keep No Brown Mae Glover & John Byrd - Pig Meat Papa Jim Thompkins - Bedside Blues Bertha Lee & Charley Patton - Mind Reader Blues Robert Lee McCoy - Friar's Point Blues Mississippi Bracey - You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door - I'll Overcome Someday Will Weldon - Hitch Me To Your Buggy Little Buddy Doyle - Grief Will Kill Me - Bad In Mind Blues Lane Hardin - California Desert Blues Henry Townsend - Henry's Worry Blues Roots RL 319 (Austria 1969) = autogram/Roots RL 319 (Germany 2009) Roots Records discography
52	19??	Hard Time Blues - St. Louis 1933-1940 Lane Hardin - Hard Times Blues (1935) Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks - Workhouse Blues (1935) Mary Harris - Happy New Year Blues (1935) Roosevelt Sykes - Drunken Gambler (1937) Henry Townsend - Don't Love That Woman (1934) Charly Jordan - Tight Time Blues (1934) Walter Davis - Just Thinking (1940) Blind Teddy Darby - Pitty Pat Blues (1933) Peetie Wheatstraw - Third Streets Going Down (1937) Alice Moore - Blue Black and Evil Blues (1935) Charlie McFadden - Times Are So Tight (1933) Leroy Henderson - Good Scuffler Blues (1935) Milton Parks - Grinder Blues (1935) Lane Hardin - California Desert Blues (1935) Mamlish S-3806 (US 19??) Mamlish Records discography
53	1972	St. Louis Blues 1929-1935 The Depression Henry Townsend - Sick With The Blues Charley Jordan - Gasoline Blues Hi Henry Brown - Preachers Blues Henry Townsend - Mistreated Blues Charley Jordan - Raidin' Squad Blues Henry Townsend - She's Got A Mean Disposition Georgia Boyd - Never Mind Blues Hi Henry Brown - Titanic Blues @ youtube Henry Townsend - Henry's Worried Blues Charley Jordan - Big Four Blues Joe Stone - Back Door Blues Henry Townsend - Poor Man Blues Charley Jordan - Keep It Clean Peetie Wheatstraw - Sleepless Nights Blues notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Mike Stewart Yazoo L-1030 (US 1972) notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Mike Stewart = Yazoo CD 1030 (US 1991) Yazoo Records discography
54	197?	Things Have Changed an anthology of today's blues from St. Louis Henry Townsend - Cairo Blues Arthur Weston - Uncle Sam Called Me George McCoy - Things Have Changed Jimmy Brown - Two Trains Ethel McCoy - Bumble Bee Henry Brown - Webster's Blues George McCoy - Train Arthur Weston - Highway 49 Henry Townsend - Christmas Blues Clarence Johnson - Baby Let Me Come Back Home Henry Townsend - Tired Of Being Mistreated Henry Brown - Henry's Jive rec. 1969 notes by Don Kent and Stephen Calt Adelphi AD 1012 (US 197?) = Echo Music 805 (1985) "Blues Anthology Vol. 5" "Blues From St. Louis" Adelphi Records discography
55	1973	Henry Townsend: Henry T. Music Man Henry Townsend and Backwards Sam Firk with Henry Brown and Vernell Townsend - Cairo Blues * - Tired Of Being Mistreated °° - Biddle Street Blues - She Walked Away - Every Day of My Life - Sloppy Drunk Again - Why Do We Love Each Other - Deep Morgan Stomp - Buzz, Buzz, Buzz - Heart Trouble - Doing Better in Life - Do You Remember Me? - Now or Never! °° on CD only Adelphi AD 1016 (Us 1973) = Genes/Adelphi CD 9916 (US 1999) Adelphi Records discography
56	1978	39th National Folk Festival Albert Hash and the Whitetop Mountain Band - Single Girl, Married Girl Emily Spencer & Rebecca Haga - I'll Fly Away Kyle Creed - Roustabout Abe Horton - House Carpenter E.C. Ball - Old Jimmy Sutton Ted Lundy - Sally Anne Rose Maddox - Philadelphia Lawyer Graham Townsend - Hangman's Reel Dewey Balfa - Indian On A Stump Joe Politte - Sugar In The Gourd The Balfa Brothers - Tu en a eu, mais tu en aura plus Joe & Antoinette McKenna - Unnamed Reel Joe & Antoinette McKenna - Drops Of Brandy / Unnamed Slip Jig Joe Jerdak - Bellydancing Mawwal Cheremosh Musicians - Girls Dance Medley Rumisonkos - Augite de Putina John Jackson - You Ain't No Woman @ youtube Henry Townsend - Walk All Night @ youtube rec. July 29-31, 1977 at the 39th National Folk Festival, Wolf Trap Farm Park, Vienna, VA; Henry Townsend, voc, p photos by Phil Straw, American Folk Life Center, Joe Wilson, Carl Fleischauer National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) NFF-77 (US 1978)
57	1980	Henry and Vernell Townsend: St. Louis Blues - Baby Please Don't Go @ youtube - Baby Tell Me What Is On Your Mind @ youtube - Goodbye, Baby @ youtube - Cairo @ youtube - I Hate To Leave @ youtube - What Tomorrow Brings @ youtube - As She's Gone, I'm Looking Right Into Her Heart @ youtube - Trying To Be Satisfied @ youtube - Going Back Home # @ youtube - M & O # @ youtube - Going Down Slow § @ youtube - Early In The Morning * @ youtube - Sloppy Drunk * @ youtube - Tired Of Being Mistreated * @ youtube CD bonus tracks: Piano Slim - I Like To Make Love (4:29) - Something Got To Change (4:24) - You Got Me Up (2:53) side one rec. November 1980 at Heinz Studios, Vienna, Austria; Henry Townsend, voc, g side two rec. November 1980 live in Kufstein, Austria; # Henry Townsend, voc, p; * Henry Townsend, voc, g; § Vernell Townsend, voc; § Henry Townsend, g cover painting by Silberbauer; photo by Charlie Watzl Wolf 120.495 (Austria 1980) = Wolf CD 120.495 (Austria 1995)
58	1980	Henry Townsend: "Mule" - Bad Luck Dice - Nothing But Trouble - Things Have Changed // - The Old Man's Soul - Tears Come Rollin' Down # [] § - It's A Hard Toad To Travel - Talkin' Guitar Blues # \\ - I'm Just An Ordinary Man - Alley Strut - Can't You See # [] - Dark Clouds Rising // - The Train Is At The Station - Overstayed My Time Omnivore OV-309 bonus tracks: - The Other Night - Broken Home Blues - Going Back To My Baby - Nice And Kind - Goin' Back Down South - Turned On And Off - Look Over Yonder - Since You've Come Back Home rec. 1979 in St. Louis, MO; Henry Townsend, voc, p, # g; [] Vernell Townsend, voc; Yank Rachell, // mand, \\ g; § Norman Merritt, g; prod. by Bob Shoenfeld [Bob Schoenfeld] & Leroy Pierson photography by Dan Sindelar notes plus 11"x22" folder with lyrics and biographical notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 201 (US 1980) = Nighthawk NHCD-201 (US 1993) (=) Omnivore OV-309 (US 2018) Nighthawk Records discography
59	1981	Henry Townsend: Hard Luck Stories - Hard Luck Story - The Cutback Blues - Bring Me My Pistol And My Shotgun Too - Heartbroken Man Blues - Baby Boy Blues - Tears Settled In My Eyes - What Would You Do? - The Three G's Blues - Have No Fear - People Need People - I Got To Go rec. August 11, 12 & 15, 1981 in St. Louis, MO by Leo Bruin notes by Leo Bruin Swingmaster 2107 (NL 1981)
60	1983	More Devil's Music Red Lightnin' RL 0038 track sequence: James DeShay Band - Crossroads @ youtube - Pony Blues @ youtube - Mistake In Life @ youtube - Evil Is Going On @ youtube - Hold That Train, Conductor @ youtube - Forty Four @ youtube Big Joe Williams - Providence Help The Poor People @ youtube Henry Townsend - Tears Came Rolling Down # @ youtube Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk @ youtube Henry Townsend - Wave My Hands Bye Bye ## @ youtube Big Joe Williams - Meet Me At the Bottom @ youtube Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues @ youtube prod. & ed. by Maddalena Fagandini & Giles Oakley (BBC TV series) sleeve design and illustration of Red Lightnin' RL0033 by G.M.W. Snow; photography by Axel Küstner, Erik Lindahl Indigo IGOTCD 2537 track sequence: CD 1: The Devil's Music Part 1 Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen°° Big Joe Williams - Highway 49°° Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water°° Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag°° Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues°° Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight°° Bukka White - Aberdeen, Mississippi°° Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid Of My Mule°° Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack°° Sonny Blake - Bring It On Home°° Joe Willie Wilkins - Mr. Downchild°° Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider°° Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues°° Laura Dukes - Crawdad°° The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me°° Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me°° Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime°° Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me Talkin'°° Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is°° Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too°° CD 2: The Devil's Music Part 2 Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me°° The Aces - Blue Shadows°° Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie°° Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues°° Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues°° Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now°° James De Shay - Crossroads James De Shay - Pony Blues James De Shay - Mistake In Life James De Shay - Evil Is Going On James De Shay - Hold That Train, Conductor James De Shay - Forty Four Big Joe Williams - Providence Help The Poor People Henry Townsend - Tears Came Rolling Down # Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk Henry Townsend - Wave My Hands Bye Bye ## Big Joe Williams - Meet Me At The Bottom Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues CD 3: Live 1963 European Blues Festival Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well °° Memphis Slim - I Wrote This Song °° Memphis Slim - All By Myself °° Sonny Boy Williamson - 99 °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Bye Bye Bird °° Memphis Slim - In The Evening °° Matt Murphy - Grooving On Bounce °° Matt Murphy - Taking Off °° Sonny Boy Williamson - All My Love In Vain °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' °° °° Indigo IGOTCD 2537 bonus tracks # rec. January 23, 1976 in St. Louis, MO; Henry Townsend, voc, g, ## p notes by Giles Oakley Red Lightnin' RL 0038 (UK 1983) 3 CD box set notes by Neil Slaven = Indigo IGOTCD 2537 (UK 2003) "The Devil's Music: The Soundtrack To The 1976 BBC TV Documentary Series" Red Lightnin' Records discography
61	1986	National 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
62	1986	Henry Townsend and Henry Spaulding (1929-37) Henry Spaulding (1929) - Cairo Blues - Biddle Street Blues Henry Townsend (1929 - 1937) - Henry's Worry Blues - Mistreated Blues - Long Ago Blues - Poor Man Blues - She's Got What I Want - My Sweet Candy - Sick With The Blues - Don't Love That Woman - She's Got A Mean Disposition - Lose Your Man - All I've Got's Gone - A Ramblin' Mind - Now I Stay Away CD bonus tracks: Charley Jordan - Stack O'Dollars Blues - Keep It Clean - Big Four Blues - Just a Spoonful - Two Street Blues - Raidin' Squad Blues - Hunkie Tunkie Blues - Gasoline Blues Wolf WSE 117 (Austria 1986) (=) Wolf CD WSE 110 (Austria 19??) "St. Louis Blues: Charlie Jordan, Henry Townsend & Henry Spaulding Complete Recordings 1929-37"
63	1992	Roots of Rhythm & Blues A Tribute to the Robert Johnson Era Johnny 'Ned' Shines & Kent DuChaine & ensemble - Sweet Home Chicago Lonnie Pitchford - Come On In My Kitchen Moving Star Hall Singers - You've Got to Move Henry Townsend - All My Money's Gone Robert Jr. Lockwood & Gene Schwartz, b - How Long, How Long Blues David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - That's Alright Jesse Mae Hemphill - Train, Train Elder Roma Wilson - This Train Phil Wiggins - Silver Comet Train Railroad Maintenance Crew - Captain Can't Read Johnny 'Ned' Shines - Satisfied - Watermelons David Savage - I'm Going Home John Cephas & Phil Wiggins - Brownsville Blues Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble - Loved And Lost Lonnie Pitchford - Walking Blues Johnny 'Ned' Shines - Tell Me Daddy, How You Want Your Rolling Done David Savage - Bertha Moving Star Hall Singers - If You Miss Me Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble - Moon Is Rising Robert Jr. Lockwood - Kindhearted Woman Blues Toshi Reagon - I Hate to See the Sun Go Down Lonnie Pitchford - Terraplane Blues Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble - Milk Cow Blues - Fat Mama notes by Barry Lee Pearson with introduction by Bernice Johnson Reagon CBS 48584 (US 1992)
64	1993	St. Louis Country Blues 1929 - 1937 Henry Spaulding (1929) - Cairo Blues - Biddle Street Blues Henry Townsend (1929-1937) - Henry's Worry Blues - Mistreated Blues - Long Ago Blues - Poor Man Blues - No Home Blues - Take A Chance - She's Got What I Want - Sick With The Blues - Don't Love That Woman - She's Got A Mean Disposition - Lose Your Man - All I've Got's Gone - A Ramblin' Mind - Now I Stay Away J.D. Short (1930-1933) - Telephone Arguin' Blues - Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - Snake Doctor Blues - Barefoot Blues - Grand Daddy Blues - It's Hard Time - Back Door Blues notes by Keith Briggs Document DOCD-5147 (Austria 1993)
65	1995	Too Late, Too Late Vol. 5 (1927-64) Sister Morgan (1927) - Hurry Down, Sunshine, And See What Tomorrow Brings Lonnie Johnson (1927) - Handfull O' Keys - Searchin' For Flats Cow Cow Davenport (1928) - Cow Cow Blues (tk B) Elizabeth Johnson (1928) - Be My Kid Blues - Sobbin' Woman Blues Leroy Carr (1928) - Box Car Blues Frank Stokes (1929) - I'm Going Away Blues - Old Sometime Blues Henry Townsend (1931) - Doctor, Oh Doctor - Jack Of Diamonds Georgia Rub Blind Wille McTell (1933) - Broke Down Engine No. 2 (tk 1) - Love Makin' Mama (tk 2) John (Big Nig) Bray (1934) - Trench Blues. Leadbelly (1940) - Didn't Ol' John Cross The Water? Sonny Terry (1944/45) - I Have Had My Fun - Keys To The Highway Leadbelly (1945) - Eagle Rock Rag (alt tk) James 'Jack Of All Trades' McCain (1945) - Good Mr. Roosevelt Montana Taylor (1946) - Lowdown Bugle (tk B) - Detroit Rocks Big Maceo (c. 1950) - Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool Scrapper Blackwell (1959) - How Long No. 2 Rev. Lonnie Farris (1964) - Peace In The Valley (Proverb 1001) notes by Dr. Guido van Rijn Document DOCD 5411 (Austria 1995)
66	1998	The Bluesville Years Volume Ten "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 Brooks Berry and Scrapper Blackwell - 'Bama Bound [Bluesville BV/BVLP 1074] - Blues And Trouble [Bluesville BV/BVLP 1074] 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
67	1999	Henry Townsend: The 88 Blues - I Believe In Love - No Doggin' - She's Gone - You've Changed - Drivin' On The Highway - Search For Your Heart - It's Got To End Somewhere - Hear Me Cryin' - Train Comin' - Gone Too Long - Change Your Name - Leave You Alone - The Way You're Actin' - The 88 Blues - Baby Please Don't Go rec. 1997 at the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, MO Blueberry Hill CD BBH-032 (US 1999)
68	1999	Broke, Black And Blue An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities disc 1: Up Country Blues - Barrel House Blues - Ed Andrews - Georgia Stockade Blues - Tom Delaney - Sun Brimmers Blues - Memphis Jug Band - Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland - Dry Bone Shuffle - Blind Blake - Up Country Blues - DeFord Bailey - Dead Drunk Blues - Sippie Wallace - Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long 'Cleve' Reed - Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name - Barbecue Bob - Bo Lita - Kid Brown - Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William & Versey Smith - Church Bells Blues - Luke Jordan - Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen - It Won't Be Long Now - Barbecue Bob & Laughing Charley - Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley - Rock Island Blues - Lewis Black - Midnight Blues - Bill Moore - Fare Thee Blues - Johnnie Head - My Monday Woman Blues - Jim Jackson - What's The Matter Blues - Frank Stokes - School Girl Blues - Rosie Mae Moore - Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson - Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey - T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson - TC Johnson Blues - T. C. Johnson disc 2: Broke & Hungry Blues - Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacey - No More Women Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander - How Long, How Long Blues - Willie Jackson - Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay - Chicken Wilson Blues - Chicken Wilson - Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt - Broke And Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell - Funny Feathers - Victoria Spivey - Pitchin' Boogie - William Ezell - Mr- Devil Blues - Jed Davenport - Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey - Weary Heart Blues - James Wiggins - Poor Man Blues - Henry Townsend - Framer's Blues - Eli Framer - Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker - Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor - Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott - Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers - Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins - Walking Blues - Son House - Future Blues - Willie Brown - Long Ways from Home - Louise Johnson - Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose - Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties - No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery disc 3: Good Whiskey Blues - Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds - Dupree Blues - Willie Walker - 22-20 Blues - Skip James - Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins - Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr - Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams - Never Mind Blues - Georgia Boyd - Twelves (Dirty Dozens) - Kokomo Arnold - Little Leg Woman - Big Joe Williams - That's What My Baby Likes - Bessie Jackson - Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw - Strut That Thing - Cripple Clarence Lofton - Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky - Cold Blooded Murder, No.2 - Bumble Bee Slim - Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind - Blind Boy Fuller - Ashes In My Whiskey - Walter Davis - It's Cold in China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner - Jockey Blues - Jazz Gillum - Prisoner Blues - George Clarke - Back Door Blues - Casey Bill Weldon - Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods - Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam - Hard Scufflin' Blues - Little Buddy Doyle - Jersey Belle Blues - Lonnie Johnson - Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me - Tommy McClennan disc 4: Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - East St.Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White - Can't You Read - Big Maceo Merriweather - Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim - Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forrest City Joe - Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown - Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown - Low Land Blues - Lee Brown - Round The World Blues - Lee Brown - Rock That Boogie - Jimmie Gordon - Fast Life - Jimmie Gordon - Mistreated Blues - Jimmie Gordon - I Ain't Like That No More - Jimmie Gordon - Chain Gang Blues - Johnny Temple - Yum, Yum, Yum - Johnny Temple - My Baby's Acting Funny - Jimmie Gordon - It's Time To Go - Jimmie Gordon - That Woman's A Pearl Diver - Jimmie Gordon - Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - Jimmie Gordon - I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again - Johnny Temple - Something In The Moon That Gives Me A Thrill - Johnny Temple - Dixie Flyer - Johnny Temple - Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out - Johnny Temple - Rhythm Mama - Johnny Temple - New Little Girl, Little Girl - Lee Brown 4 CD set 40-pp. booklet by Joop Visser Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)
69	2000	Henry Townsend: St. Louis Blues Ace - Big City Blues - People Need People - Dirty Trick Blues - I'm Having Bad Luck - Too Pretty For Me - I'm Gonna Stay - Your Doggone Ways - The Three GS Blues - Night Is Falling - Hey Dear Brother - Heart Broken Man Blues - Slap Her Down - The Cut Back Blues - Down by That Muddy Pond - Baby Boy Blues rec. 1980-83 in St. Louis & 1987 in Groningen, The Netherlands by Leo Bruin & Sem van Gelder front cover photo by Bill Greensmith; booklet photos by Leo Bruin & Sem van Gelder notes by Leo Bruin Swingmaster CD 2202 (NL 2000)
70	2000	Henry Townsend and Friends: Henry's Worry Blues Henry Townsend - Henry's Worry Blues - Mistreated Blues - Long Ago Blues - Poor Man Blues - Doctor Oh Doctor - Jack Of Diamonds Georgia Rub - No Home Blues - Take A Chance - She's Got What I Want - My Sweet Candy - Sick With The Blues - Don't Love That Woman - She's Got A Mean Disposition - Lose Your Man - All I've Got's Gone - A Ramblin' Mind - Now I Stay Away J.D. Short - Telephone Arguin' Blues - Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - Snake Doctor Blues - Barefoot Blues - Grand Daddy Blues Joe Stone - It's Hard Time - Back Door Blues notes by Keith Briggs Catfish CD 172 (UK 2000) Catfish Records (UK) discography J.D. Short discography
71	2001	Henry Townsend: My Story @ youtube (full album playlist) - Less Than A Man - Tell Me # - World Full Of People # - No Fuss And Fight - Dreaming # - You Should've Told Me # - My Story - Help Me Darling # * - Screaming And Crying # - Put Me On Hold - Goodbye # - Repentance Blues # * rec. October 12/13, 1999 at Blue Heaven Studios in Salina, Kansas; Henry Townsend, voc, g, # p; Ron Edwards, g; * Jimmy D. Lane, dobro; Sho Komiya, ac b; prod. by Chad Kassem, Jimmy D. Lane & Ron Edwards photography by Julie Hess & Tim Janicke CD / SACD notes by Art Tipaldi Apo CD 2014 (US 2001)
72	2001	Henry Townsend: The Real St. Louis Blues - Can't You See; Mercy - Can't Help Myself - So Long, So Long - Pleasin' Myself - My Babe - Crying Won't Make Me Stay - Sad Story - I've Got To Go - Long Ago - Bye Bye St. Louis - Room And Board - What's On Your Mind - Let Her Go - I Regret - Every Once In A While - Going Back Home § rec. August 1979 at Henry Townsend's home and at the Baldwin Piano Company store in St. Louis, MO by Bob West; Henry Townsend. voc, g, p, § harpsichord photos by Bob West notes by Bob West Arcola ACD 1002 (US 2001)
73	2001	Big Al Calhoun: Harmonica Blues with Henry Townsend - Black Panther - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Al's Boogie-Woogie - Buy Me An Airplane - Shake Your Boogie - Medley: It's Too Late Brother/MyBabe - That's All Right - Betty Lou # - Can't You See # * - Love Was In Our Hearts # - Wake Up Old Maid * - Tears Come Rollin' Down - Tin Pan Alley * - Old Story Blues # rec. August 29, 1979 in St. Louis; Big Al Calhoun, voc, hca; Henry Townsend, g, # voc; * Vernell Townsend, voc Arcola ACD 1003 (US 2001)
74	2001	National 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
75	2007	Bullet Records Blues - Going Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy - I Ain't Done Nothing Wrong - St. Louis Jimmy - My Trouble - St. Louis Jimmy - Sittin' And Thinkin' - St. Louis Jimmy - Mr. Brown Boogie (instr) - "St. Louis Jimmy" [actually Henry Townsend] - Candy Man Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Why Should I Cry - Sykes, Roosevelt - Move Back To The Woods - Walter Davis - You've Got To Reap What You Sow - Walter Davis - Wonder What I'm Doing Wrong - Walter Davis - Got To See Her Every Night - Walter Davis - So Long Baby - Walter Davis - I Just Can't Help It - Walter Davis - Hard Times - Smokey Hogg - Jivin' Woman - Big Joe Williams - She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams - Miss Martha King - B.B. King - When Your Baby Packs Up And Goes - B.B. King - Evil Man Blues - Rudy Greene - No Good Woman Blues - Rudy Greene - Florida Blues - Rudy Greene - My Baby Left Me - Little Eddie - Darling You Know I Love You - Little Eddie - Why Don't You Let Me Be - J.D. Horton - Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton notes by Fred James Blue CD SPV 49762 (Germany 2007)
76	2007	Kenny Wayne Shepherd: 10 Days Out - Blues from the Backroads Cootie Stark & Neal "Big Daddy" Pattman - Prison Blues Jerry "Boogie" McCain - Potato Patch Buddy Flett - Honky Tonk B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone Bryan Lee - Tina Marie Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Born In Louisiana John Dee Holeman - Chapel Hill Boogie Henry Townsend - Tears Come Rollin' Down Etta Baker - Knoxville Rag Neal "Big Daddy" Pattman - Big Daddy Boogie Cootie Stark - U-Haul Henry Gray & Howlin Wolf Band - Red Rooster Hubert Sumlin & Howlin Wolf Band - Sittin On Top Of The World George "Wild Child" Butler & Howlin Wolf Band - Spoonful Pinetop Perkins & Muddy Waters Band - Grindin Man Reprise 49294-2 (US 2007)
77	2007	Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen - Live in Dallas Robert Lockwood, Jr. - King Biscuit Time (2:55) Pinetop Perkins - Chicken Shack (4:42) Henry Townsend - It's Got to End Somewhere (3:56) # @ youtube David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Catfish Blues (2:58) Pinetop Perkins - Down in Mississippi (3:36) Robert Jockwood, Jr. - Hangin' On (5:17) Henry Townsend - All My Money's Gone (4:57) # @ youtube David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago (3:09) Pinetop Perkins - Kansas City (4:53) Henry Townsend - If I Asked You (6:08) # @ youtube Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Got to Find Me a Woman (4:56) David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Country Boy (3:13) Pinetop Perkins - Got My Mojo Working (5:11) Henry Townsend - If You Don't Want Me (5:59) # @ youtube Robert Lockwood, Jr. - For You My Love (4:37) David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Apron Strings (1:49) Henry Townsend - Blind Girl Blues (4:21) # @ youtube Robert Lockwood, Jr. - See See Rider (3:55) rec. October 16, 2004 at the The Majestic Theatre in Dallas, TX; # Henry Townsend, voc, g, keyb; Larry Johnson or John May, b; prod. by Jeffry Dyson and Michael Dyson photography by Anne E. Dyson 16-pp. booklet The Blue Shoe Project no #
78	2009	Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 7 2010 Calendar with free CD CD and Calendar contents: - That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins - High Water Everywhere Parts 1 & 2 - Charley Patton - Hard Luck Child - Skip James - Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Mojo Hand Blues - Ida Cox - She's Crazy 'Bout Her Lovin' - Mississippi Sheiks - The Death Of Holmes' Mule Parts 1 & 2 - Charlie Turner and Winston Holmes - Slow Driving Moan - Ma Rainey - Early Morning Blues - Blind Blake - Coal Man Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson - Sawmill Moan - Ramblin' Thomas - This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix! - Rev. J. Gordon McPherson Supplementary CD tracks: - Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down tk 1 - Frank Palmes - Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down tk. 2 - Frank Palmes - Married Man Blues - Test, tk 2 - Irene Scruggs with Blind Blake - Married Man Blues - Test, tk 3 - Irene Scruggs with Blind Blake - Doctor Oh Doctor - Henry Townsend - Jack O' Diamonds Georgia Rub - Henry Townsend remastered by Richard Nevins Blues Images Calendar Vol. 7 (rel. 2009, for 2010) Blues Images CD BIM-107 (US 2009) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 7 (for 2010) Blues Images calendar discography
79	2014	The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3 disc 1: The 1960s Mance Lipscomb - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50) John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (3:19) Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (4:05) Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (2:48) Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:03) Lonnie Johnson - Moaning Blues (4:01) Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' (4:06) Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You (2:45) Scrapper Blackwell - Shady Lane (5:27) Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (3:07) Pete Franklin - Prison Bound (4:21) Shirley Griffith - Bye Bye Blues (4:11) R.C. Smith - Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:25) Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Woman (3:36) Baby Tate - What Have I Done To You (2:42) Leroy Dallas - She Caught The M & O (3:43) Sleepy John Estes - Vernita's Blues (2:19) J.D. Short - I'm Just Wastin' My Time (5:25) Muddy Waters - Feel Like Going Home (3:52) Buddy Moss - Amy (2:42) Johnny Young - Want My Lovin' (3:30) Arvella Gray - Corrine, Corrina (2:13) Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53) Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Alberta (2:56) disc 2: The 1970s Son House - Empire State Express (3:41) Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Lines (3:59) J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (2:59) Skip James - Sickbed Blues (4:06) R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (2:45) Furry Lewis - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (3:46) Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues (3:04) John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:15) Babe Stovall - Worried Blues (3:33) Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road #2 (4:20) Larry Johnson - Four Women Blues (2:33) Jack Owens - I Love My Baby (4:50) Johnny Shines - Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine (4:18) Brownie McGhee - My Last Suit (3:53) Juke Boy Bonner - Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:26) Tarheel Slim - So Sweet, So Sweet (3:19) Tom Shaw - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (5:44) Eddie Taylor - Bullcow Blues (3:10) Bill Williams - Salty Dog (4:37) Guitar Shorty - Jessie Jones (3:58) Rev. Pearly Brown - It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In (2:24) Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (3:56) David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:56) Henry Townsend - Can't You See (3:18) front cover photo (of Big Joe Williams) by Axel Küstner 112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)
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Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 250
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 378
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- Hatch End, Middlesex (Brian A.L. Rust), 1963/64, p.
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- London (Storyville Publications), revised 2nd ed. 1969, p.
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- Chigwell (Storyville Publications), fully revised 3rd ed. 1982, p. 759
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 205-207, 927
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 189
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2006, p. 537-538
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thanks to Jaap Hindriks, Russell Shor, Fernando Goin, Max Hoeffner, Michael Hortig and Edith de Ronde for additional info / scans

Henry Townsend entry by Tony Russell
in Tony Russell & Chris Smith with Neil Slaven, Ricky Russell & Joe Faulkner: The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings.- London/New York/Toronto (Penguin Books), 2006, p. 655-656

Henry Townsend, St. Louis, 1962
(photo used on the front cover of Bluesville BV 1041)
source: eBay auction; photographer Ann / Sam Charters

H E N R Y T O W N S E N D; source: http://www.tendaysout.net/townsend.html
Henry Townsend 200?
source: www.tendaysout.net; photographer's name not given

A Blues Life
Henry Townsend as Told to Bill Greensmith

A Blues LifeHenry Townsend as Told to Bill Greensmith

A Blues Life
Henry Townsend as Told to Bill Greensmith