Willie Trice early 1970s source: Back cover of Flyright 506 photographer: Valerie Wilmer

Willie Trice   William Augusta Trice   a/k/a Welly or Willy Trice   b. February 10, 1908 [1910/1911] in [Hillsborough] Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina   d. December 11, 1976 at home in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina buried at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery, Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina & Rich Trice Richard Trice   a/k/a 'Little Boy Fuller' b. November 16, 1917 in Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina d. April 6, 2000 in a nursing home in Burnsville, Yancey County or Durham County [?], NC buried at Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery, Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, next to his Brother Willie discography

Richard Trice, late 1946 or early 1947 source: Bastin 1971, p. 36 ("courtesy Richard Trice") a bit photoshop amended by Stefan Wirz

This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm. All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own. Stefan Wirz   www.wirz.de Willie & Richard Trice 78 rpm / 45 rpm / LPs / CDs # year of release title / label # / notes 10 inch 78 rpm Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records, but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data 1 1937 WELLY TRICE - Come On In Here Mama (62365-A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Let Her Go God Bless Her (62366-A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify unissued tracks from same session: - Tennessee Town (62363-B) - Carolina Blues (62364-A) rec. July 13, 1937 in New York City; Willie Trice, voc, g & Richard Trice, g Decca 7358 2 1939? 1940? RICH TRICE - Come On Baby (62367-A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Trembling Bed Springs Blues (62368-A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify rec. July 13, 1937 in New York City; Richard Trice, voc, g Decca 7701 3 1946 LITTLE BOY FULLER - Shake Your Stuff (S3390)   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Lazy Bug Blues (S3392)   @ youtube   @ Spotify unissued tracks from same session: - I'm Leaving Here (S3391) - I Got To Hurry (S3393) rec. October 22, 1946 in New York; Richard Trice, voc, g Savoy 5535     - Bed Spring Blues (S3452)   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Pack It Up And Go (S3453)   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Blood Red River (S3454)   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Down-Hearted Man (S3455)   @ youtube   @ youtube   @ Spotify rec. September 25, 1947 in New York; Richard Trice, voc, g Savoy unissued Savoy SJL 2255 (1981) 4 1948 Rich Trice - Federal Street Boogie - Bed Springs Blues rec. 1948 in Durham, NC; Richard Trice, voc, g; James Horton, p; Willie Trice, g Tommy [?]     Rich Trice - Federal Street Boogie rec. 1952/53; Richard Trice, voc, g; Washboard Sam 1), wb; Willie Trice, g 1) not the artist by the same name who recorded extensively under his own name and who also accompanied numerous other blues singers such as Big Bill Broonzy mainly in the 30s and 40s private recording 7 inch 45 rpm / LP / CD compilations       - Titanic # - One Dime Blues - Do You Remember That Morning - Mexican March (instr) - I Love You Baby - Easy Stepping Woman - Walking In The Rain - Wild Bill (instr) plus titles of religious material rec. August 5, 1970 in Durham, NC by Pete Lowry; Willie Trice, voc, g; # Richard Trice, g Trix unissued 5 1972 Bull City Blues Sonny Terry & Oh Red (Sonny Terry & George Washington) - Harmonica And Washboard Blues Little Boy Fuller (Richard Trice) - Lazy Bug Blues [Savoy 5535] Welly Trice (Willie Trice) - Come On In Here Mama # [Decca 7358] Bull City Red (George Washington) - Black Woman And Poison Blues The Devil's Daddy-In-Law (Floyd Council) - Lookin' For My Baby Rich Trice (Richard Trice) - Come On Baby # [Decca 7701] Blind Boy Fuller - Homesick And Lonesome The Devil's Daddy-In-Law (Floyd Council) - I Don't Want No Hungry Woman Little Boy Fuller (Richard Trice) - Shake Your Stuff [Savoy 5535] Welly Trice (Willie Trice) - Let Her Go God Bless Her # [Decca 7358] Bull City Red (George Washington) - I Won't Be Dogged Around Blind Boy Fuller - Passenger Train Woman Brownie McGhee - Dealing With The Devil Rich Trice (Richard Trice) - Trembling Bed Spring Blues # [Decca 7701] # rec. July 13, 1937 in New York City notes (February 1972) by Bruce Bastin Flyright LP 106 (UK 1972) Flyright Records discography notes (February 1972) by Bruce Bastin = Magpie PY 1812 (UK 1978/79) Magpie Records discography 6 1972 WILLY TRICE - One Dime Blues (71-0170)   @ youtube - Three Little Kittens Rag (71-0169) #   @ youtube rec. prob. July 9, 1971 by Pete Lowry; Willy Trice, voc, g, # sp 7 inch 45 rpm Trix 4506 Trix Records discography       - I Got A Home In That Rock (71-0175) - Precious Lord, Take My Hand (71-0176) rec. July 9, 1971, prob. in Durham, NC by Pete Lowry; Richard Trice, voc, g Trix unissued 7 1973 Carolina Country Blues Henry Johnson - Crow Jane Guitar Shorty - Hold On Baby Henry Johnson - My Mother's Grave Must Be Found Peg Leg Sam - Fox Chase   @ youtube Willie Trice - Baby, Baby (73-0730) #   @ youtube Henry Johnson - Hey, Noah - Had A Little Woman Henry Johnson - Union County Slide (instr) Willie Trice - Shine On (73-0729) #   @ youtube Henry Johnson - Step It Up And Went Guitar Shorty - Scat Boogie   @ youtube Henry Johnson - Me And My Dog Willie Trice - Poor Boy Long Ways From Home (73-0731) #   @ youtube Elester Anderson - Further Down The Road   @ youtube Henry Johnson - Sittin' Down Thinkin' # rec. March 31, 1973 live at Chapel Hill Festival, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC by Pete Lowry; Willie Trice, voc, g photos by Kip Lornell notes by Bruce Bastin Flyright LP 505 Flyright Records discography 8 1973 Orange County Special John Snipes - Old Rattler Run The Fox Wilbert Atwater - Shine On Jamie Alston - McKinley John Snipes - Hello My Darling, Hellow My Babe Wilbert Atwater - My Baby's Leaving Willie Trice - Wild Bill (instr) *   @ youtube Wilbert Atwater - Goin' Away Baby And I Sure Don't Want To Go - Go Up On The Mountain Willie Trice - Sweet Sugar Mama *   @ youtube [on red label release: "I Ain't Got Nobody To Help Me"] Jamie Alston - Step It Up And Go John Snipes - Laura Lee (instr)   Willie Trice - I Ain't Got Nobody To Help Me * [on red label release: "Sweet Sugar Mama"] - Mamie #   @ youtube Wilbert Atwater - Long Tailed Bird John Snipes & Jamie Alston - Molly Hare Wilbert Atwater - Molly Hare Jamie Alston & Tom Carter - Don't Let The Deal Go Down rec. 1972/73 in Orange County, NC; collected by Bruce Bastin # rec. November 12, 1972; Willie Trice, voc, g * rec. January 1973 by Joan Fenton & Michael Levine; Willie Trice, voc/sp, g back cover photo (Willie Trice with Richard Trice in the background) by Valerie Wilmer notes by Bruce Bastin Flyright LP 506 (UK 1973) Flyright Records discography 9 1975 Willie Trice: Blue And Rag'd@ youtube (full album) - Trying To Find My Baby (Trice) - You Have Mistreated Me (Trice) - New Diddey Wah Diddey (Trice) - Troublesome Mind (Trice) - Shine On (Trice)   @ youtube - I Love You, Sweet Baby (Trice) - I've Had Trouble (Trice) - Good Time Boogie (Trice) - New Careless Love Blues (Trice) - Goin' To The Country (Trice) - She's Coming On The C & O (Trice) - My Baby's Ways (Trice) rec. 1971-1973 at Willie Trice's mother's home in Durham, NC by Pete Lowry; Willie Trice, voc, g notes by Bruce Bastin Trix 3305 (US 1974) original notes by Bruce Bastin and add'l notes (1995) by Peter B. Lowry = Trix CD 3305 (US 1995) Trix Records discography 10 1981 Savoy SJL 2255 inner gatefold Southern Blues The Roots of Rock 'N Roll Vol. 11 John Lee Hooker (Birmingham Sam) - Grievin' Blues - Low Down Midnight Boogie - Landing Blues - Twister Blues - Shady Grove Blues - Goin' Home Blues - Like A Woman Little Boy Fuller (Richard Trice) - Bed Spring Blues (S3452)   @ youtube - Pack It Up And Go (S3453)   @ youtube - Blood Red River (S3454)   @ youtube - Down-Hearted Man (S3455)   @ youtube Ralph Willis - Goin' To Virginia - Boar Hog Blues - Eloise - I've Been A Fool Billy Tate - Oh Oh Baby - Cryin' In The Morning - No Money George Stevenson - Meet Me At Grandma's Joint - Teasin' Tan Earl Johnson (Earl King) - Have You Gone Crazy? - Beggin' At Your Mercy Little Eddie - Hallelujah Billy Wright - Everybody Goes When The Wagon Comes - Keep Your Hand On Your Heart And Your Mind On Me - Mercy Mercy - Stacked Deck - Mean Old Wine - Hey Little Girl - You Satisfy - Turn Your Lamp Down Low DLP notes by Peter B. Lowry Savoy SJL 2255 11 1987 Carolina Blues (1936-1950) Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council - Runaway Man Blues - I'm Grievin' And I'm Worryin' - I Don't Want No Hungry Woman - Working Man Blues - Poor And Ain't Got A Dime - Lookin' For My Baby Richard & Welly Trice - Come On In Here Mama [Decca 7358] - Let Her Go God Bless Her [Decca 7358] - Come On Baby [Decca 7701] - Trembling Bed Springs Blues [Decca 7701] Richard Trice ("Little Boy Fuller") - Shake Your Stuff [Savoy 5535] - Lazy Bug Blues [Savoy 5535] Virgil Childers - Dago Blues - Red River Blues - Who's That Knockin' At My Door - Somebody Stole My Jane - Travelin' Man - Preacher And The Bear Kid Prince Moore - Pickin' Low Cotton Carolina Slim - Come Back Baby - Pleading Blues HK Records HK 4006 HK Records discography 12 1993 Carolina Blues (1937-47) Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council - I Don't Want No Hungry Woman - I'm Grievin' And I'm Worryin' - Lookin' For My Baby - Poor And Ain't Got A Dime - Runaway Man Blues - Working Man Blues Eddie Kelly's Washboard Band - Blues In The Rain - Come On 'Round To My House, Baby (013027) - Come On 'Round To My House, Baby (013028) - Corina, I'm Goin' Away - Goin' Back To Alabama - If You Think I'm Lovin' You, You're Wrong - Poole County Blues - Shim Shaming Richard & Welly Trice - Bed Spring Blues * [Savoy SJL 2255] - Blood Red River Blues * [Savoy SJL 2255] - Come On Baby [Decca 7701] # - Come On In Here Mama [Decca 7358] - Down-Hearted Man * [Savoy SJL 2255] - Lazy Bug Blues [Savoy 5535] * - Let Her Go God Bless Her [Decca 7358] - Pack It Up And Go * [Savoy SJL 2255] - Shake Your Stuff [Savoy 5535] * - Trembling Bed Springs Blues [Decca 7701] # # Richard Trice 1937 recordings for Decca * Richard Trice 1947 recordings for Savoy notes by Ken Romanowski Document DOCD 5168 13 2001 East Coast Blues disc 1: - Crow Jane - Julius Daniels - My Mamma Was A Sailor - Julius Daniels - Georgia Stomp - Andrew And Jim Baxter - Shake That Shimmy - Blind Boy Fuller - Poor And Ain't Got A Dime - Floyd Council - Blood Red River Blues - Josh White - Gonna Tip Out Tonight - Pink Anderson - Won't You Be Kind - Luke Jordan - Long And Tall - Kokomo Arnold - George Rag - Blind Willie McTell - Waycross Georgia Blues - Barbecue Bob - Next Door Man - Georgia Browns - Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More - Curley Weaver - You Got To Give Me Some Of It - Buddy Moss/Josh White - Daddy Don't Care - Buddy Moss - Me And My Dog Blues - Brownie McGhee - Let's Have A New Deal - Carl Martin - Champagne Charlie Is My Name - Blind Blake - Please Ma'am - Peg Leg Howell - Ball And Chain Blues - Peg Leg Howell - Georgia Crawl - Henry Williams/Eddie Anthony - Ragtime Millionaire - William Moore - Barbershop Rag - William Moore disc 2: - South Carolina Rag - Willie Walker - Dupree Blues - Willie Walker - Poor Jane Blues - Jack Gowdlock - Rollin' Dough Blues - Jack Gowdlock - Royal Palm Special Blues - Sloppy Henry - Long, Tall Disconnected Mama - Sloppy Henry - Decatur Street Drag - Guy Lumpkin - Chain Gang Trouble - Charlie Lincoln - Jealous Hearted Blues - Charlie Lincoln - Rag Baby - Willie Baker - Rolling Mama - Fred McMullen - Poor Stranger Blues - Fred McMullen - Hot Jelly Roll - George Carter - Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter - Come On In Here Mama - Richard and Welly Trice [Decca 7358] - Trembling Bed Spring Blues - Richard and Welly Trice [Decca 7701] - Harmonica and Washboard Breakdown - Sonny Terry - Georgia Skin - Walter Beasley - Southern Man Blues - Walter Beasley - Unknown Blues - Tarter And Gay - Brownie Blues - Tarter And Gay - Mama, You Gotta Get It Fixed - Troy Ferguson - Tampa Blues - Skoodle Dum Doo And Sheffield 2 CD set notes by Keith Briggs Catfish KATCD 178 (UK 2001) Catfish Records (UK) discography 14 2006 Blind Boy Fuller   Vol. 2 disc: 1 Blind Boy Fuller, Bull City Red, Sonny Terry - I Don't Care How Long - You've Got Something There - Baby Quit Your Low Down Ways [take 1] - Baby Quit Your Low Down Ways [take 2] - It Doesn't Matter Baby - Black Bottom Blues - I Crave My Pigmeat - Big Leg Woman Gets My Pay - I'm A Stranger Here - Red's Got The Piccolo Blues - I Want Some Of Your Pie - Jivin' Big Bill Blues - Woman You Better Wake Up - Step It Up And Go - Worn Out Engine Blues - Blue And Worried Man - Passenger Train Woman - Shake It Baby - Somebody's Been Talkin' - Three Ball Blues - Little Woman You're So Sweet - Good Feeling Blues - You Can't Hide From The Lord - Twelve Gates To The City - Crooked Woman Blues disc: 2 Blind Boy Fuller, Bull City Red, Sonny Terry - I Don't Want No Skinny Woman - Bus Rider Blues - You Got To Have Your Dollar - Lost Lover Blues - Thousand Woman Blues - Bye Bye Baby - When You Are Gone - No Stranger Now - Must Have Been My Jesus - Jesus Is A Holy Man - Precious Lord - Night Rambling Woman Bull City Red - Now I'm Talking About You - I Saw The Light - Richmond Blues - I Won't Be Dogged Around - Pick And Shovel Blues - Black Woman & Poison Blues - Mississippi River - Have You Decided (Which Way To Go) - I See The Sign Of Judgement - Everybody Wants To Know How I Die - I Feel Like Shoutin' - Jesus Touched Me - Talkin' With Jesus disc: 3 Cedar Creek Sheik - Ford V-8 - Watch The Fords Go By - Mary Had A Little Lamb - She's Totin' Something Good - What A Pity - I Believe Somebody's Been Ridin' My Mule - Don't Use That Stuff - Buy If From A Poultry Man - Don't Credit My Stuff - Jimmy Shut His Store Doors "Rosevelt" Antrim - No Use Of Worryin' - Complaint To Make - I Guess You're Satisfied - Station Boy Blues Virgil Childers - Dago Blues - Red River Blues - Who's That Knockin' At My Door - Somebody Stole My Jane - Travelin' Man - Preacher And The Bear Sonny Jones - Won't Somebody Pacify My Mind - I'm Pretty Good At It - Love Me With A Feeling - Dough Roller disc: 4 Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council - Runaway Man Blues - I'm Grievin' & I'm Worryin' - Don't Want No Hungry Woman - Working Man Blues - Poor And Ain't Got A Dime - Lookin' For My Baby Welly Trice - Come On In Here Mama [Decca 7358] - Let Her Go God Bless Her [Decca 7358] Richard Trice - Come On Baby [Decca 7701] - Trembling Bed Springs [Decca 7701] - Shake Your Stuff [Savoy 5535] - Lazy Bug Blues [Savoy 5535] - Bed Spring Blues [Savoy SJL 2255] - Pack It Up And Go [Savoy SJL 2255] - Blood Red River Blues [Savoy SJL 2255] - Down-Hearted Man [Savoy SJL 2255] Frank Edwards - Sweet Man Blues - Three Women Blues - Terraplane Blues - We Got To Get Together - Love My Baby - Gotta Get Together Dennis McMillon - Woke Up One Morning - Poor Little Angel Girl - Paper Wooden Daddy - Goin' Back Home 4 CD box set JSP JSPCD 7772 15 2013 Legendary Country Blues Guitarists Charlie Burse & Will Shade - Kansas City Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Trouble In Mind - Backwater Blues Son House - Talk About The Blues - So Hard To Love Someone Skip James - Cherry Ball Blues - Son House - Sick And Bad Blues Bukka White - Aberdeen Blues - Tombstone Blues - Brownsville Blues, Rev. Gary Davis Blind Gary Davis - A Documentary by Harold Becker Blind Connie Williams - Take My Hand, Precious Lord - I'm Going Too Ralph Willis & Washboard Pete Sanders - Dream I Had On My Mind - I've Been Living With The Blues - Midnight Special Sam Chatmon - Sales Tax Blues - Outside Friend - Fishing Blues (Evil Jackson) - Glad When You're Dead Mance Lipscomb - I Want To Do Something For You - Alabama Jubilee Henry Johnson - Blood Red River Willie Trice - Be Your Dog - Run Here Gal [actually "Run, Boy, Run"] - Poor Boy Long Ways From Home - Good Time Boogie, Sweet Sugar Mama   @ youtube - Stand And Welcome Jesus [actually "God Don't Want No Coward Souls"]   @ youtube - When The Saints Go Marching In   @ youtube Son House & Buddy Guy - I Wish I Had My Whole Heart In My Hand Willie Trice footage shot by Joan Fenton in the 70s while she was a folklore student at UNC-Chapel Hill Vestapol DVD 13129 Additional information appreciated !!!   Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 250-251 - Bruce Bastin: Crying for the Carolines.- London (Studio Vista) 1971 - Bruce Bastin: Willie Trice - North Carolina Bluesman, part one.- Talking Blues Jan/Febr/March 1978, p. 2 - 5 - Bruce Bastin: Red River Blues - The Blues Tradition in the Southeast.- Chicago (University of Illinois Press) 1986 - Bruce Bastin: Truckin' My Blues Away - East Coast Piedmont Styles.- in: Lawrence Cohn: Nothing But The Blues - The Music and the Musicians.- New York, London, Paris (Abbeville Press) 1993, p. 205 - 231 - Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, p. 928 - Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, pp. 279/280-281 - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 539 - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 621-622 - Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 461-462 - Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 515-516 - Pete Lowry: Obituary.- Living Blues march 1977, p. 6 [that's why date of death "1977" must be incorrect] - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources source of left column picture: David E. Larsen "sticky" [slightly changed - who discerns the difference? ;-]     A collection of 20 different of these 'stickies' can be purchased @ www.deadbluesguys.com thanks to Milosch Fürst jun., Paul Vernon, Klaus Kilian, Pat Conte, Max Hoeffner and Gaile Welker for additional info / scans   Willie Trice early 1970s source: Trix CD 3305; photographer: Pete Lowry   Richard Trice early 1970s source: Blues Unlimited 108 (June/July 1974), p. 15; photographer: Pete Lowry   Willie & Richard Trice, Durham, NC, 1970/71 source: Bruce Bastin: Crying for the Carolines.- London (Studio Vista) 1971, p. 37 photographer: Pete Lowry   Willie Trice, playing/singing & being interviewed by Bruce Bastin and Joan Fenton must have been between 1970, when both his legs were amputated because of diabetes, and his death on December 11, 1976 source: https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/sfc/id/57214/rec/1 (Don't let the footage's caption fool you: It's erroneously called "Nellie Mae Rowe: Folk Artist"!)     Willie Trice' funeral service program on the front and back covers of Talking Blues 8 (Jan/Febr/March 1978) ("Courtesy of Bruce Bastin")   Willie Trice's headstone: source: http://www.deadbluesguys.com/dbgtour/trice_willie.htm photographer: Rick Ferguson, October 1999   SHINE ON: Richard Trice and the Bull City Blues film by Kenny Dalsheimer & Jamie Hysjulien (shot October 1998 / March 1999, rel. 2000) watch trailer at youtube "The story of one man's journey through blues music to spiritual redemption. 82-year-old Richard Trice was one of the last survivors of the heyday of the blues in Durham, North Carolina in the 1930s. Through his memory and the memory of others, a world of African American family, music and community emerges. The film is both a celebration of the Piedmont blues and an intimate document of Trice's attempt to look back and give meaning to his life." watch whole film at Vimeo buy film at The Groove Productions     Richard Trice at his nursing home in Durham, NC, not long before his death on April 6, 2000 photographer: Gaile Welker   Richard Trice' funeral program (Courtesy of Gaile Welker)   Richard Trice's headstone: source: http://www.deadbluesguys.com/image_pages/trice_richard_im/trice_richard_004.htm photographer: Jim Walton, March 2001   source: http://www.deadbluesguys.com/image_pages/trice_richard_im/trice_richard_002.htm photographer: Jim Walton, March 2001   Southeast Blues further reading Bastin, Bruce: Crying for the Carolines.- London (Studio Vista) 1971 Bastin, Bruce: Red River Blues - The Blues Tradition in the Southeast.- Chicago (University of Illinois Press) 1986 Bastin, Bruce: Truckin' My Blues Away - East Coast Piedmont Styles.- in: Cohn, Lawrence: Nothing But The Blues - The Music and the Musicians.- New York, London, Paris (Abbeville Press) 1993, p. 205 - 231         06/13/2018)