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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

T. V.  S L I M; source: Leadbitter 1971; photography pages following p.218; (mirror-imaged by Stefan Wirz); photographer: Darryl Stolper
source: Leadbitter 1971; photography pages following p. 218
(mirror-imaged by Stefan Wirz) photographer: Darryl Stolper




T.V. Slim
real name: Oscar W. Wills
b. February 10, 1916 near Bethany, Panola County, Texas

d. October 21, 1969 near Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona
discography

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 rpm
11955Oscar Wills

- Flatfoot Sam Made A Bet (SP6567A)
- Pearly Mae (SP6568B)

rec. 1955/7 in Shreveport, LA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; p; g; dr


Speed 6567/8
[Oscar Wills' label]

21955?T.V. Slim & His Heartbreakers

- You Can't Buy A Woman (A) #   @ Spotify
- To Prove My Love (B)   @ Spotify

rec. 1955/7 in Shreveport, LA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; Mighty Joe Young, g; Baby Joe Little, b; Bobby Davis, dr


Speed 6858


= Speed 6865

# Speed 704

31955TV Slim

- The Fight (A)
- Darling Remember (B)   @ youtube

rec. 1955/7 in Shreveport, LA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; Eddie Williams, p; Mighty Joe Young, g; Jimmy White, dr


Speed 6863

41956EDDIE WILLIAMS ON PIANO   Vocal Features TV Slim

- The Fight (A)   @ youtube
- Going To California, Ain't Got But 15 Cents (B)   @ youtube

rec. 1955/7 in Shreveport, LA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; Eddie Williams, p


Speed 6864

= Speed 834

51957T. V. SLIM and His Heartbreakers

Clif 103
- Flatfoot Sam (3585)   @ youtube
- Darling Remember (3584) #   @ youtube

Checker 870
- Flatfoot Sam (8540)
- Darling Remember (8541) #

rec. 1957 in Shreveport, LA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; Eddie Williams, p; Mighty Joe Young, g; Jimmy White, dr; # unknown voc


Clif 103
[Mira Smith's (of RAM Records)
& Cliff Hagen's label]


= Checker 870 (8/1957)

68/1957 

O.  WELLS
or
OSCAR WILLS with Paul Gayton Orch.
- Flatfoot Sam (8540) #   @ youtube

PAUL GAYTON BAND
or
PAUL GAYTON And his Band
- Nervous Boogie (8459) *


# rec. June 1957 in New Orleans, LA; Oscar Wills, voc, g with Cosimo Matassa's Studio band: Robert Parker, ts; Charles 'Hungry' Williams, dr; prod. by Paul Gayten
* rec. c. March 1957 in New Orleans, LA; Paul Gayton, p; Lee Allen, ts; Red Tyler, bs; Edgar Blanchard, g; Roland Cook, b; Charles Williams, dr


Argo 5277


Argo 5277 ("Flat Footsam")


= Argo W-169 (Jp)


= Reo 8179 (Ca 1957)


= Collectables COL-3459

71959OSCAR T-V WILLS AND his HEARTBREAKERS

- Don't Reach Cross My Plate (S6934)   @ youtube
- Your Kisses Changed Me (S6935)   @ Spotify

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; g; b; dr


Speed 703

81959/60T.V. Slim

- My Dolly B
- Down The Line, You Can't Buy My Time

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; g; b; dr


Speed ?

91959/60T-V SLIM and his Heartbreakers

- Flat Foot Sam Met Jim Dandy (S101) (aka "Flat Foot Sam Made A Bet")   @ youtube
- Tired Of Your Cheatin' And Lying (S102)   @ youtube

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; saxes; p; g; b; dr


Speed 704

101959/60T-V SLIM and his Heartbreakers

- Flat Foot Sam Met Jim Dandy (S101) #
- You Can't Buy A Woman (A) *

# 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; saxes; p; g; b; dr
* rec. 1955/7 in Shreveport, LA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; Mighty Joe Young, g; Baby Joe Little, b; Bobby Davis, dr


Speed 704

111959/60OSCAR T-V SLIM WILLS AND HIS HEARTBREAKERS

- My Ship Is Sinking (S103)   @ youtube
- My Love Will Never Change (S104) #

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; saxes; p; g; b; dr


Speed 705

# = Speed 711

121959/60T.V. Slim & His Heartbreakers

- My Baby Is Gone (S105)
- My Ship Is Sinking (S103) #   @ youtube

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; # saxes; # p; # g; # b; # dr


Speed 705/6

131959/60T-V SLIM / ... and HIS HEARTBREAKERS

Speed 706
T-V SLIM
- My Baby Is Gone (S105)   @ youtube
T-V SLIM and HIS HEARTBREAKERS
- Every Man Needs A Woman (S107) #   @ Spotify

Speed 709
T-V SLIM and HIS HEARTBREAKERS
- Every Man Needs A Woman (S107) #
T-V SLIM
- My Baby Is Gone (S105)

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; # p; # g; # b; # dr


Speed 706


(=) Speed 709

141959/60T-V SLIM and HIS HEARTBREAKERS

- Flat Foot Sam Met Jim Dandy (S101)
- Mean Woman Blues (S106)

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; saxes; p; g; b; dr


Speed 708

151959/60OSCAR (Slim) WILLS and HIS HEARTBREAKERS

- Dancing Senorita (S109)   @ Spotify
- Every Man Needs A Woman (S107)   @ Spotify

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; g; b; dr


Speed 710

161959/60T.V. Slim

- My Love Will Never Change (S104) #
- Don't Reach Cross My Plate (S106)

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; # p; g; b; dr


Speed 711

171959/60T.V. Slim

- My Love Will Never Change (S104) #
- Don't Reach Cross My Plate (S111)

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; # p; g; b; dr


Speed 711

181959/60T-V SLIM and HIS BLUESMEN

- You Can't Buy Love (S116A)   @ Spotify
- Love Bounce (S116) (instr)   @ Spotify

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; g; b; dr


Speed 711

= Pzazz 030 [?]

191959/60T.V. Slim

- Your Kisses Send Me (S118?)
- Dream Girl (S119)

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; saxes; p; g; b; dr


Speed 714

201959/60T-V SLIM and HIS BLUESMEN

Speed 715
T-V SLIM and HIS BLUESMEN
- Gravy Around Your Steak (S120A)   @ youtube
SHELIA JANE with T-V SLIM and HIS BLUESMEN
- Mean Man (S122A) #

Timbre 601
T-V SLIM and his BLUESMEN
- Gravy Around Your Steak (5100)
SHELIA JANE
- Mean Man (5122) #

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; g; b; dr; # Shelia [sic] Jane Wills, voc


Speed 715


= Timbre 601 (1966)

211959/60T.V. Slim

- The Big Fight (S114)
- ??? (S???)

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; g; b; dr


Speed 803

221959/60T V Slim & HIS GUITAR

Speed 807
- Bad Understanding Blues (S113)   @ Spotify
- The Big Fight (S114)

Checker 1029
- Bad Understanding Blues (12042)
- The Big Fight (12041)

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; g; b; dr


Speed 807


= Checker 1029 (11/1962)

231959/60T V Slim & His Guitar

- The Big Fight (S114)
- Hen Peck Joe (S115)

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; g; b; dr


Speed 808

241959/60Oscar Wills and His Good Rockin' Band

- Hold Me Close To Your Heart (S117)   @ Spotify
- You Can't Love Me (S118)   @ Spotify

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; g; b; dr


Speed 810


= USA 739
(as by "T. V. Slim")

251966THE GREAT BLUES OF T. V. SLIM and HIS BLUESMEN

- T.V. Man (5032)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Flat Foot Sam #2 (5033)

rec. 1966 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, J.D. Nicholson, p; Pete Lewis, g; dr


Excell 104 [label spelled "Excel" or "Excell", on 104 "Excell"]

261966T V Slim & The Soul Brothers

- Can't Be Satisfied (5062)   @ Spotify
- Juvenile Delinquent (5063)   @ youtube

rec. 1966 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; g; dr


Timbre 510

271968T V Slim

- Don't Knock The Blues (G149) #   @ youtube
- My Heart's Full Of Pain (G150)

rec. 1968 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; # ts; # p; vn; b; dr, # vb; arr. by Teddy Edwards; prod. by Paul Gayten


Pzazz 005 [Paul Gayton's label]

281969T.V. Slim

- Love Bounce (S116)
- You Can't Buy Love (S116A)

rec. 1959/60 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; g; b; dr


Pzazz 030

291969TV SLIM AND HIS BLUESMEN

- You Won't Treat Me Right (5098)   @ youtube
- I'm A Real Man (5099)   @ youtube

rec. 1968 in Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Wills, voc, g; ts; p; g; b; dr


Ideel 581

30199?Buddy Guy & Jesse Fortune / TV Slim

Buddy Guy & Jesse Fortune
- Good Things

TV Slim
- You Can't Love Me [Speed 810, USA 739, Paula PCD-23]

"From PCD-23"


Paula P-479 (US)


LP / CD compilations
311964The Blues Volume 4

Billy Stewart
- Billy's Blues part 2
Little Walter
- Last Night
Lowell Fulson
- Trouble Trouble
Larry Williams
- My Baby's Got Soul
Eddie Boyd
- Third Degree
Willie Mabon & His Combo
- I Don't Know

Betty James
- I'm A Little Mixed Up
Muddy Waters
- She's 19 Years Old

T.V. Slim
- Flat Foot Sam
Little Walter
- Boom Boom
Memphis Slim & House Rockers
- I Guess I'm A Fool
John Lee Hooker
- Leave My Wife Alone

notes by Joe Segal

Argo 4042 (US)

notes by Joe Segal
click to read notes !
= Chess CRL 4003 (UK 1964)


= Chess/MCA CH/CHD-
9220 (1990)

321965We Sing The Blues

Lightnin Hopkins
- Wonder What Is Wrong With Me
Junior Wells
- Prison Bars All Around Me
Otis Rush
- Cant Quit You Baby
Buster Brown
- Sugar Babe
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Mean Ole Frisco
Magic Sam
- Every Night About This Time [Chief C-7026]
Sammy Myers
- Sleeping In The Ground [Ace 536]
Tarheel Slim
- Number Nine Train

Lightnin Slim
- Lightnin Slim Boogie

T.V. Slim
- Hold Me Close To Your Heart [Speed 810, USA 739]
Lightnin Hopkins
- Mojo Hand
B.B. King
- The Letter
Elmore James & Sonny Boy Williamson
- I Believe My Time Ain't Long
Junior Wells
- Come On In This House
Frankie Lee Sims
- Misery Blues [Ace 524]
Earl Hooker
- Swear To Tell The Truth


compiled by Guy Stevens

notes by Guy Stevens

Sue ILP 921 (UK 1965)

331965Rhythm And Blues Of Chicago
Bluesscene USA Vol. 1

Elmore James
- Knocking At Your Door
Willie Mabon
- Mean Mistreater
Ricky Allen
- Ouch

T. V. Slim
- You Can't Love Me [Speed 810, USA 739]
A. C. Reed
- Lotta Lovin'
Ricky Allen
- I Don't Got It
Jesse Fortune
- Good Things


T. V. Slim
- Hold Me Close To Your Heart [Speed 810, USA 739]
Willie Mabon
- I'm The Fixer
A. C. Reed
- This Little Voice
Jesse Fortune
- Heavy Heart Beat
Ricky Allen
- Early In The Morning
Willie Mabon
- Fannie Mae
Jesse Fortune
- Too Many Cooks

notes by Paul Oliver

Storyville SLP 176


= Teichiku ULS-1817-R (Jp)

= Storyville SLP 840

Storyville Records discography

341971Dark Muddy Bottom
Blues Obscurities Volume 1

Joe Richards
- Lonesome Lover Blues
Roscoe Chenier
- Born For Bad Luck
Danny Boy
- Kokomo Me Baby

T.V. Slim
- My Baby Is Gone
Leo Morris
- Wanta Know How You Feel
Drifting Charles
- Drifting Cloud
Little Milton #
- Little Milton's Boogie

Danny Boy
- Wild Women
Leo Morris
- I Don't Need You

T.V. Slim
- Every Man Needs A Woman
Lightnin' Leon (Billy Lee Riley)
- Dark Muddy Bottom

T.V. Slim
- I'm A Real Man
T.V. Joe (Joe Richards)
- Dreaming
Little Milton #
- Boogie Woogie Woogie Baby


# London HAU 8454 bonus tracks

Blues Obscurities BOV1


= Blues Obscurities BOE 1

notes by Neil Slaven

(=) London HAU 8454 (1974)

John Broven review in Blues Unlimited 112, p.23; click to read review !
John Broven review
in Blues Unlimited 112, p.23


= London/King GXF 2001 (Jp 1975)

Blues Obscurities
discography

351971Going To California

- Skin & Bones - Little Son Willis
- I Love You Just The Same - Little Son Willis

- The Fight - Eddie Williams (T.V. Slim)

- Baby Come Back Home - Little Son Willis
- Roll Me Over Slow - Little Son Willis

- Going To California - Eddie Williams (T.V. Slim)


XX MIN 707 (UK)XX discography

361971When Girls Do It

LP 1:
Bobby 'Guitar' Bennett
- When Girls Do It
Junior Wells
- I'm A Stranger
Little Oscar Stricklin
- Suicide Blues
Harmonica Fats
- How Low Is Low
Magic Slim
- Love Me Baby
Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm
- Down And Out
Sam Baker
- Sweet Little Angel

Drifting Charles
- Evil Hearted Woman
- Drifting Cloud
Memphis Slim And His House Rockers
- Blue And Lonesome
Donnie Jacobs
- Street Walkin' Woman

T.V. Slim
- Don't Knock The Blues [Pzazz 005]
- My Heart's Full Of Pain [Pzazz 005]
Buddy Guy
- Hard But It's Fair


LP 2:
Magic Sam
- My Love Is Your Love
Danny Boy
- Wild Woman
- Kokomo Me Baby
Jimmy McCracklin
- Fare Well
- Take A Chance
Mr. Bo
- I Ain't Gonna Suffer
- If Trouble Was Money

Junior Wells
- I'm A Stranger
Clear Waters
- Hilly Billy Blues
- Boogie Woogie Baby
Tender Slim
- Don't Cut Out On Me
- I'm Checkin' Up
Sugar Boy Williams
- Little Girl
- Five Long Years


compiled, arranged & prod. by Ian Sippen & Peter Shertser

DLP
notes by Peter Shertser

Red Lightnin' RL 006 (UK 1971)


= Broadside CD STERN1 (UK 2008)

Red Lightnin' Records discography

371974Chicago Rock

First series (1955-1963):
Wild Child Gibson
- Uncle John
- Sittin' Here Cryin'
Big Daddy Simpson
- Give Me Back My Ring
- Let Your Hair Down Baby
Clear Waters
- Boogie Woogie Baby
- Cool Water
Ray Agee
- Wobble Loo

T.V. Slim
- To Proof My Love [sic] [Speed 6858]

Billy Boy Arnold
- Here's My Picture
- You've Got Me Wrong
- I Wish You Would
Harold Burrage
- Betty Jean
Cleve Jackson
- Hound Dog
- Has A Chicken Got A Leg
Jimmy Reed
- She Don't Want Me No More
- I Don't Go For That

Second series (1959-1970):
"with Jump Jackson and Friends"
Eddie Clearwater
- Ain't That A Shame
- Dancin' Time
- Cool Water
- Baby Please
Little Mack
- Broken Heart
Sy Perry
- I Don't Understand You Woman
Wilbur "Hi-Fi" White
- Don't look now

Little Mack
- Drivin' Wheel
Sy Perry
- I Don't Really Have The Blues
Little Wolf Jr
- Inflation Blues
Eddie Boyd
- I cry
- Vacation From The Blues
Jump Jackson
- Midnight Shuffle
Sunnyland Slim
- Something Is Going Wrong



Redita 108 (NL 1974) [first series] ("A Fan to Fan Production Manufactured by Independent Brothers Transylvanian Road Rumania")


Redita 108 (NL 1978) [second series]

[Redita is Robert Loers' label]

37a1975Rhythm And Blues Of Chicago
Bluesscene USA Vol. 1

Elmore James
- Knocking At Your Door
Willie Mabon
- Mean Mistreater
Ricky Allen
- Ouch

T.V. Slim
- You Can't Love Me
A.C. Reed
- Lotta Lovin'
Ricky Allen
- I Don't Got It
Jesse Fortune
- Good Things


T.V. Slim
- Hold Me Close To Your Heart
Willie Mabon
- I'm The Fixer
A.C. Reed
- This Little Voice
Jesse Fortune
- Heavy Heart Beat
Ricky Allen
- Early In The Morning
Willie Mabon
- Fannie Mae
Jesse Fortune
- Too Many Cooks


front cover photo by Paul Oliver: Street musicians on Maxwell Street, Chicago

notes by Paul Oliver

Storyville SLP 176

notes by Paul Oliver

= Teichiku ULS-1817-R (Jp)

notes by Paul Oliver

= Storyville SLP 840

Storyville Records discography

381979T.V. Slim: Goin' To California

- Flat Foot Sam Met Jim Dandy [Speed 704]
- My Ship Is Sinking [Speed 705]
- Don't Reach Cross My Plate [Speed 711]
- The Fight [Speed 6863]
- Bad Understanding Blues [Speed 807]
- Can't Buy A Woman [Speed 6858]
- My Love Will Never Change [Speed 705]

- Going To California, Ain't Got But 15 Cents [Speed 6864]
- The Big Fight [Speed 803]
- Tired Of Cheatin' And Lyin' [Speed 704]
- Mean Woman Blues [Speed 708]
- Henpecked Joe [Speed 808]
- Your Kisses Changed Me [Speed 711]
- Dancing Senorita [Speed 710]

notes by Darryl Stolper

P-Vine PLP 710 (Jp)

39198?Hard Times
Chicago Blues Of The Sixties

Fenton Robinson
- From My Heart
- Say You're Leavin'
Mighty Joe Young
- Hard Times
Detroit Junior
- It's Bad To Make A Woman Mad
- Talk Fast
- The Way I Feel
- Call My Job
Lonnie Brooks
- Figure Head

Andrew Brown
- You Better Stop
Big Moose
- Puppy Howl
- Rambling Woman
- Foot Race
Koko Taylor
- Honky Tonky

T.V. Slim
- You Can't Love Me [Speed 810, USA 739]
Bobby Rush
- I Don't Know
Buster Benton
- Money Is The Name Of The Game

notes by Chris Bentley

Flyright FLY 602

Flyright Records discography

401984TV Slim: Flat Foot Sam

- The Big Fight [Speed 803]
- Bad Understanding [Speed 807]
- TV Man [Excell 104]
- Flat Foot Sam No. 2 [Excell 104]
- Don't Reach Cross My Plate [Speed 711]
- Your Kisses Changed Me [Speed 711]
- My Ship Is Sinking [Speed 705]

- Gravy Around Your Steak [Speed 715]
- Mean Man (Sheila Jane Wills, voc) [Speed 715]
- Can't Be Satisfied [Timbre 510]
- Juvenile Delinquent [Timbre 510]
- I'm A Real Man [Ideel 581]
- You Won't Treat Me Right [Ideel 581]

compiled by Robert Sacré & Philippe Schoofs

notes by Robert Sacré

Moonshine BLP 101 (NL)

Moonshine discography

411992Paula Records presents Chicago Blues of the 1960s

Homesick James
- Crossroads
Jesse Fortune
- Heavy Heart Beat
Detroit Junior
- Call My Job
J.B. Lenoir
- I Feel So Good
Jesse Fortune
- Good Things
Homesick James
- My Baby's Sweet
Andrew Brown
- You Better Stop
Harold Burrage
- I Cry For You
Willie Mabon
- Somebody Got To Pay
Jesse Fortune
- Too Many Cooks

T.V. Slim
- You Can't Love Me [Speed 810, USA 739]
Detroit Junior
- The Way I Feel
Willie Mabon
- Some More
Koko Taylor
- Honky Tonk
Willie Mabon
- Mew Orleans Blues
Big Moose
- Rambling Woman
Fenton Robinson
- Say You're Leavin'
Lillian Offitt
- Oh Mama
Mighty Joe Young
- Hard Times
Willie Mabon
- Something For Nothing
- Some Time I Wonder


Paula PCD-23 (US)


= Flyright FLYCD 43 (UK 1994)
"The Way I Feel"

Flyright Records discography

42199?T.V. Slim: Flatfoot Sam

- Flatfoot Sam (#2) [Excell 104]
- Flatfoot Sam Meets Jim Dandy
- Darling Forever
- To Prove My Love
- My Baby Is Gone
- Gravy Round Your Steak
- You Can't Love Me
- Hold Me Close To Your Heart
- Rockin' Little Baby [previously unreleased]   @ Spotify
- Tired Of Your Cheatin' And Lyin'
- My Ship Is Sinking
- Snake Dance [previously unreleased]
- T-V Man [Excell 104]
- Flatfoot Sam Is Back   @ youtube
- Don't Reach Across My Plate
- Every Man Needs A Woman
- Can't Be Satisfied
- Juvenile Delinquent
- You Just Won't Reat Me Right
- I'm A Real Man
- You Can't Buy Love
- Love Bounce
- The Fight
- Bad Understanding Blues
- You Can't Buy A Woman
- Going To California
- Henpecked Joe
- Don't Knock The Blues
- Dancing Senorita
- Your Kisses Changed Me
- Flatfoot Sam


Official CD 5660 (Denmark)

431999Red River Blues
Shreveport Blues from Ram Records

Sonny Boy "Jeff" Williamson
- Mailman Mailman
- Pretty Lil Thing
- I Gotta Cry
- You Better Sit Down
June 'Bug' Bailey
- Lee Street Blues
Elgie Brown
- Gimmie Gimmie
Banny Price
- Rushin'
Elgie Brown
- You'll Be Back
- Let Me Feel It

T V Slim with Eddie Williams
- The Fight [Speed 6864]
- Goin To California [Speed 6864]
T V Slim
- The Fight [Speed 6863]
- Darling Remember [Speed 6863]
T V Slim & His Heartbreakers
- Flat Foot Sam [Clif 103]
- Darling Remember [Clif 103]
Sherman (Blues) Johnson
- Hey Pretty Baby
Little Melvin Underwood
- Something's Wrong Baby
- Little Melvin's Gonna Move
Vincent Williams
- Tryin' To Make A Fool Of Me
- Going Back To Chicago
L C Steel
- Don't Play No Woman For No Fool
Chico Chism & His Jetanairs
- Hot Tamales & Bar-b-que
Chico Chism & Jerry & Garland
- Romp & Stomp
Jesse Thomas
- Watch Out
- My Baby
- Anything You Want
- Guitar Riff
- Everything I Do For You


Ace CDCHD 725

442009Got Them Hillbilly Blues
32 Black Blues Boppers

Oscar McLollie - Roll, Hot Rod , Roll
Joe Clay - Crackerjack
Eddie Daniels - I Wanna Know (why You Love Me So)
Chuck Berry - The Down Bound Train
John Greer - Come Back, Maybelline
Al Downing - Down On The Farm
Roy Gaines - Worried 'bout You Baby
Mercy Dee - Oh Oh Please [Flair 1073]
Magic Sam - Love Me With A Feeling
Roy Brown - Be My Love Tonight
Joe Clay - You Look That Good To Me
Jimmy Newsome - Long Gone Lonesome Blues
McKinley Mitchell - Rock, Everybody, Rock
Eddie Riff - Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
Magic Sam - 21 Days In Jail>
Mercy Dee - True Love [Flair 1077]
Bobo Jenkins - Tell Me Who
Pico Pete - Hot Dog
Arthur Gunter - Honey Baby

TV Slim - Flatfoot Sam [Clif 103]
Roy Brown - Hip Shakin' Baby
Joe Clay - Get On The Right Track Baby
Johnnie Fuller - All Night Long
Jerry Mccain - My Next Door Neighbor
Ray Sharpe - Oh, My Baby's Gone
Hill Billy Blues
Lazy Lester - I'm A Lover Not A Fighter
Johnnie Fuller - First Stage Of The Blues
Eddie Riff - My Baby's Gone
Rosco Gordon - Sally Jo
Tarheel Slim - Wildcat Tamer
Tarheel Slim - Number 9 Train


2 LP / 1 CD

El Toro ET 1023

452013It's A Southern Blues Thing - Volume 1

- No Way Out - Mighty Men
- Heart Trouble - Jessie "Guitar" Box with Harry Dallas Band
- Non Support (That's What The Judge Say) - Ironing Board Sam

- You Won't Treat Me Right - TV Slim & His Bluesmen [Ideel 581]
- The Things I Used To Do - King Edward with Sammy Myers, hca
- Dark, Muddy Bottom - Lightnin' Leon
- Worst Feeling (I Ever Had) - Willie Cobbs
- Fatten Pin - Clyde Hopkins
- Bye Bye Baby - Slim Sanders
- Lein On Your Body - Calvin Johnson
- She's Nineteen Years Old - Johnny Little John
- "T" Model Ford - Model "T" Slim feat. Jack Wall, lead g
- I've Been Used - Ironing Board Sam
- Rambling Woman - Big Moose
- Lorain, Lorain - Eddie Clay
- Santa Fee - Clyde Hopkins
- Married Too Soon - Jolly George
- Look Here Mama - Harmonica Joe
- Do It Like That - Little Willie Brown & Cameos
- Ron-De-View 36 - Little Boyd (King of Harmonica) [Lamga 0002]
- It's All Your Fault - Bill Rice
- Burnt Out - Model "T" Slim with Jack Wall, g
- Unsatisfied Mind - Calvin Johnson

- Love Bounce - T.V. Slim & His Bluesmen [Pzazz 030]


Styletone 100

 

Cover versions of TV Slim songs

11957TOMMY BLAKE   The Rhythm Rebels

- Flat Foot Sam   @ youtube
- Lordy Hoody


Sun 278

21958EARL REED And His Rhythm Rockers

- Flat Foot Sam (CHER-40-164)   @ youtube
- Playing With My Heart (CHER-40-165)

Johnny Scoggins, voc


Cherokee 45-779
(pressed by King)

31959ELMON MICKLE

- Flat Foot Sam   @ youtube
- I Got To Get Some Money

rec. November 1959 in Los Angeles, CA; Elmon Mickle, voc, hca; Phillip Walker, g; Bobby Tinsley, dr

Driftin' Slim / Model T Slim / Elmon Mickle discography


Elko 003

41966/67?THE ORIGINAL MODEL "T" SLIM

- Flat Foot Sam (H-100A) [tk. 1; faded early]
- Oh Babe (H-200B) [faded early]

rec. 1966/67 in Los Angeles, CA; Model T Slim, voc, hca; prob Little Boyd, 2nd hca; g; b; Jesse Price, dr; prod. by Mikel Hooks

Driftin' Slim / Model T Slim / Elmon Mickle discography


Styletone 392

   

- Flat Foot Sam (tk 2)

rec. 1966/67 in Los Angeles, CA; Model T Slim, voc, hca; prob Little Boyd, 2nd hca; g; b; Jesse Price, dr; prod. by Mikel Hooks

Driftin' Slim / Model T Slim / Elmon Mickle discography

Styletone unissued

Flyright FLY 559

51968MICKEY MURRAY

- Flat Foot Sam   @ youtube
- Flatfoot Sam or Jodie


SSS International SSS-755

61976Hank Mizell: Jungle Rock

- Jungle Rock (1958)
- Ain't Got A Thing
- Ready Freddy
- Higher
- Easy Money
- Rakin' And Scrapin'

- Singing In The Jungle
- Sweetie Pie
- Kangaroo Rock
- Animal Rock And Roll
- Ubangi Stomp

- Flatfoot Sam (1:59)   @ youtube


Bellaphon BLPS 19244

71979/80Roy 'The Hound' Hall & his Tennessee Rock-A-Billies
Rockabilly Or Else!


- I'm Walkin'
- The Dirty Boogie
- Shake, Rattle And Roll
- Caldonia
- Bedspring Motel
- One Monkey Don't Stop The Show

- Lost My Woman
- Hello Josephine
- My Gal

- Flat Foot Sam   @ youtube
- Hi-Yo Silver

rec. September 23, 1979 and April 5, 1980


Barrelhouse BH-016Barrelhouse Records discography

81980Blues Band

- Talk To Me Baby
- Flatfoot Sam (2:56)   @ youtube (live version)
- Two Bones And A Pick
- Someday Baby
- Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)

- Come On In
- Death Letter
- Going Home
- I Don't Know
- Diddy Wah Diddy


Arista BBBP 101 (UK 1980)

91981Jim Byrnes: Burning

- You Don't Know
- Gamma Lamma
- Hands Of Time
- Let The Good Times Roll
- Stranger Blues

- Hangover Morning
- Next Time You See Me

- Flatfoot Sam (3:03)
- You Belong To Me
- Hidden Charms
- The Message



Polydor PDS-1-6321 (Ca)

101990Mike Morgan & The Crawl: Raw & Ready

- Pretty Woman
- Baby Please Don't Lie To Me
- Nothing's Gonna Be Alright
- I've Got A Good Thing
- I Can't Take It
- She Made My Mind

- If My Baby Quit Me
- You Better Watch Yourself
- Looky There
- I'm Worried
- Take Me Back

- Flatfoot Sam (3:18)


Black Top BT 1051

= Demon FIEND 167 (UK 1990)

111996Slo-Leak

- I Cry For You
- White Lines
- Tongue Tied
- Elvis Slept Here
- Mr. Lucky
- You Don't Love Me
- Katie Mae
- Drunk
- That Did It

- Flatfoot Sam
- Cruel Twist
- Satisfy Me


Charlie Karp, voc, hca; Danny Kortchmar, g; Harvey Brooks, b


Pure 2280-2

122002Terry Hanck: I Keep On Holdin' On

- Hard As You Can (Terry Hanck)
- Cryin' Fool (Terry Hanck)

- Flatfoot Sam (Clara Wills)
- Is It True? (D. Bartholomew)
- I Keep On Holdin' On (Terry Hanck)
- She Ain't Coming Back (Terry Hanck)
- I Don't Love You No More (H.P. Barnum)
- You Could Have Let Me Go (Terry Hanck)
- Whatcha Gonna Do (Chuck Willis)
- One Horse Town (D. Malone/J. Scott)
- Where's My Baby (Eddie Bo)
- Itchy Twitchy (Terry Hanck)
- Travelin' Mood (Steve Spirn/James Wayne)
- One Horse Reprise (D. Malone/J. Scott)


132004Terry Hanck & His Band Live!

- Have Mercy Baby (Hank Ballard)
- Flatfoot Sam (Clara Wills)
- Pass The Peas (James Brown, John Starks & Charles Bobbit)
- You Don't Know Like I Know (Isaac Hayes & David Porter)
- You Could Have Let Me Go (Terry Hanck)
- Can I Change My Mind (Barry Despenza & Carl Wolfolk)
- Sen-Sa-Shun (Freddy King & Sonny Thompson)
- Hard As You Can (Terry Hanck)
- Shoot Your Shot (Autry DeWalt, Lawrence Horn, James Graves, Jr.)


142005Brian Setzer: Rockabilly Riot!
A Tribute to Sun Records

- Red Hot
- Slow Down
- Real Wild Child
- Rockhouse
- Put Your Cat Clothes On
- Lonely Weekends
- Get It Off Your Mind

- Just Because
- Glad All Over

- Flatfoot Sam   @ youtube
- Rock'n'Roll Ruby
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Tennessee Zip


- Mona Lisa
- Peroxide Blonde In A Hopped Up Model Ford
- Get Rhythm
- Stairway To Nowhere
- Boppin' The Blues

- Rakin' And Scrapin'
- Sweet Woman
- Flyin' Saucer Rock And Roll
- Lonely Wolf
- Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache


2 LP set

Cargo CARLP 073 (Ger)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 313
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 596
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, pp. 686-687
- Mike Leadbitter: Nothing but the Blues.- London 1971.- pp. 218ff.
- Pete Hoppula website
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Flemming Nielsen and Gerrit Robs for additional info / scans

 

 

 

 

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