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George 'Bullet' WilliamsThere is no photo of this artist known to exist

 

George "Bullet" Williams
b. in Alabama, reportedly Millport, Lamar County, or Selma, Dallas County, about 1890   [Bogaert 1972:  b. 1892 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama]
He was around Brazil, Tallahatchie County, MS, in 1930
d. after 1930, reportedly at Whitfield State Insane Asylum (later, Mississippi State Hospital) in Whitfield, Rankin County, MS   [Bogaert 1972:  d. 1945 in Birmingham, Alabama]
discography

George 'Bullet' Williams

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
11928

Paramount 12651
George "Bullet" Williams
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham (20592-2)
or
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham (20592-3)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

- The Escaped Convict (20593-1)
or
- The Escaped Convict (20593-2)   @ Spotify

Broadway 5085
George Williams
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham (20592-3)
- The Escaped Convict (20593-2)

rec. c. May 1928 in Chicago, IL; George 'Bullet' Williams, hca solo, sp


Paramount 12651

= Broadway 5085

21928Geo. "Bullet" Williams

- Middlin Blues (20596-1, -4) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Touch Me Light Mama (20590-2) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. c. May 1928 in Chicago, IL; George 'Bullet' Williams, hca solo, sp; # unknown [Wiley Barner?], voc; * unknown, sp


Paramount 12680

2a1928 

Jaybird Coleman #
- Save Your Money - Let These Women Go (GEX-802-B) #

George "Bullet" Williams
- Touch Me Light Mama (20590-2) *

# rec. August 13, 1927 in Birmingham, Al.; Jaybird Coleman, voc, hca (labelled "Middlin' Blues by George 'Bullet' Williams" (20596-1,-4), both matrix numbers in the wax)

* rec. c. May 1928 in Chicago, IL; George 'Bullet' Williams, hca solo, sp; unknown, voc


Paramount 12680
[at least one copy known]


LP / CD compilations
31962Really! The Country Blues 1927-1933@ youtube (playlist)

Tommy Johnson - Maggie Campbell Blues
William Moore - Old Country Rock
Son House - My Black Mama, Parts 1 and 2
Sunny Boy and His Pals - France Blues
Skip James - Devil Got My Woman
Ishman Bracey - Woman Woman Blues

Sam Collins - The Jail House Blues

George 'Bullet' Williams - Touch Me Light Mama
Henry Sims - Tell Me Man Blues
Buster Johnson - Undertaker Blues
Henry Thomas - Don't Ease Me In
Garfield Akers - Cottonfield Blues - part 1
Garfield Akers - Cottonfield Blues - part 2


compiled by Bill Givens; edited by Pete Whelan; lyrics transcribed by Bill Givens and David Evans

Rory Block: "Stefan [Grossman] gave me a record called 'Really The Country Blues' and that was the beginning of my love affair with the music".

insert brochure notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow

Origin Jazz Library OJL 2 (US 1962, 1st ed.)

notes by Bill Givens and Pete Whelan
 
= Origin Jazz Library OJL 2

notes by Bill Givens and Pete Whelan
   
= Origin Jazz Library OJL 2

notes by Bill Givens and Pete Whelan

= Origin Jazz Library OJL 2

notes by Bill Givens and Pete Whelan on three stapled A4 copy sheets

= Origin Jazz Library OJL 2

= Soundmark 48172 (2011, download only)

OJL Records discography

41967Alabama Country 1927-1931

Barefoot Bill
- Squabblin Blues
- From Now On
- My Crime
Jaybird Coleman
- No More Good Water
Two Poor Boys
- John Henry
- Two White Horses In A Line
Jaybird Coleman
- Mistreatin Mama

Ed Bell
- Frisco Whistle Blues
- Mamlish Blues
- Hambone Blues
Ollis Martin
- Police & High Sheriff
Wiley Barner
- My Gal Mistreats Me
Whistlin Pete and Daddy Stovepipe
- Tuxedo Blues>

George 'Bullet' Williams
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham

notes by Jacques Roche

Origin Jazz Library OJL 14

OJL Records discography

51968The Blues Of Alabama 1927-1931  resp.  Alabama Blues 1927-1931

Belzona/Yazoo LP 1006 track sequence:
Clifford Gibson - Keep Your Windows Pinned
Clifford Gibson - Don't Put That Thing On Me
Edward Thompson - Showers Of Rain Blues
Edward Thompson - West Virginia Blues
Jay Bird Coleman - Coffee Grinder Blues
Marshall Owens - Try Me One More Time
Marshall Owens - Texas Blues

Edward Thompson - Seven Sister Blues
Edward Thompson - Florida Bound

George 'Bullet' Williams - The Escaped Convict
Ed Bell - Mean Conductor Blues
Barefoot Bill [Ed Bell] - Snigglin' Blues
Clifford Gibson - Tired Of Being Mistreated - Part 2
Clifford Gibson - Whiskey Moan Blues


Yazoo CD 1006 track sequence:@ youtube
Barefoot Bill [Ed Bell] - Snigglin' Blues
Clifford Gibson - Don't Put That Thing On Me
Jay Bird Coleman - Coffee Grinder Blues
Edward Thompson - Seven Sister Blues
Ed Bell - Mean Conductor Blues
Clifford Gibson - Tired Of Being Mistreated - Part 2
Edward Thompson - Florida Bound
Clifford Gibson - Keep Your Windows Pinned
Edward Thompson - West Virginia Blues
Clifford Gibson - Whiskey Moan Blues
Edward Thompson - Showers Of Rain Blues
Marshall Owens - Try Me One More Time
Marshall Owens - Texas Blues

George "Bullet" Williams - The Escaped Convict

notes by "Humphrey Higgins" [= Stephen Calt]     on back cover: "Yazoo Records, 390 East 8th Street, NY 10009"

front cover says Belzona but the record has a Yazoo back cover and a (black) "Yazoo" label - this LP was never released with Belzona labels
Belzona L-1006 (US 1968) "The Blues of Alabama"

notes by "Humphrey Higgins" [= Stephen Calt]     "Yazoo Records, 390 East 8th Street, NY 10009"

= Yazoo L-1006 (196?) "Alabama Blues"

notes by "Humphrey Higgins" [= Stephen Calt]     "Yazoo Records, 245 Waverly Place, NY 10014"     "Yazoo Records, P.O. Box 810, Newton, New Jersey 07860"

= Yazoo L-1006 (197?) "Alabama Blues"

notes by "Humphrey Higgins" [= Stephen Calt]     "Yazoo Records, P.O. Box 810, Newton, New Jersey 07860"

= Yazoo CD 1006 (US 1991) "Alabama Blues"

Yazoo Records discography
Clifford Gibson discography
Jay Bird Coleman discography
Marshall Owens discography

61969Going Away Blues 1926 - 1935

Lottie Beaman
- Going Away Blues
- Rolling Log Blues
George 'Big Boy' Owens
- Kentucky Blues
Charlie Kyle
- Kyle's Worried Blues
Jelly Jaw Short
- Grand Daddy Blues
Frank Stokes
- Right Now Blues

George 'Bullet' Williams
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham

Charley Jordan
- Stack O'Dollar Blues
Henry Thomas
- Railroadin' Some
Robert Wilkins
- Old Jim Canaan
- New Stockyard Blues
William McCoy
- Central Tracks Blues
Uncle Bud Walker
- Look Here Mama Blues
Elvie Thomas & Geeshie Wiley
- Over To My House



Yazoo L 1018 (US 1969)

= CD 1018 YAZ (US 1992)

Yazoo Records discography

71969The Great Harmonica Players Vol. 1

Blues Birdhead
- Mean Low Blues
- Harmonica Blues
Palmer McAbee
- Lost Boy Blues
- McAbee's Railroad Piece
William Francis & Richard Sowell
- John Henry Blues
- Roubin Blues

George "Bullet" Williams
- Middlin' Blues
Noah Lewis
- Chicasaw Special

Slim Barton And Eddie Mapp
- I'm Hot Like That
- Careless Love
De Ford Bailey
- Ice Water Blues
- Davidson County Blues
The Two Of Spades (Herbert Leonard & Harry Mays)
- Meddlin' With The Blues
- Harmonica Blues
Jaybird Coleman
- Ah'm Sick And Tired Of Tellin' You (To Wiggle That Thing)
Whistlin' Pete & Daddy Stovepipe
- Black Snake Blues



Roots RL-320 (Austria 1969)

 
= Roots RL-320 (Austria 19??) distributed in the UK by Saydisk Records


= Roots/Autogram RL-320 (Germany 19??)

the LP front cover depicts Percy Randolph being recorded by Harry Oster, most likely January/February 1958 in New Orleans (Harry Oster, on the left of the original photo, has been cropped; the original photo was published in Les Génies du Blues, Volume 2.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 67 ("D.I.T.E. / I.P.S." [French photo agency]; photographer's name not given)
Harry Oster recording P E R C Y   R A N D O L P H (most likely January/February 1958 in New Orleans); source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 2.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 67 ('D.I.T.E. / I.P.S.' [French photo agency]; photographer's name not given); click to enlarge!

Roots Records discography

81972Deep South Country Blues

William Harris
- Bull Frog Blues
William Moore
- Old Country Rock
Son House
- My Black Mama part I
- My Black Mama part II
Sunny Boy & His Pals (Papa Harvey Hull & Long Cleve Reed)
- The France Blues
Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues
- Rowdy Blues

Willie Brown
- Future Blues
- M & O Blues

George "Bullet" Williams
- Touch Me Light Mama
Henry Sims
- Tell Me Man Blues
Buster Johnson
- Undertaker Blues
Garfield Akers
- Cottonfield Blues part 1
- Cottonfield Blues part 2


 
Flyright LP 102 (UK 1972)

Flyright Records discography

91988Alabama Harmonica Kings   1927-30

Jaybird Coleman
- Mill Log Blues
- Ah'm Sick And Tired Of Tellin' You (To Wiggle That Thing)
- Man Trouble Blues
- Trunk Busted - Suitcase Full Of Holes
- I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan - Some O' Theses Days
- No More Good Water ('Cause The Pond Is Dry)
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Save Your Money - Let These Women Go
- Coffee Grinder Blues
- Man Trouble Blues
Frank Palmes
- Ain't Gonna Lay My 'ligion Down
- Troubled 'bout My Soul

Ollis Martin
- Police And High Sheriff Come Ridin' Down
Bertha Ross
- My Jelly Blues

George 'Bullet' Williams
- Touch Me Light Mama
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham (tk 2)
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham (tk 3)
- The Escaped Convict
- Middlin' Blues

notes by Paul Oliver

Wolf WSE 127 (Austria 1988)

(=) Wolf WSE 113 CD (Austria 1998)

101990The Greatest in Country Blues   (1927-1956)

LP 1
- High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips
- Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- My Black Momma Part I - Son House
- Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- How Long - Frank Stokes
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins


LP 2
- Devil Got The Woman - Skip James
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
- The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins

- Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams
- Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart
- Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown
- Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker
- Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band
- Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee
- The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill
- Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand


LP 3
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy
- Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg
- Baby How Long - Dan Pickett
- Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
- River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson
- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins


compiled by Johnny Parth

3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver

RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)

3 CD set
notes by Paul Oliver

Vol. 1: 1927-1930


Vol. 2: 1927-1936


Vol. 3: 1929-1956
= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)

= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)

3 CD set

= 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)

111992The Great Harp Players   1927-1936

William Francis & Richard Sowell
- John Henry Blues
- Roubin Blues
Ollis Martin
- Police And High Sheriff Come Ridin' Down
El Watson
- Pot Licker Blues
- Narrow Gauge Blues
- El Watson's Fox Chase
- Bay Rum Blues
- Sweet Bunch Of Daisies
- One Sock Blues
Palmer McAbee
- Lost Boy Blues
- McAbee's Railroad Piece

George Williams
- Touch Me Light Mama
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham (tk 2)
- The Escaped Convict (tk 2)
- Middlin' Blues
Blues Birdhead
- Don't Mistreat Your Good Boy Friend (The Bubbling-Over Five)
- Get Up Off That Jazzophone (The Bubbling-Over Five)
- Mean Low Blues
- Harmonica Blues
Ellis Williams
- Buttermilk Blues
- Smokey Blues
Alfred Lewis
- Mississippi Swamp Moan
- Friday Moan Blues
Smith & Harper
- Poor Girl
- Insurance Policy Blues


notes by Howard Rye

Document DOCD-5100 (Austria 1992)

11a199?Too Late, Too Late Blues Vol. 1
Newly Discovered Titles & Alternative Takes

Blind Blake
- Early Morning Blues (3057-2)
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Lock Step Blues (20750)
- Hangman's Blues (20751-2)

George 'Bullet' Williams
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham (tk 3)
Bessie Tucker
- My Man Has Quit Me (tk 2)
Memphis Jug Band
- Stealin', Stealin' (tk 3)
Willie Baker
- Weak-Minded Woman (14782 - Test)
Rev. D C Rice
- Will They Welcome Me There?
Charlie Spand
- Levee Camp Man (-6) (breakdown)
- Mississippi Blues (-v6)
Robert Peeples
- Worry Blues
Charley Patton
- I Shall Not Be Moved (tk 2)
Big Bill Broonzy
- Bow Leg Baby
Frank Brasswell
- Mountain Girl Blues (16575)
Memphis Minnie
- Memphis Minnie-Jitis Blues (tk. B)
Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom
- Do It Some More
Kansas City Kitty
- Knife Man Blues
Bo Carter (Bo Chatman)
- New Auto Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
- Worried In Mind Blues
'Kansas Joe' Mccoy
- Meat Cutter Blues (alt tk)
- What's The Matter With You?
Memphis Minnie
- Reachin' Pete (tk. B)
Kokomo Arnold
- Milk Cow Blues No. 5
Memphis Minnie
- Running And Dodging Blues (tk. 2 - Test)
Little Buddy Doyle
- Slick Capers Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- The Victim Of Love


notes by Roger Misiewicz

Document DOCD 5150 (Austria 199?)

11b1996Harmonica Masters

- Ice Water Blues - DeFord Bailey
- Lost Boy Blues - Palmer McAbee
- Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis
- Choking Blues - Kyle Wooten
- Chickasaw Special - Noah Lewis
- Pennsylvania Woman Blues - Six Cylinder Smith
- Take Your Foot Out Of The Mud & Put It In - Dr. Humphrey Bates' Possum Hunters
- Don't Mistreat Your Good Boy Friend - Bubbling Over Five
- The Downfall Of Paris - Murphy Brothers Harp Band

- Touch Me Light Mama - George Williams
- Booneville Stomp - Dutch Coleman / Red Whitehead
- How Long Blues - Jed Davenport
- East Virginia Blues - Clarence Ashley / Gwen Foster
- Goin' Cross The Sea - Crook Brothers
- Just It - William McCoy
- Wilkes County Blues - Gwen Foster
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- I Want My Mama - Salty Holmes
- Gastonia Gallop - David McCarn
- Don't Let Your Head Hang Down - Bobby Leecan / Robert Cooksey
- Sisco Harmonica Blues - Carver Boys
- Down South Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Medley Of Blues - Freeman Stowers



Yazoo CD 2019 (US 1996)

Yazoo Records discography

121998Alabama Blues (1927 - 1930)

George "Bullet" Williams
- Touch Me Light Mama
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham
- The Escaped Convict
- Middlin' Blues
Ollis Martin
- Police And High Sheriff Come Riding Down
Frank Palmes
- Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down
- Troubled 'Bout My Soul
Bertha Ross
- My Jelly Blues
Jaybird Coleman
- Mill Log Blues
- Ah'm Sick And Tired Of Tellin' You (To Wiggle That Thing)
- My Trouble Blues
- Trunk Busted - Suitcase Full of Holes
- I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan - Some O These Days
- No More Good Water (Cause The Pond Is Dry)
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Save Your Money - Let These Women Go
- Coffee Grinder Blues
- Man Trouble Blues
Clifford Gibson
- Keep Your Windows Pinned
- Don't Put That Thing On Me
- Tired Of Being Mistreated Part 2
- Whiskey Moan Blues



Wolf WSE 113 CD (Austria 1998)

132007A Richer Tradition - Country Blues & String Band Music 1923 - 1942

disc 1:
- Guitar Blues - Sylvester Weaver
- Time Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay - Ed Andrews
- Sundown Blues - Daddy Stovepipe
- Salt Lake City Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Whiskey And Gin Blues - South Street Trio
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Hey Lawdy Mama - The France Blues - Papa Harvey Hull/Long "Cleve" Reed
- A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around - Stovepipe No.1/David Crockett
- Bamalong Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- Blue Coat Blues - "Blue Coat" Tom Nelson
- Frisco Whistle Blues - Ed Bell
- Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen
- Gravel Camp Blues - Lewis Black
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- Death Bell Blues - Tom Dickson
- C.C. & O. Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley

- Middlin' Blues - George "Bullet" Williams
- Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Kyle's Worried Blues - Charlie Kyle
- Bull Frog Blues - William Harris
- Sobbin' Woman Blues - Elizabeth Johnson
- Miss Meal Cramp Blues - Alec Johnson
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay


disc 2:
- Jail House Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Blues, Just Blues, That's All - Old Southern Jug Band
- String Band Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers
- Black Cat Blues - Old Pal Smoke Shop Four
- Dirty Guitar Blues - Leecan & Cooksey
- Boodle-Am-Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Quill Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- The Jug Band Special - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Cold Morning Shout - South Street Trio
- Violin Blues - Johnson Boys
- Easy Winner - The Blue Boys
- G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again - Johnson/Nelson/Porkchop
- I Got A Gal - James Cole's String Band
- The Jazz Fiddler - Walter Jacobs/Lonnie Carter
- Knox Couty Stomp - Tennessee Chocolate Drops
- Adam And Eve - Tommie Bradley
- Runnin' Wild - James Cole's Washboard Four
- Giving It Away - Birmingham Jug Band
- Jackson Stomp - Mississippi Mud Steppers
- Old Hen Cackle - Coleman & Harper
- Travelin' Railroad Man Blues - Alabama Sheiks
- Old Hen Cackle - Coleman & Harper
- Ted's Stomp - Louie Blue/Ted Bogan
- Dusting The Frets - Dallas Jamboree Jug Band
- Arkansas Traveller - Nashville Washboard Band


disc 3:
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - "Long Cleve" Reed/Little Harvey Hull
- Tuxedo Blues - Whistlin' Pete & Daddy Stovepipe
- Mean Conductor Blues - Ed Bell
- Back Door Blues - Emery Glen
- Spanish Blues - Lewis Black
- Helena Blues - Mooch Richardson
- I Heard the Voice Of a Pork Chop - Bogus Ben Covington
- Rising River Blues - George Carter
- She Could Toodle-Oo - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Weak Minded Woman - Willie Baker
- Old Rock Island Blues - Lonnie Coleman
- Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None - Mae Glover
- Showers Of Rain Blues - Edward Thompson
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- If I Call You Mama - Luke Jordan
- Never Drive a Stranger From Your Door - Willie Harris
- Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Shaking Weed Blues - Tommy Settlers
- South Carolina Rag - Willie Walker
- Beans - El Morrow/Beans Hambone
- Poor Jane Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Window Pane Blues - Tommie Bradley
- Hot Jelly Roll Blues - George Carter


disc 4:
- Labor Blues - Tom Dickson
- Goin' Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- No Baby - Charlie Kyle
- Early Mornin' Blues - William Harris
- Dreaming Blues - Willie Reed
- Weeping Willow Blues - George Carter
- Way Down In Arkansas - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Wild About My Loving - Lonnie Coleman
- Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone
- Florida Bound - Edward Thompson
- God Didn't Make No Monkey Man - Eli Framer
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Diamond Ring Blues - Jim Jam (Walter Taylor)
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Lonesome Midnight Dream - Willie Harris
- Billy Goat Blues - John Byrd
- That Won't Do - Arthur Pettis
- Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter
- 'Toby' Woman Blues - Gene Campbell
- Rollin' Dough Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell
- Farewell To You Baby - Carl Martin
- Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky
- Married Woman Blues - George Torey
- Dago Blues - Virgil Childers


4 CD box

JSP JSPCD 7798 (UK 2007) (UK)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 406
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 1037-1038
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, pp. 87, 533
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 1049
- Cal Stephens: Booker White on Bullet Williams.- 78 Quarterly No. 6 (1991), pp. 83-85
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Paul Vernon and David J Costa for additional info / scans

 

sound clips at http://blues-harp-muenster.blogspot.com

 


Cal Stephens: Booker White on Bullet Williams
78 Quarterly No. 6 (1991), pp. 83-85

 

 

 

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