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L.C.   W I L L I A M S; source: ; photographer: Paul Oliver
L.C. Williams, August 1960
source: Oliver & McCormick 1961; photographer: Paul Oliver

 

L.C. Williams
b. March 12, 1920 in Millican, Brazos County, Texas
d. October 18, 1960 in the Houston Tuberculosis Hospital in Houston, Harris County, Texas

buried at Bethel Grove Church Cemetery in Cawthon, Brazos County, TX
discography

L.C.   W I L L I A M S; source: ; photographer: Paul Oliver
L.C. Williams, August 1960
source: http://brazosvalleyblues.blogspot.de/p/chapter-nine.html
photographer: Paul Oliver

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 rpm
11947L. C. (Lightning, Jr.) Williams

- Trying Trying (A) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- You Never Miss the Water (B) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. c. June 19, 1947 in Houston, TX; L.C. Williams, voc; Lightnin' Hopkins, # p, * g


Gold Star 614 [Bill Quinn's label]

= Dot 1052

   

- I Wonder

rec. 1947 in Houston, TX; L.C. Williams, voc; Lightnin' Hopkins, g

Gold Star unissued

Arhoolie R 2006

21948L. C. WILLIAMS

- Hole In The Wall (A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Boogie All The Time (B)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1948 in Houston, TX; L.C. Williams, voc; Lightnin' Hopkins, g


Gold Star 623

31948L. C. (LIGHTNIN' JR.) WILLIAMS

- Black Woman (A) #   @ Spotify
- I Won't Be Here Long (B) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1948 in Houston, TX; L.C. Williams, voc; # Leroy Carter, p; * Elmore Nixon, p


Gold Star 648

41948L. C. WILLIAMS

- You Can Take It With You Baby (A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Strike Blues (B)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1948 in Houston, TX; L.C. Williams, voc; Lightnin' Hopkins, g


Gold Star 667

51949 

Freedom 1501:
CONNEY'S COMBO
- I Don't Want Your Baby (4* 1021/A/B)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Won't You Please Come Back (4* 1022/B/A)   @ youtube

Eddie's 1203:
no band credit

- Why Don't You Come Back (A) [different tk]
- I Don't Want You're Baby [sic] (B) [different tk]

Freedom 1501 (Swing bootleg):
Conney's Combo
- Won't You Come Back Baby
- I Don't Want Your Baby

rec. 1948/49 in Houston, TX; L.C. Williams, voc; The Conrad Johnson Orchestra (Conney's Combo): Nelson Mills, tp; Conrad Johnson, as; Sam Williams, ts; Lonnie Lyons, p; Louis 'Nunu' Pitts, b; Allison Tucker, dr

Swing bootleg (Fr) with very poor sound (obviously using the Freedom 78 as the "master")


Freedom 1501 [Solomon M. 'Sol' Kahal's label]


(=) Eddie's 1203 [Eddie Henry's label]


(=) Freedom 1501 (Swing bootleg, Paris, Fr)

61949Connie McBooker

- Short [actually sung: "Shout"!] Baby Boogie (instr) (A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Rich Women Blues (B)   @ Spotify
or
- Rich Women Blues (B) #

rec. 1949 in Houston, TX; Connie McBooker, p, # voc; L.C. Williams, voc; # unknown, ts; unknown, g; # unknown, b; Eddie Green, dr


Eddie's 1928

# DCC DZS 159

71949L. C. WILLIAMS

- That's Alright (ACA 1066)   @ Spotify
- Gonna Change My Love (ACA 1067)   @ Spotify

rec. 1949 in Houston, TX; L.C. Williams, voc; similar accompaniment as on Freedom 1501


Freedom 1510

81949L. C. WILLIAMS With CONNEY'S COMBO

- Shout Baby Shout (ACA 1140)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Ethel Mae (ACA 1141)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1949 in Houston, TX; L.C. Williams, voc; similar accompaniment as on Freedom 1501

 
Freedom 1517

91949L. C. WILLIAMS

- Jelly Roll (ACA 1229)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Louisiana Boogie (ACA 1230)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1949 in Houston, TX; L.C. Williams, voc; similar accompaniment as on Freedom 1501


Freedom 1524

101949L. C. WILLIAMS

- All Through My Dreams (ACA 1277) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Mean And Evil Blues (ACA 1278) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify



unissued track from same session:
- My Baby Went Away

rec. 1949 in Houston, TX; L.C. Williams, voc; Elmore Nixon, p; Lightnin' Hopkins, g


Freedom 1529

# Imperial 5195

* Bay'ou 008

111950L. C. WILLIAMS

- My Darkest Hours (ACA 1735) #
- I Want My Baby Back (ACA 1736) *   @ youtube

rec. 1950 in Houston, TX; L.C. Williams, voc; similar accompaniment as on Freedom 1501


Freedom 1542

# Bay'ou 008

* Imperial 5195

121951L. C. Williams

- So Sorry (J 476)   @ Spotify
- Baby Child (J 477)   @ Spotify

rec. 1951 in Houston, TX; L.C. Williams, voc; Lightnin' Hopkins, g; Donald Cooks, b


Sittin In With 640 [Morty and Bob Shad's label]


= Jax 640

131951L. C. Williams

- The Lazy J (J 484)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Fannie Mae (J 485)   @ Spotify

rec. 1951 in Houston, TX; L.C. Williams, voc; Lightnin' Hopkins, g; Donald Cooks, b


Sittin In With 648


= Jax 648

145/1952L.C. WILLIAMS with ORCH

- I Don't Want No Woman (9009)   @ Spotify
- Louise (9010)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. May 11, 1951 in Houston, TX; L.C. Williams, voc; Henry Hayes and his Rhythm Kings: Frank Mims, tp; Henry Hayes, as; Ed Wiley, ts; Willie Johnson, p; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, dr


Mercury 8276

   

- I Don't Like To Travel (9011) #   @ Spotify
- So Sorry To Leave You (9012)

rec. May 11, 1951 in Houston, TX; L.C. Williams, voc; Frank Mims, tp; Henry Hayes, as; Ed Wiley, ts; Willie Johnson, p; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, dr


Mercury unissued

# Mercury CD 8-528292

151952L. C. WILLIAMS

- All Through My Dreams (IM 421)
- My Darkest Hours (IM 422)

rec. 1949 in Houston, TX; L.C. Williams, voc; Elmore Nixon, p; Lightnin' Hopkins, g

Freedom 1529 /
Freedom 1542


Imperial 5195

161953L. C. WILLIAMS

- Mean And Evil Blues (FK-7)
- I Want My Baby Back (FK-8)

rec. 1950 in Houston, TX; L.C. Williams, voc; Elmore Nixon, p; Lightnin' Hopkins, g

Freedom 1529 /
Freedom 1542


Bay'ou 008 [Franklin Kort's label]


LP / CD compilations
171963Texas Blues Vol. 1@ youtube (full album)

Lil' Son Jackson - Gambling Blues [Gold Star 668]
Lil' Son Jackson - Homeless Blues [Gold Star 668]
Lee Hunter - Back To Santa Fe [Gold Star 651]

L.C. Williams - Strike Blues [Gold Star 667]
Leroy Ervin - Blue, Black And Evil [Gold Star 628]
Leroy Ervin - Rock Island Blues [Gold Star 628]
Lightning Hopkins - Grievance Blues [Gold Star 669]
Lightning Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go [Gold Star 646] °°


L.C. Williams - You Never Miss The Water [Gold Star 614]
Thunder Smith - Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644]
Thunder Smith - Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615]
Lightning Hopkins - Big Mama Jump [Gold Star 3131]

L.C. Williams - I Wonder [Gold Star unissued]
Lightning Hopkins - Death Bells [Gold Star 646]
L.C. Williams - I Won't Be Here Long [Gold Star 648]
L.C. Williams - Black Woman [Gold Star 648] °°

°° re-release bonus tracks



P-Vine PCD-2519 bonus tracks (from Arhoolie F 1017):
Black Ace - Beer Drinking Woman
Rattlesnake Cooper - I'm Leaving Town
Mercy Dee Walton - Ebony Baby
Billy Bizor - Tom Moore
Alex Moore - Chock House Boogie
Smokey Hogg - Hello Baby
Robert Shaw - The Fives
Lightnin' Hopkins - Hurricanes Carla & Esther
Mercy Dee Walton - 8th Wonder Of The World

notes by Paul Oliver     Arhoolie Records, Box 5073, Berkeley 5, California
 
Arhoolie 2006 (US 1963)

notes by Paul Oliver     Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709

(=) Arhoolie 2006 (US 19??) (first re-release, bonus tracks not indicated on sleeve nor label!)

notes by Paul Oliver     Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709

Arhoolie 2006 (US 19??) (second re-release, bonus tracks indicated on labels, but not on sleeve!)


(=) P-Vine PCD-2519 (Jp 1989)

(=) Arhoolie CD 352

Arhoolie Records discography
Lil' Son Jackson discography
Lightnin' Hopkins discography
Thunder Smith discography

181968?Story Of The Blues - New Traditional Guitar Vol. 2

LC Williams
- The Lazy 'J'
- Fannie Mae
Eddie Williams
- Right Now
- Blues In Cuba
- Unfaithful Woman
- Houston Jump
Leroy Dallas
- Baby Please Don't Go

Lester Williams
- Wintertime Blues
- I'm So Happy
Lowell Fulson
- Scotty's Blues
- The Train Is Leaving
Lil Son Jackson
- Confession
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Nightmare Blues
- Mad Blues
- Ain't It A Shame



Negro Art M-12-SB-364 (Fr 1968?)

Negro Art Records discography

191968Texas Blues - The Early '50s

Smokey Hogg
- Penitentiary Blues [Top Hat 1020]
- Penitentiary Blues, part 2 [Top Hat 1020]
Mercy Dee
- Lonesome Cabin Blues
Frankie Lee Sims
- Lucy Mae Blues
John Hogg
- West Texas Blues
- Black Snake Blues
Frankie Lee Sims
- I'm Long, Long Gone
Buddy Chiles
- Mistreated Blues
Anonymous [Mance Lipscomb]
- Tom Moore's Farm

L.C. Williams
- Trying, Trying
Texas Alexander
- Crossroads

L.C. Williams
- Hole In The Wall
Lightning Hopkins
- Late In The Evening


cover photo (Richmond, Texas) by Chris Strachwitz

note [sic] by Paul Oliver

Blues Classics BC 16 (US 1968)

Blues Classics discography

201970Juke Joint Blues

Eddie Burns
- Bad Woman Blues
Ernest "Buddy" Lewis
- Lonesome Bedroom
Harvey Hill Jr.
- She Fooled Me
Mr. Honey (David Edwards)
- Build A Cave

L.C. Williams
- The Lazy J
Lightning Leon
- Reposession Blues
Alvin Smith
- On My Way

Dr. Hepcat
- Hattie Green
Sonny Boy Holmes
- The $64 Question
Arthur "Big Boy" Spires
- Which One Do I Love [Chance 1137]
Sonny Terry
- Harmonica Train
Sonny Boy Holmes
- T N T Woman
Jimmy Wilson
- Trouble, Trouble
Square Walton
- Bad Hangover


rec. 1948 - 1959

notes by Paul Oliver

Blues Classics BC 23 (US 1970)

Blues Classics discography

211973Down In Hogan's Alley
Piano Blues & Boogie

Cecil Gant
- Hogan's Alley
Robert Boyd
- East St. Louis Blues
Big Maceo
- Do Yo Remember
Bob Gaddy
- Bicycle Boogie

L.C. Williams
- Black Woman
Robert Henry
- Early In The Morning
Roosevelt Sykes
- Blues 'n' Boogie

Little Willie Littlefield
- Swanee River
Smokey Hogg
- River Hip Mama
Detroit Junior
- The Way I Feel
Roosevelt Sykes
- Rock It
Robert Boyd
- Boyd's Bounce
Robert Henry
- Old Battle Ax
Cecil Gant
- Rock The Boogie



Flyright LP 4703 (UK 1973)

Flyright Records discography

221975



West Coast Blues
Blues Anthology Vol. 2

Lowell Fulson - Stormin' And Rainin'
L.C. Williams - All Through My Dreams
Sidney Maiden - Thinking The Blues [Imperial 5189]
Sidney Maiden - Honey Bee Blues [Imperial 5189]
Mercy Dee Walton - Bird Brain Baby
Mercy Dee Walton - Roaming Blues
J.D. Edwards - Crying

Cecil Gant - When You Left Me Baby
Cecil Gant - Blues By Cecil
Amos Milburn - Chicken Shuck Boogie
Joe Turner - Story To Tell
Joe Turner & Wynonie Harris - The Battle Of The Blues
T-Bone Walker - Blues Is A Woman
T-Bone Walker - I Got The Blues



Toshiba/Liberty LLR-8192 (Jp 1975)

Imperial/Liberty discography

231982Houston Jump
1946-51 Rhythm & Blues From Texas

Lonnie Lyons
- Flychick Bounce
Connie McBooker
- Loretta
Elmore Nixon
- I Went To See A Gypsy
Jesse Thomas
- Let's Have Some Fun [Freedom 1513]
Henry Hayes
- Hayes' Boogie
Willie Johnson
- Sampson Street Boogie
Hubert Robinson
- Boogie The Joint
Clarence Garlow
- In A Boogie Mood


L.C. Williams
- Louisiana Boogie
Carl Campbell
- Ooh Wee Baby
Robert Smith
- Freeway Boogie
Joe Houston
- Jumpin' The Blues
Peppermint Harris
- Fat Girl Boogie
Hubert Robinson
- Bad Luck And Trouble
- Old Woman Boogie
Clarence Garlow
- Jumpin' For Joy



Krazy Kat KK 7407 (UK 1982)

Krazy Kat Records discography

2419??Stompin'   Volume Eight
Special Blues Shouter Issue

Joe Turner - I Love My Baby
Elmo Nixon - Forgive Me Baby
Bernie Hardison - Love Me Baby
Dr. Gaddy - Evil Man Blues
Jimmy "Mr. Blues" Williams - Big Legged Woman
Max Bailey - Betty Jane
Mr. Sad Head - Make Haste
Gene Parrish - Dream Blues

Earl Williams - Let's Make Love Tonight
Blow Top Lynn - Rampaging Mam
Pat Valdeler - Baby, Rock Me

L.C. Williams - Shout Baby Shout
Max Bailey - Love Me Pretty Baby
Lee Graves - Papa Said Yes, Mama Said No, No, No
Moohah - Candy
Dave Bartholomew - Good Jax Boogie



Stompin' STOMP 108

Stompin' Records discography

251992Texas Blues
Bill Quinn's Gold Star Recordings

- Gambling Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Homeless Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Cairo Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Evil Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Back to Santa Fe - Lee Hunter

- Trying, Trying - L.C. Williams
- You Never Miss the Water - L.C. Williams
- Cruel Hearted Woman - Thunder Smith [Gold Star 615]
- Big Stars Are Falling - Thunder Smith [Gold Star 615]

- Hole in the Wall - L.C. Williams
- Boogie All the Time - L.C. Williams
- Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin
- Blue Black and Evil Blues - Leroy Ervin
- Roberta Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Freedom Train Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Ground Hog Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Bad Whiskey, Bad Women - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Santa Fe Blues - Thunder Smith [Gold Star 644]

- Black Woman - L.C. Williams
- Strike Blues - L.C. Williams
- You Can't Take It With You Baby - L.C. Williams
- Jet Black Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- No Money No Love - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Gone With the Wind - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson

- I Won't Be Here Long - L.C. Williams
- Angel Child - Andy Thomas
- All the Way From Texas - Perry Cain


notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 352 (US 1992)

Arhoolie Records discography

261992Big Joe Turner, Joe Houston, L.C. Williams: The Big Three

Joe Turner
- Adam Bit The Apple
- Still In The Dark
- Life Is Like A Card Game
- Just A Travelling Man
- Midnight Is Here Again
- Jumping At The Jubilee
Joe Houston
- It's Really Wee Wee Hours
- Waycross Mama
- Jumping The Blues
- Poor Little Girl Is Gone

L. C. Williams
- Jelly Roll
- Mean And Evil Blues
- Shout Baby Shout
- Ethel Mae
- Louisiana Boogie
- I Know That Chick

notes by Marc Ryan

Blue Moon CDBM 095

271992Let's Boogie: The Freedom Records Story 1948-1952

- Let's Have Some Fun - Jesse Thomas
- Crossroads - Texas Alexander
- Come on Let's Boogie - Goree Carter
- Life is Like a Card Game - Big Joe Turner
- No One to Love Me - Leroy 'Country' Johnson
- Flychick Bounce - Lonnie Lyons Combo
- Gettin' High - Carl Campbell
- Adam Bit the Apple - Big Joe Turner
- Loretta - Connie MacBooker
- Hoy Hoy - Goree Carter
- Back Home Blues - Goree Carter
- Fatso - Sammy Harris Orchestra (voc Leon Whitehead)
- Between Midnight and Dawn - Carl Campbell
- She Walk, She Walk (part 1) - Clarence Samuels
- She Walk, She Walk (part 2) - Clarence Samuels
- Faraway Blues - Lonnie Lyons Combo
- Rock Awhile - Goree Carter
- Working With My Baby - Goree Carter

- Won't You Please Come Back - L.C. Williams
- Lost My Head - Clarence Samuels
- She's Just Old Fashioned - Goree Carter
- Bottom's Blues - Texas Alexander

- Jelly Roll - L.C. Williams
- I'll Send You - Goree Carter
- Still in the Dark - Big Joe Turner

- Ethel Mae - L.C. Williams
- Guess I'll Walk Alone - Jesse Thomas

prod. by Roy C. Ames

notes by Mark Ryan

Collectables CD 5267

281993Bounces, Boogies & Blues: The Story of Eddie's Records

Clarence Candy Green
- Galveston
- Green's Bounce
Hubert Robinson
- H.R. Jumps
- Lonely Traveler

Connie McBooker
- Short Baby Boogie
- Rich Women Blues
Sonny Boy Franklin Orchestra
- Jumpin' The Blues
- Merry Go Round
Little Willie Littlefield
- My Best Wishes

L.C. Williams
- Why Don't You Come
- I Don't Want You Baby
Vi-Counts
- Three Months Of Rain
Little Willie Littlefield
- Little Willie's Boogie
- Boogie Woogie Play Girl


notes by Roy C. Ames

Collectables CD 5277

291994Boogie Woogie Riot
American Arhoolie Music

Big Joe Duskin - The Tribute
Pete Johnson - Rocket Boogie '88' (Part 2)
Joe Turner / W. Pete Johnson - Wine-o Baby Boogie
Dave Alexander - The Rattler
Earl Hooker - Earl's Boogie Woogie
Robert Shaw - The Cows
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin's Boogie
Piano Red - Atlanta Bounce
Alex Moore - Rock And Roll Bed
Big Joe Williams - Throw The Boogie Woogie
Big Joe Duskin - Down The Road A Piece
Robert Shaw - Fast Santa Fe (Bear Cat)

L.C. Williams - Boogie All The Time
Piano Red - The Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo
Pete Johnson - Hala Tight Boogie
Lightnin' Hopkins - Hammond Boogie (Organ Boogie)
Mercy Dee - Red Light
Big Walter Horton - Walter's Boogie
Clifton Chenier - Houston Boogie
L.C. Robinson - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie
Katie Webster - I Know That's Right
Dave Alexander - Fillmore Street Boogie
Pete Johnson - Skid Row Boogie


compiled by Chris Strachwitz and John Broven

notes by Chris Smith

Ace CDCHD 526 (UK 1994)

301995Texas Guitar Killers

disc 1:
T-Bone Walker
- My Baby Left Me
- Come Back To Me Baby
- I Can't Stand Being Away From You
- Fast Woman She Is Going To Ruin Me
Gatemouth Brown
- Gatemouth Boogie
- Guitar In My Hand
- After Sunset
- Without Me Baby
Lowell Fulson
- Night And Day
- Double Trouble Blues
- Stormin' And Rainin'
- Good Woman Blues

Lightnin' Hopkins
- All Through My Dreams [Freedom 1529]
- Mean And Evil Blues [Freedom 1529]
Smokey Hogg
- Up Today - Down Tomorrow [Imperial 5106]
- Great Big Mama [Imperial 5111]
- Worryin' Blues [Imperial 5106]
- Need My Help [Colony 103]
- In This World Alone [Colony 103]
- Key To My Door [Imperial 5111]


disc 2:
T-Bone Walker
- The Hustle Is On (LP take)
- Baby, You Broke My Heart=duplicate (78 rpm version)
- Evil Hearted Woman
- No Reason
- Look Me In The Eye (78 rpm version)
- Too Lazy (alt tk)
Pee Wee Crayton
- When It Rains It Pours
- Daybreak
Lowell Fulson
- Blues Don't Leave Me
- Blues Never Fail
- Chuck With The Boys
- You Gotta Reap
Smokey Hogg
- When I've Been Drinking [Imperial 5269]
- I Gotta Ride (IM674)
- Tear Me Down [Imperial 5269]
- Train Whistle [Imperial 5290]
- My Baby's Gone [Imperial 5290]
- Peace Of Mind (IM678)
- Oo-Oo-Wee (IM679)


2 CD set

Capitol CDP 33915 (US 1995)

311996The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story   1945-1955

disc 4:
Lee Graves - Papa Said Yes, Mama Said No, No, No
Lee Graves - I'm From Texas
Luther "Rocky Mountain" Stoneham - Sittin' Here Wonderin'
Luther "Rocky Mountain" Stoneham - January 11, 1949 Blues

L.C. Williams - I Don't Want No Woman [Mercury 8276]
L.C. Williams - Louise [Mercury 8276]
L.C. Williams - I Don't Like To Travel [previously unreleased]
Smokey Hogg - Miss Georgia
Smokey Hogg - She's Always On My Mind
Smokey Hogg - Dirty Mistreater
Smokey Hogg - I'm Looking For My Baby
Violet Hall - (All Alone) I Sit And Cry
Violet Hall - Six Foot Papa (I'm A Whole Lot Of Woman)
John Hogg - Got A Mean Woman
John Hogg - Why Did You Leave Me?
Lightnin' Hopkins - Sad News From Korea
Lightnin' Hopkins - Let Me Fly Your Kite
Lightnin' Hopkins - Gone With The Win
Lightnin' Hopkins - She's Almost Dead
Elmore Nixon - (In Love With A) Married Woman Blues
Elmore Nixon - Playboy Blues
Elmore Nixon - Cave Man Blues
Elmore Nixon - Million Dollar Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Ain't It A Shame
Lightnin' Hopkins - Crazy 'Bout My Baby


8 CD set
notes by Dick Shurman,
Mary Katherine Aldin,
Jim O'Neal & Billy Vera

Mercury CD 8-528292 (US 1996)

321998The Real Blues Brothers   Volume 2

- Ease My Worried Mind - Brownie McGhee & His Jook Block Busters
- Late in the Evening - Hubert Sumlin
- What You Got on Your Mind - Rosco Gordon
- Boogie Me Baby - Charles Brantley
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Somebody Changed the Lock - Champion Jack Dupree

- Rich Women Blues - Connie McBooker
- Lazy J. - L.C. Williams
- Crying Blues - Sonny Terry
- Reckless - Perry Cain
- Ragged and Hungry - Lightin' Jr. & The Empires
- Bull Corn - Goree Carter
- Jitterbug Special - The Roosevelts
- Suicide Blues - Teddy Reynolds
- Worried Life Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Coon Can Annie - The Roosevelts
- Hurry Home Baby - Perry Cain
- I Wonder - Clayton & The Dreamers
- Search Me Lord - Harmony Kings



DCC DZS 159

332003O Blues, Where Art Thou?

Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway
John Lee Hooker - Gonna Boogie
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Mean Old 'Frisco
Andrew Hogg - I Love You Baby
Sonny Terry - Cryin' Blues
James Wayne - Junco Partner
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Goin' Down Slow
Lightnin' Hopkins - Long Way From Texas
Bob Gaddy - Bulldog Blues
Peppermint Harris - Please Tell Me Baby
John Lee Hooker - Bad Boy
Brownie McGhee - Ease My Worried Mind

L.C. Williams - So Sorry
Ray Charles - I Found My Baby There
Lightnin' Hopkins - New York Boogie



Audio Fidelity 001

342003Texas Down Home Blues   1948-1952

disc 1:
- Crossroads Blues - Texas Alexander
- Locked in Jail Blues - Johnny "The Blind Boy" Beck
- Boogie Like You Wanna - Charles Bradix
- Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles
- Lost Woman - Rattlesnake Cooper
- Dark Old World - Big Bill Dotson
- Hattie Green - Lavada Durst
- Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin
- Double Trouble Blues - Lowell Fulson
- Central Avenue Blues - Guitar Slim Green
- West Texas Blues - John Hogg
- Penitentiary Blues - Smokey Hogg
- Good Road Blues - Wright Holmes
- T-Model Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Western Rider Blues - Lawyer Houston
- Back to Santa Fe - Lee Hunter
- Milford Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Please Ma'am, Forgive Me - Jesse James

disc 2:
- Sam's Coming Home - Sam Johnson
- Howling Wolf Blues - Willie Lane
- Loudella - Ernest Lewis
- Neglected Woman - Alex Moore
- Forgive Me - Manny Nichols
- Don't Forget Me Baby - Frankie Lee Sims
- Low Down Dirty Ways - Thunder Smith
- TNT Woman - Sonny Boy Holmes
- January 11, 1949 Blues - Luther "Rocky" Stoneham
- Which Woman Do I Love? - The Sugarman
- Take It Easy - Nathaniel Terry
- I Love My Baby - Andy Thomas
- Mountain Key Blues - Jesse Thomas
- Winehead Swing - James Tisdom
- One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee Walton
- Morning Train Blues - Peter Warfield

- The Lazy J. - L.C. Williams
- Skin and Bones - Little Son Willis


Frémeaux CD FA 5062 (Fr 2003)

352004Down Home Blues Classics (1943-1953)

disc 1
- Little Mama Boogie - Thunder Smith [Aladdin 166]
- Cross Country Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
- Hobo - J.D. Edwards

- Hole In The Wall - L.C. Williams
- Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin
- Alley Special - Wright Holmes
- Quinsella - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Hattie Green - Dr Hepcat
- Angel Chile - Andy Thomas
- Back To Sante Fe - Lee Hunter
- Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper
- Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles
- No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson
- Too Many Woman Blues - Willie Lane
- Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck
- Wee Wee Hours - Charley Bradix
- Forgive Me Blues - Jesse James
- Black Snake Blues - Monister Parker
- Neglected Woman - Alexander Moore
- Gambling Blues - Lil Son Jackson
- Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicols
- Give Me Central 209 - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Western Rider Blues - Soldier Boy Houston
- Take It Easy - Nat Terry
- Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham


disc 2
- Boogie - Snooky & Moody
- Hard Times - Floyd Jones
- Stop Messing Around - Walter Mitchell
- Cadillac Woman - Robert Richard
- Big City Blues - Big Maceo
- Please Don't Think I'm Nosey - Baby Boy Warren
- Notoriety Woman - Eddie Burns
- Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters
- Cut That Out - Junior Wells
- Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins
- Crying Won't Help You - Robert Nighthawk
- Soon One Morning - Rocky Fuller
- Mean Old World - Little Walter
- Tired of Crying Over You - Morris Pejoe
- It Was A Dream - John Brim
- The Last Time - Jimmy Rogers
- Sad Story - Blue Smitty
- Little School Girl - L.C. Greene
- Something's Wrong With My Lovin' Machine - Robert Henry
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- I'll Die Tryin' - J.B. Lenoir
- Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- I Am The Boogie Man - John Lee Hooker
- She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr.
- High And Lonesome - Jimmy Reed


disc 3
- She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams
- How Many Years - Howlin Wolf
- Build Myself A Cave - Mr. Honey
- Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks
- Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard
- Too Late Baby - Stick Horse Hammond
- Country Boy Blues - Pee Wee Hughes
- Ardelle - David "Pete" McKinley
- Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton
- Schoolboy Lost - John Hunter
- Eyesight To The Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson
- 1951 Blues - Luther Huff
- New Arrival - Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Catfish Blues - Bobo Thomas
- Going Home To Mama - Clarence London
- Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee
- Western Union Man Chicago - Sunny Boy
- After Awhile - Papa Lightfoot
- Sweet Angel -Earl Hooker
- Seventy Four Blues - Willie Love
- Easy - Jimmy & Walter
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy DeBarry
- Make A Little Love - Arthur Big Boy Crudup
- Goin' To New Orleans - Goin' To New Orleans


disc 4
- Broome Street Blues - Skookle-Dum-Do & Sheffield
- Black Jack Blues - Gabriel Brown
- Worried Man Blues - The Blues Boys
- Income Tax Blues - Ralph Willis
- Poor Little Angel - Dennis McMillan
- Broke Down Engine - Blind McTell
- Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim
- Number Writer - Dan Pickett
- She's Gone - Big Boy Ellis
- Your Sweet Man Blues - Leroy Dallas
- Blues Mixture - Sticks McGhee
- Shackles Round My Body - Little David
- Ticket Agent - Curley Weaver
- I Got What My Daddy Likes - Marylyn Scott
- Blind's Blues - John Lee
- Keep Your Hands Off 'Er - John Tinsley & Fred Holland
- Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy
- Lizzie Lou - Doug Quattlebaum
- Rub A Little Boogie - Duke Bayou
- So Much Trouble - Brownie McGhee
- Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim
- Baby, Let's Have Some Fun - Sonny Terry
- Rumors About My Baby - Willie Baker
- Gimme Your Bankroll - Square Walton
- Shake Baby Shake Champion - Jack Dupree


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD box

Boulevard Vintage 1003 (UK 2004)

Boulevard Vintage discography

362005Down Home Blues Classics: Texas 1946-1954

disc 1: Lightnin' Boogie
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Lightnin' Boogie
- Katie Mae Blues [Aladdin 167]
- Feel So Bad [Aladdin 168 ? or alt tk ?]
- Short Haired Woman
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209]
- Picture On The Wall
- Sugar Mama
- Someday Baby
- Abilene
- Shotgun
- Lonesome Home
- Tim Moore's Farm
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Automobile
- Jake Head Boogie
- One Kind Favor
- Gotta Move
- Long Way From Texas
- Dirty House
- Freight Train Blues
- Sad News From Korea
- Gone With The Wind
- Sittin' Down Thinkin'
- Don't Think 'Cause You're Pretty
- Sick Feeling Blues
- Had A Gal Called Sal


disc 2: Walking Talking Blues
West Texas Slim - Loudella
Thunder Smith - Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615]
Stick Horse Hammond - Alberta
Frankie Lee Sims - Lucy Mae Blues
Rattlesnake Cooper - Lost Woman Blues
Mercy Dee - Lonesome Cabin Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Bad Whiskey, Bad Woman
Smokey Hogg` - Worried Blues
Willie Lane - Prowlin' Ground Hog
Manny Nichols - Walking Talking Blues
Sonny Boy Davis - Rhythm Blues

L.C. Williams - Strike Blues
Big Son Tillis - Rocks Is My Pillow
Clarence Garlow - Bon Ton Roula
Sunny James - Please Mam Forgive Me [Down Town 2010]
- Wright Holmes - Drove From Home Blues
Leroy Ervin - Blue, Black and Evil
Pete McKinley - Mean Black Snake
Manny Nichols - Tall Skinny Mama Blues
Ernest Lewis - No More Lovin'
Bill Simpson - Jelly Roll Man
Soldier Boy Houston - Dallas Be Bop Blues
Perry Cain - A|l The Way From Texas
John Hogg - Black Snake Blues
Buddy Chiles - Jet Black Woman


disc 3: Little Mae Belle
Frankie Lee Sims - Home Again Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Roberta Blues
Texas Alexander - Crossroads
Thunder Smith - Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615]

L.C. Williams - Boogie All The Time
Ernest Lewis - Rosa Lee
Stick Horse Hammond - Gamblin' Man
Johnny Beck - You Gotta Lay Down Mama
Manny Nichols - Worried Life
Monister Parker - You Gonna Need Me
Smokey Hogg - Misery Blues
Country Slim - What Wrong Have I Done
Mercy Dee - Ba-Ba-Du-Lay Blues (G.I. Fever)
James Tisdom - Throw This Poor Dog A Bone
Andy Thomas - My Baby Quit Me Blues
The Sugarman - Which Woman Do I Love
D.C. Washington - Happy Home Blues
Willie Lane - Howlin' Wolf
Miss Country Slim - In My Girlish Days
Thunder Smith - Low Down Dirty Ways [Down Town 2013]
Andrew Thomas - Chicago Blues
Big Son Tillis - Zetela Blues
Sonny Boy Davis - I Don't Live Here No More
Clarence Garlow - I'm In A Boogie Mood
West Texas Slim - Little Mae Belle


disc 4: She's Gone with the Wind
Soldier Boy Houston - Hug Me Baby
Lil' Son Jackson - Cairo Blues
Leroy 'Country' Johnson - Log House On The Hill
Manny Nichols - No One To Love Me
Ernest Lewis - Shake 'Em On Down
Thunder Smith - Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644]
Big Son & Lillian Tillis - Ten Long Years
Stick Horse Hammond - Highway 5
Lil' Son Jackson - Freedom Train Blues
Frankie Lee Sims - Single Man Blues
James Tisdom - Last Affair Blues
Wright Holmes - Good Road Blues
Manny Nichols - Forgive Me
Andrew Thomas - I Love My Baby
Sunny James - Excuse Me Baby [Down Town 2010]
Luther Stoneham - January 11, 1949 Blues
David Pete McKinley - Shreveport Blues
John Hogg - Worrying Blues
Willie Lane - Black Cat Rag
Ernest Lewis - West Coast Blues
Mercy Dee - Evil And Hanky

L.C. Williams - Black Woman
Soldier Boy Houston - Lawyer Houston Blues
The Sugarman - She's Gone With The Wind
Stick Horse Hammond - Truck 'Em On Down


4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

Boulevard Vintage BVBCD 1012 (UK 2005)

Boulevard Vintage discography

372007Lightnin' Hopkins: Lightnin' Special
Volume 2 of the Collected Works

disc 1:
- What Kind Of Heart Have You
- Mad As I Can Be - (alt tk)
- Ain't It A Shame
- Crazy 'bout My Baby
- What's The Matter Now
- My Mama Told Me
- Highway Blues
- I'm Wild About You Baby
- Bad Things On My Mind
- The War Is Over
- Policy Game
- Merry Christmas
- Happy New Year
- Cemetery Blues
- I Love You Baby
- Shine On Moon
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Lonesome In Your Home
- Remember Me
- Sittin' Down Thinkin'
- Lightnin's Special
- Please Don't Go Baby
- Don't Think 'cause You're Pretty
- Life I Used To Live
- Grandma's Boogie
- My Baby's Gone
- Early Mornin' Boogie


disc 2:
- Moving On Out Boogie
- Sick Feeling Blues
- Hopkins Sky Hop
- Evil Hearted Woman
- Don't Need No Job
- Blues For My Cookie
- Had A Gal Called Sal
- They Wonder Who I Am
- Nothin' But The Blues
- That's Alright Baby
- Finally Met My Baby
- My Little Kewpie Doll
- Wonder What Is Wrong With Me
- Late In The Evening
- Lightnin' Jump
- Leavin' Blues
- Moanin' Blues
- Walkin' The Streets
- Mussy Haired Woman
- Trying, Trying
- You'll Never Miss The Water

L.C. Williams
- Hole In The Wall
- Boogie All The Time
- Strike Blues
- You Can't Take It With You Baby
- So Sorry
- The Lazy J
- Fannie Mae

disc 3:
Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Roberta Blues
- Freedom Train Blues
- Ground Hog Blues
- Bad Whiskey - Bad Women
- Gone With The Wind
- No Money, No Love
- Talkin' Boogie
- Milford Blues
- Cairo Blues
- Evil Blues
- Gambling Blues
- Homeless Blues
Manny Nichols
- Walkin' Blues
- Forgive Me Baby
- Walking Talking Blues
- Tall Skinny Mama Blues
- Worried Life
- Forgive Me
- No One To Love Me
- Throw A Little Boogie
Thunder Smith
- Can't Do Like You Used To [Aladdin 165]
- West Coast Blues [Aladdin 165]
- Little Mama Boogie [Aladdin 166]
- Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615]
- Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615]
- Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644]


disc 4:
Soldier Boy Houston
- Dallas Bebop Blues
- Western Rider Blues
- Hug Me Baby
- Out In California Blues
- In The Army Since 94
- Lawyer Houston Blues
- Going To The West Coast
- Lawton, Oklahoma Blues
J.D. Edwards
- Cryin'
- Playboy Blues
- Hobo
- Cold In The Evening
- West Coast Blues
Ernest Lewis
- Rosa Lee
- Shake 'em On Down
- Loudella
- Little Mae Belle
- No More Lovin'
- West Coast Blues
- What Wrong Have I Done
- In My Girlish Days
Frankie Lee Sims
- Home Again Blues
- Cross Country Blues
- Don't Forget Me Baby
- Single Man Blues


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7790 (UK 2007)

382012Essential Texas Blues

CD 1:
Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Okie Dokie Stomp
Freddie King - Hide Away
Albert Collins - Freeze
Lightnin' Hopkins - Coffee Blues
Jimmy Nelson - "T" 99 Blues
Pee Wee Crayton - Texas Hop
Ray Sharpe - Linda Lu
Clarence Garlow - Crawfishin'
Smokey Hogg - Little School Girl
Peppermint Harris - Rainin' In My Heart
Big Mama Thornton - I Smell A Rat
T-Bone Walker - Mean Old World
Little Willie Littlefield - It's Midnight (No Place To Go)
Jimmy McCracklin - Just Got To Know
Zuzu Bollin - Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night?
Clarence Samuels - Chicken Hearted Woman
Texas Alexander - Crossroads
Frankie Lee Sims - What Will Lucy Do?
Earl Gilliam - Wrong-Doing Woman
Garry Goodgion - Blues Party
Smokey Hogg - Misery Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Freedom Train Blues
Big Maceo - Texas Blues
Clarence Samuels - Hey Joe
Lester Williams - Winter Time Blues

CD 2:
T-Bone Walker - Strollin' With Blues
Frankie Lee Sims - Lucy Mae Blues
Peppermint Harris - Angel Child
Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - She Winked Her Eye
Jimmy Nelson - Meet Me With Your Black Dress On
Clarence Garlow - Route 90
Goree Carter - Every Dog Has Its Day
Clarence Samuels - Lollypop Mama
Little Willie Littlefield - Hurry Baby
Lightnin' Hopkins - Jack Head Boogie
Big Mama Thornton - Nightmare
Smokey Hogg - Comin' Out Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Gambling Blues
Henry Thomas - Fishing Blues
Blind Willie Johnson - Motherless Children
Luther Stoneham - Sittin' Here Wonderin'
Sonny Boy Johnson - Quinsella
Lightnin' Hopkins - Give Me Central 209

L.C. Williams - You Can't Take It With You Baby
Pee Wee Crayton - When It Rains It Pours
Elmore Nixon - Playboy Blues
Smokey Hogg - Shake A Leg
Jimmy McCracklin - Looking For A Woman
Mance Lipscomb - Sugar Babe
Ray Sharpe - That's The Way I Feel




LP 1 Side 1:
- Texas Blues - Big Maceo
- Coffee Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Freeze - Albert Collins
- Okie Dokie Stomp - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
- 'T' 99 Blues - Jimmy Nelson
- Hide Away - Freddie King
- Crawfish - Clarence Garlow

LP 1 Side 2:
- Little School Girl - Smokey Hogg
- Just Got To Know - Jimmy McCracklin
- Rainin' In My Heart - Peppermint Harris
- I Smell A Rat - Big Mama Thornton
- Mean Old World - T-Bone Walker
- It's Midnight (No Place To Go)- Little Willie Littlefield
- What Will Lucy Do? - Frankie Lee Sims

LP 2 Side 1:
- Crossroads - Texas Alexander
- Texas Hop - Pee Wee Crayton
- Chicken -Hearted Woman- Clarence Samuels
- Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night? - Zuzu Bollin
- Blues Party - Gary Goodgion
- Misery Blues - Smokey Hogg
- Hey Joe - Clarence Samuels

LP 2 Side 2:
- Strollin' With The Blues - T-Bone Walker
- Freedom Train Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- Linda Lu - Ray Sharpe
- Hurry Baby - Little Willie Littlefield
- Wrong -Doing Woman - Earl Gilliam
- Lucy Mae Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
- Angel Child - Peppermint Harris


2 CD set / 2 LP set

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Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 407
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 295
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 60, 671-672
- Paul Oliver & Mack McCormick: L.C. Williams - An Obituary.- Jazz Monthly 7, #1 (March 1961), p.15
- http://jukegh.blogspot.de/2012/04/lc-williams-downhome-texas-blues.html
- http://wired-for-sound.blogspot.de/2013/06/conrad-johnson-and-his-orchestra-on.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Paul Vernon, Chris Strachwitz, Phil Wight and Daniel G. Eskew for additional info / scans

 

Lightnin' Hopkins & L.C.   Luke 'Long Gone' Miles,   L.C. W I L L I A M S & Lightnin' Hopkins, August 1960; source: http://brazosvalleyblues.blogspot.de/p/chapter-nine.html; photographer: Paul Oliver
Luke 'Long Gone' Miles, L.C. Williams & Lightnin' Hopkins, August 1960
source: http://brazosvalleyblues.blogspot.de/p/chapter-nine.html
photographer: Paul Oliver

 

Lightnin' Hopkins & L.C.   Luke 'Long Gone' Miles,   L.C. W I L L I A M S, Joe 'Spider' Kilpatrick & Lightnin' Hopkins, Houston, TX, August 1960; source: Alan Govenar: Lightnin' Hopkins - His Life and Blues.- Chicago (Chicago Review Press) 2010, unpaginated photo pages between pp. 178 & 179; photographer: Chris Strachwitz
Luke 'Long Gone' Miles, L.C. Williams, Joe 'Spider' Kilpatrick & Lightnin' Hopkins, Houston, TX, August 1960
source: Alan Govenar: Lightnin' Hopkins - His Life and Blues.- Chicago (Chicago Review Press) 2010, unpaginated photo pages between pp. 178 & 179
photographer: Chris Strachwitz

 

Lightnin' Hopkins & L.C. "Lightnin' Jr." Williams at the Sputnik Bar in Houston, TX, 1960
The amp is a 1950s National Valco 1202 Sportsman Tweed, the guitar seems to be a Kay K-161 Thin Twin Jimmy Reed Model

Lightnin' Hopkins & L.C.   'Lightnin' Jr.'   W I L L I A M S at the Sputnik Bar in Houston, TX, 1960; source: Back cover of Arhoolie LP F 1011 'Lightnin' Sam Hopkins'; photographer: Chris Strachwitz. The amp is a 1950s National Valco 1202 Sportsman Tweed, the guitar seems to be a Kay K-161 Thin Twin Jimmy Reed Model
source: Back cover of Arhoolie LP F 1011 "Lightnin' Sam Hopkins"
photographer: Chris Strachwitz

Lightnin' Hopkins & L.C.   'Lightnin' Jr.'   W I L L I A M S at the Sputnik Bar in Houston, TX, 1960; source: Alan Govenar: Lightnin' Hopkins - His Life and Blues.- Chicago (Chicago Review Press) 2010, unpaginated photo pages between pp. 178 & 179; photographer: Chris Strachwitz. The amp is a 1950s National Valco 1202 Sportsman Tweed, the guitar seems to be a Kay K-161 Thin Twin Jimmy Reed Model
source: Alan Govenar: Lightnin' Hopkins - His Life and Blues.- Chicago (Chicago Review Press) 2010,
unpaginated photo pages between pp. 178 & 179
photographer: Chris Strachwitz

Lightnin' Hopkins & L.C.   'Lightnin' Jr.'   W I L L I A M S at the Sputnik Bar in Houston, TX, 1960; source: Paul Oliver: Conversation with the Blues.- 2nd ed., Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 1997, p. 45; photographer: Chris Strachwitz. The amp is a 1950s National Valco 1202 Sportsman Tweed, the guitar seems to be a Kay K-161 Thin Twin Jimmy Reed Model
source: Paul Oliver: Conversation with the Blues.- 2nd ed., Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 1997, p. 45
photographer: Paul Oliver

 

 

 

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