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Blues is the cornerstone of American popular music, the bedrock of rock and roll. In this extraordinary musical and social history, Robert Palmer traces the odyssey of the blues from its rural beginnings, to the steamy bars of Chicago's South Side, to international popularity, recognition, and imitation.
Palmer tells the story of the blues through the lives of its greatest practitioners: Robert Johnson, who sang of being pursued by the hounds of hell; Muddy Waters, who electrified Delta blues and gave the music its rock beat; Robert Lockwood and Sonny Boy Williamson, who launched the King Biscuit Time radio show and brought blues to the airwaves; and John Lee Hooker, Ike Turner, B. B. King, and many others.
Palmer tells the story of the blues through the lives of its greatest practitioners: Robert Johnson, who sang of being pursued by the hounds of hell; Muddy Waters, who electrified Delta blues and gave the music its rock beat; Robert Lockwood and Sonny Boy Williamson, who launched the King Biscuit Time radio show and brought blues to the airwaves; and John Lee Hooker, Ike Turner, B. B. King, and many others.
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1 Texas Folk Songs Alan LomaxVacantJoy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 7:05 pm https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/269359.Deep_Blues
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2 The Complete Recordings Robert Johnson
Page 2
3 Folk Singer Muddy Waters
Page 3
4 Live on Maxwell Street - 1964 Robert Nighthawk
Page 4
5 Father of Folk Blues Son House
Page 4
6 How Long - How Long Blues / My Own Lonesome Blues Leroy Carr
Page 4
7 When the Levee Breaks / That Will Be Alright Memphis Minnie
Page 4
8 Founder of the Delta Blues Charley Patton
Page 4
9 My Black Mama (Parts 1 & 2)
Son House
My Black Mama (Parts 1 & 2) (1931) [Single]
"My Black Mama"
Page 4
10 Sweet Home Chicago / Walkin' Blues
Robert Johnson
Sweet Home Chicago / Walkin' Blues (1937) [Single]
"Walkin' Blues"
Page 4
11 Country Blues / I Be's Troubled
McKinley Morganfield
Country Blues / I Be's Troubled (1941) [Single]
"Country Blues"
Page 4
12 Country Blues / I Be's Troubled
McKinley Morganfield
Country Blues / I Be's Troubled (1941) [Single]
"I Be's Troubled"
Page 6
13 Charles Berry
Sideman of Muddy Waters: "Muddy with second guitar by Charles Berry", page 6.
14 Be True, Be True Blues / Tell Me Man Blues Henry Sims
as "Son Sims", page 6
15 Blues Breakers Eric Clapton
Page 12
16 I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man / She's So Pretty
Muddy Waters and His Guitar
I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man / She's So Pretty (1954) [Single]
Page 13
"Hoochie Coochie Man"
17 The Last Waltz
The Band
The Last Waltz (1978)
Page 13
mentions this specific "Mannish Boy" by Muddy Waters, on The Band's The Last Waltz
18 Second Winter Johnny Winter
Page 13
19 Blue Smitty
Page 15
birth name Claude Smith.
"by 1946 [Muddy Waters] was gigging regularly in a little electric band with Claude Smith, a guitarist from the Arkansas Delta"
20 Blues Blues Blues Jimmy Rogers
Page 15
21 Rollin' and Tumblin' Part 1 / Rollin' and Tumblin' Part 2 Leroy Foster
Page 15
as "Baby Face Leroy"
22 The Best of Little Walter Little Walter
Page 15
as Little Walter Jacobs
23 It's Tight Like That / Grievin' Me Blues Tampa Red
Page 16
24 It's Tight Like That / Grievin' Me Blues Thomas A. Dorsey
Page 16
as Georgia Tom
birth name Thomas A. Dorsey
25 Texas Blues / Worried Life Blues Big Maceo Merriweather
Page 16
as Big Maceo
26 Good Morning, School Girl / Sugar Mama John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
Page 16
27 Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones
Page 16
28 Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan
Page 16
29 Dust My Broom / Catfish Blues Elmore James
Page 16
30 The Great Serenades: Including Eine Kleine Nachtmusik [Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Page 19
31 Jazz Abstractions Gunther Schuller
Page 29
32 Black, Brown and Beige Mahalia Jackson
Page 30
33 'Live' at the Apollo James Brown
Page 30
34 "Ragtime Texas": Complete Recorded Works - 1927 to 1929 in Chronological Order Henry Thomas
Page 35
35 Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order (1928-1929) Tommy Johnson
Page 35
36 Moanin' in the Moonlight Howlin' Wolf
Page 35
37 Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground / It's Nobody's Fault but Mine Blind Willie Johnson
Page 35
38 Mississippi Jail House Groan / Ham Hound Crave Rube Lacy
Page 35
as Rubin Lacy
39 Money Jungle Max Roach
Page 37
40 Illumination! Elvin Jones
Page 37
41 The Devil's Dream: Alan Lomax's 1942 Library of Congress Recordings Sid Hemphill
Page 38
42 "After the Ball is Over"
Page 38
"After the Ball is Over" by Sid Hemphill
Available on "Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942)" (DOCD-5577)
43 The Devil's Dream: Alan Lomax's 1942 Library of Congress Recordings
Sid Hemphill
The Devil's Dream: Alan Lomax's 1942 Library of Congress Recordings (2013) [Compilation]
Page 38
"The Sidewalks of New York" by Sid Hemphill
44 Ed Young & His Southern Fife and Drum Corps
Page 39
45 LeDell Johnson
Page 41
"a Mississippi bluesman-turned-preacher born in 1892"
46 "Frankie and Albert"
Page 41
The traditional song, generally mentioned without specified version
47 "Looking for the Bully of the Town"
Page 42
The traditional song
48 "Stackolee"
Page 42
The traditional song
49 "John Henry"
The traditional song
50 The Devil's Dream: Alan Lomax's 1942 Library of Congress Recordings
Sid Hemphill
The Devil's Dream: Alan Lomax's 1942 Library of Congress Recordings (2013) [Compilation]
Page 42
"The Carrier Line" by Sid Hemphill
51 Stack-A'Lee (Part I) / Stack-A'Lee (Part II)
Archibald and His Orchestra
Stack-A'Lee (Part I) / Stack-A'Lee (Part II) (1950) [Single]
Page 42
as "Stack-a-Lee" by Archibald
52 Stagger Lee / You Need Love
Lloyd Price
Stagger Lee / You Need Love (1958) [Single]
Page 42
"Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price
53 Yellow Dog Blues / St. Louis Blues W. C. Handy
Page 42
54 "East St. Louis Blues"
Page 42
No specific version: "[W. C.] Handy called the song he heard [in 1892] in St. Louis "East St. Louis Blues". He didn't indicate whether the people who sang it called it that in 1892 […]".
55 "Hesitation Blues"
Page 43
The traditional song
56 Green River Blues / Elder Green Blues
Charley Patton
Green River Blues / Elder Green Blues (1930) [Single]
Page 43
"Elder Green Blues" by Charley Patton
57 King of the Country Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson
Page 44
58 Jealous Hearted Blues / See See Rider Blues Ma Rainey
Page 44
59 Joseph Kekuku
Page 46
"[the slide guitar] was introduced there [Hawaii] between 1893 and 1895, reputedly ba a schoolboy, Joseph Kekuku."
60 Pagan Love Song / Ua like no a like (Sweet Constancy) Frank Ferera
Page 46
61 Walk Right In Gus Cannon
Page 46
62 Everyday Seem Like Murder Here Hayes McMullan
Page 48
Consistently written as "Hayes McMullen"
63 Alec Lee or Alex Lee
Page 46
"The guitarist [Gus Cannon first heard play the slide guitar] was Alec or Alex Lee, who had been born around 1870 […]"
64 "John Henry" by Alec or Alex Lee
Page 46
"The songs he played with a knife included "John Henry", probably one of the earliest slide guitar pieces"
65 "Poor Boy Long Ways from Home" by Alec or Alex Lee
Page 46
"The songs he played with a knife included […] "Poor Boy Long Ways from Home", a melodious one verse song in which each line is repeated three times (AAA) and answered by the slider."
66 Chatmon Family, Henderson Chatmon
Page 51
"He [Charley Patton] would slip away and perform […] with members of the Chatmon family, almost all of whom seemed to play at least one instrument"
Among Henderson Chatmon's children were important blues performers, not mentioned here by name, but including:
Bo Carter (birth name Armenter Chatmon, nickname Bo Chatmon)
Sam Chatmon
Harry Carter (birth name Harry Chatmon)
Lonnie Chatmon
67 Henry Sloan
Page 51
"Charley [Patton] loved the new music and began following Sloan everywhere, watching, listening, and learning."
Page 57
"We know less about Henry Sloan then [sic] we know about Charley Patton. We know that Sloan was already playing blues in 1897, making him one of the first blues musicians anywhere."
68 Pea Vine Blues / Tom Rushen Blues
Charley Patton
Pea Vine Blues / Tom Rushen Blues (1929) [Single]
Page 53
"Pea Vine Blues" by Charley Patton
69 Live at the Regal B.B. King
Page 56
70 Ella and Louis Louis Armstrong
Page 57
71 Elvis Presley Elvis Presley
Page 57
72 Make Me a Pallet on the Floor / Shetland Pony Blues Willie Brown
Page 58
73 Dick Bankston, Ben Maree
Page 59
"Tommy Johnson spent a year or two absorbing the music of the Patton-Brown juggernaut and of musicians like Dick Bankston and Ben Maree who played in a related style."
74
Tommy Johnson and New Orleans Nehi Boys / Tommy Johnson
Black Mare Blues / Lonesome Home Blues (1930) [Single]
Page 59
"Black Mare Blues" by Tommy Johnson, although not named as such:
"He [Tommy Johnson] began teaching his new music, which included a version of [Charley Patton's] "Pony Blues" […]."
Although melodically, a number of Patton's and Johnson's recordings are very similiar, "Black Mare Blues" is Johnson's most likely contender for a "Pony Blues"-version simply due to lyrical content.
75 Pony Blues / Banty Rooster Blues
Charley Patton
Pony Blues / Banty Rooster Blues (1929) [Single]
Page 59
"Pony Blues" by Charley Patton
It's implied that it's Patton's version, not explicitly said
76 Masters of Modern Blues Volume 4 Houston Stackhouse
Page 60
birth name Houston Garth
77 Jack Hicks
Page 61
78 Mott Willis, Cap Holmes
Page 61
"Dick Bankston, Mott Willis, and Cap Holmes, three particularly adept guitarists"
for Dick Bankston, see above.
79 Fiddlin' Joe Martin
Page 61
80 Jimmy Holloway
Page 61
"and Jimmy Holloway, who later became a preacher in Memphis."
81 Be Altitude: Respect Yourself The Staple Singers
Page 61
"By the mid-twenties, a still younger crop of bluesmen had come along. One of the was Roebuck Staples, who left for Chicago in 1930 and eventually molded his family into a successful gospel and pop group, the Staple Singers."
82 Blues & Ballads Lonnie Johnson
Page 62
83 The Complete Bukka White Bukka White
Page 62
84 Saddle My Pony (Gonna Find My Baby Out in the World Somewhere) / Worried All the Time
The Howlin' Wolf
Saddle My Pony (Gonna Find My Baby Out in the World Somewhere) / Worried All the Time (1952) [Single]
Page 63
"Saddle My Pony" by Howlin' Wolf
85 High Water Everywhere (Part I) / High Water Everywhere (Part II)
Charley Patton
High Water Everywhere (Part I) / High Water Everywhere (Part II) (1930) [Single]
Page 64
"High Water Everywhere" by Charley Patton
86 Moon Going Down / Going to Move to Alabama
Charley Patton
Moon Going Down / Going to Move to Alabama (1930) [Single]
Page 64
"Moon Going Down" by Charley Patton
87
Charley Patton
Frankie and Albert / Some of These Days I'll Be Gone (1932) [Single]
Page 65
"Frankie and Albert" by Charley Patton
88 Rattlesnake Blues / Runnin' Wild Blues
Charley Patton
Rattlesnake Blues / Runnin' Wild Blues (1930) [Single]
Page 65
"Runnin' Wild Blues" by Charley Patton
89 Poor Me / 34 Blues
Charlie Patton
Poor Me / 34 Blues (1934) [Single]
Page 65
"Poor Me" by Charley Patton
90 Shake It and Break It But (Don't Let It Fall Mama) / A Spoonful Blues
Charley Patton
Shake It and Break It But (Don't Let It Fall Mama) / A Spoonful Blues (1929) [Single]
Page 66
"A Spoonful Blues" by Charley Patton
91 Pea Vine Blues / Tom Rushen Blues
Charley Patton
Pea Vine Blues / Tom Rushen Blues (1929) [Single]
Page 71
"Tom Rushen Blues" by Charley Patton
92 Pony Blues / Banty Rooster Blues
Charley Patton
Pony Blues / Banty Rooster Blues (1929) [Single]
Page 77
"Banty Rooster Blues" by Charley Patton
93 Oh Death / Troubled 'Bout My Mother Bertha Lee
Page 77
94 On the Wall / By the Moon and Stars Louise Johnson
Page 79
95 James McCoy
Page 79f.
"and [Son House] took up the guitar under the tutelage of an otherwise obscure thirty-five-year-old musician named James McCoy.
House learned from McCoy two blues that were to become Delta staples. […] his original recordings […] were called "My Black Mama" and "Preachin' the Blues".
96 Preachin' the Blues—Part I / Preachin' the Blues—Part II
Son House
Preachin' the Blues—Part I / Preachin' the Blues—Part II (1930) [Single]
Page 80
"Preachin' the Blues" by Son House
97 I Can't Be Satisfied / Feel Like Going Home
Muddy Waters
I Can't Be Satisfied / Feel Like Going Home (1948) [Single]
Page 80
"Feel Like Going Home" by Muddy Waters
98 Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles
Page 81
99 Delta Big Four
Page 82
"singer Wheeler Ford of the Delta Big Four gospel quartet"
100 On the Wall / By the Moon and Stars
Louise Johnson
On the Wall / By the Moon and Stars (1930) [Single]
Page 83
"On the Wall" by Louise Johnson
101 Bird Nest Bound / Dry Well Blues
Charley Patton
Bird Nest Bound / Dry Well Blues (1931) [Single]
Page 83
"Bird Nest Bound" by Charley Patton
102 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out / Take It Right Back ('Cause I Don't Want It Here) Bessie Smith
Page 87
103 Bumble Bee / I'm Talking About You
Memphis Minnie (Minnie McCoy)
Bumble Bee / I'm Talking About You (1930) [Single]
Page 87
"Bumble Bee" by Memphis Minnie
104 Yellow Bee / Mind Reader Blues
Bertha Lee
Yellow Bee / Mind Reader Blues (1934) [Single]
Page 87
"Yellow Bee" by Bertha Lee, though not named as such:
"one of which covered the Memphis Minnie hit "Bumble Bee"."
105 Yellow Bee / Mind Reader Blues
Bertha Lee
Yellow Bee / Mind Reader Blues (1934) [Single]
Page 87
"Mind Reader Blues" by Bertha Lee
106 Poor Me / 34 Blues
Charlie Patton
Poor Me / 34 Blues (1934) [Single]
Page 88
"34 Blues" by Charley Patton
107 "I've Got a Mother Up in Kingdom" by Charley Patton
Page 88
unissued song
108 "Oh Lord I'm in Your Hands" by Charley Patton
Page 88
unissued song
109 Oh Death / Troubled 'Bout My Mother
Patton and Lee
Oh Death / Troubled 'Bout My Mother (1935) [Single]
Page 88
"Oh Death" by Charley Patton
110 Blues Jam in Chicago: Volume One David "Honeyboy" Edwards
Page 89
as "Honeyboy Edwards"
111 Louisiana Blues / Evan's Shuffle
Muddy Waters
Louisiana Blues / Evan's Shuffle (1950) [Single]
Page 98
"Louisiana Blues" by Muddy Waters
112 Ernest (Big) Crawford
Page 98
as "Big Crawford"
113 Elgin Evans
Page 98
114 I Am the Blues Willie Dixon
Page 98
115 Shake, Rattle and Roll / You Know I Love You Big Joe Turner
Page 102
116 Two Steps From the Blues Bobby Bland
Page 102
117 Honey Bee / Appealing Blues
Muddy Waters and His Guitar
Honey Bee / Appealing Blues (1951) [Single]
Page 103
"Honey Bee" by Muddy Waters
118 Catfish Blues / Ride 'Em On Down
Robert Petway
Catfish Blues / Ride 'Em On Down (1941) [Single]
Page 104
"Catfish Blues" by Robert Petway & Tommy McClennan
119 Whiskey Head Woman / Bottle It Up and Go Tommy McClennan
Page 104
120 Catfish Blues / Ride 'Em On Down Robert Petway
Page 104
121 Rollin' Stone / Walking Blues
Muddy Waters
Rollin' Stone / Walking Blues (1950) [Single]
Page 104
"Rollin' Stone" by Muddy Waters, discussed as his version of "Catfish Blues" by Petway and McClennan
122 My Fault / Still a Fool
Muddy Waters and His Guitar
My Fault / Still a Fool (1951) [Single]
Page 104
"Still a Fool" by Muddy Waters
123 Rollin' and Tumblin' (Part 1) / Rollin' and Tumblin' (Part 2)
Muddy Waters
Rollin' and Tumblin' (Part 1) / Rollin' and Tumblin' (Part 2) (1950) [Single]
Page 104
"Rollin' and Tumblin'" by Muddy Waters
124 Sitting on Top of the World / Lonely One in This Town Mississippi Sheiks
Page 104
125 Memphis Blues / St. Louis Blues
Handy's Orchestra
Memphis Blues / St. Louis Blues (1923) [Single]
Page 105
"Memphis Blues" and "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy / Handy's Orchestra
126 The Laughing Song George W. Johnson
Page 105
127 The Whistling Coon
George W. Johnson
The Whistling Coon (1890) [Single]
Page 105
"The Whistling Coon" by George W. Johnson
128 Let's Get Loose: Folk and Popular Blues Styles from the Beginnings to the Early 1940s
Various Artists
Let's Get Loose: Folk and Popular Blues Styles from the Beginnings to the Early 1940s (1978) [Compilation]
Page 105
The compilation itself is mentioned
129 I'm Saving Up the Means to Get to New Orleans / Nigger Blues
Al Jolson / George O'Connor
I'm Saving Up the Means to Get to New Orleans / Nigger Blues (1916) [Single]
Page 105
"Nigger Blues" by George O'Connor
130 Dixieland Jass Band One-Step / Livery Stable Blues Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Page 106
as "Original Dixieland Jass Band"
131 Crazy Blues / It's Right Here for You (If You Don't Get It—'Taint No Fault o' Mine) Mamie Smith
Page 106
132 Crazy Blues / It's Right Here for You (If You Don't Get It—'Taint No Fault o' Mine)
Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds
Crazy Blues / It's Right Here for You (If You Don't Get It—'Taint No Fault o' Mine) (1920) [Single]
Page 106
"Crazy Blues" by Mamie Smith
133 Guitar Blues / Guitar Rag Sylvester Weaver
Page 106
134 Daddy Stovepipe
Page 106
135 Shake That Thing / The Faking Blues Papa Charlie Jackson
Page 106
136 Paris Blues Sammy Price
Page 106
137 T-Bone Blues T-Bone Walker
Page 107
138 That Black Snake Moan / Stocking Feet Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
That Black Snake Moan / Stocking Feet Blues (1926) [Single]
Page 107
"That Black Snake Moan" by Blind Lemon Jefferson
139 Match Box Blues / Easy Rider Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Match Box Blues / Easy Rider Blues (1927) [Single]
Page 107
"Match Box Blues" by Blind Lemon Jefferson
140 'Lectric Chair Blues / See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Blind Lemon Jefferson
'Lectric Chair Blues / See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (1928) [Single]
Page 107
"See That My Grave's Kept Clean" by Blind Lemon Jefferson
141 Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker Blind Blake
Page 107
birth name Arthur Phelps
142 Muddy Water Blues / Milkcow Blues Freddie Spruell
Page 107
aka Papa Freddie / Mr. Freddie
143 Tom Cat Blues / Low-Down Mississippi Bottom Man
Freddie Spruell
Tom Cat Blues / Low-Down Mississippi Bottom Man (1928) [Single]
Page 107
"Low Down Mississippi Bottom Man" by Freddie Spruell
144 Canned Heat Blues / Big Fat Mamma Blues
Tommy Johnson
Canned Heat Blues / Big Fat Mamma Blues (1929) [Single]
Page 108
"Big Fat Mama" by Tommy Johnson
145 Mississippi Bottom Blues / Rowdy Blues Kid Bailey
Page 108
146 Mississippi Bottom Blues / Rowdy Blues
Kid Bailey
Mississippi Bottom Blues / Rowdy Blues (1929) [Single]
Page 108
"Mississippi Bottom Blues" by Kid Bailey
147 He's in the Jailhouse Now / Old Dog Blue Jim Jackson
Page 109
148 Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues (Parts 1 & 2)
Jim Jackson
Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues (Parts 1 & 2) (1927) [Single]
Page 109
"Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues"
149 Swamp Root / Going Away Walkin' 'Harmonica' Frank Floyd
Page 109
150 Kansas City Blues / Crying Won't Help You
Robert Nighthawk
Kansas City Blues / Crying Won't Help You (1951) [Single]
Page 109
"Kansas City Blues" by Robert Nighthawk with Harmonica Frank Floyd
151 "Kansas City" written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
Page 109
"[Jim] Jackson's song should not be confused with the blues that begins "I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come," which was written by two white teenagers, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, in 1952."
152 Yakety Yak Jerry Leiber
Page 109
153 Yakety Yak Mike Stoller
Page 109
154 Mr. Scrapper's Blues Scrapper Blackwell
Page 109
155 How Long - How Long Blues / My Own Lonesome Blues
Leroy Carr
How Long - How Long Blues / My Own Lonesome Blues (1928) [Single]
"How Long – How Long Blues" by Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell
156 It's Tight Like That / Grievin' Me Blues
Tampa Red and Georgia Tom
It's Tight Like That / Grievin' Me Blues (1928) [Single]
Page 110
"It's Tight Like That" by Tampa Red and Georgia Tom (birth name Thomas A. Dorsey)
157 Blue Baby / I Want My Baby
Sunnyland Slim
Blue Baby / I Want My Baby (1949) [Single]
Page 110
"I Want My Baby" by Little Walter / Muddy Waters / Sunnyland Slim
""How Long – How Long" is a blues band staple even today, and the first recorded collaboration between Muddy Waters and Little Walter, in 1948, produced "I Want My Baby", one of countless "Tight Like That" derivatives."
This one's a bit weird: "I Want My Baby" was written / copied by Little Walter, but the Tempo-Tone B-side was credited to Sunnyland Slim and Muddy Waters (spelled as "Sunny Land Slim" and "Muddy Water", respectively).
158 Duke Ellington & John Coltrane Duke Ellington
Page 110
159 Atlanta Twelve String: Blues Originals Vol. 1 Blind Willie McTell
Page 110
160 Three Women Blues / Statesboro Blues
Blind Willie McTell
Three Women Blues / Statesboro Blues (1929) [Single]
Page 110
"Statesboro Blues" by Blind Willie McTell
161 Elephant Mountain The Youngbloods
Page 110
162 At Fillmore East The Allman Brothers Band
Page 110
163 Sitting on Top of the World / Lonely One in This Town
Mississippi Sheiks
Sitting on Top of the World / Lonely One in This Town (1930) [Single]
Page 110
"Sitting on Top of the World" by the Mississippi Sheiks
164 Me and the Devil Blues / Little Queen of Spades
Robert Johnson
Me and the Devil Blues / Little Queen of Spades (1938) [Single]
Page 111f.
"Me and the Devil Blues" by Robert Johnson
165 Hell Hound on My Trail / From Four Until Late
Robert Johnson
Hell Hound on My Trail / From Four Until Late (1937) [Single]
Page 113
as "Hellhound on My Trail" by Robert Johnson
166 Ike Zinneman
Page 113
"[Robert Johnson] developed his guitar playing under the tutelage of a musician named Ike Zinneman, who was from Alabama and claimed to have learned to play by visiting graveyards at midnight."
167 Hell Hound on My Trail / From Four Until Late
Robert Johnson
Hell Hound on My Trail / From Four Until Late (1937) [Single]
Page 114
mentioned as "From Four Till Late" by Robert Johnson
168 32-20 Blues / Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Robert Johnson
32-20 Blues / Last Fair Deal Gone Down (1937) [Single]
Page 114
"Last Fair Deal Gone Down" by Robert Johnson
169 Milk Cow Blues / Old Original Kokomo Blues Kokomo Arnold
Page 114
170 The Devil's Son-In-Law [The Blues Collection #82] Peetie Wheatstraw
Page 114
birth name William Bunch
171 The Complete 1931 Session Skip James
Page 114
172 Milk Cow Blues / Old Original Kokomo Blues
Kokomo Arnold
Milk Cow Blues / Old Original Kokomo Blues (1934) [Single]
Page 114
"Old Original Kokomo Blues" by Kokomo Arnold
173 Kokomo Blues / Penal Farm Blues
Scrapper Blackwell
Kokomo Blues / Penal Farm Blues (1928) [Single]
Page 114
"Kokomo Blues" by Scrapper Blackwell
174 Sweet Home Chicago / Walkin' Blues
Robert Johnson
Sweet Home Chicago / Walkin' Blues (1937) [Single]
Page 114
"Sweet Home Chicago" by Robert Johnson
175 Milk Cow Blues / Old Original Kokomo Blues
Kokomo Arnold
Milk Cow Blues / Old Original Kokomo Blues (1934) [Single]
Page 114
"Milk Cow Blues" by Kokomo Arnold
176 Malted Milk / Milkcow's Calf Blues
Robert Johnson
Malted Milk / Milkcow's Calf Blues (1937) [Single]
Page 114
"Milkcow's Calf Blues" by Robert Johnson
177 Back to the Woods / Sagefield Woman Blues
Kokomo Arnold
Back to the Woods / Sagefield Woman Blues (1935) [Single]
Page 115
"Sagefield Woman Blues" by Kokomo Arnold
178 I Believe I'll Dust My Broom / Dead Shrimp Blues
Robert Johnson
I Believe I'll Dust My Broom / Dead Shrimp Blues (1937) [Single]
Page 115
mentioned as "Dust My Broom" by Robert Johnson
179 Rumours Fleetwood Mac
Page 115
180 Party of One George Thorogood
Page 115
181 The Honeydripper Roosevelt Sykes
Page 115
182 Crooked Creek Blues / Drunk Man Blues Walter Davis
Page 115
183 (Good Morning Susie) I'm Gonna Beat Your Bread / Sealskin Black Woman Lee Green
Page 115
184 Gypsy Woman / Little Anna Mae Sunnyland Slim
Page 115
185 Crapshooter's Blues / Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp
Peetie Wheatstraw
Crapshooter's Blues / Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp (1937) [Single]
Page 115
mentioned as "Peetie Wheatstraw Stomps" by Peetie Wheatstraw, as he recorded a couple of numbers with stomp titles
186 The First Shall Be Last and the Last Shall Be First / Deep Sea Love
Peetie Wheatstraw
The First Shall Be Last and the Last Shall Be First / Deep Sea Love (1936) [Single]
Page 116
"The First Shall Be Last and the Last Shall Be First" by Peetie Wheatstraw
Indirectly mentioned through a quote: "Well, the first woman I had, she made me get on my knees / And had the nerve to ask me, ooh, well, well, if I liked limburger cheese"
187 Long Lonesome Dive / The Last Dime
Peetie Wheatstraw
Long Lonesome Dive / The Last Dime (1934) [Single]
Page 116
"Long Lonesome Dive" by Peetie Wheatstraw
Indirectly mentioned through a quote: "I'm going down to the Mississippi, I believe I'll take me a long, lonesome dive / Do you think that if I commit murder, well, God, will I ever get back alive?"
188 Creeping Blues / Ice and Snow Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
Creeping Blues / Ice and Snow Blues (1934) [Single]
Page 116
"Ice and Snow Blues" by Peetie Wheatstraw
Indirectly mentioned through a quote: "I did more for you than you understand / You can tell by the bullet holes, mama, now here in my hand"
189 C and A Blues / Six Weeks Old Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
C and A Blues / Six Weeks Old Blues (1931) [Single]
Page 116
"Six Weeks Old Blues" by Peetie Wheatstraw
190 32-20 Blues / Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Robert Johnson
32-20 Blues / Last Fair Deal Gone Down (1937) [Single]
Page 116
"32-20 Blues" by Robert Johnson
191 22-20 Blues / If You Haven't Any Hay, Get On Down the Road
Skip James
22-20 Blues / If You Haven't Any Hay, Get On Down the Road (1931) [Single]
Page 116
"22-20 Blues" by Skip James
192 Devil Got My Woman / Cypress Grove Blues
Skip James
Devil Got My Woman / Cypress Grove Blues (1931) [Single]
Page 116
"Devil Got My Woman" by Skip James
193 "It Must Have Been the Devil"
Page 116
"James's "Devil Got My Woman", a blues that was widely known around Bentonia by the early thirties as "It Must Have Been the Devil"
194 Come On in My Kitchen / They're Red Hot
Robert Johnson
Come On in My Kitchen / They're Red Hot (1937) [Single]
Page 117
"Come on in My Kitchen" by Robert Johnson
195 Steady Rollin' Man Robert Lockwood Jr.
Page 117
196 Too Wet to Plow Johnny Shines
Page 117
197 The Real Folk Blues Sonny Boy Williamson
Page 118
birth name Rice Miller, aka Sonny Boy Williamson II
198 Willie's Blues Memphis Slim
Page 118
birth name Peter Chatman
199 William Warren
Page 118
"Houston Stackhouse […] remembers hearing Robert Nighthawk and the Mississippie Sheiks playing […]: 'The Black Cat Drugstore was down on the low end […], William Warren, he was a good guitar packer, and Robert was blowin' the harp'."
200 Masters of Modern Blues Volume 3 Floyd Jones
Page 118
201 "My Blue Heaven", "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby"
Page 121
Allusion to Robert Johnson playing these popular songs (but there are no recordings, of course)
202 The Crowing Rooster / Leaving Home Blues Walter Rhodes
Page 123
203 The Crowing Rooster / Leaving Home Blues
Walter Rhodes with "Pet" and "Can"
The Crowing Rooster / Leaving Home Blues (1928) [Single]
Page 123
"The Crowing Rooster" by Walter Rhodes, Pet and Can
204 The Crowing Rooster / Leaving Home Blues Richard "Hacksaw" Harney
Page 123
"the guitar-playing brothers Pet and Can" are mentioned: "Can was Richard Harney, an exceptional technician"
205 Hambone Willie Newbern
Page 123
206 Roll and Tumble Blues / Nobody Knows (What the Good Deacon Does)
Hambone Willie Newbern
Roll and Tumble Blues / Nobody Knows (What the Good Deacon Does) (1929) [Single]
Page 123
"Hambone Willie Newbern made the first recording of the Delta standard 'Roll and Tumble Blues', or 'Rolling and Tumbling,' in 1929"
207 Graveyard Diggers' Blues / Lonesome Road Blues Sam Collins
Page 123
mentioned as Crying Sam Collins
208 Baby, Please Don't Go / Wild Cow Blues Big Joe Williams
Page 124
mentioned as "Joe Williams" and separately mentioned from "Big Joe Williams" in the index – but the description fits Big Joe Williams, I think this is just sloppy editing.
"Joe Williams, who grew up in eastern Mississippi but absorbed much of Patton's Delta style, recorded successfully in Chicago beginning in the mid-thirties"
209 Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs Big Bill Broonzy
Page 124
210 Terraplane Blues / Kind Hearted Woman Blues
Robert Johnson
Terraplane Blues / Kind Hearted Woman Blues (1937) [Single]
Page 125
"Terraplane Blues" and "Kind Hearted Woman" by Robert Johnson
211 Sweet Home Chicago / Walkin' Blues
Robert Johnson
Sweet Home Chicago / Walkin' Blues (1937) [Single]
Page 125
"Sweet Home Chicago" by Robert Johnson
212 Cross Road Blues / Ramblin' on My Mind
Robert Johnson
Cross Road Blues / Ramblin' on My Mind (1937) [Single]
Page 125
"Ramblin' on My Mind" by Robert Johnson
213 Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped the Devil) / Love in Vain Blues
Robert Johnson
Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped the Devil) / Love in Vain Blues (1939) [Single]
Page 125
"Preachin' Blues" by Robert Johnson
214 Sweet Home Chicago / Walkin' Blues
Robert Johnson
Sweet Home Chicago / Walkin' Blues (1937) [Single]
Page 125
"Walkin' Blues" by Robert Johnson
215 The Complete Recordings
Robert Johnson
The Complete Recordings (1990) [Compilation]
Page 125
"If I Had Possession over Judgment Day" by Robert Johnson
216 Cross Road Blues / Ramblin' on My Mind
Robert Johnson
Cross Road Blues / Ramblin' on My Mind (1937) [Single]
Page 125
"Cross Road Blues" by Robert Johnson
217 Disraeli Gears Cream
Page 125
218 Hell Hound on My Trail / From Four Until Late
Robert Johnson
Hell Hound on My Trail / From Four Until Late (1937) [Single]
Page 127
as "Hellhound on My Trail" by Robert Johnson
219 Me and the Devil Blues / Little Queen of Spades
Robert Johnson
Me and the Devil Blues / Little Queen of Spades (1938) [Single]
Page 127
"Me and the Devil Blues" by Robert Johnson
220 Stones in My Passway / I'm a Steady Rollin' Man
Robert Johnson
Stones in My Passway / I'm a Steady Rollin' Man (1937) [Single]
Page 127
"Stones in My Passway" by Robert Johnson, not mentioned by name, but quoted: "I got stones in my passway and my road seem dark as night / I have pains in my heart, they have taken my appetite"
221 Hell Hound on My Trail / From Four Until Late
Robert Johnson
Hell Hound on My Trail / From Four Until Late (1937) [Single]
Page 127
"From Four until Late" by Robert Johnson
222 Stop Breakin' Down Blues / Honeymoon Blues
Robert Johnson
Stop Breakin' Down Blues / Honeymoon Blues (1938) [Single]
Page 127
"Stop Breakin' Down Blues" by Robert Johnson
223 Exile on Main St.
The Rolling Stones
Exile on Main St. (1972)
Page 127
the album Exile on Main Street by the Rolling Stones is mentioned
224 The Complete Recordings
Robert Johnson
The Complete Recordings (1990) [Compilation]
Page 127
"Travelling Riverside Blues" by Robert Johnson
225 Stop Breakin' Down Blues / Honeymoon Blues
Robert Johnson
Stop Breakin' Down Blues / Honeymoon Blues (1938) [Single]
Page 127
"Honeymoon Blues" by Robert Johnson
226 Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped the Devil) / Love in Vain Blues
Robert Johnson
Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped the Devil) / Love in Vain Blues (1939) [Single]
Page 127
as "Love in Vain" by Robert Johnson
227 West Side Soul Magic Sam
Page 128
228 Mystery Train / Love My Baby Junior Parker
Page 128
229 Rub a Dub / Stop Breaking Down
Sonny Boy Williamson
Rub a Dub / Stop Breaking Down (1948) [Single]
Page 128
"Stop Breaking Down" by John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
230 Taj Mahal Taj Mahal
Page 128
231 Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs Derek and The Dominos
Page 129
232 The Complete Recordings
Robert Johnson
The Complete Recordings (1990) [Compilation]
Page 129
"Phonograph Blues" by Robert Johnson
233 John Hammond
Page 130
"impresario John Hammon, the man who had launched the skyrocketing careers of Count Basie, Billie Holiday, and Benny Goodman"
234 Basie Count Basie
Page 130
235 Lady in Satin Billie Holiday
Page 130
236 Sing, Sing, Sing (Parts 1 & 2) Benny Goodman
Page 130
237 Honky Tonky Train Blues / Dearborn Street Breakdown Meade Lux Lewis
Page 130
238 The First Day Albert Ammons
Page 130
239 8 to the Bar (Two Piano Boogie Woogie for Dancing) Pete Johnson
Page 130
240 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy / Bounce Me Brother The Andrews Sisters
Page 130
241 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy / Bounce Me Brother
The Andrews Sisters
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy / Bounce Me Brother (1941) [Single]
Page 130
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" by the Andrews Sisters
242 A Symposium of Swing Tommy Dorsey
Page 130
243 Boogie Woogie / Weary Blues
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
Boogie Woogie / Weary Blues (1938) [Single]
Page 130
as "T.D.s Boogie Woogie" by Tommy Dorsey
244 Freight Train Boogie The Delmore Brothers
Page 130
245 Hillbilly Boogie / I'm Sorry I Caused You to Cry
Delmore Brothers
Hillbilly Boogie / I'm Sorry I Caused You to Cry (1946) [Single]
Page 130
"Hillbilly Boogie" by the Delmore Brothers
246 Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don't Love Nobody but Me) / Of All the Wrongs You Done to Me Clarence Williams
Page 131
247 Texas Piano: Volume 1 - 1923-1935 George Thomas
Page 131
as "George W. Thomas"
248 New Orleans Hop Scop Blues / Jazzin' Babies' Blues
Clarence Williams' Blue Five / King Oliver's Jazz Band
New Orleans Hop Scop Blues / Jazzin' Babies' Blues (1924) [Single]
Page 131
"New Orleans Hop Scop Blues" by Clarence Williams
249 Pine Top's Boogie Woogie / Pine Top Blues
"Pine Top" Smith
Pine Top's Boogie Woogie / Pine Top Blues (1929) [Single]
Page 131
"Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" by Clarence "Pinetop" Smith
250 Pine Top's Boogie Woogie / Pine Top Blues Pinetop Smith
Page 131
as Clarence "Pinetop" Smith
251 Joined at the Hip Pinetop Perkins
Page 131
252 "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" by Pinetop Perkins
Page 131
not named as such, but identified: "the title was 'Pine Top's Boogie Woogie' […]. It […] spawned numerous imitiation, including an early fifties recording by Delta pianist Joe Willie 'Pinetop' Perkins".
This refers to Pinetop Perkins' 1953-recording of the song, only available on V/A-compilations, most of which collect the early blues sides cut by the Sun label. But I recommend getting it on Memphis Blues (JSP 7777).
253 Jazz Classics Vol. 1 Sidney Bechet
Page 134
254 Jazz at Massey Hall Charlie Parker
Page 134
255 Sonny Side Up Dizzy Gillespie
Page 134
256 Hamp and Getz Lionel Hampton
Page 134
257 Flying Home / Save It Pretty Mama
Lionel Hampton and Orchestra
Flying Home / Save It Pretty Mama (1940) [Single]
Page 134
"Flying Home" by Lionel Hampton
258 Saturday Night Fish Fry (Part 1) / Saturday Night Fish Fry (Concluded) Louis Jordan
Page 134
259 Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster Coleman Hawkins
Page 134
260 Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster Ben Webster
Page 134
261 Big Bill Broonzy and Washboard Sam Washboard Sam
Page 135
262 Jumpin' With Jonah Jonah Jones
Page 135
263 The Chronogical Classics: Chu Berry 1937-1941 Chu Berry
Page 135
264 The Chronogical Classics: Sid Catlett 1944 - 1946 Sid Catlett
Page 135
as "Big Sid Catlett"
265 Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers Hound Dog Taylor
Page 144
266 Crudup's After Hours / That's All Right Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
Page 145
267 Prowling Night-Hawk / Sold It to the Devil
Black Spider Dumplin' / Robert Lee McCoy
Prowling Night-Hawk / Sold It to the Devil (1937) [Single]
Page 145
as "Prowling Nighthawk" by Robert Nighthawk (as Robert Lee McCoy)
268 I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More 1929-1941 Sleepy John Estes
Page 145
269 Mandolin Blues Yank Rachell
Page 145
270 Good Morning, School Girl / Sugar Mama
Sonny Boy Williamson
Good Morning, School Girl / Sugar Mama (1937) [Single]
Page 145
mentioned as "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" by John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
271 I've Been Dealing With the Devil / War Time Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
I've Been Dealing With the Devil / War Time Blues (1940) [Single]
Page 146
as "I Been Dealing with the Devil" by John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
272 Jivin' the Blues / My Little Machine
John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
Jivin' the Blues / My Little Machine (1941) [Single]
Page 146
"My Little Machine" by John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
273 7936 South Rhodes Eddie Boyd
Page 146
274 Sonny Boy's Jump / Elevator Woman
John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
Sonny Boy's Jump / Elevator Woman (1946) [Single]
Page 147
"Elevator Woman" by John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
275 Chicago Blues Johnny Young
Page 147
276 I'm a Southern Man Louis Myers
Page 147
277 "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are Marching" and "If I Could Hear My Mother Pray"
Page 149
Sunnyland Slim talking about how he learned these songs as a young boy
278 Chicago: The Living Legends Little Brother Montgomery
Page 149
279 Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg Jerry Lee Lewis
Page 150
280 Dehlco Robert, Long Tall Friday
Page 150
"There [Little Brother Montgomery] met two pianists who worked the joints in Louisiana and Mississippi, Dehlco Robert and Long Tall Friday"
281 "The Forty Fours" by Little Brother Montgomery
Page 150
mentions that Little Brother Montgomery developed and popularized "The Forty Fours", but other pianists recorded and released versions of it before him. Montgomery's eventual record of this song is called "Vicksburg Blues"
282 Number Forty-Four Blues / Railroad Blues
Lee Green
Number Forty-Four Blues / Railroad Blues (1929) [Single]
Page 151
unnamed mention of Lee Green's version of "The Forty Fours"
283 "44" Blues / Boot That Thing
Roosevelt Sykes
"44" Blues / Boot That Thing (1929) [Single]
Page 151
unnamed mention of Roosevelt Sykes' version of "The Forty Fours"
284 No Special Rider Blues / Vicksburg Blues
Little Brother Montgomery
No Special Rider Blues / Vicksburg Blues (1930) [Single]
Page 151
"Vicksburg Blues" by Little Brother Montgomery – the title of the recorded version of his own "The Forty Fours"
285 Get Yourself a Monkey Man, Make Him Strut His Stuff / When My Man Shimmies Butterbeans and Susie
Page 152
as "Butterbeans and Suzy"
286 Blues Jam in Chicago: Volume One Big Walter Horton
Page 153
as Walter Horton
287 Grief Will Kill You / Bad in Mind Blues Little Buddy Doyle
Page 153
288 Grief Will Kill You / Bad in Mind Blues
Little Buddy Doyle
Grief Will Kill You / Bad in Mind Blues (1939) [Single]
Page 153
"Bad in Mind Blues" by Little Buddy Doyle
289 Honey Stealin' Blues / On the Killin' Floor Doctor Clayton
Page 154
birth name Peter Cleighton
290 Carpenter Man Blues / Little Girl Little Girl Lee Brown
Page 155
291 The Genius of the Electric Guitar Charlie Christian
Page 155
292 Black Night / Once There Lived a Fool Charles Brown
Page 155
293 After Midnight Nat "King" Cole
Page 155
294 Homer Harris
Page 156
295 Get Ready to Meet Your Man / Love Me or Let Me Be James Clark
Page 156
296 Johnson Machine Gun / Fly Right Little Girl
Sunny Land Slim with Muddy Water
Johnson Machine Gun / Fly Right Little Girl (1948) [Single]
Page 157f.
"Johnson Machine Gun" and "Fly Right Little Girl" by Sunnyland Slim
297 Gypsy Woman / Little Anna Mae
Muddy Water with Sunny Land Slim
Gypsy Woman / Little Anna Mae (1948) [Single]
Page 158
"Gypsy Woman" and "Little Anna Mae" by Muddy Waters
298 Joe Willie Wilkins
Page 158
299 I Feel So Worried / So Long Baby Goodbye Willie Johnson
page 158
300 I Can't Be Satisfied / Feel Like Going Home
Muddy Waters
I Can't Be Satisfied / Feel Like Going Home (1948) [Single]
Page 159
"I Can't Be Satisfied" and "Feel Like Going Home" by Muddy Waters
301 Ora-Nelle Blues / I Just Keep Loving Her
Little Walter
Ora-Nelle Blues / I Just Keep Loving Her (1947) [Single]
Page 159
"I Just Keep Loving Her" and "Ora Nelle Blues" by Little Walter Jacobs and Othum Brown
302 Othum Brown
Page 159
"guitarist Othum Brown" (played with Little Walter)
303 Wang-Dang-Doodle / Back Door Man
Howlin' Wolf
Wang-Dang-Doodle / Back Door Man (1961) [Single]
Page 161
"Back Door Man" by Howlin' Wolf
Not mentioned by title, but quoted: "as Howlin' Wolf later sang, 'The men don't know, but the little girls understand.'"
304 Big Town Play Boy / Shelby County Johnny Jones
Page 163
305 You're Gonna' Miss Me (When I'm Dead and Gone) / Mean Red Spider
Muddy Waters
You're Gonna' Miss Me (When I'm Dead and Gone) / Mean Red Spider (1949) [Single]
Page 163
"You're Gonna Miss Me" by Muddy Waters
306 Long Distance Call / Too Young to Know
Muddy Waters and His Guitar
Long Distance Call / Too Young to Know (1951) [Single]
Page 163
"Long Distance Call" by Muddy Waters
307 Early Morning Blues / She Moves Me
Muddy Waters and His Guitar
Early Morning Blues / She Moves Me (1951) [Single]
Page 163
"She Moves Me" by Muddy Waters
308 All Night Long / Country Boy
Muddy Waters
All Night Long / Country Boy (1952) [Single]
Page 164
"Country Boy" by Muddy Waters
309 My Fault / Still a Fool
Muddy Waters and His Guitar
My Fault / Still a Fool (1951) [Single]
Page 164
"My Fault" by Muddy Waters
310 Alabama Blues J.B. Lenoir
Page 165
311 I Wanna Play a Little While - The Complete Singles Collection 1950-1960
J.B. Lenoir
I Wanna Play a Little While - The Complete Singles Collection 1950-1960 (2015) [Compilation]
Page 165
"Everybody Wants to Know" by J.B. Lenoir
This was issued as a single (and gets mentioned as such), but isn't yet here in the RYM-database, so I link to an excellent compilation where it's available
312 Whose Muddy Shoes John Brim
Page 165
313 Just Make Love to Me / Oh! Yeh
Muddy Waters and His Guitar
Just Make Love to Me / Oh! Yeh (1954) [Single]
Page 165
"Just Make Love to Me" by Muddy Waters, "(which is better known as 'I Just Want to Make Love to You')"
314 I'm Ready / I Don't Know Why
Muddy Waters
I'm Ready / I Don't Know Why (1954) [Single]
Page 165
"I'm Ready" by Muddy Waters
315 My Buddy Blues / Return, Gal of Mine The Five Breezes
Page 166
316 The Big Three Trio Big Three Trio
Page 166
317 Juke / Can't Hold On Much Longer
Little Walter and His Night Cats
Juke / Can't Hold On Much Longer (1952) [Single]
Page 167
"Juke" by Little Walter
318 The Biggest Thing Since Colossus Otis Spann
Page 167
319 Friday Ford
Page 167
"Otis Spann […], who'd learned to play from his father, the Delta bluesman Friday Ford"
320 Riot in Cell Block #9 / Wrap It Up
The Robins
Riot in Cell Block #9 / Wrap It Up (1954) [Single]
Page 167
"Riot in Cell Block Number Nine" by the Robins
321 Riot in Cell Block #9 / Wrap It Up The Robins
Page 167
322 Yakety Yak / Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart The Coasters
Page 167
323 The Man With the Golden Arm
Elmer Bernstein
The Man With the Golden Arm (1956)
Page 167
"A little later Muddy and Willie Dixon were surpried to hear one of Muddy's stop-time patterns pop up in the jazz soundtrack to the film 'Man with the Golden Arm'."
324 Francis Clay
Page 168
325 Ooh Wee / Clouds in My Heart
Muddy Waters
Ooh Wee / Clouds in My Heart (1959) [Single]
Page 168
"Cloud in My Heart" by Muddy Waters
326 The Complete Muddy Waters (1947-1967)
Muddy Waters
The Complete Muddy Waters (1947-1967) (1992) [Compilation]
Page 168
"Flood" by Muddy Waters – found on this compilation, for example
327 Sonny Payne
Page 174
"a white radio announcer and former swing band bassist who's lived in Helena most of his life", nickname "Sunshine" Sonny Payne
--> not to be confused with Sonny Payne, the drummer for Sinatra, Basie…
328 Little Boy Blue / Take a Little Walk With Me
Robert Lockwood Jr.
Little Boy Blue / Take a Little Walk With Me (1941) [Single]
Page 176
"Talk a Little Walk With Me" by Robert Lockwood
329 King Biscuit Stomp / Don't You Leave Me Here
Big Joe Williams
King Biscuit Stomp / Don't You Leave Me Here (1948) [Single]
Page 177
"King Biscuit Stomp" by John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson with Big Joe Williams, credited here to Big Joe Williams
"in 1947 John Lee [Williamson] apparently attempted to cash in on [Rice] Miller's popularity in the South by recording a version of the King Biscuit Time theme song as 'King Biscuit Stomp,' with Mississippi guitarist Big Joe Williams accompanying him"
330 Alcohol Blues / Apple Tree Swing
Sonny Boy Williamson
Alcohol Blues / Apple Tree Swing (1948) [Single]
Page 177
"Alcohol Blues" by John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
331 I'm Gonna Train My Baby / Black Spider Blues
Robert Lockwood Jr.
I'm Gonna Train My Baby / Black Spider Blues (1941) [Single]
Page 178
"Black Spider Blues" by Robert Lockwood
332 "Mr. Down Child" by Robert Johnson
Page 179
unrecorded song by Robert Johnson
333 Mr. Down Child / Stop Now Baby
Sonny Boy Williamson
Mr. Down Child / Stop Now Baby (1952) [Single]
Page 179
"Mr. Down Child" by Sonny Boy Williamson I
334 Complete Trix Recordings
Robert Lockwood Jr.
Complete Trix Recordings (1999) [Compilation]
Page 179
"Mr. Down Child" by Robert Lockwood
A song Lockwood must have played since the 1930s or -40s, but his first recording seems to be from 1974's album "Contrasts" – available on this excellent compilation
335 Little Boy Blue / Take a Little Walk With Me
Robert Lockwood Jr.
Little Boy Blue / Take a Little Walk With Me (1941) [Single]
Page 180
"Little Boy Blue" by Robert Lockwood
336 You're Gonna' Miss Me (When I'm Dead and Gone) / Mean Red Spider
Muddy Waters
You're Gonna' Miss Me (When I'm Dead and Gone) / Mean Red Spider (1949) [Single]
Page 181
"Mean Red Spider" by Muddy Waters
337 "That's All Right" by Robert Lockwood
Page 181
"That's All Right" by Robert Lockwood.
It's universally acknowledged that this blues standard is "Robert's song", as Muddy Waters puts it – but he apparently never recorded it. The version that made "Robert's song" as such a commercial hit is universally understood to be That's All Right / Ludella by Jimmy Rogers. Rogers of course claims it to be his own construction – and during the shift from blues as pure folk tradition to 1950s mass distribution through records, who could really argue with that?
There's got to be something wrong with this, meaning, there must be a Lockwood-version. Let me know, I didn't spend too much time on this for now.
338 Help Me / Bye Bye Bird
Sonny Boy Williamson
Help Me / Bye Bye Bird (1963) [Single]
Page 185
"Bye Bye Bird" by Sonny Boy Williamson II
339 Complete Trix Recordings
Robert Lockwood Jr.
Complete Trix Recordings (1999) [Compilation]
Page 186
"King Biscuit Time" by Robert Lockwood on his album ...Does 12 which is available on this collection
"The version Lockwood recorded in 1975"
340 James "Peck" Curtis
Page 189
341 Memphis Jug Band Memphis Jug Band
Page 189
342 Joe Martin
Page 190
"another early Delta blues drummer whose work survives on a few recordings, Joe Martin"
343 Robert "Dudlow" Taylor
Page 191
344 Clownin' With the World Willie Love
Page 191
345 Cool Drink of Water Blues / Big Road Blues
Tommy Johnson
Cool Drink of Water Blues / Big Road Blues (1928) [Single]
Page 193
"Big Road Blues" by Tommy Johnson
346 Bye Bye Blues / Maggie Campbell Blues
Tommy Johnson
Bye Bye Blues / Maggie Campbell Blues (1928) [Single]
Page 193
"Maggie Campbell Blues" by Tommy Johnson
347 Percy McCollum
Page 193
"In 1932 [Robert] Nighthawk's brother, Percy McCollum, joined the duo on harmonica"
348 It Serve You Right to Suffer John Lee Hooker
Page 193
349 Henry's Worry Blues / Long Ago Blues Henry Townsend
Page 194
as "Henry Townshend"
350 Taking It and Make My Get Away / Tough Luck [by Robert Lee McCoy]
Tampa Red
Taking It and Make My Get Away / Tough Luck [by Robert Lee McCoy] (1937) [Single]
Page 194
"Tough Luck" by Robert Nighthawk (as Robert Lee McCoy)
351 Blue Bird Blues / Jackson Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
Blue Bird Blues / Jackson Blues (1937) [Single]
Page 194
"Blue Bird Blues" by John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
352 The Son Seals Blues Band Son Seals
Page 194
353 Born Under a Bad Sign Albert King
Page 194
354 Don't You Lie to Me / Anna Lou Blues
Tampa Red
Don't You Lie to Me / Anna Lou Blues (1941) [Single]
Page 195
"Anna Lou Blues" by Tampa Red
355 Annie Lee Blues / Black Angel Blues
The Nighthawks
Annie Lee Blues / Black Angel Blues (1949) [Single]
Page 195
as "Anna Lee Blues" and "Black Angel Blues" (aka "Sweet Black Angel") by Robert Nighthawk
356 Kansas City Red
Page 195
"drummer Kansas City Red"
357 "One O'Clock Jump", "The Sheik of Araby", "Stardust" by Robert Nighthawk
Page 197
Robert Nighthawk narrating that his band used to play these jazz numbers, but there are no recordings
358 Clarinet Marmalade / Singin' the Blues Eddie Lang
Page 197
359 Blue Bone Eddie Durham
Page 197
360 Lester Leaps Again / After Theatre Jump The Kansas City Five
Page 197
361 Pagin' the Devil / Way Down Yonder in New Orleans Kansas City Six
Page 197
362 Pres and Teddy Lester Young
Page 197
363 T-Bone Blues / It Must Have Been a Dream Les Hite and His Orchestra
Page 197
364 Do It If You Want To Snooky Pryor
Page 199
365 Arthur Johnson
Page 199
"And around the same time [Jimmy Rogers] took up the guitar, learning initially from Arthur Johnson, a musician who played around Greenwood. Johnson never recorded […]"
366 Lonesome in my Bedroom Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson
Page 199
367 A-Tisket A-Tasket / Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) Chick Webb
Page 201
368 Caldonia / Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Caldonia / Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door (1945) [Single]
Page 201
"Caldonia" by Louis Jordan
369 Johnny Williams, Moody Jones
Page 203
"[Little] Walter began frequenting the Maxwell Street area with a group of Mississippi musicians that included Othum Brown, Johnny Williams, Johnny Young, and Moody Jones"
Brown and Young have been mentioned before. I'm quite sure the book isn't talking about the New York-based bassist called Johnny Williams from broadly the same era
370 Cleanhead's Back in Town: Eddie Vinson Sings Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Page 204
371 "Things Ain't What They Used to Be"
Page 204
Allusion to Robert Lockwood playing this song, but there is no recording by him that I am aware of
372 Bill Johnson aka Destruction
Page 204
"Destruction turned out to be a formidable blues and boogie pianist, and something more."
373 "Frock" O'Dell
Page 205
"drummer 'Frock' O'Dell"
374 Rock Me Mamma / Who's Been Foolin' You
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
Rock Me Mamma / Who's Been Foolin' You (1945) [Single]
Page 206
"Rock Me Mama" by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
375 "Rock Me Baby"
Page 206
General allusion to the blues standard (inspired by "Rock Me Mama", see above), no specified version
376 Crudup's After Hours / That's All Right
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
Crudup's After Hours / That's All Right (1947) [Single]
Page 206
"That's All Right" by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
377 "Mattie Is My Wife" by Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller)
Page 207
Available on Sonny Boy Williamson's II: Final Sessions 1963–4 (Blue Night Records BN 073-1668)
378 Robert Nighthawk & Forrest City Joe [The Blues Collection #63] Forest City Joe
Page 207
379 Gotta Let You Go / Boogie in the Park Joe Hill Louis
Page 207
380 Bus Stop Oliver Sain
Page 207
381 Pledging My Love / No Money Johnny Ace
Page 207
382 Down the Road Apiece / Don't Beg Me Amos Milburn
Page 207
383 K. C. Loving / Pleading at Midnight Little Willie Littlefield
Page 207
384 Reconsider Baby / I Believe I'll Give It Up Lowell Fulson
Page 207
385 That's All Right / Ludella
Jimmy Rogers and His Trio
That's All Right / Ludella (1950) [Single]
Page 210
"That's All Right" and "Ludella" by Jimmy Rogers
386 David Myers
Page 211
"Louis and David Myers, two guitar playing brothers from Byhalia"
Louis Myers is already mentioned earlier
387 Eddie Clearwater / Fred Below / Eddie Taylor Fred Below
Page 211
388 Since I Met You Baby / You Can't Stop This Rocking and Rolling Ivory Joe Hunter
Page 212
389 Cotton Crop Blues / Hold Me in Your Arms James Cotton
Page 212
390 Crazy About You Baby / Eyesight to the Blind
Sonny Boy Williamson
Crazy About You Baby / Eyesight to the Blind (1951) [Single]
Page 213
"Eyesight to the Blind" by Sonny Boy Williamson II
391 Nine Below Zero / Mighty Long Time
Sonny Boy Williamson
Nine Below Zero / Mighty Long Time (1953) [Single]
Page 213
"Mighty Long Time" by Sonny Boy Williamson II with Cliff Bivens
392 Cliff Bivens
Page 213
"'Mighty Long Time', an unaccompanied vocal and harmonica showpiece with overdubbed bass singing by Cliff Bivens"
393 I Cross My Heart / West Memphis Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson, His Harmonica & Houserockers
I Cross My Heart / West Memphis Blues (1953) [Single]
Page 213
"West Memphis Blues" by Sonny Boy Williamson II
394 Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues / Pontiac Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues / Pontiac Blues (1951) [Single]
Page 213
"Pontiac Blues" by Sonny Boy Williamson II
395 Nine Below Zero / Mighty Long Time
Sonny Boy Williamson
Nine Below Zero / Mighty Long Time (1953) [Single]
Page 213f.
"Nine Below Zero" by Sonny Boy Williamson II
396 Gettin' Out of Town / She Brought Life Back to the Dead
Sonny Boy Williamson
Gettin' Out of Town / She Brought Life Back to the Dead (1954) [Single]
Page 214
"She Brought Life Back to the Dead" by Sonny Boy Williamson II
397 Mr. Down Child / Stop Now Baby
Sonny Boy Williamson
Mr. Down Child / Stop Now Baby (1952) [Single]
Page 214
"Mr. Down Child" by Sonny Boy Williamson II
398 Dust My Broom / Catfish Blues
Elmo James
Dust My Broom / Catfish Blues (1951) [Single]
Page 214
"Catfish Blues" by Bo Bo Thomas – not by Elmore James, whose "Dust My Broom" is simply the A-side here
399 Bo Bo Thomas
Page 214
"an otherwise obscure singer named Bo Bo Thomas"
400 Workin' Together Ike Turner
Page 214
401 Blues Jam in Chicago: Volume One J.T. Brown
Page 214
402 Live at The Piano Man Odie Payne
Page 214
403 I Believe / I Held My Baby Last Night
Elmore James
I Believe / I Held My Baby Last Night (1952) [Single]
Page 215
"I Believe" by Elmore James
404 Masters of Modern Blues Volume 3 Eddie Taylor
Page 215
405 Blues on the South Side Homesick James
Page 215
birth name William Henderson, aka James Williamson
406 The Sky Is Crying / Held My Baby Last Night
Elmo James and His Broomdusters
The Sky Is Crying / Held My Baby Last Night (1960) [Single]
Page 215
"The Sky Is Crying" Elmore James
407 Look on Yonder Wall / Shake Your Moneymaker
Elmore James
Look on Yonder Wall / Shake Your Moneymaker (1962) [Single]
Page 215
"Shake Your Moneymaker" by Elmore James
408 It Hurts Me Too / Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
Elmore James and His Broomdusters
It Hurts Me Too / Elmore's Contribution to Jazz (1957) [Single]
Page 215
"It Hurts Me Too" by Elmore James
409 She Done Moved / Something Inside Me
Elmore James
She Done Moved / Something Inside Me (1965) [Single]
Page 215
as "Something Inside of Me" by Elmore James
410 Don't Start Me Talkin' / All My Love in Vain
"Sonny Boy" Williamson
Don't Start Me Talkin' / All My Love in Vain (1955) [Single]
Page 215
"Don't Start Me Talking" by Sonny Boy Williamson II
411 Berry Is on Top Chuck Berry
Page 216
412 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley
Page 216
413 No More Doggin' / Maria Rosco Gordon
Page 220
as Roscoe Gordon
414 Solid Soul Willie Mitchell
Page 220
415 Let's Stay Together Al Green
Page 220
416 Wildflower Hank Crawford
Page 220
417 We Three Phineas Newborn Jr.
Page 220
418 The Honeydripper (Parts 1 & 2) Joe Liggins
Page 220
419 Rocket "88" / Come Back Where You Belong Jackie Brenston
Page 221
420 Willie Kizart
Page 221
"The guitarist [of Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm] Willie Kizart grew up around Tutwiler and Glendora"
421 The Blues Are Alive and Well Lee Kizart
Page 221
422 2 Bugs and a Roach Earl Hooker
Page 221
423 The Snuggle / Bourbon Street Jump Raymond Hill
Page 221
424 Rocket "88" / Come Back Where You Belong
Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats
Rocket "88" / Come Back Where You Belong (1951) [Single]
Page 222
"Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats (same band as Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm)
425 Sixty-Minute Man / I Can't Escape From You
The Dominoes
Sixty-Minute Man / I Can't Escape From You (1951) [Single]
Page 223
"Sixty Minute Man" by the Dominoes (spelled as the Dominos)
426 Bill Brown
Page 223
427 Shake, Rattle and Roll / A. B. C. Boogie Bill Haley
Page 224
428 Rocket "88" / Tearstains on My Heart
Bill Haley and The Saddlemen
Rocket "88" / Tearstains on My Heart (1951) [Single]
Page 224
"Rocket 88" by Bill Haley
429 Shake, Rattle and Roll / A. B. C. Boogie
Bill Haley and His Comets
Shake, Rattle and Roll / A. B. C. Boogie (1954) [Single]
Page 224
"Shake, Rattle and Roll" by Bill Haley
430 Shake, Rattle and Roll / You Know I Love You
Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
Shake, Rattle and Roll / You Know I Love You (1954) [Single]
Page 224
"Shake, Rattle and Roll" by Big Joe Turner
431 Ole Bull
Page 225
432 "Lucy Neal" and "Buffalo Gals"
Page 225
Allusion to the traditional songs
433 Jenny Lind
Page 225
"Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale"
434 Felix Mendelssohn
Page 226
435 Parsifal (the film by Hans-Jurgen Syberberg; with Prague Philharmonic Choir & Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra/Armin Jordan) Richard Wagner
Page 226
436 Ludwig van Beethoven
Page 226
437 "Poet and Peasant Overture", "Turkey in the Straw"
Page 227
Allusion to W.C. Handy's band playing these songs
438 Dixiecats Buster Bailey
Page 227
439 Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) (Parts 1 & 2) Jimmie Lunceford
Page 227
440 Creator of the Memphis Blues Frank Stokes
Page 227
441 You Shall / It's a Good Thing Dan Sane
Page 227
442 You Shall / It's a Good Thing The Beale Street Sheiks
Page 227
443 Gotta Let You Go / Boogie in the Park
Joe Hill Louis
Gotta Let You Go / Boogie in the Park (1950) [Single]
Page 228
"Boogie in the Park" by Joe Hill Louis
444 Djangology Django Reinhardt
Page 228
445 Walking the Dog Rufus Thomas
Page 229
446 Pledging My Love / No Money Johnny Ace
Page 229
447 Whoopin' and Hollerin' / Pretty Bessie Earl Forest
Page 230
448 Adolph "Billy" Duncan
Page 230
449 Tuff Green
Page 230
birth name Richard Green
"Tuff Green, a bassist and leader of one of the city's [Memphis] finest big bands"
450 3 O'Clock Blues / That Ain't the Way to Do It
B.B. King
3 O'Clock Blues / That Ain't the Way to Do It (1951) [Single]
Page 230
as "Three O'Clock Blues" by B.B. King
451 Good Rocking Tonight / Lolly Pop Mama Roy Brown
Page 230
452 Good Rocking Tonight / Lolly Pop Mama
Roy Brown
Good Rocking Tonight / Lolly Pop Mama (1947) [Single]
Page 230
"Good Rocking Tonight" by Roy Brown
453 Somebody Loan Me a Dime Fenton Robinson
Page 230
454 Smoke Stack Lightning / You Can't Be Beat
Howlin' Wolf
Smoke Stack Lightning / You Can't Be Beat (1956) [Single]
Page 231
as "Smokestack Lightnin'" by Howlin' Wolf
455 Way Down South Matt "Guitar" Murphy
Page 231
456 Willie Steel
Page 231
"drummer Willie Steel" in the band of Howlin' Wolf
457 In the Land of the Crossroads Eddie Shaw
Page 232
458 Moanin' at Midnight / How Many More Years
The Howlin' Wolf
Moanin' at Midnight / How Many More Years (1951) [Single]
Page 234
"Moanin' at Midnight" and "How Many More Years" by Howlin' Wolf
459 Morning at Midnight / Riding in the Moonlight
Howling Wolf
Morning at Midnight / Riding in the Moonlight (1951) [Single]
Page 234
"Morning at Midnight" and "Riding in the Moonlight" by Howlin' Wolf
460 Booted / Cold, Cold Winter
Rosco Gordon
Booted / Cold, Cold Winter (1952) [Single]
Page 234
"Booted" by Roscoe Gordon
461 Passing By Blues / Crying at Daybreak
Howlin' Wolf
Passing By Blues / Crying at Daybreak (1951) [Single]
Page 235
"Crying at Daybreak" by Howlin' Wolf
462 Rides Again
Howlin' Wolf
Rides Again (1991) [Compilation]
Page 235
"House Rockin' Boogie" as "House Rockers" by Howlin' Wolf – available on this compilation
463 Train Kept A-Rollin' Paul Burlison
Page 235
464 You're Sixteen / I Beg Your Pardon Johnny Burnette
Page 235
465 (There Was A) Tall Oak Tree / Juarez Town Dorsey Burnette
Page 235
466 40 Greatest Hits Hank Williams
Page 235
467 Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n Roll Trio
Page 235
468 The Train Kept A-Rollin' / Honey Hush
The Johnny Burnette Trio (Johnny, Dorsey and Paul)
The Train Kept A-Rollin' / Honey Hush (1956) [Single]
Page 235
"The Train Kept A-Rollin'" by the by Johnny Burnette Trio (mentioned as "the Rock And Roll Trio")
469 Shakin' All Over / Yes Sir, That's My Baby Johnny Kidd
Page 235
470 Shakin' All Over / Yes Sir, That's My Baby The Pirates
Page 235
471 Two Greens Make a Blues Mick Green
Page 236
472 Blow by Blow Jeff Beck
Page 236
473 No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded Jimmy Page
Page 236
474 Empty Glass Pete Townshend
Page 236
475 Yardbirds [Roger the Engineer] Yardbirds
Page 236
476 Having a Rave Up With The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds
Having a Rave Up With The Yardbirds (1965)
Page 236
"The Train Kept A-Rollin'" by the Yardbirds, first available on this LP
477 Robbie Robertson Robbie Robertson
Page 236
478 Ronnie Hawkins Ronnie Hawkins
Page 236
479 Bo Diddley / Who Do You Love
Ronnie Hawkins
Bo Diddley / Who Do You Love (1963) [Single]
Page 236
"Who Do You Love" by Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks
480 Roy Buchanan Roy Buchanan
Page 236
481 Susie-Q / Don't Treat Me This Way Dale Hawkins
Page 236
482 I Asked for Water / So Glad
Howlin Wolf
I Asked for Water / So Glad (1956) [Single]
Page 236
"I Asked for Water" by Howlin' Wolf
483 Sitting on Top of the World / Poor Boy
Howlin' Wolf
Sitting on Top of the World / Poor Boy (1958) [Single]
Page 236
"Sitting on Top of the World" by Howlin' Wolf
484 Wang-Dang-Doodle / Back Door Man
Howlin' Wolf
Wang-Dang-Doodle / Back Door Man (1961) [Single]
Page 237
"Wang Dang Doodle" and "Back Door Man" by Howlin' Wolf
485 Howlin' for My Darlin' / Spoonful
Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' for My Darlin' / Spoonful (1960) [Single]
Page 237
"Spoonful" by Howlin' Wolf
486 Shake for Me / The Red Rooster
Howlin' Wolf
Shake for Me / The Red Rooster (1961) [Single]
Page 237
"The Red Rooster" by Howlin' Wolf
487 Just Like I Treat You / I Ain't Superstitious
Howlin' Wolf
Just Like I Treat You / I Ain't Superstitious (1962) [Single]
Page 237
"I Ain't Superstitious" by Howlin' Wolf
488 You'll Be Mine / Going Down Slow
Howlin' Wolf
You'll Be Mine / Going Down Slow (1962) [Single]
Page 237
"Going Down Slow" by Howlin' Wolf
489 The House of the Rising Sun / Talkin' 'Bout You The Animals
Page 237
490 Feelin' Good / Fussin' and Fightin' Blues
Little Junior's Blue Flames
Feelin' Good / Fussin' and Fightin' Blues (1953) [Single]
Page 237
"Feelin' Good" by Junior Parker
491 Mystery Train / Love My Baby
Little Junior's Blue Flames
Mystery Train / Love My Baby (1953) [Single]
Page 237
"Mystery Train" by Junior Parker
492 Mystery Train Pat Hare
Page 237
493 Cotton Crop Blues / Hold Me in Your Arms
James Cotton
Cotton Crop Blues / Hold Me in Your Arms (1954) [Single]
Page 236
"Cotton Crop Blues" by James Cotton, with Auburn "Pat" Hare
494 Mystery Train
Little Junior Parker and Friends
Mystery Train (2002) [Compilation]
Page 238
"I'm Gonna Murder My Baby" by Pat Hare, available on this compilation
495 Muddy Waters at Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters at Newport 1960 (1960)
Page 238
the album mentioned as At Newport by Muddy Waters
496 If Walls Could Talk Little Milton
Page 238
497 Ramblin' on My Mind / Just an Army Boy Boyd Gilmore
Page 238
498 His First Recordings Doctor Ross
Page 239
as "Doctor" Isaiah Ross
499 The Boogie Disease / Jukebox Boogie
Doctor Ross
The Boogie Disease / Jukebox Boogie (1954) [Single]
Page 239
"The Boogie Disease" by Doctor Ross
500 Bear Cat / Walking in the Rain
Rufus Thomas
Bear Cat / Walking in the Rain (1953) [Single]
Page 239
"Bear Cat" by Rufus Thomas
501 Hound Dog / Night Mare Big Mama Thornton
Page 239
502 Hound Dog / Night Mare
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton
Hound Dog / Night Mare (1953) [Single]
Page 239
"Hound Dog" by Big Mama Thornton
503 Tiger Man (King of the Jungle) / Save That Money
Rufus Thomas, Jr.
Tiger Man (King of the Jungle) / Save That Money (1953) [Single]
Page 239
"Tiger Man (King of the Jungle" by Rufus Thomas
504 Seems Like a Million Years / Baker Shop Boogie Willie Nix
Page 239
505 If You Love Me / What's the Matter Mama Henry Hill
Page 239
506 Albert "Joiner" Williams
Page 239
"barrelhouse pianist"
507 Ramblin' on My Mind / Just an Army Boy
Boyd Gilmore
Ramblin' on My Mind / Just an Army Boy (1952) [Single]
Page 239
"Just an Army Boy" by Boyd Gilmore
"a postwar standard, 'Look on Yonder's Wall' (release as 'Just an Army Boy')"
508 All in My Dreams / Take a Little Walk With Me
Boyd Gilmore
All in My Dreams / Take a Little Walk With Me (1952) [Single]
Page 239
"All in My Dreams" by Boyd Gilmore
509 Charley Booker
Page 239
"The otherwise obscure Charley Booker recorded under [Ike] Turner's direction a sinister, smoldering remake of the Delta standard 'Special Rider Blues' as 'No Riding Blues'"
Available on this Turner-compilation: Rock-a-Bucket
510 Somebody Hoo-Doo'd the Hoo-Doo Man Driftin' Slim
Page 239
birth name Elmon Mickle
511 Sonny Blair
Page 239
"a lunging harmonica player and intense vocalist who took over the King Biscuit Time show for a short while in the fifties"
512 The Snuggle / Bourbon Street Jump Raymond Hill
Page 240
513 I'm Tore Up / If I Never Had Known You Billy Gayles
Page 240
514 Rockin' Eighty-Eights Clayton Love
Page 240
515 Eugene Fox
Page 240
516 Rocket "88" / Come Back Where You Belong Jackie Brenston
Page 240
517 I'm Tore Up / If I Never Had Known You
Billy Gayles with Ike Turner's Rhythm Rockers
I'm Tore Up / If I Never Had Known You (1956) [Single]
Page 240
"I'm Tore Up" by Ike Turner / Billy Gayles
518 I'm Tore Up album by Ike Turner
Page 240
mentions a compilation album with Turner's Federal sessions: "These Federal sessions […] have been reissued on an English album of the same name" – this album is badly documented, I found traces, but no details.
519 Here's Little Richard Little Richard
Page 240
520 Just One More Time / Sad as a Man Can Be
Billy Gayles with Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm
Just One More Time / Sad as a Man Can Be (1956) [Single]
Page 240
"Sad as a Man Can Be" by Ike Turner / Billy Gayles
521 What Can It Be / Gonna Wait for My Chance
Jackie Brenston
What Can It Be / Gonna Wait for My Chance (1956) [Single]
Page 240
"Gonna Wait for My Chance" by Ike Turner / Jackie Brenston
522 Private Dancer Tina Turner
Page 240
523 River Deep - Mountain High Ike & Tina Turner
Page 240
524 The Great Medical Menagerist / Rockin' Chair Daddy
'Harmonica' Frank Floyd
The Great Medical Menagerist / Rockin' Chair Daddy (1954) [Single]
Page 241
"Rockin' Chair Daddy" by Harmonica Frank Floyd
525 Mystery Train / I Forgot to Remember to Forget Scotty Moore
Page 241
526 Mystery Train / I Forgot to Remember to Forget Bill Black
Page 241
527 That's All Right / Blue Moon of Kentucky
Elvis Presley
That's All Right / Blue Moon of Kentucky (1954) [Single]
Page 241
"That's All Right" by Elvis Presley, with Scotty Moore and Bill Black
528 Lonesome Cabin Blues / Don't Want No Skinny Woman Baby Boy Warren
Page 242
529 Got Nobody to Tell My Troubles To / Rock House Calvin Frazier
Page 242
530 Democrat Blues / Bad Luck & Trouble Bobo Jenkins
Page 242
531 Will Moore
Page 242
"[John Lee Hooker's] stepfather, Will Moore, was a popular blues guitarist"
--> not the known blues guitarist William "Bill" Moore from Virginia
532 Free Again Robert Pete Williams
Page 242
533 Boogie Chillen' / Sally May
John Lee Hooker
Boogie Chillen' / Sally May (1948) [Single]
Page 243
"Boogie Chillen" by John Lee Hooker
534 Cottonfield Blues (Parts 1 & 2)
Garfield Akers
Cottonfield Blues (Parts 1 & 2) (1929) [Single]
Page 243
"Cottonfield Blues" by Garfield Akers and Joe Callicott
535 Garfield Akers
Page 243
536 Fare Thee Well Blues / Traveling Mama Joe Callicott
Page 243f.
537 Boogie With Canned Heat Canned Heat
Page 244
538 Hobo Blues / Hoogie Boogie
John Lee Hooker
Hobo Blues / Hoogie Boogie (1949) [Single]
Page 244
"Hobo Blues" by John Lee Hooker
539 Crawlin' King Snake / Drifting From Door to Door
John Lee Hooker
Crawlin' King Snake / Drifting From Door to Door (1949) [Single]
Page 244
"Crawlin' King Snake" by John Lee Hooker
540 I'm in the Mood / How Can You Do It
John Lee Hooker
I'm in the Mood / How Can You Do It (1951) [Single]
Page 244
"I'm in the Mood" by John Lee Hooker
541 I'm Jimmy Reed Jimmy Reed
Page 244
542 Lefty Bates
Page 245
543 Boom Boom / Drug Store Woman
John Lee Hooker
Boom Boom / Drug Store Woman (1962) [Single]
Page 245
"Boom Boom" by John Lee Hooker
544 Born Under a Bad Sign Albert King
Page 245
545 Don't Throw Your Love on Me So Strong / This Morning
Albert King
Don't Throw Your Love on Me So Strong / This Morning (1961) [Single]
Page 246
"Don't Throw Your Love on Me so Strong" by Albert King
546 Green Onions Booker T. & The M.G.'s
Page 246
547 Crosscut Saw / Down Don't Bother Me
Albert King
Crosscut Saw / Down Don't Bother Me (1966) [Single]
Page 246
"Crosscut Saw" by Albert King
548 The Mississippi Sheik Sam Chatmon
Page 246
549 Laundromat Blues / Overall Junction
Albert King
Laundromat Blues / Overall Junction (1966) [Single]
Page 246
"Laundromat Blues" by Albert King
550 Born Under a Bad Sign / Personal Manager
Albert King
Born Under a Bad Sign / Personal Manager (1967) [Single]
Page 246
"Bord Under a Bad Sign" by Albert King
551 Born Under a Bad Sign
Albert King
Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
Page 246
reference to this album by Albert King
552 Strange Brew / Tales of Brave Ulysses
Cream
Strange Brew / Tales of Brave Ulysses (1967) [Single]
Page 246
"Strange Brew" by Cream
553 Doing That Scrapyard Thing / Born Under a Bad Sign
Cream
Doing That Scrapyard Thing / Born Under a Bad Sign (1969) [Single]
Page 246
"Born Under a Bad Sign" by Cream
554 This Is Fats Domino! Fats Domino
Page 247
555 Feel So Bad / You Colored My Blues Bright
Little Milton
Feel So Bad / You Colored My Blues Bright (1966) [Single]
Page 247
"Feel So Bad" by Little Milton
556 Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around the World) / I Can't Quit You Baby
Little Milton
Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around the World) / I Can't Quit You Baby (1969) [Single]
Page 247
"Grits Ain't Groceries" by Little Milton
557 The Things That I Used to Do / Well, I Done Got Over It Guitar Slim
Page 247f.
birth name Eddie Jones
558 Don't You Just Know It / High Blood Pressure Huey "Piano" Smith
Page 247
559 Feelin' Sad / Certainly All
Eddie (Guitar Slim) Jones
Feelin' Sad / Certainly All (1952) [Single]
Page 248
"Feelin' Sad" by Guitar Slim
560 The Things That I Used to Do / Well, I Done Got Over It
Guitar Slim and His Band
The Things That I Used to Do / Well, I Done Got Over It (1953) [Single]
Page 249
as "The Things I Used to Do" by Guitar Slim
561 I've Got a Woman / Come Back
Ray Charles
I've Got a Woman / Come Back (1954) [Single]
Page 249
"I've Got a Woman" by Ray Charles
562 Heartbreaker / Feelin' Sad
Ray Charles and His Orchestra
Heartbreaker / Feelin' Sad (1953) [Single]
Page 249
"Feelin' Sad" by Ray Charles
563 Come On - Part 1 / Come On - Part 2 Earl King
Page 249
564 Are You Experienced Jimi Hendrix
Page 250
565 The Story of My Life / A Letter to My Girl Friend
Guitar Slim
The Story of My Life / A Letter to My Girl Friend (1954) [Single]
Page 250
"The Story of My Life" by Guitar Slim
566 Alright Again! Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Page 250
567 Our Father (Which Art in Heaven) / Move in the Room With the Lord
Five Blind Boys (Jackson Harmoneers)
Our Father (Which Art in Heaven) / Move in the Room With the Lord (1950) [Single]
Page 250
"Our Father" by Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
568 Our Father (Which Art in Heaven) / Move in the Room With the Lord The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
Page 250
569 Next Time You See Me / My Dolly Bee
Little Junior Parker
Next Time You See Me / My Dolly Bee (1957) [Single]
Page 250
"Next Time You See Me" by Junior Parker
570 Farther Up the Road / Sometime Tomorrow
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Farther Up the Road / Sometime Tomorrow (1957) [Single]
Page 250
"Farther Up the Road" by Bobby "Blue" Bland
571 Joseph Scott
Page 250
as Joe Scott
572 I'm Gonna Play the Honky Tonks / My Search Is Over Bill Harvey
Page 251
573 Five Long Years / I'm Holding On
Junior Parker
Five Long Years / I'm Holding On (1959) [Single]
Page 251
"Five Long Years" by Junior Parker
574 Sweet Home Chicago / Sometimes
Little Junior Parker and His Band
Sweet Home Chicago / Sometimes (1958) [Single]
Page 251
"Sweet Home Chicago" by Junior Parker
575 Drownin' on Dry Land / Rivers Invitation
Junior Parker
Drownin' on Dry Land / Rivers Invitation (1971) [Single]
Page 251
"Drownin' on Dry Land" by Junior Parker
576 You Don't Have to Go / Boogie in the Dark
Jimmy Reed and His Trio
You Don't Have to Go / Boogie in the Dark (1954) [Single]
Page 252
"You Don't Have to Go" by Jimmy Reed
577 Cherokee Dance / Unitar Rock Willie Joe
Page 252
as Willie Joe Duncan
578 Ain't That Lovin' You Baby / Baby, Don't Say That No More
Jimmy Reed
Ain't That Lovin' You Baby / Baby, Don't Say That No More (1956) [Single]
Page 252
"Ain't That Lovin' You Baby" by Jimmy Reed
579 Honest I Do / Signals of Love
Jimmy Reed
Honest I Do / Signals of Love (1957) [Single]
Page 252
"Honest I Do" by Jimmy Reed
580 Baby What You Want Me to Do / Caress Me Baby
Jimmy Reed
Baby What You Want Me to Do / Caress Me Baby (1959) [Single]
Page 252
"Baby What You Want Me to Do" by Jimmy Reed
581 Big Boss Man / I'm a Love You
Jimmy Reed
Big Boss Man / I'm a Love You (1961) [Single]
Page 252
"Big Boss Man" by Jimmy Reed
582 Bright Lights Big City / I'm Mr. Luck
Jimmy Reed
Bright Lights Big City / I'm Mr. Luck (1961) [Single]
Page 252
"Bright Lights, Big City" by Jimmy Reed
583 Hey Boss Man! Frank Frost
Page 252
584 Off Yonder Wall Jelly Roll Kings
Page 252f.
585 Texas Flood / I Tried Larry Davis
Page 253
586 The Skiffle Sessions: Live in Belfast Chris Barber
Page 256
587 Last Night Blues Sonny Terry
Page 256
588 Get on Board: Negro Folksongs by the Folkmasters Brownie McGhee
Page 256
589 Live in Hamburg Blind John Davis
Page 256
590 Lonnie Donegan Showcase Lonnie Donegan
Page 257
591 Rock Island Line / John Henry
The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
Rock Island Line / John Henry (1955) [Single]
Page 257
"Rock Island Line" by Lonnie Donegan
592 Southern Exposure: An Album of Jim Crow Blues Sung by Joshua White Josh White
Page 257
593 Andrew Stephens, Jr.
Page 258
594 Muddy Waters at Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters at Newport 1960 (1960)
Page 258
The album itself was mentioned before in the book, but now these songs from the concert in Newport are mentioned specifically:
"I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man", "Baby Please Don't Go", "Tiger in Your Tank", "Got My Mojo Working", "Goodbye Newport Blues"
595 Got My Mojo Working / Rock Me
Muddy Waters
Got My Mojo Working / Rock Me (1957) [Single]
Page 258
"Got My Mojo Working" by Muddy Waters
596 R&B From the Marquee Alexis Korner
Page 259
birth name Alexis Koerner
mentioned as Alexis Koerner
597 The Sound of Cyril Davies Cyril Davies
Page 259
598 Mourning in the Morning Otis Rush
Page 260
599 The Weight / I Shall Be Released Levon Helm
Page 262
600 The Weight / I Shall Be Released Rick Danko
Page 262
601 The Weight / I Shall Be Released Richard Manuel
Page 262
602 The Weight / I Shall Be Released Garth Hudson
Page 262
603 The Band The Band
Page 262
604 James Starkey
Page 264
"[Robert Nighthawk] took over King Biscuit Time for a short while, with Peck on drums and James Starke on piano"
605 All Your Love (I Miss Loving) / My Baby's a Good'un
Otis Rush & His Band
All Your Love (I Miss Loving) / My Baby's a Good'un (1959) [Single]
Page 265
"All Your Love (I Miss Loving)" by Otis Rush
606 Double Trouble / Keep On Loving Me, Baby
Otis Rush and His Band
Double Trouble / Keep On Loving Me, Baby (1959) [Single]
Pag 265
"Double Trouble" by Otis Rush
607 Midnight Blue Kenny Burrell
Page 266
608 Breezin' George Benson
Page 266
609 Nothing but Good / Nothing but Poison Reggie Boyd
Page 266
610 I Can't Quit You Baby / Sit Down Baby
Otis Rush
I Can't Quit You Baby / Sit Down Baby (1956) [Single]
Page 266
"I Can't Quit You Baby" by Otis Rush
611 Sweet Tea Buddy Guy
Page 267
612 Magic Touch: Live at Sylvio's 1968 Shakey Jake
Page 267
613 Willie D. Warren
Page 267
"[Otis Rush] had Greenwood-born guitarist Willie D. Warren playing bass lines"
614 Chicago / The Blues / Today!
Various Artists
Chicago / The Blues / Today! (1966) [Compilation]
Page 267
mentions this specific album
615 An Anthology Duane Allman
Page 267
616 Super Session Mike Bloomfield
Page 267f.
617 Mercurial Son Lurrie Bell
Page 269
618 "Johnny B. Goode"
Page 271
allusion to Son Seals playing this Chuck Berry-song
619 Live Wire / Blues Power
Albert King
Live Wire / Blues Power (1968)
Page 272
mention of this specific album by Albert King
620 The Son Seals Blues Band
Son Seals
The Son Seals Blues Band (1973)
Page 272
"Your Love Is Like a Cancer" by Son Seals from this album is mentioned (as "Your Life Is Like a Cancer")
621 Midnight Son
Son Seals
Midnight Son (1976)
Page 273
reference to this specific album by Son Seals
622 Snapper Mitchum
Page 273
"bassist Snapper Mitchum"
623 "The Sky Is Crying" by Son Seals
Page 274
mention of Son Seals playing this song live, but there seems to be no official recording
624 M & O Blues / Future Blues
Willie Brown
M & O Blues / Future Blues (1931) [Single]
Page 275
"Future Blues" by Willie Brown
625 A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke Wadada Leo Smith
Page 276
626 For Alto Anthony Braxton
Page 276
627 Alec Wallace
Page 276
"Leo Smith […] was raised in the Delta by a bluesman, his stepfather Alec Wallace"
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Robert Franklin Palmer Jr. (June 19, 1945 – November 20, 1997) was an American writer, musicologist, clarinetist, saxophonist, and blues producer. He is best known for his non-fictional writing on the field of music; his work as a music journalist for The New York Times and Rolling Stone magazine; his production work for blues recordings (including the soundtrack for the film Deep Blues); and his clarinet playing as a member of the 1960s jazz band the Insect Trust.
Robert Franklin Palmer Jr. (June 19, 1945 – November 20, 1997) was an American writer, musicologist, clarinetist, saxophonist, and blues producer. He is best known for his non-fictional writing on the field of music; his work as a music journalist for The New York Times and Rolling Stone magazine; his production work for blues recordings (including the soundtrack for the film Deep Blues); and his clarinet playing as a member of the 1960s jazz band the Insect Trust.
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