Illustrated John Henry Barbee discography

J O H N H E N R Y B A R B E E; source: Back cover of Amiga 856281
source: Back cover of Amiga 856281; photographer: Hans Harzheim
John Henry Barbee
claimed to be born "William George Tucker"
but this isn't supported by any census details!
b. November 14, 1905 in Henning, Tennessee
d. November 3, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois
buried in the Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois
discography J O H N H E N R Y B A R B E E, Munich, Germany, October 12, 1964; source: German Blues Circle 41a (1980), photo # 21; photographer: Karl Schneider
John Henry Barbee, Munich, Germany, October 12, 1964
source: German Blues Circle 41a (1980), photo # 21
photographer: Karl Schneider

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	1938	JOHN HENRY BARBEE - Six Weeks Old Blues [sic] (C-2304-1) # @ youtube @ Spotify or - Six Weeks Old Blues [sic] (C-2304-2) @ youtube @ Spotify - God Knows I Can't Help It (C-2305-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. September 8, 1938 in Chicago, IL; John Henry Barbee, voc., g; Willie Bee James, g; unknown, sb Vocalion 04417 # Blues Classics BC 14 Document DLP 520 Document DOCD 5159
		- You'll Work Down To Me Someday (C-2306-2) @ youtube @ Spotify - Against My Will (C-2307-2) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. September 8, 1938 in Chicago, IL; John Henry Barbee, voc., g; Willie Bee James, g; unknown, sb Vocalion unissued Document DLP 520 Document DOCD 5159
2	1964	Chicago Blues A Bonanza All Star Blues LP @ youtube Sunnyland Slim - Won't Do That No More (194) [] John Henry Barbee - Early In The Morning * @ youtube St. Louis Jimmy - Goody Goody Goody (181) §§ @ youtube Willie Dixon - Weak Brain! Narrow Mind! (211) \\ Homesick James - Can't Hold Out (185) # @ youtube Cocoa Taylor - What Kind Of Man Is This? {} Homesick James - Queen's Rock (188) # @ youtube John Henry Barbee - No Pickin', No Pullin' (18) * @ youtube Sunnyland Slim - Drinking (196) [] St. Louis Jimmy - Going Down Slow (179) § @ youtube Cocoa Taylor - Which-A-Way To Go {} Willie Dixon - So Long! (200) // @ youtube unissued tracks from same sessions: St. Louis Jimmy - Going Down Slow (178) § - Goody Goody Goody (180) § Sunnyland Slim - untitled instrumental (197) [] # rec. March 26, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Homesick James, voc, g; Evans Spencer, g; Washboard Sam, dr * rec. March 26, 1964 in Chicago, IL; John Henry Barbee, voc, g; Homesick James, g; Washboard Sam, dr § rec. March 25, 1964 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; §§ Willie Dixon, voc; Homesick James, g; Evans Spencer, g; Washboard Sam, dr [] rec. March 26, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, voc, org; Homesick James, g; Evans Spencer, g; Washboard Sam, dr // rec. March 26, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Willie Dixon, voc; John Henry Barbee, g; Homesick James, g; Evans Spencer, g; Washboard Sam, dr \\ rec. April 4, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Willie Dixon, voc {} rec. March 26, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Koko Taylor, voc; Homesick James, g; Evans Spencer, g; Willie Dixon, tamb prod. by Len Kunstadt and Victoria Spivey; supervised by Willie Dixon cover design and photos by Len Kunstadt notes by Victoria Spivey Spivey 1003 (US 1964) Spivey Records discography St. Louis Jimmy Oden discography Homesick James discography
3	196?	Encore For The Chicago Blues Muddy Waters Blues Men - Yes Sir! Boss Harvey Hill - I Feel So Good Koko Taylor - I'm Looking For A Man Memphis Slim - Chicago To Paris Babe Stovall - My Brown Is A Mistraeter Big Joe Williams - Move Your Hand Olive Brown - Woman's Lament J.B. Lenoir - Korea Blues Washboard Sam's Band - Chicago Rock Victoria Spivey - T B Blues Willie Dixon - Brooklyn Going To Be My Home John Hammond - Squeeze My Lemon John Henry Barbee - Six Week Old Blues [sic] # @ youtube Viola Wells - See See Rider Homesick James - Somebody's Been Talkin' Roosevelt Sykes - Dirty Mother Fuyer # rec. March 26, 1964 in Chicago, IL; John Henry Barbee, voc, g: Willie Dixon, perc notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1009 (US 196?) Spivey Records discography
4	1964	American Folk Blues Festival '64 Sonnyboy Williamson - I'm Trying To Make London My Home - Dissatisfied Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins - Ain't It A Pity - Baby Please Don't Go Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon - I'm A Tearing Little Daddy John Henry Barbee - Cotton Pickin' Blues # @ youtube Hubert Sumlin / Sunnyland Slim - No Title Boogie Sugar Pie Desanto - Slip In Mules Howlin' Wolf - Dust My Broom rec. October 9, 1964 at the Musikhalle Hamburg, Germany; prod. by Siegfried E. Loch # John Henry Barbee, voc, g Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 track sequence: - Five Long Years - Muddy Waters (AFBF 1963) - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues - Willie Dixon (AFBF 1963) - Crazy For My Baby - Willie Dixon (AFBF 1963) - Matt's Guitar Boogie - Matthew Murphy (AFBF 1963) - I Don't Know - Sonny Boy Williamson (AFBF 1963) - I'm Trying To Make London My Home - Sonny Boy Williamson (AFBF 1964) - Ain't It A Pity - Lightnin' Hopkins (AFBF 1964) - Baby, Please Don't Go - Lightnin' Hopkins (AFBF 1964) - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' - Sunnyland Slim (AFBF 1964) - No Title Boogie - Hubert Sumlin (AFBF 1964) - Dust My Broom - Howlin Wolf (AFBF 1964) Evidence ECD 26087-2 track sequence: Fred McDowell - Highway 61 (1965) Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go (1964) John Lee Hooker - Della Mae (1965) Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well (1963) Muddy Waters - Five Long Years (1963) Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965) Howlin' Wolf - Dust My Broom (1964) T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love (1962) Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' (1964) Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues (1965) Sugar Pie DeSanto - Slip In Mules (1964) Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (1962) Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (1965) Sonny Boy Williamson - Dissatisfied (1964) Otis Spann - Goin' Down Slow (= "Had My Fun") (1963) Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station (1962) J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down (1965) notes by Horst Lippmann & Fritz Rau (introduction), Georges Adins, Joachim E. Berendt, Jacques Demêtre, Bob Koester, Horst Lippmann, Paul Oliver (artists' portraits) Fontana 681 522 TL (mono) (Germany 1964) = Fontana 885 411 TY (stereo) (Germany 1964) notes by Jean Tronchot = Fontana 681 522 TL (mono) (Fr 1964) notes by Jean Tronchot = Fontana 885 411 MY (stereo) (Fr 1964) = Fontana TL 5225 (UK 1964) [not = Amiga 850043 !!!] (=) Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 (Jp 1969) "American Folk Blues Festival 63-64" notes by Willy Leiser = L+R 42.024 (Germany 1981) = L+R 42.024 (Germany 1982) = Edigsa/L+R 12L0293 (Sp 1982) = Optimism/L+R CD LR-2024 (US 198?) 5 CD box set notes by Bill Dahl (=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65" CD 4: "'sixty four" notes by Jerry Gordon (=) Evidence ECD 26087-2 (US 1997) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65 - Highlights" Evidence ECD 260101 "American Folk Blues Festival '66 - '72" (as announced in the notes accompanying Evidence ECD 26087-2) obviously never happened! = Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42024 (Germany 1998) 3 CD set (=) Bellaphon CDLR 726321 (Germany 2002) "1962, 1963, 1964" CD 3: 1964 180 g LP = Pure Pleasure/L+R PPAN LR42024 (UK 2014) American Folk Blues Festival discography Fontana Records discography L+R Records discography
5	1964	Guitar Blues Big Joe Williams - Wild Ox Moan @ youtube - Juanita Blues @ youtube Lightnin' Hopkins - Walkin' The Streets [Chart 636, Guest Star GS 1902] @ youtube - Mussy Haired Woman [Chart 636, Guest Star GS 1902] @ youtube John Henry Barbee - Your Friend # @ youtube - Backwater Blues # @ youtube Lonnie Johnson - My Baby Is Gone @ youtube - You Don't Know What Love Is @ youtube Math. Murphy - Gravel Road @ youtube John Lee Hooker - Stand By Me Baby [Guest Star GS 1902] @ youtube - Baby Please Don't Go [Guest Star GS 1902] @ youtube # rec. October 8, 1964 in Copenhagen, Denmark; John Henry Barbee, voc, g notes by Paul Oliver Storyville SLP 166 (Denmark 1964) Storyville SLP 166 (Denmark 1966?) = Discophon (S) 4311 (Sp 1973) # Storyville STCD 8003 Storyville Records discography Big Joe Williams discography Lightnin' Hopkins discography Lonnie Johnson discography
6	1964	John Henry Barbee: Portraits in Blues Vol. 9@ youtube (full album) - Dust My Broom @ youtube - Hey Baby @ youtube - That's Alright @ youtube - Early Morning Blues @ youtube - I Heard My Baby @ youtube - I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton @ youtube - Worried Life Blues @ youtube - Miss Nelly Grey @ youtube - Tell Me Baby @ youtube - John Henry @ youtube rec. October 8, 1964 in Copenhagen, Denmark; John Henry Barbee, voc, g Storyville SLP 171 etc. photo by Jan Persson Storyville SLP 4037 etc. photo by Stephanie Wiesand Amiga 856281 front cover photo by Arno Fischer; back cover photo by Hans Harzheim notes by Paul Oliver Storyville SLP 171 (Denmark 1964) "Portraits in Blues Vol. 9" = Storyville Special 616013 (UK 1965) "I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton" notes by Paul Oliver = Storyville 671171 (Germany 1968) "Portraits in Blues Vol. 9" notes (English) by Paul Oliver, notes (Japanese) by Fumio Iwanaga = Teichiku/Storyville ULS-1814-R (Jp 1975) "I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton" notes by Manfred Miller = Teldec/Storyville 6.23701 AG (Germany 1979) "Blues Roots Vol. 2 Guitar Blues From The Memphis Area" notes (Serbo-Croatian) by Manfred Miller = PGP RTB 2220636 (Yugoslavia 1981) "Blues Roots Vol. 2 Guitar Blues From The Memphis Area" = Poljazz PSJ 245 (Poland 1981) notes by Paul Oliver, updated 1980 by Chris Albertson = Storyville SLP 4037 (US / Ca 1981) "Blues Roots Vol. 3 I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton" notes by Theo Lehmann Amiga 856281 (GDR 1989) "Blues Collection Vol. 11" Storyville STCD 8003 Storyville Records discography
7	196?	The Best of The Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Diggin' My Potatoes Speckled Red - Uncle Sam's Blues Memphis Slim - Bertha May Champion Jack Dupree - Christina, Christina Blues Big Joe Williams - Vitamin A Blues Lonnie Johnson - Don't Cry Baby Roosevelt Sykes - The Way I Feel Sleepy John Estes - City Hall Blues John Henry Barbee - Early In The Morning # [Storyville SLP 171] Sunnyland Slim - One Room Country Shack Sonny Boy & M. Slim - Copenhagen Woman Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes # rec. October 8, 1964 in Copenhagen, Denmark; John Henry Barbee, voc, g Storyville SLP 188 (Denmark 196?) = Teldec/Storyville 671188 (Germany 1973) = Discophon J-4310 (Sp 1973) DLP (=) Storyville DALP 2/1946 (Germany 1974) 3 LP set (=) Musidisc MU 526 RB (Fr 1975) notes by Paul Oliver = Storyville SLP 4023 (Denmark 1981) # Storyville STCD 8003 Storyville Records discography
8	1967	Country Blues Classics Volume 4 Leroy Dallas - I'm Going Away - Good Morning Blues - I'm Down Now - Jump Little Children Joe Williams - His Spirit Lives On Peter Warfield - Morning Train Blues Dennis McMillon - Going Back Home John Henry Barbee - Six Week [sic] Old Blues [Vocalion 04417] Carl Martin - Lets Have A New Deal Sonny Boy Johnson - Swimming Pool Blues Gabriel Brown - Black Jack Blues Lost John Hunter - YM & V Blues James Cain - Good Mr. Roosevelt Peter McKinley - Mean Black Snake Blues Classics BC 14 Blues Classics discography
9	1972	A Festival Of Blues Recorded in Europe Champion Jack Dupree - Sporting Life Blues Memphis Slim - Blues Confession John Henry Barbee - That's Alright (alt tk) [previously unissued] # Sippie Wallace - Suitcase Blue Roosevelt Sykes - No Money Down Memphis Slim - Blues Confession - St. Louis Blues John Henry Barbee - Worried Life Blues (alt tk) [previously unissued] # Memphis Slim - Lonesome Blues Champion Jack Dupree - Number Nine Sippie Wallace - You Don't Know My Mind Speckled Red - It Feels So Good Roosevelt Sykes - Baby Child # rec. October 8/9, 1964 in Copenhagen, Denmark; John Henry Barbee, voc, g notes by Ron Brown Storyville SLP 214 # Storyville STCD 8003 Storyville Records discography
10	1974	The Best Of The Blues LP 1: Big Bill Broonzy - Diggin' My Potatoes Spreckled [sic] Red - Uncle Sam's Blues Memphis Slim - Bertha May Champion Jack Dupree - Christina, Christina Blues Big Joe Williams - Vitamin A Blues Lonnie Johnson - Don't Cry Baby Roosevelt Sykes - The Way I Feel Sleepy John Estes - City Hall Blues John Henry Barbee - Early In The Morning Sunnyland Slim - One Room Country Shack Sonny Boy Williamson & Memphis Slim - Copenhagen Woman Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes LP 1 is a reissue of Storyville SLP 188 LP 2: Champion Jack Dupree & Mogens Seidelin - Sporting Life Blues Memphis Slim - Blues Confession John Henry Barbee - That's Alright Sippie Wallace & Little Brother Montgomery - Suitcase Blues Roosevelt Sykes - No Money Down Memphis Slim - St. Louis Blues John Henry Barbee - Worried Life Blues Memphis Slim - Lonesome Blues Champion Jack Dupree - Number Nine Sippie Wallace & Roosevelt Sykes - You Don't Know My Mind Speckled Red - It Feels So Good Roosevelt Sykes - Baby Child DLP Storyville SLPD5 = Storyville DALP 2/1946 Storyville Records discography
11	1979	Chicago Blues - Live at the Fickle Pickle@ youtube (full album) Johnny Jones & Willie Dixon - Johnny's Boogie Maxwell Street Jimmy - Long Haired Doney John Henry Barbee - Baby I Need Your Love # Billy Boy Arnold & Johnny Jones - Sloppy Drunk Blind James Brewer - Big Road Blues - See What Poor Kelly Done Big Joe Williams - Sugar Mama Billy Boy Arnold & Johnny Jones - Early In The Morning Maxwell Street Jimmy - Make Some Love To Me - Smokestack Lightnin' Billy Boy Arnold & Johnny Jones - My Little Machine John Henry Barbee - Tell Me Baby # Billy Boy Arnold & Johnny Jones - Going To The River unissued John Henry Barbee* tracks from same session:* - Outskirts Of Town # - un-named song no. 1 # - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl # - John Henry # - Dust My Broom # # rec. 1963 live at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; John Henry Barbee, voc, g; concert promoters: George Mitchell & Michael Bloomfield notes by George Mitchell (May 1979) & Bruce Bastin Flyright LP 549 (UK 1979) Flyright Records discography
12	1985	John Henry Barbee / Sleepy John Estes: Blues Live Sleepy John Estes - Drop Down Mama - I'd Been Well Warned - Stop That Thing # - Divin' Duck Blues - Vernita Blues - Bottle Up And Go # - Mountain Cat Blues John Henry Barbee - Hey Woman @ Spotify - Backwater Blues @ youtube @ Spotify - Boll Weevil @ youtube @ Spotify - Somebody Done Change The Lock On My Door @ Spotify - That's All Right @ Spotify Barbee CD bonus tracks: - Tell Me Baby @ Spotify - John Henry @ Spotify - Dust My Broom @ Spotify Estes tracks rec. live October 8, 1964 in Copenhagen; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca, # jug Barbee tracks rec. October 8, 1964 live at the Folk Club of Denmark in Copenhagen, Denmark; John Henry Barbee, voc, g notes by Paul Oliver Storyville SLP 4074 (Denmark 1985) Storyville STCD 8051 (Denmark 2000) Storyville Records discography
13	1987	Mississippi Country Blues, Vol. 2 (1938-1942) "Delta Blues In Chicago" Tommy McClennan - Brown Skin Girl - New Highway No. 51 - Whiskey Head Man - Deep Blue Sea Blues - I'm A Guitar King - Mozelle Blues - Mr. So And So Blues - Bluebird Blues John Henry Barbee - Six Weeks Old Blues [Vocalion 04417] - God Knows I Can't Help It [Vocalion 04417] Willie "61" Blackwell - She's Young And Wild - Noiseless Motor Blues - Don't Misuse Me, Baby - Bald Eagle Blues - Four O'Clock Flower Blues - Chalk My To - Machine Gun Blue - Rampaw Street Blue John Henry Barbee - You'll Work Down To Me Someday [Vocalion unissued] - Against My Will [Vocalion unissued] Document DLP 520 (Austria 1987) Document Records discography
14	1994	John Henry Barbee: Blues Masters Vol. 3 - Dust My Broom [Storyville SLP 171] @ Spotify - Hey Baby [Storyville SLP 171] @ Spotify - That's All Right [Storyville SLP 171] @ Spotify - Early Morning Blues, No. 1 [Storyville SLP 171] @ Spotify - I Heard My Baby [Storyville SLP 171] @ youtube - I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton [Storyville SLP 171] @ Spotify - Worried Life Blues, No. 2 [Storyville SLP 171] @ Spotify - Miss Nelly Grey [Storyville SLP 171] @ Spotify - Tell Me Baby [Storyville SLP 171] @ Spotify - John Henry [Storyville SLP 171] @ youtube - Your Friend [Storyville SLP 166] @ youtube - Backwater Blues [Storyville SLP 166] @ youtube - Early in the Morning, No. 2 [Storyville SLP 188] @ Spotify - Jump Blues [previously unissued] @ Spotify - Worried Life Blues, No. 1 [Storyville SLP 214] @ Spotify - That's All Right, No. 2 [Storyville SLP 214] @ Spotify photo by Jan Persson notes by Paul Oliver, updated 1980 by Chris Albertson Storyville STCD 8003 (Denmark 1994) Storyville Records discography
15	1993	Memphis Blues 1927 - 1938 Ollie Rupert (1927) - I Raised My Window And Looked At The Risin' Sun Ain't Goin' To Be Your Low Down Dog Walter Rhodes (1927) - The Crowing Rooster - Leaving Home Blues Pearl Dickson (1927) - Twelve Pound Daddy - Little Rock Blues Madelyn James (1930) - Stinging Snake Blues - Long Time Blues Charlie Bozo Nickerson (1930) - What's The Matter Now? - Part 1 - What's The Matter Now? - Part 2 - Bozo's Blues - Part 1 - Bozo's Blues - Part 2 Sam Townsend (1930) - I'm Missing That - Lily Kimball Blues Hattie Hart (1934) - I'm Missing That Thing - I Let My Daddy Do That - Coldest Stuff In Town (Duet w. Allen Shaw) - Happy-Go-Lucky Blues George Torey (1937) - Married Woman Blues - Lonesome Man Blues John Henry Barbee (1938) - Six Weeks Old Blues (tk 1) [Vocalion 04417] - Six Weeks Old Blues (tk 2) [Vocalion 04417] - God Knows I Can't Help It [Vocalion 04417] - You'll Work Down To Me Someday [Vocalion unissued, Document DLP 520] - Against My Will [Vocalion unissued, Document DLP 520] notes by Kip Lornell Document DOCD 5159
16	1998	Down Home Slide - That's All Right - Robert Nighthawk - I Know She Didn't Love Me - John Henry Barbee # - Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed - Mississippi Fred McDowell, Annie Mae McDowell - Roll Me Over Slow - Big Joe Williams - Everything Gonna Be Alright - Robert Nighthawk - John Henry - Elijah Brown - Jackson Town Eddie Taylor - Mad & Evil - George Coleman - I'm On My Way To Canaan Land - Blind Connie Williams - Which Way My Baby Go - Big Joe Williams - Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues Johnny Shines - Slidin' John Littlejohn - Walk On, Little Girl - Big Joe Williams - Poor Boy Long Way From Home Arthur Weston - Anna Lee - Robert Nighthawk - Sweet Home Chicago David Honeyboy Edwards - I'm So Glad I Got Good Religion - Mississippi Fred McDowell - My Lonesome Bed - Big Joe Williams - Key To The Highway - Blind Connie Williams # rec. May 12, 1963 in Chicago, IL; John Henry Barbee, voc, g Testament CD 6009 (US 1998) Testament Records discography
17	2002	Giants Of Country Blues Vol. 1 (1927-32) Wolf WSE 116 track sequence: Willie Brown - Future Blues - M & O Blues Bobby Grant - Lonesome Atlanta Blues - Nappy Head Blues King Solomon Hill - Down On Bended Knee - take 1 - Down On Bended Knee - take 2 - Gone Dead Train - Tell Me Baby - Whoopee Blues - take 1 - Whoopee Blues - take 2 Son House - Dry Spell Blues-part 1 - Dry Spell Blues - part 2 - My Black Mama - part 1 - My Black Mama - part 2 - Preachin' The Blues - part 1 - Preachin' The Blues - part 2 Rube Lacy - Ham Hound Crave - Mississippi Jail House Groan Wolf WSE CD 107 track sequence: Bobby Grant - Nappy Head Blues - Lonesome Atlanta Blues Rube Lacy - Mississippi Jail House Groan - Ham Hound Crave Willie Brown - M & O Blues - Future Blues King Solomon Hill - Whoopee Blues - Whoopee Blues - Down On My Bended Knee - Down On My Bended Knee - The Gone Dead Train - Tell Me Baby Son House - My Black Mama (Part 1) - My Black Mama (Part 2) - Preachin' The Blues (Part 1) - Preachin' The Blues (part 2) - Dry Spell Blues (Part 1) - Dry Spell Blues (Part 2) - Walking Blues John Henry Barbee - Six Weeks Old Blues [Vocalion 04417] - God Knows I Can't Help It [Vocalion 04417] - You'll Work Down To Me Someday [Vocalion unissued, Document DLP 520] - Against My Will [Vocalion unissued, Document DLP 520] Wolf WSE 116 (Austria 1985) (=) Wolf WSE CD 107 (Austria 2002)
18	200?	John Henry Barbee The George Mitchell Collection Vol. 30 - That Ain't It @ youtube - Gonna Lose Your Mind @ youtube rec. 1963 live at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; John Henry Barbee, voc, g; concert promoters: George Mitchell & Michael Bloomfield 7 inch 33 rpm Fat Possum 1076-7 (US 200?)
8	2007	George Mitchell Collection Volumes 1 - 45 disc 1: - Lucy Mae Blues - Cecil Barfield - I Woke Up Crying - Cecil Barfield - Love Blues - Cecil Barfield - I Told You Not To Do That - Cecil Barfield - In the Evening - Buddy Moss - Hey Lawdy Mama - Buddy Moss - Thousand Woman Blues - Buddy Moss - Blue Shadow Falling - Buddy Moss - Cold Rainy Day - Buddy Moss - Amy - Buddy Moss - Motherless Child - Leon Pinson - Hush, Somebody is Calling My Name - Leon Pinson - What God Can Do - Leon Pinson - He'll Understand and Say Well Done - Leon Pinson - Big Road Blues - Houston Stackhouse - Cool Water Blues - Houston Stackhouse - Big Fat Mama Blues - Houston Stackhouse - Take a Little Walk With Me - Houston Stackhouse - Everyone Got a Woman - Big Joe Williams - What She Need With a Rooster - Big Joe Williams - Sink or Swim - Big Joe Williams - Prison Bound - Big Joe Williams - Who's Gonna Be Your Man - John Lee Zeigler - If I Lose Let Me Lose - John Lee Zeigler - Black Woman - Othar Turner - Bumble Bee - Othar Turner disc 2: - Rabbit On a Log - Lonzie Thomas - Raise a Ruckus Tonight - Lonzie Thomas - My Three Women - Lonzie Thomas - Red Cross Store - Lonzie Thomas - Rats In the Kitchen - Sleepy John Estes - Special Agent - Sleepy John Estes - Trying To See - Sleepy John Estes - Mail Man Blues - Sleepy John Estes - Down Home Blues - Teddy Williams - Catfish Blues - Teddy Williams - Black Mattie - Teddy Williams - Sun Don't Shine - Teddy Williams - Trouble Brought Me Down - Green Paschal - My Lord - Green Paschal - Mother is Dead - Green Paschal - Lay My Burden Down - Green Paschal - Your Close Friend - Green Paschal - I'm Going To Leave It In the Hands of the Lord - Green Paschal - Hard Time Blues - Do-Boy Diamond - Just Want To Talk To You - Do-Boy Diamond - Just a Dream I Got On My Mind - Dewey Corley / Walter Miller - Memphis is a Wonderful City - Dewey Corey / Walter Miller - Down To Arkansas - Dewey Corey / Walter Miller - Rock Me Mama - Bud Grant - Freight Train Blues - Bud Grant - So Sweet - Bud Grant - Bud Grant's Grunt - Bud Grant disc 3: - Go Ahead On - Bud White - You've Been Gone So Long - Bud White - White Horses - Bud White - When I'm Sober I'm Drunk Blues - George Henry Bussey - Mean Mistreater - George Henry Bussey - Blues Around My Bed - George Henry Bussey - Looking For My Woman - George Henry Bussey - Old Red #2 - Jim Bunkley - Jack of Diamonds - Jim Bunkley - Them Greasy Greens - Jim Bunkley - Rocking Chair - Jim Bunkley - Old Breakdown - Tom Turner - Drop Down Mama No. 1 - Tom Turner - Search Me Lord - James Shorter - My Mother Died and Left Me - James Shorter - Consolation - James Shorter - Home Going - James Shorter - Better Than Myself - Abe McNeil - Steady Rollin' Man - Abe McNeil - Drink Drink Drink - Abe McNeil - Country Blues - Joe Callicott - River Blues - Joe Callicott - 3 O'Clock In the Morning - Johnny Woods - I's Be Troubled - Johnny Woods disc 4: - Someday Baby - Robert Diggs - Racehorse Charleston - Robert Diggs - Done Lost My Health - Robert Diggs - Drive Your Car - Robert Diggs - Woke Up This Morning - Cliff Scott - Long Wavy Hair - Cliff Scott - Please Come Home - Cliff Scott - Pole Pattin' - Cliff Scott - I Wanna Ramble - Jimmie Lee Harris - Sitting Here Looking 1000 Miles Away - Jimmie Lee Harris - Just Like A Bird Without A Feather - R.L. Burnside - Skinny Woman - R.L. Burnside - Goin' Down South - R.L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie - R.L. Burnside - Hold My Body Down - Robert Johnson - Trying To Make It Home - Robert Johnson - Precious Lord - Robert Johnson - He'll Make a Way - Robert Johnson - Sugar Mama - Robert Longstreet - Black Gal - Robert Longstreet - Sloppy Drunk - Robert Longstreet - Decoration Day - Robert Longstreet - Shake Em' On Down - Fred McDowell - Mama Says I'm Crazy - Fred McDowell disc 5: - That Ain't It - John Henry Barbee # - Gonna Lose Your Mind - John Henry Barbee # - Flat Foot Boogie - Albert Macon / Robert Thomas - Mama Can I Lay It Down - Albert Macon / Robert Thomas - How Can You Do It - Albert Macon / Robert Thomas - John Henry - Jessie Clarence Gorman - Goin' Up To the Country No. 1 - Jessie Clarence Gorman - Goin' Up To the Country No. 2 - Jessie Clarence Gorman - Dirty Dozens - Will Shade - Won't You Send Me John - Will Shade - Wine Headed Man - Will Shade - K.C. Blues - Will Shade/Charlie Burse - Every Time I Come Around - Georgia Fife & Drum Band - J.W.'S Special - Georgia Fife & Drum Band - Old Hen Cackle - Georgia Fife & Drum Band - Buck Dance - Georgia Fife & Drum Band - Hey Freddie - Como Fife & Drum Band - Late In the Evening - Como Fife & Drum Band - Punky Tony - Como Fife & Drum Band - Shimmy She Wa - Como Fife & Drum Band - You Got Reap What You Sow - Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Everything's Gonna Be Alright - Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - That's the Way the Good Thing Go - Precious Bryant - Georgia Buck - Precious Bryant - When the Saints Go Marching In - Precious Bryant - Pork & Beans - Rosa Lee Hill - Count the Days I'm Gone - Rosa Lee Hill - Roll & Tumble - Rosa Lee Hill - Bullying Well - Rosa Lee Hill disc 6: - Good Morning Judge - Furry Lewis - Furry Lewis' Careless Love - Furry Lewis - What Make Grandpa Love Grandma So - Jimmy Lee Williams - Have You Ever Seen Peaches - Jimmy Lee Williams - Hoboing Into Hollywood - J.W. Warren - Sundown Blues - J.W. Warren - Rabbit On a Log - J.W. Warren - You're Gonna Miss Me - J.W. Warren - House On the Hill - Eddie Harris - I Have To Love Somebody - Eddie Harris - Old Country Rock No. 1 - James Davis - Instrumental No. 1 - James Davis - Who Stole the Lock Off the Henhouse Door? - James Davis - Instrumental No. 4 - James Davis - Canned Heat - Robert Nighthawk - Nighthawk Boogie - Robert Nighthawk - Down By the Woodshed - Robert Nighthawk - Home Going - Jessie Mae Hemphill - I Want To Be Ready - Jessie Mae Hemphill - Interview - Jessie Mae Hemphill disc 7 (bonus CD - tracks not on 45s set!) - Miss Maybelle - Jessie Lee Vortis - When My Baby Got On Board - Jessie Lee Vortis - Them Greasy Greens No. 1 - George Hollis - Rock and Roll To Midgetville - George Hollis - Black Rat Swing - Willie Rockomo - Tease Me Baby No. 2 - Bruce Upshaw / Willie Rockomo - Someday Baby No. 1 - Bruce Upshaw - Wonder Why My Baby Treat Me So Bad - Bruce Upshaw - Rosa Lee - Bruce Upshaw - I Got a Woman - Buddy Hubbard - So Sweet - Buddy Hubbard - You're Gonna Miss Me - Ira "Tiny" Coney - Mamie - Ira "Tiny" Coney - I'm So Lonesome - Ira "Tiny" Coney - Blood Red River - Eddie Hodge - Sitting On Top of the World - Eddie Hodge - Glory Hallelujah - Eddie Hodge - Jesus is Coming Back To Me - Pettis Sisters - Bound For Zion - Pettis Sisters - You Told Me Baby - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall - Sweet As an Apple On a Tree - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall - Juke No. 2 - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall - Woke Up This Morning - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall - Tell Me You Love Me - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall # rec. 1963 live at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; John Henry Barbee, voc, g; concert promoters: George Mitchell & Michael Bloomfield 7 CD set [with 24 page booklet!] or forty-five 45s [without 7th bonus CD!] notes by Sam Sweet with George Mitchell Fat Possum FP 1114 (US 2007)
20	2009	The Blues Box CD 1: Lonnie Johnson Otis Spann CD 2: Speckled Red Sunnyland Slim CD 3: Roosevelt Sykes Sippie Wallace Little Brother Montgomery CD 4: Big Joe Williams Sleepy John Estes Robert Pete Williams CD 5: Big Bill Broonzy - Glory Of Love - Careless Love - I Gets The Blues When It Rains - My Name Is Lee Conley Broonzy - Take This Hammer - See See Ride - Diggin' My Potatoes - Midnight Special - Keep Your Hands Off Her - I Got A Girl - You Better Mind - I Love You So Much - Sixteen Tons - Black Brown And White - Goodnight Irene John Henry Barbee - Dust My Broom - I Heard My Baby - I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton - Miss Nelly Grey - Tell Me Baby - Jump Blues CD 6: Memphis Slim Champion Jack Dupree Eddie Boyd Jay McShann CD 7: Sonnyboy Williamson Sonny Terry Brownie McGhee DVD: Champion Jack Dupree Sonnyboy Williamson Robert Lockwood Jr. James Caroll Booker III Henry Gray Boogie Bill Webb, Harmonica Slim Cousin Joe 7 CD + DVD set Storyville 108 8604 (Denmark 2009) Storyville Records discography
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 58
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, p. 39
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 241
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 18-19
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 29
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 115
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 39
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- p. 62
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- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- Ebay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Roland Piehl, Bob Eagle and George Mitchell for additional info / scans

(l. to r.) Ed Newman, b; John Henry Barbee, g; Moody Jones, g; James Kindle, bj - 1942
source: Mike Rowe: The Old Swing-Masters.- Blues Unlimited 137/138 (1980), p. 4 ("courtesy Rev. Moody Jones")

J O H N H E N R Y B A R B E E; source: Front cover of Spivey LP 1003; photographer: Len Kunstadt
source: Front cover of Spivey LP 1003; photographer: Len Kunstadt

John Henry Barbee 1963 at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL
source: Front cover of Fat Possum 1076-7; photographer: George Mitchell

J O H N H E N R Y B A R B E E; source: Front cover of Storyville SLP 4037
source: Front cover of Storyville SLP 4037

source: Harris 1987, p. 39; photographer: Stephanie Wiesand

source: Back cover of Storyville/Teldec LP 6.23701; photographer: Jan Persson

source: Back cover of Storyville/Teldec LP 6.23701; photographer: Stephanie Wiesand