 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 | |  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 |
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| 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
# Blues Classics BC 14 |
| - 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 | ||
| 2 | 1964 | Chicago Blues A Bonanza All Star Blues LP  @ youtubeSunnyland 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 Records 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 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:
Evidence ECD 26087-2 track sequence:
notes by Horst Lippmann & Fritz Rau (introduction), Georges Adins, Joachim E. Berendt, Jacques Demêtre, Bob Koester, Horst Lippmann, Paul Oliver (artists' portraits) notes by Jean Tronchot notes by Jean Tronchot
[not = Amiga 850043 !!!]
notes by Willy Leiser
= Edigsa/L+R 12L0293 (Sp 1982)
5 CD box set notes by Jerry Gordon
3 CD set 180 g LP American Folk Blues Festival 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 STCD 8003 Storyville Records 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
notes by Paul Oliver notes (English) by Paul Oliver, notes (Japanese) by Fumio Iwanaga notes by Manfred Miller notes (Serbo-Croatian) by Manfred Miller = Poljazz PSJ 245 (Poland 1981) notes by Paul Oliver, updated 1980 by Chris Albertson notes by Theo Lehmann 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
= Discophon J-4310 (Sp 1973) DLP 3 LP set notes by Paul Oliver # 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 |
| 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 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:
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Records discography |
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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 - Mike Rowe: The Old Swing-Masters.- Blues Unlimited 137/138 (1980), p. 4-24 - http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/blues/j/henrybar.htm - http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/label/document/document1.htm - 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")
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