Illustrated Weldon 'Juke Boy' Bonner discography

W E L D O N 'J U K E B O Y' B O N N E R; source: Blues Unlimited 130 (1978), p. 24; photographer: Hiram E. Dotson
source: Blues Unlimited 130 (1978), p. 24
photographer: Hiram E. Dotson
Juke Boy Bonner, July 12, 1975 at Montreux Jazz Festival

Juke Boy Bonner
Weldon H. Philip Bonner
b. March 22, 1932 in Bellville, Texas
d. June 29, 1978 in Houston, Texas
discography
W E L D O N 'J U K E B O Y' B O N N E R; source: Front cover of Ace CDCHD 821
source: Front cover of Ace CDCHD 821

year
of release

title / label / notes

1957

JUKE BOY BARNER and Group

- Well Baby (X) @ youtube
- Rock With Me Baby (XX) @ youtube

originally unissued tracks from same session:
- It's A Dirty Deal [Royal acetate; CD accompanying Blues Images calendar Vol. 17]
- I'm Hep To It [Royal acetate; CD accompanying Blues Images calendar Vol. 17]

rec. 1957 in Oakland, CA; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Lafayette Thomas, g~~; unkown, b~~

Irma 111 [Bob Geddins' label]

= Irma 45-111 (repro 2010)

Arhoolie 2008
Wolf CD 120.613
X Rockin' Blues LP 1000

- Life Is A Dirty Deal (2:32) [Jan & Dil EP 451] @ youtube
- Life Is A Dirty Deal (alt tk) (2:46) [Moonshine BLP 117; Ace CDCHD 821] @ Spotify
- My Time To Go [Storyville SLP 177; Ace CDCHD 821] @ youtube
- I'm Not Jiving [Storyville SLP 177; Ace CDCHD 821] @ youtube
- I'm Not Jiving (alt tk) [Ace CDCHD 1471] @ youtube
- Can't Hardly Keep From Crying (B) [Goldband G-1102; Ace CDCHD 821] @ youtube

rec. January 6, 1960 in Lake Charles, LA; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Guitar Joe, g; Little Brother Griffin, dr

alt tk of "Life Is A Dirty Deal" starts with a studio chat: "Take no 1"

Goldband mostly unissued

- True Love's Waiting [Flyright CD 38; Collectables COL-5088; Ace CDCHD 821] @ youtube
- Call Me Juke Boy (A) [Goldband G-1102; Ace CDCHD 821] @ youtube
- My Time To Go [Collectables COL-5088, Ace CDCHD 821] @ youtube

rec. March 15, 1960, 1960 in Lake Charles, LA; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Guitar Joe, g; Little Brother Griffin, dr; unknown, b

Goldband mostly unissued

1960

JUKE BOY BONNER THE ONE MAN TRIO

- Call Me Juke Boy (A) @ youtube
- Can't Hardly Keep From Crying (B) @ youtube

(A) rec. January 6, 1960 in Lake Charles, LA; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Guitar Joe, g; Little Brother Griffin, dr
(B) rec. March 15, 1960 in Lake Charles, LA; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Guitar Joe, g; Little Brother Griffin, dr; unknown, b

Goldband G-1102 [Eddie Shuler's label]

Storyville SLP 177
Ace CDCHD 821

- One Short Hour [in Leadbitter & Slaven 1987, deleted in later editions]
- One More Lonesome Road [in Leadbitter & Slaven 1987, deleted in later editions]
- Let's Boogie (tk 1) [Storyville SLP 177, Ace CDCHD 821] @ Spotify
- Let's Boogie (tk 2) [Ace CDCHD 424] @ youtube @ Spotify
- Going Crazy Over You (= Going Crazy About You) [Storyville SLP 177] @ youtube
- Just Got To Take A Ride (tk 1) [Ace CDCHD 427]
- Just Got To Take A Ride (tk 2) [Storyville SLP 177] @ youtube
- Blue River Rising (tk 3) [Storyville SLP 177] @ youtube
- Blue River Rising (alt tk) [Goldband LP 7774]

rec. December 29, 1960 in Lake Charles, LA; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Katie Webster, p; Sherman Webster, b; Lightnin' Mitchell, dr

Let's Boogie (tk 1) starts with "Well, Joe told Jenny ..."
Let's Boogie (tk 2) starts with "Well, Jenny told Joe ..."

Goldband unissued

Katie Webster discography

1964?

Blues n' Trouble Volume 2

Lightning Hopkins - Wine Drinking Woman
Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly - Yellow-Brown Woman
Little Son Willis - Nothing But The Blues
Blind James Phillips - Night Is Falling
Lil' Son Jackson - Bad Whiskey - Bad Women
Juke Boy Bonner - Ridin' The Greyhound Bus Again (4:10) °° [add'l track, on later release only] @ youtube
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - B & O Blues

Mercy Dee - Sugar Daddy
Big Joe Williams - Little Machine
Paul McZiel Zydeco Band - I'm Sad And I'm Blue
Blind James Campbell - Sittin' Here Drinking
Robert Shaw - Turn Loose My Tongue
Dr. Ross (Isaiah Ross) - Downtown Boogie (tk 2) (2:20) °° [add'l track, on later release only] @ youtube

°° on later release (1964?) only!

notes by Chris A. Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box No. 5073, Berkeley 5, Calif."

Arhoolie F 1012 (US 1962) (11 tracks!)

notes by Chris A. Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709"

Arhoolie F 1012 (US 196?) (11 tracks!)

notes by Chris A. Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709"

Arhoolie F 1012 (US 1964?) (13 tracks!)

Arhoolie Records discography

1965

The Louisiana Blues Bluesscene USA Vol. 2 resp. In Person: The Louisiana Blues with the fabulous Weldon 'Juke Boy' Bonner

Juke Boy Bonner
- Let's Boogie (tk 1) [Goldband unissued] § @ Spotify
- My Time To Go [Goldband unissued] # @ youtube
- Going Crazy Over You [Goldband unissued] § @ youtube
- I'm Not Jiving [Goldband unissued] # @ youtube
- Just Got To Take A Ride (tk 2) [Goldband unissued] § @ youtube
- Blues River Rising (tk 3) [actually Blue River Rising, Goldband unissued] § @ youtube
- Can't Hardly Keep From Crying [Goldband 1102] # @ youtube
- Call Me Juke Boy [Goldband 1102] * @ youtube

Ashton Savoy, Lazy Lester, Katie Webster, Lightnin
- Need Shorter Hours
- Want To Talk To You Baby
- Tell Me Baby
Big Chenier, Jack The Cat
- The Dog And His Puppies
- Going To The City
Hop Wilson, King Ivory Lee Semien's Band
- Broke And Hungry
- Always Be In Love
Jay "Mr. Sugar Bee" Stutes, Shorty LeBlanc
- Hound Dog Baby
- Midnight Blues

# rec. January 6, 1960 in Lake Charles, LA; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Guitar Joe, g; Little Brother Griffin, dr
* rec. January 15, 1960 in Lake Charles, LA; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Guitar Joe, g; Little Brother Griffin, dr; unk. b
§ rec. December 29, 1960 in Lake Charles, LA; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Katie Webster, p; Sherman Webster, b; Lightnin' Mitchell, dr
prod. by Eddie Shuler; compiled by Mike Leadbitter
"We wish to thank Mike Leadbitter for his invaluable help in connection with this LP."

notes by Paul Oliver

Storyville SLP 177 (Denmark 1965) The Louisiana Blues Bluesscene USA Vol. 2

notes by Paul Oliver

= Storyville ST 21 010 (Fr 19??)

notes by Paul Oliver and Kazuo Mitsuhashi

= Storyville ULS1823R (Jp 19??)

notes by Mike Leadbitter

labels have printed "℗ 1962" (which doesn't mean it has been released in 1962!)
= Storyville 616 005 (Denmark 1969?) "In Person: The Louisiana Blues with the fabulous Weldon 'Juke Boy' Bonner"

notes by Paul Oliver

= Storyville SLP 841 (UK 197?)

Ace CDCHD 821

Storyville Records discography
Katie Webster discography

1966

More Down Home Blues

Juke Boy Bonner
- Life Is A Dirty Deal (2:32) [Goldband unissued] #
Good Jelly Bess
- Come And Get It [Hermitage 775]

Papa Lightfoot
- Wine, Women, Whiskey [Imperial 5289]
Snooky Pryor
- Cryin' Shame [J.O.B. 1014]

# rec. January 6, 1960 in Lake Charles, LA by Eddie Shuler; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Guitar Joe, g; Little Brother Griffin, dr

7 inch 45 rpm EP
notes by John J. Broven

Jan & Dil JR 451 (UK 1966)

Jan & Dil discography
Papa Lightfoot discography
Snooky Pryor discography

- I Love You So [Flyright 4700, 527]
- Lonesome House Blues [Flyright 4700, 527]
- Slim's Blues [Flyright 4700, 527]
- Meet Me In The Bottom
- Man Or Mouse
- Nine Below Zero
- I'm Black In The World

rec. June 1967 in Houston, TX; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, hca, g

originally unissued

- Yakin' In My Plans (LH-3948) [Blues Unlimited 101] @ youtube
- Runnin' Shoes (LH-3949) [Blues Unlimited 101] @ youtube
- I'm Going Up I'm Going Down [Flyright 4700, 527]
- Dust My Broom [Flyright CD 38]
- Jumpin' With Juke Boy [Flyright CD 38]
- Who Was That A While Ago? [Flyright CD 38]
- Three Ring Circus [Flyright CD 38]
- Look Out Lightning [Flyright CD 38]
- Meet Me In The Bottom
- untitled instrumental
- Jumpin' At The Studio [Flyright CD 38]
- Look Out Your Window [Flyright CD 38]

rec. December 12, 1967 in Houston, TX; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, hca, g

originally unissued

1968

Juke Boy Bonner: The One Man Trio

- I Live Where The Action Is # @ youtube
- Can't Let Your Troubles Get You Down #
- Movin' Back To The Country §
- Nine Below Zero * @ youtube
- Real Quiet Fellow #
- Blues, Blues, Blues # @ youtube

- Bad Breaks * @ youtube
- Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do # @ youtube
- No Place To Run # @ youtube
- I Wonder If You Know How It Is # @ youtube
- Dust My Broom * @ youtube
- You Don't Have To Go * @ youtube

rec. by Juke Boy Bonner on his own taperecorder; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca
# January/February 1967 live in the Jungle Lounge in Houston, TX
* August 8, 1967 at home in Houston, TX
§ August 22, 1967 in Houston, TX
Flyright LP 3501 front cover artwork by Bert H. Bevis
Flyright LP 3501 & Flyright FLY 548 photos by Mike Leadbitter

notes (1968) by Mike A. Leadbitter

Flyright LP 3501 (UK 1968)

reprint of liner notes in BU 111 (1974/75), p. 6

notes (1968) by Mike A. Leadbitter

Flyright FLY 548 (UK 1979)

Flyright Records discography

1968

JUKE BOY BONNER

Blues Unlimited 101
- Yakin' In My Plans (LH-3948) @ youtube
- Runnin' Shoes (LH-3949) @ youtube

Blue Horizon 57-3163
- Runnin' Shoes (A)
- Yackin' [sic] In My Plans (B)

rec. December 12, 1967 in Houston, TX; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; prod. by Larry Skoog

7 inch 45 rpm

Blues Unlimited 101 (US 1968) [Texas label]

7 inch 45 rpm

= Blue Horizon 57-3163 (UK 10/1969)
= CBS 66278

Blue Horizon Records discography

1968

Juke Boy Bonner: I'm Going Back To The Country
Where They Don't Burn The Buildings Down

- Going Back To The Country
- Sad, Sad Sound
- She Turns Me On #
- Hard Luck
- Trying To Be Contented
- Working With Juke Boy # °°

- Life Is A Nightmare
- It's Time To Make A Change
- Jumpin' At The Zydeco # °°
- My Blues
- Stay Off Lyons Avenue #
- I'm Getting Tired

# rec. December 20, 1967 at ACA Studios in Houston, TX; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, hca, g; prod by Chris Strachwitz
all other tracks rec. January 23, 1968 at ACA Studios in Houston, TX; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, hca, g; prod by Chris Strachwitz

notes (1968) by Larry Skoog "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, CA. 94709"

Arhoolie F 1036 (US 1968)

Arhoolie CD 375 (except °°)

Arhoolie Records discography

1968

The Roots Of America's Music

LP 1:
Country Blues
Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em On Down
Mance Lipscomb - Sugar Babe
Black Ace - New Triflin' Woman
Alex Moore - July Boogie
Big Joe Williams - Greystone Blues
Lil Son Jackson - Roberta
John Jackson - Going Down In Georgia On A Horn
Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly - No More Hard Times
Lowell Fulson - River Blues

City Blues
Mercy Dee - Walked Down So Many Turnrows
Juke Boy Bonner - Going Back To The Country
Lightning Hopkins - Tom Moore Blues
Big Mama Thornton - Unlucky Girl
Clifton Chenier - Louisiana Blues
Larry Williams - I Know You Hear Me Calling
Johnny Young - Wild Wild Woman

LP 2:
Gospel & Jazz
Bukka White - Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World
Jesse Fuller - Amazing Grace
Rev. Overstreet - I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord
Robert Shaw - The Ma Grinder
Kid Thomas - Eh La Bas
Joe Turner - Old Piney Brown's Gone
Luna - Nisaba In The Grass

Country, Cajun & Folk
J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers - Run Mountain
Del McCoury - Dreams
The Hodges Brothers - Carroll County Blues
Luderin Darbone - Crowley Waltz
Nathan Abshire - Cajun Two Step
Alice Stuart - Once I Had A Sweetheart
Crabgrass - Charles Giteau
James Campbell - Baby Please Don't Go

compilation of tracks previously on Arhoolie LPs; ed. & prod. by Chris Strachwitz
no previously unissued tracks!

2-disc package
notes by Pete Welding

Arhoolie R2001/2002

= Stateside SR-9323B (Jp 1972)

Arhoolie Records discography

1969

Juke Boy Bonner: The Struggle

- Struggle Here In Houston
- Railroad Tracks
- Watch Your Buddies
- I Got My Passport
- When The Deal Goes Down
- Being Black And I'm Proud

- I'm In The Big City
- Houston, The Action Town
- Over Ten Years Ago
- Runnin' Shoes
- Just A Blues
- It Don't Take Too Much

rec. November 30 & December 2, 1968 & May 5, 1969

notes by Larry Skoog

Arhoolie ST 1045 (US 1969)

= Arhoolie AR 19002 (Germany 19??)

Arhoolie CD 375

Arhoolie Records discography

1969

JUKE BOY BONNER

- Houston, The Action Town
- My Blues

"From the album: F 1036 by Juke Boy Bonner"

7 inch 45 rpm

Arhoolie 45-522 (US 1969)

Arhoolie Records discography

1969

Juke Boy Bonner: Things Ain't Right

- Let's Boogie On []
- Talkin' Bout Lightnin' @ youtube
- Well Well
- Mr. Downchild # @ youtube
- B.U. Blues
- Regent Sound
- Things Ain't Right

- Belfast Blues
- Trying To Call Home []
- Mojo Hand @ youtube
- Texas Turnpike # []
- Sun's Going Down
- Where I Live
- Travellin' Shoes

rec. at Regent "A" Studios, London during November 1969; Juke Boy Bonner, electric g, acoustic g , 12 string acoustic g and hca; # The Nighthawks: Bruce Langsman, g, Ron Skinner, b, Melvyn Wright, dr; [] John Lewis (Jona Lewie), p; prod. by Chris Trimming & Ron Watts of the National Blues Federation with a little help from Noel

front cover photograph by Mike Hasted

notes by Mike Leadbitter

Liberty LBS 83319 (UK 1969)

notes by Tony Burke

= Sequel NEXCD 209 (UK 1992) "The 1969 London Sessions"

1969

JUKE BOY BONNER

- It's A Shame, Shame, Shame (LH-6414)
- Boone's Farm (LH-6415)

rec. 1969 in Houston, TX; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, hca, g; prod. by W. Bonner

7 inch 45 rpm

Blues Unlimited 102 (US 1969) [Texas label]

1969

Blues Roots

LP 1:
- Frisco Lines - Fred McDowell
- Fare You Well Baby Blues - Joe Callicott
- Long Haired Doney - R.L. Burnside
- Mean Stepfather - Big Joe Williams
- Bald Eagle Train - Bukka White and "Washboard Willie" [= Wayne Pope!] @ youtube
- Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith

- Long Tall Girl - Mance Lipscomb
- Red River Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- I Am the Black Ace - Black Ace
- Whistling Alex Moore Blues - Alex Moore
- Texas Blues - Lowell Fulson and Martin Fulson, rhythm g
- The Ma Grinder - Robert Shaw
- Take A Walk - Lightnin' Hopkins

LP 2:
- Bear Cat - John Jackson
- Snowing And Raining - Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly
- Got A Date I Can't Be Late - Jesse Fuller
- You Got Another - Lightnin' Hopkins and Barbara Dane
- Struggle Here - Juke Boy Bonner and Alvin J. Simon, dr
- Listen At That Bull - G. Coleman
- Trouble Blues - Big Joe Turner

- Dream - Little Willie Littlejohn
- Sugar Daddy - Mercy Dee Walton
- I'm Feeling Alright - Big Mama Thorton
- Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
- Black Snake Blues - Clifton Chenier
- Two Bugs - Earl Hooker

"The selections from this album have been comprised from the catalog of Arhoolie Records ... Except where otherwise indicated, all selections produced and recorded by Chris Strachwitz"

gatefold DLP

Poppy PYS-60.003 (US 1969)
= RCA Victor 740 069 (France 1969)

= RCA Victor SHP-6124/25 (Jp)

= Tomato TOM-2-7006 (US 1978)

gatefold DLP

= Tomato DLP 2696181 (Germany 1989)

2 CD set
notes by Bill Dahl

= Tomato CD TOM-3001 (US 2002)

1969

American Folk Blues Festival '69
Live! At Royal Albert Hall London

Juke Boy Bonner - Jumpin' With Juke Boy @ youtube @ Spotify
Earl Hooker - Going Up And Down @ youtube @ Spotify
Carey Bell - Rocking With Chromanica / I Feel Bad, Bad, Bad @ youtube @ Spotify
Juke Boy Bonner - Running Shoes @ youtube @ Spotify
John Jackson - Poor Boy @ youtube @ Spotify
Clifton Chenier - Zydeco Et Pas Sale @ youtube @ Spotify

Earl Hooker - Blue Shadows Fall @ youtube @ Spotify
Clifton Chenier - Wrap It Up @ youtube @ Spotify
Magic Sam - Easy Baby (3:24) @ youtube @ Spotify
Magic Sam - Looking Good (2:06) @ youtube @ Spotify
Whistling Alex Moore - Across The Atlantic Ocean @ youtube @ youtube @ Spotify
John Jackson - John Jackson Breakdown (instr) @ youtube @ Spotify

originally unissued tracks from same appearance:
Earl Hooker
- Walking The Floor Over You / Steel Guitar Rag (HCO 2010) # [CBS LP 52796]
- Walking The Floor Over You / Off The Hook # [Hip-O CD B0003224-02]
Magic Sam
- Sweet Home Chicago
- All Your Love [Hip-O CD B0003224-02, Hip-O DVD B0000751-09]
- Every Night About This Time
- I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie) [aka "Magic Sam's Boogie", Hip-O DVD B0000751-09]

rec. October 3, 1969 at Royal Albert Hall, London, UK; prod. & presented by Lippmann + Rau in cooperation with Chris Strachwitz

Juke Boy Bonner, voc, hca, g
Earl Hooker, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca; Mack Thompson, b; Robert St. Julien, dr
Earl Hooker, voc, g; Mack Thompson, b; Robert St. Julien, dr
Carey Bell, voc, hca; Earl Hooker, g; Mack Thompson, b; Robert St. Julien, dr
John Jackson, voc, g
Clifton Chenier, voc, acc; Cleveland Chenier, washb; Robert St. Julien, dr
Magic Sam, voc, g; Mack Thompson, b; Robert St. Julien, dr
Whistling Alex Moore, voc, p, whistling

back cover photo by Valerie Wilmer

notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver

Scout Sc-6 (Germany 1969)

notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver

= CBS S 63912 (UK 1969)

notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver

= Optimism/L+R LR CD-2071 (US 198?)

notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver

= Bellaphon/L+R CD 42.071 (Germany 1991)

4 CD set
notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver

(=) Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 726222 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1965/1966/1967/1969"

concert review by Paul Oliver (Jazz Monthly December 1969, pp. 24-25) at WeenieCampbell.com, scanned & OCRed by Alan Balfour

American Folk Blues Festival discography
Scout Records discography
L+R Records discography
Earl Hooker discography
John Jackson discography
Magic Sam discography
Whistling Alex Moore discography
Mac Thompson discography

1970

Oakland Blues

K.C. Douglas - Mercury Boogie [Down Town 2004]
Sidney Maiden - Eclipse Of The Sun [Down Town 2004]
Willie B. Huff - Beggar Man Blues [Rhythm 1770]
Juke Boy Bonner - Well Baby [Irma 111]
Mercy Dee Walton - Trailing My Baby
LC Good Rockin' Robinson - Why Don't You Write To Me [Rhythm 1772]
Juke Boy Bonner - Rock With Me Baby [Irma 111]

Johnny Fuller - Train, Train Blues [Rhythm 1773]
Johnny Fuller - First Stage Of The Blues [Rhythm 1767]
Jimmy McCracklin - When I'm Gone [Trilon 245]
Jimmy Wilson - Tin Pan Alley [Big Town 101]
Jimmy Wilson - A Woman Is To Blame [Big Town 107]
Jimmy Wilson - Blues At Sundown [Big Town 107]
Jimmy Wilson - Frisco Bay [Rhythm 1766]

notes by Lee Hildebrand

Arhoolie 2008 (US 1970)

= Trio PA-3063 (Jp 1975)

Arhoolie Records discography
Trio Records discography

1970

Chicken Stuff

@ youtube (full album)
Houston Ghetto Blues

Hop Wilson *
- Merry Christmas Darling
- My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone
- I Met A Strange Woman
- I'm A Stranger
- A Good Woman Is Hard To Find
- Be Careful With The Blues

Big Walter (The Thunderbird) **
- Nothing But The Blues
- My Tears
Juke Boy Bonner
- I'm Going Up I'm Going Down ##
- I Love You So #
- Lonesome House Blues #
- Slim's Blues #

unissued tracks from same session:
Juke Boy Bonner
- Meet Me In The Bottom #
- Man Or Mouse #
- Nine Below Zero #
- I'm Black In The World #

* rec. 1960-1961; Hop Wilson, voc, hawaiian g; Elmore Nixon, p; Ivory Semien, dr
** rec. 1965; Big Walter (The Thunderbird), p; with b and dr (also Albert Collins, g and horns on 'My Tears')
# rec. June 1967 live in Houston, TX' night clubs; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, el g
## rec. December 12, 1967 in Houston, TX; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, el g

notes by Mike A. Leadbitter

Flyright LP 4700 (UK 1970)

Flyright FLY 527 (UK 1977)

Flyright Records discography

16a

1971

Nothing But The Blues
The record companion to Hanover Publications' book "Nothing But The Blues" compiled by the Editors of Blues Unlimited

LP 1:
J.B. Lenoir - I Don't Care What Nobody Say [Blue Horizon 1004]
Juke Boy Bonner - Runnin' Shoes [Blues Unlimited 101]
Doctor Ross - Goin' Down Slow [Blue Horizon LP-1]
Model 'T' Slim - Woman's The Glory Of Man [Audio Blues AB-1933-A]
Little Mack Simmons - Come Back [C.-J. 606]
Johnny Shines - Pipeline Blues [Blue Horizon 7-63212]

Boozoo Chavis - Forty One Days [Folk Star 1201]
Hop Wilson - That Wouldn't Satisfy [Goldband G-1071]
Big Walter - My Tears [Flyright LP 4700]
Lonesome Sundown - I Stood By [Excello 2145]
Arthur Gunter - Don't Leave Me Now [Excello 2147]
Rockin' Sydney - Keep On Pushin' [previously unissued]

LP 2:
B.B. King - Eyesight To The Blind [Kent 441]
Otis Rush - All Your Love (I Miss Loving) [Cobra 5032]
Buddy Guy - Sit And Cry (The Blues) [Artistic 1501]
John Brim - Lifetime Baby [previously unissued]
Elmore James - Goin' For Good [previously unissued]
Magic Sam - All Night Long [Cobra 5025]

Lightnin' Slim - Greyhound Blues [Excello 2252]
Slim Harpo - Loving You (The Way I Do) [Excello 2282]
Otis Spann - Can't Do Me No Good [Blue Horizon 57-3142]
Sunnyland Slim - Midnight Jump [Blue Horizon 7-63213]
Johnny Young - Moaning And Groaning [Blue Horizon 7-63852]
George Smith - Telephone Blues [Blue Horizon7-63858]

compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Mike Vernon

gatefold 2 LP set
notes by Mike Leadbitter

CBS 66278 (UK 1971)

1972

Juke Boy Bonner: The Legacy Of The Blues Vol. 5

- I'm A Bluesman
- Problems All Around
- Trying To Get Ahead
- If You Don't Want To Get Mistreated
- Lonesome Ride Back Home
- Funny Money

- I'm Lonely Too
- Real Good Woman
- Come To Me
- Yammin' The Blues
- Better Place To Go
- Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:30) @ youtube

series prod. by Sam Charters
rec. 1971 in Berkeley by Chris Strachwitz; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, hca, g
photography by Chris Strachwitz

notes by Sam Charters

Sonet SNTF 634 (UK 1972)

= GNP Crescendo GNPS 10015 (US 1976)

= Poljazz PSJ-204 (Poland 1976)

notes by Sam Charters

= Sonet SNTDCD 634 (UK 1988)

(=) Sonet/Verve B0006287-02 (US 2005)
= Sonet 0602498692516 (EU 2005)

book accompanying "The Legacy Of The Blues" LP series

Sam Charters: The Legacy Of The Blues - (A Glimpse Into The) Art And Lives
Of Twelve Great Bluesmen.

UK hardback edition: London (Calder & Boyars) 1975

UK paperback edition: London (Marion Boyars Publishers) 1975

US hardback edition: Boston (Da Capo Press) 1977

US paperback edition: Boston (Da Capo Paperback) 1977

17a

1974

The Legacy Of The Blues Sampler

- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - Bukka White
- Funky Malaguena - Snooks Eaglin
- Found My Baby Gone - Champion Jack Dupree
- Wishy Washy Woman - Mighty Joe Young
- I'm A Bluesman - Juke Boy Bonner
- Black Gal You're Sure Looking Warm - Big Joe Williams

- Long Time Gone, A - Memphis Slim
- Starry Crown Blues - J.D. Short
- I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball - Robert Pete Williams
- The Cannonball - Eddie Boyd
- She's So Mellow - Sunnyland Slim
- Please Help Poor Me - Lightnin' Hopkins

DLP/CD "Maxi Sampler" bonus tracks:
- Poor Boy Long Way From Home - Bukka White
- Drive It Home - Snooks Eaglin
- You're The One - Champion Jack Dupree
- Early In The Morning - Mighty Joe Young
- Lonesome Ride Back Home - Juke Boy Bonner
- I Been Wrong But I'll Be Right - Big Joe Williams
- Lets Get With It - Memphis Slim
- Make Me Down A Pallet - J.D. Short
- You're My All Day Steady And My Midnight Dream - Robert Pete Williams
- It's A Mellow Day - Eddie Boyd
- Get Hip To Yourself - Sunnyland Slim
- Water Fallin' Boogie - Lightnin' Hopkins

series prod. by Sam Charters
front cover photo by Sam Charters

notes by Anonymous (most likely Sam Charters)

Sonet SNTX 1 / Sonet 201.038 (UK 1974)

notes by Anonymous (most likely Sam Charters)

= Crescendo GNPS 10010 (US 1976)

= Poljazz PSJ-146 (Poland 1976)

gatefold DLP

(=) Sonet INT 157.103 (UK 1983) "The Legacy Of The Blues Maxi Sampler"
(=) Sonet DLP SNTD 202 (Germany 1983) "The Legacy Of The Blues Maxi Sampler"

(=) Sonet SNTDCD 202 (UK 1983) "The Legacy Of The Blues Maxi Sampler"

notes (1988) by Samuel Charters

= Sonet SNTXCD1 (UK 1988) "The Legacy Of The Blues Sampler"

= GNP Crescendo GNP5-0010X (cassette) (US 1990)

1974

Those Old Happy Days
1960s Blues From The Gulf

Blue Scotty
- Shame Shame On You
- Lonely Love Blues
- Lonesome Blues
- Those Old Happy Days (alt tk)
- True Love Blues
Rockin Sidney
- Boogie In The Mud
- Keep On Pushin'

Silas Hogan
- Born In Texas
Juke Boy Bonner
- How Well Do I Remember
- No Place To Run
Silas Hogan
- Let Me Be Your Hatchet
Louisiana Johnny
- Sick And Tired
- That Your Dog?
Juke Boy Bonner
- Don't Cry On My Shoulder

prod. 1969 in the Goldband Studios by Mike Leadbitter (with the help of Eddie Shuler)

Flyright LP 513 (UK 1974)

Flyright Records discography

1974

Bluesville

Clarence Garlow
- Nothing To Talk About
Cookie And The Cupcakes
- In The Evening
Left Handed Charlie
- Miss My Lagnion
Boozoo Chavis
- Paper In My Shoe
Guitar Jr.
- Please
Big Walter
- Never Too Old

Scottie Milford
- How Do You Say I'm Sorry
Tal Miller
- Life's Journey
Shelton Dunaway with Cookie And The Cupcakes
- Cindy Lou
Juke Boy Bonner
- Blue River Rising (alt tk) [tk 3, Goldband unissued] @ youtube
Hop Wilson
- Chicken Stuff
Big Chenier
- Let Me Hold Your Hand
Johnny Moses
- Your Careless Love
Rockin Sidney
- Mary's Cat

notes by Eddie Shuler

Goldband G-7774-2

1977

Houston Ghetto Blues

@ youtube (full album)

Hop Wilson *
- Merry Christmas Darling
- My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone
- I Met A Strange Woman
- I'm A Stranger
- A Good Woman Is Hard To Find
- Be Careful With The Blues

Big Walter (The Thunderbird) **
- Nothing But The Blues
- My Tears
Juke Boy Bonner
- I'm Going Up I'm Going Down ##
- I Love You So #
- Lonesome House Blues #
- Slim's Blues #

Flyright 4700 (1970)

Flyright FLY 527 (UK 1977)

Flyright Records discography

1979

Juke Boy Bonner: The One Man Trio

- I Live Where The Action Is # @ youtube
- Can't Let Your Troubles Get You Down #
- Movin' Back To The Country §
- Nine Below Zero * @ youtube
- Real Quiet Fellow #
- Blues, Blues, Blues # @ youtube

notes (1968) by Mike A. Leadbitter

Flyright LP 3501 (UK 1968)

reprint of Mike Leadbitter liner notes in BU 111 (1974/75), p. 6

notes (1968) by Mike A. Leadbitter

Flyright FLY 548 (UK 1979)

Flyright Records discography

197?

JUKE BOY BONNER

- The Winds Came
- Six Over Ten

prod. by Roy C. Ames

7 inch 45 rpm

Home Cooking HCS 720

1980

The Adventures Of Juke Boy Bonner In AuthentiCity

- The Winds Came
- Life's Highway
- Lovin' Arms

- A Distant Feel
- Six Over Ten

- Can't Win For Losin'
- Rock Of Gibraltar
- Tryin' To Keep It Together
- A Woman's Mind
- Blues For Tomorrow

"This travesty never should have been recorded, much less reissued; (...) avoid this piece of crap like the plague it is" (Cub Koda for www.allmusic.com)

Home Cooking HCS 105 (US 1980)

= Collectables CD 5219 (US 1994) "Adventures Of Juke Boy Bonner"

1981

Juke Boy Bonner: Last Live Recording

- Don't Get Down
- Big Boss Man
- Lyons Ave. Blues
- Talk To Your Daughter

- Stranded In Houston
- Leave Me And My Woman Alone
- Rock Me Mama
- Head Down To The Powerline

rec. June 19, 1978 at the Juneteenth Blues Festival; prod. by Tom Usselman

10 inch LP
notes by Tom Usselman with Chuck Miller

Lunar #2 M-2007

1988

Blues As Big As Texas Vol. 1

Johnny Copeland
- Rock me Baby
Jimmy "T99" Nelson
- Hot Tamale Man
Gatemouth Brown
- Stop What You're Doing To Me
Juke Boy Bonner
- Carried To The Cleaners & Hung Out To Dry
Joe Medwick
- You Hit The Hand That Fed You
Percy Mayfield
- Freeway
- Gone Astray

Johnny Copeland
- Baby Please Don't Go
Joe Hughes
- I Can't Figure Out Women
Jimmy "T99" Nelson
- Too Weak To Work
Big Walter
- Bloodstaines On The Wall
Calvin "Loudmouth" Johnson
- Lost You Baby
Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow
- Train Fare Home
Gatemouth Brown
- It's Alright

notes by Ertell S. Jackson

Home Cooking HCS 106

= Collectables COLCD 5220 (US 1991)

25a

1988

Texas Guitar Greats

Clarence Green
- Don't Let The Blues Get You Down
Gatemouth Brown
- Hot Times Tonight
Joey Long
- 4 O'Clock A.M.
Ted Hawley
- Woman So Fine
Chris Holzhaus
- Long Sad Letters
Johnny Copeland
- Come On Y'all

Johnny Winter
- Going Down Slow
Ted Hawley & Weldon Bonner
- Trying To Keep It Together
Ted Hawley
- Box Ride
Freddie King
- Boogie On Down
Rockola
- Diving Duck
James Bolden
- Deep Blues

"previously unissued material"; prod. by Roy C. Ames

notes by Roy C. Ames

Home Cooking HCS 109 (US 1988)

1989

Weldon 'Juke Boy' Bonner: The Texas Blues Troubadour

- Nowhere To Run
- Grandmas Will Dog You Around
- Life's Highway
- Loving Arms (original version)
- Loving Arms (finished version)
- Gimme Some Boone's Farm
- It's A Shame, Shame, Shame

- The Winds Came
- A Distant Feel
- Carried To The Cleaners And Hung Out To Dry
- What'll I Tell The Children
- Disappearing Act
- Nothing But A Child
- Six Over Ten

rec. 1968-75 in Houston, TX

Home Cooking HCS 113 (US 1989)

= Collectables CD 5227 (US 1994)

1989

Juke Boy Bonner: They Call Me "Juke Boy"

- The Best Way To Lose The Blues
- A Distant Feel
- Nowhere To Run
- Don't Ever Get Down
- It Don't Take Too Much
- Shame Shame Shame
- Boone's Farm

- What The Blues Has Done Or Me
- Texas Zydeco
- Nothing But A Child
- European Tour
- Live My Troubles On Down
- Loving Arms
- Gettin' Low Down

Ace CHD 269 (UK 1989)

198?

Take A Greyhound Bus And Ride

Jerry McCain
- Stay Out Of Automobiles
- Trying To Please
- Love To Make Out
- My Next Door Neighbour
John Hogg
- Got A Mean Evil Woman
Betty James
- I'm A Little Mixed Up
Juke Boy Bonner
- Life Is A Dirty Deal (alt tk) (2:46)
Model T Slim
- Woman's The Glory Of Man
G.L. Crockett
- It's A Man Down There

Woodrow Adams
- Seventh Son
- Everything I Do Is Wrong
- Something On My Mind
- Sad And Blue
John Hogg
- Why Did You Leave Me
Little Willie Brown
- Cut It Out
Betty James
- Salt In My Coffee
McKinley James
- Tuskeegee Boogie
Little Eddie
- Listen Baby Please Be Good To Me

Moonshine BLP 117 (NL 198?)

Moonshine discography

28a

1990

Down Home Blues
A "Home Cooking" Sampler

Lightning Hopkins - Stinking Foot
Lightning Hopkins - Rainy Day In Houston
Johnny Copeland - Working Man Blues
Big Walter with Albert Collins - Nothing But The Blues
Juke Boy Bonner - Gimme Some Boone's Farm [Home Cooking HCS 113]
Calvin "Loudmouth" Johnson - Lean On Your Body
Larry Davis - That's Allright With You

Gene Vell - Screaming All Night Long
Sidewalk Sam - Mister Lend Me A Dime
Peppermint Harris - To Be With The One You Love
Clarence Green - Empty House Of So Many Tears
Pete Mayes - Crazy Woman
Big Walter with Albert Collins - If Blues Was Money
Pete Mayes - Moving Out
Lonnie Mitchell - Louisiana Slow Drag

rec. 1958 to 1965 in Houston, TX; prod. by Roy C. Ames

cover photograph shows Big Joe Williams (even though he's not present on the LP); photographer: Burton Wilson

notes by Roy Ames

Rattlesnake MMLP55001 (Germany 1990)

1991

Juke Boy Bonner 1960-1967

- Look Out Lightning [previously unreleased]
- Jumpin' With Juke Boy [previously unreleased]
- Dust My Broom [previously unreleased]
- I'm Going Up, I'm Going Down [Flyright LP 4700, 527]
- Who Was That A While Ago? [previously unreleased]
- Three Ring Circus [previously unreleased]
- Look Out Your Window [previously unreleased]
- Life Is A Dirty Deal (2:32) [Jan & Dil EP 451]
- True Love [sic] Waiting [previously unreleased]
- No Place To Run [Flyright LP 3501, 548; 513]
- Don't Cry On My Shoulder [Flyright LP 513]
- How Well I Remember [Flyright LP 513]
- I Live Where The Action Is [Flyright LP 3501, 548]
- Nine Below Zero [Flyright LP 3501, 548]
- Blues Blues Blues [Flyright LP 3501, 548]
- Bad Breaks [Flyright LP 3501, 548]
- Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do [Flyright LP 3501, 548]
- You Don't Have To Go [Flyright LP 3501, 548]
- I Wonder If You Know How It Is [Flyright LP 3501, 548]
- Jumpin' At The Studio [previously unreleased]

notes by Ray Templeton

Flyright FLYCD 38 (UK 1991)

Flyright Records discography

29a

9/1992

Eddie's House Of Hits
The Story of Goldband Records

Phil Phillips - Stormy Weather
Juke Boy Bonner - Let's Boogie (tk 2) @ youtube @ Spotify
Cleveland Crochet - Sugar Bee
Al Ferrier - Let's Go Bopping Tonight
Guitar Junior - The Crawl
Johnny Duhon - So What
Gene Terry - Cindy Lou
Charles Perrywell - You're Lonesome Now
Danny James - Boogie In The Mud
Guitar Junior - Goin' Crazy Baby
Ashton Savoy - Rooster Strut
Rockin' Sidney - No Future
Pee Wee Kershaw - You're So Fine
Danny James - Frosty
Big Walter Price - San Antonio
Jimmy Wilson - Please Accept My Love
Cookie & The Cupcakes - Blue Bayou Shuffle
Sticks Herman - Teenage Baby
Elton Anderson - Secret Of Love
Hop Wilson - Chicke Gene Terry - Teardrops In My Eyes
Dolly Parton - Puppy Love
Phil Phillips - Don't Leave Me

compiled by John Broven

Ace CDCHD-424 (UK 9/1992)

1993

Juke Boy Bonner: Life Gave Me A Dirty Deal

- Life Gave Me A Dirty Deal
- Going Back To The Country
- Sad, Sad Sound
- She Turns Me On
- Hard Luck
- Trying To Be Contented
- Life Is A Nightmare
- It's Time To Make A Change
- Stay Off Lyons Avenue
- My Blues
- I'm Getting Tired
- Over Ten Years Ago
- I Got My Passport
- I'm In The Big City
- Runnin' Shoes
- Just A Blues
- It Don't Take Too Much
- Struggle Here In Houston
- Railroad Tracks
- Watch Your Buddies
- When The Deal Goes Down
- Being Black And I'm Proud

notes by Chris Strachwitz and Larry Skoog

Arhoolie CD 375 (US 1993)

1993

Juke Boy Bonner: Jumpin' With Juke Boy

- Psycho Jump
- Look Out Lightnin'
- Action Town
- I'm Going Up, I'm Going Down
- What You Want Me To Do?
- Texas Zydeco
- Look Out Your Window
- Dust My Broom
- My European Tour
- Jumpin' With Juke-Boy
- Who Was That A While Ago?
- Live My Troubles On Down
- Three Ring Circus
- I Know That Somethings Wrong
- Jumpin' At The Studio

Collectables CD 5275 (US 1993)

1994

1950's Oakland Blues

Juke Boy Bonner
- Well Baby [Irma 111]
- Rock With Me Baby [Irma 111]
Jimmy McCracklin
- I Wanna Make Love To You
- You're The One
- Fare-Well
- Savoy Jump
- I'm The One
- Take A Chance
- Beer Tavern
- Love For You
Big Mama Thornton
- Don't Talk Back
- Big Mama's Coming
Johnny Fuller
- Strange Land
- First Stage Of The Blues
- No More
- Weeping And Mourning
Jimmy Wilson & The Blues Blasters
- Oh Red
- Blues In The Alley

originally released on Irma Records

Wolf CD 120.613 (Austria 1994)

1994

The Goldband Blues Collection Part 1

- Who Are They To Say - Bobby Brown
- Sunday Morning - Clarence Garlow
- One Hour Thirty Minutes Too Long - Charles Shefield
- Train Came A Rolling Down The Track - Clarence Garlow
- Sound The Bell - Clarence Garlow
- Can't Hardly Keep From Crying - Juke Boy Bonner
- My Love Is Real - Sticks Herman
- I'm Going - Shelton Dunaway/Cupcakes
- Cindy Lou - Shelton Dunaway/Cupcakes
- Come Back Home - Elton Anderson
- Teenage Baby - Sticks Herman
- Need All Your Loving Baby - Cookie & The Cupcakes
- I Cried & I Cried - Cookie & The Cupcakes
- You Gonna Need Me - Katie Webster/Cookie & The Cupcakes
- Give Me Your Love - Sticks Herman/Golden Gate Quartet
- Just Couldn't Take It - Big Chenier
- Let Me Hold Your Hand - Big Chenier
- Juke Joint - Katie Webster/Ashton Savoy (TRUE instrumental)
- Dingle I Love You - Katie Webster/Ashton Savoy
- But I Love You - Elton Anderson
- My Time To Go / Catch That Train - Juke Boy Bonner/Elton Anderson

Collectables COL-5087 (US 1994)

1994

The Goldband Blues Collection Part 2

- Wicked Old Fever - Charles Sheffield (Mad Dog)
- Nothing Can Keep My Love From You - AL Smith
- Clear My Nights Of Misery - Charles Sheffield (Mad Dog)
- Come Back Baby - Thaddeus Decoulet
- I Love Her So - Al Smith
- I Hear Someone - Charles Perrywell/Fairlanes
- One Hour Thirty Mintues Too Long - Charles Sheffield (Mad Dog)
- Keep Wanting Your Love - Elton Anderson
- Pretty Little Dolly - Clarence Garlow
- I Don't Know - Clarence Garlow
- I'll Never Let Her Go - Sticks Herman
- Bop Cat Stomp - King Charles/Left Handed Charlie
- But You Thrill Me - Left Handed Charlie
- Honey Bee, Honey Bee - Left Handed Charlie
- Don't Misunderstand Me Baby - Big Chenier
- Some Day You'll Understand (Early) - Cookie & The Cupcakes
- Know That Isn't Right - Thaddeus Decoulet
- Don't Send Me Away - Lil' Bob & The Lollipops
- True Love Waiting - Juke Boy Bonner
- Za Belle - Clarence Garlow
- My Time To Go - Juke Boy Bonner
- Darling If You Love Me - Bill Parker/Ola Vaughn

Collectables COL-5088 (US 1994)

34a

1996

Let's Have A Blues Ball!
The Music of the Juke Joints

- I'm Having A Ball - Johnny Young
- Dream - John Littlejohn
- Swing It On Home - Big Mama Thornton
- Anna Lee - Earl Hooker
- Going Back To The Country - Juke Boy Bonner
- It's Hard - Clifton Chenier
- Come On Baby - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Nine Below Zero - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Gambling Blues - Juke Boy Bonner
- Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- I'm In The Big City - Juke Boy Bonner
- Meet You At The Chicken Shack - Ligtnin Hopkins
- Rag Around Your Head - John Delafose
- The Blues (Won't Let Me Take My Rest) - Henry Gray
- Shake You Moneymaker - John Littlejohn
- If Trouble Was Money - Charlie Musslewhite
- Wild, Wild Woman - Johnny Young
- Gimme A Penny - Big Mama Thornton
- On The Road Again - Johnny Young
- Mojo In My Hand - L.C. Robinson

Arhoolie CD 590 (US 1996)

= Ace CDCHD 590 (UK)

1996

15 Urban Blues Classics

- Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Big Mama's Bumble Bee - Big Mama Thornton
- Cincinnati Stomp - Big Joe Duskin
- Anna Lee - Earl Hooker
- Up & Down The Avenue - Charlie Musselwhite
- Been Around The World - John Littlejohn
- Wine-O-Baby Boogie - Joe Turner/Pete Johnson
- I Know That's Right - Katie Webster
- Raven, The - Omar Sharriff
- You Think I'm Your Good Thing - Bee Houston
- Going Back To The Country - Juke Boy Bonner
- Ups & Downs - L.C. "Good Rockin'" Robinson
- Atlanta Bounce - Piano Red
- Wild, Wild, Woman - Johnny Young
- Gibson Creek Shuffle - The Charles Ford Band

Arhoolie CD 102 (US 1996)

35a

1997

Weldon "Juke Boy" Bonner: I Live Where The Action Is

- Bad Breaks *
- No Place To Run #
- Dust My Broom *
- I Live Where The Action Is #
- Movin' Back To The Country §
- Nine Below Zero *
- Rock With Me Baby [Irma 111] $

- Railroad Tracks []
- Runnin' Shoes []
- It Don't Take Too Much &
- Texas Zydeco ||
- I'm Getting Tired ß
- She Turns Me On %
- Gettin' Low Down ||

Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca
$ rec. Oakland 1957
# January/February 1967 live in the Jungle Lounge in Houston, TX
& rec. July 13, 1967 in Houston, TX; with Oscar Adams, b; Ivory Lee Semien, dr; Ivory unissued
* rec. August 8, 1967 at home in Houston, TX
§ rec. August 22, 1967 in Houston, TX
% rec. December 20, 1967 in Houston, TX
ß rec. January 23, 1968 in Houston, TX
[] rec. November 3 and December 2, 1968 in Houston, TX; with Alvin J. Simon, dr
|| rec. December 30, 1969 in Houston, TX

notes by Malcolm Hicks

Rockin' Blues LP 1000 (It 1997)

35b

199?

Rural Blues Vol. 2 (1951-1962)

Sam 'Suitcase' Johnson
- Sam's Comin' Home
- Sam's Boogie
Bobo Thomas
- Catfish Blues (I Wish I Was A Catfish)
Clifford Gibson (1951)
- Sneaky Groundhog
- Let Me Be Your Handy Man
Juke Boy Bonner
- Rock With Me Baby [Irma 111]
- Well Baby [Irma 111]
Joel Hopkins
- Good Times Here, Better Down The Road
- Thunder In Germany
- I Ain't Gonna Roll For The Big Hat Man No More
- Accused Me Of Forgin' Can't Even Write My Name
- Matchbox Blues
Jewell Long (1960)
- Frankie And Albert
- My Pony Run Blues
- Sealy Rag
- Muddy Shoes Blues
Clifford Gibson (1960)
- It's Best To Know Who You're Talking To
- I Don't Want No Woman
- The Monkey Likes To Boogie
- No Success Blues
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Angel Child (tk 2)

Document DOCD-5619 (Austria 199?)

1999

Blues At Kerrville

Dave Van Ronk
- Another Time And Place (4:11) @ youtube
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- Sometimes I Feel Myself Slippin' (8:48) @ youtube
Roy Book Binder
- Kentucky Blues (2:46) @ youtube
Marcia Ball
- My Man Is A Two Timer (4:42) @ youtube
Josh White Jr.
- I Can Be Had (6:18) @ youtube
Angela Strehli
- Telephone Blues (4:55) @ youtube
Marcia Ball
- Under Love's Spell (5:15) @ youtube
Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan
- Honey Bee (4:09) @ youtube
Mance Lipscomb
- Texas Blues (3:26) @ youtube
Robert Shaw
- Put Me In The Alley (3:49) @ youtube
Juke Boy Bonner
- I've Had The Blues (3:32) # @ youtube
Spider John Koerner
- Midnight Special (2:28) @ youtube
Kenneth Threadgill
- Mississippi Delta Blues (3:20) @ youtube

The 1972 and 1973 Kerrville Folk Festivals were held indoors; prod. by Rod Kennedy
# rec. June 1-3, 1972 live at Kerrville Municipal Auditorium in Kerrville, Tx; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca, dr

# Silverwolf CD SWC 1009

Silverwolf SWKCD 1016 (US 1999)

1999

Low Down Blues

Juke Boy Bonner
- Life's Highway
- Live My Troubles On Down

Blues Factory BFY 47012 (NL 1999)

1999

Blues In My Shoes

Juke Boy Bonner
- Look Out Your Window
- Dust My Broom

Blues Factory BFY 47013 (NL 1999)

38a

1999

Country Blues Obscurities

Little Joe
- Keep Your Arms Around Me
Leroy Dallas
- Jump Little Children Jump
Little Sam Davis
- Goin To New Orleans
L.C. Green
- The Sun Was Shining
Freddy King
- That's What You Think
Harmonica Harris
- Blues King Mango
Henry Smith
- Good Rockin' Mama
J & J Deuces
- Little Woman Blues
Eddie Burns
- Hello Miss Jessie Lee
Buddy Lewis
- You've Got Good Business
Albert & Charles
- Weird
Joe Williams
- Stack O Dollars
Sonny Boy Williams
- Alice Mae Blues
Harvey Hill Jr.
- She Fool Me
Joe Hill Louis
- Joe's Jump
Jesse Belvin
- Going Away Baby
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Another Half A Pint
Juke Boy Barner
- Rock With Me Baby [Irma 111]
Clifford King
- Want To Jump With You Baby
Jessie Pipkin
- Work With It
Emright
- One Of These Days
Richard Brothers
- Drunk Drivers Comin'
John Lee
- Down At The Depot
- Alabama Boogie

Tapper CD T2 [inferior sound, no notes, no discographical information]

= Stompin' CD 319 "Stompin' Vol. 19" [with label shots & notes on all the songs]

Stompin' Records discography

19??

Black Rock 'n' Roll

Juke Boy Bonner
- Runnin' Shoes

Savage Kick SK-505

39a

2000

Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary

disc 1:
- San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller (previously unreleased)
- Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas
- Shake Shake Mama - Mance Lipscomb
- Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / Robert Curtis Smith
- One Thin Dime - Butch Cage / Willie Thomas
- Charmin' Betsy - Hodges Brothers
- Whistlin' Alex Moore's Blues - Alex Moore
- I Am The Black Ace - Black Ace
- Brother James - Big Joe Williams
- Lady Luck - Mercy Dee
- Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith
- Zydeco Introduction - Zydeco Announcer
- Bernadette Chere - Albert Chevalier
- Bald Headed Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Baby Please Don't Go - James Campbell
- Believe On Me - Rev. Louis Overstreet
- Low Down Blues - George Lewis
- The Country Blues - J.E. Mainer
- Crowley Waltz - The Hackberry Ramblers
- She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain - Booker White (previously unreleased)
- Ay, Ai Ai - Clifton Chenier
- Write Me A Few Lines - Fred McDowell
- Charlie James - Mance Lipscomb
- Louisiana Blues - Clifton Chenier

disc 2:
- Cindy - John Jackson
- Little Red Rooster - Big Mama Thornton
- La Betaille - Isom Fontenot
- Calcasieu Waltz - Nathan Abshire
- Almlied - Eibelsberger Duo
- I Wonder Where You Are Tonight - Del McCoury
- In The Breeze - Jerry Hahn Quintet
- Goin' Back To The Country - Juke Boy Bonner
- Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
- Two Bugs And A Roach - Earl Hooker
- Dream - John Littlejohn
- Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston
- Visions - Sonny Simmons
- I Wish I Could Sing - Bongo Joe
- Boogieing In Strasbourg - Alex Moore
- The Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King - Big Joe Williams
- Please Settle In Vietnam - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell / Johnny Woods
- El Desesperado - Los Pinguinos Del Norte
- Creole Belles - New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
- Finger Lickin' Good - Charlie Musselwhite

disc 3:
- Church Point Breakdown - Austin Pitre
- Gstanzeln Aus Dem Freistriztal - Original Herberstein Trio
- Gibson Creek Shuffle - Charles Ford Band
- Ups And Downs - L.C. Robinson
- You Ain't Got A Chance - Piano Red
- Home Sweet Home - Boisec Ardoin / Canray Fontenot
- Satan's Burning Hell - Bill Neely
- Luzita - Narciso Martinez
- Yo Me Enamore - Trio San Antonio
- Borracho Perdido - Trio San Antonio
- One Of These Mornings (I'm Checkin' Out) - J.C. Burris
- Allons A Grand Coteau - Clifton Chenier
- En Bas Du Chene Vert - Dewey Balfa / Marc Savoy/D.L. Menard
- Besos Y Copas - Chavela Ortiz Y Brown Express
- Fast Santa Fe - Robert Shaw
- I'll See You In C-U-B-A - Any Old Time String Band
- El Balaju - Conjunto Alma Jarocha
- La Gata - Los Caporales De Panuco
- Beym Rebas Sude - The Klezmorim
- J'ai Laisse De La Maison - Cheese Read
- Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio - Don Santiago Jimenez Sr.
- Mi Problema - Lydia Mendoza

disc 4:
- Gritenme Piedras Del Campo - Flaco Jimenez
- Co-Fe - John Delafose
- Single Girl - Rose Maddox
- Bec De La Manche - Canray Fontenot
- Bosco Stomp - Octa Clark / Hector Duhon
- Negra Ausencia - Santiago Jimenez Jr.
- La Chanson De Cinquante Sous - Michael Doucet Dit BeauSoleil (previously unreleased)
- Shake What You Got - Preston Frank
- Little Black Eyes - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
- The Chill Of A Saturday Afternoon - Wade Fruge
- Jolie Blonde - Chuck Guillory
- Here To Stay - Rebirth Brass Band
- I Know That's Right - Katie Webster
- I've Been There - Lawrence Ardoin
- Mentiste Cuando Dijiste - Flaco Jimenez
- Aguililla - Los Campesinos De Michoacan
- La Reine De La Salle - Odile Falcon
- Chanson De La Sagesse - Michael Doucet
- Hot Chili Mama - BeauSoleil
- Check Out The Zydeco - C.J. Chenier
- El Canoero - Valerio Longoria
- Corrido Del Mono - Los Gavilanes De Oakland
- San Francisco Can Be Such A Lonely Town - Omar Sharriff

disc 5:
- Mother - Paramount Gospel Singers
- Gumagarugu - Chatuye
- Khandan-E Amaturi III - Aziz Herawi
- A Ti, Colombia - Ivan Cuesta
- Food Stamp Blues - Treme Brass Band
- Ain't It A Shame - Elder Roma Wilson
- J'ai Ete Au Bal - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
- La Mal Sentada - Los Cenzontles
- Falling For You - Rose Maddox
- Los Traficantes Del Bravo - Los Palomares Del Bravo (previously unreleased)
- Jesus Will Fix It For You - Sonny Treadway
- Medved Na Lancu - Csokolom
- Jale Griego - Jose Moreno
- El Corrido De Esequiel Hernandez - Santiago Jimenez, Jr.
- What's His Name - Jesus! - The Campbell Brothers
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Aubrey Ghent

Compilation producers: Chris Strachwitz & Elijah Wald; digitally remastered by Mike Cogan

5 CD box
66-pp. booklet by Chris Strachwitz, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt & Elijah Wald

Arhoolie CD 491 (US 2000)

2001

Goin' Down To Louisiana

Juke Boy Bonner
- Can't Hardly Keep From Crying [Goldband G-1102]
- I'm Not Jiving [Storyville SLP 177]
- My Time To Go [Storyville SLP 177]
- Life Is A Dirty Deal (alt tk) (2:46) [Moonshine BLP 117]
- Let's Boogie (tk 1) [Storyville SLP 177] @ Spotify
- Just Got To Take A Ride [Storyville SLP 177]
- Going Crazy About You [Storyville SLP 177]
- Blue River Rising [Storyville SLP 177]
Ashton Savoy
- Need Shorter Hours
- Want To Talk To You Baby
- Tell Me Baby
- I Love Her So
- If I Don't See You
- You Wanta Do Me Wrong
- Burning Sensation
- Down Down
Tal Miller
- Life's Journey
- Mean Old Kokamoo
Hop Wilson
- That Wouldn't Satisfy
- Chicken Stuff
- Dog And His Puppies
- Going To The City
- Let Me Hold Your Hand
- Please Try To Realize
- I Wanna Know
- I Know Now
- Come On Little Girl
Juke Boy Bonner
- Call Me Juke Boy
- True Love's Waiting
Tal Miller
- B-A-B-Y
Ashton Savoy
- Rooster Strut

compiled by John Broven & Dave Sax

Ace CDCHD 821 (UK 2001)

2003

Blues Harp Heroes

Juke Boy Bonner
- Rock Of Gibraltar

Blues Factory BFY 47027 (NL 2003)

2003

Juke Boy Bonner: Ghetto Poet

- Daylight Won't Catch Me Here
- The Animal Gap
- Time To Say Goodbye
- Blues For Elmo
- If I Sound Lowdown
- Sportsman's Luck
- California Here I Come
- Zodico Jump
- Getting Up From The Ground
- Houston Beat
- All The Lonely Days
- Childhood Dreams
- Settin' The Record Straight
- Rainin' In My Room
- Let Me Run It Down To You
- I Don't Go For Games
- It's Enough

previously unissued 1968/69 recordings

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 9040 (US 2003)

2004

Juke Boy Bonner: Nowhere To Run

- Life's Highway
- Gimme Some Boone's Farm
- Grandmas Will Dog You Around
- Carried To The Cleaners And Hung Out To Dry
- Nowhere To Run
- Dust My Broom
- Live My Troubles On Down
- Who Was That Awhile Ago
- Disappearing Act
- The Best Way To Lose The Blues
- It's A Shame, Shame, Shame
- Loving Arms
- Loving Arms
- A Distant Feel
- What'll I Tell The Children
- The Winds Came
- Nothing But A Child
- Six Over Ten

Blues Factory BFY 47031 (NL 2004)

2005

Blues With A Message

- I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatman
- John Henry - John Jackson [Arhoolie 1025 1970]
- Walked Down So Many Turn Rows - Mercy Dee
- Tom Moore's Farm (live) - Mance Lipscomb (3:40) [Arhoolie 1077]
- Tom Moore Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- River Blues - Lowell Fulson
- Levee Camp Blues - Fred McDowell
- The 1919 Influenza Blues - Essie Jenkins
- Why I Like Roosevelt - Willie Eason
- Little Soldier Boy - Doctor Ross
- Prisoner's Talking Blues - Robert Pete Williams
- I Got To Climb A High Mountain - Johnie Lewis
- Depression Blues - Herman E. Johnson
- Stockyard Blues - Johnny Young/Big Walter Horton
- What Will I Tell The Children - Juke Boy Bonner
- It's Enough - Juke Boy Bonner
- Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston
- Back Home Blues - Big Joe Williams

ed. by Chris Strachwitz & Paul Oliver

notes by Paul Oliver

Arhoolie CD 510 (US 2005)

on front cover: Sleepy John Estes' hands cropped from a 1962 photo by Georges Adins

Arhoolie Records discography

2008

Bob Geddins' Irma Records Story

Weldon 'Juke Boy' Bonner
- Well Baby
- Rock With Me Baby
Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters
- I Wanna Make Love To You
- You're The One
- Fare-Well
- Savoy's Jump
- I'm The One
- Take A Chance
- Beer Tavern Girl
- My Love For You
Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton & The Hi-Tones
- Don't Talk Back
- Big Mama's Coming Home
Johnny Fuller
- Strange Land
Johnny Fuller & The 'Candyman' McGuirt Band
- First Stage Of The Blues
- No More No More
Johnny Fuller
- Weeping And Mourning
Jimmy Wilson & His Blues Blasters
- Oh Red
- Blues In The Alley
Geneva Vallier & The 'Candyman' McGuirt Band
- He's A Friend (Vote For Adlai Stevenson)
- Sunny Day
Intervals & Chick Morris' Band
- Love Me Sweet
Starlighters
- Last Night
- Love Cry
Al Smith & The Angels
- Leavin' You Baby
Golden Keys
- One Step (Don't Wonder 'Bout Him)
- Somebody Touched Me

notes by Opal Louis Nations

Acrobat CD 4038

2013

The Very Best of American Folk Blues Festival '63-'85

Lurrie Bell & Billy Branch (Chicago's Young Blues Generation) - The Train I Ride
Margie Evans - Chilly Waters
Juke Boy Bonner - Running Shoes
Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee - Rock Island Line
John Lee Hooker - Della Mae
Clifton Chenier - Zydeco Et Pas Sale
James "Sparky" Rucker - Crossroads
Jimmy Dawkins Chicago Blues Band - Got My Mojo Workin'
Lightin Slim, Whispering Smith - Winter Time Blues
Blind Joe Hill (One-Man-Blues-Band) - Big Boss Man
John Jackson - Poor Boy
Louisiana Red - Pretty Woman
Bukka White - World Boogie
Bowling Green John Cephas, Harmonica Phil Wiggins - Last Fair Deal
Muddy Waters - Five Long Years
John Lee Hooker - King Of The World
Sonny Boy Williamson - I'm Trying To Make London My Home
Victoria Spivey, Willie Dixon, Bill Stepney - Grant Spivey
James "Sparky" Rucker - Babylon Blues
Margie Evans, Sunnyland Slim & Carey Bell's Blues Harp Band - Hound Dog

Bellaphon CDLR 664128 (Germany 2013)

46a

2014

The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3

disc 1: The 1960s
Mance Lipscomb - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50)
John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (3:19)
Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (4:05)
Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (2:48)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:03)
Lonnie Johnson - Moaning Blues (4:01)
Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' (4:06)
Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You (2:45)
Scrapper Blackwell - Shady Lane (5:27)
Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (3:07)
Pete Franklin - Prison Bound (4:21)
Shirley Griffith - Bye Bye Blues (4:11)
R.C. Smith - Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:25)
Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Woman (3:36)
Baby Tate - What Have I Done To You (2:42)
Leroy Dallas - She Caught The M & O (3:43)
Sleepy John Estes - Vernita's Blues (2:19)
J.D. Short - I'm Just Wastin' My Time (5:25)
Muddy Waters - Feel Like Going Home (3:52)
Buddy Moss - Amy (2:42)
Johnny Young - Want My Lovin' (3:30)
Arvella Gray - Corrine, Corrina (2:13)
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Alberta (2:56)

disc 2: The 1970s
Son House - Empire State Express (3:41)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Lines (3:59)
J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (2:59)
Skip James - Sickbed Blues (4:06)
R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (2:45)
Furry Lewis - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (3:46)
Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues (3:04)
John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:15)
Babe Stovall - Worried Blues (3:33)
Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road #2 (4:20)
Larry Johnson - Four Women Blues (2:33)
Jack Owens - I Love My Baby (4:50)
Johnny Shines - Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine (4:18)
Brownie McGhee - My Last Suit (3:53)
Juke Boy Bonner - Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:26)
Tarheel Slim - So Sweet, So Sweet (3:19)
Tom Shaw - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (5:44)
Eddie Taylor - Bullcow Blues (3:10)
Bill Williams - Salty Dog (4:37)
Guitar Shorty - Jessie Jones (3:58)
Rev. Pearly Brown - It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In (2:24)
Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (3:56)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:56)
Henry Townsend - Can't You See (3:18)

front cover photo (of Big Joe Williams) by Axel Küstner

112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl

Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)

2016

Bluesin' by the Bayou - I'm Not Jiving

- I'm A Lucky Lucky Man - Henry Gray
- I'm Not Jiving (alt tk) - Juke Boy Bonner [alt tk of Blues Unlimited 1001]
- Miss Fannie Brown - Lightnin' Slim
- Things Gonna Change - Slim Harpo
- I Don't Know Why - Boogie Jake
- I Told My Little Woman - Lazy Lester
- I'm A Mojo Man - Lonesome Sundown
- Oh Ho She's Gone - Boozoo Chavis
- Everybody Calls Me Crazy - Clifton Chenier
- Don't Bring No Friend - Blue Charlie Morris
- No Use To Worry - Lonesome Sundown
- Baby Let's Burn - Jimmy Anderson
- Wild About My Baby - Slim Harpo
- (Roaches In My Kitchen) Trouble At Home Blues - Silas Hogan
- I Want To Talk To You (Baby) - Elton Anderson
- Patrol Wagon - Lazy Lester
- Early One Morning - Ramblin' Hi Harris
- She's Gone - Schoolboy Cleve
- Don't Let Her Pin That Charge On Me - Chris Kenner
- I Feel Like Calling You - Clarence Garlow
- Bye Bye Catin - Boozoo Chavis
- Night And Day My Love - Clifton Chenier
- Late Hour Blues - Henry Clement
- Cold Chills - Henry Gray
- Prove Me Guilty - Elton Anderson
- Sitting Here All Alone - Johnny Sonnier
- Prisoner's Song - Vince Monroe (Mr Calhoun)
- Frankie And Johnny - Jimmy Anderson

Ace CDCHD 1471 (UK 2016)

10/2019

23 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 17
2020 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Got The Blues - B.B. King
- Blood Thirsty Blues - Victoria Spivey
- Baby Keeps Stealing Lovin' On Me - Mississippi Sheiks
- Howling Tom Cat Blues - Bo Carter
- Days Is Lonesome - Texas Alexander with the Mississippi Sheiks
- Ain't Gonna Stand For That - Charlie Spand
- I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana - Part 1 and Part 2 - Jim Jackson
- Ashley St. Blues - Leola B. Wilson with Blind Blake
- Bad Luck Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight - Lonnie Johnson
- Shave 'Em Dry - Bessie Jackson
- Read Your A B C's - Mississippi Sarah and Daddy Stovepipe

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Life Is A Cheater - Irma Records Demo [unreleased] - Juke Boy Barner
- Life Is A Cheater - Music City Records Demo [unreleased] - Juke Boy Barner
- I Got Hip To It - Irma Records Demo [unreleased] - Juke Boy Barner
- Tillie Lee - William Moore
- Dying Blues - Leola B. Wilson with Blind Blake
- Come On Babe - "Blues Boy Bill" (= Louis Meyers)
- Little Boy Blue - "Blues Boy Bill" (= Louis Meyers)
- It's Hard Time - Joe Stone
- Back Door Blues - Joe Stone
- Back To Mississippi - Mississippi Sheiks

remastered by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team

Blues Images Vol. 17 (rel. 10/2019, for 2020)

Blues Images

Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 295
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, pp. 58-59
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, pp. 57-59
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 57-59
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- London (Record Information Services), 1987.- pp. 126-129
- http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/jukeboy.htm
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Alan Balfour, Marc Claes, Ray Templeton, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva, Fernando Goin and Jaap Hindriks for additional info / scans

W E L D O N 'J U K E B O Y' B O N N E R; from back cover of Rockin' Blues LP 1000
source: Back cover of Rockin' Blues LP 1000

source: Cover of Arhoolie ST 1045 (1969)

Cover of Jazz Journal vol. 28 no. 4 (April 1975)