Johnny Junious, Walter "Big Red" Smith & Joe Carter
source: Front cover of Barrelhouse BH-007; photographer: Joe Frogg Joe Carter
Joseph J. Carter a/k/a "Elmore James, Jr."
b. November 6, 1927 in Midland, Georgia
d. June 15, 2001 in Chicago, Illinois
discography
Joe Carter at South Park Lounge, Chicago, 1974
source: Neff & Connor 1975, p. 48; photographer: Robert Neff

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	1973	Hubert Sumlin and his friends: Kings of Chicago Blues Vol. 2 - Blues For Elmore James (instr) @ youtube - Funky Roots (instr) @ youtube - I Can't Loose [sic] * @ youtube - One Down (instr) \|\| - Willie's Back In Town (instr) @ youtube - Minor Feelings (instr) - Everyday I Have The Blues ** - Straight Talk (instr) @ youtube - Little By Little § - When Evelyn's Not Around (instr) \|\| - It Hurts Me Too # rec. January 20, 1971 at the P.S. Recording Studios in Chicago, IL; prod. by Hubert Sumlin & Willy Leiser \|\| Hubert Sumlin, g # Joe Carter, voc, g (1st solo); Hubert Sumlin, g; Jimmy Dawkins, g; James Green, b; Fred Below, dr * Billy Boy Arnold, hca, ** voc; Hubert Sumlin, g; Jimmy Dawkins, g; James Green, b; Fred Below, dr § Eddie Shaw, voc, ts; Hubert Sumlin, g; Jimmy Dawkins, g; James Green, b; Fred Below, dr front cover photo by Willy Leiser (Hubert Sumlin, S.P. Leary, Sunnyland Slim & Howlin' Wolf at Big Duke's Flamingo Lounge, Chicago) notes by Willy Leiser Vogue LDM 30175 (Fr 1973) notes by Willy Leiser = Blues Legacy BL 12503 (Fr 1973) "Funky Roots" notes by Willy Leiser = Vogue LDM.30175 (Fr 2011) "Hubert Sumlin & his friends" = disc 19 of 25 CD box set "The Perfect Blues Collection" Vogue 88697847832 Billy Boy Arnold discography Hubert Sumlin discography
2	1976	The Aces and their guests Bobby King ... Joe Carter ... Johnny Drummer Direct From Chicago ... MCM 900.293 track sequence: - Rock Me Baby - You're The One - Baby What You Want Me To Do - Someday Baby - Off The Wall * - Worried About My Baby * [] - Bobby's Rock (instr) * - Kansas City - Honky Tonk Storyville STCD 8049 / P-Vine PCD-24208 track sequence: - Rock Me Baby - You're The One - Baby What You Want Me To Do - Someday Baby - Off The Wall - Worried About My Baby * [] - Bobby's Rock (instr) * - Kansas City - Honky Tonk - Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong # - C.C. Rider °° - Sweet Home Chicago °° - It's My Life Baby °° - It Hurts Me Too * [] °° - Hide Away °° - Tribute To Little Water * °° °° CD bonus tracks 2013 reissued on 'The Chicago Bluesbox' (8 CD set Storyville 1088612) rec. October 14, 1975 "live" at Ma Bea's in Chicago, IL; Louis Myers, voc, hca, g; Dave Myers, voc, g; b; Fred Below, dr; guests: Bobby King, voc, g; Johnny Drummer, voc; Joe Carter, * g, [] voc; prod. by Marcelle Morgantini MCM 900.293 (Fr 1976) (=) Storyville STCD 8049 (Denmark 2001) = P-Vine PCD-24208 (Jp 2008) MCM Records discography Storyville Records discography
3	1976	Joe Carter and his Chicago Broomdusters: Mean & Evil Blues - Take A Little Walk With Me [Rhino CD R2 71124] @ youtube - Honey Bee @ youtube - Rock Me @ youtube - I'm Worried (3:18) [Rhino CD R2 75348] @ youtube - It Hurts Me Too @ youtube - Shake Your Moneymaker @ youtube - Sloppy Drunk @ youtube - Treat Me The Way You Do @ youtube - Dust My Broom @ youtube - Blow Wind Blow @ youtube - Hoochie Koochie Man @ youtube rec. c. October/November 1975 at Glass Fingers Studios in Chicago, IL by George Paulus; Joe Carter, voc, lead & slide g; Walter "Big Red" Smith, g; Johnny Junious, dr cover photograph by Joe Frogg notes by George Paulus Barrelhouse BH-007 (US 1976) notes by George Paulus = P-Vine PCD-5202 (Jp 1997) Barrelhouse Records discography
4	1976	The Devil's Music from the BBC T.V. series Red Lightnin' RL0033 track sequence: LP 1: Mississippi and Memphis Blues@ youtube ([almost] full album LP 1) Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight Booker White - Aberdeen Mississippi Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid Of My Mule Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack Sonny Blake - Bring It On Home To Me Joe Wilkins - Mr. Downchild Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues Laura Dukes - Crawdad @ youtube LP 2: Chicago Blues@ youtube ([almost] full album LP 2) The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me To Talkin' Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too # Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me The Aces - Blue Shadows Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now @ Spotify prod. & ed. by Maddalena Fagandini & Giles Oakley (BBC TV series) sleeve design and illustration of Red Lightnin' RL0033 by G.M.W. Snow; photography by Axel Küstner Indigo IGOTCD 2537 track sequence: CD 1: The Devil's Music Part 1 Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight Bukka White - Aberdeen, Mississippi Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid Of My Mule Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack Sonny Blake - Bring It On Home Joe Willie Wilkins - Mr. Downchild Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues Laura Dukes - Crawdad The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me Talkin' Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too # CD 2: The Devil's Music Part 2 Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me The Aces - Blue Shadows Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now James De Shay - Crossroads °° James De Shay - Pony Blues °° James De Shay - Mistake In Life °° James De Shay - Evil Is Going On °° James De Shay - Hold That Train, Conductor °° James De Shay - Forty Four °° Big Joe Williams - Providence Help The Poor People °° Henry Townsend - Tears Came Rolling Down °° Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk °° Henry Townsend - Wave My Hands Bye Bye °° Big Joe Williams - Meet Me At The Bottom °° Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues °° CD 3: Live 1963 European Blues Festival Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well °° Memphis Slim - I Wrote This Song °° Memphis Slim - All By Myself °° Sonny Boy Williamson - 99 °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Bye Bye Bird °° Memphis Slim - In The Evening °° Matt Murphy - Grooving On Bounce °° Matt Murphy - Taking Off °° Sonny Boy Williamson - All My Love In Vain °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' °° °° Indigo IGOTCD 2537 bonus tracks # rec. January 28, 1976 in Chicago, IL; Joe Carter, voc, g; Dave Myers, b; Fred Below, dr DLP notes by Giles Oakley Red Lightnin' RL 0033 (UK 1976) 3 CD box set notes by Neil Slaven = Indigo IGOTCD 2537 (UK 2003) "The Devil's Music: The Soundtrack To The 1976 BBC TV Documentary Series" Red Lightnin' Records discography
5	1982	Joe Carter & Kansas City Red: Original Chicago Blues featuring Eddie Taylor & John Wrencher Joe Carter - Mama Talk To Your Daughter # @ youtube - You're The One # - Rock Me # @ youtube Kansas City Red - Open Your Heart * - Crawling Kingsnake * @ youtube Kansas City Red - Sweet Black Angel * - Rollin' & Tumblin' * - Standing Around Crying @ youtube - The Moon Is Rising * # Joe Carter tracks rec. July 24, 1976 in Chicago, IL by George Paulus for Barrelhouse Records; Joe Carter, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Walter "Big Guitar Red" Smith, g; Johnny Junious, dr * Kansas City Red tracks rec. March 14, 1977 in Chicago, IL by Steve Wisner; Kansas City Red, voc, dr; Nate Armstrong, hca; Eddie Taylor, g; Hayes Ware, b front cover photo of Kansas City Red by Jim O'Neal notes by (most likely) John Stedman JSP 1038 (UK 1982) = P-Vine PCD 23889 (Jp 2007) JSP Records discography Big John Wrencher discography
6	1984	I Didn't Give A Damn If Whites Bought It The Ralph Bass Sessions Vol. 1: Lacy Gibson / Joe Carter Lacy Gibson - You Better Be Sure - Easy Woman - Whop That Thang Around Me - Black Jack - C.B. Blues Joe Carter - I'm Worried # (4:47) @ youtube - Annie Lee # @ youtube - Sweet Home Chicago # - Joe's Boogie (instr) # @ youtube - Joe's New Stormy Monday # # rec. April 5, 1977 in Chicago, IL; Joe Carter, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Lacy Gibson, g; Willie Black, b; Fred Below, dr; prod. by Ralph Bass notes by Mick "Frenchie" Atherton & Rien Wisse Red Lightnin' RL 0050 (UK 1984) Delmark DE-786 Red Lightnin' Records discography
7	1985	I Didn't Give A Damn If Whites Bought It The Ralph Bass Sessions Vol. 5 Lee Jackson - Dirty Old Man Lacy Gibson - Take My Love Lee Jackson - Lee's Boogie Magic Slim - Ship Made Of Paper Sunnyland Slim - Soft And Mellow Stella Eddie Clearwater - Mayor Daley's Blues Sunnyland Slim- Depression Blues Joe Carter - Bobby's Rock (instr) # Sunnyland Slim - Smile On My Face Lee Jackson - Juanita # rec. April 5, 1977 in Chicago, IL; Joe Carter, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Lacy Gibson, g; Willie Black, b; Fred Below, dr; prod. by Ralph Bass Red Lightnin' RL 0057 (UK 1985) Delmark DE-786 Red Lightnin' Records discography
8	1988	Low Blows An Anthology of Chicago Harmonica Blues Big Guitar Red with Good Rockin' Charles - Found My Baby (Gone) [] Big Leon Brooks - Kicking Up Dust George "Mojo" Buford - Don't Go No Further Easy Baby - Good Morning Mr. Blues Good Rockin' Charles - She Loves Another Man @ youtube Big Leon Brooks - Pink Champagne Joe Carter with Big John Wrencher - Take A Little Walk With Me (2:33) # Golden Wheeler - Good Lover Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell - Avenue Stomp Good Rockin' Charles - Ground Hog Blues Golden Wheeler - Evil Woman Big Leon Brooks You Know CD bonus tracks: Good Rockin' Charles - I Got To Go - Good Rockin' Joe Carter with Big John Wrencher - Honey Bee # @ youtube # rec. July 24, 1976 in Chicago, IL by George Paulus for Barrelhouse Records; Joe Carter, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Walter "Big Guitar Red" Smith, g; Johnny Junious, dr Mr. Blues MB 7010 (US) [???] = Rooster Blues R7610 (US 1988) = Bedrock BEDLP 15 (UK) notes by Dick Shurman, Steve Wisner, Jim O'Neal (=) Rooster CD 2610 (US 1994) = Bedrock BED CD 15 (UK)
9	1992	Blues Masters Vol. 4: Harmonica Classics Little Walter And His Night Cats - Juke (2:43) Jimmy Reed - Ends & Odds (2:24) Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet - Rocket 88 (2:05) Sonny Boy Williamson - Help Me (3:09) Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band - Messin' With The Kid (2:23) The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Blues With A Feeling (4:24) Lazy Lester - Sugar Coated Love (2:44) Jerry McCain - Steady (2:08) Howlin' Wolf - I'll Be Around (3:13) Billy Boy Arnold - I Was Fooled (2:50) Big John Wrencher with Joe Carter - Take A Little Walk With Me (2:35) [Barrelhouse BH-007] Jimmy & Walter - Easy (2:58) Snooky Pryor - Boogie Twist (2:47) Hot Shot Love - Wolf Call Boogie (2:37) George "Harmonica" Smith And The Chicago Blues Band - Last Night (4:22) Slim Harpo - I Got Love If You Want It (2:48) The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White (1:59) Charlie Musselwhite - Christo Redemptor (11:46) Rhino CD R2 71124 (US 1992)
10	1997	Blues Chicago Style Volume Four - Take A Walk With Me The 50's Sound Revival Joe Carter - Mama Talk To Your Daughter (2:31) [JSP 1038] Joe Carter - Rock Me (2:29) [JSP 1038] Joe Carter - You're The One (3:27) [JSP 1038] Johnny Littlejohn - If You Don't Want Me (4:14) Johnny Littlejohn - Keep On Running (4:47) Lefty Dizz - I Feel Like Jumping (6:46) Jimmy Rogers - Take A Walk With Me (4:38) Frank Jr - Wee Little Room (3:27) Johnny Littlejohn - Mojo (5:17) Byther Smith - Looking For A Woman (4:00) Hubert Sumlin - You Got To Help Me (5:30) Hubert Sumlin - It Could Be You (3:42) Brewer Phillips - Whisky Headed Woman (5:17) Brewer Phillips - Poison Ivy (4:38) Big Red Smith - Bottleneck Blues (3:00) Castle Pulse PBX CD 403/4 (UK 1997)
11	1998	Blues Masters Vol. 18: More Slide Guitar Classics Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:42) Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying (2:48) Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers - Take Five (2:43) Blind Willie Johnson - I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole (3:04) J.B. Hutto & The Hawks - Hip-Shakin' (2:21) Robert Junior Lockwood - Little Boy Blue (3:02) Hop Wilson & His Blues Steel Guitar - Rocking In The Cocanut Top (2:35) Black Ace - Your Leg's Too Little (2:24) Joe Carter & His Chicago Broomdusters - I'm Worried (3:21) [Barrelhouse BH-007] Tampa Red - Green And Lucky Blues (2:47) Eddie "One String" Jones - John Henry (3:08) Son House - Death Letter (alt tk) (5:05) Earl Hooker - Wah Wah Blues (4:36) Johnny Winter - Dallas (2:45) Boyd Gilmore - All In My Dreams (3:12) Chuck Berry - Blues For Hawaiians (3:23) Rhino CD R2 75348 (US 1998)
12	2006	Magic Slim / Joe Carter: That Ain't Right! Magic Slim - In The Dark - She Is Mine - Strange Things Happen - Cummins Prison Farm - Soul Blues - Just To Be With You Joe Carter - I'm Worried [Red Lightnin' RL 0050] - Anna Lee [Red Lightnin' RL 0050] - Sweet Home Chicago [Red Lightnin' RL 0050] Fred Below - Route 66 Joe Carter - Joe's Boogie (instr) [Red Lightnin' RL 0050] - (Joe's New) Stormy Monday [Red Lightnin' RL 0050] - Bobby's Rock (instr) [Red Lightnin' RL 0057] Delmark DE-786 (US 2006) Delmark Records discography
13	2013	The Chicago Bluesbox Jimmy Dawkins / Jimmy Johnson / Willie Kent / Eddie Clearwater / Big Voice Odom / Andrew Blueblood / Magic Slim / Big Mojo Elm / Bobby King CD 1: Magic Slim, Alabama Junior Pettis, Nick Holt, Douglas Holt - Recording date Nov. 1976 CD 2: Big Mojo Elem, Willie James Lyon, Wayne Bennett, Freddy Below - Recording date Oct. 1977 John Littlejohn, Larry Burton, Aaron Burton, Candy Utah - Recording date Nov. 1976 CD 3: Eddie Clearwater, Jimmy Dawkins, Sylvester Boines, Freddy Belov - Recording date Nov. 1976 Eddie Taylor, Lacy Gibson, Hayes Ware, Freddy Below - Recording date Oct. 1977 CD 4: Bobby King, Leonard Gill, Harry Mitchum, Bill Warren, Muddy Waters Jr. - Recording date Oct. 1975 CD 5: Jimmy Johnson, Jimmy Dawkins, Sylvester Boines, Tyrone Centuray, Andrew Odom - Recording date Oct. 1975 Luther Johnson Jr., Willie James Lyons, Willie Kent, Tyrone Centuray - Recording date Oct. 1975 Willie Kent, Willie James Lyons, Big 'Guitar' Red, Tyrone Centuray - Recording date Oct. 1975 CD 6: Jimmy Dawkins, Richard Kirch, Sylvester Boines, Tyrone Centuray - Recording date Nov. 1976 / Hip Lankchan, Jimmy Miller, Ernest Gatewood, Tyrone Centuray - Recording date Nov. 1976 Jimmy Johnson, David Matthews, Ike Anderson, Dino Neal - Recording date Oct. 1977 Alabama Junior Pettis, Magic Slim, Nick Holt, Douglas Holt - Recording date Nov. 1976 CD 7: Andrew Odom, Jimmy Dawkins, Jimmy Johnson, Sylvester Boines, Tyrone Centuray, Carey Bell - Recording date Oct. 1976 CD 8: Joe Carter, Andrew MacMahon, Jimmy Dawkins, The Aces (Big Duke's 1976, Ma Bea's 1975-1976) - Go Get Me Baby - I Wonder Why - Change My Way of Living - You Got to Help Yourself - Give Up and Let Me Go - What Would We Do Later On? - You Don't Have to Go - It Hurts Me Too - Got My Mojo Working - Little Red Rooster - So Glad - Stranger in Your Land Joe Carter - Worried About My Baby [MCM 900.293] - It Hurts Me Too [Storyville STCD 8049] 8 CD set notes by Stuart Son Maxwell Storyville 1088612 (Denmark 2013) Storyville Records discography
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 9, 85, 429
- Robert Neff & Anthony Connor: Blues.- Boston (Godine) 1975, p. 48 // London (Latimer) 1976
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Tom Morris and Mark Sinclair Harris for additional info / scans