Illustrated Eddie Cusic discography

E D D I E C U S I C and James 'Son' Thomas; source:
Eddie Cusic and James 'Son' Thomas, Greenville, Mississippi, September 1981
source: Blues Unlimited 145 (1983/84), p.17; photographer: John Perriss Eddie Cusic
b. January 4, 1926 on the Kinlock Plantation in the Wilmot community south of Leland, Washington County, Mississippi
d. August 11, 2015 in Leland, Washington County, Mississippi
buried in the Legends section of Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Leland, MS
discography E D D I E C U S I C in front of his own mural image; source: http://www.rootsofrhythm.com/pix.html
Eddie Cusic in front of his own image
on a mural in Leland, Mississippi
source: www.rootsofrhythm.com

#	year of release	title / label / notes
*LP / CD compilations*
1	1977	Mississippi Delta & South Tennessee Blues Sam Chatmon - Open Your Book Eddie Cusic [name misspelled "Eddie Quesie"] & James Thomas, g - Once I Had A Car # Asie Payton - Catfish Blues Wallace Johnson - Pine Top's Boogie James Thomas - Bottle Up 'Em And Go [sic] Eugene Powell - Poor Boy Blues Walter Cooper - Peach Tree Blues Cary Tate - Early One Morning Charley Sangster - Bull Cow Blues Van Hunt - Mister Crump Joe Cooper - Boogie Children Eugene Powell - M & O Blues # rec. August 6, 1976 in Leland, MS by Gianni Marcucci photos by Enzo Castella liner notes & booklet notes by Gianni Marcucci Albatros VPA 8387 (It 1977) = Albatros VC 4894 (cassette) Albatros Records discography Sam Chatmon discography James 'Son' Thomas discography Eugene Powell discography Cary Tate discography
2	1979	I Got The Blues This Morning Charley Sangster - Dreamed Eyes Woman - Kokomo Blues Lum Guffin - Louise - Baby Please Don't Go John Williams - Mr. Freddy Blues Charley Taylor - The Blues So Bad Eugene Powell - Greenville Boogie - I Got The Blues And I Can't Be Satisfied James Thomas - Mama Don't Allow - Bumble Bee Blues Lonzo Burkes - Louisiana Blues Eugene Powell - Big Fat Mama William Diamond - Stop Your Crying Sam Chatmon - Falling Out Eddie Cusic [name misspelled "Eddie Quesie"] - You Better Stop Arguing Over Me Wallace Johnson - After Hours Van Hunt - Mississippi River Blues Clay Pittman - I Got The Blues This Morning Asie Payton - Blind Man notes by Gianni Marcucci Albatros VPA 8461 (It 1979) Albatros Records discography Lum Guffin discography Eugene Powell discography James 'Son' Thomas discography William 'Do Boy'Diamond discography Eddie Cusic discography
3	1981	Living Country Blues USA Vol. 2 Blues On Highway 61 James 'Son' Thomas - Standing At The Crossroads Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen Blues # James 'Son' Thomas - Bull Cow Blues # - 61 Highway Blues Walter Brown - Keep On Walkin' Joe Cooper - She Put Me Out On The Road Sam Chatmon - Sam's Blues - Black Night James 'Son' Thomas - Mean Ol' Frisco Sam Chatmon - My Daddy Was A Jockey # Eddie Cusic [name misspelled "Eddie Cusie"] - Gonna Cut You Loose # Sam Chatmon - Vicksburg Blues # recorded 1980 by Siegfried A. Christmann and Axel Küstner # tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2 photos by Axel Küstner notes by Axel Küstner L+R 42.032 (Germany 1981) some tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) "Living Country Blues - An Anthology" = L+R LRCD 713024 (Germany 2008) L+R discography
4	1998	Eddie Cusic: I Want To Boogie Hightone HMG 1005 track sequence: - Pretty Thing - Reconsider Baby - Catfish Blues - Worry You Off My Mind - Cut You Loose - Ludella - Little Angel Child - Big Boss Man - You Don't Have To Go - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - I Walk The Water - Stop Arguing Over Me - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Feelin' Good - You Don't Love Me Wolf CD 120.934 track sequence: - Gonna Lose A Good Man °° - Worry You Off My Mind - Pretty Thing - Cut You Loose - Feelin' Good - Ludella - Big Boss Man - Catfish Blues - Little Angel Child - Reconsider Baby - I Walk The Water - Stop Arguing Over Me - Hoochie Coochie Man - Good Morning Little School Girl - You Don't Have To Go - You Don't Love Me rec. December 20, 1997 in Leland, MS by Matthew Block; Eddie Cusic, voc, g °° Wolf CD 120.934 bonus track [Hightone HMG 1008] notes by Matthew Block Hightone HMG 1005 (US 1998) (=) Wolf CD 120.934 (Austria 2012) "Leland Mississippi Blues"
5	1999	From Mississippi To Chicago R.L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie Pinetop Perkins - Kansas City Robert Curtis Smith - The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow @ youtube Boogaloo Ames - Tommy Dorsey's Boogie Woogie R.L. Burnside - See My Jumper Hangin' On The Line Robert Curtis Smith - Lye Water Conversion @ youtube Pinetop Perkins - Everyday I Have The Blues R.L. Burnside - Fireman Ring The Bell Eddie Cusic - Gonna Lose A Good Man # @ youtube R.L. Burnside - Skinny Woman Robert Curtis Smith - Thank You @ youtube - Milky White Way @ youtube R.L. Burnside - Bad Luck Robert Curtis Smith - Calvary @ youtube Boogaloo Ames - After Hours # rec. December 20, 1997 in Leland, MS by Matthew Block; Eddie Cusic, voc, g notes (January 1999) by Matthew Block Hightone HMG 1008 (US 1999) = P-Vine PCD 5574 (Jp 2000)
6	1999	Living Country Blues: An Anthology disc 1: Mississippi Moan - Catfish Blues (James Thomas) - Bye Bye Blues (Arzo Youngblood) - Gonna Cut You Loose (Eddie Cusic) - You Gonna Take Sick And Die (Boyd Rivers) - Maggie Campbell Blues (Bill Webb) - Sittin' on Top Of The World (Sam Chatmon) - Move Daniel (Cora Fluker) - My Babe (Othar Turner) - Boogie Chillen (Lonnie Pitchford) - Bull Cow Blues (James Thomas) - Stop And Listen Blues (Sam Chatmon) - Swing, Swing (Arzo Youngblood) - Jazz Boogie Woogie (Stonewall Mays) - Jesus On The Mainline (Boyd Rivers) - Shake Your Money Makeer (Lonnie Pitchford) - Rock Me Mama (James Thomas / Cleveland Jones) - Big Road Blues (Bill Webb) - My Daddy Was A Jockey (Sam Chatmon) - That's The Boogie (Napoleon Strickland) - Vicksburg Blues (Sam Chatmon) - Mississippi Moan (Walter Brown) - When I Lay Down My Burden (Othar Turner) disc 2: Lonesome Road Blues* (East Coast)* - Lonesome Road Blues (Guitar Frank) - Baby Please Give Me A Break (Archie Edwards) - Road Is Rough And Rocky (Archie Edwards) - Come On In My Kitchen (Guitar Slim) - Bye And Bye, I'm Going To See The King (Flora Molton & The Truth Band) - Chimney Hill Breakdown (Guitar Frank) - Railroad Bill (GuitarFrank, ) - Chicken Can't Roost Too High For Me (John Cephas) - Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad (John Cephas / Phil Wiggins) - Do Lord Remember Me (Archie Edwards) - Jelly Roll Baker (Guitar Frank) - I'm Feelin' Lonesome (Guitar Slim) - My Old Schoolmates (Archie Edwards) - Lonesome Home Blues (Guitar Slim) - T For Texas (Archie Edwards) - Diggin' My Potatoes (Guitar Frank) disc 3: You Got To Move* (Tennessee, Arkansas & More)* - Vacation In Heaven (Flora Molton & The Truth Band) - Granny, Will Your Dog Bite? (Othar Turner) - I Laid And I Wondered (James Thomas / Cleveland Jones) - I Can't Stand It (Flora Molton & The Truth Band) - Mr. Freddie Blues (Memphis Piano Red) - Corine, Corrina (Hammie Nixon) - Rollin' And Tumblin' (Lottie Murrell) - She's Tailor Made (Charlie Sangster) - Hounds (Sam Shields) - You Got To Move (Boyd Rivers) - Let Me Play With Your Poodle (CeDell Davis) - Viola Lee Blues (Hammie NIxon) - Joe's Prison Camp Holler (Joe Savage) - When The Saints Go Marchin' In (Othar Turner) - Spoonful (Lottie Murrell, ) - You Got To Do The Boogie Woogie (CeDell Davis) - Trouble Late Last Night (Lottie Murrell) - Dry Bones In The Valley (Cora Fluker) - I Got a Gal 'Cross The Bottom (Lottie Murrell) - Soon One Mornin' (Hammie Nixon) - Levee Camp Holler (Walter Brown) - Precious Lord (Boyd Rivers) notes (48-pp. booklet) by Jerry Gordon & Axel Küstner Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 198
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

E D D I E C U S I C and James 'Son' Thomas; source: Back cover of Albatros VPA 8387 (1977)
Eddie Cusic & James 'Son' Thomas 1976
source: Back cover of Albatros VPA 8387 (1977); photographer: Enzo Castella

James 'Son' Thomas and E D D I E C U S I C during L+R recording session (October 25, 1980 in Leland, Mississippi); source: Front cover of L+R LRCD 713024 (2008); photographer: Axel Küstner
James 'Son' Thomas & Eddie Cusic during L+R recording session
(October 25, 1980 in Leland, Mississippi)
source: Front cover of L+R LRCD 713024 (2008)
photographer: Axel Küstner