 Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis source: Front cover of Wolf LP/CD 120.857 photographer: Michael Frank or Hannes Folterbauer (?) | Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis né Charles W. Thompson a/k/a "Jewtown Jimmy" b. March 2, 1925 in Tippo, Mississippi d. December 28, 1995 in Chicago, Illinois discography |  Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis 1964 source: Front cover of Takoma TAK 7081 photographer: Norman Dayron |
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 - Cold Hands - 4th & Broad rec. August 12, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Charles W. Thompson, voc, g Sam Phillips recordings, unissued | ||
| - Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay # - Alberta * - Two Trains Running * - Someday Baby [] - Long Haired Doney § - Make Some Love To Me § - Smokestack Lightnin' § rec. c.1963 at The Fickle Pickle in Chicago, IL; Charles W. Thompson, voc, g originally unissued
# Testament T-2203 | ||
| 1 | 1964 | Modern Chicago Blues Johnny Young - My Baby Walked Out In 1954 #* @ youtube Wilbert Jenkins - Married Woman Blues @ youtube Johnny Young - You Make Me Feel So Good ##* @ youtube Maxwell St. Jimmy - Crying Won't Make Me Stay || @ youtube Big Walter Horton - Everybody's Fishing // @ youtube Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman ## @ youtube Robert Nighthawk - Blues Before Sunrise § @ youtube Johnny Young - Back To Chicago @ youtube John Lee Granderson - Bumble Bee \\ °° @ youtube Maxwell Street Jimmy - I've Got My Eyes on You || °° @ youtube Johnny Young - Bad Blood #* @ youtube John Wrencher - I'm Going To Detroit [] @ youtube Maxwell St. Jimmy - Hanging Around My Door || @ youtube Johnny Young - Tired Of You Smiling ## @ youtube Wilbert Jenkins - Crawling King Snake @ youtube Johnny Young - Let Me Ride Your Mule #* @ youtube Big Walter Horton - Hard-Hearted Woman // @ youtube John Lee Granderson - I Don't Feel Good \\ @ youtube Maxwell Street Jimmy - Long Haired Doney || °° @ youtube John Lee Granderson - That's All Right \\ °° @ youtube William Mack - Hideaway °° @ youtube °° CD bonus tracks rec. by Norman Dayron, Norman Goodis, or Peter J. Welding # rec. November 17, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Young, voc, g, ## mand; Otis Spann, p; Slim Willis, hca; * Robert Whitehead, dr || rec. 1963 at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; Maxwell Street Jimmy, voc, g // rec. July 1, 1962 in Chicago, IL; Walter Horton, voc, hca; Jimmy Walker, p; Johnny Young, g \\ rec. poss. September 30, 1962; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Prez Thomas, hca; Jimmy Walker, p; William Mack, g § rec. October 14, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Robert Nighthawk, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Johnny Young, mand [] rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL; Big John Wrencher, voc, hca; Johnny Young, mand; John Lee Granderson, g Testament LP/CD front cover drawing by George Roth; Bounty/Polydor LPs front cover photo by Ray Flerlage; back liner photos by Peter J. Welding
notes by Peter J. Welding "P.O. Box 1813/Chicago, Illinois, 60690"
Testament Records discography |
| 2 | 10/1965 | Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - What More Can A Good Man Do? @ youtube - Two Trains Running @ youtube - Long-Haired Darlin' @ youtube - My Baby Changed The Lock On My Door @ youtube - Drifting From Door To Door - I Got My Eyes On You @ youtube - Me And My Telephone @ youtube - Dust My Broom - She's My Babe - Alberta - Baby Please Don't Go @ youtube - Drifting Blues licensed from Testament rec. 1964/65 in Chicago, IL; Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis, voc, g; prod. by Norman Dayron with the assistance of Pete Welding cover photo by Pete Welding
notes by Pete Welding notes by Pete Welding |
| 3 | c.1968 | THE THREE TUFFS - A Man's A Fool (G-125) - What A Dream @ youtube rec. 1967/68 in Memphis, TN; Charles W. Thompson, voc, g; Eddie Willis Jr., nose hca; Willie James "Fast Black" Bennett, dr
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| 4 | 1977 | Rare Gems Previously unissued Chicago blues recordings from the collection of Norman Dayron Roots TR 1005 LP 1 // TK Records TKR 82539: Little Brother Montgomery - Ain't Nobody Here But Me @ youtube John Lee Granderson - Bumble Bee @ youtube Robert Nighthawk - Murderin' Blues (= Goin' Down To Eli's = Cheatin' And Lyin' Blues) @ youtube @ Spotify Otis Spann - Hotel Lorraine @ youtube Big Joe Williams - Sinkin' Blues @ Spotify Johnnie Jones - Worried Life Blues @ youtube Rev. Robert Wilkins - Glory Glory Hallelujah @ youtube Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield - Wild Cow Moan @ Spotify Johnnie Jones with Billy Boy Arnold - I Hear My Black Name Ringing @ youtube James Cotton with Elvin Bishop - So Glad I'm Living @ Spotify Little Brother Montgomery - Buddy Bolden's Blues @ youtube Roots TR 1005 LP 2: Otis Spann - Blues For Martin Luther King @ youtube Robert Pete Williams - Ugly Man Blues @ Spotify Little Brother Montgomery - Prescription For The Blues @ youtube James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield - Diggin' My Potatoes @ Spotify J.B. Lenoir - My Dear Old Mother °° @ youtube Maxwell Street Jimmy - Someday Baby # @ youtube James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold - Three Harp Boogie (= South Side Boogie) @ youtube @ Spotify Big Joe Williams - Screamin' And Cryin' @ Spotify Little Brother Montgomery - Salty Dog @ youtube Robert Nighthawk - Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel @ youtube @ Spotify Rev. Robert Wilkins - Just A Closer Walk With Thee (2:50) °° @ youtube °° not on Bullseye/Rounder CD BB 9530
Bullseye/Rounder CD BB 9530 track sequence
notes by Pete Welding = CBS S2BP 220205 (Australia 1977) notes by Pete Welding notes by Pete Welding |
| 5 | 1979 | Chicago Blues - Live at the Fickle Pickle @ youtube (full album)Johnny Jones & Willie Dixon - Johnny's Boogie Maxwell Street Jimmy - Long Haired Doney [Testament TCD-5008] 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
notes by George Mitchell (May 1979) & Bruce Bastin Flyright Records discography |
| 6 | 1980 | Chicago Breakdown Little Brother Montgomery - Hesitatin' Blues John Lee Granderson - Minglewood Town Dr. Ross - Chicago Breakdown Big Joe Williams - I Feel So Worried James Cotton with Elvin Bishop and Paul Butterfield - V 8 Ford Blues Maxwell Street Jimmy - Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay [Testament T-2203] Little Brother Montgomery with Michael Bloomfield - Michigan Water Blues John Lee Granderson - Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl Dr. Ross - Hobo Blues Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield - Stack O' Dollars James Cotton with Elvin Bishop and Paul Butterfield - Polly Put The Kettle On Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
notes by Norman Dayron notes by Norman Dayron
Takoma Records discography |
| 7 | 1980 | Rare Blues Dr. Isaiah Ross - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Maxwell Street Jimmy - Alberta Big Joe Williams - I Ain't Got Nobody Son House - Preachin' The Blues Rev. Robert Wilkins - I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down Little Brother Montgomery - The Pleadin' Blues Sunnyland Slim - Lend Me Your Love Maxwell Street Jimmy - Two Trains Running Big Joe Williams - Whistling Pines Rev. Robert Wilkins - O Lord I Want You To Help Me front cover photograph by Norman Dayron
notes by Norman Dayron notes by Norman Dayron
Takoma Records discography |
| 8 | 1989 | Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis Chicago Blues Session Vol. 11 - Man's A Fool # - Two Trains Running # - Dry In The Dark * - I've Been A Fool A Long Time # // \\ @ youtube - That's All Right * [] - In Your Bedroom * - One Eyed Woman * - Going Upstairs # // CD bonus tracks: - Jimmy Davis Blues # // \\ - Big Leg Woman # // \\ - Dust My Broom * # rec. November 17, 1988 in Chicago, IL; Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis, voc, g; // Jed 'Mad Dog' Davenport, hca; \\ Kansas City Red, dr * rec. February 9, 1989 in Chicago, IL; Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis, voc, g; [] Timothy Taylor, dr
notes by Daniel Gugolz |
| 9 | 2006 | Forever Changing: The Golden Age Of Elektra Records 1963-1973 Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Two Trains Running
5 CD box set |
| 10 | 2007? | Maxwell Street Jimmy The George Mitchell Collection 7" VOL 36 - You Got to Reap What You Sow - Everything's Gonna Be Alright rec. 1963 in Chicago, IL by George Mitchell; Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis, voc, g 7 inch 45 rpm |
| 11 | 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 Corley / Walter Miller - Down To Arkansas - Dewey Colrey / 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 #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 #1 - Jessie Clarence Gorman - Goin' Up To the Country #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 #1 - James Davis - Instrumental #1 - James Davis - Who Stole the Lock Off the Henhouse Door? - James Davis - Instrumental #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 #1 - George Hollis - Rock and Roll To Midgetville - George Hollis - Black Rat Swing - Willie Rockomo - Tease Me Baby #2 - Bruce Upshaw/Willie Rockomo - Someday Baby #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 #2 - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall - Woke Up This Morning - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall - Tell Me You Love Me - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall
7 CD set |
| 12 | 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 |
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| 1 | 2006 | Alvin Youngblood Hart: Start With The Soul - Fightin' Hard - Manos Arriba - Treat Her Like A Lady - Once Again - Porch Monkeys' Theme - Electric Eel - Back To Memphis - Cowboy Boots - A Prophet's Mission - Cryin' Shame - The Hustler - Maxwell Street Jimmy @ Spotify - Will I Ever Get Back Home?
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, pp. 79-80 - Lincoln T. Beauchamp Jr. (ed.): Blues Speak: The Best of the Original Chicago Blues Annual.- University of Illinois Press 2010 - Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 99 - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 120 - Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 302 - Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 121 - Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 506-507 - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Gerrit Robs, Gerard Herzhaft and Bob Eagle for additional info
 Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis 1989 on the front cover of "Blues Speak", ed. by Lincoln T. Beauchamp Jr. photographer: Lincoln T. Beauchamp Jr. |