Illustrated Laura Dukes discography

Laura Dukes, Will Batts, Milton Roby and Robert Burse
playing at a private white party in Memphis, early 1950s
source: Back cover of Flyright LP 113; photographer's name not given

Laura Dukes
née Laura Ella Smith a/k/a "Little Laura" or "Little Bit"
b. June 10, 1907 at "Crematory Place" in North Memphis, Tennessee
d. October 14, 1992 in Memphis, Tennessee
buried at Melton Cemetery in Braden, Fayette County, Tennessee
discography

#	year of release	title / label / notes
*10 inch 78 rpm*
1	1934	MEMPHIS JUG BAND - Gator Wobble (C-783-2) # @ youtube - My Business Ain't Right (C-806-1) * @ youtube # rec. November 6, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Will Shade, hca, g, Charlie Pierce; vn; Jab Jones, p; Laura Dukes, mand; Charlie Burse, shouts; Robert Burse, washb * rec. November 8, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Will Shade, sp; Charlie Pierce; vn; Jab Jones, jug; Charlie Burse, mand, shouts; Robert Burse, perc OKeh 8958 = Wax Shop 102 (US 19??) Memphis Jug Band discography
2	1934	MEMPHIS JUG BAND - Memphis Shakedown (C-803-2) * @ youtube - Mary Anna Cut Off (C-780-2) # @ youtube @ Spotify # rec. November 6, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Will Shade, hca, g, Charlie Pierce; vn; Jab Jones, p; Laura Dukes, mand; Charlie Burse, voc * rec. November 8, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Will Shade, g, sp; Charlie Pierce; vn; Jab Jones, jug; Charlie Burse, g, shouts; Robert Burse, perc OKeh 8960 Memphis Jug Band discography
3	1934	MEMPHIS JUG BAND - She Done Sold It Out (C-800-1) * @ youtube @ Spotify - My Love Is Cold (C-781-2) # @ youtube @ Spotify # rec. November 6, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Will Shade, g, sp; Charlie Pierce; vn; Jab Jones, jug; Laura Dukes, mand; Charlie Burse, shouts; Robert Burse, washb * rec. November 7, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Will Shade, voc, g; Charlie Pierce; vn; Jab Jones, p; Charlie Burse, voc, g OKeh 8963 = Vocalion 03081 Memphis Jug Band discography
4	1934	MEMPHIS JUG BAND - Jug Band Quartette (C-807-1) * @ youtube - Little Green Slippers (C-794-1) # @ youtube # rec. November 7, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Will Shade, voc, g; Charlie Pierce; vn; Jab Jones, jug; prob. Laura Dukes, ukelele; Charlie Burse, voc, g; Robert Burse, dr * rec. November 8, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Will Shade, voc; Charlie Pierce; vn; Jab Jones, jug; Charlie Burse, voc, g; Robert Burse, perc OKeh 8966 = Vocalion 03050 Memphis Jug Band discography
5	1934	MEMPHIS JUG BAND - Take Your Finger [sic] Off It (C-793-1) * @ youtube - Fishin' In The Dark (C-795-1) # @ youtube # rec. November 7, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Will Shade, voc, g, Charlie Pierce; vn; Jab Jones, jug; prob. Laura Dukes, ukelele; Charlie Burse, voc, g; Robert Burse, dr * rec. November 7, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Will Shade, voc; Charlie Pierce; vn; Jab Jones, jug; Charlie Burse, g; Robert Burse, dr Vocalion 03175 Memphis Jug Band discography

	1941	"Sleepy" John Estes - Little Laura Blues (064925-A1 @youtube - Lawyer Clark (064924-1) # rec. Chicago, September 24, 1941; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Son Bonds, g, Raymond Thomas, imb ... in case you wonder: "... in 1964 at the Fairfield Halls Francis Smith asked Estes to give him the background to some of his songs, of Little Laura he explained she was a very young girl named Laura Duberry and the wife of a man who ran a whiskey house in the dry county of Madison. (Blues Unlimited 18, Jan 1965, p. 5)" ("Bunker Hill" @ weeniecampbell.com Conclusion: Sleepy John's "Little Laura" has nothing to do with 'our' Little Laura Dukes! Bluebird B8871
*LP / CD compilations*
		- War Time Blues - Shanghai Blues - I Ain't Gonna Marry - Nobody Loves Me (tk 1) # - Nobody Loves Me (tk 2) - Salt Water Blues - Don't Want No Skinny Woman [] - I Got The Blues So Bad § - Newport News § rec. May 26, 1964 in Memphis, TN for Swedish Radio by Olle Helander Laura Dukes, voc, banjolele; # Charlie Musselwhite, hca; Will Shade, g [] Furry Lewis, voc, g; Charlie Musselwhite, hca; Laura Dukes, banjolele § Will Shade, voc, g; Laura Dukes, banjolele unissued * ~~Jefferson SBACD 12658/9~~
6	1965	Memphis Jug Band The Jug Bands Vol. 1 - Gator Wobble # - Round And Round - Bumble Bee Blues - Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green - It Won't Act Right - Boodle Bum Bum - Mary Anna Cut Off # - Papa's Got Your Water On - Aunt Caroline Dyer - Taking Your Place - What's The Matter - Going Back To Memphis - Take Your Fingers Off It - My Business Ain't Right # with Laura Dukes Collector's Classics CC 2
7	1969?	More Of That Jug Band Sound 1927-1939 Memphis Jug Band - Sometimes I Think I Love You Noah Lewis's Carolina Peanut Boys - Selling The Jelly Vol Stevens - Baby Got The Rickets, Mama's Got The Mobile Blues Jed Davenport and His Beale Street Jug Band - Beale St. Breakdown - Save Me Some Tommy Bradley - Adam And Eve - Four Days Blues Cincinnati Jug Band - George St. Stomp Jack Kelly - Betty Sue - Man Fooler Blues Memphis Jug Band - Gator Wobble # - On The Road Again Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band - Louisville Special Daddy Stovepipe and Mississippi Sarah - Greenville Strut Birmingham Jug Band - Giving It Away Cannon's Jug Stompers - Wolf River Blues # with Laura Dukes notes by Henry Vestine Origin Jazz Library OJL 19 OJL Records discography
8	1971	The Great Jug Bands 1926-1934 never before on LP Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band - Save Me Some - You Ought To Move Out Of Town - Beale Street Breakdown - The Dirty Dozen Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues - Bring It With You When You Come - Money Never Runs Out - Prison Wall Blues Phillips Louisville Jug Band - Soldier Boy Blues Dixieland Jug Blowers - Florida Blues - Louisville Stomp - Skip, Skat, Doodle-Do Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band - Rockin' Chair Blues Memphis Jug Band - Mary Anna Cut Off # - Memphis Shakedown - Papa Long Blues # with Laura Dukes notes by Dick Spottswood Historical HLP-36 Historical Records discography
9	1974	Blues Oggi Booker T. Washington White - I'm Getting Ready @ youtube Dewey Corley - I Feel So Bad @ youtube Laura Dukes - Laura's Blues # @ youtube Mose Vinson - Vicksburg Blues @ youtube Hammie Nixon - I Told You Baby Long Time Ago @ youtube Dewey Corley - Yes, My Baby's Just Like A Dresser @youtube Sleepy John Estes - Corrina, Corrina @ youtube Laura Dukes - Got To Get Myself Somebody To Love # @ youtube Sleepy John Estes - I Got A Pretty Little Flower @ youtube John "Piano Red" Williams - Baby I Need Your Love So Bad @ youtube Sleepy John Estes - I'll Be Glad When You Dead (You Rascal You) @ youtube John "Piano Red" Williams - Red Boogie @ youtube Booker T. Washington White - Brownsville, Tennessee @ youtube # rec. December 22, 1972 in Memphis, TN; Laura Dukes, voc, ukulele; ed. by Franco Coggiola photos by Gianni Marcucci (on front cover: Dewey Corley at the piano, two of Sleepy John Estes' children: son Charles & daughter Lucy; liner photo: Sleepy John Estes' children, daughters Lucy, Mae (with child), Virginia (Hammie Nixon's [future] wife), and son Charles) notes (24 pages booklet) by Gianni Marcucci and Lucio Maniscalchi I Dischi Del Sole DS 526/28 (Italy 1974) = Ala Bianca CD 128553718 (Italy 1996)
10	1975	Tennessee Blues Vol. 1 Little Laura Dukes - Stack O'Lee Blues # @ youtube - Jimmy's Blues # @ youtube - Eh, Lordy Lord! (Doggone My Soul) # @ youtube - Bricks In My Pillow # @ youtube John 'Piano Red' Williams - Baby Please Come Back To Me - Forgive Me Baby - Goin' To St. Louis - Blues In The Mornin' Bukka White - Aberdeen Blues * - Please! * - I Ain't Got A Little Bed * - All Night Long ** - Cross The River * # rec. December 22, 1972 in Furry Lewis' bedroom in Memphis, TN by Gianni Marcucci; Laura Dukes, voc, ukulele; Furry's budgies, background chirping * rec. December 22, 1972 in Memphis, TN by Gianni Marcucci; Bukka White, voc, g; ** poss. Hammie Nixon, kazoo 16-pp. booklet notes by Diego Carpitella Albatros VPA 8240 (It 1975) = Albatros VC 0715 (cassette) 30-pp. booklet notes (French, English & Italian) by Anonymous (most likely Gianni Marcucci) (=) Dom disques Albatros CD DAF 101 (Fr 1997) "Tennessee Blues Vol. 1" (along with VPA 8261 "Tennessee Blues Vol. 2") Albatros Records discography Bukka White discography
11	1976	South Memphis Jug Band - Highway No. 61 Blues No. 2 [this actually is not "Highway No. 61 No. 2", but "Highway No. 61"!] - Believe I'll Go Back Home - Country Woman - Cheatin' Woman - Ko-Ko-Mo Blues - R.F.C. Blues - President Blues - Cadillac Blues - Lightenin' Blues - Flower Blues - High Behind Blues - Diamond Buyer Blues - World Wandering Blues - Neck Bone Blues - Kansas City Blues # * - Lady Be Good # rec. August 1, 2 & 3 1933 in New York; July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN # rec. 1954 poss. in Cleveland, OH; Will Batts' Novelty Band: Will Batts, g, violin, * voc; Milton Roby, g, violin, * voc; Laura Dukes, bj, * voc; prob. Mickey Mathis, cl; Will Shade, washtub b notes by Bengt Olsson (1974) and Bruce Bastin Flyright LP 113 Flyright Records discography
12	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 18, 1976 in Memphis, TN; Laura Dukes, voc, ukelele DLP notes by Giles Oakley Red Lightnin' RL 0033 (UK 1976) Red Lightnin' Records discography 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"
13	1976	Jumping On The Hill The Beale Street Sheiks - Jumping On The Hill Memphis Jug Band - My Love Is Cold # Furry Lewis - Cannon Ball Blues Kaiser Clifton - She'll Be Back Some Day The Delta Boys - Don't You Want To Know? Jim Jackson - Old Dog Blues Memphis Jug Band - Little Green Slippers # Too Tight Henry - Squinch Owl Moan Tom Dickson - Worry Blues Memphis Jug Band - Fishin' In The Dark # Little Buddy Doyle - She's Got Good Dry Goods Kaiser Clifton - Teach Me Right From Wrong Hattie Hart - Won't You Be Kind To Me? Jim Jackson - Santa Fe Blues Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Quartette Too Tight Henry - The Way I Do # with Laura Dukes notes by Chris Smith Policy Wheel PW 459-1 Policy Wheel Records discography
14	1978	Tennessee: The Folk Heritage Volume 1: The Delta Beale Street Originals - Mr. Crump Don't 'Low # Grandma Dixie Davis - Memphis Blues Sonny Blake Combo - One Room Country Shack Roosevelt Sykes - Backyard Blues Sam Clark Combo - Jammin The Blues Choir Of The Lambert Church Of God In Christ, Memphis - Keep Me With A Mind Memphis Slim - Memphis On The Mississippi> Furry Lewis - My Baby Don't Want Me Joe Dobbins - Good Morning Blues Dewey Corley Combo - Dewey's Blues (instr) Memphis Minnie Lawler - Nothin' In Ramblin' Choir Of The Lambert Church Of God In Christ, Memphis - I Love The Lord # rec. 1970s live at the Memphis Cotton Festival in Memphis, TN; Laura Dukes, voc; The Beale Street Originals, horns, p, b, dr album produced, compiled & edited by Harry E. Godwin; cover painting by Stephen Longstreet notes by Harry E. Godwin Tennessee Folklore Society TFS-102 (US 1979)
	1978	Beale Street Blues ... Alive And Well at Blues Alley - Memphis, TN Memphis Ma Rainey - What'd I Say - A Good Man Is Hard To Find Sonny Blake - The Train L.T. Lewis - Confession Sid Montgomery - Route 66 Booker T. Laury - Pine Top Boogie-Woogie Big Sam Clark - Got The Blues The All Stars No. 1 - St. Louis Blues - Memphis Blues - Goodie-Goodie # - Phins Blues rec. June 8 & 9, 1978 live at Blues Alley, Memphis, TN; Memphis Ma Rainey, voc; Big Sam Clark, p, voc; Booker T. Laury, p, voc; Sonny "Harmonica" Blake, hca; Bob Tally, p, songwriter, arranger; L.T. Lewis, dr, voc; Otto Jarnigan, dr dr; Joe Gaston, b; Prince Conley, b; Johnny Grieson, g; Ed Phinney, g; Evelyn Young, sax; Sid Montgomery, sax; Sonny Williams, sax; Rudy Williams, tp; Dave Neely, tp; # Lou Savarin, voc Laura Dukes not present on this LP! notes by Harry E. Godwin Blues Alley BAR-978 (1978?)
15	1981	Memphis Jug Band - I'll See You In The Spring, When The Birds Begin To Sing - Memphis Jug Blues - Cave Man Blues - Gator Wobble # - Beale St. Mess Around - Memphis Yo Yo Blues - Stealin' Stealin' - Lindberg Hop - Fourth St. Mess Around - Memphis Boy Blues - Taking Your Place - On The Road Again - Tired Of You Driving Me - Cocaine Habit Blues - Oh Ambulance Man - K.C. Moan - You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back - The Old Folks Started It - Newport News Blues - tk 1 - Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green - Little Green Slippers # - Spider's Nest Blues - Sometimes I Think I Love You - She Stays Out All Night Long - Insane Crazy Blues - Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues - What's The Matter? - Whitewash Station Blues # with Laura Dukes Casey Bill Weldon discography Vol Stevens discography DLP notes by Bengt Olsson Yazoo L 1067 = Yazoo CD 1067 YAZ (1991?) [23 tracks only !] Yazoo Records discography = Air Mail Recordings AIRAC-1327/28 (Jp 2007)
15a	1983	Beale Street Blues ... Alive And Well at Blues Alley - Memphis, TN - Blueberry Hill - Call The Police - There's A Thrill Up On The Hill - Alright, Ok, You Win - You Don't Know Like I Know, Soul Man - Rock Me Daddy - Strong Red Whiskey - Down Home Blues - Oop Boop Be Boop - Gotty Whole Lotta Lovin' - Train Little Laura Dukes, voc; Ma Rainey # 2, voc; Bob Tally, p; James Harbert, tb, voc; Rudy Williams, tp, voc; Tot Randolph, sax, voc; Evelyn Young, sax, voc; Ben Cauley, horn, voc; Sonny Blake, hca, voc; Sonny Williams, sax, voc; Fred Saunders, lead g, voc; Terris Tate, b, voc; Bernard Clark, dr personnel on front cover photo: Back row (l to r): Tot Randolph, Ben Cauley, Sonny Williams, Sonny Blake, Fred Saunders, Little Laura Dukes, Bob Tally Front row (l to r): James Harbert, Rudy Williams, Evelyn Young, Ma Rainey, Terris Tate, Bernard Clark notes by Harry E. Godwin Blues Alley BAAS-483
16	1986	Memphis Jug Band 1927-34 The Remaining Titles Will Shade, Ben Ramey, Will Weldon, Vol Stevens, Jennie Clayton - I Packed My Suitcase - Kansas City Blues - Evergreen Money Blues - Coal Oil Blues - Peaches In The Springtime - Jug Band Waltz - Feed Your Friend With A Long Handled Spoon - I Whipped My Woman With A Long Handled Spoon - Stonewall Blues Will Shade, Memphis Sheiks, Vol Stevens, Charlie Burse, Jab Jones & Charlie 'Bozo' Nickerson - He's In The Jailhouse Now - Move That Thing - You Got Me Rollin' - My Love Is Cold # - Jazzbo Stomp - Tear It Down, Bed Slats & All - Fishin' In The Dark # - Rukus Juice & Chittlin' - Jug Band Quartette # with Laura Dukes notes by Paul Oliver Matchbox MSE 1008 Matchbox Records discography
17	1989	Will Shade & Gus Cannon 1961 with Friends at a Private Party in Memphis, Tenn. - Kansas City Blues - Can't Stay I've Got To Go [] - Carry Me Back To West Virginia # - Can I Ride With You Tonight? - I Can't Stand It - Goin' Round The Mountain # - You Send Me John - I'm Sitting Beside The Water [] - Son Brimmer's Blues - Stingy Woman Blues - Newport News Blues - Stella - I'll Get A Break Before Long - Walk Right In (No. 2) # - Every Day I Have The Blues - Train - Banjo Rag # rec. July 18/19, 1961 in Memphis, TN by Don Hill; Will Shade, voc, g; [] Laura Dukes, voc, banjolele; # Gus Cannon, voc, bj, jug Document DLP 561 Document Records discography
18	199?	Memphis Sessions (1956 - 1961) Will Shade (1956) - I Can't Stand It Furry Lewis (1959) - Slide guitar instrumental [Warm Up] [RBF 202] - You Can Leave [Me] Baby [RBF 202] Gus Cannon - I Met Mr. Toad # Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b) - Dirty Mother For You # Will Shade - You Send Me John (No. 2) # - The Woman I'm Lovin' # Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b) - Salty Water # - He's Knocking On My Door # Gus Cannon - Show Me The Way To Go Home # Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b) - He's Gone # Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b) - Shanghai Blues # Gus Cannon - Walk Right In (No. 1) # Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b) - Nobody Loves Me # Will Shade - You Send Me John (No. 2) # Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b) - I'm Goin Down To Lucy Maes # Charles Hicks (voc, g) - Lucille # Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b) - Haunted House Blues # Will Shade - Dirty, Dirty Dozen # Mary Mitchell (with Will Shade, g) - I'm Drifting # Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b) - Laura Blues # # rec. July 18 / 19, 1961 at a private party in Memphis, TN by Don Hill Wolf 120.920
19	2004	I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume Three CD One Snooks Eaglin - Yours Truly - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - My Babe - Let Me Go Home, Whiskey - Careless Love - Rock Island Line - CC Rider - I`m Looking For A Woman - Hello Dolly - Lonesome Road Babe Stovall - Good Morning Blues - Candy Man - Fo' Day Blues - Gonna Move To Kansas City Johnny Moment - Keep Our Business To Yourself - You Got To Mind How To Treat Someone Else Will Shade - I Got The Blues So Bad # * @ youtube - I Can't Stand It Furry Lewis - Baby, I Know You Don't Love Me Earl Bell - Travellin' Man - Terraplane Blues Moose Williams - Mother Keep Your Light Burning High In The Window CD Two Willie Mabon - Somebody's Got To Pay Big Walter Horton - West Side Blues - Tin Pan Alley - This Is It Sunnyland Slim - Prison Bound Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Hot Potatoes - One Room Country Shack Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Johnny Young - You Got Bad Blood, I Think You Need A Shoot Washboard Sam - Mama Don't Allow Big Joe Williams - Rootin' Groundhog - Southern Blues - King's Highway Blues Champion Jack Dupree - Improvisations and Interview - Drive 'em Down Special - Improvisations and Interview - I Feel Like A Millionaire - Improvisations and Interview - Barrelhouse Woman - Improvisations and Interview unissued tracks from same session: Will Shade - I Got The Blues So Bad # - Newport News # - Boodie Bum Bum - Newport News (inc) #* rec. May 26, 1964 in Memphis, TN for Swedish Radio by Olle Helander; Will Shade, voc, g; # Laura Dukes, banjolele; * Johnny Moment, hca [Fancourt & McGrath 2012 mix up two different versions of same song!] 2 CD set notes writer's name not given, most likely Leif Gäverth Jefferson Records SBACD 12658/9 (Sweden 2004)
20	2007	Memphis Jug Band Volume 4 The complete Vocalion & OKeh recordings plus unissued Victor tests - I Packed My Suitcase, Started To The Train Nr. 1 - Bob Lee Junior Blues Nr. 1 - Beale Street Mess Around Nr. 2 - I'll See You In The Spring, When The Birds Begin To Sing Nr. 2 - Evergreen Money Blues Nr. 1 - Coal Oil Blues Nr. 1 - Papa Long Blues Nr. 1 - Peaches In The Springtime Nr. 1 - Stealin' Stealin' Nr.1 - Mary Anna Cut Off # - My Love Is Cold # - Jazzbo Stomp - Gator Wobble # - Tear It Down, Bed Slats And All - Boodle Bum Bum - Take Your Fingers Off It - Little Green Slippers # - Fishin' In The Dark # - Bottle It Up And Go - Insane Crazy Blues - She Done Sold It Out - Memphis Shakedown - Rukus Juice And Chittlin' - My Business Ain't Right - Jug Band Quartette # with Laura Dukes Frog DGF 62 (UK 2007)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, p. 614
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 241
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 22, 135; 318, 481
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, pp. 166, 556
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 327
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 132-133
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 163
- Bengt Olsson: Memphis Blues.- London (Studio Vista) 1970, pp 40-46
- Robert Springer: 'I never did like to imitate nobody' [Laura Dukes interview].- Blues Unlimited 125 (1977), pp. 19-21
- http://amycrehore.blogspot.de/2007/05/little-bit-from-memphis.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
source of left column picture: http://musicmemphis.wordpress.com/ (photographer's name not given)
thanks to Chris Smith, Bob Eagle and Helge Thygesen for additional info / scans

Laura Dukes, 1930s
source: http://www.myspace.com/jugbandtribute/photos/1718974
photographers name not given

Laura Dukes, Milton Roby, Wilfred Bell, Will Batts, Robert Burse, "Looty" [~~"Lotis"~~, poss. Arbee Stidham's
father, Luddie Stidham, reported by his son to have played saxophone in Memphis], 1935-40
source: Blues Unlimited 125 (1977), p.21 ("Bengt Olsson/Laura Dukes")

Robert Burse, Dick Rowles, Laura Dukes, Louis Allen, Wilfred Bell, Will Batts, late 1930s
source: Blues Unlimited 125 (1977), p. 19 ("Bengt Olsson/Laura Dukes")

Laura Dukes, Mickey Mathis, Will Batts, Son Smith and Will Shade
playing outside a drive-in shop in Memphis, early 1950s
source: Back cover of Flyright LP 113; photographer's name not given

Laura Dukes 1960
source: Bengt Olsson: Memphis Blues.- London (Studio Vista) 1970, p. 45;
photographer's name not given
Laura Dukes at Blues Alley with Rick Harvey, g; Bob Tally, p
source: Living Blues #41 (1978), p.29; photographer: Jim O'Neal

Laura Dukes
source: http://musicmemphis.wordpress.com/ (photographer's name not given)

Robert Springer: 'I never did like to imitate nobody' [Laura Dukes interview].- Blues Unlimited 125 (1977), pp. 19-21