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J E S S E   F U L L E R 1958 with 'fotdella' and Larson Jumbo Prairie State 12-str guitar; source: Front cover of OBCCD-526-2; photographer: Roger Marschutz)
Jesse Fuller 1958 with 'fotdella' and 'Maurer' (Larson Jumbo Prairie State) 12-str guitar; source: Front cover of OBCCD-526-2; photographer: Roger Marschutz
Jesse Fuller
a/k/a 'The Lone Cat'
b. March 12, 1896 (usually quoted) / July 1895 (1900 census) in Jonesboro, Clayton County, Georgia
d. January 29, 1976 at Dowling Convalescent Hospital in Oakland, Alameda County, California

buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, California
discography
J E S S E   F U L L E R in Oakland, CA with his daughter, 1958; source: http://www.artnet.com/artists/dennis-stock/jesse-fuller-mit-seiner-tochter-with-his-daughter-5NlJ7gsO4SdlLwOTE3jRNg2; photographer: Dennis Stock)
Jesse Fuller with his daughter in Oakland, CA, 1958
source: http://www.artnet.com/artists/dennis-stock/jesse-fuller-mit-seiner-tochter...; photographer: Dennis Stock
#
year
of
release
title / label # / notes
   

- Listen Here Mr. Fireman
- San Francisco Bay Blues

rec. 195? in Oakland by J.R. Fullbright; Jesse Fuller, voc, g, hca, kazoo with dr

unissued

P-Vine PLP 2-704 (Jp 1976)

Diving Duck DD 4314/5 (NL 1990)

Wolf CD 120.614/5 (Austria 1998)

11955Jesse Fuller: Folk Blues - Working On The Railroad

- Railroad Worksong
- Lining Up The Tracks
- John Henry

- Railroad Blues
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Hanging 'Round A Skin Game

rec. c. 1954 in El Cerrito, CA by Margaret and Irwin Goldsmith

all tracks reissued 1965 on Topic 12T134 (as side B), 1992 on Lake LACD24 and 2009 on Fledg'ling FLED 3074

10 inch LP

World Song WS 1 (Margaret and Irwin Goldsmith's label)


= Topic 10T59 (UK 1960)

21955Frisco Bound! with Jesse Fuller

- Leavin' Memphis Frisco Bound
- Got A Date Half Past Eight
- Hump In My Back   @ youtube
- Flavor In My Cream
- Finger Twister #
- Just Like A Ship On The Deep Blue Sea #

- Motherless Children
- Amazing Grace   @ youtube
- Hark From The Tomb
- As Long As I Can Feel The Spirit
- Cincinnati Blues #
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee #

# on Cavalier 6009, Folk Art 5005 and Arhoolie F 2009 only

rec. April 22, 1955 in Oakland, CA by Tom Spinoza

reissued 1993 on Arhoolie CD 360

other 'Folk Art' releases (http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/hankdavisbio11.htm):
FLP 5001: Rev. Anthony Campbell, Calvin Morris, Hank Davis 'God Made The Blues'
45 FLP 5002: Rev. Anthony Campbell, Calvin Morris, Hank Davis 'How Long Have You Been A Negro? / Hit 'Em Again Lord' ( 7 inch 45 rpm)
FLP 5003: Lightnin' Hopkins 'In Town'
FLP 5004: Leadbelly 'I'm Never Gone

10 inch LP

Cavalier CAV 5006 (US 1955) (red vinyl)

12 inch LP

(=) Cavalier CVLP6009 (US 1957) (black vinyl)


(=) Folk Art FLP 5005 "God Made the Blues Volume 2" (1964)

notes by Philip F. Elwood
click to read notes ! click to read notes !
(=) Arhoolie F 2009 (US 7/1967)

38/1958Jesse Fuller: Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Blues

- Take This Hammer
- Linin' Track
- I'm Going To Meet My Lovin' Mother
- Tiger Rag   @ youtube
- Memphis Boogie
- Raise A Ruckus

- Bye And Bye
- Fingerbuster
- Stagolee
- 99 Years
- Hesitation Blues
rec. Jan. 19, 25 [23?] & April 12, 1958 at the Good Time Jazz studio in Los Angeles, CA; prod. by Lester Koenig
photography by Roger Marschutz

notes by Lester Koenig

Good Time Jazz S-10031 (US 8/1958)

notes by Lester Koenig

= Good Time Jazz L-12031
(mono) (US)

notes by Lester Koenig

= Good Time Jazz LAG 12159 (UK 1961)


= OBCCD-564-2 (US 1993)


= Doxy LP DOY676 (EU 2013)

41960Jesse Fuller The Amazing One Man Band

- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Jesse's New Midnight Special

7 inch 45 rpm

Good Time Jazz GV2426

51960Jesse Fuller The Amazing One Man Band

- The Monkey And The Engineer
- Runnin' Wild

7 inch 45 rpm

Good Time Jazz GV2427

65/1961Jesse Fuller: The Lone Cat
Sings And Plays Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Blues

- Leavin' Memphis Frisco Bound   @ youtube
- Take It Slow And Easy
- The Monkey And The Engineer   @ youtube
- New Corrine
- Guitar Blues
- Runnin' Wild

- Hey Hey
- In That Great Land
- The Way You Treat Me
- Down Home Waltz
- Beat It On Down The Line   @ youtube
- Buck And Wing

rec. January 19, 25 [23?] & April 12, 1958 at Good Time Jazz studio in Los Angeles, LA; prod. by Lester Koenig

notes by C.H. Garrigues

Contemporary S-10039

notes by C.H. Garrigues

= Good Time Jazz M-12039
= Good Time Jazz SGA 5021
= Good Time Jazz LAG 12279 (1961)


= Good Time Jazz S 10039 (Jp)


= OBCCD-526-2


First track on first Bob Dylan album (rec. Nov. 20, 1961, rel. Mar. 1962)
is Jesse Fuller's "You're No Good"
more info about that album
71963Jesse Fuller: San Francisco Bay Blues

- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Everybody Works At My House But My Old Man
- Beale Street Blues
- Let Me Hold You In My Arms Tonight
- Where Could I Go But To The Lord
- You're No Good   @ youtube
- I Want A Girl Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad

- Old Man Mose
- Crazy Waltz
- Brother Lowdown
- The Pretty Little Girl Walkin Down The Streets
- The Dozens
- I've Been So Doggone Lonesome
- Animal Fair

rec. May 13, 1963 in San Francisco, CA


Prestige Folklore FL 14006
= FL 14023


= Prestige PR 7718


= Stateside SL 10166 (UK 1965)

notes by Michael Goodwin

(=) Fantasy DLP 24707 (US 1972) (along with Prestige PR 7368) "Brother Lowdown"


= Fantasy FCD 24707-2

81963Jesse Fuller: San Francisco Bay Blues
The Amazing One Man Band

- San Francisco Bay Blues [Good Time Jazz 45100]
- Jesse's New Midnight Special [Good Time Jazz 45100]
- Morning Blues
- Little Black Train
- Midnight Cold   @ youtube
- Whoa Mule   @ youtube

- John Henry
- I Got A Mind To Ramble
- Crazy About A Woman
- Where Could I Go But To The Lord
- Stealin' Back To My Old Time Used To Be
- Brownskin Gal (I've Got My Eye On You)

rec. 1963 in Los Angeles, CA; Jesse Fuller, voc, hca, kazoo, g, fotdella, hi-hat

notes by Lester Koenig
Good Time Jazz S-10051

notes by Lester Koenig
= Good Time Jazz M-12051

notes by Lester Koenig

= Good Time Jazz LAG 574

= Ace CH 226 (UK 1987)


= OBC 537 (1992)


= OBCCD 537

91963Jesse Fuller The Amazing One Man Band

- San Francisco Bay Blues [Good Time Jazz L 12051]
- Jesse's New Midnight Special [Good Time Jazz L 12051]

7 inch 45 rpm

Good Time Jazz 45100

1011/1963Jesse Fuller
Greatest Of The Negro Minstrels

- Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home (2:35) °°   @ youtube
- Crazy About A Woman (3:00) °°   @ youtube
- C.C. Rider
- Ninety Nine Years (3:12) °°   @ youtube
- Stranger's Blues (4:34) °°   @ youtube
- I Want A Little Girl

- Old Cincinnati Blues
- Long As I Can Feel The Spirit   @ youtube
- Black And Blue
- Brownskin Woman
- I Got My Eyes On You
- Preacher Lowdown (2:08) °°   @ youtube
- San Francisco Bay Blues (3:37) °°   @ youtube

rec. November 1962 (on the day after Jesse's appearance at the Cornell Folksong club's festival) at Cornell University in San Francisco, CA in Ithaca, New York by Jerry Goodwin, ed. by Harry Oster

°° reissued on Arhoolie CD 360

notes by Harry Oster

Folk Lyric FL 126 (US 11/1963)

Harry Oster discography

111964Friends of Old Time Music

- Double File - Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton
- Hicks' Farewell - Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton
- Soldier's Joy - Hobart Smith
- Claude Allen - Hobart Smith
- Monday Morning Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Pallet On The Floor - Mississippi John Hurt
- Chick-A-La-Lee-O - Almeda Riddle

- Come All Ye Tender Hearted - Stanley Brothers
- Little Birdie - Stanley Brothers
- Rabbit In The Log - Stanley Brothers
- Dark Holler Blues - Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley

- What Did I Do To Be So Black And Blue? - Jesse Fuller   @ youtube
- Mistreated Mama Blues - Dock Boggs
- Hook And Line - Roscoe Holcomb
- Pretty Fair Miss All In A Garden - Roscoe Holcomb
- He's Coming In Glory Some Day - Doc Watson, Clint Howard, Fred Price


# rec. October 12, 1962 live in New York; Jesse Fuller, voc, g, hca, kazoo, fotdella; prod. by Harry Oster
cover artwork by Norman Gross


Folkways FA 2390 (US 1964)


= Disc D-113 (US 1965)

11a1964Folklore Jamboree

Bill Keith And Jim Rooney - Livin' On The Mountain
Tom Rush - Diamond Joe
Bonnie Dobson - Dear Companion
Eric Von Schmidt - Champagne Don't Hurt Me Baby
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Howdido

Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay
Dave Van Ronk - Ace In The Hole

Bonnie Dobson - She's Like A Swallow
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - You Don't Know
Dave Van Ronk - He Was A Friend Of Mine
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Peggy Seeger - The Chickens They Are Crowing
Geoff Muldaur - Sleepy Man Blues
Charles River Valley Boys - Rocky Island


prod. by Samuel B. Charters

notes (January 1964) by John D. Monroe

Prestige/Folklore FL 14023 (US 1964)

125/1965Jesse Fuller's Favorites

- Red River
- How Long Blues
- You Can't Keep A Good Man Down
- Key To The Highway
- Tickling The Strings
- Midnight Special

- Stranger Blues
- Fables Aren't Nothing But Doggone Lies
- Brownskin Gal I've Got My Eye On You
- Cincinnati Blues   @ youtube
- Hump In Your Back
- Trouble If I Don't Use My Head

rec. May 14, 1963 in San Francisco, CA

notes by Samuel Charters

Prestige PR 7368 (US 5/1965)


= Stateside SL 10154 (UK 1965)


= Transatlantic PR 7368 (UK pressing 1968)

gatefold DLP
notes by Michael Goodwin

(=) Fantasy DLP 24707 (US 1972) (along with Prestige Folklore FL 14006) "Brother Lowdown"

notes by Samuel Charters

= OBC OBC-528 (US 1990)


= Fantasy FCD 24707-2


= OBC OBCCD-528-2 (EU 1992)

131965Newport Folk Festival 1964
Evening Concerts Vol. 2


The Phipps Family
- Little Log Cabin By The Sea
- Wreck On The L & M
The Staples Singers
- I Wish I Had The Answer
- Don't Drive Me Away
- Pray On My Child
Joan Baez
- Pilgrim Of Sorrow
- We Shall Overcome


Jesse Fuller
- I Double Do Love You   @ youtube
- San Francisco Bay Blues   @ youtube
Theodore Bikel
- Gott Fun Avrom
- Sudarinya
Hamza El Din
- Desse Barama (Peace)
The Greenbriar Boys
- Little Birdie
- Sleepy Eyed John


rec. July 23-26, 1964 live at the Newport Folk Festival


Vanguard VRS-9185 (mono)
VSD-79185 (stereo) (US 1965)


= Fontana TFL 6051 (UK)

141965Jesse Fuller: Move On Down The Line
singing and playing his 12 string guitar, kazoo and fotdella

- Move On Down The Line #
- Stealing #
- Ninety Nine Years And One Dark Day #
- Animal Fair #
- Sleeping In The Midnight Cold #
- Stackolee #

- Railroad Worksong *
- Lining Up The Tracks *
- John Henry *
- Railroad Blues *
- San Francisco Bay Blues *
- Hanging 'Round A Skin Game *

# rec. March 19, 1965 in London, England

* rec. ca. 1954, first issued as World Song 1 (1955)
  = Topic 10T59 (1960)

notes by Joe Boyd
click to read notes !
Topic 12T134 (UK 1965)

notes by Joe Boyd and Val Wilmer

(=) Fledg'ling FLED 3074 (UK 2009)

151966A Session with Jesse Fuller

- Bye And Bye
- Stagolee
(- Jesse Fuller storytelling)
- Crazy 'Bout A Woman
- Hesitation Blues

- 99 Years And One Dark Day
- How Long Blues
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Fingerbuster
- Going Back To My Old Used To Be

rec. October 26, 1965 in London, England; Jesse Fuller, voc, g, fotdella; prod. by Terry Brown

Fontana 687 364 TL

notes by Peter Clayton
click to read notes ! click to read notes ! click to read notes !
= Fontana TL5313

Fontana Records discography

161966Jesse Fuller

- Going Back To My Old Used To Be
- Bye And Bye

7 inch 45 rpm

Fontana TF 821

 
Second track on 1967 first Grateful Dead album (WB 1689)
is Jesse Fuller's "Beat It On Down The Line"
more info
171968The 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

181969Blues 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)

18a2/1969The Mike Raven Blues Sampler

Leadbelly
- Little Children's Blues
Jimmy Witherspoon
- Evenin'
Dr. Ross
- After Hours Blues
Gary Davis
- Say No To The Devil
Big Joe Williams
- Bottle Up And Go
Memphis Slim
- Frankie and Johnny

Sonny Terry
- Louise

Jesse Fuller
- Brownskin Gal
Mabel Hillery
- It's So Hard To Be A Nigger
Blind Willie McTell
- Married Man's A Fool
Scraper
[sic] Blackwell
- "A" Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Blues In A Bottle



Transatlantic TRA SAM 5

read liner notes

191972The Great Blues Men

Vanguard VSD 25/26, LP 1:
Homesick James - Set A Date
John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road
Sleepy John Estes - Corinna °°
Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old

Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues
Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G
Rev. Gary Davis - If I Had My Way °°

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Key To The Highway
Otis Spann - Burning Fire
Lightnin' Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues
Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It
James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business

Vanguard VSD 25/26, LP 2:
Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues
Junior Wells - Stormy Monday Blues °°
Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues
Son House (+ Al Wilson) - Empire State Blues °°
Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby

Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
J. B. Hutto - Please Help
Fred McDowell - Fred's Ramblin' Blues
Ida Cox - Four Day Creep °°
Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas [Vanguard VRS 9180, Vanguard VCD 115/16 (US 1991)

Newport Folk Festival discography
Mississippi John Hurt discography
Reverend Gary Davis discography
Reverend Robert Wilkins discography
Skip James discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Yank Rachell discography
Hammie Nixon discography
Robert Pete Williams discography
Jesse Fuller discography
John P. Hammond discography
Dave Van Ronk discography, Vanguard 3VCD 193/95-2]   @ youtube
Otis Rush - I't's A Mean Old World


°° not on CD

design by Jules Halfant; front cover collage by Eric Von Schmidt

Vanguard VCD 25/26:
Homesick James - Set A Date (2:44)
John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road (3:05)
Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old (4:55)

Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:40)
Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G (3:33)
Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues (3:15)
Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues (2:35)
Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues (3:04)
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby (2:30)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway (3:38)
Otis Spann - Burning Fire (3:15)
Lightning Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues (5:36)
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues (2:55)
Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It (3:06)
James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business (3:23)
Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues (4:45)
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues (4:10)
J.B. Hutto - Please Help (2:52)
Fred McDowell - Fred's Rambling Blues (2:05)
Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas (3:43)
Otis Rush - It's A Mean Old World (2:22)

gatefold DLP
notes Leroy J. Pierson


Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1972)

gatefold DLP
notes Leroy J. Pierson


= Vanguard VSD 25/26 (Fr 1972)

DLP, no gatefold, but 2-page leaflet
notes Leroy J. Pierson


Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1986)

notes Leroy J. Pierson

(=) Vanguard VCD 25/26 (US 1988)

lots of further editions at www.discogs.com

201972
2 LP
Blues Selection

LP 1:
Jimmy Whitherspoon - Ain't Nobody's Business (6:25)
Lightnin' Hopkins - The Howling Wolf (3:50)
Furry Lewis - Goin' To Kansas City (2:50)
Rev. Gary Davis - I'll Fly Away (4:32)
Memphis Slim - Beer Drinking Woman (3:24)

John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillun (2:43)

Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:54)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Betty And Dupree's Blues (5:50)
Tom Rush - Duncan And Brady (3:35)
Dave Van Ronk - Cocaine Blues (4:10)


LP 2:
Holy Modal Rounders - Blues In The Bottle (3:25)
Jimmy Whitherspoon - Every Day (2:36)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Too Many Drivers (3:30)
Furry Lewis - I'm Going To Brownsville (3:27)
Rev. Gary Davis - When I Die I'll Live Again (3:28)
Memphis Slim - Fast And Free (1:56)

John Lee Hooker - Driftin' And Driftin' (4:02)

Jesse Fuller - Red River Blues (3:25)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Freight Train (2:40)
Tom Rush - Drop Down Mama (4:05)
Dave Van Ronk - He Was A Friend Of Mine (3:29)
Holy Modal Rounders - Euphoria (1:30)


inner gatefold

DLP

Bellaphon/Fantasy BJS 4071 (Germany 1972)

= Bellaphon/Fantasy BBS 2502

 
Blue Bay - Anthology of San Francisco Bay Blues 1976.- Messaround LP 001
(Hi Tide Harris, Ron Thompson, The Gary Smith Band, Robert Lowery,
Charlie Musselwhite, Sonny Rhodes, Skip Rose, Luther Tucker)
Original 1976 album has Jesse Fuller picture on back cover
211976Mr. Fulbright's Blues

Jimmy Nolen [actually Jimmy Wilson]
- Strangest Blues
- I Used To Love A Woman
Phillip Walker
- Louisiana Walk
- I Want You For Myself
- Playing In The Park
- Hello My Darling
Mac Willis
- Pretty Woman

- Howling Woman
Smokey Hogg
- Blue And Lonesome Blues
- Misery In My Life
Elmon Mickle
- Flat Foot Sam
- I Got To Get Some Money

Jesse Fuller
- Listen Here Mr. Fireman
- San Francisco Bay Blues


Big Son Tillis & D.C. Bender
- Zetela Blues
- Rock Is My Pillow
- Ten Long Years
- I Got A Letter
Unknown Artist A
- Hard Luck Blues
- Lonesome Road °°
Jesse Thomas
- Another Fool Like Me

George Smith
- West Helena Blues
Unknown Artist B
- Come Back Baby
Unknown Artist C
- Strange Ol' Feeling
J.D. Nicholson
- I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More
Jimmy Nolen
- Let's Try It Again
Willie Egans
- It's A Shame
- Willie's Boogie


°° omitted from P-Vine PCD-2008 supposedly due to lack of space!

2 LP set

P-Vine Special PLP 2-704 (Jp 1976)


(=) P-Vine PCD-2008 (Jp 1988)

notes (November 1989) by Chris Bentley

(=) Diving Duck DD 4314 (NL 1990) "Mr. Fullbright's Blues Vol. 1"

notes (November 1989) by Chris Bentley

(=) Diving Duck DD 4315 (NL 1990) "Mr. Fullbright's Blues Vol. 2"


(=) Wolf CD 120.614 (Austria 1994),
(=) Wolf CD 120.615, 120616 (Austria 1998)
"Elko Blues Vols. 1, 2 & 3"

Elko Records discography

221991Blues At Newport
Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival 1959-64

Mississippi John Hurt
- Candy Man
- Coffee Blues
- Stagolee
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Long Gone
- Key To The Highway
Reverend Gary Davis
- Samson And Delilah
- I Won't Be Back No More
Reverend Robert Wilkins
- The Prodigal Son
- (I Wish I Was In) Heaven Sitting Down
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
Sleepy John Estes, Yank Rachel [sic] & Hammy [sic] Nixon
- Clean Up At Home
Robert Pete Williams
- On My Way From Texas
- Bulldog Blues

Jesse Fuller
- I Double Double Do Love You
- San Francisco Bay Blues
John Hammond
- Me And The Devil
John Lee Hooker
- Sometimes You Make Me Feel So Bad
- Hobo Blues
Dave Van Ronk
- That Will Never Happen No More


compilation prod. by Sam Charters

notes by Sam Charters

Vanguard VCD 115/16 (US 1991)

Newport Folk Festival discography
Mississippi John Hurt discography
Reverend Gary Davis discography
Reverend Robert Wilkins discography
Skip James discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Yank Rachell discography
Hammie Nixon discography
Robert Pete Williams discography
John P. Hammond discography
Dave Van Ronk discography

231992Jesse Fuller: Railroad Worksong

- Move On Down The Line #
- Stealing #
- Ninety Nine Years And One Dark Day #
- Animal Fair #
- Sleeping In The Midnight Cold #
- Stackolee #
- Bill Bailey
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Crazy Waltz
- Railroad Worksong
- Met My Loving Mother
- I Love My Baby
- Tune (Creole Love Call)
- Running Wild
- Stranger Blues
- Hanging Around A Skin Game
- The Monkey & The Engineer
- Buck Dancer's Jump

# from Topic 12T134
all other tracks "by arrangement with Sean Davies" [John R.T. Davies?]
prod. & mastered by Paul Adams


Lake LACD24

241991Jesse Fuller: Frisco Bound

- Leavin' Memphis Frisco Bound *
- Got A Date At Half Past Eight *
- Hump In My Back *
- Flavor In My Cream *
- Finger Twister *
- Just Like A Ship On The Deep Blue Sea *
- Cincinnati Blues *
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee *
- Motherless Children *
- Amazing Grace *
- Hark From The Tomb *
- As Long As I Can Feel The Spirit *
- I'm Going To Sit Down At The Welcome Table #
- Together Let Us Live #
- Memphis Boogie #
- Footdella Stomp #
- Crazy About A Woman +
- 99 Years +
- Stranger Blues +
- Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home +
- Preacher Lowdown +
- San Francisco Bay Blues +

* from Arhoolie F 2009
# previously unreleased
+ from Folk Lyric 126

All of Arhoolie 2009 plus several previously unissued cuts from that same studio session in 1955 plus several selections recorded at Cornell University in 1962

notes by Harry Oster
and Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD-360

251993Blues With A Feeling
Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival

disc 1 / Vanguard VCD 73133-2:
- Introduction by Dick Waterman (2:05) #
Son House (1965) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Preachin' Blues (3:54) [Vanguard VSD 79225] #
- Death Letter (4:01) [Vanguard VSD 79225] #
- Empire State Express (3:50) # [Vanguard VSD 25/6; 3VCD 208-10]
Skip James (1964 blues workshop, introduction most likely by Bill Barth) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Devil Got My Woman (4:52)   @ youtube
Bukka White [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2; 3VCD 208-10]
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (5:00)
Robert Pete Williams
- Levee Camp Blues (5:26) °° [Vanguard VRS 9180; 3VCD193/95-2]
Mississippi Fred McDowell [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Louise Louise (3:05)
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- Don't Let Nobody Turn You 'round (3:48)   @ youtube
Rev. Pearly Brown & Mrs. Christine Brown
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning (3:06)   @ youtube
Fred and Annie Mae McDowell with Rev. Robert Wilkins
- What Do You Think About Jesus (5:43)   @ youtube
Lightnin' Hopkins (July 23, 1965 morning "Blue Guitar" workshop) [ Vanguard VCD 79715-2]
- The Woman I'm Loving, She's Taken My Appetite (Monkey Faced Woman) (3:22)   @ youtube
- Come On Baby (2:13)   @ youtube
- Baby Please Don't Go (2:46) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
Mance Lipscomb [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Freddie (2:01) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
- So Different Blues (2:33)   @ youtube
- God Moves On The Water (The Sinking Of The Titanic) (2:36)   @ youtube


disc 2 / Vanguard VCD 73134-2:
Elizabeth Cotten
- Freight Train (4:02) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]
Mississippi John Hurt [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Here I Am Lord, Send Me (3:54)
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (3:20)

Jesse Fuller [Vanguard VRS-9185; 3VCD193/95-2; 3VCD 208-10]
- San Francisco Bay Blues (2:51) °°
John Lee Hooker (1964 blues workshop) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- I Can't Quit You Baby / Stop Now Blues (2:48)   @ youtube
Muddy Waters (1968 blues workshop) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Walkin' Blues (4:31)   @ youtube
- I Can't Be Satisfied (3:16)   @ youtube
Eddie Boyd & Willie Dixon
- Five Long Years (2:26) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]
Willie Dixon & Lafayette Leake with Pete Seeger, bj
- Wrinkles (instr) (3:28)
Dave Van Ronk
- Cocaine (3:44) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]
John Hammond
- Drop Down Mama (2:50)
Eric Von Schmidt
- Grizzly Bear (4:55) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]
John Koerner
- Traveling Blues (4:49) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
The Chambers Brothers [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- See See Rider (3:21) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
Paul Butterfield Blues Band (July 23, 1965)
- Blues With A Feeling (4:12) * [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2; 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
- Look Over Yonders Wall (2:10) *   @ youtube
- Born In Chicago (4:08) ** [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]   @ youtube


compilation prod. by Mary Katherine Aldin
# rec. 1965 live at Newport Folk Festival ("Blues Workshop") in Newport, RI; Son House, voc, g
* rec. July 23, 1965 at an afternoon workshop called "Blues: Origins and Offshoots" (late addition to the roster - advertisements for the concert series make no mention of the group); Paul Butterfield, voc, hca; Michael Bloomfield, g; Elvin Bishop, g; Jerome Arnold, b; Sam Lay, dr; Nick Gravenites, voc; ** Bruce Langhorne, tamb


"all tracks previously unreleased except" °°

2 CD set
notes (May 1993) by Mary Katherine Aldin

Vanguard VCD2-77005 (US/Germany 1993)


(=) Vanguard VCD 73133-2 (US 1997) "part one"


(=) Vanguard VCD 73134-2 (US 1997) "part two"

261995The Prestige/Folklore Years   Vol. 2: The New City Blues

Dave Van Ronk
- Cocaine Blues [Prestige INT 13056 / FL 14012]
- Death Letter Blues [Prestige/Folklore FL 14001]

Jesse Fuller
- Red River Blues [Prestige PR 7368]
- How Long Blues [Prestige PR 7368]
- San Francisco Bay Blues [Prestige PR 7718]
Geoff Muldaur
- Sleepy Man Blues [Prestige/Folklore 14004]
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues [Prestige/Folklore 14004]
Tracy Nelson
- Motherless Child Blues
- Startin' For Chicago
- Ramblin' Man by
Eric Von Schmidt
- Crow Jane [Prestige PR 7717]
- Light Rain [Prestige PR 7384]
- Kennedy Blues [Prestige PR 7384]
Tom Rush
- Orphan's Blues
Larry & Hank
- If You Don't Want Me Baby # [Prestige PR 7472]
- Watchdog Blues # [Prestige PR 7472]
- Four Women Blues # [Prestige PR 7472]
The New Strangers
- Alberta [Prestige/Folklore 14027]


# Larry Johnson & Hank Adkins

notes by Samuel Charters

Prestige PRCD 9902-2 (US 1995)


= Big Beat CDWIKD 135 (UK 1995)

Bluesville Records discography
Dave Van Ronk discography
Eric von Schmidt discography
Larry Johnson discography
Danny Kalb discography

271994Elko Blues Vol. 1

Jesse Fuller
- Listen Here Mr. Fireman #
- San Francisco Bay Blues #

# rec. in Oakland, CA by J.R. Fullbright


Wolf CD 120.614/615

= Diving Duck DD 4314/5
"Mr. Fullbright's Blues
Vols. 1 & 2"

281995The Good Time Jazz Story

Jesse Fuller
- Take This Hammer
- Leavin' Memphis, Frisco Bound
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- John Henry

box prod. by Ralph Kaffel

4 disc box set

Fantasy 4GTJCD 4416-2

www.fantasyjazz.com

291996Arhoolie presents American Masters   Vol. 1
15 Down Home Country Blues Classics

Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Line [Arhoolie 1027, CD 304]   @ youtube
Lightning Hopkins - Have You Ever Loved A Woman [Arhoolie 1063]   @ youtube
John Jackson - Going Down In Georgia On A Horn [Arhoolie 1025, CD 378]   @ youtube
Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson - Cairo Blues [Arhoolie 1004, CD 352]   @ youtube
Mance Lipscomb - 'Bout A Spoonful [Arhoolie 1001, CD 306]   @ youtube
Black Ace - Drink On Little Girl [Arhoolie 1003]   @ youtube
Snooks Eaglin - Country Boy Down In New Orleans [Arhoolie CD 348]   @ youtube
Bukka White - Columbus, Mississippi Blues [Arhoolie 1005]   @ youtube
Dr. Ross - Shake 'em On Down [Arhoolie 1065, CD 371]   @ youtube
Robert Pete Williams - Just Tippin' In (4:10) [Arhoolie CD 394]   @ youtube [not "Just Trippin' In", as youtube video suggests]

Jesse Fuller - Hump In My Back [Arhoolie CD 360]   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - Brother James [Arhoolie 1002, CD 315]   @ youtube
Smoky Babe - I'm Broke And I'm Hungry [Arhoolie 2019, CD 440]   @ youtube
R.L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie [Arhoolie 1042, CD 402]   @ youtube
K.C. Douglas - Mercury Blues [Arhoolie CD 432]   @ youtube


prod. and edited by Chris Strachwitz
cover photo (Big Joe Williams) by Chris Strachwitz


Arhoolie CD 101 (US 1996)

Arhoolie Records discography

301998The Bluesville Years Volume Ten "Country Roads, Country Days"

K.C. Douglas
- Wake Up
- Working Woman
- Broken Heart
Alec Seward
- Evil Woman Blues
- Creepin' Blues
Doug Quattlebaum
- You Is One Black Rat
- Sweet Little Woman
Brooks Berry and Scrapper Blackwell
- 'Bama Bound [Bluesville BV/BVLP 1074]
- Blues And Trouble [Bluesville BV/BVLP 1074]

Jesse Fuller
- Key To The Highway
- Stranger Blues
Snooks Eaglin
- That's All Right
- Well, I Had My Fun (Goin' Down Slow)
Henry Townsend
- Cairo Is My Baby's Home
- I Asked Her If She Loved Me
Mercy Dee Walton
- Pity And A Shame
- Have You Ever Been Out In The Country
Shakey Jake
- Gimme A Smile
- Jake's Cha Cha
Arbee Stidham
- I'm Tired Of Wandering
- You Can't Live In This World By Yourself
St. Louis Jimmy
- Goin' Down Slow



Prestige PRCD-9918-2 (US 1998)

Bluesville Records discography

312000Arhoolie 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; 66-page booklet by Chris Strachwitz, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt & 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)

Arhoolie Records discography

322001Newport Folk Festival
Best of the Blues 1959-68


disc 1:
Mississippi John Hurt
- Sliding Delta
- Candy Man
- Coffee Blues
- Stagger Lee
- Here I Am Lord Send Me
- Pallet On Your Floor
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman (3:23)
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
Son House
- Preaching Blues
- Death Letter Blues
- Empire State Express
- Son Blues
Bukka White
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Louise
- If The River Was Whiskey
Muddy Waters (solo)
- Walkin' Blues [Vanguard VCD2-77005]
- I Can't Be Satisfied [Vanguard VCD2-77005]


disc 2:
Robert Pete Williams
- Levee Camp Blues
- Midnight Boogie
- On My Way From Texas
Mance Lipscomb
- Freddie
- So Different Blues
- God Moves On The Water (The Sinking Of The Titanic)

Jesse Fuller
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Double Double Do Love You
Rev. Gary Davis
- Samson And Delilah
- I Won't Be Back No More
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Intro/The Train Is Leaving °°
- Drink Muddy Water °°
- Long Gone
- Key To The Highway
- My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door
Sleepy John Estes
- Clean Up At Home


disc 3:
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Woman I'm Lovin' She's Taken My Appetite
- Baby Please Don't Go
Lightnin' Hopkins & Samuel Lay
- Shake That Thing
John Lee Hooker & Bill Lee
- Tupelo
- Bus Station Blues
- Let's Make It °°
- Great Fire Of Natchez °°
- Boom Boom °°
- I Can't Quit You Baby / Stop Now Baby
Memphis Slim
- How Long °°
- Black Cat Crossed My Path °°
- Harlem Bound °°
- Piano Instrumental °°
Muddy Waters & Otis Spann
- Blow Wind Blow °°   @ youtube
- Flood (= "Clouds In My Heart") °°   @ youtube
Chambers Brothers
- CC Rider
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Blues With A Feeling
- Born In Chicago °°


compilation prod. by Tom Vickers
front cover painting by Meredith Steele
°° 12 previously unreleased tracks

3 CD set
notes by John Milward

Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2 (US 2001)

332003Roots Of The Blues

disc 1 "Folk Blues":
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:47)
The Chambers Brothers - See See Rider (3:08)
John Hammond - Statesboro Blues (3:39)
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train (3:53)
Dave Van Ronk - Cocaine (3:46)
Buffy Sainte-Marie - You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (2:51) °°
Spider John Koerner - Traveling Blues (4:44)
Bill Monroe - Blue Yodel # 4 (2:43)
Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Maria Muldaur - Richland Woman (4:19)
Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Geoff & Maria Muldaur - Chevrolet (3:51)
Sam & Kirk McGee - Milk Cow Blues (2:31) °°
Tony Glover - I Dont Need No Whiskey (4:30) °°
Josh White - What You Gonna Do When Your Meat Gives Out (1:49) °°
Eric Von Schmidt - Grizzly Bear (4:34)
Mance Lipscomb - Keep On Truckin' Mama (1:35) °°


disc 2 "Delta & Country Blues":
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)
Rev. Gary Davis - You Got To Move (5:50)
Skip James - I'm So Glad (1:53)
Son House - Empire State Express (3:50)
Bukka White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (4:45)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - If The River Was Whiskey (2:34)
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:53)
Odetta - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (2:13)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway (3:37)
Sleepy John Estes - Clean Up At Home (2:59)
Mance Lipscomb - Freddie (1:50)
Memphis Slim - How Long (2:59)
Robert Pete Williams - Midnight Boogie (3:25) [Vanguard VRS 9180, Vanguard VSD 77/78, Vanguard CD 70193-2, Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
Eddie Boyd & Willie Dixon - Five Long Years (2:22)
Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (5:12)


disc 3 "Urban Blues":
Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid (2:21)
Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (3:14)
J.B. Hutto & The Hawks - Going Ahead (2:03)
Otis Spann - Marie (2:28)
James Cotton - Rocket 88 (2:03)
Homesick James And His Dusters - Dust My Broom (3:17)
Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band - One More Time (2:26)
The Johnny Shines Blues Band - If I Get Lucky (3:23)
Buddy Guy - One Room Country Shack (5:30)
Muddy Waters with Otis Spann - Blow Wind Blow (3:09)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go (2:37)
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Blues With A Feeling (3:55)
Charlie Musselwhite - Juke (4:18)
Big Mama Thornton - Ball And Chain (6:48)
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (3:01)


compilation prod. by Tom Vickers; cover design by Ann Smalley; photography by David Gahr

°° previously unreleased tracks

3-CD Set
notes by Ed Ward

Vanguard 3VCD 208-10 (Germany 2002)
= Vanguard CD 79715 (US 2003)

342009Jesse Fuller: Move On Down The Line
singing and playing his 12 string guitar, harmonica, kasoo [sic], sock cymbals and fotdella

- Move On Down The Line #
- Stealing #
- Ninety Nine Years And One Dark Day #
- Animal Fair #
- Sleeping In The Midnight Cold #
- Stackolee #
- John Henry *
- Railroad Worksong *
- Lining Up The Track *
- Hanging 'Round A Skin Game *
- Railroad Blues *
- San Francisco Bay Blues *

# rec. March 19, 1965 in London, England

* rec. ca. 1954, first issued as World Song 1 (1955)
  = Topic 10T59 (1960)

Topic 12T134 (UK 1965)

notes by Joe Boyd
and Val Wilmer

Fledg'ling FLED 3074 (UK 2009)

Sources:
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 268
- Harris, Sheldon: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 185-187
- Leadbitter, Mike & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- p. 428-430
- http://www3.justnet.ne.jp/~urawamats/jesse-fuller.html
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/blues/j/jesseful.htm
- own record collection
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, John Clarke and Andrew Cohen for additional info / scans

 


source: Back cover of Good Time Jazz L-12031

 

Jesse Fuller outside the family home of Val Wilmer in Streatham, London, March 1960; source: David Harrison: Die Legenden des Blues - Eine Hommage in Bildern.- Königswinter (HEEL-Verlag) 1995, p. 62; photographer: Val Wilmer
Jesse Fuller outside the family home of Val Wilmer in Streatham, London, March 1960
source: David Harrison: Die Legenden des Blues - Eine Hommage in Bildern
Königswinter (HEEL-Verlag) 1995, p. 62; photographer: Val Wilmer

 

Jesse Fuller cooking breakfast in Streatham, London, UK (at Val Wilmers' then home), 1960; source: Val Wilmer: Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This - My Life in the Jazz World.- London (The Women's Press) 1991, photo pages no #; photographer: Val Wilmer
Jesse Fuller cooking breakfast in Streatham, London, UK
(at Val Wilmers' then home), 1960

source: Val Wilmer: Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This - My Life in the Jazz World.-
London (The Women's Press) 1991, photo pages no #; photographer: Val Wilmer

 

Jesse Fuller; source: Front cover of Fantasy DLP 24707; photographer: Stephen Shames
Jesse Fuller playing his Silvertone
which he bought at Sears in Detroit in 1962 after his "Maurer" 12-string guitar had been stolen
source: Front cover of Fantasy 24707; photographer: Stephen Shames

"This guitar was built in about 1962; Harmony did not produce electric 12-strings in the 1950s.I was with Jesse Fuller the day (in 1962) his original Maurer guitar was stolen, in Detroit, where he was for a playing engagement. In order to make the show that night, he simply drove out to Sears and bought this guitar. Feel free to get in touch if you want more info." (Paul Hostetter 2013 at https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_607587

"This Silvertone guitar is a non-stock creation. It is possible that it was cobbled together by adding a 12-string headstock to a Harmony-built Silvertone 1427 body (with the metal Silvertone logo transferred from the stock six-string headstock), but Sears never made *any* electric 12-strings available as a stock item (and acoustic 12-strings did not appear at Sears until 1967). The last catalog appearance of this model was Spring/Summer 1961. As for the build date of this instrument, there should be a date stamp as well as a serial/model number visible inside the body." (Randy Holmes, 2014 at https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_607587)

 

 
Jesse Fuller appeared as a film extra in
"Thief of Baghdad" (Raoul Walsh 1924, silent film),
"East of Suez" (Raoul Walsh 1925, silent film),
"Hearts in Dixie" (Paul Sloane 1929),
"End of the World" (Abel Gance 1934),
"The Great White Hope" (Martin Ritt 1970; song "Let Me Hold You In My Arms Tonight")

 

 

 

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