Illustrated John Lee Granderson discography

J O H N L E E G R A N D E R S O N; source: Front cover of Testament TCD 5031
source: Front cover of Testament TCD 5031 John Lee Granderson
b. April 11, 1913 in Ellendale, Tennessee
d. August 22, 1979 in Chicago, Illinois
discography
John Wrencher, Carey Bell & John Lee Granderson
source: Nothing But The Blues, p. between 122 + 123; photographer: Clas Ahlstrand

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	1964	Can't Keep From Crying Topical Blues on the Death of President Kennedy Big Joe Williams - A Man Amongst Men @ youtube James & Fannie Brewer - I Want To Know Why John Lee Granderson - A Man For The Nation @ youtube Otis Spann - Sad Day In Texas @ youtube Mary Ross - President Kennedy Gave His Life Bill Jackson - The 22nd Day Of November James Brewer - Why Did He Have To Go? Johnny Young - I Tried Not To Cry Avery Brady - Poor Kennedy @ youtube Fannie Brewer - When We Got The Message Jimmy Brown - He Was Loved By All The People @ youtube CD bonus tracks: Johnny Young - Tribute To J.F.K. @ youtube Avery Brady - Poor Kennedy no. 2 rec. in Chicago, IL in the weeks immediately following JFK's death on November 22, 1963 by Norman Dayron and Peter J. Welding; prod. by Peter J. Welding cover photo of Big Joe Williams by Lars Swanberg printed on LP's back cover: "TESTAMENT RECORDS, P.O. Box 1813, Chicago, Illinois 60690" later additionally stamped "New address: 577 Levering, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024" notes by Peter J. Welding "5851 Blackstone Avenue/Chicago 37, Illinois" "577 Levering Avenue/Los Angeles, Calif./90024" Testament S-01 (US 1964 ff.) BU 62 (May 1969), p. 26 notes by Peter J. Welding = Bounty BY 6035 (UK 1967) notes by Peter J. Welding (=) Testament TCD-5007 (US 1994) Testament Records discography
2	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" "577 Levering Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024" "Los Angeles, Calif." Testament T-2203 (US 1964 ff.) BU 25 (September 1965), p. 23 = Testament T-2203 (special re-release by OJL) = Bounty BY 6025 (UK 1966) = Polydor 545 031 (UK 1966) (=) Testament TCD-5008 (US 1994) = P-Vine PCD-5566 (Jp 1999) Testament Records discography Johnny Young discography Big Walter Horton discography Maxwell Street Jimmy discography John Wrencher discography
3	1964	Blues All Around My Bed Blues Scene USA Vol. 3 Carl Hodges - Blues All Around My Bed @ youtube Big Joe Williams - Hellhound On My Trail @ youtube John Lee Granderson - Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl ## [Takoma TAK 7071] @ youtube Johnny Young & John Wrencher & John Lee Granderson - Green Door Blues # @ youtube James Robinson - Standing In My Backk Door Crying @ youtube W.B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson - Sometimes I Rate @ youtube Connie Williams - One Thin Dime @ youtube Leroy "Country" Dallas - Sweet Man Blues (4:22) @ youtube @ Spotify Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues @ youtube Bill Jackson - Trouble In Mind @ youtube Avery Brady - Gonna Let You Down @ youtube Arthur Weston & Big Joe Williams & George Robertson - Roll Me Over Slow @ youtube # rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Big John Wrencher, hca; John Lee Granderson, g, ## voc front cover photos by Harry Oster (the photo of Leon Strickland is laterally reversed; Strickland was not left handed!) notes by Pete Welding Storyville SLP 181 (Denmark 1964) notes by Pete Welding = Storyville 670181 (Germany 196?) = Storyville SLP 842 (Denmark 1979) notes by Pete Welding = Storyville PSLP-842 (Portugal 4/1983) notes by Pete Welding = Poljazz PSJ 248 (Poland 1983) notes by Pete Welding = Storyville SLP 4036 (Switzerland 1985) "Blues Roots Vol. 2" Storyville Records discography Big Joe Williams discography Johnny Young discography Big John Wrencher discography Blind Connie Williams discography Leroy Dallas discography Doug Quattlebaum discography
4	1964	Robert Nighthawk & His Flames of Rhythm live on Maxwell Street - 1964 - Cheating and Lying Blues [aka Goin' Down To Eli's aka Murderin' Blues] - Juke Medley [aka Mr. Bell's Shuffle] - The Time Have Come - Honey Hush [aka Yakety Yak] - I Need Your Love So Bad - Take It Easy Baby - Annie Lee / Sweet Black Angel - Big World Blues °° - Maxwell Street Jam [aka Burning Heat] - I Got News For You - All I Want For Breakfast / Them Kind Of People °° - Mama Talk to Your Daughter °° - The Real McCoy °° - Interview rec. c. October 25 & November 1964 live on the corner of 14th & Peoria, Chicago, Ill. °° CD bonus tracks Rounder LP 2022 (US 1964) (=) Rounder CD 2022 (US 19??) (=) Bullseye Blues CDBEYE9624 (US 2000) Rounder Records discography
5	1966	Ramblin' On My Mind Classic Train and Travel Blues Johnny Youngwith Little Walter Jacobs, Jimmy Walker - Hear That Whistle Blow @ youtube Carl Hodges - Standing At The Greyhound Bus Station @ youtube Leroy 'Country' Dallas - She Caught The M&O @ youtube @ Spotify Jimmy Brewer - Pea Vine Whistle @ youtube Honeyboy Edwards - Highway 61 @ youtube Big Joe Williams - Ramblin' On My Mind @ youtube Blind Connie Williams - Key To The Highway @ youtube Dr. Isaiah Ross - Hobo Blues @ youtube John Lee Granderson - My Home Ain't Here # @ youtube Bill Jackson - Freight Train Blues @ youtube Elijah Brown - Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay @ youtube W.B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson - Mean Old Train @ youtube # rec. mid 1960s in Chicago, IL by Pete Welding and Norman Dayron; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Bill Foster, g cover photograph (Railroad Station, Edwards, Mississippi, 1936) by Walker Evans notes by Pete Welding "Milestone Records Inc., 22 West 48th Street, New York, N. Y. 10036" Milestone MLP-3002 (mono) (US 1966 ff.) notes by Pete Welding "Milestone Records are distributed by Fantasy Records, 10th and Parker, Berkeley, California 94710" = Milestone MLP-3002 (mono) (US 1972?) ~~Milestone MSP-93002 (stereo)~~ most likely never happened, 'cause all musical content only existed in mono! notes by Pete Welding "Made in France by Pathé Marconi" = Milestone 2C 062-94300 M (Fr 1973) Milestone Records discography
6	1969	Really Chicago Blues@ youtube (full album playlist) LP 1: Johnny Shines/Sunnyland Slim/Backwards Sam Firk - Two Long Freight Trains @ youtube John Lee Granderson/Big Joe Williams/Firk - Girl At The Bottom @ youtube Slim/Shines/Firk - Rolling And Tumbling @ youtube Honeyboy Edwards/Firk - Hot Springs Blues # @ youtube Williams/Granderson/Firk - If You Can't Shimmy-She-Wobble @ youtube Shines/Slim/Firk/Williams - As Long As The World Stands @ youtube Shines/Edwards/Walter Horton - For The Love Of Mike [sic] (aka "Love Of Mine") @ youtube Honeyboy Edwards - Jersey Bull Blues @ youtube Williams/Granderson/Firk - You're An Old Lady @ youtube Shines/Slim/Firk/Williams - Poor Man's Tonic @ youtube Horton/Edwards/Shines - Way 'Cross Town @ youtube Williams/Shines/Slim - Jook House Blues @ youtube LP 2: Slim/Shines/Firk - Cuttin' Out Blues @ youtube Honeyboy Edwards/Firk - Howling Wind # @ youtube Shines/Slim/Williams/Firk - Evening Sun @ youtube Granderson/Williams/Firk - Going 'Round The World @ youtube Williams/Slim/Shines/Firk - Mama Don't Allow Me @ youtube Slim/Shines/Firk - She Got A Thing Going On @ youtube Granderson/Williams/Firk - Stop Breaking Down @ youtube Honeyboy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago @ youtube Granderson/Williams/Firk - Yellow Box Blues @ youtube Slim/Williams/Shines/Firk - Bye Bye Baby @ youtube all tracks rec. September 1969 in Chicago, IL; prod. by Gene Rosenthal gatefold DLP notes by G.L. Moore Adelphi AD 1005 (US 1969) = Echo ECB 803 (US 1985) "Blues Anthology Vol. 3" "Real Chicago Blues" = Echo ECB 804 (US 1985) "Blues Anthology Vol. 4" "More From Chicago" # Genes GCD 9914 Adelphi Records discography Big Joe Williams discography Backwards Sam Firk discography Johnny Shines discography David 'Honeyboy' Edwards discography Big Walter Horton discography
7	1970	The Chicago String Band Carl Martin, Johnny Young, John Lee Granderson, John Wrencher Testament T-2220 track sequence: - The Sun Is Sinking Low # @ youtube - Trouble On Your Hands * @ youtube - Weeping And Moaning \|\| - You Know I Do [] - Hoodoo Blues * - You Got Good Business \|\| - I Got To Find That Woman # - Clean Cut Mama \|\| - Railroad Blues * @ youtube - Don't Sic Your Dog On Me [] - John Henry - Memphis, Tenn., 1939 Blues \|\| Testament TCD 5006 track sequence: - The Sun Is Sinking Low - Trouble On Your Hands - Weeping And Moaning - You Know I Do [] - Hoodoo Blues - You Got Good Business - Take It Easy Baby # °° - I Got To Find That Woman - Clean Cut Mama - Railroad Blues - Don't Sic Your Dog On Me [] - John Henry - Memphis, Tenn., 1939 Blues - Bye Bye Pete \|\| § °° °° CD bonus tracks rec. June 18, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Big John Wrencher, hca, [] voc; John Lee Granderson, g, # voc; Carl Martin, vl, mand, * voc; Johnny Young, mand, \|\| voc; § Bill Foster, g notes by Pete Welding Testament T-2220 (US 1970) BW 36 (November 1970), p. 14 BU 79 (January 1971), p. 27 = Testament T-2220 (Special Re-Release by OJL) (US 198?) = Testament TCD-5006 (US 1994) = P-Vine PCD-5580 (Jp) Testament Records discography John Lee Granderson discography Carl Martin discography Big John Wrencher discography Johnny Young discography
8	1975	Johnny Young and His Friends LP track sequence: - Prison Bound - Sugar Farm Blues # @ youtube - All My Money Gone @ youtube - My Home Ain't Here - Did You Get That Letter? - I'm Leaving Baby - I Got It - Meet Me In The Bottom * - You Made Me Feel So Good - Blues And Trouble - Kid Man Blues # @ youtube - Humpty Dumpty - Forty-Four Blues - Whoop It Up CD track sequence: - Prison Bound - Sugar Farm Blues # - All My Money Gone - My Home Ain't Here - Blues For Big Time # °° @ youtube - Did You Get That Letter? - I'm Leaving Baby - I Got It - Bumble Bee # °° @ youtube - Meet Me In The Bottom * - You Made Me Feel So Good - Want My Lovin' °° - Blues And Trouble - Kid Man Blues # - Humpty Dumpty - Instrumental # °° @ youtube - Forty-Four Blues - Whoop It Up °° CD bonus tracks, previously unissued # rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL by Pete Welding & Norman Dayron; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Big John Wrencher, hca; John Lee Granderson, g * rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL by Pete Welding & Norman Dayron; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Big John Wrencher, hca; Robert Nighthawk, g photos by Pete Welding notes by Pete Welding Testament T-2226 (US 1975) notes by Pete Welding = Testament T-2226 (Special Re-Release by OJL) (US 19??) = Testament TCD 5003 (US 1994) = P-Vine PCD-5564 (Jp) Testament Records discography Johnny Young discography Big John Wrencher discography
9	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 Little Brother Montgomery - Ain't Nobody Here But Me John Lee Granderson - Bumble Bee # Robert Nighthawk - Murderin' Blues Otis Spann - Hotel Lorraine Big Joe Williams - Sinkin' Blues Johnnie Jones - Worried Life Blues Rev. Robert Wilkins - Glory Glory Hallelujah Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield - Wild Cow Moan Johnnie Jones with Billy Boy Arnold - I Hear My Black Name Ringing James Cotton with Elvin Bishop - So Glad I'm Living Little Brother Montgomery - Buddy Bolden's Blues Otis Spann - Blues For Martin Luther King Robert Pete Williams - Ugly Man Blues Little Brother Montgomery - Prescription For The Blues James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield - Diggin' My Potatoes ~~J.B. Lenoir - My Dear Old Mother~~ °° Maxwell Street Jimmy - Someday Baby James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold - Three Harp Boogie Big Joe Williams - Screamin' And Cryin' Little Brother Montgomery - Salty Dog Robert Nighthawk - Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel ~~Rev. Robert Wilkins - Just A Closer Walk With Thee~~ °° rec. early to mid 1960s in Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; compiled and edited by Norman Dayron & Mark Naftalin # rec. 1963 at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; John Lee Granderson, voc, National resonator g gatefold DLPnotes by Pete Welding Roots TR 1005 (US 1977) = CBS S2BP 220205 (Australia 1977) notes by Pete Welding (=) TK Records TKR 82539 (UK 1978) "Rare Gems Vol. 1" (LP 1 only) notes by Pete Welding (=) Bullseye Blues CD BB 9530 (US 1993) "Rare Chicago Blues 1962-1968"
10	1980	Chicago Breakdown Takoma TAK 7071 track sequence: Little Brother Montgomery - Hesitatin' Blues (2:27) John Lee Granderson - Minglewood Town (1:37) Dr. Ross - Chicago Breakdown (5:03) Big Joe Williams - I Feel So Worried (2:57) @ youtube James Cotton - V 8 Ford Blues (3:48) @ youtube Maxwell Street Jimmy - Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay (2:54) [Testament T-2203] @ youtube Little Brother Montgomery - Michigan Water Blues (3:33) * @ youtube John Lee Granderson - Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl (2:45) [Storyville SLP 181] Dr. Ross - Hobo Blues (4:32) Big Joe Williams - Stack O' Dollars (2:39) * James Cotton - Polly Put The Kettle On (1:46) # @ youtube Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (2:50) all tracks rec. by Norman Dayron Little Brother Montgomery tracks rec. 1963 at The Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; * Mike Bloomfield, g John Lee Granderson tracks rec. 1963 at The Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, g Dr. Ross tracks rec. January 30, 1965 live at the University of Chicago, IL; Doctor Ross, voc, hca, g Big Joe Williams tracks rec. September 25, 1965 in Chicago, IL; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; * Mike Bloomfield, g James Cotton tracks rec. 1962/63 in Chicago, IL; James Cotton, voc, # hca; Paul Butterfield, hca; Elvin Bishop, g Maxwell Street Jimmy track rec. 1963 at The Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL; Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis, voc, g Eddie Boyd track rec. 1963 in Chicago, IL; Eddie Boyd, voc, p LP and CD cover photos by Norman Dayron Takoma/Allegiance CDP-72822 track sequence: Maxwell Street Jimmy - Alberta (2:55) Big Joe Williams - I Ain't Got Nobody (2:54) Rev. Robert Wilkins - I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down (3:52) Little Brother Montgomery - Pleadin' Blues (4:18) Sunnyland Slim - Lend Me Your Love (3:54) Maxwell Street Jimmy - Two Trains Running (2:15) Big Joe Williams - Whistling Pines (2:17) Rev. Robert Wilkins - O Lord I Want You To Help Me (3:25) Little Brother Montgomery - Hesitating Blues (2:30) Dr. Isaiah Ross - Chicago Breakdown (5:53) James Cotton - V-8 Ford Blues (3:49) Maxwell Street Jimmy - Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay (2:53) Little Brother Montgomery - Michigan Water Blues (3:32) John Lee Granderson - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (2:44) @ youtube Dr. Isaiah Ross - Hobo Blues (4:32) James Cotton - Polly Put The Kettle On (1:46) notes by Norman Dayron Takoma TAK 7071 (US 1980) notes by Norman Dayron = Sonet SNTF 863 (UK 1980) = Takoma TAK 502 (Greece 1980) = Sonet/Edison 608 109 (Portugal 1982) all LP releases have same front cover! notes by Dee Westlund (=) Takoma/Allegiance CDP-72822 "Takoma Blues" (US/Jp 1987) (some tracks from Takoma 7071, some tracks from Takoma 7081) notes by Norman Dayron Takoma/Fantasy/Ace TAKCD-8907-2 "Takoma Blues" (US 1998) (along with Takoma 7081) Takoma Records discography
11	1982	The Blues Guitar Album Volume 2 Buddy Guy - Girl You're Nice & Clean @ youtube Eddie Kirkland - I'm A Stranger @ youtube Phil Guy - Garbage Man Blues @ youtube Left Hand Frank - One Room Country Shack - Honky Tonk John Lee Granderson - Lonesome Blues @ youtube Hound Dog Taylor - Blues Stomp # Bobby Davis Trio - I Was Wrong @ youtube # rec. 1969 at Florence's Lounge in Chicago, IL; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Brewer Phillips, g; Ted Harvey, dr Hound Dog Taylor discography notes by John Stedman JSP 1055 JSP Records discography
12	1995	Testament Records Sampler - Pet Cream Man - J.B. Hutto & The Hawks - A Man For The Nation - John Lee Granderson - Railroad Blues - The Chicago String Band - Nobody Knows My Troubles - Otis Spann - Jesus Is On The Mainline - Fred McDowell & The Hunter's Chapel Singers - Peach Tree Blues - Eddie Taylor - I'm Talking 'Bout You - Eddie Lee "Mustright" Jones - Cat Squirrel - Dr. Isaiah Ross - I'm Gettin' Tired - Robert Nighthawk - Going Back To Texas - Jimmy Walker & His Western Stars/Erwin Helfer - Black Mary - Ruby McCoy - So Cold In Vietnam - Johnny Shines - Titanic Blues - Bill Jackson - Don't Start Me To Talkin' - A Feeling / Johnny Turner & Blues With A Feeling - All My Money Gone - Johnny Young - One Thin Dime - Blind Connie Williams [Storyville SLP 181] - Goin' Down South - Fred McDowell - I'm Going To Detroit - John Wrencher - Annie Mae - Big Joe Williams - My Babe - Napoleon Strickland Fife & Drum Band - Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues - Johnny Shines - Dust My Broom - Johnny Littlejohn - Pleading And Crying - Billy Boy Arnold notes by Pete Welding Testament TCD-4001 Testament Records discography
13	1995	Bottleneck Blues Napoleon Strickland - Key To The Bushes Big Joe Williams - Talking About Bottleneck - Traveling Blues Robert Night Hawk - Crying Won't Help You (alt tk) § Mississippi Fred McDowell - Six White Horses Mott Willis - Knife Instrumental Robert Lee Granderson - Flora Blues J.B. Hutto & The Hawks - Wild Wild Woman Blind Connie Williams - St. Louis Blues David Honeyboy Edwards - Worryin' Woman Blues Robert Johnson - I'm Coming, Lord, Please Don't Drive Me Away Chicago Blues Band - Verna Lee Blues [] Mississippi Fred McDowell - Wouldn't Mind Dying John Littlejohn - Dust My Broom Blind Connie Williams - Trouble In Mind Big Joe Williams - How Do You Want Your Rollin' Done Mott Willis - M & O Blues Johnny Shines - Crucial Moment Jack Owens - Train Time Robert Johnson - I Don't Know When Death Is Gonna Call Me Herb Quinn - Casey, You Can't Ride This Train Napoleon Strickland - Skake 'Em Down § rec. October 14, 1964 in Chicago, Ill.; Robert Nighthawk, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Johnny Young, mand [] rec. June 18, 1966 in Chicago, Ill.; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Carl Martin, voc, vl, mand; Johnny Young, voc, mand [Testament T-2216 announced, but not issued] notes by David Evans Testament TCD-5021 (US 1995) = P-Vine PCD-5576 (Jp) Testament Records discography
14	1998	John Lee Granderson: Hard Luck John - Minglewood Blues # @ youtube - Hard Luck John § @ youtube - Flora Blues § @ youtube - Please Come Back To Me * @ youtube - Death Valley Blues // @ youtube - Texas Blues \\ @ youtube - Rock Me All Night Long # @ youtube - Cold Dark Evening * @ youtube - County Farm Blues § @ youtube - Decoration Day \|\| @ youtube - Aching Pain Blues § @ youtube - This Is Your Last Chance # @ youtube - That's Doggin' Me $ @ youtube - Watch Out, Girl [] @ youtube - Got To Bend You Over, Baby $ @ youtube - One Kind Favor # @ youtube prod. and rec. by Pete Welding # rec. c. 1964 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, el & Dobro g * rec. April 4, 1964 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Johnny Young, mand; Jimmy Walker, p § rec. May 2, 1966 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Bill Foster, g \|\| rec. July 24, 1963 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Pezs Thomas, hca; Jimmy Walker, p [] rec. June 18, 1966 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Carl Martin, violin; Johnny Young, mand // rec. September 30, 1962 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; William Mack, g; Pezs Thomas, hca; Jimmy Walker, p \\ rec. October 21, 1962 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, g $ rec. ca. mid-1960s in Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Bill Foster, g notes (March 1998) by Frank Scott Testament TCD 5031 (US 1998) Testament Records discography Johnny Young discography Carl Martin discography
15	1997	Mandolin Blues Yank Rachell - Dig My Buddy, Joe @ youtube - Smokey Joe @ youtube - Rainy Day Blues # @ youtube - My Baby's Gonna Jump And Shout # @ youtube Carl Martin - Every Day I Have The Blues @ youtube - Grave Digger Blues @ youtube Willie Hatcher (with John Lee Granderson, g) - Garbage Man Blues @ youtube - Crawdad @ youtube - Waiting Just For You @ youtube Ted Bogan - Mary, Run To The Window § @ youtube Johnny Young - Highway 61 @ youtube - Jumpin' On Eight (instr) @ youtube - Stealin' @ youtube - Mandolin Rock (instr) @ youtube - I Tried To Get You Off My Mind @ youtube - Bumble Bee [] @ youtube - Crawling King Snake \|\| @ youtube Yank Rachell tracks rec. February 12, 1967 in Chicago, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, mand, g; Taj Mahal, g, # hca; Sleepy John Estes, g Carl Martin tracks rec. ~~June 6, 1966~~ [actually May 31, 1966] in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, fiddle, g, mand; Johnny Young, g Willie Hatcher tracks rec. prob. mid-1960s in Chicago, IL; Will(ie) Hatcher, voc, mand; John Lee Granderson, g Ted Bogan track rec. prob. December 20, 1965 in Chicago, IL; Ted Bogan, voc, g; John Lee Henley, hca; Johnny Young, mand Johnny Young tracks rec. 1963-1964 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Young, voc, mand; John Wrencher, hca; John Lee Granderson, g [] rec. May 9, 1964 live at the University of Chicago; Johnny Young, voc, mand, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Walker, p \|\| rec. 1963-1964 in Chicago, IL ; Johnny Young, voc, mand, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Walker, p notes by Frank Scott Testament TCD 6004 Testament Records discography
15a	1997	Carl Martin: Crow Jane Blues - Crow Jane Blues @ youtube - Corrina, Corrina * @ youtube - Trouble On Your Hand No. 2 # @ youtube - State Street Pimp No. 2 * @ youtube - Gravedigger Blues * [Testament CD 6004] @ youtube - Worried All The Time [] @ youtube - Liza Jane * @ youtube - Good Morning Judge @ youtube - John Henry * @ youtube - West Virginia Blues [] @ youtube - Trouble On Your Hand No. 1 # @ youtube - Everyday I Have The Blues * [Testament CD 6004] @ youtube - Frankie & Johnny * @ youtube - State Street Pimp No. 1 * @ youtube - Railroad Blues \|\| [Testament LP 2220, CD 4001, CD 5006] @ youtube - You Can't Beat The Syndicate (Carl Martin interviewed by Pete Welding) @ youtube unissued tracks from same session: - Mistreatin' Blues - Goin' Back Home rec. May 31, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, g # rec. May 31, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, g; Johnny Young, mand * rec. May 31, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, mand; Johnny Young, g \|\| rec. June 6, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, fiddle; Johnny Young, g; John Lee Granderson, g [] rec. December 20, 1965 in Chicago, IL; Ted Bogan, voc, g; John Lee Henley, hca; Johnny Young, mand All tracks previously unreleased (except where noted) notes (September 1997) by Frank Scott Testament TCD 6006 (US 1997) Testament Records discography Carl Martin discography Johnny Young discography John Lee Henley discography
16	1998	Down Home Harp - Blue Mood - Big Walter Horton - We All Got To Go - Billy Boy Arnold - Billy Boy's Jump - Billy Boy Arnold - Borrow Love And Go - James 'Bat' Robinson - You Know I Love You - Big John Wrencher [] - Thinkin' About Your Apples - Coot Venson - Sweet Woman Blues - George Robertson - Canadian Sunset - Harmonica Slim Willis Quartet - Last Night Blues - Andrew Cauthen - Blue As I Can Be - Willie Lee Harris - Fox Chase - Snake Hippin' - Careless Love - John Lee Henley - Sweet Little Woman - Robert Nighthawk With Little Walter - Slow Train Through Arkansas - Elmon 'Driftin' Slim' Mickle - T-Model And The Train - Elmon 'Driftin' Slim' Mickle - Morning Rock - Coot Venson - Blues For Illinois - Dr. Ross - Mattie Mae - Billy Boy Arnold - Where The Southern Crosses The Dog - Coot Venson - Goin' Down To The Station - Andrew Cauthen - Walter's Boogie - Big Walter Horton - John Henry - James 'Bat' Robinson - Baby, You Don't Have To Go - Johnny Young with Little Walter [] rec. June 18, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Big John Wrencher, hca, voc; John Lee Granderson, g; Carl Martin, vl, mand; Johnny Young, mand notes by Frank Scott Testament TCD 6011 (US 1998) = P-Vine PCD-5575 (Jp) Testament Records discography
17	1999	And This Is Maxwell Street CD One - The Sun Is Shining- Johnny Young - Can't Hold Out Much Longer - Big John Wrencher - Juke Medley - Carey Bell - That's All Right - Robert Night Hawk # - Red Top/Ornithology - Little Arthur King - Maxwell Street Jam - Carey Bell - Lucille - Big John Wrencher @ youtube - Corinna, Corinna - Arvella Gray - Power To Live Right - Carrie Robinson - Cheating And Lying Blues - Robert Night Hawk # - Honky Tonk - Robert Night Hawk # - Dust My Broom - Robert Night Hawk # [] - Peter Gunn Jam - Robert Night Hawk # - I Need Love So Bad - Robert Night Hawk # - All I Want For My Breakfast - Johnny Young - Take It Easy, Baby - Robert Night Hawk # - Long Gone John - Unknown Harpist CD Two - Mama, Talk To Your Daughter - Big Mojo Elem - I'm Ready - Carey Bell - Carey'n On - Carey Bell - When The Saints Go Marching In - James Brewer Group - Back Off Jam - Robert Night Hawk # - John Henry - Arvella Gray - Anna Lee/Sweet Black Angel - Robert Night Hawk # - Love You Tonight - Big John Wrencher - The Time Have Come - Robert Night Hawk # - Cruisin' In A Cadillac - Carey Bell - Honey Hush - Robert Night Hawk # - I'll Fly Away - James Brewer Gospel Group - I Shall Overcome - Fannie Brewer Street recordings made for 1964 documentary film 'And This Is Free' # Robert Nighthawk, voc, g; John Lee Granderson, g; [] prob. Mike Bloomfield, g; Jimmy Collins, dr 2 CD set with 62 pp. booklet P-Vine PCD-5527/28 (Jp 1999) 3 CD set notes by Colin Talcroft with Allan Murphy (=) Rooster CD ROO2641 (US 2000) 3 CD set (=) Catfish KAT3D1 (UK 2000) Catfish Records (UK) discography
18	1999	I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume One CD One: Willie Mabon - Michelle @ Spotify - I'm Hungry @ Spotify - I Don't Know @ Spotify - New Orleans Blues @ Spotify - I'm The Fixer @ Spotify James Brewer - I Know A Woman, She Lives Up The Hill @ Spotify - Big Road Blues @ Spotify - Blues In The Morning, Blues Every Turn Around @ Spotify - Poor Kelly Blues @ Spotify - I Don't No Woman, She Got Hair Like Drops Of Rain @ Spotify Eddie Boyd (+ Mike Bloomfield) - Five Long Years @ Spotify - Her Picture In The Frame @ Spotify - Early Grave @ Spotify - The Big Question @ Spotify - Look Over Younder Wall @ Spotify Yank Rachell - Going To Pack Up My Things And Go @ Spotify - Every Night And Day, I Hear My Baby Call My Name @ Spotify - My Baby Rocks Me @ Spotify - My Baby's Gone, Soon I'll Be Gone Myself @ Spotify CD Two: Johnny Young (+ Slim Willis, Otis Spann, Robert Whitehead) - Why Did You Break My Heart @ Spotify - Better Cut It Out @ Spotify - My Baby Walked Out And Left @ Spotify - Step By, Baby @ Spotify - Monkey-Face Woman @ Spotify Sunnyland Slim (+ Mike Bloomfield) - Brownskin Woman @ Spotify - It's You Baby @ Spotify - One Room Country Shack @ Spotify - Sunnyland's Jump @ Spotify - Rock Me @ Spotify Big Walter Horton (+ Robert Nighthawk) - Let's Have A Good Time @ Spotify - Mean Mistreater @ Spotify - I'm In The Mood @ Spotify - Louise, Louise @ Spotify - You Don't Mistreat Me @ Spotify - Trouble In Mind @ Spotify Interviews (& Olle Helander) Willie Mabon @ Spotify James Brewer @ Spotify Eddie Boyd @ Spotify Yank Rachell @ Spotify unissued tracks from same session: Yank Rachell - Texas Tony (takes 1 to 3) - Bye Bye Baby - Sometimes I Believe My Baby Treats Me Wrong - My Rock Is My Steady Pistol CD 1 tracks all rec. May 16, 1964 in Chicago, IL Willie Mabon, voc, p James Brewer, voc, g Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Mike Bloomfield, g Yank Rachell, voc, mand, g; Mike Bloomfield, p; John Lee Granderson, g CD 2 tracks all rec. May 1964 in Chicago, IL Johnny Young rec. May 23, 1964; Johnny Young, voc, g; Slim Willis, hca; Otis Spann, p; Robert Whitehead, dr Sunnyland Slim rec. May 19, 1964; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p Walter Horton rec. May 23, 1964; Walter Horton, voc, hca; Robert Nighthawk, g all interviews rec. May 16, 1964 2 CD set notes by Scott Barretta, Björn Helander, Peps Persson, Sven Zetterberg & Louise Hoffsten Jefferson Records SBACD 12653/4 (Sweden 1999)
19	2000	I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume Two CD One: Paul Butterfield - Help Me - Going Back Home - Everything's Gonna Be Alright - Poor Boy - Last Night - Got My Mojo Working Washboard Sam - Mountain Blues - All By Myself - Booker T Blues - I'm A Lonely Man - I'm Been Treated Wrong John Lee Granderson - Death Valley Blues # @ Spotify - Easy Street # @ Spotify - Bumble Bee Blues # @ Spotify - That's All Right # @ Spotify - Minglewood Blues # @ Spotify Avery Brady - Bad Weather # - City Of New Orleans # - Gangster Blues # Avery Brady (& John Lee Granderson) - I Have A Woman Who Lives Down By The Sea # @ Spotify CD Two: Little Brother Montgomery (& Mike Bloomfield) - West Texas Blues - Up The Country Blues - Cow Cow Blues - Mama, You Don't Mean Me No Good - Suitcase Blues Arvella Gray - John Henry - Corrine, Corrina - Have Mercy, Mister Percy - Captains A Hollering St. Louis Jimmy (& Sunnyland Slim, Mike Bloomfield and Washboard Sam) - Can't Stand Your Evil Ways - Complete This Order - Poor Boy Blues - The Girl I Love Interviews (& Olle Helander) John Lee Granderson 2:43 # @ Spotify Avery Brady 3:30 Little Brother Montgomery 2:21 Arvella Gray 5:25 # rec. May 15, 1964 in Chicago, IL by Olle Helander for the Swedish Radio Corporation; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Avery Brady, voc, g 2 CD set notes by Scott Barretta, Hans Westman, Rolf Wikström & Per "Slim" Notini Jefferson Records SBACD 12655/6 (Sweden 2000)
20	2003	J.B. Lenoir, Sunnyland Slim & Friends: Live In '63 18 Classic Tracks - Harlem Can't Be Heaven (Sunnyland Slim) - I Want To Know (Lenoir) - It's You Baby (Sunnyland Slim / Lenoir / John Lee Granderson) - Brown Skin Woman (Sunnyland Slim / Lenoir) - Lend Me Your Love (Sunnyland Slim / Oden, St. Louis Jimmy) - J.B.'s Harp-Rack Blues (Lenoir) - Piney Brown Blues (Sunnyland Slim / Lenoir) - For You, My Love (Sunnyland Slim / Lenoir) - My Dear Old Mother (Oden) - I Had My Trouble (Lenoir) - J.L.'s Blues (John Lee Granderson / Mike Bloomfield) - Everything's Gonna Be Alright (John Lee Granderson / Mike Bloomfield) - That's All Right (John Lee Granderson / Mike Bloomfield) - Louise (Lenoir / Sunnyland Slim) - Mojo Boogie (Lenoir / Sunnyland Slim) - The Devil Is A Busy Man (Sunnyland Slim / Lenoir) - Worried Life Blues (Sunnyland Slim) - Sunnyland Blues (Sunnyland Slim) rec. July 9, 1963 at Nina's Lounge in Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; J. B. Lenoir, voc, g, hca; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Mike Bloomfield, acoustic g; St. Louis Jimmy Oden, hca Fuel 2000 CD 061300
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 103
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 130-131
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 50, 94, 176-177, 201, 352, 421, 453, 471, 512, 582, 603-604, 608
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 196-197
- Mike Leadbitter (ed.): Nothing But The Blues.- London / New York (Hanover Books / Oak Publications) 1971
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Steve Franz for additional info

The Chicago String Band: Carl Martin, John Wrencher, Johnny Young, John Lee Granderson
source: Front cover of Testament T-2220; photographer: Pete Welding