Illustrated Nyles Jones / Guitar Gabriel discography

Nyles Jones 1970s
source: Back cover of Gemini G-7101
photographer: Blair Thomas
Nyles Jones / Guitar Gabriel
Robert Lewis Jones
b. October 16, 1924 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
(his gravestone states b. October 16, 1925 in Decatur, Georgia)
d. April 2, 1996 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina
buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
discography
Guitar Gabriel 1990s
source: http://www.musicmaker.org/...
photographer: Tim Duffy

#	year of release	title / label # / notes
1	1970	Nyles Jones - The Welfare Blues (1156A) @ youtube - Your Poodle Dog (1156B) @ youtube rec. 1970 at Gateway Associated Studios in Pittsburg, PA; Nyles Jones, voc, g; Ralph Mattarochia, p; Peter Hewlett, hca, g; The Joos, b; Horse Shoe, dr; arranged by Peter Hewlett; prod. by Bill Lawrence 45 rpm single Gemini G-101 (US 1970)
2	1970	Nyles Jones: My South My Blues - Ain't Gonna Let No Woman @ youtube - Sweet Little Angel @ youtube - Expressin' The Blues @ youtube - De Prit And Betty @ youtube - The Welfare Blues @ youtube - Log Cabin Woman @ youtube - Your Poodle Dog @ youtube - Down On The Farm @ youtube - Southland @ youtube rec. 1970 at Gateway Associated Studios in Pittsburg, PA; Nyles Jones, voc, g; Ralph Mattarochia, p; Peter Hewlett, hca, g; The Joos, b; Horse Shoe, dr; arranged by Peter Hewlett; prod. by Bill Lawrence Gemini 7101 cover design & photography: Charles Percherke, Blair Thomas Jambalaya CW 204 cover photo by Walker Evans (U.S. Farm Security Administration) "Street Scene in Selma, Alabama, 1935" notes by Bill Lawrence Gemini G-7101 (US 1970) "My South My Blues" = Jambalaya CW 204 (Fr UK 1988) "The Welfare Blues" ("prod. by Flyright")
3	1977	Blues Collection Big Joe Turner - Diney Brown Blues [sic] Eddie Clean Head Vinson - Person To Person Nyles Jones - The Welfare Blues [Gemini G-101, Gemini G-7101] Johnny Otis - Fanny Mae Big Daddy Rucker - Best Friend Blues Nyles Jones - Deprit And Betty [Gemini G-7101] Johnny Otis - Baby, I Got News For You Big Joe Turner - You're Still My Baby Johnny Otis - Cherry Red Nyles Jones - Your Poodle Dog [Gemini G-101, Gemini G-7101] Eddie Clean Head Vinson - Clean Head Blues Big Daddy Rucker - You Got Me Movin' Nyles Jones - Ain't Gonna Let No Women [Gemini G-7101] Johnny Otis - Linda Lu Gateway GSLP 10103 (US 1977) = Spotlite CD 15101 (US 2000) "Eddie 'Clean Head' Vinson and others: Blues Collection"
4	1991	Guitar Gabriel & the Brothers in the Kitchen: Toot Blues - Do You Know What It Means To Have A Friend? - Came Home In The Morning - Just A Little Bit - Landlord Blues - Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross - Amazing Grace - Careless Love (Captain Luke) - Done Got Tired - She's Been Gone Too Long - I Got The Right To Cry Sometimes rec. 1991; Guitar Gabriel, voc, g; Captain Luke, voc; Timothy Duffy, g Karibu cassette [no #] = Music Maker (cassette) = Music Maker MMCD 01 (US 2003)
5	1992	Guitar Gabriel: Deep In The South Karibu CD 925 track sequence: - Ain't Gonna Let No Woman ## - Something Going Wrong (4:17) (= Came So Far) - Expressing The Blues - Betty And De Prit # - Old Fashioned Love * ** - Southland Blues * - Down On The Farm - Miss You Like The Devil ## - Sweet Little Angel * ** - I'm Mixed Up - 1000 Miles From Nowhere * - Juice Headed Woman Cello CD 91001-2 track sequence: - Came So Far (4:17) * ** (= Something Going Wrong) @ youtube - Expressing The Blues @ youtube - Ain't Gonna Let No Woman ## @ youtube - Betty And De Prit # @ youtube - Old Fashioned Love * ** @ youtube - Southland Blues * @ youtube - Down On The Farm @ youtube - Miss You Like The Devil ## @ youtube - Sweet Little Angel * ** @ youtube - I'm Mixed Up @ youtube - Make The Best Of Your Knowin' * (= 1000 Miles From Nowhere) @ youtube - Juice Headed Woman @ youtube prod. by Timothy Duffy # rec. August 19, 1991 at WUNC 91.5 FM Recording Studio in Chapel Hill, NC by Don Mercz; Guitar Gabriel, voc, g; ## Timothy Duffy, g all other tracks rec. December 15/16 1991 in Durham, NC by Gary Brodoff live on two-track DAT; Guitar Gabriel, voc, g; * Michael Parrish, p; ** Timothy Duffy, g Karibu CD 925 (US 1992) = Cello CD 91001-2 (US 1999) = Music Maker MMKCD704 notes by John Creech = Music Maker CD GG 300 (US 2004)
6	1994	Vintage Blues disc 1: Johnny Otis - Fanny Mae (2:41) Big Joe Turner - You're Still My Baby (2:58) Memphis Slim - Roll 'Em Slim (3:00) Joe Williams - Blues In My Heart (3:00) John Lee Hooker - I Feel Good (4:10) Roy Gaines - Do You Want To Know What It Is (5:20) Big Joe Turner - Piney Brown Blues (4:59) Nyles Jones - Well Far Blues [sic] (3:11) John Lee Hooker - Baby, Baby (4:29) Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Clean Head Blues (2:43) Big Daddy Rucker - Best Friend Blues (4:10) disc 2: John Lee Hooker - Dazie Mae (4:29) Big Daddy Rucker - You Got Me Movin (2:18) Johnny Otis - Sherry Red (3:08) Roy Gaines - Faire L'Amour (4:48) Joe Williams - Work Song (2:50) Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Person To Person (2:30) Nyles Jones - Ain't Gonna Let No Women [sic] (2:42) John Lee Hooker - Baby Don't Do Me Wrong (5:03) Johnny Otis - Baby I Got News For You (2:43) Carmen McRea - Body And Soul (3:30) John Lee Hooker - Goin' Home (3:06) 2 CD set Madacy TPJ-5459 (Ca 1994)
7	1994	A Living Past Guitar Gabriel - I Came So Far - Expressin' The Blues Preston Fulp - Careless Love - Farther Along Captain Luke - Angels Of Mercy Big Boy Henry - Little Girl Blues - Hot Shot Mamma Willa Mae Buckner - Peter Rumpkin - Yo-Yo Macavine Hayes - Let's Talk It Over - I Got A Woman Samuel Turner Stevens - Railroadin' And Gamblin' Guitar Gabriel and Lucille Lindsey - Do You Know What It Means To Have A Friend? Captain Luke - Freight Tram Boogie - Kingfish Story - Dog And Cat Fight Guitar Gabriel - A Living Past Music Maker MMCD 9401 (US 1994) = Music Maker CD LP 100
8	1995	Came So Far Marie Manning - Hard Luck And Trouble Bishop Manning - Gospel Train Captain Luke - Rainy Night In Georgia - I Don't Want No Woman John Lee Zeigler - Going Away J. W. Warren - Have You Seen Corinna? - Looking For My Woman Rufus McKenzie - Whooping The Blues Macavine Hayes - Sweet Little Angel - Goodbye Johnny B. Goode Lucille Lindsey And Guitar Gabriel - Fly Around Heaven All Day - Trying To Make 100 Samuel Turner Stevens - Marching Through Georgia - T For Texas Bishop Manning - Questionnaire Blues Big Boy Henry - Vellevina Pernell King And Guitar Gabriel - Late In The Evening Guitar Gabriel - Key To The Highway @ youtube rec. and prod. by Timothy Duffy back cover photo (of Bishop Dready Manning) by Axel Küstner Music Maker MMCD 1294 (US 1995) = Music Maker CD CF 100
9	1995	Guitar Gabriel: Volume 1 - Here Comes The Devil @ youtube - Blues For Dorothy @ youtube - Old Man Rivers @ youtube - You Got To Watch Yourself @ youtube - Old Fashioned Love @ youtube - Leave My Goat Alone @ youtube - Let's Talk It Over @ youtube - Dr. Buzzard @ youtube - Let It Roll @ youtube - Here Comes Grandma @ youtube - Hospital Blues # @ youtube - Back In The Western Days @ youtube - Two Brothers @ youtube rec. February-April 1994 in Woodbridge, CT; Guitar Gabriel, voc, g, # banjo; Mark Levinson, flugel-horn, upright bass; Michael Parrish, p; Tim Duffy, g; Ardie Deans, dr Music Maker MMCD 0494 (US 1995) = Music Maker CD GG 100
10	1999	Expressing The Blues Guitar Gabriel - Expressin' The Blues Big Boy Henry - Old Bill Etta Baker - Carolina Breakdown Neal Pattman - Prison Blues Essie Mae Brooks - Rain In Your Life Captain Luke - Rainy Night In Georgia John Dee Holeman - Little Country Girl Marie Manning - Hard Luck & Trouble Macavine Hayes - Let's Talk It Over Samuel Turner Stevens - Railroadin' & Gambling Preston Fulp - Careless Love Cootie Stark - Metal Bottoms Precious Bryant - Wrenched My Ankle Algia Mae Hinton - Tomorrow Might Be My Wedding Day Carl Rutherford - Turn Off The Fear John Lee Zeigler - Going Away Willa Mae Buckner - Peter Rumpkin Robert "Wolfman" Belfour - Black Mattie Rufus McKenzie - Whoopin' The Blues Bishop Dready Manning - Gospel Train Albert Smith - Walk On Water Cello MMKCD701 = Music Maker MMS 9801 (US 1999) = Music Maker CD EXP 100
11	1999	Playin' The Blues John Lee Hooker - Looking Back Over My Day (4:36) B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone (4:39) Memphis Slim - Lonely Nights (2:54) Roach Thompson - Hurricane Took My Phone (3:19) Big Joe Turner - You're Still My Baby (2:56) Joe Williams - Blues In My Heart (3:00) John Lee Hooker - I Feel Good (4:09) Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Cleanhead Blues (2:44) Nyles Jones - Your Poodle Dog (2:21) Memphis Slim - Roll 'em Slim (2:47) Jimmy Witherspoon - Time Has Come (3:02) Johnny Otis - Cherry Red (3:08) B.B. King - Payin' The Cost To Be The Boss (6:10) Roy Gaines - Faire L' Amour (4:45) John Lee Hooker - Dazie Mae (4:25) B.B. King - Guess Who (5:40) Hey Presto! KBCD 172 (UK 1999)
12	1999	Night On The Delta Acoustic Blues from Starbucks Son House - Death Letter Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues Robert Johnson - When You Got A Good Friend Memphis Minnie - Hoodoo Lady Leadbelly - Good Morning Blues Lightnin' Hopkins - See See Rider Skip James - Devil Got My Woman Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go Mississippi John Hurt - I'm Satisfied Mance Lipscomb - Night Time Is The Right Time Chris Whitley - Ball Peen Hammer Peter Kern - Young And Restless Taj Mahal - Spike Driver Blues Guitar Gabriel - I Came So Far Neal Pattman - Shortnin' Bread Preston Fulp - Careless Love Captain Luke - Angels Of Mercy Kelly Joe Phelps - Piece By Piece prod. by Timothy Jones booklet notes by Timothy Duffy Starbucks CD 154048 (US 1999) (Sony Music Special Products A31676)
13	2001	Georgia Music Hall Of Fame presents Blues Came To Georgia Guitar Gabriel - Let No Woman (2:52) Cootie Stark - Send You Back To Georgia (2:50) John Lee Zeigler - Lose My Money, Let Me Lose (5:06) Beverly "Guitar" Watkins - Miz Dr. Feelgood (4:25) Precious Bryant - Fever (2:41) Neal Pattman - Market Blues (4:01) Rufus McKenzie - Mother Sleep On (3:55) Eddie Tigner - CC Rider (3:42) Essie Mae Brooks - Rain In Your Life (3:40) Mr. Frank Edwards - Chicken Raid (4:08) Cora Mae Bryant - McTell, Moss & Weaver (5:49) Willa Mae Buckner - Yo-Yo (2:00) Precious Bryant - If You Don't Love Me, Would You Fool Me Good? (2:22) Guitar Gabriel - Old Man Blues (4:25) James Davis - Georgia Drumbeat (6:59) prod. by Timothy Duffy notes by Timothy Duffy Music Maker MMCD 23 (US 2001) = Music Maker CD GAB 300
14	2003	The Blue Box Of Blues disc 1: - Piney Brown Blues - Big Joe Turner - Person To Person - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - The Welfare Blues - Nyles Jones - Fannie Mae - Johnny Otis - Best Friend Blues - Big Daddy Rucker - Deprit And Betty - Nyles Jones - Baby I Got News For You - Johnny Otis - You're Still My Baby - Big Joe Turner - Cherry Red - Johnny Otis - Your Poodle Dog - Nyles Jones - Cleanhead Blues - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - You Got Me Movin' - Big Daddy Rucker - Ain't Gonna Let No Woman - Nyles Jones - Linda Lu - Johnny Otis disc 2: - Roll 'Em Slim - Memphis Slim - Dazie Mae - John Lee Hooker - California Blues - Percy Mayfield - Faire l'Amour - Roy Gaines - Drop Down - Roy Gaines - I'sa Be Around - Do You Want To Know What It Is - Roy Gaines - Baby Don't Do Me Wrong - John Lee Hooker - Work Song - Groove's Groove - TWA disc 3: - Looking Back Over My Deeds - John Lee Hooker - Lonely Nights - Memphis Slim - Walkin' On A Tightrope - Hurricane Took My Home - Roach Thompson - Caldonia - The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King - Time Has Come - Jimmy Witherspoon - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Joe Williams - Blues In My Heart - Joe Williams - Lonesome Road Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon & Odetta - Eight Counts For Rita - Jimmy Smith [?] - Blues For Max - Dizzy Gillespie [?] - Uncle Willy some tracks from Gateway GSLP 10103, Madacy TPJ-5459 and Hey Presto! KBCD 172 3 CD set Millennia
15	2014	We Are The Music Makers! Preserving The Soul Of America's Music disc 1: Captain Luke - Freight Train Boogie (0:58) Guitar Gabriel - A Living Past (1:19) # @ youtube Etta Baker - Railroad Bill (2:38) John Lee Zeigler - Going Away (4:24) Cootie Stark - High Yellow (4:09) John Dee Holeman - Chapel Hill Boogie (2:16) Neal Pattman - Shortnin' Bread (5:31) Carl Rutherford - Old Rugged Cross (2:53) Cool John Ferguson - No Hidin' Place (3:25) Essie Mae Brooks - Feel Like My Time Ain't Long (3:29) Mother Pauline & Elder James Goins - Old Time Religion (4:07) Elder Anderson Johnson - My Lord And I (3:10) Mr. Q - Cocktail Boogie (1:56) Albert Smith - Big Belly Momma (1:48) Precious Bryant - If You Don't Love Me, Would You Fool Me Good (2:11) Big Boy Henry - Old Bill (4:41) Drink Small - President Clinton Blues (4:46) JW Warren - Looking For My Woman (2:43) Dr. Burt - What Can An Old Man Do (But Sing The Blues) (5:45) George Higgs - Greasy Greens (3:02) Whistlin' Britches - Clickin' (0:30) Captain Luke & Cool John Ferguson - Tim Duffy Is A Good Ol' Guy (2:54) disc 2: Samuel Turner Stevens - Railroadin' And Gamblin' (2:35) Pura Fé - Pigeon Dance (1:17) Clyde Langford - High Steppin' Momma (2:26) James Davis - Fred, You Ought To Be Dead (3:40) Beverly "Guitar" Watkins - Back In Business (4:48) Carolina Chocolate Drops - Sourwood Mountain (3:23) Guitar Gabriel - Let No Woman (2:45) ## @ youtube Macavine Hayes - Snatch That Thing (3:33) Algia Mae Hinton - Cook Corn Bread For You Husband, Biscuits For Your Outside Man (1:21) Willa Mae Buckner - Peter Rumpkin (1:16) Adolphus Bell - Child Support Blues (3:39) Ironing Board Sam - Nothing But Your Butt (3:55) Benton Flippen - Benton's Dream (4:37) Eddie Tigner - Route 66 (4:43) Jerry "Boogie" McCain - My New Next Door Neighbor (3:20) Carl Hodges - Flossie (1:58) W.C. Minger IV - Home On The Range (5:38) Boo Hanks & Dom Flemons - Keep On Truckin' (4:05) Captain Luke & Cool John Ferguson - Old Black Buck (3:27) Leyla McCalla - Manman Mwen (3:15) Cora Fluker - Amazing Grace (3:06) Cary Morin - Sing It Louder (3:00) prod. by Tim Duffy # rec. 1970 in Pittsburgh, PA ## rec. 1991 in Winston-Salem, NC photography by Timothy & Denise Duffy 2 CD set notes by Aaron Greenhood & Corinne Everett Belch Music Maker MMCD166 (US 2014)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Timothy Duffy & Gary Brodoff: Ooit Nyles Jones, nu: Guitar Gabriel.- Block 82 (1992), p. 19-21
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, pp. 273 & S468
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 330
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, p. 339
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 172-173
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 392-393
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Alan Balfour, Gerrit Robs, Fernando Goin and Scott Barretta for additional info / scans

Obituary in Blues Access 26 (1996), p. 56

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