 source: Sing Out! vol. 23 # 4 (1974); photographer: David Gahr | Richard 'Hacksaw' Harney b. July 16, 1902 in Money, Mississippi (where Emmett Till was murdered) d. December 25, 1973 in Jackson, Mississippi buried at the Hinds County Cemetary off Highway 18 West (close to the Raymond Penal Farm) near Raymond, Mississippi discography |  Richard 'Hacksaw' Harney videos at www.adelphirecords.com |
accompanying vocalist Pearl Dickson and accordionist Walter Rhodes
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| 1 | 4/1928 | PEARL DICKSON - Twelve Pound Daddy (145370-3) @ youtube @ Spotify - Little Rock Blues (145371-2) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. December 12, 1927 in Memphis, TN; Pearl Dickson, voc; 'Pet' & 'Can' (Maylon & Richard Harney). g duet
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| - High Yellow Blues (145369-2) - Guitar Rag (145372-2) rec. December 12, 1927 in Memphis, TN; Pearl Dickson, voc; 'Pet' & 'Can' (Maylon & Richard Harney). g duet | |||
| 2 | 4/1928 | WALTER RHODES WITH "PET" AND "CAN" - The Crowing Rooster (145358-2) # @ youtube @ Spotify - Leaving Home Blues (145359-2) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. December 10, 1927, Memphis, TN; Walter Rhodes, voc, accordion, # voc effects; 'Pet' & 'Can' (Maylon & Richard Harney), g, sp
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| - She's A Girl Of Mine (145357-2) - Left My Baby Blues (145360-2) rec. December 10, 1927, Memphis, TN; Walter Rhodes, voc, accordion; 'Pet' & 'Can' (Maylon & Richard Harney), g, sp | |||
| 3 | 1964 | The Country Girls! 1927 - 1935 Lottie Kimbrough - Wayward Girl Blues - Rolling Log Blues Geeshie Wiley - Pick Poor Robin Clean Rosie Mae Moore - Stranger Blues Lulu Jackson - Careless Love Blues Lillian Miller - Dead Drunk Blues Lucille Bogan - I Hate That Train Called The M & O Elvie Thomas - Motherless Child Blues Nellie Florence - Jacksonville Blues - Midnight Weeping Blues Pearl Dickson - Little Rock Blues [Columbia 14286-D] Memphis Minnie - Where Is My Good Man - Can't I Do It For You Mae Glover - Shake It Daddy Lottie Kimbrough - Going Away Blues - Lost Lover Blues the woman on the front cover of OJL 6 is not Geeshie Wiley !!! The photo depicts a Gullah woman; "photo by Doris Ulmann, from 'Roll, Jordan, Roll', by Julia Peterkin & Doris Ulmann (New York, Robert O. Ballou, 1934), p. 101." [Chris Smith] "A photo of a Gullah woman may have been chosen because the album included material by Geeshie, on the basis that the name 'Geeshie' was thought to indicate a GA/SC origin for her - whereas it turns out she came from Texas." [Bob Eagle]
notes by Nancy Grace Whelan OJL Records discography | |
| 4 | 1970 | Country Blues Obscurities Vol. 1 (1926 - 1936) Williams & Versey Smith - When That Great Ship Went Down 'Big Boy' George Owens - The Coon Crap Game Smith And Harper - Poor Girl - Insurance Policy Blues Big Boy Cleveland - Quill Blues John D. Fox & Sam Collins - The Moanin' Blues Johnnie Head - Fare Thee Blues - pts. 1 & 2 "Bill" Wilber with Willie Lofton - Greyhound Blues Alfred Lewis - Friday Moan Blues Walter Rhodes - Leaving Home Blues [Columbia 14289-D] Will Bennett - Real Estate Blues Whistlin' Rufus - (Who's Gonna Do Your) Sweet Jelly Rollin' Archie Lewis - Miss Handy Hanks Shreveport Home Wreckers with Ed Schaffer & Oscar Woods - Fence Breakin' Blues
Roots Records discography | |
| 5 | 1971 | The Memphis Blues Again Vol. 1 Nathan Beauregard - Nobody's Business But My Own - Lonesome To Myself Sam Clark & Dewey Corley and Richard Harney - Sunnyland Train Blues @ youtube Earl Bell & Marshall "Memphis Sonny Boy" Jones - Catfish Blues Mose Vinson & Backwards Sam Firk and Dewey Corley - You Ain't Too Old Mose Vinson & Backwards Sam Firk - Bullfrog Blues Sweet Charlene Peeples & Mose Vinson - Tin Pan Alley - Scood Up Be Doop Day Furry Lewis - Natural Born Eastman No. 2 Furry Lewis & Willie Morris and Dewey Corley - New Turn Your Money Green Joe Dobbins & Backwards Sam Firk - Basin Street Blues - Sweet Patricia Gus Cannon - Mule Gallop Dewey Corley & Willie Morris and Furry Lewis - Dewey's Walkin' Blues Dewey Corley & Walter Miller - Step It Up And Go rec. October 1969 in Memphis, TN and June 1970 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN; prod. by Gene Rosenthal Adelphi AD 1009 cover drawing by Dick Bangham
notes by Stephan Michaelson and Steve LaVere with assistance by Nick Perls and Michael Stewart notes by Stephan Michaelson Adelphi Records discography | |
| 6 | 1971 | The Memphis Blues Again Vol. 2 Bukka White - Fried Chicken Willie Morris, g, voc & Dewey Corley, b - New Stop And Listen Blues Willie Morris - My Good Woman Has Quit Me - Tell Me Mama, Babe, On You Hacksaw Harney & Dewey Corley - Hacksaw's Down South Blues # @ youtube - Can Can * @ youtube Walter Miller, voc & Willie Morris, g and Mose Vinson, p - I Don't Care What You Do Memphis Piano Red John Williams - Me And My Pal Sleepy John Estes & Tom Gary, harm - Drop Down Mama Van Hunt & Mose Vinson, p - Jelly Selling Woman Van Hunt & Mose Vinson, p and Dewey Corley, b - Lonesome Road Blues rec. October 1969 in Memphis, TN and June 1970 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN; prod. by Gene Rosenthal # Hacksaw Harney, g; Dewey Corley, b * Hacksaw Harney, p; Dewey Corley, b Adelphi AD 1010 cover drawing by Dick Bangham
notes by Steve LaVere with assistance by Nick Perls & Michael Stewart
Adelphi Records discography | |
| 7 | 1987 | Memphis Blues (1927 - 1937) Ollie Rupert - I Raised My Window ... - Ain't Goin' To Be Your Low Down Dog Big Boy Cleveland - Quill Blues - Goin' To Leave You Blues Walter Rhodes - The Crowing Rooster [Columbia 14289-D] - Leaving Home Blues [Columbia 14289-D] Frank Stokes - Downtown Blues (tk 1) Tom Dickson - Death Bell Blues - Worry Blues Tom Dickson - Happy Blues - Labor Blues Robert Wilkins - Rolling Stone - Part 2 (tk 1) Sam Townsend - I'm Missing That - Lily Kimball Blues Allen Shaw - I Couldn't Help It - Moanin' The Blues George Torey - Married Woman Blues - Lonesome Man Blues
HK Records discography | |
| 8 | 1994 | Memphis Blues 1927 - 1938 Ollie Rupert (1927) - I Raised My Window And Looked At The Risin' Sun - Ain't Goin' To Be Your Low Down Dog Walter Rhodes (1927) - The Crowing Rooster [Columbia 14289-D] - Leaving Home Blues [Columbia 14289-D] Pearl Dickson (1927) - Twelve Pound Daddy [Columbia 14286-D] - Little Rock Blues [Columbia 14286-D] Madelyn James (1930) - Stinging Snake Blues - Long Time Blues Charlie Bozo Nickerson (1930) - What's The Matter Now? - Part 1 - What's The Matter Now? - Part 2 - Bozo's Blues - Part 1 - Bozo's Blues - Part 2 Sam Townsend (1930) - I'm Missing That - Lily Kimball Blues Hattie Hart (1934) - I'm Missing That Thing - I Let My Daddy Do That - Coldest Stuff In Town (Duet w. Allen Shaw) - Happy-Go-Lucky Blues George Torey (1937) - Married Woman Blues - Lonesome Man Blues John Henry Barbee (1938) - Six Weeks Old Blues (take 1) - Six Weeks Old Blues (take 2) - God Knows I Can't Help It - You'll Work Down To Me Someday - Against My Will
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| 9 | 1994 | Houston Stackhouse: Cryin' Won't Help You @ Spotify (full album) - Kind Hearted Woman Blues - Bricks In My Pillow - Bye Bye Blues - My Babe - Sweet Black Angel Blues - Pony Blues # @ Spotify - Cry On! Cry On! - Sweet Home Chicago - Cryin' Won't Help You - I Got Something - Maggie Campbell Blues # @ Spotify - I'm Gettin' Tired # @ Spotify - Big Road Blues rec. February 1972 at Adelphi Studios in Silver Spring, MD; Houston Stackhouse, voc, g; # poss. Richard Harney, 2nd g; ; prod. & engineered by Gene Rosenthal; photographer: David Gahr
notes by Stephen C. LaVere notes by Stephen C. LaVere
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| 10 | 1995 | Memphis Masters Early American Blues Classics 1927-1934 - Country Woman - Will Batts - Death Bell Blues - Tom Dickson - Billy Lyons and Stackolee - Furry Lewis - Pile Driver Blues - Joe McCoy - I'm Going Away Blues - Frank Stokes - Little Rock Blues - Pearl Dickson - Beale Street Breakdown - Jed Davenport - Where Is My Good Man At? - Memphis Minnie - Doctor Medicine - South Memphis Jug Band - Poor Boy A Long Way From Home - Gus Cannon - Red Ripe Tomatoes - Jack Kelly - Downtown Blues - Frank Stokes - Last Chance Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers - Better Leave That Stuff Alone - Will Shade - Won't You Be Kind? - Hattie Hart - Cadillac Baby - Will Batts - Bob Lee Junior Blues - Memphis Jug Band - T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson - I Let My Daddy Do That - Hattie Hart - Old Sometime Blues - Frank Stokes remastered by Richard Nevins
notes by Don Kent Yazoo Records discography | |
| 11 | 1996 | Richard "Hacksaw" Harney: Sweet Man @ Spotify (full album) - Ragtime Blues @ youtube @ Spotify - 12 Pound Rag no. 2 @ Spotify - Five Foot Two # @ Spotify - Adelphi Ramble @ Spotify - Laughing Pallet @ youtube @ Spotify - Little Rock Blues II @ Spotify - Home Skeen Ball @ Spotify - Sweet Man @ Spotify - Oh Red # @ youtube @ Spotify - The Delta Eagle @ Spotify rec. February 1972 at Adelphi Studios in Silver Spring, MD; Richard Harney, g, # voc; prod. & engineered by Gene Rosenthal; photographer: David Gahr "Errata: In the liner notes, we mistakenly attribute the nickname 'Hacksaw' as originating during the artist's brief career in boxing. Pinetop Perkins set the record straight by reminding us that this outstanding musician (equally stunning as a piano player) supported himself by tuning and repairing pianos. 'He always carried a little hacksaw with him, and he could grab a piece of anything and make a new key with that hacksaw. He taught me how to repair a piano'." (from Adelphi Records site)
notes by Larry Hoffman and Denise Tapp = Edsel EDCD 483 (UK) = ??? GES 9909 (Jp 2011) | |
| 12 | 2001 | Screamin' and Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton disc 6: Charley's Orbit - Songs Walter Rhodes - The Crowing Rooster [Columbia 14289-D] 7-CD album | |
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 201 (Pearl Dickson) & p. 617 (Walter Rhodes) - Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography.- Bromley 1999, pp. 76-77 - Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 182, 424 - Steve LaVere: Hacksaw Harney.- Living Blues # 18 (1974), p. 7 - Pete Lowry: Holy Blues.- Blues Unlimited # 95 (1972), p. 18 - Richard Hacksaw Harney - Adelphi Records - Richard "Hacksaw" Harney - The Blues Trail - Remembering Richard "Hacksaw" Harney - Early blues guitar great Richard "Hacksaw" Harney to get grave marker - Putting Right an Injustice: Obtaining a gravestone for Richard "Hacksaw" Harney - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Harry Scurfield, Steve LaVere, Chris Smith, Denise Tapp and Tony Russell for additional info / scans |
"Houston Stackhouse and Hacksaw Harney at Memphis Diner in '69.
Hacksaw never left home without his repair kit (at left)"
source: www.adelphirecords.com/blues/9909.html
photographer's name not given, actually Gayle / G.L. Moore
"Richard Harney * and Mose Vinson on the grounds of the 33rd National Folk Festival 1971"
source: Sing Out! vol. 20 # 6 (1971), p. 7; photographer: Herbert Wise
* Steve LaVere informed me that this is - opposite to the claim in the Sing Out! caption -
not Richard Harney but Earl Bell
Richard 'Hacksaw' Harney at the River City Blues Festival (produced by Steve LaVere),
Ellis Auditorium in Memphis, TN, December 3, 1971
source: Living Blues 7 (Winter 1971-72), p. 8; photographer: Amy O'Neal
Hacksaw Harney at his home in Jackson, Mississippi, February 1972
source: Postcard from postcard book by Stephen C. LaVere (Pomegranate Artbooks 1989, revised 1993)
photographer: Stephen LaVere
Willie Morris, Richard 'Hacksaw' Harney, Sam Chatmon & Eugene Powell, Washington, D.C., 1972
source of right part of the photo: Living Blues 43 (summer 1979), p. 22 ("Copyright by Diana Davies, courtesy Smithsonian Institution");
source of left part of the photo: Internet; photomontage by Stefan Wirz