source: Front cover of Vogue 513501; photographer: Tom Wofford

Jessie Mae Hemphill née Jessie Mae Graham     mar. Jessie Mae Brooks b. October 18, 1923 in Como, Panola County, MS d. July 22, 2006 at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, TN buried at Senatobia Memorial Cemetery, Mississippi discography

source: Front cover of Hightone HMG CD 6508 photographer: Tom Wofford

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	1980	Jessie Mae Hemphill - Jessie's Boogie (SP-3) [HMG 6508] - Standing In My Doorway Crying (SP-4) # [HMG 6508] rec. November 3, 1979 at Shoe Productions, Memphis, TN; Jessie Mae Hemphill. voc, g, tamb; Compton Jones, tamb; # David Evans, 2nd g; prod. by Dr. David Evans notes by David Evans High Water 409 (US 1980) HMG CD 6508 (US 1998) High Water Recording Company discography
2	1980	Delta Blues Festival '79 Napoleon Strickland Fife and Drum Band (Jesse Mae Hemphill, Abe Young) - Shimmy Shawhawha Boyd Rivers - Grow Sick And Die Clyde Maxwell - Alberta Big Joe Williams - Tell Me Mama Harmonica Medley: Napoleon Strickland - Fox Chase - Let's Boogie Hammie Nixon - Rock Me Mama - Mule To Ride Sam Chatmon & Eugene Powell - How Long Johnny Shines - Have You Ever Loved A Woman Sam Myers - Everything's Gonna Be Alright Sylvia Embry - Goin' To New York Betty Fikes & Johnny Shines Band - Rock Me Baby Lefty Dizz - You Might Have Made Your Move Too Soon rec. September 8, 1979 in Freedom Village (outside Greenville), Mississippi, by Worth Long in cooperation with Mississippi Action for Community Education (MACE) Delta Blues DBF 79 (US 1980) filmed September 8, 1979 live at the 1st [*not* 2nd (1980), as the VHS' notes claim!] Mississippi Delta Blues Festival at Freedom Village (outside Greenville), Mississippi by Worth Long in cooperation with Mississippi Action for Community Education (MACE); hosted by Willie Dixon; VHS 60 min, colour, mono
3	1980	Jessie Mae Hemphill: She-Wolf Vogue LP 513501 track sequence: - She-Wolf - Standing In My Doorway Crying - Jump, Baby, Jump - Take Me Home With You, Baby - Black Cat Bone - Married Man Blues - Overseas Blues - Loving In The Moonlight - Bullyin' Well - Jessie's Boogie - My Lord Do Just What He Say Hightone HMG CD 6508 track sequence: - She-Wolf - Standing In My Doorway Crying - Jump, Baby, Jump - Take Me Home With You, Baby - Black Cat Bone - Boogie 'Side The Road °° - Hard Times °° - Crawdad Hole °° - Married Man Blues - Honey Bee °° - Overseas Blues - Loving In The Moonlight - Bullyin' Well - Jessie's Boogie - My Lord Do Just What He Say °° CD bonus tracks rec. 1980 in Memphis, TN; Jessie Mae Hemphill, voc, g, tambourine; David Evans, g; Joe Hicks, dr (on some tracks); prod. by Dr. David Evans notes by David Evans & Jessie Mae Hemphill Vogue 513501 (Fr 1980) "Blues Today 1" notes by David Evans & Jessie Mae Hemphill = High Water / Hightone HMG CD 6508 (US 1998) High Water Recording Company discography
4	1985	Jessie Mae Hemphill - Merry Christmas, Pretty Baby (MSU-23) [HMG 6502]   @ youtube - Shame On You (MSU-24) [HMG 6502]   @ Spotify rec. December 15, 1984 at Memphis State University Commercial Music Sound Studio in Memphis, TN; Jessie Mae Hemphill, voc, g, tamb, snare dr, b dr; prod. by Dr. David Evans photographer: Tom Wofford notes by David Evans High Water 425 (US 1985) HMG CD 6502 (US 1997)   Jessie Mae Hemphill signatures / dedications High Water Recording Company discography
5	1986	National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Two Thomas Burt - Hooks In The Water - Hate To See The Evening Sun Go Down - Ain't Got No Loving Baby Now Jessie Mae Hemphill - Train, Train   @ youtube Junior Kimbrough and the Soul Blues Boys - All Night Long Sunnyland Slim - You Put That Thing On Me - She's Got Things Going On Frank Edwards - Chicken Raid John Cephas and Phil Wiggins - Burning Bridges - Stagolee rec. October 19-24, 1984 live at the Moonshadow, Atlanta, GA; festival coordinator: George Mitchell; associate coordinator: David Evans; edited by George Mitchell notes by Anonymous [most likely David Evans]   Jessie Mae Hemphill signature Southland SLP-22 (US 1986) notes by David Evans (=) Southland SCD-21 (along with Southland SLP-21) (US 1996) Southland Records discography
6	1986	Mississippi Blues Festival 1986 Black and Blue 33.745 track sequence: Jessie Mae Hemphill - Eagle Bird (4:07) #   @ youtube - Streamline Train (4:20) #   @ youtube - I'm So Glad You Don't Know What's On My Mind (tk 2) (4:20) #   @ youtube - My Daddy's Blues (6:05) #   @ youtube Hezekiah & the House Rockers - She Used To Be Your Woman But She Comes To See Me Sometimes Son Thomas - Crawling Kingsnake (4:25) - Beefsteak Blues - It Hurts Me Too - Cairo Blues Hezekiah & the House Rockers - Roll Me Baby - Lawdy Miss Clawdy Black and Blue CD BB 457-2 track sequence: Jessie Mae Hemphill - Eagle Bird (4:09) # - My Daddy's Blues (5:07) # °°   @ youtube - I'm So Glad You Don't Know What's On My Mind (tk 1) (4:17) # °°   @ youtube - Go Back To Your Used To Be (3:01) # °°   @ youtube - Streamline Train (4:18) # - I'm So Glad You Don't Know What's On My Mind (tk 2) (4:22)# - My Daddy's Blues (6:00) # Hezekiah & the House Rockers - Roll Me Baby - Lawdy Miss Clawdy - She Used To Be Your Woman - Lawdy Miss clawdy - Saint Louis Blues °° - Don't Mess With My Toot Toot °° °° CD bonus tracks, previously unissued # rec. March 19, 1986 at Continental Studio, Paris, France by Didier Perrier; Jessie Mae Hemphill, voc, g photos by Jean-Pierre Tahmazian notes by Jean Buzelin Black and Blue 33.745 (Fr 1986) notes by Jacques Périn (English translation by Jeff and Patricia Kresser) = Black & Blue CD BB 457-2 (Fr 2003) "Jessie Mae Hemphill / Hezekiah & the House Rockers" (Blues Reference series)
6a	1986	Swamp Surfing in Memphis The Hellcats - Get Off The Road (3:12) - Wall Of Death (2:24) Panther Burns - Tram? (4:44) - Agitator Blues (4:40) Paradoxical Babel - Middle Class (3:58) Paradoxical Babel - Johnny (3:04) Odd Jobs - Man Overseas (3:16) - Girl From Frayser (2:34) She Wolf (Jessie Mae Hemphill) - I'm So Glad You Don't Know What's On My Mind (4:34) - Going Back Home (5:15) notes by Lisa McGaughran Frenzi FZ 6000 (US 1986)
7	1988	Giants Of Country Blues Guitar  1967-81 Jessie Mae Hemphill - Eagle Bird °° [Wolf CD 120.918] - Shame, Shame °° Son House - Baby Please Don't Dog Me 'Round Sam Chatmon - Stoop Down Baby - Baby Please Come Back To Me - Stop And Listen Eugene Powell - 44 Blues - Suitcase Full Of Troubles - Texas - Santa Fe Furry Lewis - Going To Brownsville Jack Owens - Hard Times - Cherry Ball - Give Me Your Money - Devil Blues Mager Johnson / Carey 'Ditty' Mason - Traveling Man Blues Mott Willis - Traveling Man Blues - Someday Blues - Bad Night Blues °° rec. September 1991 in Senatobia, MS by Hannes & Andrea Folterbauer; Jessie Mae Hemphill. voc, g (on CD only) Wolf LP 120.911 photography by Michael Hortig Wolf CD 120.911 photography by Michael Hortig and Hannes Folterbauer notes by Daniel Gugolz original edition with false photo caption,     repress: caption corrected ("Mott Willis" instead of "Jack Owens") Wolf 120.911 (Austria 1988) notes by Daniel Gugolz & Hannes Folterbauer (=) Wolf CD 120.911 (Austria 19??) "Giants Of Country Blues Guitar Vol. 1 (1967-1991)"
8	1990	Jessie Mae Hemphill: Feelin' Good High Water LP 1012 track sequence: - Feelin' Good - Go Back To Your Used To Be - Streamline Train - Baby, Please Don't Go - Tell Me You Love Me - Shake It, Baby - My Daddy's Blues - Brokenhearted Blues - Rolling And Tumbling - Eagle Bird - Cowgirl Blues - Lord, Help The Poor And Needy Hightone HMG CD 6502 track sequence: - Feelin' Good - Go Back To Your Used To Be - Streamline Train - Baby, Please Don't Go - Tell Me You Love Me - Shake It, Baby - Shame On You °° [Highwater 425] - My Daddy's Blues - Brokenhearted Blues - Rolling And Tumbling - Eagle Bird - Cowgirl Blues - Merry Christmas, Pretty Baby °° [Highwater 425] - Lord, Help The Poor And Needy °° CD bonus tracks notes by David Evans & Jessie Mae Hemphill High Water LP 1012 (US 1990) notes by David Evans & Jessie Mae Hemphill (=) High Water / Hightone HMG CD 6502 (US 1997) = P-Vine PCD-5473 (Jp) notes by David Evans = Sutro Park SP1013 (US 2012) High Water Recording Company discography
9	1992	Roots of Rhythm & Blues A Tribute to the Robert Johnson Era Johnny 'Ned' Shines & Kent DuChaine & ensemble - Sweet Home Chicago Lonnie Pitchford - Come On In My Kitchen # Moving Star Hall Singers - You've Got To Move Henry Townsend - All My Money's Gone Robert Jr. Lockwood & Gene Schwartz, b - How Long, How Long Blues David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - That's Alright Jesse Mae Hemphill - Train, Train Elder Roma Wilson - This Train Phil Wiggins - Silver Comet Train Railroad Maintenance Crew - Captain Can't Read Johnny 'Ned' Shines - Satisfied - Watermelons David Savage - I'm Going Home John Cephas & Phil Wiggins - Brownsville Blues Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble - Loved And Lost Lonnie Pitchford - Walking Blues # Johnny 'Ned' Shines - Tell Me Daddy, How You Want Your Rolling Done David Savage - Bertha Moving Star Hall Singers - If You Miss Me Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble - Moon Is Rising Robert Jr. Lockwood - Kindhearted Woman Blues Toshi Reagon - I Hate To See The Sun Go Down Lonnie Pitchford - Terraplane Blues # Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble - Milk Cow Blues - Fat Mama # Lonnie Pitchford, voc, 6-str g notes by Barry Lee Pearson with introduction by Bernice Johnson Reagon CBS 48584
10	1992	Deep Blues Music from the Original Soundtrack R.L. Burnside - Jumper On The Line °° Junior Kimbrough - Jr. Blues (aka "Junior, I Love You") °°   @ youtube Big Jack Johnson - Catfish Blues °°   @ youtube - Daddy, When Is Momma Coming Home °°   @ vimeo - Big Boy Now   @ youtube Frank Frost - Midnight Prowler   @ youtube Jessie Mae Hemphill - You Can Talk About Me °°   @ vimeo - Shame On You R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney   @ youtube Roosevelt 'Booba' Barnes - Heartbroken Man °°   @ youtube - Ain't Gonna Worry About Tomorrow °°   @ youtube - Love Like I Wanna   @ youtube Lonnie Pitchford - Terraplane Blues - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day °° Jack Owens with Bud Spires - Devil Blues °°   @ vimeo movie directed & edited by Robert Mugge; written & narrated by Robert Palmer °° only eight of the 15 songs on the CD appear in the movie! CD notes by Robert Palmer Atlantic CD 7 82450-2 (US 1992) CD / cassette       = Anxious 4509-91981-2 (EU 1992)   Deep Blues A Musical Pilgrimage to The Crossroads (A Robert Mugge Film) Movie Cast (in order of appearance) / track sequence:@ youtube (full movie) Robert Palmer David A. Stewart (of "Eurythmics" fame) Abraham Schwab (store owner) Booker T. Laury - Memphis Blues R.L. Burnside - Jumper On The Line Jessie Mae's Fife and Drum Band (Jessie Mae Hemphill, bass dr; Abe Young, snare dr; Napoleon Strickland, fife) - Bouncing Ball Jessie Mae Hemphill - You Can Talk About Me Junior Kimbrough Band (Jr. Kimbrough, voc, g; Joe Ayers, b; Calvin Jackson, dr) - Junior, I Love You Frank Self - Greenville, TN mayor (at Barnes' "Playboy Club") Roosevelt 'Booba' Barnes & The Playboys - Heartbroken Man Roosevelt 'Booba' Barnes & The Playboys - Ain't Gonna Worry About Tomorrow Wade Walton - Rock Me Baby Early Wright - WROX DJ (broadcasting Big Jack Johnson) Big Jack Johnson - Catfish Blues Big Jack Johnson - Daddy, When Is Momma Coming Home Jack Owens with Bud Spires - The Devil (aka "Devil Blues") Lonnie Pitchford - Johnny Stole An Apple Lonnie Pitchford - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day Lonnie Pitchford - Come On In My Kitchen DVD bonus footage: 1 Lonnie Pitchford - My Babe and interview   @ youtube 2 R.L. Burnside & David A. Stewart - Juke Joint Jam featuring Big Boss Man   @ youtube 3 Booker T. Laury - Early In The Morning & Booker's Boogie   @ youtube DVD bonus audio: 1 Junior Kimbrough - Mini-Set featuring Nobody But You 2 Jelly Roll Kings (Frank Frost & Sam Carr & Big Jack Johnson) - Midnight Prowler 3 R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney 4 Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes - Love Like I Wanna 5 Lonnie Pitchford - Terraplane Blues 6 Lonnie Pitchford - Come On In My Kitchen 7 Junior Kimbrough - Junior, I Love You (All Night Long) (alt mix) 91 min. video RadioActive / Oil Factory Films DVD (US 1992) Fox Lorber CentreStage DVD FLV5133 (US 2000) Shout Factory DVD 30179 (US 2003)
11	1995	It Came From Memphis Dewey Phillips - Radio Show Excerpt (2:11) Mud Boy and The Neutrons - Money Talks (5:51) Moses Williams - Which Way Did My Baby Go (3:27) Sid Selvidge - Boll Weevil (1:46) Furry Lewis - Going To Brownsville (5:08) Flash and The Memphis Casuals - Uptight Tonight (2:18) The Avengers - Batarang (3:00) Cliff Jackson and Jellean Delk with The Naturals - Frank, This Is It (2:29) Drive Inn Danny -Rocket Ship Rocket Ship (2:09) Dewey Phillips -Radio Show Excerpt (1:07) Jessie Mae Hemphill - She Wolf (4:40) Ross Johnson - Wet Bar (2:05) The Martinis - Hung Over (2:03) Lesa Aldridge - Story Of My Life (2:05) Othar Turner's Rising Star Fife and Drum Corps - Glory Hallelujah (2:47) Moloch - Cocaine Katy (3:41) Lorette Velvette - Oh How It Rained (3:53) Big Ass Truck - I'm A Ram (2:59) William Eggleston - Selection From Symphony #4, Bonnie Prince Charlie (6:27) companion CD to the book "It Came From Memphis" by Robert Gordon; prod. by Robert Gordon Upstart Sounds CD 022
12	1999	Putumayo Presents Mali To Memphis An African-American Odyssey Amadou & Mariam - Mon Amour, Ma Cherie (5:20) John Lee Hooker - I'm In The Mood (2:41) Habib Koité - Sirata (5:24) Rokia Traoré - Sabali (5:03) Guy Davis - You Don't Know My Mind (2:43) Boubacar Traoré - Kar Kar Madison (4:30) Eric Bibb & Needed Time - Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down (6:49) Lobi Traoré - Dounouya (6:52) Muddy Waters - My Home Is In The Delta (3:57) Jessie Mae Hemphill - Standing In My Doorway Crying (4:37) Baba Djan - Sabari (4:02) Taj Mahal - Queen Bee (4:35) Putumayo PUTU CD 145-2
13	1999	Deep South Blues Junior Kimbrough - Tomorrow Night - I Feel Good, Little Girl Hammie Nixon - Bottle Up And Go R.L. Burnside - Bad Luck City Waynell Jones - The Chicken Song - Jaybird Boogie Jessie Mae Hemphill - Brokenhearted Blues Lillie Hill - Cotton Fields - Boss Man Raymond Hill - Going Down Ranie Burnette - Coal Black Mattie - Hungry Spell Hezekiah & The House Rockers - Midnight Blues - Roll Me, Baby Uncle Ben And His Nephews - Mama, Look At Sis - Mean Woman Blues notes by David Evans High Water / Hightone HMG CD 6513 High Water Recording Company discography
14	1999	Giants Of Country Blues   Vol. 3 Jessie Mae Hemphill - Go Back To Your Used To Be #   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Train, Train #   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Shake It, Shake It #   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Eagle Bird # [Wolf CD 120.911]   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Shame On You #   @ youtube   @ Spotify Ranie Burnette - I Wonder Why   @ youtube   @ Spotify - I Call My Baby   @ youtube   @ Spotify - I'm Goin' Away   @ youtube   @ Spotify Roosevelt Holts - Big Road Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify L.V. Conerly - Hard Headed Woman   @ youtube   @ Spotify Junior Kimbrough - Nobody But You   @ Spotify - All Night Long   @ Spotify - Lord Have Mercy   @ Spotify - Please Don't Leave Me, Baby   @ Spotify Tommy West - Catfish Blues   @ Spotify - Goin' Away   @ Spotify - Back Door Man Blues (with Jimmy Holmes, hca)   @ Spotify Jacob Stuckey - I Love My Baby   @ youtube   @ Spotify # rec. September 1991 in Senatobia, MS by Andrea & Hannes Folterbauer; Jessie Mae Hemphill, voc, g notes by David Evans & Hannes Folterbauer Wolf CD 120.918 (Austria 1999)
15	2003	Jessie Mae Hemphill: Get Right Blues - Streamline Train (5:07) [] - Shake Your Booty (Shake It, Baby) (4:00) \\   @ youtube - Go Back To Your Used To Be (3:30) $ - Take Me Home With You, Baby (2:45) * - Baby, Please Don't Go (3:11) [] - Lord, Help The Poor And Needy (2:24) $ - Cowgirl Blues (3:28) $ - Little Rooster Reel (2:59) || - He's A Mighty Good Leader (3:22) # - All Night Boogie (Jessie's Boogie) (2:40) $ - Loving In The Moonlight (3:40) // - Get Right, Church (1:55) || - Jessie's Love Song (Tell Me You Love Me) (2:49) § - Honey Bee (5:31) # - Jesus Will Fix It For You (3:26) # prod. by David Evans # rec. February 24, 1979 at Jessie Mae Hemphill's home near Como, MS; Jessie Mae Hemphill, voc, g, hat box; Compton Jones, tamb, hat box, voc * rec. July 11, 1979 at Jessie Mae Hemphill's home near Como, MS; Jessie Mae Hemphill, voc, diddley bow || rec. July 14, 1979 at Jessie Mae Hemphill's home near Como, MS; Jessie Mae Hemphill, voc, diddley bow; Compton Jones, diddley bow; Napoleon Strickland, voc; Glenn Faulkner, diddley bow // rec. October 21, 1979 at Shoe Productions in Memphis, TN; Jessie Mae Hemphill, voc, g, tamb \\ rec. January 10, 1984 at University of Memphis Recording Studio in Memphis, TN; Jessie Mae Hemphill, voc, g, bells; Lois Brown, b; Joe Hicks, dr; Compton Jones, tamb § rec. January 11, 1984 at University of Memphis Recording Studio in Memphis, TN; Jessie Mae Hemphill, voc, g, bells; Lois Brown, b; Joe Hicks, dr; Compton Jones, tamb $ rec. March 19, 1984 at University of Memphis Recording Studio in Memphis, TN; Jessie Mae Hemphill, voc, g, bass dr, snare dr, tamb [] rec. November 10, 1985 at University of Memphis Recording Studio in Memphis, TN; Jessie Mae Hemphill, voc, g, bass dr, snare dr; David Evans, g; Bettye Mitchell, tamb cover painting by John Robinette; back cover photo by Tom Wofford, inside photography by David Evans notes by David Evans Inside Sounds ISC-0519
16	2003	Jessie Mae Hemphill: Shake It Baby - Feelin' Good - Go Back To Your Used To Be - Streamline Train - All Night Boogie (Jessie's Boogie) [previously unreleased] - Shame On You - Lord, Help The Poor And Needy - Standing In My Doorway Crying - Shake It, Baby [previously unreleased] - Take Me Home With You, Baby - Hard Times - Bullyin' Well - Baby, Please Don' Go [previously unreleased] notes by David Evans Hightone HCD8156 High Water Recording Company discography
17	2004	Jessie Mae Hemphill & Friends: Dare You To Do It Again CD 1: - Fife And Drum Intro (1:35)   @ youtube - Lay My Burden Down (4:11)   @ youtube - Nobody's Fault But Mine (5:24)   @ youtube - Old Time Religion (5:52)   @ youtube - Saints Go Marching In (4:28)   @ youtube - Little Sally Walker (3:38)   @ youtube - I Shall Not Be Moved (4:31)   @ youtube - This Little Light Of Mine (4:37)   @ youtube - Motherless Children (5:10)   @ youtube CD 2: - God Is Good To Me (12:04)   @ youtube - Treat Me Right (23:14)   @ youtube - Runaway Soul (5:03)   @ youtube - I'm Going Home (7:38)   @ youtube - Swing Low (8:14)   @ youtube - Porch Logic Remix (4:48)   @ youtube rec. [later than 1993] live at Sherman Cooper's farm on the outskirts of Como, MS; Jessie Mae Hemphill, voc; prod. by Olga Wilhelmine Munding & Tyler Austin 2 CD set notes by Jimbo Mathus 219 Records TNR1003 (US 2004)
18	2005	Blues Guitar Women disc 1: Contemporary - Can't Quit The Blues - Lara Price Band (featuring Laura Chavez) - Takin' It All To Vegas - Debbie Davies - The Man's So Good - Alice Stuart - Mediterranean Breakfast - Sue Foley - The River Wild - Deborah Coleman - Living On The Road - Joanna Connor - Navajo Moon - Ana Popovic - Judgement Day Blues - Carolyn Wonderland - Lonely Lonely Nights - Eve Monsees - It's A Blessing - Maria Muldaur & Bonnie Raitt - Dreamland Blues - Erja Lyytinen - Lynn's Blues - Barbara Lynn - Goin' Down - Tracy Conover - Baghdad Blues - Beverly "Guitar" Watkins - Woke Up This Mornin' - Ruthie Foster disc 2: Traditional - Fool Me Good - Precious Bryant - Going Down This Road - Algia Mae Hinton - Fixin' To Die - Rory Block - Doggie Treats - Sue Foley - Dead End Street - Ellen McIllwaine - Rather Be The Devil - Alice Stuart - Streamline - Jessie Mae Hemphill - Nothing's Changed - Gaye Adegbalola/Rory Block - One-Dime Blues - Etta Baker - Ain't Nothing In Ramblin' - Jo Ann Kelly - Down The Big Road Blues - Mattie Delaney - Motherless Child Blues - Elvie Thomas - Skinny Legs Blues - Geeshie Wiley - In My Girlish Days - Memphis Minnie 2 CD set Ruf 1110
19	2006	Rosa Lee Hill And Friends The George Mitchell Collection Rosa Lee Hill - Pork And Beans # (3:26) Rosa Lee Hill - Roll And Tumble # (3:40) Rosa Lee Hill - Count The Days That I'm Gone # (1:38) Rosa Lee Hill - Bullying Well # (1:56) Rosa Lee Hill - Come Here Fairer # (3:10) Rosa Lee Hill & Jessie Mae Hemphill - Lord I Feel Better # (2:24) Jessie Mae Hemphill - I Wanna Be Ready # (1:47) Precious Bryant - Georgia Buck (Instrumental) (2:22) Precious Bryant - That's The Way The Good Thing Go (3:14) Lottie Kate Bunkley & Jim Bunkley - Black Gal (3:12) Lottie Kate Bunkley & Jim Bunkley - The Lord Will Make A Way (3:13) Essie Mae Brooks - Move On Up A Little (3:40) Essie Mae Brooks - Horn Going (2:22) Catherine Porter & Will Shade - Won't You Ride With Me Tonight (3:25) # rec. August 22 & 23, 1967 in Senatobia, MS by George Mitchell; Rosa Lee Hill, voc, g; Jessie Mae Hemphill, voc Fat Possum FP1051-2 (US 2006)
20	2008	Jessie Mae Hemphill The George Mitchell Collection Vol. 45 - Home Going - I Wanna Be Ready - Interview 7 inch 33 rpm EP Fat Possum BLM1105
21	2008	George Mitchell Collection Volumes 1 - 45 disc 1 - Lucy Mae Blues - Cecil Barfield - I Woke Up Crying - Cecil Barfield - Love Blues - Cecil Barfield - I Told You Not To Do That - Cecil Barfield - In the Evening - Buddy Moss - Hey Lawdy Mama - Buddy Moss - Thousand Woman Blues - Buddy Moss - Blue Shadow Falling - Buddy Moss - Cold Rainy Day - Buddy Moss - Amy - Buddy Moss - Motherless Child - Leon Pinson - Hush, Somebody is Calling My Name - Leon Pinson - What God Can Do - Leon Pinson - He'll Understand and Say Well Done - Leon Pinson - Big Road Blues - Houston Stackhouse - Cool Water Blues - Houston Stackhouse - Big Fat Mama Blues - Houston Stackhouse - Take a Little Walk With Me - Houston Stackhouse - Everyone Got a Woman - Big Joe Williams - What She Need With a Rooster - Big Joe Williams - Sink or Swim - Big Joe Williams - Prison Bound - Big Joe Williams - Who's Gonna Be Your Man - John Lee Zeigler - If I Lose Let Me Lose - John Lee Zeigler - Black Woman - Othar Turner - Bumble Bee - Othar Turner disc 2 - Rabbit On a Log - Lonzie Thomas - Raise a Ruckus Tonight - Lonzie Thomas - My Three Women - Lonzie Thomas - Red Cross Store - Lonzie Thomas - Rats In the Kitchen - Sleepy John Estes - Special Agent - Sleepy John Estes - Trying To See - Sleepy John Estes - Mail Man Blues - Sleepy John Estes - Down Home Blues - Teddy Williams - Catfish Blues - Teddy Williams - Black Mattie - Teddy Williams - Sun Don't Shine - Teddy Williams - Trouble Brought Me Down - Green Paschal - My Lord - Green Paschal - Mother is Dead - Green Paschal - Lay My Burden Down - Green Paschal - Your Close Friend - Green Paschal - I'm Going To Leave It In the Hands of the Lord - Green Paschal - Hard Time Blues - Do-Boy Diamond - Just Want To Talk To You - Do-Boy Diamond - Just a Dream I Got On My Mind - Dewey Corley / Walter Miller - Memphis is a Wonderful City - Dewey Corey / Walter Miller - Down To Arkansas - Dewey Corey / Walter Miller - Rock Me Mama - Bud Grant - Freight Train Blues - Bud Grant - So Sweet - Bud Grant - Bud Grant's Grunt - Bud Grant disc 3 - Go Ahead On - Bud White - You've Been Gone So Long - Bud White - White Horses - Bud White - When I'm Sober I'm Drunk Blues - George Henry Bussey - Mean Mistreater - George Henry Bussey - Blues Around My Bed - George Henry Bussey - Looking For My Woman - George Henry Bussey - Old Red #2 - Jim Bunkley - Jack of Diamonds - Jim Bunkley - Them Greasy Greens - Jim Bunkley - Rocking Chair - Jim Bunkley - Old Breakdown - Tom Turner - Drop Down Mama # 1 - Tom Turner - Search Me Lord - James Shorter - My Mother Died and Left Me - James Shorter - Consolation - James Shorter - Home Going - James Shorter - Better Than Myself - Abe McNeil - Steady Rollin' Man - Abe McNeil - Drink Drink Drink - Abe McNeil - Country Blues - Joe Callicott - River Blues - Joe Callicott - 3 O'Clock In the Morning - Johnny Woods - I's Be Troubled - Johnny Woods disc 4 - Someday Baby - Robert Diggs - Racehorse Charleston - Robert Diggs - Done Lost My Health - Robert Diggs - Drive Your Car - Robert Diggs - Woke Up This Morning - Cliff Scott - Long Wavy Hair - Cliff Scott - Please Come Home - Cliff Scott - Pole Pattin' - Cliff Scott - I Wanna Ramble - Jimmie Lee Harris - Sitting Here Looking 1000 Miles Away - Jimmie Lee Harris - Just Like A Bird Without A Feather - R.L. Burnside - Skinny Woman - R.L. Burnside - Goin' Down South - R.L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie - R.L. Burnside - Hold My Body Down - Robert Johnson - Trying To Make It Home - Robert Johnson - Precious Lord - Robert Johnson - He'll Make A Way - Robert Johnson - Sugar Mama - Robert Longstreet - Black Gal - Robert Longstreet - Sloppy Drunk - Robert Longstreet - Decoration Day - Robert Longstreet - Shake Em' On Down - Fred McDowell - Mama Says I'm Crazy - Fred McDowell disc 5 - That Ain't It - John Henry Barbee - Gonna Lose Your Mind - John Henry Barbee - Flat Foot Boogie - Albert Macon / Robert Thomas - Mama Can I Lay It Down - Albert Macon / Robert Thomas - How Can You Do It - Albert Macon / Robert Thomas - John Henry - Jessie Clarence Gorman - Goin' Up To the Country # 1 - Jessie Clarence Gorman - Goin' Up To the Country # 2 - Jessie Clarence Gorman - Dirty Dozens - Will Shade - Won't You Send Me John - Will Shade - Wine Headed Man - Will Shade - K.C. Blues - Will Shade / Charlie Burse - Every Time I Come Around - Georgia Fife & Drum Band - J.W.'S Special - Georgia Fife & Drum Band - Old Hen Cackle - Georgia Fife & Drum Band - Buck Dance - Georgia Fife & Drum Band - Hey Freddie - Como Fife & Drum Band - Late In the Evening - Como Fife & Drum Band - Punky Tony - Como Fife & Drum Band - Shimmy She Wa - Como Fife & Drum Band - You Got Reap What You Sow - Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Everything's Gonna Be Alright - Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - That's The Way The Good Thing Go - Precious Bryant - Georgia Buck - Precious Bryant - When The Saints Go Marching In - Precious Bryant - Pork & Beans - Rosa Lee Hill - Count The Days I'm Gone - Rosa Lee Hill - Roll & Tumble - Rosa Lee Hill - Bullying Well - Rosa Lee Hill disc 6: - Good Morning Judge - Furry Lewis - Furry Lewis' Careless Love - Furry Lewis - What Make Grandpa Love Grandma So - Jimmy Lee Williams - Have You Ever Seen Peaches - Jimmy Lee Williams - Hoboing Into Hollywood - J.W. Warren - Sundown Blues - J.W. Warren - Rabbit On A Log - J.W. Warren - You're Gonna Miss Me - J.W. Warren - House On The Hill - Eddie Harris - I Have To Love Somebody - Eddie Harris - Old Country Rock # 1 - James Davis - Instrumental # 1 - James Davis - Who Stole The Lock Off The Henhouse Door? - James Davis - Instrumental # 4 - James Davis - Canned Heat - Robert Nighthawk - Nighthawk Boogie - Robert Nighthawk - Down By The Woodshed - Robert Nighthawk - Home Going - Jessie Mae Hemphill - I Want To Be Ready - Jessie Mae Hemphill - Interview - Jessie Mae Hemphill disc 7 (bonus CD - tracks not on 45s set!) - Miss Maybelle - Jessie Lee Vortis - When My Baby Got On Board - Jessie Lee Vortis - Them Greasy Greens # 1 - George Hollis - Rock And Roll To Midgetville - George Hollis - Black Rat Swing - Willie Rockomo - Tease Me Baby # 2 - Bruce Upshaw / Willie Rockomo - Someday Baby # 1 - Bruce Upshaw - Wonder Why My Baby Treat Me So Bad - Bruce Upshaw - Rosa Lee - Bruce Upshaw - I Got A Woman - Buddy Hubbard - So Sweet - Buddy Hubbard - You're Gonna Miss Me - Ira "Tiny" Coney - Mamie - Ira "Tiny" Coney - I'm So Lonesome - Ira "Tiny" Coney - Blood Red River - Eddie Hodge - Sitting On Top Of The World - Eddie Hodge - Glory Hallelujah - Eddie Hodge - Jesus Is Coming Back To Me - Pettis Sisters - Bound For Zion - Pettis Sisters - You Told Me Baby - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall - Sweet As An Apple On A Tree - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall - Juke # 2 - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall - Woke Up This Morning - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall - Tell Me You Love Me - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall 7 CD set [with 24-pp. booklet!] or forty-five 45s [without 7th bonus CD!] notes by Sam Sweet with George Mitchell Fat Possum FP 1114
22	2010	Been Here All My Days - Who's Gonna Be Your Man - John Lee Ziegler - Bullying Well - Rosa Lee Hill - Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell - What Makes Grandma Love Grandpa - Jimmy Lee Williams - Old Country Rock #1 - James Davis - Big Road Blues - Houston Stackhouse - Search Me Lord - James Shorter - Home Going - Jessie Mae Hemphill - Georgia Buck - Precious Bryant - Country Blues - Joe Callicott - Rabbit On A Log - Lonzie Thomas - Trouble Brought Me Down - Green Paschal - Good Morning Judge - Furry Lewis - Hold My Body Down - Robert Johnson "selections from the George Mitchell archive" Mississippi MR-064 (US 2010)
23	2012	Jessie Mae Hemphill - She-Wolf [Vogue LP 513501] - Standing In My Doorway Crying [Vogue LP 513501] - Jessie's Boogie [Vogue LP 513501] - Take Me Home With You, Baby [Vogue LP 513501] - Bullyin' Well [Vogue LP 513501] - Crawdad Hole [High Water / Hightone HMG CD 6508] - Shake It, Baby [High Water LP 1012] - Go Back To Your Used To Be [High Water LP 1012] - Brokenhearted Blues [High Water LP 1012] - Lord, Help The Poor And Needy [High Water LP 1012] - Tell Me You Love Me [High Water LP 1012] - Shame On You [High Water 7 inch 425] "... contains songs from her two first and only Lps, She-Wolf (1981) and Feelin' Good (1990) [...] and one song from her two only 7" (High Water 80's 7" serie) and one song released for the first time ever on vinyl." Moi j'connais MJCR011 (Switzerland 2012) Limited [700 copies] LP with hard cover. Including an inside booklet [written by David Evans] containing biography, interview of Jessie Mae and rare pictures Les Disques Bongo Joe BJR010 (Switzerland 2016) = Mississippi MRP-084 (US 2016)
24	2015	A Slice Of Southern Music Booker T. Laury - Your Love Is Like A Hydrant (3:41) Jessie Mae Hemphill - Shewolf (4:42) Roy Harper - Fisherman's Luck (2:52) Cumberland Express - Gold Watch And Chain (3:17) Spirit Of Memphis - If It Ain't One Thing It's Another (3:14) Fred Ford And The Honeymoon Garner Trio - Hog Mouth Sam From Alabam' (3:04) The Brewers - Come On Little Mama, Let's Let It Go Tonight (2:16) Beale St. Jug Band - Nobody's Business But Mine (7:02) Roosevelt Barnes - Going Back Home (4:50) Otha Turner And The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band - Glory, Glory Hallelujah (2:47) Hamper McBee - Jasper Jail (2:54) Hamper McBee - Wayfaring Stranger Hamper McBee -Jesus, Lover Of My Soul Grandma Dixie Davis - Pray For The Lights To Go Out (2:18) Leake County String Band - Cat Fight (3:26) Leake County String Band - Leather Britches Moses Williams - Which Way Did My Baby Go? (3:30) Steamboat Strummers - Alabamy Bound (1:44) Captain William Tippett - The Judy Nell Glide (1:29) Center For Southern Folklore no # (US 2015)
25	11/2019	Jessie Mae Hemphill: Run Get My Shotgun - Run Get My Shotgun - Shame On You - DC 9 - Go Back To Your Used To Be - Holy Ghost - Married Man Blues - Train Train - Nothing That You Say - Feelin' Good - Eagle Bird rec. on New Years Eve 1989 by Ko De Korte and Tom Haarsama; additional overdubs produced in 2018 by Bruce Watson at Delta Sonic Sound, Memphis, TN Big Legal Mess LP BLM0570 (US 11/2019)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 225 - Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 430-431 - Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 189-190 - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Hank Moore for additional info / scans   Como Mississippi Fife & Drum Band (l to r: Napoleon Strickland, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Calvin Jackson, Abe Young) at the Metropol, Berlin, Germany, October 28, 1980 ("Berliner Jazztage 1980") source: Blues Forum 2 (März/April/Mai 1981), p. 21; photographer: Ulrich Borchert Jazz Berlin - Berliner Jazztage 1980: Country Blues, Cajun, Boogie - das war der thematische Rahmen eines Konzertes, bei dem einige legendäre Künstler auftraten: Die "One-Man-Show" Dr. Ross, das Duo Boisec Ardoin / Canray Fontenot, der Pianist Willie Perryman alias Doctor Feelgood und die Como Mississippi Fife & Drum Band. Mit Ulf Drechsel (Radio-Konzertmitschnitt vom 28. Oktober 1980, Metropol, Berlin)