Illustrated Larry Johnson discography

source: Front cover of Blue Goose LP 2001; photographer: Peter Vogel
Larry Johnson
Larry Alonzo Johnson
b. May 15, 1938 in Wrightsville, Johnson County, Georgia
d. August 6, 2016 in a nursing home in Harlem, NY
buried at the Calverton National Cemetery for Veterans, NY
discography L A R R Y J O H N S O N (source: Front cover of JSP CD 237; photographer's name not given)
source: Front cover of JSP CD 237; photographer's name not given

#	year of release	title / label / notes
originally unissued		- Sail On Baby (MBHL 10368) # @ youtube - Lovin' Machine (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10369) # @ youtube - When Things Go Wrong (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10370) # @ youtube - Betty And Dupree (MBHL 10371) - In The Evening (MBHL 10372) - Troubles Just Begun (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10373) # @ youtube - Say What You Mean (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10374) # @ youtube - When I Go Home (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10375) # @ youtube - Going Up The Country (MBHL 10376) - No Lover Blues (MBHL 10377) - Milk Cow Blues (MBHL 10378) - Southern Train (MBHL 10379) # @ youtube - Back Water Blues (MBHL 10380) - I'm Tired (MBHL 10381) - Crawdad Hole (MBHL 10382) - Rock Island Line (MBHL 10383) - Lonesome Town Blues (MBHL 10384) # @ youtube - Catfish Blues (MBHL 10385) [] @ youtube - Southern Carolina Boogie (instr) (MBHL 10386) # @ youtube - Trouble In Mind (R. Jones) (MBHL 10387) # @ youtube - So Sweet (MBHL 10388) [] @ youtube - Cherry Red (J. Turner/P. Johnson) (MBHL 10389) # @ youtube - Step It Up And Go (J. P. Long) (MBHL 10390) # @ youtube rec. Fall 1959 [~~1966~~] in New York; Larry Johnson, voc, g; prod. by Bobby Robinson originally unissued [] Blue Soul 100 (1967) # Blue Horizon 7-63851 (1969) source: Blue Horizon Records 1965-1972 - A discography by Leslie Fancourt
1	1962	Big Joe Williams/blues for 9 strings - I'm A Fool About My Baby @ youtube - 38 Pistol Blues @ youtube - Pearly Mae @ youtube - Walking Blues @ youtube - Highway 45 @ youtube - Meet Me In The Bottom @ youtube - Skinny Mama @ youtube - Jockey Ride Blues @ youtube - Coal And Iceman Blues @ youtube - Army Man Blues @ youtube - Black Gal @ youtube - Pallet On The Floor @ youtube rec. October 7, 1961 in New York by Mel Kaiser; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; Larry Johnson, hca; Willie Dixon, b; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein; remastered in 1981 by George Horn notes by Martin Williams Bluesville BVLP 1056 (US 1962) gatefold DLP notes by Martin Williams and David Mangurian (=) Fantasy DA 24724 (US 1981) (along with BVLP 1083) "Walking Blues" = Fantasy 68.512 (Fr 1981) (distributed by Carrere Distribution) = Prestige HBS 8018 (It 1982) = Fantasy FCD-24724-2 (US 1992) = Fantasy 00025218242424 (EU) Big Joe Williams discography Bluesville Records discography
2	1965	Alec Seward: Creepin' Blues - Big Hip Mama * - Evil Woman Blues * - Goin' Down Slow - Sweet Woman * - Some People Say * - Creepin' Blues * @ youtube - I Made A Mistake In Life * - Piney Woods - Late One Saturday Evening * - Let A Good Thing Do * rec. 1965 in New York City by Mel Kaiser; Alec Seward, voc, g; * Larry Johnson, hca; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein & Pete Welding notes by Pete Welding Bluesville BVLP 1076 (US 1965) Bluesville Records discography
3	1966	Larry & Hank: The Blues / A New Generation@ youtube (full album) - Four Women Blues @ youtube - The Captain Don't 'Low That Here @ youtube - Tell You Women 'Bout Me @ youtube - Watchdog Blues @ youtube - Death Call ("Summertime") @ youtube - Two Gun Green @ youtube - When I'm Drinking - Whiskey Store Blues @ youtube - If You Don't Want Me Baby - My Gal Ain't Fat - Country Road Blues - Take These Blues Off My Mind rec. November 25, 1965 in New York City; Larry Johnson, voc, g; Hank Adkins, voc, g; prod. by Sam Charters; "all songs - word and music - Larry Johnson" notes (2/1966) by Samuel Charters Prestige PR 7472 (US 1966)
4	1966	Big Joe Williams: Studio Blues - Levee Camp Blues # @ youtube - Low Down Dirty Shame # * @ youtube - Gamblin Man # @ youtube - Ain't Gonna Rain No More # * @ youtube - Feel So Good # @ youtube - Prowling Ground Hog # @ youtube - Back Home Again @ youtube - Sugar Babe # * @ youtube - Tell Me Mama # @ youtube - Studio Blues # @ youtube rec. October 7, 1961 in New York by Mel Kaiser; Big Joe Williams, voc, 9-str., 6-str. & 12.str. g; * Larry Johnson, hca; # Willie Dixon, b; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein; remastered in 1981 by George Horn notes by David Mangurian Bluesville BVLP 1083 (US 1966) gatefold DLP notes by Martin Williams and David Mangurian (=) Fantasy DA 24724 (US 1981) (along with BVLP 1083) "Walking Blues" = Fantasy 68.512 (Fr 1981) (distributed by Carrere Distribution) = Prestige HBS 8018 (It 1982) = Fantasy FCD-24724-2 (US 1992) = Fantasy 00025218242424 (EU) Big Joe Williams discography
5	1967	Larry Johnson - Catfish Blues (MBHL 10385) [] @ youtube - So Sweet (MBHL 10388) [] @ youtube rec. Fall 1959 [~~1966~~] in New York City; Larry Johnson, voc, g; prod. by Bobby Robinson 7 inch 45 rpm Blue Soul 100 Blue Horizon LP 7-63851
6	1969	presenting the country blues Larry Johnson@ youtube (full album playlist) - Catfish Blues (MBHL 10385) @ youtube - Southern Train (MBHL 10379) @ youtube - Lonesome Town Blues (MBHL 10384) @ youtube - Southern Carolina Boogie (instr) (MBHL 10386) @ youtube - Sail On Baby (MBHL 10368) @ youtube - When I Go Home (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10375) @ youtube - Trouble In Mind (R. Jones) (MBHL 10387) @ youtube - So Sweet (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10388) @ youtube - Cherry Red (J. Turner/P. Johnson) (MBHL 10389) @ youtube - Step It Up And Go (J.P. Long) (MBHL 10390) @ youtube - When Things Go Wrong (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10370) @ youtube - Troubles Just Begun (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10373) @ youtube - Lovin' Machine (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10369) @ youtube - Say What You Mean (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10374) @ youtube rec. Fall 1959 [cover erroneously says 1966] in New York City; Larry Johnson, voc, g; prod. by Bobby Robinson notes by Simon A. Napier Blue Horizon 7-63851 (UK 1969) Blue Horizon Records discography
unissued		- Hurry Down Sunshine (SBH 10558) - Trouble In Mind (SBH 10559) - Nobody's Business But Mine (SBH 10560) - What Have I Done (SBH 10561) - They Hung Him On The Cross For Me (SBH 10562) - Ragtime (SBH 10562) - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (SBH 10563) - Keep It Clean (SBH 10564) - Boogie (SBH 10565) - Seaboard Train Blues (SBH 10566) rec. January 1969 in New York City; Larry Johnson, voc, g unissued source: 'Blue Horizon Records 1965-1972 - a discography by Leslie Fancourt'
7	1970	Larry Johnson: Fast & Funky@ youtube (full album playlist) - Keep It Clean @ youtube - Charley Stone @ youtube - Four Women Blues @ youtube - Nobody's Business If I Do @ youtube - Pick Poor Robin Clean @ youtube - Up North Blues @ youtube - The Beat From Rampart Street @ youtube - Spoonful Blues @ youtube - Two White Horses @ youtube - Ragged And Dirty @ youtube - Cookbook @ youtube - Frisco Blues @ youtube - My Game Blues # @ youtube - Lordy Good Lord @ youtube rec. April 10, 1970 in New York, NY by Nick Perls; Larry Johnson, voc, g; # Nick Perls, 2nd g Blue Goose 2001 front cover photo by Peter Vogel notes by Stephen Calt "Blue Goose, 54 King Street, New York, N.Y. 10014" Blue Goose 2001 (US 1970) notes by Stephen Calt "Blue Goose, 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014" = Blue Goose 2001 (US 1974) = Baltimore Blues Society no # (US 1996) Blue Goose Records discography
8	1970	These Blues Is Meant To Be Barrelhoused@ youtube (full album playlist) Graham Hine with John Lewis - No Place To Go @ youtube John Lewis - East Village Rag @ youtube Larry Johnson & Woody Mann - Bad Feeling Blues @ youtube Graham Hine - Have You Had Your Look, Mush? @ youtube John Lewis - U.S.A. Blues @ youtube Larry Johnson - Seabord Train Blues @ youtube Larry Johnson & Rob Fleder - Keep A Knockin' An' You Can't Come In @ youtube John Lewis - I Waited @ youtube Bill Williams - John Henry @ youtube John Lewis - Beggin' Woman @ youtube Stephen Calt & Kenneth McNichol - Wimp Wompin' Blues @ youtube John Lewis - Sociology Rag @ youtube Graham Hine with John Lewis - Walking Blues @ youtube Larry Johnson & Woody Mann - Barrelhouse Blues @ youtube Graham Hine with John Lewis - Rocks In My Bed @ youtube Roy Bookbinder - He's In The Jailhouse Now @ youtube prod. by Nick Perls more info about this LP notes by 'Maggie de Miramon' "Blue Goose, 54 King Street, New York, N.Y. 10014" Blue Goose 2003 (US 1970) notes by 'Maggie de Miramon' "Blue Goose, 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014" Blue Goose 2003 (repress 197?) Blue Goose Records discography
9	1970	How Blue Can We Get? Volume I: White Fleetwood Mac - Watch Out Jellybread - Don't Pay Them No Mind Top Topham - Mini-Minor-Mo Duster Bennett - What A Dream Bacon Fat - Boom, Boom (Out Goes The Lights) Chicken Shack - Evelyn Christine Perfect - And That's Saying A Lot Bacon Fat - Small's On 53rd Fleetwood Mac - I'm Worried Chicken Shack - The Way It Is Jellybread - No Brag, Just Facts (parts 1 and 2) Fleetwood Mac - Rambling Pony Volume II: Black Elmore James - Hand In Hand Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - That's Alright Magic Sam - All Your Love Larry Johnson - Catfish Blues Otis Spann - My Love Depends On You Furry Lewis - Casey Jones Champion Jack Dupree - Grandma (You're A Bit Too Slow) George Smith - No Time For Jive Johnny Young - Deal The Cards Roosevelt Holts - Little Bitty Woman Bukka White - Bed Spring Blues Mississippi Joe Callicott - On My Last Go Round Otis Rush - Jump Sister Bessie gatefold DLP 8-pp. booklet Blue Horizon PR 45/46 (UK 1970) DLP 8-pp. booklet = Blue Horizon SPR 45/46 (NL 1970) Blue Horizon Records discography
10	1971	Charles Walker - You Know It Ain't Right (F-8) @ youtube - Rock Me Mama (F-9) rec. 1971 in New York; Charles Walker, voc, g; Larry Johnson, hca; Lee Roy Little, p; g; b; Bobby King, dr; prod. by Bobby Robinson 7 inch 45 rpm Fury 3000
11	1973	Rev. Gary Davis: O, Glory The Apostolic Studio Sessions - Right Now \|\| # § - Sun Goin' Down # - Lo, I'll Be With You Always # - God Will Take Care Of You § [not on Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1595] @ youtube - Mornin' Train # - Birmingham Special - Out On The Ocean Sailing - Soon My Work Will All Be Done \|\| § - O, Glory CD track sequence: - Let's Get Together °° - Sun Goin' Down # - Slippin' Til' My Gal Get In °° - Lo, I'll Be With You Always # - God Will Take Care Of You - Mornin' Train # - Out On The Ocean Sailing - Right Now # - Birmingham Special - There's Destruction In That Land °° - O, Glory - Soon My Work Will All Be Done °° CD bonus tracks Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1595 track sequence: - Let's Get Together °° - Sun Goin' Down # - Lo, I'll Be With You Always # - Mornin' Train # - Out On The Ocean Sailing - Right Now # - Birmingham Special - There's A Destruction In That Land °° - O, Glory - Soon My Work Will All Be Done rec. March 1969 at Apostolic Studios in New York City ("The Apostolic Studio Sessions"); Rev. Gary Davis, voc, g, bj [on "Out On The Ocean Sailing"], p [on "God Will Take Care Of You"], hca [on "Birmingham Special"]; \|\| Annie Davis, voc; # Larry Johnson, hca; § The Apostolic Family (John Townley, Monica Boscia, Jerry Novac, Bobby Brooks), chorus; prod. by John Townley "Let's Get Together" & "There's A Destruction In That Land" rec. 1964 in New York City session photos by John Townley; liner photos by Dave Gahr gatefold LP notes by John Townley Adelphi AD 1008 (US 1973) (=) Genes GCD 9908 (US 1996) = Edsel EDCD 482 (UK 1996) notes adapted from original John Townley notes Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1602 (US 2017) "Worried Blues" Gary Davis discography Adelphi Records discography "Worried Blues" series discography
12	1973	Charles Walker and the New York City Blues Band: Blues From The Apple Charles Walker and the New York City Blues Band - Scratch My Back Lee Roy Little - Black Cat Bone Charles Walker and the New York City Blues Band - Gladly Charles Walker & Larry Johnson - Decoration Day * @ soundcloud Lee Roy Little & Charles Walker & Band - I'm A Good Man But A Poor Man Charles Walker and the New York City Blues Band - Juice Head Woman Lee Roy Little - Bluebird's Blues Charles Walker and the New York City Blues Band - Fast, Fast Women And A Slow Race Horse - It's Changin' Time - Meeting You prod. by Tom Pomposello & Fred Seibert Charles Walker, voc, g; Lee Roy Little, voc, p; Bill Dicey, hca; Goody Hunt, hca; Foxy Ann Yancey, el g; David Lee Reitman, b; Ola Mae Dixon, dr; Bobby King, rigged snare dr; Tom Pomposello, b; Sonny Harden, b; * Larry Johnson, hca notes by Richard H. Pennington, Jr. Oblivion OD 4 (US 1973) = Oblivion CD (US 2011)
13	1973	Victoria Spivey presents The All Star Blues World of Maestro Willie Dixon and his Chicago Blues Band featuring Carey Bell, Buster Benton, Lafayette Leake, Willie Dixon & guests Larry Johnson and Prof. King; Victoria Spivey Willie Dixon Band - Intro, Maestro Buster Benton - I Must Have A Hole In My Head @ youtube Lafayette Leake - Leake's Trouble Trouble @ youtube Larry Johnson - My Hoodoo Doctor # @ youtube Victoria Spivey - I'm Taking Over @ youtube Carey Bell - When The Evening Sun Goes Down @ youtube Buster Benton - Every Day I Have The Blues @ youtube Lafayette Leake - Fine Little Girl @ youtube Larry Johnson - Put It All In There # @ youtube Carey Bell - One Day You're Going To Get Lucky @ youtube Victoria Spivey - It's A Mighty Poor Rat That Ain't Got But One Hole @ youtube Buster Benton - The Thrill Is Gone @ youtube # rec. August 7, 1973 in New York, NY; Larry Johnson, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca; Lafayette Leake, p; Buster Benton, g; Willie Dixon, b; "Prof." Bobby King, dr notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey LP 1016 (US 1973) Spivey Records discography
14	1974	Spivey's Blues Cavalcade Blues and More Blues! Bill Dicey's High Street Blues Band - Evil Spirit Larry Johnson - Worried Life Blues # @ youtube Brooklyn Blues Busters - Talk To Me Baby Danny Russo - Cross My Heart Washboard Bill - All Ask For Me Homesick James - I Got To Move § @ youtube Mark Ross & John Brenner - Black Snake Moan John Hammond - I'm Tore Down // @ youtube Johnny Shines, Big Walter Horton & Sunnyland Slim - Midnight Darling / Hotel Alvin Blues Jam (instr) $ ("Hotel Alvin Blues Party") $ @ youtube Bukka White - Brownsville Tennessee \|\| @ youtube Bill Dicey & Sugar Blue - Spivey's Hoe Down Ralph Rush - Chump Man Blues Harvey Hill - When I've Been Drinking * @ youtube Louisiana Red - Rock Me Mama \\ Victoria Spivey - Closed Door [] # rec. March 24, 1974 in Brooklyn, NY; Larry Johnson, voc, ac g; Danny Russo, hca; Ted Stilles, el g * rec. c. 1960 in Chicago, IL; Harvey Hill, voc, g; Lafayette Leake, p; Willie Dixon, b § rec. mid 1960s in New York City; Homesick James, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Willie Dixon, perc $ rec. 1969/70 at Miss Delsey McKay's Hotel Alvin suite in New York City; Walter Horton, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Johnny Shines, g // rec. February 1970 in New York, NY; John P. Hammond, voc, g; Bill Dicey, hca; Roosevelt Sykes, p; Joseph "Washboard Doc" Doctor, wb \|\| rec. c. 1971 in New York, NY; Bukka White, voc, g \\ rec. 1974 in Bryam, CT; Louisiana Red, voc, hca; Bob Malenky, g; Gerry Gioia, dr [] rec. August 4, 1974 in Brooklyn, NY; Victoria Spivey, voc, uke; Danny Russo, hca; Ralph Rush, g; Dave Rosenthal, perc notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1015 (US 1974) (The release date "1970" given elsewhere is highly unlikely: 1. Watch the recording dates of the tracks included! 2. The LP has been reviewed in "Blues Unlimited" and "Living Blues" in 1975!) Spivey Records discography Homesick James discography John Hammond discography Johnny Shines discography Walter Horton discography Bukka White discography Harvey Hill discography
15	1974	Larry Johnson: Country Blues@ youtube (full album, but also "strange mash-up of Larry Johnson and Lil' Ed"!) - Blood Red River - One Room Country Shack - Saturday Evening Blues - Peace Breakin' People @ youtube - Walking Blues # - Mama-Less Rag - Red River Dam Blues - Nobody's Biz-Ness - Midnight Hour Blues - When Things Go Wrong @ youtube - Tell Me Mama # @ youtube rec. February 2, 1971; Larry Johnson, voc, g; John Hammond, hca & national steel g; # vocal duet; prod. by Arnold S. Caplin notes by Chris Albertson Biograph BLP-12028 (US 1974) = Biograph CD 138 (US 1995)"Midnight Hour Blues" Biograph Records discography
16	1976	Reverend Gary Davis: Sun Is Going Down - Sun Is Going Down * - Oh, What A Beautiful City (aka Twelve Gates To The City) * - Morning Train * - Fast Stepping Time * - Birdshead Special (aka Birmingham Special) - Long John - God's Unchanging Hand - We Are The Heavenly Father's Children rec. 1966 by Marzette Watts; Rev. Gary Davis, voc, g; * Larry Johnson, hca front cover photo by David Gahr notes by David Jansen Folkways FS 3542 (US 1976) Gary Davis discography
17	1980	The All Star Blues World from Spivey Records presents Victoria Spivey And Her "Danny Boy" Danny Russo with Danny Russo Band plus Lefty Dizz and Larry Johnson - I've Got The Blues So Bad - Victoria Spivey - Imagination - Danny Russo # - Fishing At 14 1/2 Cents A Pund - Victoria Spivey - Smokestack Lightnin' - Danny Russo - T.B. Blues - Victoria Spivey & Danny Russo - Jelly Oh Jelly - Victoria Spivey - Two Trains Running - Danny Russo - Don't You Wink Your Goo Goo Eyes At Me (I've Got A Baseball For You!) - Victoria Spivey & Danny Russo - Little Boy Blue - Danny Russo - Easy Blues For Victoria - Danny Russo & Joe Berson rec. March 24, 1974 - October 22, 1977in Brooklyn, New York and Chelsea House, Brattleboro, Vermont by Len Kunstadt; Victoria Spivey, voc, ukulele; Danny Russo, voc, hca; Joe Berson, hca; Seth Handleman, ts; Dane Mygind, p; Charlie Colatta, g; Ralph Rush, g; # Larry Johnson, g; [] Lefty Dizz, g; Tony Melio, g; Brian Bisesi, g; Ted Stilles, g; Barry S. Daggers, b; Dave Rosenthal, Harris Rosenfeld (Johnny Harris), Ralph Sobol, dr # rec. March 24, 1974 in Brooklyn, New York by Len Kunstadt; Danny Russo, voc, hca; Larry Johnson, g; notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey LP 1023 (US 1980) Spivey Records discography
18	1980	New York Really Has The "Blues Stars" (Vol. 2) Larry Johnson - Big Boss Man Andy Story - Sweet Little Angel Larry Johnson - Memphis Fives Nat Riddles - You Killing me Larry Johnson - Out With Wrong Woman Brenda Bell with Bob Shatkin & Nat Riddles (hca) - Call It Stormy Monday @ youtube Nat Riddles - Sonny Boy's Jump @ youtube Andy Story - Story Of Andy (guitar solo) Victoria Spivey & Muddy Waters Blues Band - Take Webster's Word For It prod. by Len Kunstadt; cover art & design by Nat Riddles notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey LP-1026 (US 1980) Spivey Records discography
19	1983	American Folk Blues Festival '83 In Memoriam Muddy Waters Louisiana Red & His Chicago Blues Friends - Louisiana Hot Sauce [previously unissued, from L+R LR 42.055 session] @ Spotify "Sparky" Rucker - Black Snake Moan [Spivey 1017] @ Spotify Louisiana Red & His Chicago Blues Friends - Future Blues [previously unissued, from L+R LR 42.055 session] @ Spotify Larry Johnson - Confusion [previously unissued, from L+R LR 42.046 session] @ youtube @ Spotify Larry Johnson & Nat Riddles - I Got The Blues [previously unissued, from L+R LR 42.046 session] @ youtube @ Spotify Lonnie Pitchford - Johnny Stole An Apple [L+R LR 42.037] @ youtube @ Spotify Louisiana Red & Carey Bell - Delta Fish Market Blues [previously unissued, from L+R LR 42.061 session] @ Spotify Lovie Lee - Mine To Ramble [Mind To Ramble] [previously unissued] @ Spotify - Lovie Lee's Boogie [previously unissued] @ Spotify Queen Sylvia's Blues Band - You Treat Me So Mean [previously unissued, from L+R LR 42.057 session] @ Spotify tracks from other (L+R) LPs, and unissued tracks gatefold LP notes by Horst Lippmann L+R 50.002 (Germany 1983) = Bellaphon CDLR 711525 (Germany 2008) L+R Records discography
20	1984	American Folk Blues Festival Live '83 LP 1: James "Sparky" Rucker - Rock Me Baby ^ @ Spotify - Here Rattler Here °° @ youtube - Crossroads @ Spotify - Come On In My Kitchen °° @ youtube Larry Johnson - Midnight Hour @ youtube @ Spotify - That's The Wrong Woman @ youtube @ Spotify Louisiana Red & His Chicago Blues Friends - Red's Tribute To Muddy Waters ^ # \|\| @ youtube @ Spotify - Boy From Black Bayou # \|\| @ Spotify - Gold Tail Bird # [] °° @ youtube - She Is Worse # \|\| @ Spotify LP 2: Lonnie Pitchford - One-String Boogie ^ @ youtube @ Spotify - My Baby Walked Away ^ @ Spotify - C.C. Rider @ youtube @ Spotify - Why I Sing The Blues °° @ youtube Louisiana Red & Carey Bell - When I Lay Down To Rest @ Spotify - Who's Louisiana Red @ Spotify - Reagan Is For The Rich Man @ Spotify Lovie Lee & Band - Flip, Flop, And Fly ^ @ youtube @ Spotify - Mind To Ramble ^ @ youtube @ Spotify - Iko-Iko @ youtube @ Spotify Queen Sylvia & Friends - I Love You ^ * @ youtube @ Spotify - Baby, What Do I Do ^ * @ youtube @ Spotify - New York Bound ^ °° °° not on CDLS 42063 rec. October 30, 1983 at Volksbildungsheim, Frankfurt a.M. ^ rec. November 11, 1983 at Music Hall, Würzburg # Louisiana Red, g, \|\| voc; Jimmy Rogers, g, [] voc; Carey Bell, hca; Lovie Lee, p; Queen Sylvia Embry, b; Charles "Honey Boy" Otis, dr * Sylvia Embry, voc, b; Carey Bell, hca; Lovie Lee, p; Jimmy Rogers, Louisiana Red, g; Charles "Honey Boy" Otis, dr liner photo by Norbert Hess gatefold DLP notes by Peter C. Goldsmith L+R 42.063 (Germany 1984) notes by Peter C. Goldsmith (=) L+R CDLS 42063 (Germany 1992) American Folk Blues Festival discography L+R Records discography
21	1983	Larry Johnson: Johnson! Where Did You Get That Sound? - Don't Get Mad With Me (Larry Johnson) - Davison County Blues (DeFord Bailey) * - Standing By My Window (Larry Johnson) - Crawdad Whole (Big Bill Broonzy) - You Can't Quit Me Baby (Blind Blake) - Evening Sun / Rock Me (Trad., arr. Nat Riddles) # @ youtube - Johnson! Where Did You Get That Sound? (Larry Johnson) - Little Boy Blue (Rice Miller Williamson) # - Who's Been Here Since I've Been Gone (Bo Carter) - C. C. Rider (Arent - Ma Rainey) - Step It Up And Go (Blind Boy Fuller) - Baby Quit Me, That's All (Larry Johnson) rec. June 22, 1982 at Fly Studios, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Larry Johnson, voc, g; Nat Riddles, * hca, # voc notes by Len Kunstadt L+R LR 42.046 (Germany 1983) L+R Records discography Nat Riddles discography
22	1984	Larry Johnson & Nat Riddles featuring The Doctor's Basin Free Larry Johnson (voc./guitar) & Nat Riddles (hca) - I Believe (from Robert Johnson) @ youtube - Katie Mae (from Lightnin' Hopkins) - Basin Free (Larry Johnson) - Sally, Where You Get That Liquor From (from Gary Davis) - Little Woman, You're So Sweet (from Blind Boy Fuller) - John Henry (Trad.) - Mama Don't Allow (from Chas. Davenport) - Baby Let Me Lay It On You (from Gary Davis) - Now You Have Two Hearts (from Chuck Bradford) - Sundown Blues (from Alec Johnson) - Cab Driver (from Carson Parks) - Sugar Babe (from Roosevelt Sykes) Victoria Spivey - Good Sissages (V. Spivey) prod. by Len Kunstadt notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey LP 1034 Spivey Records discography Nat Riddles discography
23	1986	National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Four Dr. Ross - Chicago Breakdown - That's All Right, Mama - Biscuit Baking Woman Booker T. Laury - Woman I Love Lives In Memphis, Tennessee - Disco Strut Son Thomas - Roll And Tumble Henry & Vernell Townsend - The Tears Come Rolling Down Henry Townsend - Standing Looking Out The Window Larry Johnson - The Wrong Woman - Can't You Hear The Angels Singing? Hezekiah & The Houserockers - Downhome Blues Southland SLP-24 (US 1986) (=) Southland SCD-22 (along with Southland SLP-23) Southland Records discography
24	1990	Larry Johnson: Railroad Man - I Been Watching You - Johnson, Where'd You Get That Band - Johnson's Early Morning Blues - Railroad Man - Summer Sun - Flip To Flop - Evil - Two Hearts - When I'm In Your Arms - Gone With The Blues rec. 1990 at Falconer Studio, London, England; Larry Johnson, voc, g; Richard Studholme, g; Julian Taylor, b; Steve Thorneycroft, dr; prod. by John Stedman notes by Norman Darwen JSP JSPCD 237 (UK 1990) notes by Norman Darwen = JSP JSPCD 2136 (UK 1999)
25	1995	The Prestige/Folklore Years Vol. 2: The New City Blues Dave Van Ronk - Cocaine Blues [Prestige INT 13056 / FL 14012] - Death Letter Blues [Prestige/Folklore FL 14001] Jesse Fuller - Red River Blues [Prestige PR 7368] - How Long Blues [Prestige PR 7368] - San Francisco Bay Blues [Prestige PR 7718] Geoff Muldaur - Sleepy Man Blues [Prestige/Folklore 14004] - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues [Prestige/Folklore 14004] Tracy Nelson - Motherless Child Blues - Startin' For Chicago - Ramblin' Man by Eric Von Schmidt - Crow Jane [Prestige PR 7717] - Light Rain [Prestige PR 7384] - Kennedy Blues [Prestige PR 7384] Tom Rush - Orphan's Blues Larry & Hank - If You Don't Want Me Baby # [Prestige PR 7472] - Watchdog Blues # [Prestige PR 7472] - Four Women Blues # [Prestige PR 7472] The New Strangers - Alberta [Prestige/Folklore 14027] # Larry Johnson & Hank Adkins notes by Samuel Charters Prestige PRCD 9902-2 (US 1995) = Big Beat CDWIKD 135 (UK 1995) Bluesville Records discography Dave Van Ronk discography Jesse Fuller discography Eric von Schmidt discography Danny Kalb discography
26	1998	The Bluesville Years, Vol. 6 "Blues Sweet Carolina Blues" Pink Anderson - Meet Me In The Bottom - Baby I'm Going Away - Mama Where Did You Stay Last Night - Baby, Please Don't Go Baby Tate - See What You Done Done - Baby, You Just Don't Know - Hey Mama - Hey Pretty Girl - What Have I Done To You? Sonny Terry - Callin' My Mama - Ida Mae Baby Tate - Trucking Them Blues Away - Lonesome Over There - Dupree Blues Pink Anderson - That's No Way To Do - Weeping Willow Blues - My Baby Left Me This Morning - Ain't Nobody Home But Me Reverend Gary Davis - The Boy Was Kissing The Girl (And Playing The Guitar At The Same Time) - Candy Man Larry Johnson - Tell You Women 'Bout Me - Whiskey Store Blues - Take These Blues Off My Mind Brownie McGhee - One Thing For Sure notes by Samuel Charters Prestige PRCD 9914-2 (US 1998) Bluesville Records discography Pink Anderson discography Baby Tate discography Reverend Gary Davis discography Larry Johnson discography
27	????	Guitar Showdown at the Dusk 'til Dawn Blues Festival An Oklahoma Blues Heritage CD - Hide Away - D.C. Minner - You Told Me Baby - Tony Matthews - Want A Big Fat Woman - Berry Harris - The Blues Is Alright - Larry Johnson # - Back Door Man - Flash Terry - My Name Is Little D.D. - Donald Dunn - Rock Me Baby - D.C. Minner - 12 Bar Instrumental - Herbie Welch - Dust My Blues - Tony Matthews - More And More - Flash Terry - Sweet 16 - Larry Johnson # # rec. September 1, 1996 live at the 6th Dusk 'til Dawn Blues Festival, Rentiesville, OK; Larry Johnson, voc, g notes by Kerry Kudlacek Texas Road CD no #
28	1998 3 CD set	The Blue Horizon Story 1965-1970 Vol. 1 disc 1 - The Pre-CBS Years: - Across The Board - Hubert Sumlin - Sumlin Boogie - Hubert Sumlin - Baby You Just Don't Know - Woodrow Adams with Boogie Blues Blasters - Winehead Woman - Woodrow Adams with Boogie Blues Blasters - Christmas Time (Part 1) - Jimmy McCracklin - Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenore - I Don't Care What Nobody Say - J.B. Lenore - Mean Old World - Doctor Isaiah Ross - Someone To Love Me - T.S. McPhee - I Feel So Good - Jo Ann Kelly - Good Morning Baby - Drifting Slim - My Sweet Woman - Drifting Slim - Lonely Years - John Mayall & Eric Clapton - Bernard Jenkins - John Mayall & Eric Clapton - Superintendent Blues - Houston Boines - Monkey Motion - Houston Boines - Can't Quit You Baby - Savoy Brown's Blues Band - Get Your Head Happy - Champion Jack Dupree with T.S. McPhee - Talk All In My Sleep - Champion Jack Dupree with T.S. McPhee - Hot Rock - Stone's Masonry - Christine - Hound Dog Taylor - Come Back - 'Little' Mack Simmons & His Boys - My Walking Blues - 'Little' Mack Simmon And His Boys - It's So Miserable To Be Alone - Eddie Boyd (with Peter Green and John McVie) - Empty Arms - Eddie Boyd (with Peter Green and John McVie) disc 2 - The CBS Years - part One: - I Believe My Time Ain't Long - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - Warning - Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - When My Left Eye Jumps - The Chicken Shack Featuring Stan Webb (with Christine Perfect) - She Drives Me Out Of My Mind - Arthur K. Adams - The Big Boat - Eddie Boyd (with Peter Green and John McVie) - Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac - Prison Bound Blues - Roosevelt Holts - Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac - How Am I Doing - Champion Jack Dupree with Stan Webb - Can't Do Me No Good - Otis Spann - The Woman I Love - B.B. King - You Don't Have To Go - Curtis Jones - Albatross [instr] - Fleetwood Mac - Since My Baby Hit The Numbers - Guitar Crusher Jimmy Spruill O - Next Time You See Me - Garfield Love Jimmy Spruill Orchestra - Solid Gold - Johnny Shines - Layin' In My Cell, Sleepin' - Sunnyland Slim - It's Hard But It's Fair - Bobby Parker - I Couldn't Quit My Baby - Bobby Parker - Stumbling Block - Champion Jack Dupree - I'd Rather Go Blind - Chicken Shack (with Christine Perfect) - Temperature Is Rising (98.8) - Otis Spann With Fleetwood Mac - All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Otis Rush And His Band disc 3 - The CBS Years - part Two: - Everything Gonna Be Alright - Magic Sam - Hideaway - Chicken Shack - My Baby's Gone - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards (with Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood) - Mandy Lee - Coyne Clague - Too Long - Gordon Smith - You Don't Know My Mind - Mississippi Joe Callicott - Judge Harsh Blues - Furry Lewis - Drifting Blues - Bukka White - Southern Train - Larry Johnson - Tears In The Wind - Chicken Shack - I'm Gonna Wind Up Ending Up Or I'm Gonna End Up Winding Up With You - Duster Bennett - She Wants To Rock 'N' Roll - Harmonica Slim - Moaning And Groaning - Johnny Young - Someday Your Gonna Learn (To Treat Me Right) - George Smith - Ridin' The Blinds - Top Topham - Boom Boom (Out Goes The Lights) - Bacon Fat - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu - Jellybread - Crazy 'Bout You Baby - Christine Perfect - Voodoo Rhythym - Key Largo - I Want You To Love Me - Duster Bennett - I'm Gonna Leave You - Martha Velez - Blues Feeling - Bacon Fat prod. by Mike Vernon 3 CD box set Columbia 488992-2 (UK/EU 10/1998) 3 CD set = Columbia 828768620823 (EU 2006) 3 CD set = Sony MHCP-1204/6 (Jp 11/2006) Blue Horizon Records discography
29	1999	Larry Johnson: Blues For Harlem - Mr. Johnson Sound (Johnson) - Mean Ol' Frisco (Crudup) - Banks Of The River (Davis) - Trouble In Mind (Jones) - Sally Where You Get Your Liquor From (Davis) - Blues For Harlem (Johnson) - That's Alright Mama (Crudup) - Hear The Angels Singing (Johnson) - Jesus Loves Me (Trad. arr. Johnson) - Don't You Leave Me Here (Trad. arr. Johnson) - Ma Story Should Be Told (Johnson) - The Reverend And Me - A Tribute (Trad. arr. Johnson) Swing Low Sweet Chariot Give Me Back Me Glory Death Don't Have No Mercy - Interview with Larry Johnson # - Things I Used To Do (Jones) rec. June 1999 in Buckingham, England; Larry Johnson, voc, g, # sp; prod. by Bernie Marsden, Michael Roach & Larry Johnson notes by Sheldon Harris Armadillo CD ARMD 00005 (UK 1999)
30	2002	Larry Johnson: Two Gun Green - Can't Last Very Long - Late Last Night - Midnight Train - I Used To Be Down - Old Time Religion - Evening Sun Go Down - Two Gun Green - Goodnight Irene - Back To The Groove - Charlie Stone rec. July 30, 2001 at The Grange, Norfolk, England; Larry Johnson, voc, g; with Brian Kramer & The Couch Lizards: Brian Kramer, Metal Dobro, National Slide Guitars, backing voc; Mats Qwarfordt, hca, backing voc; Pa Ulander, upright b, backing voc; Jim O'Leary, dr, perc, backing voc notes by Samuel Charters, Brian Kramer, Kevin Thorpe Armadillo CD ARMD 00013 (UK 2002)
31	2004	The Gentle Side Of Larry Johnson - Pioneer Blues - Charley Stone - Take This Hammer - Hang Your Head Over - Pick A Bale Of Cotton - Keep Your Home Fire Burning - Give Me Back My Glory - I Got The Blues - Mean Ol' Frisco - That's Alright Mama Medley: - Blues In E - Blues Before Sunrise - I Can't Afford To Loose My Gal - Old Time Religion rec. June 11-13, 1999 live at the Stamford Arts Centre in Stamford, England; Larry Johnson, voc, g; prod. by Michael Roach, Bernie Marsden & Larry Johnson notes (May 23, 2000) by Michael Roach Stella STCD 006 (UK 2004)
32	2007	Larry Johnson: My Story Should Be Told - Trouble In Mind # - Stop That Noise Up There # - You Gonna Look Like A Monkey When You Get Old # - My Story Should Be Told # - Larry talks about Lightnin' Hopkins # - That's All Right # - Can't You Hear Angels Singing # - Larry pays tribute to Rev. Gary Davis # - Sleepy Time In Harlem / The Things I Used To Do # Rare prevously unreleased bonus tracks: - Back Pack Blues - Death Don't Have No Mercy - There's A Bright Side Somewhere # rec. February 2007 live in New York Front cover photo by Paula Botstein Liner photo by Sid Sutter notes by Billy Altman ZBark Records ZBR 507 [never officially released]
33	2014	Black Roots The Films of Lionel Rogosin, Volume II: "Come Back, Africa" (1959) + "Black Roots" (1970) "Black Roots" Larry Johnson - How Long Blues Gary Davis - I Belong To The Band (acc. Larry Johnson, g; Wende Smith, tamb) Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy (voc, g) @ youtube Jim Collier (voc, g) - I Want To Be Somebody (duet with Wende Smith, voc, tamb) Jim Collier - Burn, Baby, Burn (acc. by Wende Smith) Florynce 'Flo' Kennedy (sp) reflecting on her parents defiance of the Klan and oppressive whites Rev. Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick tells a tale about sharecropping in Louisiana 1970 film by Lionel Rogosin (1924-2000): "In Black Roots, set in the intimacy of a small cafe, five individuals exchange biographical anecdotes and make music in a compelling and honest distillation of Black history and culture." movie clip Blue-Ray Milestone Films (US 2014) DVD, 2 disc set Milestone Films (US 2014)
34	2014	The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3 disc 1: The 1960s Mance Lipscomb - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50) John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (3:19) Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (4:05) Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (2:48) Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:03) Lonnie Johnson - Moaning Blues (4:01) Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' (4:06) Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You (2:45) Scrapper Blackwell - Shady Lane (5:27) Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (3:07) Pete Franklin - Prison Bound (4:21) Shirley Griffith - Bye Bye Blues (4:11) R.C. Smith - Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:25) Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Woman (3:36) Baby Tate - What Have I Done To You (2:42) Leroy Dallas - She Caught The M & O (3:43) Sleepy John Estes - Vernita's Blues (2:19) J.D. Short - I'm Just Wastin' My Time (5:25) Muddy Waters - Feel Like Going Home (3:52) Buddy Moss - Amy (2:42) Johnny Young - Want My Lovin' (3:30) Arvella Gray - Corrine, Corrina (2:13) Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53) Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Alberta (2:56) disc 2: The 1970s Son House - Empire State Express (3:41) Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Lines (3:59) J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (2:59) Skip James - Sickbed Blues (4:06) R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (2:45) Furry Lewis - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (3:46) Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues (3:04) John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:15) Babe Stovall - Worried Blues (3:33) Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road #2 (4:20) Larry Johnson - Four Women Blues (2:33) Jack Owens - I Love My Baby (4:50) Johnny Shines - Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine (4:18) Brownie McGhee - My Last Suit (3:53) Juke Boy Bonner - Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:26) Tarheel Slim - So Sweet, So Sweet (3:19) Tom Shaw - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (5:44) Eddie Taylor - Bullcow Blues (3:10) Bill Williams - Salty Dog (4:37) Guitar Shorty - Jessie Jones (3:58) Rev. Pearly Brown - It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In (2:24) Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (3:56) David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:56) Henry Townsend - Can't You See (3:18) front cover photo (of Big Joe Williams) by Axel Küstner 112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)

Nat Riddles with Len Kunstadt and Larry Johnson (photo courtesy Charles Hilbert)

Nat Riddles with Len Kunstadt and Larry Johnson
source: Back cover of Spivey LP 1034

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Larry Johnson, Hank Adkins, Son House, Skip James & Victoria Spivey at the Cafe Au Go Go, New York City, November 1965
source: Back cover of 1984 Spivey LP 1034 "Larry Johnson & Nat Riddles featuring The Doctor's Basin Free"; photographer: Len Kunstadt

Portrait from Blues Who's Who 1979, p. 284 ('courtesy Sing Out Magazine')

source: Booklet accompanying Armadillo CD ARMD 00013 (2002)
photographer: Theresa Hemp

Sam Charters and Larry Johnson
source: Booklet accompanying Armadillo CD ARMD 00013 (2002)
photographer: Brian Kramer

- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 105
FANCOURT, Leslie: Blue Horizon records 1965 - 1972, A discography.- p. 24-25
FANCOURT, Les & Bob MCGRATH: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 269, 480-481, 578-582
FORD, Robert & Bob MCGRATH: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 229-230, 472
HARRIS, Sheldon: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 283-284
KORMANN, Ken: In the footsteps of the Reverend - A blues master returns to the spotlight.- Acoustic Guitar Jan. 1998, p. 21-22
LEADBITTER, Mike & Neil SLAVEN: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York 1968
LEADBITTER, Mike & Neil SLAVEN: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- p. 709-710
LIVING BLUES Spring '74 p. 16-22
PEABODY, Dave: We go for entertainment now. Dave Peabody finds Larry Johnson has returned to New York, October 1980.- Blues Unlimited No. 140 (1981), p. 40-42
RUSH, Ralph: A Conversation with Larry Johnson.- Sing Out 23/3 (1974), p. 1-3
TILLING, Robert: Oh, What A Beautiful City - A Tribute to Rev. Gary Davis 1896-1972.- Jersey 1992
WIEBEN, Gerd: Larry Johnson - Auf dem Kreuzzug für den Country-Blues.- Blues Forum 14 (1984), p. 14-18
WIEBEN, Gerd: Larry Johnson Diskografie.- Blues Forum 17/18 (1985), p. 18-19

Thanks to Bob Eagle, Gerrit Robs, Milosch Fuerst, jun., Gérard Herzhaft, Marc Claes, Hank Moore, Scott Barretta, Gary Wheelock, Brian Kramer, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva, Max Hoeffner and Howard Rye for additional info / scans

Larry Johnson on 1974 Sing Out! cover

Larry Johnson pages at www.bluearmadillo.com
Larry Johnson Blues Pages
by John Irving
Profile for 10th Annual DC Blues Society Festival
Larry Johnson L' héritier du Piedmont Blues
Larry Johnson interview by S. Nelson
1974 John Jackson, Larry Johnson, Victoria Spivey video clip
(The Say Brother Collection)

**Southeast Blues further reading**
Bastin, Bruce: Crying for the Carolines.- London (Studio Vista) 1971	Bastin, Bruce: Red River Blues - The Blues Tradition in the Southeast.- Chicago (University of Illinois Press) 1986	Bastin, Bruce: Truckin' My Blues Away - East Coast Piedmont Styles.- in: Cohn, Lawrence: Nothing But The Blues - The Music and the Musicians.- New York, London, Paris (Abbeville Press) 1993, p. 205 - 231