Illustrated Luther 'Georgia Boy'/'Snake' Johnson discography

source: "Les Génies du Blues" Volume 5.- Paris (Edition Atlas) 1993, p. 62
photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir
Luther "Georgia Boy"/"Snake" Johnson
should not be confused
with Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson or Luther "Houserocker" Johnson

Luther 'Georgia Boy' / 'Snake' Johnson
né Lucious Brinson Johnson a/k/a "Georgia Boy Snake", "Shakey Snake" or even "Creepin' Snake", but never ~~"Snake Boy"~~, except for two generally incorrectly annotated French CDs, the late Cub Coda's review at AllMusic and a parroting en.wikipedia article
b. August 30, ~~1934~~ 1941¹⁾ in Davisboro, Washington County, Georgia
played in Muddy Waters' band "by July 1966, was briefly replaced by (Big) Smokey Smothers in early 1967, but back by April 1967. He left Muddy by August 1969." (Bob Eagle @ facebook, 09/14/2019)
d. March 18, 1976 at Mount Elizabeth's Hospital in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
buried at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Mattapan, Massachusetts
discography

¹⁾ according to death certificate; see also headstone. Bob Eagle @ facebook, 09/14/2019: "I found what I believe is his entry in the 1940 census. The spelling is in doubt but seems to be Louisa (or Louiss, or Louise), son: 6 months. So, I believe his birth year was 1939. Location was, as reported, Davisboro township."

#	year of release	title / label / notes
	1964	LITTLE LUTHER - Eenie Meenie Minie Moe (13391) @ youtube - Twirl (13392) @ youtube rec. February 21, 1964 in ~~Chicago, IL~~ New York City, NY; ~~Luther Johnson~~ Luther Thomas, voc, g; org; g; b; dr "Actually it is Luther Thomas, a New York performer who also recorded for AN APT RECORDING, Criss Cross and Tarx." (Bob Eagle) Checker 1090 (US 1964) = Pye International 7N.25266 (UK 1964)
1	1966	The Bluesmen of the Muddy Waters Chicago Blues Band Band - Chicago Slide (1:45) @ youtube Luther Johnson - Creepin' Snake (3:47) @ youtube George Smith - Lookout Victoria (2:45) Otis Spann - You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now # (3:50) Victoria Spivey - Take Webster's Word For It (5:45) Band - Theme (1:15) Otis Spann - Ain't Nobody's Business What I Do # (5:25) Luther Johnson - Born In Georgia (2:00) @ youtube Victoria Spivey - Trouble Hurts (2:45) Band - Watermelon Man (4:15) George Smith - Old Ugly Man Like Me (3:10) @ youtube Victoria Spivey - Gave It All To Me (5:05) P-Vine CD bonus tracks: Otis Spann - You Know You Don't Love Me Baby - Why Don't You Leave Me Alone rec. November 25, 1966 in New York City, NY; Victoria Spivey, voc; Otis Spann, p, # org, voc; George Smith, hca, voc; Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, g, voc; Samuel Lawhorn, g; "Main Stream" (Muddy Waters, prob. does not play on all tracks), g; Francis Clay, dr photos by Len Kunstadt notes by Len Kunstadt "Spivey Record Productions - 65 Grand Ave. Brooklyn, New York 11205" "Spivey" in serif typeface! Spivey 1008 (US 1966) (=) P-Vine PCD-93206 (Jp 2009) Spivey Records discography Muddy Waters discography Otis Spann discography George Smith discography
2	1966	Big Mama Thornton with Muddy Waters' Blues Band resp. Big Mama the Queen at Monterey resp. Big Mama Thornton Vol. 2@ youtube (full album playlist) - I'm Feeling Alright - Sometimes I Have A Heartache - Black Rat - Life Goes On - Everything Gonna Be Alright - Bumble Bee - Gimme A Penny - Looking The World Over - I Feel The Way I Feel - My Love rec. April 25, 1966 in San Francisco, CA; Big Mama Thornton, voc, hca, dr; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, ~~Sammy Lawhorn~~ Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson, g; ~~Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson~~ Jimmy Lee Morris, b; Francis Clay, dr Arhoolie 1032 (US 1966) = Trio PA-3053 (Jp 1967) Arhoolie Records discography etc., etc., etc. @ discogs
3	1967	John Lee Hooker Live At Cafe Au Go-Go - I'm Bad Like Jesse James @ youtube - She's Long, She's Tall (She Weeps Like A Willow Tree) @ youtube - When My First Wife Left Me @ youtube - Heartaches And Misery @ youtube - One Bourbon, One Scotch One Beer @ youtube - I Don't Want No Trouble @ youtube - I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive @ youtube - Seven Days And Seven Nights @ youtube CD bonus tracks (Live at Soledad Prison): - What's The Matter Baby @ youtube - Lucille @ youtube - Boogie Everywhere I Go @ youtube - Serves Me Right To Suffer @ youtube - Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang @ youtube LP rec. August 20, 1966 "at the Café Au Go-Go" [actually studio recordings with an audience] in New York City by Rudy Van Gelder; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, gs; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr; though listed on sleeve, George Smith does not appear; prod. by Bob Thiele notes by Stanley Dance Bluesway BL-6002 (US 1967) (mono) Bluesway BLS-6002 (US 1967) (stereo) = Bluesway/King SR-248 (Jp 1969) = Mediterraneo-Movieplay TK 3029 (Sp 1976) notes by Stanley Dance = Beat Goes On BGOLP/BGOCD 39 (UK 1989) Bluesway Records discography Muddy Waters discography Otis Spann discography Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson discography etc., etc., etc. @ discogs
3a	3/1967	Otis Spann: The Blues Is Where It's At - Popcorn Man # @ youtube - Brand New House # @ youtube - Chicago Blues # * @ youtube - Steel Mill Blues (= Five Long Years) @ youtube - Down On Sarah Street # @ youtube - T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do # @ youtube - Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do (Stanley Dance's subtitle: "Party Blues") # @ youtube - My Home Is On The Delta [sic] * @ youtube - Spann Blues # @ youtube rec. August 30, 1966 "at the Café Au Go-Go" [actually studio recordings with an audience] in New York City, N.Y.; Otis Spann, voc, p; # George Smith, hca [without amplification]; Sammy Lawhorn, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson [except "My Home Is On The Delta"], * Muddy Waters, g; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele photography by Charles Shabacon notes by Stanley Dance Bluesway BL-6003 (mono) (US 3/1967) notes by Stanley Dance = Bluesway BLS-6003 (stereo) (US 3/1967) notes by Stanley Dance Sparton/ABC BL 6003 (mono) (Ca 1967) notes by Stanley Dance = Sparton/ABC BLS 6003 (stereo) (Ca 1967) notes by Stanley Dance = His Master's Voice CLP 3609 (mono) (UK 1967) notes by Stanley Dance = His Master's Voice CSD 3609 (stereo) (UK 1967) = Stateside SSLM 6042 (New Zealand 1967) notes by Patrice Blanc-Francard = Stateside CSSX 240.759 (stereo) (Fr 1968) notes by Stanley Dance = Probe IPR-8191 (Jp 1973) notes by Stanley Dance = MCA 204 927 (Fr 1982) notes by Bez Turner = Charly CRB-1062 (UK 1983) "Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do" notes by Stanley Dance = Crosscut CCR 1016 (Germany 1987) notes by Wolfgang Quander = (AMIGA 8 56 566) Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin 0760 063 (LP) (GDR 1990) "Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do" (Blues Collection Nr. 17) = Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin/(Amiga) DSB 0460 063 (cassette) (GDR 1990) "Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do" (Blues Collection Nr. 17) notes by Stanley Dance = Beat Goes On BGOCD 221 (UK 1994) notes by Bill Dahl (=) MCA MCAD-11202 (US 1995) "Down To Earth - The Bluesway Recordings" (Bluesway 6003 + 6013) Bluesway Records discography Muddy Waters discography George 'Harmonica' Smith discography
4	1968	Luther Georgia Boy Snake Johnson with The Muddy Waters Blues Band@ youtube (full album) - Long Distance Call * (3:50) @ Spotify - Chicken Shack (instr) * (3:04) @ youtube @ Spotify - Love 'n' Trouble * (3:19) @ Spotify - Mini Dress * (2:30) @ youtube - Looking For My Baby (3:40) @ Spotify - Watch Dog # * (3:03) @ Spotify - Mud In Your Ear (instr) * (3:40) @ Spotify - I'm So Glad # * (3:13) @ Spotify - Love Without Jealousy # * (2:20) @ youtube - Excuse Me Baby (2:10) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. September 1967 at Impact Sound Studio, New York; Luther ~~"Georgi Boy"~~ "Georgia Boy" Johnson, voc (except #), g; George "Mojo" Buford, * hca, # voc; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, g; ~~"Sammy Langhorn"~~ Sammy Lawhorn, lead g; Little Sonny Wimberley, b; Francis Clay, dr; prod. by Muddy Waters & Bob Messinger The hamonicist on the back cover photo (far right) is not Mojo Buford, but rather Birmingham Jones, who had been a member of the Muddy Waters Band for a short timespan before this LP was recorded! notes by Bob Messinger Douglas SD 781 (US 1968) [Alan Douglas' label] = Douglas SD 781 (Ca 1968) "Muddy Water [sic] Blues Band" on label side 1 - no mention of Luther Johnson on both labels! notes by Bob Messinger = Transatlantic TRA 188 (UK 1969) some tracks reissued on Muse MR 5008 (1973) and Muse MR 5021 (1975) & Wienerworld (2012)
5	1967	Sky Saxon Blues Band: A Full Spoon Of Seedy Blues - Pretty Girl (Luther Johnson) - Moth And The Flame - I'll Help You (Carry Your Money To The Bank) - Cry Wolf - Plain Spoken (Muddy Waters) - The Gardener - One More Time Blues (Luther Johnson) - Creepin' About - Buzzin' Around group includes members of the Seeds: Jan Savage, g, gong, voc; Sky Saxon, lead voc, b; Daryl Hooper, p, org, sitar, voc and (not credited) The Muddy Waters Band: Luther 'Snake' Johnson, g; George 'Harmonica' Smith, hca notes by Muddy Waters GNP Crescendo GNP/GNPS 2040 (US 1967) = Line/Impact IMLP 4.00176 (Germany 1982) (as by "The Seeds") notes by Alan Robinson and Lord Tim Hudson (=) Edsel DIAB 8039 (UK 2001) etc., etc., etc. @ discogs. com
6	1968	Luther Georgia Boy Snake Johnson: Come On Home with The Muddy Waters Blues Band - Comin' Home Baby (instr) @ Spotify - Top Of The Boogaloo - Blues For Hippies @ youtube - Remember Me # @ Spotify - Evil - Sad Day Uptown @ Spotify - Digging My Potatoes @ Spotify - Sting It - Natural Hair Wig - Snake [actually "Why'd You Do Me"] rec. 1968 at Impact Sound Studio, New York; Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson, g, voc; # George "Mojo" Buford, voc; Paul Oscher, hca (except #); Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, g, Pee Wee Madison, g; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Muddy Waters & Bob Messinger notes by Bob Messinger Douglas SD 789 (US 1968) some tracks reissued on Muse MR 5008 (1973) and Muse MR 5021 (1975) & Wienerworld (2012)
6	1968	Encore! for the Chicago Blues Muddy Waters Blues Men - Yes Sir! Boss (instr) # @ youtube Harvey Hill - I Feel So Good @ youtube Koko Taylor - I'm Looking For A Man @ youtube Memphis Slim - Chicago To Paris @ youtube Babe Stovall - My Brown Is A Mistreater @ youtube Big Joe Williams (with Short Stuff Macon) - Move Your Hand @ youtube Olive Brown - Woman's Lament @ youtube J.B. Lenoir - Korea Blues @ youtube Washboard Sam's Band - Chicago Rock @ youtube Victoria Spivey - T B Blues @ youtube Willie Dixon - Brooklyn Going To Be My Home @ youtube John Hammond - Squeeze My Lemon John Henry Barbee - Six Week Old Blues @ youtube Viola Wells - See See Rider @ youtube Homesick James - Somebody's Been Talkin' @ youtube Roosevelt Sykes - Dirty Mother Fuyer @ youtube # rec. November 25, 1966 in New York; Otis Spann, p, org; George Smith, hca; Luther 'Georgia Boy' / 'Snake' Johnson, b; "Main Stream" (Muddy Waters), Samuel Lawhorn, g; Francis Clay, dr notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1009 (US 1968) Spivey Records discography John Henry Barbee discography John Hammond discography Homesick James discography J.B. Lenoir discography Shortstuff Macon discography Babe Stovall discography Roosevelt Sykes discography Big Joe Williams discography
		- Blues Riff (instr) - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had # - Bloodstains On The Wall - Hoochie Coochie Man No. 2 - Long Distance Call - Country Boy - Got My Mojo Working No. 2 - What's Getting Wrong With Me - Have You Ever Been Mistreated? rec. October 21, 1968 at The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, UK; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Paul Oscher, hca, Otis Spann, p, # voc; Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Pee Wee Madison, g; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr recording from BBC TV originally unissued Python PLB-BB 902 # JSP LP 1070 Python Records discography JSP Records discography
7	1968	Otis Spann: The Bottom Of The Blues@ youtube (full album playlist) - Heart Loaded With Trouble - Diving Duck - Shimmy Baby # - Look Like Twins * - I'm A Fool # - My Man # - Down To Earth # - Nobody Knows - Doctor Blues rec. November 20, 1967 in New York City; Otis Spann, voc, p; # Lucille Spann, voc; * Muddy Waters, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Sam Lawhorn, g; George Buford, hca; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele photographer: Dennis Chalkin notes by Sheldon Harris Bluesway BLS 6013 stereo (US 1968) / (US 1970s repress) notes by Sheldon Harris = EMI Stateside SL 10255 mono / SSL 10255 stereo (UK 1968) notes by Sheldon Harris = Philips 843533 BY stereo (Germany 1968) notes by Sheldon Harris = Beat Goes On BGOLP 92 stereo (UK 1990) = Beat Goes On BGOCD 92 (UK 1990) (=) MCA 11202 (US 1995) Bluesway Records discography Otis Spann discography Lucille Spann discography Mojo Buford discography Muddy Waters discography etc., etc., etc. @ discogs.com
8	1968	The Bluesmen of the Muddy Waters Chicago Blues Band Volume 2 with Otis Spann, Lucille Spann, Luther Johnson, Sammy Lawhorn, Little Sonny Wimberley, S.P. Leary, Paul Oscher, Pee Wee Madison, Willie Smith They Done It Again!@ youtube (full album playlist) - Blues Trot (instr) # (3:35) # (Otis Spann, p) @ youtube - Diving Mama (2:45) * (Otis Spann & Victoria Spivey, voc) @ youtube - Been Hurt (3:20) # (Luther Johnson, voc) @ youtube - Last Night (6:05) * (Pee Wee Madison, voc) @ youtube - Blues For Spivey (instr) (5:40) # (Otis Spann, p) @ youtube - Wonder Why (2:40) ## (Lucille & Otis Spann, voc) # @ youtube - Funky Broadway (4:15) (Little Sonny Wimberley, voc) @ youtube - Mother and Son (10:05) * (Otis Spann & Victoria Spivey, voc) @ youtube - How Much More (3:25) * (Sammy Lawhorn, voc) @ youtube - She's My Baby (2:35) # (Otis Spann, voc, p) @ youtube P-Vine CD bonus tracks: - Yes Sir! Boss (Muddy Waters Blues Men) [Spivey 1009, rec. November 25, 1966] - Take Webster's Word For It (alt tk) (Victoria Spivey & Muddy Waters Blues Men) [Spivey 1026, rec. November 25, 1966] - I'm A Bad Boy (Otis Spann) [Spivey 1013, rec. April 1969] - Going Back Home (Otis Spann) [Spivey 1013, rec. April 1969] # rec. 1967 in New York, NY; Otis Spann, voc, org, p; ## Lucille Spann, voc; Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, g; Sammy Lawhorn, g; Little Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr * rec. 1968 in New York, NY; Otis Spann, voc, org, p; Victoria Spivey, voc; Paul Oscher, hca; Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, g; Sammy Lawhorn, g; James 'Pee Wee' Madison, b; Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, dr front cover photos (top to bottom): Otis and Lucille Spann (Dennis Chalkin), Willie Smith and James Madison (Pete Lowry), Sammy Lawhorn (Len Kunstadt), Lawrence Wimberley (Pete Lowry), Victoria Spivey (Len Kunstadt), ~~Willie Smith~~ James Madison and Paul Oscher (Pete Lowry), Luther Johnson (Pete Lowry) notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1010 (US 1968) notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1010 (US 196?) notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1010 (US 196?) notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1010 (US 196?) = P-Vine PCD-93209 (Jp 2009) Spivey Records discography Otis Spann discography Lucille Spann discography George Smith discography Muddy Waters discography
9	1968	George Smith & The Chicago Blues Band: Blues With A Feeling A Tribute to Little Walter World Pacific WPS 21887 / Liberty LBS 83218 track sequence: - Mellow Down Easy * - Can't Hold Out Much Longer - My Babe * - Juke # - West Helena Woman # - Tell Me Mama # - Last Night # - You Better Watch Yourself # - Key To The Highway # - Everything Gonna Be Alright # * - Too Late * rec. October 2-4, 1968 at Liberty Studios, Los Angeles, CA; George Smith, voc, hca; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, g; Lawrence 'Little Sonny' Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, d; # Marshall Hooks, g; * Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, g; prod. by Steve LaVere & Pete Welding Capitol CD 36288 track sequence: disc 1 Shakey Jake Harris - Everything Gonna Be Alright - Hold That Bus, Conductor - Strollin' The Strip (instr) - Respect Me Baby - I Will Always Love You - Three Times Seven - Farther On Up The Road - A Hard Road To Travel - Save Your Money, Baby - Too Hot To Hold (instr) - Long Distance Call - Don't Answer The Door [previously unissued] @ youtube - Love Me Baby [previously unissued] Lucille Spann - Chains Of Love [previously unissued, no harmonica (Shakey Jake) to be heard!] @ youtube James Cotton - Sky Is Falling - Long Distance Operator - I'm A Free Man - Can't Live Without Love - Kiddy Boy disc 2 George Smith - Mellow Down Easy - Can't Hold On Much Longer - My Babe - Juke - West Helena Woman - Tell Me Mama - Last Night - You Better Watch Yourself - Key To The Highway - Everything's Gonna Be Alright - Too Late Lucille Spann - Love With A Feelin' [previously unissued, no harmonica (George Smith) to be heard!] @ youtube George Smith - Goin' Down Slow [previously unissued] @ youtube - Just A Feelin' (tks 1 &/or 2?) [previously unissued] @ youtube James Cotton - She Moves Me - Tonight I Wanna Love Me A Stranger - Nose Open - Goodbye My Lady - Georgia Swing compiled by Billy Vera Beat Goes On BGOCD 1035 remastered by Andrew Thompson notes by Pete Welding World Pacific WPS 21887 (US 1968) "George Smith & The Chicago Blues Band: Blues With A Feeling" (Bluesmakers series) = Liberty LBS 83218 (UK 1969) "George Smith & The Chicago Blues Band: Blues With A Feeling" (Bluesmakers series) 2 CD set notes by Keith Briggs Capitol CD 36288 (US 1996) orig. notes by Pete Welding plus new notes by Tony Russell (=) Beat Goes On BGOCD 1035 (UK 2012) "George Smith & The Chicago Blues Band: Blues With A Feeling" ("digitally remastered and slipcased")
10	1969	The Everlasting Blues vs. Otis Spann with Otis Spann, Johnny Young, Luther Johnson, Peter Malick, SP Leary - I'm A Bad Boy - You're Going To Miss Me When I'm Gone - Let Me Ride Your Mule # - Number 12 And 10 Train # - You Know You Don't Love Me Baby * @ youtube - Why Don't You Leave Me Alone ** @ youtube - Where Is My Wife? § @ youtube - Going Back Home # rec. April 1969 in New York City; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Otis Spann, p; S.P. Leary, dr * rec. April 1969 in New York City; Luther Johnson, voc, g; Otis Spann, p; Peter Malick, g; ** Johnny Young, mand; S.P. Leary, dr § rec. April 1969 in New York City; Otis Spann, voc, p; Luther Johnson, voc, g; S.P. Leary, dr photos most likely by Len Kunstadt notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1013 (US 1969) Spivey Records discography Otis Spann discography Johnny Young discography
11	1970	Otis Spann: Cryin' Time - Home To Mississippi - Blues Is A Botheration - You Said You'd Be On Time - Cryin' Time - Blind Man # @ youtube - Some Day # @ youtube - Twisted Snake - Green Flowers - The New Boogaloo - Mule Kicking In My Stall CD bonus tracks: - Blues Jam - He's Got The Whole World In His Hands # - My God rec. March 7, 20 & 21, 1968 in Chicago, IL; Otis Spann, voc, p, org; Barry Melton, g; Luther 'Georgis Boy' Johnson, g; Jos Davidson, b; Lonnie Taylor, dr; # Lucille Spann, voc notes by Otis Spann Vanguard VSD 6514 (US 1970) = Vanguard KICP-2510 (Jp) (=) Vanguard CD 79537 (US 1999) "The Best of the Vanguard Years" Otis Spann discography Lucille Spann discography
12	1972	Muddy Waters: Rare Live Recordings Volume 2 - Blues Riff (instr, incomplete) - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had - Bloodstains On The Wall # - Hoochie Coochie Man No. 2 / version 2 - Got My Mojo Working No. 2 / version 2 - Long Distance Call - Country Boy - Have You Ever Been Mistreated? - What's Getting Wrong With Me * "All selections recorded 'live' at venues in U.S.A. & Europe" rec. October 21, 1968 at The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, UK (BBC 2 TV Broadcast "Jazz At The Maltings"); Muddy Waters, voc, g; Paul Oscher, hca, Otis Spann, p, # voc; Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Pee Wee Madison, g; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr * rec. 1963 in Europe; Otis Spann, voc, p, Willie Dixon, b; Bill Stepney, dr "Photograph courtesy of Scandinavian Blues Association, Tegnergatan 21, S-852, 49 Sundsvall, Sweden" Muddy Waters & Sammy Lawhorn; previously published in Jefferson No. 14, 1971, p. 13 (accompanying Clas Ahlstrand's, Peter Måhlin's and Jan-Åke Petterson's Muddy Waters article/interview "Muddy Talkin'", pp. 6-14); photographer Bill Greensmith [?] cover plain white with photocopied inserts Python PLB-BB 902 (UK 1972) (Black Bear series) cover plain white with photocopied inserts and blank black labels = Python PLB-BB 902 (UK 197?) (Black Bear series) Python Records discography Muddy Waters discography Otis Spann discography
13	1972	The Great Blues Men Homesick James - Set A Date John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road Sleepy John Estes - Corinna °° Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old # Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G Rev. Gary Davis - If I Had My Way °° Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Key To The Highway Otis Spann - Burning Fire Lightnin' Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues Junior Wells - Stormy Monday Blues °° Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues Son House (+ Al Wilson) - Empire State Blues °° Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues J. B. Hutto - Please Help Fred McDowell - Fred's Ramblin' Blues Ida Cox - Four Day Creep °° Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas Otis Rush - I't's A Mean Old World °° not on CD # rec. live at Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, July 1967; Muddy Waters, voc, g; poss. George Smith, hca; James 'Pee Wee' Madison, g; Luther 'Georgia Boy' / 'Snake' Johnson, g; Sonny Wimberley, b; SP Leary, dr gatefold DLP notes Leroy J. Pierson Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1972) gatefold DLP notes Leroy J. Pierson = Vanguard VSD 25/26 (Fr 1972) DLP, no gatefold, but 2-page leaflet notes Leroy J. Pierson Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1986) notes Leroy J. Pierson (=) Vanguard VCD 25/26 (US 1988) etc., etc., etc. at www.discogs.com
14	1973	Muddy Waters: Mud In Your Ear Muse MR 5008 / Happy Bird B/90077 track sequence: - Diggin' My Potatoes # § [Douglas SD 789] - Watch Dog # [Douglas SD 781] - Sting It (instr) * [Douglas SD 789] - Snake (actually "Why'd You Do Me?") * [Douglas SD 789] - Natural Wig * ** [Douglas SD 789] - Mud In Your Ear (instr) # ## [Douglas SD 781] - Excuse Me Baby # [Douglas SD 781] - Sad Day Uptown * *** [Douglas SD 789] - Top Of The Boogaloo (instr) * [Douglas SD 789] - Long Distance Call # ## [Douglas SD 781] Wienerworld WNRCD 5063 AD-20 track sequence: - Diggin' My Potatoes * # [Douglas SD 789] - Long Distance Call # ## [Douglas SD 781] - Mud In Your Ear (instr) # ## [Douglas SD 781] - Sad Day Uptown * *** [Douglas SD 789] - I'm So Glad * ** [Douglas SD 781] - Chicken Shack (instr) # [Douglas SD 781] - Excuse Me Baby # [Douglas SD 781] - Remember Me * [Douglas SD 789] - Evil * ** [Douglas SD 789] - Watch Dog * ** [Douglas SD 781] - Why'd You Do Me? * [Douglas SD 789] - Love N' Trouble # [Douglas SD 781] - Looking For My Baby # [Douglas SD 781] - Coming Home Baby * [Douglas SD 789] - Mud In Your Ear (reprise) Wienerworld/P-Vine CD bonus tracks: - Why'd Do You Do Me [= "Snake", Douglas SD 789] - Love 'n' Trouble [Douglas SD 781] - Looking For My Baby [Douglas SD 781] - Coming Home Baby (instr) - Mud In Your Ear (instr, reprise) Douglas SD 781 tracks rec. September 1967 at Impact Sound Studio in New York; Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson, g, # voc; Mojo Buford, * hca; voc; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, g; Sammy Langhorne [sic, actually Lawhorn], g; Sonny Wimberley, b; Francis Clay, dr Douglas SD 789 tracks rec. 1968 at Impact Sound Studio, New York; Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson*, g, # voc; George "Mojo" Buford, hca, ** voc; § Paul Oscher, hca; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, g, Pee Wee Madison, g; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Muddy Waters & Bob Messinger Muse MR 5008 cover design/photo by Don Schlitten Happy Bird LP artwork by Uwe Schildmeier Wienerworld/P-Vine CD artwork by Mati Klarwein notes by Gary Giddins Muse MR 5008 (US 1973) = Happy Bird B/90077 (Germany 1974) (℗ 1973 Muse Records) = Happy Bird B/90077 (Germany 1974) (℗ 1973 Muse Records) = Muse MCD 6004 (US 1989) notes by Jacques Denis (=) Wienerworld WNRCD 5063 AD-20 (UK 2012) = P-Vine PCD-93605 (Jp 2012) Muddy Waters discography Mojo Buford discography
15	1973	Otis Spann: Heart Loaded With Trouble The Classic Blues of Otis Spann - Heart Loaded With Trouble * @ youtube - I'm A Fool * @ youtube - Doctor Blues * @ youtube - Looks Like Twins * @ youtube - Down To Earth [] * @ youtube - My Home Is On The Delta - Down On Sarah Street # - Spann Blues # - Chicago Blues - Brand New House # # rec. August 30, 1966 "at the Café Au Go-Go" [actually studio recordings with an audience] in New York City; Otis Spann, voc, p; George Smith, hca [without amplification]; Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn, Luther Johnson, gs; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele * rec. November 20, 1967 in New York City; Otis Spann, voc, p; [] Lucille Spann, voc; Muddy Waters, Luther Johnson, Sam Lawhorn, g; George Buford, hca; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele "Previously issued in other albums" (part of BLS 6003 and BLS 6013) notes by Joel Selvin Bluesway BLS 6063 (US 1973, promo) has dissimilar (most likely false) track sequence written on back cover notes by Joel Selvin Bluesway BLS 6063 (US 1973) track sequence corrected by use of a sticker Bluesway Records discography Otis Spann discography Mojo Buford discography George "Harmonica" Smith discography Muddy Waters discography Lucille Spann discography
16	1973	Johnny Shines: Chicago Blues Festival 1972 - I Believe I Make A Change - Nobody's Fault But Mine - Back To The Steelmill - The Devil's Daughter - Abide My Wish - Mean Black Gobbler # @ youtube - Lost Letter Blues - Freight Train # - My Best Friend @ youtube - The Blue Horizon # CD bonus tracks: - Blood Ran Like Wine - Mean Black Gobbler # @ youtube rec. December 4, 1972 in Bordeaux, France & November 14, 1972 in Gan, France; Johnny Shines, voc, g; # Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, g notes by Jacques Morgantini Black & Blue 33.502 (Fr 1973) ("Blues Greatest Names") notes by Jacques Morgantini = Barclay/Movieplay 21693 (Fr 1973) ("House of the Blues Vol. 12") = Black & Blue 33.541 (Fr 197?) "Nobody's Fault But Mine" (The Blues Singers & Players Collection Vol. 2) = Black & Blue CD BB 437-2 (Fr 2002) "Taking The Blues Back South" ("Blues Reference") Johnny Shines discography
17	1975	Luther Johnson: Born In Georgia Black & Blue 33.503 / Barclay S-21.694 track sequence: - Rock Me Baby (3:20) - Born In Georgia (3:05) - Woman Don't Lie (5:37) - Take Enough Of Him (4:39) - You Told Me You Love Me (3:34) - Walking Blues (3:25) # - My Daddy Told Me (4:55) # - Crawlin' King Snake (4:00) # - Everyday I Have The Blues (4:42) - Somebody Loan Me Dime (4:09) Black & Blue BB 462.2 track sequence:@ youtube (full Black & Blue BB 462.2 album, but different track sequence!) - Born In Georgia (3:08) - Rock Me Baby (3:22) - Woman Don't Lie (5:38) - Bright Light Big City (4:29) (previously unissued) - Take Enough Of Him (4:41) - You Told Me You Love Me (3:36) - Am I Wrong For Loving You (6:54) (previously unissued) - Walking Blues # (3:25) - My Daddy Told Me # (4:56) - Crawlin' King Snake # (4:02) - Please Give Me That Love (2:40) - Hoochie Coochie Man (4:18) (previously unissued) - Everyday I Have The Blues (4:43) - Somebody Loan Me Dime (4:10) - Rock'n Roll Every Day (3:00) (previously unissued) rec. November 27, 1972 in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland; Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, voc, g; Dusty Brown, hca; Sonny Thompson, p; # Johnny Shines, g; Emmett Sutton, b; Bill Warren, dr notes (French) by Jacques Morgantini Black & Blue 33.503 ("Blues Greatest Names") (Fr 1975) notes (French & English) by Jacques Morgantini Black & Blue 33.503 (Fr 1975) = Barclay S-21.694 "House Of The Blues Vol. 11" (Sp 1975) notes by Jacques Périn = Black & Blue CD BB 462.2 (Fr 2003) ("Blues Reference")
18	1975	Luther Johnson: On The Road Again Black & Blue 33.509 track sequence: - On The Road Again (4:22) @ youtube - Back Door Man (4:50) - Things That I Used To Do (3:50) - Catfish Blues (6:10) - Aces Blues (4:12) - You Move Me (3:57) - Rock Me Baby (4:10) - She Moves Me (4:44) - You've Got Me Runnin' (2:58) - Hoochie Coochie Man (5:00) - Impressions from France (1:25) @ youtube Black & Blue BB 439.2 track sequence: - On The Road Again (4:17) - Back Door Man (4:43) - Aces Blues (4:07) - Things I Used To Do (3:40) - Impressions from France tk 2 (2:03) - Boom Boom (4:05) - Catfish Blues (6:03) - You Move Me (3:55) - Rock Me Baby (4:05) - She Moves Me (4:41) - You Got Me Runnin' (Baby What You Want Me To Do) (2:52) - Hoochie Coochie (4:52) - Mellow Down Easy (3:30) - Impressions from France tk 1 (1:49) - Little Red Rooster (5:03) rec. December 5, 1972 at La Boite A Musique Studio in Bordeaux, France by Marc Lemay; Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, voc, g Black & Blue 33.509 photo by Jean-Pierre Tahmazian; Black & Blue 33.546 design by Jean Buzelin notes (French & English) by Jacques Morgantini Black & Blue 33.509 (Fr 1975) ("Blues Greatest Names") notes (French & English) by Jacques Morgantini Black & Blue 33.509 (Fr 197?) ("Blues Greatest Names") notes (French & English) by Jacques Morgantini Black & Blue 33.546 (Fr 197?) ("The Blues Singers & Players Collection Vol. 7") = Black & Blue CD 59.546-2 (Fr 1991) notes by Frank-John Hadley = Evidence ECD 26047-2 (US 1994) = Black & Blue CD BB 439.2 (Fr 2000) ("Blues Reference")
19	1975	Chicken Shack featuring Luther Johnson with "The Muddy Waters Blues Band" - Mini Dress * - Remember Me # - Snake - Comin' Home Baby (instr) - Blues For Hippies - Chicken Shack (instr) * - Love 'n' Trouble * - I'm So Glad # * - Love Without Jealousy # * - Evil # * tracks from Douglas SD 781 (1967) with Mojo Buford, # voc, * hca; reissue produced by Skip Drinkwater Douglas SD 781 (1967) Douglas SD 789 (1968) notes by Ray Townley Muse MR 5021 (US 1975) = Happy Bird B/90080 (Germany 1975?) Wienerworld CD (2012) Muddy Waters discography
20	1977	Luther Johnson: Lonesome In My Bedroom@ youtube (full Evidence ECD 26005-2 album) - Lonesome In My Bedroom (6:23) * @ youtube - Honey Bee (6:12) # - Long Distance Call (6:23) * - Rock Me Slow And Easy (4:15) * - Hush, Hush (4:17) # @ youtube - Little Queenie (4:07) * @ youtube - Jammin' With Willie (4:08) * - Please Don't Take My Baby Nowhere (3:23) * @ youtube Black & Blue BB 515.2 / Evidence ECD 26005-2 / Editions Atlas BLU-CD 3070 bonus tracks: (the latter has different track sequence!) - She's My Babe - [previously unissued] - They Call Me The Popcorn Man ( tk 1) [previously unissued] - Please Give Me That Love [previously unissued] add'l Black & Blue CD 431 bonus track - Got My Mojo Working @ youtube rec. December 18, 1975 at Barclay studio, Paris, France by Gerhard Lehner; Luther Johnson, voc, g; Little Mac Simmons, hca; Willie Mabon, p; # Hubert Sumlin, * Lonnie Brooks, g; Dave Myers, b; Fred Below, dr photography by Philippe Walter notes (French & English) by Jacques Morgantini Black & Blue 33.515 (Fr 1977) ("Blues Greatest Names") (=) Black & Blue CD BB 515.2 (Fr 1987) = Estúdio Eldorado LP 3.016 (Brazil 1989) (=) Evidence ECD 26005-2 (US 1992) = Editions Atlas BLU-CD 3070 (Fr 1993) ("Les Génies du Blues") (=) Black & Blue CD BB 431.2 (Fr 2002) ("Blues Reference") "They Call Me The Popcorn Man"
21	1981	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 (hca) - Call It Stormy Monday @ youtube Nat Riddles - Sonny Boy's Jump @ youtube Andy Story - Story Of Andy (guitar solo) Victoria Spivey & The Muddy Waters Chicago Blues Band - Take Webster's Word For It (alt tk) # # rec. November 25, 1966 in New York; Victoria Spivey, voc; Otis Spann, p, org, voc; George Smith, hca, # whistling, voc; Luther 'Georgia Boy' / 'Snake' Johnson, b; "Main Stream" (Muddy Waters), Samuel Lawhorn, g; Francis Clay, dr; prod. by Len Kunstadt; cover art & design by Nat Riddles notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey LP 1026 Spivey Records discography Brenda Bell discography Larry Johnson discography Nat Riddles discography
22	1983	New York Really Has The "Blues Stars" Vol. 4 Johnny Allen - I'm Bad Murch - I'm Going To Send You Back To Your Mother Harry Holt - Crosscut Saw Louvet Jackson - Please, Please, Please Bill Dicey - Walking Blues Nat Riddles - Cross My Heart @ youtube Chuck Hancock - Cissy Strut Victoria Spivey & The Muddy Waters Blues Band - Gave It All To Me (alt tk) # # rec. November 25, 1966 in New York; Victoria Spivey, voc; Otis Spann, p, org, voc; George Smith, hca, # whistling, voc; Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, b; "Main Stream" (Muddy Waters), Samuel Lawhorn, g; Francis Clay, dr Spivey LP 1035 Spivey Records discography Nat Riddles discography
23	1985	The Black and Blue Jazz History Milt Buckner - Black And Blue Stomp Jay Mac Shann - Roll 'Em Sy Oliver - Rumble Illinois Jacquet - The Man I Love Slam Stewart - On The Lock Lomond Arnett Cobb - Claude Of Mine Sonny Thompson - Jumpin' At The Woodside Luther Johnson - Please Give Me That Love (2:37) Big Bill Broonzy - Black Brown And White Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Let The Good Times Roll Cousin Joe - Railroad Porter John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom Helen Humes - Ooo Baba Lea Roosevelt Sykes - Ride On, Little Girl, Ride On (70-065) # @ Spotify # rec. December 3, 1970 at Monestier-Lemay studio in Bordeaux, France by François Binesan; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; ; Homesick James, lead g; Eddie Taylor, Louis Myers, g; Dave Myers, b; Fred Below, dr notes by J.M. Monestier & J.P. Tahmazian Black & Blue LP 950.500 (Fr 1985)
24	1991	Luther Snake Boy [sic] ¹⁾ Johnson: Get Down To The Nitty Gritty - Lonesome In My Bedroom (7:18) @ youtube - Got My Mojo Working (3:34) @ youtube - Woman You Don't Have To Go (6:05) @ youtube - Get Down To The Nitty Gritty (3:30) @ youtube - Long Distance Call (10:45) @ youtube - Rock Me Baby (4:57) @ youtube - Don't Start Me Talkin' (2:54) @ youtube - Take It Off Him And Put It On Me (5:57) @ youtube - You Don't Have To Go (3:31) @ youtube - Hoochie Koochie Man (5:12) @ youtube - You Got Me Running (5:39) [track not listed on sleeve!] Recordings taken from a live broadcast on a Thursday night in the mid-1970s on radio station WCMF in Rochester, NY licensed from Ron Bartolucci personnel according to accompanying notes resp. discogs.com: "Luther, vocals & guitar Frisco, rhythm guitar, alto vocals Tony C.ta, harmonica Jamie Newell, Tuffy, drums Carter, bass guitar" personnel according to Mark Evangelos @ facebook: Recorded in 1974 in Rochester, NY at WCMF radio station set up by the dee jay Bernie Kimball Luther "Georgia Boy Snake" Johnson, voc, g; Kelly, hca; Steve "Meatloaf Menace" Aiello, p; Mark Evangelos Los Angeles SAN Francisco, g, voc; Mike, b; Jamie West, dr; "Tuffy Kimble did not play on 'Get on Down to The Nitty Gritty' even though he's listed." ¹⁾ Luther 'Georgia Boy' / 'Snake' Johnson, né Lucious Brinson Johnson a/k/a "Georgia Boy Snake", "Shakey Snake" or even "Creepin' Snake", but never ~~"Snake Boy"~~, except for this and another generally incorrectly annotated French CD, the late Cub Coda's review at AllMusic and a parroting en.wikipedia article notes by Victor Pearlin Fan Club CD fc 88 cd (Fr 1991) = Century CECC-00619 (Fr 1992) = Last Call 422255 (Fr 1992)
25	1992	Luther "Snake Boy" [sic] ¹⁾ Johnson: They Call Me The Snake - Woman Don't Lie (4:52) @ youtube - Take It Off Him And Put It On Me (4:31) @ youtube - The Blues Is Something I'll Never Loose (5:04) @ youtube - Woman Why You Treat Me So Mean (4:10) @ youtube - They Call Me The Snake (5:37) @ youtube - Somebody Loan Me A Dime (7:30) # @ youtube - Slip It Off Your Hips And Move (5:35) - Woman Don't Lie (5:06) rec. 1970 and November 7, 1972 in Boston, MA; prod. by JRB [Ron Bartolucci]for Chickles Productions Ltd.; licensed from Ron Bartolucci; mastered by Little Walter de Venne personnel according to back cover: "Luther Johnson, vocals & guitar Frisco, lead & rhythm guitar Tony Cagnita, harmonica Again Tuffy & Jamie Newell, drums Carter, bass guitar" personnel according to Mark Evangelos @ facebook: "I [Mark Evangelos] and Harry [Chickles, Johnson's manager] set up the recording of 'They Call Me the Snake'. This was recorded at Intermedia Studios in Boston (where Aerosmith and many other Boston Bands recorded), in '71, and a couple other tunes were recorded in a small studio in Watertown, Mass." Luther "Georgia Boy Snake" Johnson, voc, g; Tony Cagnina, hca; Steve "Meatloaf Menace" Aiello, p; Mark Evangelos Los Angeles SAN Francisco, g, # lead g; Paul 'Killer' Carter, b; Ralph 'Tuffy' Kimble, dr; "Jamie [Newell] does not play on this CD." photography by Jean-Pierre Tahmazian ¹⁾ Luther 'Georgia Boy' / 'Snake' Johnson, né Lucious Brinson Johnson a/k/a "Georgia Boy Snake", "Shakey Snake" or even "Creepin' Snake", but never ~~"Snake Boy"~~, except for this and another generally incorrectly annotated French CD, the late Cub Coda's review at AllMusic and a parroting en.wikipedia article 1991 New Rose Records notes by Ron Bartolucci Fan Club CD 422183 (Fr 1992) = Last Call 422268 (Fr 1992)
26	1993	Chicago Blues Festival Vol. 3 (1974-1976) 1974 - I Got To Quit My Baby - Sunnyland Slim (2:29) - Mean Atlantic Ocean - Jimmy Dawkins (5:42) - It Serves You Right To Suffer - Jimmy Dawkins (3:40) - How Long Blues - Sunnyland Slim (2:48) - Looking Back - Otis Rush (5:23) - Tell Me Woman - Andrew Odom (3:29) 1975 - Sweet Home Chicago - Lonnie Brooks (4:59) - Big Leg Woman - Lonnie Brooks (3:24) - You Mistreated Me - Little Mack (2:44) - Blue Lights - Little Mack (4:38) - Don't Forget - Hubert Sumlin (2:47) - Happy With My French Friends - Hubert Sumlin (4:00) - Lonesome In My Bedroom - Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson (6:26) [Black & Blue 33.515] - She's My Babe - Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson (3:06) [Black & Blue BB 515.2] 1976 - Need A Friend - Mighty Joe Young (4:36) - Take A Fool Advice - Mighty Joe Young (4:40) photography by Jean-Pierre Tahmazian notes by Jean Buzelin Black & Blue BB 603 (Fr 1993)
27	1997	Muddy Waters & Friends: Goin' Way Back - Gypsy Woman § // - Little Anna Mae § // - My Home Is On The Delta [sic] § // - Take A Little Walk § // - Mean Disposition # § // - Laverne (Why Do You Treat Me So Mean?) * // - Leavin' In The Mornin' * // - Got A Sweet Little Girl # * // - Bad Lovin' Trouble [] # - Nothin' Bother Me [] # - Crazy 'Bout You Baby # \\ // rec. October 18, 1967 at 624 Prince Arthur Street Rooming House in Montreal, Québec, Canada; Muddy Waters, voc, § g; [] Otis Spann, voc, ac g; George 'Mojo' Buford, # hca, \\ voc; * Luther 'Georgia Boy-Snake' Johnson, voc, g; // Sammy Lawhorn, g; Lawrence 'Little Sonny' Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr; executive producer: Jim West; reissue producer: Michael Nerenberg notes by Michael Nerenberg Just A Memory JAM CD 9130-2 (Ca)
28	2000	Otis Spann: Last Call Live at Boston Tea Party, April 2, 1970 - Country Girl - Get On Down To The Nitty Gritty # @ youtube - Long Distance Call # - I Got My Mojo Working # - Chains Of Love - Stomp With Spann - My Baby (Sweet As An Apple) § - I Wonder Why - My Man hidden track: - Blues For Otis (Peter Malick, voc, g) rec. April 2-4, 1970 in Boston, MA; Otis Spann, p; Lucille Spann, voc; Luther 'Georgia Boy' / 'Snake' Johnson, # g + voc, § g; Peter Malick, g; Ted Parkins, b; Richard Ponte, dr; prod by Peter Malick notes by Peter Malick Mr. Cat Music MCAT 1014 (US 2000) = Universe UV 014 (It 2001) = Conqueroot CD 2001
29	2009	Muddy Waters: Authorised Bootleg Live at the Fillmore Auditorium - Forty Days And Forty Nights - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Rock Me - Baby Please Don't Go - She Moves Me - Got My Mojo Working - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had - Forty Days And Forty Nights - Baby Please Don't Go - Thirteen Highway - Rock Me - Honey Bee (aka Sail On) - Trouble No More - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Long Distance Call rec. November 4-6, 1966 at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, CA by Bill Graham; Muddy Waters, voc, slide g; George Smith, hca; Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Sammy Lawhorn, g; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr Geffen/Chess B0012650-02
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, pp. 138-139
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 105
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, pp. 320, 481
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, p. 232
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 534
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2011, p. 232
- Robert Gordon: Johnson, Luther "Georgia Boy" "Snake".- in Edward Komara (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Blues Vol. 1 (A-L).- New York/London (Routledge) 2005, p. 534
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, pp. 285-286
- https://digital.nepr.net/music/2015/01/15/luther-johnson/
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Bob Eagle, Hank Moore, Marc Claes, DeDe Brinson Hassel, Jim Clay, Bert Lapeere, Don Deering, Claes Parmland, Scott Dirks, Lex Jansen, Paul Oscher, David Ozenbaugh, Steven Salter, Jim O'Neal, Mark Evangelos and Chris Stovall Brown for additional info / scans

Big Mama Thornton
with the Muddy Waters Blues Band, 1966

(top left to bottom right): Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson, Francis Clay (with hat), Jimmy Lee Morris,
James Cotton, Otis Spann, Big Mama Thornton, Muddy Waters; photographer: Jim Marshall

Record Research 83 (April 1967), p. 3
(scans courtesy Alan Balfour)

Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson with Victoria Spivey
source: Front cover of Spivey LP 1008 (US 1966) "The Bluesmen of the Muddy Waters Chicago Blues Band"
photographer: Len Kunstadt

Little Sonny Wimberley, Sammy Lawhorn, S.P. Leary, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Muddy Waters & Birmingham Jones
source: Back cover of Douglas LP SD 781; photographer's name not given

Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson & Muddy Waters
source: Back cover of Douglas LP SD 789

Otis Spann, Muddy Waters & Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson
at the Vulcan Gas Company, Austin, TX, August 2, 1968 (Johnny Winter had opened)
source: http://www.michaelcorcoran.net/archives/4745
photographer: Burton Wilson
(BTW: The Vulcan closed in the summer of 1970)

Muddy Waters, Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson (with his back to the camera) and Paul Oscher
at Helen Hermes' Moonlight Lounge on Goode Ave [now Annie Malone Dr] in St Louis, Missouri, c. 1968
Photo (taken by a Polaroid photographer in the club) posted at facebook by Paul Oscher (07/14/2019), photoshop embellished by Stefan Wirz

October / November 1968 European tour, billed as "The Story of Soul"
Muddy Waters Band, combined with The Stars of Faith, Horace Silver Quintet, Joe Simon

Muddy Waters Blues Band as part of the "History of Soul" program
(October 23, 1968 in Frankfurt a.M., Germany): Otis Spann, Paul Oscher, S.P. Leary (hidden), Muddy Waters,
James 'Pee Wee' Madison, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Little Sonny Wimberley (hidden)
source: Blues Forum Nr. 10 (2. Quartal 1983), p. 22/23: photographer: Norbert Hess

Muddy Waters Band live 1968
Muddy Waters (vocals & slide guitar), Otis Spann (piano), Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson and James "Pee Wee" Madison (guitars),
Paul Oscher (harmonica), Sonny Wimberley (bass), S.P. Leary (drums)

Muddy Waters, vocals, guitar

Otis Spann, piano, vocals Paul Oscher, harmonica Luther "Georgia Boy" / "Snake" Johnson, guitar

James "Pee Wee" Madison, guitar Little Sonny Wimberley, bass S.P. Leary, drums

Muddy Waters Band live at Copenhagen Jazz Festival at the Tivoli Konsertsal, October 27, 1968
Muddy Waters (vocals & slide guitar), Otis Spann (piano), Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson and James "Pee Wee" Madison (guitars),
Paul Oscher [18] (harmonica), Sonny Wimberley (bass), S.P. Leary (drums)
(All guitarists play Guild guitars, models "Thunderbird" 6-str, "Starfire V" 6-str and "Starfire" bass)

1. Back At The Chicken Shack (0:00)
2. Train Fare Home Blues °° (3:26)
3. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (9:24)
4. Long Distance Call °° (12:28)
5. Nobody Knows My Trouble (Spann, voc) (19:10)
6. Cold Cold Feeling (Spann, voc) (23:18)
7. Got My Mojo Working °° (26:44)
8. Tiger In Your Tank (32:00)

°° published on film "Jazz on the Screen" by David Meeker

Günther Kieser poster for October 29, 1968 event at Musikhalle, Gr. Saal, in Hamburg, Germany

Muddy Waters Band at the 5th Paris Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel, Paris, November 4, 1968
(l to r:) Muddy Waters, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Paul Oscher, James 'Pee Wee' Madison, Little Sonny Wimberley
source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 4.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 177; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

Muddy Waters at the 5th Paris Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel, Paris, November 4, 1968
source: https://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&STID=2S5RYD1NUSXE
photographer: Guy Le Querrec

Muddy Waters & Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson
at the 5th Paris Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel, Paris, November 4, 1968
source: https://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&STID=2S5RYD1NUSXE
photographer: Guy Le Querrec

Luther Johnson Band live in France, 1973
Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson, voc, g; Sonny Thompson, p; ? b; ? dr

1. Woman Don't Lie (0:00)
2. Somebody Loan Me A Dime (:)

December 1975 French tour, billed as "Chicago Blues Festival"
Lonnie Brooks, Hubert Sumlin, Little Mack Simmons, Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson, Dave Myers & Fred Below

Lonnie Brooks, Hubert Sumlin, Fred Below, Little Mack Simmons, Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson & Dave Myers
(not "Louis Myers", as the Sou! Bag caption makes us believe!) at Bagneux, France ("Chicago Blues Festival"), December 17, 1975
source: Sou! Bag 55 (October 1976), p. 2; photographer: Guy Schoukroun

Luther Johnson Band live in the South West of France (Cahors?, Bordeaux?, Clermont-Ferrand?), 1975
Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson, voc, g; Hubert Sumlin, g; Lonnie Brooks, g; Little Mack Simmons, hca; Dave Myers, b; Fred Below, dr

1. ? [starting with "Well, my baby left me this morning, she didn't even say 'Goodbye'"] (0:00)
2. Hush, Hush (4:42)
3. Country Boy (9:02)
4. (Back At The) Chicken Shack (instr) (14:52)
5. Tell Me Why You Do Me Wrong [? shuffle] (20:35)
6. Little Queenie (22:46)
7. ? (instr) [shuffle - Simmons on chromatic hca) (28:20)
8. ? (instr) [chord progression of "Blueberry Hill"] (32:06)

Headstone at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Mattapan, Massachusetts,
placed in 2014 by the Killer Blues Headstone Project
photographer: Steven Salter