 source: "Les Génies du Blues" Volume 5.- Paris (Edition Atlas) 1993, p. 62 photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir | Luther "Georgia Boy"/"Snake" Johnson
Luther 'Georgia Boy' / 'Snake' Johnson |  |
| # | year of release | title / label / notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | LITTLE LUTHER - Eenie Meenie Minie Moe (13391) @ youtube - Twirl (13392) @ youtube rec. February 21, 1964 in "Actually it is Luther Thomas, a New York performer who also recorded for AN APT RECORDING, Criss Cross and Tarx." (Bob Eagle)
= 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 Records 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,
= Trio PA-3053 (Jp 1967) Arhoolie Records discography |
| 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
= Mediterraneo-Movieplay TK 3029 (Sp 1976) notes by Stanley Dance Bluesway Records discography |
| 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 notes by Stanley Dance notes by Stanley Dance notes by Stanley Dance notes by Stanley Dance notes by Stanley Dance = Stateside SSLM 6042 (New Zealand 1967) notes by Patrice Blanc-Francard notes by Stanley Dance notes by Stanley Dance notes by Bez Turner notes by Stanley Dance notes by Wolfgang Quander
notes by Stanley Dance notes by Bill Dahl Bluesway Records 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 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
notes by Bob Messinger 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
notes by Alan Robinson and Lord Tim Hudson |
| 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 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 Records 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 Python PLB-BB 902 Python 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 notes by Sheldon Harris notes by Sheldon Harris notes by Sheldon Harris (=) MCA 11202 (US 1995) Bluesway Records 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),
notes by Len Kunstadt notes by Len Kunstadt notes by Len Kunstadt notes by Len Kunstadt
Spivey Records 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:
notes by Pete Welding
2 CD set orig. notes by Pete Welding plus new notes by Tony Russell |
| 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 Records 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 KICP-2510 (Jp) (=) Vanguard CD 79537 (US 1999) "The Best of the Vanguard Years" Otis 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 cover plain white with photocopied inserts and blank black labels Python Records 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 gatefold DLP DLP, no gatefold, but 2-page leaflet notes Leroy J. Pierson 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 MCD 6004 (US 1989) notes by Jacques Denis Muddy Waters 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 notes by Joel Selvin Bluesway Records 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 notes by Jacques Morgantini
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 notes (French & English) by Jacques Morgantini
notes by Jacques Périn |
| 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 notes (French & English) by Jacques Morgantini notes (French & English) by Jacques Morgantini
notes by Frank-John Hadley
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| 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) notes by Ray Townley
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
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| 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 Records 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 Records 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 |
| 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
notes by Victor Pearlin = 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 1991 New Rose Records
notes by Ron Bartolucci = 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
= 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
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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
October / November 1968 European tour, billed as "The Story of Soul"
Muddy Waters Band live at Copenhagen Jazz Festival at the Tivoli Konsertsal, October 27, 1968
December 1975 French tour, billed as "Chicago Blues Festival"
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![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](waters/grafik/waters474.jpg)
