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H A M B O N E   W I L L I E   N E W B E R N; OKeh 8679
source: www.tefteller.com
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Hambone
Willie Newbern

William Newbern
b. tentatively 1901 in Haywood County, Tennessee
d. April 15, 1965 at home in Memphis, Tennessee

discography

H A M B O N E   W I L L I E   N E W B E R N   OKeh ad in NY Amsterdam News (3 July 1929)
ad in NY Amsterdam News
(3 July 1929)

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11929HAMBONE WILLIE NEWBERN

- Nobody Knows (What The Good Deacon Does) (402296-B) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Roll And Tumble Blues (402306-B) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

# rec. March 13, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Hambone Willie Newbern, voc, g
* rec. March 14, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Hambone Willie Newbern, voc, g


OKeh 8679

21929HAMBONE WILLIE NEWBERN

- Way Down In Arkansas (402298-B) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues (402305-B) *   @ youtube @ Spotify

# rec. March 13, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Hambone Willie Newbern, voc, g
* rec. March 14, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Hambone Willie Newbern, voc, g


OKeh 8693

31929HAMBONE WILLIE NEWBERN

- She Could Toodle-Oo (402295-A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Shelby County Workhouse Blues (402297-B)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. March 13, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Hambone Willie Newbern, voc, g


OKeh 8740


LP / CD compilations
41960The Rural Blues
A Study of the Vocal and Instrumental Resources

LP 1:
Will Shade - I Can't Stand It
Hambone Willie Newbern - Shelby County Work House Blues
Robert Johnson - From Four Until Late
Furry Lewis - You Can Leave, Baby
Sleepy John Estes - Sloppy Drunk Blues [= "Milk Cow Blues"]
L'il Son Jackson - Roberta Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Bad Luck And Trouble °°
Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman [sic!] Blues
Arthur Crudup - If I Get Lucky
Charlie Pickett - Down The Highway

Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues
Blind Willie Johnson - Take Your Burden To The Lord
Tommy McClennan - New Highway 51
Lightnin' Hopkins - Penitentiary Blues °°
Blind Willie McTell - Mama T'ain't Long 'Fo' Day
Charlie Burse - Take Your Fingers Off It
Charlie Lincoln - My Wife Drove Me From My Door [on back cover: "Drive"]
Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Come Go Home With Me °°
Lightnin' Hopkins - Goin' Back To Florida
Robert Johnson - Standing At The Crossroads



LP 2:
Lightnin' Hopkins - One Kind Favor
Furry Lewis - John Henry
Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine
Furry Lewis - Warm Up
Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
Furry Lewis - Casey Jones
Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues
John Hurt - Frankie
Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can Mama
Papa Charlie Jackson - Airy Man Blues
Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - New How Long Blues

Bert Bilbro - Mohana Blues °°
Sonny Terry & Oh Red - Harmonica Stomp
Frank Stokes - Shiney Town Blues
Virgil Perkins - Trouble In Mind
Arthur Crudup- Mean Old Frisco
Brownie McGhee- Sportin' Life Blues
Virgil Perkins - [Washboard] Solo
Charlie Burse - Tippin' Round
Ham Gravy - Mama Don't 'Low It
Moochie Reeves - Key To The Highway


compiled by Samuel B. Charters
"The Material is in part from unissued material in the author's collection, in part from material on the author's Folkways releases, and in part from early blues recordings."

RF-202 features only extracts of most of the recordings!
°° tracks not on RF-202 (X) (1964)

Moochie Reeves track rec. July 1954 in Mobile, AL; previously unissued and from Samuel B. Charters' collection

2 LP boxed set
notes (8-page booklet) by Samuel B. Charters

same front cover as RF-202(X)
(1964), but with more reddish lettering



notes captioned "RBF RECORDS
album No. RF 202 Copyright © 1960"



RBF RF-202 (1960)

(=) RBF RF-202 (X) (1964)

RBF discography

4a1964The Rural Blues
A Study of the Vocal and Instrumental Resources

LP 1:
Will Shade - I Can't Stand It (1:20) [RBF 202, Wolf 120.920]   @ youtube
Hambone Willie Newbern - Shelby County Work House Blues [OKeh 8740]
Robert Johnson - From Four Until Late [Vocalion 03623]
Furry Lewis - You Can Leave, Baby [rec. October 3, 1959, previously unissued, Wolf 120.920]
Sleepy John Estes - Milk Cow Blues [aka "Sloppy Drunk Blues", Victor V38614]
L'il Son Jackson - Roberta Blues [Gold Star 638]
Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman [sic] Blues [OKeh 05657]

Arthur Crudup - If I Get Lucky [Bluebird B8858]
Charlie Pickett - Down The Highway [Decca 7707]

Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues [Decca 7026]
Blind Willie Johnson - Take Your Burden To The Lord [Columbia 14520-D]
Tommy McClennan - New Highway 51 [Bluebird B8499]
Blind Willie McTell - Mama T'ain't Long 'Fo' Day [Victor 21474]
Charlie Burse - Take Your Fingers Off It (0:34) [previously unissued]
Charlie Lincoln - My Wife Drove Me From My Door [Columbia 14305-D]
Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues [Columbia 14473-D]
Lightnin' Hopkins - Goin' Back To Florida [rec. January 16, 1959, Folkways FS 3822]   @ youtube (3:17)
Robert Johnson - Standing At The Crossroads [aka "Cross Road Blues", Vocalion 03519]


LP 2:
Lightnin' Hopkins - One Kind Favor (0:57) [rec. January 16, 1959, previously unissued]   @ youtube
Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine [Columbia 14303-D]
Furry Lewis - Warm Up [rec. October 3, 1959, previously unissued, Wolf 120.920]
Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing [OKeh 05625]
Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues [Columbia 14194-D]
Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can Mama [Columbia 14632-D]
Papa Charlie Jackson - Airy Man Blues [Paramount 12219]
Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues [Paramount 13085]
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - New How Long Blues [Vocalion 1435]

Sonny Terry & Oh Red - Harmonica Stomp [OKeh 05538]
Frank Stokes - Shiney Town Blues [Victor V38589]
Virgil Perkins - Trouble In Mind [rec. November 6, 1955, previously unissued]

Arthur Crudup - Mean Old Frisco [Bluebird 34-0704]
Brownie McGhee - Sportin' Life Blues [Alert 401]
Virgil Perkins - [washboard] Solo [rec. November 6, 1955, previously unissued]
Charlie Burse - Tippin' Round (1:27) [previously unissued]
Ham Gravy (= Washboard Sam) - Mama Don't Love It [aka "Mama Don't Allow, No. 1", Vocalion 03275]
Moochie Reeves - Key To The Highway (3:11) [previously unissued]   @ youtube


compiled by Samuel B. Charters
"The Material is in part from unissued material in the author's collection, in part from material on the author's Folkways releases, and in part from early blues recordings."

"All original recordings are included in their entirety" (RBF notes), while the previously unissued tracks (Charters' "field recordings") all seem to be cut short, "some without the courtesy of a proper fadeout, some of the cuts occur mid-stanza" (Charles Radcliffe review in Blues Unlimited 30, pp. 20-21)

2 LP boxed set
notes (8-page booklet) by Samuel B. Charters

originally issued with same front and back cover as RF-202 (1960) but with orange lettering
RBF RF-202 (X) (US 1964)


later issued with addition "All original recordings are included in their entirety" on back cover
= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 196?)


= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 196?)


= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 1966?)

2 LP boxed set
(abbreviated) notes by Samuel B. Charters

= XTRA 1035 (UK 1966)

DLP gatefold
notes by Samuel B. Charters

= XTRA 1035 (UK 1966?)

= Fontana 982.099

2 x CDr
notes by Samuel B. Charters

= Smithsonian CD RF 202 (US 2012)

RBF discography
XTRA Records discography

51968Screening The Blues
Aspects Of The Blues Tradition

Jack Ranger - Thieving Blues
Butterbeans And Susie - Papa Ain't No Santa Claus (Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree)
Washington Phillips - Denomination Blues

Hambone Willie Newbern - Nobody Knows (What The Good Deacon Does)
Hambone Willie Newbern - Roll And Tumble Blues
Bumble Bee Slim - Policy Dream Blues
Memphis Minnie - He's In The Ring (Doing The Same Old Thing)

Memphis Minnie - Joe Louis Strut
George Noble - Sissy Man Blues
Robert Johnson - Phonograph Blues
Clara Smith - It's Tight Like That
Bertha Idaho - Down On Pennsylvania Avenue
Curley Weaver - Sweet Petunia
Bessie Jackson - Shave 'em Dry (tk 1)
Lucille Bogan - Shave 'em Dry (tk 2)


front cover photo depicts Tommy McClennan!

notes by Paul Oliver

CBS 63288 (UK 1968)

notes by Paul Oliver

= CBS 63 288 (Germany 1968)

notes by Paul Oliver plus leaflet in Japanese
 
= CBS/Epic ECPJ-24 (Jp)

album has been issued in association with the book "Screening The Blues - Aspects of the Blues Tradition" by Paul Oliver, published by Cassell and Company, 1968

61968The Memphis Area - 1927-1932

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Madison Street Rag
- Hollywood Rag
Sleepy John Estes
- Broken-Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too
- Black Mattie Blues

Hambone Willie Newbern
- Nobody Knows What The Good Deacon Does
Burse & Stephen
- Tappin' That Thing
"Poor Jab"
- Come Along, Little Children
Frank Stokes
- It Won't Be Long Now - tk. 2

Memphis Minnie
- Garage Fire Blues
Noah Lewis' Jug Band
- Bad Luck's My Buddy
Sleepy John Estes
- Stack O' Dollars
- My Black Gal Blues

Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues
Robert Wilkins
- Nashville Stonewall Blues
- Police Sergeant Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Kansas City Blues



Roots RL-307

Roots Records discography

71968Missouri and Tennessee 1924-1937

Missouri
Charley Jordan
- Raidin' Squad
The Two Charlies
- Got Your Water On
- Don't Put Your Dirty Hands On Me
Henry Spaulding
- Biddle Street Blues
Stovepipe No. 1
- Lonesome John
- Fisher's Hornpipe
Henry Townsend
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett
- A Woman Gets Tired Of The Same Man All The Time


Tennessee
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues
- Way Down In Arkansas
Banjo Joe
- My Money Never Runs Out
Rosie Mae Moore
- Staggering Blues
James "Yank" Rachel
- Little Sarah
- T-Bone Steak Blues
Charlie Pickett
- Crazy 'bout My Black Gal
Memphis Jug Band
- Evergreen Money Blues



Roots RL-310

Roots Records discography

81969Memphis Blues

Johnson Boys
- Prater Blues
Frank Stokes
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - part 1
Ollie Rupert
- I Raised My Window
- Ain't Gonna Be Your Low Down Dog

Hambone Willie Newbern
- She Could Toodle
William & Versey Smith
- Everybody Help The Boys Come Home
Furry Lewis
- Mr. Furry's Blues
- Mistreatin' Mama

Allen Shaw
- I Couldn't Help It
Tom Dickson
- Worry Blues
Sleepy John Estes
- Poor John Blues
- Whatcha Doin'?
Rosie Mae Moore
- School Girl Blues
Jim Jackson
- Bootlegging Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- You Got Me Rollin'
Washboard Rhythm Kings
- Shoot 'Em


 
Roots RL 323 (Austria 1969)


= Roots/Saydisc RL 323 (UK 1969) [differing from Roots RL-323 only by sticker on front cover top left!]


= autogram/Roots RL 323 (Germany)

Roots Records discography

91969I'm Wild About My Lovin' 1928-1930

Memphis Minnie
- Georgia Skin
- I'm Goin' Back Home
Joe McCoy
- Botherin' That Thing
- I'm Wild About Stuff
Ishman Bracey
- Leavin' Town Blues
- Brown Mama Blues
Whistlin' Alex Moore
- West Texas Woman
- It Wouldn't Be So Hard

Curley Weaver
- No No Blues
- Sweet Petunia

Hambone Willie Newbern
- Shelby County Workhouse Blues
Jim Jackson
- I'm Wild About My Lovin'
- This Mornin' She Was Gone
Little Hat Jones
- New Two Sixteen Blues
- Two String Blues


artwork by Miguel Covarrubias

notes by Chris Albertson

Historical HLP-32

Historical Records discography

101969?The Mississippi Blues No. 3: Transition, 1926-1937

Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll and Tumble Blues
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues
Robert Johnson
- I'm A Steady Rollin Man
- Sweet Home Chicago
Johnnie Temple
- Big Boat Whistle
Blind Joe Amos
- C & O Blues
Skip James
- Cherry Ball Blues
Bo Weavil Jackson
- You Can't Keep No Brown

Big Joe Williams
- Stepfather Blues
- 49 Highway Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
- Stack O Lee Blues
Mississippi Bracey
- You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door
- I'll Overcome Someday
Mary Butler
- Mad Dog Blues
Rosie Mae Moore
- School Girl Blues
Bertha Lee
- Mind Reader Blues


notes by David Evans

OJL 17 (US 1969?)

OJL Records discography

111969Let's Go Riding

Mr. Freddie
- Let's Go Riding
Willie Walker
- South Carolina Rag
Will Bennett
- Railroad Bill
Pink Anderson and Simmie Dooley
- Gonna Tip Out Tonight
Bill Moore
- Ragtime Crazy
Walter Hawkins
- A Rag Blues
Sylvester Weaver
- I'm Busy and You Can't Come In


Hambone Willie Newbern
- Way Down In Arkansas
Ellis Williams
- Buttermilk Blues
Bo Carter
- Sue Cow
Carl Martin
- Morning, Judge
Peg Leg Howell and His Gang
- Peg Leg Stomp
Blind Blake
- Southern Rag
Gitfiddle Jim
- Paddlin Madeline Blues


notes by Bill Givens and David Evans

Origin Jazz Library OJL 18 (US 1969)

OJL Records discography

121979?The Roots Of Rock

Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- When The Levee Breaks
Charley Patton
- A Spoonful Blues
Bukka White
- Shake 'em On Down
Skip James
- I'm So Glad
Bo Carter
- Corrine Corrine.
Blind Blake
- Diddie Wa Diddie
Blind Willie McTell
- Statesboro Blues

- Bull Doze Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues

Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues
Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
Blind Blake
- That Will Never Happen No More
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Walk Right In


notes by Steve Calt

Yazoo 1063 (US 1979?)


Yazoo CD 1063 (US 1991?)

Yazoo Records discography

131984Songsters & Saints
Vocal Traditions on Race Records Vol. 1

LP 1:
Dances And Traveling Shows
Peg Leg Howell and Eddie Anthony
- Turkey Buzzard Blues
Pink Anderson and Simmie Dooley
- Gonna Tip Out Tonight
"Beans" Hambone - El Morrow
- Beans
Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- Under The Chicken Tree
Alec Johnson
- Mysterious Coon
"Big Boy" George Owens
- The Coon Crap Game
Memphis Sheiks
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
Charley Patton
- Elder Greene Blues

Hambone Willie Newbern
- Way Down In Arkansas

Comment, Parodies And Ballad Heroes
Lil McClintock
- Furniture Man
Julius Daniels
- Can't Put The Bridle On That Mule This Morning
Hezekiah Jenkins
- The Panic Is On
Bogus Ben Covington
- I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop
Johnson - Nelson - Porkchop
- G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again
Bo Chatman
- Good Old Turnip Greens
Two Poor Boys
- John Henry Blues
Will Bennett
- Railroad Bill
Kid Coley
- Clair And Pearley Blues



LP 2:
Baptists And Sanctified Preachers
Rev. Jim Beale
- The Hand Of The Lord Was Upon Me
Rev. A.W. Nix
- After The Ball Is Over
Rev. Isaiah Shelton
- As The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest
Rev. J.M. Milton
- Silk Worms And Boll Weevils
Rev. H.M. Massey
- Old Time Baptism - part 2
Rev. J.T. Burch
- Baptised By Water, and Baptism By The Holy Ghost
Rev. E.S (Shy) Moore
- The Solemn Warning
Elder Curry
- Prove All Things
Rev. Leora Ross
- God's Mercy To Colonel Lindbergh


Gospel Soloists And Evangelists
Missionary Josephine Miles and Sister Elizabeth Cooper
- You Have Lost Jesus
Mother McCollum
- When I Take My Vacation In Heaven
Eddie Head and his Family
- Down On Me
Washington Phillips
- I Am Born To Preach The Gospel
Blind Roosevelt Graves and Brother
- Telephone To Glory
The Guitar Evangelist
- Death Is Only A Dream
Blind Willie Davis
- Your Enemy Cannot Harm You
Blind Nesbit
- Pure Religion
William and Versey Smith
- When That Great Ship Went Down


prod. by Gef Lucena

DLP
notes by Paul Oliver

Matchbox MSEX 2001/2002 (UK 1984)

This set is issued to complement the book "Songsters & Saints: Vocal Traditions On Race Records" by Paul Oliver, Cambridge (Cambridge University Press), 1984

Matchbox Records discography

141986The Roots Of Robert Johnson

Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
Kokomo Arnold
- Milk Cow Blues
Leroy Carr
- When The Sun Goes Down
Son House
- Preachin' The Blues - part 1
Lonnie Johnson
- Life Saver Blues
- Red River Blues
Charley Patton
- Revenue Man Blues

Son House
- My Black Mama - part 1
Skip James
- 22-20 Blues

Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues
The Mississippi Sheiks
- Sitting On Top Of The World
Scrapper Blackwell
- Kokomo Blues
Casey Bill Weldon
- Go Ahead, Buddy
Johnnie Temple
- Lead Pencil Blues


cover artwork by Malcolm Kirton

notes by Stephen Calt   245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014

Yazoo L 1073 (US 1986)


= Yazoo CD 1073 YAZ (US 1990)

Yazoo Records discography

151988Bluesmen And Songsters   (1926-1936)

Big Boy George Owens
- Kentucky Blues
- The Coon Crap Game
Mooch Richardson
- T And T Blues
- "Mooch" Richardson's Low Down Barrel House Blues Part 1
- "Mooch" Richardson's Low Down Barrel House Blues Part 2
- Helena Blues
- Big Kate Adams Blues
- Burying Ground Blues
Freezone
- Indian Sqauw Blues


Hambone Willie Newbern
- She Could Toodle-Oo
- Nobody Knows (What The Good Deacon Does)
- Shelby County Workhouse Blues
- Way Down In Arkansas
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's
- Roll And Tumble Blues
Beans Hambone & El Morrow
- Beans
- Tippin' Out
Charlie Manson
- Nineteen Women Blues



RST-BD 2016 (Austria 1988)

161990The Greatest Songsters (1927-1929)

Richard (Rabbit) Brown (1927)
- James Alley Blues
- Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
- I'm Not Jealous
- Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child
- Sinking Of The Titanic
Mississippi John Hurt (1928)
- Frankie
- Nobody's Dirty Business
- Ain't No Tellin'
- Louis Collins
- Avalon Blues
- Big Leg Blues
- Stack O'Lee Blues
- Candy Man Blues
- Got The Blues Can't Be Satified
- Blessed Be The Name
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground
- Blue Harvest Blues
- Spike Driver Blues

Hambone Willie Newbern (1929)
- She Could Toodle-Oo
- Nobody Knows
- Shelby County Workhouse Blues
- Way Down In Arkansas
- Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues
- Roll and Tumble Blues

notes by Chris Smith

Document DOCD 5003 (Austria 1990)

= P-Vine PCD 2259 (Jp 2003)

171994Memphis Country Blues
Greatest Hits Vol. 1

- Ain't No Use You Trying To Tell Me - Memphis Minnie (1935)
- Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers (1929)
- Old Jim Cannan - Robert Wilkins, Kids Spoons (1935)
- Highway 61 Blues - Will Weldon (1927)

- Roll And Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern (1929)
- Coldest Stuff in Town - Hattie Hart, Allen Shaw, Willie Borum (1934)
- Jim Jackson's Jamboree - Jim Jackson, Tampa Red, Georgia Tom, Speckled Red (1929)
- New Frisco Town - Bukka White, Napoleon Harrison (1930)
- Shake 'Em On Down - Bukka White, Napoleon Harrison (1937)
- Someday Baby Blues - Sleepy John Estes, Hammie Nixon (1935)
- Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Frank Stokes, Dan Sane
- The Beale Street Sheiks (1925)
- Stealin', Stealin' & Whitewash Station Blues - Memphis Jug Band (1928)
- Everybody's Blues - Furry Lewis (1927)
- That's No Way to Get Along - Robert Wilkins ( 1929)


prod. by Richard Hite using selections from his personal 78 collection


Memphis Archives MA-7001-CD (US 1994)

182000The Great Race Record Labels Vol. 3: Okeh

- I Am Calling Blues - Texas Alexander
- Sorry Feeling Blues - Bo Carter
- Gamblin' Man Blues - Jack Dupree
- Life Saver Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Kentucky Blues - Little Hat Jones
- You Gonna Need Me - Charlie McCoy
- Born For Bad Luck - Brownie McGhee
- She's A Bad Girl - Mississippi Sheiks
- Struggle Buggie - Buddy Moss

- Shelby County Workhouse Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith
- Way Back Down Home - Freddie Spruell
- Caldonia Blues - Sippie Wallace
- Chitlin' Rag Blues - Sylvester Weaver
- Roaming Gambler - Doc Clayton
- The Jive Blues - Memphis Slim
- Sweet Man Blues - Frank Edwards
- Money Green - Alfried Fields
- Lost Lover Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
- Married Woman Blues - Tony Hollins
- Worry Blues - Tom Dickson
- Insane Crazy Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- Me & My Chauffeur Blues - Memphis Minnie


Catfish KATCD 167 (UK 2000)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

192001Roots of Canned Heat

- Roll And Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Bullfrog Blues - William Harris
- Goin' Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy Oden
- Catfish Blues - Robert Petway
- Dust My Broom - Robert Johnson
- Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Statesboro' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Turpentine Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
- Whiskey Head Man - Tommy McClennan
- Pony Blues - Charley Patton
- Squablin' Blues - Barefoot Bill
- Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
- It Hurts Me Too - Tampa Red
- Tell Me Man - Henry Sims
- Bulldoze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Two White Horses - Two Poor Boys
- Streamline Train - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Shake It, Break It - Charley Patton
- That's All Right Mama - Arthur Crudup
- 34 Blues - Charley Patton
- Future Blues - Willie Brown


Catfish KATCD 174 (UK 2001)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

202002Country Blues - the essential

CD 1:
- Weeping Willow - Blind Boy Fuller
- Little Rock Blues - Pearl Dickson
- Weak-Minded Woman - Willie Baker
- Saturday Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimborough
- Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Fence Breakin' Blues - Shreveport Home Wreckers
- Mississippi Jailhouse Groan - Rube Lacey
- Charming Betsy - Henry Thomas
- Mamlish Blues - Barefoot Bill
- Easy Rider Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Davidson County Blues - De Ford Baily
- Kentucky Blues - Little Hat Jones
- Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan
- Mama, You Gotta Get It Fixed - Troy Ferguson
- One Way Gal - William Moore
- Two Time Blues - Arthur Petties


CD 2:
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Police Sargeant Blues - Robert Wilkins
- Penal Farm Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
- Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter
- Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Nehi Mamma Blues - Frank Stokes
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None - Mae Glover
- Happy Blues - Tom Dickson
- Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding
- C.C. & O Blues - Pink Anderson and Simmy Dooley
- I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis
- John Henry Blues - Evans & McClain
- Jealous Hearted Blues - Charlie Lincoln
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Devil In The Woodpile - Noah Lewis
- Bye Bye Mama - Buddy Moss
- Jailhouse Fire Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins

2 CD set
notes by Gary Atkinson

Document CBL-200008 (UK 2002)

212004Back To The Crossroads - The Roots of Robert Johnson

Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues (3:06)
Kokomo Arnold - Old Original Kokomo Blues (2:55)
Bumble Bee Slim - Cruel Hearted Woman (2:49)

Hambone Willie Newbern - Roll And Tumble Blues (3:04)
Lonnie Johnson - Life Saver Blues (3:09)
Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting On Top Of The World (3:16)
Mississippi Jook Band - Hittin' The Bottle Stomp (2:38)
Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (3:00)
Son House - My Black Mama, Pt. 1 (3:09)
Blind Blake - Georgia Bound (3:23)
Leroy Carr - When The Sun Goes Down (2:58)
Kokomo Arnold - Sissy Man Blues (3:09)
Rev. Edward W. Clayborn - Your Enemy Cannot Harm You [as Rev. E.W. Clayborn] (3:02)
Johnnie Temple - Lead Pencil Blues (3:06)
Skip James - 22-20 Blues (2:52)
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Dry Southern Blues (2:58)
Scrapper Blackwell - Kokomo Blues (3:04)
Tampa Red - Things 'bout Coming My Way (3:28)
Peetie Wheatstraw - King Of Spades (3:08)
Harlem Hamfats - Oh Red (2:38)
Charley Patton - You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die (2:58)
Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues (3:10)
Son House - Preachin' The Blues (3:03)


prod. by Elijah Wald; remastered from original 78 recordings by Richard Nevins
cover illustration by Robert Van Nutt


Yazoo CD 2070 (US 2004)

222005Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
Blues, Ballads, Rags and Gospel in the Songster Tradition

disc 1:
Richard 'Rabbit' Brown
- James Alley
- Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
- I'm Not Jealous
- Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child
- Sinking Of The Titanic
Papa Harvey Hull
- Gang Of Brown Skin Women
- Hey! Lawdy Mama (The France Blues)
- Two Little Tommie Blues
- Don't You Leave Me Here
Big Boy Cleveland
- Quill Blues
- Goin' To Leave You Blues
- I Believe I'll Go Back Home
- Original Stack O' Lee Blues
William Smith
- I Believe I'll Go Back Home
- When That Great Ship Went Down
- Everybody Help The Boys Come Home
- Sinner, You'll Need King Jesus
Luke Jordan
- Church Bells Blues (tk 1)
- Church Bells Blues (tk 2)
- Pick Poor Robin Clean (tk 1)
- Pick Poor Robin Clean (tk 2)
- Cocaine Blues
- Traveling Coon
- My Gal's Done Quit Me
- Won't You Be Kind?


disc 2:
Luke Jordan
- If I Call You Mama
- Tom Brown Sits In His Prison Cell
Mississippi John Hurt
- Frankie
- Nobody's Dirty Business
- Ain't No Tellin'
- Louis Collins
- Avalon Blues
- Big Leg Blues
- Stack O' Lee Blues
- Candy Man Blues
- Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied
- Blessed Be The Name
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground
- Blue Harvest Blues
- Spike Driver Blues

Hambone Willie Newbern
- She Could Toodle-Oo
- Nobody Knows (What The Good Deacon Does)
- Shelby County Workhouse
- Way Down In Arkansas
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy Eyed Woman's Blues
- Roll And Tumble Blues
Eli Framer
- Framer's Blues
- God Didn't Make No Monkey Man
Louie Lasky
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done
- Teasin' Brown Blues
- Caroline


disc 3:
Cedar Creek Sheik
- Ford V-8
- Watch The Fords Go By
- Mary Had A Little Lamb
- She's Totin' Something Good
- What A Pity
- I Believe Somebody's Ridin' My Mule
- Don't Use That Stuff
- Buy It From The Poultry Man
- Don't Credit My Stuff
- Jimmy Shut His Store Doors
Robert Hill
- I Had A Gal For The Last Fifteen Years
- Tell Me What's Wrong With You
- You Gonna Look Like A Monkey When You Get Old
- G Blues
- Just Smilin'
- Pal, How I Miss You Tonight
- Lumber-Yard Blues
- I'm Going To Write And Tell My Mother
- It Is So Good
- Hill's Hot Sauce
Virgil Childers
- Dago Blues
- Red River Blues
- Who's That Knockin' At My Door
- Somebody Stole My Jane
- Travelin' Man
- Preacher And The Bear



Document DOCD-5678 (UK 2005)

232007A Richer Tradition - Country Blues & String Band Music 1923 - 1942

disc 1:
- Guitar Blues - Sylvester Weaver
- Time Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay - Ed Andrews
- Sundown Blues - Daddy Stovepipe
- Salt Lake City Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Whiskey And Gin Blues - South Street Trio
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Hey Lawdy Mama - The France Blues - Papa Harvey Hull/Long "Cleve" Reed
- A Chicken Can Waltz the Gravy Around - Stovepipe No-1/David Crockett
- Bamalong Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- Blue Coat Blues - "Blue Coat" Tom Nelson
- Frisco Whistle Blues - Ed Bell
- Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen
- Gravel Camp Blues - Lewis Black
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- Death Bell Blues - Tom Dickson
- C.C. & O. Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- Middlin' Blues - George "Bullet" Williams
- Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Kyle's Worried Blues - Charlie Kyle
- Bull Frog Blues - William Harris
- Sobbin' Woman Blues - Elizabeth Johnson
- Miss Meal Cramp Blues - Alec Johnson
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay


disc 2:
- Jail House Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Blues, Just Blues, That's All - Old Southern Jug Band
- String Band Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers
- Black Cat Blues - Old Pal Smoke Shop Four
- Dirty Guitar Blues - Leecan & Cooksey
- Boodle-Am-Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Quill Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Jug Band Special, The - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Cold Morning Shout - South Street Trio
- Violin Blues - Johnson Boys
- Easy Winner - The Blue Boys
- G- Burns Is Gonna Rise Again - Johnson/Nelson/Porkchop
- I Got a Gal - James Cole's String Band
. Jazz Fiddler, The - Walter Jacobs/Lonnie Carter
- Knox Couty Stomp - Tennessee Chocolate Drops
- Adam And Eve - Tommie Bradley
- Runnin' Wild - James Cole's Washboard Four
- Giving It Away - Birmingham Jug Band
- Jackson Stomp - Mississippi Mud Steppers
- Old Hen Cackle - Coleman & Harper
- Travelin' Railroad Man Blues - Alabama Sheiks
- Old Hen Cackle - Coleman & Harper
- Ted's Stomp - Louie Blue/Ted Bogan
- Dusting the Frets - Dallas Jamboree Jug Band
- Arkansas Traveller - Nashville Washboard Band


disc 3:
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - "Long Cleve" Reed/Little Harvey Hull
- Tuxedo Blues - Whistlin' Pete & Daddy Stovepipe
- Mean Conductor Blues - Ed Bell
- Back Door Blues - Emery Glen
- Spanish Blues - Lewis Black
- Helena Blues - Mooch Richardson
- I Heard the Voice Of a Pork Chop - Bogus Ben Covington
- Rising River Blues - George Carter

- She Could Toodle-Oo - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Weak Minded Woman - Willie Baker
- Old Rock Island Blues - Lonnie Coleman
- Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None - Mae Glover
- Showers Of Rain Blues - Edward Thompson
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- If I Call You Mama - Luke Jordan
- Never Drive a Stranger From Your Door - Willie Harris
- Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Shaking Weed Blues - Tommy Settlers
- South Carolina Rag - Willie Walker
- Beans - El Morrow/Beans Hambone
- Poor Jane Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Window Pane Blues - Tommie Bradley
- Hot Jelly Roll Blues - George Carter


disc 4:
- Labor Blues - Tom Dickson
- Goin' Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- No Baby - Charlie Kyle
- Early Mornin' Blues - William Harris
- Dreaming Blues - Willie Reed
- Weeping Willow Blues - George Carter

- Way Down In Arkansas - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Wild About My Loving - Lonnie Coleman
- Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone
- Florida Bound - Edward Thompson
- God Didn't Make No Monkey Man - Eli Framer
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Diamond Ring Blues - Jim Jam (Walter Taylor)
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Lonesome Midnight Dream - Willie Harris
- Billy Goat Blues - John Byrd
- That Won't Do - Arthur Pettis
- Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter
- 'Toby' Woman Blues - Gene Campbell
- Rollin' Dough Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell
- Farewell To You Baby - Carl Martin
- Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky
- Married Woman Blues - George Torey
- Dago Blues - Virgil Childers


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD box
booklet by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7798 (UK 2007)

242012The Return of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

disc 1:
Alex Hood & His Railroad Boys - L And N Rag
Hambone Willie Newburn - Roll And Tumble Blues
Appalachia Vagabond (Hayes Shepherd) - Hard For To Love
Washington (Bukka) White - The Panama Limited
Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers - John Henry Blues
Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words Blues
Carter Brothers & Son - Old Jaw Bone
B.F. Shelton - Oh Molly Dear
Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere - Part 1
Ernest Stoneman & Kahle Brewer - Lonesome Road Blues
Ishman Bracey - Woman Woman Blues
Fiddling Powers & Family - Old Molly Hair
Ashley's Melody Men - Bath House Blues
Dennis McGee & Sady Courville - Mon Chere Bebe Creole
Willie Walker - Dupree Blues
Packie Dolan & His Boys - Irish Girl/Blue Breeches
Cartwright Brothers - Texas Ranger
L.O. Birkhead & A.E. Ward - Robinson County
Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along
Lewis Brothers - Bull At The Wagon
Karola Stocha & S. Bachleda - Koscieliska
Fruit Jar Guzzlers - Stack-O-Lee
Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers - Sail Away Ladies


disc 2:
Mississippi Possum Hunters - The Last Shot Got Him
George Edgin's Corn Dodgers - My Ozark Mountain Home
Henry Thomas - Charmin Betsey
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers - Milwaukee Blues
Eck Robertson & Family - Texas Wagoner
Joe Evans & Arthur McClain - Two White Horses
Leo Soileau & Mayuse Lafleur - Basile Waltz
Lottie Kimbrough - Rolling Log Blues
Luke Hignight & His Ozark Strutters - Fort Smith Breakdown
Carver Boys - Tim Brook
Blind Willie Johnson - Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
Furry Lewis - Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee
J.P. Nester & Norman Edmonds - Train On The Island
Tommy Johnson - Lonesome Home Blues
Orkiestra Majkuta - Wsciekla Polka
Lulu Jackson - Little Rosewood Casket
E. Mullaney & P. Stack - Maid In A Cherry Tree
Elder Golden P. Harris - I'll Lead A Christian Life
Fiddling Sam Long - Seneca Square Dance
Blind Blake - Sun To Sun Blues
Blue Ridge Mountain Singers - The Letter That Never Came
Charley Patton - Some These Days I'll Be Gone
Allison's Sacred Harp Singers - I'm A Long Time Traveling Away From Home


prod. & remastered by Richard Nevins
artwork by Drew Friedman

54-pp. booklet with stories and anecdotes of shellac collectors

Yazoo CD 2203 (US 9/2012)

Yazoo Records discography



Additional information appreciated !!!

I herewith confess
that I do not have the ambition to list each and every CD anthology / compilation
containing only one (or two ;-) Hambone Willie Newbern track(s) !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 287
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, p. 678
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 240
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Izumi Kinoshita, Fernando Goin and Howard Rye for additional info / scans

 

 

 

 

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