Illustrated Johnny Nicholas discography

J O H N N Y N I C H O L A S (with Walter Horton and Johnny Shines); source: Back cover of 'Too Many Bad Habits'
source: Back cover of 'Too Many Bad Habits' Johnny Nicholas
b. May 16, 1948 in Westerly, Rhode Island
discography J O H N N Y N I C H O L A S; foto from Guitar Player Oct. 1995, p. 29
source: Guitar Player October 1995, p. 29

#	year of release	title / label # / notes
1	1973	Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1972 Michael Turner - Introduction Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers - Kitchen Sink Boogie Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle Bobby Blue Bland - Ain't That Loving You Dr. John - I Walk On Guilded Splinters Junior Walker & the All Stars - (I'm A) Roadrunner / These Things Will Keep Me Loving You Bonnie Raitt - Tribute to Fred McDowell Howlin' Wolf - Highway 49 Muddy Waters - Honey Bee CJQ - Form Kinetic John Sinclair, Muddy Waters, Lucille Spann - Festival Dedication To Otis Spann Lucille Spann with Mighty Joe Young - Dedicated To Otis Freddie King - Goin' Down Luther Allison - Please Send Me Someone To Love Boogie Brothers with Sister Sarah Brown - My Last Meal # Johnny Shines - Dust My Broom Otis Rush - Gambler's Blues Sippie Wallace with Bonnie Raitt - Women Be Wise Sun Ra & His Solar-Myth Arkestra - Life Is Splendid rec. September 10, 1972 live at the Otis Spann Memorial Field, Ann Arbor, MI; prod. by Gary Grimshaw and John Sinclair # Johnny Nicholas, voc, g; Steve Nardella, hca (The Boogie Brothers); Boogie Woogie Red, p; Sister Sarah Brown, b; Fran Christina, dr DLP Atlantic SD2-502 (US 1973) = Atlantic P-5090 (Jp) 8 LP box set, 45 rpm 180 gram Classic SD 2 502 (US 2000) = Atlantic 2CD AMCY-6134-5 (Jp 2001) Wounded Bird WOU 2502 (US 2014)
1a	1974	Bobo Jenkins: Here I Am A Fool In Love Again Big Star B.S. 11-33 track sequence: - Playboy Blues (A022) - If You Were The Only Woman (A023) - Shake 'Em On Down (A024) - Scared To Call Her Name (A025) - Monkey Not For Sale (A026) - Here I Am A Fool In Love Again (A027) - Somebody Been Talkin' (B028) - Share Cropper Blues (B029) # - Ten Below Zero (B030) [Fortune 838] - Baby Don't You Want To Go (B031) [Fortune 838] - Nothing But Love (B032) - Watergate Blues (B033) [] rec. April 1973 in Detroit, MI; Bobo Jenkins, voc, g; Steve Nardella, hca; John Nicholas, g; Sarah Brown, b; Fran Christina, dr # rec. 1974 in Detroit, MI; Bobo Jenkins, voc, g; L.B. Pryor, org; Michael Bell, g; Melvin Allen, b; Kenny Mathews, dr [] rec. 1974 in Detroit, MI; Bobo Jenkins, voc, g; L.B. Pryor, org; James 'Rabbit' Johnson, 2nd g; "King", b; Kenny Mathews, dr P-Vine PCD-5640 track sequence: - When I First Left Home - Realing And Rocking - Cold Hearted Blues - I Love That Woman - Solid Gold - You Will Never Understand - Trying To Get You Off My Mind - 24 Years - I Sure Got To Leave Your Town - Have You Heard The News - Tell Me Who - I'm So Glad Trouble Don't Last Always - Playboy Blues - If You Were The Only Woman - Shake 'em On Down - Scared To Call Her Name - Monkey Not For Sale - Here I Am A Fool In Love Again - Somebody Been Talkin' - Share Cropper Blues - Ten Below Zero - Baby Don't You Want To Go - Nothing But Love - Watergate Blues notes by Fred Reif Big Star B.S. 11-33 (US 1974) ["The green album"] notes by Fred Reif (=) P-Vine PCD 5640 (Jp 2001) "The Life of Bobo Jenkins / Here I Am A Fool In Love Again"
1b	1974	Bobo Jenkins - Shake 'Em On Down (A-024) - Watergate Blues (B-033) Big Star A-024/B-033 (US) [picture from a repro]
2	1977	Johnny Nicholas & Friends: Too Many Bad Habits - Mandolin Boogie - Looks Can Be Deceivin' - Too Many Bad Habits - Sittin' On Top Of The World - Got The Train? - Rock My Blues Away - Blues Walk - Don't You Mind People Grinnin' In Your Face - The New Canned Heat - West Wind - Blues Came Fallin' Down - Careless Love - Gettin' Outta Town - Hellhound On My Trail rec. 1974; 'friends' are Big Walter Horton, Johnny Shines and members of Asleep At The Wheel People's Label CD/LP 1 (remastered album Blind Pig BP 004): - Mandolin Boogie - Looks Can Be Deceivin' - Too Many Bad Habits - Sittin' On Top Of The World - Got The Train? - Rock My Blues Away - Blues Walk - Don't You Mind People Grinnin' In Your Face - The New Canned Heat - West Wind - Blues Came Fallin' Down - Careless Love - Gettin' Outta Town - Hellhound On My Trail People's Label CD/LP 2 (previously unreleased / alternate takes): - Move On Down The Line 4:30 - Pump Jockey Blues 3:46 - Believe I'll Make A Change 2:39 - Prisoner Blues 4:58 - Apple Grove Rhumba (instr) 2:06 - Looks Can Be Deceiving (alt tk) 3:20 - That's Alright Mamma 1:28 - Hootie Blues 4:05 - Money Marbles And Chalk 4:11 - Lonesome Traveler 4:26 - Froggy Bottom 4:33 - Soon Forgotten 4:44 People's Label reissue completely remastered Blind Pig BP 004 2 LP/CD set notes from the original LP plus new notes by Ed Ward People's Label (US 10/2017)
3	1978	Walter Horton: Fine Cuts - Everybody's Fishin' - Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Relaxin' - We Gonna Move To Kansas City - Walter's Swing - Hobo Blues - Stop Clownin' - Need My Baby - La Cucaracha - Worried Life - Put The Kettle On backed by Johnny Nicholas' Rhythm Rockers Blind Pig BP 006 = Blue Moon BMLP069 (UK 1989) = Blind Pig CD BP 678
4	1979?	Guitar Johnny & The Rhythm Rockers - I Wish Your Picture Was You (L. Price) - As Long As I'm Moving (C. Calhoun) - Good Rockin' Mama * (J. Nicholas) - Down In The Alley * (J. Nicholas) * recorded live Personnel is probably: John Nicholas: g & voc, Sarah Brown, b & vocal on A-2, Ronnie Horvath, g, Kaz Kazanoff (possibly),sax, Terry Bingham, dr 7 inch 45 rpm Baron EP 501
5	1979	Asleep At The Wheel: Served Live - Choo Choo Ch Boogie (Darling/Gabler/Horton) - The Last Meal (Hall) - God Bless The Child (Herzog/Herzog/Holiday) - Jumpin' At The Woodside (Basie/Hendricks) - Am I High? (Benson/O'Connell/Sheridan) - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 (Troup) - Baby, You've Got What It Takes (Otis/Stein) - Too Many Bad Habits (Nicholas) - Miles And Miles Of Texas (Camfield/Johnson) - Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Traditional) rec. live Jan. 19 & 20, 1979 at the Austin Opry House in Austin, Tx; + Johnny Nicholas g, p, voc Capitol EST 11945 = AW-SLCD
6	1984	Walter Horton: Can't Keep Lovin' You@ youtube - Skip It - Hard Hearted Woman - Tin Pan Alley - Walter's Boogie - Sugar Mama - Honeydripper - West Wind - Can't Keep Lovin' You - Careless Love * - Gettin' Outta Town * Johnny Nicholas, g on all tracks * from Johnny Nicholas & Friends: Too Many Bad Habits Blind Pig BP 1484 (US 1984) = CD BP 1484 (1989)
7	1986	Johnny Nicholas: Broke Again - Broke Again - Curb Your Dog - Visitor In My Dreams - Too Many Bad Habits - Terminal Love - Ride Your Train - My Rice Ain't Go No Gravy - Prodigal Son's Waltz - Glad To Get To Hell - Thick And Thin - Lonesome Traveler Hill Top HTLP 881 (US 1986) = Topcat CD 03052 (US 2005)
8	1990	Prime Chops Walter Horton - Hard Hearted Woman Blind Pig BP 8001 (US 1990)
9	1991	Johnny Shines and Snooky Pryor: Back To The Country CD track sequence: - Trouble In Mind (Jones) - Corrine Corrina (Chatman/Parish/Williams) - Cool Driver (Shines) - They're Red Hot (Johnson) - Crossroads (Johnson) - Lost A Good Woman (Pryor) # - Evening Sun (Shines) - Peace In Hell (Nicholas) - Send Your Man To War (Pryor) - Come On In My Kitchen (Johnson) - Blues Come To Texas (Shines) - Moon Is Rising (Shines) - Hey Bobba Re Bop (Hamner) - Terraplane (Johnson) - I Make You Happy (Pryor) # not included on LP release !!! LP track sequence: - Trouble In Mind (Jones) - Corrine Corrina (Chatman/Parish/Williams) - Cool Driver (Shines) - They're Red Hot (Johnson) - Crossroads (Johnson) - Evening Sun (Shines) - I Make You Happy (Pryor) - Come On In My Kitchen (Johnson) - Hey Bobba Re Bop (Hamner) - Blues Come To Texas (Shines) - Moon Is Rising (Shines) - Send Your Man To War (Pryor) - Terraplane (Johnson) - Peace In Hell (Nicholas) Johnny Nicholas acoustic g, p, steel g, prod Blind Pig BP-4391 (US 1991) = Blind Pig BPLP 4391 (US 2008) remastered, limited edition, HQ-180 gram LP
10	1992	Guitar Johnny & The Rhythm Rockers - Too Many Bad Habits (J. Nicholas) - Good Rocking Mama (J. Nicholas) - Nip Sip (R.Toombs) [Sarah Brown voc] - Teardrops On My Window Pane - As Long As I'm Moving (Calhoun) [Sarah Brown voc] - Lost Time - Two Bones & A Pick (T-Bone Walker) - I Wish Your Picture Was You (L. Price) - Froggy Bottom - Memory Pain (P. Mayfield) rec. 1977; acc by Sarah Brown, b, voc; Ronnie Horvath (Earl), g; Kaz Kazanoff, sax New Rose FCD 106 (Fr 1992)
11	1993	Prime Chops, Volume 2 Johnny Shines & Snooky Pryor - Cool Driver Walter Horton - Walter's Swing Blind Pig CD BP 8002 (US 1993)
12	1994	Johnny Nicholas: Thrill On The Hill - Kind Hearted Woman - House Cleaning Blues - My Rice Ain't Got No Gravy - Prince Charming - Blues & Lonesome - Mandolin Boogie - Sleeping With The Devil - Let's Go To Big Houston - Tomorrow Night - Johnny's Deathray Boogie / Thrill On The Hill bonus tracks on TopCat reissue: - Mandolin Moan - Stones In My Pathway - Thinkin' 'bout Junior - Phonograph Blues Antones CD ANT 0032 (US 1994) (=) TopCat CD 02052 (US 2005)
13	1994	Asleep At The Wheel: Still Swingin' disc 1 - Take Me Back To Tulsa - I'm The Fool (Who Told You To Go) - Cherokee Boogie - Your Down Home Is Uptown - The Letter That Johnny Walker Read - Bump Bounce Boogie - Well Oh Well - Spanish Two Step - Route 66 - Miles And Miles Of Texas - Shout Wa Hey - I Wonder - A Dollar Short And A Day Late - My Baby Thinks She's A Train - Where Shall I Go (Song Of The Wanderer) - Texas Me And You - One O'Clock Jump - Louisiana 1927 - The Last Meal - God Bless The Child - Am I High disc 2 - Take Me Back To Tulsa - Blues Stay Away From Me - Trouble In Mind - Problem Drinker - Ruler Of My Heart - Let Me Go Home, Whiskey - Blues For Dixie - Fat Boy Rag - Choo Choo Ch'boogie - The Same Rope - Texas Me And You - Jumpin' At The Woodside disc 3 - Red Wing (instrumental) - Big Balls In Cowtown - Yearning (Just For You) - Bring It On Down To My House - Deep Water - Blues For Dixie - Billy Dale - Across The Alley From The Alamo - Old Fashioned Love - Ida Red - Misery - I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do - Hubbin' It - Corrina, Corrina - Still Water Runs The Deepest - All Night Long - Got A Letter From My Kid Today - Dusty Skies 3 CD compilation Capitol CD 30284 (US 1994) = Liberty CD 30285 (UK)
14	1996	The Fabulous Thunderbirds: Different Tacos - Can't Tear It Up Enuff (Wilson) - You're Humbuggin' Me (Miller/Morgan) - My Babe (Holden) - Feelin' Good (Parker) - Found A New Love (Wilson) - Introduction of Band by C-Boy Bottom Line... - Bad Boy (Taylor) - Scratch My Back (Moore) - She's Tuff (McCain) - Full-Time Lover (Jones/Scott) - Introduction of Guest Musicians by Kim Wilson - Made In The Shade - The Crawl (Shuler/Victorian) - I Hear You Knockin' (Miller) - Mathilda [live] (Khoury/Thierry) - Someday - Wait On Time (Wilson) - I Got Eyes (Watson) - Things I Forgot To Do (Wilson) - Look Whatcha Done (Magic Sam) - Please Don't Lie To Me (Wilson) - Pocket Rocket (Wilson) Johnny Nicholas, p, bckgr voc Country Town Music CD 1006
15	1996	Long John Hunter: Border Town Legend - T-Bone Intentions (Foose/Hunter) - Ice Cold (Hunter) - Ole Red (Foose/Hunter/Jeter/Owens) - Marfa Lights (Foose/Hunter/Owens) - Nasty Ways (Foose/Hunter/Nicholas/Owens) - Grits Ain't Groceries (Turner) - Arkansas (Martin) - Rooster and the Hen (Foose/Hunter/Jeter/Owens) - Lone Star Shootout (Foose/Hunter/Owens) - Everybody Knows (Malone) - Road Hog (Hunter) - John's Funk (Hunter) Johnny Nicholas, p Alligator CD 4839 (US 1996) www.alligatorrecords.com
16	1997	20th Anniversary Collection Johnny Shines - Blues Come To Texas Blind Pig CD BP 2001 (US 1997)
17	1998	Geoff Muldaur: Secret Handshake - The Wild Ox Moan (Hall/Tartt) - This World Is Not My Home (Brumley) - Alberta (Leadbelly) - Got To Find Blind Lemon (pt. 1) - I Believe I'll Go Back Home (Muldaur) - Chevrolet/Big Alice (Young/Young) - I Can't See Your Face (Davis) - Mistreated Mama (trad.) - Someday Baby (Estes) - Just A Little While To Stay Here (Brumley) Johnny Nicholas, p Hightone CD 8097 (US 1998)
18	2000	Johnny Nicholas & The Texas All-Stars: Rockin' My Blues To Sleep Texas/Louisiana Blues and Dance Hall Favorites - Rockin' My Blues To Sleep - Rain Down Tears - The Last Meal - I'm A Fool To Care - Where You At? - Reap What You Sow - Woke Up Screamin' - Mamma, Talk To Your Daughter - In The Doorway Cryin' - The Hustle Is On - Things I Used To Do - Before I Grow Too Old - Boogie Back To Texas Hilltop CD 105 (US 2000) = Topcat CD 01012
19	2001	25th Anniversary Collection Johnny Shines - Peace In Hell Blind Pig CD BP 2002 (US 2001)
20	2005	Johnny Nicholas: Livin' With The Blues - Froggy Bottom - Hill Top - You Can't Be Lucky All The Time - I'll Be Around - Dirty People - Teardrops On My Windowpane - Livin With The Blues - Need Your Love So Bad - Honeydrippin' Baby - Texas Drifter - I'm From Texas - Down In The Alley TopCat CD 10052 (US 2005)
21	2005	Texas All Stars: Big Band Bash - Broke Again - Baby I'm Gone - The Ironic Twist - Down In The Valley - Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing - Mescal Road - This Old World Needs Love - All Blues - Good Morning Judge - Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Maybe, Maybe - I'm In Love Again - Can't Stop The Crying - Before I Grow Too Old - The Hammer - Texas Flood TopCat CD 01062 (US 2005)
22	2008	Big Walter Horton, Johnny Nicholas, Ronnie Earl: Bocce Blues - Everyday I Have The Blues - Walters Boogie - Trouble In Mind - My Baby - Cold Chills - That's Why I'm Crying - Bocce Boogie - La Cucuracha - Sweet Black Angel - Baby Please Don't Go (Turn The Lamps Down Low) - Hard Hearted Woman - Little Bitty Girl - Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Tell Me Why - Breakin' With The Earle rec. September 1978 at Bocce Club in Westerly, Rhode Island TopCat TCT 7082 (US 2008)
23	2009	Geoff Muldaur and the Texas Sheiks - The World Is Going Wrong (3:08) @ youtube - All By Myself (3:40) - Poor Boy (3:00) - Fan It (3:12) - Hard Time Killin' Floor (4:19) - Sweet To Mama (3:14) - Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away (2:32) - Cairo (3:36) - Under The Chicken Tree (3:10) - Please, Baby (3:03) - Blues In The Bottle (3:48) - Right Now Blues (3:58) - Travellin' Riveside (5:53) - Yellow Dog Blues (2:53) rec. 2008 at Wire Studio in Austin, TX; Geoff Muldaur, Stephen Bruton, Jim Kweskin, Johnny Nicholas, Cindy Cashdollar, Suzy Thompson, Bruce Hughes; prod. by Geoff Muldaur & Bruce Hughes cover art by Ed Ruscha Tradition & Moderne TAM 1045 (LP) / TAM 045 (CD) (Germany 2009)
24	2009	Things About Comin' My Way A Tribute to the Music of The Mississippi Sheiks - It's Backfirin' Now - The North Mississippi Allstars - Things About Comin' My Way- Ndidi Onukwulu - Stop and Listen - John Hammond - Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down - Bruce Cockburn - Bootlegger's Blues - Oh Susanna (arrangement by Van Dyke Parks) - Sitting On Top Of The World - The Carolina Chocolate Drops - Too Long - Danny Barnes - Jailbird Love Song - Jim Byrnes - That's It - Bill Frisell - Please Baby - Madeleine Peyroux - Livin' In A Strain - Kelly Joe Phelps - Lonely One In This Town - Steve Dawson - The World Is Going Wrong - Geoff Muldaur and The Texas Sheiks @ youtube - We Both Are Feeling Good Right Now - Del Rey - Somebody's Gotta Help You - Bob Brozman - He Calls That Religion - The Sojourners - I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You - Robin Holcomb prod. by Steve Dawson notes by Ron Forbes-Roberts, Doug Heselgrave & Steve Dawson Black Hen Music BHCD-0055
25	2012	Johnny Nicholas: Future Blues - Hey, Hey - Hell Bent - Don't Say I Never Told You So - Hard Time Livin' - Roads On Fire - Mister Moon - Future Blues - Graveyard Blues - That's the Price - (It's All Over Now) Baby Blue - Pass Your Tender Lips - Steadfast The People's Label no # (US 2012)
26	2013	Louisiana Red: Sweet Dreams Sir Minter - Working Mule - The Sky Is Crying - Champagne And Reefer - What Is That She Got? - Do You Got Balls? - Keep On Playin' Dem Blues - Locked Up So Long - Good Bye Jack Dupree - Early In The Morning - You Done Quit Me - I Wonder Who - I Done Woke Up * # - Same Thing # - Too Poor To Die # Louisiana Red, voc, g, * hca; Johnny Nicholas, p, voc; The Backbone (Nick Dounoussis, g; George Athanas, b; George Papazoglou, dr); prod. by John Angelatos TopCat Records = P-Vine PCD-93719 (Jp 2013)
27	2016	Johnny Nicholas: Fresh Air - Moonlight Train - Kid Man Blues - Blues Time - Red Light - Sweet Katrina - Broken Heart - Bayou Blues - Roll On Mississippi - Backdoor Man - Wake Up Boogie - Working In The Garden - Fresh Air - Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar CD-R CDJN1 (US 2016)
28	10/2020	Johnny Nicholas: Mistaken Identity@ youtube (full album) - She Stole My Mojo - Mule And The Devil - Spark To A Flame - Mistaken Identity - Guadalupe's Prayer - Wanna Be Your Baby - Tight Pants - She Didn't Think Of Me That Way - Highway 190 - River Runs Deep prod., rec. and mixed by Valcour Records co-founder Joel Savoy Johnny Nicholas, voc, ac & el g, resonator g, p, hca, mandocello; Scrappy Jud Newcomb, ac & el g, mand & voc; Chris Maresh, el & upright b, voc; John Chipman, dr & perc, Kurdish frame dr & voc with Max Baca, bajo sexto; Josh Baca, accordion; Chris Stafford, org; Eric Adcock, clavinet; Kelli Jones, voc & tamb; Sabra Guzman, Kelley Mickwee, Alice Spencer, Walt Wilkins, Bill Small, voc Valcour CDVAL0047 (US 10/2020)

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Eric LeBlanc and Scott Barretta for additional info

Walter Horton & Johnny Nicholas
source: Blind Pig Records promo photo

Walter Horton & Johnny Nicholas
source: Back cover of Blind Pig BP-006-78; photographer: J. Rock

Johnny Nicholas and Snooky Pryor
Johnny Nicholas and Snooky Pryor
at the Belgium Rhythm & Blues Festival in Peer 07/17-18/1993
source: Block 88 (1993); photographer: Pierre Degeneffe

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