né Hammie Davis a/k/a Hammie Nickersonb. January 22, 1908 in Brownsville, Haywood County, TennesseeHe married the elder Estes daughter, Virginia, with whom he had a son named Johnnyd. August 17, 1984 on Jackson-Madison Highway in Jackson, Madison County, Tennesseeburied at Rosenwald Cemetery, Brownsville, Tennesseediscography
Decca 7022
Champion 50064
Decca 7024
Decca 7039
Decca 7040
Champion 50001
= Decca 7325
Champion 50068
= Decca 7279
Champion 50048
= Decca 7289
= Brunswick (E) 03562
= Decca (E) 03562
Decca 7342
Decca 7346
Decca 7354
Decca 7365
Decca 7368
Decca 7414
Decca 7437
Decca 7442
Decca 7762
Ora-Nelle unissued
# Barrelhouse BH-004and P-Vine PLP-6714 (Jp)
* St. George STG 1001
notes by Bob KoesterDelmar DL-603
Delmark DL-603 (mono)Delmark DS-603 (stereo)
= Trio PA-6212 (Jp 1973)= Trio PA-6212 (Jp 1980)
= P-Vine PLP-377 (Jp 1988)
= Delmark CD DE-603
7 inch 45 rpm EPDelmark djb 3
Ebony 1020
Ebony 1000
RBF 9
RBF discography
77 LA12/23 track sequence: - Texas Tony - Shout Baby Shout - Lonesome Blues - I'm Gonna Get Up In The Morning - Up And Down The Line * - Bye Bye Baby * - Stop Knockin On My Door * - Move Your Hand * # - Doorbell Blues * - Get Your Morning Exercise * CD track sequence: - Texas Tony - Girl Of My Dreams - Do The Boogie Mama (take 3) - Starvation In My Kitchen - I'm Gonna Get Up In The Morning - Lonesome Blues - Shout Baby Shout - Rocky Mountain Blues - Do The Boogie Mama (take 2) - Stop Knocking On My Door * - Doorbell Blues * - Move Your Hand * - Get Your Morning Exercise * - When My Baby Comes Back Home * - Up And Down The Line * - Bye Bye Baby * red = previously unissued rec. March 6 & 31, 1963 in private homes in Chicago, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, mand; Hammie Nixon, jug, hca; Sleepy John Estes, g; * Big Joe Williams, 9-str g, # voc; * Mike Bloomfield, g; album production and supervision: Robert G. Koester; cover design by Peter J. Welding
notes by Bob Koester = Delmark DL-606 (US mono)
77 Records LA 12/23
notes by Bob Koester= Delmark DS-606 (stereo)
= Goody GY 10010 (D 198?)"Super Black Blues Vol. 5"
= Delmark CD DD-608 (1995)
77 LA 12-27 (UK 1964)
notes by Bob Koester= Delmar(k) DE-608 (US)
= Delmark DL-608
= Delmark DS-9608 (stereo)later Delmark DS-608
= Trio PA-3048 (Jp 1974)
= Trio PA-6207 (Jp 1978)
notes by Bob Koester = Goody GY 10008 (D 198?)"Super Black Blues Vol. 3"
= Delmark CD DD-608(1995)
(labels & back cover of 2nd and 3rd pressing)(3rd pressing)
Sleepy John Estes discography
notes by Paul OliverStoryville SLP 172(Dk 1964) (1st pressing)Storyville SLP 172(Dk 196?) (2nd pressing)
notes by Paul Oliver = Storyville 671172 (Germany 1968)
Storyville Records discography
Delmark DL-611
Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 track sequence: - Five Long Years - Muddy Waters (AFBF 1963) - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues - Willie Dixon (AFBF 1963) - Crazy For My Baby - Willie Dixon (AFBF 1963) - Matt's Guitar Boogie - Matthew Murphy (AFBF 1963) - I Don't Know - Sonny Boy Williamson (AFBF 1963) - I'm Trying To Make London My Home - Sonny Boy Williamson (AFBF 1964) - Ain't It A Pity - Lightnin' Hopkins (AFBF 1964) - Baby, Please Don't Go - Lightnin' Hopkins (AFBF 1964) - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' - Sunnyland Slim (AFBF 1964) - No Title Boogie - Hubert Sumlin (AFBF 1964) - Dust My Broom - Howlin Wolf (AFBF 1964)
notes by Horst Lippmann & Fritz Rau (introduction), Georges Adins, Joachim E. Berendt, Jacques Demêtre, Bob Koester, Horst Lippmann, Paul Oliver (artists' portraits) Fontana 681 522 TL (mono) (Germany 1964)= Fontana 885 411 TY (stereo) (Germany 1964)
notes by Jean Tronchot = Fontana 681 522 TL (mono) (Fr 1964)
notes by Jean Tronchot = Fontana 885 411 MY (stereo) (Fr 1964)
= Fontana TL 5225 (UK 1964)
[not = Amiga 850043 !!!]
(=) Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 (Jp 1969) "American Folk Blues Festival 63-64"
notes by Willy Leiser = L+R 42.024 (Germany 1981)
= L+R 42.024 (Germany 1982)
= Edigsa/L+R 12L0293 (Sp 1982)
= Optimism/L+R CD LR-2024 (US 198?)
5 CD box setnotes by Bill Dahl (=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65" CD 4: "'sixty four"
notes by Jerry Gordon (=) Evidence ECD 26087-2 (US 1997) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65 - Highlights"Evidence ECD 260101 "American Folk Blues Festival '66 - '72" (as announced in the notes accompanying Evidence ECD 26087-2) obviously never happened!
= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42024 (Germany 1998)
3 CD set (=) Bellaphon CDLR 726321 (Germany 2002) "1962, 1963, 1964" CD 3: 1964
180 g LP= Pure Pleasure/L+R PPAN LR42024 (UK 2014)
American Folk Blues Festival discographyFontana Records discographyL+R Records discography
notes by Samuel Charters Vanguard VRS 9180 (mono) (US 6/1965)
notes by Samuel Charters = Vanguard VSD 79180 (stereo) (US 6/1965)
notes by Samuel Charters = Fontana TFL 6048 (mono) (UK 196?)
2 CD set(=) King/Vanguard KICP 2118/9 (Jp 1991) "The Blues at Newport 1964 part 1 and 2"
2 CD set (=) Vanguard CD 662247 (Fr 1993) "The Blues at Newport 1964 - Complete edition"
Newport Folk Festival discographySleepy John Estes discographyYank Rachell discographyMississippi John Hurt discographyReverend Gary Davis discographyReverend Robert Wilkins discographySkip James discographyRobert Pete Williams discographyJesse Fuller discographyJohn P. Hammond discographyDave Van Ronk discography
Vanguard VRS-9184 (mono)VSD-79184 (stereo)
= Fontana TFL 6050 (UK)
= King/Vanguard SH-225 (Jp)
Bea & Baby unissued
notes by Bob KoesterDelmark DL-611 (mono)
Delmark DS-9611 (stereo)
= Delmark DS-611
Delmark CD DD-611
notes by Bob KoesterDelmark DS-613
= Delmark CD DD-613
notes by Paul Oliver Storyville SLP 4074
Storyville STCD 8051 (2000)
Scout Sc-3
Scout Records discography
Barrelhouse BH-004
= St. George STG-1001 (1983)"Chicago Boogie 1947"improved sound
= P-Vine PLP-6714 (1998)
Barrelhouse Records discography
St. George Records discography
notes (24 pages booklet) by Gianni Marcucci and Lucio Maniscalchi I Dischi Del Sole DS 526/28 (Italy 1974)
= Ala Bianca CD 128553718 (Italy 1996)
Storyville SLP 4008
= Storyville ST 21021
4 LP setliner notes (in German andEnglish) by Robert Hertwig MCA Coral 6.30106 (Germany)= 6.30106 FK= RCOX 7526/1-4
= MCA Coral 82.024 (Germany)
(=) Bob CD 203 (2006)
MCA 3530 (Jp)
notes by Diego Carpitella Albatros VPA 8277= Albatros VC 0757 (cassette)
reissued (along with VPA 8285) by Dom disques Fr 1997 as Albatros CD DAF 102 "Tennessee Blues Vol. 2"
Trio 3A-2025 (Jp)
= TDK TDCD 1073 (Jp)
= Trio SWAX-107 (Jp 1999)"Showboat" "Art Union"
Trio Records discography
* Delmark 835
notes by Bill Haesler Swaggie 1219 (Australia)
notes by Bill Haesler Swaggie 1220 (Australia)
notes by Gianni MarcucciAlbatros VPA 5458(It 1979)
(=) Albatros ALB 13"Way Back Yonder...Original Country BluesVolumes 1, 2 & 3"(It 1979)
Albatros Records discographyWillie Borum discographyLum Guffin discography
Delta Blues DBF 79
Kay Jazz KJ 081 (UK 1980)
"none of the takes included in this double album will re-appear in further releases"
= on Evidence 3 CD set (US 1999)
DLPnotes by Axel Küstner L+R 42.030 (Germany 1980)
some tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) Living Country Blues - An Anthology
2 CD setnotes by Axel Küstner [CD notes do *not* contain liner photos that were part of the original LP release!]= Bellaphon CDLR 711921 (Germany 2008)
180 g DLP= Bellaphon LR 713014 (Germany 2014) (includes download code)
L+R Records discography
L+R 42.034
some tracks reissued on CDEvidence ECD 26105-2 (1999)Living Country Blues- An Anthology
= L+R LRCD 712829 (2008)
7 inch 45 rpm EP Jug Band Records WS 1930/31 (US 1982)
MCA 1339
Earl Archives BluesDocuments BD-609(Austria)
Wolf 120.913
Wolf 120.916
notes by David Evans High Water 416 (US 1982)
# HMG CD 6509 (US 1998)
High Water Recording Company discography
High Water LP 1003 (US 1984)
(=) High Water / Hightone HMG CD 6509 (US 1998)
5 LP box set (80 tracks) Jass Box One (US 1987)
5 cassette set (80 tracks) (=) Jass JCB1-1 - JCB1-5 (US 1988)
2 CD set (50 tracks) (=) Jass JASS CD-11/12 (US 1989) Jass Box One (US 1987)
2 CD set (50 tracks) (=) Jass JASS CD-11/12 (US 1989)
Stash/Jass Records discography
Fan Club FC 044
more info
= Fan Club FC064cd
notes by Paul Oliver Wolf WSE 129
(=) Wolf WBCD-003 (1991)"Son Bonds & Charlie Pickett: Brownsville Blues"
notes by Sam Charters Vanguard VCD 115/16 (US 1991)
Newport Folk Festival discographyMississippi John Hurt discographyReverend Gary Davis discographyReverend Robert Wilkins discographySkip James discographySleepy John Estes discographyYank Rachell discographyRobert Pete Williams discographyJesse Fuller discographyJohn P. Hammond discographyDave Van Ronk discography
notes by Steve LaVere Memphis ArchivesCD 7008 (US 1994)
ACT CD 9204
2 CD setFremeaux CD FA040 (Fr)
EPM Musique 159402
3 CD set Evidence ECD 26105-2
with 3 CD set48-pp. booklet with notes by Jerry Gordon, Axel Küstner & Brett Bonnerby Brett Bonner andAxel Küstner
photos by Axel Küstner
Delmark DE-746 (US 2000)
Delmark DE 639
Birdman BMR 047
Delmark DE 797
Mbirafon CD112 (It 2013)
MP3 at www.cdbaby.com
Delmark DE 835
101-track 4 CD set packaged in a 128-pp. booknotes by Jim O'Neal, artist notes by Bill Dahl, gospel notes by Robert M. Marovich and producer notes by Michael Robert FrankEarwig CD 4975 (7/2019)
thanks to Hank Moore and Max Hoeffner for additional info / scans