Oscar Klein and Philadelphia Jerry Ricks source: Front cover of L+R 42.007 photographer: Jack Tanner | 'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks Gerald Lawrence Ricks b. May 22, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. December 10, 2007 in a hospital in Rijeka, Croatia buried December 20, 2007 at 15:00 in Kastav Cemetery, Kastav, Croatia discography | Philadelphia Jerry Ricks in Rijeka, Croatia @ youtube |
# | year of release | title / label / notes |
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1 | 19?? | Son House with Buddy Guy Son House - Levee Camp Moan Buddy Guy - Nothin' But the Blues Son House - Death Letter Monologue - Levee Camp Moan Buddy Guy - Stormy Monday Blues Son House Monologue Son House & Buddy Guy - My Black Mama rec. 1968; from Camera Three (CBS studio New York); third (invisible) guitarist is Jerry Ricks
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???? | Mississippi John Hurt 1970-08-29 [sic] - C.C. Rider - Avalon Blues - Nobody's Dirty Business - Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor # @ youtube - Stack-O'Lee Blues rec. August 29, 1964 [not 1970 as CDr claims - MJH died November 2, 1966!] at the Philadelphia Folk Festival on Old Poole Farm, Schwenksville, PA; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g; # Jerry Ricks, g; # John Sebastian, hca # reissued on Sliced Bread SB 74440 (2001) Mississippi John Hurt discography | |
2 | 1966 | Mississippi John Hurt Today! - Pay Day (4:23) # @ youtube @ Spotify - I'm Satisfied (2:56) @ Spotify - Candy Man (2:58) @ Spotify - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (4:35) @ Spotify - Talking Casey (5:09) @ Spotify - Corrinna, Corrinna (1:52) @ Spotify - Coffee Blues (3:47) @ Spotify - Louis Collins (4:09) @ Spotify - Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight (3:33) @ Spotify - If You Don't Want Me Baby (3:21) # @ youtube @ Spotify - Spike Driver's Blues (3:28) @ Spotify - Beulah Land (3:45) @ Spotify "plus" tracks on KICP-2034 (from Vanguard VSD 79248): - Since I've Laid My Burden Down - Moaning The Blues - Richland Woman Blues - Hop Joint - Monday Morning Blues - Keep On Knocking - Stagolee - Nearer My God To Thee rec. July 1964 at the Manhattan Towers Hotel & at Vanguard's 23rd Street Recording Studio in New York City; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g [Stefan Grossman's Martin OM-45]; # Jerry Ricks, 2nd g [not credited on LP cover]; production supervised by Patrick Sky photo by Ed Freeman
notes by Nat Hentoff notes by Nat Hentoff notes by Nat Hentoff notes by Nat Hentoff
= Pure Pleasure 9220 (UK) (180 g vinyl) mastered by Kevin Gray & Steve Hoffman 14 versions at discogs.com Mississippi John Hurt discography |
3 | 1971 | Bob Patterson: Instrumentalist, Singer, Songwriter - Travelin' Through The Countryside # - Meadowlands - Darlin' Good Girl ## - Here's To Huddie - I Am Abandoned # - I'm Going Home - Bed Of Roses # @ youtube - Mick's Celebration - Lonesome City # - The Alarm Rings Five # @ youtube - Trippin' To Boston - Friends Of Mine # @ youtube
Riverman, Bella Terra BTR0041 bonus tracks:
= Riverman, Bella Terra BTR0041 (South Korea 2004) |
4 | 1973 | Daryl Hall / John Oates: Abandoned Luncheonette - When The Morning Comes (3:12) - Had I Known You Better Then (3:22) # @ youtube - Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song) (2:57) - She's Gone (5:15) - I'm Just A Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like A Man) (3:20) # @ youtube - Abandoned Luncheonette (3:55) - Lady Rain (4:26) - Laughing Boy (3:30) - Everytime I Look At You (7:04) # Jerry Ricks, ac g "Oates later met guitarist/instructor Jerry Ricks, who became a major figure in his life. It was Ricks who tutored him on the basics of finger picking and the differences between Delta and Piedmont blues playing, among many other things." (source: Ron Wynn: John Oates, half of pop's history-making Hall & Oates, stretches out solo) at Wikipedia at discogs.com |
5 | 1977 | Philadelphia Jerry Ricks & Oskar [sic] Klein: Two Guitars - One Soul@ youtube (full album) - Baby, Please Don't Go (Hopkins) (3:08) - Oscar's Rag (Klein) (1:50) - Worried Blues (Trad./Klein) (4:04) - Somebody Stole My Gal (Wood) (3:50) # - U.S.A. Blues (Klein) (5:28) # - C.C. Rider (Trad./Klein) (2:48) - Two Guitars - One Soul (Klein) (3:40) # - Sweet Georgia Brown (Pinkard-Casey) (4:12) # - Country Farm Blues (Klein) (3:04) [sic! actually "County Farm Blues"] * - Turn Your Money Green (Trad./Klein) (4:24) - Chittlins (Klein) (3:48) # - Blues In Another Country (Klein) (4:16) - South Street Strut (Klein) (1:56) - Black Mountain Blues (Bessie Smith) (3:01) # rec. April 16, 1977 in Geneva, Switzerland; Jerry Ricks, g, voc; Oscar Klein, # g, * hca |
6 | 1978 | Oscar Klein: Band Guitar A selection of traditional blues and swing tunes - When The Saints Go Marchin' In - Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Judo - David's Debut - Band Guitar Blues - I'm Sorry - I'll Give You Everything - Rhythm Changes - My Little Girl - Exactly Like That - Somebody's Soul - A Rose For Fats - Stardust # # rec. April 6, 1978 in Stuttgart, Germany; Jerry Ricks, g; Oscar Klein, g |
7 | 1979 | Philadelphia Jerry Ricks & Oscar Klein: Guitar Boogie Woogie@ youtube (full album) Blues, Boogie & Jazz - Guitar Boogie Woogie (instr) (Klein/Ricks) (2:35) - Travellin' Riverside (Robert Johnson) (4:05) - King Porter Stomp (instr) (Morten) (2:35) - Stagger Lee (Klein/Ricks) (1:50) - Blues For Satchmo (Klein/Ricks) (2:45) # - Shuffle For Big Bill (Ricks/Klein) (2:20) - China Blues (Klein/Ricks) (3:25) - Crossroads (Robert Johnson) (2:45) - Meade Lux Special (Klein/Ricks) (3:00) - Highwater Blues (Ricks/Klein [emulating Lonnie Johnson]) (3:45) - Mezzrow Stomp (Klein/Ricks) (2:45) # - Peg O'my Heart (Fisher Fred/Bryan Alfred) (3:05) - Having My Fun (Ricks/Klein) (3:25) rec. September 2, 1978 in Nürnberg, Germany; Jerry Ricks, voc, g; Oscar Klein, g, # cornet |
8 | 1979 | Philadelphia Jerry Ricks & Oscar Klein: Blues '80@ youtube (full album) - I Am Your Hoochie Coochie Man (4:34) - J & K Rag (instr) (5:55) - Pistol Slappin' Mama (2:52) * @ youtube - Johnny Mae (2:50) * @ youtube - One For Pee Wee (instr) (3:47) - Frankie (3:09) * @ youtube - Boogie In The Rough (instr) (3:51) # @ youtube - Trouble In Mind (3:15) # - Mezz And Tommy (instr) (2:48) - Special Agent (3:55) ## - Stuttgart Rag (instr) (1:42) - Sittin' On The Top Of The World (3:42) * - Ain't She Sweet (instr) (3:18) @ youtube rec. June 23, 1979 at Südwest-Tonstudio GmbH in Stuttgart, Germany; Jerry Ricks, g, voc, * Jerry Ricks solo; Oscar Klein, g, # cornet, flute, ## hca; prod. by Dr. Udo Unger Cover design by Charles H. Hoellering |
9 | 1979 | Jazz in der Burg 4. Open Air Festival - Live Mitschnitt Milano Jazzgang - Big Bear Stomp - Annie Street Rock Jerry Ricks@ youtube (two songs) - Sittin' On Top Of The World (3:43) # - Hoochie Coochie Man (4:03) # Trevor Richards New Orleans Trio - In A Sentimental Mood - Chinatown, My Chinatown Barrelhouse Jazzband & Carrie Smith - See See Rider - After You've Gone Festival Workshop - Out Of The Gallion - Revolutionary Blues, Take I + II Anachronic Jazzband - Anachronic Stomp - Ask Me Now rec. June 30, 1979 im Burggarten Dreieichenhain, Frankfurt a.M., Germany; # Jerry Ricks, voc, g
gatefold LP |
10 | 1980 | Philadelphia Jerry Ricks & Oscar Klein: Low Light Blues@ youtube (full album) - It Hurts Me So (Elmore James adapted by Ricks-Klein) (3:21) - Levee Woman (J.Ricks-O.Klein) (4:16) - Low Light Blues (J.Ricks-O.Klein) (3:30) ### - Keys To The Highway (Big Bill Broonzy) (3:15) # - Louis Collins (John Hurt adapted by J.Ricks-O.Klein) (3:18) * - L & M Blues (J.Ricks-O.Klein) (3:22) - Blues For Horst (instr) (J.Ricks-O.Klein) (3:00) - Come Back Baby (P.D. adapted by J.Ricks-O.Klein) (4:20) - Cornet Shuffle (instr) (J.Ricks-O.Klein) (2:47) # - Kind Hearted Woman (Robert Johnson P.D. adapted by J.Ricks-O.Klein) (3:37) ## - Hey Hey Baby (Big Bill Broonzy) (2:41) * - Blues For Pee Wee (instr) (J.Ricks-O.Klein) (3:48) - San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller) (2:27) rec. January 7 & 8, 1980 at Biton Studio in Frankfurt a.M., Germany; Jerry Ricks, g, voc, * Jerry Ricks, solo; Oscar Klein, g, # cornet, ## hca + recorderette, ### Oscar Klein, g solo notes by Oscar Klein and Jerry Ricks L+R Records discography |
11 | 1980 | Philadelphia Jerry Ricks & Oscar Klein: Jazz Roots@ youtube (full album) - Echoes Of Harlem (instr) (Duke Ellington) (4:41) - Shine (instr) (F.Dabney-C.Mack/Shapiro, Bernstein) (3:50) - Davenport Blues (instr) (B.Beiderbecke/Robbins) (4:25) # - Pallet On The Floor (P.D. adapted by J.Ricks-O.Klein) (4:05) - Wolverine Blues (instr) (Jelly Roll Morton/Melrose) (2:49) - Song Of The Island (instr) (C.E.King) (2:56) # - Carolina Medley (instr) (4:42) - Fidgety Feet (instr) (N.La Rocca-L.Shields/Leo Feist) (3:52) # - Nobody Knows You (Jimmy Cox/Francis, Day & Hunter) (4:45) - Ballin' The Jack (instr) (C.Smith-J.Burris/Stern & Marks) (3:12) # - Rosie's Rag (instr) (J.Ricks-O.Klein) (2:03) - Memphis Blues (instr) (Handy-Norton/T.C.Bennett) (3:56) rec. January 7 & 8, 1980 at Biton Studio in Frankfurt a.M., Germany; Jerry Ricks, voc, g; Oscar Klein, g, # cornet front cover design: Günther Kieser; liner photos by René Denz
notes by Horst Lippmann L+R Records discography |
12 | 1980 | L+R Records: 25 Years Of Jazz - The First Jazz Sampler 100 Minutes of Good Music! LP 1: Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet - Set' Em Up (6:10) Miriam Klein - Something To Remember You By (5:02) Jutta Hipp Quinte - Simone (2:24) Manfred Schoof Quintet - Adjustment (2:10) Sir Roland Hanna - F.W. Remembered (5:35) Emil Mangelsdorff - Like A Drop Of Oil (4:35) Gustl Mayer's Jazz Stampede - Father Cooperates (4:15) Attila Zoller, Jimmy Raney - Autumn (11:27) Wolfgang Dauner Trio - Free Fall (3:46) Roland Hanna, Hans Koller, Attila Zoller - Afternoon Sun (6:51) LP 2: Günter Lenz Springtime - Roaring Plenties (4:25) Attila Zoller - Puszta Feuer (11:03) The Roland Hanna Jazz Orchestra - Study For Jiri Kaniak (6:05) Philadelphia Jerry Ricks & Oscar Klein - Echoes Of Harlem (4:41) # [L+R Records 40.011] Heinz Sauer, Bob Degen - I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (4:37) Hans Koller & The International Brass Company - C.M. (6:57) Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet - Es Sungen Drei Engel (7:33) # rec. January 7 & 8, 1980 at Biton Studio in Frankfurt a.M., Germany; Jerry Ricks, g, voc; Oscar Klein, g, co
DLP L+R Records discography |
13 | 1980 | The First Blues Sampler Louisiana Red & Sunnyland Slim Blues Band - Chicago, Glad To Be Back Home J.B. Lenoir - I Feel So Good The Eddie Taylor Blues Band + Carey Bell - Wreck On 83 Highway Willie Dixon with Hubert Sumlin, Sunnyland Slim - My Babe Eddie Boyd with Buddy Guy a.o. - Blue Monday Blues Eunice Davis with Wasboard Doc, Lucky & Flash a.o. - Rock Little Daddy Hubert Sumlin & Carey Bell - Brought Up The Hard Way Willie Mabon with Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Taylor a.o. - Monday Woman Wasboard Doc, Lucky & Flash; guest Lousiana Red - Early One Morning Philadelphia Jerry Ricks & Oscar Klein - Levee Woman [L+R Records 42.007] Sunnyland Slim Blues Band; guest Carey Bell - Tired Of Travelling Lousiana Red - Witchcraft Blues tracks from other L+R LPs, and unissued takes L+R Records discography |
14 | 1981 | Oscar Klein & Jerry Ricks: Jazz Im Zorn Volume 2 Live aus dem Löwenzorn@ youtube (full album) - Hoochie Coochie Man (M. Waters) (3:00) - Country Gal Boogie (Klein/Ricks/Lipra) (3:00) - Keyes To The Highway [sic] (Broonzy) (4:40) # - Buckdancers Choise [sic] (McGhee) (1:35) - Windy And Warm (Lauder/Milk [sic]) (5:06) - Help Me (S.B. Williamson) (4:55) ## - Somebody Stole My Gal (Wood) (5:40) # - Star Dust (Carmichael) (4:40) - Milton's Romp (Klein/Ricks) (4:20) # - Panassié Blues (Klein/Ricks) (4:10) ### - Remembering Louis (Klein/Ricks) (3:58) # rec. 1981 live in Basel, Switzerland; Jerry Ricks, g, voc; Oscar Klein, g, # trumpet, ## hca, ### clarinet
notes by Alexander Felix |
15 | 1982 | Debreceni Dzsessznapok 1981 (Debrecen Jazz Days 1981) Hulin Kvintett - Szombat, 13. Szabados György - Ballada Binder Kvartett - Korlátok Kaszako Együttes - Hírek Vukán György - Clarity I. Saturnus - A Tudatlan Macska Benkó Dixieland Band - Debreceni Blues (6:10) # @ youtube # rec. September 13, 1981 live at the Debrecen Jazzfestival, Hungary with guest star Philadelphia Jerry Ricks, voc, g |
16 | 1983 | Philadelphia Jerry Ricks with Giulio Camarca: Been There Before@ youtube (full album) - Been There Before (J. Ricks) (3:11) - Blues For Texas (J. Ricks) (2:22) - Buddy Bolden's Blues (J. Morten [sic]) (3:49) - V. Nizza 352 (J. Ricks - G. Camarca) (3:58) - My Time (J. Ricks) (2:42) - How Long (L. Carr) (2:57) - Winin Boy (J. Morten [sic]) (4:19) - Blues For Nails (J. Ricks) (4:42) - Stefano Blues (G. Camarca) (2:59) - Coffee Blues (J. Hurt) (2:14) - Po River Blues (J. Ricks - G. Camarca) (3:38) rec. March/April 1983 at Caliti Studio, Torino, Italy; Jerry Ricks, voc, ac g; Giulio Camarca, el g; prod. by Jonny Betti track times self-measured, not stated on release! |
17 | 1984 | 5. International Jazz Fair - Zagreb '83 B.B. Convention & Festival All Stars Band - Hot Line Franco D'Andrea - My One Only Love Hot Club Budapest Billie`s Bounce Joanne Brackeen - Clint Houston Duo - Emily Gunther Klatt Quartet - Traffic Francesca Oliveri & Giko Pavan Quartet - He's Got Whole World In His Hands L'Orchestre Simpatique - Queechy Valley Lala Kovacev Balkan Impression - Love Song & Oro Harald Neuwirth Quartet featuring Erich Kleinschuster - Seven Stoned Woogie Kinkade - The Right Moment La Compagnie Bernard Lubat - Tu Ments Lady Philadelphia Jerry Ricks - Help Me Blues rec. October 24-29, 1983 live in "Kulušic" at Zagreb Jazz Festival; Jerry Ricks, voc, g; prod. by Mladen Mazur |
18 | 1984 | Philadelphia Jerry Ricks: Help Me Blues@ youtube (full album) - Mean Old World (T-Bone Walker - Jerry Ricks) (3:06) - Sweet N.A. Blues (Jerry Ricks) (4:53) - Good Woman Blues (Jerry Ricks) (3:06) - Death Letter (Son House) (4:21) - Leavin' Blues (Huddie Leadbetter) (3:34) - Change Your Way (Jerry Ricks) (3:53) - Bottle Up And Go (Jerry Ricks) (3:06) - Easy Rider (Trad. arr. Jerry Ricks) (3:35) - Troubled Lord (Trad. arr. Jerry Ricks) (3:28) - Minin' [sic] My Business (Big Bill Broonzy - Jerry Ricks) (4:40) - Spike Driver Blues ("Mississippi" John Hurt - Jerry Ricks) (2:47) - Help Me Blues (Sonny Boy Williamson - Jerry Ricks) (3:05) rec. January 28, 1984 at Jugoton Studio, Zagreb, (then) Yugoslavia; Jerry Ricks, voc, g; prod. by Mladen Mazur; photos by Mladen Mazur notes (in Serbo-Croatian & English) by Mladen Mazur |
19 | 1987 | Philadelphia Jerry Ricks: Empty Bottle Blues@ youtube (full album) - Ain't No Fool (Jerry Ricks) - Frisco Whistle Blues (Ed Bell) - Avalon (Mississippi John Hurt) - Gracious Lord (Jerry Ricks) - Down Delta (Jerry Ricks) - Empty Bottle Blues (Jerry Ricks) @ youtube - Kicken The Blues (Jerry Ricks) - Mumblin' Blues (Jerry Ricks) - Down In Luck (Jerry Ricks) - San Francisco Bay (Jesse Fuller) rec. April 1986 in Budapest, Hungary; Jerry Ricks, voc, g; prod. by Imre Kiss; front cover photo by Tibor Mencseli; b&w photography by Judit Szabó, Imre Kiss = Roksan RLP 016 (Hungary) |
20 | 1987 | Oscar Klein & 'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks: Blues Panorama@ youtube (full album) - China Blues (Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (4:21) - Goin' To St. Louis [= "Wild About My Lovin'"] (Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (4:13) - Schwarzwald Boogie (instr) (Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (2:56) ### - Blues For Louis Armstrong (instr) (Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (3:18) # - Cornet Gumbo (instr) (Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (3:12) # - The Hambone (Traditional/ - Down In Luck [= "County Farm"] (Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (3:11) - Crossroads (Robert Johnson) (3:53) * - Tommy Ladnier (instr) [chord progression of "San Francisco Bay"] (Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (3:26) # - Oh, Babe, Ain't No Lie / Freight Train (Elisabeth Cotton [sic, actually Elizabeth Cotten]) (5:35) * - Struttin' Down Canal Street (instr) (Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (3:11) ## - Ok, Jr ! (instr) (Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (7:01) rec. December 13, 1986 in Elbigenalp, Austria; Oscar Klein, g, # tp, ## cl, ### hca; Jerry Ricks, g, voc; * Jerry Ricks solo: voc, g; ** Jerry Ricks solo: voc, body slapping photography: Kranzmayr, Steyr - Klammer, Graz |
21 | 1990 | Oscar Klein & 'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks: Blues Panorama Vol. 2@ youtube (full album) - Mezzerola (instr) (Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (4:23) # ## - Blues In Another Country (Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (5:06) ### - Stack O'Lee (Trad./Bearb. Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (4:27) - Savoy Blues (instr) (Kid Ory) (3:30) - 23 Skidoo (instr) (Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (4:03) # - Telegraph Blues (Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (5:28) - You're No Good (J. Fuller) (3:30) - Blues No. 8 (instr) (Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (3:57) ### - County Farm (Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (4:55) # - Rampart St. Blues (instr) (Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (3:25) ## - 20 To 11 (instr) (Oscar Klein, Jerry Ricks) (2:54) rec. June 5, 1990 in Elbigenalp, Austria; Oscar Klein, g, # tp, ## cl, ### hca; Jerry Ricks, g, voc photo: Studio ART, Zürich
= Koch International W12-K218958-G (Germany 1990) |
22 | 1991 | Philadelphia Jerry Ricks: True Blues@ youtube (full album) - Got The Blues and Can't Be Satisfied (Philadelphia Jerry Ricks) - Shakes Blues (Philadelphia Jerry Ricks) - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Blind Lemon Jefferson) - Homeless Blues (Lil' Son Jackson) - Ain't No Tellin' (Blue Harvest) (Mississippi John Hurt) - Casey Jones (Furie [sic] Lewis) - Goin' Home (Philadelphia Jerry Ricks) - Break Of Dawn (Philadelphia Jerry Ricks) - Let Me Be (Philadelphia Jerry Ricks) - Take Me To The River (Philadelphia Jerry Ricks) - No Crazy Woman (Philadelphia Jerry Ricks) - James Alley Blues (Rabbit Brown) rec. November, 1990 at Powerplay Studios in Maur, Switzerland; Jerry Ricks, voc, g cover artwork by Kelly Ricks; photo by Nadine Music |
23 | 1994 | Legends of Country Blues Guitar Mance Lipscomb - Angel Child Big Bill Broonzy - Blues In E - Blues Like Showers Of Rain Henry Townsend - Cairo Blues Reverend Gary Davies - Children Of Zion - Death Don't Have No Mercy Son House - Death Letter Blues # Brownie McGhee - Don't Kid Me Big Bill Broonzy - Hey, Hey - How You Want It Done Son House - I Had A Woman In Hughes * Mississippi John Hurt - I'm Going To Walk That Lonesome Valley Blues Josh White - Jelly Jelly Big Bill Broonzy - John Henry Robert Pete Williams - Mamie Mance Liscomb - Silver City Mississippi John Hurt - Spike Driver Big Bill Broonzy - Worried Man Blues
# rec. 1968; from Camera Three (CBS studio New York); (almost invisible) 2nd guitarist is Jerry Ricks
www.guitarvideos.com |
24 | 1994 | Legends of Bottleneck Blues Guitar Fred McDowell - Break 'Em On Down Furry Lewis - Brownsville Blues Son House - Death Letter Blues * Jesse Fuller - Hark From The Tomb Fred McDowell - I Heard Somebody Call Jesse Fuller - I'm Glad Salvation's Free - John Henry Fred McDowell - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning Son House - Levee Camp Moan # Fred McDowell - Louise Mance Lipscomb - Motherless Children Have A Hard Time Johnny Shines - Mr. Tom Green's Farm Fred McDowell - My Babe Johnny Shines - Ramblin' - Tell Me Mama
* march 1968; from the University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archive
www.guitarvideos.com |
25 | 1997 | 'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks: Deep In The Well@ youtube (full album) - James Alley Blues (Richard Brown) (6:01) - No Place For Me (Jerry Ricks) (7:02) - Down In Luck (Jerry Ricks) (3:49) - Empty Bottle Blues (Jerry Ricks) (6:28) - Change Your Ways (Jerry Ricks) (6:19) - Born With The Blues (Brownie McGhee) (4:11) - New Pallet On The Floor (Trad., Arr. Jerry Ricks) (5:06) - When A Man Gets In Trouble (Jerry Ricks) (4:06) - New Avalon (John Hurt) (4:16) - Ain't Afraid Of These Blues (Jerry Ricks) (3:19) - Gary Davis Medley (Gary Davis) (2:19) - Troubles (Jerry Ricks) (4:09) - Troubled, Lord (Jerry Ricks) (1:57) - Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Trad., Arr. Jerry Ricks) (2:36) rec. December 11-12, 1996 at Stackhouse Recording Studio in Clarksdale, MS; Jerry Ricks, voc, g; prod. by "Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks & Jim O'Neal photos by Selina O'Neal at Dockery, MS; inside photo (notes pages notes by Larry Hoffman & "Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks |
26 | 1997 | Mathus and His Knock-Down Society play Songs For Rosetta - I Got Mine # @ youtube - Keep Your Hands Off # @ youtube - Diggin' My Potatoes - Jesus Is A Dying Bed Maker - Blues For Blind Melon - Mississippi Moan - Hey, Hey # @ youtube - Turkey Buzzard In A Pork Pie Hat - Don't Make Me Wait - Who'll Sop My Gravy - Goin' Down The Road - Memphis Bound - She's All Right - Some Of These Days James Mathus and his Knockdown Society; James "Hambone" Mathus, voc, g, tenor banjo, hca; Joe Braun, as; Jack Fine, tp; Keith "Wolf" Anderson, tb; Greg Bell, hca, accordion, p, Wurlitzer, b; Pat Sansone, voc, p; Joe Tullos, voc, el g; Michael "Hawkeye" Jordan, voc, mandolin; Andrew Bird, voc, violin; Stu Cole, resonator g, g, b, backgr voc; # "Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks, g; Glenn "Spookhouse" Graham, dr; Bobby Hoerner, Clay Walker, Snaggletooth Jenn, voc; John Sinclair, sp |
27 | 2000 | 'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks: Many Miles Of Blues@ youtube (full album) - Missouri River Blues (Gerald Ricks) (3:27) - What It's All About (Gerald Ricks) (5:31) - No More Ramblin' (Gerald Ricks) (4:29) - I Will Turn Your Money Green (Walter Lewis) (4:16) - One More Time (Ed Bell) (3:52) - Vicksburg Blues (Eurreal Montgomery) (4:26) - Hey Hey (William Broonzy) (3:27) - Many Miles Of Blues (Gerald Ricks) (3:04) - Special Rider Blues (Nehemiah James) (3:27) - Keep On Knocking (John Hurt) (2:37) - Red Cross Blues (Walter Davis Jr.) (3:56) - I'm Sorry (Georgia Boyd) (2:40) - Louis Collins (John Hurt) (3:02) - Undertaker Blues (Buddy Moss) (4:07) - County Farm (Gerald Ricks) (5:09) rec. January 5/6, 2000 in Salina, KS; Jerry Ricks, voc, g; prod. by Jim O'Neal & Philadelphia Jerry Ricks cover design/photo by Jannell Turner; photography by Jeff Lisle, Marc Norberg, Mary Brosnan
notes by Jim O'Neal & Philadelphia Jerry Ricks |
28 | 4/2000 | Rooster Blues Records 1980-2000 Sampler - Fistful Of Dollars - Lonnie Shields - Eatin' Dry Onions - Willie Cobbs - Worried Dream - Larry Davis - Down In The Delta - Johnson's Jazzers - Rocking Daddy - Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes & The Playboys - Elvira - Lonnie Pitchford - Rollin' And Tumblin' - Carey Bell, Lurrie Bell - I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down - Eddy Clearwater - Eyesight To The Blind - Good Rockin' Charles - Bad Avenue - Valerie Wellington - King Of The Jungle - Eddie C. Campbell - Give Me Back My Wig - Magic Slim - Hummin' Blues, Pt. 1 - Big Jack Johnson - How Much More/mama Talk To Your Daughter - Robert Walker - Dunkin' Donut Woman - Eddie Shaw - Can't Sleep At Night - L.C. Luckett, Johnny Rawls - I Can't Leave You Alone - D.C. Bellamy - James Alley Blues - Jerry Ricks [Rooster CD R2636] - Walkin' And Cryin' The Blues - Foree 'Guitar' Wells
notes by Jim O'Neal |
29 | 2001 | The Philadelphia Folk Festival 40th Anniversary disc 1: - Scots Piping - Bruce Martin - Walk A While - Fairport Convention - Green, Green Rocky Road - Dave Van Ronk - If I Had My Way - Rev. Gary Davis - Open Up Them Pearly Gates - Doc & Merle Watson - Kokomo Blues - Bonnie Raitt - Talkin' Fishin' Blues - Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Did You Hear John Hurt? - Tom Paxton - Ain't No Tellin' [aka Make Me A Pallet] - Mississippi John Hurt # - Irish Danc Medley - De Dannan - Here's To Cheshire, Here's To Cheese - Pete Seeger - The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face - Bonnie Dobson - Panama Limited - Tom Rush - City Of New Orleans - Steve Goodman - Sharon - David Bromberg Band - Farewell Toast/Boatman - Mike Cross disc 2: - These Are The Days - Michael Cooney - Hoedown - Mad Pudding - No Love Today - Chris Smither - Watchin' The River Go By - John Hartford - Sensitive New Age Guys - Christine Lavin - Wild Goose Chase - Roger Sprung - Hit Or Miss - Odetta - Society's Child - Janis Ian - Hello In There - John Prine - From A Distance - Nanci Griffith - Georgia State Patrol/Deep Gap Salute - Gamble Rogers - I'm Alright - Loudon Wainwright III - When I'm Gone - Mollie O'Brien - Ciorcirlia - Harmonia - People My Age - John Gorka - Le Jig Francais - Beausoleil disc 3: - Going Up - Great Big Sea - My Father's House - Eric Bibb - Tanglewood Tree - Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - My Heart in Rio - Oscar Lopez - Old Dominion - Eddie From Ohio - Ode To A Butterfly - Nickel Creek - Cakewalk Into Town - Taj Mahal - Simple Gearle - Stacey Earle - Rawhide - Ricky Skaggs Band - This Town Is Wrong - Katryna & Nerissa Nields - Minnie The Moocher - Moxy Fruvous - Olympic Reel - Natalie MacMaster Band - Golden Apples Of The Sun - Judy Collins - Bee's Wing - Richard Thompson - St. Mary Of Regrets - Susan Werner - Alturas - Inti Illimani - You Jacobites By Name - Tempest disc 4: - Beg To Differ - Patty Larkin - Ring-Around-A-Rosie Rag - Arlo Guthrie - Darcy Farrow - Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen - I Ain't Marchin anymore - Phil Ochs - Devil's Dream/Sailor's Hornpipe - Bill Keith & Jim Rooney - I Blinked Once - Steve Forbert - El Pajarillo - Irene Farrara - Drag Queens In Limousines - Mary Gauthier - Goodnight Irene - Steve Goodman # "rec. 1963" [?]; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g; Jerry Ricks, g; John Sebastian, hca includes a 58-pp. book with music notes, artist profiles and history of the Festival in both stories and rare photos 4 CD box set |
30 | 2002 | Davis Style - The Legacy of Reverend Gary Davis - I'm Throwin' Up My Hand (Ari Eisinger) - South Carolina Rag (Willie Walker) - Rag, Mama, Rag (Blind Boy Fuller) - Let Us Get Together (Ken Whiteley & Friends) - I Am The Light Of This World (Maria Muldaur) - Will There Be Stars In My Crown (Ernie Hawkins) - Pure Religion (Eric Noden) - Devil's Dream (Pat Conte) - I Heard The Angels Singing (William Lee Ellis) - United States March (Ellen Britton) - Sit Down On The Banks (Mary Flower) - Twelve Gates To The City (John Cephas & Phil Wiggins) - Hesitation Blues (Ian Buchanin [!] with the Otis Brothers) - Gary Davis Style (Perry Lederman) - Samson & Delilah I (Peter, Paul & Mary) - Samson & Delilah II (Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith) - Gods Knows How Much We Can Bear (Penny Lang & Friends) - Where'd You Get Your Liquor From/Hesitation Blues (Jerry Ricks) @ youtube - Soon My Work Will All Be Done (Dave Van Ronk & Friends) - I Will Do My Last Singing In This Land (Rick Ruskin) |
31 | 2018 | "Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks Live in Rijeka 2007 - China Blues (J.L. Ricks - O. Klein) - Avalon Blues (John Smith Hurt) - "Jerry's No Name Blues" (Trad. arranged by J.L. Ricks) [actually "???"] - "Jerry's 609 Blues" (Trad. arranged by J.L. Ricks) [actually "Wild About My Lovin'"] - Sittin' On The Top Of The World (Walter Vinson - Lonnie Chatmon) - I Will Turn Your Money Green (Furry Lewis) - "Jerry's Rap (Do The Cookie)" (Trad. arranged by J.L. Ricks) [actually "The Hambone"] - Travelling Riverside Blues (Robert Johnson) - Help Me Blues ("J.L. Ricks") - "Jerry's Breakfast Blues" (Trad. arranged by J.L. Ricks) [actually "Cook(ed) My Breakfast" by Lightnin' Hopkins?] rec. April 7, 2007 at HKD Hall in Rijeka, Croatia; prod. by BJ Promotions editor & executive producer: Berislav Jancović; mastering & remastering: Goran Lakotić; photo: Zlatko Vrzan "The publisher could not identify either the titles or the authors of composition 3, 4, 7 and 10, so their titles were made up. The publisher invites all listeners who recognize the titles and/or the authors of these compositions to contact them at b.j.promotions@zg.htnet.hr"
notes translated by Ankica Žarniš CD available at bjpmusicshop.com |
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 336 - Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 835 - Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2011, p. 377-378 - Mark Greenberg: "Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks: Carrying On.- Sing Out! Vol. 45 #1 (Spring 2001), pp. 22-25 - Gene Tomko: Philadelphia Jerry Ricks.- in Edward Komara (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Blues Vol. 2 (K-Z).- New York/London (Routledge) 2005, p. 831 - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources
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