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'Thunder' Smith
Wilson "Thunder" Smith
b. November 17, 1913 in Wharton County, Texas
d. August 20, 1963 dead on arrival at Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston, Texas

buried at Eternity Park Cemetery in Houston, TX
discography

 

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
   

Wilson Smith
- Freddie Mae Blues # [aka "Mister Freddie Blues"]  
Abe Conley
- You Can Depend On Me


# rec. c. 1946 in Hollywood, CA ?; Wilson Smith, voc, p


International Artists 1A2253 (unissued test pressing)

# Frog Annual No. 3 (2014)

11947 

Aladdin 165 (1st release)
"THUNDER" SMITH ["'Thunder' Smith singing and accompanying himself on piano, Rhythm background" - no mention of Lightnin' at all!]
- Can't Do Like You Used To (52-3)
- West Coast Blues (53-1)

Aladdin 165 (2nd release)
"LIGHTNIN'" HOPKINS AND "THUNDER" SMITH
- Can't Do Like You Used To (52-3)   @ youtube
- West Coast Blues (53-1)

rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Wilson Smith, voc, p; Lightnin' Hopkins, g; dr


Aladdin 165 (1st release)


Aladdin 165 (2nd release)

21947"THUNDER" SMITH

- L. A. Blues (54-1)
- Little Mama Boogie [or Blues] (55-1)   @ youtube

rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Wilson Smith, voc, p; Lightnin' Hopkins, g; dr


Aladdin 166

31947"LIGHTNIN'" HOPKINS

- Katie Mae Blues (56-1)
- That Mean Old Twister (58-1)

rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; dr


Aladdin 167

41947"LIGHTNIN'" HOPKINS

- I Feel So Bad (57-2)
- Rocky Mountain Blues (59-1) #

rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; # dr


Aladdin 168

51947"LIGHTNIN'" HOPKINS

- Down Now Baby (221-1)
- Play With Your Poodle (222-1) #

rec. August 15, 1947 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; # Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; # dr


Aladdin 209

61947THUNDER SMITH

- Cruel-Hearted Woman (A)   @ youtube (2:20)
- Big Stars Are Falling (B)   @ youtube

rec. 1947 in Houston, TX; Wilson Smith, voc, p; Luther Stoneham, g


Gold Star 615

71947THUNDER SMITH

- Santa Fe Blues (A)   @ youtube
- Temptation Blues (B) #

rec. 1947 in Houston, TX; Wilson Smith, voc, p; # Luther Stoneham, g


Gold Star 644

81947ANDY THOMAS

- Baby Quit Me Blues (A)
- Angel Child (B)   @ youtube

rec. poss. c. June 19, 1947 in Houston, TX; Andrew Thomas, voc; Wilson Smith, p; Luther Stoneham, g


Gold Star 645

91948SUNNY JAMES

- Please Mam Forgive Me (DT20010A) [sic! - not "Mama"]   @ youtube
- Excuse Me Baby (DT20010B)

rec. 1948 in Houston, TX; Jesse James, voc, g; Wilson Smith, p; Luther Stoneham, g


Down Town 2010

101948THUNDER SMITH - ROCKIE

- Thunder's Unfinished Boogie (instr) (A)
- The Train Is Leaving (B) #

rec. 1948 in Houston, TX; Wilson Smith, p; Luther Stoneham, g, # voc


Down Town 2011

111948THUNDER SMITH - ROCKIE

- New Worried Life Blues (A) #
- Mable Blues (B) *

rec. 1948 in Houston, TX; Wilson Smith, p, # voc; Luther Stoneham, g, * voc


Down Town 2012

121948THUNDER SMITH - ROCKIE

- Low Down Dirty Ways (A) #   @ youtube
- Water Coast Blues (B) *

rec. 1948 in Houston, TX; Wilson Smith, p, # voc; Luther Stoneham, g, * voc


Down Town 2013

131950MR. HONEY

- Build A Cave (102A)   @ youtube
- Who May Your Regular Be (ACA-1666) *   @ youtube

rec. 1950 in Houston, Tx.; David Edwards, voc, g; * Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p


ARC 102 [Artist Record Co., Lola Anne Cullum's label, Houston, Texas]

David 'Honeyboy' Edwards discography


LP / CD compilations
141958Lightnin' Hopkins Strums The Blues

Score SLP-4022 track sequence:
- Katie May (aka Katie Mae Blues) [Aladdin 167] #
- My California [Aladdin 3262]
- Honey Babe [Aladdin 3077]
- Short Haired Woman [Aladdin 3005]
- Little Mamma Blues (aka Big Mama Jump) [Aladdin 3005]

- Shotgun [Aladdin 3063]
- Rollin' And Rollin' [Aladdin 3063]
- See See Rider [Imperial LP 9180]
- So Long [Aladdin 3262]
- Mistreated Blues [RPM 388]


Imperial LP 9180 track sequence:
- Katie May (aka Katie Mae Blues) [Aladdin 167] #
- My California [Aladdin 3262]
- Honey Babe [Aladdin 3077]
- Short Haired Woman [Aladdin 3005]
- Little Mamma Blues [Aladdin 3005]
- So Long [Aladdin 3262]


- Feel So Bad (alt tk) (IM 3613) #
- Shotgun [Aladdin 3063]
- Rollin' And Rollin' [Aladdin 3063]
- See See Rider [Imperial LP 9180]
- Mistreated Blues [RPM 388]
- Abilene [Aladdin 3096]


Toshiba/EMI LLR-8189 / Score 2C 069 83076 1-2 track sequence:
- Katie May (aka Katie Mae Blues) [Aladdin 167] #
- Feel So Bad (alt tk) (IM 3613) #
- I Can't Stay Here in Your Town [Aladdin 168] #
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209] *
- Short Haired Woman [Aladdin 3005]
- Fast Mail Rambler [Aladdin 204]
- Just Don't Care [Imperial LP 9211]

- Change Your Way [Aladdin 3028]
- Morning Blues [Aladdin 3035]
- Unpredictable Woman [Aladdin 3052]
- Sis Boogie [Score 4002]
- Rollin' And Rollin' [Aladdin 3063]
- Honey Babe [Aladdin 3077]
- My California [Aladdin 3262]


# rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; dr

* rec. August 15, 1947 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; dr

notes by Anonymous

Score SLP-4022


(=) Imperial LP 9180-A
Imperial LP 12180-A (stereo) (US 1962 "Lightnin'
Hopkins On Stage"
)


(=) Toshiba/EMI LLR-8189 (Jp 197? "Lightnin' Hop-
kins Strums The Blues"
)


(=) Score 2C 069 83076 1-2
(1984 "Lightnin' Hopkins
Strums The Blues"
)

151962Lightnin' Hopkins Sings The Blues

- Sis' Boogie [Score 4002]
- Come Back Baby [Imperial LP 9186]
- Daddy Will Be Home One Day [Aladdin 3117]
- Baby You're Not Going To Make A Fool Out Of Me [Imperial LP 9186]
- Morning Blues [Aladdin 3035]
- Have To Let You Go [Aladdin 3035]


- Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209] *
- Down Baby [Aladdin 209]
- Fast Mail Rambler [Aladdin 204]
- Thinkin' And Worryin' [Aladdin 204]
- Picture On The Wall [Aladdin 3015]
- You're Not Goin' To Worry My Life Anymore [Aladdin 3117]


* rec. August 15, 1947 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; dr

notes by Anonymous

Imperial LP 9186-A
Imperial LP-12186-A (stereo
[rechanneled]) (US 1962)

161964Best of the Blues   Vol. 2

Lightnin' Hopkins
- Feel So Bad (alt tk) (IM 3613) #
- Shot Gun
- Katie May (aka Katie Mae Blues) [Aladdin 167] #
- My California
Floyd Dixon
- Call Operator 210
Peppermint Harris
- I Got Loaded

Amos Milburn
- Trouble In Mind
- Bad Bad Whiskey
- Baby Baby
- Bewildered
Fats Domino
- Every Night
- Comin' Home


# rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; dr


Imperial LP 9259

17196?Goin' To California

Lowell Fulson
- San Francisco Blues
- Three O¹Clock Blues
- I'm Wild About You
- Don't Be So Evil
- Prison Bound
- My Baby Left Me
- Double Trouble
- Storming and Raining

K.C. Douglas with Sidney Maiden
- Mercury Boogie
Sidney Maiden with K.C. Douglas
- Eclipse Of The Sun
Willie B. Huff
- Beggar Man Blues
Mercy Dee
- Trailing My Baby [Rhythm 1774]
Johnny Fuller
- Train, Train, Train

Thunder Smith
- New Worried Life Blues [Down Town 2012]
Rocky ("Rocky Mountain" Stoneham)
- Water Coast Blues [Down Town 2013]
Thunder Smith
- Thunder's Unfinished Boogie (piano solo) [Down Town 2011]

recorded by Bob Geddins; edited & selected by Chris A. Strachwitz

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Heritage HLP 1003 (UK 196?)

Heritage Records discography

18196?Texas Blues Vol. 1@ youtube (full album)

Lil' Son Jackson - Gambling Blues [Gold Star 668]
Lil' Son Jackson - Homeless Blues [Gold Star 668]
Lee Hunter - Back To Santa Fe [Gold Star 651]
L.C. Williams - Strike Blues [Gold Star 667]
Leroy Ervin - Blue, Black And Evil [Gold Star 628]
Leroy Ervin - Rock Island Blues [Gold Star 628]
Lightning Hopkins - Grievance Blues [Gold Star 669]
Lightning Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go [Gold Star 646] °°

L.C. Williams - You Never Miss The Water [Gold Star 614]

Thunder Smith - Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644]
Thunder Smith - Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615]
Lightning Hopkins - Big Mama Jump [Gold Star 3131]
L.C. Williams - I Wonder [Gold Star unissued]
Lightning Hopkins - Death Bells [Gold Star 646]
L.C. Williams - I Won't Be Here Long [Gold Star 648]
L.C. Williams - Black Woman [Gold Star 648] °°


°° re-release bonus tracks



P-Vine PCD-2519 bonus tracks (from Arhoolie F 1017):
Black Ace - Beer Drinking Woman
Rattlesnake Cooper - I'm Leaving Town
Mercy Dee Walton - Ebony Baby
Billy Bizor - Tom Moore
Alex Moore - Chock House Boogie
Smokey Hogg - Hello Baby
Robert Shaw - The Fives
Lightnin' Hopkins - Hurricanes Carla & Esther
Mercy Dee Walton - 8th Wonder Of The World

notes by Paul Oliver     Arhoolie Records, Box 5073, Berkeley 5, California
 
Arhoolie 2006 (US 1963)

notes by Paul Oliver     Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709

(=) Arhoolie 2006 (US 19??) (first re-release, bonus tracks not indicated on sleeve nor label!)

notes by Paul Oliver     Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709

Arhoolie 2006 (US 19??) (second re-release, bonus tracks indicated on labels, but not on sleeve!)


(=) P-Vine PCD-2519 (Jp 1989)

(=) Arhoolie CD 352

Arhoolie Records discography
Lil' Son Jackson discography
L.C. Williams discography
Lightnin' Hopkins discography

191967Decade Of The Blues - The 1950s   Volume Two

Dennis McMillon
- Goin' Back Home
Rattlesnake Cooper
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Lost Woman Blues

Thunder Smith
- Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615]
Jesse James
- Forgive Me Blues
- Corinna's Boogie
Gus Jinkins
- You Told Me [Flash 115]
J.B. Lenoir
- I'm In Korea

Robert Nighthawk
- The Moon Is Rising
Memphis Minnie
- Kissing In The Dark
- World Of Trouble
D.C. Washington
- Happy Home Blues
Willie Lane
- Prowlin' Ground Hog
- Too Many Women Blues
Stickhorse Hammond
- Too Late Baby
- Highway 51


prod. by Ted Griffiths & Trev Huyton

notes by Chris Roby

Highway 51 H-101

BU43

Highway 51 Records discography

2010/1968Goin' Up The Country
Rural Blues   Vol. 1

Nathaniel Terry - Take It Easy [Imperial 5150]   @ youtube
Manny Nichols - Forgive Me [Imperial 5173]   @ youtube
Country Jim - Avenue Breakdown [Imperial 5062]   @ youtube
Lil' Son Jackson - Disgusted [previously unissued]   @ youtube

Thunder 'N Lightnin' - West Coast Blues [Aladdin 165]   @ youtube
Lightnin' Hopkins - Howling Wolf Blues [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Snooks Eaglin - Nobody Knows [Imperial 5671]   @ youtube

Nathaniel Terry - Don't Know Why [Imperial 5150]   @ youtube
Manny Nichols - Worried Life [Imperial 5173]   @ youtube
Country Jim - Phillipine [sic] Blues (alt tk) [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Lil' Son Jackson - Thrill Me Baby (alt tk) [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Thunder 'N Lightnin' - Can't Do Like You Used To [Aladdin 165]   @ youtube
Lightnin' Hopkins - Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Snooks Eaglin - By The Water [Imperial 5692]   @ youtube

reissue coordination by Steve LaVere

notes (September 1968) by Pete Welding
 
Imperial LM-94000 (US 10/1968)

notes (September 1968) by Pete Welding

= Liberty LBL 83213E (UK 1968)

= Liberty 2C062-90.185 (Fr 1969) (manufactured by Pathé Marconi)

notes by Pete Welding

(=) Beat Goes On BGOCD 384 (UK 1998) (along with Imperial LM-94001) "Rural Blues, Volumes 1&2" (remastered)

mini LP CD

= Clinck ODR-6610 (Jp 8/2018) "Rural Blues Vol. 1 & Vol. 2"

Imperial/Liberty "Legendary Masters" series discography
Manny Nichols discography
Country Jim (Bledsoe) discography
Lil' Son Jackson discography
Lightnin' Hopkins discography
Snooks Eaglin discography

21197?Water Coast Blues

Flyright 4704 tracks:
Wright Holmes
- Good Road Blues
The Sugarman
- She's Gone With The Wind
- Which Woman Do I Love
James Tisdom
- Model T Boogie
- Last Affair Blues
- I Feel So Good
- Overhaul Blues

Luther Stoneham
- January 11, 1949 Blues
- Sittin' Here Wonderin'

Sunny James
- Please Mam Forgive Me
- Excuse Me Baby
Sonny Boy Holmes
- I Got Them Blues
- Walking And Crying Blues

Mr. Honey (Honeboy Edwards)
- Who May Your Regular Be

Krazy Kat 7445 tracks:
The Sugarman
- She's Gone With The Wind
- Which Woman Do I Love
James Tisdom
- Model T Boogie
- Last Affair Blues
- I Feel So Good
- Overhaul Blues
- Winehead Swing
- Throw This Old Dog A Bone

Leroy 'Country' Johnson
- No One To Love Me
Luther Stoneham
- January 11, 1949 Blues
- Sittin' Here Wonderin'

Sunny James
- Please Mam Forgive Me
- Excuse Me Baby
Sonny Boy Holmes
- I Got Them Blues
- Walking And Crying Blues

Mr. Honey (Honeboy Edwards)
- Who May Your Regular Be


Flyright LP 4704

Flyright Records discography

notes by Chris Bentley

(=) Krazy Kat KK 7445
(1989)

Krazy Kat Records discography

221978Unfinished Boogie
Western Blues Piano 1946-1952

Thunder Smith
- Thunder's Unfinished Boogie [Down Town 2011]
- New Worried Life Blues [Down Town 2012]
Jimmy McCracklin
- Highway 101
- Street Loafin' Woman

Thunder Smith
- Little Mama Boogie [Aladdin 166]
Mercy Dee
- Straight And Narrow [Colony 102]
Little Son Willis
- Howling Woman
- Roll Me Over Slow

Little Willie Littlefield
- Little Willie's Boogie

Thunder Smith
- West Coast Blues [Aladdin 165]
- Low Down Dirty Ways [Down Town 2013]
Luther "Rocky Mountain" Stoneham
- Mable Blues [Down Town 2012]
Mercy Dee
- The Pay Off [Colony 107]
- Baba-Du-Lay Fever (G.I. Fever) [Spire 101]
Little Son Willis
- Skin And Bones
Jimmy McCracklin
- Baby, Don't You Want To Go


illustration by Mike Faye

notes by Frank Scott

Muskadine M 104

Muskadine Records discography

231989Lightnin' Hopkins   (1946-1960)

- That Mean Old Twister [Aladdin 167] #
- Short Haired Woman [Gold Star 3131]
- Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind
- You Are Not Going To Worry My Life Anymore
- You're Gonna Miss Me
- Sugar On My Mind
- Nightmare Blues
- Someday Baby
- Come Back Baby
- The Moon Is Rising
- Howling Wolf Blues

- Have To Let You Go
- (Mama's) Baby Child
- Whiskey Headed Woman
- Shining Moon
- I Wonder Why
- Papa Bones Boogie
- I've Been A Bad Man
- Corinna, Corrina
- Tom Moore's Farm
- The Slop


with # Thunder Smith, Joel Hopkins, Donald Cooks, Melvin "Jack" Jackson


RST Blues Documents BD 2066 (Austria 1989)

241991Lightnin' Hopkins: The Complete Aladdin Recordings

disc 1:
- Down Baby [Aladdin 209]
- L.A. Blues [Aladdin 166]
- Short Haired Woman [Gold Star 3131]
- Can't Do Like You Used To [Aladdin 165]
- Katie Mae [Aladdin 167]
- I Can't Stay Here In Your Town (Rocky Mountain Blues) [Aladdin 168]
- Feel So Bad [Aladdin 168]
- West Coast Blues [Aladdin 165]
- Backwater Blues (That Mean Old Twister) [Aladdin 167]
- Big Mama Jump [Gold Star 3131]
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209]
- Fast Mail Rambler [Aladdin 204]
- Woman, Woman [Aladdin 3028]
- Thinkin' And Worryin' [Aladdin 204]
- Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind [Imperial LM 94000]
- You're Not Goin' To Worry My Life Anymore [Aladdin 3117]
- Picture On The Wall [Aladdin 3015]
- Someday Baby [Imperial LP 9211]
- Nightmare Blues [Aladdin 3028]
- You're Gonna Miss Me [Aladdin 3096]
- Sugar On My Mind [Aladdin 3015]
- Come Back Baby [Imperial LP 9186]


disc 2:
- Morning Blues
- Have To Let You Go
- Mistreated Blues
- Daddy Will Be Home One Day
- Howling Wolf
- Moon Rise Blues
- Baby You're Not Going To Make A Fool Out Of Me
- Mama's Baby Child
- So Long
- I Just Don't Care
- Honey Babe
- My California
- Unpredictable Woman
- See See Rider
- Abilene
- Rolling And Rolling
- Drinkin' Woman
- Miss Loretta
- Shotgun
- Tell It Like It Is
- Lightnin's Boogie


reissue prod. by Pete Welding

2 CD set

EMI CDP-7-96843-2 (US)

251992Texas Blues
Bill Quinn's Gold Star Recordings

- Gambling Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Homeless Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Cairo Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Evil Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Back to Santa Fe - Lee Hunter
- Trying, Trying - L.C. Williams
- You Never Miss the Water - L.C. Williams

- Cruel Hearted Woman - Thunder Smith [Gold Star 615]
- Big Stars Are Falling - Thunder Smith [Gold Star 615]
- Hole in the Wall - L.C. Williams
- Boogie All the Time - L.C. Williams
- Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin
- Blue Black and Evil Blues - Leroy Ervin
- Roberta Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Freedom Train Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Ground Hog Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Bad Whiskey, Bad Women - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson

- Santa Fe Blues - Thunder Smith [Gold Star 644]
- Black Woman - L.C. Williams
- Strike Blues - L.C. Williams
- You Can't Take It With You Baby - L.C. Williams
- Jet Black Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- No Money No Love - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Gone With the Wind - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- I Won't Be Here Long - L.C. Williams
- Angel Child - Andy Thomas
- All the Way From Texas - Perry Cain


notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 352

Arhoolie Records discography

261994Texas Country Blues 1948-1951

- I Feel So Good - James Tisdom
- I Love My Baby - Andrew Thomas
- I Treated You Wrong - Rattlesnake Cooper
- No One to Love Me - Leroy Johnson
- Black Cat Rag - Willie Lane
- '51 Blues - James Tisdom
- Black Snake Blues - Monister Parker
- I Don't Live Here No More - Sonny Boy Davis
- Crazy With the Blues - Cleo Harves
- Cross Country Blues - Frankie Lee Sims

- Excuse Me Baby - Sunny James ["Sunny Jones"]
- Last Affair Blues - James Tisdom
- Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper
- Chicago Blues - Andrew Thomas

- Who May Your Regular Be - Mr. Honey
- Prowlin' Ground Hog - Willie Lane
- Log House on the Hill - Leroy Johnson
- Cadillac Blues - James Tisdom
- You Gonna Need Me - Monister Parker
- Lost Woman - Rattlesnake Cooper

- Please Mam Forgive Me - Sunny James
- Rhythm Blues - Sonny Boy Davis
- Model T Boogie - James Tisdom


compiled by Chris Bentley

notes by Chris Bentley

Flyright FLYCD 941

Flyright Records discography

27199715 Piano Blues & Boogie Classics

- Dollar Bill Boogie - Big Joe Duskin
- Have You Ever Been Out In The Country - Mercy Dee
- Whistling Alex Moore's Blue - Whistling Alex Moore
- Moaning And Groaning - Johnny Young/Otis Spann
- Katie's Boogie Woogie - Katie Webster

- Cruel Hearted Woman - Thunder Smith
- Ma Grinder, The - Robert Shaw
- Why Did You Go Last Night - Clifton Chenier/Elmore Nixon
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - L.C. "Good Rockin" Robinson/Pinetop Perkins
- San Francisco Can Be Such A Lonely Town - Omar Sharriff
- Rocket Boogie "88" - Pete Johnson
- Sugar Hill - Bukka White
- You Ain't Got A Chance - Piano Red
- Cold Chills - Henry Gray
- On The Spot Boogie - Charlie Musselwhite/Lafayette Leake



Arhoolie CD 108

282000Lightnin' Hopkins: Feel So Bad
The Essential Recordings of Lightnin' Hopkins

- Katie Mae [Aladdin 167]
- Short Haired Woman
- Big Mama Jump

- Feel So Bad [Aladdin 168 ? or alt tk ?]
- Down Baby
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209]
- Fast-Mail Rambler
- Thinkin' And Worryin'
- Picture On The Wall
- Sugar On My Mind
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Whiskey Headed Woman
- Shining Moon
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Mercy
- What Can It Be
- Appetite Blues
- Tim Moore's Farm
- Mad With You
- T Model Blues
- Lightning Boogie
- Death Bells


compiled by Les Fancourt

notes by Les Fancourt

Indigo IGOCD 2119

292004Down Home Blues Classics (1943-1953)

disc 1
- Little Mama Boogie - Thunder Smith [Aladdin 166]
- Cross Country Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
- Hobo - J.D. Edwards
- Hole In The Wall - L.C. Williams
- Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin
- Alley Special - Wright Holmes
- Quinsella - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Hattie Green - Dr Hepcat
- Angel Chile - Andy Thomas
- Back To Sante Fe - Lee Hunter
- Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper
- Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles
- No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson
- Too Many Woman Blues - Willie Lane
- Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck
- Wee Wee Hours - Charley Bradix
- Forgive Me Blues - Jesse James
- Black Snake Blues - Monister Parker
- Neglected Woman - Alexander Moore
- Gambling Blues - Lil Son Jackson
- Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicols
- Give Me Central 209 - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Western Rider Blues - Soldier Boy Houston
- Take It Easy - Nat Terry
- Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham


disc 2
- Boogie - Snooky & Moody
- Hard Times - Floyd Jones
- Stop Messing Around - Walter Mitchell
- Cadillac Woman - Robert Richard
- Big City Blues - Big Maceo
- Please Don't Think I'm Nosey - Baby Boy Warren
- Notoriety Woman - Eddie Burns
- Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters
- Cut That Out - Junior Wells
- Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins
- Crying Won't Help You - Robert Nighthawk
- Soon One Morning - Rocky Fuller
- Mean Old World - Little Walter
- Tired of Crying Over You - Morris Pejoe
- It Was A Dream - John Brim
- The Last Time - Jimmy Rogers
- Sad Story - Blue Smitty
- Little School Girl - L.C. Greene
- Something's Wrong With My Lovin' Machine - Robert Henry
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- I'll Die Tryin' - J.B. Lenoir
- Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- I Am The Boogie Man - John Lee Hooker
- She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr.
- High And Lonesome - Jimmy Reed


disc 3
- She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams
- How Many Years - Howlin Wolf
- Build Myself A Cave - Mr. Honey
- Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks
- Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard
- Too Late Baby - Stick Horse Hammond
- Country Boy Blues - Pee Wee Hughes
- Ardelle - David "Pete" McKinley
- Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton
- Schoolboy Lost - John Hunter
- Eyesight To The Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson
- 1951 Blues - Luther Huff
- New Arrival - Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Catfish Blues - Bobo Thomas
- Going Home To Mama - Clarence London
- Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee
- Western Union Man Chicago - Sunny Boy
- After Awhile - Papa Lightfoot
- Sweet Angel -Earl Hooker
- Seventy Four Blues - Willie Love
- Easy - Jimmy & Walter
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy DeBarry
- Make A Little Love - Arthur Big Boy Crudup
- Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sammy Davis


disc 4
- Broome Street Blues - Skookle-Dum-Do & Sheffield
- Black Jack Blues - Gabriel Brown
- Worried Man Blues - The Blues Boys
- Income Tax Blues - Ralph Willis
- Poor Little Angel- Dennis McMillan
- Broke Down Engine - Blind McTell
- Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim
- Number Writer - Dan Pickett
- She's Gone - Big Boy Ellis
- Your Sweet Man Blues - Leroy Dallas
- Blues Mixture - Sticks McGhee
- Shackles Round My Body - Little David
- Ticket Agent - Curley Weaver
- I Got What My Daddy Likes - Marylyn Scott
- Blind's Blues - John Lee
- Keep Your Hands Off 'Er - John Tinsley & Fred Holland
- Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy
- Lizzie Lou - Doug Quattlebaum
- Rub A Little Boogie - Duke Bayou
- So Much Trouble - Brownie McGhee
- Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim
- Baby, Let's Have Some Fun - Sonny Terry
- Rumors About My Baby - Willie Baker
- Gimme Your Bankroll - Square Walton
- Shake Baby Shake Champion - Jack Dupree


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD box
notes by Neil Slaven

Boulevard Vintage
BVBCD 1003

302005Down Home Blues Classics: Texas 1946-1954

disc 1: Lightnin' Boogie
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Lightnin' Boogie
- Katie Mae Blues [Aladdin 167]
- Feel So Bad [Aladdin 168 ? or alt tk ?]
- Short Haired Woman
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209]
- Picture On The Wall
- Sugar Mama
- Someday Baby
- Abilene
- Shotgun
- Lonesome Home
- Tim Moore's Farm
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Automobile
- Jake Head Boogie
- One Kind Favor
- Gotta Move
- Long Way From Texas
- Dirty House
- Freight Train Blues
- Sad News From Korea
- Gone With The Wind
- Sittin' Down Thinkin'
- Don't Think 'Cause You're Pretty
- Sick Feeling Blues
- Had A Gal Called Sal


disc 2: Walking Talking Blues
West Texas Slim - Loudella
Thunder Smith - Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615]
Stick Horse Hammond - Alberta
Frankie Lee Sims - Lucy Mae Blues
Rattlesnake Cooper - Lost Woman Blues
Mercy Dee - Lonesome Cabin Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Bad Whiskey, Bad Woman
Smokey Hogg - Worried Blues
Willie Lane - Prowlin' Ground Hog
Manny Nichols - Walking Talking Blues
Sonny Boy Davis - Rhythm Blues
L.C. Williams - Strike Blues
Big Son Tillis - Rocks Is My Pillow
Clarence Garlow - Bon Ton Roula

Sunny James - Please Mam Forgive Me [Down Town 2010]
- Wright Holmes - Drove From Home Blues
Leroy Ervin - Blue, Black and Evil
Pete McKinley - Mean Black Snake
Manny Nichols - Tall Skinny Mama Blues
Ernest Lewis - No More Lovin'
Bill Simpson - Jelly Roll Man
Soldier Boy Houston - Dallas Be Bop Blues
Perry Cain - A|l The Way From Texas
John Hogg - Black Snake Blues
Buddy Chiles - Jet Black Woman


disc 3: Little Mae Belle
Frankie Lee Sims - Home Again Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Roberta Blues
Texas Alexander - Crossroads

Thunder Smith - Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615]
L.C. Williams - Boogie All The Time
Ernest Lewis - Rosa Lee
Stick Horse Hammond - Gamblin' Man
Johnny Beck - You Gotta Lay Down Mama
Manny Nichols - Worried Life
Monister Parker - You Gonna Need Me
Smokey Hogg - Misery Blues
Country Slim - What Wrong Have I Done
Mercy Dee - Ba-Ba-Du-Lay Blues (G.I. Fever)
James Tisdom - Throw This Poor Dog A Bone
Andy Thomas - My Baby Quit Me Blues
The Sugarman - Which Woman Do I Love
D.C. Washington - Happy Home Blues
Willie Lane - Howlin' Wolf
Miss Country Slim - In My Girlish Days

Thunder Smith - Low Down Dirty Ways [Down Town 2013]
Andrew Thomas - Chicago Blues
Big Son Tillis - Zetela Blues
Sonny Boy Davis - I Don't Live Here No More
Clarence Garlow - I'm In A Boogie Mood
West Texas Slim - Little Mae Belle


disc 4: She's Gone with the Wind
Soldier Boy Houston - Hug Me Baby
Lil' Son Jackson - Cairo Blues
Leroy 'Country' Johnson - Log House On The Hill
Manny Nichols - No One To Love Me
Ernest Lewis - Shake 'Em On Down

Thunder Smith - Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644]
Big Son & Lillian Tillis - Ten Long Years
Stick Horse Hammond - Highway 5
Lil' Son Jackson - Freedom Train Blues
Frankie Lee Sims - Single Man Blues
James Tisdom - Last Affair Blues
Wright Holmes - Good Road Blues
Manny Nichols - Forgive Me
Andrew Thomas - I Love My Baby

Sunny James - Excuse Me Baby [Down Town 2010]
Luther Stoneham - January 11, 1949 Blues
David Pete McKinley - Shreveport Blues
John Hogg - Worrying Blues
Willie Lane - Black Cat Rag
Ernest Lewis - West Coast Blues
Mercy Dee - Evil And Hanky
L.C. Williams - Black Woman
Soldier Boy Houston - Lawyer Houston Blues
The Sugarman - She's Gone With The Wind
Stick Horse Hammond - Truck 'Em On Down


4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

Boulevard Vintage
BVBCD 1012

312007Lightning Hopkins: All The Classics 1946-1951

disc 1:
- Katie Mae Blues [Aladdin 167]
- Feel So Bad (alt tk)
- That Mean Old Twister [Aladdin 167]
- Rocky Mountain Blues [Aladdin 16(]
- Short Haired Woman
- Big Mama Jump
- Down Baby

- Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209]
- Fast Mail Rambler
- Thinkin' And Worryin'
- Short Haired Woman
- Big Mama Jump
- Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind
- Woman Woman
- Picture On The Wall
- Worried Life Blues
- Miss Me Blues
- Sugar Mama
- Nightmare Blues
- Someday Baby
- Come Back Baby
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Baby, You're Not Going To Make A Fool Out Of Me
- Daddy Will Be Home One Day
- Moonrise Blues
- Howling Wolf Blues


compiled by Neil Slaven

5 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7705

322007Lightning Hopkins: Lightning Special
Volume 2 of the Collected Works

disc 1:
- What Kind Of Heart Have You
- Mad As I Can Be - (alt tk)
- Ain't It A Shame
- Crazy 'bout My Baby
- What's The Matter Now
- My Mama Told Me
- Highway Blues
- I'm Wild About You Baby
- Bad Things On My Mind
- The War Is Over
- Policy Game
- Merry Christmas
- Happy New Year
- Cemetery Blues
- I Love You Baby
- Shine On Moon
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Lonesome In Your Home
- Remember Me
- Sittin' Down Thinkin'
- Lightnin's Special
- Please Don't Go Baby
- Don't Think 'cause You're Pretty
- Life I Used To Live
- Grandma's Boogie
- My Baby's Gone
- Early Mornin' Boogie


disc 2:
- Moving On Out Boogie
- Sick Feeling Blues
- Hopkins Sky Hop
- Evil Hearted Woman
- Don't Need No Job
- Blues For My Cookie
- Had A Gal Called Sal
- They Wonder Who I Am
- Nothin' But The Blues
- That's Alright Baby
- Finally Met My Baby
- My Little Kewpie Doll
- Wonder What Is Wrong With Me
- Late In The Evening
- Lightnin' Jump
- Leavin' Blues
- Moanin' Blues
- Walkin' The Streets
- Mussy Haired Woman
- Trying, Trying
- You'll Never Miss The Water
L.C. Williams
- Hole In The Wall
- Boogie All The Time
- Strike Blues
- You Can't Take It With You Baby
- So Sorry
- The Lazy J
- Fannie Mae


disc 3:
Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Roberta Blues
- Freedom Train Blues
- Ground Hog Blues
- Bad Whiskey - Bad Women
- Gone With The Wind
- No Money, No Love
- Talkin' Boogie
- Milford Blues
- Cairo Blues
- Evil Blues
- Gambling Blues
- Homeless Blues
Manny Nichols
- Walkin' Blues
- Forgive Me Baby
- Walking Talking Blues
- Tall Skinny Mama Blues
- Worried Life
- Forgive Me
- No One To Love Me
- Throw A Little Boogie

Thunder Smith
- Can't Do Like You Used To [Aladdin 165]
- West Coast Blues [Aladdin 165]
- Little Mama Boogie [Aladdin 166]
- Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615]
- Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615]
- Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644]

disc 4:
Soldier Boy Houston
- Dallas Bebop Blues
- Western Rider Blues
- Hug Me Baby
- Out In California Blues
- In The Army Since 94
- Lawyer Houston Blues
- Going To The West Coast
- Lawton, Oklahoma Blues
J.D. Edwards
- Cryin'
- Playboy Blues
- Hobo
- Cold In The Evening
- West Coast Blues
Ernest Lewis
- Rosa Lee
- Shake 'em On Down
- Loudella
- Little Mae Belle
- No More Lovin'
- West Coast Blues
- What Wrong Have I Done
- In My Girlish Days
Frankie Lee Sims
- Home Again Blues
- Cross Country Blues
- Don't Forget Me Baby
- Single Man Blues


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7790

332012Juke Joints   Vol. 3

disc 1
- I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo
- My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone - Hop Wilson
- Steady - Jerry McCain
- Late Hours At Midnight - Homesick James
- Ludella - Jimmy Rogers
- Sail On, Little Girl - Pete McKinley
- Alley Special - Wright Holmes
- Play My Juke Box - Boy Green
- Chicago Blues - Dan Pickett
- Shackles Round My Body - David Wylie
- Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicholls
- Dial 110 Blues - Country Jim
- About To Lose My Mind - Big Boy Spires
- You Better Move On Away From Here - Honeyboy
- Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim
- Seems Like A Million Years tk 1 - Willie Nix
- Western Union Man - Chicago Sunny Boy
- Silver Haired Woman - Johnny Williams
- She Got Me Walkin' - Lazy Bill Lucas
- Ride My New Car With Me - Big Joe Williams
- After Hours - Earl Hooker
- 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis
- Bad Feeling Blues (alt tk) - Lightnin' Slim
- Feel So Worried tk 2 - Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson
- I Want A Roller - Smokey Hogg
- Gary Stomp - John Brim


disc 2
- Operator Blues tk 2 - Houston Boines
- My Baby Left Me - John Lee Hooker
- Lookin' For My Baby tk 5 - Little Milton
- I'm Gonna Love You - Eddie Taylor
- She's Gone With The Wind - The Sugarman
- Eula Mae - Big Joe Williams
- Ardelle - Pete McKinley
- Happy Home Blues - D.C. Washington
- I've Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo
- That's All Right - Jimmy Rogers
- Hello Central, Please Give Me 209 - Robert Lee Westmoreland
- Crying - J.D. Edwards
- I'll Move You - Eddie Kirkland
- Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy
- Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton
- Hollywood Boogie - Country Jim
- Chicken Stuff - Hop Wilson

- Please Mam Forgive Me - Sunny James [Down Town 2010]
- You Better Watch That Jive - Smokey Hogg
- Walking Talking Blues - Manny Nicholls
- Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck
- Highway 51 - Stick Horse Hammond
- Jet Black Woman - Buddy Chiles
- I Had A Dream - Lazy Bill Lucas
- Got A Letter This Morning - Clarence London
- Down South - Junior Blackmon


disc 3
- She's Tough - Jerry Mccain
- Baker Shop Boogie tk 1 - Willie Nix
- Ridin' Home - Leslie Louis
- Sad And Lonely - Country Jim
- Crawdad - Smokey Hogg
- No One To Love Me - Manny Nicholls
- Wonderin' And Worryin' - Slim Harpo
- Lightnin' Slim Boogie - Lightnin' Slim
- A & B Blues - Boy Green
- Homesick Blues - Homesick James
- Fat Mouth - Johnny Williams
- Number Writer - Dan Pickett
- King's Highway - Big Joe Williams
- John Henry - Pinetop Slim
- Jammin' - Earl Hooker
- Take It Easy - Nat Terry
- Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks
- Which One Do I Love - Big Boy Spires
- Little School Girl - L.C. Greene

- Excuse Me Baby - Sunny James [Down Town 2010]
- Have You A Match - Honeyboy
- Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis
- Want To Boogie-woogie - Clarence London
- Love Me Mama - Boogie Bill Webb
- Log House On The Hill - Leroy Johnson
- You'll Always Have A Home - Eddie Taylor


disc 4
- Jimmie's Boogie - Jimmy Reed
- Rather Be Sloppy Drunk - Big Joe Williams
- G-man Blues - Houston Boines
- No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson
- Y M & V Blues - Lost John Hunter
- Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham
- Strange Love - Slim Harpo
- Size 4 Shoe - Smokey Hogg
- I'm In Love - Jimmy Rogers
- You Gotta Lay Down Mama - Johnny Beck
- Jelly Roll Man - Bill Simpson
- Cold In The Evening - J.D. Edwards
- Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles
- My Baby's Gone - Lazy Bill Lucas
- Forgive Me - Manny Nicholls
- Don't Do It Again - Leslie Louis
- Good Lookin' Woman - Country Jim
- Goin' Back To Mama - Clarence London
- Truck 'em On Down - Stick Horse Hammond
- Goin' Back Home Today - Willie Baker
- Uncle Sam Blues - Pinebluff Pete
- Harlem Women - Hank Kilroy
- Don't Want Me Blues - Pete McKinley
- Broke And Hungry - Hop Wilson
- I Don't Know Why - Nat Terry
- Boogie - Boogie Bill Webb


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 77150

342014The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual No. 3
The Musicians, the Records and the Music of the 78 rpm era

Jasper Taylor & his State Street Boys - Stomp Time Blues
Roberta Dudley - Krooked Blues
Moanin' Bernice Edwards - Low Down Dirty Shame Blues
The Washingtonians - Choo Choo
Julia Lee - Won't You Come Over To My House?
Fate Marable's Society Syncopaters - Pianoflage
Lottie Kimborough & Winston Holmes - Lost Lover Blues
Lottie Kimborough & Winston Holmes - Wayward Girl Blues
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - San Antonio Blues
South Memphis Jug Band - Doctor Medicine
Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - Beale Street Blues
Jelly Roll Morton & his Red Hot Peppers - Sidewalk Blues #2
Freddy Keppard's Jazz Cardinals -Salty Dog #2
Louis Armstrong & his Hot Seven - Potato Head Blues
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra - Knockin' A Jug
The Hokum Trio - You Do It
Ruth Willis - Experience Blues
Poor Boy Lofton - Dark Road Blues
Cow Cow Davenport - Alabama Strut
Doc Cook & his Orchestra - Hot Tamale Man
Lee Collins & the Hangover All Stars - I Found A New Baby
Leadbelly - Mississippi River

Wilson 'Thunder' Smith - Mr. Freddie's Blues [sic]
Cow Cow & Congregation - Do You Call That Religion?

CD accompanying The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual No. 3


Frog FB&JA3



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 394
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 143, 227, 258, 496-497
- Klaus-Dieter Tilch: Rock LPs 1955-1970, Hamburg (Taurus) 1990,p. 756
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Big Joe Louis, Michael Hortig, Chris James, Ray Templeton, Helge Thygesen and Dave Williams for additional info / scans

 


Wilson Smith certificate of death
(courtesy Michael Hortig)

 

 

 

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