Illustrated Blind Connie Williams discography

Blind Connie Williams
b. c. 1915 in southern Florida
settled in Philadelphia in 1935 and often traveled to New York City
known to be alive in 1974
date and location of death unknown
discography
Blind Connie Williams; source: Front cover of Testament T-2225 / TCD 5024

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	1964	Blues All Around My Bed Blues Scene USA Vol. 3 Carl Hodges - Blues All Around My Bed @ youtube Big Joe Williams - Hellhound On My Trail @ youtube John Lee Granderson - Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl [Takoma TAK 7071] @ youtube Johnny Young & John Wrencher & John Lee Granderson - Green Door Blues @ youtube James Robinson - Standing In My Back Door Crying @ youtube W.B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson - Sometimes I Rate @ youtube Connie Williams - One Thin Dime # @ youtube Leroy "Country" Dallas - Sweet Man Blues (4:22) @ youtube @ Spotify Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues @ youtube Bill Jackson - Trouble In Mind @ youtube Avery Brady - Gonna Let You Down @ youtube Arthur Weston & Big Joe Williams & George Robertson - Roll Me Over Slow @ youtube # rec. May 5, 1961 in Philadelphia, PA by Pete Welding; Blind Connie Williams, voc, g front cover photos by Harry Oster (the photo of Leon Strickland is laterally reversed; Strickland was not left handed!) notes by Pete Welding Storyville SLP 181 (Denmark 1964) notes by Pete Welding = Storyville 670181 (Germany 196?) = Storyville SLP 842 (Denmark 1979) notes by Pete Welding = Storyville PSLP-842 (Portugal 4/1983) notes by Pete Welding = Poljazz PSJ 248 (Poland 1983) notes by Pete Welding = Storyville SLP 4036 (Switzerland 1985) "Blues Roots Vol. 2" Storyville Records discography Big Joe Williams discography Johnny Young discography Big John Wrencher discography John Lee Granderson discography Leroy Dallas discography Doug Quattlebaum discography
2	1966	Ramblin' On My Mind Classic Train and Travel Blues Johnny Young with Little Walter Jacobs, Jimmy Walker - Hear That Whistle Blow @ youtube Carl Hodges - Standing At The Greyhound Bus Station @ youtube Leroy 'Country' Dallas - She Caught The M&O @ youtube @ Spotify Jimmy Brewer - Pea Vine Whistle @ youtube Honeyboy Edwards - Highway 61 @ youtube Big Joe Williams - Ramblin' On My Mind @ youtube Blind Connie Williams - Key To The Highway # @ youtube Dr. Isaiah Ross - Hobo Blues @ youtube John Lee Grandison - My Home Ain't Here @ youtube Bill Jackson - Freight Train Blues @ youtube Elijah Brown - Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay @ youtube W.B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson - Mean Old Train @ youtube # rec. May 5, 1961 in Philadelphia, PA by Pete Welding; Blind Connie Williams, voc, g cover photograph (Railroad Station, Edwards, Mississippi, 1936) by Walker Evans notes by Pete Welding Milestone MLP-3002 (mono) (US 1966) ~~Milestone MSP-93002 (stereo)~~ most likely never happened, 'cause all musical content only existed in mono! notes by Pete Welding "Made in France by Pathé Marconi" = Milestone 2C 062-94300 M (Fr 1973) Milestone Records discography
3	1974	Blind Connie Williams: Philadelphia Street Singer - St. Louis Blues @ youtube @ Spotify - Careless Love @ youtube - Trouble In Mind @ youtube @ Spotify - Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt @ youtube - See See Rider @ youtube - One Thin Dime [Storyville SLP 181] @ youtube - Stop By The Woodside @ youtube - John Henry @ youtube - Crossed The Separated Line @ youtube - I Can See Everybody's Mother, Can't See Mine @ youtube - Take Your Burden To The Lord [] @ youtube - Oh What A Time @ youtube - Mother Left Me Standing On The Highway @ youtube - Through The Years I Keep On Toiling @ youtube - Motherless Children [] @ youtube - I Shall Not Be Moved @ youtube CD track sequence: - St. Louis Blues - Careless Love - Trouble In Mind - Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt - See See Rider - One Thin Dime - Stop By The Woodside - John Henry - Crossed The Separated Line - I Can See Everybody's Mother, Can't See Mine - Will The Circle Be Unbroken [previously unissued] @ youtube - Take Your Burden To The Lord [] - Oh What A Time - Mother Left Me Standing On The Highway - Through The Years I Keep On Toiling - Motherless Children [] - I Shall Not Be Moved - Milky White Way [previously unissued] @ youtube - Gonna Talk For My Savior [previously unissued] @ youtube - When The Saints Go Marching In [previously unissued] - He Watches Down Over Me [] [previously unissued] @ youtube - I'll Fly Away [previously unissued] - He's The Lily Of The Valley [previously unissued] rec. May 5, 1961 in Philadelphia, PA by Pete Welding; Blind Connie Williams, voc, g, [] accordion notes by Pete Welding Testament T-2225 (US 1974) notes by Pete Welding (=) Testament TCD 5024 (US 1995) Testament Records discography
4	1995	Testament Records Sampler - Pet Cream Man - J.B. Hutto & The Hawks - A Man For The Nation - John Lee Granderson - Railroad Blues - The Chicago String Band - Nobody Knows My Troubles - Otis Spann - Jesus Is On The Mainline - Fred McDowell & The Hunter's Chapel Singers - Peach Tree Blues - Eddie Taylor - I'm Talking 'Bout You - Eddie Lee "Mustright" Jones - Cat Squirrel - Dr. Isaiah Ross - I'm Gettin' Tired - Robert Nighthawk - Going Back To Texas - Jimmy Walker & His Western Stars/Erwin Helfer - Black Mary - Ruby McCoy - So Cold In Vietnam - Johnny Shines - Titanic Blues - Bill Jackson - Don't Start Me To Talkin' - A Feeling / Johnny Turner & Blues With A Feeling - All My Money Gone - Johnny Young - One Thin Dime - Blind Connie Williams # [Storyville SLP 181] - Goin' Down South - Fred McDowell - I'm Going To Detroit - John Wrencher - Annie Mae - Big Joe Williams - My Babe - Napoleon Strickland Fife & Drum Band - Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues - Johnny Shines - Dust My Broom - Johnny Littlejohn - Pleading And Crying - Billy Boy Arnold # rec. May 5, 1961 in Philadelphia, PA by Pete Welding; Blind Connie Williams, voc, g notes by Pete Welding Testament TCD 4001 (US 1995) Testament Records discography
5	1995	Bottleneck Blues Napoleon Strickland - Key To The Bushes Big Joe Williams - Talking About Bottleneck - Traveling Blues Robert Night Hawk - Crying Won't Help You (alt tk) § Mississippi Fred McDowell - Six White Horses Mott Willis - Knife Instrumental Robert Lee Granderson - Flora Blues J.B. Hutto & The Hawks - Wild Wild Woman Blind Connie Williams - St. Louis Blues # [Testament T-2225] David Honeyboy Edwards - Worryin' Woman Blues Robert Johnson - I'm Coming, Lord, Please Don't Drive Me Away Chicago Blues Band - Verna Lee Blues [] Mississippi Fred McDowell - Wouldn't Mind Dying John Littlejohn - Dust My Broom Blind Connie Williams - Trouble In Mind # [Testament T-2225] Big Joe Williams - How Do You Want Your Rollin' Done Mott Willis - M & O Blues Johnny Shines - Crucial Moment Jack Owens - Train Time Robert Johnson - I Don't Know When Death Is Gonna Call Me Herb Quinn - Casey, You Can't Ride This Train Napoleon Strickland - Skake 'Em Down # rec. May 5, 1961 in Philadelphia, PA by Pete Welding; Blind Connie Williams, voc, g (Testament 2216 announced, but not issued) notes by David Evans Testament TCD-5021 (US 1995) = P-Vine PCD-5576 (Jp) Testament Records discography
6	1998	Down Home Slide - That's All Right - Robert Nighthawk - I Know She Didn't Love Me - John Henry Barbee - Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed - Mississippi Fred McDowell, Annie Mae McDowell - Roll Me Over Slow - Big Joe Williams - Everything Gonna Be Alright - Robert Nighthawk - John Henry - Elijah Brown - Jackson Town - Eddie Taylor - Mad & Evil - George Coleman (with Homesick James) - I'm On My Way To Canaan Land - Blind Connie Williams # [previously unissued] - Which Way My Baby Go - Big Joe Williams - Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues - Johnny Shines - Slidin' - John Littlejohn - Walk On, Little Girl - Big Joe Williams - Poor Boy Long Way From Home - Arthur Weston - Anna Lee - Robert Nighthawk - Sweet Home Chicago - David Honeyboy Edwards - I'm So Glad I Got Good Religion - Mississippi Fred McDowell - My Lonesome Bed - Big Joe Williams - Key To The Highway - Blind Connie Williams [Milestone MLP-3002] # rec. May 5, 1961 in Philadelphia, PA by Pete Welding; Blind Connie Williams, voc, g notes by Frank Scott Testament TCD-6009 (US 1998) Testament Records discography
7	2013	Legendary Country Blues Guitarists Charlie Burse & Will Shade - Kansas City Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Trouble In Mind - Backwater Blues Son House - Talk About The Blues - So Hard To Love Someone Skip James - Cherry Ball Blues - Son House - Sick And Bad Blues Bukka White - Aberdeen Blues - Tombstone Blues - Brownsville Blues, Rev. Gary Davis Blind Gary Davis - A Documentary by Harold Becker Blind Connie Williams - Take My Hand, Precious Lord - I'm Going Too Ralph Willis & Washboard Pete Sanders - Dream I Had On My Mind - I've Been Living With The Blues - Midnight Special Sam Chatmon - Sales Tax Blues - Outside Friend - Fishing Blues (Evil Jackson) - Glad When You're Dead Mance Lipscomb - I Want To Do Something For You - Alabama Jubilee Henry Johnson - Blood Red River Willie Trice - Be Your Dog - Run Here Gal - Poor Boy Long Ways From Home - Good Time Boogie, Sweet Sugar Mama - Stand And Welcome Jesus - When The Saints Go Marching In Son House & Buddy Guy - I Wish I Had My Whole Heart In My Hand Vestapol DVD 13129 (US 2013)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 406
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 665
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 1048
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Jeff Peters and Max Hoeffner for additional info / scans

"This anonymous blind street singer [Blind Connie Williams] wandered Maxwell Street in Chicago in the 1960s."
source: www.facebook.com/WhyILoveNationalGuitars/...photographer: Peter Amft