Illustrated Johnny Woods discography

J O H N N Y W O O D S; source: Front cover of Rounder 2007
Johnny Woods 1967
source: Front cover of Rounder 2007
photographer: George Mitchell
Johnny Woods & R.L. Burnside play 'Suzanna' 1984

Johnny Woods
a/k/a 'Mississippi' Johnny Woods
b. November 19, 1917 in Looxahoma, Mississippi
approx. 8 miles east of Senatobia and approx. 8 miles west of Tyro
d. February 1, 1990 in Olive Branch, Mississippi
buried at Carter Sunset Memorial Gardens in Tyro, Tate County, MS
discography J O H N N Y W O O D S; source: Front cover of Oblivion #2
Johnny Woods 1972 in front of Fred McDowell's new Pontiac
source: Front cover of Oblivion #2; photographer: Tom Pomposello

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	1969	Mississippi Delta Blues - Vol. 1 Napoleon Strickland - Oh Baby Do Boy Diamond - Long Haired Doney - Going Away Blues Johnny Woods & Fred McDowell - Three O'Clock In The Morning # Walter Miller - Stuttgart, Ark Tom Turner - Gonna Bring Her Right Back Home Furry Lewis - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Robert Diggs - Drink, Drink, Drink Dewey Corley - Fishing In The Dark Teddy Williams - Down Home Blues Houston Stackhouse - Canned Heat Peck Curtis - The Death Of Sonny Boy Williamson # rec. August 1967 in Como, MS by George Mitchell; Johnny Woods, voc, hca; Fred McDowell, g notes (adapted from "Blow my Blues away") by George Mitchell Arhoolie 1041 (US 1969) # Arhoolie CD 401 Arhoolie Records discography
2	1969	Memphis Swamp Jam Booker White - Christmas Eve Blues - Columbus, Miss. Blues - Sad Day Blues Piano Red - Mobile Blues - Abel Street Stomp Nathan Beauregard - Nathan's Bumble Bee Blues - 'Bout A Spoonful Sleepy John Estes - Need More Blues - President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long Fred McDowell - Shake Em On Down # - Fred's Blues # - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning # Napoleon Strickland - Back Water Rising - Other's Piece - Shimmy She Wobble Furry Lewis - Judge Boushay Blues - Walking Blues Watson & Jones [John Fahey & Bill Barth] - Memphis Rag - St. Louis Blues - Praying On The Old Campground # rec. June 9, 1969 in Memphis, TN; Fred McDowell, voc, g, Johnny Woods, hca DLP notes by Pete Welding Blue Thumb BTS 6000 (US 1969) = King SR-481 (Jp 1971) (=) Arhoolie 1084 (US 1979) "Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 1" and Arhoolie 1085 (US 1979) "Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 2" (=) Arhoolie CD 385 (=) Arhoolie CD 386 "Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Vol. 1 & 2" Arhoolie Records discography
3	1971	Fred McDowell and Johnny Woods: Eight Years Ramblin' Revival RVS 1001 / Barclay 920415 track sequence: - Shake Em On Down [] - Going Down To The River [] - Smokestack Lightning # [not on Fat Possum CD] - My Babe # [not on Fat Possum CD] - Long Haired Doney # - Red Cross Store [] @ youtube - I Left My Baby (Sitting In The Back Door Crying) (aka Standing At The Back Door) [] - John Henry [] - Scratch My Back * [not on Fat Possum CD] - Going Away [] Rounder 2007 / Guimbarda 30111075 track sequence: - Shake Em On Down [] - Smokestack Lightning # [not on Fat Possum CD] - John Henry [] - My Babe # [not on Fat Possum CD] - Red Cross Store [] - Going Down To The River [] - Long Haired Doney # - I Left My Baby (Sitting In The Back Door Crying) (aka Standing At The Back Door) [] - Going Away [] - Scratch My Back * [not on Fat Possum CD] Fat Possum CD 03642 track sequence: - Shake Em On Down [] - Going Away [] - Mama Says I'm Crazy [previously unissued] [] - I Got A Woman [previously unissued] # @ youtube - Red Cross Store [] - Going Down To The River [] - Standing At The Back Door [] - What's Going To Become Of Me? [previously unissued] [] @ youtube - Long Haired Doney # - John Henry [] - I Walked All Night Long [previously unissued] [] [] rec. August 1967 in Como, MS by George Mitchell; Fred McDowell, voc, g; Johnny Woods, hca # rec. August 1967 in Como, MS by George Mitchell; Johnny Woods, voc, hca; Fred McDowell, g * rec. August 1967 in Como, MS by George Mitchell; Johnny Woods, voc. hca notes by George Mitchell and Tony Martin Revival RVS 1001 (UK 1971) notes by George Mitchell = Barclay 920415 (Fr 1972) notes by George Mitchell = Rounder 2007 (US 1976) = Guimbarda GS-11.075 (Sp 1980) notes by George Mitchell (=) Fat Possum CD 03642 / Fat Possum LP 80364 (US 2002) "Mama Says I'm Crazy" add'l releases @ discogs Revival Records discography Rounder Records discography Mississippi Fred McDowell discography
4	1972	Johnny Woods: Mississippi Harmonica - Long Haired Doney - Three O'Clock In The Morning rec. April 27, 1972 in Olive Branch, Ms. by Tom Pomposello; Johnny Woods, voc, hca; photograph on front cover taken by Tom Pomposello: Johnny Woods in front of Fred McDowell's new Pontiac 7 inch 45 rpm notes by Tom Pomposello Oblivion o#2 more info / sound files
5	1979	The Memphis Development Foundation Presents Beale Street Saturday Night Sid Selvidge - Walkin' Down Beale Street Fred Ford - Hernando Horn Grandma Dixie Davis - Beale Street Blues Sleepy John Estes - Big Fat Mama / Liquor Store Prince Gabe - Ol' Beale Street Blues Furry Lewis - Furry's Blues Teenie Hodges - Rock Me Baby Alex [Teal] - Rock Me Baby Thomas Pinkston - "Ben Griffin Was Killed In The Monarch ..." (narration) Johnny Woods - Frisco Blow Mud Boy & the Neutrons - On The Road Again Thomas Pinkston - "W. C. Handy Told Me 50 Years Ago ..." (narration) Furry Lewis - Chicken Ain't Nothing But A Bird Grandma Dixie Davis - Roll On, Mississippi rec. October 1, 1978 at "The Tennessee Waltz", Orpheum Theater, Memphis, TN; mixed at Sam Phillips Recording Studio & Ardent Sudios; prod. by James Luther Dickinson; cover photograph by William Eggleston notes by Stanley Booth Orpheum O-101
6	1984	Johnny Woods / R.L. Burnside DVD track sequence: part 1 - Poor Black Mattie - Rolling & Tumbling - Peach Tree Blues - Skinny Woman - Going Down South - I Believe My Time Ain't Long - Bad Luck And Trouble - Jumper On The Line - Ramblin' On My Mind [] - Gone So Long [] - Long Distance Call - 44 Blues [] - See What My Buddy Done - Poor Boy - Sneakers Jam [] part 2 (= VHS video track sequence) - Somebody's Knocking On My Door - Poor Boy - Baby Scratch My Back # - Poor Black Mattie # - Long Haired Doney # - So Many Cold Mornings # - When My First Wife Left Me # - Susanna # - Jumper On The Line # - Going Up The Country # - Ain't That Just Like A Woman # - Long Haired Doney # - Moaning At Midnight # R.L. Burnside, voc, g; # Johnny Woods, voc, hca; [] Fred Reining, el g part 1 of DVD rec. 1986 in the back of the Swingmaster record-shop in Groningen, The Netherlands part 2 of DVD (= VHS video tracks) rec. 1984 in the back of the Swingmaster record-shop in Groningen, The Netherlands VHS video front cover photo by Sem van Gelder DVD front cover photos by Brian Smith (R.L. Burnside) & Sem van Gelder (Johnny Woods) Swingmaster Video 4 (NL 1984) notes by Marcel Haerkens, Rien Wisse & Robert Slim = Sunny Moon DVD (2009) "R.L. Burnside Live 1984/1986 with Johnny Woods" (The Swingmaster Vintage Tapes Vol. 1)
7	1987	Blues by Johnny Woods: So Many Cold Mornings - So Many Cold Mornings * - She's Loving Another Man * - Be My Baby * - One String Baby § - That's Allright * - Going Over The Hill * - Going Up The Country # - My Jack Don't Drink No Water # [] - On This Killing Floor # - Susanna # [] - Shake A Regular Boogie # * rec. August 19, 1981 near Coldwater, MS; Johnny Woods, voc, hca # rec. November 1984 in Groningen, The Netherlands; Johnny Woods, voc, hca; [] R.L. Burnside, g § rec. August 22, 1981 in Senatobia, MS; Ranie Burnette, voc g; Abe "Keg" Young, hca prod. by Sem van Gelder and Leo Bruin photography by Sem van Gelder notes by Jane Carr Jameson Swingmaster 2112 (NL 1987) (=) Swingmaster CD 2203 R.L. Burnside discography Ranie Burnette discography
8	1988	DXCV1 Down Home Delta Experimental Projects Compilation Vol. 1: The Blues - Baby Please - unknown - Roll Me Over Slow - Alex Teal, Chopping Wood - Old Hucklebuck - Johnny Woods, Lee Baker - I'm Black - Furry Lewis - Jes' Like A Monkey - Johnny Woods - Holy Spirit - Hammy Nixon, Sleepy John Estes, Bobby Ray Watson, Ry Cooder (mandolin), Lee Baker, James Luther Dickinson - Dozens - Thomas Pinkston - Ol' Man Mose - Johnny Woods, Verlina Woods, Bobby Ray Watson, Lee Baker, Jimmy Crosthwait, James Luther Dickinson - Same Man All The Time - Thomas Pinkston - Policy Talk - Thomas Pinkston - Blind Man In The Tear Gas - Sleepy John Estes, Ry Cooder, James Luther Dickinson - Not Now - Furry Lewis - Blue Moon - Johnny Woods rec. and comp. by James Luther Dickinson Fan Club FC 044 (Fr 1988) [New Rose subsidiary] more info (=) Fan Club FC064cd (Fr 1990) "Delta Experimental Projects Compilation Vol 1 & 2"
9	1994	Mississippi Delta Blues: Blow My Blues Away Vol. 1 - Oh Baby - Napoleon Strickland - Como Breakdown - Napoleon Strickland - Three O'Clock In The Morning (3:54) - Johnny Woods & Fred McDowell - My Jack Don't Need No Water (Long Haired Doney) (2:50) - Johnny Woods & Fred McDowell - Catfish Blues - Teddy Williams - Down Home Blues - Teddy Williams - Long Haired Doney (My Jack Don't Need No Water) - Do-Boy Diamond - Hard Time Blues - Do-Boy Diamond - The Shaggy Hound - Do-Boy Diamond - Going Away Blues - Do-Boy Diamond - Stuttgart, Arkansas - Walter Miller [Arhoolie 1041] - Vicksburg Blues - Walter Miller [Arhoolie unissued] @ youtube - Mississippi Goin' To Be My Home - Robert Diggs - Dangerous Slim - Robert Diggs - Drink, Drink, Drink - Robert Diggs - Pork & Beans - Rosa Lee Hill - Fishing In The Dark - Dewey Corley & Walter Miller # [Arhoolie 1041] - Tri-State Bus - Dewey Corley # [Revival 1004] - Gonna Bring Her Right Back Home - Tom Turner - The Death of Sonny Boy Williamson - Peck Curtis - Nighthawk Boogie - Robert Nighthawk - You Call Yourself A Cadillac - Robert Nighthawk - Blues Before Midnight - Robert Nighthawk notes (adapted from "Blow my Blues away") by George Mitchell Arhoolie CD 401 (US 1994) Arhoolie Records discography
10	1995	Shake 'Em On Down The Real Country Blues - Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell - Sloppy Drunk Blues - Big Joe Williams - Alabama Blues - Bukka White - Need More Blues - Sleepy Joe Estes - Judge Boushay Blues - Furry Lewis - Pardon Denied Again - Robert Pete Williams - Rabbit Blues - Smoky Babe - Take Me Out Of The Bottom - Big Joe Williams - Fred's Worried Life Blues - Fred McDowell - Poor Black Mattie - R.L. Burnside - Come Home To Me Baby - Joe Callicott - Smokestack Lightning - Clarence Edwards - Write Me A Few Lines - Fred McDowell - Mississippi River - Smoky Babe - Just Tippin' It - Robert Pete Williams - She Left Me A Mule To Ride - Big Joe Williams - Canned Heat - Houston Stackhouse - Three O'Clock In The Morning - Johnny Woods - 'Bout A Spoonful - Nathan Beauregard - You Call Yourself A Cadillac - Robert Nighthawk - Keep Your Nose Out Of My Business - Johnny Young & Otis Spann - Oh Baby - Napeleon Strickland Arhoolie/Ace CDCHD 527 (UK 1995)
11	199?	Mississippi Delta Blues Jam in Memphis, Vol. 1 Napoleon Strickland with The Como Drum Band - Back Water Rising Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods - Shake 'Em On Down - Fred's Blues - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning Otha Turner with The Como Drum Band - Otha's Piece Napoleon Strickland with The Como Drum Band - Shimmy She Wobble Fred McDowell - Write Me A Few Of Your Lines - A Dark Cloud Rising Furry Lewis - Furry Lewis' Blues (previously unreleased) - Walking Blues - Judge Bushay Blues R.L. Watson & Josiah Jones [= John Fahey & Bill Barth] - Memphis Rag - St. Louis Blues - Praying On The Old Campground / Lonesome Blues Memphis Piano Red - Mobile Blues - Abel Street Stomp rec. June 1969; includes all of Arhoolie LP 1085, part of 1084 and several previously unissued cuts. LPs 1084 & 1085 were once available as "Swamp Blues", a double LP originally released on Blue Thumb Arhoolie CD 385 (US 199?) Mississippi Fred McDowell discography
12	1999	R.L. Burnside, Ranie Burnette & Johnny Woods: Going Down South - Going Down South # - Miss Maybelle * - So Many Cold Mornings + - Going Away Blues # [] - Can't Be Satisfied # - One String Baby § - Hungry Spell * - Going Up The Country {} - My Jack Don't Drink No Water $ - Stack O'Lee And Billy Lyons # [] - Walking Blues # - Coal Black Mattie * - She's Loving Another Man + - Lonesome Moon Blues * - Suzanna Blues $ # rec. February 6, 1986 in New Orleans, La.; R.L. Burnside, voc, g; [] Curtis Salgado, hca * rec. November 1980 in Groningen, The Netherlands; Ranie Burnette, voc, g + rec. August 19, 1981 at R.L. Burnside's house near Coldwater, Ms.; Johnny Woods, voc, hca § rec. August 22, 1981 in Senatobia, Ms.; Ranie Burnette, voc, g; Abe 'Keg' Young, hca $ rec. November 1984 in Groningen, The Netherlands; Johnny Woods, voc, hca; R.L. Burnside, g [Swingmaster LP 2112 (1987)] {} rec. November 1984 in Groningen, The Netherlands; Johnny Woods, voc, hca prod. by Sem van Gelder and Leo Bruin Swingmaster CD 2203 (NL 1999) R.L. Burnside discography Ranie Burnette discography
12a	2000	Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary disc 1: - San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller (previously unreleased) - Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas - Shake Shake Mama - Mance Lipscomb - Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson - Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / Robert Curtis Smith - One Thin Dime - Butch Cage / Willie Thomas - Charmin' Betsy - Hodges Brothers - Whistlin' Alex Moore's Blues - Alex Moore - I Am The Black Ace - Black Ace - Brother James - Big Joe Williams - Lady Luck - Mercy Dee - Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith - Zydeco Introduction - Zydeco Announcer - Bernadette Chere - Albert Chevalier - Bald Headed Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go - James Campbell - Believe On Me - Rev. Louis Overstreet - Low Down Blues - George Lewis - The Country Blues - J.E. Mainer - Crowley Waltz - The Hackberry Ramblers - She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain - Booker White (previously unreleased) - Ay, Ai Ai - Clifton Chenier - Write Me A Few Lines - Fred McDowell - Charlie James - Mance Lipscomb - Louisiana Blues - Clifton Chenier disc 2: - Cindy - John Jackson - Little Red Rooster - Big Mama Thornton - La Betaille - Isom Fontenot - Calcasieu Waltz - Nathan Abshire - Almlied - Eibelsberger Duo - I Wonder Where You Are Tonight - Del McCoury - In The Breeze - Jerry Hahn Quintet - Goin' Back To The Country - Juke Boy Bonner - Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young - Two Bugs And A Roach - Earl Hooker - Dream - John Littlejohn - Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston - Visions - Sonny Simmons - I Wish I Could Sing - Bongo Joe - Boogieing In Strasbourg - Alex Moore - The Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King - Big Joe Williams - Please Settle In Vietnam - Lightnin' Hopkins - Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell / Johnny Woods - El Desesperado - Los Pinguinos Del Norte - Creole Belles - New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra - Finger Lickin' Good - Charlie Musselwhite disc 3: - Church Point Breakdown - Austin Pitre - Gstanzeln Aus Dem Freistriztal - Original Herberstein Trio - Gibson Creek Shuffle - Charles Ford Band - Ups And Downs - L.C. Robinson - You Ain't Got A Chance - Piano Red - Home Sweet Home - Boisec Ardoin / Canray Fontenot - Satan's Burning Hell - Bill Neely - Luzita - Narciso Martinez - Yo Me Enamore - Trio San Antonio - Borracho Perdido - Trio San Antonio - One Of These Mornings (I'm Checkin' Out) - J.C. Burris - Allons A Grand Coteau - Clifton Chenier - En Bas Du Chene Vert - Dewey Balfa / Marc Savoy/D.L. Menard - Besos Y Copas - Chavela Ortiz Y Brown Express - Fast Santa Fe - Robert Shaw - I'll See You In C-U-B-A - Any Old Time String Band - El Balaju - Conjunto Alma Jarocha - La Gata - Los Caporales De Panuco - Beym Rebas Sude - The Klezmorim - J'ai Laisse De La Maison - Cheese Read - Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio - Don Santiago Jimenez Sr. - Mi Problema - Lydia Mendoza disc 4: - Gritenme Piedras Del Campo - Flaco Jimenez - Co-Fe - John Delafose - Single Girl - Rose Maddox - Bec De La Manche - Canray Fontenot - Bosco Stomp - Octa Clark / Hector Duhon - Negra Ausencia - Santiago Jimenez Jr. - La Chanson De Cinquante Sous - Michael Doucet Dit BeauSoleil (previously unreleased) - Shake What You Got - Preston Frank - Little Black Eyes - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band - The Chill Of A Saturday Afternoon - Wade Fruge - Jolie Blonde - Chuck Guillory - Here To Stay - Rebirth Brass Band - I Know That's Right - Katie Webster - I've Been There - Lawrence Ardoin - Mentiste Cuando Dijiste - Flaco Jimenez - Aguililla - Los Campesinos De Michoacan - La Reine De La Salle - Odile Falcon - Chanson De La Sagesse - Michael Doucet - Hot Chili Mama - BeauSoleil - Check Out The Zydeco - C.J. Chenier - El Canoero - Valerio Longoria - Corrido Del Mono - Los Gavilanes De Oakland - San Francisco Can Be Such A Lonely Town - Omar Sharriff disc 5: - Mother - Paramount Gospel Singers - Gumagarugu - Chatuye - Khandan-E Amaturi III - Aziz Herawi - A Ti, Colombia - Ivan Cuesta - Food Stamp Blues - Treme Brass Band - Ain't It A Shame - Elder Roma Wilson - J'ai Ete Au Bal - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band - La Mal Sentada - Los Cenzontles - Falling For You - Rose Maddox - Los Traficantes Del Bravo - Los Palomares Del Bravo (previously unreleased) - Jesus Will Fix It For You - Sonny Treadway - Medved Na Lancu - Csokolom - Jale Griego - Jose Moreno - El Corrido De Esequiel Hernandez - Santiago Jimenez, Jr. - What's His Name - Jesus! - The Campbell Brothers - Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Aubrey Ghent Compilation producers: Chris Strachwitz & Elijah Wald; digitally remastered by Mike Cogan 5 CD box 66-pp. booklet by Chris Strachwitz, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt & Elijah Wald Arhoolie CD 491 (US 2000)
13	2001	It Came From Memphis volume 2 - Come On Down To My House - Good Kid Robert - Boogie - Otha Turner - Smokestack Lightning - Moloch - By Your Side - Sid Selvidge (rec. 1966) - Let Your Light Shine On Me - Mud Boy And The Neutrons (rec. 1992) - T'aint Nobody's Business - Hammie Nixon - Shake Your Boogie - Johnny Woods - Calvin's Boogie - Phineas Newborn Orchestra - Train Kept A 'Rolling - Tav Falco's Unapproachable Panther Burns - Trip To Bandstand - B.B. Cunningham - Memphis, Tennessee - Jerry Lawler - You'll Do It All The Time - Jim Dickinson And The New Beale Street Sheiks (rec. 1964) - Going Down Slow - Soldiers Of The Cross - Family Values - Band Of Ones - Back For More - Lawson And Four More - Special Rider - Insect Trust - Bottle Up And Go - Bootleggers Quartet - It Came From Memphis, Vol. 2 (bonus track) Birdman BMR 036 (US 2001)
14	2001	The Best Of Mississippi Fred McDowell - Write Me A Few Of Your Lines - Do My Baby Ever Think Of Me - Levee Camp Blues - When The Saints Go Marching In - My Bottleneck - Fred's Worried Life Blues - Kokomo Blues - Meet Me Down In Froggy Bottom - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning # - Shake 'Em On Down # - Going Away - Won't Be Gone Long - I Wish I Was In Heaven Sittin' Down - Fred's Rambling Blues - I Looked At The Sun - You Gatta Move - My Baby - Intro: Shake 'Em On Down / Louise # with Johnny Woods, hca Mississippi Fred McDowell discography Arhoolie CD 501 (US 2001) Arhoolie Records discography
15	2003	Jim Dickinson Field Recordings: Delta Experimental Project Vol. 3 Otha Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band - My Babe Mose Vinson - Old Blue Jumped A Rabbit Furry Lewis - Furry's Blues Sleepy John Estes - Broke & Hungry Alec Teal & Butter Biscuit - Roll Me Over Slow Johnny Woods - So Many Cold Mornings Furry Lewis - Turkey In The Straw Sleepy John Estes - Floating Bridge Johnny Woods - Lonesome Feelin' Mose Vinson - Barrel House Blues - Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay Sleepy John Estes & Hammy Nixon - Race That You Don't Run Tate County Singers - Jesus Is On The Mainline Birdman BMR 047 (US 2003)
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