W A L T E R   'F U R R Y'   L E W I S; Foto Axel Küstner
source: David Harrison: Die Legenden des Blues.- Königswinter 1995, p. 54  
photographer: Axel Küstner  
 
Furry Lewis
Walter E. Lewis
b. March 6, 1899 in Greenwood, Mississippi
d. September 14, 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee

discography
This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own.

Stefan Wirz   www.wirz.de

Furry Lewis 78 rpm
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
11927
- Rock Island Blues (C-754/5)
- Everybody's Blues (C-748/9) #

rec. April 20, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Furry Lewis, voc; Landers Waller, g; # Charles Johnson, md
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Vocalion 1111
21927
- Jellyroll (C-761/2/3)
- Mr. Furry's Blues (C-750/1) #

rec. April 20, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Furry Lewis, voc; Landers Waller, g; # Charles Johnson, md
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Vocalion 1115
31927
- Sweet Papa Moan (C-752/3) #
- C & O Blues (Blind Joe Amos) (C-1009-1)

# rec. April 20, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Furry Lewis, voc; Landers Waller, g; Charles Johnson, md
Vocalion 1116
  
- The Panic's On (C-764/5)

rec. April 20, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Furry Lewis, voc; Landers Waller, g
Vocalion unissued
41927
- Good Looking Girl Blues (C-1246/47)
- Billy Lyons and Stack O'Lee (C-1244/45)

rec. October 9, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Furry Lewis, acc. prob. own g
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Vocalion 1132
51927
- Falling Down Blues (C1250/51)
- Big Chief Blues (C-1252/53)

rec. October 9, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Furry Lewis, acc. prob. own g


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Vocalion 1133
  
- Casey Jones Blues (C 12656/7)

rec. October 9, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Furry Lewis, acc. prob. own g
Vocalion unissued
61927
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues (C-1258/59)
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues (C-1248/49)

rec. October 9, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Furry Lewis, acc. prob. own g
Vocalion 1134
  
- I Will Turn Your Money Green (45425-1)

rec. August 28, 1928 in Memphis, Tenn; Furry Lewis, acc. prob. own g
Victor unissued

RCA "X" LVA-3032

Yazoo 1050

RCA NL 89276

  
- Judge Harsh Blues (45433-1)

rec. August 28, 1928 in Memphis, Tenn; Furry Lewis, acc. prob. own g
Victor unissued

Yazoo 1050

71928
- Judge Harsh Blues (445433-2)
- I Will Turn Your Money Green (42425-2)

rec. August 28, 1928 in Memphis, Tenn; Furry Lewis, acc. prob. own g
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Victor V38506
81928
- Mistreatin' Mamma (45428-2)
- Furry's Blues (45424-1)

rec. August 28, 1928 in Memphis, Tenn; Furry Lewis, acc. prob. own g
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Victor V38519
191928
- Dry Land Blues (45429-1)
- Cannon Ball Blues (45430-2)

rec. August 28, 1928 in Memphis, Tenn; Furry Lewis, acc. prob. own g
Victor 23345
 

- Cannon Ball Blues (45430-1?)

rec. August 28, 1928 in Memphis, Tenn; Furry Lewis, acc. prob. own g
Victor unissued

Blues Images no 8
(2010)

101928
- Kassie Jones - pt. 1 (45431-2)
- Kassie Jones - pt. 2 (45432-1)

rec. August 28, 1928 in Memphis, Tenn; Furry Lewis, acc. prob. own g
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Victor 21664
111929
- John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) - pt. 1 (M-181- )
- John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) - pt. 2 (M-182- )

rec. September 22, 1929 at Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tenn; Furry Lewis, acc. prob. own g
Vocalion 1474
121929
- Black Gypsy Blues (M-185- )
- Creeper's Blues (M-186- )

rec. September 22, 1929 at Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tenn; Furry Lewis, acc. prob. own g
Vocalion 1547

Robert Crumb: Heroes of the Blues
one of Robert Crumb's Heroes Of The Blues Trading Cards

Furry Lewis 45 rpm / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
11947Listen To Our Story
A Panorama Of American Ballads

Buell Kazee
- Lady Gay
Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- The Derby Ram

Dick Reinhart
- The Girl I Left Behind Me
Doc Boggs
- Pretty Polly

Uncle Dave Macon
- The Death Of John Henry
- Rock About, Saro Jane

Reverend Edward Clayburn
- True Religion [80092a = Vocalion 1121 "Then We'll Need That True Religion"]

Furry Lewis
- Stackerlee [80092b = Vocalion 1132 "Billy Lyons and Stack O'Lee"]

compiled by Alan Lomax with the support of Decca's Dave Kapp
four 10 inch 78 rpm set
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Brunswick B-1024
(American Folk Music series)

including:

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Brunswick 80092

= Brunswick BL-59001
(10 inch LP 10/1950)

21952Anthology Of American Folk Music
Volume One: Ballads


LP 1:
- Henry Lee - Dick Justice
- Fatal Flower Garden - Nelstone's Hawaiians
- The House Carpenter - Clarence Ashley
- Drunkard's Special - Coley Jones
- Old Lady and the Devil - Bill & Belle Reed
- The Butcher's Boy - Buell Kazee
- The Waggoner's Lad - Buell Kazee

- King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O - Chubby Parker
- Old Shoes And Leggins - Uncle Eck Dunford
- Willie Moore - Burnett & Rutherford
- A Lazy Farmer Boy - Buster Carter & Preston Young
- Peg and Awl - The Carolina Tar Heels
- Ommie Wise - G. B. Grayson
- My Name Is John Johanna - Kelly Harrell


LP 2:
- Bandit Cole Younger - Edward L. Crain
- Charles Guiteau - Kelly Harrell
- John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man - The Carter Family
- Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand - Wiliamson Brothers & Curry
- Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
- White House Blues - Charlie Poole w/ North Carolina Ramblers
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt [OKeh 8560]

- When That Great Ship Went Down - William & Versey Smith
- Engine 143 - The Carter Family

- Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis
- Down On Penny's Farm - The Bently Boys
- Mississippi Boweavil Blues - The Masked Marvel
- Got the Farm Land Blues - The Carolina Tar Heels


edited by Harry Smith
2 LP set
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Folkways FP-251

2 LP set
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= Folkways FA 2951


1997 re-released as 6 CD
box set by Smithsonian
Folkways

2 LP set
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= Doxy DOY625 (It 2009)

31953Kings of the blues
backgrounds of jazz vol. 3

Jim Jackson
- I'm Wild About My Lovin'
- This Morning She Was Gone

Furry Lewis
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Dry Land Blues

Frank Stokes
- Down Town Blues
- T'ain't Nobody's Business
Ishman Bracey
- Leavin' Town Blues
- Brown Mamma Blues

10 inch LP
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RCA "X" LVA-3032
41959Furry Lewis

- Longing Blues
- John Henry
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Early Recording Career (FL talking)
- Pearlee Blues

- Judge Boushay Blues
- I'm Going To Brownsville *
- The Medicine Shows (FL talking)
- Casey Jones
- East St. Louis Blues

rec. Memphis Oct. 3, 1959 by Samuel Charters
* rec. Memphis Feb. 18, 1959 by Samuel Charters

notes by Samuel B. Charters



Folkways FS 3823 (US)

notes condensed
from original notes
by Sam Charters
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= XTRA 1116 (UK)

51960The Rural Blues
A Study of the Vocal and Instrumental Resources

RF-202 tracks:
Will Shade
- I Can't Stand It
Hambone Willie Newburn
- Shelby County Work House Blues
Robert Johnson
- From Four Until Late

Furry Lewis
- You Can Leave, Baby #
Sleepy John Estes
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
L'il Son Jackson
- Roberta Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Bad Luck And Trouble
Blind Boy Fuller
- Thousand Woman [sic!] Blues
Arthur Crudup
- If I Get Lucky
Charlie Pickett
- Down The Highway

Kokomo Arnold
- Milk Cow Blues
Blind Willie Johnson
- Take Your Burden To The Lord
Tommy McClennan
- New Highway 51
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Penitentiary Blues
Blind Willie McTell
- Mama T'ain't Long 'Fo' Day
Charlie Burse
- Take Your Fingers Off It
Charlie Lincoln
- My Wife Drove Me From My Door
Peg Leg Howell
- Skin Game Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Come Go Home With Me
- Goin' Back To Florida
Robert Johnson
- Standing At The Crossroads


Lightnin' Hopkins
- One Kind Favor

Furry Lewis
- John Henry #
Blind Willie Johnson
- Nobody's Fault But Mine

Furry Lewis
- Warm Up #
Bukka White
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
John Hurt
- Frankie
Blind Willie McTell
- Southern Can Mama
Papa Charlie Jackson
- Airy Man Blues
Skip James
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell
- New How Long Blues
Bert Bilbro
- Mohuna Blues

Sonny Terry and Oh Red
- Harmonica Stomp
Frank Stokes
- Shiney Town Blues
Virgil Perkins
- Solo
Charlie Burse
- Tippin' Round
Ham Gravy
- Mama Don't Love It
Moochie Reeves
- Key To The Highway


# rec. October 3, 1959 in Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g
compiled and annotated
by Samuel B. Charters



RBF RF-202 (X)

The 1. ed. of this record,
RF-202, featured only
extracts of most of the
recordings on 202X

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=XTRA 1035 (2 LP boxed
set UK)

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=XTRA 1035 (DLP UK 1966)

= Fontana 982.099

RBF discography

61961Furry Lewis: Back On My Feet Again

- John Henry
- When My Baby Left Me
- Shake 'Em On Down
- Big Chief Blues
- Old Blue

- I'm Going To Brownsville
- Back On My Feet Again
- White Lightnin'
- Roberta
- St. Louis Blues

rec. Memphis Apr. 3 and 4, 1961


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Fantasy DLP F-24703 gatefold notes

notes by Samuel B. Charters

Prestige/Bluesville 1036

notes by Samuel B. Charters

= Prestige 7810 (1973)

notes by Pete Welding
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= Fantasy DLP F-24703
(along with BVLP 1037
"Done Changed My Mind")

= Ace CDCH 486

= P-Vine PCD-1967

Bluesville discography

71961Furry Lewis: Done Changed My Mind

- Baby You Don't Want Me
- Done Changed My Mind
- Goin' to Kansas City
- Judge Boushay Blues
- Casey Jones

- This Time Tomorrow
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Frankie and Johnnie
- Longing Blues
- Long Tall Gal Blues

rec. May 1961


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Fantasy DLP F-24703
(back cover)

notes by Samuel B. Charters
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Prestige/Bluesville 1037


= Ace CH 260 (1988)

notes by Pete Welding
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= Fantasy DLP F-24703
(along with BVLP 1036
"Shake 'Em On Down")

= Ace CDCH 486

Bluesville discography

81962Alexis Korner presents
Kings Of The Blues Vol. 3


Big Joe Williams
- Ain't Seen No Whiskey
Arthur Crudup
- If I Get Lucky

Sleepy John Estes
- Working Man Blues

Furry Lewis
- Cannon Ball Blues
EP

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RCA RCX 204

91965Music Down Home
An Introduction to Negro Folk Music, USA

- Take This Hammer Lead Belly
- Field Call Annie Grace Horn Dodson
- Children's Call Annie Grace Horn Dodson
- Complaint Call Enoch Brown
- Water On The Wheel Annie Dodson
- Railroad, 1 Rich Amerson
- Move Members Move Rosie Hibler and Family
- Go Pray Ye Annie Dodson
- The Day Is Past Dorothy Melton
- Prayer Song Dock Reed and Vera Hall
- King David Rich Amerson and Earthy Anne Colema

- Rockin' Jerusalem Fisk Jubilee Singers
- Just Got Over at Last Little Brother Montgomery
- Mama's Goin' to Buy Him a Little Lap Dog Vera Hall Ward
- Brother Hawk, Brother Buzzard and Brother Rabbit Rich Amerson
- I'm Goin' Up North Satisfied Children of East York School
- Railroad, 2 Rich Amerson
- Lost John Sonny Terry
- Lost John Prison Farm Work Group


- I'm Goin' to Pack Up My Things Mozelle Moore
- Careless Love Brownie McGhee
- Let Me Go Home, Whiskey Snooks Eaglin
- You're My Man - Slick Chick Blues Victoria Spivey
- I Wonder When I'll Get to Be Called a Man Big Bill Broonzy
- Mule Ridin', Talking Blues Big Bill Broonzy
- Black Woman Rich Amerson

- Old John Booker - You Call That Gone Gus Cannon

- John Henry Furry Lewis
- Take Your Fingers Off It Gus Cannon, Charlie Burse, and Will Shade
- 44 Blues Willie Thomas and Butch Cage
- Sonny's Jump Sonny Terry's Washboard Band
- Birmingham Jail Lead Belly
- I'm So Glad Montgomery Gospel Trio

ed. by Charles Edward Smith

2 LP box

Folkways FA 2691

www.folkways.si.edu

download liner notes
at Smithsonian Global Sound
[notes (mis)credit:
Willie Thomas, voc, fiddle;
Butch Cage, voc, g]

101966Blues Rediscoveries
compiled and edited by Samuel Charters

Mississippi John Hurt
- Ain't No Tellin'
- Avalon Blues
Bukka White
- Sleepy Man Blues
- Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues
Henry Townsend
- Poor Man Blues
John Estes
- Poor Man's Friend
- Liquor Store Blues

Blind Gary Davis
- Oh Lord Search My Heart
- You Got to Go Down
Peg Leg Howell
- Doin' Wrong

Furry Lewis
- Jelly Roll
- Sweet Papa Moan
Big Joe Williams
- Highway 49
- Someday Baby
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RBF 11

RBF discography

111967The Blues
Music from the Documentary Film by Samuel Charters

J.D. Short & Memphis Willie B.
- Alone in the Evening Blues
J.D. Short
- Slidin' Delta
Pink Anderson
- Old Cotton Fields of Home

Furry Lewis
- John Henry
Baby Tate
- Bad Blues

Memphis Willie B. & Gus Cannon
- Sitting Here Thinking
Sleepy John Estes
- Lonesome Ground
Baby Tate
- If I Could Holler Like a Mountain Jack
- When I First Started Hoboing
Pink Anderson
- Weeping Willow Blues

rec. Jul. 1962

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Asch A-101
=Folkways FA AS101
=Folkways F-ASCH101

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= Blue Angel / Asch BA20011
(Zweitausendeins 1967 G)

www.folkways.si.edu

download liner notes/
sound clips at
Smithsonian Global
Sound

121967Vintage Country Blues Vol. 2

Bo Carter
- Pussy Cat Blues
- Flea On Me
- Sue Cow
Walter Davis
- Think You Need A Shot

Furry Lewis
- Everybody's Blues
- Rock Island Blues
Willie Lofton
- Dirty Mistreater
- Rainey Day Blues
Robert Lee McCoy
- Prowlin' Night-Hawk
- CNA
Walter Roland
- Red Cross Blues No. 2
Sonny Scott
- No Good Biddie
Casey Bill Weldon
- Somebody Changed The Lock On That Door
- We Gonna Move (To The Outskirts Of Town)
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Down With The Game D 201

Down With The Game
discography

131968The 1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival

Nathan Beauregard
- Highway 61
- Kid Gal Blues
Bukka White
- Hello Central, Give Me 49
- Baby, Please Don't Go

Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues

Rev. Robert Wilkins
- In Heaven, Sitting Down
- What Do You Think About Jesus?
Joe Callicott
- You Don't Know My Mind
- Great Long Ways From Home
Bukka White
- My Mother Died

rec. at the Municipal Shell, Overton Park, Memphis, Saturday, July 20th, 1968; Furry Lewis, voc, g; M.C.: Jim Crosthwait; prod. by Mike Vernon, exec. producer: Seymour Stein (Sire Records)

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Sire SES 97003

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= Blue Horizon 7-63210

(=) Blue Horizon CD
82876851232 (2006)

141968They Sang The Blues 1927 - 1934

Jelly Roll Anderson
- Free Women Blues
Robert Wilkins
- Alabama Blues
Skip James
- 22-20 Blues

Big Boy Cleveland
- Goin' To Leave You Blues
- Quill Blues
Willie Baker
- Sweet Patunia

Furry Lewis
- Why Don't You Come Home
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
Pinewood Tom (Joshua White)
- Welfare Blues
- Stormy Weather Blues
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Historical ASC-22
= ASC-5829-22

Historical discography

15196810 Years In Memphis 1927-1937
George Torey
- Married Woman Blues
- Lonesome Man Blues
Gus Cannon
- Poor Boy
Allen Shaw
- Moanin' The Blues
Robert Wilkins
- Jailhouse Blues
- Falling Down Blues
Big Boy Cleveland
- Goin' To Leave You Blues


Furry Lewis
- Billy Lyons And Stack O 'Lee
- Big Chief Blues
Frank Stokes
- What's The Matter Blues
- Jazzin' The Blues
Tom Dickson
- Happy Blues
- Death Bell Blues
Kansas Joe
- Pile Drivin' Blues

notes by Don Kent
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Belzona L 1002

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= Yazoo L 1002

Yazoo discography

161968Frank Stokes' Dream 1927-1931

Tom Dickson
- Labor Blues
Frank Stokes
- Frank Stokes' Dream
- Take Me Back
Pearl Dickson
- Twelve Pound Daddy

Furry Lewis
- Black Gypsy Blues
- Creeper's Blues
Noah Lewis
- Devil In The Woodpile

Will Weldon
- Turpentine Blues

Furry Lewis
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Judge Harsh Blues
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe
- 'Frisco Town
- I Don't Want That Junk Outta You
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Noah's Blues
Frank Stokes
- Last Go Round

notes by Fritz Peterson
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Yazoo L 1008
CD 1008 YAZ [1992?]
Shanachie Blues

Yazoo discography

17196?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. 1967 in Memphis, Tenn. by George Mitchell

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Arhoolie 1041

Furry Lewis track not
re-released on
Arhoolie CD 401 !!!

Arhoolie discography

181969presenting the country blues
Furry Lewis

- Grand Central Station [actually "Judge Harsh Blues"]
- Let’s Shake Hand In Hand
- Waiting For A Train
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- Big Chief Blues

- Casey Jones
- Take Your Time Rag
- John Henry
- Skinny Woman
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
- Glory Hallelujah, When I Lay My Burden Down

rec. July 21, 1968 at Ardent Studios, Memphis; prod. by Mike Vernon

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notes by Paul Oliver
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Blue Horizon 7-63228 (UK)

notes by Paul Oliver
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= Blue Horizon BM 4605 (US)
"Blues Masters Vol. 5" (1972)

(=) Sony / Blue Horizon CD
88697041792 (2007)

191969Furry Lewis: On The Road Again
with Bukka White and Gus Cannon

- On The Road Again (Lewis)
- My Wife Is Getting Old (White)
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues (Lewis)
- Lela (Cannon)
- Oh Babe (Lewis)

- I've Got A Bird To Whistle (Lewis)
- Give Me an Old Lady (White)
- Furry's Worried Blues (Lewis)
- Gibson Hill (White)

- Goin' Back (To Memphis, TN) (Cannon) *

* on CD only

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Adelphi AD 1007S

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= Genes CD 9918 (1999)

www.adelphirecords.com

Adelphi discography

201969Memphis 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



Furry Lewis
- Judge Boushay Blues
- Walking Blues
Fred McDowell
- Shake Em On Down
- Fred's Blues
Napoleon Strickland
- Back Water Rising

- Other's Piece
- Shimmy She Wobble
Watson & Jones [John Fahey & Bill Barth]
- Memphis Rag
- St. Louis Blues
- Praying On The Old Campground

click to enlarge left page of inner gatefold !click to enlarge right page of inner gatefold and read track list !
inner gatefold of Blue Thumb BTS 6000

click to read first and second column of inner sleeve A !click to read third and fourth column of inner sleeve A ! click to read first column of inner sleeve B !click to read second column of inner sleeve B !click to read third column of inner sleeve B !
inner sleeves of Blue Thumb BTS 6000

DLP
notes by Pete Welding
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Blue Thumb BTS 6000
= King SR-481 (Jp 1971)

(=) Arhoolie 1084 (1979)
"Kings Of Country Blues
Vol. 1"

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and
Arhoolie 1085 (1979)
"Kings Of Country Blues
Vol. 2"


(=) Arhoolie CD 385


(=) Arhoolie CD 386
"Mississippi Delta Blues
Jam In Memphis
Vol. 1 & 2"

211969?The Blues In Memphis 1927-1939

Sleepy John Estes
- Drop Down Mama
- Married Woman Blues
Allen Shaw
- I Couldn't Help It
Robert Wilkins
- New Stock Yard Blues
Yank Rachell
- Gravel Road Woman

Furry Lewis
- Falling Down Blues
Beale Street Shieks
- Mr. Crump Don't Like It

Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie
- That Will Be Alright
- Goin' Back To Texas
Vol Stevens
- Vol Stevens Blues
Minnie Wallace
- The Old Folks Started It
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Viola Lee Blues
Jack Kelly
- Flower Blues
Will Weldon
- Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule

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Origin Jazz Library OJL-21

OJL discography

221969Memphis Blues

Johnson Boys
- Prater Blues
Frank Stokes
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - part 1
Ollie Rupert
- I Raised My Window
Ollie Rupert
- Ain't Gonna Be Your Low Down Dog
Hambone Willie Newbern
- She Could Toodle
William & Versey Smith
- Everybody Help The Boys Come Home

Furry Lewis
- Mr. Furry's Blues
- Mistreatin' Mama

Allen Shaw
- I Couldn't Help It
Tom Dickson
- Worry Blues
Sleepy John Estes
- Poor John Blues
- Whatcha Doin'?
Rosie Mae Moore
- School Girl Blues
Jim Jackson
- Bootlegging Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- You Got Me Rollin'
Washboard Rhythm Kings
- Shoot 'Em
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Roots RL 323

Roots discography

231970The Memphis Blues Of Furry Lewis

Matchbox SDR 190 / Roots SL 505 tracks:
- St. Louis Blues (St. Louis And Memphis Moan)
- Furry Lewis' Blues (Memphis Guitar Blues)
- When I Lay My Burden Down
- Kassie Jones (Railroad Rambling Blues)
- Going To Brownsville (Brownsville Roll And Tumble Blues)
- Skinny Woman (Furry's Woman Blues)

- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (One Kind Favor)
- John Henry (The Ballad Of John Henry)
- Furry Lewis Rag (Frank Stokes' Blues - Furry's Steptime Dance)
- Careless Love (Love, Oh Careless Love)
- My Blue Heaven
- Old Dog Blue (Jim Jackson's Old Dog Blues)
- Spanish Flang Dang
- Highway 61
- Toast (Furry's Poem)

(song titles in brackets = alternative titles on Roots SL 505)

- Glory Hallelujah [unissued]
- Nearer My God To Thee [unissued]
- Turkey In The Straw [unissued]

Autogram ALCD-5805 tracks:
- East St. Louis Blues
- Furry Lewis' Blues
- When I Lay My Burden Down (omitted)
- Kassie Jones
- Going To Brownsville
- Skinny Woman
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
- John Henry
- Furry Lewis Rag
- Careless Love Blues
- My Blue Heaven
- Old Dog Blue
- Spanish Flang Dang
- Highway 61
- Toast

rec. September 6, 1968 at 247 South Fourth Street (Furry Lewis' home) in Memphis, TN. by Karl Gert zur Heide; Furry Lewis, voc, g

notes by
Karl Gert zur Heide
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Matchbox SDR 190 (UK 1970)

= Roots SL 505 (Continental
Europe 1970)

Roots discography

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= Autogram ALLP 265
(G 1994)
"at home in Memphis" 1968

(most of the) notes
by Karl Gert zur Heide
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= Autogram ALCD-5805
(G 2010)
"at home in Memphis" 1968

23a1970Stars Of The 1969-1970 Memphis Country Blues Festival

Furry Lewis
- Judge Boyshoy Blues [sic]
- John Henry
Joe Callicott
- Hoist Your Window
- On My Last Go Round
Champion Jack Dupree
- Right Now

Champion Jack Dupree
- Troubles
Bukka White
- Big Boat Blues
- Old Man Tom
Fred McDowell
- Diving Duck Blues
- I Don't Need No Healer
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Sire SES 97015
241970Memphis Blues (1927-1939) Vol. 2

Memphis Minnie
- Squat It
Kansas Joe McCoy
- Someday I'll Be In The Clay
Jack Kelly's South Memphis Jug Band
- Highway 61 Blues - No. 2
Blind Clyde Church
- Number Nine Blues
- Pneumatic Blues
Rosie Mae Moore
- Mad Dog Blues
Little Buddy Doyle
- Hard Scufflin' Blues
- Renewed Love Blues

Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell
- Sweet Mama

Furry Lewis
- Good Looking Girl Blues
Will Batts
- Country Woman
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Money Never Runs Out
- Prison Wall Blues
Casey Bill Weldon
- Blues Everywhere I Go
- Somebody's Got To Go
The Three Stripped Gears
- 1931 Depression Blues

compiled and produced by Evelyn Parth

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Roots RL 329

Roots discography

251970Memphis Jamboree 1927-1936

Will Batts
- Highway No. 61 Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Ain't No Use You Tryin' To Tell On Me
Hattie Hart
- Coldest Stuff In Town
Yank Rachell & Dan Smith
- Squeaky Work Bench Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Soo Cow Soo
The Two Charlies
- I Couldn't Stay Here
Kansas Joe Mccoy
- Joliet Bound
Memphis Minnie
- Drunken Barrel House Blues

Furry Lewis
- Dry Land Blues
Memphis Minnie
- That'll Be Alright
Kansas Joe Mccoy
- Something Gonna Happen To You
Gus Cannon
- Can You Blame The Colored Man
Jim Jackson & Co.
- Jim Jackson's Jamboree
San Townsend
- Lily Kimball Blues
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick
Perls, Michael Stewart
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Yazoo L 1021

= CD 1021 YAZ [1991]
Shanachie Blues
"Out of Production"

Yazoo discography

261970Kings Of Memphis Town (1927-1930)

Furry Lewis
- Falling Down Blues
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
- Why Don't You Come Home
- Furry's Blues
- Kassie Jones - pt. 1
- Kassie Jones - pt. 2
Robert Wilkins
- Alabama Blues
- Long Train Blues

Frank Stokes
- Downtown Blues
- Hunting Blues
Sleepy John Estes
- The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
- Divin' Duck Blues
- Milk Cow Blues
- Expressman Blues
Lonnie McIntorsh
- Sleep On Mother, Sleep On
- The Lion And The Tribes Of Judah
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Roots RL 333

Roots discography

271970Fred McDowell / Furry Lewis:
When I Lay My Burden Down


Fred McDowell (rec. Febr., 1969)
- If You See My Baby
- John Henry
- Louise
- 61 Highway
- Big Fat Mama
- When I Lay My Burden Down
- Dankin's Farm


Furry Lewis (rec. Nov., 1968)
- Casey Jones (Ramblin' Mind)
- Every Day Of The Week
- Grieve My Mind
- Casey Jones (Ramblin' Mind)
- Beale Street Blues
- When I Lay My Burden Down
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Biograph BLP 12017

Biograph discography

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= Blue Moon BMLP 1.047 (1988)

281970How Blue Can We Get?

Fleetwood Mac
- Watch Out
Jellybread
- Don't Pay Them No Mind
Top Topham
- Mini-Minor-Mo
Duster Bennett
- What A Dream
Bacon Fat
- Boom, Boom (Out Goes The Lights)
Chicken Shack
- Evelyn

Christine Perfect
- And That's Saying A Lot
Bacon Fat
- Small's On 53rd
Fleetwood Mac
- I'm Worried
Chicken Shack
- The Way It Is
Jellybread
- No Brag, Just Facts (parts 1 and 2)
Fleetwood Mac
- Rambling Pony


Elmore James
- Hand In Hand
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- That's Alright
Magic Sam
- All Your Love
Larry Johnson
- Catfish Blues
Otis Spann
- My Love Depends On You

Furry Lewis
- Casey Jones
Champion Jack Dupree
- Grandma (You're A Bit Too Slow)

George Smith
- No Time For Jive
Johnny Young
- Deal The Cards
Roosevelt Holts
- Little Bitty Woman
Bukka White
- Bed Spring Blues
Mississippi Joe Callicott
- On My Last Go Round
Otis Rush
- Jump Sister Bessie
DLP

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Blue Horizon SPR 45/46

291971Furry Lewis live at the Gaslight
at the Au Go Go


- Introduction
- Paer Lee [sic!]
- My Dog Got The Measles
- Nero [sic!] My God To Thee
- The Accident
- East St. Louis
- Waiting For A Train
- When I Lay My Burdon [Eric?] Down
- Introduction For Ward Schaffer
- Move To Kansas City

- Pallet On The Floor
- Brownsville
- Furry's Blues
- The President
- John Henry
- Turn Your Money Green
- K.C. Jones

rec. at the Gaslight, New York 1971

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Ampex A-10140

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= Collector's Issue C-5525

301971The Memphis Blues Again, Vol. 1

Nathan Beauregard
- Nobody's Business But My Own
- Lonesome To Myself
Sam Clark & Dewey Corley and Richard Harney
- Sunnyland Train Blues
Earl Bell & Marshall "Memphis Sonny Boy" Jones
- Catfish Blues
Mose Vinson & Backwards Sam Firk and Dewey Corley
- You Ain't Too Old
Mose Vinson & Backwards Sam Firk
- Bullfrog Blues
Sweet Charlene Peeples & Mose Vinson
- Tin Pan Alley
- Scood Up Be Doop Day


Furry Lewis
- Natural Born Eastman No. 2
Furry Lewis & Willie Morris and Dewey Corley
- New Turn Your Money Green
Joe Dobbins & Backwards Sam Firk
- Basin Street Blues
- Sweet Patricia
Gus Cannon
- Mule Gallop

Dewey Corley & Willie Morris and Furry Lewis
- Dewey's Walkin' Blues
Dewey Corley & Walter Miller
- Step It Up And Go

rec. in Memphis in October, 1969 and at the Peabody Hotel (Memphis) in June, 1970; prod. by Gene Rosenthal; cover drawing by Dick Bangham

notes by Stephan Michaelson & Steve LaVere; click to enlarge !Nathan Beauregard; click to enlarge !

Furry Lewis, Gus Cannon, Sam Clark; click to enlarge !Dewey Corley, Mose Vinson, Sweet Charlene; click to enlarge !

Earl Bell & Memphis Sonny Boy, Joe Dobbing; click to enlarge !notes by Steve LaVere, track list; click to enlarge !
gatefold notes of Adelphi AD 1009

notes by Stephan
Michaelson and Steve
LaVere with assistance
by Nick Perls and
Michael Stewart
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Adelphi AD 1009

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= Echo Music 801 (1985)
"Blues Anthology Vol. 1"
"Memphis Blues"

Adelphi discography

311971Blues 1920-40

LP 1
Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues
- Canned Heat Blues
Ishman Bracey
- Trouble-Hearted Blues
Blind Willie McTell
- Dark Night Blues
- Loving Talking Blues
Clifford Gibson
- Drayman Blues
Bukka White
- The Panama Ltd.

Jim Jackson
- I'm Wild About My Loving

Furry Lewis
- Dry Land Blues
Frank Stokes
- T'Ain't Nobody's Business
- Frank Stoke's Dream
Sleepy John Estes
- The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
- Lawyer Clark Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Don't Want No Woman



LP 2
Memphis Jug Band
- Memphis Jug Blues
- Going Back To Memphis
- Jug Band Waltz
Gus Cannon
- Viola Lee Blues
- Going To Germany
- Walk Right In
Daddy Stovepipe
- The Spasm

Tommy McClennan
- Whiskey Head Woman
- De'se My Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Highway 49
- Peach Orchard Mama
Robert Petway
- Catfish Blues
Robert Lockwood
- Take A Little Walk With Me



LP 3
Leroy Carr
- Rocks In My Bed
- Six Cold Feet In The Ground
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Devil's Son-In-Law
- Peetie Wheatstraw
Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues - part 3
Big Maceo
- Worried Life Blues
Joe Pullum
- Hard Working Man Blues

Big Bill Broonzy
- Friendless Blues
- The Southern Blues
Tampa Red
- Kingfish Blues
Robert Lee McCoy
- Tough Luck
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Good Morning Schoolgirl
- Early In The Morning
Jazz Gillum
- Key To The Highway
3 LP box

RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp)








= RCA Victor RA-9051/3
(Jp 1975)

321971Furry Lewis: Beale Street Blues (Barclay) / Fourth And Beale (Blue Star)
House of the Blues Vol. 2

- Going To Brownsville
- John Henry
- Casey Jones
- St. Louis Blues

- Judge Boushe Blues
- Just A Little Fun
- Going Back To Gary
- When The Saints Go Marchin' Home
- A Dog Named Blue

Fontana CD bonus tracks:
- Baby That's All Right
- Lay My Burden Down
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- Furry's Rag (Take Your Time, Baby)
- Water Tank
- God Be with Us 'Till We Meet Again

rec. Memphis March 5, 1969 in the house of Furry Lewis; prod. by Terry Manning
Furry performed with his guitar in bed. Recorded with two Sony C-37 condensor microphones and a Crown CX-800 recording machine, utilising Scotch 202 low noise tape, and transferred directly to disc.

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Barclay XBLY 920.352 T

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= Blue Star 80602 (1974)
= Barclay 21666
= King GXF-18 (Jp 1975)

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Verve CD (1993)

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= Lucky Seven CD 9202 (1995)

www.luckysevenrecords.com

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= Fontana CD 982241 (2006)

331971Don Nix: In God We Trust

- In God We Trust
- Golden Mansions
- I'll Fly Away
- He Never Lived A Day Without Jesus
- Nearer My God To Thee

- Amos Burke - Long Way To Nowhere

- Luka
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- I've Tried (Trucker's Lament)
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Shelter SHE 8902
= Nippon BT-5357 (Jp 1979)
341971Beale Street Mess-Around

Revival / Barclay tracks:
Dewey Corley
- Just A Dream I Had On My Mind *
- Tri-State-Bus *
- Back To The Country *
- I'm Going Home #
- Four O'Clock In The Morning *
# + Walter Miller, g
* + Johnny Woods, harm; Earl Bell, g

Will Shade & Abe McNeil
- Beale Street Mess-Around

Will Shade & Furry Lewis
- Muscle Shoals Blues
Charlie Burse & Will Shade
- Kansas City Blues
Will Shade
- Dirty Dozen
Charlie Burse
- Tippin' Round
Will Shade
- I Can't Stand It

Rounder tracks:
Will Shade & Abe McNeil
- Beale Street Mess-Around

Will Shade & Furry Lewis
- Muscle Shoals Blues
Charlie Burse
- Tippin' Round

Furry Lewis
- Pearlee
Will Shade
- Dirty Dozen

Furry Lewis
- Old Original Furry Lewis Blues
Will Shade & Catherine Porter
- Let Me Ride With You Tonight
Walter Miller & Dewey Corley
- I'm Going Home

Will Shade & Charlie Burse
- Kansas City Blues
Will Shade
- Newport News
Earl Bell
- Jump On Down

Furry Lewis
- U.S. Waltz
Will Shade
- I'll Get A Break

Will Shade, Charley Burse, Furry Lewis
- Eleven Light City
Furry Lewis
- Hello, Judge

recorded 1963, 1967, and 1968 in Memphis by George Mitchell and Roger Brown

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Revival RVS 1004
Revival discography

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= Barclay 920414 (Fr)




(=) Rounder 2006

35197?Old Original Tennessee Blues

Furry Lewis
- Good Morning, Baby
- Hello, Judge
- Old Original Furry Lewis Blues
- Brownsville Blues
- Glory, Hallelujah

Sleepy John Estes (rec. Memphis, 1967)
- Floating Bridge
- Mr. Pat
- Rats In My Kitchen
- Special Agent
Will Shade
- Newport News
- I'll get A Break
rec. Memphis 1963 & 1967
by George Mitchell




Revival RVS 1008 (UK)

Revival discography

361971Don Nix: Living By The Days


- Narration


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Elektra EKS 74101 (US)
= Elektra KA 2096 (UK)
= East West CD AMCY-2609
(Jp 1998)
36a1972Furry Lewis & Bukka White At Home With Friends

Bukka White
- Please, Ma'm
- Little Woman's Bed
- Hambone Blues
- Bukka's Goodtime Swing
- Grey-Haired Woman
- Hello, Central, Give Me 49


Furry Lewis
- John Henry
- Skinny Woman
- Mama's Fish
- When I Lay My Burden Down
- Kassie Jones
- A Message From Furry

rec. in Furry's apartment in Memphis on July 1968 by Bob West

Collector's Issue C-5524 has only 4 Bukka White tracks and 5 Furry Lewis tracks !!!

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ASP 1




= Collector's Issue C-5524
"Furry & Bukka (1968)"

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(=) Arcola ACD 1001
(+ additional 30 minutes)

371972Bukka White sings Sic 'em Dogs On Me 1927 to 1939

Elizabeth Johnson
- Be My Kid Blues (1928)
- Sobbin' Woman Blues (1928)
Mae Glover
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None (1929)
Washington (Barrelhouse) White
- Po' Boy (1939)
- Sic 'Em Dogs On Me (1939)
Ishman Bracey
- Suitcase Full Of Blues (1930)
Rosie Mae Moore
- Ha Ha Blues (1928)
De Ford Bailey
- John Henry Blues (1928)
D.H. Bilbro
- Chester Blues (1931)

Louie Lasky
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done (1935)
- Teasin' Brown Blues (1935)
Willie Baker
- Weak Minded Blues (1929)
- Rag Baby (1929)
Long "Cleve" Reed & The Downhome Boys
- Mama You Don't Know How (1927)
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues (1927)
Mississipi John Hurt
- Stack O'Lee Blues (1928)

Furry Lewis
- John Henry Blues-Part 1 (1929)
Charley Patton
- Heart Like Railroad Steel (1929)
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Herwin H 201

Herwin discography

381972The Alabama State Troupers Road Show
faeturing Don Nix, Jeanie Greene, Furry Lewis and The Mt. Zion Band & Choir

Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues
- Brownsville
- I'm Black
- A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird

- Furry's Rap
two record set
rec. Oct. 15 and 17, 1971

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Elektra EKS-75022

391972Blues For Your Pocket

Blind Willie Johnson
- Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground
Son House
- New Pony Blues

Furry Lewis
- Pearlee Blues
Jazz Gillum
- Key To The Highway
Big Bill Broonzy
- Guitar Shuffle
Brownie McGhee
- Sportin' Life Blues

Memphis Slim
- Boogie Woogie Piano Styles
Little Brother Montgomery
- Lonesome Mama
Sticks McGhee
- Drink Of Wine Mop Mop
J.D. Short
- So Much Wine
James 'Son' Thomas
- Beefsteak Blues
Fred McDowell
- Mojo Hand

compiled by Mike Leadbitter

notes by Mike Leadbitter
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Transatlatic TRA SAM 25

= Guimbarda 30111057 (Sp 1979)

401972
2 LP
Blues Selection

- Goin' To Kansas City
- I'm Going To Brownsville
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Bellaphon/Fantasy BJS 4071
41197?Furry Lewis: the Early Years
Original 1927-9 Recordings

28th. May 1927
- Rock Island Blues
- Everybody's Blues
- Jellyroll
- Mr. Furry's Blues
- Sweet Papa Moan
October 1927
- Billy Lyons and Stack O' Lee
- Big Chief Blues

28.th. August 1928
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Dryland Blues
- Kassie Jones pt. 1&2
- Judge Harsh Blues
22nd. September 1929
- Black Gypsy Blues
- Creeper's Blues
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Spokane SPL 1004 (UK)

Spokane discography

42197?La Ballata Afro-Americana
= Afro-American Ballads
= La Ballade Afro-Américaine


Hi Henry Brown, Mississippi John Hurt, Jesse James, Leadbelly
Furry Lewis
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee
- Kassie Jones - pt. 1
- Kassie Jones - pt. 2
Willie Walker plus 6 postwar tracks

Albatros VPA 8437

Albatros discography

431973The Fabulous Furry Lewis
American Blues Heritage Series ... Volume 3

- Good Mornin' Blues
- Take Your Time, Baby
- Judge Boushe
- Take Me Back, Baby
- B-L-A-C-K

- Every Day In The Week
- Sara Lee
- Kansas City
- My Baby Don't Want Me
- Glory Glory Hallelujah



Southland SLP-3

Southland discography

441973Fillin' In Blues

Rare Country Blues: 1928-1930
- Hesitation Blues - Jim Jackson 1930
- John Henry - part 2 - Furry Lewis 1929
- Last Chance Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers 1929
- The Rooster Crowing Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers 1929
- Narrow Face Blues - Washboard Walter 1930
- Insurance Man Blues - Washboard Walter 1930
- It's Tight Like That - Slim Bartin And Eddie Mapp 1929
- Sweet Bunch Of Daisies - El Watson 1928

Obscure Barrelhouse Piano: 1928-1930
- Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport 1928
- Struttin' The Blues - Cow Cow Davenport 1929
- Corinne Corinna Blues - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins 1930
- Gotta Shave 'Em Dry - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins 1930
- Give Us Another Jug - Piano Kid Edwards 1930
- Piano Kid Special - Piano Kid Edwards 1930
- Bust Blues - Ishman Bracey 1930
- Louisiana Bound - Charley Taylor 1930
- Too Damp To Be Wet - Charley Taylor 1930
- Where My Shoes At? - Charley Taylor 1930
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Herwin H-205

Herwin discography

451973Don Nix: Hobos, Heroes and Street Corner Clowns

- She's A Friend Of Mine
- The Train Don't Stop Here No More
- Black Cat Moan
- Rainy Night In Paris (Memphis Reject)

- When I Lay My Burden Down

- Sweet Sweet Surrender
- We Gotta Move (Keep On Rolling)
- Miss Eleana
- I Need You
- Look What The Years Have Done

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Stax/Enterprise ENS-1032
= P-Vine PCD-5175 (Jp 1997)
461974Il Blues Rurale - Country Blues

Richard Rabbit Brown
- James Alley Blues
Blind Boy Fuller,
- Three Ball Blues
Willie Baker
- Sweet Patunia
Willie Reed
- Leaving Home
Leadbelly
- See See Rider
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Pneumonia Blues
Texas Alexander
- Water Bound Blues
Black Ace
- Christmas Time Blues


Furry Lewis
- Pearlee Blues
Bessie Tucker
- Penitentiary
Sleepy John Estes
- Diving Duck Blues
Charley Patton
- High Water Everywhere
Robert Wilkins
- National Stonewall Blues
Skip James
- Cypress Grove Blues
Robert Johnson
- Hellhound On My Trail
Big Joe Williams
- Rooting Ground Hog

Albatros VPA 8187
= Albatros VC 0775
(cassette)


(=) Albatros ALB 8
3LP = VPA 8187/88/89
"Il Blues Rurale/Jazzistico/
Urbano"

Albatros discograpy

471975Furry Lewis: In His Prime 1927-1928

- Good Looking Girl Blues
- Falling Down Blues
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
- Furry's Blues
- Mistreatin' Mamma
- Cannonball Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green (alt. take)

- Jellyroll
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues
- Kassis Jones Part 1
- Kassis Jones Part 2
- Everybody's Blues
- Rock Island Blues
- Judge Harsh Blues (alt. take)

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Yazoo L 1050

= CD 1050 YAZ

Shanachie Blues

more info

Yazoo discography

481976Blues In The Twenties

Bo Weavil Jackson
- You Can't Keep No Brown

Furry Lewis
- Sweet Papa Moan
Henry Thomas
- Cottonfield Blues
Tampa Red & Georgia Tom
- It's Tight Like That
Bertha "Chippie" Hill
- Trouble In Mind
Leroy Carr
- How Long How Long Blues - no. 2
Pine Top Smith
- Nobody Knows You When You'r Down And Out

Henry Spaulding
- Cairo Blues
Henry Brown
- Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods
- Last Chance Blues
Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
Jim Jackson
- Jim Jackson's Jamboree - part 1
- Jim Jackson's Jamboree - part 2
Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues
"Funny Paper" Smith
- Howlin' Wolf Blues no. 1

MCA MCA-3525 (Jp)
491976Jumping On The Hill

The Beale Street Sheiks
- Jumping On The Hill
Memphis Jug Band
- My Love Is Cold

Furry Lewis
- Cannon Ball Blues
Kaiser Clifton
- She'll Be Back Some Day
The Delta Boys
- Don't You Want To Know?
Jim Jackson
- Old Dog Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Little Green Slippers
Too Tight Henry
- Squinch Owl Moan

Tom Dickson
- Worry Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Fishin' In The Dark
Little Buddy Doyle
- She's Got Good Dry Goods
Kaiser Clifton
- Teach Me Right From Wrong
Hattie Hart
- Won't You Be Kind To Me?
Jim Jackson
- Santa Fe Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Jug Band Quartette
Too Tight Henry
- The Way I Do
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Policy Wheel PW 459-1

Policy Wheel discography

501976?Beale Street Mess-Around

Will Shade & Abe McNeil
- Beale Street Mess Around
Will Shade
- Dirty Dozens
- Newport News
- I'll Get A Break

Furry Lewis & Will Shade
- Muscle Shoals Blues
Furry Lewis
- Perolee [sic] Blues
- Old Original Furry Lewis Blues
- U.S. Waltz
- Hello Judge
Charlie Burse
- Tippin' 'Round
Charlie Burse & Will Shade
- Kansas City Blues

Charlie Burse, Furry Lewis & Will Shade
- Eleven Light City
Catherine Porter & Will Shade
- Let Me Ride With You Tonight
Dewey Corley & Walter Miller
- I'm Going Home
Earl Bell
- Jump On Down
recorded 1963, 1967
in Memphis by George Mitchell


Rounder 2006 (US)

511978Tennessee: The Folk Heritage
Volume 1: The Delta

Beale Street Originals - Mr. Crump Don't 'Low
Grandma Dixie Davis - Memphis Blues
Sonny Blake Combo – One Room Country Shack
Roosevelt Sykes - Backyard Blues
Sam Clark Combo - Jammin The Blues
Choir Of The Lambert Church Of God In Christ, Memphis - Keep Me With A Mind

Memphis Slim - Memphis On The Mississippi

Furry Lewis - My Baby Don't Want Me #
Joe Dobbins - Good Morning Blues
Dewey Corley Combo - Dewey's Blues #
Memphis Minnie Lawler - Nothin' In Ramblin'
Choir Of The Lambert Church Of God In Christ, Memphis - I Love The Lord


# rec. March 6, 1973 in Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g

produced, compiled & edited by Harry E. Godwin; cover painting by Stephen Longstreet
notes by Harry E. Godwin
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Tennessee Folklore Society
TFS-102
521979The 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

Notes by Stanley Booth, cover photograph by William Eggleston. Recorded at "The Tennessee Waltz",Orpheum Theater, Memphis, TN, on October 1, 1978; mixed at Sam Phillips Recording Studio & Ardent Sudios

prod. by James Luther
Dickinson

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Orpheum O-101

531982Furry Lewis 1927 - 1929
The Remaining Titles


- Mr. Furry's Blues
- Sweet Papa Moan
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee
- Big Chief Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green

- Dry Land Blues
- Judge Harsh Blues
- John Henry Pt. 1
- John Henry Pt. 2
- Black Gypsy Blues
- Creeper's Blues
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Wolf  WSE101
541983The Blues Classics

Furry Lewis
- Sweet Papa Moan

MCA VIM-20/2 (Jp)
54a1983Rebirth of Beale St.

Lou Rawls
- Birth Of The Blues
- Rebirth Of Beale Street
Handy's Orchestra
- Memphis Blues
- St. Louis Blues
Charlie Williamsons Beale St. Frolic Orchestra
- Midnight Frolic Drag

Furry Lewis
- Judge Harsh Blues
Illinois Central Glee Club
So Glad Trouble
Memphis Jug Band
- Fourth Street Mass Around
BB King
- Three O'Clock Blues

Sunset Travelers
- Yes, Yes, I've Done My Duty
Little Junior's Blue Flames
- Mystery Train
Elvis Presley
- Mystery Train
- That's All Right
Rufus Thomas
- Walking The Dog
Lou Rawls
- Birth Of The Blues
- Rebirth Of Beale Street

rec. at Shoe Productions, Memphis, Tennessee; prod. by Ron Tate & Wayne Crook

notes by Ron Tate
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A commemorative album
owned by The City of
Memphis, Richard C.
Hackett, Mayor, not for sale
(limited edition of 1000)
551984Memphis Blues (1928 - 1930)
(Jazz Tribune No. 51)

Frank Stokes
- How Long?
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do Part 2
- It Won't Be Long Now
- Right Now Blues
Jim Jackson
- I'm Wild About My Lovin'
- I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana Part 1
- I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana Part 2
- This Mornin' She Was Gone


Furry Lewis
- Kassie Jones Part 1
- Dry Land Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Mistreatin' Mama
Robert Wilkins
- Jailhouse Blues
- Rolling Stone Part 1
- Rolling Stone Part 2
- I Do Blues


Memphis Jug Band
- Sun Brimmer Blues
- Snitchin' Gambler Blues
- Peaches In The Springtime
- A Black Woman Is Like A Black Snake
Minnie Wallac
- Dirty Butter
- The Old Folks Started It
Hattie Hart
- Won't You Be Kind To Me?
- You Wouldn't, Would You Papa?

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Big Railroad Blues
- Feather Bed
- Viola Lee Blues
- Bring It With You When You Come
Memphis Minnie
- I'm Going back home
- I Never Told A Lie
Joe McCoy and Joe Johnson
- Don't Want No woman
Memphis Minnie
- Georgia Skin
DLP

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RCA NL 89276

RCA (Fr) discography

= BMG/RCA CD 74321264092
(1995)

55a1985Tennessee Legends

Sleepy John Estes
- Floating Bridge
- Special Agent
- Mr. Pat
- Rats In My Kitchen

Furry Lewis
- Brownsville Blues
- Mistreatin' Woman
- Fare-Thee-Well Blues

Will Shade
- Kansas City Blues

Will Shade & Furry Lewis
- The Train
Gus Cannon
- Boll Weevil Blues
Will Shade
- Wine-Headed Man

Furry Lewis & Will Shade
- Furry Lewis Rag
Charlie Burse & Will Shade
- Beale Street Shuffle
Jennie Mae Clayton & Will Shade
- What Must I Do?
Will Shade
- Jump And Jive
rec. 1962-63 in Memphis, Tn.
by George Mitchell
& Roger Brown

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Southland SLP-14

Southland discography

561988Giants Of Country Blues Guitar
(1967 - 1981)


Jessie Mae Hemphill #
- Eagle Bird #
- Shame, Shame #

Son House
- Baby Please Don't Dog Me 'Round
Sam Chatmon
- Stoop Down Baby
- Baby Please Come Back To Me
- Stop And Listen
Eugene Powell
- 44 Blues
- Suitcase Full Of Troubles
- Texas - Santa Fe

Furry Lewis
- Going To Brownsville

Jack Owens
- Hard Times
- Cherry Ball
- Give Me Your Money
- Devil Blues
Mager Johnson / Carey 'Ditty' Mason
- Traveling Man Blues
Mott Willis
- Traveling Man Blues
- Someday Blues
- Bad Night Blues

# rec. 1991 (on CD only)


Wolf 120.911


= Wolf CD 120.911
"Giants Of Country Blues
Guitar Vol. 1 (1967 - 1991)"

56a1988DXCV1 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

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Fan Club FC 044

more info

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= Fan Club FC064cd

56b1988Bluesville Vol. 1
"Folk Blues"


Furry Lewis
- Judge Boushay Blues
Memphis Willie B.
- Country Girl Blues
K.C. Douglas
- Big Road Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Levee Camp Blues
Robert Curtis Smith
- Catfish Blues
Memphis Willie B
- Highway 61 (CD only)

Furry Lewis
- Shake 'em On Down (CD only)
Sidney Maiden
- San Quentin Blues
Wade Walton
- Big Fat Mama
Pete Franklin
- Grievin' Me
Blind Willie McTell
- Dying Crapshooter's Blues
Blind Snooks Eaglin
- Alberta (CD only)
Lonnie Johnson
- Fine Booze and Heavy Dues
Scrapper Blackwell
- Blues Before Sunrise
Doug Quattlebaum
- You Is One Black Rat
Reverend Gary Davis
- You Got to Move
Blind Snooks Eaglin
- Brown Skin Woman
Baby Tate
- See What You Done Done (CD only)
Scrapper Blackwell
- Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog (CD only)
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
- Pawn Shop
Lightnin' Hopkins (LP only)
- T-Model Blues


read liner notes, part 1read liner notes, part 2
Ace CH 247


Ace CD 247

Bluesville discography

571990?The Greatest in Country Blues   (1927-1956)

LP 1
- High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton
- See That My Grave Is Kepy Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips
- Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- My Black Momma Part I - Son House
- Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- How Long - Frank Stokes
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins


LP 2
- Devil Got The Woman - Skip James
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
- The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins
- Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams
- Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart
- Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown
- Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson

- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker
- Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band
- Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee
- The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill
- Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand


LP 3
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy
- Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg
- Baby How Long - Dan Pickett
- Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
- River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson
- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins


compiled by Johnny Parth
3 LP set
20 page booklet notes
by Paul Oliver
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RST Blues Documents BD-1
(Austria)

3 CD set
click to enlarge !
= Story Of Blues/Da Music
(1992)

3 CD set
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= 1201 Music (1999)

581991Furry Lewis: 1927 - 1929
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order

- Everybody's Blues
- Mr. Furry's Blues
- Sweet Papa Moan
- Rock Island Blues
- Jelly Roll
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee
- Good Looking Girl Blues
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues
- Falling Down Blues
- Big Chief Blues
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
- Furry's Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green (tk. 1)
- I Will Turn Your Money Green (tk. 2)
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Dry Land Blues
- Cannon Ball Blues
- Kassie Jones, Pt. 1
- Kassie Jones, Pt. 2
- Judge Harsh Blues (tk. 1)
- Judge Harsh Blues (tk. 2)
- John Henry - 1
- John Henry - 2
- Black Gypsy Blues
- Creeper's Blues
notes by Chris Smith
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Document DOCD-5004
591992Canned Heat Blues
Masters of Memphis Blues

Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Dry Land Blues
- Cannon Ball Blues
- Kassie Jones, part 1
- Kassie Jones, part 2
- Judge Harsh Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues
- Big Road Blues
- Bye Bye Blues
- Maggie Campbell Blues
- Canned Heat Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues
- Big Fat Mama Blues
Ishman Bracey
- Saturday Blues
- Left Alone Blues
- Leavin' Town Blues
- Brown Mama Blues
- Trouble Hearted Blues
- The Four Day Blues


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RCA / BMG CD 61047-2
(Bluebird Heritage series)
59a1994Memphis Blues Caravan, Vol. 1

Sam Chatmon
- Forgive Me Too
Big Sam Clark
- I Fell in Love With This Woman
Sonny Boy Nelson
- Pony Blues
Earl Bell
- Travelin' Blues
Sleepy John Estes / Hammie Nixon
- President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long
- Yellow Yam Blues
Bukka White
- Bed Springs Blues

Furry Lewis
- Mary Tell-Blues/Mother Story
Harmonica Frank
- Goin' Away Happy
Houston Stackhouse
- Crying Won't Help You
Joe Willie Wilkins & His King Biscuit Boys
- Me And The Devil Blues
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Memphis Archives
CD 7008
59b1994Memphis Blues Caravan, Vol. 2

Memphis Piano Red
- Blues Like Showers Of Rain
Skip James
- Crow Jane
Little Red Holmes
- Peach Tree Blues
Joe Dobbins
- Satchel Blues
Bukka White
- Uncle Sam Blues

Furry Lewis
- Furry Lewis' Blues
Johnny Shines
- Mr. Tom Green's Farm
Joe Willie Wilkins
- Hard Headed Woman
Roland Boy Blue Hayes
- Cold Chills
Charlie Booker with Joe Willie Wilkins & His King Biscuit Boys
- New Moonrise Blues
Big Daddy Rucker with T-Bone Terrell & His Band
- Sweet Little Angel

prod. by Steve LaVere

notes by Steve LaVere
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Memphis Archives CD 7009
59c199?Memphis Sessions (1956 - 1961)

Will Shade (1956)
- I Can't Stand It

Furry Lewis (1959)
- Slide guitar instrumental [Warm Up] [RBF 202]
- You Can Leave [Me] Baby [RBF 202]
Gus Cannon
- I Met Mr. Toad #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Dirty Mother For You #
Will Shade
- You Send Me John (No. 2) #
- The Woman I'm Lovin' #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Salty Water #
- He's Knocking On My Door #
Gus Cannon
- Show Me The Way To Go Home #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- He's Gone #

Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Shanghai Blues #
Gus Cannon
- Walk Right In (No. 1) #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Nobody Loves Me #
Will Shade
- You Send Me John (No. 2) #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- I˜m Goin Down To Lucy Maes #
Charles Hicks (voc, g)
- Lucille #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Haunted House Blues #
Will Shade
- Dirty, Dirty Dozen #
Mary Mitchell (with Will Shade, g)
- I'm Drifting #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Laura Blues #

# rec. July 18 / 19, 1961 at a private party in Memphis, Tenn. by Don Hill



Wolf 120.920
601997The Blue Horizon Story 1965-1970 Vol. 1


- Judge Harsh
3 CD Set
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Columbia 488992-2

more info

611998Memphis Blues Singers, Vol. 2

Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Dry Land Blues
- Cannon Ball Blues
- Kassie Jones - Part 1
- Kassie Jones - Part 2
- Judge Harsh Blues
Ishman Bracy
- Leavin' Town Blues (Pt. 1)
- Brown Mama Blues (Pt. 1)
- Trouble Hearted Blues
- The Four Day Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Canned Heat Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues
- Big Fat Mama Blues
Robert Wilkins
- Rolling Stone - Part 1
- Rolling Stone - Part 2
- Jail House Blues
- I Do Blues

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Frog CD 22
621999Furry Lewis: Take Your Time

- Judge Boushay Blues
- Take Your Time Rag
- East St. Louis Blues
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
- St. Louis Blues
- If You Follow Me Babe
- Glory Hallelujah
- Natural Born Eastman (= Kassie Jones)
- Bugle Waltz
- How Long?
- John Henry
rec. Oct., 1969
with Lee Baker, Jr.

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Genes GCD 9911

631999Furry Lewis: Blues Magician

- Baby That's All Right
- M For Memphis / Worried Blues
- Lay My Burden Down
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- Furry's Rag (Take Your Time Baby)
- Furry Talking
- Water Tank
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- The Bugle Song
- How Furry's Doin'
- Fourth & Beale (F&T Rag)
- God Be With Us 'Til We Meet Again
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Lucky Seven CD 9206
64200?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

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Arhoolie CD 385

652001The Roots Of Johnny Cash

Furry Lewis
- Kassie Jones pt. 1
- Kassie Jones pt. 2
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Catfish KATCD191
662001Furry Lewis, Bukka White & Friends:
Party! At Home


Bukka White
- Hello, Central, Give Me 49
- Grey-Haired Woman
- Little Woman's Bed
- Tip And Eight Boogie
- Talking
- Hambone Blues
- I'm Drifting
- Bukka's Goodtime Swing
- Please, Ma'm
- Talking

Furry Lewis
- Going Away Blues
- John Henry
- Talking
- Skinny Woman
- Talking
- Old Dog Blue
- Talking
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- Talking
- Farewell to Thee
- Mama's Fish
- When I Lay My Burden Down
- Kassie Jones and a Message
rec. Memphis 1968
previously ASP1 (1972)

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Arcola ACD 1001

66a2001Screamin' and Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton

disc 6: Charley's Orbit - Songs
- Booze And Blues - Ma Rainey
- The Crowing Rooster - Walter Rhodes

- I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy
- Bye Bye Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Maggie Campbell - Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Kansas City Blues - William Harris
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Just A Spoonful - Charley Jordan
- Banty Rooster - Blind Pete And George Ryan
- My Grey Pony - Big Joe Williams
- Dark Road Blues - Willie Lofton Trio
- Blues - Unknown Convict
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - 9Bukka White
- Po' Boy - Bukka White
- Make Me A Pallet on the Floor - Willie Brown
- County Farm Blues - Son House
- Saddle My Pony - The Howlin' Wolf
- Forty Four - The Howlin' Wolf
- Too Close - Roebuck "Pops" Staples & Staple Singers
7-CD album

Revenant RVN-CD-212
66b2002 Country Blues - the essential

CD 1
- Weeping Willow - Blind Boy Fuller
- Little Rock Blues - Pearl Dickson
- Weak-Minded Woman - Willie Baker
- Saturday Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimborough
- Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Fence Breakin' Blues - Shreveport Home Wreckers
- Mississippi Jailhouse Groan - Rube Lacey
- Charming Betsy - Henry Thomas
- Mamlish Blues - Barefoot Bill
- Easy Rider Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Davidson County Blues - De Ford Baily
- Kentucky Blues - Little Hat Jones
- Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan
- Mama, You Gotta Get It Fixed - Troy Ferguson
- One Way Gal - William Moore
- Two Time Blues - Arthur Petties


CD 2
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Police Sargeant Blues - Robert Wilkins
- Penal Farm Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
- Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter
- Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Nehi Mamma Blues - Frank Stokes
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None - Mae Glover
- Happy Blues - Tom Dickson
- Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding
- C.C. & O Blues - Pink Anderson and Simmy Dooley

- I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis
- John Henry Blues - Evans & Mcclain
- Jealous Hearted Blues - Charlie Lincoln
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Devil In The Woodpile - Noah Lewis
- Bye Bye Mama - Buddy Moss
- Jailhouse Fire Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
2 CD set
notes by Gary Atkinson
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Document CBL-200008
672003Furry Lewis: Furry's Blues

- Casey Jones Part 1
- Casey Jones Part 2
- Rock Island Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Cannonball Blues
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues
- Jellyroll
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
- Good Looking Girl Blues
- Judge Harsh Blues
- Falling Down Blues
- Everybody's Blues
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Going for a Song CD
682003Furry Lewis: Good Morning Judge

- Good Morning Judge
- Worried Blues
- Blues Around My Bed
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues * #
- Don't You Wish Your Mama
- Furry Lewis Rag #
- Roll And Tumble Blues
- Old Hobo
- Farewell, I'm Growing Old
- Furry Lewis's Careless Love

* + Dewey Corley, washtub bass
# rec. Memphis, Tennessee 1962
all others rec. Memphis, Tennessee summer 1967

rec. by George Mitchell

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Fat Possum CD 80374

692003Furry Lewis: King Of The Blues, Vol. 3





P-Vine PCD 2258 (Jp)
702003The Very Best Of Furry Lewis
Heroes Of The Blues

- If You Follow Me Babe
- Long Tall Gal Blues
- Natural Born Eastman
- Judge Harsh Blues
- Judge Boushé
- Take Your Time
- St. Louis Blues
- When I Lay My Burden Down
- John Henry
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues
- Baby That's All Right
- Shake 'Em On Down
- I'm Going To Brownsville
- Baby You Don't Want Me
- Furry's Blues
- Cannon Ball Blues

Shout! Factory CD DK 30248
712003Jim 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
722004I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume Three

CD One
Snooks Eaglin
- Yours Truly
- Pine Top´s Boogie Woogie
- My Babe
- Let Me Go Home, Whiskey
- Careless Love
- Rock Island Line
- CC Rider
- I`m Looking For A Woman
- Hello Dolly
- Lonesome Road
Babe Stovall
- Good Morning Blues
- Candy Man
- Fo´ Day Blues
- Gonna Move To Kansas City
Johnny Moment
- Keep Our Business To Yourself
- You Got To Mind How To Treat Someone Else
Will Shade
- I Got The Blues So Bad
- I Can´t Stand It

Furry Lewis
- Baby, I Know You Don´t Love Me
Earl Bell
- Travellin´ Man
- Terraplane Blues
Moose Williams
- Mother Keep Your Light Burning High In The Window



CD Two
Willie Mabon
- Somebody´s Got To Pay
Big Walter Horton
- West Side Blues
- Tin Pan Alley
- This Is It
Sunnyland Slim
- Prison Bound
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Hot Potatoes
- One Room Country Shack
Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues
Johnny Young
- You Got Bad Blood, I Think You Need A Shoot
Washboard Sam
- Mama Don´t Allow
Big Joe Williams
- Rootin´ Groundhog
- Southern Blues
- King´s Highway Blues
Champion Jack Dupree
- Improvisations and Interview
- Drive 'em Down Special
- Improvisations and Interview
- I Feel Like A Millionaire
- Improvisations and Interview
- Barrelhouse Woman
- Improvisations and Interview
2 CD set




Jefferson Records
SBACD 12658/9

732006The 1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival
with Bukka White: The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions


disc 1

Nathan Beauregard
- Highway 61
- Kid Gal Blues
Bukka White
- Hello Central, Give Me 49
- Baby, Please Don't Go

Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- In Heaven, Sitting Down
- What Do You Think About Jesus?
Joe Callicott
- You Don't Know My Mind
- Great Long Ways From Home
Bukka White
- My Mother Died


# rec. at the Municipal Shell, Overton Park, Memphis, Saturday, July 20th, 1968; Furry Lewis, voc, g; M.C.: Jim Crosthwait; prod. by Mike Vernon, exec. producer: Seymour Stein (Sire Records)


disc 2

Bukka White
- Bed Spring Blues #
- Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues #
- Drifting Blues #
- (Brand New) Decoration Day #
- Baby Please Don't Go #
- Give Me An Old, Old Lady #
- Got Sick And Tired #
- World Boogie #
- School Learning #
- Old Man Tom #
- Gibson Town #
- Drifting Blues * [master version without reverb]
- Old Man Tom * [complete master version without reverb]
reissue (remastered)
of 1968 Sire SES 97003 /
Blue Horizon 7-63210
"The 1968 Memphis
Country Blues Festival"

and Blue Horizon 7-63229
"Memphis Hot Shots"

2 CD set
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Blue Horizon CD
82876851232

742007Furry Lewis & Mississippi Joe Callicott:
The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions


disc 1
Furry Lewis
- Judge Harsh Blues ["Grand Central Station" on vinyl]
- Let's Shake Hand In Hand
- Waiting For A Train
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- Big Chief Blue
- Casey Jones
- Take Your Time Rag
- John Henry
- Skinny Woman
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
- Glory Hallelujah, When I Lay My Burden Down
- Furry's Monday Woman Blues [in orig. notes: "Furry's Blues, take 1"]#
- Furry Lewis Blues [in orig. notes: "Furry's Blues, take 2"]#

# previously unreleased

rec. July 21, 1968 at Ardent Studios, Memphis; Walter 'Furry' Lewis, voc, g; prod by Mike Vernon

disc 2
Mississippi Joe Callicott
- You Don't Know My Mind
- Dough Roller Blues
- War Time Blues
- Joe's Troubled Blues *
- On My Last Go Round
- Hoist Your Window And Let Your Curtain Down
- Married Woman Blues
- Poor Boy Blues
- Frankie And Albert (take 1) * #
- Frankie And Albert (take 2) * #
- Leavin' Town Blues #
- Going Away Blues * #
- Worried Now In A Tennessee Town [in orig. notes: "Memphis, Tennessee Blues"] #
- Lost My Money In Jim Kinnane's [in orig. notes: "Lost My Money in Gym Kanan"] #
- Worried Blues #
- You Don't Know My Mind (alt. take) #

# previously unreleased

rec. July 21, 1968 at Ardent Studios, Memphis; Joe Callicott, voc, g; * Bill Barth, g & Bukka White, whistling; prod. by Mike Vernon
reissue of
Blue Horizon 7-63228
and Blue Horizon 7-63227

2 CD set
notes (Sept. 2006)
by Mike Vernon



Sony / Blue Horizon CD
88697041792

752010Been Here All My Days

- Who's Gonna Be Your Man - John Lee Ziegler
- Bullying Well - Rosa Lee Hill
- Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell
- What Makes Grandma Love Grandpa - Jimmy Lee Williams
- Old Country Rock #1 - James Davis
- Big Road Blues - Houston Stackhouse
- Search Me Lord - James Shorter

- Home Going - Jessie Mae Hemphill
- Georgia Buck - Precious Bryant
- Country Blues - Joe Callicott
- Rabbit On A Log - Lonzie Thomas
- Trouble Brought Me Down - Greeb Paschal

- Good Morning Judge - Furry Lewis
- Hold My Body Down - Robert Johnson

"selections from the George Mitchell archive"

Mississippi MR-064
762010Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 8
2011 Calendar with free CD

January to December artwork:
- Sissy Man Blues - Kokomo Arnold
- Pea Vine Blues - Charley Patton

- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Rabbit Foot Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Labor Blues - Tom Dickson
- Dentist Chair Blues – Parts 1 & 2 - Hattie McDaniel and Charlie Jackson
- Cherry Ball Blues - Skip James
- Hey! Lawdy Mama – The France Blues - Papa Harvey Hull and Long Cleve Reed (The Down Home Boys)
- I'll Be Gone, Long Gone - Mississippi Sheiks
- Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues - Ma Rainey
- Ko Ko Mo Blues – Parts 1 & 2 - Jabo Williams
- Will The Coffin Be Your Santa Claus? - Reverend J. M. Gates


bonus tracks (artwork doesn't exist for these songs):
- Tom Rushen Blues - Charley Patton
- Cannon Ball Blues (alt tk, previously unissued) - Furry Lewis
- Dry Land Blues - Furry Lewis
- Lonesome Home Blues (test, previously unissued) - Tommy Johnson
- Save Your Money – Let These Women Go - Rabbits Foot Williams
- Mistreatin' Mama - Rabbits Foot Williams



Blues Images no 8

Blues Images

772011Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 9
2012 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here, Version 1 - Tampa Red and Georgia Tom
- Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here, Version 2 - Tampa Red and His Hokum Jug Band with Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxson (voc)

- Big Chief Blues - Furry Lewis
- Jinx Blues - Ora Brown
- Jesus Is A Dying Bed Maker - Charley Patton
- Rope Stretchin' Blues - Parts I & II - Blind Blake
- Fence Breakin' Yellin' Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Fogyism - Ida Cox
- Come On In (Ain't Nobody Here) - The Harum Scarums
- Evil Woman Spell - Charley Spand
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby
- Papa Don't Tear Your Pants - Papa Charlie Jackson
- In That Pearly White City Above - Blind Joel Taggart

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Precious Lord - Blind Joel Taggart
- Little Black Train - Blind Joel Taggart
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin [Bluebird B6242]
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin [Bluebird B6242]
- Cartey Blues - Lane Hardin [Pacific P-100]
- Mr. Postman Blues - Jenny Pope
- Rent Man Blues - Jenny Pope



Blues Images Vol. 9 (2011)

Blues Images



Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

sources / further reading:
- own record collection
- Teddy Doering: Furry Lewis discography.- Blues Forum 6 (1982), p. 20 - 21
- Teddy Doering et al.: Additions & corrections to Furry Lewis discography.- Blues Forum 10 (1983), p.20 - 21
- http://sunsite.kth.se/feastlib/mrf/yinyue/pw/LEWFUR.HTM
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/blues/f/lewis.htm
- diverse other internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Milosch Fürst jun., and 'GavinG' for additional information / scans

Furry Lewis bio

 

Stanley Booth: Furry's Blues.- Playboy 17 #4 (1970), p. 100-02, 104, 114, 193-94
Stanley Booth: Furry's Blues.- Playboy 17 #4 (1970),
p. 100-02, 104, 114, 193-94

- Download original Playboy article (pdf file 4,4 MB)

- OCRed version @ The Joni Mitchell Discussion List (html)

 

click to enlarge !
Joni Mitchell: Hejira.- Asylum AS 53053 (1976)
incl. song "Furry Sings The Blues" [lyrics]

 

Tomb of Furry Lewis by Dan Ball

 

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