B I G   J O H N   W R E N C H E R on the cover of Blues Unlimited 106 (February/March 1974); click to enlarge!
Blues Unlimited 106 (Febr./March 1974)

Big John
Wrencher
John Thomas Wrencher a/k/a  One Arm John
b. February 12, 1923 in Sunflower, Mississippi
d. July 15, 1977 in Clarksdale, Mississippi

discography
B I G   J O H N   W R E N C H E R; source: front cover of of Big Bear 4
source: front cover of Big Bear 4  
photographer: Alan Johnson  

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

Big John Wrencher 45 rpm / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
11964Modern Chicago Blues

Johnny Young
- My Baby Walked Out In 1954
Wilbert Jenkins
- Married Woman Blues
Johnny Young
- You Make Me Feel So Good
Maxwell St. Jimmy
- Crying Won't Make Me Stay
Big Walter Horton
- Everybody's Fishing
Johnny Young
- Money Talking Woman

Robert Nighthawk
- Blues Before Sunrise §
Johnny Young
- Back To Chicago
John Lee Granderson
- Bumble Bee #
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- I've Got My Eyes on You #

Johnny Young
- Bad Blood

John Wrencher
- I'm Going To Detroit []
Maxwell St. Jimmy
- Hanging Around My Door
Johnny Young
- Tired Of You Smiling
Wilbert Jenkins
- Crawling King Snake
Johnny Young
- Let Me Ride Your Mule
Big Walter Horton
- Hard-Hearted Woman
Johnny Young
- I Don't Feel Good
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Long Haired Doney #
John Lee Granderson
- That's All Right #
William Mack
- Hideaway #

# CD bonus tracks

§ rec. October 14, 1964 in Chicago, Ill.; Robert Nighthawk, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Johnny Young, mand
[] rec. 1964 in Chicago, Ill.; Big John Wrencher, voc, hca; Johnny Young, mand; John Lee Granderson, g






Testament T-2203


= Polydor 545031 (UK)


= Testament TCD 5008
(1994)

Testament discography

21964Blues All Around My Bed
Blues Scene USA Vol. 3

Carl Hodges
- Blues All Around My Bed
Big Joe Williams
- Hellhound On My Trail
John Lee Granderson
- Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl

Johnny Young
- Green Door Blues []
James Robinson
- Standing In My Backk Door Crying
W.B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson
- Sometimes I Rate

Connie Williams
- One Thin Dime
Leroy 'Country' Dallas
- Sweet Man Blues
Doug Quattlebaum
- Good Woman Blues
Bill Jackson
- Trouble In Mind
Avery Brady
- Gonna Let You Down
Arthur Weston & Big Joe Williams & George Robertson
- Roll Me Over Slow

[] rec. 1964 in Chicago, Ill.; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Big John Wrencher, hca; John Lee Granderson, g

notes by Pete Welding



Storyville SLP 181
= Storyville 670181 (D)
= Storyville SLP 842

notes by Pete Welding



= Storyville SLP 4036 (1981)
"Blues Roots Vol. 2"

Storyville discography

31969?Big John Wrencher

- Tell Me Darling (A)
- Memphis To Maxwell (B)

rec. 1969? in Chicago, Ill.; Big John Wrencher, voc, hca; unknown g, b, dr
7 inch 45 rpm



JA-WES JW 0118
[James Shelton Jr. label]
41969Big John Wrencher and his Maxwell Street Blues Boys: Maxwell Street Alley Blues

Barrelhouse LP BH-002 tracks:
- Maxwell Street Alley Blues
- Don't Want No Special Rider
- Rubbin' My Root
- No Good Weasel
- Gonna Bring Down All My Clothes
- Dust My Bed

- Mama Here Come Your Root Man
- John's Moonshine Blues
- Ha Ha Baby
- Conductor Took My Baby To Tennessee
- Rockin' Chair Blues

Blue Sting CD 028 / P-Vine PCD-1889 tracks:
- Maxwell Street Alley Blues
- Special Rider Blues [Don't Want No Special Rider]
- Back Porch Boogie #
- No Good Weasel
- Goin' Upstairs [Gonna Bring Down All My Clothes]
- Dust My Bed
- Root Man BluesMama Here Come Your Root Man
- Moonshine Blues [John's Moonshine Blues]
- Ha-Ha Baby
- Conductor Blues [Conductor Took My Baby To Tennessee]
- Rockin' Chair Blues
- 12th Street Boogie #
- Rough/Tough Boogie #

# CD bonus tracks

rec. September 14, 15 & 19, 1969 in Chicago, Ill.; Big John Wrencher, voc, shouts, hca; Little Buddy Thomas, g; "Playboy" Vinson, dr; prod. by George Paulus; rec. by George Paulus & Dick Shurman; cover drawing by George Paulus (1st ed.) / Robert Crumb (later ed.)

notes by George Paulus
click to enlarge !

click to enlarge !
Barrelhouse BH-002
[1st ed. 1969]

click to enlarge !

source: Crumb - The Record Cover Collection, Amsterdam 1994; click to enlarge !

source: Crumb - The Record Cover Collection, Amsterdam 1994; click to enlarge !
Barrelhouse BH-002
[2nd ed. 1974]

notes by George Paulus
click to enlarge !

click to enlarge !
(=) Blue Sting CD 028
(Belgium 1992)

click to enlarge !
= P-Vine PCD-1889 (Jp 2003)
Big John Wrencher and
His Chicago Blues Band

Barrelhouse discography

519??Robert Nighthawk / Houston Stackhouse
Masters of Modern Blues Volume 4

Robert Nighthawk
- Black Angel Blues []
- Maggie Campbell []
- Crowing Rooster Blues []
- I'm Getting Tired []
- Bricks In My Pillow []
- Merry Christmas Baby []

Robert Nighthawk
- Crying Won't Help You []
- Kansas City Blues
- Kidman Blues
#
- Bricks In My Pillow (alt. take) [] #
Houston Stackhouse with Robert Nighthawk
- Big Road Blues
- Cool Water Blues
- Big Fat Mama Blues
- Take A Little Walk With Me
- Bye Bye Blues #
- Mean Old World #
- The Wrong Man #
- Kansas City Blues #


# CD bonus tracks

[] rec. October 14, 1964 in Chicago, Ill.; Robert Nighthawk, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Johnny Young, mand

notes by Pete Welding

Testament T-2215


= Testament TCD 5010
(1994)

Testament discography

61970The Chicago String Band

LP track sequence:
- The Sun Is Sinking Low
- Trouble On Your Hands
- Weeping And Moaning
- You Know I Do []
- Hoodoo Blues
- You Got Good Business


- I Got To Find That Woman
- Clean Cut Mama
- Railroad Blues
- Don't Sic Your Dog On Me []
- John Henry
- Memphis, Tenn., 1939 Blues

CD track sequence:
- The Sun Is Sinking Low
- Trouble On Your Hands
- Weeping And Moaning
- You Know I Do []
- Hoodoo Blues
- You Got Good Business

- Take It Easy Baby #
- I Got To Find That Woman
- Clean Cut Mama
- Railroad Blues
- Don't Sic Your Dog On Me []
- John Henry
- Memphis, Tenn., 1939 Blues
- Bye Bye Pete § #

# CD bonus tracks

rec. June 18, 1966 in Chicago, Ill.; Big John Wrencher, hca, [] voc; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Carl Martin, voc, vl, mand; Johnny Young, voc, mand; § Bill Foster, g

notes by Pete Welding



Testament T-2220


= Testament TCD 5006
(1994)

Testament discography

7197?Johnny Young & His Friends

LP track sequence:
- Prison Bound
- Sugar Farm Blues []
- All My Money Gone
- My Home Ain't Here
- Did You Get That Letter?
- I'm Leaving Baby
- I Got It


- Meet Me In The Bottom $
- You Made Me Feel So Good
- Blues And Trouble

- Kid Man Blues []
- Humpty Dumpty
- Forty-Four Blues
- Whoop It Up


CD track sequence:
- Prison Bound
- Sugar Farm Blues []
- All My Money Gone
- My Home Ain't Here

- Blues For Big Time [] #
- Did You Get That Letter?
- I'm Leaving Baby
- I Got It

- Bumble Bee [] #
- Meet Me In The Bottom $
- You Made Me Feel So Good
- Want My Lovin' #
- Blues And Trouble

- Kid Man Blues []
- Humpty Dumpty
- Instrumental [] #
- Forty-Four Blues
- Whoop It Up


# CD bonus tracks

[] rec. 1964 in Chicago, Ill.; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Big John Wrencher, hca; John Lee Granderson, g
$ rec. 1964 in Chicago, Ill.; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Big John Wrencher, hca; Robert Nighthawk, g

notes by Pete Welding



Testament T-2226


= Testament TCD 5003
(1994)

Testament discography

81974The American Blues Legends '74

Big John Wrencher []
- Big Johns Boogie
- I'm A Roots Man
- How Many More Years #
Cousin Joe Pleasant
- I Can't Lose With The Stuff I Use
- Problems
Doctor Ross
- It Seems Like A Dream
- On My Way To School
- Boogie Disease No. 2 #

Eddie "Playboy" Taylor
- I Used To Have Some Friends
- I Know My Baby
- You Don't Love Me
G.P. Jackson
- 12th Street Boogie
- Letter Dressed In Red
- Leavin' Kansas City
Cousin Joe Pleasant
- Railroad Avenue
- Blues Legends 1974


rec. & mixed February & March 1974 at Chalk Farm Studios, London, England; prod. by Jim Simpson
# CD bonus tracks



Munich BM 150 202


= Big Bear BEAR 1


= Big Bear / Indigo CD 2527
(2002; 2 CD set)
"American Blues Legends
1973 / 1974"

Big Bear discography

91974Big John Wrencher
Big John's Boogie


- Honeydripper
- Third Degree
- Now, Darling
- Where Did You Stay Last Night?
- Trouble Makin' Woman

- Lonesome In My Cabin
- How Many More Years?
- Come On Over
- Telephone Blues
- Runnin' Wild

CD bonus tracks (from Big Bear BEAR 1):
- Big John's Boogie #
- I'm A Root Man #

rec. between February and April 1974 at Chalk Farm Studios, London, England, by Jim Simpson; Big John Wrencher, voc, hca; Eddie Taylor, g; Bob Hall, p; Bob Brunning, b (on bonus tracks); Pete York, dr

notes by Mike Leadbitter



Big Bear BEAR 4 (UK)

= Intercord INT 146.402
(D 1979)

original notes
by Mike Leadbitter
+ notes by Jim Simpson

(=) Castle CMRCD 649
(2003) "Big John's Boogie
Plus"

read liner notes
at www.fleetwoodmac.net/

Big Bear discography

101979Big John Wrencher

- Runnin' Wild
- Trouble Makin' Woman

from 1974 London session I guess
7 inch 45 rpm

"Coca Cola" COC6 (Fr)
(Pathé Marconi / EMI)
10a1982Joe Carter & Kansas City Red: Original Chicago Blues
featuring Eddie Taylor & John Wrencher

Joe Carter
- Mama Talk To Your Daughter
- You're The One
- Rock Me

Kansas City Red
- Open Your Heart
- Crawling Kingsnake
- Sweet Black Angel
- Rollin' & Tumblin'
- Standing Around Crying
- The Moon Is Rising

JSP 1038

JSP discography


= P-Vine PCD 23889
(Jp 2007)

111983Harpin' On It
An Anthology of Harmonica Blues

Mojo Buford
- Deep Sea Diver
- In My Younger Days
- Crawdad Hole
Jew Town Burks
- Minnie Sue
- Partnership Woman
Easy Baby
- Good Morning Mr. Blues


Big John Wrencher
- Now Darlin' []
Hot Shot Love
- Harmonica Boogie
- Go Back Home
Little Mac
- Home Work
Billy Branch
- Hoochie Coochie
Johnny Mars
- Johnny's Groove

[] rec. September 14, 15 & 19, 1969 in Chicago, Ill.; Big John Wrencher, voc, shouts, hca; Little Buddy Thomas, g; "Playboy" Vinson, dr; prod. by George Paulus; rec. by George Paulus & Dick Shurman

notes by John Stedman



JSP 1063

JSP discography

11a198?A Taste Of Harp

The Right Kind
- You Oughta Slow Dance Baby
[Galaxy 761]
Big John Wrencher
- Tell Me Darling [JA-WES 0118]
- Maxwell To Maxwell [JA-WES 0118]
Tommy Lewis
- The Hurt Is On [Muriel 1001]
- I Love You So [Muriel 1001]
Big Jay McNeely + George 'Harmonica' Smith
- You Don't Have To Go [WB 8143]
- Further Up The Road [WB 8143]

Ace Holder
- Sorry I Had To Leave [Moving 142]
Thomas 'Shy Guy' Douglas
- Howlin' [Surspeed 221]
- Evening Soul [Surspeed 221]
Harmonica Slim
- Do What You Want To Do [Vita 146]
- Drop Anchor [Vita 146]
Good Time Charlie
- Cleaned Out [Goldsmith TCB 1004]
- I've Been Cleaned Out [Goldsmith TCB 1003]




click to read notes !
Moonshine BLP 102

Moonshine discography

121988Low Blows
An Anthology of Chicago Harmonica Blues

Good Rockin' Charles with Big Guitar Red
- Found My Baby (Gone)
Big Leon Brooks
- Kicking Up Dust
George "Mojo" Buford
- Don't Go No Further
Easy Baby
- Good Morning Mr. Blues
Good Rockin' Charles
- She Loves Another Man
Big Leon Brooks
- Pink Champagne


Joe Carter with Big John Wrencher
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Golden Wheeler
- Good Lover
Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell
- Avenue Stomp
Good Rockin' Charles
- Ground Hog Blues
Golden Wheeler
- Evil Woman
Big Leon Brooks
You Know


CD bonus tracks:
Good Rockin' Charles
- I Got To Go
- Good Rockin'

Joe Carter with Big John Wrencher
- Honey Bee

previously unissued tracks rec. 1975 - 1980; album produced and compiled by Bob Corritone & Jim O'Neal; sessions produced by Steve Wisner, Bruce Iglauer, George Paulus & Bob Corritone


Mr. Blues MB 7610 (US)
[ever issued ???]

notes (insert) by Jim O'Neal



= Rooster Blues R7610 (US)

notes (insert) by Jim O'Neal



= Bedrock BEDLP 15 (UK)

notes by Dick Shurman
Steve Wisner, Jim O'Neal

(=) Rooster CD 2610 (1994)
= Bedrock BED CD 15 (UK)

Mr. Blues discography

131995Bottleneck Blues

Napoleon Strickland
- Key To The Bushes
Big Joe Williams
- Talking About Bottleneck
- Traveling Blues

Robert Night Hawk
- Crying Won't Help You (alt. tk.) §
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Six White Horses
Mott Willis
- Knife Instrumental
Robert Lee Granderson
- Flora Blues
J.B. Hutto & The Hawks
- Wild Wild Woman
Blind Connie Williams
- St. Louis Blues
David Honeyboy Edwards
- Worryin' Woman Blues
Robert Johnson
- I'm Coming, Lord, Please Don't Drive Me Away

Chicago Blues Band
- Verna Lee Blues []
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Wouldn't Mind Dying
John Littlejohn
- Dust My Broom
Blind Connie Williams
- Trouble In Mind
Big Joe Williams
- How Do You Want Your Rollin' Done
Mott Willis
- M & O Blues
Johnny Shines
- Crucial Moment
Jack Owens
- Train Time
Robert Johnson
- I Don't Know When Death Is Gonna Call Me
Herb Quinn
- Casey, You Can't Ride This Train
Napoleon Strickland
- Skake 'Em Down

§ rec. October 14, 1964 in Chicago, Ill.; Robert Nighthawk, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Johnny Young, mand
[] rec. June 18, 1966 in Chicago, Ill.; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Carl Martin, voc, vl, mand; Johnny Young, voc, mand

(Testament 2216
announced, but not issued)


Testament TCD 5021

= P-Vine PCD-5576 (Jp)

Testament discography

141995Testament Records Sampler

- Pet Cream Man - J.B. Hutto & The Hawks
- A Man For The Nation - John Lee Granderson
- Railroad Blues - The Chicago String Band
- Nobody Knows My Troubles - Otis Spann
- Jesus Is On The Mainline - Fred McDowell & The Hunter's Chapel Singers
- Peach Tree Blues - Eddie Taylor
- I'm Talking 'Bout You - Eddie Lee "Mustright" Jones
- Cat Squirrel - Dr. Isaiah Ross
- I'm Gettin' Tired - Robert Nighthawk
- Going Back To Texas - Jimmy Walker & His Western Stars/Erwin Helfer
- Black Mary - Ruby McCoy
- So Cold In Vietnam - Johnny Shines
- Titanic Blues - Bill Jackson
- Don't Start Me To Talkin' - A Feeling / Johnny Turner & Blues With A Feeling
- All My Money Gone - Johnny Young
- One Thin Dime - Blind Connie Williams
- Goin' Down South - Fred McDowell

- I'm Going To Detroit - John Wrencher
- Annie Mae - Big Joe Williams
- My Babe - Napoleon Strickland Fife & Drum Band
- Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues - Johnny Shines
- Dust My Broom - Johnny Littlejohn
- Pleading And Crying - Billy Boy Arnold

Testament TCD 4001

Testament discography

151998Down Home Harp

- Blue Mood - Big Walter Horton
- We All Got To Go - Billy Boy Arnold
- Billy Boy's Jump - Billy Boy Arnold
- Borrow Love And Go - James 'Bat' Robinson

- You Know I Love You - Big John Wrencher []
- Thinkin' About Your Apples - Coot Venson
- Sweet Woman Blues - George Robertson
- Canadian Sunset - Harmonica Slim Willis Quartet
- Last Night Blues - Andrew Cauthen
- Blue As I Can Be - Willie Lee Harris
- Fox Chase - Snake Hippin' - Careless Love - John Lee Henley
- Sweet Little Woman - Robert Nighthawk With Little Walter
- Slow Train Through Arkansas - Elmon 'Driftin' Slim' Mickle
- T-Model And The Train - Elmon 'Driftin' Slim' Mickle
- Morning Rock - Coot Venson
- Blues For Illinois - Dr. Ross
- Mattie Mae - Billy Boy Arnold
- Where The Southern Crosses The Dog - Coot Venson
- Goin' Down To The Station - Andrew Cauthen
- Walter's Boogie - Big Walter Horton
- John Henry - James 'Bat' Robinson
- Baby, You Don't Have To Go - Johnny Young with Little Walter

[] rec. June 18, 1966 in Chicago, Ill.; Big John Wrencher, hca, voc; John Lee Granderson, g; Carl Martin, vl, mand; Johnny Young, mand


Testament TCD 6011

Testament discography

161999And This Is Maxwell Street

CD One
- The Sun Is Shining- Johnny Young
- Can't Hold Out Much Longer - Big John Wrencher
- Juke Medley - Carey Bell
- That's All Right - Robert Night Hawk
- Red Top/Ornithology - Little Arthur King
- Maxwell Street Jam - Carey Bell

- Lucille - Big John Wrencher
- Corinna, Corinna - Arvella Gray
- Power To Live Right - Carrie Robinson
- Cheating And Lying Blues - Robert Night Hawk
- Honky Tonk - Robert Night Hawk
- Dust My Broom - Robert Night Hawk
- Peter Gunn Jam - Robert Night Hawk
- I Need Love So Bad - Robert Night Hawk
- All I Want For My Breakfast - Johnny Young
- Take It Easy, Baby - Robert Night Hawk
- Long Gone John - Unknown Harpist



CD Two
- Mama, Talk To Your Daughter - Big Mojo Elem
- I'm Ready - Carey Bell
- Carey'n On - Carey Bell
- When The Saints Go Marching In - James Brewer Group
- Back Off Jam - Robert Night Hawk
- John Henry - Arvella Gray
- Anna Lee/Sweet Black Angel - Robert Night Hawk

- Love You Tonight - Big John Wrencher
- The Time Have Come - Robert Night Hawk
- Cruisin' In A Cadillac - Carey Bell
- Honey Hush - Robert Night Hawk
- I'll Fly Away - James Brewer Gospel Group
- I Shall Overcome - Fannie Brewer

Street recordings made for 1964 documentary film 'And This Is Free'

2 CD set
notes by Colin Talcroft



P-Vine PCD-5527/28 (Jp)
= Rooster CD ROO2641
(US)
= Catfish KAT3D1 (UK)

more info
more info

172002Don't Worry 'bout The Bear

disc 1
- Shake Your Boogie - Snooky Pryor
- After You There Won't Be Nobody Else - Snooky Pryor
- Crossroads - Homesick James
- Highway 51 - Homesick James

- Honeydripper - Big John Wrencher
- Seems Like A Million Years - Eddie "Playboy" Taylor
- Ready For Eddie - Eddie "Playboy" Taylor
- Don't Worry 'Bout the Bear - Doctor Ross
- I'm A Mannish Boy - Doctor Ross
- Got Something To Tell You [live] - Doctor Ross, Chicago Aces
- Sneaky Pete - Erwin Helfer
- Homage To AA And PJ - Erwin Helfer, Bob Hall
- Texas Flood - Whispering Smith
- Walkin' In The Park - Lightnin' Slim
- 12th Street Boogie - G.P. Jackson
- Meet Me In The Alley - Johnny Mars, Boogie Woogie Red & Baby Boy Warren


disc 2
- She's in L.A. - Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- Do It If You Wanna - Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- Viper Song - Boogie Woogie Red
- I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
- It's My Own Fault - Johnny Mars
- I've Been Down So Long - Johnny Mars
- Klickety Klock - Willie Mabon
- Blues Fell This Morning - Mickey Baker
- I'll Always Be In Love With You - Mickey Baker
- Alimony - Tommy Tucker
- Buzzard Luck - Billy "The Kid" Emerson
- Blues For My Baby - Charles Brown
- So Tired - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors
- Let The Good Times Roll - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors
- Honky Tonk - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors
- When A Woman Loves A Man - Cousin Joe
2 CD set
notes by Jim Simpson

Indigo IGOXDCD 2503 (UK)


= Sanctuary CD 81268 (2003)


= Castle CD 36170 (US 2005)

182003Blowing The Blues
A History Of Blues Harmonica 1926-2002
three discs: 'Pre-War Acoustic Harmonica', '1946-52 The Harp Goes Electric', & 'Into The Rock Era & Beyond'
1. Sun Brimmers Blues - The Memphis Jug Band
2.Need More Blues - Robert Cooksey
3.Up Country Blues - De Ford Bailey
4.Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
5.Greenville Strut - Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe
6.Chickasaw Special - Noah Lewis
7.The Old Folks Started It - Minni Wallace
8.Touch Me Light Mama - George Bullet Williams
9.Fourth Avenue Blues - Slim Barton & Eddie Mapp
10.El Watsons Fox Chase - Wl Watson
11.Medley Of Blues - Freeman Stowers
12.Beale Street Breakdown - Jed Davenport & His Beale St Jug Ba
13.Police And High Sheriff Come Ridin Down - Ollis Martin
14.Bumble Bee Blues - Memphis Minnie
15.Mean Low Blues - Blues Birdhead
16.Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis
17.Tampa Strut - The Georgia Browns
18.Harmonica Stomp - Jazz Gillum
19.Im A Stranger Here - Blind Boy Fuller
20.Blues In The Rain - Eddie Kellys Washboard Band
21.You Can Lead Me - Sonny Boy Williamson
22.Slick Capers Blues - Little Buddy Doyle
23.Blowing The Blues - Sonny Terry
24. Frank Edwards
- We Got To Get Together
25.Tampa Blues - Skoodle Dum Doo & Sheffield
26.King Biscuit Stom - Big Joe Williams
27.Pet Milk Blues - Walter Mitchell
28.Better Get Reaky - Elder Roma Wilson
29.Bring Another Half A Pint - Sonny Boy Williamson
30.Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe
31.Im A Country Boy - Pee Wee Hughes & His Delta Duo
32.Wig Wearing Woman - Robert Richard
33.Boogy Fool - Snooky Pryour
34.Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard & The Gondoliers
35.Wailin Willie - Rhythm Willie
36.Winehead Seing - James Tisdom
37.Evans Shuffle - Muddy Waters
38.Gotta Go Baby - Joe Hill Louis
39.Moanin At Midnight - Howling Wolf
40.Jumpin Blues - Walter Horton
41.Me & My Chauffeur - Memphis Minnie
42.Down South Blues - Driftin Slim
43.Juke - Little Walter
44.Glad To Be Back Home - Sunny Blair
45.After While (Blue Lights) - Papa Lightfoot
46.Man Around My Door - Grace Brim
47.Doctor Ross Boogie - Doctor Ross And His Jump & Jive Boys
48.The Woman Is Killing Me - Sonny Terry
49.Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
50.Dont Come Back - Little Mac
51.Gonna Have A Good Time - Snooky Pryor
52.Juke - Little Walter
53.Hoodoo Man Blues - Junior Wells
54.Dont Start Me Talking - Good Rockin Charles
55.Sonny Boy Williamson - Paul Jones & Jack Bruce
56.Got Something To Tell You - Doctor Ross
57.99 - Sonny Boy Williamson
58.Last Night - Paul Butterfield
59.Down At The Grocery Store - Jimmy Reed
60.Fresh Country Jam - Duster Bennett
61.Key To The Highway - Charlie Musselwhite
62.Easy - Walter Horton
63.Hoodoo Party - King Biscuit Boy
64.You Went Away Baby - Carey Bell
65.Why Worry - John Mayall

66.Honeydripper - Big John Wrencher
67.Back Door Friend - Billy Boy Arnold
68.Rode Myself Crazy - Paul Delay
69.Bring It On Home - Sonny Blake
70.Texas Flood - Whispering Smith
71.Hootin And Screamin - Paul Lamb
3 CD box

Indigo/Sanctuary
IGOTD 2536
192011Chicago Downhome Harmonica   Vol. 1

- Go Away - John Brim & His Gary Kings
- That Ain't Right - John Brim & His Gary Kings
- The Morning Before Day - Mojo & His Rhythm Quartett

- Memphis To Maxwell - Big John Wrencher [JA-WES JW 0118]
- Tell Me Darling - Big John Wrencher [JA-WES JW 0118]
- Never Leave My Homework Undone - Little Mack Simmon
- Teddy Bear Blues - Little Eddie
- Do You Want Me To Cry - Eddie Taylor
- I Need My Baby Blues - Walter Horton
- Can't Help Myself - Walter Horton
- La Cucuracha - Walter Horton
- You're The Sweetest Girl I Ever Knew - Slim Willis
- Next Time You See Me - Mack Simmons
- My Walking Blues - Little Mack
- You Lied To Me Baby - Sammy Lewis
- The Skrooch - Little Eddie
- I Got My Eyes On You - Smokey Smothers
- Bleeding Heart - J.L. Smith
- Messing With The Kid - Mojo & His Rhythm Quartette
- Blue Light - Mac Simmons
- Drinking Again - Birmingham Jones
- I'm Sittin Here - Eddie Taylor
- The Mix Up - Little Sonny & His Band


Olchicago 11001


Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 94, 421, 603-604, 608
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 1081-1082
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 589-591
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Front cover of Castle CMRCD 649
picture on top of that column: Front cover of Blues Unlimited 106 (Febr./March 1974); photographer: Bill Greensmith

thanks to Alan Balfour, Big Joe Louis and Rob Ford for additional info / scans

 

B I G   J O H N   W R E N C H E R; source: Blues Unlimited 106 (February/March 1974), p. 11; click to enlarge!
source: Blues Unlimited 106 (Febr./March 1974), p. 11
photographer: G J Kroese

B I G   J O H N   W R E N C H E R; source: ; click to enlarge!
source: Blues Unlimited 107 (April/May 1974), p. 16
photographer: Bill Greensmith

B I G   J O H N   W R E N C H E R; source: ; click to enlarge!
source: Blues Link 3 (Jan./Febr. 1974), p. 7
photographer: Alan Johnson

B I G   J O H N   W R E N C H E R; source: ; click to enlarge!
source: Blues Link 3 (Jan./Febr. 1974), p. 8
photographer: Alan Johnson

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source: Harris 1987, p. 590
photographer: Frank Nazareth

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||||| American Music |||||
||| sound clips |||
||| Various Artist's Early Records |||
||| Oddities on LP/CD covers |||
||| Doubleneck guitars |||
||| Resonator guitars |||
||| American Folk Blues Festival |||
||| Lawrence Gellert recordings |||
||| Dr. Harry Oster recordings |||
||| Yazoo Records | Blue Goose Records | Nick Perls |||
| Anthology | Roy Bookbinder | Steve Calt/Dave Mann | Sam Chatmon | Robert Crumb ... |
| Shirley Griffith | Graham Hine | Son House | Roger Hubbard | Larry Johnson | Jo Ann Kelly |
| Gary Lawrence ... | Steve Mann | John Miller | Yank Rachell | Alan Seidler | Tom Shaw | Bill Williams |
discographies:
||| 77 Records |||
||| Adelphi Records |||
||| Advent Records |||
||| Ahura Mazda Records |||
||| Albatros Records |||
||| Audio-Video Productions |||
||| Barrelhouse Records |||
||| Blues Beacon Records |||
||| Blues Classics Records |||
||| Prestige/Bluesville Records |||
||| Flyright Records |||
||| Heritage Records |||
||| Herwin Records |||
||| Kicking Mule Records |||
||| Kokomo Records |||
||| L + R Records |||
||| Magpie Records |||
||| Mamlish Records |||
||| Muskadine Records |||
||| Nighthawk Records |||
||| Origin Jazz Library OJL |||
||| Policy Wheel Records |||
||| the post war blues |||
||| RBF Records |||
||| Revival Records |||
||| Scout Records |||
||| Southland Records |||
||| Spivey Records |||
||| Spokane Records |||
||| Storyville Records |||
||| Takoma Records |||
||| Trix Records |||
| Casey Anderson | Pink Anderson | Kokomo Arnold | Memphis Willie B. | John Henry Barbee |
| Ed Bell | Brooks Berry | Leon Bibb | Eric Bibb | Scrapper Blackwell |
| (Bahamian) Blind Blake | Allan Block | Juke Boy Bonner |
| Roy Book Binder | James Booker | Chris Bouchillon | Jim Brewer |
| David Bromberg | Ian Buchanan | Butch Cage | Len Chandler | Joe Callicott | Sam Chatmon |
| Frank Christian | Doctor Clayton | Paul Clayton | Andy Cohen | Larry Dale | Karen Dalton | Barbara Dane |
| Blind Teddy Darby | Bonnie Dobson | Doctor Ross | Driftin' Slim |
| Scott Dunbar | Champion Jack Dupree |
| Snooks Eaglin | Archie Edwards | David 'Honeyboy' Edwards | Frank Edwards |
| Ramblin' Jack Elliott | Logan English | Sleepy John Estes | Even Dozen Jug Band |
| Billy Faier | Guitar Pete Franklin | Jesse Fuller |
| Sam Gary | Paul Geremia | Fred Gerlach | Arvella Gray | Mitch Greenhill | Shirley Griffith |
| George Gritzbach | Stefan Grossman | Guitar Nubbit |
| Guitar Gabriel (Nyles Jones) | Guitar Shorty (John Henry Fortescue) |
| John Hammond | Hecksaw Harney |
| Gordon Heath & Lee Payant | Blind Joe Hill | Son House | Cisco Houston |
| John Jackson | Skip James | Henry 'Rufe' Johnson |
| Larry Johnson | Blind Willie Johnson | Nyles Jones (Guitar Gabriel) | Luke Jordan | Danny Kalb |
| Jo Ann Kelly | Lisa Kindred | Koerner, Ray & Glover |
| Jim Kweskin | Peter La Farge | Bruce Langhorne | Terrea Lea | J.B. Lenoir |
| Furry Lewis | Mance Lipscomb | Willie Mabon | Steve Mann | Judy Mayhan | Suni McGrath |
| Mississippi Fred McDowell | Memphis Willie B. | Herb Metoyer | Elmon Mickle | Luke 'Long Gone' Miles |
| John Miller | Sam Mitchell | Model T. Slim | Little Brother Montgomery | Buddy Moss | Fred Neil |
| Bob Neuwirth | New Lost City Ramblers | Johnny Nicholas | Hermes Nye | Jack Owens |
| Dave Peabody | Robert Petway | Buster Pickens | Lonnie Pitchford | Doug Quattlebaum | Willie Guy Rainey |
| Jerry Rasmussen | 'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks | Walt Robertson |
| Judy Roderick | Dick Rosmini | Doctor Ross | Carl Sandburg | Brother John Sellers | Sid Selvidge |
| Thomas Shaw | Siegel-Schwall Band | Patrick Sky | Gordon Smith | Smoky Babe | Joseph Spence |
| Mark Spoelstra | Babe Stovall | Abu Talib (Freddy Robinson) |
| Baby Tate | Harry Taussig | Art Thieme | James 'Son' Thomas | Jesse Thomas | Willie B. Thomas |
| Joan Toliver | Henry Townsend | Willie Trice | Ton van Bergeyk |
| Dave van Ronk | Eric von Schmidt | Jackie Washington | Casey Bill Weldon |
| 'Bukka' White | Josh White | Geeshie Wiley | Major Wiley | Robert Wilkins | Bill Williams |
| Big Joe Williams | Robert Pete Williams | Chris Youlden |
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