THE COMPLETE MUDDY WATERS DISCOGRAPHY

1 36 >> B&R >> 20037 >> B&R >> 200 THE COMPLETE MUDDY WATERS DISCOGRAPHYC ompiled by Phil Wight and Fred RothwellTHE germ of the idea for this DISCOGRAPHY was first spawned back in the early 1980s. Lacking any cohesive post 1966 MUDDY listing (1966 being the cut off point for the first edition of Leadbitter and Slaven s Blues Records ) I decided to compile a post 1966 MUDDY WATERS DISCOGRAPHY , the aim being to possibly publish it in Pickin The Blues magazine. Fred got in touch with me in answer to a query in PTB; he had been working on a MUDDY disco on his own so we decided to pool resources. We took the decision to make it really comprehensive by including all the sessions MUDDY had played on, not just issues under his own name, and to list as many issues and reissues as possible.

2 Unfortunately PTB ceased publication and the manuscript was hawked around several places but never found a Blues & Rhythm took the plunge and in 1991 it was published as an A5 size booklet under the Blues & Rhythm imprint. It sold very well, garnered a lot of praise and ran to two printings. Since then we have tried to keep it up to date as possible, adding a lot of new material and generally correcting mistakes. It was also published as part of Sandra Tooze s MUDDY this re-publication the decision was taken to remove all reissue details of long gone LPs, EPs etc and in most cases only list the original issue (whether it be 78, 45, LP or CD), with significant CD reissues added for certain sessions.

3 No doubt there will be errors, we can t claim to have got it 100 per cent correct so if anyone has new information feel free to contact Fred or me via B& must also be made of the excellent research done by Scott Dirks, Tony Glover and Ward Gaines, the authors of Blues With A Feeling The Little Walter Story , which has been of tremendous help in correctly identifying the harmonica players on many of the Chess Wight MCKINLEY MORGANFIELDMcKinley Morganfield vcl-1, speech-2, gtr-3; Son Simms speech-4, gtr-5; Alan Lomax speech-6; John Work speech-7 Stovall, Miss. circa 24-31 Aug. 19414769-A-1(a) Country Blues -1-3 LC, AAFS 18, AFSL4, Testament LP2210, MCA CD 9344 4769-A-1(b) Interview -2-3-6 LC, MCA CHD 93444769-A-2(a) I Be s Troubled -1-3 LC, MFS 18, AFSL4, Testament LP2210, MCA CHD 93444769-A-2(b) Interview No.

4 2 -2-4-6-7 LC, MCA CHD 9344 4770-B-1 Burr Clover Farm Blues LC, MCA CHD 9344 -1-2-3-4-54770-B-2 Interview No. 3 -2-4-7 LC, MCA CHD 9344 SON SIMMS FOURMcKinley Morganfield gtr, vcl-1; Percy Thomas gtr, vcl-2; Son Simms violin; Louis Ford mandolin, vcl-3; group members foot-tapping, vcl interjections-4 Stovall, Miss., Fri. 24 July 1942 Ramblin Kid Blues LC, MCA CHD9344 (partial) -1-46628-A-6 Ramblin Kid Blues -1-4 LC, Testament LP 2210, MCA CHD 9344 6628-A-7 Rosalie -1-4 LC, Testament LP 2210, MCA CHD 9344 6628-A-8 Joe Turner -3-4 LC, Testament LP 2210, MCA CHD 9344 6628-B-1 Pearlie May Blues -2 LC, Testament LP 2210, MCA CHD 9344 MCKINLEY MORGANFIELDMcKinley Morganfield vcl, gtr, speech-1; Son Simms gtr-2; Charles Berry gtr-3; Stovall, Miss.

5 , Fri. 24 July 19426628-B-2 Take A Walk With Me -2 LC, Testament LP2210, MCA CHD 93446628-B-3 Burr Clover Blues -2 LC, Testament LP2210, MCA CHD 9344 Interview No. 4 -1 MCA CHD 93446629-A-1 I Be Bound To Write LC, Testament LP 2210, To You -3 MCA CHD 9344 6629-A-2 I Be Bound To Write LC, MCA CHD 9344 To You -3 6629-A-3 You re Gonna Miss Me LC, Testament LP 2210, When I m Gone MCA CHD 9344 MCKINLEY MORGANFIELDMcKinley Morganfield vcl, gtr; prob. Charles Berry gtr-1prob. Clarksdale. Miss., poss. 20-24 July 19426666-A-3 You Got To Take Sick And LC, Testament LP 2210, Die Some Of These Days MCA CHD 93446666-B-1 Why Don t You Live So LC, Testament LP 2210, God Can Use You MCA CHD 93446666-K2 Country Blues LC, Testament LP 2210, MCA CHD 93446667-A-1 You re Gonna Miss Me LC, MCA CHD 9344 When I m Gone 6667-F3 32-20 Blues -1 LC, MCA CHD 9344 JAMES SWEET LUCY CARTER AND HIS ORCHESTRAM uddy WATERS vcl, gtr; prob.

6 Alex Atkins alto sax; prob. Lee Brown pno; unk. clarinet; Ernest Big Crawford bass Chicago, 19461597 Mean Red Spider 20th Century 20-51 B Reverse by James Sweet Lucy HARRISH omer Harris vcl; MUDDY WATERS gtr; poss. Leroy Foster gtr; James Clark pno; poss. Ransom Knowling bass; prob. Judge Riley drums Chicago, Fri. 27 Sept. 1946 CCO4649 I m Gonna Cut Your Head Testament LP 2207 CCO4650 Atomic Bomb Blues Testament LP 2207 CCO4651 Tomorrow Will Be Too Late Testament LP 2207 MUDDY WATERSM uddy WATERS vcl, gtr; poss Leroy Foster gtr; poss. Ransom Knowling bass; James Clark pno; prob. Judge Riley drum Chicago, Fri.

7 27 Sept 1946 CCO4652-1 Jitterbug Blues Testament LP 2207 CCO4653-1 Hard Day Blues Testament LP 2207 CCO4654-1 Burying Ground Blues Testament LP 2207 JAMES (BEALE STREET) CLARKJ ames Clark pno, vcl; MUDDY WATERS gtr; poss. Leroy Foster gtr; poss. Ransom Knowling bass; prob. Judge Riley drums Chicago, Fri. 27 Sept. 1946 CCO4655-1 Come To Me Baby Columbia 37391, 30020, (What Evil Have I Done) Testament LP 2207 CCO4656-1 You Can t Make The Grade Columbia 37391, 30020, Testament LP 2207 SUNNY LAND SLIM WITH MUDDY WATERS unnyland Slim vcl, pno; MUDDY WATERS gtr; Ernest Big Crawford, bass; unk, drums Chicago, 1947U7056 Johnson Machine Gun Aristocrat 1301U7057 Fly Right, Little Girl Aristocrat 1301 MUDDY water WITH SUNNYLAND SLIMM uddy WATERS vcl, gtr; Sunnyland Slim pno; Ernest Big Crawford, bass; unk.

8 Drums Chicago, 1947U7058 Gypsy Woman Aristocrat 1302U7059 Little Anna Mae Aristocrat 1302 MUDDY WATERSM uddy WATERS vcl, gtr; Alex Atkins alto sax; Ernest Big Crawford bass, Sunnyland Slim pno Chicago, April 1948U7108 Good Lookin Woman Chess LP 680002U7109 Mean Disposition Chess LP 2057 SUNNYLAND SLIM WITH MUDDY WATERSS unnyland Slim vcl, pno; MUDDY WATERS gtr; Alex Atkins alto sax; Ernest Big Crawford, bass Chicago, April 1948U7110 She Ain t Nowhere Aristocrat 1304U7111 My Baby, My Baby Aristocrat 1304 MUDDY WATERS WITH RYTHM (SIC) ACCOMPANIMENTM uddy WATERS vcl, gtr; Ernest Big Crawford, bass Chicago, April 1948U7112 I Can t Be Satisfied (Looking Aristocrat 1305, Chess 1514 For My Baby Chess 1514)U7113 I Feel Like Going Home Aristocrat 130538 >> B&R >> 20039 >> B&R >> 200ST.

9 LOUIS JIMMY WITH MUDDY WATERS AND HIS BLUES COMBOSt. Louis Jimmy Oden vcl; Oliver Alcorn tenor sax; Sunnyland Slim pno; MUDDY WATERS gtr; Ernest Big Crawford, bass Chicago 1948UB9290A Florida Hurricane Aristocrat 7001UB9293A So Nice And Kind Aristocrat 7001 SUNNY LAND SLIM AND MUDDY water Little Walter vcl, hca; MUDDY WATERS vcl-1, gtr; Sunnyland Slim vcl-1, pno; Floyd Jones gtr, Leroy Foster drums Chicago 1948A Blue Baby Tempo Tone 1002B I Want My Baby -1 Tempo Tone 1002 MUDDY WATERS AND RHYTHM ACCOMPANIMENTM uddy WATERS vcl, gtr; Ernest Big Crawford bass Chicago, Autumn 1948U7131 Train Fare Home Aristocrat 1306 (Train Fare Home Blues)U7132 Down South Blues Chess LP 1511U7133 Kind Hearted Woman Chess LP 1511U7134 Sittin Here And Drinkin Aristocrat 1306 (Whiskey Blues) MUDDY WATERS WITH RHYTHM (RYTHM ARISTOCRAT 1307 MX U7148R) ACCOMPANIMENTM uddy WATERS vcl, gtr; Leroy Foster gtr; Ernest Big Crawford bass Chicago, Tues.

10 30 Nov. 1948U7148R You re Gonna Miss Me (When Aristocrat 1307 I m Dead And Gone)U7149R Mean Red Spider Aristocrat 1307U7150 Standin Here Tremblin Chess LP2057U7151R Streamline Woman Aristocrat 1310U7152 Hard Days Chess LP 6641174U7153R MUDDY Jumps One (inst.) Aristocrat 1310 LEROY FOSTER AND MUDDY WATERSL eroy Foster vcl, gtr; MUDDY WATERS gtr; Ernest Big Crawford bass Chicago, Tues. 30 Nov. 1948U7154R Locked Out Boogie Aristocrat 1234U7155R Shady Grove Blues Aristocrat 1234 MUDDY WATERS AND HIS GUITARM uddy WATERS vcl, gtr; Ernest Big Crawford bass Chicago, c. July 1949U7199 Little Geneva Aristocrat 1311U7200 Canary Bird Aristocrat 1311U7201 Burying Ground Chess LP 6641174U7202 You Gonna Need My Help Chess MCA CHD2-9348 LITTLE JOHNNY (JONES)Johnny Jones vcl, pno; MUDDY WATERS gtr; Leroy Foster gtr, bass drum, hi-hatChicago, Summer 1949U7213 Big Town Playboy Aristocrat 405U7214 Shelby County Blues Aristocrat 405 MUDDY WATERS AND HIS GUITARM uddy WATERS vcl, gtr; Johnny Jones pno.