1 	–Big Boy Knox 	Blue Man Blues 	3:17
2 	–Big Boy Knox 	Poor Man Blues 	3:17
3 	–Big Boy Knox 	Eleven Light City Blues 	3:38
4 	–Big Boy Knox 	Texas Blues 	3:07
5 	–Ted Mays & His Band 	Gee, It Must Be Love 	2:24
6 	–Ted Mays & His Band 	Married Man Blues 	2:57
7 	–Ted Mays & His Band 	Take It Home To Grandma 	2:43
8 	–Ted Mays & His Band 	I Want Some 	2:39
9 	–Ted Mays & His Band 	My Cabin Of Dreams 	2:29
10 	–Ted Mays & His Band 	You Don't Mean Me No Good 	3:07
11 	–Son Becky 	Sunrise Blues 	2:31
12 	–Son Becky 	Sweet Woman Blues 	2:34
13 	–Son Becky 	Black Heart Blues 	2:36
14 	–Son Becky 	Midnight Trouble Blues 	2:35
15 	–Son Becky 	Mistreated Washboard Blues 	2:36
16 	–Son Becky 	Cryin' Shame Blues 	2:31
17 	–Pinetop Burks 	Shake The Shack 	2:30
18 	–Pinetop Burks 	Mountain Jack Blues 	2:31
19 	–Pinetop Burks 	Aggravatin' Mama Blues 	2:24
20 	–Pinetop Burks 	Jack Of All Trades Blues 	2:44
21 	–Pinetop Burks 	Fannie Mae Blues 	2:43
22 	–Pinetop Burks 	Sun Down Blues 	2:21

Alto Saxophone – Unknown Artist (tracks: 5 to 10)
Band – Ted Mays And His Band (tracks: 5 to 10)
Banjo – Unknown Artist (tracks: 5 to 10)
Compiled By, Producer – Johnny Parth
Drums – Unknown Artist (tracks: 5 to 10)
Guitar – Unknown Artist (tracks: 5 to 16)
Guitar [Added], Speech [Added] – Unknown Artist (tracks: 17)
Trumpet – Unknown Artist (tracks: 5 to 10)
Vocals – Claytie Polk (tracks: 5 to 10)
Vocals, Piano – Big Boy Knox (tracks: 1 to 4), Pinetop Burks (tracks: 17 to 22), Son Becky (tracks: 11 to 16)
Washboard [Added] – Unknown Artist (tracks: 17)


Original matrix information:

1: March 2, 1937 (07477-1, Bluebird B6952)
2: March 2, 1937 (07478-1, Bluebird B6952)
3: March 2, 1937 (07479-1, Bluebird B6904)
4: March 2, 1937 (07480-1, Bluebird B6904)
5: September 18, 1937 (014310-1, Bluebird B7193)
6: September 18, 1937 (014311-1, Bluebird B7237)
7: September 18, 1937 (014312-1, Bluebird B7206)
8: September 18, 1937 (014313-1, Bluebird B7206)
9: September 18, 1937 (014314-1, Bluebird B7193)
10: September 18, 1937 (014315-1, Bluebird B7237)
11: October 25, 1937 (SA-2752-1, Vocalion 03942)
12: October 25, 1937 (SA-2753-1, Vocalion 03967)
13: October 25, 1937 (SA-2754-1, Vocalion 04081)
14: October 25, 1937 (SA-2755-1, Vocalion 03942)
15: October 25, 1937 (SA-2756-1, Vocalion 03967)
16: October 25, 1937 (SA-2757-1, Vocalion 04081)
17: October 25, 1937 (SA-2758-1, ARC 8-02-59)
18: October 25, 1937 (SA-2759-1, ARC 8-02-59)
19: October 25, 1937 (SA-2760-1, Vocalion 03979)
20: October 25, 1937 (SA-2761-1, Vocalion 03979)
21: October 25, 1937 (SA-2762-2, Vocalion 04107)
22: October 25, 1937 (SA-2763-1, Vocalion 04107)

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01. Lien on your body
02. Unsatisfied mind

Calvin "Loudmouth" Johnson - vocals, guitar
D. C. Bender - guitar, bass, drums
Houston, Tx. March 1964

03. Lost you baby

Calvin "Loudmouth" Johnson - vocals, guitar, harmonica
+ band
Houston, Tx. 23 June 1965

04. Lien on your body (Mortgage on your soul)
05. Unsatisfied mind 1967
06. Late on blues
07. They call me Loudmouth
08. Once I had a woman
09. Take my choice
10. Unwelcome in your town
11. Gangster of love
12. Alone in my bedroom
13. Hootchie Cootchie man
14. Moth Balls
15. She's mine
16. Rock me baby
17. Down and out

Calvin "Loudmouth" Johnson - vocals, guitar, harmonica
Johnny Winter - guitar
+ band
Houston, Tx. 17 May 1967

18. Coming back home
19. Mr Ticket Agent

Silver Cooks (John Cooks) - vocals, drums
apa Lightfoot - harmonica
Tommy Ridgley - piano
Edgar Blanchard - guitar
Don Cooks - bass
Houston, Tx. 1949

20. Worry blues

Jesse Lockett - vocals, guitar
Brazoria, Tx. 16 April 1939

21. Hole in the wall
22. Mellow hour blues
23. Boogie woogie mama (prob. alt. take to Hole in the wall)

Jesse Lockett - vocals
Earl Sims - alto saxophone
Jimmy Moorman - trumpet
Doc Jones - tenor saxophone
Laurence Robinson - piano
C. Lechugo - bass
Felix Gross - drums
Los Angeles, Ca. 1946

24. Reefer blues
25. Don't lose your mind
26. Run rabbit run
27. Cold blooded woman

Jesse Lockett - vocals
Will Rowland - alto saxophone
+ band
Houston, Tx. January 1949

This 7th Opus of our Texas Blues series brings to the fore three quite obscure Texas bluesmen who, nevertheless, leave us some quite interesting records.

Calvin "Loudmouth" Johnson was singing in the Houston area juke joints during the late 1950's and 60's. He seems to have lead a small band with guitarist D.C. Bender (cf Texas blues/ Vol. 6) with whom he recorded a self produced 45 which he was selling from the bandstand.

Calvin was "discovered" by producer Roy Ames around 1965 while he was mostly making a living from scrap dealing. Ames recorded him several times, particularly in 1967, first a session with his own band of friends. But the results were so awful that Roy decided to start back the whole affair, this time with his own protégé (and also discovery) Johnny Winter plus some good local musicians during a three days session that gave an excellent reworking of Lien on your body (Mortgage on your soul) that became soon a small local hit. The following years, Johnson is reported singing and playing bass at Houston venues with a group named The Ministers of Sinisters with Mike "Wezo" Wesolowsky at the harmonica and Russ Wilson on the drums... We unfortunately don't know when Calvin was born and when he (probably) died and where he was buried.

Drummer (and singer) Silver (John) Cooks, probably the brother of bassist Don Cooks, is just a name, possibly from New Orleans. He has recorded behind Edgar Blanchard and Papa Lightfoot and under his name only one excellent single.

Houston singer Jesse Lockett was playing regularly in the clubs of Houston's Third Ward during the 1940's, even issuing four 45s that shows a very convincing Texas blues belter. He had previously recorded half a track (unfortunately cut short by probably technical problems) in 1939 for John Lomax while he was serving a prison sentence at the Brazorias Penitentiary. The track is an excellent country blues where Jesse plays an unmistakable Texas guitar style. Local newspaper The Houston Informer wrote on July 31, 1943, that "Jesse Lockett, the blues shouter and composer, has returned to the Lincoln Theatre stage show after filling an engagement at the exclusive ofay nitery on the outskirts of town. Returning on the zoom, Lockett has knocked up some more of his low down numbers and (is) really blowing his tops.". And his last single, issued in January 1949, is also reported in the same paper by columnist John "Sid" Thompson with some laudatory comments: “Jesse Lockett, hefty blues singer, who is a native Houstonian, has returned to the city from California, where he went to cut a few records. Jesse is still doing the blues and his latest, which should get somewhere, is 'Run Little Rabbit Run' (sic ). A catchy tune with lots of blues tempo it still has a bit of be-bop. Have him sing it when you see him.” Elsewhere in the column, Sid notes the presence of an out-of-town band, Will Rowland, but doesn't specify that they were the backing band on "Rabbit": “Listen to the traveling band of Will Rowland, who came to Houston via Beaumont from Los Angeles. A seven piece combo, the band did jump a little but not in the class of recent small bands heard here. One of those fine girls (of the Jane Russell type). Elsie Jones, entertained with the group.”

We have unfortunately no idea of the whereabouts of Jesse Lockett who seems to have vanished during the early 50's. We have been able to gather all his recordings minus one title (Blacker the berry).

A lot of thanks to Cesare Malagodi, the excellent blog about Texas records labels Wired for Sound and the late Roy C. Ames with whom we had quite a long correspondance during the 1970's. --- Gérard Herzhaft, jukegh.blogspot.com

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01. Wrong doing woman
02. If I be lucky
03. Better wake up baby
04. Real fine girl

Joe "Papoose" Fritz - vocals, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
+ band.
Houston, Tx. March 1950

05. Please get me off your mind
06. I love you my darling
07. I'm so sorry
08. Bad bad women blues
09. I've tried not to love you
10. Lady Bear boogie

Joe "Papoose" Fritz - vocals, alto saxophone
Willie Johnson - piano
Goree Carter - guitar 
Don Cooks - bass
Ben Turner - drums.
Houston, Tx. September 1950

11. Please my darling
12. They were right

Joe "Papoose" Fritz - vocals, alto saxophone
Goree Carter - guitar 
Connie Mc Booker - piano
Bill Harvey - tenor saxophone
+ band.
Houston, Tx. December 1950

13. Make her see things my way

Joe "Papoose" Fritz - vocals, alto saxophone
Bill Harvey - tenor saxophone
Goree Carter - guitar 
+ band.
Houston, Tx. January 1951

14. Summer's coming on
15. I'm not suspicious but

Joe "Papoose" Fritz - vocals, alto saxophone
+ band.
Houston, Tx. February 1951

16. Honey honey
17. The woman I love

Joe "Papoose" Fritz - vocals, alto saxophone
Geno Washington - piano
James Von Streeter - tenor saxophone
Devonia Williams - piano
Pete Lewis - guitar 
Albert Winston - bass
Leard Bell - drums.
Houston, Tx. October 1953

18. Good doctor, sweet soul
19. Aww she's a stepper
20. I'm a stepper

Joe "Papoose" Fritz - vocals, alto saxophone
+ band.
Houston, Tx. 1966

21. Rebop boogie
22. Happy home blues

D.C. Bender - vocals, guitar.
Houston, Tx. 10 June 1949

23. I'm going upstairs
24. Cold blues

D.C. Bender - vocals, guitar
Big Son Tillis - guitar.
Los Angeles, Ca. 1953

25. Boogie Children
26. Woke up this morning

D.C. Bender - vocals, guitar
Earl Gilliam - organ
Big H. Williams - guitar
Ivory Lee Semien - drums
Houston, Tx. June 1967

27. D.C.'s freeze up

D.C. Bender - guitar
Big H. Williams - bass
Ivory Lee Semien - drums
Houston, Tx. 16 July 1967

This 6th opus of our Texas blues series brings two artists representing two very different styles of Texas blues.

Joe Fritz, nicknamed "Papoose" probably for some Native American origins (?) was born in Houston 13th November 1924 and made quite a long career playing the saxophone and sometimes singing in front of his own band, very typical of the then very popular Texas R&B. His whereabouts and life are little known although he had followed on the road and in studios big Texas blues names like Junior Parker, Huey Smith and Albert Collins. Fritz has also recorded more than twenty tracks under his own name for Modern, Sittin' In With, Peacock or Jet Stream from 1950 to the late 1960's. To my knowledge, he unfortunately has never been interviewed and we know the place and the date of his death (12 June 1983 in Houston) thanks to him being a WWII veteran! Whatever, we have tried to gather all his recordings but, despite our efforts, a few are still missing.

On the other hand, D.C. Bender (in fact Dick C. Bendy) is deeply rooted in the down home Texas blues tradition harking back to the 1920's and Blind Lemon, Texas Alexander or Little Hat Jones. Born at Urbana 19th June 1924 from a sharecropping family, D.C. learned guitar thanks to a neighbor bluesman Hardy Gibson. At a very young age, he left the farm and made a living playing in the Texas/Louisiana juke joints or in the streets of cities like Houston, meeting and playing with other local bluesmen like Luther Stoneham, Smokey Hogg, Wright Holmes or, chiefly, with his cousin Sam Lightnin' Hopkins. This is Hopkins who brought D.C. to producer Bill Quinn who recorded him as a solo artist in 1949 under the moniker of D.C. Washington! The following years, Bender teamed with another deep local bluesman Big Son Tillis and the two tried their luck as far as Los Angeles where they recorded a first rate session for J.R. Fullbright's Elko label in 1953. Unfortunately, those records went nowhere and D.C. came back to Houston, joining drummer Ivory Lee Semien's band with whom he waxed a last session in 1967. D.C. Bender died in Houston 11th August 1982. ---Gérard Herzhaft, jukegh.blogspot.com

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01. Rushing
02. There goes the girl
03. Monkey see, monkey do

Banny Price - vocals, guitar
Elgie Brown - tenor saxophone
+ band. 
Shreveport, La. July 1964

04. You love me pretty baby n°1
05. You love me pretty baby n°2
06. You know I love you

Banny Price - vocals, guitar
+ band
Tyler, Tx. 1965

07. All around the water tank
08. Little Hat rag
09. New Dallas blues
10. Saint Louis blues
11. You don't mean me no good

Little Hat Jones - vocals, guitar
Naples, Tx. 1964

12. Ugly Mae
13. Shout it out

Conrad Johnson - vocals, alto saxophone
Jimmy Vincent - trumpet
Sam Williams - tenor saxophone
Ed Harris - baritone saxophone, vocals
+ band. 
Houston, Tx. 1948

14. Fisherman blues
15. Howling on Dowling

Conrad Johnson - vocals, alto saxophone
Jimmy Vincent - trumpet
Sam Williams - tenor saxophone
Ed Harris - baritone saxophone, vocals
+ band
Houston, Tx. 1972

16. Between midnight and dawn
17. Ooh Wee baby

Carl Campbell - vocals
+ band
Houston, Tx. March 1949

18. Gettin' high
19. Going down to Nashville

Carl Campbell - vocals
Goree Carter - guitar
Joe Houston - tenor saxophone
+ band
Houston, Tx. May 1949

20. You've been fiddling around

Carl Campbell (as King Tut) - vocals
Henry Hayes - alto saxophone
Ed Wiley - tenor saxophone
Willie Johnson - piano
Don Cooks - bass
Ben Turner - drums
Houston, Tx. 12 January 1950

21. Cotton picker's blues
22. My heart is going down slow

Carl Campbell - vocals
Henry Hayes - alto saxophone
Ed Wiley - tenor saxophone
Willie Johnson - piano
Goree Carter - guitar
Don Cooks - bass
Ben Turner - drums
Houston, Tx. March 1950

23. Traveling on
24. Early morning blues

Carl Campbell - vocals
Henry Hayes - alto saxophone
Elmore Nixon - piano
+ band
Houston, Tx. September 1950

Singer and guitar player Banny Price is quite ill documented. He was playing for sure during the 1960's around Shreveport and East Texas. He recorded two excellent sessions, once for Ram Records at Shreveport and another at Tyler's Texas Robin Hood Brian Studios, produced by Ken Demary with the masterpiece OtisRushesque You love me pretty baby. Unfortunately, we don't know what happened after that to this very interesting bluesman.

Little Hat Jones, on the contrary, is a legendary bluesman, having recorded classic tracks for Okeh in 1929-30 and also backing Texas Alexander. Born Dennis (or George) Jones on 5 October 1899 at Bowie Cy (Tx), he seemed to have disappeared after 1930. But blues researcher Robert Tilling's tenacity finally unearthed (during the late 1990's) an article, an interview (with live recordings!) and photos from Little Hat Jones that were done in 1962-64 by a local journalist Morris Craig for The Monitor, a newspaper from Naples (Tx). This is the last testimony of one of the true Texas blues pioneer. At that time, Jones was a retired man from the Red River Army Depot at Texarkana. Little Hat Jones died at Linden on 7th March 1981.

Singer and sax-player Conrad Johnson (1915-2008) has had a long career as a musician and bandleader who recorded a handful of tracks under his name but many more behind other Texas artists. Johnson was also (and maybe foremost) a well known music teacher at Houston.

Singer and pianist Carl Campbell (1933-93) started a musical career in Houston at an early age (1948!), recording several sessions for Freedom, Sittin' In With, Peacock... He was also running for a long time his own Carl's Club in Houston in which he was regularly playing.

Thanks to Robert Tilling for his article on Little Hat Jones in Blues & Rhythm 135/171 and Sir Shambling for infos about Banny Price. ---Gérard Herzhaft, jukegh.blogspot.com

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1. Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones - Fast Woman
2. U.P. Wilson - That's Your Woman But She Comes to See Me Sometime
3. U.P. Wilson - Chankery Chank
4. Bobby Gilmore - I Just Can't Help It
5. Bobby Gilmore - I Can't Be This Way No More
6. Bobby Gilmore - Strange Bed
7. Henry Qualls - Party Tonight
8. Henry Qualls - Rosie Mae
9. J.B. Wynne - Are You Sticking With Me Baby
10. J.B. Wynne - All Alone Blues
11. J.B. Wynne - Dynamite
12. Bob Kirkpatrick - Blues Bars
13. Bob Kirkpatrick - Nothing in My House
14. Bob Kirkpatrick - In the Evening
15. Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones - Stinky Dink

The Dallas/Fort Worth Blues scene has a wealth of talent - even more so in the mid 1990's when this album was originally recorded. This album was set up as a showcase for a great hotbed of blues talent. Some of the guys were already breaking out, others used this chance to move ahead and some remained in undeserved obscurity.

ANDREW 'Jr BOY' JONES: At the time famous as Charlie Musselwhite's bandleader. Andrew had already cut his 'I Need Time' album for JSP. Currently he's active on the international and festival circuit. His brand of slinky Texas guitar and great songwriting make him a fabulous talent.

U.P. WILSON: U.P. became famous in Europe and in fact died in Paris during a late career renaissance. He was about the rawest bluesmen of all but also full of musical surprises. A lovely character who was a superb entertainer he cut a series of very strong albums for JSP in a variety of settings.

BOBBY GILMORE: He came in seemingly from nowhere, cut these masterly tracks and then disappeared... How careless of their talent some of these guys are...He was born in 1952 and had worked with soul-blues guys like Johnnie Taylor and O.V. Wright.

Is he out there still'HENRY QUALLS: Surely two of the most haunting blues sides ever - here's a sound that's emerged from beyond the bluest of horizons. Henry was an uncompromising old fashioned electric country bluesman - rough and ready but with an indefinable 'something'. The Blues ain't dead - but for sure artists like Henry are not coming back...

J.B. WYNNE: Another local act who appeared from nowhere but couldn't or didn't take it further. Good stuff. Where did he go' If he's still around (and C.B. Scott who plays the fabulous lead guitar) there must be opportunities to be had.

BOB KIRKPATRICK: These tracks weren't on the original release because we decided to make an album and thought they might be needed for that. Bob came to Europe and did some touring, played on the BBC and got out into the world. A success story. --- Editorial Reviews, amazon.com

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01. Please don't touch my bowl

Gladys Hill - vocals
Paul Monday - piano
Joe Scott - trumpet
Al Grey - trombone
Johnny Board - tenor saxophone 
Ray Johnson - bass
Ellis Bartee - drums
Houston, Tx. 1953

02. I've been true
03. Get up off your knees

Glady(as Janie Williams) - vcl
Johnny Copeland - guitar
+ band. 
Houston, Tx. 1963

04. Grandma knows best
05. Just keep on scratching

Gladys Hill (as Grandma Gee Gee) - vocals
Clifton Chenier - accordion, vocals 
Elmore Nixon - piano
Cleveland Keyes - guitar 
Joe Morris - bass
Robert St Julien - drums. 
Houston, Tx. 1967

06. Gotta have you right now

Gladys Hill - vocals
+ band. 
Houston, Tx.

07. Bad shape blues
08. I'll make it up to you

Joe Ann Mitchell - vocals
Onzie Horn Orchestra. 
Houston, Tx. 1956

09. I wanna weep
10. Resisting

Ola V. Harper - vocals
Johnny Copeland - guitar
+ band. 
Houston, Tx. 1968

11. It's been a long time

Mildred Jones - vocals
Bill Harvey - tenor saxophone
Joe Scott - trumpet
Frank Dominguez - alto saxophone 
Fred Ford - baritone saxophone 
Paul Ponday - piano
Johnny Parker - bass
Richie Goldberg - drums. 
Houston, Tx. 1951

12. I'm a business woman
13. Mr Thrill
14. Misused woman

Mildred Jones - vocals
Jimmy Vincent - trumpet
Pluma Davis - trombone
Bob Lasefield - tenor saxophone
Allen Clark - baritone saxophone
Bert Kendrick - piano
Carl Lott - bass
Duke Barker - drums. 
Houston, Tx. 25 may 1954

15. Business woman

Mildred Jones - vocals
+ band
Houston, Tx. march 1959

16. Betty Jean's blues
17. Why did you let me go

Betty Jean Washington - vocals
Pee Wee Crayton - guitar
George Sanford's Orchestra.
Houston, Tx. 1950

18. Baby
19. Lost in a dream
20. Fast Slow
21. Fannie Mae

Joe Wilson - vocals, guitar, harmonica
The Sabres
San Antonio, Tx. 1960

22. Summertime
23. Tequila

Joe Wilson - vocals, guitar
The Sabres
Dallas, Tx. 1963

The well known Houston character Gladys Hill (born De Quincy, La c. 1931 - † Houston, Tx 1976) opens this 4th Volume of our Texas blues series with the handful of 45s she recorded under several names (Gladys Hill, Jannie Williams, Grandma Gee Gee...). But her reputation lied mostly thanks to her numerous pioneering "black" radio programmes she hosted on many Texas radio stations like KZEY at Tyler or KYOK and KCOH at Houston under the DJ nicknames of Dizzy Lizzy, Hotsy Totsy, Zing Zang or Grandma Gee Gee. Gladys had started her musical career being the female singer of B.B. King's band in 1953-54, waxing then her first titles. She also was instrumental in launching the career of many jazz and R&B Houston acts like guitar ace Johnny Copeland who backs her on some of her recordings.

Mildred Jones (1933-2003) has also been the female singer of B.B. King's band for several years from 1958 to 1979 when she was part of B.B.'s Soviet Union tour. She also recorded only a few tracks under her name but was constantly singing at Houston's best jazz clubs. Mildred - like Gladys Hill - helped a lot of Houston young jazz and R&B talents like Louie Carrington, Sonny Freeman, John Browning, Leon Warren and many others.

Ola V. Harper, Betty Jean Washington and Joe Anne Mitchell still stand as just names despite the very good singles they have each recorded in Houston. Harper was in the studios in 1968 backed by Johnny Copeland for two titles produced by Peppermint Harris. Joe Ann Mitchell recorded in 1958 for Don Robey. And Betty Jean waxed her only issued single with Pee Wee Crayton. She moved to Los Angeles later and appears on one live track with Chuck Norris on a Route 66 LP. Any infos about them would be most appreciated!

And at last we have San Antonio's white R&B singer, guitarist, harp player and bandleader Joe Wilson (with The Sabres) who was extremely popular in Northern Texas and Oklahoma during the years 1958-65, touring constantly with his band and also with a lot of major R&B names. We have selected some of his most bluesy tracks. ---Gérard Herzhaft, jukegh.blogspot.com

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1.Just You And I		Earl Gilliam 	03:22
2.Sound the Bell	Clarence Garlow 	02:40
3.Train Fare Home	Clarence Garlow 	02:26
4.Slap Happy Twist	BJ Brooks 	02:22
5.Go On	Junior Cole 	01:47
6.T-Model Ford	Billy Bizor 	04:37
7.Gone Away	Lonnie Mitchell 	02:21
8.Louisiana Slo-Drag	Lonnie Mitchell 	02:13
9.Gonna Leave You This Time	Piano Slim 	02:26
10.Cuban Cane Fields	Piano Slim 	02:11
11.Lein On Your Body	Calvin "Loudmouth" Johnson 	02:29
12.War's Starting Agajn		Lightnin' Hopkins 	00:28
13.It's A Shame, Shame, Shame		Juke Boy Bonner 	02:55	
14.Mojo Hand		Juke Boy Bonner 	02:56
15.Grandmas Will Dog You Around	Juke Boy Bonner 	02:38
16.If I Should Lose You		Guitar Slim 	02:10
17.Johnny Payday	Joe Medwick 	02:30
18.Doctor Sweet Soul		Joe Fritz 	02:30

P-Vine Records

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1 	–Joe Medwick 	I Cried 	3:29
2 	–The Soul Brothers 	Mustang Sally 	3:53
3 	–The Citations 	Don't You Worry, Don't You Cry 	2:52
4 	–Ernie K-Doe 	The Boomerang 	2:34
5 	–Ivory Joe Hunter 	Working On Me 	2:25
6 	–Joe Hughes 	Shoe Shy 	2:45
7 	–Gashead 	Why Do You Treat Me Like A Tramp? 	3:05
8 	–Oscar Perry 	I Found True Love 	3:00
9 	–Oscar Perry 	Just Above A Whisper 	2:46
10 	–O.V. Wright 	To You I Shall Cling 	2:14
11 	–The Citations 	That's What It Is 	2:43
12 	–Joe Medwick 	Nearer To You 	3:16
13 	–Al "TNT" Braggs 	So Used To Having You Around (Parts 1 & 2) 	5:07

Home Cooking Records ‎– HCS-110

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Shy Guy Douglas
1 - I'm You Country Man
2 - Wasted Time
Stickhorse Hammond
3 - Gambling Man [Job 100]
4 - Alberta [Job 100]
Pete McKinley
5 - Shrevport Blues
6 - Ardella
Little Boy Fuller [Rich Trice]
7 - Shake Your Stuff
8 - Lazy Bug Blues
Country Jim
9 - Sad And Lonely Blues
Willie Lane
10 - Howling Wolf Blues
11 - Black Cat Rag
Sonny Boy Davis & Rattlesnake Cooper
12 - Rhythm Blues
13 - I Don't Live Here No More
Square Walton & Sonny Terry
14 - Gimme Your Bankroll
15 - Pepper Head Woman
Doug Quattlebaum
16 - Lizzie Lou

Highway 51 H-104

Record label founded and run (1964 - 1970)
by Ted Griffiths and Trevor Huyton.

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01. Don't do me wrong
02. Somebody's got to go
03. The two timer
04. The world is turning over

Charles Maxfield – vocals, guitar
Leo Baxter – tenor saxophone
+ band
Houston, Tx. 20 january 1954

05. Don't worry about me
06. Don't change my mind

Tee Bee Fisher (Joey Long) - vocals, guitar
+ band
Houston, Tx. 1963

07. Sweet little angel
08. Five long years
09. If you see my baby (as Wee Willie Smith)

Tee Bee Fisher (Joey Long) - vocals, guitar
+ band
Houston, Tx. 1966

10. You're too much
11. I've got the feeling

Louis Howard - vocals, guitar, saxophones
Cornell Dupree – guitar
Chuck Rainey – bass, drums
Dallas, Tx. 1963

12. Do as you please
13. Comin' home

Louis Howard - vocals, guitar
+ band
Fort Worth, Tx. 1965-66

14. I'm a happy man
15. Please forgive me

Louis Howard - vocals, guitar
The Rocketeers
Miami, Fl. 1966

16. All the way from Texas

Perry Cain – vocals
Buster Pickens – piano
Skippy Brown – bass
Houston, Tx. 13 january 1948

17. Big timing Grandma
18. My heart belongs to you

Perry Cain – vocals
Buster Pickens – piano
Skippy Brown – bass
Nathaniel Haskins, Ed Wiley – tenor saxophone
Ben Turner – drums
Houston, Tx. december 1948

19. I want to cry
20. My baby loves me so
21. Reckless
22. I'm just another fool (Goree Carter, vcl/g)
23. Hurry home baby

Perry Cain – vocals
Buster Pickens – piano
Bill Hayes – alto saxophone
Don Cooks – bass
Ben Turner – drums
Houston, Tx. december 1950

This new opus of Texas blues and R&B puts the focus on three ill-known blues artists and one better known but recording here under a long time mysterious nickname.

Louis Howard, a singer and probably guitarist, has been active during a decade (c. 1956-66) on the Dallas-Fort Worth area with several bands he led, namely The Charms or The Red Hearts. He played in the local clubs and opened for big touring acts. His first 45 gives two strong blues with nice guitar solos and fills by Cornell Dupree. After a record in duo with a certain Arthur Noiel, Howard made two more singles in a more Soul vein, the last being recorded in Miami with Fred Williams' Rocketeers.

Even more obscure is singer Charles Maxfield who recorded a sole session in Houston in January 1954 backed by saxophonist Leo Baxter's band.

Guitarist and singer Perry Cain (born 22nd February 1925 at Waverly, Tx) was very active in the Houston blues scene during the late 1940's and 1950's, recording a number of singles in which pianist Buster Pickens shines throughout. During the 1960's, Perry was a noted DJ at KCOH's Houston. He died 24 April 1975 at his Houston's home.

Tee Bee Fisher is none other that Louisiana singer/guitarist Joey Long (Joseph Longoria, born at Zwolle, La. on 17 December 1932. Long acquired quickly a strong reputation as a guitarist and he played in New Orleans and then Houston with numerous bands, recording behind Clarence Frogman Henry, Ivory Joe Hunter, Lightnin' Hopkins, Doug Sahm, Big Walter Price, T-Bone Walker.... He also recorded under his own name on a more rock oriented genre and his influence on Johnny Winter and Billy Gibbons was very strong. Joey died in Houston on 22 March 1995. --- Gérard Herzhaft, jukegh.blogspot.com

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