Garfield Akers
b. 1902 in Brights or Bates, Mississippi
d. between 1953 and 1959, prob. in Memphis, Tennessee

discography

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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.

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Garfield Akers 78 rpm / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
11929Garfield Akers

- Cottonfield Blues - part 1 (M-201- )
- Cottonfield Blues - part 2 (M-202-A)

rec. c. September 23, 1929 Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tenn.; Garfield Akers, voc, g; Joe Callicott, 2nd g

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Vocalion 1442
21930Garfield Akers

- Dough Roller Blues (MEM-776- )
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues (MEM-777-A)

rec. c. February 21, 1930, Memphis, Tenn.; Garfield Akers, voc, g;


Vocalion 1481

LP / CD compilations
31962Really! The Country Blues 1927-1933

Tommy Johnson
- Maggie Campbell Blues
William Moore
- Old Country Rock
Son House
- My Black Mama, Parts 1 and 2
Sunny Boy and His Pals
- France Blues
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
Ishman Bracey
- Woman Woman Blues

Sam Collins
- The Jail House Blues
George 'Bullet' Williams
- Touch Me Light Mama
Henry Sims
- Tell Me Man Blues
Buster Johnson
- Undertaker Blues
Henry Thomas
- Don't Ease Me In

Garfield Akers
- Cottonfield Blues - part 1
- Cottonfield Blues - part 2

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Origin Jazz Library OJL-2

OJL discography

41965Country Blues Encores 1927-1935

Ishman Bracey
- Saturday Blues
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues
Henry Sims
- Farrell Blues
Rube Lacey
- Mississippi Jailhouse Groan
Jaybird Coleman
- Man Trouble Blues
John Byrd
- Old Timbrook Blues
Skip James
- I'm So Glad

Red Hot Old Man Mose
- Molly Man

Garfield Akers
- Jumpin'And Shoutin'Blues
Charlie Jordan
- Keep It Clean
Bill Wilber
- My Babe, My Babe
The Mississippi Moaner
- It's Cold In China Blues
Big Bill and Thomps
- House Rent Stomp
Sunny Boy and His Pals
- Don't You Leave Me Here
Bill Moore
- One Way Gal
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Origin Jazz Library OJL-8

OJL discography

51965The Mississippi Blues No. 2
Delta 1929 - 30

Son House
- Dry Spell Blues
Louise Johnson
- All Night Long Blues
- Long Ways From Home
Charlie Patton
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Screamin And Hollerin The Blues
Jaydee Short
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
- Telephone Arguin' Blues

Blind Willie Reynolds
- 3rd Street Woman Blues
- Nehi Blues
Robert Wilkins
- I'll Go With Her Blues
- Get Away Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Titanic Blues
- Preacher Blues
Joe Calicott
- Fare Thee Well Blues

Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues

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Origin Jazz Library OJL-11

OJL discography

61972?Goin' Away Walking

Philips track list:
- Gravel Camp Blues – Lewis Black (Dallas - 10/12/27)
- Starvation Farm Blues – Bob Campbell (1934)
- Chocolate To The Bone – Barbecue Bob (Atlanta – 13/4/28)
- Court Street Blues - Stovepipe No. 1 and David Crockett (Atlanta 1927)
- When You Get To Thinking – "Texas" Alexander and Lonnie Johnson (Chicago – 1929)
- Tallahassee Blues- Tallahassee Tight (1934)
- Skin Game Blues – Peg Leg Howell (Atlanta 1927)

- Elm Street Blues – Texas Bill Day, Billiken Johnson (Dallas 1929)
- Bad Boy – Barefoot Bill (Atlanta 1930)
- When The Levee Breaks – Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie (1929)
- When You Are Gone – Blind Boy Fuller (Chicago 1940)
- Strange Place Blues – Bukka White (Chicago 1940)
- Lonesome Blues – Henry Williams and Eddie Anthony (Atlanta 1928)
- Walking Blues – Otis Harris (Dallas 1928)

Flyright track list:
Lewis Black
- Gravel Camp Blues (Memphis 1927)
Bob Campbell
- Starvation Farm Blues (New York 1934)
Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett
- Court Street Blues (St. Louis 1927)
"Texas" Alexander & Lonnie Johnson
- When You Get To Thinking (San Antonio 1929)
Tallahassee Tight
- Tallahassee Women (New York 1934)
Peg Leg Howell
- Skin Game Blues (Atlanta 1927)
Texas Bill Day & Billiken Johnson
- Elm Street Blues (Dallas 1929)

Otis Harris
- Walking Blues (Dallas 1928)
Barefoot Bill
- Bad Boy (Atlanta 1930)
Henry Williams & Eddie Anthony
- Lonesome Blues (Atlanta 1928)
Charlie Campbell
- Goin' Away Blues (Birmingham Ala 1937)

Garfield Akers
- Jumpin' and Shoutin' Blues (Memphis 1930)
Sunny Boy & His Pals
- Don't You Leave Me Here (Chicago 1927)
Bill Moore
- One Way Gal (Chicago 1928)


Philips BBL 7369 (1960)
"Blues Fell This Morning"


(=) Flyright LP 103

Flyright discography

71972Legendary Sessions - Memphis Style 1929 - 39

Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues
- Rowdy Blues

Garfield Akers & Joe Callicott
- Cottonfield Blues - Part 1
- Cottonfield Blues - Part 2
Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues
Joe Callicott
- Fare Thee Well Blues
- Traveling Mama Blues
Jim Thomkins
- Bedside Blues
Bukka White
- The New 'Frisco Train
- The Panama Limited
- I Am In The Heavenly Way
- Promise True And Grand
- Sic 'Em Dogs On
- Po' Boy
Blind Willie Reynolds
- Married Man Blues
- Third Street Woman Blues
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Roots RSE 2
= Monogram (Autogram)
Roots special edition
Collector's Series RSE-2
(D 198?)

Roots discography

81972Deep South Country Blues

Garfield Akers
- Cottonfield Blues part 1
- Cottonfield Blues part 2
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues
Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues
- Rowdy Blues
Willie Brown
- M & O Blues
- Future Blues
William Harris
- Bull Frog Blues
Son House
- My Black Mama part I
- My Black Mama part II
Harvey Hull
- Hey Lawdy Mama - The France Blues
Buster Johnson
- Undertaker Blues
William Moore
- One Way Gal
- Old Country Rock
Henry Sims
- Tell Me Man Blues
George "Bullet" Williams
- Touch Me Light Mama

Flyright LP 102

Flyright discography

91988Delta Blues Vol. 2 (1929-1939)

Kid Bailey
- MIssissippi Bottom Blues
- Rowdy Blues

Garfield Akers with Joe Callicott
- Cottonfield Blues part 1
- Cottonfield Blues part 2
Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues
- Jumpin'And Shoutin' Blues
Joe Callicott
- Fare Thee Well Blues
- Traveling Mama Blues

Jim Thompkins
- Bedside Blues
Bukka White
- The New Frisco Train
- The Panama Limited
- I Am in the Heavenly Way
- Promise True and Grand
- Sic Em Dogs On
- Po Boy
Sam Collins
- Graveyard Digger's Blues
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Document DLP 533
101990?The Greatest In Country Blues

Richard (Rabbit) Brown
- James Alley Blues
Furry Lewis
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee
Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
Kokomo Arnold
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues

Garfield Akers
- Cottonfield Blues - part 2
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RST BD-1 (A, 3 LP set)
111990Son House And The Great Delta Blues Singers (1928-1929)

Son House
- My Black Mama - part 1
- My Black Mama - part 2
- Preachin" The Blues - part 1
- Preachin" The Blues - part 2
- Dry Spell Blues - part 1
- Dry Spell Blues - part 2
- Walking Blues
Willie Brown
- M&O Blues
- Future Blues
Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues
- Rowdy Blues

Garfield Akers
- Cottonfield Blues - part 1
- Cottonfield Blues - part 2
- Dough Roller Blues
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues
-Joe Callicott
- Fare Tree Well Blues
- Traveling Mama Blues
Jim Thompkins
- Bedside Blues
Blind Joe (Willie) Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues
- Nehi Blues
- Married Man Blues
- Third street Woman Blue
Rube Lacy
- Mississippi Jail House Blues
- Ham Hound Crave
notes by Bob Groom





Document DOCD-5002
121994Mississippi Masters
Early American Blues Classics 1927 - 35

Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues (1930)
William Harris
- Kansas City Blues (1928)
Otto Virgial
- Litle Girl In Rome (1935)
Mattie Delaney
- Tallahatchie River Blues (1930)
Geeshie Wiley
- Last Kind Words (1930)
Joe Calicott
- Fare Thee Well Blues (1930)
Williams Harris
- Bullfrog Blues (1928)
John D. Fox
- The Moaning Blues (1927)
Geeshie Wiley & Elvie Thomas
- Pick Poor Robin Clean (1931)
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues (1930)
King Solomon Hill
- Gone Dead Train (1932)

Garfield Akers
- Cottonfield Blues Part 1 (1929)
- Cottonfield Blues Part 2 (1929)
Williams Harris
- Hot Time Blues (1928)
Geeshie Wiley
- Skinny Leg Blues (1930)
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Third Street Woman Blues (1930)
John D. Fox
- Worried Man Blues (1927)
Mattie Delaney
- Down The Big Road Blues (1930)
King Solomon Hill
- Whoopee Blues (1932)
Elvie Thomas
- Motherless Child Blues (1930)
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Yazoo CD 2007

www.yazoorecords.com

132003The Best There Ever Was
The Legendary Early Blues Performers Classic Recordings From the 1920s & 30s

Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues
Son House
- My Black Mamma - part 1
Mississippi John Hurt
- Ain't No Tellin
Skip James
- Cypress Grove
Blind Willie Johnson
- I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
Blind Willie McTell
- Mama Tain't Long Fo' Day
Jaydee Short
- Barefoot Blues
Robert Wilkins
- I'll Go With Her Blues
Ed Bell
- Squabblin Blues
Charlie Patton
- It Won't Be Long
Frank Stokes
- What's The Matter Blues
Geeshie Wiley
- Last Kind Word Blues
Williams Harris
- Bullfrog Blues
Blind Blake
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
King Solomon Hill
- The Gone Dead Train
Memphis Minnie
- Outdoor Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Prison Cell Blues
Sam Collins
- Graveyard Digger's Blues
Furry Lewis
- Big Chief Blues
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Yazoo CD 3002

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Sources:
- own record collection
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 32
- http://www.tefteller.com/html/78_gar_ack.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

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