Illustrated Mississippi Fred McDowell discography

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Mississippi Fred
McDowell
b. January 12, 1904 in Rossville, Tennesee
d. July 3, 1972 in Memphis, Tennessee
discography

F R E D M c D O W E L L; from front cover of Oblivion OD-1; photographer: Valerie Wilmer

source: front cover of Oblivion OD-1
photographer: Valerie Wilmer

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.

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**Mississippi Fred McDowell** LPs / CDs
#	year of release	title	label # / notes
1	1960	Sounds Of The South Southern Folk Heritage Series - Bands Of The Arkansas - Wave The Ocean - Hen Duck - Farmer's First Wife - Boll Weevil Holler - Jesse James - Kenny Wagner - Trouble So Hard - Baptizing Scene - Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus - Windham Mississippi Fred McDowell - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning # - Come On Boys, Let's Go To The Ball - Paddy On The Turnpike - Join The Band - Lucky Holler - I Be So Glad When The Sun Goes Down McDowell tracks rec. September 21, 1959 in Como, Miss. by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins	notes by Gary Kramer Atlantic SD-1346 = London LTZ-K 15211 = Polydor-Atlantic 590 033 (UK 1968) = Atlantic 782496 4 cd boxset 1993 "Sounds Of The South" # on Rounder CD 1718
2	1960	Roots Of The Blues Southern Folk Heritage Series Lonnie Young - Jim and John Vera Hall - The Wild Ox Moan Fred McDowell - Been Drinkin' Water Out Of A Hollow Log Miles Pratcher - All Night Long Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em On Down # Forest City Joe - Levee Camp Reminiscence Lonnie Young - Chevrolet Lonnie Young - Oree Johnny Lee Moore - Levee Camp Holler - Eighteen Hammers Forest City Joe - Train Time Fred McDowell - Freight Train Blues Forest City Joe - Drink On Little Girl McDowell tracks rec. September 21, 1959 in Como, Miss. by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins	notes by Gary Kramer Atlantic SD-1348 notes by Alan Lomax = Polydor-Atlantic 590 019 (UK 1968) = Atlantic 782496 4 cd boxset 1993 "Sounds Of The South" # on Rounder CD 1718
3	1960	Negro Church Music Southern Folk Heritage Series Vera Hall - Death, Have Mercy James Shorty & Fred McDowell - I Want Jesus To Walk With Me # Mrs. Mary Lee & congregation - Jesus Is Real To Me Rev. R. C. Crenshaw & congregation - I Love The Lord Rev. G. I. Townsel - A Sermon Fragment Rev. R. C. Crenshaw & congregation - I'm Goin' Home On The Mornin' Train Madam Mattie Wigley & congregation - Power Viola James, Lonnie Young, & Ed Young - On That Rock James Shorty, Viola James, & congregation - Jesus On The Main Line James Shorty, Viola James, & congregation - This Little Light Of Mine Henry Morrison & St. Simon's Island Singers - I'm Gonna Sail Like A Ship On The Ocean John Davis, Bessie Jones, & St. Simon's Island Singers - Blow Gabriel Felix Dukes & Fred McDowell - Motherless Children Bernice McClellan & congregation - What Do You Think About Jesus (He's All Right) McDowell tracks rec. September 21, 1959 in Como, Miss. by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins	Atlantic SD-1351 = London LTZ-K 15214 = Polydor-Atlantic 590 029 (UK 1968) = Atlantic 782496 4 cd boxset 1993 "Sounds Of The South" # on Rounder CD 1718
4	1960	The Blues Roll On Southern Folk Heritage Series Boy Blue - Boogie Children Forest City Joe - She Lived Her Life Too Fast Fred McDowell - Drop Down Mama Lonnie Young - Sittin' On Top Of The World John Dudley - Cool Water Blues Forest City Joe - She Don't Love Me That Way - Stop Breaking Down Boy Blue - Joe Lee's Rock Rosalie Hill - Bullyin' Well Fred McDowell - When You Get Home, Write Me A Few Little Lines Forest City Joe - Red Cross Store - Forest City Jump McDowell tracks rec. September 21, 1959 in Como, Miss. by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins	Atlantic SD 1352 = London LTZ-K 15215 notes by Alan Lomax = Polydor-Atlantic 590 025 (UK 1968) = Atlantic 782496 4 cd boxset 1993 "Sounds Of The South"
double page advert for the London-Atlantic LP reissues of Southern Folk Heritage Series from Jazz Journal April 1961 (scan courtesy Alan Balfour)
5	1960	Southern Journey 5 Deep South ... Sacred And Sinful Mississippi Fred McDowell - You Done Tol' Everybody McDowell tracks rec. September 21, 1959 in Como, Miss. by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins	Prestige 25005 (12 LP series) = Atlantic 782496 4 cd boxset 1993 "Sounds Of The South"
6	1960	Southern Journey 10 Yazoo Delta Blues And Spirituals Fred McDowell - 61 Highway Ed Young, Lonnie Young Sr. and Jr. - Jim and John Miles Pratcher & Bob Pratcher I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Till I Die Mattie Gardner, Ida Mae Towns, and Jessie Lee Pratcher - Little Sally Walker Sid Hemphill, Lucius Smith - Old Devil's Dream John Dudley - Po' Boy Blues Fred McDowell - Fred McDowell's Blues Ed Lewis and prisoners from Lambert, MS - Stewball Anderson Burton & congregation - God's Unchanging Hand Fred McDowell - Keeps Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning Viola James & congregation - Tryin' to Make Heaven My Home Fred McDowell - Soon One Morning Leroy Gary - Mama Lucy Ervin Webb with prisoners at Parchman MS - I'm Goin' Home Henry Ratcliff - Louisiana Leroy Miller with prisoners, Parchman MS - Berta, Berta McDowell tracks rec. September 21, 1959 in Como, Miss. by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins	Prestige 25010 (12 LP series) = Atlantic 782496 4 cd boxset 1993 "Sounds Of The South"
7	196?	Bad Luck N' Trouble Clifton Chenier - Why Did You Go Last Night R.C. Smith - Don't Drive Me Away Mercy Dee - Bird Brain Baby Lightning Hopkins & Spider Kilpatrick - Candy Wagon James Phillips - No Lovin' Little Son Willis - Bad Luck N' Trouble - Harlem Blues K.C. Douglas - I Know You Didn't Want Me Fred McDowell - Fred's Rambling Blues # Detroit Slim - Nelly Mae Essie Jenkins - Influenza Blues Bukka White - Midnight Blues Manny Nichols - Throw A Little Boogie # rec. February 13/14 1964 in Como, Miss.; Fred McDowell, voc, g	Arhoolie F-1018
8	1964	Fred McDowell: Mississippi Delta Blues - Write Me A Few Lines - Louise - I Heard Somebody Call - 61 Highway - Mama Don't Allow Me - Kokomo Blues - Fred's Worried Life Blues - You Gonna Be Sorry - Shake 'Em On Down - My Trouble Blues - Black Minnie - That's Alright - When I Lay My Burden Down # rec. February 13/14, 1964 in Como, Miss. by Chris Strachwitz; Fred McDowell, voc, g; # Annie Mae McDowell, voc	notes by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie F-1021 (US) = Arhoolie AR 19025 (D) = Trio PA-3052 (Jp 1974) = Fontana 688 806ZL (UK)
9	1964	My Home Is In The Delta - Blues and Spirituals by Fred and Annie McDowell - Waiting For My Baby # - I'm In Jail Again # - The Girl I'm Loving # - Going Down South, Carrying My Whip # - Diving Duck Blues # - The Sun Rose This Morning # - Get Right Church * - Amazing Grace * - Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed * - Where Could I Go * - The Lord Will Make A Way * - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning * - When The Saints * CD bonus tracks: - Six White Horses # - Down on Dankin's Farm # - Big Road Blues * - When I Lay My Burden Down * # rec. Como, Miss. November 24, 1963 in Como, Miss.; Fred McDowell, voc, g * rec Febuary 24, 1964 in Como, Miss.; Fred McDowell, voc, g; Annie Mae McDowell, voc	notes by Pete Welding Testament T-2208 notes by Pete Welding = Bounty BY 6022 (1966) notes by Pete Welding = Polydor 236.570 (UK c1970) "Going Down South" notes by Pete Welding (=) Testament TCD 5019 (1995)
10	1964	Fred McDowell And The Hunter's Chapel Singers: Amazing Grace - Jesus On The Mainline - When I Lay My Burden Down - I'm So Glad I Got Good Religion - Going Over The Hill - I Know I've Been Converted - Just a Little More Faith - Back Back Train - You Got To Move - Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed - Amazing Grace - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - Tell The Angels - When You Come Out Of The Wilderness - The Lord Will Make A Way - It's A Blessing - This Little Light Of Mine CD bonus tracks: - Going Over The Hill - Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed - The Lord Will Make A Way rec. February 6, 1966 in Chicago; Fred McDowell, voc, g; Fannie Davis, voc; Annie Mae McDowell, voc; Grace Bowden, voc; James Collins, voc	notes by Pete Welding Testament T-2219 notes by Pete Welding (=) Testament TCD 5004 (1995)
11	1965	Fred McDowell: Mississippi Delta Blues - Some Day Baby - Milk Cow Blues - The Train I Ride [] - Over The Hill - Goin' Down To The River - I Wished I Were In Heaven Sitting Down - Louise rec. December 1, 1965 in Como, Miss. by Alan Bates; Fred McDowell, voc, g; [] Annie Mae McDowell, voc	notes by Alan Bates Black Lion BLP 30140 = Black Lion 2460193 (UK 1972) = Black Lion 28446-3 U (D) = Polydor 423.249 "Cotton Country Blues" notes by Albert McCarthy = Vogue 512509 (Fr 1980) (Blues Legacy 9) notes by Albert McCarthy = Blue Lion BLCD 760179 (1992) (=) Orbis BLU NC 045 (1995)
12	1965	The Blues at Newport 1964 - Part 1 Fred McDowell - Lord I'm Going Down South - Highway 61 - If The River Was Whiskey Sleepy John Estes - Sleepy John�s Twist - Mailman Blues - Drop Down Mama - Clean Up At Home Doc Reese - Old Hannah - Hey Rattler - Oh My Lord Robert Pete Williams - Levee Camp Blues - On My Way From Texas - Midnight Boogie rec. live at the Newport Folk Festival July 23-26, 1964	Vanguard VRS 9180 (mono) = VSD 79180 (stereo) = Fontana TFL 6048 (UK) 2 CD set King/Vanguard KICP 2118/9 (Jp 1991) The Blues at Newport 1964 part 1 and 2
13	1965	Traditional Music at Newport 1964 - Part 1 Hobart Smith - Coo-Coo Bird - Railroad Bill - Jack Of Diamonds Moving Star Hall Singers - Mother Is Gone - See God's Ark Sarah Gunning - Girl Of Constant Sorrow Cajun Band - Les Flammes d'Enfer - La Walse Du Musician Willie Doss - Catfish Blues Ken and Neriah Benfield - Caty Cline - Ella's Grave Joe Patterson - Fox Chase - Shear Them Sheep Even - Casey Jones Sacred Harp Singers - Calvary - Rocky Road Chet Parker & Elgia Hickok - Temperance Reel - Golden Slippers Bill Thatcher - The Job I Left Behind Doc Watson (with Gaither Carlton & Arnold Watson) - Muskrat Fred McDowell - Fred's Rambling Blues - Shake 'Em Down rec. live at the Newport Folk Festival July 23-26, 1964	notes by Ralph Rinzler Vanguard VRS 9182 (mono) = VSD 79182 (stereo) notes by Ralph Rinzler = Fontana TFL 6049 (UK) 2 CD set King/Vanguard KICP 2116/7 (Jp 1991) Traditional Music at Newport 1964 part 1 and 2
14	1965	Newport Folk Festival 1964 Evening Concerts Vol. 3 Doc Watson (with Merle Watson & Arnold Watson) - Blueridge Mountain Blues - Blackberry Blossom - Going Down This Road Feeling Bad Fred McDowell (with the Georgia Sea Island Singers) - Louise Hedy West - 500 Miles - Anger In The Land Swan Silvertones - Oh Mary Don't You Weep - Feed Me, Jesus Tom Paxton - Bottle Of Wine - That Was The Last Thing On My Mind Judy Roderick - He Was A Friend of Mine - Mr. Brown To You - Blues On My Ceiling The Cajun Band - Bosco Stomp rec. live at the Newport Folk Festival July 23-26, 1964	Vanguard VRS-9186 (mono) = VSD-79186 (stereo) = Fontana TFL 6052 (UK) = King/Vanguard SH-227? (Jp)
15	1965	American Folk Blues Festival '65 - Studio Session Fred McDowell - Highway 61 J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down Walter Horton - Christine Roosevelt Sykes - Come On Back Home Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years - The Big Question Jimmy Lee Robinson - Rosalie John Lee Hooker - King Of The World - Della Mae Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues Big Mama Thornton - Houn' Dog Doctor Ross - My Black Name Is Ringing additional AFBF track on Evidence CD (from ACT CD 9204; G 1994): Mississippi Fred McDowell - Got A Letter This Morning additional AFBF track on Hip-O CD 1003 (2003): Mississippi Fred McDowell - Going Down To The River McDowell tracks rec. October 8, 1965 in Hamburg, Germany	= Fontana 885 422 TY = Fontana TL 5286 = Fontana 681529 TL Philips/Phonogram SFL-7386 (1969) American Folk Blues Festival 65-66 L+R 42.025 = LR CD-2025 = disc 5 of Evidence 5 CD set ECD 26200
16	1966	Fred McDowell Vol. 2 - I Ain't Gonna Be Bad No More # - Where Were You # - I Looked At The Sun # - Do My Baby Ever Think Of Me # - Brooks Run Into The Ocean * - Bull Dog Blues * - I Walked All The Way From East St. Louis - Red Cross Store Blues // - Gravel Road Blues // - Frisco Lines // - You Got To Move // - I Wish I Was In Heaven Sittin Down [] # rec. February 13/14 191964 in Como, Miss.; Fred McDowell, voc, g * rec. March 1965 in Holly Springs, Miss.; Fred McDowell, voc, g; Eli Green, voc [] rec. May 2, 1965, Fred McDowell, voc, g; Annie Mae McDowell, voc; Hunter's Chapel Spiritual Singers, vocals // rec. July 5, 1965 in Berkeley, Ca.; Fred McDowell, voc, g	notes by Pete Welding Arhoolie F-1027
17	1966	The Sound Of The Delta A Mississippi Blues Anthology Ruby McCoy - Black Mary Elijah Brown - Won't Be Troubled Long Big Joe Williams - Your Close Friend Mississippi Fred McDowell - Kokomo Bert Logan - Don't You Want To Be A Member? Elijah Brown - Pearline Arthur Weston - Uncle Sam Called Me (I Got To Go) Avery Brady - Bad Weather Ruby McCoy - Rising Sun, Shine On Arthur Weston - Early in the Morning Big Joe Williams - Walkin' Ground Hog Elijah Brown - Winding Ball Russ Logan - Annie Mae Mississippi Fred McDowell - Louise Avery Brady - Let Me Drive Your Ford Andrew Cauthen - Canary Bird prod. by Sammy and Pete Welding engineered by Norman Dayron or Big Joe Williams	Testament LP 2209 (US) = Bounty BY 6033 (UK) (=) Hightone TCD 5012 (1994)
18	196?	Big Mama Thornton In Europe - Swing It On Home * - Sweet Little Angel * - The Place - Little Red Rooster * - Unlucky Girl * - Hound Dog * - My Heavy Load * # - School Boy * # - Down Home Shakedown - Your Love Is Where It Ought To Be * - Session Blues # rec. October 20, 1965 in London; Big Mama Thornton, voc; Mississippi Fred McDowell, g; on other tracks: Eddie Boyd, keyb; Buddy Guy, g; Big Walter Horton, harm: Fred Below, dr; Jimmie Lee Robinson, b * on Arhoolie CD 305	Arhoolie F-1028 = Stateside/ISP 80525 (Jp) = Arhoolie CD 305 (1989) "Ball And Chain"
19	1967	Long Way From Home The Blues Of Fred McDowell - The Train I Ride - Poor Boy Long Way From Home - Milk Cow Blues - John Henry - Gravel Road Blues - Millionaire's Daughter Blues - Big Fat Mama - You Drove Me From Your Door - Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On rec. November 12, 1966 at the University of California by Pete Welding; Fred McDowell, voc, g	notes by Pete Welding Milestone MLP 3003 (mono) MSP 93003 (stereo) = CBS 63735 (UK 1969) notes by Pete Welding = Milestone C 062-93702 (Fr 1973) = OBC 535 (1990) = OBC CD 535
20	1968	This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix the gospel according to ... Rev. Dr. J. Gordon McPherson - This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix (excerpts from sermon) Rev. Robert Wilkins - Old Time Religion - I Wish I Was In Heaven - Holy Ghost Train - The Gamblin' Man Fred McDowell - Jesus Is On The Main Line - See What My Lord Has Done Skip James - Let Jesus Lead You Jaybird Coleman - I'm Gonna Cross The River Jordan Sam Collins - Devil In The Lion's Den Rev. Moses Mason - Go Wash In The Beautiful Stream Washington Phillips - You Can't Stop A Tattler Blind Lemon Jefferson - I Want to Be Like Jesus in My Heart - All I Want Is That Pure Religion - He Arose From The Dead	Biograph BLP 12027
21	196?	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. August 1967 in Como, Miss. by George Mitchell; Johnny Woods, voc. hca; Fred McDowell, g	Arhoolie 1041
22	1968	The Roots Of America's Music Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em On Down	2-disc package Arhoolie R2001/2002 = Stateside/Toshiba SR-9323B (Jp 1972)
23	1969	Fred McDowell And His Blues Boys - My Baby * # - Levee Camp Blues * # - When The Saints Go Marching In * - Diamond Ring * - Dankin's Farm * - Big Stars Falling [] - You Ain't Treating Me Right * - Meet Me Down In Froggy Bottom * - Ethel Mae Blues [] rec. July 5, 1965 in Berkeley, Ca.; Fred McDowell, voc, g rec. August 19-21, 1969 in Berkeley, Ca.; Fred McDowell, voc, g; * Mike Russo, g; * John Kahn, b; # Bob Jones, dr	notes by Pete Welding Arhoolie F-1046 = Arhoolie AR 19001 (D)
24	1969	Memphis 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 Fred McDowell - Shake Em On Down - Fred's Blues - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning Napoleon Strickland - Back Water Rising - Other's Piece - Shimmy She Wobble Furry Lewis - Judge Boushay Blues - Walking Blues Watson & Jones [John Fahey & Bill Barth] - Memphis Rag - St. Louis Blues - Praying On The Old Campground McDowell tracks rec. June 9, 1969 in Memphis, Tenn.; Fred McDowell, voc, g, Johnny Woods, hca inner gatefold of Blue Thumb BTS 6000 inner sleeves of Blue Thumb BTS 6000	DLP notes by Pete Welding Blue Thumb BTS 6000 = King SR-481 (Jp 1971) (=) Arhoolie 1084 (1979) "Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 1" and Arhoolie 1085 (1979) "Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 2" (=) Arhoolie CD 385 www.arhoolie.com (=) Arhoolie CD 386 "Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Vol. 1 & 2"
25	1969	Mississippi Fred McDowell: I Do Not Play No Rock 'N' Roll - Baby Please Don't Go - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Kokomo Me Baby - That's All Right Baby - Red Cross Store - Everybody's Down On Me - 61 Highway - Glory Hallelujah - Jesus Is On The Mainline bonus tracks on Fuel 2000 CD: - My Baby She Gonna Jump And Shout - Long Line Skinner - You Got To Move - The Train I Ride - You Ain't Gonna Worry My Life Anymore rec. September 8-10, 1969 at Malaco Sound Recording Studios, in Jackson, Miss.; prod. by Tommy Couch; Fred McDowell, g, voc; Jerry Puckett, b; Darin Lancaster, dr	notes by Fred McDowell Capitol SM 409 (mono) ST 409 (stereo) notes by Pete Welding and Bonnie Raitt (=) Cema/Capitol 33919 (2 CDs 1995) "Complete Sessions" (along with the Just Sunshine JSS 4 tracks) = Fuel 2000 CD (2001)
26	1969	Mississippi Fred McDowell In London - Some Sweet Day - Mojo Hand - Amazing Grace - My Second Mind - I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down - My Babe - Take Your Picture Darling - Diving Duck Blues - I Don't Need No Heater rec. March 8, 1969 in London	notes by Mike Raven = Transatlantic TRA 194 "In London Volume One" notes by Mike Raven Sire SES 97018 (US 1970)
27	1969	Mississippi Fred McDowell In London Volume Two Transatlantic TRA 203 / Rykodisc/Tradition TCD 1012track sequence: - Unknown Blues (aka I Heard Somebody Call) - The Train I Ride - Levee Camp Blues - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - You Got to Move - What's The Matter With Papa's Little Angel - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - You Ain't Gonna Worry My Life Anymore - Get Right Church - Big Fat Mama Everest/Archive ... FS-253 / Drive Archive CD 41040 track sequence: - What's The Matter With Papa's Little Angel Child - Levee Camp Blues - Got To Move - Get Right Church - Big Fat Mama - Unknown Blues - Good Morning Little School Girl - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - You Ain't Gonna Worry My Life Anymore - The Train I Ride rec. March 8, 1969 in London	notes by Mike Raven Transatlantic TRA 203 Everest / Archive Of Folk & Jazz Music FS-253 = Drive Archive DE2-41040 (1994) "Ain't Gonna Worry" = Rykodisc/Tradition TCD 1012 (1996)
28	1969	Blues Roots - Frisco Lines - Fred McDowell - Fare You Well Baby Blues - Joe Callicott - Long Haired Doney - R. L. Burnside - Mean Stepfather - Big Joe Williams - Bald Eagle Train - Bukka White and Washboard Willie - Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith - Long Tall Girl - Mance Lipscomb - Red River Blues - Lil' Son Jackson - I Am the Black Ace - Black Ace - Whistling Alex Moore - Alex Moore - Texas Blues - L. and M. Fulson - Cat Bear - John Jackson - Ma Grinder - Robert Shaw - Take a Walk - Lightnin' Hopkins - Bear Cat - John Jackson - Snowing and Raining - Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly - Got A Date I Can't Be Late - Jesse Fuller - You Got Another - Lightnin' Hopkins and Barbara Dane - Struggle Here - Juke Boy Bonner and Simon - Listen At That Bull - G. Coleman - Trouble Blues - Big Joe Turner - Dream - John Littlejohn - Sugar Daddy - Wade Walton - I'm Feeling Alright - Big Mama Thornton - Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young - Black Snake Blues - Clifton Chenier - Two Bugs - Earl Hooker "The selections from this album have been comprised from the catalog of Arhoolie Records ... Except where otherwise indicated, all selections produced and recorded by Chris Strachwitz"	two record set Poppy PYS-60.003 = RCA / Victor SHP-6124/25 Poppy discography = Tomato DLP 2696181 (1989) reissued as Tomato CD TOM 3001
29	1969	Fred McDowell / Furry Lewis: When I Lay My Burden Down Fred McDowell# - 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 # rec. February 1969 in Como, Miss.; Fred McDowell, voc, g	notes by E.F. Dyson Biograph BLP 12017 = Blue Moon BMLP 1.047 (1988)
30	1970	Stars Of The 1969-1970 Memphis Country Blues Festival Furry Lewis - Judge Boushay Blues - 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	Sire SES 97015
31	1970	Fred McDowell and Johnny Woods Eight Years Ramblin' Revival RVS 1001 / Barclay 920415 tracks: - Shake Em On Down [] - Going Down To The River [] - Smokestack Lightning # [not on Fat Possum CD] - My Babe # [not on Fat Possum CD] - Long Haired Doney # - Red Cross Store [] - I Left My Baby (Sitting In The Back Door Crying) (aka Standing At The Back Door) [] - John Henry [] - Scratch My Back * [not on Fat Possum CD] - Going Away [] Fat Possum CD 03642 tracks: - Shake Em On Down [] - Going Away [] - Mama Says I'm Crazy [previously unissued] [] - I Got A Woman [previously unissued] # - Red Cross Store [] - Going Down To The River [] - Standing At The Back Door [] - What's Going To Become Of Me? [previously unissued] [] - Long Haired Doney # - John Henry [] - I Walked All Night Long [previously unissued] [] [] rec. August 1967 in Como, Ms. by George Mitchell; Fred McDowell, voc, g; Johnny Woods, hca # rec. August 1967 in Como, Ms. by George Mitchell; Johnny Woods, voc, hca; Fred McDowell, g * rec. August 1967 in Como, Ms. by George Mitchell; Johnny Woods, voc. hca Johnny Woods discography	notes by George Mitchell and Tony Martin Revival RVS 1001 (UK 1970) Revival discography notes by George Mitchell = Barclay 920415 (Fr 1972) notes by George Mitchell = Rounder 2007 (US 1976) = Guimbarda GS-11075 (Sp 1980) notes by George Mitchell = Fat Possum CD 03642 (US 2002) "Mama Says I'm Crazy"
31a	1970	All Day Thumb Sucker Southwind - Rootin & Tootin Summy Lay - Maggie's Farm Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em On Down Robbie Basho - Eagle Sails The Blue Tyrannosaurus Rex - Cat Black Ike & Tina Turner - Bold Soul Sister Love - Run To The Top Nathan Beauregard - 'Bout A Spoonful Aynsley Dunbar - Sugar On The Line Albert Collins - Frosty Earl Hooker - Cross Cut Saw Chicago Bluestars - Comin Home Bossa Rio - Blackbird	Blue Thumb BTS 8702 = Blue Thumb BTS 2000
The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers.- Rolling Stones Records/Atlantic COC-59100 1971 including a cover of Fred McDowell's 'You Gotta Move'
32	spring 1972	Mississippi Fred McDowell Live In New York - Shake 'Em On Down - I'm Crazy About You Baby - John Henry - You Got To Move - Someday - Mercy - The Lovin' Blues - Goin' To The River # - White Lightnin' # - Baby Please Don't Go rec. at the Gaslight, New York City on Nov. 5, 1971; with Tom Pomposello, b or 2nd g # "Goin' To The River" only on original 1972 edition; on later editions replaced by "White Lightnin'"	notes by Tom Pomposello Oblivion OD-1 (=) Oblivion OD-1 (March 1973 2nd remastered edition with different notes) www.frederatorblogs.com notes by Tom Pomposello = Labor 15 (1982) "Shake 'Em On Down - Live in New York" = Tomato 2696372 (1989) = Labor CD LAB 7004 (1995) notes by Les Fancourt = Charly CD 8165 (1997) notes by Mark Humphry Grapeshot / Live Archive CD GRR 1001 (2000 2 CD set containing whole session) = Tomato CD 2066 (2003)
33	1972	Mississippi Fred McDowell: 1904-1972 - Someday - Write Me A Few Of Your Lines - Mortgage On My Soul - Baby Let Me Lay Down (In Your Cool Iron Bed) - Drop Down Mama - Rap - Louise - Somebody Keeps Callin' Me - Eyes Like An Eagle rec. September 8-10, 1969 at Malaco Sound Recording Studios, in Jackson, Miss.; prod. by Tommy Couch; Fred McDowell, g, voc; Jerry Puckett, b; Darin Lancaster, dr	notes by Michael Cuscuna Just Sunshine JSS 4 (=) Antilles AN-7022 (1973; plus three add'l tracks) = XTRA 1136 (1974 UK) = Collector's Issue C-5526 (Austria 19??) "1904-1972 Rap, Louise and other Songs" notes by Pete Welding and Bonnie Raitt (=) Cema/Capitol 33919 (2 CDs 1995) "Complete Sessions" (along with the Capitol ST 409 tracks)
34	1972	Blues 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 Transatlatic TRA SAM 25 = Guimbarda 30111057 (Sp 1079)
35	1972	The Great Blues Men Homesick James - Set A Date John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road Sleepy John Estes - Corinna # Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G Rev. Gary Davis - If I Had My Way # Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Key To The Highway Otis Spann - Burning Fire Lightnin' Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues Junior Wells - Stormy Mnday Blues # Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues Son House (+ Al Wilson) - Empire State Blues # Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues J. B. Hutto - Please Help Fred McDowell - Fred's Ramblin' Blues Ida Cox - Four Day Creep # Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas Otis Rush - I't's A Mean Old World # not on CD	DLP Vanguard VSD 25/26 Vanguard / King GW-203/4 (Jp 1972) (=) Vanguard CD 25/26 (1988)
36	1973	Fred McDowell: Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - Introduction // - I Heard Somebody Calling // - Amazing Grace // - Where Could I Go But To The Lord [] - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning [] - Bye And Bye * - Dig My Grave With A Silver Spade � - Don't Look For Me On A Sunday # - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl # - Little Girl, Little Girl, How Old Are You # - Levee Camp Blues $ # rec. February 13/14 191964 in Como, Miss.; Fred McDowell, voc, g [] rec. May 2, 1965, Fred McDowell, voc, g; Annie Mae McDowell, voc; Hunter's Chapel Spiritual Singers, vocals // rec. June 23, 1965 in Berkeley, Ca.; Fred McDowell, voc, g * rec. July 5, 1965 in Berkeley, Ca.; Fred McDowell, voc, g $ rec. live June 9, 1969 in Memphis, Tn.; Fred McDowell, voc, g; Johnny Woods, hca � rec. August 19-21, 1969 in Berkeley, Ca.; Fred McDowell, voc, g; Mike Russo, g; John Kahn, b	notes by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie F-1068
37	1973	Mississippi Fred McDowell / Guitar Jr. Mississippi Fred McDowell - Baby Please Don't Go - 61 Highway - Kokomo Me Baby - Everybody's Down On Me Guitar Jr. (aka Lonnie Brooks) Broke An' Hungry Wee Wee Hours Rooster Blues Texas flood	picture disk tracks from Capitol ST-403 (Guitar Jr. 1969) and Capitol ST-409 (McDowell) Capitol SAT/ST-403
38	1973	Mississippi Fred McDowell: Somebody Keeps Calling Me - Someday - Write Me A Few Of Your Lines - Mortgage On My Soul - Baby Let Me Lay Down - Shake 'Em On Down # - Goin' Down To The River # - Drop Down Mama - Rap - Louise - Somebody Keeps Callin' Me - Eyes Like An Eagle - Goin' Down South # # tracks not on Just Sunshine JSS 4 (1972)	notes by Pete Welding Antilles AN-7022 = Mango CD7022 (1990) notes by Pete Welding and Bonnie Raitt (=) Cema/Capitol 33919 (2 CDs 1995) "Complete Sessions" (along with the Capitol ST 409 tracks)
38a	1975	Honest Tom Pomposello - Tommy's Jump - Old Joe Clark - Jesus Died on the Cross (To Save The World) - Movin' Too Fast - Supreme Court Breakdown - Amazing Grace - Meeting You - St. Louis Blues - (I'm) Watchin' The T.V. - Hey Little Girl (Who Made Your Dress?) # rec. 1973-75; prod. by Fred Seibert # rec. November 9, 1971; Fred McDowell, voc, g; Tom Pomposello, g	Oblivion OD-6
38b	1976	Great Bluesmen Newport Robert Pete Williams - Midnight Boogie - Levee Camp Blues Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door John Lee Hooker with Bill Lee on bass - Tupelo - Bus Station Blues Son House - Son's Blues - Death Letter Blues # - Pony Blues Sleepy John Estes - Mailman Blues - Clean Up At Home Doc Reese - Hey Rattler / Oh My Lord Mississippi John Hurt - Sliding Delta - Trouble, I've Had It All My Day Skip James - Hard Times Killing Floor Blues - Cherry Ball Blues # - Illinois Blues The Reverend Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy Willie Doss - Catfish Blues - I Had A Woman Mississippi Fred McDowell - Lord, I'm Going Down South - If The River Was Whiskey Lightnin' Hopkins with Samuel Lay - Cotten Fields Blues - Shake That Thing gatefold inner sleeve of Vanguard VSD 77/78 # note on CD 77/78: "due to compact disc time restrictions some songs on the original album are not included in this package"	DLP notes by Maynard Solomon Vanguard VSD 77/78 King/Vanguard LAX-155 (Jp 1976) notes by Samuel Charters = Vanguard CD 77/78 (1991) 2 LPs on 1 CD # Great Bluesmen At Newport 1959-1965
39	1977	Roots Of The Blues Henry Ratcliff - Louisiana Bakari-Badji - Field Song From Senegal John Dudley - Po' Boy Blues Tangle Eye - Kate Left Memphis Leroy Miller And A Group Of Prisoners - Berta, Berta Fred McDowell And Miles Pratcher - Old Original Blues [= Fred McDowell Blues] Ed Young And Lonnie Young - Jim And John Alec Askew - Emmaline, Take Your Time Miles Pratcher And Bob Pratcher - Buttermilk Leroy Gary - Mama Lucy Miles Pratcher And Bob Pratcher - I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Till I Die Tangle Eye And A Group Of Prisoners - No More, My Lord Rev. Crenshaw And The Congregation Of New Brown's Chapel, Memphis - Lining Hymn And Prayer Fred McDowell - Death Comes A-Creepin' In My Room [= Soon One Mornin'] Congregation Of New Brown's Chapel, Memphis - Church-House Moan Bessie Jones - Beggin' The Blues Rose Hemphill - Rolled And Tumbled # Fred McDowell, Miles Pratcher, And Fannie Davis - Goin' Down To The Races [= Goin' Down To The River] Forrest City Joe - You Gotta Cut That Out McDowell tracks rec. September 21, 1959 in Como, Miss. by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins # Fred McDowell credited erroneously as guitarist	notes by Alan Lomax New World NW 252
40	1980	Fred McDowell: Levee Camp Blues Fred McDowell 1968: The Early Days Recalled A Folk-Blues Document - Never-Before-Issued! - Levee Camp Blues - Let Me Lay Down in Your Cool Iron Bed - My Baby Don't Treat Me Like Humankind - My Baby Has Eyes Like An Eagle (take 2) - Jim Steam Killed Lula - Pea Vine Special - Dark Clouds A-Rising - My Baby Has Eyes Like An Eagle (take 1) - Will Me Your Gold Watch And Chain - Won't Be Worried Long - Down On Dankin's Farm - Bye And Bye, Goin' To See The King CD bonus tracks: - Goin' Over The Hill # - When I Lay My Burden Down # rec. March 1968 in Los Angeles; Ca. by Pete Welding; Fred McDowell, voc, g # rec. February 6, 1966 in Chicago; Fred McDowell, voc, g; Fannie Davis, voc; Annie Mae McDowell, voc; Grace Bowden, voc; James Collins, voc	notes by Pete Welding Origin Jazz Library OJL 8051 = Testament TCD 6007 (1998)
41	1981	John Vincent presents Genuine Mississippi Blues Johnny Littlejohn - She Nineteen Year Old Elmore James, Jr. - Crazy Bend Ida Mae - Bad Feeling - Cummins Prison Blues King Edward - I should Quiet You Baby - The Things I Used To Do Fred McDowell - Baby Please Don't Go Bad Smitty - Smokestack Lightnin - How Many More Years Sam Myers - Sad & Lonesome - You're So Fine - Money is My Downfall - Gold Tail Bird Johnny Littlejohn - I Wanna Go Home - I Got My Nose Open rec. in Jackson, Miss.; Fred McDowell, voc, g; poss Johnny Woods, hca	Ace 2028
42	1982	Mississippi Fred McDowell 1962 His First Recordings Following Discovery - Done Left Here - All The Way From East St. Louis - Shake 'Em On Down - The Girl That I Am Lovin' - Good Morninig Little Schoolgirl - Left My Baby Standing - On The Frisco Line - Write Me A Few Lines - Goin' Down To The River - I Rolled And I Tumbled - Trouble Everywhere I Go - Red Cross Store Blues - John Henry - Kokomo Blues on CDs only: - Milk Cow Blues - Trouble Everywhere I Go (alternate version) - I've Been Drinking Water Out Of A Hollow Log - Highway 61 - Someday Baby - untitled instr. (Como) rec. April 21/22, 1962 at McDowell's home in Como, Miss. by Dick Spottswood	notes by Chris Smith Heritage HT 302 notes by Bruce Bastin = Flyright FLY CD 14 (1989) notes by Tom Pomposello = Rounder CD 2138 (1995)
43	1984	Mississippi Fred McDowell: Standing At The Burying Ground featuring Jo Ann Kelly - 61 Highway - Red Cross Store - When I Lay My Burden Down # - Evil Hearted Woman - I Asked For Whisky, She Gave Me Gasoline - Standing At The Burying Ground - Glory Hallelujah - Write Me A Few Short Lines - My Baby Done Me Wrong rec. March 8, 1969 during a British tour at the Mayfair Hotel, London; Fred McDowell. voc, g; # Jo Ann Kelly, voc [not on 'Glory Hallelujah' as listed in Blues Records Vol. 2]	notes by Jo Ann Kelly Red Lightnin' RL 0053 [UK] = Red Lightnin' RLCD0053 www.redlightnin.com re-released 1995 (along with McDowell tracks from RL 0063) as "Mississippi Fred McDowell live at the Mayfair" on Warner CD 43025 = Sequel NEB CD 851 (UK 1996)
44	1986	Phil Guy / Mississippi Fred McDowell Dose Of Double Dynamite Phil Guy And His Chicago Blues Band - Call The Plumber - Howlin' For My Darlin' - Garbage Man Blues - Miss You Mississippi Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em On Down - Louise - My Babe - Waves Of The Water - Kokomo Blues McDowell tracks rec. March 8, 1969 during a British tour at the Mayfair Hotel, London; Fred McDowell. voc, g	Red Lightnin' RL 0063 McDowell tracks (along with RL 0053) re-released 1995 as "Mississippi Fred McDowell live at the Mayfair" on Warner CD 43025 = Sequel NEB CD 851 (UK 1996) = Onyx Classix CD 261112
45	1986	Atlantic Blues: Guitar - Broke Down Engine - Blind Willie McTell - Shake 'Em On Down - Mississippi Fred McDowell - My Baby Don't Love Me - John Lee Hooker - Guitar Lovin' Man - John Lee Hooker * - Tall Pretty Woman - Sticks McGhee - The Blues Rock - Texas Johnny Brown - There Goes The Blues - Texas Johnny Brown - Bongo Boogie - Texas Johnny Brown - Two Bones And A Pick - T-Bone Walker - Mean Ol' World - T-Bone Walker * - Let Me Know - Chuck Norris - It Hurts To Love Someone - Guitar Slim * - Down Through The Years - Guitar Slim - Okie Dokie Stomp - Cornell Dupree - Blue Nocturne - Cornell Dupree * - TV Mama - Big Joe Turner - Reconsider Baby - Al King - Midnight Midnight - Mickey Baker - I Smell Trouble - Ike & Tina Turner - Why I Sing The Blues - B.B. King - Crosscut Saw - Albert King - Angels Of Mercy - Albert King * - Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King # - Can't Be Satisfied - John Hammond, Jr. * - Shake For Me - John Hammond, Jr. # - Flood Down In Texas - Stevie Ray Vaughan * not included on CD reissue # included on CD reissue only	2 LP set Atlantic 7-81695-1 part of "Atlantic Blues: Guitar, Piano, Vocalists, Chicago" (8 LP box) Atlantic 7-81713-1 4 CD set (=) Atlantic CD 82309 (1990) "Atlantic Blues: Guitar, Piano, Vocalists, Chicago"
46	1988	Mississippi Fred McDowell: Shake 'Em On Down: 1959 Mississippi Fred McDowell - I Been Drinking Water Out Of A Hollow Log - Shake 'Em On Down - Freight Train Blues - Drop Down Mama - When You Get Home, Write Me A Few Little Lines John Dudley - Poor Boy Blues - Cool Water Blues Mississippi Fred McDowell - 61 Highway Blues - Fred McDowell's Blues - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - Soon One Mornin' - You Done Tol' Everybody - My Mother Died And Left Me - I Wisht I Was In Heaven rec. September 21, 1959 in Como, Miss. by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins	notes by Chris Smith KC 107
47	1993	Sounds Of The South A Musical Journey From The Georgia Sea Islands To The Mississippi Delta Disc 1: Sounds Of The South / Blue Ridge Mountain Music: - The Banks Of The Arkansas / Wave The Ocean - Neil Morris / Charley Everidge - Hen Duck - Lonnie Young / Ed Young / Lonnie Young Jr. - The Farmer's Curst Wife - Estil C. Ball - Boll Weevil Holler - Vera Hall - Jesse James - The Mountain Ramblers - Jesse James - Vera Hill - Kenny Wagner - Bob Carpenter - Trouble So Hard - Vera Hall - Baptizing Scene - Reverend W.A. Donaldson - Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus - Viola James & Congregation - Windham - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning - Mississippi Fred McDowell 13. Come On Boys, Let's Go To The Ball - Sid Hemphill/Lucas Smith - Join The Band - John Davis & Group - Lucky Holler - Ed Lewis - I Be So Blad When The Sun Goes Down - Ed Lewis & Group - Cotton Eyed Joe - The Mountain Ramblers - Big Tilda - The Mountain Ramblers - Jennie Jenkins - Estil C. Ball / Orna Ball - John Henry - The Mountain Ramblers - Rosewood Casket - The Mountain Ramblers - Silly Bill - The Mountain Ramblers - Big Ball In Boston - The Mountain Ramblers - Chilly Winds - Wade Ward - The Old Hickory Cane - The Mountain Ramblers - John Brown - Hobart Smith - Poor Ellen Smith - Hobart Smith - Shady Grove - The Mountain Ramblers Disc 2: Roots Of The Blues / The Blues Roll On: - Jim And John - Lonnie Young / Ed Young / Lonnie Young Jr. - The Wild Ox Moan - Vera Hall - Been Drinkin' Water Out Of A Hollow Log - Mississippi Fred McDowell - All Night Long - Miles Pratcher / Bob Pratcher - Shake 'Em On Down - Mississippi Fred McDowell / Mile Pratcher / Annie Davis - Levee Camp Reminiscence - Forrest City Joe - Chevrolet - Lonnie Young/Ed Young / Lonnie Young Jr. - Levee Camp Holler - Johnny Lee Moore - Eighteen Hammers - Johnny Lee Moore / 12 Mississippi Penitentary Convicts - Drink On Little Girl - Forrest City Joe/Sonny Rogers/Thomas Morgan - Drop Down Mama - Mississippi Fred McDowell - Boogie Children - Boy Blue / Willie Jones/Joe Lee - She Lived Her Life Too Fast - Forrest City Joe / Sonny Boy Rogers / Thomas Martin - Sittin' On Top Of The World - Lonnie Young / Ed Young / Lonnie Young Jr. - Cool Water Blues - John Dudley - Stop Breaking Down - Forrest City Joe / Sonny Boy Rogers / Thomas Martin - Joe Lee's Rock - Boy Blue/Willie Jones/Joe Lee - Bullyin' Well - Rosalie Hill - When You Get Home, Write Me A Few Lines - Mississippi Fred McDowell - Red Cross Store - Forrest City Joe - Forrest City Jump - Forrest City Joe/Sonny Boy Rogers/Thomas Martin Disc 3: Negro Church Music / White Spirituals: - Death, Have Mercy - Vera Hall - I Want Jesus To Walk With Me - James Shorty & Mississippi Fred McDowell - Jesus Is Real To Me - Mrs. Mary Lee / Congregation - I Love The Lord - Reverend R.C. Crenshaw & Congregation - A Sermon Fragment - Reverend G.I. Townsel - I'm Goin' Home On The Mornin' Train - Reverend R.C. Crenshaw & Congregation - Power - Madam Mattie Wigley / Congregation - On That Rock - Viola James/Lonnie Young / Ed Young - Jesus On The Mainline - James Shorty / Viola James / Congregation - I'm Gonna Sail Like A Ship On The Ocean - Henry Morrison & St Simon's Island Singers - Blow Gabriel - John Davis/Bessie Jones/St. Simon's Island Singers - What Do You Think About Jesus (He's Alright) - Bernice McClellan / Congregation - Tribulations - Estil C. Ball/Lacey Richardson/Blair Reedy - When I Get Home - Estil C. Ball/Blair Reedy - The Poor Wayfaring Stranger - Estil C. Ball - Baptizing Down By The Creek - The Mountain Ramblers - Sermon And Lining Hymn - Reverend I.D Back/Congregation - Antioch - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Calvary - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Please Let Me Stay A Little Longer - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Father, Jesus Loves You - Estil C. Ball - Lonesome Valley - Estil C. Ball / Lacey Richardson / Orna Ball / Blair Reedy - Father Adieu - Estil C. Ball - The Old Country Church - The Mountain Ramblers - Cabin On The Hill - Estil C. Ball / Lacey... Disc 4: American Folk Songs For Children: - Johnson's Old Gray Mule - Mainer Band - My Little Rooster - Almeda Riddle - Whoa Mule - Mainer Band - Frog Went A-Courtin' - Almeda Riddle - Glenn's Chimes - Mainer Band - Chick-A-Li-Lee-Lo - Almeda Riddle - Old Joe Clark - The Mountain Ramblers - Go Tell Aunt Nancy - Almeda Riddle - Train III - Mainer Band - Johnny Cuckoo - Bessie Jones & Group - Mama Buy Me A Chiney Doll - Almeda Riddle - Soldier, Soldier - Hobart Smith - Mary Mack - Jessie Pratcher / Mattie Gardner / Mary Gardner - Hambone - Bessie Jones - Banging Breakdown - Hobart Smith - Green Sally, Up - Jessie Pratcher / Mattie Gardner / Mary Gardner - Sometimes - Bessie Jones & Group - The Arkansas Traveller - Hobart Smith - Paper Of Pins - Estil C. Ball / Orna Ball - The Little Dappled Cow - Texas Gladden - Go To Sleep, Little Baby - Bessie Jones - Paddy On The Turnpike - Wade Ward / Charley Higgins / Charley Poe - Jimmy Sutton - Spence Moore/Roy Birns - Liza Jane - The Mountain Ramblers - Oree - Lonnie Young/Ed Young / Lonnie Young Jr. - Train Time - Forrest City Joe - Freight Train Blues - Mississippi Fred McDowell - This Little Light Of Mine - James Shorty / Viola James / Congregation - Motherless Children - Felix Dukes / Mississippi Fred McDowell - Little Moses - Neil Morris	reissue prod. Yves Beauvais Atlantic 782496
48	1993	Mississippi Fred McDowell: You Gotta Move - Write Me A Few Lines - Louise - I Heard Somebody Call - 61 Highway - Mama Don't Allow - Kokomo Blues - Fred's Worried Life Blues - You Gonna Be Sorry - Shake 'Em On Down - My Trouble Blues - Black Minnie - That's Alright - When I Lay My Burden Down - Ain't Gonna Be Bad No Mo' - Do My Baby Ever Think Of Me - Brooks Run Into The Ocean (+ Eli Green) - Bull Dog Blues (+ Eli Green) - Frisco Line - You Gotta Move	All of LP 1021 & most of 1027 notes by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie CD 304 www.arhoolie.com
49	1993	Blues With A Feeling Fred and Annie Mae McDowell with Robert Wilkins - What Do You Think About Jesus?	Vanguard VCD2-77005 (Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival)
50	1993	Mississippi Fred McDowell Train I Ride - What's The Matter With Papa's Little Angel Child # - Levee Camp Blues - You Got To Move - Get Right Church - Big Fat Mama - Unknown Blues - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - You Ain't Gonna Worry My Life Anymore # - Train I Ride # additional tracks on "Blues Masters" and "That's The Train I Ride"	New Rose Blues 5436 (Fr) = Aim 0012 CD (Australia 1998) "Blues Masters" Digital Music Group (2006) "That's The Train I Ride"
51	c1994	Fred McDowell, Furry Lewis, Robert Wilkins: When I Lay My Burden Down Fred McDowell (1969) - If You See My Baby - John Henry - Louise - 61 Highway - Big Fat Mama - When I Lay My Burden Down - Dankin' Farm - Jesus Is On The Main Line - See What My Lord Has Done Furry Lewis (1968) - Casey Jones (Ramblin' Mind) - Harry Furry Blues - Every Day Of The Week - Grieve My Mind - Beale Street Blues - When I Lay My Burden Down Robert Wilkins (1960) - Old Time Religion - I Wish I Was in Heaven - Rock Of Ages - When I Lay My Burden Down prod. Arnold S. Caplin	notes by Peter Aschoff Biograph BCD 130
52	1994	Lost Blues Tapes Vol. 1 American Folk Blues Festival 1963-65 - Della Mae - John Lee Hooker - Hound Dog - Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton - Captain Captain - Muddy Waters - I Got To Cut Out - Sonny Boy Williamson - Blues Harp Shuffle - 'Big' Walter Horton - Strong Brain Broad Mind - Willie Dixon - Big Leg Woman - Willie Dixon - You Got Me Runnin' - Sugar Pie Desanto - South Side Jump - Buddy Guy - If I Get Lucky - J. B. Lenoir - Got A Letter This Morning - 'Mississippi' Fred McDowell - Sail On - Roosevelt Sykes - Memphis Boogie - Memphis Slim - Your Best Friend's Gone - John Estes & Hammie Nixon - Farewell Baby - Dr. Isaiah Ross - Della Mae - John Lee Hooker	ACT CD 9204
53	1995	Mississippi Fred McDowell: I Do Not Play No Rock 'N' Roll Complete Sessions disc 1 - Baby Please Don't Go * - Good Morning Little School Girl * - Kokomo Me Baby * - That's All Right Baby * - Red Cross Store * - Everybody's Down On Me * - 61 Highway * - Glory Halleujah * - Jesus Is On The Mainline * - Someday # disc 2 - Write Me A Few Of Your Lines # - Mortgage On My Soul # - Baby Let Me Lay Down (In Your Cool Iron Bed) # - Drop Down Mama # - Rap/Louise # - Somebody Keeps Callin' Me # - Eyes Like An Eagle # - My Baby She Gonna Jump And Shout [] - Long Line Skinner [] - Baby Please Don't Go [] rec. September 8-10, 1969 at Malaco Sound Recording Studios, in Jackson, Miss.; prod. by Tommy Couch; Fred McDowell, g, voc; Jerry Puckett, b; Darin Lancaster, dr * previously on Capitol ST/SM 409 # previously on Just Sunshine JSS 4 [] previously unissued	2 CD set notes by Pete Welding and Bonnie Raitt Cema/Capitol 33919
54	1995	Bottleneck Blues Napoleon Strickland - Key To The Bushes Big Joe Williams - Talking About Bottleneck - Traveling Blues Robert Night Hawk - Crying Won't Help You 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. February 6, 1966 in Chicago; Fred McDowell, voc, g; Fannie Davis, voc; Annie Mae McDowell, voc; Grace Bowden, voc; James Collins, voc	(Testament 2216 announced, but not issued) Testament TCD 5021 = P-Vine PCD-5576 (Jp)
55	1995	Testament 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
56	199?	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 Arhoolie CD 385
57	199?	Mississippi Fred McDowell: Good Morning Little School Girl Mississippi Fred McDowell Sings Blues and Spirituals Part I: The Blues - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Little Girl, Little Girl, How Old Are You - Fred's Rambling Blues - Don't Look For Me On A Sunday - I Walked All The Way From East St. Louis - Red Cross Store Blues - Gravel Road Blues - Where Were You When The Rooster Crowed 'Fore Day - Drop Down Mama - I Looked At The Sun - Early This Morning (Write Me A Few Of Your Lines) Part II: Church Songs - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - Get Right Church - I'm Going Over The Hill - Amazing Grace - I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down - You Gotta Move - It's A Blessing - Bye And Bye - I'm So Glad, Got Good Religion - Look Way Down That Lonesome Road - When The Saints Go Marching In	Some previously unissued, and some selections from LPs 1018, 1027, & 1068 Arhoolie CD 424
58	1995	Mississippi Fred McDowell This Ain't No Rock & Roll - My Baby * - Levee Camp Blues * - When The Saints Go Marching In * - Diamond Ring * - Dankin's Farm * - You Ain't Treatin' Me Right * - Ethel Mae Blues * - Meet Me Down In Froggy Bottom * - Mama Said I'm Crazy # - I Heard Somebody Calling Me # - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning # - I Wonder What Have I Done Wrong # - I Worked Out Old Lu And I Worked Out Old Bess # - Jim, Steam Killed Lula # - Worried Now, Won't Be Worried Long # - Going Away, Won't Be Gone Long # - Going Down That Gravel Bottom # - Bye, Bye Little Girl # * previously on LP 1046 (rec. 1969) # previously unissued (rec. 1968 at Chris Strachwitz' house)	Arhoolie CD 441
59	1995	Mississippi Fred McDowell: Mississippi Blues - Some Day Baby # - Milk Cow Blues # - The Train I Ride # - Over The Hill # [] - Goin' Down To The River # - I Wished I Were In Heaven Sitting Down # - Louise # - Germany Blues * - Some Sweet Day * - The Sun Rose This Morning * - When I Lay My Burden Down * [] - Goin' Down To Louisiana * rec. December 1, 1965 in Como by Alan Bates; Fred McDowell, voc, g; [] Annie Mae McDowell, voc # previously on Polydor LP 423.294 (1965) * previously unissued series edited by Tony Russell	Orbis BLU NC 045
Keith Briggs: Fred McDowell on CD [as of December 1995] Blues & Rhythm 106 (1996), p. 14-15
60	1996	Mississippi Fred McDowell Steakbone Slide Guitar - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Big Fat Mama - The Train I Ride - Get Right Church - You Ain't Gonna Worry My Life Anymore - What's The Matter With Papa's Little Angel - Unknown Blues (aka I Heard Somebody Call) - Levee Camp Blues - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - You Got to Move	Rykodisc/Tradition TCD 1012
60a	1996	Mississippi Fred McDowell: Mississippi Real Blues	Iris Musique (Fr)
60b	1996	Arhoolie Presents American Masters, Vol. 1 15 Down Home Country Blues Classics - Frisco Line - Mississippi Fred McDowell - Have You Ever Loved A Woman - Lightning Hopkins - Going Down In Georgia On A Horn - John Jackson - Cairo Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson - 'bout A Spoonful - Mance Lipscomb - Drink On Little Girl - Black Ace - Country Boy Down In New Orleans - Snooks Eaglin - Columbus, Mississippi Blues - Bukka White - Shake 'em On Down - Dr. Ross - Just Trippin' In - Robert Pete Williams - Hump In My Back - Jesse Fuller - Brother James - Big Joe Williams - I'm Broke And I'm Hungry - Smoky Babe - Poor Black Mattie - R.L. Burnside - Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas	Arhoolie CD 101
61	1997	Southern Journey, Vol. 1 Voices from the American South Blues, Ballads, Hymns, Reels, Shouts, Chanteys and Work Songs O Day (Bessie Jones) - Katy Went Fishing With Her hook And Line (Hobart Smith) - Walk In The Parlaor (Sid Hemphill & Lucius Smith) - Mama's Gonna Buy (Vera Ward Hall) - Wished I Was In Heaven Sitting Down (Fred McDowell) - Po' Lazarus (Bright light Quartet) - The Lass Of Loch Royale (Neil Morris) - Three Nights Drunk (J.E. Mainer and band) - Turkey In The Straw (Charley Everidge & Neil Morris) - Pharaoh (Sidney Carter) - Interview (Uncle Charley Higgins, Wade Ward & Dale Poe) - Cripple Creek (Uncle Charley Higgins, Wade Ward & Dale Poe) - The diver Boy (Ollie Gilbert) - Pretty Polly (Estil C. Ball) - Sweet Roseanne (Bright Light Quartet) - Sink 'Em Low (Bessie Jones) - Dollar Mamie (Ed Lewis, Leader; with prisoners) - I Wonder Will We Meet Again? (Rev. Crenshaw & congregation) - Poor Wayfaring Stranger (Almeda Riddle) - Testimony (I.D. Beck) - Guide Me O Thou Great Jehobah (Ike Caudill, leader The Thornton Old Regular Baptist Church Congregation) - The Last Words Of Copernicus (Scared Harp singers) - The Gospel Train (Belleville A Capella Choir) - Beulah Land (John Davis & Bessie Jones) - It Just Suits Me (Hobart Smith & Bessie Jones) McDowell track rec. September 21, 1959 in Como, Miss. by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collin	Rounder CD 1701
62	1997	Southern Journey, Vol. 3 61 Highway Mississippi - Louisiana - Henry Ratcliff - Jim and John - Ed Young / Lonnie Young Sr. - 61 Highway Blues - Fred McDowell - Stewball - Ed Lewis & Prisoners - Po' Boy Blues - John Dudley - God's Unchanging Hand - Anderson Burton & Congregation - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - Fred McDowell - Emmaline, Take Your Time - Sidney Hemphill / Lucius Smith - I'm Gonna Live Anyhow 'Till I Die - Miles Pratcher / Bob Pratcher - Little Sally Walker - Mattie Gardner / Ida Mae Towns - Old Devil's Dream - Sidney Hemphill / Lucius Smith - Rolled And Tumbled - Rose Hemphill - Mama Lucy - Leroy Gary - Soon One Mornin' (Death Come A-Creepin' In) - Fred McDowell - I'm Goin' Home - Ervin Webb & Prisoners - Interview - Ervin Webb - Fred McDowell's Blues - Fred McDowell / Miles Pratcher - Tryin' to Make Heaven My Home - Viola James & Congregation - Berta, Berta - Leroy Miller with Hoe Group - Germany Blues - Fred McDowell - Clarksdale Mill Blues - John Dudley - If It's All Night Long - Miles Pratcher / Bob Pratcher - Lord Have Mercy - Fred McDowell - Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby - Mrs. Sidney Carter McDowell tracks rec. September 21, 1959 in Como, Miss. by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collin	Rounder CD 1703
63	1997	Southern Journey, Vol. 6 Sheep, Sheep, Don'tcha Know the Road? Southern Music, Sacred and Sinful Sheep, Sheep Don'tcha Know The Road (Bessie Jones and the Sea Island Singers) - The Juice Of The Forbidden Fruit (Neil Morris) - Devil's Dream (Hobart Smith) - You Got Dimples In Your Jaws (Willie Jones & others) - Drunken HHiccups (Hobart Smith) - You Done Tol' Everrybody (Fred McDowell) - The House Carpenter (Almeda Riddle) - Straighten 'Em (Bright Light Quartet) - Corn Dodgers (Neil Morris) - I Wished I Was In Heaven (DenisGardner, Mattie Gardner & Fred McDowell) - Tribulations (Estil C. Ball, Lacey Richardson) - No Room At The Inn / The Last Month Of THe Year (Vera Ward Hall) - My Mother Died And Left Me (James Shorty & Fred McDowell) - Buttermilk (Miles Pratcher & Bob Pratcher) - The Prayer Wheel (Bright Light Quarter) - Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah (Ike Caudill and Congregation of Mt. Oliver Old Regular Baptist Church) McDowell tracks rec. September 21, 1959 in Como, Miss. by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collin	Rounder CD 1706
64	1997	Fred McDowell Portraits: The First Recordings - Going Down The River - 61 Highway - Wished I Was In Heaven Sitting Down - When The Train Comes Along - Shake 'Em On Down - Worried Mind - Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Jesus - You Done Told Everybody - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning - What's The Matter Now? - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - I Want Jesus To Walk With Me - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning (instrumental) - You're Gonna Be Sorry rec. 1959 by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins	notes by Matthew Barton Rounder CD 1718
65	1998	Mississippi Fred McDowell Shake 'Em On Down - Shake 'Em On Down - Louise - My Babe - Waves Of Water - Kokomo Blues - 61 Highway - Red Cross Store Blues - When I Lay My Burden Down - Evil Hearted Woman - I Asked For Whiskey, She Brought Me Gasoline - Standing At The Burying Ground - Glory Hallelujah - Write Me A Few Lines - My Baby Done Me Wrong	Culture Press CD 1003
66	1998	Down Home Slide - That's All Right - Robert Nighthawk - I Know She Didn't Love Me - John Henry Barbee - Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed - Mississippi Fred McDowell, Annie Mae McDowell # - Roll Me Over Slow - Big Joe Williams - Everything Gonna Be Alright - Robert Nighthawk - John Henry - Elijah Brown - Jackson Town Eddie Taylor - Mad & Evil - George Coleman - I'm On My Way To Canaan Land - Blind Connie Williams - Which Way My Baby Go - Big Joe Williams - Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues Johnny Shines - Slidin' John Littlejohn - Walk On, Little Girl - Big Joe Williams - Poor Boy Long Way From Home Arthur Weston - Anna Lee - Robert Nighthawk - Sweet Home Chicago David Honeyboy Edwards - I'm So Glad I Got Good Religion - Mississippi Fred McDowell - My Lonesome Bed - Big Joe Williams - Key To The Highway - Blind Connie Williams McDowell tracks rec. February 6, 1966 in Chicago; Fred McDowell, voc, g; # Annie Mae McDowell, voc	Testament CD 6009
67	2000	Mississippi Fred McDowell Live At The Gaslight disc: 1 - Shake 'Em On Down - Fred's Worried Blues - Jesus Is On The Mainline - Mercy - When The Saints Go Marchin' In - Someday Baby - The Lovin' Blues - You Got To Move - White Lightnin' - Louise - Baby Please Don't Go disc: 1 - Goin' To The River (Carry My Rocking Chair) - Shake 'Em On Down - 61 Highway - John Henry - My Babe - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby - Red Cross Store - Levee Camp Blues - Good Mornin' Little Schoolgirl - Don't Mistreat Nobody (Cause You Got A Few Dimes) - Get Right Church - Good Night (Spoken Outro) rec. November 5, 1971 at the Gaslight, New York City; Fred McDowell, voc, g; Tom Pomposello, b or 2nd g; digitally remastered by Anton Glovsky	two-CD set notes by Mark Humphry Grapeshot / Live Archive CD GRR 1001
68	2001	The Best Of Mississippi Fred McDowell - Write Me A Few Of Your Lines - Do My Baby Ever Think Of Me - Levee Camp Blues - When The Saints Go Marching In - My Bottleneck - Fred's Worried Life Blues - Kokomo Blues - Meet Me Down In Froggy Bottom - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - Shake 'Em On Down - Going Away - Won't Be Gone Long - I Wish I Was In Heaven Sittin' Down - Fred's Rambling Blues - I Looked At The Sun - You Gatta Move - My Baby - Intro: Shake 'Em On Down / Louise	Arhoolie CD 501
69	2003	Mississippi Fred McDowell: Heritage Of The Blues - Waiting For My Baby - The Girl I'm Loving - Going Down South, Carry My Whip - Goin' Over The Hill - Diving Duck Blues - My Baby Don't Treat Me Like Human Kind - Jim Steam Killed Lula - Just A Little More Faith - Down On Dankin's Farm - Pea Vine Special - You Got To Move - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning	Hightone HCD 8151
70	2003	The Very Best Of Mississippi Fred McDowell Heroes of the Blues series - Write Me A Few Lines - Louise - My Baby - You Gotta Move - Kokomo Blues - Red Cross Store - 61 Highway - Get Right, Church - Pea Vine Special - Trouble Everywhere I Go - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - Shake �Em On Down - On The Frisco Line - Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed - Drop Down Mama - I�ve Been Drinking Water Out Of A Hollow Log	notes by Frank Scott Shout Factory DK 30256<
71	2003	The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 - Shake For Me - Howlin' Wolf - I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush - Another Night To Cry - Lonnie Johnson - Women Be Wise - Sippie Wallace - Everyday I Have The Blues - Memphis Slim - Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong - T-Bone Walker - Hoodoo Man Blues - Junior Wells - Black Snake Blues - Victoria Spivey - Mojo Hand - Lightnin' Hopkins - My Younger Days - Sonny Boy Williamson - Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd - Going Down To The River - Mississippi Fred McDowell - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues - Willie Dixon - Nine Below Zero - Sonny Boy Williamson - Love Me Darlin' - Howlin' Wolf - Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters	Hip-O CD 1003
71a	2003	Alan Lomax - Blues Songbook disc: 1 - Goin' Down The River - Mississippi Fred McDowell - Rolled And Tumbled - Rosalie Hill - Cherry Ball Blues - Jack Owens & Bud Spires - Dust My Broom - Howlin' Wolf - Boogie Children - Joe Lee - Stagolee - Lucious Curtis - Stop All The Buses - Cecil Augusta - Worried Life Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - The Pony Blues - Son House - Tangle Eye Blues - Walter 'Tangle Eye' Jackson - Trouble So Hard - Vera Ward Hall - Worried Blues - Sonny Terry - Beggin' The Blues - Bessie Jones - John Henry - Gabriel Brown - Country Blues - Dock Boggs - Cherry Ball Blues - Skip James - I Hate A Man Like You - Jelly Roll Morton - Roll 'Em - Pete Johnson - Kokomo - The Memphis Jug Band - Life Is Like That - Big Bill Broonzy disc: 2 - I Could Hear My Name A Ringin' - Big Bill Broonzy - Dimples In Your Jaws - Joe Lee - Catfish Blues - Jack Owens & Bud Spires< - Kill-It-Kid Rag - Blind Willie McTell - You're Gonna Need My Help - Elinor Boyer - The Army Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - Blues De La Prison - Canray Fontenot - I Been Drinnkin' - Vera Ward Hall - I Been A Bad, Bad Girl - Ozella Jones - I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters - Boogie Instrumental - R.L. Burnside - Blind Lemon Blues - Lead Belly - Sweet Patootie Blues - Albert Ammons - The Last Time - Sam Chatmon - Shorty George - Smith Casey - Desert Blues - Hattie Ellis - Joe Turner - Hobart Smith - Joe Turner - Miles - Joe Turner - Big Bill Broonzy - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Hobart Smith - How Long Blues - Sonny Terry	2 CD set Rounder CD 1866
72	2006	Mississippi Fred McDowell: London Calling - 61 Highway - Red Cross Store - When I Lay My Burden Down (with Jo Ann Kelly) - Evil Hearted Woman - I Asked For Whiskey, She Brought Me Gasoline - Standing At The Burying Ground - Glory Hallelujah - Write Me A Few Lines - My Baby Done Me Wrong - Shake 'Em On Down - Louise - My Babe - Waves Of The Water - Kokomo	Snapper SBLUECD035
73	2007	An Introduction to Mississippi Fred McDowell - Good Morning Little School Girl - Shake 'Em On Down - Levee Camp Blues - You Gotta Move - 61 Highway - Baby Please Don't Go - Como - John Henry - Kokomo Blues - Someday - The Train I Ride - Going Down the River - AIn't Gonna Worry My Life No More - Louise - I Asked For Whiskey, She Gave Me Gasoline - My Baby Done Me Wrong	Fuel 2000 061690
74	2010	Mississippi Fred McDowell: Come and Found You Gone The Bill Ferris Recordings - Big Fat Mama, Meat Shakin' On Her Bones - Shake 'Em On Down - Baby Please Don't Go - Find My Suitcase - Letter From Hot Springs - John Henry - Hello Darling What Have I Done? - Dream I Went To The U.N. # - The Boogie - Little Red Rooster - Get Right Church - Death Came In - Dialogue [] - I Got Religion [] - Come And Found You Gone [] - Where Could I Go? [] - You Gonna Meet King Jesus [] - Interview with Bill Ferris rec. August 1967 by Bill Ferris; Fred McDowell, voc, g; [] Annie Mae McDowell, voc; Napoleon Strickland, hca; # unidentified musician, voc	notes by Bill Ferris, Luther Dickinson & Vincent Joos Devil Down Records
75	2010	Been 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
76	2011	Mississippi Fred McDowell: Downhome Blues 1959 disc 1 Mississippi Fred McDowell - When You Get Home, Write Me A Few Lines - Drop Down Mama - Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell's Blues - Goin' Down To The River - You Gonna Be Sorry - You Done Tol' Everybody - Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Jesus - Soon One Mornin' - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning - Wished I Was In Heaven Sitting Down - Germany Blues - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Freight Train Blues - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning - Been Drinkin' Water Out Of A Hollow Log - I Want Jesus To Walk With Me - 61 Highway Blues - Lord Have Mercy - Worried Man - What's The Matter Now - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning (instr) disc 2 Mississippi Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em On Down John Dudley - Cool Water Blues - Po' Boy Blues - Clarksdale Mill Blues Lonnie Young / Ed Young - Jim And John - Hen Duck - Chevrolet - Oree - Sittin' On Top Of The World Miles Pratcher & Bob Pratcher - All Night Long - I'm Gonna Live Anyhow 'Til I Die - Buttermilk Forrest City Joe - Levee Camp Reminiscence - Train Time - Red Cross Store - You Gotta Cut That Out - Stop Breaking Down - Drink On Little Girl - She Lived Her Life Too Fast - She Don't Love Me That Way - Forrest City Jump Joe Lee - Boogie Children - Joe Lee's Rock - You Got Dimples In Your Jaw Mississippi Fred McDowell tracks rec. September 21, 1959 in Como, Miss. by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins	2 CD set JSP CD 4227
more Fred McDowell on Anthologies, Compilations, Samplers: www.allmusic.com

Mississippi Fred McDowell tribute albums
# year
of release artist / title of songs label # / notes

1 200? Preachin' The Blues - Tribute to Mississippi Fred McDowell

- Get Right Church - Paul Geremia
- 61 Highway - Charlie Musselwhite
- Kokomo Blues - Anders Osborne
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed & Burning - Colleen Sexton
- You Gotta Move - Brian Stoltz
- Train I Ride - Tab Benoit
- I Heard Somebody Call - David Maxwell
- Frisco Line - Sue Foley
- Fred's Worried Life Blues - Kenny Neal
- I Rolled & I Tumbled - Steve James
- That's Alright - Johnny Sansone
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Scott Holt notes by Steve James

Telarc CD-83536
www.telarc.com

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Keith Briggs: Fred McDowell on CD.- Blues & Rhythm 106 (1996), p. 14-15
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 366-368, 603
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p.
- http://www.ionet.net/~tslade/fred.htm
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/blues/f/mcdowell.htm
- eBay auctions
- various internet resources

source of left column picture: front cover of Arhoolie F-1027

thanks to Alan Balfour for additional info / scans

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