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This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own.Stefan Wirz www.wirz.de |
Buster Pickens 78 rpm / LPs / CDs
| # | year
of release | title | label # / notes |
|---|
| 1 | 1948 | PERRY CAIN SKIPPY BROWN EDWIN PICKENS
- All The Way From Texas (A)
- Cry Cry Cry (B)
rec. c. January 13, 1948 in Houston; Perry Cain, voc, g; Edwin Pickens, p; Skippy Brown, b | 
Gold Star 632 |
| 2 | 1948 | Perry Cain
- Big Timing Grandma (A)
- My Heart Belongs To You (B)
rec. 1948 in Houston; Perry Cain, voc, g; Nathaniel Haskins, Ed Wiley, ts; Buster Pickens, p; Skippy Brown, b; Ben Turner, dr |
Freedom 1200 |
| 3 | 1949/50 | BILL HAYES and his orchestra
- I Want To Cry (2039) #
- Highway 75 (2057)
rec. 1949/50 in Houston; Bill Hayes, as; # Perry Cain, voc; Ed Wiley, ts; Buster Pickens, p; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, dr | 
Sittin In With 551 |
| 4 | 1949/50 | Bill Hayes & His Orchestra
- I'm Sorry I Was Reckless (2051) #
- South Texas Blues (2060)
rec. 1949/50 in Houston; Bill Hayes, as; # Perry Cain, voc; Ed Wiley, ts; Buster Pickens, p; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, dr |
Sittin In With 560 |
| 5 | 1949/50 | GOREE CARTER
- Jumpin' At Jeffs' (2058) #
- True Love Is Hard To Find (2092) []
rec. 1949/50 in Houston; # Bill Hayes, as; Ed Wiley, ts; Buster Pickens, p; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, dr [although credited to Goree Carter, this track doesn't feature him]
[] rec. 1949/50 in Houston; Goree Carter, voc, g; with tp; Henry Hayes, as; Ed Wiley, ts; Willie Johnson, p; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, dr | 
Sittin In With 572 |
| 6 | 1949/50 | Bill Hayes & His Band
- My Baby Loves Me So (2050) #
- I Done Everything For You (2230) []
rec. 1949/50 in Houston; Bill Hayes, as; # Perry Cain, voc; [] J. Haines, voc; Ed Wiley, ts; Buster Pickens, p; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, dr |
Jade 204
|
| | | Bill Hayes & His Band (vocal by Goree Carter)
- I'm Just Another Fool (2089)
- If It's True What They Tell Me (2090)
rec. 1949/50 in Houston; Goree Carter, voc, g; Henry Hayes, as; Ed Wiley, ts; Buster Pickens / Willie Johnson, p; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, dr |
Jade 211= Jax 211 |
| | |
- Hurry Home Baby (2052)
- Found A New Love
rec. 1949/50 in Houston; Bill Hayes, as; Perry Cain, voc; Ed Wiley, ts; Buster Pickens, p; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, dr | SIW/Jade unissued |
| 7 | 1950 | TEXAS ALEXANDER and Benton's Busy Bees
- Bottoms Blues (1604
- Cross Roads (1605)
rec. 1950 in Houston; Alger "Texas" Alexander, voc; Buster Pickens, p; Leon Benton, g | 
Freedom 1538 |
| 8 | 1953 | J.D. EDWARDS
- Hobo (IM583)
- Cryin' (aka Crying) (IM581)
rec. May 27, 1953 in Houston, TX; J.D. Edwards, voc, g; prob. Buster Pickens, p; Lightnin' Hopkins, g; dr | 
Imperial 5245 |
| | |
- Playboy Blues (IM582) #
- Cold In The Evening (IM584) *
rec. May 27, 1953 in Houston, TX; J.D. Edwards, voc, g; prob. Buster Pickens, p; Lightnin' Hopkins, g; dr | Imperial unissued # Imperial LM 94006
* Imperial LM 94001 |
| 9 | 1960 | Various unidentified Texas, New York and British Artists:
The Unexpurgated Folk Songs Of Men
- The Ring-A-Rang-A-Roo
- Keeper Of The Eddystone Light
- Mamie Had A Baby
- Cocaine Bill And Morphine Sue
- Take A Whiff On Me
- The Bastard King Of England
- No Balls At All
- Barnacle Bill The Sailor
- Big Jim Folsom
- Cristoforo Columbo
- Monk Of Priory Hall
- Hootchy Kootchy Dance
- Always In The Hallway
- Merry Cuckold
- In Crawled One-Hung-Low
- Who Stole My Beer?
- Dicky Dido
- Shine And The Titanic
- You Be Kind To Me [Mance Lipscomb]
- Boar Hog Blues [Buster Pickens]
- Grubbing Hoe
- Uncle Bud
- The Girl I Left Behind Me
- There's A Skeeter
- Stavin' Chain [Mance Lipscomb]
- You Got Good Business [Buster Pickens]
- Dirty Dozens [Lightnin' Hopkins]
- Limericks
- Ball Of Kirriemuir
- Change The Name Of Arkansas
collected 1959 by Robert 'Mack' McCormick | first issued with no label
name ('ufsom' being the
master name printed on
the label)
 12-page booklet
Raglan R 51 = Arhoolie LP 4006
[according to 1976 Arhoolie
catalog] |
| | 1960 | A Treasury Of Field Recordings Vol. 1
Traditional Music And Song
LA 12-2 tracks
Harry Stephens
- The Streets Of Laredo
Jimmy Womack
- Talking Blues
- The Jealous Lover
Harry Burton and Group
- Yellow Gal
Andrew Everett
- KC Ain't Nothing But A Rag
Ed Badeaux
- The Waitress And The Sailor
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Corrine, Corrina
Mrs. Melton
- The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
IC Forest & Gozy Kilpatrick
- Crying Won't Make Me Stay
Dudley Alexander Washboard Band
- Baby Please Don't Go
Dennis Gainus
- You Gonna Look Like A Monkey
Jim Wilkie
- Bad Lee Brown
- Sand Mountain Blues
Linna Belle Hafti
- Soldier Will You Marry Me
Joel Hopkins
- Good Times Here, Better Down The Road
John Lomax Jr.
- The Grey Goose
Andrew Everett
- Hello Central, Give Me 209
John Q Anderson
- The Miller Boy
George Coleman [= Bongo Joe]
- After Hours Improvisation
Joseph Johnson, R G Williams & Group
- Shake It Mister Gater
Grover Dickson and Group
- Grizzly Bear
Candid CJM 8026 tracks
Harry Stephens
- The Streets Of Laredo
Jimmy Womack
- Talking Blues
Oete Rose
- The Jealous Lover
Harry Burton and Group
- Yellow Gal
Andrew Everett
- KC Ain't Nothing But A Rag
Ed Badeaux
- The Waitress And The Sailor
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Corrine, Corrina
Mrs. Melton
- The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
John Q Anderson
- The Miller Boy
R.C. Forest & Gozy Kilpatrick
- Crying Won't Make Me Stay
Dudley Alexander Washboard Band
- Baby Please Don't Go
Dennis Gainus
- You Gonna Look Like A Monkey
Jim Wilkie
- Bad Lee Brown
Oete Rose
- Sand Mountain Blues
Linna Belle Hafti
- Soldier Will You Marry Me
Joel Hopkins
- Good Times Here, Better Down The Road
John Lomax Jr.
- The Grey Goose
Andrew Everett
- Hello Central, Give Me 209
Edwin Pickens
- Blues In The Bottom [actually not included !] #
George Coleman [= Bongo Joe]
- After Hours Improvisation
Joseph Johnson, R G Williams & Group
- Shake It Mister Gater
Grover Dickson and Group
- Grizzly Bear
collected by members of the Houston Folklore Group (Harold Belikoff, Ed Badeaux, Pete Seeger, Chester Bower, John Lomax, Jr., Mack McCormick) and compiled by Mack McCormick
# rec. August 17, 1960 in Houston, TX by Chris Strachwitz, Mack McCormick & Paul Oliver
notes by Mack McCormick
Candid CJM 8026 gatefold | notes by Mack McCormick
77 LA 12-2 (UK 1960) 77 discography
notes by Mack McCormick
= Candid CJM 8026 (US
1962) "Treasury of Field
Recording"
[Cadence subsidiary label] [= CJM 8025 / CJS 9025 ???
9025 is Otis Spann: Walking
The Blues; 9026 is Charles
Mingus: Reincarnation Of A
Lovebird !!!] |
| 10 | 1962 | Buster Pickens: Back Door Blues
- Santa Fe Train #
- Rock Island Blues #
- Ain't Nobody's Business #
- Colorado Springs Blues #
- She Caught The L & N (instr) #
- Remember Me #
- Women In Chicago []
- The Ma Grinder No. 2 * @ youtube
- You Better Stop Your Woman (From Tickling Me Under The Chin) *
- Jim Nappy []
- Mountain Jack #
- D.B.A. Blues #
- Hattie Green #
- Backdoor Blues #
- Santa Fe Blues #
rec. in Houston, TX; Edwin Goodwin Pickens, voc, p
# rec. August 9, 1960 by Chris Strachwitz
* rec. August 17, 1960 by Mack McCormick
[] rec. May 4, 1961 by Mack McCormick
sessions organized by Paul Oliver for the Blues Reseach and Recording Project | notes by Paul Oliver
Heritage HLP 1008Heritage discography notes (1962) by Paul Oliver
= Flyright LP 536 (1977) Flyright discography |
| | |
- Barrelhouse Man
- Back Door Blues
- Ma Grinder
- Shorty George
- Stagolee
- Four Ten Blues
- No Name Rag
rec. August 9, 1960 in Houston, TX by Chris Strachwitz | unissued |
| | |
- Raise Your Window
- The Cows
- Back Water Blues
- Shortie George
- Hattie Green
- Stavin' Chain
- How Long, How Long
- The Cows
rec. August 17, 1960 in Houston, TX by Mack McCormick | unissued |
| | |
- Piggly Wiggly
- 44 Blues
- Handsome Stranger
- I've Got A Beautiful Woman
rec. August 3/4, 1961 in Houston, TX | unissued |
| 11 | 196? | Texas Blues - The Early '50s
Smokey Hogg
- Penitentiary Blues
- Penitentiary Blues, part 2
Mercy Dee
- Lonesome Cabin Blues
Frankie Lee Sims
- Lucy Mae Blues
John Hogg
- West Texas Blues
- Black Snake Blues
Frankie Lee Sims
- I'm Long, Long Gone
Buddy Chiles
- Mistreated Blues
Anonymous [Mance Lipscomb]
- Tom Moore's Farm
L.C. Williams
- Trying, Trying
Texas Alexander #
- Crossroads [Freedom 1538]
L.C. Williams
- Hole In The Wall
Lightning Hopkins
- Late In The Evening
# Texas Alexander, voc; Buster Pickens, p; Leon Benton, g (as "Benton's Busy Bees") | 
Blues Classics BC 16
Blues Classics discography
|
| | |
- Prison Farm Blues
- Worried Life Blues
- Happy Blues For John Glenn - part 1
- Happy Blues For John Glenn - part 2
- Sinner's Prayer
- Angel Child
- I Got A Leak In This Old Building
- Pneumonia Blues
- Have You Ever Been Mistreated
rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr | Bluesville Bluesville 45-820
Bluesville 45-822
Prestige 45-391
Prestige 45-452
Bluesville BV 1057
Bluesville BV 1061
Bluesville BV 1070
Bluesville BV 1084
Prestige PR 7592
Prestige PR 7714 |
| 12 | 1962 | Lightnin’ Hopkins: Walkin’ This Road By Myself
- Walkin' This Road By Myself
- Black Gal
- How Many More Years...
- Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes
- Worried Life Blues #
- Happy Blues For John Glenn #
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Devil Jumped The Black Man
- Coffee Blues
- Black Cadillac
# rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr | 
Bluesville 1057= Ace CH 256 (1988) 
= Ace CH 409
(along with BVLP 1061
and BVLP 1070) "How
Many More Years I Got"
= Fantasy FCD-24725-2 
= Ace CD CHD 930
(along with BVLP 1045)
= Prestige/Bluesville 4406
The Complete Prestige/
Bluesville Recordings
7 CD set Bluesville discography |
| 13 | 1962 | Lightnin’ Hopkins
- Happy Blues For John Glenn - part 1
- Happy Blues For John Glenn - part 2
rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr | 
Bluesville 45-820 |
| 14 | 1963 | Lightnin’ Hopkins: Lightnin’ and co.
- Sinner's Prayer #
- Angel Child #
- The Fox Chase
- I Got A Leak In This Old Building #
- You Is One Black Rat
- My Baby Don't Stand No Cheating
- Pneumonia #
- Mama Blues
- Mojo Hand
- Have You Ever Been Mistreated #
# rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr | 
Bluesville BV 1061
= Ace CH 409
(along with BVLP 1057
and BVLP 1070) "How
Many More Years I Got"
= Fantasy FCD-24725-2< = Prestige/Bluesville 4406
The Complete Prestige/
Bluesville Recordings
7 CD set Bluesville discography |
| 15 | 196? | Lightnin’ Hopkins
- Sinner's Prayer
- Angel Child
rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr | 
Bluesville 45-822 |
| 16 | 1963 | Lightnin' Hopkins: Smokes Like Lightning
- T Model Blues
- Jackstropper Blues
- You Cook All Right, My Black Name
- You Never Miss Your Water
- Let's Do the Susie-Q
- Ida Mae
- Smokes Like Lightning
- Prison Farm Blues #
# rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr | notes by Mack McCormick
Bluesville 1070
= OBCCD-551-2
= Ace CH 409
(along with BVLP 1057
and BVLP 1061)" How
Many More Years I Got"
= Fantasy FCD-24725-2 = Prestige/Bluesville 4406
The Complete Prestige/
Bluesville Recordings
7 CD set
|
| 17 | 1965 | Conversation With The Blues
A Documentary of Field Recordings by Paul Oliver
Boogie Woogie Red - "So Much Good Feeling" Spoken, with own piano
Willie Thomas - "A Little Different" Spoken
James Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - "Kill That Nigger Dead" Cage, vocal and fiddle; Thomas, vocal and guitar
Lil' Son Jackson - "The Onliest Way" Spoken
J. B. Lenoir - "My Father's Style" Guitar solo
J. B. Lenoir - "So It Rocked On" Spoken
J. B. Lenoir - "Move To Kansas City" Vocal and own guitar
Otis Spann - "When She Comes Back" Spoken
Otis Spann - "Poor Country Boy" Vocal, with own piano
Lightnin' Hopkins - "Ain't No Easy Thing" Spoken
Mance Lipscomb - "Evil Heart Blues" Vocal and own piano
Blind Arvella Gray - "A Roughneck" Spoken
Roosevelt Sykes - "West Helena Blues" Vocal and guitar
Will Shade - "Days Of Nineteen-Hundred" Spoken
Will Shade - "Newport News Blues" Vocal and own guitar
Whistling Alex Moore - "Chock House Days" Spoken
Whistling Alex Moore - "Come and Get Me" Vocal and own piano
Whistling Alex Moore - "Chock House Days" Spoken
Brother John Sellers - "Move Back For What?" Spoken
J. B. Lenoir - "I Been Down So Long" Vocal and own guitar
Jasper Love - "Santa Fé Blues" Vocal and piano
John Lee Hooker - "Somewhere Down The Line" Spoken
Robert Curtis Smith - "I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change" Vocal and own guitar
Otis Spann - "Only Places They Can Go" Spoken
Otis Spann - "People Calls Me Lucky" Vocal and own piano
Henry Townsend - "What Have I Committed" Spoken
James Butch Cage - "Tween Midnight And Day" Vocal and own guitar
Little Brother Montgomery - "Walking Basses" Spoken
Little Brother Montgomery - "Dud Low Joe" Piano solo
Little Brother Montgomery - "It's A Barrelhouse Blues" Spoken
Little Brother Montgomery - "Vicksburg Blues" Vocal with piano
Little Brother Montgomery - "They Beat Me To Chicago" Spoken
Roosevelt Sykes - "They All Called Him 'Pork Chops'" Spoken
Roosevelt Sykes - "Forty-Four Blues" Vocal and own piano
Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - "Doctor Clayton And Me" Spoken
Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - "Take A Little Walk With Me" Vocal with own electric guitar, with Sunnyland Slim, piano
Edwin Buster Pickens - "To Have The Blues Within" Spoken
Mance Lipscomb - "Blues In The Bottle" Vocal and own guitar
# rec. Chicago, July 14, 1960; LP accompanying Paul Oliver's book by the same title
 | 
Decca LK 4664
2nd ed. (1997) of book
(with enclosed CD)
|
| 18 | 1968 | Saturday Night Function - Rural Blues, Vol. 2
Papa Lightfoot
- When The Saints Go Marchin' In [Imperial unissued]
Snooks Eaglin
- Travelin' Mood
Boogie Bill Webb
- I Ain't For It
Clifton Chenier
- Country Bred
Slim Harpo
- A Man Is Crying
J.D. Edwards
- Cold In The Evening [Imperial unissued]
Boozoo Chavis
- Paper In My Shoe
Papa Lightfoot
- Wine Women Whiskey [Imperial 5289]
Snooks Eaglin
- See See Rider
Boogie Bill Webb
- Love Me Mama
Clifton Chenier
- Just A Lonely Boy
Slim Harpo
- Something Inside Me
J.D. Edwards
- Crying [Imperial 5245]
Boozoo Chavis
- Boozoo Stomp | notes by Pete Welding
Imperial LM-94001notes by Pete Welding
= Liberty LBL 83214E notes by Pete Welding
(=) Beat Goes On BGOCD
384 (UK 1998; along with
Imperial LM-94000) "Rural
Blues, Volumes 1&2"
(remastered) |
| 19 | 1968 | Down Home Stomp - Rural Blues, Vol. 3
Papa Lightfoot
- Jump The Boogie [Imperial unissued]
- Mean Ol Train [Imperial 5289]
Boogie Bill Webb
- Boogie
- Bad Dog
J.D. Edwards
- Playboy Blues [Imperial unissued]
- Hobo [Imperial 5245]
Lowell Fulsom
- Stormin' And Rainin'
Roosevelt Sykes
- Hush Oh Hush
- I'm Tired
Manny Nichols
- No One To Love Me
Country Jim
- Sad And Lonely
Lil' Son Jackson
- Rock And Rollin' # 2
- Sad Letter Blues
 
Imperial LM-94006 inner gatefold | notes by Pete Welding
Imperial LM-94006notes by Pete Welding
= Liberty LBL 83329 notes by Pete Welding
= Beat Goes On BGOCD 464
(UK 1999, remastered) |
| 20 | 1969 | Lightnin' Hopkins: His Greatest Hits
- The Walkin' Blues
- Back To New Orleans
- Last Night Blues
- Hard To Love A Woman
- Wake Up Old Lady
- Sinner's Prayer #
- Angel Child #
- Business You're Doin'
- Mojo Hand
- Got To Move Your Baby
# rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p; Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr
| notes by Francis Squibb
Bluesville BV 1084 (1969)
= Prestige PR/PRT-7592
(1972) "Lightnin' Hopkins'
Greatest Hits!"
= Prestige/Bluesville 4406
The Complete Prestige/
Bluesville Recordings
7 CD set Bluesville discography |
| 21 | 19?? | Lightnin’ Hopkins
- Sinner's Prayer #
- Got To Move Your Baby (2624) *
# rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr
* rec. October 26, 1960 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Sonny Terry, hca; Leonard Gaskin, b; Belton Evans, dr
"taken from [Bluesville] BV 1084" | 
Prestige 45-391 |
| 22 | 197? | The Best Of Lightnin’ Hopkins And Texas Blues Band
- Happy Blues For John Glenn #
- Worried Life Blues #
- I Got A Leak In This Old Building #
- Walking This Road By Myself
- The Devil Jumped The Black Man
- Pneumonia Blues #
- Ida Mae
- Prison Farm Blues #
# rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr | 
Prestige PR 7714 |
| 23 | 197? | Lightnin’ Hopkins
- Mama Blues *
- Pneumonia Blues #
* rec. February 17, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Billy Bizor, voc, g; Spider Kilpatrick, dr
# rec. February 20, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Buster Pickens, p, Donald Cooks, b; Spider Kilpatrick, dr |
Prestige 45-452 |
| 24 | 1990 | Texas Alexander Vol. 4 1934-50
Complete Recordings In Chronological Order
- Blues In My Mond (Sa-2158-A)
- Mistreatin' Woman (Sa-2159-A)
- Polo Blues (Sa-2160-A)
- Normangee Blues (Sa-2161-A)
- Worried Blues (Sa-2162-A)
- Prairie Dog Hole Blues (Sa-2163-A)
- Justice Blues (Fw-1130-1)
- Katy Crossing Blues (Fw-1131-1)
- Lonesome Blues (Fw-1132-1)
- Lonesome Valley Blues (Fw-1133-1)
- One Morning Blues (Fw-1134-1)
- Deceitful Blues (Fw-1136-1)
- Easy Rider Blues (Fw-1138-1)
- Good Feelin' Blues (Fw-1139-1)
- Bottom's Blues [Freedom 1538]
- Crossroads [Freedom 1538] | notes by Paul Oliver
Matchbox MSE-224Matchbox discography |
| 25 | 1991 | Lightnin' Hopkins: The Complete Prestige/Bluesville Recordings
disc 1:
- Rocky Mountain
- Got To Move Your Baby
- So Sorry To Leave You
- Take A Trip With Me
- Last Night Blues
- Lightnin's Stroke
- Hard To Love A Woman
- Conversation Blues
- Automobile Blues
- You Better Watch Yourself
- Mean Old Frisco
- Shinin' Moon
- Come Back Baby
- Thinkin' 'bout An Old Friend
- The Walkin' Blues
- Back To New Orleans
- Katie Mae
- Down There Baby
disc 2:
- Black Gal
- Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes
- Good Morning Little School Girl
- Coffee Blues
- Buddy Brown's Blues (98 Degree Blues)
- Wine Spodee-O-Dee
- Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
- DC-7
- Death Bells
- Goin' To Dallas To See My Pony Run
- Jailhouse Blues
- Blues In The Bottle
- Beans, Beans, Beans
- Catfish Blues
- My Grandpa Is Old Too!
- T Model Blues
- Jackstropper Blues
- You Cook All Right
- You Never Miss Your Water
- Let's Do The Suzie Q
- Smokes Like Lightning
disc 3:
- How Many More Years I Got To Let You Dog Me Around
- Black Cadillac
- Walkin' This Road By Myself
- The Devil Jumped The Black Man
- My Baby Don't Stand No Cheating
- You Is One Black Rat
- Fox Chase, The
- Mojo Hand
- Mama Blues
- My Black Name
- Ida Mae
- Prison Farm Blues #
- Worried Life Blues #
- Happy Blues For John Glenn #
- Sinner's Prayer #
- Angel Child #
- I Got A Leak In This Old Building #
- Pneumonia Blues #
- Have You Ever Been Mistreated #
disc 4:
- Blues Is A Feeling
- Me And Ray Charles
- In The Evening
- Ain't It Crazy
- Last Night I Lost The Best Friend I Ever Had
- Everything
- I Work Down On The Chain Gang
- Meet Me In The Bottom
- Business You're Doin'
- Wake Up Old Lady
- Stranger Here
- Don't Embarrass Me, Baby
- Little Sister's Boogie
- Goin' Away
- You Better Stop Her
- I'm Wit' It
- Let's Go Sit On The Lawn
- I Woke Up This Morning
disc 5:
- Baby, Please Don't Go - (previously unissued)
- My Black Cadillac - (previously unissued)
- It's Crazy - (previously unissued)
- Mojo Hand - (previously unissued)
- My Babe - (previously unissued)
- Short Haired Woman - (previously unissued)
- Mean Old Frisco - (previously unissued)
- Trouble In Mind - (previously unissued)
- Twister, The - (previously unissued)
- Green Onion - (previously unissued)
- Sun Goin' Down - (previously unissued)
- Come Go Home With Me - (previously unissued)
- I'm A Stranger - (previously unissued)
- I Got Tired
- I Like To Boogie
- I Asked The Bossman
- I'm Taking A Devil Of A Chance
- Just A Wristwatch On My Arm
disc 6:
- I Was Standing On 75 Highway
- Get It Straight
- I'm Going To Build Me A Heaven Of My Own
- My Babe
- Too Many Drivers
- I'm A Crawling Black Snake
- Rocky Mountain Blues
- I Mean Goodbye
- The Howling Wolf
- Black Ghost Blues
- Darling, Do You Remember Me?
- Lonesome Graveyard
- I Don't Want To Do Nothing To You
- You Is One Black Rat
- Got Nowhere To Lay My Head
- Just Boogyin'
- Take Me Back
- I Was Down On Dowling Street
disc 7:
- I Growed Up With The Blues
- My Family
- I Learn About The Blues
- I First Come Into Houston
- I Meet Texas Alexander
- They Was Hard Times
- I Do My First Record And Get My Name
- My Thoughts On The Blues
his complete output for the Prestige and Bluesville labels in the period between 1960 and 1964, including 13 tracks from a previously unreleased 1963 Swarthmore College concert
# with Buster Pickens, p | 7 CD set
notes by Samuel Charters
Prestige/Bluesville 4406 |
| 26 | 1992 | Texas Blues
Bill Quinn's Gold Star Recordings
Buddy Chiles
- Jet Black Woman
Leroy Ervin
- Blue, Black, And Evil
- Rock Island Blues
Lee Hunter
- Back To Santa Fe
Lil' Son Jackson
- Bad Whiskey Bad Women
- Cairo Blues
- Evil Blues
- Freedom Train Blues
- Gambling Blues
- Gone With The Wind
- Ground Hog Blues
- Homeless Blues
- No Money No Love
- Roberta Blues
Andy Thomas
- Angel Child
L. C. Williams
- Black Woman
- Boogie All The Time
- Hole In The Wall
- I Won't Be Here Long
- Strike Blues
- Trying Trying
- You Can't Take It With You Baby
- You Never Miss The Water
Perry Cain
- All The Way From Texas [Gold Star 632] #
# with Buster Pickens, p
includes all of Arhoolie LP 2006 ("Texas Blues Vol. 1") plus several previously unreleased selections | 
Arhoolie CD 352 |
| 27 | 1994 | Texas Alexander Vol. 3 1930-1950
Complete Recordings In Chronological Order
- Last Stage Blues
- Stealing To Her Man
- She's So Fair
- Rolling And Stumbling Blues
- Frost Texas Tornado Blues
- Texas Troublesome Blues
- Blues In My Mind
- Mistreatin' Woman
- Polo Blues
- Normangee Blues
- Worried Blues
- Prairie Dog Hole Blues
- Justice Blues
- Katy Crossing Blues
- Lonesome Blues
- Lonesome Valley Blues
- One Morning Blues
- Deceitful Blues
- Easy Rider Blues
- Good Feelin' Blues
- Bottoms Blues [Freedom 1538]
- Cross Roads [Freedom 1538] | notes (reprinted from
Matchbox MSE-224)
by Paul Oliver
Document MBCD-2003 |
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Billy Garner - Little School Girl
J.D. Edwards - Hobo [Imperial 5245]
The Barons - Who's In The Shack
Arthur Gunter - We're Gonna Shake
Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil
Little Johnny Jones - Hoy Hoy
Jessie Hill - Oogsey Moo
Bobby Long - Jersey City
Louisiana Red - Ride On Red, Ride On
Junior Wells - Little By Little
Harold Burrage - She Knocks Me Out
Champion Jack Dupree - Nasty Boogie
Vincent Francks - Vincent's Blues
Little Sonny (Sonny Warner with Big Jay McNeely) - ...Back...Shack...Trac
Little Sonny - Ride With Me
The Idols - The Prowler
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| 30 | 2009 | Stompin' Vol. 16
Honey Brown - Lonesome And Mistreated
Piney "Kokomo" Brown & His Blue Flashes - Talking About You
Sammy Cotton - We're Gonna Ball This Mornin'
H-Bomb Ferguson - I Love My Baby
Les Harris - 96 Lbs.
Bill Hayes & His Orchestra - Highway 75 [Sittin In With 551]
Cliff Holland - Don't Ever Trust A Woman
Al Jackson - It Ain't Gonna Be Like That
Willie Johnson - Love Me 'Til Dawn
Oliver Jones - What I Say?
Eddie Mack - Key Hole Blues
Bumps Myers - I'm Clappin' And Shoutin'
Bumps Myers - I'm Telling You Baby
Jimmy Preston & Burnetta Evans - Oh Babe!
Clara Streat - Holey Boogie
Roosevelt Sykes - Sputnik Baby
Rufus Thomas - Crazy About You, Baby
Rufus Thomas - No More Dogging Around
Iona Wade - Why Don't You Tell Me So?
Crown Prince Waterford - Eating Watermelon
Crown Prince Waterford - Love Awhile
Bob Williams - Talk To Me
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Sources:
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 6, 81, 86, 203, 231, 442-443
- Freedom 1538 label picture from Blues Unlimited 126 (1977), p. 7 (given a little colour/color by Stefan Wirz)
- diverse internet resources
Buster Pickens appears in film "Blues Like Showers of Rain"
An introduction to the world of Country Blues through historic photographs and field recordings
Performers: Arvella Gray, Otis Spann, J.B. Lenoir, Little Brother Montgomery, Willie Thomas, Edwin Buster Pickens, Billie Pierce, Wade Walton, Robert Curtis Smith, Lonnie Johnson, Henry Townsend, Sunnyland Slim, Robert Lockwood, Sam Lightnin' Hopkins, James Butch Cage, James Brewer, St. Louis Jimmy, Charles Love, Sam Price, James Stump Johnson, Speckled Red.
30 min. Video
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