Thomas 'Tom' Shaw Thomas Edgar Shaw b. March 4, 1908 in Brenham, Texas d. February 24, 1977 in San Diego, California discography

Thomas Shaw at De Bajes, Amstelveen, Dec. 16, 1972; source: Block 97 (1996), p. 35     photographer: Bart van Lienden

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 Thomas Shaw LPs / CDs # year of release title label # / notes 1 1972 Thomas Shaw: Born In Texas - Born In Texas - Stop And Listen - Worried Blues - Hungry Wolf - Motherless Children - Richard Nixon's Welfare Blues - Tom Shaw's Penitentiary Blues - Let's Rock - Old Original Penitentiary Blues - Worried Life - Dirty Mistreater additional tracks on CD: - Last Year Was A Mighty Fine Year - Working Man Blues - Sinners Prayers - All Out And Down - Milky Highway - If Jesus Had To Pray - Stocking Feet Blues - Mocking The Trains rec. 1971/72; prod. by Frank Scott notes by Frank Scott Advent 2801 (US) = XTRA 1132 (UK) Advent discography original notes by Frank Scott (=) Testament TCD 5027 (1995) Testament discography 2 1972 Tom Shaw ... Blind Lemon's Buddy - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me - Stop In The Valley - Some Men Like Doggin' - Just Can't Keep From Crying - Match Box Blues - Rock - Samson And Delilah - Howling Wolf Blues - Martin Luther King - Ella Speed - Broke And Ain't Got A Dime - Prowling Ground Hog engineering & production by Nick Perls, cover photo by Nick Perls notes by Stephen Calt Blue Goose 2008 Blue Goose discography 3 1973 Thomas Shaw: Do Lord Remember Me - Let's Rock - Folks You Don't Know What The Lord Has   Done For Me - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - Dedicated To My Friends - Roll Me Baby - Do Lord, Do Remember Me - I'm A Lonely Woman * - She's My Gal - I Believe My Time Ain't Long - Tom's Special Blues - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Two White Horses In A Line * - Texas Blues - E.J. Blues * rec. Dec. 17, 1972 at B.B.C. Studios, Baambrugge, Holland; Side Two track 1 Live at Bajes Blues Club, Amsterdam-Amstelveen; prod. by Peter Gleissner * tracks not on Blues Beacon 63 1001 (1981) Blues Beacon 1932 123 Blues Beacon 631001 (1981) CD BLU-1001 Blues Beacon discography 4 1974 San Diego Blues Jam Tom Courtney & Henry Ford Thompson - Somebody's Been Knockin' Bob Jefferey & Sam Chatmon - Watergate Blues Thomas Shaw - Jack of Diamonds Sam Chatmon - She's My Baby Bob Jefferey - Toe Shakin' # - Handsome Stranger # Tom Courtney & Louis Major - Early One Morning Bonnie Jefferson - Take Me Back Louis Major - Handy Brandy Thomas Shaw - Hey Mr. Nixon Tom Courtney and Henry Ford Thompson - Dust My Blues # Sam Chatmon - Sweet Old San Diego # Bonnie Jefferson - Got The Blues So Bad Bob Jefferey - 73 Hop Louis Major - Shotgun Blues Bob Jefferey & Sam Chatmon - Ashtray Taxi Bonnie Jefferson - Crow Rooster Crow # Tom Courtney & Henry Ford Thompson - Just Goes To Show You (The World Is Mad) Sam Chatmon & Bob Jefferey - Shake 'Em All Down # # CD bonus tracks notes by Lou Curtiss Advent 2804 Advent discography original notes by Lou Curtiss (=) Testament TCD 5029 (1995) Testament discography Additional information appreciated !!!   Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Simon A. Napier, Steve LaVere, Lou Curtiss *: Thomas Shaw.- Blues Unlimited 75 (1970), p. 14 - Lou Curtiss *: Tom Shaw Talks.- Living Blues 9 (1972), pp. 24-27 - Frank Scott: Thomas Shaw's Born In Texas.- Boogie Woogie & Blues Collector 30 (1973), p. 12 - Lou Curtiss *: Tom Shaw.- Living Blues 33 (1977), p. 5 - Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who.- New York 1979, p. 456 - Guido van Rijn: From The Vaults ... Thomas Shaw Interview.- Blues & Rhythm 193 (2004), pp. 4-8 - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources * Lou Curtiss is the owner of San Diego's Folk Arts Rare Records store source of left column photo: cover of Advent 2801; photographer: Frank Scott   http://www.jazzland.at/archiv/stor0102.htm Thomas Shaw at the Jazzland, Vienna, Austria, 1972   front cover of Blues Link # 1 (1973) photographer: Gerben Kroese front cover of Blues & Rhythm # 193 (2004) photographer: Frank Scott

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