Washboard Willie78 rpm / 45 rpm / LPs / CDs
| # | year
of release | title | label # / notes |
|---|
| 1 | 1953 | Eddie Burns
- Hello Miss Jessie Lee (C-2-126)
- Dealing With The Devil (C-2-127)
rec.1953 in Detroit; Eddie Burns, voc, hca; Chuck Smith, p; Percy Lee Brown, g; Washboard Willie, washb | 
DeLuxe 6024Ace CDCHD 1121 (2006) |
| 2 | c1954 | Baby Boy Warren
- Sanafee [Not Welcome Any More] (26A) #
- Hello Stranger [Mattie Mae] (26B)
rec. c. 1954 in Detroit; Baby Boy Warren, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Washboard Willie, washb, dr | 
J-V-B 26# = Excello 2211 |
| 3 | c1954 | Baby Boy Warren and his Band
- Chicken [Chuck-A-Luck] (59A) #
- Baby Boys [sic] Blues [Bring Me My Machine Gun] (59B)
rec. c. 1954 in Detroit; Baby Boy Warren, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Washboard Willie, washb, dr | 
J-V-B 59 [# has been used
for two different records]= Drummond 3002
# = Excello 2211 |
| 4 | 1954 | Baby Boy Warren
- Mattie Mae (54-113)
- Santa Fe (54-114)
rec.1954 in Detroit; Baby Boy Warren, voc, g; Boogie Woogie Red, p; Calvin Frazier, g; Washboard Willie, washb | 
Blue Lake 106 |
| | | Calvin Frazier and Washboard Willie
- Rock House
rec. live c.1955 in Detroit; Calvin Frazier, g; Washboard Willie, dr; unknown, b | Modern unissued Ace CDCHD 813 |
| 5 | 1956 | Washboard Willie and His Super Suds Of Rhythm
- Cherry Red Blues (A)
- Washboard Shuffle (B)
rec.1956 in Detroit; Washboard Willie, voc, washb; Calvin Frazier, g | 
J-V-B 59 [# has been used
for two different records] |
| 6 | 1956 | Washboard Willie and His Super Suds Of Rhythm
- Washboard's Blues Part 1 (A)
- Washboard's Blues Part 2 (B)
rec. 1956 in Detroit; Washboard Willie, voc, washb; Calvin Frazier, g | 
J-V-B 70 |
| 7 | 1962 | Baby Boy Warren
- Not Welcome Any More
- Chuck-A-Luck
rec. c. 1954 in Detroit; Baby Boy Warren, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Washboard Willie, washb, dr | J-V-B 26 / 59 
Excello 45-2211
|
| 8 | 196? | Wash Board Willie
- A Fool On A Mule In The Middle Of The Road (A) #
- Ham Bone (B)
rec.1962/64 in Detroit; Washboard Willie, voc, washb, dr; # Calvin Frazier, g; # Chuck Smith, b | 
Von 702 |
| 8a | 196? | The All Stars
- 2-2-5 Special Part 1
- 2-2-5 Special Part 2
Calvin Frazier, g; sax; org; Washboard Willie, dr | 
Von 704 |
| 9 | 196? | Washboard Willie
- Washboard Willie's After Hours pt. 1 (A)
- Washboard Willie's After Hours pt. 2 (B)
rec.1962/64 in Detroit; Washboard Willie, voc, washb, dr; Calvin Frazier, g; Chuck Smith, b; Boogie Woogie Red, p | 
Von 721 |
| 10 | 196? | Bro. Will Hairston
The Hurricane of the Motor City
- Jesus Had A Hard Time #
- March On To Montgomery *
Brother Will Hairston; # voc group; * Louise Jackson; * Washboard Willie; * p | 
Knowles BW 123 |
| 11 | 196? | Brother Will Hairston
The Hurricane of the Motor City
- Rev. King Had A Time
- Alabama Bus
Brother Will Hairston; Washboard Willie; The Dixie Airs | 
Knowles BW 213 |
| 12 | 1966 | Washboard Willie
(And His Super Suds Of Rhythm)
- Wee Baby Blues (ZTSC 121014)
- Natural Born Lover (ZTSC 121015)
rec.1966 in Detroit; Washboard Willie, voc, washb; prob. Evans McClendon, g; Angelo Willis, bs | 
Herculon no # |
| 13 | 1966 | Detroit Blues - The Early 1950s
Baby Boy Warren
- Sanafee
- Baby Boy Blues
- Mattie Mae
- Chicken
Dr. Ross
- Thirty Two Twenty
Bobo Jenkins
- 10 Below Zero
- Baby Don't You Want To Go
Eddie Kirkland
- No Shoes
Detroit Count
- Hastings Street Opera
L. C. Green
- Remember Way Back
Big Maceo
- Big City Blues
John Lee Hooker
- House Rent Boogie
One String Sam
- O Need $100
Brother Will Hairston
- Alabama Bus | notes by Paul Oliver
Blues Classics BC 12 Blues Classics
discography
|
| 13a | 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 - Little Willie Littlejohn
- Sugar Daddy - Wade Walton
- I'm Feeling Alright - Big Mama Thorton
- 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
|
| 14 | 1969 | Washboard Willie
Whippin' That Board
- Shake Your Moneymaker, Honey
- 10/20 Special Blues
- Washboard Willie's After Hours Pt. I #
- No Name Blues
- Summer [sic] Ridge Drive #
- A Fool On A Mule
- Hambone Blues
- Move After Hours #
- C. C. Rider
- Struttin' That Stuff #
- Washboard Willie's After Hours Pt. II #
- Dupree Blues
rec.1962/64; William Paden Hensley, voc, washb, dr; Calvin Frazier, g; Chuck Smith, b; # Boogie Woogie Red, p; cover drawing by George Paulus | 
Barrelhouse BH-001Barrelhouse discography |
| 15 | 1973 | American Blues Legends '73
Boogie Woogie Red
- Viper Song
- After Hours
- Red's Boogie
Snooky Pryor
- Dangerous Woman
- Sloppy Drunk
- Bottle Up And Go #
- Shake Your Moneymaker #
Homesick James
- Tin Pan Alley
- Dust My Broom
Washboard Willie
- I Feel So Fine
- Kansas City
Red & Mose
- Sassy
Whispering Smith
- Take Me Back Baby
Lightnin' Slim
- Love Bug
- Walking In The Park
# CD bonus tracks | Big Bear BEAR 20 
Polydor 2460 186
= Big Bear / Indigo CD 2527
(2002; 2 CD set)
"American Blues Legends
1973 / 1974"
|
| 16 | 1982 | Washboard Willie
Motor Town Boogie
- C.C. Rider
- Move After Hours
- Summit Ridge Drive
- Dupree Blues
- Struttin' That Stuff
- 10-20 Special
- Calvin's Blues
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- No Name Blues
- Fool On A Mule | 
JSP 1036
= P-Vine PCD 23894 (Jp 2007)
|
| 17 | 1996 | Motor City Blues - Please Mr. Foreman
(The Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival Vol. 1)
Chinner Mitchell / Mack Collins: Introductions
Little Junior: I Got My Eyes On You
Joe L.: Please Mr. Foreman
Bobo Jenkins: 24 Years
One String Sam: I Need $100
Johnnie Mae Matthews: Send You Back To Georgia
Washboard Willie: Wee Baby Blues
Dr. Ross: Boogie Disease
Boogie Woogie Red: The Viper Song
Baby Boy Warren: Too Many Drivers
Eddie "Guitar" Burns: Better Watch What You're Doing
Mr. Bo: Don't Want No Woman
Eddie Kirkland: I Got The Blues
Bobo Jenkins: Reelin' & Rockin'
Baby Boy Warren: She's Fine
Boogie Woogie Red: Red's Boogie
Joe L.: In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)
One String Sam: I Got To Go
The Partymakers Inc.: Move It
John Sinclair: Interviewed by Fred Flame
rec. at the Otis Spann Memorial Field, Sept. 8, 1973 | 
Sequel NEXCD 274
= P-Vine PCD-1978 (Jp)
|
| 18 | 1998 | Motor City Blues
(The Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival)
- 24 Years - Bobo Jenkins
- Too Many Drivers - Baby Boy Warren
- Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross
- I Need $100 - One String Sam
- Mojo In Her Backbone - Eddie Kirkland
- I Call It Love - Eddie Burns
- Feelin' & Rockin' - Bobo Jenkins
- Do You Wanna Jump - Washboard Willie
- Chicago Breakdown - Doctor Ross
- I Got The Blues - Eddie Kirkland
- Viper Song - Boogie Woogie Red
- Don't Want No Woman - Mr. Bo
- She Wanna Sell My Monkey - Bobo Jenkins
- Wee Baby Blues - Washboard Willie
- She's Fine - Baby Boy Warren
- Please Mr. Foreman - Joe L. Carter
- I Got My Eyes On You - Little Junior
- Red's Boogie - Boogie Woogie Red
- Send You Back To Georgia - Johnnie Mae Matthews
- Better Watch What You're Doing - Eddie Burns
- In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down) - Joe L. Carter
- I Got To Go - One String Sam | 
Total Energy |
| 19 | 2001 | Blues Screamers & Gospel Moaners!
Detroit Blues Rarities Vol. 3
Washboard Willie
- Washboard Blues - part 1
- Washboard Blues - part 2
Lena Hall
- Five Long Years
- What You Gonna Do
Tye Tongue Hanley
- You Got My Nose Wide Open
- I’ll Try To Understand
Danny Kirkland
- They Were Rockin’
- Stop Mambo
Bob Smith
- I’m A Lookin’
- I Love You Baby
Brother Will Hairston
- The Alabama Bus parts 1 & 2
- Seems Like A Dream
- Mighty Wind
- The Bible Is Right
Spiritual Wonders
- You Got To Move
- None But The Rightous
The Flying Clouds
- I Know It Was The Blood
- Ain’t Got Long To Stay Here
- My Mother
- When They Ring The Golden Bells | 
P-Vine PCD-5418 (Jp) |
| 20 | 2001 | The Traveling Record Man
Historic Down South Recording Trips Of Joe Bihari & Ike Turner
- Blue Serenade - Baby Face Turne
- My Sweet Woman - Driftin' Slim
- No Ridin' Blues - Charlie Booker
- Numbered Days (previously unreleased) - Big Charlie Bradix
- Riding In The Moonlight - Howlin' Wolf
- I'm Gonna Find Your Trick - Smokey Hogg
- Baby Please Don't Go - Pinetop Slim
- Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- Good Morning Little Angel - Joe Hill Louis
- Tiny's Down Home - Tiny Webb
- Tomorrow I May Be Gone - Jesse Thomas
- Please Send My Baby Back Home aka Step Back Baby - Sunny Blair
- If I Lose You Woman - Alexander Moore
- My Little Machine - Driftin' Slim
- My Baby's Gone - Elmore James
- Rock House - Calvin Frazier
- She Broke Up My Life (She Got Me Walking) - Joe Hill Louis
- Keep Away From Me Baby - Joe Hill Louis
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Willie Nix
- Talking Boogie - Lil' Son Jackson
- Long Tall Woman - Elmore James
- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You - "Arkansas Johnny Todd"
- Ramblin' On My Mind - Boyd Gilmore | 
Ace CDCHD 813www.acerecords.co.uk |
| 21 | 2004 | The Truman and Eisenhower Blues
- Josh White - The Man Who Couldn't Walk Around
- Jack Dupree - May God Bless Our New President!
- Cousin Joe - Post War Future Blues
- Smokey Hogg - High Priced Meat
- Jack McVea - Inflation Blues
- Willie Borum - Overseas Blues
- Golden Gate Quartet - Atom And Evil
- Pilgrim Travelers - Jesus Hits Like The Atom Bomb
- Josh White - Free And Equal Blues
- Andrew Tibbs - Bilbo Is Dead
- Tommie Jenkins - Freedom Choo Choo Blues
- Royal Harmonaires - Henry Wallace Is The Man
- Harmon Ray - President's Blues
- Gospel Pilgrims - I'm So Grateful To The N.A.A.C.P.
- Echoes Of Zion - Keep Still
- Louis Jordan - Jordan For President
- Homesick James - Wartime
- Max Bailey - Drive Soldiers Drive
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe - There's Peace In Korea
- Bobo Jenkins - Democrat Blues
- Memphis Slim - Four Years Of Torment
- J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues
- Dizzy Dixon - Soup Line
- Tommy Dean - Recession
- Chris Kenner - Rocket To The Moon
- Brother Will Hairston - The Alabama Bus parts 1 & 2 | notes by Guido van Rijn
Agram ABCD 2018 |
| 22 | 2005 | Detroit Blues
disk 1
Calvin Frazier
- I'm In The Highway Man
- This Old World's In A Tangle (Fragment)
- Lilly Mae (1)
- Welfare Blues
- Blues
- She's A Double-Crossin' Woman
- Calvin Frazier Interview
- Dirty Dozens, The
- Calvin Frazier Interview
- Boogie-Woogie
- Lilly Mae (2)
- This Old World's In A Tangle
- Highway 51 Blues
Sampson Pittman
- John Henry
- Cotton Farmer Blues
- Sampson Pittman Interview
- Joe Louis
- Sampson Pittman Interview
- Welfare Blues
- Sampson Pittman Interview
- I Been Down In The Circle Before
- Sampson Pittman Interveiw
- Levee Camp Story
- Highway 61 Blues
- Brother Low-Down And Sister Do-Dad (1)
- Brother Low-Down And Sister Do-Dad (2)
disk 2
John Lee Hooker
- Cold Chills (All Over Me)
- Rock Me Mama
- It Hurts Me So
- I Got Eyes For You
- Key To The Highway
- Bluebird Blues
- It's Been A Long Time Baby
- Ride 'Til I Die
- I Tried Hard
- Rock House Boogie
- It's Stormin' And Rainin'
- Let's Talk It Over
- Cool Little Car
- Lookin' For A Woman
- Boogie Rambler
- No More Doggin'
- Love Money Can't Buy
- Please Take Me Back
- My Baby Don't Love Me
- Pouring Down Rain
- Real, Real Gone
- Guitar Lovin' Man
- Stuttering Blues
- Too Much Boogie
- Need Somebody
disk 3
Baby Boy Warren
- My Special Friend Blues
- Nervy Woman Blues
- Lonesome Cabin Blues
- Don't Want To Skinny Woman
- Forgive Me Darling
- Please Don't Think I'm Nosey
- I Got Lucky
- Let's Renew Our Love
- Taxi Driver
- Bad Lover Blues
- Sanafee
- Hello Stranger
- Chicken
- Baby Boy Blues
- Chuck-A-Luck
- Mattie Mae
- Santa Fe
- Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me
- Stop Breakin' Down
- It's Time For Lovin' To Be Done
Eddie Kirkland
- That's All Right
- Please Don't Think I'm Nosey
- No Shoes
- No Shoes
- Mistreated Woman
- Time For My Lovin' To Be Done
disk 4
Eddie Burns
- Papa's Boogie
- Notoriety Woman
- Hello Miss Jessie Lee
- Dealing With The Devil
Henry Smith
- Lonesome Blues
- Good Rockin' Mama
L.C. Green
- Going Down To The River
Sam Kelly
- Ramblin' Around Blues
Robert Richard
- Cadillac Woman
- Wig Wearing Woman
- Root Hog
Walter Mitchell
- Stop Messing Around
- Pet Milk Blues
Joe Von Battle
- Looking For My Woman
Playboy Fuller
- Gonna Play My Guitar
- Sugar Cane Highway
John Brim Combo
- Strange Man
- Mean Man Blues
Big Maceo
- Leavin' Blues
- Have You Heard About It
- Worried Life Blues No. 2
- Strange To Me Blues
- Without You My Life Don't Mean A Thing
- Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool
Detroit Count
- Hastings Street Opera: 1
- Hastings Street Opera: 2 - Detroit Count | 4 CD set
JSP CD 7736 |
| 23 | 2006 | Battle Of Hastings Street
Raw Detroit Blues and R&B from Joe's Record Shop 1953-54
- Got The Blues For My Baby - Weaver, Joe & His Blue Notes
- Hello Miss Jessie Lee - Eddie Burns
- I Stayed Down - Johnny Wright
- Lover Blues - Howard Richard
- Jb Boogie - Weaver, Joe & His Blue Notes
- Time For My Lovin' To Be Done - Eddie Kirkland
- If You Don't Believe I'm Leaving - James Walton
- Boogie Baby - Johnny Wright
- Dealing With The Devil - Eddie Burns
- Baby I'm In Love With You - Weaver, Joe & His Blue Notes
- Eva Lee - James Walton
- '54 Blues - Johnny Wright
- Please Don't Think I'm Nosey - Eddie Kirkland
- New York Central - Robert Richard
- I Was In St. Louis - Johnny Wright
- I Mistreated A Woman - Eddie Kirkland
- She Went Away - Johnny Wright
- Wigwam Woman - Robert Richard
- No Shoes - Eddie Kirkland
- I'm So Lonesome - Weaver, Joe & His Blue Notes
- Streamline #99 - Howard Richard
- Soft Pillow - Weaver, Joe & His Blue Notes
- Vacation Blues - Johnny Howard
- Up Boy - Johnny Wright | 
Ace CDCHD 1121 |
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