Jack Kelly and His South Memphis Jug Band Highway 61 Blues

#	year of release	title / label / notes
10 inch 78 rpm Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records, but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
1	1933	Jack Kelly and his South Memphis Jug Band - Highway No. 61 Blues (13712-1)   @ youtube - Red Ripe Tomatoes (13714-2)   @ youtube rec. August 1, 1933 in New York City; Jack Kelly, voc, g; acc. by His South Memphis Jug Band: prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g; Will Batts, vn; D.M 'Doctor' Higgs, jug Banner 32844 = Melotone M12773 = Oriole 8262 = Perfect 0254 = Romeo 5262 = Conqueror 8242
2	1933	Jack Kelly and South Memphis Jug Band - R.F.C. Blues (13723-1) #   @ youtube - President Blues (13727-2) *   @ youtube unissued track from August 2, 1933 session: - Jack Kelly Blues (13728- ) * # rec. August 1, 1933 in New York City; Jack Kelly, voc, g; acc. by His South Memphis Jug Band: prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g; Will Batts, vn; D.M 'Doctor' Higgs, jug * rec. August 2, 1933 in New York City; Jack Kelly, voc, g; acc. by His South Memphis Jug Band: prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g; Will Batts, vn; D.M 'Doctor' Higgs, jug Banner 32857 = Melotone M12784 = Oriole 8266 = Perfect 0256 = Romeo 5266
3	1933	Jack Kelly and South Memphis Jug Band - Highway No. 61 Blues No. 2 (13713-1)   @ youtube - Cold Iron Bed (13722-2)   @ youtube rec. August 1, 1933 in New York City; Jack Kelly, voc, g; acc. by His South Memphis Jug Band: prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g; Will Batts, vn; D.M 'Doctor' Higgs, jug Banner 32934 = Melotone M12877 = Oriole 8296 = Perfect 0267 = Romeo 5296
4	1933	Jack Kelly and his South Memphis Jug Band - Believe I'll Go Back Home (13715-1)   @ youtube or - Believe I'll Go Back Home (13715-2)   @ youtube - Ko-Ko-Mo Blues (13721-1)   @ youtube or - Ko-Ko-Mo Blues (13721-2)   @ youtube rec. August 1, 1933 in New York City; Jack Kelly, voc, g; acc. by His South Memphis Jug Band: prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g; Will Batts, vn; D.M 'Doctor' Higgs, jug Melotone M12812 (13721-1) = Oriole 8274 = Perfect 0260 (13721-2) = Romeo 5274 (13715-2 / 13721-2)
5	1933	Will Batts - Highway No. 61 Blues (13729-1) *   @ youtube - Country Woman (13718-1) #   @ youtube unissued tracks from August 3, 1933 session: - Cow Tail Rag (13731- ) * - My Darling (13733- ) * - Just An Echo In The Valley (13734- ) * # rec. August 1, 1933 in New York City; Will Batts, voc; prob. Jack Kelly, prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g, sp * rec. August 3, 1933 in New York City; Will Batts, voc; prob. Jack Kelly, prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g, sp; D.M. 'Doctor' Higgs, jug Vocalion 02531 (US 1933)
		- All Night Blues (13720- ) rec. August 2, 1933 in New York City; Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), voc; prob. Jack Kelly, g ARC unissued
		- Hand To Hand (13724- ) rec. August 2, 1933 in New York City; Will Batts, voc; prob. Jack Kelly, prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g, sp Vocalion unissued
		- Bad Luck Blues (13725- ) rec. August 2, 1933 in New York City; D.M. 'Doctor' Higgs, voc; prob. Jack Kelly, prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g ARC unissued
6	1933	Will Batts - Cheatin' Woman (13719-1) #   @ youtube - Cadillac Baby (13730-1) *   @ youtube # rec. August 1, 1933 in New York City; Will Batts, voc; prob. Jack Kelly, prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g, sp * rec. August 3, 1933 in New York City; Will Batts, voc; prob. Jack Kelly, prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g, sp Vocalion 02542 (US 1933)
7	1933	Jack Kelly - Policy Rag (13726-2) #   @ youtube - Doctor Medicine (13732-1) *   @ youtube # rec. August 2, 1933 in New York City; Jack Kelly, g, sp; acc. by His South Memphis Jug Band: prob. Dan Sing (or Sane), g; Will Batts, vn; D.M 'Doctor' Higgs, jug, vocal jibe * rec. August 3, 1933 in New York City; Jack Kelly, g; acc. by His South Memphis Jug Band: prob. Dan Sing (thought to be the same artist as the Dan Sane/Sain who recorded with Frank Stokes), g, sp; Will Batts, vn; D.M 'Doctor' Higgs, jug, vocal jibe Vocalion 02585
		- Lightenin' Blues (MEM-142-1) [Flyright LP 113, RST BDCD-6005] @ youtube - Betty Sue Blues (MEM-143-1) [Origin OJL 19, RST BD-2006, RST BDCD-6005] @ youtube - Flower Blues (MEM-144-1) [Origin OJL 21, Flyright LP 113, RST BDCD-6005, RnB CK47911] @ youtube - Joe Louis Special (MEM-145-1) [Magnolia MLP501, RST BD-2006, RnB CL462176, RnB 467249-2, RnB CSCS5328] @ youtube rec. July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Jack Kelly, voc, g; unknown, g; prob. Will Batts, vn Vocalion unissued
9	1939	JACK KELLY - You Done Done It (MEM-147-1)   @ youtube - Diamond Buyer Blues (MEM-148-1)   @ youtube rec. July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Jack Kelly, voc, g; unknown, g; prob. Will Batts, vn Vocalion 05031
10	1939	LITTLE BUDDY DOYLE - Grief Will Kill You (MEM-18-1) #   @ youtube - Bad In Mind Blues (MEM-153-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify # rec. July 1, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Charlie 'Little Buddy' Doyle, voc, g; prob. Walter Horton Hammie Nixon, hca * rec. July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Charlie 'Little Buddy' Doyle, voc, prob. g; Jack Kelly or Willie Tango (Willie Shaw), g; Walter Horton Hammie Nixon , hca Vocalion 05111 Little Buddy Doyle discography Walter Horton discography
11	1939	JACK KELLY - High Behind Blues (MEM-146-1)   @ youtube - Neck Bone Blues (MEM-150-1)   @ youtube rec. July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Jack Kelly, voc, g; unknown, g; prob. Will Batts, vn Vocalion 05193
12	1939	LITTLE BUDDY DOYLE - Three-Sixty-Nine Blues (MEM-154-3)   @ youtube   @ Spotify - She's Got Good Dry Goods (MEM-156-1)   @ youtube rec. July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Charlie 'Little Buddy' Doyle, voc, prob. g; Jack Kelly or Willie Tango (Willie Shaw), g; Walter Horton Hammie Nixon , hca Vocalion 05246 Little Buddy Doyle discography Walter Horton discography
13	1939	JACK KELLY - World Wandering Blues (MEM-149- )   @ youtube - Men Fooler Blues (MEM-151- )   @ youtube rec. July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Jack Kelly, voc, g; unknown, g; prob. Will Batts, vn Vocalion 05312
14	1939	LITTLE BUDDY DOYLE - Hard Scufflin' Blues (MEM-17-1) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Renewed Love Blues (MEM-152-1) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify # rec. July 1, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Charlie 'Little Buddy' Doyle, voc, g; prob. Walter Horton Hammie Nixon, hca * rec. July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Charlie 'Little Buddy' Doyle, voc, prob. g; Jack Kelly or Willie Tango (Willie Shaw), g; Walter Horton Hammie Nixon , hca OKeh 05771 Little Buddy Doyle discography Walter Horton discography
		- N.B. And A. Blues (MEM-155- ) [master spoiled] - Sweet Man Blues (MEM-158-1) # [Policy Wheel PW 4591, Library of Congress 3, RST BD-2006, RST BDCD-6028] @ youtube   @ Spotify - Lost Baby Blues (MEM-157-1) * [RST BD-2006, RST BDCD-6028] @ youtube   @ Spotify rec. July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN; Charlie 'Little Buddy' Doyle, voc, prob. g; Jack Kelly or Willie Tango (Willie Shaw), g; Walter Horton Hammie Nixon , hca Columbia unissued Little Buddy Doyle discography Walter Horton discography
15	1952	Jackie Boy & Little Walter [sic] - Blues In My Condition (U 49) (originally Wonderin' Woman) - Selling My Whiskey (U 50) (originally Selling My Stuff) (incomplete)   @ youtube rec. February 25, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Jack Kelly, voc, p; Walter Horton, hca; Joe Hill Louis, g, dr [both g and dr ?]; unknown, g or dr "Sun 174 remained unseen and unheard until Robert Loers found an acetate bearing the label Sun 174 and Steve LaVere later found a fragment of the song on another acetate." (source: http://www.706unionavenue.nl/70661171) Sun 174 (cancelled) Sun Box 105 Walter Horton discography
16	1952	JOE HILL LOUIS - Dorothy Mae (C 1035A) *   @ youtube - When I'm Gone (C 1036A, edited for release on Checker 763) (aka She Treats Me Mean And Evil, aka I'm Going Over The Sea) #   @ youtube # rec. March 31, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Joe Hill Louis, voc, g; Nolan Hall, dr * rec. July 18, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Joe Hill Louis, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Jack Kelly, p; Willie Nix, dr Checker 763 (US 1952) Walter Horton discography
	11/1952	- Little Walter's Boogie (1041-4) (instr) [Charly CR 30127] - West Winds Are Blowing (1042-1) (3:08) # [Sun Box 105] @ Spotify originally unissued tracks from same session: - Little Walter's Boogie (1041-1) (instr) (2:33) [Sun CD 27] @ youtube - Little Walter's Boogie (1041-2) (instr) (2:29) [Bear Family BCD 15524] @ youtube   @ Spotify - Little Walter's Boogie (1041-3) (instr) (2:35) [Sun Box CD 7] @ Spotify - West Winds Are Blowing (1042-2) (3:06) # [Rounder SS 29] @ youtube   @ Spotify rec. September 15, 1952 at Sun Studios in Memphis, TN; Walter Horton, hca, # voc; Jack Kelly, p; Joe Hill Louis, g; Willie Nix, dr Chess 1529 (cancelled before release!) Walter Horton discography
LP / CD compilations
18	1960	Low Down Blues Leroy Carr - Mean Mistreater Mama No. 2 Bumble Bee Slim - I Done Lost My Baby Charlie Campbell - Goin' Away Blues Jack Kelly - Red Ripe Tomatoes Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman Blues [sic] Big Bill Broonzy - Come Home Early Washboard Sam - I'm A Prowlin' Groundhog Black Boy Shine - Coal Woman Blues Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O'Lee Blues Texas Alexander - Katy Crossing Blues Roosevelt Scott - Do You Call That Right? Yas Yas Girl - Reckless Life Blues Brownie McGhee - Try Me One More Time Little Bill Gaither - A Short Cut To The Grave Champion Jack Dupree - Heavy Heart Blues ed. by H.R. Rookmaaker gatefold LP notes by H.R. Rookmaaker Fontana 682.099 TL (NL 1960) Fontana Records discography
19	1962	The Great Jug Bands Cannon's Jug Stompers - Heart Breakin' Blues - Goin' To Germany Memphis Minnie and Her Jug Band - Grandpa And Grandma Blues Birmingham Jug Band - Getting Ready For Trial - German Blues Jack Kelly and His South Memphis Jug Band - Cold Iron Bed - Red Ripe Tomatoes Whistler and His Jug Band - The Jug Band Special Memphis Jug Band - Coal Oil Blues - Jug Band Waltz Elder Richard Bryant's Sanctified Singers - Come Over Here Dixieland Jug Blowers - Garden Of Joy Blues Kentucky Jug Band - Walkin' Cane Stomp Noah Lewis's Jug Band - New Minglewood Blues - Ticket Agent Blues Memphis Sheiks - He's In The Jailhouse Now notes by Sam Charters Origin Jazz Library OJL 4 (US 1962) notes by Sam Charters = Origin Jazz Library OJL 4 (US 196?) notes by Sam Charters = Origin Jazz Library OJL 4 (US 19??) OJL Records discography Jaybird Coleman discography Whistler and His Jug Band discography Memphis Jug Band discography
20	1968	Down With The Game Vol. 3 Vintage Country Blues Big Bill (Broonzy) - C & A Blues Devil's Daddy In Law (Floyd Council) - Lookin' For My Baby Sonny Boy Nelson - Low Down Yank Rachell & Dan Smith - Night Latch Blues - Gravel Road Blues Frank Stokes - Mistreatin' Blues (Big) Joe Williams - Meet Me Around The Corner Walter Roland - Piano Stomp Will Batts - Cheatin' Woman - Cadillac Baby Lucille Bogan - Shave 'Em Dry Devil's Daddy In Law (Floyd Council) - I Don't Want No Hungry Woman Sam Montgomery - I'm Through With You Charlie Pickett - Trembling Blues the labels have "D.214" resp. "D.215" printed; Matrix/Runout: "DWG LP 214" Down With The Game D 203 (UK 1968) DWTG Records discography
21	1968	Harmonicas, Washboards, Fiddles & Jugs (1926-1933) Bobby Leecan's Need-More Band - Apaloosa Blues Memphis Jug Band - Peaches In The Springtime - Feed Your Friend With A Long-Handled Spoon - I Whipped My Woman With A Single-Tree - I Packed My Suitcase, Started To The Train Jack Kelly's Jug Band - Believe I'll Go Back Home (tk 2) - Ko-Ko-Mo Blues (tk 2) Banjo Joe (Cannon & Blake) - Jazz Gypsy Blues Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey - Black Cat Bone Blues - Dirty Guitar Blues James Cole - Mistreated The Only Friend You Had - Nobody's Business If I Do Kansas City Blues Strummers - String Band Blues King David's Jug Band - Sweet Potato Blues - I Can Deal Worry Whistler's Jug Band - Pig Meat Blues issued with a single-sheet (photocopied) insert Roots RL-311 (Austria 1968) Roots Records discography
22	1968	The Country Fiddlers Andrew & Jim Baxter - The Moore Girl Chasey Collins - Walking Blues Jack Kelly's South Memphis Jug Band - Highway No. 61 Blues Henry Williams & Eddie Anthony - Georgia Crawl Mississippi Sheiks - Lonely One In This Town - Sittin' On Top Of The World T.C. Johnson & "Blue Coat" Tom Nelson - J.C. Johnson's Blues "Blue Coat" Tom Nelson - Blue Coat Blues State Street Boys - Rustlin' Man Peg Leg Howell & His Gang - Too Tight Blues - Peg Leg Stomp T.C. Johnson Boys - Violin Blues Texas Alexander - Seen Better Days - Frost Texas Tornado Blues Mobile Strugglers - Fattenin' Frogs - Memphis Blues Roots RL-316 (Austria 1968) Roots Records discography
23	1969?	More OfThat Jug Band Sound 1927-1939 Memphis Jug Band - Sometimes I Think I Love You Noah Lewis's Carolina Peanut Boys - Selling The Jelly Vol Stevens - Baby Got The Rickets, Mama's Got The Mobile Blues Jed Davenport and His Beale Street Jug Band - Beale St. Breakdown - Save Me Some Tommy Bradley - Adam And Eve - Four Days Blues Cincinnati Jug Band - George St. Stomp Jack Kelly - Betty Sue - Man Fooler Blues Memphis Jug Band - Gator Wobble # - On The Road Again Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band - Louisville Special Daddy Stovepipe and Mississippi Sarah - Greenville Strut Birmingham Jug Band - Giving It Away Cannon's Jug Stompers - Wolf River Blues # with Laura Dukes notes by Henry Vestine Origin Jazz Library OJL 19 (US 1969?) OJL Records discography
24	1969?	The Blues In Memphis 1927-1939 Sleepy John Estes - Drop Down Mama - Married Woman Blues Allen Shaw - I Couldn't Help It Robert Wilkins - New Stock Yard Blues Yank Rachell - Gravel Road Woman Furry Lewis - Falling Down Blues Beale Street Shieks - Mr. Crump Don't Like It Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie - That Will Be Alright - Goin' Back To Texas Vol Stevens - Vol Stevens Blues Minnie Wallace - The Old Folks Started It Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues Jack Kelly - Flower Blues Will Weldon - Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule front cover design by Marina Bokelman notes by Dave [sic] Evans Origin Jazz Library OJL-21 (US 1969?) OJL Records discography
25	1970	Memphis Blues (1927-1939) Vol. 2 Memphis Minnie - Squat It Kansas Joe McCoy - Someday I'll Be In The Clay Jack Kelly's South Memphis Jug Band - Highway 61 Blues - No. 2 [this is - unlike other re-releases - actually "No. 2"!] Blind Clyde Church - Number Nine Blues - Pneumatic Blues Rosie Mae Moore - Mad Dog Blues Little Buddy Doyle - Hard Scufflin' Blues - Renewed Love Blues Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell - Sweet Mama Furry Lewis - Good Looking Girl Blues Will Batts - Country Woman Cannon's Jug Stompers - Money Never Runs Out - Prison Wall Blues Casey Bill Weldon - Blues Everywhere I Go - Somebody's Got To Go The Three Stripped Gears - 1931 Depression Blues compiled and produced by Evelyn Parth Roots RL-329 (Austria 1970) Roots/Saydisc RL-329 (UK 197?) = autogram/Roots RL-329 (Germany 20??)
26	1970	Memphis Jamboree 1927-1936 Will Batts - Highway No. 61 Blues Memphis Minnie - Ain't No Use You Tryin' To Tell On Me Hattie Hart - Coldest Stuff In Town Yank Rachell & Dan Smith - Squeaky Work Bench Blues Memphis Minnie - Soo Cow Soo The Two Charlies - I Couldn't Stay Here Kansas Joe Mccoy - Joliet Bound Memphis Minnie - Drunken Barrel House Blues Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues Memphis Minnie - That'll Be Alright Kansas Joe Mccoy - Something Gonna Happen To You Gus Cannon - Can You Blame The Colored Man Jim Jackson & Co. - Jim Jackson's Jamboree San Townsend - Lily Kimball Blues notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart Yazoo L 1021 (US 1970) = Yazoo CD 1021 YAZ (US 1991) Yazoo Records discography
27	197?	Low Down Memphis Barrelhouse Blues Hattie Hart - I Let My Daddy Do That Will Shade - Better Let That Stuff Alone Robert Wilkins - Alabama Blues South Memphis Jug Band - Policy Rag - Doctor Medicine Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie - Shake Mattie - My Washwoman's Gone Mooch Richardson - T and T Blues John Estes - My Black Gal Blues Jack Kelly - Highway No. 61 Blues Mooch Richardson - Burying Ground Blues Jim Jackson - Bootlegging Blues Memphis Minnie - Reachin' Pete Mooch Richardson - Low Down Barrelhouse Blues pt. 1 rec. 1928 - 1935 notes by Michael Stewart and Don Kent Mamlish S-3803 (US 197?) Mamlish Records discography
28	1974	If Beale Street could talk ... A Selection of Pre-War Memphis Blues Favorites 1928 - 1939 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie - She Wouldn't Give Me None Jim Jackson - Going Round The Mountain Memphis Jug Band - Tear It Down Bedslats And All Hattie Hart - You Wouldn't Would You Papa? Beale Street Rounders - I'm Sitting On Top Of The World Jack Kelly - You Done Done It Charlie Manson - Nineteen Women Blues Minnie Wallace - Pick 'Em Up And Put 'Em Down Memphis Jug Band - Spider's Nest Blues [Victor 23319] Jack Kelly - Joe Louis Special Minnie Wallace - Let's All Do That Thing Kid Cole - Sixth Street Moan Beale Street Rounders - Talking 'Bout Yo-Yo Kid Cole - Hey Hey Mama Blues Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie - Give It To Me In My Hand Memphis Minnie - Mr. Tango Blues prod. by Yngve Nordström Jr. notes by Bengt Olsson Magnolia MLP 501 (Sweden 1974) Magnolia Records discography
29	1976	South Memphis Jug Band - "Highway No. 61 Blues No. 2" [this actually is not "Highway No. 61 No. 2", but "Highway No. 61"!] - Believe I'll Go Back Home - Country Woman - Cheatin' Woman - Ko-Ko-Mo Blues - R.F.C. Blues - President Blues - Cadillac Blues - Lightenin' Blues - Flower Blues - High Behind Blues - Diamond Buyer Blues - World Wandering Blues - Neck Bone Blues - Kansas City Blues # * - Lady Be Good # rec. August 1, 2 & 3 1933 in New York; July 14, 1939 in Memphis, TN # rec. 1954 poss. in Cleveland, OH; Will Batts' Novelty Band: Will Batts, g, violin, * voc; Milton Roby, g, violin, * voc; Laura Dukes, bj, * voc; prob. Mickey Mathis, cl; Will Shade, washtub b notes by Bengt Olsson (1974) and Bruce Bastin Flyright LP 113 (UK 1976) Flyright Records discography Laura Dukes discography
29a	1986	Cotton Crop Blues James Cotton, Walter Horton & Willie Nix Jimmy & Walter - Easy Willie Nix - Prison Bound Blues Willie Nix - Midnight Showers Of Rain Willie Nix - Ridin' In the Moonlight Willie Nix - Take A Little Walk With Me Jackie Boy And Little Walter - Selling My Whiskey Walter Horton - Off The Wall James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues Willie Nix - Hold Me In Your Arms Willie Nix - Baker Shop Boogie Willie Nix - Seems Like A Million Years James Cotton - My Baby James Cotton - Straighten Up Baby Walter Horton - Walter's Instrumental P-Vine PLP-310 (Jp 1986) Walter Horton discography Willie Nix discography Joe Willie Wilkins discography
30	1987	The Sounds of Memphis (1933-1939) Jack Kelly and His South Memphis Jug Band - Highway No. 61 Blue - Red Ripe Tomatoes - Cold Iron Bed - Policy Rag - Highway No. 61 Blue Jack Kelly and His South Memphis Jug Band (Will Batts, lead voc) - Doctor Medicin - Betty Sue Blues - Joe Louis Special - You Done Done It - Men Fooler Blues Little Buddy Doyle - Hard Scufflin' Blues - Grief Will Kill You - Renewed Love Blues # - She's Got Good Dry Goods # - Lost Baby Blues # [previously unissued] Charlie Pickett - Crazy 'Bout My Black Gal - Trembling Blues - Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon - Down The Highway # with Jack Kelly or Willie Tango (Willie Shaw), g RST Blues Documents BD-2006 (Austria 1987) = Story of Blues CD 3531-2 RST Blues Documents discography
31	1990	Jack Kelly And His South Memphis Jug Band with Will Batts Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1933-1939) Jack Kelly And His South Memphis Jug Band - Highway No. 61 Blues - Highway No. 61 Blues No. 2 - Red Ripe Tomatoes - Believe I'll Go Back Home Will Batts - Country Woman - Cheatin' Woman Jack Kelly And His South Memphis Jug Band - Ko-Ko-Mo Blues - Cold Iron Bed - R.F.C. Blues South Memphis Jug Band - Policy Rag Jack Kelly And His South Memphis Jug Band - President Blues Will Batts - Highway No. 61 Blues - Cadillac Baby South Memphis Jug Band - Doctor Medicine Jack Kelly - Lightenin' Blues - Betty Sue Blues - Flower Blues - Joe Louis Special - High Behind Blues - You Done Done It - Diamond Buyer Blues - World Wandering Blues - Neck Bone Blues - Men Fooler Blues front cover showing Will Batts (RST) resp. Will Batts & Milton Roby (Document), not Jack Kelly! notes by Alan Balfour RST BDCD-6005 (Austria 1990) "Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band" notes by Alan Balfour = Document BDCD-6005 (19??) "Jack Kelly And His South Memphis Jug Band with Will Batts"
32	1994	Memphis Masters Early American Blues Classics   1927-1934 - Country Woman - Will Batts - Death Bell Blues - Tom Dickson - Billy Lyons and Stackolee - Furry Lewis - Pile Driver Blues - Joe McCoy - I'm Going Away Blues - Frank Stokes - Little Rock Blues - Pearl Dickson - Beale Street Breakdown - Jed Davenport - Where Is My Good Man At? - Memphis Minnie - Doctor Medicine - South Memphis Jug Band - Poor Boy A Long Way From Home - Gus Cannon °° - Red Ripe Tomatoes - Jack Kelly - Downtown Blues - Frank Stokes - Last Chance Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers - Better Leave That Stuff Alone - Will Shade - Won't You Be Kind? - Hattie Hart - Cadillac Baby - Will Batts - Bob Lee Junior Blues - Memphis Jug Band - T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson - I Let My Daddy Do That - Hattie Hart - Old Sometime Blues - Frank Stokes remastered by Richard Nevins °° only re-release with accurat speed (2:54)! notes by Don Kent Yazoo CD 2008 (US 1994) Yazoo Records discography
33	1992	Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective (1925-1950) disc 1: Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Whitehouse Blues Aiken County String Band - High Sheriff Frank Hutchison - The Last Scene Of The Titanic Hersal Thomas - Suitcase Blues Reverend J.M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Coming Dora Carr - Cow-Cow Blues Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners - Washington County Fox Chase Fiddlin' John Carson - I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio - Untitled Whistler And His Jug Band - Low Down Blues Washington Phillips - Paul & Silas In Jail Barbecue Bob - Blind Pig Blues Austin & Lee Allen - Chattanooga Blues Sherman Tedder - Untitled Dallas String Band with Coley Jones - Hokum Blues Gladys Bentley - Worried Blues Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 1 Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 2 South Georgia Highballers - Blue Grass Twist Charlie Bowman And His Brothers - Moonshiner And His Money Clarence Green - Johnson City Blues Reverend Johnny Blakey assisted by The Sanctified Singers - Warming By The Devil's Fire Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones - (Honey) It's Tight Like That Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - Hallelujah disc 2: Hershel Brown and His Happy Five - Liberty Mamie Smith - My Sportin' Man Blues Birdhead - Mean Low Blues Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - C.C. & O. Blues The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers - Ortonville Slim Doucet - Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs) Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt Blues The Hokum Boys - Gin Mill Blues Joe Falcon acc. by Clemo Breaux & Ophy Breaux - Osson W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith - Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown) Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen - Soldier's Joy Whistlin' Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes Mississippi Sheiks - The Jazz Fiddler Lonnie Johnson - I Have To Do My Time Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland - Back To The Blue Ridge Buster Carter & Preston Young - Darn Good Girl Bo Carter - West Jackson Blues Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green - You Had Too Much Silver Leaf Quartet - Oh! Glory Glory Freeny's Barn Dance Band - Don't You Remember The Time Pelican Wildcats - Walkin' Georgia Rose Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers - Hallelujah Side Will Batts - Highway # 61 Blues disc 3: W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 1 W. Lee O'Daniel And His Hillbilly Boys - Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider) W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 2 Blind Willie (McTell) - Bell Street Lightnin' Charlie Patton - Jersey Bull Blues Walter Roland - Every Morning Blues Blue Ridge Ramblers - D Blues Breaux Freres - La Valse Des Yeux Bleus Bessie Jackson - Skin Game Blues Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell - Good Woman Blues Pinewood Tom (Josh White) - Sissy Man The Rhythm Wreckers - Blue Yodel # 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille) The Anglin Twins - Just Inside The Pearly Gates Bumble Bee Slim - Hard Rocks In My Bed The Two Charlies - Tired Feelin' Blues Eldon Baker And His Brown County Revelers - One Eyed Sam A'nt Idy Harper And The Coon Creek Girls - Poor Naomi Wise Kid Prince Moore - South Bound Blues Big Bill Broonzy - C & A Blues George Curry - My Last Five Dollars The Nite Owls - Memphis Blues The Alley Boys Of Abbeville - Pourquoi tu m'aime pas Reverend Benny Campbell - Have Mercy On Me Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy Jack Kelly - Flower Blues Bob Clifford - Onion Eating Mama Callahan Bros. - Brown's Ferry Blues # 2 Little Buddy Doyle - Slick Capers Blues [previously unissued] Bill McKinley (Jazz Gillum) - Poor Boy Blues disc 4: Frank Edwards - We Got To Get Together Sweet Violet Boys - You Got To See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All) The Humbard Family - I'll Fly Away Tony Hollins - Cross Cut Saw Blues Peter Cleighton (Clayton) - Black Snake Blues Black Cats And The Kitten - Step It Up And Go Bob And Randall Atcher - Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad Adolf Hofner And His San Antonians - Cotton-Eyed Joe Poor Boy Burke - Old Vets Blues Little Son Joe - Black Rat Swing Big Maceo Merriweather - Maceo Special The Light Crust Doughboys with J.B. Brinkley - It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys - Army Blues James "Beal Street" Clark - Who But You Homer Harris - Tomorrow May Be Too Late McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) - Burying Ground Blues Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Goodbye Old Pal Gene Autry - Dixie Cannonball Bill Landford & The Landfordaires - Run On For A Long Time (Big) Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go Sister Myrtle Fields acc. by The Austin McCoy Trio - I'm Toiling Willie "Boodle It" Right - Two By Four Blues Bailes Bros. - You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In) Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks - Heaven's Radio Rosetta Howard - Plow Hand Blues Memphis Seven - Grunt Meat Blues Deep South Boys - Until I Found The Lord Brother Porter & Brother Cook - I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me compiled by Lawrence Cohn 4 disc set notes by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15 (US 1992) 20 CD box set (=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014)
34	1996	Too Late Too Late Vol. 6 (1924 - 1946) - I Know A Great Saviour, I Do - Emma E. Beacham - I'm Going Through With Jesus - Emma E. Beacham - You've Got To Quit Your Low Down Ways - Billy Mack - Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J.M. Gates - Amazing Grace - Rev. J.M. Gates - Don't You Leave Me Here - Laura Smith - If You Don't Like My Potatoes - Laura Smith - Tell It To The Judge No. 2 (tk A) - Dessa Foster and Howling Smith - Blackberry Rag - Three Stripped Gears - Alabama Blues - Three Stripped Gears - Beedle Um Bum - Memphis Nighthawks - Ko-Ko-Mo Blues (tk 2, Perfect 0260) - Jack Kelly - Happy Am I (TO-1373) - Elder Lightfoot - Black Man - Josh White - Poor Millionaire Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw - Decoration Day Blues (tk 2) - Curtis Jones   @ youtube - Crap Shootin' Blues (tk 1) - One Arm Slim - I'm In Buddy's Wagon - Charlie Burse - Radio Blues - Charlie Burse - Hell's Highway - Charlie Burse - Grey Goose (tk 2) - Leadbelly - Soldiers Joy Nashville - Washboard Band - Old Joe Nashville - Washboard Band - We Shall Be Free (alternate version) - Leadbelly - 4, 5 and 9 - Leadbelly notes by Dr. Guido Van Rijn Document DOCD-5461 (Austria 1996)
35	1998	Ruckus Juice & Chitlins   Vol. 1 The Great Jug Bands - Low Down Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band - Giving It Away - Birmingham Jug Band - Cocaine Habit Blues - Memphis Jug Band - Try And Treat Her Right - Ben Ferguson - Glad And Sorry Blues - John Harris - What's That Tastes Like Gravy? - King David's Jug Band - Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band - Big Railroad Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers - Fourth Street Mess Around - Memphis Jug Band - Banjoreno - Dixieland Jug Blowers - Tear It Down - King David's Jug Band - Ticket Agent Blues - Noah Lewis's Jug Band - You Ought To Move Out Of Town - Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug - Cold Iron Bed - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band - Bill Wilson - Birmingham Jug Band - Cash Money Blues - Kaiser Clifton - Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers - That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It - Walter Family - Spider's Nest Blues - Memphis Jug Band - She's In The Graveyard Now - Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band - Please Don't Holler, Mama - Ben Ferguson - The Vamps Of '28 - Whistler & His Jug Band - Rukus Juice And Chittlin' - Memphis Jug Band Yazoo CD 2032 (US 1998) Yazoo Records discography
36	1998	Ruckus Juice & Chitlins   Vol. 2 The Great Jug Bands - Bring It With You When You Come - Cannon's Jug Stompers - German Blues - Birmingham Jug Band - Selling The Jelly - Noah Lewis's Jug Band - You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back - Memphis Jug Band - Walkin' Cane Stomp - Kentucky Jug Band - Rising Sun Blues - King David's Jug Band - The Old Folks Started It - Minnie Wallace - Memphis Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers - Stealin' Stealin' - Memphis Jug Band - Sweet Potato Blues - King David's Jug Band - R.F.C. Blues - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band - Brown Jug Blues - Ezra Buzzington's Rustic Revelers - Last Chance Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers - He's In The Jailhouse Now - Memphis Jug Band - George Street Stomp - Cincinnati Jug Band - Casey Bill - Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band - Greenville Strut - Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe - Boodle-Am-Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers - Jug Band Special - Whistler's Jug Band - Smackin' The Sax - Phillip's Louisville Jug Band - What Makes My Baby Cry - Five Harmaniacs - Piccolo Blues - Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band - Jug Rag - Prairie Ramblers notes by Don Kent Yazoo CD 2033 (US 1998) Yazoo Records discography
37	1999	Violin, Sing The Blues For Me African-American Fiddlers, 1926 - 1947 - Violin Blues - Johnson Boys - K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter - Beaver Slide Rag - Peg Leg Howell - Alma Waltz - Mississippi Mud Steppers - Window Pane Blues - Tommie Bradley - Travelin' Railroad Man Blues - Alabama Sheiks - Pig Meat Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band - Right Now Blues - Frank Stokes - East Jackson Blues - Bo Chatmon - Memphis Blues - Mobile Strugglers - Vine Street Drag - Tennessee Chocolate Drops - Broken Bed Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers - Lonesome Blues - Eddie Anthony/Henry "Rubberlegs" Williams - Memphis Shakedown - Memphis Jug Band - Adam and Eve - Tommie Bradley - Tell Me Man Blues - Henry "Son" Sims - Blue Coat Blues - Tom Nelson - Salty Dog - Booker Orchestra - Baby, Please Don't Go - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers - Stop and Listen Blues No. 2 - Mississippi Sheiks - Stealin' Blues - Cow Cow Davenport - The Moore Girl - Andrew & Jim Baxter - Highway 61 Blues - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band - Ted's Stomp - Louie Bluie notes by Marshall Wyatt Old Hat CD 1002 (US 1999)
38	2012	Every Day In The Week Blues Vol. 1 Harum Scarums - Come On In (Ain't nobody here but me) Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band - You Rascal You Bobbie Leecan's Need-More Band - Wash-Board Cut Out Bumble Bee Slim - Greasy Greens Memphis Night Hawks - Come On In, Baby Kansas City Kitty and Georgia Tom - You Got That Stuff Jack Kelly & his South Memphis Jug Band - Highway 61 Blues No.2 Boodle-It Wiggins - Keep A Knockin' An You Can't Get In Henry Brown - Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - Every Day In The Week Blues Lucille Bogan - Pot Hound Blues Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues Nelson's Paramount Serenaders - Nelson Blues Pinetop & Lindberg - 4-11-44 notes by Alex van der Tuuk Hidden Charms LP-001 (NL 180 g LP)
39	2017	The Rough Guide To Jug Band Blues RGNET1358CD track sequence: Memphis Sheiks - He's In The Jailhouse Now (3:10) Whistler & His Jug Band - The Jug Band Special (3:06) Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany (2:30) Birmingham Jug Band - Giving It Away (3:02) Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band - Casey Bill (2:46) Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band - It's Tight Like That (2:44) Carolina Peanut Boys - This Will Bring You Back (3:02) Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (2:49) Minnie Wallace - The Old Folks Started It (2:40) King David's Jug Band - What's That Tastes Like Gravy (3:04) Seven Gallon Jug Band - Wipe 'Em Off (2:40) Memphis Minnie And Her Jug Band - Grandpa And Grandma Blues (3:21) Memphis Jug Band - Stealin', Stealin' (2:55) Bob Coleman & The Cincinnati Jug Band - Tear It Down (2:45) Clifford's Louisville Jug Band - Mammy O'Mine Blues (3:35) Noah Lewis' Jug Band - Ticket Agent Blues (2:37) Jimmie Rodgers & The Louisville Jug Band - My Good Gal's Gone Blues (2:44) Jed Davenport And His Beale Street Jug Band - Beale Street Breakdown (2:49) Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band - Don't Drink It In Here (2:49) Picaninny Jug Band - Bottle It Up And Go (2:24) Dixieland Jug Blowers - Banjoreno (3:10) Prairie Ramblers - Jug Rag (2:49) Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band - Red Ripe Tomatoes (3:01) Old Southern Jug Band - Blues, Just Blues, That's All (2:45) Alabama Jug Band - Sugar Blues (2:34) RGNET1358LP track sequence: Memphis Sheiks - He's In The Jailhouse Now (3:10) Whistler & His Jug Band - The Jug Band Special (3:06) Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany (2:30) Birmingham Jug Band - Giving It Away (3:02) Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band - Casey Bill (2:46) Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band - It's Tight Like That (2:44) Carolina Peanut Boys - This Will Bring You Back (3:02) Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (2:49) Minnie Wallace - The Old Folks Started It (2:40) King David's Jug Band - What's That Tastes Like Gravy (3:04) Memphis Jug Band - Stealin', Stealin' (2:55) Jimmie Rodgers & The Louisville Jug Band - My Good Gal's Gone Blues (2:44) Picaninny Jug Band - Bottle It Up And Go (2:24) Old Southern Jug Band - Blues, Just Blues, That's All (2:45) series prod. by Phil Stanton; compiled by Neil Record notes by Neil Record World Music Network / Music Rough Guides RGNET1358CD (UK 2017) = World Music Network / Music Rough Guides RGNET1358LP (US 2018)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 147
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 346
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- Hatch End, Middlesex (Brian A.L. Rust), 1963/64, p.
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- London (Storyville Publications), revised 2nd ed. 1969, p.
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- Chigwell (Storyville Publications), fully revised 3rd ed. 1982, pp. 422-424
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 44, 505-506
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, pp. 130-131
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2006, pp. 234, 345
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, pp. 277, 402
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, pp. 284, 412
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition.- New York & London (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 572
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York (Oak Publications), 1968.- pp. 147, 207
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- London (Record Information Services), 1987.- p. 614
- Mike Leadbitter, Leslie Fancourt & Paul Pelletier: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. two, L to Z.- London (Record Information Services), 1994, p. 108
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Max Hoeffner for additional info / scans

South Memphis Jug Band (without Jack Kelly)

Robert 'Good Kid' Burse, Dick Rowles, Laura Dukes, Louis Allen, Wilfred 'Birdbreath' Bell, Will Batts, late 1930s
source: Blues Unlimited 125 (1977), p. 19 ("Bengt Olsson/Laura Dukes")
also published in Bengt Olsson: Memphis Blues.- London (Studio Vista) 1970, p. 44

Laura Dukes, Milton Roby, Wilfred 'Birdbreath' Bell, Will Batts, Robert 'Good Kid' Burse, "Looty" ["Lotis", poss. Arbee Stidham's
father, Luddie Stidham, reported by his son to have played saxophone in Memphis], 1935-40
source: Blues Unlimited 125 (1977), p.21 ("Bengt Olsson/Laura Dukes")
also published in Bengt Olsson: Memphis Blues.- London (Studio Vista) 1970, p. 42

Laura Dukes, Will Batts, Milton Roby and Robert 'Good Kid' Burse
playing at a private white party in Memphis, early 1950s
source: Back cover of Flyright LP 113; photographer's name not given
also published in Bengt Olsson: Memphis Blues.- London (Studio Vista) 1970, pp. 40-41

Laura Dukes, Mickey Mathis, Will Batts, Son Smith and Will Shade
playing outside a drive-in shop in Memphis, early 1950s
source: Back cover of Flyright LP 113; photographer's name not given
also published in Bengt Olsson: Memphis Blues.- London (Studio Vista) 1970, p. 46

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