Selected Discography:

 

Muddy Waters, w/Louis Ford on mandolin

Muddy Waters Library of Congress Recordings (1941-1942) and (1946-1950), reissued on Document Records DOCD-5146

 

Coley Jones and The Dallas String Band

Coley Jones and The Dallas String Band 1927-29- Matchbox Bluesmaster Series MSE 208

 

The Jug and String Bands

The Jug Bands- Folkways Records RF6

The Jug, Jook and Washboards- Blues Classic 2

The Blues in Memphis- Origin Jazz Library OJL-21

The Great Jug Bands- Origin Jazz Library OJL-4

More of That Jug Band Sound- Origin Jazz Library OJL-19

The Jug and Washboard Bands Vol.1 1924-31- Blues Documents BD-2023

Jugs: the Great Jug Bands 1927-33- Origin Jazz Library  OJL-4

Memphis Jug Band- Yazoo 1067
Best of the Memphis Jug Band- Yazoo 2059

Memphis Jug Band 1927-34- Matchbox Bluesmaster Series MSE 1008

Memphis Jug Band Vol. 1 1927-29- Roots RL-322

Memphis Jug Band Vol. 2 1927-34- Roots RL-337

Memphis Jug Band The Story 1927-34- Blues Collection EPM

Tommy Bradley/James Cole Groups 1930-32- Matchbox Bluesmaster Series MSE 211

Mississippi String Bands 1928-36- Blues Documents BD-204
Cincinnati Blues- Catfish Records
Texas Black Country Dance Music-1927-35 Document DOCD 5162

 

Will Weldon

Casey Bill Weldon: Red Hot Blues- Earl Archives/Blues Documents BD-605

 

Charlie McCoy

Memphis Masters- Yazoo 2008

Complete Recorded Works: 1928-1932
Document BDCD-6018

The Best of Charlie McCoy 1929-36- Earl Archives/Blues Documents BD-602


Charlie McCoy and Walter Vinson 1928-36
- Earl Archive/Blues Documents BD-612


The McCoy Brothers-Vol.1, 1934-36
- Document Records BDCD-6019

The McCoy Brothers-Vol.2-3, 1936-1944- RST Records/Blues Documents BDCD-6020

w/ Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy Complete Recorded Works: Vol4 (1933-34) Document DOCD-5031

w/ Memphis Minnie

Completed Recorde Works: Vol4 (1938-39) Document DOCD-6011

Complete Recorded Works: Vol4 (1940-41) Document DOCD-6012

 

w/ Harlem Hamfats

Complete Recorded Works in Chronoligical Order: Vol1 (1936) Document DOCD-5271

Complete Recorded Works in Chronoligical Order: Vol2 (1936-37) Document DOCD-5272
Complete Recorded Works in Chronoligical Order: Vol3 (1937-38) Document DOCD-5273
Complete Recorded Works in Chronoligical Order: Vol4 (1938-39) Document DOCD-5274

Hamfat Swing 1936-1938 EPM Musique BC158932


w/Mississippi Mud Steppers (McCoy and Bo Carter) Mississippi Blacksnakes
Mississippi String Bands and Associates 1928-31 Document BDCD6013

w/Walter Vinscon; Chatmon's Mississippi Hot Footers
Complete Recorded Works 1928-1941 Document BDCD6017

 

w/Ishman Bracey
Complete Recorded Works 1928-29
Document BDCD5049
Ishman Bracey 1928-30 Wolf 105

 

also appeared on:

 

Memphis Minnie Hoodoo Lady 1933-37 Columbia/Legacy 46775
Sonny Boy Williamson I Complete Recorded Works Vol 4 1941-1945 Document DOCD 5058

Bo Carter Complete Recorded Works Vol 1 1928-31 Document DOCD 5078
Bo Carter Complete Recorded Works Vol 5 1938-40 Document DOCD 5082
Big Bill Broonzy Complete Recorded Works Vol 5 1936-37 Document DOCD 5127
Big Bill Broonzy I Feel So Good Indigo 2006
Big Bill Broonzy In Chicago 1932-37 EPM Musique BC157422

Peetie Wheatstraw Complete Recorded Works Vol 4 1936-37 Document DOCD 5244

 

Howard Armstrong

Louie Bluie: Soundtrack from the Film- Arhoolie 1095

Louie Bluie- Blue Suit Records BS-106D
Martin, Bogan and Armstrong

Flying Fish 003

Martin, Bogan and Armstrong: The Barnyard Dance- Rounder Records 2003

Martin, Bogan and the Armstrongs: That Old Gang of Mine- Rounder Records 2003

w/Paul Geremia Self Portrait in Blues Red House Records

 

Carl Martin

Martin, Bogan and Armstrong

Flying Fish 003

Martin, Bogan and Armstrong: The Barnyard Dance- Rounder Records 2003

Martin, Bogan and the Armstrongs: That Old Gang of Mine- Rounder Records 2003
Crow Jane Blues- Testament

 

 

Matthew Prater

String Bands 1926-29 Document DOCD 5167
Violin Sing the Blues For Me Old Hat Records

Al Miller

Complete Recorded Works 1927-36Document DOCD 5306

Lonnie Coleman

Sinners and Saints 1926-31Document DOCD 5126


James “Yank” Rachell

James "Yank" Rachell Vol.1 (1934-38) - Wolf Records - WSE 106

James "Yank" Rachell Vol.2 (1938-41) - Wolf Records - WSE 107

Jugs: The Great JugBands 1927-33; one cut with Noah Lewis (see Jug Bands above)

Yank Rachell - Blue Goose - 2010

Yank Rachell- Chicago Style - Delmark DS-649

Sleepy John Estes w/Yank Rachell - 1929-30 Sessions - Roots RSE-4

Sleepy John Estes: Broke and Hungry - w/ Rachell, Nixon and Bloomfield - Delmark DS-608

Mandolin Blues - Delmark 649

Blues Mandolin Man- Blind Pig 1986

Pig Trader Blues - Slippery Noodle Sound, order by calling 1-800-SN1-BLUS

Too Hot For The Devil- Flat Rock Records
w/ John Sebastian and the J-Band Chasin Gus' Ghost Hollywood Records B00000JHCB and I Want My Roots Music Masters Jazz B000000FPQ

 

Johnny Young

Johnny Young and his Chicago Blues Band - Arhoolie F1029

Johnny Young and Big Walter, Chicago Blues - Arhoolie F1037 (with a new reissue on CD; CD325)

Johnny Young- Blues Masters Vol.9 - Blue Horizon BM4609

Can't Keep My Foot From Jumping - ABC/Bluesways BLS 6075

The Chicago String Band - Testament Records T220

Chicago/The Blues/Today Vol.3 -  Vanguard Records ASD 79218

Johnny Young and His Friends - Testament Records T2226

 

RW Durden(Three Stripped Gears)

Hokum Blues and Rags Document DOCD 5392

Early Mandolin Classics Rounder

Too Late Too Late Vol 6 1924-46 Document DOCD 5461




Rich DelGrosso

Get Your Nose Outta My Bizness!- mandolinblues.com MB10001

 

Various Artists

Rags, Breakdowns, Stomps and Blues: Vintage Mandolin Music (1927-1946)- Document Records

Mandolin Blues – Testament Records TCD 6004

Early Mandolin Classics Vol.1- Rounder Records 1050

Johnny Winters: The Progressive Blues Experiment- Imperial LP-12431 Records