Born on this day – Curley Weaver:

Curley Weaver

Blues singer

Guitarist

March 25, 1906 – September 20, 1962

Track listings on pictured CD: Curly Weaver The Complete Recorded Works 1933–1935 in Chronological Order, including music with The Georgia Browns:

No No Blues; Leg Iron Blues; Some Cold Rainy Day; Tippin’ Tom; Birmingham Gambler; Tampa Street; Decatur Street 81; Next Door Man (Take 1); Next Door Man (Take 2); It Must Have Been Her; Who Stole de Lock?; Joker Man; You Was Born to Die; Dirty Mistreater; Black Woman; City Cell Blues; Empty Room Blues; Tricks Ain’t Walking No More; Sometime Mama; Oh Lawdy Mama; Two Faced Woman; Early Morning Blues; Fried Pie Blues.

Born on this day – Son House:

Son House

Blues singer

Guitarist

March 21, 1902 – October 19, 1988

Credits:

Albums:

Been Here and Gone (2003); Country Farm Blues (2010); Death Letter (1998); Delta Blues (1991); Delta Blues and Spirituals (1995); Essential Blues Masters (2009); Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions (1992); Feel Like Going Home - A Film By Martin Scorsese (2003); Forever On My Mind (2022); Got the Blues (2012); Grinnin’ in Your Face (2015); J.D. Short and Son House: Blues from the Mississippi Delta (1963); John The Revelator (Live Radio Broadcast) (2017); King Of The Delta Blues (2006); Legends of Country Blues (CD B) (2006); Les Pionniers Du Blues, Vol. 11: Son House (2019); Live at Oberlin College (Live) (2018); Live At Oberlin College, April 15, 1965 (2018); Live... (2013); Low Down Dirty Dog Blues (2000); Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Son House (2003); Milestones of a Legend - Delta Blues, Vol. 3 (2017); New York Central (2007); Rare Country Farm Blues (2017); Revisited (2002); Son House - At Home - Rochester 1969 (2005); Son House in Seattle 1968 (2018); Son House Library of Congress Recordings 1941-1942 (2014); Son House Live At The Gaslight Cafe Jan 3rd 1965 (2000); Son House Revisited Vol. 1 (2006); Son House Selected Favorites Volume 2 (2006); Special Rider (2000); The 1930-42 Mississippi and Wisconsin Recordings (2021); The Classic Years (2012); The Complete Library Of Congress Sessions, 1941-1942 (Hd Remastered Edition, Doxy Collection) (1990); The Delta Blues Of Son House (2003); Walking blues (2021 Remastered Version) (2022); Wonderful Soundtrack (2016).

Movies and television:

All You Need Is Love (1977); American Epic (2017); B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012); Better Things (2017); Black Snake Moan (2006); Blues Brothers 2000 (1998); Blues Like Showers of Rain (1994); Blues Masters (1999); Blues Odyssey (2003); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Cold Case (2006); Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966 (1996); Fargo (2017); Fear the Walking Dead (2019); Festival (1967); Goliath (2016); Hard Target (1993); In the Aisles (2018); It Might Get Loud (2008); King of Stage: The Woodie King Jr. Story (2018); Later... With Jools Holland (2009); On the Road (2012); ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads (2019); Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017); Supernatural (2006); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 - Volume 3 (2004); The Blues (2003); The Blues (2003); The Howlin’ Wolf Story (2003); The Originals (2014); The Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll (2009); The Search for Robert Johnson (1992); The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights (2009); True Detective (2019); Two Trains Runnin’ (2016); Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001); When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? (1979); White Stripes: Under Blackpool Lights (2004).

Born on this day – Alec Seward:

Alec Seward

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

March 16, 1901 – May 11, 1972

Credits:

Albums:

Creepin’ Blues (1965); Late One Saturday Evening (1996); The Back Porch Boys (2002).

Songs:

Be Kind Blues; Big Hip Mama; Big Hip Mamma; Blues All Around My Head; Blues All Around My Head #2; C.C. Rider; Cousin John; Creepin’ Blues; Early Morning Blues; Evil Woman Blues; Feel So Good; Feels so Good; Friday the Thirteenth Blues; Goin’ Back Home; Goin’ Down Slow; Her Ways Are so Sweet; Hide Me In Thy Bosom; I Made A Mistake In Life; I Wish I’d Listened; It’s My Desire; Late Evening Blues; Late One Saturday Evening; Let A Good Thing Do; Little Annie Blues; Me and My Baby; Piney Woods; Risin’ Sun Shine On; Rock Me Darlin’; Sorry Woman Blues; Sweet Woman; Trouble in Mind; What Has Annie Got.

Born on this day – Jesse Fuller:

Jesse Fuller

Blues singer

Songwriter

Harmonica player

Guitarist

March 12, 1896 – January 29, 1976

Credits:

Albums:

Blues Connections (2014); Brother Lowdown (1972); February Mood (2015); Four Classic Albums (Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Ballads / The Lone Cat / Sings Ballads-Blues / Empty Bed Blues) (Digitally Remastered) (2019); Frisco Bound (1991); Is it True 'Bout the Man Jesse Fuller? (2020); Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Ballads (2019 Digitally Remastered) (2019); Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals, & Blues (1958); Jesse Fuller's Favorites (1965); Move On Down the Line (1965); San Francisco Bay Blues (1963); Stagolee: Essential Blues (2011); The Lone Cat (1961); The Lone Cat (2019 Digitally Remastered) (2019); Three of a Kind - Classic Recordings (2014); Two Blues Icons (2014); Working on the Railroad (1955).

Songs:

99 Years; As Long as I Can Feel the Spirit; Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home; By And By; Cincinnati Blues; Crazy Waltz; Flavor in My Cream; Hark from the Tomb; Hesitation Blues; How Long Blues; Hump in My Back; I'm Going To Meet My Loving Mother; Jesse's New Midnight Special; John Henry; Key To The Highway; Leavin' Memphis, Frisco Bound; Let Me Hold You in My Arms Tonight; Linin' Track; Little Black Train; Memphis Boogie; Morning Blues; Preacher Lowdown; Railroad Blues; Railroad Worksong; San Francisco Bay Blues; Stranger Blues; Take This Hammer; The Monkey And The Engineer; Together Let Us Live; You Can't Keep a Good Man Down; You’re No Good.

Movies and television:

Bandstand (1966); Down Home Music - A Journey Through the Heartland 1963 (1963); East of Suez (1925); Evening of AnExchange (1972); The Blues (1966); The Danny Kaye Show (1967); The Great White Hope (1970); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Thief of Bagdad (1924); Unplugged (1992).

Born on this day – Mississippi John Hurt:

Mississippi John Hurt

Blues singer

Guitarist

March 8, 1893 – November 2, 1966

Credits:

Albums:

1928 Sessions (1979); Ain't Nobody's Business (2008); American Epic: The Best of Mississippi John Hurt (2017); Avalon (2018); Avalon Blues (2012); Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings (1996); Blues Essentials (2008); Blues Routes Mississippi John Hurt (2009); Bluesville Presents (2024); Candy Man (2009); Candy Man Blues (2019); Christian Hymns - Delta Blues (2018); Coffee Blues (1995); D.C. Blues - The Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 2 (2000); D.C. Blues: The Library of Congress Recordings, Volume 1 (2004); Discovery (2021); Folk Songs and Blues (1963); Frankie & Albert (2005); Got The Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) (2008); I'm Satisfied (2005); Last Sessions (1966); Legend (1997); Live (2002); Live Blue Notes (2015); Louis Collins (2015); Make Me A Pallet (1991); Mississippi John Hurt Memorial Anthology (1994); Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (2021); Rediscovered (1998); Remastered from the Archives (2018); Satisfied (1960); Spike Driver Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings (Bonus Track Version) (2016); Stack O' Lee (2019); Stack o' Lee Blues (2015); The Best Of (1971); The Candy Man (2017); The Complete Studio Recordings (2000); The Greatest Songsters: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, 1927-1929 (1990); The Immortal (2006); The Immortal Mississippi John Hurt (1967); The Library of Congress Sessions, July 1963 (2014); The Rough Guide to Mississippi John Hurt (2019); Today! (1966); Vanguard Visionaries (2007); Worried Blues (1964).

Songs:

Ain't No Tellin'; Avalon Blues; Avalon, My Home Town; Beulah Land; Big Leg Blues; Blue Harvest Blues; Boys, You're Welcome; Candy Man Blues; Coffee Blues; Corrinna, Corrinna; Goodnight Irene; Got the Blues; Hey, Honey, Right Away; Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight; If You Don’t Want Me, Baby; I'm Satisfied; Joe Turner Blues; Louis Collins; Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor; Monday Morning Blues; My Creole Belle; Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home; Praying on the Old Camp Ground; Richland Women Blues; Shortnin' Bread; Spanish Fandang; Spider, Spider; Spike Driver Blues; Stack O'Lee Blues; Stagolee; The Chicken; You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley.

Movies and television:

A Man Called Hurt: The Life and Music of Mississippi John Hurt (2024); A Rosewood Daydream (1970); American Epic (2017); Dead Season (2012); Deadwood (2004); Festival (1967); Field Day (2004); Following Sean (2005); Infinitely Polar Bear (2014); Legends of Country Blues Guitar (1994); Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2013); Mr. Mercedes (2017–2018); P.O.V. (2007); Passage to Mars (2016); Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End (2013); Shadrach (1998); Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021); The Blues (2003); The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003); The Natural History of the Chicken (2000); The Yellow Handkerchief (2008); This Hour Has Seven Days (1966); Two Trains Runnin' (2016); Walk the Line (2005); Welcome to the Basement (2015).

Born on this day – Furry Lewis:

Furry Lewis

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

March 6, 1895 – September 14, 1981

Credits:

Albums:

ABC Of The Blues Vol 26 (2010); All Kinds of Blues (2024); Back On My Feet Again (1961); Blues Magician (1999); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order: 1927–1929 (1990); Done Changed My Mind (1961); Essential Blues Masters (2010); Fourth and Beale (1992); Furry Lewis (1960); Furry Lewis 1927–1929 (2005); Furry Lewis 1927-28 (2007); Furry's Blues Live (2017); Good Morning Judge (2003); In His Prime 1927-1928 (1975); Kassie Jones (2008); Live At The Gaslight At The Au Go Go (2023); Masters Of Memphis Blues / CD A (2006); Memphis (2024); Memphis Blues Masters One (2013); Mistreatin Mama (2016); Mr Furry's Blues (2015); On the Road Again (1969); Party! At Home (2001); Presenting Furry Lewis (1927); Presenting the Country Blues (1969); Shake 'em on Down (1972); Take Your Time (2000); The Blues Collection 61: Beale Street Blues (1995); The Bluesville Years, Vol. 3: Beale Street Get-Down (1995); The Classic Years (2021); The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (2007); The Legend of Furry Lewis (2022); Worried Blues (2017).

Songs:

Baby You Don’t Want Me; Big Chief Blues; Billy Lyons and Stack O'lee; Black Gypsy Blues; Blues Around My Bed; Cannon Ball Blues; Creeper's Blues; Don't You Wish Your Mama; Dry Land Blues; Early Recording Career; Falling Down Blues; Farewell I'm Growing Old; Furry Lewis Rag; Furry's Blues; Going To Brownsville; Good Morning Judge; I Will Turn Your Money Green; John Henry, Part 1; Judge Boushay Blues; Judge Harsh Blues; Kassie Jones; Kassie Jones, Parts 1 & 2; Lay My Burden Down; Mistreatin' Mama; Old Blue; Old Hobo; Roll and Tumble Blues; Shake ’em On Down; The Medicine Shows; White Lightnin’; Why Don't You Come Home Blues; Worried Blues.

Movies and television:

All You Need Is Love (1977); Blues America (2013); En remontant le Mississippi (1973); Good Mornin' Blues (1978); Greenleaf (2020); Killer Diller (2004); Leon Russell - Homewood Session (1970); Masters of Country Blues: John Lee Hooker & Furry Lewis (1995); Memphis '69 (2019); Mississippi Grind (2015); Stranded in Canton (2005); The Blues (1962 / 2003); The Blues Under the Skin (1973); The Soul of a Man (2003); This Is Elvis (1981); W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975).

Born on this day – Scrapper Blackwell:

Scrapper Blackwell

Blues singer

Guitarist

February 21, 1903 – October 7, 1962

Credits:

Albums:

A Blues (2018); ABC Of The Blues Vol 7 (2010); Blue Night Blues (2000); Blues Before Sunrise + Mr. Scrapper's Blues (2014); Blues Night Blue (2019); Kokomo (2021); Penal Farm Blues (2021); Presenting Scrapper Blackwell (1929); Rocks In My Bed (2016); Scrapper Blackwell - Music History (2021); Scrapper Blackwell 1959-1960 (2005); Scrapper Blackwell Vol. 1 (1928-1932) (2005); The Blues Collective -Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell (2023); The Very Best Of (2009); The Virtuoso Guitar Of Scrapper Blackwell (2006); Trouble Blues (2019); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD A (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD B (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD C (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD D (2008).

Songs:

Alabama Women Blues; Back Door Blues; Be-Da-Da-Bum; Blue Day Blues; Blue Night Blues; Blues Before Sunrise; Cold Blooded Murder; D Blues; Down and Out Blues; Down South Blues; Four Day Rider; Goin' Where the Monon Crosses the Yellow Dog; Hard Time Blues; How About Me; How Long Blues No. 1; I Believe I'll Make a Change; I Won't Miss You When You're Gone; Lifeboat Blues; Low Down Dog Blues; Mean Mistreater Mama; My Dream Blues; My Heart Struck Sorrow; My Old Pal; My Old Pal Blues; Naptown Blues; Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; Pack Up Her Trunk Blues; Papa's on the House Top; Scrapper Blackwell; Shady Lane; When the Sun Goes Down; Whiskey Man Blues.

Born on this day – Kurt Cobain:

Kurt Cobain

Musician

Singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994

Born on this day – Kokomo Arnold:

Kokomo Arnold

Blues singer

Guitarist

February 15, 1896 or 1901 – November 8, 1968

Credits:

Songs:

Back Door Blues; Back to the Woods; Bad Luck Blues; Biscuit Roller Blues; Black Annie; Busy Bootin'; Chain Gang Blues; Feels So Good; Grandpa Got Drunk; Hobo Blues; How Long How Long Blues; I'm Going Fishing Too; Kokomo Blues; Long and Tall; Mean Old Twister; Milk Cow Blues; Old Black Cat Blues; Old Original Kokomo Blues; Paddlin' Blues; Paddlin' Madeline Blues; Policy Wheel Blues; Rainy Night Blues; Red Beans and Rice; Sagefield Woman Blues; Set Down Gal; Sissy Man Blues; Slop Jar Blues; Stop, Look and Listen; The Big Boat; The Twelves; Things 'Bout Coming My Way; You Shouldn't Do That.

Albums:

A as in ARNOLD, Kokomo (Volume 1) (2012); A as in ARNOLD, Kokomo (Volume 2) (2012); A Summer Sky Shines (2015); ABC Of The Blues Vol 5 (2010); ABC of the Blues Vol. 1 (2010); Bad Luck Blues (2015); Beans And Rice (2013); Best Blues (2016); Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Kokomo Arnold (2012); Blues Experience Vol. 14 (2010); Blues Legends: Kokomo Arnold (2012); Blues Masters Vol. 14 - Kokomo Arnold (2009); Bootlegger Blues (2015); Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters of the 1930's (1992); Bottlenecks (2023); Cold Winter Blues - The Best Of (2009); Collection 1930-38 (2020); Colours of Music History (2014); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 1: 17 May 1930 to 15 March 1935 (1991); Crying Blues (2015); It's All About Blues Music (2014); King of the Bottleneck Guitar (1934-1937) (2003); Kokomo Arnold (2008); Kokomo Arnold UpGraded Masters (All Tracks Remastered) (2019); Kokomo Arnold Vol. 1 (1930 - 1935) (2005); Kokomo Arnold Vol. 3 (1936 - 1937) (2005); Kokomo Arnold Vol. 4 (1933 - 1934) (2005); Kokomo Arnold, Vol. 2 (1935 - 1936) (2012); Laugh And Grin (2013); Mean Old Twister (2011); Midnight Blues (Nothing But the Blues) (1994); Milk Cow Blues (2010); Milk cow blues (2022 Remastered Version) (2022); Policy Wheel Blues (2015); Presenting Kokomo Arnold (1934); Red Beans and Rice (2011); Shake That Thing (2016); That's What I Need (2014); The Twelves (2015); The Ultimate Jazz Archive 12 (4 Of 4) (2007); Tonight in Time (2015); Try Some of That (2024); Your Music Around Me (2015).

Movies and television:

Aerosmith: Live Texxas Jam '78 (1989); Elvis: The Memphis Flash (2005); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Shindig! (1965); The Beatles: Get Back (2021); Walk the Line (2005).

Born on this day – Pink Anderson:

Pink Anderson

Blues singer

Guitarist

February 12, 1900 – October 12, 1974

Credits:

Albums:

American Street Songs (1956); Baby I'm Going Away (2019); Ballad & Folk Singer, Vol. 3 (1963); Blues Legend (2011); Carolina Blues Man (1961); Essential Blues Masters (2010); Gospel, Blues And Street Songs (1987); Greasy Greens and a Mess of Blues (2012); Happy Hours (2015); In the Jailhouse Now (2021); Leisure Time (2014); Medicine Show Man (1962); Medicine Show Man, Volume 2 (1962); Pink Anderson: Carolina Medicine Show Hokum and Blues with Baby Tate (1984); The Blues of Pink Anderson: Ballad & Folksinger (1961); Vol..2 - Medicine Show Man (2018); Weeping Willow Blues (2021).

Songs:

Ain't Nobody Home but Me; Baby Please Don't Go; Baby Tate - See What You Done Done; Betty and Dupree; Big House Blues; Bo Weevil; Boweevil; C.C. & O Blues; C.C. And O. Blues; Chicken; Every Day In The Week Blues; Gonna Tip Out Tonight; Greasy Greens; He's in the Jailhouse Now; I Got a Woman 'cross Town; I Got a Woman 'Way Cross Town; I Got Mine; I Will Fly Away; I'm Going to Walk Through the Streets of the City; In the Evening; In the Jailhouse Now; I've Got Mine; John Henry; Meet Me in the Bottom; See That My Grave Is Kept; That's No Way to Do; The Boys of Your Uncle Sam; The Kaiser; The Titanic; Tippin’ Out; Travelin' Man; You Don't Know My Mind.

Television:

The Blues / documentary (1962).

Born on this day – Willie Trice:

Willie Trice

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

February 10, 1908 – December 11, 1976

Credits:

Album:

Blue and Rag'd (1995).

Songs:

Come on in Here Mama; Goin' to the Country; Good Time Boogie; I Love You, Sweet Baby; I've Had Trouble; My Baby's Ways; New Careless Love Blues; New Diddey Wah Diddey; She's Coming on the C & O; Shine On; Troublesome Mind; Trying to Find My Baby; You Have Mistreated Me.

Born on this day – Lonnie Johnson:

Lonnie Johnson

Blues singer

Guitarist

Violinist

Songwriter

February 8, 1899 – June 16, 1970

Born on this day – Casey Bill Weldon:

Casey Bill Weldon

Blues singer

Guitarist

February 2, 1901 – September 28, 1972

Born on this day – Walter Vinson:

Walter Vinson

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

February 2, 1901 – April 22, 1975

Born on this day – Sleepy John Estes:

Sleepy John Estes

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

January 25, 1899 – June 5, 1977

Credits:

Albums:

A Summer Sky Shines (2015); Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Sleepy John Estes (2012); Blues At Home 11 (2013); BLUES IS A‐LIVE (1977); Blues Live (1999); Blues Masters Vol. 24 - Sleepy John Estes (2009); Blues Music (2016); Broke and Hungry - Ragged and Dirty, Too (1964); Broke and Hungry (1964); Brownsville Blues (1992); Colours of Music History (2014); Crying Out Loud - Sleepy John Estes Blues Chronicles (2023); Crying the Blues (2015); Drop Down (2018); Drop Down Mama (2013); Drop down mama (2021 Remastered Version) (2022); Electric Sleep (1991); Goin' To Brownsville (1998); I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More (2011); I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More 1929-1941 (1992); It's All About Blues Music (2014); Jailhouse Blues (1998); Legendary Country Blues Artists - CD A (2007); Legendary Country Blues Artists - CD B (2007); Liquor Store Blues (2011); Live in Japan with Hammie Nixon (2014); Newport Blues (2002); Numero Uno Blues (2020); On Highway 80 (2008); On the Chicago Blues Scene (1991); Presenting Sleepy John Estes (1930); Rats in My Kitchen (2012); Roots Of The Blues - Sleepy John Estes (2004); Sleepy John Estes 1935-1938 (Blues for Ever) (2003); Sleepy John Estes in Europe (1999); Sleepy John Estes Vol. 2 (1937 - 1941) (2005); Sleepy John Estes, King of Blues (2014); Sleepy John Estes: First Recordings With Lewis & Rachel (2006); Someday Baby Blues (2004); Street Car Blues (2008); Sweet Mama (2000); Tennessee Bluesman (2021); That's What I Need (2014); The Legend of Sleepy John Estes (1962); The Magic Masters (2016); The Ultimate Jazz Archive 13 - Blues (3 Of 4) (2007); Working Man Blues - The Best Of (2009); Working Man's Blues (2007).

Movies and television:

Blues America (2013); Dallas 362 (2003); Jazzorama (1964); Memphis '69 (2019); Nothing But the Blues / TV Movie (1966); Nothing But the Blues: Blues Scene (1967); Playboy After Dark (1969); Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017); Shine a Light (2008); Tales from the Loop (2020); The Blues (1962); The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003).

Born on this day – Lead Belly:

Lead Belly

Blues singer

Guitarist

January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949

Born on this day – Mississippi Fred McDowell:

Mississippi Fred McDowell

Blues singer

Songwriter

Guitarist

January 12, 1904 – July 3, 1972

Credits:

Albums:

61 Highway Blues (2011); A Dose Of Double Dynamite (2006); ABC Of The Blues Vol 33 (2010); Amazing Grace & My Home Is in the Delta (2013); Amazing Grace (1966); Ann Arbor, 1971 (Live) (2021); Best Live Country Blues (2022); Blues Masters: Mississippi Fred McDowell (1969); Come and Found You Gone: The Bill Ferris Recordings (2010); Downhome Blues, Vol. 1 (2009); Eight Years Ramblin' (1972); Fred Mcdowell (2014); Fred McDowell, Vol. 2 (1966); Going Down to the River - Mississippi Fred McDowell 1959 (2020); Heritage Of The Blues: Mississippi Fred McDowell (2003); I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll (1969); Jesus On The Mainline (2023); Les pionniers du Blues, Vol. 15 : Mississippi Fred McDowell (2019); Levee Camp Blues (1980); Live at the Gaslight: Set One (2000); Live at the Gaslight: Set Two (2000); Live in New York (1972); Long Way From Home (1966); Long Way From Home: The Blues of Fred McDowell (1990); Mama Says I'm Crazy (2002); Mighty Mississippi (Rerecorded) (2009); Mississippi Delta Blues (1964); Mississippi Fred McDowell (1995); Mississippi Fred McDowell in London (Volume Two) (1970); Mojo Hand: Previously Unreleased (2022); Ole Miss Blues (2022);Portraits: The First Recordings (1997); Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On (2012); Shake 'Em on Down (2015); Shake 'Em On Down: Live In NYC (2016); Standing At The Burying Ground (1996); The Alan Lomax Recordings (2011); The Best of Mississippi Fred Mcdowell (2001); The Complete Friends of Old Time Music Concert (Live) (2024); The Essential Fred McDowell (Live) (2022); The First Recordings (1997); The Man from Como, Miss (2020); The Train I Ride (1993); This Ain't No Rock n' Roll (1995); Timeless Blues: Mississippi Fred McDowell (2011); You Ain't Gonna Worry My Life Anymore (2010); You Gotta Move (1989).

Songs:

61 Highway; Baby Please Don't Go; Como; Do My Baby Ever Think of Me; Everybody's Down on Me; Fred's Rambling Blues; Frisco Line; Get Right Church; Goin’ Down to the River; Going Away - Won't Be Gone Long; Going Down the River; Gravel Road Blues; Highway 61; I Heard Somebody Call; I Looked at the Sun; Jesus Is On The Main Line; John Henry; Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning; Levee Camp Blues; Meet Me Down in Froggy Bottom; My Baby; My Bottleneck; Red Cross Store Blues; Shake 'em on Down; That's Alright; What's the Matter Now?; When I Lay My Burden Down; When the Saints Go Marching In; Write Me a Few Lines; Write Me a Few of Your Lines; You Got to Move.

Born on this day – Tampa Red:

Tampa Red

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

January 8, 1903 – March 19, 1981

Credits:

Albums:

Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Tampa Red (2011); Blues Legends: Tampa Red (2012); Blues Masters Vol. 26 - Tampa Red (2009); Bottleneck Guitar 1928-1937 (1974); Chicago Moan (2012); Chicago Moan Blues - Tampa Red in the 20's, Vol. 1 (2020); Don't Jive Me (1962); Don't Tampa With The Blues (1961 / 2012); Don't Tampa With The Blues (Remastered 1992) (1960); Echoes from the South With Tampa Red & Big Maceo (2009); Essential Blues (2012); Friendless Gal Blues (2016); Guitar Blues (2011); His Blues (2016); It Hurts Me Too (1995, EP); Mother Of The Blues, CD E (2007); Music Making In Chicago 1928-1935 (2012); Presenting Tampa Red (1928); Roots Of The Blues - Tampa Red (2004); Single String Slide (2020); So Far So Good (2010); Spotlight on Tampa Red (2022); Sugar Mama Blues (2009); Tampa Red - Music History (2021); Tampa Red - Volume 1 (MP3 Album) (2012); Tampa Red - Volume 2 (MP3 Album) (2012); Tampa Red The Guitar Wizard (1994); Tampa Red Vol. 10 1938-1939 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 11 1939-1940 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 12 1941-1945 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 14 1949-1951 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 15 1951-1953 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 2 (1929) (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 3 (1929 - 1930) (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 4 (1930 - 1931) (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 5 (1931 - 1934) (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 7 1935-1936 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 8 1936-1937 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 9 1937-1938 (2005); Tampa Red:1931-1946: Slide Guitar Wizard, Chicago (1997); The Bluebird Recordings 1934-1936 (1997); The Bluebird Recordings, 1936-1938 (1997); The Blues Collective - Tampa Red (2023); Through Train Blues (2012); Travel On (2018); Uncle Bud - Selected Recordings (2009); Voice of the Blues (2015); Worried Life (2018); You Can't Get That Stuff No More (2008).

Songs:

1950 Blues; Anna Lou Blues; Beedle Um Bum; Black Eye Blues; Boogie Woogie Dance; But I Forgive You; Crying Won’t Help You; Deep Moaning Blues: 1; Delta Woman Blues; Denver Blues; Detroit Blues; Don't You Lie to Me; Green and Lucky Blues; Grievin' and Worryin' Blues; I'm Gonna Get High; It Hurts Me Too; It's Tight Like That; Kingfish Blues; Let Me Play with Your Poodle; Love Her With a Feelin'; Love With a Feeling; Lula Mae; Mean Mistreater Blues; No Matter How She Done It; Seminole Blues; She's Love Crazy; Sugar Mama Blues No. 1; Things 'Bout Coming My Way; Western Bound Blues; When Things Go Wrong with You; You Can't Get That Stuff No More; You Missed a Good Man.

Movies and television:

Baseball (1994); Honeydripper (2007); In Session: Stevie Ray Vaughan/Albert King (1983); Last Man Standing (1996); Music and Lyrics (2007); Tales from the Loop (2020); The Rose (1979).

Born on this day – Frank Stokes:

Frank Stokes

Blues singer

guitarist

songwriter

January 1, 1877 – September 12, 1955

Credits:

Albums:

Creator of the Memphis Blues (1977); Downtown Blues (2010); Frank Stokes with Dan Sane & Will Bats 1927–1929 (1968); The Best of Frank Stokes (2005); The Remaining Titles (1984); The Victor Recordings in Chronological Order 1928–1929 (1990).

Songs:

Ain't Goin' to Do Like I Used to Do; Beale Town Bound; Bedtime Blues; Blues in 'D'; Chicken You Can Roost Behind the Moon; Downtown Blues

Fillin' in Blues; Frank Stokes' Dream; Half Cup of Tea; How Long; Hunting Blues; I Got Mine; I'm Going Away Blues; It Won't Be Long Now; It's a Good Thing; Jazzin' the Blues; Jumpin on the Hill; Last Go Round; Memphis Rounders Blues; Mistreatin' Blues; Mr. Crump Don't Like It; Nehi Mama; Old Sometime Blues; Right Now Blues; Rockin' on the Hill Blues; South Memphis Blues; Sweet to Mama; Tain't Nobody's Business if I Do; Take Me Back; Wasn't That Doggin' Me; What's the Matter Blues; You Shall.

Born on this day – John Denver:

John Denver

Singer

Songwriter

Guitarist

Actor

December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997