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Jimmy Blythe Discography

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Jimmy BlytheWhen I started listening to Jimmy Blythe several years ago I really wanted to find out a complete discography that would allow me to have a detailed photo of what he has recorded during the 1920s.
That’s why I decided to create and publish this comprehensive “Jimmy Blythe Discography“.

editor’s note :  What happens to Blythe activity in 1930 ? According to various sources, He recorded  only two numbers with Robinson’s Knights Of Rest. From U.S. 1930 Census records, he was living in South Michigan Avenue, Chicago with his sister Mary and her husband Mario, her son Charlie and Blythe’s other sister Bessie, who had been widowed in 1930. In 1930, Jimmy was also separated from his wife Janice, met around 1924, becoming his wife near the end of that year.

 

Jimmy Blythe Discography

 

1924

Chicago Stomp (take 1) Jimmy Blythe piano solo 1750-1-2 Paramount 12207A Chicago, April, 1924
Chicago Stomp (take 2) available on DOCD-5662 Jimmy Blythe piano solo Chicago, April, 1924
Armour Avenue Struggle Jimmy Blythe piano solo 1751-1-2 Paramount 12207B Chicago, April, 1924
You Ain’t Foolin’ Me with Priscilla Stewart 1760-2 Paramount 12205A Chicago, April, 1924
True Blues with Priscilla Stewart  1761-2 Paramount 12205B Chicago, April, 1924
Friendless Blues with Monette Moore 8077-1-2-3 Paramount 12210B Chicago, April, 1924
Mecca Flat Blues with Priscilla Stewart 9025-1-2 Paramount 12224B Chicago, August, 1924
Hot Springs Water Blues with Sodarisa Miller 9026-1 Paramount unissued Chicago, August, 1924
Hot Springs Water Blues with Sodarisa Miller 9026-2 Paramount 12231A Chicago, August, 1924
Who’ll Drive My Blues Away ? with Sodarisa Miller 9027-1 Paramount 12231B Chicago, August, 1924
Who’ll Drive My Blues Away ? with Sodarisa Miller 9027-2 Paramount 12231B Chicago, August, 1924
Delta Bottom Blues with Priscilla Stewart 9030 Paramount 12240A Chicago, August, 1924
Sugar Daddy Blues with Lottie Beaman-Kimbrough 1902-1-2 Paramount 12254B Chicago, October 1, 1924
Low Down Painful Blues with Lottie Beaman-Kimbrough  1903-1-2 Paramount 12254A Chicago, October 1, 1924
Mama Can’t Lose with Lottie Beaman-Kimbrough 1904-1-2 Paramount 12235B Chicago, October 1, 1924
I Never Call My Man’s Name with Priscilla Stewart 1916-1-2 Paramount 12240B Chicago, October 9, 1924
Uptown Daddy with Sodarisa Miller (w/ Jimmy O’Bryant on clarinet) 9074-2 Sil 3566 Chicago, November, 1924
Broadway Daddy Blues with Sodarisa Miller (w/ Jimmy O’Bryant on clarinet) 9074-4 Paramount Chicago, November, 1924
Down By The River Blues (Riverside Blues) with Sodarisa Miller (w/ Jimmy O’Bryant on clarinet) 9075-1-2 Paramount Chicago, November, 1924
Don’t Dog Me ‘Round (Doggin’ Blues) with Sodarisa Miller 9078-1 Paramount 12243B Chicago, November, 1924
Tall Brown Blues with Priscilla Stewart (w/ Jimmy O’Bryant on clarinet) 9085-1 Paramount 12253A Chicago, November, 1924
The Woman Ain’t Born with Priscilla Stewart (as Tessie Ames) 9086-2 Sil 3576 Chicago, November, 1924
The Woman Ain’t Born with Priscilla Stewart 9086-4 Paramount 12253B Chicago, November, 1924
Red Hot Mama O’Bryant Washboard Band 677 Paramount 12246 Chicago, November, 1924
Drunk Man’s Strut O’Bryant Washboard Band 679 Paramount 12246 Chicago, November, 1924
Confession Blues (Confessin’ Blues) with Sodarisa Miller 10016-2 Paramount  12261A Chicago, November, 1924
Nobody Knows with Sodarisa Miller 10017-2 Paramount 12293B Chicago, December, 1924

1925

Skoodlum Blues O’Bryant Washboard Band 758-1 Paramount 12260A Chicago, January, 1925
Midnight Strutters O’Bryant Washboard Band 759-1 Paramount 12260B Chicago, January, 1925
Washboard Blues O’Bryant Washboard Band 10036-2 Paramount 12265 Chicago, March, 1925
Brand New Charleston O’Bryant Washboard Band 10037-1-2 Paramount 12265 Chicago, March, 1925
Blue Eyed Sally O’Bryant Washboard Band 10079-2 Paramount 12288A Chicago, March, 1925
Three J Blues Jimmy O’Bryant’s Famous Original Washboard Band 10086-2 Paramount 12294A Chicago, March, 1925
Steppin’ On The Gas Jimmy O’Bryant’s Famous Original Washboard Band 10087-2 Paramount 12294B Chicago, March, 1925
Georgia Breakdown O’Bryant Washboard Band 2088-1 Paramount 12277A Chicago, April, 1925
I Was Born A Brownskin And You Can’t Make Me Blue with Priscilla Stewart 2090-1-2 Paramount 12286B Chicago, April, 1925
Priscilla Blues with Priscilla Stewart 2091-1-2 Paramount 12286A Chicago, April, 1925
Sunshine Special (Outside Man Blues) with Sodarisa Miller 2092-1 Paramount 12276A Chicago, April, 1925
Sunshine Special (Outside Man Blues) with Sodarisa Miller 2092-2 Paramount 12276A Chicago, April, 1925
Be Yourself with Sodarisa Miller 2093-2 Paramount 12276B Chicago, April, 1925
Hot Hot Hottentot O’Bryant Washboard Band 2146-1-2 Paramount 20400 Chicago, June, 1925
Alabamy Bound O’Bryant Washboard Band 2147-2 Paramount 20400 Chicago, June, 1925
Clarinet Getaway O’Bryant Washboard Band 2148-1-2 Paramount 12287A Chicago, June, 1925
Back Alley Rub O’Bryant Washboard Band 2149-1-2 Paramount 12287B Chicago, June, 1925
Fat Meat And Greens Jimmy Blythe piano solo 2201-1 Paramount 12304A Chicago, June 1925
Jimmie Blues Jimmy Blythe piano solo 2202-1 Paramount 12304B Chicago, June 1925
The Joys (Slow Motion Special) O’Bryant Washboard Band 2194-1 Paramount 12297A Chicago, July, 1925
Everybody Pile Jimmy O’Bryant’s Famous Original Washboard Band 2195-1-2 Paramount 12312A Chicago, July, 1925
Charleston Fever Jimmy O’Bryant’s Famous Original Washboard Band 2196-1-2 Paramount 12312B Chicago, July, 1925
Switch It, Miss Mitchell O’Bryant Washboard Band 2197-1-2 Paramount 12297B Chicago, July, 1925
Midnight Special with Sodarisa Miller 2225-1 Paramount 12306B Chicago, August, 1925
Reckless Don’t Care Mama Blues with Sodarisa Miller 2226-1 Paramount 12306A Chicago, August, 1925
Down To The Bricks Jimmy O’Bryant’s Famous Original Washboard Band 2233-1-2 Paramount 12308A Chicago, August, 1925
I Found A Good Man After All Jimmy O’Bryant’s Famous Original Washboard Band 2234-2 Paramount 12308B Chicago, August, 1925
Milenberg Joys Jimmy O’Bryant’s Famous Original Washboard Band 2322-1-2 Paramount 12321A Chicago, November, 1925
Sugar Babe Jimmy O’Bryant’s Famous Original Washboard Band 2323-1 Paramount 12321B Chicago, November, 1925
Thirty-Eight And Two (It Must Be Forty) Jimmy O’Bryant’s Famous Original Washboard Band 911-1-2 Paramount 12329A Chicago, December, 1925
Please Don’t Break ‘Em Down Jimmy O’Bryant’s Famous Original Washboard Band 912-1-2 Paramount 12329B Chicago, December, 1925
Chicago Skiffle Jimmy O’Bryant’s Famous Original Washboard Band 913-1-2 Paramount 12339B Chicago, December, 1925
My Man Rocks Me Jimmy O’Bryant’s Famous Original Washboard Band 914-2 Paramount 12339A Chicago, December, 1925

1926

Anna Mina Forty And St. Louis Shorty Viola Bartlette with Blythe’s Sinful Five 2415-1 Paramount 12351B Chicago, February, 1926
Quit Knocking On My Door Viola Bartlette with Blythe’s Sinful Five 2418-1-2 Paramount 12345B Chicago, February, 1926
Pump Tillie Blythe’s Sinful Five 2420-1-2 Paramount 12346B Chicago, February, 1926
Shake That Thing Jimmy O’Bryant’s Famous Original Washboard Band 2435-1-2 Paramount 12346A Chicago, February, 1926
Mountain Jack Blues with Gertrude ‘Ma’ Rainey 2466-1-2-3 Paramount 12352A Chicago, February, 1926
Shake That Thing with Viola Bartlette 2467-1 Paramount 12345A Chicago, February, 1926
It Must Be Hard with Priscilla Stewart 2534-1 Paramount 12360A Chicago, April, 1926
Somebody’s Chewin’ You Too with Priscilla Stewart 2535-1 Paramount 12360B Chicago, April, 1926
Lovin’s Been Here And Gone To The Mecca Flat Jimmy Blythe piano solo 1025 Paramount 12370B Chicago, May, 1926
Mr. Freddie Blues Jimmy Blythe piano solo 1026  Paramount 12370A Chicago, May, 1926
Bohunkus Blues Blythe’s Washboard Band 2541-1 Paramount 12368A Chicago, May, 1926
Buddy Burton’s Jazz Blythe’s Washboard Band 2542-1-2 Paramount 12368B Chicago, May, 1926
Little Bits Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards E-3164 Vocalion 1035 Chicago, 29 May, 1926
Little Bits Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards E-3165 Vocalion 1035 Chicago, 29 May, 1926
Struggling Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards E-3166 Vocalion 1035 Chicago, 29 May, 1926
Struggling Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards E-3167 Vocalion 1035 Chicago, 29 May, 1926
Old Man Blues with Birmingham Bluetette 2601-2 Her 92019 Chicago, July 25, 1926
Messin Around (take 1) Jimmy Blythe And His Ragamuffins (w/ Trixie Smith) 2602-1 Paramount 12376A Chicago, July 26, 1926
Messin Around (take 2) Jimmy Blythe And His Ragamuffins (w/ Trixie Smith) 2602-2 Paramount 12376A Chicago, July 26, 1926
Adam’s Apple Jimmy Blythe And His Ragamuffins 2603-1 Paramount 12376B Chicago, July 26, 1926
East Cost Trot Junie Cobb’s Hometown Band 2619-3 Paramount 12382A Chicago, August, 1926
Chicago Buzz Junie Cobb’s Hometown Band 2620-3 Paramount 12382B Chicago, August, 1926
Jefferson County Blues with Priscilla Stewart 2659-2 Paramount 12402A Chicago, September, 1926
Idle Hour Special Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards C-644/5 Vocalion 1060A Chicago, September 16, 1926
47th Street Stomp Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards C-646/7 Vocalion 1060B Chicago, September 16, 1926
Love Me Mr. Strange Man with Eloise Bennett 2745-2 Paramount 12412 Chicago, October, 1926
Effervescent Daddy with Eloise Bennett 2746-1 Paramount 12412 Chicago, October, 1926
Ape Man Blythe’s Washboard Ragamuffins 2749-2 Paramount 12428A Chicago, October, 1926
Your Folks Blythe’s Washboard Ragamuffins 2750-2 Paramount 12428B Chicago, October, 1926
State Street Men Blues with Leola B. Wilson and Blind Blake 4010-2 Paramount 12426 Chicago, November, 1926
Down The Country with Leola B. Wilson and Blind Blake 4012-2 Paramount 12444 Chicago, November, 1926
Black Biting Bee Blues with Leola B. Wilson and Blind Blake 4013-2 Paramount 12444 Chicago, November, 1926
Wilson Dam with Leola B. Wilson and Blind Blake 4014-2 Paramount 12426 Chicago, November, 1926
Don’t Fish In My Sea with Gertrude ‘Ma’ Rainey  4021-2 Paramount 12438B Chicago, December, 1926

1927

Morning Hour Blues with Gertrude ‘Ma’ Rainey Paramount 12455B Chicago, February, 1927
Weeping Woman Blues with Gertrude ‘Ma’ Rainey Paramount 12455 Chicago, February, 1927
Soon This Morning with Gertrude ‘Ma’ Rainey Paramount 12438 Chicago, February, 1927
Lonesome Hour Blues with Priscilla Stewart 4251-1 Paramount 12463A Chicago, March, 1927
New Mr. Freddie Blues with Priscilla Stewart 4252-1 Paramount 12463B Chicago, March, 1927
P.D.Q. Blues with Priscilla Stewart  4344-2-3 Paramount 12465A Chicago, April, 1927
Someday Sweetheart with Priscilla Stewart  4354-2 Paramount 12465B Chicago, April, 1927
Easy Come Easy Go Blues Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards C-783 Vocalion 1100 Chicago, April 21, 1927
The Blues Stampede Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards C-785 Vocalion 1100 Chicago, April 21, 1927
I’m Goin’ Huntin’ Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards C-787 Vocalion 1099 Chicago, April 21, 1927
If You Want To Be My Sugar Papa Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards C-789 Vocalion 1099 Chicago, April 21, 1927
There’ll Come A Day Dixieland Thumpers 4762-3 Paramount 12525B Chicago, August 8, 1927
Weary Way Blues Dixieland Thumpers 4763-1 Paramount 12525A Chicago, August 8, 1927
There’ll Come A Day State Street Ramblers 12989 Gennet 6249 Chicago, August 12, 1927
The Weary Way Blues State Street Ramblers 12990 Gennet 6232 Chicago, August 12, 1927
Cootie Stomp State Street Ramblers 12991 Gennet 6232 Chicago, August 12, 1927
Weary Way Blues Jimmy Blythe’s Owls C-1187 Vocalion 1135 Chicago, October 5, 1927
Poutin’ Papa Jimmy Blythe’s Owls C-1188 Vocalion 1135 Chicago, October 5, 1927
Hot Stuff Jimmy Blythe’s Owls C-1190 Vocalion 1136 Chicago, October 5, 1927
Have Mercy ! Jimmy Blythe’s Owls C-1199 Vocalion 1136 Chicago, October 5, 1927
Tornado Groan with Luella Miller C-1276 Vocalion unissued Chicago October 11, 1927
Muddy Stream Blues with Luella Miller C-1278 Vocalion unissued Chicago October 11, 1927
Tombstone Blues with Luella Miller C-1280 Vocalion unissued Chicago October 11, 1927
Walnut Street Blues with Luella Miller C-1282 Vocalion unissued Chicago October 11, 1927
Whiskey Moan with Luella Miller C-1284 Vocalion unissued Chicago October 11, 1927
Ballin’ The Jack (Ballin’ A Jack) The Chicago Footwarmers 82000-B Okeh 8533 Chicago, December 3, 1927
Grandma’s Ball The Chicago Footwarmers 82001-B Okeh 8533 Chicago, December 3, 1927
Creepin’ eel Blues St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith – Blue Belle) 82044-B Okeh 8553 Chicago, December 12, 1927
Ghost Creepin’ Blues St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith – Blue Belle) 82045-B Okeh 8588 Chicago, December 12, 1927
Boa Constrictor Blues St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith – Blue Belle) 82048-A Okeh 8538 Chicago, December 12, 1927
Dead Sea Blues St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith – Blue Belle) 82049-B Okeh 8553 Chicago, December 12, 1927
Sneakin’ Lizard Blues St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith – Blue Belle) 82050-B Okeh 8538 Chicago, December 12, 1927
My Daddy’s Coffin Blues St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith – Blue Belle) 82051-B Okeh 8588 Chicago, December 12, 1927
Mean Bloodhound Blues St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith – Blue Belle) 82052-A Okeh 8704 Chicago, December 12, 1927
Sweet Potato Blues with Lonnie Johnson 82053-A Okeh 8586 Chicago, December 12, 1927
Tombstone Blues with Lonnie Johnson OKeh unissued Chicago, December 12, 1927
Handful O’ Keys with Lonnie Johnson (Blythe as Duke Owens) 13287 Gennet rejected Chicago, December 13, 1927
Searchin’ For Flats with Lonnie Johnson (Blythe as Duke Owens) 13288 Gennet rejected Chicago, December 13, 1927
The St. Louis Train Kept Passing By with Lonnie Johnson (Blythe as Duke Owens) 13289 Gennet 6366 Chicago, December 13, 1927
When A Man Is Treated Like A Dog with Lonnie Johnson (Blythe as Buddy Woods) 13290 Gennet 6366 Chicago, December 13, 1927
It’s Hot Let It Alone with Lonnie Johnson (Blythe as Buddy Woods) 13299 Gennet 6423 Chicago, December 14, 1927
Bearcat Blues with Lonnie Johnson (Blythe as Buddy Woods) 13300 Gennet 6378 Chicago, December 14, 1927
Why Should I Grieve After You’re Gone with Lonnie Johnson (Blythe as Buddy Woods) 13302 Gennet 6423 Chicago, December 14, 1927
My Baby The Chicago Footwarmers 82076-B Okeh 8548 Chicago, December 15, 1927
Oriental Man The Chicago Footwarmers 82077-B Okeh 8548 Chicago, December 15, 1927
Oriental Man Dixieland Thumpers 20240-1 Paramount 12594A Chicago, December, 1927
Sock That Thing Dixieland Thumpers 20241-2 Paramount 12594B Chicago, December, 1927
Oriental Man Dixieland Thumpers 20286-3 Paramount 12594A Chicago, December, 1927

1928

Muddy Stream Blues with Luella Miller C-1656 Vocalion 1147 Chicago, January 24, 1928
Tornado Groan with Luella Miller C-1658 Vocalion 1147 Chicago, January 24, 1928
Walnut Street Blues with Luella Miller C-1660 Vocalion 1151 Chicago, January 24, 1928
Tombstone Blues with Luella Miller C-1662 Vocalion 1151 Chicago, January 24, 1928
Union Station Blues with Luella Miller C-1675 Vocalion unissued Chicago, January 24, 1928
Frisco Smoke Blues with Luella Miller C-1676 Vocalion unissued Chicago, January 24, 1928
Someone Else May Be There While I’m Gone with Bessie Brown Brunswick 3817 Chicago, January 25, 1928
My Baby with Alexander Robinson 20377-2 Paramount 12649A Chicago, February, 1928
You’re Not The Kind I Thought You Were with Alexander Robinson Paramount 12649 Chicago, February, 1928
My Baby State Street Ramblers 13529-A-B Gennet rejected Chicago, March 10, 1928
Pleasure Mad State Street Ramblers 13530-A Gennet rejected Chicago, March 10, 1928
Oriental Man State Street Ramblers 13531-A Gennet rejected Chicago, March 10, 1928
My Senorita with Alexander Robinson (maybe Burton on piano) 13609 Champion 15489 Chicago, March 23, 1928
My Baby Jimmy Blythe’s Washboard Wizards C-1828 Vocalion 1180 Chicago, March 30 1928
Oriental Man Jimmy Blythe’s Washboard Wizards C-1829 Vocalion 1180 Chicago, March 30 1928
Alley Rat Jimmy Blythe piano solo C-1830 Vocalion 1181 Chicago, March 30 1928
Sweet Papa Jimmy Blythe piano solo C-1831 Vocalion 1181 Chicago, March 30 1928
Dustin’ The Keys Blythe and Burton (Blythe on bass half & Burton on treble half) 13682-B Gennet 6502 Chicago, April 1, 1928
Block And Tackle Blues Blythe and Burton (Burton on bass half & Blythe on treble half) 13683 Gennet 6502 Chicago, April 1, 1928
Arkansas Blues with Bessie Brown Vocalion 1182 Chicago, April 2, 1928
Sugar with Bessie Brown Vocalion 1182 Chicago, April 2, 1928
My Baby State Street Ramblers 13686 – Gennet 6454 Richmond, April 23, 1928
My Baby State Street Ramblers 13686-A Dec 7240 Richmond, April 23, 1928
Oriental Man State Street Ramblers 13687 Gennet 6692 Richmond, April 23, 1928
Pleasure Mad State Street Ramblers  13688-A Gennet 6454 Richmond, April 23, 1928
Shangai Honeymoon State Street Ramblers 13689-A Gennet 6485 Richmond, April 23, 1928
Some Do And Some Don’t State Street Ramblers 13690- Gennet 6552 Richmond, April 23, 1928
Some Do And Some Don’t State Street Ramblers 13690-A Dec 7225 Richmond, April 23, 1928
Tack It Down State Street Ramblers 13691- Ch 40062 Dec 7224 Richmond, April 23, 1928
Tack It Down State Street Ramblers 13691-A Gennet 6485 Richmond, April 23, 1928
Tack It Down State Street Ramblers 13691-B Gennet 6485 Richmond, April 23, 1928
Five O’ Clock Stomp Dixie Four 20657-1 Paramount 12674B Chicago, June 11, 1928
Kentucky Stomp Dixie Four 20658-2 Paramount 12661B Chicago, June 11, 1928
South Side Stomp Dixie Four 20659-2 Paramount 12674A Chicago, June 11, 1928
St. Louis Man Dixie Four 20660-2 Paramount 12661A Chicago, June 11, 1928
Get ‘Em Again Blues The Chicago Footwarmers Okeh 8599 Chicago, July 2, 1928
Brush Stomp The Chicago Footwarmers Okeh 8599 Chicago, July 2, 1928
My Girl The Chicago Footwarmers Okeh 8792 Chicago, July 2, 1928
Sweep ‘Em Clean The Chicago Footwarmers Okeh 8792 Chicago, July 4, 1928
Lady Love The Chicago Footwarmers Okeh 8613 Chicago, July 4, 1928
Brown Bottom Blues The Chicago Footwarmers Okeh 8613 Chicago, July 4, 1928
Endurance Stomp State Street Ramblers 14065-A Ch 40025 Dec 7224 Richmond, July 18, 1928
Endurance Stomp State Street Ramblers 14065-B Gennet 6552 Richmond, July 18, 1928
Tuxedo Stomp State Street Ramblers 14066 Gennet 6589 Richmond, July 18, 1928
Brown Skin Mama State Street Ramblers 14067-C Gennet 6569 Richmond, July 18, 1928
Road House Blues Marie Grinter With The State Street Ramblers 14068 Gennet 6551 Richmond, July 18, 1928
St. Louis Man Marie Grinter With The State Street Ramblers 14069 Gennet 7738 Richmond, July 18, 1928
West Virginia Blues Marie Grinter With The State Street Ramblers 14070-A unuissed Richmond, July 18, 1928
Do Right Blues Marie Grinter With The State Street Ramblers 14071 Gennet 6551 Richmond, July 18, 1928
St. Louis Nightmare State Street Ramblers 14072 Gennet 6892 Richmond, July 18, 1928
Yearning And Blue State Street Ramblers 14073 Gennet 6641 Richmond, July 18, 1928
Tell Me, Cutie State Street Ramblers 14074-A Gennet 6589 Richmond, July 19, 1928
Someday You’ll Know State Street Ramblers 14075 Gennet 6641 Richmond, July 19, 1928
Five O’Clock Stomp State Street Ramblers 14076 Rejected Richmond, July 19, 1928
Barrel House Baker State Street Ramblers 14077 Rejected Richmond, July 19, 1928
Handful Of Keys State Street Ramblers 14078 Rejected Richmond, July 19, 1928
Searching For A Flat State Street Ramblers 14079 Rejected Richmond, July 19, 1928
How Would You Like To Be Me State Street Ramblers 14080 Gennet 6569 Richmond, July 19, 1928
Jefferson City Blues with Luella Miller C-2164-B Vocalion unissued Chicago, July 31, 1928
Frisco Blues with Luella Miller C-2165-A Vocalion 1202 Chicago, July 31, 1928
Brick House Blues with Luella Miller C-2166-B Vocalion 1202 Chicago, July 31, 1928
Worried Papa Blues with Luella Miller C-2167-B Vocalion unissued Chicago, July 31, 1928
Wee Wee Daddy with Luella Miller C-2175-B Vocalion 1234 Chicago, August 1, 1928
Endurance Stomp J.C. Cobb And His Grains Of Corn C-2252-A-B Vocalion 1204 Chicago, August 21, 1928
Yearning And Blue J.C. Cobb And His Grains Of Corn C-2253-A Vocalion 1204 Chicago, August 21, 1928
Bull Fiddle Rag The Midnight Rounders C2254-B Vocalion rejected Chicago, August 21, 1928
Barrel House Baker The Midnight Rounders C2255-A-B Vocalion rejected Chicago, August 21, 1928
Elzadie’s Policy Blues with Elzadie Robinson (w/ Blind Blake on guitar) 20583-1 Paramount 12635B Chicago, May 1928
Pay Day Daddy Blues with Elzadie Robinson (w/ Blind Blake on guitar) 20584-1-2 Paramount 12635A Chicago, May 1928
Shake Your Shimmy The Midnight Rounders C2421-B Vocalion 1218 Chicago, October 9, 1928
Bull Fiddle Rag The Midnight Rounders C2422-A-B Vocalion 1237 Chicago, October 9, 1928
Mama Stayed Out Barrelhouse Five 1515 Paramount 12851 Chicago, December, 1928

1929

Easy Creeping Mama King Mutt and His Tennessee Thumpers Gennet Richmond, February 12, 1929
Mississippi Stomp (Blythe’s Stomp) King Mutt and His Tennessee Thumpers 14789-A Champion 15929 Richmond, February 12, 1929
Shake Your Shimmy King Mutt and His Tennessee Thumpers 14790-A Supertone 9432 Richmond, February 12, 1929
Original Stomps King Mutt and His Tennessee Thumpers 14791 Supertone 9431 Richmond, February 12, 1929
St. Louis Bound King Mutt and His Tennessee Thumpers 14792-A rejected Richmond, February 12, 1929
Good Time Mama King Mutt and His Tennessee Thumpers 14793 Gennet 6844 Richmond, February 12, 1929
Maxwell Street Stomp King Mutt and His Tennessee Thumpers 14794 Gennet 6796 Richmond, February 12, 1929
Nuthouse Stomp King Mutt and His Tennessee Thumpers 14796 Gennet 6796 Richmond, February 12, 1929
I Wanna Get It King Mutt and His Tennessee Thumpers 14797 Gennet 6844 Richmond, February 12, 1929
Traveling Blues King Mutt and His Tennessee Thumpers Supertone Richmond, February 12, 1929
Steal Away Paramount Pickers (maybe Tiny Parham) 21184-1 Paramount 12779B Chicago, February, 1929
Salty Dog Paramount Pickers (maybe Tiny Parham) 21185-2 Paramount 12779A Chicago, February, 1929
Isabella Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards C-3364 Vocalion 1280 Chicago, April 25, 1929
I Won’t Give You None Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards C-3365 Vocalion 1280 Chicago, April 25, 1929
She’s Alright With Me J.C. Cobb And His Grains Of Corn Vocalion rejected Chicago, July 3, 1929
Once Or Twice J.C. Cobb And His Grains Of Corn Vocalion rejected Chicago, July 3, 1929
South African Blues J.C. Cobb And His Grains Of Corn Vocalion rejected Chicago, July 5, 1929
She’s Alright With Me J.C. Cobb And His Grains Of Corn Vocalion rejected Chicago, July 13, 1929
Once Or Twice J.C. Cobb And His Grains Of Corn Vocalion rejected Chicago, July 13, 1929
South African Stomp J.C. Cobb And His Grains Of Corn Vocalion rejected Chicago, July 13, 1929
Ain’t It A Cryin’ Shame ? J.C. Cobb And His Grains Of Corn Vocalion rejected Chicago, July 13, 1929
Ain’t Goin’ That Way The Hokum Boys (with Bob Robinson, vcl/bj) 15547-A Paramount 12821A Richmond, September 6, 1929
Went To His Head The Hokum Boys (with Bob Robinson, vcl/bj) 15548 Paramount 12858B Richmond, September 6, 1929
Let Me Pat That Thing The Hokum Boys (with Bob Robinson, vcl/bj) 15549 Paramount 12858A Richmond, September 6, 1929
Gambler’s Blues (St. James Infirmary Blues) The Hokum Boys (with Bob Robinson, vcl/bj) 21463-1 Paramount 12897 Chicago, October, 1929
Let Me Have It The Hokum Boys (with Bob Robinson, vcl/bj) 21464-1 Paramount 12896 Chicago, October, 1929
The Folks Down Stairs The Hokum Boys (with Bob Robinson, vcl/bj) L-96-3 Paramount 12935 Chicago or Grafton, Wis., October/November 1929
Gambler’s Blues No. 2 The Hokum Boys (with Bob Robinson, vcl/bj) L-97-2 Paramount 12919 Chicago or Grafton, Wis., October/November 1929
Somebody’s Been Using That Thing No. 2 The Hokum Boys (with Bob Robinson, vcl/bj) L-98-1 Paramount 12919 Chicago or Grafton, Wis., October/November 1929
Somebody’s Been Using That Thing No. 2 The Hokum Boys (with Bob Robinson, vcl/bj) L-98-2 Paramount unissued Chicago or Grafton, Wis., October/November 1929
Selling That Stuff No. 2 The Hokum Boys (with Bob Robinson, vcl/bj) L-100-1 Paramount 12935 Chicago or Grafton, Wis., October/November 1929
Gin Mill Blues The Hokum Boys (with Banjo Ikey Robinson, vcl) 403338-A-Okeh 8747 Chicago, November 16, 1929
Walkin’ The Blues Away The Hokum Boys (with Banjo Ikey Robinson, vcl) 403339-B-Okeh unissued Chicago, November 16, 1929
The Folks Down Stairs The Hokum Boys (with Banjo Ikey Robinson, vcl) 403340-B-Okeh 8747 Chicago, November 16, 1929
That’s My Business The Hokum Boys (with Banjo Ikey Robinson, vcl) 403341-A-Okeh 8788 Chicago, November 16, 1929
Ain’t Goin’ To Beg You For That Stuff The Hokum Boys (with Banjo Ikey Robinson, vcl) 403342-A-Okeh 8788 Chicago, November 16, 1929
I’m Gonna Get Something From You The Hokum Boys (with Banjo Ikey Robinson, vcl) 403343-A-Okeh unissued Chicago, November 16, 1929

1930

Rocking And Rolling Robinson’s Knights Of Rest Rejected Richmond, February 4, 1930
Rocky Luck Blues Robinson’s Knights Of Rest (w/ Teddy Moss, voc) 16210-A Champion  15973 Richmond, February 4, 1930
Mean Baby Blues (Hot And Bothered) Robinson’s Knights Of Rest 16217-A Champion 16607 Richmond, February 4, 1930
You Rascal You – No. 2 with Lovin’ Sam Theard C-5846-Br 7167 Chicago, c. mid-June 1930
Can You Imagine That? with Lovin’ Sam Theard C-5848-A-Br 7167 Chicago, c. mid-June 1930
Ugly Child with Lovin’ Sam Theard C-5849-A-Br 7183 Chicago, c. mid-June 1930
Three Sixes with Lovin’ Sam Theard C-5852-Br 7198 Chicago, c. mid-June 1930
She Can Love So Good with Lovin’ Sam Theard C-5853-Br 7198 Chicago, c. mid-June 1930

1931

Tiger Moan State Street Ramblers (with Roy Palmer) 17619 Champion 16247 Richmond, March 13, 1931
Barrel House Stomp State Street Ramblers (with Roy Palmer) 17620 Champion 16320 Richmond, March 13, 1931
Georgia Grind State Street Ramblers (with Roy Palmer) 17621 Champion 16279 Richmond, March 13, 1931
Careless Love State Street Ramblers (with Roy Palmer) 17622 Champion 16464 Richmond, March 13, 1931
Kentucky Blues State Street Ramblers (with Roy Palmer) 17623-A Champion 16320 Richmond, March 13, 1931
I Want To Be Your Lovin’ Man State Street Ramblers (with Roy Palmer) 17624 Champion 16350 Richmond, March 13, 1931
South African Blues State Street Ramblers (with Roy Palmer) 17625 Champion 16279 Richmond, March 13, 1931
Me And The Blues State Street Ramblers (with Roy Palmer) 17626 Champion 16247 Richmond, March 13, 1931
Sic ‘Em, Tige’ State Street Ramblers (with Roy Palmer) 17627-A Champion 16464 Richmond, March 13, 1931
Wild Man Stomp State Street Ramblers 17628-A Champion 16297 Richmond, March 20, 1931
Stomp Your Stuff State Street Ramblers 17629 Champion 16297 Richmond, March 20, 1931
Richmond Stomp State Street Ramblers 17631 Champion 16350 Richmond, March 20, 1931
Fat’s Hard Luck Blues No. 1 with Ed “Fats” Hudson 17632-C Champion 16414 Richmond, March 20, 1931
Fat’s Hard Luck Blues No. 2 with Ed “Fats” Hudson 17633-C Champion 16414 Richmond, March 20, 1931
Bow To Your Papa with Charlie Clark , piano duet 17636-B Champion 16451 Richmond, March 20, 1931
Don’t Break Down with Charlie Clark , piano duet 17637-C Champion 16451 Richmond, March 20, 1931

 

JIMMY BLYTHE’S BANDS PERSONNEL

 

O’Bryant Washboard Band

Jimmy Blythe Piano
Ruth Coleman Vocals
Jimmy O’Bryant Clarinet
Bob Shoffner Cornet
Jasper Taylor Washboard

 

Jimmy O’Bryant’s Famous Original Washboard Band

Jimmy Blythe Piano
W.E. Burton Washboard
Jimmy O’Bryant Clarinet

 

Blythe’s Sinful Five

Viola Bartlette Vocals
Alfred Bell Cornet
Jimmy Blythe Piano
W.E. Burton Drum, Kazoo
Leroy Pickett Violin
unknown Banjo
unknown Alto Saxophone

 

Blythe’s Washboard Band

Jimmy Blythe Piano
Johnny Dodds Clarinet
W.E. Burton Washboard, Vocals

 

Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards

Louis Armstrong Cornet
Jimmy Bertrand Washboard, Wooden Blocks
Jimmy Blythe Piano
Junie Cobb Clarinet
Johnny Dodds Clarinet
Natty Dominique Cornet

 

Blythe’s Washboard Ragamuffins

Jimmy Blythe Piano
Johnny Dodds Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Trixie Smith Vocals
Jasper Taylor Washboard, Wooden Blocks
Freddie Keppard
Cornet
poss. Roy Palmer
Trombone

 

Junie Cobb’s Hometown Band

Junie Cobb Clarinet
Johnny Dodds Clarinet
Jimmy Blythe Piano
Eustern Woodfork Banjo

 

Dixieland Thumpers

Jimmy Blythe Piano
Johnny Dodds Clarinet
Baby Dodds Drum
Natty Dominique Cornet

 

State Street Ramblers

(aka Chicago Stompers, Blythe’s Blue Boys and Down Home Serenaders on Champion label)

Alfred Bell Washboard, Vocals
Jimmy Blythe Piano
W.E. Burton Washboard, Kazoo, Vocals
Baby Dodds Washboard
Johnny Dodds Clarinet
Natty Dominique Cornet
Darnell Howard Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Ed Hudson Banjo, Vocals
Bill Johnson Bass
Cliff Jones Drum, Vocals
Baldy McDonald Clarinet
Marcus Norman Drum
Roy Palmer Trombone
unknown Alto Saxophone

 

Jimmy Blythe’s Owls

Jimmy Blythe Piano
Warren Baby Dodds Washboard
Johnny Dodds Clarinet
Natty Dominique Cornet
Bud Scott Banjo

 

The Chicago Footwarmers

Jimmy Blythe Piano
Warren Baby Dodds Washboard
Johnny Dodds Clarinet
Natty Dominique Cornet
Bill Johnson Bass
Kid Ory Trombone

 

Dixie Four

Jimmy Blythe Piano
W.E. Burton Piano, Vocals
Bill Johnson String Bass, Vocals
Clifford ‘Snags’ Jones Drum, Washboard

 

J.C. Cobb And His Grains Of Corn

Jimmy Blythe Piano
W.E. Burton Kazoo, Drum, Vocals
Jimmy Cobb Cornet
Junie Cobb Tenor Saxophone
Darnell Howard Violin
Cecil Irwin Clarinet
Frankie “Half-Pint” Jaxon Kazoo, Drum, Vocals
Alex Hill Piano
William Lyle Bass
Eustern Woodfork Banjo
Robert Waugh Violin

 

The Midnight Rounders

Jimmy Blythe Piano
Bill Johnson Bass, Vocals
Clifford ‘Snags’ Jones Drum

 

Barrelhouse Five

Jimmy Blythe Piano
Natty Dominique Cornet
Jimmy O’Bryant Clarinet
Jasper Taylor Washboard

 

King Mutt and His Tennessee Thumpers

Lawrence ‘Cicero’ Thomas Trumpet
Arnett Nelson Clarinet / Alto Sax
Jimmy Blythe Piano
Al Miller Mandolin, Kazoo, Vocals
Rodgers (Rogers?) Guitar
Clifford ‘Snags’ Jones Drum

 

Paramount Pickers

Jimmy Blythe Piano
Junie Cobb Guitar
Johnny Dodds Clarinet
Tiny Parham Piano
Alexander Robinson Vocals

 

The Hokum Boys

Bob Robinson Clarinet, Vocals
Jimmy Blythe Piano
Bob Alexander Guitar, Vocals
Banjo Ikey Robinson Vocals

 

Robinson’s Knights Of Rest

Jimmy Blythe Piano
Scrapper Blackwell Guitar
Bob Robinson Clarinet
Teddy Moss Vocals

 

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  • Russell DuPree - Reply

    January 25, 2014 at 5:39 pm

    I WAS PLEASED TO FIND YOUR DISCOGRAPHY. I FIRST BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH BLYTHE’S MUSIC ON A RIVERSIDE LP OF JOHNNY DODDS’ RECORDINGS AND THEN FOUND A 10-INCH LP (RIVERSIDE, I THINK) OF BLYTHE RECORDINGS. I HAD A VOCALION 78 OF “MESSIN’ AROUND”, WITH VOCAL BY TRIXIE SMITH, WHICH I THOUGHT FEATURED CORNETIST FREDDIE KEPPARD. I SEE THAT YOUR DISCOGRAPHY HAS CREDITED “UNKNOWN”; I DON’T RECALL WHAT IF ANYTHING I BASED MY ATTRIBUTION ON. I LOVE BLYTHE’S MUSIC AND THE DISTINCT, CRISP RHYTHM OF WASHBOARD GROUPS, WHOSE ELABORATE SOLO MELODY SHOWS THEIR ERUDITION AND HAS A 19TH CENTURY (RAGTIME ERA)FEEL,

    • admin - Reply

      January 27, 2014 at 10:50 am

      Dear Russell,

      thank you so much for your comment. Really appreciate it.
      As I remember also Blues & Gospel Records by Dixon, Godrich & Rye don’t credit any musician on cornet. I’ll try to listen more carefully those records trying to indentify cornet playing style.
      Anyway, thank you again for your support.

      Finest regards,

      Paolo Fornara

      • admin - Reply

        January 27, 2014 at 10:56 am

        Russell,

        found it !

        Freddie Keppard was credited on cornet by Keith Briggs on Document DOCD-5333 Trixie Smith Volume 2 (1925 – 1939) linear notes.

        Finest Regards,

        Paolo Fornara

  • Russell DuPree - Reply

    March 5, 2014 at 10:14 pm

    I just noticed that the Document Records list of performers on its Trixie Smith Vol. 2 album lists Louis Armstrong but doesn’t list Keppard, so I guess I’m wrong. It’s Satchmo!

  • Mecca Flat Blues | Steampunk Chicago - Reply

    April 8, 2014 at 10:47 pm

    […] goings-on serve as the basis for Jimmy Blythe’s 1924 recording of “Mecca Flat Blues.” The exhibition plays the tune and several other […]

  • Andrew E Barrett - Reply

    October 10, 2014 at 12:43 am

    Amazing! Counting rejected and unissued masters of individual titles (some of which might/do survive as test-pressings, and have been reissued as LPs and/or CDs), AND counting ISSUED alternate takes, it appears Mr. Blythe made about 297 known audio recordings. That’s quite a lot!

    Thanks for posting up this handy-dandy list!

    I have noticed you have left a few issued alternate takes out of your column list, yet included some others. I don’t understand why, but that’s OK!

    I do know that alternates do indeed exist of, for example, “Mecca Flat Blues”, by Priscilla Stewart, since I’ve heard the two issued takes of this side-by-side (he takes different piano solos on each).

    Usually, when a discography indicates matrices like this: “2148-1-2 Paramount 12287A” (for
    “Clarinet Getaway” by the O’Bryant Washboard Band) it means that BOTH takes 1 and 2 were issued and appear on extant records (although of course in some cases one of the takes is considerably rarer than the other one).

    This is opposed to a matrix indicated like this: “2147-2 Paramount 20400” (“Alabamy Bound” recorded by the same group) which means that only one take was commercially issued, and it was take 2.

    You may wish to revise your listing, or you may not, it’s up to you! I only might have one or two of the above-listed records, most are very rare and/or valuable, so I’m definitely not a primary source for discographical info, I rely upon the literature!

    OH, and also, I’ve checked “Jazz Records 1897-1942” by Brian Rust (4th ed) and it shows that the October 28, 1927 Luella Miller sides featuring Mr. Blythe on piano (uncredited on the label) actually WERE issued: “Muddy Stream Blues”, “Tornado Groan”, “Tombstone Blues”, and “Walnut Street Blues”.

    HOWEVER, Rust makes no mention AT ALL of another recording session of January 24th, 1928 for Ms. Miller, it’s not in the book at all! Also, the October 28, 1927 date has a “circa” symbol in front of it: “c. October 28, 1927” meaning he wasn’t sure of the date at the time of publication.

    Finally, Rust does not list matrix C-1284, “Whiskey Moan”, at all!
    Nor are the tracks “Union Station Blues” (matrix C-1675, unissued) and “Frisco Smoke Blues” (matrix C-1676, unissued) listed. Just like the entire January 24, 1928 session, tt’s like they don’t even exist!

    He also doesn’t list the “C-” Chicago Vocalion matrix numbers, but rather lists the “E-” Brunswick (?) equivalent matrix numbers, which of course are totally different, being a different numbering series. Perhaps Mr. Rust did not have access to the records of the Chicago Vocalion recording sessions at this time, or they were incomplete(?). The book was published in 1978.

    SO: I’m not sure I trust Mr. Rust’s book now (although to be fair, I have an older edition of the book, it has had one or two more editions since then, and also he was doing the best he could at the time, pre-computer).

    Please tell me where you got your information from these sessions, since I suspect/hope it is from a more recent and more accurate discographical source. Thanks!

    And if someone can explain to me the reason for Vocalion and Brunswick using two different separate matrix numbers for the same matrices, please do! I don’t understand it!

  • Andrew E Barrett - Reply

    October 10, 2014 at 1:25 am

    I have a few more brief things to add to this discography – regarding the Dixie Four sides, that I hope will help:

    First, I firmly believe the second pianist on the “Dixie Four” sides is not W. E. Buddy Burton, but is, instead, Clarence Johnson. This is most evident on the recording “St. Louis Man”… listen to the piano breaks, it is quite obviously Mr. Johnson taking at least some of these breaks, with Mr. Blythe taking the rest. I do not hear Mr. Burton at all on this record, unless he was the drummer. He may be the second pianist on the other three sides, but is certainly sitting it out on “St. Louis Man”.

    We have few enough examples of Cliff “Snags” Jones and Marcus H. Norman on record that it will be hard to sort out who is who, or whether Mr. Burton himself was playing drums on this session, on the Midnight Rounders session, and/or many of the State Street Ramblers sides. I will leave that up to the drum historians, although I do believe that Mr. Burton is a possibility and that he was probably a far better drummer than has been credited in the past. Mr. Jones is CERTAINLY on the Dixe Four sides, though as evidenced by the shout-out below:

    The high-pitched voice heard yelling on the Dixie Four, Midnight Rounders, State Street Ramblers (some, not all), and King Mutt and his Tennessee Thumpers sessions was/is Bill Johnson, the string bassist from New Orleans. This is quite obvious when comparing the other known recording of his voice (Bill Johnson’s Hokum Jug Band) with Mr. Burton’s several known vocal records, both talking and singing, some in quite good fidelity.

    A few people might be thrown off by a couple of Mr. Burton’s records that have been dubbed at the wrong speed (such as “Time Enough” which is TOO FAST on the RedHotJazz/Document dub), but don’t be fooled: he had a lower pitched baritone voice, not a high-pitched tenor.

    The most compelling piece of evidence for Mr. Johnson being the enthusiastic yeller is what he says/does on the Dixie Four recording of “Kentucky Stomp” where he first yells (quite clearly on the GOOD dubs, and still audible on the poor dubs) “Here I go!” immediately BEFORE taking a great bass solo, then following it by saying to himself “Oh, Bill, Bill!” (this latter is only comprehendable in the very best dubs of this poorly-recorded side). He then gives a SHOUT-OUT to the drummer, saying “OH Mr. Clifford Jones!” while Mr. Jones is taking a great drum solo!

    Here’s a link to this excellent dub:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfXIyNqRStM

    On one of the other two Dixie Four sides, another member of the band can be heard giving a shout-out to the effect of “Bill Johnson, ladies and gentlemen”, or “ladies and gentlemen, Bill Johnson”, IMMEDIATELY after another great bass solo, followed by the high-pitched voice saying something like “who said my name”, or “who said that?” or something, in a mock-hostile voice. More later…

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