Smokey Hogg was reputed to be the cousin of fellow Blues musician Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins though there seems to be no proof of it.
Lightnin' Hopkins and his guitar cut some of the alchemical records where you hear the undefinable transition from blues to rock. He released his debut album Lightnin' Hopkins Strums the Blues (actually a compilation album of his Aladdin Records stuff) in 1958.
Also included: the small output of his early partner Wilson "Thunder" Smith.
Here is the discography surrounding Lightnin' Hopkins's debut album:
Freddie Mae Blues (1946 single by Wilson Smith)
Can't Do Like You Used To (1947 single by Thunder Smith)
Can't Do Like You Used To (1947 single by Lightnin' Hopkins and Thunder Smith)
L. A. Blues (1947 single by Thunder Smith)
Katie Mae Blues (1947 single)
I Feel So Bad (1947 single)
Short Haired Woman (1947 single)
Short-Haired Woman (1947 single)
Fast-Mail Rambler (1947 single)
Down Now Baby (1947 single)
Cruel-Hearted Woman (1947 single by Thunder Smith)
Santa Fe Blues (1947 single by Thunder Smith)
Picture on the Wall (1948 single)
Nightmare Blues (1948 single)
You're Not Going to Worry My Life Anymore (1948 single)
Thunder's Unfinished Boogie (1948 single by Thunder Smith)
New Worried Life Blues (1948 single by Thunder Smith)
Low Down Dirty Ways (1948 single by Thunder Smith)
Lightnin' Hopkins Strums the Blues
The Chronological Classics: Lightnin' Hopkins 1946-1948 (compilation album)
The Chronological Classics: Lightnin' Hopkins 1948 (compilation album)
The Complete Aladdin Recordings (compilation album)
"Katie Mae Blues" by Lightnin' Hopkins
"You Are Not Going to Worry My Life Anymore" by Lightnin' Hopkins
"L. A. Blues" by Thunder Smith
"Fast-Mail Rambler" by Lightnin' Hopkins
"Let Me Play with Your Poodle" by Lightnin' Hopkins
In his youth, Black Ace toured and played with fellow Texas blues guitarist Smokey Hogg. Unlike Turner, Hogg met musical success after World War II where he saw consistent recording output up until his death in 1960. His debut record Smokey Hogg Sings the Blues came out posthumously in 1961 on Crown Records.
Here is the discography surrounding Smokey Hogg's debut album:
Kind Hearted Blues (1937 single as Andrew Hogg)
To Many Drivers (1947 single)
Unemployment Blues (1947 single)
Hard Times (1947 single as Smoky Hogg)
Anytime Is the Right Time (1948 single)
Long Tall Mama (1948 single)
Jivin' Little Woman (1948 single)
Golden Diamond Blues (1948 single)
Be My So and So (1948 single)
My Christmas Baby (1948 single)
I'm Gonna Find Your Trick (1949 single)
Little School Girl (1949 single)
Nobody Treats Me Right (1949 single)
Evil Mind Blues (1949 single)
I Want My Baby for Christmas (1949 single)
Low Down Woman Blues (1949 single)
He Knows How Much We Can Bear (1949 single as Andrew Hogg)
Restless Bed Blues (1949 single)
You Better Watch That Jive (1950 single)
Everybody Gotta Racket (1950 single)
You Gotta Go (1950 single as Smoky Hogg)
Baby, Baby (1950 single as Smoky Hogg)
Worried Blues (1950 single)
The Way You Treat Me (1950 single)
Classification Blues (1950 single)
Let's Get Together and Drink Some Gin (1950 single)
One of Oscar Woods's acolytes was the young BK Turner, or Black Ace, who like Woods (The Lone Wolf) earned his nickname from his most famous song. Black Ace recorded even fewer records than Woods but had the benefit of being rediscovered in the early sixties when he recorded his only album BK Turner and His Steel Guitar for Arhoolie Records.
Here is the discography for Black Ace:
Black Ace (1937 single)
You Gonna Need My Help Some Day (1937 single)
Christmas Time Blues (Beggin' Santa Claus) (1937 single)
BK Turner and His Steel Guitar
I'm the Boss Card in Your Hand (compilation album)
Early in his music career, Jimmie Davis played Blues tunes and often collaborated with or was accompanied by black musicians. One such collaborator was guitarist Oscar Woods — sometimes known as Buddy Woods. His recording career was inconsistent with only a handful of session work, a few singles and nary an album. Document Records put out compilation album of his work Oscar "Buddy" Woods: The Lone Wolf 1930-1938.
Note: As usual, the compilation album is marked in the title, not by year of release, but by year of the last recording on said album.
Here is the discography for Oscar Woods:
Fence Breakin' Blues (1930 single by Shreveport Home Wreckers)
Flying Crow Blues (1932 single by Eddie and Oscar)
Lone Wolf Blues (1936 single as Oscar Woods (The Lone Wolf))
Evil Hearted Woman Blues (1936 single as Oscar Woods (The Lone Wolf))
Swingology (1937 single by Kitty Gray and Her Wampus Cats)
Muscat Hill Blues (1937 single as Buddy Woods with The Wampus Cats)
I Can't Dance (Got Ants in My Pants) (1937 single by Kitty Gray and Her Wampus Cats)
You're Standing on the Outside Now (1937 single by Kitty Gray and Her Wampus Cats)
My Baby's Ways (1937 single by Kitty Gray and Her Wampus Cats)
Baton Rouge Rag (1937 unissued single by Kitty Gray and Her Wampus Cats)
Jam Session Blues (1937 single as Buddy Woods)
Doing the Dooga (1938 single by Kitty Gray and Her Wampus Cats)
Low Life Blues (1938 single as Buddy Woods)
Oscar "Buddy" Woods: The Lone Wolf 1930-1938
Jerry's Saloon Blues (1940 Library of Congress Recordings)
"Jam Session Blues" by Buddy Woods
"Fence Breakin' Blues" by Shreveport Home Wreckers
Leon Chappelear and the Shelton Brothers broke up after only a couple of years due to creative differences. The Sheltons ended up performing with Jimmie Davis for a time in his backing band. Jimmie Davis started recording in 1928 and released his "debut album" Souvenir Album in 1947 on Decca Records.
Here is the discography surrounding Jimmie Davis's debut album:
Ramona (1928 single)
You'd Rather Forget Than Forgive (1928 single)
The Barroom Message (1929 single)
Out of Town Blues (1930 single)
Doggone That Train (1930 single)
My Louisiana Girl (1930 single)
Settling Down for Life (1930 single)
Arabella Blues (1931 single)
In Arkansas (1931 single)
Penitentiary Blues (1931 single)
I'll Be Happy Today (1931 single)
There's Evil in Ye Children, Gather 'round (1931 single)
She Left a Runnin' Like a Sewing Machine (1931 single)
Midnight Blues (1931 single)
Get on Board, Aunt Susan (1931 single)
Down at the Old Country Church (1932 single)
My Arkansas Sweetheart (1932 single)
Red Nightgown Blues (1932 single)
I'll Get Mine Bye and Bye (1932 single)
1982 Blues (Davis' Last Day Blues) (1932 single)
High Behind Blues (1932 single)
Cowboy's Home Sweet Home (1932 single)
You Can't Tell About the Women Nowadays (1932 single)
Home in Caroline (1932 single)
Tom Cat and Pussy Blues (1933 single)
Gambler's Return (1933 single)
Yo Yo Mama (1933 single)
The Keyhole in the Door (1933 single)
When It's Round-Up Time in Heaven (1933 single)
Would You (1934 single)
Beautiful Texas (1934 single)
You've Been Tom Cattin' Around (1934 single)
There Ain't Gonna Be No Afterwhile (1934 single)
Triflin' Mama Blues (1934 single)
It's Been Years (Since I've Seen My Mother) (1934 single)
Good Time Papa Blues (1934 single)
Jellyroll Blues (1935 single)
When It's Round-Up Time in Heaven (1935 single)
Moonlight and Skies (No. 2) (1935 single)
Are You Tired of Me Darling? (1935 single with Buddy Jones)
The Answer to Nobody's Darling But Mine (1936 single)
Bed Bug Blues (1936 single)
In My Cabin Tonight (1936 single)
'Twill Be Sweet When We Meet (1936 single with Buddy Jones)
My Blue Bonnet Girl (1936 single)
Come on Over to My House (Ain't Nobody Home But Me) (1936 single)
Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me (1936 single)
The Greatest Mistake of My Life (1937 single)
That's Why I'm Nobody's Darling (1937 single)
High Geared Daddy (1937 single)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1937 single)
Pi-Rootin' Around (1937 single)
Honky Tonk Blues (1937 single)
Just Forgive and Forget (1937 single)
Jimmie's Travelin' Blues (1937 single)
Sweet Lorene (1937 single)
Nobody's Darlin' But Mine (1937 single)
There's a Gold Mine in the Sky (1938 single)
By the Grave of Nobody's Darling (My Darling's Promise) (1938 single)
Shackles and Chains (1938 single)
Goodbye Old Booze (1938 single)
Call Me Back Pal O' Mine (1938 single)
Just a Girl That Men Forget (1938 single)
There's a Ranch in the Rockies (1938 single)
Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland (1938 single)
It Makes No Difference Now (1938 single)
You Tell Me Your Dream I'll Tell You Mine (1938 single)
I'm Drifting Back to Dreamland (1939 single)
What Good Will It Do (1939 single)
Memories (1939 single)
I've Tried So Hard to Forget You (1939 single)
Down at the End of Memory Lane (1939 single)
In My Heart You'll Always Be Mine (1939 single)
The Last Letter (1939 single)
Leanin' on the Old Top Rail (1939 single)
Two More Years (And I'll Be Free) (1939 single)
Why Do You Treat Me Like the Dirt Under Your Feet (1939 single)
Why Should I Care (1939 single)
What Else Can I Do (1940 single)
Your Promise Was Broken (1940 single)
You Are My Sunshine (1940 single)
Baby Your Mother (Like She Babied You) (1940 single)
There's a Chill on the Hill Tonight (1940 single)
Why Should I Be to Blame (1940 single)
I Feel the Same as You (1940 single)
I'm Waiting for Ships That Never Come In (1940 single)
You're My Darling (1940 single)
On the Sunny Side of the Rockies (1940 single)
I'm Sorry Now (1941 single)
Too Late (1941 single)
I'll Be True to the One I Love (1941 single)
The Prisoner's Song (1941 single)
I Hung My Head and Cried (1941 single)
Pay Me No Mind (1941 single)
Won't You Forgive Me? (1941 single)
Sweetheart of the Valley (1941 single)
Tears on My Pillow (1942 single)
You'll Be Sorry (1942 single)
The End of the World (1942 single)
Live and Let Live (1942 single)
Don't You Cry Over Me (1942 single)
Plant Some Flowers by My Grave (1942 single)
A Sinner's Prayer (1942 single)
Walkin' My Way Blues (1943 single)
Is It Too Late Now (1944 single)
There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder (1944 single)
No Good for Nothin' (1944 single)
Grievin' My Heart Out for You (1945 single)
Wave to Me, My Lady (1946 single)
Bang Bang (1946 single)
I Just Dropped In to Say Goodbye (1947 single)
I'm Only in the Way (1947 single)
Souvenir Album
Golden Curls (1948 single)
Rockin' Blues (compilation album)
Barnyard Stomp (compilation album)
The Jimmie Davis Collection 1929-47 (compilation album)
"You Won't Be Satisfied That Way" by Jimmie Davis
"Out of Town Blues" by Jimmie Davis
"My Louisiana Girl" by Jimmie Davis
"The Davis Limited" by Jimmie Davis
"Nobody's Darlin' But Mine" by Jimmie Davis
"'Twill Be Sweet When We Meet" by Jimmie Davis and Buddy Jones
Bob and Joe Shelton joined up with Leon Chappelear in 1929 to form their first band, the Lone Star Cowboys. Creative differences split the friends and the Lone Star Cowboys became Leon's. Another group without an album to its name, the blog stops at the compilation Recorded 1932-1937 released by the British Archive of Country Music.
Note: As usual, the year associated with the album is not the year of release but the year the latest released recording on the compilation.
Here is the discography for Leon's Lone Star Cowboys:
Little Joe the Wrangler (1932 single by Leon Chappelear (The Lone Star Cowboy))
Trifling Mama Blues (1933 single by Leon Chappelear)
Deep Elm Blues (1934 single as the Lone Star Cowboys)
Will There Be Cowboys in Heaven (1934 single as the Lone Star Cowboys)
Tumble Down Shack in My Dreams (1934 single as the Lone Star Cowboys)
Dillinger's Warning (1934 single)
Mistreated Blues (1935 single)
Sweet Sue (1935 single)
Four or Five Times (1935 single)
Bugle Call Rag (1935 single)
Crawdad Song (1935 single as the Lone Star Cowboys)
Dinah (1936 single)
White River Stomp (1936 single)
Just Forget (1936 single)
No Mama Blues (1936 single)
31st Street Blues (1936 single)
I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again (1936 single)
Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name (1936 single)
My Gal Sal (1936 single)
Trouble in Mind (1937 single)
Who Walks In When I Walk Out (1937 single)
Angry (1937 single)
Wild Cat Mama (The Answer to Do Right Papa) (1937 single)
Travelin' Blues (1937 single)
Mistreated Blues (1937 single)
I'm Serving Days (1937 single)
New Do Right Daddy (1938 single)
You're a Million Miles from Nowhere (1938 single)
My Mother's Rosary (Ten Baby Fingers and Ten Baby Toes) (1938 single)
Goin' Up to Dallas (1938 single)
Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia (1938 single)
Recorded 1932-1937
Toodle-Oo Sweet Mama (1939 single)
Ben Wheeler Stomp (1941 single)
Original Recordings, 1932-1937 (compilation album)
"'Neath the Maple in the Lane" by Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe)
Although the Shelton Brothers started as a soft-spoken country duo, shifting tastes necessitated a shift to a fuller country swing sound. The change from one to the other was gradual and meant taking on additional band members. Their backing band became known as The Sunshine Boys (a name Bob and Joe Shelton once used for themselves). Shelton Brothers never released an album of their own so we're once again stopping at a compilation album: Down on the Farm from the Cattle Compact label.
Note: The year 1941 was when the latest song on the record was released and not the year the compilation album came out.
Here is the discography for the Shelton Brothers:
Beautiful Louisiana (1935 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Stay in the Wagon Yard (1935 single by Joe Shelton)
Deep Elem Blues (1935 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Just Because (1935 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
A Message from Home Sweet Home (1935 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Sal Let Me Chew Your Rosin Some (1935 single by Joe Shelton and Curley Fox)
I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes (1935 single by Joe Shelton and Curley Fox)
Nothin' (1935 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Answer to Just Because (1936 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
New John Henry Blues (1936 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Match Box Blues (1936 single by Joe Shelton)
'Leven Miles from Leavenworth (1936 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
I'm Sitting on Top of the World (1936 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Deep Elem Blues No. 2 (1936 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
The Black Sheep (1936 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Lover's Farewell (1936 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
New Trouble in Mind Blues (1937 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
The Story of Seven Roses (1937 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Just Because No. 3 (1937 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
She Was Happy Till She Met You (1937 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Goodness Gracious Gracie (1937 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Cinda Lou (1937 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Deep Elem Blues No. 3 (1937 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Answer to Blue Eyes (1937 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Uncle Eph's Got the Coon (1937 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
That Golden Love (My Mother Gave to Me) (1937 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
I'm Gonna Fix Your Wagon (1937 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Blue Kimono Blues (1938 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
I Told Them All About You (1938 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
By the Stump of the Old Pine Tree (1938 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
When You Think a Lot About Somebody (1938 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
As Long as I Have You (1938 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Down on the Farm (They All Ask for You) (1938 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
I'm Gonna Let the Bumble Bee Be (1938 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
You're Standing on the Outside Now (1938 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
The Old Mill's Tumbling Down (1938 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella (1938 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
You Can't Put That Monkey on My Back (1938 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Wednesday Night Waltz (1938 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
On the Owl-Hoot Trail (1938 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Knot Hole Blues (1938 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
My Girl Friend Doesn't Like Me Anymore (1939 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
I'm Savin' Saturday Night for You (1939 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
You Can't Put That Monkey on My Back, No. 2 (1939 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
I Just Don't Care Anymore (1939 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
That's No Way to Treat the Man You Love (1939 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
You Can't Do That to Me (1939 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
She's My Gal (Right or Wrong) (1939 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
That's Why I'm Jealous of You (1939 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
(Aye Aye) On Mexico's Beautiful Shore (1939 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Hallelujah I'm Gonna Be Free Again (1939 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
You Can't Fool a Fool All the Time (1939 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
My Grandfather's Clock (1939 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Lay Your Hand in Mine (1939 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
No Matter What They Say (1939 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
I Have My Bed (1939 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
If You Don't Like My Peaches (Leave My Tree Alone) (1940 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Don't Leave Me All Alone (1940 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Ain't No Use to Worry Anymore (1940 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
You Can't Get Me Back When I'm Gone (1940 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Coo See Coo (1940 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
I'll Be Seein' You in Dallas, Alice (1940 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Tell Me with Your Blue Eyes (1940 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
It's Hard to Love and Not Be Loved (1940 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
What's the Matter with Deep Elem (1940 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Ida Red (1941 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Who's Gonna Cut My Baby's Kindling (1941 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Love Me Easy (Or Leave Me Alone) (1941 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
I Just Can't Go (1941 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Down on the Farm
I'll Never Get Drunk Anymore (1942 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
I'm Driftin' and Shiftin' My Gears (1942 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
I Just Dropped In to Say Goodbye (1943 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Beautiful Brown Eyes (1943 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
Johnson's Old Grey Mule (1947 single)
Deep Elm Boogie Woogie Blues (1947 single)
These Shoes Are Killing Me (1948 single)
Oh Monah (1948 single)
When They Baptized Sister Lucy Lee (1949 single)
Cheatin' on Your Baby (1954 single)
MacDonald's Streamlined Farm (1954 single)
Because (Just Because) (1961 single as the Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe))
The Shelton Brothers/The Carlisle Brothers (compilation album)
Just Because (compilation album)
Those Dusty Roads (compilation album)
Rompin' & Stompin' Around (compilation album)
A Hillbilly and Western Swing Legend (compilation album)
Volume 2 Beautiful Louisiana (compilation album)
Volume 3 (compilation album)
"Just Because" by Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe)
"Ida Red" by Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe)
"Hang Out the Front Door Key" by Shelton Brothers (Bob and Joe)
