Vol. 6 in the complete works of Peetie Wheatstraw as reissued by Document covers a timeline from October 1938 to April 1940, opening with the last three recordings on which he ever played piano and following his progress through a fine swing-inflected session that took place in New York with pianist Sammy Price, guitarist Teddy Bunn, and drummer O'Neil Spencer; a real Chicago blues outing with guitarist Lonnie Johnson and harmonica handler Rhythm Willie Hood, and the first five titles from a phenomenally satisfying date featuring three of New York's greatest jazz musicians: trumpeter Jonah Jones, pianist Lil Hardin Armstrong, and drummer Big Sid Catlett. While Peetie had previously made records that ventured into jazz territory (see "Throw Me in the Alley" with trombonist Ike Rodgers on Vol. 2), interacting with musicians of this caliber was a fresh development and hearing him in this company is a treat not to be missed. Note that Sam Price dutifully played Wheatstraw's signature intro on the first version of "Possum Den Blues," then abandoned it on take two and never looked back. Why did Peetie cease playing piano for keeps on his own records in 1939? According to an informed theory advanced by his biographer Paul Garon, Peetie's relations with the musicians' union might have deteriorated to the point where he was permitted to sing in a recording studio but not to play any instruments. In any case, what you get here is an excellent sampler of Peetie Wheatstraw's later work that taps into four decidedly different sessions, including the only date he ever shared with a jazz trumpeter. "I Want Some Sea Food" was partly inspired by Fats Waller's recording of "Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)," which was cut about nine months earlier. Peetie's tune references vaginal pungency even more directly than his 1936 recording (see Vol. 3) of "The First Shall Be Last and the Last Shall Be First," which contains a reference to limburger cheese. arwulf arwulf
Tracklist :
1. Black Horse Blues 3:08
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Lonnie Johnson
Vocals, Piano – Peetie Wheatstraw
2. Sugar Mama 3:06
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Lonnie Johnson
Vocals, Piano – Peetie Wheatstraw
3. Me No Lika You 3:04
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Lonnie Johnson
Vocals, Piano – Peetie Wheatstraw
4. Possum Den Blues (take A) 2:50
Drums – O'Neil Spencer
Piano – Sam Price
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
5. Possum Den Blues (take B) 2:54
Drums – O'Neil Spencer
Guitar [Uncredited] – Teddy Bunn
Piano – Sam Price
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
6. Little Low Mellow Mama 2:56
Drums – O'Neil Spencer
Guitar – Teddy Bunn
Piano – Sam Price
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
7. A Working Man's Blues 2:54
Drums – O'Neil Spencer
Guitar – Teddy Bunn
Piano – Sam Price
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
8. One To Twelve (Just As Show) 3:06
Drums – O'Neil Spencer
Guitar – Teddy Bunn
Piano – Sam Price
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
9. Let's Talk Things Over 2:48
Drums – O'Neil Spencer
Guitar – Teddy Bunn
Piano – Sam Price
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
10. Sinking Sun Blues 2:52
Drums – O'Neil Spencer
Guitar – Teddy Bunn
Piano – Sam Price
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
11. Easy Way Blues 2:48
Drums – O'Neil Spencer
Guitar – Teddy Bunn
Piano – Sam Price
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
12. Machine Gun Blues 2:46
Drums – O'Neil Spencer
Guitar – Teddy Bunn
Piano – Sam Price
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
13. Beer Tavern 2:30
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar [Prob.] – Lonnie Johnson
Piano [Poss.] – Lee Brown
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
14. You Can't Stop Me From Drinking 2:31
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar [Prob.] – Lonnie Johnson
Harmonica [Prob.] – Rhythm Willie
Piano [Poss.] – Lee Brown
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
15. I Want Some Sea Food 2:32
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar [Prob.] – Lonnie Johnson
Harmonica [Prob.] – Rhythm Willie
Piano [Poss.] – Lee Brown
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
16. Rolling Chair 2:30
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar [Prob.] – Lonnie Johnson
Harmonica [Prob.] – Rhythm Willie
Piano [Poss.] – Lee Brown
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
17. Love Bug Blues 2:37
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar [Prob.] – Lonnie Johnson
Harmonica [Prob.] – Rhythm Willie
Piano [Poss.] – Lee Brown
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
18. Confidence Man 2:23
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar [Prob.] – Lonnie Johnson
Harmonica [Prob.] – Rhythm Willie
Piano [Poss.] – Lee Brown
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
19. Big Apple Blues 2:55
Drums – Sid Catlett
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Trumpet – Jonah Jones
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
20. Big Money Blues 2:52
Drums – Sid Catlett
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Trumpet – Jonah Jones
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
21. Chicago Mill Blues 2:45
Drums – Sid Catlett
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Trumpet – Jonah Jones
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
22. Five Minutes Blues 2:49
Drums – Sid Catlett
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Trumpet – Jonah Jones
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
23. Two Time Mama 3:02
Drums – Sid Catlett
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Trumpet – Jonah Jones
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
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PEETIE WHEATSTRAW — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 6 · 1938- 1940 | DOCD-5246 (1994) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
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PEETIE WHEATSTRAW — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 7 · 1940- 1941 | DOCD-5247 (1994) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
Tracklist :
1. Jaybird Blues 3:01
2. Suicide Blues 2:57
3. Pocket Knife Blues 3:05
4. Gangster's Blues 2:44
5. Cuttin' 'Em Slow 2:57
6. Look Out For Yourself 2:55
7. No 'Count Woman 3:21
8. What's That? 3:10
9. I Don't Feel Sleepy 2:35
10. My Little Bit 2:36
11. Seeing Is Believing 2:44
12. The Good Lawd's Children 2:55
13. You Got To Tell Me Something 2:51
14. Love Me With Attention 2:42
15. I'm A Little Piece Of Leather 2:50
16. Don't Put Yourself On The Spot 2:34
17. Old Organ Blues 2:24
18. Hearse Man Blues 2:28
19. Bring Me Flowers While I'm Living 2:28
20. Pawn Broker Blues 2:24
21. Southern Girl Blues 2:25
22. Mister Livingood 2:22
23. Separation Day Blues 2:29
Credits :
Bass – Unknown Artist (tracks: 16 to 23)
Compilation Producer – Johnny Parth
Drums – Sid Catlett (tracks: 1 to 8)
Harmonica [Poss.] – Robert Lee McCoy (tracks: 9 to 15)
Liner Notes – Paul Garon
Piano – Lil Armstrong (tracks: 1 to 8)
Piano [Poss.] – Lil Armstrong (tracks: 9 to 23)
Remastered By – Gerhard Wessely
Tenor Saxophone [Almost Certainly] – Chu Berry (tracks: 16 to 19)
Trumpet – Jonah Jones (tracks: 1 to 8)
Vocals – Peetie Wheatstraw
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GEORGIA WHITE — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 · 1930-1936 (1994) DOCD-5301 | RM | FLAC (tracks), lossless
Tracklist :
1. When You're Smiling, The Whole World Smiles With You 2:47
Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Eddie Pollack
Band – Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra
Banjo, Guitar – Wilbur Gorham
Brass Bass – Bill Newton
Clarinet – Jimmie Noone
Drums – Johnny Wells
Piano – Zinky Cohn
Vocals – Georgia White
2. Dupree Blues 2:59
Guitar [Poss.] – Ikey Robinson
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
3. Dallas Man (Lost Lover Blues) 3:12
Guitar [Poss.] – Ikey Robinson
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
4. Your Worries Ain't Like Mine 2:45
Guitar [Poss.] – Ikey Robinson
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
5. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now 3:06
Guitar [Poss.] – Ikey Robinson
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
6. Honey Dripper Blues 2:58
Guitar [Poss.] – Willie Bee (James)
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
7. Freddie Blues 2:35
Guitar [Poss.] – Willie Bee (James)
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
8. Easy Rider Blues 2:46
Guitar [Poss.] – Willie Bee (James)
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
9. Graveyard Blues 2:33
Guitar [Poss.] – Willie Bee (James)
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
10. Your Worries Ain't Like Mine - No. 2 2:47
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
11. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now - No. 2 2:59
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
12. Can't Read, Can't Write 2:53
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
13. Tell Me Baby 2:45
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
14. There Ain't Gonna Be No Doggone Afterwhile 2:57
Double Bass – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
15. Someday, Sweetheart 3:07
Double Bass – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
16. River Blues 2:43
Double Bass – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
17. If You Can't Get Five, Take Two (Take A) 2:55
Double Bass – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
18. If You Can't Get Five, Take Two (Take B) 2:51
Double Bass – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
19. Rattlesnakin' Daddy 2:28
Double Bass – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
20. Get 'Em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) 2:43
Double Bass – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
21. New Dupree Blues 3:01
Double Bass – John Lindsay
Guitar [Prob.] – Ikey Robinson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
22. Daddy Let Me Lay It On You 2:41
Double Bass – John Lindsay
Guitar [Prob.] – Ikey Robinson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
23. New Hot Nuts 2:52
Double Bass – John Lindsay
Guitar [Prob.] – Ikey Robinson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
24. It Must Be Love 2:34
Double Bass – John Lindsay
Guitar [Prob.] – Ikey Robinson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
GEORGIA WHITE — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 · 1936-1937 (1994) DOCD-5302 | RM | FLAC (tracks), lossless
Tracklist :
1. I Just Want Your Stingaree 2:34
2. Black Rider 2:24
3. I'll Keep Sittin' On It 2:54
4. Pigmeat Blues 2:37
5. Trouble In Mind 2:31
6. Was I Drunk? 2:48
7. No Second Hand Woman 2:41
8. Sinking Sun Blues 2:33
9. Little Red Wagon 2:37
10. Dan The Back Door Man 2:48
11. Your Hellish Ways 2:29
12. Marble Stone Blues 2:32
13. You Don't Know My Mind 2:50
14. When My Love Comes Down 2:53
15. Walking The Street 2:30
16. Grandpa And Grandma 2:27
17. I'm So Glad I'm 21 Today 2:30
18. Toothache Blues 2:42
19. Mistreated Blues 3:08
20. New Trouble In Mind 2:58
21. Trouble In Mind Swing 2:35
22. Moonshine Blues 2:49
23. Biscuit Roller 2:41
Credits :
Compiled By, Producer – Johnny Parth
Double Bass – John Lindsay
Guitar [Prob.] – Charlie McCoy (tracks: 6 to 8), Ikey Robinson (tracks: 1 to 5, 9 to 23)
Liner Notes – Colin J. Bray
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Remastered By – Gerhard Wessely
Vocals – Georgia White
GEORGIA WHITE — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 3 · 1937-1939 (1994) DOCD-5303 | RM | FLAC (tracks), lossless
Throughout the late 1930s Georgia White made a whole lot of swinging blues records for the Decca label with instrumental accompaniments by pianists Richard M. Jones and Sammy Price, guitarists Lonnie Johnson, and Teddy Bunn and bassist John Lindsay. Volume three in her complete recorded works on Document provides access to 22 titles cut between October 1937 and May 1939. White was keenly aware of the tradition within which she was operating, and chose her material wisely, reviving old favorites like W.C. Handy's "Careless Love," Porter Grainger's "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do," and Perry Bradford's "Crazy Blues" and "Fare Thee Honey Fare Thee Well" which were both premiered in 1920 by Mamie Smith. What you get on this disc constitutes some of White's very best performances on record. Her backup musicians swing hard with a boogie-woogie beat whenever necessary, and she expresses herself powerfully on "Strewin' Your Mess," "Holding My Own," "The Blues Ain't Nothin' But...???," and "The Stuff Is Here," a lively tea pad tune that has been reissued on a brimming handful of party blues collections ever since its rediscovery during the '70s by the producers of the Stash record label. The relaxed and very sensual "Rock Me Daddy" has a beautiful solo by an unidentified alto saxophonist, while "Alley Boogie" (attributed to both White and her contemporary, Lucille Bogan) cooks to a jelly like there's no tomorrow. arwulf arwulf
Tracklist :
1. Georgia Man 2:41
Bass [String Bass] – John Lindsay
Guitar [Prob.] – Ikey Robinson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
2. All Night Blues 3:03
Bass [String Bass] – John Lindsay
Guitar [Prob.] – Ikey Robinson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
3. Away All The Time 2:42
Bass [String Bass] – John Lindsay
Guitar [Prob.] – Ikey Robinson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
4. The Stuff Is Here 2:51
Bass [String Bass] – John Lindsay
Guitar [Prob.] – Ikey Robinson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
5. Strewin' Your Mess 2:35
Bass [String Bass] – John Lindsay
Guitar [Prob.] – Ikey Robinson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
6. Fare Thee Honey Fare Thee Well 2:43
Bass [String Bass] – John Lindsay
Guitar [Prob.] – Ikey Robinson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
7. Careless Love 3:07
Alto Saxophone [Prob.] – Edgar Saucier
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar [Prob.] – Lonnie Johnson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
8. Rock Me Daddy 3:06
Alto Saxophone [Prob.] – Edgar Saucier
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar [Prob.] – Lonnie Johnson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
9. Red Cap Porter 2:38
Alto Saxophone [Prob.] – Edgar Saucier
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar [Prob.] – Lonnie Johnson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
10. Alley Boogie 2:31
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar [Prob.] – Lonnie Johnson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
11. I'm Blue And Lonesome 2:36
Bass [String Bass] – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Lonnie Johnson
Vocals, Piano – Georgia White
12. Almost Afraid To Love 2:59
Bass [String Bass] – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Lonnie Johnson
Vocals, Piano – Georgia White
13. Too Much Trouble 2:29
Bass [String Bass] – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Lonnie Johnson
Vocals, Piano – Georgia White
14. Crazy Blues 2:38
Bass [String Bass], Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Lonnie Johnson
Vocals, Piano – Georgia White
15. 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do 2:41
Bass [String Bass], Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Lonnie Johnson
Vocals, Piano – Georgia White
16. Holding My Own 2:57
Bass [String Bass], Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Lonnie Johnson
Vocals, Piano – Georgia White
17. The Blues Ain't Nothin' But...??? 2:35
Bass [String Bass] – John Lindsay
Electric Guitar – Lonnie Johnson
Vocals – Georgia White
18. Dead Man's Blues 2:43
Bass [String Bass] – John Lindsay
Electric Guitar – Lonnie Johnson
Vocals – Georgia White
19. Love Sick Blues 2:58
Bass [String Bass] – John Lindsay
Electric Guitar – Lonnie Johnson
Vocals – Georgia White
20. My Worried Mind Blues 2:42
Bass [String Bass] – John Lindsay
Electric Guitar – Lonnie Johnson
Vocals – Georgia White
21. The Way I'm Feelin' 3:11
Bass [String Bass] – John Lindsay
Guitar – Teddy Bunn
Piano – Sammy Price
Vocals – Georgia White
22. Married Woman Blues 3:14
Bass [String Bass] – John Lindsay
Guitar – Teddy Bunn
Piano – Sammy Price
Vocals – Georgia White
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PEETIE WHEATSTRAW — The Devil's Son~In~Law : Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 · 1930- 1932 | DOCD-5241 (1994) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
In 1994, more than 160 of Peetie Wheatstraw's recordings were rounded up, placed in chronological sequence, and reissued by the Document...