Blues LPs part 3

Continuing with blues LPs in my collection we start with a couple more by Bo Diddley and 'Super Blues' by Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters and Little Walter together. Next we have a US release of 'Blues in the Pot' by Jamiacan born, British based Errol Dixon, recorded with Chicken Shack. This is followed by an LP by pianist/singer Floyd Dixon and two by Chicago bluesman Willie Dixon. There is also an LP by Dr Feelgood, aka Piano Red, one of early recordings by Dr Ross, 'the harmonica boss', on Arhoolie and three by Champion Jack Dupree, who I saw several times in New Orleans and London before his death in 1992.

The next photo includes one by Champion Jack Dupree with King Curtis, one by Sun recording artist Billy 'The Kid' Emerson, and others by H Bomb Ferguson, who I saw at the Ponderosa Stomp in 2005, a year before his death, the Flamingos on Chess, Bobby Freeman and Lowell Fulson. There is also one album by Earl Gaines, who I saw at the Blues Estafette in 1995, Roy Gaines, who was scheduled to appear at the Ponderosa Stomp in 2017 but was thwarted by the hurricane warning, and three by Rosco Gordon, who I had the pleasure of seeing at the Jazz Cafe in 2001. There's also one by Guitar Junior, who went on to find fame as Lonnie Brooks.

The third montage starts with an Excello LP by Arthur Gunter, who recorded the original version of Elvis's 'Baby Let's Play House'. Then there are five by Buddy Guy, including three on Vanguard and two later ones on Silvertone, and one by Buddy and Junior Wells together. There's an autographed album by Travis 'Moonchild' Haddix, who I saw in a village hall in Cambridgeshire alongside Artie 'Blues Boy' White in 2007, and one by Juanita Hall, better known for her work in musicals. There are also three by John Hammond, whose father was so instrumental in popularising blues by recording many early blues artists.

Photo number four begins with three LPs by Louisiana bluesman Slim Harpo, including one on Blue Horizon, followed by a couple by Wilbert Harrison who is best known for 'Kansas City' and 'Let's Work Together'. There is also an LP by R and B singer Thurston Harris and one by Sugarcane Harris, who was one half of rock and roll duo Don and Dewey, who i saw peform at the 100 Club in the mid nineties. There are two by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, whose stage props included a coffin and a skull, one by California bluesman Roy Hawkins, who wrote and recorded 'The Thrill Is Gone', and one by Ted Hawkins, who was a street performer in Venice Beach but made his name in Europe. Finally there's an LP by sax player Chuck Higgins, who appeared in London in the early eighties alongside Big Jay McNeely among others..

The final selection this time features nine LPs by Z Z Hill on labels such as Kent, United Artists, Mojo and Malaco. His track 'Down Home Blues' has been called the best known blues tracks of the eighties. Next is an LP on Flyright by Louisiana bluesman Silas Hogan, followed by the first two (of many) by blues great John Lee Hooker.