Homesick JAMES

⬇️ HOMESICK JAMES ⬇️

(John William Henderson)
DISCOGRAPHY 1964-2018 (33CD)

 BIOGRAPHY 

He was born in Somerville, Tennessee, the son of Cordellia Henderson and Plez Williamson Rivers, who were both musicians. He developed a self-taught style of slide guitar through playing at local dances in his teens. Little is known about his early life.

He claimed to have played with Yank Rachell, Sleepy John Estes, Blind Boy Fuller and Big Joe Williams, among others, and to have been acquainted with Robert Johnson. He also claimed to be the older cousin of Elmore James, to have bought James his first guitar, and to have taught him how to play slide. However, some of these claims are unconfirmed.

By the mid 1930s he was based in Chicago, and working with Horace Henderson's band at the Circle Inn, and with pianist Jimmy Walker at the Square Deal Club. He may have first recorded for RCA Victor in 1937, but this is also unconfirmed, and by 1938 may have begun playing electric guitar.

His first known recordings were in 1952 for Chance Records, recording the tracks "Lonesome Ole Train" and "Homesick" which gave him his stage name. During the late 1940s and 1950s he worked with both Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller), and with Elmore James, and in the early 1950s he worked in bands including Baby Face Leroy Foster, Snooky Pryor, Floyd Jones, and Lazy Bill Lucas.

He was a longtime member of James' band from 1955 to 1963, contributing to such tracks as "Dust My Broom," "The Sky Is Crying," and "Roll and Tumble." Elmore James is said to have died on Homesick's couch, while the latter frantically searched for the former's heart pills.

As a solo performer, he recorded for the Colt and USA labels in 1962, including a cover version of Robert Johnson's "Crossroads". Homesick James's slide guitar style, not as refined as Elmore James', traces back to Johnson's.

He also recorded a 1964 album for Prestige Records, Blues On the South Side (Prestige OBCCD 529-2), including another of his best-known covers, "Stones In My Passway", and some tracks for Vanguard that are available on the compilation album Chicago: The Blues Today. One of his own songs, "Gotta Move" (also on Blues On the South Side) was covered (as "Got To Move") both by Elmore James and Fleetwood Mac

Blues on the South Side

HJ-1964-Blues on the South Side @ALAC

TRACKS

01-The Woman I´m Lovin´

02-She may Be Your Woman

03-Goin´ Down Swingin´

04-Homesick´s Shuffle

05-Johnny Mae

06-Gotta Move

07-Lonesome Road

08-Working With Homesick

09-The Cloud Is Crying

10-Homesick´s Blues

11-Crawlin´

12-Stones in My Passway

The Country Blues

(LP)

HJ-1972-The Country Blues @320

TRACKS

A1.Set a Day

A2.Go Aaway, Go Away Blues

A3.Alligator Man

A4.Been 'Round a Long Time

A5.No More Lovin'

A6.All Alone

B1.Homesick Blues

B2.Telephone

B3.I Got to Move

B4.Workin' With Homesick

B5.Unlucky

Ain't Sick No More

(LP)

TRACKS A1-13 Highway A2-12 Year Old Boy A3-Buddy Brown A4-Fayette County Blues A5-Little Girl A6-In Love B1-My Baby's Gone B2-Little And Low B3-Money Getter B4-I Ain't Doin' No Good B5-Sugar Mama B6-Woman I Love

HJ-1973-Ain t Sick No More @FLAC

Homesick James & Snooky Pryor

(LP)

HJ-1973-Homesick James & Snooky Pryor @320

TRACKS

A1 - Crossroads (Homesick James)

A2 - Nothin' But Trouble (Snooky Pryor)

A3 - Shake Your Money Maker (Homesick James) #

A4 - Cross Town (Snooky Pryor)

A5 - Careless Love (Homesick James)

A6 - After You There Won't be Nobody Else (Snooky Pryor)

B1 - The Woman I Love (Homesick James)

B2 - I Feel Alright (Snooky Pryor)

B3 - Drivin' Dog (Homesick James)

B4 - She Knows How To Love Me (Snooky Pryor)

B5 - Homesick Blues Again (Homesick James)

Goin' Back Home

(LP)

TRACKS A1-Homecoming Blues A2-My Gal Blues A3-Keep Your Hands to Yourself A4-1000 Women Blues A5-Walking the Backstreets A6-Homesick's Contribution to Jazz B1-Live Life Over B2-Lonesome Train B3-Highway 59 B4-Texas Dust B5-Isolation Blues B6-Weep & Moan

HJ-1976-Goin' Back Home @320

Chance Vintage Blues

Vol.2

(LP)

TRACKS A1-Johnnie Mae A2-Lonesome Ole Train A3-Farmer's Blues A4-Whiskey Headed Woman A5-Williamson Boogie A6-Homesick Blues A7-Dirty Rat B1-My Home In Georgia B2-Wartime B3-Lonesome Blues B4-Late Hours At Midnight B5-Williamson Shuffle B6-12th St. Station B7-Long Lonesome Day

HJ-1977-Chance Vintage Blues Vol.2 (LP) @FLAC

Sad And Lonesome

(with Snooky Pryor)

HJ-1979-Sad And Lonesome @ALAC

TRACKS

01-Sad & Lonesome

02-Homesick's Cross Roads

03-It Seem Like A Dream

04-It's All Over Now

05-Shake Your Money Maker

06-Some Day Baby Blues

07-Rock Me

08-No More Lovin'

09-Push Me Well

10-I Believed I Get Married

11-Harp Boogie

12-Last Fair Deal

13-Telephone Blues

14-Goin' To The Pawn Shop

Home Sweet Homesick James

(LP)

TRACKS 01-Highway 51 02-Lonesome Train 03-Homesick's Original Dust My Broom 04-Kissing in the Dark 05-Sweet Home Chicago 06-Mailman 07-Shake Your Money Maker 08-Dust My Broom 09-Worried About My Baby 10-Gotta Move Cant stay here No More 11-Tin Pan Alley 12-Careless Love

HJ-1981-Home Sweet Homesick James (LP) @320

Shake Your Moneymaker

(LP)

TRACKS A1-Boogy Fool A2-Crying Shame A3-Work With Me Annie A4-After You There Won't Be Nobody Else B1-Bobby's Rock B2-I Believe My Time Ain't Long B3-Tin Pan Alley B4-Shake Your Moneymaker

HJ-1984-Shake Your Moneymaker (LP) @320

Sweet Home Tennessee

HJ-1992-Sweet Home Tennessee @ALAC

TRACKS

01-Gotta Move

02-Meet Me In The Bottom

03-Crawlin'kingsnake

04-Come Back Baby

05-Can't Afford To Do It

06-Sweet Home Tennessee

07-Kissing In The Dark

08-Married Woman

09-Woman In Love

Juanita

HJ-1993-Juanita @ALAC

TRACKS

01-Juanita

02-My Baby

03-Time Is Growin' Near

04-Lonesome Ol' Train

05-Someday Baby

06-Drivin' Dog

07-Careless Love

08-The Right Life

09-I Can't Hold Out

10-Stop That Thing

Goin' Back in the Times

HJ-1994-Goin' Back in the Times @ALAC

TRACKS

01-Livin' Like a Bear

02-Bad Situation

03-Kissing in the Dark

04-Better Know What You Runnin' From

05-Goin' Back in the Times

06-Rocky Mountain

07-They Call Me Hot Foot Homesick

08-What Done Got Into That Woman

09-Crossroads Years Ago (Honeyboy is a Friend of Mine)

10-Bittn' Me and Shakin' Me All Up and Down

11-.38 Pistol

12-Bonus Track

Live from The Stanhope House

TRACKS 01-Intro 02-Homesick's Shuffle 03-Baby, Please set a date 04-Gotta Move 05-Tin Pan Alley 06-Tell me baby 07-Dust my broom 08-Built up from the Ground 09-So log 10-Sweet Home, Tennessee 11-The Women i love 12-Kissing in the Dark 13-Shake your Money Maker 14-Stanhope Stomp

HJ-1996-Live from The Stanhope House @320

Words of Wisdom

HJ-1997-Words Of Wisdom @ALAC

TRACKS

01-She's Gone

02-Tell Me, Baby

03-Travelin' Woman

04-Rock Me, Baby

05-Last Night

06-My Little Woman

07-Sweet Little Angel

08-Pawn Shop Blues

09-12 Year Old Boy

10-My Baby's Gone

11-You don't Have to Go

12-Nashville Blues

The Last of The Broomdusters

TRACKS 01-Early One Morning 02-Long Tall Woman 03-Kissin' In The Dark 04-Rockin' And Rollin' 05-Sugar Mama 06-Shake Your Money Maker 07-Thought I Heard My Baby Call My Name 08-Truck Drivin' Woman 09-Married Woman 10-Crutch And Cane 11-Woman I'm Lovin' .....Two Days Before Christmas

HJ-1998-The Last Of The Broomdusters @FLAC

Got To Move

HJ-1999-Got To Move @ALAC

TRACKS

01-Can't Afford To Do It

02-Tin Pan Alley

03-Mr. Pawnshop Man ( Three Ball Blues )

04-Baby Please Set A Date

05-Welfare Girl

06-Hawaiian Boogie

07-Dust My Broom

08-That's All Right

09-Highway 51

10-Tennessee Woman

11-Got To Move

12-Bein' With The One You Love ( Lost Lover Blues)

13-Homesick's Woman

14-Homesick Talking

Live In Austria

TRACKS 01-Gotta Move 02-Set A Date 03-Meet Me In The Bottom 04-Can't Afford To Do It 05-Sweet Home Tennessee 06-Woman I Love 07-Don't Lie To Me 08-Shake Your Money Maker

HJ-1999-Live In Austria @320

Chicago Slide Guitar Legend

HJ-2000-Chicago Slide Guitar Legend @ALAC

TRACKS

01-Johnny Mae Take 2

02-Lonesome Old Train Take 1

03-Lonesome Old Train Take 2

04-Farmer's Blues

05-Whiskey Headed Woman

06-Williamson's Boogie

07-Homesick Blues

08-Dirty Rat

09-The Woman I Love

10-Wartime

11-Lonesome Blues

12-Late Hours After Midnight

13-Williamson Shuffle

14-12th Street Station

15-Long Lonesome Day

16-Crossroads

17-My Baby's Sweet

18-My Kind of Woman

19-SunnylandHomesick Special

20-My Baby's Gone

21-Set a Date

22-Can't Afford To Do It

23-Queen's Rock

24-Can't Hold Out

25-Crutch & Cane

26-Got To Move

Goin' Back Home

(CD/WEB)

 

HJ-2000-Goin' Back Home (CD) @ALAC

HJ-2000-Goin' Back Home (WEB) @FLAC

TRACKS

01-Homecoming Blues

02-My Gal Blues

03-Keep Your Hands To Yourself

04-1000 Women Blues

05-Walking The Backstreets

06-Homesick's Contribution To Jazz

07-Live Life Over

08-Lonesome Train

09-Highway 59

10-Texas Dust

11-Isolation Blues

12-Weep & Moan

The Big Bear Sessions

(with Snooky Pryor)

HJ-2003-The Big Bear Sessions @ALAC.CD1-2

CD 1

CD 2

101-Highway 51 102-Lonesome Train 103-Homesick's Original Dust My Broom 104-Kissing In The Dark 105-Crossroads 106-Shake Your Money Maker (Studio) 107-Careless Love (Studio) 108-Tin Pan Alley (Studio) 109-Dust My Broom (Studio) 110-The Woman I Love 111-Drivin' Dog 112-Homesick Blues Again 113-If I Could Live My Life All Over Again (Live) 114-Baby Please Set A Date (Live) 115-Shake Your Money Maker (Live) 116-Dust My Broom (Live) 117-Worried About My Baby (Live) 118-Gotta Move - Can't Stay Here No More (Live) 119-Tin Pan Alley (Live) 120-Careless Love (Live)

201-Shake Your Boogie 202-Bottle Up And Go 203-You Don't Know My Name 204-Bluebird Blues 205-Can't Love Me And Homesick Too 206-Baby Left Me A Mule To Ride 207-Jump And Shout 208-Gonna Have A Good Time 209-So Sweet 210-Crazy 'bout You 211-Nothin' But Trouble 212-Cross Town 213-After You There Won't Be Nobody Else 214-I Feel Alright 215-She Knows How To Love Me 216-Dangerous Woman 217-Sloppy Drunk 218-Sweet Home Chicago 219-Mailman

My Home Ain't Here

HJ-2004-My Home Ain't Here @ALAC

TRACKS

01-Please Set A Date

02-Crossroads

03-Come On Back

04-Little & Low

05-Gotta Move

06-Evil Minded People

07-You Don't Have To Go

08-Lay It On Me

09-Sweet & Kind Lovin' Woman

10-Got No Time

Shake Your Moneymaker

(with Snooky Pryor)

HJ-2007-Shake Your Moneymaker @ALAC

TRACKS

01-Gotta Move

02-Set A Date

03-The Sky Is Crying

04-Cross Cut Saw

05-That's Alright Mama

06-Shake Your Moneymaker

07-Homesick Boogie

08-Woman I Love (Bonus)

09-Early In The Morning (Bonus)

10-Bottle Up And Go (Bonus)

Sweet Home Tennessee

+ Live In Europe

(2CD)

TRACKS 101-Gotta Move 102-Meet Me In The Bottom 103-Crawling King Snake 104-Come Back Baby 105-Can't Afford To Do It 106-Sweet Home Tennessee 107-Kissing In The Dark 108-Married Woman 109-Woman I Love 110-Bleu's Blues 111-Blues Before Sunrise 112-Homesick and Wolf 113-Last Night 201-Shake It Up And Go 202-Sweet Home Tennessee 203-Tin Pan Alley 204-Go Away 205-On the Wall 206-Careless Love 207-TV Mama 208-Suisse Shuffle 209-Medley .....Meet Me In The Bottom .....Cross Cut Saw Blues .....Crossroads Blues

HJ-2009-Sweet Home+Live (2CD) @FLAC.CD1-2

King Dracula

TRACKS 01-King Dracula 02-Driving Dog Blues 03-Take That Monkey Off My Back 04-Rock Headed Woman 05-Daddy Gotta Give It Away 06-Gotta Move 07-Milk Cow Blues 08-Ballad Of Homesick James 09-Sho Ain't Got No Lovin' Baby Now 10-Pawn Shop Man (Three Ball Blues) 11-Crutch And Cane 12-Gotta Be A Redneck To Play Like That 13-When I Leave Tennessee

HJ-2017-King Dracula @320

The Sensational Recordings: 

Shake Your Money Maker

TRACKS 01-Louise, Louise Blues 02-My Baby's Gone 03-Tin Pan Alley 04-Baby Please Set A Date 05-Three Ball Blues 06-Got To Move 07-That's All Right 08-Sweet Home Chicago 09-Someday Baby Blues 10-Dust My Broom 11-Moonshine Woman Blues 12-Bobby`s Rock 13-My Baby's Gone (Take 2) 14-Cross Road Blues 15-Dust My Broom (Take 2) 16-Shake Your Money Maker 17-Come On In My Kitchen

HJ-2017-The Sensational Recording Shake Your Money Maker @FLAC

 COLLECTION 

⬇️BLUES REFERENCE⬇️

Chicago Blues Festival '70

(Homesick James, Roosevelt SYKES, Eddie TAYLOR)

  TRACKS  01-Shake Your Money Maker  02-I've Got To Move  03-Can't Do It  04-Homesick's Rock  05-Thats's All Right For You  06-I Believe My Baby's Gone  07-Look On Yonder Wall  08-Go Away  09-Miss Durty Gurty Blues  10-Put Up Or Shut Up  11-Domestic Nurse Blues  12-Thanks But No Thanks  13-Mighty Men  14-Ride On, Little Girl, Ride On  15-I Feel So Bad  16-Rockin' On 83 Highway  17-Ride'em On Down  18-38 Pistol  19-Big Town Playboy 

BREF-VA-Chicago Blues Festival '70 @ALAC

 COLLABORATION 

⬇️VARIOUS ARTISTS⬇️

Chicago: The Blues Today

(3CD)

  TRACKS     101-Help Me (Tribute to S.B.Williamson)  102-It Hurts Me Too (When Things Go Wrong)  103-Messin' With The Kid  104-Vietcong Blues  105-All Night Long  106-Going Ahead  107-Please Help  108-Too Much Alcohol  109-Married Woman Blues  110-That's The Truth  111-Marie  112-Burning Fire  113-S.P. Blues  114-Sometime I Wonder  115-Spann's Stomp     201-Cotton Crop Blues (The James Cotton Blues Band)  202-The Blues Keep Falling (James Cotton Blues Band)  203-Love Me or Leave (The James Cotton Blues Band)  204-Rocket 88 (The James Cotton Blues Band)  205-West Helena Blues (The James Cotton Blues Band)  206-Everything's Going to Turn Out Alright (Otis Rush)  207-It's A Mean Old World (The Otis Rush Blues Band)  208-I Can't Quit You Baby (The Otis Rush Blues Band)  209-Rock (The Otis Rush Blues Band)  210-It's My Own Fault (The Otis Rush Blues Band)  211-Dust My Broom (Homesick James and His Dusters)  212-Somebody Been Talkin' (H.James & Dusters)  213-Set A Date (Homesick James and His Dusters)  214-So Mean to Me (H.James and Dusters)     301-One More Time (J.Young's South Side Blues Band)  302-Kid Man Blues (J.Young's South Side Blues Band)  303-My Black Mare (J.Young's South Side Blues Band)  304-Stealin' Back (J.Young's South Side Blues Band)  305-I Got Mine In Time (J.Young's South Side Blues Band)  306-Tighten Up On It (J.Young's South Side Blues Band)  307-Dynaflow Blues (The Johnny Shines Blues Band)  308-Black Spider Blues (The Johnny Shines Blues Band)  309-Layin' Down My Shoes And Clothes (Johnny Shines)  310-If I Get Lucky (The Johnny Shines Blues Band)  311-Rockin' My Boogie (Big Walter Horton)  312-Mr. Boweevil (The Johnny Shines Blues Band)  313-Hey, Hey (The Johnny Shines Blues Band)   

VA-Chicago The Blues Today @ALAC.CD1-3

The Appaloosa All Stars

VA-The Appaloosa All Stars @FLAC

TRACKS

01-Key To The Highway

02-Beale Street

03-Club Foot

04-I`m A King Bee

05-Temporary Insanity

06-Blues Before Sunrise

07-Meltdown

08-Black Widow Spider

09-Bad Spell

10-My Baby

11-All Night Boogie

CREDITS

Mary-Ann Brandon, Clifford Curry:  Vocals

Jimmy Carstein, Al Kash, Waldo LaTowsky:  Drums

Sam Lay:  Drums, Guitar, Vocals

Billy C. Farlow, Frank Frost, Greg "Fingers" Taylor:  Harmonica, Vocals

Fred Funderburk, Joe Funderburk:  Vocals (Background)

Fred James:  Bass (Electric), Congas, Guitar, Organ , Percussion

Bob Kommersmith:  Bass (Acoustic), Bass (Electric)

Eric Leonard, Jay Spell:  Piano

Homesick James Williamson:  Slide Guitar, Vocals