Henry TOWNSEND

(Henry Jesse James Townsend - Oct. 27, 1909 – Sept. 24, 2006)
DISCOGRAPHY 1962-2019 (19CD)
 BIOGRAPHY 
Henry "Mule" Townsend (October 27, 1909 – September 24, 2006) was an American blues singer, guitarist and pianist.

 Townsend was born Henry Jesse James Townsend, in Shelby, Mississippi, and grew up in Cairo, Illinois. He left home at the age of 9 because of an abusive father and hoboed his way to St. Louis, Missouri. He learned guitar while in his early teens from a locally renowned blues guitarist known as Dudlow Joe.

 By the late 1920s he had begun touring and recording with the pianist Walter Davis and had acquired the nickname Mule, because he was sturdy in both physique and character. In St. Louis, he worked with some of the early blues pioneers, including J. D. Short.

Townsend was one of the only artists known to have recorded in nine consecutive decades. He first recorded in 1929 and remained active up to 2006. By the mid-1990s, Townsend and his one-time collaborator Yank Rachell were the only active blues artists whose careers had started in the 1920s. He recorded on several different labels, including Columbia Records and Folkways Records.

Articulate and self-aware, with an excellent memory, Townsend gave many invaluable interviews to blues enthusiasts and scholars. Paul Oliver recorded him in 1960 and quoted him extensively in his 1967 work Conversations with the Blues. Thirty years later, Bill Greensmith edited thirty hours of taped interviews with Henry to produce a full autobiography, giving a vivid history of the blues scene in St Louis and East St Louis in its prime.

In 1985 he received the National Heritage Fellowship in recognition of being a master artist. In 1995 he was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame.

Townsend died, at the age of 96, on September 24, 2006, at St. Mary's Ozaukee Hospital, Mequon, Wisconsin, just hours after having been the first person to be presented with a "key" in Grafton's Paramount Plaza Walk of Fame.

Tired of Bein' Mistreated
(LP)

HYTN-1962-Tired Of Bein' Mistreated (LP) @320
(Thanks to Rippin' Frog)

Henry T. Music Man
(with Backwards Sam Firk)
(LP)

HYTN-1975-Henry T. Music Man (LP) @320
(Thanks to MapleBlues)

Mule
HYTN-1980-Mule @FLAC
HYTN-2018-Mule (Expanded Edition) @FLAC

Hard Luck Stories
(LP)
HYTN-1982-Hard Luck Stories (LP) @FLAC
The Blues in St. Louis,
Vol.3 Henry Townsend
HYTN-1984-The Blues in St. Louis, Vol.3-H.Townsend @FLAC

St. Louis Blues Ace
HYTN-1996-St. Louis Blues Ace @320
(Thanks to Rippin' Frog)

The 88 Blues
HYTN-1998-The 88 Blues @FLAC

Cairo Blues
HYTN-1999-Cairo Blues @320

Henry Townsend & Friends
Henry's Worry Blues
HYTN-2000-Henry's Worry Blues @320
(Thanks to Rippin' Frog)

My Story
HYTN-2001-My Story @FLAC
HYTN-2001-My Story @DSD64
The Real St.Louis Blues
HYTN-2001-The Real St. Louis  (Arcola 1002) @FLAC

St. Louis Blues
HYTN-2015-St. Louis Blues @320

Original St. Louis Blues
Live
HYTN-2015-Original St.Louis Blues Live @FLAC

Blues Piano And Guitar
(Live)
(with Roosevelt Sykes)
HYTN-2019-Blues Piano And Guitar (Live) @FLAC


 COLLECTION 
⬇️DOCUMENT RECORDS⬇️
St. Louis Country Blues
(1929-37)
DOCD5147-VA St. Louis Country Blues (1929-37) @ALAC


 COLLABORATION 
⬇️BIG AL CALHOUN⬇️
Harmonica Blues
(with Henry Townsend)
BGAC-1979-Harmonica Blues @FLAC

⬇️BIG JOE WILLIAMS⬇️
& The Stars of Mississippi Blues
BJW-2003-BJW& The Stars of Mississippi Blues @FLAC.CDA
⬇️VARIOUS ARTISTS⬇️
Last of The Great Mississippi
Delta Bluesmen
VA-Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen @FLAC
CREDITS
JOE WILLIE "PINETOP" PERKINS
HENRY JAMES TOWNSEND
DAVID “HONEYBOY” EDWARDS
ROBERT LOCKWOOD, JR.
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1 comment:

aps said...

Hello Chris,
Désolé de vous déranger, mais un seul disque d'Henry Townsend figure dans le fichier MEGA.
Bon courage et encore bravo pour votre ténacité.
Cordialement.
Loveinvain

October 17, 2023 at 10:06 AM

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