Tony Russell


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British music historian, born 1946, who has written about country music, blues and jazz.

ALBUMS


APPEARANCES +


Various
The Memphis Blues Box (Original Recordings First Released On 78s And 45s, 1914-1969)
2023, 20xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Bear Family Records, ,
Memphis Blues/Boogie Woogie/Delta Blues/Country Blues/Jump Blues/Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Jug Band
Various
She's Selling What She Used To Give Away (28 Risqué Hillbilly Songs From The ‘30s)
2018, CD, Album, Comp, Bear Family Records, ,
Country/Folk/Bluegrass/Hillbilly
Various
The Knoxville Sessions, 1929-1930 - Knox County Stomp
2016, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Bear Family Records, ,
Spoken Word/Country/Gospel
Various
Joe Bussard Presents: The Year Of Jubilo - 78 RPM Recordings Of Songs From The Civil War
2015, CD, Album, Comp, Dust-to-Digital
Various
Arkansas At 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
2014, CD, Comp, Dig, Dust-to-Digital
The Georgia Yellow Hammers*
The Georgia Yellow Hammers And Associates. Volume 1, "Fourth Of July At A Country Fair"
2014, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
The Georgia Yellow Hammers*
The Georgia Yellow Hammers and Associates. Volume 4, 1929-1931, "White Lightning"
2014, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
The Georgia Yellow Hammers*
The Georgia Yellow Hammers and Associates. Volume 2, August 9, 1927-February 21, 1928, "Bill Wishes He Was Single Again"
2014, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
The Georgia Yellow Hammers*
The Georgia Yellow Hammers and Associates. Volume 3, February 21, 1928-October 21, 1928, "Warhorse Game"
2014, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
Narmour & Smith
Volume 1: Complete Recorded Works (1928-1930)
2013, CDr, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Narmour & Smith
Volume 2: Complete Recorded Works (1930-1934)
2013, CDr, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Eden & John's East River String Band
Take A Look At That Baby
2013,
Various
Rarities From The Vault
2011, 2xCD, Comp, Legacy,
Various
Old Time Tunes & Songs 1926 - 1937
2011, CD, Comp, B.A.C.M.
Various
The Bristol Sessions 1927-1928 - The Big Bang Of Country Music
2011, ,
Country/Gospel/Folk
Various
Bloody War: Songs 1924-1939
2010, CD, Comp, Tompkins Square
Muddy Waters
They Call Me Muddy Waters / Live At Mr. Kelly's
2010, CD, Comp, RM, BGO Records, ,
Delta Blues/Electric Blues/Chicago Blues
Various
Classic Old Time Music On Edison
2010, CD, Comp, B.A.C.M.
Ken Maynard
Ken Maynard Sings The Lone Star Trail
2009, CD, Comp, RM, Bear Family Records, ,
Country
Eddie Boyd And His Blues Band Featuring Peter Green
Eddie Boyd And His Blues Band
2009
Various
Jugband Specials
2008, CD, Comp, RM, Retrospective Records
B.B. King
Mr. Blues / Confessin' The Blues
2005, CD, Comp, RM, BGO Records
Various
Old Mountain (Stringband Songs & Tunes)
2004, CD, Comp, Mono, Living Era
John "Seven Foot Dilly" Dilleshaw*
Georgia Bust Down 1930
2003, CD, Comp, Musical Traditions Records
Walter Smith & Friends
Volume 1 (1929 - March 1930) (The Bald-Headed End Of A Broom)
2002, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Walter Smith & Friends
Volume 2 (March 1930 - February 1931) (North Carolina Blues)
2002, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Walter Smith & Friends
Volume 3 (February 1931 - December 1936) (I'll Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms)
2002, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Clarence Williams And His Orchestra
Vol.2 1933-1937
2001, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Timeless Records (3),
Clarence Williams And His Orchestra
Vol. 1, 1933-1934
2001, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Timeless Records (3),
The Carter Family
In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain
2000, 12xCD, Comp + Box, Bear Family Records
The Skillet-Lickers*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 4 (1929-1930)
2000, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
The Skillet-Lickers*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 5 (1930-1934)
2000, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Folk/Country
The Skillet Lickers*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 6 (1934)
2000, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
The Skillet-Lickers*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 3 (1928-1929)
2000, ,
Folk/Country
The Skillet-Lickers*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 1926 ~ 1927
2000, ,
Folk/Country
The Skillet-Lickers*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 2 (1927-1928)
2000, ,
Folk/Country
John Mayall
Notice To Appear / A Banquet In Blues
2000
Grayson & Whitter / Robinette & Moore
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 (1928-1929) Robinette & Moore (1929)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Dixon Brothers
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (1936)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Country Blues/Country/Folk
The Hill Billies / Al Hopkins And His Buckle Busters
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (1925-1926)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Folk/Country
The Hill Billies / Al Hopkins And His Buckle Busters
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 2 (1926-1927)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
The Hill Billies / Al Hopkins And His Buckle Busters
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 3 (1927-1928)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (1925-1928)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 2 (1928-1930)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 3 (1930-1934)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Lowe Stokes
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (1927-1930)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Dixon Brothers
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 2 (1937)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Country Blues/Country/Folk
Dixon Brothers
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 3 (1937-1938)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Country Blues/Country/Folk
Dixon Brothers / Dixie Reelers
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 4 (1938) Bonus Tracks: Dixie Reelers (1936)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Roy Harvey
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (1926-1927)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Roy Harvey
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 2 (1928-1929)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Folk/Country
Roy Harvey
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 3 (1929-1930)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Folk/Country
Roy Harvey
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 4 (1931)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Various
The Chess Story 1947-1975
1999, 14xCD, Comp, RM + CD-ROM, Enh + Box, Ltd, Num, MCA Records, Universal, ,
Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Various
Sounds Of Surprise
1999, CD, Comp, Marshall Cavendish,
Various
Texas Jazz - Blue Rhythm Stomp
1999, CD, Comp, Marshall Cavendish
Grayson & Whitter
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (1927-1928)
1999
Sam McGee
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1926-1934)
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Country Blues/Country/Folk
Various
Mississippi String Bands Volume 2 (1928-1930)
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters & Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1927-1929)
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Oscar Ford & Walter Morris
Georgia Songsters (1926-1930)
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Folk/Country
Burnett & Rutherford
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1926-1930)
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Folk/Country
Kelly Harrell
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (1925-1926)
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Folk/Country
Kelly Harrell
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 2 (1926-1929)
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Leake County Revelers*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (1927-1928)
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Leake County Revelers*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 2 (1929-1930)
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Folk/Country
Allen Brothers*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (1927-1930)
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Allen Brothers*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 2 (1930-1932)
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Allen Brothers*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 3 (1932-1934)
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Folk/Country
Various
Nashville, 1928
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Folk/Country
Various
Texas Fiddle Bands: Volume 1 (1925-1930)
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Folk/Country
Various
Field Recordings - Volume 12: Virginia & South Carolina (1936-1940)
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Various
Field Recordings - Volume 13: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina & Delaware (1933-1943)
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Clarence Williams
Top Of The Town
1998, CD, Comp, Marshall Cavendish
Various
Jazz Guitar - Hot Fingers
1998, CD, Comp, Marshall Cavendish,
Charlie Barnet
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
1998, CD, Comp, Marshall Cavendish
Bunny Berigan
You've Got Everything
1998, CD, Comp, Marshall Cavendish
Blind Alfred Reed
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1927-1929)
1998, ,
Folk/Country
East Texas Serenaders
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1927-1937)
1998, ,
Folk/Country
Various
Georgia Stringbands (Volume 1)
1998, ,
Folk/Country
Muddy Waters
The Real Folk Blues / More Real Folk Blues
1998, ,
Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Son House
The Original Delta Blues
1998, ,
Delta Blues
Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry*
At The Bunkhouse
1998
Frank Hutchison
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (1926-1929)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Country Blues/Folk
Earl Johnson
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (1927)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Fiddlin' John Carson
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 4 (1926-1927)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Various
Mississippi String Bands Vol. 1 (Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order) (1928-1935)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Herschel Brown
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1928-1929)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
John Dilleshaw (Seven Foot Dilly)*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1929-1930)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Folk/Country
Earl Johnson
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 2 (1927-1931)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Folk/Country
The Stripling Brothers*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (1928-1934)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
The Stripling Brothers*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 2 (1934-1936)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Kessinger Brothers
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (1928-1929)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Kessinger Brothers
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 2 (1929)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Kessinger Brothers
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 3 (1929-1930)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Alfred G. Karnes, Ernest Phipps, McVay And Johnson*
Kentucky Gospel (1927-1928)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Folk/Country
Fiddlin' John Carson
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (1923-1924)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Fiddlin' John Carson
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 2 (1924-1925)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Fiddlin' John Carson
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 3 (1925-1926)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Folk/Country
Fiddlin' John Carson
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 5 (1927-1929)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Fiddlin' John Carson
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 6 (1929-1930)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Folk/Country
Fiddlin' John Carson
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 7 (1930-1934)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Mildred Bailey
Doin' The Uptown Lowdown
1997, CD, Comp, Marshall Cavendish
Various
Field Recordings - Volume 1: Virginia (1936-1941)
1997, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
Various
Field Recordings - Vol. 2: North & South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee & Arkansas (1926-1943)
1997, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
Various
Male Blues Of The Twenties Volume 2 (1923-1928) Complete Recorded Works And Remaining Titles in Chronological Order
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Various
Roll 'Em Boogie Woogie
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Marshall Cavendish, ,
Boogie Woogie
The Dorsey Brothers
Oodles Of Noodles
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Marshall Cavendish, Jazz Greats
Various
Memories Of Jimmie Rodgers
1997, CD, Comp, Bear Family Records, ,
Country
Bessie Smith
Preachin' The Blues
1997, CD, Comp, Marshall Cavendish
Jimmie Lunceford
Rhythm Is Our Business
1997, CD, Comp, Marshall Cavendish
Various
Jazzin' The Blues Volume 3 (Complete Recorded Works 1937-1941)
1997, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),
Jack Teagarden
Texas Tea Party
1997
Various
Field Recordings - Volume 4: Mississippi & Alabama (1934-1942)
1997,
Big Boy Teddy Edwards
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1930-1936)
1996, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),
Various
Swing Celebration
1996, CD, Comp, RM, Marshall Cavendish, Marshall Cavendish, ,
Swing/Big Band/Soundtrack
Rev. Emmett Dickinson
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Vol. 1 (1929-1930)
1996, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),
Various
Territory Singers Volume 2 (Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order)
1996, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Tommy Griffin / One Arm Slim / Frank Edwards
Country Blues Collector's Items (1930-1941)
1996, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Various
Chicago Blues Volume 2 (1939-1944)
1996, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Chicago Blues/Piano Blues
Norridge Mayhams & The Blue Chips
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1936)
1996, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Various
Territory Singers (Vol. 1 1922-1928)
1996, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Artie Shaw
Non-Stop Flight
1996, CD, Comp, Mono, Marshall Cavendish
Various
Jazz Voices - The Men
1996, CD, Comp, RM, Marshall Cavendish, Marshall Cavendish,
Lovin' Sam Theard (Lovin' Sam From Down In 'Bam)*
In Chronological Order 1929-1936
1996, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),
Various
Rare 1930s & '40s Blues, Volume 3 (1937-1948)
1996, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
Ollie Shepard
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 (28 October 1937 To 18 April 1939)
1996, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),
Ollie Shepard
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 (18 April 1939 To 2 May 1941)
1996, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),
Various
Male Blues Of The Twenties Volume 1 (1922-1930)
1996, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
Snooks Eaglin
Heavy Juice
1996
Charles Brown
Drifting Blues
1996
Johnny Shines
Ramblin' Blues
1996,
Memphis Minnie
Let's Go To Town
1996
Jimmy Johnson
Country Preacher
1996, CD, ,
Electric Blues/Chicago Blues
Victoria Spivey
Moaning The Blues
1996,
Phillip Walker
Steppin' Up In Class
1996
Mance Lipscomb
Songster
1996
Various
A Cajun Christmas - 25 Seasonal Stomps From The Swamps
1995, CD, Album, Comp, Music Club
Joe Pullum
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 (1934-1935)
1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)
Joe Pullum, Andy Boy (5), Walter "Cowboy" Washington*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Vol. 2 (1935-1951)
1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2), ,
Texas Blues/Piano Blues
Johnny Copeland
Texas Party
1995
John "Seven Foot Dilly" Dilleshaw*
Georgia Bust Down 1930
1994, Cass, Comp, Musical Traditions Records
Various
Kings Of Cajun Vol III
1994
Various
Push Them Clouds Away (Old Time Country Music 1924-38)
1994
Various
Yearlings In The Canebrake (Texas Fiddle Music 1924-30)
1994
Various
Where The Southern Crosses The Dog (Mississippi Fiddle Music 1928-35)
1994
Various
Old Ship Sailing For The Promised Land (White Gospel Music 1926-38)
1994
The Delmore Brothers
Freight Train Boogie
1993, CD, Comp, Ace
Brother Claude Ely
Satan Get Back!
1993, CD, Comp, Ace, ,
Gospel/Country
Jimmie Davis
Barnyard Stomp
1988, LP, Comp, Bear Family Records
Otis Spann
Walking The Blues
1985
Jimmie Davis
Rockin' Blues
1983, LP, Comp, Mono, Bear Family Records, RCA Victor
Leo Soileau And His Four Aces*
Pioneer Cajun Fiddler (His Original 1930's Recordings)
1982, LP, Comp, Old Timey Records
Emmet Brooks* / James Barnes
Detroit House Party Piano Blues
1982, LP, JSP Records
Various
Western Swing, Blues, Boogie And Honky Tonk (Volume 8 - The 1940’s & ’50’s)
1981, LP, Comp, Old Timey Records, Old Timey Records, ,
Country/Honky Tonk/Western Swing
Various
Western Swing, Blues, Boogie And Honky Tonk (Volume 6 - The 1940’s & ’50’s )
1981, ,
Country/Honky Tonk/Western Swing/Polka
Adolph Hofner
South Texas Swing (His Early Recordings 1935-1955)
1980, LP, Comp, Arhoolie Records
Various
Western Swing Vol. 4 (The 1930s)
1980, LP, Comp, Mono, Old Timey Records, ,
Western Swing
Martin Best
When First I Ever Saw You
1980, LP, Album, Sonet, ,
Folk/Ballad
Various
Western Swing Vol. 5 (The 1930s)
1980, LP, Comp, Old Timey Records, ,
Swing/Western Swing
Girls Of The Golden West
Selected Recordings 1933-1938
1978, LP, Album, Sonyatone
Various
Stompin' At The Honky Tonk: Western Swing In Houston 1936-1941
1978
Hugh Gillespie
Classic Recordings Of Irish Traditional Music
1978
Various
Melodeon Greats - A Collection Of Melodeon Masterpieces
1978
The Cameron Men
Classic Scots Fiddle Recordings From The Thirties
1977, LP, Mono, Topic Records, ,
Folk/Celtic
Ernest V. Stoneman*
Ernest V. Stoneman And The Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers
1975, LP, Comp, Rounder Records
Vassar Clements
Hillbilly Jazz Volume 2
1975, LP, RE, Sonet
Tom Paley
Hard Luck Papa
1975
Cecil Gant
Rock Little Baby
1974, LP, Comp, Mono, Flyright Records, ,
Piano Blues/Boogie Woogie
Various
Fort Valley Blues (1941-43 Field Recordings From Georgia)
1974, LP, Flyright-Matchbox
The Southern Eagle String Band
Hee Haw Hallelujah
1974, LP, Album, String Records (2)
Various
Blacks Whites And Blues
1970, LP, Comp, Mono, CBS, CBS, ,
Country Blues/Hillbilly/Western Swing
Various
Skoodle Um Skoo: Early Folk Blues Volume 1
1970, LP, Comp, Saydisc Matchbox
Various
Home Town Skiffle: Early Folk Blues Vol. 2
LP, Comp, Saydisc Matchbox
Bob Smith's Ideal Band
Better Than An Orchestra
LP, Comp, Mono, Topic Records
Various
Harmonica Blues
CD, Comp, Acrobat,
John "Seven Foot Dilly" Dilleshaw*
Georgia Bust Down 1930
16xFile, MP3, Comp, 128, Musical Traditions Records
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters Sings "Big Bill"/Folk Singer
Various
Western Swing, Blues, Boogie And Honky Tonk (Volume 7 - The 1940’s & ’50’s)
John Mayall
Notice To Appear / A Banquet In Blues
2000