Odie Payne

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Chicago blues drummer. Born in Chicago on August 27, 1926. Played with the cream of Chicago bluesmen, including Elmore James, Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy. Died March 1, 1989. Son of Odie and Lena Payne, father of musicians Darlene Payne-Wells and (Dr.) Odie Payne, III

ALBUMS

Eddie Taylor (2) with Louis Myers, Dave Myers and Odie Payne

Live In Japan 1977 Deluxe Edition

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues

Erwin Helfer, Angela Brown (6), Clark Dean & Odie Payne

Live At The Piano Man: Erwin, Angela, Clark & Odie

No! "What Did She Say?"

LP, Album, OPJ Records, OPJ Records,

Hubert Sumlin And Friends

Live From The American Folk Blues Festival

2013, CD, Comp, L+R Records, Bellaphon,

I'm Gonna Live In Chicago

1982, LP, Album, Comp, Chess,

The Eddie Taylor Blues Band

My Heart Is Bleeding

APPEARANCES +

2023, LP, Comp, Vinyl Story,

Down Home Blues - Chicago Volume 3 - The Special Stuff

2023, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Wienerworld Presentation,

First Time I Met The Blues

2023, LP, Comp, 180, The Blues Joint Collection,

The Guitar Wizard - The Tampa Red Collection 1929-53

2022, 5xCDr, Comp, RM + Box, Acrobat Music,

Piano Blues/Chicago Blues

Rock The Bottle - Southern Bred Vol.26 Tennessee & Arkansas R&B Rockers

2022, CD, Comp, Koko Mojo Records,

Doo Wop/Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues/Soul

2022, 2x Vinyl Gold ,

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues/Hill Country Blues/Blues Rock/Gospel

Wow! I Feel So Good (The Complete 1952-1963 Chess, Formal & USA Sides)

2021, CD, Comp, RM, Soul Jam Records,

Rhythm & Blues/Piano Blues

Everything Gonna Be Alright - The Complete Cobra, Chief & Crash Sides

Down Home Blues - Chicago Volume 2 - Sweet Home Chicago

2019, 5xCD, Comp, RM, Wienerworld Presentation,

The Sky Is Crying - All-Time Original Blues Classics

Down Home Blues - Chicago - Fine Boogie

2017, 5xCD, Comp, RM, Wienerworld Presentation,

2016, CD, Album, The Sirens Records,

First Time I Met The Blues: 1958-1963 Recordings

Down Home Blues Classics 1943-1953

2015, 4xCD, Comp, RE, Boulevard Vintage,

Doin' The Best I Can

2015, 2xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Comp, RM, JSP Records,

Cut That Out: 1953-1963 Sides

Rollin' And Slidin'

2012, CD, Comp, Blues Boulevard,

Big Maceo Merriweather*

Power Piano Player: The Complete Sides 1941-1950

2012, Box, Comp, RM, Jew + 2xCD, JSP Records,

Chicago Blues/Piano Blues/Acoustic

Paint The Town Blues

2012, 2xCD, Comp, Blues Boulevard,

Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues

Sonny Boy Williamson

From The Bottom Of The Blues

2012, CD, Comp, Blues Boulevard,

Harmonica Blues

So Many Years Ago

2012, CD, Comp, RM, Blues Boulevard,

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues

Plug It In! Turn It Up! (Electric Blues The Definitive Collection! Part 1 1939-1954)

Sit And Cry The Blues

2011, CD, Comp, Blues Boulevard, Music Avenue,

Jack Rabbit Blues

That Kat Sure Could Play! The Singles 1951 To 1957

2010, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Secret Records Limited,

Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues

I Can't Quit The Blues

2010, CD, Album, Comp, Blues Boulevard

Big Walter Horton*

Blues Harmonica Giant (Classic Sides 1951-1956)

2010, 3xCD, Comp, RM, JSP Records

You Never Can Tell - His Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966

2009, 4xCD, Comp, Hip-O Select, Geffen Records,

Rock & Roll/Chicago Blues

Natural Born Lover 1954 - 1958

2009, CD, Comp, RM, Saga,

Chess Moves: Future Blues (Classic Tracks Retrofitted By Keith LeBlanc, Featuring Skip McDonald & Doug Wimbush)

2008, CD, Album, Universal UMC, Chess,

Modern Electric Blues

Boogie Woogie Piano Vol. 3 1941-1955

2008, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Boogie Woogie/Piano Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll

The Best Of Chess Records

2008, CD EDC Pressing,

Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues/Soul/Rock & Roll

Johnny B. Goode (His Complete '50s Chess Recordings)

2007, 4xCD, Comp, Ltd, Hip-O Select, Geffen Records,

Rock & Roll/Chicago Blues

Folk Blues - Everyday I Have The Blues

2007, CD, Comp, Edel Records

Hear My Back Door Slam

2006, CD, Comp, Mono, Bakhåll,

Chicago Blues/Delta Blues/Country Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Texas Blues/Gospel

Great Blues Masters Vol.4

2006, CD, Comp, Substance (2),

Chicago Blues/Electric Blues

The Blues Masters

Can't Quit The Blues

2005, CD, Delmark Records

The Definitive Collection

Blues Rock/Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 (Volume Three)

2004, DVD-V, Comp, Mono, PAL, Hip-O Records

St. Louis To Liverpool

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 (Volume Three)

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969: Volume Two

Country Blues/Texas Blues/Electric Blues/Chicago Blues/Delta Blues/Piano Blues

Delmark Records 50 Years Of Jazz And Blues - Blues

2003, 2xCD, Comp, Delmark Records,

King Of The Slide Guitar - The Complete Trumpet, Chief & Fire Sessions

Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues (A Musical Journey)

2003, 5x CD, Box Set,

Delta Blues/Chicago Blues/Electric Blues/Jump Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues

Sonny Boy Williamson

The Real Folk Blues / More Real Folk Blues

2002, CD, Album, Comp, RM, MCA Records, Chess

American Folk Blues Festival 1970 / 1972 / 1980 / 1981

2002, 4xCD, Comp, RE, L+R Records, Bellaphon,

Country Blues/Chicago Blues/Piano Blues/Delta Blues

Boogie For My Friends

Rockin' Wild In Chicago

That's All Right

Country Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Blues Rock

The Real Folk Blues / More Real Folk Blues

Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm

Down And Out - The Cobra Sessions 1958 - 1959

2001, CD, Comp, P-Vine Records

The Best Of Muddy Waters

Shake Your Moneymaker: The Best Of The Fire Sessions

This Is The Beginning (The Artistic & U.S.A. Sessions 1958-1963)

Chicago Blues/Electric Blues

This Is The Blues Harmonica

2000, CD, Album, Comp, Delmark Records,

Blues Rock/Chicago Blues/Harmonica Blues

I Can't Quit You Baby: The Cobra Sessions 1956-58

The Essential Bo Diddley

Blues Hit Big Town

His Best, Volume 2

1997, CD, Comp, MCA Records, Chess,

The Complete Chess Recordings

1997, CD, Comp, RM, Chess, Universal

The Complete Chess Recordings Vol. 2

1997, CD, Comp, RE, RM, Chess, Universal, Folio

Chess Blues Piano Greats

1997, 2xCD, Comp, Chess, MCA Records,

The Chess Blues-Rock Songbook: The Classic Originals

Chicago Blues/Rock & Roll

The Complete Chess Recordings

The Blue Horizon Story (1965-1970 Vol. 1)

Electric Blues/Blues Rock/Country Blues

Say Man! (Big Noise Big Noise Big Noise Big Noise Big Noise Big Noise)

1996, CD, Album, Tramp Records (4)

Jazz & Blues Collection

The Story Of Black & Blue 1976-1988 Volume 2

1994, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Chicago Blues/Country Blues/Electric Blues/Piano Blues/Jump Blues

1994, CD, Album, Earwig Music,

Piano Blues/Chicago Blues

King Of The Slide Guitar

1994, 2x CD, Box Set,

The Specialty Story

1994, 5x CD, Box Set,

Jump Blues/Gospel/Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll/Doo Wop

Carey Bell's Blues Harp Band With Lurrie Bell

Goin' On Main Street

The Best Of Chuck Berry

I Can’t Quit You Baby

Sweet Home Chicago: The Blues Of Magic Sam, Luther Allison, Big Mojo, Eddie Shaw, Louis Myers, Lucky Lopez

Spider In My Stew

1993, CD, Comp, RM, Editions Atlas, Guilde Internationale Du Disque, Editions Atlas, Guilde Internationale Du Disque

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 14 (26 January 1949 To 20 March 1951)

1993, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

1951-1952 (I Grandi Successi)

1993, CD, Comp, DeAgostini,

Bop/Cool Jazz/Chicago Blues/Delta Blues/Big Band

Levi's Midnight Blues - Vol II

1993, CD, Comp, Levi's, Radio Tripoli,

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 15 (28 July 1951 To 4 December 1953)

The Sky Is Crying: The History Of Elmore James

The Blues (A Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Blues Singers)

1993, Box Set, 4x CD,

Delta Blues/Jump Blues/Texas Blues/Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues/Memphis Blues/Louisiana Blues/Country Blues

Blues & Trouble

Blues Masters, Volume 6: Blues Originals

Country Blues/Chicago Blues/Texas Blues

Little Red Rooster

The Cobra Records Story

Blue Velvet / The Ultimate Collection

Blues Masters, Volume 2: Postwar Chicago Blues

Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues

The Ultimate Collection

1993, 2x CD, Box Set,

Modern Electric Blues

Sonny Boy Williamson II*

Nine Below Zero

Harmonica Blues

Trouble In The Morning: Chicago Blues Of The Fifties

1992, CD, Comp, KC (6),

A Tribute To Willie Dixon 1915-1992

1992, CD, Comp, Chess

Hard Working Man

1992, CD, Comp, Charly R&B,

The Very Best Of Buddy Guy

1992, CD SRC Pressing,

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues

Hard Working Man

Chicago Blues/Country Blues/Delta Blues/Electric Blues

The Sky Is Crying

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues

The Chess Years

1991, 9xCD, Comp + Box, sli, Charly Records,

Chicago Blues Harmonicas

Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues

1991, 4x CD, Box Set,

Piano Blues/Chicago Blues

Detroit Junior / Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson / Queen Sylvia Embry, Big Leon Brooks' Blues Harp Band, Andrew Brown

Living Chicago Blues - Volume Number 4

Sleepy John Estes

A.C. Reed And The Spark Plugs* / Scotty And The Rib Tips* / Lovie Lee With Carey Bell, The Sons Of Blues*

Living Chicago Blues · Volume Number 3

Black & Blues Volume 2 - Blues Colors

Sonny Boy Williamson

The Chess Years

Harmonica Blues

Elmore James / John Brim

Whose Muddy Shoes

Story 1958-1966

1990, 2xCD, Comp, Vogue, Chess

Missing Berries, Rarities, Volume 3

The Classic Recordings

Guitar Player Presents Legends Of Guitar - Electric Blues, Vol. 1

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues

The Master Of The Slide Guitar

Sonny Boy Williamson

Don't Start Me To Talkin' (Volume 1)

Live In Japan, 1977

Walking By Myself

Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters Volume 1

Second Time I Met The Blues (The Best Of Chess Blues Vol 2)

1989, CD, Comp, Chess,

Delta Blues/Chicago Blues

The Cobra Sessions 1956-1958

1989, CD, Comp, P-Vine Records

The Magic Sam Legacy

Left Me With A Broken Heart

The Blues Volume 3

1988, Vinyl Pinckneyville pressing,

The Best Of Chess Blues Volume Two

Chicago Blues/East Coast Blues/Electric Blues/Harmonica Blues

The Best Of Chess Rock 'N' Roll - Volume Two

Rock & Roll/Doo Wop

Low Blows - An Anthology Of Chicago Harmonica Blues

Albert King / Otis Rush, Otis Spann, B.B. King

1987, CD, Comp, RE, Vogue

The Best Of Chess Blues

The Blues Volume 2

Sonny Boy Williamson

The Real Folk Blues

Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues

Country Blues/Chicago Blues

Atlantic Blues: Chicago

The Real Folk Blues

Rock 'N Roll Rarities

1986, 2x Vinyl,

Masters Of Jazz Vol. 15 - Blues Giants

1985, 2x Vinyl,

Betty Everett And Lillian Offitt

Chicago Blues With Ike Turner . Earl Hooker And Others

1984, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Flyright Records, Flyright Records

Otis Rush And Buddy Guy

The Final Takes (And Others)

1984, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Flyright Records, Flyright Records

Rare And Unissued

Lovie’s Music

First Time In Europe

1983, LP, Album, Blue Phoenix, Blue Phoenix

Lafayette Leake

1983, LP, Album, Blue Phoenix

The Best Of Chuck Berry

Albert King & Otis Rush

Chicago Blues/Electric Blues

Wailin' The Blues

Magic Sam & Shakey Jake

Magic Touch (Live At Sylvio's 1968)

Chicago Blues/Electric Blues/Harmonica Blues

Willie Mabon And His Combo

The Seventh Son

1982, LP, Comp, Mono, Crown Prince Records,

1982, LP, Comp, Chess,

Country Blues/Chicago Blues

Big Leon Brooks

Let's Go To Town

The Great Twenty-Eight

She Knocks Me Out (Original Cobra Blues 1956-58)

1981, LP, Comp, Mono, Flyright Records, Flyright Records

Kings Of Rhythm

1981, LP, Comp, Mono, Flyright Records, Flyright Records

Fishin' In My Pond (Chicago Blues Bands)

1981, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Flyright Records, Flyright Records

Crazy With The Blues

1981, LP, Comp, Oldie Blues

Blues From Chicago

1981, LP, Comp, Violet Records (6),

The Best Of Elmore James

Sonny Boy Williamson

More Real Folk Blues

Living Chicago Blues

The Story Of The Blues

1981, 4x Vinyl,

Country Blues/Texas Blues/Chicago Blues/Piedmont Blues/Delta Blues/Piano Blues

American Folk Blues Festival '81

1981, 2x Vinyl,

Piedmont Blues/Chicago Blues

Willie James Lyons

1980, LP, Isabel Records

Louisiana Red With Sunnyland Slim Blues Band & Carey Bell

1980, LP, Album, L+R Records,

Chicago Blues/Electric Blues

Otis Rush & Magic Sam

The Other Takes 1956-58

1980, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Flyright Records, Flyright Records,

Cobra Alternates

1980, LP, Comp, Mono, P-Vine Special

Somebody Stole My Christmas

1980, LP, Album, Isabel Records,

The Blues Guitar Album

1980, LP, Comp, JSP Records,

Johnny "Big Moose" Walker

Going Home Tomorrow

1980, LP, Isabel Records

Groanin' The Blues

Lacy Gibson / Big Leon Brooks' Blues Harp Band / Andrew Brown

Living Chicago Blues Volume 5

A. C. Reed And The Spark Plugs* / Scotty And The Rib Tips* / Lovie Lee With Carey Bell

Living Chicago Blues - Volume 4

Detroit Junior / Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson / Queen Sylvia Embry

Living Chicago Blues Volume 6

American Folk Blues Festival '80

1980, 2x Vinyl,

Country Blues/Delta Blues/Chicago Blues

Sunnyland Slim Blues Band

1979, LP, Comp, JSP Records,

Erwin Helfer & Friends*

On The Sunny Side Of The Street

1979, LP, Album, Flying Fish (2)

Lefty Dizz feat. Big Moose Walker*

Chicago Blues Festival 1979

The Jimmy Johnson Blues Band / Eddie Shaw And The Wolf Gang / Left Hand Frank And His Blues Band

Living Chicago Blues - Volume 1

Carey Bell's Blues Harp Band / Magic Slim And The Teardrops* / Johnny "Big Moose" Walker

Living Chicago Blues Volume 2

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells

Live In Montreux

Chicago Blues/Harmonica Blues/Modern Electric Blues

1932 - 1953 "You Can't Get That Stuff No More"

Blues From The Windy City (Chicago In Transition 1946-1952)

1976, LP, Comp, Flyright Records, Flyright Records,

Chicago Blues/Piano Blues/Harmonica Blues

Tampa Red Vol. 1

1976, LP, Comp, Mono, RCA

1976, 2x Vinyl,

Sonny Boy Williamson

Sonny Boy Williamson

1975, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Gat, Bluebird (3)

Various / Paul Oliver

La Historia Del Blues, Vol. 2

Sonny Boy Williamson

Chicago Blues/Harmonica Blues

J.T. Brown And His Boogie Boys

Rockin' With J.T.

Golden Decade Volume 3

The Guitar Wizard (1935-1953)

Genesis Vol 2: Memphis To Chicago

1973, 4xLP, Comp + Box, Chess,

Memphis Blues/Chicago Blues

Post Bop/Rhythm & Blues/Dixieland

Chuck Berry's Golden Decade Vol.2

Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues

Big Walter Horton*

King Of The Harmonica Players

Blues Piano - Chicago Plus

The Story Of The Blues, Vol. 2

1970, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Gat, CBS,

Boogie Woogie/Country Blues/Delta Blues/Harmonica Blues/Jump Blues/Memphis Blues/Piano Blues/Piedmont Blues/Modern Electric Blues

The Resurrection Of Elmore James

Blues In D Natural

How Blue Can We Get?

1970, 2x Vinyl,

Country Blues/Electric Blues/Chicago Blues/Blues Rock

Magic Sam Blues Band

The Legend Of Elmore James

This One's A Good 'Un

In The Beginning

1969, Vinyl 1st,

James Cotton Blues Band*

Cotton In Your Ears

Magic Sam Blues Band

Chicago Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Delta Blues

Sonny Boy Williamson

Stop Right Now / The Hunt

Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues

Elmore James And The Broom Dusters*

Blues After Hours

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues

You Know My Love / I Can't Stop Baby

Otis Rush And His Band*

Double Trouble / Keep On Loving Me, Baby

Sonny Boy Williamson

Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide / Unseeing Eye

Shakey Jake And Willie Dixon Band*

Roll Your Money Maker / Call Me If You Need Me

Jimmy Rogers And His Rocking Four

Blues All Day Long / You're The One

Poison Ivy / Say Man

I'll Find My Way / That's Her Own Business

Midnight Blues (1949-1951)

LP, Comp, Mono, Swingtime,

On The Blues Side

CD, Album, Comp, Mono, Ace,

Blues Rock/Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues

Darlene Payne And The O-D Girls

Clap Boo-Ga-Loo

7", O.P.J. Recording Co.

Tell Me Yes Or No / Do You Know

7", Single, O.P.J. Recording Co.,

Darlene Payne & The O.D. Girls*

7", Mono, O.P.J. Recording Co.

Box + 4xLP, Comp, BYG Records,

Country Blues/Chicago Blues/Delta Blues

Nathaniel Williams And The O.D. Girls

Hey, Hey / Musical Phrases Of Love

7", O.P.J. Recording Co., O.P.J. Recording Co.

1957-1966 (West Side Guitar)

Chicago Blues/Electric Blues

Hubert Sumlin / Willie Dixon / Sunnyland Slim / Clifton James

Chicago Blues/Electric Blues

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Harmonica Blues

The Greatest In Country Blues, Vol. 1

American Folk Blues Festival 1962 - 1981

1981, Box, Comp + LP, Album + LP, Album + LP, Album + 2x, L+R Records, L+R Records, L+R Records, L+R Records, L+R Records, L+R Records, L+R Records,

In The Beginning

Buddy Guy / Junior Wells

Everything Gonna Be Alright

The Sky Is Crying: The History Of Elmore James