Mississippi Fred McDowell Songs List

Down Beat: 4.5 Stars - Very Good/Excellent - "...McDowell sings with firm self-assurance while he expertly slides a piece of metal over the strings of his guitar..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Done Left Here
• 2.All the Way from East St. Louis
• 3.Shake 'Em on Down
• 4.The Girl That I'm Lovin'
• 5.Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
• 6.Left My Baby Standing
• 7.On the Frisco Line
• 8.Write Me a Few Lines
• 9.Goin' Down to the River
• 10.I Rolled and I Tumbled
• 11.Trouble Everywhere I Go
• 12.Red Cross Store Blues
• 13.John Henry
• 14.Kokomo Blues
• 15.Milk Cow Blues
• 16.Trouble Everywhere I Go [Alternate Version] - (alternate version)
• 17.I've Been Drinking Water out of a Hollow Log
• 18.Highway 61
• 19.Someday Baby
• 20.Como

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 3.Morning Little Schoolgirl
• 4.John Henry
• 5.The Sun Rose This Morning
• 6.When I Lay My Burden Down
• 7.Jesus is On the Main Line
• 8.You Got To Move
• 9.Worried Blues
• 10.Como, Mississippi Jump
• 11.Going Away Baby
• 12.Mojo Hand (Louisiana Blues)
• 13.Lord I Wonder
• 14.Kokomo Blues
• 15.Write Me a Few Lines
• 16.Someday Baby
• 1.My Babe
• 2.Louise
• 17.61 Highway
• 18.Got a Letter This Morning
• 19.Fred'S Shakedown

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Shake 'Em On Down
• 2.I'm Crazy About You Baby
• 3.John Henry
• 4.You Got To Move
• 5.Someday
• 6.Mercy
• 7.The Lovin' Blues
• 8.White Lightnin'
• 9.Baby Please Don't Go

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 2.Big Fat Mama
• 3.Train I Ride
• 4.Get Right Church
• 5.You Ain't Gonna Worry My Life No More
• 6.What's the Matter with Papa's Little Angel Child?
• 7.Unknown Blues (Aka I Heard Somebody Call)
• 8.Levee Camp Blues
• 9.Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
• 10.You Got to Move
• 1.Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

Mississippi Fred McDowell also appears in this compilation

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Crawlin' King Snake
• 2.Catfish Blues
• 3.Step It Up and Go No 2
• 4.Cross Cut Saw Blues
• 5.Black Spider Blues
• 6.I Be's Troubled
• 7.If I Get Lucky
• 8.Unfinished Business
• 9.Mississippi Blues
• 10.Water Coast Blues
• 11.Stick with Me
• 12.Evil-Hearted Woman Blues
• 13.Katie Mae Blues
• 14.Evil Hearted Man
• 15.Ora-Nelle Blues
• 16.Money Taking Woman
• 17.Blood Red River Blues
• 18.Sweet Woman Blues
• 19.Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
• 20.Single Man Blues
• 21.Mercury Boogie
• 22.The Blues Is Killing Me
• 23.Boar Hog Blues
• 24.Ugly Woman Blues
• 25.Applejack Boogie
• 26.Prowlin' Ground Hog
• 27.Ride to a Funeral in a V8
• 28.Paper Wooden Daddy
• 29.Walking Talking Blues
• 30.You've Got to Lay Down Mama
• 31.Model T Boogie
• 32.Dallas Be-Bop Blues
• 33.You're Gonna Weep and Moan
• 34.Talkin' to You Mama
• 35.Ticket Agent Blues
• 36.1951 Blues
• 37.Eyesight to the Blind
• 38.January 11, 1949 Blues
• 39.They Call Me Talking Boy
• 40.Take It Easy Baby
• 41.Down at the Depot
• 42.If You See My Lover
• 43.Don't Be Funny, Baby!
• 44.I'm Going to the City
• 45.Before Long
• 46.Gonna Move to California
• 47.Rocks Is My Pillow
• 48.San Francisco Bay Blues
• 49.I Love My Baby
• 50.Industrial Boogie
• 51.Willie Mae Blues
• 52.Freight Train
• 53.See See Rider
• 54.Burning Hell
• 55.Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning

Dirty Linen: "...a taut, deep, searing set of electrified country blues, covering old traditional pieces he remembered from his early years on the farm..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.My Baby
• 2.Levee Camp Blues
• 3.When the Saints Go Marching In
• 4.Diamond Ring
• 5.Dankin's Farm
• 6.You Ain't Treatin' Me Right
• 7.Ethel Mae Blues
• 8.Meet Me Down in Froggy Bottom
• 9.Mama Said I'm Crazy
• 10.I Heard Somebody Calling Me
• 11.Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
• 12.I Wonder What Have I Done Wrong
• 13.I Worked Out Old Lu and I Worked Out Old Bess
• 14.Jim, Steam Killed Lula
• 15.Worried Now, Won't Be Worried Long
• 16.Going Away, Won't Be Gone Long
• 17.Going Down That Gravel Bottom
• 18.Bye, Bye Little Girl

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.If You See My Baby
• 2.John Henry
• 4.61 Highway
• 5.Big Fat Mama
• 6.When I Lay My Burden Down
• 7.Dankin' Farm
• 8.Jesus Is On The Main Line
• 9.See What My Lord Has Done
• 10.Casey Jones (Ramblin' Mind)
• 11.Harry Furry Blues
• 12.Every Day Of The Week
• 13.Grieve My Mind
• 14.Beale Street BLues
• 15.When I Lay My Burden Down
• 16.Old Time Religion
• 17.I Wish I Was In Heaven
• 18.Rock Of Ages
• 19.When I Lay My Burden Down

Mojo (Publisher): "...His music has undimmed vitality. It sparkles like non-stop champagne..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Write Me a Few of Your Lines
• 2.Do My Baby Ever Think of Me
• 3.Levee Camp Blues
• 4.When the Saints Go Marching In
• 5.My Bottleneck (Story)
• 6.Fred's Worried Life Blues
• 7.Kokomo Blues
• 8.Meet Me Down in Froggy Bottom
• 9.Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
• 10.Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
• 11.Shake 'Em on Down
• 12.Going Away, Won't Be Gone Long
• 13.I Wish I Was in Heaven Sittin' Down
• 14.Fred's Rambling Blues
• 15.I Looked at the Sun
• 16.You Gotta Move
• 17.My Baby
• 18.Intro / Shake 'Em On Down / Louise

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
• 2.Little Girl, Little Girl, How Old Are You
• 3.Fred's Rambling Blues
• 4.Don't Look For Me on a Sunday
• 5.I Walked All the Way From East St. Louis
• 6.Red Cross Store Blues
• 7.Gravel Road Blues
• 8.Where Were You When the Rooster Crowed 'Fore Day
• 9.Drop Down Mama
• 10.I Looked at the Sun
• 11.Early This Morning (Write Me a Few of Your Lines)
• 12.Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
• 13.Get Right Church
• 14.I'm Going Over the Hill
• 15.Amazing Grace
• 16.I Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down
• 17.You Gotta Move
• 18.It's a Blessing
• 19.Bye and Bye
• 20.I'm So Glad, Got Good Religion
• 21.Look Way Down That Lonesome Road
• 22.When the Saints Go Marching In

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Levee Camp Blues
• 2.You Gotta Move
• 3.Get Right Church
• 4.Big Fat Mama
• 5.Unknown Blues
• 6.Good Morning Little School Girl
• 7.Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
• 8.Train I Ride

Mississippi Fred McDowell also appears in this compilation

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Diddie Wa Diddie
• 2.I'm So Glad
• 3.Crawlin' King Snake
• 4.Key To The Highway
• 5.I'm A Tearing Little Daddy
• 6.C.C. Rider
• 7.I'm A Stranger Here
• 8.Monday Morning Blues
• 9.Bad Luck Blues
• 10.Statesboro Blues
• 11.That's No Way To Get Along
• 12.You Got To Move
• 13.Chocolate To The Bone
• 14.Death Letter

Mississippi Fred McDowell also appears in this compilation

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1. Hangover
• 2. Dust My Blues
• 3. Need Your Love So Bad
• 4. Ain't That Loving You Baby
• 5. I Hear You Knocking
• 6. Mannish Boy
• 7. Smokestack Lightnin'
• 8. My Babe
• 9. Keep It To Yourself
• 10. Corrinne, Corrina
• 11. Forty Days And Forty Nights
• 12. I Can't Quit You Baby
• 13. I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
• 14. From The Bottom
• 15. Walking The Blues
• 16. Forty Four
• 17. Don't Start Me Talkin'
• 18. Who
• 19. (She Put The) Whamee On Me
• 20. It's My Life
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1. Just Make Love to Me
• 2. The Things That I Used To Do
• 3. You're So Fine
• 4. Poison Ivy
• 5. Make My Dreams Come True
• 6. Reconsider Baby
• 7. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
• 8. You Don't Have To Go
• 9. Play a Little While
• 10. Pouring Down Rain
• 11. Kissing In The Dark
• 12. Sloppy Drunk Blues
• 13. I Want To Be Loved
• 14. Story of My Life
• 15. Last Night
• 16. I'm Ready
• 17.Wanderin' Heart
• 18. Rockin' Daddy
• 19. I'm Mad
• 20. Shake Baby Shake
• Tracks of Disc 3
• 1.Call It Stormy Monday But Tuesday Is Just As Bad
• 2. Honey Hush
• 3. You're A Fool
• 4. Daddy Rollin' Stone
• 5. The Come Back
• 6.Party Girl
• 7. Hole In The Wall
• 8. Moanin' At Midnight
• 9. Fussin' & Fightin' Blues
• 10. Hide Away
• 11. Truckin' Little Woman
• 12. Straighten Up Baby
• 13. The Wolf Is At Your Door
• 14. I'm Tore Down
• 15. Rock Me
• 16. How Long
• 17. How Many More Years
• 18. Livin' With The Blues
• 19. By The Water
• 20.San-Ho-Zay
• Tracks of Disc 4
• 1. Ain't Nobody's Business
• 2. That's All Right Mama
• 3. Sit and Cry
• 4. Rollin' Stone
• 5. You Sure Can't Do
• 6. Rollin' And Tumblin'
• 7. When the Lights Go Out
• 8. The Sky Is Crying
• 9. Travelin' to California
• 10. 61 Highway Blues
• 11. Call Me If You Need Me
• 12. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
• 13. Turn On Your Lovelight
• 14. I Could Cry
• 15. I Got My Mojo Working
• 16. Dyna Flow
• 17. Everything Gonna Be Alright
• 18. You Better Move On
• 19. Poor Lover's Blues
• 20. I’m a King Bee
• Tracks of Disc 5
• 1. Spoon's Blues
• 2. Lay Some Flowers On My Grave
• 3. Love Me With a Feeling
• 4. Junker's Blues
• 5. My Daily Wish
• 6. It Must Have Been the Devil
• 7. I've Got a Woman Part 1
• 8. Sweet Old Chicago
• 9. C.C. Rider
• 10. Easy
• 11.The Hustle Is On
• 12. You Know Yeah
• 13. The Day Will Come
• 14. The Sun Is Shining
• 15. Going Back to Memphis
• 16. The Freeze
• 17. Hey, Mrs. Jones
• 18. Someday Baby
• 19. You Will Need Me
• 20. Night Time Is The Right Time

Mississippi Fred McDowell also appears in this compilation

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 11. Moonlight In Vermont
• 12. How You Want It Done
• 13. Logan County Blues
• 14. The Mexican Blues
• 15. T.B. Blues
• 16. Hittin' On All Six
• 17. Big Rock Candy Mountain
• 18. Guitar Rag
• 19. Deux Guitares
• 20. Goin' Up Country
• 21. Chicken A La Swing
• 22. Bottle It Up And Go
• 23. Blue Grass Twist
• 24. Dark Was The Night
• 25. I Be's Troubled
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1. Tupelo (Backwater Blues)
• 2. Main Street Breakdown
• 3. Back To New Orleans
• 4. Black Snake Moan
• 5. Nocturne
• 6. Coal Miner's Blues
• 7. E Blues
• 8. John Henry
• 9. St. James Infirmary
• 10. No No Blues
• 11. Lonesome Weary Blues
• 12. Trouble Hearted Blues
• 13. Augusta Rag
• 14. You Can Go Home
• 15. Pallet On The Floor
• 16. So Happy I'll Be
• 17. Buck Dancer's Choice
• 18. Little Boy Blue
• 19. Special Agent Blues
• 20. Runaway Man Blues
• 21. Old Original Kokomo Blues
• 22. Misery Blues
• 23. Dirty Mistreater
• 24. Concierto de Aranjuez: I. Allegro con Spirito
• 25. Canned Heat Blues
• Tracks of Disc 3
• 1. Stack O' Lee
• 2. Shake 'Em On Down
• 3. Way Down Town
• 4. Mississippi Boweavil Blues
• 5. Opihi Moemoe
• 6. Alberta
• 7. Angi
• 8. Jeepers Creepers
• 9. Cypress Grove Blues Blues
• 10. Guitarese
• 11. Spanish Fandango
• 12. Hoodoo Lady
• 13. Insonia
• 14. When You Are Gone
• 15. Melody Man's Dream
• 16. I Am The Black Ace
• 17. The Storm Is Passing Over
• 18. You Scolded And Drove Me From Your Door
• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1. Ramblin' On My Mind
• 2. Guitar Blues
• 3. Death Letter Blues
• 4. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
• 5. Parchman Farm Blues
• 6. Duvida
• 7. Minor Swing
• 8. Frankie And Albert
• 9. Statesboro Blues
• 10. Key To The Highway
• Tracks of Disc 3
• 19. Amor Flamengo
• 20. Hard Road Blues
• 21. Topsy
• 22. Black Pony Blues
• 23. Rock Island Line
• 24. Catfish Blues
• 25. Antaño

Mississippi Fred McDowell also appears in this compilation

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1. Troubled So Hard
• 2. Old Alabama
• 3. God's Gonna Cut Them Down
• 4. Lord Have Mercy If You Please
• 5. Let Your Hammer Ring
• 6. Amazing Grace
• 7. Pick A Bale Of Cotton
• 8. The Midnight Special
• 9. He's My Rock
• 10. John The Revelator
• 11. Take This Hammer
• 12. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning
• 13. Wade In TheWater
• 14. Stand By Me
• 15. Old Dollar Mamie
• 16. Down By The Riverside
• 17. Berta
• 18. C.C. Rider
• 19. Told My Cap'n
• 20. Roll Jordan Roll
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1. Rosie
• 2. Whoa Back, Buck
• 3. Another Man Done Gone
• 4. O Death!
• 5. In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down
• 6. Go Down, Old Hannah
• 7. Leave It There
• 8. Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
• 9. Lost John
• 10. It Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad
• 11. Dark Was The Night (Cold Was The Ground)
• 12. Stackerlee
• 13. By And By
• 14. Grizzly Bear
• 15. Chain Gang Boun'
• 16. Prettiest Train
• 17. I Shall Not Be Moved
• 18. Black Woman
• 19. Early In The Mornin'
• 20. I'll Fly Away

Mississippi Fred McDowell also appears in this compilation

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.I Had It So Hard
• 2.Rode Myself Crazy
• 3.Alabama Train
• 4.Hoodoo Man
• 5.What's The Matter With The Mill
• 6.Rocky Mountains
• 7.Taking Off
• 8.He Sure Could Hypnotize
• 9.Easy
• 10.Can't Hold On
• 11.Cry Before I Go
• 12.Goin' Mad Blues
• 13.Hold On Baby
• 14.A Hell Of A Night
• 15.This Is All
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Get It Right (With The Ronnie Hawkins Band)
• 2.Ho... Ho
• 3.I Got My Mojo Working
• 4.Come One In This House
• 5.War Is Starting Again
• 6.I Got A New Car / Framed
• 7.All My Love In Vain
• 8.Things I Used To Do
• 9.Road Runner
• 10.61 Highway
• 11.You Upset Me Baby
• 12.Lonesome Road
• 13.I Want To Be Loved
• 14.Hot 'N' Heavy
• 15.Christo Redemptor
• Tracks of Disc 3
• 1.Rollin' And Tumblin'
• 2.Step Back Baby (With The Ronnie Hawkins Band)
• 3.Hi Heel Sneakers
• 4.Born With The Blues
• 5.Country Girl
• 6.Soft And Mellow Stella
• 7.Juke
• 8.I've Got A Mind To Travel
• 9.I Wish You Would (With Tony Mcphee)
• 10.I Asked For Whiskey, She Brought Me Gasoline
• 11.Bye Bye Bird
• 12.Came Up The Hard Way
• 13.Helpless Blues
• 14.Somebody Loan Me A Dime
• 15.End Of The Blues

Q: 3 stars out of 5 - "...Splendid..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Write Me a Few Lines
• 2.Louise
• 3.I Heard Somebody Call
• 4.61 Highway
• 5.Mama Don't Allow
• 6.Kokomo Blues
• 7.Fred's Worried Life Blues
• 8.You Gonna Be Sorry
• 9.Shake 'Em on Down
• 10.My Trouble Blues
• 11.Black Minnie
• 12.That's Alright
• 13.When I Lay My Burden Down
• 14.Ain't Gonna Be Bad No Mo'
• 15.Do My Baby Ever Think of Me
• 16.Brooks Run Into the Ocean - (Eli Green)
• 17.Bull Dog Blues - (Eli Green)
• 18.Frisco Line
• 19.You Gotta Move

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Jesus Is on the Main Line
• 2.When I Lay My Burden Down
• 3.I'm So Glad (I Got Good Religion)
• 4.Going Over the Hill
• 5.I Know I've Been Converted
• 6.Just a Little More Faith
• 7.Back Back Train
• 8.You Got to Move
• 9.Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed
• 10.Amazing Grace
• 11.Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
• 12.Tell the Angels
• 13.When You Come Out of the Wilderness
• 14.The Lord Will Make a Way
• 15.It's a Blessing
• 16.This Little Light of Mine
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Waiting for My Baby
• 2.I'm in Jail Again
• 3.The Girl I'm Loving
• 4.Going Down South / Carry My Whip
• 5.Diving Duck Blues
• 6.The Sun Rose This Morning
• 7.Six White Horses
• 8.Down on Dankin's Farm
• 9.Get Right Church
• 10.Amazing Grace
• 11.Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed
• 12.Where Could I Go (But to the Lord)?
• 13.The Lord Will Make a Way
• 14.Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
• 15.When the Saints Go Marching In
• 16.Big Road Blues
• 17.When I Lay My Burden Down