"Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks

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click to enlarge ! "Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks
Many Miles Of Blues (2000)

- Missouri River Blues
- What It's All About
- No More Ramblin'
- I Will Turn Your Money Green (Furry Lewis)
- One More Time
- Vicksburg Blues
- Hey Hey
- Many Miles Of Blues
- Special Rider Blues
- Keep On Knocking
- Red Cross Blues
- I'm Sorry
- Louis Collins
- Undertaker Blues
- County Farm

2001 Double W.C. Handy Award Nominee: Acoustic Blues Artist of the Year, Acoustic Blues Album of the Year For "Many Miles of Blues" (Rooster R2639)
 
'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks
Deep In The Well (1997)

- James Alley Blues
- No Place For Me
- Down In Luck
- Empty Bottle Blues
- Change Your Ways
- Born With The Blues
- New Pallet On The Floor
- When A Man Gets In Trouble
- New Avalon
- Ain't Afraid Of These Blues
- Gary Davis Medley
- Troubles
- Troubled, Lord
- Swing Low Sweet Chariot

1998 Triple W.C. Handy Award Nominee: Acoustic Blues Artist of the Year, Acoustic Blues Album of the Year, Comeback Blues Album of the Year For "Deep In The Well" (Rooster R2636)
 
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True Blues

- Got The Blues and Can't Be Satisfied
- Shakes Blues
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
- Homeless Blues
- Ain't No Tellin' (Blue Harvest)
- Casey Jones
- Goin' Home
- Break Of Dawn
- Let Me Be
- Take Me To The River
- No Crazy Woman
- James Alley Blues

(Traditional Line CD TL 1314)
 
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Empty Bottle Blues (1987)

- Ain't No Fool (Jerry Ricks)
- Frisco Whistle Blues (Ed Bell)
- Avalon (Mississippi John Hurt)
- Gracious Lord (Jerry Ricks)
- Down Delta (Jerry Ricks)

- Empty Bottle Blues (Jerry Ricks)
- Kicken The Blues (Jerry Ricks)
- Mumblin' Blues (Jerry Ricks)
- Down In Luck (Jerry Ricks)
- San Francisco Bay (Jesse Fuller)

(Radioton SLPM 37062)
 
'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks
Help Me Blues (1984)

- Mean Old World
- Sweet N.A. Blues
- Good Woman Blues
- Death Letter
- Leavin' Blues
- Change Your Way

- Bottle Up And Go
- Easy Rider
- Troubled Lord
- Minin' My Business
- Spike Driver Blues
- Help Me Blues

(Jugoton LSY 66214)
 
Jerry Ricks & Oscar Klein:
Jazz Roots (1980)

- Echoes Of Harlem
- Shine
- Davenport Blues
- Pallet On The Floor
- Wolverine Blues
- Song Of The Island

- Carolina Medley
- Fidgety Feet
- Nobody Knows You
- Ballin' The Jack
- Rosie's Rag
- Memphis Blues

(L+R Records 40.011)
 
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Low Light Blues (1980)

- It Hurts Me So
- Levee Woman
- Low Light Blues
- Keys To The Highway
- Louis Collins
- L & M Blues

- Blues For Horst
- Come Back Baby
- Cornet Shuffle
- Kind Hearted Woman
- Hey Hey Baby
- Blues For Pee Wee
- San Francisco Bay Blues

(L+R Records 42.007)
 
Jerry Ricks & Oscar Klein:
Blues Sessions (1979)

 - I Am Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- J & K Rag
- Pistol Slappin' Mama
- Johnny Mae
- One For Pee Wee
- Frankie
- Boogie In The Rough
- Trouble In Mind
- Mezz And Tommy
- Special Agent
- Stuttgart Rag
- Sittin' On The Top Of The World
- Ain't She Sweet

(Mediaphon Intercord CD INT 815.242)
 
Jerry Ricks & Oscar Klein:
Guitar Boogie Woogie (1979)

- Guitar Boogie Woogie
- Travellin' Riverside
- King Porter Stomp
- Stagger Lee
- Blues For Satchmo
- Shuffle For Big Bill

- China Blues
- Crossroads
- Meade Lux Special
- Highwater Blues
- Mezzrow Stomp
- Peg O'my Heart
- Having My Fun

(Meistersinger MusikProduktion 01003)
  
'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks & Oscar Klein:
Two Guitars - One Soul (1977)

- Baby, Please Don't Go
- Oscar's Rag
- Worried Blues
- Somebody Stole My Gal
- U.S.A. Blues
- C.C. Rider
- Two Guitars - One Soul

- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Country Farm Blues
- Turn Your Money Green
- Chittlins
- Blues In Another Country
- South Street Strut
- Black Mountain Blues

(Zytglogge ZYT 213)
 

 
Anthologies and Compilations
click to enlarge ! The Philadelphia Folk Festival 40th Anniversary

Mississippi John Hurt (+Jerry Ricks, g, John Sebastian, harm)
- Ain't No Tellin' (Pallet On the Floor) (rec. 1963)

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click to enlarge ! V.A.: 5. International Jazz Fair - Zagreb '83

- Help Me Blues (S.B.Williamson)

(Jugoton LSY 65057-58)
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Philadelphia Jerry Ricks & Oscar Klein
- Levee Woman

(L+R 42.006)

 
Guest Appearances
Oscar Klein / 'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks:
Blues Panorama Vol. 1 (1987)

- China Blues
- Goin' To St. Louis
- Schwarzwald Boogie
- Blues For Louis Armstrong
- Cornet Gumbo
- The Hambone
- Down In Luck
- Crossroads
- Tommy Ladnier
- Oh, Babe,Ain't No Lie / Freight Train
- Struttin' Down Canal Street
- Ok, Jr !
(Koch International W12-K017525-G)
 
Oscar Klein / 'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks:
Blues Panorama Vol. 2

( Koch International W12-K218958-G)
 
Hall & Oates:
Whole Oats (1972)
Hall & Oates:
Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Hall & Oates:
Atlantic Collection (1996)
James Mathus & His Knock-Down Society
Play Songs For Rosetta (1997)

 

 
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