MELLOW DOWN EASY

written by Willie Dixon,
first recorded by Little Walter in 1954

Recordings:

1954: LITTLE WALTER
(single; from his compilation album "Complete Chess Masters)
Recorded in Chicago, IL, October 5, 1954
Little Walter - harmonica, vocals; Robert Lockwood Jr. - guitars; Luther Tucker - guitars; Willie Dixon - bass; Fred Below - drums

1964: PAUL BUTTERFIELD
(from his studio album "The Original Lost Elektra Sessions")
Paul Butterfield - harmonica, vocals; Mike Bloomfield - guitars; Elvin Bishop - guitars; Jerome Arnold - bass; Sam Lay - drums

1965: PAUL BUTTERFIELD
(from his studio album "The Paul Butterfield Blues Band")
Paul Butterfield - harmonica, vocals; Mike Bloomfield - guitars; Elvin Bishop - guitars; Jerome Arnold - bass; Sam Lay - drums

1968: GEORGE HARMONICA SMITH
(from his studio album "Blues with a Feelin': A Tribute to Little Walter")
George Harmonica Smith - harmonica, vocals; Muddy Waters - guitars; Luther Johnson - guitars; Otis Spann - piano; Little Sonny Wimberley - bass; S. P. Leary - drums

1971: JOHN HAMMOND
(from his studio album "Source Point")
John Hammond - guitars, vocals; Billy Nicholls - bass; Charles Joseph Otis - drums

1971: CACTUS
(from their live album "Fully Unleashed - The Live Gigs Vol. 2")
Live in Buffalo, NY, June 26, 1971
Rusty Day - vocals; Jim McCarty - guitars; Ron Leejack - guitars; Tim Bogert - bass; Carmine Appice - drums

1975: ROD PIAZZA
(from his live album "Vintage Live")
Rod Piazza - harmonica, vocals; Hollywood Fats - guitars; George Phelps - guitars; Larry Taylor - bass; Richard Innes - drums

1980: JOHNNY MARS
(from his studio album "Mighty Mars")
Recorded at the Vineyard Studio, London, England, December 1980

Johnny Mars - harmonica, vocals; Colin Fletcher - guitars; Mel Simpson - piano; Wayne Elliott - bass; James Matthews - drums

1981: ROD PIAZZA
(from his studio album "Radioactive Material")
Rod Piazza - harmonica, vocals; Junior Watson - guitars; Honey Alexander - piano; Bill Stuve - bass; Bill Swartz - drums

1981: PHIL GUY
(from his studio album "Bad Luck Boy" and Buddy Guy's studio album "DJ Play My Blues")
Phil Guy - guitars, vocals; Buddy Guy - guitars; Doug Williams - guitars; Mike Morrison - bass; Ray Allison - drums

1982: JOHNNY BIG MOOSE WALKER
(from his live album "Mellow Down Easy")
Live at the Sinkkasten, Frankfurt, Germany, June 13, 1982

Johnny Big Moose Walker - piano, vocals

1983: PHIL GUY
(from Buddy Guy's compilation bootleg live album "Peak to Peak")
Live in Montreux, Switzerland, July 18, 1983

Phil Guy - guitars, vocals; Buddy Guy - guitars; George Blaze - guitars; Antonio Burgos - sax; Walter Henderson - trumpet; Ike Anderson - bass; Ray Allison - drums

1990: MARK FORD
(from his studio album "Mark Ford with the Robben Ford Band")
Mark Ford - harmonica, vocals; Robben Ford - guitars; Roscoe Beck - bass; Tom Brechtlein - drums

1991: CAREY BELL
(from his studio album with Tough Luck "Mellow Down Easy")
Carey Bell - harmonica, vocals; Steve Jacobs - guitars; Brian McGregor - bass; Buddy Grandell - drums

1993: SMOKIN' JOE KUBEK
(from his studio album "Texas Cadillac")
Bnois King - guitars, vocals; Smokin' Joe Kubek - guitars; Paul Jenkins - bass; Ralph Power - drums

1993: TOPPER PRICE
(from his studio album "Long Way from Home")
Topper Price - harmonica, vocals; Tim Boykin - guitars; Don Tinsley - bass; Bunky Anderson - drums

1998: CAREY BELL
(from his bootleg live album with the King Bees "Carey Bell & the King Bees Live")
Carey Bell - harmonica, vocals; Hound Dog Baskerville - guitars; Queen Bee Zamagni - bass; Martin Henderson - drums

1998: ROD PIAZZA
(from the compilation live album "Blues Harp Summit")
Live at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago, IL, 1998

Rod Piazza - harmonica, vocals; Alex Schultz - guitars; Honey Piazza - piano; Bill Stuve - bass; Jim Bott - drums

1998: WILLIE BIG EYES SMITH
(from his live+studio album "Nothin' But the Blues Y'All")
Live at the Silver Dollar Room, Toronto, Canada, November 20, 1998
Willie Big Eyes Smith - vocals, drums; Al Lerman - harmonica; Kevin Higgins - guitars; Morgan Davis - guitars; Tyler Yarema - piano; Alec Fraser - bass

1999: TAB BENOIT
(from A Tribute to Willie Dixon album "The Songs of Willie Dixon")
Tab Benoit - guitars, vocals; Jerry Portnoy - harmonica; Doug Wainoris - guitars; Calvin Jones - bass; Willie Smith - drums

1999: CAREY BELL
(from his bootleg live album "Live at Bellinzona Piazza Blues Festival")
Live at the Piazza Blues Festival, Bellinzona, Switzerland, June 25, 1999

Carey Bell - harmonica, vocals; Steve Jacobs - guitars; T. A. James - bass; Tom Parker - drums

2000: CAREY BELL
(from his bootleg live album & video "Blues from Deep South to Chicago")
Live at International Jazz Festival, Bern, Switzerland, 2000

Carey Bell - harmonica, vocals; Steve Jacobs - guitars; Johannes ??? - keyboards; T. A. James - bass; Mark Tiffault - drums

2001: HARMONICA SHAH
(from his studio album "Deep Detroit")
Harmonica Shah - harmonica, vocals; Howard Glazer - guitars; Scott Gatteno or Lou Wilson or Gary Rasmussen - bass; Matt Stahl - drums

2004: FORD BLUES BAND
(from the Ford Brothers live album "Center Stage")
Robben Ford - guitars, vocals; Volker Strifler - guitars; Mark Ford - harmonica; Dewayne Pate - bass; Patrick Ford - drums

2005: EDDIE C. CAMPBELL
(from his live album "Show de Bola")

2005: JASON RICCI
(from his studio album "Blood on the Road")
Jason Ricci - harmonica, vocals; Shawn Starsky - guitars; Tom Louis "Slim" - bass; Steve Johnson - drums

2005: JASON RICCI
(from his bootleg live album "Terra Blues NY")
Live at the Terra Blues, New York, NY, December 1, 2005)
Jason Ricci - harmonica, vocals; Shawn Starsky - guitars; Todd Edmunds - bass; Steve Johnson - drums

2006: JASON RICCI
(from his bootleg live album "Morristown Unitarian Fellowship")
Jason Ricci - harmonica, vocals; Shawn Starsky - guitars; Todd Edmunds - bass; Steve Johnson - drums

 

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