Johnny Alexander Barfield, *03-03-1909 Tifton, GA, +16-01-1974.
By Tony Russell, Thieu Van De Vorst, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
21 August 1939 Atlanta, GA - Johnny Barfield (solo)
001 BS-041210-1 WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME MY MEMORIES Bluebird B-8318 Montgomery Ward M8408/ CD-9025 CD D 712
002 BS-041211-1 DON'T CRY MY DARLIN' B-8318 M8408/ CD-9025 CD D 712
003 BS-041212-1 IN A SLEEPY COUNTRY TOWN B-8300 M8408 CD-9025 CD D 712
004 BS-041213-1 WHEN DADDY PLAYED THE OLD BANJO B-8300 M8409/ CD-9025 CD D 712
005 BS-041214-1 BOOGIE WOOGIE B-8272 M8407/ CD-9025 CD D 712
006 BS-041215-1 EVERYBODY'S TRYIN' TO BE MY BABY B-8272 M8407
5 February 1940 Atlanta, GA - Johnny Barfield (Ralph Pleasant [fiddle])
007 BS-047512-1 GONNA RIDE TIL THE SUN GOES DOWN B-8395 M8653/ CD-9025 CD D 712
008 BS-047513-1 MY POODLE DOODLE DOG B-8415 M8655/CD D 712
009 BS-047514-1 THAT LITTLE SHIRT MY MOTHER MADE FOR ME B-8506 M8656/CD D 712
010 BS-047515-1 AIN'T I RIGHT B-8486 M8657/CD D 712
011 BS-047516-1 LONG TONGUED WOMAN B-8486 M8657/CD D 712
012 BS-047517-1 OLD FIDDLER JOE B-8395 / CD-9025 CD D 712
013 BS-047518-1 LOVE ME ONLY B-8447 M8654/ CD-9025 CD D 712
014 BS-047519-1 DON'T TAKE MY MEMORIES B-8447 M8654/ CD-9025 CD D 712
015 BS-047520-1 THE NEW BOOGIE WOOGIE B-8506 M8655/ CD-9025 CD D 712
016 BS-047521-1 IT AIN'T NO GOOD B-8415 M8655/CD D 712
8 October 1940 Rooms 104, 106, Kimball House, 30 South Pryor St., Atlanta, GA - Johnny Barfield (Ralph Pleasant [fiddle]
017 BS-054544-1 IN THE HEART OF THE CITY B-8586 M8840/ CD-9025 CD D 712
018 BS-054545-1 DESERT LULLABY B-8636 M8841/ CD-9025 CD D 712
019 BS-054546-1 TRUE TO THE ONE I LOVE B-8691 M8842/ CD-9025 CD D 712
020 BS-054547-1 HEARTACHES AND TEARS B-8636 M8840/ CD-9025 CD D 712
021 BS-054548-1 SLEEP, DARLIN', SLEEP ON B-8586 M8841/ CD-9025 CD D 712
022 BS-054549-1 PRETTY LITTLE NAPONEE B-8691 M8842
023 BS-054550-1 YOU'LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU SOME DAY B-8782 M8843/ CD-9025 CD D 712
024 BS-054551-1 IT'S A LONG LANE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A TURNING B-8782 M8843/ CD-9025 CD D 712
025 BS-054552-1 HIGHWAY HOBO B-8830 M8844/ CD-9025 CD D 712
026 BS-054553-1 BERRY PICKING TIME B-8830 M8844/ CD D 712
29 September 1941 Atlanta, GA - Johnny Barfield (solo)
027 BS-071022-1 ICE MAN BLUES unissued
028 BS-071023-1 PLEASE PULL DOWN YOUR CURTAIN B-8917
029 BS-071024-1 I CAN'T HELP IT, I STILL LOVE YOU B-8917
030 BS-071025-1 WON'T YOU COME BACK TO MY PRECIOUS DARLING unissued
031 BS-071026-1 THE NUMBERS BLUES B-8850
032 BS-071027-1 IT'S ALL OVER NOW I'M GLAD WE'RE THROUGH B-8850
1946 unknown - Johnny Barfield
033 DOIN' THE BOOGIE WOOGIE Bullet 620
034 I HOPE I BREAK YOUR HEART 620
ALBUMS
Bronco Buster [GER] CD-9025 Soulful Country Ballads: The New "Boogie Woogie"; Gonna Ride Till The Sun Goes Down; In The Heart Of The City; Boogie Woogie; Highway Hobo; Desert Lullaby; Old Fiddler Joe; When Daddy Played The Old Banjo; Don't Cry My Darlin'; Why Don't You Give Me My Memories ?; Love Me Only; Don't Take My Memories; You'll Want Me To Want You Someday; In A Sleepy Country Town; True To The One I Love; It's A Long Lane That Doesn't Have A Turning; Sleep, Darlin' Sleep On; Heartaches And Tears - 97
BACM [UK] CD D 712 Gonna Ride Till The Sun Goes Down: Why Don't You Give Me My Memories ?; Don't Cry My Darlin'; In A Sleepy Country Town; When Daddy Played The Old Banjo; Boogie Woogie; Gonna Ride Till The Sun Goes Down; My Poodle Doodle Dog; That Little Shirt My Mother Made For Me;Ain’t I Right; Lomg Tongued Woman; Old Fiddler Joe; Love Me Only; Don't Take My Memories; The New "Boogie Woogie"; It Ain’t No Good; In The Heart Of The City; Desert Lullaby; True To The One I Love; Heartaches And Tears; Sleep, Darlin' Sleep On; You'll Want Me To Want You Someday; It's A Long Lane That Doesn't Have A Turning; Highway Hobo; Berry Pickin‘ Time – 01-24
SINGLES
Bluebird/*Montgomery Ward
B-8272 Boogie Woogie / Everybody's Tryins To Be My Baby - 39 (reissued on Mongomery Ward M847)
B-8300 In A Sleepy Country Town / When Daddy Played The Old Banjo - 39 (reissued on Mongomery Ward M8409)
B-8318 Why Don’t You Give Me My Memories / Don‘t Cry My Darlin‘ - 39 (reissued on Mongomery Ward M8408)
B-8395 Gonna Ride Til The Sun Goes Down / Old Fiddler Joe - 40 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M8653)
B-8415 My Poodle Doodle Dog / It Ain't No Good - 40 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M8655)
B-8486 Ain't I Right / Long Tongued Woman - 40 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M8657)
B-8447 Love Me Only / Don't Take My Memories - 40 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M8654)
B-8506 The New Boogie Woogie / That Little Shirt My Mother Made For Me - 40 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M8656)
B-8586 Sleep, Darlin', Sleep On / In The Heart Of The City - 40
B-8636 Heartaches And Tears / Desert Lullaby - 41
*M-8840 In The Heart Of The City / Heartaches And Tears - 41 (reissue)
*M-8841 Sleep, Darlin', Sleep On / Desert Lullaby - 41 (reissue)
B-8691 Pretty Little Naponee / True To The One I Love - 41(reissued on Montgomery Ward M-8842)
B-8782 You'll Want Me To Want You Some Day / It's A Long Lane That Doesn't Have A Turning - 41 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-8843)
B-8830 Highway Hobo / Berry Picking Time - 41
B-8850 The Numbers Blues / It's All Over Now I'm Glad We'r Through - 41
B-8917 Please Pull Down Your Curtain / I Can¢T Help It, I Still Love You - 42
Bullet (1949)
620 Doin' The Boogie Woogie / I Hope I Break Your Heart - 10-46 (rev. Nov. 9)