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Goin' Down Slow / Going Down Slow
Composer: James B. Oden (aka St. Louis Jimmy)

Goin' Down Slow was performed by Bill Kreutzmann with SerialPod and with the Gordon / Kimock / Kreutzmann trio. The song sometimes occurs on Kreutzmann related setlists with the title I've Had My Fun.

Goin' Down Slow was written by James B. Oden and first recorded by him, accompanied by Roosevelt Sykes and Alfred Elkins, in 1941. This recording was released, under Oden's performing name St. Louis Jimmy, on a single in 1942. The song has subsequently been recorded by many blues performers.

The original release of the song has the title Going Down Slow but later releases by St. Louis Jimmy have the title Goin' Down Slow. Both of these are used on subsequent releases by others.



St. Louis Jimmy

no info 10" single (Monkey Face Blues / Going Down Slow), St. Louis Jimmy, 1942
no info 10" single (I Ain't Done Nothing Wrong / Goin' Down Slow), St. Louis Jimmy, 1947
no info 10" single (Monkey Face Blues / Going Down Slow), St. Louis Jimmy, 1948
no info 10" single (Going Down Slow / Murder In The First Degree), St. Louis Jimmy, 1956
no info Goin' Down Slow, St. Louis Jimmy, 1961
no info Treasury Of Jazz 48, St. Louis Jimmy Oden, 1964
no info Blues Roots: Chicago: The 1930's, Various Artists (St. Louis Jimmy), 1967
no info Walking The Blues, Otis Spann Featuring: St. Louis Jimmy and Robert Lockwood, Jr., 1972
no info Nashville Jumps: R&B From Bullet 1946-1953, Various Artists (St. Louis Jimmy), 1983
no info Cool Playing Blues Chicago Style, Various Artists (St. Louis Jimmy), 1988
no info Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 1: 1932-1944, St. Louis Jimmy Oden, 1994
no info Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 2: 1944-1955, St. Louis Jimmy Oden, 1994
no info Need A Shot: The Essential Recordings Of Urban Blues, Various Artists (St. Louis Jimmy), 1996
no info The Bluesville Years Vol Ten: Country Roads, Country Days, Various Artists (St. Louis Jimmy), 1998
no info Trouble In Mind: The Essential Recordings Of Original Blues Standards, Various Artists (St. Louis Jimmy), 1998
no info Goin' Down Slow, St. Louis Jimmy, 1999
no info A Shot In The Dark: Nashville Jumps, Various Artists (St. Louis Jimmy), 2000
no info The Country Blues Roots Of Eric Clapton, Various Artists (St. Louis Jimmy), 2000
no info The Roots Of Canned Heat, Various Artists (St. Louis Jimmy), 2000
no info The Roots Of Muddy Waters, Various Artists (St. Louis Jimmy), 2000
no info Worried Life Blues, Various Artists (St. Louis Jimmy), 2003
no info The Early Blues Roots Of Led Zeppelin, Various Artists (St. Louis Jimmy), 2007
no info Bullet Records Blues, Various Artists (St. Louis Jimmy), 2007
no info A Rhythm & Blues Chronology 1: 1940-41, Various Artists (St. Louis Jimmy), 2014
no info The Complete History Of the Blues 1920-1962, Various Artists (St. Louis Jimmy), 2015

Other recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info 10" single (Going Down Slow / Candy Blues), Lem Johnson, 1942
no info 10" single (Mean Old Frisco / Going Down Slow), Jack Dupree Trio, 1945
no info 10" single (Going Down Slow / What You Bet), Luke Jones And His Five Joes, 1946
no info 10" single (Goin' Down Slow / If I Didn't Love You), Billy Wright, 1952
no info Blues From The Gutter, Champion Jack Dupree, 1958
no info In Person, Ray Charles, 1960
no info Texas Sharecropper and Songster, Mance Lipscomb, 1960
no info Pick A Bale Of Cotton, Brownie McGhee And Sonny Terry, 1960
no info Riot In Blues, Various Artists (Sonny Terry), 1960
no info Ain't Gonna Study War, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry, 1961
no info Low Down Blues, Champion Jack Dupree With Brownie McGhee, 1961
no info The Dirty Dozens, Speckled Red, 1961
no info Alone with My Friends, Memphis Slim, 1961
no info Twelve-String Guitar: Folk Songs and Blues Sung and Played by Fred Gerlach, Fred Gerlach, 1962
info Howlin' Wolf, Howlin' Wolf, 1962
no info Single (You'll Be Mine / Going Down Slow), Howlin' Wolf, 1962
no info That's All Right, Blind Snooks Eaglin, 1962
no info Chris Barber Presents Jimmy Cotton 2, Jimmy Cotton, 1962
no info Spotlight On Ray Charles, 1962
no info Blues Folk Series Volume 2, Various Artists (Sonny Terry), 1962
no info Blues Around The Clock, Jimmy Witherspoon, 1963
no info 16 of the Best of, B.B. King, 1963
no info Creepin' Blues: The Blues Of, Alec Seward, 1963
no info The Beginning Volume 2, Josh White, 1963
no info Blues Before Sunrise, Ray Charles / Solomon Burke, 1964
no info Country Blues, John Hammond, 1964
no info Long John's Blues, Long John Baldry, 1964
no info Steady Rolling Blues: The Blues Of, Memphis Slim, 1964
no info Good Morning Mr. Blues, Otis Spann, 1964
no info Single (Dissatisfied Woman / Goin' Down Slow)Brownie McGhee / Sonny Terry, 1964
no info Folk, Blues & Beyond, Davy Graham, 1965
no info Home Town Blues, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, 1965
no info The Best Of Ray Charles, 1966
no info Louisiana Blues, Robert Pete Williams, 1966
no info The Price To Play, Alan Price Set, 1966
info Crying Time, Ray Charles, 1966
no info Animalism, The Animals, 1966
no info Aretha Arrives, Aretha Franklin, 1967
no info Single (Baby I Love You / Going Down Slow), Aretha Franklin, 1967
no info Canned Heat, Canned Heat, 1967
no info Masters Of Modern Blues, Volume 2, J.B. Hutto & The Hawks, 1967
no info The Early Ray Charles, 1967
no info Single (I Catch Your Tears / Goin' Down Slow), Guitar Crusher, 1967
no info I Wonder Who?, Alexis Korner, 1967
no info Otis Spann, Otis Spann, 1968
no info Super Super Blues Band, Bo Diddley/Howlin' Wolf/Muddy Waters, 1968
info Long Time Comin', Electric Flag, 1968
no info Tons Of Sobs, Free, 1969
no info Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul, Hank Crawford, 1969
no info About Blues, Johnny Winter, 1969
no info The Blues Singer, Jimmy Witherspoon, 1969
no info Single (Goin’ Down Slow / Jump In The River), Catfish, 1970
no info Turn On To B.B. King, 1971
no info Guilty!, Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon, 1971
no info Shoutin' Swingin' & Makin' Love, Various Artists (Jimmy Witherspoon), 1971
no info Goin' Down Slow, Sonny Stitt, 1972
no info Single (You Can Be Replaced / Going Down Slow), Little Sonny, 1972
no info Single (Eve / Going Down Slow), Jim Capaldi, 1972
no info I Tell Stories Sad And True I Sing The Blues And Play Harmonica Too It Is Very Funky, Junior Parker, 1972
no info An Anthology, Duane Allman / Various Artists, 1972
no info His California Album, Bobby Blue Bland, 1973
no info Single (Goin' Down Slow / Up And Down World), Bobby Blue Bland, 1973
no info Before The Storm, Johnny Winter, 1973
no info Big Foot Country Girl, Mel Brown, 1973
no info London Revisited, Muddy Waters & Howlin' Wolf, 1974
no info Together For The First Time .. Live, Bobby Blue Bland w/ B B King, 1974
no info Soul Train Super Tracks, Various Artists (Bobby Bland), 1974
no info Late One Saturday Evening, Alec Seward, 1975
no info The First Annual Benefit Concert For The Congressional Black Caucus, Various Artists (Jimmy Witherspoon), 1975
no info Certified Live, Dave Mason, 1976
no info The Right String, Geoff Bradford, 1976
no info Blues Live In Japan, Robert Lockwood Jr. & The Aces, 1976
no info Black & White Blues, Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon, 1976
no info Live, Jimmy Witherspoon And Robben Ford, 1977
no info Great Rhythm & Blues Oldies Volume 7, Gatemouth Moore, 1977
no info Live At The Watts Jazz Festival Volume 1, Various Artists (Jimmy Witherspoon), 1977
no info Blue And Lonesome, Little Walter Jacobs, 1978
no info You Hear Me Talkin', Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry, 1978
no info The Best of Duane Allman, 1979
no info Trouble In Mind, Archie Shepp and Horace Parlan, 1981
no info One Man Band, Dr. Ross, 1981
no info Goin' Down Slow, Ray Charles, 1982
no info Live In Chicago, Little Walter & Otis Rush, 1982
no info I Am The Wolf, Howlin' Wolf, 1982
no info Cause of It All, Howlin' Wolf, 1984
no info Howlin' Wolf / Moanin' in the Moonlight, Howlin' Wolf, 1986
no info Homeward Bound, Jeannie And Jimmy Cheatham And The Sweet Baby Blues Band, 1987
no info Soul Classics: The Prestige Collection, Sonny Stitt, 1988
no info Back Door Man, Howlin' Wolf, 1988
info Bird's Can't Row Boats, Johnny Winter, 1988
no info Texas Guitar Greats, Various Artists (Johnny Winter), 1988
info Dreams, The Allman Brothers Band, 1989
no info White Windows, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, 1989
info Relix Sampler 2, Various Artists (Johnny Winter), 1989
no info Survivors: The Blues Today, Various Artists (Ben Sidran), 1989
no info Orleans Inspiration, Henry Butler, 1990
no info Live At Condon's, Jimmy Witherspoon, 1990
info The Chess Box, Muddy Waters, 1990
no info Spoon So Easy, Jimmy Witherspoon, 1990
info The Chess Box, Howlin' Wolf, 1991
no info How Many More Years, Howlin' Wolf, 1991
no info Rockin' Eighty-Eights, Johnnie Johnson / Clayton Love / Jimmy Vaughn, 1991
info The Things That I Used to Do, Guitar Slim, 1991
no info Masters Of The Country Blues, Mance Lipscomb / Lightnin' Hopkins, 1991
no info The Folkways Years 1944-1963, Sonny Terry, 1991
info Sufferin' Mind, Guitar Slim, 1991
no info On Tap (CD bonus track), Junior Wells, 1991
no info King Of The Blues, B.B. King, 1992
no info Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings, Aretha Franklin, 1992
no info Gangster of Love: The World Of, Johnny Winter, 1992
no info The Complete Candid Otis Spann/Lightnin' Hopkins Sessions, Otis Spann / Lightnin' Hopkins, 1992
no info Pinetop's Boogie Woogie, Pinetop Perkins, 1992
no info Chess Blues (Box), Various Artists (Howlin' Wolf), 1992
no info Studio Z Live, Various Artists (Chico Chism), 1992
info The Chess Years, Bo Diddley, 1993
no info Four Chords & Several Years Ago, Huey Lewis & the News, 1994
info Don't Say That I Ain't Your Man, Mike Bloomfield, 1994
no info The Ice Cream Man, John Brim, 1994
no info Bad Luck Blues, Cousin Joe, 1994
no info Uncanned! The Best Of Canned Heat, 1994
info Drinkin' Triples 'Till You're Seeing Double, Johnny Nitro and The Door Slammers, 1994
no info Ain't Superstitious, Howlin' Wolf, 1994
no info The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles Volume 3: 1972-1975, Various Artists (Little Sonny), 1994
info Old Glory: The Best of Electric Flag, Electric Flag, 1995
no info The Original Lost Elektra Sessions, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, 1995
no info Blues with a Feeling, Little Walter, 1995
no info Sunnyland Train, Sunnyland Slim, 1995
no info Long Way From Home, Eddie Taylor, 1995
no info Had My Fun, Karen Carroll, 1995
no info Blues With A Feelin', Little Walter, 1995
info Long John's Blues / Looking at Long John, Long John Baldry, 1995
no info American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1965, Various Artists (Otis Spann), 1995
no info Doyle Bramhall II, Doyle Bramhall II, 1996
no info Live At The Mint, Jimmy Witherspoon, 1996
no info Crossroads 2: Live In The Seventies, Eric Clapton, 1996
no info The Collection, Howlin' Wolf, 1996
no info Live In The Windy City, Little Walter & Otis Rush, 1996
no info Pull The Strings, Kenny 'Blue' Ray, 1996
no info Think About The Rain, Ann Armstrong, 1996
no info Women Of Blue Chicago, Various Artists (Karen Carroll), 1996
no info Livin' In The Blues, Johnny Winter, 1997
info His Best, Howlin' Wolf, 1997
info Relix Best Of The Blues Vol 3, Various Artists (Johnny Winter), 1997
no info Now You Can Talk About Me, George "Harmonica" Smith, 1998
no info She Got A Thing Goin' On, Sunnyland Slim, 1998
no info Pilgrim, Eric Clapton, 1998
no info The Delta Meets Detroit: Aretha's Blues, Aretha Franklin, 1998
no info Live, Gene Harris & The Philip Morris All-Stars, 1998
no info Payin' For My Sins, Grady Champion, 1999
no info Mr. Blues / Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul, Hank Crawford, 1999
no info United, Our Thing Will Stand, James Booker, 1999
no info The Essential Shoebox Full Of Blues, Various Artists (Pinetop Perkins), 1999
info 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bobby "Blue" Bland, Bobby "Blue" Bland, 2000
no info Goin' Down Slow, Howlin' Wolf, 2000
no info The One To Blame, Terry Garland, 2000
no info Biddle Street Barrelhousin', Various Artists (Speckled Red), 2000
no info Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues, Various Artists (Eric Bibb), 2000
no info Live At Mr. Mikes, Stan West, 2001
no info The Anthology: 1952-1982, Bobby "Blue" Bland, 2001
no info Ladyfingers, Mary Flower, 2001
no info Smokin' The Blues, Elliott and the Untouchables, 2001
no info The Early Years, Robben Ford, 2001
no info I'm Cutting Out, Mike Bloomfield, 2001
no info Bye Bye Baby, Robert McCoy, 2002
no info The Best Of Aby Vol 2, Mick Abrahams, 2002
no info One More Car, One More Rider, Eric Clapton, 2002
no info Live At The Big Easy, Alan Haynes, 2002
no info Unity, Anthony Gomes, 2002
no info O Blues, Where Art Thou?, Various Artists (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee), 2002
no info Rehabilitation Blues E.P., Scott H. Biram, 2003
no info How The West Was Won, Led Zeppelin, 2003
no info Red Hot, 19th Street Red, 2003
no info The Bad Weather Blues, Wallace Coleman, 2003
no info Savoy Blues 1944-1994, Various Artists (Billy Wright), 2003
no info Friends, Eric Bibb, 2004
no info Last Night At Joe's..., The Eric Tessmer Band, 2004
no info Double Take, Kenny Neal & Billy Branch, 2004
info Twenty Years After: The Woodstock Reunion Concert (DVD), Various Artists (Super Jam), 2004
no info Another Great Tomato Blues Package, Various Artists (Howlin' Wolf), 2005
no info Boogie Woogie: The Warner Bros Recordings, John Baldry, 2005
no info The House That Jack Built: The Complete 60s Sessions, The Alan Price Set, 2005
info 1951-1954: The Chronological Guitar Slim, Guitar Slim, 2005
no info Paris Mississippi Blues, Memphis Slim, 2005
no info Black Night Is Falling Live (DVD), Mick Abrahams, 2005
no info Leaving Home Blues, Mick Abrahams, 2005
info Looking at Long John Baldry: The UA Years 1964-1966, Long John Baldry, 2006
no info Live at Theresa's 1975, Junior Wells, 2006
info Definitive Collection, Howlin' Wolf, 2007
no info The Blues Wailed In Berkeley, Sunnyland Slim, 2007
no info Atlantic Blues 1949-1970, Various Artists (Aretha Franklin), 2007
no info Forty Four: A Tribute To Howlin' Wolf, Motor City Josh, 2008
no info Amongst Vikings, Mick Abrahams, 2008
info Gonzo: Music from the Film, Various Artists (Willie Dixon / Howlin' Wolf), 2008
no info Got No Place To Go, Byther Smith, 2008
no info Times Are Gettin' Hard, Henry Gray & The Cats, 2009
info Old Rock House, St. Louis, MO, June 16, 2009
no info Live Iowa State University 1987, Long John Baldry, 2009
info The Complete Chess Masters: 1950-1967, Little Walter, 2009
no info A Salty Dog (Expanded CD edition), Procol Harum, 2009
no info Moving In Blue, Danny Kalb And Friends, 2012
info Plug It In! Turn It Up! Electric Blues, Part 3: 1960-1969, Various Artists (Michael Bloomfield), 2012
no info Cruisin' For A Bluesin', Ray Bailey, 2012
no info New York Minute, Jay Willie Blues Band, 2013
no info Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, Dave Van Ronk, 2013
info Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective, Duane Allman / Various Artists, 2013
no info Singing The Blues, Freddy Cole, 2014
no info Live In Monterey, Dave Van Ronk, 2014
no info The Atlantic Albums Collection, Aretha Franklin, 2015
no info Forever Man, Eric Clapton, 2015
info Live 1968, Electric Flag featuring Erma Franklin, 2015
no info Memphis... Yes, I'm Ready, Dee Dee Bridgewater, 2017
no info Sonny & Brownie's Last Train, Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi, 2017
no info Twice The Price: The Decca Recordings, The Alan Price Set, 2017
no info All Blues, Peter Frampton Band, 2019
no info Texas '63-'68, Johnny Winter, 2020
no info Open Your Heart: The Island Recordings 1972-1976, Jim Capaldi, 2020
no info The Midnight Broadcast, Peter Case, 2021
no info That's What I'm Talkin About: Tribute To Hubert Sumlin, Sean Chambers, 2021
no info The Lady In The Balcony: Lockdown Sessions, Eric Clapton, 2021
no info The Blues Hour, Phil Beer, 2021

 
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