That's All Right

Jerry Garcia

Live At Keystone, Merl Saunders / Jerry Garcia / John Kahn / Bill Vitt, 1973
Live At Keystone Volume 2, Merl Saunders / Jerry Garcia / John Kahn / Bill Vitt, 1988
Concord Music Group Sampler, Various Artists, 2005
Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings, 2012
Garcia Live: Vol Six, Jerry Garcia/Merl Saunders, 2016
Garcia Live: Vol 12: Jan 23, 1973, Garcia / Saunders, 2019

Bill Kreutzmann

May 1, 2015, New Orleans, Voodoo Dead, 2015

Others

This is not intended to be a comprehensive list.

Single, Arthur Crudup, 194?
Single, Elvis Presley -with Scotty and Bill, 1954
Single, Marty Robbins, 1954
For LP Fans Only, Elvis Presley, 1959
Mean Ol' Frisco, Arthur Crudup, 1960
That's Alright Mama, Big Boy Crudup, 1961
Guitar That Changed The World, Scotty Moore, 1964
Best Of Junior Parker, Junior Parker, 1966
Safe at Home, The International Submarine Band, 1968
Blues For Elvis - Albert King Does The King's Thing, Albert King, 1970
Elvis, That's The Way It Is Soundtrack, Elvis Presley, 1970
Future Blues, Canned Heat, 1970
Every Picture Tells A Story, Rod Stewart, 1971
The Father Of Rock and Roll, Arthur Crudup, 1972
Life Machine, Hoyt Axton, 1974
Long Tall Sally, Carl Perkins, 1977
In Concert, Elvis Presley, 1977
Ol' Waylon, Waylon Jennings, 1977
Elvis! Soundtrack, Elvis Presley, 1979
The Old Gang, Sonny Burgess, 1981
The Last Detail, Warren Smith, 1981
Elvis, Scotty and Bill: The First Year, Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, and Bill Black, 1984
Rockin' Rollin' Robbins, Marty Robbins, 1985
Live at Newport in New York, Various Artists (Arthur Crudup), 1989
Black Claw and Country Fever, Albert Lee, 1991
Raging Harlem Hit Parade, Various Artists (Arthur Crudup), 1991
King Of Rock 'n' Roll - The Complete 50s Masters, Elvis Presley, 1992
Blues Masters, Vol. 6: Blues Originals, Various Artists (Arthur Crudup), 1993
Charly Blues Masterworks (Box Set), Various Artists (Arthur Crudup), 1994
King Of The Blues, Freddie King, 1995
Chicago Blues Masters, Vol. 2, Jimmie Rogers, 1995
Off Yonder Wall, Jelly Roll Kings, 1997
Platinum - A Life In Music, Elvis Presley, 1997
Undiscovered - The Early Years, Albert Lee, 1997
Keepers, Merl Saunders, 1997
Complete Sun Sessions, Elvis Presley, 19??
Cruisin' Deuces, Danny Gatton, 19??
Live in Las Vegas Box Set, Elvis Presley, 2001
Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records, Various Artists (Paul McCartney), 2001
Live Classics from the WSM Grand Ole Opry, Marty Robbins, 2001
When the Sun Goes Down: The Secret History of Rock, Various Artists (Arthur Crudup), 2002
That's All Right Mama, Albert Lee, 2003
Muriel Anderson's 10th Anniversary All Star Guitar Night, Muriel Anderson / Various Artists, 2004
Secret Agent Man: The Ultimate Johnny Rivers Anthology, Johnny Rivers, 2006
The Roots Of Bob Dylan, Various Artists (Elvis Presley), 2009
The Roots of Led Zeppelin, Various Artists (Arthur Crudup), 2009
Pure... Blues, Various Artists (Arthur Crudup), 2011
Lightning Striking, Various Artists (Elvis Presley), 2021

Notes

Played by the Grateful Dead in 1973 and in 1986. Also played frequently by the Garcia / Saunders group and later by the Jerry Garcia Band.

The original title of this song is That's All Right. However it often appears on records as That's Alright or That's Alright Mama or That's All Right Mama.

Originally recorded by Crudup on Sept. 6th 1946.

Possibly based on lines from That Black Snake Moan by Blind Lemon Jefferson.

Mama that's alright, Mama that's alright for you,
Mama that's alright, Mama that's alright for you,
Mama that's alright won't you know where you do.

The song is most famous for being Elvis Presley's first released single. It was recorded during an unsuccessful session recording ballad material. During a break, according to Scotty Moore the guitarist on the session;

"All of a sudden Elvis started singing a song, jumping around, acting the fool, and then Bill [Black] picked up his bass and started acting the fool too, and I started playing with them. Sam [Philips] had the door to the control booth open .... he stuck his head out and said, 'What're you doing?' We said, 'We don't know.' 'Well back up,' he said, 'try to find a place to start and do it again.'"

Presley's version was released on the Sun label (Sun 209) on July 19th 1954 with Blue Moon Of Kentucky as the B-Side.