For more than 40 years, John Hammond has dedicated himself to the tradition of the solo blues artist, perfecting a style that existed long before his birth and stamping it with his own intense vision. As indicated below, John has influenced and been supported by some of the most important artists in American music.

Discography

1962 John Hammond Vanguard VSD 2148
1964 Big City Blues Vanguard VSD 79153
1964 Blues At Newport Vanguard VSD 79145
  Compilation LP with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Mississippi John Hurt, John Lee Hooker, Rev. Gary Davis, Dave Van Ronk
1964 Country Blues Vanguard VSD 79198
1965 So Many Roads Vanguard VSD 79178
  Backed by Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson and Levon Helm (The Band), Charlie Musselwhite and Michael Bloomfield (on piano!)
1967 Mirrors Vanguard VRS 9245
  Backed by the same band as on So Many Roads
1967 I Can Tell Atlantic SD 8152
  With guests Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones), Charlie Otis (Ray Charles, Fats Domino), Robbie Robertson and Rick Danko (The Band)
1968 Sooner Or Later Atlantic SD 8206
1969 Encore Spivey LP 1009
  Compilation LP with Willie Dixon, Koko Taylor, Memphis Slim, Victoria Spivey and others
1969 Southern Fried Atlantic SD 8251
  With guest Duane Allman (guitar on selected cuts)
1970 The Best Of John Hammond Vanguard VSD 11/12
1970 Source Point Columbia C30458
1970 Kings & The Queen Spivey LP 1014
  Compilation LP with Bob Dylan and others, featuring a duet with Roosevelt Sykes
1971 Dustin Hoffman as Little Big Man Original Soundtrack Columbia S30545
  All music composed and performed by Hammond
1971 The All Star World Of Spivey Records Spivey
  Compilation LP with Sunnyland Slim, Johnny Shines and others
1972 I'm Satisfied Columbia KC 31318
  Produced by Delaney Bramlett
1973 Triumvirate Columbia KC 32172
  With Dr. John and Michael Bloomfield; backed by Blue Mitchell (trumpet), Chris Ethridge (bass) and others
1975 Can't Beat The Kid Capricorn CP 0153
  With Spooner Oldham, Eddie Hinton, Kenny Buttrey, Tommy Cogbill and Roger Hawkins
1976 John Hammond Solo Vanguard VSD 79380
1978 Footwork Vanguard VSD 79400
  With guest Roosevelt Sykes on piano
1979 Hot Tracks Vanguard VSD 799424
  Backed by The Nighthawks
1980 Mileage Rounder 3042
1982 Frogs For Snakes Rounder 3060
1983 John Hammond Live Rounder 3074
1984 Spoonful Edsel ED 129
  English compilation LP from I Can Tell and Southern Fried LPs
1984 John Hammond Live In Greece (Greece) Lyra CP-93
1984 Blues Explosion Atlantic 80149-1
  Compilation LP from the Montreux Jazz Festival with Stevie Ray Vaughan, Koko Taylor, J.B. Hutto, Sugar Blue and Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson
*1985 Grammy Award Winner
1987 John Hammond Rounder 11532
  Reissue of Mileage (1980) and Frogs For Snakes (1982) on one CD
1988 Nobody But You Flying Fish 502
1992 I Can Tell Atlantic 82369
  Reissue of 1967 album plus 4 songs featuring Duane Allman from 1969's Southern Fried
1992 Got Love If You Want It Pointblank/Charisma 92146
  Produced by J.J. Cale with guests Cale, John Lee Hooker, Little Charlie And The Nightcats
*1992 Grammy Award Nominee
1993 You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover Vanguard 79472
  Collection of John's electric guitar work on Vanguard Records, with Charlie Musselwhite, members of The Band, Mike Bloomfield, Duane Allman, Spooner Oldham and others.
1993 Trouble No More Pointblank/Virgin 88257
  Co-produced by J.J. Cale with guests Charles Brown and Roy Rogers
*1993 Grammy Award Nominee
1996 Found True Love Pointblank/Virgin 40655
  Co-produced by Duke Robillard with guests Charlie Musselwhite, Soozie Tyrell and Mr. B.
*1996 Grammy Award Nominee
1998 Long As I Have You Pointblank / Virgin 45514
  Backed by Little Charlie & the Nightcats on twelve tracks plus acoustic duets with Washboard Chaz on three J.J. Cale produced tracks
2001 Wicked Grin Pointblank /Virgin 50764
  A landmark album. A special selection of Tom Waits tunes, produced by Tom Waits. Featuring Augie Meyers, Larry Taylor, Charlie Musselwhite and Stephen Hodges.