He also recorded a 1964 album for Prestige Records, Blues on the South Side (Prestige OBCCD 529-2), including another of his best-known covers, "Stones in My Passway", and some tracks for Vanguard, which are available on the compilation album Chicago: The Blues Today. Later years and death During the 1970s, Homesick was reintroduced to European audiences through his participation in the 1973 and 1975 editions of the American Blues Legends tours and albums organised by Big Bear Records, also recording a solo album Home Sweet Homesick James and a duo album with Snooky Pryor for the UK-based label. One of his own songs, "Gotta Move" (also on Blues on the South Side) was covered (as "Got to Move") by Elmore James and by Fleetwood Mac. He is mentioned by name in the 1989 song "Fergus Sings the Blues" by the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue, with the lyric "Homesick James, my biggest influence". From 1972 through 2006, Homesick lived in Chicago, Nashville, Atlanta, Fresno and finally Springfield, Missouri, where he died at age 96. Partial discography 1963: Hard Drivin' Blues (Delmark) with Roosevelt Sykes 1964: Blues on the South Side (Prestige/Original Blues) 1972: The Country Blues (Blues On Blues) 1973: Ain't Sick No More (Bluesway) 1973: Homesick James Williamson & Snooky Pryor (Caroline under licence from Big Bear) 1976: Home Sweet Homesick James (Big Bear) 1977: Goin' Back Home (32 Jazz) 1979: Chicago Blues Festival Vol. 1 (Black and Blue) 1980: Homesick James & Snooky Pryor: Sad and Lonesome (Wolf) 1992: Sweet Home Tennessee (as Homesick James & The Hypnotics) (Appaloosa) 1994: Goin' Back in the Times (Earwig) 1995: Got to Move (Trix Records) 1994: Juanita (Appaloosa) 1997: Words of Wisdom (Priority) 1998: Last of the Broomdusters (Fedora) 2003: Homesick James & Snooky Prior: The Big Bear Sessions'' (Sanctuary Records) References External links Illustrated Homesick James discography 1910 births 2006 deaths Blues musicians from Tennessee American blues guitarists American male guitarists American blues singers American street performers Slide guitarists People from Somerville, Tennessee Vanguard Records artists 20th-century American singers 20th-century American guitarists Guitarists from Tennessee 20th-century American male musicians Black & Blue Records artists Earwig Music artists USA Records artists Southland Records artists