Ollie Shepard (blues pianist)


Ollie Shepard '' was an American blues pianist, vocalist, and songwriter. He was last known to be playing in a lounge in 1966 around Albany, New York.

Career

From about 1954 to about 1963, Shepard performed at Jerry's Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge in Oneonta, New York, at 15 Dietz Street, in the Walnut Street Historic District. The restaurant was owned by Joseph G. Monser, who opened it on August 5, 1954. The building was demolished in July 1970 to make way for a parking lot. Mark Bresee, et. al, purchased the property from Robert W. Melmer, his father, John J. Melmer, and his brother, John E. Melmer.
Poet and academician Richard George Frost who, for a stint, had played drums with Shepard in a lounge in Oneonta described him as follows:

Selected discography

; Original releases

  1. Decca 7400

    Side X – C91348: "Honey Bee"

    Side X – C91350: "Sweetheart Land"
  2. Decca 7408

    Side X – C91349: "No One To Call You Dear"

    Side X – C91347: "She Walks Like A Kangaroo"
  3. Decca 7463

    Side X – 63514-A: "What's Your Guess?"

    Side X – 63510-A: "Good Woman"
  4. Decca 7665

    Side X – 65975-A: "Baby It's My Time Now"

    Side X – 65973-A: "King of All Evil"
  5. Decca 7480

    Side X – 63513-A: "Biscuit Rolling Time"

    Side X – 63515-B: "Hope You Haven't Forgotten Me"
  6. Decca 7508

    Side X – 63796-A: "Frankenstein Blues"

    Side X – 63795-A: "Little Pigmeat"
  7. Decca 7435

    Side X – 63512-A: "Drunk Again"

    Side X – 63507-A: "One Woman Blues"
  8. Decca 7651

    Side X – 65971-A: "Don't You Know?"

    Side X – 65974-A: "Lil Liza Jane"
  9. Decca 7629

    Side A – 65422-A: "Sweetest Thing Born"

    Side B – 65972-A: "Jelly Roll"

  10. Decca 7602

    Side A – 65425-A: "Sugar Woman Blues"

    Side B – 65423-A: "Shepard Blues"
  11. Decca 7541

    Side A – 63511-A: "Pee Wee, Pee Wee"

    Side B – 63516-A: "At Your Mercy"
  12. Decca 7493

    Side A – 63793-A: "Solid Jack"

    Side B – 63794-A: "This Place Is Leaping"
  13. Decca 7585

    Side A – 65420-A: "New Low Down Dirty Shame"

    Side B – 65421-A: "The Numbers Blues"

  14. Decca 7613

    Side A – 65427-A: "My Dripping Blood Blues"

    Side B – 65424-A: "Outdoor Blues"

  15. Decca 7639

    Side A – 65428-A: "Blues 'bout My Gal"

    Side B – 65970-A: "Oh Maria"

  16. Decca 7448

    Side A – 63509-A: "S-B-A Blues"

    Side B – 63508-A: "Brown Skin Woman"

  17. Decca 7716

    Side A – 65426-A: "Hell Is So Low Down"

    Side B – 67083-A: "Octavia Blues"
  18. Decca 7805

    Side A: "You Got Me Wandering"

    Side B – 67084-A: "I'm Stepping Out Tonight"
  19. Decca 7761

    Side X – 67082-A: "Jitterbugs Broke Down"

    Side X – 65970-A: "Oh Maria"

  1. Okeh 06277

    Side A – 30392-1: "Cool Kind Papa"

    Side B – 30394-1: "Throw This Dog A Bone"
  2. Okeh 06409

    Side A – 30397-1: "Army Camp Blues"

    Side B – 30391-1: "Hard Times Is On Me"
  3. Okeh 06533

    Side A – 30396-1: "Pay Day Blues"

    Side B – 30393-1: "True Love Blues"

  1. Okeh 6840

    Side A – CO44587: "Baby Blues"

    Side B – CO44588: "Don't Come Knockin' Upon My Door"
; Curatorial discography