Maphis, Joe Born 1921 in Suffolk, Va. A regular on Town Hall Party (KTTV, Compton, Calif.) in 1956. Died in 1986.

Source: Jim Hilmar

Original Releases

Discography is not intended to be complete

Date & Source	Label & Number	V	Titles {& References to LP/CD List}	As By	Matrix Numbers
1959/Jan. 7 Bb c&w rev.	Columbia 4-21479		Fire On The Strings I Love You Deeply	2 3	RZSP 33564 RZSP 33561
1956/May 12 Bb c&w rev.	Columbia 4-21518		Guitar Rock And Roll  [instr.] {b,h,n} Tennessee Two Step  [instr.]	2 2	JRZSP 33731 JRZSP 33733
	Columbia B-2141		Swinging Strings  [monaural] Hurricane  [instr.] {a,c,d,e,f,g,j,k,o} Bye Bye  [instr.] {c} Early American  [instr.] {c} The Rockin' Gypsy  [instr.] {c,m}	4 4 4 4	ZEP 42615 ZEP 42615 ZEP 42614 ZEP 42614
	Columbia B-10051		Fire On The Strings  [monaural] Fire On The Strings Twin Banjo Special Flying Fingers Guitar Rock And Roll	2 2 2 2	ZEP 41083 ZEP 41083 ZEP 41084 ZEP 41084
1959/Mar. 16 Bb pop rev.	Columbia 4-41353		Short Recess  [instr.] Moonshot  [instr.]	1 1	JZSP 45777 JZSP 45779
1960/July 25 Bb pop rev.	Republic 2006		Water Baby Boogie  [instr.] Black Sombrero  [instr.]	1 1	1012 35809 1013 35809-x
1964/Aug. 8 Bb c&w rev.	Starday 683		Hot Rod Guitar  [instr.] Lonesome Jailhouse Blues	5 5	6969 6962
Additional Tracks on Comps
	[unissued]		Water Baby Boogie [alt. vers.]  [instr.] {l}

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

Single-artist compilations not included

Acknowledgments:   CMF Library, Udo Frank, Jim Hilmar, Pasi Koskela, Gerd Miller, John Neal, Joe Wajgel, Bjorn Witlox