Blues

This personally requested reissue by B.B. King was originally released in 1978 and is noted as the highest charting LP of the 4 B.B. King recorded with the Crusaders. All tracks but one make their CD debut, and the set is highlighted by the R&B hit...

This overview of the career of blues genius, Jimmy McCracklin differs somewhat from most of the career retrospectives released by Jasmine in the blues field. It is not a chronological compilation of his singles As & Bs but takes a different path by...

This one's beyond scarce, beyond rare, beyond sought-after it's the 1968 LP by this Chicago psych band, only 150 copies of which were originally pressed! Fuzzed-out rockers sit alongside songs that can only be called "garage ballads": You're Mine; Free...

This one shot way up on the pop and R&B charts, with that #5 R&B title smash plus the Top 40 Lover Jones. Watson does everything on this record but horns and drums (he was a real mother for ya, all right), and this reissue adds two unissued bonus cuts to...

This new release marks the second CD on Southland by blues singer Mathilda Jones. Mathffilda's new CD presents her in a more of a rural blues mood rather than on her previous CD "Dues Paid in Full" (STH #17) which was more in the old time good time R&B...

This new album from Melvin Taylor is equally powerful and brash as it's predecessor, Melvin Taylor & the Slack Band (the best-selling Evidence CD of all time), and was once again produced by Grammy-Award winner John Snyder.1. Too Sorry 2. Dirty Pool 3. I...

This never before released session from 1972 (produced by John Bentley) features the Deep South guitarist Big Joe Williams in a solo setting with only his mighty voice & his 9-string guitar, performing songs like "Highway 99," "Cadillac Blues," "Church...

This national treasure has been playing & singing the blues for 50 years & is supported here by 3 top-drawer players - Bill Heid, RJ Spangler & Dwayne Dolphin1. Bassett Hound 2. Walk My Blues Away 3. Ningyo Mambo 4. Sweet Potato Pie 5. You Little Doll! 6...

This mid-price compilation collects together 14 Robert Johnson-penned somgs that Hammond recorded for the Vanguard label between 1965 and 1978. Most are recorded, like Johnson's originals, on solo acoustic guitar, while the last four tracks include a...

This maverick blues-rock supergroup consists of legendary King's X bass player dUg Pinnick and brothers Scot Little Bihlman on drums and Jabo Bihlman on guitar. 'El Dos' was recorded live at the Palms Studio in Las Vegas with producer Miles Fulwider, who...

This marks Frankie Lee's 5th CD (and 2nd on Blues Express), and brings him full circle in several ways by reuniting him with producer-songwriter Dennis Walker, who was the co-producer of Frankie's "The Ladies & the Babies" 21 years back. Lee Spath, the...

This man can play the blues with his harmonica! He knows how there is Two Sides to Every Story! The James Harman Band includes alumni of the Lamont Cranston Band, Two Hoots And a Holler, and the Forbidden Pigs. James Harman Band: James Harman (vocals,...