Blues

Arnold had a very lyrical and and vocal sound to his playing. On 17th May 1930 he cut a record for Victor, using the pseudonym Gitfiddle Tim. The recordings from this session were outstanding and make up Volume 1 of Kokomo Arnold's Complete Works.1...

Arnold had a very lyrical and and vocal sound to his playing and played in a very frenzied rhythmic style. By 1935, Arnold, though not totally abandoning the country life; that his music had been born out of, had started to become accustomed to the big...

Arkansas born drummer, guitarist and vocalist Willie Williams became involved in the Chicago blues scene of the mid 1960?s and played in the bands of Howlin? Wolf, Carrie Bell and others. Williams also released a handful of singles under his own name...

Arguably the best modern Blues harp player, James Cotton started out in Howlin' Wolf's band and in 1957 joined the great Muddy Waters. After much success, James started fronting his own band in 1965 which continues through today. This classic album is a...

Archive release. Errol was born 1939. As a boy, he moved to New York and later to London. His biggest hit was "Midnight Train". The recordings on this CD were done in Vienna 1973 - thanks to Hans Maitner! He is one of the last living original boogie...

Archive release. Beloved bluegrass trailblazers Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard are revered as pioneers of the form, who challenged the norm at a time when bluegrass remained largely in the purview of men. Nowhere is this clearer than on a set of newly...

Archive release from the blues musician. In his last 20 years, Homesick recorded some CD?s... mostly with different blues bands, but Homesick always recorded the same songs. On this CD are three different recording sessions. The first was a live...

Arbee's Blues lays testament to Bluesman Arbee Stidham's triumph over a long depression, a consequence of an accident that forced him to give up the saxophone in the mid-1950's. Along his route to recovery, the musician picked up the guitar, and this...

ARBEE (not R. B. ) STIDHAM was an American Blues/R&B singer and multi-instrumentalist (he played sax, clarinet, and guitar), active between the late 1940s until just before his death, in 1988. Before WWII?he played tenor sax, leading his own Jazz band,...

Apollo's lady blues singers w. Danny Barker's Sextet, George Kelly, Larry Johnson, Panama Francis, Bill Campbell.1. Buy Me Some Juice 2. Where's Joe 3. Lyin' in Jail 4. Easy Riding Blues - Wee Bea Booze 5. I Just Ain't Feelin' Right (Alternate) - Wee Bea...

Anyone who can scare Chet Atkins with a six-string alone can truly be called a guitar hero! Travis did, and you'll see why when you hear his original version of "Scratchy."1. Night Train 2. Fire Fly 3. It's Karate Time 4. Scratchy 5. Flip, Flop Bop 6...

Anthology from the thrilling '50s band led by the immortal Muddy Waters. Their recordings routinely featured the electrifying harmonica of Little Walter, who appears here along with Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson plus more early Blues harp legends...