ROCKBEAT RECORDS

Jimmy Martin (August 10, 1927 - May 14, 2005) was an American bluegrass musician, known as the "King of Bluegrass". In 1995, Martin was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor...

I Don't Play No Rock & Roll Fred McDowell famously said, but many many Rock & Rollers play Fred's music. His bottleneck guitar playing is essential to the blues genre and has influenced countless...

For much of the 1970s and '80s, guitarist Mighty Joe Young "owned" Chicago's cozy Wise Fools Pub - at least musically speaking, he was the club's top draw. Wise Fools Pub had a long and intriguing...

The Monks were formed in 1964 by four America GI's who were stationed in Germany. Dressed in black robes and with tonsure haircuts, the band sounded and looked like no one else and made many...

Two CD collection of classic and rare recordings from the Texas Psych and Blues band featuring a young Billy Gibbons before he found success with ZZ Top. Back in the '60s, Moving Sidewalks opened...

Based in Houston, The Moving Sidewalks were a psychedelic garage quartet that existed during the second half of the 1960s. The group famously featured singer-guitarist Billy Gibbons and drummer Dan...

The way musicians come together is something that can never be completely explained. It takes a lot of good luck and a healthy dose of fate to bring together all the elements. And even when those...

Neville-ization has been considered the best live Neville Brothers album issued to date. This 1984 Black Top release captures the Neville's Live at Tipitina's in 1982. A second disc has been added...

Phil Ochs was a topical songwriter who was at the forefront of the folk music scene in the 1960'S-70'S. In the spring of 1973, he made a small U.S. tour that among other shows, included this stop at...

One of the most fascinating singer-songwriters-and most tragic figures-of the '60s folk revival is heard here live in Montreal, just months before the release of his ornately orchestrated debut for...

This 1953-56 pre-Capitol collection rounds up the early cuts Buck made after moving to Bakersfield but before he became a star. These raw honky-tonk gems include Hot Dog; I'm Gonna Blow; Blue Love;...

Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. (August 12, 1929 - March 25, 2006), known professionally as Buck Owens, was an American musician, singer, songwriter and band leader who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard...