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Howell Devine: Jumps, Boogies & Wobbles [Digipak]

CD / Arhoolie / 2013-03-12

Tracks: Rollin' and Tumblin'; Guitar Rag; Harmonica Wobble #2; Shotgun Blues; Howelldevine Boogie Woogie; Help Me; Soft Steel Piston; Spoonful; Mellow Down Easy; KC Blues; Mighty Long Time; Write Me a Few of...
Artists: Howell Devine

Audio Mixer: Josh Howell.

Liner Note Author: Lee Hildebrand....continue...

Various Artists: They All Played for Us: Arhoolie Records 50th Anniversary Celebration [Box]

CD / Arhoolie / 2013-01-22

Tracks: Introduction - Nick Spitzer; Ay Te Dejo San Antonio; Viva Seguín; Voy Caminando; Chuchumbé, El; Vigilante Man; Wooly Bully; Let Me Fall; Long Lost Lover Blues; C-U-B-A; I've Got What it Tak...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Mixers: Chris Strachwitz; Tom Size; Laurie Lewis; Martin Pradler.

Liner Note Authors: Chris Strachwitz; Adam Machado.

Recording information: Fantasy Studios (02/04/2011-02/06/2011)...continue...

Mance Lipscomb: The Best of Mance Lipscomb

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-12-15

Tracks: Baby, Don't Lay It On Me; Charlie James; So Different Blues; Long Tall Girl Got Stuck On Me; Joe Turner Killed A Man; Willie Poor Boy; Shake, Shake Mama; Titanic, The; Mance's Blues; Tom Moore's Farm...
Artists: Mance Lipscomb

Personnel: Mance Lipscomb (vocals, guitar).

Liner Note Authors: Chris Strachwitz; Adam Machado.

Photographer: Chris Strachwitz.

Arranger: Mance Lipscomb.

A self-described "...continue...

Mance Lipscomb: Texas Songster, Vol. 4: Live! At the Cabale

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Baby Don't You Lay It on Me; Meet Me in the Bottom; You Gonna Miss Me; Keep on Truckin'; Trouble in Mind; Tom Moore Blues; Mance's Short Haired Woman; Tra-La-Ra-La Doodle All Day; Shine on Harvest Mo...
Artists: Mance Lipscomb

Contains previously unreleased tracks.

Recorded live in 1964 at The Cabale, Berkeley, California.

This is part of Arhoolie's Lipscomb series.

Personnel: Mance Lipscomb (vocals, gu...continue...

John Jackson: Country Blues & Ditties

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Diddy Wa Diddy; Match Box Blues; Roll on Buddy; T.B. Blues; Guitar Rag - (guitar instrumental instrumental); Railroad Bill; Waiting for a Train; Cindy - (banjo); Steamboat Whistle Blues; I'll Step As...
Artists: John Jackson

Solo performer: John Jackson (vocals, guitar, banjo).

Principally recorded in 1967 and 1969. Includes liner notes by Chris Strachwitz.

These 25 songs were recorded by Chris Strachwitz in...continue...

Earl Hooker: The Moon Is Rising

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Artists: Earl Hooker

Personnel: Earl Hooker (vocals, guitar); Steve Miller (vocals, piano, organ); Gino Skaggs (vocals); Freddie Roulette (steel guitar); Louis Myers, Carey Bell (harmonica); Pinetop Perkins (piano); Levi ...continue...

Johnie Lewis: Alabama Slide Guitar

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Hobo Blues; He Met Me on a Thursday Morning; Uncle Sam Ain't No Woman; Can't Hardly Get Along; My Little Gal; North Carolina Blues; I'm Gonna Quit My Baby; Baby, Listen to Me Howl; You Gonna Miss Me ...
Artists: Johnie Lewis

Personnel: Johnie Lewis (vocals, guitar, harmonica, kazoo); Charlie Musselwhite (harmonica).

Liner Note Author: Chris Strachwitz.

Recording information: Chicago, IL (08/13/1970-01/09/197...continue...

Guitar Slim (Alec Seward): Carolina Blues NYC 1944

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Ups and Downs Blues; Crooked Wife Blues; Snowing and Raining Blues; No More Hard Times; She's Evil and Mean; Mike and Jerry; Don't Leave Me All by Myself; South Carolina Blues; Crying Won't Make Me S...
Artists: Guitar Slim (Alec Seward)

Personnel: Guitar Slim (vocals, guitar); Louis Hayes (vocals, guitar).

Recording information: New York, NY (1944).

This 29-track collection of mostly previously unreleased sides recorded...continue...

Bee Houston: The Hustler

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: You Think I'm Your Good Thing; Busy Bee; Be Proud to Be a Black Man; Hustler, The; Break Away; Things Gonna Get Better; Never; Lovesick Man; Freddy's Bag; Any Time; Woke up This Morning - (featuring ...
Artists: Bee Houston

Personnel: Bee Houston (vocals, guitar); Willie Molette, Big Mama Thornton (vocals); Terry "Big T" de Rouen (guitar); Jay Hodge (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Alex Nelson, Everett Minor, Sonny Cam...continue...

Various Artists: Arhoolie Presents American Masters, Vol. 6: 15 Regional Music Classics of Mexico

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Chileca - Alma de Apatzingan; Bala Perdida - Los Cenzontles; Leva, La - Los Caimanes; No Compro Amores - Mariachi Los Gavilanes de Oakland; Mi Texana - Los Pingüinos del Norte; Guacamaya - Conju...
Artists: Various Artists

Editors: Chris Strachwitz; Tom Diamant.

Arranger: Lydia Mendoza....continue...

Various Artists: Let's Have a Blues Ball

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: I'm Having a Ball - Johnny Young; Dream - John Littlejohn; Swing It on Home - Big Mama Thornton; Anna Lee - Earl Hooker; Going Back to the Country - Juke Boy Bonner; It's Hard - Clifton Chenier; Come...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Jimmy Dawkins, Joe Willie Wilkins, Buddy Guy (guitar); James Cotton , Louis Myers, Whispering Smith (harmonica); Eddie Boyd, Elmore Nixon, Lafayette Leake, Otis Spann (piano); Fred Below (d...continue...

Various Artists: Arhoolie Presents American Masters, Vol. 2: 15 Down Home Urban Blues Classics

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson II; Big Mama's Bumble Bee - Big Mama Thornton; Cincinnati Stomp - Big Joe Duskin; Anna Lee - Earl Hooker; Up & Down the Avenue - Charlie Musselwhite; Been Around ...
Artists: Various Artists

Editors: Chris Strachwitz; Tom Diamant.

Photographer: Chris Strachwitz.

A collection of urban blues from various releases in Arhoolie's catalog, this album starts out with some straightf...continue...

Various Artists: Masters of the Steel String Guitar

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: I Don't Love Nobody - David Lay/Linda Lay/Wayne Henderson/Linda & David Lay; Cannon Ball Blues - David Lay/Linda Lay/Wayne Henderson/Linda & David Lay; Coat of Many Colors - David Lay/Wayne C. Hender...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Joe Wilson.

Personnel: Linda Lay (vocals, alto); John Cephas (vocals, bass voice, guitar); Eddie Pennington (vocals, guitar, electric guitar); Wayne Henderson (guitar); ...continue...

J.C. Burris: Blues Professor

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Hold Me Tight; Loneliness; River of Life; Mr. Jack's Dance; One of These Mornings; Inflation Blues; Hand Jive; You Got to Roam; Highway Blues; Blues Professor; Where I Am Bound; Moving On; Raining in...
Artists: J.C. Burris

Personnel includes: J.C. Burris (vocals, harmonica, rhythm bones, hand slapping).

Recorded between 1975 & 1976. Includes liner notes by Chris Strachwitz and Tom Mazzolini.

Half of these ...continue...

John Littlejohn: Slidin' Home

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: What in the World You Goin' to Do; Treat Me Wrong; Catfish Blues; Kiddeo; Slidin' Home; Dream; Reelin' and Rockin'; Been Around the World; How Much More Long; Shake Your Money Maker; I'm Tired; Nowhe...
Artists: John Littlejohn

Recorded at Univeral Studios, Chicago in 1968.

Personnel: John Littlejohn (vocals, guitar); Monroe Jones Jr. (guitar); Robert Pulliam, Willie Young (tenor saxophone); Alvin Nichols (bass); Book...continue...

Tom McFarland: Travelin' with the Blues

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Travelin' With the Blues; You Can't Take It With You; Gasoline Blues; You're Killing Me; Going Back to Oakland; Street Walking Woman; Juicer's Blues; Blues Got Me; Blues Up and Gone; Telephone Blues;...
Artists: Tom McFarland

This release include three bonus tracks.

Personnel: Tom McFarland (vocals, guitar); Tom McFarland; Steve Ehrmann (bass guitar); Bobby Broadhead (drums).

Liner Note Authors: Tom McFarland...continue...

Various Artists: Blues With a Message

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: I Have to Paint My Face - Sam Chatmon; John Henry - John Jackson; Walked Down So Many Turn Rows - Mercy Dee; Tom Moore's Farm - Mance Lipscomb; Tom Moore Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins; River Blues, Pts. ...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Paul Oliver.

Editors: Chris Strachwitz; Paul Oliver.

Blues With a Message isn't just about lost love and the toils of specific lives, the blues (particularly within th...continue...

Big Mama Thornton: With the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: I'm Feeling Alright; Sometimes I Have a Heartache; Black Rat - (Take 4); Life Goes On; Everything Gonna Be Alright; Big Mama's Bumble Bee Blues; Gimme a Penny - (Take 6); Looking the World Over; I Fe...
Artists: Big Mama Thornton

Personnel: Big Mama Thornton (vocals, harmonica, drums); Big Mama Thornton; James Cotton (harmonica); Luther "Houserocker" Johnson (bass guitar); Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn (guitar); Otis Spann (pian...continue...

Various Artists: Angola Prison Spirituals [Expanded]

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: I'm on My Way - Andy Mosely/Robert Pete Williams; Church on Fire with the Word of God - Robert Pete Williams; What Shall I Do - Robert Welch; Brother Norah - Angola Quartet; Little School Song - R.P....
Artists: Various Artists

Recorded by Dr. Harry Oster at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana in the late 1950's.

Personnel: Robert Welch, Robert Pete Williams (vocals, guitar); Andy Mosely (vocals, was...continue...

Juke Boy Bonner: Ghetto Poet

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Daylight Won't Catch Me Here; Animal Gap, The; Time to Say Goodbye; Blues for Elmo; If I Sound Lowdown; Sportsman's Luck; California Here I Come; Zodico Jump; Getting Up from the Ground; Houston Beat...
Artists: Juke Boy Bonner

Recorded between 1967 & 1974.

Personnel: Alvin J. Simon (drums).

Liner Note Author: Chris Strachwitz.

Recording information: ACA Studios, Houston, TX (12/20/1967-05/14/1974); Berk...continue...

Mance Lipscomb: Texas Country Blues

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Texas Blues; Black Gal; Oh, Baby! (You Don't Have to Go); Whiskey Blues; Haunted House Blues; Mance's Blues; Does She Ever Think of Me; I Just Hang Down My Head and I Cry; Rag in F; Wonder Where My E...
Artists: Mance Lipscomb

Personnel: Mance Lipscomb (vocals, guitar); Mike Birnbaum, Charlie Pritchard (guitar); Powell St. John (harmonica); Frank Lipscomb (bass); Wayne Davis (drums).

Recorded between 1970 & 1974. Inc...continue...

Bill Neely: Texas Law & Justice

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Satan's Burning Hell; Big Yellow Moon Over Texas; Texas Law and Justice; Pflugerville Boogie; Crying the Blues Over You; On a Blackland Farm; Austin Breakdown; Soldier's Thoughts, A - (previously unr...
Artists: Bill Neely

Personnel: Bill Neely (vocals, guitar); Larry Kirbo (guitar); R. Powell St. John (harmonica); John Moyer (bass).

Partly recorded in Austin, Texas on April 22 & 24, 1973. Includes liner notes by...continue...

Mississippi Fred McDowell: The Best of Mississippi Fred McDowell

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Write Me a Few of Your Lines; Do My Baby Ever Think of Me; Levee Camp Blues; When the Saints Go Marching In; My Bottleneck (Story); Fred's Worried Life Blues; Kokomo Blues; Meet Me Down in Froggy Bot...
Artists: Mississippi Fred McDowell

Personnel: Fred McDowell (vocals, guitar); Mike Russo (guitar); Johnny Woods (harmonica); John Khan (bass); Bob Jones (drums); Annie Mae McDowell (background vocals).

Recorded in Como, Mississi...continue...

Lightnin' Hopkins: The Best of Lightning Hopkins [Arhoolie]

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Whiskey Blues; Come on Baby; Grosebeck Blues; Mojo Hand; Going Home Blues (Going Back and Talk to Mama); Jesus, Will You Come by Here; Tim Moore's Farm; Have You Ever Loved a Woman; Big Mama Jump; Mr...
Artists: Lightnin' Hopkins

Contains tracks from Lightnin' Hopkins' sessions with Gold Star in the 1940s and his later 60's Arhoolie sessions.

Personnel: Lightin' Hopkins (vocals, guitar, piano, organ); Geno Scaggs, geno ...continue...

Various Artists: Arhoolie Presents American Masters, Vol. 1: 15 Down Home Country Blues Classics

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Frisco Line - Mississippi Fred McDowell; Have You Ever Loved a Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins; Going Down in Georgia on a Horn - John Jackson; Cairo Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson; 'Bout a Spoonful - M...
Artists: Various Artists

The origins of the blues can be found in the grooves of this fine budget-priced sampler, which includes performances from Mississippi Fred McDowell ("Frisco Line"), the Black Ace ("Drink On, Little Gi...continue...

Various Artists: The Real Country Blues: Shake 'em on Down

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Shake 'Em on Down - Mississippi Fred McDowell; Sloppy Drunk Blues - Big Joe Williams; Alabama Blues - Bukka White; Need More Blues - Sleepy John Estes; Judge Boushay Blues - Furry Lewis; Pardon Denie...
Artists: Various Artists

Performers include: Robert Pete Williams, R.L. Burnside, Houston Stackhouse, Sleepy John Estes, Johnny Young, Otis Spann.

Liner Note Author: Chris Smith .

Photographers: Chris Strachwitz...continue...

Various Artists: Mississippi Delta Blues Jam in Memphis, Vol. 2

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Need More Blues - Sleepy John Estes; Little Laura Blues - Sleepy John Estes (previously unreleased); Rats in My Kitchen - Sleepy John Estes (previously unreleased); President Kennedy Stayed Away Too ...
Artists: Various Artists

Performers include: Sleepy John Estes, Nathan Beauregard, Bukka White.

Recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in June, 1969 and Berkeley, California in November, 1963. Originally released on Arhoolie (...continue...

Various Artists: Mississippi Delta Blues Jam in Memphis, Vol. 1

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Back Water Rising - The Como Drum Band/Napoleon Strickland; Shake 'Em on Down - Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods; Fred's Blues - Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods; Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning - Fred Mc...
Artists: Various Artists

Recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in June, 1969. Originally released on Arhoolie (LP 1084-1085). Includes original liner notes by Pete Welding.

Includes 3 previously unreleased tracks: 2 by Fred M...continue...

Mississippi Fred McDowell: You Gotta Move

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Write Me a Few Lines; Louise; I Heard Somebody Call; 61 Highway; Mama Don't Allow; Kokomo Blues; Fred's Worried Life Blues; You Gonna Be Sorry; Shake 'Em on Down; My Trouble Blues; Black Minnie; That...
Artists: Mississippi Fred McDowell

Personnel: Mississippi Fred McDowell (vocals, bottle-neck guitar); Eli Green (vocals, guitar); Annie McDowell (vocals).

Recorded at McDowell's home in Como, Mississippi in 1964, and in Holy Spr...continue...

Mance Lipscomb: Texas Sharecropper & Songster

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Sugar Babe; Goin' Down Slow; Freddie; Jack O'Diamonds; Baby Please Don't Go; One Thin Dime; Shake, Shake Mama; Ella Speed; Mama Don't Allow; Ain't It Hard; 'Bout a Spoonful; Take Me Back; Rag in "G";...
Artists: Mance Lipscomb

Solo performer: Mance Lipscomb (vocals, guitar).

Recorded in 1960 and 1964.

Personnel: Mance Lipscomb (vocals, guitar).

Recording information: Navasota, TX; The Cabale, Berkeley, ...continue...

Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson: Blues Come to Texas

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Blues Come to Texas; Cairo Blues; Ticket Agent Blues; Louise Blues; Sugar Mama; Girl I Love, The; Santa Fe Blues; Turn Down Lamp Down Low; Ground Hog Blues; Gambler Blues; Charley Cherry - (Take 1); ...
Artists: Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson

Solo performer: Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson (guitar, vocals).

Recorded in Dallas in Summer 1960. Includes liner notes by Chris Strachwitz.

All songs written by Melvin Jackson.

Perso...continue...

Lightnin' Hopkins: Gold Star Sessions, Vol. 2

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Walking Blues; Shining Moon; Ida May; Mercy; Automobile Blues; Glory Be; All I Got Is Gone; Whiskey Blues; European Blues; What Can It Be?; Lonesome Home (Ain't It Lonesome); Appetite Blues; Lightnin...
Artists: Lightnin' Hopkins

Personnel: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins (vocals, guitar, organ); Frankie Lee Sims (guitar).

Original recordings by Bill Quinn at Gold Star Studios in Houston, Texas between 1947 and 1950.

Inc...continue...

Lightnin' Hopkins: Gold Star Sessions, Vol. 1

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Short Haired Woman; Baby Please Don't Go; Going Home Blues (Going Back and Talk to Mama); Automobile Blues; Big Mama Jump; Loretta Blues; Seems Funny Baby; Thunder and Lightning Blues (Coolin' Board ...
Artists: Lightnin' Hopkins

Personnel: Lightnin' Hopkins (vocals, guitar, organ); Joel Hopkins, Frankie Lee Sims (guitar).

Original recordings by Bill Quinn at Gold Star Studios in Houston, Texas between 1947 and 1950....continue...

Lightnin' Hopkins: Hopkins Brothers: Lightnin', Joel, & John Henry

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: See About My Brother John Henry; Hot Blooded Woman; Black Hannah; I Want to Go Fishing; Doin' Little Heiffer; Hey Baby Hey; Saddle Up My Grey Mare; Tell Me, Tell Me; Little Girl; I Got a Brother in W...
Artists: Lightnin' Hopkins

Personnel: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins (vocals, guitar), Joel Hopkins (vocals, guitar), John Henry Hopkins (vocals, guitar).

Recorded in Waxahachie, Texas on February 16, 1964 and in Houston, Texas...continue...

Earl Hooker: Two Bugs and a Roach

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Two Bugs and a Roach; Wah Wah Blues; You Don't Love Me; Earl Hooker Blues; Anna Lee; Off the Hook; Love Ain't a Plaything; You Don't Want Me; Hook, The; New Sweet Black Angel - (TRUE instrumental); I...
Artists: Earl Hooker

Recorded in 1952, 1953, 1968 and 1969.

Mississippi-born and Chicago-raised, guitarist Earl Hooker was a cousin to blues great John Lee Hooker and R&B singer Joe Hinton. Earl Hooker was a master...continue...

Charles Ford Band/Charles Ford: The Charles Ford Band: With Robben, Mark & Pat Ford

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Blue and Lonesome; Gibson Creek Shuffle; My Time After Awhile; Rest My Mind on Jesus; Reconsider Baby; Black Night; Wild Woman; I Know What You're Putting Down - (previously unreleased); Live the Lif...
Artists: Charles Ford Band/Charles Ford

Charles Ford Band: Robben Ford (guitar, vocals, piano, saxophone), Mark Ford (harmonica), Stanley Poplin (bass), Patrick Ford (drums).

Additional personnel: Michael Osborn (rhythm guitar).
...continue...

Johnny Otis: Spirit of the Black Territory Bands

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Swinging the Blues; Margie; You're Drivin' Me Crazy / Moten Swing; Mooche, The; Flying Home; Harlem Nocturne; Jumpin' at the Woodside; Sophisticated Lady; Jumpin' the Blues; Creole Love Call; Rock-a-...
Artists: Johnny Otis

Recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1990.

This recording is an evocation of the great Southwestern swing bands of the '30s and '40s that preceded the R&B/rock and roll era....continue...

Piano Red: Atlanta Bounce

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Atlanta Bounce; Ten Cent Shot; Pushing That Thing; Red's How Long Blues; Corrina, Corrina; You Ain't Got a Chance; My Baby Left Me; Let's Get It On!; Got You on My Mind - (previously unreleased); Boo...
Artists: Piano Red

Personnel: Willie "Piano Red" Perryman (piano, vocals), Wes Jackson (guitar), John Peek (trumpet), Clyde "Blow Top" Lynn (saxophone), Kid Miller (bass), "Put" Jackson (drums).

Recorded in Macon...continue...

Omar Shariff: The Raven

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Raven, The; Fillmore Street Boogie; House Built by the Blues; Love Is Just a Fool; San Francisco Can Be Such a Lonely Town; Great Balls of Fire; This Is Love; Stranded in St. Louis; Omar's Boogie; Ju...
Artists: Omar Shariff

Contains 7 tracks recorded in 1972 and 10 tracks from 1991.

Personnel: Omar Shariff (vocals, piano); Skip Dysart, Mickey Durio (drums).

Liner Note Author: Omar Shariff.

Recording ...continue...

Lightnin' Hopkins/Barbara Dane: Sometimes I Believe She Loves Me

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: I'm Going Back, Baby (Back Behind the Sun); I Know You Got Another Man; Sometimes I Believe She Loves Me; Baby, Shake That Thing; It's a Lonesome Old Town; Don't Push Me (Til You Find Out What I Want...
Artists: Lightnin' Hopkins/Barbara Dane

Personnel: Barbara Dane, Lightnin' Hopkins.

Recorded at the Cabale Club, Berkeley, California in 1964.

Personnel: Barbara Dane (vocals, guitar); Lightnin' Hopkins (vocals, guitar, piano)...continue...

Herman E. Johnson/Smoky Babe: Louisiana Country Blues

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: I'm Broke and I'm Hungry; Too Many Women; Two Wings; Mississippi River; My Baby She Told Me; Rabbit Blues; Black Ghost; Ain't Got No Rabbit Dog; Bad Whiskey; Black Gal; My Baby Put Me Down; Going Bac...
Artists: Herman E. Johnson/Smoky Babe

Originally released as 2 separate LPs (Arhoolie 2019 and Arhoolie 1060).

Composers: Robert Brown; Herman E. Johnson.

Personnel: Herman E. Johnson (vocals, guitar, electric guitar); Smoky...continue...

Big Joe Duskin: Cincinnati Stomp

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Mean Old Frisco; Roll 'Em Pete; Stormin' in Texas; Cincinnati Stomp; Little Red Rooster; Tribute, The; Down the Road Apiece; Well, Well Baby; Honky Tonk Train; Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar; Tender...
Artists: Big Joe Duskin

Personnel: Big Joe Duskin (vocals, piano); Jimmy Johnson, Bob Margolin (guitar); Steve Tracy (harmonica); Truck Parham (bass); S.P. Leary, Ben Sandmel (drums).

Producers: Ben Sandmel (tracks 1-...continue...

Lightnin' Hopkins: Po' Lightnin'

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Ice Storm Blues; Speedin' Boogie; Wine Drinking Woman; Do the Boogie; My Baby's Gone; Wake Up Old Maid - (previously unreleased); Jesus, Will You Come by Here - (previously unreleased); Candy Kitchen...
Artists: Lightnin' Hopkins

Personnel: Sam "Lightning" Hopkins (vocals, guitar, piano, organ); "Gino" Henry Landry (bass); Victor Leonard, "Spider" Kilpatrick (drums).

Engineers include: Bob DeSousa.

Recorded at Si...continue...

Mississippi Fred McDowell: Good Morning Little School Girl

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Good Morning Little Schoolgirl; Little Girl, Little Girl, How Old Are You; Fred's Rambling Blues; Don't Look For Me on a Sunday; I Walked All the Way From East St. Louis; Red Cross Store Blues; Grave...
Artists: Mississippi Fred McDowell

Personnel: Mississippi Fred McDowell (vocals, guitar); Annie Mae McDowell (vocals); Hunter's Chapel Spiritual Singers (vocals).

Recorded in Como, Mississippi from February 13-14, 1964 and on Ma...continue...

Whistlin' Alex Moore: From North Dallas to the East Side

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Whistling Alex Moore's Blues; Pretty Woman with a Sack Dress On; Rubber Tired Hack; You Say I Am a Bad Feller; From North Dallas to the East Side; New Miss No-Good Weed; Black Eyed Peas and Hog Jowls...
Artists: Whistlin' Alex Moore

Solo performer: Alexander H. Moore (piano, vocals, whistling).

Producers: Chris Strachwitz, Walter E. Wilden (all tracks).

Compilation producer: Chris Strachwitz.

Engineers: Chris...continue...

Johnny Young: Chicago Blues

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Wild, Wild Woman; Keep Your Nose Out of My Business; I'm Having a Ball; My Trainfare Out of Town; I'm Doing All Right; Stealin'; Keep on Drinking; Hot Dog!; Come Early in the Morning; Moaning and Gro...
Artists: Johnny Young

Personnel includes: Johnny Young (vocals, guitar); James Cotton, Big Walter Horton (harmonica); Otis Spann, Lafayette Leake (piano).

Recorded in Chicago, Illinois in 1965 & 1967.

Personn...continue...

Big Joe Williams: Shake Your Boogie

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Sloppy Drunk Blues; Yo Yo Blues; President Roosevelt; Forty-Four Blues; Greystone Blues; I Want My Crown; Mean Stepfather; Brother James; Shake Your Boogie; Vitamin A Blues; She Left Me a Mule to Rid...
Artists: Big Joe Williams

Personnel: Big Joe Williams (vocals, 9-string guitar); Mary Williams (vocals); Charlie Musselwhite (harmonica)

Engineers : Chris Strachwitz, Richard Garvin, Bob Geddins.

Recorded in Oakl...continue...

Bukka White: Sky Songs, Vols. 1-2

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Bald Eagle Train; Single Man Blues; Georgia Skin Game; Jesus Died on the Cross to Save the World; Sugar Hill; My Baby; Alabama Blues
Artists: Bukka White

Contains 7 tracks recorded in 1963.

Personnel: Bukka White (vocals, guitar, piano); Big Willie Wayne (washboard); Big Willie (percussion).

Liner Note Author: Chris Strachwitz.

Rec...continue...

Katie Webster: I Know That's Right

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: I Know That's Right; Jimmy Jimmy; Don't Accuse Me; I Want You to Love Me; Katie's Boogie Woogie (Live); Million Dollar Secret / Shake, Rattle, And Roll - (previously unreleased); When Something Is Wr...
Artists: Katie Webster

Personnel: Katie Webster (vocals, piano); John Lumsdaine, Danny Caron (guitar); Bruce Unsworth, Nancy Wright (tenor saxophone); Jim Peterson (saxophone); Clay Cotton (organ); Steve Ehrmann (bass); Ste...continue...

George Coleman (Blues): Bongo Joe

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: I Wish I Could Sing; Science Fiction - (previously unreleased); Innocent Little Doggie; Cool It Right; Listen at That Bull; Crazy With Love - (previously unreleased); Great - (previously unreleased);...
Artists: George Coleman (Blues)

Contains 2 previously unreleased tracks.

Composer: Joseph Coleman.

Personnel: George Coleman (vocals, drums); Joseph Coleman (rap vocals, drums, steel drum).

Liner Note Author: La...continue...