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Ray Charles: 101 - Hit the Road Jack: Best of Ray Charles

CD / AP Music / 2012-11-20

Tracks: Hit the Road Jack; Georgia on My Mind; One Mint Julep; Ruby; Unchain My Heart; Your Cheatin' Heart; At the Club; Born to Lose; I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town; Hey, Good Lookin'; Take These C...
Artists: Ray Charles

Although with hindsight it seems like an obvious thing to have done, when Ray Charles seamlessly fused R&B, blues, country, jazz, and gospel together and delivered all of it into a secular pop setting...continue...

Hans Theessink: Hard Road Blues [Digipak]

CD / Blue Groove Records / 2012-09-11

Tracks: Big Bill's Guitar; Hard Road Blues; You Make Me Feel So Good; Prison Blues; Two Trains; Blind Willie; Sugar Babe; Minnibelle; Vicksburg is My Home; One Kind Favour; Shotgun Blues; Cypress Grove; Sitt...
Artists: Hans Theessink

Personnel: Christian Dozzler (harmonica).

Audio Mixer: Andy Fabianek.

Liner Note Author: Hans Theessink.

Recording information: Recorder Music Studios, Judendorf, Austria (1989); ...continue...

Pinetop Perkins: Heaven

1 CD / Blind Pig / 2012-04-17

Tracks: 44 Blues; 4 O'Clock in the Morning; Relaxin'; Sitting on Top of the World; Just Keep on Drinking; Since I Fell for You; Pinetop's Boogie Woogie; Ida B; Sweet Home Chicago; Pinetop's Blues; Willow Wee...
Artists: Pinetop Perkins

Personnel: Otis Clay (vocals).

Audio Mixer: Blaise Barton.

Liner Note Author: Justin O'Brien.

Recording information: Chelsea Sound Studios, New York, NY (07/05/2011); Chelsea Soun...continue...

Mississippi Sheiks/Bo Carter: Bo Carter & the Mississippi Sheiks [Box] *

4 CD / E1 Music Entertainment / 2012-01-31

Tracks: Good Old Turnip Greens; Sweet Alberta; It Ain't No Good, Pt. 1; It's Hot Like That; Blue Heaven Blues; Your Friends Gonna Use It Too, Pt. 1; Sitting On Top of the World; Jazz Fiddler, The; Stop and L...
Artists: Mississippi Sheiks/Bo Carter

Liner Note Author: Neil Slaven.

Recording information: Atlanta (01/17/1931); Chicago (01/17/1931); Grafton, WI (01/17/1931); Jackson (01/17/1931); Memphis (01/17/1931); New Orleans (01/17/1931)...continue...

Ray Charles: Blues Before Sunrise [Pazzazz]

2 CD / Pazzazz / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand; Confession Blues; All to Myself Alone; This Love of Mine; Lonely Boy; Kiss Me Baby; If I Give You My Love; Sentimental Blues; Late in the Evening Blues; Ain't That Fine; H...
Artists: Ray Charles

Ray Charles: Blues Is My Middle Name [St. Clair]

1 CD / Pazzazz / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Baby Won't You Please Come Home; She's on the Ball; Th' Ego Song; Hey Now; I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now; Back Home; Sitting on Top of the World; How Long Blues; C.C. Rider; Can't You See Me Darling...
Artists: Ray Charles

Howlin' Wolf: Blues From Hell [Digipak]

CD / Not Now Music / 2011-05-03

Tracks: Smokestack Lightnin'; Spoonful; Wolf is At Your Door, The; Evil (is Going On); I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline); Poor Boy; Moanin' For My Baby; I Have a Little Girl; I Better Go Now; My Baby ...
Artists: Howlin' Wolf

Howlin' Wolf: Live and Cookin' at Alice's Revisited

1 CD / Raven / 2011-02-08

Tracks: When I Laid Down I Was Troubled; I Didn't Know; Mean Mistreater; I Had a Dream; Call Me the Wolf; Don't Laugh at Me; Just Passing By; Sitting on Top of the World; Big House, The; Mr. Airplane Man
Artists: Howlin' Wolf

Personnel: Howlin' Wolf (vocals, harmonica); Hubert Sumlin, L.V. Williams (guitar); Eddie Shaw (tenor saxophone); Sunnyland Slim (piano); David Myers (bass); Fred Below (drums).

Recorded at Ali...continue...

Various Artists: The Mississippi Sheiks Tribute Concert: Live Vancouver

DVD Video / Black Hen Music / 2010-09-21

Tracks: Introduction; Things About Comin' My Way - Oh Susanna; Sweet Maggie - Sojourners; Poor Boy - Geoff Muldaur; Gulf Coast Bay - Steve Dawson; Keep on Tryin' - Colin James; Church Bell Blues - Bob Brozma...
Artists: Various Artists

Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 [DVD]

DVD Video / Warner Bros. / 2010-09-14

Tracks: Introduction; Uberesso; Hell At Home; Maharina; Rosie; Outside Woman Blues; Little By Little; Anyday; Highway 61 Revisited; Nobodysoul; Poor Johnny; Dirty Work At the Crossroads; Sitting On Top of th...
Artists: Eric Clapton

Michael Herman: Blues Alive!

1 CD / OWR/Topaz / 2010-08-17

Tracks: Great River Road, The; Your Mind Is on Vacation; Statesboro Blues; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; Great Flood of '93, The; Stones in My Passway/Kindhearted Woman Blues; Rocket to Chicago;...
Artists: Michael Herman

Personnel: Michael Herman (vocals, guitar).

Liner Note Author: David McIntyre.

Recording information: Bas Bleu Theatre, Ft. Collins, CO (05/21/1995); Bas Theartre, Ft Collins, CO (05/21/...continue...

Various Artists: Electric Blues [Not Now]

CD / Not Now Music / 2010-08-03

Tracks: Okie Dokie Stomp; Close To You; Sweet Sixteen (Parts 1 & 2); Story Of My Life, The; Party Girl; Blues Blaster's Boogie; Hot Little Mama; Loving You (Is All I Crave); Blues For Big Town; Sure Can't Do...
Artists: Various Artists

Robert Cray/Robert Cray Band: Cookin' in Mobile [Digipak]

2 CD / Nozzle Records / 2010-07-27

Tracks: Our Last Time; Anytime; Love 2009; Right Next Door; Chicken in the Kitchen; Sitting on Top of the World; One in the Middle; Lotta Lovin'; Smoking Gun; I Can't Fail; That's What Keeps Me Rockin'; Time...
Artists: Robert Cray/Robert Cray Band

"As expected, it’s an impressive set that provides further reminders of why the hard-working and versatile Cray is such a popular live performer... Cray has...continue...
Personnel: Robert Cray (vocals, guitar); Jim Pugh (organ, keyboards); Tony Braunagel (drums).

Audio Mixer: Rob Dennis.

Recording information: Rack-N-Roll Spank Factory, Nashville, TN; Sa...continue...

Matt Schofield: Live From The Archive [Digipak]

1 CD / Nugene Records / 2010-07-13

Tracks: All You Need; Siftin' Thru Ashes; Band Intro; Lights Are on But Nobody's Home; Room at the Back; On My Way; Black Cat Bone; Sitting on Top of the World; Letter, The
Artists: Matt Schofield

Personnel: Matt Schofield (vocals, guitar); Evan Jenkins (drums).

Recording information: De Bosuil, Weert, Netherlands (01/14/2007).

Photographer: Christie Goodwin.

Recorded live ...continue...

Ray Charles: The Complete Swing Time & Down Beat Recordings 1949-1952

2 CD / Night Train / 2010-05-28

Tracks: I Love You I Love You; Confession Blues; Alone in the City; Can Anyone Ask for More?; Let's Have a Ball; Rockin' Chair Blues; If I Give You My Love; Can't You See Darling?; This Love of Mine; How Lon...
Artists: Ray Charles

Personnel: Ray Charles (vocals, piano, keyboards); Gosady McKee, Mitchell "Tiny" Webb, Oscar Moore (guitar); Earl Singers Brown, Marshall Royal (alto saxophone); Maurice Simon, Jack McVea, Stanley Tur...continue...

Rocky Zharp: Live At Yaya's Coffee House Hemet, CA

CD / King Hudd / 2010-03-30

Tracks: What More Do You Want; Ya Ya; Tive Vs. Money Blues; This Land - (featuring Josh W. Jones); Blinder (Interlude); Sitting on Top of the World; Show Me; Ramblin Time Again; Quicksand; 9 Lb. Hammer; Dirt...
Artists: Rocky Zharp

Lonnie Johnson: A Life in Music Selected Sides 1925-1953 [Box] *

4 CD / JSP Records / 2010-01-26

Tracks: Won't Don't Blues; Mr Johnson's Blues; Falling Rain Blues; No Good Blues; Newport Blues; Love Story Blues; Nile of Genago; To Do This You Gotta Know How; South Bound Water; I Done Told You; Steppin' ...
Artists: Lonnie Johnson

Lonnie Johnson was best-known for his tonally beautiful guitar playing, but he was also a fine singer and songwriter, and pretty adept on violin, piano, banjo, mandolin, harmonium, and bass, as well. ...continue...

Various Artists: Things About Comin' My Way: A Tribute to the Music of the Mississippi Sheiks [Digipak]

1 CD / Black Hen Music / 2009-10-20

Tracks: It's Backfirin' Now; Things About Comin' My Way; Stop and Listen; Honey Babe Let the Deal Go Down; Bootlegger's Blues; Sitting On Top of the World; Too Long; Jailbird Love Song; That's It; Please Bab...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Authors: Ron Forbes-Roberts; Doug Heselgrave; Steve Dawson .

The Mississippi Sheiks were a short-lived but popular acoustic string band that recorded approximately 70 songs during th...continue...

Mississippi Sheiks: Sitting on Top of the World [Snapper]

1 CD / Snapper / 2008-11-11

Tracks: Sitting on Top of the World; Grinding Old Fool; Still I'm Traveling On; I've Got Blood in My Eyes for You; It's Done Got Wet; Jail Bird Love Song; World Is Going Wrong, The; Sheik Waltz, The; Baby Ke...
Artists: Mississippi Sheiks

2008 compilation. Equally at home when playing for white audiences in square-dance bands, when the musicians in the Mississippi Sheiks played the Blues, they became...continue...
Liner Note Author: Michael Hendon.

In the 1920s and `30s, the Mississippi Sheiks became a phenomenon in the South with their unique mix of blues, folk, and string-band sounds. Many decades late...continue...

B.B. King: One Kind Favor

1 CD / Geffen / 2008-08-26

Tracks: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean; I Get So Weary; Get These Blues Off Me; How Many More Years; Waiting For Your Call; My Love Is Down; World Gone Wrong, The; Blues Before Sunrise; Midnight Blues; Back...
Artists: B.B. King

B.B. King returns to his blues roots with the help of producer T Bone Burnett on "One Kind Favor,". The legendary artist is backed on...continue...
Personnel: B.B. King (vocals, electric guitar); Johnny Lee Schell (guitar); Jeffrey Clayton, Keith Fiddmont (alto saxophone); Rickey Woodard, Thomas R. Peterson, Charles Owens (tenor saxophone); Ernie...continue...

Rod Price: Open

1 CD / Burnside Distribution / 2008-05-02

Tracks: Sitting on Top of the World; Walking Blues; Key to the Highway; Dynaflate; Bluebird Blues; Long Distance Call; Got Love It You Want It; One More Time; Stumble, The; Elevator Woman
Artists: Rod Price

Personnel: Rod Price (guitar, slide guitar, background vocals); Shakey Vick (vocals, harp); Kinny Landrum (piano, Hammond B-3 organ, background vocals); Tom Dawes (bass, background vocals); Bruno Rave...continue...

George Mitchell: The George Mitchell Collection, Vols. 1-45 *

7 CD / Fat Possum / 2008-04-15

Tracks: Lucy Mae Blues; I Woke up Crying; Love Blues; I Told You Not to Do That; In the Evening; Hey Lawdy Mama; Thousand Woman Blues; Blue Shadow Falling; Cold Rainy Day; Amy; Motherless Child; Hush, Somebo...
Artists: George Mitchell

Howlin' Wolf: The Definitive Collection

1 CD / Geffen / 2007-04-17

Tracks: Moanin' at Midnight; How Many More Years; Evil (Is Going On); Forty-Four; Smokestack Lightnin'; I Asked For Water; Who's Been Talkin'; Sitting on Top of the World; Howlin' For My Darlin'; Wang Dang D...
Artists: Howlin' Wolf

The Howlin' Wolf best-of compilation DEFINITIVE COLLECTION sports the exact same track list as the CHESS 50th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION. In fact, DEFINITIVE is a straight-up repackaging of that set, righ...continue...

The Blues Band: Blues Band Box [Remaster]

1 CD / Beat Goes On / 2005-07-26

Tracks: Blues Band; Talk to Me Baby; Come on In; I Don't Know; Someday Baby; Death Letter; Two Bones & A Pick; Noah Lewis Blues; Twenty Nine Ways; Find Yourself Another Fool; Treat Her Right; That's All Righ...
Artists: The Blues Band

At last! A 4 CD box set which chronicles the band's history and recording career from their first recordings up to the present day. Features...continue...
BLUES BAND BOX is a four CD collection that follows the group's career from their inception up until the present. Boasting a grand total of 80 remastered songs, this box set also features exclusive un...continue...

Ray Charles: I Got a Woman [Digipak]

2 CD / Universe / 2004-11-23

Tracks: Rockin' Chair Blues; Here I Am; If I Give You My Love; Can't You See Darling? (What You're Doing to Me); This Love of Mine; Blues Before Sunrise; How Long Blues; Sentimental Blues, A; You'll Always M...
Artists: Ray Charles

This tribute from Universe to the late giant of R&B features the first recordings of Ray Charles' trio, made between 1949 and 1954, with his...continue...
Personnel: Earl Singers Brown (vocals, alto saxophone); Oscar Moore (guitar, drums); Edgar Blanchard, Wesley Jackson , Mitchell "Tiny" Webb, Louis Speiginer (guitar); Dave McRae (saxophone, baritone s...continue...

Ray Charles: Mess Around

2 CD / Proper Pairs / 2004-05-11

Tracks: I Love You, I Love You (I Will Never Let You Go); Confession Blues; Alone in the City; Can Anyone Ask for More?; Let's Have a Ball; Rockin' Chair Blues; If I Give You My Love; Can't You See Darling?;...
Artists: Ray Charles

This 2004 collection documents his early trio years from 1949 thru 1953. He was heavily influenced by & sounded remarkably like Nat King Cole. Around...continue...
Personnel: Gosady McKee, Mitchell "Tiny" Webb, Mickey Baker, Oscar Moore, Louis Speiginer (guitar); Earl Singers Brown, Marshall Royal (alto saxophone); Maurice Simon, Jack McVea, Sam "The Man" Taylor...continue...

Mike Tabares: Passionate Blues

1 CD / Mike Tabares / 2004-03-16

Tracks: Finally Out of My Mind; Who's Been Talkin'; It Feels Like Rain; Earls Blues; Mellow Down Easy; Thank You Mr. Blue; I See Nothing; Bad Luck Drivin'; Sitting on Top of the World
Artists: Mike Tabares

Taj Mahal: Blues With A Feeling: The Very Best Of Taj Mahal

CD / BMG Heritage / 2003-09-23

Tracks: Señor Blues; Don't Call Us; (You've Got To) Love Her With A Feeling; Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes; Betty And Dupree; Here In The Dark; That's How Strong My Love Is; Lonely Avenue; Mockingbird - (fea...
Artists: Taj Mahal

Personnel: Taj Mahal, Etta James (vocals); Eric Clapton (guitar); Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sheryl Crow (background vocals).

Producers: John Porter, Skip Drinkwater, Carey Williams.

Compil...continue...

Barrelhouse Chuck: Prescription for the Blues

1 CD / The Sirens Recordings / 2003-06-24

Tracks: Sitting on Top of the World; My Own Lonesome Blues; Mean Mistreater Mama; Tin Pan Alley; Double D; Prescription for the Blues; Going Back to Memphis; Ain't Times Hard; Corrine, Corrina; Straight Alky...
Artists: Barrelhouse Chuck

Personnel: Barrelhouse Chuck (vocals, piano, farfisa); Erwin Helfer (piano).

Personnel: Barrelhouse Chuck (vocals, piano, Farfisa); Erwin Helfer (piano).

Recording information: Sparrow S...continue...

Howlin' Wolf: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Howlin' Wolf

1 CD / MCA (USA) / 2003-06-24

Tracks: Moanin' at Midnight; Evil (Is Going On); Natchez Burning, The; Smokestack Lightnin'; Sitting on Top of the World; Wang Dang Doodle; Back Door Man; Spoonful; I Ain't Superstitious; Built for Comfort; ...
Artists: Howlin' Wolf

Personnel: Howlin' Wolf (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica); Jody Williams, Hubert Sumlin, Otis "Smokey" Smothers, Freddy King, Jimmy Rogers, Eric Clapton (guitar); Jeffrey Carp (harmonica); J.T. Bro...continue...

Doc Watson: Trouble in Mind: Doc Watson Country Blues Collection

1 CD / Sugar Hill / 2003-04-08

Tracks: Country Blues; Sitting on Top of the World; Little Sadie; Gambler's Yodel; Rain Crow Bill; My Little Woman, You're So Sweet; Lost John; Deep River Blues - (live); Georgie Buck; Anniversary Blue Yodel...
Artists: Doc Watson

Personnel: Doc Watson (vocals, guitar, banjo, harmonica); Merle Watson (guitar, banjo); Arnold Watson (banjo); Eric Weissberg (bass).

Adapters: Doc Watson; Dock Boggs.

Personnel: Doc Wat...continue...

Harmonica Frank Floyd: The Missing Link *

1 CD / Memphis International / 2002-07-09

Tracks: Rocking Chair Daddy; Intro: No Grand Opera; Swamp Root; Married Man's Blues; Moonshiner's Daughter; Shoop-a-Boop-a-Doodler; What Are You Squawkin About; Howlin' Tomcat; Deep Elum Blues; Sitting on To...
Artists: Harmonica Frank Floyd

Recorded at Bartlett High School, Farmington Elementary School and BR Toad Recording Studio, in May 1979. Includes liner notes by Nick Tosches.

Audio Mixers: David Less; Jim Dickinson.

L...continue...

John Lee Hooker: Free Beer and Chicken

CD / Beat Goes On / 2002-04-16

Tracks: Make It Funky; Five Long Years; 713 Blues; 714 Blues; One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer; Homework; Bluebird; Sitting on Top of the World; (You Never Amount to Anything If You Don't Go To) Collage (A ...
Artists: John Lee Hooker

Personnel: John Lee Hooker (vocals).

Liner Note Author: Dave Sheridan.

Arranger: John Lee Hooker....continue...

Howlin' Wolf: The Real Folk Blues/More Real Folk Blues

1 CD / MCA/Chess / 2002-03-12

Tracks: Killing Floor; Louise; Poor Boy; Sitting on Top of the World; Nature; My Country Sugar Mama; Tail Dragger; Three Hundred Pounds of Joy; Natchez Burning, The; Built for Comfort; Ooh Baby (Hold Me); Te...
Artists: Howlin' Wolf

2 LPs on 1 CD: THER REAL FOLK BLUES (1966)/MORE REAL FOLK BLUES (1967).

Producers: Leonard & Phil Chess, Sam Phillips, Willie Dixon.

Compilation producer: Andy McKaie.

Recorded in...continue...

Ed Teja: Union City Blues

CD / Float Street Music / 2001-11-21

Tracks: That'll Never Happen No More; Sand the Rough Times Smooth; Shuffle Rag; Drinking Cheap Whisky; Trouble in Mind; Chancy; Worrying You Off My Mind; Weeping Willow; Charley James; Key to the Highway; Sp...
Artists: Ed Teja

Delta Souls: A Trip to the Roots of the Blues

1 CD / The Delta Souls / 2001-01-02

Tracks: He's Gone; Trip to the Roots of the Blues, A; Garter Snake Blues; Walking Blues; Motherless Children; Ditty Wah Ditty; Summertime; Hey, Hey, Daddy's Feeling Blue; Malted Milk; Lazy Bones; Find My Kin...
Artists: Delta Souls

Sam Collins: Complete Recorded Works (1927-1931) *

1 CD / Document (USA) / 2000-09-08

Tracks: Jail House Blues, The; Devil in the Lion's Den; Yellow Dog Blues; Loving Lady Blues; Riverside Blues; Dark Cloudy Blues; Hesitation Blues; Pork Chop Blues; Midnight Special Blues; I Want to Be Like J...
Artists: Sam Collins

This collection contains 22 tracks.

Personnel: Sam Collins (vocals); John D. Fox (vocals).

Liner Note Author: Keith Briggs.

Recording information: Chicago, IL (1927-1931); New Yor...continue...

The Two Poor Boys: Complete Works 1927-1931

1 CD / Document (USA) / 2000-09-08

Tracks: Little Son of a Gun (Look What You Done Done); Two White Horses in a Line; John Henry Blues - (Take 1); John Henry Blues - (Take 3); New Huntsville Jail - (Take 1); New Huntsville Jail - (Take 2); Ta...
Artists: The Two Poor Boys

Personnel: Joe Evans (vocals, guitar, mandolin, kazoo, piano); Arthur McClain (guitar, mandolin, kazoo, piano).

Liner Note Author: Chris Smith .

Recording information: Birmingham, AL (07...continue...

Sam Chatmon: 1970-1974

1 CD / Flyright (UK) / 1999-10-12

Tracks: Hollandale Blues; God Don't Like Ugly; Prowlin' Groundhog; Ashtray Taxi; I Got the Whiskey; I Can't Use You No More; Chatmon Family Rag; Cold Blooded Murder; St. Louis Blues; That's Alright; She's My...
Artists: Sam Chatmon

Personnel includes: Sam Chatmon (vocals, guitar); Kenny Hall (mandolin).

This selection of good-natured hokum and traditional country-blues offers fans of the genres more than an hour's worth o...continue...

Robert Lowery: Goin' Away Blues

1 CD / Wolf / 1999-02-09

Tracks: Don't Be Jealous; little Boogie Woman; Drink Little Woman; Baby Let Me Play With You; Chauffeur Blues; Little Haddy; Goin' Away Blues; Love the Way I Do It; Walkin' Your Dog; Low Down Dirty Train; Si...
Artists: Robert Lowery

Recording information: Santa Cruz, CA (10/1997)....continue...

Sam Mitchell: Two Long from Home *

1 CD / Wolf / 1998-05-27

Tracks: Sitting on Top of the World; I'm Ready; Statesboro Blues; Busy Bootin'; If You Haven't Any Hay; Ants in My Pants; Mean on Me; What You Want Me to Do; Come on in My Kitchen; C.C. Rider; Thibodeaux; Hu...
Artists: Sam Mitchell

Personnel: Sam Mitchell, Homesick Mac (vocals, guitar).

Producers: Bo Wilson, Sam Mitchell, Homesick Mac.

Recorded at TBV Music House, Helsingborg, Sweden....continue...

The Jelly Roll Kings: Off Yonder Wall

1 CD / Fat Possum / 1997-09-23

Tracks: Frank Frost Blues; That's Alright Mama; Look over Yonder Wall; So Lonesome; Baby Please Don't Go; Fishin' Musician; Fat Back; Sitting on Top of the World; Have Mercy Baby; I'm a Big Boy Now
Artists: The Jelly Roll Kings

Jelly Roll Kings: Big Jack Johnson (vocals, guitar); Frank Frost (vocals, harmonica, keyboards); Sam Carr (drums).

Additional personnel: Terry Jackson

Personnel: Big Jack Johnson (vocals...continue...

Howlin' Wolf: His Best

1 CD / Chess (USA) / 1997-04-08

Tracks: Moanin' at Midnight; How Many More Years; Evil; Forty-Four; Smokestack Lightning; I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline); Who's Been Talking?; Sitting on Top of the World; Howlin' for My Darlin'; W...
Artists: Howlin' Wolf

Personnel includes: Howlin' Wolf (vocals, harmonica); Willie Johnson, Hubert Sumlin, Jimmy Rogers (guitar); Adolph "Billy" Duncan (tenor saxophone); Ike Turner, Otis Spann, Lafayette Leake (piano); Wi...continue...

Ray Charles: Great

CD / Goldies / 1996-06-18

Tracks: Kissa Me Baby; Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand; How Long Blues; Sentimental Blues, A; Sitting on Top of the World; I've Had My Fun (Going Down Slow); Don't Put All Your Dreams in One Basket; She's on the ...
Artists: Ray Charles

Personnel: Ray Charles (vocals, piano); G.D. McKee (guitar); Milton Garred (bass).

Recorded in Los Angeles, California between 1949 and 1950. Includes liner notes by William Hogeland.

Pe...continue...

Mississippi Sheiks: Stop and Listen

1 CD / Yazoo / 1995-01-01

Tracks: Stop and Listen Blues; Lonely One in This Town; World Is Going Wrong, The; She Ain't No Good; Sitting on Top of the World; Too Long; That's It; Bootlegger's Blues; Somebody's Got to Help You; Jailbir...
Artists: Mississippi Sheiks

Mississippi Sheiks: Lonnie Chatmon (fiddle), Walter Vinson (guitar, vocals).

Producers: Don Kent, Stefan Grossman, Richard Nevins.

Includes liner notes by Stephen Calt, Don Kent and Mich...continue...

Chris Smither: It Ain't Easy

1 CD / Genes Records / 1994-09-21

Tracks: Footloose; It Ain't Easy; John Hurt Medley; No Money Down; Green Rocky Road; Guilty; Maybellene; Rosalie; One Plus One; Ninety Nine Year Blues; Glory of Love, The; Sitting on Top of the World; Once i...
Artists: Chris Smither

Personnel: Chris Smither (vocals, guitar).

Liner Note Author: Chris Smither.

Recording information: Soundwave, Inc., Washington DC (1984).

After a long layoff, Smither returned to...continue...

Taj Mahal: Dancing the Blues

1 CD / Private Music / 1993-09-28

Tracks: Blue's Ain't Nothin'; Hard Way; Strut; Going to the River; Mockingbird; Blue Light Boogie; Hoochi Coochi Coo, The; That's How Strong My Love Is; Down Home Girl; Stranger in My Own Home Town; Sitting ...
Artists: Taj Mahal

Personnel includes: Taj Mahal (vocals, guitar, steel guitar, harmonica); Etaa James (vocals); Johnny Lee Schell (guitar, vocals); John Porter (guitar); Ian McLagan (piano); Mick Weaver (organ); Bill P...continue...

Howlin' Wolf: The Chess Box [Box]

3 CD / MCA/Chess / 1991-11-26

Tracks: Moanin' at Midnight; How Many More Years; Howlin' Wolf Boogie; Wolf Is at Your Door, The; Mr. Highway Man; Howlin' Wolf Talks, No.1; Bluebird; Saddle My Pony; Well That's All Right; My Last Affair; J...
Artists: Howlin' Wolf

This, the fifth in the series of Chess boxes, contains 71 tracks sequenced chronologically from 1951-1973. Digitally remastered from original master tapes and 78s, it includes two previously unknown s...continue...

Hubert Sumlin: Heart & Soul

1 CD / Blind Pig / 1989-09-08

Tracks: Your Foxy Self; Chunky; Sitting on Top of the World; I Want You; Bring Your Love to Me; Red Rooster, The; Juke; No Time for Me; Got the Blues; Old Friends
Artists: Hubert Sumlin

Personnel: Hubert Sumlin (vocals, guitar); Tony O. (guitar); James Cotton (harmonica); Little Mike (piano); Brad Vickers (bass); Pete DeCoste (drums).

Producers: Mike Markowitz, Jerry Del Giudi...continue...