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Classic Blues – The Roots of It All
Want to feel the raw beginnings of American music? Our Classic Blues section takes you back to the Delta, the juke joints and the smoky clubs of Chicago – where legends were born.
Voices of pain, pride and power
Discover Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Son House, Lead Belly, Bessie Smith and more – with original sessions, historic recordings, and expertly curated reissues.
Music history for your collection
Get timeless blues on CD or vinyl – only at Bear Family Records, where classic roots come alive in sound and story.
Classic Blues – The Roots of It All
Want to feel the raw beginnings of American music? Our Classic Blues section takes you back to the Delta, the juke joints and the smoky clubs of Chicago –...
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Want to feel the raw beginnings of American music? Our Classic Blues section takes you back to the Delta, the juke joints and the smoky clubs of Chicago – where legends were born.
Voices of pain, pride and power
Discover Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Son House, Lead Belly, Bessie Smith and more – with original sessions, historic recordings, and expertly curated reissues.
Music history for your collection
Get timeless blues on CD or vinyl – only at Bear Family Records, where classic roots come alive in sound and story.
Either you like his music, or you don't ...! Contemporary computer sounds, keyboard bass, samples, and a digital string section. I like it because Bobby Rush did it. I like his songs, and his arrangements.
L.C. Ulmer was born in Mississippi. In 1964 he moved to Joliet, Illinois, where he lived fort he next 37 yaers, driving a truck. After returning to the North Mississippi Hills, he plays the blues as he learned them when he was a kid....
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The daughter of guitarist Eddie Taylor, who helped craft the Jimmy Reed sound in the 1950s. She has a great voice, she can whisper, she can roar. Sometimes I can hear Koko Taylor's influence. The Music is pretty average, though. 'The...
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Fine second album from the Chicago-born blues guitarist and soul vocalist. Fourteen new songs written by McCormick crossing the borders of blues, and soul. He's both, an accomplished guitarist, and a soulful, gospel-trained vocalist....
First time on CD. He was 79 years old at the time these sessions were held. When Rachell died in 1997, he could look back onto a career then spanned six decades. Surprisingly fresh and lively recordings, full of swinging blues and...
James Cotton, one of the most energetic harmonica players in blues history. This great live set was recorded during his high-energy period. Backed by a superb funky blues band, this is a classic. JAMES COTTON - hca/voc, MATT 'GUITAR'...
First time on CD. For twelve years, from 1956-68, he was a member of Howlin' Wolf's combo, before moving back to Louisiana. This was his first US release. Straight Chicago style blues, recorded with some fine players. HENRY GRAY -...
When this album was first released during the late 1960s, lovers of traditional style electric blues from Chicago ... they hated it! Psychedelic caterwauling, uninspired rock drumming, and a vocalist who didn't seem to like what he was...
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Please, note: German liner notes! Bitte, beachten: deutschsprachige Begleitbücher! --- 3-CD Digipak (8-seitig) mit 172-seitigem Booklet, 79 Einzeltitel. Spieldauer ca. 221 Minuten. - Teil zwei der bislang umfassendsten Geschichte des...
Cajun and zydeco from one of Louisiana's most experienced bands today. DON FONTENOT - acc/voc, KARL DESHOTELS - gtr/voc, ROBBIE MILLER - gtr, DARRYL FONTENOT - kbd/org/voc, LAYTON THIBODEAUX - bass/voc, TRAVIS HEBERT - drums.
She's not very well known outside her community of Detroit. Her blues are funky and grooving, with horns. She's a solid singer who yet has to develop her vocal style. Good average. 'SWEET CLAUDETTE' HARRELL - voc, DAN DEKUPER - gtr,...
He's standing in the tradition of electric guitar masters and is leading his own big band. Timeless urban blues. Disc no.2 contains the filming of the show with almost the same song list. TRAVIS HADDIX - voc/gtr, BRIAN HAGER - gtr, GIL...
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In his self-written liner notes he sees himself 'toe to toe with ... Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton'. According to him, the title track will 'become a standard like B.B. King's 'The Thrill Is Gone''. For me, Tr and instrumentalist.
('2010 'Jazzhaus') (100:49/14) 'Recorded live at the Jazzhaus, Freiburg, Germany'. BERNARD ALLISON - gtr/voc, MIKE GOLDSMITH - gtr, TOBY LEE MARSHALL - kbds, JESSE JAMES - sax/perc, GEORGE MOYE - bass, ERIC BALLARD - drums.
(2000 'MCA Records') (59:02/15) B.B. KING - gtr/voc, LEON WARREN - gtr, JAMES TONEY - kbds, MICHAEL DOSTER - bass, CALEP EMPHREY JR. - drums, plus horns.