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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.
Transformed from piano rolls. CLARENCE 'JELLY' JOHNSON - piano. Here are some of the rarest hot piano solos ever made! These performances were originally recorded in Chicago during the mid to late 1920s by the Capitol Music Roll Company...
Dr. Alphonso Sanders is the director of the B.B. King Recording Studio at Mississippi Valley State University. He is a songwriter, performer and educator. Bill 'Howl'n Madd' Perry has worked for Chess Records in Chicago. We wrote songs...
Child's songs, zydeco-style. Great! - Green package. STANLEY 'BUCKWHEAT' DURAL JR. - acc/B3/kbds/voc, SIR REGINALD MASTER DURAL - rbb, PAUL SINEGAL - gtr, MIKE MELCHIONE - gtr, LEE ALLEN ZENO - bass, CHARLES LaMARK - drums. Special vocal...
Since moving to Chicago in 1998, vocalist Gran Chicago's lively blues scene. In 2009, she won the city's blues challenge. With her wide vocals range, from a whisper to a scream, he is winning fans in the US, and Europe. She may not be...
Skilled drummer who was a member of the 'New Legends of Chicago Blues' European tour concept in 1977. Rock-solid Chicago style blues. LARRY TAYLOR - voc/drums feat. JOHNNY B. MOORE - gtr, MICHAEL RILEY - bass, WEST SIDE WES - drums....
With their wild blend of New Orleans r&b, blues, and black rock'n'roll performed with punk energy, this band from Boston produced a lot of rumor during the mid-eighties. Ace Records of London now have re-issued this legendary first album...
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3-CD Digipak (8-plated) with 160-page booklet, 77 tracks. Total playing time approx. 218 mns. Please, note: German liner notes! Bitte, beachten: deutschsprachige Begleitbücher! Part one of the most comprehensive history EVER of...
Two great westcoast artists who did not record enough material to justify a CD release under their own names. Al King had recorded some great sides for Bob Geddins, before signing with Modern in 1967. First class westcoast blues with a...
Recorded at famous Sun studios im Memphis. Tradtional style harmonica blues. DR. 'FEELGOOD' POTTS - hca/voc, JAMES COLEMAN -bass/gtrs, ROBERT POTTS JR. - drums, etc.
Their third release. CD mixing traditional zydeco, contemporary and modern r&b and a hint of hip hop sounds. According to 'The Candyman', fans from Texas and Louisiana are packing concerts by the thousands to enjoy this new dance craze.
Cotton is back on Alligator. It was for Bruce Iglauer's label that he recorded some of his finest, modern, funky sides during the mid-eighties. Cotton, one of the world's greatest harmonica players, ever is still in great shape, although...
Recorded live during the 2010er Blues Cruise through the Caribbeans. Great live set featuring many of today's finest blues players. - Digipak. JOE LOUIS WALKER - gtr/voc, LINWOOD TAYLOR - gtr, KEVIN BURTON - kbds, HENRY ODEN - bass, JEFF...
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In 1977 he toured Europe a part of Lippmann+Rau's in-demand 'The New Generation of Chicago Blues' package. While his co-stars Billy Branch and Lurrie could maintain their high profile, James couldn't. He was popular on the Westside...
Four of Canada's greatest blues and boogie piano players performing together. Swinging. KENNY 'BLUES BOSS' WAYNE - pno/voc, JULIAN FAUTH - pno/voc, CURLEY BRIDGES - pno/voc, BOBBY DEAN BLACKBURN - pno/voc, with CHRIS WHITELEY -...
Produced by Jeff Tweedy from Chicago's Wilco (he also wrote three songs). Versions of songs by Pops Staples, Randy Newman, John Fogerty and Little Milton. And her band still has the great line-up! Excellent. - Digipak. MAVIS STAPLES -...
Two original LPs on one CD. 'They Call Me Muddy Waters' is a collection of songs from 1951 to 1967, originally released in this form in 1971. From the same years dates 'Live At Mister Kelly's', a fine live album recorded during two shows...
As Dr. Feelgood & The Interns he recorded successfully for RCA, around 1960. In his later years, he had a regular spot at the Excelsior Mill in Atlanta, his hometown. This live set shows was a great entertainer he was. PIANO RED -...
Re-issue. He made his first recordings for the 'Fat Possum' label in 1995 at age 26. Six years later he's back with a new record, a modern production. Thompson can play. He's one of the great blues guitar talents, now successfully...