Want the big picture of blues music? Our The Blues category offers expertly curated compilations, rare reissues, and themed series on CD and vinyl – perfect for new listeners and lifelong fans alike.
From the roots to the city streets
Travel through time and style – from acoustic Delta to electric Chicago blues, from unsung heroes to timeless legends.
Essential listening for every collection
All releases include rich liner notes and restored sound – only at Bear Family Records, your home for historic blues preservation.
The Blues – Explore the Heart of a Genre
Want the big picture of blues music? Our The Blues category offers expertly curated compilations, rare reissues, and themed series on CD and vinyl –...
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Want the big picture of blues music? Our The Blues category offers expertly curated compilations, rare reissues, and themed series on CD and vinyl – perfect for new listeners and lifelong fans alike.
From the roots to the city streets
Travel through time and style – from acoustic Delta to electric Chicago blues, from unsung heroes to timeless legends.
Essential listening for every collection
All releases include rich liner notes and restored sound – only at Bear Family Records, your home for historic blues preservation.
(2015/Delmark) 18 tracks.
At the time these studio recordings were made you could hear the rough and rowdy blues at Turner's Blue Lounge at 39th and Indiana. Producer Bob Koester captured the raw slide guitar sound of Hutto in these...
(2014/Delmark) 15 tracks. His 1969/70 album plus 7 bonus tracks. 16 page booklet with a new 2014 note by producer Bob Koester and many never-before-seen photos enclosed. This studio album captures what a listener would hear any Monday...
(2015/Jazzhaus) 10 tracks. Bernard Allsion - gtr/voc, George Moye - bass, Mario Dawson - drums, Mark "Muggie" Leach - hammond b3/pno on track 4, Bruce B. McCabe - pno on track 1&5, Jose Ned James - sax on track 1,2,3&4.
(2014/Rock Beat) 17 tracks. Two great Muse records from 1982 and 1983 of Big Joe Turner plus Roomful of Blues and Eddie'Cleanhead' Vinson plus Roomful Of Blues on one CD. Great stuff.
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(2014/no label) 10 tracks . Inspired by Tyrone Davis, Johnny Taylor, Marvin Sease, and Willie Clayton he started as career with his first CD release in 2000. "Still Here" is his sixth CD.
(2014/JSP) 11 tracks. Funky Blues studio recording with excellent musicians , brilliant songs and deep grooving rhythm . Eddie 'Blue' Lester - voc/sax/perc Bob Moore - gtr/backing voc Derek White - bass Ian Salisbury - kbds/backing voc...
(2014/Ace) 4 tracks. Re-issue of the Blues Time LP BT 29003 from 1969. Joe Turner - voc, T-Bone Walker - voc/gtr, Otis Spann - gtr/voc, George 'Harmonica' Smith - hca, Ron Brown - bass, Arthur Wright -gtr, Ernie Watts - tenor sax, Paul...
(2008/CD Baby) 11 tracks. Norman Sylvester was born in Bonita Louisiana. He was influenced by his father, who sang in a Gospel Quartet. His Family moved to Portland Oregon in 1957. The Norman Sylvester was formed in 1987.The Band has...
(2008/CD Baby) 14 tracks. Northwest Original Blues by The Norman Sylvester Band. The songs on this project were written by Norman Sylvester when he was a Temster in the Trucking Industry.From 1968 to 1990, Norman was a Tractor and...
(2014/WB) 15 tracks. "Most Exciting Blues-based intrumentalist" - LA Times. Gary Clark Jr. - gtr/hca, King Zapata - gtrs, Johnny Bradley - bass, Johnny Radelat - drums.
(2014/Geffen) 24 tracks. he retrospective " A. K.A. McKinley Morganfield " the blues legend Muddy Waters from 1971 contains the best collection of his songs from 1948 to 1960, the work that influenced the British blues explosion of the...
(2014/Ace) 52 tracks w. 16 page booklet. RPM introduced B.B. King, Howling Wolf, Rosco Gordon and dozens more major R&B talents. Features many previously unissued performances, all remastered from fresh sources.
(2013/Valcour) 14 tracks. Valcour Records has teamed up again with Festivals Acadiens et Créoles and the Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for this third release in the Rubber Bootleg...
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(2014/Delmark) 13 tracks. 11 of the 13 tracks are originals sporlighing Linsey's stinging, slashing lead guitar and gritty, satisfying vocals. Linsey Alexander - gtr/voc, Breezy Rodio - gtr, Roosevelt Puryfoy - kbds, Greg McDaniels -...
(2014/DeChamp Records) 10 tracks. Eddie Cotton is an electric blues guitarist from Clinton, Mississippi. Eddie Cotton - gtrs/voc, Myron Bennett - bass, Samuel Scott Jr. - drums/perc, Grady Champion - hca on 2 tracks, Carlos Russell - hca...