Pay the Piper
Daddy Mack Blues Band
**NEWEST Release!!**
Bluesfinger
Daddy Mack Blues Band
Daddy Mack Blues Band's fourth CD and his best yet. Filled with fiery guitar solos, great vocals and mostly original
songs. Billy Gibson is featured on harmonica on two songs: "Bluesfinger" and "Great Recession Blues."
Bluestones
Daddy Mack Blues Band
No frills Memphis blues led by guitarist/singer Daddy Mack Orr including band members Harold and James Bonner (bass, guitar)
and William Faulkner on drums.
Slow Ride
Daddy
Mack Blues Band with special guest Billy Gibson
Daddy Mack Blues Band takes '60s & '70s arena-rock staples on a Slow Ride back to the blues.
Fix It When I Can
Daddy Mack Blues Band
Led by Mack Orr on lead guitar and vocals, this four-piece is down-home and funky and the best band around for
cuttin' loose on a Saturday night.
Plain Man Blues DVD
Daddy Mack Orr's Inspiring Story of Struggle and Triumph
The Billy Gibson Band
The Billy Gibson Band
The Billy Gibson Band plays stone cold Beale Street blues.
Southern Livin'
The
Billy Gibson Band
Funky blues led by harmonica virtuoso Billy Gibson--Memphis blues at its best.
Match Box Blues
David
Evans
Having learned directly from many of the old-time blues musicians who were still performing during the 1960s, Evans'
style is honest and embraces the great folk tradition to which he has devoted his life.
Needy Time
David
Evans
Acoustic blues performed just like the masters from the '20s and '30s.
Dust the Dust
Ghost Town Blues Band
High energy blues with a respect for tradition. Not your same ole, same ole.
Dark Horse
Ghost Town Blues Band
**NEWEST Release!!** Dark Horse is Ghost Town Blues Band's second CD and has enough blues to satisfy purists, but is original enough to draw rock fans.
Gary Davis Style-The Legacy of
Reverend Gary Davis
Various Artists
Reverend Davis was one of the greatest guitarists of the 20th century and has influenced at least two generations of
folk and blues guitarists.
Slow-Cooked Pig Meat
The Memphis Sheiks
Living Blues Magazine exalted this recording as "one of the best original acoustic revival blues CDs."
Diamond in the Bluff
The Memphis Sheiks
Spunky blues; another batch of clever, original tunes enhanced by Robert Nighthawk's piano and harmonica
wizardry.
Raw Electric 1979-1980
R.L. Burnside & The Sound Machine
"Raw Electric" depicts Burnside and his family band The Sound Machine approaching their music with a raw energy more
akin to live performance.
Get Right Blues
Jessie
Mae Hemphill
Jessie Mae Hemphill at her best.
Goin' Down South Blues
Sampler
Various Artists
Produced in conjunction with the nationally touring Visualizing the Blues exhibition, Goin' Down South represents
Southern blues from the traditional delta slide-guitar blues to more contemporary electric blues like The Daddy Mack
Blues Band.
Goin' Down South Blues Sampler
Vol. 2
Various Artists
From the stark sounds of the Mississippi Delta to the electric blues of contemporary Beale Street,this CD represents
the best of contemporary Memphis blues.
keep on workin'
junkyardmen
Produce by Jim Gaines, this rockin' blues recording has an energy and chemistry that keep junkyardmen on step ahead
of the blues heap.
Scrapheap Full Of Blues
junkyardmen
Some of the best rockin' blues of the 90s.
Weekend in Memphis
McCarty-Hite Project
Creative elements of blues, jazz and rock exploded into the studio as musicians Jim McCarty, Richard Hite, Brad
Webb, Blind Mississippi Morris, and more put their talents together.
Memphis Rain
Sandy Carroll
Produced by blues guitarist James Solberg with a little help from producer Jim Gaines, Memphis Rain promises to
bring the current blues world a little closer to Memphis.
Shake That Thing!
Last Chance Jug Band
World renowned ethnomusicologist David Evans and his authentic crew of roots musicians have entertained audiences
for years as the Last Chance Jug Band. Equipped with washboard, jug, kazoo, harmonica, one-string bass, guitar,
piano and percussion.
Toastin' the Blues
Robert Nighthawk & The Wampus Cats
This debut from one of Memphis' hottest electric blues bands features Robert Nighthawk II in top form as a gifted
multi-instrumentalist (vocals, keyboards, and harmonica). With seductive grooves and harp-driven blues.
Lucky
Charlie
Wood
If you take the B-3 organ sound of Booker T. & The MG's and combine that with the lyrical wit of Mose Allison, you
get the soulful, bluesy Charlie Wood.
W.C. Handy's Beale Street -
Where the Blues Began
Carl Wolfe & Orchestra
Known as the "Father of the Blues," W. C. Handy was America's most successful African-American composer during the
early twentieth century. His "Memphis Blues" and "St. Louis Blues" were among the most popular songs of the
day.
W. C. Handy's Memphis Blues
Band
W.C. Handy
Everybody knows W. C. Handy as "The Father of the Blues," but the original
recordings by his Memphis Blues Band have never been previously reissued!
Swinging Down The Lane
Isham Jones & His Orchestra
Besides having a successful recording career, Jones also
had a talent for writing. His catalog included such songs as: Spain, It Had to be
You and The China Dall. This collection contains recordings of Isham Jones and
His Orchestra between 1923 - 1930.
Memphis Country Blues
Various Artists
17 selections by the bluesmen who defined a unique sound. The songs on this
CD are the "creme de la creme" of the musical talent that made Memphis the
home of the blues.
State of Tennessee Blues
The Memphis Jug Band
Eighteen songs are featured on this CD by Memphis' premier jug band (1927-1929).
Memphis Town
Various Artists
Everyone who loves the blues knows Beale Street and the legacy of Memphis.
This is a sample of the many musical styles that evolved in the area, with songs
named after or inspired by the town.
Rock & Roll Sermon
Various Artists
If you're not familiar with sanctified music with blues and
dazzling guitars, pumping piano, and true-testifying, then Rock & Roll Sermon
is something to experience.
Tin Pan Alley Blues
Various Artists
After W. C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues," New York City's Tin Pan Alley jumped on
the blues bandwagon. This disc collects 18 sides from 1915 - 1925 by
vaudeville stars and early blues and jazz performers. The selections on this CD
are a cross section of performances by both black and white recording artists.
They are as fresh today as they were when you could buy them at your local
record shop for about 75 cents.