Formed by brothers Saul Bihari and Jules Bihari in 1945, Modern Records was one of the truly great record labels of the rise of rhythm & blues, and while this is the fourth disc in Ace's Yet More Mellow Cats 'N' Kittens series of collection...
Personnel: Sticks McGhee (vocals, guitar); Doc Bagby, Brownie McGhee (vocals, guitar); Sonny Terry (vocals, harmonica); Bob Gaddy (vocals, piano); Bob Harris (vocals); Bill Caples, Mickey Baker (guitar); Al King , Charles Rawlins, Hal Singe...
The vaults of Modern Records seem to be deeper than anyone had suspected, filling a third volume of R&B/jump blues rarities with this 24-track compilation (with further installments apparently on the way). It's geared toward collectors rath...
If you asked even knowledgeable blues fans what blues music came from Detroit in the late '40s and early '50s, most of them probably couldn't name anything besides the early recordings of John Lee Hooker. In fact, however, some other artist...
Even Santa Gets the Blues slow-smokes a set of ten R&B tracks featuring old faithfuls from B.B. King and Charles Brown coupled to newer entries by Johnny Winter and Isaac Hayes. ~ Roch ParisienAlternating between previously-released cuts...
The Homemade Jamz Blues Band: Ryan Perry (vocals, guitar); Renaud Perry (harmonica); Kyle Perry (electric bass); Taya Perry (drum).Audio Mixer: Miles Wilkinson.Whenever a new music group comprised of teens (or even pre-teens) appears ...
British Blues All Stars/Various Artists: Peter Green (guitar); Gary Fletcher (bass guitar); Colin Allen, Kim Simmonds, Long John Baldry, Tom McGuinness, Steve Beighton, Bob Hall.Personnel: Tom McGuinness (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Kim S...
2 LPs on 1 CD: REVELATIONS & THE BLUES (1961)/SINGS, TWISTS, SHOUTS & PREACHES (1962).Originally released on Columbia.Personnel: John Pisano, Bill Pitman (guitar); Bernard Fleischer (flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxopho...
Personnel: Larry Johnson (vocals, acoustic guitar); John Hammond (slide & steel guitars, harmonica).Recorded in 1971.Personnel: Larry Johnson (vocals, guitar); Larry Johnson ; John F. Hammond, John Hammond, Jr. (vocals, National guita...
2 LPs on 1 CD: BULLEN STREET BLUES (1968)/TRACKSIDE BLUES (1969).Brunning/Hall Sunflower Blues Band: The Raven (vocals, guitar, saxophone, kalimba); Peter Green, Gypie Mayo (guitar, bass); Mick Green, Gary Peters (guitar); Ed Deane (slid...