Early King sides, classic Stax hits, killer live cuts…2 CDs of monster guitar from the big bluesman whose string-bending style influenced Stevie Ray and others profoundly. "Match Box Blues" (live at... more

Everyone from Clapton and Hendrix to Keith Richards and Stevie Ray lifted licks from this Chicago blues-guitar king. Here's his first single-CD "best-of": "Stone Crazy," "Ten Years Ago," "First Time... more

Etta broke through in the '50s and '60s singing powerful blues, R&B and soul. These 31 tracks collect the wide-ranging songs she's attacked in the past 20 years; she packs as strong a wallop as ever... more

No other CD gets as deep into Muddy: 24 essentials from 1948–76! His first single "I Can't Be Satisfied / I Feel Like Going Home" joins his hits "I'm Ready," "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man," "Manish... more

Ray Charles was one of the most iconic and influential artists in the annals of pop as a singer, songwriter and pianist, and while he is considered one of the godfathers and great innovators of soul... more