From Vitacoustic, Sansation, King sides.

The period covered by this CD was the beginning of the end as far as Amos Milburn's chart career was concerned. The 1952/53 recording dates were the last commercially successful series of sessions... more

One of the least regarded, but arguably one of the most talented of the many female pianist/vocalists who inhabited the West Coast during the 1940s, Mabel Scott was beautiful, elegant and classically... more

Often referred to as a progenitor of the jump blues style of blues shouting, Jimmy Rushing was certainly one of the first singers to have to contend with the level of noise generated by a big,... more

This 21 track CD offers the complete recordings of Little Miss Cornshucks, except for her 1960 Chess LP. Accompanied by Marl Young's eleven-piece band, "So Long" and "Have You Ever Loved Somebody?"... more

Lloyd himself admitted that he was a sham as a blueman. His parents had treated him well and he had been brought up in a loving home, wanting for nothing. He would joke that he never tried to sing... more

From Decca, Regis, Manor and Savoy sides.

A talented singer and guitarist who recorded for a handful of legendary mid-West record labels in the 1950s, John Brim - accompanied by his musician wife Grace - made some of the most indispensable... more

Johnny Otis told us [songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller] to come down to his garage in the back of his house, where he used to rehearse. He wanted us to listen to his people and see if we... more

For the first year or two of it's existence, the Cincinnati-based King Records issued only country music. It was label owner Syd Nathan's friendship with the black swing band leader Lucky Millinder... more

A deeply personal songwriter, all of Floyd Jones' songs recorded traumatic events in his own life; whether it was his despair at the recession in "Ain't Times Hard", anger over unemployment in... more

This 22 track compilation features blues legend Jimmy McCracklin performing the songs "Miss Mattie Left Me," "Mean Mistreated Lover," "Highway 101," "Baby Don't You Want To Go," "Achin' Heart,"... more

I played for Lil Green for two years as her guitar player. I wrote some songs for her, like "My Mellow Man," "Country Boy," "Give Your Mama One Smile" and some more that I fixed up for her. I wasn't... more

This CD reissues the complete recordings (except for those yet unissued) that Crawford waxed for Checker Records in 1953/54 as Sugar Boy & his Cane Cutters.