MUSIC
These are some of the CDs we regularly stock. We highly recommend these CDs and these artists, and others available in our store or by mail. We also have a small selection of new vinyl records. Call or email for other recommendations. This list will expand in the future. If you wish to purchase music from us, call us at (662)624-5992, or send us an email. Prices do not include shipping (or sales tax for Mississippi residents). Shipping is typically $2 for 1 to 2 CDs and $3 for 3 to 4. Call or email for final cost.
- Big
George Brock,
Live At Seventy Five, 2007 Cat Head Presents, $15. As heard
on XM Radio and www.cdbaby.com.
Nominated for Blues Music Award: "Traditional Blues Album
of the Year."
- Big
George Brock,
Club Caravan, 2005 Cat Head Presents, $15. As heard on XM Radio
and www.cdbaby.com.
Nominated for Blues Music Award: "Comeback Album of the
Year."
- Big
George Brock, Round
Two, 2006 on Cat Head Presents w/special guest Hubert
Sumlin. As heard on XM Radio and www.cdbaby.com.
Brought Brock 3 Blues Music Award nominations. $15.
- Lightnin'
Malcolm, Juke Joint Dance Party, $18. (As heard on
XM Radio.)
- Lightnin' Malcolm & Cedric Burnside, Juke Joint Duo. Released summer 2007. $18.
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Robert Belfour, Pushin My Luck, 2003 Fat Possum Records, $16.
- Cadillac John, Crazy About You, $16.
- T-Model Ford, Bad Man, 2002 Fat Possum Records, $16.
- Willie Foster, My Inspiration -- excellent! -- $15. (Note: Live at Airport... is out of print. Try eBay.com)
- Alvin Youngblood Hart, Down in the Alley, 2002 Memphis International Records, $18.
- Wesley Jefferson Band, The Delta Blues Live from the Do Drop Inn, 1996 Repap, $16.
- Jelly Roll Kings, Off Yonder Wall, 1997 Fat Possum Records, $16.
- Willie
King, I Am the Blues, 2000 Rural Members Association,
$17.
- Willie
King,
Jukin' At Bettie's, 2004, $17.
- Willie
King, One Love, 2006, $17.
- Super Chikan,
Sum
Mo Chikan, 2007... Excellent... as heard on XM Radio, $18.
- Super Chikan, Chikan Supe, 2005 KDSR/GZBC Records, $17.
- Super
Chikan, What You See, 2000 Fat Possum Records,
$16.
- Super Chikan,
Blues Come Home To Roost OR Shoot That Thang, Rooster
Blues, $16 each.
- Jimmy
"Duck" Holmes,
Back To Bentonia, 2006 Broke & Hungry Records, $15.
- Jimmy
"Duck" Holmes,
Done Got Tired Of Tryin', 2007 Broke & Hungry Records,
$15.
- Big
T & Wesley Jefferson, Meet Me In The Cotton Field,
2007 Broke & Hungry Records, $15.
- Odell
Harris, Searching For Odell Harris, 2006 Broke
& Hungry Records, $15.
- Bill Abel,
One Man Band, 2007, $15.
- Big Jack
Johnson, Roots Stew, MC Records, $18.
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Compilations and Soundtracks:
- The Rough Guide to Delta Blues, Sounds from the Cottonfields of the Deep South, 2002 World Music Network, $16.
- Hammer in the Delta, A Collection of Music from the Mississippi Delta, 2003 Clarksdale Habitat for Humanity, $15. Includes several Clarksdale area acts.
- Last of the Mississippi Jukes Soundtrack, 2003 Sanctuary, $18. Brought to you by the director of Deep Blues.
Also recommended:
- Charley Patton, Screamin' & Hollerin' the Blues, Revenant, $175. The most incredible box set in blues includes 7 CDs, wonderful "78 record" style packaging, detailed new liner notes, a reprint of John Fahey's 1970 biography, Paramount stickers, reprints of the Chicago Defender record ads and more! The ultimate gift for the Delta blues fan. NOTE: This is becoming harder to stock...
- Jessie Mae Hemphill, Shake It Baby, 2003 HMG/Highwater, $16. Great CD brings together the best of her two previous full length albums - plus a few previously unreleased cuts. Just wonderful. Who says hill country or delta blues is only a man's music!?
- Buddy Guy, Blues Singer, 2003 Silvertone, $18. Buddy goes all acoustic with Jimbo Mathus and special guests like Clapton and B.B. Great old Delta songs. Beautifully updated. (Sure Tower Records probably has it for cheaper, but it is much cooler to buy it from a wee independent in the Delta... Don't you agree?)
- R.L. Burnside, First Recordings, 2003 Fat Possum Records, $16. Thanks to the boys in Oxford, MS, the amazing George Mitchell field recordings of the late 1960s are back with a vengeance. R.L. recorded these 14 tracks over the course of a few evenings after returning from field work. Beautiful stuff. (We've also got the George Mitchell MS Fred McDowell, Joe Callicott and Furry Lewis stuff on FP. Also newly back in print with extra stuff!)
- Jr. Kimbrough & the Soul Blues Boys, All Night Long, 1995 Fat Possum Records, $16. Just an "old" favorite. Close your eyes and for a moment Juniors' juke joint rises from the ashes. As our British tourist friends might say, "brilliant!"
- Otha Turner. We usually stock 2 different Otha CDs ($16 ea.). Email for details.
- ALSO: We stock plenty of the must-have early Delta blues stuff by guys and gals like Son House, Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, Muddy Waters, Furry Lewis, Bukka White, Honeyboy Edwards, Johnny Shines, Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie, etc. Just ask!
- PLUS: We stock swell self-produced Mississippi blues CDs by some of the areas's younger acoustic players, including David Durham, Terry "Harmonica" Bean, Steve "Blues Traveling" Cheseborough, Mr. Tater, etc.. Most are around $15 each.