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It was 1980. Buddy Guy was still out there in the career doldrums. Not starving - certainly not starving, but not accorded his due either by the mainstream music business or those people in the... more

Buddy sounds like he's playing for his life on this 1979 recording from Chicago's South Side institution. He's at his sweaty, soulful, electrifying live best, backed by a hot band as he bends those... more

Ucky Peterson sings, composes songs, plays the Hammond organ, is a phenomenal live act but most of all he's one of the greatest blues guitarists of all time with a fantastic technique and soulful... more

"The Harmonica Boss" of country blues amazed crowds from Memphis to Europe with his one-of-a-kind one-man-band setup, playing guitar, kick drum and hi-hat along with his soul-stirring harp and... more

The "new generation" bluesman came to play at his first-ever gig in England on April 7, 1998 at the 100 Club, London's home of the blues for several decades. Thankfully, the performance was captured... more

Of the fascinating and important series of DVDs we have so far released from the Blues Archive productions this one best captures the essence of both person and musician. Jimmy Dawkins was an... more

Beale Street was the street. Black man's street. More slickers come off Beale Street than come out of New York. So many slick people came from down that way, learnt how to gamble, learnt how to con,... more

Cousin Joe's early life was violent and eventful, a bootlegging father who beat him and a mother who left home. Along the way he learned to play monte, cotch and coon can from his cousin. He bought a... more

Recorded on then-state-of-the-art mobile recording equipment, these 73 Leadbelly performances remain precious documents for lovers of both blues and folk. Armed with his big 12-string guitar, he... more

There are guitar players. There are great guitar players. And then there is Buddy Guy. He simply transcends genre and musical barriers. Is he not just the best guitar player on the planet'... more

Lucky scored an R&B hit at age six, toured with Little Milton and Bobby Bland starting in his teens and got deep into session work and solo recording after that. This stellar new album should place... more

When this album was originally cut in 1992 Phillip Walker was already a veteran. His career spanned the early days with Clifton Chenier in Texas and Louisiana, a long stint in California and some... more

2012 posthumous release from the late Blues great. Hubert Sumlin was a brilliant guitarist and a vast influence on Eric Clapton and Peter Green amongst others. This killer album started with a five... more

2014 reissue of the famed 1985 Chicago studio album remixed from the original session tapes. Always one of the most interesting & creative Chicago bluesmen, Dawkins rose as part of the then newest... more

Migrants from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mississippi brought new blood to the Bay Area in the WWII era, and a new R&B sound began to take shape. Some of these artists shot to fame, some did not,... more

When Big Maceo Merriweather played, he did so with authority, particularly in the muscular way he rolled his bass figures. When he sang, it was in a world-weary and weathered tone that he... more

Dependent on residencies for income, early blues pianists had to be adaptable to whatever instrument—in whatever condition—they happened upon in their travels. Ergo St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans... more

Before he emerged as a West Coast blues pioneer and hit-maker, Fulson played some of the finest country blues you'll ever hear. He then evolved into the R&B-fueled artist we think of today; you'll... more