No one could pound out that incessant bass with the left and still lead the way with a thunderous right like Slim. This 1959 LP features one stunning solo after another by one of the most exciting... more

The music on this recording is at once far-reaching and intimate. It has a quality enjoyed well beyond contemporary fans of this style of music, and yet this recording gives the listener the sense of... more

In the spoken introduction that opens this recording, Memphis Slim says, "I'm doing something now that I've always wanted to do. This is my interpretation of some of my favorite blues singers-some of... more

Singing and begging are about the only two ways a blind man can make a living in farm country. Several years after Blind Willie Johnson's death in 1949, Samuel B. Charters tries to get to know the... more

Recorded in '59 (before the height of the folk/blues revival), Hopkins' first acoustic session has since been recognized as an out-and-out blues classic. He's as witty and charming as he is... more

The fleet fingers of this mighty piano man still stun. Here's a 32-page booklet plus 21 solo and group tracks (three unissued): "Joogie Boogie," "San Juan Blues," "Midnight Special," "Just a Dream,"... more

Reissue of the 1961 Folkways album, boasting new, 24-bit mastering! Includes Roosevelt's duet with Memphis Slim on Memphis Slim Rock; All My Money's Gone; Sweet Old Chicago, and more.