Music

Just a few of the CD’s in the Gallery, many more available, just email me if you are interested in anything on this list or let me know what you are looking for and I will get  right back to you. We charge $3 to post one CD & $5 for 2 or more.

BIG MAMA THORTON, Sassy Mama recorded 1977 at The Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club Montreal Canada. $25

ASIE PAYTON, Worried 1999, Fat Possum Records recorded once at Junior Kimbrough’s Club and once at Jimmy’s Auto Care. $32

JELLY ROLL ALLSTARS, Must Be Jelly recorded live at Jimbo Mathus WROX in Clarksdale, MS 2004. Arthur Williams, Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith, Calvin ‘Fuzz’ Jones, Sam Carr, Jesse Haggard & Bob Lohr these masters are the genuine article. $31

WATERMELON SLIM and the WORKERS, No Paid Holidays, 2008 a true gentleman and great slide player. $30

MAVIS STAPLES, We’ll Never Turn Back 2007 produced by Ry Cooder, don’t turn your back on this one it will push you to a higher place. $32

BUDDY GUY, Sweet Tea 2001 they say Sweet Tea surpasses many Buddy Guy album’s we’ve ever heard extracting and recombining the pure essence of two Artists who are one and the same – the country boy and the city man. $30

JIMMY ‘DUCK’ HOLMES, Done Got Tired of Tryin’ 2008 if you want something real, sometimes you have to wait for it – here it is recorded in Jimmy’s juke loint the Blue Front Café, Bentonia MS. $31

MAMA ESTELLA YANCEY, Maybe I’ll Cry 1996, recorded in 1983 at the age of 87 with her friend Erwin Helfer on piano – “ she was a dear friend “ says Helfer, MAYBE I’LL CRY makes that clear. $22.50

OMAR KENT DYKES & JIMMY VAUGHAN, On the Jimmy Reed Highway 2007 hop in for a ride and turn up the volume. $31

BETTY DAVIS, Betty Davis  2007 originally released in 1973 – “warning she is pure uncut funk way ahead of her time. I advise you to read the label and use only as  prescribed “ Prince Paul. $30 also available
BETTY DAVIS, They Say I’m Different 2007 originally released in 1974. $30

WILLIE KING, I Am the Blues 2000 $25, Living in the New World 2002 $25, Freedom Creek 2000 $30.50, - Willies songs are remarkable. Never harsh nor doctrinaire, they state the realities of life in the ordinary language of the Blues.

JOHN MOONEY, All I Want 2002 a rewarding set with Mooney relying more apon his own resources, with six out of 11 songs performed solo on National steel and other guitars, his slide playing has a pearlescent tone. $31

NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS, Hernando 2008, Luther Dickinson, Cody Dickinson & Chris Chew produced by Jim Dickinson – these guys are the raw real deal. $30.50

DAMIAN COEN and the FATHERS of NECESSITY, We Gotta Move 2007, from the South Coast of NSW Australia – an intoxicating brew of Blues delivered with an old time charm. $25

CHAIN, The First 30 Years 1977, Chain were the first band to present the Blues experience in a purely Australian way. For 40 years now Chain have represented the honesty and integrity of expressing the Blues feeling in a form that relates to their unique lifestyle. $30. Also available CHAIN, Blue Metal 1989 $30, CHAIN, Sweet Honey 2004-05 $30, MATT TAYLOR BAND, Always Land on Your Feet $30.

Also in stock I have some great contemporary Aboriginal music, many on the Skinny Fish Label from the angelic voice Gurrumul,  the traditional voice of Roy Ashley & his friends backed up by Ross Hannaford on guitar, the great Warumpi Band to the new sounds of the Leah Flanagan Band, Shellie Morris and Nabarlek and a few more besides.

GEOFFREY GURRUMUL YUNUPINGU, Gurrumul 2008, ‘This is by any measure, an extraordinary album. Yunupingu has a voice which is so beautiful and so emotion – laden that it invests every song with a passion and pathos which are quite overwhelming’ – Bruce Elder from Sydney Morning Herald. $33

MUYNGARNBI (ROY ASHLEY), Songs from Walking with the Spirits  produced by Djilpin Arts this CD was recorded to celebrate the potency of this vocal tradition from the old songmen of Arnhemland teamed up with some of the finest contemporary musicians around, Tom E Lewis guitar, Ross Hannaford (Daddy Cool fame) guitar, Michael Hohnen double bass & Tony Floyd on drums. This is truly a remarkable CD also included DVD – The Making of Muyngarnbi Songs from Walking with Spirits a film made by young indigenous people of the Top End. $33

YUGUL, Blues Across the River 2004 community Blues at its best from Ngukurr up in the Gulf Country with guest Chris Wilson on harp. “ My respect goes to Danny (Dan Boy) Thompson for his 35 years of dedication to music collaborations with black and white musicians in Arnhemland’s blues/rock core. I hope this album perpetuates the music making, energy & culture that is alive and well in Arnhemland” Michael Hohnen Skinnyfish Music. $33.50

NABARLEK, Manmoyi Radio 2007, Mamoyi Radio is the 3rd studio album from Narbalek it covers the gamut of styles explored by Nabarlek from rocking numbers such as Brown Bird and Green Plum, the almost soulful Mawah and the ode to country Land of my Dreams from the garage band that never had a garage. $33

GEORGE RRURRAMBU, Nerbu Message 2004, the music world mourned the death of George Rrurrambu a legend in Indigenous Australian Music. His recording career began in 1983 since then he has recorded with the Warumpi Band on such well know albums as Big Name No Blankets1985 & Too Much Humbug 1996. After 20 years in the Warumpi Band he thought it was time for a solo album, produced by Nicky Bomba we hear a much more mellow George Rrurrambu returning to his roots. $33.50 also available WARUMPI BAND, Big Name No Blankets 1985 $35, Too Much Humbug 1996 $33.

LEAH FLANAGAN BAND,  2008 Leah Flanagan is a Darwin based singer-songwriter and guitarist who plays an original mix of country, blues and folk music with heavy influence from the female jazz vocal tradition. $33.50

SHELLIE MORRIS, Waiting Road 2006 ‘I have been so proud of making this album as it has taken a long time and a lot of hard work to get this far. The songs are from my heart and are stories gathered from my life journey and about people and characters I have met’ – Shellie Morris. $33.50

TOM. E. LEWIS, Sunshine after Rain 2005, ‘This album is a performance piece where Tom invites you to come on a trip that will traverse his country, his travels and his heart’ – Gillian Harrison. $33.50