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AIM1304 CD - Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Okie Dokie

Album cover art for the aim release Okie Dokie by Clarence Gatemouth Brown.

Gatemouth Brown is an innovator whose catchy style will please listeners for years to come. The recordings on this release were made in Houston Texas in 196.

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Artist website: wikipedia - Clarence Gatemouth Brown

AIM 1305 CD - Ivory Joe Hunter - Jumping At The Dew Drops

Album cover art for the aim release Jumping At The Dew Drops by Ivory Joe Hunter

Ivory Joe Hunter has been labelled a blues singer, a jazz pianist, a rock and roll artist and even a country stylist. None of these descriptions do justice to the breadth of his talent. He was all of them and more. Born in Texas in pitiful surroundings, one would have thought that he'd become a bluesman. It was out on the West Coast that Ivory Joe gained national attention. He recorded for King Records and 4 Star before signing a contract with MGM. On MGM he had his first national hit with "I Need You So" and the million seller, "I Lost My Mind". In 1954 he signed with the fledgling Atlantic label and scored two gold records with "Since I Left You Baby" and "Empty Arms".

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Artist website: wikipedia - Ivory Joe Hunter

AIM 1306 CD - Manse Lipcomb - Trouble In Mind

Album cover art for the aim release Trouble In Mind by Manse Lipcomb

These recordings date from an impromptu jam session held at Mance’s home back in 1964. A young fan named Joe Kosmo befriended Mance and let the tape roll. He’s playing a twelve-string Stella guitar, which was unusual as Mance normally played a standard six-string.

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AIM 2005 CD - James Cotton - Dealin' With The Devil

Album cover art for the aim release Dealin' With The Devil by James Cotton

His great recordings are considered to have occurred in the decade following his departure from the Muddy Waters Band, and it is from this period that the recordings contained on this CD come from.

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Artist website: www.jamescottonsuperharp.com
Artist website: wikipedi - James Cotton

AIM 2006 CD - Canned Heat - 'Human Condition

Album cover art for the aim release On The Road Again by Canned Heat

This recording contains many of their finest moments, both live and in the studio, and features their original line-up of Al Wilson, Bob Hite, Henry Vestine (guitar), Larry Taylor (Bass) and Frank Cook(Drums), as well as Cook's replacement Adolpho de la Parra.

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Artist website: www.cannedheatmusic.com
Artist website: Wikipedia - Canned Heat

AIM 2008 CD - Lightin' Slim
- King Of The Louisiana Swamp Blues

Album cover art for the aim release King Of The Louisiana Swamp Blues by Lightin' Slim

His most successful recording was "Rooster Blues" (No 23 R&B charts1959). Lightnin' Slim was known as the "King of the Blues" in Louisiana, having influenced everybody

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Artist website: www.johnleehookerjr.com

AIM 2023 CD - Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Portrait Of A Maniac

Album cover art for the aim release Portrait Of A Maniac by Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Nobody tells Jalacy "Screamin' Jay Hawkins" what to say, or how to say it. "I have my own ideas about life, and if I want to stick a bone in my nose, I should be able to do it"

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Artist website: Wikipedia - Screamin' Jay Hawkins


AIM 9001 CD - Jimmy Reed - His Greatest

Album cover art for the aim release Return Of Blues Breakers by Tabby Thomas

Jimmy Reed was the most successful Blues artist of the fifties. At a time when Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters appealed almost exclusively to black, Reed was selling records to both blacks and a large amount of whites. He had 11 records in the Billboard Top 100, the only major blues based artist with more was Chuck Berry.

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Artist website: wikipedi - Jimmy Reed

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AIM 9002 CD - John Lee Hooker - Classics

Album cover art for the aim release Classics by John Lee Hookern

All of his recordings up till 1952 were singles, and most of the Recordings on this album were A sides. His influence is so great that it can be heard in most blues bands playing to this day, and his songs as played and recorded by so many artists have become blues standards.

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Artist website: www.johnleehooker.com
Artist website: wikipedia - John Lee Hooker

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