Artist:  Helm, Hudson & McCoy

Origin:  USA

Genre:  Rock, Folk, Country, Blues, Country Rock, Country Blues, Contemporary Country, Modern Electric Blues, New Traditionalist

Original line-up:

Levon Helm:  Drums

Garth Hudson:  Keyboards, Accordion

Tommy McCoy:  Vocals, Guitars, Mandolin

Helm, Hudson & McCoy are the collaboration of Levon Helm (Drums from The Band), Garth Hudson Keyboards, Accordion from The Band), and Tommy McCoy (Guitars, Vocals, Mandolin from Thomas McCoy Band).

Title:  Angeles Serenade (2009)

Genre:  Rock, Folk, Country, Blues, Country Rock, Country Blues, Contemporary Country, Modern Electric Blues, New Traditionalist

Label:  Blues Roulevard

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD 

Tracks:

 1.  Ace In The Hole (4:02)

 2.  Sentenced To Love (4:05)

 3.  You're The Only Thing (2:54)

 4.  Angels Serenade (2:47)

 5.  I Stood there Like A Stone (3:12)

 6.  Hey Now (4:44)

 7.  Spanish Moon (4:25)

 8.  Blue Water Runs Deep (3:57)

 9.  Something 'bout The Smokies (4:14)

10. Talkin' To Myself (2:53)

11. Runaway Train (6:01)

12. I'm Your Toy (Hot Burrito #1) (3:35)

Personnel:

Levon Helm:  Drums on All Tracks

Garth Hudson:  Keyboards on Tracks:  1-8, 10,12, Accordion on Track 9

Tommy McCoy:  Vocals on Tracks: 1, 2,  4, 7, 8, 10, 12Guitar on Tracks: 6, 11, Acoustic Guitar on Tracks: 2, 8, 10, Mandolin on Track 1, Backing Vocals on Tracks: 3, 9

Additional Musicians:

Mark McCoy:  Bass on Tracks:  1, 2, 5-7, 9, 10

Peter Bennett:  Bass on Tracks:  3, 12

Anastasia:  Bass on Track 4

Robert Parker:  Bass on Tracks:  8, 11

George Tricomi:  Piano on All Tracks

Jimmy Bennett:  Slide Guitar on Tracks: 1, 8, 12, Electric Guitar on Tracks:  2, 8, 10, Backing Vocals  3, Rhythm Guitar on Tracks: 3, 6

Justin Till McCoy:  Backing Vocals on Track 2

Steve Connelly:  Pedal Steel Guitar on Track 2, Twelve-String Guitar on Track 5

Doug Thomas:  Vocals on Tracks: 3, 5, Guitar on Track 11

Tim Eddy:  Horns on Tracks:  6, 7

Branson Welch:  Guitar on Track 7

Angeles Serenade is an album by Helm, Hudson & McCoy, released on February 10, 2009 by Blues Boulevard.  Good Album for Music Lovers and Music Collectors.

Artist:  Lightnin' Hopkins

Birth Name:  Sam John Hopkins

Born:  March 15, 1912.  Centerville, Texas, USA

Died:  January 30, 1982 (Aged 69).  Houston, Texas, USA

Genre:  Blues, Electric Blues, Country Blues, Texas Blues, Acoustic Texas Blues, Electric Texas Blues, Blues Revival, Regional Blues

Occupation:  Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter

Instruments:  Guitar, Piano, Organ, Vocals

Lightnin' Hopkins was an American Country Blues Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist and occasional Pianist from Centerville, Texas.  In 2010, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him No. 71 on its list of the 100 Greatest Guitarist of All Time.  He was a notable influence on  Townes Van Zamdt, Hank Williams, Jr. and a generation of Blues Musicians like Steve Ray Vaughan, whose Grammy winning song "Rude Mood", was directly inspired by the Texas's song "Hopkins' Sky Hop".

Title:  Last Night Blue (2024)

Genre:  Blues, Electric Blues, Country Blues, Texas Blues, Acoustic Texas Blues, Electric Texas Blues, Blues Revival, Regional Blues

Label:  Blues Joint

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Rocky Mountain (4:58)

 2.  Got To Move Your Baby (4:02)

 3.  So Sorry To Leave You (4:21)

 4.  Take A Trip With Me (5:06)

 5.  Worred Life Blues (2:56) *

 6.  Good Morning Little School Girl (3:07) *

Side B:

 1. Last Night Blues (5:17)

 2.  Lightnin's Stoke (4:56)

 3.  Hard To Love A Woman (4:02)

 4.  Conversation Blues (3:51)

 5.  Walkin' This Road By Myself (4:52) *

Personnel:

Lightnin' Hopkins:  Vocals, Guitar

Sonny Terry:  Harmonica, Vocals on Track B4

Leonard Gaskin:  Bass

Belton Evans:  Drums

Bonus Tracks:  *

Lightnin' Hopkins:  Vocals, Guitar

Billy Bizor:  Harmonica, Vocals on Track B5

Buster Pickens:  Piano on Track A5

Donald Cooks: Bass on Track A5

Spider Kilpatrick:   Drums on Tracks:  A5, B5

Last Night Blue is an album by Lightnin' Hopkins with Sonny Terry, originally released in 1961 by Bluesville, remastered and reissued on September 13, 2024 by Blues Joint, featuring Sonny Terry, plus 3 Bonus Tracks.  180 Gram Virgin Vinyl.

Artist:  Taj Mahal 
Birth Name:  Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
Born:  May 17, 1942.  Harlem, New York, USA
Genre:  Blues, Blues Rock, Country Blues, Folk Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues, Acoustic Blues, Contemporary Blues, R&B, Reggae, Jazz, World Music
Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar, Harmonica, Piano

Taj Mahal is an American Blues Musician, Singer and Songwriter, Multi-Instrumentalist, he plays Guitar, Piano, Banjo and Harmonica.  He played Folk, Roots, Jazz, Gospel, R&B, Caribbean, and World Music,  he also formed The Rising Suns with Guitarist Ry Cooder.

Title:  Giant Step/De Ole Folks At Home (2024)

Genre:  Blues, Blues Rock, Country Blues, Folk Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues, Acoustic Blues, Contemporary Blues, R&B, Reggae, Jazz, World Music

Label:  Floating World Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

Giant Step:

 1.  Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie Anhmo' (1:04)

 2.  Take A Giant Step (4:20)

 3.  Give Your Woman What She Wants (2:34)

 4.  Good Morning Little School Girl (3:49)

 5.  You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (4:56)

 6.  Six Days On The Road (3:05)

 7.  Farther On Down The Road (You Will Accompany Me) (4:43)

 8.  Keep Your Hands Off Her (2:18)

 9.  Bacon Fat (6:40)

De Ole Folks At Home:

10. Linin' Track (1:42)

11. Country Blues #1 (2:36)

12. Wild Ox Moan (2:46)

13. Light Rain Blues (3:25)

14. A Little Soilful Tune (2:40)

15. Candy Man (2:57)

16. Cluck Old Hen (2:33)

17. Colored Aristocracy (2:04)

18. Blind Boy Rag (4:10)

19. Stagger Lee (3:20)

20. Cajun Tune (1:56)

21. Fishin' Blues (3:06)

22. Annie's Lover (3:30)

Personnel:

Giant Step:

Taj Mahal:  Vocals, Harmonica, Banjo, Mississippi National Steel-Bodied Guitar

Jesse Ed Davis:  Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Organ

Gary Gilmore:  Electric Bass

Chuck "Brother" Blackwell:  Drums

De Ole Folks At Home:

Taj Mahal:  Vocals, Harmonica, Guitar, Banjo

Giant Step/De Ole Folks At Home is the third studio album by Taj Mahal, originally released on October 24, 1969 by Columbia Records, remastered and reissued on July 26, 2024 by Floating World Records.

Artist:  Rhiannon Giddens
Born:  February 21, 1977.  Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Genre:  Folk, Bluegrass, Country, Gospel, Blues, Jazz, Soul, R&B, Celtic, Americana, Neo-Traditionalist Folk, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Contemporary Country, Country Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues, Old-Time Music
Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals, Violin, Banjo

Rhiannon Giddens is an American Folk Singer, Songwriter, Violinist, Banjo Player from Greensboro, North Carolina and a founding member of the Grammy-Winning Country, Blues, and Old-Time Music band Carolina Chocolate Drops.  She also released solo albums.

Title:  You're The One (2023)

Genre:  Folk, Bluegrass, Country, Gospel, Blues, Jazz, Soul, R&B, Celtic, Americana, Neo-Traditionalist Folk, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Contemporary Country, Country Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues, Old-Time Music

Label:  Nonesuch

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Too Little, Too Late, Too Bad (3:44)

 2.  You're The One (3:25)

 3.  Yet To Be (feat. Jason Isbell) (3:39)

 4.  Wrong Kind Of Right (4:39)

 5.  Another Wasted Life (4:47)

 6.  You Louisiana Man (4:06)

 7.  If You Don't Know How Sweet It Is (3:01)

 8.  Hen In The Foxhouse (3:47)

 9.  Who Are You Dreaming Of (3:25)

10. You Put The Sugar In My Bowl (2:58)

11. Way Over Yonder (3:11)

12. Good Of Cider (0:45)

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Too Little, Too Late, Too Bad (3:44)

 2.  You're The One (3:25)

 3.  Yet To Be (feat. Jason Isbell) (3:39)

 4.  Wrong Kind Of Right (4:39)

 5.  Another Wasted Life (4:47)

Side B:

 1.  You Louisiana Man (4:06)

 2.  If You Don't Know How Sweet It Is (3:01)

 3.  Hen In The Foxhouse (3:47)

 4.  Who Are You Dreaming Of (3:25)

 5.  You Put The Sugar In My Bowl (2:58)

 6.  Way Over Yonder (3:11)

 7.  Good Of Cider (0:45)

Personnel: 

Rhianon Giddens:  Vocals

Dwayne Bennett:  Keyboards

Eric Escanes:  Electric Guitar

Terrence "Teajai" Grizzle:  Drums

Humberto Ibarra:  Percussion

Eryn Allen Kane:  Vocals

Tadarius "T Ray" McCombs:  Electric Bass

Dirk Powell:  Accordion

Niwel Tsumbu:  Guitar

Francesco Turrisi:  Piano

Jack Splash:  Percussion

Jason Sypher:  Acoustic Bass

Lalenja Harrington:  Vocals

Leyla McCalla:  Multi-Instruments

Amelia Powell:  Vocals

Gene Sxip Shirey:  Steel Guitar

Special Guest:

Jason Isbell:  Vocals on "Yet To Be"

You're The One is the third solo studio album by Rhianon Giddens, released on August 19, 2023 by Nonesuch, featuring special guest Jason Isbell.

Artist:  John Lee Hooker 
Born:  August 22, 1912. Tutwiler, Tallahatchie Country, Mississippi, USA
Died:  June 21, 2001.  (Aged 89).  Los Altos, California
Genre:  Blues, Country Blues, Acoustic Blues, Electric Blues, Delta Blues, Folk Blues
Occupation:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar, Vocals

John Lee Hooker was an American Blues Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter.  He performed an electric guitar-style of Delta Blues, including Talking Blues and developed his own driving-rhythm Boogie Woogie.  Some of his best known songs include "Boogie Chillen" (1948), "Crawling King Snake" (1949), "Dimples" (1956), "Boom Boom" (1962) and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, Oe Beer" (1966).

Title:  ...And Seven Nights (2023)

Genre:  Blues, Country Blues, Acoustic Blues, Electric Blues, Delta Blues, Folk Blues

Label:  BMG

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Bad Luck And Trouble (4:05)

 2.  Waterfront (4:20)

 3.  No One Please Me But You (2:20)

 4.  It's Raining Here (3:55)

 5.  It's A Crazy Mixed Up World (4:10)

 6.  Seven Days And Seven Nights (3:55)

Side Two:

 1.  Mai Lee (3:36)

 2.  I'm Losin' You (3:50)

3.  Little Girl Go Back To School (3:55)

 4.  Little Dreamer (4:10)

 5.  Don't Be Messin' With Mh Bread (3:24)

Personnel:

John Lee Hooker:  Guitar,Vocals

Tom Parker:  Piano, Organ

Tony McPhee:  Guitar

Pete Cruickshank:  Electric Bass

Dave Boorman:  Drums

...And Seven Nights is an album by John Lee Hooker, originally released in 1965, remastered and reissued on July 21, 2023 by BMG.   180 Gram Vinyl.

Artist:  Skip James

Birth Name:  Nehemiah Curtis James

Born:  June 9, 1902.  Bentonia, Mississippi, USA

Died:  October 3, 1969 (Aged 67).  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Genre:  Blues, Delta Blues, Regional Blues, Country Blues, Blues Revival, Piano Blues, Acoustic Blues

Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter

Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar, Piano

Skip James was an American Delta Blues Singer, Songwriter, Pianist, Guitarist.  His singing and playing skills influencing everyone from a young Robert Johnson to Eric Clapton who recorded James "I'm So Glad" on the first Cream album.

Title:  The Complete 1931 Sessions (2023)

Genre:  Blues, Delta Blues, Regional Blues, Country Blues, Blues Revival, Piano Blues, Acoustic Blues

Label:  ORG Music

Rating:   ****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Devil Got My Woman

 2.  If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road

 3.  Hard Luck Child

 4.  Drunken Spree

 5.  Little Cow And Calf s Gonna Die Blues

 6.  Be Ready When He Comes

 7.  How Long "Buck" (Leroy Carr)

 8.  I'm So Glad

 9.  Cherry Ball Blues

Side B:

 1.  Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues

 2.  22-20 Blues (Robert Johnson, Skip James)

 3.  4 O'Clock Blues

 4.  Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader (Traditional)

 5.  Yola My Blues Away

 6.  What Am I To Do Blues

 7.  Special Rider Blues

 8.  Illinois Blues

 9.  Cypress Grove Blues

Personnel:

Skip James:  Vocals, Guitar, Piano

The Complete 1931 Sessions is an album by Skip James, originally released in 1966 by Paramount records, remastered and reissued in 2023 by ORG Music.  For Music Blues Lovers and Music Collectors.

Artist:  John Lee Hooker 
Born:  August 22, 1912. Tutwiler, Tallahatchie Country, Mississippi, USA
Died:  June 21, 2001.  (Aged 89).  Los Altos, California
Genre:  Blues, Country Blues, Acoustic Blues, Electric Blues, Delta Blues, Folk Blues
Occupation:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar, Vocals

John Lee Hooker was an American Blues Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter.  He performed an electric guitar-style of Delta Blues, including Talking Blues and developed his own driving-rhythm Boogie Woogie.  Some of his best known songs include "Boogie Chillen" (1948), "Crawling King Snake" (1949), "Dimples" (1956), "Boom Boom" (1962) and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, Oe Beer" (1966).

Title:  House Of The Blues (Limited Edition) (2023)

Genre:  Blues, Country Blues, Acoustic Blues, Electric Blues, Delta Blues, Folk Blues

Label:  Waxtime In Color

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Walkin' The Boogie 2:43)

 2.  Love Blues (3:00)

 3.  Union Station Blues (2:58)

 4.  It's My Own Fault (2:59)

 5.  Leave My Wife Alone (2:47)

 6.  Ramblin' By Myself (3:21)

 7.  Baby You Ain't No Good (3:13)

Side Two:

 1.  Sugar Mama (3:15)

 2.  Down At Te Landing (2:55)

 3.  Louise (3:04)

 4.  Ground Hog Blues (Traditional) (2:58)

 5.  High Priced Woman (2:43)

 6.  Women And Money (2:55)

 7.  Bad Boy (3:12)

Personnel:

John Lee Hooker:  Vocals, Gutar

Eddie Kirkland:  Guitar on Tracks:  2/3, 2/5, 2/6

Bob Thurman:  Piano on Tracks:  1/4, 2/6

Eddie Burns:  Bass on Tracks:  1/4, 2/6

Tom Whitehead:  Drums on Track 2/6

House Of The Blues is an album by John Lee Hooker, originally released in 1959 by Chess Records, remastered and reissued on February 13, 2023 by Waxtime In Color.  Limited Edition 180 Gram Colored Blue Vinyl.