country

folk
blues
cajun

gospel
AMERICAN MUSIC
  This is a very subjective choice of musicians whose music I like to listen to.
As you will find out, it's a wild mixture of black and white, acoustic and electric, rural and urban, silent and loud, female and male, guitar- and piano-oriented, conservative and progressive music, partially of european, mostly of US-american origin. The only selection criterion was my personal taste, so all I have to offer as a principle of classification is the alphabet.

"People keep asking me:
What kind of music is that you're playin' ?
What does it mean when you play rock 'n roll, country and the blues and mix it all up..."

Bugs Henderson

My discographies are a non-commercial labor-of-love and in no way associated with any business firm. All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on the pages. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own.

Stefan Wirz   www.wirz.de

  Stefan Wirz
miscellaneous
Doubleneck Guitars on LP/CD covers
Resonator Guitars on LP/CD covers
Tuba / Sousaphone as Blues instrument
Oddities on LP / CD covers
American Folk Blues Festival
Newport Folk Festival
Kent 'Anthology of the Blues' series
Various artists' early records
Lawrence Gellert recordings
Dr. Harry Oster recordings
Nick Perls
labels
77

Adelphi
Advent
Ahura Mazda
Albatros
Arhoolie
Audio-Video Productions

Barrelhouse
Belzona
Big Bear
Biograph
Black Diamond
Blue Goose
Blue Night
Blues Ball
Blues Beacon
Blues Classics
Blues Obscurities
Blues on Blues
Prestige / Bluesville
Bluesway
Boogie Disease

Catfish (UK)
Catfish (US)
Cicago Slide
Collector's Issue
Country Turtle

Down With The Game

ESCEHA
Excello (LPs)

Flying Crow
Flyright
Fontana

Heritage
Herwin
High Water
Highway 51
Historical
HK
Isabel
Jambalaja
Jazz Collector
JEMF
JOC
JSP

Kicking Mule
Kokomo

L + R (Lippmann + Rau)

Magnolia
Magpie
Mamlish
Matchbox
MCM
Melodeon
Milestone
Moonshine
Mr. Blues
Muskadine

Negro Art
Negro Rhythm
Neshoba
Nighthawk
Nixa (under construction)

Oldie Blues
Origin Blues Classics OBC
Origin Jazz Library OJL
Ornament

Paltram
Piedmont
Policy Wheel
the post war blues
Prestige / Bluesville
Python

RBF
RCA Victor race series
Red Lightnin'
Revival
Roots
Rounder (under construction)
Scout
Snatch
Southern Culture
Southland
Spivey
Spokane
St. George
Stompin'
Storyville
Sun blues boxes
Sundown
Sun Flower
Sunnyland
Syndicate Chapter

Takoma
Testament
Texas Blues Piano
Time (Blues Folk)
Travelin' Man
Trio
Trix
Truth

Whoopee

X (under construction)
XTRA (under construction)
XX

Yazoo (LPs)
artists
#, A, B

Woodrow Adams
Abu Talib (Freddy Robinson)
Dave Alexander (Omar Sharriff)
Garfield Akers
Casey Anderson
Pink Anderson
Dave Archibald
Kokomo Arnold

Memphis Willie B.
Baby Face Leroy Foster (under construction)
DeFord Bailey
Kid Bailey
Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan (early records only)
John Henry Barbee
Cecil Barfield
Raymond Barrow
Nathan Beauregard
Earl Bell
Ed Bell
D.C. Bender
Brooks Berry
Big Maceo Merriweather
Leon Bibb
Eric Bibb
Billy Bizor
Black Ace
Francis 'Scrapper' Blackwell
Willie '61' Blackwell
Arthur 'Blind Blake'
(Bahamian) 'Blind Blake'
Allan Block
Rory Block (early records only)
Little Joe Blue
Blue Smitty
Weldon 'Juke Boy' Bonner
Roy Book Binder
Charley Booker
James Booker
Chris Bouchillon
Eddie Boyd
Little Boyd
Ishmon Bracey
Jim Brewer
Grace & John Brim
David Bromberg
Buster Brown
Gabriel Brown
Richard (Rabbit) Brown
Ian Buchanan
Mojo Buford (under construction)
Bumble Bee Slim (under construction)
Eddie & Jimmy Burns
R.L. Burnside
Sam Butler (Bo Weavil Jackson)

C, D, E
Butch Cage
'Mississippi' Joe Callicott
Gus Cannon (Jug Stompers)
Carolina Slim
Leroy Carr
Cat Iron
Len Chandler
'Good Rockin' Charles
Sam Chatmon
Frank Christian
Doctor Clayton
Paul Clayton
Andy Cohen
Jaybird Coleman
Sam Collins
Pat Conte aka Major Contay
Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey
Floyd Council
Country Paul (Carolina Slim)
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup

Larry Dale
Leroy Dallas
Karen Dalton
Barbara Dane
Blind Teddy Darby
Guy Davis (early record only)
Bonnie Dobson
Driftin' Slim
Scott Dunbar
Champion Jack Dupree

Archie Edwards
Frank Edwards
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Logan English
'Sleepy' John Estes
The Even Dozen Jug Band

F, G
Billy Faier
Harmonica Frank Floyd
Baby Face Leroy Foster (under construction)
Guitar Pete Franklin
Jesse Fuller

Bob Gaddy
Sam Gary
Paul Geremia
Fred Gerlach
Clifford Gibson
Jazz Gillum (under construction)
Koerner, Ray & Glover
Shirley Griffith
George Gritzbach
Stefan Grossman
Guitar Gabriel (Nyles Jones)
Guitar Nubbit
Guitar Shorty (John Henry Fortescue)

H
John Hammond Jr.
Richard 'Hacksaw' Harney
Slim Harpo
William Harris
Buddy Boy Hawkins
Gordon Heath & Lee Payant
Blind Joe Hill
Earl Hooker
Son House
Cisco Houston
Frank Hovington
Howlin' Wolf
'Mississippi' John Hurt
I, J
Bo Weavil Jackson
John Jackson
Little Son Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
Elmore James
Skip James
Blind Willie Johnson
Henry 'Rufe' Johnson
Herman E. Johnson
Larry Johnson
Eddie 'One-String' Jones
Nyles Jones (Guitar Gabriel)
Luke Jordan
Dick Justice
K
Danny Kalb
Keb' Mo's early record
Jo Ann Kelly
Lisa Kindred
Koerner, Ray & Glover
Jim Kweskin (& The Jug Band)

L, M
Peter La Farge
J. Bruce Langhorne
Terrea Lea
Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey
J.B. Lenoir
Baby Face Leroy Foster (under construction)
Walter 'Furry' Lewis
Mance Lipscomb
Little Boyd
Ennis Lowery ('Larry Dale')

Willie Mabon
Big Maceo Merriweather
Magic Slim (under construction)
Steve Mann
Judy Mayhan
Tommy McClennan
Robert McCoy
Jimmy McCracklin (under construction)
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Suni McGrath
Blind Willie McTell
Memphis Willie B.
Big Maceo Merriweather
Herb Metoyer
Elmon Mickle
Luke "Long John" Miles
Sam Mitchell
Little Brother Montgomery
William Moore
Rabbit Muse

N, O, P
Fred Neil
Bob Neuwirth
New Lost City Ramblers
Johnny Nicholas
Willie Nix (under construction)

Jack Owens

Cleo Page
Tom Paley
Country Paul (Carolina Slim)
Gordon Heath & Lee Payant
Dave Peabody
Robert Petway
Buster Pickens
Dan Pickett
Lonnie Pitchford
SnookyPryor

Q, R
Doug Quattlebaum

Willie Guy Rainey
Jerry Rasmussen
Koerner, Ray & Glover
'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks
Walt Robertson
'William Robertson'
Abu Talib
(Freddy Robinson)

Judy Roderick
Dick Rosmini
Doctor Ross

S
Carl Sandburg
Alan 'The Duke of Ook' Seidler
Brother John Sellers
Sid Selvidge
Omar Sharriff (Dave Alexander)
Thomas Shaw
Johnny Shines
J.D. Short
The Siegel-Schwall Band
Frankie Lee Sims
Patrick Sky
Bumble Bee Slim (under construction)
Carolina Slim
Driftin' Slim
Slim Harpo
Magic Slim (under construction)
Gordon Smith
Robert Curtis Smith
Blue Smitty
Smoky Babe
Henry Spaulding
Joseph Spence
Mark Spoelstra
Babe Stovall
Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan (early records only)
T, U, V
Abu Talib (Freddy Robinson)
Baby Tate
Cary Tate
Harry Taussig
Art Thieme
James 'Son' Thomas
Jesse Thomas
Ramblin' Thomas
Willie B. Thomas
Joan Toliver
Henry Townsend

Ton van Bergeyk
Dave Van Ronk
Eric von Schmidt

W, X, Y, Z
Casey Bill Weldon
'Bukka' White
Josh White
GeeshieWiley
MajorWiley
Robert Wilkins
Big Joe Williams
Robert Pete Williams
Bill Williams

Chris Youlden

 

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(latest date of editing: 01/31/2012)

||||| American Music |||||
||| sound clips |||
||| Various Artist's Early |||
||| Oddities on LP/CD covers |||
||| Tuba |||
||| Doubleneck guitars |||
||| Resonator guitars |||
||| American Folk Blues Festival |||
||| Lawrence Gellert recordings |||
||| Dr. Harry Oster recordings |||
||| Yazoo | Blue Goose | Nick Perls |||
| Anthology | Roy Bookbinder | Steve Calt/Dave Mann | Sam Chatmon | Robert Crumb ... |
| Shirley Griffith | Graham Hine | Son House | Roger Hubbard | Larry Johnson | Jo Ann Kelly |
| Gary Lawrence ... | Steve Mann | John Miller | Yank Rachell | Alan Seidler | Tom Shaw | Bill Williams |
discographies:
||| 77 |||
||| Adelphi |||
||| Advent |||
||| Ahura Mazda |||
||| Albatros |||
||| Arhoolie |||
||| Audio-Video Productions |||
||| Barrelhouse |||
||| Biograph |||
||| Blue Goose |||
||| Blues Beacon |||
||| Blues Classics |||
||| Prestige/Bluesville |||
||| Catfish (US) |||
||| Down With The Game |||
||| Flyright |||
||| Heritage |||
||| Herwin |||
||| Historical |||
||| Kicking Mule |||
||| Kokomo |||
||| L + R Records |||
||| Magpie |||
||| Mamlish |||
||| Matchbox |||
||| Melodeon |||
||| Milestone |||
||| Muskadine |||
||| Negro Art |||
||| Nighthawk |||
||| Origin Blues Classics OBC |||
||| Origin Jazz Library OJL |||
||| Piedmont |||
||| Policy Wheel |||
||| the post war blues |||
||| Python |||
||| RBF |||
||| Revival |||
||| Roots |||
||| Scout |||
||| Southland |||
||| Spivey |||
||| Spokane |||
||| Storyville |||
||| Sunnyland |||
||| Takoma |||
||| Testament |||
||| Travelin' Man |||
||| Trix |||
||| Whoopee |||
||| Yazoo |||
| Garfield Akers | Casey Anderson | Pink Anderson | Kokomo Arnold | Memphis Willie B. | Kid Bailey |
| John Henry Barbee | Cecil Barfield | Ed Bell | Brooks Berry | Leon Bibb |
| Eric Bibb | Scrapper Blackwell | (Bahamian) Blind Blake | Allan Block | Juke Boy Bonner |
| Roy Book Binder | James Booker | Chris Bouchillon | Jim Brewer |
| David Bromberg | Ian Buchanan | Sam Butler | Butch Cage | Len Chandler | Joe Callicott | Sam Chatmon |
| Frank Christian | Doctor Clayton | Paul Clayton | Andy Cohen |
| Sam Collins | Floyd Council | Daddy Stovepipe | Larry Dale | Leroy Dallas |
| Karen Dalton | Barbara Dane | Julius Daniels | Blind Teddy Darby |
| Bonnie Dobson | Doctor Ross | Driftin' Slim |
| Scott Dunbar | Champion Jack Dupree |
| Snooks Eaglin | Archie Edwards | David 'Honeyboy' Edwards | Frank Edwards |
| Ramblin' Jack Elliott | Logan English | Sleepy John Estes | Even Dozen Jug Band |
| Billy Faier | Harmonica Frank Floyd | Guitar Pete Franklin | Jesse Fuller |
| Sam Gary | Paul Geremia | Fred Gerlach |Clifford Gibson | Arvella Gray | Mitch Greenhill |
| Grey Ghost | Shirley Griffith | George Gritzbach | Stefan Grossman | Guitar Nubbit |
| Guitar Gabriel (Nyles Jones) | Guitar Shorty (John Henry Fortescue) |
| John Hammond | Hecksaw Harney | William Harris | Buddy Boy Hawkins | Gordon Heath & Lee Payant |
| Blind Joe Hill | King Solomon Hill | Earl Hooker | Son House | Cisco Houston |
| Bo Weavil Jackson | John Jackson | Papa Charlie Jackson | Skip James |
| Henry 'Rufe' Johnson | Herman E. Johnson |
| Larry Johnson | Blind Willie Johnson | Nyles Jones (Guitar Gabriel) | Luke Jordan | Danny Kalb |
| Jo Ann Kelly | Lisa Kindred | Koerner, Ray & Glover |
| Jim Kweskin | Peter La Farge | Bruce Langhorne | Terrea Lea | J.B. Lenoir |
| Furry Lewis | Mance Lipscomb | Ennis Lowery ('Larry Dale') | Willie Mabon |
| Steve Mann | Judy Mayhan | Tommy McClennan |Suni McGrath |
| Mississippi Fred McDowell | Fred McMullen | Memphis Willie B. | Herb Metoyer | Elmon Mickle |
| Luke 'Long Gone' Miles | John Miller | Sam Mitchell | Model T. Slim |
| Little Brother Montgomery | Alex Moore | William Moore | Buddy Moss | Rabbit Muse | Fred Neil |
| Bob Neuwirth | New Lost City Ramblers | Johnny Nicholas | Hermes Nye | Otis Brothers | Jack Owens |
| Dave Peabody | Robert Petway | Buster Pickens | Dan Pickett | Lonnie Pitchford |
| Snooky Pryor | Doug Quattlebaum | Willie Guy Rainey |
| Jerry Rasmussen | 'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks | Walt Robertson | 'William Robertson' | Paul Robeson |
| Judy Roderick | Dick Rosmini | Doctor Ross | Carl Sandburg | Brother John Sellers | Sid Selvidge |
| Thomas Shaw | Johnny Shines | J.D. Short | Siegel-Schwall Band | Patrick Sky | Gordon Smith |
| Robert Curtis Smith | Smoky Babe | Joseph Spence |
| Mark Spoelstra | Babe Stovall | Daddy Stovepipe | Abu Talib (Freddy Robinson) |
| Baby Tate | Harry Taussig | Art Thieme | James 'Son' Thomas |
| Jesse Thomas | Ramblin' Thomas | Willie B. Thomas |
| Joan Toliver | Henry Townsend | Willie Trice | Ton van Bergeyk |
| Dave van Ronk | Eric von Schmidt | Jackie Washington | Sylvester Weaver | Casey Bill Weldon |
| 'Bukka' White | Josh White | Geeshie Wiley | Major Wiley | Robert Wilkins | Bill Williams |
| Big Joe Williams | Robert Pete Williams | Chris Youlden |
||| Wirz' record collection | want list |||