LIST OF REQUIRED READING OF THE BLUES. BOOKS I OWN:

The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz & Blues
Chasin' That Devil Music
The Devil's Music A History of the Blues
The BB King Reader 6 Decades of Commentary
The B. B. King Treasures: Photos, Mementos & Music from B. B. King's Collection
Dr John Under A Hoodoo Moon
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues A Musical Journey
Nothing But The Blues The Music And The Musicians
Black & White Blues
Down At Theresa's... Chicago Blues
Between Midnight And Day The Last Unpublished Blues Archive
The Blues From Robert Johnson To Robert Cray
The Blues Is A Feeling Voices & Visions of African-American Blues Musicians
Portrait Of The Blues
Blues a Photographic Documentary
Images Of The Blues
Deep Blues
The History Of The Blues The Roots, The Music, The People From Charley Patton To Robert Cray
Feel Like Going Home Portraits In Blues And Rock N Roll
Rollin' And Tumblin' The Postwar Blues Guitarists
Escaping The Delta Robert Johnson And The Invention Of The Blues
Guitar World Presents Stevie Ray Vaughan In HIs Own Words
Caught In The Crossfire Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Ray Soul To Soul
You Can't Stop A Comet
Tombstone Blues
The Legacy Of The Blues
The Country Blues
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey
Can't Be Satisfied The Life And Times Of Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters The Mojo Man
The Big Book Of Blues The Fully Revised And Updated Biographical Encyclopedia
Boogie Man The Adventures Of John Lee Hooker In The Twentieth Century
Otis! The Otis Redding Story
Rage To Survive The Etta James Story
Alan Lomax The Land Where The Blues Began
Blues All Around Me The Autobiography Of B.B. King
Blues With A Feeling The Little Walter Story
The Voice Of The Blues Classic Interviews From Living Blues Magazine
The Story Of Chess Records
The Willie Dixon Story I Am The Blues
Moanin' At Midnight The Life And Times Of Howlin' Wolf
Incurable Blues The Troubles & Triumph Of Blues Legend Hubert Sumlin
Big Road Blues
The World Don't Owe Me Nothing David Honeyboy Edwards
The Life & Legend Of Leadbelly
Bonnie Raitt Just In The Nick Of Time
Elwood's Blues Interviews With The Blues Legends & Stars
They Died Too Young Jimi Hendrix
Wired The Short Life & Fast Times Of John Belushi
Judith Jacklin Belushi Samurai Widow
I Say Me For A Parable The Oral Autobiography Of Mance Lipscomb Texas Bluesman
Mississippi The Blues Today
The Language of the Blues from Alcorub to Zuzu
The Blues Makers
Juke Joint Photographs
Blues Legends
Blues Faces
Mother Of The Blues A Study Of Ma Rainey
Pryor Convictions Richard Pryor

LIST OF DVD'S I OWN:

David Honeyboy Edwards Shake Em On Down
Jessie Mae Hemphill & Friends Dare You To Do It Again
Magic Slim & The Teardrops Anything Can Happen
Wattstax 30th Anniversary Special Edition with Albert King & Richard Pryor
Buddy Guy Live The Real Deal
The Blues Greats
BB King Sweet 16
BB King Living Legend
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 Volume One
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 Volume Two
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Volume Three
Willie Dixon I Am The Blues
Freddie King Live at the Sugarbowl Sept 22nd 1972
Freddie King Dallas, Texas Jan. 20th 1973
Freddie King Live in Europe
Freddie King Live in Austin TX Travis County Jail 70's
Albert King Live in Sweden
Albert King + BB King Japan Blues Carnival 1989 & Blues Fest
Albert King 1981 PBS TV Maintenance Shop
Albert King Ohne Filter Extra Germany 1992
Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan In Session Unedited & Uncust 2 DVD SET
Welcome To The Fillmore East 1970 w/Albert King
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers Jammin' With the Blues Greats w/ Albert King, Buddy Guy, Etta James etc
BB King Blues Session w/ Albert King, SRV, Etta James, etc
BB King Blues Summit w/ Albert Collins, Koko Taylor, Buddy Guy, etc
BB King Live By Request
BB King Live At Nicks
Albert Collins Ohne Filter
Albert Collins The Iceman at Mount Fuji
Hubert Sumlin Livin' The Blues
Robert Johnson Can't You Hear The Wind Howl
The Search For Robert Johnson
Lightnin' Hopkins Rare Performances 1960-1979
Devil Got My Woman Blues At Newport 1966 w/ Howlin Wolf, Son House, Bukka White, etc
Masters Of The Country Blues Roosevelt Sykes & Big Bill Broonzy
Masters Of The Country Blues Elizabeth Cotten & Jesse Fuller
Masters Of The Country Blues Mance Lipscomb & Lightnin' Hopkins
Masters Of The Country Blues Son House & Bukka White
Masters Of The Country Blues Rev. Gary Davis & Sonny Terry
Masters Of The Country Blues John Lee Hooker & Furry Lewis
Masters Of The Country Blues Fred Mcdowell & Big Joe Williams
The Howlin' Wolf Story
Muddy Waters Can't Be Satisfied
Gunsmoke Blues w/ Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton, etc
Messin' With The Blues Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
Muddy Waters Live At The Chicago Blues Festival
Muddy Waters The Forum Toronto Canada 1978
Muddy Waters w/ Johnny Winter Newport Festival 1980
Muddy Waters University Of Oregon 1971
Muddy Waters Rockpalast Germany 1978
Muddy Waters Montreal Jazz Festival 1980
Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones Checkerboard Lounge 1981
Muddy Waters & John Lee Hooker Newport Jazz Festival 1960
Muddy Waters Mojo Working BBC TV Special 1991
Muddy Waters PBS Soundstage 1974 w/ Johnny Winter, Dr John, Koko Taylor, Willie Dixon, etc
Tribute To Muddy Waters Washington DC 1998 w/ Buddy Guy, Big Bill Morganfield, etc.
Muddy Waters In Concert 1971
The Last Waltz w/ Muddy Waters, Dr John, etc
Don't Start Me Talkin: The Junior Wells Story
Buddy Guy Vol1. 1990-1999 TV compilation
Buddy Guy Vol2 1992-2003 TV compilation
Etta James Montreux Jazz Festival 1989
Etta James Burnin' Down The House
Crossroads Guitar Festival 2 DVD Set w/ Buddy Guy, BB King, etc
Dr John Live At Montreux
Dr John, Shemeka Copeland, Charlie Musselwhite 10-31-04 Ashland, KY
Deep Blues
Leadbelly (the movie)
Ray Charles 1963 live in Brazil
Antone's Home Of The Blues
Blues Masters: The Essential History Of The Blues
Little Richard Keep On Rockin
Otis Redding Remembering Otis
Jerry Lee Lewis I Am What I Am
Blues Legends: Memphis Slim & Sonny Boy Williamson Live in Europe
Juke Joint You Can Never Go Home Again
The Legends Of New Orleans: Fats Domino
Rainbow Quest: Sonny Terry/Brownie McGhee, Mississippi John Hurt, etc
John Lee Hooker Live in Montreal
John Lee Hooker Rare Performances 1960-1984
John Lee Hooker & Friends 1984-1992
John Lee Hooker Come and See About Me
John Lee Hooker That's My Story
Blues Collection Live At Wilebski's w/Dr John & John Lee Hooker
Jimi Hendrix
Experience Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix Live At Woodstock 2 DVD Set
Corey Stevens Road to Zen Tour
SRV Remberance Ride 2004 Alan Haynes, Jim Suhler, etc 3 DVD Set
Jerry Lee Lewis TV Show w/ Jackie Wilson
The Real Buddy Holly Story
Good Rockin Tonight The Legacy Of Sun Records
Koko Taylor Montreal Jazz Festival 1982
Koko Taylor Ohne Filter Germany 1988
The Black Crowes Freak N Roll
Texas Blues Festival Houston, 1993 Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, etc
Etta James Austin City Limits 2005
Angela Strehli, Lou Ann Barton, Marcia Ball Ohne Filter Germany 1991
Angela Strehli & Lou Ann Barton New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 1992
Johnny Copeland Ohne Filter Germany 1984
James Cotton Doc Studios 1987 & Pistoria Blues Festival 1988
International Blues Festival Memphis, TN 1975
Stevie Ray Vaughan Misc footage etc., 4 DVD Set
Stevie Ray Vaughan Live From Austin Texas 83/89
Stevie Ray Vaughan American Caravan Memphis TN 1986 w/Lonnie Mack
Stevie Ray Vaughan Houston TX 1982
Stevie Ray Vaughan Live At Montreux 82 & 85 w/ Johnny Copeland
Stevie Ray Vaughan DVD from Box Set
Stevie Ray VaughanLive At The El Mocambo
Stevie Ray Vaughan VH1 Legends
A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan w/ Dr John, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, etc
Stevie Ray Vaughan Des Moines Iowa Jan 1 1987 2 DVD Set
Stevie Ray Vaughan Manor Downs Tx '85
Stevie Ray Vaughan Tv Shows compilation 83-85
Stevie Ray Vaughan Austin City Limits 84 Uncut & Unedited
Stevie Ray Vaughan Volunteer Jam 87 & Farm Aid 86
Stevie Ray Vaughan New Orleans 87 & 1990
Stevie Ray Vaughan Toronto Canada 88 & Troy NY 89
Stevie Ray Vaughan Alpine Valley
Stevie Ray Vaughan Daytona Beach
Crossroads (the movie w/Steve Vai)
Chuck Berry Hail Hail Rock N Roll 4 DVD Set
Muddy Waters Classic Concerts
Honeyboy
Blues Story
Otis Rush & Friends Luther Allison at Montreux
Jimi Hendrix The Dick Cavett Show
Janis Joplin & Big Brother Nine Hundred Nights
Festival Express 2 DVD Set

LIST OF CD's

LIST OF CD's


Albert Collins Frozen Alive
Albert Collins Ice Pickin
Albert Collins/Robert Cray/Johnny Copeland Showdown

Albert King The Ultimate Collection Disc 1
Albert King The Ultimate Collection Disc 2
Albert King Blues At Sunrise
Albert King Albert
Albert King Years Gone By
Albert King Thursday Night in San Francisco
Albert King Wednesday Night in San Francisco
Albert King Blues For Elvis
Albert King Born Under A Bad Sign
Albert King The Lost Session

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BB King How Blue Can You Get
BB King Live In Cook County Jail
BB King Live at the Regal
BB King Wails
BB King Blues In My Heart
BB King My Kind Of Blues
BB King King of the Blues
BB King The Soul Of
BB King Treasures Cd that came with book
BB King Reflections

Bessie Smith Empress Of The Blues
Bessie Smith The Complete Recordings Vol 1 Disc 2

Big Bill Broonzy 1928-1937 5 CD Set
Big Bill Broonzy Trouble In Mind

Big Mama Thornton The Way It Is
Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966

Big Maybelle Complete Okeh Sessions 52-55

Blind Willie Johnson Dark Was The Night

Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf The Super, Super Blues Band

Bobby Bland/BB King Together For The First Time

Bonnie Raitt Nick Of Time

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Alone & Acoustic
Buddy Guy Stone Crazy
Buddy Guy The Real Deal
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Drinkin TNT N Smokin Dynamite
Buddy Guy A Man And The Blues
Buddy Guy Blues Singer
Buddy Guy DJ Play My Blues
Buddy Guy Feels Like Rain
Buddy Guy The Very Best Of

Bumble Bee Slim Vol 9 1934-1951 Unissued Tests & Alternate Takes

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Carey Bell Deep Down
Carey Bell Good Luck Man

Casey Bill Weldon & Kokomo Arnold Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters of the 1930s

Charlie Patton Founder Of The Delta Blues 1929-1934
Charley Patton & Blind Lemon Jefferson (Blues On Blues)

Chuck Berry Blues

Corey Stevens Bring On The Blues

Cotton Wells Bell Branch Harp Attack

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Debbie Davies Tales From The Austin Motel

Dr. John N'awlinz Did Dat Or D'udda

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Earl, Perkins, Jones, Smith Eye To Eye

Eddie Taylor Long Way From Home

Elmore James The Sky Is Crying (The History Of)
Elmore James King of the Slide Guitar 3 CD set

Etta James Come A Little Closer
Etta James Deep In The Night
Etta James Tell Mama
Etta James All The Way
Etta James Heart Of A Woman
Etta James Mystery Lady
Etta James Matriarch of the Blues
Etta James Blues To The Bone
Etta James Her Best
Etta James Seven Year Itch
Etta James Greatest Gospel Hits Vol 1
Etta James R&B Dynamite
Etta James These Foolish Things
Etta James Live From San Francisco
Etta James The Complete Muscle Shoals Sessions Tell Mama
Etta James Greatest Gospel Hits Vol 2
Etta James Live Early & Late Show 2 CDs
Etta James Hickory Dickory Dock
Etta James Blowin in the Wind
Etta James  Red Hot & Live
Etta James Lets Roll
Etta James Stickin to My Guns
Etta James Rocks the House
Etta James The Right Time

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Fabulous Thunderbirds Tuff Enuff (The)

Fred McDowell My Home Is in the Delta

Freddie King Texas Cannonball
Freddie King Live at the Electric Ballroom 1974

Furry Lewis In His Prime 1927-1928

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Guitar Slim Sufferin' Mind

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Honeyboy Edwards The World Don't Owe Me Nothing

Hound Dog Taylor Natural Boogie
Hound Dog Taylor Release The Hound
Hound Dog Taylor Deluxe Edition

Howlin Wolf The Real Folk Blues/More Real Folk Blues
Howlin Wolf Chess 3 cd Box Set
Howlin Wolf The London Howlin Wolf Sessions
Howlin Wolf Live at Joe's Place 1973
Howlin Wolf Sings The Blues
Howlin Wolf The Back Door Wolf
Howlin Wolf Live and Cookin at Alice's Revisited
Howlin Wolf Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog Chess Collectibles 2 CD Set
Howlin Wolf Memphis Days The Definitive Edition Vol 1&2 2 CD Set

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J. B. Lenoir Sunnyland Slim & Friends Live

James Cotton High Compression
James Cotton Best Of The Verve Years

Jimmie Johnson Bar Room Preacher

Janis Joplin Pearl
Janis Joplin Cheap Thrills
Janis Joplin Rare Pearls
Janis Joplin I Got Dem Ol Kozmic Blues Again Mama
Janis Joplin Big Brother & the Holding Company

Jim Suhler Shake
Jim Suhler Monkey Beat
Jim Suhler Dirt Road
Jim Suhler & Alan Haynes Live at Blue Cat Blues

Jimi Hendrix Blues
Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys

Jimmy Reed The Essential Boss Man 3 CD set

Jimmy Rogers His Best

John Hammond Live

John Lee Hooker Alone 2 Disc Set
John Lee Hooker Trouble Blues
John Lee Hooker Live at the Cafe au Go-Go & Soledad Prison
John Lee Hooker Jack O Diamonds 1949 Recordings

Johnny Shines Johnny Shines

Johnny Winter

Junior Wells Blues Hit Big Town

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Koko Taylor Force Of Nature
Koko Taylor 
Koko Taylor Live From Chicago
Koko Taylor Queen Of The Blues
Koko Taylor Royal Blue
Koko Taylor Jump For Joy
Koko Taylor The Earthshaker

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Larry Davis Funny Stuff

Leadbelly Last Sessions 4 CD set

Lightning Hopkins Texas Blues
Lightning Hopkins Lightning Hopkins

Little Milton Live At Westville Prison

Little Walter His Best

Lonnie Johnson The Complete Folkways Recordings
Lonnie Brooks Live From Chicago Bayou Lightnin Strikes

Luther Allison Live in Chicago 2 CD set

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Magic Sam West Side Soul
Magic Sam Give Me Time

Memphis Slim All Kinds Of Blues

Mississippi Sheiks Stop and Listen
Mississippi Fred Mcdowell Shake Em On Down
Mississippi John Hurt Complete Studio Recordings 3 CD set

Muddy Waters Sings Big Bill/Folk Singer
Muddy Waters The Lost Tapes Live
Muddy Waters I'm Ready
Muddy Waters The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album
Muddy Waters One More Mile 2 disc set
Muddy Waters Chess Box Set 3 Cds
Muddy Waters The Complete Plantation Recordings
Muddy Waters Folk Singer
Muddy Waters The King Bee
Muddy Waters Fathers and Sons
Muddy Waters Hard Again
Muddy Waters At Newport
Muddy Waters Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live
Muddy Waters I'm Ready Live
Muddy Waters Electric Mud

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Otis Redding Live in Europe
Otis Redding Good To Me
Otis Redding In Person at the Whiskey A Go Go
Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
Otis Redding The Defenitive 4 CD set
Otis Redding Remember Me
Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul
Otis Redding King & Queen

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Pinetop Perkins Back On Top
Pinetop Perkins Down in Mississippi

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R. L. Burnside Wish I was In Heaven Sitting Down
R. L. Burnside Ass Pocket Of Whiskey
R. L. Burnside Burnside On Burnside
R. L. Burnside Acoustic Stories
R. L. Burnside Too Bad Jim

Reverend Gary Davis Pure Religion Bad Company

Robert Bilbo Walker Promised Land

Robert Johnson King Of The Delta Blues Singers Vol 1&2 2 cds
Robert Johnson The Complete Recordings 2 cd set

Robert Lockwood Jr Delta Crossroads

Robert Pete Williams I'm as Blues as a Man Can Be

Roosevelt The Honeydripper Sykes Blues By 

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Sam Myers Coming From The Old School

Screamin Jay Hawkins At Last

Snooky Pryor Shake My Hand

Son House and the Great Delta Blues Singers 1928-1930

Son Seals Midnight Sun

Sonny Boy Williamson The Essential 2 CD Set
Sonny Terry & Browni McGhee Backwater Blues

SRV AA Speech
Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at Montreux 82&85 2 disc set
Stevie Ray Vaughan Live At Carnegie Hall
Stevie Ray Vaughan Box Set 3 CDs
Stevie Ray Vaughan Antones Dec 10 1983 2 CDs
Stevie Ray Vaughan Antones March 7 1982 2 CDs
Stevie Ray Vaughan Antones May 26 1984 2 CDs
Stevie Ray Vaughan Rome Inn April 20 1980
Stevie Ray Vaughan Oct 4 84 Carnegie
Stevie Ray Vaughan Rome 1980 2 cds
Stevie Ray Vaughan In Step
Stevie Ray Vaughan Couldn't Stand the Weather
Stevie Ray Vaughan The Sky Is Crying
Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood
SRV 16 CD Set Soul to Soul Paower Station
SRV Fitzgeralds 3 CD set
SRV Cobras Studio/Radio/Demo Tracks
Stevie Ray Vaughan In The Beginning

Super Chikan What You See

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T Bone Walker The Complete Imperial Recordings 1950-1954 2 Disc Set
T Bone Walker Stormy Monday

Tampa Red The Bluebird Recordings 1936-1938 2 Disc Set

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W. C. Clark From Austin With Soul

Walter Horton Can't Keep Loving You

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Best of Blues Vol 1 & Vol 2
Blues Legends
History of the Blues part 1
Mississippi Blues New Orleans to Chicago Vol1
Negro Prison Blues And Songs