16th Anniversary Sampler

This first Earwig blues sampler commemorates the 16th anniversary since label Producer and CEO Michael Frank began the label by taking Frank Frost, Sam Carr, and Jack Johnson — The Jelly Roll Kings — into a Memphis studio to record Rockin’ The Juke Joint Down (4901). Since that magic session, these guys have made four Earwig albums between them.

Earwig has concentrated on middle-aged and elder bluesmen who are under-represented in recordings and live performance. Honeyboy Edwards, Sunnyland Slim, Homesick James, and H-Bomb Ferguson – seminal figures in the history of the blues – all made new recordings on Earwig. The label also made the first album recordings of Lester Davenport, Aron Burton, Lovie Lee, Big Jack Johnson, and John Primer as bandleaders rather than as sidemen. And the label has proudly released private tapes produced by Little Brother Montgomery – one of the most important blues and traditional jazz pianists of all time.

These musicians and more make up the Earwig story — 16 years and 18 cuts — featuring every Earwig artist recorded from 1978 to 1995. Check it out!

Related Albums

20th Anniversary Collection

The Blues Sessions

The World Don’t Owe Me Nothing

Tough Luck

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