Chicago in the ’50s was overflowing with skilled bluesmen, vocal groups, gospel singers, not to mention the mom-and-pop labels eager to make a hit off the artists. There are the now-famous labels – Chess, Delmark, and Vee-Jay among them. But the Windy City was so teeming with talent (and entrepreneurial hucksters trying to launch their own careers) that small, independent labels were plentiful. Earwig Music Company celebrates one such label in its ambitious new box set, Cadillac Baby’s Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection. It’s not too far-fetched to say the…
Trying To Make A Living: Classics From Chicago’s Independent Blues Scene Collected on “Cadillac Baby’s Bea and Baby Records”
Blues fanatics rejoice! Earwig Music Company invites listeners to take a spin with a new 101-track, 4-CD collection of classic Chicago blues, R&B, and gospel recordings. Cadillac Baby’s Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection, due to arrive on July 19, chronicles one of Chicago’s finest indie blues labels. Bea & Baby Records was founded by entrepreneur and music fanatic Narvel “Cadillac Baby” Eatmon. From 1959-1989, the label and its subsidiaries (among them Key, Keyhole, Miss, and Ronald) championed Chicago’s music scene with an impressive array of blues, gospel, soul, doo-wop, hip-hop,…
Keep On Rock’n Me: Steve Miller Band Unleashes Unreleased Goodies on “Welcome To The Vault” Box Set
The story of The Steve Miller Band presents a group that was always willing to move forward – from their blues roots in the late-’60s, to their slew of smash rock hits in the ’70s, to their explorations into pop and other forms in the decades since. Now, more than 50 years since the band’s inception, The Steve Miller Band have announced an expansive 3-CD/DVD box set of rarities due October 11 entitled Welcome To The Vault. Welcome To The Vault is the first-ever Steve Miller Band rarities collection and features 52 songs…
