Blind Pig Records
Blind Pig Records is an American blues independent record label.
Blind Pig Records | |
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Parent company | Sony Music Entertainment[1] |
Founded | 1977 |
Founder | Jerry Del Giudice, Edward Chmelewski |
Distributor(s) | The Orchard |
Genre | Blues, soul, zydeco |
Country of origin | United States |
Location | San Francisco, California |
Official website | blindpigrecords |
Blind Pig was formed in 1977 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, by Jerry Del Giudice, owner of the Blind Pig Cafe, and his friend Edward Chmelewski.[2] The label is now based in San Francisco. In the late 2000s the label started a reissue vinyl series, featuring reissues from its back catalog on 180-gram high quality vinyl.
As of 2015, Blind Pig's catalogue is owned by The Orchard, a division of Sony Music.[3]
Roster
- Arthur Adams
- Luther Allison
- Reneé Austin[4]
- Big James and the Chicago Playboys[5]
- Carey Bell
- Elvin Bishop
- Nappy Brown
- Savoy Brown
- Norton Buffalo
- Eddie C. Campbell
- Chubby Carrier
- Tommy Castro
- Popa Chubby
- Joanna Connor
- James Cotton
- Albert Cummings
- Debbie Davies
- Damon Fowler[6]
- The Gospel Hummingbirds
- Buddy Guy
- Peter Harper[7]
- Shawn Holt & the Teardrops[8]
- Big Walter Horton
- JW-Jones
- Smokin' Joe Kubek feat. Bnois King
- Frankie Lee[9]
- Little Mike and the Tornadoes[10]
- Hamilton Loomis[11]
- Magic Slim
- Bob Margolin
- John Mooney
- Big Bill Morganfield
- Charlie Musselwhite
- Kenny Neal
- John Németh[12]
- Johnny Nicholas
- Pinetop Perkins
- Snooky Pryor
- Robin Rogers[13]
- Roy Rogers
- The Rounders
- E.C. Scott[14]
- Southern Hospitality[15]
- Jeremy Spencer
- Studebaker John
- Muddy Waters
- Junior Wells
- Webb Wilder
- Reverend Billy C. Wirtz
- Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s
References
- "The Orchard Adds Blind Pig Catalog to Its Owned Catalog". Theorchard.com. 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- Archived March 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- "The Orchard Acquires Blind Pig Records Catalog". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- "Renee Austin | Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- "Big James and the Chicago Playboys". blindpigrecords.com. Whole Hog, Inc. Archived from the original on June 24, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- Steve Leggett. "Damon Fowler | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
- Timothy Monger. "Harper and Midwest Kind | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
- "Blind Pig Records". Blind Pig Records. 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
- Skelly, Richard. "Frankie Lee". Allmusic. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- "Bio - Little Mike and the Tornadoes". Littlemikeandthetornadoes.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- Al Campbell. "Hamilton Loomis | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- Leggett, Steve. "John Nemeth - Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- Leggett, Steve (2010-12-17). "Robin Rogers - Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
- "Blind Pig Records". Blind Pig Records. Archived from the original on 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- "Southern Hospitality". Southernhospitalityband.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
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