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• Terry "Harmonica" Bean , Hill Country Blues with the Big Sound 2-CD set, 2010... "Help Me" is a hit on XM/Sirius, $20.

• Robert Belfour, Pushin My Luck, 2003 Fat Possum Records, $16.
  
• Big George Brock, Live At Seventy Five, 2007 Cat Head Presents, $15. As heard on XM Radio and www.cdbaby.com. Nominated for Blues Music Award: "Traditional Blues Album of the Year."
  
• Big George Brock, Round Two, 2006 on Cat Head Presents w/special guest Hubert Sumlin. As heard on XM Radio and www.cdbaby.com. Brought Brock 3 Blues Music Award nominations. $15.
  
• T-Model Ford, jack daniel time... recorded over two days at Red's juke joint in Clarksdale; features guests Terry "Harmonica" Bean and Sam Carr; includes T-Model's first acoustic recordings, 2008 Mudpuppy Recordings, $15.

• T-Model Ford, Bad Man, 2002 Fat Possum Records, $16.
  
• Odell Harris, Searching For Odell Harris, 2006 Broke & Hungry Records, $15.
  
• Alvin Youngblood Hart, Down in the Alley, 2002 Memphis International Records, $18.
  
• Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, Ain't It Lonesome, 2009 Broke & Hungry Records, $15.
  
• Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, Done Got Tired Of Tryin', 2007 Broke & Hungry Records, $15.
  
• Big Jack Johnson, Roots Stew, MC Records, $19.

• Jelly Roll Kings, Off Yonder Wall, 1997 Fat Possum Records, $16.
  
• Lightnin' Malcolm, Juke Joint Dance Party, $18. (As heard on XM Radio.)
  
• Lightnin' Malcolm & Cedric Burnside, Juke Joint Duo. Released summer 2007, $18.
  
• Jimbo Mathus, Jimmy The Kid, Grammy winner's latest (country band) recording, 2010, $16.
  
• Jimbo Mathus, Live at Ground Zero Blues Club, New Year's Eve NPR recording w/guests Terry "Harmonica" Bean, Wesley Jefferson and Big George Brock, 2005, $18.
  
• M for Mississippi CD soundtrack I, part 1 of a current overview of Mississippi's real-deal blues players (as seen in the award-winning DVD, M for Mississippi) -- includes R.L. Boyce, T-Model Ford and L.C. Ulmer, 2008, $15.
  
• M for Mississippi CD soundtrack II, part 2 of a current overview of Mississippi's real-deal blues players (as seen in the award-winning DVD, M for Mississippi) -- includes Cadillac John, Terry "Harmonica" Bean and Pat Thomas, 2009, $15.
  
• Mr. Tater, The Music Maker (Foster Wiley), Superbad, the final CD recorded in the months before Mr. Tater's untimely passing, 2010, $16.
  
• The Rough Guide to Delta Blues, from Robert Johnson to Muddy Waters plus obscure classics by Geechie Wiley and others (awesome early Delta blues overview!), $18

• Super Chikan, Live at Bluesville, 2010... cool solo and band cuts, recorded at XM Radio, $17.
  
• Super Chikan, Sum Mo Chikan, 2007... Excellent... Blues Music Award winner, $18.
  
• Super Chikan, Chikan Supe, 2005 KDSR/GZBC Records, $17.

• Super Chikan, What You See, 2000 Fat Possum Records, $16.
  
• Terry "Big T" Williams, Jump Back, Big T's In The House, Matt The Scat Records, $15.
  
• Terry "Big T" Williams & Wesley "Junebug" Jefferson, Meet Me In The Cotton Field, 2007 Broke & Hungry Records, $15.
  
• L.C. Ulmer, Long Way from Home, live recording from Rootsway's Italian blues festival, 2008, $16.
  
• PLUS: We carry all Broke & Hungry Records (from Mississippi Marvel to Pat Thomas) and Mudpuppy Recordings (including 90-yr-old T-Model Ford) product... as well as most of Fat Possum Records blues recordings (from R.L. Burnside to Junior Kimbrough). Just ask for a recommendation or the title you're looking for! We also do special orders.
  
• AND MANY, MANY MORE! We have all the classic, Mississippi-born, heavy-hitters of the blues as well... from Charley Patton, Robert Johnson and Mississippi John Hurt... to Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson II... and everything in-between. We also stock (and special order) other less Delta-specific CDs, of course. Also, ask about our small but mighty LP collection... and don't forget the awesome DVDs we carry, including "M for Mississippi", "Deep Blues", "See Me Laughing" and many, many more.

  TO ORDER FROM CAT HEAD, please call us at 662-624-5992 (Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm), or send us an email for more information. PLEASE NOTE: Due to state of music industry and general economy, prices subject to changes without notice, please confirm pricing while placing your order, so there are no surprises... for any of us. Thanks. (ALSO: Prices below do not reflect any shipping/handling or sales tax, if applicable; any additional charges will appear at checkout... or just ask about 'em when you call.)
  

• Hard Times: Big George Brock DVD, Hard Times tells the true blues story of the archetypal Delta bluesman gone North; filmed in St. Louis (where Brock currently resides) and the Clarksdale, Mississippi region (where he grew up -- picking cotton, playing blues and boxing); film festival favorite featuring a mix of live music, interviews and more, $15.
  
• M for Mississippi: A Road Trip through the Birthplace of the Blues DVD, Blues Music Award (and multiple film festival award) winner chronicling a week-long road trip visiting juke joints, house parties and a dozen of the Delta's last real-deal bluesmen; includes bonus footage, original trailer, behind the scenes short and more, $20.

• Deep Blues DVD, features Jr. Kimbrough, RL Burnside, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Big Jack Johnson, Booba Barnes, Lonnie Pitchford, Jack Owens and many others; a Robert Mugge film, $20.
  
• See Me Laughing DVD, Fat Possum Records story with R.L. Burnside, Jr. Kimbrough, Asie Payton and more. $20.

• PLUS MANY MANY MORE... call us today for more essential DVD titles... including DVDs featuring Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, the Robert Johnson story, John Lee Hooker... and more. Plus, an assortment of the critically-acclaimed "American Folk Blues Festival" films and the excellent Maxwell Street DVD, And This is Free.

  TO ORDER FROM CAT HEAD, please call us at 662-624-5992 (Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm), or send us an email for more information. PLEASE NOTE: Due to state of music industry and general economy, prices subject to changes without notice, please confirm pricing while placing your order, so there are no surprises... for any of us. Thanks. (ALSO: Prices below do not reflect any shipping/handling or sales tax, if applicable; any additional charges will appear at checkout... or just ask about 'em when you call.)
  

• Here are just a few of the books we regularly stock. If you wish to purchase books from us, call us at (662)624-5992, or for more book suggestions or information, please send us an email. Since prices often change, some books below feature no pricing; just call or email to ask.
  
• Mississippi: State of Blues by Ken Murphy & Scott Barretta. New (2010), amazing journey around Mississippi in search of authentic BLUES musicians, juke joints, festivals, museums and landmarks. Oversize, hardcover coffee book sure to become a modern classic! (Makes an amazing gift.) $59.95.
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• Memphis & the Delta Blues Trail by the Gages. Most up to date (2009) Delta blues travel guide currently available. Start in Memphis, and then come on down into Mississippi to visit jukes, museums, stores, graves and more! $19.95.
  
• Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of the Delta Blues. Updated definitive tour guide to Mississippi blues sites by musician/historian Steve Cheseborough. Makes a good read, too. Buy it... then visit! Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. Soft cover. $22.
  
• Deep Blues by Robert Palmer. The definitive pocket history of American blues -- from the Mississippi Delta to the Windy City of Chicago. A must-own soft cover book for any lover of blues or Southern culture. $16.
  
• Juke Joint. Classic juke joint photographs by Birney Imes with an introductory essay by Richard Ford. Extremely cool and popular book. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, soft cover, 1990. $40.
  
• Delta Land. Amazing B&W Delta photographs by Maude Schuyler Clay with an introduction by Lewis Nordan. Great gift book. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1999. Hard cover. $35.
  
• Touring Literary Mississippi. The homes of William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams are only a small example of what the state has to offer literary fans and serious readers. Buy it... then visit! By Patti Carr Black and Marion Barnwell. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2002. Soft cover. $22.
  
• My Mississippi . "Few writers have ever approached their native terrains with such an inclusive and compassionate understanding..." (Quote from jacket.) Great gift book. Text by Willie Morris, photos by David Rae Morris. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. Hard cover. $42.
  
• A Place Called Mississippi – Collected Narratives. A thick, well-edited volume compiled by editor Marion Barnwell. Combines the writings of Big Bill Broonzy, William Faulkner, Eudora Welty and many others to paint a colorful picture of Mississippi past and present. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. Soft cover. $25.
  
• COMING IN APRIL 2011... Hidden History of Mississippi Blues by Roger Stolle with photographs by Lou Bopp. Historical overview of blues from the Magnolia State, interviews with the state's last generation of traditional Delta bluesman, contemporary photos of important Mississippi musicians, and more. The History Press, 2011. Soft cover. Price TBA. -- BOOK SIGNING on April 15, 2011, during Juke Joint Festival weekend!
  
• PLUS MANY, MANY MORE... call and ask what's new or recommended!

 

TO ORDER FROM CAT HEAD, please call us at 662-624-5992, or send us an email for more information. NOTE: Prices subject to changes without notice, PLEASE confirm pricing while placing your order, so there are no surprises... for any of us. Thanks. (ALSO: Prices below do not reflect any shipping/handling or sales tax, if applicable; any additional charges will appear at checkout... or just ask about 'em when you call.)