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CAT HEAD
WEB STORE
Cat Head is your
Mississippi Delta Blues Headquarters. We stock thousands of killer
blues titles and gift ideas, so this is just a sampling. Call or drop
by for tons more! We highly recommend the CDs, DVDs and artists below...
as well as our line of T-shirts, caps/hats, beverage glasses and more.
If you want additional gift ideas, just ask.
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.)
RECOMMENDED
BLUES CDs
- Bill
Abel, One Man Band, 2007, $18
- Terry
"Harmonica" Bean , Hill Country Blues with
the Big Sound 2-CD set, 2010... "Help Me" is a hit
on XM/Sirius, $20.
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- 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.)
RECOMMENDED
BLUES DVDs
- 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.)
COOL,
CAT HEAD T-SHIRTS & MORE
Cat
Head/Crossroads
T-shirts by Grego ($20 plus s/h)
Clarksdale
Guitar
T-shirts by Cat Head ($22 plus s/h)
PLUS...
more great Cat Head shirts and other Cat Head logo souvenirs:
- Brand
new "Clarksdale, Mississippi... Est. 1848" long sleeve, heather
gray T-shirt, call for price.
- New this summer... "Clarksdale Postcard"
short sleeve T-shirt, call for details, $20 plus s/h.
- "Cat Head" logo beer glasses, shot glasses,
coffee mugs, beverage coasters, buttons, stickers, etc. (prices vary).
- and much much more... call or drop by to purchase
or find other Cat Head goodies... 252 Delta Ave., Clarksdale, MS - 662-624-5992.
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.)
RECOMMENDED
BLUES & MS BOOKS
- 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.

- 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.)
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