Back issues

You can add to your collection of Juke Blues by ordering back issues on this page, or you can start building your library of good blues and soul reading.

• ISSUE No. 67: 
  • David Dee: the story of the ‘Going Fishing’ man from St Louis — a great and original left handed Flying V guitarist;
  • Brother Tyrone: a rising singing star from New Orleans;
  • Margaret Lewis: Part 1 of her story takes her from Texas and Louisiana to her trip to record at Chess with Dale Hawkins;
  • Madame Edna Gallmon Cooke: new light is shed on one of the most respected but ‘mysterious’ gospel stars who died over 40 years ago;
  • Al Grey, the jazz trombonist who has more than a passing discography in blues, and a prime exponent of the use of the sink plunger as a mute!;
  • Ray Topping: tributes to the major British researcher and collector who sadly died in January 2009;
  • Luderin Darbone & The Hackberry Ramblers — story and tribute;
  • ‘Abdication Blues’ — songs inspired by King Edward VIII;
  • & much more.
• ISSUE No. 66:
  • Bo Diddley: tribute to the R&B star by his biographer;
  • Phil Phillips: the original ‘Sea Of Love’ man;
  • Robert Johnson: Larry Cohn elaborates;
  • David Brinston: Southern soul/bluesman;
  • Shirley Caesar: First Lady of gospel;
  • The Lyrics: early Memphis vocal group;
  • Nina Simone;
  • Irma Thomas;
  • The Impressions;
  • & much more.
• ISSUE No. 65:
  • Ike Turner: a very personal farewell tribute;
  • Hank Ballard;
  • Robert Penn;
  • The Kelly Brothers;
  • The Spirit of Memphis;
  • Canray Fontenot;
  • Johnny Griffin;
  • & much more.
• ISSUE No. 64:
  • Leon Haywood and Evejim Records;
  • Behind The Scenes Of One-derful Records;
  • Sherman Robertson Part 2;
  • Clyde Hopkins (fascinating vintage artist from Memphis);
  • The Swanee Quintet;
  • Lee Parker’s Alabama Down Home Blues Festival;
  • Archie Shepp;
  • & much more.
• ISSUE No. 63:
  • Sherman Robertson story, Part 1;
  • Daddy Mack Orr;
  • Middle Walter (yes, really!);
  • James Brown tribute;
  • Na Allen (Denise LaSalle’s brother);
  • Howard ‘Slim’ Hunt and Lee Williams (gospel profiles);
  • Mose Allison;
  • & much more.
• ISSUE No. 62:
  • Roy Roberts;
  • J.D. Bryant;
  • Leonard Feather And The Blues;
  • ‘The Domino Effect’ (New Orleans post-Katrina and Louisiana report);
  • Rev. Robert B. Jones and Ronica Bowers;
  • Thelonious Monk Part 2;
  • & much more.
• ISSUE No. 61:
  • Freddie Roulette;
  • Clarence Carter, Part 2;
  • Sydney Joe Qualls;
  • Pam Wilford-Smith’s Memories Of The 1960s;
  • The Trammps;
  • Jerry Butler;
  • The Sensational Nightingales;
  • Ladies Of Zydeco;
  • Thelonious Monk Part 1;
  • & much more.
• ISSUE No. 60:
  • Gatemouth Brown tribute;
  • Arthur Williams;
  • Clarence Carter, Part 1;
  • Sunpie Barnes, Part 3;
  • Little Milton (‘Collecting Thoughts’);
  • Chairmen Of The Board;
  • P.W. Cannon and The Neptunes;
  • Harvey Watkins & The Canton Spirituals;
  • Oscar Brown Jr;
  • & much more.
• ISSUE No. 59:
  • ‘Mister Moonlight’ Roy Lee Johnson;
  • Robert Belfour;
  • Gregory Carroll;
  • The Climates;
  • Sunpie Barnes, Part 2;
  • ‘The Lure of Louisiana’;
  • Rev. F.C. Barnes/Luther Barnes & The Sunset Jubilaires;
  • Jimmy Smith;
  • & much more.
• ISSUE No. 58:
  • Billy ‘The Kid’ Emerson;
  • Vasti Jackson;
  • Jimmy Church;
  • Gwen McCrae;
  • The Majors;
  • Sunpie Barnes Part 1;
  • Johnny Wright;
  • Charles Mingus;
  • & much more.
• ISSUE No. 57:
  • Aubrey Ghent ‘Sacred Steel’;
  • J. Blackfoot;
  • Gaylord Garth;
  • Lamont Dozier;
  • Betty Harris;
  • Fernest Arcenaux;
  • Z.Z. Hill (‘Collecting Thoughts’);
  • Dixie Hummingbirds;
  • Gene Ammons;
  • & much more.
• ISSUE No. 56:
  • Little Freddie King;
  • Earl Forest (very detailed story);
  • The Ovations;
  • The Highway QCs;
  • ‘Wee’ Willie Walker;
  • The Detroit Emeralds;
  • Bettye LaVette;
  • Terrance Simien;
  • Dinah Washington;
  • & much more.
• ISSUE No. 55:
  • Dorothy Moore;
  • Lindbergh Nelson – Memphis pianist;
  • Lil’ Brian;
  • Ben Moore;
  • Mable John;
  • Charlie Christian;
  • Detroit Street Art;
  • & much more.
• ISSUE No. 54:
  • Freddie Hughes;
  • Lil Green Part 2 (inc. discography);
  • Sammy Taylor (inc. discography);
  • 'Soul Comes Home' (visit to Stax, Memphis & Muscle Shoals, etc.);
  • Maxine Brown;
  • Willie Walker and more soul stories;
  • Buckwheat Zydeco;
  • Duke Ellington, & much more.
• ISSUE No. 53:
  • Lil Green Part 1;
  • The Carter Brothers;
  • Enjoy Records (inc. label listing);
  • Precious Bryant;
  • Chambers Brothers;
  • Jimmy Witherspoon;
  • Thomas ‘Big Hat’ Fields & Willis Prudhomme;
  • Uptown Video (West Coast indie label);
  • eight pages of soul stories and reviews, & much more.
• ISSUE No. 52:
  • Calvin Leavy & Cummins Prison Farm (inc. full listing of recordings);
  • Daryl Davis;
  • Kip Anderson;
  • Candi Staton;
  • Delafose Family;
  • John Coltrane;
  • Arthur Conley and eight pages of soul stories, & much more.
• ISSUE No. 51:
  • The first issue in full colour throughout! (All later issues also in colour.) Rollee McGill;
  • Clay Hammond;
  • Nathan Williams & The Zydeco Cha Chas;
  • Isaac Freeman & The Fairfield Four;
  • Little Johnny Taylor;
  • Count Basie;
  • Blues Facts, Fables, Folktales & Fibs, & much more.
• ISSUE No. 50:
  • Tommy Brown;
  • George Jackson;
  • Sam Moore;
  • Carrière Bros;
  • Prof. Harold Boggs;
  • Wes Montgomery;
  • Blues Facts, Fables, Folktales & Fibs, & much more.

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EARLIER ISSUES

Nos. 2–49 with some gaps
There are limited quantities of earlier issues.
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Numbers 59, 58 & 56