St. George Records
Encyclopedia
St. George Records is a blues
and rockabilly
record label
setup in 1983 by George Paulus
.
The label first started reissuing early post-war blues recordings by artists like Little Walter
, Jimmy Rogers
, Johnny Young
, Sleepy John Estes
. Since the 1990s they specialise in recording contemporary blues and rockabilly musicians as diverse as the Pretty Things-Yardbird Blues Band
, The El Dorados, Big Mojo Elem, Little Mack Simmons
, Tail Dragger, Rev. Charlie Jackson, Andre Williams
, Warren Storm
, Sonny Burgess
, Charles 'Delta Blues Hog' Hayes and Hayden Thompson.
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
and rockabilly
Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...
record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
setup in 1983 by George Paulus
George Paulus
George Paulus is an American record producer, founder and owner of Barrelhouse Records, Negro Rhythm Records, and St. George Records.-External links:* * *...
.
The label first started reissuing early post-war blues recordings by artists like Little Walter
Little Walter
Little Walter, born Marion Walter Jacobs , was an American blues harmonica player, whose revolutionary approach to his instrument has earned him comparisons to Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix, for innovation and impact on succeeding generations...
, Jimmy Rogers
Jimmy Rogers
Jimmy Rogers was an American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, best known for his work as a member of Muddy Waters' band of the 1950s.-Career:...
, Johnny Young
Johnny Young
Johnny Young is an Australian singer, composer, record producer, disc jockey, television producer and host. Originally from Netherlands, his family settled in Perth, Western Australia in the early 1950s...
, Sleepy John Estes
Sleepy John Estes
John Adam Estes , best known as Sleepy John Estes or Sleepy John, was a American blues guitarist, songwriter and vocalist, born in Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee.-Career:...
. Since the 1990s they specialise in recording contemporary blues and rockabilly musicians as diverse as the Pretty Things-Yardbird Blues Band
Pretty Things
The Pretty Things are an English rock and roll band from London, who originally formed in 1963. They took their name from Bo Diddley's 1955 song "Pretty Thing" and, in their early days, were dubbed by the British press the "uglier cousins of the Rolling Stones". Their most commercially successful...
, The El Dorados, Big Mojo Elem, Little Mack Simmons
Little Mack Simmons
Little Mack Simmons was an African American, Chicago blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter.-Biography:...
, Tail Dragger, Rev. Charlie Jackson, Andre Williams
Andre Williams
Andre Williams is an American R&B and punk blues musician who started his career in the 1950s at Fortune Records in Detroit.-Biography:...
, Warren Storm
Warren Storm
A talented drummer and vocalist, Warren Storm is a pioneer of the musical genre known as swamp pop, a combination of rhythm and blues, country and western, and Cajun music and black Creole music.-Background and career:...
, Sonny Burgess
Sonny Burgess
Albert Austin "Sonny" Burgess is an American rockabilly guitarist and singer....
, Charles 'Delta Blues Hog' Hayes and Hayden Thompson.