Rain City Blues

Vancouver has always been a city steeped in the blues — and maybe it’s no coincidence. With its long gray winters, endless rain, and a history of gritty bars and clubs from Gastown to Granville Street, the city gave rise to a scene where the blues thrived. From touring legends stopping in at the Yale to homegrown heroes shaping their own sound at The Town Pump and The Commodore, Vancouver became a hotbed for soulful guitar licks, wailing harmonicas, and the Hammond B3’s deep growl. Rain City Blues celebrates that legacy, capturing the raw spirit of musicians who turned damp streets and stormy skies into something timeless: the sound of Westcoast Blues.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Steve Dawson	King Bennie Had His Shit Together	Gone, Long Gone	05:55
Compilation	Eugene Robert - Back in Old B.C.	Songs of British Columbia	01:35
Steve Dawson	Bugscuffle	Lucky Hand	03:58
Mud Dog	Can't Figure You Out	Sun	02:52
Blue Shadows	I Believe	On the Floor of Heaven	03:04
Jim Foster	Quicker than the Eye	Power Lines	03:49
My Indole Ring	Blue Wax	ST	02:28
Long Baldry John	When The World Doesn`t Love You	Silent Treatment	04:47
Long Baldry John	I'm Shakin'	Right To Sing The Blues	03:51
Ronnie Hayward	You Hound Ya Lie	The Lost Utrecht Sessions	02:07
Incognito	That's What Love Will Do	Four	05:36
Long Baldry John	Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You	Long John's Blues	03:56
Compilation	Epics - It's Growing	Live! From The Grooveyard	02:54
Long Baldry John	This Boy‘s In Love With You	Welcome To Club Casablanca	05:53
Long Baldry John	Beautiful to Handle	Welcome To Club Casablanca	03:27
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
Hans Staymer Band	Backwater Blues	Live Blues	09:42
Long Baldry John	Right to Sing the Blues	Right To Sing The Blues	04:26
David Raven & the Escorts	Take Me Down	Stab in the Dark	03:38
Powder Blues	Oh Well, Oh Well	Swingin' The Blues	03:10
Long Baldry John	Hoochie Coochie	Long John's Blues	03:48
Richard Stepp	Sooner Or Later	ST	03:11
Steve Dawson	Blind Thomas at the Crime Scene	Rattlesnake Cage	03:49
Wes Mackey	Rapperswill	Life is a Journey	03:24
Mud Dog	Step into the Light	River of My Soul	06:00
Wes Mackey	Baby Done Gone	Mr. Blues	03:34
Jim Byrnes	Bad Boy	I Turned My Nights Into Days	03:50
David Sinclair & Keith Bennett	Sanctuary	Alchemy	05:01
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	Immortal	02:48
David Sinclair	Skye Boat Song	No Words	03:39
Compilation	Terry Kristy - Chilliwack Jive	Songs of British Columbia	01:19
Steve Dawson	Photograph	We Belong to the Gold Coast	05:21
David Raven & the Escorts	Rock & Roll Rhythm & Blues	Stab in the Dark	02:32
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Wait and See	ST	04:00
Alexis (Alexis Rose Radlin)	Hey, I'm Just Crazy	ST	03:05
Jim Foster	Maggie	Power Lines	04:06
Alexis (Alexis Rose Radlin)	Dragonflies	Alexis	03:50
Powder Blues	Woke Up This Morning	Red Hot True Blue	03:19
Bobby Taylor	Day by Day or Never	Soul Legend	02:46
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Baroque (Wood)	At The Retinal Circus 1968 Vol. 1 & 2	02:49
Mud Dog	Testify	Devil's Ride	06:56
Robbie King	Robbie's Thang	Showtime In The Main Lounge	03:16
Papa Bears Medicine Show	I Guess That's O.K.	Medicine Show at the Retinal Circus	04:00
Robbie King	Mary, Don't You Weep	Showtime In The Main Lounge	03:34
Ronnie Hayward	If I Ain't Nobody	The Lost Utrecht Sessions	02:13
Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers	Try A Little Tenderness	ST	02:47
Wes Mackey	Blues Carry Me Home	Life is a Journey	04:38
Hans Staymer Band	Jailhouse Rock	Live Blues	07:08
Steve Dawson	We Belong To The Gold Coast	We Belong to the Gold Coast	01:24
Powder Blues	Your Daddy	Red Hot True Blue	02:24
Incognito	Evening at Porteau	Four	04:06
Robbie King	Song for My Father	Showtime In The Main Lounge	06:32
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Damage	Medicine Show at the Retinal Circus	04:02
Robbie King	What's Your Name	Showtime In The Main Lounge	04:25
Compilation	Nocturnals - You Make Me Feel So Good	Live! From The Grooveyard	03:17
Jim Byrnes	Cold Sweat	I Turned My Nights Into Days	02:49
Twisters	Second Wind	After the Storm	03:10
David Sinclair	Cotton Ball	No Words	01:20
Bobby Taylor	Blackmail	Soul Legend	03:12
David Sinclair	Lord It's All Around	Take My Hand	03:43
Hans Staymer Band	Slow Moshun	ST	03:17
Compilation	Terry Kristy - Moon Over Kelowna	Songs of British Columbia	02:12
Incognito	Change My Mind	Four	03:40
Jim Byrnes	Fire on the Bayou	I Turned My Nights Into Days	07:33
Steve Dawson	Ruby	We Belong to the Gold Coast	05:29
Wes Mackey	In My Neighborhood	Mr. Blues	04:05
Steve Dawson	World Gone Wrong	We Belong to the Gold Coast	04:12
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Dill Pickles	At The Retinal Circus 1968 Vol. 1 & 2	02:12
Steve Dawson	Gone, Long Gone	Gone, Long Gone	05:01
Steve Dawson	Room to Room	Waiting for the Lights to Come Up	04:22
Compilation	Weeley Wright - Cariboo Kid	Songs of British Columbia	01:45
Seeds of Time	Hold Up	Immortal	03:02
Richard Stepp	I Tried So Hard	ST	04:19
Papa Bears Medicine Show	In My Life (Wood)	At The Retinal Circus 1968 Vol. 1 & 2	03:32
David Raven & the Escorts	Put it Where it Belongs	Stab in the Dark	02:19
Steve Dawson	Let Him Go On Mama	Eyes Closed, Dreaming	04:37
Bobby Taylor	I Am Your Man	Soul Legend	03:29
Long Baldry John	It Ain't Easy	It Ain't Easy	04:54
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Wait and See	Medicine Show at the Retinal Circus	04:56
Blue Shadows	Is Anybody Here	On the Floor of Heaven	04:24
Wes Mackey	Solitary Midnight	Second Chance	03:53
Powder Blues	Caledonia	Swingin' The Blues	03:53
Robbie King	Tencegrity	Showtime In The Main Lounge	04:38
Steve Dawson	No One Goes to the Park When it Rains	Telescope	04:07
Jim Byrnes	Hangover Morning	Burning	03:12
David Sinclair	Baby You Do	Take My Hand	03:48
Long Baldry John	Got My Mojo Working	Long John's Blues	03:11
Compilation	N.R.G. - She's a Donut	The Soul of Vancouver: The Untold Story...	03:41
Bobby Taylor	It's Growing	Soul Legend	02:57
Ronnie Hayward	Eight Long Pages	The Lost Utrecht Sessions	02:47
Nocturnals	This Ain't Love	This Ain't Love b/w You Lied	03:20
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Love is Somewhere	Medicine Show at the Retinal Circus	04:18
Compilation	Det-A-Nation - Private Party	The Soul of Vancouver: The Untold Story...	03:54
Steve Dawson	Patches	We Belong to the Gold Coast	04:20
Powder Blues	Flip, Flop And Fly	Swingin' The Blues	03:01
Cal Batchelor Band	Been Waitin'	Roadworthy	04:15
Compilation	Le Sassy - Crazy Day	The Soul of Vancouver: The Untold Story...	03:42
Alexis (Alexis Rose Radlin)	Silly Lady	Alexis	03:32
Compilation	Something You Got	Live! From The Grooveyard	02:40
Hans Staymer Band	Never Learned to Crawl	ST	03:13

Rain City Blues

Tracks

FEATURED

The Explosions - Wilson, Lucas & Bruce b/w Everybody's Crazy But You & Me

FEATURED

Richard Stepp - ST

FEATURED

Wes Mackey - Second Chance

FEATURED

Wes Mackey - Mr. Blues

FEATURED

Wes Mackey - Life is a Journey

FEATURED

Wes Mackey - Beyond Words

FEATURED

David Raven & the Escorts - Stab in the Dark

FEATURED

Compilation - Songs of British Columbia

FEATURED

Alexis (Alexis Rose Radlin) - ST

FEATURED

Alexis (Alexis Rose Radlin) - Alexis

FEATURED

Incognito - Four

FEATURED

Joe Mavety (Charles Frederick Mavety) - Live

FEATURED

Joe Mavety (Charles Frederick Mavety) - In Orbit

FEATURED

Joe Mavety & the Mule - Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder

FEATURED

Nocturnals - Detroit b/w Do What You Want

FEATURED

Nocturnals - Lovin' Blues b/w I Found a Love

FEATURED

Nocturnals - This Ain't Love b/w You Lied

FEATURED

Nocturnals - Because You're Gone b/w Can It Be True

FEATURED

Colin James - ST

FEATURED

Compilation - Live! From The Grooveyard

FEATURED

Jim Byrnes - I Turned My Nights Into Days

FEATURED

Jim Byrnes - Burning

FEATURED

Robbie King - Showtime In The Main Lounge

FEATURED

Cal Batchelor Band - Roadworthy

FEATURED

Compilation - The Soul of Vancouver: The Untold Story...

FEATURED

Al Foreman - Deep in the ❤️ of Vancouver

Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers - Does Your Mama Know About Me b/w Fading Away

FEATURED

Herald Nix - Open Up the Sky

FEATURED

Herald Nix - One Night Only (EP)

FEATURED

Ronnie Hayward - The Lost Utrecht Sessions

Comments