Rain City Blues

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
Richard Stepp Too Hot to Handle ST
Steve Dawson A Gift Eyes Closed, Dreaming
Steve Dawson Walk On Nightshade
Long Baldry John Resign Yourself Welcome To Club Casablanca
Mud Dog Three Good Reasons Devil's Ride
Alexis (Alexis Rose Radlin) So Low Down Alexis
Jim Byrnes The Chill Is on (The Mellow Freeze) I Turned My Nights Into Days
Joe Mavety (Charles Frederick Mavety) Jackie's Theme Live
David Sinclair & Keith Bennett Hungry Cat Alchemy
Mud Dog Stop the Show River of My Soul
Papa Bears Medicine Show Miles High (Wood) At The Retinal Circus 1968 Vol. 1 & 2
Bobby Taylor One Too Many Heartaches Taylor Made Soul
Long Baldry John Easy Evil Welcome To Club Casablanca
Aaron McNeil Lucinder Jones The Giant of Love
Jim Byrnes You Belong To Me Burning
Mud Dog Devil's Ride Devil's Ride
Powder Blues Sweet Little Girl Uncut
Herald Nix Crawdad Song One Night Only (EP)
Steve Dawson Riley's Henhouse Door Solid States Loose Ends
Mock Duck Funky Song (Joe Mock) Test Record
Mock Duck Sitting On Top Of The World (C. Burnett) Test Record
Long Baldry John Had Enough Welcome To Club Casablanca
Al Foreman What If I Told You Deep in the ❤️ of Vancouver
Jim Byrnes Just for a Thrill I Turned My Nights Into Days
Powder Blues Tore Down Swingin' The Blues
Compilation Nocturnals - Slow Down Live! From The Grooveyard
Steve Dawson Long Time to Get Old Eyes Closed, Dreaming
Mud Dog Train Devil's Ride
Steve Dawson Bugscuffle Lucky Hand
Bobby Taylor Malinda Soul Legend
Twisters Second Wind After the Storm
Papa Bears Medicine Show Miles High (inst.) Medicine Show at the Retinal Circus
Bobby Taylor Out in the Country Taylor Made Soul
Steve Dawson Have That Chance Nightshade
Richard Stepp Imagination ST
Steve Dawson Old Hickory Breakdown Lucky Hand
Compilation Weeley Wright - Williams Lake Stampede Songs of British Columbia
Seeds of Time Trouble Immortal
Aaron McNeil Love Train Express The Giant of Love
Mud Dog These Bones are Bare River of My Soul
Steve Dawson The Medicine Show Comes to Avalon Rattlesnake Cage
Steve Dawson Butterfly Stunt Rattlesnake Cage
Long Baldry John Rock the Joint Long John's Blues
Compilation HB Concept - Mine, All Mine The Soul of Vancouver: The Untold Story...
Bobby Taylor I Heard it Through the Grapevine Soul Legend
Colin James Voodoo Thing ST
My Indole Ring Orange Float Petals ST
Long Baldry John You're the One Right To Sing The Blues
Bobby Taylor Out in the Country Soul Legend
Jim Byrnes The Message Burning
Papa Bears Medicine Show Wait and See Medicine Show at the Retinal Circus
Papa Bears Medicine Show Alabama Song Alabama Song b/w Slow Moshun
Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers Try A Little Tenderness ST
Bobby Taylor Try a Little Tenderness Soul Legend
Richard Stepp Beautiful Melody Mushroom Cuts Plus
Brandon Isaak (aka Yukon Slim) East Van Blues One Step Closer
Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers Malinda ST
Colin James Lone Wolf ST
Incognito Make Time Your Friend Four
Richard Stepp Time Keeps Pushing Don't Steal My Feel (with Roger Stomperud)
Twisters Zig Zag Long Hard Road
Steve Dawson The Gunslinger Retreats and Lurks Underground Telescope
Papa Bears Medicine Show Baroque (Wood) At The Retinal Circus 1968 Vol. 1 & 2
Steve Dawson The Owl Eyes Closed, Dreaming
Bobby Taylor Day by Day or Never Soul Legend
Blue Shadows When Will This Heartache End On the Floor of Heaven
Herald Nix Funny Funny Feelin' One Night Only (EP)
Compilation Weeley Wright - Down at Jericho Songs of British Columbia
Colin James Dream of Satin ST
John Pippus Airplane Woman Wrapped Up In The Blues
Compilation Shockers - You Better Run Live! From The Grooveyard
Incognito Blame it All On You Four
Compilation Stags - Everybody Knows I Still Love You Live! From The Grooveyard
Bobby Taylor Serve Yourself a Cup of Happiness Soul Legend
Cal Batchelor Band Healer Roadworthy
Herald Nix Jimmy Open Up the Sky
Joe Mavety (Charles Frederick Mavety) The Mule In Orbit
Richard Stepp Take a Ride Don't Steal My Feel (with Roger Stomperud)
Steve Dawson Hollow Tree Gap Lucky Hand
Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers It’s Growing ST
Papa Bears Medicine Show Baroque Medicine Show at the Retinal Circus
Hans Staymer Band The Key ST
David Raven & the Escorts Playtime for Singles Stab in the Dark
Hans Staymer Band Dig a Hole ST
Mud Dog Cold Steel Rail Devil's Ride
Long Baldry John Five Long Years Long John's Blues
Incognito That's What Love Will Do Four
David Sinclair & Keith Bennett Jumpin' at the Yale Alchemy
Joe Mavety (Charles Frederick Mavety) Scorin' With Elvis Live
Twisters Button Up After the Storm
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble Immortal
Seeds of Time Cryin' the Blues Immortal
Al Foreman Deep in the Heart of Vancouver Deep in the ❤️ of Vancouver
Steve Dawson House Carpenter Eyes Closed, Dreaming
Papa Bears Medicine Show Love is Somewhere Medicine Show at the Retinal Circus
Steve Dawson Ol' Brushy Phantom Threshold
Compilation Eugene Robert - Serenade in the Rockies Songs of British Columbia
Joe Mavety (Charles Frederick Mavety) Touch of Silk Live
Jim Byrnes Bootlegger's Blues Everywhere West
Papa Bears Medicine Show Slow Motion (Wood) At The Retinal Circus 1968 Vol. 1 & 2

Compilation

Stab in the Dark

Raven, David & the Escorts

David Raven And The Escorts – Stab In The Dark BACK

King, Robbie

Songs of British Columbia

Weeley Wright - Songs of British Columbia LABEL 02

Weeley Wright - Songs of British Columbia LABEL 01

Weeley Wright - Songs of British Columbia BACK

ST

Alexis

Alexis (Alexis Rose Radlin)

rear

Four

Incognito

Live

In Orbit

Mavety, Joe (Charles Frederick Mavety)

Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder

CARROUSSELL RAIN CITY BLUES

CD-Incognito - Four CD

CD-Incognito - Four INSIDE

CD-Incognito - Four INLAY INSIDE

CD-Incognito - Four INLAY

Detroit b/w Do What You Want

Lovin' Blues b/w I Found a Love

This Ain't Love b/w You Lied

Nocturnals

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

ST

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