Rain City Blues

Vancouver has always been a city steeped in the blues β€” 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
Papa Bears Medicine Show Hall of the Mountain King Medicine Show at the Retinal Circus
Baldry, Long John Intro: Conditional Discharge It Ain't Easy
Baldry, Long John Bad Luck Soul Looking At Long John
Foster, Jim Do it to Me Power Lines
Stepp, Richard When I'm Gone Mushroom Cuts Plus
Baldry, Long John You're Breaking My Heart Long John's Blues
Taylor, Bobby and the Vancouvers So This Is Love ST
Compilation Terry Kristy - Kitsilano Songs of British Columbia
Baldry, Long John Rock the Joint Long John's Blues
Dawson, Steve Can't Put That Monkey On My Back Solid States Loose Ends
Baldry, Long John Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart Looking At Long John
Batchelor, Cal Band Ilona May Roadworthy
Mock Duck Do Re Mi (Ross Barrett) Test Record
Staymer, Hans Band Sweet Sympathy ST
Hayward, Ronnie 601 Blue The Lost Utrecht Sessions
Compilation Epics - It's Growing Live! From The Grooveyard
Dawson, Steve Room to Room Waiting for the Lights to Come Up
Staymer, Hans Band Slow Moshun ST
Pippus, John Airplane Woman Wrapped Up In The Blues
Blue Shadows The Trouble With Trouble Lucky to Me
Twisters Stay Away Baby Long Hard Road
Compilation Det-A-Nation - Where Do We Go from Here The Soul of Vancouver: The Untold Story...
Blue Shadows Think On It On the Floor of Heaven
Papa Bears Medicine Show I Guess That's O.K. Medicine Show at the Retinal Circus
Foster, Jim It's Up to You Power Lines
Papa Bears Medicine Show Alabama Song Medicine Show at the Retinal Circus
Staymer, Hans Band Backwater Blues Live Blues
Twisters Up And At It Long Hard Road
Powder Blues Buzzard Luck Uncut
Incognito Make Time Your Friend Four
Dawson, Steve Cozy Corner Phantom Threshold
Alexis (Alexis Rose Radlin) Hey, I'm Just Crazy ST
Stepp, Richard The Last Day Don't Steal My Feel (with Roger Stomperud)
Alexis (Alexis Rose Radlin) English Bay Alexis
Blue Shadows On the Floor of Heaven On the Floor of Heaven
Compilation Stags - Everybody Knows I Still Love You Live! From The Grooveyard
King, Robbie Summertime Showtime In The Main Lounge
Mock Duck Playing Games (Rick Enns) Test Record
Papa Bears Medicine Show Wait and See ST
Powder Blues You Won't Let Me Go Red Hot True Blue
Dawson, Steve Lucky Hand Lucky Hand
Compilation Shantelles - Leaving Here Live! From The Grooveyard
Blue Shadows Lucky To Me Lucky to Me
Pippus, John Where I Come From Born a Genius
Sinclair, David & Keith Bennett Sanctuary Alchemy
Foreman, Al What If I Told You Deep in the ❀️ of Vancouver
Compilation Shockers - Don't Bring Me Down Live! From The Grooveyard
Mud Dog Testify Devil's Ride
Mud Dog Rollin' & Tumblin' Devil's Ride
Baldry, Long John Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie On the King of the Rock and Roll It Ain't Easy
Dawson, Steve Polaroid Eyes Closed, Dreaming
Dawson, Steve That's How it Goes in the Relax Lounge Phantom Threshold
Byrnes, Jim Shake Your Moneymaker I Turned My Nights Into Days
Twisters I Had a Dream Long Hard Road
Nix, Herald Don't Touch Me Open Up the Sky
Nix, Herald Empty Blue Eyes Open Up the Sky
Mud Dog Gastown Blues Sun
Nix, Herald Everybody's Movin' One Night Only (EP)
Baldry, Long John Everyday (I Have The Blues) Long John's Blues
Baldry, Long John Ain't Nothing You Can Do Looking At Long John
Powder Blues Oh Well, Oh Well Swingin' The Blues
Baldry, Long John Beautiful to Handle Welcome To Club Casablanca
Papa Bears Medicine Show Raccoon (Wood) At The Retinal Circus 1968 Vol. 1 & 2
Mock Duck My Time (traditional arrangement) Test Record
Sinclair, David Song For Owen No Words
Compilation The Touch - Think About It The Soul of Vancouver: The Untold Story...
Taylor, Bobby Out in the Country Taylor Made Soul
Staymer, Hans Band Too Long at the Fair ST
Dawson, Steve Lighthouse Avenue Rattlesnake Cage
Sinclair, David & Keith Bennett I Don't Know Why Alchemy
Mud Dog Gastown Blues Devil's Ride
McNeil, Aaron Little Airport The Giant of Love
Seeds of Time Trouble Immortal
Taylor, Bobby Little Miss Sweetness Taylor Made Soul
Taylor, Bobby Serve Yourself a Cup of Happiness Soul Legend
Staymer, Hans Band Never Learned to Crawl ST
Compilation Weeley Wright - Blubber Bay Boogie Songs of British Columbia
James, Colin Bad Girl ST
Dawson, Steve Keith Lowe Telescope
Mud Dog These Bones are Bare Sun
Baldry, Long John It's Too Late Brother Right To Sing The Blues
Taylor, Bobby I Need to Belong to Someone Taylor Made Soul
Papa Bears Medicine Show Slow Moshun Medicine Show at the Retinal Circus
Sinclair, David Rain Forest No Words
Byrnes, Jim Bootlegger's Blues Everywhere West
Dawson, Steve We Still Won the War Nightshade
Nocturnals This Ain't Love This Ain't Love b/w You Lied
James, Colin Dream of Satin ST
Powder Blues Flip, Flop And Fly Swingin' The Blues
Byrnes, Jim Of Whom Shall I Be Afraid? House of Refuge
Taylor, Bobby and the Vancouvers Does Your Mama Know About Me Does Your Mama Know About Me b/w Fading Away
Staymer, Hans Band Red House Live Blues
Dawson, Steve Ruin My Day Waiting for the Lights to Come Up
Stepp, Richard Blues Flow Out of Me Don't Steal My Feel (with Roger Stomperud)
Foreman, Al Let Me Explain Deep in the ❀️ of Vancouver
Compilation Nocturnals - You Make Me Feel So Good Live! From The Grooveyard
Stepp, Richard Don't Steal My Feel Don't Steal My Feel (with Roger Stomperud)
Taylor, Bobby and the Vancouvers Or Never If You Love Her ST
Mud Dog River of My Soul Sun
Sinclair, David Three Hour Ride Take My Hand

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