***NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! After the overwhelming success of Roll Your Moneymaker, here is Volume 2 of Early Black Rock 'n Roll (1949-1959). Long before Elvis rolled his pelvis, the Rolling Stones co-opted the Mississippi Blues and legions of white bands made their electrified guitars roar, black Blues, Gospel and Jazz artists had laid the cornerstone for the musical revolution, that would profoundly shatter the western world: Rock 'n Roll. Much less known than their white imitators, nonetheless they produced the grittier originals: As performers, who combined the archaic drive of the Blues with Country melodies and the feverish beat of black Gospel services, and pepped up African-sounding rhythms with electric amplification in order to please their audience and its steady hunger for new thrills and sound effects. With HOWLIN’ WOLF, BIG MAMA THORNTON, JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON, JUNIOR WELLS, ETTA JAMES, JOHN LEE HOOKER, THE COASTERS, and more.