High Water Recording Company is a

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...

record label founded in 1979 by David Evans and

Memphis State University } The University of Memphis (UofM) is a public university, public research university in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 22,000 students. The university maintains the Herff College of Engineering ...

. The label first issued only

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. Since 1983 it released LPs of recordings by

and

gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...

musicians from the

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area produced by Evans. Almost all recordings since 1997 were re-released on

Hightone Records HighTone Records was an American independent record label based in Oakland, California, United States. HighTone specialized in American roots music including, country, rockabilly, western swing, blues and gospel. The label was created by Larry ...

. In 2008 HighTone was bought by

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Discography

Singles

* 408 Raymond Hill / Lillie Hill * 409

Jessie Mae Hemphill Jessie Mae Hemphill (October 18, 1923 – July 22, 2006) was an American electric guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist specializing in the North Mississippi hill country blues traditions of her family and regional heritage. Life and career Hemp ...

* 410 R. L. Burnside and the Sound Machine * 411 Ranie Burnette * 412 The Fieldstones * 413 The Fieldstones * 414 The Jubirt Sisters * 415 Little Applewhite * 416

Hammie Nixon Hammie Nixon (January 22, 1908 – August 17, 1984) was an American harmonica player. Life and career Born Hammie Nickerson in Brownsville, Tennessee, he began his music career with jug bands in the 1920s. He is best known as a country blues ...

* 417 The Hollywood All Stars * 418

Junior Kimbrough David "Junior" Kimbrough (July 28, 1930 – January 17, 1998) was an American blues musician. His best-known works are "Keep Your Hands off Her" and "All Night Long". Early life Kimbrough was born in Hudsonville, Mississippi, and lived in the no ...

And the Soul Blues Boys * 419 The Harmonizers * 420 The Gospel Writers * 421 Hezekiah and the House Rockers * 422 Little Applewhite * 423 Uncle Ben and his Nephews * 424 Waynell Jones * 425 Jessie Mae Hemphill * 426 Huebert Crawford and the King Riders Band

LPs

* 1001 ''The Fieldstones'' * 1002 ''Happy in the Service of the Lord'' (various) * 1003 ''Hammie Nixon'' * 1004 ''The Pattersonaires'' * 1005 ''Spirit of Memphis Quartet'' * 1006 ''The Blues Busters'' * 1007 ''Forth'' * 1008 ''The Jubirt Sisters'' * 1009 ''The Hollywood All Stars'' * 1010 '' Chicago Bob and the Shadows'' * 1011 ''Hezekiah and the House Rockers'' * 1012 ''Jessie Mae Hemphill'' * ???? ''Southern Comfort – First Concert Jazz Ensemble of Memphis State University'' * ???? ''The Jazz Ensembles of Memphis State University''

CDs (HighTone)

* HMG 6501 R. L. Burnside: ''Sound Machine Groove'' * HMG 6502 Jessie Mae Hemphill: ''Feelin' Good'' * HMG 6503 Junior Kimbrough: ''Do the Rump!'' * HMG 6504 The Pattersonaires: ''Why Not Try My God'' * HMG 6505 The Fieldstones: ''Memphis Blues Today!'' * HMG 6506 Chicago Bob and the Shadows: ''Just Your Fool'' * HMG 6507 Spirit of Memphis Quartet: ''Traveling On'' * HMG 6508 Jessie Mae Hemphill: ''She-Wolf'' * HMG 6509 Hammie Nixon: ''Tappin' That Thing'' * HMG 6510 The Harps of Melody: ''Sing and Make Melody Unto the Lord'' * HMG 6511 Hezekiah and the House Rockers: ''Going to California'' * HMG 6512 The Blues Busters: ''Busted'' * HMG 6513 V.A.: ''Deep South Blues'' * HMG 6514 The Pattersonaires: ''Book of the Seven Seals'' * HMG 6515 The Jubirt Sisters: ''Ladies Sing the Blues'' * HMG 6516 V.A.: ''Happy in the Service of the Lord Volume 1'' * HMG 6517 V.A.: ''Happy in the Service of the Lord Volume 2'' * HMG 6518 The Hollywood All Stars: ''Hard Hitting Blues from Memphis'' * HMG 6519 The Fieldstones: ''Mud Island Blues'' * HMG 6520 V.A.: ''Memphis Blues Bands and Singers: the 1980s''

References

External links

Official High Water homepage

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