Jeff Healey, Duke Robillard And More For 35 Years of Stony Plain Set

Titled simply 35 Years of Stony Plain, the set includes 41 tracks on two CDs, plus a bonus DVD of 11 videos featuring such artists as Jeff Healey, Jay McShann and Johnnie Johnson, Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, Duke Robillard, Corb Lund, Ian Tyson, Downchild and Long John Baldry.

The DVD also includes a tour of Stony Plain's offices in Edmonton, Alberta. 35 Years of Stony Plain is a specially-priced set with extensive liner notes and annotations of each track.

The music on the two audio discs includes eight previously unreleased tracks, featuring four by legendary bluesman Robert Nighthawk, recorded at a Toronto session in 1965; one track from Canadian blues pioneer King Biscuit Boy; and three tunes by the late songwriter, Bob Carpenter, whose songs were recorded by such artists as Billy Joe Shaver and Tom Rush. Other tracks of note include advance previews of songs from the upcoming albums by Harry Manx and Kevin Breit and Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne; plus rare tracks from Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Asleep at the Wheel and many more. The core of Stony Plain's current roster is well-represented with material from Duke Robillard, Maria Muldaur, Rory Block, Ian Tyson, Joe Louis Walker and Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters.

The bonus DVD includes some real treasures for music fans. Toronto filmmaker Mako Funasaka created a special tribute to Jeff Healey by melding video of Jeff performing with guests from Kim Wilson to Downchild's Donnie Walsh and Deep Purple's Ian Gillan, plus some rare in-studio footage, all set to Jeff's version of Neil Young's classic "Like a Hurricane," as the soundtrack. Another archival video gem is the meeting of blues, boogie and swing piano titans Jay McShann and Johnnie Johnson performing "Going to Kansas City," shot in 2001 during the "two piano only" session recorded in Kansas City and released on the Grammy-nominated McShann CD, Goin' to Kansas City.

Established in 1976 by Holger Petersen and Alvin Jahns, Stony Plain Records has released almost 400 albums of blues, classic R&B, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, and music that is impossible to put into pigeonholes. The common element in all of these forms of music is that the musicians, regardless of current fad or fashion, put their hearts and souls into the music they make. Stony Plain released the results � and almost invariably found that people responded.

Cd 1 Singers, Songwriters And Much, Much, More�
1. Maria Muldaur The Diplomat
2. Jeff Healey The Wildcat
3. Harry Manx & Kevin Breit Looking For A Brand New World
4. Corb Lund Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier
5. Steve Earle Ben Mcculloch
6. Ian Tyson Blaino's Song
7. Tim Hus Country Music Lament
8. Valdy & Gary Fjellgaard Still In The Running
9. Ray Bonneville Canary Yellow Car
10. Asleep At The Wheel That's Your Red Wagon
11. Sunny & Her Joy Boys Strictly From Dixie
12. Amos Garrett Get Way Back
13. David Wilcox Bend A Little
14. New Guitar Summit Shivers
15. Spirit Of The West Our Station
16. Emmylou Harris Wheels
17. Blue Rodeo Four Strong Winds
18. Rodney Crowell Closer To Heaven
19. Bob Carpenter Dreaming
20. Bob Carpenter Magdelana
21. Bob Carpenter Chameleon Man

Cd 2 Blues, R&B, Swing, Jazz And Even More�
1. Duke Robillard Stomp The Blues Tonight
2. Joe Louis Walker Black Widow Spider
3. Jay Mcshann & The Duke Robillard Band Moten Swing
4. Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne Heaven Send Me An Angel
5. Doug James & Sugar Ray Norcia Dirty, Dirty People
6. Jeff Healey I'm Torn Down
7. Rosco Gordon No More Doggin'
8. Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm, Gene Taylor Band Teardrops On Your Letter
9. Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters Miracle
10. Rory Block Mississippi Man
11. Big Dave Mclean Police And High Sheriff
12. Long John Baldry Gallows Pole
13. Sonny Rhodes Honey Do Woman
14. Ellen Mcilwaine Crawling King Snake
15. Billy Boy Arnold Hello Stranger
16. King Biscuit Boy Ain't Broke And Ain't Hungry
17. Robert Nighthawk Nighthawk Boogie
18. Robert Nighthawk I'm Gonna Murder My Baby
19. Robert Nighthawk You Missed A Good Man
20. Robert Nighthawk Backwater Blues