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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Baldry, Long John	Work So Hard	Right To Sing The Blues	03:18
Byrnes, Jim	The Message	Burning	01:41
Blue Shadows	Coming On Strong	On the Floor of Heaven	02:41
Blue Shadows	(Born To Be) Riding Only Down	Lucky to Me	04:21
Twisters	Zig Zag	Long Hard Road	03:34
Blue Shadows	The Trouble With Trouble	Lucky to Me	02:52
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Miles High (Wood)	At The Retinal Circus 1968 Vol. 1 & 2	08:50
Byrnes, Jim	Cold Sweat	I Turned My Nights Into Days	02:49
Powder Blues	Buzzard Luck	Uncut	03:06
Dawson, Steve	Dry As Our Luck	Waiting for the Lights to Come Up	03:58
Mavety, Joe & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
Dawson, Steve	Gulf Coast Bay	Nightshade	04:47
Incognito	Evening at Porteau	Four	04:06
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Damage	Medicine Show at the Retinal Circus	04:02
Papa Bears Medicine Show	The Reason Why (Wood)	At The Retinal Circus 1968 Vol. 1 & 2	12:54
Dawson, Steve	We Belong To The Gold Coast	We Belong to the Gold Coast	01:24
Dawson, Steve	Casey's Revenge	Bug Parade	03:35
Taylor, Bobby and the Vancouvers	Try A Little Tenderness	ST	02:47
My Indole Ring	Maryjane	ST	03:52
Batchelor, Cal Band	Been Waitin'	Roadworthy	04:15
Foster, Jim	Maggie	Power Lines	04:06
Dawson, Steve	Somebody's Got to Help You	Waiting for the Lights to Come Up	04:16
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	Immortal	02:48
My Indole Ring	Blue Wax	ST	02:28
Baldry, Long John	Flying	It Ain't Easy	07:00
Compilation	Stags - Everybody Knows I Still Love You	Live! From The Grooveyard	01:50
Foster, Jim	Where Were You	Power Lines	03:56
Dawson, Steve	Leave My Name Behind	Solid States Loose Ends	04:52
Mock Duck	Funky Song (Joe Mock)	Test Record	04:43
Incognito	Getaway	Four	04:27
Hayward, Ronnie	When You Get Back	The Lost Utrecht Sessions	03:16
Stepp, Richard	The Last Day	Don't Steal My Feel (with Roger Stomperud)	06:58
Dawson, Steve	Speaker Damage	Telescope	05:18
Stepp, Richard	I Tried so Hard	Mushroom Cuts Plus	04:20
Baldry, Long John	Here Comes Another Fool	Silent Treatment	04:15
Powder Blues	Further On Up The Road	Swingin' The Blues	03:45
Mavety, Joe (Charles Frederick Mavety)	Funky Mike	In Orbit	04:02
Foreman, Al	What If I Told You	Deep in the ❤️ of Vancouver	02:47
Baldry, Long John	Goin' Down Slow	Long John's Blues	03:53
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Georgie	Medicine Show at the Retinal Circus	03:57
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Soul Kitchen	ST	13:55
Alexis (Alexis Rose Radlin)	Just One More Day	Alexis	04:31
Nocturnals	Lovin' Blues	Lovin' Blues b/w I Found a Love	02:49
Nix, Herald	I Don't Love Nobody	One Night Only (EP)	03:15
Compilation	Weeley Wright - Blubber Bay Boogie	Songs of British Columbia	01:43
Compilation	Stags - Out of Our Tree	Live! From The Grooveyard	03:21
Baldry, Long John	It Ain't Easy	It Ain't Easy	04:54
Mavety, Joe (Charles Frederick Mavety)	Red Badge	Live	05:08
Baldry, Long John	Bad Luck Soul	Looking At Long John	02:22
Compilation	Soul Unlimited - Choo Choo	Live! From The Grooveyard	03:24
Powder Blues	Boppin With the Blues	Swingin' The Blues	03:11
Taylor, Bobby	Don't be Afraid	Taylor Made Soul	02:47
Twisters	Kiko	Come Out Swingin'	03:48
Nix, Herald	Take a Drive	Open Up the Sky	04:09
Dawson, Steve	The Side of the Road	Nightshade	04:13
Nix, Herald	Funny Funny Feelin'	One Night Only (EP)	02:31
Baldry, Long John	The Drifter	Looking At Long John	03:03
Nix, Herald	Everybody's Movin'	One Night Only (EP)	02:45
Twisters	Party Goin' On	Come Out Swingin'	04:52
Powder Blues	He Knows The Rules	Red Hot True Blue	02:50
Nocturnals	Detroit	Detroit b/w Do What You Want	02:55
Dawson, Steve	Broken Future Blues	Solid States Loose Ends	04:16
Mud Dog	As Good as It Gets	Devil's Ride	04:18
Baldry, Long John	Five Long Years	Long John's Blues	05:06
Seeds of Time	Feel Like a Jerk	Immortal	02:52
Stepp, Richard	Sunshine Starlight (Studio Version)	Mushroom Cuts Plus	03:52
Alexis (Alexis Rose Radlin)	Hands Across the Dining Room Table	ST	03:41
Compilation	Eugene Robert - Back in Old B.C.	Songs of British Columbia	01:35
King, Robbie	All About My Girl	Showtime In The Main Lounge	03:23
Dawson, Steve	Song for Blind Joe	We Belong to the Gold Coast	03:18
Dawson, Steve	Swinging in a Hammock	Waiting for the Lights to Come Up	04:43
Baldry, Long John	Interview	Right To Sing The Blues	23:46
Dawson, Steve	Fairweather Friends	Nightshade	04:06
Incognito	Walking by Myself	Four	05:10
Powder Blues	Stoop Down Baby	Red Hot True Blue	04:00
Compilation	Night Train Revue - Sometimes I Wonder	Live! From The Grooveyard	03:09
Twisters	Twisters' Theme	Come Out Swingin'	03:38
Dawson, Steve	Bugscuffle	Lucky Hand	03:58
Nocturnals	Can It Be True	Because You're Gone b/w Can It Be True	02:16
Dawson, Steve	Fun Machine Two	Telescope	05:24
Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer	Mama's In The Backseat	A Real Fine Mess	02:49
Dawson, Steve	Waikiki Stonewall Rag	Eyes Closed, Dreaming	02:34
Blue Shadows	Think On It	On the Floor of Heaven	04:25
Batchelor, Cal Band	Love My Baby	Roadworthy	05:55
Dawson, Steve	Nightshade	Nightshade	04:23
Stepp, Richard	As Days Go By (Studio version)	Mushroom Cuts Plus	04:11
Blue Shadows	Don't Expect a Reply	Lucky to Me	04:28
Twisters	Something's Gotta Give	Come Out Swingin'	04:32
Twisters	Thick or Thin	After the Storm	03:09
Twisters	The Highway is Like a Woman	Long Hard Road	02:02
Baldry, Long John	Had Enough	Welcome To Club Casablanca	03:40
Dawson, Steve	The Low Road	Bug Parade	04:39
Dawson, Steve	Singin' the Blues	Eyes Closed, Dreaming	03:56
Dawson, Steve	Fun Machine One	Waiting for the Lights to Come Up	04:05
Staymer, Hans Band	Never Learned to Crawl	ST	03:13
Papa Bears Medicine Show	I'll Never Forget Bill Johnson	Medicine Show at the Retinal Circus	01:37
Byrnes, Jim	Bootlegger's Blues	Everywhere West	03:14
Baldry, Long John	Turn On Your Lovelight	Looking At Long John	02:07
Dawson, Steve	Hangman's Blues	Bug Parade	05:53
James, Colin	Bad Girl	ST	03:33

Rain City Blues

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Incognito - Four

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Mock Duck - Test Record

Tripper, Danny - ST

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Nocturnals - Detroit b/w Do What You Want

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Sinclair, David & Keith Bennett - Alchemy

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Dawson, Steve - Nightshade

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Byrnes, Jim - Everywhere West

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Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer - Checkered Past

Night Trains - Walk On the Wild Side b/w Give me the Right (With Jimmie Knight)

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Batchelor, Cal Band - Roadworthy

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Blue Shadows - Rockin' (EP)

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Twisters - After the Storm

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Byrnes, Jim - I Turned My Nights Into Days

Raven, David & the Escorts - Stab in the Dark

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Dawson, Steve - Bug Parade

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Dawson, Steve - Telescope

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Dawson, Steve - Waiting for the Lights to Come Up

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Dawson, Steve - Solid States Loose Ends

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

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Byrnes, Jim - St. Louis Times

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Compilation - Songs of British Columbia

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Byrnes, Jim - House of Refuge

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Taylor, Bobby - Taylor Made Soul

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Dawson, Steve - Gone, Long Gone

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Dawson, Steve - Rattlesnake Cage

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Dawson, Steve - Eyes Closed, Dreaming

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Compilation - Live! From The Grooveyard

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Little Daddie and the Bachelors - Too Much Monkey Business b/w Junior's Jerk

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Nix, Herald - Open Up the Sky

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Blue Shadows - On the Floor of Heaven

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