Blind Pig Records is an American blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 record label.

Blind Pig was formed in 1977 in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010...

 by Jerry Del Giudice, owner of the Blind Pig Cafe

Blind Pig (venue)

The Blind Pig is a music venue in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In one popular definition, the name comes from a slang term used to refer to police officers who had been bribed to ignore illegal speakeasy establishments in the days of prohibition....

, and his friend Edward Chmelewski. The label is now based in San Francisco. In the late 2000s the label started a reissue vinyl series, featuring reissues from its back catalog on 180-gram high quality vinyl.

Artists who have released material on Blind Pig Records

• Arthur Adams (singer)
  Arthur Adams (singer)
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• Luther Allison
  Luther Allison
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• Carey Bell
  Carey Bell
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• Elvin Bishop
  Elvin Bishop
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• Nappy Brown
  Nappy Brown
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• Savoy Brown
  Savoy Brown
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• Norton Buffalo
  Norton Buffalo
  Norton Buffalo was a singer-songwriter, country and blues harmonica player, record producer, bandleader and recording artist best known as a versatile exponent of the harmonica, including chromatic and diatonic....
  
  
• Eddie C. Campbell
  Eddie C. Campbell
  Eddie C. Campbell is an American blues guitarist and singer, active in the Chicago blues scene.-Biography:...
  
  
• Chubby Carrier
  Chubby Carrier
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• Tommy Castro
  Tommy Castro
  Tommy Castro is an American blues, R&B and rock guitarist and singer. He has been recording since the mid 1990s. His music has taken him from local stages to national and international touring. His popularity was marked by his winning the 2008 Blues Music Award for Entertainer Of The Year...
  
  
• Joanna Connor
  Joanna Connor
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• James Cotton
  James Cotton
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• Popa Chubby
  Popa Chubby
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• Albert Cummings
  Albert Cummings
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• Damon Fowler
• The Gospel Hummingbirds
  The Gospel Hummingbirds
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• Buddy Guy
  Buddy Guy
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• Smokin' Joe Kubek
  Smokin' Joe Kubek
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• Magic Slim
  Magic Slim
  Magic Slim is an American blues singer and guitarist.-Biography:Magic Slim was forced to give up playing the piano when he lost his little finger in a cotton gin mishap. He moved first to nearby Grenada. He first came to Chicago in 1955 with his friend and mentor Magic Sam...
  
  
• Bob Margolin
  Bob Margolin
  Bob Margolin is an American electric blues guitarist. His nickname is "Steady Rollin'".-Biography:Bob Margolin was born and raised in Brookline...
  
  
• John Mooney
  John Mooney (musician)
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• Big Bill Morganfield
  Big Bill Morganfield
  William "Big Bill" Morganfield is an American blues singer and guitarist, who is the son of Muddy Waters.-Biography:Morganfield was born in Chicago, Illinois, but had little contact with his famous father, whose real name was McKinley Morganfield. Instead he was raised in Southern Florida by his...
  
  
• Muddy Waters
  Muddy Waters
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• Charlie Musselwhite
  Charlie Musselwhite
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• Kenny Neal
  Kenny Neal
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• Johnny Nicholas
  Johnny Nicholas
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• Pinetop Perkins
  Pinetop Perkins
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• Snooky Pryor
• Roy Rogers
  Roy Rogers (guitarist)
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• The Rounders
  The Rounders (band)
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• Jeremy Spencer
  Jeremy Spencer
  Jeremy Cedric Spencer , is a British musician, best known as one of the first guitarists in Fleetwood Mac.Spencer was born in Hartlepool, County Durham. He grew up in South London and was educated at Strand School, where he became known for hilarious impressions of the headmaster and several of his...
  
  
• Studebaker John
  Studebaker John
  John Grimaldi, better known by his stage name Studebaker John is an American blues guitarist and harmonica player. He is a representative of the Chicago blues style.-Biography:...
  
  
• Junior Wells
  Junior Wells
  Junior Wells , born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr., was an American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist...
  
  
• Billy C. Wirtz
• Mitch Woods
  Mitch Woods
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  and His Rocket 88s