Delta Haze Corp

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Delta Haze Corporation is engaged in the preservation and promotion of traditional American blues, jazz and superior popular song by licensing its copyrights and masters for use in recordings, commercials, television programs, and films. Primary among Delta Haze's holdings are the works of renowned blues singers, Lucille Bogan and Walter Roland, gospel guitarist & singer, Blind Willie Johnson, and popular songwriters, Bonnie Lake and Charles LaVere. In addition to blues, gospel and popular music, several other types of music are also available, such as Rockabilly, Jazz & Swing. Delta Haze also maintains a vast photographic archive related to these types of music, including the famous photographs of Robert Johnson, as well as a formidable inventory of vintage recordings. Collectible phonography (old records, to the uninitiated!) are also occasionally put up for auction (or sale) on the record auction page. Delta Haze Corporation is a Nevada corporation that was founded in 1995 as an outgrowth of Mimosa Records Productions, which was established in Memphis, Tennessee in 1973. Like its predecessor, Delta Haze's roots are deeply set in the music and music history of yesteryear (with a decided emphasis on blues and jazz) and it focuses on the people who were, or in its estimation, should have been, acknowledged as greats in their respective fields of endeavor. Delta Haze is captained by Stephen C. LaVere, who formerly served as the authorized agent for the Estate of Robert Johnson, one of the most celebrated figures in blues history. LaVere has a long history in the record business beginning with his recognition as one of the world's foremost collectors of vintage recordings through years of music production for records, radio, stage shows and film. Along the way, he also collected and preserved on film some of the greatest images in music history. He was nominated for a Grammy in 1974 for his production of Bukka White's last album, Big Daddy and he won a Grammy in 1990 for his production of Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings, the biggest selling pre-war blues reissue of all time. A substantial amount of Delta Haze's success has come from promoting its recordings, publishing catalogs and photographic materials for use in motion pictures, radio & television programs and commercials. Tens of thousands of vintage recordings are available from Delta Haze Corporation's massive files. Many of these recordings are being made available for the first time, others have not been re-issued to the public. Publishing companies under the Delta Haze umbrella include Munka Music, Sweet Roll Songs, Bonnie Lake Productions, Vere's Tunes and Home Of The Blues, a number of the compositions of each of which made their own distinctive mark during their time. With the efforts of the Delta Haze staff, these great songs are being brought to the forefront once again - for some to remember, for others to enjoy for the first time. Consequently, for productions in need of such material, Delta Haze is a one-stop shop. Through Mimosa Records Productions, recordings of all Delta Haze compositions, as well as hundreds of other recordings, are similarly available.

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