Mike Espy returns for some more tasty blues. Mikes influences are given tribute on many songs but the Espy touch marks them as his own. Great stuff! This 6 song EP is just 10 bucks-including shipping!

"Blues Challenge Finals 2009" (NCP130) with tracks from: Carl Henry, John Latini, Broken Arrow Blues Band, Big "B" And The Magic Bullets, Christopher Leigh Band, Crossroads Blues Band, and Josh Boyd, this was quite the competition! Our hats are off to winners John Latini and Crossroads Blues Band!

Billy Davis and the Rhythm Machine have released another No Cover CD. Titled "Blackballed" (NCP129) Billy has used Mike Davis on Bass and Jeff Howard on Bass and guitar -  Pete Berg on Drums and a host of great Detroit players to make what may be his best No Cover release to date. 

Viper Madness (NCP128) Features the legendary John Sinclair doing 10 pieces on the period before Marijuana was illegal.

Featuring stories and comments from Louie Armstrong and Mezz Mezzrow.

John is backed up by the big horn sounds of RJ Spangler's Planet D Nonet, a big band and swing ensemble from Detroit!

 "Best Of Heatstock 2009" (NCP127) with tracks by, Broken Arrow Blues Band, John Latini, Sweet Claudette & Friends, Laith Al Saadi, Robert Noll Blues Mission, "Lonesome" Dave Paul, Yakkity Yak and the Mike Espy Band, Christopher Leigh Band, The Christy Howard Band, The Alligators, The Bobby Murray Band, and Motor City Josh & The Big 3.  It was another great show, and a must for all Heatstocker's blues collections!!

"Blues Challenge Finals 2009" (NCP126) with tracks from: Carl Henry, John Latini, Broken Arrow Blues Band, Big "B" And The Magic Bullets, Christopher Leigh Band, Crossroads Blues Band, and Josh Boyd, this was quite the competition! Our hats are off to winners John Latini and Crossroads Blues Band!

Yakity Yak & Mike Espy won the Detroit Blues Challenge in 2006 and as a result they cut a great CD titled "Born In The Country" (NCP102).  Now the Mike Espy Blues Group has returned and recorded a tribute to Mike's Father titled "Son To Father" which features all instrumental songs with 5 from the pen of Mike and 5 covers.

Finished Recording: Christopher Leigh & The Boogie Chillens Have been working on a new project titled "Gotta Boogie"  Christopher has been featured on the Alley Katz CD "Goin' Alley On Your Mind" (NCP058) and the Boogie Chillens CD "I Don't Know" (NCPR67). This new project features all-original tunes, most penned by Christopher.

The Best Of Heatstock 2006 (NCP099)is another great CD with 16 cuts (One from each band which played at the 2006 show) 79+ minutes of Heatstock action, which is all we could cram onto one disc. (this years show will be the 27th and 28th of July at the same location we have been at since '99)

Travelin' Blues:
1. The Rolling Mill - 3:30
Erich Goebel Band:
2. I Can't Wait - 3:18
Luther "Badman" Keith Band:
3. Six Figure Salary - 6:15
Kenny Miller Blues Band:
4. Bring It On Up - 5:25
Robert Noll Blues Mission:
5. Flatt Tire - 4:30
The Curtis Sumter Project:
6. The Viagra Song - 4:10
Jazz, Junk & The Booty:
7. Voices - 2:48
"Lonesome" Dave Paul:
8. Hurricane Blues - 4:23
Wailin' Dale & The D.T.'s:
9. When I Get Drunk - 5:19
Little Jr. Cannaday with The Ben Moore Blues Express:
10. Everybody Likes What I Got - 4:12
The Alley Katz:
11. I Got News - 4:56
Charles "Buddy" Smith:
12. Country Girl - 6:31
Odell Bluesboy "D" and the Delta 5
13. These Kind Of Blues - 6:23
The Billy Davis Rhythm Machine:
14. Lover Man - 5:06
Cathy Davis & The Soul Searchers:
15. Hip Shakin' Mama - 4:11
Motor City Josh & The Big 3:
16. Boogie Thing - 8:49

It was a great deal of fun doing these recordings, with Neil Sever at the board all I had to do was enjoy the show for the most part. I did have to bring down the Hammond B-3 from the studio for one show, which was a back breaker, but the sound it produced was well worth the effort. After the release of the "Live & Lowdown!" (NCP023) from Bobby Murray, these tapes went into the No Cover archives for a few years. Now it's time to re-visit them for the release of Lenny Watkins' first ever solo CD "Live At Memphis Smoke" (NCP098). Lenny's dynamic vocals and stage presence wow the crowd which only serves to energize him even more. I am glad to have had the chance to work with all the great musicians who back Lenny on this Cd. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it.

Gary T. Winslow has released a CD with No Cover. Gary is a solo artist that blends new styles of music like hard rock with the Piedmont style blues he was taught by his father, who was taught by Reverend Gary Davis, and became close friends with him - even naming Gary after the Reverend. this artist is going to be one to watch! 14 original songs and only 1 cover song

This disc chronicles another 14 releases from the Detroit blues label No Cover Productions.
We start off with a major milestone for No Cover with the reissue of two CD's from Robert Noll
This is followed by a local street musician whose blues are right from the dawn of blues time.
That would be Travelin' Steve and his group Travelin' Blues, which in addition to Steve,
features Gutbucket Bass and Harmonica. Next are two CD's from the Kenny Miller band, one
live, and one studio. This is followed by a second Blues Challenge Sampler, again released
in cooperation with the Detroit Blues Society, this time featuring the Challenge finals from 2005
Then we released the first volume of Robert Noll's "Live Retrospect" Series and "Lonesome"
Dave Paul follows with his second No Cover CD titled "Live At The Attic". Cooley Pope had a
band called Idlewild Blue, which backs him on most of the tracks on his Cd "Detroit Attitude"
The next project is from R&B legend Charles "Buddy" Smith. It is titled "Resurrection".  We hope
that is exactly what it is for Buddy. Billy Davis has wanted to do a Christmas CD for as long as
he can remember. Now he has one called "Merry Christmas To The World" and he couldn't be
happier. The Sax Maniacs have gone through some personel changes through the years which
have only made the band grow stronger. Their new CD "Will The Last One Out Of Detroit,
Please Turn Out The Lights" is a strong set of all-original songs. Robbie Lee Noll is a great Acoustic
Player, and his CD "Dear Friend" shows that rarely seen side, cut live at "Lenny's Coffe Gallery,
with some studio cuts from Straight Ahead Studios, this one is a treat! The final cut on this disc is
from Billy Davis' 4th No Cover CD, not yet released at the time of this writing.

But of course the story is not finished yet.
With over 14 more CD's on the way No Cover is not done yet!The companions to this cd are also available:
 "The First 14"
Our first sampler covering the first 14 CD's we released.
"The Next 14"
Our second sampler covering the next 14 CD's
"Another 14"
Our third sampler covering another 14 CD's
"Not Another 14"
Our fourth sampler covering 15 more CD's
"14 More!"
Our fifth sampler covering 14 more CD's
Be sure to check them all out!

song list:

1. This Guitar 5:03
2. I Got The Blues 6:35
(Robert Noll Blues Mission)
3. Nightly Things 5:14
(Travelin' Blues)
4. Goodbye Little Girl 2:45
5. Bring It On Up 4:57
(Kenny Miller)
6. Everything's Gonna Be O.K. 4:14
(The Chris Canas Blues Revolution)
7. Fade My Blues 7:36
(Robert Noll Blues Mission)
8. Gasoline Blues 3:30
("Lonesome" Dave Paul)
9. Summa Dizz 4:27
(Cooley Pope)
10. Come On In 8:04
(Charles "Buddy" Smith)
11. Let's Spend Christmas Together 7:09
(Billy Davis)
12. Woman You Don't Mean A Thing To Me 3:25
(The Sax Maniacs)
13. Easy Target  6:16
(Robbie Lee Noll)
14. Soul Shaker 5:05
(The Billy Davis Rhythm Machine)

Jeff and Christy Howard are a husband-wife, singer-songwriter team, who are well known to the Detroit blues community. This CD "Deep In Blues Country" (NCP094) is their first acoustic release. They are also featured on the "Blues For Katrina" CD (NCP070) doing the song "I've Got A Weakness". They were finalists in 2005, and won the 2006 - Motor City Blues Challenge (acoustic solo/duo division). They represented Detroit in the 2007 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. Jeff was formerly lead guitarist for the late Butler Twins, legends of Detroit blues, who had two hit blues albums in England during the mid-1990s and won two Detroit Music Awards in 2000. Christy's vocal style is soulful but mellow, smoky and sultry, yet melodic and soothing. Her country roots, deep in Tennessee, come out when she sings giving her a distinctive sound and a down-to-earth persona. Together, Christy and Jeff's music is a unique blend of Country, Rock, and Blues. Live they also perform chicago-style and delta blues, featuring some of the original blues compositions that are found on this CD. (13 original tracks)

(Last Release of 2006!) Robbie Lee Noll (a.k.a. Robert Noll) has recorded a live Accoustic CD at Lenny's Coffee Galley which also features some studio tracks recorded at Straight Ahead. This is Robbie all by himself, with the exception of some harmonica from Carl Cabellero on a few tracks. He released the CD titled "Dear Friend" (NCP090) at Lenny's Coffee Galley 19376 E. 10 mile Rd. 586-777-9560 on December 16th 2006 - we hope you were there!

First Release of 2007! - The Sax Maniacs  have joined the roster of artists here at No Cover.  Saxman Dave Daniele says they wanted to do a record that sounded like their live show, something they could reproduce live, and we feel this record is it. Titled "Will The Last One Out Of Detroit Please Turn Out The Lights" (NCP089) This CD is rockin' blues at it's finest, done by local veterans of both the blues and Detroit Rock scenes. this one has 10 original tunes and no covers. All the tracks were written by Dave Daniele and Steve Dansby, with the exception of "Headin' To New Orleans", which was written by Dave Daniele and Val Ventro.

Billy Davis  has recorded a Christmas Blues Cd titled "Merry Christmas To The World" (NCP088) for the No Cover label. There are eight songs covering a slightly different view of the holidays. As usual with Billy's recordings, this one also features all original songs written by Billy who is a very prolific songwriter.   (Special Holiday Price of Just $10.00 includes shipping)

Missing in action for a couple years the Robert Noll Blues Mission is back with a vengence!!. Robert has released three CDs with No Cover!!

The first volume of The Retrospect series, "Retrospect Vol 1" (NCP084) features Live recordings made in the early 90's, prior to the formation of No Cover, by President Mike Boulan while he was doing live sound for Robert. - the other two of these CDs are Robert's past releases, "Blues Mission" (NCPR77) plus, "Happy Bluesday" (NCPR78) both of which are  Detroit blues-rock at it's finest

This disc chronicles another 14 releases from the Detroit blues label No Cover Productions.
The sampler series is now a 5 disc set!! The first 2 No Cover Samplers "The First 14" (NCP029) - 14 songs from the first 14 cds and "The Next 14" (NCP039)- 14 songs from the next 14 cds, have been out for a while. Now we have added "Another 14" (NCP047)- 14 songs from another 14 Cd's, "Not Another 14" (NCP069)- 15 songs from another 15 Cd's, and "14 More!" (NCP081)- 14 songs from another 14 Cd's Coming Soon: sampler #6....."6x14" (NCP095)

 another 14 from the Detroit Blues label No Cover Productions: We start off with "Monster" Chuck doing "My Baby Left Me" which is an ottake from his Debut CD  followed by "Linament & Collard Greens" from Sweet Claudette. Track 3 "Coming To Your House" by The Billy Davis Rhythm Machine is from Billy's second No Cover release.  The Bobby Murray Band does "The Future Is Now" from their first CD "The Blues Is Now". Track 5 is a spoken word piece
from the Legendary John Sinclair titled "It's Only Air Music" then the Boogie Chillens perform "Love Of Mine". "Lonesome" Dave Paul does the Title track from his CD "Sit Down Bluesman" then we hear two tracks from a pair of hurricane benefit CD's. From the CD Blues For Katrina we hear the Sax Maniacs doing "Headin' To New Orleans" and from Blues for Katrina & The McDowell Family The Billy Davis Rhythm Machine performs "Katrina".  Next the Best Of Heatstock series continues with Vol. #5 followed by Erich Goebel's "All Night Rocker".  Odell Blues Boy"D" sings "We Got The Blues", Motor City Josh tells us about his "ATL Family", and then we close out this sampler with "Sick Broke And Hungry" from Wailin' Dale & The D.T.'s debut CD "Drunkards Dream".

But of course the story is not finished yet.
With over 14 more cd's on the way No Cover is not done yet!

(we now have over 70 cds to choose from!)  more sampler compilations are coming as soon as we release another 14!!!

Missing in action for a couple years the Robert Noll Blues Mission is back with a vengence!!. Robert has released three CDs with No Cover - two of these CDs are Robert's past releases, "Blues Mission" (NCPR77) plus, "Happy Bluesday" (NCPR78) and We will also be releasing some other things previously unheard!! The first volume of The Retrospect series, "Retrospect Vol 1" (NCP083) features Live recordings made in the early 90's, prior to the formation of No Cover, by President Mike Boulan while he was doing live sound for Robert. 

Missing in action for a couple years the Robert Noll Blues Mission is back with a vengence!!. Robert has released three CDs with No Cover - two of these CDs are Robert's past releases, "Blues Mission" (NCPR78) plus, "Happy Bluesday" (NCPR77) and We will also be releasing some other things previously unheard!! The first volume of The Retrospect series, "Retrospect Vol 1" (NCP084) features Live recordings made in the early 90's, prior to the formation of No Cover, by President Mike Boulan while he was doing live sound for Robert. 

Wailin' Dale & The D.T.'s have issued Their debut Cd "Drunkards Dream" (NCP076) on the No Cover Label. Now don't get the impression that these are new kids on the block. Dale had 25 years in with the Alligators, releasing several CD's. While bandmate Emmanuel X. Garza spent 25 years with the Detroit Blues Band. (Check out the DBB's 3 releases on this site) Later Emmanuel formed the Motor City Sheiks with Mark Robinson releasing the "Sensational Rhythms" CD (NCP013) which you can buy here also. Now these two have teamed up to form a great new band. Check it out - good blues.

Motor City Josh & The Big 3   released their new Cd "Made In Detroit" October 15th 2005, in Atlanta Georgia, while on the road doing a tour.  Detroit is once again Josh's home base starting next year.  This will keep him in close contact with the recording studio, so look for more from the band soon. We are also looking into a "Best of CD" for Josh, Long Overdue, considering this is his 9th Cd! (All of which you can buy here!) 

Odell Blues Boy "D"  - We have issued a CD Odell mainly recorded back in 1993 with the Louisiana Heat Blues Band. The CD also features some recent live tracks. The title is "When Midnight Comes" (NCP074) Odell will be recording a brand new CD for release on the No Cover label starting in December '06. Look for more information on that project soon.

When Katrina hit, it immediately became obvious that the Louisiana Gulf Coast would be in need of massive amounts of aid and assistance, not just for a few weeks,but for months and years.

Mike Boulan of No Cover Productions decided to help.  Mike started by organizing this CD "Blues for Katrina & The McDowell Family"(NCP071) to assist local bluesman Odell's family.  Odell Blues Boy "D" has 3 sisters who were living in the New Orleans area at the time Katrina hit - two families were in the lower 9th ward.

 The call went out for musicians to come into the studio and over 20 bands and solo performers responded, donating their time and effort to the cause. They recorded 28 songs, mostly originals, for the benefit CD. (Which ended up becoming a 2 CD project) The songs aren't all about the devastation caused by Katrina, although a few are, but the energy and spirit of the performers is readily evident. There was a special energy in the studio over the course of the sessions.

The artists on this CD are:

1. Little Jr. Cannaday: "What Did I Do So Bad"
2. Big Shorty: "Gas Station Chicken"
3. Leonardo: "Love In Vain"
4. Erich Goebel: "City Blues"
5. "Lonesome" Dave Paul: "Mojo Hand"
6. Chris Leigh: "Voodoo Boogie"
7. Wailin' Dale & The DT's: "Out The Door"
8. The Tones: "Windy City (Willie Dixon)"
9. Blues In The City: "Freeway Blues"
10. Mary Thompson & The Delta Children: "Jelly Roll"
11. Bobby Murray: "Sunny Side Of Heaven"
12. The Billy Davis Rhythm Machine: "Katrina"
13. Travelin' Blues: "Nightly Things"
14. Louisiana Heat: "Think"

There is a companion CD, "Blues for Katrina" (NCP070) which is also available now.  

When Katrina hit, it immediately became obvious that the Louisiana Gulf Coast would be in need of massive amounts of aid and assistance, not just for a few weeks,but for months and years.

Mike Boulan of No Cover Productions decided to help.  Mike started by organizing a two Cd project, this CD, "Blues for Katrina" (NCP070)  and  "Blues for Katrina & The McDowell Family"  (NCP071) to assist local bluesman Odell McDowell's family.  Odell has 3 sisters who's families were living in the New Orleans area at the time Katrina hit - two families were in the lower 9th ward

 The call went out for musicians to come into the studio and over 20 bands and solo performers responded, donating their time and effort to the cause. They recorded 28 songs, mostly originals, for the benefit CD's. The songs aren't all about the devastation caused by Katrina, although a few are, but the energy and spirit of the performers is readily evident. There was a special feel in the studio over the course of the sessions.

The artists on this CD are:

1. Cherri & The Violators: "Empty Pockets"
2. Frog & The Beeftones: "Losin' Ground"
3. "Lonesome" Dave Paul: "Hurricane Blues"
4. The Sax Maniacs: "Headin' To New Orleans"
5. Christopher Leigh: "Stayin' Home"
6. Howard Glazer & The EL 34's:  "A New Day"
7. Wailin' Dale & The DT's: "Fumblin'"
8. The Tones: "Workin'"
9. Eric Shaver: "Freeway Blues"
10. Spice: "Oh Mama"
11. The Hallendy Brothers: "Finger Lickin' Good"
12. The Christy Howard Band: "I've Got A Weakness"
13. Blue Infusion: "Smoked Mac & Cheese"
14. Mary Thompson & The Delta Children: "Crossroads" 

This disc chronicles another 14 releases from the Detroit blues label No Cover Productions.
We have issued 3 more sampler CD's to make the sampler series a 5 disc set!! The first 2 No Cover samplers "The First 14" (NCP029) - 14 songs from the first 14 CD's and "The Next 14" (NCP039)- 14 songs from the next 14 CD's, have been out for a while. Now we are adding "Another 14" (NCP029) - 14 songs from another 14 CD's, "Not Another 14" (NCP029) - 15 songs from another 15 CD's, and "14 More!" (NCP029) - 14 songs from another 14 CD's (we now have over 80 CD's to choose from!)  more sampler compilations are coming as soon as we release another 14!!!  (Update: 6x14 7x14 and 8x14 are out!!)

This disc chronicles another 15 releases from the Detroit Blues label No Cover Productions. We start off with Ben Moore And The Blues Express doing "Human Space Heater" from the CD "Funky Blues"  This is followed by "Rocke, and "Listen Baby" from two Jeff Maylin CD's we reissued.  The next three tracks are all from CD's we reissued by Motor City Josh, making all 9 of his CDs available on No Cover Productions!  The next two CD's are from members of the old school; Billy Davis does "You Let Me down So Easy", then Little Jr. Cannaday does "Real Old Lady". Little Leon sings "Close The Borders" from a compilation CD recorded at Bonzai Bob's Blues Bash
then we hear a track from the No Cover 10th Anniversary CD.  Rick Stel sings "Why Can't I Talk To You" from his solo CD and the Alley Katz drop by with "Goin' Alley On Your Mind" We close out this sampler with three tracks that represent three compilations that we released, the Coldstock 2005 Sampler, the Blues Challenge 2004 finals, and The Best Of Heatstock Vol. #4.

But of course the story is not finished yet.
With over 14 more cd's on the way No Cover is just getting started!

Boogie Chillens  Guitarist Christopher Leigh has reissued his 2003 release I Don't Know (NCPR67) Christopher has also previously recorded with No Cover on the compilation cd "Blues at Midnight"  (NCP011), the Alley Katz CD "Goin' Alley On Your Mind" (NCP058) and "The Coldstock 2005 Sampler" (NCP059).        

"The Best Of Heatstock 04"  compilation Cd. This is the 4th Cd in the best of Heatstock series. This one features the best of the 2004 heatstock show. BANDS INCLUDE:  The Bob Halverson Blues Band, The Billy Davis Rhythm Machine, Little Jr. Cannaday, The Ben Moore Blues Express,  James Glass, Lucas, "Lonesome" Dave Paul, Wall Of Denial, The Kooler Kings, Buck 'N' The System, The Whoodoo Band, The Alligators, And The Curtis Sumter Project. Whew, what a lineup! 

This Cd features one song from each band that played at Coldstock '05.  Many are taken from No Cover releases that are also available through this website.  The bands include: Denny Baran & The Bluesaholics, The Rick Stel Band, The Alley Cats, Stoney Mazar & The Westsiders, The Billy Davis Rhythm Machine, Lucas, "Lonesome" Dave Paul, Jeff Maylin's Detroit Blues Project, Jeff Grand & The Grandmasters, The Curtis Sumter Project, Little Jr. Cannaday, The Ben Moore Blues Express, The Soul Searchers, and "Monster" Chuck

Rick Stel was the bassist on the Detroit Blues Bands "Can't Get You Off My Mind" CD (NCP000) which was No Cover's first release.  He also played the keyboards on "Mystery Train & Willie "D" Warren Live" (NCP007)  Now, on this CD, Rick performs all the vocal and guitar duties for the first time.  All the songs are written by him as well with the results being a very solid blues-rock Cd.  Featuring Regular Boys Horns