Performance
Earl Forest
Earl Forest is credited on 209 releases across 93 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
209
Pressings credited
93
Albums
8
Decades active
203
In collections
Biography
Earl Forest (December 1, 1926 – February 26, 2003) was an American musician and a member of the Memphis-based R&B coalition called the Beale Streeters, which included Johnny Ace, Bobby Bland, Junior Parker, B.B. King, and Roscoe Gordon. Forest had a hit record in 1953 with "Whoopin' And Hollerin'" on Duke Records. He also recorded for Meteor Records and Flair Records.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
209 releases · 93 albums · active 1953–2024
- Performance · 220
Studios: Malaco Studios · Muscle Shoals Sound Studios · Coast Recorders · Vanguard Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Workingman's Dead
1970

The Grateful Dead
1967

On View At The Five Spot Cafe
1960

Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO (12/10/71)
2021

Checkerboard Lounge, Live Chicago 1981
2012

Europe '72: The Complete Recordings - Wembley Empire Pool - London, England 4/8/72
2011

Brown Sugar
1964

Birth Of The Dead
2003

Dave's Picks, Volume 26 (Albuquerque Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, NM • 11/17/71)
2018

Nightbird
2015

Europe '72: The Complete Recordings - Olympia Theatre - Paris, France, 5/3/72
2011

The Golden Road (1965-1973)
2001

Blues You Can Use
1987

Dave's Picks, Volume 22 (Felt Forum, New York, NY • 12/7/71)
2017

Dave's Picks, Volume 10 (Thelma, Los Angeles, CA • 12/12/69)
2014

Dick's Picks 30: Academy Of Music, New York, NY 3/25 & 28/72
2003

Rock With Me Baby
2002

Ladies And Gentlemen... The Grateful Dead
2000

The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968
1991

Midnight Run
1989

Oh Lord, Let Me Do No Wrong
1987

The Best Of The Chicago Blues
1970

Cut You Loose!
1968

The James Cotton Blues Band
1967
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