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Also appears as "Rooster Blues" only. Rooster Blues is an American independent record label founded in 1980. The label is dedicated to blues music from the Mississippi Delta. Rooster Blues was co-founded by Jim O'Neal in Chicago, and initially released 14 albums by South Side blues musicians. In 1986, O'Neal moved the label to Clarksdale, Mississippi and began focusing on the area's Delta blues performers. Over the next 12 years, Rooster Blues released albums by artists like Magic Slim, Eddy Clearwater, John Littlejohn, Lonnie Pitchford, Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, James "Son" Thomas, Larry Davis, Valerie Wellington, Carey Bell, Willie Cobbs, Super Chikan, and Lonnie Shields.