1982
1983
- Chuck Berry: Chess Masters released
- Ruth Brown: Takin' Care Of Business released
- Eric Clapton: Money And Cigarettes released
- Elizabeth Cotten: Elizabeth Cotten Live! released
- Bob Dylan: Infidels released
- B.B. King: Blues ‘n’ Jazz released
- Estelle "Mama" Yancey, Erwin Helfer: Maybe I'll Cry released
- ?: ?: ? - recordings for ? - The Hill Street Blues Band (Abner Strozier, Clyde Strozier, Curtis Strozier)
- Canada: Vancouver - recordings for Pausa - John Lee Hooker, Deacon Jones, Ian Berry, James Bowers, Robbie King, Mike Osborn, Larry Hamilton, Tim Richards, Alison Hogan
- Europe - American Folk Blues Festival - James "Sparkey" Rucker, Larry Johnson, Louisiana Red, Lonnie Pitchford, Carey Bell, Jimmy Rogers, Lovie Lee, Charles "Honey Boy" Otis, Queen Sylvia
- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Paris, France - Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Jalacy Hawkins), Alan Jacq, Pierre Goasquen, Etienne Miaiet, Bernard La Dreau, Max Gowland, Gilbert Govaerts, Nile, Larry Martin, Paul Pechenaert, Dennis Lescoeur, Le Baron Mardi, Tina Provenzano, Joan Lieber, Patrick Segarel
- Europe: UK: ? - recordings for Rockney - Clarence "Forgman" Henry...
- US: California: Cupertino? - recordings for Guitar Player Soundpage - Robert Cray, Eric Clapton
- US: California: Long Beach - concert - Bobby Bland, Mel Jackson, Wayne Bennett... / Clifton Chenier, The Red Hot Louisiana Band (Warren Cesar, C.J. Chenier, Sherman Robertson, Alonzo Johnson Jr., Robert St. Judy, Cleveland Chenier)
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for MCA - Bobby Bland, Bobby Bryant, George Bohannon, Herman Riley, David Ervin, Wali Ali, Greg Poree, Curtis Robinson, Warren (Ham) Haywood, Monk Higgins, Sweet Spirit (Judith Jones, Sylvia Cox, Yolanda Fisher, Sharon Clarke...
- US: Florida: Hawthorne - recordings for BoKay - Bo Diddley (Ellas McDaniels), Offspring (Terri McDaniel, Scott Smith, Ronnie Haughbrook, Tammi McDaniel)
- US: Illinois: Chicago? - recordings for Airwax - Casey Jones. A.C. Reed, Jimmy Johnson, Johnny B. Gayden
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for ARPCO - Johnny Drummer (Thessex Johns)...
- US: Illinois: Chicago? - recordings for Blue Dakin - Sammy Fender (Sammie Richmond)...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for ? - Mighty Joe Young, Professor Eddie Lusk, Benny Turner, Jimmy Tillman
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Isabel - Syl Johnson (Sylvester Thompson), Little Mack Simmons, Saint James Bryant, Doug McDonald, John Markis, Herman Applewhite, Ray Allison
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Razor - Gloria Hardiman, Steve Freund, Ken Saydak, Bob Stroger, Eddie Turner, Diane Holmes, Gail Washington / Gloria Hardiman, Sam Burckhardt, Ken Saydak, Steve Freund, Harlan Lee Terson, Eddie Turner / Gloria Hardiman, Steve Freund, Sam Burckhardt, Ken Saydak, Sunnyland Slim, Bob Stroger, Fred Grady
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Red Beans - Sons of Blues (Billy Branch, Jimmie Walker, J.W. Williams, Mose Rutues, Rufus Foreman, Kurt Berg, Pete Crawford, Carlos Johnson) / Jimmy Walker, Pete Crawford, J.W. Williams, Moses Rufues
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Shama - Syl Johnson (Sylvester Thompson), Saint James Bryant, Debbie Defire...
- US: Illinois: Winnetka - recordings for Alligator - Big Twist (Larry Nolan), Don Tenuto, Paul Howard, Jim Exum, Steve Eisen, Terry Ogolini, Sid Wingfield, Pete Special, Tango West, Willie Hayes, Gene Barge, Nanette Frank / Big Twist (Larry Nolan), Mark Ohlsen, Mike Halpin, Terry Ogolini, Steve Eisen, Chris Cameron, Pete Special, Tony Brown, Wayne Stewart, Robin Robinson, Nanette Frank / Lonnie Brooks (Lee Baker Jr.), Abb Locke, Ken Saydak, Lafayette Lyle Jr., Perdis Wilson
- US: Indiana: Bloomington - recordings for Random Chance - Yank Rachell (James Rachell), Peter Roller
- US: Louisiana: Church Point - recordings for Lanor / Krazy Kat - Classie Ballou, Preston Frank...
- US: Massachusetts: Carlisle - recordings for Varrick - J.B. Hutto, The New Hawks (Rich Bataille, Doug James, Greg Piccolo, Ron Levy, Brian Bisesi, Kenny Krumbholz, Leroy Pina)
- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for MCA - Little Milton (Milton James Campbell), Ronnie McNeir...
- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Mojack - Chicago Pete (Alford Obsie Harell)...
- US: Mississippi: Greenwood - recordings for Wilco - Willie Cobbs (1)...
- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Malaco - Z.Z. Hill (Arzel Hill), Charles Rose, Harvey Thompson, Jim Horn, Ben Cauley, Harrsion Calloway, Carson Whitsett, Carl Marsh, Dino Zimmerman, Vasti Jackson, Jimmy Johnson, Ray Griffin, James Robertson, Glen Holmes, Ann Mason, Peggy Plucker, Bennett Randman, Linda Geidel, Brian Gum, Kathy Robinson, Claudette Hampton, Janet Dressler, Mickey Davis, Kewel Bass, Thomisene Anderson, Valerie Williams, Dorothy Moore
- US: New York City - recordings for Pangaea - Taj Mahal, Olu Dara, David Murray, Allen Toussaint, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Elysee Pyronneau, Steve Swallow, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Billy Hart, Puntilla Orlando Rios, Ejaye Tracey, Don Jay, Milton Cardona, Frisner Augustin, Olufemi Claudette Mitchell
- US: South Carolina: Greenville - recordings for Audio Arts - Richard "Big Boy" Henry, Bob Tunnel?, Mike Harner?, Bob "Shakin" Aiken?
- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Startown / Blue Moon - Milwaukee Slim (Angelo Chambers)...
- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for MCA - Bobby Bland, Bobby Bryant, George Bohannon, Herman Riley, David Ervin, Wali Ali, Greg Poree, Curtis Robinson, Warren (Ham) Haywood, Monk Higgins, Sweet Spirit (Judith Jones, Sylvia Cox, Yolanda Fisher, Sharon Clarke...
- US: Texas: Dallas - recordings for Galexc - T.L. Griffin (Raymond Lewis Griffin), David Von Blohn, Mark Breithaupt, Raymond Green, Andrew "Junior Boy" Jones, Terry Carter, Hal Harris, David Burns, Renits Burns, Deloris Williams, Juanita Thomas
- US: Virginia: Ferrum - recordings for Outlet - Marvin Foddrell, Turner Foddrell
- 1983.01.06 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for High Water - The Hollywood All Stars (Ben Wilson, "Chicken George" Walker, William "Boogie Man" Hubbard, Leroy Martin, Calvin Valentine)
- 1983.01.07? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Airway - Zora Young, Sam Burckhardt, Sunnyland Slim, Eddie Taylor, Bob Stroger, Fred Grady
- 1983.01.07 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Airway - Sunnyland Slim (Albert Luandrew), Balthasar "Sam" Burckhardt, Eddie Taylor, Robert Stroger, Fred Grady
- 1983.01.14 -- US: Indiana: Westville - Westville Prison - Little Milton (Milton James Cambell), Lucky Peterson, Ricky Earl, Frank McClure, Tony Brown
- 1983.01.15 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Conifer - Bo Diddley (Ellas McDaniels), Mainsqueeze (Dick Heckstall-Smith, Dave "Munch" Moore, Eric Bell, Keith Tillman, "Stretch")
- 1983.01.26 -- US: New York City - recordings for Muse - Big Joe Turner (Joseph Vernon Turner), Bob Enos, Porky Cohen, Greg Piccolo, Rich Lataille, Doug James, Al Colpley, Dr. John, Ronnie Earl Horvath, Preston Hubbard, John Rossi
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Red Beans - Estelle "Mama" Yancey, Erwin Helfer
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Red Beans - Sunnyland Slim (Albert Luandrew)
- 1983.01.28 -- Europe: France: Cannes - The Palais de Congres (MIDEM Festival) - B.B. King, Calvin Owens, James Bolden, Edgar Synigal Jr., Dave Brubeck, Joseph Carrier, Leon Warren, Russell Jackson, Caleb Emphrey Jr.
- 1983.01.29 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Red Beans - Sunnyland Slim (Albert Luandrew)
- 1983.01.30 -- Europe: France: Paris - Ivry - Brenda Bell, Champion Jack Dupree, Louisiana Red / Champion Jack Dupree, Brenda Bell, Gerhard Engbarth, Louisiana Red, Larry "Wild Man" Martin, Jacques Mahieux
- 1983.02.00 -- Eric Clapton: Money And Cigarettes released
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Riverside - recordings for Murray Brothers - Smokey Wilson (Robert Lee Wilson), Rod Piazza, Honey Piazza, Hollywood Fats, Larry Taylor, Richard Innes
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for B.L.U.E.S - Big Time Sarah (Sarah Streeter), Chicago, IL Fire Horns (Elmer Brown, Paul Howard, Bill MacFarland, Hank Ford), Leo Davis, Pat Brenner, Jim Simms, Kenny Pickens, Ike Davis, Wanda Ross / Johnny Dollar, Big Time Sarah, Paul Howard, Elmer Brown, Bill McFarland, Hank Ford, Jene Pickett, Pat Brenner, Henry Johnson, Orlando Wright, Ike Davis, Wanda Ross
- 1983.02.02 -- US: Mississippi: Hollandale - Sam Chatmon (†)
- 1983.02.10 -- Europe: Germany: Bad Wildungen - recordings for L+R - Louisiana Red (Iverson Minter), Gerhard Engbarth
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Arlington - recordings for Murray Brothers - Johnny Dyer, Rod Piazza, George Smith, Debbie Alexander, Steve Kilman, Mike "Junior" Watson, "Wild" William Brinlee, Bob Newham
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Massachusetts: Boston - concert - B.B. King, Calvin Owens, James Bolden, Edgar Synigal Jr., Eugene Carrier, Leaon Warren, Michael Doster, Caleb Emphrey Jr.
- 1983.02.11 -- Europe: Germany: Bad Wildungen - recordings for L+R - Louisiana Red (Iverson Minter), Gerhard Engbarth
- 1983.02.16 -- US: New York City - Lone Star Café - Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Bob Dylan
- 1983.02.26 -- Europe: Switzerland: Blackeberg - Nappy Brown (Napoleon Culp Brown), Willie Cook, Fredrik John, Jan Loof, Per Notini, Knut Reiersrud, Bertil Petterson, Karten Loly
- 1983.02.27 -- US: Tennessee: Hardeman - recordings for HMG - Hammie Nixon
- 1983.03.00 -- Europe: Italy: Torino - recordings for Shirak - Jerry Ricks, Giulio Camarca
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Berkeley - recordings for Fantasy - Albert King, Tony Llorens, Larry Burton, Gus Thornton, Michael Llorens
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: North Hollywood - recordings for L+R - Margie Evans, Andre Avila, Arthur L. Woods, Cash McCall, Zachery Prather, Welton Gite, Charles Avery / Jerry McCain, André Avila, Arthur L. Woods, Zachary Prather, Welton Gite, Charles Avery
- 1983.03.02 -- US: New York City - recordings for Spivey - Larry Johnson, Nat Riddles
- 1983.03.07 -- Europe: Norway: Oslo - recordings for Stockholm - Nappy Brown (Napoleon Culp Brown), Willie Cook, Fredrik John, Jan Loof, Per Notini, Knut Reiersrud, Bertil Petterson, Karsten Loly
- 1983.03.08 -- Europe: Norway: Kristiansand - recordings for Stockholm - Nappy Brown (Napoleon Culp Brown), Willie Cook, Fredrik John, Jan Loof, Per Notini, Knut Reiersrud, Bertil Petterson, Karsten Loly
- 1983.03.10 -- Europe: Sweden: Jönköping - recordings for Stockholm - Nappy Brown (Napoleon Culp Brown), Willie Cook, Fredrik John, Jan Loof, Per Notini, Knut Reiersrud, Bertil Petterson, Karsten Loly
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for HMG - The Fieldstones (Willie Roy Sanders, Joe Hicks, Otto "Bobby" Carnes, Wordie Perkins, Clarence Nelson, Lois Brown)
- 1983.03.12? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Blue on Blues - Lovie Lee (Eddie Watson), Carey Bell, Eddie Taylor, Lurrie Bell, Douglas Watson, Odie Payne, Earl Howell
- 1983.03.18 -- US: Missouri: St. Louis - recordings for Swingmaster - Piano "Robert T. Smith" Slim, Charles Hill, James Boyd, Jimmy "Ba-Bud" Bernard, Charles Taylor, Farlan Reed, Mike Howell
- 1983.03.21 -- US: Missouri: St. Louis - recordings for Swingmaster - Piano "Robert T. Smith" Slim, Charles Hill, James Boyd, Jimmy "Ba-Bud" Bernard, Charles Taylor, Farlan Reed, Mike Howell / Henry Townsend
- 1983.03.23 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Rounder - Tuts Washington (Isidore Washington)
- 1983.03.24 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Rounder - Tuts Washington (Isidore Washington)
- 1983.03.27 -- US: California: North Hollywood - recordings for L+R - Blind Joe Hill
- 1983.03.31 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for L+R - Louisiana Red (Iverson Minter), Carey Bell, Lovie Lee, Jimmy Rogers, Larry Exum, Earl Howell
- 1983.04.00 -- Europe: Germany: Kirchheim - recordings for Lanka - Al Jones, Oskar Pöhnl, Franz-David Baumann, Michael Außerbauer, Martin Schoenke, Bernd Schoenke
- ---- --- -- -- -- Europe: Italy: Torino - recordings for Shirak - Jerry Ricks, Giulio Camarca
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan, Mick Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Clydie King
- 1983.04.01 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for L+R - Louisiana Red (Iverson Minter), Valerie Wellington, Carey Bell
- 1983.04.03 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for L+R - Blind John Davis, Jeanne Carroll
- 1983.04.04 -- US: California: Corte Madeira - Uncle Charlie's - Percy Mayfield, Julien Vaught, Bobbie Webb, Mark Naftalin, Bobby Murray, Francis Rocco Prestia, Gary Silva
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for L+R - Queen Sylvia Embry, Jimmy Dawkins, Phillip Meeks, Tyrone Centuray
- 1983.04.06 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash
- 1983.04.07 -- Europe: Germany: Stuttgart - recordings for ? - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Bill Samuels, Homer Brown, Craig Wroten, Miles Wright, Robert Shipley
- 1983.04.09 -- US: Virginia: Falls Church - recordings for L+R - John Cephas, Harmonica Phil Wiggins
- 1983.04.11 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan, Mick Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar
- 1983.04.12 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan, Mick Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar
- 1983.04.14 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan, Mick Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Sammy Figueroa
- 1983.04.15 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan, Mick Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar
- 1983.04.18 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan, Mick Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Clydie King
- 1983.04.19 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan, Mick Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Ron Wood, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar
- 1983.04.20 -- Europe: Finland: Helsinki - recordings for Stockholm - Eddie Boyd
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: ?: ? - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan, Mick Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Leric - Queen Sylvia Embry, Jimmy Dawkins...
- 1983.04.21 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan, Mick Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar
- 1983.04.22 -- US: California: Oakland - Earl Kenneth "Fatha" Hines (†)
- 1983.04.23 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan, Mick Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar
- 1983.04.25 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan, Mick Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar
- 1983.04.26 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan, Mick Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar
- 1983.04.27 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan, Mick Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Clydie King
- 1983.04.30 -- US: Illinois: Estmont - Muddy Waters (†)
- 1983.05.00 -- Europe: France: Rennes - 10ième Festival des Arts Traditionnels - R.L. Burnside
- ---- --- -- -- -- Europe: Italy: Milan - recordings for Appaloosa - Cooper Terry (Verl Terry), Aida Cooper, The Blue Phantom Band (Sergio Fabretto, Marco Fantoni, Lillo Rogati, Graziano Tedeschi), Luciano Biasutti, Sal Nistico, Pietro Tonolo, Maurizio Sastetti, Sonny Taylor, George Aghedo, Noemi Hackett, Linda Wesley, Saro Rogati
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan, Mick Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Clydie King
- 1983.05.01 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - The Piano Man - Angela Brown, Erwin Helfer, Odie Payne Jr.
- 1983.05.02 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan, Mick Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Clydie King
- 1983.05.15 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler
- 1983.05.18 -- US: New York City - recordings for Southland - Big Joe Turner (Joseph Vernon Turner), Eddie Chamblee, David Ostwald, Knocky Parker, Jim Lawyer, Fred Stoll
- 1983.05.23 -- US: New York City - Pier 84 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy (George Guy), Double Trouble (Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Pablo - Ella Fitzgerald, André Previn, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen
- 1983.06.00 -- Europe: Germany: Köln - recordings for Ornament - Katie Webster (Katherine Jewel Thorne)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Strawberry - Zora Young, Sven Zetterberg, Sunnyland Slim, Knut Reiersrud, Tor Einar Jacobsen, Bob Stroger, S.P. Leary
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Massachusetts: Carlisle - Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson, Walter Smith, Michael Avery, The Roomful of Blues Horns (Bob Enos, Porky Cohen, Rich Lataille, Greg Piccolo, Doug James(, Ron Levy
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan...
- 1983.06.03 -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - The Moonshadow Saloon - Chicago Bob Nelson (Robert Lee Nelson), Scott Alexander, Tinsley Ellis, Jim Bullard, Mike McCauley
- 1983.06.04 -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - The Moonshadow Saloon - Chicago Bob Nelson (Robert Lee Nelson), Scott Alexander, Tinsley Ellis, Jim Bullard, Mike McCauley
- 1983.06.13 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Cher Kee - Willie Davis, Aubrey Rivers, Foots Berry, Melvin Taylor, Vernon Harrington, Tom Jackson, Jerome Vaughn, Andrea Crawford, Patricia Ann Graham, Cimelia Carter
- 1983.06.15 -- US: Massachusetts: Boston - recordings for Whiskey, Women and - Sammy Price
- 1983.07.00 -- Europe: Switzerland: Nyon - concert - Albert Collins, Casey Jones, Rory Gallagher...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Wolf - Eddie Taylor (1), Vera Taylor, Johnny B. Moore, Willie Kent, Larry Taylor / Jimmy Walker, Steve Cushing
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Bob Dylan...
- 1983.07.01 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Shama - Syl Johnson (Sylvester Thompson), Saint James Bryant, John Marcus, Bernard Reed, Ray Allison
- 1983.07.11 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - Roosevelt Sykes (†)
- 1983.07.15 -- Europe: Switzerland: Montreux - concert - Luther Allison, Michel Carras, Mike Morrison, Jay Mattes / Willie Dixon, Arthur "Butch" Dixon, John Watkins, Freddie Dixon, Sugar Blue, Clifton James
- 1983.07.16 -- Europe: Switzerland: Montreux - concert - Buddy Guy (George Guy), Walter Henderson, Antonio Burgos, Phil Guy, George Baze, Ike Anderson, Ray Allison
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Missouri: St. Louis - recordings for Hot Dam / Duchess - Tommy Bankhead, Joe Enlow...
- 1983.07.26 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Strawberry - Sunnyland Slim (Albert Luandrew), Sven Zetterberg, Knut Reiersrud, Tor Einar Jacobsen, Bob Stroger, S.P. Leary
- 1983.07.28 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for HMG - The Blues Busters (George Walker, William "Boogie Man" Hubbard, Earl Banks, James Price)
- 1983.07.29 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Strawberry - Sunnyland Slim (Albert Luandrew), Sven Zetterberg, Knut Reiersrud, Tor Einar Jacobsen, Bob Stroger, S.P. Leary
- 1983.07.30 -- US: Louisiana: Denham Springs (or: Florida: Tampa) - recordings for Sunland - Robert Milburn, "Nap" Martin, James Herbage, Rudolf Jeansonne, Nelson Williams, "Chuck" Cross
- 1983.07.31 -- US: Louisiana: Denham Springs - recordings for Fantastic / Sunland - Raful Neal, Shawn Brown, Raful Neal III, Ray Lee Sheppard, Noel Neal, Larry Neal
- 1983.08.00 -- US: Michigan: Ann Arbor - recordings for Vagabond - Sippie Wallace (Beluah Wallace née Thomas), Axel Zwingenberger
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Wisconsin: Sjawano - Old Time Music and Craft Festival, Mielke Theatre - James "Sparky" Rucker
- 1983.08.01 -- US: Maryland: Silver Springs - recordings for ? - Fats Domino...
- 1983.08.03 -- US: Louisiana: Denham Springs - recordings for Sunland - Raful Neal, Shawn Brown, Raful Neal III, Ray Lee Sheppard, "Bog G", Larry Neal
- 1983.08.05 -- Europe: Denmark: Copenhagen - recordings for High Grade - Champion Jack Dupree, Kenn Lending Blues Band (Kjeld Lauritsen, Kenn Lending, Klavs Morville, Frank Larsen)
- 1983.08.08 -- US: California: Corte Madeira - Uncle Charlie's - Percy Mayfield, Julien Vaught, Bobbie Webb, Mark Naftalin, Bobby Murray, Leonard Gill, Kelvin Dixon
- 1983.08.09 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Double Trouble - Andrew Brown, Al Irono, Professor Eddie Lusk Jr., Jimmy Johnson, Spurling Banks, Steve Wilson, Jerry Porter
- 1983.08.16 -- US: Georgia: Athens - recordings for Dust-to-Dust - Brady "Doc" Barnes, Lucy Barnes
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Virginia: Clinchco, Dickenson County - recordings by Vaughan Webb for the Blue Ridge Institute - Earl Gilmore
- 1983.08.17 -- Canada: Toronto - Café des Copains - Jay McShann (James Columbus McShann)
- 1983.08.18 -- US: Mississippi: Natchez - recordings for HMG - Hezekiah, Leon "Peewee" Whittaker, James Baker
- 1983.08.19 -- US: Mississippi: Natchez - recordings for HMG - Hezekiah, Leon "Peewee" Whittaker, James Baker
- 1983.08.20 -- US: Georgia: St. Simon's Island - recordings for Folkways - Lawrence McKiver, The McIntosh County Shouters (Doretha Skipper, Andrew Palmer, Catherine Campbell, Odessa Young, Thelma Ellison, Vertie McIver, Oneitha Ellison, Elizabeth Temple)
- 1983.08.21 -- US: Georgia: St. Simon's Island - recordings for Folkways - Lawrence McKiver, The McIntosh County Shouters (Doretha Skipper, Andrew Palmer, Catherine Campbell, Odessa Young, Thelma Ellison, Vertie McIver, Oneitha Ellison, Elizabeth Temple)
- 1983.08.24 -- Canada: Toronto - recordings for Sackville - Jay McShann (James Columbus McShann), Jim Galloway, Don Thompson, Terry Clarke
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for ? - Estelle "Mama" Yancey, Axel Zwingenberger
- 1983.08.26 -- US: California: Riverside - recordings for Murray Brothers - Pee Wee Crayton (Connie Curtis Crayton), Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Fred Clark, Bill Clark, Marshall Crayton Jr., Rod Piazza, Honey Alexander, Doug MacLeod, Dan Friedman, Soko Richardson
- 1983.08.28 -- Europe: UK: London - The Electric Ballroom - Willie Egan (Willie Lee Egan), Juice on the Loose (Nick Pentelow, Frank Mead, Ron Kavana, Charlie Hart, Fran Byrne) / Chuck Higgins, Alan Walker?, Abbey Green?, Johnny Mack?, Steve Hawkins?, Pete Mathison?, Lincoln Carr?, Tom Riley? / "Big Jay" McNeely (Cecil James McNeely), Nick Pentelow, Ian Whitcomb, Ron Kavana, Bam King, Charlie Hart, Fran Byrne
- 1983.08.30 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for HMG - Little Applewhite (Velba Applewhite), The Fieldstones (Otto "Bobby" Carnes, Wordie Perkins, Willie Roy Sanders, Clarence Nelson, Lois Brown, Joe Hicks)
- 1983.08.31 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Ace - Willie Egan (Willie Lee Egan), Juice on the Loose (Nick Pentelow, Frank Mead, Ron Kavana, Charlie Hart, Fran Byrne)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for HMG - The Blues Busters (George Walker, William "Boogie Man" Hubbard, Earl Banks, "Funky" John Cole)
- 1983.09.00 -- US: California: Long Beach - Long Beach Blues Festival - Albert King, Oliver Jackson, Ed Hurley, Tony Llorens, Leon Blue, Gus Thornton, Michael Llorens
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Riverside - recordings for Murray Brothers - Jimmy Rogers (James Arthur Lane), Rod Piazza, Honey Piazza, Michael "Junior" Watson, Bill Stuve, Bill Swartz
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Rooster Blues/RapCity - Valerie Wellington, Billy Branch, Johnny Littlejohn, Alfonso "John" Primer, Aron Burton, Nick Holt, Casey Jones, Nathan Applewhite / Valerie Wellington, Magic Slim The Teardrops (Morris Holt, John Primer, Aron Burton, Nick Holt, Casey Jones, Nathan Applewhite, Billy Branch, Sunnyland Slim
- 1983.09.03 -- Europe: UK: Peterborough - Wirrina Sports Stadium - Chuck Berry, Ingrid Berry, Billy Peek, Jim Marsala, Graham Hollingworth
- 1983.09.17 -- US: Mississippi: Freedom Village - Mississippi Delta Blues Festival - Muddy Waters Jr. (James Williams) / James "Son" Thomas
- 1983.09.22 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for High Water - The Jubirt Sisters (Ann Jubirt, Carol Jubirt, Lynn Jubirt), John "Frisco Jack" Stover, Thomas "Blue" Cornes, Oscar Smith, Napoleon Dodson, Jasper Bernard Dodson, Jasper Bernard Dodson, Carlton DeWitt Dodson, Rick O'Neal
- 1983.09.17 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - Roma Lounge - Phil Guy (Phillip Guy), The Chicago, IL Machine (A.C. Reed, "Cantaloupe" Sam Good, Eddie "Professor" Lusk, Murphy Dawes)
- 1983.09.20 -- US: Georgia: Athens - recordings for Folkways - Joe K. Rakestraw, Art Rosenbaum
- 1983.09.29 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for High Water - The Hollywood All Stars (Gilmore Daniel, William "Boogie Man" Hubbard, Bobby Carnes, Bill Wilson, Clarence Nelson, Calvin Valentine, Donald Valentine)
- 1983.10.00 -- Europe: Yugoslavia: Kulusic - Zagreb Jazz Festival - Jerry Ricks
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: San Francisco - recordings for Cat 'n Hat - Johnny Heartsman, Frankie Lee, Curtis Salgado, Ron Taormina, Bill Holmes, Rick Martin, Steve Trout, Gary Clarke, Bill Turner, Cal Valentine, Frank Samuels, Boby Reed
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Rooster Blues/RapCity - Valerie Wellington, Billy Branch, Johnny Littlejohn, Alfonso "John" Primer, Aron Burton, Nick Holt, Casey Jones, Nathan Applewhite / Valerie Wellington, Magic Slim The Teardrops (Morris Holt, John Primer, Aron Burton, Nick Holt, Casey Jones, Nathan Applewhite, Billy Branch, Sunnyland Slim
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Retta's - McKinley Mitchell, Lester Snell, Michael Toles, Ray Griffin, James Robertson, The Duncan Sisters (Phyllis Duncan, Helen Duncan, William Brown)
- 1983.10.03 -- Europe: Holland: Heelsum - recordings for Oldie Blues - Little Willie Littlefield, Tonny Littlefield, Jan Cees, Han Bennink
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for HMG - The Blues Busters (Earl Banks, William "Boogie Man" Hubbard, Samuel Carnes, George Walker)
- 1983.10.13 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for ? - Mighty Joe Young, Professor Eddie Lusk, Benny Turner...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for High Water - The Jubirt Sisters (Ann Jubirt, Carol Jubirt, Lynn Jubirt), Tim Turner, Alan Clayton, Wes Walker, John Lux, Thomas "Blue" Cornes, Oscar Smith, Napoleon Dodson, Jasper Bernard Dodson, Carlton DeWitt Dodson, Rick O'Neil
- 1983.10.16 -- Europe: Germany: Lahnstein - SWF-Bluesfestival - Louisiana Red (Iverson Minter), Udo Wolf, Tom Schrader, Helmut "Boogie" Meyer, Ferdi Peters
- 1983.10.22 -- US: Virginia: Ferrum - Blue Ridge Folklife Festival at Ferrum College - Daniel Womack
- 1983.10.25 -- Europe: Holland: Gronongen - recordings for Swingmaster - James Crutchfield
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for HMG - The Blues Busters (Earl Banks, George Walker, Thomas Cornes, Leroy Martin, James Price)
- 1983.10.28 -- Europe: Holland: Gronongen - recordings for Swingmaster - James Crutchfield
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Kentucky: Berea - Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music - Etta Baker (Etta Lucille Reid)
- 1983.10.29 -- US: Kentucky: Berea - Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music - Etta Baker (Etta Lucille Reid)
- 1983.10.30 -- Europe: Germany: Frankfurt am Main - Volksbildungsheim - Carey Bell, Lovie Lee, Louisiana Red (Iverson Minter), Jimmy Rogers, Queen Embry, Charles "Honey Boy" Otis / Larry Johnson / Lonnie Pitchford / Jimmy Rogers (James Arthur Lane), Carey Bell, Lovie Lee, Louisiana Red, Queen Sylvia Embry, Charles "Honey Boy" Otis / James "Sparky" Rucker
- 1983.10.31 -- Europe: Holland: Gronongen - recordings for Swingmaster - James Crutchfield
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Hollywood - Club Lingerie - "Big Jay" McNeely (Cecil James McNeely), Cecil James, Ian Whitcomb, George Walker, Lindsay Martin, Alvin Clark, Ken Wilson
- 1983.11.00 -- Bob Dylan: Infidels released
- 1983.11.00 -- Europe: Austria: Vienna - 46er Blues Café - Andy Story, Fritz Svacina's All Stars (Fritz Svacina, Peter Wollner, Michael Klein)
- 1983.11.07 -- Europe: Germany: Berlin - recordings for L+R - James "Sparky" Rucker, Carey Bell, Louisiana Red
- 1983.11.08 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - James Booker (†)
- 1983.11.11 -- Europe: Germany: Würzburg - Music Hall - Queen Sylvia Embry, Carey Bell, Lovie Lee (Eddie Watson), Jimmy Rogers, Louisiana Red (Iverson Minter), Charles "Honey Boy" Otis / Lonnie Pitchford / James "Sparky" Rucker
- 1983.11.13 -- Europe: Germany: Würzburg - Music Hall - Carey Bell, Louisiana Red
- 1983.11.21 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Black & Blue - Memphis Slim (John L. Chatman), Bob Stroger, Odie Payne
- 1983.11.22 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Blue Phoenix - Buster Benton (Arley (or Ollie) Benton), Lafayette Leake, Johnny Littlejohn, Joe Beard, Robert Stroger, Odie Payne Jr.
- 1983.11.23 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Blue Phoenix - Lafayette Leake, Johnny Littlejohn, Robert Stroger, Odie Payne
- 1983.11.26 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for High Water - The Jubirt Sisters (Ann Jubirt, Carol Jubirt, Lynn Jubirt), Tim Turner, Alan Clayton,John Lux, Thomas "Blue" Cornes, Oscar Smith, Jasper Bernard Dodson, Carlton DeWitt Dodson
- 1983.11.27 -- US: Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh - recordings for Bogus - Bull Moose Jackson (Benjamin Clarence Jackson), "Sweet" Pete Loria, "Smilin'" Steve Graham, Brian "Crusher" Anater, Phil "Harmonic" Brotz, "Skinny" Dave Kent, Miss Cindy Solak, Jim Fanning, Carl Grefenstette
- 1983.11.28 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Blue Phoenix - Jimmy Johnson (Jimmy Thompson), Jene Pickett, Larry Exum, Fred Grady
- ---- --- -- -- -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Isabel - Mojo Buford (George Buford), Phil Guy (Phillip Guy), Cash McCall, Syl Johnson, Nick Charles, Ray Allison
- 1983.12.01 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for High Water - The Hollywood All Stars (Ben Wilson, Gilmore Daniel, William "Boogie Man" Hubbard, Bobby Carnes, Calvin Valentine, Donald Valentine)
- 1983.12.06 -- Canada: Hamilton - recordings for Stax - Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tony Llorens, Gus Thornton, Michael Llorens
- 1983.12.17 -- US: Georgia: Eulonia - Briar Patch Community - Lawrence McKiver, The McIntosh County Shouters (Doretha Skipper, Andrew Palmer, Catherine Campbell, Odessa Young, Thelma Ellison, Vertie McIver, Oneitha Ellison, Elizabeth Temple)