More About Delta Haze Corporation
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 names and faces that were, or in its estimation, deserve to be and should have been, acknowledged greats in their respective fields of endeavor.
Delta Haze is captained by the authorized agent for the Estate of Robert Johnson, who was one of the most celebrated figures in blues history. Johnson's compositions are administered by King Of Spades Music. It took a love of Johnson's music and a great deal of determination to form a catalog that today is in widespread demand by an ever-growing list of music celebrities who seek to record Johnson's music. Efforts to create higher public awareness of these compositions is paralleled by Delta Haze's development of a computer system which tracks its publishing companies' collections. This combination maximizes the catalog's over-all potential.
Domestic success with the Johnson catalog gave way to the establishment of an international network of over thirty sub-publishers, which was founded in 1994 and is now overseen directly from the home office of Delta Haze Corporation.
A substantial amount of Delta Haze's success has come from promoting its publishing catalog for use in motion pictures, radio & television programs and commercials. As a result of utilizing existing recordings of it's compositions as a solicitation device for synchronization licenses, Delta Haze also represented the owners of those recordings, as well as any recordings of original material which they might control.
Publishing companies under the Delta Haze umbrella include Munka Music, Vere's Tunes, Bonnie Lake Productions, 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.
Another main component of Delta Haze Corporation's holdings is its great photographic archive. Combining its recently acquired collection of Memphis' 100-year old African-American Hooks Bros. firm and the music and entertainment work of Gerrie Blake, and Mike Gould, with its world-famous collection of historical images, including those acquired from the collections of numerous musicians and entertainers including Hoyt Bohannon, Clark Dennis, Jack Echols, Harry Geller, Woody Herman, Charles LaVere, E. Lyle Sharpe, Jack & Norma Teagarden, and Joe Willie Wilkins, it is rich in blues, jazz and Southern history dating back into the late 1880's, as well as folk music, blues, jazz & sixties rock'n'roll images. In addition to numerous publications devoted entirely to this work, these photographs are also being used to accent larger works in both print and audio-visual media.Additionally, Delta Haze holdings are available for lease and license. There is a fairly complete index of subpublishers and their contact information, should you wish to reach one. (affiliated with BMI)
The names and the faces may be changing as the years roll on, but at Delta Haze, the pioneers will live forever through their words, music, photographs and the efforts of the people who cherish them.