Shirley Johnson
Blues Attack
Delmark DE 798 (CD)
"Raised in the church but evidently born to sing the blues, Shirley Johnson belts like a spiritual daughter of Koko Taylor, flexing her husky voice on ballads and up-tempo love songs, hitting gravel when she reaches for a higher note or pushes her volume." -Ted Drozdowski, PULSE! from a review of Shirley's first Delmark CD Killer Diller (Delmark 757). Shirley is back with that same blend of traditional good-rockin' Chicago blues, smoldering R&B and poppin' soul. Almost all of the 14 songs on Blues Attack are new original compositions by various musicians on the CD however there are great covers of classics "Unchain My Heart" and "634-5789". 038153079826
| JOHNSON,
SHIRLEY / BLUES ATTACK -CD *DELMARK
DE Blues CD DELMARK DE 798 *BLJ |
$14.99 |
Delmark - 55 Years Of Blues
Delmark DE 915 (CD & DVD together)
Contains one CD and one DVD! Delmark 55th anniversary blues bash at Buddy Guy's Legends on March 7, 2008 was suitably festive, with most of Delmark's local blues roster on hand and a Delmark Day proclamation from Mayor Daley. The role that Bob Koester, his label and his Jazz Record Mart haveplayed since relocating some fifty years ago from St. Louis in nurturing and furthering the Chicago blues scene have broadened its horizons and benefitted virtually everyone involved in some way. CD features Junior Wells, Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Speckled Red, Willie Kent and more. DVD features Tail Dragger, Byther Smith, JimmyBurns, Zora Young's performance from the 55th anniversary bash and more.
[CD + DVD: 03815091522]
| DELMARK /
55 Years Of Blues -CD & DVD
Blues CD & DVD Delmark 915 |
$14.99 |
Sleepy
John
Estes
On
80 Highway
with Hammie Nixon
CD: Delmark DE 797
John Adam Estes was born on January 25, 1904 in Ripley, Tennessee. His recording career spanned six decades from the '20s until his death on June 5, 1977. "Sleepy John Estes was one of the most individual of all recorded blues singers. He sang with phrasing that fairly dripped with expressiveness in a high crying tone that seemed often like he was speaking to the listener. The songs he wrote were well suited to this treatment, dealing frequently with his and his neighbors' lives in Brownsville, Tennessee." Gerald Brennan. This session from July 19, 1974 was recorded just before Sleepy John and Hammie Nixon departed for a tour of Japan. None of these performances have ever been issued. Sleepy John Estes, vocals, guitar; Hammie Nixon, vocals, harmonica, kazoo.
[CD: 03815079727]
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SLEEPY
JOHN
ESTES
/
On
80
Highway
-CD
Blues CD Delmark 797. |
$14.99 |