The love affair between Europe and the blues began in the early 50s with
the arrival of Big Bill Broonzy who performed in Limoges, France, where most
of the musicians on this album come from and where it was recorded. Zora first
performed in Europe in 1981 and has followed with more than 20 tours in France
making her the Chicago blueswoman record-holder! Inspired by Zora's and Bobby
Dirninger's recording of "Two Trains Running" on her previous Delmark album
(Tore Up From the Floor Up, Delmark 784), producer Chris Dussuchaud
suggested a half-electric / half-acoustic album. The French Connection
is Zora's awesome renditions of not only Chicago blues, but also gospel, jazz,
deep Mississippi blues and country music... à sa manière, in
her own, very special way. Also available: Learned My Lesson (Delmark
748).
CD: 038153080228
YOUNG, ZORA / THE FRENCH CONNECTION -CD *DE
802
Blues CD Delmark 802 *BLY
$14.99
Quintus McCormick
Hey Jodie!
Delmark DE 801
Quintus McCormick
has toured the world
with some of the most
important blues artists
including James Cotton,
Otis Clay, A.C. Reed,
and Lefty Dizz. Working
as a sideman, Quintus'
reputation as a brilliant
guitarist, gifted
songwriter and astonishing
vocalist spread like
wildfire. Born and
raised in Detroit,
Quintus moved to Chicago
where Buddy Guy and
James Cotton encouraged
Quintus to form his
own band. In 1994
The Quintus McCormick
Band was formed. He
has been a mainstay
of the Chicago blues
scene, appearing frequently
in the city's world-renown
nightclubs and at
countless festivals
and concerts. Hey
Jodie! is
Quintus' first Delmark
CD and features 14
new compositions of
original, heartfelt
blues, r&b and
soul.
CD: 038153080129
MC CORMICK,
QUINTUS / HEY
JODIE -CD *DELMARK
801
Blues CD DELMARK
801 *BLM
$14.99
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It Ain't Over:
Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues
Delmark DE 800 (CD) DVD 1800
Delmark's 55th anniversary blues bash at Buddy Guy's Legends on March 7,
2008 featured most of Delmark's local blues roster, a Delmark Day proclamation
from Mayor Daley and a Grammy Hall Of Fame Award for the groundbreaking Hoodoo
Man Blues album. Live performances by Lurrie Bell, Tail Dragger, Zora
Young, Jimmy Johnson with Dave Specter, Aaron Moore, Little Arthur Duncan,
Eddie Shaw, Shirley Johnson. DVD contains 14 tracks, 80 minutes Stereo, Dolby
and DTS 5.1 audio. CD is 11 tracks 67 minutes.
CD: 038153080020 / DVD: 038153180058
VARIOUS ARTISTS / It Ain't Over -CD *Delmark
800
Blues CD Delmark 800
$14.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS / It Ain't Over -DVD *Delmark
1800
Blues DVD Delmark 1800
$24.99
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for It Ain't Over - 55th Anniversary Blues Concert:
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Eddie C. Campbell brings his unmistakably individual, engaging
and memorable verve and variety and his command of the Chicago blues tradition
to Tear This World Up, his most fully realized chapter in a highly
regarded discography which has generated covers by Lynyrd Skynyrd and Lee Atwater
and a Christmas staple. Eddie has long been a master of classic Chicago blues,
but always his own man, turning out venues worldwide with funk and rock &
roll as well as blues, all with his rich, wide-ranging vocals, the trademark
reverb-drenched sound of his vintage metallic purple Fender Jazzmaster guitar
and creative songwriting.
CD: 038153079925
Eddie C. Campbell / Tear This World Up -CD
*Delmark 799
Blues CD Delmark 799
$14.99
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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
