Friday July 18

SHIRLEY JOHNSON at Chicago Cubs’ Wrigley Field GALLAGHER WAY – 2 sets, 1 before game and 1 after! Get your blues and baseball on!!

SHIRLEY JOHNSON is “The Queen of Blue Chicago” is one of Chicago’s long-time favorite blues singers. Delmark is excited to announce a new Delmark LP compilation coming very soon!!

Shirley Johnson – Blues Attack

$15.99

Shirley Johnson – Blues Attack
Delmark DE 798 (2009)

“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 along with two great covers of classics “Unchain My Heart” and “634-5789”.

Shirley Johnson – Killer Diller

Shirley Johnson – Killer Diller
Delmark DE 757 (2002)

With Robert Ward, John Primer, Johnny B. Moore, Maurice John Vaughn.

Shirley Johnson is an outstanding vocalist who finds herself in the vanguard of a remarkable revival of the Chicago female blues singer. For many years she has been an able ambassador, here and abroad, representing both the blues and gospel traditions. Shirley has a passionate, strong voice that can deliver a chugging Chicago blues shuffle with uncommon conviction, and infuse a slow ballad with the reassuring power of her own personal experience. Shirley Johnson is an entirely modern blues singer with ample talent, heart and class. Killer Diller is Shirley’s American debut CD.