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Delmark Blues shows at Hey Nonny BLUES WEEK! Mud Morganfield & Studebaker John (Feb 4) Delmark Blues All-Stars (Feb 5) Chicago Blues Supersession (Feb 3)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 05 7:30 pm Doors 6:30 pm All Ages Blues Week: Delmark Allstars ABOUT THE ARTIST The Delmark All Star Band: Jimmy Burns – vocals & guitarSharon Lewis – vocalsBob Stroger – bass & vocalsBilly Flynn – guitar & vocalsRoosevelt Purifoy – keyboardsWillie “The Touch” Hayes – drums & vocals The Delmark All Star Band has…

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MUD MORGANFIELD receives well deserved rave reviews for Delmark’s PORTRAIT!

https://www.chicagobluesguide.com/post/mud-morganfield-portrait Mud Morganfield – Portrait Release date: November 11, 2022 Delmark Records By Curt Brown Photo: by Roman Sobus A burden or a benefit? A mighty weight or a supporting edge? An anchor to the past or a push forward? What bearing does having the Morganfield surname carry in the blues today? Before he was…

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SPECIAL DELMARK BLUES SHOWS coming up soon! Dave Specter, Dave Weld, Demetria Taylor, Mud Morganfield, Johnny Burgin, Tail Dragger, Bob Stroger, and more!

We are so excited to announce a bunch of very special upcoming Delmark blues shows in the very near future! Check them out! Tuesday November 1st Dave Specter Band with Brother John Kattke @ Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn, IL FITZGERALDS PRESENTS: WDCB Bluesday Tuesday w/ Host Tom Marker: THE DAVE SPECTER BAND w/ BROTHER JOHN KATTKE FITZGERALDS…

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Delmark is excited to announce a new release from MUD MORGANFIELD – PORTRAIT, newly remastered and remixed full album with 2 new previously unreleased songs on CD!

MUD MORGANFIELD – PORTRAITDelmark 876 CDRelease date November 11th 2022 PORTRAIT offers fourteen powerful numbers by Muddy Waters’ eldest son, Mud Morganfield, including two previously unreleased songs. Mud appears surrounded by a constellation of first-rate blues musicians. All tracks have been remastered especially for this first Mud Morganfield album on Delmark Records. *➊ Praise Him…

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Delmark Records 70th Anniversary Blues Revue @ The Prairie Center For The Arts in Schaumburg, IL

Delmark Records 70th Anniversary Blues Revue Featuring:  Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames with guest Pierre Lacocque Mike Wheeler Band with guest Demetria Taylor Dave Specter Band with guest Jimmy Burns An epic night of blues music as venerable Chicago label Delmark Records celebrates its 70th anniversary with three prominent acts. First, the original driving…

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Demetria Taylor’s new Delmark CD, “Doin’ What I’m Supposed To Do” receives rave reviews and stellar airplay!

Demetria Taylor is awarded the prestigious “KoKo Taylor Queen of the Blues” award from the Jus’ Blues Foundation KOKO TAYLOR “QUEEN OF THE BLUES” AWARDS Preserving Traditional Blues Heritage Demetria Taylor Demetria Taylor is the daughter of the late blues legend Eddie Taylor Sr. and is helping keep the legacy of her father alive. Eddie is…

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JOHNNY BURGIN – Coast To Coast Chicago Blues -longtime Delmark recording artist amazes his fans, new and old, on his never ending blues tour! Johnny clearly loves to play, and every single show is different- he’s a true road warrior, rollin’ stone! Major East Coast tour in September with Marie Martens.

Check out his amazing Delmark recordings here: https://delmark.com/artists/johnny-burgin/ Delmark recording artist Johnny Burgin took the same long path of blues apprenticeship as so many others, working with legends such as Sam Lay, Pinetop Perkins, Tail Dragger and Billy Boy Arnold.  Johnny’s no rock-blues player– last summer he was even the guitar instructor at the Pinetop Perkins Workshop Experience working alongside…

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