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Junior Wells – South Side Blues Jam
Junior Wells – South Side Blues Jam Delmark 628 We have tried to capture on this album what a listener would hear any Monday night at Theresa’s Blues Bar (now defunct) at 48th and Indiana on Chicago’s Southside. The Blues Monday regulars, including Buddy Guy are joined by the late Otis Spann, the greatest blues…
Roosevelt Sykes – Feel Like Blowing My Horn
Roosevelt Sykes – Feel Like Blowing My Horn Delmark DE 632 Compact Disc (1997) Roosevelt Sykes, one of the most influential blues pianists to bring country blues to the city, is the father of the modern blues piano style. Previous Delmark albums focused on his magnificent work as a keyboard artist, vocalist and blues writer….
Otis Rush – Cold Day In Hell
Otis Rush – Cold Day In Hell Delmark 638 Guts. That’s what this record is all about: Otis Rush’s days in hell, and the tentative joys of returning above ground. Everything about Otis Rush says guts: his squeezing, piercing guitar, his raw-boned, blood-tinged vocals, his lyrics, full of a profound sense of the trips men…
Sleepy John Estes – Newport Blues
Sleepy John Estes – Newport Blues Delmark DE 639 Compact Disc (2002) Never before released 1964 session with Yank Rachell (mandolin, guitar, piano and one vocal) and Hammie Nixon (harmonica, jug and two vocals). Sleepy John Estes’ Newport Folk Festival appearance was so successful that it woke him up! A recording date was immediately set…
The Jimmy Dawkins Band – Blisterstring
The Jimmy Dawkins Band – Blisterstring Delmark DE 641 Compact Disc (1996) Jimmy Dawkins is a true original. A one of a kind artist whose distinctive guitar style is instantly recognizable. His chilling killer tone; his deep, complex, innovative solos and his intense playing approach have made him revered amongst his peers and won fans…
Magic Sam – Magic Sam Live
Magic Sam – Magic Sam Live Delmark 645 Live recordings from the Alex Club in Chicago (1963-64) and at the Ann Arbor Blues Festival (1969).
Jimmy Johnson – North / South
Jimmy Johnson – North / South Delmark DD 647 Compact Disc Jimmy Johnson came dramatically to the attention of the blues world with the release of his first American album, Johnson’s Whacks (Delmark 644), in 1979, one of the few albums around that time to project a new and distinctive blues personality. Originally issued in…
Dave Specter & Barkin’ Bill Smith – Bluebird Blues (feat. Ronnie Earl)
Dave Specter & Barkin’ Bill Smith – Bluebird Blues (feat. Ronnie Earl) Delmark 652 Dave Specter and Barkin’ Bill Smith will be unfamiliar names to most listeners (as of the release of this album). But the music the two of them generate along with Ronnie Earl, Deitra Farr, and the Bluebirds is a lot of…
