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Toronzo Cannon – Leaving Mood
Toronzo Cannon – Leaving Mood Delmark DE 817 (2011) Compact Disc Featuring special guest Carl Weathersby. Growing up in the shadows of Chicago’s blues mecca Theresa’s Lounge had a lasting effect on Toronzo Cannon. Listening to the raw soulful sounds of legends like Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, and Muddy Waters led him to pick up…
Quintus McCormick – Still Called The Blues
Quintus McCormick – Still Called The Blues Delmark DE 821 (2012) Compact Disc Quintus McCormick’s acclaimed Delmark debut from 2009 Hey Jodie! (Delmark 801) was one of the best soul-blues albums of the new millennium’s first decade. Quintus’ second CD Put It on Me! (Delmark 815) proved he is one of contemporary Chicago’s brightest stars….
Linsey Alexander – Been There Done That
Linsey Alexander – Been There Done That Delmark DE 822 (2012) Compact Disc Bluesman Linsey Alexander was born in Mississippi and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. His first guitar was never retrieved from the pawn shop where he left it almost 50 years ago; but using the money from the pawned guitar to help pay his…
Mississippi Heat – Delta Bound
Mississippi Heat – Delta Bound Delmark DE 823 (2012) Compact Disc Delta Bound celebrates Mississippi Heat’s 20th year of creating wonderful blues music and their 10th recording! Fourteen original songs, twelve by leader and harmonica player Pierre Lacocque, and two written and/or arranged by lead vocalist Inetta Visor. While the record is a solid electric…
Mike Wheeler – Self Made Man
Mike Wheeler – Self Made Man Delmark DE 824 (2012) Compact Disc Mike Wheeler has been playing the blues for almost 30 years and has played with Koko Taylor, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Shemekia Copeland, Jimmy Johnson, Son Seals, Willie Kent and a Who’s Who of today’s Chicago Blues! Mike is an extraordinary blues singer,…
Willie Buck – Cell Phone Man
Willie Buck – Cell Phone Man Delmark DE 825 (2012) Compact Disc Willie Buck has been leading his own bands for over 40 years. He’s been on the scene since his arrival in Chicago as a teenager in the midst of the heyday of Chicago blues in 1953. He put out his only album in…
Al Miller – In Between Time
Al Miller – In Between Time Delmark DE 826 (2012) Compact Disc Harmonica player Al Miller brings in three guitar aces to help him create this unique blues album: John Primer, Dave Specter & Billy Flynn. But Al doesn’t just play harp. Whether he’s wailing away on harmonica, singing, writing songs, or providing guitar accompaniment,…
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup – Sunny Road
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup – Sunny Road Delmark DE 827 (2015) Compact Disc Best known for “That’s All Right” and two other songs covered by Elvis Presley, bluesman Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup was born in Forest, Mississippi. Crudup visited Chicago in 1939 as a member of the gospel group The Harmonizing Four and stayed to…