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Magic Sam – Give Me Time
Magic Sam – Give Me Time Delmark 654 Magic Sam, like another Sam who lived in Chicago, Sam Cooke, was among the greatest vocalists of all time. Those who appreciate intense, passionate blues/soul singing will love this album. Although Magic Sam was also a genius guitarist, guitar aficionados would do better to experience any of…
Jesse Fortune – Fortune Tellin’ Man (w/ Dave Specter)
Jesse Fortune – Fortune Tellin’ Man (w/ Dave Specter) Delmark 658 It doesn’t happen very often anymore… An obscure blues figure, revered by aficionados for a handful of memorable recordings, leaps right out of the dusty discographical pages and materializes in the flesh with something new to say musically. In Jesse Fortune’s case, that’s precisely…
Big Wheeler – Big Wheeler’s Bone Orchard
Big Wheeler – Big Wheeler’s Bone Orchard (w/ The Ice Cream Men) Delmark DE 661 (1993) Compact Disc Chicago blues vocalist and harmonica player Golden “Big” Wheeler had his own band in 1956, but worked a day gig as he floated in and out of the music business for the next thirty five years. Now…
Willie Kent – Too Hurt To Cry
Willie Kent – Too Hurt To Cry Delmark DE 667 Compact Disc (1994) In Willie Kent’s music there is depth and there is soulful originality, but above all we believe Willie when he sings the blues; the blues are in his blood and the marrow of his bones. From a boogie thing to the wild…
Barkin’ Bill – Gotcha!
Barkin’ Bill – Gotcha! Delmark 627 Stylistically, Barkin’ Bill owes much to the great (but little) Joe Williams, whose warm, reassuring vocals, says Bill, have always been “like a friend.” He’s in debt as well to singers like Percy Mayfield, Jimmy Witherspoon, Big Joe Turner, Wynonie Harris, Brook Benton, and other crooners and shouters of…
Al Miller – Wild Cards
Al Miller – Wild Cards (w/ Dave Specter) Delmark DE 675 Compact Disc (1995) Al Miller has assembled a full house of Chicago talent for your listening pleasure on his first album. Not only does this stacked deck feature Miller’s triple-threat talent as harpist, guitarist, and vocalist, it boasts the formidable presence of some of…
Dave Specter & The Bluebirds – Live In Europe (w/ Tad Robinson)
Dave Specter & The Bluebirds – Live In Europe (w/ Tad Robinson) Delmark DE 677 Compact Disc (1995) Guitarist Dave Specter has as much funky sweetness in his soul as anyone in town, but it’s the sweet side that comes through most in his playing. Like his idols T-Bone Walker and B.B. King, Dave finds…
Lurrie Bell – Mercurial Son
Lurrie Bell – Mercurial Son Delmark DE 679 Compact Disc (1995) Lurrie Bell, born in Chicago in 1958, has led a life immersed in the blues. Son of a bluesman and an original member of the Sons of Blues with Freddie Dixon and Billy Branch, Lurrie has never been mercurial about his devotion to the…
