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Curtis Jones – Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Curtis Jones – Lonesome Bedroom Blues Delmark DD 605 (1999) Compact Disc Big Bill Broonzy said of Texas blues pianist Curtis Jones; “he had a way of playing piano I haven’t never heard nobody play…or even try to…nobody could learn his style.” Odd figures creep in that seem to be borrowed but the overall style…
Sleepy John Estes – Brownsville Blues
Sleepy John Estes – Brownsville Blues Delmark DD 613 (1992) Compact Disc When Big Joe Williams informed Bob Koester of Delmark Records the Sleepy John Estes was still living, Koester was naturally skeptical. No doubt, the improbability of Estes being alive kept blues researchers from looking for him. Discographies list 1941 as his last recording…
Roosevelt Sykes – Gold Mine
Roosevelt Sykes – Gold Mine Delmark DD 616 (1992) Compact Disc You’ll find a gold mine of blues within this album. Most of the songs are newer original Sykes compositions. However, three are new renditions of old Sykes classics. “44 Blues”, “Boot That Thing”, and “Henry Ford Blues” were recorded at his first recording session…
Junior Wells – On Tap
Junior Wells – On Tap Delmark DD 635 (1991) Compact Disc … Junior Wells held court at Theresa’s Tavern at 4801 South Indiana on Chicago’s south side. If Junior was in town, he was at Theresa’s, a surprisingly small tavern several steps below street level with no bandstand, no ticket window, unreliable plumbing, an assortment…
J.B. Hutto – Slidewinder
J.B. Hutto – Slidewinder Delmark DD 636 (1990) Compact Disc Recorded December 19-20, 1972 J.B. Hutto: guitar, vocalsLee Jackson: guitarElbert Buckner: drumsBombay Carter: bass
Otis Rush – So Many Roads: Live in Japan
Otis Rush – So Many Roads: Live in Japan Delmark 643 (1977) Live performances of the blues were a new and rare event in Japan when Otis Rush went there in 1975 as part of a package-tour with Big Joe Williams, Little Brother Montgomery and the Jimmy Dawkins band featuring Jimmy Johnson, but the wild…
Jimmy Johnson – Johnson’s Whacks
Jimmy Johnson – Johnson’s Whacks Delmark DD 644 (1991) Compact Disc When Jimmy Johnson’s first album, Johnson’s Whacks hit the streets at the end of the seventies, he was heralded as being part of a new blues generation that could actually write fully-realized, mature SONGS (as opposed to borrowing or stealing jukebox standards). Delmark even…
Magic Sam – The Magic Sam Legacy
Magic Sam – The Magic Sam Legacy Delmark DD 651 (1997) Compact Disc The music on this CD consists entirely of previously un-issued material most of which was recorded at the same sessions that produced Magic Sam’s two legendary albums, West Side Soul and Black Magic. Both of these albums are now recognized as blues…
