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Big Walter Horton & Alfred “Blues King” Harris – Harmonica Blues Kings
Big Walter Horton & Alfred “Blues King” Harris – Harmonica Blues Kings Delmark DD 712 (2000) [United Series] Compact Disc Some of the most exciting sounds on the Chicago blues scene during the 1950s feature the harmonica. Big Walter Horton’s “Hard-Hearted Woman”/”Back Home To Mama” was his first Chicago record under his own name. Willie…
Jump ‘n’ Shout! – New Orleans Blues & Rhythm
Jump ‘n’ Shout! – New Orleans Blues & Rhythm Delmark DE 715 (2000) – United Series Compact Disc With Dave Bartholomew, Ernie K-Doe, Larry Darnell, Annie Laurie, Chubby “Hip Shakin’” Newsome, Erline Harris, Joseph “Google Eyes” August and James “Blazer Boy” Locks. This album features an important and highly enjoyable body of blues and rhythm…
Long Man Blues: Classic Blues Vocals
Long Man Blues: Classic Blues Vocals Delmark DE 717 (2000) – United Series Compact Disc United Records and its sister imprint States had one of the most varied blues talent rosters of any Chicago label during the early-to-mid-1950s. Long Man Blues spotlights 70 minutes of superb United/States rarities, containing 25 songs — many previously unissued…
Reginald R. Robinson – Euphonic Sounds
Reginald R. Robinson – Euphonic Sounds Delmark DE 718 (1998) Compact Disc Reginald R. Robinson was only 20 years old when he came out with his first Delmark CD, The Strongman (Delmark 662), in 1993. The response from writers, radio shows, musicians and the general public was immediate and overflowing with praise; in a Down…
Little Arthur Duncan – Singin’ With The Sun
Little Arthur Duncan – Singin’ With The Sun Delmark DE 733 (1999) Compact Disc With the Rockin’ Johnny Band and special guests Eddie Taylor, Jr. and Billy Flynn. Little Arthur Duncan is a powerful blues singer and harmonica player who pounds away at you with his voice, reminiscent of the heavy, unpolished blues singers like…
Charles Thompson – The Neglected Professor
Charles Thompson – The Neglected Professor Delmark DE 738 – Euphonic Series Compact Disc Charles Thomspon, born in 1891, first met his mentor stride pianist James P. Johnson around 1912. In 1916 Thompson became the Missouri State Champion Ragtime Pianist. He combined his lyrical Midwestern ragtime with the blues, and pointed the way east to…
Biddle Street Barrelhousin’
Biddle Street Barrelhousin’ Delmark DE 739 (2000) – Euphonic Series Compact Disc With Speckled Red, Henry Brown, Stump Johnson, James Crutchfield and Lawrence Henry. By the late ’20s Biddle Street was the site of most blues activity in St. Louis. Quite a few of the artists that played there were still alive in the ’50s…
