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The Big DooWopper – Feel The Spirit: A Tribute To Mahalia
The Big DooWopper – Feel The Spirit: A Tribute To Mahalia Delmark DE 766 (2002) Compact Disc The Big DooWopper’s first CD (Delmark 742), All In The Joy, featured a wonderful blend of Chicago blues, R&B, soul blues, doowop and other related styles. This time the entire program is made up of gospel songs associated…
Charles Wilson – If Heartaches Were Nickels
Charles Wilson – If Heartaches Were Nickels Delmark DE 771 (2004) Compact Disc Charles Wilson is an exciting and captivating performer capable of launching an audience into a frenzy. Born in Chicago, Wilson is connected to the roots of the blues tree. From the age of four, Wilson, the nephew of blues legend Little Milton,…
The Five C’s – Tell Me [And Other Great Groups on United]
The Five C’s – Tell Me [And Other Great Groups on United] Delmark DE 776 (2004) [United Series] Compact Disc This third installment of United DooWops features lots of uinissued songs and rare audition tapes with The Five C’s, The Palms, The Earls, The Drakes, The Danderliers and more. The Five C’s, of Gary, IN,…
This Is The Blues Harmonica – Vol. 2
This Is The Blues Harmonica – Vol. 2 Delmark DE 780 (2004) Compact Disc For some, the harmonica is not much more than an inexpensive plaything, but as the artists heard here amply demonstrate, the expressive range of the harmonica is as deep and wide as any other musical instrument in the blues, rivaled only…
Zora Young – Tore Up From The Floor Up
Zora Young – Tore Up From The Floor Up Delmark DE 784 Compact Disc Of her first Delmark CD Learned My Lesson (Delmark 748) Living Blues magazine said “Her rough-edged croon can raise welts or love bumps. She has the versatility to strut comfortably from back-alley funk to uptown jump sophistication.” Tore Up From The…
Barrelhouse Buck McFarland – Alton Blues
Barrelhouse Buck McFarland – Alton Blues Delmark DE 788 (2007) Compact Disc In February 1957, Bob Koester wrote in his newsletter, The Jazz Report, that recent rediscoveries of legendary artists Big Joe Williams and Rufus “Speckled Red” Perryman gave information on other forgotten musicians from the 1920s. Koester was told that Paramount and Decca recording…
Cowboy Roy Brown – Street Singer
Cowboy Roy Brown – Street Singer Delmark DE 790 (2007) Compact Disc Cowboy Roy Brown was born in Arkansas on April 20, 1875, the son of a preacher. He and his sister learned to play guitar from their father who they accompanied when he played violin in church. Butler County, incorporated in 1870, is a…
