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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…
Little Arthur Duncan – Live At Rosa’s Blues Lounge
Little Arthur Duncan – Live At Rosa’s Blues Lounge Delmark DE 793 (2007) Compact Disc — Also available on DVD! You can still find the deep-rooted, hard swinging, rough and tumble blues that has inspired and moved generations of fans and musicians ever since the heyday of Chicago blues. Vocalist/songwriter/bandleader/harmonica player Little Arthur Duncan is…
Shirley Johnson – Blues Attack
Shirley Johnson – Blues Attack Delmark DE 798 (2009) Compact Disc “Raised in the church but evidently born to sing the blues, Shirley Johnson belts like a spiritual daughter of Koko Taylor, flexing her husky voice on ballads and up-tempo love songs, hitting gravel when she reaches for a higher note or pushes her volume.”…
