Mike Wheeler – Serves Me Right To Suffer

    DIGITAL SINGLE  Mike Wheeler – Serves Me Right To Suffer – OUT NOW! Delmark 880-8 (January 19, 2024) Digital Single “Serves Me Right To Suffer”, was written by John Lee Hooker and recorded by many artists including the late Jimmy Johnson.  Here it’s performed and recorded live by Chicago blues guitar star Mike Wheeler.  The…

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      Tribute: Delmark’s 65th Anniversary

      Tribute: Delmark’s 65th Anniversary Delmark 856 Newly recorded blues celebration of Delmark’s 65th Anniversary Tribute features Delmark’s current roster of artists paying tribute to founder Bob Koester and artists that recorded for the label in the 1960s and 70s. Jimmy Johnson & Dave Specter pay tribute to Magic Sam. Omar Coleman pays tribute to Junior…

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        Sheryl Youngblood – Every Day of Your Life

        DIGITAL SINGLE  Sheryl Youngblood – Every Day of Your Life Delmark 879-8 (December 1, 2023) Digital Single “Every Day of Your Life”, a song written by the late Jimmy Johnson and recorded live by Chicago blues rising star Sheryl Youngblood, is released NOW as a digital single by Delmark Records. The tune was recorded by…

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          Lacy Gibson – Crying For My Baby

          Lacy Gibson – Crying For My Baby Delmark DE 689 (1996) – Ralph Bass Series Compact Disc In 1977 at the culmination of a brilliant career, Ralph Bass recorded a series of ten very brief and informal sessions – a survey of the then-lesser-known talent on the Chicago blues scene. Bass had launched the careers…

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            Mike Wheeler – Self Made Man

            Mike Wheeler – Self Made Man Delmark DE 824 (2012) Compact Disc Mike Wheeler has been playing the blues for almost 30 years and has played with Koko Taylor, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Shemekia Copeland, Jimmy Johnson, Son Seals, Willie Kent and a Who’s Who of today’s Chicago Blues! Mike is an extraordinary blues singer,…

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              Yes Indeed! Women Vocalists on United

              Yes Indeed! Women Vocalists on United Delmark DE 554 [United Series] Compact Disc (2004) Della Reese’s first recordings, from June 30, 1953, were never issued by United. The Jimmy Hamilton Orchestra (mostly from Duke Ellington’s Orchestra) accompanies Della on “Yes Indeed”, “Blue And Orange Birds And Silver Bells” (both on a rare out-of-print LP), the…

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                Sax Gordon – In The Wee Small Hours

                Sax Gordon – In The Wee Small Hours Delmark DE 5018 Compact Disc (2014) Gutsy tenor saxophonist Sax Gordon has recorded and toured with Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson, Duke Robillard, Matt “Guitar” Murphy and Kim Wilson, and is featured on recordings by Pinetop Perkins, Champion Jack Dupree, Billy Boy Arnold, and most recently Mississippi Heat…

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                  Cecil Payne – Payne’s Window

                  Cecil Payne – Payne’s Window Delmark DE 509 Compact Disc (1999) Cecil Payne made his recording debut in 1946 on a J.J. Johnson album that also featured Bud Powell and Max Roach. In 1947 and 1948 Cecil played with the Dizzy Gillespie big band which served to cement Payne’s professional reputation. He’s also recorded with…

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