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Jerry McCain

Album of the Week 2-21-26

Afternoon folks!

Well here's another batch of blues for you guys. Starting off we've got a compilation album of some of Chicago blues guitarist Buddy Guy's Chess recordings, great stuff, followed by a live recording of Buddy and his frequent partner, harmonica player Junior Wells - the album is about bootleg quality but worth a listen if Chicago blues is one of your things. Following those albums is one from Texas soul-blues singer Robert Ealey and then it's on to early Excello swamp-pop label recordings from harmonica player Jerry McCain. Some of the Jerry McCain videos may be missing because some awful German record company has decided that it would like to deny Americans their musical heritage of 60 year old recordings. After that there's a modern zydeco album from Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas. Finishing us off is a live album from the Grateful Dead's guitarist Bob Weir and one of his side projects, Kingfish.

Have a great weekend and enjoy the tunes!

Album of the Week 2-7-26

Afternoon folks!

It's a stylistic smorgasbord of blues this week starting out with an album from Syl Johnson, a Chicago blues and soul artist backed by the Hi (records) rhythm section as he was at the height of his commercial output, reprising some of his hits along with some other cool material. After that we move to New Orleans for a compilation album of two great singer/piano players, labelmates Tommy Ridgely and Bobby Mitchell. Following that is another compilation album of artists from the Trumpet label in the early 50's, including harmonica player Jerry McCain and then it's on to a more modern band and a live album from Little Charlie and the Nightcats a fun, talented band worth a serious listen. We finish off with an album from The Texas Tornados who are difficult to fit into a specific stylistic category, but maybe you could call it Texas music.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!