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Michael Hepworth<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n DELMARK RECORDS FROM CHICAGO<\/p>\n <\/p>\n KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE WITH NEW RELEASES<\/p>\n Chicago\u00a0(Perfect Music Today)6\/2\/17\/–Delmark Records out of Chicago have long been known as a major\u00a0player in the blues world, but their releases indicate that\u00a0there are a whole host of new artists keeping the blues alive.\u00a0Delmark classic albums include releases from the great Junior\u00a0Wells, J.B.Hutto, Magic Sam and Robert Nighthawk. Some of those\u00a0masterpieces have been re-released on vinyl including the must\u00a0have \u2018So Many Roads\u2019 by Otis Rush.<\/p>\n Here are some of the newer artists on Delmark we like.\u00a0recent<\/p>\n GUY KING-TRUTH<\/strong><\/p>\n Well this guy certainly has the right name to play the blues even though\u00a0he looks more like a businessman than a very tasty guitar player\u00a0with a T-Bone Walker style of playing. His new release on Delmark\u00a0called \u2018Truth\u2019 had been lying around for a couple of weeks but when\u00a0I played it I was pleasantly surprised. Recorded over three days\u00a0in September 2015 at Riverside Studio in Chicago, the fifteen track\u00a0album features four originals from King and covers by such artists as\u00a0Ray Charles, Don Covay, Percy Mayfield, Johnny Gtr Watson and\u00a0Homer Banks.<\/p>\n BILLY FLYNN-LONESOME HIGHWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n This veteran bluesman plays a rollicking blues style of guitar and seems\u00a0like the kind of act who is probably great live. This was recorded over just\u00a0two days in September 2016 by Steve Wagner at the Riverside Studios. He\u00a0has been leading his own band for a long time but is best known as a\u00a0sideman for artists such as Billy Boy Arnold, Jimmy Dawkins, Willie Kent\u00a0and many others. Vocalist Deitra Farr helps out on a couple of the\u00a0tracks and the only cover version is an unusual but highly enjoyable\u00a0version of \u2018The \u201cIn\u201d Crowd. The album will please guitar fans with\u00a0almost every song featuring a different style, and the album is dedicated\u00a0to Flynn\u2019s mentor, the late and great Jimmy Dawkins.\u00a0www.billyflynn.com<\/a><\/p>\n LURRIE BELL-CAN\u2019T SHAKE THIS FEELING<\/strong><\/p>\n Lurrie Bell recorded this over three days in February 2016 and his guitar\u00a0prowess is well documented on \u2018I Get So Weary\u2019 by T.Bone Walker.\u00a0There are plenty of other covers of artists like Willie Dixon, Eddie Boyd,\u00a0Jimmy Davis, Little Milton and Lowell Fulson. In fact his version of\u00a0Fulson\u2019s \u2018Sinner\u2019s Prayer\u2019 is the best track on the album with sterling\u00a0work from Roosevelt Purifoy on keyboards and Matthew Skoller on\u00a0harmonica.\u00a0www.lurrie.com<\/a><\/p>\n MIKE WHEELER BAND-TURN UP<\/strong><\/p>\n Second recording by this hard working band who recorded this album in\u00a0two days in December 2015. Only cover is the Little Milton classic\u00a0\u2018That\u2019s what love will make you do\u2019 and Wheeler really stands out in\u00a0the slow blues blockbuster \u2018A Blind Man Can See\u2019 with a searing guitar\u00a0solo right from the Eric Clapton style playbook.\u00a0www.mikewheelerband.com<\/a><\/p>\n COREY DENNISON BAND<\/strong><\/p>\n Debut album from this band with all originals recorded over two days in\u00a0October 2015. Dennison learned his stuff from playing with Carl Weathersby\u00a0and this album was winner of rhe Hot Club of France Award for best\u00a0blues album of 2016. Mainly up tempo blues with a slight leaning to\u00a0the Southern rock sound, the band is tight enough on tracks like \u2018City\u00a0Lights,\u2019 which is the best track on the album. Dennison shows off his\u00a0Albert King licks on \u2018Aw, Snap\u2019 and \u2018A Fool\u2019s Goodbye is the\u00a0obligatory slow blues. These guys are probably great live and the\u00a0rather high pitched vocals add a sense of authenticity to the overall\u00a0down home sound of the album.\u00a0www.coreydennison.net<\/a><\/p>\n OMAR COLEMAN BAND-LIVE AT ROSA\u2019S LOUNGE<\/strong><\/p>\n Recorded over three nights at Chicago\u2019s friendliest blues bar\u00a0Coleman and his band are rising stars on the Chicago blues scene.\u00a0and his two main influences are Bobby Rush and Junior Wells.\u00a0Two junior Wells songs are covered here along with gems from\u00a0Johnnie Taylor and Rufus Thomas.\u00a0www.omarcoleman.com<\/a>\u00a0www.delmark.com<\/a><\/p>\n Sign up for their newsletter\/magazine which is mailed out every few\u00a0months and essential reading for blues fans.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Michael Hepworth<\/p>\n 287 S.Robertson Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211<\/p>\n www.perfectmealtoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n perfectmealtoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/twitter.com\/MrSpiritsman<\/a><\/p>\n www.spiritsman.com<\/a><\/p>\n mrspiritsman@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n www.perfectskintoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n perfectskintoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n www.perfecttraveltoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n perfecttraveltoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n www.perfectmealtoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n perfectmealtoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n www.perfectgolftoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n perfectgolftoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n www.perfectmusictoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n perfectmusictoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n www.champagnewinemaison.com<\/a><\/p>\n champagnewinemaison@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/alquimie.com.au\/publicatio<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/imgres.jpeg\")
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