Time: 65:10
Size: 149.2 MB
Styles: Chicago blues, Harmonica blues
Year: 1997
Art: Front
[3:46] 1. Leaving In The Morning
[4:07] 2. Bad Intentions
[4:17] 3. Mother-In-Law Blues
[3:28] 4. Let Me Explain My Love
[2:42] 5. My Babe
[4:32] 6. Revelation Blues
[4:26] 7. You`re So Special
[3:26] 8. I Got What It Takes
[3:16] 9. Five Long Years
[3:11] 10. You`re So Fine
[4:15] 11. You Mistreated Me
[3:14] 12. St. James Infirmary
[3:35] 13. Lie To Me
[2:12] 14. I Wish You Would
[3:29] 15. Chicken Heads
[3:36] 16. White Cloud Of Confusion
[3:28] 17. The Sky Is Crying
[4:01] 18. Dust My Broom
In his remarkable 47-year career, Little Mack Simmons — Chicago vocalist and harpman extraordinaire — has performed with the some of the brightest lights of the blues world, including Robert Nighthawk, Sunnyland Slim, Eddie Boyd, Willie Mabon, Detroit Junior, Jimmy Dawkins, Lonnie Brooks, Luther Allison, Magic Sam, J.B. Lenoir and Howlin' Wolf.
Malcolm Simmons was born on January 25, 1933, in the small cotton-farming community of Twist, Arkansas. He was a childhood friend of James Cotton, who was serving as an apprentice of Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller) at the time. The two boys persisted in skipping school together for the more enticing lure of jamming on their harmonicas, and Cotton taught Simmons the harp techniques he was learning from the master.
It was his 1997 Electro-Fi release, Little Mack Is Back, that proclaimed the revival of Simmons's career, reaping enthusiastic reviews from around the globe. Recorded in Canada with 'Toronto's finest players'. Nice recording, good band, and well-balanced mixture of classics and originals. The Chicago harp player loves to blow, and it shows. Recommended.
Malcolm Simmons was born on January 25, 1933, in the small cotton-farming community of Twist, Arkansas. He was a childhood friend of James Cotton, who was serving as an apprentice of Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller) at the time. The two boys persisted in skipping school together for the more enticing lure of jamming on their harmonicas, and Cotton taught Simmons the harp techniques he was learning from the master.
It was his 1997 Electro-Fi release, Little Mack Is Back, that proclaimed the revival of Simmons's career, reaping enthusiastic reviews from around the globe. Recorded in Canada with 'Toronto's finest players'. Nice recording, good band, and well-balanced mixture of classics and originals. The Chicago harp player loves to blow, and it shows. Recommended.
Little Mack Is Back
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