Size: 130,7 MB
Time: 56:36
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008
Styles: Chicago blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full
1. When I Left (4:01)
2. Rub My Back (4:59)
3. Money Talk (3:33)
4. Ain't That A Shame (4:40)
5. Old Woman Sweetheart (4:20)
6. Dreamin' (4:09)
7. Sitting Here Drinkin' (4:28)
8. Born In Arkansas (3:30)
9. World In An Uproar (5:02)
10. I'm The Creeper (4:31)
11. Can't Rest For Worry (5:15)
12. Believe Me (3:40)
13. Overcoat Mama (4:22)
Willie Smith is perhaps best known for his long tenure in the drum chair for Muddy Waters' bands of the 1960s and 1970s; Smith joined Waters in 1961 and stayed with Muddy until 1980. From there, Smith went on to help co-found the Legendary Blues Band with other members of Muddy's band, including Calvin Jones, Pinetop Perkins and Jerry Portnoy. Willie has been fronting his own band since the mid-1990s, focusing primarily on singing and playing harmonica (his first instrument) over the course of half a dozen CD releases.
Willie's newest CD, Born in Arkansas, utilizes some of the best old-school blues players out there, including bassman Bob Stroger, pianist extraordinaire Barrelhouse Chuck, in-demand-by-everyone guitarist Billy Flynn, under-the-radar guitarist Little Frank Krakowski (who has worked with Willie for years) and top-notch drummer (as well as being Willie's son) Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith. The songs on this CD are very much in the styles of blues that Willie grew up and cut his teeth on, styles made famous by artists such as Muddy Waters (of course), Jimmy Reed, Big Boy Crudup, Rice Miller, Howlin' Wolf and the like. This album is full of mid-tempo and slow blues, all performed very much in the wonderful ensemble fashion that helped to make '50s-era electric Chicago blues so popular and long lasting. /Lee Howland
Willie's newest CD, Born in Arkansas, utilizes some of the best old-school blues players out there, including bassman Bob Stroger, pianist extraordinaire Barrelhouse Chuck, in-demand-by-everyone guitarist Billy Flynn, under-the-radar guitarist Little Frank Krakowski (who has worked with Willie for years) and top-notch drummer (as well as being Willie's son) Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith. The songs on this CD are very much in the styles of blues that Willie grew up and cut his teeth on, styles made famous by artists such as Muddy Waters (of course), Jimmy Reed, Big Boy Crudup, Rice Miller, Howlin' Wolf and the like. This album is full of mid-tempo and slow blues, all performed very much in the wonderful ensemble fashion that helped to make '50s-era electric Chicago blues so popular and long lasting. /Lee Howland
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