Studebaker John & The Hawks - Rockin' The Blues '85

Album: Rockin' The Blues '85
Size: 111,9 MB
Time: 48:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1992
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. Come On (2:46)
2. Rockin' The Blues (5:50)
3. She Knows She Got A Good Thing (2:48)
4. I Heard Talk (3:54)
5. That Cadillac/You're Fine (7:08)
6. She Gets Me (3:58)
7. Studebaker '63 (3:39)
8. Boogie Feelin' (5:36)
9. Pleasure And Pain (4:26)
10. Can't Help Myself (4:01)
11. Low Rider (4:02)

Taking his stage name from an automobile he once owned, Studebaker John Grimaldi was a product of the vibrant blues scene of Chicago's West Side. Born November 5, 1952, his father was himself an amateur musician, and as a youngster, Grimaldi began playing the many instruments lying about the house. Becoming a fixture at the open-air flea markets in the Maxwell Street area - a venue for countless blues buskers - he began focusing on harmonica after catching performances from the likes of Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson; after taking in a Hound Dog Taylor club date, Grimaldi also turned to guitar.

He formed the blues-rock band the Hawks during the early '70s as a showcase for his reedy vocals, primal harp sound, and blistering slide guitar skills, and in the years to follow also developed into a fine songwriter. While keeping his day job as a construction worker, Grimaldi began recording during the mid-'80s, issuing a live Netherlands set later re-released domestically as Rockin' the Blues '85. His next major release was 1994's Too Tough, followed in 1995 by Outside Lookin' In. He maintained a prolific recording schedule in the years to come, issuing Tremoluxe in 1996 and Time Will Tell in 1997. /Biography by Jason Ankeny, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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