Size: 154,3 MB
Time: 66:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Blues, Chicago blues
Art: Full
1. She's All Right (2:57)
2. How Can I Be Nice To You (5:27)
3. I Live The Life I Love (2:30)
4. I've Got A Right To Love My Baby (4:37)
5. Champagne And Reefer (4:10)
6. There's A Time (3:39)
7. Everything's Gonna Be Alright (3:47)
8. Sweet Sixteen (3:04)
9. Found My Baby Gone (3:48)
10. Nineteen Years Old (4:52)
11. I Want You To Love Me (3:33)
12. Got My Mojo Workin' (3:32)
13. Sugar Sweet (3:57)
14. Don't Go No Further (4:53)
15. Checkin' Up On My Baby (2:36)
16. Just To Be With You (6:29)
17. Blues Had A Baby (2:27)
Over four decades, William Crawford aka Willie Buck has raised a family, worked as an auto mechanic, played a bit part in the film Hoop Dreams, and occasionally stepped on-stage in Chicago as a blues singer. Only his rarest recordings have ever been issued, but Delmark Records has finally seen fit to issue a full-length CD, with studio tracks and five live performances, all from the early to mid-'80s. Directly derived from his mentor and main man Muddy Waters, Buck's singing has that lean and tough, clear as a bell, direct edge so typical of his hero, as he covers Mud's tunes and adds a few of his own to this mix. You also hear traces of Magic Sam, Jimmy Reed, and Little Walter, all acknowledged influences over Buck's career that has languished in obscurity.
While Buck's voice bears the unmistakable stamp of Waters, it is a bit less pronounced, not quite as gritty, and more soulful. The studio tracks feature many famous Muddy Waters numbers like "She's All Right," with a bit of a Howlin' Wolf sound sneaking in, the lecherous "She's Nineteen Years Old," the stompdown "I Want to Be Loved" (incorrectly titled "I Want You to Love Me"), and the evergreen, upbeat "Got My Mojo Workin'." Help from premier bluesmen like guitarists Louis Myers and John Primer, bassist Dave Myers, and keyboardist Big Moose Walker push the music onward.
The five tracks recorded at Robert's 500 Room on 63rd Street in Chi-Town are thin as far as the recording. Buck's voice is in the background as opposed to the instruments, and these tracks are little more than a curiosity, as there must be more well-documented live sessions from Buck somewhere. Overall this is a welcome release, as the world gets to discover a vibrant and talented Willie Buck ostensibly for the first time. /Michael G. Nastos, AllMusic
Tracks 1-12 recorded 1982. Tracks 13-17 recorded live 1984.
(For personnel details, see artwork included.)
While Buck's voice bears the unmistakable stamp of Waters, it is a bit less pronounced, not quite as gritty, and more soulful. The studio tracks feature many famous Muddy Waters numbers like "She's All Right," with a bit of a Howlin' Wolf sound sneaking in, the lecherous "She's Nineteen Years Old," the stompdown "I Want to Be Loved" (incorrectly titled "I Want You to Love Me"), and the evergreen, upbeat "Got My Mojo Workin'." Help from premier bluesmen like guitarists Louis Myers and John Primer, bassist Dave Myers, and keyboardist Big Moose Walker push the music onward.
The five tracks recorded at Robert's 500 Room on 63rd Street in Chi-Town are thin as far as the recording. Buck's voice is in the background as opposed to the instruments, and these tracks are little more than a curiosity, as there must be more well-documented live sessions from Buck somewhere. Overall this is a welcome release, as the world gets to discover a vibrant and talented Willie Buck ostensibly for the first time. /Michael G. Nastos, AllMusic
Tracks 1-12 recorded 1982. Tracks 13-17 recorded live 1984.
(For personnel details, see artwork included.)
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Thank you for Willie Buck RR
Credits:
Vocal- Willie Buck
Bass – Dave Meyers
Drums – Jerry Porter
Harmonica – Dime Store Fred, Little Mack Simmons
Lead Guitar – Lewis Meyers
Piano – John "Big Moose" Walker
Producer – Hank Williams
Rhythm Guitar – John Primer
You're most welcome Frankie, glad you enjoyed the post. Thanks for your comment, it's appreciated. And thanks to Daba for adding credits.
Thanks a lot. Cheers.
You're most welcome Juan Manuel Muñoz, glad you enjoyed the post. Thanks for your comment, it's appreciated .. as always.
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