Electric Mud: Electrified Delta Blues got a New Jolt
http://www.uppitymusic.com/audio/muddy_waters/radio.blog/sounds/Tom%20Cat.mp3 (“Tom Cat” by Muddy Waters) The late sixties in Chicago was a wild time. The Democratic National Convention and the Riots...
View ArticleHowlin’ Wolf (covering Howlin’ Wolf)
“Evil”. A fundamental Howlin Wolf record, created here in Chicago, back in the 1950s. A platter of standard electrified Delta Blues. Now, add Marshall Chess (son of Chess Records’ Leonard Chess),...
View ArticleHowlin’ Wolf: getting in the mood with a psychedelic “Spoonful”
An absolutely beastly rendition of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Spoonful” by… Howlin’ Wolf. I feel like playing this cut tomorrow night.‘ Part of a push at Chess Records in the late 1960s (spearheaded by Gene...
View ArticleListen Locally: DJ Ayana at Maria’s….
Reclaimed Soul’s host, Ayana Contreras, is perhaps best known for spinning classic Chicago Soul records, but on Tuesday, October 2nd, she plans to mix it up and play cuts from the trippier and (even)...
View ArticleThe Jazz-Soul of Chess Records
Chicago’s Chess Records may be best known for its blues artists such as Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, and Little Walter. But in the 1960s, they also had a wealth of hip Jazz and Soul artists, many of...
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