Delta Hardware, Charlie Musselwhite

Just got my hands on Musselwhite's 2006 CD, "Delta Hardware", RealWorld Records (www.realworldrecords.com)...Chicago Blues goes back to the Mississippi high country...Musselwhite originals about strange times, the downtrodden & boogie women plus Billy Boy Arnold's "Gone Too Long" & Little Walter Jacobs' "One Of These Mornings" & "Just A Feeling"..."Black Water", co-written by Charlie with Chis Goldsmith who produced the session, is my personal favourite, the lyrics turn out to be so of this time ... Charlie is backed on the tunes by a smokin' power trio: Chris "Kid" Andersen, guitars, Randy Bermudes, bass & June Core, drums...if you like great harp & new / old blues ... check this one out ... Charlie's around 63 these days & still makin' it happen ... it makes me wonder what kinda music Paul Butterfield & King Biscuit Boy would've been makin' if they were still around?

Listen to "Black Water" & excerpts from the rest of Charlie's CD on www.charliemusselwhite.com

Church is Out...time to boogie mama!