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REAL CHICAGO BLUES SINGER
WILLIE
BUCK

WILLIE BUCK
This time singing in front of
THE DELMARK ALL-STARS
SCOTT DIRKS HARMONICA THADDEUS KROLICKY GUITAR BILLY FLYNN GUITAR JOHNNY IGUANA PIANO MELVIN SMITH BASS WILLIE "THE TOUCH" HAYES DRUMS
01 JUMPING 06:33 02 KANSAS CITY 04:23 03 TRIED TO WORK SOMETHING OUT 05:14 04 WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 06:03 05 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN COME TOGETHER 04:48 06 SNOW 06:27 07 WILLIE BUCK TALKING 01:04 08 ROCK ME 06:23 09 WALKING AND SWIMMING 05:20 10 HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN 06:30


Willie is the last of the old school Chicago blues singers.
Buck was born Willie Crawford in the small town of Houston, Mississippi, in 1937. He arrived as a teenager in the city of Chicago in 1953 and was soon seen in the clubs of the west and south side while working as a car mechanic. Around 1970, Willie began to form his first bands that included musicians such as Louis Myers, Eddie Taylor, Sammy Lawhorn, Magic Slim and Byther Smith, pianist and old friend Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, harmonica player Big Leon Brooks and Fred Below and Odie Payne. Early in the eighties he created his own label BarBare and recorded his first album "It's Alright", an album that became a collector's item due to its short edition. From the beginning, Willie Buck's main influence had been Muddy Waters, whose songs he regularly sang in his performances and who, after Waters' death, became the most recognized bluesman in perpetuating the legend's anthems in the clubs of the city. His record production has not been very extensive, in the 2000s he joined Delmark Records family and to date has released three absolutely essential albums, "Cell Phone Man", "The Life I Love" and "Willie Buck Way". He has also had a special predilection for Spain, where he has performed regularly and where he has recorded and released two other albums, "Songs For Muddy" with musicians such as guitarist Jose Luis Pardo and harmonica player Quique Gomez and "You Know About The Boogie" with prestigious musicians from the Madrid blues scene. This fourth album with Delmark Records places Buck on the list of the great blues figures of all time.
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