Junior Wells, Southside Blues Jam, 1970 on Delmark Records

Junior Wells with Otis Spann, Buddy Guy (on sixe tracks), and Louis Myers (on 2 tracks), recorded Dec 30th, 1969 and Jan 8th, 1970.

This was Spann’s last session before he died in 1970.

We have tried to capture on this album what a listener would hear any Monday night at Theresa’s blues bar at 48th and Indiana o Chicago’s South Side. The Blue Monday regulars, including Buddy Guy . . . are joined by the late Otis Spann, the greatest blues pianist of his generation, making his last studio appearance and to whom this album is respectfully dedicated by Junior, the musicians, and – The Delmark Staff”

My copy, via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN, is a 1990 reissue on blue Delmark labels with an insert advertising “best selling CD titles” with barcodes.

The Original Blues Brothers …

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Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band with Buddy Guy - Hoodoo Man Blues

What can you say about this classic?

One fun fact - Buddy Guy was originally given a pseudonym on this LP ("Friendly Chap") because Delmark (records) thought he was under contract to Chess, and they didn't want to ask/pay...

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Junior Wells, It’s My Life, Baby, 1966 on Vanguard

Junior Wells’ sophomore album, released on Vanguard in 1966 after Hoodoo Man Blues came out on Delmark.

From the liner notes:

Some of this album, Junior Wells’ first solo record for Vanguard, was recorded in Pepper’s Lounge on Chicago’s south side, to get the feeling of a blues band working with its blues audience. The rest was done at Universal Studios in Chicago. The band at Pepper’s was Junior, harmonica and vocals; Buddy Guy, guitar; Freddy Below, drums; and Leroy Stewart, bass. For the studio sessions Walter Beasley was added on rhythm guitar and Little Al replaced Freddy Below on drums.

The combo of Junior and Buddy Guy makes for a classic 60s Chicago electric blues set.

My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please Classics reissue from 2024, with listening notes booklet by Francesca T. Royster. It’s a Craft Recordings released pressed at GZ Media.

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The Original Blues Brothers …

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Buddy Guy & Junior Wells:
🎵 A poor man's plea

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Now Playing 🥏

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - The Criteria Sessions (2016)
Song of the Day: Stone Crazy

“Lord as I sit here in my dark room / Tears rolling down from my eyes”

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