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:: Release Info:
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:: Artist......> Charlie Musselwhite
:: Title.......> Delta Hardware
:: Label.......> Real World
:: Genre.......> Blues
:: Rip.Date....> 05.16.2006
:: Street.Date.> 05.16.2006
:: Source......> CDDA
:: Quality.....> VBRkbps - Joint-Stereo
:: Play Time...> 40:06 min
:: URL.........> n/a
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:: Track Listing:
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:: 01. Church is Out
:: 02. One of These Mornings
:: 03. Sundown
:: 04. Black Water
:: 05. Clarksdale Boogie
:: 06. Just A Feeling
:: 07. Gone Too Long
:: 08. Invisible Ones
:: 09. Town to Town
:: 10. Blues for Yesterday
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:: Release Notes:
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:: As authentic as the lines on his forehead and his droopy
:: eyes, veteran bluesman Charlie Musselwhite gets better with
:: age. (At 62, he's a respected survivor with dozens of albums
:: to his credit.) On Delta Hardware the journeyman musician
:: pays tribute to, and revels in, his Mississippi roots.
:: Although he's spent time in Chicago and on the West Coast,
:: for this album of churning swamp and deep Southern blues he
:: taps his formative years in the town of Kosciusko.
:: Musselwhite's poignant voice and crying harmonica convey loss
:: and sadness on the tense, swirling "Black Water," one of two
:: tracks dealing with Hurricane Katrina. His full-bodied,
:: amplified harp cuts like Paul Butterfield and especially
:: Little Walter, two of whose songs he covers here. Give
:: Musselwhite's backing group credit too, especially guitarist
:: Chris "Kid" Anderson, who slices into the slow, riff-based,
:: Walter-penned "Just a Feeling" with Ronnie Earl-styled
:: precision. Even on the straight-ahead shuffle of "Blues for
:: Yesterday," the band nails a sweaty, edgy groove that's as
:: genuine as it is driving. Producer Chris Goldsmith keeps the
:: sound lean, mean, and just muddy enough to conjure images of
:: the band churning out these dark, dusky Delta blues on a
:: porch in the midst of a sweltering summer's night. The
:: no-frills approach is perfect for Musselwhite's otherworldly
:: harp playing to express his years and miles on the endless
:: blues highway.
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