Willie Buck - The Life I Love | |
Review
by Willard Manus Willie Buck
is a singer who's been fighting in the trenches of the Chicago blues scene
for some fifty years. Born in Mississippi, influenced by the likes of
B.B. King and Big Boy Crudup, Buck arrived in Chicago in 1953 and began
playing neighborhood clubs as a teenager. He soon made a name for himself
but still had to work a day job to support his family. In 1980 he put
together an album on his own Bar-Bare label, with the help of such stellar
Chicago bluesmen as Louis and Dave Myers, John Primer, Dimestore Fred
and Big Moose Walker. The album had limited distribution and faded from
sight, but eventually became something of a collector's item. |
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If you love the blues, especially classic Chicago blues, THE LIFE I LOVE is without doubt the album for you. (delmark.com) |