Detroit Jr. - Blues On The Internet

Artist:

Junior, Detroit

UPC:

038153077723

Description:

Personnel: Detroit Junior (vocals, piano); Detroit Junior; Will Davis , Kenny Smith , Willie Davis (guitar); Eric Schneider (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Sonny Cohn (trumpet, horns); Eric Schneider (horns); Bob Stroger (bass guitar); Kenny Smith (drums); Jimmy Dawkins, Lurrie Bell, Maurice John Vaughn (guitar).
Audio Mixer: Steve Wagner .
Liner Note Author: George Hansen.
Recording information: 08/25/2004-08/27/2004.
Photographer: Peter Amft.
Veteran blues pianist (and longtime Howlin` Wolf sideman) Emery Williams Jr. -- known professionally as Detroit Junior -- has had a renaissance of sorts in the past decade, releasing three albums on Blue Suit Records, and now this one, Blues on the Internet, on Delmark Records. Williams is a throwback to the classic Chicago blues piano style, and his warm, expressive vocals fall somewhere between a hoarse Ray Charles and a latter-day Bob Dylan, while his songwriting, although hardly innovative, is solid and workmanlike, avoiding most of the obvious blues clich?s. His intent isn`t to move blues into the 21st century so much as preserve the way it was played in Chicago in the 1950s (where Williams played alongside the likes of Jimmy Reed, Eddie Boyd, Eddie Taylor, and Little Mack Simmons), and he succeeds wonderfully on original tracks here like his signature tune, "Call My Job," "Money Crazy," and "Somebody Better Do Something," as well as a nice cover of Lowell Fulson`s "Rockin` After Midnight." The disc also includes a Quicktime video of Williams, along with a short interview. Fans of vintage Chicago blues piano will find this collection a delight, while listeners looking for gutbucket electric guitar leads will be better served turning elsewhere. ~ Steve Leggett

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Call My Job
2. Hot Pants Baby
3. Weak Spot
4. Money Crazy
5. Less Violence, More Love
6. Love No One But You
7. Rockin` After Midnight
8. Somebody Better Do Something
9. Just You My Love
10. When It Comes to Your Love
11. Blues on the Internet
12. Messin` With the Kid
13. Which One of Us You Want to Please
14. Man Around the House
15. Party All Night Long
16. Interview

Album Information

Release Date:

11/16/2004

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Chicago Blues

Label:

Delmark

Producer:

Robert G. Koester; Steve Wagner

Catalog Number:

DE 777

Original Release Year:

2004

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

67 : 41

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