Lefty Dizz - Lefty Dizz featuring Big Moose Walker

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1979
Time: 37:45
Size: 86,5 MB
Label: Black And Blue
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Blue shadow - 4:32
 2. Take out some insurance - 2:45
 3. R.M. Blues - 4:02
 4. Cummins prison farm - 2:59
 5. I found out - 3:08
 6. Things that I used to do - 3:38
 7. Moose boogie - 3:56
 8. One eyed woman - 2:46
 9. All right ok you win - 4:35
10. Lake Shore drive boogie - 5:19

Musicians:
Lefty Dizz - guitar,vocals;
Willie James Lyons - guitar;
Big Moose Walker - piano, vocals;
Mojo Elem - bass guitar;
Odie Payne - drums.

He was born Walter Williams in Osceola, Arkansas, United States. He learned the rudiments of guitar playing while serving for four years in the United States Air Force. Unlike other left-handed players who re-strung their instruments to mirror the proper string order, Dizz played a right-handed guitar upside down, thereby reversing the order of the strings. After his discharge in 1956, he moved first to Detroit and then Chicago where he would settle permanently; there, he played under Lacy Gibson and Earl Hooker's guidance. He was proficient enough to join Sonny Thompson's band in 1958. He worked with Junior Cannady and John Lee Hooker, but a major career move in 1964 saw Lefty Dizz become a member of Junior Wells' backing ensemble. They toured around the world together until 1971, when Lefty Dizz joined Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers. Lefty Dizz remained a member of that band until Taylor's death in 1975, when he formed Shock Treatment. It was with this band that he further developed his own flamboyant approach, which incorporated raunchy jokes alongside his own skilful but showmanship style of guitar playing. His pleasant and joke-filled character was offset with sufficient intelligence to garner an economics degree at Southern Illinois University.
Lefty Dizz performed at Chicago clubs such as the Kingston Mines, B.L.U.E.S. and the Checkerboard Lounge, as well as international touring. His playing was witnessed by members of the Rolling Stones and Foghat. He played on the recording of Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981 with Muddy Waters and Rolling Stones Jagger, Richards and Wood.[6] However, his studio recordings did not capture the essence of live performances.
Lefty Dizz died from the effects of esophageal cancer on September 7, 1993, at the age of 56.

Lefty Dizz featuring Big Moose Walker