Year: 2019
Time: 44:12
Size: 101,3 MB
Label: Bear Family Records
Styles: Blues/Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues
Art: Front
Tracks Listing:
1. Let's Celebrate Life(Gone) - 4:12
2. Home Is Where The Heart Is - 4:57
3. Chromatic Jump ((Live Version) - 4:28
4. Going Home To My Baby - 3:32
5. Must Be Jelly - 5:29
6. That Ain't The Way To Do It - 3:30
7. I Got My Bags Packed - 4:07
8. Hittin' Heavy - 2:51
9. When I Get Drunk - 3:21
10. Tribute To George Smith - 7:41
After some tough early years in which he managed to stay afloat with mostly poorly paid gigs in small clubs and only occasionally came out of Los Angeles or Southern California, William Clarke (March 21, 1951 - November 2, 1996) signed with the famous Alligator Records label. With his debut album 'Blowin' Like Hell' for the Chicago blues factory, the West Coast's blues secret became an endlessly touring international star of the scene! With 'Heavy Hittin' West Coast Harp' we pay tribute and respect to one of the greatest harmonica stylists. As an instrumentalist William Clarke was strongly influenced by George 'Harmonica' Smith, a Chicago contemporary of Little Walter and Walter Horton. Smith came to Los Angeles for a recording session in 1956 and settled on the West Coast. Similar to his iconic idol Smith, from whom he learned a lot of tricks in countless joint appearances, Clarke was equally at home on the cross harmonica as on the chromatic. The combination of Chicago-style harmonica and the cool groove and swing of West Coast blues and jazz met the open ears of blues fans all over the world. On his first album 'Hittin' Heavy' he is accompanied by Hollywood Fats on guitar, later recording sessions include Ronnie Earl, Junior Watson, Rick Holmstrom and Alex Schultz a.m.o. Bob Corritore, for many years a prolific blues musician and first-class harp player, producer and influencer, has compiled this album and written the liner notes for Bear Family. With this release, we would like to pay tribute to one of the West Coast's greatest blues men, who had to lay down his instruments far too early in 1996.
Heavy Hittin' West Coast Harp
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