Bitrate:320K/s
Year:1999
Time:58:49
Size:135,3 MB
Label:Juke Joint Records
Styles:Blues
Art:Front
Year:1999
Time:58:49
Size:135,3 MB
Label:Juke Joint Records
Styles:Blues
Art:Front
Tracks Listing:
1. That's The Way To Do It (B.B. King) - 3:44
2. Mystery Train (Parker-Phillips) - 4:04
3. I Can't Trust You Man (W Smith) - 6:03
4. Pretty Baby (Chester Burnett) - 3:47
5. Blues And Trouble (W Smith) - 8:14
6. Sittin' Here Drinkin (W Smith) - 4:48
7. Honey Bee (McKinley Morganfield) - 4:39
8. Rock This House (Memphis Slim) - 5:27
9. Mannish Boy (M Longdon, E McDaniel, M Morganfield) - 5:14
10. Caledonia (Fleecie moore) - 6:04
11. Mellow Down Easy (Willie Dixon) - 5:02
12. Miss Maisy (A Lerman, W Smith) - 1:38
1. That's The Way To Do It (B.B. King) - 3:44
2. Mystery Train (Parker-Phillips) - 4:04
3. I Can't Trust You Man (W Smith) - 6:03
4. Pretty Baby (Chester Burnett) - 3:47
5. Blues And Trouble (W Smith) - 8:14
6. Sittin' Here Drinkin (W Smith) - 4:48
7. Honey Bee (McKinley Morganfield) - 4:39
8. Rock This House (Memphis Slim) - 5:27
9. Mannish Boy (M Longdon, E McDaniel, M Morganfield) - 5:14
10. Caledonia (Fleecie moore) - 6:04
11. Mellow Down Easy (Willie Dixon) - 5:02
12. Miss Maisy (A Lerman, W Smith) - 1:38
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (January 19, 1936 – September 16, 2011) was a Grammy Award-winning American electric blues vocalist, harmonica player, and multi-award winning drummer. He was best known for several stints with the Muddy Waters band beginning in the early 1960s.
Smith, born in Helena, Ark, on January 19, 1936, was raised by sharecropper grandparents. As a child, neighbors included the likes of Robert Nighthawk and Pinetop Perkins, with whom he established a long working relationship. At 17, he left for Chicago and never returned, instead immersing himself in the burgeoning blues scene there. Smith taught himself harmonica and drums, and then began performing with a series of groups — initially with harpist Clifton James and guitarist Bobby Lee Burns in a blues trio, then with Arthur “Big Boy” Spires and also in Hudson Shower’s Red Devil Trio. Smith’s ride to fame included a switch from harmonica to drums, though he later returned to the harp late in his career. Next, however, came a game-changing meeting with Muddy Waters.
Smith first recorded with Waters on the 1960 album Muddy Waters Sings Big Bill Broonzy; and officially joined Waters’ band the following year. He remained with the blues legend until 1980, when Smith co-founded the Legendary Blues Band with Perkins. They played behind Waters for the soundtrack of The Band’s concert film “The Last Waltz” and appeared in the movie “The Blues Brothers,” where they played street musicians backing John Lee Hooker.
A late bloomer as a band leader, Smith’s first solo recording Bag Full of Blues did not appear until 1995, followed by Nothin’ But the Blues Y’all four years later. A new century, however, saw Smith produce records in a torrent of creativity: Blues from the Heart was issued in 2000, then Bluesin’ It in 2004, Way Back in 2006 and Born in Arkansas in 2008. His most well-received project arrived in 2010: The Grammy- and Blues Music Award-winning Joined At The Hip, recorded with Perkins, would be named in DownBeat’s Critics Poll as best blues album.
Smith was named the Blues Music Awards drummer of the year 12 times between 1996 and 2010, a run that included consecutive nods from 1996-99 and from 2002-09.
Smith, born in Helena, Ark, on January 19, 1936, was raised by sharecropper grandparents. As a child, neighbors included the likes of Robert Nighthawk and Pinetop Perkins, with whom he established a long working relationship. At 17, he left for Chicago and never returned, instead immersing himself in the burgeoning blues scene there. Smith taught himself harmonica and drums, and then began performing with a series of groups — initially with harpist Clifton James and guitarist Bobby Lee Burns in a blues trio, then with Arthur “Big Boy” Spires and also in Hudson Shower’s Red Devil Trio. Smith’s ride to fame included a switch from harmonica to drums, though he later returned to the harp late in his career. Next, however, came a game-changing meeting with Muddy Waters.
Smith first recorded with Waters on the 1960 album Muddy Waters Sings Big Bill Broonzy; and officially joined Waters’ band the following year. He remained with the blues legend until 1980, when Smith co-founded the Legendary Blues Band with Perkins. They played behind Waters for the soundtrack of The Band’s concert film “The Last Waltz” and appeared in the movie “The Blues Brothers,” where they played street musicians backing John Lee Hooker.
A late bloomer as a band leader, Smith’s first solo recording Bag Full of Blues did not appear until 1995, followed by Nothin’ But the Blues Y’all four years later. A new century, however, saw Smith produce records in a torrent of creativity: Blues from the Heart was issued in 2000, then Bluesin’ It in 2004, Way Back in 2006 and Born in Arkansas in 2008. His most well-received project arrived in 2010: The Grammy- and Blues Music Award-winning Joined At The Hip, recorded with Perkins, would be named in DownBeat’s Critics Poll as best blues album.
Smith was named the Blues Music Awards drummer of the year 12 times between 1996 and 2010, a run that included consecutive nods from 1996-99 and from 2002-09.
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