Willie Clayton - Crossroad of the Blues (2017)

Always-great work from Willie Clayton – a blues singer in scene, but one who often works with a sound that's equal part southern soul – especially that late 70s moment when some of the older southern soul singers moved onto the Malaco Records blues scene! Willie's recorded with Otis Clay in the past, and you can definitely hear a level of vocal phrasing that lives up to Clay's legacy – set to instrumentation that's a bit more Chicago electric blues overall, but well-crafted, without any sense of cliche. Titles include "We Had A Good Thang", "Keep On Loving Me", "Two Wrongs Don't Make It Right", "Backside Of Fifty", "Bartender Blues", and "Sneaking & Creeping".

Tracklist:

01. Willie Clayton - Keep on Loving Me
02. Willie Clayton - Giving Me the Blues
03. Willie Clayton - We Had a Good Thang
04. Willie Clayton - Da Juke Joint
05. Willie Clayton - Crossroad of the Blues
06. Willie Clayton - Let Me Be
07. Willie Clayton - Sneaking and Creeping
08. Willie Clayton - Back Side of Fifty
09. Willie Clayton - Bartender Blues
10. Willie Clayton - Two Wrongs Don't Make It Right
11. Willie Clayton - Delta Water Blues
12. Willie Clayton - Purple Rain (Bonus Track)