Terry Blade - Chicago Kinfolk: The Juke Joint Blues (2025)

Artist: Terry Blade
Title: Chicago Kinfolk: The Juke Joint Blues
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Warner Chappell Music
Genre: Acoustic Blues, Chicago Blues
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 19:31
Total Size: 108 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Chicago Kinfolk: The Juke Joint Blues
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Warner Chappell Music
Genre: Acoustic Blues, Chicago Blues
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 19:31
Total Size: 108 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Nothin' But The Blues (Original 1977 Recording) (Feat. Theresa Needham) (1:46)
2. Gettin' Tired Of You (2:14)
3. Ain't Been Through No Changes (Original 1977 Recording) (Feat. Muddy Waters Jr.) (1:30)
4. Tell 'Em (2:32)
5. The Blues Is Pressure (Original 1977 Recording) (Feat. Jimmy Walker) (1:36)
6. Be Around No More (Original) (1:51)
7. The Blues Is Not Written (Original 1977 Recording) (Feat. Lefty Dizz) (1:16)
8. That's Alright (2:34)
9. The Blues What They Call It (Original 1977 Recording) (Feat. Willie Monroe) (1:09)
10. Fallen Sons (Original) (2:58)
"Chicago Kinfolk: The Juke Joint Blues" is an ethnographic blues music album by Chicago-based singer-songwriter Terry Blade. The album aims to honor the trailblazers and pioneers of Chicago blues music, including Theresa Needham (The Godmother of Chicago Blues), Muddy Waters Jr., Jimmy Walker, Lefty Dizz, and Willie Monroe.
The album features original blues songs written, performed and recorded by Blade; Blade's rendition of a song Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup recorded in Chicago in 1946; and excerpts from interviews with well known Chicago blues musicians in May 1977. The audio recordings of these interviews are in the public domain, and were curated through Blade's research of the Chicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection of the American Folklife Center at the U.S. Library of Congress.
The album features original blues songs written, performed and recorded by Blade; Blade's rendition of a song Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup recorded in Chicago in 1946; and excerpts from interviews with well known Chicago blues musicians in May 1977. The audio recordings of these interviews are in the public domain, and were curated through Blade's research of the Chicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection of the American Folklife Center at the U.S. Library of Congress.