A1 	Tennessee Woman 	3:43
A2 	Blue Feeling Today 	5:00
A3 	A Nice Day For Something 	6:35
A4 	Everybody Needs Somebody 	3:20
A5 	I Don't Play, I'll Be Your Man Some Day 	3:15
B1 	Christo Redemptor 	11:45
B2 	Little By Little 	2:45
B3 	I'm A Stranger 	5:15

Bass – Carl Severeid 
Drums – Lance Dickerson
Guitar, Vocals – Tim Kaihatsu
Piano – Skip Rose
Steel Guitar – Fred Roulette
Vocals, Harmonica – Charles Musselwhite

The addition of jazz pianist Skip Rose gave a new dimension to the ensemble sound, and provided a perfect foil to Charlie's own soloing -- especially on the re-take of "Cristo Redentor," extended to 11 minutes, shifting to double-time in spots. Rose's instrumental, "A Nice Day for Something," is a welcome change of pace, and Musselwhite's "Blue Feeling Today" compares favorably to fine covers of Little Walter and Fenton Robinson tunes. --- Dan Forte, AllMusic Review

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01 Just Your Fool
02 Going Home
03 Just A Feeling
04 As The Crow Flies
05 Long Lean Lanky Mama
06 Stranger In A Strange Land
07 Long Legged Woman
08 Cristo Redentor

Charlie Musselwhite – vocals, harmonica
Kid Andersen – guitar
Randy Bermudes - bass
June Core – drums

Bremen, Germany
Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
Jazzahead! 2010
2010-04-22

Harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite's life reads like a classic blues song: born in Mississippi, raised in Memphis, and schooled on the south side of Chicago. A groundbreaking recording artist since the 1960s, he continues to create trailblazing music while remaining firmly rooted in the blues. His worldly-wise vocals, rich, melodic harmonica playing, and deep country blues guitar work flawlessly accompany his often autobiographical and always memorable original songs.

Over the years, Musselwhite has released albums on a variety of labels, ranging from straight blues to music mixing elements of jazz, gospel, Tex-Mex, Cuban, and other world music, winning new fans at every turn. He has shared stages with countless blues and rock musicians and was inducted into the Blues Foundation's Blues Hall of Fame in 2010. He has also been nominated for six Grammy Awards and has won 24 Blues Music Awards. His latest album The Well (2010) is perhaps the strongest, most intimate album of his entire career. How do you describe a living legend who's every bit as on top of his musical game as he was 40 years ago? The San Francisco Chronicle does it well: "Charlie Musselwhite's harmonica playing shows taste, bite, restraint, and power. He's one of the best, and as a bluesman, he's as real as they come." --- bbkingblues.com

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1 Louisiana Fog 	4:15 	
2 Takin' Care Of Business 	2:21 	
3 Big Legged Woman 	4:48 	
4 Riffin' 	4:15 	
5 Leavin' 	2:18 	
6 Just A Little Bit 	2:53 	
7 Fell On My Knees 	5:40 	
8 Directly From My Heart 	3:31 	
9 Fat City 	4:37 	

Musicians:
Charlie Musselwhite - Guitar, Harmonica, Harp, Vocals
Ed Carter - Guitar
Daryl Dragon - Piano
Stu Feldman - Bass
Patrick Ford - Drums
Michael Koncalski - Drums
Mike Osborne - Guitar
Stanley Poplin - Guitar,
Victor Vigeant – Bass

Harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite’s life reads like a classic blues song: born in Mississippi, raised in Memphis and schooled on the South Side of Chicago. A groundbreaking recording artist since the 1960s, Musselwhite continues to create trailblazing music while remaining firmly rooted in the blues. His worldly-wise vocals, rich, melodic harmonica playing and deep country blues guitar work flawlessly accompany his often autobiographical and always memorable original songs. LIVING BLUES says, “Musselwhite’s rock-solid vocals creep up and overwhelm you before you know it. He plays magnificent harp with superb dexterity and phrasing. The results are amazing.”

Over the last 43 years Musselwhite has released over 30 albums. Three of those — 1990s ACE OF HARPS, 1991’s SIGNATURE and 1993’s IN MY TIME — were recorded for Alligator Records and remain among his best-selling titles. Now, Charlie Musselwhite returns to Alligator with THE WELL. With musical flavors from Mississippi to Memphis to Chicago, THE WELL is steeped in the music of Charlie’s youth — country and city blues as well as rockabilly and gospel — the music that inspired his signature sound. The fresh, new songs speak from his decades of experience, hard living, and his triumph over adversity.

THE WELL is the first full-band recording in Musselwhite’s long career for which he wrote or co-wrote every track on the album, and it is the most personal and the emotionally deepest cycle of songs he has ever created. THE WELL was recorded at Los Angeles’ legendary Sunset Sound with guitarist Dave Gonzales (Paladins, Hacienda Brothers), bassist John Bazz (The Blasters) and drummer Stephen Hodges (Tom Waits, Mavis Staples), and was produced by Chris Goldsmith (Ruthie Foster, Grammy-winning Blind Boys of Alabama). The revealing, autobiographical songs recall specific events and places in Musselwhite’s amazingly colorful life. His conversational vocals and masterful harmonica work are perfectly matched with the stories he tells and the near-telepathic musicianship behind him. Simply put, THE WELL is Charlie Musselwhite at his very best.

Central to the album are stories looking back at hard times and personal healing. “Dig The Pain” recalls his drinking days, while “The Well” tells of his recovery. In “Cook County Blues,” he wryly remembers his short stint behind bars. The most poignant song on the album, “Sad And Beautiful World” — a duet with Charlie’s close friend, legendary vocalist MAVIS STAPLES — is his response to the tragic murder of his 93-year-old mother in her own home (and the house Charlie grew up in) during a burglary. Each track on THE WELL is a chapter from Charlie’s life, and in the liner notes to the CD he offers some very personal insights into the meaning behind the songs.

According to Alligator president Bruce Iglauer, having Musselwhite back on the label is pure pleasure. “I’m thrilled to welcome Charlie back to the Alligator Records family. He’s a real icon of American roots music, a brilliant harmonica player and a true storyteller as a vocalist and songwriter. Charlie’s a terrific guy to work with, a genuine road warrior who is out there pleasing the fans night after night. We’re looking forward to renewing a great relationship.” And Musselwhite couldn’t agree more, saying, “I don’t think anybody is happier than I am being back in the Alligator family. It feels good to be home.”

Musselwhite’s personal history is the kind of story a novelist would sell his soul for, but his indomitable spirit is crafted by him alone. Tough times have been a huge part of his life, and have shaped him into a true working-class hero. His fans include young hipsters, Vietnam veterans, convicts, bikers, jazz aficionados, aging hippies and hard-core blues fans. He is a larger-than-life musical legend, writing and singing what he calls, “music from the heart.” According to Musselwhite, “It’s about the feeling, and about connecting with people. And blues, if it’s real blues, is loaded with feeling. And it ain’t about technique, either. It’s about truth, connecting to the truth and communicating with the people.”

Born into a blue collar family in Kosciusko, Mississippi on January 31, 1944 and raised by a single mother, Musselwhite grew up surrounded by blues, hillbilly and gospel music on the radio and outside his front door. His family moved to Memphis, where, as a teenager, he worked as a ditch digger, concrete layer and moonshine runner. Fascinated by the blues, Musselwhite began playing guitar and harmonica. It wasn’t easy growing up a poor, white boy in Memphis, even among the rich musical influences the city offered. He felt like an outcast and a stranger (themes that have informed, inspired and haunted his music to this day). As a teen, Musselwhite attended parties hosted by Elvis Presley and hobnobbed with many of the local musicians, including Johnny Cash and Johnny Burnette, but the celebrities young Charlie sought out were Memphis’ veteran bluesmen like Furry Lewis, Will Shade and Gus Cannon.

Following the path of so many, Musselwhite moved to Chicago looking for better paying work. While driving an exterminator truck as a day job, Charlie lived on the South Side and hung out in blues clubs at night, developing close friendships with blues icons Little Walter, Big Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Joe Williams, Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf. Before long, he was sitting in at clubs with Muddy and others, building an impressive word-of-mouth reputation. Soon after, Charlie was being paid to play in the same South Side neighborhood. Noted blues journalist Dick Shurman says, “The black Chicago blues artists all liked Charlie as a person. They felt that he was one of them — a southern country boy with a deep affinity for the blues.”

His first recording, under the name Memphis Charlie, was with Big Walter Horton on the famous Vanguard Records series, CHICAGO/THE BLUES/TODAY!. Signing with Vanguard, Musselwhite (along with Paul Butterfield who was as urban as Charlie was rural) brought the amplified harmonica blues to a new audience of young, white rock and rollers, who discovered that Charlie personified the cool and hip counter-culture icons they admired.

After the release of his first full-length LP — STAND BACK! HERE COMES CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE’S SOUTH SIDE BAND — he was embraced by the growing youth counter-culture and the newly emerging progressive rock FM radio stations, especially on the West Coast. His iconic status established, he relocated to San Francisco, often playing the famed Fillmore Auditorium. Over the years, he has released albums on a variety of labels, ranging from straight blues to music mixing elements of jazz, gospel, Tex-Mex, Cuban and other world music, winning new fans at every turn. He has been touring nationally and internationally for four decades and is among the best-known and best-loved blues musicians in the world.

Musselwhite has guested on numerous recordings, as a featured player with Tom Waits, Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt, The Blind Boys of Alabama, INXS and most recently Cyndi Lauper. He has shared stages with countless blues and rock musicians. He was inducted into the Blues Foundation’s Blues Hall Of Fame in 2010, has been nominated for six Grammy Awards and has won 24 Blues Music Awards. The San Francisco Chronicle says, “Charlie Musselwhite’s harmonica playing shows taste, bite, restraint and power. He’s one of the best, and as a bluesman, he’s as real as they come.”

Charlie Musselwhite today is as vital and creative as at any point in his long career. DownBeat calls him, “the undisputed champion of the blues harmonica.” In addition to his always-busy schedule, he hosts a weekly radio show, “Charlie’s Backroom,” on KRSH-FM in Santa Rosa, California (streamed at KRSH.com Sundays at 10:00am PST). He considers himself a lifelong learner and is constantly perfecting his craft. With THE WELL, Charlie Musselwhite returns with the strongest, most intimate album of his career — a powerful, personal collection of songs. Musselwhite’s blues, imparting his hard-won knowledge and working class wisdom, are a window into the deep well of his Mississippi soul. ---amazon.com

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1. River Hip Mama
2. If I Should Have Bad Luck 
3. Strange Land  
4. Rough Dried Woman 
5. Blues Overtook Me 
6. Feel It In Your Heart 
7. Wild Wild Woman 
8. She May Be Your Woman 
9. Long Lean Lanky Mama
10. Movin’ and Groovin’ 
11. Drop Down Baby 
12. Cristo Redentor

Line Up:
Charlie Musselwhite - vocals, harmonica
Kid Andersen - guitar
Rnady Bermudes - bass
June Core - drums

Recorded live at The Triple Door
in Seattle, WA, May 20, 2007

Rough Dried: Live At The Triple Door is a rock solid live document, Charlie Musselwhite and crew masterfully mixing houserockin', scorched-earth tunes with slower, tear-jerkin' blues numbers to thrill the audience and keep them on the edge of their seat. If you've wondered what a Charlie Musselwhite show sounds like, this is as close as you're going to get to the real thing. --- blues.about.com

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1. Strange Land
2. Black Water
3. Church Is Out				play
4. Black Night Is Falling
5. Long Legged Woman
6. Christo Redemptor

Line up :
Charlie Musselwhite - Vocals & Harmonica
Chris 'Kid' Anderson - Guitar
Randy Bermudes - Bass
June Core - Drums

Recorded live at The 27th Lahnsteiner Blues Festival,
Stadthalle Lahnstein Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany on Sep 22, 2007.

“Superb, original and compelling….harmonica master Musselwhite sets the standard for blues.” –ROLLING STONE Harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite’s life reads like a classic blues song: born in Mississippi, raised in Memphis and schooled on the South Side of Chicago. A groundbreaking recording artist since the 1960s, Musselwhite continues to create trailblazing music while remaining firmly rooted in the blues. His worldly-wise vocals, rich, melodic harmonica playing and deep country blues guitar work flawlessly accompany his often autobiographical and always memorable original songs. Living Blues says, “Musselwhite’s rock-solid vocals creep up and overwhelm you before you know it. He plays magnificent harp with superb dexterity and phrasing. The results are amazing.” --- charliemusselwhite.com

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1. Church Is Out 
2. One Of These Mornings 
3. Sundown 
4. Black Water 
5. Clarksdale Boogie 
6. Just A Feeling 
7. Gone Too Long 
8. Invisible Ones 
9. Town To Town 
10. Blues For Yesterday

Personnel:
  * Charlie Musselwhite - vocals, harmonica, electric guitar
  * Chris 'Kid' Andersen - guitars
  * Randy Bermudes - bass guitar
  * June Core - drums, percussion

While Charlie Musselwhite has always been an adventurous musician -- take into consideration his fine Cuban inflected Continental Drifter, the Americana drenched One Night In America, and the rollicking rock and soul on Sanctuary -- the Delta of his upbringing has never been left out of the mix entirely. Musselwhite may have had a reason to dig so deeply into the hard-edged roots of Delta by way of Chicago blues on this set: he lost both his parents in 2005. The CD booklet is filled with pictures of the sites of his life in Mississippi. Delta Hardware was recorded with Musselwhite's road band, and it has the feeling of motion along with its looking into the past. Guitarist Chris "Kid" Andersen, bassist Randy Bermudes, and drummer June Core hop into the heart of the electric trancelike blues that have been a part of Musselwhite's backbone his entire performing career. The question is, why didn't he record with these guys before? Delta Hardware is a raw, squalling album heavy on brittle guitars, trancelike rhythms, and of course, Musselwhite's harmonica filling the gaps where his world-weary voice shouts, hollers, and bellows. Musselwhite and band dig deep here.

The set opens with the strolling minor-key rock & roll blues of "Church Is Out," where Musselwhite offers an autobiographical sketch with boasts worthy of Jay Z. This shimmy shaking electric blues is merely a portent of things to come. On the track that follows, "One of These Mornings," all hell breaks loose. A call and response between Musselwhite and Andersen shuffles like a train off the track to Core's triple-time drums. When he sings, it's more like a roar; unfettered, full of power and the grit necessary to wail above a band playing their asses off. His harp solo is just a scorcher, and it all happens in two-minutes-and-thirty-seconds. "Sundown" is a classic one-four-five shuffle, but with dueling slide guitars popping over the top of Musselwhite's voice. The blunt edge of the blade comes home to roost on "Black Water," where Musselwhite, his harp, and Andersen's guitars are a wandering band of prophets from the old testament warning of the perils of the present age; Musselwhite sounds sad but determined; he's unflinching in his terror-vision and it is bleak. The music is sad as well; it's trancelike, Junior Kimbrough-styled -- repetitive, percussive, snaky -- and when it's time for his brief harp solo, the instrument sounds like it's weeping. Little Walter's "Just a Feeling" is just plain slow and mean. It's a swampy moaner and Andersen's guitars are like fine forged steel with a serrated edge. When Musselwhite digs into his spoken word bag over the tough-assed blues as on the opener and "Invisible Ones," there's not a second that doesn't work. His jeremiad is pure working-class poetry. There is proof in the pudding too, where the crowd expresses its appreciation for the hip-shaking "Clarksdale Boogie," recorded at Red's Juke Joint in that very town. Delta Hardware is the kind of record only a veteran could make, full of backbone, spit and vinegar; it is an early candidate for blues record of the year. ---Thom Jurek, All Music Guide.

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1. Mississippi Waters (Bargel solo) 
2. You Just Look Great (Bargel solo) 
3. Baby-O (Musselwhite solo) 
4. Blues Up The River (Musselwhite solo) 
5. Please Remember Me (Musselwhite solo) 
6. Help Me (Musselwhite & Bargel) 
7. Blues Overtook Me (Musselwhite & Bargel) 
8. Bad Boy (Musselwhite & Bargel) 
9. Just A Feelin' (Musselwhite & Bargel)

Charlie Musselwhite & Richard Bargel 
Cologne, Germany 
Altes Pfandhaus 
2007-03-26

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