Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith Blues From The Heart
Label: Juke Joint
Released:2000
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The longtime drummer with the Muddy Waters Band, bluesman Willie "Big Eyes" Smith was born in Helena, AK, on January 19, 1936; raised by his sharecropper grandparents, as a child his neighbors included the likes of Robert Nighthawk and Pinetop Perkins. At 17 he traveled to Chicago to visit his mother, and never returned home; instead Smith taught himself harmonica and drums, and with harpist Clifton James and guitarist Bobby Lee Burns formed a blues trio. Upon marrying his first wife in 1955, Smith agreed to retire from performing, but within a year he was backing Arthur "Big Boy" Spires; after a brief attempt at fronting his own band, he returned to his drum kit, joining Hudson Shower's Red Devil Trio. After a few lean years that forced him to go on welfare, Smith joined Waters in 1961 and remained with the blues giant until 1980, when he co-founded the Legendary Blues Band. His first solo recording, Bag Full of Blues, did not appear until 1995; Nothin' But the Blues Y'all followed four years later and Blues from the Heart was issued in fall 2000
Tracklist:
01. I'm The Creeper (4:39)
02. Breaking Hearts (3:55)
03. Big Rear End (4:09)
04. Watch Your Enemies (6:09)
05. Greasy Spoon (3:04)
06. Big Wig Woman (3:31)
07. The Sun Goes Down (3:38 )
08. Cry For Me Baby (3:04)
09. Can't Rest For Worrry (5:07)
10. I Wonder Why (4:55)
11. Chicago Bound (3:20)
12. One Day Till Christmas (5:20)
13. Smokin' The Joint (3:31)
Personell:
Willie Big Eyes Smith-drums,vocals
Al Lerman-harmonica
Jack De Keyzer-guitar
Micheal Fonfara-piano
Alec Fraser -bass
