Delta Hardware

Author: Musselwhite, Charlie

Format: Import

Release Date: 16-05-2006

Details: Amazon.caAs authentic as the lines on his forehead and his droopy eyes, veteran bluesman Charlie Musselwhite gets better with age. (At 62, he’s a respected survivor with dozens of albums to his credit.) On Delta Hardware the journeyman musician pays tribute to, and revels in, his Mississippi roots. Although he’s spent time in Chicago and on the West Coast, for this album of churning swamp and deep Southern blues he taps his formative years in the town of Kosciusko. Musselwhite’s poignant voice and crying harmonica convey loss and sadness on the tense, swirling “Black Water,” one of two tracks dealing with Hurricane Katrina. His full-bodied, amplified harp cuts like Paul Butterfield and especially Little Walter, two of whose songs he covers here. Give Musselwhite’s backing group credit too, especially guitarist Chris “Kid” Anderso