Name: West Side Strut *
Brand: ADA [Wea 1-Stop Account]
SKU: 52867
Price: 12.21 USD
Availability: InStock

Performer Notes

Personnel: Eddy Clearwater (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals); Ronnie Baker Brooks (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, percussion, background vocals); Lonnie Brooks (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Marion Boyce, Stacey Hall, Maurice Boyce, Stacey Hall, Vicki Loveland, Jimmy Johnson, Jackie Johnson, Jimmy Johnson, Otis Clay, Valencia Robinson (vocals); Billy Branch (harmonica); Dennis Taylor (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Steven Herrman (trumpet); Daryl Coutts (piano, organ); Carlton Armstrong (bass guitar); Maurice "Moe" Taylor, Maurice Taylor (drums, cowbells); Jean-Christopher Leroy, Jean Christopher Leroy (percussion); Ernest Williamson (vocals, clarinet).
Audio Mixers: Niko Lyras; Rick Barnes.
Liner Note Author: Jeff Johnson .
Recording information: Cotton Row Studios, Memphis, TN; Cottow Row Studios, Memphis, TN; Hot House Productions, Nashville, TN; Rax Trax, Chicago, IL.
Authors: Eddy Clearwater; Ronnie Baker Brooks.
Photographer: Paul Natkin.
Hailing from the West Side of Chicago, Eddy "the Chief" Clearwater has been turning out good-time down-home blues-with doses of rock & roll, country, and soul--since the 1950s. Age has done little to soften Clearwater's slashing guitar work, as 2008's WEST SIDE STRUT surely attests. From "A Good Leavin' Alone," which kicks off the album with a ferocious stomp, to the gospel-drenched "A Time for Peace," Clearwater has strengthened, rather than strayed from, his roots. Brimming with fine, soulful playing, WEST SIDE STRUT is a no-nonsense blast of blues from one of the genre's well-seasoned veterans.

Professional Reviews

Dirty Linen (p.78) - "Clearwater unleashes his soulfully gritty vocals, barbed-wire guitar playing, and Magic Sam-meets-Chuck Berry mix of blues, rockabilly, and gospel."