SUNDAY, JULY 21
Show: 9pm $15
Buddy Guy’s Legends
Willie Buck's Album Release Party 9:00PM – CLOSE
21+ After 8:00PM
All tickets sold are General Admission, which means table/bar seating are on a first-come, first-served basis. Buying your ticket online in advance guarantees admission (not seating). We recommend arriving early for seating.
WATCH & LISTEN from Willie Buck's "Live at Buddy Guy's Legends"
For Willie Buck’s fourth album for Delmark, the label wanted something very special. It was agreed it was going to be a live recording, the situation in which Willie Buck feels more comfortable, on stage, with a great band and surrounded by his fans. It was also agreed the recording was going to take place at Buddy Guy’s “Legends”, ground zero for the blues in Chicago, the world capital of this genre.
For such an occasion, Willie and the label worked hard finding the most suitable band for an “old style” blues session. Willie Buck is one of the last story tellers in the blues scene, within a tradition that goes back to Muddy Waters and even to the pre-World War 2 era bluesmen, as far and early as Big Bill Broonzy and other pioneers of the urban blues Chicago tradition.
The Delmark All-Stars is an outfit that showcases a legion of Chicago blues instrumentalists that have been present for years in the label’s catalogue. Some of the most talented guitarist, harmonicists, bass, keyboards and drums player take turns playing with this emblematic ensemble.
The label appealed to an experienced and illustrious team among Delmark’s stars, perfectly adapted to play the “old school” blues that Willie loves so much. Also, Willie brought his right-hand man of many years, guitarist Thaddeus Krolicki, who studied guitar with Dave Specter and has played with many prominent Chicago blues artists, such as Eddie Taylor Jr, Barrelhouse Chuck, James Wheeler, Lil' Ed Williams, Eddie C. Campbell and Tail Dragger. Among his influences Thaddeus includes Louis Myers, Jimmy Rogers, Robert Lockwood, Otis “Big Smokey” Smothers, Left Hand Frank and Sammy Lawhorn.
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