Blues on the Internet

by Detroit Junior

Overview

Veteran blues pianist (and longtime Howlin' Wolf sideman) Emery Williams Jr. -- known professionally as Detroit Junior -- has had a renaissance of sorts in the past decade, releasing three albums on Blue Suit Records, and now this one, Blues on the Internet, on Delmark Records. Williams is a throwback to the classic Chicago blues piano style, and his warm, expressive vocals fall somewhere between a hoarse Ray Charles and a latter-day Bob Dylan, while his songwriting, although hardly innovative, is solid and workmanlike, avoiding most of the obvious blues cliches. His intent isn't to move blues into the 21st century so much as preserve the way it was played in Chicago in the 1950s (where Williams played alongside the likes of Jimmy Reed, Eddie Boyd, Eddie Taylor, and Little Mack Simmons), and he succeeds wonderfully on original tracks here like his signature tune, "Call My Job," "Money Crazy," and "Somebody Better Do Something," as well as a nice cover of Lowell Fulson's "Rockin' After Midnight." The disc also includes a Quicktime video of Williams, along with a short interview. Fans of vintage Chicago blues piano will find this collection a delight, while listeners looking for gutbucket electric guitar leads will be better served turning elsewhere. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	10/16/2012
Label:	Delmark
UPC:	0038153077723
Rank:	184745

Tracks

1. Call My Job
2. Hot Pants Baby
3. Weak Spot
4. Money Crazy
5. Less Violence, More Love
6. Love No One But You
7. Rockin' After Midnight
8. Somebody Better Do Something
9. Just You My Love
10. When It Comes to Your Love
11. Blues on the Internet
12. Messin' With the Kid
13. Which One of Us You Want to Please
14. Man Around the House
15. Party All Night Long
16. Interview

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Detroit Junior   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
Bob Stroger   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Willie Davis   Guitar
Eric Schneider   Horn,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
Sonny Cohn   Horn,Trumpet
Kenny Smith   Guitar,Drums
Zora Young   Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Jimmy Dawkins   Guitar
Maurice John Vaughn   Guitar
Will Davis   Guitar
Lurrie Bell   Guitar

Technical Credits

Robert G. Koester   Producer,Supervisor
Lowell Fulson   Composer
Mel London   Composer
Kate Moss   Design
Emery Williams, Jr.   Composer
Peter Amft   Photography
Steve Wagner   Mastering,Producer,Mixing,Engineer
George Hansen   Liner Notes