Mojo Buford • Still Blowin' Strong

 

 

 

Biography

The various bands led by harmonica player and singer George "Mojo" Buford hark back to the classic Chicago blues sounds of the early '60s. Among harmonica players, Buford has the distinction of being the only musician to have played with various bands led by the late Muddy Waters in the 1950s, '60s, '70s, and '80s. (Waters died in April 1981.) Buford left Mississippi for Memphis in his teens and honed his chops around Memphis before heading to Chicago in 1952. He began playing with Waters in Chicago in the late '50s, but by 1962 Buford relocated to Minneapolis, where he recorded several obscure albums for the Vernon and Folk-Art labels. He rejoined Waters' band in 1967 for a full year and then toured with him again in the early '70s, after harmonica player Jerry Portnoy left to form the Legendary Blues Band. By 1979 Buford was recording and touring around with bands under his own name. He recorded Mojo Buford's Blues Summit in 1979 for Mr. Blues, later reissued on the Rooster Blues label, and his 1990s recordings include Still Blowin' Strong and Harpslinger, both issued in 1996 by the Blue Loon Records label; a 1998 release for British blues label JSP Records entitled State of the Blues Harp; and a 1998 stateside release, Home Is Where My Harps Is, also for Blue Loon. More recently, he recorded a live album, Champagne & Reefer, in 1999 for New York-based Fedora Records and Chicago Blues Summit in 2002 for P-Vine Records. He continued to play until his death in October 2011.

by Richard Skelly

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/george-mojo-buford-mn0000922782/biography

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Biografía

Las diversas bandas lideradas por el armónico y cantante George "Mojo" Buford se remontan a los clásicos sonidos del blues de Chicago de principios de los 60. Entre los armonicistas, Buford se distingue por ser el único músico que tocó en varias bandas lideradas por el fallecido Muddy Waters en los 50, 60, 70 y 80. (Waters murió en abril de 1981.) Buford dejó Mississippi para ir a Memphis en su adolescencia y se perfeccionó en Memphis antes de ir a Chicago en 1952. Empezó a tocar con Waters en Chicago a finales de los 50, pero en 1962 Buford se trasladó a Minneapolis, donde grabó varios discos oscuros para los sellos Vernon y Folk-Art. Se reincorporó a la banda de Waters en 1967 durante un año entero y luego volvió a girar con él a principios de los 70, después de que el armonista Jerry Portnoy se fuera para formar la Legendary Blues Band. En 1979 Buford estaba grabando y haciendo giras con bandas bajo su propio nombre. Grabó Mojo Buford's Blues Summit en 1979 para Mr. Blues, posteriormente reeditado por el sello Rooster Blues, y sus grabaciones de los años 90 incluyen Still Blowin' Strong y Harpslinger, ambas editadas en 1996 por el sello Blue Loon Records; un lanzamiento en 1998 para el sello británico de blues JSP Records titulado State of the Blues Harp; y un lanzamiento en 1998 en los Estados Unidos, Home Is Where My Harps Is, también para Blue Loon. Más recientemente, grabó un álbum en vivo, Champagne & Reefer, en 1999 para Fedora Records, con sede en Nueva York, y Chicago Blues Summit en 2002 para P-Vine Records. Continuó tocando hasta su muerte en octubre de 2011.

por Richard Skelly

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/george-mojo-buford-mn0000922782/biography

Tracklist:
1 - Devil's Love - 4:31
2 - Married Woman Blues        3:06
3 - Lonesome Highway - 4:50
4 - Harp Blast - 2:59
5 - Don't Say I Don't Love You    4:29
6 - Walkin' Down Beale Street - 5:30
7 - Apple On A Tree - 5:37
8 - Overplayed And Underpaid - 4:11
9 - I Found Me A Bird Nest -     6:30
10 - That Ain't The Way You Do It    3:48
11 - In My Younger Days    6:34
12 - Hand Me That Piano - 2:35
13 - You Know I Love You    4:20
14 - Lena - 5:41

George "Mojo" Buford – vocals, harmonica
Dave "Cool Breeze" Brown – guitar
Bruce Pedalty – piano
Billy Black – acoustic bass
Marty Bryduck - drums

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