A lost studio recording from a legendary blues man! Bluesman George “Mojo” Buford started blowing the harmonica in his teens, eventually linking up to tour with fellow Mississippian Muddy Waters. Adopting his nickname from ravenous crowds requesting Muddy’s “Got My Mojo Working,” Buford gained the attention of some gifted young rockers (including lead guitarist of The Trashmen!), who steered him into the studio for three smokin’ ‘69 sessions–the results of which we’re finally hearing for the first time!
Biography
by Richard Skelly
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.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/george-mojo-buford-mn0000922782/biography
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Una grabación de estudio perdida de un hombre de blues legendario. El bluesman George "Mojo" Buford empezó a tocar la armónica en su adolescencia, y acabó saliendo de gira con su compatriota Muddy Waters. Adoptando su apodo por las multitudes voraces que pedían "Got My Mojo Working" de Muddy, Buford se ganó la atención de algunos jóvenes rockeros dotados (¡incluido el guitarrista principal de The Trashmen!), que lo llevaron al estudio para tres sesiones del 69, cuyos resultados finalmente escuchamos por primera vez.
Biografía
por Richard Skelly
Las diversas bandas lideradas por el armonicista y cantante George "Mojo" Buford se remontan a los sonidos clásicos del blues de Chicago de principios de los años 60. Entre los intérpretes de armónica, Buford es el único músico que ha tocado con varias bandas lideradas por el difunto Muddy Waters en los años 50, 60, 70 y 80. (Waters murió en abril de 1981). Buford dejó Mississippi por Memphis en su adolescencia y perfeccionó sus habilidades en Memphis antes de ir a Chicago en 1952. Comenzó 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. Volvió a unirse a la banda de Waters en 1967 durante un año completo y volvió a salir de gira con él a principios de los 70, después de que el armonicista Jerry Portnoy se marchara para formar la Legendary Blues Band. En 1979, Buford ya grababa y hacía giras con grupos bajo su propio nombre. Grabó Mojo Buford's Blues Summit en 1979 para Mr. Blues, que posteriormente se reeditó en el sello Rooster Blues, y entre sus grabaciones de la década de 1990 se encuentran Still Blowin' Strong y Harpslinger, ambas publicadas 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 Estados Unidos, Home Is Where My Harps Is, también para Blue Loon. Más recientemente, grabó un álbum en directo, Champagne & Reefer, en 1999 para el sello neoyorquino Fedora Records y Chicago Blues Summit en 2002 para P-Vine Records. Siguió tocando hasta su muerte en octubre de 2011.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/george-mojo-buford-mn0000922782/biography
Tracks:
1 - Help Me 04:40
2 - Blues Is A Botheration 04:54
3 - Lost Love 03:59
4 - Deep Sea Diver 05:22
5 - Love Without Jealousy 02:50
6 - Rag Picker's Blues 04:19
7 - Got My Mojo Working 04:13
8 - Stingin' Bee Blues 02:18
Released July 31, 2020
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