Hip Lankchan • I Am On My Way

 

Hip Linkchain Biography
by Bill Dahl
Cancer struck guitarist Hip Linkchain down before he could shed his status as a Chicago blues journeyman. With a fine album on the Dutch Black Magic logo, Airbusters, to his credit shortly before he died, Linkchain might have managed to move up a rung or two in the city's blues pecking order had he lived longer.

Born Willie Richard in Mississippi, his odd stage name stemmed from being dubbed "Hipstick" as a lad. (White residents of the area gave his seven-foot-tall dad the name Linkchain because he wore logging chains around his neck). Dad and older brother Jesse both played the blues, and Hip followed in their footsteps. He heard Elmore James, Little Milton, and Sonny Boy Williamson while living in the Delta before relocating to Chicago during the early '50s.

Linkchain made inroads on the competitive Chicago circuit during the '50s and '60s, playing with harpists Dusty Brown, Willie Foster, and Lester Davenport. His own band, the Chicago Twisters, was fronted by a very young Tyrone Davis in 1959. Linkchain cut a handful of very obscure 45s for the tiny Lola and Sanns logos prior to the emergence of his debut domestic album for Teardrop Records, Change My Blues, circa 1981.
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Biografía de Hip Linkchain
por Bill Dahl
El cáncer acabó con el guitarrista Hip Linkchain antes de que pudiera desprenderse de su estatus de viajero del blues de Chicago. Con un buen álbum con el logotipo de Dutch Black Magic, Airbusters, en su haber poco antes de morir, Linkchain podría haber conseguido ascender uno o dos peldaños en la jerarquía del blues de la ciudad si hubiera vivido más tiempo.

Nacido como Willie Richard en Mississippi, su extraño nombre artístico se debe a que de niño le apodaban "Hipstick". (Los residentes blancos de la zona dieron a su padre, de dos metros de altura, el nombre de Linkchain porque llevaba cadenas de madera alrededor del cuello). Su padre y su hermano mayor, Jesse, tocaban el blues, y Hip siguió sus pasos. Escuchó a Elmore James, Little Milton y Sonny Boy Williamson mientras vivía en el Delta antes de trasladarse a Chicago a principios de los años 50.

Linkchain hizo incursiones en el competitivo circuito de Chicago durante los años 50 y 60, tocando con los arpistas Dusty Brown, Willie Foster y Lester Davenport. Su propia banda, los Chicago Twisters, estaba liderada por un jovencísimo Tyrone Davis en 1959. Linkchain grabó un puñado de 45s muy oscuros para los diminutos logotipos de Lola y Sanns antes de la aparición de su primer álbum doméstico para Teardrop Records, Change My Blues, alrededor de 1981.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hip-linkchain-mn0000678908/biography

Tracks:
1 - You Left Me With A Broken Heart 05:16
2 - I'm On My Way 05:25
3 - Last Night 05:04
4 - All Your Love 04:50
5 - I Don't Want No Woman 04:31
6 - Black Nights 05:29
7 - Reconsider Baby 05:22
8 - Somebody Loan Me A Dime 04:49
9 - Same Old Blues 03:33
10 - Why I Sing The Blues 05:55
11 - My Man 04:48
12 - Johnny B. Goode 04:13

1996

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