He was one bad dude, strutting across the stage like a harp-toting gangster, mesmerizing the crowd with his tough-guy antics and rib-sticking Chicago blues attack. Amazingly, Junior Wells kept at precisely this sort of thing for over 40 years - he was an active performer from the dawn of the 1950s to his death in the late '90s.Junior Wells - real name Amos Blackmore - recorded Messin' with the Kid in 1960.
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Sunday, September 01, 2013
Junior Wells: Messin' with the Kid
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