Carl Weathersby - Blues Discography

Carl Weathersby - Chicago Blues Guitar Master & Vocalist Extraordinaire - Discography: 1985 - 2008
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Title	Artist	Label & UPC	Year	Cover
Hattiesburg Blues	Mississippi Heat - Featuring Carl Weathersby Since Pierre Lacocque founded Mississippi Heat in 1991, the band personnel has varied, but one thing hasn't changed: Mississippi Heat consistently combines the talents of excellent Chicago blues musicians to create Delta-based Chicago blues with originality and panache. Carl Weathersby has recorded regularly with Mississippi Heat since 1999's Handyman. Here Weathersby plays on every song and solos on six, every bent-note drenched with soul and emotion. He also provides lead vocals on "Hell and Back." Today's Chicago Blues	Delmark DE795	2008	Hattiesburg Blues
Hold On	Carl Weathersby It had been five years since Carl's last disc (the great soulful blues CD "Come To Papa" on Evidence Records) and I was starting to wonder what was up with him. Then last year he nearly stole the show from Charles Wilson with his guitar virtuosity on Wilson's Delmark release "If Heartaches Were Nickels". Well, now Carl says "I'm Back Again" on the opener for the TC Davis and Richard Waters-produced "Hold On". It's a vintage phat Albert King-like shuffle blues with sharp, muscular axework by Weathersby. Up next is the New Orleans-flavored groover "Leave Me Alone", one of two excellent songs from fellow bluesman Burton Gaar. The cut features some greasy organ courtesy of Johnny Neel. Even better is Gaar's second contribution, the slow, soul ballad "Willingly". Weathersby had recorded the John Hiatt composition, "Feels Like Rain", before but this time he really makes it his own his own- and that's high praise considering Buddy Guy also did a fine version of this tune. Weathersby himself provided the Southern Soul/blues gems "Hold On", "My Baby" and the loose instrumental "Freedom". Welcome back Carl. - Dylann DeAnna www.bluescritic.com	Lousiana Red Hot 60869111652	2005	Hold on
Triple Fret	Carl Weathersby, Bernard Allison, & Larry McCray On this record, the artists celebrate the blues and each share the spotlight throughout. In the liner notes, there are details of each artist's participation on a song by song basis. The advantage of having such talented and versatile performers is clear from the first listen to this recording, every song is good! Track four is a favorite. It starts off slow and then really starts to bump in classic blues manner. Throughout the record, vocalists take turns and this adds to the variety on a track by track basis. There are no surprises with the topics covered in the songs. Women, women, and more songs about women. Of course you have to throw in a lot of pain and suffering and hardship (mostly related to the women!) This is one great modern blues record that should not be missed! -Brian Bloom - Audiophile Audition	JSP ( UK) 78806551082	2005	Triple Fret
Think of Me	Little Milton Carl Weathersby - guitar (all tracks) Blues legend Little Milton died in 2005 but his final album *"THINK OF ME" helped him pick up BEST SOUL BLUES ALBUM* & BEST MALE BLUES SINGER awards for this work produced by Jon Tiven. Milton was one of my personal favorites and I wish I could give these awards to him personally. Blues Critic 2005 Southern Soul Awards & Blues Awards Dylann DeAnna www.bluescritic.com	Telarc 089408361821	2005	Think of Me
Come Together	Biscuit Miller Carl Weathersby - guitar (all tracks) Excellent CD! A must have! Rivals any funky Blues CD out today! Come Together is one of the best independent CD's I have heard in a long time. Slick, funky, bluesy, and thoughtful, all at the same time. Biscuit isn't only a great bassist, but he's an extremely soulful vocalist! He doesn't confuse shouting at the top of his lungs with singing with soul. Come Together is a refreshing and much needed change. Great job, Biscuit! -Chip Ratliff - Founder: Cafe Sing Entertainment	CD Baby	2005	Come Together
Glad You're Mine	Mississippi Heat Carl Weathersby - lead guitar on tracks #1, #4, #9 & #10 Soulful blues with a unique style and powerful delivery This band continues to come out with new albums. And I have found that each new album improves upon the last. This is remarkable. I enjoyed the bands first album some 8 to 10 years ago and grow to love each new release more and more. I have never heard a band metamorphisize so perfectly over the years. Pierre Lacocque is one of the best songwriters I"ve had the chance to get to know. He also leads the band with power and grace, always adding that beautiful harmonica sound to what would have been a great song to begin with. His playing certainly raises the bar.	Crosscut (Germany) 01492411085	2005	Glad You're Mine
Rock Revisited	Various Artists Featuring Carl Weathersby guitar and vocals If you're new to the blues, and aren't sure who to listen to or what CD to buy, you can't go wrong with this economy class package of first class entertainment. Carl Weathersby, Bo Diddley, Otis Clay, and many other artists pool their abilities into an all star talent show. Duane O'Donnell, Just Us	Compendia 01509559932	2005	Rock Revisited
Judgement Day: Songs of Robert Johnson	Various Artists Featuring Carl Weathersby guitar and vocals Robert Johnson's life may have been cut short at an early age, but his spirit lives on and influlences many of todays artists such as Carl Weathersby, Billy Branch, Otis Clay, Joanna Connor, and many others who have contributed their unique interpretations of these timeless songs to this album. Weathersby's take on "Ramblin' on my Mind" is a classic, not to be missed. Duane O'Donnell, Just Us	Warlock Records 089408352126	2005	Judgement Day
I'm in the Business	Sam Cockrell and the Groove Carl Weathersby - guitar (all tracks) I'm In The Business" is the debut CD by Sam Cockrell and the Groove. Its 13 all original tunes contain a mix of blues, R and B, soul, funk, Motown, pop and jazz that are sure to inspire you to get up and boogie., Sam gets a lot of help on this CD. The musical guests read like a who's who of Chicago Blues: Carl Weathersby, Jimmy Johnson, Micheal Coleman, Maurice John Vaughn, Billy Branch, and Johnny V! Tim Holek - Blues On Stag e	Boom Boom Records 702677027822	2004	I'm in the Business
Going Back to Mississippi	Nora Jean Bruso Carl Weathersby - guitar (all tracks) Bruso, along with a crack band including some of Chicago?s finest (guitarist Carl Weathersby, first-call bassist Harlan Terson, and guest Dave Spector), invests every note with an utterly ferocious power and conviction that simply blows the cobwebs away. This is music as urgent as life itself, and Bruso herself is like an unstoppable force of nature, seeming not so much to sing the blues as to tear them from a raw and bleeding heart. Reviewed by: John Taylor	Severn 64943500302	2004	Going Back to Mississippi
If Heartaches Were Nickels	Charles Wilson Carl Weathersby - guitar (all tracks) Charles Wilson is an exciting and captivating performer capable of launching an audience into a frenzy. Born in Chicago, he's connected to the roots of the blues tree. From the age of four, Wilson, the nephew of blues legend Little Milton (featured as a special guest on this CD), would go with his father to see Uncle Miltons performances. Wilson released a string of albums starting in the late 80s for Ichiban and Ecko Records. 'If Heartaches Were Nickels' is Wilsons first Delmark album, and in addition to Milton, Carl Weathersby provides lots of excellent guitar playing. Like all great soul singers, Wilson expresses pleading vulnerability, and like the great blues singers, he delivers the grit.	Delmark 038153077129	2004	If Heartaches Were Nickels
In The House: Live At Lucerne Vol. 5	Carl Weathersby Born in 1953, singer and guitarist Carl has followed the familiar Mississippi to Chicago trail, and then on to a Swiss festival stage for this almost one hour long CD. Having worked with the Sons Of Blues for 14 years before stepping out as an artist in his own right eight years ago, and with four albums for the American label Evidence (plus a 'Best of ...') and plenty of experience as a backing musician, Carl is obviously no novice. The benefits of such an impressive Curriculum Vitae come through loud and clear on this set which runs the whole range from straight ahead Windy City shuffles to the Hendrix inspired closer. For the most part though, Carl exhibits a preference for working in the Stax soul inflected blues field, with Albert King a particularly noticeable influence both vocally and instrumentally (three numbers associated with Albert are included here). The excellent singer Chi-Town singer Otis Clay guests on one number, the ever impressive Windy City harmonica ace Billy Branch on two but this is Carls show and he and his cooking three piece band leave no one in any doubt that, here at least, there were indeed some real blues sounds in the house. Recommended... Norman Darwen Blues Arts Studio, Austria	Crosscut (Germany ) E641799	2004	In the House
Blues Power: Trudy's Blues	Trudy Lynn Carl Weathersby - guitar (all tracks) Lynn was raised in Houston and continues to use the city as her home-base. She began her career in the late '60s as a Stax-styled R&B singer opening shows for Ike & Tina Turner and others passing through town. ~ Bil Carpenter, All Music Guide	Isabel 3448969227729	2004	Trudy Lynn - Blues Power
Best of Carl Weathersby	Carl Weathersby No one out there today fires up the blues with more soul than Carl Weathersby. If you haven't sampled the fare of this fine Jackson, Mississippi bluesman, this new CD offers fourteen (count 'em) of the artist's finest tracks from his four previous Evidence releases. Robert Johnson's classic "Hellhound On My Trail" is delivered by Weathersby with true blue finesse, and he eerily reprises the original in a spooky new shade of blue. Carl Weathersby makes every note he sings and play count, and nothing is left to waste. Mighty fine blues, ladies and gentlemen! - Ellis Kell, Argus/Dispatch blues columnist	Evidence 73018261272	2003	Best of Carl Weathersby
Blues Reference: As the Years Go Passing By	Sons of Blues Carl Weathersby - guitar (all tracks) Featuring Billy Branch and Carl Weathersby, originally recorded in 1985, this recording captures his stinging guitar during his early tenure with the Sons of Blues	Black & Blue (Hepcat) 3448961046120	2003	As the Years Go Passing By
Highway 60's 70's Blues Revisited	Various Artists Featuring Carl Weathersby guitar and vocals	Intersound Records 01509555852	2003	Highway 60's 70's Blues Revisited
12 Bars to Heaven: limited edition	Various Artists Featuring Carl Weathersby guitar and vocals	Zyxx Records 090204978915	2003	12 Bars to Heaven
The Chicago Music Scene	Various Artists Featuring Carl Weathersby guitar and vocals The Chicago Music Scene resonates with a broad range of sounds and styles. Electrified Blues, Hip Jazz, Hot Latin and Lively Irish music are all frequencies coloring the Windy City's bandwidth. Tune in to the scene with this CD featuring tracks from some of Chicago's most treasured artists like Carl Weathersby, Koko Taylor, and Junior Wells and use the included "Club Locator Map" for a guided tour of these Chicago clubs: B.L.U.E.S Etc, Buddy Guys, - Chief Oï¿½Neals, Fado, The Green Mill, Hothouse, The Irish Oak, Jazz Showcase, Mambo Cuban Cuisine, Nacional 27, Rosa's, And Zafire	Big Chicago Records 645261001023	2003	The Chicago Music Scene
A Salute to Delta Blues Masters [BOX SET]	Various Artists Featuring Carl Weathersby guitar and vocals	Telarc 089408357527	2002	A Salute to Delta Blues Masters
Footprints on the Ceiling	Mississippi Heat Carl Weathersby - guitar (all tracks)/vocals Footprints On The Ceiling has the Mississippi Heat band with guest appearances by Billy Boy Arnold, Carl Weathersby & Peter "Madcat" Ruth. Every song on this one has a different mix of players and singers, this makes for a interesting surprise with each track. This band does great job playing Chicago style blues with old time style, while at the same time doing new music. The band is tight, and Pierre blows a great harp. I think this one is a keeper, it's easy on the ears. Mississippi Heat's Footprints has a fresh sound with an injection of classic styles to make it an enjoyable listen. by Chris Puyear - Blues on Stage	Crosscut ( Germany) 401492411071	2002	Footprints on the Ceiling
Songs of Eric Clapton: This Ain`t no Tribute Series	Various Artists Featuring Carl Weathersby guitar and vocals Eric Clapton borrowed every riff in the book from the old blues artists, and now it's time for the blues youngsters to pay homage to the slowhand. Buddy Guy doing 'Strange Brew' is not to be missed. Carl Weathersby's version of 'Lay Down Sally' shows Eric how it should have been done the first time. And Ann Peebles will leave you sobbing with her tender rendition of 'Tears in Heaven'. Play this at your next party, and get everyone off of the couch. Duane O'Donnell, Just Us	Compendia Music Group 01509596202	2002	Songs of Eric Clapton
All Blues`d Up: This Ain`t no Tribute Series	Various Artists Featuring Carl Weathersby guitar and vocals	Compendia Music Group 01509538882	2002	All Blues`d Up
Blues Reference: Blues and Trouble	Buster Benton Carl Weathersby - guitar (all tracks) Despite the amputation of parts of both his legs during the course of his career, Chicago guitarist Buster Benton never gave up playing his music -- an infectious hybrid of blues and soul that he dubbed at one point "disco blues" (an unfortunate appellation in retrospect, but useful in describing its danceability). In the late '70s, when blues was at low ebb, Benton's waxings for Ronn Records were a breath of fresh air. Bill Dahl, All Music Guide	Black & Blue 3448961044621	2002	Buster Benton - Blues and Trouble
Tired of Being Alone	Rico McFarland Carl Weathersby - guitar (all tracks) Take a well-seasoned picker/singer, add Billy Branch's Harp, Otis Clay's & Sly Johnson's vocals, with a pinch of piano, sax, drums and bass. Then stir in a group of finely tuned musicians and you have a drop-dead production that is guaranteed to please. The album gives you a flavor of Funk Blues, R & B standing along side gospel with a slightly different twist. This is one album that you will not tire of in that its diversity leaves you wishing for more. One outstanding track, "Blues Falling Down Like Rain", is a sophisticated shuffle blues featuring Carl Weathersby on guitar and Rico's voice flowing together for an exceptional blend. - Michael Roberts - DeltaSnake	Evidence 730182611328	2001	Tired of Being Alone
Hellhound on My Trail: Songs of Robert Johnson	Various Artists Featuring Carl Weathersby guitar and vocals Legend has it that Robert Johnson sold his soul to the Devil at a crossroad at midnight in return for his musical skills. What is undeniable is that his powerful guitar playing and songwriting continue to influence modern music. Displaying different approaches to Johnsons material, the all-stars on Hellhound on My Trail - Songs of Robert Johnson pay tribute to the Mississippi-born bluesman. Special guests include Carey Bell, Tony Braunagel, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Keith Brown, Carl Carlton, James Cotton, traveling companion David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Eric Gales, Alvin "Youngblood" Hart, Norris Johnson, Chris Thomas King, Robert Lockwood, Jr., longtime interpreter Taj Mahal, Bob Margolin, Reggie McBride, blue-eyed soul singer Robert Palmer, Pinetop Perkins, Lucky Peterson, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Joe Louis Walker, and Carl Weathersby. More than an entry-level collection of his best, Hellhound on My Trail - Songs of Robert Johnson captures the essence of the man known today as "The King of the Delta Blues."	Telarc 02665629032	2001	Hellhound on My Trail
Come To Papa	Carl Weathersby The prolific guitarist/vocalist continues his ways with Come to Papa , his fourth album in as many years. The spirit of Albert King and his Gibson Flying Vee lives on in Weathersbys guitar work, with its slippery, bent-to-oblivion vibrato riffs, stinging high notes and occasional bassy runs. Never one to allow himself to be restricted by the I-IV-V blues format, Weathersby infuses this disc with smooth, commercial R&B. "Help Me Somebody" reprises the slick soul of the 70s, and "Floodin in California" is a four-on-the-floor dance cut. But blues purists may rejoice in the absence of the token hard-rock tune that was, until now, a part of every Weathersby recording. Come to Papa is a very good record, proof that all that roadwork pays off. Bob Cianci, Blues Access	Evidence 73018261082	2000	Come to Papa
Songs Of Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Blues	Various Artists featuring Carl Weathersby`s knock down version of `Good Times, Bad Times` Whole Lotta Blues is the final album in the House of Blues label's "This Ain't No Tribute" series. Songs of Led Zeppelin caps off this set with a bang instead of a whimper and rivals Paint It Blue (the Rolling Stones edition) for the best album in this collection. As is evident from the title, this release is a salute to the music of Led Zeppelin . John Metzger,The Music Box	House Of Blues 01509596182	1999	Led Zeppelin
Handyman	Mississippi Heat Carl Weathersby - guitar (all tracks) Mississippi Heat is a Chicago-based blues band led by Belgian-born harp master Pierre Lacocque. Katherine Davis is the main vocalist and guests on the album who were also present at the ambitious (15 players on stage!) album release showcase at the Chicago Blues Festival are Zora Young, Billy Boy Arnold, The Chicago Horns and three backup singers. Carl Weathersby and Will Crosby guest on guitars as well. . As an album of modern Chicago blues, it's hard to imagine how it could be improved, it has good songs, good players, it's well-recorded - what are you waiting for? - John Valenteyn,Toronto Blues Society	Van Der Linden 66035507462	1999	Handyman
Restless Feeling	Carl Weathersby Guitarist and singer Carl Weathersby has garnered accolades from the blues world ever since his 1996 debut, and Restless Feeling deserves praise no less than his previous two albums. With a crunchy, punchy Chicago style layered with soul, Restless Feeling is aptly titled, full of mood and restless energy. Things kick off with the up-tempo "Matchbox Holds My Clothes," and swerve from funkified rock ("A Real Mutha Fuh Ya") to slow sensuality (title track) to a not-quite-smooth soul ("Everything I Do") to a nice, easy slow blues ("Glory Be"). The closing song, "She's Gone," is exactly what you'd expect to hear at the end of a set at your favorite blues bar, and the album is peppered with clean, energetic guitar-picking throughout, backed by a solid rhythm section (including some of the tastiest bass ever to be pressed on CD). --Genevieve Williams	Evidence 73018260992	1998	Restless Feeling
A Chicago Blues Tour	Various Artists Featuring Carl Weathersby guitar and vocals	Big Chicago Records 645261000224	1998	A Chicago Blues Tour
Evidence Blues Sampler: Six	Various Artists Featuring Carl Weathersby guitar and vocals	Evidence 73018260982	1998	Evidence Blues Sampler
Looking Out My Window	Carl Weathersby For 17 years, guitarist-vocalist Carl Weathersby was the co-leader of The Sons of Blues, one of Chicagos premier blues bands. His debut CD under his own name, Dont Lay Your Blues On Me (ECD 26075), showcased his skills as a player, singer and songwriter. In fact, it earned him a prestigious W.C. Handy Award nomination this year as Best New Blues Artist. On this CD, Carl plays even harder and funkier, coming up with over an hours worth of great, original blues and imaginative covers, not old standards. Weathersby, who previously received a Handy nomination for his songwriting (The Blues Follow Me Around - Billy Branch, Verve) reprises that tune here as well as performing other originals like the intense title track, Looking Out My Window, the humorous plaint "If That Ain't The Blues" and the gorgeously soulful "Sweet Music".	Evidence 73018260892	1997	Looking Out My Window
Blues Moods	Various Artists Featuring Carl Weathersby guitar and vocals Excellent eclectic collection of contemporary blues artists, this is a chance to hear many of the new modernist blues expressionists such as Carl Weathersby, Ron Levy, Sugar Ray, Ronnie Earl, Marcia Ball, Lurie Bell, Lucky Peterson, Guitar Shorty, Carey Bell, and many others. A real night out on a CD. Duane O'Donnell, Just Us	Easydisc 712136705024	1997	Blues Moods
Don't Lay Your Blues On Me	Carl Weathersby Weathersby's debut CD as a session leader is a satisfactory set of contemporary guitar-driven blues. From 1982 to 1996 he was guitarist with Chicago harp player Billy Branch's Sons of the Blues. Weathersby plays in an Albert King style, typically bending and sustaining each note for all it's worth. Although his career is not associated with New Orleans, he recorded this album there with ace Crescent City sidemen Lee Zeno on bass, Herman Ernest on drums, and Dave Torkanowsky on keyboards. They lay down a solid foundation that really cooks. ~ Steve Hoffman, All Music Guide	Evidence 73018260752	1996	Don't Lay Your Blues on Me
Evidence Blues Sampler: Five	Various Artists Featuring Carl Weathersby guitar and vocals	Evidence 730182

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