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Delta Style

by Bob Smith Blues Project

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1.
Big Road 03:34
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2.
Careless Love 04:53
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3.
Drop Down Mama 02:51
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4.
Long Tall Woman 02:49
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5.
Jelly,Jelly 03:59
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6.
My Mama Don't Allow Me 04:10
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7.
Katie Mae 04:07
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8.
Me and My Gin 03:49
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9.
Sunshine Boogie 02:49
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10.
That's Love 03:52
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11.
The Devil Got Me A Woman 03:58
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12.
Kind Hearted Woman 03:50
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DELTA STYLE - ALBUM NOTES

Delta Style was recorded for one purpose only: To pay tribute to
the music created in the Delta Mississippi region during the
late 1920’s to the 1950’s.It started a revolution in the
global music industry from the three J’s onward: Tommy
Johnson, Lonnie Johnson and Robert Johnson as well
as Bessie Smith, Big Walter Horton, Skip James, Arthur
“Big Boy” Crudup, Elvis Presley, Mississippi Fred
McDowel, Sleepy John Estes, Big Bill Broonzy and
Lightnin’ Hopkins. Although some of these cats were not
from the Delta region like Lightnin’ Hopkins for example,
you can still see that the influence of Robert Johnson
is very present in his music. He also made an impact on
Muddy Waters and many others.


The Blues was invented by people who didn’t have a chance to live a happy life. In the 1930’s Robert Johnson wrote a song called “Traveling Down Riverside Blues”.That says it all. Despite living in an era where racism was a widely-accepted part of society with Jim Crow laws and lynch mobs, these musicians found a way to
have a great time playing and singing their heart out while traveling through the Mississippi Delta. They created their own form of freedom and self-expression in spite of their circumstances. The last track on this album is a cover of the classic “Kind Hearted Woman” by the late great Robert Johnson. Frank D’amour and I play electric guitar and harmonica, taking it to the next level and showing that Chicago
blues was simply amplified Delta Blues.

Special Thanks to J.D. Slim and all the boys.
To Alain Couture, Brian Slack, DJ Blues, Maurice Singfield, Frank D’amour, Réjean Lessard, Lewis Orenstein (lowdown bass), Dominic Legrand, Le Festival Int. du Blues de Tremblant, Trois-Rivières En Blues, Claude McKenzie, Ti-Lin Big Al Bolduc,
to the Mojo Woman Barbara Diab and the Mojo she gave me,
and to all my friends who have to put up with me!!!
Katie Mae is dedicated to my friend the artist André Brazeau,
Sunshine Boogie is dedicated to my dear friend Innassa.
- Bobby Smith

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released January 30, 2021

Produced by Bobby Smith.

Recorded*, mixed** and mastered by J.D. Slim
at the Quebec Blues Studio in Montreal, Qc.
*vocal and harmonica tracks recorded by Alain Couture
at Alain's Studio, Varennes, Qc.
*drums recorded by J.F. Paradis at Studio Mégantic, Qc, track 6.
**with Bobby Smith.

Art work by J.D. Slim

Bobby Smith: vocals, harmonica.

J.D. Slim: guitar; tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11.
bass; tracks 6, 9.

Pat Loiselle: guitar; tracks 1, 2, 3, 4.
mandolin; tracks 1, 2.

Frank D’amour: guitar; tracks 9, 12.

Roger Walls: trumpet; tracks 8, 10.

Michel Bessette: piano; track 5, 10.

Bob Stagg: piano; track 8.

Carl Rufh: upright bass; tracks 2, 5, 11.

Bernard “Bingo” Deslauriers: drums; tracks 5, 9,11.

J.F. Paradis: drums; track 6.

John McColgan: brushes; track 10.

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