MAC SIMMS – DRIVIN’ WHEEL / BROKEN HEART – PALOS

Harmonica player Mack Simmons ditches the mouth harp for vocal duties on this tough blues rocker that careens along throwing in everything, crazy loud opening, screaming vocals, shredding guitar, tripling piano, and blasting sax.    An absolute killer and pretty obscure.  The flip side is a rollin’, New Orleans sound blues, that just asks to be played again and again.

Mack was a staple on the Chicago Blues scene for many years with residencies in clubs and recording across the range of the cities labels from the tiny, like this one to the world famed like Chess.  He really can stand along side many of the better known bluesmen but just never seemed to break through.  This could have been a surprise hit but the font on the name does not help anyone.

 

 

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Format: Vinyl Single

Format: Vinyl