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LIVE ACROSS EUROPE! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 14 October 2011 EDDY "THE CHIEF" CLEARWATER PLAYS EUROPE! EVANSTON, IL - USA Media Contact: Lynn Orman Weiss / (847) 452-6469 / lynnietoons@aol.com Artist's Web site: www.EddyClearwater.com Summer is Gone it is time to get inside and enjoy some Blues... Here are some of my favorite memories celebrating Alligator's 40th Anniversary at the years Blues Festival.  Eddy Jamming at Chicago Blues Fest PHOTO BY: LYNN ORMAN-WEISS  40th Anniversary of Alligator Records! "I love playing with my Blues Family!" Photo: Chicago, IL - Alligator Records 40th Reunion at Blues Fest. PHOTO BY: LYNN ORMAN WEISS  Eddy with his buddy Michael Burkes, Guitarist Extraordinaire PHOTO BY: LYNN ORMAN WEISS  Eddy, Michael & Rick Estrin (Eddy & Renee's Best Man) PHOTO BY: LYNN ORMAN WEISS  It is with heartfelt sympathy that I say goodbye to so many friends that I have traveled with on the Blues Highway. Rest in Peace Honeyboy Edwards.  Shemika Copeland crowned Queen of the Blues handed down from Blues Legend Koko Taylor by her daughter, Cookie. Pictured with Shemika's manager, John Levy. PHOTO BY: LYNN ORMAN WEISS  Wishing Good Health To My Good Friend, Jim O'Neil who was the inspiration behind the headdress Photo: Macon, MS - Blues Trail Marker dedication  Eddy struts his stuff, and plays behind his back with his signature South Paw!  What does the Blues and Shakespeare have in common? Mutual admiration from one Sir Patrick Stewart and one Legendary Bluesman, Eddy 'The Chief' A beautiful evening with two great gentlemen! PHOTO BY: LYNN ORMAN WEISS
During the 1950s, Chicago's West Side was a breeding ground for some of the world's greatest bluesmen. Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Freddie King and others ruled the clubs. With his fierce guitar playing, soulful and emotive vocals and wild stage shows, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater easily belongs on this list. A Chicago legend, Clearwater is an intense, flamboyant blues-rocking showman. He's equally comfortable playing the deepest, most heartfelt blues or rocking, good-time party music. DownBeat said, "Left-hander Eddy Clearwater is a forceful six-stringer...He lays down some gritty West Side shuffles and belly-grinding slow blues that highlight his raw chops, soulful vocals, and earthy, humorous lyrics." - Blues Revue Between his slashing left-handed guitar work, his room-filling vocals, his self-defined "rock-a-blues" style (a forceful mix of blues, rock, rockabilly, country and gospel), his boundless energy and even his signature Indian headdress, Clearwater is among the very finest practitioners of the West Side blues working today. The blues world recognized his talent by giving him the Blues Music Award for Contemporary Blues - Male Artist of the Year in 2001. His last release, 2003's Rock 'N' Roll City, was nominated for a Grammy Award. Now he's back with his very first Alligator CD, the aptly titled WEST SIDE STRUT. "Joyous rave-ups...Clearwater testifies with stunning soul fervor and a powerful guitar. One of the blues' finest songwriters" "With his powerful left-handed guitar playing, unique hybrid of West Side blues, relentless rockabilly and high energy performances, Eddy "The Chief" is Chicago's premier blues showman." - Chicago Tribune "Clearwater is equally adept at Chuck Berry-style guitar as he is at deeper blues style. He's a fine singer who puts on a wild, exciting show...the sort of exuberant entertainer who can turn a concert into a party." - New York Times "A focused mixture of T-Bone Walker cool and distinctly Chicago riffage...uncanny grooves... satisfying, funky." - Billboard  847-452-6469 | | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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