Wells continued performing until he was diagnosed with cancer in the summer of 1997. That fall, he suffered a heart attack while undergoing treatment, sending him into a coma. Wells died in Chicago, after succumbing to lymphoma on January 15, 1998, and was interred in the Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago.
woensdag 26 juni 2019
Junior Wells & Buddy Guy - Crying Shame
Filmed in a Chicago club as part of the
1970 documentary "Chicago Blues" featuring Junior Wells (harmonica and
vocals), Buddy Guy (guitar), David Myers (bass) and Sam Lay (drums)
Junior Wells and guitarist Buddy Guy
worked together frequently starting in the 1960s, and featured Guy on
guitar when he recorded his first album, "Hoodoo Man Blues" for Delmark
Records. Wells and Guy supported the Rolling Stones on numerous
occasions in the 1970s. Although Juniors albums "South Side Blues Jam"
(1971) and "On Tap" (1975) proved he had not lost his aptitude for
Chicago blues, his 1980s and 1990s discs were inconsistent. However
with his 1996 release "Come On in This House" he redeemed himself an
intriguing set of classic blues songs with a rotating cast of slide
guitarists, among them Alvin Youngblood Hart, Corey Harris, Sonny
Landreth and Derek Trucks. Wells made an appearance in the film Blues
Brothers 2000, the sequel to The Blues Brothers, which was released in
1998.
Wells continued performing until he was diagnosed with cancer in the summer of 1997. That fall, he suffered a heart attack while undergoing treatment, sending him into a coma. Wells died in Chicago, after succumbing to lymphoma on January 15, 1998, and was interred in the Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago.
Wells continued performing until he was diagnosed with cancer in the summer of 1997. That fall, he suffered a heart attack while undergoing treatment, sending him into a coma. Wells died in Chicago, after succumbing to lymphoma on January 15, 1998, and was interred in the Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago.
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