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Fans of true, old-school boogie woogie and barrelhouse piano will jump for joy over Canadian music legend Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne’s new record Blues From Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon. Set to take flight March 4th, 2022 via Stony Plain Records, the record is a heartfelt tribute to two masterful musicians who helped shape the music we love and also gives listeners a taste of the vibrant post-war blues scenes in Paris and Chicago.
“Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon were a team, and their styles worked great together,” Wayne says of the artists behind the album’s inspiration. “Out of many other blues piano players I’ve listened to, I found a unique playfulness between these two men, unlike the many other great blues pianists.” Wayne produced the set himself and focused it on the period in the late 50s and early 60s when Slim and Dixon toured together internationally. He selected 17 songs to represent the powerful pair and invited Russell Jackson (acoustic bass, vocals) and Joey DiMarco (drums) to help him knock them out. The resulting tracks are an absolutely rollicking good time and make for a big breath of fresh, guitarless air in our six-string-dominated world.
