Willie Buck & Bob Corritore

Oh Yeah

Vizztone Label Group

William Crawford a.k.a. Willie Buck was born in Houston, Mississippi. Buck relocated to Chicago in 1953. Though just a teenager an older relative snuck him in to see Muddy Waters when Muddy was still in his prime. The sound of that classic band had such an impact on Buck that he still performs in the style he heard that day. In fact, Buck is  considered the standard torch bearer of the old school Blues. Buck’s self-produced  debut “It’s Alright” was released in 1982. The band at the time included the Meyers Brothers and a young rhythm guitarist by the name of John Primer. That album was  later re-released as “The Life I Love” on Delmark in 2010. The following year Buck  released “Songs For Muddy, The Madrid Session” with Venezuelan guitarist Jose Luis Pardo and harp player Quique Gomez. In 2012 Buck followed with Delmark’s “Cell  Phone Man” and it received accolades “his vocals are sinewy and expressive and he demonstrates a powerful upper range”. Buck has also been featured in the 2011 comic strip “The Secret History of Chicago Music” by the illustrator Steve Krakow a.k.a. Plastic Crimewave”. There is also a Chicago Street “Willie Buck Way” named in his honor.

Bob Corritore was born in Chicago and got hooked on blues harmonica when he was twelve. He studied and received playing tips from Carey Bell, Big Walter Horton, Junior Wells, and others. At the age of twenty-five Corritore moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Ten  years later he opened The Rhythm Room. With his house band The Rhythm Room  All-Stars, he backed musicians when they came to town. Since 2017 Corritore has been nominated for a least six Blues Music Awards winning in 2011 for “Historical Album of The Year”. He won again in 2025 for “Traditional Album of The Year”, “Crawlin’ Kingsnake” recorded with John Primer. This is Corritore’s 20th album although he  appears on over seventy-five others.

Many of Corritore’s recordings are released as a series he calls “From The Vault” .  Willie Buck and Bob Corritore are true ambassadors of the classic Chicago blues  sound and their relationship began in the late 1970’s. This new album “Oh Yeah”  exemplifies their shared mission of delivering old school Chicago blues. The album  is co-produced by Corritore, Clarke Rigsby, Kid Andersen, and John Wroble. It is  recorded by Rigsby at Tempest Recording in Tempe, Arizona.

The core band includes Buck, vocals; Corritore, harmonica; guitarists Bob Margolin, Jimi “Primetime” Smith, and Billy Flynn; pianists Anthony Geraci and Ben Levin;  bassist Bob Stroger; and drummer Wes Starr. Additional musicians appear on some tracks.

The lead off track was written by Ellis McDaniel a.k.a. Bo Diddley in 1958, as Buck  sings “someday I just wanna’ love you soon, Oh Yeah, wanna’ love you in the morning,  wanna’ love you in the afternoon”. “She’s Alright” with Margolin on guitar, was written by Muddy Waters in 1968, “well I went to my baby’s house she said everything alright… well I give her all my money…well, I love my baby, tell the world I do, my baby she’s alright”.

“That Ain’t Enough” is the first of seven originals, featuring guitarists Margolin and  Smith, and Corritore on harmonica as Buck chimes “seen times I thought I didn’t want you, but now I know I do…you know I’ll see if we can come together, I know that ain’t enough”. “Brand New Cell Phone” with Anthony Geraci, piano; and more  great harp from Corritore as Buck chants “Hey baby, I got a brand new phone, hey, baby, do you want me to get you one, if you want one all you gotta’ do is tell me”.

“Money Can’t Buy Everything” includes guitarist Billy Flynn and Ben Levin on piano as Buck belts out “you might drive me crazy but money can’t buy everything, if I had a bundle of money, I wouldn’t be here today, money can’t buy everything, I might win a million dollars on the lottery but I know money can’t buy everything”. “Went Home This Morning” features Troy Sandow, bass; and Brian Fahey, drums; while Corritore hits those high notes, as Buck cries “went home this morning found my baby gone… got to find my baby, see what she had to say, make sure everything’s alright”.

“She Turned Me Down” once again features Geraci on piano, “I see this woman and I  asked her to marry me, know what she did man ? she turned me down, I thought she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen, man, she turned me down”. “Baby Please Don’t Go” is the Muddy Waters classic “baby, please don’t go, baby please don’t go to New Orleans ’cause I love you so…turn your lamps down low…baby please  don’t go, your man done gone to the county farm, baby please don’t go”.

“Me and My Baby”, “me and my baby we had a disagreement last night, she said I  don’t wanta’ listen, me and my baby, had an argument last night, she said I don’t  wanta’ listen…she said I’m a woman and I’m much smarter than you”. On the closer, the lowdown “Let Me Find Out Your Name”, again with Levin on piano, as Buck croons “baby, let me tell you what I’d do if you let me find out your name…let me tell you what my name is, my name is Johnny B. Goode…well I don’t know your name but baby I’d  sure like to know your name, baby, I’m not trying to buy you, but I’d like you to give  me a chance…baby, I saw you when you walked in, baby you shake like jelly…if you  let me baby, I’ll give you things that you’ve never seen”, as Corritore plays a Chromatic  harp.

Together with the backing of the All-Stars, Willie Buck and Bob Corritore deliver the goods. Guitarist Margolin is brilliant throughout the recording. This is Chicago blues, tough, pure and joyful”.

Richard Ludmerer
Contributing Editor/Making A Scene

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