Delbert McClinton is 73 years old today. A blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player and pianist, McClinton, has been active as a side-man since 1962 and as a band leader since 1972. He has recorded several major record label albums, and charted singles on the Billboard Hot 100, Mainstream Rock Tracks, and Hot Country Songs charts. His highest-peaking single was Tell Me About It,” a 1992 duet with Tanya Tucker which reached No. 4 on the Country chart. He has also had four albums that made it to No. 1 on the U.S. Blues chart, and another that reached No. 2. McClinton is a very popular member of the Carolina beach music circuit, with his “Goin’ Back to Louisana” listed as a beach music hit. Born in Lubbock, Texas and relocated with his family to Fort Worth when he was age 11, McClinton worked in a bar band, The Straitjackets, who played backing to Sonny Boy Williamson II, Howlin Wolf, Lightnin Hopkins and Jimmy Reed. McClinton once instructed John Lennon on the finer points of blues harmonica playing. Emmylou Harris had a No. 1 hit in 1978 with McClintons composition Two More Bottles of Wine, and his B Movie Boxcar Blues was covered on the first The Blues Brothers album, Briefcase Full of Blues. He won a 1991 Grammy Award for his duet with Bonnie Raitt, Good Man, Good Woman,” and reached the Top 5 of the Country chart with the Tanya Tucker duet, Tell Me About It. McClinton recorded the opening title song Weatherman for the Bill Murray film Groundhog Day. Here, McClinton performs “Goin’ Back to Louisiana.”
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 22:42:02 +0000
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