Charlie Musselwhite
Waterfront Blues Festival
Portland, OR.
July 5, 2008

Recorded from KBOO FM. An all volunteer radio station in Portland. FM>HD>FLAC>Dime or at times FM>H2 ZOOM>HD>FLAC>Dime. As always there are some bumps in the road, but nothing that would stop me from down loading these shows. I've tried to fix all the drops and pauses in the music. Enjoy the festival, twofthrs

A great Christo Redemptor. A bit too short but none the less great... twofthrs

"A venerated blues harmonica elder at his creative peak…his approach is imaginative and stunning…utterly convincing."
-Chicago Tribune

"With unabashed excellence, Charlie Musselwhite and his tight band set the standard for blues bands everywhere."
-Rolling Stone

Some musicians become blues players by choice, some are simply born into it. Harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite's life story reads like a classic blues legend, with roots in the blues heartland of Mississippi and Memphis followed by a migration to Chicago, the birthplace of modern electric blues. His recordings—two dozen solo albums for many labels spanning almost 40 years—have become classics, and his live shows continue to amaze fans around the world. Like the greatest bluesmen before him, Musselwhite has added his own signature to the music. Over the course of his career, he's introduced jazz stylings, Cuban rhythms and a contemporary world-view into his vision of the blues.

Musselwhite's lengthy resume—which, in addition to his solo projects includes guest tracks on recordings by Bonnie Raittt, the Blind Boys of Alabama, John Lee Hooker, Tom Waits and INXS; 14 W.C. Handy awards and six Grammy nominations; and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Monterey Blues Festival—Charlie Musselwhite is firmly entrenched in musical history.

Charlie continues building on his musical legacy with his latest release, Delta Hardware, on Real World Records. Like the recordings of R.L Burnside and the North Mississippi Allstars, i>Delta Hardware was pulled from the storied North Mississippi Delta and Hill Country. Drawing on Charlie's own Delta roots the album is a mix of wild country abandon seasoned by years of playing urban electric blues in Chicago that spurs the likes of Ben Harper, Tom Waits and Gov't Mule to welcome Musselwhite onto their stages and records. It helped Charlie emerge the big winner at the 28th annual Blues Music Awards in 2007, walking away with four of the five trophies he was nominated for including: Album of the Year (Delta Hardware), Song of the Year (Church Is Out), Traditional Blues Album of the Year, and Instrumentalist - Harmonica.

Set List {please help}
1. you've been gone too long {recp prob. at ~2:00}
2. everythings gonna be alright
3. church is out
4. unknown
5. stranger in a strange land
6. unknown
7. river hip mama
8. my time someday
9. unknown
10. christo redemptor