Smith,Byther Blues On The Moon Live At The Rhythm Social Club CD

Soulful Chicago vocalist and guitarist Byther Smith is a fighter, a scrapper, a hard worker and a survivor. As a child in Monticello, Mississippi he lost both his parents; his mother when he was one year old and his father six months later. Smitty came to Chicago in the mid-'50s and by the early '60s was playing at Theresa's Lounge, where he backed Junior Wells. He also worked with Big Mama Thornton, George "Harmonica" Smith and Otis Rush. He recorded his first LP for the Grits label in 1983, two for Bullseye in the early '90s, and this is his fourth Delmark CD and his first live album. On this recording you will hear Byther in his natural element, raw, alive and completely real.

1. Judge of Honor 2. If You Love Me 3. Blues on the Moon 4. Give Up My Life for You 5. Hard Times 6. Your Mama's Crazy 7. If I Misused Someone 8. Monticello 9. So Mean to Me 10. Rock Me Baby 11. Don't Start Me Talkin'