Paul Filipowicz is one of the last blues guitar players that literally was brought up on Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and Hound-Dog Taylor. With strong Chicago roots you can hear Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Sammy Lawhorn, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Dawkins and Luther Allison in his playing. Paul Filipowicz has 30 years of one nighters, touring, parties, clubs fairs, festivals, radio, TV appearances, excursion boats and just about any other venue namable. He has molded his playing into a distinct original immediately identifiable sound. This guy ain't no copy cat.One night while cruising the dial Filipowicz pulled in a radio station out of Tulsa. They played Wolf, Sonny Boy (II) and Muddy back to back. That was his first exposure to blues. He first witnessed live blues in 64 or 65. "While waiting out side a club on Chicago's South Side (it was boiling hot about 2p.m. and all these people were going into this air conditioned club) Otis Rush and his band were tearing it up right there in broad daylight. Electric guitar was it".
Learning by ear was about the only way to go about a blues education in those days. "I had been playing without a pick and the first time I heard Sam(Magic Sam) it clicked. The phrasing was what I was hearing." Over the 30 plus years of fronting his own band he has played venues from the midwest to Denver, to stints in Texas and Miss, and opened for everybody from the Thunderbirds to Edger Winter. But his fondest memories are ofthe shows with Hound Dog Taylor and Mighty Joe Young in the 70s. After a version of Sam's "All Your Love" Joe told him "that was nice, keep it up"and Mr. Taylor would even grunt when he'd see him. "I know you're a blues man and you know you're a blues man and every time you take the stageyou've got to prove it" Luther Allison once told Paul.
1. Every Night About This Time (3:16)
2. Black Spider (5:21)
3. Sportalaters Boogie (4:02)
4. Can't Take It With You (6:07)
5. Hound Doggin' (4:10)
6. Curly Sue (2:25)
7. Whiskey Man (5:21)
8. Cold Cold Cold (2:25)
9. Bone Chill (4:24)
10. Blind Eyes (2:44)
11. Heather's Mombo (2:04)
12. Fried Chicken (5:28)
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Year : 1999
Bitrate : 224K/s
Total Playing Time: 47:52
Total Size : 76.7 MB
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