Big Daddy Wilson Hard Time Blues (CD)

(Continental Blue Heaven) 13 tracks, digipack.

Big Daddy Wilson, the respected North Carolina bluesman who has made a name for himself on the European scene with acclaimed albums such as Love Is The Key (2009), Thumb A Ride (2011), Im Your Man (2013), Time (2015) and Neck Bone Stew (2017), has traveled a winding road to finally record this Hard Time Blues. With the release of Deep In My Soul in 2019, Daddy Wilson feels like his music and career have come full circle. I see it as a journey, he said of his incredible back story. It's a journey of a man who got deep into this wonderful music called the blues and finally made it home after 25 years. But the journey wasn't over yet, and Wilson's new album takes it a few steps further: Hard Time Blues is a reflection on the times we're living in right now and all the anxieties that life brings: corona, poverty, injustice and other hardships.

It also encompasses the different styles of Big Daddy Wilson, blues, soul, R & B, country and gospel. As Willie Dixon says, blues is the root, everything else is the fruit. My intention with this album was to show a more modern side of Big Daddy Wilson. I wanted to open up a little more and use the soul and R & B that has influenced me over the years. But I still wanted to stay true to the blues and my spiritual roots. The song HARD TIME BLUES came to me through Eric Bibb and Glen Scott. It's a beautiful blues song flavored with the spirit of soul and r&b and blessed with the mojo of Glen Scott. This song is also blessed with the troubadour spirit: the storytelling of the great Eric Bibb.

This album is full of LOVE, FAITH and HOPE, that is my WITNESS. So I thought it would be fitting to call the album HARD TIME BLUES. I want to reach as many people as possible with this message: Take a little love in your heart...we need each other. - Big Daddy Wilson