Rick Bryant has been the vocalist and bandleader in bands like Original Sin, Mammal, Blerta, Rick Bryant and the Jive Bombers, The Jubilation Gospel Choir and the Windy City Strugglers. Here he talks us through six of his favourite songs.
Music details:
Artist: Windy City Strugglers
Song: Unlikely Friends
Composer: Bryant, Strugglers
Album: Shine
Label: Red Rocks Records 2008
Artist: Howlin Wolf
Song: I Asked For Water (She gave me gasoline)
Composer: Burnett
Album: His Best (Howlin Wolf album)
Label: MCA, Chess
Artist: Bukka White
Song: Special Stream Line
Composer: Bukka White
Album: White’s Take on Blue
Label: One Media Publishing
Artist: Johnny Hartman
Song: Lush Life
Composer: Billy Strayhorn
Album: John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
Label: Impulse
Artist: Aretha Franklin
Song: Baby, I Love You
Composer: Ronnie Shannon
Album: Aretha Arrives
Label: Atlantic, Rhino
Artist: The Impressions
Song: Fool for You
Composer: Curtis Mayfield
Album: This Is My Country
Label: Curtom Records, Charly