“Mississippi Blues” is a previously unreleased Eric Clapton acoustic jam with Tim Duffy from the upcoming Music Maker Relief Foundation 25thanniversary compilation CD, Blues Muse, out February 1,  2019. The CD will include Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal, Robert Finley, Dom Flemons, and more. The recording dates back to 1995 when Duffy first met Clapton.

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Music Maker Relief Foundation is a non-profit organization that helps traditional, southern musicians who live in poverty and will release a compilation celebrating its 25th  anniversary entitled ‘Blue Muse’ on February 1. The album features contributions from Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and 17-time Grammy winner Eric Clapton (in a previously unreleased track), Blues Hall of Famer, two-time Grammy winner, and Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award winner Taj Mahal, “more than convincing” (NY Times) soul man and Dan Auerbach favorite Robert Finley, and Grammy-winner founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops Dom Flemons.

In keeping with Music Maker’s mission to preserve the musical traditional of the south by supporting the musicians who make it, the album spans a range of living southern music culture and fans will hear blues, folk, songster, jump blues, soul, Appalachian, garage blues, and gospel music here. The 21-track set features liner notes by Vogue and Guardian writer Rebecca Bengal.

‘Blue Muse’ accompanies a photography book of the same name by Tim Duffy coming out February 25 on UNC press in association with the New Orleans Museum of Art; and an exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art premiering April 25.

Notable session musicians include guitar great Cool John Ferguson on Captain Luke’s “Old Black Buck,” Producer/artist Jimbo Mathus and former Al Green drummer Howard Grimes on “Age Don’t Mean a Thing” by Finley, Grammy-nominated bluesman Guy Davis on Flemons’ “Polly Put the Kettle On,” Mahal joining John Dee Holeman for “Hambone,” Will Sexton accompanying Farmer on “I Am The Lightnin,” and garage legend Jack Oblivian lends his guitar to Ironing Board Sam’s “Loose Diamonds.”

Music Maker has supported over 400 artists over the course of its 25-year history and has been featured on PBS News Hour, CBS News, and NPR.La Collegiale – The Grotto Sessions (featuring Guitar Gabriel, Ironing Board Sam, Etta Baker, Captain Luke, Alabama Slim, Neal Pattman)

Track List:

  1. La Collegiale – The Grotto Sessions (featuring Guitar Gabriel, Ironing Board Sam, Etta Baker, Captain Luke, Alabama Slim, Neal Pattman)
  2. Spike Driver Blues – Taj Mahal
  3. Old Black Buck – Captain Luke
  4. Route 66 – Eddie Tigner
  5. I Got The Blues – Alabama Slim
  6. Age Don’t Mean A Thing – Robert Finley
  7. Polly Put The Kettle On – Dom Flemons
  8. Hambone – John Dee Holeman
  9. Snap Your Fingers – Algia Mae Hinton
  10. I am the Lightning – Willie Farmer
  11. D.O.C. Man – Dave McGrew
  12. Sweet Valentine – Martha Spencer & Kelley Breiding
  13. I Wanna Boogie – Boot Hanks w/ Dom Flemons
  14. Mississippi Blues – Eric Clapton w/ Tim Duffy
  15. Landlord Blues – Guitar Gabriel
  16. Widow Woman – Drink Small
  17. Cabbage Man – Sam Frazier, Jr.
  18. Sing It Louder – Cary Morin
  19. Loose Diamonds – Ironing Board Sam
  20. I Know I’ve Been Changed – The Branchettes
  21. Something Within Me – Theotis Taylor

For more information on The Music Maker Relief Foundation and Blues Muse:

Website https://musicmaker.org