Michael Coleman
guitar, vocals
born: June 24, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois
Michael Coleman emerged in his early 20s as one of the finest of Chicago’s contemporary bluesmen. The West Sider, born in 1956, comes from a musical family - his dad played drums behind Junior Parker - and little Mike was playing guitar at age eight. He teamed up with vocalist Johnny Christian just three years later. Michael joined James Cotton’s band for seven years, beginning in 1979, and played on both of Cotton’s Alligator albums as well as on the Grammy-nominated Harp Attack! with Cotton, Junior Wells, Carey Bell and Billy Branch. He also backed Syl Johnson on Syl’s 1982 hit, “Ms. Fine Brown Frame,” and produced the original version of “Woman Loves A Woman” for vocalist Jerry Tyrone.
Michael made his debut as a leader in the studio on Alligator’s The New Bluebloods collection with his own version of “Woman Loves A Woman.” He went on to become a major draw in the North Side Chicago clubs with his dazzling guitar work, as well as touring Europe a number of times. He’s recorded albums for two European labels and made his U.S. full album debut on Delmark a few years ago. Copyright © Alligator Records (used with permission)
Albums:
- Back Breaking Blues: Chicago Blues Sessions vol.
1 [Wolf 120865, 1990]
- Self-Rising Blues [SAAR, 1995]
- Shake Your Booty [Wolf 120880, 1995]
- You Can't Take What I Got [SAAR, 1997]
- Do Your Thing! [Delmark 747, 2000] with
Matthew Skoller, Vince Varco (Signing Einstein)
- Blues Brunch at the Mart [Delmark 785, April
2006] with Lurrie
Bell, Little Arthur Duncan, Steve Freund, Shirley Johnson
(Sweet Honey in the Rock), Willie Kent, Bonnie Lee, Aaron Moore,
David Wood, Zora Young
Michael Coleman / Eddie Lusk
- Chicago Blues Festival 1991 [Black & Blue
735, July 2002] with Kenny
Neal
He appears on the following albums:
James Cotton - High Compression [Alligator 4737, 1984]
James Cotton - Live From Chicago ... Mr. Superharp Himself!
[Alligator 4746, 1986]
Various Artists - The New Bluebloods [Alligator 7707, 1987]
James Cotton / Junior Wells / Carey Bell / Billy Branch - Harp Attack! [Alligator 4790, 1990]
John
Primer - Poor Man Blues: Chicago Blues Session, Vol. 6
[Wolf 120852, 1991]
Artie "Blues Boy" White - Dark End of the Street [Ichiban 1117, 1991]
Various Artists - Clark Street Ramblers [Blue Chicago 5002,
November 1997]
Angela Brown - Thinking out Loud [Blueside 108, February
1999]
Various Artists - The Story of Black & Blue 2: 1976-1988
[Fremeaux & Associes 31, February 2002] 2 CD set
Malik Yusef - The Greatest Chicago Fire - A Cold Day in Hell
[Zoawe 1045, March 2005]
Malik Yusef / Kanye West & Common - Wouldn't You Like to... Ride [Nice Tunes Ltd
016, June 2005]
Various Artists - Blues Guitar Killers [Wolf 120104, March
2006]
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