Which Chuck E. Weiss do we talk about here? The one who so impressed blues legends Lightnin Hopkins and Willie Dixon as a Denver teenager that they took him out in their road bands? The one who lived in LA s Tropicana Hotel in the 70s alongside Tom Waits and Rickie Lee Jones, ending up namechecked on the classic Waits albums Small Change and Nighthawks at the Diner, and in Rickie Lee Jones hit “Chuck E. s in Love”? The one who has recorded with Tom Waits, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Roger Miller, Dr. John, Willie Dixon? Whichever Chuck E. Weiss you choose, he’s a legend, and his 2014 album, Red Beans and Weiss, delivers on the big personality. Executive produced by Johnny Depp and Tom Waits, Red Beans and Weiss blends blues, barrelhouse, and bluster into a highly entertaining whole.

Tracklist:

1. Tupelo Joe
2. Shushie
3. Boston Blackie
4. That Knucklehead Stuff
5. Bomb the Tracks
6. Exile on Main Street Blues
7. Kokamo (Boy Bruce)
8. Hey Pendejo
9. Dead Man’s Shoes
10. Old New Song
11. Hink-A-Dink
12. Oo Poo Pa Do in the Rebop
13. Willy’s in the Pee Pee House

UPC: 045778734016
Label: Anti
Release Date: 4.15.14
Format: Vinyl