Bluesman who styled himself King of the Jungle, enjoying success both on Chicago’s West Side and throughout Europe.
Happily, Eddie C. Campbell returned to Chicago after spending a decade entrenched in Europe. His shimmering West Side-styled guitar playing and unusually introspective songwriting have been a breath of fresh air on the Windy City circuit, reuniting the veteran bluesman with fans he left behind in 1984.
Campbell left rural Mississippi for the bright lights of Chicago at age ten, sneaking a peek at Muddy Waters at the 1125 Club soon after he arrived and jamming with his idol when he was only 12. He fell in with some West Side young bloods – Luther Allison, Magic Sam – and honed a guitar attack rooted deep in the ringing style. Campbell paid his sideman dues on the bandstand with everyone from Howlin’ Wolf and Little Walter to Little Johnny Taylor and Jimmy Reed. Koko Taylor recommended Campbell to Willie Dixon, who hired him as a Chicago Blues All-Star in 1976.
Campbell cut his own debut album, the rousing King of the Jungle, in 1977 for the Steve Wisner’s short-lived Mr. Blues logo (now available on Rooster Blues, it includes the guitarist’s lighthearted Yuletide perennial “Santa’s Been Messin’ With the Kid”). But he split the country for calmer European climates, recording a nice 1984 album with a Dutch group, Let’s Pick It!, that first came out on Black Magic and now adorns the Evidence catalog.
When Eddie C. Campbell finally returned stateside for the birth of his son, he made up for lost time by gigging steadily around Chicago and making a comeback album for Blind Pig, That’s When I Know, that contained some very distinctive originals. Gonna Be Alright followed in 1999.
Tracklist:
01. Hey Baby
02. Nineteen Years Old
03. I’m in Love with You Baby
04. Tears Are for Losers
05. Look What You Done
06. Early in the Morning
07. Same Thing
08. Cha Cha in Blues
09. Cheaper to Keep Her
Total time: 39:43
XLD extraction logfile from 2019-11-05 07:36:18 -0800
Eddie C. Campbell / Baddest Cat in the Block
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Thanks to Badeny
See also:
Eddie C. Campbell – Mind Trouble (1988) [Reissue 2008]
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