Baby Face Leroy Trio

“Blues music certainly had its important periods, and there have been at least a few, but none may be quite as important, nor exciting, as the post-war years in Chicago.  While the music itself still retained many of the key ingredients that it had in the pre-war years, this time of great transition bearing the new amplified sounds saw a large number of landmark recording springing up on labels with dime-store budgets in an attempt to compete in the new Wild West. 

“While it’s difficult to pin down the most important blues records from this time, there can be little doubt that a small handful of musicians were spearheading the charge.  Of that small handful, a trio that was at the forefront of this deeply important change included Marion ‘Little Walter’ Jacobs, the enigmatic ‘Baby Face’ Leroy Foster, and a man who is often heralded as the undisputed King of Chicago Blues, Muddy Waters.  These three musicians comprised three-quarters of a now-legendary band known then around the Windy City as the Headhunters.

Officially licensed and taken direct from the session acetates.  Hear them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhLgwVSBX58 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlRJitIgPts