Biography

Sheryl Youngblood – Every Day of Your Life

Delmark 879-8 (December 1, 2023)
Digital Single

“Every Day of Your Life”, a song written by the late Jimmy Johnson and recorded live by Chicago blues rising star Sheryl Youngblood, is released NOW as a digital single by Delmark Records. The tune was recorded by Sheryl and the Delmark All- Star Band during the label’s 70th anniversary celebration at Space, Evanston, IL, September 20, 2023 as a tribute to Mr. Johnson.

Sheryl is joined by Dave Specter and Mike Wheeler on guitars, Roosevelt Purifoy on Hammond B3 organ, Larry Williams on bass and Cleo Cole on drums.

DELMARK ARTIST SHERYL YOUNGBLOOD
2015 Chicago Blues Hall Of Fame Inductee

Growing up in a musically inclined family with her mother having her own female group “The Royal Harmonettes” and being a pianist and vocalist in the church, Sheryl was born into music.

Sheryl began singing and playing various instruments in the church in her teen years. Sheryl began her own female group in her church (Mt. Zion Baptist Church) called “Sisters” in which she wrote several of their songs and also wrote songs for the National Baptist State Convention, (unfortunately those songs were not recorded.) Soon after Sheryl auditioned for and was immediately accepted into the world-renowned gospel recording group “Rev. Milton Brunson and the Thompson Community Singers of Chicago,” affectionately called “The Tommies.” While singing with “The Tommies” the group became a Grammy and Stella Award winning group. During that time Sheryl began playing drums and or singing with various recording artists such as Otis Clay, Artie “BLUES BOY” White, Bobby “Slim” James, KoKo Taylor and “The KoKo Taylor Blues Foundation”, Nellie “Tiger” Travis, Willie Rogers, 3x Hall of Famer Billy Shelton, 3x Stella Award winner “Darious Brooks”, Hall of Fame Group “The Spaniels, “Raven” Grammy and Emmy Award winner Jennifer Hudson, Yolanda Adams, Daryl Coley, LeAnn Faine, & Stormy Weather. She has opened for The Whispers, Buddy Guy, Lakeside, Chante Moore, Reheem De’Vaughn, Kindred The Family Soul, Denise LaSalle, Bobby Rush, John Primer, Maurice John Vaughn and the list goes on. In 1995, Sheryl formed “SAYYES!” band, an all female band, aka, Ultimately Blessed or “UB.” SAY YES! and UB performed at many different venues and put on yearly benefit concerts for SWWR (Battered and abused Women and Children Facility) Cancer; Sickle cell Anemia; Diabetes; Prostate Cancer and more. SAYYES! the band continues to play a variety of music, a variety of venues, and for a variety of events. www.sayyeslive.com

Sheryl started her own Blues band, The Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band in 2013. A powerful vocalist, drummer, songwriter, bandleader, & entertainer, Sheryl works regularly and travels extensively. Performing at such places as The world-renowned BLUE CHICAGO as a regular artist of the club, as well as playing at many venues in and out of the United States with bookings at Buddy Guy's Legends, Rosa’s Lounge, House of Blues (Main Stage, Crossroads Stage, and Foundation Room,) Kingston Mines, B.L.U.E.S. on Halsted, Taste of Chicago, Taste of East Chicago, Blue Chip Casino, Majestic Star Casino, Hardrock Casino MWI, Muckleshoot Casino in Seattle, Washington, Ameristar Casino in Jackson, Mississippi, Country Club Hills Theater, Blues On White in Edmonton, Canada, Blues Can in Calgary, Canada, and many more venues, always keeping the audience involved and energized with a TRUE show. Sheryl also sings and performs with world-renowned group, Mississippi Heat.

Discography: Stranger In My Bed, Live at House of Blues with her rearrangement of At Last by Etta James and other songs you will love to listen to and soon hear in the Blues and R&B sector.

Sheryl’s mission is to touch everyone possible musically even if only for an hour or two on stage making someone feel better then they did when they arrived to the event!