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Zora Young – Learned My Lesson
Delmark DE 748
Compact Disc

Learned My Lesson is the celebration of Zora Young’s lifelong love affair with the blues.This is Zora’s first album on an established American label which is surprising since she is one of the most creative blues singers in Chicago. Zora was born in West Point, Mississippi and raised in Chicago where she grew up singing gospel music in a south side church. After years in the R&B “chittlin circuit”, she switched to blues and since then has shared the stage with B.B. and Albert King, played the Chicago Blues Festival many times and tours Europe regularly. Zora’s voice ranges from a melancholy whisper to a rock ‘n’ roll scream, and she will have you in her corner with one listen. With this album Zora Young has finally arrived to claim her rightful place as a contemporary blues powerhouse.


1. Pity Party 4:51
(Zora Young, Hard Way Music, BMI)
2. The Lord Helps Those Who Help Themselves 5:59
(Ken Saydak, Margan Music, BMI)
3. Nutbush City Limits 3:51
(Tina Turner, EMI Blackwood Music Inc./EMI Unart Catalog Inc., BMI)
4. Better Off With The Blues 6:14
(Fritts/McClinton/Nicholson, Delbert McClinton Music/Donnie Fritts Music/Lew Bob Songs/Sony/ATV Songs, BMI)
5. Girl Friend 3:09
(Zora Young, Hard Way Music, BMI)
6. Blues Fallin’ Down Like Rain 5:03
(Bill Chinnock, Mr. Big)
7. My Man’s An Undertaker 4:07
(Kirkland/Thomas, Slow Dancing Music LLC, BMI)
8. Damn Your Eyes 4:33
(Wyrick/Bogard, Intersong-USA Inc./Chappell & Co., ASCAP)
9. Learned My Lesson 5:18
(Ken Saydak, Margan Music, BMI)
10. Brain Damage 5:19
(Zora Young, Hard Way Music, BMI)
11. Living In The U.S.A. 3:38
(Chuck Berry, Arc Music, BMI)
12. Please Send Me Someone To Love 5:37
(Percy Mayfield, Sony/ATV Songs, BMI)
13. Feel Like Stroking 4:59
(Zora Young, Hard Way Music, BMI)
14. Johnny B 5:03
(Zora Young, Hard Way Music, BMI)


Zora Young, vocals
James Wheeler, guitar (1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11)
Danny Draher, guitar (2, 3, 8, 9, 13, 14)
Ken Saydak, piano, organ
Johnny B. Gayden, bass
Tim Austin, drums
John Brumbach, tenor sax (6, 8, 14)
Roberta Thomas, background vocals and arrangements (1, 2, 3, 12)

Recorded at Riverside Studio, Chicago on May 22-24, 2000 by Paul Serrano