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Dave Specter (with many special guests)
Six String Soul
30 Years on Delmark

CD1
DISC ONE
from the album BLUEBIRD BLUES (DE-652)
• DAVE SPECTER and BARKIN’ BILL SMITH featuring RONNIE EARL (1991)
➊ Buzz Me 4:31 with Barkin’ Bill Smith and Ronnie Earl • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
➋ Wind Chill 5:26 instrumental with Ronnie Earl • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
➌ Railroad Station Blues 7:13 with Barkin’ Smith • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
DAVE SPECTER guitar • RONNIE EARL guitar (1 , 2) • BARKIN’ BILL SMITH vocals (1, 3)
KEN SAYDAK organ (1, 2), piano (3) • DEZ DESORMEAUX tenor sax • RED GROETZINGER tenor sax (1, 3) MIKE McCURDY bass (1, 3) • JON HILLER drums
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from the album FORTUNE TELLIN’ MAN (DE-658) •
JESSE FORTUNE with DAVE SPECTER and the BLUEBIRDS (1992)
➍ Specter’s Walk 4:59 instrumental • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
➎ Fortune Tellin’ Man 4:31 with Jesse Fortune • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
DAVE SPECTER guitar • JESSE FORTUNE vocals (5) • KEN SAYDAK organ, piano (4) DEZ DESORMEAUX tenor sax (4), baritone sax (5) • JOHN “BOOM” BRUMBACH tenor sax MIKE McCURDY bass • MARK FORNEK drums

from the album BLUEPLICITY (DE-664)
• DAVE SPECTER and the BLUEBIRDS featuring TAD ROBINSON (1994)
➏ Ridin’ High 3:46 instrumental • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
DAVE SPECTER guitar • KEN SAYDAK organ • MIKE McCURDY bass • MARK FORNEK drums

from the album LIVE IN EUROPE (DE677)
• DAVE SPECTER and the BLUEBIRDS featuring TAD ROBINSON (1995)
➐ Sweet Serenity 5:21 with Tad Robinson • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
➑ West Side Stroll 4:37 instrumental • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
DAVE SPECTER guitar • TAD ROBINSON: vocals (7) • MIKE McCURDY bass • MARK FORNEK drums
from the album WILD CARDS (DE-675)
with AL MILLER, DAVE SPECTER, WILLIE KENT and TAD ROBINSON (1995)
➒ Seventy-Four 6:51 with Willie Kent • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
➓ Can’t Stay Here No More 5:13 with Tad Robinson • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
DAVE SPECTER guitar • WILLIE KENT vocals/bass (9) • TAD ROBINSON vocals (10)
KEN SAYDAK piano, organ (10) • AL MILLER: guitar (10) • MARK FORNEK: drums
JOHN “BOOM” BRUMBACH tenor sax (10) • ROB MAZUREK trumpet (10) • HARLAN TERSON bass (10)

from the album LEFT TURN ON BLUE (DE-693)
• DAVE SPECTER featuring LYNWOOD SLIM & JACK McDUFF (1996)
⓫ Get Back Home 3:57 with Lynwood Slim • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
⓬ Unleavened Soul 5:25 instrumental with Jack McDuff • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
DAVE SPECTER guitar • LYNWOOD SLIM vocals (11) • BARRELHOUSE CHUCK piano (11)
MIKE SCHARF bass (11) • JACK McDUFF organ (12) • JOHN “BOOM” BRUMBACH tenor sax (12) ROB MAZUREK trumpet (12) • MARK FORNEK drums

from the album WEST SIDE BABY (DE-706)
• FLOYD McDANIEL (1997)
⓭ St. Louis Blues 5:59 with Floyd McDaniel • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
DAVE SPECTER guitar • FLOYD McDANIEL vocals/guitar MIKE McCURDY bass • MARK FORNEK drums

from the album KISS OF SWEET BLUES (DE-706)
• LURRIE BELL with DAVE SPECTER and the BLUEBIRDS (1998)
⓮ You’re Gonna Be Sorry 3:28 with Lurrie Bell • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
DAVE SPECTER guitar • LURRIE BELL vocals/guitar • HARLAN TERSON bass • MIKE SCHLICK drums

DAVE SPECTER’S 30 YEAR MUSICAL JOURNEY ON
DELMARK showcases the guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist surrounded by a stellar list of featured artists including Otis Clay, Jimmy Johnson, Ronnie Earl, Lurrie Bell, Billy Branch, Willie Kent, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack McDuff, Lynwood Slim, Sharon Lewis, Jesse Fortune, Barkin' Bill Smith, Steve Freund, Floyd McDaniel, Tad Robinson, Lenny Lynn & more. Featuring both studio and live recordings.

Dave Specter's career has been intertwined with the deepest roots of Chicago blues and Delmark's rich history. The artist is showcased as a guitar virtuoso, a songwriter and most recently, a singer.

Currently Specter is going through a very creative and rewarding phase. After his critically acclaimed album “Blues From the Inside Out” received rave reviews and major airplay worldwide, his song “The Ballad of George Floyd” has been selected for the exhibit SONGS OF CONSCIENCE, SOUNDS OF FREEDOM at the Woody Guthrie Center, curated by the GRAMMY Museum.

This double CD release constitutes a definitive testimony to one of today's most tasteful and versatile blues artists at the top of his game, featuring Specter in a wide variety of styles, all played with six string soul.


EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Julia A. Miller AND Elbio Barilari
ALL SONGS PRODUCED BY Dave Specter
EXCEPT TRACKS 1-3 ON DISC ONE PRODUCED
BY Robert Koester AND Steve Wagner
REMASTERED BY Julia A. Miller AT
Delmark Riverside Studio AUGUST, 2021
ART DIRECTION AND DESIGN BY
Al Brandtner, Brandtner Design
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
Harvey Tills, Robin Subar, Michael
Jackson, Vic Lapinski, Amy Rothblatt,
Jon Siskel
Delmark 870
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