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

CD2
DISC TWO
from the album BLUES SPOKEN HERE (DE-721)
• DAVE SPECTER & LENNY LYNN (1998)
➊ Blues On My Mind 6:17 with Lenny Lynn • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
DAVE SPECTER guitar • LENNY LYNN vocals • ROB WATERS organ • HARLAN TERSON bass MIKE SCHLICK drums

from the album SPECULATIN’ (DE-744)
• DAVE SPECTER with ROB WATERS, HARLAN TERSON and MIKE SCHLICK (2000)
➋ Texas Top 4:42 instrumental • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
DAVE SPECTER guitar • KEN SAYDAK piano • ROB WATERS organ • HARLAN TERSON bass
MIKE SCHLICK drums

from the album IS WHAT IT IS (DE-779)
• DAVE SPECTER and STEVE FREUND (2005)
➌ Riverside Ride 6:48 instrumental with Steve Freund • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
DAVE SPECTER guitar • STEVE FREUND guitar • ROB WATERS organ • HARLAN TERSON bass MARTY BINDER drums

from the album LIVE IN CHICAGO (DE-794)
• DAVE SPECTER with JIMMY JOHNSON, TAD ROBINSON and SHARON LEWIS (2008)
➍ Feel So Bad 6:45 with Jimmy Johnson • Chuck Willis (Publishing Detail Pending)
➎ In Too Deep 4:59 with Sharon Lewis • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
DAVE SPECTER guitar • JIMMY JOHNSON vocals/guitar (4) • SHARON LEWIS vocals (5) BROTHER JOHN KATTKE organ (4), piano (5) • HARLAN TERSON bass • MARTY BINDER drums

from the album MESSAGE IN BLUE (DE-836) • DAVE SPECTER with OTIS CLAY and BROTHER JOHN KATTKE (2014)
➏ Got to Find a Way 3:50 with Otis Clay • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)

➐ This Time I’m Gone For Good 5:28 with Otis Clay
• Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
➑ Chicago Style 3:30 with Brother John Kattke • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
➒ The Stinger 5:13 instrumental • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
DAVE SPECTER guitar • OTIS CLAY vocals (6, 7)
BROTHER JOHN KATTKE organ (6, 7, 9), vocals/piano (8) • BILL McFARLAND trombone (6,8)
HANK FORD tenor sax (6, 8) • KENNY ANDERSON trumpet (6, 8), THERESA DAVIS, DIANE MADISON vocals (6) • HARLAN TERSON bass • MARTY BINDER drums VICTOR GARCIA congas/percussion (9)

from the album BLUES FROM THE INSIDE OUT (DF-859)
• DAVE SPECTER featuring JORMA KAUKONEN and BROTHER JOHN KATTKE (2019)
➓ Blues From The Inside Out 5:15 with Brother John Kattke Dave Specter / William Brichta (SpecTone Music - BMI / Marea Music – BMI)
⓫ Sanctifunkious 5:05 instrumental • Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
⓬ The Blues Ain’t Nothin’ 5:18 with Jorma Kaukonen
Jorma Kaukonen / Dave Specter (Elder Panther Publishing - BMI)
DAVE SPECTER guitar, vocals (10) • BROTHER JOHN KATTKE piano (10), organ (11, 12), vocals (12) JORMA KAUKONEN guitar (12) • HARLAN TERSON bass • MARTY BINDER drums
MARS WILLIAMS tenor sax (12) • JOHN JANOWIAK trombone (12) • RON HAYNES trumpet (12)
from the digital single THE BALLAD OF GEORGE FLOYD (DS-865) • DAVE SPECTER and BILLY BRANCH (2020)
⓭ The Ballad of George Floyd 5:15 with Billy Branch
• Dave Specter (SpecTone Music - BMI)
DAVE SPECTER vocals/guitar • BILLY BRANCH vocals/harmonica • DANNY SHAFFER acoustic guitar BROTHER JOHN KATTKE organ



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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