05 Quintus McCormick - Fifty/Fifty

Quintus McCormick Fifty/Fifty 3:20
(Quintus McCormick, Quintus Songs, ASCAP)

Quintus McCormick, vocal, guitar; Roosevelt Purifoy, piano; Lovely “JR” Jones, bass; Jeremiah Thomas, drums; Kenny Anderson, trumpet; Hank Ford, tenor sax; Willie Henderson, baritone sax; Ted Reynolds, harmonica. November 19, 2008 from Hey Jodie! (801)

Quintus McCormick: “Fifty/Fifty”
Quintus McCormick was a rock & roller until 1990 or so, when he joined bassist J.W. Williams’ Chi-Town Hustlers and received what he has called his blues “anointing;” a little later, when he heard Albert King’s inspirational “Make A Way,” he knew he’d found his lifelong musical path. Like King, McCormick incorporates elements of soul and funk in his blues; his voice is both seductive and pugnacious, and his guitar playing emphasizes musical and emotional focus rather than pyrotechnic showmanship. “Fifty/Fifty,” from McCormick’s 2009 Delmark disk Hey Jodie, finds him in a fatback, Memphis-tinged blues groove.