14 Tail Dragger - Tend To Your Business

Tail Dragger Tend To Your Business 4:22
(James Y. Jones, Leric Music, BMI)

Tail Dragger, vocal; Lurrie Bell, Kevin Shanahan, guitar; Billy Branch, harmonica; Bob Stroger, bass; Kenny Smith, drums July 16, 2005 from My Head is Bald, Live at Vern’s Friendly Lounge (782, DVD 1782)

Tail Dragger “Tend To Your Business” 4:22
James “Tail Dragger” Jones is among the last of the legion of Howlin’ Wolf imitators who populated Chicago’s West Side blues scene in the 1970s and ‘80s (his stage name is taken from one of Wolf’s best-known songs). Dragger’s irony-toughened lyric wit and corrugated Wolfian rasp are showcased on this offering from his 2005 Delmark debut, My Head is Bald: Live at Vern’s Friendly Lounge. Recorded in performance at an urban juke deep in the heart of Chicago’s West Side, it’s a Saturday night blues party come to life.