Blues legend Charlie Musselwhite is pleased to share "Sad Eyes", the latest single off of his new album, Look Out Highway, due May 16th via Forty Below Records. Glide Magazine has premiered the track which is out on all platforms today. Listen to "Sad Eyes" here. Pre-save the album Look Out Highway here.
What do you get when you mix Delta, Chicago and Memphis Blues? The American Blues icon Charlie Musselwhite. He's been writing classic songs for nearly six decades. He's a prolific songwriter who writes organic, compelling stories with ease. There is real emotional depth at the core of his songs.
When asked his "Sad Eyes" by Glide magazine, Mussewhite said, "Sad Eyes is about a lonely single guy in a club that sees a girl that looks lonely with sad eyes. They might not be all that attracted to each other, but why not enjoy each others company for awhile anyway? It's not love, but it's not bad. Check out the Glide article here.
More than any other harmonica player of his generation, Charlie Musselwhite can rightfully lay claim to inheriting the mantle of many of the great harp players that came before him with music as dark as Mississippi mud and uplifting as California's blue skies. In an era when the term legendary gets applied to auto-tuned pop stars, this singular blues harp player, singer, songwriter, and guitarist has earned and deserves to be honored as a true master of American classic vernacular music.
Recorded at Kid Andersen's Greaseland Studio in San Jose, California, and Clarksdale Sound Stage in Clarksdale, Mississippi, it's the first time Charlie has recorded with his long-time touring band, comprised of guitarist Matt Stubbs (GA-20), drummer June Core (Robert Lockwood Jr.) and bassist Randy Bermudes (James Cotton), along with Andersen who has been in and out of the band for many years. Their chemistry and command are abundantly clear from the opening notes. "We finished a gig at The Iridium in New York City and flew straight to California to record," Charlie effuses.
