''Delta Hardware'' is the twenty fourth studio album by

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player and vocalist

Charlie Musselwhite Charles Douglas Musselwhite (born January 31, 1944) is an American blues harmonica player and bandleader who came to prominence, along with Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, and Elvin Bishop, as a pivotal figure in helping to revive the Chicago ...

. The album was released in 2006, on

Real World Records Real World Records is a British record label specializing in world music. It was founded in 1989 by English musician Peter Gabriel and original members of WOMAD. A majority of the works released on Real World Records feature music recorded at R ...

. It is Musselwhite's second release on

, his first being

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in 2004. Musselwhite also plays electric guitar on "Town to Town". The front cover was photographed by Charles Evans at 331 Sunflower Avenue,

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Track listing

# "Church is Out" (Charlie Musselwhite) - 3:32 # "One of These Mornings" ( Walter Jacobs) - 2:36 # "Sundown" (Musselwhite) - 4:06 # "Black Water" (Chris Goldsmith, Musselwhite) - 5:40 # "Clarksdale Boogie" (Musselwhite) – 3:38 # "Just a Feeling" (Walter Jacobs) - 5:15 # "Gone Too Long" (Walter Arnold) - 2:58 # "Invisible Ones" (Julio Bermudes, Musselwhite) - 3:32 # "Town to Town" (Musselwhite) - 3:16 # "Blues for Yesterday" (Musselwhite) - 5:23

Personnel

*Charlie Musselwhite - vocals, harmonica; electric guitar on "Town to Town" *Chris "Kid" Andersen - guitars *Randy Bermudes - bass guitar *June Core - drums, percussion

References

{{Authority control 2006 albums Charlie Musselwhite albums Real World Records albums