“It’s not a stretch to say that McClinton, at 78, is making the best music of his career” – Rolling Stone Country
Roots music visionary Delbert McClinton returns with a
swaggering and swingin’ new album, Tall, Dark, & Handsome, via
Hot Shot Records/Thirty Tigers. Featuring 14 new, original new songs – all
written or co-written by Delbert – the album dives deep into the
blues, Americana and beyond, bursting with horns, fiddle, accordion, blazing
guitar work, back-up singers and McClinton’s charismatic rasp, proving
Lyle Lovett’s claim that “if we could all sing like we want to, we’d all sound
like Delbert McClinton.”
McClinton has three
GRAMMY Awards, and his previous three albums have all reached # 1 or #2 on
Billboard’s Blues chart. With over 60 years of recording and touring to his
credit, McClinton is a true musical zelig: he toured with the
Beatles, backed Bo Diddley and Howlin’ Wolf, helped to inspire The Blues
Brothers, and performed everywhere from SNL to Austin City Limits (both
multiple times) along the way. His songs have been covered by Buddy Guy, Bonnie
Raitt, Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Waylon Jennings, and Wynonna Judd – to name a
few.
This “Godfather of Americana” will keep on rolling in 2019, with a full slate
of tour dates through year’s end.
