New CD 2020

Westmont To Chicago / Tribute to Eddy Clearwater

Featuring Eddy Clearwater on 4 tracks!

Eddy Clearwater Tribute Album by Shoji Naito who was a longtime member of Eddy Clearwater Band. Features not only the artists who were members of Eddy Clearwater band and special musicians whom Eddy supported and inspired, but also Eddy Clearwater himself on 4 tracks. Eddy’s tracks were recorded in 2015 as the same time as Shoji’s first album “New Cool Old School.”

ALSO Featured Willie Buck, Win Noll, Tom Crivellone and Ginny Morin.

“Here is a quote from CD's liner notes. Both Muddy Waters and Eddy Clearwater lived in Westmont, Illinois, in the '80s. Ogden Avenue (Historic Route 66) is a street that connects Westmont to Chicago. This album is full of Muddy and Eddy's music. I hope you enjoy the ride from Westmont to Chicago on Ogden Avenue with me. “

Shoji Naito

“This collection is a tribute to Eddy Clearwater, our teacher, mentor, music father, and friend. Each of the songs had special meaning for Eddy, and the performers on these tracks include not only Shoji Naito and well-known Chicago Blues greats, but also members of Eddy’s last band and special musicians whom Eddy supported and inspired.“

Tom Crivellone

The Album is also available on Spotify and Apple Music

2016 Blues Blast Music Award Nominee!

NEW COOL OLD SCHOOL

"New Cool Old School is one sensational album if your tastes run to traditional Chicago blues like mine do. ...one of the best CDs I’ve heard this year."

Marty Gunther / Blues Blast Magazine

"...may very well be an award-winning tribute to Chicago's best blues of past and present."

Wayne Goins / Living Blues Magazine

Available on CD Baby, Amazon, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play

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NEW COOL OLD SCHOOL was recorded in June and July 2015 in Chicago.

featuring
Eddy Clearwater, Willie Buck, Katherine Davis, Milwaukee Slim, Erwin Helfer, Sumito “Ariyo” Ariyoshi, Rie “Lee” Kanehira, Billy Flynn, Gerry Hundt, Harlan Terson, Marty Binder, Mark Fornek and Grant Kessler

Here is a quote from CD's liner notes.

"When I booked the studio and invited the musicians, there was no “song list”. I simply asked everybody to sing and play music as if we were at one of the blues clubs in Chicago having fun as we always do. We had a great time in the studio and kept recording one song after another. There were no second takes and almost no overdubs. After three days of sessions, we ended up with over forty tracks of high quality Chicago blues songs. " SHOJI

If you purchased on iTunes or other download sites, please view the entire CD artwork here.