Charlie Musselwhite

Charles Douglas Musselwhite (born January 31, 1944) is an American blues harmonica player and bandleader,^[1] one who came to prominence, along with Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, and Elvin Bishop, as a pivotal figure in helping to revive the Chicago Blues movement of the 1960s. He has often been identified as a "white bluesman".^[2]^[3]

Charlie Musselwhite

Charles Douglas Musselwhite

Memphis Charlie

(1944-01-31) January 31, 1944
Kosciusko, Mississippi, U.S.

Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

Blues

Musician
songwriter

Harmonica
guitar
vocals

1966–present

charliemusselwhite.com

Musselwhite was reportedly the inspiration for Elwood Blues, the character played by Dan Aykroyd in the 1980 film, The Blues Brothers.^[4]

1967 (Vanguard)

Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's Southside Band

1968 Stone Blues (Vanguard)

1968 Louisiana Fog (Cherry Red Records/Kent Music)

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1969 Tennessee Woman (Vanguard)

1970 Memphis, Tennessee (Paramount-ABC/MCA)

1970 Chicago Blue Stars-Coming Home (Blue Thumb Records)

1971 Takin' My Time (Arhoolie)

1974 Goin' Back Down South (Arhoolie)

1975 Leave The Blues To Us (Capitol)

1977 with John Lee Hooker (Tomato)

The Cream

1978 Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough (Crystal Clear)

1979 The Harmonica According To Charlie Musselwhite (Kicking Mule; later issued on Blind Pig)

1982 Curtain Call: Charlie Musselwhite & The Dynatones 'Live' (War Bride-Solid Smoke; later issued on Westside)

1984 Where Have All the Good Times Gone? (Blue Rock'it)

1986 Mellow-Dee (CrossCut)

1988 Cambridge Blues (Blue Horizon)

1989 Memphis Charlie (Arhoolie) - compilation

1990 Ace Of Harps (Alligator)

1991 Signature (Alligator)

1993 In My Time (Alligator)

1994 The Blues Never Die (Vanguard) - compilation

1997 Rough News (Point Black-Virgin/EMI)

1999 Continental Drifter (Point Blank-Virgin/EMI)

1999 Super Harps (with , Billy Branch, Sugar Ray Norcia) (Telarc)

James Cotton

1999 Harpin' on a Riff: The Best of Charlie Musselwhite (Music Collection International) - compilation

2000 Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard) - compilation

2000 Up and Down the Highway: Live 1986 (Indigo; reissue of Cambridge Blues)

2002 (Telarc)

One Night in America

2003 Darkest Hour: The Solo Recordings of Charlie Musselwhite (Henrietta Records)

2004 (Real World-Narada/EMI)

Sanctuary

2005 Deluxe Edition (Alligator) - compilation

2006 (Real World-Narada/EMI)

Delta Hardware

2007 Black Snake Moan (Music from the Motion Picture) (New West)

2008 Rough Dried: Live at the Triple Door (Henrietta)

2010 (Alligator)

The Well

2012 Juke Joint Chapel [live] (Henrietta)

2013 (with Ben Harper) (Stax-Concord/UMe)

Get Up!

2013 Remembering Little Walter (with various artists, Blind Pig, 2013)

2015 I Ain't Lyin'... [live] (Henrietta)

2018 No Mercy in This Land (with Ben Harper) (ANTI/Epitaph)

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2020 100 Years of Blues (with ) (Alligator Records)^[28]^[29]

Elvin Bishop

2022 Mississippi Son (Alligator)

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Official website

Charlie Musselwhite's music collection at MOG.com

2006 Interview

Allmusic.com review of Delta Hardware CD

Video of interview and performance clip

at NAMM Oral History Collection (2010)

Charlie Musselwhite