CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE'S NEW SINGLE, BLUES GAVE ME A RIDE, OUT NOW

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Song Is First Single From New Album MISSISSIPPI SON Available On CD And Translucent Blue Vinyl On June 3

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Mississippi-born, Memphis-raised, Grammy Award-winning music legend Charlie Musselwhite will release Blues Gave Me A Ride, the first single from his upcoming album, MISSISSIPPI SON, on Friday, May 6. “Blues tells the truth in a world that’s full of lies,” Musselwhite sings in the original song -- on which he also plays guitar and harmonica -- and is at once telling his own story and plainly summing up the genre’s timelessness. 

​With Mississippi Son, Musselwhite has come full circle, returning home to Mississippi after decades in Memphis, Chicago, San Francisco and points in between. Amalgamating all he's learned and absorbed throughout his decades of worldwide touring, Musselwhite imparts sage wisdom in every song he writes, sings and performs. "Blues tells the truth in a world that's full of lies," he intones in Blues Gave Me A Ride, at once telling his own story and plainly summing up the genre's timelessness. Through his evocative vocals, masterful harmonica playing, and note-perfect Southern country blues guitar, Charlie Musselwhite, on Mississippi Son, leans forward and delivers the blues' honest truth.

Tracks:

1. Blues Up The River
2. Hobo Blues
3. In Your Darkest Hour
4. Stingaree
5. When The Frisco Left The Shed
6. Remembering Big Joe
7. The Dark
8. Pea Vine Blues
9. Crawling King Snake
10. Blues Gave Me A Ride
11. My Road Lies In Darkness
12. Drifting From Town To Town
13. Rank Strangers
14. A Voice Foretold