Mike Wheeler Band – Chicago Blues
Chicago guitarist and vocalist Mike Wheeler returns with Chicago Blues, a new release on Delmark Records
Mike Wheeler Band – Chicago Blues
Format: LP – Digital
Label: Delmark Records
Release: 2026
Chicago guitarist and vocalist Mike Wheeler returns with ‘Chicago Blues’, a new release on Delmark Records that puts the sound of contemporary Chicago blues firmly at the centre.
The eight-track album features Wheeler on vocals and electric guitar, backed by Larry Williams on vocals and electric bass, Brian James on keyboards and Cleo Cole on drums.
Several guest musicians also join the band. Delmark guitarist Dave Specter appears on Serves Me Right To Suffer, alongside keyboard player Roosevelt Purifoy, while harmonica player Omar Coleman guests on the title track Chicago Blues.
The material combines original compositions with songs written by other blues artists. Wheeler wrote Turn Up!!, Yeah!, Brand New Cadillac and A Blind Man Can See, while Here I Am and Chicago Blues were written by Cleo Cole and Brian James Vollreide.
The album also includes two established blues compositions: Percy Mayfield’s Serves Me Right To Suffer and That’s What Love Will Make You Do, written by Milton Campbell, better known as Little Milton.
Released as Delmark 896, Chicago Blues will be available on LP and digitally.
Website: https://www.mikewheelerband.com/
Tracks:
Side A
01.Turn Up!! – 6:26
02.Here I Am – 6:20
03.Yeah! – 3:45
04.Chicago Blues – 5:00
Side B
01.Brand New Cadillac – 4:24
02.A Blind Man Can See – 6:47
03.Serves Me Right To Suffer – 6:40
04.That’s What Love Will Make You Do – 4:22
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Want to discover more from Mike Wheeler and the Chicago blues scene? Click on the titles below to read earlier articles on Bluestown Music.
Mike Wheeler – Serves Me Right To Suffer
An earlier Bluestown Music feature on Mike Wheeler performing “Serves Me Right To Suffer”, a song that also appears on the new album.
Demetria Taylor – Doin’ What I’m Supposed To Do
A 2022 Delmark release featuring Mike Wheeler Band, with Mike Wheeler, Larry Williams and Brian James among the musicians.
Dave Specter – Six String Soul – 30 Years On Delmark
An earlier Bluestown Music feature celebrating Dave Specter’s long association with Delmark Records. Specter guests on “Serves Me Right To Suffer” on Wheeler’s new album.