Max Hightower – The Blues Chooses You
Max Hightower brings raw, live-recorded blues to his new album ‘The Blues Chooses You’, featuring Chicago guitarist Joe Moss
Max Hightower – The Blues Chooses You
Format: CD / Digital
Label: MoMojo Records
Release date: October 9, 2026
Max Hightower has announced the release of his new album, ‘The Blues Chooses You’ on October 9, 2026, via MoMojo Records. The album combines New Orleans influences and Carolina soul with the electric blues of Chicago. Hightower is joined by four musicians, including guitarist Joe Moss.
The group chose a direct approach to recording: all five musicians played together in one room, with the performances captured straight to analog tape. There were no overdubs and no corrections made afterward. The natural interaction between the musicians, including spontaneous changes during the sessions, became part of the recording process.
The twelve-track album includes original material and interpretations, among them Things I Used to Do and I Don’t Know. The title track also appears in an extended version.
As Hightower explains, he did not deliberately seek out the blues. Instead, the blues found him, an idea that helped inspire the album’s title.
Website: https://maxhightower.com/home
Tracks:
01. Dedicated Fool
02. Train Smoke
03. The Blues Chooses You
04. Relationship Man
05. I Don’t Know
06. Things I Used to Do
07. Do What You’re Going to Do
08. The Hardest Thing
09. Stone Cool
10. Moonshine & Magnolias
11. Sherlock Holmes
12. The Blues Chooses You (Extended Version)
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