Big Daddy Wilson – Smiling All Day Long
Big Daddy Wilson – Smiling All Day Long
Format: CD – Vinyl LP – Digital
Label: Continental Blue Heaven – Continental Record Services
Release: 2025
Release date: October 3, 2025
Big Daddy Wilson, the well-respected North Carolina-born bluesman, who made his name on the European scene with acclaimed albums like ‘Love Is The Key’ (2009) ‘Thumb A Ride’ (2011), ‘I’m Your Man’ (2013), ‘Time’ (2015), ‘Neck Bone Stew’ (2017), ‘Deep In My Soul’ (2019) and most recently ‘Hard Time Blues and ‘Plan B’ has walked a winding road to finally come to record ‘Smiling All Day Long.’
With the release of ‘Deep In My Soul’ in 2019, Daddy Wilson felt his music and career had come full-circle in style. “I see it as a journey,” he said of his incredible backstory. “It’s the journey of a man who found himself deep in this beautiful music called the blues and finally, after 25 years, made it back home…
But the road did not end there, and Wilson’s new album is taking things even a few steps further: ‘Smiling All Day Long’ presents his producing- and songwriting talents in a more versatile set of songs than ever before. Three times Grammy nominee Eric Bibb and award winning blues icon Hans Theessink are also featured on the album.
Wilson says about the road he traveled with ‘Smiling All Day Long’:
“Creating this album has been an incredible journey, and it simply wouldn’t have been possible without the talent, passion, and spirit of the extraordinary musicians who joined me along the way.”
Grammy winner Ruthie Foster thinks:
“This is perfect sweet music for sitting on the front porch in the summer or for a long drive. Sending the message of blues, blessings and cool breezes! Love this album! Big Daddy Wilson has reached across the ocean and landed right on my front porch! Love the honesty and sweet feeling in his voice mixed with both blues and blessings! It feels like a cool breeze just in time!” ~Ruthie
Website: https://www.bigdaddywilson.com/
Tracks:
01. Smiling All Day Long
02. Hard Time Done Come
03. Lulabelle
04. Way Down South
05. Still Counting Down
06. She Don’t Love Me No More
07. Walking
08. Can We Live In Peace
09. By Your Side
10. My Imagination
11. Old School
12. Trying To Find My Way Home
13. I Want Jesus To Walk With Me
14. Anna Mae