Hail To The Kings! (180-gram vinyl)

The Cash Box Kings

Hail To The Kings! (180-gram vinyl)


This is the 180-gram black vinyl LP edition. Includes FREE DOWNLOAD card.

11 brilliant songs inlcuding a revitalizing take on Jimmy Reed’s "I'm The Man Down There." Label-mate Shemekia Copeland guests on one track. A raucous, hard-hitting album that breathes fire into authentic Chicago blues.  An essential purchase for any fan of real blues! 

"Fearless, full-tilt Chicago blues...fervent vocals and soaring harmonica" —Chicago Tribune


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1. Ain't No Fun (When The Rabbit Got The Gun) 3:08
2. The Wine Talkin' 3:50
3. Take Anything I Can 3:55
4. Smoked Jowl Blues 4:30
5. Back Off 3:02
6. I'm The Man Down There 3:19
7. Poison In My Whiskey 4:44
8. Joe, You Ain't From Chicago 3:32
9. Bluesman Next Door 4:44
10. Hunchin' On My Baby 2:53
11. Jon Burge Blues 4:37

This is the 180-gram black vinyl LP edition. Includes FREE DOWNLOAD card.

The Cash Box Kings:
Joe Nosek: Harmonica, Vocals (5, 8, 10), Percussion
Oscar Wilson: Vocals (All tracks except 5, 10)
Billy Flynn: Lead Guitar (Except 9)
Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith: Drums (Except 1, 11)
John W. Lauler: Upright and Electric Bass, Percussion

with:
Queen Lee Kanehira: Piano, Electric Piano, Organ
Little Frank Krakowski: Rhythm Guitar (All tracks except 9, 11)
Xavier Lynn: Lead Guitar (9, 11)
Derek Hendrickson: Drums (1, 11)

and Special Guests:
Shemekia Copeland: Vocals (2)
Alex Hal: Percussion (8, 11)

Produced By Joe Nosek
Associate Producer Bruce Iglauer 
Recorded By Alex Hall at Reliable Recorders, Chicago, IL
Mixed By Alex Hall and Bruce Iglauer at Reliable Recorders, Chicago, IL
Mastered By Collin Jordan and Bruce Iglauer at The Boiler Room, Chicago, IL
Design by Kevin Niemiec
Cover Photos by Talbot Photography, E. Corson Barnard and Bill Buchelt
Photos by Janet Mami Takayama
Studio Photo by John Hahn

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This album is dedicated to all the great bluesmen who have passed since our last recording, especially Otis Rush, Lazy Lester, Jody Williams, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Eddy Clearwater, Eddie C. Campbell, Eddie Taylor Jr., and Mike Ledbetter. It is also dedicated to our friend and devoted blues fan, Jerry Koopman. R.I.P.

The CBKs tip their crowns in gratitude to: Kristina Espinoza, Bruce Iglauer and all the fine folks at Alligator Records, John Hahn, Alex Hall, Mary Flynn, Mark Haines, Mel Ford, Tom McCarty, Jon Penner, Marc Maddox & Buddy Guy's Legends, Tom Marker, David Mac, Janet Takayama, Brian Moyer, Elaine Hoffman Hertweck, Howard Reich, Steve and Johnny, Chris Pauls, Doug and Cheryl Lewis, Carlos Tortolero, Steve Jones, Sarah Larson, Greg Lauler, Jeannette Lauler, Brother Dave, Chris Kalmbach and the Knuckle Down Saloon.

Oscar Wilson would like to thank: my mother, Maxine Crisp Wilson, and my father, Harvey S. Wilson, and my wife Felicia for bearing with my being gone so much. I love you madly. I love all my children madly also. Thanks to my sister BeBe for letting me hang around her and listen to the blues. Thanks, Dream. Thanks to Bruce Iglauer for teaching me how to survive a day in the studio…in other words, to learn to be a professional. Thanks to The Cash Box Kings family of musicians. You guys are really Kings of Blues. To God be the Glory.