"I Smell A Rat" is the product of a friendship that developed more than three decades ago between two men who, although they grew up near the same Mississippi Delta town of Tchula, never met until they began living in Chicago. Lester Davenport (vocals and harmonica) and Jimmy Dawkins (guitar and producer) are united professionally after years of running around the city's West Side. Drop in I Smell A Rat, Lester Davenport's vibrant, rocking West Side neighborhood for awhile. It's a magical place where blues giants like Jimmy Dawkins, Bob Stroger, Detroit Jr. - and the "Mad Dog" himself still roam. Twelve originals, seventy minutes of West Side Chicago blues.
Jim Liban Combo Live at Shank Hall
September 5, 2009
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Featuring:Jim Liban
(harmonica, vocals); Roger Brotherhood
(guitar); Kurt Koenig (bass); Jimi Schutte (drums); Andrew Koenig
(2nd guitar, Way Back Home)
Lonnie Brooks "Bayou Lightening Strikes" "Live from Chicago"
Nominated for a Grammy
Alligator Records 1988
All songs by Lonnie Brooks
Produced by Bruce Iglauer
Featuring:
Lonnie Brooks
(guitar & vocals) ; Ronnie Baker Brooks
(guitar); Osee Anderson
(guitar); Layfayette Evans
(bass); Tom Giblin
(hammond B3); Jimi Schutte
(drums)
Nora Jean Bruso "Sings the Blues"
Nominated for a "John Handy" Award
Produced by Jimmy Dawkins
The players: Jimmy Dawkins (guitar); Billy Flynn (guitar); Jimi Schutte (drums);Willie Kent (bass); Brian Lupo (guitar); Rob Waters (Hammond B3); James Wheeler (guitar);Eddie Shaw (saxaphone)
Jim Liban (Vocals, Harmonica, and Baritone Guitar)
Perry Weber (Guitar & Vocals)
Jimi Schutte (Drums)
Produced by Ian Spanic/ Jim Liban
Engineered by Ian Spanic
Mixed by Ian Spanic
Recorded at Lone Scout Studio, Milwaukee, WI
Mastered by Trevor Sadler
Photography by David R. Bernacchi
1. You Just A Baby Child - 6:01
2. Ruff Times - 5:32
3. Welfare Line - 8:23
4. Kold Actions - 7:18
5. Roc-Kin-Sole - 5:11
6. Peeper's Music - 4:28
7. My Way - 5:16