Years active 1962–present Name Delbert McClinton | Spouse Wendy Goldstein | |
Born November 4, 1940 (age 83)
Lubbock, Texas, U.S. ( 1940-11-04 ) Origin Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. Genres Americana, blues rock, electric blues, roots rock, country Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica Labels LeCam, Soft, Bobill, Brownfield, Smash, Clean, Paramount, ABC, Mercury, Capitol, MCA, Alligator, Curb, Intermedia, Polygram, Rising Tide, New West, Direct Source Role Singer-songwriter · delbert.com Associated acts Tanya Tucker, Bekka Bramlett, Bonnie Raitt, Don Wise Albums Room to Breathe, Never Been Rocked E, Honky Tonk 'n Blues, Acquired Taste, Best of Delbert McClinton Profiles | ||
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Delbert McClinton (born November 4, 1940) is an American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist.
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- A fool in love delbert mcclinton performing in austin tx 1981
- Delbert mcclinton if you really want me to go i ll go
- Early years
- 1970s
- 1980s and 1990s
- 2000present
- References
Active as a sideman since 1962 and as a band leader since 1972, he has recorded albums for several major record labels and singles that have reached the Billboard Hot 100, Mainstream Rock Tracks, and Hot Country Songs charts. His highest-charting single was "Tell Me About It", a 1992 duet with Tanya Tucker, which reached number 4 on the Country chart. Four of his albums have been number 1 on the U.S. Blues chart, and another reached number 2.
He was inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame in March 2011, along with Lee Roy Parnell, Bruce Channel, Gary Nicholson, and Cindy Walker.
Delbert mcclinton if you really want me to go i ll go
Early years
McClinton was born in Lubbock, Texas, and relocated with his family to Fort Worth, Texas, when he was 11 years old. He worked in a bar band, the Straitjackets, who played backing Sonny Boy Williamson II, Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Jimmy Reed. McClinton recorded several regional singles before hitting the national chart in 1962, playing harmonica on Bruce Channel's "Hey! Baby". On a tour with Channel in the United Kingdom, McClinton instructed John Lennon on the finer points of blues harmonica playing.
McClinton formed the Ron-Dels, sometimes called the Rondells, with Ronnie Kelly and Billy Wade Sanders. The band had a chart single in 1965 with "If You Really Want Me to I'll Go."
1970s
Relocating to Los Angeles in 1972, McClinton partnered with fellow Texan Glen Clark to perform a combination of country and soul music. They achieved a degree of artistic success, releasing two albums before splitting and McClinton embarked on a solo career.
Emmylou Harris had a number 1 hit in 1978 with her recording of McClinton's composition "Two More Bottles of Wine," and a cover version of his "B Movie Boxcar Blues" was on the first album by the Blues Brothers, Briefcase Full of Blues.
1980s and 1990s
McClinton's 1980 album, The Jealous Kind, contained his only Top 40 hit single, "Giving It Up for Your Love", which peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. After an inactive period during much of the 1980s, McClinton made a return in 1989 with the Grammy-nominated album Live from Austin, recorded during an appearance on the television program Austin City Limits and co-produced by the saxophonist Don Wise.
In 1991 he won a Grammy Award for his duet with Bonnie Raitt, "Good Man, Good Woman", and reached the Top 5 of the Country chart with "Tell Me About It", a duet with Tanya Tucker. He reentered the Billboard charts in 1992 with the album Never Been Rocked Enough, which included the charting "Every Time I Roll the Dice" and a cover of John Hiatt's "Have a Little Faith in Me."
McClinton recorded the song "Weatherman", which was played with the opening titles of the 1992 Bill Murray film Groundhog Day. The fledgling label Rising Tide Records released One of the Fortunate Few in 1997, before the label went out of business.
2000–present
McClinton released two studio albums in the early 2000s for New West Records, which also issued Delbert McClinton Live in 2003, a compilation album of songs from his career. In 2006, he won a Grammy Award for his album The Cost of Living in the category Best Contemporary Blues Album.
Etta James included two McClinton songs on her album of 2003, Let's Roll (album)
McClinton was a judge for the fourth annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.
He is featured in the documentary film Rocking the Boat: A Musical Conversation and Journey, by the filmmaker Jay Curlee.
He performed on the Frankie Miller album Double Take, released in 2016; his voice is merged with Miller's in the song "Beginner at the Blues". The songs on this album were recorded as demos by Miller before his brain haemorrhage in New York in 1994. These demos have been rescued and mixed as duets with some notable figures, including, besides McClinton, Rod Stewart, Elton John and Steve Cropper, Willie Nelson, Huey Lewis, Kid Rock, Kim Carnes, Joe Walsh, Bonnie Tyler, Lenny Zakatek, Paul Carrack, Francis Rossi, John Parr, Brian Cadd, Stuart Emerson, Tomoyasu Hotei, Steve Dickinson, Kiki Dee and Jose Antonio Rodriguez, and Frankie's old band, Full House.