Seals moved up to playing what the site described as “a local upper echelon club” in Osceola with Little Walter. He rubbed elbows with blues folks such as Bobby Bland, King and others.
His break came when a club owner in Little Rock came to Osceola to ask Little Walter to play a gig. Walter declined, and Seals got the job. He eventually settled in Chicago and was signed by Alligator Records. His debut album, “The Son Seals Blues Band,” was released in 1973.
AllMusic’s profile describes the life of a man who has the right to sing the blues. Bill Dahl writes that Seals had “his share of hardship, bad deals, unemployment, and rip-offs that go on in the music business.” He also was shot in the jaw by a former wife and lost his left leg to diabetes. Neither stopped him, though he largely limited his appearances to the Chicago area as he got older. He passed away in 2004.
Above is “Don’t You Lie to Me” and below is “On My Knees.”
Wikipedia and AllMusic were used to write this post. Homepage photo: Lionel DeCoster.
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