Can You Help Me Identify This Blues Singer?

July 17, 2011 8:20 AM

"Blues For A Rotten Afternoon" CD filter: can anyone tell me who is singing/playing on "If The Sea Was Whiskey" on this CD? The promo says "No matter what causes the pain, sometimes the only answer seems to be diving into a sea of drink, as Willie Dixon prepares to do in 'If the Sea Was Whiskey.'" Here's a link to a page with samples from all the tracks on this (great) CD. It doesn't sound like Willie Dixon to me, and the track listing says "Willie Dixon Tribute." Thanks!
posted by purplesludge to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

Best answer: I don't know, but this guy probably would.
posted by SuperSquirrel at 8:53 AM on July 17, 2011

Best answer: It's Doug Wainoris. The same version appears on the Telarc compilation Bar Room Blues: A 12-Track Program ... and the Telarc compilation The Songs of Willie Dixon ... and in the Telarc box set A Salute to the Chicago Blues Masters ... (you get the idea)
posted by mykescipark at 11:25 AM on July 17, 2011

Response by poster: Thanks so much, you guys!

I'm marking you both as best answers--mykescipark, because now I know the answer to my question, and SuperSquirrel, because now I know about that awesome link. Thanks so much!
posted by purplesludge at 8:29 PM on July 17, 2011