Little Al Thomas - You're Breakin' My Heart

DCA Blues Music Studio is a channel bringing you the best in old and new late-night blues music. Artist: Little Al Thomas Title: You're Breakin' My Heart Album: South Side Story A mainstay of Chicago's South Side club scene, sadly, Little Al Thomas recorded just one album for Cannonball Records before the label folded. His 1999 debut album, South Side Story, with the Crazy House Band, was an instant classic from a vocalist who so many people in other parts of the country had never heard. It opens with "Memphis Girl," a horn-heavy classic, and because of a tight-knit band, clever arrangements, and good production values, the album just keeps getting better from there. Thomas was born in Chicago in 1930 and grew up on historic Maxwell Street, where blues musicians would perform on the sidewalks among the vendors and restaurants. He began singing gospel at the Zion Hill Baptist Church, all the while enjoying and learning from the recordings of Tampa Red, Lonnie Johnson, and John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson. Thomas, nicknamed "Little Al" for his relatively diminutive stature, worked by day in a steel mill and sang in the clubs at night as an avocation. By 1960 he began opening shows for Bobby "Blue" Bland. He spent much of the 1960s and '70s working with guitarist Lacy Gibson, and the pair shared a long residency at the Clock Lounge. All copyrights belong to respective owners. For copyright free music you can use in your YouTube videos and Blogs, visit my other channel: https://bit.ly/dcamstudio If you are an upcoming music producer and you would like us to promote your music, feel free to contact us at the business E mail address given on the channel. ** Please Subscribe ** #dcabluesmusicstudio, #blues, #bluesmusic