TOKYO (March 16)—Japanese Blues Brother Mitsu sent me an e-mail Monday telling me that a friend of his, Tada, will be back in Japan next week to give a couple of special performances in the old hometown.

For the past seven years or so, Tada has been soaking up the blues tradition in Memphis;as Mitsu—who heads up The Delta Blues Project—did in NYC himself.

Here's the gig info:
March 20th (Sun)
DELTA BLUES PROJECT + TADA from Memphis
MITSU (Vocals & Guitar), TADA (Vocals & Guitar), TAKEZOO (Guitar), HIDE (Drums)
at:
BAR PA⋅TRUSH
Kuchi-Biru 3f
1-2-15 Jiyugaoka
Meguro-Ku
Tokyo
(near Jiyugaoka Station on the Tooyoko Line)
Tel: 03-3724-7355
Start 9 p.m.
Tickets: ¥500
http://www.nn-jiyugaoka.com/cgi-bin/jiyugaoka.cgi?0014

*March 26th (Sat)
MITSU (Vocals & Guitar), TADA (Vocals & Guitar), TAKEZOO (Guitar)
at:
Blues Club CHICAGO
KONNO-HAITSU 2F
3-37-5 ASAGAYA MINAMI
SUGINAMI-KU,TOKYO
(near Asagaya Station by Chuo Line)
Tel: 03-3398-6171
Start 9 p.m.
Tickets: ¥600
http://www.chicagoplanning.com/chicago.html

A bit about Mitsu:
I first met Mitsu at the Hoochie Coochie blues club in Daikanyama, Tokyo, when I stopped in for a beer on the way to see Pamela MacCarthy, who was playing at Tableaux, just down the road.
I was immediately taken by Mitsu's raw, burning passion for the blues. A commodity not often encountered in young bluesmen. He has a passion for the blues that couldn't be beaten down with a three-foot stick. I got proof of this later that night when, inbetween sets,he told me that he had played the Appollo Theater in Harlem not once—but twice. And that takes a big pair of brass ones.
When Mitsu lived in New York for three years where he played with Floyd Lee (a.k.a. Ted Williams), who is the cousin of John Lee Hooker.

"He taught me a lot of things, about Mississippi, about Soul Food, how to live in Harlem... whatever," Mitsu says.

Since coming back to Japan, Mitsu has continued to play the blues, putting together The Delta Blues Project.

Mitsu is a real bluesman. The blues course thru his veins like the Mississippi course thru the Delta.





DELTA BLUES PROJECT Vol.1
1. Red Dress
2. Chameleon
3. Oborotsukiyo (Music & Lyric / Mitsu)
4. Annie had a baby
5. Senjou no tsuki (Give me one drink,just before I go) (Music / Mitsu)
6. Walkin' like a Dog (Music / Mitsu)
7. I remember our Soul (Music & Lyric / Mitsu)

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