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Delbert McClinton (born 4 November 1940, in Lubbock
Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock is an United States of America city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in the West Texas part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, it is the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, and the home of Texas Tech University....
, Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
) is a Grammy Award
Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
-winning singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter

File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
 and musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
. Active as a side-man since at least 1962 and as a band leader since 1972, he has recorded several major-label albums, and has charted singles on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
, Mainstream Rock Tracks
Mainstream Rock Tracks

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock stations, which are counted in the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart....
, and Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales....
 charts. His highest-peaking single was "Tell Me About It", a 1992 duet with Tanya Tucker
Tanya Tucker

Tanya Denise Tucker is an American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her career, she notched a streak of Top Ten and Top 40 hits....
 which reached #4 on the country charts.

ert McClinton honed his craft working in a bar band, The Straitjackets, backing visiting blues giants such as Sonny Boy Williamson II
Sonny Boy Williamson II

Aleck "Rice" Miller , a.k.a. Aleck Ford, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Willie Williamson, Willie Miller, "Little Boy Blue", "The Goat" and "Footsie," was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter....
, Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf

Chester Arthur Burnett , better known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player.With a booming voice and looming physical presence, Burnett is commonly ranked among the leading performers in electric blues; musician and critic Cub Koda declared, "no one could match [Howlin' Wolf] for the singular...
, Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins

Sam "Lightnin?" Hopkins was a country blues guitarist, from Houston, Texas, Texas, United States....
, and Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed

Mathis James "Jimmy" Reed was an United States blues singer notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences. Reed was a major player in the field of electric blues, as opposed to the more acoustic-based sound of many of his contemporaries....
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Delbert McClinton (born 4 November 1940, in Lubbock
Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock is an United States of America city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in the West Texas part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, it is the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, and the home of Texas Tech University....
, Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
) is a Grammy Award
Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
-winning singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter

File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
 and musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
. Active as a side-man since at least 1962 and as a band leader since 1972, he has recorded several major-label albums, and has charted singles on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
, Mainstream Rock Tracks
Mainstream Rock Tracks

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock stations, which are counted in the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart....
, and Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales....
 charts. His highest-peaking single was "Tell Me About It", a 1992 duet with Tanya Tucker
Tanya Tucker

Tanya Denise Tucker is an American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her career, she notched a streak of Top Ten and Top 40 hits....
 which reached #4 on the country charts.

Career

Delbert McClinton honed his craft working in a bar band, The Straitjackets, backing visiting blues giants such as Sonny Boy Williamson II
Sonny Boy Williamson II

Aleck "Rice" Miller , a.k.a. Aleck Ford, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Willie Williamson, Willie Miller, "Little Boy Blue", "The Goat" and "Footsie," was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter....
, Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf

Chester Arthur Burnett , better known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player.With a booming voice and looming physical presence, Burnett is commonly ranked among the leading performers in electric blues; musician and critic Cub Koda declared, "no one could match [Howlin' Wolf] for the singular...
, Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins

Sam "Lightnin?" Hopkins was a country blues guitarist, from Houston, Texas, Texas, United States....
, and Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed

Mathis James "Jimmy" Reed was an United States blues singer notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences. Reed was a major player in the field of electric blues, as opposed to the more acoustic-based sound of many of his contemporaries....
. He made his first recordings as a member of the Ron-Dels and was noted for his distinctive harmonica
Harmonica

The harmonica is a free reed aerophone wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes....
 work on Bruce Channel
Bruce Channel

Bruce Channel is an United States singing, known for his 1962 chart-topper hit record, "Hey! Baby"....
's 1962 hit "Hey! Baby
Hey! Baby

"Hey! Baby" is a song written by Margaret Cobb and Bruce Channel, who recorded the song in 1961. Channel co-produced the song with Major Bill Smith and released it on Mercury Records' Smash Records label....
." A persistent urban legend holds that McClinton taught John Lennon
John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon, Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music musician, singer, songwriter, artist, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles....
 to play the harmonica, resulting in the sound heard on The Beatles
The Beatles

The Beatles were a rock music and pop music band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr ....
' hit "Love Me Do
Love Me Do

"Love Me Do" is an early Lennon/McCartney song, principally written by Paul McCartney in 1958–59 while playing truant from school. John Lennon wrote the middle eight....
"; the two did meet, but Lennon already knew how to play the harmonica. Delbert is also an accomplished pianist.

Relocating to Los Angeles
Los Αngeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
 in the early 1970s, McClinton emerged in a partnership with fellow Texan
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
 Glen Clark
Glen Clark

Glen David Clark is a former politician in British Columbia, Canada who served as the 31st Premier of British Columbia from 1996 to 1999.Clark was first elected to the BC Legislature in the British Columbia general election, 1986....
, performing a combination of country
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
 and soul music
Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the African American culture through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, Secularity testifying." The genre occasion...
. They achieved a degree of artistic success, releasing two albums before splitting, with McClinton embarking on a solo career. Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris is an United States Country music singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other highly successful, well-known artists....
 had a number 1 hit in 1978 with his composition "Two More Bottles of Wine
Two More Bottles of Wine

"Two More Bottles of Wine" is a song written by Delbert McClinton, which was most famously recorded by Emmylou Harris, whose recording topped the U.S....
," and McClinton's "B Movie Boxcar Blues" was covered on the first album by The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers are a Grammy Award-nominated United States blues music and soul music Revivalist artist founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a Saturday Night Live musical sketches on Saturday Night Live....
, Briefcase Full of Blues
Briefcase Full of Blues

Briefcase Full of Blues was the first album by The Blues Brothers, released on November 28, 1978 by Atlantic Records. The album reached #1 on the Billboard 200 and went RIAA certification....
. His 1980 album, The Jealous Kind, contained his only Top 40 hit single "Givin' It Up for Your Love", which peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
.

After a rest period during much of the '80s, McClinton made a welcome return in 1989 with the fiery album Live From Austin, taped during an Austin City Limits
Austin City Limits

Austin City Limits is an United States television music program and a staple of the Public Broadcasting Service. Austin City Limits was initially created with an eye and ear toward original Music of Texas, featuring artists who created innovative sounds in everything from western swing and Texas blues to Tejano music, progressive country...
 appearance. During a private 1992 concert at a local bar in Dallas, he was inspired by Mel Fitzmundson to pen the hit "Leave Your Hat On". He won a 1991 Grammy for his duet with Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, California. Raitt is best known for her songs "Nick of Time ", "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneaking Up on You", and the ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me." Raitt is also an avid political activist and has received nine Gra...
, "Good Man, Good Woman", and reached the Top 5 of the country charts with the Tanya Tucker
Tanya Tucker

Tanya Denise Tucker is an American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her career, she notched a streak of Top Ten and Top 40 hits....
 duet, "Tell Me About It." He recorded the opening title song "Weatherman" for the Bill Murray
Bill Murray

'William James' "'Bill'" 'Murray' is an Academy Award-nominated United States comedian and actor. He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live, following that with roles in films such as Stripes , Caddyshack, The Razor's Edge , Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day , Space Jam, Rushmore and What Abo...
 film Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day (film)

Groundhog Day is a 1993 in film comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. It was written by Ramis and Danny Rubin, and based on a story by Rubin....
. The fledgling label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 Rising Tide
Rising Tide Records

Rising Tide Records was the record label started by Doug Morris, former head of Atlantic Records, and Daniel Glass, who became President.The label had success in breaking new artists, including the multi-platinum debut of Erykah Badu, Billie Myers, Goldfinger, Lost Boyz, and The Buffalo Club....
 offered One of the Fortunate Few in 1997, but the label quickly folded. In addition to releasing two new studio albums in the early 2000s, New West Records
New West Records

New West Records is a record label based in Austin, Texas and Los Angeles, California. It was established in 1998 in music, and has been home to several indie rock and alternative country bands, but is probably best known for representing the PBS show Austin City Limits....
 issued Delbert McClinton Live in 2003, a compilation of songs from throughout his career.

In 2006 McClinton won a Grammy Award for his album The Cost of Living in the Best Contemporary Blues Album category. Mel Fitzmundson was present to accept the award in his absence due to a broken leg.

McClinton is the star of the musical documentary: "Rocking the Boat: A Musical Conversation and Journey
Rocking the Boat: A Musical Conversation and Journey

Rocking the Boat: A Musical Conversation and Journey is a musical documentary by Hawaii-based film maker Jay Curlee. The feature includes interviews and performances by Delbert McClinton, Marcia Ball, Rodney Crowell, Stephen Bruton, Wayne Toups, Jimmy Hall, Paul Thorn, Jeffrey Steele and Teresa James....
" by Hawaii-based film maker Jay Curlee
Jay Curlee

Jay Curlee is a Hawaii-based filmmaker. He is the director of the musical documentary Rocking the Boat: A Musical Conversation and Journey, a feature that includes interviews and performances by Delbert McClinton, Marcia Ball, Rodney Crowell, Stephen Bruton, Wayne Toups, Jimmy Hall, Paul Thorn, Jeffrey Steele and Teresa James....
. The feature includes interviews and performances by McClinton, Marcia Ball
Marcia Ball

Marcia Ball is an United States blues singer and pianist, born in Orange, Texas but who grew up in Vinton, Louisiana, Louisiana....
, Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell

Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music.Crowell was born in Houston, Texas to James Walter Crowell and Addie Cauzette Willoughby....
, Stephen Bruton, Wayne Toups
Wayne Toups

Wayne Toups is one of the most commercially successful United States Cajun singers. He is also a songwriter....
, Jimmy Hall, Paul Thorn, Jeffrey Steele
Jeffrey Steele

Jeffrey LeVasseur is an American country music singer and songwriter, more commonly known by the name Jeffrey Steele. Along with recording his own material, Steele has become a prolific Nashville songwriter, having co-written more than sixty hit songs for such artists as Montgomery Gentry, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Rascal F...
, Mel Fitzmundson and Teresa James. Sometime author, musician, sheriff and 2006 Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman

Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman is an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of popular :Category:American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain....
 also stars. The film was selected by the 2007 USA Film Festival and 2007 Breckenridge Festival of Film, won Best Documentary Feature at the 2007 Woods Hole Film Festival and won Best Music Documentary at the 2007 Lone Star International Film Festival.

Discography


Studio albums

YearAlbumChart PositionsLabel
US BluesUS CountryUS
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
US IndieUS Internet
1972 Delbert & Glen      Clean
1973 Subject to Change     
1975 Victim of Life's Circumstances      ABC
1976 Genuine Cowhide     
1977 Love Rustler  49   
1978 Second Wind      Mercury
1979 Keeper of the Flame   146  
1981 Plain from the Heart   181   Capitol
1987 Honky Tonkin      MCA
1989 Honky Tonkin      Alligator
Live from Austin     
1990 I'm with You      Curb
1992 Never Been Rocked Enough   118  
1993 Feelin' Alright      Intermedia
Delbert McClinton      Curb
1994 Shot from the Saddle      Mercury
Honky Tonk 'n Blues      MCA
1995 Let the Good Times Roll     
1997 One of the Fortunate Few 2 15 116   Rising Tide
2001 Nothing Personal 1 20 103 3 9 New West
2002 Room to Breathe 1 12 84 3 14
2003 Live  44  31 
2005 Cost of Living 1 14 105 16 4
2006 Live from Austin, TX     
2007 Rockin' Blues      Direct Source


Compilations

YearAlbumLabel
1978 Very Early Delbert McClinton Lecam
1989 The Best of Delbert McClinton Curb
1994 Classics, Volume 1 Capitol
Classics, Vol. 2: Plain from the Heart Curb
1995 Great Songs: Come Together
1999 Crazy Cajun Recordings Edsel
The Ultimate Collection Hip-O
2000 Don't Let Go: The Collection Music Club
Genuine Rhythm & the Blues Hip-O
2003 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection:
The Best of Delbert McClinton		 MCA
2006 The Definitive Collection Hip-O


Singles

YearSingleChart PositionsAlbum
US
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
US Country
Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales....
US MSR
Mainstream Rock Tracks

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock stations, which are counted in the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart....
CANCAN Country
1972"I Received a Letter" (credited to Delbert & Glen)90————Delbert & Glen
1980"Giving It Up for Your Love"8——10—The Jealous Kind
1981"Shotgun Rider"70————Plain from the Heart
1990"I'm with You"—————I'm with You
1992"Every Time I Roll the Dice"——1340—Never Been Rocked Enough
1995"Come Together"—————Come Together: America Salutes the Beatles
1997"Sending Me Angels"—65——92One of the Fortunate Few
2001"When Rita Leaves"—————Nothing Personal
2002"Same Kind of Crazy"—————Room to Breathe
2002"Lone Star Blues"—————
2005"One of the Fortunate Few"—————Cost of Living
"I Had a Real Good Time"—————
2006"Midnight Communion"—————


Guest singles

YearSingleArtistChart PositionsAlbum
US CountryCAN Country
1992"Tell Me About It"Tanya Tucker
Tanya Tucker

Tanya Denise Tucker is an American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her career, she notched a streak of Top Ten and Top 40 hits....
43Can't Run from Yourself
Can't Run from Yourself

Can't Run from Yourself is an album by country music singer Tanya Tucker. There were three Billboard Music Charts Top Ten Country Singles from Can't Run from Yourself: "It's a Little Too Late" and "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane" both at #2, and "Tell Me About It," a duet with Delbert McClinton, at #4....


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