Buzzy Carlyle - My Mojo Don't Mojo No Mo'

Buzzy Carlyle

 Welcome to the launching of GR50 Records! We are resurrecting a catalogue of previous recordings along with new ones. The old label was taken down without warning for a trademark violation we were unaware of.  We admit to using the name under question, but had assumed there was no issue as we'd been using it for two years. But that's the way these things go. Our only complaint is that we were given no warning and no opportunity to retrieve anything off the old channel. 

But that's all water over the dam! We've got over 300 recordings that will be showcased here on this blog, as well as at GR50 Records on Rumble!

There was no question of which artist would b chosen to lead off the new label. It was one of the first artists we recorded when we started - The Delta Bluesman Buzzy Carlyle! 

 We at GR50 Records pride ourselves in the diversity in the music we offer. There's no better example of this than Buzzy Carlyle's 'My Mojo Don't Mojo No Mo'.  Buzzy is rather enigmatic over his origins and influences, but he's lived long enough to be influenced by the greats of the delta blues tradition. His music speaks like the veteran blues man that he is. Dark lyrics set to a plaintive blues guitar, he sings about the trials of growing old. It is a song full of bluesy melancholy, that could have been improvised on the spot, or been played before and it's still in his head. His guitar looks like it's been through a war. He is lean, with white hair on his face and head, and his music speaks from the bottom of his soul. It's remarkable he still has a lot of his chops, and his voice is a throwback to the blues men that played in juke joints and gin mills of the past. We hope we can coax him back into the studio. He was very reluctant the first time. But we want to hear more of this man's soul!