Search - Big George Brock :: Front Door Man

Big George Brock may well be one of the most underrated blues harmonica players and vocalists of his generation. He isn't as widely known as other older, Delta-moved-North blues brothers like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, partly due to the fact that he was younger and he didn't start recording until later in life. As a busy blues club owner, family man and part-time boxer, he passed up early recording opportunities. Still, his back catalog is dwarfed by his bigger-than-life performance style and more-than-capable musical talents.

In the 1990s, Brock finally waxed his first recordings, including this rare, independent album entitled "Front Door Man."

With the Mississippi Delta of his youth just a breath away, Brock's huge harmonica sound and Deep South voice are instantly recognizable. They also stand out clearly against today's world of rock and soul-inflected blues performers just as they stand comfortably along side yesterday's world of distinctive, self-made blues men. Brock's every sound and every word hearken back to his days singing work songs for relief from the hotter than hot sun -- the heat one only finds in a Delta cotton field. His harmonica style most closely parallels Little Walter but with more emphasis on melody, or as Brock once put it, "I want my harmonica to say what my voice says." His vocal style most closely parallels Muddy Waters but with a toughness and strength that echoes the great Howlin' Wolf.