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Eddie Lusk
Eddie (* 1948 in Chicago, IL), known professionally as Professor Eddie Lusk,
began playing the piano at the Lusk Bible Way Center. The blues music seeping
from the nearby Pepper's Lounge proved a big distraction for the young Eddie.
He became ordained himself in 1968, and gained a bachelor's degree in business
administration at Northwestern University, but his love for the blues saw him
installed at the Shiloh Academy. It was this connection that tempted Professor
Longhair to bestow the title of 'Professor' on his young music disciple.
An accomplished keyboard and piano player, Eddie backed Luther Allison for three years before his work saw him regularly used as a session and touring musician. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Eddie recorded with Buddy Guy, Jimmy Johnson, Koko Taylor, Phil Guy, Jimmy Dawkins, Sunnyland Slim, Michael Coleman, and Nate Taylor. Eddie also toured nationally with some of those musicians and backed Fenton Robinson, Syl Johnson, and Otis Rush on the road. With growing confidence and experience, Eddie formed his own band named the Professor's Blues Review, and with the singer Gloria Hardiman, recorded "Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On" for the 1987 Alligator Records compilation album, New Bluebloods. On his only solo album, Professor Strut (1989), Hardiman was replaced by Karen Carroll. Eddie and Hardiman's version of "Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On" has become a hit in the Carolina beach music scene. He and his band appeared in the 1991 film, V. I. Warshawski, and later that year toured across Europe with Michael Coleman and Kenny Neal. In 1993, Eddie's prior recording entitled, Chicago Blues Festival 91, with Coleman and Neal was released. Eddie committed suicide in 1992. from Wikipedia |
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Just You And Me Airway Records AR-4747 released 1981 |
Sunnyland Slim, piano Ronnie Horvath, guitar Bob Margolin, guitar Hubert Sumlin, guitar Eddie Lusk, organ "Rosie" Rosenblatt, harmonica Illinois Slim, harmonica Sarah Brown, bass Robert Stroger, bass Terry Bingham, drums Chico Chism, drums |
Be Careful How You Vote Earwig Music CD 4915 released 1989 |
Sunnyland Slim, piano, vocals Sam Burckhardt, tenor sax Beau Biley, trombone Lurrie Bell, guitar Magic Slim, guitar Hubert Sumlin, guitar Eddie Taylor, guitar Eddie Lusk, organ Chico Chism, drums Fred Grady, drums Mickey Martin, drums Hasson Miah, drums |
Deluxe Edition Alligator Records ALCD 5610 compilation |
Koko Taylor, vocals Jerry DiMuzio, alto sax Gene Barge, tenor sax Mark Colby, tenor sax Henri Ford, tenor sax Abb Locke, tenor sax, baritone sax Willie Henderson, baritone sax Steve Berry, trombone Edwin Williams, trombone Larry Bowen, trumpet Elmer Brown, trumpet Buddy Guy, guitar, vocals Criss Johnson, guitar B.B. King, guitar, vocals Eddie King, guitar Sammy Lawhorn, guitar Calvin Louden, guitar Johnny B. Moore, guitar Michael Robinson, guitar Mighty Joe Young, guitar Jeremiah Africa, organ, piano Jim Dortch, organ Dolpha Fowler jr., organ Bill Heid, organ, piano Eddie Lusk, organ, piano Pinetop Perkins, piano Ken Saydak, piano Carey Bell, harmonica Mervyn "Harmonica" Hinds, harmonica Cornelius Boyson, bass Johnny B. Gayden, bass Kenny Hampton, bass Jerry Murphy, bass Ray Allison, drums Vince Chappelle, drums Kriss T. Johnson jr., drums Clyde "Youngblood" Tyler jr., drums Brady Williams, drums |
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