Lucky Charm (feat. Lucky Peterson)

#72 in The Need To Know Badass Blues Instrumentals Series, Lucky Charm, features the late, legendary, Lucky Peterson. Discovered by Willie Dixon at the age of 5, Lucky was a gifted pianist and guitarist. He appeared on the Tonight Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, and cut his first album all in 1969 before turning 6! He was sideman to Etta James, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Little Milton and Mavis Staples. As a solo artist, he left a recorded legacy of more than 30 LP's and a lasting impression of joy and soulfulness to all that were fortunate enough to be in the same room with him. He was gracious enough to lend his badassery to this track a few years ago while passing through SF on one of his almost non-stop touring itineraries. I hope you enjoy this half as much as we did having him. Rest in peace Lucky and thank you for your service.


The backing band on this track is Rich Kirch (John Lee Hooker 1984-2001) on rhythm guitar, Marcus David (Nick Gravenites) on drums, and myself on bass. The track was recorded at Skunkworks in Capitola CA. Mixed by the Grammy winning Godfather of Grunge, Jack Endino (Nirvana, Nando Reis) and as always, masterfully mastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering.