WILLIE COBBS

    Willie Cobbs tuvo como maestro ni más ni menos que a LITTLE WALTER , estuvo tocando durante mucho tiempo en el mas oscuro anonimato del South Side de Chicago , posteriormente se traladaría a Maxwell Street  donde se convertiría en uno de los artistas habituales, a pesar de haber estudiado con Little WALTER , Willie era un fanático de Jimmy Reed , al cual imitaba con frecuencia , para su desgracia fué rechazado en una audición de la discográfica Vee JAY, lo que le causaría cierto desánimo volviéndose para Memphis , por fin Billy Lee Riley lo descubrió y en 1961 le hizo grabar su propio tema YOU DON'T LOVE ME , logrando un grandioso éxito hasta el punto de que muchos artistas hicieran su propio cover . No obstante  el éxito obtenido no pudo repetirse , de todas formas no dejó de grabar singles, y también albumes , con un moderado éxito de publico , os ofrecemos un audio del que,  creemos , ha sido su último disco hasta ahora JUKIIN' , que data del año 2000. 

                             

                 

                  

Willie Cobbs (born July 15, 1932, Smale, Arkansas, United States) is an American blues singer, harmonica player and songwriter. He is best known for his song, "You Don't Love Me".

Cobbs was born in Smale, Arkansas and moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1951, occasionally performing in local clubs with Little Walter, Eddie Boyd and others. He served in the American armed forces and then returned to Chicago, recording a number of singles on such labels as Ruler, a subsidiary of J.O.B. Records.

He first recorded his own composition "You Don't Love Me" in 1960 for Mojo Records, a record label in Memphis, Tennessee owned by Billy Lee Riley. It was then leased to Vee-Jay Records for release. The song has since been covered by various artists including The Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead, Richie Kotzen, Kaleidoscope, Quicksilver Messenger Service, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Junior Wells and Magic Sam, as well as by Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills on their 1968 Super Session. Another cover of "You Don't Love Me" was the 1992 reggae rendition by Dawn Penn known as "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)".

Cobbs later released singles on a wide variety of labels, and ran nightclubs in Arkansas and Mississippi through the 1970s and 1980s. He went on to release the albums Hey Little Girl for the Wilco label in 1986, and Down to Earth on the Rooster Blues label in 1994. Cobbs has performed at the King Biscuit Blues Festival and the Chicago Blues Festival. Cobbs also appeared in the 1991 film Mississippi Masala; he performed the songs "Angel from Heaven" and "Sad Feelin'" for the film.