MISSISSIPPI HEAT * DON'T LOOK BACK *
Pierre Lacocque’s Mississippi Heat – DON’T LOOK BACK
Delmark 895 – CD and digital download
September 2025
DON’T LOOK BACK IS MISSISSIPPI HEAT’S 14TH ALBUM, produced by Chicago Blues Hall of Fame harmonica player PIERRE LACOCQUE and Grammy and Blues Music Award Winner Producer/Engineer MICHAEL FREEMAN. Freeman is the former Chair of the Board of Directors of the Blues Foundation. He returns at the helm for their 7th Mississippi Heat collaboration. The record was recorded and mixed at Chicago’s V.S.O.P studios and mastered by Paul Blakemore (Nashville, TN). Post-war Chicago Blues lovers will enjoy this vibrant recording.
With Pierre Lacocque at the controls and an artistic collective of veteran and rising new artists, Mississippi Heat continues to look ahead as it stretches the boundaries of Chicago blues. Featuring Sheryl Youngblood, vocals.
– ART TIPALDI, EDITOR OF BLUES MUSIC MAGAZINE
1 YOU AIN’T THE ONLY ONE (3:09)
2 THIRD WHEEL (3:28)
3 QUARTER TO THREE (3:41)
4 STEPPED OUT OF LINE (4:53)
5 CAN’T TAKE IT (4:12)
6 MOONSHINE MAN (2:56)
7 CHAMPIN’ AT THE BIT (3:50)
8 LOVE (IT MAKES YOU DO MOST ANYTHING) (3:24)
9 SHIVERIN’ BLUES (5:40)
10 THE SOCK HOP (3:42)
11 BLUE AMBER (3:33)
12 I AIN’T EVIL (4:08)
13 DON’T LOOK BACK (3:17)
14 FOUR STEEL WALLS (3:20)
ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY P. Lacocque (Ransart Music, BMI)
PIERRE LACOCQUE Harp (ALL TRACKS) Amplified Harp WHEN PLAYING WITH Omar Coleman (6, 14); Hand Clapping (6)
SHERYL YOUNGBLOOD Vocals (1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13)
INETTA VISOR & DANESHIA HAMILTON Vocals (3)
DANIELLE NICOLE Vocals (2, 9)
OMAR COLEMAN Vocals (14); Acoustic Harp (6, 14)
NANETTE FRANK, DIANE MADISON & MAE KOEN (“NADIMA”) Background Vocals & Arrangements (1, 4, 8, 10, 14); Hand Clapping (6)
GILES COREY Rhythm & Lead Guitar (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14); Slide Guitar (9)
BILLY FLYNN Rhythm & Lead Guitar (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 14); Slide Guitar (10)
JOHNNY IGUANA Acoustic Piano (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14)
JOHN KATTKE B3 Organ, Fender Rhodes, Piano, Wurlitzer (1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13)
BRIAN QUINN Bass (1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13); Acoustic Bass (9)
BIG MIKE PEREZ Bass (3, 4, 6, 14)
JASON “J ROCK” EDWARDS Drums (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13)
KENNY “BEEDY EYES” SMITH Drums (2, 7, 9)
MARC FRANKLIN Trumpet & Horn Arrangements (1, 8, 10, 14)
KIRK SMOTHERS Sax (1, 8, 10, 14; SOLO ON 14)
ANTHONY “TONY” ALEXANDER Percussion (12, 14)
NATALIE BENNISON Hand Clapping (6)
ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY P. Lacocque (Ransart Music, BMI)
ALBUM PRODUCTION AND SUPERVISION: Julia A. Miller & Elbio Barilari
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Pierre Lacocque
PRODUCED BY Pierre Lacocque & Michael Freeman
RECORDED AT V.S.O.P. Studios, CHICAGO, OCT. 25 TO OCT. 27, 2023
ENGINEERED BY Matt Hennessy AT VSOP Studios, ASSISTED BY Ty Caughell • MIXED BY Matt Hennessy & Michael Freeman MASTERED BY Paul Blakemore, NASHVILLE, TN
LINER NOTES BY Art Tipaldi, EDITOR OF BLUES MUSIC MAGAZINE • PHOTOGRAPHY BY Roman Sobus, Sam Wong, and Inna Dodor • PHOTO EDITOR & CONSULTANT Elisabeth Brunner • GRAPHIC DESIGN BY Eric Hofmeister & Al Brandtner
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