Delbert McClinton and his band the Straitjackets whipping the crowd into a frenzy around 1960. His new album Outdated Emotion returns McClinton to the music that he heard growing up in Fort Worth.
Delbert McClinton returns to the studio for the first time in three years for a new label and serves up the same old thing—the most informed and honest bastard child of country music and blues one ...
McClinton began playing the guitar as a young teenager. Soon, he formed a band called The Straitjackets, who served as the house band at Jack’s, a club in Fort Worth, Texas. At the age of 19, he was ...
In the early ’70s, way before the term Americana was coined, some artists were already deep into the sound. Delbert McClinton is near the top of that list. There just aren’t many of his peers still ...
Alex Chadwick talks with singer-songwriter Delbert McClinton about his new album, Cost of Living, and what it's like to have a hit on the blues and country charts on the eve of your 65th birthday.
Delbert McClinton began his career in the late 50s, honing his harmonica skills in the blues clubs of Texas. He has played with legends, from Sonny Boy Williamson to Howlin' Wolf and Lightnin Hopkins.