1 	Leaving In The Morning 	3:49
2 	Bad Intentions 	4:08
3 	Mother-In-Law Blues 	4:18
4 	Let Me Explain My Love 	3:29
5 	My Babe 	2:45
6 	Revelation Blues 	4:33
7 	You're So Special 	4:29
8 	I Got What It Takes 	3:26
9 	Five Long Years 	3:18
10 	You're So Fine 	3:12
11 	You Mistreated Me 	4:18
12 	St. James Infirmary 	3:15
13 	Lie To Me 	3:37
14 	I Wish You Would 	2:15
15 	Chicken Heads 	3:31
16 	White Cloud Of Confusion 	3:40
17 	The Sky Is Crying 	3:28
18 	Dust My Broom 	4:03

Mack Simmons - Harp & Vocals
Morgan Davis - Guitar & Slide Guitar
Tyler Yarema - Keyboards
Teddy Leonard - Guitar
Ed White - Drums
Omar Tunnoch - Bass

"He was one of the top harp blowers (and at times the best) in Chicago. - REAL BLUES Magazine Malcolm "Little Mack" Simmons, came up from Twist Arkansas and earned his formidable harmonica chops in the southside jukes and in the blues clubs along Rush Street in the windy city. In a remarkable almost 50-year career, this childhood friend of James Cotton later performed with the some of the brightest lights of the blues world, including Robert Nighthawk, Sunnyland Slim, Luther Allison, Magic Sam, and Howlin' Wolf. Never a big name, he remained an unsung hero for most of his career, mentoring other up & comers with studio and stage time at regular jam sessions, including having a young Lonnie Brooks sit in & perform some of his first songs with Little Mack. In 1954 Little Mack moved on to Chicago, where he formed his own band and held down a five-year stand at Cadillac Baby's, as well as performing regularly at Pepper's Lounge and at Sylvio's. In 1959 he began his recording career, initially at Carl Jones's C.J. label, then he cut tracks for Cadillac Baby and Chess Records. Over the next three years, he laid down more sides for the Palos, Bea & Baby and New Breed labels. From the mid to late 1970s, he owned and operated the Zodiac Lounge in Chicago. He also owned a studio and recorded for his own labels: PM Records and Simmons Records. Along with his own records, during this period he also contributed killer harmonica laden tracks to music from blues diva Arlean Brown and guitarist Fenton Robinson. In addition he cut blues tracks for Biscayne and Dud Sound, and in the 1980s he recorded for Sky Hero Productions, in which he was a partner. By the mid-1990s, Mack was back in the studio, cutting Come Back To Me Baby on the Wolf label in 1994 and High And Lonesome for St. George Records the following year. But it was finally his later period 1990's era recordings done for the Electro-Fi label, that garnered him renewed career interest. His 1997 Electro-Fi release, Little Mack Is Back, that proclaimed the revival of Simmons's career, reaping enthusiastic reviews from around the globe. Similarly his next Electro-Fi CD, Somewhere On Down The Line, found much acclaim, as did a greatest hits collection entitled The Best of Little Mack Simmons, The Electro Fi Years. ALBUMS AND CDs Little Mack Simmons, 1975 (Black & Blue, France) Love Will Make A Way Somehow, 1978 (Simmons Records) Come Back To Me Baby, 1994 (Wolf) High and Lonesome, 1995 (St. George) Little Mack Is Back, 1997 (Electro-Fi) Somewhere On Down The Line, 1998 (Electro-Fi) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. ---musique.com

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1	Help Me			
2	You Mistreated Me 
3	Blue Lights			
4	Killing Floor			
5	Mistery Train			
6	Last Night			
7	So Unhappy See All 3			
8	Mother-in-Law Blues 
9	Poison Ivy			
10	Sad Hours			
11	Messin' With The Kid		
12	Last Night			
13	Talk To You Baby			
14	Driving Wheel			
15	Juke

Little Mack Simmons - Harmonica, Vocals
Hubert Sumlin – Guitar
Lonnie Brooks - Guitar
Dave Myers – Bass
Willie Mabon – Piano
Fred Below – Drums

b. 25 January 1934, Twist, Arkansas, USA, d. 24 October 2000, Chicago, Illinois, USA. ‘Little’ Mack Simmons was one of the stalwarts of the Chicago club scene; he taught himself harmonica as a youngster and in the early 50s occasionally worked with bluesmen on the St. Louis, Missouri, club circuit, before settling in Chicago in 1954. Since the late 60s he recorded for many small local labels, and sometimes larger companies such as Checker. In 1967 he received a three-year prison sentence for a drugs offence. He ran his own label recording studio and club from time to time and recorded blues, gospel (he was known for a time as Reverend Mac Simmons) and soul. Among his artists were Otis Clay and Sunnyland Slim. His version of ‘Rainy Night In Georgia’, performed as a harmonica instrumental, was a local hit in the early 70s. He made a comeback in the 90s with a series of classic blues albums on the Electro-Fi label. Simmons lost his battle with cancer in October 2000. ---allmusic.com

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01 - There's A Kissin' Goin On (Georgia Hinton Simmons, vocals)
02 - Key To The Highway
03 - Tell Me Baby
04 - I Got To Find My Baby
05 - Don't Start Me To Talkin'            play
06 - You Mistreated Me Baby               play
07 - Baby, You Got What It Takes (Georgia Hinton Simmons, vocals)
08 - Times Are Gettin' Tougher
09 - Come Back To Me Baby
10 - My Mamma Told Me
11 - I'm Hooked On Your Love
12 - I Got What It Takes
13 - I Wonder Why (Georgia Hinton Simmons, vocals)

Little Mack Simmons (January 25, 1933 — October 24, 2000) was an African American, Chicago blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. Malcolm Simmons was born in Twist, Arkansas. In his youth he befriended James Cotton, and they grew up learning to play the harmonica. Simmons relocated to St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 18 and worked on the railroad. At this time Simmons made his stage debut with Robert Nighthawk. In 1954 he moved again to Chicago, put together his own backing band, and had a five year residency at Cadillac Baby's. He commenced recording in 1959, issuing records on a number of labels including Chess. In the late 1950s and early 1960s Simmons recorded several more obscure singles, often simply billed as Little Mack (or Mac). Simmons went on to provide the opportunity for others talents to be seen. He owned and managed Chicago's Zodiac Lounge from the mid to late 1960s. In addition, he owned a recording studio and recorded on his own labels, PM Records and Simmons Records. Simmons left the music industry at that time for the ministry, and was rarely heard in 30 years, notwithstanding an album he recorded in 1975 in Paris, France.

His return to blues music arrived with High & Lonesome (1995), which was an early success for St. George Records, an independent record label. Simmons' energetic style, accompanied by Studebaker John, belied his years. Come Back to Me Baby (1996), with featured sidemen John Primer, Willie Kent and Jake Dawson (guitarist) was also well received. Simmons died in October 2000, of colon cancer, in his adopted hometown of Chicago, at the age of 67.

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