Jim & Cherie Schwall :: Wedding Present

In 1973, Jim Schwall (of the famed Chicago blues-based Siegel-Schwall Band) got married, and along with new bride Cherie recorded and privately pressed A Wedding Present From Cherie & Jim Schwall.  As described on the back cover, the album was home recorded at parties, and contains mostly first takes. It is acoustic, sparse, and bluesy, featuring hard left and right panning in the mix (which lends to the separated and isolated feeling of the music).  “Thinking Of You” is exceptional in that it strays away from the blues territory . . .

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