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49 Highway Blues is an album of 10 Delta Blues classics recorded in Greenwood, Mississippi on October 13, 2025. Jake Calypso & Steph B. were performing just a few meters from Robert Johnson's grave, live and amidst a swarm of mosquitoes.
Jake is first and foremost a well-known artist on the Rockabilly scene, with numerous albums released since 2009. But within several other projects such as Wild Boogie Combo, The Memphis Blues Cream, and Lonely Jake, it's the BLUES that forms the core of his repertoire. This includes the blues of Memphis and the legendary Sun Studio with Memphis Blues Cream, as well as the Mississippi blues, both its roots and the revival known as North Hill Country Blues. A first trip in 2016 led to the very limited release of an album recorded on the roads of Mississippi: Lonely Jake - Blues Never Lies.
Through the 10 tracks he chose for this first 100% Delta Blues album, one can clearly feel his desire to share the true foundations of the Rock'n'Roll he loves, with tracks like Corrine Corrina, Kansas City, and Milk Cow Blues.
As for Steph B., here on harmonica, he is a very involved and dedicated artist in the Northern France Blues scene, as a musician with Yokatta Brothers, as a photographer, recording studio owner, and also as a label and Blues Society member with Yokatta Records.
49 Highway Blues, released in 2026, offers the opportunity to perpetuate the tradition of vinyl albums featuring blues classics and traditional tunes from the 1930s onward, as so brilliantly done by Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Bukka White, Snooks Eaglin, Jimmy Reed, and many others.
The album was released exclusively on vinyl by Around The Shack Records in collaboration with Yokatta Records.
This is the first in a long series that JAKE CALYPSO has promised to release every year!
NOT BUT THE BLUES
Jake is first and foremost a well-known artist on the Rockabilly scene, with numerous albums released since 2009. But within several other projects such as Wild Boogie Combo, The Memphis Blues Cream, and Lonely Jake, it's the BLUES that forms the core of his repertoire. This includes the blues of Memphis and the legendary Sun Studio with Memphis Blues Cream, as well as the Mississippi blues, both its roots and the revival known as North Hill Country Blues. A first trip in 2016 led to the very limited release of an album recorded on the roads of Mississippi: Lonely Jake - Blues Never Lies.
Through the 10 tracks he chose for this first 100% Delta Blues album, one can clearly feel his desire to share the true foundations of the Rock'n'Roll he loves, with tracks like Corrine Corrina, Kansas City, and Milk Cow Blues.
As for Steph B., here on harmonica, he is a very involved and dedicated artist in the Northern France Blues scene, as a musician with Yokatta Brothers, as a photographer, recording studio owner, and also as a label and Blues Society member with Yokatta Records.
49 Highway Blues, released in 2026, offers the opportunity to perpetuate the tradition of vinyl albums featuring blues classics and traditional tunes from the 1930s onward, as so brilliantly done by Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Bukka White, Snooks Eaglin, Jimmy Reed, and many others.
The album was released exclusively on vinyl by Around The Shack Records in collaboration with Yokatta Records.
This is the first in a long series that JAKE CALYPSO has promised to release every year!
NOT BUT THE BLUES
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realease 2026 march 6th
Jake Calypso : Vocal & Guitar
Stephane Bihan : Harmonica, field recording & mix mastering
Jake Calypso : Vocal & Guitar
Stephane Bihan : Harmonica, field recording & mix mastering
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FR 🇫🇷
49 Highway Blues est un album de 10 classiques du Delta Blues enregistrés à Greenwood, Mississippi le 13 octobre 2025. Jake Calypso et Steph B. se produisaient à quelques mètres de la tombe de Robert Johnson, en direct et au milieu d'un essaim de moustiques.
Jake est avant tout un artiste bien connu de la scène Rockabilly, avec de nombreux albums sortis depuis 2009. Mais au sein de plusieurs autres projets tels que Wild Boogie Combo, The Memphis Blues Cream et Lonely Jake, c'est le BLUES qui constitue le cœur de son répertoire. Cela inclut le blues de Memphis et le légendaire Sun Studio avec Memphis Blues Cream, ainsi que le blues du Mississippi, à la fois ses racines et le renouveau connu sous le nom de North Hill Country Blues. Un premier voyage en 2016 a conduit à la sortie très limitée d'un album enregistré sur les routes du Mississippi : Lonely Jake - Blues Never Lies. À travers les 10 titres qu'il a choisis pour ce premier album 100% Delta Blues, on sent clairement son désir de partager les véritables fondements du Rock'n'Roll qu'il aime, avec des titres comme Corrine Corrina, Kansas City et Milk Cow Blues.
Quant à Steph B., ici à l'harmonica, il est un artiste très impliqué et dévoué dans la scène Blues du Nord de la France, en tant que musicien chez Yokatta Brothers, en tant que photographe, propriétaire de studio d'enregistrement, et également en tant que label et membre de la Blues Society chez Yokatta Records.
49 Highway Blues, sorti en 2026, offre l'opportunité de perpétuer la tradition des albums vinyles contenant des classiques du blues et des airs traditionnels des années 1930, comme l'ont si brillamment fait Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Bukka White, Snooks Eaglin, Jimmy Reed et bien d'autres.
L'album est sorti exclusivement sur vinyle par Around The Shack Records en collaboration avec Yokatta Records. C'est le premier d'une longue série que JAKE CALYPSO a promis de sortir chaque année !
Enregistré mixé et masterisé par Stéphane Bihan
REVIEWS
ZICAZIC
Chronique par Fred Delforge ZICAZIC > ici
"Jake Calypso et Steph B. ne cherchent pas à moderniser le blues, ils le vivent, le respirent, et nous le transmettent avec une ferveur rare. Un album à écouter les yeux fermés, en imaginant le vent du Sud et les fantômes qui dansent sur les routes poussiéreuses du Delta."
Todo Dia Um Blues
(Portuguese)
"Onde a estrada encontra a memória
No fim, 49 Highway Blues soa como uma viagem sem pressa por uma estrada antiga. Cada faixa é uma parada, cada acorde um vestígio. E quando o disco termina, fica a sensação de que o blues aquele mais antigo, mais simples e mais verdadeiro ainda está lá, esperando para ser ouvido."
No fim, 49 Highway Blues soa como uma viagem sem pressa por uma estrada antiga. Cada faixa é uma parada, cada acorde um vestígio. E quando o disco termina, fica a sensação de que o blues aquele mais antigo, mais simples e mais verdadeiro ainda está lá, esperando para ser ouvido."
"Where the road meets memory In the end, 49 Highway Blues sounds like a leisurely drive down an old road. Each track is a stop, each chord a trace. And when the record ends, there's the feeling that the blues the older, simpler, truer one is still there, waiting to be heard."