Eddy Clearwater
The Chief

Listening notes

Eddy Clearwater’s The Chief is a 1980 vinyl release on Rooster Blues Records, catalog number R 2615. Filed under Blues and Chicago Blues, it presents a ten-track program arranged over two sides, with five titles per side. The sequencing and catalog details align with a standard two-sided vinyl issue, and the track titles themselves provide the clearest snapshot of the material included on this edition.

Side A collects five songs:
- A1 Find You A Job
- A2 Blues For Breakfast
- A3 Blue, Blue, Blue Over You
- A4 One Day At A Time
- A5 I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down

Side B continues with five more:
- B1 Chills
- B2 Bad Dream
- B3 I'm Tore Up
- B4 Lazy Woman
- B5 Blues For A Living

Within this configuration, the album foregrounds blues-oriented song concepts as indicated by several titles, and it situates Clearwater’s work within the Chicago Blues category as labeled. The inclusion of titles such as Blues For Breakfast and Blues For A Living, along with Blue, Blue, Blue Over You, underscores the set’s framing within the stated genres. The appearance of I’m Tore Up is noted in the B3 position; no authorship or version information is provided here beyond the title and placement.

For collectors and researchers, the key identifiers for this edition are:
- Artist: Eddy Clearwater
- Title: The Chief
- Label: Rooster Blues Records
- Catalog number: R 2615
- Year: 1980
- Format: Vinyl
- Genres: Blues; Chicago Blues
- Track sequencing: A1–A5 and B1–B5 as listed above

This draft limits itself to verifiable release data: artist, title, label, catalog number, year, format, genre designations, and track order. No additional claims are made regarding recording details, performance personnel, or market attributes beyond what is enumerated here.