James Peterson - Preachin' The Blues (1996)

Blues guitarist, singer, and composer James Peterson's career in the music world has spanned 50 years, with stints as a club owner, concert attraction, and recording artist. He also mentored the career of his son, Lucky Peterson, who appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show as a six-year-old and went on to an acclaimed blues career of his own. While promoting the visibility of other acts through his ownership of the Governor's Inn in Buffalo, New York, Peterson began his own recording career with the 1970 release The Father, Son, and the Blues. With a variety of business interests, however, it was not until the 1990s--40 years after he started out as a professional musician--that Peterson reached his most prolific period as a recording artist. After recording Rough and Ready in 1990, Peterson released three more albums during the decade. Continuing to appear in concert, sometimes in tandem with his son, Peterson released his sixth album, Wrong Bed!, in 1999.