CHICAGO MOJO
Copyright 2025 Rinaldo/O'Brien
Music by Whitman Rinaldo; Lyrics by Alex O’Brien
All Rights Reserved

Whitman Rinaldo: vocals, electric guitars
Brian Henry: drums 
Roger Whilliams: bass

This fiery electric blues number is our tribute to Chicago — the city where the blues plugged in, lit up, and never looked back.

LYRICS

Muddy Waters take me home
I am feelin’ all alone
Oh you know I’ve got the blues
But these days that isn’t news
Mannish Boy shake the night
Hoochie Coo bring us the light
Electric blues fill our soul
Help my mojo rock ‘n’ roll

Que the blues in Chicago
JuJu get your swagger on
Just be true in Chicago
Gotta get your mojo strong

Howlin’ Wolf bring the power
Fiery growl, man of the hour
Smokestack Lightning I’m on fire
Little Red Rooster makes me high
Buddy Guy he got the licks
Stone Cold Crazy full of tricks
Sweet Home Chicago sings for you
First Time I Met the Blues

Que the blues in Chicago
JuJu get your swagger on
Just be true in Chicago
Gotta get your mojo strong

Que the blues in Chicago
JuJu get your swagger on
Just be true in Chicago
Gotta get your mojo strong

RELEASED ON SOUNDCLOUD: October 24, 2025


Chicago Mojo

To celebrate 2000, I took a year off to write songs, novels, plays, and stories - and I've been doing that since. At the end of my first year, I won first prize in the USA Songwriting Contest in the Lyric Category for 'Drum Machines and Beauty Queens.' This led to co-writing songs with many excellent musicians, including those represented in songs posted here. 

More recently, I was one of seven finalists in the Crisis Lyric Category of the 2021 UK Songwriting Contest for 'Lockdown Blues,' and one of nine nominees in the 2021 International Song Awards with 'Didn't the River Know' and 'Blue and Gold.'

For the past two years, I've been collaborating with many talented musicians on Kompoz. I release many of these songs here and compile the best into albums released under Captain Stormfield's Trip on Spotify and other platforms (see links below).

Chicago Mojo

AlexEOB