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Victor Mac (born Victor Macoggi on January 31, 1967) who is better known as Little Victor, The Beale Street Blues Bopper, and also DJ Mojo Man, is an Italian-American blues and roots singer, guitarist and harmonica player, as well as a record collector, musicologist, entertainer, disc jockey and record producer. He is best known for his association with Louisiana Red,[1][2] on the albums Back To The Black Bayou and Memphis Mojo.[3][4]

Little Victor
Little Victor in 2015 at Sun Records 63rd Birthday Bash at The O2 Arena in London, England
Background information
Birth nameVictor F. Macoggi
Also known asVictor Mac, The Beale Street Blues Bopper, DJ Mojo Man
Born (1967-01-31) January 31, 1967 (age 55)
Rome, Italy
OriginWest Memphis, Arkansas
GenresBlues, roots, rock and roll, americana, rhythm and blues, alternative
Occupation(s)Guitarist, harmonicist, singer, record producer, performer, disc jockey, entertainer
Instrument(s)Guitar, harmonica, drums, human voice
Years active1981–present
LabelsRuf Records (former) Witchcraft Records (former) Wild Records USA (former) El Toro Records ( former) Bluestown Records (former) Rhythm Bomb Records and Rockstar Records UK Music Group (current)
Websitelittlevictormusic.com

Biography


Son of an Italian mother and an American serviceman[5] who was constantly on the move, Victor also leads a wanderer's life on both sides of the Atlantic. He was born in Rome, Italy. and he grew up in many different places. He lived in West Memphis, Arkansas, Austin, Texas, Memphis, Tennessee, and Louisiana. He also spent several years in Italy, France, Germany, and Spain, before moving to the UK in 2014. He speaks fluent English, French, Italian and Spanish, He started to sing at the age of 14 - in 1981 - hence the nickname of "Little" Victor. His first band mostly featured songs from the Sun Records vaults. At 16 he started to play harmonica inspired by Jimmy Reed and the following year first picked up the guitar. He played for tips on Beale Street in Memphis six days a week with Uncle Ben Perry, the "King of Handy Park." This association is why Little Victor is also known as The Beale Street Blues Bopper. He sang, played and recorded with many different roots, rock and blues bands in the 1980s and early 1990s. He also did some recordings with Alex Chilton and Hubert Sumlin, before releasing Cuttin' Out (1994). In 1999, Little Victor was involved in the production of a film documentary on R.L. Burnside entitled, A Day with...R.L. Burnside,[6] a collaboration with Sophie Kay which also spawned two albums together.

His association with his blues hero Louisiana Red, produced the albums Back To The Black Bayou (2009) and Memphis Mojo (2011). Victor's own effort, Boogie All Night, was issued by El Toro Records, in between those collaborations, whilst in 2013 he produced and played on Pig Fat's Shadow of the Night.[7] In 2015, Little Victor toured Canada with the harmonica player Harpdog Brown and, in 2016, he produced and played on Brown's Travelin' with the Blues recorded in California with Charlie Musselwhite, Big Jon Atkinson, Rusty Zinn, Carl Sonny Leyland and Jimmy Morello.

The music journalist Johnny Whiteside, writing in the LA Times, described Little Victor's style of music:

'Little Victor (is) an untamed maverick whose raw, primitive sounds are the utter antithesis of the contemporary blues model. The offbeat singer-guitarist...eschews the genre’s prevalent trend for streamlined six-string virtuosity in favor of wild shouting, stabbing guitar and heavy, almost hypnotic, rhythmic repetition....He can effortlessly switch from shadowy, primitive low blues to the polished, uptown Beale Street-style R&B...to wild, wicked boogies, and all of it is put across with expressive, soul-deep conviction.'[8]

In 2017, he started to work as a freelance consultant and producer for the Rockstar Records UK Group. He produced various albums that were released by Rhythm Bomb Records such as The Blues of Little Walter by Mo Al Jaz & Friends and Jelly Roll Shuffle by the Jelly Roll Men. He also worked on a series of anthologies of obscure 1950s blues and rhythm and blues, for the Koko-Mojo label.

In 2018, Victor released Deluxe Lo-Fi, recorded over an eight-year period with various musicians, including the Downhome Kings, Kim Wilson, Big Jon Atkinson, Rusty Zinn, Carl Sonny Leyland, Steve Lucky and Harpdog Brown. The songs, mostly Little Victor's original compositions, display a wide range of styles. In an interview with the Good New Music blog, Victor said, 'The whole point here and the ‘concept’ of this album is about songs captured on old magnetic tape with vintage tube equipment at great vintage studios....the last two songs were recorded at a ‘modern’ state-of-the-art studio in Hollywood by the great Jeff ‘Mox’ Moxley but both songs were bounced through a vintage tube desk on magnetic tape, so the outcome sounds just like the other songs and has the same ‘vibe’ and feel.'[9]

Deluxe Lo-Fi was voted 2018 "Album Of The Year" in the UK by The Blues Lounge[10] and in Scandinavia by BluesNews magazine.

In January 2020, Little Victor formed the Mighty Lo-Fi Kings, a new band with Rob Glazebrook, in which both play guitar and share vocals. Orlando Shearer pays bass and Nick Simonon the drums. The band regularly performed at Peggy Sue's Music Bar in Leigh-on-Sea and the Black Lion in Brighton, until the COVID lockdown, in March 2020, ended live music.

The Mojo Man
The Mojo Man

Selected discography



As artist


YearTitleCredit(s)Record label
1994Cuttin' OutLittle VictorBlue Jay Records
1996Space ShuffleLittle VictorBlue Jay Records
2000Cookin' with GasLittle Victor & Sophie KayBlue Rabbit Records
2001Just Rockin' The BluesLittle Victor & Sophie KayBlue Rabbit Records
2007Blues Shakedown (EP)Little VictorWitchcraft Records
2008Back to the Black BayouLouisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke JointBluestown Records
2009Let's Get HighLittle VictorWild Records
2009Back to the Black BayouLouisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke JointRuf Records[11][12]
2011Boogie All NightLittle VictorEl Toro Records[13]
2011Memphis MojoLouisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke JointRuf Records[14]
2018Deluxe Lo-FiLittle VictorRhythm Bomb Records

As band member/producer



The Mojo Man presents (CDs)



The Mojo Man presents (Vinyl EPs)



The Mojo Man presents (Vinyl LPs)



Awards



References


  1. "Review: Louisiana Red and Little Victor's Juke Joint". Bluesinthenorthwest.com. 2011-12-04. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  2. "Illinois Blues - Blues news across the USA". Thebluesblast.com. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  3. Anderson, Rick. "Louisiana Red". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  4. Hathaway, Josh (2010-12-31). "Review: Louisiana Red & Little Victor - Back To The Blue Bayou". Blinded by Sound. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  5. "Back To The Roots - the blues magazine from Belgium". Backtotheroots.be. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  6. "Un Jour Avec R.L. Burnside". Idfa.nl. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  7. Matthew Garbutt. "Little Victor | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  8. Johnny Whiteside (January 20, 2014). "Little Victor to present two energetic shows". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  9. Peter Hund, Little Victor: Deluxe Lo-Fi, Good New Music
  10. "2018 BLUES LOUNGE AWARDS". Theblueslounge.com. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  11. "CD review - Louisiana Red, - Back To The Black Bayou". BostonBlues.com. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  12. "Louisiana Red and Little Victor's Juke Joint: Memphis Mojo (Ruf/Yellow Eye) | Elsewhere by Graham Reid". Elsewhere.co.nz. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  13. "Boogie All Night - Little Victor | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  14. "Memphis Mojo by Louisiana Red is a Juke Joint on an Album | American Blues Scene Magazine". Americanbluesscene.com. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  15. "Conjurations: Seance for Deranged Lovers - Tav Falco's Panther Burns, Tav Falco | Credits". AllMusic. 2011-10-25. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  16. "Jo' Buddy & Down Home King III - Everything's Gonna Be Alright (CD, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  17. "Shadow of the Night : Pig Fat (2013)". Tidido.com. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  18. "Travelin' With The Blues — Harpdog Brown". Harpdogbrown.com. 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  19. "WRBS Weekly Bluesletter :: White Rock Blues Society". MyNewsletterBuilder.com. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  20. Gordon, Keith. "Blues Music Awards". About.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  21. "Little Victor's Juke Joint W/Louisiana Red-Blues Music Awards". YouTube. 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  22. "Blues411 : The Jimi Awards for 2011". Blues411.com. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  23. "2018 BLUES LOUNGE AWARDS". Theblueslounge.com.
  24. "BLUES LOUNGE AWARDS". Theblueslounge.com.


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