was produced by the guitarist Harvey Mandel. Don "Sugarcane" Harris played on several tracks. Over the next twenty years, Roulette continued to perform with other musicians and occasionally led his own band, while also working full-time as an apartment manager. On the 1996 album Psychedelic Guitar Circus, he worked in a group with Mandel, Kaiser and Steve Kimock. Grammy nominee, producer/composer Larry Hoffman brought Freddie to Chicago where the artist recorded his 1997 solo album, Back in Chicago: Jammin' with Willie Kent and the Gents, with Willie Kent and Chico Banks, on Hi Horse Records. The album won an award from Living Blues magazine as Best Blues Album of 1997. Following that album's success, Roulette began performing widely at blues festivals and recorded the 1998 album Spirit of Steel, featuring the Holmes Brothers and produced by Kaiser. He also contributed to Kaiser's album Yo Miles, a tribute to Miles Davis. Roulette's solo album Man of Steel (2006) featured guitar playing by Will Bernard and David Lindley; Kaiser also played guitar and produced the album. It was recorded in Fantasy Studios, in Berkeley, California, and included strains of jazz, country, soul and reggae in the overall blues setting. In the same year, Roulette played locally in a small combo including Mike Hinton. Roulette played at numerous music festivals over the years, including the Long Beach Blues Festival, the San Francisco Blues Festival (1979), and the Calgary Folk Music Festival (2000). He continued to play club dates in the San Francisco area, often with Mandel. In 2012, Jammin' With Friends was recorded at three separate studios with various musicians. It was produced by Michael Borbridge, who also played drums on all the tracks. As of 2015, Roulette was still playing with the Daphne Blue Band. In February 2019, the Chicago Reader published an article on Roulette and his band members, along with sound clips, titled: "The Secret History of Chicago Music: Pivotal Musicians That Somehow Haven't Gotten Their Just Dues." Roulette died on December 24, 2022, at the age of 83. Discography See also List of electric blues musicians References External links Freddie Roulette Interview, NAMM Oral History Library (2016) 1939 births 2022 deaths American blues guitarists American male guitarists Chicago blues musicians Electric blues musicians American session musicians Slide guitarists Steel guitarists Musicians from Evanston, Illinois African-American guitarists Blues musicians from Illinois Guitarists from Illinois 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male