In 1969, Delmark Records in Chicago released Bell's debut album, Carey Bell's Blues Harp. He played with Muddy Waters in late 1970 and 1971 and later with Willie Dixon's Chicago Blues All-Stars. In 1972, Bell teamed up with Big Walter in the studio and recorded Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell for Alligator Records. A year later Bell released a solo project, Last Night, for BluesWay. He continued to play with Dixon and with his own groups. In 1978, he was featured on the Grammy-nominated album Living Chicago Blues, released by Alligator. Also in the 1970s, he contributed to two recordings by the Bob Riedy Blues Band. During the 1980s Bell continued to record for various labels and to tour. In 1990, he teamed up with fellow harpists Junior Wells, James Cotton and Billy Branch to record Harp Attack!, one of Alligator's best-selling albums. Alligator years Despite years in the business and work with Alligator, Bell's first full-length solo album for the label, Deep Down, was not released until 1995. He released a second album, Good Luck Man, for the label in 1997. Second Nature followed in 2004 (recorded in Finland a few years earlier), in which he was accompanied by his son, the guitarist Lurrie Bell (who also played guitar, along with Carl Weathersby, on Deep Down). In 1998, Bell was awarded the Blues Music Award for Traditional Male Artist of the Year. Final work In 2007, Delmark Records released a live set by Bell, accompanied by a band that included his son Lurrie, the guitarist Scott Cable, Kenny Smith, Bob Stroger, and Joe Thomas. Death Bell died of heart failure on May 6, 2007, in Chicago. Discography Carey Bell's Blues Harp (Delmark, 1969) Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell (Alligator, 1973) with Big Walter Horton Last Night (BluesWay, 1973) Heartaches and Pain (Delmark, 1977 [1994]) Goin' on Main Street (Evidence), 1982 Son of a Gun (Rooster Blues), 1984 Straight Shoot (Blues South West), 1986 Harpslinger (JSP), 1988 Dynasty! (JSP), 1990 Mellow Down Easy (Blind Pig), 1991 Breakdown Blues Live!, with "The Cat" (CMA), 1992 Harpmaster (JSP), 1994 Carey Bell & Spike Ravenswood (Saar), 1995 Deep Down (Alligator), 1995 Good Luck Man (Alligator), 1997 Brought Up the Hard Way (JSP CD 802), 1999 Second Nature (Alligator), 2004 Gettin' Up: Live at Buddy Guy's Legends, Rosa's and Lurrie's Home, with Lurrie Bell (Delmark), 2007 With Louisiana Red Reality Blues (L+R),