Carey & Lurrie BELL

⬇️ CAREY & LURRIE BELL⬇️
DISCOGRAPHY 1973-2018 (50CD/DVD)
 BIOGRAPHY 
CAREY BELL
Carey Bell (November 14, 1936 – May 6, 2007) was an American blues musician, who played the harmonica in the Chicago blues style. Bell played harmonica (harp) and bass for other blues musicians during the late 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s before embarking on a solo career.

Besides his own albums, he recorded as an accompanist or duo artist with Earl Hooker, Robert Nighthawk, Lowell Fulson, Eddie Taylor, Louisiana Red, Jimmy Dawkins as well as a frequent partner with his son, guitarist Lurrie Bell.


Blues Revue called Bell "one of Chicago’s finest harpists." The Chicago Tribune said Bell is "a terrific talent in the tradition of Sonny Boy Williamson and Little Walter.


Bell was born Carey Bell Harrington in Macon, Mississippi. As a child, Bell was intrigued by the music of Louis Jordan. Bell wanted a saxophone in order to be like his hero Jordan; however, Bell's family could not afford a saxophone he had to settle for the harmonica, colloquially known as a "Mississippi saxophone." Soon Bell was attracted by the blues harmonica greats: DeFord Bailey, Big Walter Horton, Marion "Little Walter" Jacobs, and Sonny Boy Williamson I and II. Bell taught himself to play. By the time he was eight, he was quite proficient on the instrument. When he was thirteen, Bell joined his pianist godfather Lovie Lee's blues band.

In September 1956, Lovie Lee convinced Bell to go with him to Chicago. Not long after arriving, Bell went to the Club Zanzibar, where Little Walter was appearing. Bell met Walter and later learned some harp playing from him and his main Chicago teacher, Big Walter Horton. To help further his chances of employment as a musician, Bell learned how to play the electric bass (from Hound Dog Taylor).

Despite Bell's learning from some of the greatest blues harp players of the genre, he arrived in Chicago at an unfortunate time. The demand for harp players was decreasing there as electric guitar became the prominent blues instrument. To pay the bills, Bell continued to play bass and joined several bands as a bassist. In the late 1960s, he appeared regularly on the west side of Chicago with guitarists Eddie Taylor and Royal Johnson, playing both harmonica and bass. In 1969 Bell toured Europe and the UK with the American Folk Blues Festival, and played at the Royal Albert Hall in London, appearing on a live recording of the event.

In 1969, Delmark Records in Chicago released Bell's debut LP, Carey Bell's Blues Harp. Bell 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 released Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell for Alligator Records. A year later Bell released a solo project entitled Last Night for ABC Bluesway. Bell continued to play with Dixon as well as with his own groups, and in 1978, Bell was featured on the Grammy-nominated album Living Chicago Blues on Alligator. Also, in the 1970s, Bell appeared on two Bob Riedy Blues Band recordings.

During the 1980s Bell continued to record for various labels and to tour. In 1990, Bell teamed up with fellow harpists Junior Wells, James Cotton and Billy Branch to record Harp Attack!. A modern Blues classic, Harp Attack! became one of Alligator Records's best selling albums.

Despite years in the business and work with Alligator, Bell's first full-length solo album for the label was not until Deep Down, released in 1995. In 1997, Bell released the second album on the label Good Luck Man. Second Nature (originally recorded in Finland a few years earlier) followed in 2004; a duet album with his guitarist son, Lurrie Bell (who shared the guitar duties with Carl Weathersby on Deep Down).
In 1998, Bell was awarded the Blues Music Award for Traditional Male Artist Of The Year.

In 2007, Delmark Records released a live set by Bell, accompanied by a band which included his son Lurrie, guitarist Scott Cable, Kenny Smith, Bob Stroger and Joe Thomas.

Carey Bell died of heart failure on May 6, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois.

LURRIE BELL
Lurrie Bell (born Lurrie C. Bell, December 13, 1958, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American blues guitarist and singer. His father was renowned blues harmonica player, Carey Bell.

Bell started playing guitar at the age of six, and in his teens he polished his skills playing with the legends of Chicago blues scene including Eddy Clearwater, Big Walter Horton and Eddie Taylor.
In the mid 1970s, he went on to join Koko Taylor's Blues Machine and he toured with the band for four years. He made his recording debut in 1977 appearing on his father's album Heartaches and Pain and also on Eddie C. Campbell's King of the Jungle.

It was around that time that he formed The Sons of Blues with musicians including Billy Branch on harmonica. Three tracks of the band's recordings were featured in the Alligator Records compilation Living Chicago Blues Vol.3 released in 1978.

In 1989 he released his first solo effort, Everybody Wants To Win, on JSP Records.

Though Bell's career appeared to be headed in the right direction, drawing attention of the blues fans around the world as a young prodigy of the blues, he battled emotional problems and drug abuse for many years, which kept him away from performing on regular basis.

He began a comeback in 1995 with the well-received album Mercurial Son, his first of several from the Delmark label. A series of albums followed thereafter, and he started to perform more frequently in the Chicago club and blues festival circuits.

Bell is featured on Gettin' Up – Live at Buddy Guy's Legends, Rosa's and Lurrie's Home, a 2007 CD and DVD release from Delmark, where he plays with his father Carey. Soon after this release, Carey died and this became his last recorded effort.

NEW!
LURRIE BELL
1983-The Blues Caravan  Live At The Pit Inn (LP) @FLAC
2002.02.15-Rosa's Lounge Chicago, IL @FLAC

 CAREY BELL 
Last Night
CBL-1973-Last Night @FLAC

Heartache & Pain
CBL-1977-Heartache And Pain @ALAC

The Blues Show!
Live at Pit Inn
(with John Littlejohn)
CBL-JOLJ-1981-The Blues Show! Live At Pit Inn @FLAC

Harpslinger
CBL-1988-Harpslinger @FLAC

Mellow Down Easy
(with Tough Luck)
CBL-1991-Mellow Down Easy @FLAC

Brothers In Blues
(with Louisina Red)
CBL-LR-1993-Brothers In Blues @ALAC

Good Understanding
(with Eat Blues Experience)
CBL-1994-Good Understanding @ALAC

Carey Bell's Blues Harp
CBL-1995-Carey Bell_s Blues Harp @FLAC

Deep Down
CBL-1995-Deep Down @ALAC

Blues Classics
CBL-1996-Blues Classics (320)

Good Luck Man
CBL-1997-Good Luck Man @ALAC

Brought up the Hard Way
CBL-1998-Brought Up The Hard Way @FLAC

Live At Jazz Festival, Bern
(DVD)
CBL-2000-Live At Jazz Festival, Bern (DVD) @MKV

Live
CBL-2007-Live @ALAC

 COLLECTION 
⬇️BLUES ENCORE⬇️
Carey Bell & Spike Ravenswood
BE-CB-Carey Bell & Spike Ravenswood @ALAC

 COLLABORATION 
⬇️LOUISIANIA RED⬇️
Having Fun
Live `90
1990-Having Fun Live `90 @320

(Thanks to Albert)

The World Don't Owe Me Nothing
DHEW-1997-The World Don't Owe Me Nothing @FLAC

HEINZ SAUER & BOB DEGEN
Blues After Sunrise
HSBD-CBL-1983-Blues After Sunrise @FLAC

⬇️LOUISIANIA RED⬇️
My Life With Carey Bell
(LP)
LR-1984-My Life With Carey Bell (LP) @FLAC24-192
Live At 55
(Stormy Monday Band & C.Bell)
LR-1991-Live At 55 @FLAC
⬇️VARIOUS ARTISTS⬇️
Superharps II
VA-2001-Superharps II @ALAC


 LURRIE BELL 
The Blues Caravan
Live At Pit Inn
(LP/CD)
 
1983-The Blues Caravan  Live At The Pit Inn (LP) @FLAC
2012-The Blues Caravan (CD) @FLAC

Everybody Wants To Win
LBL-1989-Everybody Wants To Win @FLAC

Mercurial Son
LBL-1995-Mercurial Son @FLAC
Recorded at Riverside Studios, Chicago, Illinois
on December 12, 1994 and March 24, 1995.
PERSONNEL
Lurrie Bell (vocals, guitar, bass, harmonica);
Big Time Sarah (vocals);
Scott Dirks (spoken vocals);
Willie Black, Sho Komiya (bass);
Steve Cushing (drums)
Lee Jackson, Magic Slim, Smokey Smothers and Willie Black (bass)
special guest on one track - Big Time Sarah

700 Blues
LBL-1997-700 Blues @FLAC

Kiss of Sweet Blues
LBL-1998-Kiss Of Sweet Blues @FLAC

The Blues Had A Baby
LBL-1999-The Blues Had A Baby @FLAC

Rosa's Lounge Chicago, IL
2002.02.15-Rosa's Lounge Chicago, IL @FLAC

Cuttin' Heads
LBL-2004-Cuttin' Heads @ALAC

Let's Talk About Love
LBL-2007-Let's Talk About Love @FLAC

The Devil Ain't Got No Music
LBL-2012-The Devil Ain't Got No Music @FLAC

Blues In My Soul
LBL-2013-Blues In My Soul @FLAC

Can't Shake This Feeling
LBL-2016-Can't Shake This Feeling @FLAC

Tribute To Carey Bell
LBL-2018-Tribute To Carey Bell @FLAC

 COLLABORATION 
FRANK CATALANO
Set Me Free
2024 Set Me Free @FLAC

(Thanks to Albert)

NASTA SUPER
Jammin' with Lurrie Bell
(Romaphonic Session II)
NASP-LBL-2020-Jammin With Lurrie Bell @FLAC


 CAREY & LURRIE BELL 
Straight Shoot
CLBL-1986-Straight Shoot @FLAC

Dynasty!
CLBL-1990-Dynasty! @ALAC

Second Nature
CLBL-1991-Second Nature @FLAC

Harpmaster
CLBL-1993-Harpmaster @ALAC

Goin' On Main Street
 
CLBL-1994-Goin' On Main Street (9T) @FLAC
CLBL-1994-Goin' On Main Street (+Bonus) @FLAC *
* Thanks to Bluestender

Son of a Gun
CLBL-1997-Son of a Gun @FLAC

Gettin' Up
(CD/DVD)
CLBL-2007-Gettin' Up @ALAC
(DVD)
CLBL-2007-Gettin' Up (DVD) @MKV
Personnel:
Carey Bell: vocal, harmonica
Lurrie Bell: vocal, guitar
Roosevelt Purifoy: piano
Stroger: bass
Joe Thomas: bass
Brian "BJ" Jones: drums
Kenny Smith: drums
Scott Cable: guitar

 COLLECTION 
⬇️THE BLUES COLLECTION⬇️
Vol.72 Carey Bell & Lurrie Bell
TBC-Vol.72-Carey & Lurrie Bell (Father And Son) @FLAC

10 comments:

Patrick said...

Bonjour, je n'arrive pas à téléccharger "Last Night", le lien ne fonctionne pas. Autrement Merci pour votre travail, j'apprécie vraiment. Patrick

Patrick said...

Ok, ça fonctionne...et Merci encore pour Carey Bell, et le fils aussi Lurrie !
J'adore le Blues de Chicago. Vraiment un Super Blog. Thx. Patrick

pino said...

great work ... Thank you .. !!!

SoCal Blues Fan said...

The group name for "Good Understanding" is East Blues Experience (see Discogs.com) Thanks for the great blog!

Anonymous said...

Hello and congrats for the terrific job maintaining the blog.
The download of the album "Father And Son" is missing track 9.

Cheers.

Anonymous said...

Thanks a bunch for correcting "Father And Son".
Terrific job.

Cheers!!

Albert said...

There is a problem with Nasta Super, the link goes to Blues After Sunrise....

Hygiaphone13 said...

Merci beaucoup pour tous ces albums de Lurrie Bell !

juan manuel muñoz said...

Mil gracias, apreciado amigo. Saludos.

Manhatan said...

Hi Juan

Thanks for your comment!
Nice to see you here !
Have a good day ...

Chris-France