Bloodline - Bloodline [Remastered 20th Anniversary]

Released: 1994
Size: 136.4 MB
Time: 58:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles Blues Rock
Art: Front

1. Stone Cold Hearted [3:19]
2. Dixie Peach [3:37]
3. Cell Block 7 [4:28]
4. The Storm [4:12]
5. The Good Luck You're Having [4:36]
6. Honest Crime [4:27]
7. So Far Away [5:16]
8. Calling Me Back [4:32]
9. Bad Girls [4:38]
10. Since You're Gone [9:25]
11. Trouble Is My Business [5:06]
12. Get Off Your Back [4:20]

Bloodline was an American blues rock band composed of the sons of several well-known rock musicians. It was also guitarist Joe Bonamassa's first band (he was billed as "Smokin' Joe Bonamassa").

Bloodline signed to Varèse Sarabande/Capitol in 1994 and released one self-titled album. The group's members were drummer Erin Davis (son of Miles Davis), rhythm guitarist Waylon Krieger (son of Robby Krieger), and bassist and lead vocalist Berry Oakley, Jr. (son of Berry Oakley), along with Bonamassa, whose parents were musicians, though not famous. For the keyboard parts, the band called veteran keyboard player Lou Segreti. Warren Haynes made a guest appearance on the album. The record produced one hit single, "Stone Cold Hearted", which reached No. 32 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The group split shortly after the release of the record, immediately following a tour opening for Tesla and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Thanks to DaWolf.

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Various - The Blues & Salvation (2-disc set)

As its title indicates, The Blues & Salvation, a two-disc anthology of previously unreleased masters lives at the cross section of classic roots blues and gospel. Filled with over two hours of music, the album features both giants of the past like the Rev. Gary Davis, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee as well as a number of artists not quite household names-Jemima James, Louisiana Red, and George Higgs-who clearly deserve to be. This is a collection of 38 gems, many reminiscent of the kinds of musical collations that were once available via Folkways Records that no blues enthusiast should ignore.

Recorded over a period extending from 1955 through 2008, the sound on some of the earlier pieces suffers from some surface noise, but it nonetheless seems appropriate for the content. Erratic sound quality is endemic to classic blues; it is a small price to pay for historic preservation. That said, the large majority of the tracks have no problem.

Album: The Blues & Salvation (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 74:22
Size: 170.2 MB
Styles: Blues-Gospel
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[4:04] 1. George Higgs - Who Told You Woman
[3:56] 2. Brownie McGhee - Rainy Day
[5:10] 3. Louisiana Red - Going Train Blues
[3:06] 4. George Higgs - Sweet Little Girl
[5:06] 5. Louisiana Red - Walk All Over Georgia
[4:34] 6. Gary Davis - If I Had My Way (Samson And Delilah)
[3:44] 7. Jemima James - There's Nothing Left To Say
[8:39] 8. Brownie McGhee - Baby Please Don't Go
[3:51] 9. Gary Davis - Blues In E
[4:39] 10. Gary Davis - Crucifixion
[6:09] 11. Gary Davis - Sermon
[3:40] 12. The Wooten Singers - His Name Is Jesus
[3:20] 13. Jemima James - Old Hippy
[2:45] 14. Gary Davis - Come Down And See Me Sometime
[3:16] 15. George Higgs - I Wonder What I Mean To You
[4:17] 16. Jemima James - I Wish I'd Gone To Birmingham
[3:56] 17. Gary Davis - Candy Man

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Album: The Blues & Salvation (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 70:18
Size: 160.9 MB
Styles: Blues-Gospel
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[2:55] 1. Gary Davis - I Didn't Want To Join The Band
[5:01] 2. Gary Davis - When The Moon Goes Down
[3:18] 3. Jemima James - I Got Him Now
[2:37] 4. Louisiana Red - Tell Me Who
[3:43] 5. Gary Davis - Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
[3:00] 6. Jemima James - Rolling Into Town
[3:20] 7. George Higgs - Honey Good Honey
[2:35] 8. Gary Davis - There's Nothing Left To Say
[2:43] 9. Gary Davis - Steal Away And Pray
[3:01] 10. Jemima James - No Matter What You Do
[2:25] 11. Gary Davis - Let Us Get Together
[3:21] 12. Louisiana Red - Mayor Beame
[2:39] 13. Bob Malenky - One Woman Man
[4:22] 14. George Higgs - Shoes By The Door
[2:30] 15. Gary Davis - Can't Make This Journey By Myself
[2:51] 16. Gary Davis - I Feel Like My Time Is …
[3:25] 17. Jemima James - You've Gotten Over Me
[5:11] 18. Gary Davis - You Got To Move (You Gotta Move)
[3:17] 19. Jemima James - Another Skin
[5:12] 20. Gary Davis - Lost John
[2:43] 21. Gary Davis - Lost John (Instrumental)

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The Paul Speidel Band - Gratitude EP

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 21:44
Size: 49.8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:33] 1. Taking It Home
[3:26] 2. A Swing Celebration
[5:52] 3. Gratitude
[4:16] 4. Digging In Deeper
[4:35] 5. Buddy Comes Calling

Guitarist, composer, educator and producer Paul Speidel has been a prominent beacon in Boston's extensive blues/jazz music scene for more than two decades--in fact--2014 is The Paul Speidel Band’s 20th Anniversary Year . . . and that’s no small achievement. Guitarists come and go all the time in Boston--a city of major-league music schools--but Paul belongs to that small group of top players who’ve dug in their heels here and insist on keeping blues and jazz, in their various permutations, vital and probing for the long haul.

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Sam Mitchell - Bottleneck/Slide Guitar

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 47:56
Size: 109.7 MB
Styles: Slide guitar blues
Year: 1976/2009
Art: Front

[3:00] 1. Ambidextrous March
[2:58] 2. Roll And Tumble
[2:00] 3. Laguna Luna
[1:59] 4. Paddlin' Madeline
[2:46] 5. Hambone
[2:50] 6. Earl Blues
[2:55] 7. Pile Driver
[1:58] 8. Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground
[3:07] 9. Crossroad Blues
[2:47] 10. Livingston Blues
[1:41] 11. Let Me Play It First Before I Aloha
[2:48] 12. Come On In My Kitchen
[2:04] 13. Tribute To Elmore
[3:04] 14. Sunshine In Houston
[2:21] 15. Two Step Swing Thing
[2:03] 16. Nobody's Fault But Mine
[2:09] 17. Jubilee Jamboree
[2:37] 18. Motherless Children
[2:41] 19. Rainy Day Blues

At first glance it might seem strange that singer/guitarist Sam Mitchell, who originally hailed from Liverpool, should have released his first record in the USA. But anyone familiar with Sam's bottleneck playing will know that he can hold his own with any of his American colleagues in the field of folk- and country-blues. With its stinging slide work and punchy rhythms, this 1976 release is a real treat for all fans of blues and bottleneck guitar.

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Nelson Lunding - Whiskey & A Beer To Go

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 44:38
Size: 102.2 MB
Styles: Piano blues
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[2:54] 1. Jump Children
[2:54] 2. Sweettooth
[4:12] 3. Caldonia
[3:53] 4. Whiskey And A Beer To Go
[3:26] 5. Nasty Boogie
[5:01] 6. Someday
[2:33] 7. Goddess Of The Night
[4:06] 8. Little Red Rooster
[3:43] 9. She's Dynamite
[3:43] 10. Sugar Mama
[3:28] 11. Cow Cow Blues Big Chief
[4:41] 12. Goodnight Sweetheart

Nelson Lunding is a modern-day version of the travelling piano man, a tradition that traces roots back to the early 1890's. Lunding is a saloon piano player, band leader, juke joint singer, itinerant troubadour, and keeper of the flame. He plays a rocking, muscular piano propelled by a driving left hand. It is a gripping kinetic music that demands to be danced to. When he plays for a crowd, they are experiencing the true embodiment of this very American genre.

Lunding began playing piano at the age of 6 in Westchester NY and has been playing now for 33 years. As a teenager, he was lucky to study piano with Stuart Hemmingway, a blind world class jazz and blues player. Stuart taught him blues and jazz chords and patterns. Armed with this information, In 1991, at 18 years old Nelson moved to New Orleans and started gigging with bands there. By 21 years old he was singing and playing piano in his own right on Bourbon Street. "The whole world seem to pass by the door that opened to bourbon street...I learned a tremendous amount about people and performance during that time." A year later he formed his own band named Nelson Lunding and Blues in the Pocket and at the age of 23 he produced the band on the self released Cd titled "Whiskey and a Beer to Go". The band had success in New Orleans playing among other places the Maple Leaf Bar and even a night at the House of Blues. Nelson has performed at Jazz Fest in New Orleans 10 times with various groups and has had the opportunity to play backing up some of the great musicians in New Orleans including Johnny Adams, Walter Wolfman Washington, Ernie K-doe and on. He performed at WWOZ's Piano Night in 1998 and 2007. The New Orleans influence on Nelson's music is impossible to miss. He has created his own gumbo using the tricks of the New Orleans piano greats.

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JJ Grey & Mofro - 2 albums: Orange Blossoms / This River

Album: Orange Blossoms
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 53:19
Size: 122.1 MB
Styles: Swamp blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[4:37] 1. Orange Blossoms
[3:31] 2. The Devil You Know
[3:36] 3. Everything Good Is Bad
[3:34] 4. She Don't Know
[4:15] 5. The Truth
[4:15] 6. Wylf
[4:25] 7. On Fire
[6:53] 8. Move It On
[4:05] 9. Higher You Climb
[3:35] 10. Dew Drops
[4:20] 11. Ybor City
[6:07] 12. I Believe (In Everything)

It's difficult to find a review of JJ Grey's music that doesn't use the word "swamp" to describe his blend of deep Southern soul and murky funk. So that's taken care of in the first sentence here, which leaves plenty of room to focus on his fourth album's low-key yet surging backwoods R&B. The disc's title and title track refer to Grey's home state of Florida's official flower, but there is little that is floral or sunshiny about his music. Rather, the Jacksonville-based Grey prefers to hover in the gloaming, layering horns and backing vocals over grinding, midtempo blue-eyed soul. This is the most elaborately produced of his albums, but like the chitlin' circuit blues in his blood, there is nothing slick about it. Similar to the illicit affair at the heart of "Everything Good Is Bad," the disc's only cover (the original was done by the obscure act 100 Proof ), Grey's music generally stays in the shadows. The funeral piano that opens "She Don't Know" is jazzy yet ominous and sounds as humid and muggy as his hometown on an August night. Ditto for the strings that appear at the song's end and pop up like wild weeds throughout this dozen-song set. Grey has matured into a compelling vocalist and it is his emotional yet subtle singing that elevates this already powerful material. His sluggish Southern drawl on the funky "WYLF" (short for "what you're looking for") infuses a laconic, easygoing, almost lazy feel, a distinguishing characteristic of his style. That's brought into sharp relief on the sticky, sweaty sex of "Move It On," a sly, nearly seven-minute deliberate groover that sounds like something the Temptations might have recorded if they had been bred in the South. Although Grey deserves the bulk of the credit for this disc's unassuming success, longtime co-producer Dan Prothero (who has worked on every Grey/Mofro project) and in-the-pocket drummer Anthony Cole are crucial elements of the stealthy vibe. It's an album that grows on you slowly like moss at the base of a withered old tree and transports you to the dank, mosquito-infested bayou at the heart of Grey's evocative sound. ~ Hal Horowitz

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Album: This River
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 48:32
Size: 111.1 MB
Styles: Swamp blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:07] 1. Your Lady, She's Shady
[4:36] 2. Somebody Else
[4:19] 3. Tame A Wild One
[4:49] 4. 99 Shades of Crazy
[4:51] 5. The Ballad of Larry Webb
[5:06] 6. Florabama
[4:57] 7. Standing On The Edge
[5:18] 8. Write A Letter
[6:10] 9. Harp and Drums
[5:16] 10. This River

Fans of JJ Grey and his ever evolving band Mofro will be delighted that the Florida swamp sage lives by the dictum "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" on This River. If anything, Grey has doubled down on the grittier, funkier aspects of 2010's Georgia Warhorse, and brought the studio closer to the stage to boot. The sound on this record is live, crackling. Half of its ten tracks are crunchy uptempo numbers that flex their funky muscles. The rest is balanced between well-articulated soul tunes, a rock number, and back-porch ballads. Set opener "Your Lady, She's Shady" is a crusty, greasy funk attack, while "Somebody Else" walks some weird line between part of the melody from the Classics IV's "Spooky" (courtesy of the Atlanta Rhythm Section's cover), vocal phrasing by Wilson Pickett, and guitars, bass, and horns coming straight from Stax. Speaking of which, the horn chart and melody in "Tame a Wild One" come right out of the late '60s -- and in the grain of Grey's whiskey voice, it feels right. "99 Shades of Crazy" is dirty-ass blues-rock inspired by Delaney Bramlett and Sticky Fingers-era Rolling Stones. Choppy syncopated funk makes its return in "Florabama," and one can feel Muscle Shoals dripping from the horns. While this is definitely retro, Grey's fans expect it; they want it. His songs and his presence as a frontman keep things choogling. But there is a surprise in every track -- the jazz-funk trumpet and Rhodes solos in the jumping, grimy "Harp & Drums" are a prime example. The songs on This River are tighter and more deftly written than on previous offerings, but the more immediate, in-the-moment-of-creation production and incendiary performances keep things from getting slick. ~ Thom Jurek

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Davide Pannozzo - A Portrait Of Jimi Hendrix

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 52:42
Size: 120.7 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[ 2:51] 1. You Got Me Floating
[ 6:38] 2. Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)
[ 5:00] 3. If 6 Was 9
[ 8:25] 4. Red House
[ 4:08] 5. May This Be Love
[ 5:47] 6. Freedom
[12:36] 7. Little Wing
[ 7:14] 8. Hoochie Coochie Man

Inspired by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix even before birth, David Pannozzo is described by critics as one of the artists of contemporary blues most interesting of the new generation. His style has been described as a perfect blend between the style of Jeff Beck and that of David Gilmour.

He started playing guitar at the age of six years, graduating in classical guitar at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome. He performed in numerous clubs and festivals in Italy (Pistoia Blues, Ameno Blues, Blues in Town, HappisburghCommon Blues etc.) and abroad (The Bitter End in New York city, Bass Player in Los Angeles, IBC in Memphis, Ronnie Scott's in London, Fete de la Musique in Paris, International Jazz Fest in Bucharest, Taubertal Festival in Frankfurt, etc.). Tile known and extraordinary artists such as George Benson, David Garfield, Phil Palmer, Mark Mondesir, Young Love, and many others. (thank you daba for translating the original italian review to english)

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Various - On With The Jive: 1950s R&B From Dolphin's Of Hollywood, Vol 1

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 66:26
Size: 152.1 MB
Styles: R&B, Doo-wop
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[0:42] 1. Dick 'Huggy Boy' Hugg - Dolphin's Radio Jingle
[2:52] 2. Red Callender Sextette - Dolphin's Theme
[2:17] 3. Tony Allen - You're A Mean And Evil Woman
[2:52] 4. Pee Wee Crayton - Crying And Walking
[2:20] 5. Scatman Crothers - Easy Money
[2:55] 6. Maggie Jacquet - Tall Tan Baby
[2:43] 7. Little Caesar - Cadillac Baby
[2:48] 8. Tony Allen - Baby Doll
[2:54] 9. Red Callender Sextette - Rock Bottom
[2:41] 10. Jesse Belvin - The Blues Has Got Me
[2:25] 11. Jesse Belvin - Hang Your Tears Out To Dry
[2:57] 12. Scatman Crothers - Beale Street On Saturday Night
[2:34] 13. Tony Allen & Maggie Jacquet - I'm Knocking On The Door
[3:00] 14. Pee Wee Crayton - The Darkest Hour
[2:19] 15. Linda Hayes - Atomic Baby
[3:00] 16. Little Caesar - You Can't Bring Me Down
[2:49] 17. Pee Wee Crayton - Forgive Me
[2:15] 18. Linda Hayes - What's It To You, Jack
[2:20] 19. Marvin Phillips - The Sun Was Shining
[2:39] 20. Pee Wee Crayton - Pee Wee's Blues Aka Pappy's Blues
[2:36] 21. Scatman Crothers - Papa (I Don't Treat That Little Girl Mean)
[2:32] 22. Jesse Belvin - My Love Comes Tumbling Down
[2:24] 23. Marvin Phillips - My Baby Won't Let Me In
[4:58] 24. Maggie Jacquet - Three Men In My Life
[2:22] 25. Red Callender Sextette - The Blues

Having been immersed in the ongoing reissue of archive material from the Modern catalogue for the last few years, it’s time for me to take a short break from Bihari-land and have a rummage through the many tapes and actetates that Ace acquired when we bought the catalogues of John Dolphin from his widow, Ruth, a few years ago.

There are several reasons why we have not really given this repertoire our full attention since acquiring it. The need to find clean disc dubs to replace missing tapes, and to determine which of the several takes on some session reels was the actual master, being just two good ones. It has been a lengthy process, but we have finally filled in enough gaps to begin a comprehensive programme of reissues from the many labels that John Grattan Dolphin ran out of his round-the-clock record shop at the corner of Vernon and Central in downtown Los Angeles.

“ON WITH THE JIVE” is the first of what we hope will be several volumes of Dolphin productions, and it comes to you in “from master tape” quality that almost puts you in the room with the musicians, such is the clarity of sound. It focuses on sessions that Dolphin cut for release on his Recorded In Hollywood label – although many of the sessions were left in the can for decades, until Billy Vera (this set’s sleeve note writer) first dug through the crates to use some of the tracks on Dolphin-related compilations made for Specialty many years back. Ace’s purchase of the Dolphin masters has given us access to many more tapes than Billy was able to find. Where I’ve included tracks that Billy used on earlier compilations, I’ve selected different takes to give the long time fan the best possible value for money.

In the words of Max Miller, it’s “all good stuff, lady” (and gent…). Dolphin’s most famous instore DJ, Huggy Boy, introduces a programme that’s chock-full of stellar West Coast R&B talent, from esse Belvin, Marvin Phillips, Scat Man Crothers to the unfairly obscure Little Esther soundalike Maggie Jacquet (no relation to Russell and Illinois as far as we know), all backed up by a swingingly tight little combo under the direction of ever-present Dolphin session leader, Red Callender. If cool Rhythm & Blues from the West Coast is your thing, you will find that it don’t get any better than this! Watch out for an upcoming Ace CD that features the complete Dolphin, Modern and Downey recordings of one of its star turns, the great Harry “Little” Caesar. ~Tony Rounce

On With The Jive: 1950s R&B From Dolphin's Of Hollywood, Vol 1

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Al Hill & The Love Butlers - Willie Mae

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 55:51
Size: 127.9 MB
Styles: Soul blues
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[3:26] 1. Nothing I Can Do
[3:51] 2. Long Way 'round
[5:16] 3. One Way Ticket
[6:24] 4. What's It Gonna Be
[5:00] 5. Train Kept A-Rollin'
[3:53] 6. Early In The Morning
[5:28] 7. Willie Mae
[3:58] 8. Waiting At The Station
[4:13] 9. Jump Back
[3:27] 10. Worried Life Blues
[4:35] 11. Down The Road Apiece
[6:15] 12. Skulkin'

"One of the most exciting of the roots blues bands to ever come from Ann Arbor/Metro Detroit, pianist/guitarist/vocalist Hill has everything going his way. He has a clear, distinctive, soulful voice, his guitar or piano playing tasty and literate... Highly recommended for lovers of traditional horn-fired, piano-saturated blues, with no reservation." - All Music Guide

Al Hill is a soul singer, a blues piano master, and an outstanding guitarist. His music is rooted in the blues, but pulls freely from soul, country, and jazz.On his debut CD “Willie Mae”, Al blends New Orleans piano, shuffling blues, and some expert boogie-woogie into his own bag. “Willie Mae” offers eight rootsy originals and four reworked classics. “Willie Mae” was voted “Best CD” at the Motor Cities Blues Awards, 1999. Al and his band won the “Best Unsigned Band” competition, held at Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago in 2000. Al was voted “Outstanding Blues Artist” at the Motor City Music Awards in 2005.

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Legends of Contemporary Blues: Devon Allman, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Samantha Fish - Stop Dragging My Heart Around

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 63:05
Size: 144.4 MB
Styles: Southern Blues rock
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[4:43] 1. Devon Allman - Stop Draggin My Heart Around
[4:03] 2. Devon Allman - When I Left Home
[3:22] 3. Devon Allman - Into The Darkness
[4:05] 4. Devon Allman - Turn Off The World
[3:30] 5. Devon Allman - Homesick
[4:48] 6. Royal Southern Brotherhood - New Horizon
[3:28] 7. Royal Southern Brotherhood - Left My Heart In Memphis
[4:33] 8. Royal Southern Brotherhood - Gotta Keep Rockin´
[3:13] 9. Royal Southern Brotherhood - All Around The World
[3:57] 10. Samantha Fish - Leavin' Kind
[4:27] 11. Samantha Fish - Let's Have Some Fun
[4:02] 12. Samantha Fish - Go To Hell
[6:12] 13. Samantha Fish - Runaway
[4:23] 14. Samantha Fish - Otherside Of The Bottle
[4:12] 15. Samantha Fish - Down In The Swamp

“Tom Petty has always been one of my favorite artists,” says Devon. “This song totally takes me back to my youth. I’m really pleased Samantha and I get to turn on a new generation to this classic tune. We slowed it down a bit and made it a little sexier.

Before they even hit a chord, ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD have your attention. In the US South, where music is religion, two rock ‘n’ roll bloodlines tower above all others. In the saloon bars from Mississippi to Maryland, mere mention of the Allman and Neville Brothers casts a magic spell. Conversation falls silent. Pool balls stop rolling. Ten-gallon hats are tipped in respect and beer-bottles raised in salute. These aren’t just bands, they’re gods, and with a lineup comprising both the iconic Cyril Neville and Devon Allman, Royal Southern Brotherhood come pre-loaded with expectations. Don’t worry: they can match them.

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Michael Bram & The Alternators - S/T

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 30:23
Size: 69.6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[3:21] 1. Watch Out!
[3:17] 2. Altered States Blues
[2:20] 3. Leroy's Back In Town
[3:51] 4. Blackjack Blues
[3:08] 5. It Don't Matter Where You Get Your Appetite..
[3:37] 6. Too Much Whiskey
[4:09] 7. Scared Of The Man In Blue
[3:00] 8. Weed Smokin', Tequila Drinkin'
[3:35] 9. Gotta Get A New Job

Where is 'the blues' in NY and where are the blues headed? Look no further...Michael Bram and the Alternators are THE premier (young) blues band in the NY tri sate area featuring seasoned pro's who've played with some of the best! Led by Michael Bram, 29, on harmonica and vocals, their performances feature their brand of original blues (mostly up-tempo with a biting wit) as well as classics by Muddy, Wolf, Little Walter, and Ray Charles to name a few. Michael's emotionally charged delivery bears little evidence to the fact that he is also an in-demand drummer on the NY scene.

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Cameron James Henderson - Distorted Hope Blues EP

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 20:00
Size: 45.8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:45] 1. Love Is Gone (Australia Blues)
[3:19] 2. Landslide Blues
[2:08] 3. Angry Man
[2:13] 4. Forgive Your Brother
[3:16] 5. No One Likes A Wobbly Man On A Bike
[5:16] 6. Two And A Half Years

Cameron Henderson is a blues singer/guitarist from Sydney Australia. Cameron's music is heavily influenced by the great blues artists of the 20th century whilst sounding current and unique to a modern generation of blues listeners. Cameron's playing draws on the soul and tone of classic players like Albert King, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan mixed with modern spiciness reminiscent of current players like Gary Clark Jr, Robben Ford and Oz Noy.

After years of working as a professional guitar player around Australia, Cameron has recorded his debut solo EP which includes big shuffles, funky grooves, straight ahead gospel stomps and some stripped back old school style blues tunes.

Cameron James Henderson - vocals/guitar; Eric Fortelaysa - bass; Tully Ryan - drums; Daniel May - organ.

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Steve Johnson - Greatest Hits Vol 1

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 43:55
Size: 100.5 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:50] 1. Let's Be Bad
[3:48] 2. Leaving New York
[3:55] 3. Rita Lynn
[3:13] 4. Roofman
[4:30] 5. What's So Good About That
[3:00] 6. Call Me Baby
[4:52] 7. Lil' Sister
[3:37] 8. Big Legs
[3:36] 9. Wild Magnolia
[2:40] 10. Beer
[2:52] 11. I Got The Blues
[4:56] 12. Can't Take It

Steven Bryan Johnson, born January 12, 1956, started playing guitar in 1963 after his Uncle Mickey Johnson played his electric guitar for him. Played in rock blues bands in California untill moving to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1982. There he met Albert Collins, Willie Dixon, Luther Allison, Duke Robillard, Johnny Winter, and lots of Chicago and Detroit area blues players.

Moved to New York City in 1983 and formed The Tanks, a Blues Power Trio and recorded 3 albums all independently released in the U.S. Played with Paul Butterfield, Johnny Copeland, Paul Schaeffer, Albert Collins, Little Jimmy King, Jaco Pastorious, Little Mike, Popa Chubby, Big Ed Sullivan, Jon Paris, Bill Perry, Michael Hill and most New York Blues players.

Since 1995 Steve has had his own trio with Cliff McComas on drums and vocals and Mark Pavlica on bass and vocals. They have recorded 7 albums: 5 for Virgin and 2 for Dixiefrog.

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Walter Davis - Think You Need A Shot

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 48:21
Size: 110.7 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues, St. Louis blues
Year: 1970/2010
Art: Front

[3:03] 1. M. & O. Blues
[2:31] 2. Ashes In My Whisky
[3:23] 3. Think You Need A Shot
[2:48] 4. Sweet Sixteen
[2:59] 5. Moonlight Is My Spread
[3:11] 6. Don't You Want To Go
[2:54] 7. L. & N. Blues
[2:50] 8. The Only Women
[3:14] 9. That Stuff You Sell Ain't No Good
[3:13] 10. Root Man Blues
[3:02] 11. Just Want To Talk Awhile
[3:17] 12. Minute Man Blues Pt. 1
[3:16] 13. Minute Man Blues Pt. 2
[2:41] 14. New 'come Back Baby'
[3:17] 15. Let Me In Your Saddle
[2:36] 16. Howling Wind Blues

Classic recordings done between 1930-1935.

While never a contemporary superstar or latter-day legend on a par with many of his peers, singer/pianist Walter Davis was among the most prolific blues performers to emerge from the pre-war St. Louis scene, cutting over 150 sides between 1930 and 1952. Born March 1, 1912 in Grenada, Mississippi, Davis' two-fisted piano style bore the heavy influence of Leroy Carr, although he was better known for his funereal vocal style. He first attracted attention upon relocating to St. Louis during the mid-'20s, and soon made the first of his many recordings for the Victor label. Despite its abundance, his work -- much of it recorded in conjunction with guitarist Henry Townsend -- was solid but unspectacular, eclipsed by the likes of associates including Roosevelt Sykes and Peetie Wheatstraw. Still, he enjoyed a fair amount of success before a stroke prompted him to move from music to the ministry during the early '50s. Davis was still preaching at the time of his death on October 22, 1963. ~bio by Jason Ankeny

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Kerry Kearney - Blow Your House Down

Album: Blow Your House Down
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 40:57
Size: 93.7 MB
Styles: Slide guitar blues
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[3:09] 1. Blow Your Little House Down
[3:39] 2. Perfect Day For A Suicide
[3:44] 3. Five Time Man
[2:25] 4. Trouble In Mind
[6:02] 5. Runnin' Weepin' Tremblin'
[2:54] 6. Roll Out My Soul
[3:20] 7. Rubinesque
[3:29] 8. Feel Like I'm Livin'
[2:36] 9. Hotter Than Ice Cream
[2:23] 10. Big Bone Blues
[4:01] 11. Fatherless Boy
[3:07] 12. Howlin' At The Moon

Kerry Kearney (pronounced "Car-Nee"), a slide guitar master, plays and works his instrument to limits that amaze even the most seasoned musician or cultured music fan. The sounds Kerry creates from his vintage, stock and custom made guitars are as unique as his song writing and original melodies. Kerry was voted "Best Guitarist of 1999" by the LI Voice and “Bluesman of the Year 2004” by the LI Blues Society. He is also the recipient of the prestigious Long Island Sound Award (L.I.S.A.) from the LI Music Hall of Fame and most recently, in 2013, he and his band mates were each inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame. He has toured nationally and internationally with the Allman Brothers Band and Dickey Betts, and has performed with such contemporaries as Sonny Landreth and Robert Randolf. Most recently, Kerry and his band shared the stage with the great BB King at the NYCB Westbury Theater and at the Paramount Theater in Huntington, NY.

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The Lil' Band O' Gold - The Promised Land

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 52:37
Size: 120.5 MB
Styles: Cajun, Roadhouse blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:48] 1. Spoonbread
[4:35] 2. I Don't Wanna Know
[2:22] 3. Teardrops
[3:40] 4. Ain't No Child No More
[5:20] 5. Dreamer
[3:29] 6. Sunshine
[3:38] 7. Runaway's Life
[4:36] 8. Faster & Faster
[3:17] 9. Hold On Tight
[3:17] 10. Hard Enough
[3:44] 11. Memories
[3:34] 12. Evangeline Rock
[4:14] 13. The Last Hayride
[2:57] 14. So Long

Lil' Band O' Gold resurrected swamp pop tradition while putting its own stamp on the rock music coming out of Southwest Louisiana. The nine-piece supergroup, consisting of singer/guitarist C.C. Adcock, singer/accordionist Steve Riley, singer/pianist David Egan, saxists Dickie Landry, David Greely, and Pat Breaux, bassist Dave Ronson, pedal-steel guitarist Richard Comeaux, and legendary drummer Warren Storm, rarely performed outside its home base in Lafayette, LA, because of its members' commitments to other bands. However, appearances at Midsummer Nights Swing at Lincoln Center Plaza in New York City in 2000 and concerts at the Crawfish Festival in Stanhope, NJ, and at Swamp Stomp at Wolf Trap in Virginia in 2001 exposed the group to an audience outside its home state of Louisiana.

Adcock co-founded the band with Riley in 1998 during Monday night jams at the Swampwater Saloon in Lafayette, LA. The two friends dreamed up the idea for the group during a late-night meal of pork chop sandwiches at the famous Maison Creole restaurant in Lafayette. Both wanted to revisit the honky tonk sounds of their swamp pop heroes from the '50s, '60s, and '70s. Legendary drummer Warren Storm, who had performed with Slim Harpo, Lazy Lester, and Lightnin' Slim in the '50s, became the centerpiece and drawing card for the rest of the group. Storm was known in the region for his string of solo hits and for his session work with Dale & Grace, Freddy Fender, and John Fogerty. With Storm on board, there was no problem for Adcock and Riley to attract other notable musicians to the group. Before joining Lil' Band O' Gold, Adcock performed as a solo musician and released a self-titled CD on Island Records in addition to producing and performing with Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, which included David Greely. Warren Storm continued to play at the Four Seasons Lodge in rural Louisiana. Dickie Landry, who had performed with Talking Heads, Laurie Anderson, and Philip Glass, returned to his parish roots in the group. David Egan, who doubled as one of the group's songwriters, continued to perform in File. Percy Sledge, Joe Cocker, and Irma Thomas have covered his songs. Dave Ranson continued to play with slide guitarists Sonny Landreth and John Hiatt. Pat Breaux, who had recorded with Storm and who continued to perform in Beausoleil, saw the group as a throwback to his years as an R&B player. Pedal-steel guitarist Richard Comeaux, who was also a member of River Road, an Acadian-based country act, brought another spirit to the group.

Lil' Band O' Gold recasted traditional Cajun rockers into roadhouse boogie with the help of a dynamite rhythm section and the St. Martin's Horns on its 2000 self-titled debut CD on Shanachie Records. The band revved up "Parlez Nous a Boire (Let's Talk About Drinkin')," written by Cajun pioneer Dewey Balfa, after revisiting "Shirley," originally done by John Fred & the Playboys. Its version of "7 Letters," which was a hit for Warren Storm in the '50s, showed a slow balladic side of the group. Rockabilly from the '40s and '50s got the call on the band's remake of Moon Mulligan's "7 Nights to Rock." "Allons Rock 'N Roll," a Cajun rocker made famous by Lawrence Walker, who pioneered the cross-pollination of rhythm & blues and swing with Cajun music, epitomized the band's efforts to embrace all kinds of music from its heritage. ~Robert Hicks

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Luke Escombe & The Corporation - Live On The Coast

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 71:03
Size: 162.7 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[4:14] 1. Blue Heat
[3:44] 2. Rock And Roll
[4:02] 3. Tool Shed
[5:13] 4. Twins
[4:31] 5. 21st Century Blues
[3:29] 6. Drop Tha Bomb
[2:24] 7. Interlude (Central Coast Swingers)
[6:03] 8. Paris 68
[2:44] 9. Interlude (Killing A Lion)
[3:12] 10. Jelly Bean
[5:24] 11. Hard 2 B A Pimp
[3:13] 12. Gargantuan
[4:46] 13. Iman
[2:23] 14. Interlude (Don't Cop Out!)
[4:18] 15. Damn Girl (Poppa Cap)
[5:29] 16. Golden Retriever
[5:46] 17. Respectability

A rowdy, colourful and sometimes obscenely funny set of songs and stories recorded live and loud at Wagstaffe Hall on the NSW Central Coast. If you're not able to see Luke Escombe and the Corporation live then this is the next best thing.

Luke Escombe is a singer-songwriter, comedian and speaker who works in entertainment, health and education. He has performed for three years in a row at Parliament House in Canberra, as well as at the New Zealand National Museum in Wellington, the 2012 and 2014 National Medicines Symposiums, the 2013 Pharmacy Australia Congress, and at conferences, workshops, support groups and nursing homes across the country. He is an ambassador for Crohn's and Colitis Australia and a Champion of Australian Pain Management, and the proud winner of a 2011 competition on radio station Mix 106.5FM to find "Sydney's sexiest man voice"

Earlier in 2014 Luke simultaneously released his first feature length DVD "Chronic Symphonic" along with 18-track live album "Live on the Coast". Reviewing these albums in the Sydney Morning Herald critic John Shand wrote: “Luke Escombe is funny and brave, a showman and an artist, a brilliantly engaging lyricist, expert tunesmith, fine guitarist and exceptional singer. Seldom is such sophistication wrapped in a coating of such overt fun. Buy both. Hear him"

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Stan Webb/Chicken Shack - Going Up, Going Down: The Anthology 1968-2001 (2-Disc Set)

Going Up, Going Down is a double-disc set on the Castle label focusing on Chicken Shack singer and guitarist Stan Webb. The first disc captures the early days of his British electric blues band when the lineup included future Fleetwood Mac keyboardist Christine Perfect (pre-McVie). Their earliest repertoire, made up of electric blues cover versions, is reflected through both studio recordings and various live gigs, with fundamentally decent takes of "Everyday I Have the Blues," "Tell Me," "San Ho Zay," "I'm Tore Down," "I'd Rather Go Blind," and "He Knows the Rules."

The second disc is a bit more interesting as the band progresses into a harder and louder guitar-driven unit, utilizing Webb's original songs, which have more in common with Paul Rodgers and Free than the previous incarnations did with classic electric blues. Unfortunately, the two live tracks are the weakest on the second disc; "Back Door Man" gets bogged down with pseudo-Hendrix wah-wah pedal hysterics, and the second reading of "Tell Me" is perfunctory. At 36 tracks, Going Up, Going Down may be too much for the novice, but the collector will certainly find this of interest. ~Al Campbell

Album: Going Up, Going Down: The Anthology 1968-2001 (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 77:35
Size: 177.6 MB
Styles: Pop-Rock-Blues
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[2:59] 1. Everyday I Have The Blues
[4:09] 2. Tell Me-Live
[3:09] 3. When The Train Comes Back
[1:59] 4. San-Ho-Zay
[3:53] 5. Mean Old World
[4:23] 6. You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
[2:47] 7. I'm Tore Down
[5:09] 8. You Take Me Down-Live
[6:51] 9. The Thrill Has Gone-Live
[2:51] 10. My Mood
[3:58] 11. Midnight Hour-Live
[9:02] 12. Set Me Free
[5:04] 13. Going Up, Going Down-Live
[7:13] 14. Lost The Best Friend I Ever Had-Live
[5:56] 15. Black Night
[4:11] 16. Prisoner
[3:52] 17. He Knows The Rules

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Album: Going Up, Going Down: The Anthology 1968-2001 (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 76:41
Size: 175.6 MB
Styles: Pop-Rock-Blues
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[3:49] 1. Mine All The Time
[5:08] 2. Crying Won't Help You Now
[5:09] 3. Poor Boy
[2:29] 4. The Loser
[2:05] 5. Quick Step
[2:33] 6. Unlucky Boy
[4:40] 7. As Time Goes Passing By
[3:50] 8. Hear Me Cry
[3:12] 9. Meeting On A Hill
[3:22] 10. Use What You've Got
[4:04] 11. Little Bird
[3:21] 12. Let Me Love You Baby
[7:01] 13. Back Door Man-Live
[5:06] 14. Tell Me-Live At The Bridge House
[3:46] 15. Strange Situations
[5:57] 16. The House That Love Lives In
[3:30] 17. I Know
[7:32] 18. The Last Time

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Various - Kent Cooper: The Blues & Other Songs Vols 1&2

A songwriter, novelist and playwright. Mr. Cooper has had many songs recorded by artists such as Louisiana Red, Eric Burdon (of the Animals), Johnny Shines, Sonny Terry, Peg Leg Sam, and many others. He has had several novels published and a number of plays produced by various theatrical companies, including off-Broadway. He lives in Durham, North Carolina and writes on.

Album: Kent Cooper: The Blues & Other Songs Vol 1
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 64:56
Size: 148.7 MB
Styles: Assorted blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[2:13] 1. Deneen McEachern - Dirty Dirty Men
[2:56] 2. Marc Galbo - Bye Bye Baby
[2:54] 3. Louisiana Red - First Degree
[5:53] 4. George Higgs - Tar River Flood
[6:40] 5. Willie Murphy - Sweetblood Call
[3:14] 6. Louisiana Red - Turkey Killer
[3:46] 7. Sonny Terry - Cold Wind Blowing
[3:10] 8. Louisiana Red - Going Train Blues
[3:17] 9. Jemima James - I'd Rather Say Goodbye Right Here
[4:37] 10. Louisiana Red - Recreation Blues
[4:32] 11. Kristi Johnston - Midnight Rambler
[3:59] 12. George Higgs - Black Night Road
[2:24] 13. Lightnin' Welles - Loving You Is A Slow Way To Die
[3:32] 14. Sonny Terry - Feel Like Robbin' The Grave
[2:49] 15. Louisiana Red - Stole From Me
[3:38] 16. Jemima James - I Was Better Known For Loving
[5:16] 17. Louisiana Red - A Good Woman

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Album: Kent Cooper: The Blues & Other Songs Vol 2
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 59:46
Size: 136.8 MB
Styles: Assorted blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:57] 1. Deneen McEachern - Hard Dark Love
[4:00] 2. George Higgs - The Unloving Kind
[4:47] 3. Louisiana Red - Going Train Blues
[4:02] 4. Deneen McEachern - Black Sky El
[2:27] 5. Sonny Terry - Selling Out
[3:19] 6. Jemima James - Tracking Through The Snow
[2:34] 7. Deneen McEachern - Lover's Lament
[4:48] 8. Jemima James - Walk All Over Georgia
[3:32] 9. Marc Galbo - Have What You Give
[3:16] 10. Louisiana Red - Held Up In One Town
[3:38] 11. Jemima James - Emergency Call
[3:16] 12. George Higgs - Somebody Tell Somebody
[4:20] 13. Deneen McEachern - Dog Following Me
[4:34] 14. Louisiana Red - Red Sun
[2:10] 15. Lightnin' Welles - If She's Gone Bad
[5:00] 16. Louisiana Red - When My Mama Was Living

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Michael Dyer - Blues Ragù

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 48:09
Size: 110.3 MB
Styles: Harmonica blues, Acoustic blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:32] 1. Televangelist Blues
[4:12] 2. Malaise (Not Gettin' Much Done)
[4:21] 3. Don't Count Me Out
[3:38] 4. Blues Ragù
[3:23] 5. Leakin' Battery
[3:34] 6. I Need Somethin'
[4:04] 7. Floor Play (Revisited)
[3:07] 8. Wicked Whims
[3:05] 9. Compli-Intricated Life (Revisited)
[2:54] 10. Defiance & Insistence Blues
[2:40] 11. Boogie Blues 1
[2:59] 12. Ps & Qs
[2:43] 13. Barely Hangin' On
[3:51] 14. Your Soul, Oh Margot (Revisited)

Soft blues songs with interesting lyrics, guitar, piano, bass, percussion and wailing harmonica.

The title of this CD was inspired by a song in this album (Blues Ragù). A ragù is an Italian meat and tomato-based sauce, usually served over pasta. If the accent is changed to ragú then the word refers to a brand name (which happens to be trademarked).

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Jeff Lasley - Devil Got My Mind

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 41:16
Size: 94.5 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[4:07] 1. Devil Got My Mind
[3:43] 2. Baptized By The Blues
[4:25] 3. Blues Destiny
[5:46] 4. Mississippi Risin'
[3:49] 5. Freight Train
[4:33] 6. Hard To Get To Heaven (These Days)
[4:03] 7. Demon Rum
[3:10] 8. Bad Karma Blues
[3:33] 9. Blues Won't Let Me Be
[4:02] 10. Amazing Grace

In recording "Devil Got My Mind" I thought it best to keep the production minimal. I used an old analog tape machine and set my equipment up in the studio as if it were a live show. I wanted to create a record that had a raw delta feel to it. I felt the songs would be best served that way. For instrumentation I used my old Gibson es-125 semi-hollow body guitar, a custom built late '50's Fender Deluxe tweed amp and a homemade stomp board with a tamborine duct taped to it for percussion. On "Amazing Grace" I used a Gibson Dobro. All the songs were recorded live to tape with no over dubbing or special effects. I hope you enjoy it! ~Jeff Lasley

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Jon Lord Blues Project - Live

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 65:23
Size: 149.7 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[6:14] 1. Back At The Chicken Shack
[6:28] 2. Houchie Couchie Man
[5:38] 3. Wishing Well
[4:12] 4. It Never Rains But It Pours
[7:33] 5. Fog On The Highway
[4:50] 6. Lazy
[5:47] 7. Walkin' Blues
[3:21] 8. Way Down In The Hole
[4:28] 9. Houston (Scotland)
[6:32] 10. Respect Yourself
[5:15] 11. When A Blind Man Cries
[5:02] 12. I'm A Man

Bass, Vocals – Colin Hodgkinson; Drums – Pete York; Guitar, Vocals – Miller Anderson; Keyboards, Vocals – Zoot Money; Organ [Hammond] – Jon Lord; Vocals – Maggie Bell.

The recording was released in July 2011 by MFP Concerts Music Productions. The show was recorded live at Rottweil Jazzfestival on May 14, 2011, and features classic blues songs written by Willie Dixon and Robert Johnson, as well as more contemporary compositions by Deep Purple, Free, and Tom Waits. Jon Lord died of complications from his cancer treatment on July 16, 2012.

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Syl Johnson - Diamond In The Rough

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 28:05
Size: 64.3 MB
Styles: R&B, Chicago blues
Year: 1974/2010
Art: Front

[3:10] 1. Let Yourself Go
[2:47] 2. Don't Do It
[2:35] 3. I Want To Take You Home (To See Mama)
[3:07] 4. Could I Be Falling In Love
[2:49] 5. Stuck In Chicago
[2:54] 6. Diamond In The Rough
[2:41] 7. Keeping Down Confusion
[2:32] 8. Please, Don't Give Up On Me
[2:43] 9. Music To My Ears
[2:43] 10. I Hear The Love Chimes

This second of three underrated releases for Hi finds Syl Johnson slowly but surely transforming from a credulous loser into a standup guy no one messes around with. Diamond in the Rough could be viewed as a creative bridge between the slightly formulaic Hi approach of 1973's Back for a Taste of Your Love and the more bluesy and rewarding Total Explosion from 1975. Different from the southern soul belter which distinguished fellow Hi second leaguers Otis Clay and O.V. Wright, Johnson's unique feat lies in his earnest yet sometimes ironic take on love and relationships. Exemplary are "Keeping Down Confusion" with its rolling organ and "Don't Do It," where the singer drives home the ultimate cliché of "I was just doing my job/Working overtime," convincing listeners of wrongfully being accused of cheating on his better half. Singing at the top of his register unintentionally added to Johnson's well-timed delivery and was perfected for Total Explosion's closing track "That's Just My Luck." Not a dry eye in the house as Johnson's seemingly guilty conscious ("What am I doing here/With another man's wife/I'm shaking in fear/But I'm having the time of my life/I'm a fool/To put myself in jeopardy/But I can't help myself/She makes sweet love to me") makes for an adultery song which holds up with the likes of Don Covay's "I Was Checkin' out She Was Checkin' in." Diamond in the Rough has its own surprises, for instance in the minor R&B chart success of "I Want to Take You Home to See Mama." Initially coming on too joyfully honest for its own good, its credibility easily supersedes Al Green's "Let's Get Married." As ballads like the unfairly overlooked first single "Please Don't Give up on Me" stand out, the albums best song remains the driving "Stuck in Chicago." The only song not written by Willie Mitchell and his gang, it paved the way for Total Explosion's tougher approach where the former Chicago bluesman would let it loose on his harmonica. His reading of "Take Me to the River" gave the author and Hi superstar he was often compared to a run for his money. Like Big Mouth Billy Bass miming the song to Tony Soprano in one of the television series' episodes, Johnson did have the last laugh as "getting stuck in Chicago" would lead to his biggest hit. ~Quint Kik

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Ross Connor - Ain't No Fool EP

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 8:35
Size: 19.7 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[2:29] 1. Aint No Fool
[2:20] 2. Wondering Blues
[1:41] 3. Money Spider
[2:03] 4. Solitary Woman

Ross Connor is a blues guitarist and singer songwriter from Milton Keynes, he takes influence from players of the delta blues era including Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters and artists from the modern era such as Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr, Seasick Steve. He has recently released his debut e.p., recorded with Paul Ford at 4D Studios, with the help of Ocasan drummer Luke Mcdonnell.

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Various - Sun Record Company: Soul Queens

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 36:15
Size: 83.0 MB
Styles: Memphis soul, Contemporary blues vocals
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[2:33] 1. Gloria Taylor - Grounded Part I
[3:22] 2. Bettye Lavette - Games People Play
[2:43] 3. Margaret Lewis - How Would You Know
[3:29] 4. Peggy Scott - Every Little Bit Hurts
[2:18] 5. Betty Harris - All I Want Is You
[2:12] 6. Evie Sands - I Can't Let Go
[2:55] 7. Teresa Smith - He's A Cooker
[2:53] 8. Carolyn Porter - Put Your Mind Where Your Heart Is
[2:33] 9. Barbara Hall - From The Lips
[2:51] 10. Betty Harris - There's A Break In The Road
[3:15] 11. Carol Channing - He's A Cooker
[2:15] 12. Bettye Lavette - Piece Of My Heart (Take Another Little)
[2:49] 13. Marilyn Haywood - Think About It

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Monti Amundson - 2 albums: Man On The Floor / Prove Me Wrong

His name is Monti Amundson but most people call him Big Monti. Not just because of the man’s physical appearance, but also because of his obvious talent and sheer presence. When Big Monti takes the stage, it’s clear that there’s more going on than the usual extended guitar solos – the man plays and sings larger than life.

When Monti gets compared to Stevie Ray Vaughan or Johnny Winter he just says “thank you.” The fact is, the big man has his own style. “I’m a blues guitar player in a band that plays rock n’ roll,” is how Monti explains it. He doesn’t so much as straddle the line between the genres as bend it, ignore it, or race back and forth across it until both sides go up in flames. The blues of Big Monti comes straight from the heart, cuts through your soul and is as real as it gets.

Album: Monti Amundson & The Blubinos - Man On The Floor
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 45:03
Size: 103.2 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[4:34] 1. Man On The Floor
[3:51] 2. Would I Lie
[4:02] 3. All I Wanna Do
[3:09] 4. Sweet Talk
[2:50] 5. Easy Way Out
[5:28] 6. Four In The Morning
[3:20] 7. Better To Be Lonely
[4:51] 8. Cream In My Heart
[4:20] 9. Hat Back Blues
[2:49] 10. Your Turn To Be The Fool
[5:44] 11. Killing Time

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Album: Prove Me Wrong
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 46:51
Size: 107.3 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[4:52] 1. So Fine
[4:10] 2. Prove Me Wrong
[3:43] 3. Calculatin' Woman Blues
[4:17] 4. Standing Next To You
[5:47] 5. Meg Darlin'
[4:36] 6. Needs More Baby
[3:28] 7. Landlady Came By
[3:26] 8. Strike That Match
[3:52] 9. What's So Special 'bout Love
[4:59] 10. Hey Now
[3:36] 11. One Day Of The Week

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Paul Rodgers - The Royal Sessions

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 41:17
Size: 94.5 MB
Styles: R&B, Blue eyed soul, Memphis blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:07] 1. I Thank You
[2:16] 2. Down Don't Bother Me
[4:03] 3. I Can't Stand The Rain
[5:35] 4. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
[3:13] 5. That's How Strong My Love Is
[6:48] 6. Walk On By
[2:37] 7. Any Ole Way
[3:03] 8. It's Growing
[4:05] 9. Born Under A Bad Sign
[6:28] 10. I've Got Dreams To Remember

It seems almost too easy to say a record was “a lifetime in the making,” but in the case of Paul Rodgers’ The Royal Sessions, it’s more than poetic metaphor or press hype; it’s a genuine statement of fact.

In the mid ‘60s, before this singer/songwriter founded Free, Bad Company or The Firm with Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, Rodgers was a teen band singer in Middlesbrough, England besotted with vinyl 45s from America: hot new R&B sides from Memphis labels like Stax/Volt, Goldwax and later Hi Records. Spinning the records over and over, Rodgers would imagine how the artists and singers created such momentous sounds and wonder about the places they came from.

Flash forward to 2013: Paul Rodgers is at South Memphis’ Royal Studios, recording those familiar old songs with many of the same players who had graced the original tracks. The session almost seemed fated. Rodgers had been working on an album of original rock material with his friend and musical collaborator Perry A. Margouleff. In late 2012, Margouleff was visiting Memphis where he was tipped to Royal Studios, the historic home of late producer Willie Mitchell and Hi Records. For over 40 years, Royal has remained a thriving recording hub where artists come take advantage of the vintage gear, old-school wisdom, and sheer magic of the room. They’ve also utilized the talents of the native players, foremost among them the stalwarts of the famed Hi Rhythm Section, built around the Hodges Brothers. Still turning out remarkable records and performances today, Royal Studios has become the last great resource for those truly seeking the real thing.

The result of Paul Rodgers’ pilgrimage to this musical Mecca is a deeply felt, powerfully sung and expertly played collection. Featuring a cross-section of material handpicked by Rodgers, it surveys a wide landscape of American R&B, offering fresh takes on the fatback blues of Albert King, the gutbucket balladry of Otis Redding, the sophisticated stirrings of Issac Hayes and a host of other classics from the Southern soul canon.

Working in the old-school style, everything was recorded on analogue tape, with the basic tracks – including Rodgers’ vocals – all cut live on the floor with the band. Unaware of Rodgers’ history or reputation, the veteran session men were surprised when he chose to kick off the session with a pass at Redding’s iconic “That’s How Strong My Love Is.” After Rodgers nailed the song in a single scintillating take, organist Charles Hodges took him aside and said admiringly, “Man, you’ve really got this in you. You can really do this.”

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James Peterson - 2 albums: Too Many Knots / Preachin' The Blues

Alabama-born and Florida-based guitarist, singer, and songwriter James Peterson played a gritty style of Southern-fried blues at times reminiscent of Howlin' Wolf and other times more along the lines of Freddie King. He formed his first band while he was living in Buffalo, New York and running the Governor's Inn House of Blues in the 1960s. He and his band would back up the traveling musicians who came through, including blues legends like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Big Joe Turner, Freddie King, Lowell Fulson, and Koko Taylor.

Peterson was born November 4, 1937 in Russell County, Alabama. Peterson was strongly influenced by gospel music in the rural area he grew up in, and he began singing in church as a child. Thanks to his father's juke joint, he was exposed to blues at an early age, and later followed in his footsteps in upstate New York. After leaving home at age 14, he headed to Gary, Indiana, where he sang with his friend John Scott. While still a teen, he began playing guitar, entirely self-taught. Peterson cited musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett), Jimmy Reed, and B.B. King as his early role models.After moving to Buffalo in 1955, he continued playing with various area blues bands, and ten years later he opened his own blues club.

In 1970, Peterson recorded his first album, The Father, the Son, the Blues on the Perception/Today label. While he ran his blues club at night, he supplemented his income by running a used-car lot during the day. Peterson's debut album was produced and co-written with Willie Dixon, and it featured a then-five-year-old Lucky Peterson on keyboards. Peterson followed it up with Tryin' to Keep the Blues Alive a few years later. Peterson's other albums included Rough and Ready and Too Many Knots for the Kingsnake and Ichiban labels in 1990 and 1991, respectively.

The album that put Peterson back on the road as a national touring act was 1995's Don't Let the Devil Ride for the Jackson, Mississippi-based Waldoxy Records. Throughout the '90s and up to the mid-2000s, Peterson was also an active live presence on the Tampa, Florida blues scene, and the 2000s also saw Peterson record another duo album with son Lucky, 2004's If You Can't Fix It on the JSP label. Peterson returned to Alabama in the mid-2000s, and died of a heart attack there on December 12, 2010. A master showman who learned from the best and knew how to work an audience, James Peterson left a legacy not only as an accomplished blues guitarist, but also as a crafty songwriter endowed with a deep, gospel-drenched singing style. ~bio by Richard Skelly

Album: Too Many Knots
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 46:23
Size: 106.2 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 1991
Art: Front

[4:05] 1. Fish Ain't Bitin'
[4:07] 2. Flip Floppin' My Love
[4:09] 3. Call Before You Come Home
[4:43] 4. Long Handled Spoon
[6:15] 5. Slob On The Knob
[3:32] 6. Too Many Knots
[2:55] 7. Jacksonville
[4:38] 8. Every Goodbye Ain't Gone
[4:07] 9. More Then One Way To Skin A Cat
[3:20] 10. Blind Can't Lead The Blind
[4:26] 11. Killer Rock

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Album: Preachin' The Blues
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 46:44
Size: 107.0 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 1996/2005
Art: Front

[4:54] 1. Shoe On The Other Foot
[4:16] 2. Who Shot John
[4:30] 3. Lost What I Had
[3:24] 4. Silky Silk
[7:23] 5. Come Home To Eat
[4:10] 6. The Bottom Line
[4:16] 7. Women's Pet
[4:26] 8. Why Mama Had To Cry
[3:55] 9. I've Got A Problem
[5:27] 10. Some Things A Man Shouldn't Have To Do

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Malted Milk and Toni Green - Milk & Green

Released: 2014
Size: 120.7 MB
Time: 52:37
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues Soul
Art: Front

1. Just Call Me [4:06]
2. I'd Really Like To Know [5:31]
3. Hold Back This Feeling [4:04]
4. The Weather Is Still Fine [3:50]
5. Slipped, Tripped And Fell In Love [3:35]
6. Wake Up To Your Love [4:13]
7. I Can Do Bad All By Myself [4:24]
8. Deep Inside [4:31]
9. As Long As I Have You [4:21]
10. That Wiggle [4:31]
11. Just Ain't Working Out [5:26]
12. Party Girl [4:00]

What have in common soul singer Toni Green and group soul-blues Malted Milk?

The answer is simple: Milk & Green are among the best kept secrets of rhythm & blues today. To have joined forces by recording what may become one of the flagship albums of the decade, there was a safe bet that this double secret will soon transpire.
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Milk & Green

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Dana Fuchs - Songs From The Road

Released: 2014
Size: 177.9 MB
Time: 77:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

1. Bliss Avenue [3:04]
2. Handful Too Many [5:46]
3. Livin' On Sunday [4:04]
4. How Did Things Get This Way [4:23]
5. So Hard To Move [7:06]
6. Summersong [4:30]
7. Set It On Fire [3:49]
8. Sad Salvation [4:58]
9. Tell Me I'm Not Drinking [5:13]
10. Rodents In The Attic [4:03]
11. Nothin' On My Mind [3:48]
12. Vagabond Wind [5:35]
13. Long Long Game [4:55]
14. Keep On Walkin' [5:11]
15. I've Been Loving You Too Long [4:33]
16. Don't Let Me Down [6:28]

Dana writes songs and sings her ass off fronting the soulful, rocking Dana Fuchs Band, based in NYC. Dana and her band are currently on tour all over Europe and the US in support of their new LIVE CD/DVD "Songs From The Road." Dana also stars as the rock singer "Sadie" in Julie Taymor's film "Across The Universe."

Songs From The Road

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Footsteps - Restringed

Released: 2014
Size: 166.1 MB
Time: 72:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues, Rock
Art: Full

1. Televised Revolution [4:48]
2. Spying Eyes [6:43]
3. Thomson Stomp [5:21]
4. Statues And Fools [7:56]
5. Unicolored Town [6:32]
6. Restringed [4:42]
7. Never Got The Blues [6:45]
8. Pre Jam [1:49]
9. Up All Night [7:11]
10. Dizzy Daisy [4:15]
11. Brothers In Mind [7:13]
12. The Wall [9:13]

Footsteps know how to hit with their music a bridge between the feeling of yesteryear and the modern blues rock. The power trio convinces with a scary authentic sound as well as the correct sense of groove. On 03 October, the band in the fall will present and discuss their new album "RESTRINGED"!

Bluesy rock songs paired with improvisation soaked lengths can arise during the concerts an electrifying tension. Both fans fat old-school guitar riffs and clever Song arrangements Dear partners should miss this band by no means live!

In addition to representatives of the classical trio as the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Grand Funk Railroad or Gov't Mule, are also part of Free, Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers, The Black Crowes or Derek & The Dominos to the creative role models of Footsteps. With the creative work of these artists in mind convert Footsteps in the footsteps of Jamrocks old school without being easy to work only copying. Rather, they try the musical spectrum of rock music to expand.

Restringed

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Roosevelt Sykes - Music Is My Business

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 45:06
Size: 103.2 MB
Styles: Piano blues, Chicago blues
Year: 1990/2014
Art: Front

[2:39] 1. Music Is My Business
[2:39] 2. Mistake In Life
[3:39] 3. New York Boogie
[3:33] 4. Dream Woman
[2:52] 5. Stop Stoppin' Me
[1:54] 6. Look Out For Yourself
[2:18] 7. Some Right, Some Wrong
[2:55] 8. Take Time Out
[2:49] 9. Hot Pants
[5:16] 10. A Good Woman
[2:35] 11. Just A Smile
[2:39] 12. Leavin' Chicago
[2:13] 13. Funky Side
[1:37] 14. Last Chance
[1:44] 15. Who's That Pretty Woman
[3:36] 16. How Long

A barrelhouse piano player whose approach to the blues was full of drive, bounce, and joy, Roosevelt Sykes recorded his signature tune, Lee Green's "44 Blues," at his debut studio date in 1929, which had been arranged for him by St. Louis record shop owner Jesse Johnson. Sykes never looked back, practicing his own brand of joyous boogie piano while spanning the pre- and post-war generations, and he enjoyed a remarkable surge in popularity late in his career, touring the music festivals on several continents and releasing albums. This set, which has been released countless times on several different labels, including Blues Alliance, Blue Labor, Tomato, and Rhino, and now on Fat Possum, was recorded at a session on September 17, 1975, with guitarists Johnny Shines and Louisiana Red, and the harmonica-playing Sugar Blue to help out on some of the tracks. The results, in all honesty, are mixed, but as an example of what it means to put some veteran blues musicians together and cut an album in one day, it's a minor little archival gem. Sykes, unlike many artists, was always best solo, and there are several solo tracks here, all full of the bouncing, buoyant piano playing that made Sykes one of a kind. In the end, it's a fun and interesting set, wherever one picks it up. ~Steve Leggett

Music Is My Business

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Jim Poppy Boyd & The Major Mixed Bag Band - Outta Whack Or Crazy (Nobody Know Which One)

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 79:35
Size: 182.2 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[5:45] 1. Outta Whack Or Crazy
[3:49] 2. I Couldn't Be Cool
[4:28] 3. Meant To Be
[6:08] 4. Seem To Go Hand In Hand
[6:27] 5. Ride In Style
[3:53] 6. Operator Elevator
[7:10] 7. Slow Train
[6:21] 8. Hey Mister
[3:02] 9. Baby Magic Blues (Grown Folks Mix)
[3:31] 10. Sho' Gonna Lay 'em Down
[6:07] 11. Prophets
[7:24] 12. These Days
[5:26] 13. Fatback
[2:36] 14. North Country Winter
[5:00] 15. Southside Tracks
[2:19] 16. Time Lef'

Born in 1942 and afflicted with the need to Boogie by age three, I have always been drawn to jump up music and to lyrics with something other than the mundane to say. I describe myself as a songwriter / singer because I write better than I sing, and I have been writing songs for nearly 60 years. I am father to four amazing children, two boys, two girls; and it was at their suggestion that I started the songwriting and recording project of a lifetime...an anthology and musical memoir. In that process I have begun to write again, and I am including both revived and recent compositions in my collection.

I grew up in Atlanta before it became the city it is today, and I was influenced early on by Black Gospel families like the Franklins and the Staples. Soon after I fell under the spell of the early blues men and women, and crossover R&B artists like Ray Charles. The cross genre styles that characterize my music can be traced first to them and later to my regional exposure to country gospel, country blues, and mountain music / bluegrass influences. The exposure and impact continued up through Folk, Rock, and other styles that caught my fancy across those years. My ability to be influenced and guided by the work of others continues today.

Parenting and "day job" responsibilities kept my career as a performing musician either dormant of sporadic across my midlife years. That was as I planned it, and I have no complaints. It was near my eventual retirement from a 34 year career as a special educator that I slipped and slid back into the performing arena with the formation of The DaddyO's Band, a working Blues and R&B cover band that soon began performing the old and new tunes that we put together as I group. We kept it going for 14 years. Known at that time as Dr. DaddyO, I fronted that group as lead vocalist and primary writer. Age and health issues finally put up roadblocks the we could not work around, but some of that crew has transitioned with me into the present project push. That experience has proven to be my training ground for the present work at hand.

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