The James Cotton Band - One More Mile

Year: 2002
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:04
Size: 150,3 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Front, inside, tray, cd

1. One More Mile (2:43)
2. All Walks Of Life (2:22)
3. Born In Missouri (4:50)
4. Flip Flop & Fly (5:10)
5. Boogie Thang (4:56)
6. Good Morning Little School Girl (3:29)
7. Baby Don't You Want To Go (2:39)
8. Help Me (4:10)
9. Fanny Mae (4:05)
10. Please Please (3:29)
11. Hot 'N Cold (4:07)
12. Teenie Weenie Bit (2:55)
13. Blow Wind Blow (3:49)
14. How Long Can A Fool Go Wrong (7:31)
15. Got My Mojo Workin' (4:04)
16. Goodbye My Lady (4:36)

Born the son of a Baptist preacher in Mississippi on July 1, 1935, James Cotton learned to play the harmonica as a small boy imitating the sounds of chickens and train whistles. He eventually styled himself after blues legend Sonny Boy Williamson. Williamson, who had heard the boy, was so taken by his talent and soon took him under his wing.

It was at the ripe age of fifteen that Cotton (as his friends would call him) took over Williamson's band, later to lead them on to Memphis where they recorde for Sam Philips' Sun Records. Cotton, by now making quite a name for himself, inevitably went on to replace the legendary Lil' Walter in Muddy Waters' band. After a decade, he went to form The James Cotton Band.

Touring the world with a honed down traditional blues sound, The James Cotton Band would excite crowds around the world with his own unique styling of a sound that captures the soul. Opening for such luminaries as The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and Paul Butterfield, he would frequently prove to be a talent worthy of headlining his own show.

(Note: Live recordings of unknown origin.)

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Sandy Mack - That's What I'm Talkin' Bout

Year: 2001
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:01
Size: 113,0 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Credit Risk (3:37)
2. How Long (3:46)
3. Game Is Over (6:41)
4. Keep Holdin' On A Baby (4:17)
5. Jump Swing Boogie (3:09)
6. Take A Step (5:28)
7. Love Confession (5:20)
8. Cadillac Baby (3:46)
9. Travelers Blues (4:49)
10. Loving A Stranger (4:41)
11. Coming Back Home (3:22)

A top Jersey harp blower, Sandy Mack has worked on the acclaimed Dennis Gruenling CD "Up All Night". He has been a front man for numerous East coast acts, honing his considerable talents. The bulk of the material on this CD is self-penned and features some excellent horn output from Joel Frahm and Carlos Francis.

The music here brings to mind James Cotton of the 70's, or even a later William Clarke influence. The guitar work is also exceptional, showing the influences of Guy and Collins. Jack Strobel's piano certainly adds some tasty portions and helps (along with many other things) to keep this from being just photocopied blues or blues-rock.

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U.P. Wilson - Booting

Year: 1999
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:48
Size: 103,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Made Up My Mind (4:41)
2. Texas Squaling (3:15)
3. You Say You Love Me (7:33)
4. Let Her Go (4:27)
5. I Believe (5:58)
6. Crazy Things (5:16)
7. Rock Me (3:40)
8. Chunky (2:51)
9. Hold On Woman (3:39)
10. Booting (3:23)

U.P. Wilson may not offer anything new with Booting, his fifth effort for JSP, but it's nevertheless an entertaining listen for anybody who's enjoyed his previous records. Everything that's made those albums exciting - the gospel-inflected, soulful singing, the stinging guitar solos - is here, along with the very same things that make them frustrating (namely, really, really clean production). So if there aren't any surprises, there are still enough highlights to make it a good listen for the already converted. /Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic

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Sonny Terry - Blowin' The Blues

Year: 2002
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:34
Size: 119,5 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Mean And No Good Woman (2:33)
2. Train Whistle Blues (2:47)
3. New Love Blues (2:45)
4. Mountain Blues (3:10)
5. The New John Henry (3:35)
6. Harmonica Blues (2:44)
7. Harmonica And Washboard Breakdown (2:34)
8. Somebody's Been Talkin' (2:48)
9. Harmonica Stomp (2:48)
10. Blowin' The Blues (2:54)
11. You Got To Have Your Dollar (2:42)
12. Bus Rider Blues (2:44)
13. Working Man's Blues (2:48)
14. Back Home Blues (2:56)
15. Lonesome Train (3:33)
16. Shakedown Blues (2:53)
17. Sweet Woman (3:06)
18. Fox Chase (2:05)

18 examples of the art of the Blues Harmonica ace, Sonny Terry. Throughout his long and varied career as a soloist and partner to the equally famous Brownie McGhee, Sonny was generally acknowledged as the most influential and technically proficient of all Blues harmonica players.These titles recorded between 1938 and 1944 include some of his best known tracks. Contains 18 tracks. Recorded between 1938 & 1944.

Personnel: Sonny Terry (vocals, harmonica); Blind Boy Fuller, Brownie McGhee (vocals, guitar); Woody Guthrie (guitar); Jordan Webb (harmonica); Bull City Red (washboard).

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The Bobby Murray Band - Live & Lowdown!

Size: 149,7 MB
Time: 64:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. Further On Up The Road (3:35)
02. Sex Machine (6:11)
03. Broke & Hungry (2:59)
04. Live & Lowdown! (4:47)
05. Tribute To John Lee (5:50)
06. The Rivers Invitation (7:47)
07. After Hours Groove (3:54)
08. Last 2 Dollars (7:56)
09. Double Clutch (3:25)
10. After Hours Groove #2 (6:23)
11. Crossroads (5:39)
12. Time To Say Goodbye (5:42)

Longtime Etta James band guitarist Bobby Murray spent many years carefully honing his guitar-playing skills around the blues clubs of San Francisco and Oakland. In the 1970s and '80s, he played backup for musicians like Sonny Rhodes and Frankie Lee before getting a big break in 1988 and joining up with James' Roots Band. Murray was born in 1953 in Nagoya, Japan, grew up in Tacoma, Washington, and cites Albert Collins as one of his most important guitar influences. Murray and Robert Cray went to high school together, and upon their graduation, they booked Collins for the school's graduation party; the three became friends and later went on to appear in concert together often. Murray, who spent many years in apprenticeship, learned from some of the best the Bay Area had to offer, sharing stages with Charlie Musselwhite, Otis Rush, Jimmy Witherspoon, Taj Mahal and John Lee Hooker, among others. He can be heard on B.B. King's Grammy Award-winning album, Blues Summit, and he duets with former classmate Cray on King's "Playing With My Friends." Murray's style is fluid and rhythmic, and, freely admitting he's not one of the world's greatest singers, often has a singing guitarist with him. There's plenty of guitar wizardry from Murray on his debut album, The Blues Is Now, released in 1996 on the New York-based Viceroy label, with guests including vocalist Frankie Lee and organist Jimmy Pugh. ~by Richard Skelly

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Buddy Guy - Best Of The Silvertone Years: 1991-2005

Size: 447 Mb
Time: 3:13:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2005
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. Damn Right, I've Got The Blues (4:28)
02. Five Long Years (8:23)
03. Mustang Sally (4:40)
04. Where Is The Next One Coming From (4:34)
05. Too Broke To Spend The Night (4:59)
06. Rememberin' Stevie (6:55)
07. She's A Superstar (4:57)
08. Feels Like Rain (4:33)
09. She's Nineteen Years Old (5:40)
10. Some Kind Of Wonderful (Feat. Paul Rodgers) (3:25)
11. I Could Cry (5:07)
12. Mary Ann (3:10)
13. I Smell Trouble (3:14)
14. 7-11 (6:57)
15. Little Dab-A-Doo (5:07)
16. Love Her With A Feeling (4:24)
17. Someone Else Is Steppin' In (Slippin' Out, Slippin' In) (4:20)
18. Trouble Blues (3:06)
19. I've Got My Eyes On You (4:09)
20. My Time After Awhile (7:24)
21. Heavy Love (5:38)
22. Midnight Train (Feat. Jonny Lang) (5:18)
23. Hoochie Coochie Man (Feat. Junior Wells) (5:41)
24. I Need You Tonight (5:14)
25. Saturday Night Fish Fry (5:27)
26. Done Got Old (3:21)
27. Baby Please Don't Leave Me (7:21)
28. Stay All Night (4:08)
29. Tramp (6:45)
30. Look What All You Got (4:43)
31. Hard Time Killing Floor (2:46)
32. Crawlin' Kingsnake (5:15)
33. Lucy Mae Blues (3:31)
34. I Love The Life I Live (2:45)
35. Innocent Man/Mannish Boy Backdoor Man (5:41)
36. Bad Blood (6:45)
37. Need A Friend (5:17)
38. Totally Out Of Control (6:46)

One of the few living blues icons, and the strongest surviving link to the golden era of Chicago electric blues, the seminal guitarist — and 2005 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee — continues to reap the dividends of a remarkable career renaissance. For the past decade and a half, the five-time Grammy winner has achieved late-blooming mainstream stardom, thanks to the same incendiary guitar work that made him a cult legend decades ago.

Born George Guy in rural Lettsworth, Louisiana on July 30, 1936, Buddy moved to Chicago in 1957, and eventually established himself as a force on the thriving local music scene. He built his reputation playing on sessions for the fabled Chess label, backing up such artists as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Koko Taylor, while stepping out front on such now-classic singles as "First Time I Met the Blues" and "Broken Hearted Blues."

Guy's fiery, self-taught guitar work proved inspirational to such budding axemen as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, all of whom have enthusiastically sung his praises in the years since. Guy also earned a reputation for his flamboyant onstage showmanship, which he continued to hone through a long-running collaboration with harmonica player Junior Wells.

But Guy's recording career eventually drifted into rocky waters. He hadn't had a domestic album release in nearly a decade when he signed with the Silvertone label and released Damn Right, I've Got the Blues . The album — which featured guest appearances from by Beck, Clapton and Mark Knopfler — introduced Guy to an enthusiastic new audience, and eventually earned a Grammy as Best Contemporary Blues Album.

The commercially savvy crossover sound of Damn Right, I've Got the Blues and its followups Feels Like Rain and Heavy Love gave way to a more primitive, rural approach on 2001's acclaimed Sweet Tea , which was followed by 2003's stripped-down Blues Singer , which emphasized Guy's vocals and acoustic picking.

While those projects exposed lesser-known aspects of Guy's talents, the landmark Damn Right, I've Got the Blues continues to hold a special place in the hearts of the artist and his fans. That's evident from Silvertone's March release of a newly expanded edition of the album, which augments the original disc with a pair of U.K. b-sides. Silvertone has also released an exclusive "digital box set" — dubbed Best of the Silvertone Years 1991-2005 and featuring a trio of previously unreleased tracks.

Best Of The Silvertone Years Part 1
Best Of The Silvertone Years Part 2
Best Of The Silvertone Years Part 3

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Lluis Coloma & Carl Sonny Leyland - Telling Our Stories

Size: 148,0 MB
Time: 63:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues, Boogie Woogie
Art: Front

01. Boogie Boogie Gallop (3:12)
02. Swipesy Cakewalk (4:34)
03. Rolling Tumbleweeds (5:26)
04. Detour Through Melancholia (4:20)
05. Destroying The Boogie (4:44)
06. Trembling Blues (5:07)
07. Avalon (5:44)
08. After Glowers (4:52)
09. Good Gravy Rag (3:03)
10. Hindustan (5:40)
11. It's A Brand New Boogie (3:43)
12. Swanee River Boogie (5:27)
13. Your Cheating Heart (3:14)
14. Sun's Gonna Shine On Pretty Redwing Someday (4:13)

Personnel:
Carl Sonny Leyland – Piano & Vocals
Lluís Coloma – Piano

Rhythm section optional:
Manolo Germán – Bass
Marc Ruiz – Drums

Carl Sonny Leyland and Lluís Coloma, two of the most original and creative Blues & Boogie Woogie pianists, are joining in a new two-piano project!

Lluís and Carl met almost 20 years ago at the Boogie Woogie Festival in LaRoquebrou, France, considered one of the most important festivals of this piano style. Serious connoisseurs of the Blues piano language and related genres, these two pianists are regulars at Jazz and Blues festivals on the international scene, where their paths have crossed numerous times. After several years of mutual admiration, they decided to record an album with the prestigious record label Fresh Sound Records.

From a very young age, both were touched by Rock & Roll. Initially drawn to the piano by the fascinating rhythms of Boogie Woogie, they were then compelled to explore the more obscure Blues styles that lead back to the origins of that genre. From here, their repertoires expanded to include Ragtime, Barrelhouse, and Stride Piano, including the regional styles of New Orleans, Chicago, Kansas City, and other significant locales.

Concerning their own musical language, Lluis & Sonny like to fuse styles, respecting tradition but incorporating new elements in a truly organic and natural way. Each are composers and individually have a very defined and personal sound.

The duets of Leyland and Coloma contain a great dose of creativity, spontaneity, virtuosity, improvisation, and musical dialogue, transporting the listener to unexpected places full of magic and complexity. The result is an innovative mix of tradition and modernity.

Telling Our Stories

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Becky Blue Band - Just South Of Florence

Size: 104 MB
Time: 16:44
File: FLAC
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues, Soul, Rock, Country
Art: Front

01. Get It While You Can (3:11)
02. You.Me (2:44)
03. Murderous Man (3:07)
04. Folsom Prison (3:04)
05. Ain't No Good (4:36)

“Just South of Florence” contains three originals and two covers. Was recorded at FAME Studios, Muscle Shoals, Ala. last year. Becky Blue, the band’s namesake, described the material as blues with an occasional nod to blues-swing.

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Kid Ramos - Old School

Size: 111,4 MB
Time: 47:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. Kid's Jump (3:40)
02. All Your Love (4:16)
03. Tell Me What Ya Want (3:33)
04. Mashed Potatoes And Chili (3:18)
05. Heartbeat (2:07)
06. You Never Call My Name (2:46)
07. Anna (2:54)
08. Wes Side (5:47)
09. Mona Lisa (3:02)
10. Jesus Came By Here (2:39)
11. I Can't Wait Baby (5:23)
12. Weight On My Shoulders (4:51)
13. High Society (2:39)

A lot has happened since the last record, Greasy Kid's Stuff in 2001. Since then I've fathered two small boys into young men, beaten cancer. It's been about 17 years. I figured it was about the right time toput a Blues record out. My youngest son Johnny has joined the family business. This is his singing debut on this album and he was only 17 at the time of the recording. I'm excited to still be playing guitar,happy that people still want to see and hear me, and haven't thrown any rocks at me yet. This album was made in two days at Big Jon Atkinson's home studio in Hayward, California. It was recorded live to tape on two tracks using all analogue equipment, vintage microphones, and the brilliant technique of Jon Atkinson's recording. The album includes the expert playing of Kedar Roy on bass, Marty Dodson on drums, Mike Welch on piano/organ, Danny Michel on 2nd guitar, with the legendary Kim Wilson performing vocals on one song.

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John Lee Hooker - In Person

Year: 1974/2001
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:22
Size: 77,5 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. You're Gonna Need Another Favor (4:52)
2. New Sally Mae (3:34)
3. Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine (2:35)
4. She's Long, She's Tall (2:26)
5. You're Mellow (4:07)
6. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (2:31)
7. Flowers On The Hour (2:36)
8. It Serves Me Right To Suffer (3:30)
9. Ain't No Big Thing Baby (4:08)
10. You Can Run Baby (2:59)

Singer/guitarist John Lee Hooker (1917-2001) was one of the most successful blues artists of the second half of the 20th century, yet his hypnotic brand of blues was in many ways a throwback to earlier times, before rules of rhyme, meter, and chord structure became standardized. The Clarksdale, Mississippi-born musician burst on the national scene with his first record, "Boogie Chillen," which topped Billboard's Most-Played Juke Box Race Record chart in 1949.

His unaccompanied performance, delivered in a declarative baritone over an unchanging one-chord guitar pattern and the steady stomp of his foot on a wooden board, was not only a bold announcement of youthful independence but marked the arrival of a unique musical stylist. His roots were the North Mississippi hill country, yet through the use of heavily amplified guitar, the Detroit-based bluesman was able to create the music relevant to mass audiences, both rural and urban, and later in his career, white as well as black.

While Hooker did not alter his own style over the years, his musical surroundings changed with the times. Early attempts to wed his unorthodox bar and chord structures to backing bands often yielded chaotic results. After signing with Vee-Jay Records in 1955, his instrumental support became more empathetic. Though he moonlighted for Riverside and Fantasy, cutting acoustic albums aimed at his new folk-blues fans, Hooker continued making electrified R&B singles for Vee-Jay, the biggest being "Boom, Boom" in 1962.

He settled in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1970. His career got a big boost, beginning in 1989, through a series of acclaimed albums that featured such guests as Carlos Santana, Robert Cray, Bonnie Raitt, Los Lobos, Keith Richards, Charles Brown, and Van Morrison. /Amazon

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Sandy Mack - Still Going Strong

Year: 2009
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:45
Size: 133,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Drunked (5:29)
2. Never Enuff Rockin' (3:14)
3. Let's Work (2:59)
4. Life Boat (5:17)
5. It's My Life Baby (2:53)
6. Shake Dancer (2:44)
7. Get Right (2:59)
8. Turn My Luck Around (5:18)
9. Boogie Now (6:01)
10. Wondering (2:39)
11. Ghost Story (5:19)
12. Road Warrior (4:35)
13. That's Not Right! (3:31)
14. Love Explosion (4:39)

Mark Hummel, Rick Estrin, Dennis Gruenling, Steve Guyger, Bill Lupkin. Now add Sandy Mack to that list amongst some of the best contemporary harp players. This album is a completely fun affair. It'll make you want to get up and dance without a care in the world. The lyrics and the atmosphere it creates something you don't have to think about to enjoy. Kid Ramos joins in on six tracks and smokes as always behind Mack's swinging harmonica and tongue-in-cheek lyrics.

A poor man's Estrin when it comes to cheeky lyrics, Mack dips and jives between swing, blues, loungy jazz, shuffles, and boogie-woogie rock to help keep you in the mood for toe-tapping enjoyment. Mack's harp produces some delicious tones that puts him in the aforementioned good company because he doesn't overplay and he phrases himself to fit the song and not blow it over.

His drunken jazz singer delivery (think of a trashed Dean Martin without the smooth vibratto) and masculine bravado, Mack's got a sure fire charm for singing. This one is a good Saturday night dance around your house affair that's sure to leave you smiling by disc's end.

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Bryan Lee - Katrina Was Her Name

Year: 2007
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:21
Size: 153,0 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. 29 Ways (5:40)
2. Don't Bite The Hand That Feeds You (6:05)
3. Barefootin' (4:01)
4. My Baby Done Quit Me (4:49)
5. Blues Singer (5:51)
6. Katrina Was Her Name (6:44)
7. Take It Like A Man (2:40)
8. Lowdown And Dirty (4:08)
9. Ain't Nobody's Business (7:17)
10. Why Did You Lie To Me (4:33)
11. Flat Foot Sam (2:52)
12. Bethany Jane (4:57)
13. Don't Joke With The Stroke (6:39)

Bryan Lee could be called one of the last of the old-school blues guitarists. Born in 1943, Lee grew up to the sounds of the same seminal blues guitar idols (Albert King, Elmore James, etc.) that influenced scores of British and American blues and rock players. Based in New Orleans, Lee fortifies his approach to electric blues with aspects of Louisiana musical culture, both pop and blues.

Katrina is a tribute to that hard-hit metropolis, consisting of well-crafted originals (the emotion-laden title song) and choice covers (the oldie "Barefootin,'" the anthemic "Nobody's Business"). To put the icing on the cake, Katrina is produced by contemporary blues ace Duke Robillard (no slouch himself on the guitar), who also contributes some fine acoustic six-string sounds. /AllMusic

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Peg Leg Sam - Medicine Show Man

Size: 150,6 MB
Time: 65:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1973
Styles: Country Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

01. Who's That Left Here 'While Ago (4:43)
02. Greasy Greens (5:33)
03. Reuben (4:41)
04. Irene, Tell Me, Who Do You Love (4:26)
05. Skinny Woman Blues (4:18)
06. Lost John (4:03)
07. Ode To Bad Bill (4:42)
08. Ain't But One Thing Give A Man The Blues (6:35)
09. Easy Ridin' Buggy (3:26)
10. Peg's Fox Chase (3:16)
11. Before You Give It All Away (4:20)
12. Fast Freight Train (3:45)
13. Nasty Old Trail (3:58)
14. Born In A Hard Luck (7:32)

This Carolina harp virtuoso spent most of his life travelling the South with carnivals and medicine shows. As a teenager, Arthur Jackson lived the life of a hobo, ‘riding the blinds’ on the railroads between South-Eastern towns where he would play his harp for tips. On his one journey North to Buffalo NY, he almost died from frostbite, losing his fingernails and parts of his ears! Then, in 1930, he lost a leg in a railroad accident while ‘riding the blinds’ on the railroad and so he acquired the name ‘Peg-Leg’. On his travels, ‘Sam’ accumulated a massive repertoire of Piedmont Blues songs, folk tunes, comedy numbers and monologues, as he spent decades on the road as a ‘wandering songster’. He was a ‘natural’ at drawing a crowd, dancing along as he performed tricks like playing two harps at once and recounting his tall tales. He was discovered in 1972, when he was already in his 60s, playing with The Chief Thunder Cloud Medicine Show. He cut an album, ‘Medicine Show Man’ for the Trix label (re-issued as ‘Kickin’ It’) with Piedmont guitarists Baby Tate and Rufe Johnson. He then forged a partnership with guitarist Louisiana Red, performing live together and cutting an album and several live tracks ffrom Festivals.

Sam’s engaging character made him a huge favourite at Blues and Heritage Festivals, entertaining the crowds with his dancing, his stories and his superb country Blues harp. His spectacular playing style, with tricks like blowing harp with his nose while singing, or popping it in his mouth and clapping, or playing two harps together, would not have been out of place in juke-joints fifty years before. Sadly Sam’s time in the spotlight did not last long, and he passed away in his hometown and birthplace, Jonesville SC, in 1977.

With the help of a friend.
Medicine Show Man

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Mora & Bronski - 50/50

Size: 113,6 MB
Time: 48:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues, Folk, Country
Art: Front

01. Spaghetti Blues (2:36)
02. Pistol Packin' Mama (2:34)
03. Mezzanera (2:24)
04. The Fat Man (Feat. Max Lazzarin) (1:20)
05. Carezze All'ossigeno (Feat. Pietro Marcotti) (2:48)
06. No Potho Reposare (3:54)
07. Keep It To Yourself (Feat. Fabrizio Poggi) (3:40)
08. Anarcos (Feat. Fabrizio Poggi) (4:10)
09. The Backdoor (Feat. Arlo Zenzeni) (2:26)
10. Appuntamento Al Buio (Feat. Pietro Marcotti, Lorenz Zadro) (3:57)
11. See My Jumper Hangin' Out On The Line (2:59)
12. Neve E Cenere (Feat. Pietro Marcotti) (4:05)
13. Jolie Louise (2:23)
14. Piu Giu (3:11)
15. This Train Is Bound For Glory (Feat. Deborah Kooperman) (2:28)
16. Vudumanti (Feat. Stephanie Ocean Ghizzoni, Max Lazzarin) (Veglia Danzante) (3:28)

Mora & Bronski, a musical power duo in the balance between folk, blues and Italian singer-songwriter, offer a journey through the Americas through Blues, Country, Folk and Rock'n'Roll classics, along with original compositions of their own composition.
Fabio Mora and Fabio Ferraboschi, respectively voice and acoustic guitar, explore the most intimate nuances between black and white, thus arriving to the essence and root of the American Music - essential aspect of their nourished musical baggage - that was, only in waiting to be expressed at the right time.
Mora & Bronski began a tour that led them to perform more than 50 concerts, playing in some of the major Italian Blues festivals such as Blues Made in Italy, Trasimeno Blues Festival, Rootsway and Levico Terme Blues Festival. The duo, similarly live, manages to maintain an instinctive and radical imprint fed by percussive parts performed with the aid of breath, hands, feet and pops of fingers and harmonic parts played with guitars 6 and 12 strings, banjo and steel guitar, as happened in the old juke joint - this is the spirit of their concerts.
Acquiring a greater awareness of style and a large following of people, the power duo feels ready for the most important test: to get their music to a wider audience.
So on 23 February 2018 "Spaghetti Blues" comes out, a song that Mora & Bronski decided to bring to the radio. The song anticipates the highly anticipated new album "50/50", a record full of musical collaborations including Fabrizio Poggi (recently nominated at the Grammy Awards 2018), Deborah Kooperman, Lorenz Zadro, Pietro Marcotti, Arlo Zenzani and Bayou Moonshiners composed by Stephanie Ghizzoni and Max Lazzarin.
Mora & Bronski go to the root of their culture sinking and dirtying their hands in the mud of African-American music in search of their identity, retrieving and mixing the cards on a table where they play - in fact - between blues & folk nuances to stars and stripes and the Italian songwriting. Intentions stripped bare, without frills, because their only goal is to get straight to the heart. ~(Google translation)

50/50

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The Juke Joints - 35 Years Of Rock Rollin Blues (Live)

Size: 162,8 MB
Time: 70:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Hold On (2:43)
02. Mercy Mercy (5:13)
03. Born In Chicago (5:00)
04. Bullfrog Blues (4:42)
05. I Will Follow (5:26)
06. Don't Give It Up (4:14)
07. Let It Roll (6:40)
08. Nataly (9:10)
09. Stax Sound (3:33)
10. Addicted To The Blues (6:47)
11. Out On The Western Plain (4:49)
12. Back Stabbing Woman (8:42)
13. My Baby (3:44)

A Juke Joint is an Afro-Americans, often clandestine, organized establishment where, until the first half of the twentieth century, black bluesmen entertain a drink and dance audience with boogie and blues. Besides Barrelhouse, the Zeeland combo The Juke Joints took their name from these often infamous tents.

I once saw them play in a dismantled radiators factory, a youth club, a brown pub. In addition to a permanent place at the festival in their home port Kwadendamme, The Juke Joints visited the stages of almost all Dutch and Belgian blues festivals as well as the large and medium-sized events in Europe and even in the US. In the musical cradle they searched their roots in Memphis and Chicago.

The Juke Joints have been 'on the road' for 35 years and that was celebrated at the end of last year in a packed De Piek in Vlissingen with a steaming concert. Meanwhile, the Zeeland blues rockers form a tightly operating team. From behind his drum kit singer Peter Kempe sends his hard-working companions through a solid rocking on boogie and blues grafted repertoire. Kempe is not exactly the most talented singer, the combination with energetic drumming is not evident, but the unbridled effort in combination with contributions from guitarist Michel State and the solid bass beat by Derk Kopershoek make up for it.

The performances of harmonicaman Sonnyboy vd Broeck form a decisive part of the Juke Jointssound from the beginning. A solid intro with his own work forms a run-up to the Born In Chicago, known by Paul Butterfield. Those rhythmic harp shoots on a tightly rocked underground strongly remind of those other 'bad boys of the blues', The Nighthawks. Incidentally, they are conceived with a flashy interpretation of Backstabbin 'Woman.

The great musical hero of Kempe remains Rory Gallagher, during the interpretation of Bullfrog Blues Peter strums on the mandolin. For Out On The Western Plain a traditional of Ledbetter that the Irish guitarist adopted at the time, the drum kit is pushed aside again and in the haunting marshy areas of Louisiana Do not Give It Up girded Sonnyboy the pouch and we stay on the side shores of the Mississippi with scorched slides on a soggy boogiebeat in Let It Roll.

The guitarist goes extensively in the long drawn-out instrumental squeezer Nataly The steamy bass used Stax Sound refers to an inspiring visit by The Juke Joints to Memphis with soulfully colored string slicks and unison debut harmonica shoots. Then effortlessly switched to sultry Chicago blues with pointed strings.

This live registration, which has been awarded for 35 years of hard work, forms an excellent overview of The Juke Joints, the energetic outsider in Dutch blues rock. (Google translation)

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Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite - No Mercy In This Land

Size: 106,8 MB
Time: 45:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Electric Blues, Harmonica Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. When I Go (3:45)
02. Bad Habits (3:45)
03. Love And Trust (3:06)
04. The Bottle Wins Again (Blues) (3:38)
05. Found The One (2:47)
06. When Love Is Not Enough (4:08)
07. Trust You To Dig My Grave (3:32)
08. No Mercy In This Land (3:45)
09. Movin' On (3:02)
10. Nothing At All (3:37)
11. The Bottle Wins Again (Live At Machine Shop) (3:20)
12. Trust You To Dig My Grave (Live At Machine Shop) (3:36)
13. No Mercy In This Land (Live At Machine Shop) (3:36)

After Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite won the Best Blues Album Grammy for 2013's wonderful Get Up!, fans knew it was only a question of time before they worked together again. In the interim, the only outing from Harper was another duo offering, the gorgeous folk-inflected Childhood Home with his mother Ellen Harper. Musselwhite, a serious road dog, issued the raw, scorching Juke Joint Chapel on Henrietta the year before and was also nominated for a Grammy. Get Up! was followed by the wild and wooly live set I Ain't Lyin' in 2015. He assembled a new band and gigged all over the world, also finding time to participate in a documentary about Clarksdale, Mississippi.

No Mercy in This Land follows on the heels of its predecessor by using mostly the same formula: Harper wrote or co-wrote the entire album and sings lead with Musselwhite lending his growling Delta-cum-Chicago harmonica in support. Opener "When I Go" commences with wordless gospel-blues moaning before the wrangling electric guitar and harp meet in the foreground. It's raw, swampy, and lonesome. Further, when Harper gets to the final line of the refrain: "....I'll take you with me when I go...." it's borderline sinister. "Bad Habit" borrows heavily from Preston Foster's "I Got My Mojo Workin' à la Muddy Waters' version (as do a lot of blues songs) with a smoking Little Walter-esque harp solo by Musselwhite. The great bluesman duets with Harper on the title track, as the guitarist plays an acoustic slide under his deep blue harmonica, with tom-tom and kick drums keeping time. Another standout is the raucous single "The Bottle Wins Again," with the lead guitar vamp and harmonica playing in unison as Harper wails the lyric. The brief, shuffling, cut-time groover "Found the One" walks the loopy line where vintage R&B and Chicago blues meet roots rock. Musselwhite's distorted solo is resonant and unruly. While "When Love Is Not Enough," with its lilting piano, upright bassline, and brushed snares under acoustic and electric guitars is a nod at Southern soul, it's mostly a vehicle for Harper's sweet, ragged singing. It's answered by the Piedmont-style acoustic blues "Trust You to Dig My Grave," with Harper on acoustic 12-string guitar. The pair push the pedal to the metal with "Movin' On," a snarling, rowdy, swaggering, barroom blues before closing with the anti-climactic, all-too-languid ballad "Nothing at All" which, frankly, feels out of place here. Musselwhite's deep blues solo is the only thing that links it to the rest of the album's contents. Ultimately, No Mercy in This Land is solid if not (quite) as strong as Get Up! That said, it is more diverse, immediate, and instinctive, making it a worthy listen, and provides further evidence that this pair should work together more often. ~by Thom Jurek

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The Yardbirds - Family Tree: Birds Of A Feather

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 79:14
Size: 181.4 MB
Styles: British blues, Blues rock
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[2:26] 1. Shapes Of Things
[4:36] 2. Mona
[4:17] 3. Gimme Some Lovin'
[3:20] 4. Shakin' All Over
[5:09] 5. Green Onions
[3:17] 6. I'm A Man
[6:49] 7. Wang Dang Doodle
[4:34] 8. Sitting On Top Of The World
[3:11] 9. Outside Woman Blues
[5:45] 10. How Many More Times
[3:19] 11. Framed
[2:31] 12. I Go Crazy
[3:39] 13. How Blue
[2:53] 14. Don't Start Me Talkin'
[4:36] 15. Nine Below Zero
[3:18] 16. Bring It On Home
[3:19] 17. Keep It To Yourself
[4:49] 18. Help Me
[7:18] 19. Jimi Hendrix Trilogy

Each and every track featuring at least one current or former member of The Yardbirds. The British Invasion All-Stars: Yardbirds drummer and co-founder Jim McCarty, Mick Green (The Pirates) Phil May and Dick Taylor (The Pretty Things) Matthew Fisher (Procol Harum) Don Craine & Keith Grant (Downliners Sect) Eddie Phillips (Creation) and Ray Phillips (Nashville Teens) Jim McCarty Band: Jim McCarty along with current Yardbirds vocalist John Idan and former Yardbirds guitarist Ray Majors. Rod Demick on bass. The Ambulators: Featuring Ray Majors (Yardbirds/Mott/British Lions) Dave Walker (Savoy Brown) Pete French (Cactus/Atomic Rooster) Don Craine, Keith Grant, Mick Avory (The Kinks) John O'Leary (Savoy Brown) Roger Cotton & Nigel Watson (Peter Green's Splinter Group) The Yardbirds Experience: same line up as the British Invasion All-Stars with the addition of Noel Redding (Jimi Hendrix experience)

Consisting entirely of tracks from the Mooreland St. Records label, Family Tree: Birds of a Feather features classic British Invasion blues-rock from the Jim McCarty Band, Yardbirds Experience, British Invasion All-Stars, Pete French, and the Ambulators with Dave Walker, all of whom featured at least one Yardbird in the band. Fans looking for the hits would be better off with 2001's Ultimate!, while those looking to take a less familiar road to the heart of the British blues will find more than a few choice nuggets. ~James Christopher Monger

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13 Featuring Lester Butler - S/T

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:55
Size: 139.5 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:32] 1. So Low Down
[2:25] 2. Hnc
[4:18] 3. Sweet Tooth
[4:38] 4. Black Hearted Woman
[3:00] 5. Close To You
[3:49] 6. Smoke Stack Lightening
[3:06] 7. Pray For Me
[3:08] 8. So Mean To Me
[3:33] 9. Way Down South
[1:38] 10. Boogie Disease
[3:23] 11. Plague Of Madness
[0:59] 12. Down In The Alley
[3:33] 13. Baby Please Don't Go
[6:24] 14. I Wish You Would
[6:28] 15. Boogie Disease
[6:56] 16. So Mean To Me

Re-mastered and expanded edition of the 1997 album from the famed blues harmonica legend formerly from the band the Red Devils.

"If you discovered the late, great Lester Butler through the brilliant "King King" Red Devils recording from 1992 and have been hoping for more live material from the Red Devils, this is the next best thing. Following the break-up of the Red Devils, Butler fronted the band "13" which recorded just one studio cd before Butler's tragic death in 1998. Recently re-released with three live bonus tracks recorded at a festival in France in 1997, you can currently get it for about 1/4 of what you'd pay for the original studio only cd. The three incendiary live cuts add about twenty minutes to the length of the cd, are very well recorded, and capture the raw intensity and excitement of Butler and his excellent band in concert. Now if only Rock Beat would release the full show..." ~John Wilkie

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Bryce Janey - 2 albums: Sweet Baby Jane / Heal The Night

Bryce Janey began his career in his hometown of Marion, IA at the age of 13 in a blues trio called The Janey’s. With his mother on drums and his father BillyLee on guitar, The Janey’s played throughout the Midwest from Chicago (Buddy Guy's Legends, Kansas City,St. Louis, Minneapolis, Memphis (Hall of Blues), Louisville, Minneapolis, Phoenix and Los Angeles. Bryce has played many festivals including:Buddy Guy's Legends during Chicago Blues Fest, Kansas City Blues Fest (w/BlueBand) Bluesmore,(Cedar Rapids, Ia) The Janeys have shared the stage with several national acts including: Buddy Guy, Delbert McClinton, Blues Traveler, Elvin Bishop, John Mayall, Rick Derringer, Foghat, Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter. Bryce has also been invited onstage to perform with Blues greats like Koko Tayler, Tab Benoit, Lamont Cranston, Kenny Neal, among others. Bryce lives and performs mainly in Eastern Iowa. He Has 7 cd's to his credit and "5 Star" reviews from "Blues Revue Magazine" and rave reviews from "Blues Access" and "Living Blues" Magazines. Bryce's guitar work with The Blue Band earned him an induction into the Iowa Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.

Album: Sweet Baby Jane
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:27
Size: 97.2 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[3:51] 1. You Got To Tell Me
[2:48] 2. Struck By Lightning
[4:23] 3. Walk Away
[4:52] 4. Long Time Running
[3:29] 5. Success Overnight
[6:27] 6. That's What You Got
[3:28] 7. Tears I Had To Cry
[4:54] 8. Say It Ain't Nothin'
[4:44] 9. Sweet Baby Jane
[3:25] 10. Love In Vain

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Album: Heal The Night
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:13
Size: 92.1 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[3:49] 1. Sweet Lovin' You
[3:57] 2. Love In New York City
[4:13] 3. 1973
[3:30] 4. Heal The Night
[4:13] 5. Chance With Me
[4:59] 6. Just Wanna Show You
[3:57] 7. Come Sit By The Fire
[3:32] 8. Hey Now Baby
[5:04] 9. Real Good Time
[2:55] 10. Need Your Love

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The Bluesbones - Chasing Shadows

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:20
Size: 117.5 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[4:03] 1. Find My Way Out
[5:22] 2. Going Down
[4:25] 3. Demon Blues
[3:28] 4. A Better Life
[4:04] 5. Love Me Or Leave Me
[6:58] 6. Sealed Souls
[4:22] 7. Romance For Rent
[4:59] 8. Psycho Mind
[4:25] 9. Betrayal
[2:54] 10. Seesaw Blues
[6:16] 11. The End

There were a few stages in the conception of this album. End of 2016 a few days in The Villa resulted in 5 songs that touched all bounderies of the blues spectrum, and had influences of different musical alloy. The way of writing music was a mixture of skill and feeling. A search for new sounds without compromising identity and personality. What followed was a process in which writing sessions in trio, individual composition and group rehearsals slowly paved the way to a coherent entity.

The content of the songs had a red wire that connected the versatile sounding musical content, and the concept was undeniable: Redemption through suffering and healing by insight. The variegation in music – which was always one of the band’s strong qualities – translated to diversity in life’s events and opportunities aswell as the consequences of choice and faith. The songs show a matured band that explores a lot of blues related genres without sacraficing identity and signature sound, but reaching out to a broad and diverse audience.

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Jammin Joe Buck - Blues, Jazz & Funk

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:54
Size: 86.8 MB
Styles: Blues, Jazz & Funk
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[4:08] 1. Lettin' Loose
[3:50] 2. Anger Management
[3:36] 3. Tearin' It Up
[3:25] 4. Runaway Train
[5:10] 5. Slow Cool Blues
[3:04] 6. Careful Where You Stick It
[3:37] 7. Feelin' Good
[3:47] 8. You're Right
[3:20] 9. Gettin' Down
[3:53] 10. Joey

Jammin Joe Buck’s Blues, Jazz & Funk 2012 CD is 10 tracks of incredible music, all done by the amazing 1 man groove machine himself! All of the instruments are real, & all performed by JJB himself, along with all lead & backup vocals! This CD is filled with awesome guitar leads, powerful horn sections with solos, & amazing rhythmic grooves! If you like blues, jazz, funk or real music with real instruments, you will love this CD!!!.

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Amadeu Casas Strollin' Band - Amadeu Casas Strollin' Band

Year: 2005
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:25
Size: 160,3 MB
Styles: Electric blues, jazzy blues
Scans: Front, sleeve, tray

1. Tell Me What's The Reason (2:33)
2. No Worry Blues (5:55)
3. Hootie Blues (2:52)
4. T Bone Jumps Again (2:24)
5. I Want A Little Girl (4:56)
6. She's The No Sleepin'est Woman (5:10)
7. Call It Stormy Monday (5:45)
8. SK Blues (3:44)
9. Here In The Dark (4:36)
10. Is You Or Is You Ain't My Baby (4:15)
11. Railroad Station Blues (4:39)
12. T Bone Shuffle (3:52)
13. Mean Old World (3:44)
14. It's A Low Down Dirty Shame (3:37)
15. Early In The Morning (5:46)
16. Boby Sock Baby (3:13)
17. Strollin' With Bone (2:18)

Amadeu Casas is a Barcelona musician with an extensive career in the field of the blues. He has been engaged in the most ambitious blues projects at home, as evidenced by being a founding member of the groups like Reunion Blues, Blues Messengers, Slide Company Tandoori and Lenoir.

He has participated on numerous occasions at various festivals, both in Catalonia and abroad, such as Blues Festival Cerdanyola, Blues and Rhythms Badalona, Barcelona Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival Getxo (Bilbao), Madrid Jazz Festival, La Bisbal Lissieux Blues Festival (France) to name a few.

Amadeu has collaborated with international musicians like Louisiana Red, Guitar Crusher, Johnny Mars, Philip Walker, Joe "Guitar" Hughes, Hook Herrera and Shirley Johnson. His style, the result of his passionate commitment to the study of the roots of the blues, is a mixture of Texas, Louisiana, Kansas and Chicago blues.

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Jack Owens, Eugene Powell - The Last Giants Of Mississippi Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:43
Size: 177.9 MB
Styles: Mississippi blues, Delta blues
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[2:50] 1. Jack Owens - Cherry Ball
[3:25] 2. Jack Owens - Hard Times
[4:39] 3. Jack Owens - Devil
[3:47] 4. Jack Owens - You Leavin'
[2:19] 5. Jack Owens - No Lovin'
[2:50] 6. Jack Owens - Please Give Me Your Money
[4:02] 7. Eugene Powell - 44 Blues
[4:10] 8. Eugene Powell - Suitcase Full Of Troubles
[3:22] 9. Eugene Powell - Police In Missisippi
[3:17] 10. Eugene Powell - Born In Texas
[3:25] 11. Eugene Powell - Good Mornin', Little Schoolgirl
[4:10] 12. Eugene Powell - Blues In Texas
[4:48] 13. Eugene Powell - Goin' Up The Country
[3:14] 14. Eugene Powell - When I Leave Town
[3:07] 15. Eugene Powell - Mississippi River
[3:54] 16. Eugene Powell - Mean Mistreating Mama
[2:58] 17. Jack Owens & Bud Spires - Hard Times (Feat. Bud Spires)
[4:00] 18. Jack Owens & Bud Spires - My Baby's Gone
[3:08] 19. Jack Owens & Bud Spires - Keep On Rumblin
[4:40] 20. Jack Owens & Bud Spires - Cool Water
[5:28] 21. Jack Owens & Bud Spires - Devil (Feat. Bud Spires)

The three musicians on this disc offer a stunning insight into the enduring heart of the blues -- both the roots of the tree and the mature flower. Guitarist Jack Owens is the greatest living exponent of a style associated with his hometown of Bentonia, MS, and her most famous son, Skip James. Owens accompanies his intense, rising tenor voice with an eerie minor tuning; he is joined on some cuts by his partner, harpist Bud Spires, who proves to be a brilliant musical associate. Accomplished guitarist Eugene Powell hails from Utica, MS, and was known throughout the Delta as a virtuoso in the early decades of the 20th century. His recording career began in 1936 with the Bluebird label. Well into their 80s, both artists are active both in the studio and on blues-festival stages world-wide. ~Larry Hoffman

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Jeanne Lozier - Queen Of Your Dreams

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:41
Size: 106.9 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[3:52] 1. Queen Of Your Dreams
[2:45] 2. Sweet And Slow
[3:44] 3. Sometimes You Make Me So Mad
[5:33] 4. Each And Every Single Day
[3:42] 5. Beg And Plead
[5:05] 6. Your Fool No More
[3:30] 7. Keeping What I Want
[4:24] 8. Mama Blues
[4:29] 9. Good Time Blues
[3:19] 10. You Can't Stay Here
[6:14] 11. Loving A Woman Like Me

"Queen of your dreams" is the result of Jeanne Lozier collaborating with Songwriter Gar Francis. The CD includes songs that speak too the different “changes” a single woman goes through and sad tales of relationships lost, including a song called "Mama Blues" which is a song that is close to her heart. There is also a lot of humor in this cd. Jeanne Lozier sings songs she can relate too but does not take herself too seriously either. “Queen" has a mix of blues styles.. There is a little bit of everything and not to sound cliché..but like a good New Orleans Gumbo. There is even a killer violin solo on one of the tracks, “You can’t stay here”, from an extraordinary violinist, Gary Oleyar.

Jeanne Lozier delivers strong heartfelt vocals on every track. Jeanne is sultry, angry, sexy and sweet…maybe a little sad and funny but whatever she is singing she is singing with honesty. She is known for her clear powerful voice that hits every note with pure intention. Five of tracks feature Organist Extraordinaire, Melvin Davis. Melvin Davis is a Sony Records recording artist and George Benson’s go-to guy for many years. Danny Cipriano played all the horns parts on “Queen”. Dan is one of the most exciting sax players on the scene today and has been Wilson Pickett’s sax player for the last six years. Mark E.Bowers was also a featured artist on “Queen”. Mark is a shockingly talented guitarist that has played with everyone from Wilson Pickett to Outkast. Other Notables on the cd are James ‘T “ Tillson on Guitar, one of NYC’s Finest guitarists, Glenn Johnson on Drums and Tony storm on Bass and Tim Lautz on piano. There were other special guest appearances on the track “Beg and Plead” like Big Nancy Swarbrick from the band “Supreme Court” and Bernie Brauswetter from BB & the Stingers and Ed Haddad on B-3 Hammond. They will be heard on future projects for sure.
You will not be disappointed by ‘Queen” and all it has to offer.

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Damon Fowler - 2 albums: Live / Live At Skipper's Smokehouse 2003

Album: Live
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:45
Size: 148.2 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[6:09] 1. Sounds Of Home
[7:21] 2. Don't Call Me
[6:22] 3. Fruit Stand Lady
[6:48] 4. Old Fools, Bar Stools And Me
[4:40] 5. Wrong Side Of The Road
[8:50] 6. Sugar Lee
[6:02] 7. Grit My Teeth
[7:37] 8. Cypress And The Pines
[3:57] 9. I Shall Not Be Moved
[6:54] 10. Sugar Shack

Damon Fowler is a master of the six string, slide guitar, lap steel and Dobro who’s been compared to Johnny Winter and Jeff Beck, while his slide guitar has a hint of the late Duane Allman.

Born in Brandon, Damon Fowler’s first association with the guitar began at the age of twelve, and by experience has expanded his skills and range to include playing acoustic, electric, lap steel, and dobro, incorporating slide techniques. In his teenage years, Fowler played at small clubs in the Tampa Bay Area. With a growing local reputation, he began to appear as a support act, both on other musicians tours and at music festivals. His debut album, Riverview Drive (1999), was self-released and included material all written by Fowler. Rick Derringer both played on, and produced the record. Further self releases of Roots and Branches (2000) and the live album, Live at Skipper's Smoke House (2003) followed, which gained Fowler critical notice from the music press.

Severe injuries sustained in a car crash in December 2005 sidelined the acclaimed singer-songwriter and ace guitarist for almost a year. Then, in March 2007, Blind Pig Records announced the signing of Fowler. His first issue with them was the largely blues based album, Sugar Shack (2009). Sugar Shack rose to No. 12 on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart. Billboard commented that "Fowler may be so skillful that he prefers pickin' tasty to larger-than-life guitar heroics. Fowler wrote nine of the 12 tunes on the album, and his original material is solid." Fowler also performed at Memphis in May in 2009. Following the release of Devil Got His Way two years later, Allmusic remarked that "Fowler's creative lap steel work is what sets him apart from the rest."

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Album: Live At Skipper's Smokehouse 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:52
Size: 123.3 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2004/2016
Art: Front

[5:12] 1. Jig Is Up
[6:12] 2. T.V. Mama
[6:00] 3. Ghetto Woman
[9:17] 4. Rollin' And Tumblin'
[5:15] 5. Sweet Marmalade
[4:54] 6. Riverview Drive
[3:41] 7. Pocket Full Of Blues
[4:21] 8. Hot Tamales
[4:29] 9. 28 Degrees
[4:28] 10. Brokedown Engine

Damon Fowler (lead vocals, guitar); Chuck Riley (bass); Scott Key (drums). Live Recording of a show at Skipper's Smokehouse in Tampa, FL

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Derrick Dove & The Peacekeepers - S/T

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:54
Size: 114.3 MB
Styles: Southern blues rock
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[4:55] 1. Ramblin' Soul
[4:29] 2. So Strong
[4:30] 3. Woke Up This Morning
[6:41] 4. Brand New Life
[4:48] 5. Hangin' Out With The Blues
[3:50] 6. What's Real
[5:02] 7. Hurricane Of Love
[4:12] 8. Georgia Bound
[5:21] 9. Dig My Grave
[6:01] 10. Everybody's Feelin' Fine

After devoting his life to making music, Tifton native Derrick Dove and his band released their album, which is simply titled “Derrick Dove and the Peacemakers,”, an amalgamation of the road Dove has traveled so far, from his first band until now.

“Growing up I loved everything,” he said, explaining that his dad was a DJ as well as playing in a band, which exposed him to a wide variety of music. “My first big music love as a kid was Little Richard, and then I got into Jimi Hendrix and from that I delved into Stevie Ray Vaughn and some of the more contemporary guys. Muddy Waters, Santana, Bob Seger. Otis Redding is one of my favorite singers of all time.”

Dove said that while he was in high school he would get into arguments with his family because they would ask what he was going to go to college for, and he insisted that he wasn’t going to go to college. “I said, ‘no, I’m just going to play guitar,’” he remembers. “That didn’t go over too well.” After playing in other bands for years, Dove and his wife Kimberly moved back to South Georgia, where he put together a cover band with a very eclectic set list.

Dove had been writing original songs for years, and he and the band had been practicing their own music when they weren’t working paying gigs when an opportunity to record came up. Dove and the band took a year to finish the album and produce the album.

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Fleetwood Mac - The Vaudeville Years 1968-1970

Two long CDs' worth of outtakes, alternate versions, and full-length versions from the Peter Green era, most in exemplary sound quality. Although much of this is interesting, and it's occasionally very good, it resembles Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Live at the BBC in its unevenness, both in aesthetic quality and in stylistic tone. One is struck by how much the numbers featuring Green's singing and songwriting surpass those in which the other guitarists come to the fore.

When Jeremy Spencer's in charge, it means you get 1950s rock pastiches and blues satires (though he does an OK Elmore James schtick with "Talk to Me Baby" and "My Baby Is Sweeter"). These aren't without their amusing points - there's the entire session of songs that would have made a bonus EP with Then Play On, on which Spencer does fairly humorous impressions of Alexis Korner and John Mayall - but deathless art it's not.

Green shines on a live version of "Oh Well" (everything else here, incidentally, is from the studio) and alternates of "Showbiz Blues" and "Love that Burns." There are also alternates of "Man of the World" and "The Green Manalishi," though frankly these aren't so different from the familiar renditions that they'll jar you into taking notice. Some of the cuts are nothing more than shapeless jams or instrumental tracks with ideas that sometimes got pumped up into full tunes on official albums. So it's kind of like having a high-quality, easily available bootleg of the Green-era Mac, accent on the Then Play On era. But those who like that period of Fleetwood Mac a lot will want to hear this. /Richie Unterberger, AllMusic

Year: 1998
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:55 + 71:46
Size: 159,1 + 165,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues, blues-rock
Scans: Front & back, inside, cds

CD 1:
1. Intro/Lazy Poker Blues (Unissued Version) (3:48)
2. My Baby's Sweeter (Unissued Version) (3:53)
3. Love That Burns (Unissued Version) (4:15)
4. Talk To Me Baby (Unissued Version) (3:37)
5. Everyday I Have The Blues - 1 (Unissued Version) (4:13)
6. Jeremy's Contribution To Doo Wop (Prev. Unissued) (3:34)
7. Everyday I Have The Blues - 2 (Unissued Version) (4:23)
8. Death Bells (Prev. Unissued) (5:05)
9. (Watch Out For Yourself) Mr Jones (Prev. Unissued) (3:35)
10. Man Of Action (Prev. Unissued) (5:21)
11. Do You Give A Damn For Me (Unissued Version) (3:45)
12. Man Of The World (Unissued Version) (3:29)
13. Like It This Way (Unissued Version) (3:18)
14. Blues In B Flat Minor (Unissued Instrumental) (4:17)
15. Someone's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight (Full Length Version) (2:58)
16. Although The Sun Is Shining (Unissued Version) (2:24)
17. Showbiz Blues (Unissued Version) (6:51)

CD 2:
1. Underway (Full Length Version) (16:15)
2. The Madge Sessions - 1 (Full Length Version) (17:21)
3. The Madge Sessions - 2 (Unissued Instrumental) (2:42)
4. (That's What) I Want To Know (Prev. Unissued) (3:54)
5. Oh Well (Alternate Version) (2:47)
6. Love It Seems (Prev. Unissued) (2:39)
7. Mighty Cold (Prev. Unissued) (2:28)
8. Fast Talking Woman Blues (Unissued Instrumental) (4:02)
9. Tell Me From The Start (Prev. Unissued) (2:02)
10. October Jam - 1 (Unissued Instrumental) (5:01)
11. October Jam - 2 (Unissued Instrumental) (1:57)
12. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) (Unissued Version) (4:43)
13. World In Harmony (Unissued Version) (3:28)
14. Farewell (Unissued Demo) (2:18)

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James Cotton Blues Band - 'Fore Day Blues

Year: 1994
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:50
Size: 147,7 MB
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Front, sleeve, tray, cd

1. Good Time Charlie (2:31)
2. There Is Something On Your Mind (3:45)
3. Polly Put The Kettle On (1:48)
4. V-8 Ford Blues (4:00)
5. Diggin' My Potatoes (2:08)
6. So Glad I'm Living (3:09)
7. Jelly, Jelly (5:40)
8. Turn On Your Love Light (2:21)
9. South Side Boogie (2:37)
10. Off The Wall (2:38)
11. Don't Start Me Talking (2:31)
12. Knock On Wood (2:57)
13. 'Fore Day Blues (5:19)
14. Sweet Sixteen (5:33)
15. I Need You So Bad (2:16)
16. Feelin' Good (3:11)
17. It Ain't Right (2:09)
18. Dealing With The Devil (4:57)
19. The Creeper (4:10)

"The blues is all about feeling," says Grammy Award-winning harmonica legend James "Mr. Superharp" Cotton. "If I don't feel it, I can't play it." His overwhelmingly powerful harmonica is one of the iconic sounds of the blues. His skills are unrivaled, his story the stuff of legend.

Born on a cotton plantation in Tunica, Mississippi on July 1, 1935, Cotton learned harmonica directly from Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller) as a small child. He toured with Williamson and Howlin' Wolf, recorded for Sun Records, and spent 12 years with Muddy Waters before stepping out on his own.

Leading his own band, he earned his reputation as one of the most commanding live blues performers in the world-a man who could literally suck the reeds out of his harmonica from the pure force of his playing-one high-energy performance at a time.

(Note: Compilation consisting of tracks of unknown origin. Haven't been able to find any specific info on the album or the recordings. Any additional info on this compilation, and/or complete artwork, is appreciated.)

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Roomful Of Blues - Dressed Up To Get Messed Up

Year: 1984
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:34
Size: 86,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. Money Talks (3:09)
2. What Happened To The Sugar (In My Lemonade) (4:07)
3. Let's Ride (4:26)
4. Yes Indeed! (2:57)
5. Albi's Boogie (5:09)
6. The Last Time (3:52)
7. Oh Oh (2:51)
8. Dressed Up To Get Messed Up (3:14)
9. He Knows The Rules (4:28)
10. Whiplash (3:18)

"Dressed Up to Get Messed Up" is a rockin’ collection of funky big band blues with lots of wailing horns, hot guitar licks and driving rhythyms. Along with one of the most talented Roomful line-ups (featuring Ronnie Earl, Greg Piccolo and Al Copley), "Dressed Up to Get Messed Up" has guest performances from Kim Wilson and 14 Karat Soul.

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Various - Blow'n The Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:59
Size: 157.9 MB
Styles: Harmonica blues, Chicago blues
Year: 2000
Art: Front

[4:04] 1. Junior Wells - Help Me
[2:23] 2. Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid
[4:19] 3. Junior Wells - Stormy Monday Blues
[3:07] 4. Junior Wells - Checking On My Baby
[4:25] 5. Junior Wells - Early In The Morning
[2:18] 6. James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues
[4:03] 7. James Cotton - The Blues Keep Falling
[2:02] 8. James Cotton - Rocket 88
[2:47] 9. James Cotton - Honest I Do
[7:18] 10. James Cotton - Coast Blues
[2:21] 11. The Johnny Shines Blues Band - Hey, Hey
[3:29] 12. Big Walter Horton's Band - Rockin' My Boogie
[4:17] 13. Charlie Musselwhite - Chicken Shack
[2:15] 14. Charlie Musselwhite - Juke
[3:20] 15. Charlie Musselwhite - Christo Redemptor
[4:16] 16. Charlie Musselwhite - My Baby's Sweeter
[4:23] 17. Siegel-Schwall - Angel Food Cake
[3:46] 18. Siegel-Schwall - Tell Me
[3:56] 19. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Blues With A Feeling

There's something human about a well-played harmonica, filled with life's breath. Otis Spann, Muddy Waters's great bandleader, once called the harmonica the mother of all instruments. And this collection of modern harmonica players is a mother. (Although without either of the Sonny Boy Williamsons or Little Walter, this album is decidedly not definitive.) Eighteen of the nineteen tracks are from the 1960s, and we can hear the tone baton being passed from Big Walter Horton to Charlie Musselwhite, from Junior Wells to Paul Butterfield, though set against radically different backdrops. James Cotton's 1966 tracks are a highlight, filled with the excitement of stepping into a solo career after a decade with Muddy. He is backed by his former bandmates, constrained by nothing except his wind. --Robert Gordon

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Hopetoun Brown - Don't Let Them Lock You Up

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:34
Size: 79.2 MB
Styles: Rock/Funk/Blues
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[4:34] 1. Let's Not Be Friends
[4:34] 2. Don't Let Them Lock You Up
[3:55] 3. Put It Down
[2:39] 4. Two Boots
[3:22] 5. You Know I Know
[3:44] 6. Sticks And Stones
[4:07] 7. Lonely Rail
[3:58] 8. Ashes In The Street
[3:37] 9. Full Of Hope

The first two albums by the duo of Nick Atkinson and Tim Stewart – Burning Fuse and Look So Good – were enjoyable outings, especially the latter where they broadened their palette beyond their horns with guests like trumpeter Finn Scholes, and singers Tami Neilson and Marlon Williams. But on this third outing they really stretch into new areas with synth beats, backing vocalists, Callum Passells on alto, singer Steve Abel, bassist/drummer Jol Mullholland and Scholes again.

There's a lot going down on this confident third album, not the least that they now also embrace as much serious comment (the title track, Put It Down, Full of Hope) as providing the pleasure principle. If they have somehow gone past you, this is the mature album with which to start your listening . . . and admiration.

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Robert Wells - Sun Studio Sessions

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:31
Size: 113.4 MB
Styles: Boogie woogie, Piano blues
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[3:02] 1. Cadillac Girl
[2:26] 2. It's All About The Boogie
[2:49] 3. Six Days On The Road
[4:08] 4. Come On If You're Comin'
[4:28] 5. Saint Louis Blues
[4:27] 6. I Can't Make You Love Me
[3:00] 7. Lil' Darlin'
[2:53] 8. Memphis Rag
[3:16] 9. Old School Boogie
[3:28] 10. Jump Up Boogie
[3:33] 11. Route 66
[3:53] 12. Little Joe From Chicago
[2:29] 13. Love Me Tender
[3:03] 14. C-Eleven Dance
[2:30] 15. Long Tall Sally

Robert Wells is a Swedish composer, pianist, and singer who debuted as a recording artist in the late '80s and is best known for his long-running musical production Rhapsody in Rock. Born April 7, 1962, in Stockholm, Sweden, he studied at the Royal Swedish Music Academy, beginning his education there at the young age of 11. As a recording artist, he made his commercial debut in 1987 with the single "Upp På Berget" and the eponymous album Robert Wells, both of which were Top 20 hits on the Swedish charts. A couple years later, after the fairly unsuccessful second album The Way I Feel (1988), Wells released Rhapsody in Rock (1989), a musical production that mixed classical with rock & roll and boogie-woogie. The album was a modest hit at the time of its release, reaching the Top 30, and spawned a couple sequels: Rhapsody in Rock II (1990) and Rhapsody in Rock III (1993). Following a collaborative album with Charlie Norman, Norman and Wells (1996), Wells released Rhapsody in Rock: Complete (1998), a new version of his signature musical production. It was a smash hit this time, reaching number six on the albums chart, and spawned a bunch of follow-up albums: Rhapsody in Rock: World Wide Wells (2000), Rhapsody in Rock: Completely Live (2001), Rhapsody in Rock: The Complete Collection (2003), Rhapsody in Rock: Anniversary (2004), and The Best of Rhapsody 1998-2008 (2008), most of which were Top Ten hits. In 2009 Wells scored the biggest hit single of his career to date, the chart-topping smash "Handful of Keys." ~Jason Birchmeier

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Amanda & La Banda - 2 albums: The First And The Last / Grand Hotel

Milanese band which for years has been the stage of the main Italian Blues and Jazz festivals and which has enjoyed notable success abroad, with an enthralling show. Founded by vocalist Amanda Tosoni in 2002, joined by Andrea Caggiari in 2007 as bassist and arranger.

Amanda and La Banda show the story of female Blues, from its origins to its legacy, told through reinterpretations of songs historically interpreted by the great Ladies of Blues, Jazz and Soul. From the ancient worksongs, gospel and spirituals, to the Classic Blues of the 1920s; from the divas of the 40s and 50s to the soul women of the '60s. Continuing along this stylistic path, but giving voice to current and personal themes, they also include their own compositions. (Translated from Italian.)

Amanda Tosoni: voice; Andrea Caggiari: electric bass; Alex Canella: drums; Marco Confalonieri: piano and keyboards.

Album: The First And The Last
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:22
Size: 113.0 MB
Styles: Blues/Jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[1:05] 1. Little Devil Blue (Intro)
[5:42] 2. Good Advice
[4:20] 3. Big Mama
[3:18] 4. An Hour Of Love
[4:29] 5. My Father Is A Biker
[6:14] 6. Sun Needs Your Smile
[4:22] 7. I Can't Sleep On Sunday Morning
[4:33] 8. Married Woman
[4:36] 9. Baby Talk To Me
[5:14] 10. No Job
[4:28] 11. Myserin
[0:54] 12. Little Devil Blue (Outro)

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Album: Grand Hotel
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:38
Size: 79.3 MB
Styles: Blues/Jazz
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[3:44] 1. Grand Hotel
[3:59] 2. Sweet Mary Ann
[3:18] 3. My Friend
[4:06] 4. Fairy Tale
[4:47] 5. Newton's Laws
[2:42] 6. Shovel And Saw Boogie
[4:26] 7. Princess
[3:34] 8. I Do My Best
[3:59] 9. Insomnia

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