VA - Blues Christmas Stars: Original Christmas Classic Songs

Size: 330.0 MB
Time: 139:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues, Christmas
Art: Front

01 B.B. King - Christmas Celebration (Original Mix) (2:39)
02 Lester Williams - Winter Time Blues (Original Mix) (2:35)
03 Phil Moore - Blink Before Christmas (Original Mix) (3:17)
04 Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph, Run (Original Mix) (2:45)
05 Roy Milton - Christmas Time Blues (Original Mix) (3:05)
06 Smokey Hogg - My Christmas Baby (Original Mix) (2:23)
07 Bubber Johnson - It's Christmas Time (Original Mix) (3:05)
08 Charles Brown - Christmas Blues (Original Mix) (2:58)
09 Julia Lee - Christmas Spirit (Original Mix) (2:47)
10 Big John Greer - Wait Til' After Christmas (Original Mix) (2:51)
11 Chuck Berry - Merry Christmas Baby (Original Mix) (3:15)
12 Johnny Otis Congregation - Faraway Christmas Blues (Original Mix) (3:20)
13 Lowell Fulsom - Lonesome Christmas ( Part One ) (Original Mix) (2:33)
14 Leo Dickinson - Jingle Bells (Original Mix) (2:36)
15 Oscar McLollie - God Gave Us Christmas (Original Mix) (3:12)
16 Lightnin' Hopkins - Happy New Year (Original Version) (3:14)
17 Jesse Thomas - Xmas Celebration (Original Mix) (2:33)
18 Don Bagby Orchestra - Bring That Cadillac Back (Original Mix) (2:39)
19 Sonny Boy Williamson His Harmonica - Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues (Original Mix) (2:34)
20 Rev. Emmett Dickinson - Christmas - What Does It Mean To You (Original Mix) (2:55)
21 Gatemouth Moore - Christmas Blues (Original) (2:56)
22 Roy Milton - New Year's Resolution Blues (Original Mix) (2:29)
23 Freddie King - Christmas Tears (Original Mix) (2:48)
24 Amos Milburn - Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby (Original Mix) (2:54)
25 Lloyd Glenn - Sleigh Ride (Original Mix) (1:53)
26 Rev. A. W. Nix - Begin A New Life On Christmas Day ( Part One ) (Original Mix) (3:06)
27 Jimmy Butler - Trim Your Tree (Original Mix) (1:56)
28 Doc Bagby's Orchestra - I Want A Present For Christmas (Original Mix) (2:31)
29 Lightnin' Hopkins - Happy New Year (Original Mix) (3:14)
30 Floyd Dixon - Empty Stocking Blues (Original Mix) (3:01)
31 Rev. J. M. Gates - Death Might Be Your Santa Claus (Original Mix) (3:01)
32 Cecil Gant - Hello Santa Claus (Original Mix) (2:54)
33 Mabel Scott - Boogie-Woogie Santa Claus (Original Mix) (2:13)
34 Rev. Edward W. Clayborn - The Wrong Way To Celebrate Christmas (Original Mix) (2:25)
35 Little Willie Littlefield - Merry Xmas (Original Mix) (2:56)
36 Elizadie Robinson - The Santa Claus Crave (Original Mix) (3:02)
37 Titus Turner - Christmas Morning Blues (Original Mix) (2:40)
38 Smokey Hogg - New Year's Eve Blues (Original Mix) (2:42)
39 Cecil Gant - It's Christmas Time Again (Original Mix) (2:51)
40 Larry Darnell - Christmas Blues (Original Version) (2:54)
41 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - When They Ring The Golden Bell (Original Mix) (2:31)
42 Big Joe Turner - Christmas Date Boogie (Original Mix) (2:34)
43 Lightnin' Hopkins - Merry Christmas (Original Mix) (2:36)
44 The Heavenly Gospel Singers - When Was Jesus Born (Original Mix) (3:13)
45 Johnny Otis Orchestra - Happy New Year, Baby (Original Mix) (2:45)
46 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Silent Night, Holy Night (Original Mix) (2:39)
47 Blind Lemon Jefferson - Christmas Eve Blues (Original Mix) (2:57)
48 Jimmy Witherspoon - How I Hate To See Xmas Come Around ( Christmas Blues ) (Original Mix) (2:55)
49 Pilgrim Travelers - I'll Be Home For Christmas (Original Mix) (2:31)
50 Charley Jordan - Christmas Tree Blues (Original Mix) (3:05)

Merry Christmas everybody.

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Reidar Larsen - You Don't Have To Be Black To Be Blue

Album: You Don't Have To Be Black To Be Blue
Size: 101,9 MB
Time: 43:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1987
Styles: Blues, piano blues
Art: Full

1. Christina (3:43)
2. Little Lonely Girl (2:37)
3. Blue Baby (2:30)
4. Crawdad Hole (4:36)
5. Blondes, Brunettes And Redheads (2:36)
6. Blue News (3:29)
7. Mr. Blues Is Coming To Town (2:57)
8. Hole In The Wall (2:59)
9. You Don't Have To Be Black To Be Blue (2:35)
10. Living On A Line (3:39)
11. She Felt Too Good (3:28)
12. All Night Man (3:09)
13. Swanee River Boogie (2:42)
14. I'm A Blues Man (2:36)

Born in Oslo in 1955, the son of a piano builder/tuner, it was fairly natural that Reidar’s fascination with the instrument began at an early age with lessons from age 7, and an early diet of albums by the British blues exponents of the 1960s, The Animals, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac and Stan Webb’s Chicken Shack. Many of these albums were supervised by legendary UK blues producer Mike Vernon who also produced Reidar’s 2nd album ‘Red, White & Blues’.

A collaboration between Fleetwood Mac and pianist Otis Spann particularly appealed to the nimble fingered young Larsen who was soon checking out the likes of Eddie Boyd, Champion Jack Dupree, Memphis Slim and Professor Longhair. Reidar is a highly respected musician working with numerous Norwegian artists, and a much in demand piano man for touring blues stars supporting such names as Lowell Fulson and Peter Green.

In addition to his 10 studio albums, Reidar has also recorded 2 live sets at New York’s legendary Cotton Club with the venue’s own gospel sensation, Anne Sinclair and The Spirit Of Love Singers with whom Reidar and the band have also toured Scandinavia on several occasions. He often makes guest appearances on other acts albums and features on 4 tracks on the latest set by Louisiana Red.

Long recognized as one of the finest blues acts in Scandinavia, Reidar & The Storytellers, his regular band since 1997, are in big demand and play over 100 gigs a year.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Guido Toffoletti's Blues Society w. Paul Jones - Live At The City Hall Café

Album: Live At The City Hall Café
Size: 109,9 MB
Time: 47:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1986
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front

1. Wang Dang Doodle (4:46)
2. Living For The Day (3:47)
3. Not Very Funny (3:03)
4. I'm Your Kingpin (2:57)
5. Judgement (3:24)
6. Not Me (2:44)
7. The City Hall Boogie (3:02)
8. Messin' With The Kid (3:26)
9. When The Saints Go Marching In (3:25)
10. Talk To Me Baby (5:07)
11. Hold Me Again (5:24)
12. Help Me (6:23)

Guido Toffoletti (Venice, 20 June 1951 - Cavarzere, 22 August 1999) was an Italian musician. One of the most important and long-lived exponents of blues music in Italy, with his Blues Society has contributed significantly to spreading the music of the Devil. Born in Venice, but immediately proves impatient to normal life. He lived the first school years in a boarding school in Asolo, but then he sailed the school to be able to play in a beat complex. His passion for music exploded at a very young age and in particular for the king of Rock & roll, Elvis Presley, of whom he became an avid collector.

Fourteen year old boy runs away from home and goes to work as roadie for the various beat groups of the period. In spite of being in the middle of music, he adapts himself to transporting instruments to musicians, particularly to the Renegades. With a first rudimentary guitar he learns the first notes of the blues. But in Italy there is no space for this kind of music. He then decided to try his luck and went to London, with little money and without a destination. He works in the premises, adapting to all the works, just to stay close to the music. He himself told of having married a dancer by proxy, just to stay in London.

One night he meets Alexis Korner, the father of the British Blues on the street. Alexis is his teacher and patron, but he is above all a great fraternal friend who introduces him to the English music scene, presenting him as "the Venetian who knows us more than ourselves". Guido exploded his passion for the blues and in 1976 he returned to Italy, founded his own group, the Blues Society, and released his first album Born in London in january 1976, a recording product for a small label and limited edition. In his discography, Guido starts by offering personal versions of the classics of blues, songs by Muddy Waters ("I Can't Be Satisfied") or Willie Dixon or Jimmy Reed, but then the compositions become for the most part in his name.

In April 1995 Guido and his Blues Society also participated, the only Italian, to the 'Alexis Korner Memorial Concert' along with the biggest names in English blues. Become friends with Mick Taylor and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, a guest in the Paris studios where they were recording the record Steel Wheels and James Cotton. James Cotton, Louisiana Red, Mick Taylor and Ian Stewart, Tolo Marton (guitarist, formerly Le Orme), Herbie Goins (former voice of Alexis Korner's band) and Paul Jones (ex Manfred Mann) play among his records as well as Zoot Money (formerly Animals), Jorma Kaukonen and Dick Heckstall-Smith (formerly Colosseum). /Excerpt from biography, translated from Italian by Google

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Bob Margolin - Thanks

Album: Thanks
Size: 81,4 MB
Time: 35:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues
Art: Front, back

1. Going Down To Main Street (3:05)
2. Shape I'm In (2:50)
3. Mean Old Chicago (3:50)
4. Who (3:18)
5. Lonely Man Blues (3:41)
6. Baby Can't Be Found (3:29)
7. Hard Working Man (3:24)
8. For You My Love (3:06)
9. No Consolation (4:17)
10. Just Before Dawn (4:02)

2023 marked the 50th year since Muddy Waters enlisted Bob Margolin, a young Bostonian wielding a Gibson Archtop six-string, as the second guitarist in his legendary band. Bob celebrates the anniversary in style here. It’s the same instrument Margolin used at Muddy’s side in The Band’s Last Waltz movie, and its strings provide rich accompaniment on all ten tracks of this acoustic CD. This is truly a masterful solo effort. Serving as the album’s producer, mixer and engineer, Margolin is responsible for all of the sounds you hear here. His warm, familiar voice — occasionally in four-part harmony — and his fretwork are exceptional. His only accompaniment is the appearance of one of his border collies, Levon, whose joyful bark spices up one cut.

A step-down intro opens “Going Down to Main Street.” Written by Muddy and first recorded in 1952, the number takes on new life as Bob delivers steady rhythm while simultaneously playing lead on slide in the style he learned from the master. It’s a love song in which the singer offers to take the lady on a shopping spree, warns her about cheating and expresses his sorrow every time the woman leaves his sight. The Band’s “Shape I’m In” follows and takes on a completely different, country-blues feel from the original through Margolin’s attack, which includes singing harmony with himself.

“Mean Old Chicago,” the first of four originals that Bob rearranged to deliver on Archtop, comes with an early Muddy feel as he announces a forthcoming trip to the Windy City, where the music community is reeling because “Death was hungry this year. He took more than his share.” It gives way to “Who,” a tune with rich history. Written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Little Walter, Bob played it frequently with another legend, R&B giant Nappy Brown, and it changes the atmosphere instantaneously here thanks to Margolin’s upbeat delivery.

Bob and Muddy co-wrote “Lonely Man Blues,” which follows. A song of regret about the absence of a lady, it features multiple guitar tracks and a plaintive feel throughout and flows comfortably into the Margolin original, “Baby Can’t Be Found,” in which the woman promises to show up at a certain hour and leaves the singer in the lurch, wondering where she might be. Penned by Jimmy Rogers — who was in the Waters band 25 years prior to Margolin’s arrival, the slow blues, “Hard Working Man,” serves up more pain, cheating on the title guy – and, hopefully, eventually coming to realize what a fool she’s been.

“For You My Love” — penned by Paul Gayten and a song Bob performed frequently with Pinetop Perkins – brightens the mood before two Margolin originals – the minor-key “No Consolation,” a complaint about searching without success for compassion, and the upbeat “Just Before Dawn,” an reverie about the break of day – bring the album to a close. Bob Margolin delivers a big tip of the hat to Muddy and his influences here. And after giving this one a listen, you’ll be thanking him, too! /Marty Gunther, Blues Blast Magazine

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100 Watt Vipers - Cold Sunday Blues

Size: 294 MB
Time: 46:19
File: Flac
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues-Rock
Art: Front

1. My Fathers Cross/electric (4:00)
2. He Walks So Heavy (4:10)
3. Oh Lord Im Down (3:43)
4. Dirt Road Blues (4:25)
5. When The Hammer Comes Down (3:58)
6. Pray For The Broken Man (4:23)
7. Long Way Home (3:53)
8. This River Flows On (3:42)
9. Ride With The Eagle (4:42)
10. My Fathers Cross (4:09)
11. This Mountain Before Me (5:10)

That the guitarist (Pauel Joseph; Paul Joseph), that the drummer (part-time vocalist) (DJ Riddick; DJ Riddick) loves the blues (Howling Wolf, Albert King, etc.). Plus the guys are also old rockers (AC/DC and all that). That’s how it grew together - they took one, screwed the other, wrapped it well with electrical tape/wrapped it up and soldered it, and it’s done!The group is called 100 WATT Vipers, which means “100 Watt Vipers”. The guys are from Florida and have been playing music since 2013. They searched for a long time and painfully for their style, regardless of any weather (even in the heat, even in the rain), and I must say they found a real trick.

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72Blues - Said I Would

Size: 429 MB
Time: 62:20
File: Flac
Released: 2004
Styles: Blues-Rock
Art: Front

1. Said I Would ( 3:27)
2. Home ( 3:33)
3. Gonna Get Fed ( 5:12)
4. Loneside My Bed ( 7:45)
5. Not No More (10:45)
6. Supper Is Waiting ( 3:25)
7. My Name ( 5:24)
8. That Just Happened ( 1:09)
9. Way Down ( 5:37)
10. Southern Fried ( 5:13)
11. Lay My Burden Down ( 3:47)
12. Harmonihum ( 1:11)
13. Lawd, A Lonesome Sorry ( 5:47)

72Blues is a junkie mixture of country-swamp-prison blues, gospel rhythms and the tunes of cotton field slaves + the cheeky vocals of a high girl, which absolutely does not spoil the overall picture. I’ll keep quiet about the stoner mixture...

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.44 Pistol - Live at the Vaults

Size: 399 MB
Time: 59:40
File: Flac
Released: 2014
Styles: Blues-Rock
Art: Front

1. Help Me (3:29)
2. Ol' Time Country Blues (4:06)
3. What'd I Say (3:22)
4. Forty-four Pistol (5:37)
5. Shake Em' On Down (6:47)
6. Got My Mojo Working (6:01)
7. Salvation (3:03)
8. Got Love If You Want It (2:59)
9. Let Me Play With Your Poodle (2:47)
10. Baby Please Don't Go (4:43)
11. Born In The Borderlands (4:36)
12. Sun Goes Down (4:14)
13. Wish I Was In Heaven (4:03)
14. Shake Your Moneymaker (3:47)

Hard drives fail, mp3 players get lost & mobile phones get upgraded, treasure Live at the Vaults forever by putting the CD edition on your bookshelf!

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.44 Pistol - Served Raw

Size: 324 MB
Time: 40:45
File: Flac
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. drop the needle (1:20)
2. taste of sin (3:36)
3. train i ride (4:00)
4. devil in me (1:34)
5. salvation (3:00)
6. ol' time country blues (3:55)
7. could say the same (3:05)
8. call my name (3:35)
9. future blues (4:07)
10. send you back to georgia (3:34)
11. keep rockin' (4:25)
12. riverside blues (4:30)

1st March 2014 saw Stafford-based lo-fi blues extravaganza .44 pistol release Live at the Vaults, fourteen tracks of relentless searing guitar, pounding drums and sweaty energy recorded at a packed show the previous September in Stafford’s Market Vaults. Following on from 2011’s Served Raw the record captures the spark of the band’s energetic live show. This also marks the recorded debut of lead singer Pete Wearn’s homemade guitar, constructed from an oil can, which appears on several tracks including the showpiece original “Born in the Borderlands”. The choice of the Market Vaults as the venue for the recording was no coincidence, as it is both the historical site of the founding members’ first meeting, and the band’s favourite off-duty watering hole. Described as ‘brilliant’ by Maverick Magazine & ‘kick-ass’ by bluesinthenorthwest.com, .44 Pistol consists of Pete Wearn (vocal, harmonica & slide guitar) Ash Jones (Lead & rhythm guitar) & Mick Askey (Drums). They do not have a bass player, nor do they feel they need one.

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Reidar Larsen - Last Train Home

Album: Last Train Home
Size: 113,2 MB
Time: 48:53
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1990
Styles: Blues, piano blues
Art: Full

1. Last Train Home (4:04)
2. Better Than Nothing (4:24)
3. Wild Wild Women (3:05)
4. Don't Turn Away (3:50)
5. Boogie Masters (3:09)
6. Boat Dock (3:45)
7. Daddy Longlegs (4:14)
8. No Tell Hotel (4:01)
9. High I.Q. (3:37)
10. Shuffle The Pack (2:39)
11. Talking Woman Blues (2:47)
12. Strange Thing (4:48)
13. Neighbor Neighbor (2:51)
14. Evening Chimes (1:34)

Born in Oslo in 1955, the son of a piano builder/tuner, it was fairly natural that Reidar’s fascination with the instrument began at an early age with lessons from age 7, and an early diet of albums by the British blues exponents of the 1960s, The Animals, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac and Stan Webb’s Chicken Shack. Many of these albums were supervised by legendary UK blues producer Mike Vernon who also produced Reidar’s 2nd album ‘Red, White & Blues’.

A collaboration between Fleetwood Mac and pianist Otis Spann particularly appealed to the nimble fingered young Larsen who was soon checking out the likes of Eddie Boyd, Champion Jack Dupree, Memphis Slim and Professor Longhair. Reidar is a highly respected musician working with numerous Norwegian artists, and a much in demand piano man for touring blues stars supporting such names as Lowell Fulson and Peter Green.

In addition to his 10 studio albums, Reidar has also recorded 2 live sets at New York’s legendary Cotton Club with the venue’s own gospel sensation, Anne Sinclair and The Spirit Of Love Singers with whom Reidar and the band have also toured Scandinavia on several occasions. He often makes guest appearances on other acts albums and features on 4 tracks on the latest set by Louisiana Red.

Long recognized as one of the finest blues acts in Scandinavia, Reidar & The Storytellers, his regular band since 1997, are in big demand and play over 100 gigs a year.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Walter 'Wolfman' Washington - Feel So At Home

Album: Feel So At Home
Size: 88,8 MB
Time: 38:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Jazzy blues
Art: Front

1. I Feel So At Home Here (4:42)
2. Without You (5:13)
3. Along About Midnight (5:15)
4. Lovely Day (4:19)
5. Black Night (5:11)
6. Sufferin' Mind (3:35)
7. It's Rainin' In My Life (5:01)
8. I've Been Wrong For So Long (4:59)

The late, great guitarist and vocalist Walter “Wolfman” Washington could be accompanied by a string section — as he is on several cuts on this newly released album, Feel So at Home, backed by a combo or alone with his guitar — his voice and style remain immediately identifiable. It’s called soulfulness.

Fans will be grateful for more from Wolfman in a setting and ambiance similar to that of his fine previous release, 2018s My Future Is My Past. The astute rhythm section of bassist James Singleton and drummer Stanton Moore are “in the house,” with Steve DeTroy filling it out on piano and providing a thoughtful solo on a Washington original, “Without You” as well as other selections.

Dig Walter’s cover of the Bobby “Blue” Bland classic, “I’ve Been Wrong So Long.” Vocally he is able to combine pure power, grit and tenderness just as Bland did though in his very own way. Wolfman’s quick guitar accents pepper the tune, and his sharply pitched solo sends it over the top. For some pure blues, Washington hits with “Along About Midnight,” on which he takes his time like a crushed man with a broken heart. He returns to the blues, the late-night kind on which he made his reputation, on “Black Night” as well as “Sufferin’ Mind.”

Throughout the album, it’s almost as if Washington is playing a finely synchronized vocal, guitar duet — he is one with his instrument. Full of excellent material, Feel So at Home greets the wonderful Walter “Wolfman” Washington back into the abode of a listener’s heart where he is always welcome. Turn the lights down low, it’s Wolfman time. /Geraldine Wyckoff, Offbeat Magazine

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Livin' Blues - Back On Track

Album: Back On Track
Size: 105,6 MB
Time: 45:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues, jazzy blues
Art: Front

1. Blue Crow (4:29)
2. Lockdown (5:18)
3. Back On The Track (3:51)
4. Long Lost Son (3:41)
5. You're Just About To Lose Your (4:31)
6. Fly Away (4:06)
7. Free Birds (4:16)
8. Leaders Of The Game (4:10)
9. Angels Flying In (4:44)
10. Johnny B. Goode (3:54)
11. Riding On The Braintrain (2:14)

Livin' Blues, lead by frontman and founding member Nicko Christiansen, started in the '70s as Livin' Blues. Recording with producers like Jaap Eggermont and Mike Vernon (Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall) resulted in many European hits like "Wang Dang Doodle", "LB Boogie" and "Black Liza". Nowadays this legendary formation still plays their blues–boogie-rock and shuffle style on numerous stages in Holland. A continuous interest in their music is not only shown in their homecountry, but also in many European cities e.g. Moscow, Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and even as far as Asia (Jakarta).

In 2008 Livin' Blues (name changed to Livin Blues Xperience) received the Dutch National Blues Award and were voted best international blues band in Poland. Back on the road since 2022 after several bandname changes (Livin' Blues Xperience, Livin' Blues 22), but still with leader of the pack, Nicko Christiansen. Their current repertoire consists of Livin' Blues-classics and contemporary funky blues and blues rock songs; their shows are sensational and reflect their boundless energy which sets audiences on fire time after time.

Personnel: Nicko Christiansen (lead vocals, saxophones, percussion, mini-guitar); Loek van Der Knaap (guitar); Leon Coenjaarts (bass); Andreas Caree (drums); Thomas Toussaint (harmonica); Jane Goulding & Anoushka Wolff (a.k.a. The Bluezettes) (vocals).

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La Blues Band De Granada - The Jumping Boogie

Album: The Jumping Boogie
Size: 83,3 MB
Time: 36:15
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues/R&B
Art: Front

1. The Jumping Boogie (3:49)
2. I Remember When (5:07)
3. Road To Memphis, Tennessee (5:36)
4. I Can't Wait (4:09)
5. Why Don't You Do Right (3:55)
6. When The Fault Is Mine (4:16)
7. Rockin' And Rollin' (5:35)
8. Something You Got (3:45)

La Blues Band De Granada is a legendary formation that celebrates their thirty-seventh anniversary practicing the best blues against all odds. They are largely responsible for the fact that the twelve-bar genre has been kept alive, active and current in Granada and throughout Andalusia during the last thirty years. After many changes in 2020, the formation is settled after the addition of Sandra Morales on vocals with whom they recorded their eighth album entitled "The Jumping Boogie". The album was released in October 2023 and is a return to where the band once started, with their own compositions and the characteristic, eclectic and forceful sound of the band.

Personnel: Antonio Valero (drums); Pepe Castro (bass); J.Luis Pizarro (guitar); Estanis Peinado (piano); Sandra Morales (vocals); Gregorio Buendía (trumpet); Agutín Sánchez (saxophone).

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43 Cambridge - Too Fast for Blues - Live!

Size: 290 MB
Time: 42:14
File: Flac
Released: 2001
Styles: Blues-Rock
Art: Front

1. Big Road Blues (2:48)
2. Stone Free (3:40)
3. Train to Nowhere (3:45)
4. Phred (4:07)
5. Boom Boom (3:15)
6. Ouside Help (5:12)
7. Homecoming (3:20)
8. Don't Piss Me Off (4:25)
9. Sweetest Little Thing (3:33)
10. Mojo Workin' (4:00)
11. Long to Go (4:04)

43 Cambridge are a four-piece rock band from Perth Western Australia and have been performing for over 20 years. They have always played the songs they love as well as releasing four albums of their own material. They are currently performing a collection of songs from some of the great bands of the last 60 years specialising in high energy guitar rhythms, powerful vocals and harmonica all driven along by Ben Lawrence’s rock-solid beats. Whether playing 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 21st century or blues, 43 Cambridge have always been able to tailor a set list thanks to front man Ray’s keen ability to read a room. 43 Cambridge have played across Australia… from singing for their supper at Eucla Roadhouse, to shutting down production at Murrin Murrin mine. They’ve played at The Espy in St Kilda, Settlers Tavern in Margaret River, Broome, Adelaide, Fremantle, Sydney Wagga Wagga, Exmouth, Kalgoorlie, Albany, and most places in between. Pubs, clubs, weddings, parties, corporate and festivals. They’ve played to crowds of ten to ten thousand. Although a rock ‘n roll act (described as Perth’s ‘Black Crowes’ by Jim from ‘Blue Shaddy’) they have been regulars at the Perth Blues Club, recording a live album there, “Too Fast For Blues” which led to appearances at The Bridge Town Blues Festival and West Coast Blues and Roots Festival. They have played with hundreds of acts over the years including Jimmy Barnes, Mental as Anything, The Sleepy Jackson, Jon Butler, Ed Kuepper and You Am I, to name a few.

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Daniel Meade & The Basement Boogie Band - Live At The Rum Shack, Glasgow, 2023

Size: 114.6 MB
Time: 49:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues, Rock & Roll, Boogie
Art: Front

01. Rockin' The House (Live) (3:40)
02. Got Me On A Good Day (Live) (4:14)
03. Don't Look Back (Live) (4:06)
04. Knockin' It On The Head (Live) (3:39)
05. Demented Dynamite (Live) (3:19)
06. Everyone Knows, Nobody Cares (Live) (2:57)
07. You Might Be Gone (Live) (3:21)
08. All Tied Up (Live) (2:45)
09. Where I Come From (Live) (Feat. Rob Heron) (2:30)
10. She Hypnotised Me (Live) (Feat. Rob Heron) (2:55)
11. Your Madness Is My Medicine (Live) (3:24)
12. Nothin' Worth Losin' But You (Live) (3:54)
13. No Ifs, No Buts, No Second Chance (Live) (2:56)
14. Reelin' & Rockin' (Live) (2:28)
15. Juliette (Live) (2:52)

Personnel:
Piano & Vocals - Daniel Meade
Guitar & BVs - Lloyd Reid
Bass & BVs - Mark Ferrie
Drums - Ross McFarlane
Tenor Sax - Deke McGee
Baritone Sax - Stuart Carson

Daniel Meade is a songwriter & musician from Glasgow, with a back catalogue rich in roots, country, blues, boogie woogie, rock n roll & indie music, racking up an impressive fifteen album releases in the last ten years, and counting.

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40 Thieves - Time Forgot

Size: 272 MB
Time: 45:35
File: Flac
Released: 2017
Styles: Australian Blues
Art: Front

1. Time Forgot (4:49)
2. Ordinary Fool (4:44)
3. Trapped (4:23)
4. Forgive Me (3:38)
5. A Big Stand (4:37)
6. Bayou Man (5:14)
7. Jungle Blues (4:37)
8. Low Down Boogie (4:16)
9. Somebody Help Me (5:54)
10. Black Cat (3:19)

‘Time Forgot’, 40 Thieves debut album, was recorded live, one weekend in April ’17 under the guidance of Melbourne based engineer / producer Robert B. Dillon (recording credits: DreamBoogie, Lloyd Spiegel, Geoff Achison), in the beautiful foothills of the Macedon Ranges in Victoria. Included in this album are slow, soulful blues tunes like ‘Somebody Help Me’ and ‘Forgive Me’, then taking the listener through the backstreets of New Orleans with ‘Bayou Man’, driving through the badlands of Texas with ‘Trapped’ and hip shaking in the juke joints down south with overdriven guitar songs like ‘Low Down Boogie’, ‘A Big Stand’ and title track, ‘Time Forgot’. The journey concludes with the scar blues tune ‘Ordinary Fool

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20 Miles - I'm A Lucky Guy

Size: 250 MB
Time: 39:21
File: Flac
Released: 1998
Styles: Blues-Rock
Art: Full

1. East St. Louis (2:46)
2. Forget Everything (3:17)
3. All I Want (3:02)
4. Sympathize (2:51)
5. Talk To Me (3:34)
6. Pure As Gold (3:36)
7. Highwater (3:49)
8. Oh Ruby (2:49)
9. Johnson's Blues (4:29)
10. Like A Fool (2:17)
11. Be His Friend (3:48)
12. Not So Long (2:58)

I picked this up on a whim years ago now, and oh what a classic it has become for me. "Johnson's Blues" is just an absolute shredder. Amazing stuff. Anyone who likes raw, edgy, bluesy, Americana, music that is unlikely to be heard on ANY radio station (at least here in the US... Europe seems to be a little more adventurous), pick this up. Listen to it, let it sink in, then play it again. Loud. On a side note, I had to pull this one out as I drove home from a recent weekend backpacking trip during which I did a 20 mile day. Just seems so appropriate

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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Christmas Time Again

Size: 85.2 MB
Time: 36:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Blues Rock, Southern Rock, Xmas
Art: Full

01. Santa's Messin' With The Kid (3:15)
02. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (2:31)
03. Christmas Time Again (4:34)
04. Greensleeves (2:18)
05. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (3:08)
06. Run Run Rudolph (3:34)
07. Mama's Song (3:53)
08. Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' (3:39)
09. Classical Christmas (2:09)
10. Hallelujah, It's Christmas (4:01)
11. Skynyrd Family (3:00)

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Johnny Van Zant (vocals); Rickey Medlocke, Hughie Thompson (acoustic, electric & slide guitars, background vocals); Gary Rossington (acoustic, electric & slide guitars); Billy Powell (keyboards); Leon Wilkeson (bass); Kenny Arnoff (drums); Dale-Krantz Rossington, Carol Chase (background vocals).
Additional personnel includes: Charlie Daniels (vocals, guitar); .38 Special.

Recorded at The Castle, Franklin, Tennessee.

A Southern rock Christmas album? Hey, it makes as much sense as Run-DMC's "Christmas in Hollis," and the good news is that the Lynyrd Skynyrd boys--along with special guests the Charlie Daniels Band and .38 Special--truly get into the spirit with a nice mix of seasonal standards (rock and otherwise) and originals. Among the latter, the Daniels Band provides a frankly terrifying "Devil Went Down to Georgia"-derived take on "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," while Skynyrd crunch through Chuck Berry's "Run, Rudolph Run" with Stones-like aplomb. On the originals front, .38 Special score big with "Mama's Song," a Southern rock power pop hybrid in their best '80s style, although it must be said that these self-proclaimed wild-eyed Southern boys have a sentimental streak a mile wide (and when their song is followed by Skynyrd's near-obscene "Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'," it's a tad disconcertin'...). In any case, the album concludes, nicely, with a little harmonizing by the entire Skynyrd family (kids, relatives, road crew, dogs, etc). Fun stuff. ~AMG

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Layla Zoe - Back To The Spirit Of 66

Size: 219 MB
Time: 1:31:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

CD 1:
01. Golden Slumber (Live) (1:57)
02. Dark Heart (Live) (5:00)
03. The World Could Change (Live) (6:08)
04. Praying Kind (Live) (6:35)
05. Leave You For Good (Live) (8:03)
06. Susan (Live) (8:25)
07. Weakness (Live) (6:40)
08. Ghost Train (Live) (6:33)

CD 2:
01. Roses And Lavender (Live) (10:02)
02. Watch What You're Doing (Live) ( 5:53)
03. Brother (Live) (13:40)
04. We're All The Same (Live) ( 6:41)
05. He Loves Me (Live) ( 6:07)

Personnel:
Vocals: Layla Zoe
Drums: Felix Dehmel
Guitar and backing vocals: Krissy Matthews
Bass, keys and backing vocals: Paul Jobson

In 2023 after three years away from the stage 'Canada's Darling of the Blues, Layla Zoe, returned on tour with friends and musicians Krissy Matthews (guitar), Felix Dehmel (drums), and Paul Jobson (keys and bass) to remind fans that she is here to stay. Performing songs from some of her greatest albums 'Gemini", "Breaking Free" and 'The World Could Change,' Layla Zoe sealed her spot in '"bluesrock royalty" singing from a roar to a whisper and mesmerising audiences all over Europe. After thirty concerts in 6 countries the tour ended in one of the best known blues and rock venues in Europe, "Spirit of 66" in Verviers, Belgium where Layla recorded "Live at Spirit of 66" in 2015 released by Henrik Freischlader's Cable Car Records label. Now join Layla Zoe and her incredible band on this return to the stage through this beautiful live double album, recorded, mixed and mastered by Martin Meinschaefer. "Back to the Spirit of 66" is undeniably Layla Zoe's best live album to date and should not be missed.

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Marcel Smith - From My Soul

Size: 135.0 MB
Time: 57:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues, Soul, R&B
Art: Front

01. I'm Coming Home To You (3:08)
02. If You Miss Me (4:43)
03. What Can We Do (4:59)
04. Freedom Blues (3:23)
05. Wake Me When It's Over (4:23)
06. Drunk (4:10)
07. To Be True (5:15)
08. Nothing Left To Burn (4:32)
09. There Goes My Used To Be (Feat. Johnny Rawls) (3:49)
10. Turn Back The Hands Of Time (Feat. Johnny Rawls) (3:28)
11. My Heart Told A Lie (3:31)
12. I Don't Want To Take A Chance (3:30)
13. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (Live) (9:00)

Singer-songwriter Marcel Smith’s From My Soul follows up his Little Village release Everybody Needs Love, covered in 2020 by Richard Ludmerer on these pages. His review has considerable biographical information, so we’ll forge ahead with the essence of what’s at hand this time out. First, Smith co-wrote five of these eleven tunes (notwithstanding the Bonus track of the Bee Gees cover, “How Can you Mend a Broken Heart.’) Familiar strains of Sam Cooke, Little Richard, O.V. Wright, Jimmy Liggins, Tyrone Davis, Willie Nelson, and Ben E. King are heard in the covers which range from vintage soul and R&B to gospel. The usual Little Village/Greaseland suspects are aboard – producer, engineer, mixer, mastering, and guitarist Kid Anderson, keyboardist Jim Pugh, harmonicist Rick Estrin, drummer Derrick “D’Mar” Martin, and label stalwarts Sons of Soul Revivers on four tracks. Other contributors are Endre Tarczy (bass), Jon Otis (percussion), Jerry Jemmott (bass on the bonus track), the horn section of Mike Rinta (trombone), Aaron Lington (saxophone),and John Worley (trumpet); Don Dally (strings), Tony Lufrano (organ on “Nothing Left to Burn”)), Eric Spaulding (sax solo on “If You Miss Me’), and Lisa Leuschner Andersen (backgrounds on two tracks). Johnny Rawls even sings with Smith on two of these. This album is as good a mix of blues, soul, R&B, and gospel to come along in recent years, the kind of stuff we only seem to find on Catfood Records (Rawls’ label) and Little Village who brings the likes of Smith, Sonny Green, and Wee Willie Walker.

The first three tracks are Smith co-writes, beginning with “I’m Coming Home to You,” uplifting soul with the full aggregation of horns and Sons of the Soul Survivors. “If You Miss Me’ is a comfy soul ballad in the vein of Sam Cooke imbued with Spaulding’s lyrical tenor solo, while the string bathed “What Can We Do,” is an urgent plea to save Mother Earth with the Sons of the Soul Survivors returning to enhance that ‘power of love’ that Smith sings so beautifully about. These three songs could hardly be more different in terms of instrumental treatment, a nod to Smith’s growing skill as a songwriter, lauded to no end by Andersen in the liner notes. Then the ‘la-da-la-da” and stomping beat of Little Richard’s “Freedom Blues” finds Smith singing fiercely and with a rougher edge, and reaching into falsetto at times as Estrin blows a mean harp solo; some blues roaring unexpectedly from the previous three tracks, except for the presence again of the Sons.

Smith returns to the string accompaniment for a gorgeous rendition of Willie Nelson’s “Wake Me When It’s Over,” punctuated by a tasty vibraphone solo. Old school, horn slathered R&B is at the core of Jimmy Liggins’ “Drunk” with a gutsy trombone solo from Mike Rinta lighting up the dance floor. “To Be True” owes to Pugh and Richard Cousins, one they wrote for Robert Cray that appeared on his album This Time. The fourth of Smith originals, “Nothing Left to Burn” follows, another soul stirrer, with an organ solo from Tony Lufrano and backing from the horns. These set the stage for the two with Johnny Rawls, the ballad “There Goes My Used to Be,” from O.V. Wright (Rawls was Wright’s musical director) and the big hit from Tyrone Davis, one of the all-time best soul songs, “Turn Back the Hands Of Time” replete with the Sons on the choruses.

Smith’s last original is another Sam Cooke-like ballad, “My Heart Told A Lie,” enriched by Lisa L. Andersen’s harmonies and Rinta’s stellar horn arrangement. “I Don’t Want to Take a Chance” was written by iconic soul writer George Jackson and dates to the mid-sixties, and first recorded by Wee Willie Walker around that same time. The bonus track from the Bee Gees was recorded live at Greaseland in October of 2021 and provides a brief audio of Smith in a preamble of the song before he proceeds to regale the audience, this time in his rough-edged style. Yes, he can go from smooth crooner to the more rugged style seamlessly.

This is Soul Music in 2023, sounding every bit as good as it has for the past sixty plus years. It takes a special breed of singer to deliver this music convincingly. Marcel Smith is that and then some. ~Jim Hynes

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Mary Taylor - Victim Of Love

Size: 96.5 MB
Time: 41:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. Mama's First Rule (5:56)
02. Better Watch Your Step (4:12)
03. Back To You (3:09)
04. Our Eyes Will Be Cryin' (3:35)
05. Love Me Or Leave Me (4:20)
06. Not My Kind Of Man (3:46)
07. Nobody Wins (3:32)
08. Victim Of Love (4:23)
09. Things Will Be Alright (4:39)
10. You're The One (3:40)

Mary Taylor is off and running full force with Blues Gone Gospel. You can't call it tradition nor comtemporary. Mary has stands in a category all by herself. This has never been done before, taking the blues, which usually brings the message of heart break, no job and just low down. Mary took that same music and changed the words to tells a different story, one that brings you joy, put hope in your heart and makes you feel like dancing. Mary has returned to her heart, gospel, and gosepl it is. Mary Taylor is the first, and only, female vocalist to be snapped up by the long time London based blues and jazz label, JSP Records, for her debut solo blues CD. Mary Taylor joins a long list of JSP label greats like Buddy Guy, Jimmy Witherspoon, New Orleans piano legend Professor Longhair, and more.. (Victim of Love was released with rave reviews worldwide) Read what others say about Mary Taylor James and Lucky Peterson's If You Can't Fix It is the first full-length collaboration by the father/son bluesmen. Features a luminous Southern soul duet with Mary Taylor on Time to Go. 'One of the most energized recordings in the JSP catalog - and one of the year's best releases as well.' Living Blues She's Got It ...Her voice has real presence and she expands energy in a controlled, knowing fashion that many a better-known singer couldn't hope to achieve." Downbeat Magazine Mary Taylor was the unchallenged star of the show...Taylor's mastery of inflection breathes life into the lyrics." Mary Lou Sullivan, Journal Inquirer Her amazing vocal delivery conveys a warm and soft-spoken style that is nevertheless powerful and self-assured... The audiences loved her." Steven Cagle, KVMR Radio, Nevada CA "Mary Taylor 'testifies' like nobody else." Paris Voice, Paris, France.

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Sweet Marta & The Blues Shakers - Hard Times EP

Size: 42.9 MB
Time: 18:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Harmonica Blues
Art: Front

01. Grease Fat (2:54)
02. Handyman (3:35)
03. Forget About The Rules (4:03)
04. Hard Times (3:12)
05. We Miss You So (4:32)

Personnel:
Sweet Marta: voice and harmonica
Johnny Bigstone: guitar and vocals
Little Jordi: bass
Blas Picon: drums

"Sweet Marta & The Blues Shakers" is Sweet Marta on voice and harmonica, as the only female representative of this instrument in all Spanish state, where her discovery of the genre is linked to that of the harmonica, feeling passion in two ways and causing the artist to occupy a very prominent place in the field of state blues and The Blues Shakers, each of them with an extensive musical career.

This formation with 9 years of life and with three albums "Come Love" "Hoodoo Girl Blues" and "Hard Times" continues touring blues festivals both in Spain and in France and it is that Sweet Marta & The Blues Shakers enjoy a great domain of language and authenticity when transmitting it and they show us that the roots of blues are still alive, interpreting artists such as George Harmonica Smith, Koko Taylor, Bobby Blue Bland and Junior Wells among others, and currently also adding their own songs to their repertoire.

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32/20 Blues Band - Crossbrain

Size: 255 MB
Time: 37:43
File: Flac
Released: 2014
Styles: Blues-Rock
Art: Front

1. Ignored (5:31)
2. Moonshine (3:06)
3. Call You Trouble (4:02)
4. Join the Band (3:18)
5. Get Over Here (4:14)
6. Real (4:58)
7. Stay (2:29)
8. Wallstreet (3:28)
9. Without Her (3:16)
10. Forget About You (3:17)

As part of the CROSSBRAIN TOUR 2014, the 32/20 BLUES BAND presented their fifth album "CROSSBRAIN". They not only thrilled fans of traditional blues, but also brought with their energetic show and infectious The joy of playing at various festivals also encourages die-hard rockers, punkers and electro fans to dance, because blues rules! "The 32/20 BLUES BAND has a great album at the start: Because there's a lot more in 'Crossbrain' than just the good old blues, which the Moselans pimped with a rocking touch in the style of Johnny Winter or Walter Trout. You can experience some rich guitar sounds here, as well as sharp bottleneck interludes as well as fat distorted licks including beautiful bends that are reminiscent of Eric Clapton during the Cream era." Lothar Trampert - guitar & bass "It was worth it, the sound is as rich as it is transparent, the production is highly professional." Dieter Lintz - olksfreund "The 32/20 BLUES BAND has performed with "CROSSBRAIN" released a great album and will definitely have to readjust the radius of the fan circle."

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Reidar Larsen - I'm A Bluesman

Album: I'm A Bluesman
Size: 77,0 MB
Time: 33:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1982
Styles: Blues, piano blues
Art: Full

1. I'm A Bluesman (2:37)
2. Face InThe Crowd (2:41)
3. W.P.A. Blues (3:37)
4. Me And My Chaffeur Blues (1:45)
5. Hard Pill To Swallow (3:15)
6. Honky Tonk Train (2:37)
7. Sweet Home Chicago (4:26)
8. Have You Ever Been All Alone (3:33)
9. Big Fat Mama (3:15)
10. I Can Tell By The Way You Smell (2:29)
11. How Long Blues (2:57)

Born in Oslo in 1955, the son of a piano builder/tuner, it was fairly natural that Reidar’s fascination with the instrument began at an early age with lessons from age 7, and an early diet of albums by the British blues exponents of the 1960s, The Animals, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac and Stan Webb’s Chicken Shack. Many of these albums were supervised by legendary UK blues producer Mike Vernon who also produced Reidar’s 2nd album ‘Red, White & Blues’.

A collaboration between Fleetwood Mac and pianist Otis Spann particularly appealed to the nimble fingered young Larsen who was soon checking out the likes of Eddie Boyd, Champion Jack Dupree, Memphis Slim and Professor Longhair. Reidar is a highly respected musician working with numerous Norwegian artists, and a much in demand piano man for touring blues stars supporting such names as Lowell Fulson and Peter Green.

In addition to his 10 studio albums, Reidar has also recorded 2 live sets at New York’s legendary Cotton Club with the venue’s own gospel sensation, Anne Sinclair and The Spirit Of Love Singers with whom Reidar and the band have also toured Scandinavia on several occasions. He often makes guest appearances on other acts albums and features on 4 tracks on the latest set by Louisiana Red.

Long recognized as one of the finest blues acts in Scandinavia, Reidar & The Storytellers, his regular band since 1997, are in big demand and play over 100 gigs a year.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Casey Jones - Still Kickin'

Album: Still Kickin'
Size: 73,1 MB
Time: 31:37
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1983
Styles: Soul/Blues mix
Art: LP Front & back

1. Hot In The Bottom, Part 1 (4:27)
2. Happy Home (3:41)
3. I Got You Baby (4:06)
4. Givin' It Up (4:22)
5. Good Golly Miss Molly/Long Tall Sally (4:29)
6. Bring The Sunshine In (2:44)
7. Back Trackin' (3:29)
8. Hot In The Bottom, Part 2 (4:16)

Long recognized as one of the Chicago circuit's premier drummers, charismatic Casey Jones has moved out in front of his band over the last decade instead of hiding behind his kit. Casey discovered that beating his way through the world was fun while drilling with his high school marching band back in Greenville. He moved to Chicago in 1956. Before the end of the year, he was drumming professionally with an outfit called Otis Luke & the Rhythm Bombers (for a whopping five bucks a night). One auspicious 1959 night, Jones was forced to sing live for the first time when the pianist leading his band was tossed in jail. He found screaming like Little Richard was pretty enjoyable too.

Early '60s session work behind Earl Hooker, A.C. Reed, McKinley Mitchell, and Muddy Waters (1962's You Need Love) kept Jones busy, as did playing on the South and West sides with the likes of Otis Rush and Freddy King. His profile rose markedly in 1978 when he slid into the drum chair with Albert Collins's hand-picked combo, the Icebreakers. His impeccable timekeeping powered the band for six-and-a-half years, and he played on Collins's first six Alligator albums (notably Ice Pickin' and the '85 summit meeting Showdown! with Robert Cray and Johnny Copeland).

Casey Jones has been holding down Sunday nights at Chicago's popular Kingston Mines nightclub for nearly a decade - a period that's seen his own discography grow steadily. 1987's Solid Blue for Rooster Blues preceded the formation of his own label, Airwax Records (source of his last few CDs, including 1993's The Crowd Pleaser and [I-94] On My Way to Chicago in 1995). Biography by Bill Dahl, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues

Album: Still Got The Blues
Size: 165,1 MB
Time: 71:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1990/2003
Styles: Blues, blues-rock
Art: Full

1. Moving On (2:39)
2. Oh Pretty Woman (4:25)
3. Walking By Myself (2:56)
4. Still Got The Blues (6:11)
5. Texas Strut (4:51)
6. Too Tired (2:50)
7. King Of The Blues (4:36)
8. As The Years Go Passing By (7:46)
9. Midnight Blues (4:58)
10. That Kind Of Woman (4:31)
11. All Your Love (3:42)
12. Stop Messin' Around (4:00)
13. The Stumble (Bonus) (3:00)
14. Left Me With The Blues (Bonus) (3:05)
15. Further On Up The Road (Bonus) (4:08)
16. Mean Cruel Woman (Bonus) (2:47)
17. The Sky Is Crying (Bonus) (4:53)

Relieved from the pressures of having to record a hit single, Gary Moore cuts loose on some blues standards as well as some newer material. Moore plays better than ever, spitting out an endless stream of fiery licks that are both technically impressive and soulful. It's no wonder Still Got the Blues was his biggest hit. /Daevid Jehnzen, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Spoonful Of Blues - Songs From Notodden Norway

Album: Songs From Notodden Norway
Size: 95,6 MB
Time: 41:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Blood Red Tears (3:44)
2. Rollercoaster Ride To Hell (3:25)
3. Mojo Mama (3:23)
4. Breaking Up (3:43)
5. Out In The Country (3:49)
6. Crush On You (3:24)
7. Hold Me In Your Arms Tonight (4:55)
8. Hellraiser (4:33)
9. Murder Scene (3:46)
10. Inner City Queen (3:08)
11. Rumble & Roll (3:15)

Bluestown Records is proud to present the brand new album ‘Songs From Notodden Norway’ by Norway’s popular and in demand rocking blues band Spoonful of Blues. ‘Songs From Notodden Norway’ is the band’s 6th album on Bluestown Records. The album was recorded in Notodden’s own Juke Joint Studio and contains 11 original songs written by Jostein Forsberg and Morten Omlid.

This is music that comes from Notodden, Norway. The strange little industrial town at the entrance to Telemark County. Telemark, the sparsely populated area, which in the old days was considered lawless, and which was not even drawn on the map. A musical industrial town influenced by the area’s folk music, “rallar music” and blues music from distant regions. In this town, which is neither city nor country, or perhaps both, the native Notodden guys and “longtime friends”, Jostein and Morten, have created the content for this album. Recorded in Notodden, together with the other boys in the band, Tony and Eskil. The songs are about Notodden and about the people who live here, while the songs both feel and are perceived as universal. These are Songs From Notodden Norway.

Spoonful of Blues consists of: Jostein Forsberg (vocals, harmonica); Morten Omlid (guitar, vocals); Eskil Aasland (drums, vocals); Tony Caddle (bass).

Note: Morten Omlid passed away on November 24 at the age of 62. R.I.P.

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27 Miles - Bringin It Back

Size: 250 MB
Time: 42:25
File: Flac
Released: 2006
Styles: Blues-Southern Rock
Art: Front

1. Brotherhood"featuring Duane Betts of Allman Bros Family" (3:15)
2. Where I Belong"featuring Dean Deleo of Stp" (3:33)
3. High (4:23)
4. Rehab (3:47)
5. Back Home (2:35)
6. Devils Call (3:59)
7. Under The Gun (3:34)
8. Lessons Learned"featuring Dean Deleo of Stp" (4:47)
9. This Time (3:28)
10. Travelin (4:18)
11. Life Unknown"featuring Leah Felder of The Eagles Family" (4:40)

27 Miles was formed in 2001 as The 454 Band, but changed their name to 27 Miles in 2005 due legal issues. With unique blend of Southern rock, metal, blues and country, 27 Miles is part of the new Southern rock underground, which has been rising in the States in past ten years and the band has found lot of new fans since their 2006 debut album, “Bringin’ It Back“. At the moment 27 Miles are Kevin “Solly” Solomon on lead vocals and rhythm/lead guitar, Donny Kulp on rhythm/lead guitar, Jason “JB” Benfield on Bass and Kurt Custer on Drums and back-up vocals.

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VA - Blues Singles Collection Vol. 70

Size: 227.2 MB
Time: 97:22
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01 Charmeka Joquelle - For The Holidays (2:28)
02 Elly Wininger - Blues For Christmas (Feat. Stephen Miller) (5:22)
03 Sweet Talk - Please Come Home For Christmas (2:27)
04 Juan Zelada - All This Booze (4:52)
05 La Blues Band De Granada - Road To Memphis, Tennessee (5:36)
06 Trickbag - Christmas By My Telephone (3:09)
07 The Mystix - I Just Want To Make Love To You (3:42)
08 Bette Smith - Happiness (3:24)
09 Gwyn Ashton - Get Outta Town (3:17)
10 Danielle Nicole - How Did We Get To Goodbye (4:39)
11 Tinsley Ellis - Devil In The Room (3:31)
12 Ray Beadle - Change Of Heart (5:12)
13 Harlem Lake - Carry On (3:08)
14 Dustin Douglas & The Electric Gentlemen - Christmas Is The Time To Say 'I Love You' (3:31)
15 Gugun Blues Shelter - Learn To Love Myself (6:01)
16 Steinar Ytrehus - I Will Play The Blues Like JJ Cale (3:55)
17 Elles Bailey - Lean On My Love (4:42)
18 Dave Fields - On Christmas Baby (Live) (4:41)
19 Mick Clarke - Strongo (2:43)
20 Eva Carboni - The Magic (3:55)
21 Sean Poluk - Santa's Got It In The Bag (3:03)
22 Bjorn Berge - Mama Said (3:50)
23 Anthony Gomes - The Whiskey Made Me Do It (2024 Remix) (3:01)
24 The Black Crowes - 99 Pounds (2023 Mix) (3:22)
25 Lil' Red & The Rooster - Santa Baby (Lil' Nice Mix) (3:40)

A collection of blues singles released in November/December 2023 compiled by myself.

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Rafael de Swarte - Bluesin'

Size: 162 MB
Time: 33:23
File: Flac
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Bluesin' (4:41)
2. So Many Ways (To Cry) (3:05)
3. Muddy Water (5:00)
4. Ridin' Up The Highway (3:29)
5. Someplace Cool (3:38)
6. Lonesome Blues (6:10)
7. Blues For Two (4:04)
8. Blue Thyme Blues (3:12)

Bluesin' is a solo album by songwriter musician Rafael de Swarte featuring 8 new songs, representing a mini-history of blues influenced music: Acoustic Slide, Fuzz n Echo RocknRoll, Latin/Soul and more. Limited Edition CD includes lyrics booklet.

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Casey Jones - The Crowd Pleaser

Album: The Crowd Pleaser
Size: 87,6 MB
Time: 37:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1993
Styles: Blues
Art: Front, inside, tray

1. We Are Gonna Have A (Party Tonight) (3:58)
2. I Got Troubles (3:58)
3. Your Love (4:05)
4. Lucy Mae (4:10)
5. Mr. Blues (4:08)
6. Down And Under (4:55)
7. Right Mood (4:04)
8. I Am A Hog For Ya (3:59)
9. Tribute To The Boogie Men (4:26)

Long recognized as one of the Chicago circuit's premier drummers, charismatic Casey Jones has moved out in front of his band over the last decade instead of hiding behind his kit. Casey discovered that beating his way through the world was fun while drilling with his high school marching band back in Greenville. He moved to Chicago in 1956. Before the end of the year, he was drumming professionally with an outfit called Otis Luke & the Rhythm Bombers (for a whopping five bucks a night). One auspicious 1959 night, Jones was forced to sing live for the first time when the pianist leading his band was tossed in jail. He found screaming like Little Richard was pretty enjoyable too.

Early '60s session work behind Earl Hooker, A.C. Reed, McKinley Mitchell, and Muddy Waters (1962's "You Need Love") kept Jones busy, as did playing on the South and West sides with the likes of Otis Rush and Freddy King. His profile rose markedly in 1978 when he slid into the drum chair with Albert Collins's hand-picked combo, the Icebreakers. His impeccable timekeeping powered the band for six-and-a-half years, and he played on Collins's first six Alligator albums (notably Ice Pickin' and the '85 summit meeting Showdown! with Robert Cray and Johnny Copeland).

Casey Jones has been holding down Sunday nights at Chicago's popular Kingston Mines nightclub for nearly a decade - a period that's seen his own discography grow steadily. 1987's Solid Blue for Rooster Blues preceded the formation of his own label, Airwax Records (source of his last few CDs, including 1993's The Crowd Pleaser and [I-94] On My Way to Chicago in 1995). /Biography by Bill Dahl, AllMusic

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Jay Doe & The Blues Preachers - Bluestime

Album: Bluestime
Size: 93,3 MB
Time: 40:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Got My Mojo Working (4:00)
2. Walking To My Baby (2:31)
3. Call Me The Breeze (3:43)
4. Next Time You See Me (3:35)
5. Memphis Train (3:29)
6. She's Tuff (3:08)
7. Mustang Sally (4:15)
8. Worried Life Blues (4:35)
9. Big Boss Man (3:56)
10. Walking The Dog (3:43)
11. Lay Down Sally (3:23)

Bluestime is the new album by the blues band Jay Doe & The Blues Preachers. Eleven songs recorded between October 2020 and May 2021 during the pandemic, production, mixing and mastering were carried out by Javier Casal at the Habitáculo Sonoro Studios in July 2023.

It is an eclectic album of covers where, although the common denominator is classic electric blues, they play other styles such as rhythm & blues, country and soul. The band wants to reflect what they really like to play live, music based on the classics of the genre with recognizable themes giving it their own style, this is reflected in the different arrangements of the songs, which they make their own and thus differentiate themselves in greater or lesser extent of the original themes without losing their essence.

This way you can recognize Shuffle rhythms (“She's Tuff”, “Big Boss Man”), Rumbas (“Nest Time You See Me”, “Walking To My Baby”), New Orleans aires (“Got My Mojo Working”), country (“Lay Down Sally”, “Call Me The Breeze”), a more forceful power blues song with fuzz guitars (“Memphis Train”), soul and rhythm & blues is reflected in songs like (“Mustang Sally”, “Walking The Dog”) and, how could it be otherwise, a slow blues cut (“Worried Life Blues”) also appears.

For what has been said, we have an album of versions of classics where the link is the blues, but in which each song transports us to a different environment and places in which the band contributes its own arrangements, causing, through listening, a amalgamation of own sounds giving coherence to the entire work.

Personnel: Jay Doe (guitar, vocals); Lucas Fernandez (lead guitar); Alexandre Carrero (bass); Manuel Ares (drums); Ramon Figui (harmonica).

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Joe Bonamassa - Merry Christmas, Baby

Album: Merry Christmas, Baby
Size: 125,7 MB
Time: 53:53
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues, Christmas
Art: Front

1. Merry Christmas, Baby (Alternate Take) (5:13)
2. Christmas Boogie (One Little Kiss) (6:54)
3. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Irish Rendition) (2:16)
4. Lonesome Christmas (3:29)
5. O Holy Night (Orchestra Rendition) (4:07)
6. Hello Christmas (Dion Feat. Amy Grant) (4:04)
7. Santa Claus Is Back In Town (2:31)
8. Bring Back My Cadillac (3:36)
9. Christmas Date Blues (2:32)
10. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (2:17)
11. You Know It's Christmas (Dion Feat. Joe Bonamassa) (3:48)
12. O Holy Night (4:06)
13. Christmas Comes But Once A Year (4:05)
14. Merry Christmas, Baby (4:48)

As the holiday season approaches, Joe Bonamassa has extended a particular musical offering, a digital album titled Merry Christmas, Baby. The 14-track compilation reflects the musicians’ stylistic lean with blues-infused classics and new original songs that evoke the essence of the yuletide experience.

Merry Christmas, Baby presents a diverse assemblage of songs and opens with an alternate take on the title track, offering a new perspective on Bonamassa’s festive favorite. Also featured are the Irish rendition of “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” and an orchestral version of “O Holy Night,” traditional holiday melodies with unique blues-rock flair. Also included on the set is a soulful rendition of “Lonesome Christmas,” a rhythmic display of Christmas Boogie (One Little Kiss).” Dion Dimucci’s original “Hello Christmas” sees guest Amy Grant assisting Bonamassa on the track. “You Know It’s Christmas” is another Dimucci track that sees the bluesman adding his signature sound to the number.

The release of Merry Christmas, Baby arrives after the successful conclusion of Bonamassa’s 2023 tour, an example of his enduring presence in the sphere of blues and rock. The run spanned 88 shows over 180 days, clocking in at 65,500 miles of travel and accounting for two Pacific journeys and six across the Atlantic. The extensive outing showcased the artist’s superb guitar ability and soulful vocals, highlighting material from his latest studio collection, Blues Deluxe Vol. 2: a tribute to his blues roots and two decades of musical mastery. Notably, the set debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Blues Chart.

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Fast Johnny Ricker - Drivin' Me Blue

Size: 279 MB
Time: 48:40
File: Flac
Released: 1994
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

1. Into the Light (3:37)
2. Don't Go Down There (6:46)
3. Drivin' Me Blue (4:19)
4. Hip on Hip (4:27)
5. Snake Me (6:10)
6. Mighty High (5:34)
7. Mess Around (5:43)
8. Take Me (4:50)
9. That Train (3:57)
10. White Knuckle Shuffle (3:14)

Fast Johnny Ricker is a melt-down, guitar driven, psychedelic blues-rock power trio excursion. Johnny has played or shared the bill with many artists including Johnny Winter, The Fabulous Thunderbirds w/ Jimmie Vaughn, Double Trouble, Junior Brown, Sonny Landreth, Charlie Musselwhite, Nick Lowe, Leon Russell, George Thorogood, Commander Cody, Bo Diddley and many others. Johnny has played festivals on the same bill with Bob Dylan, Joe Walsh, Albert King, Jonny Lang, Luther Allison, Etta James and The Red Devils. The band has performed from Chicago to Texas to Nashville. Stephen Davis, former 'ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE' music editor and author of 'HAMMER OF THE GODS' and 'BOB MARLEY' called Johnny the "Best electric guitar in the Midwest". Well, well now. He said, "Wear flame retardant in your hair 'cos this band is hot." My, my.

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Uncle Sinner - Let The Devil In

Size: 105,3 MB
Time: 44:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Front

1. Blow, Gabriel (2:42)
2. Old Reuben (2:49)
3. Let The Devil In (3:34)
4. Wolves A-Howling (2:51)
5. Jesus Is A Dying Bed Maker (3:29)
6. Little Girl In Rome (5:21)
7. 900 Miles (3:41)
8. This World Can't Stand Long (2:43)
9. Black Betty (2:16)
10. Milkcow Blues (2:54)
11. Move Daniel (2:14)
12. Oh Death (3:19)
13. Wayfaring Stranger/Wabash Blues (6:53)

Uncle Sinner is a Canadian artist who plays music that sweats, scratches and stomps. Most of his songs are created using the skeletons of traditional American music, but the words are often re-written and the bones rearranged. Uncle Sinner accompanies his arrangements with banjo, slide guitar and various other guitars. Uncle Sinner’s first cd, “Ballads and Mental Breakdowns”, was released in December 2008 by Devil’s Ruin Records (now apparently defunct). A follow-up, “Let the Devil In” will be released in 2015.

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