11 Guys Quartet - 11 x 11

Album: 11 x 11
Size: 70,8 MB
Time: 30:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front

1. Lightning Road (2:30)
2. Black Cat Bone (2:32)
3. Blues Beyond Midnight (3:01)
4. Drivin' A Fast Car (2:34)
5. Texicali Mojo (2:56)
6. Stompin' Blues (2:34)
7. He Ain't Got You (3:21)
8. Jokers Blues (2:51)
9. Possum Blues (3:08)
10. The Rona Stomp (2:37)
11. Rockin' The Blues (2:13)

Friends and bandmates since the 1970s, Bill “the Coach” Mather (bass), Paul Lenart (guitar), Chuck Purro (drums), and Richard Rosenblatt (harmonica) formed the 11th Hour Band and started playing the Boston music circuit in the early ‘80s. They released Hot Time In The City Tonight in 1985, the first album on the fledgling Tone-Cool Records imprint, and went on to play together off and on for the next few decades. They all stayed busy with other pursuits, musical and otherwise, but their unique musical chemistry and friendship kept bringing the “11 Guys” back to their original quartet. 2020 saw the release of their international chart-climbing instrumental album, Small Blues and Grooves, followed by videos for singles such as “Black Cat Bone” and “Blues Beyond Midnight.”

Gratified by the reception of the last album, 11 Guys Quartet dug in with remote recordings and produced eight new singles, all accompanied by videos. The guys even sang a couple songs (Chuck on “Driving A Fast Car,” and Paul on “He Ain’t Got You.”) 11 x 11 comprises those eight singles plus three brand new tracks. /American Blues Scene

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11 Guys Quartet - Small Blues And Grooves

Year: 2020
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:39
Size: 105,7 MB
Styles: Instrumental blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Front

1. Road Trippin' (3:23)
2. Jackrabbit (2:01)
3. Sweet Taste (3:59)
4. Doggin' It (2:37)
5. Sleepless (4:08)
6. East Cambridge Cannonball (3:14)
7. Speakeasy Serenade (4:00)
8. Four Maypops (3:17)
9. Down and Dirty (3:27)
10. Swing Low (3:19)
11. Hey Daddyo (2:33)
12. Midnight Streetcar (4:02)
13. Rhumba Boogaloo (3:19)
14. Swamp Ride (2:16)

The 11 Guys Quartet delivers a vocal-free treat with its new record Small Blues and Grooves. Small Blues and Grooves is an exceptionally listenable 14-song set of blues instrumentals that shows the band to have a masterful, nuanced touch with any style of blues music it takes on. The record was tracked live in the studio in 2008 and each cut is an unaltered document of what happened when the Quartet set up and started to play. We get straight-ahead blues, mood pieces, and creative variations that are all done just right, with no grandstanding or overplaying. Taken as a whole, Small Blues and Grooves is a strong statement of how viable the classic guitar/bass/drums/harmonica format will always be.

The history of the 11 Guys Quartet goes back to the Boston club scene of the early 1980s. Known as The 11th Hour Band back then, the enduring lineup of Paul Lenart on guitar, Bill “Coach” Mather on bass, Chuck Purro on drums, and Richard Rosenblatt on harmonica, kicked up more than a little dust with their brand of rockin’ blues. The band put out an amazing album called Hot Time In The City Tonight on the fledgling Tone-Cool Records imprint and continued to generate heat for the next number of decades. The original four members reconvened for this project in 2008 and quickly demonstrated that not one step had been lost over the years. Small Blues and Grooves is a tight, understated record full of deep pockets, sublime phrasing, and an energetic understanding of true blues playing that will delight roots music fans around the world. /Mike O'Cull

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