Cotton Belly's - Live At La Chapelle

Size: 129,9 MB
Time: 56:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Harmonica Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Family Chains (Live) (4:44)
02. My Babe (Live) (6:20)
03. Nineteen Forty Nine (Live) (4:58)
04. Cup Song (Live) (3:59)
05. Shy Boy Ghost Baby Blues (Live) (8:32)
06. Wrong (Live) (7:49)
07. Three O'clock Morning Blues (Live) (7:50)
08. Tick Tock A.M. (Live) (2:24)
09. Hard Times (Live) (6:29)
10. Pick A Bale Of Coton (Live) (2:57)

Personnel:
Yann Malek: Vocals, Harmonica, Guitar
Jérôme Perraut: Guitar
Christophe Etienne: Bass
Aurélie Simenel: Drums

Cotton belly’s, c’est du blues mais pas que…

Venus d’horizons divers, ces musiciens, aux influences musicales variées, dépoussièrent le genre comme personne. Ils le prouvent au fil de leurs compositions, offrant une musique directe et généreuse, où vibrent tradition et modernité.

Les anciens « rookies » ont mûri, ainsi leur son s’est considérablement affirmé avec Rainy Road, leur nouvel album. Si l’humour, l’espièglerie ou encore la simplicité sont du voyage, les Cotton Belly’s au travers des ambiances situées au carrefour du Blues, de la Folk et du Rock n’ignorent pas les crises qui secouent le Monde. Les textes évoquent notre humanité, les mélodies nous accompagnent longtemps après que les dernières notes aient résonné. Alors route pluvieuse ou pas, c’est à chaque fois porteurs d’un groove généreux que les «p’tits gars du coton » offrent sans relâche des gigs enlevés dont on ressort l’âme un peu plus légère. Pour peu qu’on apprécie la chaleur humaine comme les bonnes chansons, il est vivement conseillé d’embarquer pour un p’tit tour sur « Rainy Road»

Live At La Chapelle

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Cotton Belly's - 2 albums: This Day... / Cotton Belly's EP

Yann Malek chant, harmo, guitares; Jérôme Perraut guitares; Christophe Etienne basses;Aurélie Simenel Batterie.

Cotton belly's, it's blues but not that ... Venus in various horizons, these musicians, in various musical influences, dumped the genre as a person. They prove it through their compositions, offering direct and generous music, where vibrant tradition and modernity. The former "rookies" have grown. If humor, skepticism or simplicity are on the way, the Cotton Belly's through the atmosphere at the Blues, Folk and Rock arena will not be aware of the crises that are shaking the World. The texts speak of our humanity, melodies accompany us long after the last notes have been resonated. So rainy or not, it's always a generous gourd that the "cotton cotton pants" offer without delay the gigs taken away, which the soul feels a bit lighter. (Translated from French.)

Album: This Day...
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:33
Size: 97.4 MB
Styles: Blues, Folk, Rock
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:30] 1. Greatness
[3:18] 2. Uncle And Aunty
[3:19] 3. Nothing
[4:40] 4. Nineteen Forty Nine
[4:22] 5. Wild Camels
[3:45] 6. Mr. Bedman
[2:54] 7. Three Times
[4:43] 8. Feel Down
[4:39] 9. Old Blossom
[7:19] 10. This Day..

This Day...

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Album: Cotton Belly's EP
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 28:24
Size: 65.0 MB
Styles: Blues, Roots
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[4:36] 1. Ghost Baby Blues
[5:19] 2. Stranger At Home
[3:45] 3. Shy Boy
[1:16] 4. La Promenade Du Kid
[4:09] 5. Cotton Jig
[9:18] 6. Mambo

Cotton Belly's EP

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Cotton Belly's - 2 albums: Cotton Belly's / Black Brown & White

Cotton Belly’s is a French band that makes blues with traditional instruments: guitar, harp, lap steel, bass and drums. The albums by Cotton Belly’s are very traditional, yet varied and well made. Complete it with the warm voice of Yann Malek and you have nice records for everyone, not just the blues fans.

Album: Cotton Belly's
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:15
Size: 101.3 MB
Styles: Contemporary blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[3:49] 1. Barbecue
[3:44] 2. Cup Song
[4:36] 3. Ghost Baby Blues
[5:17] 4. Stranger At Home
[3:00] 5. Lazy Owl
[3:44] 6. Shy Boy
[1:19] 7. La Promenade Du Kid
[4:10] 8. Cotton Jig
[3:39] 9. Down By The Riverside
[5:29] 10. Reason
[5:22] 11. Mambo

Cotton Belly's mc
Cotton Belly's zippy

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Album: Black Brown & White
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 22:27
Size: 51.4 MB
Styles: Contemporary blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:10] 1. If You Let A Man Kick You Once
[5:32] 2. Black Brown And White
[5:03] 3. Ain't Nobody's Business
[4:51] 4. Saint James Infirmary Blues
[3:50] 5. Key To The Highway

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Cotton Belly's - Rainy Road

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:19
Size: 126.6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[4:22] 1. Rainy Road
[4:12] 2. Sobad
[3:41] 3. Medicine
[3:26] 4. Given
[6:47] 5. Wrong
[5:08] 6. Family Chains
[4:06] 7. My Friend
[4:02] 8. Hard Times
[7:21] 9. Soldier
[6:19] 10. Tick Tock Am&pm
[3:28] 11. From This Town
[2:22] 12. Tick Tock Am

Based in the beautiful Seine and Marne regions of southeastern France, the Cotton Belly’s are an four-piece ensemble who reinterpret country blues with rock overtones in a manner that’s completely original, extremely catchy and dance worthy while proving once again how truly international the music has become.

Formed in the towns of Essonne and Seine-et-Marne about 11 years ago, the band could have originated in the Mississippi Delta. In fact, the group’s name is no accident. Lead singer/harmonica player Yann “WillyWood” Malek, who doubles on acoustic and lap steel guitars, discovered the blues while on an errand to pick up bread one morning at age 13. An itinerant American musician was playing for tips outside the shop, and Malek was immediately hooked. Guitarist and dobro player Jerome “Skippy Benson” Perraut actually picked cotton in his youth. At 15, his family hired an American named Slash McGhee as a field hand. He was a skilled guitarist who used a knife as a slide on a cheap Stella six-string, and taught Perraut the ropes. Kiki “Owen Brown” Etienne, who doubles on electric and upright bass, actually found his first instrument abandoned on a train. It was battered and bruised, but changed his life dramatically. They’re joined on drums by another blues enthusiast, Alexandre Charroy.

The Cottons came into their own by working summers along the Breton coast. In 2007, just two years after forming, they won three awards at the Blues Sur Seine competition, one of which earned them a 2008 appearance in Montreal. Rainy Road, their third CD, was produced in part from a grant after winning a contest sponsored by France’s Orange Foundation, which promotes jazz. They also have three EPs to their credit.

Rainy Road mc
Rainy Road zippy

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