Cash McCall - Cash Up Front

Album: Cash Up Front
Size: 102,3 MB
Time: 44:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1988
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

1. Girlfriend, Women, And Wife (3:45)
2. My Heart Is Cryin' (4:05)
3. Your Lovin' Don't Come Free (4:14)
4. Doesn't Matter At All (3:31)
5. Don't Change On Me (4:25)
6. Mama Didn't Lie (4:41)
7. You Were Talkin' In Your Sleep (4:34)
8. It's My Turn (5:04)
9. Slipped, Tripped (5:01)
10. You Make The Sun Shine (4:55)

Guitarist Cash McCall has segued from gospel to soul to blues over a distinguished career spanning more than three decades. Born Morris Dollison, Jr., he found that the best way to exit his rural existence was to enlist in the Army. After completing his hitch, he relocated in Chicago (where his family lived for a time when he was a child). Gospel was Dollison's initial passion - he sang with the Gospel Songbirds (he also played guitar with the group, recording with them for Excello in 1964 with fellow future R&B hitmaker Otis Clay singing lead) and the Pilgrim Jubilee Singers.

He waxed his first secular single, the two-part workout "Earth Worm," for One-derful Records' M-Pac! subsidiary in 1963 as Maurice Dollison. In 1966, he made a demo of a soul number called "When You Wake Up" that he had penned with producer Monk Higgins. He was doubtless shocked to learn of its subsequent release on the Thomas label, billed to one Cash McCall! The tune proved a national R&B hit, sending the newly christened McCall on the road with Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars (others on the bill: Lou Christie and Mitch Ryder).

Similarly tasty R&B follow-ups for Thomas and Checker failed to hit the same commercial heights. McCall was a valuable session guitarist and composer at Chess, learning the business end of his trade from Chess in-house legend Willie Dixon. McCall's blues leanings grew more prominent during the next decade. He cut an LP for Paula in 1973 called Omega Man before relocating to L.A. in 1976. In 1983 McCall released his first solo record in ten years, No More Doggin', and followed it up with Cash Up Front in 1987.

McCall's ties to Willie Dixon remained strong, he co-produced Dixon's Grammy-winning Hidden Charms in 1988 and worked as a sideman with Dixon's band, the All-Stars. McCall has since toured frequently as a solo blues artist and has often appeared on stage with the Chicago Rythym and Blues Kings (who were formerly known as the Mellow Fellows), backed singer Big Twist, and performed in the Chicago Blues Review. /Biography by Bill Dahl, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Cash McCall - Omega Man

Size: 82,1 MB
Time: 35:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1974
Styles: Blues, soul-blues
Art: Front

1. Omega Man (2:42)
2. Why Can't We Live Together (4:57)
3. Love Me Baby (3:01)
4. Junkie For Your Love (3:50)
5. Mojo Woman (2:25)
6. Hard Attack (3:19)
7. Hard Head (Makes A Sore Behind) (2:51)
8. I Need Your Love (4:41)
9. New Orleans (3:53)
10. Blues 99 (3:33)

McCall was born in New Madrid, Missouri. He joined the United States Army, and then settled in Chicago where he had lived for a period as a child. In 1964, he played guitar and sang, alongside Otis Clay, with the Gospel Songbirds, who recorded for Excello Records. Cash later joined another gospel singing ensemble, the Pilgrim Jubilee Singers.

Billed under his birth name, his debut solo single release was "Earth Worm" (1963). Three years later he co-wrote "When You Wake Up" with the record producer Monk Higgins. His initial soul styled demo was issued by Thomas Records, who chose to call him Cash McCall. The song reached #19 on the US Billboard R&B chart. This led to McCall touring with Lou Christie and Mitch Ryder in Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars. However, subsequent releases for both the Thomas and Checker labels failed to chart. These included the song "It's Wonderful To Be In Love". In 1967, McCall co-wrote "That's How It Is (When You're in Love)", a Top 30 R&B hit for Otis Clay.

Under the tutelage of Willie Dixon, McCall went on to become a session musician and songwriter for Chess Records. In the late 1960s, McCall, along with Jimmy Dawkins and Johnny Twist, played guitar on some of George "Wild Child" Butler's early recordings. McCall gravitated towards the blues in the 1970s. He issued Omega Man (1974) before relocating to Los Angeles in 1976, and by 1983 McCall had released No More Doggin'. In 1985 McCall and his band appeared at the Long Beach Blues Festival, and in 1987 Stony Plain Records released the album Cash Up Front. /Wikipedia

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VA - Blind Raccoon Nola Blue Collection: Vol. 2

Size: 310 MB
Time: 130:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock, Blues Soul
Art: Full

CD 1:
01 Doug Duffey & Badd - The Things We Used To Do (4:18)
02 Katy Hobgood Ray - Lollie Bottoms (4:43)
03 Steve Howell & Jason Weinheimer - Blues In The Night (3:46)
04 Kelly's Lot - Woe Is Me (5:12)
05 Michele D'Amour & The Love Dealers - Dirty Pool (5:02)
06 Jersey Swamp Cats - Cupcake! (3:31)
07 Peter V Blues Train - I'll Be Home For Christmas (3:01)
08 Tomislav Goluban - Mr. B (6:45)
09 Mark Cameron - Trouble Brewin (3:41)
10 Professor Louie & The Crowmatix - Bull Frog Jam Blues (Live) (9:03)
11 Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men + Dana - Mr. Smith (4:02)
12 Kenny Parker - Baby Come Back To Me (5:24)
13 J.P. Reali - My Baby Loves To Boogie (2:58)
14 Miss Bix & The Blues Fix - We Don't Own The Blues (3:53)
15 Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps - Forgetting You (4:57)

CD 2:
01 Wily Bo Walker & Danny Flam - Time To Forget You (4:34)
02 Frank Bey - All My Dues Are Paid (4:13)
03 Benny Turner - Who Sang It First (4:01)
04 Meg Williams - Little Bit Of The Devil (3:06)
05 Jersey Swamp Cats - Shiny Gray Corvette (2:36)
06 Moonshine Society - Southern Road (3:45)
07 Ag Weinberger - Wang Dang Doodle (5:23)
08 Dudley Taft - Simple Life (4:23)
09 Jon Gindick - I Was Born To Wail (4:46)
10 Sandy Haley - Feels Like Freedom (4:22)
11 Jack Mack & The Heart Attack - I Walked Alone (4:36)
12 The Reverend Shawn Amos & The Brotherhood - Counting Down The Days (3:14)
13 Vaneese Thomas - I Tried (4:59)
14 Cash McCall - One Who's Got A Lot (4:14)
15 Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men + Dana - If I Hock My Guitar (2:06)

The two discs contain tracks from Grammy & Blues Music Award winners and nominees, most notably Delbert McClinton & Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps. The first three tracks on Disc 1 are all on Steve Howell’s label, Out Of The Past Music, with new music projects coming in 2020. Also included is a track from Moonshine Society’s “Sweet Thing” winner of the 2020 Best Self- Produced CD awarded at this year’s International Blues Challenge. And, there’s a track from Vaneese Thomas, nominated again this year in the Blues Music Awards for Soul Blues Female Artist. Also included is the title track from Miss Bix & The Blues Fix’s “We Don’t Own The Blues,” recently signed to Blue Heart Records.

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Benny Turner & Cash McCall - Going Back Home (Feat. Billy Branch)

Size: 82,5 MB
Time: 34:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. Got To Find A Way (Feat. Carla Davis) (3:30)
02. Spoonful (2:53)
03. Poison Ivy (2:54)
04. Money (3:22)
05. Shake Your Money Maker (2:32)
06. It Hurts Me Too (4:03)
07. It's A Man Down There (3:13)
08. The Dirty Dozens (3:09)
09. Built For Comfort (4:23)
10. Bring It On Home (4:57)

The central question around many blues releases goes like this –“Is there anything new here?” Be careful. One quick view of these tracks from Benny Turner and Cash McCall such as “Spoonful,” ‘Built for Comfort” and “It Hurts Me Too” might cause many to quickly move on. Yet, the story behind these sessions, the joy of two old friends playing together, and raw, honest delivery of both blues standards and lesser known tunes makes this outing a must listen.

So, here’s the story and some background. Producer, bassist and vocalist Benny Turner (Freddy King’s younger brother) says, “A death in the gospel world inspired me to contact my old friend Cash. I had no idea about his health problems and wanted to do whatever I could to help. Getting him involved in a music project seems to have been the best medicine in the world for him, because he is really excited about it. I asked Billy Branch if he was available to be a special guest on the record and he didn’t hesitate for a minute.”

Benny is referring to his friend, guitarist and vocalist McCall, with whom he began a friendship in Chicago over 60 years ago. The idea was to revisit the songs they once played separately (never having been in the same band or even on stage together) in South and West Side clubs. So, remarkably, this is the first time the two have recorded together. Sessions took place in Memphis, New Orleans, and Chicago with top notch players including, in addition to Branch, pianist Joe Krown, harpist Johnny Sansone and drummer Rodd Bland (son of Bobby “Blue” Bland).

Turner, best known as bassist for is older brother, Freddy King, also played for Mighty Joe Young and then for Marva Wright of New Orleans. He also did gospel work with The Kindly Shepherds and with Otis Clay. He has an award-winning autobiography Survivor – The Benny Turner Story, published in 2017.

McCall is a native of Missouri, born Morris Dollison Jr., who later received his stage name from his 1966 recording “When You Wake Up.” He recorded as a solo R&B artist for the Thomas, Checker, and Paula labels and went on to work at One-derful! and Chess as a session musician and songwriter. He was a member of Willie Dixon’s band and co-produced Dixon’s Grammy winner Hidden Charms.

The horn drenched soul tune “Got to Find a Way” with Turner on vocals is special as it features his three daughters singing backup for the first time on record. The faithful reading of “Spoonful” has McCall on vocals (the two trade off throughout) and brings fond memories for Turner because his brother Freddie played on the original Chess Howlin’ Wolf recording in 1960. Turner has some fun with Willie Mabon’s “Poison Ivy” before McCall renders the album’s only original, his self-penned “Money,’ which is essentially a blues sermon. Afterall, money is the root of all evil. Four tracks in, the grooves are deep, and two masters are giving it their all.

Any mention of Chicago blues is incomplete without Elmore James. Turner takes the lead on the horn-driven, slide guitar infused “Shake Your Moneymaker” and then McCall takes his turn of Tampa Red’s “It Hurts Me Too,’ popularized by James. This song may be overcovered but when you understand that McCall was battling stage four lung cancer while singing it, it takes on special meaning. Billy Branch lends his outstanding harp as well.

“It’s Man Down There” will remind most of the Allman Brothers doing “One Way Out” when, in fact, it was G.L. Crockett who had a 1965 hit with it, adapting it from Elmore James’ 1964 “One Way Out.” Joe Krown’s barrelhouse piano and Johnny Sansone’s harp give this one a double punch. The bawdy old blues “The Dirty Dozens” is better known as “Mother For Ya,” with McCall rendering it a Fats Waller kind of vein. Naturally, given their backgrounds, we get a Willie Dixon tune but it’s Turner singing “Built for Comfort, “again with Krown and Sansone. Billy Branch returns for the closer, Sonny Boy Williamson’s “Bring It On Home” and Branch is the vocalist here as well.

There’s a special energy and kinship that rings through this recording. Bill Dahl’s liner notes provide some rich history and observations like this one from McCall’s friend Mark Caldwell. “It was so cool to see all this energy that came back into Cash. He just started grooving. It really was special to see Cash and Benny together. It was a magical couple of days.” Label President Sallie Bengston offers, “There is something incredibly endearing about working with the bluesmen of their generation. They feel a bit forgotten in today’s music world and seeing their joy and enthusiasm in the studio together while recording some the classic they’ve played for decades was a beautiful experience. I couldn’t be more proud or honored to present this sentimental collaboration.” Listen in. You’ll fee their joy too. ~Jim Hynes

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Cash McCall - The Best Of Cash McCall

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:21
Size: 97.0 MB
Styles: Detroit blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[3:53] 1. All The Way Lover
[4:23] 2. Stop Look & Listen
[3:58] 3. Slop Jar Blues
[3:34] 4. Shake Your Booty
[4:08] 5. Blues In The Sunset
[4:03] 6. Side Steppin'
[4:22] 7. Are You Ready
[4:57] 8. Love In My Heart
[4:23] 9. I Won't Be Your Fool
[4:36] 10. Neighbor

Born in Detroit on September 29th, Verdell "Cash" McCall. In the early 60's became a member of the junior choir at New Bethel. In the early 70's he had his 1st breakthrough with his music career with Dick Scotts Recordings. He also worked with the Enchantments and the Jones Girls. Cash McCall became a Contour in the early 70's. Cash McCall's career took off in the late 70's as a Baritone singer with the Detroit Emeralds of Westbound Recording Co. In 1984, Cash McCall signed with Chocker Campbell, president of Campo Records. He released his first solo album "Detroit Hands You The Blues". Cash McCall has also performed at some of the Class-A nightclubs at that time such as Dummy-Georges, BenHi-Chaparral, and the Twenty-Grand. Cash has done some theatrical work with Kim Weston of Motown Records. Cash enjoys working with children and fishing during the summertime. He performes at Hart Plaza in Downtown Detroit. Cash McCall has his own band called, "Cash McCall and the cash money band". Presently he is with Snowball Records, where he released "Blues In The Sunset" and single"All The Way Lover". His new release is entitled "The Best Of Cash McCall". Cash McCall is a performer who knows and understands the core elements of what a show must be to be classified as entertainment. He was there near the begining and is still going strong with his music and performances. Check Cash McCall @ The Town Pump Tavern on Friday Nights with Baby Pepper & The Family Pleasers. (Downtown Detroit MI)

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Willie Dixon - Hidden Charms

Year: 1988/1991
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:05
Size: 108,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Blues You Can't Lose (5:48)
2. I Don't Trust Myself (4:25)
3. Jungle Swing (5:29)
4. Don't Mess With The Messer (7:12)
5. Study War No More (4:35)
6. I Love The Life I Live (3:12)
7. I Cry For You (4:42)
8. Good Advice (5:15)
9. I Do The Job (6:23)

Hidden Charms won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Recording in 1988. Featuring an all-star band of Chess session musicians Dixon had worked with from the 1950s and 1960s mixed with some newer talents like Sugar Blue (on harp). Jazz bassist Red Callender provides classy bass lines that provides tracks like "Don’t Mess With The Messer" and "I Don’t Trust Myself" with an old school swinging big band sound.

Personnel: Willie Dixon (vocals), Lafayette Leake (piano), Red Callender (bass), Earl Palmer (drums), Cash McCall (electric guitar, national steel, harmony vocals), T Bone Burnett (dobro), Sugar Blue (harmonica).

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Cash McCall - No More Doggin'

Year: 1983
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:37
Size: 102,5 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Mojo Woman (4:22)
2. Something Funny Is Going On (4:36)
3. No More Doggin' (6:25)
4. European Holiday (3:55)
5. I'll Be There (3:02)
6. Southern Woman (7:45)
7. Hurry Sundown (14:31)

McCall was born in New Madrid, Missouri. He joined the United States Army, and then settled in Chicago where he had lived for a period as a child. In 1964, he played guitar and sang, alongside Otis Clay, with the Gospel Songbirds, who recorded for Excello Records. Cash later joined another gospel singing ensemble, the Pilgrim Jubilee Singers.

Billed under his birth name, his debut solo single release was "Earth Worm" (1963). Three years later he co-wrote "When You Wake Up" with the record producer Monk Higgins. His initial soul styled demo was issued by Thomas Records, who chose to call him Cash McCall. The song reached #19 on the US Billboard R&B chart. This led to McCall touring with Lou Christie and Mitch Ryder in Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars. However, subsequent releases for both the Thomas and Checker labels failed to chart. These included the song "It's Wonderful To Be In Love". In 1967, McCall co-wrote "That's How It Is (When You're in Love)", a Top 30 R&B hit for Otis Clay.

Under the tutelage of Willie Dixon, McCall went on to become a session musician and songwriter for Chess Records. In the late 1960s, McCall, along with Jimmy Dawkins and Johnny Twist, played guitar on some of George "Wild Child" Butler's early recordings. McCall gravitated towards the blues in the 1970s. He issued Omega Man (1973) before relocating to Los Angeles in 1976, and by 1983 McCall had released No More Doggin'. In 1985 McCall and his band appeared at the Long Beach Blues Festival, and in 1987 Stony Plain Records released the album Cash Up Front. /Wikipedia

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