Paul Lamb & Chad Strentz - Blues In The Night: Live At Temperance

Size: 135.7 MB
Time: 57:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Front

01. I Got A Woman - Fulsom Prison (Live) (5:38)
02. Ida Mae (Live) (3:26)
03. Feel So Good (Live) (3:29)
04. Take These Chains (Live) (4:09)
05. Take Me Back (Live) (2:22)
06. Today I Started Lovin (Live) (3:55)
07. Fattenin Frogs (Live) (3:19)
08. The Underdog (Live) (3:11)
09. Ya Ya Blues (Live) (4:04)
10. Hooray Hooray (Live) (2:44)
11. Hard Hearted Woman (Live) (3:58)
12. Born With The Blues (Live) (4:20)
13. Hootin And A Tootin (Live) (3:00)
14. Midnight Special - Down By The Riverside (Live) (5:52)
15. Key To The Highway (Live) (4:11)

PAUL LAMB is known by aficionados and music press around the world as a foremost blues harmonica exponent, forging himself a place in the history books as one of the greatest players of our time. Countless awards have been won by him and his band and he has sold record-breaking quantities of albums and performed around the world. Having been inducted into the British Blues Awards Hall of Fame (alongside the likes of Pete Green, John Mayall and Alexis Korner), Paul continues to bring his infectious brand of soulful blues to his fans around the globe.

CHAD STRENTZ has been at the top of the Blues scene for over two decades, billed as one of the best Blues singers in Europe. In addition to singing and playing guitar, he is also a highly regarded songwriter whose passion for music extends to Rock 'n' Roll, Rockabilly, Soul, Country, Jazz and Funk. Chad is lead singer with Paul Lamb and the King Snakes and has played with The Big Town Playboys, Shout Sister Shout, Cat Talk and Brakeout Blues.

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Paul Lamb & Chad Strentz - Goin Down This Road

Size: 133.8 MB
Time: 56:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

01. The Underdog (3:04)
02. Careless Love (5:50)
03. Going Down This Road (2:59)
04. Pass Me Not (4:34)
05. Summertyne (3:46)
06. Lawdy Miss Clawdy (2:14)
07. Ida Mae (3:56)
08. Dont You Feel Like Cryin (4:58)
09. The Games People Play (3:48)
10. Wine Spody Ody (3:11)
11. Fattnin Frogs For Snakes (3:48)
12. Hootin And Tootin (3:24)
13. Feels So Good (3:30)
14. Take These Chains (4:16)
15. Nothing But The Tru (3:26)

Paul Lamb and Chad Strentz have taken on a side project with “Goin’ Down This Road”, as an acoustic duo much like in the tradition of Paul’s idols Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee.

It’s just Paul’s harmonica and Chad’s vocals and guitar doing their interpretations of others’ songs and three originals. Chad strums along as Paul weaves his harmonica magic. They run through blues staples and give other genres the blues treatment.

Among blues greats covered are Big Bill Broonzy, Rice Miller, Sticks McGhee and Roosevelt Skyes. Chad’s gritty voice works well except it gets to be grating on Solomon Burke’s “Don’t You Fell Like Cryin'”, a tune of which I’m most familiar with Professor Longhair’s version.

“Summertyne” is a solo harmonica instrumental done up in Paul’s inimitable style. Paul gives Sonny Terry a full-blown “whoopin'” harmonica tribute with his original “Hootin’ And Tootin'”.

The dedication to and true love for the blues idiom shows through. The combination of blues knowledge and musical skill touches everything these guys do. As a long time follower of their music, my only regret is that they have never graced our country with their presence. ~Greg "Bluesdog" Szalony

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Chad Strentz - Shake-Down

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:58
Size: 130.4 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:55] 1. Shake-Down
[3:44] 2. Gone For Good
[2:11] 3. Cardboard City
[3:06] 4. So Much Time
[4:15] 5. Beg, Borrow And Steal
[3:44] 6. Don't Get Me Wrong
[4:27] 7. Hard Times
[4:46] 8. She Said Go
[1:59] 9. Hey Porter
[3:44] 10. It'll Be Me
[3:04] 11. Tracks Of My Tears
[3:34] 12. Street Shuffle
[2:52] 13. Paper Moon
[3:32] 14. Someone You Like
[7:57] 15. Always On My Mind

Chad Strentz is one of the hardest working frontmen in the British blues scene, and you may be familiar with his work with Paul Lamb and the King Snakes, who has earned numerous British Blues Awards, including UK’s Best Blues Band. He has music deep down in his soul, having started playing guitar and singing in his early teens while taking inspiration from all the right artists: Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Little Richard, Big Boy Crudup, and Bo Diddley, to name just a few. After gaining a firm foundation in rockabilly, he dove deep into the blues that he practices each day, both with the King Snakes and his own band, the Chad-illacs.

After decades of touring and recording, it is amazing that Chad had not cut a disc of his own before now. Shake-Down is Strentz’s debut album, and it was recorded in only three days at drummer/producer Mike Thorne’s Rimshot Studios in the English countryside. Chad and Mike were joined by a group of excellent musicians from all over Europe, including Jim Leverton on electric bass, Pete Pritchard on double bass, Christian Rannenberg on piano, and Raphael Wressnig on the Hammond C-3. Jimmy Reiter and Kai Strauss shared electric guitar duties and British acoustic blues guitar giant Danny Kyle sat in on this session as well, which is a real treat!

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