Showing posts with label Charles Wilson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charles Wilson. Show all posts

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Charles Wilson - Southern Soul Jook Joint

Size: 127,2 MB
Time: 54:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. Jook Joint (4:37)
02. Another Man Will (4:39)
03. If You Don't Want Me (4:57)
04. Back It Up (4:57)
05. Ride Your Body Tonight (4:28)
06. Outside Love Affair (4:54)
07. I Dance Better (Extened Version) (Feat. Mel Waiters) (6:10)
08. Plumber Man (Extended Version) (4:30)
09. Sweet & Sour Loving (5:39)
10. This Bed Ain't Big Enough (Remix) (4:34)
11. Think About What You Got (Remix) (5:15)

Charles Wilson was raised in Chicago, and started singing early; as a teenager he sang in Chicago area nightclubs but was too young to have a beer. Despite having R&B/blues singer Little Milton ("We're Gonna Make It") for an uncle, his "big break" didn't come until he got the opportunity to go on the road with Bobby Rush. He later opened for Z.Z. Hill, Otis Clay, Tyrone Davis, and Bobby "Blue" Bland. Wilson waxed his first single in 1964, but "Trying to Make a Wrong Thing Right," didn't do much; his next effort, "You Cut Off My Love Supply," wasn't a smash either, but it established Wilson as a blues player of note.

He drifted into Southern soul when he cut his first album, Blues in the Key of C, on Ichiban Records in Atlanta, GA, which increased his bookings in the South, the Midwest, and overseas. He began recording for Ecko Records, and cut four tight blues collections: It's Sweet on the Backstreet in 1995, Loveseat in 1998, It Ain't the Size in 1999, and Mr. Freak in 2000. Wilson also released Why? in 1997 for the Traction label and Songs from the Vault in 2001 on his own Wilson imprint. Still looking for that increasingly unlikely monster crossover, Wilson has built a firm foundation, and has displayed remarkable staying power when you consider he's been performing in public since he was seven. ~by Andrew Hamilton

Southern Soul Jook Joint

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Charles Wilson - Sweet & Soul Blues

Size: 109,0 MB
Time: 46:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. Clean Out Of Love (2:44)
02. Good Ole Monday (3:43)
03. Sweet & Sour Loving (5:39)
04. Getting Old, The Alternative (4:48)
05. Hard To Teach, Hard To Learn (3:56)
06. Old Fashioned Justice (4:19)
07. 2 Steps From A Lie (2:57)
08. Dinner With The Devil (5:25)
09. Six Women In My Life (3:00)
10. Lump In My Throat (4:42)
11. Love Coupons (5:29)

Two-time WC Handy (Blues Music Awards) nominee Charles Wilson is back with an all new set of Soulful Blues in the style of Little Milton and Bobby Blue Bland

Charles Wilson has made his mark in both the Contemporary Blues & Soul and Southern Soul Blues Markets. He was raised in Chicago, began performing at age seven and started singing as a teenager in Chicago area nightclubs. Blessed with a unique Bluesy Soul voice, Wilson has become a fixture on both the mainstream Blues and Southern Soul circuits. Blues king Little Milton is his uncle, but his break came when he got the opportunity to go on the road with Bobby Rush. He drifted into Southern soul and recorded hit albums with Ichiban, Traction and Ecko Records but his career hit a new peak when he recorded a bona fide Blues album, "If Heartaches Were Nickels", which featured Little Milton and Carl Weathersby on guitar. The album earned Wilson a W.C. Handy nomination for "Best Soul/Blues Album".

Wilson next signed with CDS Records, recording three successful "Southern Soul" albums for the Ohio-based label ("The After Party Deluxe" (2007), "Pay Myself First" (2009) & "That Girl Belongs To Me" (2010)). During that time Severn Records also released a more "retro"-Soul-Blues album on Wilson called "Troubled Child", which earned Wilson a second WC Handy Award nomination for "Best Soul Blues Album"

Now Charles is back with the best album of his career, "Sweet & Sour Blues" with guest artist Travis Haddix.

Sweet & Soul Blues