Chicago Bob Nelson - Rock Them Blues (Feat. The King Bees)

Size: 104.3 MB
Time: 44:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Electric Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

01. Locksmith Blues (3:42)
02. Quit You Pretty Baby (2:46)
03. Too Close Together (2:35)
04. Think It Over (4:59)
05. Goin' In The Valley (2:44)
06. Rock Them Blues (4:13)
07. Comin' Back Strong (3:45)
08. Bus Drivin' Woman (2:48)
09. Dream Girl (3:51)
10. Car Telephone (5:11)
11. Juke Joint (3:28)
12. Sloppy Drunk (4:20)

Personnel:
Chicago Bob Nelson - Harp & Vocals
Rob Baskerville - Guitar
Penny Zamgani - Bass
Russ Wilson - Drums
Champ Young - Keyboards

With The King Bees on board, Chicago Bob Nelson creates an amalgam of Louisiana Swamp and Windy City Blues with a matchless sound that is full of the driving energy of both genres and is truly all his own. Chicago Bob Nelson performs blues the way it was meant to be - authentic and from the heart. He sings without any annoying mannerisms, suggesting James Cotton at times and The King Bees provide restrained, solid, backing. “Rock The Blues,” shows Chicago Bob Nelson to be a genial, engaging blues performer who is featured on this very entertaining release with a number of very strong performances.

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Chicago Bob - Hit And Run Lover

Album: Hit And Run Lover
Size: 77,9 MB
Time: 33:37
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1992
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. Hit And Run Lover (3:00)
2. Mash Your Potatoes (3:32)
3. Bus Drivin' Woman (3:40)
4. Car Telephone (4:15)
5. She's Fine (2:28)
6. Locksmith (3:03)
7. Rock These Blues (3:15)
8. Comin' Back Strong (3:58)
9. Goin' In The Valley (3:25)
10. Think It Over (2:57)

Chicago Bob played the harmonica and sang for several decades before releasing some solo recordings late in his career. Born Bob Nelson on July 4, 1944, in Bogalusa, LA, he frequently sang in local churches as a boy and began working the New Orleans bar circuit as a teen during the late '50s. In 1959, he moved to Gary, IN, and toured with Earl Hooker. A bit later, in the early '60s, he began working as a sideman throughout the Chicago area, performing with such artists as Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. During his stay in Chicago, the vocalist formed the Chicago Bob Blues Band and performed locally. He moved to Boston, MA, in the late '60s, when he worked outside the music industry for some time. He returned to music in the early '70s, performing alongside John Lee Hooker and Johnny Shines.

In later years, Chicago Bob worked primarily with two bands - the Heartfixers and the Shadows - but continued to perform both on his own and with others. Though his releases appeared sporadically over the years, he continued recording into the '90s. /Biography by Jason Birchmeier, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Chicago Bob & The Shadows - Just Your Fool

Year: 1987/1997
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:17
Size: 109,0 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Just Your Fool (2:58)
2. Call My Landlady (4:42)
3. Mama, Talk To Your Daughter (3:08)
4. Your Time To Choose (5:07)
5. Stop What You're Doing (2:31)
6. Too Much Alcohol (3:06)
7. You Belong To Me (3:43)
8. Sloppy Drunk (3:33)
9. In My Bed All Alone (4:52)
10. Just A Feeling (3:28)
11. If You Think I've Lost You (3:04)
12. Little Rain (4:08)
13. Bogalusa Boogie (2:49)

Atlanta-based singer/harmonica man Chicago Bob originally released this album in 1987, backed by the Shadows, the house band at the popular Blind Willie's blues club. This was also Bob's first album after leaving the Heartfixers, which also featured guitarist Tinsley Ellis. Bob (real name Robert Lee Nelson) shows a fine flair for songwriting on "Call My Landlady," "Your Time to Choose," "Stop What You're Doing" and "Bogalusa Boogie," injecting verses that are a cut above your standard blues couplets and show a sharp eye for imagery.

Bob also peppers the presentation with solid versions of J.B. Lenoir's "Mama Talk to Your Daughter," Jimmy Rogers' "In My Bed All Alone" and "Sloppy Drunk," Lazy Lester's "If You've Think I've Lost You," Jimmy Reed's "Little Rain," Little Walter's "Just a Feeling" and the title track. Of special interest is the soul-inflected "You Belong to Me" (not originally issued), a tune that Bob learned from Magic Sam but one that remained unrecorded until this session. /Cub Koda, AllMusic

Personnel: Chicago Bob (vocals, harmonica); J.T. Speed (guitar); El Rod (bass); Bob Page (piano, organ); Bob Rice (drums).

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Chicago Bob - Tell Me Mama

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:39
Size: 109.1 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[4:05] 1. Good Morning Little School Girl
[3:23] 2. Rats In My Kitchen
[2:52] 3. I'm Just A Bad Boy
[3:42] 4. Mighty Crazy
[3:45] 5. I'm Going To The Valley
[4:04] 6. I Can Tell My Dog
[3:25] 7. Mojo Hand
[3:43] 8. Sugar Mama
[3:35] 9. Tell Me Mama
[3:36] 10. Key To The Highway
[4:01] 11. Blood Red River
[3:47] 12. Alabama Greyhound Blues
[3:35] 13. Mopper's Blues

Chicago Bob played the harmonica and sang for several decades before releasing some solo recordings late in his career. Born Bob Nelson on July 4, 1944, in Bogalusa, LA, he frequently sang in local churches as a boy and began working the New Orleans bar circuit as a teen during the late '50s. In 1959, he moved to Gary, IN, and toured with Earl Hooker. A bit later, in the early '60s, he began working as a sideman throughout the Chicago area, performing with such artists as Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. During his stay in Chicago, the vocalist formed the Chicago Bob Blues Band and performed locally. He moved to Boston, MA, in the late '60s, when he worked outside the music industry for some time. He returned to music in the early '70s, performing alongside John Lee Hooker and Johnny Shines. In later years, Chicago Bob worked primarily with two bands -- the Heartfixers and the Shadows -- but continued to perform both on his own and with others. Though his releases appeared sporadically over the years, he continued recording into the '90s. ~ Jason Birchmeier

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The Heartfixers - Live At The Moonshadow 1983 (Feat. Tinsley Ellis & Chicago Bob Nelson)

Size: 103,2 MB
Time: 38:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1983/2007
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

01. Intro (0:12)
02. Night Train (3:39)
03. Boogie Man (3:53)
04. A Losing Battle (3:42)
05. Walkin' Thru The Park (4:18)
06. Trick Bag (3:21)
07. It Ain't My Fault (4:01)
08. Talk To Me Baby (4:37)
09. The Jungle (4:26)
10. Scratch (0:59)
11. Red Dress (4:57)

Blistering live blues from one of the South’s hottest bands of the 1980s. LIVE 1983 captures The Heartfixers at their peak, with strong performances by Chicago Bob Nelson (harmonica/vocals), Tinsley Ellis (guitar), Jim Bullard (bass), and Mike “Earthquake” McCauley (drums). Highlights from the now legendary shows at Atlanta’s Moonshadow Night Club include Ellis’s inspired takes on “Night Train” and the radio hit, Leon Russell’s “Boogie Man.”

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Robert Lee "Chicago Bob" Nelson & Blue Kerosene - Keep What I Got

Size: 148,4 MB
Time: 64:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1993
Styles: Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Keep What I Got (4:14)
02. Rich Man Woman (5:00)
03. Bussiness Man (3:21)
04. All Your Love (3:55)
05. Buzzard Luck (3:37)
06. Wish I Had Someone (5:50)
07. Natural Born Lover (3:32)
08. I've Got To Be With You Tonight (4:30)
09. Ain't Doing Too Bad (4:07)
10. Please Send Me Someone To Love (4:48)
11. Think (4:54)
12. Your Time To Choose (5:41)
13. Train Fare (3:41)
14. Cut That Out (2:35)
15. Xmas Letter (4:56)

"Chicago" Bob Nelson ( July 4, 1944, Bogalusa, Louisiana January 17, 2013], United States) was an American blues musician.

Chicago Bob Nelson was a harmonica player and singer who is known for amalgamating Louisiana and Chicago blues styles. He was singular in being mentored by traditional rural southern blues harmonica practitioners and melding their approach with urban Chicago playing, thus creating his own distinctive sound. Nelson died on January 18, 2013.

His family was a musical family. Bob's father, Versie Nelson, played upright bass and harmonica. From an early age Bob accompanied Versie to house parties, backyard barbecues and Saturday night fish fries around Bogalusa where cajun music, zydeco and blues were performed. Nelson recalled, "It was just people eating, jamming and having a good time!" Nelson began playing the harmonica at age 8. As a youngster he was encouraged and instructed by Versie's musical cohorts, Louisiana blues legends (and Excello recording artists) Slim Harpo (James Moore) and Lazy Lester (Leslie Johnson). Nelson credited Harpo, Lester, Sonny Boy Williamson II (Aleck Miller) and Jimmy Reed (all of whom he knew) as his primary influences, as well as Sonny Boy (John Lee) Williamson whose recordings he studied. Through listening to these artists, Nelson learned to use his instrument as a "second voice" to interpret and elucidate the emotion and themes of a song. Trips to Chicago to visit family were a major part of Nelson's childhood.

By the early 1960s he had taken up residence in Chicago. There he met and performed with Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Earl Hooker and Muddy Waters. The latter, having run into Nelson at nearly every blues venue in Chicago, bestowed upon him the moniker that continues to identify him today. Nelson later performed with Muddy Waters at the Newport Folk Festival. Throughout his career Nelson has toured extensively with Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson, Tinsley Ellis and John Lee Hooker. ~Wikipedia

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Various Artists - Letter From Memphis

Year: 1998
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:01
Size: 177,6 MB
Styles: Modern electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Donnie Fritts - Hello Memphis (3:50)
2. Don Nix - Goin' Down The Road To Memphis (3:52)
3. Bill Wharton & The Ingredients - Havana Moon (3:34)
4. Mark Hodgson - Big Foot Woman (3:08)
5. Dr. Hector & The Groove Injectors - Doing All The Wrong Things Right (5:07)
6. Ace Moreland - No, No, Henrietta (4:49)
7. Bruce Channel - Hootchie Chile (3:23)
8. Microwave Dave & The Nukes - Road Runner (4:51)
9. Lee Baker & The Agitators - (Air Mobile) You Can't Catch Me (3:34)
10. Don McMinn - Where's The Love (2:48)
11. Gary B.B. Coleman - That's Enough (5:02)
12. Tony Sarno & The Screamin' Blue Demons - Money On The Side (3:07)
13. Sonny Landreth - Creole Angel (4:16)
14. Cold Blue Steel - Shufflin Little Lady (3:22)
15. The Bluebirds - Run For The Levee (4:01)
16. The Radio Kings - Love Comes Easy (Love Comes Hard) (3:15)
17. Mark May & The Agitators - Short & Stout (3:09)
18. Chicago Bob Nelson - It's A Shame (3:00)
19. Smokehouse - Mr So And So (2:45)
20. Eric Culberson & The Erok Band - Wrapped Up In Love Again (4:59)

Today, blues and R&B music are no longer the preserve of working class African Americans and, although the city of Memphis itself has changed, the influence of its legendary performers can be heard in the recordings on this cd. The selections here, taken from the current generation of blues and R&B artists, represent the best of the new era of Memphis Music.

Although they are continuing the traditions of artists such as B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson, these artists sing new songs with new voices; however, the intertwined threads of anguish and joy, agony and celebration are still present, as they in the primitive blues that W.C. Handy heard down on Beale Street all those years ago. /Excerpt from the liner notes

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Chicago Bob Nelson - Flyin' Too High

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:02
Size: 123.7 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[2:54] 1. Taking Care Of Business
[4:03] 2. That's Why I Love You
[4:08] 3. Flyin' Too High
[4:10] 4. My Bleeding Heart
[4:13] 5. Party After Hours
[4:16] 6. Retirement Plan
[3:45] 7. Howlin' For My Darlin'
[4:31] 8. It's Hard Goin' Up
[5:16] 9. The Blues Never Die
[3:34] 10. Popcorn Man
[3:14] 11. Wish I Had Someone To Love
[3:02] 12. I'm Leavin'
[3:14] 13. Shake For Me
[3:38] 14. Christmas Tears

"Chicago" Bob's new record "Flyin' Too High" FEATURING DAVID MAXWELL on piano with "Monster" Mike Welch on guitar is the first release in ten years for the man that Muddy Waters nicknamed.

With an extensive live performance resume including John Lee Hooker and Johnny Shines, Nelson's rejuvenated style steeped in the "post-war" Blues with a semi-modern sound is a true Blues fans delight. Maxwell, who also produced the CD, is on top of the ivories along with "Monster" Mike Welch and Troy Gonyea tasty blues guitar licks. "Flyin' Too High" contains 14 tracks with a mix of Nelson penned originals and not your run of the mill covers. Deep, smoky and sometimes humorous vocals with top shelf harmonica by "Chicago" Bob make this disc a great a must have for any fan of the Blues.

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Chicago Bob Nelson - Back To Bogalusa

Year: 1996
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:33
Size: 111,4 MB
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Leave The Young Girls Alone (3:24)
2. Came Home This Morning (5:09)
3. When I Had (I Didn't Need) (3:14)
4. Going Home (3:51)
5. Sugar Mama (4:05)
6. Swamp Jump (2:22)
7. Wilma Jean (4:09)
8. Everybody Needs Somebody (3:27)
9. Been Down So Long (4:11)
10. Short Hair Woman (3:56)
11. Back To Bogalusa (4:20)
12. It's A Shame (3:02)
13. Untitled (Hidden Bonus Track) (3:17)

Robert Lee "Chicago Bob" Nelson was born July 4, 1944 in Bogalusa, Louisiana. At age 8, Bob began playing harmonica and in his teens, Bob was tutored on harmonica by family and friends including blues legends Slim Harpo and Lazy Lester. As a child, Bob spent his summers at an aunt's house in Chicago and eventually moved there in the early 1960's. Chicago is where he met and performed with Howlin' Wolf, Earl Hooker, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells and Muddy Waters. In fact, Muddy gave Bob his nickname "Chicago Bob." Bob would later perform with Muddy Waters at the Newport Folk Festival.

Over the years, Chicago Bob toured with Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson, Tinsley Ellis and was in John Lee Hooker's touring band for the last years of Hookers life. His amalgam of Louisiana Swamp and Windy City Blues creates a matchless sound that is full of the driving energy of both genres and is truly all his own. Chicago Bob Nelson performs blues the way it was meant to be - authentically and from the heart.

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Various - Back Porch Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:25
Size: 110.9 MB
Styles: Assorted styles
Year: 1997
Art: Front

[4:00] 1. Chicago Bob Nelson - Sugar Mama
[3:26] 2. Floyd Miles - Arthritis
[2:49] 3. Bill Wharton - Standing In The Fire
[4:11] 4. Smokehouse - Credit Card Blues
[1:34] 5. Eric Culberson - Dead Cat Luck
[3:33] 6. Ace Moreland - Head The The Bottle
[2:46] 7. Troy Turner - Whole Lotta Ash
[2:47] 8. Mark Hodgson - Flyright
[3:52] 9. Chicago Bob Nelson - Short Hair Woman
[4:55] 10. Jeff Howell - Way Off In That Jazz
[3:32] 11. Floyd Miles - Cocky Rooster
[2:45] 12. Bill Wharton - Screamin' Woman
[2:41] 13. Smokehouse - Them Jelly Blues
[3:06] 14. Mark Hodgson - Big Foot Woman
[2:22] 15. Ace Moreland - Gates Of Hell

Great find if you can get it because it is a lot of rare songs on it that's just beautiful to hear. Haven't seen in 20 years ago and it still is important today as it was then totally awesome. Everybody should have it. ~Wesblues1

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