Showing posts with label Chris Bell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chris Bell. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Chris Bell & 100% Blues - Hell Is Too Hot For Me

Album: Hell Is Too Hot For Me
Size: 99,9 MB
Time: 43:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. Hell Is Too Hot For Me (3:31)
2. Deli Man (3:45)
3. Two Jobs (5:44)
4. Can't Keep A Good Man Down (3:16)
5. Cold-Hearted Woman (5:15)
6. Opposites Attract (2:18)
7. Next To You (3:36)
8. Hate It When You Lie (6:04)
9. She Found Another Man (3:13)
10. Emergency (3:28)
11. Bury Me Alive (2:56)

Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Massachusetts, Chris credits both his parents for introducing him to blues, jazz, rhythm & blues and gospel music. At the early age of nine, he picked up his first guitar and discovered his passion. During the 1980’s, while majoring in art and music at the University of Massachusetts, Chris participated in jazz workshops with Archie Shepp, attended a summer session at Berklee School of Music and studied under guitar great Tony MacAlpine.

In 1990, Chris relocated to Los Angeles to further develop his musical career and in 2000, went back to his roots and formed what is known today as the Chris Bell Band. Having always been influenced by some of the great blues artists both past and present from BB King’s swingin’ old school style, to stinging single note passages like masters Albert King and Albert Collins, combined with searing slide riffs from Bell’s favorite, Johnny Winter and the psychedelic sounds reminiscent of the master Jimi Hendrix, Chris can do it all. His remarkable guitar playing compliments any blues genre he covers while paying tribute to those vintage styles his forefathers cast before him.

Chris now calls Las Vegas home and shows no signs of slowing down. He continues to tour throughout the Western United States with regular trips each year to Texas, the East Coast and Midwest and has performed and/or shared the stage with the likes of Mike Zito, Shemekia Copeland, Chris Duarte, Coco Montoya, Billy Branch, Tommy Castro, Robert Lockwood Jr., Leon Russell and Shane Dwight just to name a few. Make no mistake, Chris is establishing himself as one of the premier up and coming blues artists of this generation and has only begun to scratch the surface of what promises to be a long and prosperous career.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

Hell Is Too Hot For Me mc
Hell Is Too Hot For Me zippy

Friday, March 31, 2023

Chris Bell & 100% Blues - Blues 2001

Album: Blues 2001
Size: 73,9 MB
Time: 31:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. Down Home Cookin' (3:02)
2. Ain't Seen Nothing (2:59)
3. Elevator To Heaven (9:00)
4. Mr. Chill (2:33)
5. Doin' Time (3:23)
6. Heck With You (3:17)
7. Wine Cooler (3:51)
8. Roll With The Punches (3:47)

Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Massachusetts, Chris credits both his parents for introducing him to blues, jazz, rhythm & blues and gospel music. At the early age of nine, he picked up his first guitar and discovered his passion. During the 1980’s, while majoring in art and music at the University of Massachusetts, Chris participated in jazz workshops with Archie Shepp, attended a summer session at Berklee School of Music and studied under guitar great Tony MacAlpine.

In 1990, Chris relocated to Los Angeles to further develop his musical career and in 2000, went back to his roots and formed what is known today as the Chris Bell Band. Having always been influenced by some of the great blues artists both past and present from BB King’s swingin’ old school style, to stinging single note passages like masters Albert King and Albert Collins, combined with searing slide riffs from Bell’s favorite, Johnny Winter and the psychedelic sounds reminiscent of the master Jimi Hendrix, Chris can do it all. His remarkable guitar playing compliments any blues genre he covers while paying tribute to those vintage styles his forefathers cast before him.

Chris now calls Las Vegas home and shows no signs of slowing down. He continues to tour throughout the Western United States with regular trips each year to Texas, the East Coast and Midwest and has performed and/or shared the stage with the likes of Mike Zito, Shemekia Copeland, Chris Duarte, Coco Montoya, Billy Branch, Tommy Castro, Robert Lockwood Jr., Leon Russell and Shane Dwight just to name a few. Make no mistake, Chris is establishing himself as one of the premier up and coming blues artists of this generation and has only begun to scratch the surface of what promises to be a long and prosperous career.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

Blues 2001 mc
Blues 2001 zippy

Friday, July 3, 2020

Chris Bell & 100% Blues - Year Of The Blues (Live)

Size: 158,3 MB
Time: 67:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Ali Shuffle (6:49)
02. Don't You Lie To Me (3:42)
03. Can't You See What You're Doing To Me (4:46)
04. Band Intro (0:46)
05. Elevator To Heaven (8:37)
06. Can't Keep A Good Man Down (5:41)
07. Hell Is Too Hot For Me (5:51)
08. The Year Of The Blues (0:28)
09. I Think I Love You Too Much (4:07)
10. Reconsider Baby (6:01)
11. May I Have A Talk With You (3:20)
12. Feels Like Rain (9:03)
13. Put The Shoe On The Other Foot (8:34)

Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Massachusetts, Chris credits both his parents for introducing him to blues, jazz, rhythm & blues and gospel music. At the early age of nine, he picked up his first guitar and discovered his passion. During the 1980’s, while majoring in art and music at the University of Massachusetts, Chris participated in jazz workshops with Archie Shepp, attended a summer session at Berklee School of Music and studied under guitar great Tony MacAlpine.

In 1990, Chris relocated to Los Angeles to further develop his musical career and in 2000, went back to his roots and formed what is known today as the Chris Bell Band. Having always been influenced by some of the great blues artists both past and present from BB King’s swingin’ old school style, to stinging single note passages like masters Albert King and Albert Collins, combined with searing slide riffs from Bell’s favorite, Johnny Winter and the psychedelic sounds reminiscent of the master Jimi Hendrix, Chris can do it all. His remarkable guitar playing compliments any blues genre he covers while paying tribute to those vintage styles his forefathers cast before him.

Chris now calls Las Vegas home and shows no signs of slowing down. He continues to tour throughout the Western United States with regular trips each year to Texas, the East Coast and Midwest and has performed and/or shared the stage with the likes of Mike Zito, Shemekia Copeland, Chris Duarte, Coco Montoya, Billy Branch, Tommy Castro, Robert Lockwood Jr., Leon Russell and Shane Dwight just to name a few.

Make no mistake, Chris is establishing himself as one of the premier up and coming blues artists of this generation and has only begun to scratch the surface of what promises to be a long and prosperous career.

Year Of The Blues MP3
Year Of The Blues FLAC

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Chris Bell 100% Blues - Baptized By The Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:52
Size: 116.4 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[4:29] 1. Baptized By The Blues
[3:27] 2. Paycheck To Paycheck
[3:26] 3. Whiskey Ain't Working
[6:25] 4. Elevator To Heaven
[5:15] 5. I'm Your Man
[4:25] 6. Keep On Movin'
[3:24] 7. Second Wind
[3:49] 8. Again
[3:11] 9. Ali Shuffle
[2:39] 10. Shantytown
[3:33] 11. Come Back Home
[2:57] 12. Doin' Time
[3:45] 13. Drinks Are Free

Chris was born in Washington, DC and raised in Massachusetts on down-home cooking as well as on blues, jazz, rhythm & blues and gospel music by his New York City dad and North Carolina mom. Before starting to play guitar at fourteen years old, he studied in Germany, where his dad was a visiting professor of American and African American Cultural Studies. Later, as an art and music major at the University of Massachusetts, Chris participated in jazz workshops with Archie Shepp and in a summer session at Berklee. He also studied guitar with Tony MacAlpine. His major influences range from B.B. King and Albert Collins to Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Chris is currently the producer and host of "100% Blues," a cable access TV show in the Los Angeles area.

Baptized By The Blues

Saturday, May 13, 2017

Chris Bell 100% Blues - Baptized By The Blues

Size: 120,0 MB
Time: 51:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Baptized By The Blues (4:32)
02. Paycheck To Paycheck (3:29)
03. Whiskey Ain't Working (3:27)
04. Elevator To Heaven (6:25)
05. I'm Your Man (5:16)
06. Keep On Movin' (4:27)
07. Second Wind (3:25)
08. Again (3:50)
09. Ali Shuffle (3:13)
10. Shantytown (2:39)
11. Come Back Home (3:35)
12. Doin' Time (3:00)
13. Drinks Are For Free (3:46)

Chris was born in Washington, DC, and raised in Massachusetts on down-home cooking as well as on blues, jazz, rhythm & blues, and gospel music by his New York City dad and North Carolina mom. Before starting to play guitar at fourteen years old, he studied in Germany, where his dad was a visiting professor of American and African American Cultural Studies. Later, as an art and music major at the University of Massachusetts, Chris participated in jazz workshops with Archie Shepp and in a summer session at Berklee. He also studied guitar with Tony MacAlpine. His major influences range from B.B. King and Albert Collins to Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Chris is currently the producer and host of "100% Blues," a cable access TV show in the Los Angeles area.

Baptized By The Blues