Aaron Burton Trio - If Mama Ain't Happy Nobody's Happy

Album: If Mama Ain't Happy Nobody's Happy
Size: 123,6 MB
Time: 53:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. If Mama Ain't Happy Nobody's Happy (3:16)
2. Fake It 'Till You Make It (3:19)
3. 8th Street Woman (4:08)
4. Your Love Is All I Crave (4:27)
5. Keep On Doin' What You're Doin' (2:50)
6. Come Back Baby (4:20)
7. Apron Wearing Woman (3:36)
8. A.B. Stomp (4:28)
9. 7 Days A Week (4:45)
10. Piedmont Ridge (4:07)
11. High And Lonesome (5:02)
12. Ramblin' On My Mind (4:36)
13. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (4:25)

Aaron Burton is yet another of those Texan pickers who seems to creep in under the radar, lodging himself in the mind and memory. With around half a dozen albums already to his credit, he brings more than a touch of Down South, low-down and dirty acoustic blues to the mix. Obviously touched by Texan influences, including Sam Lightnin’ Hopkins, Burton nevertheless manages to slip sideways into the slipstream and stamp his own character on the material and the fine fretwork with evident ease.

His droll, drawling vocal delivery matches his picking style perfectly, and he always squeezes some unexpected humor into the lyrical mix. Burton is one of those guys who is clearly comfortable with the music, and has an excellent grasp of the essentials of good ole’ traditional, southern blues. /Iain Patience

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Aaron Burton - All Night Long

Size: 305 MB
Time: 51:48
File: Flac
Released: 2014
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. All Night Long (3:35)
2. Driven Man (4:33)
3. The Day Big Tex Caught Fire (3:52)
4. Sweet T (2:36)
5. Don't Talk Bad About Me (3:23)
6. Hangin' On (Joe Jonas) (3:40)
7. Hard Luck Child (6:05)
8. Pony Blues (Charlie Patton) (3:14)
9. First Time I Met My Baby (4:12)
10. Statesboro Blues (Willie McTell) (3:26)
11. Old Age Blues (3:29)
12. Tumblin' Down (3:06)
13. Hot Diggity James (2:45)
14. I'm Your Santa Claus (Bonus Track) (3:49)

As blues has evolved over time it has strayed pretty far from its original formula, but country and folk blues usually stays pretty true to the original sources of the genre. Aaron Burton’s self-released sixth album, Up All Night, falls into this latter category, and delivers a solid collection of roots and blues music with a Lone Star influence.Aaron Burton hails from the Dallas / Fort Worth area, and he has shared his pleasant drawl and fine stringed-instrument prowess around the United States and all the way to the United Kingdom, where he is gaining a respectable collection of new fans.

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Aaron Burton - Southern Swagger

Size: 92.2 MB
Time: 39:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Country Blues, Roots
Art: Full

01. My Name Is Aaron Burton (3:53)
02. Tryin' To Keep It Together (4:49)
03. City Of Hate (3:09)
04. Copulate (3:35)
05. Heroin And Cocaine (4:02)
06. Real Good Booty (3:31)
07. Caddo Line (3:14)
08. Jewerly Store (3:42)
09. Murder (5:44)
10. Southern Swagger (3:25)

Texan singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Aaron Burton’s seventh album, Southern Swagger, continues in the same impressive vein as his most recent release, All Night Long (favorably reviewed in the 09 April 2015 issue of Blues Blast Magazine). The new album contains 10 self-written songs, with Burton on vocals, guitar and banjo, William “Stompin’ Bill” Johnson on harp, Dirk Cordes on drums and Joe Degelia on steel guitar. Sonnie Collie also adds bass to one track and guitar to another.

The musicians have played together for years and their ability and willingness to focus on the song has resulted in a highly enjoyable album of roots-influenced acoustic country blues. Cordes in particular sets up a series of irresistible rhythms while never over-playing or over-shadowing the song and the space that is left paradoxically creates a bigger sound. But there is also a palpable joy apparent throughout the album, as if the musicians had a total blast while recording it.

Opening with the gloriously-titled “My Name Is Aaron Burton” Burton explains the origins of his old pseudonym, Peetie Whitestraw, over an upbeat country folk blues groove. There is a sly wit to Burton’s songs, which he sings in a lazy but engaging drawl, but there is no lack of emotional depth in his voice – the haunting “Heroine And Cocaine” has echoes of the desperation and desolation of the great Skip James.

Lyrically, he covers traditional blues themes such as death (as in the ominous one-chord boogie of “Murder”) or basic carnal desires (in the rollicking “Real Good Booty” or the country blues of “Copulate”, in which he winningly admits “I want to copulate, copulate with you. I can’t concentrate, it’s all I wanna do. Look here mama, I’m telling you straight, all I want to do is copulate. I want to copulate with you”). He is also adept at finding what humour can be eked out from a desperate situation, as with his promises to his baby in “Jewelry Store”.

The rockabilly-country of “City Of Hate” reveals a complex relationship between the song’s protagonist and the city he calls home as Burton sings “Dallas, Texas is the place I long to be. I’m going back home. Pretty mama coming home with me….. I’m going down to Dallas, way down in that Lone Star State. I’m going back home, back to the City of Hate. I’m going back home, yeah, ‘cos I love the City of Hate.”
Burton adds bouncing banjo to “Caddo Line” but primarily lays down rhythm guitar on his acoustic. Burton, Johnston and Degelia all take solos at various times, but the primary focus of the album is on the songs with the lead instruments weaving in and out of the vocal melodies. One of the highlights of the album however is the closing instrumental, the album’s title track: wonderfully dreamy (but uncredited) sax playing and articulate finger-picking over the top of another top notch Cordes groove.

Southern Swagger is yet another top class slice of acoustic country blues from Aaron Burton. There is an enticing timelessness to his music. Highly recommended. ~Rhys Williams

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Aaron Burton - Blues Is Beautiful

Source: Digital Lossless Copy
Size: 77.3 MB
Time: 33:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Front

01. Sweet Jessica Linn (3:51)
02. Flashing Lights In My Rearview (4:16)
03. I Was Trippin' (4:37)
04. Illinois Blues (3:46)
05. Blues Is Beautiful (3:29)
06. Take It Home To Mama (3:44)
07. Dew Drops (2:48)
08. The Entertainer (2:25)
09. So Long Mama (4:19)

Aaron Burton is yet another of those Texan pickers who seems to creep in under the radar, lodging himself in the mind and memory. With around half a dozen albums already to his credit, ...he brings more than a touch of Down South, low-down and dirty acoustic blues to the mix. ...laid-back, sensitive acoustic picking with its shades of past-masters and rolling rhythmic licks.

Obviously touched by Texan influences, including Sam Lightnin’ Hopkins, Burton nevertheless manages to slip sideways into the slipstream and stamp his own character on the material and the fine fretwork with evident ease. His droll, drawling vocal delivery matches his picking style perfectly, and he always squeezes some unexpected humor into the lyrical mix. Burton is one of those guys who is clearly comfortable with the music, and has an excellent grasp of the essentials of good ole’ traditional, southern blues. ~Ian Patience

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Andrew 'Blueblood' MacMahon - Go Get My Baby

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:41
Size: 141.2 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1976/1996
Art: Front

[4:44] 1. Go Get Me Baby
[4:12] 2. I Wonder Why
[4:48] 3. Change My Way Of Living
[4:33] 4. You Got To Help Yourself
[2:50] 5. Give Up And Let Me Go
[4:06] 6. What Would We Do Later On
[5:36] 7. You Don't Have To Go
[5:37] 8. It Hurts Me Too
[4:17] 9. Got My Mojo Working
[3:40] 10. Little Red Rooster
[4:14] 11. So Glad
[5:04] 12. Stranger In Your Land
[3:56] 13. Red Light
[3:58] 14. Mojo Hand

Andrew Blueblood MacMahon (vocals); John Littlejohn (guitar); Jimmy Dawkins (guitar); Larry Burton (guitar); Aaron Burton (bass); Candy Utah (drums); Richard Kirch (guitar); Sylvester Boines (bass); Tyrone Centuray (drums).

Little is known about Andrew "Blueblood" MacMahon who was bassist in Howlin' Wolf's band until stepping as a front man with Blueblood released in local Dharma label. This one, recorded live in Chicago is similar to Blueblood in approach. You can't here neither great vocals nor fiery guitar solos. Actually, vocals is not strongest side of MacMahon. This is rather band work, where main emphasis should be made on Jimmy Dawkins' and John Littlejohn's fine giutar work. Set consists of 14 numbers most of which are associated with such luminaries like Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Elmore James and Jimmy Reed. Very good Chicago blues. ~Dimitri

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Aaron Burton - 2 albums: Recession Blues / Rising Sun

Album: Recession Blues
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:14
Size: 128.7 MB
Styles: Country blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:07] 1. Workoholic
[4:20] 2. You're Wrong
[2:44] 3. Funeral Preachin' Blues
[4:12] 4. Young Thing
[4:32] 5. Hey Bartender (Banjo Funk)
[3:20] 6. Jesse Linn
[3:17] 7. Recession Blues
[3:38] 8. Gonna Party Tonight
[2:55] 9. Fading Every Day
[3:27] 10. Ain't Gonna Work No More
[3:26] 11. The Day Sweet Sammy Died
[2:56] 12. Ascap Blues
[3:54] 13. Never Stopped Dreaming Of You
[3:29] 14. Dirty Dog
[3:07] 15. A. B. Stomp
[3:42] 16. Memphis, Tennessee

Aaron Burton is certainly one of the best (if unfortunately not very well known in the outside world) today's Country blues player. This CD features him with a tight small band, delivering an immaculate performance of down home blues (and some Country Music too) with a strong influence of lightnin' Hopkins and Lonnie Johnson: laid back vocals, excellent restrained but very soulful guitar solos, memorable songs. A CD to get. ~gerard herzhaft

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Album: Rising Sun
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:17
Size: 101.4 MB
Styles: Country blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[4:16] 1. Rising Sun
[3:34] 2. I'll Get Mine
[5:19] 3. Evil Hearted Woman
[3:27] 4. Baton Rouge
[3:16] 5. I Won't Do That No More
[3:50] 6. Jamie Lee
[2:50] 7. I Feel So Good
[3:51] 8. Rockabilly Girl
[3:15] 9. Store Bought Melons
[3:02] 10. You Got Me Hooked
[3:16] 11. Tried And True
[4:16] 12. Leaving Blues #2

Aaron Burton is a young Texan guitarist/mandolinist/vocalist who plays country/traditional blues with a distinctly Texan spin having the talent, like our own Ian Siegal, to sound black , traditional and authentic but at the same time highly relevant to today s blues scene. Backed by a crack band that features Pat Boyack (lead guitar), Stompin Bill Johnston (harp), Christian Dozzler (piano/accordion), Sonny Collie (bass) and Dick Cordes (drums), Burton delivers twelve fine blues that could well have been recorded back in the 40s or early 50s. The title track is a deep North Mississippi Hill Country styled blues replete with downhome harp and almost spiritual vocals accentuated by a call and response holler I ll Get Mine segues into Tampa Red territory, a loping blues fuelled by warbling harp Evil Hearted Woman has a plaintive Nighthawk feel to both the vocals and the slide, the Nighthawk influence again to the fore on Baton Rouge which predictably features fine swamp harp and honky-tonk piano. Dozzler s accordion adds immeasurably to the wistful Cajun feel of I Won t Do That No More Tampa Red meets Jimmy Rogers on the compelling I Feel So Good whilst Dozzler s accordion is again to the fore on the melancholy swamp pop of Rockabilly Girl . Add in Leaving Blues #2 where Burton sounds like a Chi-Town Willie McTell the jaunty Crescent City inspired You Got Me Hooked , with it s fine harp and the hypnotic Hill Country influenced instrumental Tried And True with it s tribal drumming and you have a set that will delight all lovers of quality traditional country blues. Rating 9 Mick Rainsford ~Blues in Britain

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VA - Clark Street Ramblers

Size: 146,0 MB
Time: 62:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. Johnny B. Moore - Kokomo Me Baby (6:54)
02. George Baze - Park My Car (4:22)
03. Eddy Clearwater - Sun Is Shining (3:58)
04. Maurice John Vaughn - Turn Up The Heat (4:51)
05. Michael Coleman - I Been Foolin' Around (5:11)
06. Willie Kent - I Wonder Why (4:42)
07. Aron Burton - Nothing (5:43)
08. Eddie Shaw - I'm Tired (5:01)
09. Johnny B. Moore - Don't Lie To Me (3:44)
10. George Baze - Hush Hush (4:21)
11. Maurice John Vaughn - It's My Fault (3:04)
12. Michael Coleman - You're Going To Miss Me (4:29)
13. Willie Kent - All Night Long (6:19)

[Johnny B.] Moore graces Clark Street Ramblers with two of his own sides: "Kokomo Me Baby" is one of only a few successful updatings of the Fred McDowell classic, while "Don't Lie to Me" gives new life to the Tampa Red/Johnnie Jones chestnut with its Latin syncopation.... Maurice John Vaughn's send up of Detroit Junior's "Turn Up the Heat" is spiced by a stinging Albert King flavored guitar riff and a solid, Stax-like sax and trombone horn section.... Michael Coleman's "I Been Foolin' Around" opens with a Jimi Hendrix-style guitar riff, but then settles down into a strong soul/blues with vocals reminiscent of Z.Z. Hill; John Chorney's organ reinforces the soul flavor on one of the CD's best tracks. "You're Going to Miss Me" also stokes the soul/blues fires with an exceptionally strong guitar groove built on chunky, rapid-fire chords.... Aron Burton's version of Muddy Waters's "Nothing" is the most down-home track on the disc. -- Living Blues

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Clark Street Ramblers

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