Al Wood & The Woodsmen - Right On Cue

Year: 2012
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:01
Size: 78,7 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Front

1. Right On Cue (2:57)
2. Find Me A River (2:29)
3. Homebound Blues Again (3:21)
4. Vicious Cycle Blues (4:46)
5. Drunk Again (5:08)
6. Train Bells (2:06)
7. Bitter Pill (3:13)
8. I Believe (2:53)
9. Dark Cloud Blues (4:45)
10. Final Blues (2:17)

Al Wood and the Woodsmen are four on the floor blues band with a unique style and spin on the genre. The Woodsmen just won the Ottawa Blues Society "Road to Memphis Challenge" against fourteen great bands and represented Ottawa in Memphis, TN in February!!

Al Wood is a multi-talented performer and songwriter with a deep reverence for the blues and traditionally-based roots music. Born in Sault Ste. Marie (the Soo), Ontario, Al’s father first taught him how to pick out old country tunes on the harmonica. Now a virtuoso harmonica player, talented guitar stylist, and golden-throated singer, Al lives in Ottawa and Highway 17 is more than a song; it’s a road well-traveled.

Al has been playing and performing for over twenty years in countless contexts. As a teenager in the Soo he cut his teeth playing in blues bands to a crowd plugged into punk and “alternative” music at the time which took him and long time and current collaborator Lindsay Pugh to Montreal. Al throws his whole heart and soul into every performance with the same exuberance and showmanship whether for acrowd of two or two hundred.

Right On Cue mc
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Al Wood & The Woodsmen - Hooka Train

Size: 99,8 MB
Time: 35:53
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Lately Things (3:18)
02. Mole Hill Mountain Blues (4:54)
03. Hooka Train (2:22)
04. Death Defying Leaps (5:56)
05. Bluebird (3:36)
06. Juggler' Blues (5:22)
07. Certain Ways (3:51)
08. Stick Around (Another Day) (3:19)
09. Worryin' Days Are Done (3:09)

Al Wood is a multi-talented performer and songwriter with a deep reverence for the blues and traditionally-based roots music. Born in Sault Ste. Marie (the Soo), Ontario, Al’s father first taught him how to pick out old country tunes on the harmonica. Now a virtuoso harmonica player, talented guitar stylist, and golden-throated singer, Al lives in Ottawa and Highway 17 is more than a song; it’s a road well-traveled.

Al has been playing and performing for over twenty years in countless contexts. As a teenager in the Soo he cut his teeth playing in blues bands to a crowd plugged into punk and “alternative” music at the time. This might explain how and why Al throws his whole heart and soul into every performance with the same exuberance and showmanship whether for a crowd of two or two hundred.

Out of this scene was born the Rhythm Rats, boys from the Soo with a passion for the blues, who took their energetic spin on the genre to the big city, Montreal, in 1992. The band played tirelessly in every venue imaginable to everyone imaginable. Al and Lindsay Pugh remain musical collaborators to this day (Lindsay is a key cog in the Mood Swingin’ Blues wheel) and the others remain among Al’s great friends. The five years in Montreal were something else. Hellish at times with unthinkable variables constantly surfacing and life lessons learned that later spilled onto blank sheets as songs. Over the five years, life happened to the young rats in different ways and it eventually became clear that it was time to move on. It was a good run and the band grew up quickly. When performing together today, Al and Lindsay continue to dip into the old Rhythm Rats repertoire - not just for old times’ sake but because they still love playing the stuff.

After the Rhythm Rats, Red Wood Central (RWC) formed when Al met Michelle “Red” April in the mid-90’s. Michelle’s clear and often haunting voice and unfailing rhythm on guitar blended naturally with Al’s deep, rich voice and melodic harmonica and guitar to create a unique acoustic sound supported by strong collaborative song-writing. The sound is roots and blues oriented with a country influence and a flare of Django-inspired zeal or darker Spanish elements. There are two CD’s out there: Red Wood Central (self-titled 1999) and Red Wood Central “Behind the Times” 2002. RWC has relaxed the extent of live performance but they still hit stage from time to time and may one day, re-emerge with a new arsenal of tunes.

Hooka TrainAnd Three Is Nine

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Al Wood & The Woodsmen - Mood Swingin' Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:38
Size: 113.6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[4:02] 1. Late Night Stroll
[3:06] 2. Firefly
[3:22] 3. Highway 17
[4:17] 4. Parting Glass
[2:47] 5. Diggin' Down Deep
[3:27] 6. Treena Ballerina
[4:17] 7. The Pasture
[3:35] 8. Feeble-Minded Woman
[7:29] 9. Blame-Shiftin' Blues
[5:12] 10. Passenger Freight Train
[2:28] 11. Rollin' (Fade Away)
[2:49] 12. (Enter) Jazz Thief (Exit) You
[2:43] 13. Shake

Al Wood and the Woodsmen are four on the floor blues band with a unique style and spin on the genre. The Woodsmen just won the Ottawa Blues Society "Road to Memphis Challenge" against fourteen great bands and represented Ottawa in Memphis, TN in February!!

Al Wood is a multi-talented performer and songwriter with a deep reverence for the blues and traditionally-based roots music. Born in Sault Ste. Marie (the Soo), Ontario, Al’s father first taught him how to pick out old country tunes on the harmonica. Now a virtuoso harmonica player, talented guitar stylist, and golden-throated singer, Al lives in Ottawa and Highway 17 is more than a song; it’s a road well-traveled.

Al has been playing and performing for over twenty years in countless contexts. As a teenager in the Soo he cut his teeth playing in blues bands to a crowd plugged into punk and “alternative” music at the time which took him and long time and current collaborator Lindsay Pugh to Montreal. Al throws his whole heart and soul into every performance with the same exuberance and showmanship whether for acrowd of two or two hundred.

Mood Swingin' Blues mc
Mood Swingin' Blues zippy

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