Asie Payton - Worried

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 32:59
Size: 75.5 MB
Styles: Electric country blues
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[2:41] 1. I Love You
[4:03] 2. Worried Life
[4:26] 3. Nobody But You
[2:48] 4. Please Tell Me You Love Me
[2:23] 5. Asie's Jam
[3:06] 6. Can't Be Satisfied
[4:12] 7. All I Need Is You
[3:25] 8. Come Home With You
[2:48] 9. Skinny Legs And All
[3:02] 10. I Love You (Solo)

Asie Payton never released a record in his life, despite the best efforts of Fat Possum. The label spent nearly two years in the middle of the '90s trying to convince the Mississippi bluesman that he should record or gig outside of his home of Washington County. Eventually, they coaxed him into two recording sessions, one at their old studio, the other at Junior Kimbrough's club. This music was never released during Payton's lifetime, but it provides the basis for Worried, Fat Possum's posthumous 1999 release. For anybody that complains that modern electric blues sounds too clean and careful, Worried is the perfect antidote -- this is gritty, dirty electric blues, sounding every bit as greasy as the classic recordings of the '50s and '60s. What's even more impressive is that the songs are rarely predictible blues standards -- they're traditional songs (only "Can't Be Satisfied" and "Skinny Legs & All" are crossover favorites), given original, idiosyncratic arrangements by Payton. Usually, he's simply performing with drummer Sam Carr, but they're as raucous, loud and overpowering as a full band (as proven by the few tracks that are augmented by other musicians, which are no less chaotic than the stripped-back cuts). In an age when most blues albums sound canned, this is vibrant, exciting and real, reminiscent of the golden age of blues. And that's a pretty powerful last testament. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Drums – Sam Carr; Vocals, Guitar – Asie Payton

Worried mc
Worried zippy

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Asie Payton - Just Do Me Right

Size: 108,3 MB
Time: 45:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002
Styles: Delta Blues
Art: Full

01. Back to the Bridge (3:12)
02. Do Me Right (3:17)
03. 1000 Years (3:00)
04. I Got A Friend (3:45)
05. Need My Help (2:24)
06. Livin' In So Much Pain (3:14)
07. You Got Me Doin' Things (3:21)
08. Why'd You Do It (3:19)
09. Nobody But You (2:54)
10. Lose My Happy Home (3:50)
11. You Don't Want Me (3:02)
12. Watch Yourself (3:15)
13. Asie's Story (3:34)
14. Back To The Bridge (2002) (3:43)

This posthumous complement to Payton's only studio disc is something of a revelation. Not only does it confirm that he was a great blues and soul singer (just check out "Back to the Bridge," with its "In the Midnight Hour" riff, or the lazy groove of "I Got a Friend," with its percolating wah-wah guitar line), but it shows the man could play funk too -- "1000 Years" roars out of the speakers straight to the dancefloor, powered by some unexpected horns, and "Need My Help" has all the power of a latter-day Hendrix song. All of that isn't to say he didn't play a lot of gutbucket acoustic blues, too; "Livin' in So Much Pain" is about as down-home as you can get. In many ways, there seemed to be no end to his passion for different styles of music. "Nobody But You" could almost have come out of the Stax studios circa 1965, while "Watch Yourself" is a barnburning R&B/early rock & roll track that kicks like a mule. While Payton's other album showed him to be a man of talent, this offers that talent to its full extent, drawn together from sessions recorded in studios and at the houses of friends. But instead of being a ragtag collection of odds and sods, the result is a soaring testimony to someone who was an unsung great in his lifetime. ~Review by Chris Nickson

Thanks to Marc.
Just Do Me Right

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