Louisiana Red - Working Mule

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:44
Size: 171.1 MB
Styles: Acoustic/Electric blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[ 2:46] 1. Working Mule
[ 6:22] 2. The Sky Is Crying
[ 4:24] 3. Champagne And Reefer
[ 7:00] 4. What Is That She Got
[ 1:27] 5. Do You Got Balls
[ 6:04] 6. Keep On Playin' The Blues (Feat. Bob Brozman)
[ 3:33] 7. Locked Up So Long (Feat. Bob Brozman)
[ 4:02] 8. Good Bye Jack Dupree (Feat. Bob Brozman)
[ 5:06] 9. Early In The Morning (Feat. Bob Brozman)
[ 5:09] 10. You Done Quit Me
[ 4:32] 11. I Wonder Who
[10:08] 12. I Done Woke Up (Feat. Johnny Nicholas)
[ 8:59] 13. Same Thing (Feat. Johnny Nicholas)
[ 5:06] 14. Too Poor To Die

Louisiana Red has had the Blues from the ground up. His mother died shortly after his birth and his dad was lynched by the KKK when he was still a young lad. Despite his stately birth name of Iverson Minter, Red spent his subsequent early years shuffled between cruel relations and orphanages. Like a true Bluesman, Red lived his art and breathed into it a fire that has been witnessed and celebrated the world over. By this writer’s count, Red played on at least 81 albums. He expatriated to Hanover, Germany in 1983 and lived their until his passing in 2012. Red was mentored by John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters and friends with host of others. His was able to cultivate, channel and meld several styles into a sound and delivery wholly his own. His music was never abandoned here in the States, nor fully appreciated, but he was immensely popular in Europe where he toured extensively.

The tracks on Working Mule were actually recorded over a 13 year period, from 1994 through 2007. A featured artist is, ethnomusicologist Bob Brozman, playing national steel guitar on tracks 8 & 9, “Goodbye Jack Dupree,” & “Early In The Morning respectively. “Guitar” Johnny Nicholas is also featured on piano (yeah, Johnny on piano) on a couple of tracks, track 12, “I Done Woke Up,” & 13, “Same Thing.”

Another highlight is Red’s collaboration with the George Pilali Band on track 2, the Elmore James composition, “The Sky Is Crying.” The band is actually from Greece and steeped in traditional Grecian music. In addition to national steel guitar, bass and percussion they also play instruments that are native to Greece; the sazi, tsabouna and yali tanbur. The result is a stringed lament intro that swings right into a funky, down home guitar and national steel slide romp with Red and George Pilali. The album also features another band from Greece, with whom Red toured and played with extensively, Blues Wire. They perform 2 Muddy Waters songs, “Champagne And Reefer,” and “What Is That She Got,” on tracks 3 &4. 9 of the 14 tracks presented here are songs written by Red himself. His commentary, observations and asides, evident throughout, give the listener indications of how strong and larger than life Red’s personality was. ~Tee Watts

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Bob Brozman - Devil's Slide

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1988
Styles: Blues
Time: 62:44
Size: 145,0 MB
Art: Full

(2:38) 1. Devil's Slide
(2:47) 2. Dinah
(2:46) 3. Naivete
(3:08) 4. Uncle Joe
(2:53) 5. Stones in My Passway
(2:31) 6. You're Driving Me Crazy
(3:29) 7. Melloroonie
(2:35) 8. Cinemascope
(3:15) 9. Twilight Echoes
(2:24) 10. 'Cause I Feel Low Down
(2:25) 11. Milenberg Joys
(3:06) 12. Death
(3:05) 13. Deserted Blues
(3:31) 14. Soakin' Wet With the Blues
(2:13) 15. Wipe 'Em Off
(3:48) 16. The Lonesome Road
(2:58) 17. Twelfth Street Rag
(3:49) 18. New Vine Street Blues
(3:28) 19. La Rosita
(2:04) 20. Texas Bounce
(3:43) 21. Honeymoon Blues

Tracks 15-19 originally released on "Hello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz"

Blues, Hawaiian, calypso, hot jazz; slide-wizard Bob can do it all with startling authenticity and humor.

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Bob Brozman : Blue Hula Stomp / Hello Central Give Me Dr. Jazz

Album: Blue Hula Stomp
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1981
Styles: Blues, Rags, Hawaiian, Caribbean
Time: 41:19
Size: 95,6 MB
Art: Full

(3:42) 1. C Stomp Blues
(3:40) 2. Body and Soul
(2:37) 3. Hilo March
(1:47) 4. Ukulele Spaghetti
(3:27) 5. Do You Call That a Buddy?
(2:18) 6. Chili Blues
(4:06) 7. Pa'Au'au Waltz
(3:19) 8. Short Man's Vindication
(4:17) 9. Wasting My Love on You
(2:44) 10. Hano Hano Hanalei
(3:13) 11. Blue Hula Stomp Medley
(3:21) 12. Hilo Hula
(2:41) 13. Agogostein's Lament

There's little doubt that Bob Brozman's a virtuoso on all plucked string instruments, but his specialty is the National Resophonic guitar, and he can make that do anything, as he shows on this collection, which, like much of his work, has a decidedly Hawaiian lilt. The bulk of the material on Blue Hula Stomp dates from the 1920s and '30s, rejigged in his own idiosyncratic style, whether it's the unusual, bluesy "Do You Call That a Buddy?" or the lightning fast hula, "Hano Hano Hanalei." He's not just someone who can play with remarkable speed and precision, as he does on "Chili Blues," but also with moving expression, as on the 1916 "hesitation" waltz, "Paauau Waltz," a tune that demands a lot of the player, but which Brozman pulls off with moving panache. Perhaps the most unusual, however, is "Ukulele Spaghetti," played on a National ukulele, the kind of piece to make every guitarist -- and uke player -- pick his or her jaw up off the floor in complete awe. And when he really takes off on the title track, it becomes explosive, as Brozman handles wooden and National Hawaiian guitars, rhythm and duet guitars, wooden ukulele, saxophones, and a vocal. A work of genuine joy and complete genius. -- Allmusic.

Blue Hula Stomp

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Album: Hello Central Give Me Dr. Jazz
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1985
Styles: Blues, Rags, Hawaiian, Caribbean
Time: 39:38
Size: 91,8 MB
Art: Full

(2:44) 1. Dr. Jazz Stomp
(1:54) 2. Sister Kate Shimmy
(3:01) 3. Mysterious Mose
(2:21) 4. Hawaiian Heat Waves Medley
(3:07) 5. Pretty Dimples Stomp
(2:24) 6. Dog and Cat
(4:06) 7. Love in Vain
(2:58) 8. 12th Street Rag
(3:49) 9. New Vine Street Blues
(3:39) 10. Love My Stuff
(3:29) 11. La Rosita
(2:13) 12. Wipe Em Off
(3:48) 13. The Lonesome Road

Bob Brozman, a guitarist, ethnomusicologist, songwriter and teacher, as well as an intrepid traveller and musical explorer, was fascinated by guitar styles from around the world. He started with the blues, but he became an expert in Hawaiian and Caribbean guitar styles. National metal-body instrumentens have been the main influence in Bob Brozman's life for many years. They represent the guitar expression of the mechanical era of American industry, bridging the gap between old-world craftsmanship and modern factory-made electric guitars. Made by Czechoslovakian immigrants in California in the 1920s and 1930s, they are truly American in design and construction, and are the ultimate instruments for hot jazz, blues, and Hawaiian music of the mechanical age. Brozman's intention on this album is to covey to the listener the same feelings that old 78 records convey to him.

Hello Central Give Me Dr Jazz

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Pepe Ahlqvist & Jarkka Rissanen - Doggone Blues

Year: 1998
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:12
Size: 124,1 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. Black Juice (2:52)
2. Spoonful (5:37)
3. Fishin' Blues (3:49)
4. Doggone Disgusted (3:19)
5. When Booba Play The Blues (2:24)
6. Heikkisen Lato Palaa (3:11)
7. Opinion Song (3:37)
8. Pickin' My Tomatoes (3:19)
9. Poker Waltz (2:23)
10. Love In Vain (4:10)
11. Fat Liver Blues (4:29)
12. 'Cause I Know (4:46)
13. Texas Girl (2:55)
14. I'm Ready (4:34)
15. To Julia (2:41)

A distinguished member of the European blues elite, Pepe Ahlqvist (born on 4th of July 1956) is an internationally known Finnish blues artist. During his 40-year-long career he has frequently performed with many legendary blues artists.He has managed to maintain his popularity through the years by presenting fabulous and successful recordings with various bands and giving over 5.000 gigs and concerts. Pepe Ahlqvist is considered a talented and personal singer-guitarist-harmonica player with individual style who also writes his own songs.

Jari "Jarkka" Rissanen is a Finnish musician and composer, especially known for playing blues and rock guitar. He completed music high school education in the town of Kuopio in 1975 and has also worked as a guitar and ensemble music teacher. He has played together with, among others, Pepe Ahlqvist and Eero Raittinen and he has also appeared in a variety of band constellations, not only in Finland but also in Indonesia, Italy, the United States, Canada, Namibia, France, Sweden, Slovakia and Denmark.

Pepe Ahlqvist - vocals, harmonica, guitar
Jarkka Rissanen - guitar

Featuring:
Bob Brozman - guitar
C-C de Plicque - vocals

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VA - The Mississippi Sheiks Tribute Concert: Live In Vancouver

Size: 183,1 MB
Time: 78:15
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Blues
Art: Front

01 Mississippi Sheiks - Introduction (4:09)
02 Oh Susanna - Things About Comin' My Way (6:09)
03 Sojourners - Sweet Maggie (5:39)
04 Geoff Muldaur - Poor Boy (3:42)
05 Steve Dawson - Gulf Coast Bay (5:39)
06 Colin James - Keep On Tryin' (3:57)
07 Bob Brozman - Church Bell Blues (6:43)
08 Van Dyke Parks - It's Backfirin' Now (4:38)
09 Robin Holcomb - I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You (6:27)
10 Jim Byrnes - Tell Me What The Cats Are Fighting About (5:50)
11 Alvin Youngblood Hart - Livin' In A Strain (5:32)
12 John Hammond Jr. - Kind Treatment (5:07)
13 Dave Alvin & Christy McWilson - Wo's Been Here (7:29)
14 All Stars - Sitting On Top Of The World (7:08)

All-star lineup includes Dave Alvin, John Hammond, Van Dyke Parks, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Jim Byrnes, Colin James, Bob Brozman, Geoff Muldaur, Robin Holcomb, The Sojourners, Oh Susanna, and Steve Dawson.

12 new performances by this unique group of artists, including collaborations and an encore performance of "Sitting On Top Of The World" that includesall the artists at once.

This was a once-only concert that was the last event of the 2010 Vancouver Cultural Olympiad which ran during the Winter Olympics. Also included at the beginning of the DVD are exclusive interviews, backstage footage and a behind the scenes look at the rehearsals that occurred before the concert took place.

This concert also features the same house band that was featured on the CD - Steve Dawson (guitars), Matt Chamberlain (drums), Wayne Horvitz (keyboards) and Keith Lowe (bass), and Daniel Lapp (fiddle, trumpet).

The Mississippi Sheiks Tribute Concert

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VA - Things About Comin' My Way: A Tribute To The Music Of The Mississippi Sheiks

Size: 155,7 MB
Time: 66:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2009
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Full

01. The North Mississippi Allstars - It's Backfirin' Now (3:59)
02. Ndidi Onukwulu - Things About Comin' My Way (4:58)
03. John Hammond - Stop And Listen (3:47)
04. Bruce Cockburn - Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down (3:56)
05. Oh Susanna - Bootlegger's Blues (Arrangement By Van Dyke Parks) (3:43)
06. The Carolina Chocolate Drops - Sitting On Top Of The World (3:17)
07. Danny Barnes - Too Long (4:00)
08. Jim Byrnes - Jailbird Love Song (3:27)
09. Bill Frisell - That's It (3:10)
10. Madeleine Peyroux - Please Baby (4:11)
11. Kelly Joe Phelps - Livin' In A Strain (4:46)
12. Steve Dawson - Lonely One In This Town (3:39)
13. Geoff Muldaur & The Texas Sheiks - The World Is Going Wrong (3:08)
14. Del Rey - We Both Are Feeling Good Right Now (2:45)
15. Bob Brozman - Somebody's Gotta Help You (4:06)
16. The Sojourners - He Calls That Religion (4:00)
17. Robin Holcomb - I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You (5:21)

The Mississippi Sheiks were a short-lived but popular acoustic string band that recorded approximately 70 songs during the first half of the 1930s before receding into history. Built around guitarist/singer Walter Vinson and fiddler Lonnie Chatmon, with other musicians (notably Lonnie's guitarist brothers Bo Carter and Sam Chatmon), the Sheiks left their influence on numerous folk, country, blues, and even rock performers in later decades -- their best-known song, "Sitting on Top of the World," was recorded by a long list of artists including Howlin' Wolf, Ray Charles, Chet Atkins, Cream, Bob Dylan, and the Grateful Dead. For this tribute album, producer Steve Dawson gathered a cast of sympathetic artists to interpret songs associated with the group, giving them much leeway but keeping the proceedings from veering too far from the original spirit of the music. Dawson himself plays a variety of guitars on several tracks, and takes top billing on a perky version of "Lonely One in This Town," but largely stays behind the scenes so that the artists' personalities might meld with the new arrangements of this seven-plus-decades-old music. The performances range from the solo guitar of bluesman John Hammond and slide master Bob Brozman to the gospel of the Sojourners and the sultry, jazzy vocalizing of Madeleine Peyroux. The opening number, "It's Backfirin' Now," is given a rootsy jug band treatment by the North Mississippi Allstars and Bruce Cockburn, with trombone and Hammond organ among his accompaniment, brings a sweet and lazy New Orleans feel to "Honey Babe Let the Deal Go Down." It's appropriate that the Carolina Chocolate Drops -- perhaps the closest of contemporary bands in style to the Sheiks -- get to make "Sitting on Top of the World" their own: these African-American traditionalists have a deep understanding of, and innate camaraderie with, the Sheiks' music. Not surprisingly, Geoff Muldaur -- whose own lengthy catalog is filled with tunes that draw from the Sheiks' brand of old-timey string music -- and his own Texas Sheiks nail "The World Is Going Wrong." Even jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, whose eclecticism has always been his hallmark, finds common ground with the long-gone Sheiks, dueting with trombonist Steve Moore on "That's It," a good-time melody that manages to capture the essence of the Sheiks' sound while placing it squarely in today's more complex world. ~by Jeff Tamarkin

Things About Comin' My Way

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Bob Brozman - A Truckload Of Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:14
Size: 119.6 MB
Styles: Country blues
Year: 1992/2011
Art: Front

[3:05] 1. We Gonna Move
[3:27] 2. Worryin' The Blues Away
[2:15] 3. Let's Get It Stomp
[2:16] 4. Scene Of The Crime
[4:24] 5. Old Dog Blues
[2:30] 6. Never Hit The Same Place Twice
[3:18] 7. I Can't Hardly Get Along
[2:19] 8. Stack O Lee Aloha
[3:42] 9. Get Your Ashes Hauled
[2:10] 10. You Set The Market
[3:57] 11. One Of Us Was Wrong
[3:02] 12. Backwards Blues
[2:58] 13. Yearning And Blue
[2:48] 14. Don't Laugh At Me
[3:36] 15. Kitchen Man
[2:15] 16. Just As Well To Let Her Go
[4:04] 17. Come One In My Kitchen

Guitarist Bob Brozman's long-awaited all-blues album A Truckload of Blues covers similar territory as others who have turned in heartfelt treatments of traditional and Delta blues tunes. But the difference between Brozman and many of his predecessors is that he has fun doing these songs. He's wise enough to understand that there are only so many ways one can sing "Old Dog Blues" or "Kitchen Man," and that many of the great veterans really enjoyed what they sang. Brozman is also a technical marvel, particularly on bottleneck. But just as his vocals aren't simply replications, he doesn't merely whip out licks and display flash; there's thought in the soloing, creativity in the riffs and plenty of heart in the grooves. Brozman emerges with one of the better and more memorable repertory projects, one that seems more like his take on traditional blues rather than one more museum piece. ~Ron Wynn

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Vassar Clements - Livin' With The Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:26
Size: 138.3 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[3:12] 1. Cypress Grove
[4:19] 2. Dirty Drawers
[4:19] 3. Honey Babe Blues
[4:23] 4. Mambo Boogie
[4:43] 5. Phonograph Blues
[3:25] 6. Green Onions
[2:57] 7. Rube's Blues
[3:07] 8. Dead Cats On The Line
[3:08] 9. That's My Thing
[3:30] 10. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
[3:58] 11. I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
[4:25] 12. Mama I'll All Out And Down
[2:11] 13. Fiddlin & Faddlin'
[3:42] 14. Cool Drink Of Water
[9:02] 15. Don't Stand Behind A Mule

While the extraordinary fiddler Vassar Clements is known for his countless recordings in the world of bluegrass and country music, he's also a convincing blues interpreter. He is matched with a wide-ranging group of musicians and repertoire by producer David Grisman in this delightful Acoustic Disc CD. Clements' playing takes on an almost conversational tone throughout a good part of these sessions, while he is obviously having a rollicking good time with his fellow players, no matter the setting. The legendary bluesman Robert Johnson's "Beatrice Got a Phonograph" is an amazing duet by Clements with Roy Rogers (who sings while playing an amplified Martin guitar), though it is the leader's personal sound that leaves a lasting impression. His fiddle almost seems to smirk throughout Tampa Red's "Dead Cats on the Line," which is also highlighted by Bob Brozman's guitar and Bobby Cochran's lead vocals, with Norton Buffalo providing harmony. It's hard to beat the interplay between Clements, Buffalo (on harmonica), and guitarist Bob Brozman in the trio rendition of "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning." Clements and Brozman evidently concocted "Fiddlin' and Faddlin'" in the studio, with Brozman also playing percussion on his guitar behind the leader's blistering introductory solo. Elvin Bishop adds a touch of humor with his amusing originals, including the down-home blues "Dirty Drawers" and the funky "That's My Thing," adding Norton Buffalo's soulful harmonica. Maria Muldaur's gritty vocals shine in Doc Watson's "Honey Babe Blues" and "I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle." Dave Matthews is at the piano for the infectious "Mambo Boogie" (co-written by Clements, Matthews, and Buffalo). All in all, this is a very entertaining meeting by a group of seasoned musicians. ~Ken Dryden

Livin' With The Blues

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Louisiana Red - The Sky Is Crying

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 71:41
Size: 164.1 MB
Styles: Country blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[ 5:04] 1. Too Poor To Die
[ 2:46] 2. Working Mule
[ 4:20] 3. Champagne And Reefer
[ 1:26] 4. Do You Got Balls
[ 6:19] 5. Same Thing
[ 4:02] 6. Good Bye Jack Dupree
[ 6:45] 7. What Is That She Got
[ 6:03] 8. Keep On Playin' The Blues
[ 6:22] 9. The Sky Is Crying
[ 3:33] 10. Locked Up So Long
[ 4:31] 11. I Wonder Who
[ 5:03] 12. Early In The Morning
[ 5:07] 13. You Done Quit Me
[10:12] 14. I Done Woke Up

A new CD, which will be a great surprise for all country blues fans: Louisiana Red recorded some years before his death a great live CD from different concerts in Greece! Also present at these concerts were: Johnny Nicholas and Bob Brozman.

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Sergio Duarte & Entidade Joe - Destilado 'N' Blues

Size: 138,1 MB
Time: 59:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2004
Styles: Harmonica Blues, Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Destilado 'n' Blues (3:58)
02. Fuga Joe (4:27)
03. Como Se Nao Fosse Nada (3:49)
04. Golpe De Virada (3:28)
05. Amnesia (4:02)
06. Menino Mau (3:52)
07. Nao Me Lembro (5:50)
08. Cromatic Sucker (4:32)
09. Tristezas (8:43)
10. So Amor (4:00)
11. Blues, Sombra E Agua Fresca (8:22)
12. Blues Para Voce (4:08)

No novo álbum, o artista e sua banda destilam sentimentos em solos e composições que fazem um passeio pelo blues tradicional, com todo o groove do funk, o peso do rock´n´roll até o pop e a surf music. São 12 faixas com participações de músicos consagrados, como Bob Brozman, Todd Murphy, Nahor Gomes, François Lima, Hugo Hori, Kenny Brown e Adriano Grineberg, além do grande guitarrista Faiska e do vocalista da banda Ira!, Nasi. Um álbum que não pode faltar em sua coleção.

A Entidade Joe é formada por Celso Salim (guitarra e dobro), Rodrigo Mantovani (baixo elétrico e acústico) e Paulinho Sorriso (bateria).

Destilado 'N' Blues

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