The Bob Lanza Blues Band - Breadman's Blues

Album: Breadman's Blues
Size: 80,4 MB
Time: 34:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Johnny Jihngo (3:17)
2. Cut Off My Right Arm (3:50)
3. Nicky's Blues (3:34)
4. Same Old Blues (4:42)
5. Drinkin' Wine Spo Dee O Dee (3:21)
6. Upside Of Lonely (3:37)
7. A Man Like Me (3:24)
8. Honey Hush (3:14)
9. Fool Song (2:50)
10. Roller Coaster (2:47)

With three Billboard-charting albums under their belt, New Jersey Blues Hall of Fame member, Bob Lanza, and his critically-acclaimed band from the wilds of North Jersey return with their sixth album, Breadman's Blues. An entertaining mix of five originals and five choice covers, The Bob Lanza Blues Band presents a musical look ahead while still paying homage to the past.

Bob Lanza embarked on his blues journey in 1979 and has been navigating the vibrant tri-state area scene for more than four decades. Many Sunday afternoons were spent hanging at Dan Lynch's bar blues jam, hosted by the Holmes Brothers, where he was introduced to some of the greats of the time. In 2006, James Cotton asked Lanza to be his backing band on a few northeast gigs, starting a ten year relationship with Cotton.

After participating in the 2011 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, the band gained national recognition which led to a signing to Connor Ray Music (Houston, Texas) in 2015. This opened the door to collaborations with fellow label artists including Trudy Lynn, Steve Krase, and Ally Venable, many of which continue to this day.

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The Bob Lanza Blues Band - Kids Dogs & Crazy Women

Size: 97,8 MB
Time: 41:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Kids Dogs And Krazy Women (3:46)
02. Little Momma (3:39)
03. Not The Man I Use To Be (5:24)
04. Walking After Midnight (2:53)
05. Full Time Lover (4:56)
06. Hey Cotton (2:38)
07. Problems (4:13)
08. Every Side Of Lonsome (4:24)
09. Let Me In (2:53)
10. Hey Baby (3:08)
11. Raritan River Stomp (3:35)

Bob Lanza hails from New Jersey. This is his fifth studio recording and third for the Connor Ray Music label. His last album was 2016’s “It’s Time To Let Go”. Once an artist has full control of their music and has several successful recordings under their belt, he or she may decide to enlist a producer. Lanza has known Anthony Krizan since 1990. Lanza states “thru the years we crossed paths many times, as I watched his career as a performer and producer soar…I always thought about what doing a record with him would sound like”.

Krizan had been the lead guitarist for The Spin Doctors from 1994 thru 1996. He co-authored that band’s third album; and five of Krizan’s songs are included on the Spin Doctors greatest hits collection. After leaving the Spin Doctors Krizan’s songs began to appear on numerous artist albums, film soundtracks and television shows. The two guitarists eventually wound up on the same bill. At the end of the show, they jammed and sounded as if they had been together for years. “That day I asked if he’d be interested in recording us”. Shortly thereafter Lanza would bring his rhythm section to Krizan’s Sonic Boom Recording Studio in Raritan, N.J. the same studio that recorded Pat Travers and Robert Randolph.

As co-producers Lanza and Krizan gathered the current members of the band. Lanza, guitar and vocals; Krizan, guitar, vocals, drums and percussion; John Ginty, the keyboardist who had worked with Randolph as a member of The Family Band, and with Krizan on numerous other projects; and Lanza’s rhythm section of Dave Lockhart, bass; and Vin Mott, drums and harmonica.

Lanza has written four new songs including the title track featuring twin guitars with Krizan on slide; “Little Momma” with Mott on harp; “Not The Man I Used To Be” with a great solo from Lanza, and “Hey Baby”. He has also co-authored two more songs with Krizan including a tribute to the late harp master James Cotton called “Hey Cotton” once again featuring Mott.

Selected covers include “Walking After Midnight”, written by Alan Block and Donn Hecht, and the first hit single for Patsy Cline selling over a million copies in 1957. “Full Time Lover”, written by Frankie Scott and Frankie Lee James, was recorded by Little Frankie Lee and The Saxtons in 1964; and by the Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1979. Also from that same 1979 Thunderbirds recording session is Kim Wilson’s “Let Me In”.

“Every Side of Lonesome” is from Trudy Lynn, while “Problems” is from Little Mike Markowwitz.

Krizan says “Bobby Lanza is the real deal and a true bluesman, he plays guitar with fire and emotion; on top of that, his voice and songwriting abilities are stellar, as well. We tracked this record live with no studio tricks to masque the rawness of the session. You can feel the energy on the tracks and you can feel the band laying it down together in the room! We used all old-school recording equipment, like ‘60’s Neve pre-amps and Olympic modules and we used all vintage guitars and amplifiers!”

Krizan has captured Lanza at his old school best as they blend their swampy blues and roots music. This recording just screams to be heard. ~Richard Ludmerer

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The Bob Lanza Blues Band - Things Ain't So Bad

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:48
Size: 84.3 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[4:12] 1. Gotta Little Girl
[4:24] 2. Lost In Love
[6:45] 3. Can't Say No
[4:26] 4. Pick Your Head Up
[6:38] 5. Real Men Play Esss
[4:01] 6. Why You Treat Me That Way
[3:18] 7. I Cry For You
[3:00] 8. Cowgirl

Bob Lanza has been a bandleader on the NY/NJ bar scene for 30 years. He has performed with the bands, Cancellation Blues Band, Cruisin For A Bluesn, The Bob Dwyer Band, Fat Chance, Riff Raff, The Homewreckers, Blue Swirl, Big Nancy and Supreme Court, Ann Rabson, Johnny and The Tutones, Big Daddy and The Wildcats, The Randy Lipincott Band, Charlie Hilbert, Bobby Kyle, Filthy Rich and The Poorboys, The Bluzemonsters, Floyd Phillips and The Mudflaps,Jason Ricci and New Blood, James “Superharp” Cotton. Bob learned at the feet of Nashville Legend Dave Perkins. A four year period from 1979 thru 1983. This time was the start of a musical journey that continues to this day. Playing the bar scene with various bands passed the time nicely. Then In 1997 Bob met Floyd Phillips while playing in “ The Bluzemonsters”. Floyd Phillips and The Mudflaps were born. What followed in the next 3 years was an education in life and music, taught by a legend. Floyd had been Johnny Clyde Copelands’ piano player and childhood friend. He also cut an album with T-Bone Walker, worked with Johnny Adams, O V Wright , Lowell Fulson, Albert Collins, Gatemouth Brown,and so many more out of The Houston area. In the fall of 2000 the band cut a nice demo that featured some of Floyds original material. A great influence and greater friend Floyd Passed away on Christmas day 2001. Now with more fire in his gut than ever before Bob decided to take a few of his friends advice and form The Bob Lanza Blues Band. The band is stone cold blues and continues to play the NY/NJ area. The Band was asked By “Superharp” James Cotton to back him on a few dates in 2000.

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The Bob Lanza Blues Band - Time To Let Go

Time: 44:44
Size: 102.4 MB
Source: LL
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues
Released: 2016
Covers: Full

1. Mind Your Own Business {3:57}
2. Time To Let Go {3:26}
3. When The Sun Comes Up {5:38}
4. Your Turn To Cry {4:24}
5. Rush'n The Blues {4:06}
6. Follow Your Heart {3:21}
7. Don't Go No FurTher {4:05}
8. Love Me or Leave Me {5:22}
9. You're Not In Texas {4:28}
10. Johnny Smith {3:01}
11. Walkin' Thru The Park {2:52}

The arrival of Bob Lanza’s “Time to Let Go” (his fourth studio effort by the way) may not stir excitement with the casual music enthusiast, but blues fans worldwide are unlikely to gripe.

Blues is the backbone, but this album seldom sounds weary or autopiloted. On “When the Sun Comes Up”, twittering guitar melds with a jumpy funk bassline. Indeed, the most memorable moments are those that step outside the archetype, such as the rusty shuffling of “Johnny Smith” and the overly conformist boogie-ness of “You’re Not in Texas”.

Still, Lanza proves he’s a strong songwriter – when he makes the effort – and a fruity guitarist. Pleasingly intense, Freddie King influences are rife, particularly with numbers like “Your Turn to Cry”. Lanza’s vocal harmonies are smooth, and lyrics to the point, and the production frames a gutsy, deeply impassioned display of blues know-how. Meanwhile, songs like the playful opener “Mind Your Own Business” show keen wit along with fruits of hard earned experience.

Time To Let Go

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The Bob Lanza Blues Band - 'Til The Pain Is Gone

Time: 57:46
Size: 132.3 MB
Source: LL
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues
Released: 2013
Covers: Full

1. Maudie {4:22}
2. I'll Take Care Of You {6:41}
3. 'Til The Pain Is Gone {6:08}
4. Snake Byte {3:00}
5. Outskirts Of Town {7:19}
6. I'm Ready {4:42}
7. Every Night And Every Day {4:48}
8. Build Me A Woman {4:40}
9. Sugar Sweet {3:11}
10. Lonesome {5:05}
11. Our Life {4:12}
12. Mojo {3:34}

Bob Lanza is a guitarist and singer from northern New Jersey. Bob spent four years as bandleader for Floyd Phillips and the Mudflaps, and has backed legends like James Cotton and Nashville’s Dave Perkins. He went out on his own after Floyd Philips died in 2001 and hasn’t looked back. Inspired as a child by a Muddy Waters concert, Lanza has loved the blues ever since. His style is based around Muddy’s urban blues, but he pulls in bits and pieces from Jump blues, Texas shuffles, and a deck stacked with Kings. Lanza’s blues are an amalgamation of traditional styles that form a singular vision of 21st Century Blues.

‘Til The Pain Is Gone is the latest offering from Bob Lanza and his band. It’s a sturdy mix of covers and originals centered on his powerful voice and ripping guitar. Surprisingly, the first lead guitar licks heard on the disc are from Bob Lanza’s son Jake. Jake Lanza gets three solo spots in lead track “Maudie.” Jake’s phrasing and tone is faultless and leaves the listener wanting more. Keyboardist Ed “Doc” Wall pulls double duty on organ and piano and guest vocalist Joe Cerisano pours out his lonesome soul to Maudie. It’s a credit to Bob Lanza’s confidence in his fellow musicians to highlight so many of them in the lead track of his new album. “Maudie” sets a high standard for the rest of the disc, which it unequivocally lives up to.

“‘Til The Pain Gone” is a rollicking piano shuffle that rolls on like the train in Lanza’s lyrics. The whistling harp warns the train is coming and you better get off the tracks. This is a steam engine running at full throttle and Lanza is wailing for all he’s worth. The ending solo is frantic; stoking the fire and pouring out the pain. “Snake Byte” showcases David “Snakeman” Runyan, harp player extraordinaire in a Chicago Blues harmonica work out with clean crisp solos from Lanza and tour de force harp blowing.

The disc visits all the blues neighborhoods of Chicago from the South side stomp of “I’m Ready” and the piano driven romp of “Sugar Sweet,” to Magic Sam’s West Side on “Every Night & Every Day” and into the suburbs with “Outskirts Of Town” which is a slow burn duel with PA/NJ favorite Lee Delray. This quartet of songs reminds us of the hard scrabble Chicago environment from which they came and the rough and tumble New Jersey environment of today where Lanza and his band ply their trade. This is no-nonsense blues.

‘Til The Pain Is Gone takes the volume down a few notches with a pair of acoustic tracks before wrapping the whole thing up in strutting style with “Mojo” – aka “Got My Mojo Working.” The first of the pair is “Lonesome,” and it lives up to its name. This old Memphis Slim number is low down, back porch blues with a little honky-tonk piano added for good measure. “Our Life” is a Lanza original that mixes well with the country blues of “Lonesome.” The Snakeman puts his indelible stamp on the tune, interacting on an almost telepathic level with Lanza. David “Snakeman” Runyan is the not so secret weapon of the Bob Lanza Blues Band. He’s the perfect tangy relish for Lanza’s Jersey Ripper.

The Bob Lanza Blues Band consists of Reverend Sandy Joren on bass, Noel Sagerman on drums and David “Snakeman” Runyan on harmonica. They lay down earthy, gritty, sweaty blues for those who toil the day away barely making ends meet. This isn’t uptown blues. Lanza refers to his music as Jersey Blues and it is indeed tough, gruff, bare-fisted, and in your face. It’s honest, a little over the top, and not for the faint of heart. ‘Til the Pain Is Gone might be the exact amount of time you’re going to drink at the bar but it’s also a tremendous new CD by a veteran band just starting to get national attention. If you’re looking for the real deal this is it.

'Til The Pain Is Gone

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The Bob Lanza Blues Band - Zero To Hero

Size: 107,2 MB
Time: 45:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. For Loving You (3:54)
02. All Over Again (4:39)
03. Love & Kindness (6:22)
04. Hero To Zero (3:29)
05. Ain't Nobody's Business (4:59)
06. I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (5:54)
07. My Home Is A Prison (7:38)
08. It Ain't About Me (5:03)
09. Evil World (3:43)

"There is only one way to play the blues: From the heart with ferocity as if your life depends on it."

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Bob Lanza from the wilds of north New Jersey leaves no doubt as to motivation with a scorching second release following his debut Things Ain’t So Bad (2009). Years with Floyd Phillips and the Mudflaps and backing legends like James Cotton prepared his audition as a new blues guitar hero.

HIGHLIGHTS:
- The Bob Lanza Blues Band is a tight-knit blues unit, in true Chicago, Kansas City, style with some Texas influences hanging out in north New Jersey.
- Lanza has played with a lot of local blues bands, and few of the greats. He was bandleader for Floyd Phillips and The Mudflaps for four years in the late 90’s into late 2001 when Floyd passed away. The Band has backed James Cotton and Nashville legend Dave Perkins. In February 2015 Bob had the honor of performing in Blues Icon Miss Trudy Lynn’s Blues review at The Lancaster Blues and Roots festival.
- Bill Lagreca has taken over the bass spot in the BLBB. Bill is a veteran of the Nj music scene having played with numerous local acts over the past few years. Bill lays a deep grove and is the perfect fit the band. On drums Jake O’Handley, another veteran of the NJ music scene. Jake has played with Nightrain, Nasty Ned, and a host of others.
- The band represented the New York Blues & Jazz Society at the 2011 International Blues Challenge.
- The Bob Lanza Blues Band was recognized and showcased as one of today’s best blues bands in popular online show Raw Blues: The Series

Zero To Hero

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