Bobby Murray - Live & Lowdown!

Album: Live & Lowdown!
Size: 148,6 MB
Time: 64:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Electric blues
Art: Full

1. Further On Up The Road (3:35)
2. Sex Machine (6:14)
3. Broke & Hungry (3:00)
4. Live & Lowdown! (4:49)
5. Tribute To John Lee (5:54)
6. The Rivers Invitation (7:50)
7. After Hours Groove (3:54)
8. Last 2 Dollars (7:56)
9. Double Clutch (3:25)
10. After Hours Groove #2 (6:26)
11. Crossroads (5:39)
12. Time To Say Goodbye (5:37)

Longtime Etta James band guitarist Bobby Murray spent many years carefully honing his guitar-playing skills around the blues clubs of San Francisco and Oakland. In the 1970s and '80s, he played backup for musicians like Sonny Rhodes and Frankie Lee before getting a big break in 1988 and joining up with James' Roots Band. Murray was born in 1953 in Nagoya, Japan, grew up in Tacoma, Washington, and cites Albert Collins as one of his most important guitar influences.

Murray and Robert Cray went to high school together, and upon their graduation, they booked Collins for the school's graduation party; the three became friends and later went on to appear in concert together often. Murray, who spent many years in apprenticeship, learned from some of the best the Bay Area had to offer, sharing stages with Charlie Musselwhite, Otis Rush, Jimmy Witherspoon, Taj Mahal and John Lee Hooker, among others. He can be heard on B.B. King's Grammy Award-winning album, Blues Summit, and he duets with former classmate Cray on King's "Playing With My Friends."

Murray's style is fluid and rhythmic, and, freely admitting he's not one of the world's greatest singers, often has a singing guitarist with him. There's plenty of guitar wizardry from Murray on his debut album, The Blues Is Now, released in 1996 on the New York-based Viceroy label, with guests including vocalist Frankie Lee and organist Jimmy Pugh. /Biography by Richard Skelly, AllMusic

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The Bobby Murray Band - Live & Lowdown!

Size: 149,7 MB
Time: 64:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. Further On Up The Road (3:35)
02. Sex Machine (6:11)
03. Broke & Hungry (2:59)
04. Live & Lowdown! (4:47)
05. Tribute To John Lee (5:50)
06. The Rivers Invitation (7:47)
07. After Hours Groove (3:54)
08. Last 2 Dollars (7:56)
09. Double Clutch (3:25)
10. After Hours Groove #2 (6:23)
11. Crossroads (5:39)
12. Time To Say Goodbye (5:42)

Longtime Etta James band guitarist Bobby Murray spent many years carefully honing his guitar-playing skills around the blues clubs of San Francisco and Oakland. In the 1970s and '80s, he played backup for musicians like Sonny Rhodes and Frankie Lee before getting a big break in 1988 and joining up with James' Roots Band. Murray was born in 1953 in Nagoya, Japan, grew up in Tacoma, Washington, and cites Albert Collins as one of his most important guitar influences. Murray and Robert Cray went to high school together, and upon their graduation, they booked Collins for the school's graduation party; the three became friends and later went on to appear in concert together often. Murray, who spent many years in apprenticeship, learned from some of the best the Bay Area had to offer, sharing stages with Charlie Musselwhite, Otis Rush, Jimmy Witherspoon, Taj Mahal and John Lee Hooker, among others. He can be heard on B.B. King's Grammy Award-winning album, Blues Summit, and he duets with former classmate Cray on King's "Playing With My Friends." Murray's style is fluid and rhythmic, and, freely admitting he's not one of the world's greatest singers, often has a singing guitarist with him. There's plenty of guitar wizardry from Murray on his debut album, The Blues Is Now, released in 1996 on the New York-based Viceroy label, with guests including vocalist Frankie Lee and organist Jimmy Pugh. ~by Richard Skelly

Live & Lowdown!

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Bobby Murray - 2 albums: Waiting For Mr. Goodfingers / The Blues Is Now

Album: Waiting For Mr. Goodfingers
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 47:33
Size: 108.9 MB
Styles: Modern electric blues
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[3:57] 1. Still Called The Blues
[3:36] 2. Can I Walk You To Your Car
[5:09] 3. Strollin'
[5:09] 4. Cold And Hungry
[4:02] 5. Double Clutch
[4:23] 6. Rockhouse
[8:55] 7. Conversation
[4:49] 8. Where I Went Wrong
[2:49] 9. Walkin' With The Blues
[4:41] 10. Time To Say Goodbye

Bobby's debut on No Cover. This is also the first recording of Bobby's new Detroit based band. Recorded at No Cover's Straight Ahead Studios, in between stints touring with Etta James, Frankie Lee and his own Bobby Murray Band. With four songwriters in the band, they have plenty of original material, which varies from jazzy blues instrumentals to funky hard-driving blues in the Freddie King style. Most of the songs on the CD are sung by Lenny Watkins; with Bobby, himself, doing vocals on "Conversation".

Waiting For Mr. Goodfingers

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Album: The Blues Is Now
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 46:24
Size: 106.2 MB
Styles: Modern electric blues
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[3:36] 1. That's Allright
[4:44] 2. Here I Am
[5:12] 3. The River's Invitation
[4:47] 4. Chillin' And Able
[3:44] 5. Broke 'n' Hungry
[2:30] 6. Variation #1
[3:28] 7. Loveland
[4:07] 8. But Then Again (Taifa's Tune)
[4:49] 9. The Future Is Now
[3:59] 10. Let My Guitar Do The Talkin'
[0:44] 11. Variation #2
[4:36] 12. Vicki

Longtime sideman Bobby Murray shines on his solo debut album, The Blues Is Now. Murray wisely hired Freddie Hughes and Frankie Lee as vocalists, freeing him to concentrate on his guitar. And he's a fine guitarist, as he proves here, turning out jazzy, classy solos that separate him from the rest of the crowd. That's the key to The Blues Is Now -- Murray plays it cool where others play it hot, and that turns out to be rather refreshing. ~Thom Owens

The Blues Is Now

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Bobby Murray - I'm Stickin' With You

Size: 126,2 MB
Time: 54:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Detroit Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. Finders, Keepers (5:44)
02. I'm Stickin' With You (4:56)
03. Ooowee (4:58)
04. Comin' Atcha! (4:48)
05. Rock My Soul (5:00)
06. Shake It Baby, Shake It (4:17)
07. Baby Needs Some Lovin' Too (4:18)
08. Baby, What Took Your Love Away (4:12)
09. Bad Case Of The Blues (7:13)
10. Movin' On Down The Line (4:42)
11. Building Of Love (4:20)

Detroit has a long history of standout blues performers, many who travelled north from Mississippi and other Southern states. Guitarist Bobby Murray is another talented performer who migrated to Detroit, albeit from the West Coast.

Murray’s roots with the blues run deep, back to high school when he and bandmate Robert Cray saw Albert Collins perform at their high school graduation in Tacoma, Washington. In the ensuing decades, Murray amassed a considerable resume of his own.

He performed in Etta James’ backup ensemble, the Roots Band, for over two decades, including shows at the WOMAD festival at the Barcelona Olympics and at the inaugural for President Bill Clinton. You may have heard his guitar work on James’ song “Blues is My Business,” that was used on “The Sopranos;” or seen him perform on “The Tonight Show,” “Austin City Limits” or “Late Night with David Letterman.”

Bobby performed with Collins off and on for 20 years and has performed with or recorded with many other blues greats, including Albert King, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Guitar Watson, Lowell Fulson, Taj Mahal, Charlie Musselwhite and Otis Rush.

Murray recorded with Cray and B.B. King on the song “Playing with My Friends,” from King’s Grammy Award-winning album “Blues Summit.” He also performed on James' Grammy winning recordings “Let’s Roll” and “Blues to the Bone.”

Murray, who moved to Detroit in 1996, was selected by the Detroit Blues Society as a recipient of the group’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. And in 2012, Bobby won a Detroit Music Award as Outstanding Blues/R&B Instrumentalist.

But, don’t get the wrong idea, Bobby’s not resting on his laurels. Murray is better than ever, fronting his own Bobby Murray Band and often collaborating with Detroit’s other top performers. His moving blues guitar work, with influences ranging from jazz to funk, and exciting stage performances make him one of the Motor City’s treasures. And here’s Murray’s latest musical offering - “I’m Stickin’ With You.” He hopes you enjoy it. ~Joe Ballor

I'm Stickin' With You

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