Reese Wynans & Friends - Sweet Release

Size: 497 MB
Time: 70:36
File: FLAC
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Crossfire (5:04)
02. Say What! (5:50)
03. That Driving Beat (3:46)
04. You’re Killing My Love (5:46)
05. Sweet Release (6:59)
06. Shape I'm In (4:29)
07. Hard To Be (5:24)
08. Riviera Paradise (7:25)
09. Take The Time (5:18)
10. So Much Trouble (5:24)
11. I’ve Got A Right To Be Blue (4:47)
12. Soul Island (6:38)
13. Blackbird (3:40)

After 50 years of playing music, legendary keyboard/organ player Reese Wynans steps into the spotlight with his first solo album "Reese Wynans and Friends: Sweet Release".

Reese Wynans has played with everybody since the late 60's, from Duane Allman to Boz Scaggs to Jerry Jeff Walker and Carole King, before his famous stint in Stevie Ray Vaughan's band Double Trouble. Since 2015 he has been an integral part of Joe Bonamassa's band, playing to worldwide audiences.

On "Sweet Release", Reese is joined by his Double Trouble bandmates Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton, guitarists Joe Bonamassa, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Doyle Bramhall II, vocalists Sam Moore and Bonnie Bramlett, and many others, to pay tribute to songs from his recording career with Stevie Ray Vaughan, and other favorites, like bluesmen Otis Rush and Tampa Red.

Sweet Release

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Bonnie Bramlett - It's Time/Lady's Choice

Size: 175,6 MB
Time: 74:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2004
Styles: Blues Rock, Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. Your Kind Of Kindness (3:47)
02. Atlanta, Georgia (2:51)
03. It's Time (5:10)
04. Cover Me (3:57)
05. Higher & Higher (2:18)
06. Where You Come From (2:48)
07. Cowboys And Indians (4:17)
08. (Your Love Has Brought Me From A) Mighty Long Way (3:03)
09. Since I Met You Baby (3:06)
10. Oncoming Traffic (7:18)
11. Think (About It) (3:25)
12. Hold On I'm Coming (With Mickey Thomas) (2:58)
13. You Send Me (3:40)
14. Never Gonna Give You Up (With Dobie Gray) (3:35)
15. Let's Go Get Stoned (2:46)
16. Two Steps From The Blues (With Gregg Allman) (2:45)
17. If I Were Your Woman (3:32)
18. Ain't That Loving You Baby (With Jimmy Hall) (2:45)
19. You Really Got A Hold On Me (With Jimmy Hall & Mickey Thomas) (3:23)
20. Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go ( With Bobby Whitlock) (3:03)
21. Forever Young (4:04)

Raven Records has an uncanny knack for reissuing the right lost rock, country, and R&B titles. This pairing of Bonnie Bramlett's second and third solo outings after she and Delaney divorced is a case in point. Originally issued on Capricorn, both of these recordings -- dating from 1974 and 1976, respectively -- were produced by the great Johnny Sandlin of Allman Brothers fame. There is no attempt to reach the pop charts with these; they are both solid rock and R&B outings with a cast of musicians that would make anybody's head spin. On It's Time, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Jaimoe, and Chuck Leavell from the Allmans all lend a hand, as do Eddie Hinton, Clydie King, Randall Bramblett, and a cast of two-dozen others. On Lady's Choice, Dickey Betts and Barry Beckett join the fold as well. Bramlett's voice is in fine form through this two-fer, doing singular interpretations of songs such as Hinton's "Cover Me" and "Where You Come From," as well as a funky version of the Jackie Wilson signature soul nugget "Higher & Higher" (before Rita Coolidge's revival read of it), Ivory Joe Hunter's "Since I Met You Baby," and Gregg and Janice Allman's "Oncoming Traffic." Her performance is right-from-the-heart gritty Southern soul. On the latter set, her reads of soul classics such as David Porter and Isaac Hayes' "Hold On, I'm Comin'," Sam Cooke's "You Send Me," Gamble & Huff's "Never Gonna Give You Up," Jimmy Reed's "Ain't That Loving You Baby," and Ashford & Simpson's "Let's Go Get Stoned" are more than just inspired, they are revelatory. There are a few surprises here as well, such as the proto-soul version of Gloria Jones' "If I Were Your Woman." In addition, the reads of the early Motown hit "You Really Got a Hold On Me" and Hank Ballard's "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go," as fine as they are, are merely setups for an absolutely riveting and radical reinterpretation of Bob Dylan's "Forever Young." These two albums are presented in deluxe remastered sound with great liner notes for a fair price. ~by Thom Jurek

It's Time/Lady's Choice

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