Big Creek Slim & Rodrigo Mantovani - Who's That Snitch?

Album: Who's That Snitch?
Size: 86,5 MB
Time: 37:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: Blues, acoustic blues
Art: Front

1. Upside Down (3:14)
2. Who's That Snitch? (2:31)
3. Don't Put Your Burden On The Woman (3:55)
4. Canoe Blues (3:04)
5. Drive My Blues Away (3:03)
6. How Long Must My Poor Heart Skip A Beat? (2:51)
7. Coconut Butter (3:32)
8. 4-20 (5:59)
9. Mr. Chauven Wipe That Smug Off Your Face (3:05)
10. My Business Ain't Yours (2:33)
11. Wasted Effort (3:25)

Big Creek Slim is a bluesman as sure as the day is long. Don't believe it? Listen to that voice. Feel the passion and intensity he brings to the blues. Big Creek Slim's trademark is authentic pre-war country blues and early Chicago blues. Right now he is the hottest Scandinavian blues name and has received a rain of awards, and has wowed the blues crowds all over Europe.

He is supported by double bassist Rodrigo Mantovani, who creates a musical framework that frees Big Creek from the rhythmic constraints of a solo performance. A native of Brazil, Mantovani is an internationally recognized double bassist who, at the ripe old age of 38, has been playing professionally for more than 20 years. He is currently a member of the Nick Moss Band and lives in Chicago.

(With compliments to a friend.)

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Big Creek Slim - Going To Germany

Album: Going To Germany
Size: 121,9 MB
Time: 52:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front, back

1. Don't Feed The Devil On My Shoulder (5:13)
2. I'm Leaving You Baby (8:12)
3. Milk Man Blues (6:32)
4. She's Nineteen Years Old (8:21)
5. Dough Rolling Papa (5:12)
6. Long Tall Honeydripper (8:57)
7. Boom Boom (4:04)
8. Smokestack Lightning (6:24)

Big Creek Slim is currently the hottest Scandinavian blues musician, and has received numerous awards and inspires blues audiences throughout Europe. The music here is anything but a well-behaved string of Chicago blues clichés that become boring and soporific after a while. Rather, these are very unique, individual interpretations, the four musicians have found their own personal way of expression, they are new creations in the Chicago style. Exciting.

Personnel: Big Creek Slim (vocals, guitar); Roger C. Wade (harmonica); Jaska Prepula (bass); Micha Maas (drums).

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Big Creek Slim - Migration Blues / Twenty-Twenty Blues

Album: Migration Blues Size: 120.9 MB
Time: 52:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues
Art: Front

01. Hard Times (5:09)
02. Demolition Man (4:57)
03. Black Tammie (3:39)
04. Working My Way Back Home (3:17)
05. Landlord Blues (3:45)
06. Hot Boiling Water Blues (4:11)
07. Hyperborean Blues (3:35)
08. Three Kind Words (3:36)
09. Limeburg Blues (3:17)
10. Headless Chicken Blues (3:12)
11. Deportation Blues (4:18)
12. Ain't Going Back Down To That Lonesome Place (4:26)
13. Going To Bristol (3:12)
14. Things Are Gettin' Better (1:51)

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Album: Twenty-Twenty Blues Size: 120.9 MB
Time: 52:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues
Art: Front

01. Twenty-Twenty Blues (3:59)
02. The Goddamn China Cough (3:03)
03. Little Wheel Rag (3:51)
04. Gotta Go Somewhere (2:47)
05. Mama Got Me Sweepin' (4:13)
06. Those Same Old Blues (4:36)
07. Up In Smoke (3:07)
08. Fishin' In My Pond (4:06)
09. That Medicine Show (3:00)
10. Going Back To Dimbo (4:00)
11. Black And White Blues (3:58)
12. I Flipped A Coin This Morning (3:39)
13. The Great Division (3:06)

Big Creek Slim, a.k.a. Marc Rune, is a blues artist who was born and raised in Ikast, a small town in Central Denmark. Big Creek Slim is immersed in the pre-WWII country blues of the Mississippi Delta region of the United States.

For a taste of his latest work, dig into the 28 original tracks, on his latest solo albums Migration Blues and Twenty-Twenty Blues from 2021. You’ll hear stunning performances and an authentic sound. Throughout, his voice and guitar work reflect a command of the art form that comes only from a combination of natural gifts and relentless commitment.

One might wonder how and why a 21st century Danish musician would make a definitive personal connection to a musical form created by black Americans in the rural reaches of the U.S. South, thousands of miles (and several generations) from his own place and time.

It has to do both with the nature of the man and with the nature of the music.

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Big Creek Slim & The Cockroaches - Ramblin' Big Creek (Feat. Diunna Greenleaf)

Size: 112,3 MB
Time: 47:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Ramblin' Big Creek (5:44)
02. How Unlucky (3:13)
03. Sorrow And Consolation (4:04)
04. Sick And Tired (2:18)
05. Put You On Ice (4:04)
06. If You Should Quit Me (4:27)
07. I Just Don't Understand (5:22)
08. Mean Ol' Sunrise (4:52)
09. One More Mile (3:28)
10. Rock 'n' Roll Mama (2:22)
11. Tear Me Down Again (Feat. Diunna Greenleaf) (4:03)
12. Big Fine Mama (Feat. Diunna Greenleaf) (3:42)

Danish Music Award - Best Blues Album 2016 - Keep My Belly Full
Danish Blues Name Of The Year 2015 - Big Creek Slim
Danish Music Award Nominee - Best Blues Album 2015 - Hope For My Soul
Danish Blues Challenge Winner 2013 - Big Creek Slim

Big Creek Slim, a.k.a. Marc Rune, was born and raised in Ikast, a small town in Central Denmark. He traveled in the United States for a spell around 2008, playing music and writing songs. He now lives with his family in Florianopolis Brazil, in a cabin by the ocean.

And Big Creek Slim is a bluesman, as sure as the day is long. Don’t believe it? Listen to Keep My Belly Full. Hear that voice. Feel the passion and intensity that he brings to Tommy Johnson’s thumping “Bye Bye Blues.” Dig that slippery groove on “Do Somebody Wrong”and the sheer power of the Elmore James-styled “Tell Me Baby,” both originals. Bear witness to the gospel vibe threading through the disc, culminating with the traditional “Sink ‘Em Low.” Hear the effortless, natural command of his guitar work throughout the album. This man has lived with the blues.

So, why would a Danish musician find such a definitive personal connection in a music created by black Americans in the rural Southern reaches of the United States, thousands of miles from his home? And, specifically, what connects him to the earliest days of that music, primarily the years before World War II?

Part of it has to do with the nature of the man, and part of it has to do with nature of the music.

“It ain’t that much about American or black music as it’s about the blues,” Big Creek says. “The blues should be a universal feeling, and a world patrimony. Why I play them in this style – old, black, American – has something to do with the way I am. I always liked to find the roots of things. I also search for the roots of Scandinavian culture. I played a lot of Irish traditional music, and the roots of Brazilian samba fascinate me.”

At the roots of the blues, Big Creek found a blend of power and simplicity and, ultimately, a spiritual essence.

“The thing that inspired me so about old blues and folk music is the strong sound. Less is more if you play it with attitude. The sound of the Delta blues carries me to a more primitive state of mind, and I get to cut the cheese out of my life, if you know what I mean,” he says.

As blues music is part of Big Creek Slim, so is his recognition of the conditions that created that music. This awareness fundamentally changed his outlook on life.

“In the old American blues, you hear a purity that you don´t find in music nowadays, not in contemporary blues and not in popular music at all,” Big Creek explains. “The first blues records are the first recorded sounds of an oppressed people. It´s a very important moment in the history of humankind. It surely opened my eyes and made me a more tolerant person toward the indifferences of human beings, and it taught me how to love myself. I guess that´s why I got to play them so bad.”

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The Cornbread Project - Catawampus

Size: 77.8 MB
Time: 32:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. Hobo Blues (Feat. Big Creek Slim) (3:42)
02. Rollin' & Tumblin' (Feat. Sahra Da Silva) (3:00)
03. You Got To Choose (Feat. James Harman) (3:13)
04. On My Way (Feat. Big Creek Slim) (3:36)
05. My Little Machine (Feat. Big Joe Louis) (3:03)
06. Autumn Shakedown (Feat. Richard Farrell) (2:54)
07. Kokomo Blues (Feat. Troels Jensen (2:43)
08. Mannish Boy (Feat. Mud Morganfield) (3:39)
09. Change My Ways (Feat. Sahra Da Silva) (3:26)
10. Grandma Lurleen's Recipe (Feat. James Harman) (3:30)

Sometimes you just have to get the basics right and work out from there. And when it comes to blues music, the vocal is where it all begins. Lyrics shot through with honesty and integrity and delivered with total passion are the beating heart of the genre, always have been, always will be. You can forget all the electric-blues scenes that cropped up in the seventies and which seem not to have lost any of their popularity to this day, that’s just rock music hitching a ride on the blues bandwagon.

With this in mind, this Danish project seeks to reawaken and revitalise a modern interest in blues, to try to underline the fundamentals that make the genre what it is and bring it to a new generation. A generation’s only image of the genre is either the sound of old scratchy solo recordings or leviathan rockers overplaying the sonic hand. As commercial music has become more cold and calculated, more financially driven and throwaway, perhaps blues is the place to look for a new emotional music experience.

Catawampus is an album that certainly tips its hat, probably a battered fedora worn at a jaunty angle, at the blues musicians of the ’50s and earlier. However, it is no mere pastiche and brings itself up to date with just the lightest dusting of other genres such as soul, gospel as you might expect, and less predicted production approach that lends more to the likes of hip-hop than traditional recording methods. But it all comes down to the music being used to carry that all-important vocal rather than someone just writing blues songs with lyrics tacked on as an afterthought. And that is where the album comes into its own.

And as is the way with many blues albums, this is an album of standards, but this is where the twist comes. It is a combination of new production and reinterpreted playing applied to existing songs, often unused takes and shelved recordings that haven’t seen the light of day, and thus you end up with something both fresh and authentic, archival music being brought bang up to date. There are iconic songs such as Mud Morganfield’s take on his father’s Mannish Boy, Sahra De Silva’s adds some sultry jazz-rock vocals to Rollin’ & Tumblin’, and perhaps the most wonderfully weird offering is the last one, essentially James Harman handing out Cornbread cooking tips to an ancient blues-bar piano score.

So this is an album of more recent standards being revisited, reworked, re-celebrated for all the right reasons. I guess more than anything; it proves that a good song is a good song no matter what you do with it. Forget the revolution; Catawampus is all about the evolution. ~Dave Franklin

Catawampus

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Big Creek Slim & Rodrigo Mantovani - First Born

Size: 145,6 MB
Time: 62:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. Teddy's On A Sunday Night (2:28)
02. Anytime Is The Right Time (3:10)
03. Poor Boy A Long Ways From Home (3:41)
04. I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You (3:59)
05. Honey Time (2:53)
06. Drop Down Mama (4:37)
07. First Born (5:26)
08. Baby Please Don't Go (4:25)
09. How Come You Hold Your Head So High (5:38)
10. Some Of These Days (2:55)
11. Million Years Blues (3:19)
12. Motherless Children (3:47)
13. Sugar Mama (3:57)
14. Rollin' And Tumblin' (3:59)
15. VW-Van Blues (3:15)
16. I Love My Baby (4:27)

Marc Rune aka Big Creek Slim is a Danish blues man who recently moved to Brazil and has recorded yet another marvelous album. First Born comes on the heels of two outstanding 2017 releases. This time out he recorded the CD with the Sao Paulo based Chico Blues family of blues musicians and has made yet another thrilling record. He is accompanied by the album’s producer and bass player Rodrigo Mantovani. This Chico Blues Records offering is scheduled for a September 27th release date. It features a mix of Big Creek Slim originals and some thoughtful covers that fall into the rural/ country blues spectrum. Big Creek Slim is an accomplished blues singer and instrumentalist who plays dobro as well as twelve string, electric and acoustic guitars and even a banjo on one track. This record represents blues music at its finest and receives my highest recommendation. ~D.M.

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Big Creek Slim - Good Mill Blues/Bad Luck Child (Greasy Chicken Sessions Vol. 1&2)

Album: Good Mill Blues: Greasy Chicken Sessions Vol. 1
Year: 2017
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:11
Size: 157,1 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. North Street Blues (3:47)
2. Fixin' To Die (4:11)
3. Good Mill Blues (4:10)
4. Black Rat Swing (3:50)
5. Walking Blues (5:41)
6. I Still Love You (4:06)
7. Canned Heat Blues (3:54)
8. Pea Vine Blues (6:03)
9. Blues In The Bottle (4:08)
10. The Big C Moan (6:50)
11. Kokomo Blues (3:31)
12. Baileys Blues (3:49)
13. Louisiana Blues (6:11)
14. If Women Were Like Dogs (4:14)
15. Down In The Bottom (3:38)

Big Creek Slim, a.k.a. Marc Rune, is a blues artist who was born and raised in Ikast, a small town in Central Denmark. In particular, Big Creek Slim is immersed in the pre-WWII country blues of the Mississippi Delta region of the United States.

Dig into the 15 live tracks, including six originals, on Good Mill Blues: Greasy Chicken Sessions Vol. 1. You'll get a taste of where hes coming from stunning performances of the works of Son House (Walking Blues), Bukka White (Fixin to Die), Muddy Waters (Louisiana Blues), Charlie Patton (Pea Vine Blues) and more as well as the personal contribution he makes to the tradition with his original songs. Throughout, his voice and guitar work reflect a command of the artform that comes only from a combination of natural gifts and relentless commitment.

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Album: Bad Luck Child: Greasy Chicken Sessions Vol. 2
Year: 2017
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:48
Size: 149,4 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. Bad Luck Child (4:51)
2. Traveling Riverside Blues (3:22)
3. Cherry Ball (5:41)
4. No Good Blues (4:01)
5. Milkcow's Calf Blues (3:43)
6. Long Way From Home (4:15)
7. Crawlin' King Snake (4:02)
8. Friars Point Blues (3:19)
9. Hammock Blues (3:57)
10. Rambling On My Mind (4:32)
11. A Stranger Everywhere I Go (3:27)
12. Maggie Campbell Blues (4:14)
13. Woman Don't Lie (4:12)
14. Low Down Rainy Memphis Blues (4:29)
15. Dirty Mother For You (3:18)
16. Keep On Rockin' (3:18)

Big Creek Slim, a.k.a. Marc Rune, is a blues artist who was born and raised in Ikast, a small town in Central Denmark. In particular, Big Creek Slim is immersed in the pre-WWII country blues of the Mississippi Delta region of the United States.

Throughout the album, his voice and guitar work reflect a command of the artform that comes only from a combination of natural gifts and relentless commitment.

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Big Creek Slim - Keep My Belly Full

Year: 2016
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:14
Size: 125,3 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Bye Bye Blues (3:41)
2. You Don't Love Me (3:35)
3. Precious Memories (5:57)
4. Keep My Belly Full (3:34)
5. Woman Don't Lie (3:55)
6. Alright Baby (5:11)
7. Do Something Wrong (4:07)
8. Tell Me Baby (3:29)
9. Lonesome Day Blues (2:44)
10. Cockfight (3:25)
11. Sink 'Em Low (4:12)
12. Mrs. Headache (4:33)
13. Dry Spell Blues (5:47)

Big Creek Slim, a.k.a. Marc Rune, was born and raised in Ikast, a small town in Central Denmark. He traveled in the United States for a spell around 2008, playing music and writing songs. He now lives with his family in Florianopolis Brazil, in a cabin by the ocean.

And Big Creek Slim is a bluesman, as sure as the day is long. Don't believe it? Listen to Keep My Belly Full. Hear that voice. Feel the passion and intensity that he brings to Tommy Johnson's thumping "Bye Bye Blues". Dig that slippery groove on "Do Somebody Wrong" and the sheer power of the Elmore James-styled "Tell Me Baby", both originals. Bear witness to the gospel vibe threading through the disc, culminating with the traditional "Sink 'Em Low". Hear the effortless, natural command of his guitar work throughout the album. This man has lived with the blues.

(For full personnel details, see artwork included.)

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