Big Al Carson & The Blues Masters - Live At The Funky Pirate Vol. 1

Album: Live At The Funky Pirate Vol. 1
Size: 160,9 MB
Time: 69:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1995
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. I'll Play The Blues For You (8:01)
2. Built For Comfort (3:59)
3. Back Door Man (6:16)
4. Born Under A Bad Sign (5:51)
5. Crossroads (5:03)
6. Pull Your Pants Up (5:06)
7. It Hurts Me Too (6:27)
8. Tangeray (Hand Granade Song) (4:52)
9. Mannish Boy/Hoochie Coochie Man (11:59)
10. Georgia (8:04)
11. Big Leg Woman (3:52)

Alton "Big Al" Carson (October 2, 1953 – April 26, 2020) was an American blues and jazz singer from New Orleans. He performed with his band, the Blues Masters, in New Orleans, and with other bands. He played tuba in addition to singing. Carson performed and recorded with multiple jazz and brass bands in New Orleans, including under the leadership of Doc Paulin, Lars Edegran, and Dr. Michael White.

In 1994, he traveled to Europe on a New Orleans music tour, where he performed for the Dutch royal family. The tour included Aaron Neville and Ernie K-Doe. He died on April 26, 2020 at the age of 66 after a heart attack. /Wikipedia

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Big Al Carson & The Blues Masters - Live At The Funky Pirate Vol. 2

Album: Live At The Funky Pirate Vol. 2
Size: 168,1 MB
Time: 73:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. Further On Up The Road (4:23)
2. Champagne And Reefer (7:16)
3. Members Only (9:39)
4. What A Wonderful World (11:15)
5. Still Call It The Blues (6:55)
6. Jesus Just Left Chicago (9:26)
7. For The Good Times (12:26)
8. Soul Man (7:42)
9. Mustang Sally (3:55)

Now in their 5th year at Funky Pirate, Big Al Carson and the Blues Masters have become the must-see act on Bourbon Street. Tourists from around the world visit Funky Pirate several times during their stay in the Crescent City to experience the blues like you've never heard them before as the 495 pound "Big Al" belts out traditional as well as original songs as visitors enjoy world famous specialty drinks.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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David Tobin & Jeff Meegan - Spirit Of New Orleans

Size: 53,8 MB
Time: 22:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Back To My Roots (Feat. Freddie Gavita & Big Al Carson) (3:00)
02. Captain Crawfish (Feat. Freddie Gavita (4:13)
03. I Climbed (Feat. Big Al Carson) (3:15)
04. Meterman (2:07)
05. Loving You Undercover (Feat. Freddie Gavita & Big Al Carson) (4:24)
06. Mid City Midnight (Feat. Freddie Gavita) (2:54)
07. Know It All (Feat. Freddie Gavita) (2:59)

Composers Jeff Meegan and David Tobin have been creating great music together since 2010. It was a chance introduction through a mutual friend at Berklee College of Music that brought together Chicago-based Jeff and his new partner David, roughly 3,500 miles away in the UK.

Separated by an ocean, but united through technology and a shared passion for composition and creativity, the team have worked on a huge range of music for advertising, TV, film, and radio. With a growing reputation for quality, speed and real-world commercial awareness, they are in high demand with an ever-growing client list.

Both were succesful individually but together they have forged a reputation for quality and a painstaking approach to delivering on time and on budget that has seen them work throughout Europe and the States.

Their most recent projects have included numerous commissions for Audio Network, three award-winning BBC Radio drama series, numerous commercials and film work.

Jeff Meegan:
Jeff is a Chicago-based composer and producer. His work has been featured in a wide variety of TV projects like “Glee” “Revenge”, “Numbers” and Steven Spielberg’s “Smash”, and movies like “Dear John”, “The Rebound” and “The Sessions”.

A drummer, percussionist, keyboard player and gifted vocalist, Jeff’s passion for creativity and his tremendous musicality have kept him in constant demand writing and producing music for almost two decades.

He's a regular face at many famous studios including Abbey Road and Air Studios London. He’s worked with the Royal Philharmonic, the Boston Pops and written for the Oprah Winfrey Show.

David Tobin:
David has had a long and varied career as a composer, arranger, orchestrator, and Musical Director. He has many years of composing, arranging and orchestration credits in film, TV, and theatre.

He’s a master at creating orchestral/crossover scores for advertising and commercials as well as film trailers. David has worked on stages all over the UK and through Europe as a M.D. and conductor, and has been a regular guest lecturer at the Birmingham Conservatoire on film scoring where he previously ran an annual film scoring summer school.

Spirit Of New Orleans

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Big Al Carson And The Blues Masters - 3 Phat Cats & 1 Skinny Dog

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:36
Size: 170.8 MB
Styles: New Orleans blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[ 4:41] 1. I'm Calling You Out
[ 4:38] 2. Back To The Old School
[ 4:48] 3. Black Cat Bone
[ 4:30] 4. Hip Skakin' Mama
[ 7:42] 5. School Boy Crush
[ 3:36] 6. Don't Look Any Further
[ 5:01] 7. It's Not The End Of The World
[ 3:58] 8. The Turning Point
[ 5:57] 9. Who Knows
[ 4:25] 10. One Really Good Sad Song
[ 5:12] 11. I'll Play The Blues For You
[ 5:12] 12. Sunday Funnies
[ 4:45] 13. 32-20 Blues
[10:03] 14. A World Without You

Holding court at the Funky Pirate on Bourbon Street, 'Big Al' Carson greets assembled revelers with a boisterous laugh, a congenial sparkle in his eye, and a groove in his song that's deeply funkified and carefree as New Orleans itself. It's the spirit that fills Al's latest disc with the Bluesmasters. 3 PHAT CATS and 1 SKINNY DOG. Carson has performed as a tuba player in several Dixieland brass bands and has been an enduring presence at the city's Jazz and Heritage and French Quarter Festivals. When Al's fronting the Bluesmasters, polished, slow jam-inspired funk is the name of the game. The sound on the new disk is dirty, low down, with a transcendent groove factor. Carson and the band grab a handful of flavors and throw 'em against the canvas--a little Ohio Players here, a little Earth, Wind, and Fire there, Maybe a touch of Solomon Burke, all distilled through the ghost of Willie Dixon--it's a provocative blend. Carson channels a Teddy Pendergrass/Luther Vandross--inspired vocal vibe and nails the Philadelphia Sound on "Back to the Old School", the track's mesmerizing syncopated guitar plunking courtesy of Bluesmaster Harry Sterling. The funk also hits the fan on the sultry "School Boy Crush", another example of how velvety smooth the band is. Check out the seductive and sensual take on Albert King's "I'll Play the Blues For You", with late night soul dripping all over the steamy slow-cooker. The band does get it's more "traditional" blues on with Sunday Funnies. " I feel like a comic strip, I feel like a joke." Carson woefully testifies to his lady over a lazily throbing bassline and smoldering lead guitar run. 3 FAT CATZ and 1 SKINNY DOGG is blues-laced soul power with a sheen so bright it's blinding. Big Al Carson and the band have perfected a blend of coy, funky jams that, true to their New Orleans heritage, are rippling with spicy edginess and booty-shakin' good times. ~Mark Uricheck

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