Billy C. Farlow - You Better Run

Album: You Better Run
Size: 119,7 MB
Time: 51:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues, rocking blues
Art: Full

1. Drive Me Like A Mule (3:13)
2. You Better Run (3:35)
3. Don't You Wanna' Rock? (1:21)
4. Good Rockin' Mama (3:50)
5. Don't It Get Lonely? (5:28)
6. Hey, Nannie May! (3:29)
7. Whiskey And Beer, Gin And Wine (4:59)
8. Waitin' For The Sun To Go Down (4:44)
9. Good Whiskey, Bad Women (4:24)
10. Drunk On Love (4:44)
11. Juke House Woman (6:01)
12. Roll, Mississippi, Roll (5:45)

Veteran singer/guitarist Billy C. Farlow turns out another album of roadhouse blues-rock with You Better Run. Although best known for his tenure in the neo-Western swing band Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, Farlow sticks to the blues, mostly the electric blues, here. The only exception, ironically given its title, is in "Don't You Wanna' Rock?," in which he demonstrates that he can be just as forceful sticking to an acoustic guitar, plus harmonica. On "Juke House Woman," the instrumentation is just an electric guitar and harmonica, calling to mind John Lee Hooker, with whom Farlow has played.

Elsewhere, he employs a rhythm section, playing in familiar blues-rock arrangements from the stomp of "Good Rockin' Mama" to the slow blues of "Don't It Get Lonely." Farlow has a husky tenor with plenty of grit, and he uses it to address subjects that rarely stray from the barroom and may be summed up in a title like "Good Whiskey, Bad Women." However bad the women may be, the whiskey (along with, as another title has it, beer, gin, and wine) is good and keeps the singer sufficiently lubricated to rock until closing time and beyond. /William Ruhlmann, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Billy C. Farlow - I Ain't Never Had Too Much Fun

Album: I Ain't Never Had Too Much Fun
Size: 87,9 MB
Time: 38:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1991
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. Too Much Fun (2:58)
2. Honey Girl (3:30)
3. Love Bandit (3:35)
4. Sit On Daddy's Knee (4:01)
5. You Left Your Mark On Me (3:19)
6. Demon Lover (3:05)
7. Jerry's Playhouse (3:42)
8. Oh Babe (6:19)
9. Don't Play In Your Own Backyard (2:48)
10. Magnolia Bend (4:42)

Born in Greensburg, IN, on June 9, 1949, singer and songwriter Billy C. Farlow grew up in Alabama, Indiana, and Texas, relocating to Detroit with his family in the early '60s. By this time he was already a proficient guitarist and harmonica player and began sitting in with the likes of John Lee Hooker, Sippie Wallace, and Big Joe Williams at various Detroit-area coffeehouses and blues clubs. He formed Billy C & the Sunshine in 1966 with pianist Boot Hamilton and guitarist Larry Welker and began working with legendary Butterfield Blues Band drummer Sam Lay. Soon Farlow was also sitting in regularly with Ann Arbor-based Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, and when the band relocated to Berkeley, CA, in 1969, he officially joined the group and made the move with them.

The band recorded several albums with Paramount and Warner Brothers and had a major hit in 1972 with "Hot Rod Lincoln" before disbanding in 1976. Farlow stayed on in California and formed his own rockabilly and Western swing outfit with pianist Billy Philadelphia and guitarist Tommy Thompson. Farlow returned to Alabama and the South in the mid-'80s and began a long association with Nashville producer and guitarist Fred James, releasing five albums over the next dozen years for a variety of labels. In the early '90s he reunited with Sam Lay for a trio of albums. Farlow, who is also a gourmet cook, continues to make his home in Alabama, recording and touring regularly. /Biography by Steve Leggett, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Billy C. Farlow - Gulf Coast Blues

Album: Gulf Coast Blues
Size: 106,4 MB
Time: 45:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1994
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. Back In The Big Town (4:09)
2. Real Gone (4:09)
3. Gulf Coast Blues (3:56)
4. Meet Me At Midnight (7:36)
5. Crazy Little Mama (3:39)
6. Long Way To Go (4:54)
7. Cannonball (3:44)
8. Tell Me (4:30)
9. My Name Is Trouble (5:07)
10. Tennessee Saturday Night (4:14)

Born in Greensburg, IN, on June 9, 1949, singer and songwriter Billy C. Farlow grew up in Alabama, Indiana, and Texas, relocating to Detroit with his family in the early '60s. By this time he was already a proficient guitarist and harmonica player and began sitting in with the likes of John Lee Hooker, Sippie Wallace, and Big Joe Williams at various Detroit-area coffeehouses and blues clubs. He formed Billy C & the Sunshine in 1966 with pianist Boot Hamilton and guitarist Larry Welker and began working with legendary Butterfield Blues Band drummer Sam Lay. Soon Farlow was also sitting in regularly with Ann Arbor-based Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, and when the band relocated to Berkeley, CA, in 1969, he officially joined the group and made the move with them.

The band recorded several albums with Paramount and Warner Brothers and had a major hit in 1972 with "Hot Rod Lincoln" before disbanding in 1976. Farlow stayed on in California and formed his own rockabilly and Western swing outfit with pianist Billy Philadelphia and guitarist Tommy Thompson. Farlow returned to Alabama and the South in the mid-'80s and began a long association with Nashville producer and guitarist Fred James, releasing five albums over the next dozen years for a variety of labels. In the early '90s he reunited with Sam Lay for a trio of albums. Farlow, who is also a gourmet cook, continues to make his home in Alabama, recording and touring regularly. /Biography by Steve Leggett, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Billy C. Farlow - Southern Moon

Album: Southern Moon
Size: 115,8 MB
Time: 50:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Blues/Roots
Art: Full

1. Shake It Down (4:15)
2. Southern Moon (5:09)
3. Barnyard Romance (2:48)
4. Down To Seeds And Stems (3:58)
5. Howlin' At The Delta Moon (4:30)
6. Goin' Back To Tennessee (3:40)
7. I Ain't Foolin' (3:06)
8. Lonely Man (6:38)
9. Fast Train To Memphis (3:21)
10. What's The Matter Now (3:17)
11. Love Thang (4:27)
12. When Your Guitar Man Is Gone (4:47)

Born in Greensburg, IN, on June 9, 1949, singer and songwriter Billy C. Farlow grew up in Alabama, Indiana, and Texas, relocating to Detroit with his family in the early '60s. By this time he was already a proficient guitarist and harmonica player and began sitting in with the likes of John Lee Hooker, Sippie Wallace, and Big Joe Williams at various Detroit-area coffeehouses and blues clubs. He formed Billy C & the Sunshine in 1966 with pianist Boot Hamilton and guitarist Larry Welker and began working with legendary Butterfield Blues Band drummer Sam Lay. Soon Farlow was also sitting in regularly with Ann Arbor-based Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, and when the band relocated to Berkeley, CA, in 1969, he officially joined the group and made the move with them.

The band recorded several albums with Paramount and Warner Brothers and had a major hit in 1972 with "Hot Rod Lincoln" before disbanding in 1976. Farlow stayed on in California and formed his own rockabilly and Western swing outfit with pianist Billy Philadelphia and guitarist Tommy Thompson. Farlow returned to Alabama and the South in the mid-'80s and began a long association with Nashville producer and guitarist Fred James, releasing five albums over the next dozen years for a variety of labels. In the early '90s he reunited with Sam Lay for a trio of albums. Farlow, who is also a gourmet cook, continues to make his home in Alabama, recording and touring regularly. /Biography by Steve Leggett, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Billy C. Farlow - Rockabilly Blues

Album: Rockabilly Blues
Size: 102,8 MB
Time: 44:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues, rockabilly
Art: Full

1. Old Pipeliner (2:23)
2. Back On The Street (2:02)
3. Restless (2:59)
4. Dixie Fried (2:32)
5. Get Rhythm (2:51)
6. River City's Jumpin' (3:27)
7. Don't Play In Your Own Backyard (2:49)
8. Trouble's Come To The Delta (6:41)
9. A Little Meat (3:17)
10. One More Time (4:30)
11. Meet Me At Midnight (7:38)
12. Juke (3:04)

Born in Greensburg, IN, on June 9, 1949, singer and songwriter Billy C. Farlow grew up in Alabama, Indiana, and Texas, relocating to Detroit with his family in the early '60s. By this time he was already a proficient guitarist and harmonica player and began sitting in with the likes of John Lee Hooker, Sippie Wallace, and Big Joe Williams at various Detroit-area coffeehouses and blues clubs. He formed Billy C & the Sunshine in 1966 with pianist Boot Hamilton and guitarist Larry Welker and began working with legendary Butterfield Blues Band drummer Sam Lay. Soon Farlow was also sitting in regularly with Ann Arbor-based Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, and when the band relocated to Berkeley, CA, in 1969, he officially joined the group and made the move with them.

The band recorded several albums with Paramount and Warner Brothers and had a major hit in 1972 with "Hot Rod Lincoln" before disbanding in 1976. Farlow stayed on in California and formed his own rockabilly and Western swing outfit with pianist Billy Philadelphia and guitarist Tommy Thompson. Farlow returned to Alabama and the South in the mid-'80s and began a long association with Nashville producer and guitarist Fred James, releasing five albums over the next dozen years for a variety of labels. In the early '90s he reunited with Sam Lay for a trio of albums. Farlow, who is also a gourmet cook, continues to make his home in Alabama, recording and touring regularly. /Biography by Steve Leggett, AllMusic

The title Rockabilly Blues speaks for itself. This album is a mix of pounding rock 'n' roll and rockabilly and harp wailin' hip-shakin' blues performed by blues artist Billy C Farlow - with some noteable rockin' musicians contributing including D.J. Fontana (drums) Joe Mauldin (bass) and Lonnie Mack (guitar).

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Billy C. Farlow - My Name Is Trouble

Size: 105,7 MB
Time: 45:22
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2009
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front

1. Back In The Big Town (4:05)
2. Real Gone (4:07)
3. Gulf Coast Blues (3:52)
4. Meet Me At Midnight (7:31)
5. Long Way To Go (4:51)
6. Crazy Little Mama (3:33)
7. Cannonball (3:39)
8. Tell Me (4:26)
9. My Name Is Trouble (5:02)
10. Tennessee Saturday Night (4:11)

Born in Greensburg, IN, on June 9, 1949, singer and songwriter Billy C. Farlow grew up in Alabama, Indiana, and Texas, relocating to Detroit with his family in the early '60s. By this time he was already a proficient guitarist and harmonica player and began sitting in with the likes of John Lee Hooker, Sippie Wallace, and Big Joe Williams at various Detroit-area coffeehouses and blues clubs. He formed Billy C & the Sunshine in 1966 with pianist Boot Hamilton and guitarist Larry Welker and began working with legendary Butterfield Blues Band drummer Sam Lay. Soon Farlow was also sitting in regularly with Ann Arbor-based Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, and when the band relocated to Berkeley, CA, in 1969, he officially joined the group and made the move with them.

The band recorded several albums with Paramount and Warner Brothers and had a major hit in 1972 with "Hot Rod Lincoln" before disbanding in 1976. Farlow stayed on in California and formed his own rockabilly and Western swing outfit with pianist Billy Philadelphia and guitarist Tommy Thompson. Farlow returned to Alabama and the South in the mid-'80s and began a long association with Nashville producer and guitarist Fred James, releasing five albums over the next dozen years for a variety of labels. In the early '90s he reunited with Sam Lay for a trio of albums. Farlow, who is also a gourmet cook, continues to make his home in Alabama, recording and touring regularly. /Biography by Steve Leggett, AllMusic

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Billy C. Farlow - Alabama Swamp Stomp

Size: 126,9 MB
Time: 54:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues, roots
Art: Full

1. Snake Eyes (4:22)
2. Runnin' From The Fire (3:30)
3. Magnolia Darlin' (4:38)
4. Drive Me Like A Mule (3:26)
5. Good Rockin' Mama (5:27)
6. Tennessee Saturday Night (3:44)
7. My Name Is Trouble (4:52)
8. What Have I Done (5:34)
9. Juke Joint Friday Night (3:28)
10. Alligator Crawl (3:45)
11. Yella Pocahontas (2:07)
12. Black Lazarus (1:54)
13. Jenny's Comin' Home (4:00)
14. Wild About You (Je Suis Fou De Vous) (3:50)

Growing up in Alabama, Indiana and Texas, Billy C. Farlow drew his inspiration from both black and white musicians. In his early teens he learned the guitar and harmonica. He wasn't satisfied with simply mastering renditions of the classics. His musical ear and attraction to poetry combined to form original blues, gospel, and rock 'n' roll tunes.

In the early 60's, the Farlow family moved to Detroit. Here he began hanging out and jamming with artists such as Sippie Wallace, Big Joe Williams, and John Lee Hooker. In the fall of 1966, Billy C. formed his first band. They opened for Cream at the Grande Ballroom. The next year he joined the band of blues drummer Sam Lay, following the death of harmonica master, Little Walter Jacobs, who was with the band at the time.

In 1969 he moved to California with Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen. Their twisted brew of roots music went well with the mind-expanded hippies. The band opened for Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, The Doors, Eagles, and many others. The band recorded multiple LP's with Paramount Records and Warner Brothers' Records, and even scored a top ten hit in 1972 with the classic “Hot Rod Lincoln”. Billy C. penned many of the bands best known songs, such as 'Too Much Fun', 'Seeds and Stems' and the band's theme song, 'Lost in the Ozone'. The band broke up in 1976.

In the mid-1980's Billy C. relocated to the South where he recorded five CD's of original songs over a 12-year period for various labels. Increased touring, both in the U.S. and Europe followed. Today Billy C. is as busy as ever, traveling the world, spreading his musical gospel where ever he goes, and having one hell of a time! Regardless of where Billy C. Farlow's travels take him, the rhythm and blues of his deep Southern roots stay firmly imbedded in his soul.

On “Alabama Swamp Stomp”, his CrossCut Records debut, he's joined by his friends from Mercy, a blues/roots trio from the South of France. The band's mastermind, J.P. Avellaneda, has produced the album, co-written a couple of tunes, and recorded the studio session. With its tight ensemble play, a steady groove and beat, the band's supplying the perfect, greasy soil for Billy C.'s swamp-drenched blues and R&B.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

Originally posted July 10, 2017 by Mat Tiggas. Updated (CD rip) with complete artwork.

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Billy C. Farlow & Bleu Jackson - Blue Highway

Size: 133,9 MB
Time: 57:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1995
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. My Train Has Come And Gone (2:56)
2. Magnolia Bend (5:42)
3. Butler Bridge (4:34)
4. Sunny Land (8:19)
5. Get Down And Roll (4:16)
6. It's Gonna Rain (4:43)
7. Dark As Midnight (4:23)
8. Blue Highway (6:37)
9. Don't Cry To Me (4:47)
10. Jockey On My Back (3:36)
11. Don't Mess With Me Baby (4:14)
12. That's My Gal (3:35)

A dose of mostly “unplugged“ Mississippi Delta blues from two white bluesmen: Billy C. Farlow, former frontman for Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, and singer/guitar-player Bleu Jackson have fashioned a well-rounded mix of down-to-earth blues that will stand the test of time. Delta blues for anybody with southern tastes.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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The Sam Lay Blues Band - Feelin' Good

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 57:26
Size: 133,2 MB
Styles: Chicago Blues
Year: 2007
Art: Full

01. Poison Ivy (4:12)
02. Long Distance Call (4:41)
03. Medley: Rock Me Baby, I'm A King Bee (6:02)
04. Short Haired Woman (4:55)
05. Feelin' Good (6:38)
06. Mojo Hand (6:12)
07. Jelly Jelly (6:08)
08. Medley: Roll Over Beethoven, Hound Dog, Whole Lotta Shakin' (8:02)
09. Juke (3:02)
10. Meet Me At Midnight (7:30)

Sam Lay has Blues royalty, no doubt about it. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1935 and by 1957 was playing with the original Thunderbirds, until ‘59 when he went to Chicago to join Little Walter's Band. The following year he joined Howlin' Wolf's band and he quickly became an in-demand drummer for hire, working with the cream of the Chicago Blues artists, including John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley, Junior Wells, Muddy Waters, Magic Sam, Jimmy Rogers, Earl Hooker, Eddie Taylor and Otis Rush.

In 1965 Sam backed Bob Dylan at the infamous Newport Folk Festival along with Mike Bloomfield and Al Cooper. Later that year Bloomfield joined the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and in 1966 Sam also joined the group. In 1969 he signed with Blue Thumb Records and recorded the "Sam Lay In Bluesland” LP, produced by Mike Bloomfield and Nick Gravenites. He has toured consistently through the decades and recorded this live album at the Boardwalk Cafe, Nashville, Tennessee in 1994.

Chris James , Fred James (guitar); Billy C. Farlow (harmonica); Patrick Rynn (bass instrument); Sam Lay (drums).

Originally posted in Sept. 24th 2013. Updated by Bluestender with CD Rip, full covers and FLAC link.

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Various Artists - The Appaloosa All Stars

Year: 1993
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:14
Size: 95,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Sam Lay - Key To The Highway (3:21)
2. Clifford Curry - Beale Street (4:12)
3. Bob Kommersmith - Club Foot (3:49)
4. Sam Lay - Rock Me Baby/I'm A King Bee (6:19)
5. Fred James - Temporary Insanity (3:16)
6. Homesick James - Blues Before Sunrise (3:39)
7. Greg 'Fingers' Taylor - Meltdown (2:39)
8. Mary-Ann Brandon - Black Widow Spider (3:45)
9. Greg 'Fingers' Taylor - Bad Spell (3:05)
10. Frank Frost - My Baby (3:19)
11. Billy C. Farlow - All Night Boogie (3:44)

Haven't found any specific info for this nice compilation, so.. let the music do the talking.

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Various - Hot Harmonica

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 43:29
Size: 99.5 MB
Styles: Harmonica blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[3:20] 1. The Jelly Roll Kings - Helena Hop
[5:54] 2. Roguie Ray - She's Gone
[2:59] 3. The Smashers - It's A Dirty Job
[6:01] 4. The Sam Lay Blues Band - Red Line
[3:00] 5. Fred James - Little Meat On The Side
[6:34] 6. Billy C. Farlow - Trouble's Come To The Delta
[4:04] 7. Kona Wind - Would If I Could
[3:34] 8. Fingers Taylor - Harpoon Man
[4:58] 9. The Delta Jukes - Carr Hop
[2:59] 10. Max Johns - Off The Deep End

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