Showing posts with label Billy Proulx. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Billy Proulx. Show all posts

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Billy Proulx & Tommy Too - Whatta Ya Gonna Do

Size: 100.6 MB
Time: 42:36
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Front

01. You Don't Know My Mind (2:57)
02. Whatta Ya Gonna Do (3:50)
03. I'm A Steady Rollin' Man (4:08)
04. We Got It Made (3:16)
05. That's All Right (3:22)
06. Love Will Stay (2:43)
07. Walking Blues (4:58)
08. The Ballad Of Winston Smith (2:52)
09. When My Baby Left Me (3:19)
10. Hesitation Blues (2:57)
11. Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (2:14)
12. Bright Lights Big City (2:33)
13. Baby Let's Hit The Road (3:21)

Billy Proulx has been entertaining audiences as a singer songwriter all over the southland and the southwest for longer he would like to admit (40 years). He played the Whiskey and the Troubadour ( before it was pay to play ) as well as the Sawdust Festival. He’s opened for B.B. King at the Universal Amphitheater and Johnny Winter at B.B. Kings in Los Angeles.

For six years he hosted “Blues Monday” an acoustic open mic at the Buffalo Inn on Route 66 in Upland California, with guests the likes of Chris Darrow , Amy Scruggs and Stan West. He was asked by Amy Scruggs to play dobro on a song called “Coming Home” which became a regional hit and a hit on USO radio. This gave Billy a chance to work with Emmy Award winning engineer and producer Paul McKenna.

Equally at home on the guitar or dobro he is a master of various styles of finger-picking, flat-picking and bottle-neck. He covers Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Mississippi John Hurt, and Blind Willie McTell just to mention a few. Billy always features tunes of his own and they go over big time where ever he plays.

BILLY PROULX & TOMMY TOO is a Sonny Terry / Brownie McGhee style act that features Tommy Weatherell on harmonica. They have been wowing audiences with a variety of acoustic styles including Blues, Folk, Ragtime, Pop and Traditional American Music. They include storytelling and “clever” repartee. well at least they think they’re clever

As if all this weren’t enough to keep him busy, Billy also works as a side man playing keyboards, guitar, dobro and harmonica in several groups, including TOOMSTONE , THE VINTAGE COWBOYS, BRING YOUR OWN BLUES, THE SKY LINE EXPRESS and has his own band BILLY PROULX & THE CREW.

Billy always pleases with a warm welcome to my living room style. His blues is down home and authentic. Whether appearing solo, duet, trio or with his band the Crew, he is the consummate performer and artist.

Whatta Ya Gonna Do MP3
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Saturday, January 31, 2015

Billy Proulx - ...And Nothing Else

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:40
Size: 134.3 MB
Styles: Acoustic country blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:28] 1. Ticket Agent
[3:08] 2. Baby Let's Hit The Road
[2:00] 3. Confessin The Blues
[3:05] 4. When My Baby Left Me
[2:03] 5. They Re Red Hot
[3:05] 6. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
[2:53] 7. You Don't Know My Mind
[1:58] 8. You Get A Line, I'll Get A Pole
[2:24] 9. From Four 'till Late
[2:56] 10. Love In Vain
[3:20] 11. U.S. 61
[2:53] 12. Everyday I Have The Blues
[4:29] 13. Don't Want You Cuttin Off Your Hair
[2:03] 14. Ramrod Daddy
[3:14] 15. Payday
[2:40] 16. Big Boss Man
[2:29] 17. I Told You So
[2:53] 18. All They Could See Was The Gray
[2:05] 19. 32-20
[3:01] 20. Sweet Home Chicago
[2:23] 21. Come On In My Kitchen

Billy's warm personal style is beautifully captured by producer Olises Naranjo and engineer Guilherme Geyer. The four originals out of the twenty one cuts are outstanding with the whimsical, rambling "Baby Let's Hit the Road" leading the way. Billy is an artist with an uncanny ability to cover songs and make them is own while maintaining authenticity. Willie McTell's "Ticket Agent", and Sonny Boy Williamson's " When My Baby Left Me" are excellent examples of this approach, and results are both vivid and mesmerizing. The performances are all one take, voice and guitar, (sometimes dobro, sometimes harmonica) with editing only for the comments Billy makes proceeding some songs. The finger picking and flat picking is reminiscent of Mississippi John Hurt or even Doc Watson. There is also a little slide work on "U.S. 61 "and "Come on in My Kitchen" that recalls Robert Johnson.

The fact that there are five Robert Johnson songs on this CD was the subject of much discussion prior to mastering. Billy said keep 'em. And his most die-hard fans will be glad. His treatment of Robert is always with much care and reverence. This is a CD for Billy's fans. The one's that show up at the Buffalo for Blues Monday but it is one that everyone who loves this kind of music will thoroughly enjoy!

...And Nothing Else mc
...And Nothing Else zippy

Monday, December 29, 2014

Billy Proulx - U.S. 61

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:05
Size: 103.2 MB
Styles: Americana, Acoustic blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[5:19] 1. US 61
[2:17] 2. Don't Cha Love Me Babe
[3:53] 3. Rode Across Texas
[3:56] 4. Dance Virginia
[3:45] 5. Just Ain't Ready For Love
[3:04] 6. In The Morning (True Love Is Free)
[2:24] 7. Three O'clock And I'm Rockin'
[2:57] 8. Baby What You Want Me To Do
[3:45] 9. Ticket Agent
[4:27] 10. Dance Virginia (Acoustic)
[2:39] 11. The Blood Of A Man
[2:49] 12. Mean Ol' Frisco
[3:43] 13. Just Ain't Ready For Love (2nd Version)

Backstop has released Billy Proulx's new CD "U.S. 61". It is a collection of recordings previously unreleased on the web, with one exception. It contains 13 tracks, six of which are from the band 'Bongo Straits'(1996 to 2002). There is a track from 'The Vintage Cowboys': 'Rode Across Texas ' which was released as a single in 2010. The title track is the final song on the 'Bongo Straits' debut CD and features Billy on dobro. There are also two tunes from Billy and Johnny Magic, three solo efforts and a studio version of 'Don't Cha Love Me Babe' with Crew members Erle Saunders on guitar and Rick Henderson on drums. The liner notes contain the story of each song. All the tracks reflect Billy's americana roots. While songs like 'U.S. 61', 'Ticket Agent' and 'Baby What You Want Me To Do' represent his acoustic blues side, which spans Delta and Piedmont styles, offerings such as 'Don't Cha Love Me Babe' and 'Three O'Clock and I'm Rockin'' are more Rockabilly in nature and conjure up a Memphis feel.

So listening to this collection is much like taking a trip along that famous highway it is named after. If you love Americana, down home folkie blues and good old Rock n Roll you're gonna love this CD.

U.S. 61 mc
U.S. 61 zippy

Friday, May 16, 2014

Billy Proulx & The Crew - Do You Wanna Go?

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 69:05
Size: 158.2 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[ 4:34] 1. Do You Wanna Go
[ 4:58] 2. Good Morning Blues
[ 5:39] 3. House Of Cards
[ 4:37] 4. Walk The Walk
[ 6:33] 5. Body In The River
[ 4:26] 6. Louisana Blues
[ 4:13] 7. I'm You're Hoochie Coochie Man
[ 3:24] 8. Amtrak Blues
[ 2:32] 9. Sweet Nothings
[ 3:00] 10. Baby Don't Forget
[ 3:21] 11. Crazy Ol Blues
[ 3:59] 12. Sweet Home Chicago
[16:07] 13. Two Miles East Of Bloomfield
[ 1:36] 14. Do You Wanna Go

Billy Proulx & The Crew have opened for Johnny Winter and headlined at BB Kings on the Universal's City Walk. They are are a very down-home, rootsy blues band. They feature great slide guitar and excellent vocals. They play Chicago and Delta styles equally well and sometimes do a little Rockabilly. This band offers a lot of variety within the blues and can be a good dance band if you like.

Billy Proulx has been entertaining audiences all over the southland and the southwest for over 35 years. He's played The Whiskey and The Troubador (before it was Pay to Play). Solo, or with his band 'The Crew', Billy always pleases. With a warm 'welcome to my living-room style' he blends Blues, Rock 'n' Roll, and R&B, into an Americana mix that is powerful and authentic.

Do You Wanna Go?