Billy Price - Person Of Interest

Album: Person Of Interest
Size: 134,2 MB
Time: 58:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Soul-blues, soul
Art: Front

1. Inside That Box (4:32)
2. Song I Never Heard Before (4:23)
3. She Checks All The Boxes (4:07)
4. Mercy (5:38)
5. Person Of Interest (4:44)
6. Can't Get Enough (3:38)
7. Change Your Mind (In Memory Of Roy Buchanan) (Feat. Joe Bonamassa) (5:31)
8. They Knew (4:33)
9. A Certain Something (3:41)
10. The Gift (3:55)
11. Crying At The Stoplight (4:48)
12. I Lose It (4:07)
13. Damage Control (4:31)

Award-winning soul-blues singer Billy Price garnered international fame when he debuted as the vocalist for blues guitar legend Roy Buchanan in the 1970’s. Rising to the peak of the soul music scene, he and Otis Clay received a Blues Music Award for This Time For Real for Best Soul-Blues Album.

Now with his vocal pipes as strong as ever at age 74, he appears on the Little Village label with Person of Interest produced by Grammy-winner Tony Braunagel. Several great blues musicians gathered in the Studio City, CA studio with label founder/keyboardist Jim Pugh, bassists Larry Fulcher, James “Hutch” Hutchinson, and Reggie McBride, guitarists Josh Sklar, Shane Theriot, and Joe Bonamassa, plus background vocalists Maxayn Lewis, Fred White, and Will Wheaton. The horn section was comprised of baritone saxophonist Ron Dziubla, tenorist Eric Spaulding (regular member of Price’s band) and trumpeter Mark Pender with Lenny Castro on percussion.

All thirteen songs are Price originals, most co-written with Jim Britton (keyboards), Fred Chapellier (guitar), Braunagel and Nashville writing team Jon Tiven and Sally Young. Price did most of this writing during the pandemic, so it is not a stretch to say that these are among the most personal songs he has written. /Jim Hynes, Rock & Blues Muse

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Billy Price - 50+ Years Of Soul (Remastered)

Size: 513 MB
Time: 3:40:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues, Soul, R&B
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. I Know It's Your Party (I Just Came Here To Dance) (Live) (Remastered) (Feat. Billy Price Band) ( 5:12)
02. Why Can't We Be Lovers (Remastered) ( 4:05)
03. Lifestyles Of The Poor And Unknown (Remastered) (Feat. Billy Price Band) ( 3:54)
04. This Time I'm Gone For Good (Remastered) (Feat. Billy Price Band) ( 6:07)
05. When The Lights Came On (Remastered) (Feat. Fred Chapellier) ( 4:39)
06. Absolute Love (Remastered) (Feat. Keystone Rhythm Band) ( 4:04)
07. Nothing Stays The Same Forever (Remastered) (Feat. Billy Price Band) ( 5:42)
08. This Magic Hour (Remastered) (Feat. Billy Price Band) ( 5:15)
09. It Ain't A Juke Joint Without The Blues (Remastered) (Feat. Billy Price Band) ( 7:05)
10. No Matter How You Turn Or Twist It (Remastered) ( 4:58)
11. Soul Sailin' (Remastered) ( 3:48)
12. You Don't Exist No More (Remastered) ( 3:27)
13. You've Got Bad Intentions (Remastered) ( 3:10)
14. The Jury Of Love: Cry Cry Cry / BP's Dream / Eight Men & Four Women (Remastered) (Feat. Keystone Rhythm Band) (10:50)

CD 2:
01. Real Time (Remastered) ( 3:47)
02. Let's Get Married (Remastered) (Feat. Keystone Rhythm Band) ( 3:26)
03. Free (Remastered) (Feat. Keystone Rhythm Band) ( 4:43)
04. Under The Influence (Remastered) (Feat. Fred Chapellier) ( 6:26)
05. Is It Over? (Remastered) (Feat. Keystone Rhythm Band) ( 4:37)
06. Power Of Love / I Didn't Know The Meaning Of Pain (Live) (Feat. Billy Price Band) ( 7:26)
07. My Love Comes Tumbling Down (Remastered) (Feat. Fred Chapellier) ( 5:00)
08. One And One (Remastered) ( 4:19)
09. Slipped, Tripped, And Fell In Love (Remastered) (Feat. Keystone Rhythm Band) ( 3:46)
10. The Big Show (Remastered) ( 4:04)
11. Since You've Gone Again (Remastered) (Feat. Keystone Rhythm Band) ( 3:30)
12. The Hard Hours (Remastered) ( 5:12)
13. Something 'Bout 'Cha / That's How It Is / Blind Man (Live) (Remastered) (Feat. Billy Price Band) (12:44)
14. 39 Steps (Remastered) ( 4:37)

CD 3:
01. Let's Go For A Ride (Remastered) ( 4:32)
02. Beautiful Feeling (Remastered) ( 3:45)
03. Part Time Love (Remastered) ( 5:16)
04. You Time To Cry (Remastered) ( 3:47)
05. Can I Change My Mind / Is It Something You've Got (Live) (Remastered) (Feat. Billy Price Band) (12:57)
06. Don't Leave Me Starving For Your Love (Remastered) ( 3:23)
07. I Can't Lose The Blues (Remastered) (Feat. Keystone Rhythm Band) ( 5:09)
08. Mine All Mine All Mine Live (Remastered) (Feat. Billy Price Band) ( 7:36)
09. Love Ballad (Remastered) ( 4:49)
10. Who You're Working For (Remastered) (Feat. Keystone Rhythm Band) ( 3:40)
11. I Betcha Didn't Know That (Remastered) ( 3:46)
12. Ain't It Funky / Now Back From The Dead (Remastered) (Feat. Billy Price Band) ( 9:18)
13. Dangerous Highway (Remastered) (Feat. Keystone Rhythm Band) ( 5:54)

50+ Years of Soul by Billy Price is a 3-CD compilation of tracks selected by Price and remixed from recordings throughout his career as a singer, recording artist, songwriter, and bandleader. 2016 Blues Music Award Winner Billy Price first appeared on record in the early 1970s when he sang on two albums as vocalist for guitarist Roy Buchanan for Polydor Records, That's What I'm Here For and Live Stock. Since then, Price has released 20 albums, CDs, and DVDs with Billy Price and the Keystone Rhythm Band, the Billy Price Band, and collaborators Otis Clay and Fred Chapellier, along with solo recordings under his own name.

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VA - Lucerne Blues Festival 2019 (Promo)

Size: 147,8+155,2 MB
Time: 63:54+67:05
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock, Blues Soul
Art: Full

CD 1:
01 B.B. & The Blues Shacks - Down In Lucerne (2:45)
02 Lindsay Beaver - Too Cold To Cry (3:35)
03 Billy Price - I Keep Holding On (3:49)
04 Rev. John Wilkins - Storm And Rain (5:29)
05 Shemekia Copeland - Great Rain (4:46)
06 Robert Lee Coleman - Somebody Loves Me (3:50)
07 Lilly Martin - Runway (9:36)
08 Corey Ledet & His Zydeco Band - Everything Has To Change (2:48)
09 Gumbo Grits & Gravy - Gumbo Grits & Gravy (3:41)
10 Mike Vernon & The Mighty Combo - Hate To Leave (3:34)
11 Benny Turner - Wee Baby Blues (4:37)
12 The Fabulous Thunderbirds - I've Never Found A Girl (3:46)
13 Altered Five Blues Band - Ten Thousand Watts (3:22)
14 West Weston - Your Dog Keeps Looking At Me (4:37)
15 Chicago Blues Reunion - Drinkin' Wine (3:32)

CD 2:
01 The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Smooth (4:08)
02 Shemekia Copeland - I'm Not Like Everybody Else (4:15)
03 Billy Price - Your Love Stays With Me (4:01)
04 Lindsay Beaver - Dangerous (3:40)
05 Altered Five Blues Band - Don't Rock My Blues (3:12)
06 Benny Turner - See See Baby (3:40)
07 Chicago Blues Reunion - Buried Alive In The Blues (4:50)
08 Mike Vernon & The Mighty Combo - Be On That Train (4:15)
09 Robert Lee Coleman - Done Forgot About Love (4:40)
10 Benny Turner & Cash McCall - Bring It On Home (4:55)
11 Rev. John Wilkins - You Can't Hurry God (4:08)
12 Corey Ledet & His Zydeco Band - J'ai Parti Dans La Campagne (3:13)
13 Nico Duportal & His Rhythm Dudes - I Know The Rules (3:14)
14 Lindsay Beaver - Lost Cause (5:05)
15 Altered Five Blues Band - Eight Wonder (4:16)
16 Raphael Wressnig & Igor Prado - Young Girl (5:26)

November finds the blues in all its facets ruling the roost in Lucerne.

A number of venues around the town host world-class blues acts. Every year, the organisers manage to track down performers covering every style of blues. This premier event has established itself as one of Europe's top blues events.

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Billy Price & The Keystone Rhythm Band - Free At Last

Year: 1988
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:09
Size: 74,6 MB
Styles: Soul, soul-blues
Scans: Front

1. Slipped, Tripped And Fell In Love (3:46)
2. Who You're Workin' For (3:38)
3. Real Time (3:49)
4. I'm Gonna Win The War (2:59)
5. Still Ain't Had Enough (4:55)
6. Free (4:43)
7. Livin' With A Stranger (4:12)
8. Absolute Love (4:03)

The last recording by Billy Price and the Keystone Rhythm Band, this CD contains original material written by Price and his bandmates, including Who You're Workin' For, Absolute Love, Real Time, and I'm Gonna Win the War. Recorded in Philadelphia at Studio Four and produced by Phil Niccolo, this CD adds a rock/pop veneer to Price's traditional soul sound. Featured soloists are Glenn Pavone on guitar and Don Aliquo, Jr. on tenor sax.

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Billy Price - Dog Eat Dog

Size: 136.7 MB
Time: 58:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Front

1. Working On Your Chain Gang (4:46)
2. Lose My Number (5:10)
3. We're In Love (3:39)
4. Dog Eat Dog (5:36)
5. My Love Will Never Die (5:17)
6. All Night Long Cafe (4:59)
7. Walk Back In (4:56)
8. Toxicity (5:29)
9. Remnants (4:38)
10. Same Old Heartaches (4:48)
11. More Than I Needed (4:09)
12. You Gotta Leave (5:00)

After the critically acclaimed success and Blues Music Award nomination of his last album 'Reckoning', Billy was excited and eager to get back into Greaseland Studio in San Jose, California with producer Kid Andersen. Kid and Billy's mutual love for the music and commitment to making an original contribution to the soul blues genre is evident in this new collection.

Kid and Billy assembled a first-class group of musicians on 'Dog Eat Dog', which features Price on vocals along with Andersen (guitars and assorted instruments), Alex Pettersen (drums), Jerry Jemmott (bass), Jim Pugh (keys), Eric Spaulding (tenor sax), Jack Sanford (baritone sax), and John Halblieb (trumpet). Andersen added congas to most tracks, covered by Jon Otis (son of the great Johnny Otis) and Vicki Randle (Mavis Staples). Randle also provided background vocals long with Lisa Leuschner Andersen, Charlie Owen, and the Sons of the Soul Revivers gospel group. 'Dog Eat Dog' also features guest appearances by Rick Estrin, Alabama Mike, and Mike Zito. Estrin plays harmonica on the title track, which he wrote. A big fan of Alabama Mike, Price was thrilled to share the lead vocals with Mike on "Dog Eat Dog". Mike Zito also contributed a scorching guitar solo on "All Night Long Café."

"Billy Price is an outstanding singer and artist. He's simultaneously steeped in the soul tradition and 100% original and instantly recognizable. He will make you believe anything he sings." - Christoffer "Kid" Andersen.

"I was taken and shaken by Billy Price and the Keystone Rhythm Band in the 1970s, when I was playing guitar in Muddy Waters' band. Billy has been one of my favorite singers, without qualification, ever since." - Bob Margolin

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Billy Price - Reckoning

Size: 141,4 MB
Time: 60:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. 39 Steps (4:36)
02. Dreamer (4:41)
03. Reckoning (4:21)
04. No Time (3:37)
05. I Love You More Than Words Can Say (5:19)
06. I Keep Holding On (3:50)
07. One And One (4:17)
08. Get Your Lie Straight (3:36)
09. Never Be Fooled Again (5:21)
10. Expert Witness (6:34)
11. Love Ballad (4:50)
12. Synthetic World (5:05)
13. Your Love Stays With Me (4:00)

Acclaimed soul singer Billy Price teamed with award-winning guitarist and producer Kid Andersen to create RECKONING, Prices first solo studio recording in five years. For the sessions at Andersens Greaseland studio in San José, California. they brought together an all-star collection of West Coast musicians and singers to back Prices vocals. Price, who won a 2016 Blues Music Award (Best Soul-Blues Album) for THIS TIME FOR REAL, his collaboration with the late Otis Clay, considers RECKONING to be the strongest work of his career. Scheduled for a June 15, 2018 release through VizzTone Label Group, RECKONING features Price originals along with songs previously recorded by such artists as Bobby Bland, Otis Redding, J.J. Cale, and Swamp Dogg.

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Billy Price & The Keystone Rhythm Band - Billy Price & The Keystone Rhythm Band Live

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:39
Size: 86.2 MB
Styles: Blue eyed soul, R&B
Year: 1984/2009
Art: Front

[4:19] 1. I'm So Glad
[4:02] 2. Precious, Precious
[4:17] 3. Good Time Charlie
[3:28] 4. Since You've Gone Again
[3:21] 5. Eldorado Cafe
[3:07] 6. I'm Sick Y'all
[3:52] 7. One Man, Two Lovers
[5:06] 8. I Can't Lose The Blues
[6:03] 9. Turn Back The Hands Of Time

Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Don Aliquo; Bass, Backing Vocals – Tom Valentine; Drums – David Ray Dodd; Guitar, Backing Vocals – Glenn Pavone; Keyboards – Steve Binsberger; Tenor Saxophone – Jim Emminger; Vocals – Billy Price. Recorded March 30 & 31, 1984 at the Wax Museum, Washington, D.C.

This CD captures Billy Price and the Keystone Rhythm Band live at the Wax Museum in Washington D.C. Featuring the blistering rock/blues guitar of Glenn Pavone, the band smokes through a hot set of blues and soul before an enthusiastic audience. The CD includes the first release ever of a lost Otis Redding song, Since You've Gone Again; Price's version of I Can't Lose the Blues, which was later covered by bluesman Son Seals; and Price's lengthy workout on Tyrone Davis's Turn Back the Hands of Time.

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Billy Price Band - Alive And Strange

Size: 142,2 MB
Time: 60:56
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Blues, Soul, R&B
Art: Front

01. It Ain't A Juke Joint Without The Blues (7:02)
02. Lifestyles Of The Poor And Unknown (3:52)
03. Something Strange (4:20)
04. This Time I'm Gone For Good (6:05)
05. One More Day (4:57)
06. Nothing Stays The Same Forever (5:41)
07. Never Get Enough (7:07)
08. What Have I Done Wrong (5:42)
09. Lickin' Stick (3:14)
10. R.M. Blues (7:30)
11. Makin' Plans (5:21)

The transcontinental soul/blues duo of Pittsburgh's Billy Price and France's Fred Chapellier took their show on the road (in Europe) to support the release of the duo's Night Work debut. The results are contained on this CD/DVD package, a logical and energetic follow-up to the studio recording that reprises some — but not all — of those tunes, adds logical covers, and generally ratchets up the sparks, as live albums typically do. The 11-song audio CD runs about half the time of the far more extensive two-hour DVD, but both nail the vibe of shows that featured tough, resilient backing musicians augmented by two horn players. Covers such as those made famous by Bobby "Blue" Bland (an eight-minute version of "I'll Take Care of You,") Johnnie Taylor ("Last Two Dollars"), and especially O.V. Wright ("A Nickel and a Nail") make terrific additions to the originals and co-writes that appeared on the twosome's previous disc. Al Green's "Love and Happiness," sung on the studio take by guest vocalist Otis Clay, also benefits from Price's emotive singing on the concert adaptation. The DVD's extended playing time gives the band, and especially guitarist Chapellier, a chance to stretch out as they do on the instrumental "Blues for Roy," a tribute to Price's old employer Roy Buchanan which didn't make the cut onto the accompanying CD. He's a tasty guitarist, capable of opening up when needed, but just as content to lay back when the song doesn't require his leads. The DVD isn't terribly slick, which dovetails nicely with the soulful music, but effectively captures the proceedings with a minimum of edits and video distractions as they go through their paces in front of a small but enthusiastic club audience. Only five tracks are duplicated from Night Work, so those who own it will not only enjoy the more fiery live renditions here, but will get a large helping of the soul and blues classics that clearly inspire both Chapellier and frontman Price. The latter, after decades in the business without finding a lot of popularity, seems to have found a kindred spirit in the guitarist. It might be a bit early for a live album from this pair, but this was a hot ensemble playing an inspired batch of songs, and the performance takes the already exciting studio set to the next level.

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Billy Price & Fred Chapellier - Live On Stage: Night Work Tour

Year: 2010
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:53
Size: 146,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues, soul-blues
Scans: Full

1. Keep It To Yourself (3:53)
2. She Left Me With These Blues (5:00)
3. Don't Let My Baby Ride (4:13)
4. Night Work (5:04)
5. When The Lights Came On (5:24)
6. I'll Take Care Of You (8:48)
7. A Nickel And A Nail (6:35)
8. Under The Influence (6:41)
9. Last Two Dollars (6:31)
10. Love And Happiness (7:44)
11. Good Time Charlie (3:53)

The transcontinental soul/blues duo of Pittsburgh's Billy Price and France's Fred Chapellier took their show on the road (in Europe) to support the release of the duo's Night Work debut. The results are contained on this CD/DVD package, a logical and energetic follow-up to the studio recording that reprises some - but not all - of those tunes, adds logical covers, and generally ratchets up the sparks, as live albums typically do. The 11-song audio CD runs about half the time of the far more extensive two-hour DVD, but both nail the vibe of shows that featured tough, resilient backing musicians augmented by two horn players.

Covers such as those made famous by Bobby "Blue" Bland (an eight-minute version of "I'll Take Care of You"), Johnnie Taylor ("Last Two Dollars"), and especially O.V. Wright ("A Nickel and a Nail") make terrific additions to the originals and co-writes that appeared on the twosome's previous disc. Al Green's "Love and Happiness", sung on the studio take by guest vocalist Otis Clay, also benefits from Price's emotive singing on the concert adaptation.

Only five tracks are duplicated from Night Work, so those who own it will not only enjoy the more fiery live renditions here, but will get a large helping of the soul and blues classics that clearly inspire both Chapellier and frontman Price. The latter, after decades in the business without finding a lot of popularity, seems to have found a kindred spirit in the guitarist. It might be a bit early for a live album from this pair, but this was a hot ensemble playing an inspired batch of songs, and the performance takes the already exciting studio set to the next level. /Hal Horowitz, AllMusic

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Billy Price & Otis Clay - This Time For Real

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:38
Size: 111.4 MB
Styles: R&B, Soul-blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[4:02] 1. Somebody's Changing My Sweet Baby's Mind
[3:34] 2. I'm Afraid Of Losing You
[4:11] 3. Going To The Shack
[3:33] 4. All Because Of Your Love
[6:41] 5. Love Don't Love Nobody
[4:04] 6. I'll Never Do You Wrong
[3:19] 7. Don't Leave Me Starving For Your Love
[3:13] 8. Broadway Walk
[5:03] 9. Book Of Memories
[3:49] 10. Too Many Hands
[4:08] 11. Tears Of God
[2:56] 12. You Got Me Hummin'

Pittsburgh rhythm and blues singer Billy Price and Chicago’s deep soul/gospel icon Otis Clay are working with producer and award-winning guitarist Duke Robillard on their first joint recording. Price and Clay, who first collaborated in 1982, have performed and recorded together on several occasions.

On This Time for Real, the singers have selected an array of soul and R&B songs from the catalogues of artists including Joe Tex, Sam & Dave, the Spinners, Los Lobos, Syl Johnson, and Bobby Womack as well as new versions of two songs originally recorded by Clay. This is by far their most extensive collaboration to date.

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Billy Price - Danger Zone

Size: 111,9 MB
Time: 48:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1993
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. Who Will The Next Fool Be (4:22)
02. It's Later Than You Think (2:45)
03. You Don't Exist No More (3:26)
04. T-Bone Shuffle (4:17)
05. Fool's Paradise (3:50)
06. The Big Question (3:48)
07. Early In The Morning (3:09)
08. Danger Zone (4:36)
09. You've Got Bad Intentions (3:09)
10. I'll Take Care Of You (6:31)
11. I'm Shakin' (5:21)
12. Shake, Rattle, And Roll (2:44)

Billy Price has been thrilling east coast audiences with his brand of rhythm and blues for the past three decades. In his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pa., he is an institution. Price's popularity isn't hard to explain. As Geoffrey Himes of the Washington Post has written, "Unlike so many blues revivalists, Price is not an imitation of older, better singers--he's the real thing."

Billy Price first attracted national attention during his three-year association with guitarist Roy Buchanan. Price is the vocalist on two of Buchanan's LPs, That's What I'm Here Forand Livestock. With Buchanan, Price toured the U.S. and Canada, playing such venues as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Newport Jazz Festival, the Roxy and the Troubadour in Los Angeles, and the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Price assembled Billy Price and the Keystone Rhythm Band in 1977. Before their breakup in 1990, the band recorded four critically acclaimed LPs and developed a reputation as one of the most exciting touring bands in the U.S.

Price formed The Billy Price Band in 1990. In addition to performing popular songs from Price's years with Buchanan and the Keystone Rhythm Band, the Billy Price Band features new interpretations of blues, R & B, and soul classics. The band currently consists of Lenny Smith (guitar), Willy Franklin (bass), H.B. Bennett (drums), John Burgh (keyboards), Joe Herndon (trumpet), Eric DeFade (tenor sax) and Rick Matt (baritone and tenor sax).

In April 1997, Billy Price released The Soul Collection, which featured a duet by Price and his friend and mentor Otis Clay on Clay's "That's How It Is," as well as background vocals by veteran Chicago vocalists Theresa Davis (former member of the Emotions), Robin Robinson, and Dianne Madison.

In Living Blues (September/October 1997), Bill Dahl called The Soul Collection "an inspired stroll through the glorious history of soul music [invested with] uncommon passion and authenticity." In the April 25, 1997 edition of the Washington Post, Mike Joyce called The Soul Collection "an R & B homage full of revealing and compelling performances...Price is a terrifically expressive soul singer," says Joyce, "one who conveys both the pain and the pleasure in these choice songs."

Can I Change My Mind on Green Dolphin Records was produced in Los Angeles by Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams, who has also produced artists such as Z.Z. Hill, Doris Duke, Irma Thomas, Solomon Burke, Patti LaBelle, Lionel Ritchie, and others. Since its release in December 1999, Can I Change My Mind has received critical acclaim from publications throughout the world: A sure-fire winner! (Ray Ellis, Juke Blues) ...will please all fans of modern soul and soul blues (Peter R. Aschoff, Living Blues) ...the most imaginative and entertaining record in Billy Price's 30-year musical career (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Price's expressive abilities define the term "deep soul" (Pittsburgh City Paper). Here is more information about Can I Change My Mind. For articles about Billy Price and more reviews, see our articles and reviews page.

Billy Price released a double CD, Sworn Testimony: The Billy Price Band Live, in July 2002. In July 2003, the Billy Price Band gave a critically acclaimed performance at the Belgium Rhythm & Blues Festival in Billy Price's first-ever appearance in Europe. A DVD of the concert, entitled Funky...Funky Soul!!! was released in late 2003.

Billy Price's latest recording (May 2006) is East End Avenue on Bonedog Records, featuring the Billy Price Band on a set of 13 original new songs, including five songs co-written by Price with Jon Tiven. Tiven was the winner of three 2006 Blues Music Awards: Song of the Year for "Think of Me" by Little Milton, and Album of the Year and Soul Blues Album of the Year for the album of the same name, which Tiven produced. The CD also includes a cover of Dan Penn's "Faithful and True."

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Billy Price - Sworn Testimony: The Billy Price Band Live

Size: 169,5+171,7 MB
Time: 73:44+74:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Fried Chicken (4:21)
02. Here I Am (Come And Take Me) (4:22)
03. Gonna Forget About You (3:29)
04. A Nickel And A Nail (6:21)
05. Further On Up The Road (5:30)
06. Mine All Mine All Mine (7:35)
07. Sixty Minute Man Slip Away (5:25)
08. I've Been Searching (6:50)
09. Let Yourself Go (6:32)
10. You Better Believe It (4:24)
11. (I Think I'm) Drowning On Dry Land (4:41)
12. Bump And Grind (4:52)
13. Ain't It Funky Now Back From The Dead (9:17)

CD 2:
01. Can I Change My Mind Is It Something You've Got (12:56)
02. Do What You Think Is Best ( 3:31)
03. Last Two Dollars ( 7:53)
04. In The Room Next To The Room ( 3:49)
05. I Want To Take You Home (To See Mama) ( 2:43)
06. I Know It's Your Party (I Just Came Here To Dance) ( 5:10)
07. Full Of Fire ( 6:09)
08. Open House At My House (10:05)
09. You Left The Water Running ( 5:29)
10. Mother-In-Law Blues ( 5:22)
11. Nothing Left ( 7:21)
12. Strange Man ( 4:10)

Former Roy Buchanan vocalist, "East Coast King of Blue-Eyed Soul." Two-CD live performance at the Ram's Head Tavern, Annapolis, MD, April 2002.

Billy Price has been thrilling east coast audiences with his brand of rhythm and blues for the past three decades. In his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pa., he is an institution. Price's popularity isn't hard to explain. As Geoffrey Himes of the Washington Post has written, "Unlike so many blues revivalists, Price is not an imitation of older, better singers--he's the real thing."

Billy Price first attracted national attention during his three-year association with guitarist Roy Buchanan. Price is the vocalist on two of Buchanan's LPs, That's What I'm Here Forand Livestock. With Buchanan, Price toured the U.S. and Canada, playing such venues as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Newport Jazz Festival, the Roxy and the Troubadour in Los Angeles, and the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Price assembled Billy Price and the Keystone Rhythm Band in 1977. Before their breakup in 1990, the band recorded four critically acclaimed LPs and developed a reputation as one of the most exciting touring bands in the U.S.

Price formed The Billy Price Band in 1990. In addition to performing popular songs from Price's years with Buchanan and the Keystone Rhythm Band, the Billy Price Band features new interpretations of blues, R & B, and soul classics. The band currently consists of Lenny Smith (guitar), Willy Franklin (bass), H.B. Bennett (drums), John Burgh (keyboards), Joe Herndon (trumpet), Eric DeFade (tenor sax) and Rick Matt (baritone and tenor sax).

In April 1997, Billy Price released The Soul Collection, which featured a duet by Price and his friend and mentor Otis Clay on Clay's "That's How It Is," as well as background vocals by veteran Chicago vocalists Theresa Davis (former member of the Emotions), Robin Robinson, and Dianne Madison.

In Living Blues (September/October 1997), Bill Dahl called The Soul Collection "an inspired stroll through the glorious history of soul music [invested with] uncommon passion and authenticity." In the April 25, 1997 edition of the Washington Post, Mike Joyce called The Soul Collection "an R & B homage full of revealing and compelling performances...Price is a terrifically expressive soul singer," says Joyce, "one who conveys both the pain and the pleasure in these choice songs."

Can I Change My Mind on Green Dolphin Records was produced in Los Angeles by Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams, who has also produced artists such as Z.Z. Hill, Doris Duke, Irma Thomas, Solomon Burke, Patti LaBelle, Lionel Ritchie, and others. Since its release in December 1999, Can I Change My Mind has received critical acclaim from publications throughout the world: A sure-fire winner! (Ray Ellis, Juke Blues) ...will please all fans of modern soul and soul blues (Peter R. Aschoff, Living Blues) ...the most imaginative and entertaining record in Billy Price's 30-year musical career (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Price's expressive abilities define the term "deep soul" (Pittsburgh City Paper). Here is more information about Can I Change My Mind. For articles about Billy Price and more reviews, see our articles and reviews page.

Billy Price released a double CD, Sworn Testimony: The Billy Price Band Live, in July 2002. In July 2003, the Billy Price Band gave a critically acclaimed performance at the Belgium Rhythm & Blues Festival in Billy Price's first-ever appearance in Europe. A DVD of the concert, entitled Funky...Funky Soul!!! was released in late 2003.

Billy Price's latest recording (May 2006) is East End Avenue on Bonedog Records, featuring the Billy Price Band on a set of 13 original new songs, including five songs co-written by Price with Jon Tiven. Tiven was the winner of three 2006 Blues Music Awards: Song of the Year for "Think of Me" by Little Milton, and Album of the Year and Soul Blues Album of the Year for the album of the same name, which Tiven produced. The CD also includes a cover of Dan Penn's "Faithful and True."

Sworn Testimony CD 1
Sworn Testimony CD 2

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Billy Price - 2 albums: Strong / East End Avenue

Album: Strong
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 41:58
Size: 96.1 MB
Styles: Blues-soul
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[4:31] 1. Drivin' Wheel (Feat. The Billy Price Band)
[3:55] 2. Can't Leave It Alone (Feat. Mark Wenner)
[4:11] 3. Sweet Soul Music (Feat. Fred Chapellier)
[3:56] 4. Gotta Be Strong
[4:31] 5. The Lucky One
[4:30] 6. Let's Go For A Ride
[3:17] 7. Never Get Enough (Feat. Mark Stutso)
[3:29] 8. Diggin' A Hole
[5:14] 9. Part Time Love (Feat. Monster Mike Welch)
[4:21] 10. I've Got Love On My Mind

When veteran vocalist and bandleader Billy Price sings “Sweet Soul Music” on his new album, “Strong,” he isn’t covering the 1967 Arthur Conley hit. It’s a different lyric with a similar message and a wonderfully evocative reminder that Price has remained true to his R&B roots.

But then, in one way or another, every track on “Strong” reflects Price’s unwavering passions. Some prime examples: B.B. King clearly inspires the singer’s emotionally restless version of “Part Time Love,” complete with requisite horns and a pitch-perfect guest appearance by guitarist Monster Mike Welch. “Never Get Enough” salutes its celebrated authors — James Brown, Fred Wesley and Bobby Byrd — with a concert-ready funk workout. There are welcome echoes of Memphis soul and Al Green, beginning with the album opener, Roosevelt Sykes’s mournful “Drivin’ Wheel.”

Price, however, co-wrote the majority of songs, including two highlights — the inspirational “Gotta Be Strong” and the cautionary “Diggin’ a Hole.” Throughout the album, performances benefit from Price’s road-tested, seven-piece band and from appearances by a few more notable guests, such as the Nighthawks’ Mark Wenner and Mark Stutso.

Of course, fans who have followed Price’s impressive but often overlooked career from the ’70s know that he’s at his best onstage. It’s a safe bet that several songs from the aptly titled “Strong” will make his upcoming shows all the more stirring. ~Mike Joyce

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Album: East End Avenue
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 63:01
Size: 144.3 MB
Styles: Blues-soul
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[2:48] 1. Keep It To Yourself
[3:39] 2. Soul Sailin'
[3:27] 3. She Left Me With These Blues
[4:26] 4. East End Avenue
[5:52] 5. The Other Side Of You
[3:40] 6. If You Cook Like You Walk
[3:59] 7. The Big Show
[4:56] 8. Only Two Lovers
[4:23] 9. The Price I Paid For Loving You
[4:10] 10. Push Me To My Limit
[4:43] 11. Sweet Mistreatin' Love
[5:21] 12. Funky Like Dyke, Part 2
[5:09] 13. The Hard Hours
[6:22] 14. Faithful And True

'It’s Almost Time For Me To Go’ exhorts the Pittsburgh-based singer but not before he rips into the bluesy opener ‘Keep It To Yourself’, one of five songs Billy Price co-wrote with Jon and Sally Tiven for this varied and exemplary soulful 14-track CD produced by Billy with Jeff Ingersoll at the Mojo Boneyard studio in McKeesport, PA. Local song-writer Mike Sweeney contributes six songs including ‘Soul Sailin’’, possessing a similar feel to Solomon Burke’s ‘Soul Searchin’’, the nostalgic trip down ‘East End Avenue’, and a tribute to Dyke and The Blazers on ‘Funky Like Dyke, part 2’. Keyboardist Jimmy Britton penned the light-hearted, jovial romp ‘If You Cook Like You Walk’ whilst a lengthy take on the ballad ‘Faithful And True’, previously recorded by Z.Z. Hill, is the only non-original track on display. Billy enters Robert Cray territory on ‘The Other Side Of You’ but saves his best vocal performance for ‘The Price I Paid For Loving You’, a scorching piano-led deep-soul gem.

On some of his past recordings, Billy has tended to over-stretch at times, but here he hits the target with a mix of verve and restraint. Together with a set of quality songs and a tight, funky band replete with horns and back-ups, this top-drawer release deserves to catapult him to a much wider audience. ~Ray Ellis

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Billy PRICE & Fred CHAPELLIER - Night Work

Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues, Blues & Rock
Recorded: 2008
Released: 2009
File: mp3 @ 320 k/s
Size: 146.47 MB
Time: 61:47
Art: Full

1. Smart Money (4:03)
2. My Love Comes Tumbling Down (5:01)
3. Night Work (3:56)
4. Don't Let My Baby Ride (4:15)
5. When The Lights Came On (4:38)
6. Love And Happiness (5:57)
7. Who You're Workin' For (4:05)
8. Under The Influence (6:28)
9. The Wrong Woman (4:41)
10. BO.V. Wright (5:37)
11. All The Love In The World (3:53)
12. Champagne Blues And Pittsburgh Soul (5:07)
13. Skunk Shuffle (4:06)

Personnel: Billy PRICE - Vocals
Fred CHAPELLIER - Lead Guitars & Rhythm Guitars
Steve Delach - Guitars
Jimmy Briton - Keyboards
Rick Matt, Eric DeFade - Saxophones
Joe Herndon - Trumpet
Paul Thompson - Bass
David Ray Dodd - Drums
with guests:
Otis Clay - Vocals tr.6
Mark Wenner - Harmonica tr.3,7,9
a.o.

Notes: 'Night Work', by Pittsburgh-based blue-eyed soul singer Billy Price and French blues guitarist Fred Chapellier, was released in Europe in March 2009. Fans of Price's work in the 1970s with guitarist Roy Buchanan are going to love 'Night Work'. Roy is one of Fred's biggest influences as a guitarist; in fact, Fred's last CD for DixieFrog was titled 'A Tribute to Roy Buchanan', and Billy Price appeared on that CD as a guest vocalist.

Mark Wenner, harmonica player of the Nighthawks, plays on three songs-the title song, written by Mike Sweeney from Pittsburgh; a new version of 'Who You're Working For', which Price recorded with Billy Price and the Keystone Rhythm Band on the 'Free at Last' CD in 1988; and a new song written by Price, Sweeney, Sally Tiven, and Jon Tiven titled 'The Wrong Woman'. Also making a guest appearance on the new CD, singing Al Green's 'Love and Happiness', is Otis Clay.

Price and Chapellier wrote six songs for the new CD, BP Band keyboard player Jimmy Britton and Price wrote one, and Sweeney contributed a great tribute to O.V. Wright. Speaking of O.V. Wright, no Billy Price CD would be complete without at least one O.V. Wright cover. This time, it's 'Don't Let My Baby Ride'.

The CD is a true international collaboration. The Billy Price Band play on most of the tracks, but Fred's great band-Abder Benachour on bass, Pat Machenaud on drums, and Damien Cornelis on keyboards-play on three songs, with horns overdubbed by the Billy Price Band horn section.

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Billy Price Keystone Rhythm Band - The Soul Collection

Size: 138,4 MB
Time: 60:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Blues Soul, Soul
Art: Front

01. I Didn't Know The Meaning Of Pain (3:26)
02. Let It Happen (3:00)
03. Beautiful Feeling (3:44)
04. Gonna Forget About You (3:21)
05. Your Time To Cry (3:47)
06. That's How It Is (3:46)
07. A Man Must Stand For Something (3:12)
08. You Got Me Knocking (5:04)
09. I Can't Stand It (2:56)
10. I Betcha Didn't Know That (3:45)
11. It's In The Wind (3:16)
12. Let Yourself Go (3:18)
13. I Die A Little Each Day (2:58)
14. Something 'bout 'cha (4:13)
15. Why Can't We Be Lovers (4:05)
16. Dangerous Highway (6:04)

Blues revivalist Billy Price, born November 10, 1949 in Passaic, NJ, took to singing at a young age and has performed professionally for more than two decades. He's a superstar in his adopted hometown, Pittsburgh, PA, America's doo wop capital. Price caught the public's eye as the vocalist for the Roy Buchanan Band. He's featured on two acclaimed albums recorded under Buchanan's name: That's What I'm Here For, in 1972, and Livestock, in 1974, both on Polygram. Price toured all over the United States and parts of Canada with the highlights being the Newport Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall, the Roxy, and the Troubadour in Los Angeles, as part of Buchanan's crew.

After splitting with Buchanan, Price started Billy Price and the Keystone Rhythm Band in 1977. They stayed together 13 years and recorded four critically acclaimed albums including Is It Over, in 1980, and They Found Me Guilty, in 1982, both on Green Dolphin Records; Antenna Records has compiled the two albums on CD. Other Antenna CD's include Live (1984), Free at Last (1988). Billy named his new group the Billy Price Band in 1990 and increased their repertoire by including riveting interpretations of R&B & soul classics. Road band members are Lenny Smith (guitar), Willie Franklin (bass), H. B. Bennett (drums), John Burgh (keyboards), Ralph Guzzi (trumpet), Eric Defade (tenor sax), and Curtis Johnson (baritone & tenor sax). The Billy Price Band released Danger Zone, in 1993 on Corona Records, and returned to Green Dolphin Records in 1997 to record The Soul Collection, and Can I Change My Mind, in 1999. A diehard, Price will be around til he can't belt em' out anymore; arbitrary retirement is not in the cards for the blue eye soul singer who performs one of the most sincere brands of R&B/blues around. ~Bio by Andrew Hamilton

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The Soul Collection

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