Album:
Les Blues Hot
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:13
Size: 158.5 MB
Styles: Roots, Contemporary blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front
[2:30] 1. Freight Car
[2:23] 2. Baby, Please Don’t Go
[3:54] 3. Dogs Don’t Sing
[3:10] 4. I Don’t Want To
[3:56] 5. Hudson’s Stomp
[4:08] 6. Where Can My Baby Be
[3:52] 7. Hesitation Blues
[3:20] 8. Up From The Bottom
[3:55] 9. Give It Up, Buddy
[3:06] 10. Our Real Good Thing (...Gets Better Everyday)
[3:41] 11. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
[4:17] 12. It’s Gonna Be Me (There'll Be A Day)
[3:08] 13. ‘a’ Rag
[3:34] 14. Hands Off
[2:59] 15. I’m Homesick
[3:52] 16. Gonna Quit You
[2:46] 17. Woogie On Down
[4:13] 18. Mississippi Shadows
[3:20] 19. Boogie For Jimmy Reed
[2:58] 20. Raisin’ Praise
A CD by a fabulous musician who deserves this solo album more than anybody else. One of the baddest blues bassists around, it turns out that Brad also knows his way around a guitar's neck and a microphone! His playing is tasty and his singing is strong too. Plus, his song selection suits my tastes very well. It's eclectic, mixing blues with some good time jazz. Whoever had the idea to include clarinet on this album had a GREAT idea; the sound is just pure fun! With 20 songs and almost 70 minutes of music, great playing, and some first-class musicians, 'Le Blues Hot' is a CD that should have been released a long time ago! ~Przemek Draheim, Radio Sfera, Torun (Poland)
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Album:
Traveling Fool (feat. Bobby Radcliff)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:18
Size: 138.1 MB
Styles: Roots, Contemporary blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front
[5:42] 1. Traveling Fool
[3:34] 2. Because I Love You That Way
[4:37] 3. Diggin' My Potatoes
[4:07] 4. Don't Take My Cadillac
[2:43] 5. Uh Oh!
[2:54] 6. No Baby, No
[5:39] 7. Leave Me Be
[3:57] 8. Low Down Dirty Shame
[2:42] 9. Glad Rags
[3:42] 10. In My Dream
[4:05] 11. Fourteen Women
[3:25] 12. Skeeter Song
[3:35] 13. Without Moolah
[5:56] 14. How Long Blues
[3:32] 15. Rockabilly Rumble
Special guest guitarist Bobby Radcliff has this to say about Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans and "Traveling Fool":
Sometimes I forget how much I loved those old albums from the ’60s: J. B. Lenoir and Lowell Fulson’s Chess recordings with the horns slightly out of key (which I adore)—not to mention all my old Blind Lemon Jefferson, Texas Henry Thomas, etc. albums on those funky 78-rpm-to-disc re-issue labels back then.
I can’t think of many artists today that can get the kind of raw, direct punch that was so evident in the “old masters”. For some reason, Brad Vickers does capture it. And the best part is that his music never sounds “manufactured to sound authentic”. Brad’s music doesn’t have the glossy high-tech veneer that too many artists utilize to “sound like the great artists of old”. This recording, his 3rd release on CD, is the obvious choice if you want to experience first-rate American blues/R&B music, and its related tributaries.
Brad’s vocal delivery always stays firm in a laconic, easy-going manner. I’m reminded at times of Fats Domino via Bill Monroe, but that’s an oversimplification. Brad is his own man both vocally and in his instrumental technique. Much of his guitar work is the direct result of his use of open E tuning rather than standard Spanish. This actually gives him a bit of an edge over some of his musical peers. I am always blown away by the unusual tone variations and colors he achieves. Believe me, as a practicing picker myself, you will not get certain odd inflections and subtle pitch/interval variations with standard guitar tuning. All of this adds up to some extremely nasty guitar sounds!
Of particular note, I should add, is the equal importance of his Vesapolitans line-up: Bill Rankin on percussion; Margey Peters, who adds her rich and sonorous playing on bass and fiddle; the great Jim Davis on clarinet and tenor saxophone; Matt Cowan on baritone saxophone; and one of my favorite guitar (and piano!) pickers, Arne Englund. The estimable V.D. King also makes an appearance with this fine ensemble.
I can’t say enough about Dave Gross’s production on this CD. As a guest myself on this session, I had the opportunity to observe him in the production/engineer capacities. All I can say is this: I had one of the best times in years being involved with the making of this recording. A great captain at the helm always gets the best out of musicians. I’d put him up with my favorites, Hammond Scott (Black Top), Peter K. Siegal, and Chris Matheos. All of this said, if you’re in the mood to spend some time listening and dancing—don’t forget, Mister Vickers is a rocker to the core!—to some downright incredibly hip music, then slap this in your favorite player and tear it up! ~Bobby Radcliff,
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