Bugs Henderson & The Shuffle Kings - That's The Truth (Live!)

Size: 165.6 MB
Time: 71:28
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1995
Styles: Texas Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. Foreplay ( 6:03)
02. Take Your Time (10:04)
03. That's The Truth ( 4:37)
04. Blue Casino ( 5:58)
05. Look Out ( 4:58)
06. Heartbreak Gumbo ( 7:57)
07. Johnny B. Goode ( 7:48)
08. Good Stuff ( 8:17)
09. You Can't Sit Down (11:29)
10. Audio Liner Notes ( 4:12)

Bugs Henderson splashes a warning on the inside sleeve for anyone who might not know the drill: "This is not elevator music. Crank it up!" There are no overdubs, no re-takes, and no fancy tricks on this live recording, captured on five consecutive nights in November 1994 in various clubs in Colorado. If you've never seen Henderson live, this is as close as one will likely come to hearing what he is capable of when he begins playing his trademark red Paul Reed Smith guitar. Accompanied only by his son Buddy Henderson on drums and Keith Jones on bass, the artist gives you fast instrumentals, slow blues, heavy rock, slow rock, boogies, and everything in between. There's amplifier hum and feedback, whistling fans, and songs more than ten minutes long. One of just two covers, "Johnny B. Goode" is unlike any version heard before. It starts out with a bass solo, and then Henderson comes in with flying guitar effects. Three minutes pass before he even begins to sing. On "You Can't Sit Down," Henderson goes all out, demonstrating why he is the guitar hero he has become to followers. The center section of the song, a full three minutes, is all Henderson; a true guitar solo -- he goes it alone, no bass or drums. He throws in more heroics and licks than you can shake a whammy bar at. The Knack's "My Sharona," the Beatles' "I Feel Fine," Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir," and "Peter Gunn" all figure into the equation. In his customary audio liner notes, Henderson admits that mistakes were recorded (after one of them he even steps to the mic and says, "Sorry"), but insists that after listening to over 15 hours of tapes, he chose the songs that reflect the feeling, fire, and passion of everyone's playing instead of those on which his own playing comes as close to perfect as possible. Amen. ~Ann Wickstrom

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The Bugs Henderson Group - 2 albums: At Last / Still Flyin'

The Tyler, TX-raised Bugs Henderson took his cues from the wealth of great roadhouse blues and blues-rock guitarists that were around Dallas, including Freddie King, Johnny Winter, and literally dozens of others on the Texas music scene of the '60s. Henderson has cited James Burton, Ricky Nelson's guitarist, as a major influence.

Henderson got his first guitar, a Montgomery Ward Airline, one year at Christmas when he was just six years old. Like Louisianan Sonny Landreth, also an exquisite player, Henderson began working in a record store in his teens. As a teenager, he would sneak out of the house to see live shows at local clubs, and he formed his first band, the Sensors, at 16. He later joined a friend, Ronnie Weiss, in a band called Mouse & the Traps, and they charted their first regional radio hit, "Public Execution" in 1966. Although he played in a procession of rock bands and studio sessions for country and rock musicians, by the early '70s Henderson realized the only music he was truly passionate about was blues. His mentor and friend, the legendary Freddie King, advised him to form his own band and follow his heart. By 1978, Henderson released his first record, At Last, for Texas-based Armadillo Records. The album would be the first of more than 14 records in the ensuing three decades. ~Richard Skelly

Album: At Last
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:41
Size: 109.2 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[ 6:26] 1. Boppin' The Blues/Blue Suede Shoes
[ 5:20] 2. Love Junkie
[ 6:29] 3. Takes My Breath Away
[ 5:12] 4. Honest I Do
[ 6:28] 5. Shuffle King
[ 4:12] 6. Texas Ballbuster
[13:31] 7. Hound Dog/Gigglebush Boogie

At Last mc
At Last zippy

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Album: Still Flyin'
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:48
Size: 155.2 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[ 3:42] 1. Baby Ruth
[ 3:44] 2. Heart Attack
[ 3:51] 3. Thirteen Ways
[ 4:32] 4. Judi Likes The Blues
[ 3:30] 5. Hideaway
[ 4:19] 6. Not Guilty
[ 3:37] 7. Drug Store Blues
[ 4:03] 8. Still Flyin'
[ 4:26] 9. Please Have Mercy
[ 3:18] 10. Little Brother
[ 3:52] 11. Funky Beatrice
[ 3:33] 12. Louisiana Women
[ 4:38] 13. Sixty Five
[16:36] 14. Audio Liner Notes

Still Flyin' mc
Still Flyin' zippy

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Bugs Henderson & The Shufflekings - American Music

Size: 125,2 MB
Time: 53:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1988
Styles: Texas Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

01. The Blackhawk Walk (2:00)
02. Dance Till The Moon Go Down (4:04)
03. Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do (5:47)
04. Back To Louisiana (3:23)
05. Big Legged Woman (4:39)
06. Honky Tonk (8:28)
07. She Thinks I Still Care (5:09)
08. Rocket In My Pocket (6:24)
09. Tore Down (3:53)
10. American Music (5:28)
11. Shuffle King (4:12)

Bugs Henderson was born in Palm Springs, California in 1943 and grew up in Tyler, Texas. Bugs had a burning desire to pick up the 6 string at an early age. At the age of 6 he discovered his first love. Beginning in the early 1960's he began working in a record store in Tyler. As a teen he would sneak out of the house against his fathers wishes just to catch live gigs in the local joints. Beginning his own band, the Sensors, at age 16 he soon joined his friend, Ronnie Weiss, in a band called Mouse and the Traps. Mouse and the traps charted its first song, "Public Execution" in 1966. This is where he earned his name "Bugs" over shadowing his real name Buddy.

By the end of the decade, Bugs had made the transition from fan to musician. As a house guitarist at the Robin Hood Studios, he played demo sessions behind numerous performers from country to rock. Bugs' signature sound was beginning to define itself during the 1970s with the blues. Quoting Bugs, "Blues was all that mattered to me; no other music was worth a damn." During this time, Bugs moved from Tyler to Dallas in order to join the scene of a bar called The Cellar. "It's really hard to explain that place," Henderson remembers. "It was this big, black room. It had a red light that came on when the cops were coming in and another light for fights. The waitresses wore just bras and panties, but they ran three or four bands in a night and everybody played original music. We usually didn't leave until four in the morning, and there was no other place like it around. It was the best thing that happened to my music. I learned a lot."

Henderson went from small clubs to playing on stage opening for artists such as the Allman Brothers, B.B King, and Leon Russell. Henderson described it as "a big change." Bugs and his love for blues got tired of the wide-open riff-oriented rock, and friend Freddie King began pushing for Henderson to start his own band. Bugs the assembled his first record "At Last" released on succession of 14 albums spanning over four decades.

Success and it's spoils began wreaking havoc on Bugs' life in the late 1970s. Bugs took time to take a good hard look at where his life was and where it was going. "Most of the people I ran with are dead, in jail, or just look terrible. With God's help and good friends, I came out of it, "Henderson says. Bugs Henderson lives in East Texas with his wife Patty and daughter Zoey. "The order of importance in his life is simple: Family, Music, Career. Bugs explains, "I couldn't have the life I have now and be a major star. Couldn't go to my kids' ball games. I wouldn't give up that for anything."

His mixture of searing blues, jazz ability, swing, funk, and just about everything else that can be played on six strings; Bugs has the ability to give his audience a sense of true musical art, applying enormous control over his tone and coloration.

American Music

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