Good Time Charlie - Boomin'

Size: 74.7 MB
Time: 31:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Every Broken Heart (3:47)
02. Step By Step (2:48)
03. Red Hot Lovin' Stew (2:45)
04. Underdog (3:30)
05. Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin') (3:48)
06. Fools Paradise (2:38)
07. Boomin' (2:54)
08. A Mule's Still Kickin’ In Your Stall (3:07)
09. Somebody Told You (3:41)
10. Handyman (2:43)

Personnel:
Arle Hjelmeland – vocals, harmonica
Johnny Augland – guitar, piano, vocals
Per Fredriksen – drums
Leif Korsnes – bass, vocals
Steinar Karlsen – guitar, vocals

Good Time Charlie (GTC) will release album no. 13 – "boomin'". A vital release in the tracks of the debut album "Comin' Down With The Blues" (1995). Here it is time for a reunion with the original cast in great form and brand new songs that speak straight to the heart.

With their first album, GTC helped create something new in the Norwegian context. The album was praised by critics and has since gained status as a milestone among Norwegian blues releases.

GTC was founded in 1982 and is considered a pioneer band in Norway for authentic rhythm and blues, for which they have also garnered national and international recognition. GTC has been the backing band for blues legends such as Lowell Fulson, Hubert Sumlin, Pinetop Perkins and Jimmy Dawkins, among others.

The band developed its own authentic sound early on and has the ability to innovate. This has resulted in a powerful musical melting pot inspired by New Orleans Rhythm and Blues, West Coast Cool Blues, Boogie Woogie and Rockin' Soul.
With 12 critically acclaimed albums and several nominations for the Spellemannprisen, the band has left a clear mark.

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Good Time Charlie - Garage A-Go-Go

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:06
Size: 78.1 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[2:16] 1. Net-Zombie
[2:12] 2. High-Jiver
[2:29] 3. News For You
[4:29] 4. Cold Shivers
[2:09] 5. Shine
[2:37] 6. Time-Squeezer
[2:16] 7. Red Lights
[2:26] 8. Gone
[2:46] 9. Garage A-Go-Go
[1:56] 10. Horse
[2:25] 11. Told You Twice
[3:01] 12. Ditch Diggin'
[2:56] 13. Part Of My Game

Bass – Morten Skage; Cello, Arranged By [Strings] – Matias Monsen; Drums, Percussion – Einar Olsson; Guitar, Vocals, Choir, Piano, Percussion, Organ, Electric Piano – Steinar Karlsen; Handclaps – Iver Sandøy, Margit Vangdal; Synth, Percussion, Backing Band – Yngve L. Sætre; Violin – Mari Persen; Vocals, Harmonica – Arle Hjelmeland. Recorded and mixed 2011 at Duper Studio, Bergen. Additional recording at Steinar's house.

Garage-A-Go-Go! is a fusion of the raunchy garage rock of the 60s and the explosive and energetic sounds of soul music; in a word: Garage-Soul. A good CD for a good time! After having taken a new course with the critically acclaimed, Norwegian grammy-nominee "Mojo Energy" in 2008, this "Garage-A-Go-Go!" release is a stylish and uncompromising musical experience of unashamed high energy. Purified, unadulterated real music! "Good Time Charlie is the best Rhythm & Blues band I've heard outside of the states for many years. They'll raise hell in the USA." ~Ronnie Earl. "These guys really understand ... Playing with them takes me back to the 50s." ~ Lowell Fulsom.

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Good Time Charlie - Ready To Rumble

Size: 251 MB
Time: 33:02
File: FLAC
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Ready (2:51)
02. In It To Win It (2:35)
03. Hunt (2:37)
04. Soul Up On Ice (2:56)
05. Line Of Fire (3:10)
06. Pie In The Sky (2:37)
07. New Beat (2:29)
08. Hack (3:47)
09. Mellow (2:30)
10. Soulhawk (3:24)
11. Freezin' Penguin (4:01)

Personnel:
Arle Hjelmeland - Harmonica, Lead Vocals
Steinar Karlsen - Guitar, Organ, Vocals
Qystein Lydvo - Bass, Perccussion, Vocals
Per Fredriksen - Drums, Vocals

Since they started up in 1983, Good Time Charlie (GTC) has always been a hard working road band, bringing their energetic music to venues all around the world – Norway, Scandinavia, southern Europe, and lately also to China. Trough their 25 years on the road GTC have always been pioneers when it comes to sound and quality. They have played an important role, both as an inspiration and a legendary influence on musicians as well as blues societies and clubs up and down the blues circuit in Norway. Through the 80`s and the 90`s they functioned like a school for other bands and aspiring musicians, serving as an important inspirational guide. The solid backbeat and groove and over-all pure style have also brought GTC praise from legends as Lowell Fulson, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton and Jimmy Dawkins and John Mayhall. Musically, GTC have always had a dedication to tradition and style and the spirit of the music. They have been as much at home playing the raw Sun sounds of Memphis as the heavy Chess blues of Chicago, the deep New Orleans funk of the 60`s as well as the swampy moods of the Louisiana bayou, the shuffle of Texas R&B and the jump and jive of the West Coast. «They really got something to tell!!» - Kim Wilson

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Various Artists - All That Blues From Norway

Year: 1996
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:58
Size: 172,1 MB
Styles: Blues (various styles)
Scans: Full

1. Totto Nilsen - Skrik (0:27)
2. The R&B Express - Got My Eyes On You (3:33)
3. Knut Reiersrud - God Don't Never Change (4:31)
4. Jörn Hoel - Mojo Guru (5:00)
5. Marianne Antonsen - Someday (5:03)
6. Tiger City Jukes - I Don't Love You (2:14)
7. Reidar Larsen & The Boogie Bastards - Hole In The Wall (3:51)
8. Daryl McDade & Omatima Rhytm - It's Hard Out There (3:53)
9. Berge/Flaaten Blues Band - Is It Love? (3:12)
10. Earl Wilson - I'm Proud And Strong (4:09)
11. Peer Gynt - Dokter (3:28)
12. Hard Luck Blues Band - Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight (3:38)
13. Good Time Charlie - Homesick (5:29)
14. Stokkan - Steal Me Away (4:07)
15. Spoonful Of Blues - Walking Blues (4:08)
16. T.I.s Blue Master - In The Barn (3:02)
17. Larsen's Last Chance - Blues For Red (3:50)
18. Notodden Blues Band - Trives Best Aleine (3:32)
19. Erik Moll - In The Shadow Of A Little White Lie (3:13)
20. Mulens Portland Combo - Ain't That I Don't Love You (3:33)

A good overview of the incredibly fertile blues scene in that little country. It's just amazing to see how big a blues scene there is in this under-populated northern country.

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Good Time Charlie - Oochie Coochie

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:30
Size: 106.5 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[2:00] 1. Oochie Coochie!
[3:27] 2. A Thing You Got To Face
[3:50] 3. Money Money Honey!
[3:03] 4. Well Baby
[2:30] 5. Mary
[4:42] 6. Dizzy, Broke And Blue
[2:29] 7. Teenage Chill
[4:18] 8. Back In Business
[2:41] 9. She's Drivin' Me Real Crazy
[3:45] 10. She's Mine, All Mine
[2:36] 11. Magic Rocker
[4:40] 12. California Blues
[3:16] 13. One For Young John Watson (Oh! Baby!)
[3:06] 14. I Got To Go

Arle Hjelmeland - Harp & Vocals; Kjetil Grande - Guitar; Leif Korsnes - Bass; Per Fredriksen - Drums.

"Oochie Coochie" is a seminal effort (four years after the debut album "Coming Down With the Blues" was released) of good-time rockin' blues and R&B from Good Time Charlie. Arle Hjelmeland's harmonica is undeniably among the best and his vocals not only suit the material, but are just plain pleasing. This CD displays the band bluesier side, but touches upon the garage-soul flavor of later efforts. Good Time Charlie played the very first Notodden Festival back in 1988 and Arle Hjelmelan was an awards presenter. The group name was taken from a record by blues artist James Cotton. A "Good Time Charlie" is a person who enjoys life, is generous and a ladies man.

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Good Time Charlie - It's Alright

Year: 2005
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:53
Size: 95,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues, rocking blues
Scans: Full

1. It's Alright (3:07)
2. Lucky Man (2:49)
3. The Way You Do (2:41)
4. Stop What You're Doing (2:46)
5. Cha-Dooky-Doo (2:16)
6. You Must Have Been Beautiful Baby (2:19)
7. Deep Trouble (2:33)
8. I'm Not A Fool Anymore (3:23)
9. The Revenge Of The Kebab (2:29)
10. Nosy Ways (2:49)
11. Upside Down (2:40)
12. Kingsize (2:44)
13. I Don't Care (2:38)
14. Easy Street (3:14)
15. There's Another Place I Can't Go (3:21)

Formed in Bergen in the early eighties, Good Time Charlie soon grew to be one of Norway's favourite live acts. Their mixture of black American music from the 40s and 50s helped define their raw, soulful and authentic sound - «The Good Time Charlie signature».

Their solid backbeat, groove and overall pure style have brought GTC praise as a back-up band for such blues greats as Lowell Fulson, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Pinetop Perkins and Jimmy Dawkins. Good Time Charlie have impressed all the legends. Why? Because they feel as much at home playing the raw Sun sounds of Memphis as the heavy Chess blues of Chicago, the deep New Orleans funk of the 60`s as well as the swampy moods of the Louisiana bayou, the shufle of Texas R&B and the jump and jive of the West Coast.

Personnel:
Arle Hjelmeland - lead vocals, harmonica
Steinar Karlsen - guitar, organ, vocals
Öystein Lydvo - bass, percussion, vocals
Per Fredriksen - drums, vocals

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Good Time Charlie - Coming Down With The Blues

Year: 1995
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:40
Size: 118,3 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Boogie Man (2:25)
2. Why Don't You Stop, Babe? (3:25)
3. Broke And Lonely (4:57)
4. I Ain't Gonna Be Your Monkey Man (2:53)
5. I'm A Fool To Care (2:44)
6. Out My Door (4:28)
7. Lil' Girl (3:02)
8. I'm Movin Out (3:32)
9. Coming Down With The Blues (3:37)
10. Veguzdal (3:26)
11. No Buts And No Maybes (2:57)
12. Homesick (5:30)
13. I'm Hooked (3:21)
14. You Don't Love Me (2:53)
15. She's Talking 'Bout Loving (2:23)

Good Time Charlie is widely known for their dedicated and true disclosure of musical traditions and styles. In Norway they are counted as a pioneer band for authentic rhythm and blues, which they also have gained national and international recognition for. The band has served as backing band for international artists such as Lowell Fulson, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Pinetop Perkins and Jimmy Dawkins. Good Time Charlie has released 8 discs. In 1995 they released their highly acclaimed debut album "Comin Down With The Blues", which has been named a classic among music experts and musicians. The album contained both own material and cover songs of black American blues and received overwhelming good reviews. The following albums "Oochie-Coochie" and "It's Alright" followed up the success with critical acclaim. "It's Alright" was also released in China with a subsequent launch tour.

Other important releases include "Mojo Energy" which was released in 2008. There Good Time Charlie defined the genre "garage-soul", a fusion of '60s garage rock and the explosive energy and full authentic soul music. The album was hailed by an unanimous corps of critics, and was nominated for the Norweigian Spellemannspris award in the blues class. In 2011 they released "Garage A Go-Go," and in 2013 the band's 30th anniversary was marked with the release of the compilation album "In Sugartown".

Personnel:
Arle Hjelmeland - lead vocals, harmonica
Johnny 'Guitar' Augland - guitar, piano, vocals
Lief 'Dixon' Korsnes - bass, vocals
Per Fredriksen - drums

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Good Time Charlie - 2 albums: Diamonds / Mojo Energy

After 20 years on the road and ten years after their cult debut CD “Coming with the Blues”, the beat goes on,…Moving into millenium, the 2005 edition GTC can be described as a electric juke joint band, mixing 50`s R&B, black roll and roll and Twang soul.

Arle Hjelmeland, Steinar Karlsen, Morten Skage, Einar Olsson

Album: Diamonds
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 35:29
Size: 81.2 MB
Styles: Modern electric blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[2:15] 1. Wolf Ticket
[2:56] 2. Out Of Wack
[2:42] 3. Too Little Too Late
[3:09] 4. Still Frozen
[4:03] 5. All My Life
[3:06] 6. Eden Is Burnin'
[2:26] 7. Makin' A Way Outta No Way
[3:35] 8. Talk To Me
[2:20] 9. Broke
[2:49] 10. 15 Minutes
[2:31] 11. Gonna Get Back Home Somehow
[3:32] 12. Made In The Shade

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Album: Mojo Energy
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 29:14
Size: 67.0 MB
Styles: Modern electric blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[2:18] 1. Mojo Energy
[2:09] 2. You Cause Me Pain
[3:10] 3. Dealin´ With The Devil
[2:52] 4. This Train
[0:10] 5. Fools Paradise
[2:46] 6. Brasero
[2:04] 7. Bad Reputation
[3:11] 8. You Know
[3:08] 9. Cursed
[0:25] 10. Las Vegas
[0:52] 11. I Need You
[2:46] 12. Time Is Runnin´ Out
[3:18] 13. Give You Up

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Good Time Charlie - In Sugartown

Size: 170,7 MB
Time: 73:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Rockabilly Blues
Art: Front

01. Davy Crockett (3:25)
02. I'm Movin' Out (3:31)
03. Comin' Down With The Blues (3:35)
04. I'm Hooked (3:20)
05. I'm A Fool To Care (2:43)
06. Broke And Lonely (4:54)
07. Out My Door (4:26)
08. Lil' Girl (3:02)
09. Playin' With Fire (7:20)
10. A Thing You Got To Face (3:30)
11. She's Drivin' Me Real Crazy (2:43)
12. Dizzy, Broke And Blue (4:42)
13. Money Money Money! (3:49)
14. Oochie Coochie! (2:00)
15. Back In Buisness (4:18)
16. It's Alright (3:04)
17. Cha-Dooky-Doo (2:14)
18. Lucky Man (2:46)
19. I'm Not A Fool Anymore (3:25)
20. Deep Trouble (2:30)
21. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby (2:17)

«In Sugartown» is a compilation of songs lifted from the early GTC albums «Comin" Down With The Blues», «Oochie Coochie!» and «It's Alright». You will find a lot of good original material, combined with some obscure but classic rythm & blues songs.

Formed in Bergen in the early eighties, Good Time Charlie soon grew to be one of Norway's favourite live acts. Their mixture of black American music from the 40s and 50s helped define their raw, soulful and authentic sound - «The Good Time Charlie signature».

GTC as an inspirational guide
Good Time Charlie has played an important role - both as an inspiration, a legendary influence on musicians as well as the blues societies and clubs in the Norwegian blues circuts. Through the 80`s and the 90`s they functioned as a veritable school of blues for other bands and aspiring musicians, serving as an important inspirational guide. They have therefore been instrumental in setting the high standard now being followed by the new generation of Norwegian blues bands.

Godfathers of authentic blues in Norway
The band has been named the godfathers of authentic blues in Norway - and with good reason. 30 years as one of the most important pioneer bands within the authentic blues and soul genre has given GTC a reputation and status as the best R&B band outside the US in a long time.

Great stylistic span
Their solid backbeat, groove and overall pure style have brought GTC praise as a back-up band for such blues greats as Lowell Fulson, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Pinetop Perkins and Jimmy Dawkins. Good Time Charlie have impressed all the legends.Why? Because they feel as much at home playing the raw Sun sounds of Memphis as the heavy Chess blues of Chicago, the deep New Orleans funk of the 60`s as well as the swampy moods of the Louisiana bayou, the shufle of Texas R&B and the jump and jive of the West Coast.

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