VA - Lone Star Guitar Attack: Albert Collins & The Kings Of Texas Blues Guitar

Size: 185,2 MB
Time: 78:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Texas Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

01. Jesse Thomas - Let’s Have Some Fun (2:59)
02. Clarence Garlow - In A Boogie Mood (2:50)
03. Goree Carter & His Hepcats - Rock Awhile (2:43)
04. Goree Carter & His Hepcats - My Love Is Coming Down (2:52)
05. Rocky Thompson - Bullcorn Blues (2:43)
06. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Gate Walks To Board (2:36)
07. Cal Green - Blue Memories (3:08)
08. Cal Green - Love Me Pretty Baby (2:33)
09. Cal Green - All Alone (3:24)
10. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Okie Dokie Stomp (2:33)
11. Peppermint Harris - I Got To Go (2:04)
12. Peppermint Harris - Smiles (3:59)
13. Peppermint Harris - Houston Can’t Be Heaven (2:33)
14. Albert Collins - Collins Shuffle (2:22)
15. Albert Collins - Freeze (2:20)
16. Ray Sharpe - Oh, My Baby’s Gone (2:09)
17. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Swingin’ The Gate (2:49)
18. Royal Earl & The Swingin' Kools - Royal Earl Shuffle (2:21)
19. Royal Earl & The Swingin’ Kools - Talking Guitar, Pt. 2 (2:12)
20. Cal Valentine & The Texas Rockers - The Boogie Twist, Pt. 2 (2:50)
21. Long John Hunter - El Paso Rock (2:34)
22. Long John Hunter - Midnight Stroll (2:35)
23. Long John Hunter - Strange Feeling (2:14)
24. Long John Hunter - Grandma (2:05)
25. The Daylighters - Something Is Wrong (2:33)
26. Ray Sharpe - Dallas (2:41)
27. Clarence Green - Crazy Strings (2:10)
28. Albert Collins - Defrost (2:28)
29. Albert Collins - Albert’s Alley (2:37)
30. Clarence Green - Red Light (2:10)

A stunning mixture of classics and rarities, 'Lone Star Guitar Attack' encompasses 30 cuts of blistering Texas guitar from the 1950s and early '60s. Features major stars, Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Long John Hunter and of course 'The Ice Man' the one and only, Albert Collins. Also herein are many outstanding tracks by lesser known artists such as Peppermint Harris and Goree Carter whose track "Rock Awhile" is one of many singles cited as 'the first rock and roll record' and is also often cited as an influence over Chuck Berry. Also of particular note are the great tracks by Cal Green and his brother Clarence Green whose song "Red Light" ends this fantastic collection.

Lone Star Guitar Attack

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Goree Carter - Essential Blues

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Time: 97:07
Size: 222.4 MB
Released: 2009
Styles: Texas blues
Art: Front

1. My Wish (3:11)
2. I'll Send You (2:14)
3. My Love Is Coming Down (2:50)
4. Rock Awhile (2:41)
5. Serenade (2:57)
6. Lonely World (2:29)
7. She's My Best Bet (2:44)
8. Is It True (3:06)
9. Workin' With My Baby (3:25)
10. Sweet Ole Woman's Blues (2:34)
11. I'm Just Another Fool (2:13)
12. When Night Falls (2:31)
13. If It's True What They Tell Me (2:34)
14. Back Home Blues (2:36)
15. Everybody's Love Crazy (3:24)
16. She's Just Old Fashioned (3:06)
17. Bull Corn Blues (2:37)
18. True Love Is Hard To Find (2:32)
19. Christmas Time (2:39)
20. Love's A Gamble (2:34)
21. I'm Your Boogie Man (2:24)
22. Let's Rock (2:28)
23. Hoy-Hoy (2:56)
24. Every Dog Has His Day (2:51)
25. Tell Me, Is There Still A Chan (3:05)
26. Let's Make Love (2:37)
27. You Are My Everything (2:40)
28. Seven Days (2:36)
29. I've Got News For You (2:32)
30. Please Say You're Mine (3:21)
31. What A Friend Will Do (3:02)
32. Come On Let's Boogie (3:01)
33. Drunk Or Sober (2:54)
34. How Can You Love Me (2:45)
35. I Just Thought Of You (2:44)

T-Bone Walker inspired a legion of young Texas blues guitarists during the years following World War II with his elegant electrified riffs and fat chords. Among his legion of disciples was Houston's Goree Carter, whose big break came when Solomon Kahal signed him to Houston's Freedom Records circa 1949.

Carter's best-known waxing, the torrid "Rock Awhile" (billed to Goree Carter & His Hepcats) emerged not long thereafter, its sizzling opening lick sounding quite a bit like primordial Chuck Berry. Freedom issued plenty of Carter platters over the next few years, and he later recorded for Imperial/Bayou, Sittin' in With, Coral, Jade, and Modern without denting the national charts. Eventually, he left music behind altogether. ~Bill Dahl

Essential Blues

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Goree Carter - Rock Awhile EP

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 14:10
Size: 32.5 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[3:17] 1. She's Just Old Fashioned
[2:40] 2. Rock A While
[2:56] 3. Hoy Hoy
[2:42] 4. Back Home Blues
[2:33] 5. Sweet Old Woman Blues

T-Bone Walker inspired a legion of young Texas blues guitarists during the years following World War II with his elegant electrified riffs and fat chords. Among his legion of disciples was Houston's Goree Carter, whose big break came when Solomon Kahal signed him to Houston's Freedom Records circa 1949.

Carter's best-known waxing, the torrid "Rock Awhile" (billed to Goree Carter & His Hepcats) emerged not long thereafter, its sizzling opening lick sounding quite a bit like primordial Chuck Berry. Freedom issued plenty of Carter platters over the next few years, and he later recorded for Imperial/Bayou, Sittin' in With, Coral, Jade, and Modern without denting the national charts. Eventually, he left music behind altogether. ~bio by Bill Dahl

Rock Awhile mc
Rock Awhile zippy

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Various - Gaz's Rockin' Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:34
Size: 147.8 MB
Styles: R&B/Blues
Year: 1981/2012
Art: Front

[2:20] 1. Etta James - Good Rockin' Daddy
[2:58] 2. Young Jessie & The Cadets - Mary Lou
[3:00] 3. Richard Berry - Oh! Oh! Get Out Of The Car
[2:12] 4. Richard Berry - Yama Yama Pretty Mama
[2:08] 5. Etta James - Tough Lover
[2:29] 6. Long Tall Marvin - Have Mercy Miss Percy
[2:36] 7. Jimmy Witherspoon - Who's Been Jivin' You
[2:27] 8. B.B. King - She's Dynamite
[2:22] 9. Preacher Stevens - Whoopin' And Hollerin'
[2:32] 10. Elmore James - Strange Kinda Feeling
[3:03] 11. Pee Wee Crayton - Texas Hop
[2:47] 12. Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs - I May Be Wrong (Boogie Woogie)
[2:59] 13. Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs - Sweet Little Woman
[2:13] 14. Van Robinson - Come On Let's Dance
[2:34] 15. Robbin Ray - Love My Baby
[2:38] 16. Chuck Higgins Orchestra - The Blacksmith Blues
[2:51] 17. Goree Carter - Bad Feeling
[2:54] 18. Wild Bill Moore With Scatman - Rock And Roll
[2:42] 19. Joe Papoose Fritz - Wrong Doing Woman
[3:07] 20. B.B. King - Whole Lotta' Love
[2:55] 21. Freddie Simmons Quintette - Hollywood Bound
[2:54] 22. Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - Don't Talk Me To Death
[2:26] 23. Joe Hill Louis - Nappy Head Woman
[3:14] 24. Jeanne Demetz With Johnny Alston Orchestra - Calypso Daddy

Gaz's Rockin' Blues is London's longest running one-nighter club. It was founded on the 3rd of July 1980 and was held at Gossip's on Dean Street until november 1995 when it moved to its current venue St Moritz in Wardour Street. The club promotes live bands each week.

Compiled by Gaz Mayall, eldest son of blues legend John Mayall, and owner of the legendary London club Gaz's Rockin' Blues, this CD updates the original LP released in 1981. Gaz's Rockin' Blues celebrates it's 25th anniversary this year. London's hippest club is known worldwide and is especially popular with Japanese visitors. The first 14 tracks replicate the 1981 release, and ten tracks are new to CD. Gaz tells the club's story in his entertaining and lavishly illustrated sleeve notes.

Gaz's Rockin' Blues mc
Gaz's Rockin' Blues zippy

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Various - An Introduction To Texas Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 45:53
Size: 105.1 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[2:40] 1. Goree Carter - Rock Awhile
[2:46] 2. Frankie Lee Sims - Home Again Blues
[2:53] 3. Little Willie Littlefield - Little Willie's Boogie
[2:36] 4. Lester Williams - Wintertime Blues
[3:13] 5. Clarence Garlow - Bon Ton Roula
[2:42] 6. Smokey Hogg - Worried Blues
[3:00] 7. Clarence Green - Walking The Baby
[3:01] 8. Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand
[2:47] 9. Roy Head & The Traits - Got My Mojo Working
[2:29] 10. Johnny Copeland - Down On Bended Knee
[2:59] 11. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - It's Alright
[1:17] 12. T-Bone Walker - Baby Please Don't Go (Don't Go Back To New Orleans)
[2:51] 13. Juke Boy Bonner - Carried To The Cleaners And Hung Out To Dry
[4:15] 14. Freddie King - Going Down
[3:13] 15. Johnny Winter - Low Down Gal Of Mine
[3:04] 16. Albert Collins - Iceman

If one thinks of this set as truly an introduction to Texas blues, then it isn't really a very good one, but if one thinks of this as a collection of interesting mid-period modern blues sides from Texas, then it fares a good deal better, because there are several little gems preserved here. The leadoff track, Goree Carter's "Rock Awhile," originally released in 1949 by Freedom Records, is vibrant and fun, while Little Willie Littlefield's "Little Willie's Boogie" blisters along like a rampaging rocket (pianist Littlefield was only 17 years old when he tracked this scorcher for Eddie Henry's Eddie's Records in 1948). Clarence Green's gently funky instrumental "Walking the Baby," released originally on Bright Star Records, is another lost treasure, although it comes closer to being a soulful R&B strut than it does to being an actual blues. No Texas blues collection would be complete without a track from T-Bone Walker, and the one used here, a crisp and elegant minor-key version of Big Joe Williams' "Baby Please Don't Go" from 1970 is a re-imagined masterpiece. Does this little anthology tell the whole story of Texas blues? Without even a single cut from Blind Lemon Jefferson or Henry Thomas, no it doesn't. Does it feature an interesting set of rarely heard tracks from several different Texas blues players in several different styles and approaches? Yes, it does, and that's why it works more than it doesn't. ~Steve Leggett

An Introduction To Texas Blues

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