Guitar Crusher, Bloss Bluez - Cooking Live!

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:32
Size: 147.7 MB
Styles: Blues
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[ 2:49] 1. Help Me
[ 5:01] 2. Messin’ With The Kid
[10:09] 3. Stormy Monday
[ 4:05] 4. Kansas City
[ 4:43] 5. Heartfixing Man
[ 4:00] 6. My Uncle Bill
[ 3:51] 7. Soulfood
[ 9:40] 8. The Thrill Is Gone
[ 4:52] 9. It Hurts Me Too
[ 7:34] 10. Message To Man
[ 7:43] 11. Caledonia

Sidney Selby (born July 23, 1931), known as "Guitar Crusher" and formerly as "Bone Crusher", is an American blues singer and guitarist, for many years based in Berlin, Germany. Primarily a singer, billed as "The Big Voice from New York", he also plays guitar and blues harmonica.

Selby was born at Lake Landing, in Hyde County, North Carolina. He sang gospel in the Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church and on the radio as a schoolboy. At the age of 15 he went to live with his mother in New York. He started a band The Midnight Rockers and performed in colleges and clubs in the NY area. In the 1960s he recorded a number of singles on King and other labels. He also toured with artists such as Ben E. King, The Drifters and The Isley Brothers. In 1982, he went to Berlin, Germany with New York guitarist Nick Katzman, and began to attract an audience. With the new Midnight Rockers they soon performed in clubs and on major festivals all over Europe. Their repertoire included Selby's originals, R&B standards, ballads and soul classics. On his recordings and live gigs he was backed by artists such as Katie Webster, Eb Davis, "Detroit" Gary Wiggins, Christian Rannenberg, Tyree Glenn Jr., Alvin Lee, Charles 'Honeyboy' Otis, Wild Jimmy Spruill, Benny Bailey, Calvin Owens, Marcos Coll, Thomm Jutz and Hans McMinamin and many others.

Originally known as "Bone Crusher", Selby's name changed to "Guitar Crusher" after he smashed his guitar over the head of an unruly customer in a club during his show. He has been called a "living legend" by the press in Germany several times.

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Guitar Crusher - Blast From The Past

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:14
Size: 96.7 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[2:23] 1. I Got To Know
[3:16] 2. Cuddle Up
[2:29] 3. I Once Loved You Baby
[2:10] 4. Itch With Me
[2:20] 5. The Monkey
[2:29] 6. I Feel The Pain
[2:17] 7. Since My Baby Hit The Numbers
[3:44] 8. Hambone Blues
[3:35] 9. I'll Catch Your Tears
[4:03] 10. Going Down Slow
[2:18] 11. Better Days Ahead
[2:49] 12. I Cant Help It
[2:57] 13. Weak For Your Love
[2:37] 14. Why Oh Why
[2:40] 15. What About Me

b. Sidney Selby, 28 July 1931, Hyde County, North Carolina, USA. Selby sang in church as a child and in his mid-teens went with his mother to live in New York City. He was surrounded by music, partly through an aunt who worked at a US army camp where touring swing bands and bop musicians appeared. In the 60s, playing guitar and singing, he recorded a number of singles and toured with artists such as Ben E. King and the Isley Brothers, but despite gaining recognition from his peers it was not until he went to Europe that he began to attract an admiring audience. This prompted him to stay there and for some years he has been resident in Freiburg, Germany. Selby played as a solo act and also worked with visiting artists, such as Katie Webster and he was with her during a gig in Freiburg when she suffered a stroke that effectively ended her career.

In addition to guitar, Selby also plays harmonica and his repertoire ranges through old time and contemporary blues with more than a hint of soul. Musicians who backed him on live gigs and on record in the late 90s and early 00s have included guitarists Alvin Lee and Hans McMiniman and pianist Joe Fuller. In his later years, Selby’s guitar playing has been hampered by the onset of arthritis but he still sings and played the blues harp with verve and undimmed enthusiasm. His 1995 recording Message To Man benefited from the assistance of arranger Calvin Owens, best known for his work with B.B. King. Reportedly, Selby’s nickname comes through neither his playing nor his musical temperament but as a result of his using his guitar to dissuade a customer in a club from mistreating a woman.

Blast From The Past

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Guitar Crusher - Googa Mooga

Year: 1993
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:49
Size: 108,1 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Front, sleeve (signed), tray

1. Mama's Baby (3:50)
2. I Wanna Go Outside In The Rain (4:33)
3. Play Me Some Music DJ (3:56)
4. I'm Gonna Wait (3:08)
5. Hold On To What I've Got (5:33)
6. Don't Stop (3:20)
7. I'm The Great Googa Mooga (5:22)
8. Watch Dog (2:59)
9. Mama, You're Alright (4:21)
10. Nobody Knows How You Soothe Me (2:53)
11. Bone Crushing Man (3:23)
12. Soul Food (3:26)

Born Sidney Selby, 28 July 1931, Hyde County, North Carolina, USA. Selby sang in church as a child and in his mid-teens went with his mother to live in New York City. He was surrounded by music, partly through an aunt who worked at a US army camp where touring swing bands and bop musicians appeared. In the 60s, playing guitar and singing, he recorded a number of singles and toured with artists such as Ben E. King and the Isley Brothers, but despite gaining recognition from his peers it was not until he went to Europe that he began to attract an admiring audience. This prompted him to stay there and for some years he has been resident in Freiburg, Germany. Selby played as a solo act and also worked with visiting artists, such as Katie Webster and he was with her during a gig in Freiburg when she suffered a stroke that effectively ended her career.

In addition to guitar, Selby also plays harmonica and his repertoire ranges through old time and contemporary blues with more than a hint of soul. Musicians who backed him on live gigs and on record in the late 90s and early 00s have included guitarists Alvin Lee and Hans McMiniman and pianist Joe Fuller. In his later years, Selby’s guitar playing has been hampered by the onset of arthritis but he still sings and played the blues harp with verve and undimmed enthusiasm. His 1995 recording Message To Man benefited from the assistance of arranger Calvin Owens, best known for his work with B.B. King. Reportedly, Selby’s nickname comes through neither his playing nor his musical temperament but as a result of his using his guitar to dissuade a customer in a club from mistreating a woman. /Biography by AllMusic

Personnel: Guitar Crusher (vocals); "Wild" Jimmy Spruill (guitars); Nick Katzman (guitar); Teo Leyasmeyer (piano); Tony Morgan (bass); Charles "Honeyboy" Otis (drums); Paul Handelman (harmonica); Willie Bridges (tenor saxophone).

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Guitar Crusher - Message To Man

Size: 149,4 MB
Time: 64:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1995
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Heartfixing Man (4:27)
02. Long Green Folding Friend (4:38)
03. Message To Man (7:17)
04. Stealing A Little Love (6:01)
05. Darling I MIss You (6:33)
06. Day By Day (3:41)
07. You Know How To Hurt A Man (5:46)
08. Do It Well (4:34)
09. Trying To Fool The Whole Town (5:31)
10. I Wanna Be With You (3:49)
11. I Can't Stop Loving You (7:45)
12. Time To Throw Down (4:08)

Personnel:
Alto Saxophone – Arno Haas
Band – Black Cat Bone (2)
Bass – Stephan Wagner (2)
Congas – Lenjes Robinson (tracks: 12)
Drums – Uli Wagner
Guitar – Alvin Lee (tracks: 1,2,3), Hans-Jörg Müller
Keyboards – Linus Wahl
Organ – Andre Schnisa (tracks: 3,4,5,11)
Piano – Christian Bleiming (tracks: 6), Christian Rannenberg (tracks: 7,9,11)
Tenor Saxophone – Tyree Glenn, Jr. (tracks: 10)
Trumpet – Calvin Owens (tracks: 3,5,7)
Vocals – Siggi Davis (tracks: 4,9,10)

Sidney Selby is a true blues man. He also goes by 'Bone Crusher' and 'Guitar Crusher', names he earned throughout his career.
Born in rural Hyde County N.C. in 1931 during the height of the Depression, he toiled in the cotton fields during his youth but set aside Sundays for exercising his rich baritone in the choir of Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church, continuing a tradition which gave rise to a whole generation of blues singers of his era.
He moved to New York in the 50s, found a job and started singing in Church again. However. encouraged by his friends, he soon formed his own band, the Midnight Rockers and began attracting a large following.
The year 1960 marked the beginning of a decade of performances with The Drifters, The Isley Brothers, Ben E. King and other major R&B talents which flourished during the 1960's musical renaissance.
Selby was signed by Columbia Records and remained under contract until 1970, when the musical tastes in America began to shift away from blues and soul sounds. So, in the early 80s GUITAR CRUSHER headed for Europe and a more hospitals blues climate. Here his performance on major festivals marked the start of his comeback. The now internationally-known singer and writer has since accorded 4 albums singing his own compositions with force and assurance in his gospel-inflected voice. His transfixing vocal power won him a reputation as 'The Big Voice From New York', a headliner on the european blues-circuit.

Message To Man

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