Eddie Taylor - Live In Japan 1977 (Deluxe Edition)

Size: 172,2+168,4 MB
Time: 74:04+72:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2009
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

CD 1:
01. Honky Tonk (6:23)
02. That's All Right (Feat. Dave Myers) (4:54)
03. Kansas City (Feat. Dave Myers) (3:26)
04. I Don't Know (Feat. Odie Payne, Jr.) (6:04)
05. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee (Feat. Odie Payne, Jr.) (4:37)
06. She's Nineteen Years Old (Feat. Louis Myers) (5:29)
07. Got My Mojo Working (Feat. Louis Myers) (4:12)
08. Stop Breakin' Down (Feat. Louis Myers) (4:41)
09. Goin' Down Slow (5:09)
10. My Sometimes Baby (4:28)
11. Bad Boy (3:47)
12. Blow Wind Blow (4:06)
13. Going Upside Your Head (4:10)
14. You're Gonna Look For Me (And I'll Be Hard To Find) (4:51)
15. Kind Hearted Woman (7:38)

CD 2:
01. Night Train (4:19)
02. Mean Old World (Feat. Dave Myers) (5:22)
03. Caldonia (Feat. Dave Myers) (4:59)
04. Hamburger O-I-8-1-2 (Feat. Odie Payne, Jr.) (5:00)
05. For You My Love (Feat. Odie Payne, Jr.) (3:09)
06. Tin Pan Alley (Feat. Louis Myers) (5:15)
07. Take A Little Walk With Me (Feat. Louis Myers) (4:32)
08. Mean Black Spider (Feat. Louis Myers) (5:33)
09. Off The Wall (Feat. Louis Myers) (3:02)
10. Hoy Hoy (4:33)
11. Come Back Baby (4:19)
12. Signals Of Love (4:46)
13. There'll Be A Day (3:59)
14. I'm A Country Boy (4:16)
15. Crossroads (3:23)
16. Hideaway (3:00)
17. Baby Please Don't Go (Feat. Louis Myers) (2:40)

Personnel:
Eddie Taylor: Guitar, Vocals
Louis Myers: Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Odie Payne, Jr.: Drums, Vocals
Dave Myers: Bass, Vocals

Recorded live at Seibu Kodo, University of Kyoto on December 17, 1977 (Disc 1) and December 18, 1997 (Disc 2, 2-1 to 2-16; track 2-17 recorded at Nihon Kyoiku Kaikan Hall, Tokyo on December 21, 1977.

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Live In Japan 1977

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Mark Hummel - Heart Of Chicago

Year: 1997
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:53
Size: 130,0 MB
Styles: Harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. My Kind Of Baby (3:48)
2. Rockin' At The Riverside (4:08)
3. Lost A Good Man (2:58)
4. Rollin' From Side To Side (6:12)
5. Trying To Make A Living (3:38)
6. Love Shock (3:48)
7. I Want Your Love (3:35)
8. Peaches Tree (4:00)
9. Step Back Baby (3:25)
10. But I Forgive You (3:41)
11. Out On A Limb (5:19)
12. Ready For Eddie (4:24)
13. Drinkin' Again (3:32)
14. Living With The Blues (3:17)

Harmonica player, songwriter, and singer Mark Hummel is a practitioner of the West Coast blues style, which typically includes elements of jazz and swing. A seasoned bandleader, Hummel achieved wider recognition through nearly constant touring. Hummel was born in New Haven, Connecticut but raised in Los Angeles, California. He became fascinated with the blues-rock of Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and the Rolling Stones. After seeing songwriter credits on the albums, he began to dig further back into those bands' blues roots. He began playing harmonica in his teens in order to be different from the huge pack of guitar players in his high school.

Hummel studied the styles of the Chicago-based players, including James Cotton, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Walter "Shakey" Horton, and Little Walter Jacobs. Hummel moved to Berkeley, California in 1972 and played with local bluesmen there, including Boogie Jake, Cool Papa, Johnny Waters, and Sonny Lane. After graduating high school, he hitchhiked around the country for three years, making stops in New Orleans, Boston, and Chicago to learn from those cities' top players. In 1980, he formed the Blues Survivors, subsequently performed at numerous blues festivals around the U.S., including the Chicago Blues Festival and the San Francisco Blues Festival. /Excerpt from AllMusic biography by Richard Skelly

Personnel: Mark Hummel (vocals, harmonica), Billy Flynn (guitar, slide guitar), Steve Freund (guitar, background vocals), Dave Myers (guitar), Barrelhouse Chuck (piano), Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (drums), Bob Stroger (bass).

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Little Mack Simmons - Blue Lights

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:09
Size: 130.8 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2002/2008
Art: Front

[3:52] 1. Help Me
[2:43] 2. You Mistreated Me
[4:36] 3. Blue Lights
[4:07] 4. Killing Floor
[4:22] 5. Mystery Train
[5:17] 6. Last Night
[3:19] 7. So Unhappy
[3:03] 8. Mother-In-Law Blues
[3:08] 9. Poison Ivy
[4:16] 10. Sad Hours
[2:16] 11. Messin' With The Kid
[6:12] 12. Last Night
[2:41] 13. Talk To You Baby
[3:21] 14. Driving Wheel
[3:49] 15. Juke

Bass – Dave Myers; Drums – Fred Below; Guitar – Hubert Sumlin, Lonnie Brooks; Harmonica, Vocals – Mack Simmons (tracks: Little Mack Simmons); Piano – Willie Mabon. Recorded December 8 & 22, 1975 in Paris, France, except 12 to 15 recorded live November 18, 1975 in Reims, France.

In his remarkable 47-year career, Little Mack Simmons — Chicago vocalist and harpman extraordinaire — has performed with the some of the brightest lights of the blues world, including Robert Nighthawk, Sunnyland Slim, Eddie Boyd, Willie Mabon, Detroit Junior, Jimmy Dawkins, Lonnie Brooks, Luther Allison, Magic Sam, J.B. Lenoir and Howlin' Wolf.

Malcolm Simmons was born on January 25, 1933, in the small cotton-farming community of Twist, Arkansas. He was a childhood friend of James Cotton, who was serving as an apprentice of Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller) at the time. The two boys persisted in skipping school together for the more enticing lure of jamming on their harmonicas, and Cotton taught Simmons the harp techniques he was learning from the master. Soon school was dropped completely, and Mack picked cotton and drove a tractor full time. Then at 18, he left for St. Louis, where he lived for two years while working on the railroad. It was here that Simmons met the renowned Robert Nighthawk and made his club debut on Nighthawk's stage. In 1954 Little Mack moved on to Chicago, where he formed his own band and held down a five-year stand at Cadillac Baby's, as well as performing regularly at Pepper's Lounge and at Sylvio's. In 1959 he began his recording career, initially at Carl Jones's C.J. label, then he cut tracks for Cadillac Baby and Chess Records. Over the next three years, he laid down more sides for the Palos, Bea & Baby and New Breed labels.

By the late 1960s, Simmons had redefined his musical style, incorporating an intriguing mix of gospel, country and western, funk, soul and rock influences into his blues. From the mid to late 1970s, he owned and operated the Zodiac Lounge in Chicago. He also owned a studio and recorded for his own labels: PM Records and Simmons Records. In addition he cut blues tracks for Biscayne and Dud Sound, and in the 1980s he recorded for Sky Hero Productions, in which he was a partner.

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Dave Myers - You Can't Do That

Year: 1998
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:59
Size: 122,4 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Please Don't Leave Me (3:23)
2. Dave's Boogie Guitar (3:59)
3. You Can't Do That (3:34)
4. Elevate Me, Mama (3:55)
5. Reconsider Baby (4:26)
6. Ting-A-Ling (3:06)
7. Oh Baby (3:14)
8. Legs Up (3:07)
9. Going Home Tomorrow (4:10)
10. Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy (4:10)
11. You Can't Love Me That Way (3:15)
12. Love By The Pound (4:15)
13. Stone Cold Fox (3:15)
14. Blues In Mexico (4:04)

Dave Myers helped make Chicago blues history as the leader of the Aces-Jukes, Little Walter's backup group during the harmonica genius's heyday in the 1950s. While he's played both guitar and bass on a pile of classic blues recordings as a sideman over the intervening decades, this marks his first album as a featured artist. The wait was evidently worth it, as Myers is flanked by a top-notch band featuring Rusty Zinn on guitar and Kim Wilson on harmonica and simply turns in the best traditional blues record to be released in a long, long time. Myers' guitar style is thoroughly down-home and swinging (especially fine on the instrumental "Legs Up") and has taken on absolutely no modern accoutrements over the years; the band turns in well-formed and integrated performances that recall the Chess studio sessions of the 1950s. Myers' singing voice isn't the strongest, but instead imparts a warm, good-natured blues feeling to it, heard to good effect on "Ting-A-Ling," the Little Walter tribute "Oh Baby," John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson's "Elevate Me, Mama" and "You Can't Love Me That Way." Dave also brings six originals to this 14-track outing, with the title track sounding like a lost Chicago classic from the '50s. This one absolutely defies the odds; if you really can't go home again, then this one comes awful darn close. /Cub Koda, AllMusic

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Little Walter - Chronological 1947-1953

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2004
Styles: Blues
Time: 69:02
Size: 158,4 MB
Covers: Full

Personel:
Little Walter - harmonica & vocals
Othum Brown - guitar & vocals (1,2)
Muddy Waters - guitar (3,4)
Jimmy Rogers - guitar (1,2,3,4,16-24)
Louis Myers - guitar (5-15)
Dave Myers - guitar (5-15)
Willie Dixon - bass (11-24)
Ernst Big Crawford - bass (9,10)
Elga Edmonds - drums (3,4)
Fred Below - drums (5-25)

(2:40) 1. Little Walter and Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues
(2:30) 2. Little Walter and Othum Brown - I Just Keep Loving Her
(2:45) 3. Little Walter & His Nighcats - Juke
(3:01) 4. Little Walter & His Nighcats - Can't Hold On Much Longer
(2:25) 5. Little Walter & His Nighcats - Blue Midnight
(3:01) 6. Little Walter & His Nighcats - Boogie
(2:54) 7. Little Walter & His Nighcats - Mean Old World
(3:11) 8. Little Walter & His Nighcats - Sad Hours
(2:48) 9. Little Walter & His Nighcats - Fast Boogie
(3:19) 10. Little Walter & His Nighcats - Don't Need No Horse
(3:04) 11. Little Walter & His Jukes - Don't Have to Hunt No More
(2:25) 12. Little Walter & His Jukes - Crazy Legs
(2:55) 13. Little Walter & His Jukes - Tonight With a Fool
(2:50) 14. Little Walter & His Jukes - Off the Wall
(2:47) 15. Little Walter & His Jukes - Tell Me Mama
(3:10) 16. Little Walter & His Jukes - Blues With a Feeling
(3:16) 17. Little Walter & His Jukes - Quarter to Twelve
(2:32) 18. Little Walter & His Jukes - Last Boogie
(2:39) 19. Little Walter & His Jukes - Too Late
(2:52) 20. Little Walter & His Jukes - Fast Boogie
(2:45) 21. Little Walter & His Jukes - Lights Out
(2:51) 22. Little Walter & His Jukes - Fast Large One
(3:04) 23. Little Walter & His Jukes - You're So Fine
(3:06) 24. Little Walter & His Jukes - My Kind of Baby

Legendary and revolutionary harmonica virtuoso Marion Walter Jacobs (born May 1st, 1930 Louisiana), known professionally as Little Walter, left home at age 12, traveling to New Orleans. Jacobs gradually journeyed north from there, pausing in Helena and St. Louis before arriving in Chicago in 1946. He first gained attention on Chicago's famed Maxwell Street Market in 1947. His first record was a shared billing with guitarist Othum Brown for the tiny independent Ora Nelle Records (Ora-Nelle Blues b/w I Just Keep Loving Her). Walter joined forces with Muddy Waters in 1948 and along with Jimmy Rogers and Baby Face Leroy Foster, this super-confident young aggregation became informally known as the Headhunters. They would saunter into Southside clubs, mount the stage, and proceed to calmly "cut the heads" of whomever was booked there that evening. In january 1950 this little group recorded a session for Parkway (Muskadine Blues b/w Bad Acting Woman). None of these sides made any dents in the national charts, but his reputation in and around Chicago was such that the Chess brothers, Leonard and Phil, hired him as their label's resident harmonica master. By 1950, Walter was firmly entrenched as Waters' studio harpist at Chess. In 1952 he was assigned to the Checker subsidiary and in September burst into national prominence when the instrumental "Juke", billed as Little Walter & His Night Cats streaked to #1 R&B, remaining there for eight solid weeks. Suddenly, Walter was a star on his own, combining his stunning talents with those of guitarists Louis and David Myers and drummer Fred Below, and advancing the concept of blues harmonica another few light years with every session he made for Checker Records. The follow-up instrumental "Sad Hours" then settled for # 2 early in 1953 reaching #6. The guitar of Muddy Waters was featured on all sides. For the next Checker sides the billing had become Little Walter & His Jukes. Hits on the R&B charts continued until 1959. Tragically, the '60s saw the harp genius slide steadily into an alcohol-hastened state of unreliability, his once-handsome face becoming a road map of scars. In 1964, he toured Great Britain with the Rolling Stones, who clearly had their priorities in order, but his once-prodigious skills were faltering badly. That sad fact was never more obvious than on 1967's disastrous summit meeting of Waters, Bo Diddley, and Walter for Chess as the Super Blues Band; there was nothing super whatsoever about Walter's lame remakes of "My Babe" and "You Don't Love Me." Walter's eternally vicious temper led to his violent undoing in 1968. Little Walter died at age 37 on February 15, due to injuries suffered following a street fight. In 1982 he was among the first 20 honoured by The Blues Hall Of Fame in their first year of existence, and in 2008 the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame brought him in the "Sidemen" category. -- Allmusic.

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Carey BELL - Last Night / Blues Harp

Album: Last Night
Styles: Modern Electric Chicago Blues, Harmonica Blues  
Recorded: 1973
Released: 1992
Bitrate: 320k/s
Size: 86.24 MB
Time: 37:01
Art: Full

1. Last Night (3:39)
2. Talking You Downtown (3:03)
3. Rosa, I Love Your Soul (3:33)
4. I'm Worried (3:29)
5. Cho' Cho' Blues (2:39)
6. Tomorrow Night (2:25)
7. She's 19 Years Old (2:45)
8. Leaving In The Morning (2:25)
9. Love Pretty Women (3:23)
10. Mean Mistreater (4:20)
11. Freda (2:22)
12. I Want To See You Tomorrow Night (2:58)

Personnel: Carey BELL - Harmonica, vocals
Eddie Taylor - Guitar
Pinetop Perkins - Piano
Dave Myers - Bass
Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith - Drums

Notes: Nothing flashy or outrageous here, just a meat-and-potatoes session produced by Al Smith that satisfyingly showcases Bell's charms. Once again, there are hearty tributes to Little Walter ("Last Night") and Muddy Waters ("She's 19 Years Old"), but there's some original stuff too, backed by a combo that boasted a daunting collective experience level: Taylor and Perkins return, along with bassist David Myers and drummer Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. Originally issued on LP in 1973 by label BluesWay this is his good album.

                                                                    Last Night
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Album: Blues Harp
Styles: Modern Electric Chicago Blues, Harmonica Blues
Recorded: 1969
Released: 1996
Bitrate: 320k/s
Size: 129.31 MB
Time: 57:02
Art: Full

1. I'm Ready (3:09)
2. I Got To Find Somebody (4:20)
3. I Wanna Will My Love To You (3:40)
4. Blue Monday At Kansas City Red's (4:03)
5. I'm Gonna Buy Me A Train Ticket (3:47)
6. Come On Over Here (3:09)
7. I Cry So Much (4:47)
8. Sad Dreams (4:47)
9. Everything's Up Tight (4:05)
10. You Know It Ain't Right (3:45)
11. Last Night (4:34)
12. Rocking With A Chromatic (3:22)
13. I'm Gonna Buy Me A Train Ticket - alt. (2:29)
14. Walking In The Park (2:54)
15. Carey Bell's Blues Harp (4:10)

Personnel: Carey BELL - Harmonica, Vocals
Jimmy Dawkins, Eddie Taylor, Royal Johnson - Guitar
Pinetop Perkins - Piano
Joe Harper - Bass
W. Williams, Sidney Thomas - Drums

Note: His place on the honor roll of Chicago blues harpists long ago assured. Carey Bell truly came into his own in the '90s as a bandleader with terrific discs for Alligator and Blind Pig. He learned his distinctive harmonica riffs from the Windy City's very best, adding his own signature effects for good measure (an otherworldly moan immediately identifies many of his more memorable harp rides). Bell is an intermittendly effective vocalist but his harmonica playing lacks adventure and inspiration. His wielding of the chromatic instrument is ponderous and timid. The material chosen relies heavily on Little Walter and Jr.Wells but these flaccid, overlong performances lack the tension and invention of the originals.

                                                       
                                                                   Blues Harp
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