Showing posts with label Dave Riley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dave Riley. Show all posts

Thursday, January 8, 2026

Dave Riley & Bonny B. Band - Live At The Blues Club Fribourg

Album: Live At The Blues Club Fribourg
Size: 184,7 MB
Time: 79:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. The Thrill Is Gone (7:56)
2. Friends (6:27)
3. Baby Please Come Home (3:08)
4. Howlin Wolf (5:03)
5. Trash Man Blues (4:54)
6. Voodoo Woman (6:22)
7. Livin' On The Borrowed Time (8:52)
8. I'm Ready (4:44)
9. You Don't Have To Go (5:55)
10. Ride With Your Daddy (8:09)
11. Share Croppers Blues (6:26)
12. I Ain't Drunk (5:54)
13. Mojo Workin' (5:53)

Dave Riley: Dave Riley born March 18, 1949 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, second born of 10 children. Dave learned music at a young age. By the age of nine he was playing for his parents (Willie and Maggie) family gospel group The Riley singers. In 1961 his family moved to Chicago where he fell in love with music playing gospel on Sunday mornings and blues at night. Dave caught the eye of several independent record labels around town and became a studio music playing for a lot of local acts. Dave was drafted into the army where he was stationed in Seattle Washington. He attended a show that featured local guitarist Jimi Hendrix, who became a major influence on his life.

Upon the end of his tour of duty in Vietnam. Dave came home and pick up where he left off playing around town sitting in with the likes of Muddy Waters, Eddie Shaw, Junior Wells, Howlin’ Wolf, and Buddy Guy. It wasn’t until Dave in the early 1990s, Dave returned back to his roots in the Delta where his name began to shine hooking up with Sam Carr, Frank Frost and Big Jack Johnson. After touring around the globe with the Jelly Roll Kings, Dave formed his own band in 1996, and has been picking and singing non-stop ever since. In 2000 and 2001 Riley released three albums, his first CD, Living on Borrowed Time, followed by Blues Across America-The Helena Scene, and Whiskey, Money, and Women.

In 2005 Riley came to Phoenix for a visit and decided it would be a good place to live. Since then, Riley has performed at the Rhythm Room, Pranksters Too, the Boondocks Lounge, the Peoria Municipal Complex, the Glendale Jazz & Blues Festival, the Mesa Arts Center, the Blues Blast at Margaret T. Hance Park, the Plaza Palomino Court Yard, the Live at the Library, the Bisbee Blues Festival, the Tucson High Magnet School (Tucson Spring Jam), Monterey Court, plus touring in the USA, Europe and South America. From 2007 to 2011, Riley released three critically acclaimed albums with Arizona harmonicist Bob Corritore; Travelin’ the Dirt Road, Lucky to be Living, and Hush Your Fuss!.

Bonny B.: Born in Cambodia under the name Su Pheaktra Bonnyface Chanmongkhon, Bonny B. arrived in Switzerland in 1979 at barely seven years old. His family fled to Fribourg to escape the Khmer Rouge, and nearly fifty years later, he has become a professional bluesman with an extraordinary musical career behind him.

Bonny B., singer and harmonica player, has carried his blues across European stages for more than half a century. Together with his brother Ice B on guitar, he has recorded around twenty albums, founded a harmonica school, and opened two clubs. He also created a blues festival while running his own online radio station. Alongside his brilliant artistic journey, he has introduced generations of secondary-school students throughout French-speaking Switzerland to the world of blues.

A certified pastry chef, Bonny B. began his pilgrimage to Chicago in 1998 - the Mecca of the blues - where he shared the stage with Buddy Guy, Louisiana Red, John Primer, Bob Margolin, Larry Garner, and Bob Stroger. In 2005, the ultimate recognition arrived: Claude Nobs, founder and director of the legendary Montreux Jazz Festival, invited him to perform alongside B.B. King. Since then, Bonny B. has played thousands of concerts in more than fifteen countries, participated in dozens of festivals, and led countless workshops.

Personnel: Dave Riley (vocals, guitar); Bonny B. (harmonica, cigarbox guitar); Ice B. (guitar, bass); Buddy B. (guitar); Cherry B. (bass); Speedy MJ (drums); Samuel Gex (harmonica track 10).

R.I.P. Dave Riley (March 18, 1949 - January 5, 2026)

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Sunday, October 1, 2023

Dave Riley & Bob Corritore - Hush Your Fuss!

Album: Hush Your Fuss!
Size: 97,5 MB
Time: 41:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. Hush Your Fuss (2:06)
2. Baby Please Come Home (3:04)
3. No Cussin' (5:10)
4. Snuff Dippin' Woman (5:49)
5. Mississippi Po Boy (3:17)
6. Home In Chicago (3:36)
7. Hard Headed Woman (2:57)
8. Happy As A Man Can Be (2:32)
9. Go Ahead And Blame Me (3:35)
10. My Baby's Gone (4:06)
11. Oil Spill Blues (3:11)
12. Laughing Blues (2:28)

The “Mississippi meets Chicago” blues partnership of Dave Riley & Bob Corritore is now in its 8th year. This is their 3rd CD together, and they have toured extensively in the USA, Europe and South America. Their stage show is a real down-home blues throwdown.

Dave Riley grew up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi before moving to the West Side of Chicago. He worked down South in later years was a close associate of Frank Frost, Sam Carr and John Weston. Bob Corritore is a Chicago born and bred harmonica player. He won the 2012 Living Blues Award for Best Harmonica Player. Bob’s Harmonica Blues CD won a 2011 Blues Music Award, he is a recipient of the Blues Foundation’s Keeping The Blues Alive Award and performed on a Grammy-nominated album.

Hush Your Fuss! features original songs, rootsy old-school storytelling blues that puts you in rural Mississippi by way of Chicago, all in the well-honed style of Dave Riley and Bob Corritore.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Saturday, February 6, 2021

Dave Riley & Bob Corritore - Travelin' The Dirt Road

Size: 119.6 MB
Time: 51:05
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2007
Styles: Electric Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

01. I'm Not Your Junkman (4:13)
02. Travelin' The Dirt Road (3:39)
03. Overalls (4:24)
04. Come Here Woman (7:38)
05. Let's Have Some Fun Tonight (5:02)
06. My Baby's Gone (5:37)
07. Voodoo Woman, Voodoo Man (6:14)
08. Way Back Home (6:44)
09. Doggone Blues (5:30)
10. Safe At Last (1:59)

Travelin' the Dirt Road is nothing more or less than two bluesmen -- harmonica player Bob Corritore and singer-guitarist Dave Riley -- and a handful of friends cutting loose on acoustic and electric blues. Even though all of the songs on Travelin' the Dirt Road are originals, Corritore and Riley are less interested in innovation than delving deeply into blues tradition. In a sense, the three primary elements, Riley's rich vocals, his stinging guitar work, and Corritore's lively harp work, share the stage together, delivering full-bodied arrangements. Lyrically, songs like "Let's Have Some Fun Tonight" and "My Baby's Gone" haven't traveled very far from the original blues' template: men love women, make love to women, and get left by women. Good times, it seems, are always followed by bad times, and while these clichés (and the sexism that comes with them) are sometimes difficult to take seriously, they -- the lyrics -- may be little more than an excuse to hear a singer like Riley wrap his vocal chords around them. Many of these songs run four, five, six, and even seven minutes, allowing Corritore and Riley plenty of space to jam. With the addition of bass, drums, a second guitar on many cuts, and an occasional piano, Travelin' the Dirt Road is a solid and enjoyable outing. ~Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.

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Thursday, October 22, 2020

Dave Riley & Bob Corritore - From The Vaults: Travelin' The Dirt Road

Size: 134,2 MB
Time: 58:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Front

01. I'm Not Your Junkman (4:13)
02. Travelin' The Dirt Road (3:39)
03. Overalls (4:24)
04. Come Here Woman (7:38)
05. Let's Have Some Fun Tonight (5:02)
06. My Baby's Gone (5:37)
07. Voodoo Woman, Voodoo Man (6:14)
08. Way Back Home (6:44)
09. Doggone Blues (5:30)
10. Country Tough (4:07)
11. Friends (2:58)
12. Safe At Last (1:59)

The Mississippi-meets-Chicago team of blues singer/guitarist Dave Riley and harmonica ace/blues music producer Bob Corritore has become a fifteen year blues institution. Travelin’ the Dirt Road demonstrates a natural musical chemistry and friendship, and is pure down-home blues. The album is an expanded reissue of their long out of print Blues Music Award-nominated debut album of 2007, originally on Blue Witch Records. This deluxe re-release comprises the original album plus two unissued originals from those initial sessions, and the first of Corritore’s upcoming “From the Vaults” series of recordings from his own vast archives. Upcoming “From the Vaults” releases will feature Kid Ramos and Henry Gray.

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Thursday, April 19, 2018

Dave Riley & Junior Binzugna Band - Fired Up!

Year: 2017
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:18
Size: 125,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Front

1. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water (4:54)
2. Jelly Roll King (4:03)
3. Living On Borrowed Time (6:39)
4. Boogie Rock Medley (5:07)
5. Bring It On Home To Me (6:37)
6. Let's Straighten It Out (7:52)
7. Jelly Roll King (Jr Version Duo) (3:36)
8. Howlin Wolf (7:02)
9. Trying To Live My Life Without You (2:54)
10. Why I Cry Sometimes (5:30)

"Fired Up" was recorded with a select group of local musicians in a receptive and warm atmosphere; ideal for an evening of smokin' blues by Dave Riley and Junior Binzugna. The band sounds accurate and true to the blues, with a certain fluidity and enormous ease. Undoubtedly they do it with incredible passion and dedication, which comes across on the stage.

Riley started playing the guitar at age 9, but not seriously until 1961 when his family moved to Chicago. Junior Binzugna adds a harmonica that is undeniable and peppers the songs with extra blues excitement. Dave and the Argentinians are hitting on all cylinders.

Personnel: Dave Riley (guitar, vocals); Junior Binzugna (harmonica); Mariano D'Andrea (bass); Maximiliano Bergara (drums); Gustavo Doreste (keyboards); Federico Veteramo (rhythm guitar). Guest artist: German Pedraza (drums, keyboards).

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Various - The End Of An Era: 20 Years In Bluesland

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:05
Size: 139.8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:29] 1. Roscoe Shelton - She's The One
[5:37] 2. Earl Gaines - I Believe In Your Love
[5:24] 3. Johnny Jones - I Can't Do That
[3:12] 4. Al Garner - Fatback
[4:23] 5. Herbert Hunter - Her Love Is Killing Me
[4:37] 6. Larry Ladon - Automobile
[3:27] 7. Charles Walker - You Got The Walk
[5:11] 8. Freddie Waters - Full Moon On Main Street
[4:09] 9. Dave Riley - Heat Up The Oven
[3:21] 10. Sam Lay - I'm The One
[6:43] 11. Homesick James Williamson - Crawlin' Kingsnake
[4:24] 12. Frank Frost - Born To Be Wise
[3:23] 13. Sam Carr - All My Life
[3:36] 14. Fred James - Herb Stuffing

Although the liner notes to this 14-track blues collection are otherwise thorough, one not so insignificant element is missing: the original release and recording dates of the material. The common thread seems to be that they were all produced by Fred James, who also plays guitar on all of the cuts, one of which, the instrumental "Herb Stuffing," is credited to James himself. Though James also wrote the notes, the time frame of the tracks (four of which were previously unissued) is maddeningly unspecific, though it can be deduced that they were all done sometime in the 20 years prior to this 2010 release. At any rate, these are pretty average, workmanlike contemporary electric blues, not many of them by big names in the field, with Earl Gaines, Frank Frost, Sam Lay, and Johnny Jones being the biggest. Sometimes performances of particular strength cut through to get noticed, especially Gaines' ballad "I Believe in Your Love," which has a rich and moving vibrato vocal. James is a decent and versatile guitarist, too, but in part owing to the substandard documentation, it's not a notable compilation of 20th into 21st century blues. ~Richie Unterberger

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Friday, February 21, 2014

Dave Riley - Whiskey, Money & Women

Size: 110,0 MB
Time: 47:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Louisiana Blues
Art: Front

01. Call My Job (5:01)
02. There She Comes (5:08)
03. Whiskey, Money And Women (3:27)
04. Tribute (4:12)
05. Down South (4:57)
06. Smokestack Lightning (4:05)
07. Angel Of Mercy (4:44)
08. I Want To Thank You Baby (4:23)
09. My Baby's Gone (3:13)
10. Casino Blues (3:34)
11. Imagine (5:01)

Personnel: Dave Riley (vocals, guitar); John Weston (harmonica); Dave Riley, Jr. (bass); Sam Carr (drums)

The Dave Riley blues style is marked with equal parts authenticity and guts. With blues singer/guitarists currently available at a dime for the dozen, it is refreshing to be confronted with a dose of originality. New York’s Fedora Records seeks to keep the blues in its elliptical orbit through featuring such musicians as Riley, a fearless practitioner whose music is fueled by his own encounters with life’s blue junctures. His music is succinctly delivered through meaty crunch chords, layered precision picking, and a voice that bellows with authority and mobility. Whiskey, Money & Women I laced with a tone of granulated joy and redemption.

Riley, who spent 25 in the correctional circuit as a guard in Illinois’s Joliet State Penitentiary, is a reformed addict and Vietnam veteran. He is joined by son, Dave Riley, Jr., snap-drummer Sam Carr, and Arkansas harp man, John Weston. The bulk of the music is played as a blues power trio. They open the disc with Detroit Jr.’s infectious “Call My Job.” Riley makes the tune his own, tactfully placing 7’s and 9’s in the rhythms and spilling filler riffs with grace and accuracy. “Tribute,” which features Riley alone with his guitar, cites such forerunners as Elmore James, Wes Montgomery, and Texas slinger Freddie King as masters, Riley acknowledging their powers in the artform and humbly taking the torch for his passion. He further pays tribute, ripping through standards by Howlin’ Wolf and BB King (“Smokestack Lightning” and “Angel of Mercy”). Oddly enough, the record closes with a soulful take on John Lennon’s “Imagine.” The number begins with a monologue that calls attention to grade school violence. Riley’s chord strumming is choppy at best, but his intentions are forthright.

This record makes a fine introduction to a Southern unsung bluesman. ~Review by Alan Jones

Thanks to Marc.
Whiskey, Money & Women

Friday, October 25, 2013

SAM CARR'S DELTA JUKES - Live In Europe

Styles: Modern Electric Delta Blues, Juke Joint Blues, Harmonica Blues
Recorded: 2000
Released: 2010
File: mp3 @ 320 k/s
Size: 140.04 MB
Time: 59:10
Art: Full

1. Shoppin' For My Baby (3:26)
2. So Doggone Blue (6:15)
3. Pretty Pretty Woman (3:30)
4. The Blues Got Me (8:25)
5. Automobile (4:08)
6. Living On Borrowed Time (7:33)
7. Better Take It Slow (4:16)
8. Playin' The Game (5:51)
9. About Money (5:32)
10. You Don't Have To Go (5:50)
11. I'm Not Your Garbage Man (4:24)

Personnel: Sam CARR - Drums
John Weston - Harmonica, Vocals
Dave Riley - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Fred James - Rhythm Guitar
Jeff Davis - Bass

Notes: Sam Carr is as close to royalty as you can get in the Blues world. He was born in Friar's Point, Mississippi in 1926, the son of legendary Blues man Robert Nighthawk (aka Robert Lee McCoy). Sam Carr cut his teeth playing with his father, then Sonny Boy Williamson before forming the Jelly Roll Kings with Frank Frost. In 1960 they recorded the classic 'Boss Man' album for Sam Phillips, (of Sun Records fame). Their next record was produced by Elvis' guitarist Scotty Moore and yielded a hit with 'My Back Scratcher'. After Frank Frost's death in 1996, Sam put together a new band called The Delta Jukes and these live recordings are their earliest. Live archive release from the Blues legend, recorded at the Lucerne Blues Festival in Switzerland in 2000. This is modern Mississippi Delta Blues at its finest.

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Monday, September 30, 2013

Dave Riley - Whiskey, Money & Women

Released: 2001
Size: 109.6 MB
Time: 47:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues / Rock
Art: Full

1. Call My Job [5:01]
2. There She Comes [5:08]
3. Whiskey, Money & Women [3:27]
4. Tribute [4:12]
5. Down South [4:57]
6. Smokestack Lightning [4:05]
7. Angel Of Mercy [4:44]
8. I Want To Thank You Baby [4:23]
9. My Baby's Gone [3:13]
10. Casino Blues [3:34]
11. Imagine [5:01]

Dave Riley found himself in the 70’s playing bass, and occasionally sitting in, with Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, and Howlin Wolf. In 1973, he gave up his on the road musical career to help raise his only son, Dave L. Riley, Jr. Now that his son is grown, Riley is continuing with his music career. Riley formed his own band in 1996 and soon enlisted his son, Dave “Yahni” Riley, Jr., to play bass.
In 1998 Riley’s neck was broken in a car crash with a drunken driver, ending his career at the prison and leaving him unable to play the guitar for nine months. He has now regained most of his playing ability. His first CD, Living on Borrowed Time, is the story of his own personal tragedies. His second CD, Blues Across America has been a great success. Right now he is busy touring all over the country with his band. In addition to his son, his band consists of drummer Sam Carr, and Arkansas harp man, John Weston.

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

The Delta Jukes - Working For The Blues

Size: 123,8 MB
Time: 53:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Delta Blues
Art: Full

01. I'm Overdue (4:47)
02. Shopping For My Baby (3:05)
03. Play The Game (5:17)
04. Just Once More (4:31)
05. This Misery (4:35)
06. To Love Is Blues (6:31)
07. Voodoo Woman, Voodoo Man (4:39)
08. A Trade Was Made (3:23)
09. Come Here Baby (5:39)
10. Carr Hop (5:01)
11. Working For The Blues (3:17)
12. Hoover Den (2:27)

A loose aggregation of veteran Mississippi blues musicians anchored by legendary drummer Sam Carr, the Delta Jukes grew out of the ashes of the Jelly Roll Kings, and play the same kind of straight-ahead, no-frills, modern electric Delta blues. Working for the Blues is their first album in this incarnation, and it delivers the feel of a Mississippi juke joint, with solid mid-tempo songs that don't try to do too much beyond make you dance and sway. Highlights include "Shopping for My Baby," "This Misery," and the instrumental "Carr Hop." Less raw than Junior Kimbrough or R.L. Burnside, the Delta Jukes still retain an edgy tension in their delivery, a trait often lacking in much of contemporary blues. ~Review by Steve Leggett

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Working For The Blues