Dan Patlansky - True Blues

Year : 2004
Bitrate : 320K/s
Total Time : 64:23
Total Size : 147,4 MB
Styles: Blues Rock
Scans: Front, Back

1. Travelling Riverside Blues (4:44)
2. Got My Geetar (4:07)
3. Night Time Train (2:47)
4. Damon (4:42)
5. Mow De Lawn (3:46)
6. Mighty Crazy (2:58)
7. Hootchie Cootchie Man (5:06)
8. Hilly Billy In A Woodchipper (2:26)
9. Heart Of Stone (7:28)
10. Letter To My Girlfriend (2:43)
11. Jaded (4:27)
12. I Ain't Superstitious (5:59)
13. Poker Queen (2:00)
14. Frozen Dirt (3:52)
15. Don't Be Fooled (3:00)
16. Pistol Whip (4:10)

Ever since his debut album, Standing At The Station, followed by his 2004 major label (Blue Note, EMI produced) masterstroke True Blues, Patlansky has immersed himself in the rich and rollicking world of blues-rock music.
Note from DP : The album was called True Blues because at the time I was in to the more traditional blues stuff; I wasn’t really in to the blues rock thing and not really into song writing, per se – it was about playing the guitar over traditional sounding blues tunes. We had a recording budget for True Blues and we had a producer too – a very nice chap – but I have to say I was very disappointed with that album when it came out.
Certainly not disappointed in the way I was with Standing at the Station but I was thinking "well, this is still not representative of what I do" because we had a three piece horn section on a lot of the songs and live we were a power trio – and the album wasn’t like a power trio at all.
Short of sounding like I was really disappointed with everything I recorded for those first couple of albums [laughs] I have to say I was, honestly, a little disappointed with True Blues, but it did help to put me on the map in the South African music scene.
Being on a big label helped too. We got a lot of TV advertising to promote the album, which led to playing outside of my home city of Johannesburg and the surrounding area to getting people out to see us in other South African cities. So overall, it was a good thing.

True Blues

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Dan Patlansky - Duo Album Real & Standing at the Station, & Perfection Kills

Year : 2010 (Reissue 2006)
Bitrate : 320K/s
Total Time : 67:10
Total Size : 154,6 MB
Styles: Blues Rock
Scans: Front Duo-album
Ref. : HGR November 3, 2014

1. Real ( 4:30)
2. Dead Shrimp Blues ( 5:42)
3. Only An Ocean ( 6:27)
4. Bad Weather Blues ( 7:26)
5. Try My Loving Arms ( 4:12)
6. Got A Bad, Bad Feeling (10:20)
7. The Doctor ( 5:19)
8. Southern Moon ( 4:39)
9. Frozen Dirt ( 4:06)
10. Your Mama Don't Dance ( 4:07)
11. Blues For New Orleans (10:15)

Keeping it real is what makes this one a real treasure.
The traditional picture of a true-blood blues musician is set in the Mississippi delta, of a certain age and more often than not, African-American. Patlansky doesn't fall into any of the categories, yet he allows the music to do the talking. It is for blues fans, and especially those who can fall right into the moody instrumentals with the husky voice singing the blues every once in a while.
He's surrounded himself with some of the best, has not bowed to commercialism, is out on the road introducing his fare and with this laid-back bluesy music, he should win many hearts.

CD 1 REAL

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Year : 2010 (Reissue 2000)
Bitrate : 320K/s
Total Time : 41:42
Total Size : 96,3 MB
Styles: Blues Rock
Scans: Front Duo-album

1. Empty Arms (3:43)
2. Sweet Sixteen (5:16)
3. Chitlins Con Carne (3:27)
4. Standing At The Station (4:07)
5. Take Me Home (3:02)
6. Mongolious's Blue Hanglider (2:51)
7. Hurricane Took My Home (3:24)
8. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (3:50)
9. Mississippi Muther's Blues (8:02)
10. Hide Away (3:56)

“Standing at the Station”, an independent album that amazed critics and garnered Dan a reputation as a Blues-phenomenon and his subsequent “Readers Choice” vote as “Best Blues Guitarist in Southern Africa”.
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dan Patlansky bought at age 14 his first guitar. Dan Patlansky soon began to play the blues inspired by his father's record collection. B.B. King, Albert Collins, Albert King, and Stevie Ray Vaughan were his idols. Dan Patlansky was 17 when he took to the road with a band called Trigger, a cover rock band with a host of older players. Dan Patlansky left soon after to start a three-piece that became The Mississippi Muthers, comprising Mike Van Tonder (who added bass on three tracks of his major label debut album True Blues) and initially Stephan Lawrence on drums. He has subsequently been replaced by Gordon Legg. With a tight band, an eclectic mix of originals and standards, The Mississippi Mothers grew a fan base and a booking schedule that demanded full-time participation, to which Dan Patlansky happily committed after having spent the latter part of his high school career at The National School of Arts. From Sun City to Julian's and The Blues Room in Johannesburg, each performance made the next even more worthy of the anticipated confirmation. In 2004 at age 22, Dan Patlansky recorded his debut album True Blues.

CD 2 Standing At The Station

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Year : 2018
Bitrate : 320K/s
Total Time : 37:06
Total Size : 86,7 MB
Styles: Blues Rock
Scans: Front

1. Johnny (3:34)
2. Never Long Enough (3:23)
3. Mayday (4:34)
4. Too Far Gone (3:37)
5. Judge A Man (5:38)
6. Junket Man (3:11)
7. iEyes (3:05)
8. Shake The Cage (3:44)
9. My Dear Boy (3:15)
10. Dog Day (3:00)

2018 already looks massive with exciting new albums, tours and more. Music rules 2018 that is a certainty. Kickstarting 2018 with his new album Perfection Kills, Dan Patlansky is smoking hot as he follows up his critically acclaimed 2016 album Introvertigo.

Patlansky produced the album himself, something he hadn’t done in years.

TRACK BY TRACK BY DAN PATLANSKY

“The meaning behind Perfection Kills? It’s the pursuit of perfection in any art form is futile,” says Patlansky about the new album. “It often does more harm than good, for both the artist on a personal level, as well as the art form itself.”

1. Johnny
This song is about a kid who had a challenging upbringing, and how survival turned him into a tough and sometimes volatile adult.
2. Never Long Enough
This song is about being home with the love of my life and how the seemingly mundane is something I yearn for. The clock is constantly ticking to my next departure and these moments with her are never long enough.
3. Mayday
The modern day rat-race is blindsiding people from the most important thing in life; LOVE. As a result, relationships are crashing.
4. Too Far Gone
With the annihilation of the environment, famine, war, greed and human stupidity, the world is becoming scarier every day. Are we too far gone?
5. Judge A Man
This song is a moan about girls I have dated before, that believed being a musician is not a real job. Judge a man on what he achieves, and not on your own ignorant views.
6. Junket Man
A Junket man is someone who travels for their livelihood, which is an accurate description of my career. Travel is just an inescapable part of the job.
7. iEyes
Our complete addiction to living life through a screen, not noticing the high res world all around us.
8. Shake The Cage
I believe in the theory that life works in 7 year cycles. This song is about embracing change and actively changing your mind set every now and then, even if it means stepping out of your comfort zone.
9. My Dear Boy
This is a song for the newest addition to the family, my son Jack.
10. Dog Day
We all have those days where nothing goes our way. However, our first world problems are nothing compared to what many people have to deal with.

Perfection Kills

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Dan Patlansky - Wooden Thoughts

Year: 2014
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:46
Size: 128,8 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues, roots
Scans: Front

1. Miss Oowee (4:08)
2. Preachin' Blues (4:56)
3. Wagon Wheel (4:49)
4. Bright Lights, Big City (5:28)
5. Hallelujah (6:19)
6. Kwazi (4:15)
7. Kashmir (5:09)
8. The Weight (5:16)
9. Big Things Going Down (7:14)
10. Bring The World To Its Knees (5:36)
11. Kaynin (2:30)

Wooden Thoughts follows 20 Stones, released to critical acclaim last year, and is rooted in the blues with influences of country, bluegrass, world music and traditional Indian melodies. It’s an album that Patlansky has aspired to do for a long time: “I’ve always wanted to do an acoustic album but finally decided to do it following my successful unplugged tour last year. I realised there was a demand for it. As a musician, it allows you to play something different and it is less flashy. It also lends itself to a wide range of genres that allowed me to stretch myself,” he explains.

On Wooden Thoughts Patlansky sings and plays acoustic guitar, slide guitar, Dobro and the mandolin. He is joined by Clint Falconer on bass and Andy Maritz on Cajon. Wendy Oldfield does backing vocals on the track Miss Oowee as well as on The Weight. Patlansky, who produced the album himself, is delighted that it was recorded in the Knysna forest by Howard Butcher – a specialist recorder who has produced among others Guy Buttery, Steve Newman and Nibs van der Spuy.

Wooden Thoughts mc
Wooden Thoughts zippy

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Dan Patlansky - 2 albums: Introvertigo / Dear Silence Thieves

Never far from likeminded genius, guitarist, singer/songwriter and globally respected purveyor of the blues, Dan Patlansky sidles into his second successive decade as one of the world’s finest blues-based storytellers of his generation. Ever since his debut album, Standing At The Station, followed by his 2004 major label (Blue Note, EMI produced) masterstroke True Blues, Dan Patlansky has been immersing himself in the rich and rollicking world of blues rock music. In February 2005, and again in July 2006, Selwyn Miller, the New Orleans based manager of David Gates, Bread, Randy Crawford and Petula Clark (amongst others), took Patlansky to New Orleans to showcase his outstanding talent.

In 2006 Fender acknowledged his talent with a guitar and amp endorsement, making him only one of six on the continent to enjoy such a privilege.

As Dan settled into his groove, what followed was a barrage of brilliantly executed eclectic and acoustic blues albums. 2006 brought with Real, Move My Soul in 2009, 20 Stones in 2012, and the unplugged wonder of 2013’s acoustically anchored Wooden Thoughts release. With each new release, Patlansky’s albums brought with him a tighter and more engaging lyrical twist and even more interesting turns, all of which led beautifully to his much anticipated 2014 full- electric album released in May. In December 2014, DEAR SILENCE THIEVES (produced by Theo Crous) was voted the nr. 1 Blues Rock Album in the world released for 2014 by BLUES ROCK REVIEW/USA, alongside names such as Joe Bonamassa, Rival Sons, Devon Allman, The Black Keys, Philip Sayce, and many more.

Album: Introvertigo
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:35
Size: 81.5 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[3:04] 1. Run
[2:46] 2. Poor Old John
[4:03] 3. Sonova Faith
[3:46] 4. Loosen Up The Grip
[2:42] 5. Heartbeat
[3:04] 6. Stop The Messin'
[2:55] 7. Bet On Me
[5:09] 8. Still Wanna Be Your Man
[3:53] 9. Western Decay
[4:08] 10. Queen Puree

Introvertigo

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Album: Dear Silence Thieves
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:54
Size: 95.9 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:50] 1. Backbite
[4:18] 2. Pop Collar Jockey
[3:49] 3. Fetch Your Spade
[5:00] 4. Hold On
[2:59] 5. Taking Chances
[4:09] 6. Windmills And The Sea
[4:05] 7. Only An Ocean (Reprise)
[5:44] 8. Your War
[3:24] 9. Feels Like Home
[4:32] 10. Madison Lane

Dear Silence Thieves

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Dan Patlansky - 3 albums: 20 Stones / Move My Soul / Real

“Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel,” Jimi Hendrix famously said. Dan Patlansky is not sweating. The range of emotions the blues guitarist manages to summon from his six-string Fender Stratocaster most guitarists never come close to achieving in a lifetime. But then Patlansky is not your average white blues-rock wannabe.

Anyone who has seen him on stage will know why he is regarded as a truly ­authentic blues proponent. Like his heroes Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson, JJ Cale and Jimmy Page, Patlansky is a storyteller. His critically acclaimed albums include Standing at the ­Station, True Blues, Real and Move My Soul. ~Miles Keylock

Album: 20 Stones
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 47:09
Size: 107.9 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[4:38] 1. Bright Lights, Big City
[4:27] 2. Bye Bye
[4:14] 3. Daddy's Old Gun
[4:17] 4. 20 Stones
[8:51] 5. Lost Your Good Thing Now
[2:06] 6. Slap In The Face
[2:56] 7. Call Me The Breeze
[4:08] 8. Too Late To Cry
[5:40] 9. Cross Country Limping
[5:48] 10. Jump On

20 Stones mc
20 Stones zippy

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Album: Move My Soul
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 63:48
Size: 146.0 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[ 5:47] 1. Why
[ 9:38] 2. Big Things Going Down
[ 4:52] 3. Insufficient Man
[ 3:49] 4. Peace Of Eden
[ 5:57] 5. Move My Soul
[ 4:03] 6. You Upset Me
[ 4:05] 7. Come And Play
[11:20] 8. Luca
[ 0:54] 9. Lord You Are Beautiful
[ 2:32] 10. That's Alright Mama
[ 4:23] 11. Backside Of Paradise
[ 6:23] 12. Namaste Love City

Move My Soul mc
Move My Soul zippy

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Album: Real
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 66:47
Size: 152.9 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[ 4:30] 1. Real
[ 5:39] 2. Dead Shrimp Blues
[ 6:22] 3. Only An Ocean
[ 7:22] 4. Bad Weather Blues
[ 4:11] 5. Try My Loving Arms
[10:18] 6. Got A Bad, Bad Feeling
[ 5:17] 7. The Doctor
[ 4:38] 8. Southern Moon
[ 4:06] 9. Frozen Dirt
[ 4:05] 10. Your Mama Don't Dance
[10:15] 11. Blues For New Orleans

Real mc
Real zippy

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