Dan Treanor's Afrosippi Band - Born To Love The Blues (Feat. Erica Brown & MJ)

Size: 121,0 MB
Time: 51:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Memphis Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Can You Hear Me (3:35)
02. Done Got Old (3:10)
03. Who Knows Who (4:27)
04. Hurt Like Mine (4:13)
05. A Change Is Going To Come (4:55)
06. Love Ain't Easy To Find (3:56)
07. A House Is Not A Home (4:16)
08. Heat (3:45)
09. Knocked Out (3:52)
10. Mississippi Fred's Dream (5:58)
11. Missing (5:35)
12. Next To Me (4:09)

The Afrosippi Band takes you on a soulful journey through American Roots Music. Elements of Blues, R&B, Soul and Rock & Roll create a landscape of joyful tunes. Nationally renowned vocalist Erica Brown and KBA (Keeping The Blues Alive) receipent Dan Treanor, combine to breathe life into the roots of American Music. Up and coming Merrian Johnson, (MJ), cuts loose with soulful and powerful vocals. The Afrosippi band is stellar. The band placed third at the 2013 International Blues Challenge in Memphis and this album will demonstrate why.

Born To Love The Blues

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Dan Treanor & Frankie Lee - African Wind

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2004
Styles: Blues
Time: 54:30
Size: 125,6 MB
Covers: Full

(4:12) 1. Missing
(3:50) 2. Mean Woman Blues
(5:22) 3. Love a Woman's Soul
(3:11) 4. Tell Me Mama
(2:57) 5. African Wind
(3:37) 6. The Groit Man
(4:04) 7. Got No Lifeline
(3:17) 8. Black Hanna
(3:43) 9. Cut With Dynamite
(3:22) 10. Kidnapped by the Blues
(3:47) 11. Texas Son
(3:04) 12. Who's Playing Who
(4:03) 13. Lonesome Road
(3:36) 14. True Love
(2:18) 15. Cane Flute Soul

This collaboration between soul singer Frankie Lee and multi-instrumentalist bluesman Dan Treanor definitely utilizes some African elements, but the title might be an exaggeration. At heart it's very much a straightforward (and excellent) blues record. Of course, the blues does have its roots in African music, but they're not as widely explored as they might be. "African Wind" comes closest, with kalimba (and Lee doing his best Taj Mahal imitation), and "Cane Flute Soul" brings in fife and drum — again, originally from West Africa, but really more familiar from Mississippi hill country. "The Griot" pays tribute to the African historian storyteller and historian, but with very American style. That said, Treanor does use ngoni and khalam (although it's hard to hear the former). But don't come looking for the kind of African-American connection you'll find in, say Ali Farka Toure; it's not there and doesn't pretend to be. In spite of Treanor's instrumental abilities, it's Lee who's the star of the show here, with a big, broad voice that's perfectly at home in the blues, whether on the acoustic "Tell Me Mama" or the fast shuffle of "Who's Playing Who." He's a talent who deserves much broader exposure, and if there's any justice, he'll get it from this.

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Dan Treanor - American Primative

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 56:09
Size: 128.5 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[4:10] 1. Took The Wrong Road
[3:55] 2. Duckin' And Dodgein'
[3:16] 3. Brand New Walking Blues
[3:05] 4. You Can't Outrun The Blues
[6:08] 5. Motherless Child
[2:55] 6. Serves You Right
[3:33] 7. Tangled Road
[3:54] 8. Poor Man's Sentence
[4:22] 9. South Bound Train
[4:10] 10. Sunshine Galore
[3:03] 11. Big Bayou
[4:03] 12. Ain't It A Pity
[4:20] 13. Everything About You
[5:08] 14. 1969

Born in 1947 and raised in Pueblo, Colorado, Dan Treanor began playing guitar at the age of fifteen. Discovering the Blues and R&B through a local radio station - KAPI - he developed a life long passion for the root of all popular American Music - THE BLUES. When a typical teenager might have been found listening to the latest top 40 AM hit, Dan, a self taught musician who plays by ear, would spend hours listening to the likes of Ray Charles, B.B. King, Jimmy Reed and Slim Harpo, trying to emulate their playing style. He was also heavily influenced by the music of Bob Dylan and Hank Williams. By the age of sixteen, with his Silvertone guitar, he was playing in his first band - "The Marauders".

In 1969, while serving as an infantryman in the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam, he was taught to play the harp by a fellow soldier and musician, Bernie Willer. He's never put it down. "Bernie showed me how to blow that harp and it's been stuck inside me ever since"

Returning to the States, he began a life long quest to master the art and soul of American Blues. He used his GI Bill to earn a Masters in American History, where he unraveled the truth behind the evoluation of the blues - from Africa to America.

In his career he has shared the stage with Son Seals, Frankie Lee, Louisiana Red, Jimmy Carl Black, Corey Harris, George "Boogie Woogie" Daniels, Bob Margolin and Guitar Junior to mention a few icons. He is considered one of the top harp players in the business. He has played harp, guitar and dobro on over 100 45s, LPs, CDs and motion picture sound tracks. In 1994 he was named a Hohner Harmonica endorsee. He has toured Europe twice and represented the Grand County Blues Society two times at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. He is a charter member of the Colorado Blues Society and the Blues Foundation. He has received several awards from various Blues Societies in recognation of his Blues In The Schools contributions. He is the recipient of the 2012 KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE award from the Blues Foundation.

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