Billy Flynn - Lonesome Highway

Size: 162,7 MB
Time: 69:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Good Navigator (Feat. Deitra Farr) (3:38)
02. If It Wasn't For The Blues (5:03)
03. Small Town (3:48)
04. Lonesome Highway (5:16)
05. The 'In' Crowd (4:42)
06. Never Had A Chance (3:44)
07. Waiting Game (2:10)
08. Hold On (Feat. Deitra Farr) (4:38)
09. The Lucky Kind (3:25)
10. Jackson Street (4:27)
11. Long Long Time (4:05)
12. The Right Track (3:30)
13. You Are My Lover (4:17)
14. I Feel 'Um (4:29)
15. Blues Express (3:46)
16. Sufferin' With The Blues (3:57)
17. Christmas Blues (4:54)

From sharing the Apollo Theater stage with Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons and others to backing Beyonce Knowles at Barack Obama's Neighborhood Inaugural Ball and on her Grammy winning single from the movie Cadillac Records; from his prolific sideman work to his ten albums as a leader, Billy Flynn is a true-blue heir of Delmark's storied legacy. Lonesome Highway features 16 new original songs and special guest vocalist Deitra Farr! Producer Dick Shurman says of the set, 'It's one of the great Chicago blues guitar albums. 'Kim Wilson, who regularly calls Billy for sessions, observes calls Flynn 'one of the greatest blues guitarists alive and one of the greatest to ever live.'

Lonesome Highway

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Johnny Rawls, Tad Robinson, Deitra Farr - From The Soul

Year: 2014
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:09
Size: 132,1 MB
Styles: Soul-blues
Scans: Full

1. Deitra Farr - When They Really Love You (5:30)
2. Tad Robinson - Payback (6:04)
3. Johnny Rawls - Ace Of Spades (3:00)
4. Deitra Farr - Bad Company (6:16)
5. Tad Robinson - Rained All Night (4:02)
6. Johnny Rawls - I Would Be Nothing (3:50)
7. Deitra Farr - How Much Longer (6:10)
8. Tad Robinson - Dying From The Blues (4:54)
9. Johnny Rawls - Lucky Man (4:20)
10. Deitra Farr - Waiting For You (5:24)
11. Johnny Rawls - Lucy (3:34)
12. Johnny Rawls - Can't Nobody (4:05)

From The Soul is a club format created by the Top Dogs band with the intention to introduce US artists working in the soul blues tradition to Swedish audiences. The idea was to arrange a series of tours, each featuring a new performer backed up by Top Dogs. When considering which artist to ask, we wanted to focus on the vocal performance and a strong stage presence, the working principle being that blues, first and foremost, is about a singer telling a story. We also wanted to emphasize the soul element, to make the band horn-driven rather then guitar-based.

Here is a selection of live recordings from our efforts for your listening pleasure. We hope you will enjoy these great performances by entertainer extraordinaire Johnny "Soul Survivor" Rawls, Tad Robinson - one of the most innovative artists currently working in the field - and, lastly, the epitome of the big-voice blues singer, the great Deitra Farr. /Excerpt from the liner notes

Top Dogs: Sverker Blomberg (guitar), Erik Pettersson (Hammond organ, piano), Patrik Norrman (bass), Thomas Lingman (drums)

The Forlorn Blues Horns: Mighty Bo Gustafsson (tenor sax), Mikael Renliden (trumpet), Ingalill Högman (tenor sax), Magnus Appelholm (trumpet)

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VA - Chicago's Finest Blues Ladies

Size: 172,1 MB
Time: 73:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Deitra Farr - I'm Feeling Good (4:06)
02. Deitra Farr - Mean Old World (6:52)
03. Zora Young - Bad Track Record (4:14)
04. Zora Young - Bus Station Blues (5:29)
05. Mary Lane - Ride My Automobile (3:38)
06. Mary Lane - You Can't Take Out (5:45)
07. Mary Lane - You Hurt My Feelings (4:30)
08. Melvina Allen - Steppin' In (4:36)
09. Melvina Allen - Dr. Feelgood (5:48)
10. Melvina Allen - Breakin Up Somebody's Home (5:59)
11. Karen Carroll - Who's Lovin You Tonight (3:08)
12. Karen Carroll - I Got To Have Somebody (3:57)
13. Bonnie Lee - Sad And Evil Woman (8:29)
14. Bonnie Lee - Let It Roll (3:13)
15. Bonnie Lee - What's The Matter (3:55)

Chicago's Finest Blues Ladies

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Deitra Farr - Let It Go!

Year: 2005
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:08
Size: 138,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Let It Go! (5:04)
2. Signs, Signals And Warnings (5:42)
3. It Really Doesn't Matter (4:13)
4. I'm Through With It (4:32)
5. When They Really Love You (5:45)
6. In A Dark Place (5:57)
7. Don't Hold Me So Tight (4:31)
8. A Week From Yesterday (4:37)
9. My Love For You (6:27)
10. Call Your Wife (4:55)
11. Thank You For Leaving Me (3:17)
12. My Turn, My Time (5:02)

Deitra Farr is considered one of Chicago's top vocalists, according to Living Blues Magazine (May 1997). Fiery, energetic, and soul-stirring describes this woman, who has over the years been nominated for Traditional Female Blues artist of the year by the W.C. Handy Awards, Female Blues Artist of the year by the Living Blues Critics Awards, the British Blues Connection Awards, and the Les Trophees France Blues awards.

This Chicago native began her career in 1975, singing with local soul bands, before starting her blues career in the early 1980’s. When Deitra was 18 years old, she recorded the lead vocals on Mill Street Depo’s record ” You Won’t Support Me “. That record was a Cashbox Top 100 R&B hit in 1976. Over thirty years later, that recording has been re-released and is popular again worldwide. In 1983, Deitra began her blues career working at the major Chicago blues clubs, such as The Kingston Mines, The Wise Fool’s Pub and Blue Chicago. She also toured the US and Canada with the Sam Lay Blues Band. From 1993 to 1996, Deitra was the lead singer with Mississippi Heat, recording two CD’s with this all-star group.

In 1997, Deitra resumed her own solo career, continuing to sing blues, while reaching back to her soul music roots. After recording on eight previous CD projects with others, she recorded her first solo CD, “The Search is Over”, for the London-based JSP records. In 2005, Deitra released her second JSP CD “Let it Go!”.

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Mississippi Heat - Learned The Hard Way / Thunder In My Heart

Album: Learned The Hard Way
Size: 157,5 MB
Time: 68:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1994
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. I Love My Baby (4:13)
02. Learned The Hard Way (4:48)
03. Let's Pack Our Bags (3:47)
04. Je Me Souviens (I Remember Too) (5:11)
05. Keep Your Hands Off Her (4:04)
06. He's Not Good For Me (3:04)
07. My Woman Is An Old Black Spider (3:57)
08. Moanin' And Cryin' (6:13)
09. Kindhearted Fool (4:03)
10. Lonely Nights No More (4:31)
11. Wrong Guy (4:35)
12. How Long Can A Man Be Poor (6:38)
13. Got To Change Your Ways (3:13)
14. Bull Frog Hop (3:26)
15. Mean Old World (7:00)

A Dynamite set. This is the band's second CD. LEARNED THE HARD WAY (1994) was pivotal in launching the band internationally. It received rave reviews from fans, magazines and festival promoters alike (see below).
This line-up consists of Pierre Lacocque on harp, Deitra Farr on vocals, James Wheeler and Billy Flynn on guitars, Bob Stroger on bass, and Allen Kirk on drums.

Thanks to DrPeak.
Learned The Hard Way

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Album: Thunder In My Heart
Size: 149,6 MB
Time: 65:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1995
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. Thunder In My Heart (4:26)
02. I Luv You So (3:34)
03. Hometown Boy (4:37)
04. Loan Me Train Fare (5:33)
05. Nothin' But Trouble (4:18)
06. You Gave Nothing (5:35)
07. Natalie (4:32)
08. Gonna Hit That Dusty Road (5:31)
09. Don't Dare Call (4:18)
10. Baby Please Stop Drinkin' (3:56)
11. Somebody's Always Talking (4:39)
12. Better Day (4:42)
13. Brand New Woman (6:34)
14. Steamrolin' (3:03)

THUNDER IN MY HEART was released in 1995. This is the band's third CD. The sound quality and song material is particularly good here. So is the inspiration from all the band members - Deitra Farr on vocals, and the same musicians as in LEARNED THE HARD WAY (1994). By this time the band was tight and well rehearsed. An exciting set of 14 original tunes!

THUNDER IN MY HEART marks the first time bass man Bob Stroger records his singing voice (a cover tune called "Loan Me Train Fare" with additional lyrics from Bob, and one written for him by Pierre Lacocque called "Don't Dare Call").

Thanks to DrPeak.
Thunder In My Heart

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Deitra Farr - The Search Is Over

Size: 135,2 MB
Time: 57:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Anywhere But Here (4:31)
02. Bad Company (5:10)
03. You've Got To Choose (3:25)
04. Waiting For You (4:38)
05. I Refuse To Lose (5:10)
06. How Much Longer (4:52)
07. Taking The Long Way Home (6:54)
08. Waiting For The Blues (5:11)
09. The Search Is Over (3:29)
10. Must Have Been An Angel (4:51)
11. Stealin' Your Love (4:43)
12. This I Know To Be True (5:00)

Chicago vocalist Deitra Farr is so versatile that it's a misnomer to call her singing soul-blues. She's equally comfortable with ballads, pop music, soul, and blues, and she presents a delightful combination of all these styles on her debut record, The Search Is Over. Farr spent her childhood listening to the radio and the soul music of the late '60s and early '70s. She began singing in the choir at the Catholic grade school she attended, and by the time she was a senior in high school, she was singing with her uncle's band. Farr also sang with another local band for fun, but music was still an avocation for her.

Farr first stepped into the recording studio when she was 18 as a vocalist for Jimmy Mayes' band, Mill Street Depot. The single "You Won't Support Me" got airplay around Chicago and sparked her enthusiasm for a career as a singer. After she graduated from Columbia College (in Chicago) with a degree in journalism, Farr met piano player Erwin Helfer. Helfer had learned from and played with people like Willie Mabon, Little Brother Montgomery, and Sunnyland Slim. Farr began sitting in with Helfer's trio before landing a gig of her own at Kingston Mines in Chicago. She began drawing crowds to her shows, helped in no small measure by the fact that she had legendary names sitting with her, people like Homesick James, Louis Myers, and Sunnyland Slim.

Farr sang on Dave Specter's debut, Bluebird Blues, in 1991, and a Japanese record company, DIW, included her on a compilation of Chicago blues artists called Chicago Blues Nights. She also can be heard on Chicago's Finest Blues Ladies, a compilation for the Wolf Records label, which got her noticed overseas and allowed her to tour in Europe. Farr's career shifted into high gear after she hooked up with the band Mississippi Heat in 1993 and recorded two albums with them, Learned the Hard Way (1993) and Thunder in My Heart (1995). Her debut for the London-based JSP Records, The Search Is Over, produced by guitarist/impresario Johnny Rawls, was released in 1997. Her vocals were smooth and confident, and her songs covered a broad thematic landscape. ~Biography by Richard Skelly

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The Search Is Over

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