Time: 42:36+36:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Label: Blue Leaf Records
Art: Front
Vol. 1: The Early Years
01. Lambpoon (Feat. Paul Lamb) (2:29)
02. All Your Love (Feat. Otis Grand) (3:45)
03. Rambler's Blues (Feat. Paul Lamb) (3:27)
04. Elevator's Blues (Feat. Otis Grand) (3:59)
05. Dead Cat On The Line (Feat. Dick Heckstall-Smith) (4:12)
06. Peach Tree (Feat. Paul Lamb) (2:03)
07. Angel Of Mercy (Feat. Dick Heckstall-Smith) (5:39)
08. Neighbor Neighbor (Feat. Dick Heckstall-Smith) (4:57)
09. Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy (Feat. Dick Heckstall-Smith) (4:07)
10. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (Feat. Johnny Mars) (7:54)
Vol. 2: The Later Years
01. Really Love My Baby (2:54)
02. Cool Operator (3:40)
03. A Fool Of Me (3:33)
04. I Know (Feat. Dick Heckstall-Smith) (4:52)
05. The Lonely Side (2:26)
06. Riding Two Trains (Feat. Dick Heckstall-Smith) (3:50)
07. Drop Dead (3:08)
08. Gone Too Long (3:22)
09. Heatwave (Feat. Dick Heckstall-Smith) (4:08)
10. Just A Little Bit (Feat. Dick Heckstall-Smith) (4:17)
The Deluxe Blues Band: Phil Taylor, Russell Baille (vocals); Allan Vincent, Dave Beaumont, Daniel Smith, Dennis McGrath (guitar); Bob Brunning (bass); Mickey Waller, Maurice McLloroy, Reg Patten (drums).
Additional personnel: Paul Lamb, Otis Grand, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Johnny Mars.
The De Luxe blues band originally started life in 1980 as a pick-up band for American blues performers Eddie Clearwater and Carey Bell for just one show. Fellow American guitarist and singer Danny Adler had invited pianist Bob Hall, drummer Mickey Waller and me to do the gig in London's steamy Dingwall club. We thoroughly enjoyed working together, and decided that night to form a permanent band. Veteran sax player Dick Heckstall Smith would soon join us. A good time was had by all for the next 13 years but after five albums and countless European Tours, Danny Adler decided to return to the States, and the De Luxe band members amicably went their separate ways.
I took a break for a while, but in 1994 lure of the De Luxes is was too hard to resist, and I invited seasoned London musicians Phil Taylor, Alan Vincent and Dave Beaumont to join me in the De Luxe Blues Band, Mark II. We had fun and made one more album. However in 1997, we called it a day, having thoroughly enjoyed our musical alliance.
Shortly afterwards, I bumped into five musicians would eventually join me in the current De Luxe Blues Dand line-up. Bill and Daniel Smith (harp and guitar), Reg Patten (drums), Russell Baillie (vocals) and Dennis McGrath (guitar) proved to be more than worthy successors to previous De Luxe band members, and immediately hit the road... and the studio.
Additional personnel: Paul Lamb, Otis Grand, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Johnny Mars.
The De Luxe blues band originally started life in 1980 as a pick-up band for American blues performers Eddie Clearwater and Carey Bell for just one show. Fellow American guitarist and singer Danny Adler had invited pianist Bob Hall, drummer Mickey Waller and me to do the gig in London's steamy Dingwall club. We thoroughly enjoyed working together, and decided that night to form a permanent band. Veteran sax player Dick Heckstall Smith would soon join us. A good time was had by all for the next 13 years but after five albums and countless European Tours, Danny Adler decided to return to the States, and the De Luxe band members amicably went their separate ways.
I took a break for a while, but in 1994 lure of the De Luxes is was too hard to resist, and I invited seasoned London musicians Phil Taylor, Alan Vincent and Dave Beaumont to join me in the De Luxe Blues Band, Mark II. We had fun and made one more album. However in 1997, we called it a day, having thoroughly enjoyed our musical alliance.
Shortly afterwards, I bumped into five musicians would eventually join me in the current De Luxe Blues Dand line-up. Bill and Daniel Smith (harp and guitar), Reg Patten (drums), Russell Baillie (vocals) and Dennis McGrath (guitar) proved to be more than worthy successors to previous De Luxe band members, and immediately hit the road... and the studio.
Blues Amongst Friends Vol. 1
Blues Amongst Friends Vol. 2