B.B. King - Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2011

Size: 166,8 MB
Time: 72:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. I Need You So ( 5:20)
02. Key To The Highway ( 4:42)
03. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean ( 5:06)
04. All Over Again ( 4:18)
05. Rock Me Baby ( 9:07)
06. You Are My Sunshine ( 6:44)
07. B.B. Jams With Guests (15:22)
08. The Thrill Is Gone ( 8:08)
09. Guess Who ( 6:03)
10. When The Saints Go Marching In ( 7:29)

He may be 85 these days, but B.B. King is still B.B. King, and any time he sings or delivers those signature clean, jazzy, and warm guitar lines, it's an extra gift from a musician who has given us listeners and fans so much for so long. This warm, celebratory, and good-natured live set was recorded on June 28, 2011 at London's Royal Albert Hall and features King in chatty good humor and a whole host of guests, including guitarist Derek Trucks, singer Susan Tedeschi, the Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood, Simply Red's Mick Hucknall, and former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash. King does what he's always done, and on signature songs like "Rock Me Baby" and "The Thrill Is Gone," one gets the hopeful feeling that King could actually go on and do this forever. He's is in a talkative mood here, and the T-Bone Burnett story he tells as the introduction to a version of Blind Lemon Jefferson's "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" is a funny yet tender narrative that touches on age, memory, and everything the blues can be. It's obvious that King is enjoying himself, and if this isn't the best live set he's ever done, it might be the warmest. At 85 King is still engaging, comfortable with an audience, and once he slides into one of those sweet-as-Memphis-honey guitar runs, he's everything he's always been. There's only one B.B. King and that he is still that, after all the years of fine music he's given us, is a miracle, a blessing, and a treasure. ~by Steve Leggett

Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2011

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Various - God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:29
Size: 95.0 MB
Styles: Roots, Gospel/Blues
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[3:26] 1. Tom Waits - The Soul Of A Man
[3:54] 2. Lucinda Williams - It's Nobody's Fault But Mine
[3:09] 3. Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
[4:14] 4. Cowboy Junkies - Jesus Is Coming Soon
[4:40] 5. The Blind Boys Of Alabama - Mother's Children Have A Hard Time
[3:16] 6. Sinead O'connor - Trouble Will Soon Be Over
[3:51] 7. Luther Dickinson - Bye And Bye I'm Going To See The King
[4:21] 8. Lucinda Williams - God Don't Never Change
[2:47] 9. Tom Waits - John The Revelator
[3:54] 10. Maria Mckee - Let Your Light Shine On Me
[3:52] 11. Rickie Lee Jones - Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground

A stunning collection of artists and performances celebrate the timeless music of legendary gospel bluesman Blind Willie Johnson. From Derek Trucks’ and Susan Tedeschi’s reverent reading of Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning to Lucinda Williams’ slide guitar-fueled lament in Nobody’s Fault But Mine, from Luther Dickinson’s spirited take on Bye And Bye I’m Going To See The King (with The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band) to Tom Waits’ virtual embodiment of Johnson himself on The Soul Of A Man and John The Revelator, this record is packed with incomparable recordings that speak as much to the greatness of the performers as they do the enduring legacy of Blind Willie Johnson.

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Buddy Guy - Skin Deep

Time: 58:15
Size: 133.3 MB
Source: LL
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues
Released: 2008
Covers: Full

1 Buddy Guy - Best Damn Fool {4:57}
2 Buddy Guy ft Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi - Too Many Tears {4:25}
3 Buddy Guy - Lyin' Like A Dog {7:27}
4 Buddy Guy - Show Me The Money {3:09}
5 Buddy Guy ft Eric Clapton - Every Time I Sing The Blues {7:37}
6 Buddy Guy ft Robert Randolph - Out In The Woods {5:43}
7 Buddy Guy - Hammer And A Nail {2:57}
8 Buddy Guy ft Robert Randolph - That's My Home {2:52}
9 Buddy Guy ft Derek Trucks - Skin Deep {4:29}
10 Buddy Guy - Who's Gonna Fill Those Shoes {4:08}
11 Buddy Guy - Smell The Funk {4:46}
12 Buddy Guy - I Found Happiness {5:39}

It's hard to say that Buddy Guy's career was revived by his appearance in the Rolling Stones' Shine a Light, but his mesmerizing duet on Muddy Waters' "Champagne and Reefer" in that Martin Scorsese concert film was a bracing, welcome reminder of just how good Guy is, especially for listeners who may have let their attention wander in the years since Damn Right, I've Got the Blues. What made Guy so riveting was his coiled aggression: in stark contrast to the deferential Jack White, he came to cut the Stones down and he did so mercilessly, which made it the musical highlight of a show with plenty of great moments. That wildness has kept Buddy Guy unpredictable well into his senior citizenship, and it surfaces on Skin Deep, only perhaps not quite as often as it should. Touted as his first album of original material, Skin Deep does work as an effective showcase for Buddy's most original voice: his wild, gnarly guitar. The production may be crisp and clean but Buddy refuses to play polite, messing up the pristine surfaces with big, nasty, ugly smears of guitar. Even when the record gleams too brightly -- as it does just a little bit too often -- Guy sounds like he's trying to tear things apart from the inside, which lends vigor and energy to numbers that are performed with just a shade too much preciseness. Thankfully, not all of Skin Deep is so clean, as the record opens up with a pair of dynamite collaborations with Robert Randolph -- the stripped-down, swampy Delta blues "Out in the Woods" and the muscular "That's My Home." Guy also gets in a couple of good numbers with Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks -- there's also a duet with Eric Clapton on "Every Time I Sing the Blues," which slides into a too-comfortable slow groove -- and these are the moments when Skin Deep really clicks, as the songs spark and the band truly cooks. Elsewhere, the music slips toward the conventional, but at least it sounds like Guy is trying to reel it back in with that monstrous guitar, which can still sound wondrous. It's kind of fun to hear the accidental tension between Guy's guitar and the slick surfaces, but when he's paired with a band or production that matches his grit, Skin Deep is so good that it's hard not to wish the whole record sounded just like that.
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Skin Deep

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The Marcus King Band - The Marcus King Band

Size: 134,7 MB
Time: 58:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With That (3:47)
02. Devil’s Land (5:08)
03. Rita Is Gone (4:23)
04. Self-Hatred (Feat. Derek Trucks) (5:32)
05. Jealous Man (4:34)
06. The Man You Didn’t Know (4:39)
07. Plant Your Corn Early (5:05)
08. Radio Soldier (4:51)
09. Guitar In My Hands (2:51)
10. Thespian Espionage (5:31)
11. Virginia (Feat. Warren Hayes) (6:31)
12. Sorry 'bout Your Lover (3:23)
13. The Mystery Of Mr. Eads (1:41)

The Marcus King Band is a six-headed musical monster led by Mr. Marcus King, a young guitarist and singer-songwriter from Greenville, South Carolina. King also happens to be a protégé of another son of the South, the ubiquitous Warren Haynes. An early MKB supporter, Haynes has now produced the band’s eponymous second album, due out October 7th.

Haynes has praised King with some of the highest accolades an up-and-comer could want to hear. “Marcus is the first player I’ve heard since Derek Trucks to play with the maturity of a musician well beyond his age,” Haynes has said. “He’s very much influenced by the blues, but also by jazz, rock, soul music and any timeless genre. You can hear the influences, but it all comes through him in his own unique way. And he has one of those voices that instantly draws you in.”

King and his band most definitely drew in the audience during their electric two-hour set at Rockwood Music Hall. With King out front on vocals and guitar, the rest of the septet is Jack Ryan on drums, Stephen Campbell on bass, Matt Jennings on Hammond B3 organ, Dean Mitchell on tenor and baritone saxophones and Justin Johnson on trumpet, trombone, percussion and backing and occasional lead vocals. As challenging as it would have been for a lesser ensemble to pull off, this talented crew easily – nay, joyfully – covered the enormous territory of their leader’s musical tastes.

In person, the similarities between King and Haynes are impossible to overlook. The two could be “fam,” to borrow King’s phrase. They’re both big-boned, with long, shaggy hair that falls mid-back. Next is their singing – rich, bluesy, from-the-gut voices. And both men’s musical tastes are as broad as Haynes described: anchored in the blues but venturing everywhere music can go.

And that’s precisely where the Marcus King Band’s Rockwood set ventured – moving effortlessly from guitar jams to Stax-style soul to Tower of Power horn work spiced with New Orleans funk, veering into Hendrixian psychedelic wah-wah and tastes of jazz-rock fusion. Sprinkled among the jammed-out selections off the new album were chestnuts from the Temptations (“Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone”), the Beatles (“Dear Prudence”) and jazzman Les McCann (“Trying To Make It Real Compared To What”). Amidst the funky opening chords of Allen Toussaint’s “On Your Way Down,” Brooklyn-based guitar slinger Eric Krasno strapped on his axe and got down to trading licks with King before the two locked into a harmonic groove.

Given the huge impression the Marcus King Band made at this Rockwood performance – and given that the new album features guests like Derek Trucks and Haynes himself – it seems a safe bet we’re going to hear a lot more from these cats in the months and years ahead. Catch this crew while you can still say you saw them when they were almost famous. ~Peter Jurew

The Marcus King Band

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Tedeschi Trucks Band - Let Me Get By

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:21
Size: 129.0 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[6:32] 1. Anyhow
[5:05] 2. Laugh About It
[5:57] 3. Don't Know What It Means
[4:33] 4. Right On Time
[4:28] 5. Let Me Get By
[3:37] 6. Just As Strange
[8:02] 7. Crying Over You Swamp Raga
[4:32] 8. Hear Me
[7:13] 9. I Want More
[6:18] 10. In Every Heart

Let Me Get By features ten new, original songs that together stand as a testament to the hard work, independent spirit, and full-on commitment of the entire Tedeschi Trucks Band. The album’s artwork—a Mongolian golden eagle pictured a moment after flying from its handler’s glove—and even the album title itself reflect the sense of total dedication that serves as the driving force behind this recording. From that wellspring of dedication come the most powerful TTB recordings yet. Some songs you may have heard on stage in 2015, and some others that were deliberately held back for this occasion. Susan’s vocals and Derek’s guitar soar, tumble and glide through each song, as powerful as ever, even in the album’s most understated moments.

Let Me Get By is an album of firsts – in addition to being the first TTB record Derek produced on his own (with the contribution of Doyle Bramhall II performing/co-producing on three tracks), and the first on which he and Susan co-wrote all the songs within the TTB family, it’s Derek’s first album since his 15-year run as a member of the Allman Brothers concluded when the group disbanded last year, providing time for Derek and engineer Bobby Tis to spend countless hours in the studio honing the sounds and arrangements for this album. It’s also the first lead vocals on a TTB album for Mike Mattison, whose songwriting and harmonies have always been one of the defining features of the band’s albums. Finally, it’s the first album with Tim Lefebvre on board, whose deeply propulsive bass lines drive the rhythm section in exciting new directions on record.

Each and every member of the band contributed in the recording process: there’s Kofi’s melodic keyboard wizardry, the perpetually locked-in drums and percussion of J.J. and Tyler, the always-punctual horn lines from Kebbi, Maurice and Saunders, and the rich blend of the harmony vocals from Mike, Mark and Alecia. Each individual personality has a chance to shine on Let Me Get By—even the crickets behind the studio lent their voices to the album, firmly connecting the band’s music to the Jacksonville swamps from which it emerged.

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Muddy Waters 100 - S/T

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:08
Size: 121.6 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[4:11] 1. Got My Mojo Workin' (Feat. Shemekia Copeland)
[3:51] 2. Still A Fool (Feat. Derek Trucks)
[3:26] 3. I Be's Troubled (Feat. Bob Margolin)
[3:06] 4. I'm Ready (Feat. Johnny Winter)
[4:38] 5. Mannish Boy
[3:13] 6. Rosalie
[3:23] 7. Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You
[3:23] 8. Good News (Feat. James Cotton)
[2:54] 9. Trouble No More (Feat. Billy Branch)
[4:36] 10. She Moves Me
[3:01] 11. Can't Get No Grindin' (Feat. Billy Branch)
[3:46] 12. Forty Days And Forty Nights (Feat. Gary Clark Jr)
[3:16] 13. Last Time I Fool Around With (Feat. Keb Mo)
[3:12] 14. I Feel So Good (Feat. James Cotton)
[3:03] 15. Feel Like Going Home

Featuring John Primer, Billy Branch, Gary Clark Jr., Shemekia Copeland, James Cotton, Bob Margolin, Keb’ Mo’, Derek Trucks, Johnny Winter, with Vincent Bucher, Leanne Faine, Tim Gant, Khari Parker, James Teague, Steve Gibons, Keith Henderson and the Living History Band: Matthew Skoller, Billy Flynn, Johnny Iguana, Felton Crews, Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith. This album is defined by the seminal and incalculable influence that Muddy's music has had on all popular forms of American music, an influence that would revolutionize music around the world.

Country blues were Muddy’s roots and remained at his core, but through the force of his artistry he transformed them. With electricity, volume, the weaving of bass and guitar lines with piano, harmonica and drums, he created the ensemble sound and subsequently the template for future Rock and Pop groups. His music’s raw power and energy, plus his attitude and magnetism—Muddy was the prototype for the iconic Rock‘n Roll star—are still the major ingredients that inspire the popular music we listen to today.

From the 1940s through the 1950s, Muddy’s blues were evolving. This evolution and innovation are the guiding principles and driving force of MUDDY WATERS 100. This tribute reflects a deep respect for tradition—with the participation of alumni of Muddy Waters' groups—and also puts an emphasis on the future of the blues through the participation of pre-eminent contemporary artists who have embraced this music and given it its future.

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Various - All My Friends: Celebrating The Songs & Voice Of Gregg Allman (2-Disc set)

On January 10, 2014, a multi-generational assortment of musicians from the worlds of rock, blues and country joined together at Atlanta's historic Fox Theatre for a once-in-a-lifetime all-star performance to pay tribute to the life and music of the legendary singer/musician/songwriter Gregg Allman. That live musical event can now be experienced via the new multimedia package All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman.

Shot in high definition video with 5:1 Dolby sound, this one-DVD, two-CD package captures the four-hour concert event in its entirety. The show features a diverse assortment of high-profile Allman admirers paying tribute to the iconic veteran rocker, delivering distinctive new performances of classic material drawn from his four and a half decades as a recording artist, encompassing his landmark work with the legendary Allman Brothers Band as well as his parallel solo career. The variety of the artists paying tribute to Allman, and the diversity of their interpretations of his songs, attests to the broad appeal of Allman's talents, which transcend stylistic and generational boundaries.

With musical direction by noted producer/musician Don Was, several of the guest performers are drawn from the Allman Brothers Band's extended musical family, including current ABB guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks (who also appears here with his wife and frequent musical partner Susan Tedeschi) and Gregg's talented son Devon Allman. The prestigious slate of performers also includes such Allman contemporaries as Jackson Browne, Dr. John, John Hiatt, Taj Mahal, Wet Willie singer Jimmy Hall and classic soul man Sam Moore (of Sam and Dave fame), along with such younger acts as Robert Randolph, Keb' Mo', Widespread Panic and Pat Monahan of Train. The world of country music, long a key component in Allman's musical consciousness, is represented here by such notable guest performers as Eric Church, Trace Adkins, Vince Gill, Martina McBride, Zac Brown, Brantley Gilbert and Jess Franklin.

All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman would not be complete without Allman's own authoritative voice, which is spotlighted here on collaborative readings of landmark tunes with Gregg's onetime L.A. roommate Jackson Browne ("These Days," "Melissa"), Vince Gill and Zac Brown ("Midnight Rider") and Taj Mahal ("Statesboro Blues"). Gregg also joins with the Allman Brothers Band to deliver fiery readings of the classics "Dreams" and "Whipping Post," which precede a set-closing "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," performed by the show's full cast. With the recent announcement that the Allman Brothers Band will cease touring at the end of 2014, these may be among the last recordings of the band on stage.

The All My Friends show also features a prestigious house band that includes Don Was on bass, former Allman Brothers Band members Chuck Leavell (keyboards) and Jack Pearson (guitar), ex-Black Crowes guitarist Audley Freed, Wallflowers keyboardist Rami Jaffee and renowned drummer-to-the-stars Kenny Aronoff. As Allman later enthused, "That show was one of the highlights of my life. It was great to see old friends, and everyone was so gracious and really poured their souls into my songs. It was a very special night."

Album: All My Friends: Celebrating The Songs & Voice Of Gregg Allman (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 73:19
Size: 167.9 MB
Styles: Rock, Country, Blues
Year: 2014

[6:49] 1. Warren Haynes - Come And Go Blues
[5:47] 2. Warren Haynes - End Of The Line
[4:28] 3. Susan Tedeschi - Stand Back
[6:16] 4. Devon Allman - You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had
[5:00] 5. Sam Moore - Please Call Home
[6:33] 6. Keb' Mo' - Just Another Rider
[3:41] 7. Brantley Gilbert - Before The Bullets Fly
[3:40] 8. Dr. John - Let This Be A Lesson To Ya
[5:23] 9. Pat Monahan - Queen Of Hearts
[4:59] 10. John Hiatt - One Way Out
[4:41] 11. Taj Mahal - Statesboro Blues
[6:22] 12. Widespread Panic - Just Ain’t Easy
[5:42] 13. Widespread Panic - Wasted Words
[3:51] 14. Trace Adkins - I’m No Angel

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Album: All My Friends: Celebrating The Songs & Voice Of Gregg Allman (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 76:29
Size: 175.1 MB
Styles: Rock, Country, Blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[ 4:10] 1. Trace Adkins - Trouble No More
[ 5:21] 2. Vince Gill - Multi-Colored Lady
[ 4:54] 3. Martina McBride - All My Friends
[ 3:24] 4. Pat Monahan - Can You Fool
[ 4:22] 5. Eric Church - Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More
[ 6:00] 6. Eric Church - Win, Lose Or Draw
[ 4:55] 7. Jackson Browne - These Days
[ 5:22] 8. Jackson Browne - Melissa
[ 5:01] 9. Vince Gill - Midnight Rider
[10:54] 10. The Allman Brothers Band - Dreams
[13:06] 11. The Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post
[ 8:55] 12. Warren Haynes - Will The Circle Be Unbroken

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