Eddie King - Another Cow's Dead

Year: 1997
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:05
Size: 134,0 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Kitty Kat (5:17)
2. Angel Of Mercy (6:11)
3. I Like The Feeling (6:59)
4. Yonders Wall (4:44)
5. Another Cow Dead Tonight (6:04)
6. How Long Are You Going To Be Gone (4:27)
7. Walk Right On In (3:56)
8. Never Loved A Woman (3:44)
9. Losin' Boy (4:47)
10. Pocketful Of Blues (2:46)
11. If Loving You Is Wrong (5:34)
12. Hey Mr. Bluesman (3:31)

King's recorded output is slight bordering on criminal, so these 12 tracks from the West Side Chicago bluesman are a welcome addition to his scant discography indeed. King sports a strong, gospel-tinged voice and a nasty, thick-toned guitar style that never grates, and both are well served here.

Featuring the Blues Brothers-plus horn section of Birch "Slide" Johnson, Alan Rubin, and "Blue" Lou Marini, abetted by Ronnie Cuber on baritone saxophone, the originals veer between soul and straight blues with "Kitty Kat," "Walk Right On In," "How Long Are You Going to Be Gone," "Pocketful of Blues, "Never Loved a Woman" and the set closer "Hey Mr Bluesman."

The covers mine the same genre turf with Luther Ingram's "If Lovin' Is Wrong," Albert King's "Angel Of Mercy," Eddy Giles' "Losin' Boy" and Elmore James' "Yonders Wall" being notable highlights. This album just makes you want to hear more from this highly overlooked artist. /Cub Koda, AllMusic

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Eddie King Blues Band Feat. Mae Bee May - The Blues Has Got Me

Year: 1987/2010
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:57
Size: 138,5 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: LP (front & back) & CD (full)

1. When You Find A Fool (4:45)
2. The Blues Has Got Me (3:49)
3. Love At First Sight (3:59)
4. The Twelve Year Old Girl (3:47)
5. 99 Pounds (3:39)
6. Laundromat Blues (6:33)
7. Able Mae Bee (4:02)
8. He'll Drain On You (5:39)
9. The Woman I Love (3:46)
10. Buttermilk And Cornbread (7:52)
11. Losin' Boy (Bonus) (4:47)
12. Man-Sized Job (Bonus) (2:41)
13. Eddie's Thing (Instrumental) (Bonus) (4:32)

Eddie King (born Edward Lewis Davis Milton, April 21, 1938) is an American Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Living Blues stated 'King is a potent singer and player with a raw, gospel-tinged voice and an aggressive, thick-toned guitar sound'. He was noted as creating a 'straightforward style, after Freddie King and Little Milton'. King was born in Talladega, Alabama, United States. His parents were both musical, with his father playing guitar and his mother a gospel singer. King learned basic guitar riffs from watching from outside the window of local blues clubs, and was inspired by the playing of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter. He grew up playing alongside Luther Allison, Magic Sam, Junior Wells, Eddie C. Campbell, and Freddie King.

He relocated to Chicago, Illinois, in 1954, and his diminutive stature and the influence of B.B. King led to him being referred to as 'Little Eddie King'. Given a break by Little Mack Simmons, he first recorded under the tutelage of Willie Dixon and, in 1960, played on several tracks recorded by Sonny Boy Williamson II. He also recorded with Detroit Junior. Also in 1960, King had a single released by J.O.B. Records, 'Shakin' Inside' / 'Love You Baby'. He then became the guitarist backing Koko Taylor, a role he undertook for two decades. Separately forming Eddie King & the Kingsmen in 1969, King moved to Peoria, Illinois, in the early 1980s. Since the early 1990s, King's backing ensemble have been known as the Swamp Bees, and his output has incorporated Chicago blues, country blues, blues shouter, and soul.

His debut album, "The Blues Has Got Me" (1987), was issued by the Netherlands based record label Double Trouble, and later re-released by Black Magic. It featured one of his sisters, Mae Bee May, on vocals. In 1997, King recorded "Another Cow's Dead", which got a Blues Music Award for 'Best Comeback Blues Album'. /Wikipedia

Note: Recorded at Soto Sound in Chicago, USA. December, 1985 & November 1986

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