Showing posts with label Floyd Miles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Floyd Miles. Show all posts

Monday, October 21, 2019

Floyd Miles & Friends - Crazy Man

Size: 93,1 MB
Time: 39:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1992
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. Cold, Cold World (3:53)
02. I Been Missing You (3:50)
03. Poor Boy (3:41)
04. Sick And Tired (4:42)
05. I Need Love (3:40)
06. Crazy Man (5:21)
07. Making Believe (3:47)
08. I Got The Burn (3:23)
09. No Meat In The Stew (3:34)
10. Sometimes (That's What My Mother Told Me) (3:31)

A soulful blues singer in the mold of Bobby "Blue" Bland or Z.Z. Hill, Floyd Miles is probably best known for his tenure with the Allman Brothers during the group's early years and for his later work with Clarence Carter. Crazy Man marks Miles' solo recording debut, cut with friends like Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Edgar Winter and Root Boy Slim. The title Crazy Man to the contrary, Miles is more adept on the record's more mellow, laidback numbers; the harder blues tunes leave him behind. ~Jason Ankeny

Crazy Man

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Floyd Miles - Another Man Will

Size: 105,1 MB
Time: 44:48
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002/2017
Styles: Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. You Must Be Crazy (4:02)
02. Another Man Will (5:14)
03. Three Old Blues Men (Feat. Roy Roberts & Chick Willis) (4:44)
04. I Don't Want You No More (Feat. Gregg Allman) (5:25)
05. Rabbit's Got The Gun (3:42)
06. What Would I Do (4:38)
07. I'm Sorry (4:21)
08. Heartaches And Misery (4:32)
09. Feeling So Sad (3:59)
10. It's Been A Long Time (4:06)

Daytona Beach, FL-based bluesman Floyd Miles first emerged as the singer/drummer with the Universals, a gritty soul band which enjoyed huge popularity on the oceanfront circuit during the early 1960s; among Miles' acolytes were the young Duane and Gregg Allman. An early satellite member of the Allman Brothers Band, Miles later went on to back Clarence Carter but otherwise remained primarily a regional favorite until he finally made his headlining debut with the 1992 Ichiban release Crazy Man; Goin' Back to Daytona followed in 1994, and he also gained national exposure on tour as a member of the Gregg Allman and Friends group. The solo Mountain to Climb appeared in 1999. ~by Jason Ankeny

Another Man Will

Friday, April 7, 2017

Floyd Miles & Friends - Mountain To Climb

Size: 101,2 MB
Time: 43:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. Canine Potential (3:40)
02. Mountain To Climb (4:03)
03. Little Bit Of You (4:31)
04. Not Like I Been Hurt By You (4:16)
05. Don't Need No Man (4:52)
06. Swamp Rose (3:47)
07. Goin' Fishin' (3:58)
08. Arthritis (3:11)
09. The More I Change (3:27)
10. Walked Out Slow (3:36)
11. Spending Christmas With The Blues (4:07)

Tom Clarke writes . . . When a man can lay claim to being the one who taught Gregg Allman to sing the blues, then that man must be one incredible singer himself. Floyd Miles is that man, and yes, he is a soul/blues vocalist of monumental stature. The problem is, it seems that only fans in the home state of Florida and followers of the Gregg Allman Band are aware of him.

Close friends for over forty years, Floyd has been prominently featured in Gregg's solo shows over the last several years, and as he's done on previous recordings, Gregg lends his extraordinary pipes and B-3 prowess to the Mountain to Climb, Floyd's new magnum opus on King Snake Records.

Perfectly timed for release in the middle of the steamy summer, the disc is brimming with down-home blues and contagious soul. The album bursts forth with "Canine Potential", one of two hunter songs in the program. A harmless set of lyrics are underlined by the ferocious playing of the King Snake house band. "Mountain to Climb" follows, and it's surely one of the album's high peaks. An insistent rhythm & blues pulse is maintained by the band while Floyd and Gregg trade verses about life's hurdles. Although co-written by Floyd with Bob Greenlee, the second verse, sung by Gregg, could be from a page torn directly out of an Allman biography.

On "Little Bit of You", Floyd sings with smooth sophistication over a sweeping, brass-supported bed of soul. Allman Brothers Band fans will especially embrace the hard blues of "Not Like I Been Hurt By You". Rendered here as a duet, and underscored with blistering slide maneuvers by Ace Morland, this grinding blues is superbly tailored to fit Gregg's patented growl. "Don't Need No Man", another mid tempo blues duet, is followed by "Swamp Rose", a bayou rocker on which Ace Morland once again steps to the forefront, whipping the slide up and down the frets.

"Going'Fishing" is the other tune written from an outdoorsman's perspective. It's about an obvious passion--albeit one that doesn't require a rod and a reel! This time, the mode of delivery is an assured hybrid of acoustic delta and Piedmont styles."Walked Out Slow" follows a similar path and both fit in comfortably, adding an extra degree of diversity to an already fully satisfying album. The final track, "Spending Christmas with the Blues", is also the final duet between Greg and Floyd, and it's a festive close to a dazzling showcase of talent.

Mountain to Climb should afford Floyd Miles the wide-ranging recognition he so richly deserves. Needless to say, it's a must have for Peach Heads!

Mountain To Climb

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

VA - Merry Christmas (King Snake Records)

Size: 125,0 MB
Time: 53:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1996
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock, Xmas
Art: Front

01. Floyd Miles & Gregg Allman - Spending Christmas With The Blues (4:06)
02. Tony Coleman - Little Drummer Boy (3:08)
03. Floyd Miles & Gregg Allman - Silent Night (5:16)
04. Ace Moreland - Almost Christmas (3:46)
05. Ernie Lancaster - Joy To The World (2:58)
06. Smokehouse - Swampy Christmas (4:08)
07. Noble 'Thin Man' Watts - Winter Wonderland (4:19)
08. Sonny Rhodes - Texas Christmas (4:37)
09. Dr. Hector & The Groove Injectors - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (2:34)
10. Mark Hodgson - We Three Kings (3:08)
11. Tony Coleman - Credit Card Christmas (3:12)
12. Mark Hodgson - Deck The Halls (2:40)
13. Noble 'Thin Man' Watts - Jingle Bells (4:28)
14. Ace Moreland - Bring Christmas Home To Me (4:58)

Merry Christmas

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Various - Back Porch Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:25
Size: 110.9 MB
Styles: Assorted styles
Year: 1997
Art: Front

[4:00] 1. Chicago Bob Nelson - Sugar Mama
[3:26] 2. Floyd Miles - Arthritis
[2:49] 3. Bill Wharton - Standing In The Fire
[4:11] 4. Smokehouse - Credit Card Blues
[1:34] 5. Eric Culberson - Dead Cat Luck
[3:33] 6. Ace Moreland - Head The The Bottle
[2:46] 7. Troy Turner - Whole Lotta Ash
[2:47] 8. Mark Hodgson - Flyright
[3:52] 9. Chicago Bob Nelson - Short Hair Woman
[4:55] 10. Jeff Howell - Way Off In That Jazz
[3:32] 11. Floyd Miles - Cocky Rooster
[2:45] 12. Bill Wharton - Screamin' Woman
[2:41] 13. Smokehouse - Them Jelly Blues
[3:06] 14. Mark Hodgson - Big Foot Woman
[2:22] 15. Ace Moreland - Gates Of Hell

Great find if you can get it because it is a lot of rare songs on it that's just beautiful to hear. Haven't seen in 20 years ago and it still is important today as it was then totally awesome. Everybody should have it. ~Wesblues1

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Floyd Miles - Goin' Back To Daytona

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:05
Size: 98.6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 1994
Art: Front

[4:02] 1. The Same Thing
[4:37] 2. Goin' Back To Daytona
[4:10] 3. Mean Heartbreaker 3.58
[4:14] 4. No Life At All
[4:23] 5. Oh, Mary
[3:24] 6. Two Against Them All
[4:34] 7. All The Love I Can
[4:16] 8. Samson & Delilah
[5:45] 9. That's Why I'm Here Tonight
[3:34] 10. Love On The Rocks

In the beginning, there was the beach. They called it Daytona. It would become the "World's Most Famous Beach" because men raced cars there from the dawn of the automobile. Then came the sound: the music and beat of the beach. The music floated out from little bars and saloons up and down Main Street.Floyd Miles made that sound. He was a part of its genesis, of that street, of that era - sweet soul music and blues. A touch of mellow keyboard, the sting and bite of a blues guitar lick, the pump of a steady, thudding bass line, the snap of a snare, and a vocal with grit, meaning and substance. No fluff. Real music. Music that grabbed you and shook you.

This was music that made the old beach town rock. Down at the Surf Bar, under the boardwalk, the Universals pumped it out, night after night. Floyd was there, popping his drums and singing in that Brook Benton-Otis Redding-Chuck Jackson voice of his that brought us back again and again. "Us" were other musicians around town, playing the Bikini Room, the Martinique (known as the "Q") , the Wedge, the Beachcomber. Somehow it all got mixed together and became a distinctive sound and rhythm that survives today still in the little clubs that dot the strip facing the Atlantic Ocean in a place called Daytona Beach. Gregg and Duane Allman studied at the edge of the stage where Floyd performed. Other talented musicians, such as Bob Greenlee, Pete Carr and Jim Shepley, studied and learned from Floyd. "Copped his sound" is the expression. Duane and Carr wound up as session players in Muscle Shoals. Shepley is still a guitar player extraordinaire and songwriter in Connecticut. And Greenlee? He owns a recording studio and record label. He is unique. He Is the only one with the ability to recapture that distinctive sound that characterizes the beat and blues of the beach.

Floyd? He's the thread that traces back to the beginning. With his protege, Gregg Allman, in the song "Goin' Back to Daytona", he has got it right - the beat, the sound, the rawness-then-smoothness which makes beach blues what it is. You have to hear it, you have to feel it. It isn't something you put down on paper. It comes fiom the gut, from the heart. It was written in real life on the salt air in the beach town, with the passion and rawness of a mean Nor'easter, to the sweat and heat of summer rock, to the bitter coldness of blues and rejection. It is music. It is life. And these guys - Greenlee, Floyd, Gregg, Dickey Betts, Noble Watts, Warren King, Ace Moreland and Byrd Foster, got it right. Amen! They got it right! Enjoy and remember. This is a once-in-forever record album ~Tom Tucker

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