Frank Bang & The Cook County Kings - The Blues Don't Care

Size: 132,4 MB
Time: 56:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. The Blues Don't Care (3:50)
02. The Dream (6:44)
03. Million Miles Away (6:11)
04. Till The Day I Die (3:31)
05. Come On In This House (6:20)
06. Can't Find My Way Home (Pt. 1 & Pt. 2) (7:48)
07. Possum In My Tree (6:06)
08. Repo Man (7:15)
09. Still Called The Blues (3:52)
10. Can't Go On This Way (4:59)

Frank “Bang” Blinkal former Buddy Guy Guitarist and Leader of Frank Bang & the Secret Stash has been waiting to make this record. The disc “The Blues Don’t Care” is scheduled for summer 2016 release. This marks Frank Bang’s first true “Blues” recording in the Blues journey man’s 25 year career.

“I have been waiting to make this record, Frank Bang & the Cook County Kings my whole life. “

Frank Bang, who is born and raised in Chicago, worked his way up through the ranks to play with Blues Master and Legend Buddy Guy. As Buddy’s guitar player for 5 years “I always was the blues guitarist in every band I played in, no matter Funk, or Rock …
“I was always the Blues guy in the band.” …The Love of his Chicago Blues led him to Buddy Guy’s Legends.

“I started there in 1991, I did everything from change the merchandise, to paint the place. I even cooked brunch two Blues Festival weekends with Sam Guy, Buddy’s brother. “
“Between Buddy Guy, Magic Slim and The Teardrops and just the club “Legends” changed my life forever.”
“It all came full circle when I joined Buddy Guy’s band at the end of 1999.” “ It was an incredible experience, playing with Buddy every night for 5 years,” “Touring every summer with B.B. King, seeing the world , playing with your idols and inspiring the greats that inspired me.It was an amazing experience.”

Frank Bang & the Secret Stash was a blues rock band. Now Bang is back with his first ever Blues record. Frank Bang & the Cook County Kings “The Blues Don’t Care.” “We recorded all 10 tracks in one day!” “That wasn’t the plan it’s just how it happened!” explains Bang. “All my favorite Blues records were live. We just rolled and recorded, almost everything was a first take. “

The Blues Don’t Care features a who’s who of great Chicago Blues Sidemen. Besides Bang, The Rhythm section of Brian “BJ” Jones has recorded with Blues Greats Junior Wells, James Cotton, Otis Rush. “BJ” was the drummer in Magic Slim and The Teardrops with partner in crime Andre Howard on Bass. Besides Magic Slim and The Teardrops, Andre played with Lonnie Brooks, Lucky Peterson, Sly Johnson and Chico Banks. The great foundation they bring to the music is only highlighted by the great Blues background vocals they sing throughout the disc.

Added to the mix is Piano Great Donnie Nichilo a former Buddy Guy and Junior Wells Alumni and founding member of The Mighty Blue Kings. Donnie added the perfect spice on every song.

Last, but not least is Harmonica Player Russ Green. Russ not only grew up in Chicago learning from the great’s and touring with Lurrie Bell and John Primer. Russ also won a BMA for producing “Best New Artist Big Llou Johnson.” One only wonders, if Russ Green won’t win a BMA award himself after hearing him tear into these songs.

Together Frank Bang & the Cook County King have nailed it! First take! A great Blues record, recorded “Live” with a vibe that’s straight off the stage of a Chicago Blues Club at Midnight.

The Blues Don't Care

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Frank Bang's Secret Stash - Homegrown

Released: 2006
Size: 148.5 MB
Time: 64:53
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues / Sthn` Rock
Art: Front & Back

1. Blind Crippled & Crazy [ 5:38]
2. Cry Out Your Name [11:57]
3. Sweetest Things [ 8:50]
4. Man of Many Words [11:47]
5. Call the Devil My Friend [ 6:29]
6. Ready For the Ride [20:09]

Frank began playing guitar as a teenager, but didn’t consider playing professionally full-time until 1992, when he was in his 20s. It was then that he began managing the famed Chicago blues club, Buddy Guy’s Legends, and sitting in from time to time with the house band. While there, he soaked up all of the sounds and ragged wisdom of blues icons like Junior Wells, Otis Rush, Magic Slim and The Teardrops, and a host of other greats who passed through night after night. “It was like my own private university,” Bang recalls. He received an advanced education in guitar mastery and showmanship in 1999 when Grammy winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, legendary bluesman Buddy Guy, hand-picked Frank to join his band. The experience not only earned Frank respect and a following among rock and blues fans, but also allowed him to share the stage with many of music’s biggest legends and rising stars, including Carlos Santana, Robert Plant, John Hiatt, Jimmie Vaughan, Richie Sambora, Eric Clapton, and John Mayer. Prior to stepping out on his own, Frank was featured on numerous other records, including releases with his previous funky, rock-blues project, The Buzz, and also on Budd Guy’s Can’t Quit the Blues Silvertone/2006 and Live at Buddy Guy’s Legends. While in Buddy’s band, Frank appeared live on The Tonight Show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and numerous European and American television specials, including Jules Holland Live for the BBC. His dozens of live radio broadcasts include shows on Mancow’s Morning Madhouse, E-Town, WXRT, KFOG (S.F., CA), KBCO (Boulder), and countless others.

Frank left Guy’s band in 2004 in order to pursue his own music and formed Frank Bang’s Secret Stash shortly afterwards. The band tours regularly since the release of their debut CD play prestigious clubs and festivals all over the country, both as headliners and as support for acts like Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Galactic, Derek Trucks,Umphrey’s McGee, Dickey Betts, and Johnny Winter. They recorded eight songs live, in-studio at XM Satellite Radio (for national broadcast) and continue to receive glowing responses from media outlets and radio stations across the country.

Thanks To Siani
Homegrown

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Frank Bang & The Secret Stash - And They Named It Rock and Roll

Released: 2007
Size: 80.0 MB
Time: 34:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues / Sthn` Rock
Art: Front & Back

1. Earthquake [3:57]
2. Livin' On Your Love [4:04]
3. It's You [4:08]
4. Everything To Me [4:01]
5. Ready For The Ride [6:21]
6. Jezebel [4:07]
7. Say A Prayer [5:02]
8. Money On My Mind [3:13]

“Flawless! It #$%*ing ROCKS, and I mean it is served-on-the-rocks-with-a-giant-twist-of-Southern-Style type of Rock You’re A$$ Off, Baby! Rhythm just doesn’t get any better than this. Beyond that I keep listening to it over and over because it so succinctly marks a period of time in many people’s lives. So many times you hear a record “transcends” time. Well, okay, this may end up doing that too, but I honestly feel like these are songs that we can all identify with. Being able to create a connection with the audience, can often make or break an album. FBSS has done it with this record, recreating a time when someone grows up for the second time, finally realizes what they want and where they are. Discovering the difference between love and adoration, between responsibility and selfishness, between lust and longing.”
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Frank Bang & The Secret Stash returns with the long awaited studio CD...And They Named It Rock and Roll. The new album was recorded, mixed, and produced by Jason Latshaw at the famed Ardent Studios in Memphis during the summer of 2006. Showcasing eight new originals from the hard driving Ready For The Ride to the rollicking Jezebel or the simply beauty of It’s You… And They Named It Rock and Roll features the band tearing through the new songs with the same wild abandon that has electrified audiences everywhere.

The Chicago Sun-Times raved, “Frank Bang & The Secret Stash are comparable to hard-driving, rock-jam bands like Gov’t Mule and the Black Crowes.”
Chicago Innerview Magazine proclaims, “With rockin’ tunes and sincere passion, Frank Bang’s Secret Stash ranks right up there with North Mississippi All-Stars and Drive-By Truckers.”

Thanks Siani :)

And They Named It Rock and Roll

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