J.T. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters - Blue Eyed Soul Vol. 2

Size: 97,9 MB
Time: 41:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. Blues Never Feel That Bad (4:01)
02. Hold You One More Time (3:38)
03. Don't Wan't To Lose You Now (3:52)
04. You're Gonna Make Me Cry (4:32)
05. Going Back Home (3:50)
06. Friday Night Ride (2:52)
07. You Better Come Home (3:22)
08. Like You Do (4:10)
09. I'll Carry The Key (4:11)
10. Southbound (3:24)
11. Woman In My Life (3:36)

It has been 25 years since the first album of JT Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters was released and they celebrate that with the follow-up to Blue Eyed Soul Vol. 1, of course entitled Blue Eyed Soul Vol. 2.

The album has 11 tracks, mostly own penned songs, two were written in collaboration with Monika Nordli and with Mike Zito and one cover was recorded, a beautiful adaptation of Don Robey's You're Gonna Make Me Cry. The wonderful arrangements for the wind section were written by Børge-Are S. Halvorson. That was possible because the 5-piece band was expanded to 8 with saxophone, trumpet and trombone, and they will continue to do so in the future.

A must for fans of swinging, soulful blues.

Blue Eyed Soul Vol. 2 MP3
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J.T. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters - Blue Eyed Soul Vol. 1

Size: 99,2 MB
Time: 39:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. Anything I Can Do (3:54)
02. Back Pain Shuffle (2:29)
03. Stay With Me All The Time (3:14)
04. Nothingtakes The Place Of You (4:47)
05. You Got Me Down (3:10)
06. Please Help Me Now (3:27)
07. You Better Believe (4:23)
08. Lovers Holiday (4:01)
09. Be My Girl (4:14)
10. Sweet On Me (5:18)

Jan Tore (JT) Lauritsen and his Buckshot Hunters are one of the country's most reputable and hard working bands. The band can look back in 20 years as a record artist. The first album titled Buckshot Hunters was released in the autumn of 1995 right after the Notodden blues festival that year they played for the first time. It was the festival's first non-smoking event and the band shared the evening with Sven Zetterberg and his Chicago Express. The band is known for its blue eyed soul in a delicious blend spiced with a dash of Zydeco and Tex-Mex. The band has been touring all over Europe and to such distant places as Australia, Svalbard and the United States.

Blue Eyed Soul Vol. 1

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J.T. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters - 20 Years On The Road With The Buckshot Hunters

Size: 111,3 MB
Time: 47:29
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Zydeco
Art: Front

01. Thighrope (4:15)
02. Make It Better (4:33)
03. No (4:00)
04. Bald Headed Woman (3:04)
05. It Only Hurts Me When I Cry (4:01)
06. I Hope She Knows (4:00)
07. The Honey Do List (3:15)
08. Junky For Your Love (5:07)
09. Why I Feel So Blue (3:15)
10. The Bug (2:52)
11. Play By The Rules (5:13)
12. Mathilda (3:47)

Jan Tore (JT) Lauritsen and his Buckshot Hunters are one of the country's most reputable and hard working bands. The band can look back in 20 years as a record artist. The first album titled Buckshot Hunters was released in the autumn of 1995 right after the Notodden blues festival that year they played for the first time. It was the festival's first non-smoking event and the band shared the evening with Sven Zetterberg and his Chicago Express. The band is known for its blue eyed soul in a delicious blend spiced with a dash of Zydeco and Tex-Mex. The band has been touring all over Europe and to such distant places as Australia, Svalbard and the United States.

20 Years On The Road With The Buckshot Hunters

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J.T. Lauritsen - 2 albums: Make A Better World / Play By The Rules

Jan Tore Lauritsen born in Norway and began playing at the early age of 6 and pretty much immediately got interested in the Blues and related music after first hearing BB King, blues pianist Charles Brown and the legendary Ray Charles. JT had his first paying gig at the age of 14, which resulted in a steady flow of jobs for him on the organ - an instrument he stayed with for many years. J.T. was searching for his own style on the instrument when he had to admit that a B3 Hammond organ was too heavy to drag around from gig to gig - so he compromised by taking up the accordion.

Eventually, his blues harp began accompanying him wherever he went and became a new sound in J.T.'s music. Since 1989, both accordion and blues harp have been his trademark instruments. In 1991, he started Buckshot Blues Band with the now well known guitarist, Vidar Busk.

Album: J.T. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters - Make A Better World
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:52
Size: 95.8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2001
Art: Front

[3:34] 1. Me And My Babe
[2:38] 2. Labor Of Love
[3:20] 3. Red Hot
[4:01] 4. It Only Hurts Me When I Cry
[4:01] 5. Just For Me And You
[4:28] 6. I Guess I'm Tired
[3:58] 7. I Hope She Know
[3:58] 8. Get Your Dirty Hands Off My Babe
[3:26] 9. Make A Better World
[2:55] 10. I Want Let You In
[5:27] 11. Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room [she Wore Red Dresses]

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Album: J.T. Lauritsen & Friends - Play By The Rules
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:51
Size: 107.2 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[4:24] 1. Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday
[3:02] 2. Next Time
[5:12] 3. Play By The Rules
[5:01] 4. I Need My Babe
[2:59] 5. Memphis Boogie
[4:04] 6. I'll Never Get Over You
[3:03] 7. Ever Since The World Began
[3:47] 8. Mathilda
[3:33] 9. Find My Little Girl
[4:51] 10. Valley Of Tears
[2:53] 11. Eye Candy
[3:56] 12. The Blues Got Me

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J.T. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters - My Kind Of Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 41:21
Size: 94.7 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[3:02] 1. Bald Headed Woman
[4:01] 2. She's Gone
[4:01] 3. No
[4:26] 4. Broken Circle
[4:05] 5. I'm Satisfied With You
[2:49] 6. I Just Love You Like I Said
[4:39] 7. Love Detox
[3:04] 8. Love Don't Love Nobody
[5:55] 9. Woman Down In Texas
[5:14] 10. Backdoor Man

Jan Tore Lauritsen born in Norway and began playing at the early age of 6 and pretty much immediately got interested in the Blues and related music after first hearing BB King, blues pianist Charles Brown and the legendary Ray Charles. JT had his first paying gig at the age of 14, which resulted in a steady flow of jobs for him on the organ - an instrument he stayed with for many years. J.T. was searching for his own style on the instrument when he had to admit that a B3 Hammond organ was too heavy to drag around from gig to gig - so he compromised by taking up the accordion.

Eventually, his blues harp began accompanying him wherever he went and became a new sound in J.T.'s music. Since 1989, both accordion and blues harp have been his trademark instruments. In 1991, he started Buckshot Blues Band with the now well known guitarist, Vidar Busk. In 1995, The Buckshot Hunters released their first CD "Buckshot Hunters", an album that received solid reviews across the board.

The album sold over 2500 units (a very respectable number in Norway) and laid the foundation for the next release, "My Kind of Blues". ~Michael Limnios

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J.T. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters - 2 albums: Squeezeboxing / Live

Over the years there has been a steady stream of evidence that Scandinavians know, and can play the blues. The latest example comes from Norway in the shape of Jan Tore (J.T.) Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters' "Make A Better World." Lauritsen has been playing for over quarter of a century, but is still only in his early 30's. Over time he has migrated from keyboards to accordion and harp, and this is reflected in the selection of material, which mostly combines styles from the Louisiana region (swamp blues, Zydeco, New Orleans funk). The blend of Louisiana musical styles works very well, and the musicianship is of the highest order. As with most bands from Scandinavia, the songs are all delivered in perfect English.

Lauritsen comes across as a blue-eyed-soul vocalist, with just enough gravel in his voice to give his delivery the requisite grit. He does have a hint of an accent but it's only apparent on occasion and never really distracting. Above all there's something in his voice and his phrasing that somehow conveys his sheer love of every song he sings - it's intangible but genuinely infectious.

In addition to his soulful vocals, Lauritsen pays mean harmonica, accordion, and B3, wielding each judiciously for maximum effect - lots of squeezebox add a rather atypical texture to much of the material while occasional flourishes of squalling harp help keep things firmly grounded in the blues.

Album: Squeezeboxing
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 50:49
Size: 116.3 MB
Styles: Louisiana blues, Zydeco
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[2:52] 1. The Bug
[3:35] 2. Bald Headed Woman Part 2
[6:01] 3. Help Me Through The Day
[5:02] 4. Thats How I Got To Memphis
[4:58] 5. What Am I Living For
[2:56] 6. Time 4 Bed
[3:15] 7. Why I Feel So Blue
[5:28] 8. 10 Pm Singapore Time
[4:12] 9. True Love
[4:34] 10. I Just Love You Like I Said Part 2
[3:20] 11. Tell Me What's The Reason
[4:30] 12. It's Over

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Album: Live
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 69:55
Size: 160.0 MB
Styles: Swamp blues, Zydeco
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[4:16] 1. What Am I Living For
[4:34] 2. The Bug
[4:01] 3. Big Boss Man
[5:03] 4. Sex Appeal
[4:46] 5. Got You On My Mind
[4:37] 6. Broken Circle
[3:23] 7. Red Hot
[3:18] 8. Harrys Place
[5:35] 9. Dance With Me Babe
[7:10] 10. Bueno Noches From A Lonely Room
[4:14] 11. Is It Love
[3:23] 12. Make A Better World
[6:24] 13. Bald Headed Woman
[4:01] 14. I Just Love You Like I Said
[5:03] 15. That's How I Got To Memphis

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