Jeremiah Johnson - Live In New England

Size: 154.3 MB
Time: 66:50
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Muddy Black Water (Live) ( 5:51)
02. Daddy's Going Out Tonight (Live) ( 5:01)
03. Hot Diggity Dog (Live) ( 4:13)
04. Georgia Peach (Live) ( 4:44)
05. Quicksand (Live) ( 4:04)
06. Ecstacy (Live) ( 7:10)
07. So Damn Good (Live) ( 8:56)
08. Skip That Stone (Live) (11:12)
09. Southern Drawl (Live) (11:06)
10. Fire In The Kitchen (Live) ( 4:28)

lending the regional blues style of his native St. Louis with strains of gritty Southern rock and country, Jeremiah Johnson cut his teeth on the Gulf Coast blues circuit before returning to Missouri and launching a successful career in the 2010s. He established himself with a series of independent albums and signed with German blues specialists Ruf Records, which released highlights like 2018's Straitjacket and 2020's chart-topping Heaven to Betsy. Johnson returned in 2022 with the crafty Hi-Fi Drive By.

Named by his father after the titular character in the 1972 Robert Redford western, Johnson began playing at a young age, studying jazz during his college years, then playing in a number of rock bands. He migrated to blues music while living in Texas' Gulf Coast region, and in the mid-2000s took home first place in the Houston Blues Society Regional Blues Challenge for three years in a row. By the end of the decade, he'd returned home to St. Louis and formed the Jeremiah Johnson Band. Combining his love of electric blues with the St. Louis sound, he folded in elements from his rock years along with jazz and country influences, releasing a pair of independent albums, 9th & Russell (2010) and Brand Spank'n Blue (2011), backed by regional horn section the Sliders. His career received a boost in 2014 when Australian filmmaker Gary Glenn made Johnson the subject of his documentary Ride the Blues, which featured a live concert and a series of interview segments about Johnson's career trajectory. It set the table for his first solo release, Grind, which arrived the following year and was produced by Devon Allman, son of guitar legend Gregg Allman. In addition to receiving heavy airplay, the album hit number eight on Billboard's Blues chart. Working again with his backing band, his 2016 release Blues Heart Attack fared even better, reaching number five on the same chart and featuring a wider array of his different musical styles. Johnson signed with Germany's Ruf Records in 2018 and worked with fellow St. Louis bluesman Mike Zito to record his next release, Straitjacket, before touring Europe the following year.

In early 2020, Johnson hit a new career peak when his album Heaven to Betsy topped the Billboard Blues chart. After his European support tour was cancelled due to the global pandemic, he quickly returned to the studio and recorded the lean back-to-basics set Unemployed Highly Annoyed which came out in October of that year. 2022's Hi-Fi Drive By continued Johnson's streak of quality releases and featured guests like pianist Victor Wainwright and harmonica player Brandon Santini. ~ Timothy Monger

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Jeremiah Johnson - Hi-Fi Drive By

Size: 98.6 MB
Time: 41:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. '68 Coupe Deville (3:23)
02. Ball And Chain (3:45)
03. Young And Blind (4:09)
04. Skippin' School (3:52)
05. Hot Diggity Dog (4:00)
06. The Squeeze (5:27)
07. Hot Blooded Love (4:42)
08. Sweet Misery (2:55)
09. Quicksand (3:50)
10. The Band (5:47)

Every great artist has a moment when they realize who they are, Jeremiah Johnson has truly come into his own with his new release HI-FI DRIVE BY. Get ready for a high-fidelity sonic explosion that combines Johnson's master guitar work, songwriting skills and uniquely powerful vocals into ten tracks of pure brilliance. From the first track, featuring Victor Wainwright, to the third track featuring Brandon Santini, and all the way to the last note of the epic final track; HI-FI DRIVE BY delivers more hooks than fishermen's tackle box. Every song is carefully crafted with multiple layers of tasty musicianship; with new audio delights to discover every time you give this first-class release a spin.

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Jeremiah Johnson, Whitney Shay, Ryan Perry - Blues Caravan 2020

Size: 182.5 MB
Time: 78:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

01. Let's Work Together (Live) (5:10)
02. Ain't Afraid to Eat Alone (Live) (5:18)
03. Evil is Going On (Live) (4:07)
04. High Risk, Low Reward (Live) (8:01)
05. Stand Up! (Live) (4:10)
06. Love's Creeping up on You (Live) (5:20)
07. A Woman Rules the World (Live) (5:33)
08. White Lightning (Live) (3:57)
09. Blues in Her Eyes (Live) (6:40)
10. Showdown (Live) (8:42)
11. Good Man Good Woman (Live) (4:04)
12. Gotta Serve Somebody (Live) (4:48)
13. Cherry Red Wine (Live) (8:25)
14. Old Time Rock 'n’ Roll (Live) (3:49)

For the last fifteen years, Europe’s Ruf Records has been putting on Blues Caravan tours featuring three top artists from their roster. The Blues Caravan tour includes performances every night on club stages across the US and Europe, with three rising talents who burn down the house and kick the blues into the modern age.

Every Blues Caravan tour has a fresh vibe, a dizzying chemistry and plenty of sparks. With exciting blues artists like Jeremiah Johnson, Ryan Perry, and Whitney Shay, you’ve got a trio of big talent poised to blast the roof off every single venue they perform in.

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Jeremiah Johnson - Unemployed Highly Annoyed

Size: 96,6 MB
Time: 41:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. Burn Down The Garden (5:31)
02. Muddy Black Water (3:48)
03. Cherry Red Wine (4:56)
04. Daddy's Going Out Tonight (4:57)
05. Unemployed Highly Annoyed (6:37)
06. Different Plan For Me (6:58)
07. Love And Sympathy (5:26)
08. Rock N Roll For The Soul (2:59)

Talented singer-songwriter and guitarist Jeremiah Johnson returns with Unemployed Highly Annoyed, his second album of this year and a personal response to the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic. One of the hottest prospects on the blues scene over the last decade, Mississippi native Johnson knows a thing or two about hard work. By all accounts, Johnson has come up the hard way, day-jobbing as a billboard labourer while recording and self-releasing some fine blues records. That hard work paid off when 2015s Grind hit big on the Billboard Blues Chart, and since then Johnson has gone from strength to strength. With this year’s earlier release, Heavens To Betsy riding high and a full European tour scheduled to back it up, 2020 was set to be a stellar year for Johnson. That is, until Covid-19 hit the brakes.

Johnson’s response has been to get creative. This is a true ‘lock-down recording,’ with a what-you-see-is-what-you-get aesthetic and a group of just three musicians comprising of, Johnson, (Devon Allman Project alumni) Tony Antonelli on percussion, and multi-instrumentalist Paul Niehaus IV (head of the Blue Lotus Recordings label) on bass and keys. Niehaus also handled production, recording and engineering, of which Johnson states: “We weren’t worried about the “perfect” notes and achieving that “polished” sound. We love the passion and energy of the songs, so we kept it as live as possible,”

For a three-piece, the band certainly kicks up a storm. “Burn Down The Garden” races out of the tracks with a good dose of high-energy rock before smoothing out into an upbeat ballad, with plenty of kick, some nice breaks and sparkling guitar. “Seems like the whole world’s breaking down,” sings Johnson, “I have a little faith things will come around.” Johnson’s writing and arranging is uniformly strong throughout this set. He knows when to change gears, when to stoke the fire and when to let it glide, providing plenty of variety to keep a listener interested.

The title-track smoulders wonderfully, a swaggering, sweaty rocker with energy and joyous ferocity, which brings to mind Elvis Presley’s rejuvenating sessions at Stax. These really are top-class musicians, a power-trio who manage to generate more lightning than bands twice their size. “Have a little faith, in the human race.” Johnson’s voice, often overshadowed by his passionate guitar, is worthy of singling out. It cuts through the storm very effectively; strong and on-point. That said, some of the best moments on this record come from the group’s extended instrumental jams. There’s a delightful level of empathy here; Johnson, Antonelli and Niehaus sound like they’ve been jamming together for decades. They play tight and sound loose, in the best possible sense.

“Love and Sympathy,” possibly the mellowest track, loses none of its potency for being taken at a slower tempo. Johnson never over-sells the pathos and, even in first gear, the band inject enough muscle and tension to keep things rolling nicely. “You miss your family, I miss mine too.” It’s a sentiment many of us will recognize. Johnson delivers the message with honesty and sincerity. The album ends on an upbeat with “Rock ‘n Roll for the Soul,” an all-out blast of shameless rockabilly and a paean to the mid-fifties revolution. Full of Chuck Berry riffs and Little Richard energy, it’s a great way to close the show.

Everything that it does, Unemployed Highly Annoyed by Jeremiah Johnson does well. Rock fans in need of solace, escapism, fun or an adrenalin-shot to the system will find it all here. Johnson has used his lock-down time well. ~Chris Wheatley

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Jeremiah Johnson - Heavens To Betsy

Size: 97,7 MB
Time: 41:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. White Lightning (3:50)
02. Tornado (3:35)
03. Soul Crush (2:34)
04. Ecstasy (4:23)
05. Forever And A Day (3:18)
06. American Steel (3:15)
07. Showdown (3:46)
08. Leo Stone (3:50)
09. Castles In The Air (2:58)
10. Long Way Home (4:09)
11. Born Under A Bad Sign (2:35)
12. Preacher's Daughter (3:15)

Some artists need smoke and mirrors. All Jeremiah Johnson needs are songs. In the age of manufactured pop, the acclaimed St. Louis bandleader is a beacon of time-honored songcraft, writing on acoustic guitar, digging deep for raw lyrics and insisting on studio production that bottles the sweat of his shows. The approach might sound old-school, but on latest record Heavens To Betsy, the result is some of the most vital music of the new decade. Released in 2020 on Ruf Records, Heavens To Betsy is another bold creative leap for an artist on fire. It's been just two years since Straitjacket hit #6 on the Billboard Blues Album chart and scored rave reviews across the board (Blues Blast: "This is grade-A primo stuff"). It was the cherry on top of Johnson's triumphant early career, following up 2014's Grind, 2016's varied Blues Heart Attack, and the confessional Ride The Blues documentary. But while Johnson is rightly proud of that early catalogue - and still serves up house-rocking takes on the Straitjacket material each night - he's always kept one eye on the horizon. "On Heavens To Betsy, I wanted to try something different than any of my previous releases. I really took the 'song first' concept and got back to my roots in blues-based Southern rock." The specter of the US South can be felt in every fiery lick and blue-collar observational lyric. Yet Heavens To Betsy is no exercise in autopilot roadhouse blues. The raging sax of Frank Bauer, either backing up or butting heads with Johnson's driving guitar, has always given the band an added dimension, and with the addition of former Devon Allman percussionist Tony Antonelli, the groove.

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The Jeremiah Johnson Band With The Sliders - 9th & Russell

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:29
Size: 104.1 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:53] 1. I've Been Evil
[4:24] 2. Whiskey After Midnight
[3:35] 3. 9th & Russell
[3:17] 4. Candy Store
[3:40] 5. Lonely Guitar Man
[3:36] 6. I Can Barely Breath
[7:09] 7. Some Things Are Sacred
[4:16] 8. One Eyed Monster
[4:15] 9. Godd Morning Fool
[4:10] 10. Talk To Me
[3:11] 11. Brown Eyed Senorita

Don’t be fooled by the baby boy good looks. With lyrics like “I was born in a tavern on the banks of the Mississippi” and a horn section that hammers the groove, Jeremiah Johnson is the new face of Mississippi River blues. Walk into a gin joint in St. Louis and you’ll likely hear the familiar “blues” sound that made the area famous.

It’s lyrics about the struggles of daily living with the hallmark blues style guitar that rips at your soul and soothes the spirit.Johnson takes that rich heritage but also blends influences that shaped his rugged youth like Eric Clapton, Jimmy Hendrix, BB King, Albert Collins, Albert King, Johnny Winter, Alvin Lee from Ten Years After, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, and Hank Williams Sr. and Jr., to name just a few.

On top of a rich gumbo of solid songwriting, Johnson kicks it up a notch with The Sliders, Jim Rosse (trumpet) and Stuart Williams (sax). In their 25-year tenure together, The Sliders have toured with Little Feat, Johnnie Johnson, Bob Weir of Rat Dog, and have played with too many great players to mention them all.

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Jeremiah Johnson Band - Blues Heart Attack

Size: 109,3 MB
Time: 46:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Mind Reader (3:45)
02. Room Of Fools (3:47)
03. Flat Line (3:19)
04. Get In The Middle (2:48)
05. Summertime (4:20)
06. Skip That Stone (4:27)
07. Talk Too Much (3:31)
08. Sun Shine Through (3:23)
09. Southern Drawl (4:49)
10. Everybody Party (4:20)
11. Here We Go Again (4:12)
12. It's Been Hard (3:57)

Born and raised in St. Louis, Jeremiah Johnson is the voice of Mississippi River blues blending with the struggles of everyday life. He began learning guitar at age 6, drawing inspiration from his rich St. Louis blues heritage and legendary guitarists, like Alvin Lee, Eric Clapton and Hank Williams Sr. and Jr. With these influences, Johnson began building his musical foundation.

After relocating to Houston, TX, in 1999, Johnson finished in first place for three consecutive years at the Houston Regional Blues Challenges, sponsored by the Houston Blues Society. During his 10 years there, Johnson merged Texas style with St. Louis blues to create the unique sound you hear today.

In 2011, Johnson was the proud winner of the St. Louis Blues Society IBC Challenge and went on to the semifinals to represent St. Louis in Memphis, TN. One year later, Sirius XM’s B.B. King’s Bluesville picked up the Jeremiah Johnson Band, where they can be heard nationwide, as well as on Touch Tunes Jukeboxes in bars and clubs and on radio stations across the country.

Boasting a five album discography, Johnson performs with Benet Schaeffer (drums), and longtime band mate Jeff Girardier (bass), bringing the Jeremiah Johnson Band to its rockin’ bluesy peak.

Grind, Johnson’s latest CD, produced by Devon Allman, features Grammy award winner Yonrico Scott on drums. Grind has been featured on SiriusXM’s B.B. King’s Bluesville, and on the international radio show “Confessing the Blues”, broadcasting on 50 stations in 10 countries worldwide. Grind reached the #8 slot on the Billboard Blues Charts the week of November 7th, 2015.

In September 2014, Johnson filmed his docu-concert, Ride the Blues, directed by Australian Producer/Director Gary Glenn, at the historic Capitol Theater in downtown Burlington, IA. The film is live music video about Johnson’s rise to prominence, featuring intimate interview segments, still photography, guitar solos and stunning vocals. Donations from concert attendees were generously given to the theater and to the National Blues Museum, connecting Johnson’s roles of musician and music advocate.

JJB is currently recording a new album with Connor Ray Music, scheduled to come out this Spring.

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Jeremiah Johnson - Grind

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 35:58
Size: 82.3 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:45] 1. Black Lingerie
[2:05] 2. Bent Down
[3:16] 3. Georgia Peach
[3:04] 4. Call A Taxi
[6:42] 5. So Damn Good
[3:40] 6. The Hammer
[2:23] 7. Workin'
[3:14] 8. Crazy
[3:46] 9. Simple Things
[3:58] 10. Gasoline And Smokes

What do you get when you get when you put together this kind of line up?
Jeremiah Johnson - Award winning seasoned singer/songwriter/guitarist
Devon Allman - World touring musician with a legendary family history
Yonriko Scott - Grammy award winning drummer
Rick Steff - USA touring pianist on B3
Jeff Girardier - Seasoned base player from The Jeremiah Johnson Band
Pete Mattews - Grammy Award winning engineer
You get Jeremiah Johnson's first solo record "GRIND"

This is the 1st solo record by Jeremiah Johnson from The Jeremiah Johnson Band. Devon Allman, from the Royal Southern Brotherhood/Devon Allman Band, produced this amazing record in Memphis TN with Grammy award winning engineer Pete Matthews. The ten tracks showcase Jeremiah's depth in songwriting versatility and years of experience of the guitar. Grammy award winning Yonrico Scott, from Royal Southern Brotherhood/15 years with Derek Trucks Band, lays down the beat like only a master of the drums can. Rick Steff of Lucero, hammers out the B3 and keys on every track rounding off the sound of the record. Jeff Girardier has been with Jeremiah for almost 20 years and lays down solid bass riffs on every track. In short this is a power packed record with seasoned musicians.

It's a little Rock, a little country, and a lot of Blues!
It's "GRIND"

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The Jeremiah Johnson Band With The Sliders - Brand Spank'n Blue

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 76:16
Size: 174.6 MB
Styles: Blues rock, Texas blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[4:35] 1. Brand Spank'n Blue
[5:52] 2. Sweet Young Thang
[4:49] 3. Where'd You Learn
[6:13] 4. Cut That Chain
[6:44] 5. Southern Drawl
[4:50] 6. Sweet Tea
[3:56] 7. Fire In The Kitchen
[5:33] 8. Pressure Cookin' Woman
[8:04] 9. Black And Blue
[6:19] 10. Wondered
[6:19] 11. Invisible
[6:08] 12. Put You Down
[6:48] 13. Rock It

'Brand Spank'n Blue' capitalizes on Jeremiah’s fantastic skills on the fret board and the powerful polish of the Sliders horns. When these guys got together, genuine music magic happened! Sit in on one set, and you’ll have a new favorite group to follow.

Walk into a gin joint in St. Louis and you'll likely hear the familiar "blues" sound that made the area famous. It's lyrics about the struggles of daily living with the hallmark blues style guitar that rips at your soul and soothes the spirit. Johnson takes that rich heritage but also blends influences that shaped his rugged youth like Eric Clapton, Jimmy Hendrix, BB King, Albert Collins, Albert King, Johnny Winter, Alvin Lee from Ten Years After, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, and Hank Williams Sr. and Jr., to name just a few. On top of a rich gumbo of solid songwriting, Johnson kicks it up a notch with The Sliders, Jim Rosse (trumpet) and Stuart Williams (sax).

Jeremiah Johnson - Lead Guitar and Vocals; Jeff Girardier - Bass; Brad Martin - Drums; Stuart Williams - sax; Jim Rosse - trumpet.

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