Jerome Godboo - Humdinger

Year: 2007
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:17
Size: 112,1 MB
Styles: Rocking blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Front, back

1. Rock To Build A House On (3:50)
2. Humdinger (2:51)
3. Eye On You (4:39)
4. Janey Jane (3:04)
5. Beans (3:52)
6. Don't Cry Baby (2:16)
7. Wounded Healer (5:33)
8. Dogman (4:56)
9. Mother (6:43)
10. Stinky Gardener (3:18)
11. Xmas Storm (3:32)
12. Deep Sea Diver (3:39)

From Toronto, ON, Jerome Godboo is a singer and outstanding harp player. In a 20-plus-year career, he has recorded and toured with the Phantoms, Jeff Healey, Jimmy Bowskill and Suzie McNeil, amongst others. A noted live performer, his past recordings have generally been uneven, frustrating for providing glimpses of Godboo's potential. The happy news is that Humdinger is Godboo's strongest recording yet. Clean production by Alec Fraser, also providing yeoman service as the bassist, captures a raw, intimate session of modern electric blues.

Guitarist Shawn Kellerman rocks hard, not overplaying. Drummer Al Cross (ex-Big Sugar) pushes and pulls the beat, meshing nicely with Fraser's steady bottom-end tug. Godboo's harp playing has matured, with more grit and less flash. A 12-song set, there are 11 Godboo originals. A blues philosopher at heart, Godboo covers a lot of ground thematically in his writing. It includes the anguish of "Wounded Healer", a boastful "Dogman" and the bordering on silly "Stinky Gardner". This recording is certainly not predictable fare. /David Barnard

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Jerome Godboo - Rooting Out My Devils

Year: 2010
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:29
Size: 119,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Distant Satellite (3:51)
2. Rooting Out My Devils (4:01)
3. Where's That Money (3:44)
4. Jamaican Woman (4:03)
5. Choo Choo (3:52)
6. Graceful Surrender (3:51)
7. Get On Your Bike (3:11)
8. It's A Shame (2:54)
9. Tonight I Bleed Again (6:31)
10. Sing For My Supper (5:05)
11. 7th Day (3:07)
12. Cheap Wine And Cigarettes (3:40)
13. Spin Cycle (3:33)

Jerome Godboo is absolutely no stranger to the Canadian blues scene, with over 20 years experience playing with and touring with the biggest names around, such as, Dutch Mason, Ronnie Hawkins and Jimmy Bowskill, Alannah Myles, and Jack de Keyzer, to name a few. Godboo has also not only toured extensively across Canada, but also in many other part of the world, including United States, most of Europe and beyond. That experience along with the many festivals he has played at and in some cases headlined, have garnered Godboo an immense following of appreciative fans and an immense amount of professional respect from his peers. Lets not also forget that accompanying each great performer is a equally talented handful of great performers and Jerome Godboo's band is certainly no exception to this rule. Consisting of Shawn Kellerman (guitar), Pat Rush (guitar), Alec Fraser (bass), and Al Cross (drums), Godboo has essentially surrounded himself with some of best talent around.

"Rooting Out My Devils" is Godboo's 13th album, an although some may be superstitious of that number, rest assured their is no bad luck concerning this Gem. Godboo' even tempted the demons a little more by also having 13 tracks, which he either wrote or co-wrote, with fellow band members. Godboo's songwriting skills is certainly second to none and their is no doubt in his ability to write songs not only meaningful to him, but also songs that strike a chord in all of us. Such are the songs on "Rooting Out My Devils". /John Vermilyea

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Jerome Godboo - Sanctuary City

Size: 112,9 MB
Time: 48:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Harmonica Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Sanctuary City (Feat. Gary Craig) (4:45)
02. She's Got The Goods (3:32)
03. Jerry Stone (2:59)
04. Hidden Things (3:54)
05. Lord Show Me How (4:43)
06. Mon Amie (3:15)
07. October 17 (5:03)
08. Why Don't You Love Me (3:17)
09. New Years Eve (6:37)
10. Blues Travel Thru Me (3:55)
11. Fortune Teller (Feat. Eric Schenkman) (3:17)
12. Pollyanna Reed (2:40)

Anyone who has seen Jerome live has the image seared in their mind. There's the machismo and the mischievous grin, the low-slung leather belt of harmonicas, and there's a tenderness and vulnerability as well. Based purely on first impressions, it's easy to make comparisons to Jagger and Morrison, but Jerome imitates no one. If the respect of his peers is anything to go by, Jerome Godboo is a giant on the music scene in Canada. All in all, it's a potent mix, one that combines the still vibrant musical legacy of more than a century of the blues with a passion and urgency that constantly renews itself.

Jerome Godboo is a singer, songwriter and harp player extraordinaire. He has released thirteen albums over twenty years, the latest 2010 release is "Rooting Out My Devils".

Jerome's current band includes Shawn Kellerman, Eric Schenkman and Pat Rush, alternating on guitar, Alec Fraser on bass and Al Cross on drums.

Sanctuary City

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