Showing posts with label Jimbo Mathus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jimbo Mathus. Show all posts

Thursday, September 3, 2020

New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers - New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers Vol. 1

Size: 107,8 MB
Time: 46:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. Blues, Why You Worry Me (Feat. Charlie Musselwhite) (6:55)
02. Pony Blues (Feat. Alvin Youngblood Hart) (4:07)
03. Night Time (Feat. Jimbo Mathus) (5:05)
04. Come On Down To My House (Feat. Jim Dickinson) (4:16)
05. K.C. Moan (Feat. Charlie Musselwhite) (3:06)
06. Let’s Work Together (Feat. Jim Dickinson) (4:24)
07. Strange Land (Feat. Charlie Musselwhite) (6:49)
08. Shake It And Break It (Feat. Jimbo Mathus) (2:50)
09. Stone Free (Feat. Alvin Youngblood Hart) (3:40)
10. Stop And Listen Blues (Feat. Alvin Youngblood Hart) (4:55)

This is the first volume of music from roots “super group,” New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers: Charlie Musselwhite, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Jimbo Mathus, the late Jim Dickinson, and North Mississippi Allstars members Luther Dickinson and Cody Dickinson. Recorded at the Zebra Ranch Recording Studio in Hernando, Mississippi, the 10 blues-drenched tracks of sublime roots music on New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers Volume 1 will be followed in the spring of 2021 by Volume 2.

The New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers originated back in January, 2008, when musician brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson sat down for a guitar jam with ex-Squirrel Nut Zippers leader Jimbo Mathus, along with blues greats Charlie Musselwhite, Alvin Youngblood Hart and the late Memphis pianist, producer and all around musical stylist Jim Dickinson, gathered for a self-described “hardcore blues” recording under the group name of the New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers.

For more than 12 years, that recording’s existence was mentioned only obscurely in interviews, and referenced as a great old-school recording by those few witnesses. It was done in one take off-the- floor over a couple of late nights, where the musicians all sat in one big circle in the studio and played quietly amongst the microphones, taking turns singing out in the room and improvising on the spot. Despite the fact that Jim Dickinson finished production before his death in summer of 2009, the album just hung out in the archives, waiting. It is a testament to the great experience and talent of these esteemed performers that they could casually conjure a recording of this quality out of the ether this way, sounding as if the listener is right there in the room with them, with between-song banter and commentary, the classic structures of the blues, being pulled together and teased apart by some of the most award-decorated members of the blues elite. This album crosses the generations of new blues-rockers and classic blues statesmen.

It is a testament to the great experience and talent of these esteemed performers that they could casually conjure a recording of this quality out of the ether this way. Sounding as if you are right there in the room with them with between-song banter and commentary, the classic structures of the Blues, being pulled together and teased apart by some of the most award-decorated members of the Blues Elite. This album crosses the generations of new BluesRockers and Classic Blues Statesmen.

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Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Theotis Taylor - Something Within Me

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:58
Size: 73.2 MB
Styles: Gospel blues
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[3:44] 1. Appreciation
[3:16] 2. Fly Away To Be At Rest
[2:52] 3. Thank You Jesus
[2:17] 4. Tides Of Life
[2:17] 5. God's Unchanging Hand
[4:46] 6. Steal Away
[2:48] 7. Something Within Me
[2:13] 8. Little Wooden Church
[3:00] 9. Stand By Me
[4:40] 10. Our Father

Theotis Taylor’s new album, Something Within Me, will be the first time the world has heard a full length album from this legendary Georgian gospel singer and pianist. Something Within Me features newly discovered music of Theotis’ voice and piano that was recorded in 1979 alongside new studio accompaniment from Jimbo Mathus (Squirrel Nut Zippers), WIll Sexton (Amy LaVere), Liz Brasher, and more. Led by producer Bruce Watson and recorded at Delta-Sonic Sound in Memphis, the album captures the ethereal nature of Theotis’ unique style. The NY Times had this to say about his 1990 performance at Carnegie Hall: ”Mr. Taylor, a pianist from Georgia, had a light touch on the piano that guided his harmonies from impressionistic clouds of sound to boogie-woogie figures. He sang in falsetto, floating blues-tinged melodies that had people in the audience shouting encouragement or murmuring in admiration.”

When Tim Duffy, founder of the nonprofit Music Maker Relief Foundation heard about Theotis Taylor from folklorist George Mitchell he immediately headed down to Fitzgerald, GA to meet Theotis. A friendship was forged and led to getting the original master tape of a long lost album of Theotis’. Big Legal Mess owner Bruce Watson had previously released two of Theotis’ songs as part of his Pitch Gusman Records Story compilation, and he jumped at the chance to do a full length album.

"Real music! Beautiful, uplifting music! This would've been lost in time forever, had it not been for the real people, who really took great care to re-recorded it, because they wanted the world to hear what love is like when love makes music!" ~Taj Mahal

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Friday, March 18, 2016

Ian Siegal & Jimbo Mathus - Wayward Sons

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues
Time: 73:49
Size: 169,7 MB
Art: Full

(0:47) 1. Introduction
(3:12) 2. In The Garden
(1:14) 3. Jimbo's Alive
(4:01) 4. Heavenly Houseboat Blues
(3:05) 5. Jesse James
(5:24) 6. Mary Don't You Weep
(1:29) 7. The Story Of Casey Jones
(5:23) 8. Casey Jones
(5:09) 9. Crazy Od Soldier
(3:01) 10. Tallahatchie
(3:21) 11. Old Earl
(0:51) 12. The Blues
(4:22) 13. Ludella
(4:29) 14. Stack O'Lee
(1:35) 15. What They Call You?
(2:42) 16. Talkin' Overseas Pirate Blues
(4:47) 17. Too Much Water
(4:08) 18. Goodnight Irene
(4:24) 19. Milltown
(5:05) 20. I'll Fly Away
(5:09) 21. Dirty Old Town

Ian Siegal and Jimo Mathus met in 2013 at the Mississippi Hill Country Picnic Festival. Afterwards Siegal recorded The Picnic Sessions with Mathus, Cody & Luther Dickinson and Alvin Youngblood Hart. Siegal and Mathus toured together in 2014 during their Roots To The Core tour. A complete set was recorded in the Netherlands, in Café De Noot. What followed was a special night and the set might have been list into folklore, kept alive only in the memories of the fans that packed the venue. Thankfully somebody thought to hit the 'record' button. Siegal and Mathus are undeniably stellar live musicians, racing through a set list that airs a fistful of classics from their respective catalogues, as well as some rip-it-up reboots of old standards.

Wayward Sons
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