Jimmie Vaughan - Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites

Album: Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites
Size: 118,0 MB
Time: 51:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Blues/R&B
Art: Full

1. The Pleasure's All Mine (3:43)
2. Come Love (3:16)
3. I'm Leaving It Up To You (3:08)
4. Comin' & Goin' (2:55)
5. Wheel Of Fortune (4:04)
6. How Can You Be So Mean (2:54)
7. Just A Little Bit (3:05)
8. Lonely Weekend (2:37)
9. Miss You So (2:50)
10. RM Blues (3:55)
11. Roll, Roll, Roll (2:53)
12. Send Me Some Lovin' (2:56)
13. Why, Why, Why (4:31)
14. (She's Got The) Blues For Sale (2:39)
15. Funny How Time Slips Away (5:34)

With the Fabulous Thunderbirds, guitarist Jimmie Vaughan became one of the architects of the '70s Austin blues scene. He was, and remains, a concise stringbender whose trebly, staccato solos service the song, never extending past their natural quitting point. The guitarist's solo albums maintained that approach and even refined it, letting a few notes do the talking where others in his frontman status might have tended toward a more spotlight-stealing attack. His supporting work backing Omar Kent Dykes on two sets of Jimmy Reed covers released in 2007 and 2009 further reinforced that style and this, his first solo set in nine years - and only his fourth overall - continues the trend. There is just one original, the hopped-up instrumental "Comin' and Goin'," but Vaughan has dug deep to excavate cool obscurities that fit his less aggressive but crackling technique.

Old friend Lou Ann Barton guests to add her sexy scotch-and-soda vocals on four of the 13 tracks, arguably the disc's highlights. Vaughan also employs horns on the majority of the selections, which brings a jazzy feel to the R&B that dominates this set. His voice won't win any awards, but Vaughan puts across the tunes with a sympathetic swagger entirely in keeping with his tasty guitar solos. He revisits the Jimmy Reed songbook once more for "Come Love," also his lone harp performance here. It's a real find and a terrific duet vehicle for him and Barton in a swinging version that makes you wonder why it hasn't been covered more often. There's plenty of jump blues such as Roy Milton's "RM Blues" and especially "(She's Got The) Blues for Sale," best known by Billy Eckstine, that allows the horns to shine while leaving room for Vaughan's jazzy guitar runs.

The titular ballads also change the pace with a smooth version of Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away" (sung by keyboardist Bill Willis), the swaggering, blues-drenched '50s standard "Wheel of Fortune," and a supercharged run-through of Little Richard's "Send Me Some Lovin'," the latter two featuring Barton's tough/tender singing. Vaughan fans will find this to be a welcome entry to his rather slim solo catalog and most blues lovers will appreciate that the guitarist's sheer comfort level and easy-rolling interpretations of these songs make him a veteran whose best days might be ahead of him. /Hal Horowitz, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Jimmie Vaughan - Plays More Blues, Ballads & Favorites

Album: Plays More Blues, Ballads & Favorites
Size: 125,6 MB
Time: 54:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues/R&B
Art: Full

1. I Ain't Never (3:04)
2. No Use Knocking (3:27)
3. Teardrop Blues (4:47)
4. I Hang My Head And Cry (3:41)
5. It's Been A Long Time (3:33)
6. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (2:46)
7. What Makes You So Tough (3:38)
8. Greenbacks (2:11)
9. I'm In The Mood For You (2:22)
10. I Ain't Gonna Do It No More (3:50)
11. Cried Like A Baby (3:55)
12. Oh Oh Oh (4:00)
13. I'm A Love You (2:49)
14. The Rains Came (2:52)
15. Bad Bad Whiskey (2:34)
16. Shake A Hand (4:23)

"If at first you succeed, do it again," seems to be Austin blues/R&B guitarist Jimmie Vaughan's motto, as he returns to the well that provided a hit for him only a year before this second volume's release. Since it took nearly nine years between albums before this, it's obvious that both the acceptance of the last set, and its concept, were something that resonated with him enough to bring the same band back for another batch of covers of cool obscurities from the past. Recording in mono - oddly not noted on the sleeve notes - and live in the studio provides a batch of hot-wired, energized performances that do justice to songs that were likely originally recorded under similar circumstances five or six decades ago.

Only the most obsessive of blues fans will recognize some of the artists such as Jivin' Gene, Teddy Humphries, and Annie Laurie who first recorded these minor gems, let alone the songs themselves. Vaughan digs deep to unearth seldom heard, let alone covered, tracks associated with better-known figures like Ray Charles, Jimmy Liggins, and Hank Williams, Sr. He also revives another Jimmy Reed cover, "I'm a Love You," something he has been obsessed with after recording two albums of the bluesman's material riding shotgun to Omar Kent Dykes. Once again, Lou Ann Barton jumps on board to add her distinctive Southern voice in duet settings and even gets her picture on the cover, even though she only contributes to three tracks, one less than last time. A two-man horn section of saxists Doug James and Greg Piccolo, both ex-Roomful of Blues, brings the jump blues titles into full swing.

Vaughan keeps his typically clipped solos sharp and punchy, using his instrument to punctuate rather than drive the attack. It sounds as loose and animated as studio sessions can be, with seemingly no overdubs to rob the music of its natural spontaneity. Liner notes explaining how Vaughan came in contact with, and was influenced by, these relatively lost gems would have gone a long way to help newcomers appreciate his motivation. Regardless, this remains a terrific, crackling listen and a great party album that sounds as rollicking in 2011 as it would have 50 years earlier. /Hal Horowitz, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan - On The Jimmy Reed Highway

Size: 106,0 MB
Time: 45:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2007
Styles: Electric blues
Art: Full

1. Jimmy Reed Highway (4:03)
2. Baby What You Want Me To Do/Bright Lights Big City (5:09)
3. Big Boss Man (3:09)
4. Good Lover (3:06)
5. Caress Me Baby (5:07)
6. Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth (4:00)
7. You Upset My Mind (3:15)
8. I'll Change My Style (3:44)
9. Bad Boy (4:01)
10. Baby, What's Wrong (3:14)
11. Hush Hush (3:00)
12. You Made Me Laugh (3:49)

Some tribute projects to earlier greats seek to modernize and update their music. This project, co-led by singer Omar Kent Dykes and guitarist Jimmie Vaughan, instead focuses on revitalizing the music of Jimmy Reed in traditional settings. While not closely copying the original recordings, these new renditions are very much "in the tradition." With his deep and low voice, Dykes does justice to the lyrics and feelings in the music; Vaughan has plenty of fine guitar solos; and the guest spots of singer Lou Ann Barton and either Kim Wilson, James Cotton, Gary Primich, or Delbert McClinton on harmonica add to both the variety and the power of the music. As with the best tribute projects, this one will send listeners back to Jimmy Reed's original records while also standing by itself as a heartfelt and relevant homage to the great bluesman. /Scott Yanow, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Jimmie Vaughan - The Pleasure's All Mine: The Complete Blues, Ballads And Favorites Sessions

Size: 246 MB
Time: 105:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric Blues, Rockin' Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. The Pleasure's All Mine (3:43)
02. Come Love (3:16)
03. I'm Leavin' It Up To You (3:08)
04. Comin And Goin' (2:55)
05. Wheel Of Fortune (4:04)
06. How Can You Be So Mean (2:54)
07. Just A Little Bit (3:05)
08. Lonely Weekends (2:37)
09. I Miss You So (2:50)
10. Rm Blues (3:55)
11. Roll, Roll, Roll (2:53)
12. Send Me Some Lovin' (2:56)
13. Why, Why, Why (4:31)
14. She's Got The Blues For Sale (2:39)
15. Funny How Time Slips Away (5:34)

CD 2:
01. I Ain't Never (3:04)
02. No Use Knocking (3:27)
03. Teardrop Blues (4:47)
04. I Hang My Head And Cry (3:41)
05. It's Been A Long Time (3:33)
06. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (2:46)
07. What Makes You So Tough (3:38)
08. Greenbacks (2:11)
09. I'm In The Mood For You (2:22)
10. I Ain't Gonna Do It No More (3:50)
11. Cried Like A Baby (3:55)
12. Oh Oh Oh (4:00)
13. I'm Gonna Love You (2:49)
14. The Rains Came (2:52)
15. Bad Bad Whiskey (2:34)
16. Shake A Hand (4:23)

After the success of last year’s Baby Please Come Home Jimmie’s new label decided to re-release two earlier albums in the same style. 2020 marks the tenth anniversary of Plays Blues, Ballads and Favorites (CD1), the sequel Plays More Blues, Ballads and Favorites (CD2) coming a year later, but both albums are out of print and difficult to find, so this double CD package is most welcome. The personnel across the two discs is fairly consistent: the rhythm section throughout is George Rains on drums and Ronnie James on bass, Billy Pitman adds rhythm guitar to several tracks; Greg Piccolo is on tenor sax throughout, supported by Kaz Kazanoff on baritone and Ephrahim Owens on trumpet on CD1, Doug James taking over on baritone on CD2. Long-time keyboard player Bill Willis passed away before the first album was released but is heard on B3 on a few tracks and handles vocals on one song; there are no keyboards at all on CD2. Jimmie is on lead guitar and vocals throughout, Lou Ann Barton adding vocals to six cuts on CD1 and four on CD2.

A founding member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Jimmie had recorded a few solo albums but none had the impact of Plays Blues, Ballads and Favorites which was nominated for a Grammy in the Traditional Blues category. As the original sleeve-notes make clear, Jimmie’s intention was to blend songs from country and blues, pointing out that country artists used to cover Jimmy Reed and that Ray Charles and others played country songs. So, across this collection we get songs from Jimmy, Ray, Roscoe Gordon and Amos Millburn sitting alongside Charlie Rich, Willie Nelson and Gene Autry, plus a smattering of Little Richard, Doug Sahm and Jimmy Liggins. Whatever the source, this is terrific music, played with a smile and impossible to stay still to! These songs have formed the basis of Jimmie’s set lists with his Tilt-A Whirl Band for many years.

CD1 opens with the song that gives the collection its title, Billy ‘The Kid’ Emerson’s “The Pleasure’s All Mine”, and it sets out the stall for what is to come with insistent rhythm and strong horn choruses behind Jimmie’s convincing vocals. “Come Love” finds Jimmie playing the high-pitched Jimmy Reed style harmonica as Lou Ann shares the vocals, staying on board for Don and Dewey’s “I’m Leaving It Up To You” before the sole original on the two discs, a fine instrumental whose title “Comin’ And Goin’” sums up what you hear; Roy Milton’s “RM Blues” is another excellent instrumental later in the set, Derek O’Brien sitting in on rhythm guitar. Lou Ann reprises LaVern Baker’s “Wheel Of Fortune” and demonstrates her versatility on Charlie Rich’s “Lonely Weekends”, Ted Taylor’s “I Miss You So” and Little Richard’s “Send Me Some Lovin’”. Jimmie is superb on a swinging horn arrangement of Johnny Ace’s “How Can You Be So Mean” and the fast-moving groove of “Roll, Roll, Roll” from Guitar Junior, aka Lonnie Brooks. Greg Piccolo gets several solo spots, none better than on the jagged rhythms of “Just A Little Bit” (Roscoe Gordon). Bill Willis’ deeper vocals are heard on Willie Nelson’s “Funny How Time Slips Away which closes the album.

CD2 follows a similar pattern though Billy Pitman plays rhythm guitar player on every track bar one, where Derek O’Brien plays. Jimmy Reed is again covered, a stripped-back version of “I’m A Love You” which the horns sit out, and “Greenbacks”, a 1955 Ray Charles tune, is the sole instrumental this time. Jimmie visits some catalogues twice: Huey P. Meaux (The Crazy Cajun) wrote the ballads “The Rains Came” and “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do”, another vehicle for Lou Ann’s vocals; Annie Laurie is the source for the strolling rhythm of “It’s Been A Long Time” and “I’m In The Mood For You”, also with Lou Ann on vocals; Bobby Charles wrote the bouncy “I Ain’t Gonna Do It No More” and “No Use Knocking”, on which Jimmie and Lou Ann share the vocals. Most of those songs come from the 1950’s but Jimmy goes back as far as 1941 for Gene Autry’s “I Hang My Head And Cry” and starts the album with “I Ain’t Never”, an obscure track by Mel Tillis & The Statesiders from as recently as 1972! There are also songs from Nappy Brown, Jimmy Liggins and Lloyd Price to enjoy before the album closes with a fine, relaxed version of “Shake A Hand” recorded live at The Grammy Museum in LA. Lou Ann Barton does a fine job on a song which many have sung since Faye Adams’ 1953 original, including LaVern Baker, Little Richard, Elvis Presley and Paul McCartney.

Throughout both these albums the standard of musicianship is stellar, Jimmie paying tribute to engineer Jared Tuten and the musicians involved for helping him to “develop that real jukebox sound”. It certainly works for this reviewer and, if you do not have the original releases, I cannot recommend this new package highly enough. One perhaps for the Historical Or Vintage Recording category in the 2021 Blues Blast Awards?

The Pleasure's All Mine: The Complete Blues, Ballads And Favorites Sessions CD 2 MP3
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Jimmie Vaughan - Baby, Please Come Home

Year: 2019
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:25
Size: 82,6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Baby, Please Come Home (2:54)
2. Just A Game (2:57)
3. No One To Talk To (But The Blues) (2:41)
4. Be My Lovey Dovey (3:14)
5. What's Your Name? (2:48)
6. Hold It (3:01)
7. I'm Still In Love With You (3:02)
8. It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day) (3:36)
9. So Glad (4:01)
10. Midnight Hour (3:18)
11. Baby, What's Wrong (3:47)

Grammy winner Jimmie Vaughan’s unwavering interpretation of the blues since his teenage years is undiminished and in full evidence on his first studio album since 2012, “Baby, Please Come Home”. Vaughan says that playing what he feels has always been his main goal. Without a doubt, this attitude has kept him in the vanguard of an elite group of torch-bearers ensuring that the soul-stirring music of the blues stays true to its powerful source.

That’s why the tracks on this album all sound like original 45s from a bygone age, played on a valve-driven chrome and glass juke box cranked up loud in the joint of our dreams. There’s nobody else on the planet playing like this anymore, but Jimmie’s joint is still open for business. So, step right up and walk right in. /Malcolm Mills

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Vaughan Brothers - Live In Amsterdam 1983 & 1987 (Bootleg)

Size: 179,9 MB
Time: 76:48
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Buddy Guy Shuffle ( 4:22)
02. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Voodoo Chile ( 7:52)
03. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Tell Me ( 3:10)
04. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Mary Had A Little Lamb ( 4:02)
05. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Texas Flood (11:27)
06. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Love Struck Baby ( 2:58)
07. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Little Wing ( 7:27)
08. Jimmie Vaughan & The Fabulous Thunderbirds - True Love ( 3:49)
09. Jimmie Vaughan & The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Runnin' Shoes ( 4:02)
10. Jimmie Vaughan & The Fabulous Thunderbirds - You're Nothing But Fine ( 2:52)
11. Jimmie Vaughan & The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Easy Baby ( 6:26)
12. Jimmie Vaughan & The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Stand Back ( 3:42)
13. Jimmie Vaughan & The Fabulous Thunderbirds - She's Tuff ( 8:53)
14. Jimmie Vaughan & The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Rockin' Winter Wonderland ( 2:24)
15. Jimmie Vaughan & The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tell Me ( 3:15)

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, live at Paradiso, Amsterdam 1983
Jimmie Vaughan & The Fabulous Thunderbirds, live at Paradiso, Amsterdam 1987

Live In Amsterdam 1983 & 1987

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Various - The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2015

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:27
Size: 1R6.9 MB
Styles: Rock/R&B/Blues
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[2:11] 1. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Bad Reputation
[2:44] 2. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Cherry Bomb (With Dave Grohl & Gary Ryan)
[4:26] 3. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Crimson And Clover (With Miley Cyrus, Gary Ryan, Dave Grohl & Tommy James)
[4:45] 4. Zac Brown - Born In Chicago
[2:57] 5. Stevie Wonder - Ain't No Sunshine
[4:44] 6. Bill Withers - Lean On Me (With John Legend, Stevie Wonder & Paul Shaffer And The Hall Of Fame Orchestra)
[3:55] 7. Green Day - American Idiot
[3:19] 8. Green Day - When I Come Around
[4:09] 9. Green Day - Basket Case
[8:28] 10. Double Trouble - Texas Flood (With Doyle Bramhall II, Gary Clark Jr., John Mayer & Jimmie Vaughan)
[3:36] 11. Beck - Satellite Of Love
[2:59] 12. Ringo Starr - Boys (With Green Day)
[3:13] 13. Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (With Joe Walsh & Paul Shaffer And The Hall Of Fame Orchestra)
[3:54] 14. Ringo Starr - I Wanna Be Your Man (With Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh, Paul Shaffer And The Hall Of Fame Orchestra & The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Jam Band)

The Rock Hall's 2015 all-star class includes the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Green Day, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Lou Reed, Ringo Starr, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble and Bill Withers, all in the performer category.

The year's class also recognizes The "5" Royales with the early influences award. The performer inductees were chosen by more than 700 artists, historians and members of the music industry.

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Jimmie Vaughan - Out There

Size: 95,3 MB
Time: 40:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Texas Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. Like A King (3:56)
02. Lost In You (4:15)
03. Out There (3:52)
04. Can't Say No (3:29)
05. The Ironic Twist (5:12)
06. Positively Meant To Be (4:21)
07. Motor Head Baby (3:59)
08. Kinky Woman (3:28)
09. Astral Projection Blues (5:38)
10. Little Son, Big Sun (2:13)

Jimmie Vaughan's second solo album, Out There, is quite similar to its predecessor, Strange Pleasure, delivering a familiar blend of Texas blues and roadhouse blues-rock. Of course, that isn't a problem. Ever since the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Vaughan has been at the forefront of Texas blues-rock, and while he's calmed down some with age, he remains a vital, classy guitarist -- even on the weaker material, his tasteful solos are utterly engaging. It's too bad that his material doesn't always match his skills, but there's enough straight-ahead, enjoyable music here to make it worth a listen. ~by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Out There

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Duke Robillard - You Got Me

Size: 94,6 MB
Time: 41:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1988
Styles: Electric Blues, Rockin' Blues
Art: Full

01. Stop Knockin' (3:29)
02. Who'll Be There (3:11)
03. Judgement Day (4:53)
04. You Got Me (4:36)
05. You Can't Be The One For Me (3:54)
06. Don't Bother Trying To Steal Her Love (3:39)
07. Don't Treat Me Like That (4:03)
08. You're The One I Adore (5:33)
09. Don't Come Back (5:34)
10. Do What You Did (2:13)

Personnel:
Guitar, Vocals – Duke Robillard
Guitar – Jimmie Vaughan
Piano – Dr. John
Piano, Organ – Ron Levy
Bass – Thomas Enright
Drums – Tommy DeQuattro

Duke Robillard's sessions have alternated between jazzy, sophisticated, low-key ventures and bluesy, more energetic, rousing dates. This one is on the robust side, matching Robillard's guitar and good-natured, celebratory vocals with the talents of a great guest corps that includes Dr. John and Ron Levy on keyboards, guitarist Jimmie Vaughan, bassist Thomas Enright, and drummer Tommy DeQuattro (the Pleasure Kings). These aren't always musical triumphs, but even the songs that don't quite work are entertaining, while the more inspirational offerings like "You're the One I Adore" and "Don't Treat Me Like That" nicely balance tremendous instrumental support with energetic vocal performances. ~by Ron Wynn

You Got Me

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VA - Topcat Records: 20th Anniversary Blues Extravaganza!

Size: 200,2+185,6 MB
Time: 85:03+78:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

CD 1:
01 Jesse Thomas - Blue Goose Blues (6:33)
02 Johnny Nicholas - Kind Hearted Woman (4:19)
03 Edwin Holt - Down To The Bone (4:19)
04 Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (Feat. Pinetop Perkins, Calvin Jones & Willie Big Eyes Smith) (6:33)
05 George Harmonica Smith - Mississippi River Blues (3:36)
06 Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (3:06)
07 Big Walter Horton - My Babe (Feat. Ronnie Youngblood Earl & Johnny Nicholas) (3:54)
08 Jimmie Vaughan - Texas Flood (5:19)
09 Curly Barefoot Miller - The Curly Stomp (4:36)
10 Bobby Chitwood - C-Jam Blues (3:55)
11 The Texas Topcats - Jump My Baby (2:30)
12 The Tu-Tones - Pawnshop Bound (3:54)
13 Josh Alan - Rollin' And Tumblin' (2:55)
14 Hollywood Fats & The Paladins - Tear It Up (3:55)
15 Cricket Taylor - Guitar Man (6:44)
16 Alex Rossi & Phil Guy - Rock Me (4:40)
17 Robert Ealey - I'm Coming Home (4:14)
18 Curly Barefoot Miller - Butter Beans (3:39)
19 Johnny Nicholas - John The Revelator (3:40)
20 Hash Brown - Boogie (2:33)

CD 2:
01 Calvin Owens - True Blue (Feat. B.B. King) (4:21)
02 Bugs Henderson - She Feels Good (4:45)
03 Solon Fishbone - What's On Your Mind (3:54)
04 Texas Slim - Welcome To The Game (2:55)
05 Holland K. Smith - Walking Heart Attack (4:04)
06 Rocky Athas - Texas Girl (3:32)
07 Fernando Noronha - White Trash (5:29)
08 T. Buck Burns & Slip Clay - Saint Peter Have Mercy (3:51)
09 Keller Thomas - Leopard Skin Mini Skirt (3:04)
10 Bob Kirkpatrick - Remember (5:27)
11 Cold Blue Steel - The Girl That Radiates (2:47)
12 Kenny Traylor - Sneakin’ Around (3:53)
13 Jim Suhler & Alan Haynes - Oh My Baby’s Gone (3:43)
14 Big Gilson - Tribute To Roy Buchanan (3:27)
15 Robin Sylar - Heart Of Stone (3:38)
16 Mike Morgan - Well All Right Then (3:36)
17 Pat Mason - Queen Of The Boucherie (4:39)
18 Johnny Mack - Sugar Bee (3:15)
19 U.P. Wilson - Cross Road (3:38)
20 Tutu Jones - The Thrill Is Gone (4:32)

A double-disc set celebrating the two-decade anniversary of Topcat Records, this 40-track compilation shines a spotlight on the various releases the Texas-based blues label have released over the years. This set mixes up old, archival tracks reissued by the label along with newly commissioned recordings, some of the cuts sounding compressed and trashy, others big and bold. This discrepancy in audio quality can create some whiplash, but it does fit the slapdash nature of the whole project; it's hard to tell why each cut was chosen for inclusion as there are no real liner notes to speak of: the booklet does take note of the players on each track, which is nice, but it'd be even nicer to have some sort of context for each of the cuts here. Nevertheless, this is an enjoyable enough sampler of modern Texas blues in its many permutations, from simple guitar and voice to full-bodied blues shuffles. ~by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Pinetop Perkins & Friends - Pinetorp Perkins & Friends

Year: 2008
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:30
Size: 96,1 MB
Styles: Chicago blues, piano blues
Scans: Full

1. Take It Easy Baby (3:12)
2. Got My Mojo Working (3:30)
3. Down In Mississippi (3:56)
4. How Long Blues/Come Back Baby (5:23)
5. Hoochie Coochie Man (4:10)
6. Barefootin' (3:06)
7. Look On Yonders Wall (4:29)
8. Anna Lee (4:28)
9. Sweet Home Chicago (3:49)
10. Bad Luck Baby (5:23)

These superstar guest "friends" affairs can get awfully tiresome, but this one is better than most. It was recorded over a two and a half year period when the irrepressible Chicago blues and boogie pianist was 92-94 years old, yet he seems decades younger. The songs are generally Chicago blues standards such as "Got My Mojo Working," "Hoochie Coochie Man," "Look on Yonders Wall" and, Lord help us, "Sweet Home Chicago."

Still, if anyone has earned the right to give these chestnuts another go-round it's Perkins. Even though he's played nearly all of them thousands of times, he's as enthusiastic and invigorated as if he'd just written these well-worn classics. The piano man is spry on the 88s, tinkling the ivories like he's half his age, especially on the jaunty "Take it Easy Baby," the lively opener. Even though producer Doug B. Nelson overdubbed many of the higher profile parts, the set sounds open and natural, avoiding the stiffness that usually results with projects such as this.

Only Eric Clapton, Jimmie Vaughan, and B.B. King can be considered major stars with the rest of the "friends" lesser known blues stalwarts such as singer Nora Jean Brusco and bassist Willie Kent (Kent passed before this disc was finally released in June, 2008). Thankfully Perkins is in such bracing form that except for King, who trades quips with him on "Down in Mississippi," nobody overwhelms or even steals the spotlight from the album's star.

On the slow blues "Anna Lee," Perkins sounds positively lascivious, but in a charming, non-threatening way. He's also inspired by "Hoochie Coochie Man," with Vaughan assisting, laughing at the end like a child. Hotshot slide guitarist Eric Sardinas redeems himself for his own over the top albums with zippy work here on "Barefootin'" and especially "Mojo..." Pinetop is so loose, upbeat, and cheerful for these sessions, you'd think he had another 94 years left in him. /Hal Horowitz, AllMusic

(For complete info on featured musicians, see booklet details.)

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Jimmie Vaughan Trio - Live At C-Boy's

Year: 2017
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:04
Size: 83,3 MB
Styles: Electric blues, jazzy blues
Scans: Full

1. You Can't Sit Down (3:00)
2. Hey! Baby (4:01)
3. Can't Buy Me Love (2:57)
4. Saint James Infirmary (4:34)
5. Come On Rock Little Girl (4:17)
6. Dirty Work At The Crossroads (4:53)
7. Frame For The Blues (5:50)
8. Cleo's Mood (6:28)

When Jimmie Vaughan isn't out fronting his big "Tilt-A-Whirl" band, there's nothing he likes more than grooving in this fine trio at C-Boy's Heart and Soul in his hometown of Austin, Texas. These very cool recordings - oozing with the late-night club atmosphere of Steve Wertheimer's gem on South Congress Avenue - perfectly capture Mike Flanigin's mastery of the mighty Hammond B3 and Frosty Smith's attentive drumming which form the bedrock for Jimmie to lay down some of that trademark peckin' guitar.

Jimmie Vaughan’s style as a player, songwriter and bandleader can be thought of as an amalgamation of so many influences. Known for his deceptively simple yet complex attack, his clean, uncluttered style capitalizes on conveying the emotion and message within the music, he utilizes raw emotion, simplicity, and an elegance that is powerful and accessible, yet communicates exactly what he feels inside. It’s an approach that has earned him the respect of many of the greats of contemporary music, and guest appearances on such albums as B.B. King and Eric Clapton’s "Riding With The King", Bob Dylan’s "Under The Red Sky", Willie Nelson’s "Milk Cow Blues", Carlos Santana’s "Havana Moon" and Don Henley’s "Inside Job".

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Omar Kent Dykes - Big Town Playboy

Year: 2009
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:18
Size: 95,6 MB
Styles: Electric blues, Texas blues
Scans: Full

1. Big Town Playboy (4:12)
2. Upside Your Head (4:16)
3. I Can't Judge Nobody (3:48)
4. Think (3:50)
5. Mary Mary (2:44)
6. No More Doggin' (3:40)
7. Hello Mary Lee (2:28)
8. Close Together (2:43)
9. Dream Girl (4:02)
10. Since I Met You Baby (3:20)
11. Man Down There (2:57)
12. King Bee (3:13)

After years languishing in the blues-rock trenches, Omar Kent Dykes left his Howlers band behind in 2007, hooked up with friend and fellow Austin-ite Jimmie Vaughan, brought in some like-minded guests such as singer Lou Ann Barton, and cruised into one of the most popular blues albums of that year with a tribute to a major influence for both musicians; On the Jimmy Reed Highway. Little has changed on this follow-up from two years later. While only two tunes are penned by Reed, and Vaughan's billing has shrunk to a below the title "featuring" credit, this can't help but be seen as a logical extension of its popular predecessor.

Dykes digs into the lazy, Texas Reed shuffle from the opening title track (written by Reed's longtime guitarist Eddie Taylor), through the closing buzz of Slim Harpo's salacious "King Bee," 40 minutes later. But this is no case of sloppy seconds. Rather Dykes and Vaughan seem energized by the acclaim of their previous collaboration and loosen up with some returning friends (Barton, guitarist Derek O'Brien, and drummer Wes Starr, the latter who deserves more credit than he gets for capturing the loose yet crisp shuffle associated with Reed's approach) on a similarly styled session that is every bit the equal of the last.

Highlights include a tough, sassy duet with Barton on Jimmy McCracklin's "Think," and a swampy cover of John Lee Hooker's "No More Doggin'." Ronnie James' upright bass also adds a rootsy element captured by Vaughan's predominantly low-key solos. James Cotton swings by on harp for five selections including a peppy take on Lightnin' Slim's "Hello Mary Lee." The set sounds perhaps deceptively spontaneous as the players congeal around their mutual love for this laconic yet invigorating Texas blues. There is no sense trying to update this traditional sound, yet Dykes and co. succeed in blowing new life into it, and kudos if they can boost their careers in the process. /Hal Horowitz, AllMusic

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Various Artists - Big Blues Extravaganza!

Year: 1998
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:33
Size: 155,3 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Albert Collins - Travelin' South (4:39)
2. Lightnin' Hopkins - Rock Me Baby (3:48)
3. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Love Struck Baby (3:02)
4. Jimmie Vaughan & The Tilt-A-Whirl Band - Six Strings Down (4:16)
5. Lavelle White - I've Never Found A Man To Love (3:35)
6. Keb' Mo' - Tell Everybody I Know (3:31)
7. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Born In Louisiana (4:20)
8. Dr. John - Since I Fell For You (4:36)
9. Buddy Guy - Mary Had A Little Lamb (5:30)
10. Taj Mahal - Queen Bee (5:49)
11. Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon (6:14)
12. Rory Block - Big Road Blues (2:15)
13. W.C. Clark - Ain't It Funny How Time Slips Away (5:31)
14. B.B. King - Night Life (6:17)
15. Delbert McClinton - Leap Of Faith (4:03)

As the third volume of Columbia's Austin City Limits series, this one shines the spotlight on the cornucopia of blues treasures from the show's rich history. The big tickets here include Lightnin' Hopkins' lion-in-winter performance of "Rock Me Baby" (complete with screeching wah-wah pedal), Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Love Struck Baby," his brother Jimmie's tribute to him on "Six Strings Down," Albert Collins' "Travelin' South," and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's "Born in Louisiana." Performances from Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal, Keb' Mo', B.B. King, W.C. Clark, the Neville Brothers, Miss Lavelle White, Dr. John, Rory Block, and Delbert McClinton complete this excellent package. /Cub Koda, AllMusic

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Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom - Best Grooves & Jams

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:18
Size: 158.6 MB
Styles: Blues/Jazz/Funk
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[4:08] 1. Knee Squeeze (Feat. Ronnie Earl)
[3:08] 2. Chicken Fried Snake (Feat. Jimmie Vaughn & Ronnie Earl)
[3:46] 3. Groovelatin' Acid Blues (Feat. Lowell Fulson)
[3:23] 4. Chillin Out (Feat. Albert Collins)
[5:30] 5. Defrostin' (Feat. Albert Collins & Memphis Horns)
[8:21] 6. Prayin The Blues (Feat. Gray Sargent)
[6:22] 7. Greaze Is What's Good (Feat. Melvin Sparks)
[6:53] 8. J-J-Jazz It Up (Feat. Freddie Hubbard)
[6:53] 9. U Rockin' Me (Feat. Sax Gordon & Melvin Sparks)
[5:31] 10. Square Business (Feat. Smokin' Joe Kubek)
[4:41] 11. The Life You Save (Feat. B'nois King)
[6:45] 12. Some Help I Don't Need
[3:53] 13. Smoke & Fire (Feat. Smokey Wilson)

Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom grooveliciously combines, works, plays in, stretches out, distorts, harmonizes and reflects the familiar and exotic, the smooth and toxic, the dynamic ups and the downs, the known and unknown boundaries of Blues and Jazz, Latin and Gospel, Hip-Hop and free style feelings into a unique musical gumbo, exciting young hip club and college audiences as well as the older veteran Blues and Jazz aficionados everywhere across the globe.

Levy, a steady 40+ year veteran of every cool scene to be seen, whether it be with Albert King, B.B. King, Roomful of Blues, Luther 'Guitar Jr' Johnson or Karl Denson and as organist, pianist, composer, arranger, sideman or soloist, producer and A&R man of over 200 recording projects of traditional and contemporary Blues, R&B, Jazz, Gospel, and real deal, hardcore music from New Orleans, Memphis, NYC, West Coast, Texas and beyond, has garnered many awards and nine Grammy nominations. His original compositions and recordings have been used on every television network and over a dozen films.

He has culminated and organized his musical/magical know-how and formed an elite group of top musicians, Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom. He's currently performing on side projects with the up-and-coming Blues guitarist and singer Barrett Anderson [along with Per Hanson], 2013 winners for 'Best Blues Band' at the Boston Music Awards, SPANK! [with Fuzz and Eric Kalb of Deep Banana Blackout] and Philip Pemberton, the current lead singer with Roomful of Blues. Levy and Pemberton were just inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame. [Ron is in New Hampshire's HOF too!] Levy is currently teaching Hammond organ and music theory in the Boston area and around the world via Skype as well.

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The Fabulous Thunderbirds - 2 albums: Walk That Walk, Talk That Talk / The Best Of The Fabulous Thunderbirds: Early Bird Special

Album: Walk That Walk, Talk That Talk
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:24
Size: 115.4 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 1991
Art: Front

[4:21] 1. Twist Of The Knife
[3:45] 2. Ain't That A Lot Of Love
[6:27] 3. Work Together
[3:57] 4. Born To Love You
[5:08] 5. Need Somebody To Love
[5:28] 6. Feelin' Good
[4:20] 7. Roller Coaster
[3:17] 8. Sweet Thang
[4:55] 9. Can't Stop Rockin'
[4:48] 10. When I Get Home
[3:53] 11. Paralyzed

Walk That Walk, Talk That Talk is the first album the Fabulous Thunderbirds recorded without Jimmie Vaughan. It takes two guitarists -- two good guitarists, by the way -- to fill his place, and even with Duke Robillard and Kid Bangham on board, there is something missing. Though the T-birds have returned to straightahead blues-rock, abandoning the overly commercial production of their previous three albums, they don't sound as distinctive as they did with Vaughan. Still, Kim Wilson blows some good harp, Robillard and Bangham throw out a few stellar solos, contributing to a set of driving blues-rock that will be welcome to fans of the group's earliest records. ~Thom Owens

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Album: The Best Of The Fabulous Thunderbirds: Early Bird Special
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:25
Size: 131.5 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:28] 1. Rich Woman
[2:56] 2. She's Tuff
[3:23] 3. Tuff Enuff
[5:32] 4. Scratch My Back
[3:27] 5. Bad Boy
[3:16] 6. Low Down Woman
[2:40] 7. Marked Deck
[2:37] 8. Ones Too Many
[2:30] 9. I Believe I'm In Love
[2:42] 10. I Hear You Knockin'
[3:02] 11. Can't Tear It Up Enuff
[1:51] 12. You Ain't Nothin' But Fine
[2:42] 13. Wrap It Up
[3:42] 14. You're Humbuggin' Me
[2:57] 15. The Crawl
[4:51] 16. Full Time Lover
[1:08] 17. Los Fabuloso Thunderbirds
[4:33] 18. Powerful Stuff

2011 collection from the American Blues rockers. The early albums by The Fabulous Thunderbirds established Kim Wilson and Jimmie Vaughan as the premiere Blues Rock masters. This collection, which for the first time, includes the most loved tracks and hits that put the band on the map during the first decade of their recording and touring career.

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The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Texas Rhody Blues

Time: 48:26
Size: 110.9 MB
Source: LL
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues
Released: 2016
Covers: Full

1 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Texas Cadillac {4:25}
2 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Youve Got Me Licked {3:30}
3 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Respirator Blues {6:34}
4 The Knickerbocker All-Stars Ft Duke Robillard & Jimmie Vaughan - Going To The Country {4:00}
5 The Knickerbocker All-Stars Ft Duke Robillard & Jimmie Vaughan - I Have News For You {3:33}
6 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - I Still Love You Baby {3:13}
7 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - I Got News For You {3:21}
8 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - I Trusted You Baby {3:18}
9 The Knickerbocker All-Stars Ft Duke Robillard & Jimmie Vaughan - Blood Stains On The Wall {4:39}
10 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Ain't That Dandy {3:21}
11 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Reap What You Sow {4:35}
12 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - T Bone Speaks {1:03}
13 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Tell Me What's The Reason {2:49}

Texas Rhody Blues, featuring Jimmie Vaughan and Duke Robillard, is the third Knickerbocker All-Stars CD release. The project was supported by the Knickerbocker Music Center, a non-profit organization formed in partnership with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School. The Knickerbocker Music Center will have an exciting performance venue and an exceptional center for music education.
This CD has its roots in The Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals of the late 1950s and early ‘60s which turned many white soul searchers on to blues, rhythm and blues, and jump blues. In 1963, Blues at Newport was recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival, which featured many of the greatest folk and delta blues musicians. A young woman attending college in Boston heard it and was hooked. Her name is Bonnie Raitt. The next Newport Folk Festival brought in two of the most influential Texas bluesmen: Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb.
The talented guitarist, Mike Bloomfield who deserves much more recognition for pioneering blues music, offered blues workshops at the festival with Lipscomb and Hopkins. Bloomfield performed with Paul Butterfield and made rock ‘n’ roll history when he handed Bob Dylan a Fender Stratocaster and Dylan played three “electrified” songs with Sam Lay, Barry Goldberg and Al Kooper.
A young Rhode Island blues aficionado also was hooked. His name is Duke Robillard. The Texas/Rhody blues connection was further developed when Rhode Islander Johnny Nicholas joined Asleep at the Wheel as vocalist and won a Grammy in 1978. At the time, Roomful of Blues, the Fabulous Thunderbirds and the Cobras – Stevie Ray Vaughan’s band – were the hottest acts to play in Austin and Westerly, RI. Rhode Islander Fran Christina, the original Roomful drummer, joined the Thunderbirds followed by Roomful’s bass player, the late Preston Hubbard. When Jimmie Vaughan left the Thunderbirds, Robillard took over on guitar for three years.
The climax of the Texas/Rhody Connection came when Stevie Ray played with the Roomful Horns at Carnegie Hall in 1997.
Texas Rhody Blues is a celebration of the great Texas Bluesmen and the generation of tremendous blues musicians who followed, of which there are too many to list. There is no question that Jimmie Vaughan and Duke Robillard should be hall of famers and the bookends of the Texas/Rhody blues connection. Please play this recording loud!
– JP Sheerar

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VA - The Mahindra Blues Festival 2014

Size: 163,6+83,8 MB
Time: 70:26+36:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Tedeschi Trucks Band - Midnight In Harlem (10:44)
02. Tedeschi Trucks Band - Made Up Mind ( 5:00)
03. Jimmie Vaughan - Scratch My Back ( 7:05)
04. Jimmie Vaughan - I Ain't Never ( 5:12)
05. Lil' Ed - Going Up, Going Down ( 6:35)
06. Lil' Ed - Mess Around ( 3:44)
07. Zac Harmon - Boogie Down ( 8:42)
08. Zac Harmon - No Woman No Cry ( 6:47)
09. Doyle Bramhall II - Meet Me In The Bottom ( 6:00)
10. Soulmate - Shad Pynnang Pynnang ( 3:53)
11. Blackstratblues - The Universe Has A Strange Sense Of Humor ( 6:40)

CD 2:
01. All Star Jam - Let The Good Times Roll ( 5:54)
02. All Star Jam - Looking Back ( 6:36)
03. All Star Jam - Baby What You Want Me To Do (10:27)
04. All Star Jam - The Sky Is Crying/Shake Rattle And Roll (13:15)

Among the first bands confirmed to play at the Mahindra Blues Festival were The Tedeschi Trucks Band, formed by blues vocalist Susan Tedeschi and guitarist Derek Trucks, who has been voted number 16 on ROLLING STONE’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Following their 2011 debut release Revelator, which won the Best Blues Album at the 2012 Grammy Awards, the Tedeschi Trucks Band released Made Up Mind in August this year, moving to a groovy, southern rock sound with equal acclaim. The Tedeschi Trucks Band, who branch out to a 10-piece live act featuring Tedeschi’s rugged vocals over Trucks’ roaring, dirty guitar licks, are the latest blues force who will debut in India in February. Tedeschi Trucks Band will also jam with American blues guitarist Doyle Bramhall II at the festival.

American blues guitarist and four-time Grammy winner Jimmie Vaughan will also debut in India in February for the fourth edition of the festival. Vaughan, who was confirmed to play the 2013 edition, dropped out in January after suffering a heart attack. Vaughan is now confirmed to play at at Mahindra Blues Festival, which takes place on February 15th and 16th, 2014 in Mumbai.

The lineup also includes blues guitarist Zac Harmon and Chicago blues band Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, who will make their India debut at the festival. Indian bands on the lineup include Shillong blues rock act Soulmate and Mumbai instrumental rock band Blackstratblues. Says Owen Roncon, of festival organizers Oranjuice Entertainment, “Jimmie Vaughan was keen on doing this show since he couldn’t make it last year. Apart from that, our focus is on getting young blues acts and exposing a younger side of the genre.”

Roncon adds that Soulmate will be an act to watch out for at the festival, where they launch their third full-length album and play a special set. Says Roncon, “Soulmate are doing a brand new set. They’re bringing a lot of their folk musicians from Shillong and planning to go with a folk blues sound.”

The Mahindra Blues Festival 2014 CD 1
The Mahindra Blues Festival 2014 CD 2

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Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom - 2 albums: Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom / Mo' Blues & Grooves

Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom grooveliciously combines, works, plays in, stretches out, distorts, harmonizes and reflects the familiar and exotic, the smooth and toxic, the dynamic ups and the downs, the known and unknown boundaries of Blues and Jazz, Latin and Gospel, Hip-Hop and free style feelings into a unique musical gumbo, exciting young hip club and college audiences as well as the older veteran Blues and Jazz aficionados everywhere across the globe.

Levy, a steady 40+ year veteran of every cool scene to be seen, whether it be with Albert King, B.B. King, Roomful of Blues, Luther 'Guitar Jr' Johnson or Karl Denson and as organist, pianist, composer, arranger, sideman or soloist, producer and A&R man of over 200 recording projects of traditional and contemporary Blues, R&B, Jazz, Gospel, and real deal, hardcore music from New Orleans, Memphis, NYC, West Coast, Texas and beyond, has garnered many awards and nine Grammy nominations. His original compositions and recordings have been used on every television network and over a dozen films.

Album: Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:52
Size: 89.0 MB
Styles: Urban blues, Funk
Year: 1986/2012
Art: Front

[3:38] 1. I Know You Know I Know
[3:08] 2. Chicken Fried Snake
[3:38] 3. So Many Roads
[4:52] 4. Why You Stay Out So Late
[3:54] 5. Party In Nogales
[3:49] 6. Big Town Playboy
[3:34] 7. It's Hot In Here
[3:08] 8. My Heart's In Trouble
[4:08] 9. Knee Squeeze
[4:59] 10. Must Have Missed A Turn Somewhere

Ten tunes with an all-star cast including Ronnie Earl, Jimmie Vaughan (guitar), Kim Wilson (harmonica), Greg Piccolo (sax), Wayne Bennett (guitar), and other excellent players. Plenty of fine guitar, keyboards, harmonica, and uptempo blues music. ~Michael Erlewine

Ron Levy's first Wild Kingdom album on Blacktop Records, recorded in Austin Texas with an all-star band made up with members of Roomful of Blues, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Wayne Bennett, Kaz Kazanoff and Mudcat Ward. Recorded in 1986 'live' in the studio. Highly critically acclaimed and named as one of the top modern Blues recordings by many sources. A perennial fan favorite and collectors item. The original edition LPs, CDs & cassettes are long out of print, but it's now available for download in it's entirety! So for all you new Blues fans as well as fans whose LP's are worn out, here's a chance to enjoy this cult classic.

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Album: Mo' Blues & Grooves
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:59
Size: 157.9 MB
Styles: Urban blues, Funk
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[3:20] 1. Defrostin
[6:38] 2. Levtronic Blues
[6:08] 3. Zz Driver
[3:50] 4. Smoke N' Fire
[3:11] 5. I'm Your Professor
[5:14] 6. Coconut Milk
[5:05] 7. Blues For Bb
[3:46] 8. Poundin' The Streets
[3:41] 9. L & L Special
[3:38] 10. So Many Roads
[5:38] 11. Lonely Avenue
[5:28] 12. Chronic Late Arriver
[2:43] 13. Little Rock
[4:44] 14. Dresser Drawers
[5:48] 15. Get Over Here Baby

This album is part of a four part series showcasing Ron Levy as a composer and master musician. It is an anthology drawn from the various recordings Mr. Levy produced, arranged and played his signature sound on piano, electric piano, vibes, guitar and Hammond organ. There are even a couple of his Blues inspired vocals!

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Mike Flanigin - The Drifter

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:10
Size: 80.5 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[4:53] 1. The Devil Beats His Wife
[3:10] 2. Fit To Be Tied (Feat Alejandro Escovedo)
[6:34] 3. The Drifter (Feat Billy Gibbons)
[3:29] 4. All Nite Long (Feat Jimmie Vaughan)
[1:14] 5. From The Dust (Feat Stephen Barber & Tosca)
[3:18] 6. Nina (Feat Kat Edmonson)
[4:23] 7. Stop The World (Feat Gary Clark Jr)
[5:16] 8. Tryin' To Make Mywy Back Home (Feat Rev. Gaen West)
[2:07] 9. One Little Heart (Feat Kat Edmonson)
[0:43] 10. This Life

After years as Austin's go-to Hammond B-3 organist not named Ian McLagan, Mike Flanigin opened his address book, called some friends, and booked studio time. He'd already written the songs, tailoring each one to the talents of his collaborators. The results culminate in the most delightfully schizophrenic release of 2015 thus far. You'd be excused for thinking this a jazz exercise from the Sun Ra-esque opener, "The Devil Beats His Wife." Then "Fit to Be Tied," a rampaging Rolling Stones-meets-New York Dolls rocker, uncorks brutal guitars and a snotty Alejandro Escovedo vocal. Third track in, the familiarly gruff, smoky voice of Billy F. Gibbons begins intoning a spoken-word intro over plucked guitar, kickstarting the album's only cover, the late Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's title track. And this is merely the first 15 minutes! Then follows a shuffle tailor-made for Jimmie Vaughan ("Roll All Night Long"), Gary Clark Jr. channeling Dobie Gray ("Stop the World"), and Kat Edmonson chanteusing two tracks, the string-laden "Nina" being especially beautiful. The Drifter – diverse, wonderful, rich. ~Tim Stegall

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