Ally Venable Band - Puppet Show

Size: 123,3 MB
Time: 52:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Texas Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Devil's Son (Feat. Gary Hoey) (4:36)
02. Bridges To Burn (Feat. Lance Lopez) (5:05)
03. Cast Their Stones (3:56)
04. Back Water Blues (6:22)
05. She Caught The Katy (And Left Me A Mule To Ride) (4:35)
06. Puppet Show (4:49)
07. Comfort In My Sorrows (7:24)
08. Survive (6:06)
09. Waste It On You (4:46)
10. Sleeping Through The Storm (5:01)

Award-winning blues-rock guitarist Ally Venable will release her new CD, Puppet Show, on Connor Ray Music. The Ally Venable Band consists of Ally – guitar and vocals; Elijah Owings – drums; and Bobby Wallace – bass. Special Guests on Puppet Show, which was produced by Rock Romano, Steve Krase (who also plays harmonica on the sessions) and Ally Venable, include guitarists Gary Hoey and Lance Lopez, as well as keyboardist Eric Steckel.

Puppet Show, Ally’s second album for Connor Ray Music, was recorded at Red Shack Studio in Houston and features eight original tunes written and composed by Venable, along with two blues classics that compliment her rockin’ blues sound.

“I had an amazing time writing and creating Puppet Show for the people with my closest musician friends,” says Ally Venable. “I look forward to putting this album out for all the blues-rock lovers and I hope they enjoy it as much as I loved making it for them.”

Puppet Show is all about songs that connect. It radiates a sense of soul through the songwriting and guitar playing, as well as the vocals that are laid out throughout the album. The disc opens up with a haunting riff for the song “Devil’s Son,” which features Gary Hoey on lead guitar along with Ally Venable on guitar and vocals. Together, they stir a powerful tune that will stay on repeat. The next track, “Bridges to Burn” strikes an unforgettable melody within the song, with guest artist Lance Lopez and Ally playing in harmony together to resonate a powerful statement with their guitar playing. “Sleeping Through the Storm” is another number that portrays the message of conquering one’s struggles and persevering through the storm that approaches us in our lives. With compelling lyrics and strong blues-rock guitar playing, Puppet Show represents the future of the blues.

“I had a blast guesting on the song, ‘Devil’s Son,’” says acclaimed rock guitarist Gary Hoey. “Ally has a maturity as a songwriter beyond her years and her guitar playing and singing are the real deal. ‘Devils Son’ is a bad-ass song with a haunting riff; I had a blast playing my Highway 61 Dobro guitar on it. Bravo Ally!”

Adds Lance Lopez, who’s been a mentor to the 19-year-old Venable, “Ally has been working very hard to become the young Guitar Slingin’ Senorita she is. It’s been such a pleasure to share my knowledge with her and watch her grow!”

A powerhouse singer and guitar player, Ally Venable has ignited excitement on the Texas blues scene. She began singing at an early age in church and then in recent years picked up the guitar and found her true passion. A protégé of Lance Lopez, with her songwriting and onstage performances, this teen musician packs a punch. Ally was the 2014 and 2015 East Texas Female Guitarist of the Year. The Ally Venable Band also won 2015, 2016, and 2017 honors as East Texas Blues Band of the year.

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Lance Lopez - 2 albums: Tell The Truth / Handmade Music

Album: Tell The Truth
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:57
Size: 102.9 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[4:14] 1. Never Came Easy To Me
[4:06] 2. Mr Lucky
[3:49] 3. Down To One Bar
[4:12] 4. High Life
[4:23] 5. Cash My Check
[3:23] 6. The Real Deal
[3:34] 7. Raise Some Hell
[3:58] 8. Angel Eyes Of Blue
[4:22] 9. Back On The Highway
[4:27] 10. Blue Moon Rising
[4:24] 11. Tell The Truth

Tell The Truth is an autobiographical tour-de-force through the life and times of an archetypal Texas blues legend with all the highs and lows that inevitably accompany this time honored path. Lance Lopez has been on a slow, steady climb up the mountain to the blues rock hall of heavyweights for the last decade, and this album declares his arrival.

“Nothin’ worth having, ever came easy to me, the sweetest victories came within an inch of defeat” ~ “Never Came Easy”

Lance Lopez has a voice that let’s you know he’s walked the walk, and his smokey tenor has grown more gravely and passionate with the years, then you remember, he was brought up by the likes of Bobby “Blue” Bland, Buddy Miles, Johnny Taylor, and Lucky Peterson. Lance started playing professionally at the age of 14 in bars and clubs in and around New Orleans, joining up with soul great Johnny Taylor when he was just 17, then becoming Lucky Peterson’s band leader at 18, and eventually joining the Buddy Miles Express. He’s lived the life every day since, and you can feel every mile of the road on this album.

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Album: Handmade Music
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:53
Size: 128.0 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:27] 1. Come Back Home
[4:10] 2. Hard Time
[4:56] 3. Let Go
[6:53] 4. Dream Away
[4:21] 5. Get Out And Walk
[3:38] 6. Your Love
[4:20] 7. Traveling Riverside Blues
[4:49] 8. Letters
[4:30] 9. Vaya Con Dios
[3:57] 10. Black Cat Moan
[4:29] 11. Can You Feel It
[6:17] 12. Lowdown Ways

The album title promises pure Handmade Music and Texas based Lance Lopez is keeping his word with all 12 of these blues based tracks. The songs were recorded at the famous Ardent Studios in Memphis Tennessee where Led Zeppelin and ZZ Top have also been worked. This limited edition digi pack contains two bonus tracks. ""Handmade Music" has more of a good old rockin' vibe and we had a lot of fun cutting the tracks. It's also some of the best guitar tones I've ever recorded! The band sounds amazing on the new record as well." - Lance Lopez

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Supersonic Blues Machine - Californisoul

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:55
Size: 144.0 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[4:25] 1. I Am Done Missing You
[4:40] 2. Somebody's Fool (Feat. Robben Ford)
[4:29] 3. L.O.V.E
[3:55] 4. Broken Heart (Feat. Billy F. Gibbons)
[5:06] 5. Bad Boys
[5:23] 6. Elevate (Feat. Eric Gales)
[3:54] 7. The One
[7:42] 8. Hard Times (Feat. Steve Lukather)
[4:04] 9. Cry
[4:57] 10. The Stranger
[6:16] 11. What's Wrong (Feat. Walter Trout)
[3:24] 12. Thank You
[4:33] 13. This Is Love

SUPERSONIC BLUES MACHINE is Lance Lopez (guitars/vocals/songwriter), Fabrizio Grossi (bass, producer, songwriter), and Kenny Aronoff (drums). As they’ve proven on their first album and round of shows, it’s not a party unless you invite some friends, and for Californisoul, they’ve brought along some heavy hitters. Guests on the album include Billy Gibbons, who returns with pen and guitar (“Broken Heart”), Steve Lukather (Toto) throws down some stunning licks (“Hard Times”), Eric Gales is back in the fold (“Elevate”), Robben Ford brings his bag of soulfully sophisticated chops (“Somebody’s Fool”), Walter Trout brings some silky slow blues (“What’s Wrong”), and the party is rounded out with Alessandro Alessandroni Jr. on keyboards, Serge Simic (co-writer and background vocals on “Love” and “Hard Times”), and Andrea and Francis Benitez Grossi (background vocals). You may come for the stars, but you’ll stay for the whole show.

Fabrizio Grossi adds, “Lots of people have been saying to me ‘why does Supersonic Blues Machine always bring guests around? You guys can stand your own ground’, and there are three answers to that : 1) we’re all super friends and we’re having a blast, 2) most of them don’t give lessons and for us it’s only way to learn their secret “ways”, and three because the inspiration and the challenge they bring to the table!” Supersonic Blues Machine is truly a family as well as a band, and these guests don’t mail it in, they stay for dinner. The community aspect is very real, and one of the band’s great treasures.

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VA - Rockin' The Blues

Size: 153,3 MB
Time: 65:15
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

01 Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Diamonds & Gold (5:15)
02 Quinn Sullivan - Midnight Highway (5:53)
03 Eric Gales - Been So Long (4:45)
04 Walter Trout - We're All In This Together (Feat. Joe Bonamassa) (7:55)
05 Beth Hart - Love Is A Lie (3:12)
06 Gary Hoey - Dust & Bones (4:07)
07 Lance Lopez - Mr Lucky (Previously Unreleased) (4:07)
08 Simo - People Say (3:57)
09 Thomas Wynn And The Believers - Wade Waist Deep (3:33)
10 Supersonic Blues Machine - L.O.V.E. (4:29)
11 Jonny Lang - Stronger Together (3:34)
12 Sonny Landreth - Blues Attack (Live) (5:21)
13 Black Stone Cherry - Champagne & Reefer (3:43)
14 Ronnie Baker Brooks - Times Have Changed (Feat. Al Kapone) (5:17)

Provogue is home to some of the worlds’ finest modern Blues artists and the Label are thrilled to announce their first Rockin’ The Blues 2018 Tour featuring the exceptional talents of Eric Gales, Quinn Sullivan, Gary Hoey and now added to the bill as a special end of show guest is Texan guitar slinger Lance Lopez guitar hero extravaganza. The tour will be calling through Germany, The Netherlands and the UK in March next year.

To celebrate this, Rockin’ The Blues, the album features 14 stellar performances from Eric Gales, Quinn Sullivan, Gary Hoey, Black Stone Cherry, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Beth Hart, Walter Trout, SIMO, Supersonic Blues Machine, Thomas Wynn & The Believers, Jonny Lang, Lance Lopez, Sonny Landreth and Ronnie Baker Brooks.
Guitar whirlwind Eric Gales’ Been So Long is taken from his critically acclaimed new album Middle of the Road which was released early 2017, Eric Gales is a man on form and on fire right now. His fourth album on Provogue/Mascot Label Group (15th album in total) sees him at his most expressive yet, his rebirth in fact; it is a deeply personal and reflective record that echoes where he is in his life right now and he allows himself to open up and really flourish. The who’s who of guitarists are declaring their admiration for him; Dave Navarro (Jane’s Addiction) exclaimed that “How Eric Gales isn’t the hugest name in rock guitar is a total mystery”, modern blues icon Joe Bonamassa said he is “One of the best, if not the best guitar player in the world”, whilst Mark Tremonti (Alter Bridge) said ‘this guy could be the best player on Earth” not to mention an admirer in the shape of Carlos Santana.

18 year old guitar prodigy and Buddy Guy protégé Quinn Sullivan has been a music professional for more than 75 percent of his life. He’s shared the stage with Buddy Guy aged eight, Eric Clapton, Los Lobos, The Roots, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi and Joe Bonamassa, and he opened for B.B. King, who later invited him to play his treasured “Lucille” guitar. He’s also appeared on national TV, with guest appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Oprah, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Conan with Jeff Bridges and twice on The Ellen DeGeneres show aged six and fourteen. Sullivan has packed some extraordinary experience into his decade-long career, Midnight Highway is taken from the his new album of the same name which was produced by multi GRAMMY® winner Tom Hambridge (Buddy Guy, Susan Tedeschi, Johnny Winter).

It’s just so right-with-the-universe that Gary Hoey’s 20th album, Dust & Bones is an exuberant fusion of blues and rock. After all, this accomplished and diverse guitarist has explored several styles in his career—hard rock, rock, surf, and prog, to name a few. The title track is a bonafide Hoey classic. In 1987, the Boston-born guitarist caught the ear of Ozzy Osbourne—no slouch at picking great guitar players—and almost ended up in his band (The gig ultimately went to Zakk Wylde.) Hoey scored a major-label record deal where his version of Focus’ “Hocus Pocus” brought him huge success.

There’s no doubt about it, the state of Texas is well known worldwide for its fiery blues guitar players, and Lance Lopez (also singer/guitarist for Supersonic Blues Machine) perfectly encapsulates that fire on Mr Lucky with some furious piece of fretboard mastery.

The album is awash with some of the finest blues artists in modern times; powerhouse Beth Hart is unstoppable on Love is A Lie, the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter is riding a creative tidal wave, firing out acclaimed albums, hooking up with the biggest names in music and rocking the house each night with that celebrated burnt-honey voice. Arena rockers Black Stone Cherry returned to their roots in September releasing a blues cover record Black to Blues, here they explode in BSC style on Muddy Waters, Champagne & Reefer. Louisiana’s Kenny Wayne Shepherd prowls on Diamonds & Gold saying; Diamonds & Gold is a wink-wink kinda thing about how materialistic our society has become. It’s like, we should be living for bigger things than how much we can accumulate. If you look at the mainstream and what young people are led to believe they should work towards – it’s all just stuff. And stuff doesn’t have much substance. So that song is just to kinda inspire people to look for more in life.”

Nashville trio SIMO get funky on People Say, slide guitar maestro Sonny Landreth demonstrates his chops on this live version of Blues Attack taken from Recorded Live In Lafayette. Blues warrior Walter Trout shows why he is at the peak of his career with the formidable We’re All In This Together ft. Joe Bonamasssa. Jonny Lang returned with his first new album, Signs in 4 years in 2017 and Stronger Together is a soul crossover highlight. Chicago blues man Ronnie Baker Brooks, son of the late great Lonnie Brooks, delivers some fine blues, soul and funk with Times Have Changed ft. Al Kapone. Orlando’s favourite band Thomas Wynn & The Believers deliver an exquisite performance on Wade Waist Deep whilst Supersonic Blues Machine go from strength to strength and reach for the sky on the festival favourite, the hypnotic L.O.V.E.

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