Johnny Shines - Takin' The Blues Back South (Blues Reference)

Size: 120,6 MB
Time: 51:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Delta Blues
Art: Full

01. I Believe I'll Make A Change (3:56)
02. Nobody's Fault But Mine (4:45)
03. The Devil's Daughter (3:08)
04. Back To The Steel Mill (3:45)
05. Blood Ran Like Wine (3:37)
06. Abide My Wish (4:33)
07. Mean Black Gobbler (4:47)
08. Lost Letter Blues (2:39)
09. Freight Train (4:50)
10. My Best Friend (3:04)
11. The Blue Horizon (5:42)
12. Mean Black Gobbler (Unissued Version) (6:35)

Guitar – Luther Johnson (tracks: 7, 9, 11 & 12); Vocals, Guitar – Johnny Shines. Recorded December 4, 1972 in Bordeaux, France except #7 and #9 recorded November 14, 1972 in Gan, France.

This album and "Standing At The Crossroads" are Johnny Shines' two best works. I'm not sure why his work with Walter Horton is considered to be better than his solo efforts. On Shines' solo outings, his vocals are much stronger, his lyrics are more developed, and his guitar playing is superb. This particular album really shows off his vocal power. You might find yourself backing away from your speaker in order to not bust an eardrum. The two versions of "Mean Black Gobbler" are great! I'm not a musician, but it sounds like one of the versions of the song is performed in a Hill Country fashion. In other words, the guitar accompaniment sounds closer to Hill Country Blues or perhaps just diddley bow playing than it does to the typical Johnny Shines or Robert Johnson guitar work. "Back To The Steel Mill" is simply ferocious. The second guitarist on this album works very well with Johnny. It's a shame that this album isn't better known, and that it keeps going out of print. I waited over two years to purchase this, and it was most definitely worth the wait. The packaging is also very nice. You certainly can't go wrong with any of Johnny's albums. ~DB Pepper

Originally posted by Mat Tiggas June 4, 2018. Updated with full covers and FLAC file.

Takin' The Blues Back South MP3
Takin' The Blues Back South FLAC

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Peter Ward - Train To Key Biscayne

Source: Lossless Digital Copy
Size: 101,8 MB
Time: 43:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. The Luther Johnson Thing (Feat. Luther Johnson, Sugar Ray Norcia & Anthony Geraci) (4:18)
02. A Westerly Sunday Night (Feat. Sugar Ray Norcia) (3:44)
03. When You Are Mine (Feat. Sugar Ray Norcia) (4:53)
04. Train To Key Biscayne (Feat. Johnny Nicholas) (2:41)
05. I Saw Your Home (Feat. Michelle Willson) (4:55)
06. Blues Elixir (Ronnie's Here) (Feat. Ronnie Earl & Sugar Ray Norcia) (4:06)
07. Supposedly (2:58)
08. Change (Ain't Never For The Good) (Feat. Johnny Nicholas, Sugar Ray Norcia & Anthony Geraci) (3:28)
09. As Long As I Have A Chance (Feat. Sugar Ray Norcia & Anthony Geraci) (2:59)
10. Coffee Song (Feat. Michelle Willson) (3:29)
11. Something Always Slows Me Down (Feat. Sugar Ray Norcia & Anthony Geraci) (4:29)
12. Anthony's Son (1:07)

TRAIN TO KEY BISCAYNE is an exciting followup to Peter Ward's debut release, BLUES ON MY SHOULDERS which garnered rave reviews upon its release in 2017.
Ward, former guitarist for the Legendary Blues Band (Pinetop Perkins, Willie Big Eyes Smith, Calvin Jones and Jerry Portnoy) wrote 12 new blues, ballads and retro-style rock n roll — all with a fresh sound and '50s flavor.
Before they brought Peter into the band, the Legendary Blues Band were the guys who backed the great Muddy Waters. Hitting the road with those cats was like Blues 101 as the band crisscrossed the country in a van, traveling hundreds of miles each day to perform to delighted audiences at night. Peter learned then how to play a brand of unhurried unadulterated blues. Prior to that, Peter backed Jimmy Rogers, Junior Wells, Joe Beard, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Lowell Fulson, Louisiana Red and Sunnyland Slim. His blues philosophy is in finding an original way to play blues within a traditional framework.
TRAIN TO KEY BISCAYNE opens with a tribute Peter wrote to his hero, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, the former Muddy Waters guitarist. It's a song about Luther's own life. The album features Peter's friends, the renowned Ronnie Earl on guitar, Michelle "Evil Gal" Willson, Johnny Nicholas and Sugar Ray Norcia, all on vocals, and Peter's brother Mudcat on bass. Also appearing are Neil Gouvin on drums, Anthony Geraci on piano and the aforementioned Norcia on harp — all of the legendary Sugar Ray & the Bluetones — former John Copnlee keyboardist Hank Walther on piano, George Dellomo on drums, Bob Berry on bass, Aaron Gratzmiller on saxophone, Jiri Nedoma on piano and Keith Asack on bass and guitar.
The songs reflect joy, sadness, humor and everything in-between.
"Coffee Song," sung by Willson, is about serving piping hot coffee and pancakes in bed to the person you care about without worrying who does how much for whom. There's a story about road rage "Something Always Slows Me Down," persistence and love "When You Are Mine" and the journey we dare take to revive a friendship "Train to Key Biscayne."
Ronnie Earl called the record inspiring and Peter thinks his fans will like this album! He hopes to reach a wider audience with this new release.

Train To Key Biscayne

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Luther Johnson - On The Road Again

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 59:41
Size: 136.6 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1976/2007
Art: Front

[4:17] 1. On The Road Again
[4:43] 2. Back Door Man
[4:06] 3. Ace's Blues
[3:40] 4. Things I Used To Do
[2:02] 5. Impressions Of France
[4:04] 6. Boom Boom
[6:03] 7. Catfish Blues
[3:54] 8. You Move Me
[4:04] 9. Rock Me Baby
[4:41] 10. She Moves Me
[2:51] 11. You Got Me Runnin'
[4:51] 12. Hoochie Coochie
[3:30] 13. Mellow Down Easy
[1:48] 14. Impressions Of France (Take 1)
[5:01] 15. Little Red Rooster

This is Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson. Real name: Lucious Brinson Johnson. Johnson was a guitarist, bass player and vocalist who formed his first band in Chicago at the age of 19. His boyhood ambition was to play with Muddy Waters; he achieved this in the 60s. Johnson played in the raw, urban style of Waters, and was also proficient at older country blues styles. His first recording (as ‘Little Luther’) was for Chess Records and he also recorded with Waters’ sideman for the Spivey and Douglas labels. In the 70s he made two albums for the Black And Blue company while touring Europe. Born August 30, 1941 in Davisboro, Georgia, USA, died March 18, 1976 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Johnson lived in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1970 until his death from cancer in 1976.

The confusing plethora of artists working under the name of Luther (nickname here) Johnson can leave even those with a decent knowledge of blues in a major state of confusion. But in this biographical entry, we concern ourselves with the life and times of Luther "Snakeboy"/ "Georgia Boy" Johnson who, to make matters even more confusing, also worked and recorded under the names Little Luther and Luther King. (These were his stage names, his real name is Lucius Brinson.) Upon his military discharge, he picked guitar as a member of the Milwaukee Supreme Angels gospel group, working the local church circuit. But the blues bug hit and he soon had his own little blues trio together, eventually settling in Chicago by the early '60s. He played for a while with Elmore James and was a regular fixture in the Muddy Waters band by the mid-'60s. He recorded as Little Luther for Chess in the mid-'60s ("The Twirl") and by 1970 was relocated to Boston, MA, working as a solo artist. The next five years found him working steadily on the college and blues festival circuit before cancer overtook him on March 18, 1976, at a mere 34 years of age. ~ Cub Koda

On The Road Again mc
On The Road Again zippy

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