The Bluesmasters - Featuring Mickey Thomas

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:22
Size: 101.6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[2:52] 1. Cherry Red
[3:57] 2. Rock Me Baby
[4:18] 3. Fooled Around And Fell In Love
[3:28] 4. Sick And Tired
[2:41] 5. Can't Get No Grindin'
[2:43] 6. I'd Rather Go Blind
[4:54] 7. Walkin' Blues
[8:00] 8. Third Degree
[3:13] 9. Get Your Business Straight
[3:38] 10. Over Yonder Wall
[4:32] 11. Long Time

Known for his work with Jefferson Starship on their biggest hit ("We Built This City"), vocalist Mickey Thomas gives the blues a go via this recording in tandem with the Bluesmasters. Though there's an obligatory pop song added (Elvin Bishop's "Fooled Around & Fell in Love"), the group and Thomas mostly cover classic electric Chicago blues tunes, done well but not spectacularly. Thomas sounds best when he's not yelling or screaming out the lyrics, and in fact, is more effective when he takes off his rock & roll overcoat and digs into a lower octave voice that works better. Doug Lynn's harmonica playing is outstanding on the choogling Chicago blues standard of Muddy Waters' "Rock Me Baby," Tim Tucker gets down on slide guitar for the famous Robert Johnson evergreen "Walkin' Blues" and slow, eight-minute "Third Degree," while Magic Slim guests during the lesser-known Waters' tune "Can't Get No Grindin', and the odd selection of the Phil Collins' faux-juke joint song "Get Your Business Straight. Thomas himself is in good form and company, more comfy in the New Orleans rock/pop confines of Chris Kenner and Dave Bartholomew's "Sick & Tired," but overall, he's competent in singing the blues he has clearly always loved. The ace in the hole for this date is the legendary drummer Aynsley Dunbar, heard throughout the date laying down his reliably strong and thoroughly professional beats. Whether a follow-up recording or tour is in the offering does not diminish this meeting of the minds as Mickey Thomas seeks acceptance on another level besides extravagant stadium rock, one aimed in a more soul-sending direction. ~Michael G.Nastos

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The Bluesmasters - The Bluesmasters Volume 2 & Volume 3

Album: The Bluesmasters Volume 2
Size: 97,3 MB
Time: 41:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

01. Bring It Home To Me (Feat. Cassie Taylor) (3:12)
02. Talk To Me Baby (Feat. Cassie Taylor) (2:51)
03. Tangoray (Feat. Hazel Miller) (3:47)
04. I Just Wanna Make Love To You (Feat. Cassie Taylor) (3:21)
05. Same Old Blues (Feat. Cassie Taylor) (3:13)
06. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water (Feat. Cassie Taylor & Mickey Thomas) (3:41)
07. Big Boss Man (Feat. Hazel Miller) (3:32)
08. Fine Cadillac (Feat. Eric Gales & Cassie Taylor) (5:40)
09. Red Rooster (Feat. Mickey Thomas) (3:53)
10. 32-20 Blues (Feat. Cassie Taylor) (2:40)
11. Get Me A Car (Feat. Mickey Thomas) (2:05)
12. Honest I Do (Feat. Cassie Taylor) (3:47)

The second edition of what started out as a jam session and meeting of the minds, The Blues Masters series has become a living tribute to two of the participants who have since passed on. Convened by Tim Tucker and Mickey Thomas the Blues Masters sessions pair up legendary blues men with upstart performers on an array of blues classics to show off the talents of young and old alike.

For this second album piano man Pinetop Perkins and Howling Wolf sideman guitarist Hubert Sumlin where asked to join in the fun but sadly both legends passed on before the album’s release and thus their memory is now given tribute here with love and respect. Sensational vocalist Cassie Taylor is featured on several of the albums tracks, displaying her hyper sexual attack on classics “Bring It Home To Me,” and “I Just Want To Make Love To You.”

Mickey Thomas nearly blows all his pipes out as he wails on the Willie Dixon standard “Little Red Rooster.” Two hidden gems are revealed on the heavy duty shuffle “Tangoray,” a great tune written by Keith Richards and Johnnie Johnson and sung by underappreciated veteran diva Hazel Miller, who simply blows the roof off this one. Of note is also the fine harmonica playing of Doug Lynn and Drumming of Aynsley Dunbar throughout the album. And of course the guitar and piano playing from Pinetop and Sumlin is a master class on the blues. Thankfully we now have this last album session to remember they had what it takes right up to the end. ~Review by Rick J Bowen

The Bluesmasters Volume 2

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Album: The Bluesmasters Volume 3
Size: 96,7 MB
Time: 41:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Blues Rock, Harmonica Blues
Art: Front

01. Loving Man (4:33)
02. Can't Let You Go (4:11)
03. Up The Line (2:22)
04. Colorado Boogie (2:48)
05. Suspicious (4:42)
06. Good Time Woman (2:45)
07. Baby What You Want Me To Do (4:07)
08. Come Back Baby (3:21)
09. One I Need (5:04)
10. Baby Hold On (3:30)
11. If You Miss Me Baby (3:52)

Musicians:
Tim Tucker – Guitars
Larry Thompson – Drums
Doug Lynn – Harp
Kassidy Tucker – Bass and Backing Vocals
Hazel Miller – Vocals, Backing Vocals
Mickey Thomas – Vocals
Mitch Towne – B3 and Piano

Guest Musicians:
Ric Ulsky – B3 on “Up The Line” and “Baby What You Want Me To Do”
Aynsley Dunbar – Drums on “Up The Line”, “Baby What You Want Me To Do” and “Baby Hold On”
Hubert Sumlin – Additional Guitar – “Baby What You Want Me To Do”
Rusty Anderson – Additional Guitar on “Up The Line”
Eric Gales – Additional Guitar on “Good Time Woman” and “Come Back Baby”
Bob Birch – Additional Bass on “Baby Hold On”
Jake E. Lee – Additional Guitar on “Baby Hold On”

The Bluesmasters Volume 3

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