Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:10
Size: 135.5 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front
[4:41] 1. Doin' Bad, Feelin' Good
[4:16] 2. I Can't Hold Out
[7:06] 3. (I've Really Got To Use My) Imagination
[5:03] 4. Tonight's The Night
[0:15] 5. Cue Legally Cambridge
[3:38] 6. Black & White
[4:22] 7. Like An Angel To Me
[6:54] 8. My Funny Valentine
[4:10] 9. Angel Girl
[3:16] 10. I Don't Need No Doctor
[4:01] 11. North St. Shuffle
[3:32] 12. Fire Light
[4:02] 13. Bbq Blues
[3:47] 14. Spin Doctor
Michael Barclay brings his Blue Eyed Blues to the table this year. He plays some mean guitar licks and sounds like the prototypical bluesman, and at times he is so expressive and heavy he sounds like the old black blues players. Barclay offers up 16 solid tracks of spicy and red-hot blues-rock, the kind that starts a fire that never goes out. I mean this does not let up for second on the entire recording.
The album has a great kickoff song that typifies the blues; “Give It To Me Straight” sings the blues about a lover gone astray. Then “A Diary of the Blues (All the Prayin' in the World)” is another sad but funny rocker, as the man singing, who happens to be Barclay (this is autobiographical by the way), laments about his wife divorcing him and his girlfriend leaving town. Sounds like the blues came pouring down on him in this instance because of his own doing, but there is always a guitar to pick up and a saloon around the corner to make it all go away, yes sir this is da blues. “Stinky” and “NY Blues” are great instrumental tracks that give you an opportunity to appreciate the well-honed chops of everyone in the band, not to take away their equal expertise on the vocal tracks of course. “NY Blues,” which features Barclay playing all the instruments on the track, is a slow cooker, with some funky up front bass and stinging guitar licks; it is surely one of the best cuts on the album but far too short-lived. There is something special about an all-instrumental number; it allows you to focus in on the music without having to think about anything else. These are just a few highlights of a CD jam-packed with them. ~ Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck
The album has a great kickoff song that typifies the blues; “Give It To Me Straight” sings the blues about a lover gone astray. Then “A Diary of the Blues (All the Prayin' in the World)” is another sad but funny rocker, as the man singing, who happens to be Barclay (this is autobiographical by the way), laments about his wife divorcing him and his girlfriend leaving town. Sounds like the blues came pouring down on him in this instance because of his own doing, but there is always a guitar to pick up and a saloon around the corner to make it all go away, yes sir this is da blues. “Stinky” and “NY Blues” are great instrumental tracks that give you an opportunity to appreciate the well-honed chops of everyone in the band, not to take away their equal expertise on the vocal tracks of course. “NY Blues,” which features Barclay playing all the instruments on the track, is a slow cooker, with some funky up front bass and stinging guitar licks; it is surely one of the best cuts on the album but far too short-lived. There is something special about an all-instrumental number; it allows you to focus in on the music without having to think about anything else. These are just a few highlights of a CD jam-packed with them. ~ Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck
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Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:42
Size: 143.6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2005
Art: Front
[4:52] 1. Give It To Me Straight
[4:06] 2. Drown In My Own Tears
[4:10] 3. Mama's Cadillac
[4:24] 4. Desperate Man
[3:49] 5. Orphan
[3:21] 6. A Diary Of The Blues
[3:03] 7. Maintenance Man
[5:51] 8. Old Love
[2:50] 9. Stinky
[3:45] 10. My Pretty Angel
[3:47] 11. Shake It Loose
[3:16] 12. Nylons And Heels
[4:50] 13. Just Can't Quit The Blues
[4:07] 14. The Shoe Is On The Other Foot
[3:11] 15. My Blues
[3:15] 16. Who's Stalkin' Who
The band is one of Northern California's most talented and experienced blues outfits. Michael's arrangements and compositions, as well as choices of blues standards, has always been a cut above. Check out Louise, an old Howlin' Wolf tune on 'Soul Patch'.
He produced the most recent recordings of the late Pattie Santos (It's a Beautiful Day). Michael was a featured performer at: The Russian River Blues Festival; The Sonoma County Blues Festival in 1998 and 2006. The band was featured with Disney superstar, Myra, at First Night Santa Rosa. Recently, Michael signed a contract and completed the production of a blues themes album for The Hollywood Edge, a TV and cinema music library. And more recently contracted with Platinum Music in England for a few more tunes.
He produced the most recent recordings of the late Pattie Santos (It's a Beautiful Day). Michael was a featured performer at: The Russian River Blues Festival; The Sonoma County Blues Festival in 1998 and 2006. The band was featured with Disney superstar, Myra, at First Night Santa Rosa. Recently, Michael signed a contract and completed the production of a blues themes album for The Hollywood Edge, a TV and cinema music library. And more recently contracted with Platinum Music in England for a few more tunes.
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