Showing posts with label Mick Ralphs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mick Ralphs. Show all posts

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Mick Ralphs Blues Band - If It Ain't Broke

Time: 39:24
Size: 90.2 MB
Source: LL
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues-Rock Rockin' Blues
Released: 2016
Covers: Full

1. I Don’t Care {4:28}
2. Shakey Ground {3:47}
3. Talk To Your Daughter {4:13}
4. Just A Little Bit {3:16}
5. Nothing's Gonna Stop Me {2:53}
6. Same Old Blues {4:26}
7. Too Bad {4:19}
8. Everytime I Roll The Dice {4:01}
9. Well Connected {4:11}
10. Going Down {3:46}

For someone so instantly recognized as a rock guitar icon in his own right, Mick Ralphs has never really shown the public the influences on his playing. That is until now … that is until he was able to form The Mick Ralphs Blues Band. Mick’s heroes – Steve Cropper, Freddie King, all loved playing in clubs and Mick needed to get back there too. In 2011, between Mott The Hoople and Bad Company tours, Mick found himself at the legendary Nags Head music venue in High Wycombe. Joining the house band on stage for a few numbers, Mick did what he’s always done – played tasty, economical guitar solos with his trusty Les Paul, to the gathered crowd. It’s what he’s always done – what he’s renowned for.

From small acorns grew The Mick Ralphs Blues Band. Not formed just to trade on a name. Not formed just to play a set of classic tunes by one of its members (lest we forget Mr Ralphs is STILL a member of Mott The Hoople AND Bad Company.) This band was formed out of a respect for a genre of music that has influenced all its members. Of course the band tip their hat to a few of those solid gold tunes but the band has its own identity, its own feel.

Most fans have seen Mick Ralphs at a distance. In stadiums around the world. In huge venues where he is part of that elite “Rock Star” club. With his latest project, Mick gets back to his roots. You won’t see banks of Marshalls; you’ll see a beautifully battered and beaten combo. You’ll see a guitar great up close and personal, coaxing notes from his guitar, with passion, with love but still with a glimmer of fun in his eye.

If It Ain't Broke

Thursday, August 25, 2016

Mick Ralphs Blues Band - Should Know Better: Live At The Musician

Size: 100,6 MB
Time: 34:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Should Know Better (Live) (4:03)
02. Born Under A Bad Sign (Live) (4:08)
03. Just A Little Bit Of Your Love (Live) (4:53)
04. Shame Shame Shame (Live) (5:02)
05. Evil (Live) (5:46)
06. Well Connected (Live) (5:01)
07. Big River (Live) (5:22)

The new album from Bad Company and Mott The Hoople guitar legend Mick Ralphs, with his brand new blues band. Many classic rock guitarists release blues albums. As they get older, they want to explore their roots. So they find some friends, select a few blues standards and have fun in the studio for a few hours. But Mick Ralphs wanted to do more than that. He wanted to play the blues live, with a band created specially as a blues unit - not just a pick-up band. Also, he wanted to write new songs, not just play his favourites. As a result, he has created a fresh new band, even though he still tours with the two legendary bands he formed in the 1960's and 70's: Mott The Hoople and Bad Company. The Mick Ralphs Blues Band is Mick Ralphs, guitar; Son Maxwell, vocals and harmonica; Jim Maving, guitar; Dicky Baldwin, bass; Adam Perry, drums. The band has been touring the UK and Europe for two years and has now recorded its first album: "Should Know Better". "Should Know Better" is a live album, recorded at The Musician club in Leicester, England, in April 2013.

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