Mike Gallemore - Music Man

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:20
Size: 122.1 MB
Styles: Electric Chicago blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[4:18] 1. Music Man
[3:30] 2. Life's A Bitch
[5:03] 3. Chicago
[5:45] 4. Can't Keep A Good Man Down
[2:56] 5. Half Steppin'
[4:01] 6. Same For Me, Same For You
[4:06] 7. She's So Fine
[3:48] 8. Black Magic
[6:44] 9. What If Something Happens
[4:29] 10. I Need A Pretty Woman
[4:22] 11. Don't Mess With Texas
[4:14] 12. If I Didn't Love You (Feat. Fernando Jones)

Mike Gallemore is a true Music Man, of the Southside of Chicago variety. Blues man, for sure. His first CD features Pat Doody on drums, Biscuit Miller on bass, Rusty Hall on keyboards, and guest vocalist Fernando Jones on a couple of cuts. Mike's guitar and lead vocals are right-on in the straightforward opener, "Music Man," and they just don't stop. Music Man is a full-tilt blues record, high energy with "Life's a Bitch," and when Mike rips into "Chicago," it's worthy of comparison to classic odes to the City of Big Shoulders like "Sweet Home Chicago." When Mike and company slow it down on "What If Something Happens," I can just see couples doing an intimate, slow and close box-step on a crowded dancefloor. The set closes with a hyperactive "If I Didn't Love You," with Fernando Jones on lead vocals. Music Man is a high energy ride, Chicago blues style. ~ Eric Steiner

Music Man

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VA - Bongo Boy Records Backroom Blues Vol. 5

Size: 183,4 MB
Time: 78:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01 Mike Gallemore - Fantasy (4:22)
02 Big Chris & D'bare Bones Band - Girl In The Window (3:38)
03 Bob Birthisel - Blues Conversation (5:40)
04 Inches From Sin - Can't Help Me Now (3:54)
05 Katje Rieckermann - Buckaroo (5:13)
06 Bob, John & Kevin - I've Seen The Light (3:40)
07 Barb Maxey - Since I First Met You (3:23)
08 Slim Chance & The Gamblers - The Last To Know (5:20)
09 Hooyoosay - Down Home Girl (3:14)
10 Johnny Charles - Stinger (3:11)
11 Bobby Rue - Leave The Past Behind You (4:44)
12 Blind Dawg Ben Miller - Blues Put Da Devil In Me (3:15)
13 Buck69 - The Best Place (4:00)
14 Revis Johnson - My Gun (4:39)
15 Bob, John & Kevin - 9 To 5 Prison (4:31)
16 Bobby Rue - Old Sneaker Blues (5:07)
17 Big Bone Daddy - All My Time (5:09)
18 The Yardbirds - Sitting On Top Of The World (Live) (5:36)

Bongo Boy Records Backroom Blues Vol. 5

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VA - Bongo Boy Records Backroom Blues, Vol. 4

Size: 113,2 MB
Time: 48:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01 Jim Labos - The Blues Will Never Die (4:51)
02 Devin Leigh - Searching For The Truth (2:59)
03 Buck69 - Dead End Road (4:02)
04 Mike Gallemore - Ride That Train (4:12)
05 Greg Guba - Way Past Blue (3:47)
06 Big Bone Daddy - Got It (3:24)
07 Jon Montgomery & The Exile Blues Band - I Ain't Got Nobody (4:52)
08 Plainfield Slim - I Found A Woman (3:01)
09 Robert Slap - Modern Medicine (3:29)
10 Big Bone Daddy - Down Low (2:45)
11 Dana Gaynor Band - Tip My Hat To The Maker (2:39)
12 Wood Shampoo - I Love You Mummy (3:16)
13 Vin Matteo - Your Spell (5:11)

Another Volume to add to your Blues and Blues based Rock collection. Backroom Blues Volume Four is also definitely worthy of inclusion in any serious collector’s stash.

Bongo Boy Records Backroom Blues, Vol. 4

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Mike Gallemore - Living With The Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:53
Size: 105.1 MB
Styles: Electric Chicago blues
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[3:39] 1. Living With The Blues
[4:58] 2. City Limits
[3:41] 3. Mind Control
[4:11] 4. It's Over
[3:30] 5. Ain't That A Bitch
[4:24] 6. Get Ya Some
[3:38] 7. Let Me Love You
[3:22] 8. No Difference
[5:24] 9. Remember Bbking
[4:10] 10. Ride That Train
[4:50] 11. Steppin' Out

Mike Gallemore is a well known veteran songwriter and musician of the Chicago Blues scene Mike has worked, played and traveled with many blues artist including: The Kinsey Report, Carl Weathersby, Billy Branch, The Sons of the Blues, Sam Cockrell and the Groove, Lonnie Brooks, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Biscuit Miller, Shirley King, Jimmy Johnson, The Legendary Sam Lay, Floyd Miles of the Gregg Allman Band, Buddy Miles of The Band of Gypsies. He has also fronted his own band “Red Hot and Blue” which frequently headlined Chicago Blues clubs such as Buddy Guy’s Legends and Koko Taylor’s on West Division.

In 1998 he released a solo effort entitled “Music Man” to rave reviews but continued to appear with many other artists as a guest on recordings or as a supporting member of their road bands. Mike relocated to the East Coast in 2003 where he continues to perform in Blues circles and beyond with his band The Bad Hands of New Jersey. The Bad Hands are pushing the limits of the Blues and are quickly making a name for themselves on the East Coast music scene with their brand of Funk/Rock/Blues. In June of 2013 they released their first EP.

Living With The Blues

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