Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:22
Size: 100,1 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full
1. Two Hound Blues (6:35)
2. Bad Luck Soul (2:20)
3. 7th Avenue Blues (4:51)
4. Let The Good Times Roll (3:14)
5. Treat Your Baby Right (5:56)
6. Play The Honky Tonk (2:35)
7. Hard Times (2:59)
8. I'm In Love (2:28)
9. Blue Light Boogie (4:45)
10. Jailhouse Blues (7:33)
Richard Newell released his last album in early 2003 on Race Records, an independent record label in Hamilton, Ontario. It was a collaboration with saxophonist Sonny Del-Rio (a former Crowbar bandmate and long-standing friend), entitled Two Hound Blues. The album was a combination of six lost tracks from the 1981 King Biscuit Boy album, Biscuits 'n' Gravy, and the 2000 Sonny Del-Rio effort, 40 Years of Rock & Roll and All I Got's the Blues. For 2005, this work received the Hamilton Music Awards nomination for Best Blues Album.
King Biscuit Boy: Richard Newell grew up in Canada listening to the blues. He learned to play the harmonica as a teenager and joined the Barons in 1961, releasing a single called "Bottleneck." In 1966, Newell left the band (then renamed Son Richard & the Chessmen) to join the Midknights, but then began playing with Ronnie Hawkins, who nicknamed him King Biscuit Boy. After playing with Hawkins for two years, he joined Crowbar and released Official Music (as King Biscuit Boy & Crowbar) in 1970. He recorded solo material sporadically throughout the '70s and '80s (including 1982's Mouth of Steel and Richard Newell A.K.A. King Biscuit Boy in 1988). Poor health due to alcoholism stunted his career throughout the '90s and on January 5, 2003 Newell succumbed to the disease at his home in Hamilton, Ontario. /Bio by John Bush, AllMusic
Sonny Del-Rio: Born Nov. 23, 1943 in Hamilton, Canada, the legendary saxman began his storied career playing blues clubs in and around the Toronto area where he formed his life-long collaboration with the great Richard Newell (King Biscuit Boy) and eventually into the Juno-nominated rock band, Crowbar (best known for their hit record, Oh What a Feeling). A five-year stint with Arista recording artist, Ray Materick, followed. Afterwards, Sonny cut his first solo CD, 40 Years of Rock & Roll and all I got's the Blues. Voted Canada's Best Blues Sax Player in 1997 and 2003 by Real Blues Magazine, and with three solo CDs under his belt and a fourth on the way, the powerhouse vocalist/saxman continues to produce and impress.
(For personnel details, see artwork included.)
King Biscuit Boy: Richard Newell grew up in Canada listening to the blues. He learned to play the harmonica as a teenager and joined the Barons in 1961, releasing a single called "Bottleneck." In 1966, Newell left the band (then renamed Son Richard & the Chessmen) to join the Midknights, but then began playing with Ronnie Hawkins, who nicknamed him King Biscuit Boy. After playing with Hawkins for two years, he joined Crowbar and released Official Music (as King Biscuit Boy & Crowbar) in 1970. He recorded solo material sporadically throughout the '70s and '80s (including 1982's Mouth of Steel and Richard Newell A.K.A. King Biscuit Boy in 1988). Poor health due to alcoholism stunted his career throughout the '90s and on January 5, 2003 Newell succumbed to the disease at his home in Hamilton, Ontario. /Bio by John Bush, AllMusic
Sonny Del-Rio: Born Nov. 23, 1943 in Hamilton, Canada, the legendary saxman began his storied career playing blues clubs in and around the Toronto area where he formed his life-long collaboration with the great Richard Newell (King Biscuit Boy) and eventually into the Juno-nominated rock band, Crowbar (best known for their hit record, Oh What a Feeling). A five-year stint with Arista recording artist, Ray Materick, followed. Afterwards, Sonny cut his first solo CD, 40 Years of Rock & Roll and all I got's the Blues. Voted Canada's Best Blues Sax Player in 1997 and 2003 by Real Blues Magazine, and with three solo CDs under his belt and a fourth on the way, the powerhouse vocalist/saxman continues to produce and impress.
(For personnel details, see artwork included.)
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