Myles Goodwyn - Myles Goodwyn And Friends Of The Blues 2

Size: 134,0 MB
Time: 57:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Hip Hip (4:57)
02. Like A Dog Ain't Had It's Day (3:15)
03. All Over Now (3:59)
04. You Got It Bad (3:00)
05. Fish Tank Blues (5:57)
06. Speedo (Revisted) (3:49)
07. Daddy Needs New Shoes (4:39)
08. Being Good (Won't Do Us Any Good Tonight) (Feat. Angel Forrest) (4:07)
09. I Love My Guitar (6:44)
10. Help Me Baby (3:16)
11. When Your Ship Came In (I Was At The Train Station Drinking) (2:31)
12. Sick And Tired (Of Being Sick And Tired Over You) (4:18)
13. I Saw Someone That Wasn't There (And It Was You) (3:41)
14. Even Singing Cowboys Get The Blues (2:51)

Myles Goodwyn has been busy: celebrating the 50th Anniversary of his band April Wine at the Ex in August, an appearance with his blues band at the Southside Shuffle and now with the release of his second blues album. Friends of the Blues 2 does carry on from the first volume in format with a star-filled list of Friends but has even better songs than that JUNO-nominated album. Most of the songs feature Russ Billard on keys, JR Smith on drums and Bruce Dixon on bass. They supply excellent support for Goodwyn and his cast of Friends. Special mention should be made of Reeny Smith and Lisa MacDougall as these two wonderful singers supply background vocals on many of the songs. The opener is a rocking delight: in “Hip Hip”, Goodwyn recalls his introduction to the blues travelling through the states as a young man, name checking Buddy Guy and with an absolutely superb piano part played by Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne. A creative arrangement graces the Womack’s “All Over Now”, making it rather different from the Stones’ version you might remember. This one has a solid harp solo from Mike “Shrimp Daddy” Reid who hasn’t been heard from much since his move to the east. “You Got it Bad” channels Sonny and Brownie in a well-sung leaving song featuring Matt Andersen on acoustic guitar and Dewey Reeds on harmonica. “Fish Tank Blues” is built on an especially raunchy slide guitar part by Halifax guitarist Will Van Hansolo but little else. “Daddy Needs New Shoes” is a great little rocker featuring Jack Semple on guitar and John Campbelljohn on slide – Daddy is sending the wife out to work. “Being Good” starts with a slow introduction by Angel Forrest before the band kicks in with Goodwyn’s verse. Angel returns and Martin Davidson gets a nice sax solo – a marvelous duet performance. “I Love my Guitar” is exactly what it says: no guests, just Goodwyn celebrating and playing. His romping “Help Me Baby”, is a jump blues that features Joe Murphy on harp and Bill Stevenson on piano, Montreal’s Steve Segal solos on electric guitar. The acoustic “When Your Ship Came In (I Was at the Airport Drinking) features Jack de Keyzer on bottleneck and Sherman Doucette on harmonica – our narrator has a problem. “I Saw Someone That Wasn’t There (And it Was You)” has David Gogo as the featured lead guitarist – his partner is long gone but not for him. Goodwyn’s Friends all contribute to making topflight albums for you to listen to at home but the fine players from the Maritimes he brings with him for live shows are special too. ~John's Blues Picks

Myles Goodwyn And Friends Of The Blues 2

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Incognito - Bittersweet

Year: 1997
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:29
Size: 128,7 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Pull That Love (5:18)
2. Honey Bee (4:08)
3. Si Senorita (5:39)
4. Cotton To Chicago (3:55)
5. Time To Heal (5:04)
6. Funky Thing (4:04)
7. Love Will Shine (3:21)
8. Bittersweet (4:02)
9. Where Are You (6:40)
10. Baby That's The Way Love Goes (4:16)
11. Snowblind (4:12)
12. Boogie Man's Brew (4:45)

In 20 years of rocking the west coast, Incognito has earned its reputation in the upper echelon of Vancouver's sizzling R&B scene. With four CD's and countless miles of touring on the clock, this skin-tight blues machine just keeps gathering steam.

Incognito came together in 1984 under the leadership of blues guitar prodigy Rob Montogmery and westcoast harmonica legend Sherman Doucette. Together they recruited arguably the best blues rhythm section on the coast: Bob Woods from the Matt Minglewood Band, and Bob Popowich from 6 Cylinder. Incognito was an immediate hit with their hard driving boogie, and rocking blues style.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Incognito - Blues Alive!

Year: 1995
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:57
Size: 159,6 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Checkin' Up On My Baby (4:44)
2. Funky Thing (4:39)
3. You Don't Have To Go (4:22)
4. Driftin' And Driftin' (7:53)
5. Caldonia (5:02)
6. Train Comin' (4:39)
7. Born In Chicago (3:57)
8. Little Red Rooster (5:39)
9. Worried About My Baby (4:09)
10. Homework (4:00)
11. Turn On Your Lovelight (4:21)
12. Blue Angel (5:46)
13. Good Man (4:48)
14. Sweet Home Chicago (4:53)

In 20 years of rocking the west coast, Incognito has earned its reputation in the upper echelon of Vancouver's sizzling R&B scene. With four CD's and countless miles of touring on the clock, this skin-tight blues machine just keeps gathering steam.

Incognito came together in 1984 under the leadership of blues guitar prodigy Rob Montogmery and westcoast harmonica legend Sherman Doucette. Together they recruited arguably the best blues rhythm section on the coast: Bob Woods from the Matt Minglewood Band, and Bob Popowich from 6 Cylinder. Incognito was an immediate hit with their hard driving boogie, and rocking blues style.

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Sherman Doucette - Blowin' Through Town

Year: 2009
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:21
Size: 116,3 MB
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Dig A Little Deeper (3:55)
2. Cotton To Chicago (4:19)
3. Gator Stew (3:07)
4. Need A Little More Love (4:25)
5. Cold Steel (4:05)
6. Blue Smoke (5:20)
7. Love Will Shine (3:03)
8. New Sheriff (3:27)
9. Two To Tangle (4:08)
10. Power Of The Blues (4:13)
11. Blowin' Through Town (2:55)
12. BB Boogie (2:56)
13. Blues For Christmas (Bonus) (4:24)

Sherman (Tank) Doucette, bluesman singer/harmonica player. Born December 6, 1953, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada. Sherman's natural ear for music began developing at an early age. There were many musical nights of singing and dancing at the Doucette's home when he was a young boy. Family, friends and neighbours would come to join in the fun. His father played the guitar and the banjo, his brother played the guitar and his grandfather played the fiddle & harmonica. His mother, sisters and aunts all sang and danced.

Sherman left home at fifteen with a harmonica and a twenty dollar bill in his pocket bound for the west coast to Vancouver, British Columbia. It was there that he discovered the Chicago blues style on an album featuring Muddy Waters, Junior Wells and James Cotton. He soon began singing and playing in a series of local blues bands. By the age of seventeen, he had developed a style of playing greatly influenced by the late great Paul Butterfield.

It wasn't long before he was performing with the best bands in Vancouver. On numerous occasions he had the great privilege of sharing the stage with such greats as legendary players as John Lee Hooker, Albert Collins, Sonny Land Slim (Andrew Luandrew), Pinetop Perkins, and several shows with old friends Jim Byrnes, Long John Baldry and Powder Blues Band.

In 1977, he amazingly survived a massive explosion in a lumber mill which left him in the hospital for six months recovering from burns to over 50 % of his body. Sherman really earned the name "Tank" after this fight for life. Now more determined than ever, he embraced his true calling and began focusing all of his time and energy on his music.

Three years later, Tank formed his own blues band, "Incognito". The band was at the forefront of the Vancouver music scene. They released three independent CD recordings toured extensively across Canada. Sherman also began making guest appearances with other groups, composing and recording jingles in the recording studio, and collecting harmonicas.

Notably, he possess quite an impressive antique harmonica collection with over seven hundred antique harmonicas all shapes & sizes with bells and trumpets, many of which date back to circa 1910. Some of his treasured instruments can be seen on his On-line Harptown Harmonica Museum which he proudly displays in beautiful show cases in his home office. Today he proudly calls the Okanagan home with his band, TANKful of Blues - performing/recording, captured live and on CDs. The Tank continues to perform with all the passion and conviction few can deliver - anyone who has seen him perform will agree he puts on an incredible show.

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