Jeff Beck - 2 albums: Live At The Hollywood Bowl (2-Disc Set) / Rock 'N' Roll Party

Album: Live At The Hollywood Bowl (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:33
Size: 106.6 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[3:31] 1. The Revolution Will Be Televised (Feat. Rosie Bones)
[2:29] 2. Over Under Sideways Down (Feat. Jimmy Hall & Todd O'keefe
[1:50] 3. Heart Full Of Soul (Feat. Jimmy Hall & Todd O'keefe)
[2:37] 4. For Your Love (Feat. Jimmy Hall & Todd O'keefe)
[3:24] 5. Beck's Bolero
[5:29] 6. Medley Rice Pudding/Morning Dew(Feat. Jimmy Hall)
[5:01] 7. Freeway Jam (Feat. Jan Hammer)
[2:48] 8. You Never Know (Feat. Jan Hammer)
[3:57] 9. Cause We've Ended As Lovers (Feat. Jan Hammer)
[5:57] 10. Star Cycle (Feat. Jan Hammer)
[4:22] 11. Blue Wind (Feat. Jan Hammer)
[5:06] 12. Big Block

Live At The Hollywood Bowl (Disc 1)

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Album: Live At The Hollywood Bowl (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:11
Size: 105.7 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[7:06] 1. I'd Rather Go Blind (Feat. Beth Hart & Jan Hammer)
[4:36] 2. Let Me Love You (Feat. Buddy Guy)
[4:22] 3. Live In The Dark (Feat. Rosie Bones)
[6:22] 4. Scared For The Children (Feat. Rosie Bones)
[5:11] 5. Rough Boy (Feat. Billy Gibbons)
[3:23] 6. Train Kept A-Rollin' (Feat. Steven Tyler)
[3:05] 7. Shapes Of Things (Feat. Steven Tyler)
[5:23] 8. A Day In The Life
[6:39] 9. Purple Rain (Feat. Jan Hammer, Beth Hart, Rosie Bones, Jimmy Hall & Steven Tyler)

As fashionable as concert sit-ins have come to be in recent years, such guesting can be the bane of the live performance. So often it is the case that such invitees can interrupts the flow and/or momentum rather than nurturing it. However, Jeff Beck's August 2016 celebration in Los Angeles of his fiftieth anniversary is the exception to that rule: the stream of diverse personnel is of a piece with the stylistic history the event represents.

Live at the Hollywood Bowl is quite likely everything the attendee would want to hear at one of the British guitarist's shows. Likewise, the guests that populate the roster and share the stage with the icon of the instrument are all those a fan would hope for, but not expect to see in a single setting. ~Doug Collette

Live At The Hollywood Bowl (Disc 2)

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Album: Rock 'n' Roll Party
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:57
Size: 141.8 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[2:06] 1. Double Talkin' Baby (Feat. Darrel Higham)
[2:14] 2. Cruisin' (Feat. Darrel Higham)
[2:36] 3. The Train It Kept A Rollin' (Feat. Darrel Higham)
[2:47] 4. Cry Me A River (Feat. Imelda May And Jason Rebello)
[2:11] 5. How High The Moon (Feat. Imelda May)
[2:24] 6. Sitting On Top Of The World (Feat. Imelda May)
[2:12] 7. Bye Bye Blues (Feat. Imelda May)
[2:21] 8. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise (Feat. Imelda May)
[2:58] 9. Vaya Con Dios (Feat. Imelda May)
[2:23] 10. Mockingbird Hill (Feat. Imelda May)
[2:59] 11. I'm A Fool To Care (Feat. Imelda May)
[2:22] 12. Tiger Rag (Feat. Imelda May)
[4:49] 13. Peter Gunn (Feat. Jason Rebello And Trombone Shorty)
[3:38] 14. Rocking Is Our Business (Feat. Darrel Highham, Jason Rebello And Trombone Shorty)
[3:07] 15. Apache
[2:51] 16. Sleepwalk
[4:35] 17. New Orleans (Feat. Gary U.S. Bonds And Jason Rebello)
[4:39] 18. Walking In The Sand
[4:54] 19. Please Mr. Jailor (Feat. Imelda May)
[3:41] 20. Twenty Flight Rock (Feat. Brian Setzer)

Jeff Beck paid fitting tribute to Les Paul last summer, celebrating what would have been the pioneering guitarist's 95th birthday by playing his friend and mentor's music, along with classic tunes from the era, in the same Times Square nightclub that Les Paul played every Monday for 14 years, before his death in August 2009.

Sponsored by Gibson Guitar and billed as 'A Celebration of Les Paul,' Jeff Beck was joined by The Imelda May Band at the Iridium Jazz Club on June 9th, 2010. The two-time Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductee mesmerized the star-studded audience with a tour de force performance of classics that Paul recorded with Mary Ford, 'How High The Moon,' 'Vaya Con Dios' and 'Mockin' Bird Hill,' along with such rock and roll standards as 'Twenty Flight Rock' and 'Walking In The Sand.'

Following this release, Beck will take the 'Rock And Roll Party' on the road for a short U.S. tour. Beck will once again be backed by The Imelda May Band and its enchanting singer, Imelda May, who joined Beck on stage at the 2010 Grammy® Awards for a spot-on rendition of Paul's 'How High The Moon.'

PBS will give fans a first look at a unique edition of this performance with the premiere of 'Jeff Beck Honors Les Paul,' a concert special that captures the first night of 'The Celebration to Honor Les Paul,' which was recorded on June 9, 2010, what would have been Les Paul's 95th birthday. Special guest performers included Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews, Gary U.S. Bonds and Brian Setzer, who traded riffs with Beck on Eddie Cochran's rockabilly classic 'Twenty Flight Rock.'

Rock 'n' Roll Party

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Steven Tyler - We're All Somebody From Somewhere

Released: 2016
Size: 127.2 MB
Time: 54:36
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles:Classic Rock, Blues Rock
Art: Front

1. My Own Worst Enemy [5:11]
2. Were All Somebody From Somewhere [2:57]
3. Hold On (Wont Let Go) [2:53]
4. It Aint Easy [4:05]
5. Love Is Your Name [3:30]
6. I Make My Own Sunshine [3:01]
7. Gypsy Girl [4:29]
8. Somebody New [4:11]
9. Only Heaven [3:24]
10. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly And Me [3:28]
11. Red, White & You [3:02]
12. Sweet Louisiana [3:02]
13. What Am I Doin Right? [3:25]
14. Janie's Got A Gun [3:29]
15. Piece Of My Heart [4:22]

There’s something in Steven Tyler‘s debut solo album, We’re All Somebody From Somewhere, for everyone – the die-hard Aerosmith fan, the adventurous Tyler fan and the fan fearing the worst from this country-informed project.

If you’re looking for a hint of the cheeky lecherousness that powered Aerosmith’s best early songs, head straight for the title track. There’s also a slow-burn take on the band’s 1989 hit “Janie’s Got a Gun,” which emphasizes the song’s notoriously dark subject matter. And “Only Heaven” gamely attempts to revive Aerosmith’s power-ballad prowess from the same era.

Too often, though, We’re All Somebody From Somewhere stumbles over Nashville’s worst impulses, trading Tyler’s considerable strengths for a down-home – occasionally even corn-pone – earnestness. Songs like “Somebody New,” “Red, White and You” and “Sweet Louisiana,” alternatively defined by heartland instrumentation and truck-commercial sentimentality, only serve to file down all of Tyler’s edges. Worse are “Love Is Your Name” and “I Make My Own Sunshine,” which sound like Music Row rejects. A cover of “Piece of My Heart” provides better source material, but, once again, the setting seems to push Tyler into a gravely sincere approach that drains all the drama from the song.

As such, Tyler is at his best here when he focuses on blending those two impulses, adding a rootsy undertow to the familiar Aerosmith sound. “My Own Worst Enemy,” the album’s episodic opener, is perhaps the perfect example. He also unleashes a thunderous, blues-drenched performance on the harp during the Jeff Beck-ish “Hold On (Don’t Let Go).” The former — which includes the lyric, “I could blame Jesus, I could blame Momma, I could blame Brahma for all the bull that’s in my head” — shows Tyler has lost none of his way with a winking lyric either.

It’s a fine line to walk though, perhaps especially for someone in velvet boots.

We're All Somebody From Somewhere

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