Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:30
Size: 116,6 MB
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full
1. Ashima (4:42)
2. Blues As I Can Be (5:17)
3. Good Kokamaloo (6:37)
4. Lonesome Hotel (8:00)
5. Funky Slide (5:53)
6. Henk's Baby (4:20)
7. Leulen (5:12)
8. Woman Trouble (4:38)
9. Late Midnight (5:50)
Stormy Monday, based in the Ruhr district, are not just a band accompanying two American blues giants. They mould the music; they give shape to the songs. Ten years of experience playing the blues have enabled them to perform a Chicago style close to the roots. Their line up of a three piece horn section allows them to widen the boundaries towards the neighboring styles of popular Black music, to r&b, rock, funk and reggae.
It all began with "Ashima" which sort of forms the nucleus of these tracks. It is an old song of Red's, previously unrecorded. Stormy Monday were recording at Studio 55 and Red, who they had frequently toured with in recent years, was invited to sit in as a special guest. He was on tour with Carey Bell, so he brought him (and the harmonica) along to the record session. The unexpected result is not only a fine reggae version of "Ashima" but a complete album! All tracks were recorded live at the studio, just a few guitar solos and the horns were dubbed later.
Stormy Monday & Louisiana Red meet Carey Bell - this is the meeting of two outstanding blues men, as much rooted in the tradition as headed for the new, and a dynamic European band that has found a fresh and contemporary approach to the blues. /Excerpt from the liner notes by Berthold Klostermann
(For personnel details, see artwork included.)
It all began with "Ashima" which sort of forms the nucleus of these tracks. It is an old song of Red's, previously unrecorded. Stormy Monday were recording at Studio 55 and Red, who they had frequently toured with in recent years, was invited to sit in as a special guest. He was on tour with Carey Bell, so he brought him (and the harmonica) along to the record session. The unexpected result is not only a fine reggae version of "Ashima" but a complete album! All tracks were recorded live at the studio, just a few guitar solos and the horns were dubbed later.
Stormy Monday & Louisiana Red meet Carey Bell - this is the meeting of two outstanding blues men, as much rooted in the tradition as headed for the new, and a dynamic European band that has found a fresh and contemporary approach to the blues. /Excerpt from the liner notes by Berthold Klostermann
(For personnel details, see artwork included.)
Live At 55 mc
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