Showing posts with label Pete Karnes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pete Karnes. Show all posts

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Pete Karnes Blues Band - Bar Room Blues (Live at the White Eagle Saloon)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:50
Size: 175.9 MB
Styles: Harmonica blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[4:55] 1. I'm Ready
[6:38] 2. How Did We Let It Go This Far
[7:11] 3. Help Me
[6:36] 4. Rayma's Song
[5:18] 5. Boogie All Night
[5:46] 6. Framed
[4:39] 7. Play With Your Poodle
[5:04] 8. Chicken Shack
[2:50] 9. Ain't Nobody's Business
[5:37] 10. All Your Love I Miss Lovin'
[3:57] 11. Mama Talk To Your Daughter
[3:32] 12. South Of The Border
[6:29] 13. My Last Meal
[4:09] 14. Back Door Man
[4:00] 15. Little By Little

Pete Karnes is a blues harp player, comitted to the Chicago Blues, member of the Blues Hall of Fame and long years in the business. Born in Pigget (Arkansas ), grew up in Ann Arbor (Michigan). As a teenager he moved to Detroit.

Pete’s family was Blues affine. He started his professional career as a musician in the 60s. Lightning Slim, Carey Bell, and Big Walter Horten promoted him. He played with B.B. King, Big Walter Horton, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, Robert Lockwood, JB Hutto, Lightning Slim and Charlie Musselwhite and many other Blues greats . Mid-eighties, he ended his music career to devote himself to the family. The late nineties he became seriously ill, but since 2006 has been active again.

Now he has recorded a new album. It is one of the albums you like to listen, to listen a second time and suddenly you realize that it is often on the turntable. This is possible if a musician plays in the certainty that he really can and no one has to prove anything more. Pete Karnes does not require twenty Harps to play. I suppose, that he has the pieces mostly played with one instrument.
There is no demonstration of electronic overkill - a musician, his harp, a microphone and his voice must meet - and they do fully . Pete’s warm, resonant voice fits perfectly to the songs.

Bar Room Blues mc
Bar Room Blues zippy

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Pete Karnes Blues Band - I'm Still Here

Size: 120,1 MB
Time: 51:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Harmonica Blues, Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. I Love My Baby (4:34)
02. Play With Your Poodle (5:40)
03. Rayma's Song (4:38)
04. That Ain't Right (5:50)
05. South Of The Border (4:39)
06. Looking For A Woman (4:58)
07. Boogie Time (4:54)
08. My Family (6:47)
09. Lil' Jazzy (6:12)
10. Bicycle Man (3:41)

Blues Hall of Fame harmonica master Pete Karnes played with many of the Legends, Big Walter Horton, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, Robert Lockwood, J.B. Hutto, Lightning Slim – you can hear the authenticity in his voice and playing.

I've been enjoying listening to Pete's latest recording. I still remember the good ol' days when we would play together when he lived in Portland. So, if you like straight ahead, no-nonsense, blue-collar, low down harp blues you'll enjoy Pete's harp and vocals on this recording like I do. I liked the one dedicated to Rayma and the latin instrumental reminded me a lot of Big Walter. -Charlie Musselwhite

I'm Still Here