Lothar, Nande, Schack - Walk Right In

Size: 114.8 MB
Time: 49:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. Walk Right In (3:42)
02. Get Right Church (3:21)
03. I Be's Troubled (4:20)
04. Mellow Down Easy (3:52)
05. High Sheriff Blues (4:21)
06. Grab A Root An' Growl (4:10)
07. You Gotta Move (3:58)
08. Ain't Too Old (4:31)
09. Liquor Store Blues (5:05)
10. Rhythm & Rails (3:10)
11. You Can't Get That Stuff Nomore (8:25)

Walk Right In is a musical invitation to forget your troubles and have a mighty good time. The album was recorded live at Mik Schack’s house in an informal concert setting that included friends, family, neighbors, children and pets. The performances on Walk Right In were spontaneous jams: Guitarist Tim Lothar and harpman Peter Nande delivered the vocals and assorted percussion, while Mik Schack engaged washboard, cymbal and woodblock to sustain the locomotion. Svante Sjöblom Vrak added banjolin and lap steel on two tracks. The performances were fueled by the welcoming vibe, the warm breezes from the garden, and a couple of kegs of beer, compliments of the microbrewery Midtfyns Bryghus! Unless you’re a musician, as you listen you may not even notice the marvelous technique within the performances – dig Nande’s harp tone on Little Walter’s “Mellow Down Easy.” Catch Lothar’s lithe rhythm variations on the Gus Cannon title track. Ease back and enjoy Schack work out on Tampa Red’s “You Can’t Get That Stuff No More.” Who says you can’t? It’s right here. Enjoy!

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Tim Lothar, Peter Nande - Two For The Road

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:08
Size: 85.0 MB
Styles: Country blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[3:28] 1. Slow Train
[2:46] 2. Can't Get That Stuff No More (Feat. James Harman)
[2:55] 3. Ain't Too Old
[3:08] 4. Baby Blue
[3:09] 5. Late Again
[3:12] 6. You Got To Choose (Feat. James Harman)
[3:06] 7. Done Left You
[3:42] 8. Rough Ride
[2:26] 9. Still On Hold
[3:09] 10. Poor Boy
[3:07] 11. Confessions
[2:55] 12. Pa-Ta-Nin' Ta' Jook-Jernts (Feat. James Harman)

Two of Denmark’s finest blues artists, both Tim Lothar and Peter Nande are recent winners of the coveted Blues Artist of the Year Award at the Copenhagen Blues Festival. After 25 years as a drummer, including more than a decade in the band Lightnin’ Moe, Tim Lothar began a remarkable career renaissance, shifting to country blues guitar and setting out as a solo performer. Lothar has since toured nine countries as a solo artist. He released the CDs Cut to the Bone in 2006 and In It For The Ride in 2008. The latter won Danish Blues Album of the Year in 2009.

As leader of the Peter Nande Band, harmonica ace Peter Nande has been a force on the Danish and European blues scenes for the last decade. He founded Nande & the Big Difference in 1998, releasing a CD in 2002. When the group disbanded in 2005, he connected with renowned American blues artist and producer James Harman. With Harman as producer, the Peter Nande Band released Big Boy Boogie: California Sessions Vol. I (2006) and Jelly Bean Baby: California Sessions Vol. II (2008). Each earned a nomination for Danish Blues Album of the Year.

In 2008, Lothar and Nande began playing gigs as a duo, laying the groundwork for their CD release, Two for the Road. Guided by producer and guest artist James Harman, the CD showcases the pair’s songwriting gifts (on nine original songs), instrumental fluency and love for country blues. It’s an impressive introduction to what this duo is capable of right now, and hints at what it just might become in the years ahead.

Two For The Road

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Various - Copenhagen Blues Sessions Vols 1 - 5

Album: Copenhagen Blues Sessions: Vol 1 The Solo Performers
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 58:04
Size: 132.9 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[5:09] 1. Paul Banks - God's Perfect Miracle
[4:15] 2. Jorgen Lang - Twelve Gates To The City
[3:47] 3. L.P. Simonsen - Life Without You
[3:51] 4. Jacob Rathje - Wild Bill Jones
[3:33] 5. H.P. Lange - Crossroads Blues
[4:40] 6. Troels Jensen - Stick Around
[3:13] 7. Borge 'biceps' Jensen - That's All Right
[4:56] 8. Kim Gutman - Dark Was The Night
[2:43] 9. Homesick Mac - Let's You And I Have Some Fun
[3:40] 10. Hans Knudsen - Ain't Nobody's Business If We Do
[4:21] 11. Nisse Thobjorn - Goin' Down To Gainesville
[3:54] 12. Neil Stanford - CC Rider
[3:48] 13. Kenn Lending - Cold Winds Are Blowin'
[6:07] 14. Esben Just - Sick And Tired

All 14 artists each donated one of their best songs for the project, and recorded their songs in a live-session at Bar’Blues. The CD was released at the opening of the Festival in October 2002, and it was accepted as part of MXP’s CD box set of Danish music for the MIDEM music convention in 2003, the first time Danish blues was exposed internationally in this manner.

Copenhagen Blues Sessions: Vol 1 The Solo Performers

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Album: Copenhagen Blues Sessions: Vol 2 The Blues Bands
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 68:10
Size: 156.0 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[3:17] 1. Thorbjorn Risager - Hold On
[3:20] 2. Blue Junction - Introduced To The Blues
[3:09] 3. The French Cabaret - Sweet Surrounding Cure
[3:50] 4. Troels Jensen & The Healers - Someone Shot The Blues
[4:44] 5. S.P. Just Frost - Shake That Ass
[4:48] 6. Peter Thorup - Go' Mandag
[3:39] 7. Mike Andersen Band - Same Damn Time
[2:37] 8. Dan Klarskov - What Is Wrong With You
[4:58] 9. Wetcat Blues Band - Mojo Blues
[6:22] 10. Kenn Lending Blues Band - Black Clouds
[3:43] 11. Smalltown - On And Off The Blues
[5:55] 12. M.C. Hansen Band - Freedom For Sale
[6:35] 13. The Organizers - Space Cadets
[4:05] 14. Marton Olsens Blues Overdrive - Feelin' Kind Of Blue
[4:04] 15. Nande & The Big Difference - Don't Count The Chickens
[2:54] 16. L.P.S Blues Band - Stuck With The Blues

All 16 bands - from seasoned veterans to young, talented newcomers - each donated an original song, some of which have previously been released on the bands’ own CD’s, while others are being released here for the first time. The CD was released at the opening of the Festival in September 2004, and was accepted as part of Danish Music Export’s MXP CD box set for the MIDEM music convention in 2005.

Copenhagen Blues Sessions: Vol 2 The Blues Bands

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Album: Copenhagen Blues Sessions: Vol 3 Blues From Denmark 2006
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 61:55
Size: 141.8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[3:03] 1. Lightnin' Moe - This Is My Time
[4:23] 2. Poorboy Paul - Scarecrow Blues
[4:02] 3. Fat Tuesday - Check It Out
[4:59] 4. Paul Banks - Electricity
[3:15] 5. The Fried Okra Band - In A Place Where I Can't Be Called
[2:30] 6. Nisse Thorbjorn - Let's Go Out
[4:41] 7. Mezzy Slide & The Crew - Time To Go
[2:42] 8. Troels Jensen, Kenny Brown - Bluesman
[3:24] 9. One-Eyed Mule - Long Gone Man
[3:26] 10. H.P. Lange, The Delta Connection - Whiskey Take Me
[3:58] 11. Tim Lothar Petersen - Little Miss K
[3:12] 12. Peter Nande - King Of Bad Excuse
[3:48] 13. Marra's Blues Joint - Missing You
[3:43] 14. Mc Hansen - A Penny For Your Thoughts
[4:28] 15. Turnip Greens - Carry Me Down The Aisle
[6:14] 16. David Kampmann - Along The Nevski

Copenhagen Blues Festival has released the third CD in the series "The Copenhagen Blues Sessions". The CD, with the subtitle "Blues From Denmark", was released in September 2006 at Amager Bio in connection with the opening ceremony for the annual blues festival. The artists on the CD were selected among some of the best and most talented bands and solo acts in the country, and they represent some of the prizewinning blues veterans as well as young, talented newcomers, who will undoubtedly influence the Danish blues scene in the future.

Copenhagen Blues Sessions: Vol 3 Blues From Denmark 2006

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Album: Copenhagen Blues Sessions: Vol 4 Blues From Denmark 2008
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 53:41
Size: 122.9 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[3:22] 1. Thorbjorn Risager - Here I Am
[3:13] 2. H.P. Lange, Troels Jensen - St. Peter And The Rich Man
[4:28] 3. Ramblers - Don't Even Try
[3:06] 4. Tim Lothar - In It For The Ride
[3:08] 5. Bobadavdav - Keep On Walking
[4:15] 6. Skipper Just Frost - Sadan Ligger Landet
[2:48] 7. Klaus B. Jensen - Don't Talk To Me
[5:29] 8. Peter Nande - Slo' Poke
[4:09] 9. Blue Junction - It's Up To You
[3:47] 10. Big Creek Huggy Bear - Let Me Be Something To You
[3:00] 11. Ladies Sing The Blues - Have You Tried It In The Bush
[4:12] 12. Kenn Lending - Ain't But One Thing
[3:18] 13. N' City Blues - Corina
[3:13] 14. Live Bleeding Fingers - My Babe's Friend
[2:07] 15. Max Wolff - Your Doggone Daddy

Copenhagen Blues Festival has released it’s forth CD in the series "The Copenhagen Blues Sessions". All participants have kindly made available a track from their own newest album. The result is a collection of 15 great blues songs covering all blues styles from soul to cajun, from delta and country and folk blues to electric Texas and Chicago blues. Thus creating a unique snapshot of Danish blues music at it’s best.

Copenhagen Blues Sessions: Vol 4 Blues From Denmark 2008

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Album: Copenhagen Blues Sessions: Vol 5 Blues From Denmark 2010
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 89:10
Size: 204.1 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:08] 1. Mama's Blues Joint - Give Some
[3:14] 2. Turnip Greens - Simple Man
[3:50] 3. Nisse Thorbjorn - Goin' Down To Gainesville
[3:21] 4. Rosewood Blues - You Can't Get Enough
[4:33] 5. Delta Blues Band - Devil Ride
[4:16] 6. Jes Holtso & Morten Wittrock - Crawfish Music
[3:17] 7. Darville Duo - Early In The Morning
[4:16] 8. Thorbjorn Risager - Rock 'n' Roll Ride
[3:49] 9. Paul Banks, Jokob Dinesen - Indigo Night
[2:31] 10. The Blues Overdrive - I Was Wrong
[2:55] 11. One-Eyed Mule - Lullaby For Louie
[9:04] 12. Jacob Fischer - Banks
[2:06] 13. Skipper Just Frost - Dancefloor
[3:19] 14. Lea Thornlann, The Spicey Gang - Oh I Don't Know
[4:06] 15. Blueshot - The Phone
[2:55] 16. Tim Lothar, Peter Nande - Ain't Too Old
[2:15] 17. Tutweiler - Comin' In
[2:32] 18. The Young Comets - The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
[5:58] 19. Kjeld Lauritsen - Blagard Blues
[4:14] 20. Mike Andersen Band - Restless To The Bone
[3:37] 21. Jordans Drive - Hey Fats
[5:08] 22. H.P. Lange, Troels Jensen - Lies And Cheats
[2:31] 23. The Fried Okra Band - I Got This Record
[2:02] 24. Peter Brander Band - Freddie's Shuffle

In connection with the 10 years anniversary the festival har released volume 5 in the series "The Copenhagen Blues Sessions". This time a double CD with a great presentation of music from 24 of the best seasoned as well as new blues artists in the country.
Note: The 2 CDs in this set are combined in one link.

Copenhagen Blues Sessions: Vol 5 Blues From Denmark 2010 Part 1 Part 2

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Peter Nande - Big Boy Boogie / Jelly Bean Baby

Album: Big Boy Boogie: California Sessions Vol. I
Size: 113,4 MB
Time: 48:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Jump Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

01. Cat Be-Gone (2:39)
02. I Need A Woman (3:35)
03. Mover And Shaker (3:45)
04. Comin' Home (3:46)
05. She's Mad Again (2:28)
06. Confessions Of A Workaholic (4:57)
07. Snollygoster (3:25)
08. Ol' Sleepyhead (3:31)
09. Kiss Me Now (3:56)
10. King Of Bad Excuses (3:12)
11. Mr. Nice (5:29)
12. Lucky Charm (4:51)
13. Big Boy Boogie (3:03)

When his band, Nande & the Big Difference, disbanded in 2005, Nande turned his attention to fulfilling his dream of recording in the U.S. with American musicians he’d backed when those musicians toured Europe.

Thus began a year of planning and collaboration with James Harman that culminated in May 2006 with Nande and ace guitarist Ronni Busack-Boysen flying to California to record. With Harman as producer, the project took shape in the laid-back Oceanside, Calif. home studio of Harman’s guitarist, Nathan James, who served as engineer and who also added guitar on three tracks. Guitarist Junior Watson contributed his wickedly inventive axe work to four tracks, and Harman co-wrote and sang a couple of tracks. Harman assembled a stellar rhythm section for the endeavor, with Carl Sonny Leyland adding tasteful piano, Buddy Clark on bass, Hal Smith on drums and James Michael “Bonedaddy” Tempo on percussion.

Big Boy Boogie: California Sessions Vol. I. features an abundance of danceable Nande-penned grooves. To name a few: Dig the swamp vibe of “I Need a Woman,” complete with bongos and heavily tremeloed guitar; the urgent Chicago shuffle of “Mover & Shaker,” the foot-stompin’ “Comin’ Home” (co-written with Busack-Boysen); the John Lee Hooker/Howlin’ Wolf-flavored dual harp showcase “She’s Mad Again,” and the carnivalesque two-beat feel of “King of Bad Excuses.” Sample the pure slow-dance sensibility of “Lucky Charm,” the mambo-driven “Confessions of a Workaholic,” and the pleasantly surprising ska feel of “Ol’ Sleepyhead” (co-written with Harman). The recording is a veritable litmus test in blues rhythms.

Big Boy Boogie: California Sessions Vol. I

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Album: Jelly Bean Baby: California Sessions Vol. II
Size: 125,9 MB
Time: 54:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008
Styles: Jump Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

01. Jelly Bean Baby (3:20)
02. Beware Brother (3:11)
03. Slo' Poke (5:32)
04. Ridin' The Gravy Train (3:36)
05. In A State Of Bliss (5:30)
06. Walk The Talk (3:13)
07. Let Me In (3:47)
08. The Can't Hardlies (5:17)
09. The Stubblejumper (2:07)
10. The Golden Rule (3:53)
11. Stop Now (3:23)
12. Goodbye California (3:45)
13. Bumpin' On Leonard (7:36)

Jelly Bean Baby and Other Stories from Peter Nande. Peter Nande is back from another sojourn to Southern California, U.S.A., with a brand new batch of stories to tell on his new CD, Jelly Bean Baby: California Sessions Vol. II.
Jelly Bean Baby is Nande’s second CD recording in three years under the guidance of California-based producer and blues artist James Harman. Like its predecessor, Big Boy Boogie: California Sessions Vol. I (2006), it features original, danceable tunes based in the propulsive rhythms and tonal vocabulary of American blues and Caribbean music, with some jazzy touches added for good measure.

Jelly Bean Baby builds on the foundation that Nande laid with Big Boy Boogie, which was nominated for Danish Blues Album of the Year by the Danish Blues Awards in 2007 and factored substantially in Nande’s acknowledgement as Danish Blues Musician of the Year for 2007 by the Copenhagen Blues Festival. Nande wrote or co-wrote all but one of the 13 songs on Jelly Bean Baby. With Harman’s mentoring, Nande has learned that the best blues songs tell stories, often with an ironic twist, of the consequences of human desire. Listen, for example, to the cautionary tale “Beware Brother,” set to an irresistible, laid-back shuffle. “It’s rough being a prisoner in your own life,” Nande explains, in reference to the character in the song. “All your friends see it, but you’re lookin’ from inside the eye of the hurricane, trapped in an open-ended, goin’-nowhere, dead-end relationship and can’t see what’s happening.”

Listen also to “Walk the Talk,” and you’ll hear the complexity of man/woman relationships at work. The song’s lyrics denounce an unfaithful woman, but the driving shuffle beat tells a different tale, one of a woman shakin’ what her mama gave her; somehow, you know she’s going to get away with it, at least for a while. These songs work on more than one level, clearly, and bear evidence of Nande’s artistry. This is the blues, sure, but perhaps something more, as well. Nande executes his ideas with inspired support from his band mate, guitarist Ronni Busack-Boysen – who has played with Nande for three years and has earned a reputation as one of Europe’s top guitar players – and with vocal and harmonica spots by Harman, and with the exemplary work of Harman’s crack team of blues recruits. These include ace guitarist Nathan James, who also engineered the sessions and hosted them in his one-car garage studio in Oceanside, Calif.; and Harman band bassist Buddy Clark and percussionist Mike Tempo. Marty Dodson drummed on the sessions, which also included Neil Wauchope on organ; Jonny Viau on tenor sax; Toni Matoian on baritone sax (revel in the captivating on-the-spot horn arrangements that the sax duo composed); Carl Sonny Leyland on piano; and Ben Hernandez on backing vocals.

On these tracks, you’ll find laid-back, cool grooves that are easy to dance and listen to. You’ll find lots of air and space in the songs, and musicians playing to the songs and playing together, not trying to show off… well, maybe just a little,” Nande says, with a laugh.

Three years after he set out to realize his dream of recording with American blues musicians, Nande’s journey is ongoing. He’s already learned plenty, however, including the value of surrounding himself with talented musicians who share his passion for blues. The songs on Jelly Bean Baby, primarily, are Nande’s; he wrote or co-wrote all but one. However, Nande is the first to say that the songs on Jelly Bean Baby came to fruition only under the care of this entire ensemble.

Jelly Bean Baby: California Sessions Vol. II

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Nande & The Big Difference - Nande & The Big Difference

Size: 150,0 MB
Time: 65:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002
Styles: Jump Blues
Art: Full

01. One Bad Stud (3:49)
02. I Can't Stop It (3:36)
03. What's Wrong (3:29)
04. Why (5:14)
05. Swing Machine (4:06)
06. Good Understanding (4:20)
07. Don't Count Your Chickens (4:08)
08. She's A Good 'un (4:40)
09. Taste Of My Own Medicine (5:57)
10. Okie Dokie Stomp (2:54)
11. Duckin' & Divin' (3:33)
12. Don't Try (3:23)
13. Kansas City (6:17)
14. Kiss Your Feet (4:13)
15. Good Rockin' Tonight (5:43)

Ever heard of singer/harmonicist Peder Nande? How 'bout guitarist Carsten Larrson? Or drummer Martin Bode? Bassist Morten Burup?

I thought not. And more's the pity. 'Cause collectively the aforementioned individuals comprise Nande & The Big Difference, one of the finest jump blues outfits to hit my CD player so far this year. But they're from Denmark, and to the best of my knowledge have never made it to our shores. Again, more's the pity.

Augmented by rollicking piano and moody organ work courtesy of guest Peter Lapiki, Nande & The Big Difference have crafted a fine platter, for the most part solidly in the west coast tradition; yet, as they themselves say in the liner notes, they don't want to find themselves in the 'retro-trap.' Hence a varied playlist that borrows from what's come before, with the disc's fifteen tracks divided almost equally between covers (eight) and originals. The former include Dave Bartholomew's "I Can't Stop It," "She's A Good 'Un" from the pen of Otis Rush (which could also serve as a capsule summary of the disc), "Okie Dokie Stomp," Willie Dixon's "Good Understanding," and one from R.J. Mischo. There are a pair from Leiber/Stoller (the classic "Kansas City" and the little-known "One Bad Stud"), and Roy Brown's "Good Rockin' Tonight" provides a fitting closer.

The originals, all credited to the band as a whole, fit perfectly into the playlist, with a playful sense that shows these guys know it's all supposed to be fun - hence titles like "Don't Count Your Chickens," "Duckin' And Divin'," and the (presumably) ironic "Kiss Your Feet." Instrumental contributions are first-rate throughout; as with songwriting credits, everyone works together to create a seamless ensemble sound. Mr. Larrson displays an admirable economy and great tone, while Mr. Nande proves equally adept at both chromatic and diatonic harmonica; again, there's nothing fancy, nothing flashy in his playing, but it's always spot on.

Which brings us to the question of vocals. The blues are hard enough to sing (think of how many otherwise great discs have been irredeemably marred by weak vocals). And whether fair or not, too strong an accent can render a disc too strange for many tastes. Happily, Mr. Nande has almost no discernable trace, and is thoroughly convincing as a result.

While the West Coast influence is prominent in the band's sound, they refuse to be pigeonholed too tightly, and there's lots of Chicago in the mix as well; if one's looking for comparisons, perhaps the most apt is transplanted Minnesotan (sp?) R. J. Mischo, who, coincidentally, contributes liner notes to the project. But this isn't one of those soundalike groups unable to escape their influences; there may not be anything terribly innovative or earth shattering here, but the boys definitely have their own sound.

This one's a winner all the way - highly recommended! ~Review by John Taylor

Thanks to Kempen.
Nande & The Big Difference

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