Showing posts with label Phil Newton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phil Newton. Show all posts

Thursday, April 20, 2017

David Pinsky - 2 albums: Jump Everybody / Under The Sun

Album: David Pinsky & The Rhythm Kings - Jump Everybody
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:47
Size: 125.4 MB
Styles: Jump blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[4:04] 1. Just Got Lucky
[5:35] 2. How About Me
[5:53] 3. Mo' Money
[4:48] 4. Mama's In The Kitchen
[5:05] 5. Rocks In My Bed
[5:09] 6. I Can't Get To You
[6:09] 7. Still Got The Blues In My Heart
[4:15] 8. Don't Let The Good Time Stop
[3:34] 9. Mon Petite Cherie
[5:06] 10. Where Do We Go
[5:02] 11. Jump Everybody

David Pinsky has rocked the Northwest Blues scene for over 3 decades and through the years band names and line ups have undergone many changes. From Bohisattva to the Rhythm Kings and the Royal Blues Band, Pinsky has created a style of original swing, R&B, jump and traditional down home blues that keeps you moving all night long. David Pinsky has shared the stage with BB King, Bo Diddley, Elvin Bishop, Junior Walker, Otis Clay, Leon Russell, Tower of Power and many other notables. Last October he was invited and performed on the emerging artist stage at the Arkansas Blues and Heritage festival in Helena Arkansas. Recently a showcase appearance at the Austin Texas Songwriters Symposium wowed the participants.

'Jump Everybody' is Pinsky's fifth disk and culminates a year long effort to expand his sound and diversify the feel of his music.

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Album: David Pinsky, Phil Newton - Under The Sun
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:56
Size: 100.6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[4:04] 1. Blues In My Bones
[5:26] 2. Rosalia
[2:57] 3. I Like The Way You Move
[3:38] 4. Walking
[2:46] 5. I Got Trouble
[3:38] 6. River And The Road
[3:12] 7. Open The Door (Love Walked In)
[3:53] 8. Bad Choices
[4:15] 9. Change Or Rearrange
[3:11] 10. Glad
[3:55] 11. Second Chances
[2:55] 12. Living Large

This might be the most perfectly titled blues album, since David Pinsky and Phil Newton demonstrate languidly that there is nothing new under the sun. We’ve heard all of this before, as the duo harkens back to the acoustic roots of the blues, to the bare bones lyrics about loneliness, loss, a little love, and the desiccated desolation of the morning after a drunken Saturday night. The sparseness of the music matches the lyrics, though that same sparseness sometimes comes across as amateurish. At times, this album sounds like two friends got together one night with a cassette recorder and played into it, singing songs they’d just finished performing at the local bar. The intimacy draws us into the duo’s confidence, and that carries us along for a little way, until our confidence is strained by the end of the album. Yet, that’s also the beauty of this album: we feel like we’re in the bar listening to Newton and Pinsky deliver their version of the blues with their humor. They’re having fun with the blues, and so should we as long as we’re listening to them.

So, there’s nothing new under the sun on this album, but that doesn’t matter much since Pinsky and Newton are having a good time and invite us to join them along the way. If we do, we’ll have a few laughs with them and enjoy a night well spent. ~Henry Carrigan

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Friday, August 29, 2014

David Pinsky & Phil Newton - Over The Moon

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 49:00
Size: 112.2 MB
Styles: Contemporary blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[5:39] 1. Memphis By Midnight
[5:31] 2. Blind Man Needs A Cane
[3:49] 3. The Devil Stayed Out All Night
[3:36] 4. One Of These Days
[4:11] 5. 3303 Burdeck Drive
[4:33] 6. Mama's In The Kitchen
[5:12] 7. Telephone Blues
[3:06] 8. Black Highway
[4:39] 9. Save Me
[4:07] 10. Cryin' At 11 59
[4:32] 11. Your Turn To Go

David Pinsky and Phil Newton have been a major part of the Southern Oregon Blues scene for over thirty years and have joined forces as an acoustic/electric duo. Longtime friends, they began this new chapter by playing local venues and concerts discovering the joy of sharing their music on a whole different level.

David's propulsive guitar, welded with Phil's harmonica chops, provide a steady groove reminiscent of the 60’s Chicago style duets. The two on occasion will also employ a twin harp attack. Both David and Phil bring decades of vocal experience, with David concentrating on his original compositions and Phil interpreting Blues and roots.

David and Phil are committed to Blues education and teaching Blues to local kids as well as keeping the Blues alive in the traditions of the great Delta masters.

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