Johnny Mars & Big Fat Mama - Can You Hear Me?

Album: Can You Hear Me?
Size: 94,9 MB
Time: 41:05
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1993
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front, sleeve, tray

1. Just A Little Bit (4:27)
2. Living In The Ghetto (5:22)
3. A Change Will Come (6:16)
4. Crosstown Woman (6:24)
5. Driving Sideways (4:39)
6. You Drive Me Crazy (4:18)
7. Can You Hear Me? (2:52)
8. I'm Hungry Blues (6:44)

Big Fat Mama was formed in 1979 by Piero De Luca (vocals, bass) together with Giampiero Esposito (drums), Fiorenzo Bodellini (harmonica) and Elio Arlandi (guitar). After different changes, from 1985 the band acquired a stable order with Piero De Luca (bass), Paolo Bonfanti (guitar, vocals), Mauro Mura (drums) and Maurizio Renda (guitar, vocals). From this moment Big Fat Mama has been considered one of the most important band on the Italian blues scene. After the great success of their Switzerland/Italian tour in 1992, the band began a collaboration with the American harmonica player Johnny Mars.

During his long career, Johnny Mars has taken part in major festivals and tours in the USA, his native country, and also Australia and Europe, including the UK where he now lives. Johnny played with B.B. King at the Montreux Jazz festival in 1983, and was the Preacher Man in the recording released by Bananarama in the 1990s, also featuring in their video during that time.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Big Fat Mama - I Been Around

Year: 2007
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:07
Size: 104,3 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. I Know (3:20)
2. So Long (5:27)
3. 1999 Blues (3:44)
4. Bad Boy (6:06)
5. I Been Around (5:22)
6. Before I Lose You (5:13)
7. Learn To Say Thank You (5:10)
8. Soldier's Blues (6:01)
9. Speakeasy (4:39)

Big Fat Mama was formed in 1979 by Piero De Luca (vocals, bass) together with Giampiero Esposito (drums), Fiorenzo Bodellini (harmonica) and Elio Arlandi (guitar). After different changes, from 1985 the band acquired a stable order with Piero De Luca (bass), Paolo Bonfanti (guitar, vocals), Mauro Mura (drums) and Maurizio Renda (guitar, vocals). From this moment Big Fat Mama has been considered one of the most important band on the Italian blues scene.

Besides doing concerts in the main Italian clubs, they have also collaborated and shared the stage with famous blues artists like Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Los Lobos, Louisiana Red, Eddie C. Campbell, Johnny Mars, Zora Young, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Clifton Chenier Jr, Honeboy Edwards, Legendary Blues Band and Jimmy Rogers. The band is also mentioned in the "Italian Music Encyclopedia" by Renzo Arbore. After having released three albums for the Cobra Records label, Paolo Bonfanti left the band to start a solo career and was replaced by by Carlo Ratto (vocals) and Fabrizio Moroni (keyboards).

After the great success of their Switzerland/Italian tour in 1992, the band began a collaboration with the American harper Johnny Mars, and in the same year Maurizio Renda left the band and was replaced by Alessio Menconi. With this new formation the band participated at numerous European festivals sharing the stage with James Cotton, Magic Slim, Sherman Robertson, Little Willie Littlefield and Robert Plant (ex Led Zeppelin).

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Big Fat Mama - Good Men Feelin' Bad

Year: 1987
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:14
Size: 97,7 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Front

1. Lonesome (3:05)
2. I Can Blow The Blues (And You Can't) (4:17)
3. Supermarket Lady (4:18)
4. Tired Man (3:09)
5. Mexico (5:01)
6. I Just Wanna Make Love To You (4:48)
7. On The Wrong Side (4:49)
8. Tell Me Mama (4:58)
9. Big Fat Shuffle (2:28)
10. Little Windy Town (5:16)

Big Fat Mama was formed in 1979 by Piero De Luca (vocals, bass) together with Giampiero Esposito (drums), Fiorenzo Bodellini (harmonica) and Elio Arlandi (guitar). After different changes, from 1985 the band acquired a stable order with Piero De Luca (bass), Paolo Bonfanti (guitar, vocals), Mauro Mura (drums) and Maurizio Renda (guitar, vocals). From this moment Big Fat Mama has been considered one of the most important band on the Italian blues scene.

Besides doing concerts in the main Italian clubs, they have also collaborated and shared the stage with famous blues artists like Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Los Lobos, Louisiana Red, Eddie C. Campbell, Johnny Mars, Zora Young, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Clifton Chenier Jr, Honeboy Edwards, Legendary Blues Band and Jimmy Rogers. The band is also mentioned in the "Italian Music Encyclopedia" by Renzo Arbore. After having released three albums for the Cobra Records label, Paolo Bonfanti left the band to start a solo career and was replaced by by Carlo Ratto (vocals) and Fabrizio Moroni (keyboards).

After the great success of their Switzerland/Italian tour in 1992, the band began a collaboration with the American harper Johnny Mars, and in the same year Maurizio Renda left the band and was replaced by Alessio Menconi. With this new formation the band participated at numerous European festivals sharing the stage with James Cotton, Magic Slim, Sherman Robertson, Little Willie Littlefield and Robert Plant (ex Led Zeppelin).

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Piero De Luca & Big Fat Mama - Greetings From The Coast!

Size: 102,7 MB
Time: 44:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Going To New York (4:33)
02. She Belongs To Me (4:10)
03. Parchman Farm (4:19)
04. Baby, Please (5:58)
05. Hold It Right There (3:19)
06. Madison Blues (4:11)
07. From The Bottom (3:21)
08. Folsom Prison Blues (5:37)
09. Tell Me (3:25)
10. Nothin' But The Blues (5:03)

The historic Big Fat Mama group was born in 1979 from an idea by Piero De Luca, who is still the sole holder of the band's name. In his thirty-five years experience the group has recorded ten LPs and CDs and has played all over Europe and in all the major Italian festivals, where he opened, among others, for the likes of BB King, Blues Brothers Band, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and accompanied bluesmen such as Louisiana Red, Eddie C. Campbell and Johnny Mars. In the last six years, the group has adopted the name Piero De Luca and Big Fat Mama and has focused its interest mainly on the sound of Chicago and New Orleans of the Sixties and Seventies, without slavishly copying the great of the Devil's Music, but looking rather to draw inspiration from them in order to write passages that are respectful of tradition and reflect everyday life.

Among the latest CD produced by this work stand out Blues on My Side (2009) and As We Like It (2014), CDs composed exclusively of original songs, and the much appreciated tribute to the Mississippi musician Howlin 'Wolf entitled Beware of the Wolf ( 2012), which takes advantage of the presence of the internationally renowned musician Marco Pandolfi as a guest. In 2015, to crown a good moment of success, the band has recorded a new live CD that includes the summer performance at Rootsway - Roots 'n' Blues & Food Festival on Diolo di Soragna, particularly appreciated by the public attending the court peasant who hosted the event.

The trio consists of Piero De Luca (electric bass), Antonio "Candy" Rossi (guitar and harmonica), and Antonio "Cujo" Piccardo (drums).

In 2018, they released the new album "Greetings From The Coast!", Which once again represents the band's powerful sound, the typical blend that goes through the various styles of Blues, from Chicago to New Orleans via California and Texas.

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Piero De Luca & Big Fat Mama - As We Like It

Year: 2014
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:00
Size: 115,8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Front

1. Only When You Want (4:32)
2. Saints And Preaches (5:11)
3. Doin' The Best I Can (5:14)
4. Disguise Blues (5:20)
5. Happy Birthday (5:21)
6. Crazy Mama (2:50)
7. Midnight TV Blues (6:23)
8. Money And Honey (5:18)
9. Sometimes (4:47)
10. She's My Kind Of Woman (5:00)

The historical group known as Big Fat Mama started in 1979 from an idea of Piero De Luca, still the only proprietor of the band’s name. One of the earliest versions was Piero De Luca (bass and vocals), Carlo Ratto (vocals and acoustic guitar), Maurizio Renda (electric guitar and vocals) and Giampiero Esposito (drums)

In its thirty-year experience, the group has so far recorded eight LPs or CDs and has played throughout Europe and in all the most important Italian festivals, (was the opening act for Johnny Winter’s concert at the Milan Blues Festival, for Stevie Ray Vaughan and Los Lobos at the Palatrussardi Arena). They also shared the stage with legends like Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Clifton Chenier Jr, Honeyboy Edwards, Legendary Blues Band, Jimmy Rogers, B. B. King, Blues Brothers Band, Albert Collins, James Cotton, Magic Slim, Sherman Robertson, Little Willie Littlefield and touring across Europe along with outstanding artists such as Louisiana Red, Eddie C. Campbell, Johnny Mars, Zora Young, J. Monque-D, and Michael Coleman.

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Piero De Luca & Big Fat Mama - Live At Rootsway

Size: 117,9 MB
Time: 50:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Backstroke (3:23)
02. Back Door Man (6:58)
03. Money And Honey (4:43)
04. Who's Been Talkin' (3:40)
05. Done Somebody Wrong (4:57)
06. Happy Birthday (4:28)
07. She's My Kind Of Woman (4:24)
08. Howlin' For My Darling (6:30)
09. Stop Breakin Down Blues (5:50)
10. Darlene (5:24)

At this moment, Big Fat Mama is considered one of the most important bands of the Italian blues scene.

The historical group known as Big Fat Mama started in 1979 from an idea of Piero De Luca, still the only proprietor of the band’s name. One of the earliest versions was Piero De Luca (bass and vocals), Carlo Ratto (vocals and acoustic guitar), Maurizio Renda (electric guitar and vocals) and Giampiero Esposito (drums)

In its thirty-year experience, the group has so far recorded eight LPs or CDs and has played throughout Europe and in all the most important Italian festivals, (was the opening act for Johnny Winter’s concert at the Milan Blues Festival, for Stevie Ray Vaughan and Los Lobos at the Palatrussardi Arena). They also shared the stage with legends like Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Clifton Chenier Jr, Honeyboy Edwards, Legendary Blues Band, Jimmy Rogers, B. B. King, Blues Brothers Band, Albert Collins, James Cotton, Magic Slim, Sherman Robertson, Little Willie Littlefield and touring across Europe along with outstanding artists such as Louisiana Red, Eddie C. Campbell, Johnny Mars, Zora Young, J. Monque-D, and Michael Coleman.

After a few years devoted to a much more rock sound, since 2002 the group took the way back to the Blues. The release of the CD “I Been Around” (Crotalo/New LM Records NLM 146 - 2007) has been the first milestone along the course of this comeback, which has reached its aim by recording in 2009 the CD “Blues on My Side” (Crotalo/New LM Records NLM 171) produced by Piero De Luca, Luigi Monge and Antonio “Candy” Rossi.

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Piero De Luca, Big Fat Mama - 2 albums: Blues On My Side / Beware Of The Wolf (A Tribute To Howlin' Wolf)

The historical group known as Big Fat Mama started in 1979 from an idea of Piero De Luca, still the only proprietor of the band’s name. In its thirty-year experience, the group has so far recorded eight LPs or CDs and has played throughout Europe and in all the most important Italian festivals, sharing the stage with legends like Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Clifton Chenier Jr, Honeyboy Edwards, Legendary Blues Band, Jimmy Rogers, B. B. King, Blues Brothers Band, Albert Collins, James Cotton, Magic Slim, Sherman Robertson, Little Willie Littlefield and touring across Europe along with outstanding artists such as Louisiana Red, Eddie C. Campbell, Johnny Mars, Zora Young, J. Monque-D, Michael Coleman.

After a few years devoted to a much more rock sound, since 2002 the group took the way back to the Blues. The release of the CD I Been Around (Crotalo/New LM Records NLM 146 - 2007) has been the first milestone along the course of this comeback which has reached its aim recording in 2009 the CD Blues on My Side (Crotalo/New LM Records NLM 171) produced by Piero De Luca, Luigi Monge and Antonio "Candy" Rossi. Whether it draws inspiration from some masters of the genre such as T-Bone Walker or John Lee Hooker, revisits the New Orleans beat of Professor Longhair or winks at 1930s hokum blues or 1940s and 1950s Chicago blues, this CD is imbued with blues feeling and fully reflects Piero’s musical vision. All the songs on this CD are original, the lyrics are deliberately modern and deeply rooted and steeped in the genre at the same time in that they are meant to prove that blues music is not dying at all anywhere in the world, Italy included. Now the band features a four people line-up (two guitars, harp, bass, drums and three voices), performing great blues standards as well as the original tracks from the latest two albums. While carrying on live activity in venues and festivals, Big Fat Mama keeps on writing new songs in order to release further records.

Album: Blues On My Side
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:52
Size: 109.6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[4:43] 1. Blues On My Side
[4:19] 2. Go On Obama!
[6:49] 3. Silicon Valley Woman Blues
[3:47] 4. Let Me Love You
[3:52] 5. Leave This Country
[3:31] 6. Lowdown Mama
[4:52] 7. Rubbing With My Baby
[5:19] 8. Lover's Blues
[4:09] 9. Sweet Sugar Baby
[6:25] 10. It's Only Italian Blues (But We Love It)

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Album: Beware Of The Wolf (A Tribute To Howlin' Wolf)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:39
Size: 99.9 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[5:08] 1. Back Door Man
[2:44] 2. I've Been Abused
[3:14] 3. I'll Be Around
[3:19] 4. Spoonful
[3:22] 5. Sittin' On The Top Of The World
[3:02] 6. Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy
[2:58] 7. Who Will Be Next
[4:43] 8. The Red Rooster
[3:34] 9. I Ain't Superstitious
[4:20] 10. Come On The Moon
[3:50] 11. Killing Floor
[3:20] 12. I Asked For A Water

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