David Maxwell & Friends - Max Attack

Size: 142.4 MB
Time: 60:53
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Backseat Of A Greyhound (Feat. Ronnie Earl) (6:40)
02. Thanks For All The Women (Feat. Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Ronnie Earl) (6:13)
03. Twisted Tendons (3:44)
04. Long Distance Driver (Feat. Liane Carroll, Ronnie Earl) (4:57)
05. What's The Use (Of A Broken Heart) (Feat. Liane Carroll) (3:53)
06. Sticky Buns (Feat. Kim Wilson) (4:17)
07. Moving Out Of This World (Feat. Duke Robillard, Ronnie Earl) (5:40)
08. Coming Home, Baby (Feat. Hubert Sumlin) (5:24)
09. Hip-House Rock (Feat. Duke Robillard) (4:27)
10. Handyman (Feat. Hubert Sumlin, Ronnie Earl) (6:08)
11. Thank You Pinetop Perkins (Feat. Pinetop Perkins) (5:04)
12. Max Attack (4:21)

David Maxwell has amassed an enormous resume throughout the years playing piano with some of the greatest and well- known musicians in the blues. David plays many styles of blues, jazz and improvised music, but he is best known for his soulful virtuosity and unmatched ability to reach the heart of post-war Chicago Blues. Through his work, he has gained the respect of artists, critics and fans and has established a reputation as one of the finest blues pianists alive. In the last decade , David has received over a half dozen WC Handy and Grammy nominations and a Grammy Award for recorded work, as well as Handy nominations for instrumental performance He has played with many of the greats including tours with Freddie King, Bonnie Raitt, James Cotton, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, Jimmy Rodgers, Charley Musselwhite, Johnny Adams and Ronnie Earl; and gigs with Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Levon Helm, Jimmy Witherspoon, Lowell Fulsom, Junior Wells and many others. He has been involved in well over fifty recording sessions and can be found playing keys on many blues albums that have been released over the last 25 years. (Recently, he backed up Keith Richards and Eric Clapton for a Hubert Sumlin project that will be out laterin 2005). David's music was used in the movie 'Fried Green Tomatoes' and in the TV series 'Touched By An Angel'. He has performed on 'Late Night With Conan O' Brien' and is on several videos playing with Freddie King in the early 70's. (Rounder). David's first CD as a leader 'Maximum Blues Piano'(1997, Tonecool) received high critical acclaim. His new album, 'Max Attack' (2005 95North Records), features guests James Cotton, Kim Wilson, Ronnie Earl, Duke Robillard, Hubert Sumlin and Pinetop Perkins . David has performed in major festivals, theaters and clubs in North America, Europe, Scandinavia, Morocco, Israel, and Japan, and keeps busy today playing, recording, and teaching (and nurturing his interests in jazz, ethnic and improvised music). 'I don't think anybody could be tighter playing the blues on the piano than David Maxwell. He plays the blues like it should be played. He plays the low-down, dirty, funky blues.He's got it all together' ---John Lee Hooker 'Dave has always been one of the most amazing piano players I've ever heard. His command of a wide range of blues and jazz styles is remarkable. ~Bonnie Raitt.

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Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter & James Cotton - Live In NY '77

Size: 150,7+159,7 MB
Time: 65:01+68:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Hideaway (Live) ( 7:21)
02. I'm Ready (Live) ( 3:17)
03. Love Her With A Feeling (Live) ( 8:30)
04. Mama Talk To Your Daughter (Live) ( 4:49)
05. Rocket 88 (Live) ( 2:28)
06. How Long Can A Fool Go Wrong (Live) ( 9:04)
07. Walking By Myself (Live) ( 4:44)
08. Instrumental (Live) (11:34)
09. Anna Lee Band Introductions (Live) (13:09)

CD 2:
01. Second Set Muddy Waters Intro (Live) (3:14)
02. Kansas City (Live) (9:19)
03. Caldonia (Live) (6:33)
04. Hoochie Coochie Man (Live) (3:09)
05. Howlin' Wolf (Live) (7:23)
06. Walking Through The Park (Live) (4:41)
07. The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock 'n' Roll (Live) (6:00)
08. Mannish Boy (Live) (8:14)
09. Got My Mojo Working (Live) (5:46)
10. Black Cat Bone Dust My Broom (Live) (6:08)
11. Dealin' With The Devil (Live) (8:15)

Personnel:
Muddy Waters - Vocals, Guitar
Johnny Winter - Vocals, Guitar
James Cotton - Vocals, Harmonica
Bob Margolin - Guitar
Joe Willie Pinetop Perkins - Vocals, Piano
Charles Calmese - Bass
Willie Big Eyes Smith - Drums
Edgar Winter - Piano, Vocals

Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter and James Cotton, live at the Palladium, New York on March 4th 1977. Steve Paul of Blue Sky Records, appeared as a savior to both Johnny Winter and blues giant Muddy Waters, at a time when both musicians were facing hard times. The result of his investment soon paid off, with the Hard Again tour combining the respected powerhouse of Waters and Winter joined by James Cotton, culminating in a further four albums being produced. Although this particular collaboration was short-lived, it has provided blues fans a rare opportunity to indulge in the work of two hugely important musical figures whose respect for each other is evidently unflinching. Two live albums, Muddy Mississippi Waters Live and the more recent Breakin It Up, Breakin It Down have allowed a glimpse of the concerts from 1977-1978. Keyhole proudly presents the entire King Biscuit Flower Hour broadcast of Waters, Winter and Cotton, live from New York s Palladium on March 4th 1977, fully remastered.

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Pinetop Perkins - How Long?

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:19
Size: 149.6 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[4:46] 1. Come Back Baby
[4:44] 2. 5-10-15 Hours
[4:07] 3. Back To The Chicken Shack
[6:06] 4. Miss Ida B
[4:09] 5. If You Love Me You Say
[5:45] 6. Ladies Call Me Pinetop
[4:25] 7. Got My Mojo Workin
[3:17] 8. Sugar Sweet
[5:24] 9. How Long Blues
[4:21] 10. Pinetop Perkins - Big Fat Mama
[2:58] 11. Sittin On Top Of The World
[3:51] 12. Rhumba Man
[4:20] 13. Do Unto Others
[3:48] 14. People Like That
[3:14] 15. Pinetop's Last Blues

In the summer of 2010, producer Jake Langley took pianist Pinetop Perkins into the studio knowing full well that this would be among the last sessions the blues legend would ever make. Pinetop was 97 years old, and odds were good that this would be the last time he'd ever be recorded, so Langley made sure to capture him in a setting that brought out the best in him, recording him live in the studio, sometimes supported by up-and-coming blues singers from the Austin, Texas area. These young guns included Gary Clark, Jr., who would have a major-label breakthrough in 2012, the same year How Long? appeared on RockBeat Records. How Long? did turn out to be Pinetop's last session, and it is a good one. Although there isn't much grit to the production -- it's as clean and crisp as any contemporary blues production -- there is more than enough room to breathe, so it feels live. Perkins isn't always in the forefront, either vocally or instrumentally -- "If You Love Me Like You Say" feels like a Clark solo track -- but when he is, he's a compelling presence, hardly sounding like he's close to his centennial. Perkins didn't live to see that anniversary, but this set proves that he was a vital, electric presence right until the end. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Big Jack Johnson With Kim Wilson & Pinetop Perkins - The Memphis Barbecue Sessions

Year: 2002
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:29
Size: 130,5 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Oh Baby (4:08)
2. Humming Blues (4:01)
3. Don't Care Nothing (3:34)
4. Smokestack Lightning (4:09)
5. I'm Going Out Walking (4:17)
6. My Babe (4:13)
7. Blue Bird (5:56)
8. Lonesome Road (4:18)
9. Get Along Little Cindy (4:21)
10. Humming Bird (5:15)
11. Big Boss Man (4:08)
12. Things I Used To Do (4:29)
13. Dust My Broom (3:33)

This album is a joy indeed - a journey inside the blues and down the Mississippi Delta. Johnson's always been an expressive singer, and in such a stripped-down setting his voice becomes more important than ever on classics like "Smokestack Lightning" and "My Babe." His guitar work offers the ideal backdrop, too, never fancy, but juke-joint friendly, serviceable, and offering a strong beat.

Bringing in former Fabulous Thunderbirds frontman Kim Wilson to play harmonica proves to be an inspired move - he and Johnson conjure up a blues duo from the '50s, and when legendary pianist Pinetop Perkins sits in on a couple of numbers things really smoke.

The Johnson originals on the album sit comfortably next to the classic covers, and the gutbucket style assures plenty of musical muscle, with Johnson and Wilson constantly pushing each other further. Where drums do come in, on three of the 13 tracks, they might as well not be there, they're so low in the mix and offer so little - they're certainly not missed anywhere else.

On the evidence here, Johnson is every bit as comfortable on his own as he is with the backing of a band, and the more intimate, live setting (the disc was recorded in two days) brings out some subtleties in his singing and playing styles that get lost in a group setting. An enjoyable and even important modern blues record. /Chris Nickson, AllMusic

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Pinetop Perkins & Friends - Pinetorp Perkins & Friends

Year: 2008
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:30
Size: 96,1 MB
Styles: Chicago blues, piano blues
Scans: Full

1. Take It Easy Baby (3:12)
2. Got My Mojo Working (3:30)
3. Down In Mississippi (3:56)
4. How Long Blues/Come Back Baby (5:23)
5. Hoochie Coochie Man (4:10)
6. Barefootin' (3:06)
7. Look On Yonders Wall (4:29)
8. Anna Lee (4:28)
9. Sweet Home Chicago (3:49)
10. Bad Luck Baby (5:23)

These superstar guest "friends" affairs can get awfully tiresome, but this one is better than most. It was recorded over a two and a half year period when the irrepressible Chicago blues and boogie pianist was 92-94 years old, yet he seems decades younger. The songs are generally Chicago blues standards such as "Got My Mojo Working," "Hoochie Coochie Man," "Look on Yonders Wall" and, Lord help us, "Sweet Home Chicago."

Still, if anyone has earned the right to give these chestnuts another go-round it's Perkins. Even though he's played nearly all of them thousands of times, he's as enthusiastic and invigorated as if he'd just written these well-worn classics. The piano man is spry on the 88s, tinkling the ivories like he's half his age, especially on the jaunty "Take it Easy Baby," the lively opener. Even though producer Doug B. Nelson overdubbed many of the higher profile parts, the set sounds open and natural, avoiding the stiffness that usually results with projects such as this.

Only Eric Clapton, Jimmie Vaughan, and B.B. King can be considered major stars with the rest of the "friends" lesser known blues stalwarts such as singer Nora Jean Brusco and bassist Willie Kent (Kent passed before this disc was finally released in June, 2008). Thankfully Perkins is in such bracing form that except for King, who trades quips with him on "Down in Mississippi," nobody overwhelms or even steals the spotlight from the album's star.

On the slow blues "Anna Lee," Perkins sounds positively lascivious, but in a charming, non-threatening way. He's also inspired by "Hoochie Coochie Man," with Vaughan assisting, laughing at the end like a child. Hotshot slide guitarist Eric Sardinas redeems himself for his own over the top albums with zippy work here on "Barefootin'" and especially "Mojo..." Pinetop is so loose, upbeat, and cheerful for these sessions, you'd think he had another 94 years left in him. /Hal Horowitz, AllMusic

(For complete info on featured musicians, see booklet details.)

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VA - Blind Pig Records 40th Anniversary Collection

Size: 172,0+166,7 MB
Time: 73:18+71:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Magic Slim & The Teardrops - Gambling Blues (3:21)
02 Victor Wainwright & The Wildroots - Boom Town (3:16)
03 Albert Cummings - No Doubt (4:33)
04 Popa Chubby - Hey Joe (6:05)
05 Big Walter Horton - Everybody's Fishin' (3:00)
06 Deborah Coleman - I'm A Woman (4:49)
07 James Cotton - Dust My Broom (4:20)
08 Otis Rush - Crosscut Saw (4:51)
09 Elvin Bishop - Stomp (4:57)
10 Altered Five Blues Band - Charmed & Dangerous (3:40)
11 Sena Ehrhardt - Last Chance (6:24)
12 Damon Fowler - Thought I Had It All (5:17)
13 Kenny Neal - Old Friends (4:36)
14 Charlie Musselwhite - Chicago Sunset (3:36)
15 Eddy Clearwater - Crossover (4:35)
16 Pinetop Perkins - Just Keep On Drinking (3:01)
17 Commander Cody - Last Call For Alcohol (2:51)

CD 2:
01 Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (4:59)
02 Big Bill Morganfield - You're Gonna Miss Me (3:24)
03 Webb Wilder & The Beatnecks - Human Cannonball (4:33)
04 Tommy Castro - It's That Time Again (4:11)
05 Deanna Bogart - In The Rain (4:07)
06 The Cash Box Kings - Baby Without You (3:55)
07 Luther Allison - Let's Try Again (6:45)
08 Smokin' Joe Kubek - Diamond Eyes (3:47)
09 Zac Harmon - Raising Hell (4:33)
10 Studebaker John & The Hawks - Blue Feelin' (3:56)
11 Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers - Frankenbop (3:49)
12 Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's - Chicken Shack Boogie (2:47)
13 Billy Branch - Back Alley Cat (2:18)
14 Andy T - Nick Nixon Band - Shut The Front Door (2:41)
15 Southern Hospitality - Southern Livin' (4:43)
16 Hubert Sumlin - Sitting On Top Of The World (4:18)
17 Otis Clay - When The Gates Swing Open (6:07)

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Various Artists - Antone's 20th Anniversary (2 CD)

Antone's 20th Anniversary is a double-disc set that celebrates the legendary Texas club and its rich musical legacy. Over the course of the set, some of the biggest and best names of not only Texas blues, but American blues contribute positively ripping live tracks - it's always a joy to hear the likes of Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Kim Wilson, and Doug Sahm, and each of these artists, among many others, turn in first-rate contributions on this set.

For a strong encapsulation of the American blues/blues-rock scene of the '70s, '80s, and '90s, Antone's 20th Anniversary delivers the goods. /Thom Owens, AllMusic

Album: Antone's 20th Anniversary - CD 1
Year: 1996
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:56
Size: 126,7 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Jimmy Rogers - Got My Mojo Working (5:20)
2. Buddy Guy - The Things I Used To Do (5:53)
3. Doyle Bramhall - Wee, Wee, Baby (6:22)
4. Pinetop Perkins - Big Fat Mama (5:15)
5. Angela Strehli Band - Big Town Playboy (6:15)
6. Doug Sahm - Crazy, Crazy Baby (2:04)
7. Snooky Pryor - Nine Below Zero (6:48)
8. Lavelle White - Go To The Mirror (6:45)
9. Sue Foley - Truckin' Little Woman (3:52)
10. Teddy Morgan - Jungle Swing (6:19)

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Album: Antone's 20th Anniversary - CD 2
Year: 1996
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:56
Size: 115,4 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Pinetop Perkins - Intro/Chicken Shack (1:32)
2. Pinetop Perkins - Little Girl, Little Girl (7:00)
3. Jimmy Rogers - Chicago Bound (3:19)
4. Angela Strehli - What It Takes (3:56)
5. James Cotton - How Long Can A Bell Ring (5:28)
6. Lazy Lester - A Woman (5:31)
7. Pete Mayes - I'm Ready (4:07)
8. Teddy Morgan - Going Back Home (4:23)
9. Luther Tucker - Sweet Home Chicago (4:34)
10. Guy Forsyth - You're Still Here (4:43)
11. Kim Wilson - I'm Leaving You (5:17)

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Barrelhouse Chuck, Detroit Junior, Erwin Helfer, Pinetop Perkins - 8 Hands On 88 Keys

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:11
Size: 110.3 MB
Styles: Chicago piano blues
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[2:42] 1. It's You Baby
[4:31] 2. Four O' Clock Blues
[3:32] 3. I Almost Lost My Mind
[5:13] 4. Grinder Man Blues
[4:41] 5. How Much More
[3:59] 6. How Long Blues
[2:17] 7. Rooster's Blues
[2:04] 8. Pinetop's Blues
[2:57] 9. Miss Ida B.
[2:38] 10. I'm So Unhappy
[2:43] 11. Ella
[2:57] 12. Staggerlee
[4:35] 13. Ain't Nobody's Business
[3:17] 14. Stop Time Boogie

The Chicago label The Sirens has been issuing (or reissuing, as the case might be) compilations of piano blues and Boogie Woogie by the Windy City's leading exponents of that pianistic art. The cuts on this album come from a November 2001 session when the label gathered these extraordinary artists in the studio and turned them loose. The result is almost 50 minutes of the blues as heavy or Boogie Woogie as syncopated as the Chicago versions of these genres can get. Perhaps the last gathering of this many top disciples of the music in a studio came in 1976 when the same label gathered Willie Mabon, Sunnyland Slim, Jimmy Walker, Blind John Davis and the same Erwin Helfer for a session recently reissued as Heavy Timbre - Chicago Boogie Piano. The members of this group play and sing individually or in duet with another member. On "Miss Ida B" Barrelhouse Chuck Goering sings while Detroit Junior plays' the 88's. Detroit Junior does his thing with blues favorite "Ain't Nobody's Business What I Do" to the accompaniment of pianist Erwin Helfer. Helfer's speciality is the Boogie Woogie as he so dazzlingly demonstrates on his composition"Stop Time Boogie" recalling the Chicago genius practitioners of that style, Meade "Lux" Lewis and Albert Ammons. One of the top tracks is Detroit Junior's slurring version of "Staggerlee", the sad tale of what happens when there's disagreement on what the dice read in a crap game. The elder statesman of the group, Pinetop Perkins, appears on four cuts. He truly wrenches the heart and soul dry on "How Long Blues".

Every track on this album is a gem and serves to remind how this music can sound when played by those who were born with the music in their soul and in their hands. Highly recommended. ~Dave Nathan

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Various - Blues Routes: Heroes & Tricksters Blues & Jazz Work Songs & Street Music

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:35
Size: 157.0 MB
Styles: Blues, Jazz, Ragtime
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[3:57] 1. John Henry Mealing and the Gandy Dancers - Rooster Call
[5:14] 2. John Cephas and Phil Wiggins - John Henry
[2:39] 3. Warner Williams - Step It Up And Go
[3:38] 4. Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson and Willie 'Pinetop' Perkins - Flipping And Flopping
[4:09] 5. Erbie Bowser, T.D. Bell, and the Blues Specialists - It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)
[4:12] 6. Robert Jr. Lockwood - Little Queen Of Spades
[3:42] 7. Etta Baker - One Dime Blues
[2:31] 8. Abner Jay - Bluetail Fly
[4:14] 9. Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders - Gut Bucket Blues
[4:32] 10. Claude Williams - That Certain Someone
[2:50] 11. Sammy Price - Harlem Parlor Blues
[3:04] 12. Booker T. Laury - Early In The Morning
[5:08] 13. The White Cloud Hunters Mardi Gras Indians - Sew, Sew, Sew
[4:38] 14. Rapper Dee, C.J. (Carl Jones) and Five Gallons of Fun - My Mind Has No Colour- Do It The Go-Go Way
[2:22] 15. Georgia Sea Island Singers - Hambone, Where You Been
[2:55] 16. Boozoo Chavis & The Majic Sounds - Uncle Bud
[8:42] 17. Joe Louis Walker and the Boss Talkers - Bluesifyin

Blues Routes is a resonant almanac of blues styles and blues-related music and musicians including: Memphis barrelhouse and Harlem parlor piano players; blues guitarists from the Delta and Piedmont, San Francisco and Chicago; Kansas City and New Orleans jazz masters; hambone call-and-response and Mardi Gras Indian chants; Texas jump blues and Louisiana Creole zydeco; minstrel and jazz banjomen; street go-go bucket-drummers and railroad track-lining gandy dancers. In this fin de siècle collection, the diversity of American blues and blues-influenced styles and the unity of their African ancestral heartbeats can be heard in great performances recorded live at the influential Folk Masters concert and radio series.

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Kenny Wayne Shepherd - 10 Days Out: Blues From The Backroads

Year: 2007
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:50
Size: 181,8 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Prison Blues (w. Cootie Stark & Neal 'Big Daddy' Pattman) (4:38)
2. Potato Patch (w. Jerry 'Boogie' McCain) (5:46)
3. Honky Tonk (w. Buddy Flett) (3:13)
4. The Thrill Is Gone (w. B.B. King) (8:30)
5. Tina Marie (w. Bryan Lee) (4:22)
6. Born In Louisiana (w. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown) (6:26)
7. Chapel Hill Boogie (w. John Dee Holeman) (5:49)
8. Tears Came Rollin' Down (w. Henry Townsend) (3:15)
9. Knoxville Rag (w. Etta Baker) (1:48)
10. Big Daddy Boogie (w. Neal 'Big Daddy' Pattman) (5:15)
11. U-Haul (w. Cootie Stark) (5:00)
12. Red Rooster (w. Henry Gray & Howlin' Wolf Band) (6:20)
13. Sittin' On Top Of The World (w. Hubert Sumlin & Howlin' Wolf Band) (3:58)
14. Spoonful (w. George 'Wild Child' Butler & Howlin' Wolf Band) (5:18)
15. Grindin' Man (w. Pinetop Perkins & Muddy Waters Band) (8:05)

10 Days Out may well be Kenny Wayne Shepherd's most important and intriguing album, even though the guitarist is hardly the featured artist on any of these tracks, working instead more as a sideman and facilitator for the impressive cast of venerable blues players who get a chance to shine here. Make no mistake about it, this recording belongs to such senior citizens as Henry Townsend, Etta Baker, Pinetop Perkins, and Henry Gray, and Shepherd's presence (and the presence of Stevie Ray Vaughan's Double Trouble rhythm section of bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton) simply helps to focus the attention on these veteran blues players.

Shepherd embarked on a ten-day journey into the American South in 2004 with a documentary film crew, a portable recording studio, and Double Trouble as a house band in an effort to catch the blues in its natural habitat of living rooms, kitchens, porches, back yards, and local watering holes, and the performances that resulted are priceless.

Here is one-armed harp player Neal Pattman and blind guitarist Cootie Stark turning in a joyous, ramshackle version of "Prison Blues." A little later, Stark delivers further on a delightful song called "U-Haul," complete with a marvelous improvised rap over the tune's run-out coda. Here, too, is the then-96-year-old Henry Townsend turning in a poignant "Tears Came Rollin' Down." Etta Baker, then 93, shows that age hadn't slowed her as a guitarist at all as she delivers an elegant "Knoxville Rag." Shepherd wisely stays in the background on cut after cut, allowing these amazing musical treasures to unfold naturally and without intrusive elements.

There are absolutely no hotshot guitar histrionics anywhere on this disc, which speaks to Shepherd's sincere vision for this project. He's after the preservation of blues history with 10 Days Out, and as if to underscore that aim, five of the album's participants (Neal Pattman, Cootie Stark, Gatemouth Brown, George "Wild Child" Butler, and Etta Baker) passed away before the album and concurrent documentary film were finally completed and released in 2007. Shepherd's name may be above the title, but he knows full well to whom this album belongs, and to his immense credit, those are the voices he lets speak the loudest. /Steve Leggett, AllMusic

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Paul Oscher - Rough Stuff (Wth Pinetop Perkins & Willie Smith)

Size: 111,1 MB
Time: 48:05
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1991
Styles: Chicago Blues, Piano Blues, Harmonica Blues, Folk Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. Iodine In My Coffee (3:59)
02. Wee Wee Baby (3:40)
03. Can't Be Satisfied (3:12)
04. Hard Times (4:55)
05. Down Track (5:06)
06. Fool For You (3:00)
07. Mississippi (2:47)
08. Sloppy Drunk (2:10)
09. Debra Lou (3:03)
10. John Henry (2:01)
11. Liza Jane (1:32)
12. Louis Collins (2:56)
13. B&O Blues (4:09)
14. Blues Before Sunrise (5:28)

Paul Oscher's work with Muddy Waters Blues Band influenced a generation of harp players, from J. Geil's Magic Dick to Eric Clapton's Jerry Portnoy. Bur Paul's mastery of blues is not limited to the harp. This unique recordings highlights Paul on harp, guitar, piano and accordion, and pairs him with two of his favorite musicians: Muddy Waters alumni Pinetop Perkins and Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith. It is the unadulterated real folk and blues. Rough stuff.

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VA - Notodden - Mississippi

Size: 135,9 MB
Time: 57:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Lazy Lester - Bloodstains On The Wall (3:57)
02. David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - Catfish Blues (3:33)
03. Pinetop Perkins - Down In Mississippi (2:59)
04. Amund Maarud - Let's Get High (2:58)
05. Rita Engedalen - Turtle Blues (4:35)
06. Lazy Lester - I'm So Tired (3:33)
07. Snooky Pryor - How'd You Learn To Shake It Like That (4:54)
08. Pinetop Perkins - How Long (4:20)
09. Pinetop Perkins & Spoonful of Blues - Three Fork Store (6:53)
10. Lazy Lester - Kokomo Blues (4:24)
11. David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - I'm The Man And I Always Wear The Pants (3:42)
12. Snooky Pryor - Juke Joint Shuffle (1:57)
13. Jostein Forsberg - A Woman (4:16)
14. Rita Engedalen & Mel Brown - Worries & Trouble (2:20)
15. David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - Blues And Trouble (3:16)

The Notodden Blues Festival, founded in 1988, has hosted dozens of artists from Mississippi, including B. B. King, Otis Rush, Bo Diddley, Pinetop Perkins, James Cotton, Bobby Rush, Charlie Musselwhite, and Super Chikan.

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Bob Corritore And Friends - Harmonica Blues

Year: 2010
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:34
Size: 142,8 MB
Styles: Harmonica Blues
Scans: Full

1. What Kind Of Man Is This? (4:18)
2. Tell Me 'Bout It (4:09)
3. Things You Do (3:01)
4. Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes (2:50)
5. 1815 West Roosevelt (3:58)
6. That's All Right (3:17)
7. Tin Pan Alley (5:30)
8. Sundown San Diego (3:50)
9. That's My Baby (4:42)
10. Things Have Changed (3:09)
11. Big Fat Mama (3:51)
12. No More Doggin' (4:24)
13. Bumble Bee (3:37)
14. I Need To Be Be'd With (3:32)
15. 6 Bits In Your Dollar (7:20)

Over two-plus decades, Bob Corritore has become one of the most reliable sidemen as a talented blues harmonica player, popular with younger musicians and veterans. This compilation features Corritore in a variety of settings over that 20-year period, with all-star bluesmen galore. Each track singles out his exploits with such notable blues legends as Koko Taylor, Louisiana Red, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Eddy Clearwater, Henry Gray, Pinetop Perkins, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, and Little Milton among countless others.

There's no way to pick the best songs (they're all great) unless you favor certain types of blues from boogie, choogling struts, or rough-edged, down-and-dirty Southside Chicago shouts. The funniest track is Nappy Brown's feature "Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes," sung in a deep, ribald manner. In an ultimately classic style, vocalist Lockwood and pianist Gray team up on "That's All Right," while Clearwater takes the cake on an upbeat and joyous "That's My Baby." The lesser known Chief Schabuttie Gilliame cops Howlin' Wolf during "No More Doggin'" and "Tell Me 'Bout It" whiles Louisiana Red comes closest to the immortal style of Muddy Waters.

Throughout is Corritore's biting, literate, clean harmonica playing that fortifies, glues together, and inspires these-well known artists. Nothing less than a fantastic collection of authentic American music, Harmonica Blues is a must-have item for any fan of this music. /Michael G. Nastos, AllMusic

(See booklet for recording info and personnel details.)

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Various Artists - Antone's: Clifford's Picks

Year: 2000
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:55
Size: 154,8 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Doyle Bramhall - Too Sorry (2:46)
2. Toni Price - Chain Of Love (3:37)
3. Miss Lavelle White - You Gonna Make Me Cry (4:45)
4. Kim Wilson - If I Should Lose You (3:24)
5. Sue Foley - Gone Blind (3:44)
6. Matt Murphy - Way Down South (4:34)
7. ZuZu Bollin - Hey Little Girl (3:37)
8. Lazy Lester - Irene (3:45)
9. James Cotton - Call It Stormy Monday (6:48)
10. Barbara Lynn - I'm A Good Woman (3:17)
11. Doug Sahm - She Put The Hurt On Me (2:45)
12. Marcia Ball, Lou Ann Barton & Angela Strehli - I Idolize You (3:37)
13. Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy (4:18)
14. Memphis Slim - Having Fun (4:22)
15. Pinetop Perkins - Ida B (7:20)
16. Earl King - Things I Used To Do (4:12)

When Clifford Antone talks about the blues, folks listen. And when he speaks, he uses superlatives that he has earned the right to use. For the last quarter-century, the Port Arthur native has struggled to give blues a home and at the end of the century, the club, a record store and recording label bear his name in Austin. Not too shabby for a man who just wanted to give back a little of what he got from the blues.

"One of the things I have been trying to deal with all my life is why we don't honor these great musicians. It's just a real shame. How can anybody see Barbara Lynn and not want to make her one of the biggest stars in America?" Sadly, the ailing reply is that artists like Barbara Lynn, Lazy Lester, and Lavelle White aren't heard enough.

Fortunately, Cliff's Picks will remedy that social ill with 16 of the finest doses of the blues recorded over the last 15 years from performers like Memphis Slim and Eddie Taylor to Sue Foley. "I recorded everyone - Angela, James Cotton, even recorded a Kim Wilson album before 1986", says Clifford Antone. "There is so much history in the Antone's vaults, it's unbelievable." Small wonder then that Clifford Antone's label asked him to choose his favorites. /Excerpt from the liner notes

(Note: There is also another version of this album entitled "Cliff's Picks", also released in 2000, containing 14 tracks plus a bonus track featuring a 15 minutes interview with Clifford Antone.)

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Various - Notodden-Mississippi

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:49
Size: 132.4 MB
Styles: Assorted blues styles
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[3:58] 1. Lazy Lester - Bloodstains On The Wall
[3:33] 2. David Honeyboy Edwards - Catfish Blues
[2:59] 3. Pinetop Perkins - Down In Mississippi
[2:59] 4. Amund Maarud - Let`s Get High
[4:38] 5. Rita Engedalen - Turtle Blues
[3:33] 6. Lazy Lester - I´m So Tired
[4:54] 7. Snooky Pryor - How`d You Learn To Shake It Like That
[4:20] 8. Pinetop Perkins - How Long
[6:53] 9. Pinetop Perkins - Three Fork Store
[4:24] 10. Lazy Lester - Kokomo Blues
[3:42] 11. David Honeyboy Edwards - I´m The Man And I Always Wear The Pants
[1:57] 12. Snooky Pryor - Juke Joint Shuffle
[4:16] 13. Jostein Forsberg - A Woman
[2:20] 14. Rita Engedalen - Worries & Trouble
[3:16] 15. David Honeyboy Edwards - Blues And Trouble

The Notodden Blues Festival, founded in 1988, has hosted dozens of artists from Mississippi, including B. B. King, Otis Rush, Bo Diddley, Pinetop Perkins, James Cotton, Bobby Rush, Charlie Musselwhite, and Super Chikan. In 1996 Notodden and Clarksdale, Mississippi, became sister cities, and cultural exchanges have included performances by Norwegian artists at Clarksdale’s annual Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival.

Norway is both geographically and culturally distant from Mississippi, but as the popular Notodden Blues Festival demonstrates, there seem to be no boundaries for the appreciation of the blues. African American entertainers were performing in Norway by the end of the nineteenth century, and blues was featured on traveling vaudeville shows and musical revues such as “Plantation Days” and “Chocolate Kiddies” that toured Scandinavia in the 1920s. The Mississippi-based Utica Jubilee Singers appeared in Norway in 1930, and in 1937 the swing band of Mississippi native Jimmie Lunceford, which included blues in its repertoire, began its first European tour with two performances in Oslo. The first American solo blues artist to appear in Norway was Josh White, who visited Oslo in 1950, and during the latter 1950s blues vocalists Joe Williams, Jimmy Rushing and Big Joe Turner (with pianist Pete Johnson) all appeared on jazz shows.

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Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, James Cotton - Live In Philadelphia 1977

Year: 2016
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:50
Size: 115,3 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Scans: Full (front & back, inside, cd)

1. Hoochie Koochie Man (3:03)
2. Blow Wind Blow (6:19)
3. Walkin' Through The Park (5:59)
4. Got My Mojo Working (4:41)
5. Blues Had A Baby (4:18)
6. Trouble No More (3:13)
7. Howlin' Wolf (6:58)
8. Mannish Boy (5:11)
9. Deep Down In Florida (6:21)
10. Oh Baby (3:43)

Recorded live at the Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, Philadelphia March 6, 1977

Personnel:
Muddy Waters - guitar, vocals
Johnny Winter - guitar, vocals
James Cotton - harmonica, vocals
Bob Margolin - guitar
Pinetop Perkins - piano
Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith - drums
Charles Calmese - bass

(Note: The low budget packaging of this cd gives no info at all apart from that this is a live recording from Lower Theatre in Philadelphia at March 6, 1977. Had to look elsewhere for info on the additional musicians, and it seems there's also a 2 cd soundboard recording (bootleg) of this show around. My guess is that this is a shortened and remastered version of those recordings. Any additional info is welcome.)

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Pinetop Perkins - Pinetop Is Just Top

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1977/1999
Styles: Blues
Time: 54:30
Size: 125,5 MB
Art: Full

(4:34) 1. Pinetop Boogie Woogie
(4:39) 2. Jackson Town Gal
(4:00) 3. For You My Love
(5:16) 4. Sweet Black Angel
(5:01) 5. Caldonia
(4:50) 6. Lend Me Your Love
(6:16) 7. Pinetop Is Just Top
(5:28) 8. So Many Days
(4:51) 9. Take a Little Walk With Me
(5:18) 10. Rockin' the Boogie
(4:10) 11. Rockin' the Boogie

In 1969, Otis Spann, a regular in Muddy Water's band for twenty years, left and Waters choose Perkins as a replacement. Spann's style was sophisticated, but Perkins had a robust style, coming straight out of the barrelhouses. Pinetop's dynamic energy would become a mainstay of the most famous blues band of the 1970s. This album was recorded by French label Black & Blue in 1976 in Zurich when Muddy Waters was on tour in Europe. The CD reissue reconstitutes the entire session, respecting both chronology and content. Perkins' playing is as vigorous ever and Luther Johnson, whose inspiration was also at its height, was the perfect complement. Pinetop Perkins pays homage to his mentors: Pinetop Smith, Memphis Slim, Robert Lockwood Jr. and Robert Nighthawk.

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Pinetop Perkins - Pinetop Perkins And Friends

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: CD
Released: 1991
Styles: R&B, Blues
Time: 46:48
Size: 107,8 MB
Art: Full

(3:27) 1. The Coolerators - 3 Finger Boogie
(3:31) 2. Rosco Gordon - New Orleans, La
(3:29) 3. Pinetop Perkins - Just A Little Bit
(3:06) 4. George Kilby Jr - Shot of Rhythm & Blues
(3:21) 5. George Kilby Jr - Falling In Love Again
(6:33) 6. Pinetop Perkins - Four O'clock Blues
(3:57) 7. George Kilby Jr - Her Mind Is Gone
(2:46) 8. Pinetop Perkins - Haven't Got The Price
(3:57) 9. Rosco Gordon - No More Doggin
(4:05) 10. George Kilby Jr - Mojo Workin' (Revisited)
(3:24) 11. George Kilby Jr - Foolin' Around
(5:06) 12. Pinetop Perkins - Your Cheating Heart

Most part of the 1990s, The Coolerators, led by guitar player George Kilby Jr., were Pinetop Perkins backing band. As a teenager, George Kilby was deeply influenced by southern country & rock music, but he also shared the stage with Albert King, Etta James and James Brown. In the mid 1980s Kilby met Pinetop Perkins in Chicago and lived with Perkins' family for some years. After the release of 'Pinetop & Friends', he moved to New York to work with stride pianist Howie Wyeth. Kilby also produced Pinetop's 'Portrait of a Delta Bluesman', which won the W.C. Handy Award, blues Album of the Year. Kilby's third effort with Perkins was 'Live At 85', a red hot live album with features Kilby and a powerhouse horn section. Rosco Gordon is a pioneer of the Memphis blues style. He recorded for Sam Phillips at Sun Records and 'Booted' reached No 1 on the Billboard R&B record chart. In 1962 he gave up music and moved to New York, but after his wife's death in 1984, he returned to performing.

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Pinetop Perkins - Chicago Boogie Blues Piano Man

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: vinyl
Released: 1986
Styles: Blues
Time: 45:28
Size: 104,2 MB
Art: Front & Rear

Musicians:
Pinetop Perkins - vocals & piano
Bill Dicey - harp
Louisiana Lightnin' - guitar & 2nd vocal (6)
George Jr. - guitar
Ritchie Slamm - sax (1,4,7,8)
Claude Richardson - bass
Dave Thibedau - bass
Ron Bouffard - drums

(3:49) 1. For You My Love
(6:25) 2. Had My Fun
(3:46) 3. Barefootin'
(8:14) 4. Really Love That Woman
(6:37) 5. Who's Loving You Now
(4:54) 6. Kansas City
(5:19) 7. Perkins' Boogie Woogie
(6:21) 8. Hoochie Coochie Man

When Muddy Waters chose Pinetop Perkins to occupy the piano stool in his band as a replacement for Otis Spann it was the culmination of a long and distinguished career as a southern bluesman. Born in 1913 near Belzoni, Joe William Perkins took up piano as a teenager and Pinetop Smith's 'Pinetop's Boogie Woogie' provided futher inspiration and an appropriate nickname. In the 1930s and 1940s Perkins was active throughout the South playing the blues on piano as well as guitar. A stabbin incident injured his left arm and his professional guitar playing ended although his piano playing was unaffected. During his travels he played with Robert Nighthawk and Rice Miller. During the late 1950s and to the mid 1960s, Perkins lived in East St. Louis playing music on a part time basis working local clubs. In 1968 Pinetop was in Chicago recording sessions with Earl Hooker and Carey Bell. He was a natural choice for Muddy after Otis Spann went out on his own. Many years of regular touring and overseas work followed, most gigs allowing Pinetop to sing a few tunes. During the 1976 European tour, Pinetop recorded his first album in Zurich, released by the French Black & Blue label. In 1980, Muddy's band members left after financial troubles and they (Perkins, Calvin Jones, Willie Smith, Bob Margolin, Jerry Portnoy) formed The Legendary Blues Band. Pinetop left the band after 2 albums. On this second album for JSP, Pinetop Perkins is in absolutely top form with some marvellous piano work. His vocals have never been better recorded. On the slow blues his singing has many similarities with Robert Nighthawk and it is apparent that Pinetop's treatment of any slow blues is very similar to how Nighthawk would have tackled it. Pinetop also excels at the uptempo songs with tough, stomping piano on 'Barefootin', 'For You My Love' and 'Kansas City'. This is a record of unasharmedly old fashioned blues played in the classic style and is really the better for that. -- notes from the rear side.

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Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith - Way Back

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:19
Size: 108.3 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2006/2014
Art: Front

[4:07] 1. Don't Say That No More
[4:17] 2. I Don't Trust You Man
[3:01] 3. Read Way Back
[4:03] 4. Tell Me Mama
[3:40] 5. If You Don't Believe I'm Leaving
[4:48] 6. Lowdown Blues
[5:15] 7. Woman's World
[4:12] 8. Don't Start Me Talkin'
[4:40] 9. Blues And Trouble
[2:37] 10. I Want You To Love Me (Trust Me)
[6:34] 11. Eye To Eye

Willie "Big Eyes" Smith is most often recalled as the longtime drummer in the Muddy Waters Band (he occupied the drum chair in the group from 1961 through 1980), but he was a harmonica player well before he was a drummer (his hard-charging harmonica can be heard on Bo Diddley's "Diddy Wah Diddy" from 1955) and he has led his own blues ensembles from time to time. Way Back, a pleasant set recorded in 2005 and produced by Bob Corritore, puts Smith front and center, and while no one would accuse him of being the equal of Muddy Waters as a bandleader, the 73-year-old Smith projects an intangible joy through the 11 songs here, half of which he wrote. Backed by what amounts to a superstar blues band, with the great, unsung Bob Margolin on guitar, a seemingly ageless 93-year-old Pinetop Perkins on piano, and guest shots by James Cotton and others, Smith delivers several variations on the good, old and undeniably durable Chicago blues shuffle, including the opener, a cover of Jimmy Reed's "Don't Say That No More" and a gleeful version of Waters' "Read Way Back," both of which feature Smith's steady and somehow endearingly fragile vocals, and his strong, unhurried harmonica lines. Smith does play drums on a pair of tracks, "Lowdown Blues" and "I Want You to Love Me (Trust Me)," as well, but most of the drumming is from Kenny "Beady Eyes" Smith, Willie's son. The clear highlight is a wonderfully simple, atmospheric, and haunting Willie Smith original, "Blues and Trouble," which builds powerfully on just Smith's vocal and harmonica and Margolin's brilliant electric slide guitar playing. Nothing here is going to reshape the contemporary blues world, and truthfully, these kinds of Chicago blues shuffles have been done a thousand times by a thousand blues bands. But maybe that's the point, actually. Smith is one of the musicians who helped create and shape those rhythms, and this album is evidence that he still knows what to do with them. ~Steve Leggett

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