Robert Cray - Standing My Own Ground (Live 1980)

Size: 151.6 MB
Time: 64:53
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. Cold Women (Live 1980) (4:21)
02. Band Intros/If You're Thinkin' (Live 1980) (3:54)
03. Wrapped Up In Love (Live 1980) (2:51)
04. Your Friends (Live 1980) (6:48)
05. Mohair Sam (Live 1980) (3:22)
06. From The Bottom (Live 1980) (2:58)
07. I'm Tired Of Your Jive (Live 1980) (5:17)
08. Blind, Crippled And Crazy (Live 1980) (4:11)
09. Can't Hold Back The Tears (Live 1980) (3:39)
10. I Don't Want No Wife (Live 1980) (4:11)
11. Too Many Cooks (Live 1980) (2:47)
12. Hands Off That Woman (Live 1980) (3:17)
13. I've Got Everything I Need (Live 1980) (3:53)
14. Instrumental (Live 1980) (4:54)
15. Move On Back Darlin' (Live 1980) (3:34)
16. Doin' Every Barbecue (Live 1980) (4:55)

Born in Columbus, GA, in 1953, blues guitarist/vocalist Robert Cray has--along with Albert Collins and Stevie Ray Vaughan--been credited with helping to create the blues "renaissance" of the 1980s. He began his music career in 1979 and has won three Grammy awards, with his 1986 album "Strong Persuader" selling over one million copies.

Cray's father was a career military man, so although Cray was born in Columbus, GA, he was raised in areas as varied as Virginia, California and Germany due to his father's various postings over the years, but the family finally settled in Tacoma, WA, in 1968. He had begun to study piano while his family was living in Germany, and was musically influenced by such artists as Ray Charles and Sam Cooke. He became a fan of The Beatles and eventually switched his choice of instruments from piano to guitar (a lucky meeting with actor John Belushi resulted in Cray's getting a part in the film National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) as a member of the band Otis Day and the Knights). Cray eventually formed his own band and in 1978 signed a contract with Tomato Records, coming out the next year with the album "Who's Been Talkin'?". Tomato didn't release it until 1980 and it didn't sell well, so Cray switched to Hightone Records and in 1983 released the well-received album "Bad Influence" His next album, "False Accusations", didn't break any sales records--although it was favorably reviewed by music critics--but in 1985 he released his breakthrough album, "Showdown!", which he recorded with Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland. It garnered him a Grammy and sold a quarter-million copies. The next year he went over to Mercury Records, where he released what many believe to be his best album, "Strong Persuader", which got him his second Grammy.

Cray embarked on a worldwide tour, playing in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia. He appeared in the rock documentary Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987) and in 1989 released his album "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark", another million-seller that resulted in his third Grammy. His follow-up album, "Midnight Stroll", saw him move away from the blues somewhat and get more into soul and R&B, but it didn't alienate his blues fans. In 1991 he appeared in a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, with Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, Jimmy Vaughan and pianist Johnny Johnson and later that year released his double album, "24 Nights", which contained his performances at the Royal Albert Hall.

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Robert Cray With Albert Collins - In Concert

Size: 177,8 MB - 325 MB
Time: 77:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s - Flac
Released: 1999
Styles: Electric blues
Art: Complete

1. Intro - The Chicken ( 0:34)
2. That Will Never Do ( 3:37)
3. I've Gotta Take A Chance ( 4:16)
4. One More Kiss ( 2:42)
5. I'm So Satisfied ( 3:23)
6. A. Collins Intro B. Don't Lose Your Cool ( 7:48)
7. Angel of Mercy ( 9:32)
8. That Ain't The Way To Do It ( 6:38)
9. I Don't Want You Cuttin' Off My Hair ( 6:50)
10. Don't Want No Woman ( 3:31)
11. Watch Me Baby ( 4:51)
12. Collins Instrumental Jam (19:18)
13. Alberts Alley ( 4:33)

Two of the drivers of Blues in the 80's and two of the great figures of always especially Albert Collins. A good album with classic themes of his compositions but sound, lacking in spark. In summary the followers of these two monsters of Blues and guitar, highly recommended.

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Robert Cray - Too Many Cooks

Size: 84.2 MB
Time: 35:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1989
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. Too Many Cooks (2:50)
02. The Score (4:08)
03. When The Welfare Turns Its Back On You (3:21)
04. That's What I'll Do (2:38)
05. I'd Rather Be A Wino (4:49)
06. Who's Been Talkin' (3:45)
07. Sleeping In The Ground (3:21)
08. I'm Gonna Forget About You (3:11)
09. Nice As A Fool Can Be (3:14)
10. If You're Thinkin' What I'm Thinkin' (4:24)

Personnel:
Robert Cray - vocal & guitar
Curtis Salgado - harmonica & vocal
Richard Cousins - bass
Dave Olson - drums

Bluesman Robert Cray has occasionally been critized for mixing pop and funk elements in his music but no such criticism can be made about this CD reissue of his recording debut. It seems obvious in hindsight from the music that Cray would become a star for his appealing voice and strong guitar playing manage to both update and reinforce the blues tradition. This superior if brief (under 36-minute) session is recommended to all lovers of the blues. ~Scott Yanow

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Robert Cray - Have Mercy: Eugene, Oregon '78 KLCC Broadcast

Size: 107,7 MB
Time: 46:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Intro (1:49)
2. Hard Times (2:20)
3. Move On Back Darlin' (4:06)
4. The Losing Hand (3:33)
5. Where Can A Man Go From Here (5:08)
6. Soothe Me (2:53)
7. In The Night (4:01)
8. Times Are Getting Tougher Than Tough (5:05)
9. Up And Jumping Time (3:46)
10. Early One Morning (4:48)
11. I'm Gonna Cry (3:44)
12. Don't Lose Your Cool (5:12)

Robert Cray (born August 1, 1953, Columbus, Georgia) is an American blues guitarist and singer. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he has led his own band (the Robert Cray Band), as well as an acclaimed solo career. In 2011, Cray was inducted to the Blues Hall of Fame.

While Cray was among artists such as Stevie Ray Vaughan and George Thorogood who got wider radio airplay and regular MTV video exposure during the late 1980s, he started playing guitar in his early teens. At Denbigh High School in Newport News, Virginia, his love of blues and soul music flourished as he started collecting records. Originally, Robert Cray wanted to become an architect, but at about the same time he was going to study design in architecture he formed a local band "Steakface", described as "the best band from Lakewood you never heard of". Cray on guitar and vocals contributed greatly to Steakface's set list of songs by Jimi Hendrix, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Fleetwood Mac, the Grease Band, Blodwyn Pig, Jethro Tull, Forever More, Spirit, and The Faces.

By the time he was twenty, Cray had seen his heroes Albert Collins, Freddie King and Muddy Waters in concert, and decided to form his own band. His band started playing college towns on the west coast. After several years of regional success, Cray was signed to Mercury Records in 1982. His third release, Strong Persuader, received a Grammy Award, while the crossover single "Smokin' Gun" gave him wider appeal and name recognition. By then Cray was an opening act for such major stars as Eric Clapton (who remains a friend to this day), and sold out larger venues as a solo artist. Cray has generally played Fender guitars (Telecasters and Stratocasters) and there are two signature Robert Cray Stratocasters models available from Fender.

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Robert Cray - Live At The BBC

Size: 163,0 MB
Time: 70:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. I Guess I Showed Her (3:59)
02. Foul Play (4:34)
03. Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (4:23)
04. Don't You Even Care (4:53)
05. Night Patrol (5:28)
06. Nothin' But A Woman (4:39)
07. Phone Booth (4:09)
08. These Things (6:15)
09. My Problem (5:23)
10. The Forecast (Calls For Pain) (4:53)
11. Consequences (4:26)
12. Right Next Door (Because Of Me) (5:44)
13. Acting This Way (5:03)
14. Smoking Gun (6:55)

Live at the BBC excerpts two performances by the Robert Cray Band at Hammersmith Odeon in 1988 and 1991, respectively. The Hammersmith shows were multi-night affairs -- in 1991 there were four -- from which the BBC assembled a pair of hour-long broadcasts. Unfortunately, this hastily issued, shoddily notated CD package gives only the dates of the original radio programs. There are no musician's credits whatsoever. The liner notes by Peter Doggett simply offer a thumbnail biography. Talk about how great Cray is -- continually cite Eric Clapton and Robert Christgau as proof -- and give the sketchiest of details about the actual shows. The first six cuts are the Cray band supporting Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. They perform three cuts from that album, and three from Cray's 1986 breakthrough Strong Persuader. These tracks are adequate with Cray in fine voice and playing plenty of guitar. That said, they all suffer form really dated keyboard sounds; the synths are especially cheesy. Faring better are the eight cuts form the 1991 shows of Cray touring in support of 1990s Midnight Stroll. The Memphis Horns were part of the group for these shows, and the fuller backing lends real electricity to these performances. The material is also better. Track seven is a smoking version of "Phone Booth" from 1983's Bad Influence. Midnight Stroll is represented by four cuts: "These Things," "My Problem," "The Forecast (Calls for Pain)," and "Consequences" -- all of which are exponentially better than the studio versions. The Memphis Horns add dynamic and texture, Cray's singing is full of grit and passion, his guitar playing is choppier and funkier, and the keyboards have been cut back to Hammond B-3 and piano. The final three cuts -- "Acting This Way," "Right Next Door (Because of Me)," and the smoking closer "Smoking Gun" are taken from Don't Be Afraid and Strong Persuader, respectively. They are fantastic show closers -- especially the final track which clocks in at just shy of seven minutes -- offering the sound of a much more seasoned and less studied show band. For Cray fans this will be a necessary addition to the shelf. Finally, Cray, who is a bona fide icon of modern blues, deserves far better treatment than this rather haphazard collection, as these were historic performances and defining moments of his career. ~Thom Jurek

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Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland - Showdown!

Year: 1985/2011
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:46
Size: 112,8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. T-Bone Shuffle (4:55)
2. The Moon Is Full (5:01)
3. Lion's Den (3:57)
4. She's Into Something (3:49)
5. Bring Your Fine Self Home (4:31)
6. Black Cat Bone (4:56)
7. The Dream (5:32)
8. Albert's Alley (4:04)
9. Blackjack (6:29)
10. Something To Remember You By (Bonus Track) (5:27)

Cray found himself in some pretty intimidating company for this Grammy-winning blues guitar summit meeting, but he wasn't deterred, holding his own alongside his idol Albert Collins and Texas great Johnny Copeland. Cray's delivery of Muddy Waters' rhumba-rocking "She's Into Something" was one of the set's many highlights. /Bill Dahl, AllMusic

Alligator's Grammy Award winning, best-selling title of all time, remastered on CD with the added bonus track - Something to Remember You By. Universally recognized as one of the greatest blues albums of all time. A celebrated studio "cutting contest" between three legendary blues guitarists. /Amazon

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Robert Cray - That's What I Heard

Size: 111,7 MB
Time: 48:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Front & Back

01. Anything You Want (3:52)
02. Burying Ground (2:58)
03. You're The One (2:50)
04. This Man (5:06)
05. You'll Want Me Back (3:58)
06. Hot (3:44)
07. Promises You Can Keep (5:55)
08. To Be With You (2:54)
09. My Baby Likes To Boogaloo (3:50)
10. Can't Make Me Change (5:04)
11. A Little Less Lonely (4:19)
12. Do It (3:25)

Robert Cray has been bridging the lines between blues, soul and R&B for the past four decades, with five Grammy wins and over 20 acclaimed albums. His latest album, That's What I Heard, was recorded at the iconic Capitol Records studios and produced by Steve Jordan (Sheryl Crow, Josh Groban, Keith Richards, Boz Scaggs). The music is a varied sonic blend of blues, soul, boogaloo and gospel. Guest artists include Ray Parker Jr and Steve Perry.

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Robert Cray - Live At The Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA. December 2nd 1995, KFOG-FM Broadcast (Remastered)

Size: 199,6 MB
Time: 86:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. Smoking Gun (Remastered) (5:00)
02. Moan (Remastered) (7:17)
03. I'll Go On (Remastered) (5:30)
04. I Shiver (Remastered) (5:30)
05. Right Next Door (Remastered) (6:23)
06. Jealous Love (Remastered) (5:15)
07. Enough For Me (Remastered) (6:50)
08. The Things You Do To Me (Remastered) (5:17)
09. Where Do I Go From Here (Remastered) (5:18)
10. Tell The Landlord (Remastered) (5:45)
11. The Last Time (I Get Burned Like This) (Remastered) (6:56)
12. Phone Booth (Remastered) (4:12)
13. I Was Warned (Remastered) (9:24)
14. Our Last Time (Remastered) (7:24)

Robert Cray (born August 1, 1953, Columbus, Georgia) is an American blues guitarist and singer. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he has led his own band (the Robert Cray Band), as well as an acclaimed solo career. In 2011, Cray was inducted to the Blues Hall of Fame.

While Cray was among artists such as Stevie Ray Vaughan and George Thorogood who got wider radio airplay and regular MTV video exposure during the late 1980s, he started playing guitar in his early teens. At Denbigh High School in Newport News, Virginia, his love of blues and soul music flourished as he started collecting records. Originally, Robert Cray wanted to become an architect, but at about the same time he was going to study design in architecture he formed a local band "Steakface", described as "the best band from Lakewood you never heard of". Cray on guitar and vocals contributed greatly to Steakface's set list of songs by Jimi Hendrix, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Fleetwood Mac, the Grease Band, Blodwyn Pig, Jethro Tull, Forever More, Spirit, and The Faces.

By the time he was twenty, Cray had seen his heroes Albert Collins, Freddie King and Muddy Waters in concert, and decided to form his own band. His band started playing college towns on the west coast. After several years of regional success, Cray was signed to Mercury Records in 1982. His third release, Strong Persuader, received a Grammy Award, while the crossover single "Smokin' Gun" gave him wider appeal and name recognition.

By then Cray was an opening act for such major stars as Eric Clapton (who remains a friend to this day), and sold out larger venues as a solo artist. Cray has generally played Fender guitars (Telecasters and Stratocasters) and there are two signature Robert Cray Stratocasters models available from Fender.

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The Robert Cray Band - On Air 1986-92

Size: 403,2 MB
Time: 173:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. Don't Touch Me (Live 1986) (4:01)
02. Where Do I Go From Here (Live 1986) (4:17)
03. That's What I'll Do (Live 1986) (2:40)
04. Porch Light (Live 1986) (6:24)
05. Right Next Door (Because Of Me) (Live 1986) (4:27)
06. Phone Booth (Live 1986) (4:45)
07. Bad Influence (Live 1987) (3:46)
08. I Guess I Showed Her (Live 1987) (4:02)
09. Right Next Door (Because Of Me) (Live 1987) (5:25)
10. T-bone Shuffle (Live 1987) (4:52)
11. New Blood (Live 1987) (5:41)
12. Playin' In The Dirt (Live 1987) (5:03)
13. I Guess I Showed Her (Live 1988) (2:18)
14. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (Live 1988) (4:34)
15. Last Time (I Get Burned Like This) (Live 1988) (6:28)
16. Don't You Even Care (Live 1988) (5:02)
17. Still Around (Live 1988) (5:39)
18. Night Patrol (Live 1988) (5:34)
19. I Can't Go Home (Live 1988) (7:42)
20. Gotta Change The Rules (Live 1988) (2:24)
21. Playing In The Dirt (Live 1988) (6:56)
22. Nothin' But A Woman (Live 1988) (4:52)
23. Smoking Gun (Live 1988) (6:26)
24. Phone Booth (Live 1991) (4:39)
25. I Guess I Showed Her (Live 1991) (4:32)
26. These Things (Live 1991) (6:51)
27. The Forecast (Calls For Pain) (Live 1991) (5:15)
28. Where Do I Go From Here (Live 1991) (6:27)
29. Move A Mountain (Live 1991) (6:13)
30. Consequences (Live 1991) (4:58)
31. Things You Do To Me (Live 1991) (6:09)
32. Holding Court - Live 1991 (6:18)
33. Walk Around Time (Live 1991) (8:09)

Born in Columbus, GA, in 1953, blues guitarist/vocalist Robert Cray has--along with Albert Collins and Stevie Ray Vaughan--been credited with helping to create the blues "renaissance" of the 1980s. He began his music career in 1979 and has won three Grammy awards, with his 1986 album "Strong Persuader" selling over one million copies.

Cray's father was a career military man, so although Cray was born in Columbus, GA, he was raised in areas as varied as Virginia, California and Germany due to his father's various postings over the years, but the family finally settled in Tacoma, WA, in 1968. He had begun to study piano while his family was living in Germany, and was musically influenced by such artists as Ray Charles and Sam Cooke. He became a fan of The Beatles and eventually switched his choice of instruments from piano to guitar (a lucky meeting with actor John Belushi resulted in Cray's getting a part in the film National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) as a member of the band Otis Day and the Knights). Cray eventually formed his own band and in 1978 signed a contract with Tomato Records, coming out the next year with the album "Who's Been Talkin'?". Tomato didn't release it until 1980 and it didn't sell well, so Cray switched to Hightone Records and in 1983 released the well-received album "Bad Influence" His next album, "False Accusations", didn't break any sales records--although it was favorably reviewed by music critics--but in 1985 he released his breakthrough album, "Showdown!", which he recorded with Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland. It garnered him a Grammy and sold a quarter-million copies. The next year he went over to Mercury Records, where he released what many believe to be his best album, "Strong Persuader", which got him his second Grammy.

Cray embarked on a worldwide tour, playing in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia. He appeared in the rock documentary Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987) and in 1989 released his album "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark", another million-seller that resulted in his third Grammy. His follow-up album, "Midnight Stroll", saw him move away from the blues somewhat and get more into soul and R&B, but it didn't alienate his blues fans. In 1991 he appeared in a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, with Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, Jimmy Vaughan and pianist Johnny Johnson and later that year released his double album, "24 Nights", which contained his performances at the Royal Albert Hall.

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VA - Play: Blues Ballads

Size: 312,7 MB
Time: 134:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01 ZZ Top - Blue Jeans Blues (4:40)
02 T-Bone Walker - How Long Blues (5:16)
03 Fats Domino - Wait Till It Happens To You (Version 2) (2:30)
04 Freddie King - Ain't Nobody's Business What We Do (3:38)
05 Joe Turner - Still In Love (2:56)
06 Aretha Franklin - Good To Me As I Am To You (3:55)
07 Ray Charles - I Believe To My Soul (3:01)
08 Ivory Joe Hunter - Can't Explain How It Happened (2:41)
09 Lonnie Mack - What Kind Of World Is This (4:03)
10 Wilbur De Paris - Trouble In Mind (3:02)
11 Judy Henske - Every Night When The Sun Goes Down (4:02)
12 Little Milton - You're Gonna Make Me Cry (5:34)
13 Judy Clay - I Got To Love Somebody's Baby (3:28)
14 Paul Butterfield's Better Days - Please Send Me Someone To Love (Live At Winterland Ballroom) (5:21)
15 Jerry Lee Lewis - Who Will The Next Fool Be (5:47)
16 Johnnie Taylor - Little Bluebird (2:59)
17 Mem Shannon - Old Men (4:56)
18 Doug Sahm & Band - Betty Jo (Bonus Track) (4:06)
19 Low Budget Blues Band Feat. Sanne Salomonsen - Need Your Love So Bad (Feat. Sanne Salomonsen) (4:35)
20 Emmy Rossum - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (3:18)
21 Junior Mance - I Believe To My Soul (Single Version) (3:09)
22 The Watts 103rd. Street Rhythm Band - Stormy Monday (Mono Version) (4:56)
23 Billy Eckstine - Blues In The Night (3:05)
24 Delta Cross Band - Key To Highway (7:50)
25 Bobby Darin - Drown In My Own Tears (3:20)
26 Kelly Joe Phelps - Without The Light (4:47)
27 Lavern Baker - St. Louis Blues (Live In Hollywood, 1991) (8:02)
28 Robert Cray - Out Of Eden (9:18)
29 Daddy's Cash - You See Me (5:28)
30 Dr. John - In A Sentimental Mood (4:04)

Play: Blues Ballads

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VA - Roadhouse Blues

Size: 213,1 MB
Time: 90:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues Rock, Roadhouse Blues
Art: Front

01 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Drivin' Wheel (5:53)
02 Chicago - I Don't Want Your Money (5:23)
03 Robert Cray - 24-7 Man (3:22)
04 Foreigner - Hot Blooded (3:04)
05 Little Richard - Rockin' Rockin' Boogie (5:29)
06 Foghat - Three Wheel Cadillac (3:55)
07 John Lee Hooker - Don't Turn Me From Your Door (2:41)
08 The J. Geils Band - Serves You Right To Suffer (4:56)
09 Jerry Lee Lewis - Late Night Lovin' Man (2:57)
10 T-Bone Walker - Shufflin' The Blues (3:18)
11 Lonnie Mack - Farther On Up The Road (2:18)
12 MC5 - Tutti-Frutti (1:27)
13 Little Feat - Forty-Four Blues (3:16)
14 Terry Reid - Zodiac Blues (2:59)
15 Canned Heat - Highway 401 (3:53)
16 Adrian Belew - Member Of The Tribe (3:09)
17 Dave Edmunds - Cheap Talk, Patter And Jive (3:04)
18 C.C.S. - Boom Boom (3:35)
19 Cactus - Rockout, Whatever You Feel Like (3:57)
20 Brownsville Station - Lightnin' Bar Blues (2:55)
21 Blackfoot - Dream On (5:16)
22 NRBQ - Get Rhythm (3:05)
23 Faces - Rear Wheel Skid (Single Version) (4:43)
24 The Shadows Of Knight - Light Bulb Blues (2:35)
25 Eddie & The Hot Rods - Penetration Blues (3:21)

Roadhouse Blues

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Robert Cray - Some Rainy Morning

Year: 1995
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:16
Size: 132,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues, soul-blues
Scans: Full

1. Moan (6:02)
2. I'll Go On (4:11)
3. Steppin' Out (4:48)
4. Never Mattered Much (4:46)
5. Tell The Landlord (4:53)
6. Little Boy Big (5:12)
7. Enough For Me (6:20)
8. Jealous Love (4:13)
9. Will You Think Of Me (5:29)
10. Holdin' On (6:33)
11. Love Well Spent (4:44)

It's easy to take Robert Cray for granted, for the singer-guitarist has altered his approach so little since he first burst on the scene. Nonetheless, the changes from his early albums to Some Rainy Morning are no less real for having been subtle. Cray is still combining urban-blues guitar and Southern-soul vocals on stories of romantic treachery and working-class frustration, but he has distilled that strategy until nothing superfluous remains.

"Some Rainy Morning," recorded with his stripped-down road quartet, is full of breathing room so Cray's singing and playing are set off more dramatically than ever. In addition to the eight originals by Cray and his bandmates, the album includes remakes of Wilson Pickett's "Jealous Love" and Syl Johnson's "Steppin' Out," and Cray does a great job of matching Pickett's raucous shouts and Johnson's silky crooning.

On his own songs, Cray sounds better than ever when he's holding out notes for effect or communicating paradoxical emotions. When he proclaims, "I'll Go On" loving his ungrateful woman, you can hear the extreme effort such loyalty requires. And when he insists that his ex-lover "Never Mattered Much" to him, you can hear just how much her absence continues to tear at him. /Amazon

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John Lee Hooker - King Of The Boogie

Size: 171,7+162,8+154,5+159,3+174,4 MB
Time: 74:00+70:09+66:39+68:59+75:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Blues, Delta blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Boogie Chillen' (3:09)
02. Sally Mae (3:12)
03. Hobo Blues (3:02)
04. Crawlin' King Snake (3:02)
05. Black Man Blues (3:37)
06. Goin’ Mad Blues (3:46)
07. Who’s Been Jiving You (3:10)
08. (Miss Sadie Mae) Curl My Baby’s Hair (2:50)
09. Hoogie Boogie (2:58)
10. Burnin' Hell (2:41)
11. Weeping Willow Boogie (2:51)
12. Moaning Blues (3:04)
13. Huckle Up Baby (2:50)
14. Goin' Down Highway 51 (2:30)
15. John L's House Rent Boogie (2:58)
16. I'm In The Mood (3:08)
17. Two White Horses (3:21)
18. 33 Blues (2:07)
19. Sugar Mama (3:15)
20. Wobbling Baby (2:40)
21. Stuttering Blues (2:16)
22. I’m A Boogie Man (2:20)
23. Down Child (2:55)
24. Odds Against Me (Aka Backbiters And Syndicators) (3:11)
25. Shake, Holler And Run (2:59)

CD 2:
01. Unfriendly Woman (Aka Stop Now) (3:25)
02. Mambo Chillun (2:46)
03. Time Is Marching (3:05)
04. Dimples (2:08)
05. Little Wheel (2:36)
06. I Love You Honey (2:38)
07. Drive Me Away (2:55)
08. Maudie (2:17)
09. When I Lay My Burden Down (2:41)
10. Tupelo Blues (3:23)
11. Good Morning Lil' School Girl (3:42)
12. I Rolled And Turned And Cried The Whole Night Long (3:51)
13. No More Doggin' (2:48)
14. Dusty Road (2:19)
15. No Shoes (2:27)
16. My First Wife Left Me (3:34)
17. Crazy About That Walk (3:03)
18. Want Ad Blues (2:16)
19. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (2:31)
20. I'm Going Upstairs (2:59)
21. I Lost My Job (2:55)
22. Don’t Turn Me From Your Door (2:48)
23. Grinder Man (3:56)
24. Meat Shakes On Her Bone (2:53)

CD 3:
01. Boom Boom (2:30)
02. Blues Before Sunrise (3:47)
03. She’s Mine (2:24)
04. Frisco Blues (2:47)
05. Good Rockin' Mama (2:28)
06. I'm Leaving (2:12)
07. Birmingham Blues (2:54)
08. Don't Look Back (2:57)
09. Big Legs, Tight Skirt (2:17)
10. It Serves Me Right (3:39)
11. Money (2:24)
12. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (3:02)
13. The Motor City Is Burning (2:57)
14. Mean Mean Woman (3:24)
15. Doin' The Shout (3:31)
16. Homework (4:31)
17. Early One Morning (4:10)
18. Rockin' Chair (4:10)
19. Hittin' The Bottle Again (2:22)
20. Deep Blue Sea (4:08)
21. Spellbound (3:57)

CD 4:
01. The Hobo (Live) (3:12)
02. Maudie (Live) (2:39)
03. Shake It Baby (Live) (4:12)
04. Boogie Chillun (Live) (3:04)
05. Bottle Up & Go (Live) (3:20)
06. Crawlin' King Snake (Live) (4:45)
07. The Mighty Fire (Live) (4:39)
08. You’ve Got To Walk Yourself (Live) (4:54)
09. I'm Bad Like Jesse James (Live) (5:26)
10. Boogie Everywhere I Go (Live) (8:31)
11. She's Gone (Live) (4:13)
12. It Serves Me Right To Suffer (Live) (6:52)
13. Boom Boom (Live) (4:17)
14. Hi-Heel Sneakers (Live) (4:08)
15. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (Live) (4:39)

CD 5:
01. I Got Eyes For You (With Little Eddie Kirkland) ( 2:40)
02. Mai Lee (With The Groundhogs) ( 3:39)
03. Peavine (With Canned Heat) ( 5:06)
04. Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive (With Van Morrison) (10:14)
05. Five Long Years (With Joe Cocker) ( 6:03)
06. The Healer (With Little Carlos Santana) ( 5:39)
07. I'm In The Mood (With Bonnie Raitt) ( 4:33)
08. Sally Mae (With George Thorogood) ( 3:16)
09. Mr. Lucky (With Robert Cray) ( 4:43)
10. Up And Down (With Warren Haynes) ( 4:52)
11. Boom Boom (With Jimmie Vaughan) ( 4:20)
12. You Shook Me (With B.B. King) ( 5:00)
13. Don't Look Back (With Van Morrison) ( 6:44)
14. Dimples (With Los Lobos) ( 4:04)
15. Boogie Chillen' (With Eric Clapton) ( 4:36)

John Lee Hooker was one of the greatest figures to rise from post-war blues, but he always stood out from other artists in the genre. The minimalism of his style drew a clear line from the pioneering figures of Delta blues, but the hypnotic insistence of his song structures and the unrelenting stomp of his boogie rhythms took those influences to another time and place. Hooker's music could speak of joy or menace with equal force, and with remarkably few changes. And while 12-bar was the unyielding template for nearly every other blues artist, Hooker followed no rules beyond his own muse, embracing rhythmic structures and chord changes that seemed chaotic on paper but sounded brilliant when executed by Hooker. While clearly a bluesman, he was a subgenre unto himself, a musician with a singular approach that many followed but no one could duplicate with the same gravity. In addition to being unique, Hooker was also prolific, recording literally dozens of albums for many different labels in a career that stretched from 1948 to 1997, and compiling a set that accurately represents the length and breadth of his catalog is no simple task. 2017's King of the Boogie is a five-disc set compiled with the cooperation of Hooker's estate and attempts to skim the cream from his massive body of work. The first three discs comprise a (relatively) concise summary of his studio material, while disc four is devoted to live recordings, and disc five is a sampler of his collaborations with other artists, which dominated many of his latter-day albums. Given the very distinct stages of Hooker's career -- his early acoustic sides, his later electric material, his evolution into working with a full band, and the polished, star-sprinkled late period sides -- it's very much a matter of the taste of individual fans that will determine how much they like the three-disc career summary. That said, the track selection delivers most of the acknowledged classics, offers an accurate balance of the various phases of his career, and throws in a few surprises ("Shake, Holler and Run" takes an obvious "Shake, Rattle and Roll" lift and turns it into something very much its own once Hooker is done with it). The live tracks demonstrate his strength and charisma as a live performer, and if the duets are not for many Hooker purists, the fact artists as gifted as Carlos Santana, Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King, and Los Lobos were eager to work with him speaks volumes about how respected he was. It's probably impossible to assemble a truly definitive John Lee Hooker collection, but King of the Boogie leaves no doubt of his talent, his unique vision, and the lasting importance of his music. Add a well-designed package with plenty of rare photos, fine liner notes from Jas Obrecht, and well-detailed track annotation, and you have a splendid sampler that should please loyal fans and dazzle those who have never been introduced to Hooker's music. ~by Mark Deming

King Of The Boogie CD 1
King Of The Boogie CD 2
King Of The Boogie CD 3
King Of The Boogie CD 4
King Of The Boogie CD 5

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Robert Cray - The Redux Club, Dallas, Tx, January 21, 1987

Size: 177,1 MB
Time: 75:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. I Guess I Showed Her (3:48)
02. Still Around (4:38)
03. T-Bone Shuffle (6:28)
04. Right Next Door (Because Of Me) (4:57)
05. Smoking Gun (5:29)
06. More Than I Can Stand (4:36)
07. Bad Influence (3:57)
08. Playing In The Dirt (4:56)
09. Porch Light (6:23)
10. Foul Play (4:52)
11. Phone Booth (4:09)
12. False Accusations (5:40)
13. Cray Srv Jam (7:13)
14. Band Introduction (2:17)
15. New Blood (6:26)

Tin-eared critics have frequently damned him as a yuppie blues wannabe whose slickly soulful offerings bear scant resemblance to the real down-home item. In reality, Robert Cray is one of a precious few young blues-based artists with the talent and vision to successfully usher the idiom into the 21st century without resorting either to slavish imitation or simply playing rock while passing it off as blues. Just as importantly, his immensely popular records helped immeasurably in jump-starting the contemporary blues boom that still holds sway to this day. Blessed with a soulful voice that sometimes recalls '60s great O.V. Wright and a concise lead guitar approach that never wastes notes, Cray's rise to international fame was indeed a heartwarming one. For a guy whose 1980 debut album for Tomato, Who's Been Talkin', proved an instant cutout, his ascendancy was amazingly swift -- in 1986 his breakthrough Strong Persuader album for Mercury (containing "Smoking Gun") won him a Grammy and shot his asking price for a night's work skyward.

Cray was born on August 1, 1953 in Columbus, Georgia. An Army brat who grew up all over the country before his folks settled in Tacoma, Washington in 1968, Cray listened intently to soul and rock before becoming immersed in the blues (in particular, the icy Telecaster of Albert Collins, who played at Cray's high school graduation). Cray formed his first band with longtime bassist Richard Cousins in 1974 . They soon hooked up with Collins as his backup unit before breaking out on their own. The cinematic set caught a brief glimpse of Cray (even if they weren't aware of it) when he anonymously played the bassist of the frat party band Otis Day & the Knights in National Lampoon's Animal House. Cray's Tomato set, also featuring the harp of Curtis Salgado, was an excellent beginning, but it was the guitarist's 1983 set for HighTone, Bad Influence, that really showed just how full of talent Cray was. Another HighTone set, False Accusations, preceded the emergence of the Grammy-winning 1985 guitar summit meeting album Showdown! for Alligator, which found the relative newcomer more than holding his own alongside Collins and Texan Johnny Copeland. Strong Persuader earned two Grammys in two years and made Cray a familiar face even on video-driven MTV.

Unlike many of his peers, Cray continued to experiment within his two presiding genres, blues and soul, on sets for Mercury such as Midnight Stroll in 1990, I Was Warned in 1992, and Shame + a Sin in 1993. After switching to Rykodisc in the late '90s, Cray released Take Your Shoes Off in 1999 and Shoulda Been Home in 2001, proving that the "bluenatics" (as he amusedly labels his purist detractors) have nothing to fear and plenty to anticipate from this innovative, laudably accessible guitarist. Touring regularly with the likes of Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan, Cray stayed active in the studio as well, signing with Sanctuary Records and releasing Time Will Tell in 2003, Twenty in 2005, a pair of live albums, Live from Across the Pond in 2006 and Live at the BBC in 2008, and This Time, which was issued by Vanguard Records a year later.

Cray released his third live album in four years, Cookin' in Mobile, in 2010. The material featured on the album was taken from a single performance at the Saenger Theatre in Mobile, Alabama in February of that year. The Kevin Shirley-produced Nothin But Love, a solid outing featuring narrative songs that circled around the trials and tribulations of love, appeared in 2012. Nearly two years later, he announced the details of In My Soul, his 17th album with the Robert Cray Band. Released in the spring of 2014, In My Soul saw Cray reuniting with producer Steve Jordan, who had previously helmed Take Your Shoes Off, and settling into a deep, soulful groove. In My Soul topped Billboard's blues chart, and on its supporting tour Cray gave a celebratory 40th anniversary concert that was recorded and released in 2015 as 4 Nights and 40 Years Live. In 2016, he worked once again with producer Jordan on an album recorded with the Hi Rhythm Section in the label's old studio in Memphis. Aptly titled Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm, the album appeared in April 2017. ~ Bill Dahl & Al Campbell

The Redux Club, Dallas, Tx, January 21, 1987

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Robert Cray Band - Live Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, Ca-24-1-89 (Remastered)

Size: 243,6 MB
Time: 104:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. I Guess I Showed Her (Live) (4:14)
02. Foul Play (Live) (5:38)
03. Across The Line (Live) (4:47)
04. The Last Time (Live) (6:50)
05. More Than I Can Stand (Live) (4:14)
06. Acting This Way (Live) (5:09)
07. At Last (Live) (5:36)
08. Instrumental (Live) (4:49)
09. Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (Live) (4:54)
10. Don't You Even Care (Live) (5:14)
11. Piano Instrumental (Live) (5:54)
12. Still Around (Live) (5:50)
13. Night Patrol (Live) (5:59)
14. I Can't Go Home (Live) (8:06)
15. Right Next Door (Live) (5:45)
16. Playing In The Dirt (Live) (9:23)
17. Nothin' But A Woman (Live) (5:13)
18. Smokin' Gun (Live) (7:03)

Robert Cray is an American blues guitarist, composer and singer.
With bassist Richard Cousins, keyboardist Peter Boe and drummer Tom Murphy, they launched The Robert Cray Band in 1980 with "Who's Been Talkin". The album was recorded during constant touring in the U.S. in 1978. The record was initially shelved for two years, being eventually issued by the short-lived Tomato label (whose licence was picked up by "Atlantic Records" (U.S.) and "Charly" in the UK.
After several years of regional success, Cray was signed to Mercury in 1982. It was the connection with the producing and songwriting team of Bruce Bromberg and Dennis Walker at Hightone that helped to create the mold-breaking music of "Bad Influence" (1983) and "False Accusations" (1985).
In 1984, The Robert Cray Band completed their first European tour to critical acclaim. Cray's participation with Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland on "Showdown!" (1985, Alligator) and the 1986 album release, "Strong Persuader", again produced by Walker, both received Grammy Awards, while the crossover single "Smoking Gun" gave him wider appeal and name recognition. During 1986 Cray played 170 concerts, including his seventh European tour since 1984, building on his increasing reputation in the UK.
The Robert Cray Band's next album "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (1988) was recorded in Los Angeles, California, and featured David Sanborn on guest saxophone. The title song from the album won Cray his third Grammy, and he guested on Eric Clapton's "Journeyman", whilst also being on the bill at Clapton's eighteen show marathon at the Royal Albert Hall in London. In 1991 Cray was selected to present Howlin' Wolf's induction trophy to Wolf's widow, Lilly Burnett, at the sixth annual "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" Awards. Later that year Cray took part in the "Newport Jazz Festival" with B. B. King and John Lee Hooker.

Live Warfield Theatre

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Robert Cray - Live Smokin' Gun: Live Tower Theater, Philadelphia, Pa 26 Apr '87

Size: 116,8 MB
Time: 49:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Phone Booth (Live) (4:15)
02. Bad Influence (Live) (3:47)
03. More Than I Can Stand (Live) (3:39)
04. T-Bone Shuffle (Live) (5:16)
05. False Accusations (Live) (4:54)
06. I Guess I Showed Her (Live) (3:56)
07. Foul Play (Live) (4:41)
08. Right Next Door (Because Of Me) (Live) (5:11)
09. Playin' In The Dirt (Live) (5:13)
10. Too Many Cooks (Live) (3:19)
11. Smokin' Gun (Live) (5:33)

The Tower Theater, built in 1927, was opened a year later, by John H. McClatchy, as one of Upper Darby Township's first movie houses. Located just outside the city limits of Philadelphia, the theater thrived in the busy area that was once the most highly traveled route to Center City from the west. In its early years, Tower Theater showed both vaudeville acts and movies.

Bio:
Tin-eared critics have frequently damned him as a yuppie blues wannabe whose slickly soulful offerings bear scant resemblance to the real down-home item. In reality, Robert Cray is one of a precious few young blues-based artists with the talent and vision to successfully usher the idiom into the 21st century without resorting either to slavish imitation or simply playing rock while passing it off as blues. Just as importantly, his immensely popular records helped immeasurably in jump-starting the contemporary blues boom that still holds sway to this day. Blessed with a soulful voice that sometimes recalls '60s great O.V. Wright and a concise lead guitar approach that never wastes notes, Cray's rise to international fame was indeed a heartwarming one. For a guy whose 1980 debut album for Tomato, Who's Been Talkin', proved an instant cutout, his ascendancy was amazingly swift -- in 1986 his breakthrough Strong Persuader album for Mercury (containing "Smoking Gun") won him a Grammy and shot his asking price for a night's work skyward.

Cray was born on August 1, 1953 in Columbus, Georgia. An Army brat who grew up all over the country before his folks settled in Tacoma, Washington in 1968, Cray listened intently to soul and rock before becoming immersed in the blues (in particular, the icy Telecaster of Albert Collins, who played at Cray's high school graduation). Cray formed his first band with longtime bassist Richard Cousins in 1974 . They soon hooked up with Collins as his backup unit before breaking out on their own. The cinematic set caught a brief glimpse of Cray (even if they weren't aware of it) when he anonymously played the bassist of the frat party band Otis Day & the Knights in National Lampoon's Animal House. Cray's Tomato set, also featuring the harp of Curtis Salgado, was an excellent beginning, but it was the guitarist's 1983 set for HighTone, Bad Influence, that really showed just how full of talent Cray was. Another HighTone set, False Accusations, preceded the emergence of the Grammy-winning 1985 guitar summit meeting album Showdown! for Alligator, which found the relative newcomer more than holding his own alongside Collins and Texan Johnny Copeland. Strong Persuader earned two Grammys in two years and made Cray a familiar face even on video-driven MTV.

Unlike many of his peers, Cray continued to experiment within his two presiding genres, blues and soul, on sets for Mercury such as Midnight Stroll in 1990, I Was Warned in 1992, and Shame + a Sin in 1993. After switching to Rykodisc in the late '90s, Cray released Take Your Shoes Off in 1999 and Shoulda Been Home in 2001, proving that the "bluenatics" (as he amusedly labels his purist detractors) have nothing to fear and plenty to anticipate from this innovative, laudably accessible guitarist. Touring regularly with the likes of Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan, Cray stayed active in the studio as well, signing with Sanctuary Records and releasing Time Will Tell in 2003, Twenty in 2005, a pair of live albums, Live from Across the Pond in 2006 and Live at the BBC in 2008, and This Time, which was issued by Vanguard Records a year later.

Cray released his third live album in four years, Cookin' in Mobile, in 2010. The material featured on the album was taken from a single performance at the Saenger Theatre in Mobile, Alabama in February of that year. The Kevin Shirley-produced Nothin But Love, a solid outing featuring narrative songs that circled around the trials and tribulations of love, appeared in 2012. Nearly two years later, he announced the details of In My Soul, his 17th album with the Robert Cray Band. Released in the spring of 2014, In My Soul saw Cray reuniting with producer Steve Jordan, who had previously helmed Take Your Shoes Off, and settling into a deep, soulful groove. In My Soul topped Billboard's blues chart, and on its supporting tour Cray gave a celebratory 40th anniversary concert that was recorded and released in 2015 as 4 Nights and 40 Years Live. In 2016, he worked once again with producer Jordan on an album recorded with the Hi Rhythm Section in the label's old studio in Memphis. Aptly titled Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm, the album appeared in April 2017. ~Bill Dahl & Al Campbell

Live Smokin' Gun

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Robert Cray - Live In '90 (Remastered)

Size: 100,5 MB
Time: 36:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. Phone Booth (Live) (4:30)
02. These Things (Live) (6:00)
03. Where Do I Go From Here (Live) (5:39)
04. Right Next Door (Because Of Me) [Live] (5:30)
05. Consequences (Live) (4:53)
06. Smokin' Gun (Live) (4:47)
07. Nothing But A Woman (Live) (4:57)

Robert Cray has created a sound that rises from American roots and arrives today both fresh and familiar. In just over 40 years Cray and his band have recorded 20 studio releases, 15 of which have been on the Billboard charts, and played bars, concert halls, festivals and arenas around the world.

Live In '90

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Robert Cray - I Was Warned

Year: 1992
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:27
Size: 114,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues, soul-blues
Scans: Full

1. Just A Loser (4:26)
2. I'm A Good Man (4:16)
3. I Was Warned (7:16)
4. The Price I Pay (5:05)
5. Won The Battle (3:50)
6. On The Road Down (4:01)
7. A Whole Lotta Pride (4:39)
8. A Picture Of A Broken Heart (5:26)
9. He Don't Live Here Anymore (5:16)
10. Our Last Time (5:09)

Robert Cray's soulful vocals and spanky, sustainless guitar enliven the fairly by-the-numbers blues-influenced R&B on I Was Warned. The band itself is solid (especially tough-as-nails drummer Kevin Hayes), if unexceptional; the addition of the Memphis Horns (Andrew Love on tenor sax and Wayne Jackson on trumpet and trombone) on many of these tracks is a definite step in the right direction. However, the tracks are devoid of any kind of dirt whatsoever, which prevents them from really kicking the listener the way that they should.

Granted, Cray isn't R.L. Burnside or even Buddy Guy, but a little more grit to the band performances, arrangements, tones, and recording would go a long way toward aiding the emotional kick of his admittedly great set of pipes. Cray is also not aided by the writing, which is hit or miss throughout. Such standout tracks as the anguish-laden "He Don't Live Here Anymore" and the swinging "Our Last Time" serve to offset missteps such as the title track.

The production even actually helps the Steve Cropper co-written "On the Road Down," which features a great vocal performance from the leader. In addition to his wonderful singing voice, Cray's unique guitar sound and approach, one of the most distinctive in blues, is on full display on I Was Warned.

Take a listen to the beginning of his solo on "Just a Loser," to the way that the phrase just flows out of his guitar in a way that suggests the blues without being overtly bluesy, for a good indication of his extremely effective instrumental skills. His playing is powerful and idiosyncratic, but his intensity and focus are unfortunately not matched by other aspects of this recording. I Was Warned is not a bad Cray album by any means; it just lacks the sort of fire that would make it really take off. /Daniel Gioffre, AllMusic

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Robert Cray Band - Who's Been Talkin'

Year: 1980/1986
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:06
Size: 83,6 MB
Styles: Electric blues, soul-blues
Scans: Full

1. Too Many Cooks (2:52)
2. The Score (4:09)
3. The Welfare (Turns Its Back On You) (3:22)
4. That's What I'll Do (2:40)
5. I'd Rather Be A Wino (4:51)
6. Who's Been Talking? (3:47)
7. Sleeping In The Ground (3:23)
8. I'm Gonna Forget About You (3:13)
9. Nice As A Fool Can Be (3:18)
10. If You're Thinkin' What I'm Thinkin' (4:27)

The Pacific Northwest-based blues savior's first album in 1980 boded well for his immediate future. Unfurling a sterling vocal delivery equally conversant with blues and soul, Cray offers fine remakes of the Willie Dixon-penned title tune, O.V. Wright's deep soul romp "I'm Gonna Forget About You," and Freddy King's "The Welfare (Turns Its Back on You)," along with his own "Nice as a Fool Can Be" and "That's What I'll Do." /Bill Dahl, AllMusic

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Various - Five Star Blues Rock

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 110:17
Size: 252.5 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[5:55] 1. Jonny Lang - A Quitter Never Wins
[5:06] 2. Lucky Peterson - Compared To What
[7:16] 3. Roy Buchanan - Roy Buchanan - Pete's Blue
[3:42] 4. Eric Clapton - Rockin' Daddy
[9:43] 5. Ten Years After - I May Be Wrong, But I Won't Be Wrong Always
[4:54] 6. The Allman Brothers Band - One Way Out
[3:33] 7. Savoy Brown Blues Band - The Doormouse Rides The Rails
[4:46] 8. Susan Tedeschi - Love Me Don't Hate Me
[4:47] 9. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Don't Think Twice
[2:08] 10. Eric Clapton - Key To Love
[3:54] 11. Robert Cray - I Wonder
[4:45] 12. Takats Tamas Dirty Blues Band - Roadhouse Blues
[3:04] 13. Buddy Guy - I Got A Strange Feeling
[2:44] 14. Otis Rush - You Been An Angel
[2:49] 15. Muddy Waters - Short Dress Woman
[4:28] 16. John Scofield - I Don't Need No Doctor
[3:01] 17. Albert Collins - Frosty
[3:00] 18. Koko Taylor - What Kind Of Man Is That
[4:10] 19. Howlin' Wolf - I Ain't Superstitious
[5:34] 20. John Mayall - Force Of Nature
[5:16] 21. Luther Allison - Easy Baby
[3:26] 22. Bobby Blue Bland - Driftin' Blues
[3:59] 23. Johnny Copeland - Blues Ain't Nothin'
[3:29] 24. Joe Louis Walker - Yveline
[4:34] 25. Robben Ford - Lovin' Cup

Though much early rock & roll was based in the blues, Blues-Rock didn't fully develop into a subgenre until the late-'60s. Blues-rock emphasized two specific things -- the traditional, three-chord blues song and instrumental improvisation. Borrowing the idea of an instrumental combo and loud amplification from rock & roll, the original blues-rockers -- bands like Cream that grew out of the Alexis Korner and John Mayall tradition of British blues, as well as American bands like the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Canned Heat -- also attempted to play long, involved improvisations which were commonplace on jazz records, as well as live blues shows. The hybrid became quite popular and the bands that immediately followed them were louder and more riff-oriented. Out of this approach came heavy metal and Southern rock, which both used basic blues riffs and featured extended solos. In the early '70s, the lines between blues-rock and hard rock were barely visible, as boogie-based bands like ZZ Top employed album-rock production techniques that tended to obscure their blues roots. However, blues-rock soon backed away from hard rock, and there was a set number of acts that continued to play (and rewrite) blues standards as well as write their own songs in the same idiom. In the '80s and '90s, blues-rock was more roots-oriented than in the '60s and '70s, even when artists like the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughan flirted with rock stardom. By the '80s, blues-rock had become an accepted tradition, much like the blues.

Five Star Blues Rock

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