Ron Thompson - From The Patio

Size: 104,4 MB
Time: 44:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Meet Me In The Bottom (Live) (3:05)
02. Bring Me My Shotgun (Live) (3:49)
03. Mardis Gras Boogie (Live) (3:43)
04. Tin Pan Alley (Live) (4:08)
05. One More Chance With You (Live) (4:35)
06. I Done Got Over (Live) (3:41)
07. Sinner's Prayer (Live) (5:30)
08. The River Is Rising (Live) (3:48)
09. That's How I Feel (Live) (3:21)
10. Doctor Brown (Live) (5:05)
11. When You Walk That Walk (Live) (4:09)

Ron Thompson (July 5, 1953 – February 15, 2020) was an American electric blues and blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. Thompson released nine albums after 1983 on labels including Blind Pig. He worked with Little Joe Blue, John Lee Hooker, Lowell Fulson, Etta James and Big Mama Thornton.

Thompson was born in Oakland, California, United States, and had mastered basic guitar and slide guitar techniques by his mid-teens. He was educated at Newark Memorial High School, in Newark, California. In the early 1970s, Thompson played backing to Little Joe Blue, and worked solo and as a sideman in San Francisco Bay Area clubs. He joined John Lee Hooker's backing band in 1975, staying with him for three years. In 1980, Thompson formed his own group, the Resistors, and secured a recording contract with Takoma Records. He played at the San Francisco Blues Festival in 1978, 1979 and 1983.

In 1983, he released his debut album, Treat Her Like Gold. Thompson also found employment separately working with Lowell Fulson, Etta James and Big Mama Thornton. Thompson's second album Resister Twister was released in 1987 and nominated for a Grammy Award, plus 1990's Just Like a Devil, was taken from his work on Mark Naftalin's Blue Monday Party radio show.

Thompson's 2007 album, Resonator was a purely acoustic production.

Ron Thompson died in Hayward, California on February 15, 2020, at the age of 66, due to complications from diabetes. ~Wikipedia

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VA - San Francisco Blues Festival: European Sessions

Size: 159,2 MB
Time: 69:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1992
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Sonny Rhodes - Mean Mistreatin' Mama (4:37)
02. Sonny Rhodes - Paris Blues (5:01)
03. Sonny Rhodes - Up Above My Head (3:45)
04. Luther Tucker - Tuck's Blues (4:08)
05. Luther Tucker - Ska Me Blues (3:14)
06. Luther Tucker - Lonesome Boulevards (5:28)
07. Little Willie Littlefield - Digne (3:24)
08. Little Willie Littlefield - Lonesome And Blue (3:43)
09. Little Willie Littlefield - Outskirts Of Paris Boogie (3:10)
10. Ron Thompson - Love Has Struck Me Down (3:12)
11. Ron Thompson - My Little Woman (3:24)
12. Ron Thompson - Blue Sparks (3:06)
13. J.C. Burris - Blues In France (3:22)
14. J.C. Burris - Airplane Blues (3:21)
15. J.C. Burris - Black President (4:09)
16. Mississippi Johnny Waters - Baby Don't Treat Me This Way (2:12)
17. Mississippi Johnny Waters - Blues Is Somethin' (3:57)
18. Mississippi Johnny Waters - They Call It Boogie (6:08)

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Various Artists - Blue Bay: Anthology Of San Francisco Bay Blues

As Charlie Musselwhite succinctly put it, 'blues is blues.' It can be the sweet ballad kind, or hard driving Chicago style, or even the low down country type. Whatever the kind, it's contained within this album - the feeling and depth of the blues being played today in the San Francisco Bay Area. For guitarist Hi Tide Harris, these sides are his very first solo efforts. As a member of the John Mayall Band, Harris recorded and toured Europe and Australia in 1974. Tide's guitar playing and singing rank him as one of the finest blues musicians to surface in recent years.

Gary Smith's career began with guitarist Robben Ford in 1970. The following year he formed his first band with bassist Steve Gomes whose solid backing has been a key to the band's success; they have been playing Bay Area clubs ever since. 'Solid Sender' is an instrumental in the vein of Little Walter. It's a showcase stopper that every harp player carries in his bag. Guitarist Ron Thompson was born in Oakland where the records of Jimmy Reed and Muddy Waters first provided him with a basic blues background. 'Blue Chariot,' a Delta influenced acoustic slide piece, is a classic that clearly exemplifies this young guitarist's abilities.

Robert Lowery was born in Shula, Arkansas, near the Louisiana border. His earliest influences were local bluesmen, however, he eventually fell under the influence of Sam Hopkins and Son Jackson. He moved to Oakland in 1956 and is known for his rather uncanny ability to duplicate the sound of Robert Johnson. 'Crossroad Blues' is performed in typical Johnson style, the slide work impeccable, the duplication incredible. Sonny Rhodes has been playing the blues in California since the early 1960s when he moved to Fresno from Smithville, Texas. In Texas, he heard a lot of blues, especially T-Bone Walker who remains Rhodes' deepest influence as a guitarist. 'Keep Holding On' is a Jr. Parker tune that Rhodes first heard in Texas, lending a unique interpretation, and featuring a biting West Coast-style guitar.

Luther Tucker is a veteran of numerous Chicago groups including the bands of Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Junior Wells, and James Cotton before finally settling in San Francisco. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1936, Luther Tucker is one of the great lead guitarists in the blues today! 'Mean Old World' goes back to when Tucker worked with the Otis Rush band in Chicago. It has been the wish of these musicians to present this album as a joint effort, a cooperative recording in which the final product is an expression of all involved to be shared by all, and one which transcends commercial consideration and allows each performer his interpretation of the blues. /Excerpt from the liner notes by Tom Mazzolini

Album: Blue Bay: Anthology Of San Francisco Bay Blues
Year: 1976/1992
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:54
Size: 152,8 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Hi Tide Harris - Messaround (2:34)
2. Gary Smith Blues Band - Blues For Mr. P. (3:19)
3. Ron Thompson - Is That Any Way To Treat Your Man (2:53)
4. Robert Lowery - Crossroads Blues (2:56)
5. Sonny Rhodes - The Highway Is Like A Woman (4:53)
6. Gary Smith Blues Band - Solid Sender (4:13)
7. Luther Tucker & The Gary Smith Band - Tuckerology (2:43)
8. Luther Tucker & Charlie Musselwhite - Canadian Sunset (2:07)
9. Hi Tide Harris - Charlie Stone (3:27)
10. Luther Tucker & Charlie Musselwhite - Mean Old World (8:38)
11. Hi Tide Harris - Tipitina (2:17)
12. Sonny Rhodes - Keep Holding On (2:15)
13. Hi Tide Harris - Never Will Forget Your Love (2:13)
14. Robert Lowery - Gambling Man Blues (2:12)
15. Ron Thompson - Blue Chariot (2:32)
16. Ron Thompson - Paycheck Blues (4:30)
17. Robert Lowery - Step It Up And Go (1:54)
18. Robert Lowery - Tennessee Blues (3:21)
19. Robert Lowery - If I Die (2:13)
20. Luther Tucker & Charlie Musselwhite - Sweet Home Chicago (4:34)

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Monica Dupont - Life Goes On

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:41
Size: 81.7 MB
Styles: Contemporary blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[2:20] 1. Too Much Alcohol
[3:09] 2. Sittin' Around
[2:14] 3. A Bigger Place
[3:18] 4. Shakin' The Sheets
[4:48] 5. Running Bear
[3:29] 6. The Man From New Orleans
[4:04] 7. Some Other Girl's Dream
[4:03] 8. Mr. Cool
[3:57] 9. When I'm Gone
[4:14] 10. Life Goes On

Featuring; Ron Thompson, Mitch Woods, Wolfie Witcher, Bobbie Webb, Mark Hummel, Kenneth Nash, Blaine Hoopes, Microwave Dave, Buzzy Linhart and many more great musicians

Monica Dupont has the rare gift to reach the listener's soul with her deep, unique voice and her honest, *from the heart* song-delivery. Her CD *Life Goes On* spans the entire musical spectrum of the Blues - and beyond. The 10 songs on her album demonstrate that she is easily at home singing Jazz, Rock, Soul, Traditional and Modern Blues, without ever compromising her individuality.

Monica is also an accomplished guitarist and song-writer. Her seven compositions on this CD highlight the diverse range of styles mentioned above, never sounding cliche or resorting to the over-worked 12-bar structure. Every track on *Life Goes On* is a stand-out, but I do have my favourites...and they're all Monica's songs, like the jazzy *Mr Cool*, the rocking *Shakin' The Sheets* and the Chicago-flavoured *When I'm Gone*. There are surprises too - like her rendition of *Running Bear*, in which Monica succeeds in putting a totally different, but convincing meaning to the old Johnny Preston tune.

Monica also features an impressive line-up of musicians, including Gary Novak(bass, producer and various other instruments); Mark Hummel (blues harp); Buzzy Linhart (vibes); Ron Thompson, Microwave Dave, Jimi James and Bobby Young (guitars) and Blaine Hoops (sax), plus many more... *Life Goes On* is an album that will please music lovers of all genres and ages, because the music is sung and played *From The Heart*. I highly recommend it. ~Marc Leon

Life Goes On

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Ron Thompson - Son Of Boogie Woogie

Size: 127,4 MB
Time: 54:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Slide Guitar Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

01. Want Ad Blues (3:55)
02. Broke And Hungry (3:57)
03. Show Biz Blues (4:50)
04. Too Late Brother (4:59)
05. Black Cat Bone (3:47)
06. Telephone Blues (8:19)
07. Gettin' Nasty (3:07)
08. Standing At The Crossroads (4:33)
09. Sugar Bee (5:36)
10. Jitterbug Swing (3:02)
11. Son Of Boogie Woogie (1:57)
12. Frankie And Johnny (5:59)

Ron Thompson is the rare guitarist who never strayed from his blues leanings. In an era where dime a dozen rock guitarists attempt to interpret pale imitations of the blues, Thompson is the real deal. The years spent accompanying John Lee Hooker and other top blues artists, instilled in him a driving awareness of how this music should, and has to be played.

Since his debut recording in 1983 "Treat Her Like Gold," Thompson has released six other records with his band The Resistors, the most recent being "Resonator," done in 2007 on the 32-20 label. He has enjoyed constant appreciation on his home turf in the San Francisco Bay Area, but anything vaguely resembling fame and fortune has regrettably eluded him.

This time around Thompson demonstrates he is adept at shuffling blues as the opener "Want Ad Blues," and "Too Late Brother," and can get down and dirty with "Telephone Blues." These are reminiscent of the classic West Coast style of T-Bone Walker, who is an obvious influence. But where he really shows his stuff is on the slide guitar numbers "Broke and Hungry," and "Show Biz Blues." He can expertly pull off riffs from the tough Chicago school, as well as flat out Texas boogie, all while belting out raw and raucous vocals. The final cut is a down home take on the perennial "Frankie and Johnny," which brings to mind the great Jimmy Reed, complete with harmonica and barroom swagger.

Though most of the authentic bluesmen who originated this uniquely African-American music have passed, Ron Thompson continues not only to play in the time honored tradition, but to live the life he sings about. He just might be one of the few left standing who play blues from the heart. ~James Nadal

Personnel: Ron Thompson: vocals, guitar, harmonica; Jim Pugh: Hammond B3 Organ; D’Mar: drums (1, 4, 6, 9, 12); Scott Griffin: drums (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11). .

Son Of Boogie Woogie

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