Roomful Of Blues - Steppin' Out!

Album: Steppin' Out!
Size: 102,6 MB
Time: 44:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Blues/R&B
Art: Front

1. Satisfied (3:36)
2. You Were Wrong (2:50)
3. Steppin' Up In Class (3:27)
4. Slippin' And Slidin' (2:52)
5. Please Don't Leave (3:43)
6. Tell Me Who (2:34)
7. You Don't Move Me No More (2:44)
8. Good Rockin' Daddy (3:18)
9. Tend To Your Business (3:00)
10. Well Oh Well (2:44)
11. Why Don't Cha Stop It (3:16)
12. I've Got A Feelin' (3:34)
13. Dirty People (3:28)
14. Boogie's The Thing (2:52)

For more than six decades, Roomful of Blues have been swinging, stomping, and soul-shaking their way across the globe, and with Steppin’ Out! they’re proving the party is nowhere near over. The Rhode Island institution’s 20th album marks the recording debut of powerhouse vocalist D.D. Bastos, the first female singer in the band’s storied history. Her full-throttle delivery and emotive phrasing bring a fresh spark to the group’s celebrated “little big band” sound, anchored by guitarist and bandleader Chris Vachon and longtime horn maestro Rich Lataille, who’s been shaping the Roomful tone since 1970.

Produced by Vachon, Steppin’ Out! serves up 14 high-voltage tracks that vault from jump blues to swing to early rock ‘n’ roll, all with the kind of precision and fire only Roomful can deliver. Bastos’ passion is palpable on cuts like “You Were Wrong,” a Z.Z. Hill number she first heard from Magic Sam, and the blistering opener “Satisfied” from Billy “The Kid” Emerson. The setlist is a treasure trove of deep cuts by Big Mama Thornton, Big Maybelle, Etta James, Buddy and Ella Johnson, Jimmy McCracklin, Tiny Bradshaw, and Smiley Lewis - songs resurrected with grit, grace, and a horn section that can still lift a roof.

Since their 1967 beginnings as Chicago blues devotees, Roomful of Blues have grown into one of the world’s premier jump and swing outfits, racking up five Grammy nominations, seven Blues Music Awards, and a touring history that spans 22 countries. Along the way, they’ve shared stages with legends from B.B. King to Carlos Santana and drawn praise from DownBeat, USA Today, and The New Yorker for their unshakable groove and exuberant performances.

On Steppin’ Out!, Bastos meets the band’s legacy head-on, delivering every line with conviction while honoring the tradition built by generations of Roomful players. With Vachon’s searing guitar, Lataille’s saxophone mastery, and a rhythm section that swings with unrelenting drive, the album captures the essence of what has kept Roomful at the top of their game for nearly 60 years - joy, energy, and music that refuses to sit still. This is Roomful of Blues in full flight, still raising the bar, still filling dance floors, and still stepping out like nobody else can.

Personnel: D.D. Bastos (lead vocals); Chris Vachon (guitar, background vocals); Jeff Ceasrine (keyboards, background vocals); John Turner (double bass); Mike Coffey (drums); Rich Lataille, Craig Thomas (saxophones); Christopher Pratt (trumpet).

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Roomful Of Blues - Swingin' And Jumpin'

Size: 107.6 MB
Time: 46:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Electric Blues, Jump Blues
Art: Full

01. Give It Up (3:15)
02. Jumpin' For Joe (3:59)
03. Honey Hush (4:53)
04. He Was A Friend Of Mine (3:19)
05. That's The Groovy Thing (4:26)
06. Red, Hot And Blue (3:14)
07. Take It Like A Man (2:11)
08. Street Lights (6:25)
09. That's My Life (3:48)
10. House Of Joy (3:16)
11. Cocka-Doodle-Doo (2:52)
12. Duke's Blues (4:23)

Over the course of their decades-long existence, Roomful of Blues effectively became a franchise unto themselves, establishing a sound that endured despite nearly constant changes in their lineup. More than 45 musicians have been part of Roomful of Blues since their formation in the late '60s, and a number went on to notable careers of their own, including guitarists Duke Robillard and Ronnie Earl, organist Ron Levy, pianist Al Copley, singer Lou Ann Barton, vocalist/harmonica player Sugar Ray Norcia, and drummer Fran Christina (later of the Fabulous Thunderbirds). While Roomful of Blues started out playing blues with a strong rock influence, they evolved into modern purveyors of jump blues, featuring a mighty horn section (who often moonlighted from the band by artists impressed with their sound) along with guitars, bass, keys, drums, and powerful vocals. Their self-titled 1977 debut, co-produced by legendary songwriter Doc Pomus, showed the band knew their blues history but didn't let it stop them from having a good time, and subsequent efforts like 1981's Hot Little Mama, 1994's Dance All Night, 2001's Watch You When You Go, and 2005's Standing Room Only all testified to their easy balance of chops and showmanship. The band also has a stellar reputation as a concert act, and 2013's 45 Live demonstrated that nearly a half century on, they've never lost their ability to work a crowd.

A nine-piece outfit for the majority of their existence, Roomful of Blues were founded in Westerly, RI, all the way back in 1967, by guitarist Duke Robillard and pianist Al Copley. Settling on drummer Fran Christina and bassist Larry Peduzzi, the group began playing around the local club and coffeehouse circuit, initially pursuing a contemporary blues-rock style. Robillard quickly rethought their direction when he discovered jump blues, and in 1970 he added a horn section featuring saxophonists Greg Piccolo (tenor) and Rich Lataille (alto/tenor), plus a more swinging drummer in John Rossi; baritone saxophonist Doug James joined up in 1971. After a couple of years honing their sound and achieving local popularity, Roomful of Blues started supporting established blues artists, and started what would become a 15-year residency at the Knickerbocker Cafe in Westerly. In 1974, they gigged with Count Basie, a professed admirer, and after a few more years of live work, songwriter Doc Pomus finally helped the band get a record deal with Island. Their self-titled debut was released in 1977, and they followed it up with 1979's Let's Have a Party for Antilles. Robillard subsequently left the group to pursue other projects, eventually finding considerable success as a solo artist.

Robillard's spot as guitarist and bandleader was taken by Ronnie Earl, and trombonist Porky Cohen was also added to flesh out the horn section. Meanwhile, female vocalist Lou Ann Barton spent a year with the group, and saxophonist Piccolo subsequently took over, making his vocal debut on 1981's Hot Little Mama (recorded for Blue Flame); the same year, trumpeter Bob Enos joined the group, as did bassist Jimmy Wimpfheimer (who was replaced by Preston Hubbard in 1983). Roomful of Blues' reputation had been growing steadily in the blues world, and they soon attracted more mainstream notice by serving as a studio backing group for legends like Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1982's Eddie Cleanhead Vinson & Roomful of Blues), Big Joe Turner (1983's Blues Train), and Earl King (1988's Glazed); all three albums in question earned Grammy nominations. Roomful of Blues hit the studios on their own as well, signing with Varrick and recording 1984's Dressed Up to Get Messed Up. Helped by good timing, the record raised the group's profile even further following the emergence of Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and they were able to tour heavily behind it. Unfortunately, Piccolo needed throat surgery, and at first Keith Dunn filled his spot in concert; vocalist/harpist Curtis Salgado was brought in as a longer-term replacement, and fronted the group on 1987's Live at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel; new organist Ron Levy also made his debut there, replacing Copley.

Unfortunately, Ronnie Earl left the group later that year, and while Roomful of Blues remained a popular touring attraction, it would be seven years before they would pull together and reenter the recording studio (at least, on their own; they did back Pat Benatar on 1991's True Love). Predictably, several personnel shifts ensued: Salgado left when Piccolo's voice healed; trombonist Cohen was replaced by Carl Querfurth in 1988 (later serving as the group's producer as well); guitarist Chris Vachon joined in 1990; and new pianist Matt McCabe came on board in 1992. With a trail of busted record deals behind them, Roomful of Blues eventually bankrolled their own sessions and found a home for the result, Dance All Night, on Bullseye Blues in 1994. With Piccolo now departed, Ronnie Earl's longtime friend Sugar Ray Norcia handled vocals and harmonica, and stuck around for the subsequent Bullseye albums Turn It On! Turn It Up! (1995, nominated for a Grammy) and Under One Roof (1997). Following the latter, a mass exodus of personnel left Roomful of Blues down to just a core of drummer Rossi, guitarist Vachon, trumpeter Enos, and saxman Lataille (even the long-running horn team was broken up). The remaining members restored the band to a nine-piece fronted by new vocalist McKinley "Mac" Odom, and returned in 1998 with There Goes the Neighborhood. Prior to recording their next album, longtime stalwart Rossi finally retired from the band and was replaced by Chris Lemp on 2001's Watch You When You Go. Looking to return to a more traditional blues sound, in early 2002 the band replaced Odom with singer/harpist Mark DuFresne. The group moved to Alligator Records in 2003 for That's Right, following it with a string of consistent albums for the label, including 2005's Standing Room Only, 2008's Raisin' a Ruckus, and 2011's Hook, Line & Sinker. The band celebrated their 45th anniversary in 2012 with 45 Live, recorded over three nights at Ocean Mist in Rhode Island. Alligator released the album from those shows the following year. 2020's In a Roomful of Blues, another release for Alligator, was produced by guitarist Chris Vachon, who also wrote several songs for the album; ten of the LP's 13 tracks were Roomful of Blues originals, the most yet on a ROB album. ~Steve Huey

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Roomful Of Blues - The Blues'll Make You Happy, Too!

Size: 143.7 MB
Time: 61:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Electric Blues, Jump Blues
Art: Full

01. Poverty (4:03)
02. The Comeback (5:31)
03. Just Like Dynamite (4:21)
04. I'm Just Your Fool (4:01)
05. Standing Here At The Crossroads (4:16)
06. If You Know It (3:04)
07. Baby, Baby, Baby (5:24)
08. She'll Be So Fine (4:03)
09. Back On Front Street (3:41)
10. He Knows The Rules (4:27)
11. Loan A Helping Hand (3:06)
12. Jeep's Blues (5:42)
13. That's My Life (3:54)
14. Shake Rattle And Roll (With Big Joe Turner) (5:29)

This is one of the first volumes in Rounder Records' Rounder Heritage series, which will celebrate the company's 30-year history with a line of 30 releases that dip into the label's deep catalog of blues, folk, and bluegrass recordings. The Blues'll Make You Happy, Too! compiles 14 tracks from various Roomful of Blues albums released over the past 20 years; the collection focuses on the 1990s but includes tracks from as long ago as 1980, just after the departure of guitarist/leader Duke Robillard and his replacement by Ronnie Earl. At this point, the band took on more horns, and its style was subtly redefined. Although production values have changed since that period, the band's overall sound hasn't -- the Roomful's winning combination of blues, soul, R&B and swing remains pretty much the same throughout the program. Singer Sugar Ray Norcia's original jump blues composition from 1996 (the excellent "If You Know It") could have been written 30 years ago, and when the band covers Memphis Slim (with "The Comeback," featuring Mac Odom on vocal) or Duke Ellington (a fine, slinky interpretation of "Jeep's Blues," recorded in 1980), it's with the immediacy and energy of a band delivering its latest composition. This album is an excellent overview of an ensemble that has been making top-notch blues-based music for over 30 years and that shows no signs of slowing down. Highly recommended. ~Rick Anderson

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Roomful Of Blues - Roomful Of Christmas

Size: 97.7 MB
Time: 41:36
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Electric Blues, Xmas
Art: Full

01. Christmas Celebration (3:27)
02. I Told Santa Claus (4:15)
03. The Christmas Song (3:11)
04. White Christmas (4:15)
05. Have Your Self A Merry Little Christmas (4:43)
06. Good Morning Blues (5:03)
07. Let It Snow (3:46)
08. Run, Rudolph, Run (3:51)
09. I Want You With Me Christmas (4:18)
10. I Want To Spend Christmas With You (4:44)

This Christmas platter adds another page to Roomful's voluminous releases for Rounder's Varrick and Bullseye Blues imprints. Their only holiday album is a unique collection of some of the greatest R&B Christmas tunes of all time, including Chuck Berry's "Run Rudolph Run," Fats Domino's "I Told Santa Claus" and Lloyd Glenn's "Christmas Celebration." Roomful also puts their distinctive touch on classics by Mel Torme ("The Christmas Song"), Nat King Cole ("Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"), Jesse Belvin ("I Want You With Me Christmas"), Lowell Fulson ("I Want to Spend Christmas With You") and swinging takes on "Let It Snow," the perennial "White Christmas" (done up New Orleans style) and a holiday slant to Count Basie's "Good Morning Blues." ~Cub Koda

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Roomful Of Blues - In A Roomful Of Blues

Size: 104,7 MB
Time: 44:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. What Can You Do? (3:04)
02. You Move Me (3:22)
03. In A Roomful Of Blues (3:31)
04. Phone Zombies (3:35)
05. Watch Your Back (3:33)
06. She Quit Me Again (4:39)
07. She's Too Much (4:08)
08. Have You Heard (2:47)
09. We'd Have A Love Sublime (3:01)
10. Carcinoma Blues (4:26)
11. Too Much Boogie (3:20)
12. Let The Sleeping Dog Lie (3:00)
13. I Can't Wait (1:53)

Roomful of Blues, the world-renowned, horn-powered, house-rocking blues band, will release a new album 'In A Roomful Of Blues'. The Rhode Island-based group have been delighting audiences for over 50 years. Blues Music Magazine calls them “the best little big band in the blues.”

In A Roomful Of Blues, the band’s fifth release on Alligator (and 19th overall), was produced by guitarist and bandleader Chris Vachon and features 13 wide-ranging songs, including nine band-composed originals – more than on any previous Roomful album.

Eight songs were written or co-written by Vachon (including one authored with vocalist Phil Pemberton) plus one each by sax player Alek Razdan and keyboardist Rusty Scott. From the rocking We’d Have A Love Sublime to the funkified, You Move Me to the closing-time lament She Quit Me Again to the up-to-the-minute Phone Zombies, In A Roomful Of Blues is filled with soaring blues, zydeco twists, late-night ballads, Latin-tinged funk and a touch of vintage, fifth-gear rock ‘n’ roll.

On record and on stage, Roomful of Blues continues to deliver its bone-shaking mix of original songs and carefully chosen covers ranging from jump, swing and proto-rock ‘n’ roll to funky, contemporary blues. Their impeccable musicianship and larger-than-life vocals have earned Roomful five Grammy Award nominations and a slew of other accolades, including seven Blues Music Awards. Twice, the prestigious DownBeat International Critics’ Poll has selected them as Best Blues Band.

Vachon first joined Roomful in 1990 and has been leading the band since 1998. Guitar Player says Vachon’s guitar playing “burns with explosive solos and a delightfully greasy sense of rhythm.” The band has maintained its signature sound through great musicianship and a stellar horn section – featuring tenor and alto saxophonist Rich Lataille, who first joined the band in 1970. Lataille’s masterful playing can evoke either the fat-toned, honking sax of the glory days of early rock or the cool elegance of big band swing jazz.

While Roomful of Blues has always been one of the tightest, most joyful blues ensembles in the world, they have never sounded fresher or stronger than with the current line-up. Along with Vachon and Lataille, the band includes vocalist Phil Pemberton, baritone and tenor saxophonist Alek Razdan, trumpeter Carl “Geerz” Gerhard, bassist John Turner, drummer Chris Anzalone and keyboardist Rusty Scott.

Roomful of Blues began in 1967 when a group of southern Rhode Island teenagers with a shared passion for the blues formed a straight-ahead Chicago-style electric blues band to explore the music of their heroes. They added a horn section (including Rich Lataille) in 1970 and released their self-titled debut album in 1977 on Island Records (reissued on Hyena Records), which brought them to the attention of fans and critics from coast to coast.

The band has performed in cities around the world, travelling abroad to 22 countries including Lebanon, Poland, Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey and Russia. The New Yorker says the band brings “thunderous performances that get feet stomping and hands clapping.”

With In A Roomful Of Blues, the band has once again captured all of their frenetic energy and musical power in the studio. Roomful of Blues will be hitting the road and bringing the new material to their fans around the world, proving without a doubt that this is a band built to stand the test of time.

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Roomful Of Blues - Raisin' A Ruckus

Year: 2008
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:59
Size: 125,2 MB
Styles: Blues, jump blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. Every Dog Has Its Day (2:40)
2. Lower On Your List Of Priorities (3:20)
3. Talkin' To You Eye To Eye (3:03)
4. Big Mamou (3:00)
5. Round It Down (4:16)
6. I Would Be A Sinner (3:59)
7. Black Night (5:21)
8. Boogie Woogie Country Girl (3:19)
9. Solid Jam (3:13)
10. Sweet Petite (4:08)
11. While I Can (4:28)
12. Raisin' A Ruckus (5:13)
13. New Orleans (3:54)
14. Life Has Been Good (3:59)

The hard-edged, horn-fueled R&B band Roomful of Blues has been going strong since the 1960s, building its reputation with electrifying live shows and an irresistible blend of blues, swing, rock, and soul. Raisin' A Ruckus shows the group has lost none of its punch.

New lead singer Dave Howard brings his gruff, growling pipes to the Roomful's brass-tacks charge, and the rhythm section, horns, and lead instruments have never sounded better. With a sound that nods to the jump blues of yesteryear, but with steely contemporary edge, Raisin' A Ruckus does precisely what its title suggests. Get your dancing shoes and head for the floor. /AllMusic

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Roomful Of Blues - 2 albums: The First Album / The Best Of Roomful Of Blues The Alligator Records Years

Album: The First Album
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:40
Size: 86.2 MB
Styles: R&B, Jump blues
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[3:13] 1. Red, Hot & Blue
[4:19] 2. Love Struck
[3:46] 3. That's My Life
[4:19] 4. Duke's Blues
[2:54] 5. Texas Flood
[3:13] 6. Give It Up
[4:32] 7. Stormy Monday
[2:10] 8. Take It Like A Man
[4:18] 9. Still In Love With You
[4:52] 10. Honey Hush

Roomful of Blues' self-titled 1977 disc on Island Records, produced by Joel Dorn and the great Doc Pomus, reveals a powerful and entertaining approach to material from Noble "Thin Man" Watts, Chick Willis, Aaron Walker, Lou Willie Turner, and others. Duke Robillard's authentic vocal and guitar lead with authority, the group performing these solid blues with the precision of jazz greats. There's an interesting resemblance here to the Atlantic debut of the J. Geils Band, not in sound, but in look and attitude. Decades later Robillard would join John Geils; merging their journeymen talents, this ten-track collection by the septet is chock-full of this Duke's magic and indicates great things to come. Though Greg Piccolo is the tenor sax player in the ensemble, Scott Hamilton is featured on Aaron Walker's "Still in Love with You," a performance by the group that allows their respective talents to shine, the production flawlessly gives breathing room to each instrument. The rave version of "Honey Hush" condenses the music, focusing the elegance of the previous track into a rocking stomp with the band building into a mini blues Wall of Sound. Where members of another New England band of the day, Duke & the Drivers, were more fans than musicians, creating a party atmosphere from the sheer love of it, this serious bunch re-creates the aura found on some of the better known renditions of these compositions much like Stompy Jones, a group of veterans in the new millennium capturing the spirit of the time when this music was in its heyday. "Duke's Blues" is an inspired original with the guitar and saxes wailing in a symphony of earthy tones. The disc is an impressive contribution, but perhaps a bit out of place on a label that featured Bob Marley, Robert Palmer, Ultravox, John Cale, and Steve Winwood around the time of this album's release. ~Joe Viglione

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Album: The Best Of Roomful Of Blues The Alligator Records Years
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:17
Size: 163.2 MB
Styles: R&B, Jump blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[4:14] 1. Turn It On, Turn It Up (Live)
[3:45] 2. Just Keep On Rockin'
[2:54] 3. That's A Pretty Good Love
[4:21] 4. The Love You Lost On The Way
[3:04] 5. Dressed Up To Get Messed Up (Live)
[3:17] 6. Boogie Woogie Country Girl
[3:02] 7. Talkin' To You Eye To Eye
[3:49] 8. I'll Keep On Trying
[4:20] 9. Blue, Blue World (Live)
[3:44] 10. Straight Jacquet
[2:48] 11. Hook, Line And Sinker
[7:11] 12. Easy Baby (Live)
[4:22] 13. Boomerang
[3:10] 14. Solid Jam
[3:30] 15. She Walks Right In
[4:35] 16. I Just Got To Know
[5:10] 17. Raisin' A Rucku
[3:52] 18. New Orleans

Over 70 minutes of crucial tracks from Roomful of Blues’ Alligator years. The famed “little big band” has been together for over 35 years, touring worldwide and brining their horn-driven jump blues to thousands of fans. Inspired by the R&B records of the ‘40s and ‘50s, they’ve carried on in the spirit of Count Basie, Louis Jordan and Big Joe Turner, with full-bodied vocals, biting guitar a charging rhythm section and those signature blasting horns. Full of fire, eminently danceable and just plain fun, there is no other band like them. This Best Of includes classics from throughout the band’s career, including Dressed Up To Get Messed Up, Just Keep On Rockin, Turn It On, Turn It Up, Hook, Line & Sinker and more.

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Roomful Of Blues - Live At Wolf Trap

Year: 2002
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:09
Size: 140,7 MB
Styles: Electric blues, jump blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. Intro (0:09)
2. Two Bones And A Pick (4:23)
3. Let's Have A Party (3:49)
4. She's Mine (2:59)
5. My Tears (6:36)
6. Alright, OK, You Win (4:44)
7. Wee-Bee 3 (4:10)
8. Blues Walk (7:49)
9. Turn It On! Turn It Up! (4:07)
10. Lillie Mae (3:37)
11. That Will Never Do (4:22)
12. Lost Mind (4:39)
13. Backseat Blues (5:08)
14. She'll Be So Fine (4:30)

Roomful Of Blues caught live doing what the band does best - delivering a smoking set of driving jumping tunes that pull folks out of their seats and onto the dance floor. Take a listen to this disc, recorded live at the Barns of Wolf Trap, in Vienna, Virginia, and find out why Roomful has consistently been voted the world's top blues band by critics and fans alike.

Gritty soulful vocals from the inimitable Mac Odom, searing solos and solid riffing from the award-winning horn section - the triple threat of Rich Lataille, Bob Enos and Ray Gennari, and appropriately barn-storming guitar from Chris Vachon, all supported by the immaculate rhythm section of Thom Enright on bass, Hank Walther on piano and organ and the rock solid Chris Lemp on drums.

This is Roomful Of Blues at the top of its game, right on the money, playing with a perfect blend of passion and artistry. The right stuff indeed.

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Various - Rare West Coast Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:45
Size: 171.1 MB
Styles: West Coast blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:33] 1. Janiva Magness - You Got What You Wanted
[2:42] 2. Johnny Otis - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
[3:57] 3. Joe Louis Walker - Too Drunk To Drive Drunk
[5:25] 4. Johnny Heartsman -Tongue
[2:53] 5. Chuck E. Weiss - Goodbye, So Long
[5:26] 6. The Robert Cray Band - Back Door Slam
[4:19] 7. Curtis Salgado - A Woman Or The Blues
[4:59] 8. Floyd Dixon - Livin' A Lie (Weak For A Woman)
[4:07] 9. Little Charlie & The Nightcats - Clothes Line
[3:19] 10. Rusty Zinn - Meet Me Halfway
[2:47] 11. Little Charlie & The Nightcats - Back From The Dead
[2:25] 12. Roomful Of Blues - I Can't Stand You No More
[3:48] 13. Norton Buffalo And Roy Rogers - Don't Throw Your Changes On Me
[7:01] 14. William Clarke - Must Be Jelly
[4:13] 15. Johnny Otis - Half Steppin' Woman
[2:50] 16. Janiva Magness - Your Love Made A U-Turn
[5:22] 17. Joe Louis Walker - Black Girls
[5:29] 18. The Robert Cray Band - That's What Keeps Me Rockin'

More piano-based and jazz-influenced than anything else, West Coast Blues is -- in actuality -- the California style, with all of the genre's main practitioners coming to prominence there, if not actual natives of the state in particular. In fact, the state and the style played host to a great many post-war Texas guitar expatriates, and their jazzy, T-Bone Walker style of soloing would become an earmark of the genre. West Coast blues also features smooth, honey-toned vocals, frequently crossing into urban blues territory. The West Coast style was also home to numerous jump-blues practitioners, as many traveling bands of the 1940s ended up taking permanent residence there. Its current practitioners work almost exclusively in the standard small-combo format.

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Roomful Of Blues - Dressed Up To Get Messed Up

Year: 1984
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:34
Size: 86,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. Money Talks (3:09)
2. What Happened To The Sugar (In My Lemonade) (4:07)
3. Let's Ride (4:26)
4. Yes Indeed! (2:57)
5. Albi's Boogie (5:09)
6. The Last Time (3:52)
7. Oh Oh (2:51)
8. Dressed Up To Get Messed Up (3:14)
9. He Knows The Rules (4:28)
10. Whiplash (3:18)

"Dressed Up to Get Messed Up" is a rockin’ collection of funky big band blues with lots of wailing horns, hot guitar licks and driving rhythyms. Along with one of the most talented Roomful line-ups (featuring Ronnie Earl, Greg Piccolo and Al Copley), "Dressed Up to Get Messed Up" has guest performances from Kim Wilson and 14 Karat Soul.

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Roomful Of Blues - Live At Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel

Year: 1987
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:29
Size: 98,0 MB
Styles: Blues, jump blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. Gator's Groove/Welcome To Lupo's (4:55)
2. Coconut Milk (5:14)
3. Three Hours Past Midnight (8:03)
4. Three Hundred Pounds (3:29)
5. House Of Joy (3:03)
6. Pink Champagne (4:45)
7. Please Don't Leave (3:33)
8. That's My Life (3:54)
9. Please Don't Leave Me (5:11)
10. Zydeco Boogaloo (0:21)

Roomful's first live album, released in 1987, recalls the days and the sound of the great rhythm and blues big bands. Here are classic old songs and a few new ones, delivered with all the fire and drive that Roomful is famous for, with outstanding contributions from tenor sax player and singer Greg Piccolo, guitarist Ronnie Earl, and keyboardist and singer Ron Levy. Recorded on their home turf in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Various - Blues In The Bar: Drinkin' Songs

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 83:25
Size: 191.0 MB
Styles: Assorted blues styles
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:26] 1. Floyd Dixon - Hey, Bartender
[2:42] 2. Johnny Otis - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
[4:08] 3. Albert Collins - I Ain't Drunk
[3:30] 4. Koko Taylor - Beer Bottle Boogie
[4:24] 5. Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials - 20% Alcohol
[2:33] 6. Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women - Let The Gin Do The Talking
[4:50] 7. Rusty Zinn - Drinking My Last Dime
[4:51] 8. Roy Buchanan - Beer Drinking Woman
[8:13] 9. Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Stop Drinking
[3:48] 10. Bob Margolin - Brown Liquor
[3:19] 11. Cephas & Wiggins - No Ice In My Bourbon
[2:39] 12. Roomful Of Blues - Juice, Juice, Juice
[4:29] 13. Billy Boy Arnold - Whiskey, Beer And Reefer
[5:47] 14. William Clarke - Drinking By Myself
[2:35] 15. Lonnie Brooks - One More Shot
[3:56] 16. Joe Louis Walker - Too Drunk To Drive Drunk
[2:41] 17. Johnny Jones - Sloppy Drunk Blues
[5:24] 18. Elvin Bishop - My Whiskey Head Buddies
[5:16] 19. Carey Bell - When I Get Drunk
[4:47] 20. Little Charlie & The Nightcats - I Don't Drink Much

Booze Blues: The sorrow one occasionally feels when drunk. Usually occurs when one drinks when he/she is in a bad mood. The affected person will often be saddened by anything and/or everything wrong in that person's life, no matter how important or trivial (most often trivial). Often accompanied (but not remedied) by more drinking.

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Porky Cohen With Roomful Of Blues - Rhythm & Bones

Year: 1996
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:25
Size: 128,1 MB
Styles: R&B/Swing/Blues
Scans: Full

1. Don't Lose Your Cool (4:29)
2. Jim Dog (5:19)
3. Sent For You Yesterday (3:21)
4. Day Dream (6:01)
5. Red Rock (3:46)
6. Slidin' Horns (3:29)
7. Walkin' With Mr Lee (3:23)
8. Cloudburst (4:28)
9. D'Natural Blues (4:00)
10. P.D.Q. Boogie (3:31)
11. Trombone Porky (4:21)
12. Do Anything You Wanna (4:07)
13. Porky's Blues (5:05)

Although trombonist Porky Cohen has played in the jazz major leagues since the early 1940s (including periods with Tony Pastor, Charlie Barnet, the Casa Loma Orchestra, Lucky Millinder, Boyd Raeburn, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Bobby Hackett, the Six with Bob Wilber, and various Dixieland bands) and toured regularly with Roomful of Blues during 1979-1987, this CD was his first opportunity to lead his own date.

Seventy at the time, Cohen is heard in prime form leading a romping session featuring some of the members of Roomful of Blues, along with his successor trombonist Carl Querfurth. The joyous music, which only has two vocals among the 13 numbers (updates of Jimmy Rushing and Bessie Smith songs featuring Sugar Ray Norcia and Michelle Willson), mixes together heated swing and 1950s style R&B blues to exhilarating effect; Illinois Jacquet would feel quite comfortable in this setting.

There are plenty of opportunities for not only Cohen to solo, but all of the other horn players. An added plus is the lengthy and definitive liner notes, which fully relate (along with many photos) the Porky Cohen story. Highly recommended. /Scott Yanow, AllMusic

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Various - Horn Band Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 98:38
Size: 225.8 MB
Styles: Assorted styles
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[1:39] 1. Corey Harris - Congo Square Rag
[3:12] 2. Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows - Pouring Water On A Drowning Man
[3:17] 3. Buddy Guy - I Can't Quit The Blues
[3:07] 4. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - She Walks Right In
[3:18] 5. Fenton Robinson - You Say You're Leaving
[3:43] 6. Lucky Peterson - Jammin' In The Jungle
[4:29] 7. Roomful Of Blues - You're Driving Me Crazy
[3:22] 8. Rufus Thomas - I Just Got To Know
[3:34] 9. Albert Collins - Snatchin' It Back
[4:52] 10. Bob Margolin - Lonesome Bedroom Blues
[4:32] 11. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - - Never Unpack Your Suitcase
[5:31] 12. Curtis Salgado - Gettin' To Know You
[2:24] 13. Nappy Brown With The Heartfixers - Hidden Charms
[8:12] 14. Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows - Steamroller Blues
[3:56] 15. Elvin Bishop - I'm Gone
[5:39] 16. Johnny Heartsman - Please Don't Be Scared Of My Love
[4:42] 17. Kenny Neal - Outside Looking In
[3:10] 18. Lucky Peterson - - Heart Attack
[2:55] 19. W.C. Clark - I've Been Searching
[5:18] 20. Lonnie Brooks - Alligators Around My Door
[4:25] 21. The Mellow Fellows - I've Got To Find A Way
[4:14] 22. Albert Collins - A Good Fool Is Hard To Find
[3:07] 23. Roomful Of Blues - Ain't Nothin' Happenin'
[5:47] 24. Rufus Thomas - Big Fine Hunk Of Woman

In the argot of American popular music, the word "horn" is used for any wind instrument, most often the saxophone, but it is also applied to all woodwinds and brasses, especially those played by soloists. In this context "horn section" refers to a group of wind and brass instrumentalists — usually comprising saxophone, trumpet and trombone players; sometime singularly, and sometimes in pairs or more of each instrument. The horn section usually has written parts which are prepared by an arranger using orchestration to provide a harmonic and melodic accompaniment to a song or musical group. In some cases, the horn section may improvise a simple backing part using well-known "stock" lines.

Horn sections are an integral part of musical genres such as jazz, R&B, blues, funk, calypso, ska, soul music and gospel music. Most of these horn sections feature some combination of saxophones, trumpets and trombones. More rarely, other wind or brass instruments such as flute, clarinet or tuba may be added. Other popular musical genres, such as rock and pop, also use horn sections.

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Roomful Of Blues - Let's Have A Party

Size: 90,9 MB
Time: 38:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1979/2004
Styles: Texas Blues, Jump Blues
Label: Roomtone Records
Art: Full

01. It's Later Than You Think (2:48)
02. Ohie Dohie Stomp (2:43)
03. Travelin' Mood (3:36)
04. Let's Have A Party (3:18)
05. Jambalaya (2:53)
06. Look Out (2:55)
07. Stickin' With You (3:35)
08. The Chill Is On (3:32)
09. My Tears (6:25)
10. Big Horn (2:59)
11. Give And Take (3:28)

Personnel:
Vocals – Duke Robillard
Guitar – Duke Robillard
Tenor Saxophone – Greg Piccolo
Alto Saxophone – Rich Lataille
Baritone Saxophone – Doug James (3)
Bass – Preston Hubbard
Drums – John Rossi
Piano – Al Copley

This recording was a made in 1978 and features alumnus Duke Robillard, Al Copley, Rich Lataille, Greg Piccolo, John Rossi, Doug James and Preston Hubbard. It was discontinued in 1983 and has never been available in CD format. This recording is a gem and a must for all Roomful fans interested in completing their collection. It is the second recording and a reflection in time of a career that has spanned 37 years and 19 recordings.

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Roomful Of Blues - Dance All Night

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:04
Size: 98.6 MB
Styles: Modern electric blues
Year: 1994/2011
Art: Front

[3:41] 1. That Will Never Do
[3:08] 2. Lillie Mae
[4:02] 3. Come Back Baby
[4:44] 4. Hey Now
[2:38] 5. Walkin' Slow Behind You
[4:01] 6. I'm Just Your Fool
[3:04] 7. You Don't Know
[2:40] 8. Up The Line
[3:39] 9. Cuttin In
[3:22] 10. Mister Dollar
[4:21] 11. Memories Are Sweeter
[3:39] 12. Back On Front Street

This incarnation of Roomful of Blues includes vocalist and harmonica player Sugar Ray Norcia taking the singing spotlight, Matt McCabe now their pianist and Chris Vachon principal guitarist. This CD blends blues and R&B classics with a couple of originals; highlights include a fine reading of Smiley Lewis' "Lillie Mae," a remake of "Hey Now" originally done by Ray Charles and Norcia's fiery vocal and torrid harmonica solo on Little Walter Jacobs' "Up The Line." This is faithful to the classic tradition, but contains enough contemporary qualities to have a fresh and inviting sound. ~Ron Wynn

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Various - The Rounder Records Story (4-Disc Boxset)

This four-disc, 87-track retrospective covers the first four decades of one of the most successful "folk" labels in history. Co-founders/owners Ken Irwin, Marian Leighton Levy, and Bill Nowlin assembled a collection that showcases -- one disc per decade -- how deeply entrenched the label was in the 1970s in exposing various forms of folk music from traditional to emergent ones, and how its focus expanded. Disc one includes tracks by newgrass outfit J.D. Crowe & the New South, outsider songwriter Michael Hurley, banjoist Ola Belle Reed, Appalachian traditionalists Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, and ace superpicker Norman Blake and the Cajun sounds of D.L Menard & the Louisiana Aces. It also reveals the label's first big directional shakeup by including George Thorogood & the Delaware Destroyers' scorching read of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love." The '80s reflect a wider reach still, with tracks by soulman Ted Hawkins, the Klezmer Conservatory Band, polka revisionists Brave Combo, country songwriter Keith Whitley, and blues artists Rory Block and Johnny Copeland. There's also a deeper step into Louisiana traditions with music by Professor Longhair, James Booker, and Buckwheat Zydeco included, too. This decade also signaled the arrival of Nanci Griffith on Rounder's Philo imprint. In the '90s, Rounder's profile was enhanced by the arrival of bluegrass queen Alison Krauss, who has been a best-selling artist for them ever since. There were more singer/songwriter types on the imprint too, such as Bill Morrissey, Tish Hinojosa, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore; more modern electric blues and R&B talents were showcased too in Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas, Tracy Nelson, Ruth Brown, Johnny Adams, and Wilson Pickett; and the label still held traditional sway with bluegrass mainstay Krauss and uber-tradtionalist James King. The first decade of the new century reveals Rounder's wide range in embracing everything they felt they could sell: from Americana-drenched rock acts such as Son Volt and the Cowboy Junkies to uber-rockers Rush; the vanguard pop of They Might Be Giants and jazzy chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux; to British folk maven Linda Thompson, as well as experimental projects like the Grammy-winning Raising Sand by Robert Plant and Krauss. Country-pop legend and stalwart Willie Nelson also recorded for them. But no matter their genre extensions, bluegrass is still part of Rounder's mix, as cuts by Dailey & Vincent, Rhonda Vincent, and Blue Highway attest. It's impressive to be sure. That said, despite the range of music here and the fine historical essay by Geoffrey Himes, two chapters are missing: a disc that focuses on their vast licensing of traditional music, and the essential collection of tracks by American songwriting icons such as Tom Russell, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Guy Clark, rockabilly queen Rosie Flores, and R&B legend Eddie Hinton, most of whom recorded multiple albums for the label and its subsidiaries. Here's hoping Rounder will consider a second collection to showcase these lesser-selling projects from essential artists who are an indelible part of its story. ~Thom Jurek

Album: The Rounder Records Story (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:13
Size: 174.5 MB
Styles: Blues, Country, Folk
Year: 2010

[2:46] 1. J.D. Crowe - Old Home Place
[2:41] 2. The Bailey Brothers - Take Me Back To Happy Valley
[2:12] 3. Country Cooking - Armadillo Breakdown
[2:34] 4. Ola Belle Reed - High On A Mountain
[3:52] 5. Woodstock Mountains - Killing The Blues
[2:16] 6. George Pegram - Johnson's Old Grey Mule
[2:51] 7. Ed Haley - Cherry River Rag
[4:01] 8. Holy Modal Rounders - Sweet Lucy
[3:41] 9. The Balfa Freres - Parlez-Nous A Boire
[3:38] 10. Joe Cormier - Mrs. Scott Skinner
[2:15] 11. Mark O'connor - Tom And Jerry
[3:39] 12. Norman Blake - Down Home Summertime Blues
[2:32] 13. Boone Creek - Memory Of Your Smile
[3:04] 14. Don Stover - Things In Life
[2:20] 15. Buddy Thomas - Kitty Puss
[2:52] 16. Highwoods String Band - Who Broke The Lock
[3:44] 17. Hazel Dickens - Don't Put Her Down You Helped
[5:01] 18. Alhaji Bai Konte - Jula Jekere
[4:16] 19. Tony Trischka - The Only Way
[3:06] 20. Jerry Douglas - Fluxology
[3:23] 21. D.L. Menard And The Louisiana - La Porte Dans Arriere
[1:58] 22. David Grisman - I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Be
[3:03] 23. Joe Val & The New England Blue - Sparkling Brown Eyes
[4:19] 24. George Thorogood & The Destroy - Who Do You Love

The Rounder Records Story (Disc 1)

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Album: The Rounder Records Story (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:11
Size: 163.0 MB
Styles: Blues, Country, Folk
Year: 2010

[3:44] 1. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Frosty
[2:13] 2. Ted Hawkins - Watch Your Step (Acoustic Vers
[2:42] 3. Jonathan Richman - New Kind Of Neighborhood
[3:16] 4. Keith Whitley - I Never Go Around Mirrors
[2:33] 5. Tony Rice - Cold On The Shoulder
[4:29] 6. Hazel Dickens - Mama's Hand
[1:48] 7. Klezmer Conservatory Band - A Freylekhe Nakht In Gan Eydn
[3:56] 8. Culture - Babylon's Big Dog
[3:33] 9. Buckwheat Zydeco - Ya Ya
[4:21] 10. Professor Longhair - Tipitina
[3:37] 11. Beausoleil - Zydeco Gris Gris
[1:41] 12. Riders In The Sky - Cowboy Jubilee
[2:40] 13. The Johnson Mountain Boys - Let The Whole World Talk
[2:29] 14. Brave Combo - Happy Wanderer
[3:13] 15. James Booker - Classified
[2:20] 16. Rory Block - Got To Have You Be My Man
[2:19] 17. Sleepy Labeef - Electricity
[2:54] 18. Johnny Copeland - Everybody Wants A Piece Of Me
[3:08] 19. Béla Fleck - Whitewater
[2:33] 20. Nanci Griffith - Once In A Very Blue Moon
[3:08] 21. The Bluegrass Album Band - Blue Ridge Cabin Home
[2:40] 22. John Mccutcheon - Howjadoo
[2:16] 23. Flaco Jimenez - Viva Seguin
[3:25] 24. NRBQ - Me And The Boys

The Rounder Records Story (Disc 2)

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Album: The Rounder Records Story (Disc 3)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:58
Size: 169.3 MB
Styles: Blues, Country, Folk
Year: 2010

[3:20] 1. Bill Morrissey - Birches
[3:48] 2. Alison Krauss - Baby Now That I Found You
[3:45] 3. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - One Endless Night
[4:17] 4. Marcia Ball - Sing It
[4:28] 5. Rebirth Brass Band - Do Watcha Wanna Pt. 3
[6:48] 6. Charles Brown - A Virus Called The Blues
[3:13] 7. Carrie Newcomer - Only One Shoe
[3:40] 8. Johnny Adams - There Is Always One More Time
[5:01] 9. Tish Hinojosa - Something In The Rain
[4:55] 10. James King - Bed By The Window
[4:54] 11. Beau Jocque And The Zydeco Hi- - Give Him Cornbead
[3:16] 12. Eddie Lejeune - Valse De Kaplan
[4:02] 13. Longview - High Lonesome
[3:23] 14. Alison Krauss - In The Palm Of Your Hand
[4:24] 15. Ruth Brown - False Friend Blues
[2:41] 16. Bo Dollis - Carnival Time
[4:15] 17. Roomful Of Blues - Standing Here At The Crossroad
[3:40] 18. Wilson Pickett - It's Harder Now

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Album: The Rounder Records Story (Disc 4)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:11
Size: 167.5 MB
Styles: Blues, Country, Folk
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:10] 1. Madeleine Peyroux - Don't Wait Too Long
[4:18] 2. Son Volt - Down To The Wire
[2:55] 3. Dailey & Vincent - More Than A Name On A Wall
[3:06] 4. Earl Scruggs - Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
[2:18] 5. Willie Nelson - Man With The Blues
[1:52] 6. Jimmy Sturr - Rebel Rouser
[3:23] 7. Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart
[4:44] 8. Irma Thomas - In The Middle Of It All
[5:52] 9. Robert Plant - Please Read The Letter
[3:07] 10. Blue Highway - Through The Window Of A Train
[4:25] 11. Rush - Resist
[3:37] 12. Cowboy Junkies - Small Swift Birds
[4:05] 13. Sarah Harmer - Basement Apt
[3:41] 14. Mary Chapin Carpenter - I Have A Need For Solitude
[3:00] 15. Rhonda Vincent - Lonesome Wind Blues
[3:11] 16. The Grascals - Me And John And Paul
[3:21] 17. Steve Martin - The Crow
[3:44] 18. Robert Plant - The Only Sound That Matters
[3:36] 19. Delta Spirit - Trashcan
[2:09] 20. They Might Be Giants - Fibber Island
[3:28] 21. Kathleen Edwards - Back To Me

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Roomful Of Blues - Watch You When You Go

Year: 2001
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:43
Size: 99,1 MB
Styles: Blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. Roll Me Over (4:01)
2. The Salt Of My Tears (4:21)
3. You Give Me Nothin' But The Blues (3:08)
4. Your Love Was Never There (4:33)
5. Watch You When You Go (3:42)
6. Over My Head (4:05)
7. Backlash (5:45)
8. Fair Weather Friend (4:35)
9. Wait And See (2:59)
10. Where's Bubba? (5:30)

This legendary blues-jam band is rolling past three decades now, and this fiery swinging collection is one of their most powerful and varied recordings ever. In addition to the "Tower of Power on speed" energies that have earned them various awards, critical accolades, and a devoted following, this collection boasts dashes of funk, soul, the inimitable saxman Rich Lataille, and the crisp guitar excitement of Chris Vachon. At the forefront is the raspy vocal believability of Mac Odom.

It's always interesting how the best blues bands can make songs of despair sound so joyous, but Roomful of Blues also takes a few more wistful looks at romance. The feisty opener "Roll Me Over" is about finding ways to keep the dying flame from burning out completely; Vachon's wailing solo punctuates the energy the "protagonist" puts into the effort. "Love to Watch You When You Go" has a blast watching a lover strut out the door. The punchy rocker "The Salt of My Tears" is about the most cheerful song about loneliness you'll ever hear. "Your Love Was Never There" captures the classic Stax soul sound beautifully, while "Wait and See" has a little boogie-woogie element. The closer, "Where's Bubba?," is original but sounds like a sly cover of any sassy big-band number ever written. /Jonathan Widran, AllMusic

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Roomful Of Blues - There Goes The Neighborhood

Year: 1998
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:58
Size: 105,3 MB
Styles: Blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. Backseat Blues (4:36)
2. There Goes The Neighborhood (4:39)
3. Just Like Dynamite (4:22)
4. Lost Mind (4:06)
5. I Tried (3:51)
6. Rocks In My Bed (5:02)
7. She's Mine (2:47)
8. I Smell Trouble (6:28)
9. Blue, Blue World (3:31)
10. The Comeback (5:32)

At the end of 1997, several members left the band, leaving their ranks decimated. But the remaining members brought in new blood, regrouped, and opened up their musical outlook to start auditioning new material (rather than just covering old standards and obscure items), and 1998 saw the new Roomful of Blues hit the racks and the road.

New vocalist Mac Odom brings along his "Backseat Blues" and turns in great versions of Duke-Peacock Records staples like "I Tried" and "I Smell Trouble," while guitarist Chris Vachon emerges from the Duke Robillard and Ronnie Earl shadows to contribute a pair of strong originals in "Blue, Blue World" and "Just Like Dynamite." Strong versions of "The Comeback," "Lost Mind," and Duke Ellington's "Rocks in My Bed" and new material from Doyle Bramhall and the Cate Brothers complete the package. /Cub Koda, AllMusic

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Roomful Of Blues - Under One Roof

Year: 1997
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:28
Size: 139,9 MB
Styles: Blues, rocking blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. She'll Be So Fine (4:00)
2. Running Out Of Time (4:10)
3. We B 3 (4:08)
4. Standing Here At The Crossroads (4:17)
5. Smack Dab In The Middle (3:24)
6. Let Me Live (3:51)
7. Still Livin' In Prison (5:26)
8. Switchin' In The Kitchen (3:59)
9. From You (4:30)
10. Q's Blues (4:30)
11. Easy Baby (6:36)
12. Farmer John (2:41)
13. Baby, Baby, Baby (5:27)
14. Rogue Elephant (3:23)

That motley crew of road warriors known as Roomful Of Blues has come up with another solid offering in Under One Roof. Fronted by the spunky vocals and harmonica of Sugar Ray Norcia, Roomful kicks in a variety of blues-based contexts from the driving opener "She'll Be So Fine" to the slow blues "Still Livin' In Prison", from a Basie-esque reading of "Smack Dab In The Middle" to a swinging Big Joe Turner-flavored "Switchin' In The Kitchen" to the Fats Domino-flavored novelty number "Rogue Elephant".

Guitarist Chris Vachon gets to strut his stuff on the aptly-named "We B 3", a Stevie Ray Vaughan-styled power trio rocker with bassist Ken "Doc" Grace and drummer John Rossi. And trombonist/producer Carl Querfurth gets to blow on the album's other instrumental, "Q's Blues". /Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes

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