Junior Watson - Jumpin' Wit Junior

Year: 2012
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:09
Size: 123,0 MB
Styles: West Coast blues
Scans: Full

1. Butter Top (3:02)
2. Knee High Boogie (4:20)
3. Stackyard Blues (3:01)
4. Bo-Nanza (4:06)
5. Velvet Mood (4:01)
6. Happy Hoppy (2:33)
7. Dragnet Blues (6:39)
8. Lucky Ticket (2:20)
9. Beverly's Hillbilly (3:36)
10. Jumpin' Wit Junior (2:46)
11. One Night With You (3:39)
12. There'll Be A Day (3:13)
13. Mr. Downtime (3:45)
14. Boppish (2:57)
15. The Barn Burner (3:05)

Following in his pattern of releasing one CD every decade, Junior Watson showcases his incredible talent with this set of jumpin guitar workouts featuring Fred Kaplan on piano, diatonic devil Bharath on harmonica and some incredibly nasty sax work from Gordon Beadle. His guitar playing is rooted in blues, swing, jump, while occasionally taking on a television theme or throwing in some cartoonish riffing for fun.

Whatever route Junior’s strings take, he is always in command of the controls. Junior sure knows how to have fun while plying his well-honed craft. "Jumpin’ Wit Junior" reveals little twists and turns and he affords a lot of soloing time to his cohorts. Junior has a knack for making the familiar sound new and interesting.

Personnel: Junior Watson (guitar); Fred Kaplan (piano); Kedar Roy (bass); Richard Innes (drums).

Guest artists: Gordon Beadle (saxophone); Bharath Rajakumar (harmonica); Costa Zafiropoulos (bass); Ben Cassie (drums).

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Barrelhouse Chuck - Combo Classics

Year: 2014/2015
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:49
Size: 101,5 MB
Styles: Piano blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. Hot & Heavy (2:50)
2. Time Is Tight (3:12)
3. Depression Blues (3:28)
4. Chuckabilly (3:01)
5. Pacific Blue (3:37)
6. My Dog Don't Bow Wow (4:49)
7. Bright Sounds Of Big Moose (3:23)
8. Walk Don't Run (2:09)
9. Porchlight (4:12)
10. Wah Wah Blues (5:04)
11. Farfisa B3 Boogie For Winwood (1:05)
12. Don't Go To Dallas (4:19)
13. Slam Hammer (2:35)

Much has been written about Barrelhouse Chuck's piano playiing over the past 35 years. Numerous references have been made to the influences of his mentors and friends Sunnyland Slim and Little Brother Montgomery, or his uncanny ability to play Chicago blues piano with deft ferocity like Otis Spann or the plantive emotion of Leroy Carr. However, little has ever been documented about his astounding talents with the Compact Combo Organs that make up an integral part of his repertoire, and are a key ingredient to what he refers to as "his sound". Chuck's life long love affair with the Combo Organ started early on. As a young boy he fell under the infectious Vox Organ riff of the 1966 garage classic "96 Teras" by ? And The Mysterians. "I just loved that song, and would look for it everytime that I saw a juke-box."

Featuring Joel Paterson, Billy Flynn, Hash Brown and Jeremy Johnson this set of 60's style blues sounds feature Chuck behind the mighty Combo Electric Organ. Think of Earl Hooker of Johnny Big Moose Walker's recordings from the 60's and you get the idea. Of course a stellar line up in support with S.P. Leary, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Richard Innes, Eddie Taylor Jr. and Curtis Salgado being just some of the many featured players.

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The Hollywood Blue Flames - Deep In America (2 CD)

A tasteful and elegantly modern blues band with jazzy overtones, the Hollywood Flames came together in 1975 on the West Coast as the Hollywood Fats Band, led by guitar phenom Michael “Hollywood Fats” Mann and featuring Larry Taylor on bass, Richard Innes on drums, Fred Kaplan on piano and Hammond B-3, and harmonica whiz and vocalist Al Blake. The group specialized in a kind of informed update of the classic electric blues bands of the 1950s, but were also capable of eerily accurate acoustic versions of old country blues standards from the 1920s or shifting into New Orleans piano romps, keeping traditions alive while giving them a sonic push forward at the same time. Mann’s death in 1986 brought the band to a close until 2005 when the original members reunited as the Hollywood Blue Flames, this time with guitarist Kirk Fletcher aboard, and continued making vital blues music in the same vein as the original group.

Deep in America is the band’s third album released under the Hollywood Blue Flames name, and while it would be wrong to say that Mann isn’t missed, Fletcher plays on these tracks like the only feasible substitute. It works, and it works for the same reason the Hollywood Fats Band worked -passion and intelligence. These guys know the history of the blues but they seem to understand the genre’s emotional center as well, with tracks like the perfectly and wearily poised “Leavin’ California”, and they also don’t forget that people need to step it up and dance - check out the easily rolling piano shuffles “Crescent City Rock” and “Hushpuppy” for proof of that. A second disc is included in this package that features vintage live cuts from the original Hollywood Fats Band - so in a way, Mann is aboard here, too. /Steve Leggett, AllMusic

Album: Deep In America - CD 1: Deep In America
Year: 2010
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:36
Size: 118,9 MB
Styles: Blues, West Coast blues
Scans: Full

1. Nit Wit (2:12)
2. Rambler And A Rollin' Stone (6:40)
3. Crescent City Rock (2:24)
4. My National Enquirer Baby (4:32)
5. Music Man (3:13)
6. Leavin' California (3:37)
7. Jalopy To Drive (Aka Sonny Boy's Jump) (3:51)
8. Bad Boy Blues (3:40)
9. I Don't Care (3:23)
10. Rocky Mountain Blues (2:54)
11. Hip-Hoppin' Toad (4:09)
12. Hushpuppy (2:38)
13. Fly Like The Eagle, Cry Like The Dove (4:07)
14. He's A Blues Man (4:10)

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Album: Deep In America - CD 2: Hollywood Fats Band - Larger Than Life Vol. 2
Year: 2010
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:36
Size: 157,7 MB
Styles: Blues, West Coast blues
Scans: Full

1. She's Dynamite (4:55)
2. Blue And Lonesome (3:34)
3. Hide Away (4:18)
4. Kansas City (7:36)
5. Half Steppin' (5:03)
6. Read About My Baby (5:43)
7. Nit Wit (5:44)
8. Blues After Hours (7:42)
9. Jumpin' With Duncan (9:55)
10. Lonesome (2:43)
11. Shake Your Boogie (6:02)
12. Baby, Let's Play House (5:15)

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The Hollywood Blue Flames - Road To Rio (2 CD Set)

A tasteful and intelligent modern blues band, the Hollywood Blue Flames came together in 1975 on the West Coast as the Hollywood Fats Band, led by guitar phenom Michael "Hollywood Fats" Mann and featuring Larry Taylor on bass, Richard Innes on drums, Fred Kaplan on piano and Hammond B-3, and harmonica whiz Al Blake. The group specialized in a kind of informed update of the classic electric blues bands of the 1950s, keeping the tradition alive while giving it a push forward at the same time. Mann’s death in 1986 brought the band to a close until 2005 when the original members reunited as the Hollywood Blue Flames, this time with guitarist Kirk Fletcher aboard, and continued making vital blues music in the same vein as the original group. A debut album under the Hollywood Blue Flames name, Soul Sanctuary, appeared in 2005 followed by Road to Rio in 2006 and Deep in America in 2010. /Steve Leggett, AllMusic

This 2-CD set features brand new recordings by the Hollywood Blue Flames featuring 2005-06 Blues Music Award Nominee Kirk "Eli" Fletcher on guitar, a special guest appearance by Kim Wilson (Fabulous Thunderbirds) on harp, plus 3 bonus tracks with West Coast guitarist Junior Watson. The 2nd disc includes never before issued live recordings of the original Hollywood Fats Band from '79-'80 featuring blues legends Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and Roy Brown, plus a rare vocal performance by the one and only Michael "Hollywood Fats" Mann on the song "Nasty Boogie Woogie". /Amazon

Album: Road To Rio - CD 1: Road To Rio
Year: 2006
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:36
Size: 128,1 MB
Styles: Blues, West Coast blues
Scans: Full

1. Road To Rio (3:45)
2. Everybody's Blues (2:44)
3. Coffee Grindin' Man (3:12)
4. Steady Rollin' (4:02)
5. Long Black Cadillac (3:53)
6. Gumbo Grinder (3:04)
7. Gone Away (Feat. Kim Wilson) (2:52)
8. 3rd Degree Burn (4:19)
9. Let's Rock A While (4:37)
10. Dr. Blake's Boogie (2:38)
11. Black Chili Pepper (3:41)
12. Sharpest Man In Town (3:19)
13. Junior's Boogie Rocket (Feat. Junior Watson) (Bonus) (2:24)
14. Let Me Love You (Feat. Junior Watson) (Bonus) (6:16)
15. Honeydripper (Feat. Junior Watson) (Bonus) (3:43)

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Album: Road To Rio - CD 2: Hollywood Fats Band - Larger Than Life
Year: 2006
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:55
Size: 144,2 MB
Styles: Blue, West Coast blues
Scans: Full

1. Fats Fries One (3:56)
2. Nasty Boogie Woogie (5:00)
3. Baby Let's Play House (4:43)
4. Side Tracked (4:06)
5. Kidney Stew (Feat. Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson) (3:59)
6. Cleanhead Blues (Feat. Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson) (5:19)
7. Shake, Rattle 'N Roll (6:45)
8. Rockinitis (3:41)
9. This Little Voice (3:37)
10. Love For Sale (Feat. Roy Brown) (8:15)
11. Boogie Woogie Blues (Feat. Roy Brown) (6:52)
12. Motel Time (5:36)

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Rod Piazza - Vintage Live: 1975

Size: 96,4 MB
Time: 41:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

01. Oh Baby (4:24)
02. Key To The Highway (3:56)
03. Mellow Down Easy (3:37)
04. Standing Around Crying (4:30)
05. I Had My Fun (3:40)
06. Rocking Daddy (4:50)
07. Mean Old World (3:45)
08. Take A Walk With Me (4:21)
09. My Babe (3:14)
10. Third Degree (4:47)

This medium to lo-fi live club recording (location and exact date unspecified) finds Piazza and a young, enthusiastic band playing it by the record collection as they mine their way through ten Chicago blues classics. With Hollywood Fats on guitar and former Canned Heat bassman Larry Taylor, the licks are suitably retro and blues-approved, as Piazza devotes over half the set to letter-perfect re-creations of Little Walter staples like "My Babe," "Oh Baby," "Key to the Highway," "Mellow Down Easy," "I Had My Fun," and "Mean Old World." Piazza extends the Walter approach to include like-minded versions of Muddy's "Standing Around Crying," "Take a Walk With Me," Eddie Boyd's "Third Degree," and Howlin' Wolf's "Rocking Daddy." What sounds still sounds pretty impressive (if somewhat derivative) some 20 years later must have seemed absolutely revelatory at the time. ~Review by Cub Koda

Thanks to DrPeak.
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Kim WILSON - That's Life / Tigerman

Harmonica player, songwriter, and singer Kim Wilson is as much a student and historian of classic blues as he is one of the U.S.'s top harmonica players. Simply put, Wilson has taste; when he enters the recording studio, he has a clear vision of what he wants his next record to sound like. Aside from all this, he's also an extremely hard worker and a major road hog, spending upwards of 200 nights a year on the road, playing festivals and clubs throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe with his own Kim Wilson band and leading the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
Although he's long been known as the charismatic frontman for the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Wilson's solo albums - which feature bands of his own choosing for different tracks - is where the genius in his work shows through most clearly.Wilson's solo albums are solid productions, highly recommended for harmonica students and fans of classic Texas blues and rhythm & blues.

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Album: THAT'S LIFE
Styles: Modern Electric Texas Blues, Harmonica Blues
Recorded: 1994
Released: 1994
Bitrate: 320k/s
Size: 96.77 MB
Time: 39:41
Art: Full

1. Baby Please Don't Lie To Me (3:02)
2. Time Is On My Side (3:11)
3. Don't Bite The Hand That Feeds You (4:16)
4. She's My Baby (2:16)
5. Ooh Baby (When You Squeeze Ma) (4:17)
6. Humpin' To Please (4:04)
7. I've Been Searchin' (3:57)
8. Pretty Baby (3:35)
9. Teach Me ( How To Love You) (2:24)
10. Blues Leave Me Alone (3:59)
11. Lowdown (4:40)

Personnel: Kim WILSON - Harmonica, Vocals
Duke Robillard, Derek O'Brien, Rusty Zinn, Junior Watson, Clarence Hollimon - Guitars
Gene Taylor - Piano
Sauce Gonzales - Organ
Calvin Jones, Larry Taylor, Preston Hubbard, Jack Barber - Bass
George Rains, Richard Innes, Fran Christina - Drums

Note: On 'That's Life', Kim Wilson's second solo album, the vocalist/harpist hits on the right formula of Texas roadhouse blues and gritty blues-rock, turning out a uniformly satisfying album. Some of the original songs are a little weak, but the performances are convincing and enjoyable, even if they don't offer a new spin on Texas blues-rock.

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Album: TIGERMAN
Styles: Modern Electric Texas Blues, Harmonica Blues
Recorded: 1993
Released: 1993
Bitrate: 320k/s
Size: 107.15 MB
Time: 45:43
Art: Full

1. Tiger Man (3:40)
2. Don't Touch Me (4:15)
3. The Hustle Is On (2:51)
4. She Moves Me (3:28)
5. Hush Oh Hush (2:42)
6. If I Should Lose You (3:23)
7. Hunch Rhythm (3:41)
8. When The Lights Go Out (3:12)
9. You Got Me (3:16)
10. Come Back Baby (3:18)
11. Boogie All Night (4:33)
12. Trust My Baby (4:42)
13. Reel Eleven, Take One (2:42)

Personnel: Kim WILSON - Harmonica, Vocals
Junior Watson, Duke Robillard, Derek O'Brien, Rusty Zinn, Clarence Hollimon - Guitar
Gene Taylor - Piano
Preston Hubbard, Jack Barber, Calvin Jones - Bass
George Rains, Fran Christina - Drums
Mark 'Kaz' Kazanoff - Tenor Saxophones
and The Antone's Horns

Notes: Tigerman, the first solo effort from the Fabulous Thunderbirds' frontman, Kim Wilson, is an uneven album, hampered by the uncertainness of Wilson and his band. They run through a standard set of blues-rock, plus Texas-and Chicago-style shuffles and boogies, but they never really let loose. Consequently, there are pleasant, enjoyable spots on the album, but never anything truly memorable.

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Mark Dufresne - There's A Song In There

Size: 102,6 MB
Time: 44:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Harmonica Blues, Modern Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Seasoned Veteran (2:48)
02. The King, The Man, The One (3:33)
03. Two For The Price Of Ten (4:21)
04. Born To Lose (5:01)
05. Squeaky Clean (3:13)
06. A Song In There (3:12)
07. Call My Name (3:13)
08. Take It All (4:58)
09. The Deal You Get (2:44)
10. Tonight, Twice (5:19)
11. Out The Door (5:55)

All original material featuring one of the West Coasts finest songwriter, vocalists and harmonica players. Mark DuFresne has been endorsed by Hohner Harmonicas and has been Washington Blues Societies Best Male Vocalist, Best Songwriter, and Best Harmonica on many occasions. Backed up by the most in demand West Coast studio musicians.

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There's A Song In There

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