Showing posts with label Richard Ray Farrell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Ray Farrell. Show all posts

Sunday, January 2, 2022

Richard Ray Farrell & The Leisure Men - Life Of Leisure

Size: 120.7 MB
Time: 52:05
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Harmonica Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

01. Don't Judge By The Color (4:34)
02. It's Your Voodoo Working (3:34)
03. One Last Look (4:54)
04. The Way You Do (2:32)
05. Livin' The Life Of Leisure (4:40)
06. Blues Come Creepin' In (4:37)
07. Please Forgive (4:01)
08. One Of These Days (6:33)
09. Build Myself A Cabin (3:25)
10. So Sad At Day Break (9:31)
11. I Don't Know About You (3:38)

The great harmonica player, singer, guitarist and composer Richard Ray Farrell is one of the best and most international artists of the Andalusian blues label Cambaya . It is about a veteran author who was a street musician in the seventies and who already has an extensive and highly recommended discography. Without going any further, he was nominated this year by The Blues Foundation with his "Three Pints ??Of Gin" as the best acoustic blues album of the year. Similarly, it has been on the Living Blues radio charts for months as the best acoustic blues duo album.

From Niagara Falls , New York , he has traveled the world with his music. Now I wanted to make an electric record because that was what the body asked of it, and it's just what it has done. For this he has created his umpteenth band, The Leisure Men , made up of the great Canadian guitarist Troy Nhaumko and the Bárez brothers in the rhythm section. Together they have created this “Life Of Leisure” ( Cambodia / Karonte), which begins to the rhythm of Chicago's boogie trotter , but with his unmistakable harmonica that also reminds a bit of that of Charlie Musselwhite, to which is added his more than correct voice and that great band that supports him. Voodoo aromas and airs of Dr. John and the swamp blues of New Orleans appear in his version of "It's Your Vooddo Working", by Charles Sheffield, which you will also love if you are one of those who follow the great trajectory of Eirc Bibb.

However, on this album the songs he composed himself dominate, although he does give us some other unusual and very well resolved version. A lot of boogie, a la Canned Heat or ZZ Top, is what " One Last Look" contains , taking Jimmy Nolen's slow and leisurely blues in "The Way You Do" to territories close to John Mayall. Incredible Nhaumko picks that decorate "Livin 'The Life Of Leisure" and good version again of the slow Sonny Boy Williamson II, "Please Forgive", with outstanding slide guitar.

Among the own songs, the long and slow "One Of These Days", with its six and a half minutes and the almost ten of "So Sad At Day Break", with its sublime harmonica and some punctures with nocturnal aromas shine. Of course, for the closing another good uncommon version is saved, such as "I Don't Know About You", by Lloyd Nolan. ~Txema Mañeru

Life Of Leisure MP3
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Thursday, June 7, 2018

Richard Ray Farrell - Street Songs, Jazzy Tunes & Down Home Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:32
Size: 131.7 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[2:38] 1. Just Keep Lovin' Her
[1:28] 2. Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue
[4:24] 3. Big Road Blues
[1:26] 4. Somebody Stole My Gal
[4:02] 5. And It Stoned Me
[2:48] 6. Ain't Got A Home
[3:18] 7. Good Gin Blues
[2:21] 8. It's Your Fault
[2:52] 9. Walkin' And Lookin' Blues
[1:57] 10. Shakin' That Thing
[2:55] 11. Shiver Me Timbers
[2:07] 12. How Can You Face Me
[2:42] 13. Come Back Baby
[2:41] 14. Walkin' A Tightrope
[3:58] 15. Go Back To Your No Good Man
[2:37] 16. Sassy Me
[2:45] 17. Forty Days & Forty Night
[3:01] 18. Mystery Train
[3:10] 19. Gambler's Boogie
[4:12] 20. Church Street Shuffle

In 1995, Richard received a phone call from Jimmy Carl Black, legendary drummer with Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention. Jimmy had recently moved to the area and was looking for a blues guitarist to form a band. Richard and Jimmy Carl soon formed the FARRELL AND BLACK band. The group was very successful and went on to record two CDs for Stormy Monday Records, Cataract Jump (1996) and Black Limousine (1999).

During this period, Richard honed his skills in arranging and songwriting, composing the music and writing the lyrics for eight of the sixteen songs on Cataract Jump and eleven of the fourteen songs on Black Limousine. Richard also recorded an impressive solo acoustic CD on Stormy Monday in 1998 entitled Street Songs, Jazzy Tunes and Down Home Blues.

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Sunday, April 15, 2018

Richard Ray Farrell, The Spanish Band - Camino De Sanlucar

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:59
Size: 123.6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[2:28] 1. Crazy Over You
[3:40] 2. Look Whatcha Done
[4:42] 3. Never Make Your Move Too Soon
[4:26] 4. Jump Back Baby
[4:48] 5. Shuckin'
[5:06] 6. As The Years Go Passin' By
[4:44] 7. Down In Virginia
[4:39] 8. Everybody's Gotta Change
[5:32] 9. Cryin' Won't Help You
[3:23] 10. Pretty Baby
[6:59] 11. The Thrill Is Gone
[3:28] 12. Camino De Sanlucar

On this particular CD the band is a fabulous group of musicians that Richard Ray worked with during a recent trip to Spain. They do a great job on the variety of original songs and covers on the CD track list. I particularly liked the tracks with Raimundo Amador as a guest on lead guitar - On "Jump Back Baby", a song by Richard Ray, Raimundo really sounds smooth opposite Richard Ray's vocals and rhythm guitar work. Later, you get to hear both Raimundo and Richard Ray trading off and playing opposite each other On track 11, "The Thrill is Gone" - another favorite track of mine.

As a Jimmy Reed fan I am also a fan of track 7, "Down in Virginia", where Richard Ray does a wonderful job on vocals, lead guitar, and harmonica - (all the harmonica tracks on this CD are Richard playing live in the "rack" while also handling his guitar work simultaneously). In fact the whole CD was recorded live with the whole band in the studio for every track, giving the performances a live "vibe" to them.

This CD has a variety of different musical feels, from straight ahead blues to a funkier, up-beat sound. Although the music selection may contain some tracks that differ greatly in style, I found myself enjoying them all, especially after listening to the CD several times through. The disk has some very fine performances and is very easy to listen to. I would recommend it to both the casual blues fan as well as those who may be a bit more discriminating in their tastes. ~T. Stouffer

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Sunday, December 3, 2017

VA - Artists Of StoMo: Blues & Boogie Artist Collection No. 03

Size: 163,6 MB
Time: 70:56
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01 Peter Crow C. - Evil Queen Of Diamonds (2:19)
02 Christian Dozzler - Roxanne (4:06)
03 Dynamite Daze - Pill Poppin Son Of A Bitch (5:42)
04 Bena & Ptaszek - Midnight Special (4:07)
05 Crazy Hambones - Got A Hole In The Roll (4:49)
06 Morblus - My Shoes (5:17)
07 Calo Rapallo - Ich Geh Zuruck (4:02)
08 Little Willie Littlefield - Cheerful Baby (4:42)
09 Streetrats - Louisiana 50 (2:57)
10 Noot - Ease Back (5:57)
11 Kelly Rucker - Hellbound Train (3:32)
12 Richard Ray Farrell - Crazy Over You (2:28)
13 Steve - Set My Spirit Free (3:02)
14 Fritz Cats - Kiss (3:22)
15 Top Dog Brass Band - Blow Fish Funk (3:22)
16 Henning Petriet - Jueterboogie (2:53)
17 Gospel 4 - Lean On Me (3:14)
18 Jan Preston - The Piano Has The Blues (2:44)
19 Professor Nineteen - Country Blues (2:10)

Artists Of StoMo: Blues & Boogie Artist Collection No. 03

Friday, December 1, 2017

VA - Artists Of StoMo: Blues & Boogie Artist Collection No. 02

Size: 137,2 MB
Time: 59:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2009
Styles: Electric/Acoustic Blues, Boogie
Art: Front

01 Steve - Where Did You Stay Last Night (3:13)
02 Solly - Sixstrings (2:46)
03 Crazy Hambones - Treat My Disposition (4:08)
04 Los Reyes Del KO - El Beat De Mi Corazon (3:22)
05 Dynamite Dace - Second Hand Love (3:43)
06 Henning Pertiet - Abdullah's Blues (3:54)
07 Little Willie Littlefield - I Can't Help It (3:50)
08 Top Dog Brass Band - The Groove Will Make You Move (4:09)
09 Christian Dozzler - C'mon Joe (3:09)
10 Fritz Cats - Bobby McGee (4:12)
11 Richard Ray Farrell - Supermarket (3:10)
12 Vince Weber - Into It (2:39)
13 Streetrats - L'angoisse (2:46)
14 Peter Crow C. - Evil Queen Of Diamonds (2:26)
15 Jan Hirte's Blues Ribbon - Flyin To The Moon (3:41)
16 New Orleans Organ Trio - Second Line Fever (2:35)
17 Soundsville - Hot Barbecue (5:33)

Artists Of StoMo: Blues & Boogie Artist Collection No. 02

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

VA - Artists Of StoMo: Blues & Boogie Artist Collection No. 01

Size: 182,5 MB
Time: 78:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01 Little Willie Littlefield - One Scotch, One Bourben, One Beer (3:52)
02 Farrell & Black - Can't Get Over Losin' You (4:39)
03 Henning Pertiet - Big Block (2:40)
04 New Orleans Organ Trio - Worried Man Blues (3:54)
05 Calo Rapallo - Ich Denk An Dich (3:08)
06 Steve - Going Back To Birmingham (5:01)
07 Lowfi Kings - Can't Wait To See My Baby (3:56)
08 Peter Crow C. - I Don't Care No More (2:27)
09 Jan Preston - Memories Of Albert (3:03)
10 Gospel 4 - Music In The Air (3:21)
11 Richard Ray Farrell - Ain't Got A Home (2:47)
12 Paul Orta - Boogie Till You Trop (4:25)
13 Vince Weber - He Was A Friend Of Mine (3:58)
14 Crazy Hambones - Hambone Boogie (2:52)
15 The Street Rats - Liberation Of The Rats (3:16)
16 Fritz Cats - Proud Mary (5:24)
17 Top Dog Brass Band - Pin Strike (3:05)
18 Violin Experience - Aliena (5:03)
19 The Fantastic Boogalo Kings - Lady Godiva Ride (4:22)
20 Roby Wark - Guilty (2:39)
21 Soundsville - Farewell (4:24)

Artists Of StoMo

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Richard Ray Farrell - Dance To The Blues: Live Im Schutzenhaus

Size: 143,2 MB
Time: 61:05
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1993
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Acoustic Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Just Keep Lovin' Her (2:37)
02. Gypsy Caravan (2:06)
03. Supermarket (3:15)
04. Love Her With A Feelin' (6:16)
05. Stir Crazy (2:35)
06. Walkin' On Thin Ice (4:19)
07. Leavin' You Down In The Dirt (2:40)
08. My Hideaway (2:06)
09. Crossroads (2:54)
10. Can't Get Over Loosin' You (3:59)
11. Crosstown (4:25)
12. Spring Fever (2:47)
13. Knife With A Jagged Edge (2:18)
14. Johnnie's Joint (6:32)
15. Let's Go Riding Tonight (3:50)
16. Who's Been Talkin' (5:41)
17. Tell Me (2:35)

Some people live to make money, and some people make money to live. Some people are music lovers, some people are hobby musicians, and then again some people live and breathe music. They are the "real deal," so to speak. Richard Ray Farrell is one of them. He has not only mastered the art of singing and playing the blues--he has literally "lived" the blues for years on end.

Born in Niagara Falls, New York in 1956, Richard Ray left his hometown only two weeks after graduating from high school and backpacked his way through Europe, not knowing at the time that music would be his destiny. More than twenty-five years on the road as a traveling blues musician was to give him substantial credentials as a top-notch talent in the world of the blues.

Richard Ray started as a street musician or “busker” in Paris, France in 1975. Totally fascinated with the music of Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and other legendary blues players, Richard played for hours on end in the halls and tunnels of the Parisian “Metro” subway, scraping out a living as a musician, literally a "po' boy long way from home.”

Little by little, Richard worked his way up from the subways and streets of cities throughout the continent, eventually forming his own band and going on to perform on some of the largest and most prestigious stages in Europe, together with some of the true “giants” of traditional American blues music.

Dance To The Blues

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Richard Ray Farrell - Bohemian Life / I Sing The Blues Eclectic

Album: Bohemian Life
Size: 122,9 MB
Time: 52:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Fine Little Number (2:59)
02. Cold Heart (3:12)
03. Lawfully Wedded Wife (4:40)
04. Natch'l Man (4:03)
05. School Of Hard Knocks (2:35)
06. Bad Intentions (4:17)
07. Jealous Man (4:14)
08. Blues All In My Home (3:20)
09. Mean Case Of The Blues (2:17)
10. Oh Sunny Day (1:50)
11. My Heart Beats Just For You (3:24)
12. I Was Wrong (3:43)
13. The Hard Road (2:58)
14. Jitterboppin' (2:46)
15. You Got It! (2:57)
16. Bohemian Life (2:58)

In 2003 he recorded his first CD for Blue Beet Music, Bohemian Life. This CD features sixteen original songs. It was recorded with the help of an all-star lineup of musicians, including a guest appearance by harmonica virtuoso Jerry Portnoy. Bohemian Life reached number 18 on the Living Blues charts in May/June 2003, almost an impossible feat for an artist virtually unknown in the U.S. Bohemian Life received airplay in over 200 stations across the U.S., Canada, South America, Europe and Australia.

Bohemian Life

Album: I Sing The Blues Eclectic
Size: 103,9 MB
Time: 44:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Ol' Man Blues (Feat. Bill Heid, Brian Cox) (3:14)
02. Cherry On The Cream (3:25)
03. Bad As You Wanna Be (Feat. Marco Pandolfi) (3:43)
04. Memphis Bound (3:19)
05. Starting Over Again (Feat. Bill Heid, Mike Lampe, Ira Kaye) (4:07)
06. Listenin' To The Fallin' Rain (3:36)
07. Leisure Man (Feat. Marco Pandolfi - Harmonica) (5:30)
08. Steady Eatin' Woman (Feat. Bill Heid - Piano) (4:09)
09. Little Suzie (3:33)
10. Sweet Dreams (Of You) (Feat. Bill Heid - Piano) (3:27)
11. Skitchin' (Instrumental) (3:27)
12. Ride That Freedom Train (2:56)

I always look forward to hearing what Richard Ray Farrell is gonna do next. Over the years we've become friends. I've always been more than highly impressed with his guitar playing, down home acoustic at times, lightning strike electric at others. His singing is a cross between nothing you've ever heard before and something you want to hear more of. His song writing is as down home and honest as Mississippi mud. If you ain't heard this young man, it's about time you did. He's the real deal - all blues all the time. Check out "Starting Over Again," if you doubt my word. Funky as it gets, and straight from the heart. "Fallin' Rain." Come on. This is the real stuff. Richard Ray Farrell. He's one in a million. I feel proud to be his friend.
- Dennis Walker 2011

Producer, songwriter, bassist extraordinaire, Dennis Walker is a multi-Grammy award winning producer who has been at the helm for some of the most legendary artists. He is a celebrated songwriter as well, and has won several Handy Awards for songs written for Robert Cray. Dennis has won 3 Grammy Awards for his work. One with B.B. King for Blues Summit and the other two were with Robert Cray for his memorable Strong Persuader and Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark albums.

I Sing The Blues Eclectic

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Richard Ray Farrell - Shoe Shoppin' Woman

Size: 100,4 MB
Time: 43:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Rockin' Blues
Art: Front

01. Shoe Shoppin' Woman (2:51)
02. Stuck In Philly (3:35)
03. Just Like Sonny Liston (5:23)
04. Blue Shadows Falling (5:13)
05. Road Trippin' (2:53)
06. If I Could (4:06)
07. Wild About You Baby (3:44)
08. Johnnie's In Jail (5:54)
09. Shake It! (2:57)
10. Stir Crazy (3:04)
11. She's My Girl (3:21)

Shoe Shoppin' Woman is my 12th CD. This CD contains 8 originals and 3 covers. I have Jimmy Pritchard on bass, Michael Kersting on drums and Glenn McClelland on keys. Jimmy is from New castle , Delaware and has toured and recorded with some of the best in the blues world : Frankie Lee, Arthur Adams, Lonnie Shields, Big Jack Johnson, Sonny Rhodes. Michael Kersting is an amazing drummer from Berlin, Germany. Michael first toured with me in Europe back in 1990. He has performed and recorded with many legendary musicians : Jaco Pastorius, Mal Waldron, Benny Golson, Tommy Emmanuel and countless more. Glenn McClelland is another top-notch musician. Glenn is a member of the great Blood, Sweat & Tears and has performed and toured worldwide with some of the best in the business.

Shoe Shoppin' Woman