Wallace Coleman - Wallace Coleman

Year: 2000
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:54
Size: 103,7 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Off The Wall (3:18)
2. Black Spider (5:24)
3. Temperature (3:16)
4. Hard Life (5:03)
5. Just Your Fool (4:31)
6. 101 Blues (4:08)
7. Big Dog (4:26)
8. Love Spell (6:10)
9. So Long (3:52)
10. Way Back Home (4:42)

A harmonica player/vocalist schooled at Little Walter University, a traditionalist with little affinity for contemporary sounds or flavor, as well as an underrated vocalist, Wallace Coleman excels on the humorous "Big Dog Blues" and "Black Spider": the former is about a dog whom food bills exceed the entire family's, and the latter is about a wicked woman with spiderish ways. Furthermore, "So Long" finds Coleman in good spirits despite the hurt on a mid-tempo drinking number, the super-cool "101 Blues" epitomizes the word "sweet," and "Off the Wall" is a tough instrumental fueled by Coleman's spirited harping. /Andrew Hamilton, AllMusic

Personnel: Wallace Coleman (harmonica, vocals); Kevin Okey, Bruce Cochran (guitar); "Rockin" Robin Montgomery (keyboards); Richard Smith (bass, background vocals); Tommy Rich (drums).

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Wallace Coleman - Stretch My Money

Year: 2000
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:48
Size: 126,3 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Mojo Hand (4:56)
2. Spare Woman (5:10)
3. Dead Presidents (4:27)
4. Stretch My Money (5:01)
5. Bring It On Home (5:15)
6. Shake Me (4:25)
7. Strong Love (3:35)
8. Off The Hook (5:06)
9. Dangerous Man (3:23)
10. Sugar To Shame (4:21)
11. Who's Been Talking (4:05)
12. Homeless People (4:59)

Harpsman Wallace Coleman waxed this second CD on his own Pinto Blues Music label and builds on the momentum established by his Fishhead Records debut. Coleman blows a traditional blues harp with plenty of hot ear-cleaning solos to accent his storytelling vocal delivery. Prime examples of the style are "Stretch My Money," "Bring It on Home," the cattish "Spare Woman" (which is about infidelity), "Shake Me," and "Off the Hook." /Andrew Hamilton, AllMusic

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Wallace Coleman - Live At Joe's

Year: 2001
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:12
Size: 124,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Juke (2:55)
2. Hard Life (6:11)
3. You're The One (3:45)
4. Love Spell (4:31)
5. Kind Hearted Woman (5:54)
6. One More Chance With You (4:04)
7. Big Dog Blues (5:55)
8. Young Fashioned Way (4:37)
9. Lonesome Room Blues (3:59)
10. Tell Me Mama (3:43)
11. My Last Meal (3:43)
12. Way Back Home (4:50)

Wallace Coleman was part of Robert Lockwood Jr.'s band through the sixties and until recently where his Little Walter inspired harp was a delight to those who caught him with Lockwood. There is nothing fancy about the music here as Coleman displays his stylistic indebtedness to Walter on a very nice programme of mostly classic blues including "Juke", "One More Chance With You" and "Tell me Mama" as well as songs associated with Jimmy Rogers like "You're the One" and "My Last Wheel", and Muddy Waters' "Young Fashioned Ways".

Throw in a few originals including the slow "Hard Life" with some nice chromatic harp playing and the jazzy "Love Spell", and one gets a nicely sung and played set of performances that are centered on Coleman's very likeable, unforced vocals and fluid harp playing. The band provides a steady, swinging foundation. The guitarists get their solo spots but their playing does not intrude when Coleman is in the fore. Nothing startingly original here perhaps, but Coleman and band do a solid job in evoking the classic Chicago blues sound which certainly appeals to these ears and I know other ears as well. /Amazon

Personnel: Wallace Coleman (vocals, harmonica); Tim Matson and Mike Modlin (guitar); Dean Roach (bass); Fred Goodnight (drums).

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Ari Borger - Live At The Cincy Blues Fest

Size: 96,3 MB
Time: 40:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Electric Blues, Piano Blues
Art: Full

01. Song For Jay (3:55)
02. Baby Won't You Jump With Me (4:18)
03. Funky B (6:23)
04. Mean Red Spider (5:16)
05. Playing With My Soul (4:30)
06. Bricks On My Pillow (5:19)
07. Green Onions (2:29)
08. Blues Feeling (3:47)
09. French Quartet Boogie (4:49)

Featuring Bob Seely, Johnny Vidacovic, George Bedard, Chris Douglas, Wallace Coleman and J.J. Jackson.

Once again, here comes Ari Borger with his piano-poundin’ prowess; ready to delight anybody who gets in his way. A dip in the roots of the Blues, Boogie Woogie and Soul is presented in his show, demonstrating a sound so flawless, with heavy doses of feeling and virtuosity. Borger is the pioneer of the genre in his country; his music achieves something very difficult, it rings true and authentic, without excessive flash when improvising ... sometimes sounding sweet, then incendiary at another point. Ari Borger sounds modern and vintage at the same time; authentic and full of personality. “Great feeling and Swing” – Pinetop Perkins.

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Wallace Coleman - Live From Sao Paulo To Severance

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues
Time: 59:31
Size: 136,8 MB
Art: Full

Personnel tracks 1-7 (Sao Paulo)
Wallace Coleman - vocals & harp
Igor Prado - guitar
Ari Borger - piano
Rodrigo Mantovani - Upright & Electric Bass
Yuri Prado - drums

Personnel tracks 8-14 (Severance, Ohio)
Wallace Coleman - vocals & harp
John Lucic - guitar
Jody Getz - rhythm guitar
Robin Montgomery - piano
George Lee - bass
Vernon Jones - drums

(4:00) 1. Tribute to Little Walter
(4:41) 2. Mean Old World
(3:22) 3. Mojo Hand
(5:18) 4. Mean Red Spider
(5:19) 5. Bricks In My Pillow
(4:14) 6. Southbound Train
(5:10) 7. Rooster Blues
(3:15) 8. Black, Brown & White
(3:35) 9. Corrina, Corrina
(3:47) 10. Matchbox Blues
(3:45) 11. Way Back Home
(5:33) 12. Seems Like
(3:46) 13. What's The Matter With the Mill
(3:41) 14. I Shall Not Be Moved

Wallace Coleman is often compared to Little Walter Jacobs and the first track on this live album is a tribute to his favorite harp player. Coleman is a multi-faceted musician and these performances are a glimpse into that complexity. "Live from Sao Paulo to Severance" evenly divides the 14 tracks between Sao Paulo, Brazil (tracks 1-7), and Severance Hall in Cleveland, Ohio (tracks 8-14).

Coleman spent November 2013 touring with the Igor Prado Band in their home country of Brazil, at festivals, in clubs, and in live performances on TV and, in full-band, live studio recordings. These Brazilian musicians captured the depth and feeling of American Blues and provided a platform for Coleman to stretch out and perform. He calls that a rare treat. When Coleman relaxes as the front man knowing that the backing band indeed has his back, well...you just have to hear for yourself. Track 7 was added to Prado's "Way Down South" CD on the Delta Groove label which held an extended #1 spot on Living Blues Charts in 2015. Tracks 4 & 5 were included in Ari Borger's "Live from the Cincinnati Blues Festival" CD on Chico Blues Records.

In January 2015, Coleman and band performed on the main stage of Cleveland, Ohio's most beautiful musical venue, Severance Hall, also the home of the world-renown Cleveland Orchestra. The event was a community day honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For this performance, recorded live, Coleman presented folk, protest, original, and traditional Blues. As driving and raucous as the Brazil side of this disc, several Severance tracks are upbeat and fun, but it is that glimpse we get into Coleman's musical layers, both vocally and in his harmonica playing, where tender moments shine through from him on tracks like the instrumental "Way Back Home," the original "Seems Like," and the Charley Patton spiritual "I Shall Not Be Moved." These bring an appreciation of this diverse work. Coleman's comfort with his Severance band painting a backdrop is apparent in his vocals and his harp playing, and he takes full advantage of the opportunity. Wallace Coleman is an artist who easily shifts gears from driving blues to flowing instrumentals to blues shuffles to tender ballads -- each soundly vastly different, one to the next, but treating each as if it is the only thing that he does.

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Dave Thomas, Wallace Coleman - Repossession Blues, Vols 1 & 2

Traditional Blues at its finest - with feeling! What do Cleveland and London have in common? They’ve both got the blues! Very talented blues artists, that is.

Dave Thomas is a very talented guitarist/vocalist who has performed all around the world, most recently as the Dave Thomas Band, releasing two CD’s, Black Dog Boogie and Blues for Otis in 2005. He has been compared to B.B. King. He has appeared on stage with Fleetwood Mac, Genesis, Deep Purple, Wishbone Ash, Mose Allison, and the Steve Miller Band. Dave had the privilege to play for Paul McCartney at the Texas Embassy in London in 1996 at an event honoring Buddy Holly. Dave appears frequently with American blues artists visiting the UK.

Wallace Coleman is well known in the blues community for his harmonica playing (he has been compared to Little Walter) and rich singing voice. Wallace is a 2005 Ohio Heritage Fellowship award recipient, winner of the 2002 Blues Review Magazine Best Musician award for harmonica, and performed for 10 years with Robert Jr. Lockwood, including the 1998 Grammy nominated "I’ve Got to Find Me a Woman".

Dave Thomas met Wallace Coleman early in 2006 while Wallace was performing in the UK. They appeared together at a Shake Down Blues Concert and a good friendship and performing partnership ensued. Wallace invited Dave to Cleveland in the spring of 2006 where Dave was privileged to meet Wallace’s mentor, Robert Jr. Lockwood and was able to perform with the Lockwood All Stars and Wallace’s band as well. Dave and Wallace were playing some blues on the front porch of Wallace’s home in Cleveland when they decided to record an album together. Plans were made for that November and the rest is history...

A talented ensemble of musicians contributed to the recording of Repossession Blues including Dean Cohen, Gary Nowak, and Duane Carnes on guitar; Vernondo Parker and Scott Flowers on drums; George Lee and Andrew Tomecko on bass; Bill Lestock on mandolin/fiddle/acoustic guitar; Eddie Tomecko on acoustic guitar/backing vocals/percussion; and Jody Getz on backing vocals/percussion. The CD was recorded and engineered by Eddie Tomecko at Audioworks in Parma Heights and was produced by Jody Getz, Wallace Coleman, and David Thomas.

Album: Repossession Blues, Vol 1
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:44
Size: 120.7 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[4:00] 1. Talk To Your Daughter
[4:39] 2. Be Careful
[6:25] 3. Repossesion Blues
[6:25] 4. Going To Cleveland
[3:09] 5. Everyday I Have The Blues
[5:13] 6. Person To Person
[4:27] 7. Trouble
[6:03] 8. Subaru Blues
[4:37] 9. Steady Rollin' Man
[4:13] 10. All Loved Up
[3:28] 11. After Midnight

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Album: Repossession Blues, Vol 2
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:30
Size: 113.3 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2007

[4:32] 1. You Win (I Lose)
[3:47] 2. Something Special
[3:42] 3. Shadow Of Doubt
[5:33] 4. Midnight Special
[2:54] 5. The Ladybug And The Centipede
[3:54] 6. No Need To Worry
[5:55] 7. Sweet Black Angel
[5:48] 8. Diamond Ring
[3:43] 9. You Better Watch Yourself
[4:26] 10. Kind Hearted Woman
[5:11] 11. Take It Out, Dave

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Robert Lockwood Jr. - Swings In Tokyo: Live At The Park Tower Blues Festival '95

Size: 146,3 MB
Time: 62:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1996
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Something To Do (4:54)
02. Every Day I Have The Blues (5:38)
03. Steady Rollin' Man (4:13)
04. Hangin' On (4:45)
05. After Hours (4:42)
06. Take A Little Walk With Me (5:30)
07. Kind Hearted Woman (2:56)
08. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town (9:54)
09. Going Home (6:02)
10. See See Rider (7:53)
11. Annie's Boogie (6:00)

Personnel:
Robert Lockwood, Jr. - vocals, guitar
Maurice Reedus - tenor saxophone
Wallace Coleman - harmonica
Hitoshi Koide - guitar
Eugene Schwartz - bass
James Hoare - drums

Recorded at the Park Tower Blues Festival, Tokyo, Japan, in December 09 & 10, 1995.

Robert Lockwood, Jr., learned his blues firsthand from an unimpeachable source: the immortal Robert Johnson. Lockwood was capable of conjuring up the bone-chilling Johnson sound whenever he desired, but he was never one to linger in the past for long -- which accounts for the jazzy swing he often brought to the licks he played on his 12-string electric guitar.

Born in 1915, Lockwood was one of the last living links to the glorious Johnson legacy. When Lockwood's mother became romantically involved with the charismatic rambler in Helena, AR, the quiet teenager suddenly gained a role model and a close friend -- so close that Lockwood considered himself Johnson's stepson. Robert Jr. learned how to play guitar very quickly with Johnson's expert help, assimilating Johnson's technique inside and out.

Following Johnson's tragic murder in 1938, Lockwood embarked on his own intriguing musical journey. He was among the first bluesmen to score an electric guitar in 1938 and eventually made his way to Chicago, where he cut four seminal tracks for Bluebird. Jazz elements steadily crept into Lockwood's dazzling fretwork, although his role as Sonny Boy Williamson's musical partner on the fabled KFFA King Biscuit Time radio broadcasts during the early '40s out of Helena, AR, probably didn't emphasize that side of his dexterity all that much.

Settling in Chicago in 1950, Lockwood swiftly gained a reputation as a versatile in-demand studio sideman, recording behind harp genius Little Walter, piano masters Sunnyland Slim and Eddie Boyd, and plenty more. Solo recording opportunities were scarce, though Lockwood did cut fine singles in 1951 for Mercury ("I'm Gonna Dig Myself a Hole" and a very early "Dust My Broom") and in 1955 for JOB ("Sweet Woman from Maine"/"Aw Aw Baby").

Lockwood's best modern work as a leader was done for Pete Lowry's Trix label, including some startling workouts on the 12-string axe (which he daringly added to his arsenal in 1965). He later joined forces with fellow Johnson disciple Johnny Shines for two eclectic early-'80s Rounder albums. He also recorded a Robert Johnson tribute album and founded his own label, Lockwood. In 1998, he signed to Verve for the Grammy-nominated album I Got to Find Me a Woman, which featured sit-in guests including B.B. King and Joe Louis Walker. He was still working a weekly gig in Cleveland until early November 2006, when he suffered a brain aneurysm. He died on November 21. ~by Bill Dahl

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Wallace Coleman - The Bad Weather Blues / Blues In The Wind

Album: The Bad Weather Blues
Size: 171,4 MB
Time: 73:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

01. Bad Weather Blues (7:00)
02. Pretty All Over (5:06)
03. Southern Comfort (5:55)
04. Better Way To Live (4:43)
05. Everybody Needs Somebody (4:25)
06. Standing Still (3:46)
07. Blue Mist (5:46)
08. Mean Red Spider (5:23)
09. Cloudy (5:22)
10. Billy Bob Jam (5:44)
11. Seems Like (4:50)
12. Old Fashioned Guy (7:10)
13. High Tech Blues (4:31)
14. Going Down Slow (3:59)

Wallace Coleman is a 2002 Living Blues Award Winner for Most Outstanding Harmonica. Coleman earned his professional status as a Robert Jr. Lockwood sideman for 10 years, traveling the world to play Traditional Blues. In 1997, Coleman formed his own band and began a new professional music path. He also formed his own label and each of the first 2 releases garnered Living Blues Award Nominations; with a win in 2002.

Living Blues Award Winner (Harmonica) Wallace Coleman turns the tables in this 3rd release on his Pinto Blue Music label. This time it is predominantly original (10 originals; 4 covers). In addition, Coleman and band are joined by Blues veterans Bob Stroger (bass) and Billy Flynn (guitar). The result is a driving Chicago sound when called for, with Coleman at the fore; or sweet, thoughtful sounds, such as the original instrumental "Blue Mist," among others. Flynn also lends masterful slide guitar on several tracks. This CD offers something for everyone, but Traditional Blues lovers will especially appreciate what they hear.

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Album: Blues In The Wind: Remembering Robert Jr. Lockwood
Size: 93,7 MB
Time: 39:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

01. Blues In The Wind (3:52)
02. Uptown Blues (3:58)
03. Southbound Train (4:26)
04. Corrina Corrina (3:58)
05. Robert Jr. (4:36)
06. Too Much Time On My Hands (3:15)
07. Sinking Sun (4:29)
08. Little Joint Way 'cross Town (4:21)
09. Matchbox Blues (3:37)
10. Fields Of Gold (3:06)

Singer and harp player Wallace Coleman first met Robert Lockwood Jr. in 1985. They became fast friends, with Coleman playing in the local bluesman's band for a decade. Coleman recalls their friendship in "Robert Jr.," the anchor to this 10-song set dedicated to his late pal. Blues in the Wind pays tribute to the Cleveland legend in songs like the somber title track and the sarcastic "Too Much Time on My Hands." Other highlights include the juke-joint jam "Uptown Blues" and the swaggering piano-harmonica ballad "Sinking Sun." The album's weakest track, a cover of Sting's "Fields of Gold," proves that Coleman is much better when he sticks to his own material or the traditional tunes he used to play with his friend. — Jeff Niesel

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