Wentus Blues Band w. Eddie Kirkland - One Hundred Years

Album: One Hundred Years
Size: 94,7 MB
Time: 40:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. Story Of My Life (5:05)
2. I Don't Need A Holiday (5:24)
3. Night Girl (2:48)
4. Movin' (1:56)
5. What Are You Doing On This Moonshiny Night (7:11)
6. Meet Me On Sugar Hill (5:29)
7. Love On The Top, Love On The Bottom (2:33)
8. Don't Blame Me (2:03)
9. Lamplight (8:25)

Eddie Kirkland was certainly one of most legendary names of Detroit blues and a mythic person for all who knew him. Eddie played with all the greats, during the fifties the he was member of John Lee Hooker’s band, in the hard times he miserably lived in his car and, as he used to say, he was at the famous “crossroads” where he settled his deal with the devil. All that made him a charismatic musician with a huge personality. By year 2000 Kirkland met the Wentus Blues Band, a group from Finland which always plays genuine blues. Thanks to the late Rock Bottom, they became his backing band on his first tour in Europe. That tour turned into a close collaboration of more than ten years, performing countless shows in Europe. For Wentus Blues Band it was an incredible experience and Kirkland became a band member, as well as their mentor, grandfather and great friend, until he passed away in 2011.

Now to celebrate Eddie Kirkland’s 100 birthday, the Wentus Blues Band wants to pay tribute to the always remembered and missed bluesmen by releasing an album with nine songs coming from different shows held between 2000 and 2006, that become a good example of the chemistry that arose between all them. Genuine Detroit blues played in the real old style by Eddie Kirkland on vocals, harmonica, acoustic and electric guitar, Niko Riipa on electric guitar, Robban Hagnäs on bass and Mikael Axelqvist on drums, plus the collaboration of Juho Kinaret on vocals in the song “Sugar Hill”. All the feeling of Michigan most genuine blues can be found if you listen to this album that undoubtedly will be appreciated by good fans and all those people who look for small music gems. /La Hora Del Blues

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Wentus Blues Band Feat. Pelle Lindström - Hoy, Hoy!

Album: Hoy, Hoy!
Size: 108,1 MB
Time: 46:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. 300 Pounds Of Joy (4:04)
2. The Things I Do For You (3:11)
3. The Man And The Donkey (3:15)
4. Got My Mojo Working (5:58)
5. Mr. Cleanhead (6:14)
6. Linda Lou (4:42)
7. Keep Your Hands Off Her (4:01)
8. I'm Ready (3:04)
9. Same Thing (3:25)
10. New Orleans Woman (2:06)
11. Directly From My Heart (6:37)

While most people associate the blues with the steamy bayous of Louisiana and the cotton fields of Mississippi there is also a thriving blues scene in Scandinavia. In the heart of this Nordic blues explosion is the Wentus Blues Band from the town of Kokkola in central Finland. And while the pine studded wilderness of their homeland is about as far as you can get from the juke joints of the Deep South, there’s no doubt about their musical credentials.

Established in 1986, the band has acquired a reputation as the hardest working blues band in Scandinavia and they have played over 2.000 gigs around Europe. Wentus Blues Band has toured in fourteen countries, released seven albums, done several TV-shows, headlined festivals and toured with many great bluesmen like Duke Robillard, Mick Taylor, Carey Bell and Louisiana Red, just to mention a few.

In 1993, Wentus Blues Band met Swedish blues and folk musician Pelle Lindström from Leksand, Sweden, at a gig in Sundsvall. Three years later they invited Pelle to Finland for week-long tour as a special guest with the band. Since then, Pelle has performed occasionally with the band and done tours in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Germany. Due to the big success live, they went to the Church Garden Studios in Örnsköldsvik and recorded live some of the favourite rhythm 'n' blues songs from their repertoaire.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Wentus Blues Band - No Beginner

Album: No Beginner
Size: 124,4 MB
Time: 53:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. Beginner At The Blues (4:11)
2. I Warned You About Him (3:27)
3. Come On (3:48)
4. Mississippi Girl (4:26)
5. So Many Roads (4:26)
6. Good Time Charlie (4:25)
7. Hold On Tight (4:02)
8. SunDay (3:11)
9. Standing On The Edge Of Your Love (4:30)
10. Back In The Same Old Bag Again (3:33)
11. Little Girl (3:28)
12. Roll 'Em Pete (3:03)
13. Mellow Tree (3:28)
14. I Ain't Gonna Be Your Monkey Man (3:42)

While most people associate the blues with the steamy bayous of Louisiana and the cotton fields of Mississippi there is also a thriving blues scene in Scandinavia. In the heart of this Nordic blues explosion is the Wentus Blues Band from the town of Kokkola in central Finland. And while the pine studded wilderness of their homeland is about as far as you can get from the juke joints of the Deep South, there’s no doubt about their musical credentials.

Established in 1986, the band has acquired a reputation as the hardest working blues band in Scandinavia and they have played over 2.000 gigs around Europe. Wentus Blues Band has toured in fourteen countries, released seven albums, done several TV-shows, headlined festivals and toured with many great bluesmen like Duke Robillard, Mick Taylor, Carey Bell and Louisiana Red, just to mention a few.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Wentus Blues Band - Live

Album: Live
Size: 106,5 MB
Time: 46:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues, blues-rock
Art: Front

1. Baa Baa (3:42)
2. Lucky Strike Mama (5:25)
3. Rainbow (8:14)
4. Five Nights At Freddy's (5:42)
5. Moonshine (4:47)
6. Thin Red Line (5:00)
7. Mean Green Machine (6:21)
8. Facebook Blues (6:54)

While most people associate the blues with the steamy bayous of Louisiana and the cotton fields of Mississippi, lovers of the devil's music may be surprised to hear that there is also a thriving scene in Scandinavia. At the heart of this Nordic blues explosion are the Wentus Blues Band, who hail from Kokkola in central Finland. And while the pinestudded wilderness of their homeland is about as far as you can get from the jukejoints of the Deep South, there's no doubting their musical credentials.

Established in 1986, the band have acquired a reputation as the hardest working in Scandinavia and play around 150 gigs a year. The Wentus Blues Band has toured in 17 different countries, released 10 albums, done several TV-shows, headlined festivals and toured with many great bluesmen. Expect explosive blues and frantic rhythm and blues, played with laid back stylishness.

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Wentus Blues Band - From The Barrell

Size: 101.2 MB
Time: 43:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

01. If This Is Love (3:56)
02. My Home (3:44)
03. Close Talker (3:35)
04. Losing My Faith (4:37)
05. I Love You (3:16)
06. I'm A Lover Not A Fighter (2:36)
07. Cry For Me, Baby (3:30)
08. No Reason (3:26)
09. A Little More Time (3:32)
10. You Gonna Make Me Cry (3:58)
11. Trainfare (4:08)
12. Last Chance To Dance (3:17)

Personnel:
Juho Kinaret: Vocals
Niko Riippa: Guitar
Robban Hagnäs: Bass
Pekka Gröhn: Keyboards
Daniel Hjerppe: Drums

Wentus Blues Band celebrates 35 years on the road 1986-2021.
This album was recorded and mixed 2004-2018 at different locations from Wentus to Woodstock.

While most people associate the blues with the steamy bayous of Louisiana and the cotton fields of Mississippi there is also a thriving blues scene in Scandinavia. In the heart of this Nordic blues explosion is the Wentus Blues Band from the town of Kokkola in central Finland. And while the pine studded wilderness of their homeland is about as far as you can get from the juke joints of the Deep South, there’s no doubt about their musical credentials.

Established in 1986, the band has acquired a reputation as the hardest working blues band in Scandinavia and they have played over 2.000 gigs around Europe. Wentus Blues Band has toured in fourteen countries, released seven albums, done several TV-shows, headlined festivals and toured with many great bluesmen like Duke Robillard, Mick Taylor, Carey Bell and Louisiana Red, just to mention a few.

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Wentus Blues Band & Duke Robillard - Too Much Mustard

Size: 139,9 MB
Time: 59:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Stayed At The Party (3:08)
02. 2: 19 (4:42)
03. Judgement Day (3:43)
04. First We Take Manhattan (4:19)
05. She's A Killer Hot Blonde (3:49)
06. Right In Your Arms (4:51)
07. Too Much Mustard (1:54)
08. She Made My Mind (3:34)
09. I Hear You Knockin (3:00)
10. Miranda (3:56)
11. You Got My Love (3:14)
12. Selma (4:37)
13. Feels So Bad (5:30)
14. Where Have All The Songbirds Gone (3:15)
15. Passionate Kiss (5:47)

The collaboration between Wentus Blues Band, Finland’s most international blues act, and blues legend Duke Robillard began in 1987 in Finland, when the young band got to open for the global star. They developed a warm friendship lasting many years; Robillard was a guest at WBB’s 30th anniversary celebration and also did a joint tour with the band in Sweden.
Now, with ‘Too Much Mustard’, the musicians have realized a long-held plan to make an album together. “It’s not every day, every year or every decade that you see a band whose talents and personalities blend in a way that makes them such a force of nature” Robillard explains in the liner notes. “It’s a very special thing when you get to experience a group like this perform or even hang out with.”
‘Too Much Mustard’ was produced by Robillard, features some of his performances, includes some of his songs reworked with Wentus Blues Band flair, and even includes a Robillard painting on the front cover. The resulting album is a joy to experience, in which the pleasure the musicians took in working together comes through in every note. “Prepare to be taken on a great musical journey,’ Robillard writes, “sit back or put on your dancing shoes, whichever you prefer, turn your hi-fi up and dig the sounds!”

Updated: CD Rip with full covers.
Originally posted on 12/Set/2019

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Gary Primich & Friends - Gary, Indiana

Year: 2010
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:23
Size: 158,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. The Hitman (w. Esa Kuloniemi & Jmmie 'Bluesman' Lawson) (4:58)
2. Hillybilly Blues (w.Wentus Blues Band) (4:04)
3. Sadie (w.Wentus Blues Band) (7:07)
4. Down The Road I Go (w.Wentus Blues Band) (5:31)
5. Real Gone Lover (w.Wentus Blues Band) (4:25)
6. Think It Over (w.Wentus Blues Band) (4:40)
7. Goodbye Little Girl (w.Wentus Blues Band) (6:54)
8. Company Man (w.Wentus Blues Band) (4:04)
9. Hustler (w. Honey B. & T-Bones) (5:37)
10. The Girl That Radiates That Charm (w. Honey B. & T-Bones) (5:02)
11. Number Nine Train (w. Honey B. & T-Bones) (3:47)
12. Been Around The World/My Back Scratcher (w. Honey B. & T-Bones) (5:53)
13. Gary Indiana (w. Esa Kuloniemi) (4:46)
14. Gary Primich Talks About Blues Harmonica Playing (1:29)

Gary Primich (April 20, 1958 - September 23, 2007) had numerous, loyal friends in Finland. This CD contains sessions recorded live and in the studio with the Finnish bands, Honey B & the T-Bones and Wentus Blues Band. He also played on many session recordings with Candye Kane, Omar, Nick Curran, Steve James, Tish Hinojosa, Doyle Bramhall and Esa Kuloniemi.

Now, don't let his intelligence, charm, and self-effacing manner fool you - Gary Primich was one bad-ass harmonica player. This release, an offering of deep respect from Gary's Finnish friends, will stand as a strong testament to the playing and technical aspects of what made Gary Primich such a rarity in the blues, or any musical genre. With this tribute CD, let's toast to the great Gary Primich!

(For personnel and recording details, see artwork included.)

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Wentus Blues Band - Yuletide

Year: 2018
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:30
Size: 75,7 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Christmas Day (2:19)
2. Merry Christmas Baby (2:57)
3. Back Door Santa (2:42)
4. How I Hate To See Xmas Come Around (3:41)
5. Please Come Home For Christmas (2:53)
6. Santa Claus (2:04)
7. Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin (2:56)
8. Christmas Pokergame Blues (2:56)
9. Bo Diddley Santa Claus (3:38)
10. Merry Christmas, I Love You (3:41)
11. Let's Stay Together Till After Christmas (2:37)

While most people associate the blues with the steamy bayous of Louisiana and the cotton fields of Mississippi, lovers of the devil's music may be surprised to hear that there is also a thriving scene in Scandinavia. At the heart of this Nordic blues explosion are the Wentus Blues Band, who hail from Kokkola in central Finland. And while the pinestudded wilderness of their homeland is about as far as you can get from the jukejoints of the Deep South, there's no doubting their musical credentials.

Established in 1986, the band have acquired a reputation as the hardest working in Scandinavia and play around 150 gigs a year. The Wentus Blues Band has toured in 17 different countries, released 10 albums, done several TV-shows, headlined festivals and toured with many great bluesmen. Expect explosive blues and frantic rhythm and blues, played with laid back stylishness.

This year the band has released a Christmas album with rollickin' kickin' tongue-in-cheek manner made blues tracks. It is a must-have Christmas Calendar packed with juicy blues bonbons like "Santa Needs Some Lovin", "Back Door Santa" and "Let's Stay Together Till After Christmas" that reveal more about Santa than you ever would tell your children. Please don't.

Instead of regular listening, Wentus Blues Band strongly recommends releasing the true potential of this full Christmas catering. It sure works better than eggnogs, heating up your season party to a guaranteed knees-up. Even if it gets a little bit naughty, never mind. Santa doesn't care as he's busy with listening to his copy.

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Wentus Blues Band - Throwback

Size: 130,1 MB
Time: 54:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Wrapped Up In Love (2:41)
02. Future Blues (2:58)
03. Rainbow (4:23)
04. Let Me Get Over It (5:05)
05. Frog Leg Man (3:16)
06. Done Somebody Wrong (2:37)
07. Feel So Young (3:00)
08. Hard Working Woman (4:56)
09. Don´t Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down (3:52)
10. I Think You Need A Shrink (4:35)
11. Thirty Dirty Women (2:31)
12. Fixin´ To Die (4:21)
13. Time Was (3:46)
14. Last Of The Blues Singers (3:37)
15. Red´s Dream (3:01)

Finnish blues outfit Wentus Blues Band have taken, over the years, a huge pleasure in performing with many of the world's great blues artists who later have become their lifelong friends, partners and mentors. On this album they wanted to honour a few of them by playing their favorite tracks written by these cool cats.

Recorded downstairs from our rehearsal place in the meeting room of the Linnusperä Marthas in the old school building Villa Skola located in Ventus, Kokkola, Finland.

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Wentus Blues Band - Family Meeting (Soundtrack)

The 20th Anniversary of the Wentus Blues Band from Finland was celebrated in Helsinki at the Alexander Theatre, originally built by Russian Czar Alexander II. The show, sweetened by various special guests, surely satisfied the Blues needs of performers and audience alike. The whole atmosphere was reminiscent of Martin Scorsese's "The Last Waltz" – a film that studied the giant concert given by The Band and superstar guests in San Francisco in 1976.

The show featured an impressive line-up of rock and blues legends, such as Eddie Kirkland, Louisiana Red and Lazy Lester, ex-Rolling Stone Mick Taylor, Kim Wilson from the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Omar Dykes from Omar & The Howlers, Barrence Whitfield – a real rocker in the savage style of Little Richard, Sven Zetterberg and Clas Yngström from Sweden and the great Eric Bibb. All of the above-mentioned guests have a long history with the Wentus Blues Band.

Family Meeting was filmed by the director Heikki Kossi, who gathered the best of filmmakers in Finland: Pro's that has worked with legendary filmmakers like Aki Kaurismäki and Klaus Härö. The Film tells a unique story about people behind music and it is about the family meeting of these musicians, where cotton and potato fields, joy, tolerance, and above all the immortal, shared moments within the Blues are intertwined. It's a delicious mash-up of backstage life and passionate stage performances.

"It was a once in a life-time happening, a definite milestone, a stop on the road. Down the road we had met a lot of people who's work we always had been admiring. We have always felt a strong relationship to these people. Like they have always been there, as a part of us, like a family. The 20 years of keeping a band together needed a celebration; a gathering, a Family meeting." (Wentus Blues Band)

Album: Family Meeting - CD 1
Year: 2008
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:16
Size: 122,8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Front

1. Intro: Going To The Show (1:08)
2. Moonshine (4:35)
3. You Gonna Make Me Cry (5:21)
4. Since I Been Loving You (WBB With Sven Zetterberg) (4:57)
5. I Got To Go (WBB With Sven Zetterberg & Kim Wilson) (4:06)
6. Passenger Blues (WBB With Kim Wilson) (5:09)
7. Pick Up The Pieces (WBB With Sven Zetterberg & Eddie Kirkland) (6:20)
8. Lonesome Fugitive (Lazy Lester) (1:42)
9. Angel Blues (WBB With Omar Dykes) (5:51)
10. Stop Twistin' My Arm (WBB With Barrence Whitfield & Clas Yngström) (3:53)
11. Can't You Hear Me Knocking (WBB With Mick Taylor) (10:07)

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Album: Family Meeting - CD 2
Year: 2008
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:20
Size: 118,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Front

1. I Heard The Angels Singing (WBB With Eric Bibb) (4:47)
2. Down The Line (4:26)
3. Looking For Trouble (WBB With Kim Wilson) (4:24)
4. Hold That Note (WBB With Clas Yngström) (3:34)
5. Annie-Lee (WBB With Barrence Whitfield) (4:33)
6. Blind Willie McTell (WBB With Mick Taylor) (6:11)
7. Backroom Delta (Lousiana Red & Niko Riippa) (1:49)
8. Ride On Red (WBB With Lousiana Red) (4:18)
9. Ventilator Blues (WBB With Mick Taylor) (6:41)
10. Raining In My Heart (WBB With Lazy Lester) (4:37)
11. Biscuit Roller (WBB With Barrence Whitfield & Clas Yngström) (4:45)
12. Outro: Great Final (1:08)

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Wentus Blues Band - Family Album

Year: 2004
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:14
Size: 141,6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Stop Breaking Down (Feat. Kim Wilson) (5:03)
2. I'm Leaving You (Feat. Carey Bell) (3:50)
3. Five Long Years (Feat. Carey Bell) (5:20)
4. Axim (Feat. Louisiana Red) (5:44)
5. Hurry Sunshine (Feat. Louisiana Red) (3:01)
6. Bessie Mae (Feat. Omar Dykes) (4:59)
7. Born On The Bayou (Feat. Omar Dykes) (4:20)
8. Those Days Are Gone (Feat. Sven Zetterberg) (2:41)
9. Heartaches And Hangovers (Feat. Sven Zetterberg) (3:02)
10. I Don't Need A Holiday (Feat. Eddie Kirkland) (5:24)
11. Meet Me On Sugar Hill (Feat. Eddie Kirkland) (5:11)
12. Travelin' Mood (Feat. Gary Primich) (3:57)
13. Real Gone Lover (Feat. Gary Primich) (2:24)
14. Best Of Me (Feat. Eero Raittinen) (3:24)
15. I Don't Care (Feat. Eero Raittinen) (2:45)

While most people associate the blues with the steamy bayous of Louisiana and the cotton fields of Mississippi there is also a thriving blues scene in Scandinavia. In the heart of this Nordic blues explosion is the Wentus Blues Band from the town of Kokkola in central Finland. And while the pine studded wilderness of their homeland is about as far as you can get from the juke joints of the Deep South, there’s no doubt about their musical credentials.

Established in 1986, the band has acquired a reputation as the hardest working blues band in Scandinavia and they have played over 2.000 gigs around Europe. Wentus Blues Band has toured in fourteen countries, released seven albums, done several TV-shows, headlined festivals and toured with many great bluesmen like Duke Robillard, Mick Taylor, Carey Bell and Louisiana Red, just to mention a few.

"Family Album" represents the blues family of Wentus Blues Band. Honored guests are Kim Wilson from The Fabulous Thunderbirds, blues legends Carey Bell, Louisiana Red and Eddie Kirkland, Omar Dykes from Omar & The Howlers, harmonica wizards Gary Primich and Sven Zettenberg and Finland’s own blues old-timer Eero Raittinen.

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Wentus Blues Band - Agriculture

Year: 2007
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:36
Size: 101,7 MB
Styles: Modern electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Down The Line (3:59)
2. Moonshine (3:59)
3. Take It Away (3:56)
4. Biscuit Roller (3:18)
5. Times Getting Hard (3:55)
6. Passenger Blues (Devil Is Turning Up The Heat) (4:10)
7. Explorer Boogie (3:51)
8. Country Love (3:00)
9. Brand New Mojo Hand (3:38)
10. Here In The Night (4:26)
11. Love Bug (2:15)
12. My Kind Of People (3:03)

Wentus Blues Band has done a lot of steelhard road work as the backing group for many top names in the business, but now they are out standing on the field on their own. The attention now focuses on the band itself and no outside tows is needed on gigs or for the studio work. Wentus Blues Band's agricultural political has been breeded manifest into an album, aptly titled "Agriculture". It delights with its free-flowing and even joyous tone. There isn't a bit of dull work-mode, and it sounds it has sprung straight from the true labour of love. Lee Baker's "Brand New Mojo Hand" is the only cover song - this farming product is the real organic thing. Niko Riippa, Robban Hagnäs and Juho Kinaret were responsible for the songwriting. And the trick isn't just that the songs are original compositions, they are also very good.

Wentus Blues Band's music is familiarly guitar-driven. Riippa's playing is sharp and freewheelin', while "Hiding" Wikman plants up a bit more delicate guitar lines. The addition of Pekka Gröhn on keys is a crucial factor in making "Agriculture" really a happening record. Especially his piano figures are great. Juho Kinaret seems to have improved as a singer; although on the Family Meeting concerts he got compared to real heavyweight singers. On some songs he really lets his creative nuts cut loose. Hagnäs and "Axeli" Axelqvist keep their rhythmic grey eminences strong without unnecessary flash or glitter. The stark-stomping "Passenger Blues" is quite likely the most intense track on the album. "Brand New Mojo Hand" conjures the Louisiana voodoo up with credibility. There's no room for sweetie tunes here. "My Kind Of People", "Times Getting Hard" and "Here in the Night" prove the fact the band handles the more mellow sides, too.

Personnel: Juho Kinaret (vocals), Niko Riippa (guitar), Kim Vikman (guitar), Robban Hagnäs (bass, backing vocals), Pekka Gröhn (keyboards), Mikael Axelqvist (drums)

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Wentus Blues Band - Lucky Strike Mama

Year: 2016
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:54
Size: 122,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Baa Baa (3:07)
2. Lucky Strike Mama (3:47)
3. True Love (3:22)
4. 5 Nights At Freddy's (4:54)
5. Saints & Sinners (6:28)
6. Sparrows & Swallows (3:34)
7. Star In The Night (5:35)
8. Thin Red Line (4:31)
9. Johari Window (3:12)
10. Saturday All Time Man (5:20)
11. Mean Green Machine (4:29)
12. Abigail (4:30)

While most people associate the blues with the steamy bayous of Louisiana and the cotton fields of Mississippi, lovers of the devil's music may be surprised to hear that there is also a thriving scene in Scandinavia. At the heart of this Nordic blues explosion are the Wentus Blues Band, who hail from Kokkola in central Finland.

And while the pinestudded wilderness of their homeland is about as far as you can get from the jukejoints of the Deep South, there's no doubting their musical credentials. Established in 1986, the band have acquired a reputation as the hardest working in Scandinavia and play around 150 gigs a year.

The Wentus Blues Band has toured in 17 different countries, released 10 albums, done several TV-shows, headlined festivals and toured with many great bluesmen. Expect explosive blues and frantic rhythm and blues, played with laid back stylishness.

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Wentus Blues Band & Dick Heckstall-Smith - Man Of Stone

Year: 2015
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:13
Size: 151,6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Key To Love (3:45)
2. Missing You (3:52)
3. You Got Me (Where You Want Me) (5:22)
4. Suspicions - Part 2 (6:34)
5. Woza Nasu (17:04)
6. Man Of Stone (8:16)
7. Have You Heard (8:41)
8. Pretty Thing (3:06)
9. Before You Accuse Me (5:02)
10. Looking Back (4:25)

This album is a last hurrah for the late lamented saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith who died aged seventy in 2004. He embarked in 2002 upon a tour of Scandinavia with the highly acclaimed Blues outfit The Wentus Blues Band from Kokkola, Finland. They have established themselves as one of Scandinavia’s finest backing bands by working with; Carey Bell, Eddie Kirkland, Eric Bibb, Gary Primich, Kim Wilson, Louisiana Red, Mick Taylor, and Phil Guy. Dick was an original member of Alexis Korner’s Blues Inc., he then moved on to join the Graham Bond Organisation and they were one of a number of bands that merged blues with jazz and rock. After a short stay with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers he joined Colosseum for three years, after which he became a freelance musician playing whatever took his fancy.

The ten numbers here were recorded live in Helsinki, at Cantina West April 5th, 2002. The album kicks–off with "Key To Love", a lively shuffler that bounces along nicely with guitar and drums while Dick’s wailing saxophone pops up and leads a merry dance. "Missing You", and "You Got Me (Where You Want Me)" continues the groove but, in a looser vein. Eddie Kirkland’s "Man Of Stone", is an enjoyable eight minute stomping roller that gives Dick the room to sweetly swing, wail, weave and roam wherever he wants to. Dick’s own composition, "Woza Nasu", is a seventeen minute opus that epitomises Dick’s sublime talents to entice, entwine and endear you to his free flowing world. The band are sharp, tight and enthusiastic, this is amply displayed on the rousing versions of "Pretty Thing", "Before You Accuse Me" and "Looking Back". Well worth investigation.

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Wentus Blues Band - 2 albums: Chitlin' Circuit/The Last Of The Big Time Spenders (Feat. Phil Guy)

Album: Chitlin' Circuit
Year: 1995
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:32
Size: 124,9 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Gamblin' (3:51)
2. You're Wrong About Me (4:05)
3. Mellow Down Easy (2:25)
4. You Give Me The Blues (5:51)
5. Love Feels Alright (2:40)
6. I Need Her, I'll Keep Her (2:58)
7. Take It Easy, Take It Slow (4:13)
8. Do The Do (4:24)
9. Cold Wind Is Blowing (5:57)
10. Driving Tractor (3:05)
11. She Caught The Katy (3:02)
12. I Do It Better Than You (4:24)
13. Standin' Out At Midnight (7:32)

Hard cooking bluesalbum with 70 % own material. I think you will be surprised but pleased what you hear. Strap yourself in for a ride with a band that you won't forget, to a city that can be found in any country, anywhere named Bluesville! You never felt so good having the blues! /C.C. de Plicque

Personnel:
Anders Sjöberg - vocals
Kim "Hiding" Wikman - guitars
Niko Riipa - guitars
Robban Hagnäs - bass
Mikael Axelqvist - drums, percussion

Additional musicians:
Pepe Ahlqvist - harmonica (tracks 4,11)
Hungry John - harmonica (track 3)
Tommi Peltola - Hammond organ (tracks 7, 9), accordion (track 5)
Tumba Haldin - percussion (track 5)

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Album: The Last Of The Big Time Spenders
Year: 2005
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:24
Size: 165,7 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Scans: Full

1. Help Me (8:19)
2. Oh, Darling (7:06)
3. Texas Flood (10:38)
4. Killing Floor (5:44)
5. Don't Even Know My Name (10:13)
6. Good Time Charlie (10:41)
7. Five Long Years (9:18)
8. Can't Stand It (When You Touch Me) (10:21)

When the legendary Chicago bluesman Phil Guy (brother of Buddy Guy) came to Finland to tour with Wentus Blues Band, one of the shows in Helsinki was recorded.

You might wonder how a blueslegend like Phil Guy from Chicago and a bunch of Finns calling themselves the Wentus Blues Band got together, and when you ask them they really don't know how either. One thing is definitely for sure, that the first shows they did together really gave them the hunger for some more, and at this point they play together every time Phil comes over to Europe.

Recorded November 2nd, 2002 at Cantina West, Helsinki, Finland

Personnel:
Phil Guy - guitar, vocals
Niko Riipa - guitar
Robban Hagnäs - bass
Mikael Axelqvist - drums
Special guest: Pepe Ahlquist - harmonica, vocals

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