Willie Foster & The Juke Joints - Live!

Size: 180.1 MB
Time: 77:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Electric Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

01. Foster Shuffle ( 8:23)
02. Love Everybody ( 6:01)
03. If You Love Me ( 6:37)
04. Honey Sugar Bowl ( 8:04)
05. Going To St.Louis ( 7:23)
06. Ready For The Blues (Arr. W. Foster) ( 6:26)
07. Sugar Sweet ( 6:46)
08. Janie On My Mind (11:41)
09. Promised Me Love ( 4:48)
10. Everyday I Have The Blues (11:29)

Personnel:
Harp, Vocals – Willie Foster
Guitar – Michel Staat, Mickey Rogers (2)
Bass – Peter Van Merode
Drums – Peter Kempe
Harmonica – 'Sonny Boy' Van Der Broek* (tracks: 8 to 10)
Saxophone – Ko Zuidweg
Trumpet – Rinus Zuidweg

Recorded live at the Arsenal Theater - Vlissingen, Holland on March 17, 1999
Willy Foster was raised in the classic blues tradition, born on a farm just outside Leland, Mississippi, he started picking cotton when just eight years old, and entertained himself blowing harmonica with his childhood friend and neighbour, Jimmy Reed.

After serving in Europe during the Second World War, he moved to St. Louis and then Chicago, where he would work Maxwell Street, playing for tips, honing his skills, aided by Walter Horton, eventually graduating to the Chicago club scene where he played regularly with Floyd Jones, his cousin Leroy Foster, Snooky Pryor and Lazy Bill Lucas, before joining and touring with Muddy Waters' band in 1953. He made his recording debut in 1953, releasing the single ”Falling Rain Blues/Four Day Jump” on Parrot to be followed by a session for Cobra in 1957, which prduced ”Crying The Blues/Little Girl”.

In 1990 he was asked to go on tour with the New Zealand based Midge Marsden Band. Because of the big succes Willy would make several other tours over there in the next four years. He also did a television commercial for Foster's Beer that was broadcasted in New Zealand and Australia.

In 1994 Willy got in touch with guitarslinger Bobby Mack from Austin, Texas, and recorded with him his first CD ”I Found Joy”. Also in 1994 Willy met the Dutch bluesband The Juke Joints when performing at the Delta Blues Festival in Greenville, Mississippi. They did a short tour together and became very good friends.

After Willy's second CD ”My Life”, also with Bobby Mack, he played more then ever and was invited at the famous Blues Estafette in Holland. The Juke Joints did a Holland tour in 1999 together with Willy, which was a very big succes. This CD is one of these concerts! ~Paul J. Broussard Jr.

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Eddie Taylor - Eddie Taylor In Session: Diary Of A Chicago Bluesman 1953-1957

Size: 186,4 MB
Time: 78:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. Ice Cream Man (Elmore James) (2:44)
02. Lifetime Baby (John Brim) (3:05)
03. You Don't Have To Go (Jimmy Reed) (3:02)
04. Going Back To Memphis (Sunnyland Slim) (2:54)
05. Devil Is A Busy Man (Sunnyland Slim) (2:49)
06. Shake It Baby (Sunnyland Slim) (2:58)
07. Bassology (Sunnyland Slim) (2:54)
08. School Days (Floyd Jones) (3:11)
09. Ain't Times Hard (Floyd Jones) (3:04)
10. Any Old Lonesome Day (Floyd Jones) (2:55)
11. Tough Times (Elmore James) (3:07)
12. Gary Stomp (John Brim) (2:48)
13. Falling Rain Blues (Little Willie Foster) (2:33)
14. Four Day Jump (Little Willie Foster) (2:09)
15. Bad Boy (2:58)
16. E.T. Blues (2:42)
17. Wheel And Deal (John Lee Hooker) (2:32)
18. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby (Jimmy Reed) (2:12)
19. Ride 'em On Down (2:52)
20. Big Town Playboy (2:56)
21. Dimples (John Lee Hooker) (2:08)
22. You'll Always Have A Home (2:32)
23. Don't Knock At My Door (2:44)
24. You Got Me Dizzy (Jimmy Reed) (2:48)
25. Crawlin' Black Spider (John Lee Hooker) (2:41)
26. I'm Gonna Love You (1:56)
27. Lookin' For Trouble (2:25)
28. Find My Baby (2:16)
29. Stroll Out West (2:29)

Eddie Taylor was considered one of the greatest of all guitarists active during the heyday of Chicago blues scene. However despite featuring on numerous hit records he never had a hit under his own name, he was to be forever in the shadow of the artists he performed with during the period covered by this CD collection. Tracks such as "Ice Cream Man", "Lifetime Blues", "Bad Boy", "Big Town Playboy", "Dimples" exude a real quality and despite them not initially achieving hit status have now quite rightfully gone on to be Chicago blues classics. Eddie Taylor never really achieved the stardom he so richly deserved, he was though a very important element in the sub-genre of Chicago blues and without his presence on so many hit records would have been notably poorer. This great CD set from Jasmine showcases his early contributions and what a great guitarist and musician he was.

MC
Ziddu

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Willie Foster - 2 albums: My Life / I Found Joy

Willie James Foster was born "like a rabbit" between the rows of a cotton field outside of Leland, Mississippi, on September 19, 1921. His mother went into labor while picking cotton on the plantation where she sharecropped. After Willie's birth she wasn't able to have any more children (delta musicians).

In 1937, Foster saw Muddy Waters perform at the Dunleith plantation, and he also remembered a visit by John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson. In 1938, at age 17, Foster migrated to the north to Detroit, Michigan, where he worked in factories for three years. Then he signed up for World War II duties. He was stationed in England and recalled his first stage appearance a performance on the harp during a talent show. Once he left the service, Foster shuttled between Mississippi, Detroit, and Chicago, before he settled in St. Louis, where he formed with the 3W's. Willie Foster, Willie Williams, and Willie Howard made up the members of the group. In 1951, he performed for his first paying job as a musician at Green's Grocery where they played for a soda. In 1953, Willie Foster met Muddy Waters in Chicago, where they both performed (LivingBlues.html). In 1963, Foster moved back to Mississippi to care for his father, who had been in a severe car accident. He began playing area jukes in Holly Ridge, Indianola, and Greenville (deltaboogie.com).

In the 70's, when he was living in Greenville, Foster was playing regularly with James "T-Model" Ford, Asie Payton, and Frank Frost. In the 80's he formed a new band "Rhythm and Blues Upsetters. In 1992 he traveled to New Zealand for an extended stay with the band of Midge Mardsen. While in New Zealand, Foster cut his foot in the ocean, an injury that caused infection that eventually led to the amputation of both legs. Willie Foster died of a heart attack in his sleep after a performance at a private party in Jackson, Tennessee, early on the morning of May 20, 2001. ~Jarvis Austin

Album: My Life
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:42
Size: 129.8 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 1997
Art: Front

[4:35] 1. I Believe
[5:21] 2. Ain't That A Shame
[5:54] 3. Tell Me
[4:34] 4. Sugar Sweet
[2:48] 5. Willie's Shuffle
[6:39] 6. I Woke Up This Morning
[3:46] 7. Promise Me Love
[4:13] 8. Gone And Left Me
[5:13] 9. I Got A Letter This Morning
[5:46] 10. Let 'em Talk
[7:50] 11. Willie's Life

My Life mc
My Life zippy

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Album: I Found Joy
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:04
Size: 126.1 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[4:30] 1. Why Do You Treat Me So Mean
[7:19] 2. Janie On My Mind
[5:06] 3. Everyday I Have The Blues
[3:41] 4. Achin' All Over
[3:58] 5. Tell Me
[5:17] 6. Blues Is Just A Feelin'
[3:24] 7. Big Boss Man
[3:55] 8. Where Can She Be
[5:17] 9. If You Love Me
[3:45] 10. Ready For The Blues
[2:22] 11. Goin' To Get My Baby
[6:24] 12. I Found Joy

I Found Joy mc
I Found Joy zippy

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Various - The Parrot Records Blues Story

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 69:01
Size: 158.0 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2001
Art: Front

[3:10] 1. Albert King - Bad Luck Blues
[2:24] 2. J.B. Lenoir - Mama Talk To Your Daughter
[2:52] 3. Ernest Lewis - West Coast Blues
[3:04] 4. John Brim - Tough Times
[2:25] 5. Henry Gray - That Ain't Right
[2:53] 6. Curtis Jones - Cool Playing Blues
[2:47] 7. Easy Papa Joe - Easy Lovin'
[2:31] 8. J.B. Lenoir - Fine Girls
[2:38] 9. Easy Papa Joe - Looking For My Baby
[2:47] 10. St. Louis Jimmy - Murder In The First Degree
[2:55] 11. Nature Boy Brown - Blue Blues Boogie
[2:36] 12. Dusty Brown - Yes, She's Gone
[2:25] 13. Baby Boy Warren - Santa Fe
[2:46] 14. Sunnyland Slim - Devil Is A Busy Man
[2:56] 15. Snooky Pryor - Crosstown Blues
[3:03] 16. Ernest Lewis - No More Lovin'
[2:38] 17. Little Willie Foster - Falling Rain Blues
[2:46] 18. John Brim - Gary Stomp
[3:10] 19. Curtis Jones - Wrong Blues
[2:49] 20. J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues
[2:43] 21. Baby Boy Warren - Mattie Mae
[2:09] 22. Little Willie Foster - Four Day Jump
[2:54] 23. Sunnyland Slim - Going Back To Memphis
[2:41] 24. Henry Gray - Watch Yourself
[2:50] 25. Albert King - Be On Your Merry Way

Parrot Records was an American Chicago based record label, founded in 1952 by the disc jockey Al Benson. It specialized in blues, jazz, doo-wop, and gospel. The company began operating in mid 1953, and lasted until mid 1956. Several Parrot recordings were later released by Chess Records. Parrot's sister label Blue Lake operated from 1954 to 1956. There were plans for another subsidiary, to be called Eagle, but these were scrapped.

The Parrot Records Blues Story mc
The Parrot Records Blues Story zippy

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Willie J. Foster - At Home With The Blues

Size: 86,2 MB
Time: 37:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1993
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

01. Love Everybody (3:57)
02. Honey Ain't Sweet (3:11)
03. Chicken Scratch (3:26)
04. Why You Treat Me This Way (2:37)
05. Promise Me Love (4:16)
06. My Dear Old Dad (5:01)
07. Going To St. Louis (3:21)
08. I'm Ready (4:11)
09. Chestereen (3:12)
10. Barbara Ann (4:07)

Willie Foster was born Sept. 19, 1921 on a cotton sack four miles east of Leland while his mother was picking cotton. After that experience she was never able to have any more children. His family share cropped and made about $100 a year. He bought juice harps at age 5 or 6 and made a diddley bow on the side of the house. Bought his first harmonica for 25 cents he saved from carrying water to the fields for two weeks at age seven. With no sisters or brothers he helped his family farm and shared cropped from age 7 to 17 often with sacks tied on his feet for shoes. He only got to attend school until fourth grade and later years only when it rained and he couldn?t go to the field.

At age 17 Willie migrated north to Detroit where he worked in the auto industry. During WWII, he joined the army and was sent to Europe. There he played his harmonica for Joe Louis and Betty Grable at a show in London for the soldiers.

Willie had heard Muddy Waters in jukes in Mississippi but met him in Chicago. Willie and his three piece band from St.Louis often toured with Muddy's band.

He came back to Mississippi in 1963 to take care of his dad who was involved in a severe car accident. He worked around the Delta and started playing jukes around Holly Ridge, Indianola, and Greenville.

Midge Marsden, a New Zealander, heard Willie in 1991 while visiting the Mississippi Delta and invited him to play there for three months. Willie's career started to take off after his return home. Since then he has played over seas several times and all over the United States with his band "The Rhytmn and Blues Upsetters."

Willie Foster can be heard on Palindrome Records, "My Life" and RMD Music, Willie J. Foster, "At Home With The Blues". His latest CD with The Rhytmn and Blues Upsetters is "Live At Airport Grocery" on Mempho Records.

Thanks to Marc.
At Home With The Blues

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Willie Foster - Live At Airport Grocery

Size: 120,4 MB
Time: 52:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

01. Just Messin' Round (4:13)
02. Love Everybody (5:45)
03. Honey Ain't Sweet (7:19)
04. Hoochie Coochie Man (6:32)
05. Janie On My Mind (5:37)
06. Promise Me Love (5:07)
07. Goin' To St. Louis (5:33)
08. My Dear Old Dad (8:18)
09. Willie's Boogie (4:05)

Although Willie Foster was a noted bluesman and accomplished harmonica player in his own right, he's best-known for playing alongside other blues greats, especially Muddy Waters. Foster discovered the blues and bought his first harmonica as a young man in the '20s, and as a teenager met Waters, who he would play with off and on throughout the years. But Foster didn't receive his first paying musical gig until the '50s, when he began playing at a St. Louis nightclub. It was during that decade that Waters and Foster played a concert together at New York City's famed Carnegie Hall. Foster kept playing throughout the years (despite being dealt such life-altering blows as losing a leg and being considered legally blind). The day after he performed at a private party in Jackson, TN, on May 19, 2001, Foster passed away from an apparent heart attack. ~Bio by Greg Prato

Thanks to Marc.
Live At Airport Grocery

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