Willie Lomax Blues Revue - Best Blues Money Can Buy

Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:15
Size: 113,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Ransacked (4:26)
2. Best Blues Money Can Buy (6:54)
3. Come Down Mama (5:58)
4. Can't Get Enough (5:04)
5. TKO (3:14)
6. Lighten Up (3:43)
7. When The Lights Go Out (9:44)
8. Blues For Ronnie (2:36)
9. Pompadou (3:35)
10. Freedom Is Not Free (3:56)

It's easy to play blues by the numbers, since every musician knows the form and the changes, and blues isn't a lyrically demanding genre. But playing blues by the numbers is exactly what Willie Lomax doesn't do, and his crafted songs have a heart and soul that lift them into the rarefied Stax Records territory. It doesn't hurt that the vocalist on Best Blues Money Can Buy is the impressive Shawn Brown, whose singing here conjures up the ghosts of great Memphis singers like James Carr and Otis Redding, and whose B-3 playing does so much to set up the reverent, churchy, and deeply soulful feeling of this record.

Lomax's guitar playing doesn't have to carry the full load here, which allows him the freedom to put in the lines that matter, and the end result is an impressive album that transcends the stereotypical constraints of contemporary blues. From the opener, the sax and organ-driven "Ransacked," through the instrumental soul-jazz of "Blues for Ronnie" (dedicated to Ronnie Earl) and the incisive lyrics of "Freedom Is Not Free," Best Blues Money Can Buy is a solid statement of what the blues can be when it comes from the heart. /Steve Leggett, AllMusic

(For personnel details. see artwork included.)

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Willie Lomax Blues Revue - 2 albums: Ribs Are Ready / Give Me Back My Teeth

Album: Ribs Are Ready
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:25
Size: 149.8 MB
Styles: Delta blues, Southern blues rock
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[3:28] 1. Back Rub
[6:04] 2. Don't Know What I Did
[4:52] 3. For Better Or Worse
[7:04] 4. Too Many Fences
[4:41] 5. People Get Ready
[3:05] 6. Ribs Are Ready
[3:46] 7. Eddie Mae's Cafe
[4:06] 8. She's So Sweet
[3:19] 9. Hip Joint
[3:35] 10. Don't Fight The Feeling
[2:56] 11. Struttin'
[5:00] 12. Take Away Your Lonliness
[4:47] 13. I Want To Show You
[4:11] 14. Freedom Is In Your Heart
[4:22] 15. Too Many Fences (Radio Edit)

"One of 1999's best releases...literally bursting with talent...an incredible listening experience that blows away 95% of the competition on today's recording scene... hailed as the Hit of '99." ~ REAL BLUES

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Album: Give Me Back My Teeth
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:33
Size: 161.5 MB
Styles: Delta blues, Electric blues
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[ 4:18] 1. Where I've Been
[ 4:56] 2. Blues For Peewee
[ 3:10] 3. Mojo Man
[ 3:23] 4. Crumblin' Down
[ 5:17] 5. Lonely With The One You Love
[ 3:46] 6. Long Day Blues
[ 3:37] 7. Give Me Back My Teeth
[ 4:11] 8. Cow Cow Boogie (Moo Moo My Love)
[ 2:42] 9. Way A Tree Falls
[ 2:56] 10. Pretty Baby Blues
[11:42] 11. Blues For Jackie Robinson
[ 4:48] 12. King Biscuit Blues
[ 3:22] 13. Crumblin' Down (Alternate Mix)
[ 2:41] 14. Razorback
[ 2:28] 15. Keep Your Hands Off Of Him
[ 3:30] 16. Down The Road
[ 3:38] 17. Hissy Fit

Featuring Ronnie Earl, Sam Carr, James Peterson and Rock Bottom."Smouldering guitar licks" ~BLUEPRINT. "Guitar fireworks showcase elegant dynamics of touch and tone...Sam Carr's dominating delta time separates this from the hordes of generic new blues.

Give Me Back My Teeth mc
Give Me Back My Teeth zippy

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