Showing posts with label T Bear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label T Bear. Show all posts

Friday, August 16, 2024

T Bear - The Way Of The World

Album: The Way Of The World
Size: 121,4 MB
Time: 52:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Rock/Americana/Soul/Blues mix
Art: Front

1. The Way Of The World (4:17)
2. Sign On The Dotted Line (3:36)
3. Before The Fall (5:01)
4. Jewel (4:45)
5. Walter Mitty's Glasses (3:53)
6. A Change Will Do Me Good (3:05)
7. Your Husband's Got A Gun (3:41)
8. This Bird Has Flown (4:09)
9. Breathe (3:53)
10. They Can Kill You (3:19)
11. Dinner For One (4:12)
12. True Romance (4:15)
13. Red Harvest (3:50)

T Bear is a distinctive singer and talented keyboard player who has made his mark as a solo performer and collaborator with many iconic artists - Crosby Stills and Nash, The Blues Brothers, Billy Squier, Cher, as well as Gene Simmons and Peter Criss of Kiss, to name a few.

His new album, 'The Way Of The World', was written and recorded as the world emerged from the pandemic. Produced by long-time Grammy-winning collaborators drummer Tony Braunagel and guitarist Laurence Juber, the horn-driven excursions of 'Fresh Bear Tracks' were stripped-down to a small group sound, recording mostly in home studio environments. Augmenting this core trio was a selection of bass players, including the legendary Reggie McBride, Hutch Hutchinson (Bonnie Raitt) and John Mayall-alumnus Ricky Cortez.

'The Way Of The World' boasts a stunning set of twelve original songs, written and co-written by T Bear. The subject runs from the wry humor of "Your Husband's Got a Gun" and "A Change Will Do Me Good" to the pithy observations of the title song "The Way Of The World", the Latin-flavored narrative of "Dinner For One" and the meditative self-reflection of "Breathe".

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Thursday, August 5, 2021

T Bear - Fresh Bear Tracks

Album: Fresh Bear Tracks
Size: 129,2 MB
Time: 55:50
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Rock/Blues/Soul mix
Art: Full

1. Bring On The Night (5:29)
2. Cleopatra (4:50)
3. Dear John (3:53)
4. Cab Calloway (4:42)
5. River Of Resurrection (5:04)
6. Love To Be Lonely (3:10)
7. I Don't Care (4:22)
8. Woe Is Me (4:19)
9. Give It Up (4:07)
10. Wonderland (6:16)
11. She's Not There (4:16)
12. Nina's Song (5:18)

After a self-imposed hiatus that lasted nearly three decades, T Bear, aka Richard T. Bear, returns with a striking new album, Fresh Bear Tracks, on April 16th, via Quarto Valley Records. The 12 song collection offers a sturdy mix of blues, soul, and rock with a who’s who of special guests including Stephen Stills, Robby Krieger, Edgar Winter, Tom Scott, Walter Trout, and Hutch Hutchinson, to former Paul McCartney & Wings members Laurence Juber, Denny Seiwell, and The Heartbreakers’ Benmont Tench. ”We had so much fun,” T Bear says in retrospect. “It was as if the planets had all aligned. I had to rediscover my singing voice, and then it all fell into place. The musicians were so eager to help that they found a way to participate and make it all work.”

Fresh Bear Tracks begins with the strikingly soulful “Bring on the Night,” featuring bluesman Walter Trout’s tasteful fretwork. It is a revamped version of the original tune that appears on T Bear’s debut LP Red Hot & Blue. The lead single, the soulful sounding “River of Resurrection” finds Edgar Winter on saxophone and an uplifting refrain that echoes the tune’s theme of healing and forgiveness. The brassy R&B-flavored “Give It Up” was resurrected from an early co-write with Stephen Stills, which the two then finished nearly three decades after its inception. With its breezy strut and sway, “Cab Calloway” enlists the talents of famed sax man, Tom Scott and bass great Hutch Hutchinson. The melodic yet mysterious “Wonderland” features Robby Krieger on slide guitar. The song was written by T Bear and his late wife Nina, based on the poem “Malice in Wonderland.” Then there’s “Dear John,” an homage to the late great John Prine.

“Nina’s Song” stands as a musical love letter to his late wife. With T Bear on piano, the beautiful and evocative ballad brings a poignant end to an album that reflects T Bear at his best. T Bear credits Nina for encouraging his comeback. When Nina lost her brave battle with cancer in September of 2019, he vowed to complete the album and dedicate it to her memory. Fresh Bear Tracks was recorded in Los Angeles at Krieger’s Horse Latitudes studio with Grammy-winning producer Tony Braunagel at the helm.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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