Showing posts with label Tony Vega. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tony Vega. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Tony Vega Band - 2 albums: Dog Gone Shame / Dear Sweet Goodness

Album: Dog Gone Shame
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:14
Size: 103.6 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[6:25] 1. Dog Gone Shame
[2:45] 2. It Ain't Easy
[3:25] 3. Down In New Orleans
[4:05] 4. Justine
[4:14] 5. Shake Them Bones
[5:52] 6. So Alive
[5:24] 7. Shake 'em On Down
[5:33] 8. Edgar Poe Blues
[5:10] 9. Glorybaby
[2:17] 10. Fly Fishin'

Born in Chicago, raised in Houston, Vega began cutting his teeth on the blues after a chance meeting with Albert Collins in an Austin guitar shop. Some years later Tony Vega Band was founded in late 1997. Countless tours, a handful of awards, glowing press recognition, and four Cd's later - Red Onion Records releases Tony Vega Band's fifth Cd (second for Red Onion) to date, "Dog Gone Shame." It's the band's richest, most powerful work to date. Eight of the ten tracks were written by Vega. Like a raven rising from a black Texas swamp, the Gulf coast's "best kept secret" takes the listener from the backwoods to the smoky juke, drenched in blues and soaked in melodic swamp roots & roll.

Dog Gone Shame zippy
Dog Gone Shame mc

Album: Dear Sweet Goodness
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:48
Size: 134.6 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[4:25] 1. Orq's Swing
[5:11] 2. Old Maid
[4:34] 3. Rollin' Down From Memphis
[5:23] 4. Wild Rose
[8:30] 5. Frisco
[6:51] 6. Five Minutes
[2:13] 7. Ghost Train
[4:55] 8. Sweet In Between
[4:45] 9. Lights Of Las Vegas
[3:12] 10. Dear Sweet Goodness
[4:38] 11. Down In Texas
[4:05] 12. Cream & Sugar

Quite remarkable music - clearly Texas-based, but original in its coalescing of the careful proto-syncopation of delta blues with the hard-driving, blues-rock of led zep/jethro tull/et al. But wait, there's more! Ballads, swing, Memphis blues. Tony's smooth guitar & vocals makes the heart quiver; Orq's driving guitar & vocals makes the gonads quiver; Jeremy's drums provide the substantial and carefully-crafted architecture; Brock's bass is the undertone of rolling thunder that ties it all together. As they might say in Texas: Dang! `At there's some gud stuff! ~Amazon

Dear Sweet Goodness mc
Dear Sweet Goodness zippy

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Tony Vega Band - Yeah You Right!

Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:13
Size: 127,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues, Texas blues
Scans: Full

1. Silver Belly (7:31)
2. Dear Sweet Goodness (3:19)
3. Five Minutes (10:10)
4. Jimmie Lee (3:58)
5. Walkin' Blues ( 5:57)
6. Yeah You Right! (Bavarian Chili) (8:18)
7. Old Maid (5:53)
8. Dirty Girl (5:25)
9. Send Me (4:39)

Founded in 1997, the Tony Vega Band have become one of the premiere independent blues acts in the world. This highly appealing, charismatic Texas act have forged their own brand of red hot blues, roots n' roll. Making the band’s sound especially unique is Vega’s relentlessly soulful guitar work and one of the most identifiable velveteen voices to come out of Texas in years.

The hard driving, hip-shaking rumble is powered by longtime TVB drummer Jeremy Pierce and bassist Brad McCool. For over ten years the Tony Vega Band have been burning up the Gulf Coast. Discover the Gulf Coast's "best kept secret" for yourself and find out what the buzz is all about.

Personnel: Tony Vega (guitar, vocals); Jeremy Pierce (drums); Jessica Buccheit (bass); Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar); Scott Sumner (Hammond B-3 organ).

Yeah You Right! mc
Yeah You Right! zippy

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Tony Vega Band - Tastes Like Love

Year: 2004
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:32
Size: 116,8 MB
Styles: Electric blues, Texas blues
Scans: Full

1. Swingin' Charlie (3:06)
2. Automatic (3:32)
3. Trick Or Treat (4:30)
4. Hey Mama (7:10)
5. Mumbo Jumbo (4:51)
6. Hard To Love (2:51)
7. Fly (5:02)
8. Jimmie Lee (3:21)
9. Devil's Daughter (5:41)
10. Too Many Drivers (5:49)
11. Silver Belly (4:34)

What tastes like love, you ask? Maybe the Tony Vega Band's home cooking on their third album. Vega is a fluid guitarist and a kick-ass Texas-twang blues singer, and he works with the cream here, including bassist Preston Hubbard. Vega tips his hat to the Red Devil's Lester Butler on a pounding cover of "Automatic," and indeed, if you've worn out your copy of King King, this record takes up where it left off. Exceptional in every way. /Jeff Calvin, Blues Review

Personnel: Tony Vega (vocals, guitar); "Magic" Sam Massey (guitar); Preston Hubbard (bass); Paul "El Falcon" Valdez (drums, tambourine); Steve "The Professor" Schneider (harmonica).

Tastes Like Love mc
Tastes Like Love zippy

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Tony Vega Band - 2 albums: Glory Baby / Then & Now

Born in Chicago, raised in Houston, Vega began cutting his teeth on the blues after a chance meeting with Albert Collins in an Austin Guitar shop. Some years later Tony Vega Band was born in late 1997. Tony Vega Band have since become one of the premiere independent blues acts in the world. This appealing Texas act have forged their own brand of red hot blues infused roots n’ roll. The hard driving, hip-shaking rumble is powered by longtime original TVB drummer Jeremy Pierce and seasoned blues veteran Grammy winning bassist Larry "Lownote" Johnson. Countless tours, a handful of awards, glowing press recognition, and five Cd's later, TVB continue to burn up the Texas Gulf coast and Europe. Like a raven rising from a black southern swamp, the Gulf coast's 'best kept secret' takes the listener from the backwoods to the smoky juke joint, drenched in blues and soaked in melodic roots & roll.

Album: Glory Baby
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 43:07
Size: 98.7 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[4:02] 1. Going Backwards
[4:12] 2. Blackwater Roll
[5:58] 3. Dixieland
[4:03] 4. Blood On The Bus
[4:58] 5. Phone Call From Leavenworth
[4:09] 6. Send Me
[3:08] 7. Remember
[3:55] 8. High Expectations
[3:39] 9. King Friday
[5:00] 10. Lowdown

Glory Baby mc
Glory Baby zippy

Album: Then & Now
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 62:02
Size: 142.0 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[ 3:09] 1. Dear Sweet Goodness
[ 4:59] 2. Jet Airliner
[ 8:26] 3. Frisco
[ 5:20] 4. Wild Rose
[10:09] 5. Five Minutes
[ 5:38] 6. Devil's Daughter
[ 4:24] 7. Love Her With A Feeling
[ 5:00] 8. Fly
[ 2:49] 9. Hard To Love
[ 7:29] 10. Silverbelly
[ 4:34] 11. Traveling Riverside Blues

Then & Now mc
Then & Now zippy