Zora Young, Bonnie Lee, Big Time Sarah - Blues With The Girls

Album: Blues With The Girls
Size: 164,3 MB
Time: 70:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1982/1988/1992
Styles: Blues
Art: LP and CD art

1. Zora Young - Help Me (5:19)
2. Zora Young - I Feel So Bad (6:58)
3. Zora Young - You Don't Have To Go (4:11)
4. Zora Young - Got My Mojo Workin' (3:19)
5. Zora Young - Steppin' Stone (6:29)
6. Bonnie Lee - Fast Life (3:42)
7. Bonnie Lee - Baby, What You Want Me To Do (4:01)
8. Bonnie Lee - Next Time I See You (3:06)
9. Bonnie Lee - Sad And Evil Woman (4:07)
10. Bonnie Lee - Teardrops From My Eyes (3:23)
11. Big Time Sarah - Tribute To Big Walter Horton (6:45)
12. Big Time Sarah - Hound Dog (2:52)
13. Big Time Sarah - Fever (3:08)
14. Big Time Sarah - Hoochie-Coochie Woman (4:10)
15. Big Time Sarah - What Makes My Man Tick (3:53)
16. Zora Young, Bonnie, Lee, Big Time Sarah, Hubert Sumlin - Well, I Love Ya' (5:26)

Despite the prominent presence of celebrated blues artist Howlin’ Wolf in her family tree, singer Zora Young (1948) grew up singing not blues, but gospel. Even when the Mississippi native shook off her roots at the age of seven to relocate with her family to Chicago, it wasn’t until later that she switched over to R&B, and evolved into a powerhouse blues vocalist with three decades of experience behind. She has performed with a long list of artists, including Junior Wells, Jimmy Dawkins, Bobby Rush, Buddy Guy, Professor Eddie Lusk, Albert King and B.B. King.

Sarah Streeter (1953) was born in Mississippi and raised in Chicago, from early childhood, where she sang in gospel choirs in South Chicago churches. At age 14, she began singing blues at the Morgan’s Lounge Club, and in the 1970s she played with musicians such as Sunnyland Slim, Magic Slim, The Aces, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells.

Bonnie Lee (1931-2006) was an Chicago blues singer, known as ‘Sweetheart of the Blues’, best remembered for her lengthy working relationships with Sunnyland Slim and Willie Kent. She was born Jessie Lee Frealls in Bunkie, Louisiana, and raised in Beaumont, Texas. In 1958 she moved to Chicago, and chose the stage name of Bonnie Lee, working as both a dancer and singer. In 1982, partnered with Zora Young and Big Time Sarah as ‘Blues with the Girls’, Bonnie Lee toured Europe and cut this joint album in Paris, France.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Zora Young - Learned My lesson

Size: 438 MB
Time: 68:31
File: Flac
Released: 2000
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. Pity Party (4:54)
2. The Lord Helps Those Who Help Themselves (6:02)
3. Nutbush City Limits (3:54)
4. Better Off With the Blues (6:18)
5. Girl friend (3:12)
6. Blues Fallin' Down like Rain (5:07)
7. My Man's an Undertaker (4:10)
8. Damn Your Eyes (4:36)
9. Learned My Lesson (5:21)
10. Brain Damage (5:22)
11. Livin' in the USA (3:42)
12. Please Send me Someone to Love (5:41)
13. Feel Like Stroking (5:03)
14. Johnny B (5:03)

Learned My Lesson is the celebration of Zora Young’s lifelong love affair with the blues.This is Zora’s first album on an established American label which is surprising since she is one of the most creative blues singers in Chicago. Zora was born in West Point, Mississippi and raised in Chicago where she grew up singing gospel music in a south side church. After years in the R&B “chittlin circuit”, she switched to blues and since then has shared the stage with B.B. and Albert King, played the Chicago Blues Festival many times and tours Europe regularly. Zora’s voice ranges from a melancholy whisper to a rock ‘n’ roll scream, and she will have you in her corner with one listen. With this album Zora Young has finally arrived to claim her rightful place as a contemporary blues powerhouse.

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Zora Young - Stumbling Blocks And Stepping Stones (Vinyl)

Source: Vinyl (Clean)
Size: 84.3 MB
Time: 36:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1988
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Front & Back

01. Fed Up With Music (5:44)
02. Slowly (4:27)
03. Bad Track Record (4:40)
04. Bus Station (3:53)
05. Feel Like Stroking (3:47)
06. Johnny B (4:33)
07. Stumbling Blocks And Stepping Stones (4:37)
08. Make Me Feel Real Good Tonight (4:21)

Personnel:
Zora Young: Vocals
Maurice John Vaughn: Guita, Tenor Sax
Carey Bell: Harmonica
A.C. Reed: Tenor Sax
Douglas Watson: Bass
Bill Leathers: Drums
Leo Davis: Keyboards
Jerry Soto: Keyboards, Strings
Boney Danny Fields: Trumpet

Despite the prominent presence of celebrated blues artist Howlin' Wolf in her family tree, singer Zora Young grew up singing not blues, but gospel. Even when the Mississippi native shook off her roots at the age of seven to relocate with her family to Chicago, she attended the Greater Harvest Baptist Church and continued to sing gospel. It wasn't until later that she switched over to R&B, and evolved into a powerhouse blues vocalist with three decades of experience behind her. She has performed with a long list of artists, including Junior Wells, Jimmy Dawkins, Bobby Rush, Buddy Guy, Professor Eddie Lusk, Albert King, and B.B. King. Her recording credits include collaborations with Willie Dixon, Sunnyland Slim, Mississippi Heat, Paul deLay, and Maurice John Vaughn, among others.

Her own recordings as a solo artist include releases from the labels Deluge, Black Lightning, and Delmark. Young has also performed on both stage and television. She is a veteran of more than 30 tours of Europe, and has been a featured performer three times at the Chicago Blues Festival. She has performed throughout North America, and on stages in Italy, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, France, Switzerland, Greece, Austria, Tai Pei, and Turkey. Her albums include 1991's Travelin' Light from Deluge Records and two releases from Delmark Records, Learned My Lesson in 2000 and Tore Up from the Floor Up in 2005. ~Linda Seida

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Zora Young - Tore Up From The Floor Up

Year: 2005
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:29
Size: 153,8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Love Of Mine (4:30)
2. Go Ahead And Take Him (6:37)
3. I'm Gonna Do The Same Thing They Did To Me (5:14)
4. Toxic (6:03)
5. Til The Fat Lady Sings (4:51)
6. Slowly (4:52)
7. Ace Of Spades (3:27)
8. Rainy Night In Georgia (5:32)
9. Tore Up From The Floor Up (4:19)
10. Since I Fell For You/Silhouettes (7:11)
11. Handy Man (3:51)
12. Two Trains Running (5:51)
13. Interview (4:05)

With her mix of blues, soul, and rock, plus the just tangible presence of her native Mississippi gospel background, Zora Young can be a powerful performer when the material is there. On the best cuts from Tore Up from the Floor Up, her third album and second for Delmark, she shows a kind of hard-earned wisdom and an assurance in her vocals that rises well above mere shouting, and tracks like the moody, dynamic "Toxic" and the romping title tune (both of which are Young originals) show her to be a solid songwriter as well. She also turns in fine readings on a pair of covers, turning atmospheric on Muddy Waters' "Two Trains Running" and giving B.B. King's "I'm Gonna Do the Same Thing They Did to Me" a saucy, determined sheen.

Her take on O.V. Wright's "Ace of Spades" is surprisingly by the numbers, though, and while she certainly doesn't do a disservice to Tony Joe White's "Rainy Night in Georgia," it's a song that has been done to death and no singer on earth could possibly find a new way to approach it. The end result of all of this is an album that has some wonderful highs (the opener, "Love of Mine," simply soars and rocks) but also too many tracks that lack immediacy. It's worth noting, though, that Young's originals more than hold their own here, and that bodes well, because when her singing and writing intersect, sparks fly. /Steve Leggett, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Zora Young & Little Mike And The Tornadoes - Friday Night

Year: 2015
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:29
Size: 114,5 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. I've Been A Fool Too Long (3:14)
2. A Fool's Lament (4:27)
3. 44 Blues (4:51)
4. True Love Is Hard To Find (3:20)
5. I Love Chicago (5:38)
6. Friday Night (5:07)
7. Chains Of Love (6:51)
8. Just Your Fool (3:28)
9. Country Girl (5:46)
10. I'm Good (4:16)
11. Spann's Boogie (2:26)

Over the course of her career, Zora Young has become a mainstay on the Chicago blues scene where she has performed with many of the biggest stars of Chicago royalty. Zora (Howlin’ Wolf’s cousin) is a regular at the Chicago Blues Festival and a frequent headliner in both European and American Blues Festivals. On the recently released, Friday Night, Zora is backed by New York City stalwarts, Little Mike and the Tornadoes, one of the most prolific and veteran blues bands in the world.

Zora covers a range of material that includes originals songs by band leader Little Mike and guitarist Tony O’Mello, as well as covering some of her favorite modern blues classics. The influence of her mentor, Lucille Spann, can be heard on “Country Girl” and she also pays tribute to her very good friend, the late Bonnie Lee, with a tough, gritty version of Lee’s, “I’m Good.” With the help of Little Mike and the Tornadoes, and the great, yet under acclaimed piano player Jim McKaba, Zora delivers a modern Chicago blues sound that only blues veterans can provide.

Little Mike and the Tornadoes started recording and releasing successful recordings on their own after touring and recording with Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Louis Meyers, Jimmy Rogers, Roscoe Gordon and Big Daddy Kinsey all throughout the eighties. It was only natural that 25 years later old friends got together for a collaboration of this sort. We think you will agree that Zora’s soul-drenched vocals put her at the head of the class.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Michael Coleman & The Delmark All-Stars - Blues Brunch At The Mart

Year: 2006
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:16
Size: 160,1 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Little Arthur Duncan - Knockin' On Your Door (4:34)
2. Michael Coleman - The Sky Is Crying (6:48)
3. Lurrie Bell - I Need You So Bad (4:20)
4. Lurrie Bell - Reconsider Baby (6:51)
5. Willie Kent - Something New (4:35)
6. Bonnie Lee - Sad & Evil Woman (6:06)
7. Steve Freund - My Little Playhouse (4:31)
8. Zora Young - Toxic (6:50)
9. Steve Behr - Memories Of Albert Ammons (4:53)
10. Shirley Johnson - As The Years Go Passing By (6:23)
11. Tail Dragger - Be Careful (5:22)
12. Aaron Moore - Wading In Deep Water (3:34)
13. Michael Coleman - You're Going To Miss Me (4:22)

More than 50-years-old and still going strong, Delmark records is Chicago's oldest jazz and blues label and arguably the most important one still operating. They've released stone-cold classics in both genres over the years and currently maintain one of the best rosters of Chicago talent in the field. You can thank Bob Koester for that; a nominee for "Patron Saint of Chicago Jazz and Blues" if ever there was one. He also heads up the world's largest blues and jazz retail store: Chicago's Jazz Record Mart. Every year during the Chicago Blues Festival, Jazz Record Mart hosts the blues brunch, where members of the Delmark blues family put on a free show (and brunch!) inside the store.

In 2005, Michael Coleman & the Backbreakers acted as house band, backing a variety of other Delmark artists in a great informal setting, and Blues Brunch at the Mart was recorded for posterity. Aside from the two solo piano numbers (Steve Behr and Aaron Moore), the Backbreakers back all performers giving the album a unified sound, even as the lead performers come and go. But don't think this all sounds the same.

You go from an updated version of "The Sky Is Crying" by Michael Coleman to the gritty blues of Lurrie Bell to the gospel-informed sounds of Shirley Johnson to the growling, extroverted Tail Dragger. The late, great Willie Kent takes a final bow as well. From the between-song patter, one gets the sense that this isn't just a group of musicians united by their label; this is the Delmark blues family, and the patriarch is Bob Koester (who turns in a couple of priceless introductions). Part label roster sampler and part historical souvenir, Blues Brunch at the Mart is a fine snapshot of Delmark blues circa 2005. /Sean Westergaard, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Big Fat Mama - Let Us... Live!

Size: 180,9 MB
Time: 78:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1990/2018
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Proud Mary (Feat. Zora Young) (Live) (3:52)
02. Strongest Whiskey (Feat. Zora Young) (Live) (4:34)
03. Last Night (Feat. Zora Young) (Live) (5:36)
04. 634-5789 (Feat. Zora Young) (Live) (3:26)
05. Say What! (Live) (5:02)
06. Born In Chicago (Live) (5:46)
07. Let Me In (Live) (5:03)
08. Supermarket Lady (Live) (4:51)
09. You Knocked Me Down (Live) (5:45)
10. Route One (Live) (5:34)
11. Baby, What You Want Me To Do (Live) (6:55)
12. Don't Start Me Talkin' (Live) (3:18)
13. Born Under A Bad Sign (Live) (6:45)
14. Apologies To Anson (Live) (5:28)
15. Reelin' And Rocking (Live) (6:18)

The band born from an idea of Piero De Luca, (bass player and singer), in the distant 1979, together with Giampiero Esposito (what group shoulder drums), Fiorenzo Bodellini (harp), Elio Arlandi (guitar): the band shows during a concert of Roberto Ciotti and Fabio Treves in Genova 1982; in 1982 it plays also in Cergy, near Paris, on invitation of a cultural circle.
After different changes, from 1985 the band acquires a stable order with Peter De Luca (bas), Paolo Bonfanti (guitar and voice), Mauro Mura (drums) and Maurizio Renda (guitar and voice).
From this moment BIG FAT MAMA is considered one of the most important band of the Italian scene; besides the concerts in the main italian clubs, they collaborated and shared the stage with famous blues artists (opening act for the concert of Johnny Winter in the Milan Blues Festival, for Stevie Ray Vaughan and Los Lobos to the Palatrussardi Arena, tour with Louisiana Red, Eddie C. Campbell, Johnny Mars, Zora Young, and opening act for Screamin ' Jay Hawkins, Clifton Chenier Jr, Honeboy Edwards, Legendary Blues Band, Jimmy Rogers): the band is also mentioned on "Italian music Encyclopedia" by Renzo Arbore. The band, for Cobra Records label , print three Lp: "Good Hand Feelin", "West Of where" and the double one live "Let Us Live" which marks the end of the collaboration with Paolo Bonfanti that will undertake soloist career: he will be replaced by Carlo Ratto (soloist voice) and Fabrizio Moroni (keyboards).
To remember with this formation the exhibition to the "Courmayeur Blues Festival" nearby to "Albert Collins and the Icebreakers." After the great success of the switzerland/italian tour, the band in 1992 begins a collaboration with the American harper Johnny Mars; in the same year Maurizio Renda leaves the band and is replaced by Alessio Menconi (now with Paolo Conte).
With this new formation the band participates in numerous European festivals sharing the stage with James Cotton, Magic Slim, Sherman Robertson, Little Willie Littlefield and with Johnny Mars and Robert Plant (ex Led Zeppelin) the band has participated to the "Pistoia Blues Festival".
From 1994 to the 2001 Piero De Luca and Maurizio Renda are devoted to other musical experiences:
Piero De Luca creates together with Carlo Ratto the "Burnin' Tubes" with whom has recorded two albums: "The Road" and "New Orleans Bound" together with the harper of Louisiana Jay Monque D
Maurizio Renda creates "Blackberries Trouble Band" with whom participates to the recording of the cd "For you-Tribute to Bruce Springsteen"/ In 2002 Piero De Luca and Maurizio Renda decided together with Carlo Ratto and Giampiero Esposito to take back the project Big Fat Mama realizing the album of the return "Goin ' Back Home" that it is the logical continuation and evolution of the precedents jobs of the band.

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Zora Young - Travelin' Light

Year: 1992
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:54
Size: 87,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues, Chicago blues
Scans: Full

1. Daughter Of A Son-Of-A Gun (2:13)
2. Travelin' Light (5:38)
3. Girlfriend (3:25)
4. Queen Bee (5:07)
5. Key To The Highway (3:24)
6. Stumbling Blocks And Stepping Stones (3:04)
7. Country Girl Returns (5:17)
8. Football Widow (2:55)
9. Brain Damage (4:29)
10. Dirty Mama Jama (2:18)

"The Princess of the Blues," Zora Young shows off her great ability at interpreting the heaviest of Chicago Blues and a couple acoustic numbers as well. Her all-star backing unit on Travelin' Light includes Pinetop Perkins, Jerry Portnoy and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (Muddy Waters Band alumni), Michael "Mudcat" Ward and the contemporary roots guitar of Colin Linden. Zora is also joined by label-mate Little Anthony Geraci on three songs.

The critically acclaimed Travelin' Light proves that Zora Young is poised to grab one of the top spots in blues.

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Zora Young - Sunnyland

Year: 2009
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:58
Size: 131,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues, Chicago blues
Scans: Full

1. Bad Track Record (5:39)
2. Goin' Back To Memphis (4:47)
3. Travelin' Light (4:07)
4. Hubert's Groove (4:22)
5. Football Widow (2:49)
6. You Said You Were Leaving (4:19)
7. Sunnyland (3:35)
8. Johnson Machine Gun (5:36)
9. Stumbling Blocks And Stepping Stones (4:38)
10. Til The Fat Lady Sings (4:57)
11. Blues For Hubert (4:17)
12. Daughter Of A Son-Of-A-Gun (3:55)
13. Looka Here Baby (3:52)

Zora Young has long established herself as a talented blues singer, though she was a soul singer when she started her professional career. One can feel the energy throughout this session, which features blues legend Hubert Sumlin playing guitar on several tracks, plus veterans like pianist Barrelhouse Chuck, tenor saxophonist Sam Burckhardt, trumpeter Chuck Parrish, and trombonist Steve Horne. Young's big voice never lacks energy nor does she act like a diva, as she generously features her sidemen and even sits out four songs completely.

Her boisterous "Bad Track Record" is a solid opener, with down-home piano and spirited horns, while her "Football Widow" is a humorous ditty that encourages her man to get himself off the couch and take his woman out on the town, with a tasty solo by Sumlin. Sumlin takes Young's place in the spotlight with his laid-back blues "You Said You Were Leaving," also adding an effective lead vocal. Two instrumentals penned by Burckhardt include the toe-tapping "Blues for Hubert" and the jump blues "Sunnyland." To wrap this delightful session, Young and Sumlin co-composed "Looka Here Baby," performing it as a duet. Highly recommended. /Ken Dryden, AllMusic

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Little Mike & The Tornadoes - Live At The St. Augustine Bluzfest

Size: 124,5 MB
Time: 53:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Label: Elrob Records
Art: Front

01. Another Mule (Kickin' In My Stall) (Live) (6:07)
02. Big Town Playboy (Live) (4:19)
03. Elgin Shuffle (Live) (3:50)
04. Mr. Jellyroll Baker (Live) (8:11)
05. Nadine (Live) (4:20)
06. Look Over Yonders Wall (Live) (5:00)
07. Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive (Live) (5:33)
08. How Long (Feat. Zora Young) (Live) (5:33)
09. Rock Me (Feat. Zora Young) (Live) (7:28)
10. Mojo/Outro (Live) (2:36)

On Feb 12, 2007, the original Little Mike and the Tornadoes reunited onstage for the first time since 1990 for a special event: the fourth annual St. Augustine Bluz Fest. The same band that toured across the North American continent with Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, and Jimmy Rogers, whose members are all currently band leaders on their own, reunited as blues veterans for an unforgettable performance. Fortunately, the night was captured digitally by St Augustine's premier producer and engineer, Jim Stafford of Eclipse Recording Studio. The result was nothing short of excellent, which is what you would expect from veteran touring musicians of this caliber, even after seventeen years.
From the beginning of the night, Tony O. had the crowd in the palm of his hand with his searing guitar licks and deep heartfelt blues. The rhythm section of Brad Vickers and Robert Piazza kept the grooves tight and danceable, providing Little Mike with the perfect vehicle for his rough back-alley blues and muscular harp. The crowd was happy and excited and the night only got better when the boys were joined by special guest blues princess Zora Young. As the night grew hotter you can hear Zora urging Little Mike and Tony on as they soloed. By the time she left the stage everybody in the house was exhausted.
If you were not able to be there that night you may have missed one of the hottest blues performances St. Augustine has ever witnessed. If you were...you know what I'm talking about! Either way you will be glad you bought this recording of high-energy blues that captures one of the finest blues bands in the country at its best.

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VA - Chicago's Finest Blues Ladies

Size: 172,1 MB
Time: 73:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Deitra Farr - I'm Feeling Good (4:06)
02. Deitra Farr - Mean Old World (6:52)
03. Zora Young - Bad Track Record (4:14)
04. Zora Young - Bus Station Blues (5:29)
05. Mary Lane - Ride My Automobile (3:38)
06. Mary Lane - You Can't Take Out (5:45)
07. Mary Lane - You Hurt My Feelings (4:30)
08. Melvina Allen - Steppin' In (4:36)
09. Melvina Allen - Dr. Feelgood (5:48)
10. Melvina Allen - Breakin Up Somebody's Home (5:59)
11. Karen Carroll - Who's Lovin You Tonight (3:08)
12. Karen Carroll - I Got To Have Somebody (3:57)
13. Bonnie Lee - Sad And Evil Woman (8:29)
14. Bonnie Lee - Let It Roll (3:13)
15. Bonnie Lee - What's The Matter (3:55)

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VA - Wild About That Thang: Ladies Sing Classic Blues

Size: 121,7 MB
Time: 52:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: Chicago Blues, Blues Soul, Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

01 Big Time Sarah - Long Tall Daddy (4:55)
02 Katherine Davis - Wild About That Thing (4:01)
03 Karen Carroll - Confessin' The Blues (4:09)
04 Blue Lu Barker - Don't You Feel My Leg (3:02)
05 Bonnie Lee - Got The Blues 'bout My Baby (5:12)
06 Edith Wilson - He May Be Your Man (3:51)
07 Grana' Louise - You Were A Good Ole Wagon (5:28)
08 Dinah Washington - Rich Man's Blues (2:55)
09 Shirley Johnson - Not For The Love Of You (3:06)
10 Betty Roche - I Love My Lovin' Lover (3:14)
11 Zora Young - Brain Damage (4:37)
12 Mary Johnson - Never Too Late (3:39)
13 Mary Johnson - Show Me The Way (4:00)

The high rating for this compilation of Chicago blues women comes not from its star power -- clearly Koko Taylor is missing, at the very least -- but for its sheer power and the consistent quality of its performances. Assembled as part of Delmark's 50th Anniversary celebration, Wild About That Thang contains 13 burning tracks from the marginal -- Mary Johnson with the Dixie Stompers in two previously unissued performances from 1955 -- to the legendary -- Dinah Washington from 1945, with a Delmark recording featuring Charles Mingus, Lucky Thompson, and Milt Jackson in the band -- and everything in between. Thematically and stylistically, this set covers all the bases as well, from the hardcore electric Chicago blues on Big Time Sarah's "Long Tall Daddy," to the risqué, low-key, jazz blues of Blue Lu Barker's "Don't You Feel My Leg," and the bawdy Dixieland swing of Katherine Davis' version of the title track. But the single greatest accomplishment of this comp is how much it showcases current and recent blues singers form the Windy City. We might never have heard of the neo-trad high styles of Grana Louise, Davis, the spine-shaking soul-blues of Zora Young, or the tough and tender Karen Carroll without it. 13 fantastic cuts, a budget price, and the opportunity to learn something -- what more could you want? ~Review by Thom Jurek

Thanks to DrPeak.
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VA - It Ain't Over!: Del... Celebrates 55 Years Of Blues

Size: 147,1 MB
Time: 63:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2009
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. Zora Young - Til The Fat Lady Sings (7:38)
02. Jimmy Johnson - Cold, Cold Feeling (5:37)
03. Jimmy Johnson - You Don't Know What Love Is (6:49)
04. Aaron Moore - Wading In Deep Water (3:43)
05. Little Arthur Duncan - Pretty Girls Everywhere (5:38)
06. Lurrie Bell - Don't You Lie To Me (5:17)
07. Shirley Johnson - As The Years Go Passing By (5:45)
08. Eddie Shaw - For You My Love (5:00)
09. Eddie Shaw - Sun Is Shining (5:43)
10. Tail Dragger - Tend To Your Business (5:29)
11. Tail Dragger - My Woman Is Gone (7:02)

In 1953 a 21-year old jazz fan in St. Louis started a label, naming it after his street address - Delmar. Five years later, Bob Koester moved to Chicago, opened a record shop and revived his label (with a 'k' added). The blues catalogue he initiated with old-timers such as Big Joe Williams and Sleepy John Estes would accrue Magic Sam, Junior Wells, Luther Allison and many other up-and-coming names in Chicago blues of the '60s and '70s. Those greats are gone but Delmark lived on, to be celebrated in a 2008 gig featuring stalwarts of the label: Lurrie Bell, Zora Young, Eddie Shaw, Shriley Johnson, Aaron Moore, Tail Dragger, Little Arthur Duncan (who died soon afterwards) and the underrated Jimmy Johnson, heart piercing in Cold, Cold Feeling and You Don't Know What Love Is. Such time-honored songs symbolize Koester's role as a solid supporter of Chicago Blues - a blues rock impervious to blues-rock. --Mojo, March 2010

Delm...'s 55th anniversary blues bash at Buddy Guy's Legends on March 7, 2008 featured most of Delm...'s local blues roster, a Delmark Day proclamation from Mayor Daley and a Grammy Hall Of Fame Award for the groundbreaking Hoodoo Man Blues album. Live performances by Lurrie Bell, Tail Dragger, Zora Young, Jimmy Johnson with Dave Specter, Aaron Moore, Little Arthur Duncan, Eddie Shaw and Shirley Johnson.

It Ain't Over!

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Sven 'Pee Wee' ZETTERBERG & Friends - Snake In My Bedroom (Blues Meeting In Chicago)

Styles: Modern Electric Chicago Blues
Recorded: 1983/1984
Released: 1983/1984
File: mp3 @ 320 k/s (Vinyl Ripp!)
Size: 174.71 MB
Time: 74:16
Art: Full

1. For You My Love (2:48)
2. I Can't Stop (4:27)
3. When The Cat Is Gone (2:20)
4. Take A Walk With Me (3:29)
5. You Can't Lose What You Never Had (4:37)
6. Snake In My Bedroom (2:15)
7. 'Bout The Break Of Day (4:32)
8. Doing The Dishes (2:50)
9. Blues For An Unhappy Girl (5:56)
10. You Got To Notify Your Lover (3:25)
11. Fine Body (4:04)
12. Tribute To Walter Horton (2:40)
13. Bad Boy (2:57)
14. SGoing Down Slow (3:48)
15. How Long (2:27)
16. Left Handed Woman (4:07)
17. Pee Wee's Boogie (2:04)
18. Tough Times (3:18)
19. My Daddy Was A Jockey (2:49)
20. West Helena Woman (4:42)
21. Got A Thing Goin' On (2:16)
22. True Love (2:25)

Personnel: Sven 'Pee Wee' ZETTERBERG - Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
SUNNYLAND SLIM - Piano, Vocals
Knut REIERSRUD - Guitar
Tor Einar Jacobsen - Guitar, Bass
'Hungry John' Bernes - Vocals
Kristine Berglund, Zora Young - Vocals
Slim Notini - Piano
Johnny Oakland - Organ
Jan Eric Salater, Bob Stroger - Bass
S.P. Leary, Ray 'Killer' Allison, Carsten Loly - Drums
and others...

Notes: CHICAGO BLUES MEETING: It was started in 1983 when a group of Scandinavian musicians went to Chicago. The plan was to work there, play with American musicians and have recorded a record with American musicians. Before departure was made agreements with the legendary Chess studios, studio where Muddy Waters, Howlin 'Wolf, Chuck Berry and others had made their recordings.
                    Several of Chicago's leading musicians were contacted with a request for participation in the recording, including "The Grand Old Man of Chicago," 80-year-old Sunnyland Slim on piano and vocals. SunnyLand was the man who was responsible for the launch of Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry, and he had a long solo career. A career actually dates back to the 20's. Otherwise, the team found the former drummer for Muddy, S.P. Leary and Bob Stroger (ex. Otis Rush) played the bass. 

This session'en brought for "Blues Meeting In Chicago".

Album was released by Strawberry Records on 1983, received very good reviews when it came out, both at home and abroad. 

The Scandinavian tribe on the recording in Chicago consisted of Knut Reiersrud, Sven Zetterberg, John Magnar "Hungry John" Bernes and Tor Einar "Daumann" Jacobsen.                                             

The stay was very successful and the American musicians were invited on the next year, to Norway and Scandinavia, for a month long tour. The crew was the same as in Chicago, with the exception of drum space. Here was Buddy Guy's right hand, Ray "Killer" Allison, over all.

Also, the tour went very well, and LP # 2 was recorded. It was LP "Chicago Blues Meeting" 1984 of Strawberry Records with Knut Reiersrud. This time in Norway and international press lavished recording with superlatives.      

             

LP # 3, "Snake In My Bedroom" with the same lineup as the previous one, published in the famous British company Red Lightning and distributed worldwide. To released have two added bonus track.    

German Cross Cut records described the disc as the best blues LP ever released in Europe.(sic!!!)

The time has passed and the Chicago Blues Meeting has been resurrected with new members. Repertoire alternates between blues and soul, and with Darryl McDade as vocalist band is right up there in the top league of the current Scandinavian blues. The band poses in Vanse Saturday with eight crew. So here it is cramped for space both on stage and in the concert hall. The musicians are with now besides vocalist McDade, Tor Einar "Daumann" Jacobsen (guitar), Bruce Rasmussen (drums), Wallen Mjaland (bass) and Vidar Bo (piano). In addition, they brought their own horn section called The Fat Back Horn's. This consists of Tore Brathen, Havard putty box.

And now we have ripp of full tracks from Red Lightning-0073 (1988) titled "Snake In My Bedroom" and from "Chicago Blues Meeting" from Strawbery LP on 1984. But you must know - this is not my choice of ripp from this two vinyl's.

This is great example of colaborating by scandinavian musicians with chicago blues legends and this is GREAT MUSIC!

A little precision information will be warmly welcome :-)

This post I dedicated to our close friend of Scandinavian blues, one and only - MrWalker - Thank you Man!
                                         Snake In My Beedrom/Blues Meeting In Chicago
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Zora Young - 2 albums: I Got The Right To Sing The Blues / The French Connection

Album: I Got The Right To Sing The Blues
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 47:19
Size: 108.9 MB
Styles: Chicago blues vocals
Year: 1996
Art: Full

[3:50] 1. New Blowtop Blues
[3:02] 2. Stroking
[4:35] 3. Bus Station
[4:07] 4. Football Widow
[4:42] 5. Tired of Travelling
[7:00] 6. Stumbling Blocks and Stepping Stones
[4:35] 7. The Thrill Is Gone
[2:41] 8. I Got The Right To Sing The Blues
[6:53] 9. Baby, Won't You Ride with Me Tonight
[3:05] 10. Hoochie Coochie Woman
[2:44] 11. I'm Ready

Despite the prominent presence of celebrated blues artist Howlin' Wolf in her family tree, singer Zora Young grew up singing not blues, but gospel. Even when the Mississippi native shook off her roots at the age of seven to relocate with her family to Chicago, she attended the Greater Harvest Baptist Church and continued to sing gospel. It wasn't until later that she switched over to R&B, and evolved into a powerhouse blues vocalist with three decades of experience behind her. She has performed with a long list of artists, including Junior Wells, Jimmy Dawkins, Bobby Rush, Buddy Guy, Professor Eddie Lusk, Albert King, and B.B. King. Her recording credits include collaborations with Willie Dixon, Sunnyland Slim, Mississippi Heat, Paul deLay, and Maurice John Vaughn, among others.

Her own recordings as a solo artist include releases from the labels Deluge, Black Lightning, and Delmark. Young has also performed on both stage and television. She is a veteran of more than 30 tours of Europe, and has been a featured performer three times at the Chicago Blues Festival. She has performed throughout North America, and on stages in Italy, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, France, Switzerland, Greece, Austria, Tai Pei, and Turkey. Her albums include 1991's Travelin' Light from Deluge Records and two releases from Delmark Records, Learned My Lesson in 2000 and Tore Up from the Floor Up in 2005. ~bio by Linda Seida

Zora Young- Vocals; Spike Ravenswood- Guitar; Vince Willis- Keyboards; Christopher Lopes- Bass; James Bell- Drums.

thank you zivoin for your original post in TBC.
I Got The Right To Sing The Blues

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Album: The French Connection
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 69:31
Size: 159.2 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[4:05] 1. Better Be Ready
[5:07] 2. Goin' Back To Memphis
[5:16] 3. Wang Dang Doodle
[3:44] 4. I'm In Love With You
[5:53] 5. Honey Bee
[3:18] 6. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
[4:00] 7. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
[4:21] 8. See See Rider
[5:56] 9. In The Ghetto
[5:03] 10. Mystery Train
[4:33] 11. I'm Movin' On
[8:31] 12. Toxic
[3:43] 13. Goin' Back To Memphis (vers 2)
[5:54] 14. Rock Me Baby

Zora Young is likely the most internationally traveled female blues singer over three decades. So it is logical for her to hook up with a band of musicians from France, where she has toured extensively. This recording is a combination of studio dates and live performances done over a 16-month period while Young made separate tour dates, all in conjunction with multi-instrumentalist Bobby Dirninger, his various handpicked band ates, and the Paris-based Natural Blues Band, all who are very competent in playing authentic Chicago-style electric blues. The material ranges from some classic tunes everybody knows, to pop, gospel, country songs, and a lone original apiece from Young and Dirninger. Remaining one of the premier female blues vocalists, right up there in league with the late Koko Taylor, Young's got her thing goin' on, carrying in her pipes the soul-sending tradition of her predecessors, while always adding her own somewhat elegant, sly, bawdy, only slightly nasty personal style to the proceedings. Dirninger is impressive as a band leader, and he plays everything -- acoustic or electric guitar, slide guitar, organ, piano, percussion -- while singing just a little bit. He seems to always know what Young needs as inspiration, whether unplugged or amped up. Of the concert performances live at the Caf' Conc' D'Ensisheim in Alsace, the horn-fired, slide guitar-incited shuffle "Wang Dang Doodle," or a slow and sighing "Honey Bee" would certainly do respective progenitors Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters proud. A version of Hank Snow's "I'm Movin' On" is done spot-on and rocking, while the steady rollin' "Rock Me Baby" might sound typical to some, but Young is truly in the zone, and hitting on all cylinders. Young's own "Toxic" is a slow, low-down and dirty blues where Dirninger's talent on the piano shines through. Studio sessions done in Limoges, which many of these French musicians call home, comprise the bulk of the recording, and the results are mixed depending on the material. "Better Be Ready" is surprising in that it has a much more contemporary, organ groove-blues feel, despite the overt wah-wah psychedelic guitar and vocoder underpinnings. The upper-end tracks include two versions of Sunnyland Slim's "Goin' Back to Memphis," one with a modified, modern blues style featuring a shaker and Dirninger's slide guitar in a cool attitude, the other in acoustic trim, done faster. "Mystery Train" rambles the boogie with conviction, while "See See Rider" again features the shaker in shuffle mode. Unfortunately, "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" is played out of tune, "In the Ghetto" is a poor choice though Young's spoken tales of her travails begins to qualify the selection, and Bob Dylan's "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You" in vocal duet with Dirninger is kinda corny. Zora Young is an accomplished singer, one that any blues fan can appreciate, and she is well-represented on this date, just not to her maximum effect. ~ Michael G. Nastos

Zora Young (vocals); Bobby Dirninger (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, piano, organ, percussion).

The French Connection

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