Various - Raise The Roof: A Retrospective: Live From The Barns At Wolf Trap

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 68:51
Size: 157.6 MB
Styles: Electric blues, Acoustic blues, Folk, Roots
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[6:20] 1. The Nighthawks - Rock This House
[3:44] 2. Deanna Bogart - Peephole
[4:24] 3. Fighting Gravity - I Disagree
[3:20] 4. John Mccutcheon - Yesterday's Fools
[6:04] 5. Nils Lofgren - Some Must Dream
[5:08] 6. The Iguanas - Para Donde Vas
[4:28] 7. The Grandsons - Don't Let Go
[4:34] 8. Speidel, Goodrich, Goggin & Lille - Lefty's Boys
[3:35] 9. Tom Paxton - Did You Hear John Hurt
[3:27] 10. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer - Daughters Of Feminists
[3:23] 11. Chris Smither - Winsome Smile
[3:38] 12. Cravin' Dogs - First Of September
[4:30] 13. Roomful Of Blues - Two Bones And A Pick
[2:58] 14. Beausoleil - Perky Dance Two-Step
[4:23] 15. Saffire The Uppity Blues Women - Some Cold And Rainy Day
[4:49] 16. Eddie From Ohio - Great Day

Reviewed in The Washington Post by Richard Harrington, Wednesday, February 2, 2005: "That two conjoined 18th-century barns could prove so hospitable to so much fine music won't surprise anyone who's ever visited them at Wolf Trap. In fact, 17 acts have recorded live albums at the Barns since they opened in 1981 as the smaller, year-round adjunct of Wolf Trap, and a handful of compilations have also come out of assorted folk-focused programs. This new CD gathers one track from each of 16 artists, about half of them local, and captures the venue's populist appeal, nowhere more raucously than in the opening track, "Rock This House," a Jimmy Rogers blues classic delivered with typical bravado by the Nighthawks. The Barns' juke joint feel is brought home in similarly energized performances by the Deanna Bogart Band, the Grandsons and the aptly named Roomful of Blues, who romp through the T-Bone Walker instrumental, "Two Bones and a Pick." Beausoleil's "Perky Dance Two-Step" and the Iguanas' sinewy "Para Donde Vas" exemplify why the Barns also doubles so effectively as a dance hall. On the other hand, its superb acoustics are well suited to the subtler singer-songwriter offerings of Nils Lofgren (the airy, hopeful "Some Must Dream"), John McCutcheon and Chris Smither. Among the previously unreleased tracks: Tom Paxton's gentle evocation of the '60s folk boom, "Did You Hear John Hurt?," with harmonies from Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, whose wry and mirthful "Daughters of Feminists" is a highlight. So is Eddie From Ohio's "Great Day," a rousing a cappella gospel quartet built around Julie Murphy Wells's sterling lead and underscored by clapping hands and tapping feet."

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Dana Gillespie - Cat's Meow

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 54:05
Size: 123.8 MB
Styles: Contemporary blues vocals
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:27] 1. Cat's Meow
[4:44] 2. Love Matters
[5:15] 3. Eternally Yours
[4:21] 4. Eureka Moment
[4:17] 5. Last Chance Saloon
[4:11] 6. Hands Of Hope
[5:39] 7. Love Moves
[5:31] 8. Running Out Of Steam
[4:49] 9. It's Alchemy
[5:57] 10. Two Faced Girls
[5:49] 11. Giving Out To Everyone

“Cat’s Meow” is a CD recorded in collaboration with Jake Zaitz, the guitarist in the London Blues Band for the last seven years. It came about when we had some time off in Italy– what better thing to do for musicians than write songs. It started with us getting a groove going and then came the chord progressions. Once this was done I was left with a backing track so I could do what I love to do best, which is write lyrics. My subject is always love in its many aspects, which can mean lost love too. As Jake also works in a studio, it was quite easy to get the rest of the band to come in and lay the tracks down. Usually the London Blues Band has the energetic Dino Baptiste on piano, but for this project Jake worked with his talented son Artie Zaitz, who is making a very good name for himself in the music business. Artie is also on second guitar.

Everyone who knows me knows I am mad about cats and would rather spend an evening with a purring four-legged friend than most humans. Wherever I go in the world, I’m always on the lookout for feline company. In 2011 I was in a small Russian town with a name I can’t even remember now. I’ll never forget what happened there. I was hit by a strange virus so severe that my blood pressure shot up and I could hardly walk. For the first time in about 30 years I had to cancel my concerts. As I was too ill to travel, I was taken to a home to be looked after by caring doctors and nurses. On the way there I heard that someone had thrown out a kitten that morning. It was lying at the bottom of the cold stairs when I arrived. I simply couldn’t walk past such a lonely small black bundle of fluff, so I scooped it up and it immediately nestled in to my neck as I made my way up to the place where I would be bedbound for the next 10 days. All through the daily visits of doctors with injections coming to my room, this tiny little black angel slept across my neck and didn’t move unless to go to the cat tray I’d had put in my room. I also gave someone money to buy cat food, as I knew this poor little kitten had been starved of not just food, but love and attention. I named him Santosh, which means Happiness in Hindi. His colour was black with bright golden eyes and a remarkable double moustache. In the next 10 days he doubled in size, having finally been fed properly. He never left my side until the night before I was due to leave. He must have sensed my departure as he slept for the first time by my feet instead of straddled across my neck. I was very worried he would have no home once I was gone, so I gave some food money to a friend and asked her to keep him until a suitable place was found. Two months later she emailed me to say a friend of hers had just had a dream in which she was given a black cat – and thus it was Santosh found a new home. He was also given a new name, Krishna, and I have a photograph of him peeping out of his new mother’s jacket. One of these days I intend to return to Russia to see if my black saviour will remember me. I know it was his presence on my neck that cured me and I keep thinking had I been ill in good old England, I never would have been allowed to keep a kitten in my bed. If I ever get hospital bound again, I shall look for one that allows cats, but it’s sadly unlikely to ever be allowed in most over-sanitised countries. ~ Dana Gillespie

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Eric Street Band - 2 albums: The Route To The Blues / The Journey

The name of the band comes from a street in East London. Dennis was up in London in a traffic jam on the Mile End Road when he looked up and saw a sign saying Eric Street. That was it, the name of the band. Dennis met Neil when The Southside Blues Band went in to No Machine Studios to record some demos. Dennis asked Neil if he would help him produce a song as a tribute to a man who had helped the band.

The association didn't stop at one song and with three albums under his belt and spending most of his time in the studio, Dennis thought it best to disband The Southside Blues Band. With similar musical tastes, Dennis and Neil decided to get some like-minded musicians together to play some of their favourite blues songs.They decided to get some gigs and as an experiment record one of them just to see what it sounded like. It turned out so well that they decided to release an album of the material.

The Route To the Blues followed this as the bands first studio album, acclaimed by Blues Matters magazine as " mature, polished and well produced." The next album, "The Journey" received great reviews, Blues in Britain said,"The Journey is a masterpiece of punchy, tobacco stained blues rock."

Album: The Route To The Blues
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 51:05
Size: 117.0 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[6:07] 1. All I Wanted
[5:12] 2. The Wrong Road
[5:37] 3. The Habit
[6:11] 4. Mr. Fat Cat
[6:11] 5. I Need A Lover
[5:53] 6. Sweet Cocaine
[7:13] 7. Reconsider Baby
[5:08] 8. Ride With Me
[3:29] 9. The Reality Show

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Album: The Journey
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 48:24
Size: 110.8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[3:39] 1. Can't Get You Out Of My Head
[4:39] 2. Leaving
[5:19] 3. Mr Blue
[4:29] 4. Cardboard City
[5:18] 5. What's Going On Within
[4:17] 6. The Journey
[5:14] 7. Sunday Morning
[4:36] 8. Tallyman
[3:33] 9. Hey Suzie
[3:11] 10. Come Dance With Me
[4:02] 11. A Politician's Remit

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The Lucky Dutch - Bury The Night

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 45:39
Size: 104.5 MB
Styles: Chicago blues rock
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[2:01] 1. Prodigal Son
[3:25] 2. Usually Whiskey
[4:15] 3. Dirty Sheets
[6:04] 4. All Along The Watchtower
[4:24] 5. Cold Hustler
[7:40] 6. Ghost In My Room
[5:43] 7. Light You Up
[3:39] 8. Criminal Heart
[3:32] 9. All My Yesterdays
[4:52] 10. Heartbreak

The Lucky Dutch are a five piece Chicago blues based - rock n roll band lead by Nathan Graham. Over the years the line up has changed a bit (2012 EP "Semi-Famous") until this current group formed in September of 2013. The group is self releasing their debut album "Bury the Night" in June 2014. Heavily guitar driven, this act is keeping the roots of rock n roll alive.

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Finis Tasby - People Don't Care

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 40:55
Size: 93.7 MB
Styles: Modern electric blues
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[3:53] 1. People Don't Care
[3:16] 2. Rocking With The Blues
[4:52] 3. Just A Kiss
[3:42] 4. Gotta Draw The Line
[4:55] 5. Po' Man Blues
[4:06] 6. Drinkin' Bad Whiskey
[4:10] 7. Gonna Miss Your Love
[3:55] 8. Find Something Else To Do
[3:37] 9. You Don't Have To Worry
[4:24] 10. Break Away

Powerhouse blues vocalist Finis Tasby was born in Dallas, Texas in 1940,and grew up immersed in the vital Texas blues tradition. As a teenager, Finis Tasby got his first professional music experience as drummer with the swinging local combo The Blues Blasters. By the early 1960s he'd switched instruments, and was playing bass and singing backup with local legends The Thunderbirds, working regularly with Z.Z. Hill, and also backing Clarence Carter, Lowell Fulson, and Freddie King on regional tours.

By the mid '60s Finis Tasby had stepped out in front of the band, and began establishing his reputation as one of the most soulful blues singers on the circuit. In the early 70's Finis moved to Los Angeles, and picked up where he'd left off in Texas. As a bass player, he worked with many of the greats, including B.B. King, Percy Mayfield and Big Mama Thornton. But it is as a vocalist that Finis Tasby really comes into his own, and in the '70s he made his first recordings as a front man. It was during this period that he also formed a lifelong friendship with blues great John Lee Hooker, with whom he often performed locally. Finis' reputation as a strong and soulful singer reached new heights with the releases of several CDs, including "People Don't Care" on Shanachie, from which three songs were used in the film "The Babysitter".

In the late 1990s Finis Tasby began his alliance with Rand Chortkoff, when Rand independently produced Finis' CD "Jump Children", which was released to wide acclaim on the Evidence label. (Finis Tasby also recently released the CD "Tribute To John Lee Hooker" on the small Kon Kord label.) Finis Tasby and Rand have worked closely since then on several other recording projects and numerous live performances, culminating in the formation of The Mannish Boys.

Recorded at Red Zone Studios, North Hollywood, California and Sonra Recorders, Los Angeles, California.

Ricky Collins, Lowell Fulson (vocals); Elvin Bishop, Robert Lieberman, Mick Taylor, Vernon Reid (guitar); Jay Fitzgerald (harp); Bobby Martin (saxophone, piano, organ, background vocals); Joe Sublett (saxophone); Darrell Lenard (trumpet); Kenneth Tussing (trombone); Charles Collins (drums, background vocals); Brian Kilgore (percussion); Cynthia Manley, George Merrill, Patricia Hodges, Jessica Williams (background vocals).

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Cisco Herzhaft - 2 albums: Good Hand / Cisco's Cooking

Cisco started guitar when he was 17. However, he had a singular approach to the instrument as he was more interested by playing music than by just playing guitar. So it took only a few guitar lessons and a lot of practice (8 hours a day everyday for over a year) before the lady who taught the instrument told him he had no more to learn from her. A whole year passed. Though originally a brilliant pupil, Cisco was now too obsessed and rebellious to carry on studying if he could play music instead. After being expelled from two different colleges, he left his family and went on travelling around Europe with his guitar on his back.

Cisco's travels took him to Wales where he met John James. The Welshman was immediately captivated by the young virtuoso and his playing and took him under his wing. With John James, Cisco not only learnt finger-picking techniques. He was also taught that this very style was especially difficult to master, as it required more than just authenticity and feel. In order to avoid becoming an academical musician, James told his student that the most important was to drown himself into to the reality of the Blues.

Hence, the young Blues apprentice carried on with his journey. Inevitably, it took him where everything began, that is on the banks of the Mississippi River. There, were the genuine players, playing the Real Thing. Cisco drenched himself into the music and made a pivotal encounter: Fred Mc Dowell. Cisco learnt many tricks and techniques from him, including the bottleneck techniques that made him one of the best slide players to this day.

Album: Cisco's Cooking
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 52:15
Size: 119.6 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[3:43] 1. Cookin' the Boogie
[4:25] 2. John Henry The Irishman
[2:22] 3. Sweet And Spicy Rag
[3:36] 4. J'ai Du Bon..
[4:08] 5. Schnorer's Blues
[3:24] 6. Pease Don't Try To Make Me
[4:19] 7. Handworking Blues
[1:27] 8. Rock (Rag) Around The Clock
[3:29] 9. A Quoi Penses-Tu
[3:42] 10. Long Lonesome Blues
[4:15] 11. Indian Whisky Blues
[3:34] 12. La Valse Du Xxème Siècle
[6:02] 13. Baby Please Don't Go
[3:42] 14. Rollin' And Tumblin'

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Album: Good Hand
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 42:51
Size: 98.1 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:10] 1. Dance The Boogie For Me
[5:21] 2. You Won't Get Nobody
[3:43] 3. The E-Dying Man
[2:50] 4. From Earth To Moon Train's Rag
[4:11] 5. Bentonia Mississippi
[2:58] 6. The Number On My Name
[3:42] 7. I Got To Take My Things And Run
[4:22] 8. On The Route To 66
[6:37] 9. Hospital Blues
[2:13] 10. Cc Rider
[3:38] 11. Motherless Children

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Brian Langlinais - Loud & Clear

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 40:23
Size: 92.5 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:42] 1. I'd Rather Be Blind
[5:05] 2. Loud & Clear
[3:28] 3. Love To Burn
[3:13] 4. Soul Food
[4:40] 5. A Lover Is Forever
[3:39] 6. I Wish I Could Be That Strong
[4:01] 7. Reason To Try
[3:59] 8. Shadow Of Doubt
[4:40] 9. Big Legged Woman
[3:52] 10. This Should Go On Forever

"The music is so fresh and unique that someone [had] to come up with an equally unique handle for the sound. I'll have to add 'Roadhouse Soul' to the list of great sounds that I have encountered in a city that many still regard as a 'Country Music Town'." ~Ken Utterback

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Asie Payton - Worried

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 32:59
Size: 75.5 MB
Styles: Electric country blues
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[2:41] 1. I Love You
[4:03] 2. Worried Life
[4:26] 3. Nobody But You
[2:48] 4. Please Tell Me You Love Me
[2:23] 5. Asie's Jam
[3:06] 6. Can't Be Satisfied
[4:12] 7. All I Need Is You
[3:25] 8. Come Home With You
[2:48] 9. Skinny Legs And All
[3:02] 10. I Love You (Solo)

Asie Payton never released a record in his life, despite the best efforts of Fat Possum. The label spent nearly two years in the middle of the '90s trying to convince the Mississippi bluesman that he should record or gig outside of his home of Washington County. Eventually, they coaxed him into two recording sessions, one at their old studio, the other at Junior Kimbrough's club. This music was never released during Payton's lifetime, but it provides the basis for Worried, Fat Possum's posthumous 1999 release. For anybody that complains that modern electric blues sounds too clean and careful, Worried is the perfect antidote -- this is gritty, dirty electric blues, sounding every bit as greasy as the classic recordings of the '50s and '60s. What's even more impressive is that the songs are rarely predictible blues standards -- they're traditional songs (only "Can't Be Satisfied" and "Skinny Legs & All" are crossover favorites), given original, idiosyncratic arrangements by Payton. Usually, he's simply performing with drummer Sam Carr, but they're as raucous, loud and overpowering as a full band (as proven by the few tracks that are augmented by other musicians, which are no less chaotic than the stripped-back cuts). In an age when most blues albums sound canned, this is vibrant, exciting and real, reminiscent of the golden age of blues. And that's a pretty powerful last testament. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Drums – Sam Carr; Vocals, Guitar – Asie Payton

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Andrew 'Jr Boy' Jones - I Know What it's Like

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 62:54
Size: 144.0 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[5:24] 1. I Know What It's Like
[4:11] 2. I've Got You On My Speed Dial
[4:30] 3. Whiskey Drinkin' Blues
[3:56] 4. G Thang
[4:57] 5. Let The Child Be Wild
[5:28] 6. Movin' From The Dark Side
[3:48] 7. Ready To Play
[5:21] 8. You Gotta Be Foolin' You
[4:02] 9. Midnight
[4:16] 10. Younger Woman
[5:14] 11. The Party Is Gettin' Started At Midnight
[3:40] 12. Mixed Beans
[7:59] 13. Whiskey Drinkin' Blues (Long Version)

If you haven't yet heard of Andrew "Jr Boy" Jones, you might just be listening to too much rap and not nearly enough blues. "I Know What It's Like" is his sixth release and during his 50 years in the business he's been the lead guitarist for many other musicians as well. As a matter of fact, during his stint with Charles Musselwhite, the band won a Blues Music Award in the "Band Of The Year" category. What I'm wondering is why haven't I heard the name Andrew "Jr Boy" Jones.....on a hell of a lot more blues festivals’ lineups?

Along with Andrew on guitar and vocals, the musicians appearing on "I Know What It's Like" are: Kerrie Lepai on vocals; Lewis Fluellen, Jr on keyboards; Chris Gipson and Christole on bass; Larry Clemon, Jr and Jamil Byrom on drums; Cheryl Arena on harmonica; Larry Clement on trumpet; and Ron Jones on sax. The CD consists of all original music - of which eleven of the tracks were penned by Andrew and the other two by Kerrie - that cover all styles of blues. ~Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro

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Westby - 2 albums: King For A Day / The Last Blues Man In Town

Album: King For A Day
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 58:48
Size: 134.6 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[5:21] 1. I Claim My Rights
[3:46] 2. Another Bad Day
[5:59] 3. Goodbye St. Louise
[3:53] 4. Fresh Water For Everyone
[3:49] 5. You're Worth So Much More
[2:34] 6. Don't You Love Me Anymore
[3:48] 7. I Was Up
[4:57] 8. Love Last Forever
[4:19] 9. Sin For Salvation
[6:18] 10. United
[5:00] 11. Come On
[4:29] 12. You Ain't Gonna Make A Woman Out Of Me
[4:32] 13. King For A Day

Geir Arne Westby is a proud winner of the International Songwriting Competition 2011, Crank your Cred, and he was a finalist in the blues category in the same competiton. Westby is going to continue writing songs, he is chasing THE song which has not yet been written. And he will be working on ways to get people to listen to them. A sound engineer he has worked with once said; You're always a lot of fun working with, I never know what I'm going to hear, but I can always be sure it will be great.

Finally, let this quote be a promise that guarantee you that working with Westby will be both a lot of fun and that his music reaches a high standard.

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Album: The Last Blues Man In Town
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 41:42
Size: 95.5 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[3:29] 1. Right Back To Where I Used To Be
[4:46] 2. I'm Going Back To Where I Started
[4:02] 3. Last Blues Man In Town
[3:51] 4. Ain't Gonna Make A Woman Out Of Me
[3:48] 5. Shining Blues
[2:47] 6. A Good Time
[4:16] 7. You're Mine
[4:22] 8. Dead And Gone
[3:34] 9. Mary And I
[3:34] 10. Shake That Thing
[3:08] 11. Whole World In Her Hands 2

Geir Arne Westby is a Norwegian musician, guitarist and composer, who lives in Sweden. Westby may seem to have his roots in the blues and the rock music, but that is a statement of which he disapproves.

I have listened to everything, he says, in order to become a great guitarist, everyone that I admired for their guitar playing skills. And I practised their techniques until I was able to do what they did. He also mentions the way BB King can fill up a whole stage with just one tone. I definitely relate more to a feeling, to a way to convey the music.¨Man, you don't only play the guitar, you talk to it...and it answers... ¨This is a quote made by an Irish member of the Kinks fanclub, sep.2011. Now, Westby has recently recorded some of the songs he has written. The result of this is the self-produced album "Last Blues Man In Town".

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Ray Fuller And The Bluesrockers - Piece Of Work

Released: 2011
Size: 142.3 MB
Time: 62:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues, Rock
Art: Front

1. Big City Woman [3:21]
2. Boom Boom [4:22]
3. Rock n' Roll Cowboy [4:16]
4. Piece of Work [3:11]
5. Tore My Playhouse Down [3:43]
6. My Home Is a Prison [6:17]
7. Oh Baby [3:30]
8. Blues Come Back Around [2:42]
9. Mojo Man [3:47]
10. Every Night About This Time [3:54]
11. Quittin' Time [4:19]
12. Two Timin' Woman [2:46]
13. Baby, You're a Habit [2:44]
14. Sugar Daddy [4:58]
15. Tupelo Willie [4:59]
16. You're So Fine [3:11]

"If you dig the tough-rockin' sound of John Lee Hooker, Paladins, George Thorogood or early Fabulous Thunderbirds, this album is a must!"
Ray Fuller's talent as a singer and guitarist has allowed him to share the stage with many blues giants including Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Albert Collins, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and so many more! In fact, MUDDY WATERS, after witnessing an opening act performance by Ray Fuller on slide guitar exclaimed for all to hear "That was some hot slide boy! I could smell the smoke backstage! JAMES COTTON, after witnessing a similar Bluesrocker performance shook Ray's hand and proclaimed "Finally I met somebody as wild and crazy as I am!" JOHN LEE HOOKER was so impressed with the band and their performance that he took the Bluesrockers and his own band out to dinner and picked up the tab! These opportunities to hang out and learn at the feet of the masters were not wasted on young Ray as he paid close attention to every pearl of wisdom and every nasty riff and blues lick generously shown to him as an eager student of the blues. Since then Ray Fuller and the Bluesrockers have been performing their brand of low down gutsy blues and red hot rock'n roll for many years, leaving a trail of scorched stages and satisfied fans from Michigan to Florida, and from California to New York State! Long time drummer Mark Ward toured with Ray Fuller for many years, formerly with Terry Davidson & The Gears. Blues harpist Mike Gilliland has backed up the legendary delta bluesman Honeyboy Edwards, singer and guitarist Cleveland Fats,and the late, great Missisippi - Chicago blues singer Willie "Pooch " Johnson. Pianist Keith Blair brings a ton of stage presence and was one of nine finalists in the 2003 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. Bassist Manny Manuel has spent many years touring with the likes of Patrick Mclaughlin and Hot Rod and The Blues DeVilles. Together they are an unstoppable force of blues and rock'n roll energy!

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Another Blues Band - Do Mississippi A Chicago Com Escala No Cerrado

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 54:29
Size: 124.8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[3:44] 1. Highway
[2:56] 2. I Woke Up This Morning
[7:58] 3. Jumpinj' Jack Flash
[3:26] 4. I'd Rather Be A Blind
[6:22] 5. Bluest Blues
[4:25] 6. Eyes Don't Lie
[5:37] 7. Hoochie Coochie Man
[3:34] 8. Wake Up Momma
[5:20] 9. Midnight Hour
[4:47] 10. Crossroads Blues
[6:14] 11. Proud Mary

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Nisse Thorbjørn - CPH Slim

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 31:00
Size: 71.0 MB
Styles: Contemporary blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[3:16] 1. The Scarecrow
[3:52] 2. The Waterfront
[3:50] 3. Goin' Down To Gainesville
[3:48] 4. I Told You So
[3:05] 5. Where Did You Sleep Last Night
[2:27] 6. Let's Go Out
[3:35] 7. Waiting On An Angel
[2:38] 8. Last Fair Deal
[2:07] 9. The End Of The Road
[2:18] 10. Poor Boy

The blues award Danish Blues Artist of the Year 2009 goes to the singer, guitarist and harmonica player Nisse Thorbjorn, AKA CPH Slim. Nisse receives the award at his concert at MOJO Blues Bar on Friday October 2.

The award committees motivation: You receive the award for your significant contribution to the Chicago and Delta Blues. With great musical talent you have evolved into a serious and original blues artist with a strong personal vocal expression and a virtuoso harmonica playing. The committee especially notes your ability to burn through in your sure touch interpretation of classical blues as well as in your exploration of the genre as a composer.

"I really enjoy performing solo and it's taken me from Clubs in Denmark to festivals in places like Mexico and Lithuania. My solo repertoire consists of 1/6 originality, 1/6 Spirituality & fear of the dark, 1/6 Folk Tales with questionable morals, 1/6 Delta blues of the kind your grandma would'nt allow around the house, 1/6 Grit and 1/6 Attitude. Backing of Lurrie Bell, John Primer and other US Headliners in Scandinavia and neighbouring countries".

"Copenhagen Slim Band" is a 4-piece band aka quartet. Vocal/ Bluesharp/guitar - Nisse Thorbjørn; Lead Guitar - Rune Højmark; Bass - Kristian Bast; Nikolaj Wolf Drums - Michael Strange / Morten Hæsum.

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Otis - Tough Times: Tribute To John Brim

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 51:30
Size: 117.9 MB
Styles: Juke joint blues, Rockin blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[2:38] 1. Rattlesnake
[4:06] 2. Tough Times
[5:49] 3. Lifetime Baby
[3:47] 4. Go Away
[6:13] 5. That Ain't Right
[6:51] 6. Got Me Where You Want Me
[5:37] 7. Drinking Woman
[4:16] 8. Be Careful
[4:38] 9. It Was A Dream
[7:29] 10. Ice Cream Man

My home state of Kentucky is absolutely stacked with musical talent and today, I introduce you to one of the more unique bands. Otis is a group of musicians that are just now entering their 20′s, but once you hear their sound, you’ll find that incredibly hard to believe. These young gentlemen are well versed in Duane Allman and evoke the emotions of Muddy Waters. Led by the Howlin’ Wolf-esque vocal prowess of Boone Froggett, the band is ready to release their “new” album on the world today (July 22nd). I say new, as the band has created and arranged the music, but the lyrics are a tribute to a lesser known blues legend from right here in Kentucky. The album is titled Tough Times. A Tribute to John Brim.

If you aren’t familiar, John Brim was an artist on the legendary Chess Records. Which was also home to such legends as Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Etta James, Chuck Berry and countless others. Mr. Brim certainly made his mark, but it was Van Halen that probably made him his most popular, when they did a version of his classic Ice Cream Man on their debut album in 1978. Taking John Brim’s essence and sculpting it into something that sounds like ZZ Top and Gov’t Mule co-created, Otis has created an absolute masterpiece of a debut album.

The slide guitar is an art and few can create like Otis guitarists Steve Jewell and Boone Froggett. Those two are, as is the band, protégés of Greg Martin. Greg is a member of the Kentucky Headhunters and also produced the Otis album with David Barrick and Dean Smith. Greg certainly knows his way around a Les Paul and his ability to squeeze every note from an old Marshall amp has been picked up by both young men and the band sounds nothing short of amazing. Greg (Guitar), as well as Wet Wille frontman Jimmy Hall (Harmonica) also make appearances on the album. The band is rounded out by the rock solid rhythm section of John Seeley on bass and Andrew Gilpin on drums.

Highlights for me include the high energy opener Rattlesnake, the groove oriented Tough Times, the slow churning Lifetime Baby, the shuffle rich Go Away, personal favorite Got Me Where You Want Me, the thundering Drinking Woman, the fuzzed out Be Careful, the Les Paul squealing It Was a Dream and of course their version of the classic Ice Cream Man. Okay, that’s the majority of the album, but I just can’t help it!!

If you’re a fan of the blues, or if you love the stylings of early ZZ Top, this is an album that you MUST have in your collection. I’ll be honest, as these guys continue to get their feet wet, I think we’re witnessing the beginnings of a long, amazing career. ~Jonathan Newsome

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Big Joe Williams - The Sonet Blues Story

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 43:29
Size: 99.6 MB
Styles: Country blues, Delta blues
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[3:15] 1. I Been Wrong But I'll Be Right
[2:30] 2. Black Gal You're Sure Looking Warm
[3:07] 3. When I First Left Home
[1:59] 4. Little Annie Mae
[1:51] 5. Levee Break Blues
[2:19] 6. Hang It Up On The Wall
[2:23] 7. Lone Wolf
[2:28] 8. This Heavy Stuff Of Mine
[2:23] 9. Tell My Mother
[2:44] 10. Big Fat Mama
[3:17] 11. Back On My Feet
[2:45] 12. Jefferson And Franklin Blues
[2:38] 13. Mary Lou
[2:24] 14. They Stopped Me At The Border
[2:49] 15. Canary Bird
[2:11] 16. Do The Mess Around
[2:17] 17. On My Way Back

The career of blues legend Big Joe Williams stretches back to the Mississippi Delta of the 1930s and continues up through the 1980s. THE SONET BLUES STORY captures Williams performing live in Sweden in 1972. Though not exactly in his prime, Williams plays with his usual boisterous spirit, reeling off classic acoustic Delta blues with a raw, propulsive edge. With only his stomping foot for rhythmic accompaniment, Williams and his guitar offer up a deep, riveting set. Informative liner notes by musical historian Samuel Charters round out the package.

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Devils Creek - 2 albums: Bullfrog Blues / Working the Chains

Album: Bullfrog Blues
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 38:37
Size: 88.4 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[4:51] 1. Seven Days
[5:08] 2. The Family Song
[3:50] 3. Dead Man Walking
[4:03] 4. Poor Boy
[3:21] 5. Messing With The Kid
[5:04] 6. Shadow City
[4:06] 7. Fire And Rain
[3:27] 8. Hear Me Calling
[4:43] 9. Demolition Man

"Here's something a bit different. These guys are heavily influenced by Rory Gallagher, Status Quo and early 70's British bluesy hard rock. They've got a great groove in the rhythm section, a fine guitarist in Guy Rosewall, and their album 'Bullfrog Blues' is recommended! The album includes a rockin' take on Rory's "Seven Days". Plus, they list Joe as one of their influences. Definitely not another SRV clone" ~Keith

"You guys have a great sound. Very full and hard drivin'. Your bass player gets things goin' and keeps the fire lit throughout, on all songs. I really like your guitar playing and vocals. Excellent solos. Drumming is very complimentary to the style being played. I like the guitar and bass echoing each other on Family Song. I hear a blend of music spanning several decades. I hear the rhythm section on Seven Days as back in the 70s with such bands as Grand Funk etc. I also hear guitar from hard rockin' "hair bands" of the `80s and 90s. I think you've done a great job of blending different flavors of music together to make a very enjoyable listening experience. It gets one movin' as well. I also like your take on JT's Fire And Rain. I will turn my 17 year old son onto you guys. He`s getting pretty good on his Fender bass, and I like to share other hard thumpin` bass players with him for inspiration.Best of luck to you on your CD release and gigs ahead. ~Rick Kendrick

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Album: Working The Chains
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 45:51
Size: 105.0 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:25] 1. Rule The World
[4:27] 2. Judgement Day
[4:42] 3. Salvation
[5:51] 4. Working The Chains
[4:13] 5. I Know
[4:04] 6. I'm A Man
[6:10] 7. Kokomo Train
[7:21] 8. Hole In The Sun
[5:33] 9. Bullfrog Blues

Seven new original tracks from the British Blues Rock Power Trio, recorded in Truro earlier this year, alongside a spirited take of Rory Gallaghers "Bullfrog Blues", and Stevie Winwood's "I'm a Man". Rocking the blues with a sledgehammer groove, this English trio take the Rory Gallagher / Jimi Hendrix blueprint and bring it kicking and screaming to a town near you.

As before the basic bass/drums/ryththm guitar went down live - the important thing was to capture the feel, and budget dictated we only had 3-4 takes to get it right. Bullfrog Blues is one take live in the studio. As always Phil Innes has done a top job - we gave him a hard time and his patience is legendary.

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The Bush League - Can Of Gas & A Match

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 53:44
Size: 123.0 MB
Styles: Rockin blues, Hill country blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[7:45] 1. Can Of Gas & A Match
[5:10] 2. Devil Cryin' In The Churchyard
[2:54] 3. Gotta Woman
[3:57] 4. Don't Touch My Liquor
[7:42] 5. Runnin' Through The River
[3:35] 6. '59 Chevy
[5:07] 7. Mexico
[3:26] 8. Penicillin
[7:44] 9. .38 Special Blues
[6:19] 10. Death Of Robert

Based in Richmond, VA, The Bush League began in March 2007 as a sonic stew one part cigarette smoke, one part cheap beer and a healthy dollop of laughter through the tears. The soul filled voice of co-founder JohnJason “Sleepy Eyed Jay” Cecil is both sin and salvation while the guitar licks of Shane “Chicago Slim” Parch paint a picture of Mississippi shotgun houses against the backdrop of the Windy City skyline. Brought together by the bass lines of co-founder Royce Folks, the cornerstone of The Bush League's rhythm section accompanied by a storied list of drummers!

Since its inception, The Bush League has been rockin’ the Blues from Maryland to Mississippi! Memphis in particular is familiar with the sound of The Bush League as the band has been a presence at the International Blues Challenge in every category of competition. Jay and Slim competed in the solo/duo category in 2010, the band competed in 2011, made the semifinals in 2012 and its first studio CD “Can of Gas & a Match” was selected for consideration in the “Best Self –Produced CD” category for the 2014 competition.

“Can of Gas & a Match” was recorded at Young Avenue Sound in Memphis in one 14 hour session. Released in December 2012, this “gutsy” and “ballsy” CD has been played and downloaded worldwide with positive reviews from such storied Blues publications as “Blues Blast Magazine”, "Living Blues" and highly regarded Blues blogs like “Bman’s Blues Report”. The Bush League has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with such luminaries as Michael Burks, Big Bill Moganfield, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Terry 'Harmonica' Bean and bands such as JJ Grey & Mofro, Galactic and Robert Randolph and the Family Band.

While paying homage to those who have inspired them such as Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough and Theodore “Hound Dog” Taylor, The Bush League imbues traditional blues with a modern flair. Rock tinged, raucous, and at times raunchy, The Bush League always puts on a show that is in a word, FUN. The interaction between the band mates is infectious, and the audience can’t help but to enjoy themselves!

The Bush League; you will like what you hear and love what you’ve never heard before!

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Virginia & Skybenders - Change Gonna Come

Released: 2014
Size: 62.2 MB
Time: 27:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues, Rock
Art: Full

1. Miss Kozmic Blues [1:13]
2. Love You I Do [2:48]
3. Come Back Home [3:25]
4. Crossroads [1:29]
5. High On Love [2:13]
6. A Change Is Gonna Come [5:19]
7. Sometimes [4:56]
8. Free [5:42]

Virginia began her musical journey through a childhood full of music, mixed Rock and Blues.

2001 she moved to Stockholm and studied jazz / blues along with American Andy Fite.
After some years in Stockholm, she decided to go there blues has its origins - the United States.

In New York, Virginia drove around and listened and played with various jazz and blues musicians in the opening scenes.

In Harlem, she lived and has played at clubs such as St. Nick's Pub, where Billie Holiday once started his career.In Harlem she met several musicians and together they
created the blues in the old smoke-filled rooms in Harlem. In Harlem she played with Dennis Davis, the great drummerbest known for his work with David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Jermaine Jackson and Roy Ayers.

Change Gonna Come

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Point Blank - Volume 9

Released: 2014
Size: 108.7 MB
Time: 47:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Sthn` Rock
Art: Full

1. Blast [1:52]
2. Howlin' Wolf [5:20]
3. Where I Belong [4:09]
4. Automobile [3:24]
5. Lies Like Hell [4:13]
6. Johnny Dallas [4:23]
7. Amigos [4:05]
8. Start The Car [3:58]
9. It Ain't Right [5:16]
10. Heart Of A Fool [5:30]
11. To Be A Man [4:57]

Excellent 9th studio disc by this long-standing legendary Southern Rock band from Texas. Includes 11 tracks of prime, first rate, authentic, blues-based, retro-70s guitar rock music that brings us back to a better day. Raise your fist with a rebel yell, Point Blank are back in town. Formed in 1974 and discovered + managed for years by Bill Ham (ZZ Top), Point Blank still features founding members John O'Daniel on vocals and Rusty Burns on guitar, both strong musical veterans of the 70s hard rock scene. The current line-up also features Michael Mayes on guitar, Kirk Powers on bass & Mike Gage on drums. Forty years later and this "little ole band" from Texas is still on a mission to Keep the Rock alive and they are doing a damn good job at it on the killer "Volume 9" disc. Highly recommended to Southern Rockers worldwide.

Volume 9

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Ray Fuller And The Bluesrockers - Live At Buddy Guy's Legends

Released: 2014
Size: 174.5 MB
Time: 76:05
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Live Blues, Rock
Art: Front

1. Wild About You Baby (Live) [4:53]
2. Rock N Roll Cowboy (Live) [5:25]
3. Boom Boom (Live) [7:28]
4. Love And Alcohol (Live) [7:55]
5. Bayou Blue (Live) [5:02]
6. Walkin' Shoes (Live) [6:25]
7. So Many Roads (Live) [8:44]
8. Take Out Some Insurance On Me Baby (Live) [5:38]
9. Rockinitus (Live) [6:07]
10. Feelin' Evil (Live) [7:20]
11. Sally Mae (Live) [5:53]
12. I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down (Live) [5:11]

Sounds like Elmore James and "Hound Dog" Taylor tempered with the rowdiness of George Thorogood."
-Guitar Player Magazine

Bare knuckles barrelhouse blues are the bedrock of the genre and it is the rare artist who can bring the power with critical authenticity and personal expression. Enter veteran Ohio bluesman Ray Fuller and his perfectly named Bluesrockers. Performing, touring and recording professionally since 1974, the hard rocking singer, songwriter and guitarist has paid the bona fide dues and gained the priceless experience to arrive as a legend in his own right with a new roof-raising live album.

With Keith Blair (keyboards), Glen “Manny” Manuel (bass), Mark Ward (drums) and guest Richard “Doc” Malone (harmonica), Fuller shakes the joint with six originals and six select covers.

Live At Buddy Guys Legends

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Various - Eddie's House Of Hits: The Story Of Goldband Records

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 52:36
Size: 120.4 MB
Styles: Assorted
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:30] 1. Phil Phillips - Stormy Weather
[2:13] 2. Juke Boy Bonner - Let's Boogie
[2:29] 3. Cleveland Crochet And Band - Sugar Bee
[2:14] 4. Al Ferrier - Let's Go Bopping Tonight
[2:14] 5. Guitar Junior - The Crawl
[2:42] 6. Johnny Duhon And The Yellow Jackets - So What
[2:05] 7. Gene Terry And The Down Beats - Cindy Lou
[2:26] 8. Charles Perrywell - You're Lonesome Now
[2:36] 9. Danny James - Boogie In The Mud
[2:00] 10. Guitar Junior - Goin' Crazy Baby
[2:14] 11. Ashton Savoy - Rooster Strut
[2:26] 12. Rockin' Sidney - No Future
[2:05] 13. Pee Wee Kershaw - You're So Fine
[2:03] 14. Danny James - Frosty
[1:59] 15. Big Walter Price - San Antonio
[2:48] 16. Jimmy Wilson - Please Accept My Love
[2:29] 17. Cookie And The Cupcakes - Blue Bayou Shuffle
[2:15] 18. Sticks Herman - Teenage Baby
[2:21] 19. Elton Anderson - Secret Of Love
[2:14] 20. Hop Wilson & His Buddies - Chicken Stuff
[2:09] 21. Gene Terry - Teardrops In My Eyes
[1:36] 22. Dolly Parton - Puppy Love
[2:18] 23. Phil Phillips - Don't Leave Me

Ace Records is proud to announce the addition of the legendary Goldband label to its catalogue and launches the relationship with this CD subtitled Eddie's House Of Hits, a retrospective album covering the immensely varied output of Eddie Shuler's Louisiana company. Operating out of Lake Charles, Shuler has been involved with the music business since 1940, initially running Eddie's Music House Store and playing in the hillbilly band The Reveliers. In 1949 he formed Folk Star Records and put out recording by the great cajun artist lry LeJune. In 1952 he set up Goldband Records which, to this day, continues to be a bastion for the musics of downhome Louisiana His biggest hits for Goldband are here - Cleveland Crochet's cajun-rocker Sugar Bee (it charted a No 80 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1961) and Elton Andersen's swamp-pop ballad Secret of Love (No 88 in 1960) - but, musically, of as much interest are the regional hits and near misses. Guitar Jnr's The Crawl (later remade by The Fabulous Thunderbirds), Paper In My Shoe by Boozoo Chavis and Boogie In The Mud by Danny James (who, elsewhere on the set, boldly tackles Albert Collins' Frosty). Jimmy Wilson's Please Accept My Love (later recorded by B B King) is also here, as is the 1959 outing Puppy Love by the very young Dolly Parton. Gene Terry tears it up on the wild rocker Cindy Lou and Rockin Sidney (of My Toot Toot fame) wails the blues on No Future. Cookie & The Cupcakes play swamp pop on the Blue Bayou Shuffle, Ashton Savoy do the Rooster Strut and Pee Wee Kershaw (sounds like Lancashire's answer to the blues but it is actually Doug Kershaw's brother) delivers You're So Fine in his own inimitable cajun-rock style. Cult blues names like Hop Wilson and Juke Boy Bonner belt out Chicken Stuff and Let's Boogie but special mention is reserved for Al Ferrier's rockabilly classic Lets Go Boppin' Tonight which was rescued from the original tape almost on the point of disintegration during the copying stage. The album closes with Phil Phillips' Don't Leave Me and that's just what you won't want to do with this excellent introductory "Story of Goldband Records".

Eddie's House Of Hits:the Story Of Goldband Records
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Mark Potvin - S/T

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 32:10
Size: 73.7 MB
Styles: blues-jazz guitar
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[6:16] 1. I Dreamt I Drove To New Orleans
[4:40] 2. Don't Roll In The Fire
[3:57] 3. Do You Make It Up As You Go Along
[2:16] 4. Free Ballin'
[4:14] 5. I Want To Be Your Slave
[2:45] 6. Friday Night
[3:24] 7. Blow Wind Blues
[4:33] 8. Still In Love

I am a Jazz/Blues Guitarist, Vocalist, Band Leader and Songwriter that has been playing music professionally in the Thunder Bay area for over 15 years. I have two bands..... The Mark Potvin Blues Band (Blues from the 20's to the 50's especially Chicago Blues) and Mark Potvin's Little Swing Band (Jazz from the 20's to the 50's). Throughout my musical career It has been an honor to have played with some of Canada's finest musicians. I've opened for some great acts such as, Colin James, Blue Rodeo, Paul Shaffer, Denny Dougherty, Lighthouse and The Detroit Women of Blues. I Played at both the 2005 & 2010 Thunder Bay Blues Festivals and it has been my privilege to have performed at over 10 separate City of Thunder Bay – Summer in The Park concert series events. I was the pit guitarist for The Magnus Theater Musical Production of The Little Shop of Horrors in September of 2007. In December of that same year I was a Producer/Promoter Advisory Panelist for The Ontario Arts Council. In May of 2008 I was a Juror for the Roots/Adult Contemporary granting process for FACTOR. It is with great pride that I have added my three sons Max, Ben & Sam Potvin to my musical line up as my horn section. My moto is if you want a decent horn section..... you gotta grow your own!!!!!! In the summer of 2010 Mark Potvin's Little Swing Band was nominated for a Siggy Born Jazz Award for their live video performance of "Do You Make It Up As You Go Along" - sponsored by the Sudbury Jazz Festival.

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Jens Filser Blues Band - Picks & Licks

Released: 2008
Size: 132.8 MB
Time: 58:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues, Roots, Rock, Jazz
Art: Full

1. 21 Days [4:53]
2. Don't Fight The Feeling [3:38]
3. Thank You Mr. Earl [6:08]
4. Blues Run Cold [5:22]
5. Catswing [4:19]
6. She's Over [4:43]
7. Fundamental [4:54]
8. As The Crow Flies [4:34]
9. Morning Blue [6:11]
10. Feels Like Rain [5:08]
11. 'Round Midnight [3:53]
12. Fundamental (Acuostic Remix) [4:14]

Excellent blues and roots album featuring one of Germany's most profilic guitar players. Also featured is Brenda Boykin, vocalist from the bay area. Highly recommended.
Jens Filser guitar moves in the fields of blues, rock and jazz; he plays electrically and acoustically. After studying jazz at the Conservatory in Arnhem / NL Jens played with well-known representatives of the blues and rock scene, including Rob Strong, Flea Conners, Supercharge, Jeff Healey and Birthcontol, also with Brenda Boykin at the Montreux Jazz Festival. 2008 Jens Filser Blue Band was awarded the Prize of the German Record Critics 'division for the CD, Picks and Licks'. With the German rock icon Anne Haigis produced Jens Filser three CDs as a guitarist and sound engineer, extensive touring accompanied the productions. Here he was in demand as an acoustic guitar player and could play to its talent for creative song accompaniment on the steel string guitar. Currently Jens Filser live to see the band Tommy Schneller (winner of the German Blues Challenge 2012). He also teaches guitar at the music school Haan .

"Coming from Canada to perform in Europe was easy and fun because i had searched wonderful musicians in my European belt. Jens Filser played electric guitar on stage with me for all of my recent tours, as well as Accompanying me on my acoustic duo shows. His sensitivity to dynamics, technique and vast knowledge of genres and musical styles made performing with Jens to absolute pleasure. He is one of the best musicians I have worked with in my career. "
'Canada's Darling of the Blues' Layla Zoe.

Picks & Licks

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The Aces - No One Rides For Free

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 44:11
Size: 101.1 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2009
Art: Full

[4:04] 1. You're Gonna Lose
[4:05] 2. Stole Something From Me
[2:49] 3. Shed Some Light On Me
[5:07] 4. Knee Deep In Mud
[6:06] 5. Drinkin' Song
[3:47] 6. Need Your Lovin'
[5:18] 7. Down In The Cave
[4:05] 8. Mr Highway Man
[4:15] 9. House On The Hill
[4:31] 10. Kanka Kanka

Formed in 2000, The Aces have attitude and a different idea of how to play Blues. They reduce the Blues to pounding riffs and a distorted wall of sound topped by wailing harp. They were among the first to absorb and recast the drone riff-based Hill Country Blues style, and The Aces do that their own way.

They write their own songs (they do very few covers). They have their own slicked back greased hair in a wind tunnel look attached to a permanent sneer and a pushy stage presence. Those that might think of punk trance blues as something endlessly repeating a melodic line are in for a rhythmic pounding when the Aces get on stage.

The Aces start with Mike "Junk Johnson" Gutsch on drums with a unique style of simple drumming. His drums are arranged differently than other drummers. The cymbals are way low. The result with the Aces is a relentless pounding style that very much works right on the basic riff being played--and right into your skull. The rhythm guitarist who really plays bass for the Aces --sort of like Brewer Phillips used to do for Hound Dog Taylor. He uses a low toned Telecaster for this like Brewer did.

Derek Irving had and has that slick guitar-star-on-stage-with-asharp-suit persona and a passel of custom guitars. Girls smile at Derek. Derek smiles back. Derek has the stage front of the guitar hero down pat. He actually plays a lot of very old time traditional blues licks in a slick lead guitar manner. He pounds you while looking like its sparkle show time.

Fronting all this is six foot two Sky O’Banion, with his out thrust jaw and slick blonde pompadour. Sky dares you not to like it. His tall massive stage presence is almost patented “chip on the shoulder” stuff. Sky writes or maybe improvises all the song lyrics. It’s hard to tell, as he more than most harp players prefers to sing a lot through his harp mic. Sometimes he’ll sing through both the harp mic and the house mic at the same time. When you do catch the words it’s a stream of consciousness about very bluesy topics like growing up poor and living out on farm roads and how bad women are and other fine stuff. Sometimes it seems to be Jack Kerouac poetry.

It’s really good to see The Aces in control of their own destiny. Nobody sounds like them, and nobody has their whole conception of the blues. It’s blues all the way; it just has an edge and focus that isn’t like bar bands. They aren’t generic. ~Rolf Olmsted, Sonoma Tunes

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RB Stone - Loosen Up!

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 35:24
Size: 81.1 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:07] 1. High Horse
[4:18] 2. Long Gone Lonesome Blues
[3:02] 3. Loosen Up
[4:20] 4. God Heals You When You Cry
[3:05] 5. Texas Drunk Tank Blues
[5:07] 6. A Bad Case Of Blues Goin' On
[3:03] 7. I Ain't Buyin' That Bull Today
[4:03] 8. Gone As Gone Can Be
[2:45] 9. She's Too Hot To Handle
[2:30] 10. Harley Heart

This CD has all the makings to shake up the juke joint with a mixture of bar rockin' blues and southern rock. "Loosen Up" features songs written by RB and co-written with Tom Hambridge and Ray Kennedy. The CD was produced by Grammy Award Songwriter and Producer Tom Hambridge.

"R.B. Stone lives in his own kick-ass roadhouse, where the songs rock you from side to side and the words bite back at you. This is the true originality of a renegade spirit" ~Michael Kinsman

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Pat McMahon - S/T

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 47:05
Size: 107.8 MB
Styles: Roots, Contemporary blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[4:00] 1. Perfect Son
[3:02] 2. Satellite
[4:18] 3. We Can Take Anything
[4:27] 4. Red Noise
[3:52] 5. Million Stars
[3:03] 6. I Understand
[4:17] 7. End Of The Rainbow
[4:43] 8. Long Time Ago
[4:16] 9. Consider This
[3:48] 10. Who'll Be There For You
[3:30] 11. Train To Nowhere
[3:44] 12. Too Many Rivers

Pat’s distinctive playing style lies in his ability to apply his highly skilled and creative electric guitar technique to the acoustic guitar with great effect, drawing on a rich source of musical influences - RnB, contemporary rock and blues - developed over a thirty year career

Present Day - In 2001, Pat formed and continues to play in North East band, Blue Diamond. The CSN&Y esque Blue Diamond have gained a great reputation for its outstanding three (lead vocal) part harmonies and melodic electro-acoustic guitar renditions of 70’s blues rock classics, as well as for their original material.

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Luther 'Houserocker' Johnson - Takin' A Bite Outta The Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 41:46
Size: 95.6 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1990
Art: Full

[4:32] 1. Little Car Blues
[3:27] 2. Trouble Blues
[3:25] 3. Pretty Thing
[5:28] 4. Cryin' And Thinkin'
[4:06] 5. Rock Me Baby
[5:13] 6. Where Can My Baby Be
[3:13] 7. Big Money
[4:50] 8. Medley: Hi-Heel Sneekers/I'm Goin' Upside Your Head
[4:06] 9. What'd I Say
[3:21] 10. Hush, Hush

Luther "Houserocker" Johnson isn't a huge name in the blues market, although he did enjoy a small following in Atlanta when he recorded Takin' a Bite Outta the Blues for Ichiban in April 1990. That album didn't bring him fame, though it did give blues enthusiasts outside of Atlanta (where Ichiban was based) the chance to hear him. Not fantastic but likable and sincere, Takin' a Bite Outta the Blues left no doubt that Johnson (who should not be confused with fellow bluesman Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson) was very much a disciple of the late Chicago blues icon Jimmy Reed. The influence of Reed is impossible to miss on familiar classics like Ray Charles' "What'd I Say," B.B. King's "Rock Me, Baby," and a number of songs that Reed wrote ("Hush, Hush," "Where Can My Baby Be") or defined (Willie Dixon's "Pretty Thing"). Several years after its 1990 release, Takin' a Bite Outta the Blues went out of print; however, half of the songs on the album were reissued on Ichiban's 1998 collection, Retrospectives.

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Guy Forsyth - 3 albums: The Pleaser / High Temperature Live / Red Dress Live

Guy Forsyth grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, where he became a street-smart entertainer, who worked, among other things, as a comic stuntman at renaissance faires. In order to develop more as a musician he moved in January 1990 to Austin, Texas. Here he soon had his own band, and he found work in bars - like Joe's Generic Bar, that didn’t pay him but would let him play for tips. It was in this bar, in the spring of 1993, that his performance was seen by Sjef Willemen, a.k.a. Doc O-Zone, who was so overwhelmed with it, that at that spot, he decided to start a record company, Lizard Discs.

A few months later, on June 18, 1993, the performance of the Guy Forsyth Band was recorded at Metropool in Hengelo, the Netherlands. This was a legendary show that lasted till 5:00 a.m., an exhausting event for both band and audience, but what a great show! This resulted a year later in the release of the 1st CD of Guy and Lizard Discs: "High Temperature". This was followed by a European tour, with highly successful performances at the Blues Festival in Peer, Belgium and in Notodden, Norway, later followed by the Bluesrock Festival in Tegelen, the Netherlands.

In December 2013 a new blues CD was recorded in Austin, Texas, by Andre Zweers and Stuart Sullivan from Wire Recording. This has become a wonderful, varied CD, called "The Pleaser " which will be released along with "Red Dress" the “High Temperature” companion disc..

Album: The Pleaser
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 54:19
Size: 124.3 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[4:34] 1. Good Stuff
[6:13] 2. Play To Lose
[3:36] 3. Carried By Six (Pop's Blues)
[6:34] 4. Put A Little Sex In It
[5:59] 5. Miniskirt
[5:21] 6. Nobody Gonna Bail Me Out
[5:09] 7. Mechanic
[3:54] 8. Poverty Line
[3:34] 9. Nobody Taught Me How To Love
[2:33] 10. The Pleaser
[3:50] 11. Jitterbug Adios
[2:56] 12. Time To Move

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Album: High Temperature Live
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 74:37
Size: 170.8 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 1994/2014
Art: Front

[ 5:14] 1. Don't Turn Me In
[ 5:02] 2. 305
[ 5:33] 3. Taxi
[ 8:44] 4. For The Last Time
[ 6:26] 5. Hard Pushin' Papa
[ 3:23] 6. Done Something Wrong
[ 8:31] 7. Evil Man
[ 3:56] 8. Night Train
[ 5:48] 9. Serves Me Right
[10:39] 10. 19 Years
[ 5:52] 11. Answering Machine
[ 5:22] 12. Mr. Luck

Guy Forsyth's debut album, High Temperature, suffers a bit from his unfortunate tendency to deliver lyrics as if they were jokes, but there's a lot of merit to his music. Forsyth and his backing band have real energy and can turn his originals (plus a handful of covers, like Jimmy Reed's "Mr. Luck" and Elmore James' "Done Somebody Wrong") into real barn-burners. It takes a little work to get beyond the feeling that this is all a parody, however, so this may try the patience of some hardline purists. Those that can take the bad with good, however, will hear some sturdy roadhouse boogie. ~Thom Owens

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Album: Red Dress Live
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 74:20
Size: 170.2 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[ 4:56] 1. Red Dress
[ 4:25] 2. High Temperature
[ 3:14] 3. Up The Line
[ 5:15] 4. Speedo
[ 3:07] 5. It Ain't Right
[ 8:16] 6. My Babe
[12:42] 7. Play To Lose
[ 5:26] 8. Smoking Cigarettes
[ 3:44] 9. Liar
[ 3:45] 10. Sleeping Double
[ 4:11] 11. One Time Around
[ 4:52] 12. Sloppy Drunk
[ 6:25] 13. I'm A Stranger
[ 3:57] 14. Red Headed Woman

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Leigh Thomas - Meanwhile... I'm Still Thinking

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 27:51
Size: 63.8 MB
Styles: Rock-blues-soul
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:21] 1. I'll Never Change
[3:55] 2. Burn Baby Burn
[2:44] 3. Dog Beatin' Man
[3:37] 4. Unsatisfied
[3:17] 5. Uh Huh
[3:22] 6. Way Too Long
[4:29] 7. Young Inside
[3:01] 8. Old Arkansas (Teaser)

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Junior Wells - It's My Life, Baby!

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 48:34
Size: 111.2 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1966/1995
Art: Front

[4:22] 1. It's My Life, Baby
[4:22] 2. It's So Hard To Be Lonely
[3:19] 3. Country Girl
[3:30] 4. You Lied To Me
[4:24] 5. Stormy Monday Blues
[3:38] 6. Shake It Baby
[3:07] 7. Checking On My Baby
[4:23] 8. Early In The Morning
[3:27] 9. (I Got A) Stomach Ache
[5:33] 10. Look How Baby
[5:22] 11. Slow, Slow
[3:03] 12. Everything Is Going To Be Alright

Although It's My Life, Baby! was decent mid-'60s electric Chicago blues, coming so soon after Junior Wells' 1965 classic Hoodoo Man Blues -- one of the greatest blues LPs ever -- it was something of a disappointment. Wells' chief right-hand man for Hoodoo Man Blues, guitarist Buddy Guy, was still on board for these recordings, but the band arrangements weren't quite as tight. More crucially, the material wasn't as good or innovative, giving far more weight to slow blues with standard progressions, and relatively little attention to the funk-soul-Latin influences that had supplied several of Hoodoo Man Blues' finest moments. Finally, the decision to mix studio recordings with live tracks (recorded at Pepper's Lounge in Chicago) could be questioned, as it lent the record an inconsistency, particularly as different bands were used live and in the studio. Taken on its own terms, however, it's certainly respectable, at times revving up the energy for an infectious bounce. "Country Girl," for instance, stands in peppy contrast to the relatively sleepy slow tunes; "Shake It Baby" revives some of the soul feeling of the Hoodoo Man Blues sessions; and "(I Got A) Stomach Ache" is funky in a silly but fun way. ~Richie Unterberger

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Eddie Martin - 3 albums: Ice Cream / Contrary Mary / Pillowcase Blues

Album: Eddie Martin Band - Ice Cream
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 53:07
Size: 121.6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[ 4:51] 1. Let's Move It On
[ 5:28] 2. Ice Cream
[ 7:23] 3. Put The Brakes On
[ 3:29] 4. Elmore's Stomp
[ 4:18] 5. Love Is Like A River
[ 5:04] 6. Keep It Natural
[ 4:57] 7. Cherry Red
[ 3:41] 8. Blues Took Me By The Hand
[10:18] 9. Tough But Tender
[ 3:33] 10. Lazy Monday

Possibly the strongest yet from British Blues guitar supremo Eddie Martin, featuring Britian's #1 jazz saxophonist Andy Sheppard.

Eddie Martin (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, National guitar, harmonica); Andy Sheppard (soprano saxophone); Paddy Milner (piano, Fender Rhodes piano). Recording information: Christchurch Studios; White house Studios.

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Album: Eddie Martin - Contrary Mary
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 48:38
Size: 111.3 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[5:49] 1. Contrary Mary
[5:01] 2. Something About You Baby (I Like)
[4:55] 3. Watching The Weather
[3:43] 4. Month Of Mondays
[5:38] 5. Beautiful Miracles
[4:09] 6. Give It Time
[5:23] 7. Better The Devil You Know
[4:13] 8. Strong For You
[4:25] 9. Living For The Weekend
[5:18] 10. Ingolstadt

The readership poll of the UK’s biggest circulation blues magazine, “Blues Matters”, has voted “Contrary Mary” to position 17 of World Blues CD releases and position 7 of UK Blues cd releases in 2007. Coming in at position 17 of the world charts placed it above the releases of many major label artists like the White Stripes and John Mayall.

The magazine also contains an interview and picture feature which introduces Eddie as follows ““Since turning professional in the mid 90’s, Eddie has become one of the British Blues scene’s most prolific performers. A rare British act capable of headlining any major UK Blues event, Eddie has gained industry recognition for his song writing and accolades for his guitar and harmonica work. Nine releases in twelve years would suggest an artist enjoying the fruits of his creative talents, but 2007’s “Contrary Mary” not only found Eddie exploring broader musical influences, but hoping to gain the widespread appreciation that would pay him his dues…”

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Album: Eddie Martin & The Texas Blues Kings - Pillowcase Blues
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 43:08
Size: 98.7 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[6:44] 1. Down The Road
[2:46] 2. Pillowcase Blues
[3:47] 3. Underwater Woman
[4:58] 4. Natural Thing
[3:24] 5. Cool And Lonesome
[4:27] 6. I Done, Done It
[3:26] 7. Please Stop
[3:45] 8. The Hatfields And The Mccoys
[2:59] 9. Let's Get Together
[4:00] 10. I Wanna Groove With You
[2:47] 11. Long Ride Home

"But this guitar-singing harp-blowing songwriter has a lot more going on than that. After putting 5 albums out on Blueblood records, reviews both sides of the Atlantic agree.'A blues man in his prime....as hot and satisfying as a Tex-Mex barbecue' said Blues in Britain. Meanwhile in the U.S. 'A live act not to be missed' said Blues Revue.

But what you hear on these tracks is a lot more than just a bluesman in his prime. Sure he can play great electric and acoustic blues on guitar or harmonica and that is hardly surprising considering he has shared stages, played with, and recorded alongside some of the greats, the late Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal, John Mayall to name but a few. And he can write a lyric that Willie Dixon himself would be proud of. Just check out 'Natural thing'. But then 'Underwater Woman' or the 'hatfields and the McCoys' shows this guy has grooves and licks way beyond good rocking blues....

Sideman and other guests appearances on this album are noteworthy too - first the Texas Blues Kings - like Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eddie's groove-centered rhythm section of Guthrie Kennard and Jimmy 'Blue Shoes' pendleton, are Texas Tornado awards winners for services to the blues in the lone star state. Dick Heckstall-Smith, (baritone sax on pillowcase Blues) was a founder member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, and rates Eddie "as the hottest blues musician to come out of Britain since the 1960's". The Little Big Horns provide vintage brass sounds too! Belgian blues meister Mark T (and sideman for Rusty Zinn and Marc Hummel) deserves a production credit.

So if you like good rocking blues you have it a-plenty here - but Eddie adds another colour or two to the usual palette. He takes his blues to the country and back to the town and has many a telling thing to say about life, love and the human condition along the way" ~JIM HALL

Eddie Martin (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Pat Gamble (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Jimmy "Blue Shoes" Pendleton (drums); Mike Hoddinott (congas); Marc T (tambourine).

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