Johnny Copeland - 2 albums: Texas Twister / Catch Up With The Blues

Album: Texas Twister
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 66:24
Size: 152.0 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 1986
Art: Front

[2:55] 1. Everybody Wants A Piece Of Me
[3:06] 2. Copeland Special
[4:49] 3. It's My Own Tears
[3:32] 4. Claim Jumper
[3:24] 5. Natural Born Believer
[3:57] 6. Cold Outside
[5:06] 7. Honky Tonkin'
[3:50] 8. Love Utopia
[4:03] 9. Don't Stop By The Creek, Son
[3:31] 10. Houston
[6:52] 11. I De Go Now
[3:27] 12. Excuses
[8:41] 13. Ngote
[5:30] 14. Kasavubu
[3:36] 15. Abidjan

Johnny Copeland's tenure on Rounder Records was mostly productive. He made several albums that ranged from decent to very good, increased his audience and name recognition, and got better recording facilities and company support than at most times in his career. The 15 numbers on this anthology cover four Rounder sessions, and include competent renditions of familiar numbers. But what makes things special are the final three selections; these were part of Copeland's superb and unjustly underrated Bringin' It All Back Home album, recorded in Africa, which matched Texas shuffle licks with swaying, riveting African rhythms. ~Ron Wynn

Texas Twister

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Album: Catch Up With The Blues
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 54:12
Size: 124.1 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 1994
Art: Front

[4:58] 1. Catch Up With The Blues
[6:31] 2. Rolling With The Punches
[4:50] 3. Every Dog's Got His Day
[3:23] 4. Cold, Cold Winter
[3:19] 5. Making A Fool Of Myself
[5:59] 6. Rain
[3:50] 7. The Grammy Song
[4:46] 8. Bye, Bye Baby
[4:43] 9. Another Man's Wife
[2:48] 10. I'm Creepin'
[3:39] 11. Pedal To The Metal
[5:19] 12. Life's Rainbow (Nature Song)

Recorded at Kiva Recording Studios, Memphis, Tennessee in April and May 1993. Johnny Copeland (vocals, guitar); Joe "Guitar" Hughes (vocals, guitar); Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (guitar, violin); Lonnie Brooks, Bobby Kyle (guitar); Richard Ford (steel guitar); Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (harmonica); Andrew Love (tenor saxophone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet, trombone); Floyd Phillips (piano); Barry Harrison (drums); Robert Hall (tambourine); Jacquelyn Reddick, Jacqueline Johnson (background vocals). Recording information: Kiva Studios, Memphis, TN (04/27/1993-05/03/1993).

Catch Up With The Blues

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