Size: 130,7 MB
Time: 55:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Full
01. Bassett Hound (4:19)
02. Walk My Blues Away (5:02)
03. Ningyo Mambo (4:36)
04. Sweet Potato Pie (4:31)
05. You Little Doll! (5:59)
06. Still Can Boogie (4:27)
07. Years Gone By (5:01)
08. The Mellow Side (4:34)
09. Pick Up The Pieces (5:58)
10. Cold Winter Morning (5:06)
11. Bouncing With Bassett (6:02)
Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Johnnie Bassett grew up with blues music all around him in his native Florida. His unique ability to combine jump blues and Delta stylings gave his playing a distinctive sound. The self-taught guitarist recalled seeing Tampa Red, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, and other classic blues artists at fish fries in his grandmother's backyard. Bassett cited Aaron "T-Bone" Walker as a major influence, as well as B.B. and Albert King, Tiny Grimes, and Billy Butler.
After Bassett's family moved to Detroit in 1944, he made his debut as a guitarist with Joe Weaver & the Bluenotes, a teenage R&B band. The group won local talent contests and was hired to back up Big Joe Turner, Ruth Brown, and others on their tour stops in Detroit. Bassett went into the Army in 1958 and played in a country & western group while stationed in Washington state.
After returning to Detroit, he found work as a session guitarist for Fortune Records by day and in nightclubs at night. In the studios, he played backup to musicians and groups like Nolan Strong & the Diablos, Andre Williams & the Don Juans, and the Five Dollars. He also played guitar on the first recording by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles while traveling to Chicago to record as a session man for the Chess Records label. During his Detroit days, he also accompanied John Lee Hooker, Eddie Burns, Alberta Adams, Lowell Fulson, and the T.J. Fowler Band at their live shows, as well as Dinah Washington.
In the 1960s, Bassett moved to Seattle, where he backed up Tina Turner, Little Willie John, and others. Jimi Hendrix was a frequent guest at the bluesman's club gigs around Seattle. Before the decade ended, he moved back to Detroit, where he was based for the remainder of his life.
In 1994, Bassett received a lifetime achievement award from the Detroit Blues Society. He later recorded an album for the Dutch Black Magic label, I Gave My Life to the Blues (1996). Bassett and his band, the Blues Insurgents, made several U.S., Canadian, and European tours in support of LPs including 1997's Bassett Hound and 1998's Cadillac Blues. After the turn of the millennium, Bassett released two albums on the Sly Dog imprint of Mack Avenue Records, 2009's The Gentleman Is Back and 2012's I Can Make That Happen. After battling cancer, Johnnie Bassett died in August 2012 at the age of 76. ~by Richard Skelly
After Bassett's family moved to Detroit in 1944, he made his debut as a guitarist with Joe Weaver & the Bluenotes, a teenage R&B band. The group won local talent contests and was hired to back up Big Joe Turner, Ruth Brown, and others on their tour stops in Detroit. Bassett went into the Army in 1958 and played in a country & western group while stationed in Washington state.
After returning to Detroit, he found work as a session guitarist for Fortune Records by day and in nightclubs at night. In the studios, he played backup to musicians and groups like Nolan Strong & the Diablos, Andre Williams & the Don Juans, and the Five Dollars. He also played guitar on the first recording by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles while traveling to Chicago to record as a session man for the Chess Records label. During his Detroit days, he also accompanied John Lee Hooker, Eddie Burns, Alberta Adams, Lowell Fulson, and the T.J. Fowler Band at their live shows, as well as Dinah Washington.
In the 1960s, Bassett moved to Seattle, where he backed up Tina Turner, Little Willie John, and others. Jimi Hendrix was a frequent guest at the bluesman's club gigs around Seattle. Before the decade ended, he moved back to Detroit, where he was based for the remainder of his life.
In 1994, Bassett received a lifetime achievement award from the Detroit Blues Society. He later recorded an album for the Dutch Black Magic label, I Gave My Life to the Blues (1996). Bassett and his band, the Blues Insurgents, made several U.S., Canadian, and European tours in support of LPs including 1997's Bassett Hound and 1998's Cadillac Blues. After the turn of the millennium, Bassett released two albums on the Sly Dog imprint of Mack Avenue Records, 2009's The Gentleman Is Back and 2012's I Can Make That Happen. After battling cancer, Johnnie Bassett died in August 2012 at the age of 76. ~by Richard Skelly
Bassett Hound
Size: 134,4 MB
Time: 57:05
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Full
01. I'm Gonna Do, What I'm Gonna Do (4:11)
02. Cadillac Blues (5:13)
03. Broke In Pieces (5:54)
04. I Can't Get It Together (4:46)
05. That's Fair Play (3:53)
06. Get Over Here Baby (5:50)
07. Raise The Roof, Raise The Rent (4:11)
08. Walk On Baby (4:01)
09. Memories Of Your Perfume (4:38)
10. Cadillac Baby (5:08)
11. Dog House Is My Home (4:29)
12. Dresser Drawers (4:46)
Two in a row for Johnny Bassett and his fine band, the Blues Insurgents. They are the keepers of the flame of straight-ahead, postwar blues. Bassett, musically, is a direct descendant of B.B. King circa 1965, with his pure, clean tone and long, flowing guitar lines uncluttered by electronic devices. Vocally, he sounds like Mose Allison and Johnny Adams in an untrained way. His band is very tight and unusual because, along with trumpet, tenor sax and drums, it includes organ, which also plays the bass parts. If this disc has any faults, it may be that Bassett delivers a couple of the hurting songs with too much positive emotion, which seems at odds with his lyrics. A very satisfying disc of shuffles, down-in-the-alley slow blues and funk. ~by Sigmund Finman
Cadillac Blues
3 comments:
Hello, I love Johnnie 's style and I guess this album is the live one I heard about long ago. Could it be possible to have the link working again ? I am new to this site and I am not sure where to ask for it.
Sorry if not the right place
Greeny
New links for this post (both albums) can be found below.
Johnnie Bassett - Bassett Hound (1997)
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Johnnie Bassett & The Blues Insurgents - Cadillac Blues (1997) [320]
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.. and you asked for it in the right place Greeny, just the way we want it. All re-up requests should be made in the comments box for the post in question. Hope you will enjoy the albums.
Can't believe it, this album I was cherching for, maybe 15 years!
i discovered your site yesterday, asked for it yesterday and now I can listen to it. Many, many, many thanks. What a reactiveness, I am impressed how you guys can pay attention to request. Chapeau !!!
Greeny (an happy man)
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