Monday, March 28, 2016

Ruff Kutt Blues Band - Mill Block Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:25
Size: 126.9 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:46] 1. Cut Like A Knife
[4:28] 2. Living Without You
[3:23] 3. Drown On Dry Land
[5:37] 4. Now You See Me
[4:56] 5. Stone Cold Woman
[3:36] 6. This Is The Place
[4:46] 7. The Fowler Stret Stumble
[3:55] 8. Sh'e Gone
[3:37] 9. Mill Block Blues
[3:38] 10. Rock When You Need To
[3:23] 11. Oh Lord
[7:13] 12. Daddy Sang The Blues
[3:02] 13. I'm On My Own

The idea behind Ruff Kutt Blues and the making of "Mill Block Blues" belongs to James Goode (Bass) and as such he also wrote all the songs on the album, except for one which he co-wrote with Michael Schaefer, whom also does Vocals on a few of the songs. One of the more notable artists on "Mill Block Blues" is Anson Funderburgh, a Texas Blues Guitar Legend with an amazing 9 Handy Awards, already under his belt. Beyond laying down some mean Guitar licks on this album, Anson helped Arrange, as well as Produced "Mill Block Blues". Of the 13 Tracks on "Mill Block Blues", Anson was featured on 10 of them. The other great musicians and artists on this album included Gentleman John Street (Keys), Forresr Wesley Starr (Drums), Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones (Vocals), Dempsey Chrenshaw (Vocals/Harmonica), Christian Dozzler (Accordion), Hash Brown (Harmonica), Ron Jones (Sax), Don Cates (Rhythm Guitar), Steven Richardson (Drums/Vocals), Shurhonda Kemp (Vocals), and Kenny Daniel (Vocals). All of the artists on "Mill Block Blues" have amazing bio's which one easily finds written in the cover booklet.

"Mill Block Blues" is essentially a tribute album to those whom "lived on the Cotton Mill block" in the small town of McKinney in North Texas, through the 50's and 60's. James Goode stresses the fact that that area was not a ghetto, but in fact was a "large housing area of really good people that worked hard for their money." "Mill Block Blues" offers us 13 Tracks which deal with the tough times and sometimes really tough times a lot of those workers had to endure, and essentially offers us all a rare glimpse into an important part of American history. ~John Vermilyea

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