Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat - 2 albums: Shake / Radio Mojo

Album: Shake
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:49
Size: 143.8 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[4:04] 1. Snake Bit
[4:20] 2. Shake
[4:37] 3. Bad News
[4:30] 4. Snake Hips
[7:11] 5. Voodoo Light
[6:24] 6. Black Magic Spell
[4:12] 7. Graveyard Train
[4:15] 8. Little Boy Blue
[5:47] 9. Bones In The Closet
[4:27] 10. Double Talkin' Woman
[5:47] 11. Every Dog Has His Day
[7:11] 12. Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground Sweet Temptation

The title cut is more than appropriate, as the entire recording makes you want to do just that. It would be hard to beat the combination of the classic “Little Boy Blue”, mischievious “Double Talking Woman”, and toe tapping “Every Dog Has His Day”. This is one you don’t want to miss.

Shake mc
Shake zippy

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Album: Radio Mojo
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:04
Size: 107.8 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 1993
Art: Front

[2:49] 1. Where Were You When The Lights Went Out
[4:30] 2. Doncha Hang Around My Door
[3:31] 3. Radio Mojo
[3:37] 4. Devil's Hand
[3:35] 5. Oh Hannah
[3:06] 6. I Wonder
[3:57] 7. Diggin' Out The Dog
[3:44] 8. Ain't Comin' Home Tonight
[3:24] 9. Beggin' You Please
[4:04] 10. I Know A Secret
[3:03] 11. Pickin' The Blues
[4:24] 12. I Just Got To Know
[3:13] 13. If I Could See The Future

From the hard-rocking, slide guitar driven “Where Were You When the Lights Went Out” to the Magic Sam-influenced treatment of “I Just Got to Know,” Suhler and company carve out an original blues-rock groove that recalls George Thorogood, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Suhler is particularly good at nasty slide guitar, showcased on the Elmore James instrumental “Pickin’ the Blues.”

From the Bo Diddley beat (on “Oh Hannah”) to the slinky reptile rhythms (“Doncha Hang Around My Door”), Monkey Beat suggests an unwholesomely good time. And, as George Thorogood (who picked them as an opening act on his most recent tours) states, “They better be good, I discovered them.”

Radio Mojo mc
Radio Mojo zippy

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