Thursday, March 30, 2017

Mark May Band - 2 albums: Blues Heaven / Doll Maker

Texas may have produced more great unsung blues guitarists than any state in the nation. Mason Ruffner and Chris Duarte come immediately to mind as virtuosos who have labored in relative obscurity for years. Maybe it's the stiff competition that makes it so hard to break out of the Lone Star State. Had David Bowie and Jackson Browne not championed Stevie Ray Vaughan, he might never have transcended the Austin blues scene. It appears that, in order to break out from the blues pack these days, an artist must either be a teenage wunderkind or have the help of an industry insider to grease the wheels.

If a guitarist was ever worthy of such greasing, it's Houston's Mark May, the best guitarist you've never heard of, and arguably the most versatile talent working the blues today. He lets fly on his third album, "Doll Maker," the follow-up to 1997's brilliant "Telephone Road." Don't think Mark's been idle during the interval; he spent two productive years touring as Dickey Betts's guitarist. ~Bill Kolter

Album: Blues Heaven
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:28
Size: 177.4 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[4:40] 1. Boom Boom
[6:18] 2. Money
[4:29] 3. She's A Keeper
[6:34] 4. Blues Heaven
[5:02] 5. Put Down That Poison
[5:29] 6. Leaving Houston
[7:30] 7. Boomerang
[7:30] 8. I'm Her Fool
[5:05] 9. Gulf Coast Woman
[5:55] 10. All I Ever Do
[6:50] 11. Garden Of Truth
[6:05] 12. Kind Of Girl
[5:55] 13. Almost Like A Suicide

Blues Heaven mc
Blues Heaven zippy

Album: Mark May Band - Doll Maker
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:26
Size: 168.1 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[5:44] 1. Doll Maker
[5:43] 2. I'm A Gambler
[5:52] 3. Dig Your Ride
[5:50] 4. Gangsta's Blues
[5:30] 5. Pimp Daddy
[7:27] 6. Blue Monday
[6:07] 7. Place Your Betts
[5:26] 8. Gone Too Long
[6:07] 9. Black Cat Bone
[9:24] 10. You Ain't All That
[5:27] 11. Busta Blues
[4:43] 12. I Ain't Drunk

Doll Maker mc
Doll Maker zippy

4 comments:

snakeboy said...

Could I please get a re-up of Doll Maker? Thank you.

Red Rooster said...

New links for this post (both albums) can be found below.

Mark May Band & The Soul Satyr Horns - Blues Heaven (2016) [320]
MC: http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/LUZQN49W/MMB_TSSH-BH.rar_links
Zippy: http://www8.zippyshare.com/v/SNKV2l6F/file.html

Mark May - Doll Maker (2002) [320]
MC: http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/4PPVSZKB/MM-DM.rar_links
Zippy: http://www70.zippyshare.com/v/AOuz2O4Q/file.html

snakeboy said...

Thanks for the re-post. Much appreciated.

Red Rooster said...

@Bruno.. new links for "Doll Maker" can be found below. And next time you are going to ask for a re-up, please do it in the comments box for the post in question. Do not ask for re-ups in the chat box. Please read our guidelines or the text in yellow right above the c-box. With that said, here are the new links.

Mark May - Doll Maker (2002) [320]
MC: https://www.mirrored.to/files/1VMODKFL/MM-DM.rar_links
Zippy: https://www62.zippyshare.com/v/SwpzNW6G/file.html