Otis Grand - Blues '65: ...For Listening, Swingin' & Dancing!

Size: 147,8 MB
Time: 62:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Electric Blues, Rockin' Blues
Art: Full

01. Pretend (3:21)
02. Who Will The Next Fool Be (5:33)
03. Bad News Blues On Tv (4:34)
04. Rumba Conga Twist (5:59)
05. Do You Remember (When) (7:50)
06. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (4:58)
07. Midnight Blues (4:54)
08. Please Don't Leave (4:53)
09. In Your Backyard (3:40)
10. The Shag Shuffle (4:31)
11. Warning Blues (4:54)
12. Those Days Are Gone (3:03)
13. Baby Please Don't Tease (4:30)

Blues.. for Listening, Swingin & Dancing! "Blues '65" is a celebration of the sounds that influenced him during his teenage years. This was an era when recordings of every genre were made to be radio friendly and charts saw Pop, Rock, Soul, R&B, and even Blues nestled comfortably together. There are no guitar pyrotechnics here - just straightforward danceable, Swingin' and listening grooves (Rumba Conga Twist). Otis, truly a master of his instrument in an age of 'guitar heroes', still plays in that authentic Blues style with simplicity, feel, lyricism and rhythmic attack to the fore. 'PRETEN'D was a big hit for Nat King Cole in 1953. It was subsequently a hit for Carl Mann in 1959 on Sun Records, and Alvin Stardust's version was a popular hit in the UK in 1981. According to Babalú Hoodoo, this could be a hit for Otis Grand in 2012. Vocals on this outing are from Otis' long-time friend and collaborator, the massively under-rated and best living bluesman today, Sugar Ray Norcia. Sugar Ray really excels on 'Pretend', 'Bad News Blues On TV', 'Midnight Blues' and on 'Who Will The Next Fool Be'. One track even sees the return from retirement of Otis' long-time touring vocalist, Brother Roy Oakley on the New Orleans soul 'Please Don't Leave'. The mission continues with Blues'65 - roll back the carpet and get ready to get down with this perfect evocation of one of the greatest periods in Blues history. And as BB King once said: "If this ain't it, I quit".

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John Primer & Bob Corritore - The Gypsy Woman Told Me

Size: 113,7 MB
Time: 48:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Keep A-Driving (4:08)
02. The Gypsy Woman Told Me (3:35)
03. Knockin' On Your Door (3:55)
04. Gambling Blues (3:17)
05. Little Bitty Woman (3:41)
06. Walking The Back Streets And Crying (5:00)
07. I Got The Same Old Blues (3:35)
08. My Imagination (4:00)
09. Let's Get Together (3:56)
10. Left Me With A Broken Heart (3:53)
11. Walked So Long (4:37)
12. Ain't Gonna Be No Cuttin' Loose (4:42)

Blues harmonica ace BOB CORRITORE teams up with frequent musical partner, acclaimed blues guitarist/vocalist (formerly with Muddy Waters, Magic Slim and Junior Wells) JOHN PRIMER for THE GYPSY WOMAN TOLD ME, the follow up to the highly successful recent VizzTone releases by Bob Corritore and Friends, DON'T LET THE DEVIL RIDE and DO THE HIP SHAKE, BABY! Here is that rare album that's fully connected to the core of Chicago Blues. Both John Primer and Bob Corritore are experienced veterans of the genre, fluent in its sacred, expressive vocabulary. With a team of A-list players, Primer and Corritore fulfill and expand their branded presentation of Chicago blues on THE GYPSY WOMAN TOLD ME, their third collaborative effort. Produced by Bob Corritore, Clarke Rigsby, and Kid Andersen. With Billy Flynn, Jimi 'Primetime' Smith, Kid Andersen, Bob Welsh, Ben Levin, Kedar Roy, Troy Sandow, Mike Hightower, June Core, and Brian Fahey.

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Tim Staffell & Paul Stewart - How High?

Size: 136,9 MB
Time: 58:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues Rock, Blues Jazz
Art: Front

01. Whats Wrong With Me? (4:07)
02. Spoonful (3:51)
03. Jazz, Gin & Blues (3:15)
04. Redwood League (Live At The Brunswick) (5:20)
05. Walkin' The Dog (2:48)
06. Salome (4:05)
07. How High (3:15)
08. The Vow (6:34)
09. Wrong Place Wrong Time (4:01)
10. Just Wanna Make Love 2 U (3:22)
11. Low Rent Blues (4:13)
12. Sudden Moves (Live At The Brunswick) (4:41)
13. Rockman (4:50)
14. Statesboro' Blues (3:43)

Paul Stewart & Tim Staffell were important contributors to the original Rhythm & Blues explosion which ignited in West London in the 'sixties; contemporary with the Stones, Eric Clapton, The Yardbirds, & countless other notable performers of the period.

Both pupils at Hampton School, Stewart was lead singer and harp player with legendary R&B band 'The Others', while Staffell was lead singer and bass player in the pre-Queen power trio 'Smile' with Brian May & Roger Taylor.

They present a personal selection of traditional and modern blues flavoured music with its roots firmly in those times. Both accomplished instrumentalists and writers, the duo features close harmony, guitar interplay and blues harp, from time to time they are augmented by a light rhythm section, and added instrumentation from collaborators and friends.

How High?

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VA - Discover British Blues On Decca & Deram Records

Size: 375,2 MB
Time: 163:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: British Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Curly (4:53)
02. Eddie Boyd & His Blues Band - Key To The Highway (2:34)
03. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - The Super-Natural (2:55)
04. Otis Spann - Pretty Girls Everywhere (2:51)
05. Eddie Boyd & His Blues Band - Blue Coat Man (2:32)
06. Champion Jack Dupree - Third Degree (3:17)
07. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Eric Clapton - Steppin' Out (Mono Instrumental) (2:28)
08. Savoy Brown - Train To Nowhere (4:16)
09. Curtis Jones - Roll Me Over (2:37)
10. Zoot Money's Big Roll Band - Get On The Right Track Baby (1:52)
11. Alexis Korner Skiffle Group, Ronnie Jones - Night Time Is The Right Time (4:19)
12. Mae Mercer - Sweet Little Angel (3:21)
13. The Graham Bond Organisation, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker - Strut Around (2:36)
14. John Mayall & Steve Anglo - Long Night (2:02)
15. Davy Graham - Goin' Down Slow (2:30)
16. Savoy Brown - Taste And Try, Before You Buy (2:26)
17. Keef Hartley Band - Me And My Woman (5:02)
18. Eddie Boyd & His Blues Band - Dust My Broom (2:39)
19. Champion Jack Dupree & His Blues Band, Mickey Baker - Barrelhouse Woman (2:02)
20. Rod Stewart - I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town (2:55)
21. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Double Trouble (Stereo Album Version) (3:22)
22. Champion Jack Dupree - 24 Hours (4:06)
23. Alexis Korner Skiffle GroupAlexis Korner's Blues Incorporated - Early In The Morning (2:58)
24. Savoy Brown Blues Band - Let Me Love You Baby (3:04)
25. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - I Need Your Love (Live At Klooks Kleek, London 1964) (4:19)
26. Dave Berry - Hoochie Coochie Man (3:11)
27. The Graham Bond Organisation - Long Legged Baby (2:15)
28. Rod Stewart - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (2:05)
29. Steve Aldo - Baby What You Want Me To Do (3:46)
30. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Out Of Reach (4:41)
31. Amen Corner - Gin House Blues (3:14)
32. Eddie Boyd & His Blues Band - Too Bad Part 1 (2:45)
33. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Greeny (3:54)
34. Savoy Brown - Someday People (4:33)
35. Ten Years After - Spoonful (6:03)
36. Ten Years After - Feel It For Me (2:39)
37. Davy Graham - Good Morning Blues (5:23)
38. Davy Graham - Freight Train Blues (4:04)
39. Ten Years After - Hear Me Calling (5:44)
40. Keef Hartley Band - Born To Die (9:58)
41. Keef Hartley Band - Too Much Thinking (5:31)
42. Ten Years After - Rock Your Mama (2:59)
43. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Sandy (3:47)
44. Savoy Brown - Louisiana Blues (Live) (9:05)

Discover British Blues On Decca & Deram Records

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Pat Boyack & The Prowlers - Breakin' In

Size: 104,8 MB
Time: 44:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1994
Styles: Texas Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. The Girl, She's Crazy (2:39)
02. Gas Station Man (3:11)
03. Where You Been All My Life? (3:23)
04. Lover's Rhumba (4:12)
05. Lou Ann (4:36)
06. She A Devil (3:33)
07. She Did The Do (2:53)
08. Happy At Home (4:04)
09. Stone Cold Fox (2:44)
10. Sadie Drinks Whiskey (3:40)
11. Better Cool Down (3:18)
12. Operator (3:31)
13. Give My Love All To You (2:40)

The Dallas-Fort Worth area is one tough place to be a blues musician. With friendly competition from the likes of Anson Funderburgh, Smokin' Joe Kubek, Jim Suhler and others, you either get damn good or you keep your day job. Get ready to hear the Prowlers' debut! Featuring Pat Boyack on guitar and Jimmy Morello on vocals, no alarm system, guard dog, lock, chain or security guard can keep these Prowlers off the national blues scene.

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VA - (When You Find Love You’re) Feelin’ Good (KMCD41)

Size: 161,6 MB
Time: 67:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front & Back

01 The Cadillacs - My Girlfriend (1:55)
02 Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin' Good (2:53)
03 Gene & Eunice - I'm So In Love With You (2:30)
04 The Classics - Gosh, But This Is Love (1:57)
05 Clyde McPhatter - I Wanna Be The Only One (2:21)
06 Shirley & Lee - Don't You Know I Love You (2:23)
07 The Gallahads - Why Do Fools Fall In Love (2:25)
08 Otis Blackwell - Wake Up Fool (2:17)
09 J.B. Lenoir - I Have Married (2:26)
10 Julie Stevens & The Premiers - Crazy Bells (2:17)
11 The Jive Five - Do You Hear Wedding Bells (2:13)
12 Johnny Otis Congregation - Wedding Boogie (2:57)
13 The Jive Five - When I Was Single (2:11)
14 Titus Turner - We Told You Not To Marry (2:15)
15 Tiny Topsy - After Marriage Blues (2:20)
16 Guitar Slim - Twenty-Five Lies (2:13)
17 Roy Hamilton - You Can Have Her (2:47)
18 The Du-Droppers - Go Back (2:41)
19 Billy Ward & His Dominoes - I Ain't Gonna Cry For You (2:04)
20 Howlin' Wolf - Worried About My Baby (2:59)
21 Eddie 'Guitar Slim' Jones - Cryin' In The Morning (2:09)
22 Earl King - Baby, You Can Get Your Gun (2:09)
23 T.J. Fowler - Back Biter (2:37)
24 Leroy Foster - Locked Out Boogie (2:33)
25 Clyde McPhatter - Lover Please (2:00)
26 The Sunbeams - Come Back Baby (2:29)
27 Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin' Bad (2:41)
28 Slim Gaillard - The Dirty Rooster (Fuck Off) (2:15)

The label Koko Mojo Records focuses on the release of classic and less well known songs from the rhythm & blues area. This collection, "When You Find Love You're Feelin 'Good", is about the magic of love, the magic of moments of getting to know each other. Accordingly, the happy dancing couple on the cover can also be understood, yes, you feel good. But if you open the cover, you can see the once so happily and enthusiastically transfigured man with two suitcases in his hands and his wife, who, a toddler and a baby, obviously points him out of the house. Yes, love can tip over.

And exactly these situations are represented on this sampler with the corresponding songs. "Feelin 'Good", "I'm So In Love With You" contrast with those with titles like "After Marriage Blues" or "Worried About My Baby". And once it was called "I Wanna Be The Only One", it will later be called "You Can Have Her". Yes, that's how life can play. "My Girlfriend" opens the dance, The Cadillacs sing the doo-wop robe clapping in one hand very happily.

Little Junior Parker's song is the namesake of this collection and sings it with its blues, which actually sounds exactly like Magic Sam's song , but at that time it was also often unclear who was actually the author of a piece. Over the course of the twenty-eight tracks, we continue to encounter wind-supported rhythm & blues, pop music with string arrangements, further doo wop tracks, another pure blues by JB Lenoir , who reports on his current marriage, or the Johnny Otis Congregation , who played with the "Wedding Boogie" lets some preachers have their say.

The mix of artists consists on the one hand of relatively unknown musicians such as Gene And Eunice , Tiny Topsy or The Sunbeams , but on the other hand Howlin 'Wolf , Earl King or Clyde McPhatter can also be heard. Ultimately, this compilation represents a representative image of the music scene of colored artists, with the typical sounds of the fifties. There are also some well-known melodies, especially I refer to titles like "Why Do Fools Fall In Love", originally by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers from 1956, here in a version of The Gallahads or "Lover Please " fromClyde McPhatter . So there is a colorful mood about love, happiness, wedding, passion and disappointments.

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Vernon Garrett - I Made My Own World: The Modern & Kent Recordings Plus...

Size: 181,1 MB
Time: 77:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: R&B, Soul, Funk
Art: Full

01. If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time ( 2:38)
02. Running Out ( 2:55)
03. You And Me Together ( 2:24)
04. Shine It On ( 2:29)
05. I'm Guilty ( 2:54)
06. Going To My Baby's Place ( 3:16)
07. I've Learned My Lesson ( 2:24)
08. Things Are Lookin' Better ( 2:31)
09. One Man's Loss ( 3:38)
10. I Made My Own World ( 3:53)
11. Slow And Easy ( 2:28)
12. To Be A Part Of You ( 2:31)
13. Those Lonely, Lonely Nights (With Jewel) ( 2:55)
14. Just To Hold My Hand (With Jewel) ( 2:59)
15. How About You (With Jewel) ( 2:58)
16. Baby (You Got What It Takes) (With Jewel) ( 2:36)
17. You're So Fine (With Jewel) ( 3:32)
18. Does It Matter To You (With Jewel) ( 3:30)
19. Since You Left Me All Alone (With Jewel) ( 2:28)
20. Sail On (With Jewel) ( 2:37)
21. In My Heart (With Jewel) (11:09)
22. Let The Good Times Roll (With Jewel) ( 3:08)
23. (That's) A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love) (With Jewel) ( 3:04)
24. If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time (With Richard Parker) ( 2:34)

Vernon Garrett is a gravel-voiced soul journeyman, recording from the '60s until the present, never striking gold but always cutting soulful and often great sides. I Made My Own World is a collection of his work from the 1960s (with a track or three from the '70s, too), both on his own and as a duo with his wife, Jewel. His best-known track is the lush, aching "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time" from 1966. The version Kent uses here is an alternate take featuring a slightly different vocal. Why not the original version, one might ask. Perhaps it is to attract collectors to the disc, but it is annoying that the original version is not included. The other solo tracks are a mix of Motown-flavored pop-soul ("Slow and Easy," "You and Me Together"), nasty funk ("I've Learned My Lesson," "One Man's Loss"), bluesy ballads ("I Made My Own World"), and a great '70s track, "To Be a Part of You," which has a pounding tribal beat and a sweet vocal hook. It could have been a big hit if someone like the Spinners released it. The tracks with Jewel date from the mid-'60s and are slightly less successful than Garrett's solo tracks, but still fun. Most of the songs are lightweight R&B fodder and Garrett's voice is sometimes too heavy for fun songs like "Just to Hold My Hand" or "Let the Good Times Roll." The tracks like "You're So Fine" and the manic "In My Heart" that rock harder and let Garrett and the equally tough Jewel cut loose are much better. A handful of tracks come from a live club date from 1964. It is cool to hear much fun Vernon and Jewel seem to be having and how wild they drive the crowd. As a bonus the disc includes an instrumental version of "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time." I Made My Own World is an entertaining collection of tracks by an unjustly overlooked soul singer (and his wife) deserving of some recognition. ~Tim Sendra

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Buckwheat Zydeco & Ils Sont Partis Band - 100% Fortified Zydeco

Size: 96,7 MB
Time: 40:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1988
Styles: Blues Zydeco
Art: Full

01. I Need Your Lovin' Everyday (3:27)
02. I've Had Trouble With The Blues (4:05)
03. Jasperoux (4:24)
04. Somebody Stole My Slide (4:09)
05. In The Summertime (4:08)
06. Take Me To The Mountain Top (7:33)
07. Buck's Nouvelle Jole Blon (4:42)
08. Is There Something Inside You? (3:04)
09. Zydeco Tous Pa Tous (2:31)
10. I'm Ready To Play (2:43)

Recorded July 18-20 1983 at Omega Audio, Dallas.

Currently the most visible zydeco artist nationally, this mid-'80s effort is his best, as the material recorded is more inventive. The sound is great and the song selection is superior.

Bio:
Contemporary zydeco's most popular performer, accordionist Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural was the natural successor to the throne vacated by the death of his mentor Clifton Chenier; infusing his propulsive party music with strains of rock and R&B, his urbanized sound -- complete with touches of synthesizer and trumpet -- married traditional and contemporary zydeco with uncommon flair, in the process reaching a wider mainstream audience than any artist before him. Dural was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, on November 14, 1947; with his braided hair, he soon acquired the nickname "Buckwheat" (an homage to the Our Gang character), and by the age of four was already touted as a piano prodigy. Although often exposed to traditional zydeco as a child, he preferred R&B, and by the mid-'50s was playing professionally with Lynn August; Dural's acclaim as a keyboardist quickly spread, and he also backed notables including Joe Tex and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown.

In 1971, Dural founded Buckwheat & the Hitchhikers, a 16-piece funk band that he led for the next half decade; however, in 1976 he finally fell under zydeco's sway when recruited to back Chenier -- a friend of his father -- on tour. Originally brought on as an organist, Dural picked up the accordion within two years and began learning from the master himself; rechristening himself Buckwheat Zydeco, he formed his own combo by 1979, the Ils Sont Partis Band (translated as "They're off!," so named in honor of the cry heard at the beginning of each horse race at the Lafayette track). Upon signing to the Blues Unlimited label, the group debuted in 1979 with One for the Road, followed in 1980 by Take It Easy, Baby. After 1983's 100% Fortified Zydeco, the group moved to the Rounder label, where it issued the Grammy-nominated Turning Point; the 1985 follow-up, Waitin' for My Ya Ya, was similarly honored.

In 1986, New York-based music critic Ted Fox helped Buckwheat Zydeco land a deal with Island Records, in the process becoming the first zydeco act ever signed to a major label; Fox subsequently acted as their producer as well. The group made its Island debut in 1987 with the acclaimed On a Night Like This, another Grammy nominee; that same year the band also appeared in the hit movie The Big Easy, further increasing its public visibility. Taking It Home followed in 1988, but after 1990's Where There's Smoke There's Fire, Buckwheat Zydeco was dropped by Island, signing to Charisma for 1992's On Track. The years to follow saw the band drifting from one label to another, signing to Warner for 1994's Choo Choo Boogaloo, then hopping to Atlantic for 1997's Trouble; although their commercial fortunes may have dipped, they remained hugely popular as a live attraction, despite purists' charges of commercialism, and celebrated two decades of music in 1999 with The Buckwheat Zydeco Story: A 20 Year Party. Dural continued to be active into the 21st century, releasing Jackpot! in 2005, followed by Lay Your Burden Down in 2009 and Buckwheat Zydeco's Bayou Boogie in 2010. He died of lung cancer in September 2016 at the age of 68. ~Jason Ankeny

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Various Artists - Popcorn Blues Party Vol. 1 & Vol. 2

Album: Popcorn Blues Party Vol. 1 (KMCD28)
Size: 137,8 MB
Time: 57:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front & Back

01 B.B. King - Sixteen Tons (2:34)
02 Johnny Copeland - Just One More Time (2:55)
03 Jody Williams - Lucky Lou (3:48)
04 John Lee Hooker - You Gotta Shake It Up And Go (2:17)
05 Memphis Slim - Steppin' Out (2:00)
06 Bo Diddley - She's Fine, She's Mine (2:42)
07 Roy Gaines - Black Gal (2:22)
08 Tabby Thomas - My Baby Got It (2:33)
09 Dennis Roberts - I Don't Care (2:43)
10 Jerry McCain - Jet Stream (2:30)
11 Sugar Boy Williams - Little Girl (2:33)
12 Jimmie Lee Robinson - Lonely Traveling (2:25)
13 Howlin' Wolf - Going Back Home (2:41)
14 Ricky Allen - Cut You A-Loose (2:48)
15 Johnny Guitar Watson - Wait A Minute Baby (2:06)
16 Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - The Cricket (2:47)
17 Jimmy Rogers - What Have I Done (2:43)
18 Sonny Boy Williamson - Help Me (3:10)
19 Freddie King - The Bossa Nova Watusi Twist (2:53)
20 Rose Mitchell - Baby Please Don't Go (2:25)
21 Otis Rush - Keep On Loving Me Baby (2:23)
22 Shakey Jake - Jake's Cha Cha (2:07)

Album: Popcorn Blues Party Vol. 2 (KMCD29)
Size: 153,1 MB
Time: 64:07
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front & Back

01 Albert King - Had You Told It Like It Was (3:09)
02 Bobby 'Blue' Bland - 36-22-36 (2:51)
03 Miss Lavelle White - Stop These Teardrops (2:22)
04 Ike Turner & His Orchestra - She Made My Blood Run Cold (2:21)
05 Little Joe Washington - Bossa Nova And Grits (2:12)
06 Sir Arthur Coleman - Stop Cheating On Me (2:52)
07 Albert Collins - Icy Blue (3:02)
08 Big Jack Reynolds - Made It Up In Your Mind (2:26)
09 Piney Brown - Sugar In My Tea (Cream In My Coffee) (2:30)
10 Bo Diddley - Down Home Special (3:12)
11 Louisiana Red - Sugar Hips (4:30)
12 Charles Sheffield - Its Your Voodoo Working (1:47)
13 Charles Clark - Hidden Charms (2:34)
14 Doug Johnson & The Outlaws - Quick Sand (2:40)
15 Blind Johnny Davis - Magic Carpet (2:14)
16 Nappy Brown - My Baby (2:31)
17 Otis Rush & His Band - All Your Love (2:38)
18 Willie Cobbs - You Don't Love Me (6:06)
19 Tommy Brown - Southern Women (2:29)
20 Bo Diddley - I Can Tell (4:34)
21 Peppermint Harris - Need Your Lovin' (2:50)
22 Little Walter (Marion Walter Jacobs) - Up The Line (2:07)

The Popcorn genre is a style of music and dancing first established in Belgium (the Land of Beers) in the late 1960s and it got its name from a discotheque called the Popcorn. This style includes a pretty eclectic and wide range of American R&B and pop songs mostly recorded in the 1950s and mid-1960s in a slow or medium tempo and often in a minor key. Popcorn can be recognized by its tempo just as much as its sound. In an article for The Guardian titled ''Belgium's 'Popcorn: the last underground music scene in Europe'' musician and writer Bob Stanley wrote ''the purity of Belgian Popcorn is its very impurity. R&B, Broadway numbers, tangos, Phil Spector-Esque girl groups, and loungey instrumentals, they are all constituent parts of a rare, and still largely undiscovered scene. It won't stay that way forever.

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Kim Wilson - The Complete My Blues Sessions

Size: 174,1+175,0+174,1 MB
Time: 73:57+74:25+73:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Harmonica Blues, Texas Blues, Rockin' Blues
Art: Full

CD 1:
01. Too Late Old Man (Take 1) (3:14)
02. Too Late Old Man (Take 2) (3:15)
03. Irene (Take 4) (3:16)
04. Irene (Take 5) (3:14)
05. Irene (Take 6) (3:11)
06. Oh Baby (Take 1) (3:38)
07. Oh Baby (Take 2) (4:37)
08. Tryin To Make A Livin' (Take 1) (3:04)
09. Tryin To Make A Livin' (Take 2) (3:03)
10. Tryin To Make A Livin' (Take 3) (0:19)
11. Tryin To Make A Livin' (Take 4) (3:19)
12. Things Ain't Right (Take 3) (3:44)
13. Things Ain't Right (Take 4) (3:52)
14. Bea's Boogie (Take 1) (3:00)
15. Bea's Boogie (Take 2) (2:54)
16. Bea's Boogie (Take 3) (2:55)
17. Date Bait (Take 1) (3:34)
18. Date Bait (Take 3) (3:57)
19. Date Bait (Take 5) (3:44)
20. Mambo Lover (Take 5) (6:03)
21. Mambo Lover (Take 2) (5:53)

CD 2:
01. Come 'n Git It (Take 1) (4:22)
02. Come 'n Git It (Take 2) (3:31)
03. Come 'n Git It (Take 3) (3:46)
04. Your Funeral And My Trial (Take 1) (4:13)
05. Your Funeral And My Trial (Take 2) (4:21)
06. Born Blind (Take 1) (3:14)
07. Born Blind (Take 2) (2:48)
08. Break It Up Baby (Take 1) (2:32)
09. Break It Up Baby (Take 2) (2:30)
10. Break It Up Baby (Take 5) (2:40)
11. Gumbo Blues (Take 1) (3:26)
12. Gumbo Blues (Take 2) (3:29)
13. Gumbo Blues (Take 5) (3:33)
14. Blue Eyed Baby (Take 1) (3:41)
15. Blue Eyed Baby (Take 2) (4:13)
16. My Blues (5:57)
17. I'm Goin Home (Take 1) (3:37)
18. I'm Goin Home (Take 2) (3:52)
19. Everything Gonna Be Alright (Take 1) (4:11)
20. Everything Gonna Be Alright (Take 2) (4:20)

CD 3:
01. Instrumental (Take 2) (4:05)
02. Instrumental (Take 3) (3:48)
03. I'm Leavin You (Take 1) (4:58)
04. I'm Leavin You (Take 2) (5:00)
05. Tomorrow Night (Take 1) (3:14)
06. Tomorrow Night (Take 2) (3:14)
07. Tell Me Why (Take 2) (2:26)
08. Tell Me Why (Take 7) (2:28)
09. Tell Me Why (Take 5) (2:27)
10. Everything I Do Is Wrong (Take 1) (4:15)
11. Everything I Do Is Wrong (Take 2) (4:17)
12. Bea's Boogie (Take 1) (2:22)
13. Bea's Boogie (Take 4) (2:28)
14. Bea's Boogie (Take 5) (2:26)
15. Hop Skip Jump (Take 3) (2:38)
16. Hop Skip Jump (Take 4) (2:36)
17. West Helena Woman (Take 2) (3:59)
18. West Helena Woman (Take 3) (4:04)
19. I'm Goin Home (Take 1) (3:07)
20. I'm Goin Home (Take 2) (3:12)
21. Five Long Years (6:42)

For years people have tried to talk me into making a box set of these sessions. Well, I’ve finally done it. Recorded the old way, direct to mono with no overdubs and no mixing. If you get it you get it, if you don’t you don’t. There are no fixes, no pitch adjusting, no vocal comps. Just pure blues. Basically, these were three different recording sessions one or two days at a time. Just improvising. Spitting out music one song after the other. The musicians are stellar. Junior Watson, Rusty Zinn, and Kid Ramos on guitar, the dynamite rhythm section of Larry Taylor on the bass and Richard Innes on the drums topped off by some beautiful piano work from Fred Kaplan. Oh, and let’s not forget the horn section of Scott Steen on trumpet and Tom Fabre, who this project is dedicated to, on tenor saxophone. I really feel like I captured some incredible work from Tom who, sadly, passed away a few years ago. A great person and a great musician. People with that combination are always missed. So what you get here is the full musical experience with very little fat cut off of it. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for all of your support. ~Kim Wilson

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Johnnie Taylor - Live At The Summit Club

Size: 148,9 MB
Time: 64:05
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2007
Styles: Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. Introduction By Rufus Thomas (0:39)
02. Take Care Of Your Homework (4:55)
03. Little Bluebird (7:10)
04. Steal Away (Version 1) (6:21)
05. I Don't Wanna Lose You (6:28)
06. Who's Making Love (4:56)
07. Hello Sundown (9:35)
08. Steal Away (Version 2) (8:20)
09. Stop Doggin' Me (6:32)
10. Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone (9:06)

With the release of Johnnie Taylor's Live at the Summit Club, the Concord label's takeover of the Stax catalog from its former owner, Fantasy, has already born fruit. This set is a club date recorded in 1972 as part of the WattStax: The Living Word documentary. Taylor was bumped from the festival lineup on the day of because of time overruns. He was booked into the club with his own band and an expanded set of Los Angeles musicians. The ten cuts here have never been issued unedited, and only one, an edited version of "Jody Got Your Girl and Gone," made the film, and three others were on earlier LPs as edited versions. The performance by Taylor is electrifying. He's in a club in front of the City of Angels regulars who, according to the notes, were "fur-lined players and ice cold hustlers." Given the film stills in the booklet, this observation proves to be true. Taylor is far from intimidated, however; he simply delivers an authoritative, strutting, burning performance that engages the audience at street level. They are active participants in what makes this date so special. The band is ragged and sometimes a bit off harmonically, missing cues (especially early), but Taylor doesn't miss a step. He chides them semi-regularly -- the first time happens at the beginning of "Steal Away," a Jimmy Hughes ballad he ramps up into a funky burner after his amazing read of Isaac Hayes' and David Porter's "Little Bluebird." He simply tells them to pick it up because they've been dragging all night. "Who's Making Love," his smash 1968 hit, is here as a full-blown audience participation number, and works to stunning effect. Cuts like "I Don't Wanna Lose You," "Hello Sundown," and "Stop Doggin' Me" simply come off like the lost funky soul Holy Grail that they are. The sound is impeccable, as the music was recorded for possible inclusion in the film -- he tells the crew to get their stuff out of his way at one point. This one cannot be recommended enough.

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Band Of Heysek - Juke My Joint (Feat. R.L. Boyce & Kenny Brown)

Size: 97,6 MB
Time: 42:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Angry Man (5:10)
02. Let Me Take You To My Place (4:11)
03. One More Life To Live (8:51)
04. Heal Me Right Now (2:56)
05. Drive Me Crazy (4:49)
06. Out Of Here (4:55)
07. On My Knees (6:53)
08. No More Boogie (4:43)

Band of Heysek is a bunch of guys who compose and play sensuous and emotional songs. Their blues are raw and dirty.

The band was formed in 2015. All three musicians have known each other for a very long time and very well from various Brno bands. Their zero concert at the Eurotrialog festival in Mikulov was so popular that they received an invitation to the next year, but also an offer to precede the famous The Smokie in Ostrava (2015). Since then, they have given concerts in clubs and festivals, especially in the Czech Republic, but also in Poland, Bosnia and Slovakia, including the famous BluesAlive (2017).

In the autumn of 2018, they accompanied a trio of bluesmen from Mississippi on a Czech-Polish mini-tour with a stop at BluesAlive in Šumperk. In the summer of 2019, on the other hand, they headed with their concert set to their home festival in the US North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic. At the end of their blues tour, they visited the recording studio in Water Valley with two rare guests - Kenny Brown and RL Boyce (nominated in 2017 for a Grammy Award in the blues category). From the two-day recordings, the band prepared two separate albums for release, of which the first "Band Of Heysek - Juke My Joint" is out now.

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VA - The Hot Spot (Soundtrack)

Size: 95,9 MB
Time: 40:50
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1990
Styles: Blues, Soundtrack
Art: Full

01. John Lee Hooker - Coming To Town (3:11)
02. Taj Mahal - Empty Bank (2:23)
03. John Lee Hooker - Harry's Philosophy (2:48)
04. Taj Mahal - Dolly's Arrival (1:20)
05. John Lee Hooker - Harry And Dolly (2:53)
06. John Lee Hooker - Sawmill (3:07)
07. Taj Mahal - Bank Robbery (4:37)
08. John Lee Hooker - Moanin' (3:24)
09. Miles Davis - Gloria's Story (3:27)
10. John Lee Hooker - Harry Sets Up Sutton (1:45)
11. John Lee Hooker - Murder (4:14)
12. Miles Davis - Blackmail (2:13)
13. Miles Davis - End Credits (5:22)

A return look and listen to this historical and breathtaking collaboration between two of the great figures of modern music should naturally be prefaced by a few key facts. Although this album presents itself as the soundtrack to the film The Hot Spot, like many such releases it bares little relation to the music that was actually used in the film -- not that much of this music was actually used. All one really needs to know about the film itself, other than the fact that it was directed by Dennis Hopper, is that it is awful, even by bad film standards. That it was the impetus for this marvelous music to be made is something listeners should be thankful for, particularly fans of either Miles Davis or John Lee Hooker. Anyone who grew up with the former artist during his electric transfusions of the '60s and '70s probably wondered why he wasn't playing with John Lee Hooker the whole time, since they both seemed headed in the same direction. In fact, one wonders why it took this crummy film and the personal appeal of its director to bring these two musical giants together. That they didn't seek to do something like this on their own can be looked at as a character flaw, one that can only be forgiven after listening to how wonderfully they interact here. An important aspect of the magic is their individual genius in the art of playing blues music in such utterly personal ways. There is no mistaking the sound of either Hooker or Davis for anyone else, with layer upon layer of detail backing that up -- the actual sound of their instruments is distinctive, their choices of notes and timing completely unusual and impossible to imitate, and they both have a knack for casually making even the most basic sort of band track sound as if it is a style of music that has never been played before. No matter how many times one may have heard a bar band break into what they think is a Hooker boogie, a brief recovery period will still be required after first exposure to the tracks here. Often during his recording career, Hooker was able to get a particularly scintillating rhythm section sound going with whatever pros had been assembled for the occasion. This is one of these sessions, but it indeed makes it seem like a royal visit to have Davis blowing over the top of these grooves. There are other dignitaries as well. Blues guitarist Roy Rogers adds some tasteful slide guitar, and it could be said that it presents another melodic direction for the interaction. But when one has a choice to hear Hooker or Davis instead, most listeners will simply wish Rogers had ridden off into the sunset on his faithful horse instead of coming to this session. Taj Mahal, on the other hand, adds nice textures with his dobro, an instrument that is wonderfully versatile yet so often overlooked in anything other than bluegrass music or straight-ahead country blues. The latter genre, unfortunately, has too much of a sway over this performer's choice of picking patterns. He sounds like what he is: a revivalist who learned how to play blues in college. The rhythm section kicks the whole time, while composer and arranger Jack Nitzsche makes valuable contributions of his own. This includes a minor-key groove -- completely unusual for Hooker, who perhaps recorded in a minor key less than a half-dozen times in his entire career. The dabs of typical film score-type music seem like nothing special until there is an entrance by Davis. These sections of him extemporizing over such routine music bring to mind one of the Ralph J. Gleason profiles of Davis, which described the artist hanging out in his music room playing along with various new releases and painfully trying to reharmonize several selections from the score of Dr. Doolittle he was thinking about recording. The image is that of normal music being twisted into something different by a master at such trickery; most of The Hot Spot soundtrack, on the other hand, presents this great jazz soloist playing over blues grooves as pure as only Hooker could make happen, an interesting contrast to some of the weaker, late-period Davis, where his bands are simply straining to be funky in an old-time bluesy way. To say this is the best recording Davis made in his final period might be misunderstood as damning with faint praise. A more solid compliment would be to contrast it with other great moments from the trumpeter's career, such as Bitches Brew or Kind of Blue, and the best parts of this soundtrack contain music that is every bit as interesting and profound. As for a Hooker album, there might be others that have better blues songs on them, but this is just about the only recording the bluesman ever did with a really great jazz soloist on it. ~Eugene Chadbourne

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Charlie Frey's Blue Plate Specials - Biscuits & Gravy

Size: 96,2 MB
Time: 41:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Ain't For Sale (4:36)
02. Sugar Mama (2:49)
03. Getty Square (3:41)
04. Marjorie (3:31)
05. The Minister's Daughter (3:00)
06. Biscuits And Gravy (4:17)
07. Shine (3:31)
08. Throw Me A 'Bone (4:04)
09. Since You're Gone (5:41)
10. Recipe For Disaster (4:03)
11. What's Keeping Me Away From You (2:29)

Personnel:
Charlie Frey - Guitar, Vocals
Walt Beier - Sax
Frank Hosking - Keyboards
Brad Haberle - Bass Vocals
Dennis Jacoby - Drums

"The Blue Plate Specials deal in galvanizing, in-the-groove blues boogie. Theirs is a jivey and genial, sway-backed proposition in which robust guitar, drums, and bass are further fortified by rollicking keys and horns. Sharp players suited to their glad duty." ~DC Larson

Biscuits & Gravy

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Mel Peekaboo - Straight To Your Heart

Size: 67,4 MB
Time: 27:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Rockabilly
Art: Front

01. Pretty Little Bird (2:22)
02. A Real Man (1:47)
03. Me And My Baby (2:31)
04. Don´t Play With My Heart (2:06)
05. Who Did It (2:00)
06. Good Lovin´ (2:18)
07. I Won´t Get Fooled (2:37)
08. Never Ending Night (2:29)
09. Jungle Life (2:54)
10. I Care About You (Feat. Cherry Casino) (2:29)
11. Jeopardy (2:27)
12. I´m Gonna Tell Everyone (1:50)

Mel's first album on El Toro entitled "It's Her" was an immediate smash it and got benevolent reviews in many of today's leading magazines and also on online platforms. In this, her second album, Mel presents an unusual variety of songs and tempos that demonstrate further her tremendous talent and versatility.
There are ballads and rockers which she has written herself. One of the song was not originally written for her, but it destined to become identified with Mel alone.
Backing Mel and Massimo are the great musicians who can also be heard on her debut album; Michael "Humpty Dumpty" Kirscht on guitar, Axel Praefcke on drums and Johnny Pierce on upright bass. This high-fidelity recording is a true reproduction of all sounds without discrimination or distortion. The original recording was done on a Telefunken M10 recorder at 38 cm/s using BASF PER-528 tape. To effectively record the full frequency spectrum Neumann U-47, U-67 and M-49 microphones were used. Artificial reverberation from EMT-140 reverb plate.
Sessions were held at LIGHTNING RECORDERS, Berlin/Germany.

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Aaron West - Blues Night (Live In Brisbane)

Size: 133,2 MB
Time: 57:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric Blues, Slide Guitar Blues
Art: Front

01. Going Down (Live) (5:58)
02. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (Live) (5:07)
03. It Hurts Me Too (Live) (6:07)
04. On Your Way Down (Live) (Feat. Kirk Lorange) (9:43)
05. Pride And Joy (Live) (Feat. Chris Stevenson) (6:36)
06. Love In Vain (Live) (5:43)
07. Dust My Broom (Live) (4:45)
08. Bourgeois Blues (Live) (Feat. Kirk Lorange) (6:07)
09. Bright Lights Big City (Live) (3:13)
10. I'll Play The Blues For You (Live) (4:35)

Raised in country New South Wales, Australia, Aaron began playing guitar at age 10 after being inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan. He was influenced by his father’s record collection, especially by great blues musicians like BB King, Buddy Guy, Little Walter, Jimmy Reed and Howlin’ Wolf.

He began playing music professionally during high school. After high school he was accepted into the Conservatorium of Music on both jazz guitar and jazz vocals, where he studied music theory for twelve months before leaving to take up a short-term teaching position. He has made a living from music ever since – playing thousands of gigs throughout the world, studio session work, singing jingles for TV and radio, writing and arranging etc.

He has had the privilege of meeting, playing, recording, studying, and living with some of the world’s best musicians and singers. He has appeared on most major Australian television networks. His original songs have received airplay both in Australia and overseas.

After years of being a sideman musician – playing other people’s music – Aaron has started leading his own band, where he can play the music that excites him; the legendary African-American styles of Soul, Blues, Funk, Jazz, Gospel, R&B.

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King Biscuit Boy - Mouth Of Steel

Year: 1984
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:34
Size: 91,8 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: LP front & back

1. Georgia Slop (2:49)
2. Done Everything I Can (3:15)
3. Mama Luchie (4:08)
4. Neighbour Neighbour (3:17)
5. Down The Line (3:24)
6. Hoodoo Party (2:52)
7. Route 90 (3:22)
8. Terraplane Blues (2:40)
9. It's My Soul (3:31)
10. Necromonica (3:45)
11. Get It Right (2:48)
12. Look Out Mabel (3:36)

Richard Newell grew up in Canada listening to the blues. He learned to play the harmonica as a teenager and joined the Barons in 1961, releasing a single called "Bottleneck." In 1966, Newell left the band (then renamed Son Richard & the Chessmen) to join the Midknights, but then began playing with Ronnie Hawkins, who nicknamed him King Biscuit Boy. After playing with Hawkins for two years, he joined Crowbar and released Official Music (as King Biscuit Boy & Crowbar) in 1970.

He recorded solo material sporadically throughout the '70s and '80s (including 1982's Mouth of Steel and Richard Newell A.K.A. King Biscuit Boy in 1988). Poor health due to alcoholism stunted his career throughout the '90s and on January 5, 2003 Newell succumbed to the disease at his home in Hamilton, Ontario. /Biography by John Bush, AllMusic

Note: This album has been re-released with different titles. The releases I know of are "Down The Line" (1996) and "Hoodoo In My Soul" (2012). Both releases contain an additional track - "Step Back Baby".

(For personnel details, see artwork included).

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Slim Harpo - Shake Your Hips

Year: 1995
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:51
Size: 164,7 MB
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Shake Your Hips (2:31)
2. Little Queen Bee (Got A Brand New King) (2:38)
3. Still Rainin' In My Heart (3:02)
4. I Need Money (Keep Your Alibis) (2:23)
5. What's Goin' On Baby (2:47)
6. Harpo's Blues (2:14)
7. Sittin' Here Wonderin' (Wondering Blues) (3:22)
8. We're Two Of A Kind (2:52)
9. I'm Gonna Miss You (Like The Devil) (2:23)
10. Baby Scratch My Back (2:34)
11. I Don't Want No One (To Take Me Away From You) (2:51)
12. Midnight Blues (2:09)
13. Lovin' You (3:00)
14. Baby You Got What I Want (3:23)
15. Your Love For Me Is Gone (3:05)
16. I'm Your Bread Maker, Baby (2:34)
17. Stop Working Blues (3:21)
18. I'm Waiting On You Baby (2:29)
19. You'll Never Find A Love (As True As Mine) (2:50)
20. Little Sally Walker (2:38)
21. I Gotta Stop Lovin' You (2:44)
22. Blueberry Hill (2:45)
23. Something Inside Me (2:08)
24. Tonite I'm Lonely (2:34)
25. A Man Is Crying (2:42)
26. Still Rainin' In My Heart (2:38)

The second installment in Ace's overview of Harpo's swamp blues career, spanning 1962-1966 and including all four of the harpist's rare 1962 sides for Imperial (cut during a brief rift with his producer J.D. Miller). More rarities and unissued gems, including a few tracks that exhibit slight soul tendencies (a genre that Harpo took to surprisingly well). /Bill Dahl, AllMusic

(For personnel details and additional info, see artwork included.)

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Sean Costello - Moanin' For Molasses

Year: 2001
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:27
Size: 103,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Moanin' For Molasses (3:20)
2. You're Killing My Love (3:54)
3. Don't Be Reckless With My Heart (3:12)
4. You're A Part Of Me (3:03)
5. One Kiss (2:59)
6. No Lie (4:10)
7. The Plumber (3:52)
8. I Want You So Bad (2:53)
9. It Takes Time (3:35)
10. Miles Away (3:50)
11. Low-life Blues (2:47)
12. You Can't Win With A Losing Hand (3:31)
13. Good Advice (3:14)

The third time's the charm for this young Atlanta bluesman. Not only is Moanin' his most accomplished and evocative album, it is also the one that took him from being a little-known but promising up-and-comer who once backed Susan Tedeschi to a prominent solo artist who landed W.C. Handy award nominations and was featured on the cover of national blues magazine Blues Revue.

Combining stunning covers of obscure soul (James Brown's "I Want You So Bad" and Johnnie Taylor's "You Can't Win With a Losing Hand"), blues (Otis Rush's "It Takes Time" and Willie Dixon's "One Kiss"), and R&B (Mike Bloomfield's "You're Killing My Love," likely picked up from Atlanta's Theodis Ealey, who also covered it) along with his own sturdy originals, the album crackles with excitement.

Costello's soulful voice has matured, and his singing is authoritative, although without the pretentiousness that often mars many young blues musicians. Most importantly, Costello owns these songs and makes his points concisely, with most tracks running under four minutes, and some under three, a rarity for blues albums. His solos are classy, crisp, and succinct, supporting the songs without overwhelming them, and the occasional horns perfectly punctuate the tracks, adding emphasis but never overshadowing Costello's finesse and charm.

He sounds absolutely inspired here, helped by tough and sparkling originals like "You're a Part of Me" that easily hold their own with the covers. Costello also shares the spotlight here, especially with harp player Paul Linden, who co-wrote a few tracks and plays solid solos throughout. Costello's natural charisma and obvious delight in performing, along with his ability to mesh blues, R&B, and soul, make this album one of the roots highlights of 2001, and a terrific listen anytime. /Hal Horowitz, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland - Showdown!

Year: 1985/2011
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:46
Size: 112,8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. T-Bone Shuffle (4:55)
2. The Moon Is Full (5:01)
3. Lion's Den (3:57)
4. She's Into Something (3:49)
5. Bring Your Fine Self Home (4:31)
6. Black Cat Bone (4:56)
7. The Dream (5:32)
8. Albert's Alley (4:04)
9. Blackjack (6:29)
10. Something To Remember You By (Bonus Track) (5:27)

Cray found himself in some pretty intimidating company for this Grammy-winning blues guitar summit meeting, but he wasn't deterred, holding his own alongside his idol Albert Collins and Texas great Johnny Copeland. Cray's delivery of Muddy Waters' rhumba-rocking "She's Into Something" was one of the set's many highlights. /Bill Dahl, AllMusic

Alligator's Grammy Award winning, best-selling title of all time, remastered on CD with the added bonus track - Something to Remember You By. Universally recognized as one of the greatest blues albums of all time. A celebrated studio "cutting contest" between three legendary blues guitarists. /Amazon

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Elvin Bishop & Little Smokey Smothers - That's My Partner!

Size: 126,6 MB
Time: 55:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. That's My Partner (4:58)
02. Roll Your Moneymaker (4:26)
03. Slow Down (4:51)
04. Little Red Rooster (5:39)
05. Hello, Baby (3:41)
06. Middle Aged Man (3:34)
07. The Skin They're In (3:24)
08. Stomp (3:49)
09. Annie Mae (5:28)
10. Pleading With You (4:36)
11. Dirty Drawers (4:25)
12. Travelin' Shoes (6:20)

Every now and again you get one of those discs that picks up a few threads that have long lain dormant for various reasons, and you are more than overjoyed that someone took the time to help make the reconnections that seem to make life richer. Little Smokey took the young — and new to Chicago — Elvin Bishop under his wing in the early '60s and taught the kid everything, from playing blues guitar to how to walk the walk. It is well-documented how Bishop's career took off when he hooked up with Paul Butterfield and Mike Bloomfield in the Butterfield Blues Band (setting the stage for all the other twin lead guitar bands such as the Allman Brothers Band that followed). Smokey remained in Chicago and virtually gave up trying to make a living playing music in favor of a job to support the family. With the kids grown, by the '80s he started playing again. In January 2000, the two hooked up again for three nights that would be recorded by Alligator. Maybe this was to say thank you for the early help; more likely — judging by the playing — it was a return of the early love between the two. It was more than worth the wait to hear the interplay of Elvin and Smokey, backed by a more-than-capable band (a nod to S.E. Willis on keyboards) that provides strong, solid support while letting the two stand to the forefront and play off each other. Bishop has always been known as a fun-loving musician; however, he takes his chops seriously, his playing is crisp, and — as he shows here — he is at his best when playing off an equal (listen to his signature "Travelin' Shoes"!). The joy of playing that deep-felt Chicago blues with an old friend and colleague and the chance for teacher and pupil to stand up and show off their licks and progress shine through here. The banter between the two helps to push the music along to greater heights. Just listen to this gutter-crawling version of Little Red Rooster. You know the Wolf would be proud.

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Zakiya Hooker - In The Mood / Legacy

Album: In The Mood
Size: 102,7 MB
Time: 44:37
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. Receipt To Sing The Blues (4:20)
02. Another Kind Of Blues (3:45)
03. Drowning In Your Love (5:34)
04. Look Me Up (4:06)
05. Let's Do Something (Even If It's Wrong) (3:37)
06. In The Mood (4:31)
07. Hang On For A While (3:08)
08. Art Of Divorce (4:06)
09. One Step Two (4:08)
10. Protect Me From The Blues (4:27)
11. Sweet Baby J (John's Song) (2:51)

Album: Legacy
Size: 91,2 MB
Time: 38:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Front Door To Hell (4:29)
02. Hang On For A While (3:21)
03. Big Girl Panties (3:21)
04. Beautiful Eyes (3:34)
05. Love The Pain Away (3:30)
06. Love To The Rescue (3:52)
07. One More Dance (4:11)
08. What Am I Gonna Do (4:15)
09. I Don't Know How It Happened (3:22)
10. Front Door To Hell (Reprise) (4:39)

Zakiya is quite familiar with the blues. You could even say she had a front-row seat to view the best the genre had to offer, right in her own living room. Her dad was the renowned blues giant John Lee Hooker. To be the daughter of a Legend is a major obstacle. To choose to follow in his footsteps is a major undertaking. But rather than relying on her father, Zakiya has pursued life - and music - on her own terms, overcoming personal tragedy and skepticism along the way. But you know what they say, “the fruit never falls too far from the tree”. This certainly rings true with Zakiya. A strong and versatile vocalist, Zakiya has carved out a market for herself. Zakiya Hooker is a regal combination of sass and soul. “Keeping It Real” is a defining contribution to her legacy as a woman singing the blues. Zakiya made her debut performance in 1991 with her dad, John Lee Hooker, at the Kaiser Center Theatre in Oakland, CA.

Since that time Zakiya has gone on to perform on shows with the likes of Etta James, Charles Brown, John Hammond, Taj Mahal and many more. Zakiya’s music has carried her all over the world and given her the opportunity to perform for fans the world over. Zakiya Hooker is John Lee Hooker’s living legacy. She is the singer-songwriter daughter of this American Icon and she is carrying her father’s seminal blues torch confidently into the new millennium. Zakiya Hooker has a beautiful voice. The kind of voice that grabs your attention if her music was on "in the background." A conversation starter, if you will. She has a silky, milky, rich voice that feels like honey to your ears. She is a versatile vocalist and a fine performer. To see Zakiya’s show is a sheer treat. She puts on a witty, funny, emotional and most of all entertaining show. Zakiya has “IT”. When she steps on the stage she becomes one with her audience and the love affair begins. Zakiya Hooker's new album "Legacy" coming out April 2020. All songs are original and were written (and produced) by little ole Zakiya and her guitar.

In The Mood
Legacy

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Jimmi Accardi - Rockabilly Blues

Size: 71,8 MB
Time: 31:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2007
Styles: Rockabilly Blues
Art: Front

01. Rollin' On Home (2:14)
02. Why Why Why (2:21)
03. What's Wrong With You? (2:39)
04. Swingin' Little Sister (3:03)
05. Pretty Little Thing (2:09)
06. I Can't Make You Love Me (3:02)
07. Midnight Bop (2:13)
08. Fed Up (2:49)
09. Dance Hall Boogie (1:43)
10. Let's Rock & Roll Baby (1:58)
11. Rockabilly Blues (2:13)
12. One Man Woman (2:39)
13. Real Real Gone (2:13)

Jimmi Accardi is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader. His background includes touring as lead guitarist for Chubby Checker, Eddy Dixon, and Mickey Dolenz and Davey Jones of The Monkees; session guitarist for Rupert Holmes; and recording with Harry Nilsson. His credits include two albums on Columbia Records and original songs in the Billboard charts. With his band Jimmi Accardi and The Wild Cats, he recorded many original rock & roll / rockabilly / jump blues tunes. His latest band is Jimmi Accardi and The Action Zone. Jimmi brings a lot of excitement to his live shows, switching deftly from moving, heartfelt ballads to knockout rock and roll. His soulful vocals and inspiring guitar solos take the show to another level.

Rockabilly Blues

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Ana Popovic - Live For Live

Size: 242,8 MB
Time: 105:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Intro / Ana's Shuffle ( 6:02)
02. Can You Stand The Heat ( 3:32)
03. Object Of Obsession ( 4:01)
04. Love You Tonight ( 5:41)
05. Train ( 5:45)
06. Long Road Down ( 5:10)
07. New Coat Of Paint ( 5:30)
08. Johnnie Ray ( 9:03)
09. Can't You See What You're Doing To Me ( 5:46)
10. Fencewalk ( 4:53)
11. If Tomorrow Was Today ( 4:19)
12. Brand New Man ( 3:32)
13. Like It On Top ( 3:46)
14. Lasting Kind Of Love ( 3:52)
15. Mo' Better Love ( 4:35)
16. How'd You Learn To Shake It Like That ( 6:46)
17. Show Me How Strong / Going Down / Crosstown Medley (13:58)
18. Tribe ( 9:27)

In the year that sees Ana Popovic celebrating 20 years as a touring musician, the award winning guitar player, singer and songwriter releases ‘Live for LIVE‘, an exciting hour and a half + CD and DVD demonstrating why she’s proudly looking back at a career of thousands of shows over five continents. The high-energy concert showcases not only Ana’s mesmerizing guitar skills by also a fabulous band, successfully merging musical styles. Ana’s passion on stage is so evident that the title sums it up, this is what she lives for.

Live For Live

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Tin Pan Alley - Blue(s) Hour

Size: 133,4 MB
Time: 58:05
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Hamster Wheel (3:18)
02. She's Loving Money (5:46)
03. Crossroads (4:38)
04. No Place To Go (7:00)
05. In The Fields (5:39)
06. Bad Dreams (4:31)
07. Junior's Wailing (3:51)
08. You Don't Have To Lie (To Play The Blues) (4:58)
09. Stormy Monday (7:11)
10. Whipping Post (7:01)
11. Maisy (4:08)

The three letters TPA stand for the German blues band Tin Pan Alley . Kaiserslautern / Enkenbach-Alsenborn is given as the hometown. The history of the combo goes back to 1989, when the thirtieth anniversary was already within reach. On the homepage "Live im Cotton Club" (1998), "Talking With The Blues" (1999), "Plug'n'Play" (2009) and the present record with the fine title "Blue (s) Hour" listed. »The highlights included several large appearances as a" back-up "band by the American blues legend Louisiana Red, numerous festivals (including the international blues festival Kammgarn Kaiserslautern, blues festival Leingarten, Luxembourg blues and jazz rally and the live performance with "coffee or tea" on SWR TV. «

In a quintet line-up, the Tin Pan Alley formation covers a fairly wide range of styles within the blues. On "Blue (s) Hour" the boundaries were not drawn with a hard pencil, so that the orientation to jazz fits into the musical framework without any problems.

With a total playing time of just over fifty-eight minutes, spread over eleven songs, the album is very well filled and you can look forward to a very well filled hand of original compositions. There are also cover songs by Robert Johnson , Charlie Daniels , K. White / M. Pugh ( Steamhammer) , Aaron T. Walker , and Gregg Allman .

Right at the opener "Hamster Wheel", a composition by Werner Steiner , blues rock gets this disc going at high speed. You could also consider this song as a kind of introductory round, because Albert Koch uses his harp and Werner Steiner, just mentioned, his hotly spiced electric guitar as a solo. Keysmann Knut Maurer is on fantastic, funky trails. The rhythm department made up of Frank Schreiber (bass) and drummer Helmut Koch is the driving force behind the number. Great start at "Blue (s) Hour".

With a great a cappella introduction, animating changes in tempo and the slidable guitar, "She's Loving Money" is the motivating bridge to Robert Johnson's "Crossroads". Tin Pan Alley turns the template into a rocking country blues that stands out benevolently from the cream version.

Wow, what a groove! If not the dance leg, at least the foot rocker sets in by itself. Musically, the "Bad Dreams" are not that dark. On the contrary! Here melody, rhythm and great lead vocals are used. Great radio again from the buttons. Depending on requirements, Knut Maurer commutes between keyboards or piano. The inserted twin sound of harp and guitar is the icing on the cake of the own composition. This two-instrument sound continues stante pede in the well-known "Junior's Wailing".

Albert Koch not only has a great blues voice, but is a true acrobat on the small instrument and Werner Koch promotes his great guitar runs from a large barrel of ideas. The other creative force Knut Maurer plays absolutely at eye level with the other band members.

After the great staged "Junior's Wailing", the combo focuses on contrast, because "You Don't Have To Lie (To Play The Blues)" develops its blues feeling based on jazz. In my view, this song is a highlight. "Stormy Monday" and "Whipping Post" are outside of any criticism and Knut Maurer's composition "Maisy" has a wonderful swing groove foundation on which the musicians can let off steam, so to speak. There are many layers of solos and the songwriter shows once again what he can do.

The album title "Blue (s) Hour" fits perfectly with the extensive blues of Tin Pan Alley . The almost one hour of total playing time is extremely entertaining. Recommendation!

Blue(s) Hour

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Lloyd Glenn & Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Heat Wave (Blues Reference)

Size: 121,3 MB
Time: 51:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2005
Styles: Piano Blues, Texas Blues
Art: Full

01. Heat Wave (4:58)
02. First Take And Blue (4:10)
03. It's Mean (5:59)
04. One Level Below Plant Life (3:18)
05. Someday (5:17)
06. Lover Call (4:23)
07. Slow Train Nº 1 (3:50)
08. Slow Train Through Paris (4:24)
09. Long Way Home (5:17)
10. First Take And Blue (4:15)
11. It's Mean (5:57)

Recorded at Black and Blue open air studio in Nice on July 15th 1977.
Tracks #10 & 11 are previously unissued.

Heat Wave MP3
Heat Wave FLAC

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Casey Van Beek & The Tulsa Groove - Heaven Forever

Size: 81,7 MB
Time: 34:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Roberta (2:59)
02. Since You Said Goodbye (2:31)
03. Solid Ground (2:45)
04. Waltzin' With My Shadow (3:51)
05. Thinkin' 'Bout You (2:30)
06. I Got Loaded (2:48)
07. Sugar Bee (2:36)
08. Heaven Forever (3:09)
09. Superstitious (2:37)
10. If You Don't Love Me (3:12)
11. Whatcha' Think About That? (2:51)
12. Get On With It (2:40)

If there’s certain familiarity that accompanies Casey Van Beek and the Tulsa Groove’s new album Heaven Forever, it’s no coincidence. Born in Holland but transplanted to Oklahoma after living in Los Angeles, Van Beek shares a sound that borrows heavily from his heartland environs and one of its musical mainstays in particular, JJ Cale.Van Beek possesses a lengthy resume — once that includes a tenure with several ‘60s bands (Peter and Gordon’s in particular as well as a group called the Vibrants that had opportunity to open for the Rolling Stones and the Dave Clark Five) — as well as early associations with Linda Ronstadt, Leon Russell, Don Henley and Glenn Frey. After playing with the Grammy nominated country group The Tractors, he found himself contributing to Cale’s album The Road to Escondido, which also found Eric Clapton playing alongside him. Van Beek continued to play with Clapton after that, and it’s clear that the blues groove and supple sway so identified with both Cale and Clapton left a lasting impression on him as well. Indeed, it’s a sound that translates well to aptly dubbed Heaven Forever. Songs such as “Sugar Bee,” “Roberta,” “Waltzin’ With My Shadow” and the title track take that same amiable, unhurried approach, resulting in an album that makes for the essence of easy listening affability. Consider Heaven Forever its own slice of pure paradise. ~Lee Zimmerman

Heaven Forever

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Jon Strahl Band - Heartache And Toil

Size: 109,0 MB
Time: 46:22
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Hey Yeah, All Right (3:40)
02. How Long (4:31)
03. Heartache And Toil (3:05)
04. The Right Thing (5:07)
05. Lose My Mind (3:04)
06. Can't Look Back (3:16)
07. The Weight I Feel (3:22)
08. Leave Me Alone (3:58)
09. The Only Ones (5:21)
10. Day After Day (3:28)
11. So Real (4:22)
12. Indiana Moonrise (3:01)

Personnel:
Jon Strahl: Guitar and Vocals
Mitch Millhoff: Bass
Nick Mallers: Drums and Percussion
Bill Mallers: Keyboards and Piano

Horn Section: Joshua Silbert (Tenor, Baritone Saxophone), Bruce Knepper (Trumpet), Charlie Krone (Trombone).

Heartache And Toil

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8 Ball Aitken - Swamp Blues 2

Size: 114,1 MB
Time: 49:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Swamp Blues
Art: Front

01. Tremolo Rain (4:24)
02. Week Man (3:53)
03. Murderer’s Bar (4:40)
04. Thirty-Nine (3:02)
05. My Sexy Guitar (4:09)
06. Living On The River (2:50)
07. Knocking On Your Door (3:35)
08. The Bed That You Made (3:54)
09. My Darling (3:56)
10. Cherry (3:54)
11. Chocolate, Jack Daniels, And LSD (3:10)
12. L.O.V.E (4:07)
13. Cold Shower (3:35)

8 Ball Aitken grew up in North Queensland, Australia listening to cassettes of the blues masters John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, R.L Burnside, Tony Joe White, JJ Cale.

When 8 Ball Aitken drove his car full of guitars out to Wimberley, Texas in September 2017, he was ready for his rootsiest and most credible legit blues album to date. Swamp Blues is the result.

Swamp Blues 2

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VA - Southern Bred: Texas R&B Rockers Vol. 7 (KMCD40)

Size: 178,4 MB
Time: 75:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: R&B
Art: Front & Back

01 Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers - Greyhound (3:07)
02 Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson - Lonesome Train (2:23)
03 Lee Graves - Papa Said Yes, Mama Said No, No, No (2:30)
04 Floyd Dixon - Doin’ The Town (2:46)
05 Pee Wee Crayton - Texas Hop (3:07)
06 Smokey Hogg - Dirty Mistreater (2:37)
07 Dr. Hepcat - Hepcat's Boogie (3:41)
08 Joe Tex - Yum, Yum, Yum (1:54)
09 Young John Watson - Gettin' Drunk (2:43)
10 T-Bone Walker - Teen Age Baby (2:04)
11 Roy Gaines - All My Life (2:50)
12 Little Willie Littlefield - Hit The Road (2:53)
13 Earl Gilliam - Wrong Doing Woman (2:31)
14 Lester Williams - Lost Gal (2:08)
15 L.C. Williams - Louisiana Boogie (3:00)
16 Ray Sharpe - Oh, My Baby's Gone (2:08)
17 Freddie King - San-Ho-Zay (2:38)
18 Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson - Jump And Grunt (2:56)
19 Pee Wee Crayton - Runnin' Wild (2:29)
20 Lightnin' Hopkins - Let Me Fly Your Kite (3:45)
21 Joe Houston & Orchestra - Jumping The Blues (2:43)
22 Lee Graves - I'm From Texas (2:02)
23 Little Esther - Hollerin' And Screamin' (2:54)
24 TV Slim - Goin' To California, Ain’t Got But 15 Cents (2:39)
25 Roy Gaines - Worried 'Bout My Baby (2:42)
26 Larry Dale - You Better Heed My Warning (2:07)
27 Amos Milburn - I Done Done It (2:35)
28 Viviane Greene - Red Light (2:56)

'Hit The Road,' 'Southern Bred Texas R&B Rockers' (Koko Mojo KMCD040) we continue our theme of compiling an album from an artist's birth area. This Koko Mojo album is our second Rhythm 'N' Blues visit into Texas sand and again looks at the talent which was Texas Bred. The concept of these albums allows to source a variety of wide-ranging choice of music chosen by the theme of birth, which makes the aural sound of the album different to that of a label-based collection. The music mix as always is eclectic, beginning with; piano boogie King Amos Milburn, also featured are, Lee Graves with Henry Hayes and also in the band is Goree Carter. From his formative years Joe Tex hollers an ode to food, which fellow Texan Ronnie Dawson covered many years later. Blues superstars, T-Bone Walker, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Pee Wee Crayton, and living legend Ray Sharpe add an interesting variety of sound as does the jazz-influenced boogie of Vivian Greene. This Koko Mojo album is compiled by well-known Dee Jay and face on the music scene Mark Armstrong, who has been Dee Jaying since his early teen years. Our albums have; stunning design, sleeve notes, 28 songs, mastered for the best possible sound available. The disc is housed in an attractively constructed cardboard sleeve, specially designed to avoid the use of plastic and be environmentally friendly. The album is great to play at home and perfect for Dee Jays who will find good dance-floor filling songs.

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Southern Bred: Texas R&B Rockers MP3
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