Monday, April 27, 2020

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).

Mouth Of Steel mc
Mouth Of Steel zippy

3 comments:

pmac said...

Love King Biscuit Boy. Didn't have this one. Thx, RR!

Bob#1 said...

Thanks Red Rooster...

Red Rooster said...

You're most welcome Pmac and Bob#1, glad you enjoyed the post. Thanks for your comments.