Lucky Peterson - Triple Play / Ridin' / Double Dealin'

Album: Triple Play
Size: 98,4 MB
Time: 41:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1990
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. Let The Chips Fall Where They May (4:10)
02. Your Lies (3:10)
03. Six O'clock Blues (3:44)
04. Repo Man (3:26)
05. Found A Love (5:47)
06. Jammin' In The Jungle (3:43)
07. Locked Out Of Love (3:39)
08. I'm Free (5:18)
09. Cloud Up On Me (3:15)
10. Funky Ray (5:29)

Even more impressive than his previous Alligator set, thanks to top-flight material like "Don't Cloud Up on Me," "Let the Chips Fall Where They May," and "Locked Out of Love," the fine house band at Greenlee's King Snake studios, and Peterson's own rapidly developing attack on two instruments. ~Bill Dahl

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Album: Ridin'
Size: 101,3 MB
Time: 43:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1984/1993
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. Ridin' (5:01)
02. Don't Answer The Door (7:09)
03. Farther Up The Road (4:04)
04. Kinda Easy Like (5:29)
05. Baby What You Want Me To Do (6:26)
06. Green Onions (5:19)
07. Little Red Rooster (5:50)
08. You Don't Have To Go (4:08)

Personnel:
Vocals, Organ, Piano – Lucky Peterson
Guitar – Melvin Taylor
Bass – Titus Williams
Drums – Ray Allison

As a child prodigy, keyboardist and organist Lucky Peterson's exploits were legendary. The stories grew even more widespread as he became a teen and stints with Little Milton and Bobby "Blue" Bland only added to his fame. But Peterson's records have not always justified or reaffirmed his reputation. That is not the case with the cuts on this 1984 set, recently reissued by Evidence. The spiraling solos, excellent bridges, turnbacks, pedal maneuvers, and soulful accompaniment are executed with a relaxed edge and confident precision. If you have wondered whether Lucky Peterson deserves the hype and major label bonanza, these songs are the real deal. ~Ron Wynn

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Album: Double Dealin'
Size: 125,9 MB
Time: 53:48
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. Double Dealing (4:46)
02. It Ain't Safe (4:05)
03. When My Blood Runs Cold (5:14)
04. Smooth Sailling (4:21)
05. Don't Try To Explain (4:06)
06. Mercenary Baby (4:02)
07. Ain't Doin' Too Bad (4:49)
08. Where Can A Man Go (5:00)
09. 3 Handed Woman (4:51)
10. Doin' Bad, Feelin' Good (3:18)
11. 4 Little Boys (5:58)
12. Remember The Day (3:13)

As one of the most versatile players in blues, Lucky Peterson ranks among the best of the best. His first release for the Blue Thumb label, Double Dealin' showcases the artist on 12 great songs soaked in the sentiments and emotions that characterize the blues style. Peterson plays the lead guitar, the Hammond B3, and sings his gut-wrenching blue notes with a great band that includes Johnny Lee Schell on rhythm guitar, Jon Cleary on keyboards, Reggie McBride on bass guitar, Tony Braunagel on drums and Tamara Peterson on background vocals. The Texacali Horns back the personnel with exceptional clarity using a serious combination of brass techniques. Peterson's use of an emotionally direct style is also rapidly establishing him as a great storyteller. "When My Blood Runs Cold," "4 Little Boys," and "Remember the Day" are among the themes he deals with from an original perspective and are among the standouts of the hard blues intonations. This CD is reflective of the successful urban blues techniques used on his previous efforts in that it specifically captures the essence of both the "chitlin circuit" and the electric blues associated with the Chicago style without compromising the traditional aspects of the blues form. A welcome addition to any blues collection. ~Paula Edelstein

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