Size: 109,9 MB
Time: 47:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1986
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front
1. Wang Dang Doodle (4:46)
2. Living For The Day (3:47)
3. Not Very Funny (3:03)
4. I'm Your Kingpin (2:57)
5. Judgement (3:24)
6. Not Me (2:44)
7. The City Hall Boogie (3:02)
8. Messin' With The Kid (3:26)
9. When The Saints Go Marching In (3:25)
10. Talk To Me Baby (5:07)
11. Hold Me Again (5:24)
12. Help Me (6:23)
Guido Toffoletti (Venice, 20 June 1951 - Cavarzere, 22 August 1999) was an Italian musician. One of the most important and long-lived exponents of blues music in Italy, with his Blues Society has contributed significantly to spreading the music of the Devil. Born in Venice, but immediately proves impatient to normal life. He lived the first school years in a boarding school in Asolo, but then he sailed the school to be able to play in a beat complex. His passion for music exploded at a very young age and in particular for the king of Rock & roll, Elvis Presley, of whom he became an avid collector.
Fourteen year old boy runs away from home and goes to work as roadie for the various beat groups of the period. In spite of being in the middle of music, he adapts himself to transporting instruments to musicians, particularly to the Renegades. With a first rudimentary guitar he learns the first notes of the blues. But in Italy there is no space for this kind of music. He then decided to try his luck and went to London, with little money and without a destination. He works in the premises, adapting to all the works, just to stay close to the music. He himself told of having married a dancer by proxy, just to stay in London.
One night he meets Alexis Korner, the father of the British Blues on the street. Alexis is his teacher and patron, but he is above all a great fraternal friend who introduces him to the English music scene, presenting him as "the Venetian who knows us more than ourselves". Guido exploded his passion for the blues and in 1976 he returned to Italy, founded his own group, the Blues Society, and released his first album Born in London in january 1976, a recording product for a small label and limited edition. In his discography, Guido starts by offering personal versions of the classics of blues, songs by Muddy Waters ("I Can't Be Satisfied") or Willie Dixon or Jimmy Reed, but then the compositions become for the most part in his name.
In April 1995 Guido and his Blues Society also participated, the only Italian, to the 'Alexis Korner Memorial Concert' along with the biggest names in English blues. Become friends with Mick Taylor and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, a guest in the Paris studios where they were recording the record Steel Wheels and James Cotton. James Cotton, Louisiana Red, Mick Taylor and Ian Stewart, Tolo Marton (guitarist, formerly Le Orme), Herbie Goins (former voice of Alexis Korner's band) and Paul Jones (ex Manfred Mann) play among his records as well as Zoot Money (formerly Animals), Jorma Kaukonen and Dick Heckstall-Smith (formerly Colosseum). /Excerpt from biography, translated from Italian by Google
Fourteen year old boy runs away from home and goes to work as roadie for the various beat groups of the period. In spite of being in the middle of music, he adapts himself to transporting instruments to musicians, particularly to the Renegades. With a first rudimentary guitar he learns the first notes of the blues. But in Italy there is no space for this kind of music. He then decided to try his luck and went to London, with little money and without a destination. He works in the premises, adapting to all the works, just to stay close to the music. He himself told of having married a dancer by proxy, just to stay in London.
One night he meets Alexis Korner, the father of the British Blues on the street. Alexis is his teacher and patron, but he is above all a great fraternal friend who introduces him to the English music scene, presenting him as "the Venetian who knows us more than ourselves". Guido exploded his passion for the blues and in 1976 he returned to Italy, founded his own group, the Blues Society, and released his first album Born in London in january 1976, a recording product for a small label and limited edition. In his discography, Guido starts by offering personal versions of the classics of blues, songs by Muddy Waters ("I Can't Be Satisfied") or Willie Dixon or Jimmy Reed, but then the compositions become for the most part in his name.
In April 1995 Guido and his Blues Society also participated, the only Italian, to the 'Alexis Korner Memorial Concert' along with the biggest names in English blues. Become friends with Mick Taylor and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, a guest in the Paris studios where they were recording the record Steel Wheels and James Cotton. James Cotton, Louisiana Red, Mick Taylor and Ian Stewart, Tolo Marton (guitarist, formerly Le Orme), Herbie Goins (former voice of Alexis Korner's band) and Paul Jones (ex Manfred Mann) play among his records as well as Zoot Money (formerly Animals), Jorma Kaukonen and Dick Heckstall-Smith (formerly Colosseum). /Excerpt from biography, translated from Italian by Google
Live At The City Hall Café mc
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2 comments:
@ Red Rooster:
Thanks again more album from Italy and of course with great Paul Jones. Regards!
You're most welcome Bluesercher, glad you enjoyed the post. Thanks for your comment, it's appreciated. My very best wishes for Christmas to you and yours.
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