Bernard Allison - Chills & Thrills

Year: 2007
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:34
Size: 141,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues, funky blues
Scans: Full

1. Chills & Thrills (4:37)
2. Boogie Man (4:14)
3. So Devine (4:26)
4. When I'm Gone (4:12)
5. Missing Tyrone (5:01)
6. Just My Guitar And Me (6:12)
7. Compromising For Your Needs (4:13)
8. Black & White (3:29)
9. Serious (5:31)
10. Heart Of St. Paul (3:20)
11. That's Why I'm Crying (5:26)
12. Groove With Me (4:03)
13. Serious (After Hours) (5:42)

"Luther Allison gave his son some of the greatest gifts a father can give a son. He gave him a comfortable home environment filled with the music that inspired his career and he taught him what he knew about his art. Bernard has a new album, Chills & Thrills, that proves eleven years after Dad's death that the Allison legacy is indeed intact and that, while he performs some of his dad's songs, Bernard Allison has indeed found his own voice." (Don Wilcock, Blueswax)

On his latest effort, which was recorded in New Hope, Minnesota in the autumn of 2007, he's joined by Eric Gales on second guitar, Rusty Hall on keyboards, Jassen Wilber on bass and Mario Dawson on drums. Guests: Bruce McCabe (piano, clavinet), Kathleen Johnson (background vocals), Jose James (sax). /Amazon

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The Butanes Featuring Willie Walker - Long Time Thing

Year: 2011
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:14
Size: 133,6 MB
Styles: Blues, soul-blues
Scans: Full

1. Long Time Thing (3:28)
2. It Ain't Your Ladder (3:16)
3. Let's Fall In Love (4:16)
4. How Long You Think You Got? (2:53)
5. You've Never Had A Love Like Mine (4:10)
6. Drift To Sleep (2:23)
7. Do It Yourself (3:17)
8. I Just Don't Believe (3:12)
9. I Want To Be The One (3:22)
10. Dirty Deeds (4:39)
11. If You Expect To See Another Day (4:36)
12. I'm OK (3:32)
13. A Little Peace Of Mind (3:56)
14. She Lifts Me (4:19)
15. Betrayed (3:23)
16. Crawl Inside A Bottle (3:26)

The Butanes and Willie's third collaboration sidesteps into the blues and contains 16 original tracks. 5 songs feature 10 horns and Michael B. Nelson's stellar big band arrangements. Special guests include 3 Hornheads, Bruce McCabe on various keyboards, Big George Jackson on harp and jazz pianist Mary Louise Knutson swinging hard on the title track.

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Lamont Cranston Band - With Bruce McCabe

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 65:13
Size: 149.3 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[4:10] 1. Look Down
[5:09] 2. Help Your Brother
[3:21] 3. I Wanna See
[3:24] 4. 500 Dollars
[5:06] 5. Shouda Wouda Couda
[5:18] 6. '59 Cadillac
[5:48] 7. Prisoner
[3:22] 8. Weasel In The Hen House
[4:37] 9. My Hair Is Gone
[5:02] 10. Big Money
[3:24] 11. Lion And The Lamb
[3:32] 12. Bullfrog Boogie Woogie
[5:38] 13. Big Money Man
[4:49] 14. Talkin Catfish
[2:24] 15. Bustin These Chains

Bruce McCabe is a towering, albeit mild-mannered figure on the Twin Cities blues-rock scene. Co-leader of the sorely missed Hoopsnakes, McCabe is also the songwriter responsible for Jonny Lang's biggest hit, "Lie to Me," and another Lang song that Phillip Phillips recently rode to glory with on "American Idol" -- "Still Rainin.'" But before any of that, he was a fixture of the Lamont Cranston Band, with whom he's once again playing select dates.

McCabe's re-emergence alongside Pat "Lamont" Hayes and his crew is cause for celebration, since he's back from battling brain cancer -- grade 3 astrocytoma -- for the second time. "I was out jogging and got this weird feeling that seemed too familiar, and I knew I had to get looked at right away," McCabe said. "If not, my head might have exploded." He wound up at the Mayo Clinic a year ago. "I had a 10-hour surgery where I was awake throughout the whole thing, but drugged out, of course. It's amazing what doctors can do these days. I lucked out."

He's been playing around town again, first sparingly, now more regularly. "I don't have to take chemo now, which really tires you out. They'll check in a few weeks, give me another MRI, and see if stopping the chemo was a good idea." One of his first post-surgery gigs was recording the new album, "Lamont Cranston Band, With Bruce McCabe." "That was really nice of Pat Hayes to call me for the album," he said.

"Y'know, Pat kinda trained me in when I first showed up in town, was like a teacher to me. I'd played with [Fabulous Thunderbirds frontman] Kim Wilson for a year before, but Pat was the one who really showed me the ropes of the blues. He was the boss," McCabe said, chuckling. "And I think he's getting better, as he gets older, at writing good songs."

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