Showing posts with label Chris Wragg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chris Wragg. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Chris Wragg & Greg Copeland - The Last Sundown

Album: The Last Sundown
Size: 159,2 MB
Time: 69:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues/Roots
Art: Front

1. Alabama Train (3:54)
2. Can't Shake These Blues (4:52)
3. 1964 (6:32)
4. Don't Let The Devil Ride (3:29)
5. The Last Sundown (4:20)
6. House Burned Down (5:23)
7. Losing Hand (4:22)
8. Where My Stars Should Be (6:08)
9. Miss Ruby (4:08)
10. When The Cold Winds Blow (6:16)
11. Just A Man (4:05)
12. Light Will Shine (5:23)
13. After The Sun Goes Down (3:42)
14. Gonna Be With My Maker (6:23)

Do we ever really contemplate what it would mean to witness our final experience of dusk, that The Last Sundown we see with our own eyes is not one of mystery, of appreciating the majesty of the Universe, of even hoping to observe one final emergence of what was once considered a god peek over the horizon, but one that is shrouded by a shrug of indifference as we assume that all we have will be repeated the next day, and the one after that for time immemorial.

We expect so little to change, to alter, that often we can be accused of missing out of the fabulously enlightening and the dream of persuasion, the last party where the sun is lauded and human effort is acknowledged finds itself removed from our sight, and in the end, we become as blind to the experience as those that reside in permanent night. Chris Wragg and Greg Copeland lead the way, they refuse vigorously to be cowed by the darkness, and instead pay homage to all that is light in their utterly compelling and insistent new recording, The Last Sundown.

This is an album of ferocity, of piercing observation and unrepentant drama, each track is given the freedom to damn and behold, and as the listener is held still, forced by a will of sublime comprehension to watch as the sun of insight slowly lowers beyond the horizon, they are informed that the spectacle can be repeated, that they need to pay attention to more than just the introspection of their life as a spectator, they need to be the mindful witness, they need to feel every ray of life affirming moments before it is too late.

From the outset of Alabama Train, the intention is clear, this album is ready to kick out, to hound, to educate, to deny the slow burn of meaninglessness and instead promote with unbridled passion a sense of duty, and as tracks such as the superb Don’t Let The Devil Drive, House Burned Down, Can’t Shake These Blues, 1964, and the brilliant Miss Ruby all lead in a chorus of determined battle for the soul and righteous belief of the listener, each one succeeds in a way that is positive, full of charge and strength, but which also has the ability to suggest to the one with the tear in their eye as they see dying god leave them one last time, that their sorrow of all that humanity has damaged can be forgiven through their regret.

An absolutely thrilling recording, an album that would not be out of place in the pantheon of greats of those who walked in the sunlight before them, simply top notch. /Ian D. Hall, Liverpool Sound And Vision

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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Chris Wragg & Greg Copeland - Live In The Backroom

Size: 124,4 MB
Time: 53:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues/Rock
Art: Front

01. Damn Right, I've Got The Blues (Live At The Greystones, Sheffied, 2019) (5:15)
02. Five Long Years (Live At The Greystones, Sheffied, 2019) (4:31)
03. Hip To You (Live At The Greystones, Sheffied, 2019) (3:15)
04. Oh No (Live At The Greystones, Sheffied, 2019) (3:59)
05. Got My Mojo Working (Live At The Greystones, Sheffied, 2019) (3:24)
06. If You Ever Leave Me (Live At The Greystones, Sheffied, 2019) (4:15)
07. Hoochie Coochie Man (Live At The Greystones, Sheffied, 2019) (4:07)
08. Crawling King Snake (Live At The Greystones, Sheffied, 2019) (3:20)
09. I Can't Be Satisfied (Live At The Greystones, Sheffied, 2019) (3:04)
10. Messin' With The Kid (Live At The Greystones, Sheffied, 2019) (3:21)
11. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (Live At The Greystones, Sheffied, 2019) (3:24)
12. Just A Little Bit (Live At The Greystones, Sheffied, 2019) (3:10)
13. Mustang Sally (Live At The Greystones, Sheffied, 2019) (4:18)
14. Boom Boom (Live At The Greystones, Sheffied, 2019) (4:05)

Born in Portsmouth, Virginia (United States), Greg Copeland grew up surrounded by musicians and, little by little, he was seduced by the artistic career of James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Robert Johnson, Howlin 'Wolf and many other greats of black music.

Chris Wragg is lead guitarist for Sheffield-based The Mudcats Blues Trio, who have released 3 albums on Tesla Records, to great critical acclaim.

In 2013 The Mudcats won "Best Live Band in Sheffield" and are currently busy playing in the UK. They have also toured Europe including headlining the Delerium Blues Festival in Europe. They are due to return to Europe in Spring 2015 which includes playing Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.

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Saturday, April 4, 2020

Chris Wragg & Greg Copeland - Deep In The Blood

Year: 2019
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:48
Size: 126,5 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Front, back

1. Howlin' For Your Love (4:08)
2. Five Long Years (4:29)
3. My Home Is The Horizon (6:20)
4. Tears Won't Fall (4:38)
5. Deep In The Blood (3:57)
6. If You Ever Leave Me (Feat. Shirley King) (4:22)
7. I'll Cut You Down (6:28)
8. Soho Shakedown (Feat. Greg Guy) (3:09)
9. Why You So Cold With Me (5:24)
10. My Business Aint Superstition (3:42)
11. House Of Prayer (Feat. Shirley King) (5:25)
12. Trouble (2:43)

Having met at a blues festival in Belgium in 2015, Chris Wragg (Mudcats Blues Trio) and Greg Copeland (US Blues artist) have joined forces on "Deep In The Blood", an album that features a variety of guest spots, including Greg (son of Buddy) Guy on guitar, Shirley (daughter of B.B.) King on vocals, Marcos Coll on harmonica and Joel White on Hammond Organ.

The result is a twelve-track album that ebbs and flows beautifully over its hour-long run time. One of those albums that hooks the listener from the outset and then utterly absorbs them for the duration, it’s a joy to listen to and a delight to review.

Make no mistake, this is a brilliant blues record, full of heart and clearly in thrall to the form. The production, the performances, the chemistry of the members – it all gels perfectly, paying tribute to the genre and playing like the perfect night out in a packed bar, with all the highs and lows of friendship, life, love and laughter played out in just fifty short minutes.

If you buy only one blues record this year, make it this absolute gem of an album because it truly is a beautiful and life-affirming body of work.

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