Showing posts with label City Blues Connection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label City Blues Connection. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Natural Blues, City Blues Connection & Berchtesgaden Blues Band - Norbert Egger's 50th Stage Anniversary Album

Size: 129.4 MB
Time: 55:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. A Sunday Kind Of Love (Feat. Anne Bischow) (3:12)
02. Rattlesnake Blues (2:41)
03. All I Could Do Was Cry (3:23)
04. I'll Sing The Blues For You (3:27)
05. End All These Horrible Things (4:59)
06. She's Great (3:06)
07. At Last (Feat. Anne Bischow) (3:05)
08. What My Boss Wants (3:45)
09. Queen Bee (Feat. Steve Baker) (3:16)
10. Dust My Broom (Feat. Steve Baker) (Instrumental) (2:31)
11. 50 Years (3:39)
12. Unite (3:52)
13. Leave You In The Morning (3:21)
14. Trouble In Mind (3:40)
15. Fishing Blues (3:16)
16. Dust My Broom (3:52)

Norbert Egger (born October 14, 1956 in Rielasingen) is a German blues musician , author, radio host and entrepreneur.

In 1968, Egger heard recordings of BB King and Muddy Waters on the radio. This experience and reading a book by Nat Hentoff about blues and jazz as well as the contributions of the music journalist Joachim-Ernst Berendt inspired him for the blues. He bought a blues harp and a guitar and taught himself to play. After graduating from high school in Singen (1975), he was a regular soldier in the Bundeswehr until 1981, ultimately with the rank of officer.

In 1979 Norbert Egger co-founded the band City Blues Connection in Hamburg, which he considers his main musical project. In this formation he acts as lead singer and slide guitarist. He gave many club concerts with her in the 1980s, for example at Onkel Pö and appeared at festivals, including Tanz auf dem Vulkan, a music event organized by the anti-nuclear movement in Gorleben with 10,000 visitors. The German Blues Circle, an important music medium for blues in Germany at the time, had already praised Egger's playing of the slide guitar as a leader in Germany a year earlier. As leader of this band, he released six albums - one with Louisiana Red - and one double album between 1979 and 2019, as well as several EPs and singles. Since 1982 he has also been the creator of the side project Natural Blues, which released two albums in 2021. Some EPs are added.

Between 1985 and 2015 Egger appeared only sporadically. He cited personal setbacks as the reason for this. These included the theft of instruments and equipment from his mobile recording studio or conflicts with insurers, music managers and music producers.

From 2015, musical activities increased again. Egger rehearsed and performed again with City Blues Connection, which he expanded into a Rhythm and Blues Big Band of around 20 musicians.

Norbert Egger's 50th Stage Anniversary Album MP3
Norbert Egger's 50th Stage Anniversary Album FLAC

Monday, September 6, 2021

City Blues Connection - 40 Years (1979-2019)

Size: 331 MB
Time: 2:10:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

CD 1:
01. 40 Years (3:41)
02. Mr.President (5:10)
03. Shame On You, Mr.Trump (6:03)
04. Three O'Clock In The Mornin' (5:21)
05. Leave You In The Morning (4:40)
06. Muddy Waters (4:20)
07. Apolitical Blues (3:48)
08. Love My Baby (2:40)
09. I'll Sing The Blues For You (4:45)
10. Goin' Out (3:59)
11. Tough Times (3:52)
12. This Angel (4:22)
13. 40 Years (Extended Version) (9:01)

CD 2:
01. Too Late For Prayin' (3:06)
02. Nana (2:39)
03. Long Distance Call (4:59)
04. I'll Sing The Blues For You (3:00)
05. I Belive I'll Dust My Broom (4:21)
06. Help Me (3:37)
07. I'm Ready (3:46)
08. Keep Movin' (2:20)
09. Same Thing (4:51)
10. I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll (2:30)
11. When I Was A Boy (2:22)
12. Suffering (5:17)
13. For My Friend (4:46)
14. Special Medicine (3:59)
15. Pittsburgh (2:46)
16. Mississippi Girl (2:58)
17. Miniskirt (2:00)
18. Tough Times (Schweiz 2005) (4:02)
19. This Angel Shuffle (Mallorca 2013) (5:10)

City Blues Connection releases anniversary double album: The title song 40 Years already brings the band's power to full advantage: The gripping title tells the story of the band under the motto "Back to the roots" in the tough Chicago blues style. Then it continues on CD1 with the current Rhythm & Blues Big Band recordings from 2017-2019: In the next song Mr. President, the wind section unfolds its full power and offers a rousing with the great blues harp and the wild slide guitar Shuffle. Title by title, it continues with the songs that delighted the audience at the premiere at the 40th Anniversary Concert as part of the Jazz & The City Salzburg festival: In their initial reactions, radio hosts from various broadcasters from Germany and Austria stated about the program, concert and double album: “Crazy concert! ... unbelievable performance ... I'm totally thrilled "," world class performance "," such a powerful big band sound unique in German blues ... an all-round successful release "!
The CD2 offers re-mastered historical recordings from the 40-year history of the band. Among other things, subsequently legitimized bootlegs from 1979 to 1984, songs from the 1984 album Do Not Play Rock'n'Roll and songs from the album Louisiana Red & The City Blues Connection - World On Fire from 1985. There is also an extensive booklet interesting information about the history of the band, the musicians and the songs. The exciting production shows the versatility of City Blues Connection - The Rhythm & Blues Big Band.

40 Years (1979-2019) MP3
40 Years (1979-2019) FLAC Part 1 - 40 Years (1979-2019) FLAC Part 2

Thursday, February 1, 2018

City Blues Connection - Anna Liza

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:04
Size: 171.8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[4:20] 1. This Angel
[4:26] 2. Muddy Waters
[4:43] 3. I'll Sing The Blues For You
[3:56] 4. Goin' Out
[5:30] 5. How Long Climb On The Highest Mountain Medley
[5:19] 6. My Massa Told Me Got To Work Some More
[4:39] 7. Leave You In The Morning
[4:42] 8. Hear My Phone Ringing
[2:40] 9. Wrong Doing
[5:01] 10. So Bad
[3:52] 11. Tough Times
[3:08] 12. Sunday Kind Of Love
[2:39] 13. Love My Baby
[4:30] 14. Can Give You So Much Love
[3:49] 15. Apolitical Blues
[3:45] 16. Aching Heart
[3:15] 17. Fishing Blues
[4:40] 18. Mr. President

Founded in 1979, the City Blues Connection became a central band in the German blues scene and played a significant role in the development of the Hamburg blues scene of the 1980s. With several LPs, singles, radio and TV appearances, the band reached a high profile in the 1980s. With the LP "I Do Not Play No Rock'n'Roll" the band manifested their own blues style and sound. In 1985, the extraordinary production "World On Fire" was recorded together with Louisiana Red.

After only sporadic performances from the 1990s onwards, individual recording sessions took place from 2005 to 2013, two of which were released on the sampler BGD ROCK CITY. Since 2016 public appearances with the new band conception "City Blues Connection - The Rhythm & Blues Big Band", 2017 Production of the new CD "Anna Liza". (Translated from German.)

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