Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames - Bluesin' Through The Years

Album: Bluesin' Through The Years
Size: 102,6 MB
Time: 44:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Don't Ever Change Your Ways (4:16)
2. Don't Tell Mama (5:02)
3. Red Hot Tabasco (3:03)
4. Lookin For A Man (4:59)
5. May Be Right, May Be Wrong (5:41)
6. Ramblin' (6:08)
7. Louise (4:01)
8. Slip Into A Dream (5:54)
9. She's Lyin' (5:04)

Dave Weld and The Imperial Flames, an authentic, real deal blues band. High energy with versatile talent, variety, and a cohesive show that includes original driving houserocking blues, blues rock, funk, boogie and soul. Blues originals are classic in nature, the standards are revitalized with striking three part vocal harmony, three vocal stylists.

Passionate slide guitarist Dave Weld, mentored from Grammy Winning Master J.B. Hutto and legendary slideman, along with blues diva and two time Rami winner Monica Myhre (Mona Rose), a kicking rhythm section consisting of the smooth voice of Jeff Taylor holding a solid beat on drums, Kenny Pickens blazing on bass, Harry YaSeen, tutored by the famous Art Hodes on piano/organ and the Mississippi saxman Rogers Randle. /Bluestown Music

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Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames Blues Band - Rough Rockin' In Chicago

Album: Rough Rockin' In Chicago
Size: 117,9 MB
Time: 50:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1991/1995
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. All Day Long For You (5:50)
2. How Do You Measure Love? (5:23)
3. Tremble, Tremble (6:17)
4. J.C. (4:21)
5. Walkin' Straight, Walkin' Tall (2:54)
6. Stop Breakin' Down/St. Francis (6:18)
7. Hurtin' By The Hour (5:15)
8. Lay It On The Line (5:49)
9. Sweet Shiny Brown Eyes (4:07)
10. Love Me Slow (4:41)

This is good rockin' blues in the Chicago tradition. Dave Weld has taken the experience he got with Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials and put together a tough, raw band that operates right on the edge. Although Dave is obviously deep into the blues tradition, he's not strapped to it. He i willing to take some musical changes and venture into the territory where his personal version of rock'n' roll meets Chicago blues. And on the songs where Dave and the band play with Lil' Ed, you can feel the love that Dave and Ed have for each other. This is some tough stuff, which is just the way it's supposed to be. /Bruce Iglauer

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames - Nightwalk

Album: Nightwalk
Size: 141,1 MB
Time: 60:50
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues
Art: Front, back

1. Mary Who (6:09)
2. Don't Ever Change Your Ways (4:16)
3. Don't Tell Mama (5:01)
4. Red Hot Tabasco (3:03)
5. Travelin' Woman (4:40)
6. Now She's Gone (5:58)
7. Cry, Cry, Cry (4:21)
8. Donde Vas (4:52)
9. She Was A Woman (5:47)
10. Hit By The 103 (4:42)
11. Loving You/Jelly Roll Blues (4:19)
12. Mary Who (Extended Version) (7:36)

Chicago blues is Dave Weld’s lifeblood. From his beginnings mentored by JB Hutto to his decades with Lil Ed Williams and his Blues Imperials, he has taken the blues around the world. Weld and his Imperial Flames have a brand-new album titled “Nightwalk,” their third for Chicago’s Delmark Records. “Nightwalk” deepens the forward-thinking sound and energy of their contemporary blues albums past, weaving an original tapestry of old and new traditions.

Highlights include “Mary Who”, an authentic musical tour de force and vivid portrait of urban life and his tribute to JB Hutto, “Don’t Ever Change Your Ways”. Weld told Blues Blast Magazine that, “It’s about how he schooled me, and prepared me, for the good parts of this industry as well as the bitterness. His advice was don’t let anybody tell you you can’t make it, not your job, your girlfriend, your mother or father, your friends, nobody! That has stuck with me. The song is about him leaving Georgia and coming to Chicago to be a bluesman, and meeting him when I was a young man. That is when he told me to never change my ways.”

The Imperial Flames are a big, horn-driven band and Weld shares vocal duties with his partner Monica Myhre and his drummer Jeff Taylor. Longtime friend Billy Branch contributes harp on the Hutto original, “Now She’s Gone” as well. Weld brought Tom Hambridge in to produce. Hambridge is Buddy Guy’s longtime drummer and producer and has won two Grammy Awards along with multiple nominations for his work with Guy, Susan Tedeschi, James Cotton, and Kenny Neal.

A native of Lake Forest, Weld studied history and journalism at New Mexico State University before returning home for the blues life. He initially earned his keep playing with ex-Hound Dog Taylor sidemen Brewer Phillips and Ted Harvey at Sweet Peas, then joining up with several former bandmates of Howlin’ Wolf in the house band at the 1815 Club. Weld‘s affinity for the blues was apparent to those wary, seasoned veterans. An early supporter was Hutto, a highly regarded slide guitarist.

Weld‘s comfort with urban blues was further illustrated when he took on rhythm guitar duties in the fast company of his slide guitar-playing friend Lil Ed Williams in the raw-and-rowdy band they called The Blues Imperials. The acclaimed 1986 album Roughhousin'’ captured their incandescent spirit. Weld was with The Blues Imperials for about ten years before branching off in the late-1980s to lead his own outfit. To date, The Imperial Flames have performed in 26 states, 11 countries, and at about three dozen festivals, among them the Montreal Jazz Festival and, naturally, the Chicago Blues Festival.

Thanks to Bluesercher

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Lil Ed & Dave Weld - Keep On Walkin'

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:10
Size: 135.4 MB
Styles: Slide guitar blues
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[5:00] 1. North Carolina Bound (Acoustic Duo)
[3:19] 2. Combination Boogie
[4:19] 3. I'm Not A Slave
[6:17] 4. Confess Diane
[3:10] 5. So Long So Long
[2:25] 6. Let's Boogie Baby
[5:28] 7. Lonely, Lonely (When Evenin' Comes)
[5:20] 8. Too Late Baby
[3:11] 9. New Year's Resolution
[3:45] 10. Sweet Shiny Brown Eyes
[4:47] 11. I Can't Have Nothin'
[4:33] 12. Keep On Walkin'
[2:35] 13. Set My Sight On You
[4:56] 14. North Carolina Bound (Band Version)

Lil Ed Williams and Dave Weld have complementary styles. The pair of blues singer-guitarists learned slide guitar from J.B. Hutto (Williams' uncle) and they are equally skilled playing acoustic and electric blues. In fact, with the exception of the pop ballad "Too Late Baby" which is from 1944 and utilizes different personnel than the rest of the CD, this set mostly alternates acoustic and electric numbers by the Imperial Flames, a quintet. The co-leaders split the vocals and the guitar solos equally and are not only strong soloists but adept at backing each other. Due to impressive variety and high musicianship, the often-exuberant set is highly recommended to blues fans. ~Scott Yanow

Keep On Walkin'

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Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames - Burnin' Love

Year: 2010
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:41
Size: 153,1 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Sweet Shiny Brown Eyes (4:56)
2. Ramblin' (6:37)
3. Burnin' Love (5:29)
4. I Got Mad (4:35)
5. She's Mine (3:52)
6. Talk Dirty (3:56)
7. Donnie Lee (6:19)
8. Ed's Boogie (3:11)
9. Peace Of Mind (5:36)
10. Listen To Mama (4:43)
11. All Of These Things (5:07)
12. Things Are So Slow (6:09)
13. She's Lyin' (5:04)

Dave Weld, approaching sixty, has always been seen as one of the younger guard of electric blues guitarists, his boyish good looks adding fuel to that perception. Of course, he's one of the more seasoned professionals on the bar circuit, and with this recording, he makes his debut for the Delmark label after years on independent labels, his first CD since 1996 in a far-too-thin discography. Weld's Imperial Flames play a mix of contemporary and classic Chicago blues, blues-rock, and songs associated with ex-mentor J.B. Hutto, and Hutto's nephew Lil' Ed Williams. Vocalist Monica Myhre also contributes songs, sings lead on two, and backup for the rest, while drummer/vocalist Jeff Taylor, or the sweet-and-sour tenor sax of veteran Abb Locke are also heard in extensia. Weld's individual playing is spare but substantive, with just that right amount of edge that suggests he's in business.

The tune for his mother, "Donnie Lee", is typically slow, but soulful in that it reflects the pain of trials and tribulations she endured while battling a major illnesses. It is in the patient pace and gently unfolding blues, especially on "Things Are so Slow" where Weld is at his best. This is not to say the band won't rock out, for they do on songs like the funky title track and the much faster "Talk Dirty" (not a cover of Poison/Brett Michaels rock anthem) featuring Myhre. It's in their warmer moments - during the shuffle "Sweet Shiny Brown Eyes," or Myhre's tribute to her mother, "Listen to Mama", that the blue-eyed soul of the band is more prevalent. Lil' Ed contributes rhythm guitar throughout, and offers up some slide and vocals on the exciting "Ed's Boogie". Overall, this long overdue effort from Dave Weld shows what Chicagoans and blues fans have known all along: that this top-notch band deserves much wider recognition. /Michael G. Nastos, AllMusic

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Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames - Slip Into A Dream

Size: 152,3 MB
Time: 65:15
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Chicago Blues, Blues Soul, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Slip Into A Dream (6:27)
02. Sweet Rockin' Soul (4:37)
03. Looking For A Man (4:57)
04. Take Me Back (5:44)
05. May Be Right, May Be Wrong (5:38)
06. Sweet Love (Dulce Amor) (5:20)
07. Louise (3:58)
08. Tremble (6:19)
09. Walk On Down (6:47)
10. Dorothy Mae (4:20)
11. Too Bad, So Sad (4:19)
12. 20% Alcohol (5:01)
13. Slip Into A Dream (Reprise) (1:40)

A storming second album from Dave Weld – a contemporary figure on the Chicago blues scene, and one who's often joined on vocals by female singer Monica Myhre! The presence of Monica makes the record almost feel more like a collaborative ensemble outing – still blues, but with some old school soul elements – kind of a blues fusion with older Memphis or southern modes at times – and less the traditional Chicago blues you might expect. Part of that also comes from a larger horn section on a few numbers – who flesh out the sound. The album also features Bobby Rush on guest harmonica, Greg Guy, son of Buddy Guy, on guitar and Sax Gordon on saxophone.

Slip Into A Dream

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