Fenton Robinson - I Hear Some Blues Downstairs

Size: 214 MB
Time: 36:29
File: Flac
Released: 1977
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. I Hear Some Blues Down Stairs (4:14)
2. Just A Little Bit (4:35)
3. West Side Story (5:03)
4. I'm So Tired (3:53)
5. I Wish For You (3:14)
6. Tell Me What's The Reason (3:19)
7. Going West (3:43)
8. Killing Floor (3:37)
9. As The Years Go Passing By (4:48)

A melodic guitarist with a soaring voice, Fenton made his Alligator debut, Somebody Loan Me A Dime, in 1974, after a long recording and touring career. This classic record displayed the depth of his subtle, nuanced blues and spectacular guitar talent. Living Blues called him “A great artist…playing stunningly clean, complex guitar, while singing with absolutely haunting power and beauty.

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Fenton Robinson - Blues Jam Live Audio

Size: 206 MB
Time: 38:27
File: Flac
Released: 2010
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. 1101 Too Many Drivers (5:01)
2. Instrumental (1:27)
3. Somebody Loan Me A Dime (3:52)
4. Night Riding Daddy (3:45)
5. Only Lovin' Man (2:51)
6. I Feel So Bad (3:05)
7. My Little Girl (2:12)
8. Three Way Party (5:34)
9. Crazy By Degrees (2:24)
10. I Just Want A Little Bit (4:41)
11. So Long (3:30)

Born in Leflore County in the Mississippi Delta on September 23, 1935 (or a little before, according to various documents), Robinson began performing as a teenager in Memphis, where he teamed with guitarist Charles McGowan. He and McGowan moved to Little Rock and briefly to St. Louis. Robinson made his first records for the Meteor label in Memphis and Duke Records in Houston, playing with a harder electric attack than on his later Chicago records when he had developed a nimble, fleet-fingered technique influenced by T-Bone Walker’s style and by formal music studies. In addition to “As the Years Go (Passing) By,” his 1950s records (all credited to Fention Robinson) included “Tennessee Woman,” “The Freeze (made famous by Albert Collins) and, on a session backing Little Rock cohort Larry Davis, “Texas Flood” (later popularized by Stevie Ray Vaughan). Robinson moved to Chicago in 1961 and established himself on the club scene, backing Junior Wells, Sonny Boy Williamson No. 2, Otis Rush and others and working his own gigs on the strength of singles he recorded for USA, Giant and Palos that showcased both his progressive guitar work and sensitive, soulful vocals. HIs debut LP on Nashville’s Sound Stage 7 label captured his talent as a vocalist but allotted little room for his guitar. His upward trajectory was blunted after a 1969 auto accident which eventually landed him in prison, but a letter-writing campaign from blues fans helped him earn an early release. He was based in Chicago in the 1970s, aside from a stay in Santa Cruz, California, where he landed after partnering on tour with Charlie Musselwhite. He recorded two critically acclaimed albums for Alligator, including the Blues Hall of Fame LP I Hear Some Blues Downstairs. But his career in Chicago stagnated and he decided to move back to Little Rock, where he had been well received on return visits. Springfield, Illinois, where he had earlier taught blues in the schools, was his next residence, followed by Rockford, Illinois. Although he toured across the country and overseas, made further high-quality recordings, and was widely admired, high-echelon blues stardom eluded him. A philosophical thinker, serious reader and progressive musician, Robinson embraced the Islamic faith in the 1970s and once went under the name Fenton Lee Shabazz. A Japanese reissue LP honored him with the title The Mellow Blues Genius, and a British album designated him Mellow Fellow. He passed away from cancer in Rockford on November 25, 1997.

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Fenton Robinson - Monday Morning Boogie & Blues

Size: 79,9 MB
Time: 34:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1972
Styles: Blues
Art: LP front & back

1. The Sky Is Crying (3:29)
2. Smokestack Lightning (2:48)
3. Little Red Rooster (3:02)
4. Somebody Loan Me A Dime (3:43)
5. Moanin' For My Baby (3:15)
6. Little Turch (3:49)
7. Don't Start Me Talking (2:55)
8. Let Me Come On Back Home (3:26)
9. Stormy Monday (2:44)
10. Give You Some Air (4:47)

His Japanese fans reverently dubbed Fenton Robinson "the mellow blues genius" because of his ultra-smooth vocals and jazz-inflected guitar work. But beneath the obvious subtlety resides a spark of constant regeneration - Robinson tirelessly strives to invent something fresh and vital whenever he's near a bandstand. The soft-spoken Mississippi native got his career going in Memphis, where he'd moved at age 16. First, Rosco Gordon used him on a 1956 session for Duke that produced "Keep on Doggin'." The next year, Fenton made his own debut as a leader for the Bihari Brothers' Meteor label with his first reading of "Tennessee Woman." His band, the Dukes, included mentor Charles McGowan on guitar. T-Bone Walker and B.B. King were Robinson's idols.

1957 also saw Fenton team up with bassist Larry Davis at the Flamingo Club in Little Rock. Bobby Bland caught the pair there and recommended them to his boss, Duke Records prexy Don Robey. Both men made waxings for Duke in 1958, Robinson playing on Davis' classic "Texas Flood" and making his own statement with "Mississippi Steamboat." Robinson cut the original version of the often-covered Peppermint Harris-penned slow blues "As the Years Go Passing By" for Duke in 1959 with New Orleans prodigy James Booker on piano. The same date also produced a terrific "Tennessee Woman" and a marvelous blues ballad, "You've Got to Pass This Way Again."

Fenton moved to Chicago in 1962, playing Southside clubs with Junior Wells, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Otis Rush and laying down the swinging "Say You're Leavin'" for USA in 1966. But it was his stunning slow blues "Somebody (Loan Me a Dime)" cut in 1967 for Palos, that insured his blues immortality. Boz Scaggs liked it so much that he covered it for his 1969 debut LP. Unfortunately, he initially also claimed he wrote the tune; much litigation followed.

John Richbourg's Sound Stage 7/Seventy 7 labels, it's safe to say, didn't really have a clue as to what Fenton Robinson's music was all about. The guitarist's 1970 Nashville waxings for the firm were mostly horrific: he wasn't even invited to play his own guitar on the majority of the horribly unsubtle rock-slanted sides. His musical mindset was growing steadily jazzier by then, not rockier. Robinson fared a great deal better at his next substantial stop: Chicago's Alligator Records.

His 1974 album Somebody Loan Me a Dime remains the absolute benchmark of his career, spotlighting his rich, satisfying vocals and free-spirited, understated guitar work in front of a rock-solid horn-driven band. By comparison, 1977's I Hear Some Blues Downstairs was a trifle disappointing despite its playful title track and a driving T-Bone tribute, "Tell Me What's the Reason." Alligator issued Nightflight, another challenging set, in 1984, then backed off the guitarist. His 1989 disc Special Road, first came out on the Dutch Black Magic logo and was reissued by Evidence Music. Robinson passed away on November 25, 1997 at the age of 62 due to complications from brain cancer. /Biography by Bill Dahl, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Fenton Robinson - Special Road

Year: 1989/1993
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:57
Size: 124,5 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. 7-11 Blues (3:57)
2. Love Is Just A Gamble (3:36)
3. Special Road (4:18)
4. Too Many Drivers (3:27)
5. Baby Please Don't Go (4:27)
6. Crying The Blues (3:35)
7. Find A Way (4:20)
8. R.M. Blues (4:47)
9. Slick And Greasy (3:20)
10. Blue Monday (4:49)
11. Money Problem (4:43)
12. Nothing But A Fool (5:01)
13. Little Touch (3:31)

Fenton Robinson was one of the unsung heroes of Chicago blues. With his subtle, probing guitar and soaring voice, he represented the smoother side of the city's blues sound. In fact, though he originally came from Mississippi, Fenton's style had more in common with the swinging Texas string-benders than his Delta contemporaries. His elaborate chord progressions on guitar recall the jazz-flavored work of his hero, T-Bone Walker, as well as B.B. King. His soulful vocals and unique songwriting style led the way for some to come. In this outing, Fenton's solos are firmly articulated and elaborately constructed/paced. He's got the guitar goods, and his vocals are memorable.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Various - The Best Of Duke-Peacock Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:25
Size: 115.4 MB
Styles: R&B, Blues
Year: 1992
Art: Front

[2:45] 1. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - My Time Is Expensive
[2:41] 2. Elmore Nixon - A Hepcat's Advice
[2:43] 3. Big Mama Thornton - Let Your Tears Fall Baby
[3:02] 4. Earl Forest - Whoopin' And Hollerin'
[2:31] 5. Johnny Ace - How Can You Be So Mean
[2:47] 6. Rosco Gordon - Keep On Doggin'
[2:45] 7. Andrew Tibbs - Rock Savoy Rock
[2:50] 8. Sonny Parker - She Sets My Soul On Fire
[2:41] 9. Memphis Slim - Living Like A King
[2:48] 10. Little Richard - Little Richard's Boogie
[2:23] 11. Peter Guitar Lewis - Goin' Crazy
[2:35] 12. Little Junior Parker - Drivin' Wheel
[2:40] 13. Larry Davis - Texas Flood
[2:45] 14. Fenton Robinson - Mississippi Steamboat
[2:54] 15. James Davis - Blue Monday
[2:39] 16. Otis Rush - Homework
[4:09] 17. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Stormy Monday Blues
[2:38] 18. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Turn On Your Love Light

Interesting collection of sides from this seminal Texas label. Highlights includes tracks by Bobby Bland ("Stormy Monday," "Turn On Your Lovelight"), Otis Rush ("Homework"), Junior Parker "Driving Wheel"), and Larry Davis' original version of "Texas Flood," made popular to a new audience by Stevie Ray Vaughan. ~Cub Koda

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Various - Horn Band Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 98:38
Size: 225.8 MB
Styles: Assorted styles
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[1:39] 1. Corey Harris - Congo Square Rag
[3:12] 2. Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows - Pouring Water On A Drowning Man
[3:17] 3. Buddy Guy - I Can't Quit The Blues
[3:07] 4. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - She Walks Right In
[3:18] 5. Fenton Robinson - You Say You're Leaving
[3:43] 6. Lucky Peterson - Jammin' In The Jungle
[4:29] 7. Roomful Of Blues - You're Driving Me Crazy
[3:22] 8. Rufus Thomas - I Just Got To Know
[3:34] 9. Albert Collins - Snatchin' It Back
[4:52] 10. Bob Margolin - Lonesome Bedroom Blues
[4:32] 11. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - - Never Unpack Your Suitcase
[5:31] 12. Curtis Salgado - Gettin' To Know You
[2:24] 13. Nappy Brown With The Heartfixers - Hidden Charms
[8:12] 14. Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows - Steamroller Blues
[3:56] 15. Elvin Bishop - I'm Gone
[5:39] 16. Johnny Heartsman - Please Don't Be Scared Of My Love
[4:42] 17. Kenny Neal - Outside Looking In
[3:10] 18. Lucky Peterson - - Heart Attack
[2:55] 19. W.C. Clark - I've Been Searching
[5:18] 20. Lonnie Brooks - Alligators Around My Door
[4:25] 21. The Mellow Fellows - I've Got To Find A Way
[4:14] 22. Albert Collins - A Good Fool Is Hard To Find
[3:07] 23. Roomful Of Blues - Ain't Nothin' Happenin'
[5:47] 24. Rufus Thomas - Big Fine Hunk Of Woman

In the argot of American popular music, the word "horn" is used for any wind instrument, most often the saxophone, but it is also applied to all woodwinds and brasses, especially those played by soloists. In this context "horn section" refers to a group of wind and brass instrumentalists — usually comprising saxophone, trumpet and trombone players; sometime singularly, and sometimes in pairs or more of each instrument. The horn section usually has written parts which are prepared by an arranger using orchestration to provide a harmonic and melodic accompaniment to a song or musical group. In some cases, the horn section may improvise a simple backing part using well-known "stock" lines.

Horn sections are an integral part of musical genres such as jazz, R&B, blues, funk, calypso, ska, soul music and gospel music. Most of these horn sections feature some combination of saxophones, trumpets and trombones. More rarely, other wind or brass instruments such as flute, clarinet or tuba may be added. Other popular musical genres, such as rock and pop, also use horn sections.

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Little Mack Simmons - The PM+Simmons Collection 1971-1982

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:21
Size: 140.5 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[4:34] 1. You've Got To Help Me
[2:56] 2. You're So Fine
[3:53] 3. I'm A Streaker Baby
[2:38] 4. Next Time You See Me
[4:38] 5. The Same One
[2:31] 6. Key To The Highway
[2:48] 7. Cryin' The Blues
[2:29] 8. Mother-In-Law Blues
[4:04] 9. Impeach Me
[3:35] 10. Messing With The Kid
[3:30] 11. Mama Was Right
[2:08] 12. Inflation Blues
[2:58] 13. Chicken Man
[4:04] 14. Rainy Night In Georgia
[3:30] 15. Snap Your Fingers
[2:57] 16. I'm Gonna Keep On Searching Till I Find Mine
[3:25] 17. Skin Tight
[4:33] 18. Blue Lite

Little Mack Simmons, harmonica, vocals ; featuring The Simmons Sound Studio Band (Lonnie Brooks, William "Dead Eye" Norris, guitars ; Detroit Junior, piano, organ ; Robert Covington, Danny Ray Simmons, basses ; Billy Davenport, drums ; Willie Henderson, baritone sax ; Butterscotch, tenor sax) ; Arlean Brown, vocals (tracks 3, 9, 13) ; Lee "Shot" Williams, vocals (track 9) ; featuring The Outhouse Band ; Fenton Robinson, vocals, guitar (track 7). Recorded 1971-1982 at Simmons Recording Studio, Chicago.

In his remarkable 47-year career, Little Mack Simmons — Chicago vocalist and harpman extraordinaire — has performed with the some of the brightest lights of the blues world, including Robert Nighthawk, Sunnyland Slim, Eddie Boyd, Willie Mabon, Detroit Junior, Jimmy Dawkins, Lonnie Brooks, Luther Allison, Magic Sam, J.B. Lenoir and Howlin' Wolf. Malcolm Simmons was born on January 25, 1933, in the small cotton-farming community of Twist, Arkansas. He was a childhood friend of James Cotton, who was serving as an apprentice of Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller) at the time. The two boys persisted in skipping school together for the more enticing lure of jamming on their harmonicas, and Cotton taught Simmons the harp techniques he was learning from the master. Soon school was dropped completely, and Mack picked cotton and drove a tractor full time. Then at 18, he left for St. Louis, where he lived for two years while working on the railroad. It was here that Simmons met the renowned Robert Nighthawk and made his club debut on Nighthawk's stage.

By the late 1960s, Simmons had redefined his musical style, incorporating an intriguing mix of gospel, country and western, funk, soul and rock influences into his blues. From the mid to late 1970s, he owned and operated the Zodiac Lounge in Chicago. He also owned a studio and recorded for his own labels: PM Records and Simmons Records. In addition he cut blues tracks for Biscayne and Dud Sound, and in the 1980s he recorded for Sky Hero Productions, in which he was a partner. By the mid-1990s, Mack was back in the studio, cutting Come Back To Me Baby on the Wolf label in 1994 and High And Lonesome for St. George Records the following year. But it was his 1997 Electro-Fi release, Little Mack Is Back, that proclaimed the revival of Simmons's career, reaping enthusiastic reviews from around the globe. Similarly his current Electro-Fi CD, Somewhere On Down The Line, is racking up worldwide acclaim as word is spreading that Little Mack Simmons is an artist who embodies the best of Chicago blues.

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VA - Lost Blues 1950 To 1970

Size: 110,4 MB
Time: 47:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01 James Cotton - Blow Wind Blow (3:47)
02 Joe Carter - Stormy Monday (5:57)
03 Big Bill Broonzy - It's A Low Down Dirty Shame (2:54)
04 Billy Boy Arnold - Back Door Friend (3:40)
05 Big Walter 'Shakey' Horton - That Ain't It (3:29)
06 Robert Lockwood Jr. - Take A Little Walk With Me (3:26)
07 Memphis Slim - El Capitan (2:54)
08 Sammy Price - How Long Blues (3:48)
09 Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign (5:26)
10 Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime (3:46)
11 Mississippi Fred McDowell - I Asked For Whiskey, She Brought Me Gasoline (2:55)
12 Lightnin' Hopkins - One Eyed Woman (5:19)

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Various - Cold Hearted Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 103:53
Size: 237.8 MB
Styles: Assorted styles
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[2:57] 1. Junior Wells - You Don't Love Me, Baby
[5:13] 2. Rufus Thomas - That Woman Is Poison!
[4:10] 3. Koko Taylor - Save Your Breath
[3:23] 4. Roomful Of Blues - Love Grown Cold
[3:37] 5. Kinsey Report - Corner Of The Blanket
[4:34] 6. Johnny Winter - Bad Girl Blues
[5:56] 7. Billy Boy Arnold - Young And Evil
[3:30] 8. Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials - She Don't Love Me No More
[3:14] 9. W.C. Clark - Cold Blooded Lover
[4:32] 10. Tinsley Ellis - So Many Tears
[4:02] 11. Floyd Dixon - Mean And Jealous Man
[5:38] 12. Little Charlie & The Nightcats - If This Is Love
[3:39] 13. Lucky Peterson - Locked Out Of Love
[4:24] 14. Michael Burks - Mean Old Lady
[2:47] 15. Janiva Magness - Your Love Made A U-Turn
[3:52] 16. Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is
[3:50] 17. Hound Dog Taylor - She's Gone
[4:13] 18. Guitar Shorty - True Lies
[3:54] 19. Son Seals - I Think You're Fooling Me
[5:41] 20. Coco Montoya - Can't See The Streets For My Tears
[6:18] 21. Carey & Lurrie Bell - Heartaches And Pain
[5:40] 22. Lonnie Brooks - Cold Lonely Nights
[4:27] 23. Kenny Neal - The Truth Hurts
[4:14] 24. Corey Harris - If You Let A Man Kick You Once

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Fenton Robinson - Fenton's Blues (The Dave Cash Collection)

Size: 141,2 MB
Time: 59:29
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Chicago Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. Don't Start Me To Talkin' (2:55)
02. Give You Some Air (4:44)
03. I Wanna Ooh! (3:58)
04. I'm Not Through Loving You (3:26)
05. Leave You In The Arms (Of Your Other Man) (2:37)
06. Let Me Come on Home (3:26)
07. Little Red Rooster (3:07)
08. Little Turch (3:51)
09. Mellow Fellow (4:25)
10. Moanin' For My Baby (3:16)
11. She's A Wiggler (5:13)
12. Sideman (2:44)
13. Smokestack Lightning (2:50)
14. Somebody Loan Me A Dime (3:46)
15. Stormy Monday (2:42)
16. The Getaway (2:50)
17. The Sky Is Crying (3:28)

Sometimes a great blues talent slips through the net, producing their best work when our music is going through a slow time, and having their best songs made famous by other people. Fenton Robinson was called a “mellow guitar genius” by Japanese fans, and his sparkling, Jazz-flavoured guitar and smooth baritone voice made him a contender for Grammys and world fame, but somehow the time was not right, and he remains a footnote in Blues history.

Fenton Robinson was born in Greenwood MS in 1935, in the heart of the Delta where the Blues originated. Growing up with this music all around him, Fenton learned to play guitar and, when he was 16, he set off to Memphis to seek his fortune. By then BB King was a big national star, but the other ‘Beale Streeters’, Johnny Ace, Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, Junior Parker and Rosco Gordon were still playing in town. BB was a big influence on Fenton’s playing and both men pay tribute to T-Bone Walker as a pathfinder for their gritty, hard-edged, single-string style. Pianist Rosco used Fenton as a side-man on a 1956 session, and then Bobby ‘Blue’ recommended him to the Bihari Bros. whose Meteor label released Fenton’s debut record ‘Tennessee Woman’ the following year. Fenton formed his own band The Dukes with bass player Larry Davis, and they both played on Larry’s great song ‘Texas Flood’ on the Duke label, which also issued Fenton’s immortal version of ‘As the Years Go Passing By’, with the young James Booker on piano.

In 1962, Fenton relocated to Chicago where he quickly established himself on the club scene, playing with Rice ‘Sonny Boy II’ Miller, Otis Rush, and Junior Wells, and recording with steel-guitar Bluesman Hop Wilson and bandleading bassman Willie Kent. When the British Invasion of R&B-based popular music allowed the Blues to influence the mainstream, Fenton began to hit his stride, with his song ‘Say You’re Leaving’ and the great ‘Somebody Loan Me a Dime’ which was denied national distribution in late 1967 by a freak snowstorm. When Boz Scaggs’ cover version was a big hit in 1969 without crediting Fenton, a long law-suit followed. Meanwhile Fenton’s Nashville-based record company 7/77 pushed him towards rock music where he was not even allowed to play guitar! Fortunately Bruce Iglauer at Alligator Records saw Fenton’s potential and signed him for an album ‘Somebody Loan Me a Dime’ in 1974. This success resulted in two further albums of Fenton’s finest work, as his deep, mellow vocals and elegant guitar lines found a place to flourish.

Fenton’s debut album for Alligator is fine Chicago Blues. With Mighty Joe Young on rhythm guitar in a great backing band, Fenton’s great deep voice and classy guitar work makes this album a classic.

Blame for a serious automobile accident saw Fenton spend some time in jail, and his career lost momentum, but his playing did not suffer, as the fine ‘Night Flight’ album shows, and he also supplimented his income by teaching guitar. One further solo album, ‘Special Road’ was recorded for the Dutch Black Magic label, subsequently re-issued by Evidence, but Fenton did not catch on in the 80s Blues revival that saw Stevie Ray and Robert Cray burning up the charts. Sadly Fenton was diagnosed with brain cancer and, after a long fight, he finally passed away in 1997. ~Johnnie ‘Geechie’ Temple

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Various - Texas Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:04
Size: 165.0 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[4:22] 1. Guitar Shorty - Texas Women
[2:42] 2. John Jackson - Red River Blues
[3:32] 3. John Jackson - West Texas Blues
[4:53] 4. W.C. Clark - My Texas Home
[2:57] 5. Long John Hunter - El Paso Rock
[6:55] 6. Long John Hunter - West Texas Homecoming
[1:49] 7. Tinsley Ellis - Texas Stomp
[4:07] 8. Long John Hunter - Lone Star Shootout
[3:21] 9. Odetta - Midnight Special
[2:54] 10. Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Diamond Joe
[4:25] 11. Pee Wee Crayton - Long Tall Texan
[4:13] 12. Johnny Winter - Route 90
[3:19] 13. Roomful Of Blues - 2 Point 8
[4:18] 14. Fenton Robinson - Texas Flood
[3:42] 15. Fenton Robinson - Going West
[2:40] 16. Johnny Otis - Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee
[3:47] 17. Anders Osborne - Acapulco
[3:38] 18. Charlie Musselwhite - Brownsville Blues
[4:22] 19. Delbert McClinton - B Movie Boxcar Blues

Despite what legend and lore may tell you, the blues did not originate in the Delta. It grew out of the African American experience in the early 20th Century, wherever musically inventive people faced oppression and adversity. And that was happening in plenty of places besides northwest Mississippi. The blues was a product of its times, and so developed in parallel in many areas of the southern U.S. Each region produced its own dialect of the blues, though the Mississippi Delta and the Piedmont of the Southeast were certainly major centers. But of all the regions where blues flourished, Texas—being practically its own country in terms of culture, population, and size, and being home to hotspots such as Austin, Houston, and Dallas—had a profound impact on blues. The Lone Star state still remains a major influence on modern music styles, including and especially the blues.

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Fenton Robinson - Nightflight

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:29
Size: 85.8 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1984
Art: Front

[5:41] 1. I Found Out Yesterday
[2:38] 2. Slow Walking
[4:09] 3. Can't Hold Out Much Longer
[3:52] 4. Nightflight
[3:23] 5. The Feeling Is Gone
[3:05] 6. Laundry Man
[2:04] 7. Crazy, Crazy Lovin'
[4:51] 8. I Lost My True Love
[2:57] 9. Schoolboy
[4:45] 10. Sinner's Prayer

For the most part, another easy-going trip to the mellower side of contemporary blues, Robinson's jazzy tone and buttery vocals applied to a couple of his '50s-era numbers ("Crazy Crazy Lovin'" and "Schoolboy") along with some intriguing new iteams and Lowell Fulson's mournful "Sinner's Prayer." Tasty backing helps too. ~Bill Dahl

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Various - The USA Records Blues Story

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 70:17
Size: 160.9 MB
Styles: Chicago blues, Detroit blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[2:44] 1. Lonnie Brooks - Figure Head
[2:24] 2. Eddy Clearwater - The Duck Walk
[2:55] 3. Willie Mabon - Some Time I Wonder
[2:58] 4. Fenton Robinson - From My Heart
[3:12] 5. Ricky Allen - Going Or Coming
[2:34] 6. Jimmy Burns - Forget It
[3:06] 7. Detroit Junior - It's Bad To Make A Woman Mad
[2:53] 8. Andrew Brown - You Better Stop
[3:12] 9. Mighty Joe Young - Hard Times (Follow Me)
[2:36] 10. Koko Taylor - Like Heaven To Me
[2:13] 11. J.B. Lenoir - I Feel So Good
[2:45] 12. A.C. Reed - I'd Rather Fight Than Switch
[2:38] 13. Willie Mabon - Just Got Some
[2:48] 14. Jesse Fortune - Too Many Cooks
[2:44] 15. Homesick James - Crossroads
[2:58] 16. Ricky Allen - I Have Made A Change
[2:59] 17. Junior Wells - She's A Sweet One
[2:14] 18. Jimmy Burns - Through All Your Faults
[2:53] 19. Detroit Junior - Call My Job
[2:24] 20. Eddy Clearwater - Momee, Momee
[2:05] 21. Andrew Brown - Something Can Go Wrong
[2:34] 22. Lonnie Brooks - I'm Not Going Home
[2:37] 23. Fenton Robinson - Say You're Leavin'
[2:55] 24. Homesick James - My Baby's Sweet
[2:05] 25. Koko Taylor - Honky Tonky
[2:40] 26. Jesse Fortune - Good Things

More than a decade before Alligator Records began reviving the careers of Koko Taylor, Fenton Robinson, Lonnie Brooks, and Detroit Junior, among others in the 1970s, these cats were cutting killer sessions for little labels that you probably have never heard of, including USA Records (not to be confused with Leonard Allen's twin labels United and States from the '50s). Recorded between 1963 and 1966, The USA Records Blues Story captures a dozen of Chicago's best at their peak, often in the midst of some kind of historic transition artistically -- witness Koko Taylor a couple years shy of "Wang Dang Doodle," Fenton Robinson a couple years shy of "Somebody Loan Me a Dime," and Junior Wells a couple years shy of his Hoodoo Man Blues breakthrough. But USA also lured more bankable talent, including Willie Mabon and J.B. Lenoir, who were both still going strong long after their stints with Chess Records. If USA Records ever cut any duds, you wouldn't know it from the way Bill Dahl compiled the reissue; this one hits the jackpot all the way through. ~Ken Chang

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Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 42:42
Size: 97.8 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1974/2007
Art: Front

[2:55] 1. Somebody Loan Me A Dime
[3:17] 2. The Getaway
[4:17] 3. Directly From My Heart To You
[3:46] 4. Going To Chicago
[3:14] 5. You Say You're Leaving
[3:23] 6. Checking On My Woman
[3:52] 7. You Don't Know What Love Is
[4:21] 8. I've Changed
[4:51] 9. Country Girl
[4:24] 10. Gotta Wake Up
[4:18] 11. Texas Flood

One of the most subtly satisfying electric blues albums of the '70s. Fenton Robinson never did quite fit the "Genuine Houserocking Music" image of Alligator Records -- his deep, rich baritone sounds more like a magic carpet than a piece of barbed wire, and he speaks in jazz-inflected tongues, full of complex surprises. The title track hits with amazing power, as do the chugging "The Getaway," a hard-swinging "You Say You're Leaving," and the minor-key "You Don't Know What Love Is." In every case, Robinson had recorded them before, but thanks to Bruce Iglauer's superb production, a terrific band, and Robinson's musicianship, these versions reign supreme. ~Bill Dahl

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Fenton ROBINSON - Blues In Progress

Styles: Modern Electric Chicago Blues
Recorded: 1984
Released: 1988
Label: Black Magic
File: mp3 @ 320 kbps
Size: 88:44 MB
Time: 38:03
Art: Full

1. I Found Out Yesterday - 5:44
2. Schoolboy - 3:01
3. Slow Walking - 2:44
4. Can't Hold Out Much Longer - 4:13
5. Nightflight - 3:54
6. Sinner's Prayer - 4:49
7. Laundry Man - 3:10
8. Crazy Crazy Lovin' - 2:08
9. I Lost My True Love - 4:56
10. The Feeling Is Gone - 3:24

Personnel: Fenton ROBINSON - Guitar, Vocals
Larry Burton - Guitar
Leo Davis - Keyboards
Aron Burton - Bass; Roy Robertson - Drums
with:
Junior Wells - Harmonica tr.4
and four horn section on tr.1,3,7,9

Notes: For the most part, another easy-going trip to the mellower side of contemporary blues, Robinson's jazzy tone and buttery vocals applied to a couple of his '50s-era numbers ("Crazy Crazy Lovin'" and "Schoolboy") along with some intriguing new iteams and Lowell Fulson's mournful "Sinner's Prayer." Tasty backing helps too. ~~ by Bill Dahl.

In 1991, this album was released in US by Alligator label, titled 'Nightflight', with changed cover and order of the tracks.

Blues in Progress

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