The Kinsey Report - Powerhouse

Album: Powerhouse
Size: 98,0 MB
Time: 42:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1990
Styles: Funk/Rock/Blues mix
Art: Full

1. Image Maker (4:43)
2. Hit The Spot (4:30)
3. I'll Be Singing The Blues (3:13)
4. Bad Talking (3:31)
5. Keep On Moving (4:20)
6. Teenage Rage (4:01)
7. Heart's On Fire (4:39)
8. Jammin' Out Tonight (4:23)
9. Walk With Balance (3:39)
10. Good Mornin' Mississippi (5:22)

This family band consists of Donald Kinsey (vocal, guitar), Ralph "Woody" Kinsey (drums), Kenneth Kinsey (bass), and Ronald Prince (guitar). Solidly based in the blues as a result of lifelong training in the Big Daddy Kinsey household, the Kinsey scions are also versed in a broad range of music. Older brothers Donald and Ralph had an early blues-rock trio (White Lightnin') in the mid-'70s, long before they regrouped as the Kinsey Report in 1984 and began to launch new excursions into rock. Donald also recorded and toured with Albert King and with Bob Marley, and the influence of those giants (as well as that of Big Daddy Kinsey, naturally) show through in the music of the Kinsey Report. The band expertly covers all the bases from Chicago blues through reggae, rock, funk, and soul, and their recordings are also distinguished by the songwriting talents and self-contained production approach of the Kinseys. /Biography by Jim O'Neal, AllMusic

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VA - Bluesed Up Rock Classics

Size: 214,7 MB
Time: 92:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials - Leaving Here (3:26)
02. Michael Burks - Fire And Water (4:02)
03. Koko Taylor - Hey Baby (4:19)
04. Shemekia Copeland - Steamy Windows (5:02)
05. Nappy Brown With The Heartfixers - It Ain't My Cross To Bear (3:38)
06. Guitar Shorty - A Little Less Conversation (4:02)
07. Buckwheat Zydeco - When The Levee Breaks (5:14)
08. The Holmes Brothers - Bad Moon Rising (2:55)
09. Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows - Polk Salad Annie (4:08)
10. The Kinsey Report - Fire Down Below (4:46)
11. Coco Montoya - Ain't No Brakeman (3:40)
12. Janiva Magness - Bitter Pill (4:08)
13. Chris Thomas King - The Wind Cries Mary (3:52)
14. Tommy Castro - Gotta Serve Somebody (4:54)
15. Koko Taylor - Bad Case Of Loving You (4:24)
16. Tinsley Ellis - One Sunny Day (3:57)
17. Nappy Brown With The Heartfixers - Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (3:07)
18. Buckwheat Zydeco - Back In Your Arms (4:27)
19. The Kinsey Report - Rattlesnake Highway (4:06)
20. Guitar Shorty - I've Been Working (4:32)
21. The Holmes Brothers - (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love And Understanding (4:13)
22. The Mellow Fellows - Feels Like Rain (5:08)

Bluesed Up Rock Classics

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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

Cold Hearted Blues

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The Kinsey Report - 2 albums: Smoke And Steel / Midnight Drive

Album: Smoke And Steel
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:16
Size: 131.1 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[4:29] 1. Time Is Running Out
[4:32] 2. Dead In Your Tracks
[4:14] 3. This Old City
[3:21] 4. Can't See The Hook
[6:10] 5. Loved Ones
[4:02] 6. Must Be Love
[5:30] 7. When The Church Burned Down
[4:03] 8. Rattlesnake Highway
[4:46] 9. Down In The Dungeon
[4:47] 10. Fire Down Below
[7:07] 11. Code Of The Streets
[4:09] 12. One Step Back

With a strong, rock-drenched approach to their brand of blues, the Kinsey Report comes roaring back with their third full length album for the Alligator imprint. The band has matured and, if nothing else, acquits themselves in a thoroughly professional manner like the old-school gospel/blues/R&B veterans they truly are. While the whole thing pulsates and rocks with an almost bludgeoning intensity at times, Donald's blistering guitar is equal parts roadhouse funk and rock volume blues infused with lots of Johnny Winter and Jimi Hendrix with the Kinsey family twist put to it. Brothers Kenny and Ralph hold the bass-drums groove down tight, tight, tight, while guest guitars, keyboards and Lester Davenport on harmonica show up along the way to spice things up. Highlights include the minor-key reggae groove of "This Old City," and the funk flavors on "When the Church Burned Down" and "Can't See the Hook," the soul ballad "Loved Ones," the lowdown mean country romp of John Fogerty's "Rattlesnake Highway" and "Down In the Dungeon," and the slow blues workout on "Code of the Streets." Strong, strong songwriting (Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top co-wrote one of the tunes here) and a varied approach throughout makes this a modern blues album that holds up to repeated listenings. ~Cub Koda

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Album: Midnight Drive
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:24
Size: 92.5 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1989
Art: Front

[4:36] 1. Midnight Drive
[3:20] 2. Big Time
[4:21] 3. Nowhere To Go, Nothing To Lose
[4:01] 4. See Here Again
[4:15] 5. Can't Stop Thinking About You
[3:31] 6. Love's Overdue
[3:38] 7. Hit Woman
[3:39] 8. River's Invitation
[4:02] 9. Get Outta Here
[4:56] 10. Free South Africa

With Midnight Drive, the Kinsey Report attempts to expand the sonic palette of blues by adding elements of funk and hard rock. Although there are some interesting moments -- primarily in the skillful solos -- the music often falls flat and the songwriting isn't distinctive. The band's attempts at diversity are admirable, but ultimately unsuccessful. ~Thom Owens

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VA - Telephone Blues: 23 Rare Blues Tracks

Size: 229,3 MB
Time: 98:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01 Detroit Junior - Some Nerve (3:06)
02 John Hammond - Long Distance Call (3:17)
03 Son Seals - Telephone Angel Aka You're On My Mind (5:24)
04 Saffire: The Uppity Blues Women - 1-800-799-7233 (5:32)
05 Long John Hunter - Trouble On The Line (4:57)
06 Kinsey Report - Answering Machine (5:39)
07 Jimmy Johnson - Your Turn To Cry (5:51)
08 Lonnie Brooks - Wrong Number (3:17)
09 Son Seals - Call My Job (4:40)
10 Shemekia Copeland - Suspicion (3:56)
11 C.J. Chenier - You Used To Call Me (3:57)
12 Hound Dog Taylor - Talk To My Baby Aka I Can't Hold Out (3:13)
13 Lucky Peterson - Can't Get No Loving On The Telephone (3:18)
14 William Clarke - Telephone Is Ringing (4:48)
15 Big Mama Thornton - Private Number (6:20)
16 The Holmes Brothers - He'll Have To Go (2:57)
17 Son Seals - I Can't Hold Out (4:13)
18 Michael Hill's Blues Mob - Wrong Number (5:40)
19 Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials - Don't Call Me (3:06)
20 Bnois King - Don't Lose My Number (3:31)
21 Siegel-Schwall - 334-3599 (2:31)
22 Son Seals - No, No Baby (4:27)
23 The Robert Cray Band - Phone Booth (4:38)

Telephone Blues

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Various - Alligator Records Playlists: Prison Songs

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:02
Size: 77.9 MB
Styles: Assorted blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[4:51] 1. Gaye Adegbalola - Jail House Blues
[4:54] 2. Billy Boy Arnold - Prisoner's Plea
[3:03] 3. Big Leon Brooks - Thirteen Years In Prison
[5:09] 4. Lonnie Mack - Cincinnati Jail
[4:47] 5. The Kinsey Report - Down In The Dungeon
[4:17] 6. The Holmes Brothers - Three Gray Walls
[3:36] 7. Charlie Musselwhite - Cook County Blues
[3:23] 8. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - My Own Prison

Songs of prison and captivity shaped what we have come to know as the blues. Angela Davis suggests that imprisonment was a central theme in blues music. This is borne out over and over. One of my favorite musicians, the great John Lee Hooker (who Bonnie Rait re-introduced to the mainstream in the 1990s) recorded his version of Prison Bound in 1949. In the song, he tackles the important ideas of the separation from loved ones and the sense of abandonment that can come from being incarcerated.

When they had my trial, baby
You know you couldn’t be found
When they had my trial
Baby, you could not be found
But it’s too late to cry, baby
Your daddy’s prison bound

~Prison Industrial Complex

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Various - The New Bluebloods

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 40:05
Size: 91.8 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1987/1992
Art: Front

[3:35] 1. Donald Kinsey & The Kinsey Report - Corner Of The Blanket
[3:10] 2. Valerie Wellington - A Fool For You
[4:30] 3. Dion Payton - All Your Affection Is Gone
[3:17] 4. Sons Of The Blues - The Only Thing That Saved Me
[4:32] 5. Professor's Blues Review - Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On
[6:13] 6. John Watkins - Chained To Your Love
[3:46] 7. Michael Coleman - Woman Loves A Woman
[4:25] 8. Maurice John Vaughn - Nothing Left To Believe In
[3:44] 9. Melvin Taylor - Depression Blues
[2:49] 10. Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials - Young Thing

An attempt to document "the next generation of Chicago blues," this is generally a very exciting and successful collection, including The Kinsey Report, Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials, Valerie Wellington, and several more. ~Niles J. Franz

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Various - Alligator Records Playlists: Songs Of The City

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 61:22
Size: 140.5 MB
Styles: Assorted blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[5:18] 1. Koko Taylor - Bad Avenue
[4:06] 2. Son Seals - Gentleman From The Windy City
[3:51] 3. A.C. Reed - Moving Out Of The Ghetto
[4:59] 4. Michael Hill's Blues Mob - Living For The City
[5:23] 5. The Holmes Brothers - Concrete Jungle
[4:15] 6. The Kinsey Report - This Old City
[7:08] 7. The Kinsey Report - Code Of The Streets
[4:05] 8. Shemekia Copeland - Ghetto Child
[3:20] 9. Kenny Neal - Big City Ways
[4:43] 10. Maurice John Vaughn - Small Town Baby
[5:23] 11. Luther Allison - Big City
[3:42] 12. Luther Allison - Move From The Hood
[5:04] 13. Shemekia Copeland - Up On 1-2-5

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Various - The Alligator Records Playlists: Money (2-Disc Set)

Everyone needs it -- and, increasingly, everyone around the world seems to be suffering from lack of it. The paradox of money is a subject well-represented in popular music, with rock getting so much of its fuel from blues and R&B. Enjoy these tunes about money from Alligator Records, the need for it, the things we do to get it, and, sadly, its highly volatile nature.

Album: The Alligator Records Playlists: Money (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 60:52
Size: 139.3 MB
Styles: Assorted blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:35] 1. Cephas & Wiggins - Three Ball Blues
[4:37] 2. Elvin Bishop - Give Me Some Of That Money
[4:09] 3. Guitar Shorty - Cost Of Livin'
[3:37] 4. Little Charlie & The Nightcats - My Money's Green
[7:27] 5. Maurice John Vaughn - I Got Money
[6:45] 6. Koko Taylor - Money Is The Name Of The Game
[2:58] 7. Shemekia Copeland - Ka-Ching
[3:27] 8. Little Charlie & The Nightcats - Money Must Think I'm Dead (#2)
[3:30] 9. Saffire The Uppity Blues Women - I Want My Money Back
[3:37] 10. William Clarke - Cash Money
[4:08] 11. Tommy Castro - Trimmin' Fat
[4:07] 12. Little Charlie & The Nightcats - A Ton Of Money
[2:43] 13. Kinsey Report - Poor Man's Relief
[2:42] 14. Saffire The Uppity Blues Women - The Richest Guy In The Graveyard
[3:22] 15. Kenny Neal - Money Don't Make The Man

The Alligator Records Playlists: Money (Disc 1)

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Album: The Alligator Records Playlists: Money (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 57:46
Size: 132.2 MB
Styles: Assorted blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:37] 1. Katie Webster - Money Honey Or Honey Hush
[4:13] 2. Lonnie Brooks - Figurehead
[3:27] 3. Little Charlie & The Nightcats - Hey Gold Digger
[4:22] 4. William Clarke - Pawnshop Bound
[4:58] 5. Long John Hunter - I'm Broke
[3:26] 6. Tinsley Ellis - Pawnbroker
[5:01] 7. Little Charlie & The Nightcats - Deep Pockets
[5:08] 8. Albert Collins - Master Charge
[4:30] 9. C. J. Chenier - Richest Man
[3:22] 10. Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials - First I Look At The Purse
[2:51] 11. Eric Lindell - Low On Cash
[4:31] 12. Coco Montoya - Coin Operated Love
[3:58] 13. William Clarke - Trying To Stretch My Money
[4:16] 14. Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Payday In America

The Alligator Records Playlists: Money (Disc 2)

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Various - The Alligator Records Playlists: Voodoo & Superstition

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 95:46
Size: 219.3 MB
Styles: Chicago blues, Louisiana blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:32] 1. Lonnie Brooks - Brand New Mojo Hand
[6:22] 2. Koko Taylor - Born Under A Bad Sign
[3:10] 3. Kenny Neal - Hoodoo Moon
[4:21] 4. C. J. Chenier - Zydeghost
[3:09] 5. Shemekia Copeland - Honey Do That Voo-Doo
[3:45] 6. Coco Montoya - Casting My Spell
[3:35] 7. Cephas & Wiggins - Stack And The Devil
[2:50] 8. Lonnie Brooks - I Ain't Superstitious
[3:52] 9. Kinsey Report - Lucky Charm
[1:57] 10. Roomful Of Blues - She Put A Spell On Me
[4:07] 11. Charlie Musselwhite - Hoodoo Queen
[3:26] 12. Lonnie Brooks - Two Headed Man
[2:55] 13. The Holmes Brothers - Bad Moon Rising
[4:35] 14. Lonnie Brooks - Family Curse
[3:57] 15. Corey Harris - Voodoo Man
[4:44] 16. Lonnie Brooks - Voodoo Daddy
[4:29] 17. Long John Hunter - Dream About The Devil
[3:27] 18. Tinsley Ellis - Double Eyed Whammy
[3:08] 19. Michael Burks - Voodoo Spell
[4:19] 20. Magic Slim - Spider In My Stew
[3:46] 21. Lonnie Brooks - Hoodoo She Do
[3:30] 22. Lee Rocker - Black Cat Bone
[4:45] 23. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - I Got My Mojo Working
[4:08] 24. Charlie Musselwhite - Sorcerer's Dream
[3:46] 25. Koko Taylor - Voodoo Woman

The following passage was penned by a non-Christian who studied deeply into the roots of the music his ancestors brought to the Western world.

"Spurred by the holy drums [in Central Africa], deep in the meditation of the dance, one is literally entered by a god [demon] . . and it can happen to anyone. In Abomey, Africa, these deities that speak through humans are called vodun. The word means 'mysteries.' From their vodun (also called voden) comes our Voodoo, and it is to Voodoo that we must look for the roots of our music . . Voodoo is not so much Africa in the new World as it is Africa meeting the New World, absorbing it and being absorbed by it . .

"Elvis Presley was the first product of African music in America which the official culture could not ignore . . When whites started playing rock 'n' roll, the whole aesthetic of Western performance changed . . Spurred by a god within him, the devotee . . throws himself into a series of improvisations [bodily movements] . .

The Alligator Records Playlists: Voodoo & Superstition

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