The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Love Makes A Woman (Feat. Darcel Wilson & Thornetta Davis)

Size: 84,1 MB
Time: 36:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front

01. So Soon (Feat. Darcel Wilson) (3:24)
02. Higher & Higher (Feat. Darcel Wilson) (3:42)
03. Good Rockin' Daddy (Feat. Thornetta Davis) (3:38)
04. Talk To Me, Talk To Me (Feat. Darcel Wilson) (4:03)
05. Love Makes A Woman (Feat. Darcel Wilson) (3:41)
06. Go Girl! (3:38)
07. Don't Cry Baby (Feat. Thornetta Davis) (3:49)
08. Wild Wild Young Men (Feat. Darcel Wilson) (3:11)
09. Nick Of Time (Feat. Thornetta Davis) (3:49)
10. Since You've Been Gone (Feat. Darcel Wilson) (2:59)

Love Makes a Woman is The Knickerbocker All-Stars 4th recording. When two phenomenal vocalists such as Darcel Wilson and Thornetta Davis get together for a session, it’s going to be special. Love Makes a Woman was inspired by the great female soul and R&B singers who popularized the genre. These carefully selected tunes barely scratch the surface of the sacred music of early Soul and R&B. This recording spans a wide range of emotional and musical content including an instrumental that allows the band to let loose.
Darcel Wilson has one of the more sensual and engaging voices, especially when she serenades her listeners as performed on “Talk to Me.” She has worked as an instructor of theory, ensembles and voice at Berklee College of Music in Boston since 1998. Darcel’s contribution to this album was invaluable.
For blues enthusiasts, Thornetta Davis, Detroit’s Queen of the Blues, needs no introduction. Thornetta is an internationally recognized vocalist and songwriter and has won 30 Detroit Music Awards. Her voice is confident, vibrant and sends a clear message of the meaning and emotion of her songs. There are very few singers who can perform Bonnie Raitt’s “Nick of TIme” with similar compassion and tenderness.
As Duke Ellington announced at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, “I hope you will enjoy these things – we’ll start by Just Scratchin’ the Surface.”

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The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Texas Rhody Blues

Time: 48:26
Size: 110.9 MB
Source: LL
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues
Released: 2016
Covers: Full

1 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Texas Cadillac {4:25}
2 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Youve Got Me Licked {3:30}
3 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Respirator Blues {6:34}
4 The Knickerbocker All-Stars Ft Duke Robillard & Jimmie Vaughan - Going To The Country {4:00}
5 The Knickerbocker All-Stars Ft Duke Robillard & Jimmie Vaughan - I Have News For You {3:33}
6 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - I Still Love You Baby {3:13}
7 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - I Got News For You {3:21}
8 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - I Trusted You Baby {3:18}
9 The Knickerbocker All-Stars Ft Duke Robillard & Jimmie Vaughan - Blood Stains On The Wall {4:39}
10 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Ain't That Dandy {3:21}
11 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Reap What You Sow {4:35}
12 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - T Bone Speaks {1:03}
13 The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Tell Me What's The Reason {2:49}

Texas Rhody Blues, featuring Jimmie Vaughan and Duke Robillard, is the third Knickerbocker All-Stars CD release. The project was supported by the Knickerbocker Music Center, a non-profit organization formed in partnership with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School. The Knickerbocker Music Center will have an exciting performance venue and an exceptional center for music education.
This CD has its roots in The Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals of the late 1950s and early ‘60s which turned many white soul searchers on to blues, rhythm and blues, and jump blues. In 1963, Blues at Newport was recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival, which featured many of the greatest folk and delta blues musicians. A young woman attending college in Boston heard it and was hooked. Her name is Bonnie Raitt. The next Newport Folk Festival brought in two of the most influential Texas bluesmen: Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb.
The talented guitarist, Mike Bloomfield who deserves much more recognition for pioneering blues music, offered blues workshops at the festival with Lipscomb and Hopkins. Bloomfield performed with Paul Butterfield and made rock ‘n’ roll history when he handed Bob Dylan a Fender Stratocaster and Dylan played three “electrified” songs with Sam Lay, Barry Goldberg and Al Kooper.
A young Rhode Island blues aficionado also was hooked. His name is Duke Robillard. The Texas/Rhody blues connection was further developed when Rhode Islander Johnny Nicholas joined Asleep at the Wheel as vocalist and won a Grammy in 1978. At the time, Roomful of Blues, the Fabulous Thunderbirds and the Cobras – Stevie Ray Vaughan’s band – were the hottest acts to play in Austin and Westerly, RI. Rhode Islander Fran Christina, the original Roomful drummer, joined the Thunderbirds followed by Roomful’s bass player, the late Preston Hubbard. When Jimmie Vaughan left the Thunderbirds, Robillard took over on guitar for three years.
The climax of the Texas/Rhody Connection came when Stevie Ray played with the Roomful Horns at Carnegie Hall in 1997.
Texas Rhody Blues is a celebration of the great Texas Bluesmen and the generation of tremendous blues musicians who followed, of which there are too many to list. There is no question that Jimmie Vaughan and Duke Robillard should be hall of famers and the bookends of the Texas/Rhody blues connection. Please play this recording loud!
– JP Sheerar

Texas Rhody Blues

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The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Go Back Home To The Blues

Size: 116,2 MB
Time: 46:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Electric Blues, Jump Blues
Art: Front

01. 36-22-26 (3:10)
02. You Know That You Love Me (2:48)
03. Cadillac Baby (3:17)
04. Brand New Fool (3:57)
05. Something To Remember You By (3:59)
06. Take It Like A Man (2:13)
07. Hokin' (3:40)
08. Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Being Right? (3:37)
09. He Was A Friend Of Mine (5:28)
10. Go Back Home To The Blues (3:53)
11. Blockbuster Boogie (3:01)
12. Annie Get Your Thing On (3:55)
13. I Tried (3:20)

Vocals
Sugar Ray Norcia, vocals 1, 4, 6
Brian Templeton, vocals 3, 10,12
Willie J Laws, vocals 2, 5, 9, 13
Al Basile, vocal 8

Musicians
Mark Teixeira, drums
Brad Hallen, standup/electric bass
Al Copley, piano
Monster Mike Welch, guitar
Doug James, baritone/tenor sax
Sax Gordon Beadle, tenor sax
Rich Lataille, alto/tenor sax
Doc Chanonhouse, trumpet
Al Basile, cornet 8
Carl Querfurth, trombone 1, 5

"Go Back Home to the Blues" is the second Knickerbocker All-Stars record, building on the enthusiastically received "Open Mic at the Knick". Once again the deep pool of New England blues talent has provided knockout versions of blues and R&B classics, this time adding some new songs which are perfect fits stylistically.
The Knickerbocker All-Stars are celebrated veterans and masters of their craft. Original Roomful of Blues members and other Roomful alumni, members of the Duke Robillard Band, Sugar Ray and the Bluetones, and vocalists Willie J. Laws and Brian Templeton all make a powerful blend, and among them they've garnered literally dozens of BMA and Grammy nominations. The songs are characteristic of the ones played in the heyday of the Knick, first done by early Roomful influences Bobby Bland, Freddie King, Guitar Slim, Cleanhead Vinson, and many others, and this crew reanimates them with authority. The tenor battle on “Hokin'” could have been played at the Knick in 1953 – or 1973 – but the excitement is freshly minted, and there are new songs which could have been done by Louis Jordan and Albert King. What better place than this to celebrate a robust yet undervalued American musical genre? It may have started years ago, but its spirit is timeless, and it's found a home at the Knick.
This recording is sponsored by the Knickerbocker Music Center, a non-profit formed to preserve, cultivate, and grow the “Knick’s” unique brand of blues, as well as expand access to music of all kinds by transforming the Knick into both an exciting performance venue and an exceptional center for music education.

Thanks to MB.
The Go Back Home To The Blues

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The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Open Mic At The Knick

Size: 106,2 MB
Time: 45:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. You Upset Me Baby (Vocals Sugar Ray Norcia) (3:33)
02. Turn On Your Love Light (Vocals Malford Milligan) (3:54)
03. Mother-In- Law Blues (Vocals Willie J. Laws) (2:44)
04. Love Disease (Vocals Malford Milligan) (3:30)
05. Jelly Jelly (Vocals Johnny Nicholas) (5:11)
06. Reconsider Baby (Vocals Johnny Nicholas) (3:18)
07. It's Later Than You Think (Vocals Sugar Ray Norcia) (2:33)
08. Ain't That Lovin You (Vocals Curtis Salgado) (2:29)
09. Five Long Years (Vocals Willie J. Laws) (3:57)
10. Somebody's Got To Go (Vocals J.P. Sheerar) (4:09)
11. I'm Tore Down (Vocals Brian Templeton) (3:25)
12. Along About Midnight (Vocals Johnny Nicholas) (3:02)
13. Going Down (Vocals Mike O’Connell) (3:28)

The Knickerbocker All Stars are a group of extremely talented blues musicians who have been in the business for decades. Members of the band have played with such notable performers as Freddie King, Robert Cray, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Roomful of Blues as well as their own bands.
Sunday night at the Knickerbocker Café in Westerly, RI featured the Roomful of Blues in the 1970’s and early 80’s. It quickly became the hottest social event in the area. Duke Robillard, the legendary blues guitarist and leader of the Roomful, would invite many up and coming musicians on stage to get their licks in as well as featured artists, the list of which is too long to mention.
Every song on the CD was carefully selected to emulate the great blues front-men, backed by a full horn section with bluesy and boogie woogie piano. Bob Christina was working as the drummer in the blues band Ricky King Russell and the Cadillac Horns. With Bob’s efforts we were able to bring together the Knickerbocker All Stars. The band includes blues heroes, Curtis Saglado, John Nicholas, Sugar Ray Norcia, Malford Milligan, Dave Maxwell, Al Copley and, of course, Bob’s brother Fran.
If you play their songs loud enough and close your eyes you can envision the band blasting away while dancers on the floor twist, swing, jitterbug and slow dance real tight. All of this is what was and still is the hallmark of the Knickerbocker Café.

Musicians
Bobby and Fran Christina – drums
Ricky King Russell – guitar
Nick Adams – guitar on “Love Disease”
Bob Worthington – bass electric/stand-up
Doc Chanonhouse - trumpet
Bobby “Breeze” Holfelden – trombone
Rich Lataille – tenor and alto sax
Dennis Cook– baritone sax
Al Copley and Dave Maxwell – piano

Open Mic At The Knick

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