The Legendary Blues Band - Prime Time Blues

Album: Prime Time Blues
Size: 92,8 MB
Time: 40:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1992
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues, Chicago blues
Art: Full

1. You Never Miss Me (3:54)
2. Stop Your Complaining (3:31)
3. Lonesome For My Baby (3:36)
4. Blues Today (5:23)
5. Monday Morning (3:34)
6. Sweet Thing (Song For Mary) (3:03)
7. I Don't Know (4:05)
8. Hoochie Coochie Man (5:10)
9. Big Town Playboy (3:44)
10. One Day Till Christmas (3:58)

The Legendary Blues Band includes Calvin Jones (b.1926, Greenwood, Mississippi; bass, violin); Willie Smith (b.1935, Helena, Arkansas; drum); various others on vocals, guitar, harmonica, and piano. When the Muddy Waters band quit the master en masse in 1980, most of the sidemen stuck together and formed their own group. The Legendary Blues Band, as they were named, included Pinetop Perkins, Jerry Portnoy, Willie Smith, and Calvin Jones throughout its early years. Short-term member Louis Myers, another Muddy Waters alumnus, appeared as guitarist on the band's first album (Rounder, 1981).

The band has since changed personnel with some regularity, and while its lineup has become progressively less "legendary" in name and/or historic associations, its music has remained solid and true to the mainstream Chicago style. In a later configuration, they even made the Billboard Black Music charts. Recent albums have featured guitarist Billy Flynn and harmonicist Madison Slim. The rhythm section of Jones and Smith has anchored the unit throughout the changes, never failing to deliver the Chicago blues with aplomb. /Biography by Jim O'Neal, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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The Legendary Blues Band - Keepin' The Blues Alive

Album: Keepin' The Blues Alive
Size: 96,7 MB
Time: 41:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1990
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. I Don't Wanna Know (3:46)
2. Stuck In The Bottom (4:53)
3. I Love My Woman (3:18)
4. Cook Me (4:31)
5. Open Your Eyes (4:00)
6. Nobody Knows (3:09)
7. Without Her (3:12)
8. What's Wrong (4:23)
9. Shake It For Me (4:25)
10. Reach Way Back (3:14)
11. Steady Worried Man (2:40)

The Legendary Blues Band includes Calvin Jones (b.1926, Greenwood, Mississippi; bass, violin); Willie Smith (b.1935, Helena, Arkansas; drum); various others on vocals, guitar, harmonica, and piano. When the Muddy Waters band quit the master en masse in 1980, most of the sidemen stuck together and formed their own group. The Legendary Blues Band, as they were named, included Pinetop Perkins, Jerry Portnoy, Willie Smith, and Calvin Jones throughout its early years. Short-term member Louis Myers, another Muddy Waters alumnus, appeared as guitarist on the band's first album (Rounder, 1981).

The band has since changed personnel with some regularity, and while its lineup has become progressively less "legendary" in name and/or historic associations, its music has remained solid and true to the mainstream Chicago style. In a later configuration, they even made the Billboard Black Music charts. Recent albums have featured guitarist Billy Flynn and harmonicist Madison Slim. The rhythm section of Jones and Smith has anchored the unit throughout the changes, never failing to deliver the Chicago blues with aplomb. /Biography by Jim O'Neal, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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The Legendary Blues Band - Money Talks

Album: Money Talks
Size: 92,9 MB
Time: 39:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1993
Styles: Blues, Chicago blues
Art: Full

1. Money Talks (3:01)
2. Easy Come (4:25)
3. Going Too Fast (3:40)
4. I Wonder (5:01)
5. Blue Shadows (4:39)
6. Sitting And Drinking (4:08)
7. Lottery Blues (3:59)
8. Sock Juice (3:02)
9. Rock Me (3:35)
10. Woman's World (4:25)

In June 1980, when Muddy Waters former backing musicians decided to quit, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (drums), Pinetop Perkins (piano), Louis Myers (harmonica/guitar), Calvin "Fuzz" Jones (bass guitar), and Jerry Portnoy (harmonica), formed the Legendary Blues Band. Later that year they appeared backing John Lee Hooker in the movie The Blues Brothers (1980). Smith was the only band member, besides Hooker, to appear onscreen in close-up. The following year, Dave Myers joined the others as a guitarist when they recorded their debut album, Life of Ease, on Rounder Records. Duke Robillard guested on their second release Red Hot 'n' Blue.

With varying personnel over the years, the Legendary Blues Band recorded seven albums, Life of Ease, Red Hot 'n' Blue, Woke Up with the Blues (nominated for a W.C. Handy Award), Keepin' the Blues Alive, U B Da Judge, Prime Time Blues, and Money Talks, between 1981 to 1993. The Legendary Blues Band has toured with Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, and Eric Clapton. The more recent recordings included Billy Flynn, Little Smokey Smothers, Nick Moss, and Madison Slim amongst others, although the rhythm section of Jones and Smith remained intact through to their final release in 1993.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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The Legendary Blues Band - Red Hot 'N' Blue

Album: Red Hot 'N' Blue
Size: 79,7 MB
Time: 34:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1983/1994
Styles: Blues, Chicago blues
Art: Full

1. Money (2:46)
2. Crazy 'Bout That Thing (3:05)
3. Almost Lost My Mind (5:48)
4. Streamlined Baby (2:55)
5. Do The Get Down (2:42)
6. Loverboy (3:02)
7. Come Back Baby (3:22)
8. How Long (3:37)
9. High Heel Sneakers (3:46)
10. Blues For Big Nate (3:03)

For their second album, the Legendary Blues Band - featuring members of Muddy Waters backing band, including Pinetop Perkins, Peter Ward, Calvin Jones, Jerry Portnoy and Willie Smith - nearly captured the big, powerful sound of Muddy at his peak. Perkins and Jones don't have the same presence as Waters, but they're fine vocalists in their own right, and the band itself has the same intoxicating rush that made such latter-day Muddy efforts as Hard Again so enjoyable. And that means that Red Hot 'N' Blue is as close to Waters as you're going to get without Muddy himself - and that means it's one of the better Chicago blues records of its era. /Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic

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The Legendary Blues Band - Woke Up With The Blues

Year: 1989
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:53
Size: 87,6 MB
Styles: Electric blues, Chicago blues
Scans: Full

1. Another Mule (3:03)
2. I Woke Up With The Blues (5:30)
3. Your Daughter Looks Good To Me (2:18)
4. Honey Bee (4:33)
5. I Need You So Bad (2:55)
6. Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong (4:11)
7. I'd Like To Have A Girl Like You (3:29)
8. I've Got To Be With You Tonight (3:43)
9. You're Looking Good Again Tonight (3:29)
10. Having A Hard Time (4:36)

In June 1980, Muddy Waters' backing musicians Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (drums), Pinetop Perkins (piano), Louis Myers (harmonica/guitar), Calvin "Fuzz" Jones (bass guitar) and Jerry Portnoy (harmonica) quit and formed the Legendary Blues Band. Later that year, they backed John Lee Hooker in the film The Blues Brothers. Smith was the only band member to appear in close-up. The following year, Louis Myers joined the others as a guitarist and they recorded their debut album Life of Ease for Rounder Records. Duke Robillard guested on their second release Red Hot 'n' Blue.

The Legendary Blues Band recorded seven albums: Life of Ease, Red Hot 'n' Blue, Woke Up with the Blues (nominated for a W.C. Handy Award), Keepin' the Blues Alive, U B Da Judge, Prime Time Blues, and Money Talks, between 1981 and 1993 and toured with Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton.

Later recordings included Billy Flynn, Little Smokey Smothers, Tony O. Melio, Nick Moss and Madison Slim although the rhythm section of Jones and Smith remained through to their final release in 1993. /Wikipedia

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The Legendary Blues Band - Life Of Ease

Year: 1980
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:17
Size: 88,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues, Chicago blues
Scans: Full

1. Life Of Ease (2:38)
2. Pay Back (4:30)
3. For You My Love (3:07)
4. Eye To Eye (4:40)
5. Lucille (3:08)
6. Think Like A Million (2:52)
7. Woke Up With The Blues (4:56)
8. Hush Hush (2:57)
9. Love You To The Bone (3:40)
10. Snakeskin Strut (2:27)
11. How Long, How Long (3:15)

The Legendary Blues Band includes Calvin Jones (b.1926, Greenwood, Mississippi; bass, violin); Willie Smith (b.1935, Helena, Arkansas; drum); various others on vocals, guitar, harmonica, and piano. When the Muddy Waters band quit the master en masse in 1980, most of the sidemen stuck together and formed their own group. The Legendary Blues Band, as they were named, included Pinetop Perkins, Jerry Portnoy, Willie Smith, and Calvin Jones throughout its early years. Short-term member Louis Myers, another Muddy Waters alumnus, appeared as guitarist on the band's first album.

The band has since changed personnel with some regularity, and while its lineup has become progressively less "legendary" in name and/or historic associations, its music has remained solid and true to the mainstream Chicago style. In a later configuration, they even made the Billboard Black Music charts. Recent albums have featured guitarist Billy Flynn and harmonicist Madison Slim. The rhythm section of Jones and Smith has anchored the unit throughout the changes, never failing to deliver the Chicago blues with aplomb. /Biography by Jim O'Neal, AllMusic

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Legendary Blues Band - U B Da Judge

Size: 103,3 MB
Time: 39:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1991
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Got Love If You Want It (3:36)
02. Things Could Be Worse (4:24)
03. Eye To Eye (5:01)
04. In The Rain (3:47)
05. Watch Your Enemies (2:45)
06. Don't Say That No More (3:52)
07. I Don't Trust You, Man (4:14)
08. No One To Love (4:18)
09. When The Blues Come Around (3:51)
10. Who's Been Talking (3:24)

When U B Da Judge was released in 1991, the Legendary Blues Band's lineup still included former Muddy Waters sidemen Willie Smith (drums, vocals) and Calvin Smith (bass, vocals), as well as harp player Madison Slim, keyboardist Willie O'Shawny and guitarists Billy Flynn and Tony O. U B Da Judge isn't a great album by any means, though it has a few decent cuts, including the originals "Watch Your Enemies" and "I Can't Trust You, Man" and a cover of Jimmy Reed's "Don't Say That No More." The CD may have been recorded in Atlanta, but the band's sound is unmistakably Chicago. Completists and diehard collectors may want this so-so CD, but for beginners, the Legendary Blues Band's Rounder albums with Pinetop Perkins would be a much better investment. ~Review by Alex Henderson

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