Showing posts with label Oscar Wilson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oscar Wilson. Show all posts

Thursday, May 2, 2019

Bob Corritore & Friends - Do The Hip-Shake Baby!

Source: Lossless Digital Download
Size: 116,1 MB
Time: 49:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock, Blues Gospel
Art: Full

01. Shake Your Hips (Feat. Mighty Joe Milsap) (4:06)
02. Gonna Tell Your Mother (Feat. Alabama Mike & L.A. Jones) (2:40)
03. Bitter Seed (Feat. Oscar Wilson) (2:27)
04. The Twist (Feat. Henry Gray) (2:41)
05. You Better Slow Down (Feat. Bill 'Howl-N-Madd' Perry) (4:05)
06. Worried Blues (Feat. Alabama Mike) (4:07)
07. Love Deep As The Ocean (Feat. John Primer) (4:13)
08. Trying To Make A Living (Feat. Sugaray Rayford & Junior Watson) (3:40)
09. Stand By Me (Feat. Alabama Mike & Andy T) (4:25)
10. I'm Gonna Keep What I've Got (Feat. Mighty Joe Milsap) (3:27)
11. I Got The World In A Jug (Feat. John 'Primetime' Smith) (3:15)
12. Few More Days (Feat. Alabama Mike) (2:20)
13. Keep The Lord On With You! (Feat. Sugaray Rayford & Kid Ramos) (7:29)

DO THE HIP-SHAKE BABY! is the brilliant follow-up to harmonica ace BOB CORRITOREs acclaimed 2018 release, DONT LET THE DEVIL RIDE. The thirteen songs culled from recording sessions from 2016 to 2018 feature an amazing array of special guests, including Alabama Mike, Sugaray Rayford, Oscar Wilson, Henry Gray, Bill Howl-N-Madd Perry, Jimi Primetime Smith, The Fremonts, Andy T band featuring Anson Funderburgh, Junior Watson, Kid Ramos, Johnny Main, Bob Stroger, Fred Kaplan, Bob Welsh, LA Jones, Adrianna Marie, Nathan James and more! Sterling vocalists, amazing guitarists, killer piano, fantastic rhythm sections, and Bob Corritores soulful harmonica to connect it all together.This is a carefully assembled collection of fun loving blues, rhythm and blues, early rock n roll, soul and gospel rock songs. Imagine a live-music dance-club in 1968 complete with go-go dancers! Bob refers to this as his Harmonica-a-go-go album! Mixed at Greaseland Studios by Kid Andersen, this the 14th album of Corritores illustrious career, and his best yet!

Do The Hip-Shake Baby!

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Oscar Wilson - One Room Blues

Size: 108,4 MB
Time: 46:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Jazz
Art: Front

01. When I Was Young (2:52)
02. Lost Mind (2:59)
03. Found Love (2:24)
04. Blackjack (3:42)
05. Reconsider Baby (3:59)
06. Texas Turnaround (3:09)
07. The River's Invitation (4:00)
08. I'm Lost Without You (2:51)
09. Farther Up The Road (3:25)
10. Your Letter (4:20)
11. Every Day I Have The Blues (5:03)
12. One Room Country Shack (3:06)
13. Happy Reunion (4:22)

Sometimes great recordings happen for simple reasons. When Sam Burckhardt asked me to help him put a band together to play the 2017 Basel Blues festival, I thought it was an opportunity to form a dream lineup of Chicago musicians who, because of the realities of making a living playing the local clubs, can’t always afford to play together in one band. Sam is originally from Basel, but he has been on the Chicago blues and jazz scene for over thirty years. He’s been returning to Switzerland to play the fest every year for over a decade, and I’ve had the honor of joining him there a few times with various bands. The idea to record the album, “One Room Blues,” came from a need to have something to sell at the blues festival, but producing this project quickly turned into a true labor of love. It became a unique chance to put together—in one room— musicians who could play many different styles of traditional blues and R&B with great technique and real soul.
Saxophonist Sam Burckhardt, drummer and recording engineer Alex Hall, pianist and organist Pete Benson, and upright bassist Beau Sample, each bring a love and respect for blues, jazz, and American roots music that lets them authentically play these styles without just imitating them for the sake of a recording session. We had a short turnaround time and a small window of only two days to record, but the energy in the sessions was infectious, and with the great Oscar Wilson bringing out the best in the band, we put together a recording that I’m truly proud to be a part of.
The album starts with the tune, “When I Was Young,” by Sunnyland Slim. Sam met the legendary Chicago blues pianist in 1975, and played with him for twenty years until Sunnyland’s death in 1995. Airway Records was originally Sunnyland’s label, and upon his death, Sam asked his widow if it was ok to continue Airway Records as a tribute. She agreed. It was a real treat to hear Oscar Wilson breathe new life into this blues classic, and this set the tone for a really fun session.
About this album, Oscar Wilson said of the experience, “I want to thank Joel Paterson, Sam Burckhardt, and the guys for taking me in another direction, into some jazzy, bluesy type things, you know what I’m saying? Because I knew I could do it, and they gave me a chance to do it.” To me, this record is a testament to Oscar’s blues scholarship and versatility; he does a beautiful job of channeling his heroes (like Percy Mayfield, Jimmy Reed, B.B. King, Ray Charles, and Bobby Blue Bland) as well as adding his own inimitable wit and delivery without mere imitation.
When I asked Oscar for album title suggestions, he mentioned “One Room Blues” in reference to the Mercy Dee Walton tune we recorded called “One Room Country Shack,” and to the fact we recorded in one room with no isolation or overdubs, at the wonderful studio, Reliable Recorders, run by Alex Hall. I think the name perfectly describes the mood of this intimate blues record, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed being a part of it.

One Room Blues