Popa Chubby & Friends - I Love Freddie King

Album: I Love Freddie King
Size: 103,4 MB
Time: 44:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. I'm Going Down (Feat. Joe Bonamassa) (5:30)
2. Love Her With A Feeling (Feat. Albert Castiglia) (5:27)
3. My Credit Didn't Go Through (Feat. Eric Gales) (4:01)
4. Big Legged Woman (Feat. Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram) (4:08)
5. She's A Burglar (Feat. Mike Zito) (2:42)
6. Hideaway (Feat. Arthur Nielson) (4:03)
7. The Stumble (Feat. Albert Castiglia) (4:02)
8. San Ho Zay (Feat. Arthur Nielson) (3:22)
9. Pack It Up (3:58)
10. Heads Up (Feat. Arthur Nielson) (3:07)
11. Same Old Blues (Feat. V.D. King) (4:06)

After a health-induced hiatus, Popa Chubby, the legendary blues-rock guitarist, roars back with "I Love Freddie King," a heartfelt tribute album to the late great Texas Cannonball himself. Produced by Popa Chubby and Gulf Coast Records' executive producer Mike Zito, this 11-track masterpiece was recorded at G.B.'s Juke Joint and features contributions from an all-star roster of modern guitar heroes: Joe Bonamassa, Mike Zito, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Eric Gales, Albert Castiglia, Arthur Neilson, and V.D. King.

Reflecting on the album, Popa Chubby calls Freddie King his lifelong muse, whose music "changed my soul forever." The album brings King's legacy roaring back to life, spanning his early instrumental hits, Shelter Records era, and more. With a core band of Mike Merritt (bass), Andrei Koribanics III (drums), and Mike DiMeo (keyboards), this record captures the sweat, soul, and unrelenting energy of Freddie King.

Tracks like "I'm Going Down" (ft. Joe Bonamassa) and "Big Legged Woman" (ft. Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram) explode with fiery guitar work and passionate vocals. Other standouts include "She's A Burglar" (ft. Mike Zito) and "Hideaway" (ft. Arthur Neilson). Each collaboration brings something special to the table, making this album a must-listen for blues fans and guitar lovers alike.

Despite battling a rare spinal disorder during production, Popa Chubby pressed on to create what he calls "a journey of love and homage." His raw determination, combined with the extraordinary talent of his guest musicians, resulted in a fitting tribute to Freddie King - the bridge between blues and rock, who forever altered the genre's course.

Popa Chubby & The Beast Band : Popa Chubby (guitar, vocals); Mike Merritt (bass); Andrei Koribanics III (drums); Mike DiMeo (keyboards); Harold Horowitz (trumpet); Curtis Hotgrefe (saxophone); Eliza Neals (backing vocals).

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Popa Chubby & The Beast Band - Live At G. Bluey's Juke Joint NYC (2 CD)

Album: Live At G. Bluey's Juke Joint NYC
Size: 154,8 + 156,7 MB
Time: 67:05 + 67:53
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues/Rock
Art: Front

CD 1:
1. Motorcycle Mama (6:29)
2. Another Ten Years Gone (6:50)
3. Hey Joe (9:12)
4. Dirty Lie (8:01)
5. 69 Dollars (7:14)
6. Godfather Theme (Speak Softly Love) (2:45)
7. Dirty Diesel (3:48)
8. Grown Man Crying Blues (13:56)
9. Over The Rainbow (8:46)

CD 2:
1. It's A Mighty Hard Road (5:07)
2. I Don't Want Nobody (8:01)
3. I Can'’t See The Light Of Day (6:55)
4. Embee's Song (5:52)
5. Steel Horse Serenade (6:58)
6. Hallelujah (10:30)
7. Heart Attack And Vine (4:06)
8. Sweat (4:18)
9. Nobody Wants You When You’re Down And Out (5:33)
10. Sympathy For The Devil/Chubby's Story (10:27)

The new album was recorded at G. Bluey’s Juke Joint in Long Island City, New York, on October 24 and 25, 2022, and features Popa Chubby (guitar and vocals), backed by his all-star “Beast Band,” which consists of Mike Merritt (bass); Mike DiMeo (keyboards) and Stefano Giudici (drums). “This record is a reunion in a lot of ways,” stated Popa Chubby. “Rejoining with my long-time ally and bassist extraordinaire Mike Merritt and recording in my old Manny’s Car Wash engineer Glen Forrest’s studio. The icing on the cake was Mike Dimeo on keys. Add the Centurion Stefano Giudici on drums and you’ve got some heavy blues rock! It’s a live best of for the ages!”

“In the early ‘90s, Popa Chubby was the house band at New York City’s Manny’s Car Wash,” says the man, himself. “I hosted the jam every Sunday that saw everyone from the Allman Brothers, Stephen Stills, Joe Sample, Odetta and many more pass through. The apprentice Soundman was Glen Forrest. I had a small recording studio in the West Village and I hired Glen to work for me. He proved himself beyond my expectations and with great vision and perseverance set out to create the ultimate recording environment. He landed in Long Island City, New York, where he holds court over three floors of a building which house the studio, lounges, art galleries and warehouse. We recorded the record there because it gave us a great vibe, sound and an intimate live in the studio setting.”

Born Ted Horowitz, Popa Chubby is a long-time, New York City veteran blues rocker, who also produced and mixed his upcoming new album. He’s been hard-rocking the blues in his fierce and soulful way for more than 35 years. Over the course of his career, he has been a force to be reckoned with on the guitar, and his tempestuous, soulful playing has never been more powerful. An imposing figure with a shaven head, tattooed arms, a goatee and a performance style he describes as “the Stooges meets Buddy Guy, Motörhead meets Muddy Waters and Jimi Hendrix meets Robert Johnson,” Popa Chubby is an endearing character who has become one of the genre’s most popular figures.

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Popa Chubby - One Million Broken Guitars

Album: One Million Broken Guitars
Size: 127,5 MB
Time: 54:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Blues-rock, rock
Art: Full

1. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (4:39)
2. What's Your Point? (5:11)
3. Dance The Night Away (4:46)
4. Real Thing (5:12)
5. Laya What Ya Tryin' To Do (3:59)
6. Long Way Home (4:36)
7. Protected (3:19)
8. It All Turns To Gold (3:23)
9. What's Your Problem? (4:02)
10. Naughty Little People (5:28)
11. Nobody Loves Me Like I Love Myself (5:13)
12. Oh Roger (From Road Rot) (Bonus) (4:59)

Over the course of his career, Popa Chubby hasn't exactly grown. Instead, he's found his formula and he's sticking to it, thank you, no matter what anybody else might say. That's probably why he didn't quite cut it as a major-label artist - there is a market for his competent, muscular blues-rock, just not a large one. That cult audience is the reason why he's better suited for the indies, but on One Million Broken Guitars - unbelievably, his fifth album (only one was a live effort) - he's not distinctive enough to be a true cult artist.

He turns out amiable post-SRV blues-rock, spiked with a couple of jazz flourishes, and while the end result is enjoyable, it's not necessarily memorable. Even the better moments are usually instrumental highlights, not actual songs, which fade immediately after they're played. Again, it confirms that Chubby is a fine guitarist, but his weakness as a songwriter is beginning to overwhelm him, and One Million Broken Guitars is a testament to this Achilles heel. /Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Popa Chubby - Emotional Gangster

Size: 124.6 MB
Time: 53:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. Tonight I'm Gonna Be The Man (4:34)
02. New Way Of Walking (5:15)
03. Equal Opportunity (4:18)
04. Hoochie Cootchie Man (5:14)
05. Save The Best For Last (3:28)
06. When You Wanna Make War (3:27)
07. Dust My Broom (3:19)
08. I'm The Dog (3:11)
09. Doing OK (4:32)
10. Fly Away (5:58)
11. Why You Wanna Make War (French Version) (3:27)
12. Master IP (Bonus Track CD Only) (6:14)

Twelve new tracks featuring the Chubbfatha on many instruments and doing all the mixing and recording duties. "This record definitely reflects happier times and good solid dose of classic blues!", says Popa from his studio full of guitars in the Hudson Valley. "l specifically included covers like Hoochie Coochie Man and Dust My Broom to show respect for the Fathers. Willie Dixon has always been my idol, you know."

But the real gems here come in Popa's original compositions. "Equal Opportunity" is a light hearted sing along that celebrates the feminine at a time when ii is seriously needed. And songs like "Fly Away" and both versions French and English of "Why You Wanna Make War?" Are big standouts! There is more than an ample amount of pure guitar bliss on this record and slide guitar on tracks like "Tonight I'm Gonna Be the Man" add flavor to a savory mix!

For an added bonus, Harmonica Wizard Jason Ricci joins Popa on the Blues Rock anthem "New Way of Walking" and the swing shuffte "Save the Best for Last".

This record is indeed made in the spirit of new shoes!
A new way of walking. lt's created with the intention of moving forward to an old truth and a new reality that all are appreciated for the unique energeticcontribution they bring to our collective life. Love is all there is.

I love you all ~Papa Chubby 2022

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Popa Chubby - Tinfoil Hat

Size: 111.2 MB
Time: 47:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Tinfoil Hat (4:06)
02. Baby Put On Your Mask (2:45)
03. No Justice No Peace (5:06)
04. Someday Soon (Change Is Gonna Come) (4:15)
05. Can I Call You My Friends ? (3:51)
06. You Ain't Said Shit (3:19)
07. Another Day In Hell (6:08)
08. Boogie For Tony (4:42)
09. Cognitive Dissonance (4:23)
10. Embee's Song (4:25)
11. 1968 Again (4:27)

Be assured that even dawning on sixty and with a career spanning more than 30 years, Popa Chubby continues to fight against the injustices of this world!

And the least we can say about 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic is that it offered him the “magnificent” inspiration that fed into the creation of his new album “Tinfoil Hat”!

As he writes himself, this record’s creation was self-evident from the beginning of the first lockdown in March. Back at his base in the Hudson Valley and following his last show played in Florida, our man immediately wanted to send a message of empathy and support to his fans, and that’s how the song “can I call You My Friends?” was conceived’.

The reaction was so sudden, warm, and intense that he found there was enough material for continuing this ,’dialogue” by composing other songs that today form the framework for “Tinfoil Hat

The whole thing was entirely “homemade,” recorded and played by Popa Chubby with the extra Guts and Soul that great causes often bring to life.

“Tinfoil Hat” and the 11 songs that make it up were born from a mixture of love, despair, fear, frustration, pain, joy, sorrow, resolution and the leap into the great unknown imposed by the coronavirus that has been with all of us all since last March.

The Trump administration’s chaotic and reckless management of the crisis provided Popa Chubby with the inspiration for uncompromising lyrics. Like those of the title song (supported by, to say the least, an explicit clip) or themes such as “You Ain’t said shit,” “No Justice, No peace, or,”Another Day ln Hell.”

Without forgetting to pass on messages of hope (“Someday Soon, Change ls Gonna Come”) or even for good behavior in the face of the virus with “Baby Put On Your Mask.” ln the album notes, he writes, “Like all of you, this pandemic has pushed me to the very edge of my humanity. But the music, the sweet music, has put me back on the right path once again’ So I offer this work with humility and the deep devotion I have for you !”. That says it all!

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Popa Chubby - It's A Mighty Hard Road

Size: 143.4 MB
Time: 62:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues-Rock
Art: Full

1. The Flavor is in the Fat [2:46]
2. It's a Mighty Hard Road [3:02]
3. Buyer Beware [3:32]
4. It Ain't Nothin' [4:02]
5. Let Love free the Day [3:24]
6. If you're Looking for Trouble [3:57]
7. The Best is yet to come [4:30]
8. I'm the Beat from the East [5:14]
9. Gordito [5:52]
10. Enough is Enough [4:35]
11. More Time Making Love [3:58]
12. Why you wanna Bite my Bones? [4:17]
13. Lost Again [5:17]
14. I'd Rather be Blind [3:52]
15. Kiss [3:59]

With this new album the New York City blues inventor is back in force to celebrate his career of 30 years.

15 magnificent titles: tender and bestial Popa, full of rage and love, electricity and emotion. A must have for all his fans !

This album is a treat because it goes through the whole range of emotions and sentiments that can be put into songs. including love, of course. For dessert, Popa Chubby covers Kiss. Not the group Kiss but the song by Prince. “Prince, really had a big influence on me.as a guitar player. There really nobody above him except maybe Hendrix. I love that song, my girl friend loved that song when I played it for her. Kiss is a blues song!”

Popa Chubby is returning to the roster of the Dixiefrog label after five years of infidelity. Dixiefrog meant a lot of good for Popa Chubby and vice versa. And, as sings Popa Chubby in the middle of his new album: The best is yet to come.

It's A Mighty Hard Road

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VA - Blues Christmas

Size: 107,4 MB
Time: 45:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock, Xmas
Art: Front

01 Joe Louis Walker - Christmas Comes But Once A Year (2:44)
02 Larry McCray - Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' (3:05)
03 Steve Cropper - Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby (5:08)
04 Popa Chubby - Back Door Santa (2:12)
05 The Paul Nelson Band - Christmas Tears (3:26)
06 Kenny Neal - I'll Be Home For Christmas (3:06)
07 Eric Gales - Little Drummer Boy (2:24)
08 Chris Spedding - Blue Christmas (3:00)
09 Pat Travers - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (4:03)
10 Leslie West - Silent Night (2:19)
11 Foghat - Run Rudolph Run (2:57)
12 Wolf Mail - I Want To Spend Christmas With You (3:06)
13 Debbie Davies - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (2:24)
14 James Montgomery Band - Deck The Halls (1:46)
15 Harvey Mandel - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (3:33)

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Swiss Blues Authority - Just point it

Size: 97.5 MB
Time: 42:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2004
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

1. Gimme A Break [2:44]
2. Put Me To The Test [2:58]
3. Right Time For The Blues [3:34]
4. Better Stay In Bed [3:12]
5. Just Point It [4:08]
6. Will She Come Home [2:45]
7. Enuff Is Enuff [3:17]
8. Number One [2:56]
9. The Shuffle [3:35]
10. Easy Money [5:05]
11. You Dont Love Me [4:03]
12. Never Did Or Never Will [4:10]

Just Point It" by the Swiss blues band Swiss Blues Authority is modern blues at its best, lots of power and drive! The album "Just Point It" features blues greats Popa Chubby and Bernard Allison, as well as the famous Swiss rock star Polo Hofer. Bandleader Chris Gora is one of the best blues and rock guitarists in Europe, certainly the best in Switzerland..

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Eliza Neals - Sweet Or Mean

Size: 58.9 MB
Time: 25:37
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Pawn Shop Blues (Feat. Popa Chubby, Ian Hendrickson-Smith & Michael Leonhart) (4:00)
02. Blackish Gray (5:40)
03. Bitten By The Blues (Feat. Popa Chubby) (4:22)
04. Living With Yo Mama (Feat. Popa Chubby & Dave Keyes) (5:50)
05. Knock Knock Knockin' (2:19)
06. Pawn Shop Blues (Roadhouse) (Feat. Popa Chubby & Dave Keyes) (3:22)

Gritty voiced Eliza Neals belts out the boogie blues with the juke jointing team of guitarist Popa Chubby, keyboarder Dave Keyes, bassist Chris Gambaro-Vega and drummer John Medieros Jr on this full fisted ep. A horn section supports the shuffling “Pawn Shop Blues” that has Neals growling like a hungry lioness, while Keyes’ dark organ oozes ominious moods while Neal years on the thunderous “Blackish Grey.” The team drives like a Mack Truck as they run through a brick wall on “”Bitten By The Blues” and Chubby makes the strings cry for mercy on “ Livin With Yo Mama.” A trip down the dusty roads on the acoustic “Knock Knock Knockin” has Neals rasping through her last breath. Gotta see this band in concert, if my hubcaps aren’t ripped off in the parking lot!

Sweet Or Mean

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Popa Chubby - Prime Cuts: The Very Best Of The Beast From The East (2 CD)

Year: 2018
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:00 + 49:40
Size: 179,8 + 114,6 MB
Styles: Electric blues, blues-rock
Scans: Full

CD 1:
1. Life Is A Beatdown (4:18)
2. Angel On My Shoulder (4:23)
3. Hey Joe (5:51)
4. Stoop Down Baby (4:59)
5. Sweet Goddess Of Love And Beer (3:55)
6. San Catri (8:35)
7. Caffeine And Nicotine (4:03)
8. Grown Man Crying Blues (8:11)
9. Theme From The Godfather (3:08)
10. Hallelujah (6:52)
11. Somebody Let The Devil Out (4:19)
12. I Can't See The Light Of Day (4:51)
13. Dirty Lie (5:58)
14. Daddy Played The Guitar (And Mama Was A Disco Queen) (3:39)
15. There On Christmas (4:52)

CD 2:
1. Go Fuck Yourself (5:42)
2. If The Diesel Don't Get You Then The Jet Fuel Will (Live From Blues In Hell) (6:58)
3. Race With The Devil (Live From Rodeo Bar) (4:37)
4. Hey Girl (3:57)
5. Sidewinder (6:33)
6. Walking Through The Fire (2:32)
7. Sorry Man (3:41)
8. Back To N.Y.C. (Demo Version) (4:35)
9. You Got To Wipe Your Pussy Off Your Face Before You Kiss Me (4:23)
10. Take Off Eh? (Demo Version) (4:49)
11. Oh Rock And Roll You Heartless Bitch (1:50)

Ted Horowitz, a.k.a. Popa Chubby, definitely did not have the easiest start. As a white blues artist the American singer, songwriter and guitarist often provoked a massive critique. But he consistently pursued his goals, never got off track and with his unique style and his love for both, blues and hard rock, Popa Chubby became one of the world’s most innovative blues rock artist with a rich musical foundation with many studio albums.

Now the "Beast" is back with an album that represents over twenty-eight years of rocking the blues as Popa Chubby. "Prime Cuts: The Very Best Of The Beast From The East" truly is a treasure box and contains songs from his early albums as well as songs from the successful albums that were released during the last couple of years, such as "The Catfish" and "Two Dogs".

"I handpicked these tracks", says Popa, "going through a catalogue that is 28 years big. These are truly the 'prime cuts'. The best the chef has to offer. Seasoned perfectly and served with love. Play them loud, play them often and always." But Popa would not be Popa if he would not have more brilliant songs to share with his audience. With the physical 2 CD album this versatile and genre-defining artist delivers 11 additional and previously unreleased songs (nine studio- and two live songs).

Prime Cuts: The Very Best Of The Beast From The East (2 CD)
Prime Cuts: The Very Best Of The Beast From The East (2 CD)

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Dave Keyes - The Healing

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:01
Size: 121.4 MB
Styles: Piano blues
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[4:48] 1. Change
[4:25] 2. Dance In The Dark
[4:08] 3. Not So Nice Anymore
[4:09] 4. Aint Looking For Love
[6:02] 5. Travelling Riverside Blues
[4:51] 6. Boogie For Stefan
[6:04] 7. Come To Me
[4:13] 8. Strange Things Happening
[4:45] 9. Faith Grace Love And Forgiveness
[5:24] 10. Take You Back
[4:05] 11. Box Of Blues

New York City native keyboardist, singer and songwriter Dave Keyes is a 30 year veteran of the Blues, Roots and Americana music scene. He has released five highly acclaimed albums under his own name, has been named the “Best Unsigned Artist” by Keyboard magazine, and also has been nominated by the Blues Foundation for the annual Pinetop Perkins best piano player award. His sixth album titled “The Healing” features Popa Chubby and many other special guests.

Dave has played with some of the most important figures of blues, roots and folk music, having had long musical relationships with Odetta, David Johansen, Bo Diddley, rockabilly legend Sleepy LaBeef and gospel great Marie Knight among many others. In addition to his own solo gigs and gigs with the Dave Keyes Band, he currently can be found playing with Popa Chubby, Rock and Roll Queen Ronnie Spector, and gospel/blues innovator Alexis P. Suter and the Ministers of Sound. Dave’s music finds its roots in deep blues, soul and rock and roll. These roots are the foundation of his recent albums and vibrant live shows. His recent albums have received 3½ stars from Downbeat magazine and are rambunctious sets of mostly original material that range from New Orleans second line funk to slow sensual blues, swaggering shuffles and boisterous rocking boogie woogie.

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Popa Chubby - Two Dogs

Released: 2017
Size: 155.2 MB
Time: 67:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Electric Blues / Rock
Art: Front, Back

1. It's Alright [4:13]
2. Rescue Me [3:56]
3. Preexisting Conditions [4:52]
4. Sam Lay's Pistol [4:19]
5. Two Dogs [3:44]
6. Dirty Old Blues [5:42]
7. Shakedown [4:18]
8. Wound Up Getting High [6:00]
9. Cayophus Dupree [4:47]
10. Me Won't Back Down [4:45]
11. Chubby's Boogie [6:07]
12. Sympathy For The Devil (Live) [5:18]
13. Hallelujah (Live) [9:41]

Theodore Joseph "Ted" Horowitz, who plays under the stage name of Popa Chubby (a play on the slang idiom "pop a chubby", meaning to get an erection), is an American Rock / Electric blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His career has always been about moving forward and carving a place for himself in the imposing terrain of the music business, overcoming odds to continue growing and maturing as a creative force. He has built a constantly increasing base of fans across the world, where in many territories he is a star.

“People ask me why 2 dogs? It’s an old fable – 2 dogs, 2 wolves”. We have become polarized as a race. There is a battle inside each of us. Each day we rise and must choose our path calling upon each other and our own spirits for strength and courage. The dog we feed is the one that rules the dog we starve dies of neglect. It is up to each of us to use our spirit to feed the dog that will enable all of us to thrive. I believe in the triumph of the human spirit, I believe that a grain of hope is more powerful than a mountain of fear. And I believe I love. We are here to love. Love each other, love the gift that is this life, and love music. So my dear friends, I make this offering to you with love, hope and the awareness that the dog I feed is the one that will help me to bring all the love in my soul to you.”

Two Dogs

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VA - Blind Pig Records 40th Anniversary Collection

Size: 172,0+166,7 MB
Time: 73:18+71:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Magic Slim & The Teardrops - Gambling Blues (3:21)
02 Victor Wainwright & The Wildroots - Boom Town (3:16)
03 Albert Cummings - No Doubt (4:33)
04 Popa Chubby - Hey Joe (6:05)
05 Big Walter Horton - Everybody's Fishin' (3:00)
06 Deborah Coleman - I'm A Woman (4:49)
07 James Cotton - Dust My Broom (4:20)
08 Otis Rush - Crosscut Saw (4:51)
09 Elvin Bishop - Stomp (4:57)
10 Altered Five Blues Band - Charmed & Dangerous (3:40)
11 Sena Ehrhardt - Last Chance (6:24)
12 Damon Fowler - Thought I Had It All (5:17)
13 Kenny Neal - Old Friends (4:36)
14 Charlie Musselwhite - Chicago Sunset (3:36)
15 Eddy Clearwater - Crossover (4:35)
16 Pinetop Perkins - Just Keep On Drinking (3:01)
17 Commander Cody - Last Call For Alcohol (2:51)

CD 2:
01 Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (4:59)
02 Big Bill Morganfield - You're Gonna Miss Me (3:24)
03 Webb Wilder & The Beatnecks - Human Cannonball (4:33)
04 Tommy Castro - It's That Time Again (4:11)
05 Deanna Bogart - In The Rain (4:07)
06 The Cash Box Kings - Baby Without You (3:55)
07 Luther Allison - Let's Try Again (6:45)
08 Smokin' Joe Kubek - Diamond Eyes (3:47)
09 Zac Harmon - Raising Hell (4:33)
10 Studebaker John & The Hawks - Blue Feelin' (3:56)
11 Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers - Frankenbop (3:49)
12 Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's - Chicken Shack Boogie (2:47)
13 Billy Branch - Back Alley Cat (2:18)
14 Andy T - Nick Nixon Band - Shut The Front Door (2:41)
15 Southern Hospitality - Southern Livin' (4:43)
16 Hubert Sumlin - Sitting On Top Of The World (4:18)
17 Otis Clay - When The Gates Swing Open (6:07)

Blind Pig Records 40th Anniversary Collection CD 1
Blind Pig Records 40th Anniversary Collection CD 2

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Popa Chubby - Wild Live!

Size: 164,4 MB
Time: 71:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2005
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. Un-American Blues (8:41)
02. I Can't See The Light Of Day (8:49)
03. Top Ten Reasons Why I Can't Sleep At Night (4:44)
04. Young Men (6:06)
05. Life Is A Beatdown (7:54)
06. Dirty Lie (8:44)
07. If The Diesel Don't Get You Then The Jet Fuel Will (6:07)
08. Backdoor Man (8:26)
09. Keep On The Sunny Side Of Life (4:26)
10. Hallelujah (7:27)

Born Ted Horowitz in the Bronx, NY, Popa Chubby was the son of a candy store owner. At 13, Chubby began playing drums; shortly thereafter, he discovered the music of the Rolling Stones and began playing guitar. Although he grew up in the 1970s, Chubby took his cue from artists of the 1960s, including Sly & the Family Stone, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton, among others. By the time he was in his early twenties, he enjoyed and played blues music, but also worked for a while backing punk poet Richard Hell. Chubby's first big break was winning a national blues talent search sponsored by KLON, a public radio station in Long Beach, CA. He won the New Artist of the Year award and opened at the Long Beach Blues Festival in 1992. Chubby has continued to play more than 200 club dates a year through the 1990s. ~Richard Skelly

His Sony/Okeh debut, Booty and the Beast, was produced by longtime Atlantic Records engineer/producer Tom Dowd, whose recordings by Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, and others are legendary. In 1994, Chubby released several albums on his own Laughing Bear label, It's Chubby Time and Gas Money, before landing his deal with Sony Music/Okeh Records for Booty and the Beast, his major-label debut, released in 1995. In 1996, the 1 (800) PrimeCD label released a live recording of Chubby's, Hit the High Hard One. Two years later, One Million Broken Guitars was released on Lightyear Records; Brooklyn Basement Blues followed in 1999. In 2000, Chubby signed with the Blind Pig label and released How'd a White Boy Get the Blues? in 2001. The disc turned out to be a slight departure, incorporating elements of contemporary pop and hip-hop. 2002's The Good, the Bad and the Chubby showed great development in the artist's songwriting and included the 9/11 commentary "Somebody Let the Devil Out." Blind Pig released a collection of early Chubby recordings, The Hungry Years, in 2003. Troubled by the war in Iraq, Chubby released his most political album, Peace, Love and Respect, a year later. Two albums previously available only in France -- Live at FIP and Wild -- were compiled by the Blind Pig label and released as Big Man Big Guitar in 2005, followed by a new studio set called Stealing the Devil's Guitar a year later. Electric Chubbyland, a two-disc set of Chubby covering Jimi Hendrix songs, appeared from Dixie Frog that same year, and then was repackaged and issued as two single discs by Blind Pig in 2007. In 2008, Chubby released the country punk inflected Vicious Country on Dixie Frog, followed by a return to blues rock in 2010 with The Fight Is On. The year 2011 found him moving to the Provogue label for the album Back to New York City. ~by Richard Skelly

Wild Live

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Dave Keyes - 2 albums: Roots In The Blues / Right Here Right Now

Album: Roots In The Blues
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:35
Size: 113.5 MB
Styles: Piano blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[4:45] 1. Blues Bearing Down
[3:47] 2. Lovin' All The Time
[4:46] 3. Bye Bye Baby
[6:16] 4. All Black And Blue
[4:55] 5. Down To The Bones
[5:55] 6. Didn't It Rain
[4:44] 7. Inside You
[3:36] 8. The Crawl
[4:26] 9. You're My Party
[6:19] 10. Angels Keep Watching Over Me

A diverse set of mostly original material that ranges from shuffles and rollicking boogie, to soulful R&B,zydeco,country blues and solo gospel piano. Guest artists include guitarists Larry Campbell (Levon Helm, Bob Dylan) and bluesmaster Popa Chubby.

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Album: Right Here Right Now
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:29
Size: 111.0 MB
Styles: Piano blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[5:14] 1. Here She Comes Again
[5:45] 2. You Think I Don't Know
[4:28] 3. Nothing Left To Lose
[5:20] 4. Shadow Boogie
[4:46] 5. Sit Right Here
[4:57] 6. Who Stole The Baby Jesus
[4:51] 7. Never Say Goodbye
[4:32] 8. Now's My Time
[3:26] 9. Delta Queen
[5:04] 10. Wronged Man Blues

Rockin' blues- 10 self penned tunes from blues to southern rock, jump R&B to old style boogie woogie! Features the guitar work of Popa Chubby.

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VA - Dixiefrog: 30 Years, 30 Songs

Size: 285,4 MB
Time: 121:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues, Rock, Folk
Art: Front

01 Eric Bibb - Silver Spoon (4:21)
02 Harrison Kennedy & Colin Linden - Walkin' Or Ridin' (3:18)
03 Big Daddy Wilson & Eric Bibb - Bullfrog (4:15)
04 Popa Chubby - I'm Feelin' Lucky (4:01)
05 The Delta Saints - From The Dirt (3:30)
06 Mighty Mo Rodgers - Unmarked Grave (2:13)
07 Guy Davis - Cool Drink Of Water (3:53)
08 Leyla McCalla - Heart Of Gold (2:59)
09 Neal Black - Gringo Bring Me Your Guns (4:46)
10 Eric Bibb & Jean-Jacques Milteau - Bourgeois Blues (Studio) (3:18)
11 Dom Flemons - Have I Stayed Away Too Long (3:13)
12 Eric Ter - The Fella (3:32)
13 Fred Chapellier - Gary's Gone (4:14)
14 Imperial Crowns - I Gotta Right (3:14)
15 Little Bob Blues Bastards - Only Liars (4:04)
16 Balkun Brothers - Been Drivin' (3:31)
17 The Delta Saints - Liar (2:55)
18 Popa Chubby - Stoop Down Baby (5:51)
19 Malted Milk - Hope She Believes In Me (4:30)
20 Fred Chapellier - A Silent Room (5:35)
21 Larry Garner - Broken Soldier (5:50)
22 Nico Wayne Toussaint - How Long To Heal (3:51)
23 Popa Chubby - Sweat (5:29)
24 Nico Duportal & The Rythm Dudes - I Will Unfriend You (2:45)
25 Yana Bibb - Bessie's Advice (3:43)
26 Tom Principato - The Rain Came Pourin' Down (7:42)
27 Neal Black - Saints Of New Orleans (5:06)
28 Leyla McCalla - Mesi Bondye (2:21)
29 Eric Bibb, North Country Far & Danny Thompson - Tossin' An' Turnin' (3:33)
30 Mathis Haug - We'll Get There By Dawn (3:54)

Dixiefrog: 30 Years, 30 Songs

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Big Ed Sullivan - Run The Border

Size: 124,9 MB
Time: 53:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2005
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Rockin' Blues
Art: Full

01. Swamp Stompin' (3:57)
02. Stray Dawg (4:40)
03. Tip On In (5:18)
04. Like The Night (4:03)
05. Good Morning (6:00)
06. Aces And Eights (3:26)
07. Do You Ride? (3:55)
08. Mercury Blues (3:25)
09. Lost In The Blues (5:50)
10. Run The Border (4:31)
11. Share Your Blues Away (2:24)
12. Little Bit Of Luck (3:11)
13. Strut (3:13)

Personnel:
Big Ed Sullivan (vocals, guitar)
Popa Chubby (acoustic guitar, percussion, background vocals)
Carl Lorentzen, Kris Jefferson (bass guitar)
D. Galea (background vocals)
Wes Little, Steve Holley (drums)

"Sullivan manages to wrangle chords and bend notes like a champion bluesman, effortlessly grinding out originals... " ~Living Blues

Big Ed Sullivan is a tremendous guitarist from Brooklyn New York. His new album "Run The Border" is produced by Popa Chubby (as was his previous Dixiefrog album) and is full of highly individual powerful stinging guitar with plenty of roots rock and blues feeling And a wild slide guitar style. A mainstay of the New York City live music scene he writes his own quirky songs about zombies flying saucers swampland fast women fast cars and haunted houses.

Run The Border

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VA - The Mahindra Blues Festival 2013

Size: 145,1+136,2 MB
Time: 62:50+58:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Walter Trout & The Radicals - Say Goodbye To The Blues (14:44)
02. Walter Trout & The Radicals - Gone Too Long ( 6:39)
03. Robert Randolph & The Family Band - The March ( 8:52)
04. Robert Randolph & The Family Band - I Don't Know What You Come To Do (10:22)
05. Popa Chubby - The People's Blues (12:38)
06. Popa Chubby - Hallelujah ( 9:32)

CD 2:
01. Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers - The Star Spangled Banner ( 5:50)
02. Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers - Land Locked ( 8:58)
03. Dana Fuchs Band - Songbird (10:05)
04. Dana Fuchs Band - Love To Beg ( 4:44)
05. Big Bang Blues - Moonless Nights ( 4:23)
06. Vivienne - Inside My Head ( 5:47)
07. Soulmate - I'm A Woman ( 6:03)
08. All Star Jam - Turn On Your Love Light (12:49)

Known as Asia's largest and finest Blues phenomenon, the Mahindra Blues Festival brings together some of the best Blues musicians in the world for 2 days of guitar-rippin', soul-trippin' music at the iconic Mehboob Studio in Mumbai.

Since its inception in 2011, the Mahindra Blues Festival has been instrumental in bringing down international Blues legends like Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker Jr., Taj Mahal, and Walter Trout, among others, to Mumbai - fuelling a burgeoning interest in Blues music in the country. MBF has also become a great platform for Indian Blues bands to perform along with the best Blues musicians in the world. MBF was also nominated in 2014 for the 'Keeping the Blues Alive' award presented by the The Blues Foundation of America.

The Mahindra Blues Festival 2013 CD 1
The Mahindra Blues Festival 2013 CD 2

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Popa Chubby - The Catfish

Size: 119,8 MB
Time: 51:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

01. Going Downtown (5:42)
02. Good Thing (3:10)
03. Bye Bye Love (3:28)
04. Cry Till It's A Dull Ache (5:09)
05. Wes Is More (7:02)
06. Motorhead Saved My Life (2:40)
07. Blues For Charlie (5:58)
08. Dirty Diesel (3:39)
09. Slow Down Sugar (6:30)
10. The Catfish (4:00)
11. C'mon In My Kitchen (4:04)

On his newest release, Popa Chubby offers up 12 tunes that embody the badass attitude that defines the “King Of The New York City Blues”. The Catfish delivers punch after punch of musical inspiration drawing on 25 plus years of street smarts and road worthy musicianship. The Catfish embodies what makes Popa Chubby who he is. Regal and Delicious, the recording shines with multiple flavors and worldliness.

The Catfish

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Popa Chubby - Universal Breakdown Blues

Year: 2013
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:40
Size: 137,1 MB
Styles: Electric blues, blues-rock
Scans: Full

1. I Don't Want Nobody (4:20)
2. I Ain't Giving Up (4:37)
3. Universal Breakdown Blues (4:42)
4. The People's Blues (8:47)
5. Rock Me Baby (4:58)
6. 69 Dollars (4:03)
7. Over The Rainbow (8:57)
8. I Need A Lil' Mojo (3:54)
9. Danger Man (3:07)
10. Goin' Back To Amsterdam (Reefer Smokin' Man) (4:26)
11. The Finger Bangin' Boogie (2:36)
12. Mind Bender (4:09)

Unhappy with what he sees as an uncertain era, Popa Chubby aggressively delivers the Universal Breakdown Blues ("A shakedown you can use") on this 2013 release, but the end message is one of hope. Still, it takes a lot of shouting, screaming, and intense blues rock to get there, beginning with the hard-rocking, boogie blues opener “I Don’t Want Nobody”, where Hammond organist Dave Keyes gives the funky support over which Chubby churns out the riffs.

Later, there’s the title track where Chubby’s love of Hendrix-styled playing meets his socially conscious and socially disgusted lyrics, plus the shuffling breakup number “69 Dollars”, where an ex’s weekend whiskey bill is added up, but the key cut has to be the epic “Over the Rainbow”, delivered in a version that evolves so significantly, it could very well be called a “suite.” That stellar cover is a giant step forward for Chubby, and he’s not one known for his love of growth and progress, but if sneering at giving the people what they want, or doing what you do best is an issue, then this ain’t your Popa. Chubby’s fans can think of it as the album with a little more social commentary, plus the usual guts and grit, or standard issue but quite satisfying. /David Jeffries, AllMusic

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