Rockin' Johnny & Quique Gomez - Dos Hombres Wanted

Size: 150,0 MB
Time: 63:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Front

01. Your Charm Won't Help You (4:06)
02. Take It Like It Is (4:23)
03. You Can't Steal My Sugar (4:03)
04. The Jinx (4:07)
05. Funny But True (4:32)
06. Ain't No High Roller (3:56)
07. Everybody Loves My Baby (4:55)
08. Coffee Can Blues (4:19)
09. Livin' Day To Day (6:45)
10. Otro Hombre (6:15)
11. Step It Up Bro (4:37)
12. The Right To Hurt Me (4:26)
13. Are You Ever (3:37)
14. Don't Blame Shorty (3:46)

WANTED! Guitarist and singer Rockin' Johnny Burgin hangs his fedora in the Frisco Bay, and harpman and singer Quiqué Gomezhails from Madrid, Spain. Together and separately they have ridden many a dusty trail with some of the last of the great Chicago bluesmen. Today they are the feared gunslingers of the international blues scene In the winter of 2018 they partnered up, galloped through the Western Territories, and took dead aim on twelve originals and two blues classics.

Rockin' Johnny Burgin and Quiqué Gomezare both internationally acclaimed as world class bluesmen Burgin has a storied history on Chicago's Delmark Records, and Gomez is a versatile jazz-influenced blues singer who also sings Frank Sinatra songs with a Spanish Big Band. They are currently on tour in support of their first collaborative album, hopefully the first of many.

Dos Hombres Wanted

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Rockin' Johnny Band - Man's Temptation

Size: 152,1 MB
Time: 65:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Twist With Me Annine (3:25)
02. Man's Temptation (4:45)
03. My Heart Aches For You (3:11)
04. Down Here On The Ground (4:31)
05. Desperate (4:23)
06. Little Rain (7:04)
07. I'd Like To Have A Girl Like You (4:12)
08. Deal Me Some Love (5:36)
09. This Is Hip (3:20)
10. Midnight Special (4:56)
11. Twist It Baby (5:04)
12. Catfish Blues (4:52)
13. In The Groove (5:10)
14. Tomorrow Night (5:05)

Johnny Burgin's second recording features his band alone, no special stars or guests, and they stand up quite well instrumentally and traditionally. Tinges of rockabilly, soul or pop may creep in, but they play Chicago style blues in a manner very similar to Paul Butterfield. They may be more like Butter, especially Johnny's vocals, than any band heard in the past thirty years and that's a good thing. Burgin sings and plays lead guitar, with help from Willie "Big Eyes" Smith's son Kenny on drums, solid electric bass guitarist Sho Komiya, veteran second guitarist Rick Kreher and Martin Lang, a very fine harmonicist who anchors many of these tunes with Johnny. Five of the thirteen cuts are written by Burgin, the soulful title track very much like Butter. "Down Here On The Ground" (not the standard) is most rockin', "My Heart Aches For You," a typical 12 bar blues, "Deal Me Some Love" is slower and could be a hit, while "In The Groove" is an upbeat instrumental. The obbligatory John Lee Hooker tune "This Is Hip" is not a boogie, but a swinging blues, "Midnight Special" a king snake swamp sneaky instrumental based on "Help Me," while "Catfish Blues" is more Hooker-ish. "Desperate," another potential hit, sounds like Robert Cray stylistically, while "Little Rain" is more out of Eric Clapton's bag. Johnny is hitting on several different types of blues, all successful and well done. Bets are that they're more energetic on stage, and perhaps that will be the next step in this bands recorded discogaphy. Recommended. ~Review by Michael G. Nastos

Man's Temptation

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VA - Chicago: The Blues Legends Today

Size: 159,0 MB
Time: 68:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. Mary Lane - Hurt My Feelings (3:33)
02. Milwaukee Slim - Sloppy Drunk (4:53)
03. Rockin' Johnny Burgin - Things Gonna Work Out Fine (5:02)
04. Mike Mettalia - Midnight Call (4:10)
05. Little Jerry Jones - Let's Make Love Tonight (7:29)
06. Mary Lane - Don't Want My Lovin' No More (2:58)
07. Rockin' Johnny Burgin - Hot Cha (4:02)
08. Mary Lane - Papa Tree Top (4:01)
09. Little Jerry Jones - Smokestack Lightning (4:01)
10. Rockin' Johnny Burgin - I'm Leaving You (4:01)
11. Mary Lane - I Always Want You Near (4:40)
12. Mary Lane - Next Time You See Me (3:35)
13. Milwaukee Slim - Unemployment Risin' (3:58)
14. Mary Lane - Going Down Slow (5:48)
15. Little Jerry Jones - Dust My Broom (6:06)

Chicago: The Blues Legends Today

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