Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 47:09
Size: 108.0 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front
[3:26] 1. Born In Chicago
[3:23] 2. Voo Doo Walk
[3:22] 3. I Believe
[5:00] 4. Such A Beautiful Thing
[3:39] 5. I Been There
[4:24] 6. Is It True
[4:02] 7. Never Goin' Back
[4:55] 8. When Nobody's Watching
[3:17] 9. Twelve Guitars
[4:39] 10. Vodaka
[3:48] 11. Wonder Boy
[3:09] 12. Savana
Now here's a guy who has been playing electrified Chicago Blues rock for nigh on forty years now, yet has never given up as he cranks up his guitar in club after club. Back in the day, and way before they came famous, he was playing nightclubs with the likes of Peter Cetera (pre Chicago) and Paul Cotton (pre Poco), and even started a band with a young guitarist called Berry Oakley. He persuaded Berry to switch to bass. Berry did so, and headed off to join the Allman Brothers Band! Ronnie now runs a studio in Chicago and has performed, produced and written this eleven track CD. The non-existent sleeve notes don't help, but it certainly seems that apart from some percussion on 'If This Is Me' and guitar on 'Drastically', it really is a solo album. And there's some good stuff here, especially when he sticks to the tried and tested Chicago Blues template. When he strays into Climax Blues Band territory on the title track, it all goes horribly wrong, but then he cranks right back into 'No Lies' and the wailing Blues rock gets you right back on track again. Some of the drumming is a bit pedestrian but the guitar work is uniformly excellent, and with over half the tracks well worthy of repeat plays, this veteran of the Chicago club scene can hold his head up high.
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Chicago Style zippy
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 41:03
Size: 94.0 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front
[2:54] 1. If This Is Me
[3:41] 2. Today
[3:12] 3. Ordinary Day
[4:48] 4. Lowdown
[4:12] 5. No Lies
[2:54] 6. Goin To Town
[5:02] 7. Drastically
[3:20] 8. No Lies No Lies
[3:11] 9. I've Had Enough
[3:06] 10. Walkin With Myself
[4:39] 11. Linda Lu
Ronnie started his musical career at the age of three when he appeared with his brother on the Ted Mack amateur hour playing harmonica.(his brother later went on to play with Johnny Puleo and his Harmonca Gang, traveling the world and appearing on such shows as Johnny Carson, Milton Berle Ed Sullivan etc). Ronnie left show business for seven years when at the age of ten his mother bought him his first guitar, a Gibson..,He started honing his craft in and around Chicago at the age of fifteen years when he started playing night clubs with the older local heavy musicians such as Peter Cetera, Bruce Bolin (Fender and Gibson fame) Kal David -Fabulous Rhinestones, Paul Cotton-Poco Harvey Mandel-Rolling stones recording fame and Chaka Kahn to name a few. His most memorable gig was opening for Roy Orbison at the age 16. Also started a band with a guitar player named Barry Oakley but Ronnie was a guitar player too so He convinced Barry to play bass which he did, this project didn’t last so Barry left and joined a band called the Allman brothers.
After recording local hits at Chess Studios, Ronnie hit the road with an array of show bands, ending up in Las Vegas for 9 months. He returned to Chicago to perform in local bands such as Baby Huey and the Babysitters, Sparkle, The Riot, to name a few again. Ronnie did plenty of of road work taking time out to demonstrate The Marauder guitar for Gibson guitars. Ronnie today writes records and plays from his studio in Chicago.
After recording local hits at Chess Studios, Ronnie hit the road with an array of show bands, ending up in Las Vegas for 9 months. He returned to Chicago to perform in local bands such as Baby Huey and the Babysitters, Sparkle, The Riot, to name a few again. Ronnie did plenty of of road work taking time out to demonstrate The Marauder guitar for Gibson guitars. Ronnie today writes records and plays from his studio in Chicago.
Lowdown mc
Lowdown zippy
