Various - Blues Matters! (Blues Without The Blinkers)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:06
Size: 151.3 MB
Styles: Blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[5:51] 1. Roadhouse - Broken Land
[4:28] 2. King Cotton - Long Legged Woman
[3:37] 3. Dave Berry - Mercury Blues
[1:46] 4. Sean Webster - Mama
[5:50] 5. Innes Sibun - So Tired Of Living
[3:50] 6. The Mellotones - You Gotta Have A Man
[4:57] 7. The Roach Twins Band - Got A New Job
[3:41] 8. The Brew - The Prowler
[2:03] 9. Memphis In The Meantime - Perfect Day For The Blues
[2:53] 10. Roy Metté - When My Ship Comes In
[3:09] 11. The Swampnobs - Run To Me
[7:06] 12. The Mick Rutherford Band - Love In The Fast Lane
[4:46] 13. The Strats - Warriors Of The Night
[3:01] 14. Sons Of The Delta - Skinnybone
[2:56] 15. Tony McPhee - Devilled
[2:55] 16. The Mustangs - Wired
[3:11] 17. Danny Bryant - Last Man Standing

Blues Matters! (Blues Without The Blinkers)

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Sons Of The Delta - Red Hot At Peppers

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:42
Size: 143.5 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[4:49] 1. Smokestack Lightning
[3:03] 2. Hardcore Troubadour
[5:04] 3. Key To The Highway
[4:30] 4. Lipstick Sunset
[3:17] 5. Chocolate Jesus
[6:25] 6. Boogie Chillun
[6:33] 7. Tom Ames Prayer
[3:43] 8. One Sunny Day
[7:36] 9. The Weight
[5:41] 10. Thirteen Question Method
[4:55] 11. Skinnybone
[7:00] 12. Out On A Saturday Night

A stripped-back acoustic duo set recorded at Peppers Cafe as part of the Gloucester Rhythm and Blues Festival 2015. A passionate, fun and energetic performance of some of Mark and Rick's favourite songs from their repertoire.

Sons of the Delta was formed by two south-western UK bluesmen, Mark Cole (vocals, harp, slide guitar) and Rick Edwards (guitar, vocals) back in the early Zeros. They were joined some years later by drummer Martin Fitzgibbon and more recently by bass player Lyndon Webb. They play earthy, passionate blues flavoured with the many roots music styles from the southern states of the USA.

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Sons Of The Delta - Made In Mississippi

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:44
Size: 125.3 MB
Styles: Acoustic/electric blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[ 3:58] 1. It's Me
[10:03] 2. Crying Down In Clarksdale
[ 3:13] 3. Pickin' With Phil
[ 2:45] 4. You Can't Have The Hoo Without The Do
[ 4:30] 5. I Wish Somebody
[ 2:42] 6. Clarksdale Strut
[ 3:53] 7. Ebay Blues
[ 5:59] 8. One More Time
[ 4:56] 9. Train Roll
[ 6:57] 10. I'm Moving On
[ 5:43] 11. Standing On The Edge

For their second outing, the Sons of the Delta (Mark Cole and Rick Edwards) decamped to their spiritual homeland (Clarksdale, MS). In addition to recording "Made in Mississippi" with a little help from their friends, they also played several dates including Morgan Freeman's Ground Zero club.

Somewhat ironically, the album opens with a classic rocking Chicago style blues, "It's Me", which grabs the listener's attention. The first of two very famous friends (Pinetop Perkins) then takes his seat for the epic "Cryin' Down In Clarksdale", delivered Muddy Waters style, later returning to lead the band through his own "One More Time". Elsewhere Sam Carr anchors things in his inimitable style on the Wolf-like "You Can't Have The Hoo Without The Do", the excellent Hill Country stylings of "I Wish Somebody", and "eBay Blues" which gives a 21st Century twist to the "My baby done left me" tale.

The album is mostly recorded using a classic core line-up (guitar, harp, bass, drums), but Cole and Edwards are equally at ease in an acoustic setting. This is neatly demonstrated on "Pickin' With Phil" (Phil Wooten, 2nd guitar), "Clarksdale Strut", and "Train Roll" (with Stan Street on harp). It is the full band though , with Terry "Big T" Williams, that heads homewards on "I'm Moving On", calling to mind "The Thrill Is Gone", before closing out in the best Jimmy Reed style with "Standing On The Edge".

"Made In Mississippi" is a belter of an album. Mark Cole and Rick Edwards, do not just "play" the Blues, they "feel" it too. This gives them the edge over many of their contemporaries, because they add their own original twist to what some perceive as the tired idiom of the Blues. If they can maintain this standard, they could easily find themselves being lauded as Britain's Jelly Roll Kings.

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Sons Of The Delta - Tasty Nuggets

Size: 155,0 MB
Time: 66:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Delta Blues
Art: Front

01. Just Want To Make A Living (5:22)
02. Never Had Nothin' When Times Were Good (4:09)
03. People Get Ready (5:11)
04. Spaceman Blues (4:07)
05. Scared Of Love (5:32)
06. Time Marches On (4:43)
07. Downhome Blues (5:08)
08. When Can I Change My Clothes (4:16)
09. Get Down And Let Me In (3:41)
10. Too Little Too Late (9:37)
11. Thirtynineteen (5:37)
12. Water Will Rise (3:45)
13. Out On A Saturday Night (5:16)

Sons of the Delta was formed by two of the top bluesmen in the SouthWest UK, Mark Cole and Rick Edwards. They play a no-nonsense blend of electric and acoustic blues which includes traditional blues plus new originals. Their music also features occasional sidesteps into other American roots styles such as gospel, hillbilly, bluegrass, cajun and texmex.

Achievements include a visit to Clarksdale, Mississippi where they played at a number of clubs and juke joints including Morgan Freeman's club Ground Zero. The visit also included time in Jimbo Mathus's recording studio, Delta Recording, where they were joined by Eric 'Bassfingers' Lanier and Jeff Hayes plus legendary bluesmen Sam Carr and Pinetop Perkins. The CD of the recording is now available - please visit our store.

In 2006 they returned to the USA and played on the prestigious Emerging Artist stage at the Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival in Helena, Arkansas.

Tasty Nuggets

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