T-Bear & The Dukes - Blue

Album: Blue
Size: 107,9 MB
Time: 47:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues
Art: Full (front, back, cd)

1. You Don't Know What Love Is (4:42)
2. To Know You Is To Love You (5:15)
3. Walking The Backstreets And Crying (5:58)
4. I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me) (3:31)
5. Marita (4:37)
6. I Pity The Fool (3:48)
7. Key To The Highway (3:26)
8. Walk Out Like A Lady (7:16)
9. I Feel So Bad (3:07)
10. Help Me Through The Day (5:23)

The band T-Bear & The Dukes Of Rhythm was started by Torbjörn Solberg in his hometown Arvika, Sweden, in 2004, and they have released two CD’s with their original lineup, including a horn section: ”Let The Sweet Talk Flow” and ”Broadway Twist”. The most recent line-up is a quartet, featuring Torbjörn "T-Bear" Solberg on guitar and vocals; Fredrik Kaudern on bass; Henrik Berg on drums and percussion; Emil Wachenfeld on Hammond B3, Hohner D6 and piano.

Blue mc
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T-Bear & The Dukes - Time Is A Healer

Size: 110,0 MB
Time: 47:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Taranto (4:40)
02. Cosmic Ride (3:27)
03. Time Is A Healer (3:57)
04. The Time Has Come (5:42)
05. Spirit And Soul (4:21)
06. Lifeline (4:08)
07. End Of Confusion (4:30)
08. Shiwer And Shake (3:10)
09. Magic Spells (4:13)
10. Tears On The Run (4:36)
11. Spanish Barfly (4:15)

”They don’t make them like that anymore”
When you've been around on this earth for a while, that thought does come to you once in a while. It could hit you when you see a nice old car, a music instrument, a real "old school" personality being interviewed on the TV…. and if you're into the blues, this thought definitely comes more often as the years keep passing by. Our heroes pass away, and many of the young musicians who try to pick up this heritage will sound like scholars for a long time before they might come out as a full-fledged blues musician.
But here's a guy that startles you as soon as you hear the sound of his guitar, his voice and the way he deals with the tradition. Raw and direct, well not "too raw" but just sounding like himself. A straight-forward approach, with that special "bite" that we associate with some of the great bluesmen.
Where does he find it? Maybe in the deep forests of Värmland, a sparsely populated region in Sweden, near the Norwegian border. But mostly in his deep long-term love story with the blues, with heroes like Albert Collins, Albert and Freddie King, Luther Allison and other great representatives of modern electric blues with a twist of funk. And one thing he has in common with these musicians is that he will never play a set with only shuffles, but keeps varying his tempos and beats. Not only is he a natural talent on the guitar, but his expressive and direct voice and his creative songwriting contribute to his sound, raw and mature at the same time.
The band T-Bear and the Dukes of Rhythm was started by Torbjörn Solberg in his hometown Arvika, Sweden, in 2004, and they have released 4 CD's with their previous lineup, including a horn section: "Let The Sweet Talk Flow" and Broadway Twist.
They released their CD Icemachine 2013 and now they working on a new CD that will be released 2015.
The band mebers are Torbjörn Solberg T-bear git/vocal, Henrik Berg drums, Fredrik Kaudern bas, Emil Wachenfeldt pi/org.

Time Is A Healer

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T-Bear & The Dukes Of Rhythm - 2 albums: Broadway Twist/Ice Machine

Album: Broadway Twist
Year: 2008
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:48
Size: 104,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Hippie Creek Lady (4:01)
2. Broadway Twist (2:59)
3. Girl You're Electric (4:11)
4. She's My Woman (3:19)
5. Stumble Back To Go (4:20)
6. It Takes Time (2:58)
7. Buzz You All Night Long (3:35)
8. Hard To Believe (3:06)
9. Come Back Baby (3:33)
10. Don't Leave Your Heart Behind (6:52)
11. Meanest Girl (3:31)
12. Boggie Contest (3:19)

Superb band from Sweden that has soaked up the original music of the masters, up to Kim Wilson and Ronnie Earl. T-Bear's a great leader, powerful singer and talented guitar player. Add great harp, B-3 sounds and horns from time to time. Original material and highly recommended.

Personnel:
Torbjörn "T-Bear" Solberg - guitar, vocals
Fredrik Myhrberg - guitar
Jan Lillsäter - bass
Tore van Baalen - drums
Berth Arnesson - Hammond B-3
Arne Fjeld Rasmussen - harmonica

Horns: Jan-Olof Appel, Göran Ramberg, Jan Nilsson

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Album: Ice Machine
Year: 2013
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:35
Size: 90,6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Intro: To Be Continued... (1:24)
2. Why Don't You Stop (3:09)
3. Same Ol' Tricks (4:38)
4. Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love (4:38)
5. Ice Machine (3:30)
6. Let Me Love You (3:29)
7. Things Ain't Like They Seem (4:52)
8. Choke Dog (4:15)
9. Hard To Believe (3:01)
10. Come Back Baby (2:48)
11. Church Blues (3:45)

The band T-Bear & The Dukes Of Rhythm was started by Torbjörn Solberg in his hometown Arvika, Sweden, in 2004, and they have released two CD’s with their previous lineup, including a horn section: ”Let The Sweet Talk Flow” and ”Broadway Twist”.

The new band is a quartet, featuring Hammond wizard Paul ”Palle” Wagnberg, a professional musician since 1985, including 20 years in soul jazz group ”The Real Thing”. Bass player Jan Lillsäter has been supporting T-Bear for more than 20 years, steady as a rock, no matter if he’s playing electric bass or upright. The new drummer Henrik ”Henke” Berg was carefully chosen for his good beat and good spirit, and the new band made a great impact during their first tour in Benelux May 2013. Ice Machine contains 9 originals plus one song by Willie Dixon and one by Stevie Ray Vaughan.

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T-Bear & The Dukes Of Rhythm - Let The Sweet Talk Flow...

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 40:15
Size: 92.1 MB
Styles: R&B, Jump blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[2:27] 1. Boogie And Soul
[3:55] 2. Lipstick Woman
[3:28] 3. Please Love Me
[4:08] 4. Don't Tuch Me Baby
[3:20] 5. That's What The Blues Is All About
[2:42] 6. Do You Think I'm Wrong
[3:25] 7. Let The Sweet Talk Flow
[4:05] 8. T-Bear Blues
[3:34] 9. She Moves Me
[2:31] 10. Barefootin'
[3:06] 11. Baby Please Don't Lie To Me
[3:29] 12. You're Gonna Need Me

Sweden's Torbjorn "T-Bear" Solberg (vocals, guitar) and Jan Lillsater (upright & electric bass) had been playing together in a Texas Shuffle-style trio for about 10 years when T-Bear came up with the idea of forming a band with a horn section. The resulting Dukes Of Rhythm was formed in spring 2004.

In mid summer 2006 they hired one of the Swedish Radio's mobile studios and recorded this album of jumpin' R&B in a church-house outside of their hometown. Along with T-Bear and Jan the octet comprises an alto sax player, two tenor saxmen, a pianist/organist, a second guitarist and a drummer.

Let The Sweet Talk Flow...

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