Showing posts with label Tommy Talton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tommy Talton. Show all posts

Monday, March 20, 2017

Tommy Talton - 2 albums: Somewhere South Of Eden / Until After Then

After years of legendary work in the music world, it’s clear that guitarist and songwriter Tommy Talton is still making music for the sheer joy of it. He manages to perform with both the energy of a music-obsessed kid and the restraint of a seasoned veteran – because, at heart, he is both. He began his musical career in Central Florida and in 1966 was a founding member of a group called “We The People.” The group had several top ten hits throughout Florida, Tennessee and Kentucky.

In 1970, Tommy Talton, along with Scott Boyer, was a founding member of Capricorn Records group “Cowboy.” From 1971 through 1977 Cowboy recorded 4 albums for Capricorn. Talton also recorded an album titled “Happy To Be Alive/ Talton, Sandlin and Stewart” with producer Johnny Sandlin (Allman Bros., Delbert McClinton). Essentially, it being a solo effort with all but one song being written and sung by Talton. While in Macon, Ga. through most of the 70’s, Tommy was a studio musician recording with artists such as Billy Joe Shaver, Bonnie Bramlett, Martin Mull, Corky Lang (West, Bruce and Lang/ Mountain), Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Clarence Carter, country music legend Kitty Wells, Alex and Livingston Taylor, Arthur Conley of Sweet Soul Music fame, Johnny Rivers, and more. He toured extensively throughout the U.S. with Cowboy and with Gregg Allman’s “Laid Back Tour” as Gregg’s ‘Special Guests’ from Carnegie Hall to Fillmore West in San Francisco and most cities in between. Tommy was also the guitarist on Gregg Allman’s certified Gold “Laid Back” studio album.

Throughout the ‘90’s, Tommy lived and toured in Europe and formed a group there called “The Rebelizers” with members of Albert Lee’s band, Hogan’s Heroes. In 2005, after returning to the States, Talton formed “The Tommy Talton Band.” Sharing the stage and jamming with old friends and new ones too, such as The Tedeshi Trucks Band, Gregg Allman Band, The Allman Brothers Band, John Ginty Band, Colin Linden and his Band, harmonica great Buddy Greene, Randall Bramblett Band, Chuck Leavell, etc. He continues to tour the Southeast of the USA, with occasional visits to Chicago, New York and Europe, as a soloist and with a full band of 3 to 6 pieces.

Album: Somewhere South Of Eden
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:14
Size: 112.7 MB
Styles: Southern blues rock
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[3:42] 1. I Can't Believe It
[3:12] 2. Hard Situation
[4:41] 3. We Are Calling
[7:23] 4. Somewhere South Of Eden
[5:18] 5. Poblano
[3:57] 6. Center Of My Soul
[2:54] 7. Don't Go Away Sore
[3:22] 8. It's Gonna Come Down On You
[4:07] 9. I Surrender
[5:54] 10. Waiting On The Saints
[4:39] 11. When I Fall Asleep Again

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Album: Until After Then
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:16
Size: 117.4 MB
Styles: Southern blues rock
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[4:37] 1. Until After Then
[4:45] 2. Real Sugar
[4:51] 3. Mr. Love
[5:43] 4. Distant Light
[4:43] 5. My, O, My
[4:36] 6. I Keep My Mind On You
[4:34] 7. She Was There
[3:56] 8. The Man From Down Near Waco
[2:41] 9. Love U A Little
[5:31] 10. You've Got A Friend
[5:14] 11. Surfin' The Levee (Bonus Track)

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Lisa Biales - Belle Of The Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 39:25
Size: 90.3 MB
Styles: Contemporary blues vocals
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:09] 1. Belle Of The Blues (Feat. Pat Bergeson)
[4:27] 2. Sad Sad Sunday (Feat. Tommy Talton & Randall Bramblett)
[4:00] 3. Bad Things (Feat. Randall Bramblett, Ken Wynn, Eg Kight & Tommy Talton)
[3:08] 4. Mask (Feat. Tommy Talton, Paul Hornsby & Randall Bramblett)
[4:09] 5. Graveyard Dead Blues (Feat. Tommy Talton, Paul Hornsby & Bill Stewart)
[3:06] 6. Baby Won't You Please Come Home (Feat. Paul Hornsby)
[3:51] 7. In My Girlish Days (Feat. Eg Kight & Tommy Talton)
[2:58] 8. Peach Pickin' Mama (Feat. Tommy Talton & Pat Bergeson)
[3:25] 9. Black & White Blues (Feat. Tommy Talton & Paul Hornsby)
[3:18] 10. Trouble (Feat. Eg Kight, Ken Wynn & Paul Hornsby)
[3:50] 11. Bad Girl (Feat. Randall Bramblett & Ken Wynn)

When Jimmy Page or Jeff Beck play guitar, the line between man and instrument is blurred. When John Popper blows harp, the hair standing up on my arm tells me that I’m witnessing someone doing what they were put on this earth to do. With Lisa Biales, her purpose is to sing the blues. It was something I sensed immediately on Just Like Honey then Singing In my Soul, both of which lead up to her choice new album Belle Of The Blues.

As a singer Biales comes across as equal parts good-natured speakeasy vixen and soulful southern torch balladeer. Produced by EG Kight and engineered by Paul Hornsby, this album compares to Maria Muldaur’s Memphis Minnie tribute from a year or two back. Performances from the musicians are joyous lessons in how to groove, not unlike Biales herself. Featured guests are the amazing Tommy Talton on guitar (Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts), Randall Bramblett on Hammond B-3 (Sea Level, Steve Winwood, Widespread Panic) and Bill Stewart on drums (Gregg Allman, Bonnie Bramlett), and they play like they’ve been doing it together for years- on that gut-level instinctual plane.

“I love singing sad songs” Lisa confesses. “The strong array of emotions that bubble up, and the connections I feel to people while singing them makes me realize my worth”, referring directly to Mask and Sad, Sad Sunday. She considers Bessie Smith an influence, and it shows. She calls Smith “One of the greatest classic blues singers of the 1920’s, and someone I have grown to admire. It’s only fitting to have her presence on this recording with two songs; Black & White Blues and Baby Won’t You Please Come Home.”

Belle Of The Blues