Willie D. Warren - Last Blues: The Detroit Sessions (Feat. Howard Glazer)

Size: 200,7+172,0 MB
Time: 86:36+74:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Detroit Blues, Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

Last Blues: The Detroit Sessions Vol. 1:
01. Cummins Prison Farm (8:10)
02. Double Trouble (6:09)
03. Hello England (4:20)
04. Sad Day (6:21)
05. Willie Talking (2:17)
06. Landlord Blues (7:25)
07. Baby Loves To Boogie (4:02)
08. She's 19 Years Old (7:07)
09. Three Times A Fool (5:50)
10. Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home (7:42)
11. Paying The Cost To Be The Boss (3:05)
12. Everything I Do Is Wrong (5:46)
13. Kansas City (5:46)
14. Goin' Down Slow (8:20)
15. Hold That Train (4:10)

Last Blues: The Detroit Sessions Vol. 2

01. That's Alright (6:18)
02. In The Dark (3:17)
03. Caledonia (6:21)
04. Drowning On Dry Land (6:42)
05. No More Doggin' (4:37)
06. Door Lock Blues (3:42)
07. I'm Tore Down (5:58)
08. Rock Me Baby (6:00)
09. Kansas City (4:28)
10. Big Boss Man (4:47)
11. Hoochie Coochie Man (5:36)
12. If You Love Me Like You Say (3:33)
13. Lonely And Blue (4:04)
14. Messin' With The Kid (3:05)
15. Next Time You See Me (5:26)

Willie D Warren was one of the old time Detroit bluesmen deserving of recognition that he should have but didn’t receive. Back in the 1950s whilst playing with the Otis Rush band in Chicago, he was credited with inventing the electric bass by tuning down the three low strings on his guitar.

Last Blues – Volume One & Two, originally recorded for UK label, Bluetrack Records and now released by Blues Archive are exactly what they say. Recorded only a few months before his death in 2000 aged 76, these tracks give an insight into the heartfelt blues vocals and subtle guitar playing of a Detroit blues master.

Full credit for these recordings must go to Howard Glazer, the Detroit guitarist who features alongside Willie on these tracks, in getting him into the studio and recording such a large body of important work. This is especially poignant as throughout Willie D warren’s long career, he remained woefully under-recorded.

Happy New Year

Last Blues: The Detroit Sessions Vol. 1
Last Blues: The Detroit Sessions Vol. 2

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Willie D. Warren - Live

Size: 135,2 MB
Time: 58:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Hello Detroit ( 5:25)
02. Driftin' & Driftin' ( 7:27)
03. Cadillac Assembly Line ( 5:00)
04. Reconsider Baby ( 6:24)
05. Kansas City ( 5:46)
06. I've Had My Fun (10:00)
07. Baby Likes To Boogie ( 4:30)
08. Hoochie Coochie Man ( 6:13)
09. The Blues Is Alright ( 7:57)

Before his death in December 2000, Detroit blues icon Willie D. Warren was a stalwart on the local scene following his 1975 move from Arkansas via Chicago to the Motor City. He was woefully under-recorded, but on this live recording with the backing band Mystery Train featuring electric guitarist Jim McCarty (ex-Mitch Ryder, Cactus, the Rockets, and Detroit Blues Band member), Warren shines in the spotlight. His experienced, enjoyable voice and spare guitar signify this music -- cool and cooler, refined and authentic. McCarty is joined by three exceptional blues cats: keyboardist/bassist Rick Stel, harmonicist Kenny Welk, and drummer Will Leonard. Stel and Welk are particularly sensitive and substantive additions to the real blues mix of this club date. Of the nine cuts done live at the Firehouse (there is some afterthought overdubbing), every other one is a slow, low-down number. Charles Brown's "Driftin' & Driftin'" and James B. Oden's "I've Had My Fun" pulse with organ, the latter for a long ten minutes with lengthy guitar musings from Warren and McCarty. The Willie Dixon classic "Hoochie Coochie Man" stands up with patient fervor, while the highlight, Lowell Fulson's "Reconsider Baby," is downhearted as can be, with Welk's harp talking back to Willie D.'s vocal, which is quite reminiscent of Paul Butterfield. The more uptempo numbers include Warren doing "Hello Detroit," talking about leaving the South for the North over the melody of Jimmy Smith's "Back at the Chicken Shack." A mojo boogie take of Sir Mack Rice and Albert King's classic "Cadillac Assembly Line" is the neatest twist to an old standard, and a loping version of "Kansas City" features Warren's soulful, almost crooning voice with Stel's piano urging him on. The easy swing of "Baby Likes to Boogie," with a meaty but thinly sliced solo from McCarty and great piano fervor from Stel, and the closer, Little Milton's "The Blues Is Alright," both show how this music is directly jazz-related, and vice versa. As much of a firebrand as McCarty is capable of being, he lays low for this performance, letting Warren do the driving. It was a good move, for Willie D. could more than handle the job. There is a low-level buzz throughout, but it does not detract from this high-level set by one of the Midwest's true blues treasures. Recommended. ~Review by Michael G. Nastos

Thanks to Marc.
Live

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