Moreland & Arbuckle & Floyd - Floyd's Market

Size: 248 MB
Time: 48:37
File: Flac
Released: 2006
Styles: Roots rock, Electric blues
Art: Fullt

1. Locomotive (4:43)
2. Long Past Midnight (4:59)
3. Fo' (4:38)
4. Place To Be (2:56)
5. Unsung (1:38)
6. So Low (4:58)
7. Meet Me In The City (5:31)
8. Variations On Juke (3:46)
9. Future Blues (3:47)
10. Date With The Devil (3:41)
11. Long Way Home (4:00)
12. Meltdown (3:53)

See earlier pots.

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Moreland & Arbuckle - Just A Dream

Size: 309 MB
Time: 48:21
File: Flac
Released: 2011
Styles: Roots rock, Electric blues
Art: Front, tray

1. The Brown Bomber (4:51)
2. Just a Dream (3:46)
3. Purgatory (4:11)
4. Travel Every Mile (4:50)
5. Heartattack And Vine (3:48)
6. Troll (5:17)
7. Gypsy Violin (1:37)
8. Shadow Never Changes (4:06)
9. Good Love (3:47)
10. Who Will Be Next (3:00)
11. So Low (5:27)
12. White Lightnin' (3:36)

On its fourth and finest album, the Kansas hill-country blues duo of Aaron Moreland and Dustin Arbuckle stages a compelling coming of age party. All the elements defining the group’s astonishing 1861 (2008) and powerhouse Flood (2010) coalesce here. M&A’s attack, bolstered by the solid drumming/percussion of Brad Horner, is about body blows and haymakers—a relentless, charging, country-blues style, rough and raw as fashioned by Arbuckle’s muscular, crying vocals and raw, wailing harmonica, backed up by Moreland’s intense, relentless, often fuzzed-out guitar (traditional electric and custom cigar box both). Chris Wiser joins up to add honky-tonk keyboard to the stomping blues of “The Brown Bomber” and moaning, Gregg Allman- esque B3 shadings to a swaggering take on Tom Waits’ “Heartattack and Vine.” This bigger sound suits M&A—“Shadow Never Changes,” dark musings that may well be a comment on a nation in crisis, features the organ, harp, and guitar in heat, erecting an imposing wall of malevolent sound ahead of a subdued but telling exhale signaling song’s end. Producer Moreland keeps the sonics hot and in your face throughout, the instruments and Arbuckle’s fervent singing constituting a united, full-throttle, rock ’n’ blues assault. It’s a beautiful thing.

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Moreland & Arbuckle - Flood

Size: 291 MB
Time: 48:10
File: Flac
Released: 2010
Styles: Roots rock, Electric blues
Art: Full

1. Hate To See You Go (2:31)
2. Legend Of John Henry (6:19)
3. Before The Flood (1:17)
4. 18 Counties (3:59)
5. Your Man Won't Ever Know (2:53)
6. Don't Wake Me (3:45)
7. Bound And Determined (2:29)
8. Can't Get Clear (6:01)
9. Can't Leave Well Enough Alone (4:01)
10. In The Morning I'll Be Gone (3:31)
11. What You Gonna Do (4:38)
12. Red Moon Rising (3:18)
13. Can't Get Clear - Banjo Version (3:24)

Moreland & Arbuckle (guitarist Aaron Moreland, singer/Blues Harp Dustin Arbuckle and drummer Kendall Newby) was an American Electric Blues/Roots Rock Trio. Moreland described their music as "Gritty Blues and Roots Rock from the Heartland." After six previous releases, the band signed with Alligator Records in 2015. The label debut, was released on May 6, 2016 and was Produced by Matt Bayles. In April 2017, the band announced their split.

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Moreland & Arbuckle - 1861

Size: 317 MB
Time: 50:35
File: Flac
Released: 2008
Styles: Roots rock, Electric blues
Art: Front, outer, tray

1. Gonna Send Ya Back To Georgia (4:07)
2. Fishin' Hole (3:53)
3. Tell Me Why (2:42)
4. Diamond Ring (6:07)
5. See My Jumper Hangin' Out On The Line (4:44)
6. The Legend (3:16)
7. Never Far Behind (2:54)
8. Teasin' Doney (4:04)
9. Please, Please Mammy (4:02)
10. Pittsburgh In The Morning, Philidelphia At Night (4:42)
11. Wrong I Do (3:28)
12. Wiser Jam (6:30)

This album, titled for the year Kansas (the state the band calls home) became a state, begins with a track ("Gonna Send Ya Back to Georgia") that is bound to get the old boots a-stompin'. The guitar in this track is reminiscent of Luther Dickinson from North Mississippi All-Stars. This tune is not for sitting on the porch and sipping lemonade. This is a song for a crowded bar where people want to get up and move. The band adds some Hammond B3 on "Diamond Ring" and "The Wiser Jam" and I have to say I am a big fan. The Hammond B3 lends a real 60s rock/soul feel to the music. The best way to describe "Diamond Ring" is groovy. Frankly, there aren't enough o's in groovy to describe this tune. The chugging "gas tank bass" in "The Legend" is an outstanding compliment to the slide guitar and drums. The great thing about this album is that the band throws something a little different into each song. And every addition works wonderfully. I recently started playing harmonica and this album (particularly "Never Far Behind") teaches me two things. One part of me thinks this would be a good album to emulate when I practice. The second thing I learn is that I have to practice A LOT to even feel like I'm in the same area code as Dustin Arbuckle. "Please Please Mammy" is a lowdown blues tune about Grandma's cooking. Boy, if that ain't the blues, I don't know what is. There is nothing too complex about this band. It's a three-piece band with guitar, harmonica, and drums. These fellas know what they are doing and they play and feel the blues. I'd say the best response to this album is at the end of the first song when someone shouts "Woo!" Yessir, I'd say that's just about right.

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The Incredible Blues Puppies - In The Doghouse

Album: In The Doghouse
Size: 130,2 MB
Time: 56:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front

1. Tuff Days (3:27)
2. I Don't Get It (4:14)
3. Zip Your Lip (3:35)
4. A Hard Way To Suffer (3:40)
5. Away From Here (2:26)
6. Too Bad (4:09)
7. Chilled Down To The Bone (4:42)
8. Mean Mistreatin' Mama (6:04)
9. Shivering In My Shoes (3:08)
10. No Time For You (4:08)
11. In The Doghouse (2:25)
12. Don't Keep Me Waiting (2:31)
13. Hungry Man (4:05)
14. Gerard's Jump (2:45)
15. Got Love If You Want It (4:45)

"Puppy Fat", the debut album from the seasoned performers in the Incredible Blues Puppies, was a really enjoyable album and I'm delighted to say that this is an equally enjoyable follow-up. If you don't know the pups in question, there's Alan Glen (Yardbirds, Nine Below Zero, Dr Feelgood etc), Jim Mercer who's worked with Paul Lamb and Pinetop Perkins, Dino Coccia who drummed for Jo-Ann Kelly and Lowell Fulson, and John O'Reilly from the Big Town Playboys. There's also room for a wide array of guest puppies including Paul Cox, Gypie Mayo and Roger Cotton amongst others.

Unlike the first album, which was mainly covers, "In The Doghouse" only has four covers out of the fifteen tracks on offer. This time, they've dipped into the back catalogue of T-Bone Walker, Eddie Boyd, Leroy Carr and Slim Harpo, with the highlights being "Mean Mistreatin' Mama" and "Got Love If You Want It". However, the success or failure of the album is mainly down to the writing efforts of Alan Glen who nabs credits on eight of the original tunes. And to his credit, it's a solid, if not sensational, set of sturdy, guitar driven blues, which sits snugly into the sixties British blues template.

Things liven up a bit when they expand their sound a bit, and I'd like to hear more harmonica work from Alan Glen, as it's a treat when its up front. You often find that when musical veterans with a certain pedigree get together it all goes horribly wrong, but the Incredible Blues Puppies have put their pedigree to good use on an enjoyable album. /Stuart A. Hamilton

Personnel: Alan Glen (guitar, harmonica, kazoo, vocals on tracks 2,5,12,15); John O’Reilly (guitar, slide guitar, vocals on tracks 4,9); Bob Haddrell - piano, wurlitzer, organ, ukelele, vocals on track 7); Costa Tancredi (bass, guitar); Dino Coccia (drums, percussion).

Guest artists: Gordon Smith (vocals and guitar on tracks 8,13); Paul Cox (vocals on tracks 1,10); Jim Mercer (vocals and bass on track 6); Lakis Economou (bass on tracks 8,11,13); Gypie Mayo (guitar on tracks 1,7,11,15); Nigel Price (guitar on track 3); Alan Vincent (guitar on track 6); Shakey Vick (harmonica on track 6); Nick Payn (saxophone on tracks 2,4,7,14); Art Themen (saxophone on track 3); Pete Whittaker (organ on track 3); Roger Cotton (jews harp on track 12, Hammond C3 organ on tracks 2,4,7,10,11,14,15).

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Magic Frankie - It's Magic

Album: It's Magic
Size: 131,1 MB
Time: 56:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1989
Styles: Blues, Chicago blues
Art: Front, tray

1. Master Of The Blues (4:37)
2. Howlin' Wolf (6:19)
3. It Ain't Right (3:03)
4. Lose My Temper (5:02)
5. Steamin' (4:19)
6. Don't See No Love (4:44)
7. Wastin' Time (3:45)
8. Down South (4:18)
9. All By Myself (4:36)
10. That's What You Get (3:27)
11. Oh Lord! (5:20)
12. Crazy For My Baby (3:43)
13. Gettin' Hot (3:25)

Magic Frankie & The Blues Disease has made an overwhelming impression in the Dutch and international music world since the 1980s. With their powerful and swinging Chicago blues and Frankie’s virtuoso and biting guitar playing, the audience went crazy in halls and at festivals such as the Amsterdam Blues Festival (with Robert Cray), Paradiso (with Johnny Winter), Peer (with John Lee Hooker and Stevie Ray Vaughan), Ospel and North Sea Jazz.

Magic Frankie appeared as a special guest at concerts by B.B. King and Ray Charles on their European tours. B.B. King himself gave Frank the biggest compliment ever when he signed the successful album "It’s Magic" with the words “You really play my kind of blues.” This album was presented in a sold-out and frenzied Paradiso, followed by a tour of all major festivals and pop venues. Frankie even played a set as a special guest star with B.B. King on stage at his concert in the Oosterpoort in Groningen. Picture this: The thrill is gone, Rock me babe - the thrill was there! A fantastic highlight and recognition!

The years that followed were also marked by success. Musical pearld like "Hearts In Sorrow" with the legendary Kaz Lux and "Lucky" shook the blues world to its foundations. In addition to many TV performances, such as concerts for VPRO with the Metropole Orkest and the German WDR, the prison tour was one of the highlights of this period. Around Christmas time, Magic Frankie performed for two weeks in prisons across the country resulting in a smashing live album "Live Behind Bars". Internationally he performed at the Jazz Festival in Prague and Blues Festivals such as Santa Maria (Azores), Curacao and Geildorf (Germany).

Personnel: Magic Frankie (guitar, vocals, harmonica); Carel De Neeve (bass, backing vocals); Coen Van Den Bergh (drums, backing vocals); Frank Van Heteren (piano, grand piano, Hammond organ, backing vocals); Paquito Montana (percussion); Jan Kooper (saxophone); Jel Jongen (trombone); Ruud Breuls (trumpet).

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Adam Gussow - Southbound

Album: Southbound
Size: 99,0 MB
Time: 42:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front

1. Southbound (4:12)
2. You Don't Have To Go (3:25)
3. Sanford And Son Theme (The Streetbeater) (2:54)
4. Grazing In The Grass (6:05)
5. Old McDonald In Mississippi (3:46)
6. I'm Tore Down (2:54)
7. Why Not (4:07)
8. Green Tomatoes (3:11)
9. Home To Mississippi (5:59)
10. C.C. Rider (4:40)
11. Alley Cat (1:28)

Reading the detailed, autobiographial liner notes to Adam Gussow's Southbound, it sure feels like the guy's made the album he's been working towards for a lifetime. Gussow, who perhaps most notably was half of the Harlem blues duo Satan & Adam (along with guitarist Sterling Magee) for over a decade, is a veritable one-man Delta hammer. He's a schooled diatonic wizard, who performs with a bass drum at his feet.

Southbound not only owes a debt to Gussow's formative past (as in his inclusion of the Dickey Betts-penned title track, which helped spark a lifelong blues odyssey), but to more recent inspirations like the jazz vamp Old McDonald in Mississippi which Gussow crafted in response to a 'good-ole boy' radio exchange down south. Gussow's cerebral wit and irrepressible Delta hooks are the rocks upon which Southbound is built - think James Cotton's warbling excitement and R.L. Burnside's grifter stomp, tied up with Lightnin' Hopkins' dustbowl charm, and you've got the Adam Gussow sound.

In addition to the aforementioned material, Gussow includes a steady-handed, rambling boogie cover of Jimmy Reed's "You Don't Have to Go", a favorite of the blues jams Gussow cut his teeth on back in New York City. "C.C. Rider" is flavored with Gussow's classic Satan & Adam arrangement, a kick drum so frenetic that Gussow's harp competes to keep up with his own toe-tipped rhythm. Sonny Thompson's "I'm Tore Down" is a more organic and vocally aerobatic cover than other notables throughout the years. Minimal extraneous instrumentation is given to other tracks, like Bill Perry's inspired keys on a backyard-rave take on the "Sanford and Son Theme".

Seasoned harmonica brilliance, reading like a map of Gussow's musical high-points, the harp wiz says he's 'hungrier than ever to find out' what his music's about. He may still be on that journey of discovery, but the listener will get there with a couple of repeat listens. /Living Blues Magazine

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Mare Edstrom - Mare's Blues

Size: 355 MB
Time: 57:17
File: Flac
Released: 2009
Styles: Blues
Art: Front, tray, disc

1. That's Alright (2:36)
2. Treat Me So Low Down (3:17)
3. Walkin' Blues (3:45)
4. Broke Down Engine (4:50)
5. Big Road Blues (3:53)
6. Statesboro Blues (4:25)
7. Cherry Wine (2:40)
8. Pitch a Boogie Woogie (3:09)
9. Travelin' Blues (3:42)
10. Bring It Back Home (4:58)
11. Trouble Blues (5:22)
12. Breakfast In Bed (3:41)
13. Stop Breakin' Down Blues (3:54)
14. Fixin' To Die (6:57)

Mare Edstrom has taken a musical road with many unexpected twists and turns, beginning with church music from age 10, rock bands from age 14, classical training from age 8 into college, a successful career as a blues vocalist and recording artist beginning in 2004, lead singer of renowned Celtic band Kellswater Bridge, and now leader of Christian rock trio Roots and Wings, performing all-original music by Mare and partners Rev. Jared Furnish (The Snake River Ramblers) and Rebecca Gilbert (founder of Kellswater Bridge). As owner of Spiritone Records with guitarist/producer Kenn Fox, the couple has released 47 recordings as of 2021, many having received recognition on the world stage for Mare's outstanding vocal performances and Kenn's excellent production and guitar work. Both lifelong artists have also had thriving teaching studios for decades in conservatories and music stores throughout Southeastern Wisconsin, settling now primarily at their own Anam Music Studio in Watertown, Wisconsin.

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Hans Olson - Arizona Blues

Size: 290 MB
Time: 53:59
File: Flac
Released: 1995
Styles: Blues, harp-blues, acoustic blues
Art: Full

1. One Of These Mornings (3:10)
2. Full Time Love (3:29)
3. When I Get The Blues (3:48)
4. Me And Brownie McGhee (2:16)
5. She Ain't No Singer (2:44)
6. Phoenix Boogie (3:20)
7. Mr Unlucky (5:23)
8. I Feel Like I'm Coming Home (4:58)
9. Betty And Dupree (5:23)
10. Sail On (4:25)
11. The Sun Club Jump (3:09)
12. Arizona (What Are You Doing Tonight ?) (5:49)
13. Where's The Grey ? (6:01)

Hans Olson (born July 3, 1952), is an American musician and songwriter. He is a singer and plays an amplified acoustic guitar and a harmonica in a neck rack. He is known as one of the best "harp-in-a-rack" players in the world. Olson helped to establish and organize the Phoenix Blues Society (1988), the Arizona Green Party (1991), the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame (1995), the Arizona Music Heritage Foundation and the Arizona Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (2002). In 1996, Olson was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame. Both Phoenix Magazine and Phoenix New Times named Olson as one of the most influential musicians in Arizona.

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Lightnin' Hopkins - Broken Hearted Blues

Size: 223 MB
Time: 60:36
File: Flac
Released: 2003
Styles: Country blues
Art: Front, tray, disc

1. Hello Central (Give Me 209) (3:00)
2. Mary Contrary (2:41)
3. Bald Headed Woman (2:55)
4. One Kind Favor (See That My Grave Is Kept Clean) (2:59)
5. I Wonder Why (2:31)
6. Tap Dance Boogie (2:36)
7. Down To The River (2:56)
8. New Short-Haired Woman (2:58)
9. Broken Hearted Blues (2:51)
10. New York Boogie (2:47)
11. Long Way From Texas (3:03)
12. Mad As I Can Be (3:12)
13. I'm Beggin' You (2:38)
14. Why Did You Get Mad At Me? (2:51)
15. Home In The Woods (2:50)
16. Praying Ground Blues (2:58)
17. Back Home Boogie (3:11)
18. Studio Chatter/My Heart To Weep (2:44)
19. Everybody's Down On Me (2:59)
20. New Worried Life Blues (2:45)
21. I'll Never Forget The Day (3:01)

All has been said about this man!

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The Incredible Blues Puppies - Puppy Fat

Album: Puppy Fat
Size: 78,3 MB
Time: 33:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2005
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front, tray

1. Another Kinda Love (3:29)
2. Good Morning Miss Brown (3:17)
3. Puppy Fat (3:23)
4. Angle Of Dissent (3:43)
5. Man Down There (3:04)
6. T Bone Jumps Again (2:39)
7. 61 Highway (4:51)
8. Just A Little Bit (2:56)
9. Walking To My Baby (2:33)
10. 7 Years Too Late (3:39)

You often find that when musical veterans with a certain pedigree get together it all goes horribly wrong. And the Puppies certainly have a pedigree. Alan Glen was a member of The Yardbirds between 1996 and 2003 and has also recorded with Nine Below Zero, Little Axe, Dr Feelgood, Alannah Myles and numerous others. Jim Mercer has worked with Paul Lamb & The Kingsnakes, Pinetop Perkins and Muddy Waters. Dino Coccia has session credits with Andy Shepard, Patrick Moraz and Grace Jones and live shows with Jo-Ann Kelly, Homesick James and Lowell Fulson. John O'Reilly has worked with The Blues Engineers and The Big Town Playboys. Finally, Dave Briggs has performed with Scotty Moore, D.J.Fontana and Sonny Burgess. Frankly you couldn't get a much better CV than these guys.

Now bearing in mind how badly this could have turned out, it gives me great pleasure to say that it's a joy from beginning to end. If you like white boy blues then you're going to lap this up. Mixing up originals as well as classics from Taj Mahal and T-Bone Walker amongst others, this is the perfect soundtrack to the blues basement party in your head. The best covers are the Mississippi Fred McDowell track, “61 Highway” and G.L. Crockett's “Man Down There”, with the instrumental title track being the winner amongst the original material. As well as the outstanding (and contrasting) guitar work from Alan Glen and John O'Reilly, the former also provides some splendid harmonica work. A joy from beginning to end, it's good to hear a band playing the music they love, the way they love. Highly recommended. /Stuart A. Hamilton

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Satan & Adam - Harlem Blues

Album: Harlem Blues
Size: 118,3 MB
Time: 51:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1991
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. I Want You (6:03)
2. Groovy People (4:19)
3. Read My Lips (4:57)
4. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (4:50)
5. Ride The Wind (5:29)
6. Down Home Blues (5:44)
7. Sweet Home Chicago (4:35)
8. I Create The Music (4:26)
9. C.C. Rider (6:35)
10. Sunsine In The Shade (4:10)

Harlem Blues sounds exactly like how Satan & Adam would sound playing on a street corner - it's raw and tough, with a surprisingly adventurous streak. Satan and Adam stick to a basic acoustic blues duo, but their rhythms and techniques occasionally stray into funkier, jazzier territory. And that sense of careening unpredictability is what makes Harlem Blues so entertaining - they might be playing blues in a traditional style, but the end result is anything but traditional. /Thom Owens, AllMusic

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Alabama Mike - Stuff I've Been Through

Album: Stuff I've Been Through
Size: 139,4 MB
Time: 60:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues, Soul-blues
Art: Front

1. Stuff I've Been Through (4:52)
2. Fat Shame Pt. 1 (4:53)
3. This Ain't No Dizneyland (6:27)
4. Goodbye Tamika (4:44)
5. King Cock (4:55)
6. Pine Bluff, Arkansas (Big Fine Woman) (5:19)
7. Woman On The Warpath (4:18)
8. Damage Control (5:07)
9. Fat Shame Pt. 2 (5:22)
10. Mississippi (Live) (6:48)
11. God Is With You (Live) (7:38)

His new album, ‘Stuff I’ve Been Through,’ is loaded with 11 original songs that pit Alabama Mike face-to-face with what he sees in today’s society. The album features Alabama Mike (Michael Benjamin) at his most outspoken. It weaves from old-school Southern soul to straight-ahead blues to the earthy street-funk and R&B gleaned from his blue-collar neighborhood of Richmond, California, where he has lived for the past 25 years. And, there’s a gospel power to this music that increases its intensity.

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Buddy Guy - Live At Legends Jan. 9-16 2004 Vol. 1

Size: 1.17 GB
Time: 8:43:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2004
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front & Back

CD 1:
01. Everyday I Have The Blues ( 5:49)
02. Feels Like Rain (13:45)
03. Elevate Me ( 9:29)
04. Slippin' In ( 7:05)
05. Drowning On Dry Land ( 9:30)
06. I Got A Problem ( 5:33)
07. Hoochie Coochie Man (10:48)
08. My Time After Awhile (16:39)

CD 2:
01. I'm Ready ( 5:34)
02. Lucy Mae Blues ( 5:05)
03. Damn Right I Got The Blues (15:21)
04. Done Got Old ( 3:12)
05. Ain't That Peculiar ( 5:12)
06. Going Down (17:30)
07. Feels Like Rain (13:26)

CD 3:
01. Walking Cane/Next Time You See Me (16:09)
02. Things I Used To Do ( 5:46)
03. Use Me (16:35)
04. Let Me Love You Baby ( 8:20)
05. Going Down To Louisiana/Close To You (13:08)
06. Hoochie Coochie Man/Elevate Me (14:41)

CD 4:
01. Going Down (12:51)
02. Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home/First Time I Met The Blues (28:15)
03. Mary Had A Little Lamb (11:37)
04. Drowning On Dry Land (17:37)
05. Mojo Working ( 5:47)

CD 5:
01. Slippin' In Slippin' Out (13:35)
02. Mojo Working ( 7:00)
03. Good Morning Blues (14:05)
04. Let Me Love You Baby (10:28)
05. Stormy Monday (11:56)
06. Feels Like Rain (11:21)
07. Damn Right I Got The Blues ( 5:44)

CD 6:
01. A Man Of Many Words ( 6:53)
02. Feels Like Rain/Use Me (24:45)
03. Fever ( 7:03)
04. Walking Cane ( 8:55)
05. Going To Louisiana ( 7:30)
06. Stormy Monday ( 9:52)
07. Let Me Love You Baby ( 6:15)
08. Going To New York ( 5:34)

CD 7:
01. Damn Right I Got The Blues (14:10)
02. Stormy Monday/Elevate Me (16:27)
03. Drowning On Dry Land (16:47)
04. Use Me (15:23)
05. I Got The Blues In Me ( 3:49)
06. Damn Right I Got The Blues ( 7:28)
07. Rock Me Baby ( 3:04)

Personnel:
Vocals, Guitar – Buddy Guy
Bass – Orlando Wright
Drums – Jerry Porter
Guitar – Frank 'Bang' Blinkal
Organ, Piano – Tony Z
Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Jason Moynihan

Recorded live at Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago, IL on January, 2004. (Non official release, excelent sound)

Buddy Guy's Legends is a blues club in Chicago, Illinois. It was opened in 1989 by blues musician Buddy Guy who still owns the club and who still makes regular appearances, performing a month of shows each January.

Legends is one of the few blues clubs left in Chicago, a city renowned for its own particular brand of blues. The club has hosted blues greats such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Buddy himself. Legends has developed an international reputation. It was the site for recordings such as Guy's Live at Legends, Junior Wells: Live at Buddy Guy's Legends, and Guy's live set with Junior Wells entitled Last Time Around - Live at Legends.

Each year, Legends hosts the annual Chicago Blues Hall of Fame induction celebrat

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Ana Popovic - Power

Size: 95.1 MB
Time: 40:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. Rise Up! (4:44)
02. Power Over Me (3:42)
03. Doin' This (3:38)
04. Luv'n Touch (4:09)
05. Queen Of The Pack (3:28)
06. Strong Taste (3:35)
07. Recipe Is Romance (4:12)
08. Deep Down (3:52)
09. Ride It (3:51)
10. Flicker 'n Flame (2:40)
11. Turn My Luck (2:24)

Internationally renowned guitarist Ana Popovic has built her career on defining and describing, on her own terms, the essence of American music, simultaneously pushing limits, bending genres, and reinventing her music and herself with each new record. Ana's new album, Power, due for release on May 5, 2023, on ArtisteXclusive Records, brings those dynamics to the fore and, in the process, turns this set of songs into both a powerful and personal tale of survival through faith, determination and tenacity. They were spawned from a decidedly tricky set of circumstances that tested Ana's devotion to making music and her perseverance. 'Power' symbolizes unity. Album cover art: two holding hands, black and white, is what this world needs. It's the power, and it's the force that's going to move this world forward. Without that power, there wouldn't have been so much remarkable music today, ideas, and reforms. And indeed, not this record. This story is about friendship and embracing yourself with everything life throws at you.

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VA - Blues Singles Collection Vol. 62

Size: 245.4 MB
Time: 105:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01 Studebaker John - Groove City (Radio Edit) (3:06)
02 Gov't Mule - Dreaming Out Loud (Feat. Ivan Neville & Ruthie Foster) (4:38)
03 Robert Jon & The Wreck - Bring Me Back Home Again (3:43)
04 Justin Johnson - Under Your Spell (5:10)
05 Laura Evans - Fool (Live) (4:48)
06 Markus K - Rollin' And Tumblin' (4:13)
07 Kevin Russell - Love Just Ain't Enough (4:40)
08 Ray Bonneville - D'ou Vient Ce Vent (3:15)
09 Knock-Out Greg & The Scandinavian Blue Flames - It Serves Me Right To Suffer (Feat. Knock-Out Greg) (5:29)
10 Devon Allman - See It All (3:32)
11 Mick Clarke - Freight Train (3:11)
12 Kaz Hawkins - Get Up And Go (4:24)
13 Steve Louw - Driving Through The Night (6:21)
14 Chris Kramer - Down The Line (Feat. Jens Filser) (2:36)
15 Lachy Doley - A World Worth Fighting For (4:39)
16 Jo Harman - Summer Breeze (Live 2023) (6:34)
17 Artur Menezes - Change (3:18)
18 Samantha Fish - Settle For Less (3:09)
19 Laurence Jones - Lonely Road (3:44)
20 Gov't Mule - Same As It Ever Was (6:44)
21 Mick Clarke - Blues Stay Away From Me (4:32)
22 Joanna Connor - Best Of Me (Feat. Grooveline Horns, Fernando Castillo, Carlos Sosa & Raul Vallejo) (3:54)
23 Davis Chris - Sundress Season (2:38)
24 Markus K - Gypsy Queen (Live) (3:04)
25 The Mystix - Mighty Love (Feat. Jerry Portnoy) (3:47)

A collection of blues singles released in April/May 2023 compiled by kamane.

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Andreas Diehlmann Band - Long Way To Go

Size: 100.1 MB
Time: 43:05
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. Long Way To Go (5:18)
02. Pretty Baby (3:47)
03. Way To Hell (4:14)
04. Broken (Into Little Bits) (6:26)
05. Burning Slow (4:39)
06. Bad Luck (3:45)
07. Wedding Dress (3:26)
08. Baby It's Gonna Rain All Night (7:31)
09. The Sky Is Crying (3:52)

Personnel:
Andreas Diehlmann - Vocals/Guitars
Tom Bonn - Drums
Jörg Sebald - Bass
Tom Bornemann - Organ

Seven albums and an extensive Best Of compilation in just under five years. This is the output of Kassel blues rock guitarist Andreas Diehlmann, which is well worth listening to. Now, six years after his debut, his eighth album will be released in early May. Quantity doesn't always have to equal quality, but it's fundamentally different with Diehlmann, and it wasn't for nothing that he received the "German Blues Award" last year.

On the current album, too, the guitarist and his two comrades-in-arms Jörg Sebald (bass) and Tom Bonn (drums) present themselves as an outstandingly well-rehearsed power trio. A dusty-sounding dobro opens the album, but after a short, relaxed intro, Diehlmann and his Fellow musicians on "Long Way To Go" working title "Redemption" clear: There will be no redemption in a positive sense during the next ten songs. The listener will be captivated in the following 40 minutes and remain in the hands of the Andreas Diehlmann Band throughout all the songs.

Sometimes the band seems conventional. "Pretty Baby" is a straight forward boogie number. But what sounds random at first is by no means so, because the band also plays big with these numbers, is gripping and gets to the point. On "Bad Luck" Hammond organist Tom Bornemann supports the band, which as a quartet creates the best relaxed but powerful southern rock feeling. Appropriately, as with all other numbers, Diehlmann's grater voice.

Straightforward and forward-thinking are numbers like "Way To Hell" and "Wedding Dress," which could easily be hits by the long-bearded Texas trio. Here, too, the band proves not to be a cheap copy, but equal.

“Broken”, a classic blues-rock ballad, offers great, emotional cinema, in which Bornemann weaves a tapestry of sound with the B3, on which Diehlmann takes off with a breathtaking solo. The result, a number with goosebump potential.

Enchanting, the classic slow blues "Baby It's Gonna Rain All Night", in which Diehlmann plays wonderful blue notes over the warm Hammond-B3 sound carpet and Tom Bornemann also shows all his skills with a solo. Yes, you've heard something like that before, but rarely as good as here! (Uwe Meyer)

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Napata Mero - Blues In A Suit

Size: 276 MB
Time: 41:18
File: Flac
Released: 2000
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. Blues IN A Suit (3:55)
2. You Can Have My Husband (3:32)
3. Steal Away (4:59)
4. I'm A W.O.M.A.N. - Gettin' Next To You (4:13)
5. Grits Ain't Groceries (3:22)
6. Since I Fell For You (5:01)
7. Hey Bartender (4:07)
8. What I Say (4:13)
9. A Song For You (3:34)
10. Spirit In The Dark (4:18)

Not much to find. CEO/Band Leader/Singer bij Mero Production, comes from Chicago, lives in Paris.

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Satan & Adam - Back In The Game

Album: Back In The Game
Size: 93,3 MB
Time: 40:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front

1. Big Boss Man (3:41)
2. Broke And Hungry (3:23)
3. Thunky Fing Rides Again (3:31)
4. Fever (3:25)
5. Tell The World I Do (2:58)
6. Ain't Nobody (3:25)
7. Lotto 54 (6:32)
8. Hey, Hey, Hey (2:54)
9. Take You Downtown (Gone To Main Street) (3:33)
10. Listen To The Music (6:54)

Blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter Sterling Magee and harmonica player Adam Gussow have paid their dues. They began their career on the street - on the corner of Seventh Avenue and 125th Street, to be exact - and within a matter of weeks they were drawing crowds, people pausing on their way home from work to stop and listen. For five years, nearly every afternoon that weather permitted, the pair would meet on the corner and Magee would set up his simple stool, drum kit, guitar, and amplifier. Using a combination of foot stomps, tambourines, hi-hat cymbals, and guitar, Magee gave the duo a full sound.

Magee and Gussow specialized in funky, gritty, electric urban blues, and there were few groups or artists anywhere who sounded anything remotely like them. Gussow's exquisite harmonica solos complemented the driving, open-toned guitar playing of Magee, who preferred to be called Mister Satan, and who frequently referred to Gussow in live performances as Mister Gussow. Satan & Adam redefined and shaped the sound of modern blues so much that their track "I Want You" from their Harlem Blues debut is included on a Rhino Records release Modern Blues of the 1990s.

Magee, born May 20, 1936 in Mississippi and raised in Florida, began his career playing piano in churches in both states. During the '80s Magee played on Harlem streets and he toured widely with Gussow during the following decade, but in the 1960s he was a key session guitarist, playing on recordings by James Brown, King Curtis, George Benson, and others. Gussow, born April 3, 1958 and raised in Rockland County, New York, was a Princeton-educated harmonica player who had a little uptown apartment, and in passing Magee one day on the street in 1985, he asked if he could sit in on harmonica. That was the start of a musical and social relationship between the two that has continued - with some interruption - into the 21st century.

The pair recorded several critically acclaimed albums for the now-defunct Flying Fish label, including Harlem Blues (1991) and Mother Mojo (1993). Satan & Adam also performed in U2's Rattle and Hum movie. On the Mother Mojo album, the duo reinterpreted and funkified well-known songs like Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" and Joe Turner's "Crawdad Hole." In 1996 Satan & Adam released Living on the River on the New York State-based Rave On Records label.

Magee subsequently moved from Harlem to Virginia and suffered a nervous breakdown in 1998, the same year that Gussow published a memoir, Mister Satan's Apprentice, telling of his years playing with his duo partner. The days of Satan & Adam appeared to be over, but Magee subsequently resurfaced in Gulfport, Florida and Gussow, now an associate professor at the University of Mississippi, joined him for some performances in the mid-2000s. After that, a sense of renewed activity surrounded Satan & Adam, with the publication of Gussow's new book about the duo, Journeyman's Road, in 2007; work on a feature-length documentary film; the 2008 release of a downloadable archival collection entitled Word on the Street; and, finally, the release of a new Satan & Adam album entitled Back in the Game in 2011. /Biography by Richard Skelly, AllMusic

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Adam Gussow - Kick And Stomp

Album: Kick And Stomp
Size: 146,8 MB
Time: 63:29
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010/2014
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues, one man band
Art: Front, tray

1. Kick And Stomp (3:43)
2. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (2:54)
3. Sunshine Of Your Love (6:36)
4. Every Day I Have The Blues (4:53)
5. Poor Boy (4:08)
6. Shaun's Song (4:43)
7. Goin' Down South (4:42)
8. Buford Chapel Breakdown (3:40)
9. Crossroads Blues (5:45)
10. Mr. Cantrell (5:56)
11. Down Ain't Out (5:58)
12. My Baby's So Sweet (4:11)
13. Sugar (3:50)
14. The Entertainer (2:23)

After a thirty-five year career as a blues performer, including more than two decades with the W.C. Handy Award-nominated duo Satan and Adam, harmonica player Adam Gussow has made his solo debut. Kick and Stomp showcases Gussow in an unexpected but logical setting: a harp-powered one-man blues band. Taking a cue from his Harlem mentor, Sterling “Mr. Satan” Magee, Gussow does it all, in real time—singing, blowing amplified harp, and stomping out some thump-and-metal grooves.

Kick and Stomp owes its stylistic breadth to Gussow’s background as a New York City-bred funk-blues player who has spent the past decade in the north Mississippi hill country. Ranging from old school blues like “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl,” “Poor Boy,” and “Goin’ Down South,” to Cream’s blues-rock standard, “Sunshine of Your Love,” and their power-trio version of Robert Johnson’s “Crossroads Blues,” all the way to a techno/house remake of Stanley Turrentine’s soul-jazz classic, “Sugar,” Gussow surprises. His original instrumentals mix sanctified Mississippi two-beats, hard bop (Art Blakey), and Stevie Ray Vaughan’s big-beat shuffles. The album concludes with a dazzling solo workout on Scott Joplin’s ragtime standard, “The Entertainer.”

Only a handful of players on the contemporary blues harp scene have developed an immediately recognizable voice on the instrument. Gussow’s sweet edgy tone, upper-octave pyrotechnics, and headlong swing make him one of those few. Kick and Stomp showcases his talents as a modern virtuoso, a player American Harmonica Newsletter praised for exhibiting the sort of "technical mastery and innovative brilliance that comes along once in a generation".

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Sugar Ray & The Bluetones Feat. Little Charlie - Too Far From The Bar

Album: Too Far From The Bar
Size: 148,3 MB
Time: 63:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. Don't Give No More Than You Can Take (4:35)
2. Bluebird Blues (3:23)
3. Too Far From The Bar (2:44)
4. Too Little Too Late (4:26)
5. Reel Burner (3:07)
6. Can't Hold Out (4:45)
7. Numb And Dumb (4:39)
8. My Next Door Neighbor (2:14)
9. What I Put You Through (4:26)
10. What Will Become Of Me (7:12)
11. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (4:24)
12. From The Horses Mouth (3:18)
13. The Night I Got Pulled Over (5:56)
14. Walk Me Home (5:59)
15. Reel Burner (Alt. Take) (2:39)

Sugar Ray and the Bluetones featuring Little Charlie Baty take fans of top-shelf blues on a rocket ride on the group’s new effort Too Far From The Bar. Produced by Roomful of Blues founder and legendary guitarist/vocalist Duke Robillard, Too Far From The Bar captures vocal and harmonica ace Sugar Ray Norcia getting sweet and lowdown with a muscled-up band comprised of Little Charlie Baty (guitar), Anthony Geraci (piano), Michael Mudcat Ward (acoustic bass), and Neil Gouvin (drums). Robillard even sits in on four songs, which makes this already-extraordinary record that much cooler.

Too Far From The Bar contains some of the last recordings of beloved guitar star Little Charlie Baty, who passed away unexpectedly in March 2020. Baty was a deep, multifaceted, and spectacularly talented guitarist who, along with frontman Rick Estrin, made his bones in the eternally-popular blues band Little Charlie and the Nightcats. Baty forged a high-energy playing style based in blues, jazz, surf music, swing, and anything else he ever heard that was known as one of the most compelling and overwhelming sounds in the blues business. Putting him and Robillard together with top guns like Norcia, Geraci, Ward, and Gouvin was a genius move that resulted in one of the mightiest blues records put down in the modern era. “Little Charlie was so excited about this project and what a thrill it was to record together,” Sugar Ray said about the sessions.

Sugar Ray gets his party started with a flat-out jumping rendition of The 5 Royales’ “Don’t Give No More Than You Can Take,” a dance-inducing shuffle that’s all taste, tone, and class. Ward and Gouvin groove like a house on fire on bass and drums and create a pocket that lets Norcia, Baty, and Geraci burn it on down to the ground. All of these players have this vintage blues dialect on lockdown and it’s a treat to hear them letting it fly. Sonny Boy Williamson’s “Bluebird Blues” follows and keeps the righteous vibes pumping. Norcia tears into his harp with the fervor of a brimstone preacher while the band lights up behind him. The cut is a big dose of mid-20th Century magic that’ll remind you of why you started buying blues albums in the first place.

The title track, “Too Far From The Bar,” is an uptempo jump blues and Norcia original that revs everyone playing up to their maximum horsepower. Little Charlie demonstrates why he’s already missed so badly, turning in lead and rhythm guitar performances that display his unequalled touch and skills. Geraci spanks his piano like it owes him money while Sugar Ray holds this epic drinking song together from the lead vocal position. The track is so hot you might need new speakers after it smokes on through. The instrumental “Reel Burner” is Sugar Ray Norcia’s harmonica showcase and he works every nook and cranny of this intensely-swinging track. His vocabulary is seemingly endless and his energy never falters. The band keeps it cooking and, for a moment, all’s right with the world.

An alternate take of “Reel Burner” closes the record and is just as much fun as the first one. Other highlights on the album include Jerry McCain’s “My Next Door Neighbor,” Otis Spann’s “What Will Become Of Me,” and Anthony Geraci’s rocking “From The Horse’s Mouth.” Too Far From The Bar is an all-night bash from end to end and its greatness is undeniable. Get all over it and stay there. /Mike O'Cull, Rock & Blues Muse

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Various Artists - West Florida Rhythm & Blues

Album: West Florida Rhythm & Blues
Size: 151,6 MB
Time: 64:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: R&B
Art: Front, tray

1. Clarence Jolly - I Need You Baby (2:29)
2. Clarence Jolly - You'd Better Change Your Ways (2:37)
3. Charles Brantley & His Original Honeydippers - Mean Mean Momma (2:31)
4. Charles Brantley & His Band - Beggin' Blues (2:52)
5. Clarence Jolly w. Charles Brantley & His Band - Every Man's Blues (2:20)
6. Clarence Jolly w. Charles Brantley & His Band - Baby Take A Look At Me (2:48)
7. Manzie Harris & His Band - Blues In The Morning (2:45)
8. Manzie Harris & His Band - Cryin' And Sighin' (2:45)
9. Charles Brantley & His Band - Each Night About This Time (3:07)
10. Charles Brantley & His Band - Boogie Me Baby (2:18)
11. Guitar Shorty - Irma Lee (2:09)
12. Guitar Shorty - You Don't Treat Me Right (2:14)
13. Charles Brantley & His Band - I Feel So Lonesome (2:52)
14. Clarence Jolly - Don't Leave Me (2:10)
15. Clarence Jolly - Changing Love (2:29)
16. Texas Ray - What's Come Over You (2:50)
17. Texas Ray - Mary Ann (2:22)
18. The Skyliners - Rock-A-Baby Rock (2:35)
19. Gene Franklin & The House Rockin' Spacemen - Hackensack Part 1 (2:09)
20. Gene Franklin & The House Rockin' Spacemen - Hackensack Part 2 (2:27)
21. Gene Franklin & The Spacemen - Itchin' And Twistin' (2:36)
22. Gene Franklin & The Spacemen - Rockin' The Fish (2:19)
23. Charlie Brantley & His Orchestra - Checker Shirt (2:35)
24. Charlie Brantley & His Orchestra - Let Your Good Times Go (2:50)
25. Charles Brantley & His Original Honeydippers - You Said You Loved Me (3:11)

Tampa and St Petersburg in Florida were the focal point from the late 1940s through to the early 1960s for what is nowadays a neglected and obscure centre of black R&B music, much of it focussed around the saxophonist and bandleader Charles Brantley. Brantley, along with his front man vocalist Clarence Jolly, was recorded in the early 1950s by New York record label owner Bob Shad and Jasmine is proud to release these sides as part of a twenty-five track compilation of jumping R&B and smootchy ballads from the Sunshine State. Also included are cuts by such acts as Gene Franklin and his Rockin' Spacemen and harmonica virtuoso Eugene 'Texas' Ray, along with the flamboyant Guitar Shorty, although these artists had to migrate to New York City, or in the case of Shorty, Chicago, to make their recording debuts. Jam-packed full of rare recordings, this collection will delight both R&B collectors and enthusiasts and will shed a welcome light on a hitherto undocumented area of post-war American rhythm and blues music.

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Doug Wamble - Part Time Luck, Full Time Blues

Size: 164 MB
Time: 31:29
File: Flac
Released: 2019
Styles: Acoustic blues
Art: Front

1. New Frontier (5:28)
2. Fireproof (3:34)
3. Thank You (4:51)
4. The Hunter's Blues (4:56)
5. Part Time Luck, Full Time Blues (4:05)
6. Nothing Any Good Ever Gets Away (3:50)
7. The Cost Of Memory (4:42)

As a child of Memphis, TN, Doug Wamble has always been surrounded by a vast musical and cultural landscape. From listening to his mother play piano in their Baptist church to his grandfather singing cowboy songs, murder ballads and old time gospel favorites while strumming his guitar, Doug has been immersed in music for his entire life. After completing a Bachelors in Jazz Guitar from the University of North Florida and a Masters of Music from Northwestern, Doug decided to head to New York to seek a career as a guitarist and composer. Appearing on bandstands and recordings with such artists as Wynton Marsalis, Norah Jones, Steven Bernstein, Courtney Love, Madeleine Peyroux, and Cassandra Wilson, Doug was making a name for himself in the jazz world when he was signed to Branford Marsalis’ label, Marsalis Music/Rounder Records. Doug released two critically acclaimed records "Country Libations" and "Bluestate", and two singer/songwriter albums on E1 records, "Doug Wamble" and "Fast as Years, Slow As Days", the latter being on his own imprint, Halcyonic Records. Building on his history with Wynton Marsalis, which led to guitar contributions to several Ken Burns documentaries for PBS such as "Prohibition," "The War" and "Unforgivable Blackness", Doug began working as a composer for Burns’ Florentine Films, collaborating with Ken, his daughter Sarah, and David McMahon for the tragic film "The Central Park Five" in 2012. Wamble contributed original score pieces for Burns’" Vietnam", "Jackie Robinson", "The Dust Bowl", "The Roosevelts", "Eastlake Meadows", and "Muhammed Ali." In 2022, Doug scored his first dramatic feature, "The Subject", starring Aunjunue Ellis and Jason Biggs, directed by fellow Memphian-turned-New Yorker Lanie Zipoy. Doug has been the album producer and touring musical director/ guitarist for his wife, Morgan James, since 2012 and since 2016 has been on faculty as an ensemble director and guitar instructor at The Juilliard School. In May 2022, Doug went in to the studio to record his first album of original acoustic music, drawing on his early love of Ornette Coleman and Dewey Redman blended with his deep connection to the Delta blues and gospel music of Blind Willie Johnson and Son House, as well as troubadour and resonator guitar enthusiast, the late Chris Whitley. Joined by the legendary rhythm section of Eric Revis and Jeff “Tain” Watts and the inimitable Branford Marsalis on saxophones, "Blues In The Present Tense" will be released in October 2022.

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Blues Mystery - Soul Memories

Size: 356 MB
Time: 46:42
File: Flac
Released: 2018
Styles: Funky bluesrock
Art: Full

1. 25 Degrees Below Zero (3:45)
2. Sit Down (4:17)
3. Has Humankind Lost its Soul (4:27)
4. I'm Afraid of the Next Blues (3:20)
5. 8000 Miles (3:40)
6. Time to Forgive (4:42)
7. Reputation (4:34)
8. Red Hot No Shot (3:28)
9. High-Level Woman (3:38)
10. Risking Love Again (3:54)
11. Keep on Working (3:00)
12. Look Out Mama (3:53)

The album opens with the pumping boogie 25 Degrees Below Zero in which the spirit of Creedence Clearwater Revival haunts. The flat raw vocals of Willy Matt and his poor English pronunciation are more than compensated by the razor-sharp cutting guitar playing. The mid-tempo Sit Down has a bluesy pub-rock sound and is slightly spiced up by the burning guitar solo. This also happens in the ballad Has Humankind Lost Its Soul, which sounds similar to our own bands Carlsberg and A.A. & The Doctors makes you think. The funky blues rocker I'm Afraid Of The Next Blues again sticks too much to the neat side. Fortunately, Irénée's guitar comes to the rescue again. Fortunately, the languidly grooving 8000 Miles has a bit more spice, partly due to the mean guitar licks. In the song you come across some Lynyrd Skynyrd influences. The somewhat anonymous sounding ballad Time To Forgive is also saved by the guitar again. Red Hot No Shot opens promisingly in a super funky way, then collapses again in the chorus and is then resuscitated by the screeching guitar. Then two songs follow, which just don't want to get off the ground. The funky High-Level Woman and the blues rocker Risking Love Again. In Keep On Working the band seems to have found the right swing and the right sound. A nice staccato rocker with pointy guitar work. When the album then closes with the acoustic ballad Look Out Mama, a song that will appeal to fans of The Scorpions, I can only conclude that The Blues Mystery is a nice blues band with an excellent guitarist, which we should at least keep an eye on.

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Boo Boo Davis - Boo Boo Boogaloo

Size: 264 MB
Time: 49:12
File: Flac
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Little House by Myself (4:15)
2. At the Red Door (4:24)
3. She Made Me Evil (5:16)
4. Blues on My Mind (4:07)
5. Make Everything Alright (5:40)
6. Hell Round Here (5:23)
7. Once a Year (5:58)
8. Boo Boo Boogaloo (3:51)
9. I Got the Crying Blues (5:35)
10. Jungle Bump (4:37)

They don’t make bluesmen like Boo Boo Davis anymore. He’s the embodiment of traditional postwar electric blues: no dilution of the genre, no hint of blues-rock. So is this CD, featuring 10 rough, tough songs that take no prisoners, the way it used to be. “It’s blues all the way,” promises Boo Boo, who plays fat-toned, full-bodied harp and sings with raw emotion, delivering the torrid one-chord boogie title track, the ominous swinger “She Made Me Evil,” and the no-holds-barred social commentary “Hell Round Here” like it’s last call at the funkiest blues joint in town. Guitarist LA Jones, bassist Adrianna Marie, and drummer Chris Millar lay down mean grooves that complement Boo Boo without stealing his thunder. James “Boo Boo” Davis learned his blues down in Drew, Mississippi at the dawn of the ‘50s. At seven years of age, he beat on a lard can in his family band in lieu of drums (they proceeded to play all over Mississippi). After moving up to the St. Louis area, Boo Boo corralled a real drum kit, backing Doc Terry and then Little Aaron before reuniting with his brothers John and S.L. for a weekend gig at Tabby’s Red Room in East St. Louis that lasted 18 years. “They didn’t want nobody else to play!” says Davis, who made his debut CD, East St. Louis, in 1999. He’s made a lot more since then, and he remains a mainstay of the St. Louis area blues scene. “You ain’t gonna find nobody to do it like me,” declares Boo Boo, whose unusual handle was bestowed on him as a child by his father as a tribute to his uncles James, Boo-Jack, and Davis. “No, you ain’t gonna find nobody no better!” That’s no idle boast.

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