JR Clark - January Rain

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:18
Size: 144.9 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[4:26] 1. January Rain
[5:02] 2. Big Ol' World
[3:31] 3. Train
[6:13] 4. Today I Fell in Love All over Again
[3:52] 5. Still My Baby
[5:44] 6. Something Funny
[3:47] 7. Hard Workin'
[5:29] 8. Storm Blowin'
[4:45] 9. Shakin' Margaritas
[4:23] 10. Your Good Lovin'
[4:01] 11. After Midnight
[5:10] 12. Hot Lunch Mama
[6:48] 13. It's a Man's World

JR Clark is a guitarist, singer and songwriter from Michigan and this is his fourth studio album. His band bears the impressive title of ‘The Allstar Blues Mob’ and bassist Johnny B Gayden (Albert Collins) and Buddy Guy/Magic Slim drummer Jerry ‘Bam Bam’ Porter are certainly very experienced musicians, alongside keyboard player Willie Styles. A horn section of Johnny Cotton (trombone) and Kenny Anderson (trumpet) add additional firepower to five tracks. JR wrote all the material bar one track and Johnny B had a hand in three arrangements. The album was recorded at JoyRide Studios in Chicago by Blaise Barton and Brian Leach who adds egg shaker, tambourine and ‘Fish’ on “Shakin’ Margaritas”.

Overall this is an impressive album with no weak tracks. The horns are superb on the tracks on which they feature but the band is strong enough to entertain us throughout the album. This was the first this reviewer had heard of JR Clark but he is someone to watch out for. This CD is recommended! ~John Mitchell

January Rain

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Johnny Heartsman - The Touch

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:39
Size: 129.7 MB
Styles: Modern electric blues
Year: 1991
Art: Front

[3:58] 1. Serpent's Touch
[3:45] 2. Paint My Mailbox Blue
[4:24] 3. You're So Fine
[5:24] 4. Tongue
[2:51] 5. Attitude
[3:05] 6. Got To Find My Baby
[3:05] 7. The Butler Did It
[5:36] 8. Please Don't Be Scared Of My Love
[2:44] 9. Oops
[3:45] 10. Walkin' Blues
[4:50] 11. Let Me Love You, Baby
[3:53] 12. Heartburn
[3:48] 13. Endless
[5:24] 14. Tongue (Unexpurgated Version)

Few electric bluesman have been more versatile than Johnny Heartsman, and that versatility is impossible miss on The Touch. Recorded when Heartsman was 54, this unpredictable CD finds the singer incorporating soul and funk as well as rock and jazz and playing guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, and flute. Heartsman (who shouldn't be confused with the late jazz singer Johnny Hartman) gets into a soul-minded groove on "Got to Find My Baby" and "You're so Fine," while "Attitude," "Walkin' Blues," and "Paint My Mailbox Blue" favor a hard-swinging blues/jazz approach à la Jimmy Witherspoon. Those jazz-influenced selections make it sound like Heartsman is backed by a soul-jazz organ combo, but in fact, there is no organist on this CD--rather, Heartsman uses his keyboards to emulate a Jimmy Smith/Jack McDuff type of Hammond B-3 sound. Meanwhile, instrumentals like the moody "Tongue" and the funk-drenched "Oops" illustrate his mastery of the flute; an unlikely instrument for a bluesman, to be sure. But then, certain jazz improvisers have demonstrated how funky the flute can sound -- most notably, Herbie Mann, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Hubert Laws -- and similarly, the flute sounds like a very natural, logical blues instrument in Heartsman's risk-taking hands. Superb from start to finish, The Touch makes one wish that the late Californian had done a lot more recording as a leader. ~Alex Henderson

The Touch

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One Horse Band - Let's Gallop!

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:32
Size: 85.9 MB
Styles: Juke joint blues
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[3:07] 1. Declaration Of Intent
[3:46] 2. Howlin' At Your Door
[3:45] 3. Hu Hu Hu Yeah!
[4:02] 4. Mama I Think I'm Drunk
[2:50] 5. One Horse Blues
[4:54] 6. Venus
[3:22] 7. Bad Love Blues
[2:37] 8. Don't Put Your Leg On My Leg
[4:38] 9. Wild Lovin' Woman
[4:28] 10. Altare

One Horse Band was born in the winter of 2015 as a new challenge, a new way to have fun, a new way to demonstrate that not only humans can play good stuff. After the first trials and a long period of isolation in the studio, the direction followed by One Horse is clear and twists through garage, dirty blues and rock'n'roll influences. In a few months the One Horse Band is already on the road with a guitar, a cookie box and an old drum at his feet, playing on every stage in Italy and Switzerland, having the chance to open for the legendary Bob Log III and Jack Broadbent. Night after night, a new way of playing his own music and creating a contact with the audience comes to life, and all the live shows become primarily great parties. The songs that form "Let's Gallop!", the first full length album of the One Horse Band, are written exactly in this first year full of concerts and crazy stories to tell.

"Let's Gallop!" is an album influenced by all the different sides of the One Horse Band: take Son House and shake it with The Sonics, Eagles of Death Metal, The Black Keys…here it is! In ten tracks, One Horse moves between dirty and lo-fi songs, stoned ballads, slide guitars and surprising arrangements of old classics (Venus by The Shocking Blue, 1969), playing simultaneously electric guitar, dobro, banjo, cigar box and drums. Recorded and mixed at Trai Studio in Inzago and mastered by Maurizio Giannotti at New Mastering Studio in Milano, "Let's Gallop!" is a sincere and "straight-from-the-heart" album, defined by the One Horse Band itself: "Pure and genuine horsepower, the perfect album to put on when you want to party at a higher level…or when you want to get laid with the girl you've been chasing for months".

Let's Gallop!

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Robin Trower - Time And Emotion

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:57
Size: 118.9 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[4:23] 1. The Land Of Plenty
[5:01] 2. What Was I Really Worth To You
[2:50] 3. I'm Gone
[3:50] 4. Bitten By The Snake
[7:16] 5. Returned In Kind
[7:03] 6. If You Believe In Me
[3:41] 7. You're The One
[3:34] 8. Can't Turn Back The Clock
[5:34] 9. Make Up Your Mind
[5:26] 10. Try Love
[3:12] 11. Time And Emotion

Robin Trower – Guitar, vocals, bass; Chris Taggarrt - Drums; Livingstone Brown - Bass, Keyboards.

He did it. Again. After decades of making music, Robin Trower’s lastest Album, Time And Emotion, was released to the public today. Celebrate the blues! From the first strong notes of “The Land Of Plenty” to the final cut and the title track, “Time And Emotion”, this album is authentic Trower. His writing, singing, and playing abilities have been steadily growing and, even at 72 years old, are still maturing. Over the course of his last several albums, starting with Roots and Branches, released in 2013 and culminating with this latest release, Robin has become a truly stripped down musician, playing exactly what he is feeling. In a 2015 interview I did with Robin he told me:

“More than anything really, I think I determined that the music I’ve made over the last, sort-of, four or five years would be just to suit myself. In other words, I was making tracks just to please myself and I wasn’t thinking about anyone else. It’s something I made a conscious decision to do.” “I just felt I was going to get it right by my own standards.”

He expresses this foremost with his powerful, soulful guitar playing. A sound that is uniquely his - honed over the 55 years – read that again – 55 years – since forming The Paramounts in 1962. And his vocals are a perfect fit with his music. The first time I really took note of his singing was on his 2014 release of Something’s About To Change. On this album he really pushed himself and his singing and it showed. Now I look forward to his vocals nearly as much as the music.

Robin Trower has roughly 50 albums to his credit, both studio recordings with and without Procol Harum, and live albums, not counting compilations or bootleg LPs. Since 1967, the year of his first album with Procol Harum, he has released new music, on average, about every 15 months.

Time and Emotion feels like the third or fourth album in a box set. During the 2015 interview he said to me, “After Roots and Branches I just felt I was moving into a new phase musically and as a player.” Time And Emotion is another album where Robin sings every song, with a voice in total sync with the guitar. He also played the bass guitar on this album along with Livingstone Brown. His trio for this album is rounded out with Chris Taggart on Drums, a well-regarded studio musician having recorded on projects ranging from Saturday Night Fever and Jesus Christ Superstar to artists as varied as Maxi Priest and Sheila Ferguson. ~Steve Hefter

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Stephen Barry, Andrew Cowan - Duo

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:15
Size: 108.2 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[2:32] 1. Forty-Four
[3:24] 2. Goin' Away Baby
[3:19] 3. Waltz In Blue
[2:34] 4. All Along The Watchtower
[3:06] 5. Portrait In Blue
[2:41] 6. Love In Vain
[2:28] 7. Mender
[4:35] 8. Fool's Paradise
[3:17] 9. Killing Him
[1:40] 10. What A Fool I Was
[3:03] 11. Betty And Dupree
[2:55] 12. Po' Boy
[1:56] 13. Worried Blues
[1:58] 14. See See Rider
[2:49] 15. Buy Your Ticket
[2:50] 16. Don't Forget To Smile
[2:01] 17. Waltzing With Donna B

On their new CD, Duo: “Bassist Stephen Barry and guitarist Andrew Cowan have played together in the Stephen Barry Band – Montreal’s pre-eminent blues outfit – for more than three decades so their musical communication is finely tuned on these often-quiet and subtle versions of old and new acoustic blues and folk tunes. Each handles half the lead vocals. Barry shines on an interpretation of Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower” that reclaims the oblique lyrics and haunting melody from Hendrix’s power-guitar dominated version, and on Mose Allison’s sly “Don’t Forget to Smile”. Cowan’s highlights include such timeless blues classics as “Love In Vain”, with nifty guitar work that owes more to Lonnie Johnson than to composer Robert Johnson, and a version of “See See Rider” that draws on Mississippi John Hurt’s influence. ~MIKE REGENSTREIF

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Tom Killner - Live

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:43
Size: 161.9 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[4:14] 1. Like It This Way
[5:20] 2. King Bee
[5:53] 3. Ain't No Rest For The Wicked
[8:16] 4. Have You Ever Loved A Woman
[6:32] 5. Higher Ground
[4:18] 6. Cocaine Blues
[2:56] 7. Crosstown Traffic
[6:02] 8. Soulshine
[5:09] 9. Whipping Post
[7:11] 10. The Weight
[7:22] 11. Foxy Lady
[7:23] 12. With A Little Help From My Friends

When you get right down to it... to the heart of what the blues are all about... Eric Clapton hit the nail on the head. “It was one man and his guitar versus the world,” he said. “It was one guy who was completely alone and had no options, no alternatives other than just to sing and play to ease his pains.” It doesn’t matter how the music has changed and charged its way around the world in the years since the first bluesmen arose a century back in the American south. It doesn’t matter how volume and fusion and international superstardom have shaped and shifted things around. The blues that Clapton plays today mean the same thing that Howlin’ Wolf was playing in the fifties, and Son House was playing in the thirties, and they’re the same as Tom Killner is playing today. The sound may change, and the delivery, too. But the blues will always be the blues. Tom Killner understood that before he even discovered that the music had a name.

He’s young by the standards of the bluesman archetype. Born in 1996, there are Oasis CDs that are older than him, and he grew up in a musical world formed not around the swagger of Robert Johnson, the anguish of Ma Rainey, the mystery of Geeshie Wylie, but the conveyor belt pop and talent show slop that permeated everything in early 21st century England. “I was originally drawn to the blues because nothing else really grabbed me,” Tom says. “My friends all listened to metal and pop, but I've never been one for following trends in music. The blues I love because of the raw power, and because of what it could make me feel. No other music did that for me.” Tom’s south Yorkshire hometown of Rotherham, is scarcely renowned as a hotbed of music, either, although the late Joe Cocker hailed from the just down the road in Sheffield, and it’s not so far to the Black Country either, where the British blues were smelted in the fiery forge of the island’s industrial heartland. That was the music that Tom’s father listened to; that was the music the young Tom grew up with. Clapton and Cream. Chicken Shack and Fleetwood Mac. Primal Led Zeppelin, pioneering John Mayall. The genius Rory Gallagher. And then tracing back, following the line of descent that is pocked by rock’s own most bruising influences - Muddy Waters, Albert King, BB King... the blues!

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The Rolling Stones - The Complete British Radio Broadcasts 1963-1965 (2 CD)

"In view of the past increase of interest in rhythm & blues groups in Britain, an exceptionally good future is predicted for us by many people," Brian Jones wrote to the BBC in January 1963, requesting an audition. They turned him down, but soon changed their mind. Between that autumn and the summer of 1965, the Rolling Stones recorded numerous classic radio sessions for the BBC, which are presented here, digitally remastered, together with background notes and images.

Features performances on Saturday Club, Blues In Rhythm, The Joe Loss Pop Show, Big Beat '64, Top Gear, Rhythm And Blues, Big Beat '65, and Yeh! Yeh!. Containing some of the most vital British R&B ever recorded, the set is an essential purchase for serious Stones fans.

Album: The Complete British Radio Broadcasts 1963-1965 - CD 1
Year: 2017
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:27
Size: 161,5 MB
Styles: R&B, rock, blues
Scans: Full

1. Come On (2:01)
2. Memphis Tennessee (2:20)
3. Roll Over Beethoven (2:19)
4. Don't Lie To Me (1:43)
5. You Better Move On (2:43)
6. I Wanna Be Your Man (1:56)
7. Mona (I Need You Baby) (2:18)
8. Walking The Dog (2:42)
9. Bye Bye Johnny (2:18)
10. Roll Over Beethoven (2:23)
11. Beautiful Delilah (2:29)
12. Route 66 (2:54)
13. Cops And Robbers (3:52)
14. You Better Move On (3:05)
15. Mona (I Need You Baby) (2:57)
16. Hi-Heel Sneakers (1:55)
17. Little By Little (2:28)
18. I Just Want To Make Love To You (2:13)
19. I'm Moving On (2:08)
20. I Just Want To Make Love To You (2:21)
21. Walking The Dog (3:14)
22. Not Fade Away (2:05)
23. Beautiful Delilah (2:12)
24. Hi-Heel Sneakers (2:46)
25. Carol (2:31)
26. Not Fade Away (2:15)
27. I Just Wanna Make Love To You (2:39)
28. I'm Alright (2:28)

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Album: The Complete British Radio Broadcasts 1963-1965 - CD 2
Year: 2017
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:44
Size: 180,7 MB
Styles: R&B, rock, blues
Scans: Full

1. Down In The Bottom (2:51)
2. You Can Make It If You Try (2:16)
3. Route 66 (2:30)
4. Confessin' The Blues (3:04)
5. Down The Road Apiece (2:01)
6. It's All Over Now (3:22)
7. If You Need Me (2:09)
8. Confessin' The Blues (2:23)
9. Carol (2:40)
10. Mona (I Need You Baby) (2:56)
11. Around And Around (2:42)
12. If You Need Me (2:02)
13. I Can't Be Satisfied (2:29)
14. Crackin' Up (2:16)
15. Ain't That Loving You Baby (1:55)
16. 2120 South Michigan Avenue (3:48)
17. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (3:31)
18. Down The Road Apiece (2:04)
19. The Last Time (3:07)
20. Interview With Mick Jagger & Brian Jones (0:49)
21. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (2:52)
22. Around And Around (2:23)
23. The Last Time (2:58)
24. Mercy Mercy (2:49)
25. Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Going) (1:54)
26. Interview With Mick Jagger (0:23)
27. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (3:44)
28. The Spider And The Fly (3:26)
29. Interview With Mick Jagger (0:49)
30. Cry To Me (3:06)
31. Fanny Mae (2:10)

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Richie Milton & The Lowdown - 2 albums: Bluesique / Lowdowning

Richie Milton's career was kick started in the late 60's, when he appeared on national TV performing, "Got My Mojo Working", when only 13 years of age. In the early 70's he took up saxophone, and toured and recorded with Freddy Macks Soul Extravaganza and reggae acts The Pioneers and Judge Dread. After switching to guitar he signed to Bell Records, releasing a single and making further TV appearances. He went on to form "The London Apaches", who became an established name on the then thriving London R&B scene, releasing the single, "Lost In The Jungle", and touring with the legendary Long John Baldry.

Richie Milton and his Lowdown originated as a 10 piece Rhythm and Blues Review, who recorded the CD "Straight Ahead No Stopping", which was released by Indigo Records, along with the follow up CD, "Coming Back For More". It was around this time Richie's songwriting was being noticed by artists such as Ruby Turner and Otis Grand, who both recorded his songs, paving the way for his well acknowledged talent as a singer and songwriter. The Lowdown, by now a 7 piece that included vocalist Linda Hall, continued touring, and appearing at international festivals. The next recording, "Let Me Tell You More" came out on the Blues Matters label, much to critical acclaim and receiving world-wide air play. The most recent album, 'Bluesique', was brought to the attention of Blake Powell, who immediately signed the band to his Note-Music Record Label. The album has unsurprisingly met with a number of 'rave' reviews in the Blues press.

The current Lowdown line-up comprises: Dave Lennox on keyboards (another Note-Records artist); Phil Lucas on bass (who has played with Richie for over 20 years); Ed Spevock on drums; Linda Hall on backing and lead vocals; Dick Hanson on trumpet (a veteran of the 60's soul scene having played with Wilson Pickett and James and Bobby Purify, amongst others), and Steve King on sax (also co-producer on many of Richie's recordings). Their live shows have drawn praise from other artists, and the press alike, including Jazz Journal, who proclaimed their show as, "A Powerhouse Performance"!

Album: Bluesique
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:50
Size: 123.2 MB
Styles: R&B, Contemporary blues
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[2:08] 1. Had No Lovin'
[2:48] 2. If Love Is A Crime
[4:33] 3. Get Naked
[3:14] 4. Blind To Her Love
[3:32] 5. Bluesique
[5:40] 6. Life Is Strange
[4:28] 7. Heavenly Moon
[3:46] 8. Takes 2 To R&R
[3:12] 9. Tip Of My Tongue
[3:51] 10. Nothing Can Stop Me
[3:34] 11. Better The Devil
[5:00] 12. My Confession
[4:08] 13. Dont You Just Know It
[3:50] 14. Goodbye Song

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Album: Lowdowning
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:17
Size: 122.0 MB
Styles: R&B, Contemporary blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[4:00] 1. Suspicious Again
[3:11] 2. Call Annie
[3:56] 3. Dr. Goodstuff
[4:33] 4. Test Of Time
[3:19] 5. Alchemy
[5:53] 6. Wonder Where She Gone
[5:11] 7. Ghosts On Rampart St
[2:50] 8. Sucha Lotta Lovin'
[3:25] 9. The Squeeze Is On
[3:18] 10. No Time
[3:04] 11. May You Never Be Blue
[3:28] 12. Change For The Better
[3:43] 13. July In The Sunshine
[3:20] 14. Alchemist Gypsy Dub

Lowdowning

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Ulrich Ellison & Tribe - Rise Up From The Ashes

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:15
Size: 121.9 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[3:53] 1. Feet Back On The Ground
[3:34] 2. River Of Life
[4:40] 3. I'll Be On My Way
[0:58] 4. Ouverture
[5:11] 5. The Traveller
[4:50] 6. Change Of One Man
[5:19] 7. Texas Town Central
[4:48] 8. Rescue Me
[4:38] 9. Wallflower
[3:51] 10. My Revolution
[4:12] 11. Until Our Ashes Are Gone
[7:16] 12. Just You

Ulrich Ellison is not your typical Blues rock guy. The Texas-based guitarist with European roots has quite a story to tell, utilizing his own voice – a bluesy, cool sound that is pushing the borders of the genre. A high-caliber guitarist, Ellison can easily switch from lightning fast modal runs to swamp-soaked blues and singing guitar leads that make his guitar talk. His real mastery lies in connecting with his audience, and he is not afraid to prove it as he frequently jumps off stage to serenade the crowd one-on-one. His soul mate and wife Sabine Ellison on bass adds a huge, fat foundation that perfectly locks in with Texas groove veteran Joel Duhon on drums. Named #1 "Blues/Soul/Funk Act" at the 2015 Austin Music Awards, Ulrich Ellison and his Tribe have been voted as finalists for the 2016 European Blues Challenge in Torrita Di Siena. Playing nearly every major Austin venue as well as clubs and festivals in the US and EU, they have gathered a loyal and sizable following of fans.

Rise Up From The Ashes

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Rick Estrin & The Nightcats - Groovin' In Greaseland

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:26
Size: 124.6 MB
Styles: West Coast blues, Harmonica blues
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[5:07] 1. The Blues Ain’t Going Nowhere
[5:21] 2. Looking For A Woman
[2:56] 3. Dissed Again
[4:19] 4. Tender Hearted
[3:18] 5. Mwah!
[4:29] 6. I Ain’t All That
[5:32] 7. Another Lonesome Day
[4:53] 8. Hands Of Time
[4:39] 9. Cool Slaw
[2:39] 10. Big Money
[2:36] 11. Hot In Here
[5:09] 12. Living Hand To Mouth
[3:21] 13. So Long (For Jay P.)

Wildly fun, musically fearless blues masters Rick Estrin & The Nightcats released their new Alligator Records CD, Groovin' In Greaseland, on Friday, August 18. Overflowing with talent and bursting with bravado, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats have created one of the blues’ most instantly recognizable sounds and no-holds-barred styles. With the world-class talents of harmonica master, songwriter and vocalist Rick Estrin, guitar wunderkind Chris “Kid” Andersen, keyboard wizard Lorenzo Farrell and dynamic drummer Alex Pettersen, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats serve up sharp and incisive original blues and gritty roadhouse rock ‘n’ roll.

With his wily and unforgettable original songs and his hipster, street-smart vocals, no one on the blues scene writes or sings like Rick Estrin. No one looks like him either, as Estrin is always dressed to the nines, sporting his trademark pencil-line mustache and pompadour haircut. DownBeat says, “Rick Estrin sings and writes songs like the brightest wiseguy in all of bluesland and blows harmonica as if he learned at the knee of Little Walter.” Live, the band is simply unbeatable. They deliver a high-energy show capable of bringing any audience to its feet. According to Living Blues magazine, they play “captivating, powerful blues and roots rock with a wickedly cool and otherworldly twist on tradition....Intelligently conceived and executed…hugely entertaining."

Groovin’ In Greaseland features 13 original songs, 11 by Estrin (including one co-write with Andersen) and one each by Andersen and Farrell. The band's dazzling performances bring the songs to life as richly detailed characters spill their secrets and share their stories. One listen makes it clear that this is one of the tightest and most original groups in any genre, constantly inspiring each other to new heights. Groovin’ In Greaseland was produced by Andersen and Estrin and recorded at Andersen’s soon-to-be legendary Greaseland Studio in San Jose, California.

Groovin' In Greaseland

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Little JC - Blues Straight From The Heart

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:01
Size: 144.3 MB
Styles: Harmonica blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[3:47] 1. Temperature
[3:26] 2. Who'll Be the Next
[5:21] 3. D Boogie
[3:38] 4. Make a Move
[4:21] 5. Dream I Had Last Night
[2:50] 6. How It Looks Like
[5:58] 7. Last Night
[3:37] 8. Ain't Nothing New
[2:37] 9. Stay in the Middle
[5:44] 10. Don't You See
[4:07] 11. Hot Peppers
[5:18] 12. Evil Girl
[3:02] 13. Further On Up the Road
[4:31] 14. Mister B
[4:39] 15. You're Gonna Miss Me

Little JC is back! And that’s good news! Ten years after his last full album “Before the drive me crazy” comes his next CD.

JC is back, although he was never really gone. But since year 2000, he has played and performed mostly solo as One-Man-Band (Like Juke Boy Bonner or Dr. Ross, he played guitar, harmonica and a simple drum kit simultaneously) or with Louisiana Red, plus a few gigs with band. For the good JC met bassist Dani Gugolz, Austrian Guitar Ace Norbert Schneider and drummer Peter Müller in 2005. After a gig together, they were ready to jump on board with JC’s project to cut a live Album. It was obvious that the recording should take place in “la Spirale”, the small club in JC’s hometown Fribourg. Not only has “La Spirale” a long Blues tradition, but it’s also one of the most intimate and moody clubs around. Little JC, recorded live in his hometown, backed by a group of great musicians and with a selection of personal songs, sounds stronger than ever. There are just a few covers from the songbook of Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters among them. And like the own compositions, everything sounds very much in JC’s style and own interpretation.

Little JC’s Blues is honest and powerful. As an example listen to the furious sound he’s got in “Mister B” (Tell Mr. B to better look out and avoid being around JC…). You can feel the urge and the anger in JC’s playing. It is like JC’s talking through his harmonica about all he has gone through these last years, whether it was good, bad or even worse. It is really blues straight from the heart and the best thing about it is, it’s audible, when you listen to the album. The Little JC Blues Band 2006 and hopefully on, consists of some of Europe’s finest Blues musicians.

”Blues straight from the heart” is a work that had to be done. It’s a vivid expression and reflection of JC’s determination to play and sing. The whole album is drenched with convincing power. Technically seen, today we have a lot good musicians and records. But we get seldom a chance to really believe, what a musician sings or plays. JC is one of the few exceptions. It’s the personal approach from JC and the band members, which makes the whole thing real. And this album is a witness of JC’s comeback, a comeback that comes straight from the heart. ~Simon Johner

Blues Straight From The Heart

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Jonny Lang - Signs

Size: 110,4 MB
Time: 47:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Make It Move (3:28)
02. Snakes (2:56)
03. Last Man Standing (3:25)
04. Signs (5:34)
05. What You're Made Of (4:18)
06. Bitter End (4:08)
07. Stronger Together (3:34)
08. Into The Light (3:59)
09. Bring Me Back Home (5:43)
10. Wisdom (4:00)
11. Singing Songs (5:52)

Signs is not merely a return the Jonny's guitar-based beginnings, but an embodiment of an even more elemental sound. Beyond focusing attention on his soloing prowess, it is about recapturing the spirit of the early blues, where the guitar was front and center, fairly leaping out of the speakers. 'A lot of my earlier influences have been coming to the surface, like Robert Johnson, and Howlin' Wolf,' he reports. 'I have been appreciating how raw and unrefined that stuff is. I had an itch to emulate some of that and I think it shows in the songs. Still, I let the writing be what it was and that was sometimes not necessarily the blues.'

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The Sherman Holmes Project - The Richmond Sessions

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:26
Size: 120.0 MB
Styles: Americana, Gospel blues
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[3:35] 1. Rock Of Ages
[5:43] 2. Little Liza Jane
[5:30] 3. Don't Do It
[5:23] 4. I Want Jesus
[6:25] 5. Breaking Up Somebody's Home
[4:02] 6. Dark End Of The Street
[4:40] 7. Lonesome Pines
[2:49] 8. Green River
[4:29] 9. Wide River
[4:55] 10. White Dove
[4:50] 11. Homeless Child

There is one surviving member of the iconic trio, The Holmes Brothers. Founding member, singer and bassist, Sherman Holmes, now 77, releases his very first solo album July 21st on M.C. Records. Released under the moniker, The Sherman Holmes Project, the record is aptly titled, The Richmond Sessions. This is also Holmes’ first recording since the passing of his brother and musical partners, Wendell Holmes and Popsy Dixon, both in 2015. But his solo debut, dedicated to their memories, is no somber affair. The blend of bluegrass, gritty rock & roll, and joyful gospel will be familiar from the Holmes Brothers days. With some of his strongest vocals on record, the album shows Sherman is still an artist in his prime.

“Sounds pretty good for a 77-year-old, doesn’t it?” Holmes laughs. “I was overjoyed to do this, because I didn’t know how I was going to restart my career. We chose a good collection of songs that we wanted to do. We got some gospel in there, and some bluegrass. It’s a good mix of the Americana music, as I like to call it.”

Make no mistake, the music of The Richmond Sessions took us to church. We’re not talking about one of those Megachurches often seen in evangelical broadcasts. This is tent revival, foot stomping, back to the roots of it, church. The very first track sets the tone. Filled with fiddle, banjo, dobro and lofting vocals, the traditional hymn, “Rock of Ages,” rocked our socks off. Other great, gospel classics include the Holmes favored, “I Want Jesus,” and “Wide River.” Throughout the album, background/choir vocals are provided by the Legendary Ingramettes, Richmond’s “first family of gospel,” 50 years standing. Founded by Sister Maggie Ingram, the group is now led by her daughter, Rev. Almeta Ingram-Miller, and includes Cheryl Marcia Maroney, and Ann Cunningham. Rev. Almeta solos a verse in “Rock of Ages,” with her voice reaching the very heavens.

Producer Jon Lohman, who also plays harmonica, made the new album a Virginia-style family affair. Along with the Ingramettes, he brought in Rob Ickes (dobro), Sammy Shelor (banjo), Jared Pool (mandolin/guitar), Jacob Eller (upright bass), David Van Deventer (fiddle), Brandon Davis (guitar), Stuart Hamlin (piano), Calvin “Kool Aid” Curry (bass), and Devon “DJ Harrison” Harris (Hammond B-3). Drumming duties were shared by Harris, Randall Cort, and Clarence Walters, with Holmes providing vocals, bass and keyboards.

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Katie Webster - The Swamp Boogie Queen Live

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:16
Size: 154.0 MB
Styles: Piano blues, Louisiana blues
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[3:28] 1. Got My Mojo Workin'
[4:47] 2. I Want You To Love Me
[4:16] 3. Katie's Boogie
[4:44] 4. I'm Bad
[4:16] 5. Basin Street Blues
[4:23] 6. Two Fisted Mama
[4:59] 7. So Far Away
[4:42] 8. Hobo Blues/Boogie Chillen
[3:42] 9. Sea Of Love
[4:12] 10. Honest I Do
[4:11] 11. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
[4:17] 12. Lord I Wonder
[3:17] 13. Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay
[3:28] 14. Spiritual Medley: Precious Lord Take My Hand/Swing Low Sweet Chariot/Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen/Down By The Riverside
[1:56] 15. It's Good To See You
[6:31] 16. Try A Little Tenderness

Most of you know Katie Webster the two fisted piano pounding soul singing Swamp Boogie Queen. She was all that, and much much more. She was my musical mother on stage, and in the studio. She was a loving family member who would come stay with my family in Mississippi frequently when were not touring. I meet Katie through the recommendation of Tony Coleman, and Russell Jackson. I flew to San Francisco and Katie her sister Myrtle had cooked a down home Louisiana fest, and make me feel right at home. After dinner we went to piano, and Katie started putting me through the paces with swamp pop, boogie woogie, juke joint blues, Memphis soul, jazz standards, and gospel jems. She would smile, and go from song to song. Then, she gave me a list of two hundred songs, and said she would choose from the list to play at Bumpbershoot Festival that weekend in Seattle, Washington. That was my introduction Momma Kat. When we arrive in Seattle she reduced the list to thirty songs that she selects from for the concert. We performed twelve. Katie liked my voice, and insisted that I sing with on “Love Deluxe” on her Two Fisted Mama CD. She became God Mother to my youngest son (Keisean Jackson) and loved teaching him to play her style of piano. We had great times touring the world, and recording great music. But, my fondest memories is seeing Katie in the kitchen cooking her famous gumbo, telling jokes, singing, and just being Mama Kat. Thank you, Katie. You remain in our hearts, and your music is in our soul. ~Vasti Jackson

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A.C. Myles - With These Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:36
Size: 95.3 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[6:00] 1. Key To The Highway
[3:01] 2. Ditch Bank
[5:39] 3. Satisfy My Love
[1:53] 4. Joaquin
[3:08] 5. I'm Serving Time
[3:05] 6. Belmont & Broadway
[3:47] 7. Loner
[3:47] 8. Broke Baby
[5:00] 9. Things That I Used To Do
[3:19] 10. Blackstone Boogie
[2:52] 11. I'll Go Crazy

Hot off an official appearance at 2017's Winter NAMM Convention, AC Myles new album 'With These Blues' reaches back to the root of his musical development. Myles is stylistically along the lines of a modern day Johnny Winter, Steve Marriot and Elvin Bishop and his albums 'Rush to Red' (2015) & 'Reconsider Me' (2014) outline his musical development and his maturing into one of the more valid guitarists and vocalists in the blues/rock arena. Myles very confidently delivers, with an amazing vocal range and tone as well as staggering unyielding guitar work, no doubt is left that he is the mature and genuine article.

"Perhaps the only soulful thing to come out of Fresno, AC Myles can play the hell out of a guitar, and he's growing as a songwriter" ~ San Jose Metro Editor Steve Palopoli

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Jimmy Witherspoon - Singin' The Blues

Year: 1959/2009
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:42
Size: 168,2 MB
Styles: Jazzy blues
Scans: Full

1. S.K. Blues (2:50)
2. When I've Been Drinkin' (3:38)
3. Then The Lights Go Out (3:00)
4. All That's Good (3:02)
5. Spoon's Blues (2:26)
6. It Ain't What You're Thinkin' (3:26)
7. 'Tain't Nobody's Business (2:25)
8. Wee Baby Blues (3:19)
9. Times Are Changing (3:00)
10. Sweet's Blues (5:19)
11. There's Good Rockin' Tonight (4:14)
12. Midnight Blues (Red Shirt) (5:16)
13. Goin' To Chicago Blues (Bonus) (3:59)
14. In Blues (Bonus) (3:34)
15. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (Bonus) (2:33)
16. Loser's Blues (Bonus) (2:15)
17. Life's Highway (Bonus) (2:27)
18. Cry The Blues (2:26)
19. Wee Wee Baby (Out Blues) (Bonus) (2:08)
20. Coming Home (Bonus) (3:08)
21. Spoon's Beep Beep Blues (Bonus) (5:12)
22. Elmira (Bonus) (2:52)

Jimmy Witherspoon is heard in superior form throughout the two Pacific Jazz sessions included here. With fine backup and short solos from either Harry "Sweets" Edison (in top form) or Gerald Wilson on trumpet, both Teddy Edwards and Jimmy Allen on tenors, Henry McDode or Hampton Hawes on piano, rhythm guitarist Herman Mitchell, bassist Jimmy Hamilton and drummer Jimmy Miller, Spoon digs into such numbers as "When I've Been Drinkin'," "Then the Lights Go Out," "There's Good Rockin' Tonight" and a remake of his big hit "'Tain't Nobody's Business." The closing "Midnight Blues" is an instrumental, giving the band a chance to stretch out a bit. Recommended. Scott Yanow, AllMusic

This release contains the complete original album Singin' The Blues, showcasing Jimmy Witherspoon masterfully accompanied by jazzmen like Harry Edison, Gerald Wilson, Teddy Edwards and Hampton Hawes. Three rare sessions have been added as a bonus. The last one, recorded in 1970, appears here on CD for the first time ever and presents an all-star group also including Harry Edison, as well as Gildo Mahones and Ray Brown. (From the liner notes.)

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Various Artists - Blind Pig 30th Anniversary Collection

This stalwart independent label, headquartered in San Francisco, began in a small Ann Arbor club and grew into one of the most important imprints in blues. Thirty-three tunes ricochet between the potent old-school Chicago stylings of Buddy Guy and Junior Wells's classic "Hoodoo Man Blues" and Big Walter Horton's swinging shuffle "Put the Kettle On" to the intriguing pop-folk hybrid of Roy Rogers and Norton Buffalo and the dashing retro-nuevo guitarisms of Nick Curran & the Niteflies to the brawny Texas-schooled sounds of Omar & the Howlers and Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King.

The label's Delta blues side is underrepresented, although James Cotton and Elvin Bishop offer two great flavors of cottonland grind. But what's truly perplexing is that Blind Pig's historic recordings by Luther Allison, Johnny Shines, Jimmy Rogers, Charlie Musselwhite, Boogie Woogie Red (the label's first artist), and other significant musicians are omitted, while ham-fisted blues-rockers Tommy Castro and Albert Cummings and the mediocre Deanna Bogart and Duke Tumatoe get entries. Which makes this retrospective decidedly hit-and-miss. /Ted Drozdowski, Amazon

Album: Blind Pig 30th Anniversary Collection - CD 1
Year: 2006
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:39
Size: 153,2 MB
Styles: Blues (various styles)
Scans: Full

1. Tommy Castro - Just Like Me (4:12)
2. Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - I Saw It Coming (3:26)
3. Arthur Adams & B.B. King - The Long Haul (4:22)
4. Big Bill Morganfield - Evil (3:35)
5. Reneé Austin & Delbert McClinton - Pretend We Never Met (3:51)
6. Popa Chubby - Back In My Baby's Arms (4:40)
7. Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues (5:39)
8. Walter Horton - Put The Kettle On (3:41)
9. Debbie Davies - 24 Hour Fool (4:37)
10. Omar & The Howlers - Monkey Land (4:20)
11. Otis Rush - Feel So Bad (4:07)
12. James Cotton - Honest I Do (4:13)
13. Elvin Bishop - What The Hell Is Going On (3:02)
14. Reverend Billy C. Wirtz - Jerry Rig (2:44)
15. Savoy Brown - Shake It All Night (5:33)
16. Jeremy Spencer - Precious Little (4:29)

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Album: Blind Pig 30th Anniversary Collection - CD 2
Year: 2006
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:36
Size: 160,0 MB
Styles: Blues (various styles)
Scans: Full

1. Magic Slim & The Teardrops - I'm A Bluesman (5:00)
2. John Mooney - She Ain't No Good (4:21)
3. Harper - Last Cup Of Coffee (3:36)
4. Mighty Joe Young - As The Years Go Passing By (4:43)
5. Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith & Kim Wilson - Believe Me (4:22)
6. Nick Curran & The Nitelifes - Beautiful Girl (2:32)
7. Hamilton Loomis - No No No (3:51)
8. Albert Cummings - Say You Love Me (4:28)
9. Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers - Moving In A West Coast Way (4:46)
10. E.C. Scott - Sweet Man Of Mine (3:25)
11. Norton Buffalo & Roy Rogers - All I Want (3:41)
12. Deanna Bogart - Real Time (3:56)
13. George 'Harmonica' Smith - Blowing The Blues (4:16)
14. Bill Perry - Leavin' Home (4:25)
15. Pinetop Perkins - After Hours (4:09)
16. Otis Clay - Nickel And A Nail (5:04)
17. Dr. Duke Tumatoe - Moanin' After Blues (2:53)

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Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - When the Sun Goes Down 1934 - 1941

By the late summer of 1934 Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell were among Vocalion's biggest sellers. Despite the Depression, they had visited the studio every year except 1933. Only Leroy Carr's death in 1935 brought their success to an end. Several factors contributed to this success. Carr's blues where urban in their performance, structure and in the warmth of his vocal style. The vast majority of his songs were blues. These often had a wild bite which resulted in an intensity, heightened by an almost unbearable poignancy on his finest sides. After Carr's death, it was primarily Bumble Bee Slim and Bill Gaither who filled the huge void in the world of the pre-war blues. Both singers were among the finest and most popular of the 1930s. The were superb lyricists who produced enduring examples of the genre. As Memphis Minnie said "they carried the good work on". Leroy Carr is a seminal figure in the development of the blues and it is entirely fitting to let him have the last word in the last song he recorded: "Just remember me baby, when I'm six feet of cold, cold ground. Always think of me mama, just say there's a good man gone down".

Album: When the Sun Goes Down Disc A
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues
Time: 74:00
Size: 170,7 MB
Covers: Full

(2:52) 1. Southbound Blues
(2:54) 2. Barrel House Woman
(2:42) 3. Barrel House Woman No. 2
(2:46) 4. Florida Bound Blues
(2:49) 5. Cruel Woman Blues
(2:46) 6. Muddy Water
(2:58) 7. I Believe I'll Make a Change
(3:04) 8. Black Gal (What Makes Your Head So Hard?)
(3:01) 9. Don't Start No Stuff
(3:05) 10. George Street Blues
(2:54) 11. Bo Bo Stomp
(3:07) 12. Big For Blues
(3:08) 13. Hard Hearted Papa
(3:05) 14. Hard Hearted Papa
(3:00) 15. You Left Me Crying
(3:10) 16. You Left Me Crying
(2:48) 17. Broken Hearted Man
(2:48) 18. Evil-Hearted Woman
(3:14) 19. Evil-Hearted Woman
(2:59) 20. Good Woman Blues
(2:37) 21. Hustler's Blues
(2:59) 22. Eleven Twenty-Nine Blues
(3:11) 23. You've Got Me Grieving
(2:58) 24. Lonesome Man Blues
(2:50) 25. Lonesome Man Blues

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Album: When the Sun Goes Down Disc B
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues
Time: 71:34
Size: 165,4 MB
Covers: Full

(3:04) 1. Bread Baker
(2:57) 2. Tight Time Blues
(2:55) 3. Longing For My Sugar
(2:42) 4. The Stuff Is here (And It's Mellow)
(3:06) 5. Black Wagon Blues
(2:58) 6. Shinin' Pistol
(3:05) 7. Arlena
(3:05) 8. Arlena
(2:57) 9. It's Too Short
(2:56) 10. It's Too Short
(2:41) 11. My Good For Nothin' Gal
(3:01) 12. Suicide Blues
(2:53) 13. Suicide Blues
(2:53) 14. Rozetta Blues
(2:32) 15. Rozetta Blues
(2:49) 16. Church House Blues
(3:07) 17. Rocks In My Bed
(2:59) 18. When The Sun Goes Down
(2:49) 19. Bad Luck All the Time
(3:11) 20. Big Four Blues
(3:11) 21. Just a Rag
(3:12) 22. Ain't It A Shame
(3:17) 23. Going Back Home
(3:03) 24. Six Cold Feet in the Ground

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Album: When the Sun Goes Down Disc C
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues
Time: 71:45
Size: 166,8 MB
Covers: Full

Tracks 1-15 : Bumble Bee Slim
Tracks 16-24: Bill Gaither

(3:13) 1. Stepchild
(3:26) 2. New Mean Mistreater Blues
(2:44) 3. Bleeding Heart Blues
(2:51) 4. Tired of Your Low Down Nasty Ways
(2:57) 5. Good Evening Blues
(2:28) 6. Good Woman Blues
(3:08) 7. Bricks In My Pillow
(3:11) 8. The Death of Leroy Carr
(3:11) 9. Smoky Mountain Blues
(2:55) 10. How Long, How Long Blues
(2:46) 11. You Don't Mean No Good
(3:15) 12. Prison Bound Blues
(3:08) 13. Last Respects
(2:48) 14. New When The Sun Goes Down
(3:09) 15. Past and Gone
(2:59) 16. After The Sun's Gone Down
(3:14) 17. You Done Showed Your DBA
(2:40) 18. How Long Baby How Long?
(3:10) 19. L&N Blues
(2:59) 20. Stony Lonesome Graveyard
(2:49) 21. Life of Leroy Brown
(2:30) 22. Georgia Barrel House
(3:00) 23. Old Rainy Day Blues
(3:02) 24. Bad Luck Child's Request

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Album: When the Sun Goes Down Disc D
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues
Time: 74:43
Size: 172,5 MB
Covers: Full

(3:15) 1. Stovepipe No1 - A Woman Gets Tired
(2:55) 2. Elzadie Robinson - Going South Blues
(3:21) 3. Sister Morgan - Hurry Down Sunshine
(2:56) 4. Stump Johnson - The Snitcher's Blues
(2:58) 5. Stump Johnson - Bound to be a Monkey
(3:23) 6. Sippie Wallace - Special Delivery Blues
(3:12) 7. Roosevelt Sykes - Little Sow Blues
(3:20) 8. Madlyn Davis - Winter Blues
(3:10) 9. Tampa Red - Chicago Moan Blues
(3:10) 10. Florence White - Cold Rocks Was My Pillow
(3:05) 11. Leadbelly - Leaving Blues
(3:06) 12. Leadbelly - Don't You Love Your Daddy No More
(2:51) 13. Hatter Snow - Daddy, What You Going To Do?
(3:06) 14. Tampa Red - How Long, How Long Blues
(3:21) 15. Rev A.W. Nix - How Long, How Long
(3:17) 16. Lucille Bogan - Sloppy Drunk Blues
(3:04) 17. Turner Parrish - Graveyard Blues
(3:30) 18. Turner Parrish - I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More
(2:37) 19. Lucille Bogan - Tired As I Can be
(3:30) 20. Walter Davis - Shady lane
(2:21) 21. Robert Johnson -Love In Vain
(2:57) 22. Washboard Sam - Where Were You Last Night?
(3:06) 23. Frank Busby - Prisoner Bound
(3:00) 24. Scrapper Blackwellr - My Old Pal Blues

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Sonny Boy Williamson - Little Boy Blue

Year: 1991
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:29
Size: 124,2 MB
Styles: Harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Born Blind (2:34)
2. Work With Me (2:56)
3. You Killing Me (3:31)
4. Keep It To Yourself (2:51)
5. Don't Lose Your Eye (3:03)
6. Good Evening Everybody (2:37)
7. Too Close Together (2:13)
8. Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide (2:21)
9. I Wonder Why (1:35)
10. This Is My Apartment (2:40)
11. One Way Out (2:02)
12. Like Wolf (2:52)
13. She Got Next To Me (2:33)
14. Keep Your Hand Out Of My Pocket (2:51)
15. Open Road (2:56)
16. Too Young To Die (2:54)
17. The Hunt (2:47)
18. That's All I Want (2:17)
19. Got To Move (2:27)
20. My Younger Days (3:20)

From the galaxy of stars in the history of blues music, there are few who have shone so brightly as Sonny Boy Williamson. He was born Aleck "Rice" Miller into a large family on December 5, 1899 in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. At the age of five he taught himself to play the harmonica and was soon giving concerts wherever he could, billed as "Little Boy Blue".

Williamson was the author of such well-known blues classics as "One Way Out" and "Help Me". His rich voice and virtuoso harmonica playing were to make him one of the best known bluesmen of all time. This Sonny Boy Williamson collection demonstrates the greatness and timelessness of his talent. It is a collection that will enthrall the uninitiated as much as the fans that have known and enjoyed the magic of Sonny Boy Williamson throughout the years. (From the liner notes.)

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Albert King - King Albert

Year: 1977/1988
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:07
Size: 83,3 MB
Styles: Electric blues, soul-blues
Scans: Full

1. Love Shock (4:06)
2. You Upset Me Baby (4:17)
3. Chump Change (3:45)
4. Let Me Rock You Easy (4:48)
5. Boot Lace (5:57)
6. Love Mechanic (3:59)
7. Call My Job (4:30)
8. Good Time Charlie (4:43)

Rebounding slightly from the nadir of Albert, Albert King delivered King Albert, a record that at least sticks to the tough, soul-inflected blues that made his reputation. Granted, the sound of the album is entirely too polished, but there is genuine grit in the performances and some strong songs, such as "You Upset Me Baby" and "Good Time Charlie," on the record. That may be enough for some hardcore fans to give a listen, but they should be forewarned that even those inspired moments aren't enough to make King Albert a worthwhile release. /Thom Owens, AllMusic

(Personally I don't agree with Thom Owens' review of this album. Even though it may not be among Albert King's greatest work, I find this album quite enjoyable and not bad at all. But that's me, you judge for yourselves. /Red Rooster)

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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 (5 CD Set)

Although originally from North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee came to prominence in New York City, where they teamed up in 1941, at first with their unique brand of country blues, which established them on the city's folk scene alongside the likes of Lead Belly, Josh White and Woody Guthrie, then as urban R&B recording artists. They then took the blues to Europe and beyond, where they were celebrated for their virtuosity, wit and professionalism for years into the 1970s.

This 5CD 125-track collection traces the early solo careers of both musicians and their initial partnership, also including their controversial post World War II work, when they were briefly suspected of Communist sympathies. Also featured are other musical luminaries such as Blind Boy Fuller, Washboard Slim, Pops Foster, Champion Jack Dupree and Baby Dodds: Sonny & Brownie always kept good musical company.

Brilliant remastering and Neil Slaven's expert sleeve notes help bring alive an important era with greater clarity than ever before, all at JSP's customary competitive price.

Album: Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 - Disc A: 1938-1941
Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:27
Size: 163,1 MB
Styles: Country blues, acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues (3:09)
2. Sonny Terry - The New John Henry (3:32)
3. Sonny Terry - Fox Chase (3:16)
4. Sonny Terry - Lost John (3:16)
5. Sonny Terry - Train Whistle Blues (2:48)
6. Sonny Terry - New Love Blues (2:44)
7. Sonny Terry - Harmonica Blues (2:42)
8. Sonny Terry - Harmonica And Washboard Breakdown (2:37)
9. Sonny Terry - Harmonica Stomp (2:48)
10. Sonny Terry - Harmonica And Washboard Blues (2:54)
11. Sonny Terry - Forty-Four Whistle Blues (2:50)
12. Sonny Terry - Blowing The Blues (2:54)
13. Sonny Terry - Touch It Up And Go (2:24)
14. Brownie McGhee - Picking My Tomatoes (2:45)
15. Brownie McGhee - Me And My Dog Blues (2:44)
16. Brownie McGhee - Born For Bad Luck (2:53)
17. Brownie McGhee - I'm Callin' Daisy (2:38)
18. Brownie McGhee - Step It Up And Go (2:34)
19. Brownie McGhee - My Barkin' Bulldog Blues (2:36)
20. Brownie McGhee - Let Me Tell You 'Bout My Baby (2:41)
21. Brownie McGhee - Poison Woman Blues (2:37)
22. Brownie McGhee - Back Door Stranger (2:43)
23. Brownie McGhee - Be Good To Me (2:48)
24. Brownie McGhee - Not Guilty Blues (2:37)
25. Brownie McGhee - Coal Miner Blues (2:44)

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Album: Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 - Disc B: 1941
Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:19
Size: 160,6 MB
Styles: Country blues, acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. Brownie McGhee - Step It Up And Go No. 2 (2:46)
2. Brownie McGhee - Money Spending Woman (2:51)
3. Brownie McGhee - Death Of Blind Boy Fuller (Alt. Take) (3:00)
4. Brownie McGhee - Death Of Blind Boy Fuller (2:42)
5. Brownie McGhee - Got To Find My Little Woman (2:32)
6. Brownie McGhee - I'm A Black Woman's Man (Alt. Take) (2:51)
7. Brownie McGhee - I'm A Black Woman's Man (2:51)
8. Brownie McGhee - Dealing With The Devil (2:36)
9. Brownie McGhee - Double Trouble (Take 1) (2:35)
10. Brownie McGhee - Double Trouble (Take 2) (2:42)
11. Brownie McGhee - Woman I'm Done (2:55)
12. Brownie McGhee - Key To My Door (2:48)
13. Brownie McGhee - Million Lonesome Women (2:35)
14. Brownie McGhee - Ain't No Tellin' (2:53)
15. Brownie McGhee - Try Me One More Time (3:02)
16. Brother George & His Sanctified Singers - I Want To See Jesus (2:31)
17. Brother George & His Sanctified Singers - Done What My Lord Said (2:33)
18. Brother George & His Sanctified Singers - I Want King Jesus (2:59)
19. Brother George & His Sanctified Singers - What Will I Do (Without The Lord) (2:36)
20. Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway 70 (Take 1) (2:41)
21. Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway 70 (Take 2) (2:42)
22. Brownie McGhee - I Don't Believe In Love (3:03)
23. Brownie McGhee - So Much Trouble (2:44)
24. Brownie McGhee - Goodbye Now (2:51)
25. Brownie McGhee - Jealous Of My Woman (2:49)

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Album: Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 - Disc C: 1941-1946
Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:47
Size: 159,5 MB
Styles: Country blues, acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. Brownie McGhee - Unfair Blues (2:48)
2. Brownie McGhee - Barbecue Any Old Time (2:48)
3. Brownie McGhee - Workingman's Blues (2:48)
4. Brownie McGhee - Sinful Disposition Woman (2:35)
5. Brownie McGhee - Back Home Blues (2:56)
6. Brownie McGhee - Deep Sea Diver (2:40)
7. Brownie McGhee - It Must Be Love (2:54)
8. Brownie McGhee - Swing, Soldier, Swing (Take 1) (2:24)
9. Brownie McGhee - Swing, Soldier, Swing (Take 2) (2:43)
10. Sonny Terry - John Henry (2:28)
11. Sonny Terry - Fox Chase (1:33)
12. Sonny Terry - Fox Chase (2:16)
13. Sonny Terry - The Red Cross Store (3:22)
14. Sonny Terry - Sweet Woman (3:06)
15. Sonny Terry - Fox Chase (2:06)
16. Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - That's The Stuff (Watch Out) (2:56)
17. Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Knockabout Blues (Carolina Blues) (3:07)
18. Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Easy Ridin' Buggy (2:53)
19. Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Women Lover Blues (2:46)
20. Sonny Terry - Run Away Woman (2:46)
21. Sonny Terry - Shake Down (2:52)
22. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - Movin' To Kansas City (3:08)
23. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - Railroad Bill (2:53)
24. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - Rocks In My Bed (2:49)
25. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - Tennessee Shuffle (2:58)

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Album: Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 - Disc D: 1946-1947
Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:30
Size: 165,8 MB
Styles: Country blues, acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - Precious Lord Hold My Hand (3:04)
2. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again (2:50)
3. Brownie McGhee - Rum Cola Papa (2:28)
4. Brownie McGhee - Mean Old Frisco (2:42)
5. Brownie McGhee - Sportin' Life Blues (2:57)
6. Brownie McGhee - Worried Life Blues (2:31)
7. Brownie McGhee - Brownie's Guitar Boogie (2:38)
8. Brownie McGhee - Lovin' With A Feeling (2:27)
9. Brownie McGhee - Night Time Is The Right Time (3:13)
10. Brownie McGhee - Bad Blood (2:56)
11. Brownie McGhee - I Don't Care (2:55)
12. Brownie McGhee - Big Legged Woman (2:42)
13. Brownie McGhee - B.M. Blues (3:02)
14. Brownie McGhee - Evil But Kindhearted (2:43)
15. Brownie McGhee - Seaboard And Southern (2:47)
16. Brownie McGhee - Dissatisfied Woman (3:15)
17. Brownie McGhee - How Can I Love You (3:19)
18. Brownie McGhee - Hello Blues (2:17)
19. Sonny Terry - Whoopin' The Blues (2:44)
20. Sonny Terry - Leavin' Blues (3:00)
21. Sonny Terry - Riff And Harmonica Jump (2:49)
22. Sonny Terry - All Alone Blues (3:07)
23. Brownie McGhee - Me And My Dog (2:49)
24. Brownie McGhee - Pawn Shop Blues (3:11)
25. Brownie McGhee - The Way I Feel (2:53)

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Album: Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 - Disc E: 1947-1948
Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:46
Size: 161,8 MB
Styles: Country blues, acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. Brownie McGhee - Go On Blues (2:39)
2. Brownie McGhee - Auto Mechanic Blues (2:58)
3. Brownie McGhee - I'm Talking About It (2:44)
4. Brownie McGhee - Dollar Bill (2:57)
5. Brownie McGhee - Country Boy Boogie (2:52)
6. Sonny Terry - Harmonica Rag (2:27)
7. Sonny Terry - Screamin' And Cryin' Blues (2:50)
8. Sonny Terry - Beer Garden Blues (2:46)
9. Sonny Terry - Worried Man Blues (2:44)
10. Brownie McGhee - Aunt Jane's Blues (2:45)
11. Brownie McGhee - Ma Belle (2:55)
12. Brownie McGhee - So Long Baby (2:34)
13. Brownie McGhee - Poor Boy Blues (2:51)
14. Sonny Terry - Custard Pie Blues (2:59)
15. Sonny Terry - Early Morning Blues (2:50)
16. Sonny Terry - Crow Jane Blues (2:35)
17. Sonny Terry - Hot Headed Woman (3:13)
18. Brownie McGhee - Wrong Man Blues (3:01)
19. Brownie McGhee - Married Woman Blues (3:07)
20. Brownie McGhee - Robbie-Doby Boogie (2:22)
21. Brownie McGhee - My Fault (2:44)
22. Brownie McGhee - Brown Mule Blues (2:33)
23. Brownie McGhee - Hard Bed Blues (2:54)
24. Brownie McGhee - My Bulldog Blues (2:47)
25. Brownie McGhee - Gin Headed Woman (2:26)

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Walter 'Shakey' Horton - The Soul of Blues Harmonica

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1964/1996
Styles: Blues
Time: 53:11
Size: 122,5 MB
Covers: Front,CD,Back,Tray

(3:21) 1. Groove Walk
(3:01) 2. Wee Baby Blues
(3:00) 3. It's All Right
(2:52) 4. Wrinkles
(3:18) 5. Hard Hearted Woman
(2:39) 6. John Henry
(4:14) 7. Good Moanin' Blues
(2:38) 8. Friday Night Stomp
(3:08) 9. Gonna Bring It on Home
(2:33) 10. La Cucuracha
(3:04) 11. West Winds Are Blowing
(2:26) 12. Little Walter's Boogie
(2:39) 13. Truckin' Little Woman
(3:04) 14. Just One Mistake
(2:04) 15. If It Ain't Me
(2:47) 16. Walkin' by Myself
(3:11) 17. Blow Wind Blow
(3:02) 18. Mad Love (I Want You to Love Me)

Walter Horton, better known as Big Walter (Horton) or Walter "Shakey" Horton. A quit, shy man, but one of the premier blues harmonica players in history of blues. In the 1930s he performed with guitar player Little Buddy Doyle. Horton was among the first to be recorded by Sam Phillips at Sun Records in Memphis. In the early 1950s Horton appeared on the Chicago blues scene, playing with Eddie Taylor and Johnny Shines. In 1952, Walter Horton replaced Junior Wells in Muddy Waters band. From the early 1960s, he recorded as a sideman with several Chicago blues musicians.
Big Walter's first album from 1964 and with an all star cast -- Buddy Guy (guitar), Jack Myers (bass), Willie Dixon (vocals), and Willie Smith (drums). Although not definitive, this album is worth seeking out for Horton fans. It features Walter in a variety of musical styles, including a good rendition of "Hard Hearted Woman" and a wild version of "La Cucaracha".

The Soul of Blues Harmonica

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The Blues Project - Lazarus/The Blues Project (2in1)

Year: 1971/1972/2004
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:07
Size: 176,2 MB
Styles: Blues/blues-rock/rock/folk
Scans: Full

1. It's Alright (3:16)
2. Personal Mercy (4:02)
3. Black Night (5:40)
4. Version Of Flowers (3:16)
5. Yellow Cab (2:49)
6. Lazarus (8:58)
7. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (3:16)
8. Reaching (2:54)
9. Midnight Rain (2:39)
10. So Far So Near (2:52)
11. Back Door Man (3:34)
12. Danville Dame (5:00)
13. Railroad Boy (3:13)
14. Rainbow (4:05)
15. Easy Lady (3:02)
16. Plain And Fancy (4:28)
17. Little Rain (5:10)
18. Crazy Girl (3:22)
19. I'm Ready (4:21)

On paper, the Blues Project was a great idea, but in spite of an abundance of talent (Al Kooper, Steve Katz, Danny Kalb, and Tommy Flanders were all members), somehow the band's innovative mix of blues, folk, rock, pop, and jazz never quite gelled the way it should have. The original lineup released one studio project (Projections) and two live sets (Live at the Café Au Go Go and Live at Town Hall) in the late '60s before collapsing from the usual ailments of the era (ego, poor management, drugs), leaving behind a sketchy but occasionally brilliant legacy. Kooper and Katz went on to form Blood, Sweat & Tears, while Roy Blumenfeld started up Seatrain and Kalb pasted his life back together after a few too many heavy acid trips.

In 1971, newly signed to Capitol Records, the Blues Project resurfaced as a trio, with bassist and saxman Don Kretmar of Seatrain joining Kalb and Blumenfeld for Lazarus, which was recorded in England and produced by Shel Talmy. While Lazarus doesn't rise to the level of the original band, it does feature some striking tracks, including Kalb's pretty, impressionistic "Vision of Flowers," the ominous title cut, "Lazarus," and the rocking version of Joe Turner's "It's All Right Baby" that opens the set. Kretmar's tenor sax work is a delight throughout the album, as is the piano contribution of session player Tom Parker.

A year later, the Blues Project released a second album on Capitol, this time as a six-piece ensemble. With the addition of the band's original singer, Tommy Flanders, on vocals, second guitarist Bill Lussenden, and Country Joe & the Fish keyboardist David Cohen, the self-titled Blues Project (produced by Gabriel Mekler) sported a fleshed-out sound but suffered from weak material (Flanders' "Plain and Fancy" is a notable exception), and the band wisely called it quits a second time after the project was completed. Acadia has reissued both albums on a single disc, and while neither is essential, fans of the early incarnation of the Blues Project may well find more to like here than expected. /Steve Leggett, AllMusic

Tracks 1-10 from "Lazarus" (1971)
Tracks 11-19 from "The Blues Project" (1972)

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Alvin Lee & Ten Years After - Pure Blues

Year: 1995
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:09
Size: 168,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues, blues-rock
Scans: Full

1. Don't Want You Woman (2:36)
2. The Bluest Blues (7:27)
3. I Woke Up This Morning (5:27)
4. Real Life Blues (4:35)
5. The Stomp (4:31)
6. Slow Blues In 'C' (7:50)
7. Wake Up Moma (3:58)
8. Talk Don't Bother Me (3:31)
9. Every Blues You've Ever Heard (5:25)
10. I Get All Shook Up (4:40)
11. Lost In Love (4:06)
12. Help Me (10:54)
13. Outside My Window (8:04)

Ten Years After are an English blues rock band, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1968 and 1973, Ten Years After scored eight Top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart. In addition they had twelve albums enter the US Billboard 200, and are best known for tracks such as "I'm Going Home", "Hear Me Calling", "I'd Love to Change the World" and "Love Like a Man".

Pure Blues is a compilation album of Alvin Lee’s music both with Ten Years After and his solo work and was released in 1995. The album featured singles Don’t Want You Woman" from Ten Years After’s self-titled debut and "I Woke Up This Morning", and "The Stomp" (both from the SSSSH album) and two killer live tracks, "Slow Blues in C" and "Help Me" from the Recorded Live album.

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Jay Jesse Johnson Band - Down The Hard Road

Size: 114,7 MB
Time: 48:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Down The Hard Road (5:06)
02. Anyway The Wind Blows (5:10)
03. The Blues Is A Damn Sad Thing (5:49)
04. Born Under A Bad Sign (4:26)
05. Drive Me Home (5:03)
06. Tears Of The Angels (6:11)
07. Guilty Of The Blues (4:47)
08. Bull In The Barn (2:31)
09. Beer Bottle Blues (4:25)
10. The Messiah Will Come Again (5:13)

Excellent 6th studio disc by this outstanding blues/rock guitarist from Ohio featuring 10 tracks of top-shelf, soul-powered, dynamic, retro, six string mojo that rocks the blues with style, class and authority. Jay Jesse Johnson is a true, legit modern day axeslinger supreme and on "Down The Hard Road", Triple J digs deep into his blues roots which showcase his first rate, killer, guitar talents. Highly Recommended to fans and music collectors of the previous awesome Jay Jesse Johnson discs along with disciples of Johnny Winter, Eric Clapton, SRV, Walter Trout, Gary Moore, Roy Buchanan and all other world-class blues/rock guitarists. It's time to rock the blues with JJJ and take a solid guitar fueled musical ride on the authentic "Down The Hard Road" disc.

Down The Hard Road

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