Pete Mayes - Lowdown Feeling

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:1992
Time:52:40 
Size:122,5 MB 
Label:Collectables 
Styles:Blues/Texas Blues 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Crazy Woman - 3:17
 2. Moving Out - 2:01
 3. Christmas Holidays - 4:57
 4. Locked Out - 3:45
 5. West Coast Blues - 5:47
 6. When I'm Wrong I'm Wrong - 3:20
 7. Something On Your Mind - 4:42
 8. I'm Ready - 3:09
 9. Back In School - 4:05
10. Honeysucker - 3:33
11. The Word Is Out - 4:52
12. Texas Jump - 2:51
13. Low Down Feeling - 2:59
14. Crazy Woman (New Version) - 3:15

Influenced by T-Bone Walker at a young age, he played guitar since childhood. He will meet, indeed, Walker in 1954 for the first time and will accompany him regularly on stage the following years. In 1955, he met Joe Hughes another Texan guitarist who became a close friend. Two years later, Pete formed his own band. He becomes particularly a regular attraction of Double Bayou Dance Hall led by his uncle Manuel Rivers. In 1960, he moved to Houston and frequent local blues and jazz musicians. But his income as an artist are not enough and he takes different jobs to earn a decent living (including house painter). In the meantime, in the 60's and 70's, he recorded some singles as a leader especially for local label Ovide. Pete cut also four titles behind Junior Parker in 1969 for Blue Rock (a trademark of Mercury). In this CD proposed by Collectables are compiled first singles from Pete Mayes between 1967 and 1991. Therefore, the whole is quite heterogeneous but rather draws a compelling overview of the first part of this Texan guitarist's career. The sound quality is not always good. Despite this, several titles can be listened with pleasure : "Christmas holidays", "Locked out", "The world is out" and instrumental "West Coast blues" and "Texas jump".

Lowdown Feeling