Muddy Ford - Heart And Soul

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2006
Time:51:02 
Size:117,8 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Rock/Southern Rock 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Show Them The Money - 3:20
 2. Heart And Soul - 3:45
 3. Spoonfed Mamma's Boy - 4:47
 4. Under The Mexico Sun - 4:48
 5. Dream Line - 6:18
 6. It All Comes Back To You - 4:18
 7. Sheep Skin - 3:54
 8. Time Will Tell - 4:40
 9. Spellbound Lovers - 4:08
10. Free To Live - 4:06
11. Are You Ready - 3:19
12. Not To Explain - 3:35

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Heart And Soul

Charles Wilson - If Heartaches Were Nickles

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2004
Time:60:39 
Size:139,7 MB 
Label:Delmark 
Styles:Blues/Blues Soul 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Cut You A-Loose - 3:40
 2. Doctor Doctor - 3:53
 3. You Belong To Me - 3:51
 4. Ain't No Hoochie Coochie Man - 5:02
 5. I Talk To Myself - 5:16
 6. Hattie Mae's - 4:31
 7. Cadillac Assembly Line - 3:34
 8. Losin' Boy - 3:08
 9. Up At Carl's - 3:33
10. Next Time You See Me - 3:30
11. If Heartaches Were Nickles - 5:48
12. I Like Your Style - 3:39
13. Your Love Is Real - 3:24
14. Lonely Man - 2:57
15. I Walked All Night Long - 4:45

Charles Wilson is an exciting and captivating performer capable of launching an audience into a frenzy. Born in Chicago, Wilson is connected to the roots of the blues tree. From the age of four, Wilson, the nephew of blues legend Little Milton, would go with his father to see Uncle Milton’s performances. Wilson released a string of albums starting in the late ’80s for Ichiban and Ecko Records. If Heartaches Were Nickels is Wilson’s first Delmark album and in addition to Milton, Carl Weathersby provides lots of excellent guitar playing. Like all great soul singers, Wilson expresses pleading vulnerability and like the great blues singers Wilson delivers the grit. If the blues are to remain a vital presence on the world stage and continue to develop as an art form in this new century, it will not be because of the legions of generic guitar slingers who endlessly repeat the great riffs of the original masters and imitate one another endlessly in order to display the most clichéd stage show. Indeed it will because there are singers like native Chicagoan cum Mississippi Delta bluesman Charles Wilson. He has long been a fixture on the chitlin circuit and is familiar to African-American audiences across the States. Indeed, this is his 11th release on his fourth label. As good as some of those recordings were, none of them holds a candle to If Heartaches Were Nickels. Indeed it is on this side where new directions for the blues can be found; the interesting thing is that those new vistas are found in its most classic and earthy approaches. Wilson's album is a step away from the slickness of modern production and sterile overwrought performances trying to substitute acumen for soul. The 15 cuts here drip with soul. Wilson's delivery is straight from the belly and sees the heavens. If one can hear the traces of singers like Bobby "Blue" Bland, Z.Z. Hill, and Sam Cooke in his voice, one can also hear Sam Moore and Wilson Pickett. Wilson understands that soul music and the blues are two sides of the same coin, and his band, led by the great guitarist Carl Weathersby on guitar, knows that arrangement and passion, not spit and polish, are what set a record apart. The sheer immediacy of this band, with its raw, gritty, souled-out blues backing a singer whose naturally effortless croon and growl evokes joy, sorrow, and assent in listeners is a combination that translates as well in a studio as it does on a stage. Check "Cut You a-Loose," Magic Sam's "You Belong to Me," "Losin' Boy," and the sheer deep blue-black title cut for reference. Add a horn section in the right places ("Doctor Doctor," "I Talk to Myself," and "Losin' Boy") and the presence of Wilson's uncle, blues legend Little Milton, on a pair of cuts ("Hattie Mae's" and "Lonely Man"), and you have a modern-day blues record that sounds like a classic blues album and just might be regarded that way some day. Wilson is at the top of his game here on Delmark, a label that was made for records like this. He is a singular talent that holds the key to the future evolution of the soul-blues in the grain of his voice.

If Heartaches Were Nickles

Mudslide - Blues

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2005
Time:48:12 
Size:104,2 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Americana/Roots Rrock/Blues Rock 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Be A Man - 3:32
 2. Mudslide Blues - 3:48
 3. Deep Dark River - 3:49
 4. Long Gone Brother - 3:46
 5. Mother May I - 3:50
 6. On My Trail - 2:31
 7. Hypnotized - 5:46
 8. Blues in San Francisco - 2:54
 9. Throw A Penny - 4:47
10. Dirty Faced Kid - 4:12
11. Contradictory Girl - 4:26
12. Soulshine - 4:44

Mudslide is a Blues Rock/Americana band that eventually morphed into the band Rambletone Tweed (rambletonetweed.com) It was comprised of Tony Lemieux (singer/guitarist/harmonica/songwriter), John Crowhurst (guitar), Ian Luke (drums), and a few various bass players. Mudslide released its debut album, “Blues” in the mid 2000’s. Recorded at Grizzly Studios, Petaluma, CA. 

Blues

Lynn Murray - Target The Blues

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2009
Time:33:46 
Size:78,2 MB 
Label:Clear Creek Records
Styles:Blues/Modern Electric Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. You Don't Listen - 3:04
 2. You Don't Come to Me Baby - 2:43
 3. Hot Night - 2:57
 4. Get Me Home Tomorrow - 2:52
 5. I Need You So Bad - 3:41
 6. Baby Come Back - 3:11
 7. Can't Fall Out of Love - 2:56
 8. I Love That Girl - 2:19
 9. Tell Me Babe - 2:41
10. Nag Nag Nag - 3:47
11. Statesboro Blues - 3:29

Singer songwriter and musician Lynn Murray currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.After several years of hibernation on the musical front he has resumed songwriting and has produced and is in release of a new album of ten original tunes titled “Target the Blues”. His past recordings with Antique Records, legendary Texas guitarist Slim Ritchie’s Flying Fish Records and the unreleased album; Tulsa County Home, comprise an interesting and eclectic mix of Rock, Blues and Country flavored songs that have received recognition via the Music City Song Festival, and Billboard Song Competitions. The recent addition of his 2010 release of “Target the Blues” on Clear Creek Records has garnered an impressive eight certificates of recognition from the 2010 Billboard Songwriting Contest. An accomplished bassist/guitarist and singer/songwriter whose live music career spans 3 decades, has shared the stage with the likes of Papa John Creech, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Asleep at the Wheel, David Alan Coe, Hank Thompson, Ernest Tubb and many others. As a former member of the legendary Oklahoma Thunder Band, he authored a regional hit single with the release of Antique Records “Freight Train” in the Tulsa market in the early ‘80’s.

Target The Blues

Muddy Wallace Jr - Justified (A Good Ole Fella)

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2011
Time:51:46 
Size:119,4 MB 
Label:Neo Renaissance Music 
Styles:Modern Electric Blues/Mix 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Wheel Of Fortune - 5:03
 2. You Only Live Once - 4:18
 3. E-Class - 3:31
 4. Whacha Gonna Do_ (Feat. Reddi) - 3:09
 5. Drug Store Woman - 3:19
 6. Justified (A Good Ole Fella) - 3:13
 7. Good Girl, Bad Girl - 4:41
 8. Savin All Her Love - 3:38
 9. Bayou Blues - 2:16
10. Cashmere - 4:21
11. Good Ol' Time - 5:35
12. My Shoes - 2:58
13. Muddy Wallace Jr - Circles - 3:34
14. Holiday (Where My Money At_) [Bonus Track] - 2:10

Muddy Wallace Jr is a singer, songwriter and musician from the south side of Chicago IL, the home of the Chicago style blues. His love and appreciation for the blues came from his father who was's Chicago public school teacher and a singer from Memphis TN. Muddy Wallace Sr grew up very poor and had many trials and tribulations which were shared with his son, so when Muddy Wallace Jr came of age, he felt it was his responsibility to carry on the work, stories and spirit of the great blues men and women who came before him... Especially his father. 'Today, it seems there is such a disconnection with the current generation and our ancestors in America and even beyond. And I feel it is my call as a modern day blues musician to make sure my generation and the one that follows never forgets the stories and struggles of our people... Bridging the gap.' The Muddy Wallace Jr experience can be as big and exciting to fill the greatest ampitheater with a large ensemble of 7 or 8, an intimate setting with a small trio or anything in between. His sound is a modern, funky groove that brings in a new audience to the blues that may have been once disconnected, while keeping the purity of it's foundation that longtime fans of the genre relate to. It is certain from his shows and listening events, that Muddy Wallace Jr.'s music has a broad appeal from blues/jazz, r&b/hip-hop, urban and suburban adult contemporary, pop/rock, alternative and maybe even country. His demographic covers mostly from 25-50, while still appealing to a broader range of listeners. With a youthful perspective and a deep understanding of his roots, Muddy Wallace Jr is definitely the artist to bring fathers and sons & mothers and daughters together, connecting us all with our past while ushering us into the future.

Justified (A Good Ole Fella)

Chris Murphy - Hotwired

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2011
Time:48:17 
Size:106,5 MB 
Label:Speakeasy 
Styles:Blues/Modern Electric Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Something Else - 4:17
 2. Hotwired - 3:28
 3. Forget About You - 4:16
 4. Sure Looks Good to Me - 3:20
 5. Funkalishus - 4:07
 6. Bitchy Woman - 3:37
 7. She's Always Buzzin' Me - 3:47
 8. Burnin Rubber - 2:33
 9. Hold It Right There - 4:23
10. Just My Imagination - 4:59
11. Money's Gettin' Cheaper - 3:25
12. Tain't No Church Song - 6:04

CHRIS MURPHY (Saxophone,Hammond Organ and Vocals) is a musician and entertainer based in London Ontario. From 1992-1998 he was the frontman and leader of the OLD CHICAGO BLUES BAND the house band at the Old Chicago Speakeasy & Grill in London On. The band performed three shows a night, five nights a week for more than five years. During that time the band released two CD's and worked with more than 50 guest vocalists, including twenty from the United States. They were also featured on their own TV Show "SPEAKEASY BLUES" for Rogers Cable TV, creating 10 half hour shows and 9 one hour shows. Since leaving the Old Chicago Speakeasy & Grill, Chris has been touring in the United States and Canada as the Musical Director and Bandleader for American blues artist, CHICAGO PETE . He also has reformed UPTOWN BLOOZE the band he led from 1986-1992 and performs with the Jump, Jive and Swing band the JITTERBUGS.
His debut CD, "BLOWIN THE HORN" was produced ,in Toronto, by MICHAEL FONFARA and GARY KENDALL , (both from the Downchild Blues Band) . Chris started playing saxophone with local swing bands when he was 17. His father PHIL MURPHY is also a musician and Chris often worked in his father's band. He spent 6 years with SOUL SAUSAGE and 2 years with THE FOREST CITY JAZZ BAND before forming UPTOWN BLOOZE in 1986. Chris also runs an independent blues label called SPEAKEASY CDs.
"Hotwired" consists of 12 great Tracks, split evenly between originals and covers. Of the 6 originals, all were written by Chris Murphy. Fellow Canadian Blues and Roots artist Mike Clark is featured on Track 3 with his cover "Forget About You", a blazing bar room guitar fused tune. Other interesting covers included Track 5, "Funkalishus" a Dr. John instrumental, and "Just My Imagination", a standard by the Legendary Soul group, The Temptations. In addition to "Funkalishus", "Hotwired" contained 2 other great instrumentals, which included Track 2, the title Track and Track 8 "Burnin' Rubber", both of which were Chris Murphy originals, and both of which not only show off Chris's exceptional Sax playing, but also the band as a whole, especially Guitarist Teddy Leonard and Lance Anderson on Organ and Piano. In addition to Teddy Leonard, whom is Canada's Iconic Band Fathead's Guitarist and Producer, and Lance Anderson, whom also Produced "Hotwired", this album also features Garth Vogan (Bass), Tim Tyler (Drums/Background Vocals), Howard Moore (Trumpet), Amoy & Ceceal Levi (Background Vocals), and Ryan Spong (Background Vocals on Track 9 "Hold It Right There"). Special Guest Jack de Keyzer makes an appearance on Tracks 1 & 9 "Something Else"/Hold It Right There", in the capacity of Guitar Solo's, and simply sizzles.

Hotwired

Mudfork Blues - Drivin' On Home

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2004
Time:48:11 
Size:139,7 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Harmonica Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. The Blues is All I Need - 3:45
 2. Get Your Hands out of My Pockets - 5:30
 3. Drivin' On Home - 3:35
 4. Blues Widow - 5:11
 5. Hoochie Coochie Man - 3:17
 6. Hardly Workin' Man - 4:29
 7. Dirt Road - 3:56
 8. Mudfork Blues - 3:59
 9. It Just Doesn't Matter - 3:19
10. Beer Bottle Boogie - 4:43
11. Baker Man - 3:08
12. Hawg For You - 3:15

Jared Sheets, former Parkersburg physician, was a member of the  band for award-winning soul blues singer Johnny Rawls at the 19th annual Big Bend Blues & Brews Bash in Pomeroy, Ohio. Sheets, who is  a physician in Athens, Ohio, was one of three members of the Mudfork Blues band performing with Rawls along the Ohio River in downtown Pomeroy. Guitarist Sheets was joined by his brother Adam and uncle John Lohse in performing with Rawls. Rawls has won several blues music awards during his more than 50-year singing/songwriting career. Rawls, a native of Mississippi, is a crowd favorite at music shows in Pomeroy, Meigs County. He was given the key to the city of Pomeroy and has performed for several years in the southeast Ohio community.Jared Sheets, a physician in Parkersburg from 2001 until 2005, has known Rawls for 15 years.
Members of the Mudfork Blues band, from Meigs County, are Jared Sheets, his son James, brother Adam, mother Jenny, daughter Cara, wife Laura and uncle John Lohse. Mudfork Blues band recorded the album “Drivin’ On Home” in 2004 at Sweetsong Productions in Wood County. The band followed this with the “River Cities Live” album, from performances in Parkersburg, Marietta and Pomeroy, in 2006.

Drivin' On Home

Mudfork Blues - River Cities Live

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2006
Time:55:16 
Size:127,3 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/Modern Electric Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Further On Up The Road - 3:26
 2. Blues Is All I Need - 3:21
 3. Hotfingers - 3:16
 4. Dirt Road - 3:55
 5. Walkin' - 3:32
 6. Little Engine - 3:57
 7. Kansas City - 4:04
 8. Black Cat Bone - 4:50
 9. Chicago - 4:36
10. Get Your Hands Out of My Pockets - 3:22
11. Drivin' On Home - 3:40
12. Hardly Workin' Man - 4:54
13. Hound Dog - 4:05
14. Boogie Woogie - 4:10

This is modern Electric Live Blues at its' best. It swings, it rocks, and it really grooves. Great piano, harmonica work and singing throughout.
All songs recorded completely in a single take format to best recreate the live sound of the group.

River Cities Live

Lynn Murray - Blue Eyes

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2011
Time:34:12 
Size:78,5 MB 
Label:Clear Creek Records 
Styles:Rock/Blues/Americana 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Blue Eyes - 3:48
 2. Mountain Snow - 3:08
 3. Toe the Line - 3:43
 4. Recipe for the Blues - 3:13
 5. Yellow Roses - 3:01
 6. I Will Work for Love - 3:11
 7. The Blues Are Right Behind - 2:38
 8. It Was Just a Kiss - 4:40
 9. While You're Listenin' to the Blues - 2:59
10. Bad News - 3:50

After the advent of his return album 'Target The Blues', former 'Oklahoma Thunder Band' song master Lynn Murray has teamed up with Crowded House multi-instrumentalist Mark Hart, vocalist Elizabeth Egan, percussionist Chris Rioux and guitarist Jason Lee to create a unique and interesting collection of urban blues, easy listening rock. And classic stylings that will keep you coming back for more. This is a must listen effort that has all the elements of what it takes in today's market to get noticed. From the title track 'Blue Eyes' featuring former tonight show horn master Lee Thornburg to the plaintive finale of 'Bad News' with Elizabeth Egan, you will be rewarded with a listening expierience that is second to none. So grab a seat, a glass of your favorite and prepare for the best.

Blue Eyes

Lyle Muskat - Somebody to Wait

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2012
Time:51:34 
Size:118,8 MB 
Label:Sef-Released 
Styles:R&B/Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Feed Your Love - 4:31
 2. Somebody to Wait - 4:20
 3. To Tell You - 5:00
 4. Rockin' Little Mama - 4:35
 5. On the Track - 2:59
 6. Isla - 3:47
 7. Be There With You - 3:54
 8. Favourite Place to Be - 2:20
 9. Turn On Your Funky - 3:33
10. Keeper - 3:18
11. Personal - 4:36
12. Only to Gain - 5:34
13. Happy Side - 3:02

Lyle Muskat is a Toronto-based award-winning musician, singer/songwriter, and visual artist. He was classically trained in piano by renowned teacher Patricia Stuart. His love of composing was evidenced at the early age of 12 when he began writing his own music, both lyrical and instrumental. His professional career took off when he was 17 and began touring and recording with various artists. After Canadian icon Ronnie Hawkins heard one of Lyle’s recordings, Ronnie asked Lyle to go on tour as the piano player for The Hawks.  Throughout his touring career, Lyle has played alongside artists such as Bo Didley, B.J. Kramer, The Drifters, The Stamps and Charlie Hodge of The Elvis Presley Band, and African legend Pat Thomas, while Lyle was the keyboard player in the band Nakupenda. Lyle has 40 years of experience as a professional musician, songwriter, and producer

Somebody to Wait

Lyle Muskat - Dough Re Me, Baby!

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2009
Time:45:04 
Size:104,2 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/R&B
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Once in a While - 2:17
 2. Don't Got Me - 3:34
 3. Is What It Is - 3:50
 4. In a Way With You - 5:01
 5. Summer Vacation - 3:01
 6. Shake It - 3:49
 7. Meet Me in the Middle - 3:48
 8. Ain't Too Blind to See - 3:01
 9. Count Me In - 3:33
10. Kisses for Me - 3:43
11. No Secret - 3:02
12. Did It for Me - 2:46
13. Honey B - 3:34

Lyle Muskat is a Toronto-based award-winning musician, singer/songwriter, and visual artist. He was classically trained in piano by renowned teacher Patricia Stuart. His love of composing was evidenced at the early age of 12 when he began writing his own music, both lyrical and instrumental. His professional career took off when he was 17 and began touring and recording with various artists. After Canadian icon Ronnie Hawkins heard one of Lyle’s recordings, Ronnie asked Lyle to go on tour as the piano player for The Hawks.  Throughout his touring career, Lyle has played alongside artists such as Bo Didley, B.J. Kramer, The Drifters, The Stamps and Charlie Hodge of The Elvis Presley Band, and African legend Pat Thomas, while Lyle was the keyboard player in the band Nakupenda. Lyle has 40 years of experience as a professional musician, songwriter, and producer.

Dough Re Me, Baby!

Charles Davis - 24 Hour Blues

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2011
Time:50:56 
Size:117,5 MB 
Label:Blues House Records 
Styles:Blues/Jazzy Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Help Me Baby (feat./Jabo - Texas Prince of Zydeco) - 4:22
 2. Old Fashioned Woman (feat.Rue Davis/Jabo - Texas Prince of Zydeco) - 4:43
 3. That's How I Learned to Sing the Blues (feat.Roberta Donnay) - 4:33
 4. You Don't Know Me (feat.Rue Davis) - 5:24
 5. Still Got the Blues (feat.Trudy Lynn) - 4:37
 6. When Mama Leaves Town (feat.Rye Davis) - 4:35
 7. It's Tight Like That (feat.Trudy Lynn) - 4:30
 8. Lonely (feat.Jabo - Texas Prince of Zydeco) - 3:57
 9. Worried (feat.Jabo - Texas Prince of Zydeco) - 4:58
10. A Minor Thing (feat. Roberta Donnay) - 4:26
11. Blues for My Father - 4:49

Here’s a guy that’s got the boogie blues in his blood. Guitarist Charles “CD” Davis brings his Strat right out front and gets the joint jumping with a collection of tunes that will get your blue suede shoes stepped on during the dance floor. With an airtight rotating rhythm section of Anthony Sapp-Keith Vivens/b, Tyson Sheth-Marvin Sparks/dr, Jean Paul Dalme/key and a hot tag team of vocalists, Davis gives you some fried chicken blues on his own “Help Me Baby” as well as shuffling and strutting on “When Mama Leaves Town.” Some snappy horns keep the ceiling low and the heat high, as Thomas Holtens trombone on the back room boogie “Old Fashioned Woman” or Dennis Dotson/s trumpet on the crisp “A Minor Thing” point out. Vocalist Roberta Donnay takes it back a few years on the sassy “That’s How I Learned…” while Jabo, the Prince of Zydeco keeps the light burning late into the evening with “Worried.” Davis himself shows some earthy acoustic work on the Delta back porch flavored  “Lonely Man Blues.” This guys got the chops as well as attitude. The good times are rolling here.

24 Hour Blues

Jean Shy & The Shy Guys - Bluesin' Montreux

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2015
Time:53:16 
Size:122,5 MB 
Label:King Edward Music Group  
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Dust My Broom (Live) - 5:17
 2. Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City (Live) - 4:59
 3. I'd Rather Go Blind (Live) - 6:04
 4. Come On Into My Kitchen (Live) - 3:49
 5. I Don't Need No Doctor (Live) - 4:22
 6. Walkin' Blues (Live) - 5:45
 7. Spoonful (Live) - 6:01
 8. Misty Blue (Live) - 5:45
 9. I Can't Be Satisfied (Live) - 5:09
10. The Blues Is Alright (Live) - 5:59

The Blues Got Soul is a compilation of some of the hottest Soul-Blues material recorded on Jean Shy and her German Band The Shy Guys, which was partially, performed "Live" at an Open Air Concert in Duisburg, Germany. This classic CD is a timeless work of art, which consists of original compositions, and covers performed in Jean Shy & The Shy Guys' own unique style. The CD includes Songs that many of their Fans identify Shy and her Shy Guys with, some of which have become their Trademark at live concerts for Years.

Bluesin' Montreux

Allen Kirk - Drummers Play The Blues Too!

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2012
Time:49:24 
Size:114,1 MB 
Label:Ab inito Records 
Styles:Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Soul/R&B 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Intro - 0:05
 2. Broke And Hungry - 4:13
 3. Good News - 4:17
 4. I'm Leavin' - 4:13
 5. Oak Tree - 3:31
 6. Keep You Satisfied - 4:59
 7. Never Leave You Alone - 5:43
 8. Ol' Skool - 4:11
 9. Put The Pot On Baby - 4:55
10. 15 Years Old - 4:29
11. Just One Wish - 4:04
12. The Family - 4:34
13. Exit - 0:04

Growing up in the tough west side neighborhoods of the 1950's Chicago, Allen Kirk didn't have much. Many times, Allen's Uncle Joe would take him out for a walk that would end at the corner bar where Joe would sit Allen on a stool, and drop a quarter in the jukebox and step outside with his friends to drink a little bit of wine. While waiting there, Allen would hear all the greats - Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, B B. King, Jimmy Reed as well as Ethel Merman, Howard Keel, Dewayne Eddy, Elvis, The Moonglows and the Spaniels. Those days laid the foundation of a lifelong passion for music. As a teen, baseball was his claim to fame, but there was a different dream calling. Allen Kirk has been a natural since the day in 1965 when he sat behind Dirty Red's drum kit and started playing favorite soul hits. Allen paid his dues on Halsted Street backing up many of Chicago's greatest at the Kingston Mines. Across the street at Unleaded Blues he worked with Sunnyland Slim, Bob Stroger, Steve Freund and Sam Burkhardt and legendary blues drummer Robert Covington. It was Robert who took Allen under his wing and schooled him in the blues shuffle. Allen filled in for Covington behind Sunnyland Slim and later again took Robert's place when he left Mississippi Heat. From the sizzling shuffles of Magic Slim & The Teardrops, the hard biting grooves of James Solberg, the sweet and soulful sounds of Deitra Farr to the funky rhythms of Johnny Rawls, Allen has mastered the art of staying in the pocket. In 2003, Allen was the drumming force behind Magic Slim & the Teardrops' W. C. Handy, Band of the Year Award. Currently based in Minneapolis Minnesota, Allen can be found performing with a variety of artists from Johnny Rawls to the Twin Cities' John Lindberg and Jimi "Prime Time" Smith and their band Chicago Flavor. He enjoys carrying on the tradition of teaching the younger drummers how to play the blues.

Drummers Play The Blues Too!

Lefthand Freddy and The Aces - Blue Tonight

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:1994
Time:59:53 
Size:137,4 MB 
Label:Music & Words/Blue Kapibara 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Slidin' Turtle - 4:26
 2. Waisting Time - 2:57
 3. TLC Blues - 5:18
 4. Keep My Cool - 3:54
 5. Blue Tonight - 3:39
 6. For so Long - 5:23
 7. Tell Me Woman - 4:02
 8. Too Much Preachin' - 2:48
 9. My Blues Keeps Rollin' On - 3:10
10. Have a Right to Love - 5:02
11. Blues for Nothing - 2:55
12. Stumble and Fall - 3:25
13. Blues in a Room - 5:04
14. Oh Loretta! - 4:08
15. Coldest Woman, Fastest Man in Town - 3:34

According to the experts, Lefthand Freddy has been part of the Eredivisie of the Blues for many years! Lefthand Freddy (Fred Reining, 1958) first made himself known as a solo artist in the mid-80s, whereby he does not hide his love for the 'old classics' and stands out for his creative play and original approach. In the early 1990s he formed 'Lefthand Freddy & The Aces', with which he released a total of 4 CDs in the period up to 2002, all of which were cheered by the national and international music press (the 1st release 'Buried In Blues' has since become a collector's item !). In addition, the band tours in Belgium, Germany and Italy and plays at major major festivals (Gloucester Blues Festival, Leverkusener Jazztage, Sziget Budapest). At the end of the 90s the trio is strengthened with keyboardist William Kooistra, who is on stage for the first time on the 4th CD 'Urban Blues Adventures' and proves to be an important asset during the many performances with his Hammond. In February 2006, in a studio in Groningen, the first recordings of the currently last CD 'Back On Track', with the new bass player Feico Nijdam and under the new name: Lefthand Freddy. The release is in June and the reactions from the media and the public are again very positive. In 2007 the band plays for the 2nd time at the well-known Sziget festival in Budapest and makes a big impression there. Unfortunately keyboardist and friend William Kooistra dies later that year, forcing Fred to take a considerable rest and later decides to continue in the familiar 'power trio' line-up.After playing in almost the same composition for almost 20 years, in September 2009 drummer Hans Waterman (ex Cuby & The Blizzards, Solution etc.) participated for the first time. His experience and approach inspire Lefthand and provide new impetus and gaming pleasure. In 2011 bass player André van der Werf makes his appearance and Fred's son and guitar player Berend 'Boogie B' Reining have gained a permanent place in the rhythm section.

Blue Tonight