Johnny Max Band - Johnny Max & His so Called Friends

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2025
Time:41:22 
Size:96,1 MB 
Label:Pour Soul Records 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. You Can Do Better Than Him - 3:40
 2. How the Other Half Lives - 3:44
 3. I've Said All the Sorrys I'm Gonna Say - 3:38
 4. Might as Well Be on Mars - 3:45
 5. I've Never Met a Bridge - 2:42
 6. These Are the Things That Make Me Think of You - 3:18
 7. Memphis Women & Fried Chicken - 4:43
 8. Kiss from Joanne - 4:17
 9. What's Good for the Goose... - 2:59
10. When You Love Somebody - 3:30
11. Be Good to Yourself - 3:31
12. Plastic Jesus - 1:28

Based out of Ontario, Canada, vocalist Johnny Max is an award-winning tunesmith who’s been touring the world with his homespun originals for better than 30 years. And he outdoes himself with his latest effort. It’s a masterwork that includes his six-piece band along with eight friends. Johnny’s tunes that are part Windy City/part Big Easy. He delivers lyrics that are packed with wry humor and witty images. And his behind-the-beat delivery keeps things swinging from the hip.

Johnny Max & His so Called Friends

Jerry & the StageHogs - Jerry & the StageHogs

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2003
Time:38:05 
Size:87,8 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Kitchen Song - 4:29
 2. Mr. Train - 3:11
 3. Don't Make Me Wrong - 3:11
 4. Lock & Key - 5:14
 5. Play It Funky - 3:30
 6. Reconsider - 2:50
 7. Rounders Hill - 4:39
 8. Sad ol' Heart - 5:18
 9. Backdoor Man - 5:39

Jerry & The Stagehogs This is NOT the 1-4-5 band next door. The HOGS play a stylish mix of complex, multi-layered original tunes along with simple standards, roots blues classics, modern and progressive blues. The band's roots are deeply planted in the heart of the blues. Their show is a hard driving tribute to the musicians who laid the foundation for what is today's music. Delta, Chicago, Texas, West Coast, you name it, they play it. Two hot lead guitarists, killer slide, impressive bass, dead-on drumming. JERRY ZYBACH has a big, pure, elegant/raw/gentle/rough GIANT voice with range and nuance that are almost impossible to find in one person. He can make you laugh and make you cry, sometimes during the same song. The STAGEHOGS are a serious case of the right guys coming together at the right time. You won't find a more high energy, professional band anywhere. They are a great live band and are available as a main or opening act and are the perfect rhythm section to back your headline vocalist needing a band. These guys will have your crowd on their feet begging for more!

Jerry & the StageHogs

Bad Bob Bates - Car Trouble

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:25:34 
Size:59,3 MB 
Label:Mr Christopher J Davison 
Styles:Rock/Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Car Trouble - 3:02
 2. Don't Tell The Bride - 4:33
 3. Foundry Lane - 4:27
 4. No-One Told Me - 4:29
 5. Silent Screen - 2:37
 6. Take What You Got - 3:35
 7. You Looked Good - 2:49

BBB’s new elongated EP, or compact album, (7 tracks) .
Tyneside (UK) based solo/duo/band performer - a mix of foot stompin' solo workouts and band pieces, ranging from full on dirty blues to Americana ballads that’ll have you crying in your beer. BBB also plays in The Bates Motel (originals band) and The Bandits, with earlier excursions with Ma Kelly's Boys, West Brook & Swamp Tea, The Velvets and Oil City Connection.

Car Trouble

Paul Metsa - Paul Metsa Songs of Resistance and Resolve 1984-2025

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2025
Time:68:22 
Size:157,3 MB 
Label:Paul Metsa Music 
Styles:Folk Rock/Country/Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Slow Justice - 5:06
 2. 59 Coal Mines - 4:06
 3. Fires of Jerusalem - 3:31
 4. Wall of Power - 5:48
 5. Jack Ruby - 5:43
 6. Ferris Wheels On The Farm - 4:24
 7. Like Father, Like Son - 7:47
 8. Floretta's Junkyard - 4:06
 9. Another Man's Chains - 4:34
10. Walkin' In A Woman's World (Live) - 4:47
11. Second Avenue Sunset - 4:54
12. Ain't Gonna Whistle Dixie Anymore - 4:14
13. No Kings (No Crown) - 5:13
14. You Can't Be Brave (If You're Not Scared) - 4:03

Collection spanning the Minnesotan’s career highlights how fighting for justice is as important now as it ever was.
When you think of americana and protest music, the striking image of Woody Guthrie brandishing his guitar with “This machine kills fascists” emblazoned on it, back in the 1940s, is surely one of the first things that comes to mind, but Paul Metsa is here to remind you that activism within the genre is an ongoing fight and not a relic resigned to history. Born into a community in Minnesota known as Iron Rangers because of their 100 or so years link to the huge open-pit mines in the north of the state, Metsa, like his fellow Iron Rangers, has a very distinct sense of right and wrong, chiefly born from his community, who have stuck together and always held true to their brand of fairness.
“And as the world goes around, all I want to ask is, / If the rich man owns the land, why must the poor man pay the taxes?” Metsa asks on Songs of Resistance & Resolve’s opener, Slow Justice, starting exactly as he means to go on: speaking plainly and pulling no punches. He further asks, “Why does justice go so slow?” before coming to the painful conclusion that “Poor means stop and rich means go”. The songs generally have a rough, unpolished quality, but it works well with the subject matter, and that’s showcased well on the 59 Coal Mines, originally taken from Metsa’s 2008 album Paper Tigers, as he talks of closing coal mines costing the men who work in them their livelihoods and futures, much to the disregard of the big bosses.
Fire of Jerusalem, recorded in 1984, is unfortunately as relevant today as it ever was: “When the war is in the east / Go west, young man, go west / Shooting sleeping children will not put medals on your chest / And the fires of Jerusalem / Why must anyone get used to them,” Metsa growls bitterly on the chorus against jagged acoustic guitar. 1987’s Ferris Wheels on the Farm and 1983’s Wall of Power both have shades of Springsteen, the latter seeing Metsa hope for a future we’ve yet to see, where “the high and the mighty will fall” and “There will be no power brokers”. Like Father, Like Son, a live recording Metsa sweetly dedicates to his mother and father at the start of the song, is the compelling tale of a waitress who falls pregnant to a soldier who goes off to fight in the Korean War. The waitress names her son after his father, but struggles to let him go as he ages, and ultimately, he gets drafted into the army in 1967 and ends up dying in war just like his father before him.
On the live recording of Walkin’ In a Woman’s World, Metsa, bravely for a male artist, puts himself in the shoes of women and the dangers they are accustomed to avoiding on a day-to-day basis: “She ain’t safe in a straight line / She ain’t safe in a round / She ain’t safe in an airplane / She ain’t safe on the ground.” He highlights the unjust nature of the tragic case of Kitty Genovese, but more personally promises not to give up the fight for equality because his “grandma was once just a girl” and assures us that he “won’t stop runnin’ ’til [he’s] walkin in a woman’s world”. 2017’s Ain’t Gonna Whistle Dixie Anymore is perhaps the most impactful thing on the album, Wee Willie Walker’s stunning voice on lead vocals only making the lyrics of rejecting the Jim Crow South even more breathtakingly compelling. No Kings (No Crown), featuring Al Spahawk, highlights the ongoing crisis in America as Trump attempts to run the country more like a dictatorship than a democracy.
“Give me liberty or give me death / Any other way ain’t worth my dying breath,” Metsa snarls defiantly on Another Man’s Chains, and like so much of the album, it’s a prescient reminder of the power of music and how its message can cut above the noise. Songs of Resistance & Resolve has a strong message for sure, but it’s also a brilliant showcase for Metsa’s 40+ years as a songwriter. Let’s hope he’s not planning on stopping penning songs anytime soon, because we need voices like his now, just as much as ever.

Paul Metsa Songs of Resistance and Resolve 1984-2025

Siren Society - We Must Go On

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:38:03 
Size:88,2 MB 
Label:Self-Released
Styles:Contemporary Blues  
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. One - 4:10
 2. Must Go On - 3:48
 3. The Earthquake - 4:12
 4. Porcelain - 4:29
 5. Waltz With Elise - 3:07
 6. Wild River - 3:30
 7. Half a Dozen Broken Fates - 3:21
 8. Blues With Elise - 3:09
 9. Silk and Smoke - 3:37
10. Overdose - 4:34

Siren Society was an American-Australian girl group that formed on the Netflix series Building the Band in 2024. After forming themselves throughout the process of the series, they placed sixth in the competition. They were composed of Jenna Dave, Noriella Gjielli, Erica Padilla and Autumn Stallia. Following the series, they signed with Today Is Vintage and have released singles including "If It Was Me" and "Don't Cool Me Down". 

We Must Go On

Jim Oblon - Black Cat

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2017
Time:31:07 
Size:71,6 MB 
Label:From The Earth Records 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Black Cat - 3:48
 2. Long Lonely Year - 3:01
 3. Peace and Joy Sublime - 3:19
 4. Say No to the Devil - 3:15
 5. Children of the Fall - 4:31
 6. No Streets of Gold - 4:37
 7. The Other Shore - 3:19
 8. Reefer Girl Sunrise Blues - 5:12

"Black Cat" is a studio album by American guitarist, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Jim Oblon, released in 2017 on the independent label Blue Liberty Records. Jim Oblon is a unique figure on the contemporary American scene. An incredibly gifted jazz and blues drummer (he toured and recorded for a long time with the legendary Paul Simon), Oblon takes up the electric guitar in his solo projects and transforms himself into one of the most distinctive and uncompromising blues-rock artists of the new generation.
The album features both original compositions and radically reimagined classic blues standards. Oblon takes the age-old formulas of masters like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Jimmy Reed and turns them inside out, infusing them with wild garage drive, funky skeletons, and rockabilly brashness. The title track, "Black Cat," sets the tone for the entire record with its lazy yet menacing, viscous rhythm. "Black Cat" is a powerful, honest, and hypnotically rocking release. Jim Oblon has managed to create an album that respects the traditions of old-school Delta and Chicago blues, yet sounds fresh, electric, and thoroughly modern. A great find for those tired of refined pop blues and seeking a true, wild, roots groove.

Black Cat

Black Smoke Brigade - Stood As Kings

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:33:16 
Size:77,3 MB 
Label:BSB Records 
Styles:Blues/Rock 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Live Another Way - 3:33
 2. Stood As Kings - 3:18
 3. Morning Light - 4:56
 4. On The Run - 3:51
 5. Long Before You're Gone - 4:29
 6. Leave The Sun Tomorrow - 3:20
 7. Six String Man(Song for Jimi) - 5:27
 8. Aces & Eights - 4:19

Black Smoke Brigade blends the raw power of classic ’70s rock with a modern edge, delivering a sound that’s equal parts Led Zeppelin, Rival Sons, and Black Sabbath. Their music is loud, soulful, and unrelentingly energetic — a wall of riffs, groove, and fire. Drawing inspiration from the golden age of rock ’n roll, the band brings vintage spirit into the now, with songs that stick and a live show that hits hard.
Following the release of their riff-heavy debut EP Brick by Brick, Black Smoke Brigade has been making serious noise on stages across the Netherlands. They’ve shared the bill with acts like Rosalie Cunningham, The Wild Romance, and Plan Nine, and played festivals including Breda Barst. With their reputation growing and new music on the horizon, Black Smoke Brigade is carving out their place in the next generation of rock.

Stood As Kings

Adam Coleman Band - Nobody From Nowhere

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:47:17 
Size:108,9 MB 
Label:Dancing Hawk Music 
Styles:Blues/Americana/ Roots Rock 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Nobody From Nowhere - 4:05
 2. Roll On - 6:03
 3. Bear Trap Sally - 5:09
 4. Get Back Home - 4:53
 5. Blue Mountain - 6:32
 6. Love You Like A Man - 4:43
 7. Thru The Night - 3:42
 8. Better Hold Up - 4:19
 9. The Cowpoke - 6:05
10. Fall Like Rain - 1:42

Adam Coleman, born and raised in the high deserts of Eastern Oregon, and the deep forests of the southern Oregon Coast, his voice and musical style is deeply authentic and indicative of the old western US.

Nobody From Nowhere

S.E.Willis - Luckiest Man Alive

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2002
Time:53:55 
Size:124,0 MB 
Label:Merrimack 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. My Baby's Sweet - 4:53
 2. Luckiest Man Alive - 4:46
 3. Find Some Boogie - 3:26
 4. Four Years Gone By - 6:27
 5. Halfway Out the Door - 5:02
 6. Poor Man - 4:11
 7. Corrine Corrina - 3:07
 8. Kindhearted Woman - 6:17
 9. Been Brokenhearted - 4:42
10. Mystery Train - 6:08
11. Cry to Me - 4:51

S.E.Willis (Steve Willis), originally from West Virginia, has been playing the piano and harmonica since the age of six, and organ and accordion since his teens.  He started playing in rock and roll bands along Arizona’s stretch of Route 66 in 1967.  Willis’ music is deeply rooted in traditional American forms: blues, boogie-woogie, country, rockabilly, gospel, zydeco. A veteran band leader, S.E.Willis has taken a supporting role in bands with such artists as Chuck Berry, Bo Diddly, Albert King, Jimmy Rogers, Roy Gaines, and, since 2000, Elvin Bishop (his accordion features prominently on the 2014 release “Can’t Even Do Wrong Right”). S.E.Willis sang tenor with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and appeared on their 1995 release “We’ve Come a Mighty Long Way.” He worked another three years with founding Meters’ member and New Orleans drumming legend Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste, and plays piano on his solo release Zigaboo.com. Steve “S.E.” Willis is a member of the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame.

Luckiest Man Alive

The Stevie Zee Band - Wail

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:1995
Time:66:08 
Size:152,4 MB 
Label:Sandcastle Records 
Styles:Blues Rock 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. The Light - 4:58
 2. Guitar Man - 4:38
 3. Burned - 4:08
 4. Wail - 6:58
 5. Mesmerise - 5:20
 6. My Little Girl - 5:21
 7. Dark Eyes - 5:35
 8. Hi-Tail Woman - 4:41
 9. Hard - 5:58
10. Rollercoaster - 3:47
11. Cold Turkey - 5:23
12. Body Count - 4:14
13. Crazy Train - 5:01

The Stevie Zee Band's "Wail" is a must-have for alternative music fans. This first edition CD, released in 1995 under Sandcastle Records.In terms of the content, "Wail" showcases the talent of The Stevie Zee Band with their unique style that defines the 1990s music scene. This album is perfect for those who appreciate good music and want to add a rare gem to their CD collection. There is not one bad track on Wail, to my ears, and it just gets better every time I hear it.
Stevie Zee is one amazing singing, songwriting and guitar playing talent, and this set of songs showcases his skills and lays it all out on the table with a fearless performance. This is the kind of thing you don’t buy and listen to a few times and shelf for a rainy day. It’s massively infectious and even mood friendly. He really is some kind of master who swings between blues, rock, funk and a bit of pop flair and a slight southern feel as well. 

Wail

Michael Barclay - Tracks

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2015
Time:50:10 
Size:115,9 MB 
Label:Chatterbox Records 
Styles:Blues/Modern Electric Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Luisting:
 1. California's Burnin' - 3:19
 2. I'm so Weary - 3:11
 3. I Got to Be Movin' On - 3:31
 4. Mike's Blues - 3:49
 5. Is It Him or Is It Me - 2:51
 6. Reggae Man - 3:15
 7. Lucky Streak - 2:40
 8. I'm a Man - 3:22
 9. On the Verge of Tears - 3:23
10. Tracks - 4:23
11. I'd Fall All Over Again - 3:33
12. Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues - 4:26
13. Slippin' Into Love - 3:12
14. I Hear the Freight Train Whistle Blow - 3:19
15. F-Bomb - 1:50

This CD review was originally published in the July 21, 2016 edition of Blues Blast Magazine. Multi-instrumentalist and singer Michael Barclay has an extensive history with all kinds of music, having worked as a sideman with artists as diverse as rock pioneer Chuck Berry (back in the 1960s!), jazzman Randy Crawford, and the B-3 master himself, Merl Saunders. Hailing from Northern California, Michael has been steadily churning out self-produced albums that cover a lot of ground, including last year’s very good blue-rock collection, King of Hearts.
Tracks is Barclay’s fifth solo release, and the album is subtitled “A Blues, Funk, and World Music Ride for the Discerning Traveler.” That does a great job summing up what is going on here, as Michael does not confine himself to any one genre, and he generates many different moods and emotions. He did a lot of the heavy lifting on this disc, as he wrote thirteen of the tracks, provided the vocals, and laid down a good portion of the guitar, bass, organ, piano, trumpet, and synthesizer parts. He was joined by Roger Volz on saxophone for a number of the tracks, and a few other guest musicians filled in as needed.Michael leads off this album with “California Burnin’” and this gives the listener an insider’s view of living in brushfire country, one of the perils of the Golden State. This story is set to a 1980s style blues-rock soundtrack complete with very well done clean lead guitar work from Barclay and solid drums from guest artist Tommy Miles. Moving to more a more traditional blues subject is “Is it Him or is it Me,” which is about a man who needs to know where he really stands with his lady. This song uses 1980s synthesizer and vocal sounds that give the feel of the low-key rock that Clapton was doing 30 years ago.
There are a few tracks where the lyrics take a backseat to the music and the words are just used to help cement the message of the song. One example of this is “I’m So Weary” which has the same two lines, “I’m so weary / boy oh don't you know,” set to a smooth Afro Cuban beat. This song uses hand percussion and light-hearted guitar lines from Kendrick Freeman and Andrew Ohren to achieve more of an island sound. Another is “Lucky Streak,” a slow-paced funky rocker with simple instrumentation (bass, guitar, and drums) and a 1980s vibe.Two cover tunes are also included on Tracks, and they are not the usual ones that everybody else seems to redo. There is a dark version of “I’m a Man” from the Spencer Davis Group (remember Steve Winwood?) that is heavy enough that it changes the mood from a proud declaration into a brooding melancholy. Then there is an upbeat instrumental, “Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues,” that Johnny Shines originally recorded in 1970. Barclay does a fine job with the organ and guitar here, and his soloing has a very natural feel and pace.
As most of the songs are relatively short, Michael found room for four other instrumentals on this disc and these cover a variety of sounds and moods. “Mike’s Blues” has a funky 1970s blues sound with a slick sax lead, and solos that are traded off from Volz’s sax to Barclay’s guitar to Lowell “Banana” Levinger’s organ. Other guest musicians were brought in for this track, including Bill Boggio on guitar, Terry Baker on drums, and Kent Fosgreen on bass. Michael also experiments with the Jamaica sound on “Reggae Man,” a modern tune that uses keyboards to good effect, including a neat steel drum sample. Then there is “Tracks,” a laid-back jazzy blues song that has a smooth guitar lead and a pulsing bass line. And lastly, Michael closes the album out with “F-bomb” a short solo acoustic guitar track that ties everything together as it reminds the listener of what the blues is all about and where it came from. This about covers it for Tracks, and Michael Barclay definitely accomplished his goal of providing entertainment for individuals who like variety in their musical collection. Give it a listen for yourself, and please remember to support local independent musicians, as there is a lot of good stuff to be found out there!

Tracks

The Paul Cook Blues Band - The Roundel Session

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2013
Time:40:27 
Size:94,1 MB 
Label:Ditto Music 
Styles:Blues/British Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Watching You - 6:31
 2. Baby Done Me Bad - 9:25
 3. Bad Boy - 5:12
 4. Mr Bluesman - 4:53
 5. Troubles - 8:09
 6. Vigo Blues - 6:16

The PCBB have been gigging relentlessly for a long time, playing hundreds of different venues and appearing at numerous festivals since 2007.   
On December 5th 2023, Paul and the band made their debut at London’s iconic 100club featuring Katie Bradley on Harmonica and vocals as part of Solid Entertainments’ Tuesday Blues programme.    The very same day a new album featuring Katie Bradley was released  receiving a warm reception from the blues brigade.    It was 13th in the IBBA Blues Charts that same month.   
2024 has already seen the band play Broadstairs Blues Bash.

The Roundel Session

Devon Gilfillian - Time Will Tell

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:45:13 
Size:103,9 MB 
Label:Fantasy 
Styles:Contemporary R&B/Soul/Rock/Country/Mix 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Time - 3:20
 2. Moonflower - 4:38
 3. Hold On (Hourglass) - 4:08
 4. IRL - 3:31
 5. Black Dog Rabbit Hole - 3:20
 6. Glad To Be Here - 4:59
 7. Shines In You - 4:44
 8. Let's Stop Fucking Around - 3:12
 9. Keep On Movin' - 5:23
10. Some Days - 3:28
11. You Can Hate Me Now - 3:46
12. Time (Reprise) - 0:38

Forged through the extreme highs and lows that come with living, Time Will Tell is the album that Devon Gilfillian has been preparing to make his entire life. His third studio album was formed in Nashville’s legendary RCA Studio A and recorded live to tape on varispeed with mostly single vocal takes. Gilfillian wrote and produced with a mighty team including longtime drummer and friend Jonathan Smalt and Neal H Pogue (Tyler the Creator, OutKast) as executive producer.
Gilfillian carries soul track to track through a sonic journey of rock, funk, and country elements, magnetically vulnerable about his own failure and frailty. No end is ever easy, and what else is there in life than to go through? To get to where we’re going, we’ve got to suffer a little. Time Will Tell is the sound of Gilfillian doing just that while realizing what a blessing it is to be here at all.

Time Will Tell

Snowy White and The White Flames - The Finishing Touch

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:50:02 
Size:115,2 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Contemporary Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Open Water - 5:44
 2. Lost In The Blues - 5:47
 3. Just The Way It Is Today - 4:02
 4. Three Long Years - 4:54
 5. Music All My Life - 4:29
 6. Whole Bunch of Nothing - 5:07
 7. Minefield - 4:29
 8. Win Some Lose Some - 4:32
 9. The Finishing Touch - 7:00
10. The Blues Away - 3:53

Musicians:
Snowy White - Guitars (all tracks), Bass Guitar (1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 10), Electric Piano (1), Vocals (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), Piano (5), Synth (9), Organ (10);
Walter Latupeirissa -  Bass Guitar (3, 4, 5, 6, 9);
Max Middleton - Acoustic Piano (1), Hammond Organ (3), Piano Solos (5);
Juan van Emmerloot: Drums (1, 3, 4, 6, 9), Percussion (1, 3, 5);
Thomas White: Drums (2, 7, 8, 10).

Legendary guitarist and blues master Snowy White will release his final studio album, The Finishing Touch, on June 26, 2026. The album marks the closing chapter of a remarkable career that has spanned decades and left a lasting impression on blues, rock, and guitar music worldwide. Few musicians have remained as true to themselves as Snowy White. Admired for his humility, honesty, and unmistakable guitar tone, he has always focused on the music rather than personal recognition. As one admirer famously said: “He is one of those rare musicians who says, ‘Look how beautiful the music is!’ not, ‘Look how great I am!’”

The Finishing Touch

Saron Crenshaw And Blind B' & The Visionairs - Goin' To Get Deep!

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2017
Time:64:38 
Size:148,6 MB 
Label:Blind Bee Records 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Don't Roll Your Eyes -  6:52
 2. The Moon Is Full -  6:15
 3. Lie To Me -  3:16
 4. Feels Like Rain -  8:00
 5. Guitarman -  6:28
 6. 44 Blues -  7:52
 7. Old Love - 12:18
 8. Tight Cranky & Loose -  7:40
 9. Wang Dang Doodle -  5:54
Musicians:
SaRon Crenshaw - Vocals & Guitar;
Bart Kamp - Bass;
Patrick Cuyvers - Hammond & Piano;
Frank Duindam - Drums.

SaRon Crenshaw was completely unknown to me until videos of a performance in the Netherlands appeared on the internet. It turned out that Bart Kamp had discovered him in New York and brought him to the Netherlands for a few performances and CD recordings. When Bart played with Monti Amundson at Bluesmoose Café, I asked him to bring a copy of ‘Goin’ To Get Deep!’ and bought one. Bart told me that he had recorded the CD independently and that five hundred copies were initially produced. The CD was recorded live at the Berkelse Bluesclub and the sound is excellent.
It has turned out to be a beautiful CD with wonderful ‘old school’ blues. No explosive, hard solos, but lovely bluesy guitar work on which SaRon’s warm, smooth voice thrives perfectly. He is backed by Bart Kamp on bass, Patrick Cuyvers on Hammond and piano, and Frank Duindam on drums. SaRon wrote two songs himself: Guitarman and Tight Cranky And Loose; the other seven are covers. The CD opens with the delightful slow blues *Don’t Roll Your Eyes*, featuring sharp guitar playing, beautiful bass lines, Hammond organ, and tight drumming. The uptempo *The Moon Is Full* has a great rhythm in which bass and drums, combined with the Hammond playing, create a fine groove upon which the funky guitar playing excels. *Lie To Me* has a jazzy touch, and SaRon’s voice fits perfectly—a bit deep, a bit warm. A nice, swinging track. The ballad *Feels Like Rain* is sung very subdued, with a backing choir, and played as befits such a song. Then the funk continues with *Guitar Man*. A funky guitar intro transitions into a top-notch groove in which the organ sets the tone with wonderful interplay with the rhythm section, and where guitar and Hammond engage in a great duel. *44 Blues* features a sharp guitar intro, clapping crowd, and solo vocals before the band joins in—simply wonderful blues. The band is introduced before the song *Old Love*. SaRon’s voice carries this song in an incredibly sensitive way: emotional, sung with restraint and fitting accompaniment. Goosebumps! Feet leave the floor to the funky blues Tight, Cranky & Loose. “Are you ready to party?” asks SaRon before the final song, launching into the well-known Wang Dang Doodle and urging the audience to sing along, which ends in a beautiful solo.
Conclusion:
A wonderful CD featuring delightfully authentic blues work that is rarely heard anymore. It is often blues rock that dominates, which is also wonderful, but this is more the ‘original’ blues. A must-buy for lovers of fine blues!

Goin' To Get Deep!