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среда, 18 марта 2026 г.

Tina Schlieske - Evil Gal Blues

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2008
Time:37:52 
Size:87,8 MB 
Label:Movement Records
Styles:Blues 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Ain't That Lovin' You - 3:10
 2. Evil Gal Blues - 2:42
 3. Black Rat - 2:30
 4. Gimmie A Penny - 6:00
 5. Hustlin' Woman Blues - 3:32
 6. Little Girl Blue - 3:54
 7. Money - 3:34
 8. She Wolf - 3:32
 9. Lay My Burden Down - 4:01
10. Wrapped Tight - 3:00
11. Take Me Home With You - 1:52

Tina Schlieske was born in Chicago and raised in the music hub of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her mother - herself the daughter of a Russian Opera diva, adored music and passed her passion along to her children. Tina was weaned on 70's FM radio and the music her Mother blasted from her stereo. Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin, the Beatles, and Elvis were all early inspirations. But then an Aretha Franklin tape her sister Laura gave to her sealed Tina's musical fate.
She had her first guitar at 13, and her first electric guitar at 16 and taught herself out of the chord books she found in her sister's piano bench. As a teenager with an independent streak, Tina formed a band, Tina & the B-Sides, a rock/soul/blues concoction that went on to become one of the most popular bands in the Midwest.
Starting her own independent label Movement Records along with an aggressive touring schedule of back-to-back two hour plus shows and an onstage energy that ignited the crowds
earned Tina a reputation that was hard to ignore. Seymour Stein from Sire records went to see a Tina and the B-Sides show at the famed CBGB's in New York and she was signed the next day. 
" A white soul singer from Minneapolis? Don't laugh. Like Janis Joplin 30 years before her, Tina Schlieske collides guitar-based rock with gutbucket R&B and puts on a frenetic live show." -
Terry Crawford, Shreveport Sun (Shreveport, LA.)
Tina stayed with the label for 4 years and recorded 2 albums with Sire, Salvation (produced by Paul Fox) and It's All Just the Same (produced by John Fields). They had songs in three major motion pictures, "The Traveler", "A Simple Plan" and "Very Bad Things" as well as major TV
commercials such as Motorola. Tina and band shared stages with acts like Lenny Kravitz, Susan Tedeschi, the Indigo Girls, The Wallflowers and Etta James. Moreover, Tina had collaborated with such diverse artists as Stewart Copeland, Me'Shell Ndegeocello and Minneapolis native Dan Wilson. During that time, she was also considered to play the role of Janis Jolpin in Paramount Picture's "Piece of My Heart" a film about the late singer's life. After 12 years of fronting her band the B-Sides, releasing 8 records, selling nearly 100,000 CD's (mostly from word of mouth) and touring for an epic decade-and-a-half in front of throngs of passionately loyal fans, Tina wanted a change. One of the changes was a decision to leave Sire and go back to the band's grassroots once again. To celebrate their new independence, Tina and the B-Sides played two nights at Minneapolis' First Ave to sell out crowds and recorded the event. The result was their 1999
double live CD, The Last Polka, which became the band's swansong.
Tina moved West after the band's breakup and for all of 2000 she toured the country solo with just her and her acoustic guitar, playing the small clubs that had been so supportive during the B-Sides' reign. Additionally, she formed a cover band to pay homage to her early inspirations, Lola and the Red Hots. Lola released two CD's including the unendingly popular Christmas album, "Have Yourself A Red Little Christmas" . She also began exploring new and different outlets for her talents. In 2001, Stevie Ray Vaughn's band Double Trouble approached Tina offering her the lead singer/rhythm guitarist
slot. Throughout that spring and summer Tina stunned hard-nosed blues-rock fans and critics alike with her gritty voice and passionate performances. " The highlight of the set was when DT blew the roof off of the Tabernacle with the cover of Led Zeppelin's "Rock & Roll" sung by Tina Schlieske. If Robert Plant had been present he surely
would have shrieked and danced" - Adam Geitgey, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, GA.) But Tina decided not to stay on permanently with DT, and returned home to write new material
for her solo debut, something she had been putting off doing for too long. With several records' worth of material, Tina prepared to enter yet another phase of her career, this time on her own. "Slow Burn" was released in 2005 with rave reviews. Tina's debut solo effort can be described as Alt-Country-Soul-Rock that was recorded with some of the best musicians around such as Don Heffington (Dylan, Emmy Lou Harris), Dave Kalish (Rickie Lee Jones), Benmont Tench (
Tom Petty), Shane Fontayne (Sting), Marc Ford (Wallflowers), Sheldon Gomberg (Ryan Adams, Beck) and the great James Burton (Elvis Presley) all contributing ~ cdbaby.com/

Lenny Fuzzy Rankins - Fuzzy: The Blues

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2017
Time:77:33 
Size:178,2 MB 
Label:Mooncook Productions
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Happy Man - 4:05
 2. Medication - 5:17
 3. Thinking for Yourself - 4:51
 4. The Thrill Is Gone - 5:41
 5. Shut Your Mouth - 7:21
 6. Slippin' Through Your Town - 5:48
 7. Blues Letter on My Bed - 5:15
 8. Killing Floor - 5:54
 9. Baja Groove - 7:43
10. It's Your Birthday - 4:51
11. We Were Through - 4:43
12. Born Under a Bad Sign - 5:00
13. Woman's Gotta Have It - 5:11
14. Sweet Sixteen - 5:45

Lenny “Fuzzy” Rankins, born and raised on the East Coast, has music roots in gospel. By age 12, he performed in shows featuring Shirley Caesar, Al Green, Five Blind Boys, Mighty Clouds of Joy, Gospel Keynotes, and James Cleveland. At age 19, Fuzzy formed gospel group, God’s Angels, that performed in churches throughout the South and East Coast. At age 21, Fuzzy formed R&B group The 14 Karat Band, which toured and performed with R&B artists Tony Toni Tone, Roy Clark, Basic Black, Patti Labelle, Gerald Levert, and others.
Fuzzy moved to California in 1990 to further pursue his music career. He discovered the diversity of the blues playing guitar for blues/jazz artist Fro Brigham, formerly associated with Louis Armstrong. In 1992, Fuzzy formed Fuzzy and the Bluesmen and recorded his first blues album titled Not Gonna Work This Time. In 1993, Fuzzy was presented with the Jim Croce Blues Award. That same year, the album was recognized by the San Diego Music Awards in the Best Blues Album category. Blues releases Good Lovin’ and Take A Brotha Home followed, each nominated for awards and received airplay. He has performed with blues legends B.B. King, Etta James, Bobby “Blue” Bland, and Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown as well as artists Luther Ingraham, Bobby Womack, Zapp and Roger.
In 1999, Fuzzy joined the award-winning musical production It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues written and produced by Ron Taylor, Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, and Dan Wheetman as lead guitarist in the San Diego Repertory Theatre production. On the political side of things, Fuzzy was invited to perform at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion for President Bill Clinton. In 2007, he was asked to perform at a special event for then Senator Barack Obama. Fuzzy again performed at a nomination campaign fundraiser and then at the El Cortez Hotel celebrating the win. Guitartists Al DiMeola, George Benson, Earl Klugh, and Lee Rittenauer were especially influential to Fuzzy’s style. His jazz CD, Stirring Up the Mix, was released in 2005, received nationwide airplay and was nominated in the Best Jazz Album category. Fuzzy played backup guitar with artists Ike Turner, Jeanette Harris, Mindy Abair, Wayne Holmes (George Duke’s engineer), saxophonist George Howard, Jewel, gospel artist Tonex and worked with producer David Kershenbaum on the Color Me Badd album featuring artists Peabo Bryson, Al Green, and Montel Jordan.
Fuzzy collaborated with American video game developer/publisher Midway Games, Inc. to play guitar, provide character voiceover work, and create sound effects. He composed and produced music on Midway video games Ready to Rumble, Spy Hunter, Fireblade, Freaky Flyers, Hydro Thunder, and Gravity Games. In 2002, Fuzzy and business manager Cheryl Peters formed MoonCook Productions, where 10 artists (varying genres) were under contract. All music was composed and produced by Fuzzy and a compilation CD was showcased and released in December 2003. Videos were produced by him for each artist and aired nationwide on the Rhythms music video show. Fuzzy is an active member of the Blues in the Schools program and is lead guitar/keys/bass teacher at a blues camp created for youth. He produces the camp concerts to highlight the students’ achievements. Fuzzy has participated in multiple music programs as a teacher/leader for youth programs/churches based in San Diego and Los Angeles. Fuzzy received Grammy recognition (49th GRAMMY Awards Year 2007) for his participation on Ike Turner’s Risin’ With the Blues album (Best Traditional Blues Album). Fuzzy played lead guitar on Track 5, named Jazzy Fuzzy by Ike in Fuzzy’s honor.
Lenny “Fuzzy” Rankins represented BLUSD in 2014 and 2018 and the SCBS in 2019 at the International Blues Challenge held annually in Memphis where he advanced to the semi-finals, placing in the top 40 out of 200+ competing blues bands from around the world.
Fuzzy toured the UK and played the Maryport Festival in 2015 and accompanied jazz pianist Mikan Zlatkovich on a 2016 tour in Serbia and played at the North City Jazz & Blues Festival. In 2018, Fuzzy was invited to play at the Britt Music & Arts Festival (Jacksonville, OR) in advance of Peter Frampton. He is a frequent performer at the Gator By The Bay Festival (San Diego), the Tijuana Jazz and Blues Festival, and the Signifyin’ Blues Festival in Los Angeles. He will be appearing at the Henderson Blues Festival (Nevada) in April 2019. Fuzzy’s newest blues CD, Fuzzy – The Blues, was nominated in the Best Blues Album category at the SDMA and is receiving airplay in the U.S. and Europe.
Fuzzy is an endorsed artist of Brian Moore Guitars (www.iguitar.com) and Connolly and Co. (www.connollyandco.com), a leading U.S. distributor and partner of Thomastik-Infeld.Lenny “Fuzzy” Rankins is an artist whose dynamic stage presence captures audiences of all ages. His musical talent has gained him recognition and respect of fellow musicians as well as his fans. 

Greasy Belcher - The Kickout Jams (feat. The Kickouts)

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:37:19 
Size:87,4 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues Rock 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Did You Ever Feel - 3:40
 2. Digging Down in the Dirt - 4:20
 3. Get Some More - 3:56
 4. Gotta Feel Right - 4:56
 5. Run Rabbit Run - 4:52
 6. What You Want - 3:30
 7. You Ain’t the Law - 4:13
 8. Keep It Burning - 4:41
 9. She Get High - 3:07

Australian musician Greasy Belcher (Former vocalist of Stone Rising / Second Nation / The Kickouts) with a new album . 

Andhrea & The Black Cats - Bon Appetit!!


Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:29:20 
Size:69,1 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/Mix 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Comes love - 2:22
 2. Hey, Mamami!! - 3:04
 3. That's a pretty good love - 2:38
 4. Ulises - 4:24
 5. Cocaine habit - 2:37
 6. Satan, your kingdom must come down - 3:41
 7. The last Prayer (Oh! Father) - 2:34
 8. Get back - 2:22
 9. Don't wait for me - 2:30
10. JP - 3:05

"Andhrea and the Black Cats" is a blues band created in 2013 in Santiago de Compostela by Ramón Figueira "Figui" (harmonicas), Andrea Verdú (voice) and Benjamín Vázquez (guitar). It was born as an acoustic blues band for small stages targeted into the reinterpretation of the very oldest classics in blues history. Their evolution led them to participate in the VI edition of the blues contest organized by the Blues Society of Barcelona in 2015. The quality of the interpretation, their tuning with the audience and the painstaking set list, which included classics such as "Wang Dang Doodle", "I Can't Be Satisfied" or "Down By The Riverside", made them winners of the contest. After that they managed to carry their sound on national level and access the recording of their first studio album, "New Roads", in 2016.

Amaury Faivre - My Americana


Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2024
Time:36:22 
Size:83,9 MB 
Label:4679127 Records DK 
Styles:Blues/Folk/Rock/Mix 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Tumbleweed - 3:18
 2. Don't Think About It - 3:53
 3. Doggone Soul - 4:08
 4. Take My Heart - 3:45
 5. Am I Wrong - 2:51
 6. It's Time For Me - 4:16
 7. Repeat Offender - 4:54
 8. Wonderful Girl - 3:26
 9. Fooled Again - 3:48
10. Goodbye Joe - 1:59

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, My Americana, by Amaury Faivre and it's cool and flavorful. Opening with Tumbleweed, a solid pop track with a folksy feel, Amaury Faivre handles vocals, harmonica, guitars and bass, joined by Julien Compagne on drums. Nice opener. Another track with a memorable melody is Doggone Soul with warm vocals, harmonica, mandolin and slide acoustic guitar by Faivre and drums and percussion by Compagne giving the track a dark reggae sound. Bluesy, It's Time For Me, is my favorite track on the release with soulful vocals by Faivre who compliments himself masterfully on harmonica, bass and guitar. Great track. Wrapping the release is bluesy folk track, Goodbye Joe featuring Faivre on acoustic guitar and harmonica. This is a really clean track and a solid closer for an interesting release. 

Kevin & JD - 10 From Another 5 - The Best Of Kevin & JD - Vol. 3



Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:37:36 
Size:86,6 MB 
Label:OMS Records 
Styles:Blues/Blues Rock 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. The First Stone - 4:18
 2. Son Of A Gun - 3:11
 3. Too Much Blues - 3:37
 4. Dog Gone Blues - 3:14
 5. Blue Sky - 3:57
 6. Cantaloupe - 4:12
 7. Take These Blues - 4:21
 8. Pirate Blues - 2:39
 9. Blues Machine - 4:33
10. Bad Case Of Blues - 3:30

Kevin & JD are a blues / blues rock band from Ontario, Canada. Their debut CD "Blues Trip" was released March 27, 2021. Kevin plays guitar & bass, JD guitar & vocals. Their contradistinguishing sounds & styles are what make Kevin & JD pure magic.

Lil' Shaky and the Tremors - Aftershock

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2013
Time:37:33 
Size:86,5 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/Funk/R&B/Rock 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled And Crazy - 3:54
 2. You're The Kind Of Trouble - 3:25
 3. Why Are People Like That - 2:54
 4. Grandma's Hands - 3:33
 5. I Love The Life I Live - 2:26
 6. Slipped Tripped and Fell In Love - 4:47
 7. I Only Have Love - 3:42
 8. I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me) - 4:44
 9. You're Welcome, Stop On By - 3:36
10. It's All Over Now - 4:26

In a personal note that Mr. Wright enclosed with this CD, he comments: “[It] was a project I did with Chris Vachon, the leader and lead guitarist of Roomful of Blues. Chris also engineered and produced it. Chris has been nominated twice in the past for his production work by the Grammy [award board]. We’re both very proud of the results.” By all means, they should be. For some hard-line critics, the word “debut’ is synonymous with “shoddy work” and “poor effort,” but not Aftershock. It’s well-crafted enough to serve as an introduction to the blues for new listeners.
Lil’ Shaky and the Tremors are composed of Ed Wright on lead vocals, screams (LOL) and bass guitar; Chris Vachon on guitars and background vocals; Jeff Ceasrine on piano, organ and congas, and Larr Anderson on drums. Special guests include Brenda Bennett on lead and background vocals, and DD Bastos on background vocals. Also joining in are two separate ensembles: The Gospel Love Tones, featuring Walter Cooper, Steven Cooper, and Kenny Haywood; and The Naked Horns, featuring Jaime Rodrigues, Robert DeCurtis, Mark Legualt, Steve DeCurtis, and Josh Kane. Other individual performers include Mike Antunes on tenor sax; Mike Rand on harmonica; Chris Boyd on pedal steel; and Ed Vallee on slide guitar.
This album’s last track is also its best one.
Track 10: “It’s All Over Now” – Featuring a beer-warranting intro with howling harp and growling guitar, this is a song about what happens to a relationship in the wake of betrayal. “Well, my baby used to stay out all night long. She made me cry. She did me wrong. She hurt my eyes open; that’s no lie. The tables turned, and now it’s her turn to cry.” Bobby Womack, originally, and this current band couldn’t have said it any clearer. Savor Ed Vallee on magnificent slide guitar.
For blues veterans, Aftershock won’t cause much of a ripple, but it’ll make new fans’ souls shake and quake!

вторник, 17 марта 2026 г.

Pat Pepin - What More Can I Do

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2025
Time:50:58 
Size:119,5 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Mother Nature Blues - 4:07
 2. What More Can I Do - 4:23
 3. Don’t Tie Me Down - 3:42
 4. Mean Woman - 4:00
 5. I Don’t Want to Go Home - 3:08
 6. Drifting - 4:43
 7. Little Things - 3:04
 8. Call Me Up - 2:26
 9. Slow Down - 4:15
10. Damn Your Eyes - 4:10
11. Mae West - 3:42
12. Ride with You - 2:51
13. Sugar Mama - 3:21
14. Try Me - 3:02

By Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © Nov 2025:-
"Pat Pepin and I go way back, and as with so many other of my blues friends we met in Memphis during the Blues Music Awards. It was around 2000 or shortly thereafter. At the time I was the Florida beat writer for Big City Blues Magazine and after seeing a stack of the magazines on the counter at Tater Reds on Beale Street, Red and I got into a long conversation. That's when Pat, who was standing nearby, introduced herself and joined the conversation, and that's all it took. As it turned out, Pat's mom lived in Okeechobee, Fl, which was about an hour from where I lived in Port St. Lucie. Over the years, during her many winter trips from Maine to visit her mom, Pat - and once in a while Mamma Pepin as well - were guests at the House of Blewzz. Although we don't see each other as much as we'd like to anymore, occasionally running into her at a blues event somewhere is always a pleasure. With all that said, it is now my pleasure to tell you about her fourth release.
What More Can I Do features fourteen tracks of which twelve are Pat Pepin originals. Having all of her other releases, I can honestly tell you that this disc contains some of her very best writing. Joining Pat - on lead vocals, sax, kazoo and spoons - are Steve Jones on guitar and backing vocals; Richard Hollis on drums and backing vocals; Scott Elliot on bass and backing vocals; and Bob Colwell on piano and backing vocals. Collectively, the band is affectionately known as The Boneheads.
On "Mother Nature Blues" it's Pat's belief that the "Fires and earthquakes; the oceans on the rise; the earth being dry and barren; the lightening that fills the skies; the heat waves and hurricanes; and cold to the extreme"; are just Mother Nature's way of scolding us for the way we've abused her with "The trash we put trash on the highways; the smoke we created that blocks the sun; the way we poisoned the water; did all that drilling and blasting"; and a whole lot more. Yep, Mother Nature indeed has a case of the blues. Musically, with the Boneheads in a cool shuffle groove behind her, Pat's sincere and heartfelt vocals do a good job of creating an awareness of the problems. Now, if we can only solve them!
The title track, "What More Can I Do" is a somber ballad on which Pat wears her heart on her sleeve. As the title indicates, Pat can't help but wonder if she's to blame for a heartbreaking breakup. With the band in a melancholic rhythm groove behind her, showcasing great range and lots of emotion, Pat shines on the vocals; and her sullen sax leads seem to magnify her pain. Very well done track.
Lyrically, vocally, and musically, "Don't Tie Me Down" is a swinger that's loaded with sass, humor and band banter. The up-tempo dance floor filler has Richard and Scott in a hot rhythm groove on the drums and bass respectively with Pat belting the hell out of some swinging sax leads.
"Little Things" and "Call Me Up" are two songs right out of a late forties - early fifties jazz lounge singer's songbook. Little Things features the band in that so cool jazz lounge rhythm groove being led by deep bass lines from Richard; and Call Me Up features more of the same with some smooth, jazzy guitar runs from Steve. Additionally, they both feature Pat sounding sassy and sultry on the vocals, and sax leads; and very cool backing vocals - reminiscent to songs of the era - from The Boneheads. Great two song segue. Now Pat's got me wanting to hear her do a whole album of stuff like this".

Peter Nande - Big Boy Boogie - California Sessions Vol. I

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2006
Time:48:44 
Size:112,1 MB 
Label:Straight Shooter Records 
Styles:Blues/Harmonica Blues 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Cat Be Gone - 2:39
 2. I Need A Woman - 3:35
 3. Mover & Shaker - 3:45
 4. Comin' Home - 3:46
 5. She's Mad Again - 2:28
 6. Confessions Of A Workaholic - 4:57
 7. Snollygoster - 3:25
 8. Ol' Sleepyhead - 3:31
 9. Kiss Me Now - 3:56
10. King Of Bad Excuses - 3:12
11. Mr. Nice - 5:29
12. Lucky Charm - 4:51
13. Big Boy Boogie - 3:03

Peter Nande built his reputation as a bandleader backing artists like RJ Mischo, Lazy Lester and Gary Primich on their tours of his native Scandinavia. However he was to make a big impression on one of the artists he backed – a certain gentleman by the name of James Harman. Harman was so impressed by Nande’s singing and harp playing, he invited him to his home in Southern California, to record and produce an album for him – resulting in the gem under consideration here. Nande is a wonderful vocalist and harp player – and on this set he demonstrates it – paying tribute to his mentor (Icepick) in the best way possible with a set of great blues. As Harman says “pour yourself some mellow wine – kick on back and enjoy this mess to the fullest .. coz baby, this stuff goes down smooth” – and I won’t and don’t disagree with Icepick. Nande bought his own guitarist, Ronni Busack-Boysen, to the sessions, and was joined by, amongst others, Jr Watson, Harman alumni Nathan James on guitar, Carl Sonny Leyland on organ/piano, Buddy Clark on upright bass, and, of course the man himself – Harman.The set kicks off with “Cat Be-Gone”, a swinging instrumental that allows Nande to demonstrate his command of tone, phrasing and creativity over a “slap” rhythm. “Mover & Shaker” mines a mighty shuffle groove mixing elements of Memphis and Chicago in true Harman fashion – Nande’s moody vocals and harp echoed by some tough, shimmering, 50’s styled electric guitar and deep rolling piano. A real gem!.The rhythm section rack up a deep Delta groove on ‘Comin’ Home” – Nande’s brooding vocals and harp melding the influences of Harman and Rice Miller, the mood echoed by Boysen’s guitar and Leyland’s piano. “She’s Mad Again” finds Nande on his own – just vocals and harp – creating a lowdown gutbucket moan that mixes elements of Sonny Boy, Wolf, Sonny Terry and Harmonica Slim. A real tour-de-force. “Kiss Me Now features Harman on vocals backed by Nande’s superb harp, on a number that recalls Sonny Boy’s Storyville period – “Lucky Charm” has a strong Gene Vincent feel, with Leyland in magnificent form mixing elements of Jerry Lee Lewis and Memphis Slim, whilst Watson lays down some stunning rockabilly guitar in his own quirky fashion.
Nande is a major talent and I could enthuse endlessly over each and every track – all I can say is roll on volume 2 – and whilst you are waiting for it – do “The Big Boy Boogie”. ~ Mick Rainsford (Blues Matters)/

Whop Frazier And Friends By Choice - Doing It On My Own



Bitrate:320K/s
Year:1995
Time:35:56 
Size:83,5 MB 
Label:Stampede Records 
Styles:Blues/Electric Blues 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Funk The Blues - 4:11
 2. Hush Hush - 4:00
 3. Wish I Never Loved You At All - 5:47
 4. Whop's Jam - 5:10
 5. Next Time you See Me - 4:38
 6. Put The Shoe On The Other Foot - 3:03
 7. Pride & Joy - 4:17
 8. Shake A Hand - 4:47

Whop Frazier is a native of Washington D.C., raised up on 14th & U St., NW. He has played around town with some other great musicians to come out of DC, including Bobby Parker (for the last 25 years), Mille Jackson and Carl Anderson. During his 30 years in music he has performed with such legends as James Cotton and Carey Bell. After years of looking for help to make an album, he decided to get into the studio and 'do it own his own' and he hopes you enjoy the music.
"Thank God, my family, all the people who support me, and all the musician who contributed in the making of this album. Special thanks to Mick Fleetwood and Mike Melchonie".
Originally release on Stampede Records.

The Griswolds - The Later It Gets, The Better I Feel

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2002
Time:45:48 
Size:105,8 MB 
Label:Tout Blue Records 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. What She Did - 2:47
 2. Got In Trouble - 3:40
 3. Wash My Blues Away - 5:30
 4. Rose Ball, Rise Ball - 3:10
 5. Baby - 2:41
 6. Tearin' It Up - 2:27
 7. The Later It Gets, The Better I Feel - 3:14
 8. Funky Monkey - 3:24
 9. Ain't No Chains - 6:05
10. Broke Down And Broke - 3:31
11. Pretty Mama - 4:05
12. Blues At Night - 5:10

It doesn't get smokier than this. Veteran bluesmen Art and Roman Griswald take you on a blues excursion.Art and Roman Griswold have been playing the blues for nearly 40 years. From Pine Bluff Arkansas, these two real 'blues brothers' can energize, tantalize and mystify with their brand of exciting urban blues. For personnel details, see artwork included/

The Mojo Webb Band - The Cat

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2012
Time:59:32 
Size:137,6 MB 
Label:Emdub Records 
Styles:Rock/Pub Rock/Blues Rock/Chicago Blues 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. The Cat - 5:16
 2. It Won't Be Long - 4:44
 3. Impossibly Beautiful - 3:43
 4. My Guitar And Me - 4:40
 5. Slow Drag - 4:58
 6. Bree Loves Me - 3:55
 7. The Bump - 7:09
 8. Love Done Right - 4:48
 9. Shake It Baby - 2:36
10. Hot Dog - 3:35
11. Ten More Towns - 6:01
12. Gypsy Blues - 5:49
13. Rib Fillet Boogie - 2:11

Michael Robert "Mojo" Webb is a multi-instrumentalist blues musician, based in Brisbane, Australia. On 8 February 2007, Mojo Webb was awarded the Australian Blues Music Chain Award for 'New Talent of the Year'. Mojo Webb's music is traditional, guitar-based blues which is reminiscent of the Chicago and delta style artists such as Muddy Waters, B. B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy and Robert Johnson.
2006 saw the release of The Burden, his debut album, with all fourteen songs written by Mojo Webb. The debut album was particularly significant as Mojo Webb recorded all vocals and also played all the instruments including guitar, bass guitar, drums, harmonica, and saxophone. Mojo Webb also wrote, arranged, recorded, mixed, and produced the entire album.
In January 2012, Mojo Webb released the long-awaited follow-up album titled, The Cat. With thirteen all new original songs as recorded and performed by the band – Mojo Webb (Lead guitar/Vocals), JB Lewis (Bass guitar/Guitar on "Hot Dog") and Coojee Timms (Drums/Backing Vocals). The album was recorded in December 2011 as preparation for the bands assault on the 2012 International Blues Challenge in Memphis.
Mojo Webb is renowned for his dynamic guitar and keyboard solo leads and often swaps lead with J.B.Lewis through his repertoire.
Other music/band projects have in recent years included a new band known as The Evening Sons has Mojo Webb (Lead Guitar) with Greg Baker (Lead Vocal/Harmonica) and Coojee Timms (Drums).
In addition, recent reformations have surfaced of one of the original and pioneering local Brisbane-based blues bands, Buzz 'N The Blues Band featuring Robert 'Buzz' Oxford (Lead Vocals), Mojo Webb (Lead Guitar), Jason Chandler (Bass Guitar) together with other local/guest musicians including JB Lewis, Peter Robertson, Ric Halstead, Neil Wickham and Devid Bentley.
On 8 February 2007, Webb was awarded the Australian Blues Music 'Chain' Award for New Talent of the Year. In the same year he was nominated in four other categories including Album, Producer, Male Vocalist and Song of the Year. The annual Australian Blues Music / Chain awards recognise excellence in blues music in Australia in categories including artist, song, band, new talent and production.

Pete Schmidt & Shane Scott - Blues Approved

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2003
Time:58:21 
Size:134,5 MB 
Label:Stone Pillar Productions 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Back Flip - 2:47
 2. How Long - 3:22
 3. Back On Top - 4:47
 4. I'll Be Back - 4:14
 5. Two Women - 3:59
 6. No Need To Be Alone - 4:42
 7. Every Morning - 4:47
 8. P.T. Shuffle - 2:58
 9. Blue Moon Blues - 5:06
10. Vampire Woman - 3:50
11. Get Lucky - 2:29
12. Jessie - 3:40
13. If It Ain't One Thing - 3:44
14. Gimme All Your Money - 3:15
15. Harpin' - 4:32

A groove-laden journey, 'Blues Approved' consists of 15 blues-drenched collaborations featuring front tier players who have jammed, played, and recorded with guitarist Pete and bassist Shane.
Pete and Shane collectively stepped up to the plate as designated hitters: Not content merely to add rhythmic flavor and exquisite guitar, they also harnessed and drove the entire venture, in terms of writing the music, producing the tracks, and managing the entire recording process at Shane's own Bass Line Studios.
A student of practically every major blues and jazz player out there, Pete's managed to distil a wide array of influences into a uniquely seamless and highly rhythmic heads-up style. As far as tone is concerned, other players would kill for what Schmidt has.
"Back Flip" kicks things off, and it's an instrumental tribute to T-Bone Walker in all but name. A couple of other instrumentals grace the recording, including. "P.T. Shuffle", a reverb-drenched B.B King-style swing number. "Harpin' is dreamily nostalgic, thanks to outstanding harp work from Dave Rotundo and Doctor Nick (Ouroumov), two mainstays on the robust Toronto blues circuit.
Chuck Jackson's (of Downchild Blues Band fame) grumpy yet relaxed vocals are quintessentially bluesy--and impossible to resist. Either "How Long" or "Blue Moon Blues" could fit into a Downchild best-of collection like bread on butter.
The shiniest pearl in the blues oyster is "Back On Top", featuring Ricky Day, a highly respected and polished veteran who can trace his career as far back as even Mel Brown. In the Robert Cray/Al Green mode, Day epitomizes style and taste, and he's also keenly attuned to the irony at the heart of a great blues song.
Mark "Bird" Stafford soars to the stratosphere via a cool swinging West Coast breeze on "I'll Get You Back", while abetted by some soaring boogie piano from Brown and the authoritatively crisp, assertive guitar work of Schmidt. Dave Rotundo kicks the boogie shaker "Get Lucky" into high gear.
The only track that never ignites is "Two Women", but harmonica maestro Jerome Godboo redeems himself on the poignant "Jessie". Chicago blues gets the royal treatment courtesy of Little Bobby (Chorney). A fine up-and-comer, Bobby holds court like a seasoned pro on "No Need To Be Alone", with Pete's axe glistening on the cutting edge, while calling up the best of Otis Rush, Magic Sam, and Buddy Guy. Bobby also gets to blow sweet harp on a greasy guitar-drenched romp, "If It Ain't One Thing".
Shane more than hold his own vocally, such as on "Gimme All Your Money on which he conveys a nice touch of menace on a lowdown dirty blues. He gets to sink his teeth into the devilishly clever "Vampire Woman, with lots of weird string bending from Schmidt adding to the tension. "Every Morning" features Shane on an outing with an urbane, almost jazzy polish to it, featuring in-the-pocket saxophone solos by way of Larry Bodner, plus mucho retro-cool keyboard stylings from Mel Brown.


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Giles Robson - Blues From The Road Vol 1: France EP

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2023
Time:17:51 
Size:41,2 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/Harmonica Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Too Hot For The Devil - 2:46
 2. These Deep Blues - 3:32
 3. Stompin' At Lolo's Place - 2:50
 4. Turnin' & Burnin' - 4:05
 5. Blues For Toulouse - 4:36

Decades long commitment, respect and focus towards the art of blues music has seen Giles Robson build a dreamlike career. Hohner Harmonicas calls Giles Robson “One of the finest blues harmonica virtuosos in the world, an acclaimed master showman and singer”.
He’s the third only British blues artist after Eric Clapton and Peter Green to win a Memphis Blues Music Award and the only European or UK blues artist to appear on Chicago’s legendary Alligator Records, who describe him as a “Blues giant, absolute master of the form”.
He tours over fifteen countries a year and works with some of blues music’s most legendary figures. Ex Muddy Waters and Magic Slim guitarist and celebrated blues star John Primer says “When me and Giles play the blues we put hot sauce on it so you can feel it”. Emmy Award winning blues harmonica master Billy Branch calls Robson “a great Harmonica player in his own right”. Recorded whilst on tour in France, his wonderful  EP “Blues From The Road: VOL 1 – FRANCE” captures real blues magic as he teams up with guitar maestro Franck Goldwasser and legendary piano virtuoso Philippe LeJeune plus the added bonus of the country’s GO-TO rhythm section of Pascal Delmas on drums and Mig Toquereau on bass. Franck Goldwasser, a Paris born guitar prodigy created an acclaimed decades long career collaborating in the USA with some of the most notable names in blues from James Cotton, Jimmy McCracklin to Curtis Salgado and Charlie Musselwhite and was part of the award winning Mannish Boys plus and releases some highly admired albums of his own. Leading French pianist Philippe LeJeune was so admired by one of the greatest blues icons Memphis Slim, that Slim insisted on recording an album with him “Dialog In Boogie” in which LeJeune shared star billing. He has gone on to have a long and storied career headlining the leading festivals across the continent and releasing a steady stream of great albums. 
From the perfectly executed full band performances Too Hot For The Devil and Turnin’ & Burnin’ which are chock-full of groove and feeling, to the intimate, emotional, detailed duo performances of These Deep Blues and Blues For Toulouse to the wall of sound deep groove guitar and harmonica instrumental Stompin’ At Lolo’s Place it’s clear for all to hear the wonderful and very special depth of feeling, musical communication and knowledge of the blues that is present between Giles Robson and these stellar French musicians.That musical magic is now captured for the world to hear on “Blues From The Road: VOL1 – FRANCE”

Simon Campbell - ThirtySix

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2011
Time:58:18 
Size:134,2 MB 
Label:Supertone Records 
Styles:Rock/Blues Rock/British Blues/Acoustic
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. I Like It Like That -  3:36
 2. Preacher of Love -  5:35
 3. Hot as Hell -  2:48
 4. Misgivings -  3:46
 5. Still Got Time to Be My Babe -  4:18
 6. Brother -  4:18
 7. As Beautiful as You -  1:53
 8. Give Me a Reason -  4:15
 9. Island of Rust -  3:35
10. Let It Roll -  3:24
11. Princess -  6:04
12. All I Have Left with Bewegen - 10:05
13. All I Have Left -  4:36

Simon Campbell: 
Singer-songwriter, guitar player and music producer. A devotee of sweet sounds and beautifully crafted music: a British Blues Award nominee. Since strapping on his first guitar at the age of 16, Simon Campbell has spent his life immersed in music, a passion which has given him a wealth of experience across decades, countries and genres. In the late 1970s, while still a university student in Salford, Simon furthered his musical education with hard-rockers Whitefire. The band released an EP and toured the UK before taking a 'Punk-esque R & B' direction under their new moniker, Roadrunner.
Commercial success came with his next venture, Little Brother, whose Europop sound saw them snapped up by Line Records (Polydor Germany). Although the band unfortunately split after one album (the well-received 'Survival'), Simon was now free to pursue new challenges.
Returning to his Rock roots, he formed The Method with Mike Hehir from Sad Cafe and Mick Gilbourne, one time drummer with 10CC. Over a two-year period, the band toured throughout the UK and Europe.
During this time, Simon's interest in production led him to work with Rick Dowson and Millhause and, when the latter became The Disciples, Simon joined them as guitarist and lead vocalist. The Disciples disbanded in time but not before releasing a mini-album (favourably reviewed by Q), and leaving a lasting impression on live audiences.
Alongside his long and varied band career, Simon has also been a highly sought-after session player, collaborating with numerous high-profile musicians for both studio work and live performances.
His move to the Isle of Man in 2008 and subsequent involvement with its vibrant music scene led to a new a chapter in Simon's journey and in 2011 saw the release of his first solo album, ThirtySix.
The perfect showcase for Simon's versatility and profound musical understanding, ThirtySix harnesses a wide variety of guitar styles while being grounded in a deep-seated love of Rock and Blues.
In the year of its release, he was nominated for a prestigious British Blues Award. In 2013 Simon moved to Valencia, Spain and completed work on his next album, 'The Knife'.
Whether writing, producing, recording or playing, Simon's appetite for musical exploration remains unabated and he intends to keep on running for a long time to come.