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!