Mike Whellans - Fired-Up & Ready

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2008
Time: 52:47 
Size: 122,4 MB 
Label:Temple Records 
Styles: Blues 
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Fired Up And Ready - 2:42
 2. The Boogie Man - 3:49
 3. Going To My Home Town - 5:00
 4. I Want To Hug You - 3:32
 5. Danger Man II - 4:00
 6. Early In The Morning - 3:17
 7. Winding Track - 3:42
 8. Diving Duck Blues - 3:22
 9. Red Hot Kisses - 2:44
10. Lonesome Road - 3:31
11. Worried Mind - 3:51
12. Jack O' Diamond - 2:58
13. Pine Top Moon - Sandy Cameron - 2:17
14. Ragtime Joe (Live) - 4:01
15. Strange Love (Live) - 3:54

Terrific one man blues band who is a fine singer, guitarist and blues harpist. He’s not against inviting some classy friends to join him either including David Bromberg and Mike Katz with my pick going to to his take on Rory Gallagher’s ‘Going To My Home town’ joined by Brian Miller on mandolin. Great stuff.
Mike Whellans is a well known name in the history of Scottish music. He was a member of the legendary Boys of the Lough and for a period he formed a duo with Aly Bain. In 1969 his harmonica and percussion were recorded for the first time on an album by Hamish Imlach. He played guitar on one of the Iain Mackintosh albums and released his first solo album in 1976. This is his first solo output in 5 years and although he calls himself ‘The one-man blues band’ he is backed by six guest musicians including David Bromberg. On this album some original and traditional compositions in a groovy blues style. Nice guitar works, harmonica and straight percussion. His way of performing the blues has a nice kind of purity and an authentic sound. Besides that he knows how to tell the story and shows to be an allround entertainer.

Fired-Up & Ready