Delicious Blues Stew - Fat Stewsday

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2003
Time:61:18 
Size:140,3 MB 
Label:Nightfly Music 
Styles:Blues/Louisiana blues 
Art:Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Checkin' Up On My Baby -  4:02
 2. Big Chief -  6:44
 3. Cal Daniels -  8:56
 4. Congo Square - 13:00
 5. Mardi Gras Mambo -  3:15
 6. You Are My Sunshine -  6:01
 7. Carnival Time -  7:56
 8. They All Asked For You -  3:50
 9. Saints Go Marchin' In -  7:29

Musicians:
Scott "Patio Daddio" Achord — bass, vocals
Shannon "Bayou" Williford — harmonica, frottoir, vocals
Terry "Goose" Downing — guitar, vocals
Brian "Picnic" Fechino — guitar
Brannan Lane — drums, percussion, vocals
Tom "Lil Brother" Larson — percussion, frottoir, vocals
"Junkyard" Joe Hunter — tuba
Don "Big Brother" Kendrick — percussion, vocals
Stew & audience — plastic buckets

Delicious Blues Stew is a Bluesiana party band covering bayou blues styles such as Baton Rouge & New Orleans blues, zydeco, Cajun, second line and Mardi Gras music. Eclectic, with quality original material, the Stew founded the highly successful Mardi Gras celebration at Bourbon Street Blues & Boogie Bar in Nashville, Blues Club of the Year in 2000. The band features a catalogue of over 300 songs, ranging from high-spirited originals to time-honored classics in blues, rock 'n' roll, country & jazz. The Stew delivers good-time Bluesiana Music with a strong Mardi Gras flavor. One observer notes that "no one comes away from a Stew gig unscathed." Serious musicians serious about having a serious good time! Serious stuff!

Fat Stewsday

Roy Rogers - The Sky's the Limit

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:36:35 
Size:84,4 MB 
Label:Chops Not Chaps Music 
Styles:Roots/Contemporary Blues/SG Blues/Americana 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Those Bygone Days - 4:11
 2. Just Dodgin' Bullets - 3:56
 3. There Ain't No Goin' Back for Me - 3:14
 4. He's a Legend (In His Own Mind) - 3:56
 5. I Would Undo Anything - 3:49
 6. You're the One and Only - 2:48
 7. Lost Love Among the Ruins - 3:49
 8. The Face - 3:58
 9. My Dreams Come Back - 3:17
10. The Last Time - 3:33

Roy Rogers Announces New Album The Sky’s The Limit — A Masterful Blend of Roots, Slide, and Storytelling. Celebrated blues slide guitarist and singer-songwriter 8 time Grammy nominee, Roy Rogers is set to release his first album release in over 10 years, The Sky’s The Limit, in early March 2026 — a collection that captures both the fire and finesse of an artist still pushing his own boundaries. Following decades of trailblazing work — from his many collaborations with Ray Manzarek (The Doors), Sammy Hagar, Bela Fleck, Allen Toussaint, Bonnie Raitt, and John Lee Hooker, among others . to his Grammy-nominated projects — Rogers once again proves that the slide guitar can sing, shout, and soar. The Sky’s The Limit delivers just that: an inspired mix of blues, Americana, and roots rock, played with heart, grit, and that unmistakable Roy Rogers touch.

The Sky's the Limit

Zoom - Big Daddy

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:1996
Time:40:53 
Size:94,2 MB 
Label:Appaloosa 
Styles:Blues
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Answering Machine - 6:43
 2. Ready for the Blues - 5:02
 3. Big Daddy - 4:43
 4. Young Man Blues - 5:04
 5. Welcome to Detroit - 6:22
 6. Turn on Your Love Light - 3:18
 7. Meet Me with Your Black Drawers On - 6:08
 8. Seven Baby Blues - 3:30

Unfortunately, I have no information about the artist.

Big Daddy

Melvin 'Guitar' Williams - Shut Your Mouth

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2007
Time:58:23 
Size:134,8 MB 
Label:Sticky Boy Records 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Shut Your Mouth - 4:15
 2. Highway "95" - 5:11
 3. LandLord Knocking - 5:12
 4. Where My Baby Used To Lay (Slow) - 4:19
 5. If I Die Today Or Tomorrow - 4:12
 6. Pam - 4:18
 7. Cancel My Reservation - 4:38
 8. Where My Baby Used To Lay (Fast) - 4:28
 9. My Baby's Moma - 3:50
10. Sixty Minute Man - 4:47
11. Playing With Myself - 4:21
12. Two Legged Dogs - 3:44
13. Mustard Greens - 5:02

Melvin "Guitar" Williams is a blues musician known for albums like Shut Your Mouth (2009) and Landlord Knocking, featuring tracks such as "Pam," "Highway 95," and "Sixty Minute Man". Active from the 2000s, he is recognized for his blues guitar work, often appearing in blues databases. This is distinct from other musicians named Melvin Williams, including the gospel singer.
Melvin 'Guitar' Williams is a native of Brooklyn, NY. He is the newest attraction amongst blues musicians in the New York City area. Melvin is definitely a showman who leaves no unsatisfied audience, always receiving standing ovations and leaving the crowd shouting for more. He has been playing the guitar since the age of 15 years old. This CD is truly an inspirational accomplishment
Attention!
Artist name is Melvin "Guitar" Williams on disc, spine, and back, but Melvin Guitar Williams on front. CD title is Shut Your Mouth on cover, but Pam on disc.

Melvin 'Guitar' Williams - Shut Your Mouth

Andrew Black & The Believers - Live at Fee-Lay Gumbo

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2003
Time:45:26 
Size:104,8 MB 
Label:Fee-Lay Gumbo 
Styles:Blues/Blues Rock 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1.Big Daddy - 3:17
 2.Only The Blues - 6:13
 3.Fishin' In A Well - 3:23
 4.Real Mutha Fa' Ya' - 4:15
 5.C.O.D. - 4:12
 6.I'll Play The Blues For You - 4:59
 7.So Many Roads - 3:47
 8.Her Mind Is Gone - 3:23
 9.That's What The Blues Is Alll About - 6:27
10.I Don't Know Why - 5:26

"Live at Fee-Lay Gumbo" is a 2003 live album by blues artist Andrew Black & The Believers, occasionally available through specialized music collectors, such as on eBay. It captures a performance by the band, which has been associated with Illinois-based music, as shown on eBay. 
Andrew Black & The Believers: George Price (guitar & backing vocals,) Andrew Black (guitar & vocals,) Ricky Fargo (drums & backing vocals,) and Jon Schwenke (bass & backing vocals.) 

Live at Fee-Lay Gumbo

S. E. Willis - Airn Beats Narin

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:1999
Time:43:01 
Size:98,5 MB 
Label:Mr.Suchensuch Records
Styles:Blues/Mix 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Skate Scram - 3:18
 2. Airn Beats Narin - 3:46
 3. Macher - 3:45
 4. Drinking Blues - 5:39
 5. Good To Go Boogie - 2:38
 6. Past Tense - 3:08
 7. Love Monkey - 4:30
 8. Baby Why - 3:23
 9. High Octane Gas - 3:24
10. Fool For Life - 2:36
11. Gonna Leave This World - 3:36
12. Good Food, Good Fun - 3:11

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.
Willis has released seven CDs of original and classic material: Airn Beats Nairn, 1999; Luckiest Man Alive, 2002; Cold Hand In Mine, 2003, Taproot, 2007; Pass the Hat, 2013; Turtle Dove Bounce/Live at the Poor House, 2015; Too Much Love (S.E.Willis and the Willing), 2019. Fifty plus years in the business and counting, S.E.Willis knows a lot about American roots music and shows it with every note. Willis started his musical journey in 1968, playing full-time in Flagstaff and throughout Arizona. In 1978, he moved to San Francisco, where he was an integral part of the blues, funk and rockabilly scene. Steve opened for Jerry Lee Lewis, Gatemouth Brown, Jerry Garcia, Clifton Chenier and others.
S.E. Willis' first CD, "Airn Beats Nairn," establishes him as a solid and original creator of roots-based American music. It is a collection of twelve songs, all written by Willis, with styles varying from New Orleans funk ("Love Monkey") and Rhumbas ("Ma Cher," "High Octane Gas") to straight Blues ("Drinkin' Blues"), Rockabilly ("Past Tense," "Fool For Life"), and Zydeco ("Good Food, Good Fun"). There is also a fine soul ballad ("Baby Why"), a smokin' boogie ("Good To Go Boogie") and the album's title track, the accordion-drenched bayou grinder "Airn Beats Nairn.""Airn Beats Nairn" is a Southern expression meaning any beats none. This record does far more than that, featuring solid backing by both a crack Arizona band (Bob Blazi, drums; Johnny Rapp, guitar; and brother John Willis, bass) and a California line-up (Vince Littleton, drums; Takezo Takeda, guitar; Jerome Hammond, bass).

Airn Beats Narin

Mike Finnigan - Mike Finnigan

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:51:36 
Size:121,7 MB 
Label:Forty Below Records 
Styles:Blues/Mix 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. 20 Years of B.B. King (feat.Joe Bonamassa) - 6:02
 2. My Credit Didn't Go Through - 4:55
 3. Don't Answer the Door - 6:37
 4. Fool for You - 3:30
 5. The Way You Do the Things You Do (feat.Smokey Robinson, James Gadson & Dorian Holley) - 3:59
 6. It Ain't Fair (feat.Brian Ray & Josh Sklair) - 6:02
 7. She's Not Just Another Woman - 3:21
 8. All That You Dream (feat.Stephen Stills & Chris Stills) - 5:05
 9. Lay Around and Love On You (feat.Dean Parks) - 3:30
10. Let That Liar Alone (feat.Kelly Finnigan) - 3:26
11. Sing Me Back Home - 5:04

Over the course of his phenomenal career in music, Mike Finnigan was known primarily as a sideman, the acknowledged master of the Hammond B3 organ as heard on his work with Jimi Hendrix, Stephen Stills, CSNY, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Cocker and many, many other household names  The fact is that apart from his instrumental virtuosity, he was a gifted vocalist, a magnificent blues singer in his own right. Now, more than four years after his passing comes the eponymous ‘Mike Finnigan’ album, his final musical will and testament that features appearances by Stephen Stills, Smokey Robinson, Joe Bonamassa and son, Kelly Finnigan, as well as a who’s who of the key players on the LA recording scene. In truth, no record has ever properly showcased Finnigan’s mastery of the blues genre like this musical tour-de-force. Album guests include Stephen Stills, Smokey Robinson, Joe Bonamassa, Kelly Finnigan
Played on Jimi Hendrix ‘Electric Ladyland’ (“Rainy Day, Dream Away”, “Still Raining, Still Dreaming”) at 22 years old
Signed to Warner by music mogul Jerry Wexler in 1976
Released solo album ‘Black And White’ on Columbia 1978
Recorded/toured extensively for 40 years with Bonnie Raitt, CSNY, Joe Cocker, Tracy Chapman, Dave Mason (Traffic), Peter Frampton, Etta James, Taj Mahal, Joe Walsh, Michael McDonald, Tower of Power, Rod Stewart, Leonard Cohen, Alice Cooper, Ringo Starr & more
Testimonials:
“Mike Finnigan was a musical genius and one of the most powerful, virtuosic soul/gospel/blues singers and Hammond B3 players you’ll ever be blessed to hear. There was no one like him.” – Bonnie Raitt
“Everything about Mike Finnigan was immense. His Talent. His Storytelling. His Voice. His Musicianship. He was my musical sidekick for 30 years and my best friend for 40. This album is a great example of Mike in his own right.” – Stephen Stills
“To get the opportunity to make music with a titan of musicianship such as Mike Finnigan, it makes me realize how incredibly lucky I have been and how much further I have to go. He was a kind and generous soul that made one last recording for all of us to enjoy.” – Joe Bonamassa.

Mike Finnigan

Lefthand Freddy and The Aces - Urban Blues Adventures

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2023
Time:44:57 
Size:103,2 MB 
Label:Coast Company 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Grocery blues - 4:16
 2. Down in St. Louis - 4:39
 3. Place to call home - 5:07
 4. Bad shit now shut up - 3:44
 5. Keep on talking to me - 5:26
 6. That train is gonna take me yonder - 8:07
 7. Stop your complaining woman - 5:31
 8. Just wanna boogie - 4:58
 9. Anny Mae - 3:06

Musicians:
Lefthand Freddy - Gtr./vocals;
Berend (boogie B) Reining -Gtr.;
André van der Werf -Bass guitar/vocal;
Jan Diertens - Hammond/piano;
Hannes Langkamp - Drums.

Lefthand Freddy & the Aces (now: LEFTHAND FREDDY) was founded in the early nineties. A band that developed rapidly and became increasingly popular, not only in the Netherlands but also beyond its borders. They played at major festivals in Germany (Leverkusener Jazztage), France (Nuit de Blues), Hungary (Sziget), and England (Gloucester Blues Festival and the legendary ‘100’ club in London). Guitarist/vocalist Fred Reining (Lefthand Freddy) is a ‘blues institution’ in the Netherlands and far beyond, as evidenced by the many accolades in the (inter)national press. In 2023, Lefthand Freddy was inducted into the Dutch Blues Hall of Fame. The album SOUL STRINGS, released in 2014, was widely praised: “A masterpiece, a must for every guitarist in the Netherlands.” The latest album Urban Blues Adventures (2023) is the long-awaited successor and is likewise being exceptionally well received by the press and the public.

Urban Blues Adventures

Big Dave & The Ultra Sonics - Big Dave & The Ultra Sonics

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:1998
Time:70:40 
Size:161,8 MB 
Label:Burnside Records 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. She's The King - 4:17
 2. Jump Street - 5:16
 3. Black Coffee - 5:51
 4. She Can't Keep A Secret - 6:15
 5. A Month Of Sundays - 4:06
 6. Back In The Hot Seat - 4:57
 7. I Hear Your Voice - 5:14
 8. Everbody Wants A Cadillac - 3:47
 9. Escuchame - 3:43
10. Phone Fun - 3:12
11. My Baby's Sweater - 5:00
12. Big Bad Blues Train - 4:12
13. Junkman - 3:21
14. I Can't Fly - 3:29
15. Ooh My My - 7:54

On their third album, "Big Dave" Steele and his four Ultrasonics gravitate to historic black music styles without coming across as copycats. Rather, the Ann Arbor-based band, led by Steele from its inception in 1990, brings freshness to its sound by streamlining elements of house-rockin' swing, jump-jive boogie, gospel, jazz, Memphis soul-R&B, and Chicago and Texas blues. Steele's blues guitar playing, always technically competent and often jazz-inflected, has the capacity to flame up with inspiration, as when he pursues his muse into Bo Diddley territory on roots-rumbler "Black Coffee" or chooses just the right notes for his feature spots on the stylish shuffle "Big Bad Blues Train." And the band is fortunate in having two other capable soloists: Dave Morris on harmonica and Ben Wilson on keyboards. --Frank-John Hadley

Big Dave & The Ultra Sonics

The Headcutters - Live At Mr. Jones Pub

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2016
Time:40:31 
Size:93,7 MB 
Label:Chico Blues 
Styles:Blues/Harmonica Blues 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Come Back Babe - 4:07
 2. What Have I Done - 4:45
 3. Mercy Babe - 4:10
 4. You Don't Have To Go - 2:50
 5. Telephone Blues - 6:11
 6. It Was A Dream - 3:21
 7. She's My Babe - 4:35
 8. Love My Babe - 3:37
 9. Everything Gonna Be Allright - 3:21
10. Howlin In Argentina - 3:30

Here is another big slab of down home, electric Chicago blues from that little band from Itajai, Brazil, on the South Atlantic. The band sports two vocalists, harmonica man Joe Marhofer and guitarist Ricardo Maca. The band is anchored by bassist Arthur “Catuto” Garcia and drummer Leandro “Cavera” Barbeta. Argentine harp man Nico Smoljan guests on Big Bill Broonzy’s I Had a Dream. This, their fourth album on Chico Blues Records out of Sao Paulo, mines familiar territory and should be a treat for fans who like their blues performed the straight, natural way. Great stuff all the way around.  – D.M.

Live At Mr. Jones Pub

Automatic Slim - What Did I Do Wrong

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2004 
Time:55:59 
Size:129,0 MB 
Label:La Chica Records 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. My Little Country Baby - 4:21
 2. Do The Pelican - 3:10
 3. What Did I Do Wrong - 5:03
 4. On My Way - 5:27
 5. Junco Partner - 4:51
 6. It's Rainning - 4:38
 7. Anyway The Wind Blows - 5:41
 8. Trouble I Had All My Days - 4:45
 9. That Train Don't Stop Here Any - 4:59
10. I'm Holding On - 3:16
11. Juicy - 2:00
12. Don't Come Knockin' - 4:38
13. John Hurt - 3:06

Musicians::
Automatic Slim: Vocals, Guitars;
Lazy Lenny Rabenovets: Harmonica;
Jack Dipietro: Bass;
Steve Potter: Bass:
Little Scotty Stump: Drums;
Jim Harrel: Guitars;
Dirk Wiering: Vocals, Guitars;
Seth Kibel: Sax.

Automatic Slim and His Band play hard driving blues and roots rock, acoustic blues and old country with emphasis on twin guitars.

What Did I Do Wrong

Memphis Shieks - Diamond In The Bluff

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:1995
Time:42:01 
Size:96,8 MB 
Label:Inside Memphis 
Styles:Blues/Soul/Americana 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Send Me An Angel Down - 3:47
 2. I Watch My Stuff - 3:15
 3. Memories - 3:07
 4. Head To My Shoes - 4:30
 5. Mr. Crump Don't Like It - 3:56
 6. Don't Feel Like Talkin' Today - 4:30
 7. Cheese 'n Eggs - 5:13
 8. 21st Century Blues Man - 2:55
 9. Tons Of Love - 2:19
10. Land Of Make Believe - 3:43
11. Diamond In The Bluff - 4:42

Delta Joe Sanders grew up on Glover Plantation in Desoto County, Mississippi. His father ran the 10,000 acre peration where the family lived and at an early age, Joe developed a kinship with the help, who also lived on the plantation. 'My first [musical] influence was the farm help playing the blues. When I was about ten I remember one day out walking in the cold. I came upon one of the houses on the plantation. They invited me in to get warm. The kitchen was smelling right. Everyone was sitting around the table.' His lyrics, often deceptively simple, range from humourous anectdotes of love-gone-wrong to insightful reflections of the struggle to survive in a fast pace world far removed from the earthiness of the Mississippi Delta. Joe describes his songwriting this way: 'A song starts working on me, sort of how pearls are made. They just start agitating. . . ' In 1980, Joe began playing professionallly in a country band in Mississippi. It was only a matter of time before he decided to follow his heart and get back to the blues. For most of the 80's he played solo gigs in Memphis, where he resided until his father's death while Joe wa in high school. Knowing the difficulty of finding musicians dedicated to traditional delta blues, Joe was content to play acoustic solo gigs until one night in 1991 when Robert Nighthawk II asked to sit in on harmonica. The chemistry between the bluesman was so strong that they have been playing together ever since. A high profile musician in the Memphis blues scene, Robert Nighthawk II has fronted The Wampus Cats since forming the band in 1978. Having recorded at Inside Sounds with The Wampus Cats, Robert invited Joe to the studio in 1993 to cut a few tracks. The result was Slow-Cooked Pig Meat, the debut recording of The Memphis Sheiks. Two more CD's are already near completion and scheduled for release in 1995. The Memphis Sheiks are on a mission: when Robert Nighthawk II is heard saying (as he often does) 'let's go forth and make a joyful noise,' he's not just whistling Dixie.

Diamond In The Bluff

Scottyboy Daniel Blues Band - Flip The Switch

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2008
Time:58:19 
Size:134,2 MB 
Label:Blue Edge Records 
Styles:Blues/Harmonica Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Flip The Switch - 3:48
 2. Days On End - 3:54
 3. Tricky Woman - 4:43
 4. K Street Stomp - 2:40
 5. Club Tavern - 4:11
 6. Must Be Jelly - 6:55
 7. Cried Last Night - 3:43
 8. Blue Midnight - 6:43
 9. I'm Gonna Get Drunk - 4:23
10. Little Girl - 5:54
11. Train Fare Home - 4:16
12. Darkness Falling - 7:04

Musicians:
Scott ""Scottyboy"" Daniel: Harp & Vocals;
Dave Hays: Guitar & Vocals;
Matt ""Thumper"" Browning: Bass;
Ghan Bunyarattaphant: Drums.

The Scottyboy Daniel Blues Band is a veteran four piece band based out of Kansas City, MO since 2005. Consisting of Harp, Guitar, Bass and Drums. The band plays mostly in the Chicago and West Coast Blues styles with passion and respect to the traditions of these styles whether it is our own original material or covers. 

Flip The Switch

Shirley Jackson & Her Good Rockin' Daddys - Comfort Food

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2007
Time:36:13 
Size:86,6 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Tailgator Jump - 3:00
 2. One Way Thinking - 2:16
 3. Losin' Faith - 3:23
 4. Three Things Worth Doin' - 4:06
 5. No Compromise - 3:14
 6. Can You Hear Me - 4:04
 7. I Feel For You - 3:21
 8. Mellow Saxophone - 3:14
 9. You Can Have My Husband - 2:47
10. Comfort Food - 3:33
11. Banana Oil - 3:09

Shirley Jackson is a Canadian touring blues & roots artist who "epitomizes the blues & roots experience with every performance she gives and with every recording she makes." Jackson is an accomplished songwriter, arranger and music producer and has been a recognized force in the Nova Scotia music scene - 35+years. Two Maple Blues awards for Horn Player 2003 and 2018. Four ECMA Blues Nominations.  

Comfort Food

Roger Girke - Runnin' Both Night and Day

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2025
Time:49:37 
Size:114,5 MB 
Label:8th Train Records 
Styles:Blues
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. The Rendezvous - 4:00
 2. Baby, Don't Be So Sad - 3:29
 3. Rooftop Tomcat - 4:33
 4. Wandering Soul - 4:27
 5. Me and My Woman - 3:58
 6. I'm Thinking About You - 3:45
 7. Please Don't Push Me Away - 3:49
 8. Runnin' Both Night And Day - 2:51
 9. Whiskey Drinkin' Woman - 6:33
10. Side Tracked - 5:00
11. My Baby's Got It Going On - 3:01
12. Stagger Lee - 4:05

Roger's 6th full length studio release featuring 7 new original tunes and 5 selected classics. Also features numerous special guests, including Pete Kanaras, Glenn Ferracone, Mikey Junior, Jimmy Pritchard, Dan Gutwein and more!
Roger's career began performing in rock bands in the eastern PA/NJ area, eventually joining the legendary Philadelphia area roots rock band Pickins (Capitol/Ariola), followed by many years of touring and recording with Sharks (Elektra), Robert Hazard (RCA), and many other notable artists.  Since 2000 roger has released 5 CD's and has regularly performed at blues festivals, clubs and concerts throughout the Mid-Atlantic.  The Roger Girke Band was a top 10 finalist in the 2009 Memphis, TN International Blues Challenge as well as receiving top tier Independent CD finalist awards in the 2005 and 2009 International Blues Challenge, a part of the Blues Foundation. 

Runnin' Both Night and Day

Pat Pepin - Blue Stories

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2005
Time:48:56 
Size:112,6 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. As Long As I'm Moving - 3:47
 2. Fat Baxter - 4:33
 3. Something 'Bout Traveling - 3:09
 4. Woman Can Tell - 4:20
 5. Year Of The Blues - 3:14
 6. Maybe Tomorrow - 3:15
 7. Personal Ad Blues - 3:12
 8. I'd Rather Go Blind - 4:30
 9. I Just Want To Make Love To You - 3:41
10. If I Hadn't Met You - 2:10
11. Drunken Angel - 4:03
12. I Need Somebody - 5:41
13. In My Dooryard - 3:14

The 13-track CD includes five originals and eight covers, including a somewhat subdued version of “I’d Rather Go Blind,” penned by Ellington Jordan and Billy Foster and still associated with Etta James. She does a super job with the E. G. Kight-Richard Fleming tune, “A Woman Can Tell.” Originals “Year of the Blues” and “Personal Ad Blues” showcase her ever-present sense of humor. Guitar work by Steve Jones and piano/organ by Bob Colwell.

Blue Stories

Kip Anderson - A Dog Don't Wear No Shoes

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:1992
Time:32:11 
Size:74,3 MB 
Label:Ichiban Records 
Styles:Blues/Soul/R&B/Funk
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Lonely Man - 3:57
 2. Dog Don't Wear No Shoes - 4:49
 3. She Called Me Baby - 4:46
 4. 20 Room House - 3:29
 5. Your Sweetness Is My Weakness - 2:55
 6. I Need You So - 5:20
 7. State of Shock - 3:34
 8. Wonderful - 3:18

Kip Anderson (January 24, 1938 – August 29, 2007) was an American soul blues and R&B singer and songwriter. He is best known for his 1967 single, "A Knife and a Fork." He recorded for a plethora of record labels, worked as a radio DJ, and maintained a career lasting from the late 1950s to the 1990s, despite undertaking a decade long custodial sentence. At various times Anderson worked with Sam Cooke, The Drifters, Jerry Butler and Jackie Wilson.

A Dog Don't Wear No Shoes

Lenny "Fuzzy" Rankins - Take a Brotha Home

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2010
Time:71:26 
Size:164,9 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/Funky Blues/Soul/R&B 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Black Cat Bone - 5:29
 2. Gotta Get a Little Funky - 5:52
 3. Happy Man - 4:30
 4. Texas Flood - 5:32
 5. Call the Plumber - 3:40
 6. Take a Brotha Home - 5:14
 7. Crawlin' King Snake - 5:38
 8. Down Home Blues - 6:27
 9. Ain't Nobody's Business - 6:14
10. Things I Used To Do - 6:07
11. Red Rooster - 5:52
12. Sweet Sixteen - 5:26
13. Grandpa Can't Fly His Kite - 5:17

Great vocals and energy through and through. The guitar on this album is Five Star. This is a keeper and one you'll listen to over and over and over and over.Grammy Award Winner LENNY “FUZZY” RANKINS Blues and Jazz Artist Lenny Rankins (“Fuzzy”) was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, performing with such artists as the Gospel Ambassadors and the Shield Brothers. Moving to York, Pennsylvania, he played gospel and toured with gospel artists Shirley Caesar, Al Green, Five Blind Boys, Mighty Clouds of Joy, Gospel Keynotes, and James Cleveland. At 19, Fuzzy formed God’s Angels, and continued to perform on the East Coast. He later organized the 14 Karat Band, an R&B group that toured with and/or opened for Tone Tone, Basic Black, Patty Labelle, and Gerald Levert, and many others. In 1990, Fuzzy relocated to California where he performed with blues and jazz artist legend Fro Brigham (formerly associated with Louis Armstrong). Discovering the diversity of the blues, Fuzzy formed Fuzzy and the Bluesmen in 1992. In 1993, his first blues CD, Not Gonna Work This Time, won the “Best Blues” music award and, that same year. Fuzzy received the Jim Croce Blues Award. Fuzzy has performed at multiple festivals and TV shows, including the Jerry Lewis Telethon, and has opened for blues legends B.B. King, Etta James, Bobby “Blue” Bland, and Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, as well as Bobby Womack, Zapp and Rogers, and many others. Fuzzy’s second CD, Good Lovin’, was later released and nominated in the “Best Blues” category.  In 1999, Fuzzy was the lead guitarist in the musical production of It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues, written and produced by actor/vocalist Ron Taylor. The show opened in San Diego and was a major success. The cast ultimately performed on Broadway and to audiences across the U.S. and in Europe, ultimately being nominated for and receiving an Emmy. Fuzzy went on tour and, in 2001, released his first jazz production, Stirring Up The Mix, which that same year was nominated in the “Best Jazz Album” category. At that time, he launched MoonCook Productions, producing for many artists, including Ike Turner. Fuzzy was featured on Ike’s blues album Risin With The Blues, playing lead guitar on the track named “Jazzy Fuzzy.” The album was nominated and won a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues. Lenny Rankins (“Fuzzy”) has a dynamic stage presence that captures audiences of all ages. Fuzzy’s musical talent has gained him the recognition and respect of fellow musicians as well as his fans. His music has received both national and international airplay. A true performer, Fuzzy’s style incorporates his gospel, R&B, blues and jazz background and guarantees audiences a night of professional entertainment. 

Take a Brotha Home

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/

Evil Gal Blues

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. 

Fuzzy: The Blues

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 . 

The Kickout Jams (feat. The Kickouts)

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.

Bon Appetit!!

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. 

My Americana

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.

Vol. 3

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!

Aftershock

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".

What More Can I Do

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)/

Big Boy Boogie - California Sessions Vol. I

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.

Doing It On My Own

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 Later It Gets, The Better I Feel

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.

The Cat

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.

Blues Approved

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”

Blues From The Road Vol 1: France EP