Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2025
Time:71:03
Size:163,7 MB
Label:Right Time Records
Styles:Blues
Art:Front
Year:2025
Time:71:03
Size:163,7 MB
Label:Right Time Records
Styles:Blues
Art:Front
Tracks Listing:
1. T-Bone Shuffle (Live) - 5:16
2. That's What Love Will Make You Do (Live) - 6:14
3. Danger Zone (Live) - 7:06
4. Done Somebody Wrong (Live) - 4:59
5. That's Better for Me (Live) - 3:41
6. Ask Me About Nothin' (But the Blues) [Live] - 8:07
7. No More Doggin' (Live) - 5:58
8. I Don't Believe (Live) - 4:03
9. It's My Own Fault (Live) - 7:52
10. Living Hand to Mouth (Live) - 4:22
11. Anything It Takes (Live) - 5:11
12. Don't Cry No More (Live) - 8:08
1. T-Bone Shuffle (Live) - 5:16
2. That's What Love Will Make You Do (Live) - 6:14
3. Danger Zone (Live) - 7:06
4. Done Somebody Wrong (Live) - 4:59
5. That's Better for Me (Live) - 3:41
6. Ask Me About Nothin' (But the Blues) [Live] - 8:07
7. No More Doggin' (Live) - 5:58
8. I Don't Believe (Live) - 4:03
9. It's My Own Fault (Live) - 7:52
10. Living Hand to Mouth (Live) - 4:22
11. Anything It Takes (Live) - 5:11
12. Don't Cry No More (Live) - 8:08
Before his musical/medical retirement, due to incurable ill health...and his subsequent passing on 06 May 2020, Earl was a true troubadour and journeyman to live Blues music in the UK and throughout Europe.
I am his closest friend and trusted confidante for over 40 years ! So I was involved with him on so many musical journeys as a participant or as a sidekick / second opinion etc...and Earl always appreciated my view. ...We met when I was 17 and he was 26 and we had a great Blues Rock & Funky band 'Ardon' with original compositions back in the early 1970s that nearly made it...(See a previous post for details). We played in other bands together and apart but we were close friends and grew together. In 1984 we formed The O T Band to play live Blues/Soul/R&B/Funk covers and originals and this lasted for over 30 years with only the drummer as a new recruit..Glen Lefleur (a legend on the muso scene ) So we were Tight...musically and as trusted friends...As in all bands that last...we laughed !!!
During this time Earl was free to go anywhere he wanted ...and Otis Grand played some gigs as a guest with us, liked what he heard and used Earl and Andy on T.sax for his first band and album. This led on to many other informal gigs with so many bands and jams...Many of the UK's successful Blues guys appreciate his friendship and authentic influence including... Paul Jones, who praised Earl's vocals on his radio shows, Paul Lamb (as part of his Band), Ian Siegal, Matt Schofield, Todd Sharpville, James Hunter, Lee Sankey, Jon T-Bone Taylor, Big Joe Louis, Frank Mead and many others and the soul sisters Ruby Turner, Taka Boom, Dana Gillespie, Deitra Farr and Connie Lush who shared vocal duets with Earl on Jon's album...(See Below) Earl's Blues Night Jams in N.London were great...Gwyn and I got to play with Dick Heckstall-Smith amongst others.
Amid his last years of performing he fronted 'The Right Time' and they played throughout the UK and Europe...and the OT's were friends ( see below for a good live recording of EG with The Right Time). This is just a 'don't forget' gesture on my part as a tribute to a great UK Blues vocalist, (and there are few) humble guy and friend to many...When he sang...he mostly closed his eyes and always tried to sing with genuine feeling and enthusiasm...his vocal presence was there even in the solos...Listening to some of his recordings lately I've heard Sam Cooke's influence amongst others...He loved Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Jazz singers like Oscar Brown Jr, Jimmy Witherspoon and all the greats...and a myriad of others... He was never interested in listening to anything by himself and when he got a copy of a CD where he was a guest etc...He'd give it to me !...But I would play him some on his many enjoyable social visits ! We both knew our limitations and never argued ...except for...'Who was the Best female Soul singer ?...Earl's choice...Gladys Knight...mine Aretha...but we laughed ! He can be heard on record with The Coloured Raisins from the late 1960's...He played with local bands Sweet Rain, Ardon, Baby Grand and others before becoming one of the founder members of The O T Band ( with Gwyn Hood Bass, Andy Dummett Tenor Sax, myself on guitar and Alan Hawkins later Glen LeFleur on drums) Plus a host of great players on many instruments who became part-time members or jammers...We had a ball ! ..
I am his closest friend and trusted confidante for over 40 years ! So I was involved with him on so many musical journeys as a participant or as a sidekick / second opinion etc...and Earl always appreciated my view. ...We met when I was 17 and he was 26 and we had a great Blues Rock & Funky band 'Ardon' with original compositions back in the early 1970s that nearly made it...(See a previous post for details). We played in other bands together and apart but we were close friends and grew together. In 1984 we formed The O T Band to play live Blues/Soul/R&B/Funk covers and originals and this lasted for over 30 years with only the drummer as a new recruit..Glen Lefleur (a legend on the muso scene ) So we were Tight...musically and as trusted friends...As in all bands that last...we laughed !!!
During this time Earl was free to go anywhere he wanted ...and Otis Grand played some gigs as a guest with us, liked what he heard and used Earl and Andy on T.sax for his first band and album. This led on to many other informal gigs with so many bands and jams...Many of the UK's successful Blues guys appreciate his friendship and authentic influence including... Paul Jones, who praised Earl's vocals on his radio shows, Paul Lamb (as part of his Band), Ian Siegal, Matt Schofield, Todd Sharpville, James Hunter, Lee Sankey, Jon T-Bone Taylor, Big Joe Louis, Frank Mead and many others and the soul sisters Ruby Turner, Taka Boom, Dana Gillespie, Deitra Farr and Connie Lush who shared vocal duets with Earl on Jon's album...(See Below) Earl's Blues Night Jams in N.London were great...Gwyn and I got to play with Dick Heckstall-Smith amongst others.
Amid his last years of performing he fronted 'The Right Time' and they played throughout the UK and Europe...and the OT's were friends ( see below for a good live recording of EG with The Right Time). This is just a 'don't forget' gesture on my part as a tribute to a great UK Blues vocalist, (and there are few) humble guy and friend to many...When he sang...he mostly closed his eyes and always tried to sing with genuine feeling and enthusiasm...his vocal presence was there even in the solos...Listening to some of his recordings lately I've heard Sam Cooke's influence amongst others...He loved Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Jazz singers like Oscar Brown Jr, Jimmy Witherspoon and all the greats...and a myriad of others... He was never interested in listening to anything by himself and when he got a copy of a CD where he was a guest etc...He'd give it to me !...But I would play him some on his many enjoyable social visits ! We both knew our limitations and never argued ...except for...'Who was the Best female Soul singer ?...Earl's choice...Gladys Knight...mine Aretha...but we laughed ! He can be heard on record with The Coloured Raisins from the late 1960's...He played with local bands Sweet Rain, Ardon, Baby Grand and others before becoming one of the founder members of The O T Band ( with Gwyn Hood Bass, Andy Dummett Tenor Sax, myself on guitar and Alan Hawkins later Glen LeFleur on drums) Plus a host of great players on many instruments who became part-time members or jammers...We had a ball ! ..
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