Gerry Groom (featuring Mick Taylor) and Friends - Once In A Blue Moon

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1993
Time: 62:11 
Size: 143,6 MB 
Label: Shattered Music
Styles: Blues/Electric Blues
Art: Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Can't Be Satisfied - 3:24
 2. When You Got A Friend - 3:37
 3. Coastin' Home - 3:59
 4. Mick's Jam - 8:01
 5. Music Teacher - 4:49
 6. Hip Shake - 4:46
 7. Long Distance Call - 9:17
 8. Suzie Q - 3:21
 9. Louisiana Blues - 5:03
10. Spots For Days - 4:26
11. Red Rooster - 7:18
12. Can't Be Satisfied - 4:05

This is a record that you put on and it just goes by in one fell swoop. So authentic in sound, comfortable in its ambition and personal in vision, it's what so many Blues records want to but fail to be. No generica here. Two guitar geniuses bringing each other to new heights without overindulgence. This beautiful album taught me what should have been obvious to me long ago -- that the Blues is all about humility." MiickTaylor.com Released on Shattered Music in 1992 this classic studio blues Cdd is the works of Gerry Groom and Freinds , including Mick Taylor of the Rolling Stones. This recording is a 90's version of a traditional blues record. The intention was to stay true to the idiom while making the fidelity as high as possible. The project was built around the figure of Gerry Groom, master blues guitarist and blues songwriter. Released in 1991 (Groom passed away in 1992, in a scuba diving accident), this record fully fits into blues traditional standards, both in the tracklist (songs by Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, except for five original compositions by G. Groom) and in the choice of instruments: most of them are strictly acoustic, with Groom's dobro starring. One of the rare electric instruments is Mick Taylor's (special guest of this work) Fender vintage Stratocaster (modified with a Rickenbacker pickup). Paul Ill's (a.k.a. Adrian Well) bass, Thomas Blues' harmonica, Mat Abts' drums and Jeffrey Barr's piano complete the band. Respect for blues tradition, impeccable music performances and accuracy in recording (all the acoustic sources are amplified with high-quality microphones) are the strong points of this work. Talking about the vocal parts, as for my opinion, I feel the lack of a black bluesy voice: although Groom's singing is always inspired and perfectly in tune, it does not reach the level of his wonderful guitar style. Riccardo Frau Italy (https://www.amazon.com/Once-Blue-Moon-Gerry-Groom/dp/B000001MEW)

Once In A Blue Moon

B.B. & The Blues Shacks - Come Along

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2013
Time: 58:17 
Size: 133,8 MB 
Label: Crosscut Records
Styles: Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. True Love In Vain - 3:24
 2. Love Like Cash - 4:07
 3. Come Along With Me - 2:54
 4. If I Should Ever Lose Your Love - 3:22
 5. Get My Stuff Together - 3:10
 6. Will You Be There - 3:09
 7. Fool Me - 3:27
 8. Don't Take Your Time - 4:18
 9. The Door - 3:58
10. Anything You Do - 3:28
11. Doesn't Matter Anymore - 3:21
12. Wait In Line - 3:25
13. I Don't Get It - 3:21
14. Whatever You Do - 4:36
15. You Can Always Depend On Me - 3:14
16. Raise Your Voice - 4:54

For this 2013 release, the popular German blues band sets aside its traditional take on the music and focuses on contemporary soul-blues with the addition of the No Blow No Show Horns and guest vocals provided by the Shackettes. The 16 tracks on Come Along were written and arranged by B.B. & the Blues Shacks, including the radio-friendly tune "Whatever You Do," a duet between Shacks vocalist Michael Arlt and South African pop singer Bonita Niessen. Fans of the Robert Cray Band should check this out.

Come Along

Mary Everhart - I'm Staying Home

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 53:24 
Size: 122,5 MB 
Label: Self Released
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. As I Walk In Their Footsteps - 3:50
 2. I'm Staying Home - 4:16
 3. Posterchild For Poverty - 4:10
 4. Reaching For The Sun - 3:26
 5. Blues In The Land Of Winter - 6:19
 6. Peace And Privacy - 4:35
 7. It Told Me Don't Cry - 4:19
 8. Take Me A Lifetime - 3:28
 9. Morning Will Come - 3:29
10. I'll Go On - 5:26
11. Sick And Tired - 4:29
12. Truth Gets Buried In The Lies - 5:31

Musicians:
Mary Everhart- Guitar, Vocals; 
Ken Gemmer- Lead, Slide Guitar; 
Melvin Clemans- Bass; 
Mariano Rodriguez- Drums.

Mary Everhart is a professional Blues, Southern and Classic rock (Vocalist, Guitarist , composer, and recording artist) and is a proud member of the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama-Deer Clan. She was nominated and inducted in 2010 into the Blues Hall of Fame as a Great Blues Artist from Tallahassee, FL. The following year she was inducted again into the Blues Hall of Fame as the Ambassador to Tallahassee, FL. Mary was born and raised in Tallahassee, FL and has always had a passion for music and has been performing for over 30 years with various local and regional acts. A review of Mary's debut CD 'Rottweiler Blues' by Blues Revue magazine, compared her voice to Koko Taylor and Lou Ann Barton. Singing throughout her childhood Mary also knew she wanted to learn to play guitar. She received her first guitar when she was 12 years old and began teaching herself to play with a Mel Bay book and by watching others play. It was not easy for a left handed person to play right handed but, Mary persevered.
She later moved to Atlanta. GA where she became part of the Great Atlanta Blues Revue and also, where she stood on the Capitol steps and sang and played to a local and National audience, both television and syndicated radio, as her part of helping the law to be changed in Georgia against paternity fraud. She moved back to Tallahassee, FL in 2006 and began piecing together some of the best musicians the panhandle of Florida has to offer.

I'm Staying Home

Richie Arndt & The Bluenatics - Rorymania

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2007
Time: 45:00 
Size: 103,3 MB 
Label: Fuego
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:Fuego
 1. Laundromat - 4:16
 2. Hands Off - 4:07
 3. Ain't Too Good - 3:40
 4. Too Much Alcohol - 6:01
 5. Banker's Blues - 3:18
 6. They Don't Make Them Like You - 3:44
 7. Calling Card - 4:55
 8. Pistol Slapper Blues - 2:19
 9. I Fall Apart - 5:47
10. Cruise On Out - 3:21

11. Wave Myself Goodbye - 3:27
Outstanding Rory Gallagher Tribute disc from Germany featuring four Excellent blues/rock axeslingers in the form of Richie Arndt, Henrik Freischlader, Gregor Hilden & Alex Conti who pay true, authentic, legit musical respect to the late, great Irish Guitar Hero. Including eleven vintage Rory Gallagher tracks plus an original dedication track called RORY to appropriately end this superb disc, each accomplished player delivers the six string goods and truly shines on Rorymania. Arndt & Co. have produced an incredible, dynamic, top-shelf musical document that Rory Gallagher fans will love & appreciate. Long Live the Musical Spirit of Rory Gallagher.

Rorymania

The Allman Brothers Band - Down In Texas '71

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 60:37 
Size: 143,2 MB 
Label: The Allman Brothers Band Recording Company
Styles: Southern Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Statesboro Blues -  3:18
 2. Trouble No More -  4:13
 3. Don't Keep Me Wonderin' -  4:49
 4. Done Somebody Wrong -  3:28
 5. One Way Out -  6:04
 6. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed -  9:12
 7. Stormy Monday -  9:02
 8. You Don't Love Me - 15:10
 9. Hot 'Lanta -  5:16

Renowned for their rousing and mesmerizing live performances, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND is preparing to officially release another historic show via the Allman Brothers Band Recording Company label. Recorded on September 28, 1971 at the Austin Municipal Auditorium in Austin, TX, Down In Texas ’71 will be available through an exclusive pre-sale at www.merchmountain.com, and beginning March 26 (the band’s formation anniversary) at The Big House Museum gift shop and online store, and as a digital release.The nine-track collection features “Statesboro Blues,” “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” and “Stormy Monday,” among others, and as a bonus available only on the physical CD is an exclusive radio interview with band members Berry Oakley and Duane Allman, recorded just a few months ahead of this performance.Down In Texas ’71 captures a special snapshot in time during the pivotal year of 1971 for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group. Coming two months after the release of At Fillmore East in July and occurring one month before the death of Duane Allman in October, the Austin show presents the original ABB line-up—Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks and Jaimoe—at the peak of their creativity. An innovative “You Don’t Love Me” and the jazz-inspired “Hot ’Lanta” give hints of where the group may have taken their music if Duane had lived. In addition, Down In Texas ’71 features saxophonist Rudolph “Juicy” Carter sitting in on six out of the CD’s nine tracks, which is the most extensive guest appearance available with the band’s first incarnation. Juicy and Jaimoe had played together with Percy Sledge, and it was Juicy who coined the moniker Jaimoe for the drummer born as Johnny Lee Johnson. 
Proceeds from this exclusive release will benefit the Allman Brothers Band Museum. The Big House in Macon, GA is the three-story house where members of The Allman Brothers Band, their roadies, friends, and families lived between 1970-1973. It was the focal point of gathering in those early years when the magic that is the Allman Brothers Band was just taking shape and radiating from this historic Southern town. The Big House is now home to the largest collection of ABB memorabilia in the world. The special pre-sale bundle package for this release is priced at $50, and includes the CD, a limited-edition Down In Texas T-shirt, as well as a one-of-a-kind reflective ABB badge sticker. This offer is available exclusively through the Big House online merch store, or at the museum gift shop. The Allman Brothers Band Museum at the Big House is located at 2321 Vineville Avenue, in scenic Macon, GA.   

Down in Texas ’71

Big Joe Duskin and his Blues Band - Live Electric Boogie!

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1997
Time: 59:19 
Size: 136,1 MB 
Label: Mirage
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Leavin' In The Mornin' - 3:55
 2. Messin' With The Kid - 3:41
 3. Key To The Highway - 4:09
 4. On Broadway - 3:42
 5. Blue Sabbath Has Fallen - 7:17
 6. The Thrill Is Gone - 5:03
 7. Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar - 4:21
 8. Rocks In My Pillow - 6:55
 9. Boogie On St. Louis Blues - 5:48
10. Help, Help Me Somebody - 3:44
11. Roll 'Em Pete - 3:33
12. Got My Mojo Workin' - 4:00
13. You're Gonna Miss Me - 3:05

Joseph L. "Big Joe" Duskin (February 10, 1921 – May 6, 2007) was an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist. He is best known for his debut album, Cincinnati Stomp (1978), and the tracks "Well, Well Baby" and "I Met a Girl Named Martha".
He was born Joseph L. Duskin in Birmingham, Alabama. By the age of seven he had started playing the piano. He played in church, accompanying his father, the Rev. Perry Duskin. His family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and Duskin was raised near the Union Terminal train station, where his father worked. On the local radio station WLW, Duskin heard his hero Fats Waller play. He was also inspired to play in a boogie-woogie style by Pete Johnson's "627 Stomp". In his younger days Duskin performed in clubs in Cincinnati and across the river in Newport, Kentucky. While serving in the U.S. Army in World War II, he continued to play and, in entertaining American servicemen, met his idols Johnson, Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis.After his military service ended, Duskin's father caught him playing boogie in the church and made him promise to stop playing in that style while he was still alive. However, Rev. Duskin lived to the age of 105, and in the meantime, Joe found employment as a police officer and as a postal worker. Effectively in the middle of his career, he never played a keyboard for sixteen years.By the early 1970s Duskin had begun playing the piano at festivals in the U.S. and across Europe. By 1978, and with the reputation for his concert playing now growing, his first recording, Cincinnati Stomp, was released on Arhoolie Records. The album contained Duskin's cover version of "Down the Road a Piece"  and featured Jimmy Johnson and Muddy Waters's guitarist Bob Margolin. He subsequently toured Austria and Germany, and in 1987 he made his first visit to the U.K. The same year his part in John Jeremy's film Boogie Woogie Special, recorded for The South Bank Show, raised Duskin's profile. In 1988, accompanied by guitarist/producer Dave Peabody, Duskin recorded his third album, Don't Mess with the Boogie Man first released on Special Delivery Records. He was also a guest and invited to perform on the BBC program Bravo accompanied by the Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts. In the following decade, Duskin performed several times at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and the Chicago Blues Festival.His touring in Europe continued before he recorded his final album at the Quai du Blues in Neuilly, France. Several Duskin albums were issued on European labels in the 1980s and 1990s. It was 2004 before his third American release, Big Joe Jumps Again! (Yellow Dog Records) was issued; it was his first studio recording in sixteen years. It featured Philip Paul (drums), Ed Conley (bass), and Peter Frampton on guitar. Duskin's 84th birthday party was held on February 10, 2005, at The Fat Fish Blue, Newport, Kentucky, and included a gathering of musicians and friends including Larry Bloomfield, Larry Nager, Philip Paul, Ed Conley, James Ibold, Frank Lynch and more paying tribute. It helped record his final offering, a double CD album set for Cottage On The Hill Records. Suffering from the effects of diabetes, Duskin was on the eve of having legs amputated, when he died in May 2007, at the age of 86. The Ohio-based Big Joe Duskin Music Education Foundation keeps his musical ideals alive by producing in-school music presentations for public-school children.

Live Electric Boogie!

Linsey Alexander - Someone's Cookin' In My Kitchen

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2004
Time: 52:43 
Size: 121,1 MB 
Label: The L.A.B.B. – 2003
Styles: Blues/R&B
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Come Back Baby - 4:34
 2. Booty Call 2003 - 5:45
 3. How Can I Get Over You - 6:53
 4. The Train Is Coming - 7:35
 5. Hoochie Man - 8:03
 6. Funny Feeling - 3:04
 7. Somebody's Been Cookin' In My Kitchen - 4:47
 8. Been There - Done That - 5:15
 9. Going Home - 6:43

Blues entertainer Linsey Alexander was born in Mississippi but raised in Memphis, where he got his first guitar from a family friend. After learning the rudiments of blues playing and vocalizing from recordings by Little Milton and B.B. King (both of whom had also journeyed to Tennessee from the Delta), he saved up the money to travel to Chicago in the late '50s, and never looked back. While working in juke-joints on the city's fabled South Side, he was often given the opportunity to tour with blues greats like Buddy Guy and Magic Slim, but Alexander preferred to stay with his own style. 

Someone's Cookin' In My Kitchen

Vikings Of Blues, Vargas Blues Band, Jessy Howe - Soul Food

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 45:34 
Size: 105,1 MB 
Label: Rock Estatal Records
Styles: Rock/Blues Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Don't Let Fear - 4:20
 2. Heart Go Blind - 4:37
 3. Give Back - 4:05
 4. Open Up - 3:17
 5. Explode - 5:08
 6. Monkey Girl - 5:08
 7. Second Coming - 2:07
 8. Shake Ur Money Maker - 5:08
 9. I Really Wanna - 2:59
10. Soul Food - 4:30
11. Cybernetic Porkpine - 4:10

This is the new collaboration of female singer Jessy Howe and male guitarist/producer Javier Vargas. Their introductory EP “Magic Waters” came out in June 2020. The first album “Soul Food” will be released on 5 April. Ten songs with powerful melodies, lyrics and riffs brought forward with the fiery soulful guitar playing of a blues man, sounds reminiscent of the 70tis carried by the dark toned and heartfelt voice of a soul sirene. Enjoy listening to the new singles “Don’t Let Fear” and “Heart Go Blind” (Rock Estatal Spain) which are out now and will put to sea: “Vikings Of Blues” (Jessy Howe & Javier Vargas).

Soul Food

Jim Preen - Cat In The Spirit House

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 38:30 
Size: 88,2 MB 
Label: Self Released
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Shopping For Clothes - 3:38
 2. Big Red Cars - 3:27
 3. Armani Suit, New Guitar - 3:11
 4. Framed - 2:30
 5. Saddle Up - 3:35
 6. Don't Stare At The Celebrities - 5:28
 7. Mr Siegal - 4:30
 8. Sex, Food And Shoes - 3:59
 9. The Bandit - 3:38
10. The Ultimate Good Luck - 4:30

"I have a new album out which goes under the snappy title of ‘Cat in the Spirit House’. The picture below will give you a rough clue as where the name came from. Full disclosure: These are not actually new songs but are taken from the two albums I released in the 1990s. ‘Don’t stare at the celebrities’ came out to wide- spread acclaim (hang on that should read apathy) in 1995 and ‘Shopping in bed’ followed two years later. These ten cuts represent the best songs those two albums had to offer. In the nineties I moved to journalism and worked largely with ABC News covering the first Gulf War, the Concorde crash and the Bosnian conflict among hundreds of other stories. News features quite heavily in the lyrics if you know where to look. I was still in touch with an amazing group of musicians from by recording studio days. All these years later their playing still sounds extraordinary. Thanks to one and all. Credit for this new album should go to my old comrade in arms Simon Webb who came up with the idea and who also suggested getting Ian Tompson to re-master the chosen tracks. Ian did a wonderful job pulling off the cobwebs using all the dastardly wizardry at his disposal."

Cat In The Spirit House

Jim Mesi with Lily Wilde - Hot Night at the Candlelight

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1993
Time: 52:10 
Size: 121,0 MB 
Label: Candlelight Records
Styles: Blues
Art: Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. 5-10-15 Hours - 4:22
 2. Keep Your Hands Off Of Him - 4:40
 3. Young Dead Boys - 4:59
 4. Spankenstiein - 4:09
 5. That's Alright - 7:46
 6. Hideaway - 3:56
 7. Good Rockin' Daddy - 4:06
 8. Tears, Tears, Tears - 4:15
 9. Wild, Wild Young Men - 2:40
10. Salesgirl - 3:08
11. My Man He Ugly - 3:52
12. Miserlous - 4:12

Jim Mesi from Portland, was one of the founders of Brown Sugar, the original rhythm and blues group and had a significant impact on the blues scene in the Northwest: Brown Sugar spawned the Paul de Lay Band, in which he was the lead guitarist and soloist during several years.

Hot Night at the Candlelight

The Jim Mesi Band - Blues, Cars, And Electric Guitars

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2001
Time: 73:45 
Size: 169,8 MB 
Label: Just Ducky Records
Styles: Blues/Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Pontiac Blues - 3:34
 2. Dangerous Mood - 7:15
 3. Goin' Back Home - 5:11
 4. Come on If You're Comin' - 4:53
 5. Blue Light Boogie - 9:52
 6. Rampage in C - 2:17
 7. Too Much Stuff - 4:13
 8. Body and Fender Man - 7:02
 9. Apache - 4:06
10. My Baby - 5:59
11. Misirlou - 3:48
12. Who's Foolin' Who? - 4:31
13. Me and Mr. Blue - 5:26
14. Surfin' on the Autobahn - 2:36
15. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - 2:54

Jim Mesi is a Northwest Blues legend and every one of his cds is a gem. Mesi manages to create a sound all his own by mixing a little surf rock and rockabilly with his blues. From the slow boogie of "Blue Light Boogie" to the break-neck pace of "Too Much Stuff" and finishing with Mr. Mesi's version of "Norwegian Wood", this cd never disappoints.

Blues, Cars, And Electric Guitars

New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers - New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers Vol.II

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 52:04 
Size: 119,4 MB 
Label: Stony Plain Records
Styles: Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Blues for Yesterday   (Featuring – Charlie Musselwhite) - 4:32
 2. She’s About a Mover (Featuring – Alvin Youngblood Hart) - 5:01
 3. Searchlight (Featuring – Jimbo Mathus) - 4:36
 4. Oh Lord, Don’t Let Them Drop That Atom Bomb on Me (Featuring – Jim Dickinson - 4:43
 5. Greens & Hams (Featuring – Jimbo Mathus) - 4:16
 6. Messin’ with the Kid (Featuring – Jim Dickinson) - 3:54
 7. Black Water (Featuring – Charlie Musselwhite) - 6:50
 8. If Blues Was Money (Featuring – Alvin Youngblood Hart) - 3:55
 9. Can’t Stand to See You Go (Featuring – Jim Dickinson) - 3:48
10. Blue Guitar (Featuring – Luther Dickinson) - 5:04
11. Blues Is a Mighty Bad Feeling (Featuring – Jim Dickinson) - 5:20

While rolling through the vast American night on a ramshackle tour bus, legendary blues harmonica boss Charlie Musselwhite and North Mississippi Allstars' guitarist Luther Dickinson were engaged in a deep conversation. At one point, the sage elder bluesman nodded at his companion, looked out the window, and pointed at the rising moon. "New Moon Freedom Rockers" was all he said. Back in Mississippi, Cody & Luther Dickinson joined Musselwhite and their dad -- roots legend Jim Dickinson, who added "Jelly Roll" to their name -- at the Zebra Ranch recording studio, with old friends Alvin Hart, Jimbo Mathus, NMA bassist Chris Chew, and washtub bassist Paul Taylor. They pulled their chairs into a circle, arranged microphones, and hit "record." The completed tapes were archived after the elder Dickinson's passing. Years later, Stony Plain's Holger Peterson, who had heard about these apocryphal tapes, contacted Dickinson's sons about releasing them. The first volume appeared in the early fall of 2020. The 11-track set list contains two originals each from Musselwhite and Mathus, and another from Hart. The remainder are covers.
Musselwhite introduces his "Blues for Yesterday" with a woolly harmonica above a dirty guitar and shuffling snare. His lyrics, delivered in a souled-out Kosciusko, Mississippi drawl, underscore the conversation he and Luther enjoyed on that clattering tour bus. The crew offer a raw read of Doug Sahm's immortal boogie "She's About a Mover" with Hart's spirited vocal coming right from the swamp. Mathus' "Searchlight" was written and arranged in the vintage Chicago style of Muddy Waters at Chess and offers glorious piano pumping from the elder Dickinson with biting slide guitar work. Jim Dickinson delivers the lion's share of the vocals here. His deep, testifying flow on Charles Mingus' "Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me," reflects the tune's original inspiration: The house rent parties of the early to mid-20th century. His backing vocalists are ragged but right, and his piano dovetails with Luther's slide. Further, his choogling piano on Junior Wells' classic "Messing with the Kid" accents the vocal while Musselwhite's harp fills build to a burning solo. Hart's "Millionaire Blues (If Blues Was Money)" is a loose, nasty roadhouse blues that could have been on the tune box in Junior Kimbrough's juke joint. Mathus' hilarious and salacious "Greens and Ham" is a Hill Country blues with resonant, canny, martial snares, a swampy National Steel, and his lusty vocal underscoring all the double entendres. The set closes with a sad, lowdown read of the Mississippi Sheiks' "Blues Is a Mighty Bad Feeling." Jim Dickinson's mournful, yet menacing vocal is framed by a desolate harmonica, electric and acoustic guitars, and uncharacteristically bright honky tonk piano. If you dug the first entry from the New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers, you have no excuse not to pick up the second. If you haven't, the time for discovery is nigh.

Vol.II

Henry Gray And The Cats (Featuring Little Paul "Buck" Sinegal) - Watch Yourself

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2001
Time: 55:37 
Size: 128,7 MB 
Label: Lucky Cat Records
Styles: Blues
Art: Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Watch Yourself - 3:52
 2. You Messed Up - 3:00
 3. Hurt My Feelin's - 3:26
 4. Dust My Broom - 3:22
 5. Don't You Lie To Me - 2:58
 6. Shake A Hand - 4:45
 7. Talkin' Bout You - 2:47
 8. Cold Chills - 4:55
 9. How Could You Do It - 2:18
10. Somebody's Got To Go - 4:41
11. Scratch The Cat - 3:32
12. Feel Like A Stranger - 4:50
13. Keepin' The Blues Alive - 5:31
14. Showers Of Rain - 5:31

Henry Gray hails from just outside New Orleans. At the age of eight, he began to demonstrate his talent on piano. In 1956, he joined Howlin' Wolf's band where he remained until 1968. According to his website, www.henrygray.com, Henry is considered one of the best living exponents of the Windy City piano blues style. You will come to the same conclusion after experiencing this exceptional disc. Its a lively 55 minute set containing danceable blues and early rock and roll. Included, amongst 14 tracks, are 9 originals and all tunes were recorded live in the studio. Henry handles piano and vocals and is backed by members of his most recent touring act the Cats. They are a tight band of experienced and talented musicians. Little Paul "Buck" Sinegal and Olivier Scoazec's guitars create a unique brand of spicy blues. Brian Bruce's wizardry on harmonica will have many referring to him as Superharp while Napolean Martin achieves similar magic playing the reeds of his alto and tenor sax. Long-time bassist, Andy Cornett, provides a solid foundation and is credited with the production while Earl Christopher's drumming is stomping and sweaty. This rhythm section is so firm they could inject a beat into someone not capable of tapping their foot!
Things begin with the title track and a format that is simple, tried and true. There is plenty of sharp and slick guitar pickin' from Buck who has played with all the great Louisiana artists. Gray delivers his vocals with an aged and scratchy throat. On "Hurt My Feelin's", his voice gets excited to the point of practically shouting the lyrics. Its a shufflin' number that rollicks. His voice and piano challenge each other on "Talkin' Bout You" where it is clear that Gray is having a great time performing this romp. "Somebody's Got To Go" will hypnotize the listener into a deep trance. "Scratch The Cat" is an uptempo instrumental with blazing keys and wailing harp. Cornett takes over the vocals on "Keepin' The Blues Alive". The song pays homage to Gray and describes his blues odyssey. Like his live performances, a similarity of keys and shuffles feature in the songs. However, Henry Gray excels with this style and his barrelhouse runs will enrapture listeners. Sure, its old school stuff but plenty can be learned from simple, straight to the point, packed with a wallop music. John Sinclair is spot on when he writes in his liner notes, 'another stirring collection of Henry Gray originals and blues classics rendered to perfection'. Jerry Brock adds in his liner notes, 'Henry is truly one of the last living legends … recognize him as a national treasure'.

Watch Yourself

Dexter Allen - Keep Moving On

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 46:44 
Size: 107,2 MB 
Label: Endless Blues Records
Styles: Modern Electric Blues/Soul/R&B
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Keep Moving On - 3:56
 2. Love Talk - 3:49
 3. Blues Eyed Girl - 3:53
 4. Pack Up My Bags - 3:35
 5. I Just Love That Woman - 4:03
 6. F.A.B.U.L.I.S.T. Woman - 4:55
 7. If I Aint Got You - 4:51
 8. Sleeping In My Bed - 4:06
 9. I Can't Live Without You - 5:08
10. I Like The Way - 4:09
11. My Cup Of Tea - 4:14

Dexter Allen, born in Crystal Springs, MS. the son of musical Pastors Lee and Ruthie Allen, was raised on a farm and grew up understanding that life can still be wholesome with only the bare necessities. Dexter began playing the bass guitar at the age of 12 for his father's gospel group traveling around the central Mississippi area. His sweet blend of Blues, R&B, Soul and Funk landed him a deal in 1995 when he teamed up with Airtight Records, a local independent label, to share his musical and writing talents. He caught the eye of living blues legend Bobby Rush who made him the lead guitarist in his worldwide touring band. Dexter's unique style landed him the 2008 Jackson, Mississippi Music Award for Male Vocalist of the year. Earlier in 2008,he put out his first CD where he plays guitar, bass, keyboards and sings. In 2009 he won the Mississippi Music Awards Entertainer of the Year honor.  In 2011 Dexter released his 2nd CD titled “Bluezin for Life”, going back to his roots with a host of deep Mississippi blues originals.  In 2013 Dexter was cast in the James Brown movie "Get On Up" where he played one of Mr. Brown's musicians.  Over the years Dexter has developed a passionate, driving guitar style in the vein of Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. In 2014 Dexter was signed to Deep Rush Records, the label of icon Bobby Rush, where he released the CD titled "Bluez Of My Soul" that made many chart appearances worldwide. In 2015 Dexter released another CD on the Deep Rush label titled "Trilogy Of My Blues” which continues to sell worldwide and delight fans all across the globe. His live show at the Ground Zero Blues Club takes a page out of a classic old blues show, carrying on a custom that traces back to 1920s Delta pioneer Charley Patton: good, old-fashioned showmanship that makes people want to be in Dexter's presence. 

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Jimmy Ley - No Excuses No Regrets

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 78:57 
Size: 181,7 MB 
Label: Smog Veil Records
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. I Think Your Time Has Come - 2:59
 2. Wild Man on the Loose - 2:11
 3. Southern Women - 5:33
 4. Checking on My Baby - 9:51
 5. Deborah - 5:30
 6. The 413 - 2:42
 7. You Got Money - 3:28
 8. Something Crawling - 3:36
 9. She's Looking Good - 3:11
10. Fannie Mae - 3:22
11. Thank You - 6:59
12. Tiger In Your Tank - 3:23
13. Searching for a Woman - 4:28
14. Mercy Mercy - 8:06
15. Spider In My Stew - 5:35
16. Going Down - 4:22
17. Georgetown Jump - 3:33

Jimmy Ley (Leyava) was a leader in the Cleveland blues scene during the 1970s. He was born and raised in Cleveland, but spent a lot of the 1960s travelling and living elsewhere. He starting fronting bands around 1970, starting with Jimmy Ley and the Blues Idiom. The band, according to a raw live recording, included Ley (vocals, harp), Al Silver (guitar), Rick Matsiak (bass), RIck Biagola (drums), and Jim Tinter (sax). In 1972 the band recorded some songs at Audio Recording, two of which were released on a 45. The 45 features two original songs by Ley and was released on the GWS label, part of the infamous Florida to Cincinnati pay-to-play operation (GWS, Trip, AMG, Pilot Master). The band on the recording session was Ley (vocals, keyboards), Matsiak (bass), Chuck Drazdik (guitar), Bill Jeric (guitar), Gerry Gilbert (drums), Larry Kane (sax), Joe Calo (sax). Sometime in the mid 70s he was working under the name of Jimmy Ley and the Coosa River Band. They played often at local clubs, especially the Mistake, and did opening shows for touring bands. He quit music from 1978 until the mid 1980s when he restarted with a new band, and he continues to play. Like Mr. Stress and other Clevland blues artists, recording was not a priority. In addition to the 45, there is an early 1970s acetate, and as mentioned above, a live recording, but it wasn't until the late 1980s that he had a released album.

No Excuses No Regrets