Backbeat Drivers - The Emperor's New Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2002
Time: 62:07 
Size: 149,0 MB 
Label: Self-Released
Styles: Blues 
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. The Emperor's New Blues - 3:35
 2. Hundred Dollar Suit - 3:13
 3. My Baby's a Painter - 3:11
 4. Great Big Sky - 5:37
 5. When It Falls - 4:28
 6. Good Idea At The Time - 3:52
 7. The Party's Started - 2:49
 8. Pig Squadron - 4:44
 9. Brown Water - 5:17
10. Return Ticket - 2:56
11. Be Careful What You Say - 2:38
12. What You Got - 4:33
13. Ice Age Blues - 3:45
14. Reinvent The Blues - 5:22
15. The Black Hat - 3:04
16. Trippin With Elvis - 2:56

Blues based well thought out original music from a band that deserves to be better known. Songs relate to a much broader range of concepts than your average blues album. "Pig Squadron", "Brown Water" and "My Baby's Painting Pictures" are standouts.

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The Badweather Blues Band - The Badweather Blues Band

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2007
Time: 55:01 
Size: 128,9 MB 
Label: Self-Released 
Styles: Blues/Funky Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Dry Rub (Intro) - 1:06
 2. Badweather Blues - 4:14
 3. Stop Haunting Me - 4:35
 4. When You're Sober - 7:30
 5. I'm Here For You - 8:29
 6. Dry Rub (Rev's Rub) - 1:16
 7. Surrender (Far Too Long) - 3:43
 8. Throw it Down - 6:26
 9. Don't Underestimate Love - 7:00
10. So Long, So Far - 4:28
11. Too Much Fun - 4:35
12. Dry Rub (Golden Rub) - 1:39

The Badweather Blues Band (BWB) is a hard working, electrifying, energetic quintet, who has had the honor of performing their brand of blues, classic R&B, and funk for the past decade. Their critically acclaimed self titled CD "Badweather Blues", released in October of 2007, was proof that the band could transfer their raw power and soulful energy from the stage to the recording studio. Calling the Southern Tier of New York their home, BWB has enjoyed an enthusiastic following that supports their busy schedule of club and concert appearances. Armed with the powerhouse vocals of Debbie "Hop" Hospie, plus the soulful rasp and melodic falsetto of Bob, "Sonny Boy" Jenson, vocal harmonies soar. The quintet is rounded out by the rhythm section of bassist Tom "The Ringer" Westcott and the funky drummer himself, Steve "The Hurricane" Simmons. Matched with the instrumental dominance of the Mike "The Reverend" Melynk's crafty keyboard prowess, listeners will be taken to another level of "holiness". As audience members can attest, BWB's love of music and enthusiasm for performing comes across at each and every live venue. In addition to gracing the main stage at the Chenango County Blues Festival in 2005 and at the New York State Rhythm and Blues Festival in 2007, the Badweather Blues Band has performed and shared the stage with some of the following national acts: Bernard Allison, Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers, Hubert Sumlin, Roosevelt Dean, Michael Hill’s Blues Mob, Big Al and the Heavyweights, Buddy Guy, Jerry Pornoy, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Oteil and the Peacemakers, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Duke Robillard, Renee Austin, Kenny Neal, Joe Bonamassa, Alexis Suter, Renee Austin, and Crosby Loggins.

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Bacon Brothers - Bacon Brothers

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2010
Time: 65:14 
Size: 150,0 MB 
Label: Agnas Records
Styles: Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Everybody Talks -  4:45
 2. Hey There Santa -  2:44
 3. Bad Bad Girl -  5:22
 4. Hunting Shooting Fishing -  2:34
 5. Loser Three Times -  5:33
 6. Crosscut Saw -  4:24
 7. Manish Boy -  4:47
 8. Someday Baby -  2:57
 9. Bad Boy -  3:57
10. Walking the Dog -  4:15
11. In the Rain -  5:59
12. Black Magic Woman -  3:15
13. Untitled - 14:38

The heaviest blues band in Sweden with fat, steaming blues ....We don´t hesitate to state Bacon Brothers as one of Sweden´s most experienced blues bands. In seven years Bacon Brothers have played over 680 concerts in Scandinavia! As of today there are three members in the band: Roberth Ekholm guitar, Kimmo Ylitalo bass and vocal, and Mårten Ronsten drums.Take Looser three times. Weight and joyfulness, together with an unique sound production. It's something new and surprising, yet genuine with seriousity and humor. I'm going to give my example to John Lee Hooker. Because it's down at John's place, Boom Boom Room downtown San Francisco, Bacon Brothers belongs!" ~Andreas Broman

Bacon Brothers

Phil Bee - Against The Wind

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2020
Time: 42:35 
Size: 98,7 MB 
Label: Soul Sacrifice Records
Styles: Rock/Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Feelin' Alright - 4:28
 2. Grandma's Hands - 2:11
 3. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know - 5:33
 4. Born on the Bayou - 5:05
 5. Dixie Chicken - 3:53
 6. I Put a Spell on You - 4:08
 7. Badge - 2:41
 8. Bell Bottom Blues - 5:06
 9. You Do Something to Me - 3:53
10. Against the Wind - 5:33

Dutch singer and songwriter Phil Bee couldn't sit still during the Corona time. He used the 'lockdown' to lock himself up in the 'Castle Studios' in Mheer for 4 weeks to record this CD. This time no own work, due to the Corona situation and therefore the impossibility to rehearse, arrange and physically meet.
A repertoire was put together in collaboration with musician friends. Phil Bee had also asked his social media which songs were preferred. The result is this album with 10 songs that are on Phil's own bucket list and on those of his social media followers. His first solo album too, with a clear focus on the vocals. “I've never spent so much time on my own vocals for an album,” says Phil himself. The album was also recorded to fill the void of missing dozens of performances. Phil was in the middle of the theater tour with Johan Derksen when all events were canceled and the summer festivals with Phil Bee's Freedom and Erwin Java had yet to start. “Don't whine and stay positive” is his motto. The result: 'Against the Wind'. Songs with a zeitgeist from the 60s-70s of the last century. Classics with their own twist from the acclaimed Dutch blue-eyed-soul singer.

Against The Wind

Michael Bram - "Leroy"

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2004
Time: 28:21 
Size: 66,9 MB 
Label: Self-Released
Styles: Blues/Jazzy Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Dust My Broom - 3:20
 2. Blues With a Feelin' - 3:46
 3. Thing's Ain't What They Used to Be - 1:27
 4. Cherokee - 4:01
 5. Once I Loved - 3:04
 6. Resolution - 5:50
 7. Can't Hold Out Much Longer - 3:34
 8. It Hurts Me Too - 3:16

Michael "Leroy" Bram is currently the drummer for Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Jason Mraz, and served as Mraz' Musical Director from 2008-2010 during the "We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things" world tour.Michael has also recently joined THE WEIGHT BAND as their new singer and drummer, singing and playing the parts of the legendary Levon Helm! The Weight Band performs the iconic music of "THE BAND" and features former members of THE BAND, as well as former members of Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, and Levon Helm's respective bands.He has also recently performed and recorded with artists such as WILLIE NELSON, JOSS STONE, JOHN POPPER, G.LOVE AND SPECIAL SAUCE, ZAC BROWN, CHRISTINA PERRI, COLBIE CALLAIT, and many more. Michael has released his debut CD "Leroy" which showcases his talents as a blues singer and harp player, as well as a jazz singer and drummer. Check him out at clubs and bars near you, and expect to hear a lot more from this up-and-coming musician./

Leroy

Gary Sellers - Young Man With the Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2001
Time: 52:45 
Size: 124,1 MB 
Label: Self-Released 
Styles: Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Feelin' Good - 3:10
 2. So Glad You're Gone - 6:06
 3. What Are You Waiting For - 4:16
 4. Table For One - 3:31
 5. Young Man With the Blues - 3:10
 6. Everybody Has Someone but Me - 3:48
 7. Those Lonely Blues - 4:54
 8. Precious Time - 4:28
 9. Lost and Found - 5:11
10. Shake It and Swing - 3:31
11. Lost Love - 6:17
12. Drawers - 4:18

It is a familiar tale - a wily veteran performer schools a young musician until the student gains the confidence to head off on his or her own. This apprenticeship period serves two purposes by not only imparting valuable instruction on the art of making music but also providing lessons on living the musician’s life out on the road. The process has been repeated over and over again, ensuring that the musical traditions are passed from one generation to the next.
Gary Sellers had Sam "The Bluzman" Taylor as his mentor. Taylor was a highly regarded singer, guitarist and songwriter who was a fixture on the Long Island, New York blues scene. Elvis Presley, Freddie King, Joe Tex and other well-known singers recorded Taylor’s songs. Sellers shares Taylor’s ability to mix soul and blues elements into a heady brew of music that takes an honest look at life’s ups & downs.

Young Man With the Blues

Scott Boyer & NC Thurman - Ok, How About This

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2012
Time: 49:53 
Size: 120,3 MB 
Label: Self-Released
Styles: Rock/Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Sands of Wasted Time - 2:37

 2. "AAA" Man - 4:08
 3. Silence Ain't Golden Anymore - 3:24
 4. I Don't Know - 2:39
 5. Better Off With a Broken Heart - 4:40
 6. Keep It Up - 4:02
 7. Premature Discombobulation - 3:22
 8. The River Doesn't Run Here - 3:46
 9. Without a Doubt - 3:21
10. Who You Gonna Hoodoo - 2:59
11. If the Sun Will Ever Shine Again - 4:09
12. Don't Hit Me No More - 3:14
13. Rock Bottom Blues - 4:18
14. Between Now and Then - 3:09

The former singer/guitarist of COWBOY joined forces with NC THURMAN to record this magnificent album with very bluesy accents.

Ok, How About This

Catfish John Tisdell - Don't Look Back

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2024
Time: 48:37 
Size: 111,7 MB 
Label: Self-Released 
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock 
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Why Get Up - 3:56
 2. Trouble No More - 3:37
 3. Give Me One Reason - 4:59
 4. Don't Look Back - 4:23
 5. Need Your Love So Bad - 4:29
 6. Traveling Riverside Blues - 5:36
 7. Milk Cow Blues - 3:34
 8. Blues, Stay Away From Me - 5:36
 9. It Don't Get Much Better - 4:04
10. Crazy About You - 4:08
11. Alberta - 4:12

This is a dynamic collection of songs that features Catfish John's electric slide guitar playing. He is also featured on drums on many of these tracks. Included are two original songs, the title cut "Don't Look Back", and "It Don't Get Much Better". There are also cover versions of songs by The Allman Brothers, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Tracy Chapman, and The Fabulous Thunderbirds. This album is all blues- rock, Catfish John style.Since his first public performances in the early 70's in Denver, Catfish has toured the country both as a solo artist and in bands performing in clubs, coffeehouses, music festivals and concerts. His favorite style of music is a combination of Blues & Rock. He has performed in bands ranging from traditional blues and folk to more modern rock and roll. He lived on Maui for 30 years and windsurfs/

Don't Look Back

Leon Laudenbach - A Tele and a Deuce

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2023
Time: 36:46 
Size: 86,2 MB 
Label: Beggars Dance Records
Styles:Blues/Americana/Singer-Songwriter 
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Snake Pit - 5:12
 2. Land of the Lakota - 5:30
 3. Elizabeth City - 3:54
 4. New Parchment Farm Blues (Album Version) - 3:13
 5. The Last Lonely Train - 3:39
 6. Burnsville High - 4:35
 7. A Tele and a Deuce - 3:36
 8. Sqaure Baler Blues (Album Version) - 4:12
 9. Kicking Sand - 2:51

I call this genre, midwest americana, its where I live. The 'Tele and a Duece' track is about my first electric guitar and the amp that just about killed me. The record was a real pleasure to record.
This is a release that came out in June of 23. Drums where supplied by Bennet Velline ( Bobby Vee) and Mauro Magellen (Georgia Satellites). Bass John Lynch, Harp Mark (Sparky) Anderson, Vocals and guitars Leon Laudenbach

A Tele and a Deuce

Taboo Blue - The Wrath of God and a Plymuth Fury III

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2002
Time: 49:12 
Size: 114,0 MB 
Label: Spacely Sparks Records
Styles: Rock/Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:

 1. Steel Rail - 3:00
 2. So Bad - 3:57
 3. The Wrath of God And a Plymuth Fury III - 2:44
 4. Roller Coaster Girl - 3:58
 5. Rebecca Dejinero - 3:59
 6. Fired Up - 3:25
 7. Troubled Man - 3:16
 8. Boys Aint Poison - 3:23
 9. Wont Move a Muscle - 3:52
10. Get in Touch With Your Femine Side - 3:10
11. No One Must Know - 3:17
12. Shangalang Ding Dong - 3:31
13. For the Love of You - 3:58
14. The Wrath of God (reprise) - 3:36

The title of Taboo Blue's fourth album conjures up visions of a band that play the blues in the sort of style favored by bands like The Gun Club. These first impressions are false, however. "The Wrath of God..." turns out to be much gentler on the ear, mostly alternating between rockier material and rootsier Americana. The album opens with "Steel Rail" where all the impressions conjured up by the albums title and the sleeve get blown away. It chugs along nicely, and the nicely restrained guitar work shows off the rockier side of the band. Their other side is displayed on track two, "So Bad," which is much more laid back and slower. The tune has shades of earlier Bob Dylan to it, whilst the slightly smoky vocals hint at Steve Forbert.The title track of the album (which is also reprised as a closer) initially reminded me a bit of the Stranglers, mainly due to the way that the keyboards provide the foundation and drive the tune along. Subsequent listenings, however, suggested that the Doors are probably a better comparison, particularly after listening to "Paint The Kettle Black" which also has some of the feel of early British blues boom about it. The band seem equally at home whether they are playing more upbeat numbers, or going for a more laid back feel. The songs on the album are almost evenly split between the two basic styles, so with a bit of careful programming you could even listen to the different styles individually. Of the rockier tracks, the dark and broody "Feminine Side" with its tasty slide guitar is probably the best. From the more laid back songs, the Tom Waits-like "Boys Ain't Poison" is very good, but pipped by "No One Most Know" which has some particularly good keyboard and piano playing on one of the best Dylan tunes that he never wrote. "The Wrath of God and A Plymouth Fury III" is a good album. Taboo Blue almost seem a bit Jekyll and Hyde-ish with the two fairly contrasting sides to their music. The album should hold some appeal for fans of either (or both) styles. It is testament to the skills of bandleader and songwriter Leon Laudenbach that the two styles work so well when placed side by side, to make the whole album so coherent.

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Sergio Duarte & Entidade Joe - Sergio Duarte & Entidade Joe

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2000
Time: 52:30 
Size: 122,2 MB 
Label: Self-Released 
Styles: Blues/Harmonica Blues 
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Vida de Poeta -  5:06
 2. Gato por Lebre -  4:03
 3. Nao Me Esqueca Baby - 10:22
 4. De Trago em Trago -  4:19
 5. Pode Chorar -  3:20
 6. Homem do Progresso -  5:15
 7. California -  5:01
 8. Nao Va -  3:33
 9. Digo Amem -  5:50
10. Gaitaria #2 -  2:29
11. Joe the Blower -  3:08

“Em busca de um caminho livre / Não deixe nada atrapalhar / Há sempre pedras no caminho / Não deixe isso te parar / Assim vive o poeta / Ele está sempre sonhando / É um sonho acordado / Desespero de viver”. O trecho citado faz parte da canção “Vida de Poeta”, composição do gaitista, cantor e compositor Sérgio Duarte. E foi justamente seguindo este mote que o músico se tornou uma das principais referências do blues feito no Brasil.Com mais de 30 anos de estrada musical, Sérgio Duarte tem a gaita e a alquimia do blues como grandes diferenciais artísticos. Nesse jornada, lançou um número expressivo de obras em cd, e também construiu um legado na forma de vídeo-aulas. Em paralelo, viveu e e testemunhou inúmeras histórias incríveis que fazem parte da caminho de quem realmente respira esse gênero musical tão fascinante.Nascido no bairro da Mooca, São Paulo, Sérgio começou a tocar na adolescência e o processo de aprendizagem, aprimoramento e o amor pela arte ocorreram de forma natural. Em sua família não havia músicos. Sua iniciação musical foi por meio do rock e do heavy metal, e teve como combustível eventos inspiradores como o primeiro Rock in Rio, em 1985. Por volta dos 14 anos de idade, comprou um contrabaixo e montou uma bandinha chamada “Azul Beterraba”. Em seguida começou a descobrir mais do rock inglês, através de bandas como o The Yardbirds, e, posteriormente, o bluesmen gaitista norte-americano  Sonny Boy Williamson. “Nessa época eu ouvia o som da gaita e ficava fascinado. Pensava que eram aquelas gaitas grandes, com botão e tal. Aí fui atrás de material, mas era muito escasso. Havia um cara na Galeria do Rock, em São Paulo, que gravava fitas K7 só de blues. Desse jeito, pude conhecer e escutar muitos artistas. Entretanto, a grande virada foi quando eu viajei para uma cidade de Minas Gerais e fui visitar uma caverna. Lá encontrei um hippie tocando uma gaita de blues. Era uma Hohner importada, que ele tinha adquirido em suas viagens internacionais. Ali eu descobri que a gaita era o meu caminho, que eu queria fazer aquele tipo de som”, diz .Ele voltou para sua São Paulo natal e constatou que não poderia adquirir um instrumento igual ao do hippie que lhe encantou. “não tinha como comprar um instrumento importado, levaria muito tempo para chegar. Então comprei uma gaita Hering Super 20 e comecei a me virar”, lembra. Tempos depois, seu pai, que viajava bastante a trabalho, trouxe de uma dessas viagens uma gaita importada além de métodos para aprender a tocar. “Comecei a estudar e traduzir esse material para criar uma técnica de estudo por aqui. Foi muito trabalhoso, mas foi primordial na minha carreira”.Sérgio Duarte profissionalizou-se na década de 1980. Ele integrou a banda Tomate Inglês e com o tempo começou a ser reconhecido como um dos pioneiros da gaita blues no Brasil, inclusive no ensino do gênero no país. O reconhecimento se consolidou em 2000, após o lançamento do seu primeiro disco solo pela gravadora Eldorado. “Sérgio Duarte Entidade Joe Vol. 1”, que ele gravou com sua banda, é até hoje um trabalho celebrado, que mostra todo o virtuosismo e a técnica que ele adquiriu junto a grandes mestres do blues norte-americano como James Cotton,Willian Clarke e Sugar Blue, durante as viagens que realizou pelos EUA atrás do aprendizado e da cultura da gaita no blues. Primeiro cd gravado por um gaitista paulista, o álbum traz solos e canções históricas que influenciaram toda uma nova geração de gaitistas e até hoje é reputado como um dos melhores trabalhos de blues em português.Acompanhado de sua banda, o gaitista é muito atuante tocando ao vivo na cena e marcando presença nos grandes festivais de Blues do Brasil e América Latina como, Guaramiranga Jazz Festival CE, Rio das Ostras Internacional Festival RJ , Sesc Jazz in Blues Internacional Festival  e Harmônicas de Fuego (Chile). Ele também desfruta do status de ser endorser e patrocinado pela Hohner, uma das mais conhecidas fabricantes de gaita no mundo.Sérgio Duarte estabeleceu parcerias com grandes artistas e bandas da cena nacional e mundial. Um deles foi o cantor Nasi ( Ira! ), com quem tocou por mais de 10 anos na sua banda paralela “Nasi & os Irmãos do Blues”, tendo inclusive gravado no álbum IRA 7 e tocado na turnê subsequente. Também foi parceiro do conceituado guitarrista Faiska Borges, colaborando no seu álbum “Bends” e participando, junto com ele,  do Programa do Jô e de apresentações e entrevistas em diversos veículos de mídia. O cantor e compositor Zeca Baleiro  convidou-o a participar de seus shows, misturando seu trabalho a temas de blues, como aconteceu no Festival Internacional de Jazz & Blues de Paraty, o Paraty Bourbon Fest. Glória das glórias, fez a abertura de um show de Buddy Guy em São Paulo a pedido do próprio guitarrista americano, lenda do Blues mundial. Isso para citar apenas algumas parcerias e colaborações notáveis./ Para meus amigos no Brasil da Rússia!/

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Robin Overall - Shadowlands

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2006
Time: 47:40 
Size: 109,6 MB 
Label: Muse West Records 
Styles:Rock/Blues Rock 
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Shadowlands - 5:35
 2. Miles Away - 3:57
 3. Really Living - 5:43
 4. Looking For An Angel - 4:55
 5. Love Tells No Lies - 4:56
 6. Farther Down The Road - 4:00
 7. Call My Name Again - 6:12
 8. State Of Mine - 4:17
 9. Come On In - 3:57
10. Distant Place - 4:05

What is it about growing up in the Texas music scene that inspires so many guitar players to wield their guitars like weapons and make an impact on the world? Guitarists like Billy Gibbons of ZZ Topp, Eric Johnson and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Maybe it is something in the water or in the air that evokes such legendary feel for the instrument. Whatever the reason, the list would not be complete without Robin Overall's name on it. Described by Music Columnist Jim Beal as "Guitar Slinger Deluxe", Robin is emerging as a force to be reckoned with set apart from the hordes of SRV clones by a style all his own. This Texas born guitarist is poised for a 2006 Tour to support the release of 2 upcoming albums. The "Shadowlands" album which will be released in the summer is an amazing journey of guitar laced rock lightly seasoned with a jazz/fusion edge and "Firebird" which hopes to see a September release is a combination of new studio tracks and live recordings of a few songs from "Shadowlands". The "live" performance is really where he catches fire and you begin to understand that you are witnessing something very special. His soaring guitar solos seem to actually be calling out to people from blocks away to come and experience it. But the thing I enjoyed most about this guitarist was his commitment to the song. He is actually a good songwriter and vocalist. I never got the feeling that the evening was centered around a guitar showcase of endless and ultimately boring scales or that the songs were constructed solely for that purpose. Robin has a way of pulling you in slowly with variety, taste, and feel. He doesn't dump his complete knowledge of the guitar on you in the first solo in the first song. He is more like a Pied Piper slowly weaving his way through the songs and although he does give you an occasional blistering flurry of notes you really get a sense of freshness from song to song. At the end of the performance you won't have the ear fatigue common in many guitar hero shows. After two encores and non-stop accolades from the audience of about 300 people for this opening act I began to ask myself..."Who's the headliner now?" If you get a chance to see Robin "live" don't miss it....this Firebird can really rock you!

Shadowlands

Sugar Harp - Sugar Is My Name

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2022
Time: 41:16 
Size: 96,0 MB 
Label: Pinnacle Productions
Styles: Blues/Harmonica Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Sugar Is My Name - 2:51
 2. Special Recipe - 5:12
 3. How Come My Dog Don't Bark - 4:07
 4. I Don't Want a Soul Hangin' Round - 4:22
 5. Lemon Squeezin' Fool - 3:07
 6. May Your Soul Make It to Heaven - 5:07
 7. My Truck My Dog My Wife - 3:50
 8. Leave Me the Same Way You Came - 4:18
 9. Mojo Hand - 3:28
10. Murder Murder Murder - 4:49

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Sugar Is My Name, by Sugar Harp and it's a solid release of classic blues sound. Opening with title track, Sugar Is My Name, Alabama harmonica player/singer Charles "Sugar Harp" Burroughs works over a cool, Little Walter vamp. Backed by Microwave Dave Gallagher on guitar, T-Bone Dupree on bass, Ardie Dean on drums, this is a solid opener.  On slow blues, How Come My Dog Don't Bark, Dan Hoctor provides a nice organ base with Dean on drums and Dupree on bass allowing wide open passage for Sugar to solo on harmonica. Very cool. One of my favorite tracks on the release is I Don't Want A Soul Hangin' Round with it's simple bottom by Microwave Dave on guitar and just the simplest of bass and drums by T-Bone and Ardie. Sugar has a great story telling vocal pace and his harmonica playing is super. Getting a blues rock feel going with Microwave Dave setting the pace on Lemon Squeezin' Fool, Sugar really shines on both vocal and harmonica making this track another favorite. On a smooth, slower blues, May Your Soul Make It To Heaven, with a "Stormy Monday" pace, Sugar lays down some really nice harmonica lead and his vocals work really nicely over the rhythm lead of Dave and the warm organ fill by Hoctor. Very cool. Sugar's vocal are at their peak on Leave Me The Same Way You Came with only the minimal amount of guitar by Dave and Sugar punctuating his own super vocals with his best harmonica work on the release. Wrapping the release is Murder Murder Murder is a strong, slower blues again featuring the excellent vocal work of Sugar. Dave's guitar lead provides a solid pathway for Sugar's soulful vocals and works very nicely with Sugar's soulful harp lead. Very nice. 

Sugar Is My Name

Lou DeAdder - "LouD"

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2005
Time: 41:08 
Size: 94,8 MB 
Label:Self-Released
Styles: Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Jazzy Blues/Funky Blues 
Art: Front+Back 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Beer Drinkin' Mama - 5:27
 2. You Said - 4:09
 3. Tell Me Bout Your Problem - 3:52
 4. Struttin' - 4:20
 5. Dibs On You - 3:29
 6. My Baby Blue - 4:33
 7. Goin' Fishin' - 3:48
 8. Burn Me Down - 4:16
 9. Space Cowboy - 3:12
10. Ten Minutes - 3:57

When Canadian guitarist and singer Lou began playing back towards the end of the sixties, he was influenced by Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, and Mike Bloomfield, so it should come as no surprise that he describes the music he played as ‘rocking blues’. Fast forward a couple of decades (during which time he played with a variety of bands playing a wide range of music) and he adds Albert Collins and Stevie Ray Vaughn to the list, before discovering the music of Robben Ford a little later.This set finds Lou backed by a skin-tight outfit of organ, bass and drums, plus a couple of hornmen and a backing singer, and he defines this CD as a return to his roots. Hopefully that initial paragraph should give most readers a good idea of what to expect: the set opener ‘Beer Drinkin’ Mama’ is an attractive, totally accessible, guitar driven, good-timing opening blues (very nice backing vocals) and the next track ‘You Said’ seems about to follow the same course, with its riffing guitar intro - but then it takes off into a slightly different direction, with jazzy licks emphasised by some dirty trumpet playing and even a flute! Some of the material is rather more conventional, including the powerful shuffle ‘Tell Me ‘Bout Your Problem’, the straightforwardly jazzy blues ‘Dibs On You’ and the classic riff-riding blues-rocker ‘Burn Me Down’. These are however offset by items such as the funky big band sound of the instrumental ‘Struttin’, and rather less successfully to my taste, the country-ish, showbizzy ballad ‘My Baby Blue’. The proceedings wind up in admirable fashion with the cool slow-to-mid tempo strut of ‘Ten Minutes’. Full marks to Lou for a varied and always interesting CD, with plenty of excellent guitar work and a raft of intelligent, original songs. This is well worth checking out. ~ Norman Darwen

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Mike Fisher - 12 Days of Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2024
Time: 42:12 
Size: 96,7 MB 
Label: Self-Released 
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock/Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Blues Me - 3:49
 2. Hellhound - 2:54
 3. The Bog - 3:58
 4. Old Dog Blues - 3:46
 5. Three Hour Drive - 3:38
 6. Hi Jynx - 2:54
 7. Christmas Blues - 3:26
 8. Evangelist - 2:49
 9. Wandering Cat Blues - 3:32
10. Picture Frame - 3:15
11. Chicken Brain Moment - 3:16
12. 12 Days of Blues - 4:52

The latest release from St. John’s musician Mike Fisher.Mike Fisher is pushing his boundaries beyond his progressive punk sounds with his latest release, 12 Days of Blues. All 12 songs were composed in 12 days from November 8 – 19 2023.Mike played all instruments and sang on all tracks as well as composing lyrics and music.This is his 3rd solo release in the last 3 years. Mike is a well-known veteran of the St. John’s music scene going all the way back to 1979 with The Reaction, one of NL’s first punk bands.Other bands included the techno sounds of NEON and the Pink Floyd inspired Hammingwell.

12 Days of Blues