Kenny Parker(feat.Darrell Nulishc&The Butler Twins) - Raising the Dead (Remastered)

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2014
Time:54:46 
Size:126,3 MB 
Label:JSP Records 
Styles:Blues/Modern Electric Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Too Hot for Me (Remastered) - 3:46
 2. Your Girl's Gone Bad (Remastered) - 3:38
 3. Take It Easy on a Fool (Remastered) - 4:34
 4. She's the One for Me (Remastered) - 3:39
 5. Shake Hands with the Devil (Remastered) - 6:48
 6. Baby Cakes Bop (Remastered) - 4:30
 7. Cryin' for Help (Remastered) - 5:12
 8. You're so Sharp (Remastered) - 4:35
 9. Blues for Mr. Bo (Remastered) - 5:35
10. Crazy 'Bout My Baby (Remastered) - 4:10
11. Brunoise (Remastered) - 3:59
12. Afterglow (Remastered) - 4:15

In the mid-'90s, Detroit blues guitarist and songwriter Kenny Parker released his debut album for the London-based JSP Records, Raise the Dead. Parker's blues education began with the Beatles in the early 1960s, but it wasn't long before he discovered the roots of their music. Parker grew up in Albion, Michigan and began playing in his first band, the Esquires, at 14. He begin listening to Albert King and B.B. King in high school via the local record store, and he took his inspiration from them. He graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 1976 and took a job in a Cadillac factory while looking around for the right opportunities to play blues at night. He began working with a paragon of the Detroit scene, Mr. Bo (Louis Bo Collins), and later joined the Butler Twins.While Parker toured Europe with the Butler Twins, JSP founder John Stedman heard him and decided to sign him up for his own recording. the Butler Twins accompany Parker on his debut recording, and he's also backed by harp master Darrell Nulisch, best known for his work with Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets. the Butler Twins and Nulisch contribute vocals on Parker's Raise the Dead, and since Parker doesn't consider himself a singer, his guitar playing takes center stage. ~bio by Richard Skelly

Raising the Dead

The Butler Twins - Live In Detroit

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:1988
Time:47:19 
Size:108,8 MB 
Label:Blues Factory Records 
Styles:Blues/Electric Blues/Harmonica Blues 
Art: Front+Back 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Introduction: Famous Coachman - 0:29
 2. Long Distnace Love - 4:43
 3. Hey Baby - 5:15
 4. The Fatman - 5:39
 5. I've Got to Move Out of My Neighborhood - 6:24
 6. Take Me Back - 3:51
 7. Butler Boogie - 6:02
 8. Old Blouse or Two - 6:09
 9. Ex Old Man - 4:33
10. Miss T - 4:09

Musicians:
Vocals – Clarence Butler
Guitar – Curtis Butler, Jeff Grand
Bass – Jim Bradlin
Harmonica – Clarence Butler
Drums – Duke Dawson

The Butler Twins were an American Detroit blues and electric blues duo of the twin brothers Clarence (January 21, 1942 – December 22, 2003) and Curtis Butler (January 21, 1942 – April 9, 2004). Longtime semiprofessional performers in the local blues scene in Detroit, they gained international recognition following the recording of three albums in the late 1990s. Their best-known track was "The Butler's Boogie".
Clarence and Curtis Butler were born seconds apart, in Killen, and grew up in nearby Florence, Alabama. Their father, Willie "Butch" Butler, was noteworthy as a local guitar player, and with his harmonica playing partner, Raymond Edwards, both proved useful tutors. By the age of seven the twins were proficient enough musicians to win a talent contest, and played in the abandoned house where W. C. Handy once lived. They were in the middle of a family of sixteen siblings, and the twins put together their first musical ensemble at the age of 14, and two years later started to tour the Southern United States.
They relocated to Detroit in 1960 and worked in automobile assembly plants. By night they were part of the local nightclub scene. Clarence Butler supplied harmonica and vocals, while Curtis Butler played rhythm guitar, and they sat in with other musicians, until the local blues scene faded away in the late 1960s. In the early 1980s, with the Butler Twins still in residence, they were lauded as blues survivors.
JSP Records, based in London, issued two albums by the Butler Twins: Not Gonna Worry About Tomorrow (May 1995) and Pursue Your Dreams (May 1996). The relative success led to tours across the United States, Canada and Europe. The Twins, as they became known among blues fans, became more famous overseas than in their own country. In 2000, the Detroit Music Awards gave the Outstanding Blues Writer award to Clarence Butler. The Butler Twins were granted Music Achiever status by the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.
Clarence Butler died after a heart attack on December 22, 2003, in Hamtramck, Michigan. Curtis Butler died just over three months later, on April 9, 2004.

Live in Detroit

Bo Ramsey - Bo Ramsey and the Backsliders: Live

Bitrate:320K/s

Year:1995
Time:51:40 
Size:119,3 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/Blues Rock/Rock 
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. I Don't Know (Live) - 5:14
 2. Wounded Dog (Live) - 3:44
 3. Sidetrack Lounge (Live) - 5:59
 4. Long Long Time (Live) - 3:51
 5. Jimmy Lee (Live) - 5:06
 6. Get Themselves Up (Live) - 3:17
 7. Shake Your Hips (Live) - 5:05
 8. Get Away (Live) - 4:19
 9. Likeable (Live) - 3:29
10. Clap Hands (Live) - 5:45
11. One Wrong Turn (Live) - 5:45

One such man, Robert Franklin “Bo” Ramsey, is an artistic embodiment of Roosevelt’s “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far” ethic. For this consummate journeyman, the proverb has proven far more than rhetoric; commanding yet supportive, his presence can turn the supple to steel, and back again. Born the same year Salinger offered us Catcher in the Rye, Ramsey has been both student and master during his journey into the roots, tragedies and joys of America’s musical forms. As a musician, his reputation is that of an uncommon artisan, who can part a song’s sea with one note. As a producer, he milks the distance between souvenir and statement until both are as one. To say these things is not to embellish, but to be factual. 

Bo Ramsey and the Backsliders: Live

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BluesMix - Biding My Time

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2008
Time:53:04 
Size:122,3 MB 
Label:Bluedust Records 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Feel So Strong - 3:07
 2. Heart and Soul - 4:37
 3. Got My Eye On You - 4:26
 4. I Want To Believe in You - 3:16
 5. All Gone - 5:25
 6. Do You Know Me - 3:39
 7. Biding My Time - 5:17
 8. I Feel So Bad - 3:53
 9. Do Together - 3:45
10. Timewaster - 3:13
11. How Many Times - 3:55
12. Don't Want To Lose It All - 8:26

BluesMix is a popular London based band who plays an original blend of funky, soulful blues. Their second album "Biding My Time" was released through Proper Music on March 3, already gaining glowing reviews and airplay on 20 radio stations across the UK and Europe. Their first album "London Nights" was released in 2006.BluesMix’s music tends to span blues purists and crosses genres to more contemporary blues/roots listeners. The band’s original songs blend elements of blues, funk and soul with a focus on a strong groove and rich melody.The band is renowned for dynamic live performances and plays extensively across the UK (160+gigs last year), including residencies in London at The Troubadour Club, Aint Nothin But The Blues, Jazz After Dark. They regularly sell out their monthly residency at The Troubadour Club and generally play to packed venues.
In late 2006 they toured the San Francisco Bay Area, sharing the bill with Elton John and playing blues clubs across Northern California to great acclaim and radio airplay. They have also played gigs/festivals as far afield as France and South Africa. The band has played with/accompanied the likes of: Amy Winehouse, Jools Holland Giles Hedley and Ian Siegal.

Biding My Time

The Steve Wiggins Band - Precious Cargo

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2009
Time:54:54 
Size:127,2 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Steve's Boogie - 2:59
 2. Cold Shot - 4:24
 3. Steam Roller - 6:41
 4. Doin' My Thing - 5:35
 5. Black Cat Woman - 5:44
 6. Roosterfish - 4:05
 7. Dimples - 3:21
 8. My Last Tear - 6:06
 9. Watermelon Man - 4:50
10. Ain't No Sunshine - 6:49
11. Doin' My Thing (studio Version) - 4:15

A native of Panama City,Florida, his passion began when he was a young boy watching his father play boogie-woogie on an old upright piano.Steve taught himself to play the piano starting at the age of six. At sixteen, He joined 'Foolstar'.He traveled for over fourteen years.He has played Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, LA and Hawaii. Steve has performed with Greg Allman,Zac Harmon,Fiona Boyes,Tab Benoit. Steve has released 3 albums. Steve's music is an array of styles including:.. blues, new age contemporary, jazz, instrumental.Some of his keyboards are Hammond C3,Yamaha S90ES, Yamaha Motif 7. STEVE'S BAND HAS THE NEW BLUES AND BOOGIE SOUND....FEATURING STEVE ON PIANO AND HAMMOND ORGAN, WALLY TIRADO ON BLAZING SAXOPHONE, BRUCE HEBERT ON SOLID BASS AND SMOOTH VOCALS AND LENWOOD CHERRY JR. ON AMAZING BLUES VOCALS AND DRUMMING. THEIR VERSION OF AIN'T NO SUNSHINE IS ONE OF THE BEST EVER RECORDED!! ALONG WITH AMAZING ORIGINAL SONGS AND EXCELLENT COVERS THIS ALBUM IS A MUST BUY!!

Precious Cargo

The Odd Cases - Bad Love

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2024
Time:29:43 
Size:68,4 MB 
Label:Frogs for Snakes 
Styles:Blues/Harmonica Blues/Roots 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Gotta Have That Woman - 2:36
 2. Fly Real Low - 2:48
 3. Bad Love - 3:20
 4. Ramblin' On My Mind - 3:03
 5. C.C. Rider - 3:21
 6. Morning Sun - 3:31
 7. Sweetest Angel - 3:44
 8. Call Me - 2:40
 9. Greasy Meat - 1:33
10. 1993 - 3:03

Musicians:
Bart Jult - Guitar
Steven Troch - Vocals & harmonica

Frontman Steven Troch got “contaminated” by Rhythm & Blues in his late teens. Over the years he has turned into a very fine harmonica player with an extra dose of originality, an accomplished vocalist and clever songwriter. On Friday evenings in pubs over pints of beer (in this case trappist beer Orval), plans are often hatched. On one such occasion, two unique characters devised a plan to make music together. Their shared love for blues from the 1950s and 1960s quickly established the musical direction they would pursue. Putting their words into action, they de1ved into the studio after just two rehearsals armed with infectious grooves, fragments of lyrics, and a whole lot of passion. One of them wielded an old Airline guitar and Fender Deluxe amp, while the other brought along a dozen Hohner harmonicas, an antique bullet microphone, and a dusty 5-watt amp1ifier.Two afternoons later, they emerged from the studio with ten tracks. Everything you hear on the album. "Bad Love," was recorded live (with the exception of the kazoo and washboard on "Greasy Meat" which were overdubbed), and the imperfections (of which there are quite a few) were intentionally left untouched. These ten blues songs. with their raw texture. shuffle along gently, sometimes aiming for the hips and other times tugging at the heartstrings. "Bad Love" is more than just a tasty interlude; it is an infectious collection of original compositions complemented by two covers (C.C. Rider. Rambling on my mind).

Bad Love

Fenton Robinson - The Best of Fenton Robinson

Bitrate:320K/s

Year:2012
Time:60:00 
Size:138,7 MB 
Label:One Media iP Ltd 
Styles:Blues/Chicago Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. The Sky Is Crying - 3:28
 2. Stormy Monday - 2:44
 3. Don't Start Me Talking - 2:57
 4. I Wanna , Ooh - 4:00
 5. The Getaway - 2:52
 6. Let Me Come Back Home - 3:28
 7. Leave You in the Arms of Another Man - 2:39
 8. Little Red Rooster - 3:09
 9. Mellow Fellow - 4:27
10. Moaning for My Baby - 3:18
11. She's a Wiggler - 5:15
12. I'm Not Through Loving You - 3:28
13. Sideman - 2:46
14. Smoke Stack Lightnin' - 2:52
15. Give You Some Air - 4:46
16. Little Turch - 3:53
17. Somebody Loan Me a Dime - 3:48

His Japanese fans reverently dubbed Fenton Robinson "the mellow blues genius" because of his ultra-smooth vocals and jazz-inflected guitar work. But beneath the obvious subtlety resides a spark of constant regeneration -- Robinson tirelessly strives to invent something fresh and vital whenever he's near a bandstand. The soft-spoken Mississippi native got his career going in Memphis, where he'd moved at age 16. First, Rosco Gordon used him on a 1956 session for Duke that produced "Keep on Doggin'." The next year, Fenton made his own debut as a leader for the Bihari Brothers' Meteor label with his first reading of "Tennessee Woman." His band, the Dukes, included mentor Charles McGowan on guitar. T-Bone Walker and B.B. King were Robinson's idols.1957 also saw Fenton team up with bassist Larry Davis at the Flamingo Club in Little Rock. Bobby Bland caught the pair there and recommended them to his boss, Duke Records prexy Don Robey. Both men made waxings for Duke in 1958, Robinson playing on Davis' classic "Texas Flood" and making his own statement with "Mississippi Steamboat." Robinson cut the original version of the often-covered Peppermint Harris-penned slow blues "As the Years Go Passing By" for Duke in 1959 with New Orleans prodigy James Booker on piano. The same date also produced a terrific "Tennessee Woman" and a marvelous blues ballad, "You've Got to Pass This Way Again." Fenton moved to Chicago in 1962, playing Southside clubs with Junior Wells, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Otis Rush and laying down the swinging "Say You're Leavin'" for USA in 1966. But it was his stunning slow blues "Somebody (Loan Me a Dime)" cut in 1967 for Palos, that insured his blues immortality. Boz Scaggs liked it so much that he covered it for his 1969 debut LP. Unfortunately, he initially also claimed he wrote the tune; much litigation followed.John Richbourg's Sound Stage 7/Seventy 7 labels, it's safe to say, didn't really have a clue as to what Fenton Robinson's music was all about. The guitarist's 1970 Nashville waxings for the firm were mostly horrific: he wasn't even invited to play his own guitar on the majority of the horribly unsubtle rock-slanted sides. His musical mindset was growing steadily jazzier by then, not rockier.Robinson fared a great deal better at his next substantial stop: Chicago's Alligator Records. His 1974 album Somebody Loan Me a Dime remains the absolute benchmark of his career, spotlighting his rich, satisfying vocals and free-spirited, understated guitar work in front of a rock-solid horn-driven band. By comparison, 1977's I Hear Some Blues Downstairs was a trifle disappointing despite its playful title track and a driving T-Bone tribute, "Tell Me What's the Reason." Alligator issued Nightflight, another challenging set, in 1984, then backed off the guitarist. His 1989 disc Special Road, first came out on the Dutch Black Magic logo and was reissued by Evidence Music. Robinson passed away on November 25, 1997 at the age of 62 due to complications from brain cancer. ~ Bill Dahl 

The Best of Fenton Robinson

James Day & The Fish Fry - Southland

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2014
Time:50:16 
Size:116,1 MB 
Label:Neon Blues Records / VizzTone 
Styles:Blues/Harmonica Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Chain of Pain - 2:36
 2. Next New Thing - 3:17
 3. Muscadine Wine - 3:49
 4. Time & Money - 3:22
 5. Nat'chel Man - 3:22
 6. Fish Fry Jump - 4:16
 7. Country Woman - 4:09
 8. One Step Des Chameaux - 3:09
 9. Don't Bruise the Melons - 3:25
10. Weather Blues - 3:56
11. Zydeco Boogaloo - 2:40
12. Festival Time - 4:02
13. Money, Smarts & Charm - 3:16
14. Southland - 4:57

Though James Day has made the City of Brotherly Love his hometown, his music has not strayed far from his upbringing near the Gulf of Mexico. His years in Biloxi and New Orleans are channeled into James Day and the Fish Fry’s sophomore album, Southland. 20 musicians are credited on this project, but the core of Philadelphia’s Fish Fry is Day on vocals, guitars and harp, Mark Shewchuk on guitars and drums, Ron Baldwin on keys (including the accordion!), John Merigliano on drums, and Michael Massimino on bass. Day, Shewchuk, and Baldwin have been playing together for a dozen years and share a brotherly bond of musicianship that is palpable. Southland has 14 tracks and with a running time of 50 minutes you can do the math and figure out that the album is not loaded up with self-indulgent 10-minute guitar jams. Instead, you will find a solid crop of well-written original tunes that relate a vivid image of life in the American South (so, it turns out that Southland is not just a clever title). Some of these songs have been in the works since their 2006 demo, and the guys have filled in the rest with newer material that combine together to complete a really neat story.

Southland

Julius Pittman & The Revival - Live Tonite

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2012
Time:56:41 
Size:131,8 MB 
Label:EllerSoul Records 
Styles:Soul/Rhythm & Blues/Funk 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. She's Looking Good - 4:24
 2. I Wouldn't Treat a Dog - 4:26
 3. It Ain't What You Got - 4:06
 4. True Lovin' Woman - 4:29
 5. Love Changes Like the Weather - 5:20
 6. You Got Me Hummin' - 3:39
 7. A Good Fool Is Hard to Find - 4:59
 8. Miss Lovin' Her - 6:11
 9. Be Good to Yourself - 3:00
10. Don't Need Know Reason - 4:17
11. Sing a Simple Song - 4:49
12. Shotgun - 6:57

I was hoping I wouldn’t like this album. I didn’t even want to listen to it.   It says on the cover, just below Live Tonite, “funky southern soul!”. I turned the cover over and there is a photograph of a brick wall full of middle-aged white men in their best blue jeans with their names under each of their visages, “Velpo, Randy, John, Julius, Dave, Audie, Howard and Chris.”
That alone was enough to tick me off.  I thought “Funky southern soul my arse!  Ray Charles was southern soul, James Brown was southern soul, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, now that is southern soul.  I don’t remember one non-African American ‘southern soul’ band that I would give any more than a Texas two-step to listen to.”
The second thing that pissed me off was that it was a live album recorded in a Richmond, VA pub.  Richmond, VA! Give me a break.  That ain’t the real south.  Richmond, VA is closer to Washington, D.C. than it is to Memphis TN or Mussel Shoals,AL.  I also know that a small pub recording too often means bad sound and, when it is a live album, the sheer presence of the audience during recording can hurt the quality of the recording
So, great.  Here is what I thought I was looking at - fake soul music by a bunch of Mid-East Coast middle-aged white guys, badly produced, played live in a small room before a drunken pub crowd.  Like I said, after seeing the cover and back I didn’t even want to crack the cellophane. I chucked the unopened CD into the back seat of my car along with whatever else lurks back there out of sight and out of mind.
One Thursday evening, a week or two later,  I was driving in rush hour traffic down the Diablo Valley to an appointment in the Livermore Valley.  There was massive road construction and virtual gridlock on the highway.  Local hills, power lines and ghost radio stations resulted in fuzzy static on the radio. Even my bluetooth transmitter was useless.   In 3 mile per hour stop and go traffic I hastily grabbed at the backseat for one of the legion of CDs that seem to multiply there - ripples if you will.  Traffic started to move so I quickly, without looking down, slit the plastic wrap, opened the cover, grabbed the CD, threw the cover into the back seat and popped the CD into the dashboard player. Traffic stopped. The CD didn’t.
The damnedest thing happened. The slickest James Brown-inspired music filled the car with soul horns, rhythm, and an amazing vocal presence that I later discovered was Julius Pittman, a long-haired blonde dude with a Tom Waits visage and the voice of Wilson Pickett. 
Wow!  I listened transfixed, rather oblivious to the mind-numbing traffic. One great high energy soul and blues track after another pushed me back in my seat.  The band played its own songs as well as obscure songs by some famous artists (such as Gloria Houston and Isaac Hayes.)  The sound engineering and mixing were impeccable.  The crowd was excited, appreciative and unobtrusive.  They may actually have made the music better by their presence.
I got into the rhythm.  I got into the beat. I got into the whole white southern soul thing.  I opened the sunroof and windows.  Three guys in a Black Chrysler M300 with large chrome wheels inched next to me in the fast lane.  The traffic stopped and they yelled to me,
“Whose that youz listening to there brother?” 
I quickly grabbed at the backseat and fumbled for the CD cover.  I looked down and saw it was the album for which I had had such preconceived distain. I yelled,
“Ummm, Julius Pittman & the Revival.”
He yelled back,
“Yo, whazza the name of the album?” 
I inched forward and replied,
“Live Tonite.”
The Chrysler stopped and I inched forward until we were even. The passenger in the Chrysler front passenger seat hung both of his arms out the passenger window and said it all to me,
“Man, those guys got soul!” 
Need I say more?

Live Tonite

Moving Blues - Movin' & Groovin'

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2024
Time:52:30 
Size:121,4 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Where's the Girl - 5:09
 2. If You Go Down - 3:57
 3. Loretta Loretta - 7:03
 4. Rockin' Tone - 4:12
 5. Crazy You Drive Me - 3:36
 6. I'd Drink Your Bathwater - 3:34
 7. Susie F - 4:04
 8. The Time When - 6:02
 9. Like 11:00 - 2:58
10. The Pillow - 4:26
11. U R Killing Me - 3:23
12. Nothing in the World - 3:59

Moving Blues is a unique Austin blues band led by frontman "El Michael" Mark "SuitCase" Stedman on harp, Jason Lynn on lap steel and guitar, Ryan Randolph on bass and Mark Nelipovich on skins.

Movin' & Groovin'

Big Head Todd And The Monsters - Her Way Out

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2024
Time:39:41 
Size:91,4 MB 
Label:Big Records 
Styles:Rock/Southern Rock 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Her Way Out - 3:41
 2. Thunderbird - 3:51
 3. Crush - 4:27
 4. Don't Kill Me Tonight - 3:42
 5. Glorious Full Moon - 4:11
 6. My New Number One - 4:05
 7. Into the Light - 3:57
 8. Twice as Bright - 4:18
 9. King Kong - 4:26
10. Rainbow Girl - 2:58

Big Head Todd and the Monsters are back with their first studio album release in seven years with Her Way Out, a 10-track project due out on May 31. The album serves as a refreshing return for the foursome, who are gearing up for some festival dates before kicking off their Blue Monsters Tour with Blues Traveler in late July.Before the band’s busy summer starts, Todd Park Mohr, Brian Nevin, Rob Squires and Jeremy Lawton will be introducing fans to their latest collection of new material. As a whole, the album is light and fun. It’s the kind of album that rewards listener repetition, with the earworms included on a ballad like “Twice As Bright” sticking in the mind just as easily as those on faster-paced rockers like “Glorious Full Moon” or “Thunderbird.”
The band introduced fans to its first bit of new material last fall with “Crush,” Her Way Out’s first single. Though the song has a simmering groove that hooks instantly, the two singles that followed—“Her Way Out” in January and the more recent “Thunderbird”—are even stronger. The title track kicks the album off like a ball traveling down a hill, gaining momentum quickly as listeners are pulled back into the world of Big Head Todd and the Monsters.The album’s third single, “Thunderbird,” drew instant parallels upon its release with AC/DC through its driving rhythm and harder rock leaning. (These vibes return on a later song, “My New Number One.”) While speaking with Blues Rock Review‘s The Blues Rock Show earlier this month, Mohr confirmed that the “whole band” loves AC/DC and considers them an influence, though he modestly said of himself, “I just don’t have the vocals to pull it off” when it comes to the full AC/DC sound.After running through its first three singles, the album shifts to “Don’t Kill Me Tonight,” a speedy track with a staccato beat and a considerably peppy tone, given the plea in its title. The pace holds on “Glorious Full Moon,” an upbeat track reminiscent of the band’s Sister Sweetly days of the early 1990s.Two of the songs that follow, “Into the Light” and “King Kong,” are among the album’s strongest offerings, with “Into the Light” coming together with a well-balanced structure that one could easily imagine popping up on a rock radio station and “King Kong” arriving as a powerhouse rocker worthy of the name it claims. Between the two is “Twice As Bright,” a sweet ballad that slows the pace just enough to reset the listener’s palate. The album ends with “Rainbow Girl,” a tight 3-minute track that lessens the intensity brought on “King Kong,” creating the feeling that the final track is turning down the volume for the entire album before bringing it all to an end.Though Her Way Out has standout moments, such as the piano accent on “Twice As Bright” or the guttural drive of the percussion on “Thunderbird,” the album feels strong because of how well all of its individual pieces blend together. Her Way Out is an enjoyable collection that only becomes more so with repeated listens.

Her Way Out

Michael Harrison Blues - Why I Sing the Blues

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2012
Time:41:46 
Size:96,1 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Modern Electric Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Three Dollars in My Pocket - 4:05
 2. Gonna Leave This Town - 3:52
 3. On My Way - 4:33
 4. Once Upon a Time - 4:59
 5. Moondance of the Leprechauns - 3:02
 6. Everyday I Have the Blues - 5:29
 7. Why I Sing the Blues - 3:56
 8. Take It from the Top - 3:12
 9. Blues in B Flat - 4:39
10. Hole in My Soul - 3:56

CD "Why I Sing The Blues" is his absolute best ever... and a must listen... it is already receiving great reviews, and airplay, including regular rotation on internet, college, public and commercial radio stations... known and respected worldwide you will no doubt hear more of his music well into the future...Currently residing in Colorado... Michael continues to encourage and inspire his friends and fans with his abilities... and unique musical style..

Why I Sing the Blues

Michael Harrison Blues - Fortune Favors The Brave

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2014
Time:48:10 
Size:124,8 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/Modern Electric Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. I Love Lookin At the Stars - 5:28
 2. Gonna Love You All Up - 4:55
 3. Fortune Favors the Brave - 3:41
 4. Long Legged Woman - 3:50
 5. Tribute to the Band - 4:14
 6. Dust to Stone - 5:59
 7. Can`t Stop Thinkin of You - 4:26
 8. In the Right Circles - 4:34
 9. All Tore Down - 7:45
10. You Hold My Heart in Your Hands - 3:13

Michael is a singer, songwriter, recording artist, and great guitar player first and foremost... He has been recording, performing and perfecting his craft for 30 years plus... in addition to singing and playing, writing great songs, and arrangements... he has 4 great CDs, and many copyrighted works to his credit, and is on his own Indie Label...
Finally receiving notoriety and airplay worldwide in 2007 for the release of his "Lost In the Blues" album... and the re-release of his "Easy Money" album. Both of these CDs are on digital jukeboxes everywhere... He continues to establish himself as a solo artist, though he has played with many great musicians along the way... Tommy Bolin, Toy Caldwell (Marshal Tucker Band), Johnny Lee, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Naftlin (Butterfield Blues Band), Katy Moffat and many other great artists... some you have heard of and some you have not...

Fortune Favors The Brave

Bloom Street - Pure Goodness

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2008
Time:71:49 
Size:165,0 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/Rock/Blues Rock 
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. What a Beautiful Smile! -  5:36
 2. I Believe -  4:05
 3. Burden -  7:42
 4. Fly -  7:48
 5. Sweet Sophia -  5:39
 6. Goddess -  7:25
 7. Done Me Wrong -  6:14
 8. Rainy Sunday -  5:26
 9. Velvet -  8:33
10. Pure Goodness - 13:17

For those who enjoy frolicking guitar riffs, lengthy instrumental solos, rhythmic, bouncy melodies and soulful vocals with a side of pleasant harmonies, look no further. Fully steeped in the influences of southern rock and blues, this album ties the common threads of those elements and never ceases to keep the listener engaged. It's a treat to hear a band that has the ability to flow seamlessly, weaving raucous jams, bluegrass roots, and slow, catchy melodic choruses that have you singing along. This album evokes a live setting and is best consumed with the volume cranked. You can dance or sit back, close your eyes and take in the good time. The band is. - Amy Berg~ Leo Weekly.

Pure Goodness

Levee Town - Stories

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2024
Time:30:33 
Size:70,3 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Rock/Blues/Roots 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. The Healthy Woman - 3:39
 2. I Got a Hole in My Pocket - 2:53
 3. Where I Lay My Head - 3:36
 4. Worn Soul - 3:59
 5. Harley Lou - 3:32
 6. Dumb Ole Smart Phone - 3:28
 7. My Daughters Eyes - 3:27
 8. Shuffling Sea - 2:40
 9. Back Then - 3:15

Levee Town, formed in 2002, is a blues rock band based out of Kansas City, Missouri. The band consists of Brandon Hudspeth on guitar and vocals, Jacque Garoutte on bass and vocals, and Adam Hagerman on drums. When they are not touring, Levee Town is the house band at the world famous Knuckleheads Saloon.Since their formation, Levee Town has burned up the highway and stages all over the US and Canada. The band has released nine studio albums and one live album. They have also had the opportunity to open shows for well-known acts like Kenny Wayne Shepard, Buddy Guy, David Allen Coe, Lee Roy Parnell, Jimmy Vaughn, and many more. Additionally, they have served as a backing band for many notable musicians such as Curtis Salgado, Albert Lee, Louisiana Red, Chris Duarte, Lazy Lester, Kenny Neal, Lee McBee, Gary Nicholson, Big Bill Morganfield, Mud Morganfield, Randy Mcallister amongst others.Levee Town strives to play original music while staying true to their love of American roots music. They were twice picked to represent KC in the International Blues Competition in Memphis where they reached the finals in 2009. Their album Takin and Given was picked to represent KC in the IBC in the best CD category and the album maintained a high charting position on the Roots Music Report.
Their most recent album, “Tryin to Keep My Head Above Water” was nominated by Blues Blast Magazine for “Best Blues Rock Album” of 2022. The album reached and maintained a number one position on the Roots Music Report, and is listed as the 20th best blues rock album of 2022. Levee Town's music showcases their passion for blues and rock, and their history of success is a testament to their talent and dedication. Their albums and performances are a must-see for any fan of American roots music.

Stories