Mark Hummel - Harpbreaker

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2018
Time: 60:27
Size: 139,1 MB
Label: Electro-Fi
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Harpoventilatin' - 3:44
 2. The Creeper Returns - 4:39
 3. Rotten Kid - 6:00
 4. Billy's Boogaloo - 3:54
 5. Walkin' With Mr. Lee - 3:28
 6. Cristo Redentor - 7:37
 7. Crazy Legs - 5:11
 8. Senor Blues - 5:13
 9. Ready, Steady, Stroll! - 4:00
10. Glide on - 3:24
11. Chuckaluck - 3:57
12. Evans Shuffle - 3:26
13. See See Rider - 5:46

Mark Hummel says on his website that he has “done over two million miles or more in my seven vans with over 250-350k on each one!!!” He started the Blues Survivors in 1977 with Mississippi Johnny Waters and over the years he’s worked with stellar players including the likes of Sue Foley, Rusty Zinn, Mike Judge, Jim Overton, and many, many more. Some of the acts they’ve backed include Snooky Pryor, Sonny Rhodes, Barbara Dane, John Mayall, Brownie McGhee, Lowell Folsom, and more.
2014 proved to be a breakout year for Hummel as he was nominated for a Grammy Award for his self-produced Remembering Little Walter album, and won Blues Music Awards for Best Blues Album and Best Traditional Blues Album. He is beloved by fans and peers alike.
Hummel’s latest album Harpbreaker, out on the Electro-Fi label drops on September 21st. Recorded, mixed and mastered at Chris “Kid” Anderson’s becoming-legendary Greaseland Studio California and also Joyride Studio in Chicago, the album showcases newly recorded, live, previously released and unreleased material.
This is an instrumental album, and just like other such albums of quality (think Freddie King’s Let’s Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddy King), Harpbreaker is destined to become a classic! Little Walter would be pleased to see where Hummel takes his harp. He is joined by a bevy of deft and expressive players including Rusty Zinn, Chris ‘Kid’ Andersen, Billy Flynn and Little Charlie Baty.
Harpbreaker is varied and interesting. Best of all, it makes a great companion to share some time with.
The first song, “Harpoventilatin'” is a juggernaut and full of energy. “The Creeper Returns” has the band knee deep in a mighty groove and they squeeze every drop they can from it. Hummel’s magic on the harp is a joy to take in, as are the guitar lines of Charles Wheal. Buddy Rich’s “Rotten Kid” swings indeed, and guitarist Billy Flynn nails it down on “Billy’s Boogaloo.”
Other standout cuts are “Walkin’ with Mr. Lee,” perfect for strollin’ across the floor, and the bouncy “Crazy Legs” where Hummel pushes the harp to new levels of expressive pizzazz. “Senor Blues” is exciting and brilliantly played with its almost hothouse jazz vibe, woven with a Havana flavor.
“Glide On,” is a perfect dose of nostalgia and Hummel’s playing is a revelation here. Rusty Zinn and Chris Burns rock the guitar and piano (respectively) as well. The album closes with a mesmeric “See See Rider” that draws listeners in with its simple charm.
This is an album that you’ll come back to again and again. Do yourself a good turn and pick this up soon. Hit play, and it won’t be long before a smile breaks out.

Harpbreaker

Johnny Nitro & the Door Slamm (feat.Andy Just) - Drinkin' Triples Til You're Seeing Double

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1991
Time: 71:46
Size: 165,0 MB
Label: Saloon
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Ratocaster -  4:08
 2. Honey Hush -  5:39
 3. Tramp -  6:13
 4. Cross Cut Saw -  6:04
 5. Goin' Down Slow -  7:05
 6. Little Girl -  3:42
 7. Nitro Express -  4:02
 8. Check Yourself -  4:41
 9. So Sharp -  6:02
10. It Will Never Work -  4:41
11. Sno Cone -  7:11
12. Dirty Dishes - 12:12

San Francisco band recorded live at The Saloon in North Beach, w. Johnny Nitro-gtr & voc, Andy Just-harmonica & voc, Johnny Ace-bs & voc, Scott Rabino-dms, 12 tracks

Drinkin' Triples Til You're Seeing Double

Gaetano Pellino - 2nd Century Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2013
Time: 59:20
Size: 136,2 MB
Label: One Eyed Fish
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. 2nd Century Blues - 5:17
 2. Born in a Wrong Time - 4:45
 3. Way Down in the Hole - 7:31
 4. Missionary Man - 5:24
 5. Wasted Words - 5:07
 6. Let the Blues Run Over Me - 4:33
 7. Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues - 9:08
 8. Step of Strangers - 4:36
 9. Seven Minutes - 6:59
10. Costiera Amalfitana - 5:56

A capo di delle piu potenti rock/blues band italiane, conosciuta nel mondo!
Gaetano Pellino, nato il 6 luglio del 1961 a Scafati (SA), inizia a suonare la chitarra a 17 anni. Dopo i primi periodi dedicati al genere folk (cantautori italiani dell'epoca nonche' la West Coast music americana), smette di concepire la chitarra come strumento "da compagnia" e ne inizia lo studio quale veicolo di grande espressione artistica. Da qui lo sviluppo della conoscenza del blues e di quel rock che negli anni '70 aveva accompagnato la sua adolescenza.
Dopo soli quattro anni di studio,durante i quali aveva fondato e sciolto numerosi gruppi, Gaetano Pellino si affaccia per la prima volta al mondo della professione, accompagnando per una breve tournee' estiva il cantautore Franco Simone, col quale partecipa ad alcune trasmissioni televisive tra cui Domenica In (RAI 1, giugno 1982).
L'esperienza, sicuramente positiva, non combaciava con le aspirazioni musicali di Gaetano che cominciava gia' a sviluppare un suo stile compositivo ed espressivo, alla ricerca di un sound forse troppo idealistico. Accettando impieghi di ogni tipo pur di non contaminare il suo amore per la musica Gaetano approdo' per la prima volta ad uno studio di registrazione nel 1984 decidendo quindi di intraprendere la professione alternativa del sound engeneer, che ben sposava la sua passione per la musica a quella per l'elettronica che aveva sin dall'eta' di 15 anni.
Da meta' degli anni '80 Gaetano Pellino intraprese la sua carriera di tecnico del suono a livello professionale in parecchi studi di registrazione : 1984 Harmony Sound di Pasquale Bonamassa, 1985 Studio Fantasy di Roger Riccobono, 1986 UMBI-Maison Blanche (Modena) di Umberto Maggi, 1988/90 ancora Harmony Sound, 1989/90 BMG Records (Modena) Melotti, 1990/92 Borgatti Studio di Paolino Borgatti, 1995 Lee Bubble Studio a Perth nel West Australia, 1996 Dream Studio di Annalisa Corni fino all'anno 1997 in cui decise di aprire il suo Townstudio.
In tutti gli anni passati in studio l'attivita' principale di Gaetano Pellino non e' stata solo quella del tecnico del suono, avendo spesso instaurato con gli artisti collaborazioni di tipo arrangiatore o produttore artistico o programmatore computer o semplicemente come chitarrista session-man. Numerosi sono gli albums, specialmente in campo underground, dove si contano collaborazioni in merito. In contrapposizione quasi contraddittoria alla sua "animalità" di chitarrista dal vivo, Gaetano rappresenta in studio la tipica figura del produttore fac-totum e ben lo sanno quelli che sempre piu' di frequente richiedono la sua collaborazione in studio, coinvolgendolo in produzioni dall'ampissimo range sonoro-culturale.
(pop, rock, tecno-dance, tecno-trance, heavy-rock, blues, jive & swing, sonic,hard-core, hip-hop, praticamente tutto il panorama musicale esistente...)
Mai trascurando la sua passione per la composizione e le performance live Gaetano Pellino si uni' al gruppo cult "new wave" modenese Incontrollabili Serpenti conosciuti in studio durante le registrazioni del singolo "Midnight Time" con il quale il gruppo partecipo' alla finale di Sanremo Rock del 1987. Nel 1988 usci' l'album "Biancaneve e Gorbaciov" una sorta di new wave-rock a tematiche ambientalistiche/sociali. Il gruppo vieniva spesso convocato alle manifestazioni patrocinate da WWF, LIPU, Amnesty International e nello stesso anno participo' ancora a Sanremo Rock. Fu sempre nel 1988 che Gaetano, letteralmente folgorato dall'apparizione del chitarrista texano Stevie Ray Vaughan al Pistoia Blues Festival, riscopriva il suo antico amore per il blues/rock decidendo di fondare The Fandango Band. In tutti qusti anni non sono mancate a Gaetano Pellino proposte di collaborazione con artisti di livello anche nazionale ma la voglia di sviluppare un proprio stile ed un proprio suono ha fatto si' che il progetto di portare avanti il suo gruppo fosse cosa prioritaria.
Gaetano Pellino e' oggi un chitarrista dall'esperienza quasi trentennale, ha suonato, arrangiato, mixato ogni genere di musica, cosa che tra l'altro traspare nelle sue composizioni che partono in pieno stile blues americano e si perdono nel cosmo delle sonorita' senza etichette e frontiere.
Il suo amore grande è la Stratocaster ma possiede una quindicina di chitarre quasi tutte autoassemblate (come quelle della foto in testa) o customizzate. Dal vivo utilizza un amplificatore VOX AC 30 del 1961. Recentemente, dopo il sodalizio nato con la prestigiosa ditta italiana Jim Reed, Gaetano utilizza spesso chitarre espressamente realizzate per lui dal costruttore cosa che ha portato all'esplorazione di diverse sonorità "strat style" ma con quel che di custom e personale. Il suono della chitarra è processato da una pedaliera auto assemeblata che include molti pedali di progettazione e realizzazione dello stesso Gaetano Pellino (RealTone).
(ultima modifica: 03/10/2006)

2nd Century Blues

Chuck Alvarez - The Life I Live

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1993
Time: 38:34
Size: 88,4 MB
Label: Limited Edition
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Hard Luck - 3:34
 2. Working At The Mint - 4:15
 3. The Balder I Go - 3:17
 4. Sometimes I'm Down - 3:53
 5. The Life I Live - 3:53
 6. Never Had Me - 3:39
 7. Long Way From Heaven - 3:53
 8. Light Rain - 3:21
 9. My Life - 4:12
10. Goodbye - 4:31

Chuck has been performing & recording rock, blues, r&b, light jazz and americana for 35 years. Along with artists listed below Chuck has performed with Eric Marienthal, Gerald Albright & Jeff Healey. His song writing has stood the test of time and he is currently recording his 5th record. He has also written with Michael McDonald & appeared on TV with Little Richard. He has toured &/or recorded extensively with the following:
The Chuck Alvarez Band 1988 to present
Tim Weisberg 1988 to present
Lisa Haley & The Zydecats 2003 to 2012
The Emotions 1994 to 1996
David Benoit 1989 to 1990
The Twisters 1976 to 1980
Born and raised in Illinois, Corey Stevens was 11 years old when he first picked up a guitar. By 15 he was playing rhythm guitar and writing songs in bands. During college he studied music and eventually earned a degree. Upon graduation, a move to Los Angeles solidified the dreams Stevens had held in his heart since childhood. Paying his dues was like doing hard time, but a job teaching third grade made life a little easier and allowed Stevens to keep a band together and begin his first recording project. Spending ten years teaching was a positive experience that helped build character. Along the way, Corey met and married Linda, a voice and piano teacher. They had one child, a daughter who truly is the apple of her father's eye. An early comparison to the late Stevie Ray Vaughan was a mixed blessing that forced Stevens to push himself in order to make his own statement. In 1995, with the expertise of producer/gunslinger Edward Tree, the first project was released. Blue Drops of Rain, originally released on Eureka Records, brought attention and opportunity to a man who had worked 14 years to get a break. The project also brought Corey to the attention of Discovery Records, which licensed Blue Drops of Rain and funded a second project. 1996 saw chart action that lasted into 1997 and the release of Road to Zen, also produced by Tree. A road warrior who continues to tour alone and with the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Corey Stevens has distinguished himself as an artist of integrity and vision, issuing Getaway in early 2000.

The Life I Live

Carlos Johnson - Live At B.L.U.E.S. on Halsted

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2007
Time: 71:49
Size: 164,9 MB
Label: P-Vine
Styles: Blues/Chicago Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. C.J.'s Swing -  5:47
 2. Lisa -  5:41
 3. I'll Play The Blues For You - 10:36
 4. High Heel Sneakers -  6:32
 5. I'm Cold And I'm Wondering -  9:42
 6. Everyday I Have The Blues -  7:08
 7. What's Going On -  6:33
 8. Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong -  8:48
 9. I Wonder Why - 10:59

I got to B.L.U.E.S. on Halsted before the band started to insure my seat.
There it was at the corner of the bar closest to the stage.  The chrome legs didn’t meet the floor at the same time, and what little stuffing was left in the black cushion was being contained with silver duct tape.  It was perfect.  The keyboardist, Roosevelt “Hatt” Purifoy and his two keyboards decided not to try to compete for the very limited real estate on the stage riser.  I’ve seen many creative ways to fit musicians on this stage, but the one common appointment is the drummer on a higher riser in the back.  Pookie Styx, a very popular member of Chicago’s fine blues drummer fraternity, is tonight’s drummer.  His rhythm partner is the young Rob Bell.  The star of tonight’s show is Carlos Johnson.  Carlos plays his right-handed Gibson upside down, having to reach back up under his left arm to adjust his volume and tone knobs.  There is no pick involved and the well traveled guitar has a worn but warm finish that reflects the master’s posture.
Carlos starts by advising us that we can let or hair down, or take it off for that matter.  Feel free to take the band to the bar or the car.  Carlos sits against a stool, much like mine, but leans down to reach his microphone.  His voice is warm and engaging.  His rousing version or “Ain’t Nobody’s Business” featured every player in turn and caused more than a few party goers to re-open their tabs.
Carlos sometimes takes off in a jazzier direction with complete trust that Hatt will stay the song with the keys.  They have been playing together literally since childhood.  “I’ll Play the Blues for You” made famous by another lefty upside down player, featured a wonderful saxophone solo.  I know synthesizers can sometimes give a convincing horn blast, and some six stringers can conjure up a B-3 sound, but Hatt Purifoy had the sax nailed with his keyboard.  The attack, the envelope, timbre, sustain, and phrasing.
Carlos Johnson plays like Carlos Johnson.  He is a good showman and a very good singer.  I look forward to the next time our paths cross. It was standing room only so maybe I just didn’t see you there.  Don’t worry you can catch him soon in Lithuania and Italy (both Eastern suburbs of Chicago).  If you’re on a short leash be sure to see Carlos at Buddy Guy’s Legends on July 31.

Live At B.L.U.E.S. On Halsted

Lefty Dizz & Carlos Johnson - The Healer

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2000
Time: 61:56
Size: 143,3 MB
Label: Wolf Records
Styles: Blues/Chicago Blues
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Call Me Carlos Johnson - 3:40
 2. The Healer - 4:27
 3. Jimmy Reed Medley - 4:54
 4. I Got To Love Somebody`s Baby - 6:00
 5. Crack Head Woman - 3:00
 6. Caldonia - 3:42
 7. Woke Up This Morning ( Dreamin`Blues ) - 4:09
 8. You Can`t Make Love Alone - 3:17
 9. Chips Flying Everywhere - 4:48
10. Hoodoo Man Blues - 6:00
11. Caldonia - 4:15
12. The Dozens ( I`m Moving In On You ) - 3:25
13. Sure Had A Wonderful Time - 3:12
14. Cloudy Weather - 3:43
15. I Found Out - 3:19

Musicians:
Carlos Johnson - vocals & guitar on 1-6;
Lefty Dizz - vocals & guitar on 7-15;
Easy Baby - bass on 1-3;
Daniel Raffo - guitar on 4-6;
Mariano D'Andrea - bass on 4-6;
Adrian Flores - drums 1-3;
Pato Raffo - drums 4-6;
Unknown band musicians for Lefty's session - tracks 7 to 15.

This is the story of this recordings that Wolf is now presenting. When we started producing shows there was always the intention to hire Magic Slim. We had already done shows with James Cotton and Hubert Sumlin in December 1992 and Jimmy Rogers and Honeyboy Edwards in March 1993. A few months later, it was Magic Slim’s turn. j It was May 1993 when, together with my father, we produced a few Magic Slim &The Teardrops shows and, to everybody’s surprise, the second guitar that Magic brought over to Buenos Aires was no other than Lefty Dizz.
When I traveled to Chicago in December 1992 to book James Cotton I had found out that Lefty was quite sick and there was a show to his benefit and to raise money for his treatment… so it was a miracle to have Lefty in Buenos Aires. Lefty opened up 2 shows for Magic, and that was memorable. Those who didn’t know Lefty were just impressed by his show. All that led me to talking to Lefty about him coming back to do his solo shows, and maybe cut a record (the Blues Special Records label was already a project).
Those days, in Buenos Aires, I spent a lot of time with Lefty. He was quite sick and doctors had recommended that he eat every other 4 hours, so we had a lot of opportunities to go out and chat. He said that his days were counted, that he had never gotten recognition in the US and that he felt so well treated in Argentina that he wanted back.
Lefty was not only thrilled by this project, but also told.me that he had a few recordings he had never edited and he wanted them released on my label. It was then that he left me a tape of those sessions.
We talked over the phone many times after that and even agreed on a date for him to come back to Argentina but that could not happen. Lefty died a few months later. The project never happened. And the recognition he deserved never came.
Incredibly enough, Lefty never ever recorded full album for an american label, which also led to his feeling of injustice towards his career.
These recordings were never mentioned anywhere. These are Lefty Dizz’ last lost recordings.
Carlos Johnson is a Chicago native and was born in the Windy City in 1948. He was only entering his teens when
he played his first gig. At that time, he idolized Jimmy Hendrix and Led Zeppelin. Later influences were Otis Rush, Albert King, Elmore James and T Bone Walker. He is now a regular at such Chicago hotspots as Katerina’s, B.L.U.E.S., Rosa’s Lounge and Buddy Guy’s. The guitarist sometimes appears with harp player Billy Branch and the two turned out a CD together.
Without a powerful electric guitar timbre to accompany his clear baritone voice, Johnson rings true throughout this highly recommended program of blues delights. About Carlos Johnson’s recordings, they were taken in November 2000 on his trip to Buenos Aires to play in the Blues Special Club. After years of playing with Chicago stars like Billy Branch and Son Seals, with whom he recorded his guitar, Carlos was ready for his own album. It was then we went to the studio to record what would be his first album: “My name is Carlos Johnson” – Blues Special Records 9503.This CD was so well received by critics that made the Japanese from P-Vine put special attention in Johnson and cut his second solo album: “In and Out”.
It was a long session in Buenos Aires, and the result are these tracks here, presented withouth any special edition. The bond between Lefty and Carlos was very strong. Carlos told me that Lefty was the first one to show him a few tricks in the guitar, which made Carlos think of thim as his mentor, besides his great friend.
At my place I showed him a video of Lefty playing in Buenos Aires, but Carlos asked me to stop it because it was too touching for him and I could see it in his watery eyes. In this CD we find a few coincidences: two left handed Chicago guitarists who have no records on american labels (Carlos still has a chance) and with limitted recognition by the main stream blues media.
Enjoy these two masters of Chicago Blues Guitar. ~  Adrian Flores

The Healer

Main Street Blues - Live

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2013
Time: 46:07
Size: 106,1 MB
Label: Self Released
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Prison of Love - 4:47
 2. Hard Luck Woman - 4:10
 3. Change My Ways - 6:25
 4. Lost Without You - 4:43
 5. Fade to Blue - 6:45
 6. Woman Across the River - 4:45
 7. 39 Days - 4:43
 8. Peace of Mind - 5:49
 9. Too Tired - 3:57

Main Street are one of the top electric blues/rock bands to emerge from the East of Scotland in the last six years. The band plays up-tempo electric blues with a broad range of R 'n B and funk influences. The band has also added acoustic blues and roots numbers to it's popular shows. The band regularly performs around the Scottish and North of England Blues festival circuit, and has played sell out shows at the Edinburgh international Jazz and Blues festival every year since 2012 as well as playing the Main Stage at the Tartan Heart Festival at Belladrum in 2014 and having part of their set broadcast by BBC Alba. Main Street have an excellent reputation for putting on a top class, exciting and energetic live show and have supported many international touring bands, such as Wishbone Ash, Caravan, Paul Jones and the Blues Band, Hot Chocolate, King King, Stan Webb and many more.
'A masterclass in musicianship. Simply First Class' Press & Journal
 'So tight, you couldn't slide a Rizla between them - great gig' - Author Ian Rankin
 'A wonderful range of influences, Walter Trout to Robert Cray, all beautifully delivered and backed by a bass player and drummer most front men/women would kill for!' - Mike 'Dr Blues' McKeon

Live

Mal Eastick - Spirit

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2000
Time: 48:04
Size: 111,2 MB
Label: Bluefish Records
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Jungle Funk - 3:23
 2. Heavy Heart - 3:47
 3. Another Man - 3:54
 4. The E St Shuffle - 2:36
 5. Talkin Bout My Baby - 3:26
 6. Love So Strong - 3:56
 7. The Gringo Swing - 3:29
 8. Lost In The City - 4:59
 9. Blues For Aaron - 2:39
10. Bye Bye Baby - 4:25
11. I'll Never Be Back - 4:29
12. Swept Away - 6:56

Mal Eastick is Australia's premier electric blues guitarist and one of Australia's finest blues-rock guitarists.
He has a passionate, explosive and soulful style that has been featured with some of Australia's biggest recording and performing acts for over 30 years.
Mal Eastick is widely considered to be Australia's finest musical protagonist of the blues. Playing guitar since his mid-teens, Mal has achieved a standard of playing that is, at once, both envied and admired. He has played with Robert Cray, Los Lobos, Buddy Guy, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Tommy Emmanuel, Jimmy Barnes and Kevin Borich, just to name a few. Mal's early career was epitomised by his time with legendary band, The Stars, and his work on the Andy Durant Memorial concert and album. In the 1980s Mal played in the Jimmy Barnes Band and also formed his own touring outfit. Two critically acclaimed albums, Southern Line and Spirit have followed.
In 1993, after experiencing two seizures, Mal was diagnosed with an abnormal tangle of arteries and veins (known as an "AVM") in the left temporal lobe of his brain, but it was not until 2001 that surgery became possible. After several major neurosurgeries, as well as six carpal tunnel surgeries, major rehabilitation and almost 4 years away from the stage, Mal returned to playing live.
He returned to the stage at the 2004 Longview Concert as a special guest of old friend and inspiration, Kevin Borich. Mal's performance at that event was both emotional and powerful. He jammed that night with Kevin and Longview headliner, Joe Walsh. This event has already become part of Australian musical folklore - a Fender Stratocaster onslaught for the ages.
Mal has now crafted a dynamic new show which draws on some of the highlights of his 30 year career as one of Australia's leading guitar players. He is making up for the lost years with a vengeance. Mal has been widening his musical horizons, through honky-tonk and rock. He has created an acoustic duo with vocalist John Makey and has been performing in select gigs around NSW. He has resumed promotion of the re-released 'Spirit' album and is passing on his talents and experience to guitar students of all abilities.
Mal has had significant festival appearances since 2006 and has appeared in various shows as a guest with Bluezone at the Basement, as well as a guitar show featuring Kevin Borich, Phil Emmanuel, Phil Manning and others.
Mal Eastick was also a headliner for the "Experience" shows with Kevin Borich & Steve Edmonds in March 2007. These shows celebrated the music of Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. They were incredible events for blues and guitar lovers around the southern nation.
Mal has played a great show with Dutch Tilders at Warners on the Bay and is regularly playing in areas like Canberra and Newcastle with great success and an excellent response from the audiences.
Mal Eastick sure knows the blues, but his musical ascendancy and versatility make his live shows, as they ever were, the stuff of legend. If you like your music tight, and you love the blues, move heaven and earth to catch him in Goulburn in 2008.
CDs include:
Spirit (2000)
The Southern Line (1995)

Spirit

Mal Eastick - The Southern Line

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1995
Time: 45:37
Size: 105,5 MB
Label: Exile
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Goin' Home Tonight - 3:42
 2. Don't Take Advantage of Me - 3:54
 3. Ocean Deep - 4:46
 4. Jumpin' With Stevie - 3:42
 5. My Life Story - 4:51
 6. Boundary Rider - 6:31
 7. Two Loves - 4:32
 8. Louise - 3:16
 9. The Double 'EE' Boogie - 2:21
10. Gone, Gone, Gone - 5:12
11. Times Like These (I Feel Like Goin' Home) - 2:44

Guitarist & song writer Mal Eastick hails from Australia. To my knowledge, he has not toured the US, nor is his music available outside of Australia. Too bad, because I'm sure his music would be well received here, or anywhere there is interest in blues-rock, blues, and rock ballad type music. Mal is a very talented guitarist, and singer John 'Choc' Eriwata does a fine job on vocals. The entire band is tight and well balanced.
The Southern Line is composed of about half blues-rock, half ballads & light rock tunes, and one slow blues intrumental. Mal wrote or co-wrote ten of the eleven songs. The ballads are well done and enjoyable, but there are a few too many. My favorite songs from the CD are the blues-rock and slow blues tunes.
Don't Take Advantage Of Me is upbeat blues, and the only cover song on the CD. You've probably heard this song covered by a few others. On Jumpin' With Stevie Mal tips his guitar to SRV. This is a blues-rock instrumental with Stevie overtones, including some nice work with wah-wah effects.
Two Loves is a soulful blues intrumental, with some very nice guitar and piano solos. Hearing this song on the internet motivated me to go through the effort of locating and ordering this CD from an Australian online music store. In the quick paced instrumental, The Double 'EE' Boogie, Mal trades licks with fellow Aussie guitarist Tommy Emmanuel. Of the ballads, I like Boundry Rider
the best, it's played and sung with a fair amount of emotion. In my view, if there were a couple less ballads, and a couple more blues tunes, The Southern Line would be an outstanding CD. As it is, it is still very good, and I recommend it to anyone who likes a blend of ballads and blues.

The Southern Line

Michael Quest - 168 Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2008
Time: 35:55
Size: 82,4 MB
Label: Self Released
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. 168 Blues - 4:07
 2. The Better of My Friends - 4:22
 3. Fixation (Instrumental) - 3:42
 4. 24-7-365 (2008) - 3:28
 5. Zero In - 4:07
 6. L.O.V.E. Me - 3:23
 7. Smoother (Instrumental) - 3:47
 8. Foreverly - 3:33
 9. Siroon Acher Ooness (Armenian) - 2:32
10. I Just Did (Duet) - 2:50

Michael continues his Journey through the world of music and song with his unique blending of Rock, Blues, and Country along with cool guitar driven instrumentals, guest appearances and some eclectic surprises.

168 Blues

Big Daddy Wilson - Songs From The Road

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2018
Time: 77:19
Size: 177,1 MB
Label: Ruf Records
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Wake Up -  3:17
 2. Drop Down Here -  6:42
 3. Miss Dorothy Lee -  5:47
 4. Texas Boogie -  9:56
 5. Ain't No Slave -  7:50
 6. Anna Mae -  6:38
 7. Walk A Mile In My Shoes - 10:22
 8. Cross Creek Road -  3:39
 9. Neckbone Stew -  5:40
10. 7 Years -  4:48
11. Baby Don't Like -  9:20
12. I Just Need A Smile -  3:14

Musicians:
Big Daddy Wilson - Vocals, Dobro, Diddley Bow;
Cesare Nolli - Guitar, Back Vocals;
Paolo Legramandi - Bass, Back Vocals;
Nik Taccori - Drums, Back Vocals;
Enzo Messina - Keyboard, Piano.

No matter where Big Daddy Wilson travels on this big, beautiful, mixed-up planet of ours, he takes the South with him.
Listening to the soulful storytelling of the man born Wilson Blount in a small town in the Inner Banks region of North Carolina, it's impossible not to conjure images of dusty back roads, cypress groves, a Saturday night juke joint or Sunday morning revival meeting. It's a nostalgic and – some might say – glorified image of rural America. Yet in an age of ruthless demagogues and divisive politics, Big Daddy Wilson chooses to celebrate the simple things that bond us as human beings – a smile, a shared meal, a helping hand – along with cherished values like faith, perseverance and devotion to family. For more than two decades, he has been carrying his message of hope and unity to each and every show, whether in New York, Paris, Auckland or – in the case of his new live album Songs From The Road – the village of Rubigen in central Switzerland.
The concert recorded at the Muhle Hunziken exemplifies Wilson's uncanny ability to connect with an audience. The key ingredients are honesty, his natural charisma and the sheer power of his voice. This performance from the fall of 2017 is a testament to just how far the American ex-pat and former soldier has come since answering a newspaper ad and summoning the courage to sing "Stormy Monday" for a group of young German blues musicians way back in the 1980s. He's ably supported by a tight and versatile four-piece unit comprising Cesare "Smokestack" Nolli (g), Paolo Legramandi (b), Nik Taccori (dr) and Enzo Messina (k). A band that backs Big Daddy Wilson always has to be at the top of its game, because his music isn't any one thing. From song to song, it may transform into something hard-driving or laid-back, funky or bluesy, joyful or brooding, stripped down or supercharged.
"I tried to give my listener a small view of the journey, the good, the bad, the highs and the lows," explains Wilson in the liner notes to the album. He and the band open the set sounding figuratively uptown: "Wake Up" is a steady grooving call to action, "Drop Down Here" a reggae-tinged plea for help from the man upstairs, "Miss Dorothy Lee" a guitar-fueled tribute transported on a Bo Diddley-like rhythm. The bawdy blues of "Texas Boogie" gives way to the dead serious testifying of "Ain't No Slave." Then it's time for a little side trip to the countryside: "Anna Mae" and, later, "Cross Creek Road," are sun-drenched and pastoral. The band picks up steam again on "Neckbone Stew," ultimately climaxing with the earthy "Baby Don't Like." The twelve-song live CD closes with the eloquent simplicity of "I Just Need A Smile."
Some years ago, Big Daddy Wilson told an interviewer that the main reason he wears sunglasses onstage is his inherently shy nature. "I'm no entertainer," he claimed at the time. Songs From The Road delivers some pretty strong evidence to the contrary. And yet, in a certain way, he's right. Wilson's music – like Wilson himself – is real. It's honest. At no point is this man ever putting on a show. "I’m just interested in singing, getting my message out and feeling the people – and hoping I can make them feel me."

Songs From The Road

Lachy Doley - S.O.S.(Singer Organ Soul)

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2013
Time: 55:06
Size: 126,2 MB
Label: Self Released
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Love Blinded Fool - 3:43
 2. The Walking Dead - 4:43
 3. Jemima Jane - 6:13
 4. Six Feet Under (featuring Simon Meli) - 4:02
 5. Still In Love - 7:35
 6. Paper Plane - 5:01
 7. If Looks Could Kill - 6:38
 8. The Underground - 3:58
 9. Not Mistaken - 6:39
10. I Don't Want To Be Forgot - 6:29

Lachlan R "Lachy" Doley (born ca. 1977) is an Australian musician, singer and songwriter best known for playing the Hammond Organ and Whammy Clavinet. Doley has recorded and/or toured with Jimmy Barnes, Glenn Hughes, Billy Thorpe, Joe Bonamassa and Powderfinger. Doley has issued two albums as a solo artist, Typically Individual Conforming Anti-Social (2011) and S.O.S (Singer Organ Soul) (2013); and two albums fronting Lachy Doley Group, Conviction (2015) and Lovelight (2017). The latter album peaked at No. 40 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
Lachy Doley grew up in Adelaide, where he started a course at university. In the early 1990s his older brother, Clayton Doley, was a member of Sydney-based blues and roots group, Bondi Cigars, before turning to session work. During a break from his uni Doley joined Clayton in Sydney in the mid-1990s also as a session musician, "once I got here I thought, 'This is fantastic,' I dropped out of uni and stayed." In 1999 Clayton travelled to New York while Doley continued his local session work.
In 2002 the brothers reunited in Sydney and formed a classic rock and soul band, the Hands, with Doley on a Hohner clavinet and Clayton on a Hammond organ. They issued two albums, Live and Breathe (2004) and Everything Is Wonderful (2008). Brett Winterford of The Sydney Morning Herald observed the first album was "sung by guest soul vocalists Jade MacRae, Kara Grainger and Mahalia Barnes. The band struggled to afford to tour with guest vocalists and so narrowed their act to a four-piece (the brothers backed by drums and bass). By necessity, the brothers took to singing themselves."
Doley provided piano and Hammond organ for Powderfinger's fifth studio album, Vulture Street (July 2003), as a recording session musician. Subsequently the group used him as their touring keyboardist from mid-2007 to 2010. As a solo artist Doley released two studio albums, Typically Individual Conforming Anti-Social (2011) and S.O.S (Singer Organ Soul) (2013).
He has recorded with English rock musician, Glenn Hughes, on the artist's solo album, Resonate (2016), and on a cover version of "Highway Star" for the Deep Purple tribute album, Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head (2012). For the latter he also worked with Steve Vai and Chad Smith.
Doley fronted the eponymous Lachy Doley Group from 2014, which issued two albums, Conviction (2015) and Lovelight (January 2017). The latter debuted at No. 40 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Other recording sessions include with Mahalia Barnes and Joe Bonamassa on Ooh Yeah! – The Betty Davis Songbook Album (2015). Doley is a regular member of Jimmy Barnes live shows including, Barnes' brief Australia Day set aboard a ship on Sydney Harbour in 2017.

S.O.S.(Singer Organ Soul)

Big Monti Amundson - Big Monti - Live!

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1998
Time: 42:46
Size: 99,8 MB
Label: Self Released
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Still Alive And Well - 3:42
 2. Mean Old World - 6:02
 3. Man On The Floor - 4:46
 4. Pilgrim - 3:15
 5. Begging For Your Arms - 5:06
 6. Mazzacco Walk - 6:01
 7. In Over My Head - 3:51
 8. Rock Treatment - 3:54
 9. Poor Jimi's Father - 6:06

Musicians:
Guitar and vocals - Monti Amundson
Bass - John Mazzacco
Drums - Jeff Minnieweather

"Big Monti - Live!" wasn't really a bona-fide release. More of a demo showing just how good a rhythm section can be. We recorded two shows in two nights in Portland - I think it was "The Gemini" on Friday and "The Candlelight" on Saturday. We'd been performing a lot and unfortunately, my voice is a little rough here. Rod Stewart talks about taking care of his voice by eating cucumber sandwiches and drinking green tea while the rest of the band parties in the room next door. Probably the only reason I'm still alive is that, as a singer, I had to take a little better care of myself. For those of you who have seen me in a different state and beg to differ - I acknowledge you.
If you're lucky enough to find yourself making music with these guys, you will also find yourself being pushed to the absolute outside of Your abilities. John used to mess with me on-stage. Let's say I'm soloing over a basic 1-4-5. At some point in my solo John would just hang on the 4 for like an hour and build all this tension. I think he's going to resolve it any second so I'm playing the same lick over and over until I'm starting to get pissed off. And then I think, is this what jazzers do for fun? And just then John would resolve it and the crowd would go crazy. Ha-ha, very funny guys.
But for real - the music was expansive. On a good night I felt like I was in Cream. John Foyston of The Oregonian called it "Music that breathes."
Jeff Minnieweather? Best drummer I ever worked with. We used to shoot pool and hang out. Listen to music. He was an easy guy to be around. A lot of musicians wear you out after a while. But we continued to play together through a couple of line-up changes. He eventually moved to The Bay Area and works with whoever he wants to. Just listen to his solo on "Pilgrim". Holy shit! Is that a 7/8 time signature he's playing over?  - Big Monti

Big Monti - Live!

Franck Ash - This Must Be Love

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1998
Time: 44:05
Size: 101,2 MB
Label: Blues Power
Styles: Blues/Modern Electric Blues
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Things - 2:54
 2. Doggone - 4:20
 3. Day After Day - 3:52
 4. De L'Eau Sous Les Ponts - 4:19
 5. Somebody New - 4:55
 6. Enfer - 3:54
 7. Get Out - 3:53
 8. I Wanna Live My Own Life - 3:59
 9. This Must Be Love - 4:33
10. Sexy Boozy Lady - 4:00
11. On Cherche Tous - 3:21

Immergé dans la musique noire et la langue américaine dès l'enfance, c'est à l'âge de douze ans que Franck Ash se passionne pour le chant et la guitare.
C'est à partir de 1985 qu'il commencera à jouer dans les clubs et montera plusieurs formations.
En 1988, Franck fait trois passages remarqués à l'Appollo Theater de New-York, joue dans un festival à Harlem et reçoit des propositions pour se produire dans les clubs. Deux interviews télévisées pour NBC New-York et pour ABC en Californie (Channel 7) seront enregistrées à cette occasion.
Dès lors Franck Ash se produit régulièrement dans les clubs et les festivals en France, tourne souvent en Suisse et en Espagne, et explore la scène de Montréal.
Il signera en 1993 deux titres pour un film. C'est aussi l'année où il commencera à s'investir dans la composition, écrivant en anglais et en français.
En 1994, Franck enregistre un concert en public au New Morning à Genève qui est depuis régulièrement diffusé sur les chaînes de télévision MCM et MUZZIK, apparaîtra lors de l'émission live pour la clôture des jeux Olympiques de 1996 sur la chaîne France Supervision et enregistrera un concert et des interviews pour la même production.
Parallèlement à ses engagements avec son groupe le Devils Band, Franck Ash est appelé en 1995 aux côtés de Screaming Jay Hawkins qu'il accompagne encore aujourd'hui dans ses tournées européennes ainsi qu'à Chicago pour clore le 13ème festival de Blues en mai 1996 et à Memphis Tennessee en juillet 1997 pour enregistrer l'album ''At last''.
En 1998, Franck Ash enregistre son propre album''This must be love'' produit par Big Bang Records et Midilive que Night & Day distribue en mars 1999.
Dans cet album, Franck propose 11 titres originaux qui s'inscrivent dans la mouvance actuelle du Blues international.
Le répertoire est étendu... Au coeur de cette passion pour le Blues qui constitue un véritable héritage, sans souci d'étiquettes et dans son style, Franck ASH se situe aux frontières de la Soul et du Funk, ouvert à toutes les sources d'inspirations.
Il aime la scène, y consume une étonnante énergie, invite le public à découvrir ses compositions et rend hommage aux musiciens et au Blues qui l'ont forgé.

This Must Be Love

Franc Robert & The Boxcar Tourists - Mulligan Stew

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2012
Time: 40:59
Size: 94,1 MB
Label: Self Released
Styles: Swamp Blues/Guitar Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Let's Go Jukin - 4:06
 2. Coal Burnin Locomotive - 4:05
 3. Beale Street Memories - 3:49
 4. Why Can't I Be Your Man - 4:24
 5. Mulligan Stew - 2:43
 6. Lay My Body Down - 2:42
 7. Ohh Baby - 3:26
 8. Your Crying Eyes - 2:52
 9. The Devil At Your Door - 3:09
10. Ya Can't Have Nothin - 3:58
11. You Worry Me - 2:56
12. It's Morning Time - 2:43

Franc Robert & The Boxcar Tourists return to the scene in 2012 with their new release “Mulligan Stew”, 12 songs that stylistically cover a lot of territory within the blues genre. Opening with the party anthem “Let’s Go Jukin”, the band kicks in high gear with“Coal Burnin Locomotive” a driving blues-rock lap steel workout with power to spare! Traditional Memphis-style blues is served up with “Beale Street Memories” ,“Why Can’t I Be Your Man” and “Your Crying Eyes”. Acoustic fans will love “The Devil At Your Door”, “Lay My Body Down” and the forward looking “It’s Morning Time”, while slide fans will dig the Elmore James stylings of “Ya Can’t Have Nothin” and “You Worry Me”. “Ohh Baby” will get you off your chair and on the dance floor, and the title track is a jazzy, swinging affair sure to put a smile on your face! Throw all these styles together on one CD, and the result is a musical mix worthy of the name “Mulligan Stew”. Enjoy!

Mulligan Stew