Tim Turner
Singer, songwriter, guitar player extraordinaire, Tim Turner has been plying his craft in the Seattle area for four decades. From the highy sucessful rock band CHILD to his current band, Tim has consistantly performed on the leading edge of the local music scene. Give Tim a "hollow-body" electric guitar and a stage and the outcome is always the same: first-rate guitar playing, great singing and outstanding original tunes. "Blues Boss" from Blues To Do Magazine.
Tim has been playing his unique and special brand of blues, rock and rhythm n blues since the 1970's, as a guitarist in Child, and several incarnations of his own Tim Turner Band. He has run several jams over the years, from Pioneer Square, to West Seattle, and back to Pioneer Square again. Whenever he's on stage, he has the uncanny ability to bring out the best in whatever musicians are on stage with him. Tim also has a way of making the audience feel good and part of the music, asking various audience members to strum his guitar or inviting them to sing along with the song being played. Paul & Willow of the "Wednesday Unbound Blues" Jam.
Tim Turner has been a Northwest favorite for many years. As well as appearing at casinos, clubs, pubs, lounges and festivals, the band has also opened for the Dave Mathews Band at the Gorge, Johnny Winters at the Ballard Firehouse and many other venues as well. Tim and his players were honored to be the entertainment at the four day Seagate Convention and Awards Ceremonies in Seattle, performing at the Experience Music Project’s Sky Church for this international event. Tim also hosted the longest running Blues JAM at Larry's Blues Cafe in Pioneer Square for over 10 years.
Tracklist:
01. Hot Damn 03:04.06]
02. She's Finajjy Gone 03:21
03. The Sky is Cryin' 04:07
04. Double Standards 03:28
05. Please Come Home 03:36
06. What Am I Supposed ToDo 03:10
07. Mary Had a Little Lamb (Buddy Guy) 03:14
08. Blues This Mornin' 07:09
09. I'm Ready 02:42
10. Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix) 05:38
Jake Green Band
Jake Green Band is one of the most promising names on the danish blues scene. In a music genre that is both strongly traditional and a bit hide-bound in style sometimes, this band shows there's still a kick to blues rock.
Credits:
Jakob Green - Guitars, Vocals
Jens Simonsen - Bass
Hans Rosenberg - Drums
Tracklist:
01. Looking For A Reason 03:37
02. Night Train Calling 06:36
03. Dark Clouds 07:24
04. Tell Me 03:26
05. Still Hung Up On You 04:05
06. One Night Stand 05:15
07. Ho Hum 05:06
08. Hey Joe 08:57
I wish you all a lot of peace this Christmas !!!
The Bel Airs
Living on the road and playing clubs from "Austin to Boston", the Bel Airs are carrying on the tradition of American Rhythm and Blues. The Bel Airs are easily one of the hottest and most entertaining blues bands in the country. 'Dangerous Curves' marks the successful translation of the roadhouse flavor of the Bel Airs' live shows onto disc. The Bel Airs and stellar musical guests like Johnnie Johnson at the piano give twelve cuts their unique treatment powered by a rock-solid rhythm section. Fans who've seen the band perform will recognize some favorite quirky Bel Airs' originals, as well as, their house rockin' covers . Sure to satisfy longtime fans and gain some new ones.
Credits:
Dave Pruitt - Guitar, Vocals
Dick Pruitt - Bass, Vocals
Pat O'Connor - Drums
Joe Terry - Piano
Johnnie Johnson - Piano
Blair Montgomery - Saxophone
Ned Wilkinson - Trumpet
Tracklist:
01. Gonna Walk 03:25
02. Can't Give You Up 03:33
03. Hey, Little Lee 04:01
04. Spell on Me 02:46
05. Chinese Rock 02:40
06. Nothin' In This World 02:40
07. Stranger Blues 03:25
08. The Girl That Radiates That Charm 02:53
09. Off of My Line 02:40
10. Girl on The TV News 03:03
11. Nadine 03:44
12. Hook My Pony 03:21
Unkle Munkle
Unkle Munkle was a highly energetic and acclaimed outfit formed by Craig Giles, Dave Searle and former drummer Keith Hummerston (who was also in The Gutbuckets) during 1997. The band was then joined by James Batchelar on Keyboards and Danny Giles on guitars. After an intense period of time rehearsing up a new set of blues rock covers and original material, the band started playing at venues throughout the South East of England with great success.
The band recorded two albums. The first was `The Dog House Sessions' recorded during 1998 - a mixture of blues covers and self-penned material. The strength of the bands' own material was self-evident on this first release and it was decided that the follow-up album would be made up of completely original material.
Tracklist:
01. My Babe 03:05
02. Ever Since I Lost You 03:38
03. Rollin' Man 02:53
04. Gotta Lean On You 07:31
05. Everyday I Have The Blues 06:47
06. Help Me 05:10
07. The Last Time 03:40
08. Key To The Highway 03:55
09. Leavin' The City 03:48
10. Sugar Mama 05:22
11. 18 Wheeler 02:45
12. The Unkle Munkle Fumble 03:58
John McVie
John McVie's "Gotta Band" with Lola Thomas is an album by John McVie and a self-assembled group of musicians released in 1992. It marks the only time the Fleetwood Mac bass player, probably best known for his solos on The Chain, ever released anything under his own name. The lineup included his Fleetwood Mac colleague Billy Burnette and his former colleague from John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Mick Taylor who is best known for his 1969-74 stint with the Rolling Stones. The singer Lola Thomas did no recorded work before or after this project. According to John McVie, "The "Gotta Band" thing was a "one off". Lola Thomas is now happily married with a lovely daughter. She's a great singer and it was a fun project but we couldn't "work" the album.
Credits:
Lola Thomas - Vocals
John McVie - Bass, Backing Vocals
Lee Spath - Drums
Mick Taylor - Guitar
David Plenn - Guitar
Billy Burnette - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Brad Dutz - Percussion
Jim Pugh - Piano, Organ
George Hawkins - Backing Vocals
Andrew Love, Wayne Jackson - Horns ["The Memphis Horns"]
Tracklist:
01. Evidence 03:48
02. Now I Know 04:06
03. Lost What You Had 03:31
04. Shot Down By Love 03:59
05. Step Aside 03:51
06. You Left Me Lonely 05:14
07. The Bigger The Love 03:49
08. All That I Was Guilty Of... 03:25
09. One More Time With Feeling 04:56
10. The Way I Do 03:40
Jake Curtis Blues Band
Jake’s playing style is heavily influenced by the music he grew up listening to. At the age of 7, Jake found himself obsessed with the album, “John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers featuring Eric Clapton”, and as he would say, “It was all downhill from there”.
Tracklist:
01. Let Me Whisper In Your Ear 02:52
02. Kingbee 04:06
03. I Need Love 03:12
04. What Am I Supposed To Do 06:37
05. Iodine And Antifreeze 04:32
06. Leaving In The Morning 07:01
07. Jumpin' Jack Flash 04:09
08. If The Blues Was Whiskey 03:02
09. Watchtower 05:52
Fernando Jones"Fernando Jones has been on a Blues crusade in Chicago since his college days in the mid-1980s. He has produced a play, I Was There When The Blues Was Red Hot, authored a book with the same title, written Blues poetry, produced Blues shows, is a Blues educator and leads his own Blues band. Stranded is his latest self-produced CD and it shows that the singer, composer, guitarist, bassist and Blues harpist can indeed "walk the walk." The 12 original tunes, along with a video for "How Many Times," cover a range of Blues, R&B and soul styles. The title track is an atmospheric medium tempo, funky minor key Blues where Jones croons a lover's lament and then adds a sharp-edged solo and fills as counterpoint.
Jones is totally dedicated to playing, promoting and promulgating Blues. He is to be encouraged and lauded for his efforts."
Tracklist:
01. Stranded 04:27
02. Easy To Hold 08:38
03. Sometimes (I Can't Help Myself) 06:40
04. I Want A Pretty Woman 04:48
05. Down To The Bottom 04:26
06. I Want To Spend Xmas With You 03:58
07. How Come 03:57
08. Tracey 06:12
09. On Top 03:52
10. You Must Be Brothers 04:38
11. My Best Friend 02:18
12. Minneapolis Blues 04:48
Big Reymore
Costa Rican guitarist from Blues Rock.
Tracklist:
01. Rodeo Dr 03:55
02. People Change 03:16
03. Don't Ask Me Where I Been 04:26
04. I Be Long on the Rood 03:27
05. Reflexion 03:24
06. Beautiful 03:21
07. Lord 03:39
08. When the Time Clock Strikes 03:32
Roger Cultee
Roger Cultee doesn’t have a cult… yet. But he’s Native American and trust us, he knows how to summon spirits and battle demons. But he isn’t the kind to mumble magic spells under strained breath – no. Rather, he’s a man of brash rock and roll with the soul of a bluesman and calloused fingers that strained a thousand loud, wailing, screeching notes from his guitar to the delight of ghosts of bluesmen past. His second record may be titled Mud, but it makes a very clear statement – Roger Cultee is here to blow out your ears!
When things have gotten down to playing the blues, you know something is up… and it probably isn’t rainbows and unicorns. A love is lost. A hungover head is hurting something fierce. Misfortune has taken reign and there’s nothing you can do about it… except sing your soul out to the squeaking tunes of a battered guitar.
Blues doesn’t always have to feel “blue”, though. With Roger Cultee on the guitar and mic, it comes out raw, blistering, and full of life – literally. Mud, the Albuquerque man’s second solo record, has the kind of live and uncut sound only an independant musician would have the brass to pull off! It’s incredibly fitting for the energy of his music, and quite possibly the best way to represent it. Full volume is mandatory!
As for the tunes themselves, let’s not dance around the facts – you’ve heard one blues song, you’ve heard them all. It’s part of the genre’s appeal in that it consistently evokes the same deep emotion that makes you consider moving to Mississippi, planting yourself in the first bar in sight, and never leaving it for the rest of your life. What Cultee’s compositions lack in innovation, they more than make up for it with sheer attitude and authenticity, though.
Modern music production is especially adept at disguising the humanity behind it, so hearing Roger wail about heartbreak on Broke’n’Down, punk it up on the politically-charged Perestroika (for the USA), or ease into the picturesque I Need You feels incredibly refreshing. While the sound could be clearer and the man’s vocal performances could have been tighter, we’d gladly do without another super-polished blues record in favor of one that brings the soulful style favorably closer to its roots.
Tracklist:
01. Beautiful Women 04:46
02. Peristroika 04:30
03. Broke'n'Down 06:35
04. Tonight 03:15
05. Wounded Knee 03:07
06. Duke City 03:08
07. Seby 01:34
08. Rez Boogie 04:01
09. Down Around Santa Fe 03:20
10. I Need You 08:27
11. Prayer Song / 5 Finger Pony 06:14
Johnny A.
A wild, woolly, wonderful lesson in where the guitar has been and where it might be headed. If Johnny A. isn’t familiar to every guitar-head in America within two years, there’s no justice in this world. It’s rare to find a guitarist who has both a profound sense of the instrument’s history and the spunk to still explore new directions for it. On Sometime Tuesday Morning Mr. A. and friends cover the gamut of country, blues, old-style rock ’n’ roll, and jazz stylings, and it’s nearly impossible to stop listening until the disc is done.
Johnny A.’s spongelike capacity for absorbing musical techniques blossoms to full fruition on tracks like the boogie “Oh Yeah”, where he flits between clipping chords, fluid single-line soloing and rockabilly vamping like it’s all second nature to him (which it probably is). He manages to breathe new life into the warhorse “Wichita Lineman”, addressing it tenderly with a gorgeous soft touch. He provides his own rhythm-guitar backup on the smoldering blues “Two Wheel Horse”, marrying Larry Carlton and Link Wray. A lesser-known Beatles tune, “Yes It Is”, gets a radical, shimmering makeover, while the Ventures chestnut “Walk Don’t Run” is seriously, hilariously transformed into a tango.
Most of the compositions are Johnny A. originals, all of them well thought-out and arranged with wit and nostalgic adoration. One would hardly expect to find tracks like the fun poop-kicker “Tex Critter” and wailing, brooding “Walkin’ West Ave.” on the same disc, but that’s the kind of variety that Johnny A. specializes in. Like Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Double Trouble team, bassist Ed Spargo and drummer Craig McIntyre provide just enough firm, appropriate rhythmic support to drive the guitarist along without intruding on his territory.
This disc is a guitar fanatic’s wet dream come true, a consummation of six-string history with no self-absorbed shredding to take away from the real impact. Absolutely essential.
Credits:
Johnny A. - Guitar, Bajo Sexto, Banjo, Lap Steel Guitar
John LaMoia - Percussion
Craig MacIntyre - Drums
Ed Spargo - Bass
Mark Valentine - Handclapping, Snaps
Tracklist:
01. Sometime Tuesday Morning 04:25
02. Oh Yeah 04:15
03. Wichita Lineman 04:01
04. Two Wheel Horse 05:11
05. In The Wind 04:38
06. Yes It Is 03:18
07. You Don't Love Me 03:34
08. Up In The Attic 03:14
09. Walk Don't Run 02:55
10. Tex Critter 02:37
11. Lullabye For Nicole 05:26
12. Walkin' West Ave 04:27
Howlin' Bill
This live album accurately documents an exhilarating performance of pumping roots-based Blues and Rock, with lyrics about good women gone bad, booze, worn-out shoes, and the trials and tribulations of romantic love - in short, the album features sixteen songs about real life as most people know it. Those who have seen the Howlin' Bill band perform live at festivals or venues, know how much drive and energy is being thrown into the mix. The live recordings are made in a larger venue, they are a bit spatial, while the studio recordings have a direct and more smoky sound. Try it - you'll enjoy catchy songs, funny lyrics and a musical travel in time.
Credits:
Howlin' Bill - Harp, Vocals
Little Jimmy - Guitar
Walkin' Winne - Bass
Magic Frank - Drums
Tracklist:
01. Next Time 03:53
02. Foxy Little Lady 03:42
03. Six Feet Five 06:05
04. My Own World 03:41
05. Gone Too Soon 04:08
06. Circus Is Coming To Town 02:27
07. Bully 04:32
08. Devil And The Deep Blue Sea 03:22
09. Don't You Know 09:08
10. A Man's Got To Do 07:26
11. Remember The Day 05:52
12. Second Hand Shoes 03:47
13. Sipido 03:24
14. You Got It 02:42
15. Pick Up Lines 02:57
16. Hell Freezes Over 04:52
