Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble - In Step (1989)

                                                             Stevie Ray Vaughan
 Stevie Ray Vaughan had always been a phenomenal guitarist, but prior to In Step, his songwriting was hit or miss. Even when he wrote a classic modern blues song, it was firmly within the genre's conventions; only on Soul to Soul's exquisite soul-blues "Life Without You" did he attempt to stretch the boundaries of the form. As it turns out, that was the keynote for In Step, an album where Vaughan found his own songwriting voice, blending blues, soul, and rock in unique ways, and writing with startling emotional honesty. Yes, there are a few covers, all well chosen, but the heart of the album rests in the songs he co-wrote with Doyle Bramhall, the man who penned the Soul to Soul highlight "Change It." Bramhall proved to be an ideal collaborator for Vaughan; tunes like the terse "Tightrope" and the dense "Wall of Denial" feel so intensely personal, it's hard to believe that they weren't the product of just one man. Yet the lighter numbers -- the dynamite boogie "The House Is Rockin'" and the breakneck blues of "Scratch-n-Sniff" -- are just as effective as songs. Of course, he didn't need words to make effective music: "Travis Walk" is a blistering instrumental, complete with intricate fingerpicking reminiscent of the great country guitarist Merle Travis, while the shimmering "Riviera Paradise" is every bit as lyrical and lovely as his previous charmer, "Lenny." The magnificent thing about In Step is how it's fully realized, presenting every facet of Vaughan's musical personality, yet it still soars with a sense of discovery. It's a bittersweet triumph, given Vaughan's tragic death a little over a year after its release, yet it's a triumph all the same. 

In a retrospective review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic rated In Step five out of five stars. He noted that before the album was released, "his songwriting was hit or miss. Even when he wrote a classic modern blues song, it was firmly within the genre's conventions." He further stated that it helped "Vaughan found his own songwriting voice, blending blues, soul, and rock in unique ways, and writing with startling emotional honesty." Although he stated that "tunes like the terse "Tightrope" and the dense "Wall of Denial" feel so intensely personal, it's hard to believe that they weren't the product of just one man", he also stated that "the lighter numbers [...] are just as effective as songs." He concluded that "it's fully realized, presenting every facet of Vaughan's musical personality, yet it still soars with a sense of discovery. It's a bittersweet triumph, given Vaughan's tragic death, [...] yet it's a triumph all the same." 


Credits:

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Guitar, Vocals
Tommy Shannon - Bass  
Chris Layton - Drums 
Reese Wynans - Keyboards

Additional personnel

Joe Sublett - Saxophone
Darrell Leonard - Trumpet

Tracklist:

01. The House Is Rockin' 02:24
02. Crossfire 04:10
03. Tightrope 04:40
04. Let Me Love You Baby 02:43
05. Leave My Girl Alone 04:15
06. Travis Walk 02:19
07. Wall of Denial 05:36
08. Scratch-N-Sniff 02:43
09. Love Me Darlin 03:21
10. Riviera Paradise 08:49

Bonus tracks:

11.SRV Speaks 01:33

12.The House is Rockin' (Live) 02:48

13.Let Me Love You Baby (Live) 03:46

14.Texas Flood (Live) 07:28

15.Life Without You (Live) 13:17

Sun Drivers - Blues Time (2018)

                                                                     Sun Drivers

 Good Russian blues band.

Credits:

Anthony - Vocal, Guitar 
Khanov - Drums   
Ilya - Bass 
Trukhin - Keybords 

Tracklist:

01. Brothers Black And White 06:33
02. Black Jacket 03:08
03. Crocodile Or Alligator 02:08
04. Father & Son 03:16
05. Blues Time 03:49
06. Like Sun Adorns The Sky 04:47
07. How Pure, How Dear 04:47
08. God Knows Best 05:37
09. Wait For Your Muse 03:36
10. Way Home 03:58
11. Doors To The Music World 04:40
12. I Left My Town 03:44

The Mudhens - Waxing The Cat (2010)

                                                                    The Mudhens
 Mike Ingram, music columnist for Champaign/Urbana’s The Buzz, referred to Bruce “Bruiser” Rummenie as “Champaign rock royalty.”  Singer, guitarist, songwriter, and bandleader Rummenie has, indeed, been a stalwart of the music scene in C-U for over 20 years.  Rummenie, along with brother Scott Portzline, founded the Mudhens, one of C-U’s most popular blues bands from ‘85-’90.  They recorded two albums, Have Mercy and Waxing the Cat (both consisting primarily of original songs by Rummenie). The Mudhens regularly ruled the roost at Mabels and the Alley Cat with lead singer Kevin Deforrest holding court leading the shenanigans — much of it still recalled with fondness by many Mudhen fans today.


Tracklist:

01. You Don't Know What You're Missing 02:57
02. Two Things 02:51
03. Baby Blues 04:11
04. Killing Floor 05:04
05. The Fat Man of Calcutta 04:02
06. Let's Go 04:58
07. Only You 04:21
08. Moving to Philadelphia 04:17
09. That's What It's All About 04:07
10. Pain As Big As Texas 03:50

The Blue Hides - Blue Hides EP (2021)

                                                              The Blue Hides
 Rock & Blues band based in (Tarifa) (Spain) founded in mid-2016.


Tracklist:

01. Lie To Me 05:30
02. Hold Me Down 03:38
03. Walking The Dog 05:01
04. Don´t Cry Baby 04:21

Rory Gallagher - Roll Over Germany (1979)

                                                                 Rory Gallagher
 Rory Gallagher: Rhein-Main Halle, Wiesbaden, Germany 1979-05-06.


Credits:

Rory Gallagher - Vocals, Guitar
Gerry McAvoy - Bass
Ted McKenna - Drums
Frankie Miller - Vocals

Tracklist:

01. Shinekicker 03:41                              
02. Last Of The Independents 06:16                  
03. Off The Handle 07:42                            
04. Bought And Sold 05:54                           
05. Shadow Play 07:08                              
06. Million Miles Away 07:51                       
07. Hell Cat 08:37                                 
08. Out On a Western Plain 05:53                            
09. Too Much Alcohol 05:02                          
10. Going To My Hometown 05:08                      
11. Tatoo'd Lady 13:01
12. Secret Agent 07:04
13. Roberta 06:26
14. Bullfrog Blues (Frankie Miller Vocals) 08:19              
15. Walkin' The Dog (Frankie Miller Vocals) 06:31             
17. Sea Cruise (Frankie Miller Vocals)  08:07                 
18. Around And Around 04:53                        
19. Roll Over Beethoven (Frankie Miller Vocals) 05:23         

Michael Heyman - Heart Full of Blues (2005) reposted

                                                                Michael Heyman
 Acclaimed as one of Texas' finest blues & rock guitarists, Nick has worked extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe with artists such as Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Colin Allen in addition to sharing the bill with artists such as Buddy Guy & Jr. Wells, Albert Collins, James Cotton, John Mayall, Mick Taylor, Eric Burdon, Leslie West, Alvin Lee, Pat Travers, Nils Lofgren and Nick Lowe


Credits:

Michael Heyman - Guitars, Vocals 
Trudy Lynn - Vocals 
Tommie Lee Bradley - Vocals 
Sonny Boy Terry - Harmonica 
Michael Stone - Piano, Hammond B3 
Skip Nallia - Keys, Hammond B3 
Roger Tausz - Bass 
Bob Armour - Drums 
Steve Treanor - Drums 
Rick Berman - Drums, Tambourine 

Tracklist:

01. Set Me Free 03:08
02. Every Day I Cry For You 04:09
03. Mean Woman Blues 03:44
04. When It Came To Loving You 05:12
05. Love Against The Wall 03:27
06. Loving You A Long Time 03:30
07. Please Let Me Love You Again 05:13
08. Stepping Out 03:55
09. Three Hours Past Midnight 06:17
10. If You See My Baby 03:23
11. My Sweet Little Honey Dripper 04:59

Long John Hunter - Smooth Magic (1985)

                                                               Long John Hunter
 The Lone Star State, as the Americans call Texas, has long been famous for its bluesmen. A special, Texas blues school was born here. Until his death in 1993, the incomparable Elbert Collins was considered its most prominent representative. But with his departure, new contenders emerged for the vacant throne. One of the top candidates for the new kings of the Texas blues is Long John Hunter, a 69-year-old veteran whose name has only gained widespread American prominence in the past decade.

Long John for Texas is a "sent Cossack", he was born a little east, in Louisiana, and, it would seem, was supposed to play the Delta blues. But fate decreed otherwise. The fact is that for many years young John Tharmen Hunter (and this is his real name) did not even think about the career of a professional musician. Family traditions obliged him to become a farmer rather: his father had a small piece of land in Arkansas. But, growing up, John preferred city life - he went to Texas and got a job in Beaumont as a simple laborer in a packaging factory. Hunter was already 22 when friends after work invited him to the "Raven" club to listen to a certain guest performer named BB King. The pleasure was supposed to cost one and a half dollars (it was 53rd year), and Long John refused: “Expensive!”. But the company, apparently, was friendly, and the friends paid the stubborn cost of the trip. Hunter heard the blues, and his fate that evening was decided.

The next day, the newly converted blues fan bought a guitar - never holding an instrument before, he decided to learn how to play like BB King. I can imagine how Long John's Beaumonte friends made fun of this whim, but they had to bite their tongues, and they did it pretty soon. Hunter practiced fanatically, and less than a year later he himself began performing in the very club where he had first heard BB King. A year later, the fame of the newly minted bluesman reached Houston, where Hunter's first single, "Crazy Baby" / "She Used To Be My Woman", was released on Duke Records. After the first record in his life, Long John finally decided to become a professional musician and moved to Houston, where there were more opportunities to earn money than in Beaumont. However, his success here turned out to be very moderate, new offers from record companies did not come, and two years later, in 57, Hunter moved even further west. Two cities on the banks of the border river Rio Bravo, the American El Paso and the Mexican Juarez, became close to him for thirteen years. Long John took root here. All these years, he constantly worked in the "Lobby Bar", where the most diverse audience gathered: from soldiers and tourists to gangsters and illegal immigrants. It was here that he honed his skills, developed his own style of blues: sharp, dynamic and heady, like the local tequila that poured like a river in the Lobby Bar. Here he gradually became a real showman: in order to conquer the local motley and noisy audience, it was not enough just to sing with a guitar. I think that ordinary guy John Hunter was hardly familiar with the famous words of Caesar: “Better to be the first in the village than the second in Rome,” but he acted in strict accordance with the motto of Guy Julius. For 13 years, Long John Hunter did not show his nose from his home bar, but the fame of him spread by itself. He did not go on tour - many American celebrities (Elbert Collins, Big Mama Thornton, Lightning Hopkins, James Brown and many others) specially came to El Paso to listen to Hunter. In Juarez and West Texas, he became a real king, it was fine with him and, despite the tempting offers, he was not inclined to "campaigns of conquest."

Long John also barely recorded all these years. In the entire 60s, he had only four singles released by Yucca Records from New Mexico. They were later included in the big album Texas Border Town Blues, published in 1986 by the Dutch label Double Trouble. Well, Hunter's very first album, “Smooth Magic” (“Boss Records”), appeared only in 1985, when our hero was already in his sixties. This age is not the best time for drastic changes, but the logic of life itself led Long John to them. The king lost his beloved residence - the “Lobby Bar” went bankrupt. After playing in El Paso for some time, Hunter moved to ... Odessa, but, of course, not the Black Sea, but Texas. More work, more success, and still success within Texas (outside of Long John's staff, only professionals knew and appreciated). The album “Ride With Me”, recorded in 1992, was a breakthrough to some extent, but Hunter was amazingly unlucky with record companies - usually only small, low-powered companies collaborated with him. Spindletop, which published Ride With Me, soon ceased to exist.


Credits:

Long John Hunter - Guitar Vocals  
Art Lewis - Saxophone  
Dale Booman - Rhythm Guitar  
Mike Flemin - Drums  
John Griffin - Bass  
Andre Casillas - Piano Organ 

Tracklist:

01. El Paso Rock 02:55
02. MASH 04:15
03. Raise My Hand 05:15
04. Inflation 04:38
05. Frances 04:46
06. She Used to Be My Woman 03:08
07. Judy 03:56
08. What Are You Doing? 03:37
09. Irene 06:18
10. Got to Be Good 03:39

Don Mentoni Blues Band - Dobra Mrha (1989)

                                                           Don Mentoni Blues Band
 DON MENTONY BAND became recognised in the late 1980s with the remake of the song "Tulsa Time" (in Slovenian Dobra mrha). The original team were guitarist Janez Hostnik, bass guitarist Frenk Brajer, drummer Robert Fritsch, singer Jani Kovaèiè and animator Miha Mentony. Later Janez Zmazek - Žan joined as guitarist. Zmazek soon took over the lead in the band and in the early 1992 (after three released albums) the group was left by bass guitarist and singer. Zmazek didn't want to seek another singer, so he decided to sing by himself. The bass player was in March 1992 replaced by Aleksander Cepuš (Alex Bass). In April 1992, the renewed band started to concert. They played two concerts: 20 years of Val 202 in Križanke (MC ZKP RTV 1992) and benefit concert for Bosnia and Herzegovina in Hala Tivoli. They recorded the album "Ko noè zamenja dan" and album for the singer Janko Ropret. They also performed at a festival Melodije morja in sonca in Portorose and as main guests on a pop workshop 1992. At the end of 1992, the bass guitarist was replaced by Ana Karenini, who played for three years. In that period, many other guitarists were replaced who tried to substitute Janez Hostnik, who left the band in 1993; first came guitarist Bruno, then for the same period Matej Mršnik and at the end Zvone Kukec. After a period of inactivity, the frontman again gathered a group of musicians in 2010 and resumed performing under this name. They published a best-of live album and played several concerts since then.


Tracklist:

01. Dobra Mrha (Tulsa Town) 03:45
02. Rolf - Vsi Glodajo Kosti 04:43
03. Kaj Mi Mar 02:45
04. Pa Je Šla (There She Goes) 03:08
05. Trolejbus Blues 06:08
06. Obcutek Je Važen 04:33
07. Kariera 04:28
08. Le Kaj Pri Meni Si Pocel 02:07
09. Oblaki So Rdeci 05:10
10. Uwiguze U Burundi 04:31

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Texas Flood (1983)

                                                               Stevie Ray Vaughan
 Like many before him, at a root level, Stevie Ray Vaughan was influenced by the likes of Albert King, Otis Rush, Albert Collins and Buddy Guy. What Vaughan dared to do differently and ultimately better than any blues guitarist before or since, was to channel the raw intensity of Johnny Winter and fuse it with the dexterity and expressiveness of Jimi Hendrix. The fact that he did it so well and managed to bring his own stylistic sensibilities into such a heavy brew is why he deservedly remains near the top of the guitar pantheon to this day. What we have here, straight off the King Biscuit Flower Hour multi-track mixdown masters, is the bulk of one of his most legendary early performances, recorded at Philadelphia's Ripley's Music Hall. Touring to promote his debut album, Texas Flood, these recordings capture a powerful performance, when Vaughn and his band, Double Trouble, were truly establishing their reputation.

Naturally, there is a heavy emphasis on his first album material, which is welcome, as it featured many of Vaughan's finest songs. He doesn't bother using his vocal chords until the set is well underway, preferring to let his guitar do the talking on the first two numbers. On both the set opening "Testify" and "So Excited" (unreleased at the time) which follows, the group is simply blazing with energy, with Vaughan incorporating simultaneous lead and rhythm parts in his trademark manner. After this warm-up exercise, Vaughan sinks his teeth into Jimi Hendrix's classic "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)." This is an absolutely scorching performance, with Vaughan seemingly channeling Hendrix himself, raising the intensity level up a serious notch or two.

The next four songs highlight the bulk of his debut album material, including his first hit, "Pride And Joy," a hot rendition of Buddy Guy's bluesy nursery rhyme adaptation, "Mary Had A Little Lamb," and the album opening rocker, "Love Struck Baby." However, it is the magnificent title track, "Texas Flood," an example of classic slow blues writing, that may be the highlight of this entire set. Here Vaughan truly bares his soul and over the course of the next ten minutes, his passion is on full display. Everything that distinguished him as a true original is right here, from the thick sound of his heavy gauge strings (tuned down a halfstep) to his extreme stringbending technique and tonal control. Much the same can be said about the early rendition of "Tin Pan Alley" featured, which allows Vaughan to again flex his pure blues muscles later in the show.


Tracklist:

Disc 01

01. Love Struck Baby 02:21
02. Pride and Joy 03:39
03. Texas Flood 05:20
04. Tell Me 02:47
05. Testify 03:21
06. Rude Mood 04:39
07. Mary Had a Little Lamb 02:47
08 Dirty Pool 05:00
09. I'm Cryin' 03:43
10. Lenny 04:57
11. Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town) (1982 Version) 07:37

Disc 02

01. Testify (Live at Ripley's Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 20, 1983) 04:14
02. So Excited (Live at Ripley's Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 20, 1983) 04:17
03. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Live at Ripley's Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 20, 1983) 07:44
04. Pride And Joy (Live at Ripley's Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 20, 1983) 04:57
05. Texas Flood (Live at Ripley's Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 20, 1983) 10:00
06. Love Struck Baby (Live at Ripley's Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 20, 1983) 03:08
07. Mary Had A Little Lamb (Live at Ripley's Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 20, 1983) 02:59
08. Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town) (Live at Ripley's Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 20, 1983) 08:14
09. Little Wing / Third Stone From The Sun (Live at Ripley's Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 20, 1983) 12:28

Don Mentoni Blues Band - Don Mentoni Blues Band (1988)

                                                          Don Mentoni Blues Band
 Don Mentony Band is a blues, boogie and rock and roll group from Slovenia.

Don Mentony Band became recognised in the late 1980s with the remake of the song "Tulsa Time" (in Slovenian Dobra mrha). The original team were guitarist Janez Hostnik, bass guitarist Frenk Brajer, drummer Robert Fritsch, singer Jani Kovacic and animator Miha Mentony. Later Janez Zmazek - Žan joined as guitarist. Zmazek soon took over the lead in the band and in the early 1992 (after three released albums) the group was left by bass guitarist and singer. Zmazek didn't want to seek another singer, so he decided to sing by himself. The bass player was in March 1992 replaced by Aleksander Cepuš (Alex Bass). In April 1992, the renewed band started to concert. They played two concerts: 20 years of Val 202 in Križanke (MC ZKP RTV 1992) and benefit concert for Bosnia and Herzegovina in Hala Tivoli. They recorded the album Ko noc zamenja dan and album for the singer Janko Ropret. They also performed at a festival Melodije morja in sonca in Portorose and as main guests on a pop workshop 1992. At the end of 1992, the bass guitarist was replaced by Ana Korenini, who played for three years. In that period, many other guitarists were replaced who tried to substitute Janez Hostnik, who left the band in 1993; first came guitarist Bruno, then for the same period Matej Mršnik and at the end Zvone Kukec.

After a period of inactivity, the frontman again gathered a group of musicians in 2010 and resumed performing under this name. They published a best-of live album and played several concerts since then.


Tracklist:

01. Hideaway 02:06 
02. Boom Boom 01:44  
03. Last Night 05:49  
04. Gal You Gotta Watch 02:58  
05. Wee Wee Hours 04:46  
06. There She Goes 03:05  
07. Carol 02:55 
08. Things I Used To Do 02:47  
09. All Your Love 03:14 
10. You Got Me Running 03:13  
11. Highland Blues 02:08 

Geneva Red and The Roadsters - Alley Ways (1997)

                                                                    Geneva Red
 Geneva Red is one of the top female instrumentalists performing on the "blues harp" as well as leading her own band, The Roadsters. Red was born and raised in a small town just outside of Chicago, Illinois. She grew up performing in musical shows somewhat like Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and other show business performers had in their early years. Both her parents were actors and made their living operating a small theatre troupe. Red was encouraged to perform in this troupe from the time she could walk. By the time she graduated from High School Red was already a seasoned performer but had yet to discover her true love, the music known as blues. While performing as many as two shows per day 4 - 6 days a week for the family troupe and attending dance and voice lessons in her free time, Red was becoming disenchanted and rebellious of the whole theatre scene. About this time, a musician friend who worked for the family invited Red to join him in Chicago during the blues festival. This experience would forever change Red’s course and set her on a new path, a new stage and offer a new breed to the blues industry.
   Not only did blues touch Red's musical soul deeply, but something she can’t explain drew her to the harmonica. Red became anxious to understand the subtleties and complexities of the mouth harp. However, it wasn't going to be as easy as she expected. The first attempt she made to breathe life into the tiny wind instrument, she ended up partially collapsing a lung. Oddly enough, this experience would have been enough reason never to touch the harmonica again, but after a while, something induced her to try it again. She picked it back up and began teaching herself the various positions and sounds. Now Red was learning all she could about the tradition of the blues and more specifically, the amplified and un-amplified harmonica sounds of Big Walter Horton, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson I and II, Jimmy Reed, Billy Boy Arnold, Jr. Wells, James Cotton, Paul Butterfield and many other great harp players of the 50s and 60s.
   On the suggestion of her guitar playing friend, Jackie 5 & Dime, Red entered the recording studio for the first time to record a demo hoping to organize her own band. Jackie put together a group of freelance musicians that he had worked with throughout the years and together they completed four tunes on the very first session. Spank Money, a small record company associated with the recording studio at which she recorded these first tracks, requested the use of two of these songs for a compilation cassette called Stateline Blues Volume 1. Her songs were featured on this cassette along side other established northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin musicians. After hearing her songs on this cassette, independent label Full Cyrkle Records licensed those same tunes for a 45 RPM record. Recognizing the potential of this studio band, all the members agreed to continue and complete enough material for a full length CD and Geneva Red & The Roadsters was born. Full Cyrkle Records hearing the final product from these sessions agreed to license and publish Geneva Red & The Roadsters’ first CD Alley Ways in November of 1997. On the strength of her debut Geneva Red & The Roadsters broke into the tough Chicago blues market performing in some of its most noted blues clubs and outdoor festivals, including a performance at the Memorial Tribute to blues harmonica great Jr. Wells at Rosa’s and the 16th Annual Chicago Blues Festival. The band’s success has brought them engagements throughout the country.
   In October of 1998 renowned veteran blues guitarist, Floyd Murphy Sr, (Jr. Parker, Big Mama Thornton, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Matt "Guitar" Murphy) joined the Roadsters bringing his original Memphis style to their music until his health declined in 2002.
   Red has performed with blues musicians Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Bob Margolin, Sam Carr, Phil Guy, John Primer, Jimmy Johnson, "Little" Smokey Smothers and she has been a guest performer with fellow harmonica players, Billy Branch, Paul deLay, Studebaker John, R.J. Mischo, and Mr. Downchild.
   Geneva Red & The Roadsters second CD In The Red   was recorded in 2000 for Full Cyrkle Records with sessions at the famous Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee that included Living Blues  award winning drummer Sam Carr (Rice Miller Sonny Boy Williamson II, Frank Frost, Big Jack Johnson) and was completed with sessions in Chicago. Their latest CD, Gettin' Cocky on Bottle Cap Records, was released in early 2005 and included Chicago blues legend, guitarist Jimmy Johnson throughout.
   As a composer, Red's original music has been used as the theme song for "Catfish Blues" Radio Torino Popolare Rtp. 97 FM in Turin, Italy.
   Geneva Red  has had an endorsement contract with the Hohner Harmonica company since 1998 and is a member of BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.)


Credits:

Geneva Red - Harmonica, Vocals
Jackie 5 & Dime - Guitar
Mark Sorlie - Bass, Vocals
Dean Malsack - Piano
Mark Anderson - Drums

Tracklist:

01. Sugar Sweet 02:47 
02. Your Mind Is On Vacation 03:02 
03. Birk's Works 05:20 
04. Red's Romp 02:14 
05. Key To The Highway 04:20 
06. Things Ain't What They Used To Be 03:06 
07. Baby, What You Want Me To Do 04:10 
08. Vacation From The Blues 01:59 

Rev. Marv Ward - Sparkling Isolation (2021)

                                                                  Rev. Marv Ward
 Veteran blues guitarist Marv Ward grew up in the small town of Lorton, Virginia. He played his first gig at 10 and started performing professionally at age 16. He's played in literally dozens of bands over the past 45 years and has secured his place among bluesmen with his straight-forward no-nonsense blues style.  It's a little bit Delta, a litle bit Piedmont, a whole lot of R&B, but mostly, it's straight up Rev. Marv Ward.

The Rev. has played his original and visionary blues stylings in venues all over the country and has shared stages with music legends such as Aerosmith, Joan Baez, Dave Van Ronk, Paul Geremia, Maria Muldaur, Nappy Brown, John Hammond, Bob Margolin, Big Bill Morganfield, Mac Arnold, Mooky Brill and many more.


Tracklist:

01. Cackalacky Blues 05:03
02. I Want to Rock You 03:37
03. Sparkling Isolation 02:36
04. I Need a New Mojo 03:39
05. Lost in You 04:07
06. Nowhere Fast 05:04
07. Angel in My Arms 03:50
08. The Miracle of You 03:35
09. Picture and a Pillow 03:06