3 Balls Of Fire Based in both Austin, Texas and Los Angeles, CA - 3 Balls of Fire, AKA The Men with the Burning Guitars, was formed in 1987 by guitarist/composer/band leader Burnin' Mike Vernon. Vernon and joined his first band, Stoned Catsup, in Arlington, Texas, in 1969. From '73-'75 Mike studied Spanish guitar at the Univ. of Texas-El Paso and then returned to the Dallas-Ft. Worth area where he played in various jazz, blues, rock, and western bands. During this time he had the opportunity to sit in with such greats as Freddie King, Big Joe Turner, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Gary Duncan of the Quicksilver Messenger Service.
In '79 he formed the instrumental group Perry Mason & the Defendants and cut two 45's for the Mars label. The group played all over the north Texas area, Louisiana and Oklahoma. By '82 the band's sound turned decidedly surf in nature as the band performed surf guitar songs from the '60's and originals by Vernon.
In 1985, Vernon moved to Austin and in 1987 formed 3 Balls of Fire. Joining in on bass and drums was Vic Gerrard and Chris Stix Staples, forming the tightly-wound rhythm section on the Balls' self-titled debut recording on Amazing Records in 1987.
In 1989, Gerard and Staples joined Two Hoots and a Holler, and Vernon kept the group alive by adding Jackie Newhouse (Stevie Ray Vaughan's bassist until 1980) Steve Fulton on guitar & drums, and a revolving list of stellar players from the Austin area. In the early '90's, the group released two cassettes, toured from Louisiana to California, had their music featured in the movie Good Girl, Bad Girl, and opened for Dick Dale's first national tour in Austin in 1993.
The original lineup of 3 Balls of Fire reunited in 1998 and released The Best of the Balls, 1988-1998 CD to critical acclaim. After two years of regular Friday night gigs at Ego's Lounge, they released the Friday Night at Ego's Lounge CD on Austin's Deep Eddy Records in January 2000. The Austin Chronicle listed the album in the Texas top ten of 2000. The same year saw the band do a tour with George Tomsco, backing the legendary guitarist for the Fireballs. In June 2001, Nokie Edwards of the Ventures toured select Texas cities with the Balls as his backing band!
The Balls released their FirePower CD in 2002, Chrome & Water in 2004 and Jet Set Guitars in 2008. All of the Balls' Cds have landed in several top ten of the year lists. Firepower was followed by the FirePower Express tour in summer 2002, and several cuts from the CD appeared on national tv (WB, FOX), NPR, three surf compilations, two surfing videos and Muzack!!! The Shock-n-Awe tour of 2003 was a smashing sucsess, and 2004 saw the release of Chrome & Water and several west coast appearances. In 2005, legendary guitaristc Link Wray hand-picked Vernon to share guitar duties at the Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans. With appearances in New York and London,emmy-winnning television credits and the prestigeous Austin Music Awards in '06, the Balls rolled into 2007 full-steam ahead. In 2008, the band won Best Instrumental Band in the Austin Chronicle and released their seventh album, Jet Set Guitars. That same year, Vernon moved 3 Balls of Fire's headqurters to Los Angeles where he showcased his ever-changing West Coast Offense, which featured some of LA's finest players and that added a new slant on the Balls overall sound. In 2013, Vernon put together a new, tougher version of the band featuring Ted Hamer on piano, Doug Synder on bass and Chris Roberts on drums - it just might be the best 3BF yet! 2020 is going to be very groovy with a new tour and other exciting news...please stay tuned!!
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Credits:
Vic Gerard - Bass Ted Roddy - Bongos Chris "Stix" Staples - Drums Homer Henderson - Guitar Burnin' MIke Vernon - Guitar Ted Roddy - Harmonica
Tracklist:
01. Wild Weekend 02:37 02. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White 02:32 03. Caravan 03:21 04. Yellowjacket 02:11 05. Sunset Beach 02:45 06. Pink Panther Theme 02:50 07. Peter Gunn Theme 02:10 08. Island Girl 02:47 09. Wooly Bully 02:48 10. Jet Black 02:32 11. El Malpais 03:13 12. Harlem Nocturne 03:38 13. Music to Watch Girls By 02:16 14. Please Please Me 02:45 15. Light My Fire 02:30 16. Perfidia 02:07 17. A Taste of Honey 02:52 18. The Lonely Bull 02:57 19. James Bond Theme 02:28 20. The Girl From Ipanema 03:07 21. Thanks to Ego's 00:34 22. Slaughter On 10th Avenue 02:18 23. Ram-bunk-shush 01:45 24. Bust Out! 02:15 25. Rebel 'Rouser 02:29 26. Report From the Oort Cloud 03:00 27. Intro to Ego's 00:14 28. Ego's Theme 02:42
Joey Landreth Joey Landreth is on a pursuit of creative growth. By pushing the boundaries of guitar and tone, Joey Landreth has earned rave reviews from critics and fans for his brand of electric and deeply meaningful songs, amplified by Landreth’s dynamic guitar mastery and spellbinding performances.
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Credits:
Joey Landreth - Vocals, GuitarsMeg Dolovich - BassRoman Clarke - DrumsPaul Yee - PercussionLiam Duncan - Wurlitzer
Tracklist:
01. All That You Dream 04:21 02. Sailin' Shoes 04:12 03. What Do You Want the Girl to Do 05:04 04. Perfect Imperfection 04:48 05. Roll Um Easy 02:21 06. Long Distance Love 02:44 07. Two Trains 04:26
Chris Turner In this album the Australian guitarist Chris Turner plays Rockin Blues very competently. Chris Turner was once a guitarist for the Hard Rock bands Buffalo and Rose Tattoo.
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Tracklist:
01.Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw 03:29 02. Demon's Eye 04:24 03. Money 03:07 04. Layla, Pt. 2 04:08 05. Hip Shake Boogie 03:44 06. Them Changes 03:37 07. Gimme Some Lovin' 03:22 08. Bad News 03:19 09. Tush 03:15 10. Locomotive Breath 04:58 11. Crossroads 03:13 12. Baby Please Don't Go 03:21 13. Guitar Man 03:08
Shaky And The Moneymakers Shaky And The Moneymakers bring sensational raw Chicago blues, early rock and roll and sprinklings of soul to every knee- shivering, wall-shaking gig they play.
From the dirty, harmonica-drenched two-step of Mojo Working to the blistering energy of Oh Carol and the foot-stomping drive of Going Back Home, they throw themselves into every note they play.
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Tracklist:
01. Mojo Working 04:1602. Oh Carol 02:5303. Going Back Home 03:5204. Evil 03:3505. Mr Pitiful 02:39
Kenny Wayne Don't be confused - this musician is neither the blues rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd nor the Los Angeles blues pianist Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne. He is a bluesman with a wild, out of tune vocal style that mixes blues, roots, country, rockabilly. On this 1980 recording, he is supported by Bugs Henderson, Smokin 'Joe Kubek, and Anson Funderburg!
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Credits:
Jerry Abbott - Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Piano, Piano (Grand)Vincent Abbott - DrumsMichael Bartula - DrumsJim Colegrove - Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Handclapping, Vocals, Backing Vocals Susan Colgrove VocalsSteve Doerr - Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals, Backing VocalsAnson Funderburgh - GuitarBugs Henderson - GuitarMark Hickman - BassJake Jumpers GroupSmokin' Joe Kubek - GuitarDon Leady - GuitarRon Mason - Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Piano (Grand)Jackie Newhouse - BassDarrell Nulisch - Harmonica, VocalsJohnny Reno - SaxophoneDoug Rynack - PianoFreddie Walden - DrumsKenny Wayne - Vocals
Tracklist:
01. Hang Up My Rock 'N' Roll Shoes 02:29 02. I Wanna Go Home (And Play With Them Babies) 04:12 03. Ooh Poo Pah Doo 03:19 04. There Is Something On Your Mind 04:24 05. Turn On Your Love Light 03:22 06. Driving Wheel 02:40 07. I Need Your Loving Every Day 02:30 08. St. James Infirmary 02:56 09. Baby Come On Home 02:33 10. Tell It Like It Is 02:55 11. Texarkana Baby 02:07 12. Mathilda 02:56
John Dee Holeman Fans of Piedmont blues as performed by the likes of the late John Jackson and John "Bowling Green" Cephas will like the guitar and vocal stylings of John Dee Holeman, who has several recordings that are readily available. Holeman has been based in Durham, North Carolina since 1954. Over the years, tobacco city Durham has been home to a prominent list of bluesmen, including people like Rev. Gary Davis, Arthur Lyons, and Blind Boy Fuller. Holeman has updated the older Durham acoustic Piedmont blues traditions to include elements of urban blues, Texas blues, classic R&B, and jazz. Holeman was born in Orange County in 1929 and began singing and picking guitar as a 14-year-old. He cites Blind Boy Fuller as the musician who taught him how to play -- he learned guitar from listening to Fuller's recordings and by performing with musicians who had learned first-hand from Fuller. Later, as a teen, he began entertaining at birthday parties, wood choppings, house rent parties, and corn shuckings. Once in Durham, he began performing with pianist Fris Holloway (born in 1918), and both men were also excellent buckdancers.
Holeman received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1988 and a North Carolina Heritage Award in 1994, and he still performs frequently in and around North Carolina on weekends. He toured nationally and internationally in the 1980s, giving concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York and Wolf Trap in Washington, D.C. He has performed abroad for the United States' Information Agency's Arts America program. In 1988, Holeman recorded the album Bull Durham Blues with Grammy Award-winning musician Taj Mahal, who played guitar, bass, piano, and hambone on the album. Holeman's other releases include John Dee Holeman & the Waifs Band and You Got to Lose, You Can't Win All the Time. He also has an album on the Washington, D.C.-based Mapleshade Records label, John Dee Holeman and Sunnyland Slim: Blues Legends Live. His Bull Durham Blues was reissued on Music Maker Relief Foundation Records, based in North Carolina, in 1999.
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Tracklist:
01. Two Trains Runnin' 01:1302. Mojo Hand 04:0903. Early Letter Blues 04:0504. Ain't Gonna Worry, My Life Anymore 03:0805. One Black Rat 03:2806. Three O'Clock In the Morning Blues 03:1707. John Dee Jam 01:5708. Hoochie Coochie Man 04:4309. You Got to Lose, You Can't Win All the Time 04:3610. John Henry 02:52
The Porkroll Project The Porkroll Project, from the greater Philadelphia, PA area is hard rocking 5 piece blues band who play a high energy blend of fresh covers and originals. The music is blues, but it's done up Porkroll style. Little bit of grease, good dose of funk, whole lotta drive and grind. Throw that together with some dangerous lead guitar and harmonica, powerful organ, and rippin' piano, and you have a recipe for a night where anything can happen!
The band has a collective experience that runs deep and wide, having played together in various other projects for over ten years. They are well seasoned veterans of events such as the Philadelphia Jam on the River, the Annual Chameleon Club Blues Festival, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Riverfront Blues Festival, the Billtown Blues Festival, the Paoli Blues Festival and the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN.
So if you and your crew are craving some hard rocking, foot stomping, hip shaking, earthquaking entertainment, give an ear to a heaping helping of The Porkroll Project. It's the right thing to do, and a tasty way to do it. It's Porkalicious!! The Band
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Credits:
Neil "Porkroll" Taylor - Guitars, VocalsPaul Matecki - Piano, Guitar, VocalsEd Young - BassAndy Haley - DrumsBuddy Cleveland - Harmonica, Vocals
Tracklist:
01. Papa Didn't Raise Me Right 05:5502. Down in Mexico 04:2103. Going to the Station 05:0704. Crescent Moon 07:0805. Better You Than Me 04:5206. Mama Put the Gun Down 05:0107. Dancing with the Angels 04:2208. Nothin' Yet 05:1709. The Next Thing Smokin' 04:0210. Sentenced to the Blues 06:1211. A Taste of Malt Liquor 04:35
Baneful Storm Coming together in the spring of 1998, Baneful Storm is a hard rocking band from Los Angeles, CA, playing everything from mean blues to rock n' roll. Baneful Storm's line up consists of Frank Aguiniga on Vocals, JoeHerrera on guitar, Carlos Reveles on bass, and Donald "Loose Cannon" Coccellato on drums. Their original material contains an excellent deep guitar oriented blues sound while still delivering that good ol' rock n' roll feeling.
Baneful Storm have gone into a studio to work on their debut CD release "DOWN WITH THE BLUES." They've continued to work together as they bring forth one of the best rock n' roll shows around.
Joe's whailing guitar riffs and screaming leads along with COZ & The Cannon's powerful rythm section make a great combination while Frank's rough n' rowdy vocals allow you to feel the passion in each song. Playing mainlyoriginals but also jamming on songs from Clapton, Credence, the late Jimi Hendrix & Stevie Ray Vaughan, their style has gotten bigger & better every show. From thier slower blues jams to the hard rockin' faster paced songs, Baneful Storm delivers a powerful and exceptional show you won't soon forget.
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Tracklist:
01. Cheating Heart 04:47 02. All Mixed Up 05:42 03. End Of The Line 02:59 04. End Of A Rainbow 04:06 05. Eyes That Tell Lies 03:22 06. Treating Me Bad 03:19 07. Cold Busted 03:23
Richard Studholme The late fifties to the early seventies was perhaps the best era of all musically for me. I've tried to capture the brilliant colours, themes, and sounds of some of those times that I experienced in life, on the radio, on the turntable, on TV and at the movies, with this set of songs, both originals and favourites. It was a great time in my life, and the songs recorded here hopefully reflect things that happened in life to all of us growing up in that period.
Thank you to the boys..jim, josh, and andy (and the dogs).. what a band!
This record is dedicated to the late hubert sumlin who showed me what a man should be, and how a guitar should sound.
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Credits:
Richard Studholme - Guitar, VocalJim Leverton - Bass, VocalJosh Phillips - OrganAndy Newmark - DrumsNico Ramsden - Vocals Aloma Reid - Vocals Tom Jaworski - Guitar, Vocals Hamish Stuart - Vocals Kevin Robinson - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Patrick Clahar - Tenor Saxophone, Flute Trevor Mires - Trombone
Tracklist:
01. How Ya Doin'? 03:4202. 2120 South Michigan Avenue 03:2403. Love Is Amazing 03:0504. New Day 03:4205. Little Mystery 05:1306. Gotta Get Right 04:2907. She Put the Whammy to Me 03:4608. Working On the Bottom 04:4709. You've Really Got a Hold On Me 03:2210. I Just Go 05:08
Southern Oak Band Southern Oak Band was formed as a direct reply to the calls for heartfelt, grassroots southern songwriting. Our sound is influenced by everyone from Tom Petty to Dean Dillion with a touch of Texas' own SRV. If you like real music written from the heart.
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Tracklist:
01. Breezin' 03:2402. Remains the Same 04:0303. Country Breed 02:5904. When You Leave 03:5805. Runnin' Clear Whiskey 03:0906. Just Like Tomorrow 04:0907. Ellis County Line 03:19
Deluxe Blues Band Modern blues-rock band from Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya, whose purpose is a development of music, moving forward.
"Deluxe Blues Band" conquers hearts of modern blues and quality music admirers. Songs' sincerity and clockwork rythm of melodies are attracting new listeners and won't leave indifferent anyone."Deluxe Blues Band" performances is a new step of the modern blues development. Their compositions are containing the best features of various music styles and full of rich, expressive, sometimes contradictory emotions. There are a flaw of the dry prairie wind and weightless coils of sigarette smoke, playing in the bar's twilight, last scream of despair and sweet voice of hope, love and hate, happiness and grief, life and death in numerous and versatile blues melodies. Feel the mist of grey weekdays is dissipating under the sounds of "Deluxe Blues Band" and this music will stay in your heart.
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Credits:
Paul Schepilov - Vocal, Harmonica, Guitar Maria Kurnosova - Bass Max Semenoff - Drums Vyacheslav Todyka - Keys Alexandra Reznik - Violin Alex Bayev - Sax
Tracklist:
01. Just Believe In Me 02:5602. Well, Well, Well 03:2403. Let The Bluesman Cry 04:5004. Me & My Guitar 04:3105. Slow, Baby, Slow 02:5206. Drunken Woman Blues 08:3707. One Of A Kind 03:4208. On The Road Again 04:4109. All And Now 03:2310. In My Mind 04:25
The Kingsnakes Not to be confused with other The Kingsnakes. These The Kingsnakes are the real The Kingsnakes. No ballads, just blues rock and boogie. John Lee Hooker has recruited The Kingsnakes as an escort group on several occasions. "I'm proud that they named their band after one of my songs," he said. This CD is compiled from the tracks of the first two albums by Hardlife Boogie and Take A Chance, on CD unreleased, plus two tracks from the compilation Salt City Blues, Vol.1.
Tracks 1,2 are from the compilation album, Salt City Blues, Vol.1 Blue Wave#108 were recorded 1/88.Tracks 3-11 are from the Hardlife Boogie flbum, Blue Wave#104 were recorded 2/86.Tracks 12-19 are from Take A Chance album, Blue Wave#101 were recorded 2/85.All tracks are prodused by Mark Doyl and were recorded live in the studio with no overdubs except track 15.
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Credits:
Paul LaRonde - Bass, Lead Vocals Pete McMahon - Lead Vocals, HarpTerry Mulhauser - GuitarMark Tiffault - Drums Louis Miceli - DrumsMark Doyl - Keys, Rhythm Guitar, Slide GuitarJohn Kane - SaxJerry Neely - Keys
Tracklist:
01. Diving Duck Blues 03:31 02. What Have I Done Wrong 04:16 03. Another Fire Burning 03:55 04. Blue Monday 02:45 05. Love You Love You 02:43 06. The Heat 04:34 07. Peach Tree 01:42 08. Hardlife Boogie 04:29 09. Red Beans 03:51 10. Cissy Strut 02:56 11. Boom Boom 03:46 12. She’s Tough 03:14 13. Take A Chance 03:33 14. For You My Love 02:57 15. If You Can’t Get What You Want 06:58 16. The Parrot 03:46 17. (Please) Tell Me Partner 05:28 18. Down On Love 03:22 19. Talk To Me 04:37
