The Jeff Healey Band - Road House (The Lost Soundtrack) (2024)

                                                             The Jeff Healey Band
 Mondo, in partnership with Sony Music, and the Jeff Healey estate are proud to present the complete, unreleased soundtrack to the 1989 cult-classic ROAD HOUSE, featuring never before heard music by The Jeff Healey Band.The previous soundtrack release for the film only contained 4 of the 12 songs The Jeff Healey Band recorded and performed in the film itself - this album features all of those songs plus another 7 (!) recorded for those sessions but never before unearthed... until now. Painstakingly restored by Roger Costa and the Jeff Healey estate, this is a love letter to Jeff Healey and his incredible talents as well as the film's long legacy in equal measure.Featuring an 8 page booklet with comprehensive liner notes and oral history compiled by Roger Costa, never before seen behind the scenes photos from the estate of Jeff Healey as well as photographs by Peter Sorel. Package design and layout by Mo Shafeek.

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Tracklist:

01. On the Road Again 04:23
02. Confidence Man 03:17
03. Long Tall Sally 02:44
04. One Foot on the Gravel 04:19
05. Hear That Guitar Ring 03:31
06. Knock on Wood 03:03
07. I'm Tore Down 04:26
08. Roadhouse Blues 04:53
09. Traveling Band 02:16
10. White Room 04:58
11. Hoochie Coochie Man 05:13
12. When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky 04:57
13. Studio Banter '88 01:38
14. Killing Floor 04:16
15. I Just Want to Make Love to you 04:20
16. Red House 05:44
17. Around and Around 02:23
18. Foxey Lady 05:17
19. Back in the U.S.A. 02:34
20. Ange l3:54

South Side Slim - Life Under Pressure (2009)

                                                                 South Side Slim
 In August of 2006, having six hours of studio time long left over from a previous recording session, I decided to go into the studio with fellow musicians from Los Angeles’ South Side to have a jam session from four in the afternoon until ten at night. The cats I asked to join me were LeRoy Martinez, John, and Tokyo Mississippi. Nothing was planned. No songs in mind. We just came to play. I created a juke joint party atmosphere in the studio. I told Glen, the engineer, “Just let it roll, for better or for worse.” I wanted to see what such an innovative vibe might produce. My goal was to try to create a blues album close to my heart without any preconceived notions or the constraints of an orchestrated session. No one had a set list. I simply called off a shuffle, be it fast or slow, or I showed the bass player, “For this one, do this, man.”

Once the groove was laid down, I fed off the emotional tenor of the life situations of what we were all going through: Leroy’s support for his ailing wife, Hiro fighting deportation back to Japan, John dealing with his medical situation, and me losing my family. So it’s only fitting that I call this CD, Life Under Pressure. After hours of painstaking review of what we did, including me listening for the first time to what I created that night, I selected the songs that would be best for this project. With only a couple of exceptions, most of the songs on this CD were improvised during that original jam session. I made whatever edits were necessary, put the songs on discs, and gave them to Willie McNeil, Lester Lands, Rick Jones, and Norman Weatherly to study for a February, 2007 recording session to finalize work on this release. So like I told Glen, “Let it roll, for better or for worse.”

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141 Megabytes

Tracklist:

01. Life Under Pressure 06:42 
02. Fast Woman, Fast Cars 04:08 
03. Hound Dog 04:21 
04. Mister Charlie 05:29 
05. Blue Monday’s Calling 06:13 
06. Circumstances 07:19 
07. County Jail 06:51 
08. Almost Daylight 04:20 
09. Dollar Bill 05:11 
10. Just A Dream 04:28 
11. Disposition 04:22 

The Black and Blues Band - Bootleg Live! (2023)

                                                            The Black and Blues Band
 The Black and Blues Band are a hard-working professional blues band who have supported the likes of Robert Plant, Grey Wolves, and Andy Fairweather Lowe.

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Tracklist:

01. Come On 03:47
02. When the Blues 03:04
03. Dangerous Mood 04:51
04. Too Much of a Good Thing 03:15
05. Born Under a Bad Sign 02:47
06. Coming Home 03:06
07. I Got the Itch 03:28
08. Been Down This Road 03:58
09. Meet Me at the Bottom 03:14
10. Shiny Red Ford 04:12

Dr. Project Point Blank - Sunny Sky (1997) reposted

                                                               Dr. Project Point Blank
 Point Blank, probably, the first real blues band in former Yugoslavia, enough honest and brave to dive deep into the blues idiom at the time which was over piled with music so much different from blues, as well as fighting against, for so, so long, firmly established opinion that Balkans couldn't cope with such kind of feelings arose from dark depths of American black society's spiritual tradition. English language finally cemented down the prejudice, casting away an idea to playing blues music as already highly respected form of musical expression. But..., as always happens, something was creeping out from the cellar!
 
The very beginning of the summer 1983 found Dragoljub Crncevic-Baki, the prodigal son, and two, the off-road pals of his, one Timothy Davis an American, the other Michael Sulc an Australian, coming to visit Baki's hometown Belgrade, in which somewhere in shadows languished Dragan Markovic, a. k. a. Mare di Luna, waiting for an opportunity to knock!
That summer was good as any other, and almost out of nothing came out the very first true YU blues outfit, Dr. Project - Point Blank. During that summer, Dr. Project - Point Blank boasted quite a reputation as a blues group through live appearances, which led to an idea of recording the very first YU LP in English, entirely self composed, which would range from bottleneck to all-electric city blues based on Chicago and Detroit downtown guitar styles. Again, as usually happens, drummer Michael Sulc got homesick and left. Not long after that another fine drummer, Miroljub Vilotijevic, was augmented to the group. The wheels started turning...!
 
Mr. Djordje Debac, musical producer of PGP-RTB, was wise enough, after listening to demo, for not longer than five minutes, to give the group their first contract. The necessary time for recording in studio came along.
 
The very outfit, mentioned above, comprising of D. Crncevic-Baki (vocal, guitars), D. Markovic (guitars), Timothy Davis (vocals, bass) and M. Vilotijevic (drums, percussion), brought out their first born and gave him his Christian name, The Blues!
 
After, by critics, well received first album and public acclaim, Point Blank proved, for the first time in the history of YU rock, that English language and musical expression in its blues form couldn't have been a barrier for approaching wider audience.
 
That fact opened the door to formation of the steady blues scene first in Belgrade, then in other cities like Novi Sad, Nis, Zagreb, etc. Finally blues became incorporated into Yugoslav musical body for good. At the time of the first LP Timothy Davis unfortunately left, and was briefly replaced by the newcomer Sasa Labudovic. However, by second album group's direction Point Blank, probably, the first real blues band in former Yugoslavia, enough honest and brave to dive deep into the blues idiom at the time which was over piled with music so much different from blues, as well as fighting against, for so, so long, firmly established opinion that Balkans couldn't cope with such kind of feelings arose from dark depths of American black society's spiritual tradition. English language finally cemented down the prejudice, casting away an idea to playing blues music as already highly respected form of musical expression. But..., as always happens, something was creeping out from the cellar!

The very beginning of the summer 1983 found Dragoljub Crncevic-Baki, the prodigal son, and two, the off-road pals of his, one Timothy Davis an American, the other Michael Sulc an Australian, coming to visit Baki's hometown Belgrade, in which somewhere in shadows languished Dragan Markovic, a. k. a. Mare di Luna, waiting for an opportunity to knock!
That summer was good as any other, and almost out of nothing came out the very first true YU blues outfit, Dr. Project - Point Blank. During that summer, Dr. Project - Point Blank boasted quite a reputation as a blues group through live appearances, which led to an idea of recording the very first YU LP in English, entirely self composed, which would range from bottleneck to all-electric city blues based on Chicago and Detroit downtown guitar styles. Again, as usually happens, drummer Michael Sulc got homesick and left. Not long after that another fine drummer, Miroljub Vilotijevic, was augmented to the group. The wheels started turning...!

Mr. Djordje Debac, musical producer of PGP-RTB, was wise enough, after listening to demo, for not longer than five minutes, to give the group their first contract. The necessary time for recording in studio came along.

The very outfit, mentioned above, comprising of D. Crncevic-Baki (vocal, guitars), D. Markovic (guitars), Timothy Davis (vocals, bass) and M. Vilotijevic (drums, percussion), brought out their first born and gave him his Christian name, The Blues!

After, by critics, well received first album and public acclaim, Point Blank proved, for the first time in the history of YU rock, that English language and musical expression in its blues form couldn't have been a barrier for approaching wider audience.

That fact opened the door to formation of the steady blues scene first in Belgrade, then in other cities like Novi Sad, Nis, Zagreb, etc. Finally blues became incorporated into Yugoslav musical body for good. At the time of the first LP Timothy Davis unfortunately left, and was briefly replaced by the newcomer Sasa Labudovic. However, by second album group's direction was begining to shift away from the blues as evidenced in numbers such as Glass Rider and Sisters of Mercy, as well as experimenting with rhythm in Broken Toillette's Seat Blues, showing necessary complexity in arrangements throughout the material. Well composed, arranged and imaginative, Dr. Project - Point Blank, the second album remains possibly the finest Point Blank's album to date.

In late summer 1986, not long after very successful Mid-European tour, due to internal stresses D. Markovic departed to form his own group, Di Luna Blues Band, which is doing well since then. Replacement was found in Aleksandar Kozakijevich with whome band kept on constant gigging across former Yugoslavia. By the end of 1991 along came well known crissis. Yugoslavia was splitted and the band fell apart altogether. Point Blank went down into a period of hibernation.

During 1995 and 1996, Point Blank came out as trio, D. Crncevic (vocal, guitars) with R. Bulatovic (bass) and M. Karlovic (drums), cutting rather disappointing, Southern Comfort, their third album, falling apart for the second time after a handful of gigs.

In attempt to put up Point Blank on its feet again, D. Crncevic gathered completely new outfit consisting of one time member A. Kozakijevich (guitar), D. Grujic (keyboards), D. Petrovic (bass), G. Ilic (drums), (who replaced B. Balos), with the addition of the third guitarist B. Milosevic.

This lineup recorded much improved Sunny Sky, the fourth album, by the end of summer 1997. In that formation Point Blank has been touring Yugoslavia, Macedonia and Italy during 1997 and 1998. Not long after Christmas 1998 all members left except keyboards player Darko Grujic and founder member Dragoljub Crncevic. Two young musicians were brought in, Zoran Milenkovic on bass and Jovan Pejcinovic on drums, which rounded up new, rejuvenated quartet, ready to bite down hard! After a couple of months of rehearsing during 2000 this new formation occupied studio, for a week’s time during December the same year, and recorded excellent LP having John O'Leary, prominent British harmonica hero, as a guest.

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Credits:

Dragoljub Crncevic - Vocal, Guitar
Darko Gruji - Keyboards, Vocal
Aleksandar Kozakijevic - Guitar
Goran Hans Lothar Ilic-Bebe - Drums
Darko Petrovic - Bass
Zoran Vujnovic - Backing Vocals
Ljuba Stefanovic - Backing Vocals

Tracklist:

01. Move Your Body 03:46
02. Your Love's Gonna Save Me 03:41
03. Ain't No Lady 04:06
04. Sunny Sky 07:02
05. Crossfire 03:22
06. 2 B Free 05:05
07. I Believe 03:58
08. Sisters Of Mercy 05:06
09. Wov, Wov, Hm, Hm 03:18
10. If 01:51

Sue Foley - Sue Foley Live At The El Mo (2023)

                                                                        Sue Foley
 Guitars are strange instruments. On the surface they look normal enough: a roundish piece of wood with a neck that holds the strings to the top of the instrument. While they’ve been modernized like mad over the past 100 years, at heart they are still the same thing they started as: something to play songs on and hope those songs take on a new life of their own.

If only it were only that simple.

Guitarists often look at their guitars as possessing real magic, an indescribable totem of impossible beauty able to create power and passion. To tell a true guitarist their instrument is there just to play is like telling an art lover that the Mona Lisa is a nice drawing of a woman sitting still. There are infinite worlds lurking in this beacon of musical art, and it is in the finding of it there that whole worlds are created.

Sue Foley has been playing guitar since she was 13 years old. Like so many other musicians, it was the music of the early Rolling Stones that inducted her into the world of the blues. As she started working with other bands, she made her way to the Mark Hummel group and began touring Canada and northern America. When Austin blues nightclub and label owner, Clifford Antone saw her at the annual Blues Music Awards in Memphis, he knew he’d met an all-timer. Before long, Foley was living in Austin and, in 1992, recorded her debut album YOUNG GIRL BLUES. They say some things are meant to be, and surely it was this connection with Antone and Austin that set the stage for much of the blues woman’s life.

At the heart of it all has always been the guitar, though. It’s the sound of Sue Foley’s soul that comes out of the six strings, and it’s no accident that her new album PINKY’S BLUES, is named after her pink paisley Fender Telecaster electric guitar that has been such a major part of Foley’s life for all these years.

Everything about the musician’s new album seems to point its wondrous aim at destiny. Sue Foley and producer Mike Flanigin decided to make the album in the middle of the COVID lockdown in 2020. “Mike, drummer Chris Layton and I had just finished making Mike’s album WEST TEXAS BLUES and we needed another challenge to keep us busy,” Foley says. “And because we’d been hanging out together, we were comfortable in each other’s presence, and this would be a very low-key closed session. I brought in Jon Penner to play bass. He was my first bass player and had been on all my early Antone’s records. So just the four of us along with engineer Chris Bell went into the studio and recorded the entire album in three days. What you’re hearing is live, off the floor, in the moment the music was played totally spontaneously and, mainly, improvised.”

Being that spontaneous, Sue Foley still had an overall idea for how she wanted the music to be. “We just wanted to make something representative of the Texas blues that we had been schooled on in Austin. So, we picked great songs and I wrote a few of my own to round things out. Everything on it is a labor of love.”

That open-flow feel of the great empty spaces of Texas that blows through many of the songs, no matter whether they’re previous classics like Lavelle White’s “Stop These Teardrops,” Frankie Lee Sims’ “Boogie Real Low” or Jimmy Donley’s “Think It Over” or newer songs like Angela Strehli’s “Two Bit Texas Town” and Foley’s own “Dallas Man.” There is a strong vibrating hum of Lone Star music that runs wild and free through the whole album, like there is some kind of spiritual wholeness of the music of Texas which binds it all together.

Part of that is the total devotion Sue Foley has to the guitar, and in particular to the one she calls Pinky that has been with her for decades and continues to play on this album. Foley feels it’s almost a living extension of who she is and helps guide her through the rambunctiously deep renditions of everything she performs. It was while playing Pinky and reaching out via livestreaming to connect with other people and players that much of PINKY’S BLUES came to life. “During the COVID lockdown, Mike Flanigin and I had started a livestream show called ‘Texas Blues Party’,” Foley says. “And all we were doing was live- streaming from Mike’s house, just the two of us along with a drum machine and playing and talking about the history of Texas blues, and many of our heroes. On the show, we would call some of our friends and talk about the music and its origins. It was a fun concept and it ended up being the foundation for both Mike’s album WEST TEXAS BLUES and my album. We called Angela Strehli one day and ended up learning some of her songs. I’ve loved Angela forever and she just means so much to me. I think she’s one of the most soulful blues singers there ever was. And besides being such a great singer Angela is also a wonderful songwriter, so I was thrilled to be able to include her incredible songs on this album.

The song “Dallas “Man” on the album also comes from some soul-searching by Sue Foley. “I realized when I wrote ‘Dallas Man’ it was just about all these great guitar players from Dallas and right around there,” Foley says. “I’ve always been infatuated with Blind Lemon Jefferson and had been reading about him and working up some of his songs. I was also fascinated by how intricate his guitar style was and how difficult it was to learn. Between Blind Lemon Jefferson and Frankie Lee Sims, and then working on some Freddie King and always watching Jimmie Vaughan came the idea of ‘Dallas Man.’ The idea of the song is that these guitar players that came out of that area, how they all have their own sound and style. Just imagine: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, Freddie King, T-Bone Walker, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Little Son Jackson, Frankie Lee Sims, Anson Funderburgh, Zuzu Bollin, Doyle Bramhall II, Denny Freeman and Derek O’Brien all came from that area. And those are many of the main guys we played with and studied. That’s almost a whole album right there!”

As the album became close to completion, certain surprises became apparent, and Foley says that’s one of her favorite parts of finishing the sessions. “I’m always surprised in the end,” she says. “When you’re recording you never really know what’s gonna be the stand-out tracks. There are sleepers that catch your attention later and you realize are the ones that surprise you. The song we recorded by Angela Strehli, “Say It’s Not So,” is one of my favorites. We did that in one take on the first day of recording. I had never even played the song live or performed it, so I was just getting comfortable. The band had never heard it. We literally learned it while we were recording. But that put us all in the moment, listening and feeling off each other’s energy. The song just led us into a really deep place, and you can hear the dynamics rising and falling. It was pretty magical. We live for these moments.”

As life turned inward throughout 2020 and now into 2021, everyone has had to learn new ways to live and relate to not only others, but to the whole outside world. In some ways, many days feel like we’re all back in school again, feeling our way through the new fundamentals of living. Sue Foley’s life has been an exploration of the blues and so much more. Leaving Canada as a young player, she knew she had to go where the music thrived. All her years in Austin, and including those when she left to learn new approaches to life, have all come together on PINKY’S BLUES. “The fact that I have ended up back in Austin just seems right,” Foley says. My home is Canada and I definitely identify as a Canadian. But I had a yearning for this music and I can’t even put my finger on why or how. It got in my soul when I was a teenager. I guess I was open and I got imprinted by the sound and the force of blues music. I saw my first blues show at 15 and I swear I’ve never been the same. I was lucky because I was able to play with so many legends before they passed away. That direct transmission, as we know, is what it’s all about. I have the kind of experience and education that you can’t even get anymore. In a way it’s a big responsibility to carry the message of these giants. But even more important, it’s about finding your own voice within this framework. In blues, that takes time. The beauty of blues, and something I’ve always loved about it, is that you get better as you get older. I’ve always been a fan of older musicians. There’s something about the message, the life experience, the whole package. If you can keep a good perspective on life, a sense of humor, and a love for what you’re doing, you have much more to give. This is when it all really happens.”

It for sure is all really happening all over PINKY’S BLUES. Sue Foley’s well-loved guitar is stepping up and stepping out, playing the music of the spheres and sharing a love for something so deep and so pure there are no words to truly describe it. Though Foley tries: “I’ve been on the road for over 30 years. You could call that paying my dues. I’ve made over a dozen albums of my own. I’ve raised a child. I’ve bought and sold homes. I’ve had great successes and great failures. And all of this just makes my life richer and more colorful. It’s funny I keep coming back to the same 30 or 40 albums as my place of inspiration. I keep studying the same artists, over and over again. Freddie King, Muddy Waters, Memphis Minnie, T-Bone Walker, Howlin’ Wolf, etc…etc.,… You never really get there. You’re just always going. But it’s a great trip and I never get tired of playing a slow blues. That’s the ultimate.” Today, in 2021, Sue Foley is surely one of the ultimate. With Pinky right by her side.

Written by Bill Bentley

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137 Megabytes

Tracklist:

01. Sue's Boogaloo 03:48
02. Better 05:54
03. Barefoot Rock 04:30
04. New Used Car 03:31
05. Say It's Not So 07:09
06. Stop These Teardrops 03:41
07. Dallas Man 04:50
08. Hurricane Girl 06:16
09. Gone Blind 06:07
10. The Ice Queen 04:46
11. Mediterranean Breakfast 08:23
12. Lightnin' Boogie 04:04

Recorded Live at The El Mocambo, Toronto Ontario, Canada, 2022

Lowdown Dirty Mojos - Down'n'Dirty (2023)

                                                              Lowdown Dirty Mojos
 They were so inspired by MUDDY WATERS 1966 live video of 'Got My Mojo Workin' that they decided to create their own version of that rockin' 60's R'n'B sound. The 3rd album from MAPLE BLUES AWARD Winners - LOWDOWN DIRTY MOJOS - released August 22 2023. From the Horn Driven Rhythm'n'Blues of TRUE LOVE, FINE FINE FINE and DRIVIN' ME INSANE along with BUILT FROM STEEL's Bo Diddley meets Gospel feel to the classic blues of NOBODY GONNA CHANGE MY MIND and the eclectic slide blues of NO MONEY ON MONDAY to the rockin' blues of LOVE DROPS and BIG OLD CADDY and finally to "The Band meets early Blue Rodeo meets The Velvet Underground" of LOWDOWN DIRTY SHAME - Down'n'Dirty cruises through 10 of the Many Colours of the Blues. There's an entire album filled with stacks of memorable lyrics, great hooks and lots of groove.

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86 Megabytes

Credits:

Kevin Christoff - Bass   
Claude DesRoches - Drums   
Stephen Roy Foster - Guitar, Vocals  
Robert Jarovi - Organ, Piano   
Paul Wootton - Vocals, Guitar   

Tracklist:

01. True Love 04:37
02. Nobody Gonna Change My Mind 03:09
03. Fine Fine Fine 04:29
04. Maxwell Street 03:12
05. No Money on Monday 03:41
06. Built From Steel 03:40
07. Love Drops 03:09
08. Lowdown Dirty Shame 04:15
09. Big Old Caddy 03:46
10. Drivin' Me Insane 03:40

Chief Schabuttie Gilliame - Snakes Crawls At Night (2004) reposted

                                                              Chief Schabuttie Gilliame
 Chief Schabuttie Gilliame was born in Egypt in 1925, was the first son of a chief of the tribe, and grew up in tribal traditions and is a voodoo practitioner. He moved to the United States in 1969 and began singing at a place called Momma Leones, in New York.

After that he moved to Arkansas and worked singing with Charlie Rich. He loved to sing country music but it was in Dark Hollow, Arkansas, where he heard the "Blues" and his destiny was clear. Chief got a job in Arkansas with Larry Davis and Albert King. One night I had to put the voice to the singing of Albert King, who had laryngitis, and there, his career in the Blues was born.

He moved to Tucson in 1981, where he met with harmonica player (and producer) Bob Corritore, and developed a friendship that over time has resulted in the recording and release of "Snakes Crawls At Night." The music comes from four sessions of different musicians in the studio of Clarke Tempe Rigsby in 2001 and 2002.

In 1989 he moved to Phoenix and quickly became friends with local legends Bob Tate and Dennie Hartnet. That helped him learn about the music business. It has been a pillar of the Phoenix blues scene for the past 23 years. A robust, cheerful man who calls his voodoo religion, Chief is a lover of women and he says he has 7 women and 17 children.

Chief sings about traditional themes of men, love for women, and their sexual bravado, and their style over traditional Chicago systems. For this record, Corritore has brought together some of the best musicians in the current blues scene, including heavyweight guitarists such as Kid Ramos, Junior Watson, Rusty Zinn, Kirk Fletcher Eli, Louisiana Red, Teddy Morgan, Johnny Rapp and Buddy. Reed; the batteries include Richard Innes, Paul Fasulo and Chico Chism; Tom Mahon and Matt Bishop provide piano, while Corritore presents himself with his magnificent harp.

Chief has performed at the Monterrey Jazz Festival, at The Celebrity Theater and many other venues throughout the valley. His most recent recording is "Snakes Crawls At Night", published in 2004.

This little known album for blues fans will be a gem for any of them, especially if they like the Mannish Boys and Louisiana Red.

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112 Megabytes

Credits:

Chief Schabuttie Gilliame - Vocals
Junior Watson - Guitar
Kid Ramos - Guitar
Louisiana Red - Guitar, Vocals
Rusty Zinn - Guitar
Teddy Morgan - Guitar
Buddy Reed - Guitar
Johnny Rapp - Guitar
Bob Corritore - Harmonica
Baron Shul - Saxophone
Tom Mahon - Piano
Matt Bishop - Piano
Richard Innes - Drums
Chico Chism - Drums
Paul Fasulo - Drums
Paul Thomas Vance Ehlers - Bass
Mario Moreno - Bass

Tracklist:

01. Come To Me Baby 05:05
02. Too Many Years 05:39
03. No More Doggin' 04:22
04. Happy With You Baby 04:05
05. Sugar Daddy 03:42
06. Big Legged Emma 04:33
07. Lie To Me 03:47
08. Snakes Crawls At Night 04:33
09. Willie Brown Blues 06:13
10. Lowdown Dirty Shame 04:11

Steve Mignano - Lucky 13 (2017)

                                                                    Steve Mignano
 Steve Mignano is a New Orleans-based musician who is one of the hardest working guitarists in New Orleans according to his press information.  Mixing blues and rock guitar with his very soulful vocals, Mignano is a talented guitar player and singer.  He has regular gigs in the Crescent City on Sunday afternoons and Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings- he does work hard!

Mike Peros is the main bassist and Hank Smith plays on 3 of the tracks. Jerome Harris is on drums for 5 tracks and Brian Melancon is on the other 3.  It’s a trio format with lots of power and a driving sound.

The album opens to “Death Song,” a cut that is an interesting blues rocker.  Mignano sings that “life is short and when the time comes, sing a death song and die like you are going home.”  A dark and brooding but cool cut, it features a big guitar solo my Mignano.  The title tracks is next, a mid tempo cut with a driving beat.  Pretty much a head banging rocker, the song features some nice wailing guitar and the back line smashing and throbbing on a big old groove for Mignano to follow.  “Devil Get His Due” is a fun boogie where Mignano jumps and jives in a tune about the devil always getting what he comes for.  The lone cover is Bo Diddley’s “Before You Accuse Me.”  Steve takes the tempo way down,  works with a throbbing groove and opens with a long instrumental opening.  He gets to the vocals and turns them into a very slow and purposeful blues, an interesting take on this classic that usually winds up rocking.  “Hack Boogie” is a nice little boogie with a cool guitar sound that continues throughout this fine instrumental piece.

“If You See My Baby” hearkens back to classic Slim Harpo, another Louisiana native.  Stinging guitar and a familiar beat make this a good little song. Next is “Snarling Dog,” another piece that drives along with purpose and Mignano sings with a breathy  passion.  He offers up a big, rocking solo here once again.  “Too Hot For Hell” is a rocking cut that Mignano also fills with passion and another big guitar solo.  “Forgive Me” concludes the set.  An acoustic number, Mignano goes solo on this ballad with a folk rock meets Louisiana sort of sound.  It’s a nice contrast to the other work here and shows diversity.

At 35 minutes the CD is not too lengthy, with songs ranging from 3 to almost 6 minutes.  Mignano effectively fills each space with a good sound and paces out each cut with good effect.  The songs are solid, lyrically well done and delivered in a blues rock sort of soul style.  It was my first exposure to Mignano and I enjoyed it.  I hope to see him live on the road one of these days.  He’s a good new artist whose technique and style is interesting and intriguing.

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80 Megabytes

Credits:

Hank Smith - Bass   
Mike Peres - Bass   
Brian Melancon - Drums    
Jerome Harris - Drums   
Steve Mignano - Guitar, Vocals   

Tracklist:

01. Death Song 04:34
02. Lucky 13 03:26
03. Devil Get His Due 03:28
04. Before You Accuse Me 05:54
05. Hack Boogie 03:00
06. If You See My Baby 04:24
07. Snarling Dog 03:22
08. Too Hot For Hell 03:18
09. Forgive Me 04:16

Carl Weathersby - Live At Rosa's Lounge (2019) reposted

                                                                     Carl Weathersby
 Carl Weathersby is a senior blues master who has been around too long to be as unnoticed as he is. Without slavish imitation, his playing bears in full the fruits of Weathersby's apprenticeship with the great Albert King, whom the young Carl understudied years ago, absorbing the King's impeccable use of timing, and his command of the microtonal magic that only an authentic bluesman can summon up to bare his inner feelings. His vocals demonstrate the years spent with the blues, rooted in Gospel. Strong and honest, the phrases of both guitar and voice resound -- and are the core of this bluesman's life and work. The fear is that years from now people will wonder why he wasn't given more attention, why more blues fans didn't give him his due. Perhaps it is because the man himself is kind, unassuming, and modest. No crazy rumors, scandals, or vicious attitudes bring him to the surface, just the music--only the music. It is time the blues world took notice.
This is his first release in 10 years; it was recorded over two unforgettable nights at Rosa's Lounge in Chicago. This is an instant classic, with raw power, elegance, and soul to spare.

320 kbps
88 Megabytes

Tracklist:

01. Travelin' Man 03:30
02. Danger All About 04:00
03. Feels Like Rain 06:26
04. Help Me Somebody 05:00
05. Looking Out My Window 04:09
06. We All Wanna Boogie 05:02
07. Somebody Help Me 05:59
08. Willingly 05:11

I'm fine

 Good afternoon people! I live in Porto Alegre, a city located in the south of Brazil and I am temporarily staying at a relative's house because my house was flooded. I'll post again as soon as I can. Don't worry, I'm fine, I only lost material possessions. A fraternal shelter to all and stay with God.

Ty Curtis Band - Cross That Line (2010)

                                                                   Ty Curtis Band
 Cross That Line is the first release from the band featuring their IBC award-winning line-up. It is miles ahead of their previous releases when it comes to songwriting, performance and production. Of course, that may have something to do with the Grammy-winning David Z behind the scenes in production, engineering and mixing. But it is the music that stands straight up and grabs you be the collar from the get-go. Ty’s lyrics and music show growth and these tunes shouldn’t just appeal to the blues crowd, they’re fully capable of crossing over, just as indicated by the CD’s title. Ty penned all but three of the tracks, and of the others Hank Shreve authored “Bad News.” Mike Morgan & The Crawl’s barn-burner “Do I Love You Too Much” has become a staple of their live shows and was a number that had the audience on their feet in the IBC finals in Memphis. And the oft-covered ‘Five Long Years” shows how a classic, well-known piece can take on new life when played to another outfit’s own styling as the band has done here.

320 kbps
122 Megabytes

Credits:

Ty Curtis - Guitar, Vocals
Hank Shreve - Harmonica, Keys, Vocals
Milo Fultz - Bass, Backing Vocals
Davis Brown - Drums

Tracklist:

01. Fools Game 04:19 
02. What He Don't Know 03:02 
03. Low Down Broken and Blue 03:46 
04. I Want You With Me 03:23 
05. Tell Me 04:00 
06. Do I Love You Too Much 05:52 
07. 5 Long Years 04:54 
08. Just Who You Are 04:17 
09. Cryin the Blues 03:19 
10. Cross That Line 04:23 
11. I Must Confess 04:29 
12. Bad News 04:45 
13. What He Don't Know (exp. version) 03:19 

Paul Ramirez Band - Sex With a Dragon (2012) reposted

                                                               Paul Ramirez Band
 “A weekly gig is about the best way for guitarists to hone their craft, and Houston's Paul Ramirez has done just that Wednesday nights at the Continental Club for more than a year now. It pays off in Sex With a Dragon, his debut CD that throws in a little Santana and New Orleans R&B into Ramirez's stick-to-your-ribs Texas blues-rock and shows some salty reverence towards Blind Lemon Jefferson's "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean." Dragon breathes enough fire that it doesn't wilt when held up to the gold standard of 2012 Lone Star guitarslinger offerings, Gary Clark Jr.'s Blak and Blu.”

Chris Gray - Houston Press

320 kbps
126 Megabytes

Credits:

Paul Ramirez - Guitar, Vocals
Bella Adela - Bass    
Brian Shoppell - Drums

Tracklist:

01. Right Where I Belong 03:50 
02. For Loving You 03:45 
03. Down Slow 04:27 
04. Gypsy Woman 03:37 
05. Sex With a Dragon 04:11 
06. Your Time 03:44 
07. You Are the Light 05:18 
08. Be Free 05:03 
09. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 02:36