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http://www.themannishboys.com

Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Blues Soul , Blues Rock , Delta Blues
Sortie : 2010

The fifth album from the all-star blues collective, The Mannish Boys, once again reaches the high standards we have come to expect from Randy Chortkoff’s California-based Delta Groove and Eclecto Groove labels, indeed he formed Delta Groove as a vehicle to put out music by The Mannish Boys – whilst keeping to the pure roots values of the music, performed by a group of musicians in the top division of the blues.

The core of the band on “Shake For Me” comprises Finis Tasby, Bobby Jones, Kirk Fletcher, Frank Goldwasser and  Chortkoff himself, with a new rhythm section in the shape of Willie J. Campbell (bass) and Jimi Bott (drums). The guest list here is truly mouthwatering, most from the Delta Groove roster, and, deep breath required, are . . . Rod Piazza, Johnny Dyer, Mitch Kashmar, Lynwood Slim, Arthur Adams, Kid Ramos, Nick Curran, Mike Zito, Fred Kaplan, Rob Rio, Andy Kaulkin, and European representation in the shape of The Backbones frontman, singer and harmonica player, Pieter ‘Big Pete’ van der Pluijm . . . phew!

The music itself, over a generous 16 tracks, is a joy from the opening guitar salvo from Nick Curran on “Too Tired” to the closing “Way Down South”, a song from the late Lester Butler of The Red Devils, admirably covered by Big Pete. Most of the vocals are taken by the ‘elder statesmen’ Finis Tasby and Bobby Jones, with Johnny Dyer pitching in as well.

As mentioned, the album gets off to a rollicking start with a rousing “Too Tired”, highlighting Finis Tasby’s great voice and the sparkling guitar work of Nick Curran. Fast-rising Mike Zito shares the vocals and guitar duties on a medley of “Mona” and “Willie And The Hand Jive” leading into a sublime take on Lowell Fulson’s classic “Reconsider Baby” – with just a great feel and groove, and another Tasby vocal and Fred Kaplan’s tinkling ivories.

Two personal favourites feature just duos – the Jimmy Oden / Otis Spann tune “Half Ain’t Been Told”, with just Bobby Jones impassioned vocal and the piano of Rob Rio, emulating the Otis Spann lines; and the kick-ass “Number 9 Train”, with some plain dirty downhome guitar tones from Frank Goldwasser, who takes the vocal, and Jimi Bott’s driving drums – superb stuff indeed. West Coast harmonica legend Rod Piazza is on top form on a classy “Last Night”, one of the best known Little Walter songs.

The horns of David ‘Woody’ Woodford and Lee Thornburg swing on Ray Charles “Hey Now”, another sterling Bobby Jones vocal here and more piano magic from Fred Kaplan and killer guitar solo from Kirk Fletcher. Nick Curran and Fletcher tear it up on the swinging instrumental “The Bullet”, with the two guitarists sharing the solos with Kaplan, and it’s driven along by the top notch rhythm section of Willie J. Campbell and Jimi Bott.

The pace is taken down on the long, rambling slow blues, penned by Randy Chortkoff, and featuring his own harmonica and some dynamite chromatic work from Lynwood Slim; Arthur Adams dominates his own “Raunchy”, taking the lead vocal and two guitar solos on this funky blues, leading into the Muddy Waters classic “Champagne & Reefer” – another harmonica ace, Mitch Kashmar, impressing here, with Johnny Dyer sound authentically Muddy-like on the vocal.

This cracking release ends in fine style with Holland’s own Pieter ‘Big Pete’ van der Pluijm doffing his cap to his hero Lester Butler on “Way Down South” – his big voice and harmonica ably assisted by Kid Ramos’s customary brilliant guitar and Andy Kaulkin’s piano. Hopefully we’ll hear more of him on the next album!

As ever with Delta Groove / Eclecto Groove releases, this fairly burst out of the speakers – a beautiful sounding album as ever, with Jeff Scott Fleenor handling production duties on his own for the first time, well done to him! I would love to see this project hit our shores, come on festival promoters, get to it for next year!

by GRAHAME RHODES
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Tracklist :
01. Too Tired
02. Mona/Willie and the Hand Jive
03. Reconsider Baby
04. Educated Ways
05. Half Ain't Been Told
06. Number 9 Train
07. Last Night
08. Hey Now
09. You Can't Be Beat
10. Black Nights
11. The Bullet
12. Those Worries
13. Raunchy
14. Champagne & Reefer
15. You've Got Bad Intentions
16. Way Down South

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http://andreadbluesband.com

http://www.myspace.com/andreadbluesband

This album is a collaboration between Tom the songwriter and Andrea the singer. Tom had written some songs he wanted recorded and Andrea was ready to put out her first CD. We used some of the best musicians and studio for this recording. Andrea's slogan is from "Downhome Blues to Uptown Jazz". To please the most of her fans we recorded this "Uptown Blues" CD. This CD has a wide variety of types of Blues. The CD contains shuffle, soul, jazz, swing among other in fluences. It even has a "New Orleans Funeral March" Blues

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Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Soul Blues , Jazz
Sortie : 2010

Tracklist :
01. Watch Me Burn
02. Fool For You
03. Dead Love
04. Laugh At the Blues
05. Dark Days
06. Another You
07. Less Left of Me
08. Wish You Were Here
09. Not Much
10. Memory To Me

 

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http://www.bettyelavette.com

En 1962, une jeune femme de 16 ans faisait parler d'elle aux Etats-Unis pour son single "My Man - He's a Lovin' Man". Il s'agissait de Bettye LaVette, dont la voix fait partie de celles qui ne s'oublient pas. Et pourtant, cette native du Michigan, qui a grandi à Detroit, n'a jamais eu la chance d'embrasser la carrière de Tina Turner et d'Aretha Franklin. La vie réserve parfois son lot de déceptions, même si la chanteuse n'a pas eu à rougir de son parcours, qui lui a permis d'assurer des dizaines de concerts à travers le monde et d'enregistrer une série d'albums. Pour "Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook", elle a fait le choix de miser sur les reprises.

S'attaquer aux répertoires de Pink Floyd, McCartney et Elton John est sacrément culotté. Mais, avec ses airs de femme épanouie et son timbre patiné et puissant, Bettye LaVette n'a pas eu peur. Elle a eu raison : ses 13 chansons, mariage d'esprit musical britannique et de sonorités soul, jazz et R&B américain, donnent un second souffle aux morceaux originels. Pete Townshend des Who aurait même avoué avoir pleuré en entendant, lors d'un concert, la reprise de "Love, Reign o'er Me", initialement enregistré en 1972. Soit il est devenu un peu trop sensible, soit le talent de Bettye LaVette donne des ailes à son auditoire. Nous penchons pour la seconde hypothèse.

Par Vannier
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Origine du Groupe : North America

Style : Blues

Sortie : 1940

Tracklist :
01 Careless Love
02 Prison Bound
03 Hard Time Blues
04 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
05 Motherless Children (part 1)
06 Motherless Children (part 2)

Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914–-September 5, 1969), best known as Josh White, was a legendary American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist. He was also known by the name "J King".

White's anti-segregationist and international human rights political stance presented in many of his recordings and in his speeches at rallies resulted in the right-wing McCarthyites incorrectly assuming that he must have been a Communist. Accordingly, from 1947 through the mid 1960s, White was caught in the vise grip of the anti-Communist Red Scare, and combined with his resulting attempt to clear his name, his career was harmed immeasurably. However, regardless of the purists' debate over the artistic change in his presentation or from those who opposed his politics, White unarguably inspired several generations of guitarists with his new and unique stylings and techniques, and is cited as a major musical and social influence by dozens of future stars.

"Harlem Blues" was a set of three 78 rpm singles, recorded March 7, 1940 in New York City

by Zero G Sound (Thanks !!!)
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More info : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_White

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http://alexis-korner.net

http://www.myspace.com/alexiskorner

 

Sortie : 1977

Style : Blues , Soul , Groove

 

Tracklist :

1. Lend Me Some Time (Korner) 3:48
2. Daytime Song (Korner) 4:44
3. New Orleans (Korner/Hodgkinson) 2:49
4. Medley
Hit The Road Jack (Mayfield) ~ Working In A Coalmine (Toussaint) 5:01
5. Honour The Young Man (Korner) 2:49
6. The Road Is The Road (Korner) 4:05
7. Sweet Sympathy (Korner) 4:24
8. The Gambler (Andrew) 4:37
9. To Whom It May Concern (Korner) 3:27

 
Alexis Korner: vocals, guitar
Jim Diamond: backing vocals
Jimmy Litherland: guitar
Danny McIntosh: guitar
Cliff Williams: bass
Graham Broad: drums

Produced, engineered and mixed by Dave Anderson
Cover design: Gunther Kempf

 

Alexis Korner, 19 avril 1928, Paris - 1^er janvier 1984, Londres. De son vrai nom Alexis Koerner est l'un des grands maîtres du blues britannique. Il est guitariste et chanteur de jazz, blues et rhythm and blues britannique . Pionnier du rhythm & blues blanc et électrique anglais, il a accueilli au sein de sa formation The Blues Incorporated de futurs membres des Rolling Stones, The Bluesbreakers, Cream, Led Zeppelin, etc.

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