Southern Rock, Rock, Blues, Blues Rock, Country, y algo mas
Rebel Son - 2004 - Articles Of Confederation
Rebel Son - 2006 - Unreconstructed
Rebel Son - 2007 - Declaration Of Disaffection
Elliott Murphy - 2009 - Alive In Paris
Black Diamond Heavies - 2007 - Every Damn Time + Sorpresa
John Fogerty - 2009 - Comin’ Down The Road - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
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Hailing from Marietta, Georgia, Lingo has been turning heads in the southeast for over two years. With their infectious blend of songwriting and jam, they continue to blossom into one of the premier live acts in the region. With their debut album due out in the fall, recorded by Athens producer, John Keane (Widespread Panic, R.E.M, B-52’s, Indigo Girls…Etc), with a guest appearance by Randall Bramblett, Lingo will continue to rapidly grow into a funky force to be reckoned with.
Lingo garners a sound that remains un-definable, yet recognizable. Whether it is the mixture of the subtle acoustic guitar accompanied by the flair of the electric guitar, the unique vocals that capture your attention, or the prominent bass and percussion that add their own signatures to the Lingo sound, it is clear that Lingo’s music has tapped into something unique and special.
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Formed in the early ’80s by ex-Dictators guitarist Scott Kempner, the Del Lords combined elements of ’60s garage rock with country, blues, and folk influences to become one of the initial progenitors of roots rock. Kempner recruited former Joan Jett guitarist Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, bassist Manny Caiati, and drummer Frank Funaro, and the Del Lords released their first disc, Frontier Days, on Enigma/EMI in 1984. The album was noted for its guts, street smarts, and twangy guitars, a balanced blend of Springsteen meets Johnny Thunders. Their follow-up Enigma/EMI release, Johnny Comes Marching Home, found Pat Benatar producer Neil Geraldo at the helm. While the band had became tighter, Geraldo applied a poppy gloss that seemingly toned down the grittier aspects of their debut. All the right elements fell into place by the time their album Based On a True Story was released in 1988, with Geraldo commendably pulling back his slicker production technique, allowing the louder aspects of the band to break through. The album is also notable for the support of guest vocalists Pat Benatar, Syd Straw, Kim Shattuck, and Mojo Nixon.
The raucous EP Howlin’ at the Halloween Moon captured the band in its live element, performing five tracks from the first three albums along with spirited covers of the Flamin’ Groovies “Jumpin’ in the Night” and Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon’s “Tallahassee Lassie.” In 1990 the Del Lords recorded their final album, Lovers Who Wander, and although some of the rough edges were smoothed out, the graceful emotional conviction made their swansong just as appealing as any of their previous studio releases. Eric “Roscoe” Ambel officially quit the Del Lords in 1991, as he had already released a solo album, Roscoe’s Gang. Eight years later the Restless label finally got around to releasing Get Tough: The Best of the Del-Lords.
1984 - Frontier Days (Remastered 2009)
1986 - Johnny Comes Maching Home
1988 - Based On A True Story
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Since 2006 there have been excited, often fantastic, rumours among would-be connoisseurs of the underground British rock scene of a trio that has spent three years simmering just beneath the scope of the mainstream, perfecting themselves and preparing the industry for their explosive arrival. Tales tell of a band that boasts a guitarist to rival Hendrix and a drummer so powerful that the very foundations of venues shake under a Bonham-esque assault wherever they perform. Crowds across the continent have been left in amazement, while Radio One has labelled the band’s live performances “awe inspiring”.
The band under such wide discussion is The Brew; It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine are already hailing them as “the best three piece to come out of the UK in 20 years.”
Jason Barwick and father/son team Tim and Kurtis Smith began playing together almost five years ago and have steadily expanded their audience through a series of successful tours and TV performances. The band has no defined hierarchy, and don’t need one. Each member brings his own incredible asset to the musical experience, whether it’s Jason’s jaw-dropping guitar artistry, Kurt’s explosive drums or Tim’s majestic charisma, the band perform as one perfectly synchronised unit.
In May this year countries around Europe discovered The Joker, the band’s second self-released album. Both the album and its title track shot to number 16 and 10 in the Polish album and singles chart respectively. Jase, Kurt and Tim found themselves suddenly introduced to Europe on a scale they hadn’t foreseen, including a string of festival appearances and sponsor deals, playing alongside such legends as Jeff Beck and receiving personal praise from the likes of Chad Smith. They were soon booked to appear at Rockpalast in Cologne and, due to headliner Bonamassa’s reluctance to do a TV recording, their entire set was broadcast live on German WDR TV and their rise to European fame leapt across the Rhine.
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At age 18, the Worcester England native teamed up with Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood to form the legendary band Traffic. At 19, Mason penned the song “Feelin’ Alright”. This song has since become a rock and roll anthem, having been recorded by well over 48 artists, the best known version being Joe Cocker. The group’s profound influence over rock music remains unquestioned even today.
Mason departed from the group after their second album. In 1969 Dave headed for the USA to pursue a solo career. He struck gold with the album “Alone Together”, which is considered a rock classic. This was followed by five albums for CBS/Sony including “Dave Mason” and “Mariposa De Oro”, four of which received gold albums. “Let It Flow”, which has gone well over platinum, contained the classic “We Just Disagree”, a top-ten single!
In addition to performing to sold-out audiences, Mason performed on a number of albums such as The Rolling Stones’ “Beggars’s Banquet”, George Harrison’s
“All Things Must Pass”, Paul McCartney’s “Listen To What The Man Said” and Jimi Hendrix’s “Electric Ladyland”. One of the songs from the “Ladyland” album,
“All Along the Watchtower”, featured Dave playing acoustic guitar. This song, written by Bob Dylan, remains a big favorite in Dave’s live show!
In October of 1993, Dave Mason formally joined the legendary group Fleetwood Mac and spent two years touring with them around the world. The band completed and album for Warner Brothers called “Time”, which was released in October 1995, and features Dave’s lead vocals on songs including “Blow By Blow” and “I Wonder Why”.
Dave Mason’s career spans over 37 years and has encompassed producing, performing and song writing. Not to mention being one of rock’s great guitar players! Along with his induction as a founding member of the group Traffic into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, he is currently putting the finishing touches to a brand new solo album. In January. Along with his partner Ravi Sawhney, Dave launched a brand new electric guitar company at the 2004 NAMM show, in Anaheim, CA.
(www.rksguitars.com)
1970 - Alone Together 1971 - Dave Mason & Cass Elliot 1972 - Headkeeper
1973 - Dave Mason Is Alive 1973 - It's Like You Never Left 1974 - Dave Mason
1975 - Split Coconut 1976 - Certified Live 1977 - Let It Flow
1978 - Mariposa De Oro 1980 - Old Crest On A New Wave 1981 - The Best Of Dave Mason
1987 - Some Assembly Required 1987 - Two Hearts 1995 - Long Lost Friend The Best of Dave Mason
1999 - The Live 40,000 Headmen Tour 2006 - The Definitive Collection 2008 - 26 Letters 12 Notes
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Despues de catorce dias sin aportar nada, ya que he tenido algunos problemillas con el ordenador, aqui os dejo algunas (nueve) de las más IMPRESCINDIBLES, PIONERAS Y RARAS BANDAS DE LAS LLAMADAS JAM BAND, que a mi me gustan tanto. La mayoria de ellas ya desaparecidas…. otras siguen . Tengo algun disco mas de algunas de ellas
No me enrollo mas, ya que está claro de que van. (la 2ª parte la semana que viene). Un saludo The Slider
Posted in Calobo, Chief' Tale, High St, Mental Gypsies, Mountain Of Venus, Strange Pleasures, The Freeloaders, The Shantee, Woodshed.
Buenas compadres, ya sabeis que no soy muy de escribir y recomendaros cosas, pero tengo la obligación de avisaros de que no podeis perderos este disco de este animal del directo, acompañado en esta ocasion de su amigo Olivier Durand el cual toca la guitarra que os vais a quedar locos, temas como Sonny o Green River os dejaran con la boca abierta.
Disfrutar de este directo grabado en Paris y mas concretamente en el salon de actos del ayuntamiento del distrito sexto.
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Acerca de Bob Cheevers Music
A master tune-smith, Bob Cheevers has certainly earned his place as an Americana singer/songwriter rounding out his 4th decade in the industry. His style is an eclectic mix of rootsy blues and a touch of folk and country. As an Americana artist, Bob’s songs’ include tales of romance, blues-flavored tales of the Mississippi Delta, and personal looks at the world through his own eyes as well as character studies of people who were caught up in the Civil War learned from his young days growing up in Memphis, Tennessee. Bob, who lived in Nashville, Tennessee for many years, has recently just made the move to Austin, Texas. He has met many people and gained an extraordinary amount of respect along those 40 years. “Borrowing from some, but stealing from none, you can dub him one of those forgotten or unknown American originals like, say a James Talley,” wrote Acoustic Musician Magazine. Bob has spent the last six years touring relentlessly in Europe, where he maintains a large fan base in addition to his fans in the U.S. His most recent release of “Texas to Tennessee” in February, 2006, was followed up with a 95 day tour in the UK over that 2006 summer. From an early age, Bob’s creative feet were firmly planted in the Mississippi Delta mud and his songs began to feature characters whose lives reflected the life style along the rivers of the South over the past one hundred years. Growing up in Memphis, not only was he influenced by the icons of his youth such as Elvis and Johnny Cash but also from his mother, who was a radio star during the Great Depression performing with the Big Bands of the era. Thinking of his roots, a 100 year photo of his grandmother graces the cover of his 1998 release of Gettysburg to Graceland. After starting his first band during college, Bob and his musical direction migrated west to California following a dream to become a serious singer/songwriter. In the late 1980’s, he launched the Sacramento Songwriter Showcase, which featured high profile regional and national hit writers. It was the Sacramento Songwriter Showcase that served as his springboard to Nashville. The move from California took him from the pop craze in Hollywood to country and roots music in Nashville, Tennessee, with stops in between to gather the tools and trophies of his career. After moving to Nashville, Bob organized and hosted a yearly benefit with a series of shows at The Bluebird Café for Nashville’s Alive Hospice Organization featuring Nashville’s most famous writers, artists and performers. Now in its second decade, it’s still The Bluebird’s most popular series. Among Bob’s many accomplishments during his career is an Emmy awarded by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the music video category for Best Musical Composition with his song “Big City Gambler”. When talking with him, he says his greatest honor and accomplishment is being asked in person by Johnny Cash to join what would become Cash’s final tour. As a seasoned songwriter and performer, Bob has found his own voice spinning rootsy, blues-flavored tales of the Delta in a conversational language of the heart. Just as Bob says about his music, “I don’t know if these stories are true…but they happened to me.”
It was 8 days from the first downbeat to the last moment of the final mixes…about 70 hours. We chose 10 out of the 30-ish
songs I’d written since moving to Austin a year and a half before the recording, had two short rehearsals then blazed thru the 10 songs live to tape in the first two sessions. Keyboards, accordian, strings and backup vocals were overdubbed in the next two sessions then we spent 4 days mixing. For me, 8 days from start to finish was a “record”. We played like a seasoned band, and the tracks have the magic and power of that live recording. I’m real happy with it.
“When you listen to Bob Cheevers, you’ll be hearing a singer-songwriter at top of his game. “Bob came to Texas, looked around and began to write about the things he saw. His observations about Texas made me wanna go there…and I’m from Texas. Not only is “Tall Texas Tales” a wonderful travelogue of my great state, it is full of songs that could only be written by a man whose life is rich with experience and deep insight. Bob Cheeevers is an American classic…make no mistake about it!” (producer- Stephen Doster)
2009 - Tall Texas Tales
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Jimmy D. Lane (born 4 July 1965) is a blues guitarist.
Biography
Lane was born on 4 July 1965 in Chicago, to famous Chess blues musician Jimmy Rogers and his wife Dorothy. In his childhood, he got to know many older bluesmen who worked with his father, including Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Mabon, Little Walter and Albert King. Lane would say years later, “I feel blessed and fortunate to have known all those cats and I do not take it for granted.”[citation needed] In 1998 Lane played for then Presiden Bill Clinton.
Musical style
Lane’s music has been likened to that of Stevie Ray Vaughan whose former band Double Trouble played with him on the 2004 album It’s Time. Other’s have compared Lane’s guitar work with that of Corey Stevens, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jonny Lang, and Jeff Healey.
Discography
At the age of 43, Jimmy D. Lane has already led quite a full life. The musicians he knows makes for an impressive resume. He has worked with Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Jim Keltner, Keith Richards, B.B. King, Van Morrison, Jonny Lang, Gary Moore, Double Trouble, Taj Mahal, Stephen Stilles, Jeff Healy, Jimmie Lee Robinson, Lowell Fulson, and Snooky Pryor, Kim Wilson, Pinetop Perkins, Johnny ‘Big Moose’ Walker, Johnnie Johnson, Kim Wilson, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Harry Hypolite, George ‘Wild Child’ Butler, David ‘HoneyBoy’ Edwards, Weepin’ Willie Robinson, Little Hatch, Nancy Bryan, Willie Kent, Henry Gray, Lazy Lester and Eomot RaSun. He has also worked with venerable blues greats such as Sam Lay, Hubert Sumlin, Carey Bell, Dave Meyers and his father, the legendary Jimmy Rogers.
Born July 4th, 1965 in Chicago, he grew up in a household where he became acquainted with a veritable who’s who of Chicago bluesmen. Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Mabon, Little Walter and Albert King, to name a few, would all stop by the house to visit the “old man.” Coming from this environment has instilled in Lane the deepest respect for elder statesmen of the blues. “I feel blessed and fortunate, to have known all those cats, and I do not take it for granted.”
At that time, Jimmy knew exactly what to do. He took his last $59 to a pawnshop, bought a Harmony guitar and learned “Hey Joe” by ear.
For the next four years he worked construction and roofing jobs, but would spend every other waking moment playing guitar. He would play along to blues as well as AC/DC and Journey records.By 1987 Lane was good. He became lead guitarist of the Jimmy Rogers Band as well as forming his own band, Jimmy D. Lane and The Hurricanes and later Blue Train Running. Lane toured extensively with his dad’s band while juggling his own solo career.In 1993, The Jimmy Rogers Band toured Europe, where they made a stop to perform at the BBC. In ‘94 they performed at the W. C. Handy Awards and in ‘95 they appeared on the Conan O’Brien show, as well as the Chicago Blues Festival.
Jimmy made his solo recording debut in 1995. The self titled disc on Blue Seal Records
features 12 fine originals and one of his dad’s
tunes. In 1993, however, he would meet the people who would put his recording career into high gear. During the sessions for Bluebird for Analogue Productions, with the Jimmy Rogers Band, he met Producer John Koenig and head of Acoustic Sounds, Chad Kassem. Koenig saw the Jimmy D. Lane band at B. B. King’s Club in Universal City and was floored. Koenig and Kassem got together and Jimmy recorded Long Gone for Analogue Productions in 1995, at Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles, which was released in 1997.
Lane can stretch out on his own, but is equally at home in a support mode as can be heard by comparing his playing on Long Gone to Bluebird. Lane plays on and co-produced Hubert Sumlin’s I Know You, also on Analogue Productions, where as he states “You can hear Hubert’s guitar, not some guy with his amp cranked up.” In fact, it was Hubert Sumlin who gave Jimmy his first Strat in 1986.
Off stage, Lane’s positive outlook on life is reflected in one of his favorite phrases “It’s all good.” This was originally the title of his third release, but changed it to Legacy in honor of his father’s memory and the rich blues heritage he grew up with. Legacy, released in May ‘98, features guest appearances of blues greats Sam Lay on drums, Carey Bell on harp and Sumlin on guitar. It also features the last recordings of Jimmy Rogers, who played on “One Room Country Shack” and “Another Mule Kickin’ In My Stall.” Jimmy is proud of all his work with his dad, but this one touches him deeply. “I take great pride in the fact that the last time my dad picked up a guitar was to help me out on my project.”
Lane’s music is on the rocking side, but is tempered with just the right amount of blues tradition. As Lane states “you can have too much water and too much fire, but with the right amount of both, you can boil an egg.” Jimi Hendrix may have moved him to buy a guitar, but Hendrix is just one influence. Lane is a passionate blues singer, songwriter and guitarist with a deep respect for “all those old cats who were there”.
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The Waybacks se formó a finales de siglo en San Francisco. Son un grupo acústico en sus orígenes y planteamientos, aunque utilizan instrumentos eléctricos de forma cada vez más habitual. Su estilo es una consistente mezcla de rock, country, jazz y folk, con unas canciones tan variadas como las edades de sus miembros, que van desde los veintitantos a casi los sesenta.
From the pasture to the future, su obra maestra de 2006, es el disco en el que se asienta la formación más estable de la banda, tras años de constantes cambios de componentes y de actuaciones con músicos invitados, entre ellos Bob Weir, que ha seguido siendo un colaborador muy habitual de The Waybacks.
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Cada 44 segundos alguien en el mundo se descarga un disco de MAGGOT BRAIN, la banda cacereña de hard rock que tras siete años y cuatro discos se ha labrado una sólida reputación dentro del rock underground nacional e internacional. A través de su espacio en la emisora on line “LAST FM”, de su myspace, y de su foro en internet Maggot Brain reciben a diario decenas de mensajes de admiración de todos los rincones del mundo, desde Estados Unidos hasta Japón, pasando por Polonia, Canadá o Alemania. En estos últimos siete años, maggot brain han editado dos discos de temas propios y uno de versiones, han tocado con artistas de la talla de THE GODFATHERS, MOTHER SUPERIOR, AMERICAN DOG, RAGING SLAB, HYDROMATICS o THE FLESHTONES, y han girado varias veces por toda la península consolidandose cómo una de las mejores bandas españolas de rock en directo. Banda afincada en Cáceres, formada en el año 2001 por sus cinco miembros provenientes de bandas como Applegreen, de Sevilla, o Stupid mob, de Cáceres, que basa su sonido en un potente rock’n roll, de influencias tan dispares como Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots o Neil Young, blues, rock, garaje, hard rock, con un sonido que destaca por contar con tres guitarras, a cargo de Jose, Jesús y Carlos, quien también ejerce de vocalista. La banda se completa con el bajo de Mario y la batería de Pachi. 
Tomando su nombre de una canción de
los americanos Funkadelic, grabaron su primer y homónimo álbum en los estudios Central deSevilla, con las colaboraciones de Fernando Madina y Juanjo Pizarro de Reincidentes, producido por Alfonso Espadero, disco que sería publicado en junio de 2002 por Zero Records, que también publicarían un año después ‘Second Chance’, su segundo trabajo, en el que se incluía una versión en directo del “Purple Haze” de Hendrix. Desde entonces Maggot Brain han organizado tres ediciones del “Grande Rock Festival”, su personal apuesta por el rock underground español, y también han autoeditado “Handmade Covers”, un disco de versiones con temas de police, funkadelic, neil young, the marshall tucker band o Motorhead, una banda muy influyente en Maggot Brain a la que rindieron homenaje versioneando su tema homónimo en el disco tributo “Morir con las botas puestas”, editado por Lengua Armada. He metido un tema extra que me resulta impresionante en este disco son 10 minutos del “like hurricane´´ de NEIL YOUNG que lo podeis ver tambien en youtube.
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BIOGRAPHY
Keef Hartley is a British musician from Preston, Lancashire. His career began as a replacement for Ringo Starr as a drummer for Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, a popular Liverpool band at the time. Keef then played and recorded with The Artwoods and John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, before forming his own band, The Keef Hartley Band.
With his own band he released a total of nine albums, the most famous of all being the first album, Halfbreed. Keef studied native American culture and that was reflected in album artwork and in his newly published book. The group played at the original Woodstock Festival in 1969. Keef’s biggest influence was Buddy Rich and he later formed the Little Big Band which produced one album and appeared in a BBC John Peel session.
After touring the world with both his own band and with John Mayall, Keef engaged in a lot of session work and then left the music business altogether to set-up a joinery and cabinet making business. Without even trying to use his world performer/recording artist status, he started to get business from top recording studios for bespoke furniture often to Keef’s own designs. Again, totally by accident, he started working with renowned luthier, Roger Giffin from Giffin Guitars and met up with a lot of old chums who came to Roger for their guitar repairs and supply. On his own admission, he just couldn’t keep away from the music business how ever hard he tried!
Keef eventually retired and moved back to the family home in Preston. He still makes the rare occasional appearance and has more recently produced his autobiography “Halfbreed” which is an insight into the first decade of Keef’s career.
1969 - Halfbreed
1970 - The Battle Of..
1970 - The Time Is Near
1971 - Little Big Band
1971 - Overdog
1972 - Seventy Second Brave
1973 - Lancashire Hustler
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THE GYPSY SONS are known for being a hot, hard working, powerful rock and roll machine. Their soulful blend and style with lyrics like, “I never made it on my own and we’ll never make it all alone,” lives with you long after you first hear them and serves to show that this band is all about connecting with their audience. The Hammer up front and on point leading the way, Eric King’s swirling blues guitar, John Gies’ punctuating bass lines and Texas Jack’s precision, pounding ‘n percolating create a visceral soundscape that keeps their ever-expanding fan base coming back for more.
The gypson sons “3´´ es un ep de seis temas de los cuales cinco estan en el otro ep “the greatest moment´´. Solo tiene distinto el tema“love her now´´.
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One of the leading lights of the roots rock movement, Eric “Roscoe” Ambel has been making a name for himself since the late ’70s with his fiery guitar work, witty but passionate songwriting, and no-nonsense approach to rock & roll as both a sideman and a producer.
Born in Batavia, IL, Ambel’s career in music began while he was studying at the University of Wyoming. A fan of straight-ahead rock who wasn’t much impressed with disco or corporate rock, Ambel had his ears opened up in 1978 by a Ramones/Dictators double bill and soon met up with three like-minded rock fans to form a punk group called the Dirty Dogs. The band cut a self-released single, “Sorority Girl”/”Eric’s Move,” and gigged frequently around Wyoming and Colorado before changing their name to the Accelerators and relocating to Los Angeles in 1979. While they failed to make a major impact in California, Ambel did score a gig with Joan Jett, who was putting together a new band after the breakup of the Runaways. Ambel toured and recorded as a member of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts until 1981, when he moved to New York and joined forces with former Dictators guitarist Scott “Top Ten” Kempner to form the Del Lords. A regional success on the East Coast and a favorite with critics, the Del Lords released four studio albums and a live set between 1984 and 1990, when Ambel left the band shortly before they called it quits.
In 1988, while the Del Lords were on a break, Ambel cut his first solo album, named for the informal band he’d put together for small-club jams, Roscoe’s Gang, which featured guest spots from Syd Straw, Peter Holsapple, and Skid Roper. Ambel cut a follow-up Roscoe’s Gang set in 1994, the somber but hard-edged Loud & Lonesome. While working on Loud & Lonesome, Ambel began collaborating on songs with Dan Baird (ex-Georgia Satellites) and Terry Anderson; with Keith Christopher rounding out the quartet, they became the Yayhoos, and after touring for a spell as Baird’s backing band, they cut a handful of songs which appeared on compilations and soundtrack sets, but due to a puzzling lack of major-label interest they wouldn’t release an album until Bloodshot Records unleashed Fear Not the Obvious in 2001. That same year, Ambel signed on as guitarist with Steve Earle’s backing band the Dukes, and after touring with Earle in support of the album Transcendental Blues, he appeared on Jerusalem and Just an American Boy.
In 1990, Ambel began putting his longtime interest in recording to use when he started producing singles for the Brooklyn-based “rig rock” label Diesel Only Records. Ambel’s artist-friendly, no-frills approach to record-making clicked with roots-oriented acts, and he’s since produced sessions for the Bottle Rockets, Nils Lofgren, the Blood Oranges, Blue Mountain, the Backsliders, Freedy Johnston, and many more. In 1999, Ambel opened his own 24-track recording studio in Brooklyn, Cowboy Technical Services, and when he’s not otherwise occupied, he programs the jukebox at Lakeside Lounge, a bar and performance venue that Ambel co-owns in New York’s East Village. The club also lent its name to a record label Ambel launched in 2004 with the reissue of the two Roscoe’s Gang discs as well as an odds-and-sods collection titled Knucklehead.
Tracklist:
01 - If You Gotta Go, Go Now
02 - Total Destruction To Your Mind
03 - The Girl That I Ain’t Got
04 - Forever Came Today
05 - 30 Days In The Workhouse
06 - Power Lounger Theme
07 - Don’t Wanna Be Your Friend
08 - I Waited For You
09 - Next To The Last Waltz
10 - Loose Talk
11 - You Must Have Me Confused
12 - Vampire Blues
13 - Power Lounger Theme Part 2 (Guitar)
Tracklist:
01 - Song for the Walls
02 - Miles from the Nadrine
03 - Way Outside
04 - Three Feet Under
05 - I’m Not Alone
06 - One More Moment Gone
07 - Downtown at Midnight
08 - The Rain Won’t Stop
09 - Long Gone Dream
10 - Autumn Rose
11 - Red Apple Juice
Tracklist:
01 - Feel So Good
02 - Stepside (with Roscoe’s Gang)
03 - Lonely Town (with Roscoe’s Gang)
04 - Does It Look That Bad
05 - It’ll Only End in Tears (with Roscoe’s Gang)
06 - Shake Some Action (with The Del Lords)
07 - Hole in My Head
08 - Judas Kiss (with The Yayhoos)
09 - Union Square
10 - The Usual Time (with The Dukes)
11 - Always on My Mind (with Martin’s Folly)
12 - Psychic Friend
13 - If Walls Could Talk (with The Bottle Rockets)
14 - Garbagehead (with Roscoe’s Gang)
15 - Revolution Blues
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“The Bihlman Bros. are simply unbelievable. With the right exposure, there’ll be no stoppin’ em.”
- Jim Gaines - Grammy Award winning Memphis producer
The Bihlman Bros. have appeared with ZZ Top, BB King, Ray Charles, Buddy Guy, Ted Nugent, Chris Duarte, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shephard, Jeff Healey, Robert Cray, The Blues Brothers and KoKo Taylor to name a few!
Jabo Bihlman is the host of the nationally televised WorkshopLive infomercial and is on the faculty of The National Guitar Workshop and WorkshopLive
Produced by multi Grammy Award winning Memphis Producer Jim Gaines (SRV, Journey, Santana)
Featured on WC Handy Award winning Son Seals release “Lettin’ Go” with Trey Anastasio of Phish Telarc Records
Set sales records for an independent release at Border’s Books and Music
EMMY Award Winners for the scores of the documentary films “Remembering the Carl D. Bradley and Edmund Fitzgerald: 30 Years a Legend”
Have placed great rockin’ blues music on TV including “All My Children”
Graduates of Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA
Born and raised in the shadow of Chicago’s Sears Tower - Hammond, IN
Have been featured in Radio & Records, Gig Magazine, FM Quarterback, Big City Blues, Blues Review and Album Network Magazines.
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Wess Floyd is a student of Rock and Roll. Floyd has been a musical force in Nashville, TN for over 3 years now, gaining respect as both a prolific songwriter and a passionate preformer. Ryan Trusso (guitar player for Landon Pig) said, “I love to hear Wess play…I’ve never heard anyone who believes in what he sings so much.” Nathan Barlowe (Luna Halo) stated, “Wess has got that thing that Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, and Guy Clark have - you can’t put your finger on it, but it’s real.”
After going through various encarnations Wess has finally settled into the musical role that best suits him - Singer/Songwriter (with a Rock & Roll edge). He has the sensitivity of Jackson Browne, abit of Dylan’s righteous anger, but no pretense…he can transition smoothly from serious notes to Springsteen/Westerberg throw away rockers - with glee.
“I want folks to see the whole picture. My favorite artists were all able to paint with many different colors in their music. I desire for my shows/albums to be part wake, part dance party, party political rally, party tent revival, part coffee shop, part honky tonk, ect. - I don’t want to be boxed in.”
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Nashville’s Black Diamond Heavies spent a lot of time on the road after the release of their first album, 2007’s Every Damn Time, and you can hear the lessons of dozens of sweatbox gigs on their second full-length set, 2008’s A Touch of Someone Else’s Class. While James Leg (aka John Wesley Myers) on vocals and keys and Van Campbell on drums sounded tight and fiery the first time around, on their sophomore LP they sound tougher, harder, and practically incendiary; the duo’s blues gestures are just as solid as before, but there’s an emotional weight and an almost telepathic synergy between Leg and Campbell that makes their fine first record seem like a rough demo by comparison, and the songs rock harder and crazier than ever before. Leg often sounded like he was trying to channel Tom Waits on the BDH’s debut, and not in a good way, but while the raspy growl of his voice still bears more than a passing resemblance to Waits, this time he sounds more like an inheritor of the great vocal tradition of Howlin’ Wolf and Captain Beefheart, and it’s a welcome improvement. Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys produced and recorded these sessions, and while his approach feels pretty hands-off, the results suggest having a more sympathetic hand behind the board was a real help for the band. And when a band’s originals sound as good as covers of stuff by Tina Turner, Nina Simone, and T-Model Ford, there’s no question it must be doing something right. In short, if you want to hear some blues-shot rock that’ll kick your butt and make you love it, A Touch of Someone Else’s Class is one album you need to hear. - Mark Deming / All Music Guide
2009 - Alive As Fuck
2007 - Every Damn Time
2008 - A Touch Of Someone...
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Solo offering from Cracker’s guitar genius. Johnny Hickman is probably best known for being the Les Paul brandishing guitar hero in the superb and criminally under rated Cracker. Although he has contributed some of the band’s best loved and most accomplished tunes over the years, (‘Lonesome Johnny Blues’, ‘Trials & Tribulations’ to name but two!) Hickman’s song writing has, in most people’s eyes, always played second fiddle to band mate David Lowery’s. With the Camper reunion in full swing, Hickman has used his down time from Cracker to record this solo offering and step out from the song writing shadows. ‘Palmhenge’ seems to have been inspired by Hickman’s despondency with modern day America and is more overtly political and sonically subtle than anything he has recorded as part of Cracker. The album opens with, ‘Prerequiem (Palmhenge I) which is a short and simple lament to California. The mood of lamentation is then continued with the blistering ‘The Great Decline (Palmhenge II)’ which manages to be both despairing for the future and nostalgic for the past at the same time. Although this track acts as a fantastic statement of intent, Hickman utilises many different musical genres across the rest of the album to get his message across. ‘Little Tom’ has an Appalachian feel and is one of the highlights of the record. The lyrics of the song deal with the story of a disaffected and under privileged youth, who grows up in institutions before eventually being pushed into the army. The melody and vocal delivery are as sombre as the subject matter demands. ‘Southern Cal’ is another highlight, boasting a feel on the verses that is very reminiscent of ‘The Weight’ by The Band. On the lyrically lighter side of things, ‘Hacker Boy’ (music piracy) and ‘Friends’ (take a guess!) both manage to prevent the album from becoming too dark, while at the same time, being excellent songs themselves. ‘Palmhenge’ is the sound of a song writer stretching his creativity and being inspired by modern events, and works exceptionally well on its own terms.
01 - Prerequiem (Palmhenge I)
02 - The Great Decline (Palmhenge II)
03 - Little Tom
04 - Lucky
05 - Southern Gal
06 - Harvest Queen
07 - The San Bernadino Boy
08 - Hacker Boy
09 - Little Queen Bee
10 - Friends
11 - Father Winter
12 - Beauregarde’s Retreat
Posted in Johnny Hickman.
REBEL SON is an original honky-tonk/rockabilly band based out of Raleigh, NC.
Consisting of guitarist/singer/songwriter LEE JOHNSON, drummer TOM WARWICK & bassist DAVE SCHNEIDER, REBEL SON delivers an intense set of finely crafted original songs.
Their music, in addition to their display of Southern heritage, is, in reality, defining & expressing the thoughts, feelings & occasional unlawful actions & behaviors of “everyday” people living in an “everyday” world.
Not for the faint-of-heart, REBEL SON will electrify you with a high octane journey as they proclaim their blue-collar doctrine proudly without the regards of sensitivity, or alienating the easily offended.
To put it simply, they’re a foul-mouthed redneck rock band that just doesn’t give a shit.
So, if you think you’ve heard it all before
2004 - Articles Of Confederation
2005 - Choke On Smoke
2006 - Unreconstructed
2007 - Declaration Of Disaffection
Rebel Son - 2009 - Bitch
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