29-05-2021 BLUES:MiX # 33 blues(y) songs from the BLUES circle 1979-1991

29-05-2021 BLUES:MiX # 33 blues(y) songs from the BLUES circle 1979-1991 # The Blues Band, Led Zeppelin, Tom Waits, Ernestine Anderson, Phil Guy, Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials, Chicago Bob & The Shadows, Lazy Lester, Tinsley Ellis, Bob Dylan, Champion Jack Dupree, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

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1979-1991

 

England's the Blues Band is led by ex-Manfred Mann vocalist Paul Jones and guitarist/vocalist Dave Kelly, who, before forming the group in 1979, had been a member of the John Dummer Blues Band and issued several solo recordings on his own (Kelly had also received praise for his playing by such blues legends as Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker). ..

The Blues Band 

Talk to Me Baby (Elmore James)

Two Bones and a Pick (T-Bone Walker)

from Official Blues Band Bootleg Album 1979-1980 (2001)

The Blues Band is a virtual who's who of the British blues scene. An '80s supergroup of sorts, the band consists of Paul Jones, solo artist and former member of Manfred Mann (lead vocals and harmonica ); Dave Kelly, solo artist and former member of the John Dummer Blues band (lead vocals and slide guitar); Tom McGuinness, former member of Manfred Mann and McGuinness Flint (lead guitar and back-up vocals); Hughie Flint, also former McGuinness Flint (drums); and Gary Fletcher, formerly of Sam Apple Pie (bass and backup vocals). Although formed in 1979, the band released its debut album, The Bootleg Album, in 1980 as supposedly a one-time live project. The album was originally a private pressing, recorded live and released by the band themselves, but it sold so well it was re-released intact by Arista after signing the band to a contract... A superb package and a must for any fan of British blues music.

Acknowledged as the most successful and influential band of the heavy rock era, with a catalog that continues to inspire... Drawing upon postwar electric blues, early rock & roll, and psychedelia, Zeppelin created a titanic roar in their earliest days but even then they weren't merely heavy...

Led Zeppelin 

Poor Tom (Jimmy Page – Robert Plant)

Walter's Walk (Jimmy Page – Robert Plant)

Darlene (John Bonham – John Paul Jones – Jimmy Page – Robert Plant)

from Coda 1982

Released two years after the 1980 death of John Bonham, Coda tied up most of the loose ends Led Zeppelin left hanging: it officially issued a bunch of tracks circulating on bootleg and it fulfilled their obligation to Atlantic Records... it amounts to a good snapshot of much of what made Led Zeppelin a great band: when they were cooking, they really did groove.

A neo-beatnik songwriter who grew weirder and wilder in the '80s, earning a cult following that only grew larger as the years passed.

Tom Waits 

Underground (Tom Waits)

16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought Six  (Tom Waits)

Gin Soaked Boy (Tom Waits)

from Swordfishtrombones 1983

...And he drastically altered a musical approach that had become as dependable as it was unexciting. Swordfishtrombones has none of the strings and much less of the piano work that Waits' previous albums had employed; instead, the dominant sounds on the record were low-pitched horns, bass instruments, and percussion, set in spare, close-miked arrangements (most of them by Waits) that sometimes were better described as "soundscapes." ... The music can be primitive, moving to odd time signatures, while Waits alternately howls and wheezes in his gravelly bass voice. He seems to have moved on from Hoagy Carmichael and Louis Armstrong to Kurt Weill and Howlin' Wolf (as impersonated by Captain Beefheart)... Artistically, Swordfishtrombones marked an evolution of which Waits had not seemed capable (though there were hints of this sound on his last two Asylum albums), and in career terms it reinvented him.

18-05-2021 alter:MiX # 33 alter tracks in PRSNT_PRFCT_MiX [2018-2021] (2h 23m)

18-05-2021 alter:MiX # 33 alter tracks in PRSNT_PRFCT_MiX [2018-2021] # Cursive, Galactic, The James Hunter Six, Sunwatchers, J Fernandez,Coma, Mike Dillon, Morcheeba, Yung, Holy Fuck, The Writhing Squares, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

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Challenging indie rock outfit with literate lyrics and an angular post-rock sound.

Cursive 

Black Hole Town (Cursive)

I Am Goddamn (Cursive)

Get Fixed (Cursive)

from Get Fixed 2020

It turns out that if you don't make an album for six years, you might end up with a lot of ideas for songs... But rather than send out a two-disc set, where they felt some of the material might get lost in the shuffle, they opted to split the bounty into two separate releases, and Get Fixed arrived 12 months after Vitriola.... Cursive are a bit less speedy than they once were, but the gravity and ferocity of their attack is as strong as ever on Get Fixed, and the angular shards of sound and precise volleys of guitar, keyboards, horns, strings, and drums are an ideal complement to the rage and confusion of these songs... Get Fixed is another bitter but meaningful State of the Union Address from Cursive, as well as evidence that when the band's creative process shifts into gear, they can deliver both quantity and quality.

Their down-home blend of New Orleans funk, R&B, and hip-hop has managed to appeal to traditionalists and new heads alike.

Galactic 

Already 8Ben Ellman / Robert Mercurio / Stanton Moore / Jeff Raines / Rich Vogel)

Goose Grease (Ben Ellman / Robert Mercurio / Stanton Moore / Jeff Raines / Rich Vogel)

Ready Already (Ben Ellman / Robert Mercurio / Stanton Moore / Jeff Raines / Rich Vogel)

from Already Ready Already 2019

New Orleans' Galactic is one of the most restless acts to emerge from the jam band scene of the 1990s. With every album they've expanded their musical palette to embrace other sounds and styles while keeping the musical gumbo of their hometown squarely at the center of everything they do... Galactic juxtapose modern dancefloor and funk rhythms alongside electronic instrumentation in putting across their ass-shaking funk pop & roll... Where Galactic's live sets are chock-full of improvisation and surprise, their studio recordings tend to focus on tight songwriting and arranging; this offering is no different -- there are few solos on this set and there is no jamming... Already Ready Already is bookended by two of three high-powered instrumentals, titled appropriately enough "Already" and "Ready Already." While the former is under two minutes, and the latter is under three, they offer twin impressions of intro and outro to the proceedings... The instrumental "Goose Grease" delivers Galactic's post-midnight brand of Meters-inspired jazz-funk inside a sound-effects tunnel riddled with synths, gunshot samples, and swelling B-3...

The gritty, passionate, longstanding backing band of British soulman, songwriter, and guitarist James Hunter.

The James Hunter Six 

I Don't Wanna Be Without You (James Hunter)

I Got Eyes (James Hunter)

Blisters (James Hunter)

from Whatever It Takes 2018

James Hunter has stubbornly been making retro R&B records since the mid-'90s... Whatever It Takes is the James Hunter Six's second outing for Daptone. It was produced by label boss Bosco Mann (Gabriel Roth) and recorded live in the label's California studio, direct to eight-track analog tape and pressed to an acetate. The sound is flat, immediate, and just a tiny bit muddy -- it's all it should be... After signing to Daptone, Hunter met his future wife Jesse after a gig in New York. They were married in New Orleans and moved to England. She is the prime inspiration for many of the songs here, and it's more than likely their marriage may account for the unusual tenderness in Hunter's singing voice. His songwriting is more ambitious than at any other time in his career to date. While these songs unabashedly reflect the early days of soul -- from the late '50s through the mid-'60s -- they do so with a sense of rhythmic invention we haven't heard since the early days of New Orleans R&B and pre-Motown Northern soul...

13-052021 FAVTRAX:MiX ~ 33 FAVOURiTE tracks 1979-1984 (2h 37m)

13-052021 FAVTRAX:MiX ~ 33 FAVOURiTE tracks 1979-1984  >>The Police, Embryo, Alvin Lee, Jean-Luc Ponty, Frank Zappa, Robin Trower, Jack Bruce, King Crimson, R.E.M, David Bowie, The Honeydrippers, Julian Cope<<

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1979-1984

British rock trio with an innovative rock/reggae fusion, superb songwriting, and crossover appeal that shot them straight to international stardom.

The Police 

Message in a Bottle  (Sting)

Reggatta de Blanc (Stewart Copeland / The Police / Sting / Andy Summers)

It's Alright for You (Stewart Copeland / Sting)

from Reggatta de Blanc 1979

By 1979's Reggatta de Blanc (translation: White Reggae), nonstop touring had sharpened the Police's original blend of reggae-rock to perfection, resulting in breakthrough success. .. Whereas their debut got its point across with raw, energetic performances, Reggatta de Blanc was much more polished production-wise and fully developed from a songwriting standpoint... With Reggatta de Blanc, many picked Sting and company to be the superstar band of the '80s, and the Police would prove them correct on the band's next release.

German band mixed Krautrock with an eclectic world beat over a career spanning decades. One of the most original and innovative Krautrock bands, Embryo fused traditional ethnic music with their own jazzy space rock style. Over an existence spanning decades, during which Christian Burchard became the only consistent member, the group traveled the world, playing with hundreds of different musicians and releasing over 20 records.

Embryo 

Strasse nach Asien

Kurdistan

Far East

from Embryo's Reise 1979

"Reise" is the German word for "Travel", and that's exactly what the album has to offer here: a genuine musical journey... to the East. After the band's average jazz/rock/world releases during the second half of the 70's (last good album being 1973's "We Keep On"), EMBRYO's leader Christian Burchard decided to save his baby and brought with him the other members for a long trip, from Middle-East to India. During their journey, they met various local musicians, played jam sessions and recorded tracks in their company...

British blues-rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist who found success fronting Ten Years After before launching a lengthy solo career.

Alvin Lee  

Stealin' (Steve Goulding)

Ridin' Truckin' (Alvin Lee)

No More Lonely Nights (Steve Goulding / Alvin Lee)

from Free Fall 1980

...This band probably should have been called the Lee/Gould band, as former Rare Bird vocalist Steve Gould has at least as much to do with the sound of the band on those first few tracks. About four cuts into Freefall, Lee seems to wake up, and he turns in some really tasty guitar and a nice, energetic vocal on "Stealin'." There are even a few whoops and shrieks thrown in, and that's OK, because the song deserves it. So does "Ridin' Truckin'"...