Chris Smither More From The Levee

Chris Smither - More from the Levee (2020)  Music

Posted by Domestos at Oct. 23, 2020
Chris Smither - More from the Levee (2020)

Chris Smither - More from the Levee (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 244.60 Mb + 142.98 Mb (Scans) | 40:37
Folk-Rock, Blues | Country: USA | Label: Signature Sounds Recordings - SIG CD 2123

More From The Levee is the 18th album from iconic bluesman Chris Smither. Deemed "one of the absolute best singer-songwriters in the world" (Associated Press), the album is a brilliant continuation of Smither's 50-year retrospective album, Still On The Levee (2014). Reconnecting with his roots, Smither recorded the career-spanning album in New Orleans at the fabled Music Shed. What resulted were 24 reimagined takes from Smither's vast career with help from very special guests including the legendary Allen Toussaint and Loudon Wainwright III. More From The Levee contains ten of these gems including fan favorites Drive You Home Again, Caveman, and a new Smither original titled What I Do. Producer Dave Goodrich says, 'We still had extraordinary performances left in the vault, another irreducible collection of Chris's songs full of great performances, intimate and immediate. It's a truly special recording, a snapshot of some powerful music-making.'
Chris Smither - Still On The Levee: 50 Year Retrospective (2014) 2CDs

Chris Smither - Still On The Levee: 50 Year Retrospective (2014) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 558 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 215 Mb | Scans ~ 630 Mb | 01:33:22
Contemporary Blues, Folk-Blues, Folk-Rock | Label: Signature Sounds | # SIG 2066

This is a specially packaged 2 CD set celebrating the 50th anniversary of Chris Smither s career. These are newly recorded versions of Smither s best material, recorded in his hometown of New Orleans with an all-star band and special guests including Allen Toussaint and Loudon Wainwright. Other guest appearances include Kris Delmhorst and members of renowned rock band Morphine. Chris Smither has the soul of a poet, the supple fingers of a guitar god and the voice of a sage. Will appeal to fans of Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, JJ Cale, and Keb Mo.

Chris Smither - Call Me Lucky (2018) 2CDs  Music

Posted by Designol at Oct. 7, 2022
Chris Smither - Call Me Lucky (2018) 2CDs

Chris Smither - Call Me Lucky (2018) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 382 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 140 Mb | Scans ~ 148 Mb | 01:00:37
Conremporary Blues, Blues-Rock, Folk-Rock | Label: Signature Sounds | # SIG CD 2093

Chris Smither spent a fair chunk of time in the mid-2010s looking back, culminating in Still on the Levee, a two-disc set from 2014 that found the singer/songwriter revisiting songs he recorded in the past. Arriving four years later, Call Me Lucky functions as something of an answer to that aesthetic, finding the singer/songwriter living squarely in the present. He opens the album with the lively blues shuffle "The Blame's on Me," which is quickly followed by a minor-key rendition of Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," and he effectively sets the pace for the rest of the album. As Call Me Lucky rolls on – the album proper is ten tracks, but there are six additional "B-Sides" featuring alternate takes of songs on the album, plus an introspective version of the Beatles' "She Said She Said" – Smither adds some slower, gentler touches (highlighted by the lovely "By the Numbers"), but he retains this same sense of immediacy. By playing so directly and simply – the album isn't unadorned, there are additional harmonies and guitars, yet it feels like it is – Chris Smither creates a bracing, intimate record, one that feels filled with earned truths.