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Al Miller Chicago Blues Band - ...In Between Time (2012) with John Primer, Billy Flynn and Dave Specter

Al Miller Chicago Blues Band - …In Between Time (2012)
with John Primer, Billy Flynn and Dave Specter

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 472 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 195 Mb | Scans included
Chicago Blues, Harmonica Blues | Label: Delmark | # DE 826 | 01:12:42

Harmonica player Al Miller brings in three guitar aces to help him create this unique blues album: John Primer, Dave Specter and Billy Flynn. But Al doesn't just play harp. Whether he is wailing away on harmonica, singing, writing songs, or providing guitar accompaniment, Al imbues every aspect of his involvement in the music with feeling, which, as every blues fan knows, is what the blues is all about. Al sings most of the songs, however John Primer sings lead on three. "…In Between Time" has seventeen songs in all, including the previously unissued "Blizzard". Miller’s instrumental excursions display immaculate taste; never overplaying, he always adheres to the all-for-one, one-for-all ensemble approach characterizing postwar Chicago blues.
Jimmy Rogers - Chicago Blues Masters, Volume Two: Jimmy Rogers (1995)

Jimmy Rogers - Chicago Blues Masters, Volume Two: Jimmy Rogers (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 348 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 138 Mb | Scans ~ 56 Mb
Chicago Blues, Electric Blues | Label: Capitol | # CDP 7243 8 33916 2 2 | Time: 01:00:28

Rogers re-emerged after a long layoff with a 1972 album for Leon Russell's Shelter label called Gold Tailed Bird. It wasn't the equivalent of his immortal Chess stuff, but the Shelter sides, here in their entirety, are pretty decent themselves (and no wonder, with the Aces, Freddy King, and reliable Chicago pianist Bob Riedy all involved). A few extra numbers not on the original Shelter LP make this 18-song set even more solid.
Junior Wells - Southside Blues Jam (1970) Expanded Deluxe Edition 2014

Junior Wells - Southside Blues Jam (1970) Expanded Deluxe Edition 2014
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 442 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 168 Mb | Scans ~ 124 Mb
Electric Chicago Blues, Harmonica Blues | Label: Delmark | # DE 628 | Time: 01:13:21

The follow up to Hoodoo Man Blues (DMK 612), this classic Chicago blues album is now re-issued in an expanded digipak Deluxe Edition containing unissued performances and a 16-page booklet with many never-before-seen photos. The Godfather of Blues, Junior Wells is accompanied by Buddy Guy and Louis Myers, guitar; Otis Spann, piano; Earnest Johnson, bass; Fred below, drums. Recorded December 30, 1969 and January 8, 1970, the five extra performances include Rock Me Baby, an alternate take of I Could Have Had Religion, Junior's In Charge, an eight-minute improvisational studio jam with lots of Otis Spann, and more, 73 minutes. With new notes by producer Bob Koester. A must for blues lovers.

Willie Mabon - Chicago Blues Session! - 1979 (1995)  Music

Posted by mfrwiz at Sept. 1, 2009
Willie Mabon - Chicago Blues Session! - 1979 (1995)

Willie Mabon - Chicago Blues Session! - 1979 (1995)
Lossless (Flac Individual Files + Cue + Log + Audiochecker Log): 271 Mb | EAC Secure Mode Rip | Mp3 (CBR 320 kbps): 106 Mb | HQ Scans
Audio CD (April 12, 1995 - Original Release Date: 1995 - Number of Discs: 1 - Label: Evidence - ASIN: B0000014PU
Blues

Lonnie Brooks - Sweet Home Chicago (1975) [Reissue 1992]  Music

Posted by gribovar at July 13, 2023
Lonnie Brooks - Sweet Home Chicago (1975) [Reissue 1992]

Lonnie Brooks - Sweet Home Chicago (1975) [Reissue 1992]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 235 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 108 MB | Covers - 8 MB
Genre: Blues, Chicago Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Evidence Music (ECD 26001-2)

The French Black & Blue label was savvy enough to spirit Brooks into a studio when he was touring the continent in 1975 as part of Chicago Blues Festival '75. As befits the jam-session ambience of the date (pianist Willie Mabon, harpist Mack Simmons, and two-thirds of the Aces are on hand), hoary standards predominate: "Crosscut Saw," "Things I Used to Do," "Mama Talk to Your Daughter," and the ubiquitous title track (which remains a signature song). The omnipresent "The Train and the Horse" returns as well.
Jimmy Rogers - Complete Shelter Recordings Chicago Blues Masters (1995) [Re-Up]

Jimmy Rogers - Complete Shelter Recordings Chicago Blues Masters (1995)
CD-DA Extractor Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + CUE,NO LOG | 362 MB | Covers
Genre: Blues | Label: Capitol Records | Catalog Number: CDP-7243-33916 | Release Date: 24.Oct 1995
RAR 5% Rec. | Uploaded + DepositFiles

Koko Taylor - Albums Collection 1969-1990 (7CD)  Music

Posted by Designol at May 19, 2024
Koko Taylor - Albums Collection 1969-1990 (7CD)

Koko Taylor - Albums Collection 1969-1990 (7CD)
EAC | FLAC | Image/Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 1.84 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 777 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Chicago Blues, Electric Blues, Rhythm & Blues

Accurately dubbed "the Queen of Chicago blues" (and sometimes just the blues in general), Koko Taylor helped keep the tradition of big-voiced, brassy female blues belters alive, recasting the spirits of early legends like Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Big Mama Thornton, and Memphis Minnie for the modern age. Taylor's rough, raw vocals were perfect for the swaggering new electrified era of the blues, and her massive hit "Wang Dang Doodle" served notice that male dominance in the blues wasn't as exclusive as it seemed. After a productive initial stint on Chess, Taylor spent several decades on the prominent contemporary blues label Alligator, going on to win more W.C. Handy Awards than any other female performer in history, and establishing herself as far and away the greatest female blues singer of her time. Collection includes: Koko Taylor (1969); South Side Lady (1973); I Got What It Takes (1975); The Earthshaker (1978); From The Heart Of A Woman (1981); Queen of the Blues (1985); Jump For Joy (1990).

Jimmy Rogers - Chicago's Jimmy Rogers Sings the Blues (1990) [Re-Up]  Music

Posted by countryfreak at May 24, 2010
Jimmy Rogers - Chicago's Jimmy Rogers Sings the Blues (1990) [Re-Up]

Jimmy Rogers - Chicago's Jimmy Rogers Sings the Blues (1990)
CD-DA Extractor Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + CUE,NO LOG | 356 MB | Covers
Genre: Blues | Label: Shelter Records | Catalog Number: SRZ-8016 | Release Date: 1990
RAR 5% Rec. | Uploaded + DepositFiles

Muddy Waters - Journey Man Blues (2004)  Music

Posted by Melaron at Jan. 3, 2012
Muddy Waters - Journey Man Blues (2004)

Muddy Waters - Journey Man Blues (2004)
Video: NTSC, MPEG2 Video at 6.470 Kbps, 720 x 480 (1.333) at 29.970 fps | Audio: AC-3 2 channels at 192 Kbps, 48.0 KHz
Genre: Blues | Label: Quantum Leap | Copy: Untouched | Runtime: 48 min. | 1,95 Gb (DVD-5)

Muddy Waters performing live at the University of Oregon in 1971. A postwar Chicago blues scene without the magnificent contributions of Muddy Waters is absolutely unimaginable. From the late '40s on, he eloquently defined the city's aggressive, swaggering, Delta-rooted sound with his declamatory vocals and piercing slide guitar attack. When he passed away in 1983, the Windy City would never quite recover. Like many of his contemporaries on the Chicago circuit, Waters was a product of the fertile Mississippi Delta. Born McKinley Morganfield in Rolling Fork, he grew up in nearby Clarksdale on Stovall's Plantation.

Luther Tucker - Sad Hours (1990) {2009, Reissue}  Music

Posted by popsakov at June 18, 2022
Luther Tucker - Sad Hours (1990) {2009, Reissue}

Luther Tucker - Sad Hours (1990) {2009, Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 275 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 116 Mb
Full Scans | 00:41:46 | RAR 5% Recovery
Antone's Records / Krokus / Irond Ltd. #IROND CD 09-K108
Chicago Blues / Soul-Blues

This album is more of a memorial to late guitarist Tucker (who died in June 1993) than a solo debut (the tracks were recorded three years before his death). Still, it's a very nice, soulful slice of the funkier edge of blues, a good tribute, and showcases some nice guitar work. Guitarist Luther Tucker was born on January 20, 1936, in Memphis, Tennessee, but relocated to Chicago's South Side when Tucker was around seven years of age. His father, a carpenter, built Tucker his first guitar, and his mother, who played boogie-woogie piano, introduced him to Big Bill Broonzy around that time. He went on to study guitar with Robert Jr. Lockwood, for whom he had the greatest admiration and respect. Tucker worked with Little Walter Jacobs for seven years and played on many of Walter's classic sides. He also recorded with Otis Rush, Robben Ford, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Jimmy Rogers, Snooky Pryor, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Elvin Bishop, and James Cotton.