BUDDY GUY – ” Heavy Love ” Reissue

Posted: May 23, 2020 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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American blues musician Buddy Guy is an exponent of Chicago blues and influenced many prominent guitarists, including Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Eric Clapton, and John Mayer. His 1998 album Heavy Love is another one of his fine blues-rock records. Besides two songs of his own material, he’s covering classics from Willie Dixon (“I Just Want to Make Love to You”). Tony Joe White (“Did Somebody Make a Fool Out of You”), ZZ Top (“I need you tonight”), and many more.

It is more heavy compared to many of his other recordings, but he still finds his way back to the blues. Buddy Guy subscribes to the theory “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.” Losing commercial ground to the new blues blonde young guns of Johnny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd he hired their producer, and set out to record an album of loud, frenzied blues-rock. Purists will cringe at the unabashed commercial concessions on Heavy Love sure, he covers “Midnight Train,” but it’s a duet with Johnny Lang and it complements the funkified “I Just Wanna Make Love to You,” the psychedelicized licks, Nevertheless, It works well when compared to the modern electric blues of the post Stevie Ray Vaughan era, especially since Guy once again contributes some scorching solos. Granted, his playing may veer too close to rock for some tastes, but anyone wanting an uninhibited, hard rocking Buddy Guy record won’t be disappointed with Heavy Love.

Heavy Love is available on vinyl for the first time. American blues musician Buddy Guy is an exponent of Chicago blues and influenced many prominent guitarists. His 1998 album Heavy Love consist of two originals and covers of classics from Willie Dixon, Tony Joe White and ZZ Top. This title is available on vinyl for the first time.

  • First time on vinyl
  • 1998 album feat. new songs and covers from Tony Joe White, Willie Dixon & ZZ Top
  • Includes “Midnight Train” featuring Jonny Lang

ERIC CLAPTON and B.B KING – ” Rollin’ and Tumblin ” 20th-anniversary Reissue

Posted: May 22, 2020 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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A previously unreleased performance by Eric Clapton and B.B. King was announced for the 20th-anniversary reissue of their “Riding With the King” album.

The duo’s version of the blues standard “Rollin’ and Tumblin” is one of two tracks added to the original LP for its re-release on June 26th.

“Eric Clapton and B.B. King first performed together in NYC in 1967,” a statement said. “Over 30 years later, in 1999, the two long time friends joined forces to create a collection of all-new studio recordings of blues classics and contemporary songs. The resulting album, Riding With the King, would be released in June 2000 and go onto sell over 2 million copies in the U.S. and win the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.” “Of rock ‘n’ roll guitarists, nobody plays better than he does, and he plays blues better than a lot of us,” the late King said of Clapton in a 2000 interview with Rolling Stone.

“It’s been said many times, ‘Why don’t you and Eric do something together?’ Finally, he found the time, and here we are. … I told him to pick all of the tunes and if I disagreed we’d talk about it — and we didn’t. He had such a memory for bringing up old tunes and such a great idea for getting new ones together. So I trust him completely.”

Along with “Rollin’ and Tumblin’” the album also features the unreleased track “Let Me Love You.” Official Audio for “Rollin and Tumblin” previously unreleased, from Eric Clapton and B.B. King’s ‘Riding With The King’ 20th anniversary edition available on June 26th,

SMOKEY BRIGHTS – ” Save Us Sarah “

Posted: May 22, 2020 in MUSIC
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Smokeys are all sorts of excited to release our newest single today ‘Save Us Sarah’ in anticipation of our upcoming third full length record “I Love You But Damn” (July 10th on Freakout Records babyyyyy!) This one is a rock and roll powerhouse.

We wrote Save Us Sarah as we were getting involved with the Save Our Showbox campaign here in Seattle. With the rallying cry to save one of our most beloved music venues ringing in our ears, we thought a lot about our music community and the people and places that make it come alive. The folks that do it for the passion, the joy, and the belief in rock and roll. The old punks that dole out guidance to the younger generation, sneer at the stuffy transplants, and might kick your beer over in the name of a sweet guitar solo.

This song has taken on a different meaning during COVID as a lot of the music venues we hold dear may not make it through. For us, it’s now a rally song to save what brings life to Seattle and to any city worth its salt: the music.

Stay safe, stay strong. We’re with you in spirit, and in song. Xoxo-
Smokeys

“Save Us Sarah” is the fourth single from Smokey Brights new record “I Love You But Damn.” Out summer 2020 via Freakout Records.

SARAH WALK – ” Another Me “

Posted: May 22, 2020 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Sarah Walk released her debut album ‘Little Black Book’ in 2017 via One Little Indian Records. At once aching and artful, her work speaks to every magnitude of love and loss, while also examining identity, sexuality, nostalgia, and homesickness.

Her sophomore album ‘Another Me’ is set to release in 2020, produced by Leo Abrahams (Regina Spektor, Imogen Heap, David Byrne, Brian Eno). I wanted to make a point early on with this record that there is a lot that women feel and experience outside of what exists in their romantic relationships” says singer-songwriter Sarah Walk, who has just announced her stunning sophomore album, ‘Another Me’ on One Little Indian Records.

‘Another Me’ starts as it means to go on, taking a swipe at the patriarchy, and delivering a cold hard look at the institutionalized entitlement of men. Indeed, Walk opens with the line:

“Nothing’s hurt me more than men that grew up with no consequences, why is it my job to fix this mess? You’re always ready to defend, you hear my concern as anger, and no-one wants an angry woman”.

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Releases August 28th, 2020

JOHN LEE HOOKER – ” Don’t Turn Me From Your Door ” Reissue

Posted: May 22, 2020 in MUSIC
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John Lee Hooker was an influential blues singer which gain recognition by developing his own rhythm boogie style. Don’t Turn Me From Your Door is one of the many compilations that appeared and it’s a release that is full of his incredible and raw blues guitar play and recognizable voice.  It isn’t the Hooker album with all his signature songs, but on this one you’ll hear the true quality of a gifted person.  

The Grammy award winner John Lee Hooker grew up in 1920s Mississippi delta. The surroundings and tough working conditions influenced his song-writing style and the subjects he sang about. After his dead in 2003 the legend lives on, his music can be heard in films, tv-shows and have been sampled by different artists.

  • 180 gram audiophile vinyl
  • Mono recording

FREDDIE KING – ” My Feeling For The Blues ” Reissue

Posted: May 22, 2020 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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My Feeling For The Blues is a one-of-a-kind blues album by the great Freddie King. One of the top blues albums which was getting harder to find. Do yourself a favour and make sure you grab this one!

Donny Hathaway as arranger, King Curtis as producer, and a rhythm section that included Jerry Jemmott and Cornell Dupree. The groove tempos are not too fast and not too slow; in other words just right. The horn arrangements are sublime and Freddie’s performance is top-notch. My Feeling For The Blues is a one-of-a-kind blues album by the great Freddie King.

The first two songs, “Yonder Wall” and “The Stumble” set the tone for the whole recording. In fact, the album’s opener is a laid back rendition of Elmore James’s “Yonder Wall”. King Curtis lays a great, soulful horn and Freddie’s guitar sounds more upfront than on his previous LP.

From there, My Feeling for the Blues listens as a tribute to the Giants of the Blues genre: King tackles B.B. King’s “I Wonder Why” and “Woke Up This Morning”, T-Bone Walker’s “Stormy Monday”, Jimmy Reed’s “You Don’t Have to Go” and Eddie ‘Guitar Slim’ Jones classic “The Things I Used to Do”, while upping the pace with a frantic, instrumental take on Ray Charles “What’d I Say”.

One of the top blues albums which was getting harder to find, is now available on vinyl again.

  • 180 gram audiophile vinyl
  • Including the tracks “What’d I Say” and “My Feeling For The Blues”

MAXWELL STERN – ” Tying Airplanes To The Ground “

Posted: May 22, 2020 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Maxwell Stern has been writing songs and touring internationally for over 15 years now, both solo and in numerous bands. He grew up in Cleveland, OH and currently resides in Philadelphia, PA. He is trying to ride his bike more. He is absolutely not the person writing this.

Maxwell Stern of Signals Midwest collaborated with some notable punks in Ratboys, Modern Baseball, Into it. Over it and more to create a John Prine inspired track called “Tying Airplanes To The Ground”. The track was written by Stern a day after Prine’s death and the collaborative process was conducted while in quarantine.

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Released May 21st, 2020

Maxwell Stern (Signals Midwest, Timeshares) – guitar, vocals, composition
Adam Beck (Sincere Engineer, Into It. Over It.) – keys, drums, percussion, engineering
Ian Farmer (Slaughter Beach Dog, Modern Baseball) – bass
Evan Loritsch (Mother Evergreen) – Fender Rhodes piano
Julia Steiner (Ratboys) – vocals
Dave Sagan (Ratboys) – lap steel

CHOIR BOY – ” Gathering Swans “

Posted: May 22, 2020 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Choir Boy debuted with the warmly received album ‘Passive With Desire’ in 2017. After signing to Dais Records, Choir Boy followed up with the 2018 single, “Sunday Light” and a lovingly packaged reissue of the debut album. Here’s the thing about Choir Boy singer Adam Klopp: his voice is so captivating, so utterly out-of-this-world that it’s easy to forget there’s a proper band co-piloting the project’s ethereal pop songs. In the three years since Choir Boy signed to Dais with their “Sunday Light” EP, the group’s core duo of Klopp and bassist Chaz Costello has grown to include guitarist Michael Paulson and saxophonist/keyboardist Jeff Kleinman.

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The quartet’s Gathering Swans LP finds them at the peak of their melancholic powers, bringing Klopp’s acrobatic melodies into full relief alongside serious hooks and synth-laced power chords. . This band is truly bold to weave such a deep and creative sound. Choir Boy has a haunting and mystical nature with deep introspection into the intensity of feelings. What an honest approach to music

CHICKEN SHACK – ” 40 Blue Fingers Freshly Packed And Ready To Serve ” Reissue

Posted: May 21, 2020 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Featuring Christine Perfect (better known as the future Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac) the British ensemble Chicken Shack offers up a solid set of blues-influenced rock on their 1968 LP, fully titled 40 Blue Fingers Freshly Packed And Ready To Serve. This LP was a promising debut, especially noteworthy for Stan Webb’s Freddie King-inspired guitar playing and Christine Perfect’s vocals.

Featuring Christine Perfect (better known as the future Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac) the British ensemble Chicken Shack offers up a solid set of blues-influenced rock on their 1968 LP, fully titled 40 Blue Fingers Freshly Packed And Ready To Serve. This LP was a promising debut, especially noteworthy for Stan Webb’s Freddie King-inspired guitar playing and Christine Perfect’s vocals. Webb does justice to his mentor with two instrumentals, King’s “San-Ho-Zay” and his own “Webbed Feet,” and Christine proves the ideal counterpart: one of the few pianists paying homage to King’s longtime collaborator Sonny Thompson. It remains their finest work; Perfect left the band in 1969 when she married John McVie of Fleetwood Mac. Pianist Paul Raymond, bassist Andy Silvester, and drummer Dave Bidwell all left in 1971 to join Savoy Brown.

The 50th Anniversary edition of 1.500 individually numbered copies will be available on transparent blue vinyl.

WILCO – ” Tell Your Friends ” The Late Show

Posted: May 21, 2020 in MUSIC
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Tonight Wilco released a brand new song entitled “Tell Your Friends” after frontman Jeff Tweedy performed a lovely performance of “Jesus, Etc.” for Colbert. The new track definitely captures the spirit of present times and has a smooth chill vibe to it that could’ve fit on their most recent album, Ode To Joy. “Tell Your Friends” is currently available to stream on their Bandcamp, with all proceeds being donated to World Central Kitchen.

Last Wednesday night, Wilco performed their uplifting new single “Tell Your Friends” for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and then also shared a studio version of the song, which encourages us all to connect with family while under quarantine. The purchases of the song, which is exclusively on Bandcamp, will go to World Central Kitchen, an organization who provides meals in the wake of natural disasters.

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The performance showed each band member in their respective homes. Alongside friends and family, Tweedy sings: “Don’t forget to tell your friends/When you see them again/O’ I love you/O’ I love you.”

This a song for everyone, Tweedy said in a press release. “We miss each other. So we wrote a song about it to sing with each other, to sing to each other.”

Tell Your Friends by Wilco ! Our friends in Wilco graciously chose The Late Show as the place for their debut performance of “Tell Your Friends,” which is available for download at http://www.wilcohq.bandcamp.com. All proceeds will be donated to World Central Kitchen

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