Bman's Blues Report

  KING MUD (FEATURING LEFT LANE CRUISER'S FREDDY J IV & BLACK DIAMOND HEAVIES' VAN CAMPBELL) TO RELEASE THEIR DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM " VICTORY MOTEL SESSIONS" FEB. 5TH VIA ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THEIR NEW TRACK "SMOKED ALL MY BUD" King Mud is Van Campbell from the Black Diamond Heavies and Freddy J IV from Left Lane Cruiser.  They joined forces in Los Angeles for a marathon session that gave birth to an album of hard blues, blue-eyed soul, heavy rock and feedback - Victory Motel Sessions . They’re also joined by Radio Moscow’s guitar extraordinaire Parker Griggs on a couple of indelible rockers. In addition to their eight original tracks, King Mud also turn in rousing covers of both Wilko Johnson’s “Keep It Out Of Sight” and The Troggs’ “I Can Only Give You Everything.” If you dig the bands these musicians come from you’ll love this record! King Mud’s Victory Motel Sessions will be availa...

I just received the newest release, The White Man Made Me Do It , by Swamp Dogg and it's a funky soul party. Opening with funky title track, The White Man Made Me Do It , with a nod to Prince, it's Dogg on vocal and piano leads a large troupe of musicians including Moogster (keys), Charles Hayes (tenor sax), Andy Najara (bari sax), Phil Ranelin (trombone), Roy Weigind (trumpet), Steve "Stoney" Dixon (bass), Billy Haynes (bass), Lucky Lloyd Wright (guitar), Bill Barrett (trumpet), Troy Lombard (trumpet), Larry Williams (tenor sax), Michael Murphy ( organ and keys), Guitar Shorty (Lead Guitar) and Dan Weinstein (string ensemble). Lying, Lying, Lying Woman has more of an R&B sound with a driving beat. Hey Renae has a funky reggae beat and features a nice keyboard solo. Up next is Sam Cooke's, You Send Me , with a different spin on the nicely slung R&B tune. A smooth sax solo dresses this track up nicely against real nice lead vocals. Let Me Be Wrong is ...

Newsletter, May 2013 This month, we offer two lovingly restored albums from 1973, both produced by soul genius Swamp Dogg (aka Jerry Williams Jr), with more to come in the following months. "Gag A Maggott" is now available on Vinyl & CD Digipack from the mailorder . Re-released for the first time on vinyl since its original release in 1973, Swamp Dogg's "Gag A Maggott" was recorded at TK in Miami with an all-star cast. The CD Digipack version features two unreleased bonus tracks recorded live at KSAN radio in 1972, and includes a 6 page booklet with new liner notes and rare photos. The song "Choking To Death (From The Ties That Bind)" was recorded by Canned Heat in 1974. Available now from the mailorder Produced by legendary soul singer/ songwriter/producer Jerry Williams Jr., aka Swamp Dogg, and featuring Duane Allman on two songs, Irma Thomas' "In Between Tears" is finally back on vinyl w...

    ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS TO RELEASE LIVE ALBUM "ALIVE AT THE DEEP BLUES FEST" TOMORROW ON CD, DIGITAL & BBQ SAUCE RED COLORED VINYL!   AOL'S SPINNER FEATURES THE EXCLUSIVE "LISTENING PARTY" ALBUM PREMIERE OF "ALIVE AT THE DEEP BLUES FEST" ALL THIS WEEK. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN!   ALBUM INCLUDES LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM ALIVE RECORDING ARTISTS BUFFALO KILLERS, LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES, RADIO MOSCOW, LEFT LANE CRUISER & MORE! FREE DOWNLOAD OF LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES' LIVE TRACK "THE RED, RED DIRT OF HOME" FROM ALIVE AT THE DEEP BLUES FEST Earlier this summer Chris Johnson (owner of Bayport BBQ in the Twin Cities' suburb of Bayport, MN) resurrected his popular Deep Blues Festival for three glorious (sold-out) days of great music, Southern-style BBQ and camaraderie between musicians, fans and friends alike. Far from the corporate sterility of many larger modern m...

new digital single Total Destruction To Your Mind out Nov. 30th DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW on CD Digipak, Vinyl & Download (Cover photo taken at Imagination Station in Detroit by Jerry Paffendorf) Following the critical success of their debut album, There Is A Bomb In Gilead , and lighting up music venues across the nation for the better part of the year with their incendiary live shows, Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires will be releasing their brand new digital single Total Destruction To Your Mind later this month. Total Destruction To Your Mind is a cover of '70s psych-soul legend Swamp Dogg, and as a bonus, the Birmingham, AL foursome revisites the title track from There Is A Bomb In Gilead for a new studio version with even more impassioned fervor than the original. Both songs were produced by The Glory Fires and producer/musician Jim Diamond at Ghetto Recorders in Detroit. Tour dates Oct. 23 Stubb's BBQ...

debut album "Thirst" available now from the mailorder Sounds like a forgotten gem from the Ace Records catalogue, but it's brand new. – Artrocker An unholy alliance of scowling, snarling vocals, sleazy guitar licks, Motown horns, and high octane percussion. – The Mad Mackerel They have found a way to reconcile their twin passions: Stooges and Stax, garage and soul, rock'n'roll's trash aesthetic and the exuberance and jubilation of old-style R&B. – The Guardian A damn fine piece of contemporary rock & soul with a burning flame of Spiritualized and The Mary Chain at its core. – Female First Waves Of Fury's 'Thirst' delivers a unique and fresh sonic experience. – Rustzine Never before would I have thought that The Sex Pistols should have collaborated with Marvin Gaye! – Altsounds Soul music often seemed to reach for the divine, but paradoxically, Thirst through its raw execu...

S/T debut album available now from the mailorder John The Conqueror’s self-titled debut album is an amalgamation of the many sounds and styles (old and new) mined from both the North and the South. Cousins Pierre Moore (vocals & guitar) and Michael Gardner (drums) are natives of Jackson, MS, while bassist Ryan Lynn hails from Philly – where the trio now call home. Together they mix a bedrock of raw deep blues with funk, soul, punk and scuzzed-up rock-n-roll into one helluva potent musical Molotov cocktail. Moore and Gardner have been playing together in bands since their college days in Oxford, MS, and Moore learned to play guitar in his early teens from a homeless man called John Doe who slept in the back room of an auto repair shop. "The trio from Mississippi, now based in Philly, have the smoothness of classic 50’s soul mixed with a southern twang." – Knuckle Rumbler "It’s all smokestacks, greasy ball ...

    ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS TO RELEASE LIVE ALBUM "ALIVE AT THE DEEP BLUES FEST" NOV. 27TH ON CD, DIGITAL & BBQ SAUCE RED COLORED VINYL!   ALBUM INCLUDES LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM ALIVE RECORDING ARTISTS BUFFALO KILLERS, LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES, RADIO MOSCOW, LEFT LANE CRUISER & MORE!   ALIVE RECORDS OFFERS FANS A FREE MP3 OF BUFFALO KILLERS' "IT'S A SHAME" FROM "ALIVE AT THE DEEP BLUES FEST" Earlier this summer Chris Johnson (owner of Bayport BBQ in the Twin Cities' suburb of Bayport, MN) resurrected his popular Deep Blues Festival for three glorious (sold-out) days of great music, Southern-style BBQ and camaraderie between musicians, fans and friends alike. Far from the corporate sterility of many larger modern music fests, Johnson's Deep Blues Fest instead successfully revived the communal spirit of late '60s and early '70s music gatherings, evoking the vibe of a large s...

LIFE out today on CD Digipack, Vinyl & Download Andre Williams’ new album, Life is absolutely stunning. – Brett Calwood / Detroit Metro Times Life is packed with funky, old school blues. – Mary Leary / MOKB Life is a triumph from start to finish, and one of the year’s best records. – The Record Changer If Williams is sounding a little more grounded than he did on Silky or The Black Godfather , he’s still a tough, funky, jive talker who can draw some potent, guitar-based funk from the band of Detroit indie stalwarts who back him up. Matthew Smith produced Life, co-wrote most of the songs with Williams, and anchors the backing band (along with Jim Diamond on bass and David Shettler on drums), and the results are lean, greasy, early-’70s-style tunes with a subtle but potent psychedelic undercurrent, and they give Williams an effective backdrop as he declaims on his troubles with women, cash, and animal-haters, as well a...

BUFFALO KILLERS new album "DIG. SOW. LOVE. GROW." out on CD, VINYL & Download UPCOMING TOUR DATES Oct. 2 @ 20th Century Theatre – Cincinnati, OH w/The Sheepdogs Oct. 4 @ Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH w/The Sheepdogs Oct. 5 @ The Shelter – Detroit, M w/The Sheepdogs Oct. 6 @ Double Door – Chicago, IL w/The Sheepdogs Oct. 7 @ 7th Street Entry – Minneapolis, MN w/The Sheepdogs Nov 2 @ Mercury Lounge – New York, NY w/Hollis Brown Nov 3 @ Metro Kitchen – Annapolis MD w/Hollis Brown Nov 4 @ Milkboy – Philadelphia, PA w/Hollis Brown Nov 15 @ Radio Radio – Indianapolis, IN w/Hollis Brown Buffalo Killers sound just as American as their name. Brothers Zachary and Andrew Gabbard, plus Joseph Sebaali, bring the full-force blues rock. “Get It,” off "Dig. Sow. Love. Grow"., is gritty, loud and will no doubt beg the comparison to a handful of contemporary blues-rock bands like former tourmates the Black Keys and the North Mississippi ...

ANDRE WILLIAMS new album 'Life' out October 2nd on CD Digipak, Vinyl & Download Single "Blame It On Obama" available now for download "A tongue-in-cheek commentary on the tendency of voters (particularly those of a right-wing persuasion) to blame pretty much anything and everything on the president. It’s really rather great." – Flavorwire "The legendary Andre Williams has put out a video for the song 'Blame it on Obama', which apparently caused a heap of controversy due to people getting all het up before actually listening to the song, which happens to be pro the President. It’s a slinky little number too. Williams’ tongue is firmly in his cheek when he blames his wife’s aging appearance on Obama. His wit is still as sharp as ever." – Detroit Metro Times "A fascinating new Andre Williams tune. It's called 'Blame It on Obama,' and it's a peach. A rotten, sticky peach, perhap...

Bman: Hi Patrick. Thanks for taking time out from your busy schedule to talk with me. It's great to have the opportunity to talk with someone who has your reputation in the Indie music scene! Patrick: Thanks for the opportunity, I'm sure you're busy yourself. Bman: I am but no one seems to think so! I just had the opportunity to review Alive's new release, "Where's Parker Griggs?". I really appreciate what you're doing. How do you typically find the artists for your label? Patrick: We usually get a fair amount of demos every week and I try to listen to everything. That's how I signed The Black Keys, Buffalo Killers, Henry's Funeral Shoe, and Black Diamond Heavies. Other times the bands are directed to us by friends or artists that are, or used to be, on the label. Bman: I have been a long time vinyl collector and really have an appreciation for the difference in sound quality from vinyl to digital. What percentage of your sales is on vinyl?...

RADIO MOSCOW'S PREVIOUS LINEUP OFFICIALLY DISSOLVES ONSTAGE LAST SATURDAY AT THE START OF THEIR NORTH AMERICAN TOUR AS A BLOODY MELEE BREAKS OUT BETWEEN BAND MEMBERS DRUMMER HURLS FRONTMAN PARKER GRIGGS' OWN GUITAR INTO GRIGGS' HEAD - SENDING HIM TO THE EMERGENCY WARD TO RECEIVE 14 STITCHES TO THE FOREHEAD WITH ONLY ONE DAY TO PREPARE, GRIGGS RETOOLS RADIO MOSCOW FOR NATIONAL TOUR WITH NEW BASSIST & DRUMMER ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS NEW LABEL COMPILATION WHERE IS PARKER GRIGGS? FEATURING EXCLUSIVE TRACKS FROM RADIO MOSCOW, HACIENDA, BUFFALO KILLERS, BLACK DIAMOND HEAVIES & MORE OUT TODAY FREE DOWNLOAD OF RADIO MOSCOW'S PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACK "THE STRANGER" Radio Moscow frontman Parker Griggs after receiving 14 stitches to the forehead last Saturday night. Hostile screaming. Projectile guitars. Open head-wounds. And plenty of blood. Radio Moscow's live shows have long been known to be explosive, but last Saturday night at ...