Bman's Blues Report

  The Mannish Boys win the award for TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR at the 34th Annual BLUES MUSIC AWARDS in Memphis, TN. ELVIN BISHOP JACKIE PAYNE MIKE FINNIGAN JUNIOR WATSON FRED KAPLAN ...

I just received the newest Ruff Kutt recording, That's When The Blues Begins , and I'm betting you're going to love it! Opening with Deep Elam Blues , Ruff Kutt wastes absolutely no time in getting gritty. Finis Tasby takes the lead on vocals and Zac Harmon and Anson Funderburgh the lead on guitar. The guitar working is stinging and Sax player Ron Jones really beefs up the bottom. Blues In My Blood with a strong funky back beat is up next featuring stinging guitar guitar work throughout. Don't It Make You Cry , a New Orleans soul influenced track gives Jones a great opportunity to play a super melodic solo. Oh Woman! , another strongly soul influenced track features some super vocals by Tasby and Jones pours on the heat on sax. Zac Harmon takes the lead vocals on Down So Low , a loping Texas style blues track with a healthy dose of slick guitar riffs. On Bare Foot Blues, Tasby returns to the mic and the band plays a swing style blues track. Wes Starr keeps things tigh...

     BRAND NEW FROM THE VIZZTONE LABEL GROUP Ruff Kutt Blues Band That's When The Blues Begins free track download & listening party! Click HERE to get a free download and a special offer, and to hear the whole album! Deep Texas Blues featuring Zac Harmon, Finis Tasby, and Anson Funderburgh Texan James Goode describes himself as an “old rascal and beat-up coach," but this Rockabilly Hall-Of-Fame inductee, songwriter, bass player, and creator of the Ruff Kutt Blues Band certainly knows how to field one hell of a Blues team.  THAT’S WHEN THE BLUES BEGINS features fourteen songs written or co-written by Goode, performed by world class Bluesmen including vocalist/guitarist Zac Harmon , vocalist Finis Tasby , and producer/guitarist Anson Funderburgh .    The first Ruff Kutt Blues Band album, Mill Block Blues (2011), garnered criti...

The Mannish Boys are a blues band based in Los Angeles, California. They play classic blues in West Coast, Texas and Chicago styles. Led by vocalist Finis Tasby, the band consists of all-star veteran members of the West Coast blues scene. The band debuted from Delta Groove Productions in 2004 with the album That Represent Man. The members on the debut CD were Finis Tasby (vocals), Kirk Fletcher (guitar), Franck Goldwasser (guitar), Leon Blue (piano), Ronnie James Weber (bass) and June Core (drums). The CD featured guests including Roy Gaines, Paul Oscher, and Mickey Champion. They have been making appearances at festivals in the U.S., Canada, and also in Europe. It may be best to consider this band to be a loose session project as the lineup changes from recordings to recordings and also from shows to shows. Bobby Jones, a blues and soul vocalist from Chicago came on board as a special guest on Big Plans (2007), and became an official member soon after. The Mannish Boys Lowdown Feeling...