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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Bobby Rush 4-CD box set 'Chicken Heads' collects 50 years and 20+ labels










50 YEARS OF MISSISSIPPI BLUES LEGEND BOBBY RUSH
— CULLED FROM MORE THAN 20 LABELS — 
COMING ON FOUR DISCS FROM OMNIVORE RECORDINGS
ON NOVEMBER 27, 2015
Chicken Heads: A 50-Year History of Bobby Rush box set
contains nearly five hours of music with 32-page booklet, noted by Bill Dahl, with quotes from Mavis Staples, Keb’ Mo’, Elvin Bishop, Leon Huff, Al Bell and more.
“Bobby Rush is among the most treasured blues singers of all time. Because when the blues saints go marching in, Bobby Rush will be in that number.” —Leon Huff


Bobby Rush (Photo by James Patterson)
Bobby Rush
(Photo by James Patterson)
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — When you’ve played with Elmore James, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, and Jimmy Reed, you must be on to something. When you’ve had a multi-generational career in music, spanning blues, soul and funk, that’s something else. 
Bobby Rush’s incredible half century of recorded music is ready to be devoured by those who’ve never tasted and those who want another helping on Chicken Heads: A 50-Year History of Bobby Rush, due out November 27, 2015 on Omnivore Recordings
Nearly 100 tracks from the three-time Grammy® nominee’s storied career are finally collected in this unprecedented set. Including his Checker, Galaxy, and Jewel sides through Philadelphia International, Malaco/Waldoxy, LaJam, and Urgent cuts, as well as material from his own Deep Rush label, Chicken Heads tells the story of Bobby Rush: unfiltered, unedited and unbelievable. With almost five hours of music on four CDs, Chicken Heads traces his career from 1964’s “Someday” through the title track, from 1979 collaborations with Gamble & Huff to tracks from 2004’s FolkFunk
The 32-page, full-color booklet is filled with photos, ephemera, liner notes from Bill Dahl and testimonials from friends and fans including Mavis Staples, Keb’ Mo’, Elvin Bishop, Denise LaSalle, Leon Huff, Al Bell, and many more. With mastering and restoration by Grammy® winner Michael Graves, Bobby’s vintage recordings have never sounded better.
Born in Homer, La. in 1933, Rush cut his musical teeth in the Pine Bluff, Ark. area with the likes of Elmore James and Big Moose Walker. A move to Chicago in the 1950s put him in the company of Muddy Waters and Jimmy Reed, and led to sessions at the city’s Chess Records. 1971’s “Chicken Heads” proved his breakthrough, notching #34 on the Billboard R&B chart. He since recorded for a variety of labels and relocated in the 1980s to the Deep South, where he became one of the kings of the Chitlin’ Circuit. His crossover began largely in the early 2000s when he was included in the Martin Scorsese-produced, Clint Eastwood-directed The Blues documentary for PBS. Since then, he’s received three Grammy® nominations and 41 Blues Music Award nominations (of which he’s won ten, including 2015’s award for B.B. King Entertainer of the Year). He performed with Dan Aykroyd and the Roots on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon in 2014, and appeared in the documentary film Take Me to the River, pairing blues and soul legends with young artists. At the age of 80, he still performs more than 200 shows all over the world.
Mavis Staples attests, “He’s been a longtime friend, an honorable man, and my father loved him. He’s a joyful, happy person, and that rubs off on you when you run into him — you can’t help but feel good when you’re around Bobby. He’s always been respectful of me and my sisters, and he was like a son to Pops. I’m a big fan.”
According to Rush, “It’s very exciting. Truly I feel honored that someone would think enough of me to do this. The record side of it is the glory side of me and that’s the side that I want people to know and I’m grateful for that. I’m happy that someone thought before I leave this land to tell my story. I’m proud of it and flattered about it. I want the world to know that this is my first time and I want to say it for people to be enthused about me. I’m not enthused about all of the songs because at the time I didn’t think they were all good. But after you become a ‘legend,’ you look back and it all looks good. There are things you had in the can you didn’t want to put out, and then you get asked what you have in the can that’s never been heard to put it out.”
As annotator Dahl comments at the opening of his essay: “Blues never get funkier than when Bobby Rush swaggers up to the mic and lets fly with his homespun truisms. He’s always in motion, always smiling, always on fire as his skintight band cooks up irresistible elastic grooves behind him.” 
So, prepare to get funky with Chicken Heads: A 50-Year History of Bobby Rush
DISC ONE:
1. Someday
2. Let Me Love You

3. Sock Boo Ga Loo

4. Much Too Much

5. Gotta Have Money

6. Camel Walk

7. Wake Up

8. The Things That I Used To Do 
9. Let It All Hang Out
10. Just Be Yourself

11. Done Got Good To Me, Part 1 
12. Chicken Heads

13. Mary Jane

14. Gotta Be Funky

15. Gotta Find You Girl

16. Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man Part 1
17. Niki Hoeky
18. She’s A Good ’Un

19. Get Out Of Here, Part 1

20. I’m Still Waiting

21. She Put The Whammy On Me 
DISC TWO:
1. I Wanna Do The Do
2. Hey Western Union Man

3. Let’s Do It Together

4. Be Still

5. Talk To Your Daughter

6. Sue (Single Version)

7. Making A Decision (Single Version)
8. Bertha Jean (Single Version)

9. What’s Good For The Goose Is Good For The Gander
10. Dr. Funk
11. Never Would Have Thought It

12. A Man Can Give It (But He Can’t Take It)
13. Nine Below Zero

14. I Ain’t Studdin’ You (Single Version)

15. You, You, You (Know What To Do)

16. Time To Hit The Road Again

17. I’m Gone

18. Handy Man

19. One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show 
DISC THREE:
1. Hen Pecked
2. She’s So Fine

3. Buttermilk Bottom 
4. Big Fat Woman

5. Booga Bear

6. Hoochie Man

7. Scootchin’

8. He Got My Attention
9. Always On My Mind
10. Wet Match

11. Undercover Lover

12. Tough Titty

13. When She Loves Ya

14. Evil (Live)

15. Ride In My Automobile
16. River’s Invitation 
DISC FOUR:
1. Feeling Good (Pt. 1) 
2. Night Fishin’
3. Take Me To The River 
4. Help Me
5. Howlin’ Wolf

6. Uncle Esau

7. What’s Goin’ On
8. I Got 3 Problems
9. Blind Snake
10. Show You A Good Time 
11. Down In Louisiana

12. You Just Like A Dresser 
13. Swing Low
14. Another Murder In New Orleans –
Dr. John And Bobby Rush With Blinddog Smokin’
15. Sittin’ Here Waitin’ –
Bobby Rush With Blinddog Smokin’
16. If That’s The Way You Like It – Bobby Rush With Blinddog Smokin’
17. Push And Pull – Featuring Frayser Boy
18. Dedication (Excerpt) 

Monday, January 21, 2013

Fever - Zora Young

Zora Young (born January 21, 1948, West Point, Mississippi, United States) is an American blues singer. She is a distant relative of Howlin' Wolf. Young's family moved to Chicago at age seven and sang gospel at the Greater Harvest Baptist Church. As an adult she began singing blues and R&B music, and over the course of her career played with Junior Wells, Jimmy Dawkins, Bobby Rush, Buddy Guy, Albert King, Professor Eddie Lusk, and B. B. King. Among those she has collaborated with on record are Willie Dixon, Sunnyland Slim, Mississippi Heat, Paul DeLay, and Maurice John Vaughan. In 1982, she toured Europe on the bill with Bonnie Lee and Big Time Sarah in 'Blues with the Girls', and then recorded an album in Paris, France. She was later cast in the role of Bessie Smith in the stage show, The Heart of the Blues. By 1991 she had recorded the album, Travelin' Light, with the Canadian guitar player, Colin Linden. Young has toured Europe more than thirty times, in addition to appearances in Turkey and Taiwan. She was the featured performer at the Chicago Blues Festival six times Zora Young (born January 21, 1948, West Point, Mississippi, United States) is an American blues singer. She is a distant relative of Howlin' Wolf. Young's family moved to Chicago at age seven and sang gospel at the Greater Harvest Baptist Church. As an adult she began singing blues and R&B music, and over the course of her career played with Junior Wells, Jimmy Dawkins, Bobby Rush, Buddy Guy, Albert King, Professor Eddie Lusk, and B. B. King. Among those she has collaborated with on record are Willie Dixon, Sunnyland Slim, Mississippi Heat, Paul DeLay, and Maurice John Vaughan. In 1982, she toured Europe on the bill with Bonnie Lee and Big Time Sarah in 'Blues with the Girls', and then recorded an album in Paris, France. She was later cast in the role of Bessie Smith in the stage show, The Heart of the Blues. By 1991 she had recorded the album, Travelin' Light, with the Canadian guitar player, Colin Linden. Young has toured Europe more than thirty times, in addition to appearances in Turkey and Taiwan. She was the featured performer at the Chicago Blues Festival six times If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorite band!

Friday, August 10, 2012

Get out of My Life, Woman - Kevin Scott's 5 Spot Jam


Kevin Scott - Bass
Derek Trucks - Slide guitar
Duane Trucks - Drums
Jacob Deaton - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Eric Fontaine - Saxophone
Spencer Pope - Keyboard
Gregory "Wolf" Hodges - Guitar, Lead Vocals
Ben Williams - Drums
Born in St. Petersburg, FL, on Christmas Day, 1984 bassist Kevin Scott hails from Dothan, AL, the peanut capital of the world. Kevin was born into a very musical family that has supported and nurtured his talent from the beginning. Kevin was attached to his bass all through high school and was active in the Alabama music scene. In 2001, Kevin was awarded a scholarship to the International Association of Jazz Educators summer program in New Orleans. Here, Kevin studied under and played with the great New Orleans drummer, Johnny Vidachovich and New Orleans bassist Jesse Boyd. In search of broader musical pastures, Kevin settled in Atlanta, GA, at the age of 19. He soon was caught up in the music scene in the city and became a bass player of great demand. Kevin tours and records with the group Highly Kind, who was recently recorded by producer Johnny Sandlin. Kevin also hosts the open jam at the 5 Spot on Tuesday nights. Some of the groups/players that have sought him out include: Oteil Burbridge, Col. Bruce Hampton, Jimmy Herring, Jeff Sipe, Ike Stubblefield, Grant Green Jr, Bryan Lopes, Yonrico Scott, The Sixes, the Sid Wolf Band, The David Springer Quartet, Kenny Heard, Jacob Deaton and the Collective, The Apositles, Adian Ash Group, the Anton Harris Quartet, Big Shanty, The Big Tasties..etc etc
The Five Spot has become a staple of music and arts in the heart of Little Five Points in Atlanta, Ga. From an intercontinental selection of more than 100 beers to their art-laden walls, there is something at the Five Spot for everyone. The kitchen features a gourmet style deli menu including sandwiches, salads, quesadillas and nachos with many vegetarian and vegan options.

Five Spot is known nationally and internationaly as a multi genre music venue, as well as showcasing the local talents in any given style. From our free Tuesday Musician's Jam, our monthly Monday residencies, and various community events and live shows throughout the week, Five Spot Atlanta has a sound for every listener. Keep track of our calendar and we will be seeing you soon!

Hours:
MONDAY: 6:00pm- 1:30am
TUESDAY: 6:00pm- 1:30am
WEDNESDAY: 6:00pm - 2:00am
THURSDAY: 6:00pm - 3:00am
FRIDAY: 6:00pm - 3:00am
SATURDAY: Noon - 3:00am
SUNDAY: Noon - Midnight
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Thursday, November 3, 2011

You Know I Love You - James Peterson


Born in Russell County, Ala., Peterson heard the blues early on while working at his father's juke joint, according to a biography posted on Answers.com.

Peterson took up the guitar after leaving home, and became a club owner himself in 1965, opening the Governor's Inn House of Blues in Buffalo, N.Y. Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Junior Wells, Koko Taylor, Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy were among the blues greats to play the club.

Peterson relocated to Florida in 1980 but had all but ceased performing by the mid-'80s.

His son, Judge Kenneth "Lucky" Peterson, though, a gifted guitarist, organist and singer, was active in the Tampa area, playing with Gene "Sarasota Slim" Hardage. The elder Peterson joined his son and Hardage onstage in 1987 or 1988, Hardage remembers.

"He had such a good time he came back the next week," Hardage says. "That was the beginning of James' involvement in Tampa's blues scene."

From then until he moved back to Alabama about five years ago, Peterson was a consistent presence on Tampa area stages, known for raunchy blues and energetic showmanship that found him walking through the crowd playing his cordless electric guitar, joking with audience members.

He also was beloved by area musicians who played in his band, sat in with him or were encouraged by him.

"He was he was always a great teacher," says George Harris, who runs Panda Studios in Clearwater. "Knowingly or not, MANY great artists owe him a debt we can only repay by passing it on."

Scott Peterson, no relation, of local blues act The Quivering Rhythm Hounds, played with James Peterson for the better part of a year.

"He kind of took me under his wing and allowed me to be his drummer when the Hounds weren't playing," Scott Peterson says. "I learned more about the blues in that year or so then any other time in my career. And I grew up on the south side of Chicago!"

Peterson's son, who grew up hearing his father and the blues greats who played at his nightclub, is a world-renowned player. A child prodigy who learned under the tutelage of blues giant Willie Dixon and jazz organist Jimmy Smith as well as his father, Peterson led bands for Little Milton and Bobby "Blue" Bland, before establishing his own solo career.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Music Maker Relief Foundation - Bid on a Fender Strat signed by Bonnie Raitt!

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Music Maker will be auctioning off a Fender guitar on the upcoming Blues Cruise - and Bonnie Raitt will sign and dedicate the guitar to the winning bidder!

This American Deluxe Stratocastor was donated by Fender Musical Instrument Corp. and has a MSRP of $2000! Music Maker will have the unsigned guitar available for view on the Blues Cruise, and will take care of shipping it to Bonnie and then back to the winning bidder. In addition to Bonnie's guitar donation to the auction, her good friend and old touring buddy Jackson Browne made a charitable gift to challenge blues lovers to support MMRF and the Foundation's efforts to keep the blues alive. We thank Bonnie and Jackson, members of the MMRF Advisory Board, as well as Fender and the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise for all they do to support the Blues!

If you'd like to bid on the guitar but aren't going on the Blues Cruise, you can still get in on the action! Just submit your top bid to Denise Duffy at denise@musicmaker.org or by phone at 919-643-2456 by 5pm, January 20th.

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Guitar Gabriel - Southland Blues

Digging through the stacks: Guitar Gabriel's "Southland Blues"

GabeThis week's dig was chosen by Tim. "Southland Blues," by Guitar Gabriel, was recorded in the basement of a now-defunct Durham bar called "Under The Street." The bartender, a friend of Tim's, left the beer and liquor cabinet open for three days during the recording session. It was in that time that Tim and Gabe laid down one of the seminal recordings of the Music Maker label and the beginning of our extensive and lauded catalog. "Southland Blues" is Guitar Gabriel's reflection on his youth growing up in the South. He was a truly incredible songwriter with the ability to write songs on the spot. It's no exaggeration to so say that his songwriting was on par with that of the greats, like Lightnin' Hopkins or Howlin' Wolf. This and several other great recordings can all be found on Deep in the South, originally released on cassette and later rereleased on Cello Records in 1998.

Check out the track above, and enjoy!

-- Aaron & Corinne
Cruising with Music Maker

Denise Duffy and MacavineMusic Maker Founder Denise Duffy will be on Blues Cruise #18 - if you'll be on the boat, she would love to see you and say hi!

Calling All Blues Societies!
Will you be cruising? Denise wants to sit down and talk with you about bringing more live Blues to your area! We would love to set up a time for you and Denise to get together on the cruise - contact corinne@musicmaker.org to chat about Denise's schedule!
New Release! Guitar Lightnin' Lee's N.O.L.A. Rhythum & Booze

Guitar Lightnin' LeeMusic Maker Relief Foundation is excited to announce the release of a new album by Guitar Lightnin' Lee, entitled N.O.L.A. RHYTHUM and BOOZE. The album features Lightnin's powerful voice and soulful rhythm and blues. A native of New Orleans, LA, Guitar Lightnin' Lee was raised with the blues and boasts nearly 60 years of music experience including playing with New Orleans legends such as Earl King, Fats Domino, Ernie K-Doe and Little Freddie King. On this album, Lightnin' has combined his experience and talent with his boisterous personality to create and showcase a blown out style of New Orleans rock 'n' roll and blues.

Guitar Lightnin' Lee is one of Music Maker's Active Touring Artists who began working with the Foundation in 2011 in an effort to preserve his unique sound and make his music more accessible.
Check out the album here!
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