5733 - BOB DYLAN - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10, Disc Three (2013)

BOB DYLAN
''ANOTHER SELF PORTRAIT (1969-1971): THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 10, DISC THREE''
AUGUST 27 2013
172:26

1 /Went to See the Gypsy
Bob Dylan/3:00
2 /Little Sadie [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/2:02
3 /Pretty Saro
Traditional/2:16
4 /Alberta #3 [Alternate Version]
Traditional/2:37
5 /Spanish Is the Loving Tongue
Traditional/3:51
6 /Annie's Going to Sing Her Song
Tom Paxton/2:23
7 /Time Passes Slowly #1 [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/2:18
8 /Only a Hobo
Bob Dylan/3:25
9 /Minstrel Boy
Bob Dylan/1:41
10 /I Threw It All Away [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/2:25
11 /Railroad Bill
Traditional/2:47
12 /Thirsty Boots
Eric Anderson/4:07
13 /This Evening So Soon
Traditional/4:49
14 /These Hands
Eddie Noack/3:43
15 /In Search of Little Sadie [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/2:28
16 /House Carpenter
Traditional/6:00
17 /All the Tired Horses [Without Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/1:15

DISC TWO
1 /If Not for You [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/2:29
2 /Wallflower [Alternate Version, 1971]
Bob Dylan/2:18
3 /Wigwam [Without Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/3:10
4 /Days of '49 [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/5:13
5 /Working on a Guru
Bob Dylan/3:43
6 /Country Pie [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/1:27
7 /I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Bob Dylan/3:31
8 /Highway 61 Revisited [Live with The Band, Isle of Wight, 1969]
Bob Dylan/3:39
9 /Copper Kettle [Without Overdubs]
Albert F. Beddoe/3:35
10 /Bring Me a Little Water
Traditional/4:00
11 /Sign on the Window [With Orchestral Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/3:51
12 /Tattle O'Day
Traditional/3:49
13 /If Dogs Run Free [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/4:10
14 /New Morning [With Horn Section Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/4:04
15 /Went to See the Gypsy [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/3:33
16 /Belle Isle [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/2:35
17 /Time Passes Slowly #2 [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/3:03
18 /When I Paint My Masterpiece
Bob Dylan/3:53

DISC THREE (COMPLETE 1969 ISLE OF WIGHT CONCERT WITH THE BAND)
1 /Intro/0:40
2 /She Belongs to Me/3:01
3 /I Threw It All Away/3:07
4 /Maggie's Farm/4:00
5 /Wild Mountain Time/2:51
6 /It Ain't Me, Babe/3:09
7 /To Ramona/2:25
8 /Mr. Tambourine Man/3:08
9 /I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine/3:32
10 /Lay Lady Lay/3:54
11 /Highway 61 Revisited/3:47
12 /One Too Many Mornings/2:38
13 /I Pity the Poor Immigrant/3:47
14 /Like a Rolling Stone/5:25
15 /I'll Be Your Baby Tonight/3:30
16 /(Quinn the Eskimo) The Mighty Quinn/2:51
17 /Minstrel Boy/3:47
18 /Rainy Day Women #12 & 35/3:16

REVIEW
by Thom Jurek
Another Self Portrait, the tenth volume in Bob Dylan's official bootleg series, assembles a slew of unreleased tracks, un-and over-dubbed alternate takes, and demos, mostly from 1970's Self Portrait and New Morning sessions -- they were recorded simultaneously and released within months of one another -- and other material. Dylan restlessly dug into the fakebook of folk, blues, and country tunes that nourished him from the beginning. The few original songs are minor ones. Twenty-six of these 35 selections were recorded between March and June. Dylan is in fine voice and he tries on many: some raspy, others crystal clear, all of them bold. The interconnected nature of these albums is revealed with the opening demo for "Went to See the Gypsy" (used on NM). It's just Dylan and guitarist David Bromberg. (Another take recorded three months later features just Dylan on electric piano.) There are two undubbed takes of "Little Sadie" at different tempos; two of "Time Passes Slowly" -- the first a basic folk-rock read, the latter an aggressive one with Al Kooper's B-3 swelling to a crescendo from the jump. Dylan and Bromberg, with Kooper on piano, deliver a haunted, undubbed "Days of 49." Many of the unreleased tunes are gems. "Little Saro" -- with Dylan in his cleanest Nashville Skyline croon displaying a real range -- and the vocal and piano read of "Spanish Is the Loving Tongue" are deeply moving love songs. "House Carpenter" is a high lonesome blues. The skeletal "Alberta #3" puts the versions from SP to shame. Eric Anderson's "Thirsty Boots" has Bromberg's spidery guitar weaving a separate lyric through Dylan's vocal. A demo of "When I Paint My Masterpiece" from 1971, contains slightly different (better) lyrics. The stripped-down "Copper Kettle" stands out when contrasted with its released version. Dylan was impatiently experimenting with arrangements on both records, particularly the latter, and some don't work. "If Not for You" features a violin instead of George Harrison's guitar. The unreleased "Working on a Guru" is almost a throwaway, but Harrison's blues-rock guitar playing smokes. The alternate "New Morning," with a brassy, Stax-style horn arrangement, is great, but the full orchestral overdub on "Sign on a Window" -- complete with harp -- fails, as does the spoken word with female gospel backing chorus on "If Dogs Run Free." Arguably, of the NM material, Dylan made the right choices for the finished album, which doesn't make what's here less interesting. The remainder of these tracks includes "Minstrel Boy," an unreleased Basement Tapes number, and two tunes from the Isle of Wight with the Band, some alternates of Nashville Skyline, and others from 1971. Another Self Portrait asks many questions, but there is one that hounds because it's unanswerable, especially in regard to its namesake: why did Dylan record all this material, in this way, and then release something entirely different? It doesn't matter. For fans, this is more than a curiosity, it's an indispensable addition to the catalog.
The Deluxe Edition contains extra disc: the complete 1969 Isle of Wight concert with the Band -- in better audio than any unofficial bootleg version -- a remastered version of Self Portrait.

DoWnLoAd

5732 - BOB DYLAN - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10, Disc Two (2013)

BOB DYLAN
''ANOTHER SELF PORTRAIT (1969-1971): THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 10, DISC TWO''
AUGUST 27 2013
172:26

1 /Went to See the Gypsy
Bob Dylan/3:00
2 /Little Sadie [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/2:02
3 /Pretty Saro
Traditional/2:16
4 /Alberta #3 [Alternate Version]
Traditional/2:37
5 /Spanish Is the Loving Tongue
Traditional/3:51
6 /Annie's Going to Sing Her Song
Tom Paxton/2:23
7 /Time Passes Slowly #1 [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/2:18
8 /Only a Hobo
Bob Dylan/3:25
9 /Minstrel Boy
Bob Dylan/1:41
10 /I Threw It All Away [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/2:25
11 /Railroad Bill
Traditional/2:47
12 /Thirsty Boots
Eric Anderson/4:07
13 /This Evening So Soon
Traditional/4:49
14 /These Hands
Eddie Noack/3:43
15 /In Search of Little Sadie [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/2:28
16 /House Carpenter
Traditional/6:00
17 /All the Tired Horses [Without Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/1:15

DISC TWO
1 /If Not for You [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/2:29
2 /Wallflower [Alternate Version, 1971]
Bob Dylan/2:18
3 /Wigwam [Without Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/3:10
4 /Days of '49 [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/5:13
5 /Working on a Guru
Bob Dylan/3:43
6 /Country Pie [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/1:27
7 /I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Bob Dylan/3:31
8 /Highway 61 Revisited [Live with The Band, Isle of Wight, 1969]
Bob Dylan/3:39
9 /Copper Kettle [Without Overdubs]
Albert F. Beddoe/3:35
10 /Bring Me a Little Water
Traditional/4:00
11 /Sign on the Window [With Orchestral Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/3:51
12 /Tattle O'Day
Traditional/3:49
13 /If Dogs Run Free [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/4:10
14 /New Morning [With Horn Section Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/4:04
15 /Went to See the Gypsy [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/3:33
16 /Belle Isle [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/2:35
17 /Time Passes Slowly #2 [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/3:03
18 /When I Paint My Masterpiece
Bob Dylan/3:53

DISC THREE (COMPLETE 1969 ISLE OF WIGHT CONCERT WITH THE BAND)
1 /Intro/0:40
2 /She Belongs to Me/3:01
3 /I Threw It All Away/3:07
4 /Maggie's Farm/4:00
5 /Wild Mountain Time/2:51
6 /It Ain't Me, Babe/3:09
7 /To Ramona/2:25
8 /Mr. Tambourine Man/3:08
9 /I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine/3:32
10 /Lay Lady Lay/3:54
11 /Highway 61 Revisited/3:47
12 /One Too Many Mornings/2:38
13 /I Pity the Poor Immigrant/3:47
14 /Like a Rolling Stone/5:25
15 /I'll Be Your Baby Tonight/3:30
16 /(Quinn the Eskimo) The Mighty Quinn/2:51
17 /Minstrel Boy/3:47
18 /Rainy Day Women #12 & 35/3:16

REVIEW
by Thom Jurek
Another Self Portrait, the tenth volume in Bob Dylan's official bootleg series, assembles a slew of unreleased tracks, un-and over-dubbed alternate takes, and demos, mostly from 1970's Self Portrait and New Morning sessions -- they were recorded simultaneously and released within months of one another -- and other material. Dylan restlessly dug into the fakebook of folk, blues, and country tunes that nourished him from the beginning. The few original songs are minor ones. Twenty-six of these 35 selections were recorded between March and June. Dylan is in fine voice and he tries on many: some raspy, others crystal clear, all of them bold. The interconnected nature of these albums is revealed with the opening demo for "Went to See the Gypsy" (used on NM). It's just Dylan and guitarist David Bromberg. (Another take recorded three months later features just Dylan on electric piano.) There are two undubbed takes of "Little Sadie" at different tempos; two of "Time Passes Slowly" -- the first a basic folk-rock read, the latter an aggressive one with Al Kooper's B-3 swelling to a crescendo from the jump. Dylan and Bromberg, with Kooper on piano, deliver a haunted, undubbed "Days of 49." Many of the unreleased tunes are gems. "Little Saro" -- with Dylan in his cleanest Nashville Skyline croon displaying a real range -- and the vocal and piano read of "Spanish Is the Loving Tongue" are deeply moving love songs. "House Carpenter" is a high lonesome blues. The skeletal "Alberta #3" puts the versions from SP to shame. Eric Anderson's "Thirsty Boots" has Bromberg's spidery guitar weaving a separate lyric through Dylan's vocal. A demo of "When I Paint My Masterpiece" from 1971, contains slightly different (better) lyrics. The stripped-down "Copper Kettle" stands out when contrasted with its released version. Dylan was impatiently experimenting with arrangements on both records, particularly the latter, and some don't work. "If Not for You" features a violin instead of George Harrison's guitar. The unreleased "Working on a Guru" is almost a throwaway, but Harrison's blues-rock guitar playing smokes. The alternate "New Morning," with a brassy, Stax-style horn arrangement, is great, but the full orchestral overdub on "Sign on a Window" -- complete with harp -- fails, as does the spoken word with female gospel backing chorus on "If Dogs Run Free." Arguably, of the NM material, Dylan made the right choices for the finished album, which doesn't make what's here less interesting. The remainder of these tracks includes "Minstrel Boy," an unreleased Basement Tapes number, and two tunes from the Isle of Wight with the Band, some alternates of Nashville Skyline, and others from 1971. Another Self Portrait asks many questions, but there is one that hounds because it's unanswerable, especially in regard to its namesake: why did Dylan record all this material, in this way, and then release something entirely different? It doesn't matter. For fans, this is more than a curiosity, it's an indispensable addition to the catalog.
The Deluxe Edition contains extra disc: the complete 1969 Isle of Wight concert with the Band -- in better audio than any unofficial bootleg version -- a remastered version of Self Portrait.

DoWnLoAd

5731 - BOB DYLAN - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10, Disc One (2013)

BOB DYLAN
''ANOTHER SELF PORTRAIT (1969-1971): THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 10, DISC ONE''
AUGUST 27 2013
172:26

1 /Went to See the Gypsy
Bob Dylan/3:00
2 /Little Sadie [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/2:02
3 /Pretty Saro
Traditional/2:16
4 /Alberta #3 [Alternate Version]
Traditional/2:37
5 /Spanish Is the Loving Tongue
Traditional/3:51
6 /Annie's Going to Sing Her Song
Tom Paxton/2:23
7 /Time Passes Slowly #1 [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/2:18
8 /Only a Hobo
Bob Dylan/3:25
9 /Minstrel Boy
Bob Dylan/1:41
10 /I Threw It All Away [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/2:25
11 /Railroad Bill
Traditional/2:47
12 /Thirsty Boots
Eric Anderson/4:07
13 /This Evening So Soon
Traditional/4:49
14 /These Hands
Eddie Noack/3:43
15 /In Search of Little Sadie [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/2:28
16 /House Carpenter
Traditional/6:00
17 /All the Tired Horses [Without Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/1:15

DISC TWO
1 /If Not for You [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/2:29
2 /Wallflower [Alternate Version, 1971]
Bob Dylan/2:18
3 /Wigwam [Without Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/3:10
4 /Days of '49 [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/5:13
5 /Working on a Guru
Bob Dylan/3:43
6 /Country Pie [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/1:27
7 /I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Bob Dylan/3:31
8 /Highway 61 Revisited [Live with The Band, Isle of Wight, 1969]
Bob Dylan/3:39
9 /Copper Kettle [Without Overdubs]
Albert F. Beddoe/3:35
10 /Bring Me a Little Water
Traditional/4:00
11 /Sign on the Window [With Orchestral Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/3:51
12 /Tattle O'Day
Traditional/3:49
13 /If Dogs Run Free [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/4:10
14 /New Morning [With Horn Section Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/4:04
15 /Went to See the Gypsy [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/3:33
16 /Belle Isle [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/2:35
17 /Time Passes Slowly #2 [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/3:03
18 /When I Paint My Masterpiece
Bob Dylan/3:53

DISC THREE (COMPLETE 1969 ISLE OF WIGHT CONCERT WITH THE BAND)
1 /Intro/0:40
2 /She Belongs to Me/3:01
3 /I Threw It All Away/3:07
4 /Maggie's Farm/4:00
5 /Wild Mountain Time/2:51
6 /It Ain't Me, Babe/3:09
7 /To Ramona/2:25
8 /Mr. Tambourine Man/3:08
9 /I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine/3:32
10 /Lay Lady Lay/3:54
11 /Highway 61 Revisited/3:47
12 /One Too Many Mornings/2:38
13 /I Pity the Poor Immigrant/3:47
14 /Like a Rolling Stone/5:25
15 /I'll Be Your Baby Tonight/3:30
16 /(Quinn the Eskimo) The Mighty Quinn/2:51
17 /Minstrel Boy/3:47
18 /Rainy Day Women #12 & 35/3:16

REVIEW
by Thom Jurek
Another Self Portrait, the tenth volume in Bob Dylan's official bootleg series, assembles a slew of unreleased tracks, un-and over-dubbed alternate takes, and demos, mostly from 1970's Self Portrait and New Morning sessions -- they were recorded simultaneously and released within months of one another -- and other material. Dylan restlessly dug into the fakebook of folk, blues, and country tunes that nourished him from the beginning. The few original songs are minor ones. Twenty-six of these 35 selections were recorded between March and June. Dylan is in fine voice and he tries on many: some raspy, others crystal clear, all of them bold. The interconnected nature of these albums is revealed with the opening demo for "Went to See the Gypsy" (used on NM). It's just Dylan and guitarist David Bromberg. (Another take recorded three months later features just Dylan on electric piano.) There are two undubbed takes of "Little Sadie" at different tempos; two of "Time Passes Slowly" -- the first a basic folk-rock read, the latter an aggressive one with Al Kooper's B-3 swelling to a crescendo from the jump. Dylan and Bromberg, with Kooper on piano, deliver a haunted, undubbed "Days of 49." Many of the unreleased tunes are gems. "Little Saro" -- with Dylan in his cleanest Nashville Skyline croon displaying a real range -- and the vocal and piano read of "Spanish Is the Loving Tongue" are deeply moving love songs. "House Carpenter" is a high lonesome blues. The skeletal "Alberta #3" puts the versions from SP to shame. Eric Anderson's "Thirsty Boots" has Bromberg's spidery guitar weaving a separate lyric through Dylan's vocal. A demo of "When I Paint My Masterpiece" from 1971, contains slightly different (better) lyrics. The stripped-down "Copper Kettle" stands out when contrasted with its released version. Dylan was impatiently experimenting with arrangements on both records, particularly the latter, and some don't work. "If Not for You" features a violin instead of George Harrison's guitar. The unreleased "Working on a Guru" is almost a throwaway, but Harrison's blues-rock guitar playing smokes. The alternate "New Morning," with a brassy, Stax-style horn arrangement, is great, but the full orchestral overdub on "Sign on a Window" -- complete with harp -- fails, as does the spoken word with female gospel backing chorus on "If Dogs Run Free." Arguably, of the NM material, Dylan made the right choices for the finished album, which doesn't make what's here less interesting. The remainder of these tracks includes "Minstrel Boy," an unreleased Basement Tapes number, and two tunes from the Isle of Wight with the Band, some alternates of Nashville Skyline, and others from 1971. Another Self Portrait asks many questions, but there is one that hounds because it's unanswerable, especially in regard to its namesake: why did Dylan record all this material, in this way, and then release something entirely different? It doesn't matter. For fans, this is more than a curiosity, it's an indispensable addition to the catalog.
The Deluxe Edition contains extra disc: the complete 1969 Isle of Wight concert with the Band -- in better audio than any unofficial bootleg version -- a remastered version of Self Portrait.

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5730 - THE CONNECTION - Let It Rock! (2013)

THE CONNECTION
''LET IT ROCK!''
JULY 6 2013
37:50

1 - Wrong Side Of 25/3:03
2 - She's A Keeper/2:26
3 - The Way Love Should Be/2:29
4 - Crawling From The Wreckage (Of A Saturday Night)/2:03
5 - Nothing About Me/4:15
6 - Susan/2:21
7 - Thinking About Leaving/2:17
8 - Girls In This Town/4:21
9 - Haze/2:33
10 - Day By Day/1:53
11 - Not How It's Gonna Be/2:43
12 - Connection/2:03
13 - Melinda/2:36
14 - Let It Rock/2:12

Brad Marino/Lead Vocals, Rhythm & Lead Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitar, Additional Percussion
Geoff Palmer/Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Backing Vocals, Additional Percussion
Bobby Davis/Bass Guitar
Zack Sprague/Drums, Percussion
Kris ''Fingers'' Rodgers/Piano, Organ, Vocals
Zach Uncles/Pedal Steel
Stephen Philp/Guitar, Harmonica
Matt Smith/Saxophone

ALBUM NOTES
BY CDBABY
“Crawling From The Wreckage Of A Saturday Night,” the debut single from LET IT ROCK, The Connection’s brand new full-length LP, is the band’s THIRD “Coolest Song in the World” in under a year on Little Steven’s Underground Garage. It’s a kick-ass rocker about a scene we all know very well:
Where’s my wallet, where’s my keys? / I can’t understand why I do these things / My head is pounding my throat is dry / I’m crawling from the wreckage of a Saturday night...
The Underground Garage is also putting LET IT ROCK’s swaggering “Girls In This Town” into heavy rotation, declaring, “The production on these songs is great; I mean fantastically great. These guys get it.” High praise indeed from the driving force behind America’s hippest radio station.
The Rolling Stones took their name from a Muddy Waters song. The Connection, New England’s newest hit-makers, have carried on the tradition, naming the band for a Stones rocker to bring fans across the world a fresh take on the best of the British Invasion sound. LET IT ROCK features a dozen original Marino/Palmer power-pop/rock gems. From the breakneck-paced opener, “Wrong Side of 25,” to the seductive melody and breathtakingly cool guitar solo of Beatles-influenced "She's A Keeper," to the driving, Exile-era power of “Girls In This Town” -- “There’s so many girls in this town/You can’t let just one hold you down”-- to the infectious harmonies and pure, propulsive beauty of "The Way Love Should Be," The Connection bring passion, melodic hooks, and more than a few very cool surprises to this rip-roaring rock & roll record.
Yes, LET IT ROCK recaptures the sheer exuberance of the British Invasion, but make no mistake, The Connection sound like The Connection and no one else. LET IT ROCK is both familiar and fresh, timeless and new, an album of feel-good, time-to-dance, original rock & roll of the highest quality. Just a taste of the slide guitar driven screamer, “Thinking About Leaving,” and you’ll be thinking about leaving LET IT ROCK on the turntable full-time!

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5729 - SPIRITUAL BEGGARS - Earth Blues (Limited Edition), Disc Two (Live 2010) (2013)

SPIRITUAL BEGGARS
''EARTH BLUES (LIMITED EDITION), DISC TWO (LIVE 2010)''
APRIL 15 2013
85:25

DISC ONE
1 - Wise As A Serpent/2:32
2 - Turn The Tide/3:21
3 - Sweet Magic Pain/4:39
4 - Hello Sorrow/4:24
5 - One Man's Curse/4:29
6 - Dreamer/5:04
7 - Too Old To Die Young/6:11
8 - Kingmaker/3:49
9 - Road To Madness/3:01
10 - Dead End Town/2:26
11 - Freedom Song/3:31
12 - Legends Collapse/5:48

DISC TWO (LIVE 2010)
1 - Left Brain Ambassadors/4:44
2 - Beneath The Skin/4:04
3 - One Man Army/3:43
4 - Wonderful World/3:40
5 - Fools Gold/3:51
6 - Star Born/2:56
7 - Concrete Horizon/5:20
8 - Euphoria/7:03

BIOGRAPHY
by Steve Huey
Guitarist Michael Amott is best known for his groove-heavy work in the death metal arena (late-period Carcass, Arch Enemy), but the Spiritual Beggars provided an outlet for his retro hard rock impulses, and in the process became one of the stoner metal movement's best-kept secrets. Amott formed the Beggars in Halmstad, Sweden with bassist/vocalist Spice and drummer Ludwig Witt (who also played with ex-Carcass member Bill Steer's stoner band Firebird). the Spiritual Beggars debuted with a self-titled album in 1994, shortly after Amott departed Carcass. A deal with Music for Nations followed, and the Beggars made their bow on the label with 1996's Another Way to Shine. Released in 1998, Mantra III featured keyboardist Per Wiberg, who became an official member for 2000's Ad Astra. Two years later, the Spiritual Beggars put together On Fire for Music for Nations. the Spiritual Beggars kept delivering the classic rock grooves on 2005's Demons, but found themselves unable to give the album a lot of tour support due to the members' obligations with other bands. The lineup saw a shakeup when vocalist Janne Christoffersson decided to leave in order to focus on his other band, Grand Magus. He was replaced by Firewind vocalist Apollo Papathanasio in 2010, and the band was finally able to get back into the studio after a five-year break. Later that year, the Spiritual Beggars released their seventh album, Return to Zero, on Inside Out Music.

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5728 - SPIRITUAL BEGGARS - Earth Blues (Limited Edition), Disc One (2013)

SPIRITUAL BEGGARS
''EARTH BLUES (LIMITED EDITION), DISC ONE''
APRIL 15 2013
85:25

DISC ONE
1 - Wise As A Serpent/2:32
2 - Turn The Tide/3:21
3 - Sweet Magic Pain/4:39
4 - Hello Sorrow/4:24
5 - One Man's Curse/4:29
6 - Dreamer/5:04
7 - Too Old To Die Young/6:11
8 - Kingmaker/3:49
9 - Road To Madness/3:01
10 - Dead End Town/2:26
11 - Freedom Song/3:31
12 - Legends Collapse/5:48

DISC TWO (LIVE 2010)
1 - Left Brain Ambassadors/4:44
2 - Beneath The Skin/4:04
3 - One Man Army/3:43
4 - Wonderful World/3:40
5 - Fools Gold/3:51
6 - Star Born/2:56
7 - Concrete Horizon/5:20
8 - Euphoria/7:03

BIOGRAPHY
by Steve Huey
Guitarist Michael Amott is best known for his groove-heavy work in the death metal arena (late-period Carcass, Arch Enemy), but the Spiritual Beggars provided an outlet for his retro hard rock impulses, and in the process became one of the stoner metal movement's best-kept secrets. Amott formed the Beggars in Halmstad, Sweden with bassist/vocalist Spice and drummer Ludwig Witt (who also played with ex-Carcass member Bill Steer's stoner band Firebird). the Spiritual Beggars debuted with a self-titled album in 1994, shortly after Amott departed Carcass. A deal with Music for Nations followed, and the Beggars made their bow on the label with 1996's Another Way to Shine. Released in 1998, Mantra III featured keyboardist Per Wiberg, who became an official member for 2000's Ad Astra. Two years later, the Spiritual Beggars put together On Fire for Music for Nations. the Spiritual Beggars kept delivering the classic rock grooves on 2005's Demons, but found themselves unable to give the album a lot of tour support due to the members' obligations with other bands. The lineup saw a shakeup when vocalist Janne Christoffersson decided to leave in order to focus on his other band, Grand Magus. He was replaced by Firewind vocalist Apollo Papathanasio in 2010, and the band was finally able to get back into the studio after a five-year break. Later that year, the Spiritual Beggars released their seventh album, Return to Zero, on Inside Out Music.

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5727 - STRANGEFOLK Live At The Capitol Theatre, Portchester, NY, December 27, 1998, Disc Three (2012)

STRANGEFOLK
''LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATRE, PORTCHESTER, NY, DECEMBER 27, 1998, DISC THREE''
MARCH 13, 2012
215:41

DISC ONE
1 - Introduction/1:50
2 - Stout Hearted Man/5:21
3 - Rachel/5:09
4 - Walnut/11:49
5 - Pawn/9:52
6 - Chasing Away/15:34
7 - A Great Long While/10:20
8 - Crest Of My Wing/5:20
9 - Like You Anyway/10:26

DISC TWO
1 - Valhalla/6:28
2 - Neighbor/14:57
3 - Mudspring Draw/5:25
4 - Sometimes/10:44
5 - The Shooting Of Dan Mcgrew/6:18
6 - Cabin John/11:03
7 - Poland/8:07
8 - Blue & Grey/5:27

DISC THREE
1 - Strange Ranger/8:56
2 - See To/9:15
3 - Reuben's Place/17:59
4 - Heartblood/8:50
5 - So Far Gone/25:36

Jon Trafton/Lead Guitar, Vocals
Reid Genauer/Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Erik Glockler/Bass Guitar, Vocals
Luke Smith/Drums

BIOGRAPHY
by Mike DaRonco
Formed together by two college students from the University of Vermont, Reid Genauer (vocals/ guitar) and Jon Trafton (guitar) spent the first year together under the name Stranefolk while performing in pubs and coffee houses all throughout campus. Armed with only their acoustic guitars and distortion pedals, Genauer and Trafton eventually recruited Erik Glockler on bass and Luke Smith on drums, fulfilling the line-up as a four piece. With their own style of merging bluegrass, folk, rock and blues, Strangefolk had the chance to document this in the studio and eventually self-releasing their self-titled first album in 1994, followed by "Lore" the next year. After a hefty touring schedule across the United States in support of these two albums, Flat Earth Records took notice and put out "Weightless in Water" in 1998.

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5726 - STRANGEFOLK Live At The Capitol Theatre, Portchester, NY, December 27, 1998, Disc Two (2012)

STRANGEFOLK
''LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATRE, PORTCHESTER, NY, DECEMBER 27, 1998, DISC TWO''
MARCH 13, 2012
215:41

DISC ONE
1 - Introduction/1:50
2 - Stout Hearted Man/5:21
3 - Rachel/5:09
4 - Walnut/11:49
5 - Pawn/9:52
6 - Chasing Away/15:34
7 - A Great Long While/10:20
8 - Crest Of My Wing/5:20
9 - Like You Anyway/10:26

DISC TWO
1 - Valhalla/6:28
2 - Neighbor/14:57
3 - Mudspring Draw/5:25
4 - Sometimes/10:44
5 - The Shooting Of Dan Mcgrew/6:18
6 - Cabin John/11:03
7 - Poland/8:07
8 - Blue & Grey/5:27

DISC THREE
1 - Strange Ranger/8:56
2 - See To/9:15
3 - Reuben's Place/17:59
4 - Heartblood/8:50
5 - So Far Gone/25:36

Jon Trafton/Lead Guitar, Vocals
Reid Genauer/Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Erik Glockler/Bass Guitar, Vocals
Luke Smith/Drums

BIOGRAPHY
by Mike DaRonco
Formed together by two college students from the University of Vermont, Reid Genauer (vocals/ guitar) and Jon Trafton (guitar) spent the first year together under the name Stranefolk while performing in pubs and coffee houses all throughout campus. Armed with only their acoustic guitars and distortion pedals, Genauer and Trafton eventually recruited Erik Glockler on bass and Luke Smith on drums, fulfilling the line-up as a four piece. With their own style of merging bluegrass, folk, rock and blues, Strangefolk had the chance to document this in the studio and eventually self-releasing their self-titled first album in 1994, followed by "Lore" the next year. After a hefty touring schedule across the United States in support of these two albums, Flat Earth Records took notice and put out "Weightless in Water" in 1998.

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5725 - STRANGEFOLK Live At The Capitol Theatre, Portchester, NY, December 27, 1998, Disc One (2012)

STRANGEFOLK
''LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATRE, PORTCHESTER, NY, DECEMBER 27, 1998, DISC ONE''
MARCH 13, 2012
215:41

DISC ONE
1 - Introduction/1:50
2 - Stout Hearted Man/5:21
3 - Rachel/5:09
4 - Walnut/11:49
5 - Pawn/9:52
6 - Chasing Away/15:34
7 - A Great Long While/10:20
8 - Crest Of My Wing/5:20
9 - Like You Anyway/10:26

DISC TWO
1 - Valhalla/6:28
2 - Neighbor/14:57
3 - Mudspring Draw/5:25
4 - Sometimes/10:44
5 - The Shooting Of Dan Mcgrew/6:18
6 - Cabin John/11:03
7 - Poland/8:07
8 - Blue & Grey/5:27

DISC THREE
1 - Strange Ranger/8:56
2 - See To/9:15
3 - Reuben's Place/17:59
4 - Heartblood/8:50
5 - So Far Gone/25:36

Jon Trafton/Lead Guitar, Vocals
Reid Genauer/Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Erik Glockler/Bass Guitar, Vocals
Luke Smith/Drums

BIOGRAPHY
by Mike DaRonco
Formed together by two college students from the University of Vermont, Reid Genauer (vocals/ guitar) and Jon Trafton (guitar) spent the first year together under the name Stranefolk while performing in pubs and coffee houses all throughout campus. Armed with only their acoustic guitars and distortion pedals, Genauer and Trafton eventually recruited Erik Glockler on bass and Luke Smith on drums, fulfilling the line-up as a four piece. With their own style of merging bluegrass, folk, rock and blues, Strangefolk had the chance to document this in the studio and eventually self-releasing their self-titled first album in 1994, followed by "Lore" the next year. After a hefty touring schedule across the United States in support of these two albums, Flat Earth Records took notice and put out "Weightless in Water" in 1998.

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5724 - SEAN CHAMBERS - Ten Til Midnight (2009)

SEAN CHAMBERS
''TEN TIL MIDNIGHT''
OCTOBER 20 2009
40:53

1. Ten Til Midnight /3:35
2. Blues and Rock 'N' Roll /4:12
3. All the Kings Horses/Luther Allison /4:46
4. You're Gonna Miss Me/Eddie Jones /3:56
5. In the Winter Time /6:06
6. Too Much Blues /3:37
7. Make It Go /3:19
8. Brown Sugar/Billy Gibbons /4:00
9. When I Get Lonely /3:14
10. I Don't Know Why /4:09
Tracks By Chambers, Except As Indicated

BIOGRAPHY
by Richard Skelly
Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Sean Chambers counts Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan among his primary guitar influences, and their type of guitar stylings can be heard in his recordings and at his live shows. Raised on the Gulf coast of Florida, like so many others enamored with blues and blues-rock who played guitar, the younger Sean Chambers also lent his teenaged ears to recordings by Johnny Winter, Freddie King, B.B. King and Albert King, as well as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and ZZ Top.
Chambers released his debut album, Strong Temptation in 1998, after 15 years of playing out in clubs and refining his vocal and guitar talents. After finishing up college, Chambers caught a break in Memphis in 1998 when he was asked to play with former Howlin' Wolf guitarist Hubert Sumlin at a Memphis blues festival. He subsequently toured with the veteran guitarist -- who recovered from cancer to get back on the road -- for the next four years. Chambers has shared stages and sat in with many of his blues and blues-rock heroes, including Derek Trucks, Gregg Allman, Kim Simmons, Tab Benoit, Jeff Healey, Leslie West, Rick Derringer, Pat Travers, Kim Wilson, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Walter Trout, Big Bill Morganfield, Koko Taylor, Ike Turner, and Robert Cray, among dozens of others who frequent the Tampa area club scene. Chambers tours mostly in Florida with the occasional foray north or to the Midwest or to Great Britain. His discography includes just two albums, but a third is in the works. They include Strong Temptation for Vestige Records and 2005's Humble Spirits for Rockview Records. In 2001, Great Britain's Guitarist magazine named Chambers one of the Fifty Greatest Guitarists of all time.

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5723 - OKEMAH - Johnstown Flyer (2008)

OKEMAH
''JOHNSTOWN FLYER''
NOVEMBER 7 2008
54:53

1. What Went Wrong//6:26
2. Wolves Howling/1:34
3. The Wind/4:28
4. Spinning/6:08
5. Julie Jones/4:14
6. Tripod/2:33
7. Mothers and Father/4:08
8. Morning Light/2:23
9. Brand New Day/6:34
10. Ameron/3:38
11. Old Clock/3:34
12. First Time/7:06
13. Johnstown Flyer/2:07

ALBUM NOTES
By CDBaby
Okemah (o-KEE-muh) n. 1). City in Oklahoma (pop. 3,085). 2). Home of Woody Guthrie. 3). In the Kickapoo language, means "things up high". Okemah's sound is based upon a foundation of tightly written songs filled with vocal harmonies and soulful communication between the performers. Ultimately, Okemah is a Rock n' Roll band in the great tradition of American music, following the line of their musical ancestors, they have one foot firmly planted in American Roots music and the other in unchartered territory.

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5722 - SLM - Now Is the Time (2007) (REPOST)

SLM
''NOW IS THE TIME''
FEBRUARY 6 2007
55:27

1. Yeti/4:37
2. High Life/4:56
3. SLM Mountain Pt.2/7:16
4. Four A.M. Fred/4:35
5. Now is the Time/7:06
6. Hypnotize/5:15
7. Billy/4:08
8. Music Keeps on Playing/4:45
9. Tuna/6:07
10. Twenty After Cuatro/6:27

ALBUM NOTES
By CDBaby
Not just a jam band, not a raggae band, or a jazz ensamble, or a rock band, but all fused together to form the original sound of SLM. Every song has a uniquness to it. You will hear bluesy flowing guitar solos to shredding headbanging licks from song to song. We were sick of hearing the same songs over and over on the radio. It's to the point where every band sounds the same. With an appreciation for all styles of music, we're trying to create something for everybody. Our main goal, make you dance, party, and enjoy all aspects of life and music!

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5721 - PSEUDOPOD (2002)

PSEUDOPOD
''PSEUDOPOD''
AUGUST 13 2002
57:11

1. Intentions /3:25
2. Never Mind The Matter /4:17
3. All Over You /3:56
4. Shrinks /3:48
5. Dante /6:28
6. Village Fool /3:41
7. Come And See The Light /5:40
8. Music Maker /4:32
9. Wisdom /3:09
10. Balloon Ride /4:22
11. Ordinary Man /4:48
12. Lackadaisical Memory /9:05

REVIEW
by Erik Crawford
On its self-titled album, California-based Pseudopod blends mainstream pop with infusions of jazz and jam-oriented grooves. On the surface, the songs on this record appear to be formulaic, hook-laden, radio-friendly ditties. However, if one digs below the fluffy pop overtones, the musical deftness of the individual members is evident. In the middle of "Nevermind the Matter," there is a nice breakdown segment that shows off the band's musical complexity. "Dante" is another track where the group shines, Matt Keegan's jazz-infused sax solo and Ross Grant's stellar guitar work prove that they are much more than a three-chord garage band. Kevin Carlberg's vocals, when soft and mysterious, sound similar to Live's Ed Kowalczyk, and when he increases the energy, his sound morphs into more like that of Train's Patrick Monahan. Pseudopod is definitely a band that has the potential for greater things it can find a way to focus on the jazzy, intricate jam sound and minimize the straightforward pop/rock.

BIOGRAPHY
by Mike DaRonco
Although the quartet of Pseudopod began in 1999 with an array of college rock elements that include funk, jazz fusion, and prog rock, the quartet eventually incorporated jam improvisations into their live set. With the lineup consisting of Ross Grant (guitar/vocals), Brian Fox (bass/vocals), Tim McGregor (drums), and Matt Keegan (saxophone), Bonobo Records eventually released their debut full-length Rest Assured in April of 2001.

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5720 - MONTE MONTGOMERY - Live! At The Caravan Of Dreams, Disc Two (2002)

MONTE MONTGOMERY
''LIVE AT THE CARAVAN OF DREAMS, DISC TWO''
NOVEMBER 12 2002
134:45

DISC ONE
1 /1st and Repair
Monte Montgomery/3:54
2 /Hopin' That You'd Slow Down/4:04
3 /Set Your Soul Free
Monte Montgomery/9:34
4 /River
Monte Montgomery/8:33
5 /Soldier/3:00
6 /Love Come Knockin'
Monte Montgomery/11:29
7 /Wishing Well
Monte Montgomery/6:20
8 /I Know You by Heart
Monte Montgomery/5:21
9 /Whirlwind/4:35
10 /World Turning
Lindsey Buckingham / Christine McVie/13:44

DISC TWO
1 /Everywhere
Christine McVie/3:34
2 /Sounds Too Wonderful
Monte Montgomery/4:37
3 /Silver Wings
Merle Haggard/3:51
4 /When Will I
Monte Montgomery/13:11
5 /Sara Smile
Daryl Hall / John Oates/7:20
6 /Took Too Long Long
Monte Montgomery/18:33
7 /Romeo and Juliet
Mark Knopfler /13:05

Phil Bass /Drums
Chris Maresh /Bass
Monte Montgomery /Guitar, Vocals
Lonnie Trevino, Jr. /Percussion, Vocals (Background)

BIOGRAPHY
by Robert Hicks
As a leading voice on the music scene in Austin, TX, guitarist Monte Montgomery slowly gained national recognition for his amazing dexterity, fluid harmonics, percussive dynamics, and melodic sensibility. Montgomery won his fourth consecutive title as best acoustic guitarist at the 2001 Austin Music Awards at the SXSW Festival. Songs written by Montgomery in early 2001 followed suit from his previous releases, 1998's 1st and Repair and 1999's Mirror, in that they all focus on storytelling, a quality he derived from listening to Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, and Bob Dylan. "Tug of War," a song written in 2001, was about the give and take in relationships. "All on Me" started as a slow ballad, then transformed into a guitar anthem. Montgomery continued to tour in 2001 with his quartet -- bassist Lonnie Trevino, drummer Phil Bass, and percussionist Mike Urdy -- performing songs loosely based on his experiences or gathered from his understanding of and observations of other people. Montgomery's sandy voice and rapid fingerpicking gained him comparisons to Mark Knopfler and Bruce Cockburn, but his true heritage lay in the tradition of Texas guitarists B.W. Stevenson, Shake Russell, and Guy Clark, whom he discovered in his youth. National acclaim started to come his way after appearances on PBS music television shows, such as Austin City Limits, CD Highway, and Texas Music Cafe. His growing talents as a guitarist and songwriter came from the understanding of melody and rhythm he gained from hearing pop icons Lindsay Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder, and the Neville Brothers. Montgomery's journey to guitar stardom started in the Hill Country hamlet near Fredericksburg, TX, where his mom (Maggie Montgomery, herself a folk-country singer and guitarist in Luckenbach, TX) let him strum her guitar while she fingered the chords. Montgomery lived out of the back of his mother's pickup for a while. He played for tips and paid a lot of dues early in his career. He and his mother used to hang out at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas where they met a lot of songwriters. David Montgomery, his dad, factored into his development, too. Monte Montgomery was born in Birmingham, AL, where his father, a choir director, took him to church and introduced him to gospel singers. A lot of his apprenticeship during the '80s took place in San Antonio, where he honed his skills by performing cover songs in cafes and honky-tonks. He commuted to Austin to perform his original songs. Before long, he became a mainstay on the music scene there. After signing with Heart Music to record his first two CDs, Montgomery began to rise in popularity. In 1998, Montgomery moved to Austin. The songs on his 2000 CD, Mirror, ranged from the flashy guitar style on "Hopin' That You'd Slow Down" to the beautiful lyricism of the ballad "Magnolia." Well into 2001, Montgomery brought both parental forces to bear in the rich harmonic interplay of his voice and his guitar.

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5719 - MONTE MONTGOMERY - Live! At The Caravan Of Dreams, Disc One (2002)

MONTE MONTGOMERY
''LIVE AT THE CARAVAN OF DREAMS, DISC ONE''
NOVEMBER 12 2002
134:45

DISC ONE
1 /1st and Repair
Monte Montgomery/3:54
2 /Hopin' That You'd Slow Down/4:04
3 /Set Your Soul Free
Monte Montgomery/9:34
4 /River
Monte Montgomery/8:33
5 /Soldier/3:00
6 /Love Come Knockin'
Monte Montgomery/11:29
7 /Wishing Well
Monte Montgomery/6:20
8 /I Know You by Heart
Monte Montgomery/5:21
9 /Whirlwind/4:35
10 /World Turning
Lindsey Buckingham / Christine McVie/13:44

DISC TWO
1 /Everywhere
Christine McVie/3:34
2 /Sounds Too Wonderful
Monte Montgomery/4:37
3 /Silver Wings
Merle Haggard/3:51
4 /When Will I
Monte Montgomery/13:11
5 /Sara Smile
Daryl Hall / John Oates/7:20
6 /Took Too Long Long
Monte Montgomery/18:33
7 /Romeo and Juliet
Mark Knopfler /13:05

Phil Bass /Drums
Chris Maresh /Bass
Monte Montgomery /Guitar, Vocals
Lonnie Trevino, Jr. /Percussion, Vocals (Background)

BIOGRAPHY
by Robert Hicks
As a leading voice on the music scene in Austin, TX, guitarist Monte Montgomery slowly gained national recognition for his amazing dexterity, fluid harmonics, percussive dynamics, and melodic sensibility. Montgomery won his fourth consecutive title as best acoustic guitarist at the 2001 Austin Music Awards at the SXSW Festival. Songs written by Montgomery in early 2001 followed suit from his previous releases, 1998's 1st and Repair and 1999's Mirror, in that they all focus on storytelling, a quality he derived from listening to Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, and Bob Dylan. "Tug of War," a song written in 2001, was about the give and take in relationships. "All on Me" started as a slow ballad, then transformed into a guitar anthem. Montgomery continued to tour in 2001 with his quartet -- bassist Lonnie Trevino, drummer Phil Bass, and percussionist Mike Urdy -- performing songs loosely based on his experiences or gathered from his understanding of and observations of other people. Montgomery's sandy voice and rapid fingerpicking gained him comparisons to Mark Knopfler and Bruce Cockburn, but his true heritage lay in the tradition of Texas guitarists B.W. Stevenson, Shake Russell, and Guy Clark, whom he discovered in his youth. National acclaim started to come his way after appearances on PBS music television shows, such as Austin City Limits, CD Highway, and Texas Music Cafe. His growing talents as a guitarist and songwriter came from the understanding of melody and rhythm he gained from hearing pop icons Lindsay Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder, and the Neville Brothers. Montgomery's journey to guitar stardom started in the Hill Country hamlet near Fredericksburg, TX, where his mom (Maggie Montgomery, herself a folk-country singer and guitarist in Luckenbach, TX) let him strum her guitar while she fingered the chords. Montgomery lived out of the back of his mother's pickup for a while. He played for tips and paid a lot of dues early in his career. He and his mother used to hang out at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas where they met a lot of songwriters. David Montgomery, his dad, factored into his development, too. Monte Montgomery was born in Birmingham, AL, where his father, a choir director, took him to church and introduced him to gospel singers. A lot of his apprenticeship during the '80s took place in San Antonio, where he honed his skills by performing cover songs in cafes and honky-tonks. He commuted to Austin to perform his original songs. Before long, he became a mainstay on the music scene there. After signing with Heart Music to record his first two CDs, Montgomery began to rise in popularity. In 1998, Montgomery moved to Austin. The songs on his 2000 CD, Mirror, ranged from the flashy guitar style on "Hopin' That You'd Slow Down" to the beautiful lyricism of the ballad "Magnolia." Well into 2001, Montgomery brought both parental forces to bear in the rich harmonic interplay of his voice and his guitar.

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5718 - MONTE MONTGOMERY - Wishing Well (2001)

MONTE MONTGOMERY
''WISHING WELL''
JULY 31 2001
51:42

1. Tug Of War 4:03
2. Wishing Well 4:27
3. I Know What You Want 4:17
4. Catch Me 4:54
5. Tomorrow Begins With Today 4:24
6. Erased 5:06
7. Broken Arms 4:23
8. Soldier At His Best 3:09
9. Bagpipe 2:35
10. Sunset Lullaby 3:50
11. All On Me 7:35
12. Radio Girl /3:15
All Tracks By Montgomery

Jane Clark /Fiddle
Chris Maresh /Bass
Monte Montgomery /Arranger, Banjo, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Producer, Vocals

REVIEW
by Shawn Nicholls
Monte Montgomery takes the challenge of being a male soloist well, creating a great mix of vocals and instruments to form many different sounds in his latest collection of modern electric blues music. While from the beginning it appears that the album will fall into a repetitious sound, making every song sound alike, Montgomery quickly breaks from that pattern to really create a solid mix of music. While the subjects of his songs vary -- from relationships in the first track, "Tug of War," to many others -- what the songs do have in common is their masterful lyrics. Montgomery has the songwriting ability to tell a story fluidly, without the overuse of chorus lines and repetition. In an age of poor songwriting, it is refreshing to open the liner notes and see magical and lengthy poetry. Perhaps the best example, as well as the best track on the album, is "Erased," a slower song that sounds very similar to a middle-aged Bob Dylan. A hopeful song with a catchy sound, it really draws the listener in as well as highlights Montgomery's vast vocal talents. Of course, this album isn't all about the lyrics. "Bagpipe" is a wonderful instrumental piece that combines great acoustic and electric guitar playing with some catchy percussion sounds. It is a nice break in the record, giving the listener a break from Montgomery's voice, while at the same time showing off his and his bandmates' instrumental talents as they create a great bagpipe sound, without actually playing the instrument. A true highlight for this record. Montgomery ends the album on a high note, with a somewhat fast-paced and upbeat song, "Radio Girl." It is unlike the other tracks in that it has a jazzy sound, leaving the listener feeling good after the record completes. This comes after the marathon song, "All on Me," which combines unbelievable electric guitar with Montgomery's voice and a nice chorus background. On an album that mixes vocals with instruments so well, this is a perfect track, because it does both of those things so well, for over seven minutes.

BIOGRAPHY
by Robert Hicks
As a leading voice on the music scene in Austin, TX, guitarist Monte Montgomery slowly gained national recognition for his amazing dexterity, fluid harmonics, percussive dynamics, and melodic sensibility. Montgomery won his fourth consecutive title as best acoustic guitarist at the 2001 Austin Music Awards at the SXSW Festival. Songs written by Montgomery in early 2001 followed suit from his previous releases, 1998's 1st and Repair and 1999's Mirror, in that they all focus on storytelling, a quality he derived from listening to Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, and Bob Dylan. "Tug of War," a song written in 2001, was about the give and take in relationships. "All on Me" started as a slow ballad, then transformed into a guitar anthem. Montgomery continued to tour in 2001 with his quartet -- bassist Lonnie Trevino, drummer Phil Bass, and percussionist Mike Urdy -- performing songs loosely based on his experiences or gathered from his understanding of and observations of other people. Montgomery's sandy voice and rapid fingerpicking gained him comparisons to Mark Knopfler and Bruce Cockburn, but his true heritage lay in the tradition of Texas guitarists B.W. Stevenson, Shake Russell, and Guy Clark, whom he discovered in his youth. National acclaim started to come his way after appearances on PBS music television shows, such as Austin City Limits, CD Highway, and Texas Music Cafe. His growing talents as a guitarist and songwriter came from the understanding of melody and rhythm he gained from hearing pop icons Lindsay Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder, and the Neville Brothers. Montgomery's journey to guitar stardom started in the Hill Country hamlet near Fredericksburg, TX, where his mom (Maggie Montgomery, herself a folk-country singer and guitarist in Luckenbach, TX) let him strum her guitar while she fingered the chords. Montgomery lived out of the back of his mother's pickup for a while. He played for tips and paid a lot of dues early in his career. He and his mother used to hang out at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas where they met a lot of songwriters. David Montgomery, his dad, factored into his development, too. Monte Montgomery was born in Birmingham, AL, where his father, a choir director, took him to church and introduced him to gospel singers. A lot of his apprenticeship during the '80s took place in San Antonio, where he honed his skills by performing cover songs in cafes and honky-tonks. He commuted to Austin to perform his original songs. Before long, he became a mainstay on the music scene there. After signing with Heart Music to record his first two CDs, Montgomery began to rise in popularity. In 1998, Montgomery moved to Austin. The songs on his 2000 CD, Mirror, ranged from the flashy guitar style on "Hopin' That You'd Slow Down" to the beautiful lyricism of the ballad "Magnolia." Well into 2001, Montgomery brought both parental forces to bear in the rich harmonic interplay of his voice and his guitar.

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5717 - ASSEMBLY OF DUST - Sun Shot (2013)

ASSEMBLY OF DUST
''SUN SHOT''
FEBRUARY 26 2013
50:21

1. Grey Believer /4:31
2. Vaulted Sky /4:02
3. Sun Shot /5:02
4. Unvarnished /4:39
5. Cluttered /3:48
6. Lost & Amazed /5:05
7. Avenue of the Giants /4:14
8. Arkansas Down /5:07
9. Myth of Mine /3:55
10. Weehawken Ferry /3:59
11. Silver and Worn /3:18
12. Mrs. What You Are /2:41

Produced by Assembly of Dust and Grammy Award-winning engineer Ryan Freeland. Featuring Reid Genauer, Adam Terrell, John Leccese, Dave Diamond and Jason Crosby. Sun Shot is one part singer-songwriter, one part alt-country and one part rock 'n' Roll, but the thread tying it all together is Genauer's heartfelt and beautifully written lyrics. In 2009 The New York Times praised Genauer's songwriting skills as some of the most eloquent “to emerge in the long wake of the Grateful Dead,” and the songs on Sun Shot may be the best work of his career.

BIOGRAPHY
by Mark Deming
Melding the deep grooves of blues and R&B with guitar work that recalls J.J. Cale and Little Feat, Assembly of Dust is a New York-based quintet which has developed a sizable following on the East Coast for their rich country-accented melodies and impressive chops. Assembly of Dust was formed by lead vocalist and songwriter Reid Genauer after the breakup of his band Strangefolk. Genauer decided to record a solo album and recruited some friends from Strangefolk's days on the road to help out. After calling the 2003 solo release Assembly of Dust, Genauer decided to use the name for his new group, which featured Genauer on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, Nate Wilson on keyboards, Adam Terrell on lead guitar, John Leccese on bass, and Andy Herrick on drums. The group's first proper album was 2004's The Honest Hour, a live set which documented the band's fabled live prowess. Five "instant live" albums were released from Assembly of Dust's December 2005 tour, and the group became a favorite in jam band circles, though in interviews Genauer has said that while he respects the jam band scene, he believes his group's focus on songcraft puts them in a different league. In the spring of 2007, Assembly of Dust released their first studio effort, Recollection, which was followed by extensive nationwide touring.

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5716 - WILLIE SUGARCAPPS (2013)

WILLIE SUGARCAPPS
''WILLIE SUGARCAPPS''
AUGUST 20 2013
41:20

1. Willie Sugarcapps /4:33
2. Mr. Lee /2:51
3. Colorado /5:25
4. Magdalena /4:59
5. Mud Bottom /4:00
6. Energy /4:00
7. Gypsy Train /3:55
8. Poison /4:56
9. Trouble /3:04
0. Up to the Sky /3:32

Grayson Capps /Guitar (Acoustic), Harmonica, Shaker, Vocals
Anthony Crawford /Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Corky Hughes /Guitar (Electric), Lap Steel Guitar
Will Kimbrough /Banjo, Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Resonator), Harmonica, Mandolin, Vocals
Savana Lee /Guitar (Acoustic), Tambourine, Vocals
Sugarcane Jane

REVIEW
by Thom Jurek
Willie Sugarcapps is a singer/songwriter supergroup comprised of Will Kimbrough, Grayson Capps, Sugarcane Jane (Savana Lee and Anthony Crawford), and Corky Hughes. Its members -- most of whom live on or near the Gulf Coast of Alabama (only Kimbrough lives in Nashville, but is an Alabama native) -- came together while performing a songwriter's round at the Frog Pond gathering on Blue Moon Farm in Silverhill, Alabama. All five have deep attachments to organic music traditions of the Deep South in general, and the Gulf Coast in particular. They enlisted Grammy-winning producer / engineer (and Capps' longtime partner) Trina Shoemaker, who also mixed the ten-song set. The album was cut in a single eight-hour session on the front porch of Sugarcane Jane's house. Acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins, banjos, lap steel, hand percussion, kick drum, and whatever else was available were used in the moment -- though minimal overdubs were added later. Country, bluegrass, blues, roots rock, gospel, and folk come together in this Southern Americana stew that reflects the rich musical culture of the Gulf Coast. Capps' opener, "Willie Sugarcapps," is a minor key, banjo and guitar, bass and drum-fueled blues, dressed out by staggered country-gospel harmonies. The protagonist of his "Magdalena"' admits his wrongs for the sole purpose of learning to do right by his beloved. Kimbrough's "Oh Colorado" places Lee's alto way up front; her delivery drips with longing for a return to a place whose meaning is held deep in the memory of her heart. She is accompanied by a bass drum, strummed 12-string, and lap steel. Crawford's jaunty, cut-time "Energy," with its banjo and fat acoustic Kala U bass, is accompanied by ringing mandolins and urgent acoustic guitars; its lyric is almost transcendentally elevated by four-part vocal harmonies. Capps' "Poison" is a reworked reprise from his catalog; a funky, Gulf Coast shuffle that wryly yet poignantly discusses the toll of the BP Oil disaster in the region. The homey, raw grit of the instrumentation stands in sharp contrast to the seamless integration of multi-part harmony. Kimbrough's "Trouble" weds high lonesome, bluegrass-gospel harmonies, mandolins, and his grainy baritone in the intro, before transforming the tune into a choogling blues without losing any of its otherworldly impact. Lots of records get made in a single day, but few possess the quality songwriting and inspired performances this one does. Fewer still so authentically evoke the sense of the region, topography, history, and people of a particular place. Willie Sugarcapps does all this. It is raw and immediate, yet warm, full, and inviting, all while seeming effortlessly rendered. This is the very definition of Americana.

BIOGRAPHY
by Thom Jurek
Willie Sugarcapps is a Gulf Coast collaborative project made up of singers and songwriters Will Kimbrough, the duo Sugarcane Jane (Savana Lee and Anthony Crawford), Grayson Capps, and Corky Hughes. The group's individual members are spread out from Nashville to Alabama. They first played together at Frog Pond, Blue Moon Farm in Silverhill, Alabama, a small town that takes its local music -- and musicians -- seriously. After a couple of get-togethers, the group decided to finance and record its debut. They enlisted Grammy-winning engineer Trina Shoemaker to co-produce, engineer, and mix. All ten songs were cut in a single, live, eight-hour stretch on the dogtrot of Crawford's and Lee's home in Loxley, Alabama, with each musician picking up whatever instrument felt appropriate to the tune being recorded. The finished product, simply titled Willie Sugarcapps, was released by Royal Potato Family in August of 2013.

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5715 - MIKE MICHALAK BAND - Super Pig (2013)

MIKE MICHALAK BAND
''SUPER PIG''
JANUARY 1 2013
42:54

1. Cover of the Story/4:32
2. Times Like This/4:13
3. Product/3:53
4. Change the World/4:06
5. If She Comes Around/4:40
6. Another Day/3:40
7. Super Pig/4:30
8. Train That's Gonna Wreck You/4:26
9. Nevermore/4:46
10. Really Want to Know/4:07

Mike Michalak/Guitars, Vocals
Brian Gordon/Bass
Eric Sherpan/Drums

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5714 - ART VANDALAY - Heaven's Operahouse (2012)

ART VANDALAY
''HEAVEN'S OPERAHOUSE''
JANUARY 5 2012
41:37

1. Fool's Gold/4:58
2. Poison Wine/3:34
3. Out to Sea/4:46
4. Everlasting Passenger/3:45
5. Fall Apart/3:18
6. Empty/4:31
7. Pitch and Sway/3:18
8. Northern Lights/4:06
9. Omaha to Mexico/4:30
10. Heaven's Operahouse/4:50

ABOUT
By Reverbnation
Art Vandalay was formed like everyone puts on their pants, one leg at a time. What started out as an alter ego for songwriter Brandon Henry has become a full-fledged band and breath of fresh air in the Twin Cities’ Americana/roots-rock scene. Combining the crisp jazz rhythms of drummer Calvin Keasling with keyboard wizard Ben Cook-Feltz’s Bentmont Tench-like piano licks and layered harmonies make Art Vandalay’s music “impossibly catchy” (Duluth News-Tribune).

In 2009, Art Vandalay released their debut EP, Dancin’ With Your Demons to critical acclaim. The seven songs on this mini-album rode a fine line between “dusty roads and hipster pads” (Duluth News-Tribune) and drew comparisons to everyone from Neil Young, The Byrds to the Lovin’ Spoonful. Featuring the song “If You Love Me” penned as a tribute to Rockmount pearl snap shirts, Dancin’ With Your Demons was a quiet success.

Now with Heaven’s Operahouse, Art Vandalay delivers a richer sound that sways and swaggers with the understated bravado that these Twin Cities musicians exude. Not only does the core trio lay down their rootsy groove, but adding to the magic is local guitarist Colin Monette whose reverb soaked guitars and Chris Horgan’s sea-shanty accordion brings a whole new flavor to Art Vandalay’s distinctive sound. This patchwork of musicians help Art Vandalay continue to be one of the Twin Cities’ more distinguished sounds in Americana/roots music.

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5713 - THE FLOORBOARDS (2012)

THE FLOORBOARDS
''THE FLOORBOARDS''
NOVEMBER 27 2012
46:42

1. Devil's Cadillac /6:18
2. Woman Named Whiskey /5:02
3. Pistol and a Bottle /6:04
4. Tobacco /4:12
5. Muscadine Wine /3:50
6. Cecelia /4:15
7. Pining and Reeling /5:37
8. Rhododendron Ridge /5:24
9. Wine and Wheels /6:00

George Penn/Drums
Jake Dempsey/Bass
Bob Chew/Steel Guitar, Dobro, Vocals,
Patrick Turner/Fiddle, Mandolin, Vocals,
Matt Browning/Guitar, Vocals

The Floorboards are an Appalachian Roots Rock Ensemble hailing from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
The band marries rock & roll and country roots with the sights and sounds of southern mountain towns. Jake and George shake the leaves from the trees. Bob wails like a steam whistle cutting through the pines. Patrick coaxes stringed cries from the hills and hollers. Matt tells the story.
In their first year as a band, The Floorboards quickly have become a staple in Southwest VA and are branching out with purpose. Having co-billed with bands such as Trampled by Turtles and performed at venues and festivals in the southeast along side Drive by Truckers, Jackson Brown, Matisyahu, Allison Krause and Union Station, and many others, the band is picking up steam like the 207.

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5712 - JESS CLEMONS & THE COOPERATIVE (2007)

JESS CLEMONS & THE COOPERATIVE
''JESS CLEMONS & THE COOPERATIVE''
MARCH 12 2007
41:52

1. Freedom Road /4:37
2. Start Anew /3:02
3. Springtime /4:20
4. Skin and Bones /4:51
5. Toronto Song /4:27
6. One Way to Ticket /3:26
7. Gamble /3:55
8. Been a While /3:44
9. Makeout Song /4:54
10. Well the Tide /4:36

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5711 - COSMICWHEELS - Still Jammin' (2007)

COSMICWHEELS
''STILL JAMMIN'''
DECEMBER 4 2007
36:11

1. Shake the Bird /3:09
2. At the Festival /4:05
3. Almond Jam /3:57
4. Tryin' to Get the Booty (Live) /3:43
5. Lil' Girl Blues/Sensible Shoes (Live) /5:26
6. Funky Chunky (Live) /5:59
7. Daylilly Dreamin' Daze (Live) /3:12
8. The Shepard /3:19
9. Amazing Grace /3:21

Album Notes
By CDBaby
The second world wide release from CosmicWheels, Jeff Correll's musical vehicle, is now here and available. Jeff and his band mates reach into their musical bag of rock, funk, jazz and Gospel for a psychedelic variety of sounds.
Starting out tearing it up with the Zepplinesque "Shake the Bird", then to the Floydish-Beatlesque "At the Festival". Add a heaping of "Almond Jam" with that Southern Fried flavor. The following four tracks are live from the TubadubJam III, Porsche/VW Festival from 8/24/07! Truly smokin' the cosmic tires with Ryan Heldebrand on drums and Dave Holbrook on rhythm guitar and vocals on "Sensible Shoes". Jeff Correll uses a "special" effects box (pioneered in the early 70's) to produce the electric bass notes from his guitar! "The Shepard" is Psalms 23 put to jammin' CosmicWheels rock with the instrumental gospel standard "Amazing Grace" closing the new CD.

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5710 - JAKE ANDREWS - Feelin' Good Again (2007)

JAKE ANDREWS
''FEELIN' GOOD AGAIN''
SEPTEMBER 18 2007
53:16

1. In Heaven /3:23
2. On My Way /3:59
3. Two Hands in the Water /6:03
4. My Last Prayer /3:39
5. Run for Your Life /4:07
6. Feelin' Good Again /5:43
7. The World Above /5:55
8. This Is Your Life /3:58
9. Someone's Watching Over Me /3:11
10. Another Day /4:35
11. Am I Alive /4:34
12. Welcome to the Past /4:09

BIOGRAPHY
by Richard Skelly
Young Jake Andrews was fortunate to grow up in Austin, Texas, a nurturing environment for guitar slingers. Andrews began playing guitar as a five-year-old, and was fascinated by the stylings of Albert King and Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan, among others. He was encouraged to play by his father, John, of the '60s rock & roll band Mother Earth, which included vocalist Tracy Nelson. All this is part of the reason why, by the time he was 17, he was recording his debut for a subsidiary of Warner Bros.
As a youngster, Andrews began attending shows at Antone's and other Austin clubs featuring blues and blues-rock, where he saw people like Albert Collins and B.B. King up close and personal. As an eight-year-old, he jumped on-stage with Albert King one night at Antone's, and the elder guitarist was so impressed, he asked the young guitarist to stay on-stage throughout his entire second set. After that, he joined Jimmie Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, and dozens of other touring acts on-stage at Antone's. Although he was known as a teenaged guitar prodigy, Andrews has since developed into a good singer and decent songwriter as well. At 17, he was signed to Jericho/Sire Records, where he worked with producer John Porter and released Time to Burn, his critically acclaimed debut recording. He went on tour following its release with the Allman Brothers, Susan Tedeschi, the Doobie Brothers, and George Thorogood. He followed it up with a 2002 release for the Antone's label, Jake Andrews. His second release was produced by Carla Olson and recorded at Willie Nelson's famed Cut ‘n' Putt studios in Pedernales, Texas, just west of Austin.
Andrews is featured on a 2009 release by Paul Jones, who is well known to many as the singer of the British Invasion band Manfred Mann -- the voice on mid-‘60s hits like "Do Wah Diddy," "Pretty Flamingo," and "Come Tomorrow." In 2006, Andrews joined Jimi Hendrix's cousin, Guitar Shorty, on his Alligator album We the People. The album later won Album of the Year at the Memphis Blues Awards in 2007; Andrews spent much of 2006 on the road with Shorty playing venues around the U.S. and Europe.
In 2007, Andrews released his third album, Feelin' Good Again. He worked with his longtime bass player, Mike Sconce, to self-produce the album, recording it locally in Austin. He and Sconce are accompanied by drummer Alvino Bennett and keyboardist Michael Ramos. Entering his third decade making music in 2010, Andrews was already a road-tested veteran, having toured extensively around the U.S., Canada, and Europe. As long as blues and blues-rock remain a presence on radio, and there are still more than a few clubs and festivals around the U.S., Andrews will be a force to be reckoned with for some time to come. Andrews remains active on the Texas music scene.

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5709 - A-FANK SYNDICATE - Joyful Slow Land (2007)

A-FANK SYNDICATE
''JOYFUL SLOW LAND''
AUGUST 8 2007
56:47

1. Fly Chicken Fly /8:57
2. Joyful Slow Land /8:01
3. Afro Blue /10:03
4. Muddy /8:06
5. Mother Earth /10:36
6. Stevie /4:44
7. Suzie Q /6:25

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