4526 - CARLOS SANTANA Plays Blues At Montreux 2004 Part Two (2008)

CARLOS SANTANA
''PLAYS BLUES AT MONTREUX 2004 PART TWO''
APRIL 1 2008
93:13

PART ONE (46:34)
1 - I've got my Mojo working (with Clarence Gatemouth Brown)/7:30
2 - The drifter (with Clarence Gatemouth Brown)/15:35
3 - Grape jelly (with Clarence Gatemouth Brown)/07:43
4 - Okie dokie stomp (with Clarence Gatemouth Brown)/8:19
5 - Chill out (with Bobby Parker)/7:14

PART TWO (46:39)
1 - Mellow down easy (with Bobby Parker)/5:24
2 - Watch your step (with Bobby Parker)/7:33
3 - Stormy monday (with Buddy Guy)/7:36
4 - Jam session 1 (with Buddy Guy)/11:51
5 - So many roads so many trains (with Buddy Guy)/4:27
6 - Jam session 2 (with Buddy Guy)/9:34

BOBBY PARKER Line-Up:
Bobby Parker/Guitar, Lead Vocal
Ken Wenzel/Saxophone
Dane Paul Russel/Harmonica
Steve Cecil/Keyboards
Andrew Padula/Bass
Dion Clay/Drums
Special Guest Artists:
Carlos Santana/Guitar
Chester Thompson/Keyboards
Andy Vargas/Vocals
CLARENCE ''GATEMOUTH'' BROWN Line-Up:
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown/Guitar, Violin, Vocals
Eric Demmer/Saxophone
Joe Krown/Keyboards
Harold Floyd/Bass
David Peters/Drums
Special Guests Artists:
Carlos Santana/Guitar
Jeff Cressman/Trombone
Buddy Guy/Guitar
Nile Rodgers/Guitar
Myron Dove/Bass
Barbara Morrison/Vocals
BUDDY GUY Line-Up:
Buddy Guy/Vocals, Guitar
Jason Moynihan/Saxophone
Marty Sammon/Keyboards
Ric Hall/Guitar
Orlando Wright/Bass
Tim Austin/Drums
Special Guests Artists:
Carlos Santana/Guitar
Bobby Parker/Guitar
Nile Rodgers/Guitar
Eric Demmer/Saxophone
Barbara Morrison/Vocals

On a magical night in Montreux in 2004, Carlos Santana invited three of his favourite bluesmen: Buddy Guy, Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown and Bobby Parker for a concert of outstanding blues music. Each artist performed a full length concert and was joined on stage by Carlos Santana and other guests including Nile Rodgers and Barbara Morrison. Eagle Vision have previously released a 3 DVD set of the whole night but now we present a single disc version which features all the Carlos Santana performances from the event, over 90 minutes of great blues music.

Carlos Santana is known for his collaborations with lauded musicians, and this concert recording from 2004 is a great example. The talented guitarist welcomes a string of special guests on stage as he plays some of the songs from the highlights of his career. This presentation is a condensed 90-minute version of the full-length BLUES AT MONTREUX set that was released in 2004, and presents viewers with the opportunity to see Santana laying down some heady riffs alongside Buddy Guy, Nile Rodgers, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, and many others.
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4525 - CARLOS SANTANA Plays Blues At Montreux 2004 Part One (2008)

CARLOS SANTANA
''PLAYS BLUES AT MONTREUX 2004 PART ONE''
APRIL 1 2008
93:13

PART ONE (46:34)
1 - I've got my Mojo working (with Clarence Gatemouth Brown)/7:30
2 - The drifter (with Clarence Gatemouth Brown)/15:35
3 - Grape jelly (with Clarence Gatemouth Brown)/07:43
4 - Okie dokie stomp (with Clarence Gatemouth Brown)/8:19
5 - Chill out (with Bobby Parker)/7:14

PART TWO (46:39)
1 - Mellow down easy (with Bobby Parker)/5:24
2 - Watch your step (with Bobby Parker)/7:33
3 - Stormy monday (with Buddy Guy)/7:36
4 - Jam session 1 (with Buddy Guy)/11:51
5 - So many roads so many trains (with Buddy Guy)/4:27
6 - Jam session 2 (with Buddy Guy)/9:34

BOBBY PARKER Line-Up:
Bobby Parker/Guitar, Lead Vocal
Ken Wenzel/Saxophone
Dane Paul Russel/Harmonica
Steve Cecil/Keyboards
Andrew Padula/Bass
Dion Clay/Drums
Special Guest Artists:
Carlos Santana/Guitar
Chester Thompson/Keyboards
Andy Vargas/Vocals
CLARENCE ''GATEMOUTH'' BROWN Line-Up:
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown/Guitar, Violin, Vocals
Eric Demmer/Saxophone
Joe Krown/Keyboards
Harold Floyd/Bass
David Peters/Drums
Special Guests Artists:
Carlos Santana/Guitar
Jeff Cressman/Trombone
Buddy Guy/Guitar
Nile Rodgers/Guitar
Myron Dove/Bass
Barbara Morrison/Vocals
BUDDY GUY Line-Up:
Buddy Guy/Vocals, Guitar
Jason Moynihan/Saxophone
Marty Sammon/Keyboards
Ric Hall/Guitar
Orlando Wright/Bass
Tim Austin/Drums
Special Guests Artists:
Carlos Santana/Guitar
Bobby Parker/Guitar
Nile Rodgers/Guitar
Eric Demmer/Saxophone
Barbara Morrison/Vocals

On a magical night in Montreux in 2004, Carlos Santana invited three of his favourite bluesmen: Buddy Guy, Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown and Bobby Parker for a concert of outstanding blues music. Each artist performed a full length concert and was joined on stage by Carlos Santana and other guests including Nile Rodgers and Barbara Morrison. Eagle Vision have previously released a 3 DVD set of the whole night but now we present a single disc version which features all the Carlos Santana performances from the event, over 90 minutes of great blues music.

Carlos Santana is known for his collaborations with lauded musicians, and this concert recording from 2004 is a great example. The talented guitarist welcomes a string of special guests on stage as he plays some of the songs from the highlights of his career. This presentation is a condensed 90-minute version of the full-length BLUES AT MONTREUX set that was released in 2004, and presents viewers with the opportunity to see Santana laying down some heady riffs alongside Buddy Guy, Nile Rodgers, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, and many others.
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4521 - CARLOS SANTANA Presents Blues At Montreux 2004, Disc One: Bobby Parker (2006)

CARLOS SANTANA PRESENTS BLUES AT MONTREUX 2004
WITH BUDDY GUY, CLARENCE ''GATEMOUTH'' BROWN AND BOBBY PARKER - DISC ONE
2006
237:41

DISC ONE (70:20) - BOBBY PARKER
1 - Straight Up No Chaser/6:48
2 - Break It Up/3:27
3 - Breaking Up Somebody's Home/5:15
4 - Nothing But The Blues/5:36
5 - So Glad I Found You/8:42
6 - I Ain't Superstitious/5:40
7 - It's Unfair/6:26
8 - Going Down Slow/7:44
9 - Chill Out (Feat. Carlos Santana)/7:18
10 - Mellow Down Easy (Feat. Carlos Santana)/5:25
11 - Watch Your Step (Feat. Carlos Santana)/7:32

DISC TWO (71:09) - CLARENCE ''GATEMOUTH'' BROWN
1 - Bits And Pieces/6:33
2 - Strange Things Happen/7:12
3 - I'm Beginning To See The Light/3:31
4 - Sunlight Cajun Style/5:33
5 - Honey Boy/4:20
6 - Further On Up The Road/4:17
7 - I've Got My Mojo Working/7:30
8 - Drifter (Feat. Carlos Santana)/15:37
9 - Grape Jelly (Feat. Carlos Santana)/7:50
10 - Okie Dokie Stomp (Feat. Carlos Santana)/8:19

DISC THREE (44:19) - BUDDY GUY PART ONE
1 - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl/4:54
2 - Louise McGhee/3:21
3 - Done Got Old/4:15
4 - Hoochie Coochie Man/22:57
5 - Fever/8:41

DISC FOUR (51:53) - BUDDY GUY PART TWO
1 - Drowning In Dry Land/17:37
2 - Stormy Monday (Feat. Carlos Santana)/8:14
3 - Jam Session 1 (Feat. Carlos Santana & Bobby Parker)/11:49
4 - So Many Roads So Many Trains (Feat. Carlos Santana)/4:27
5 - Jam Session 2 (Feat. Carlos Santana)/9:34

BOBBY PARKER Line-Up:
Bobby Parker/Guitar, Lead Vocal
Ken Wenzel/Saxophone
Dane Paul Russel/Harmonica
Steve Cecil/Keyboards
Andrew Padula/Bass
Dion Clay/Drums
Special Guest Artists:
Carlos Santana/Guitar
Chester Thompson/Keyboards
Andy Vargas/Vocals
CLARENCE ''GATEMOUTH'' BROWN Line-Up:
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown/Guitar, Violin, Vocals
Eric Demmer/Saxophone
Joe Krown/Keyboards
Harold Floyd/Bass
David Peters/Drums
Special Guests Artists:
Carlos Santana/Guitar
Jeff Cressman/Trombone
Buddy Guy/Guitar
Nile Rodgers/Guitar
Myron Dove/Bass
Barbara Morrison/Vocals
BUDDY GUY Line-Up:
Buddy Guy/Vocals, Guitar
Jason Moynihan/Saxophone
Marty Sammon/Keyboards
Ric Hall/Guitar
Orlando Wright/Bass
Tim Austin/Drums
Special Guests Artists:
Carlos Santana/Guitar
Bobby Parker/Guitar
Nile Rodgers/Guitar
Eric Demmer/Saxophone
Barbara Morrison/Vocals

On a magical night in Montreux in 2004, Carlos Santana invited three of his favourite bluesmen: Buddy Guy, Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown and Bobby Parker for a concert of outstanding blues music. Each artist performed a full length concert and was joined on stage by Carlos Santana and other guests including Nile Rodgers and Barbara Morrison. Eagle Vision have previously released a 3 DVD set of the whole night but now we present a single disc version which features all the Carlos Santana performances from the event, over 90 minutes of great blues music.

Carlos Santana is known for his collaborations with lauded musicians, and this concert recording from 2004 is a great example. The talented guitarist welcomes a string of special guests on stage as he plays some of the songs from the highlights of his career. This presentation is a condensed 90-minute version of the full-length BLUES AT MONTREUX set that was released in 2004, and presents viewers with the opportunity to see Santana laying down some heady riffs alongside Buddy Guy, Nile Rodgers, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, and many others.
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4509 - BOBBY PARKER - Shine Me Up (1995)

BOBBY PARKER
''SHINE ME UP''
1995
60:27

1. Man's Gotta Do What A Man's Gotta Do /5:21
2. Kick It Around With You /5:42
3. It's Unfair /5:03
4. Stamps On Your Letter /5:36
5. Shine Me Up /5:46
6. Wild Thing /4:53
7. Skeezer /4:16
8. Somebody's Comin' In My Back Door /6:29
9. Splib's Groove /5:31
10. Drive Me Home /6:25
11. Get Hip /5:00

Marc Adams /Organ, Piano
Steve Howard /Trumpet
Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff /Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor), Saxophone
Bobby Parker /Guitar, Vocals
Ward Smith /Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
David Torkanowsky /Organ
Rick Trolsen /Trombone
Raymond Weber /Drums
Dave Woodard /Trombone
Dave Woodward /Trombone
Lee Allen Zeno /Bass

BIOGRAPHY
by Richard Skelly
Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Bobby Parker is one of the most exciting performers in modern blues, a candidate for inheriting the top blues spots left open by the unfortunate early passings of people like Albert King, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, and others. That's because Parker can do it all: he writes brilliant songs, he sings well, and he backs it all up with powerful, stinging guitar. But things weren't always so good for Parker, and much of his success is the result of years of hard work and struggling around the bars in Washington, D.C. and Virginia.
Parker has two brilliant albums out on the BlackTop label out of New Orleans (distributed by Rounder), Shine Me Up (1995) and Bent Out of Shape (1993).
He was born August 31, 1937 in Lafayette, Louisiana but raised in Southern California after his family moved to Los Angeles when he was six. Going to school in Hollywood, the young Parker was bitten by the scenery, and decided he wanted to be in show business. At the Million Dollar Theater, he saw big stage shows by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Billy Eckstine, and Lionel Hampton. Although he had an early interest in jazz, the blues bit him when artists like T-Bone Walker, Lowell Fulson, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, and Pee Wee Crayton came to town.
He began playing in the late '50s as a guitarist with Otis Williams & the Charms after winning a talent contest sponsored by West Coast blues and R&B legend Johnny Otis. Later, he backed Bo Diddley, which included an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, before joining the touring big band of Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams. He settled in Washington, D.C. in the '60s, dropping out of Williams' band and making a go of it on his own.
He is perhaps best known for his 1961 song "Watch Your Step," a single for the V-Tone label that became a hit on British and U.S. R&B charts. Parker's song was later covered by several British blues groups, most prominent among them the Spencer Davis Group. And though Parker may not be a name as familiar to blues fans as say, Eric Clapton or B.B. King, he's been cited as a major musical influence by Davis, John Mayall, Robin Trower, Clapton, Jimmy Page, drummer Mick Fleetwood, John Lennon, and most importantly, Carlos Santana. Parker's style has been described by his protégé Bobby Radcliff as Guitar Slim meets James Brown, and that's not too far off the mark. In the summer of 1994, Santana was so happy about Parker's comeback on the BlackTop/Rounder label that he took him on the road for some arena shows on the East and West Coasts.
"Carlos likes to tell people that he saw me playing in Mexico City when he was a kid, and that inspired him to pick up the guitar," Parker explained. Santana pays homage to Parker on his Havana Moon album, on which he covers "Watch Your Step." Dr. Feelgood also covered the tune in the '70s.
Parker remains an important player on the blues circuit, and is a regular performer in the Washington, D.C. area and at blues festivals in both the U.S. and Canada. Unlike so many other blues musicians, Parker's live shows are almost entirely his own songs. He does very few covers.
"Unless the music of the day has some kind of substance to it, the blues always comes back," Parker says, adding, "I think Stevie Ray Vaughan had a lot to do with bringing the blues to white audiences, and Z.Z. Hill helped bring the black audience back to the blues."
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4508 - BOBBY PARKER - Bent Out Of Shape (1993)

BOBBY PARKER
''BENT OUT OF SHAPE''
1993
53:55

1. Fast Train /4:20
2. It's Hard But It's Fun /3:57
3. Bent Out Of Shape /4:09
4. So Glad I Found You /5:46
5. I Call Her Baby /5:27
6. Watch Your Step /3:31
7. Break It Up /4:35
8. Let That Be The Reason /4:44
9. I've Got A Way With Women /6:00
10. Bobby-A-Go-Go /5:04
11. Blues Get Off My Shoulder /4:53

Sammy Berfect /Organ, Piano
Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff /Horn Arrangements, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
Bobby Parker /Bass, Horn Arrangements, Vocals
Jamil Sharif /Trumpet
Willie Singleton /Trumpet
Rick Trolsen /Trombone, Trumpet
Raymond Weber /Drums, Percussion
Lee Allen Zeno /Bass

REVIEW
by Thom Owens
The production on Bent Out of Shape may be a little too clean, but that can't distract from the fact that Bobby Parker's belated first album is a storming statement of purpose. His songwriting is sturdy and memorable, his singing impassioned and his guitar simply stings. He could have carried the album with just a little combo, but he's assembled a large, soulful backing band that gives the album soulful finesse. It would have been nice if the production was a little grittier, since Parker's performances are, but there's no denying his playing and songs elevate Bent Out of Shape to the status of one of the best blues records of the early '90s.

BIOGRAPHY
by Richard Skelly
Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Bobby Parker is one of the most exciting performers in modern blues, a candidate for inheriting the top blues spots left open by the unfortunate early passings of people like Albert King, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, and others. That's because Parker can do it all: he writes brilliant songs, he sings well, and he backs it all up with powerful, stinging guitar. But things weren't always so good for Parker, and much of his success is the result of years of hard work and struggling around the bars in Washington, D.C. and Virginia.
Parker has two brilliant albums out on the BlackTop label out of New Orleans (distributed by Rounder), Shine Me Up (1995) and Bent Out of Shape (1993).
He was born August 31, 1937 in Lafayette, Louisiana but raised in Southern California after his family moved to Los Angeles when he was six. Going to school in Hollywood, the young Parker was bitten by the scenery, and decided he wanted to be in show business. At the Million Dollar Theater, he saw big stage shows by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Billy Eckstine, and Lionel Hampton. Although he had an early interest in jazz, the blues bit him when artists like T-Bone Walker, Lowell Fulson, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, and Pee Wee Crayton came to town.
He began playing in the late '50s as a guitarist with Otis Williams & the Charms after winning a talent contest sponsored by West Coast blues and R&B legend Johnny Otis. Later, he backed Bo Diddley, which included an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, before joining the touring big band of Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams. He settled in Washington, D.C. in the '60s, dropping out of Williams' band and making a go of it on his own.
He is perhaps best known for his 1961 song "Watch Your Step," a single for the V-Tone label that became a hit on British and U.S. R&B charts. Parker's song was later covered by several British blues groups, most prominent among them the Spencer Davis Group. And though Parker may not be a name as familiar to blues fans as say, Eric Clapton or B.B. King, he's been cited as a major musical influence by Davis, John Mayall, Robin Trower, Clapton, Jimmy Page, drummer Mick Fleetwood, John Lennon, and most importantly, Carlos Santana. Parker's style has been described by his protégé Bobby Radcliff as Guitar Slim meets James Brown, and that's not too far off the mark. In the summer of 1994, Santana was so happy about Parker's comeback on the BlackTop/Rounder label that he took him on the road for some arena shows on the East and West Coasts.
"Carlos likes to tell people that he saw me playing in Mexico City when he was a kid, and that inspired him to pick up the guitar," Parker explained. Santana pays homage to Parker on his Havana Moon album, on which he covers "Watch Your Step." Dr. Feelgood also covered the tune in the '70s.
Parker remains an important player on the blues circuit, and is a regular performer in the Washington, D.C. area and at blues festivals in both the U.S. and Canada. Unlike so many other blues musicians, Parker's live shows are almost entirely his own songs. He does very few covers.
"Unless the music of the day has some kind of substance to it, the blues always comes back," Parker says, adding, "I think Stevie Ray Vaughan had a lot to do with bringing the blues to white audiences, and Z.Z. Hill helped bring the black audience back to the blues."
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