4511 - JESSE DEE - Bittersweet Batch (2008)

JESSE DEE
''BITTERSWEET BATCH''
SEPTEMBER 2 2008
47:07

1. Alright /4:03
2. Around Here /4:36
3. Slow Down /4:29
4. Over & Over Again /4:03
5. My Two Feet /4:09
6. Remember Me /5:03
7. Reap What You Sow /4:22
8. Yet To Come /4:52
9. New Blades Of Grass /3:39
10. Still Here /3:32
11. Alive & Kickin' /3:27
12. Slow Down (Remind) /0:52

Paul Ahlstrand /Sax (Baritone)
John Aruda /Sax (Tenor)
Scott Aruda /Horn Arrangements, Trumpet
Kevin Barry /Lap Steel Guitar, Slide Guitar
Jesse Dee /Clapping, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Mellotron, Piano, Tambourine, Vibraphone, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Wurlitzer
Yahuba Garcia /Claves, Congas, Tambourine
Matthew Joy /Guitar (Electric)
Jim Larkin /Bass, Clapping, Sound Effects
Danielle Miraglia /Vocals (Background)
Steve Mossberg /Farfisa Organ, Organ, Piano, Wurlitzer
Nicole Nelson /Vocals (Background)
Dwight Ritcher /Vocals (Background)

BIOGRAPHY
by Matt Collar
Boston-based vocalist/guitarist Jesse Dee is a retro-soul singer/songwriter with a bent toward quirky, indie rock-inflected R&B. Influenced by such classic soul and R&B artists as Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, and others, Dee performed in various funk/soul/rock bands while studying graphic design in college. He has released two albums, including Bittersweet Batch on 7 Not in 2008.
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4510 - JESSE DEE - A Cross Pollination of Service Station Scrawl (2008)

JESSE DEE
''A CROSS POLLINATION OF SERVICE STATION SCRAWL''
MARCH 2008
47:19

1. Had Me Goin' /3:21
2. Sunblind /3:53
3. Winter's Sour /2:10
4. Everyday Slipaway /2:12
5. Danger Bay /4:33
6. Fools /7:07
7. A Short Diddy /2:31
8. Question Mark /2:59
9. Mr Shifty Red Star /4:47
10. Find Our Flow /5:03
11. A Cross Pollination of Service Station Scrawl /8:43

Jesse Dee /Bass, Clapping, Drums, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Tenor), Loops, Vocals
Sarah Hart /Violin

ALBUM NOTES
By CDBaby
From the prairies of Alberta, Canada, Jesse Dee’s unique brand of folk music is distinctly vintage yet unmistakably contemporary. Incorporating a vocal appoach much like the blues, his songs are laden with sincere story-telling, tender laments, and clever hooks.

Over the years Dee has honed his skills the old fashioned way. By playing as much as is humanly possible. Though enlisting in music school for a short stint 5 years ago, Jesse found the rigors and regimentation of school were not his path. Songwriting has always been at the forefront of his endeavors, a skill that he found wasn’t given enough time in school. Taking almost all of his inspiration from the events taking place in his daily life, Dee’s music has an intimacy and honesty one may find comparable to some of his influences, most notably Ani Difranco, Tom Waits, and Luke Doucet.

Since releasing his debut album “A Cross Pollination of Service Station Scrawl” in March 2008, Dee has been teaming up with Edmonton vocalist Jacquie Boivert on a full-time basis. Now under the moniker “Jesse Dee & Jacquie B”, the music has taken on an exciting new quality, and a new release is due out this year.

BIOGRAPHY
by Matt Collar
Boston-based vocalist/guitarist Jesse Dee is a retro-soul singer/songwriter with a bent toward quirky, indie rock-inflected R&B. Influenced by such classic soul and R&B artists as Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, and others, Dee performed in various funk/soul/rock bands while studying graphic design in college. He has released two albums, including Bittersweet Batch on 7 Not in 2008.
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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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4507 - SONS OF FATHERS - Burning Days (2013)

SONS OF FATHERS
''BURNING DAYS''
APRIL 2 1013
34:46

1. Hurt Someone /3:27
2. Burning Days /3:08
3. Roots & Vine /3:46
4. Not This Time /4:14
5. O.G.C.T.a.W. /2:47
6. Selfish Mind /4:13
7. Feel the Fall /3:13
8. Almost There /3:32
9. To Whom /2:46
10. The Mansion /3:40

ABOUT
By Chad Swiatecki
David Beck and Paul Cauthen are careful in sharing the real-life details behind the love-gone-bad title track to their upcoming album Burning Days, spitting out fractured details like "love triangle gone all wrong," "throes of passion" and "one badly broken relationship."

The gist of it goes like this: the Austin songwriters who perform as Sons of Fathers were housesitting at a friend's luxurious, 3,000 square foot lakefront home in the summer of 2011 when romantic entanglements developed between the pair and a couple staying at the house with them.

"That made us homeless pretty quick, and we didn't have anywhere to live for seven months," Beck, 24, says of the ordeal. "We went from having a maid in this beautiful place, granite kitchentops and everything, to being forcefully ejected and having no place to live. We'd go out on the road and do shows and have absolutely nothing to come home to. As a band, people were starting to hear us and from the outside it looked like we were doing pretty well, but we were crashing on different people's couches every night."

While the friends have since settled into a house in east Austin, they won't be seeing much of home in 2013 as they trek across the country to give audiences an early listen to the wide-open roots and folk rock from their album, produced by country music veteran Lloyd Maines, the father of the Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines.

Highlighted by near-constant two-part harmonies, the Sons of Fathers' songs bring elements of the Everly Brothers to a sound that's proved popular in recent years with bands like the Lumineers, the Avett Brothers and Mumford & Sons. Cauthen said he and Beck were conscious of being compared to those bands, but didn't shy away from their own instincts as songwriters when they started writing the followup to their 2011 debut.

"It's kind of a blessing, actually, that the market has shown our kind of thing works," said Cauthen, 26. "I'm not ever going to want to be 'this band' or 'that band,' because our whole goal was to be our own band, and when we started writing together it was like there was a third party in the room. It's like we were forced into it by some outside presence."

At first the pair come off as a study in opposites, with the tall and lanky Beck playing the quiet, straightlaced counterpart to the ever-boisterous and generously proportioned Cauthen. On stage, though, their personalities bleed together, with Beck dancing with (and eventually dry-humping) his standup bass while Cauthen gets introspective and somber on songs like "Selfish Mind" and "Roots & Vine."

Maines said Beck and Cauthen's songs stood up on their own when he heard the 32 demo tracks they'd recorded. His biggest role was picking out the 10 that made the album, and shaping the beginnings and endings of some tracks to have more impact.

"The harmonies they have are the thing that stand out right away, because of that Everly Brothers approach they have in the way they come together," he said. "I was amazed that they'd get these intricate vocal parts right away, and after maybe three takes they'd have it so there was no warts on any of it."

With the album slated for an early April release on the band's Blanco River Music label, Cauthen has embraced a "conquer the world" attitude for the coming months of touring and promotion with his bandmate and comrade. That wasn't always the case – when they first met three years ago while vying for shows at a new nightclub just south of Austin, he viewed Beck as an adversary.

"I hated him because he was hustling for shows just as hard as I was, but then I saw him play and it was like, 'Fuck, can that guy play bass. I wanna play with him,'" Cauthen said. "Plus he's kind of a cocky son of a gun. I liked that, and once I got to know him I knew that we'd get along just fine."
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4506 - LANNY MCGOUGH - City Of The Dead (2010)

LANNY MCGOUGH
''CITY OF THE DEAD''
JUNE 2010
46:02

1. City of the Dead/4:22
2. My Superstitious Mind/4:00
3. Down in the Swamp/4:39
4. Mississippi Mud/4:02
5. Kings of the Road/4:23
6. The No Turning Back Kiss/3:44
7. Autograph On Your Ball/3:51
8. Lookout Minnesota/4:06
9. Ozark Highway/4:02
10. The Dirty South/5:06
11. I Choose to Believe/3:51

ABOUT ME
I began learning to play guitar at 11 years old and formed my first band at 12. I started writing songs at 14, became a song director at a local church at 14, and played my first paying gig at 13. I released “Honeys, Harleys, Crawfish & Beer” in October 2009 and “City Of The Dead” in June 2010. I am presently working on my third project to be released in early 2011. I am a NONCONFORMIST which means in musical terms that I HATE RULES. I might write a country song one day, a rock or gospel song the next, and if I decide that I would like to hear the sound of mice feet pitter-pattering over the third verse then I will take a microphone and go CHASING MICE.
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4505 - DAVID MUNYON & MARY'S BAND - Meanwhile, Back In Japan (2010)

DAVID MUNYON & MARY'S BAND
''MEANWHILE, BACK IN JAPAN''
DECEMBER 21 2010
67:00

1. This is California Baby /4:26
2. Cafeteria Blues /5:19
3. Finally Scotland /5:13
4. Song for Dora Mae /5:56
5. Pretty Blue /3:33
6. Hank Williams Taught Me How To Play Guitar /4:01
7. OK To Love /7:09
8. Hare Krishna Christmas /3:52
9. Bollywood Dream /4:53
10. Hey Love /3:17
11. Meanwhile Back in Japan /4:57
12. Painting for You /5:35
13. The American Blues /3:53
14. San Francisco in the Heart /4:56

BIOGRAPHY
David has been playing Music since he was 12 years old. He played for tips and meals for 15 years in Nashville, California and Florida while his wife Dixie worked as a waitress and they, along with The famous producer Greg Humphrey, J.D. Hicks and Bruce Hicks recorded their first CD "Code Name :Jumper" in 1990. This CD has some great musicians on it , to include Warren Haynes, Matt Rollings, Leland Sklar , Sneaky Pete, Al Perkins and Anthony Crawford. The CD was promoted in Europe by Glitterhouse Records, re-mixed and mastered by Gunter Pauler. People seemed to like the CD so 5 more CD's were developed and produced by Glitterhouse and Stockfisch Records, some "Solo Acoustic" and some with Great European Musicians to include Chris Jones, and several of the best musicians on The Planet, from England, Germany and India, including "The very gifted...Mike Silver ".

From 1992 - 1998 David toured mainland Europe several times with his wife "Dixie Blue", Ms S.P. Standley-Munyon, always playing solo/acoustic. They have many fans and friends over here. He returned on his "World Love" tour in September 2005 and is currently in Germany(04/08/06).

David Munyon is a "topical writer" much like many of the folk legends and roots artists of todays acoustic tradition. David is a writer, performer, painter, artist, poet and farmer. He humbly promotes the book "Autobiography of a Yogi" by Paramahansa Yogananda.  David has songs that are performed by Eric Burdon, Rick Travino, and Jennifer Warnes. He has worked Shows in the past, with Bill Monroe, Suzanne Vega, Richie Havens, THE BAND, The Drifters, the truely talented Terry Lee Hale, Joseph Parsons, Danial Putnam Green, Warren Haynes, Gene Gillespie and many others.

" David Munyon songs are great!" says Rolling Stone Magazine in Germany. David says "I just ask God, to help me write a good song for the folks and I just hold the guitar and pencil" and says, I'm very grateful for everything, my best friends work at Glitterhouse Records and Stockfisch Records, from Germany, and we are very blessed to know Gunter Pauler. We are hopeful that our songs may, in some way, bring happiness and comfort to people in this World and maybe if we all work together we can stop some of the pollution in the air, and maybe clean up the Rivers and Streams and The Oceans, and spread some love and harmony... and promote Peace". David adds, "Prayer is a Powerful Thing, years ago, I was home-less ...and just look what people's prayers have done for me...my wife Dixie's prayers and my friends and family's prayers, all that I have today... from the generosity of my friends in Germany and and Italy and Holland and Europe and The U.S.A and Canada, and France and Spain and Ireland... I still ask everyone to pray for me". "What is my message"? "I don't know , says David Munyon perhaps Love and Forgivness, Forgivness for everyone ... up to 77 times a day, and Love, and good coffee, and Peace".

David Munyon is Managed, on various days, by Greg Humphrey in Nashville and Ms. Georgina Moore in Los Angeles, and very much Managed by his wife, Dixie Blue.

"That's about all there is to say about David Munyon" Forrest Gump
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4504 - PETULA CLARK - Lost In You (2013)

PETULA CLARK
''LIST IN YOU''
FEBRUARY 25 2013
41:25

1/Cut Copy Me
Sarah Naghshineh / Paul Visser / John Williams/3:10
2/Lost in You
Sarah Naghshineh / Paul Visser / John Williams/2:49
3/Crazy
Thomas Callaway / Brian Curton / Gianfranco Reverberi/3:52
4/Never Enough
Petula Clark / Paul Visser / John Williams/3:33
5/Downtown [New Version]
Tony Hatch/3:32
6/Next to You
Simon Wilcox / John Williams/3:50
7/Reflections
Petula Clark / James Hallawell / John Williams/3:13
8/He Loves and She Loves
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin/3:01
9/Every Word You Say
Cozi Costi / James Hallawell / John Williams/4:13
10/Imagine
John Lennon/3:41
11/Love Me Tender
Vera Matson / Elvis Presley/2:40
12/I Won't Care
Petula Clark / Grant Sturiale/3:51

Petula Clark /Choir/Chorus, Piano, Synthesizer Bass, Vocals
Yul Desai /Guitar (Electric)
Steve Evans /Bass, Drums, Flute, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Keyboards
Dave Ferguson /Bass
James Hallawell /Bass, Guitar, Organ, Organ (Hammond), Piano, Programming, Slide Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Beth Porter /Cello
Grant Sturiale /Piano
Paul Visser /Bass, Choir/Chorus, Drums, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitars, Keyboards, Mellotron, Piano, Programming, Vocals (Background)
Charlie Williams /Guitar
John Williams /Banjo, Choir/Chorus, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitars, Mandolin, Percussion, Piano, Shaker, Vocals (Background)

REVIEW
by Tim Sendra
Petula Clark hadn't made a studio album featuring original compositions since the mid-70s when Lost in You was released in early 2013. Amazingly, it came 57 years after her 1957 debut album. Almost as amazingly, the 80-year-old Clark's voice has held up remarkably well, and throughout most of the album's 12 songs she sounds strong and soulful with only the occasional bit of studio trickery used to help her out. Working with producer John Williams, she's crafted an album that relies on a few covers (an MOR country take on Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy," an earnest version of "Imagine") and a batch of newly written songs that feature Clark looking back over a long life in music ("Reflections"), lamenting lost love ("Next to You"), and looking for new love (the country-rocking "Never Enough"). Apart from her voice being so strong and soulful (check out her pleading tones on "Lost in You" if you doubt that even a little), there are two big surprises on the album. First is the slowed-down and elegiac version of her biggest hit, "Downtown"; second is the opening track on the album, "Cut Copy Me." An insistent late-night ballad that blends acoustic guitars and swooning strings with Clark's Auto-Tuned voice and some icy synths, it's the kind of sad and pretty song Saint Etienne would kill for. It also serves notice that Lost in You isn't a nostalgic exercise for Clark; she's fully up to date. It's a quiet triumph of a song that stands as an equal to her best work from the past. There are a couple of missteps (the thin-sounding cover of the Gershwin standard "He Loves and She Loves," the overwrought take on Elvis' "Love Me Tender") and one can't help but wish at times that she had chosen to work with a producer who was a little more sonically adventurous than Williams; he's stuck firmly in the middle of the road and while that fits some of the songs, it would have been interesting to hear what Air, for example, would have done with the sound. Wishes aside, Lost in You is an impressive achievement that shows Clark is still alive and kicking, and stands as a reminder that she is one of the great vocalists of her era.

BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny
The most commercially successful female singer in British chart history, Petula Clark was born November 15, 1932 in Epsom, England. Trained to sing by her soprano mother, Clark embarked on a stage career at the age of seven; soon she was a fixture on British radio programs, and began hosting her own regular show, Pet's Parlour -- a series spotlighting patriotic songs designed to boost the morale of wartime audiences -- at the tender age of 11.
After entertaining British troops alongside fellow child stars Julie Andrews and Anthony Newley, Clark made her film debut with A Medal for the General in 1944. By the dawn of the '50s she was a superstar throughout the U.K., with a résumé of close to two-dozen films; 1954's "The Little Shoemaker" was her first Top 20 single, while 1960's "Sailor" was her first chart-topper. Still, Clark struggled with her inability to shed her adolescent image. After selling over a million copies of 1961's "Romeo," she married and relocated to France, establishing a strong fan base there on the strength of hits including "Ya-Ya Twist," "Chariot," and "Monsieur," which spotlighted a new, more sophisticated pop sound anchored by her crystalline vocals.
Riding the wave of the British Invasion, Clark was finally able to penetrate the U.S. market in 1964 with the Grammy-winning "Downtown," the first single by a British woman ever to reach number one on the American pop charts. It was also the first in a series of American Top Ten hits (most written and arranged by Tony Hatch) that also included 1965's "I Know a Place" and 1966's "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love," and the number one smash "My Love." At the same time, she remained a huge star throughout Europe, topping the British charts in 1967 with "This Is My Song," taken from the film A Countess from Hong Kong. In addition to hosting her own BBC series, she also starred in the 1968 NBC television special Petula, which triggered controversy when sponsors requested that a segment with guest Harry Belafonte be cut in deference to Southern affiliates; ultimately, the show aired in its intended form.
As the '60s drew to a close, Clark's commercial stature slipped, although singles like "Don't Sleep on the Subway," "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener," and "Kiss Me Goodbye" still charted on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1968, she revived her film career by starring in Finian's Rainbow, followed a year later by Goodbye, Mr. Chips. In later years, Clark focused primarily on international touring, headlining the 1981 London revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music; after starring in the 1990 musical Someone Like You, which she also co-wrote, she made her Broadway debut in Blood Brothers in 1993. Additionally, in 1988, an acid house remix of "Downtown" reached the U.K. Top Ten, another honor for the female singer awarded the most gold records in British pop history.
Throughout the 2000s Clark toured fairly steadily across the globe. Her 2002 shows in France at the Olympia were recorded and released on CD and DVD, but no new studio recordings were forthcoming until she teamed with Irish band the Saw Doctors for a new version of "Downtown" in 2011. Soon after, she began working with producer John Williams on an album. Made up of newly written songs and covers, as well as a new take on "Downtown," Lost in You was issued in early 2013.
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4503 - ELECTRIC PRUNES - Feedback (2006)

ELECTRIC PRUNES
''FEEDBACK''
DECEMBER 15 2006
46:37

1. Hello Out There /4:25
2. Circus Freak /5:05
3. Flying Blind /3:18
4. I'll Give You Feedback /5:16
5. Innerlight Transcendence /4:15
6. Morphine Drip /3:54
7. Tulip Between the Eyes /3:43
8. African Bees /5:01
9. Batch of Violins /4:52
10. Itzomad /6:48

Barbara "Bandshee" Meeks /Additional Personnel, Vocals (Background)
Dan Gerass /Additional Personnel, Drums
Ken Eros /Additional Personnel, Kalimba, Vocals (Background)
Jeff Evans /Additional Personnel, Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Harley Feinstein /Additional Personnel, Drums
Ian Van Der Molen /Additional Personnel, Drums
Joe Dooley /Drums
Peter Lewis /Additional Personnel, Guitar (12 String)
James Lowe /Feedback, Harmonica, Percussion, Producer, Vocals
Pamela Lowe /Additional Personnel
Mark Tulin /Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals
Walter Garces /Additional Personnel, Drums
Ken Williams /Guitar

REVIEW
by Mark Deming
Fans of classic garage rock and psychedelia were pleasantly surprised when the Electric Prunes began playing live shows again in the new century, showing that they were still a force to be reckoned with, but what was all the more startling is that they cut a solid new album in 2001, Artifact, and two equally impressive sets have followed. 2006's Feedback is a tougher and harder-rocking album than the trippy 2004 concept album California, and the opening track, "Hello Out There," captures the Prunes on-stage gloriously raving up and ranting like a band half their age. In many respects, Feedback recalls the material the Prunes recorded on their first two albums back in 1967, though with somewhat more ambitious arrangements and lyrics that more openly confront the constant war between the straight world and the more enlightened minority. ("Flying Blind," however, seems like a veiled attack on the producers and songwriters who swiped the group's identity after their run of hits had dried up.) Guitarists Ken Williams and Mark Tulin can still produce the same fuzzed-out and shimmering noise they generated back in the day (and they get some additional guitar assistance from Moby Grape axeman Peter Lewis), and vocalist James Lowe may sound older but if anything he's even more opinionated and engaged than he was in the '60s, and "I'll Give You Feedback," "Morphine Drip," and "African Bees" shows that he's matured without losing touch with his inner tripped-out teenager. Don't call Feedback a comeback -- this album shows the Electric Prunes have picked up where they left off with the same talent and years of additional experience, and it's wild, intriguing stuff.

BIOGRAPHY
by Richie Unterberger
Though they got considerable input from talented L.A. songwriters and producers, with their two big hits penned by outside sources, the Electric Prunes did by and large play the music on their records, their first lineup writing some respectable material of their own. On their initial group of recordings, they produced a few great psychedelic garage songs, especially the scintillating "I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night," which mixed distorted guitars and pop hooks with inventive, oscillating reverb. Songwriters Annette Tucker and Nancie Mantz wrote most of the Prunes' material, much of which in turn was crafted in the studio by Dave Hassinger, who had engineered some classic Rolling Stones sessions in the mid-'60s. "Too Much to Dream" was a big hit in 1967, and the psychedelized Bo Diddley follow-up, "Get Me to the World on Time," was just as good, and also a hit. Nothing else by the group made it big, and their initial pair of albums was quite erratic, although a few scattered tracks were nearly as good as those singles. Although they began to write more of their own material on their second album, their subsequent releases were apparently the products of personnel who had little to do with the original lineup. Their third LP, Mass in F Minor, was a quasi-religious concept album of psychedelic versions of prayers; a definitively excessive period piece, its best song ("Kyrie Eleison") was lifted for the Easy Rider soundtrack. None of the original Prunes were still in the lineup when the band dissolved, unnoticed, at the end of the '60s.
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4502 - TIM HOLLIER Collection (2008)

TIM HOLLIER
''COLLECTION''
DECEMBER 2 2008
70:02

1. Message To The Harlequin /4:06
2. Street Of Gold /2:13
3. JImmy /2:10
4. Do You Remember When? /2:08
5. And Where Were You That Morning Mr Carroll? /3:35
6. Full Fathoms Five /3:12
7. In Silence /2:26
8. Seagull's Song /4:13
9. Llanstphan Hill /3:43
10. And It's Happening To Her /2:29
11. Man Of Gentle Sunlight /2:53
12. Evolution /4:53
13. Maybe You Will Stay /3:38
14. Would I Sing /2:53
15. Winter Song (It's Raining And It's Cold) /3:43
16. Love Song /2:42
17. Evening Song /2:40
18. Tenderly Stooping Low /3:37
19. Time Has A Way Of Losing You /2:16
20. Skysail /3:27
21. Beauty Of The Gardens /2:02
22. And I Wait For That /2:11
23. While London Day's Increase /2:52

BIOGRAPHY
by Bruce Eder
Tim Hollier was one of the most unfairly neglected of folk-based artists to come out of late-'60s England, his brand of trippy, quietly elegant psychedelic folk-rock deserving an infinitely wider hearing than it got -- not that he ultimately did badly in music, but he deserved better earlier. Born in Brighton in 1947, Hollier was raised in West Cumberland, and at age 13 formed his first group, the Meteors, with a group of friends from school. He attended art college and played as part of a folk duo called the Sovereigns in the mid-'60s. He later moved to London to study graphic design, and got involved in the folk scene there, seeing some limited success as an opening act for such well-known figures as blues songstress Jo Ann Kelly and visiting American Paul Simon.
An introduction to Simon Napier-Bell -- a music figure best remembered today as the man who inherited the Yardbirds' management from Giorgio Gomelsky -- got Hollier to the next phase of his career, a proper recording contract. Napier-Bell got Hollier signed with United Artists Records' U.K. division, a much more adventurous outfit than its American parent company. Where the latter was still relying on soundtracks and recording Jay & the Americans, the U.K. United Artists outfit was downright experimental, cutting psychedelic sides by Del Shannon; it wouldn't be long before they'd sign up Brinsley Schwarz and the Flamin' Groovies. It was at UA that Hollier recorded his first album, Message to a Harlequin, in mid-1968; released in October of that year, it was a tremendous showcase for Hollier's excellent voice and challenging, psychedelic-flavored songs, elaborately produced and reminiscent in many ways of the first two albums by Duncan Browne.
The album -- although not especially successful in England -- even managed to get a U.S. release on the company's Imperial Records imprint. Hollier made slow progress in finding an audience over the ensuing year, playing on some of his UA labelmate Peter Sarstedt's records and getting some exposure on the BBC, and also collaborating on stage and record with American songwriter Amory Kane. He left UA in 1969 and signed with Fontana Records, which issued his self-titled, self-produced second album in the summer of 1970. It failed to sell, and a year later a similar fate befell his third album, Sky Sail, released on Philips. By 1973, he'd shifted gears somewhat in his career, and went into the production end, forming his own label, called Songwriters Workshop -- among those who signed up was Peter Sarstedt.
By the 1980s, Hollier had moved into music publishing, and later went into movie financing -- his company, Filmtrax, not only scored movies, but also helped produce such pictures as Withnail and I (which, ironically, dealt with the closing days of the 1960s, the period in which Hollier had the bad fortune to start his recording career). In the decades since, he has remained a major figure in the field of music copyrights amid the boom in new technologies and media.
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4501 - SNAKECHARMER (2013)

SNAKECHARMER
''SNAKECHARMER''
JANUARY 22 2013
60:38

1. My Angel /5:06
2. Accident Prone /4:25
3. To the Rescue /5:18
4. Falling Leaves /5:54
5. A Little Rock & Roll /5:50
6. Turn of the Screw /5:16
7. Smoking Gun /5:39
8. Stand Up /5:03
9. Guilty As Charged /5:21
10. Nothing to Lose /4:02
11. Cover Me in You /3:42
12. White Boy Blues (Bonus Track) /5:02

Harry James /Drums
Micky Moody /Guitar, Vocals
Neil Murray /Bass
Chris Ousey /Vocals
Gareth Roberts /Percussion
Adam Wakeman /Keyboards, Organ (Hammond)
Laurie Wisefield /Guitar, Vocals

ABOUT
Six of the UK's most highly-esteemed and experienced rock musicians have joined forces to create Snakecharmer. Original Whitesnake members Micky Moody and Neil Murray have teamed up with Laurie Wisefield (Wishbone Ash), Harry James (Thunder, Magnum), Adam Wakeman (Ozzy Osbourne) and Chris Ousey (Heartland) to bring you classic twin-guitar based rock as it should be played.

With a live set comprising material from their critically-acclaimed 'Snakecharmer' album, coupled with such Whitesnake classics as Ready And Willing, Fool For Your Loving, Take Me With You, Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues and Here I Go Again, Snakecharmer is the genuine article.

The list of world-class bands and musicians that the members of Snakecharmer have collectively played with runs into literally hundreds: Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Jeff Beck, Gary Moore, Magnum, Queen & Paul Rodgers, just to name a few.
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4500 - THE BLUES BROADS Live (2012)

THE BLUES BROADS
''THE BLUES BROADS''
SEPTEMBER 18 2012
44:21

1/Livin' the Blues
Tracy Nelson / Gary Nicholson/4:05
2/Bring Me Your Love
Mike Duke / Annie Sampson/4:41
3/Two Bit Texas Town
Angela Strehli/4:04
4/River Deep
Jeff Barry / Ellie Greenwich / Phil Spector/3:54
5/Blue Highway
Steve Ehrmann / Angela Strehli/3:33
6/It Won't Be Long
J. Leslie McFarland/5:35
7/Walk Away
Oliver Sain/5:25
8/Mighty Love
Bruce Hawes / Joseph Jefferson / Charles Simmons/3:19
9/Jesus, I'll Never Forget
Gene Barge / Ben Odom / Willie Rogers/3:09
10/Oh Happy Day
Edwin Hawkins / E.F. Rembault/6:36

Deanna Bogart /Keyboards, Sax (Tenor), Vocals
Steve Ehrmann /Bass
Mike Emerson /Keyboards
Dorothy Morrison /Vocals
Tracy Nelson /Vocals
Paul Revelli /Drums
Annie Sampson /Vocals
Angela Strehli /Vocals
Gary Vogensen /Guitar

REVIEW
by j. poet
The Blues Broads are a supergroup composed of Dorothy Morrison, Tracy Nelson, Annie Sampson, and Angela Strehli, women who all have viable solo careers in blues, country, soul, rock, and gospel music. The band had its genesis at Strehli's Marin club Rancho Nicasio, one of Nelson's favorite West Coast venues. The duo performances of Nelson and Strehli were so powerful they decided to expand their numbers and before settling on the current lineup three years ago, Maria Muldaur, Carlene Carter, and Linda Tillery all played a part in various Blues Broads events. The current quartet is nothing short of awesome, to use an overworked superlative. This debut set was cut live at the Throckmorton Theater in Mill Valley with stellar backing by Steve Ehrmann on bass, Paul Revelli on drums, Gary Vogensen on guitar, Mike Emerson on keys, and Deanna Bogart on piano, vocals, and sax. There's not a note wasted here, and several tunes are downright transcendent. Morrison takes the lead on "River Deep," the Phil Spector/Ike & Tina Turner hit that never was, and her spine-chilling performance underscores the connection between the blues, soul, and gospel music. Bogart shares lead vocals with Nelson and Morrison on "It Won't Be Long" and also contributes a playful stop-time piano solo. They close with a trio of gospel tunes. Morrison takes the lead on the Spinners' "Mighty Love," and though the song may be secular, her rousing vocal takes it back to the church. For their a cappella version of "Jesus, I'll Never Forget," they're joined by Deanna Bogart with Morrison adding Sam Cooke-like melismas to the arrangement and Vogensen adding the bass vocals. Morrison's signature tune, "Oh Happy Day," provides a fitting climax and even 44 years after she first sang it, she still imbues the tune with an inspiring, sanctified fire. The album package includes a DVD of the performance that's up close and personal with the live feel of the music coming though loud and clear. Like the music itself, the video is down-home and in-your-face in the best possible way.
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4499 - BROTHER BODENE (2005)

BROTHER BODENE
''BROTHER BODENE''
APRIL 6 2005
37:20

1. Just Gotta Get Away /2:47
2. Steppin' Outside the Box /3:02
3. The Stranger /4:38
4. Ain't Worth the Hole /3:15
5. Uncle Willie's Farm /3:03
6. Jade /4:38
7. Takes What It Takes /2:42
8. Sweet Cry /4:19
9. Home /4:08
10. Country Road /4:48

ABOUT
The Dearmon brothers, David and Jeff, grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, playing music from a very early age. Their father, a country musician, made it a requirement for the brothers to play - any of their friends who were around, which included Calvin Scott, had no choice but to play as well. David and Calvin at the age of 15, and Jeff at the age of 10, began their first rock band with another childhood friend. They knew they had found "their calling"; writing and playing their own material from the very beginning. David was, and still is, the writer - Jeff, the best musician. Jeff's ability with bass, acoustic and six-string electric guitar was unmatched. They played living rooms and parties for whoever would listen. In their teens, Calvin moved away to Los Angeles to pursue a career in entertainment. David, always writing, would slow down to raise a family. Jeff would keep on playing, at the age of 21 a paralyzing motorcycle accident left him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. The saving grace for Jeff was his ability to continue playing music and form his own successful act ("Bodene and The Boys")which he considered "a gift from God". The guys lived apart for many years but never grew apart. Then in the summer of 2003 a phone call to Calvin in L.A. from guitarist David would change everything. "I've been writing and working with a new band. Come home - let's perform again". So, the show began. Soon, Jeff was back with the band and the boys were together again. So was the "magic". In March of 2004 they began their CD. They finished the project in early May. On June 28th, after many years of struggle, Jeffery "Bodene" Dearmon passed away. The band would become "brother Bodene". His brother David, Calvin, old friend guitarist Scott Mittler, bassist Ed Tinnin, and former drummer for "Bodene And The Boy's", Kyle House, would try their best to look to the future and keep Jeff's work alive. They performed more shows in Nashville and went to Los Angeles to play local clubs, including a very successful show at the world famous Whisky-A-go-go on the Sunset Strip. If merchandise sales were any indication, they created a quick fan base. "We feel like we made our lost brother, friend, and band mate proud. "After all the work he put into this to get the band this far "Bodene" sure wouldn't want us to give up now. We will continue on with new merchandise, CDs and shows"
"With love for playing music together, determination, a lifetime of experience, and, of course, help from above, "brother Bodene" will live on."
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4498 - STONE AXE - Captured Live! Roadburn Festival 2011 (2012)

STONE AXE
''CAPTURED LIVE! ROADBURN FESTIVAL 2011''
2012
55:55

1. Stonin' /1:44
2. On With The Show /3:12
3. Return of the Worm /3:11
4. Chasing Dragons /3:18
5. Diamonds & Fools /4:16
6. There'd Be Days /4:54
7. Black Widow /3:53
8. Shine On /2:40
9. Ain't Gonna Miss It /4:32
10. Live For The Day /4:14
11. Old Soul /2:56
12. We Know It's Still Rock 'N' Roll /3:42
13. Skylah Rae /5:13
14. Just A Little Bit /3:49
15. Nightwolf /4:22
All Tracks By Dru Brinkerhoff, Tony Reed

Dru Brinkerhoff /Vocals
Mike DuPont /Bass
Mikey Haslip /Drums
Tony Reed /Guitar, Vocals
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4497 - RICH ROBINSON - Through A Crooked Sun (2011)

RICH ROBINSON
''THROUGH A CROOKED SUN''
OCTOBER 11 2011
61:43

1. Gone Away /4:46
2. It's Not Easy /4:26
3. Lost And Found /4:27
4. I Don't Hear The Sound Of You /6:09
5. Hey Fear /3:44
6. All Along The Way /4:36
7. Follow You Forever /6:48
8. Standing On The Surface Of The Sun /6:22
9. Bye Bye Baby /5:38
10. Falling Again /4:23
11. Station Man/Danny Kirwan, John McVie, Jeremy Spencer /4:23
12. Fire Around /6:00
Tracks By Robinson, Except 11

Karl Berger /Metallophone, Piano
Larry Campbell /Pedal Steel
Warren Haynes /Guitar (Acoustic), Slide Guitar
John Lindberg /Bass (Upright)
John Madeski /Keyboards
Joe Magistro /Drums, Percussion
Steve Molitz /Keyboards
Rich Robinson /Bass, Guitar, Organ, Vocals
Dana Thompson /Vocals
Adam Widoff /Keyboards

REVIEW
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
So enamored with the ‘70s he’s decided to revive the decade all on his own, Black Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson can certainly create a vibe by stitching together remnants of the past. Equal parts Santana, Stones, Allmans, and acoustic Zeppelin, Through a Crooked Sun meanders amiably even if the music is largely reflective, not cheerful. Like Paper, his 2004 debut, this is decidedly a players record, but where that album felt overstuffed with guitars, Through a Crooked Sun relies on textures, all unveiled at a measured, mature pace. Robinson is an affectless singer, something that undercuts the introspection of the lyrics, yet his music has color, alternating from extended interpolations of the back half of “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” to stark, ringing folk, all punctuated by Southern rockers that ramble instead of rush.

BIOGRAPHY
by David Jeffries
When the Black Crowes either broke up or went on indefinite hiatus (it depends on who you ask and sometimes when you ask), guitarist Rich Robinson spent a few months with his family at home, figuring out what to do next. There were some deaths in his extended family that just added to how strange it was adjusting to life without the Crowes, and how strange it was to be working on projects without his brother, vocalist Chris Robinson. He ended up building a studio in his Connecticut home and worked on his production chops. New avenues were opening, too, with Robinson composing the soundtrack for the 2001 film Highway while seriously working on his painting for the first time since the Crowes had formed.
In 2003, he formed the four-piece band Hookah Brown, which toured a bit before Robinson realized he couldn't stand band politics any longer. Going it alone meant singing lessons, since the guitarist had never handled lead vocals. It took one lesson for Robinson to realize his technique was all wrong, but it built up his confidence and renewed his interest in releasing an album. Playing everything himself but the drums, Robinson soon had enough for an album. Joe Magistro took care of the drum parts, then guest appearances from ex-Crowes keyboardist Eddie Hawrsch and BR5-49's Donnie Herron were added, and the album was done. Robinson released the result, Paper, in August of 2004 on his own Keyhole label. Shortly afterward in 2005, the Black Crowes reunited and had a successful run of records, beginning with an acoustic duet with brother Chris called Brothers of a Feather in 2007. The next year, the Crowes released the full-length Warpaint, which was succeeded by the double-album Before the Frost...Until the Freeze in 2009. Two years later, the Crowes went on hiatus and Robinson released his second solo album, Through a Crooked Sun.
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4496 - RAMBLER (2) - Starting Over (2002)

RAMBLER (2)
''STARTING OVER''
JANUARY 1 2002
48:03

1. Jonny's Gone /3:57
2. I Ain't Drinkin' Any Less /4:30
3. Do You Remember the Good Times? /3:47
4. It's Just Fine By Me /3:01
5. The Whiskey Song /4:05
6. Bottle of Wine and a Memory /3:08
7. Same Old Feelin' /4:35
8. Then There Was You /3:40
9. Starting Over /3:14
10. Drifter's Lament /2:47
11. You Don't Love Me Anymore /3:46
12. Mexican Stripper /3:31
13. No Words /4:02

Dave Brown /Bass, Vocals
Matt Emmons /Drums, Percussion
Gary Morse /Banjo, Guitar (Resonator), Guitar (Steel), Lap Steel Guitar
T.C. /Guitar (Electric), Vocals
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4495 - NITROVILLE - Can't Stop Whats Comin' (2011)

NITROVILLE
''CAN'T STOP WHAT'S COMIN'''
JUNE 27 2011
47:13

1. Cheating The Hangman /4:01
2. Let It Roll /4:49
3. Mississippi Wide Boy /3:37
4. Dust Devil /6:03
5. Cuts To The Bone /4:10
6. Twist In The Chain /4:07
7. Tell It Like It Is /2:46
8. Killing Kind /3:17
9. Bad Blood /4:10
10. Got What It Takes /4:26
11. Coming On Strong /5:47

Tola Lamont/Vocals
Kurt-Michael Boeck/Guitars
Alex Sheuerer/2nd Guitars
Dan Warren/Drums
Danny Selway/Bass Guitar

ABOUT
Nitroville is truly an international southern rock band. Based in London, UK, it features members all around the globe. Formed in early 2010, Nitroville has already managed to record and release their debut album and are on their way to success.

Formed by vocalist Tola Lamont and guitarist Kurt Michael Boeck in 2010, the band added Danish born Fussi Andersen to bass and Brazilian Cyro Zuzi to drums, and Nitroville was offcially born. As the band is fronted by powerful voice of Tola Lamont, and it would be easy to make comparisons to Lynyrd Skynyrd backup vocalist Dale Krantz, but Nitroville sounds way heavier than anything she ever recorded with Skynyrd or Rossington-Collins Band.

Ready to record their hard rockin´ debut, Can't Stop What's Comin', Nitroville chose Mark Waterman from Smashing Pumpkins fame to produce it. End result features 11 songs that were written during six month period preceding their studio dates. The album doesn't rely on heavy post production and effects, instead, the Nitroville manages to deliver pure and unfiltered Rock 'n' Roll in a way it should sound.

After the albums compilation, drummer Cyro Zuzi left the band and NitroVille was joined by new band member by Matt Whittington, whose hard rock past helped the band to keep their powerful and distinctive sound. Nitroville hasn´t played outside United Kingdom yet, but by listening to their powerful debut, that day may not be too far.
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4494 - MUDFLAP JUNKIES - White Trash USA (2010)

MUDFLAP JUNKIES
''WHITE TRASH USA''
JANUARY 5 2010
47:09

1. Leather Pants And Rock Star Flare /5:34
2. Jerk Somethin' Loose /4:11
3. Fool In The Bedroom /4:55
4. Every Mother's Son /4:36
5. White Trash USA /4:24
6. Through Your Eyes /5:37
7. Snakebite /3:32
8. Hill Staffer /4:29
9. Sail Away /5:02
10. 7 Maitais (Live) /4:49

Chris Watts/Vocals, Guitar,
Dayne Ashley/Guitar,
Keith McNeal/Bass, Vocals,
Jason McHalffey/Drums

ABOUT
Mudflap Junkies had its humble beginning in 2006 and have been steadily increasing their popularity in southern states during the years. Their music mixes elements of Drive-by Truckers and The Black Crowes with their own creative juices, which forms the unique Mudflap Junkies sound.

Mudflap Junkies hail from Louisiana and all the musicians in the band have long history of musicianship behind them. Original members, lead vocalist and guitarist Chris Watts, has been playing guitar for fifteen years and drummer, Jason McHalffey, twelve years. Newcomers, bassist Keith McNeal and guitarist, Dayne Ashley joined Mudflap Junkies in 2008, but have also been playing for years with other bands.

Mudflap Junkies have already released one self-titled EP in 2007 and their debut album ,White Trash USA came out in 2009. The album was recorded, mixed as well as co-produced with the band by Danny Smith at The Hole Studios in Alexandria, Louisiana.

They have kept a busy touring schedule and the bands undeniable bread and butter is their live show. No matter how long the set, Mudflap Junkies produces a high-energy, all-rock atmosphere that is guaranteed to make a fan out of everyone in ear-shot.
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4493 - MORSE CODE TRANSMISSION (1971)

MORSE CODE TRANSMISSION
''MORSE CODE TRANSMISSION''
1971
29:27

1 - Souvenirs Of Our Days/2:20
2 - It's Never Ever Easy To Do/3:46
3 - Time/1:30
4 - Oh Lord/2:52
5 - Hunting & Laughing/2:00
6 - The Friend/1:04
7 - Story-Book Life/2:55
8 - Fire Sign/2:02
9 - Freedom Train/3:33
10 - Today I'm Alive (Sung By Michel Vallee)/2:21
11 - One To One/2:50
12 - Two Friends/1:44

Christian Simard/Lead Vocals, Keyboards
Michel Vallée/Bass Guitar
Jocelyn Julien/Electric Guitars
Raymond Roy/Drums
Peter Schenkman/Solo Cello
Al Cherney/Cajun Fiddle

BIOGRAPHY
by John Bush
Originally known as Les Maitres, guitarist Michel Vallee and drummer Raymond Roy changed their name to Morse Code Transmission in the early '70s, adding vocalist Christian Simard and guitarist Jocelyn Julien. The band's self-titled debut appeared in 1971 on RCA. Later albums include La Marche des Hommes (1975), Je Suis le Temps (1977) and Code Breaker (1983).
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4492 - MEAGAN TUBB & SHADY PEOPLE - Cast Your Shadow (2011)

MEAGAN TUBB & SHADY PEOPLE
''CAST YOUR SHADOW''
FEBRUARY 9 2011
41:47

1 - Rock And Roll Seance/4:45
2 - Giving Tree (Grow My Hope)/3:57
3 - The Key/3:45
4 - Fly/3:46
5 - Heartbreak # 8/3:51
6 - Damn Good Man/4:59
7 - Damsel In Distress/4:19
8 - The Hoax/3:32
9 - First Day Of School/3:10
10 - Sweet Dream/5:10

Meagan Tubb/Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Vocals
Jason Nunnenkamp/Lead & Slide Guitars, Backing Vocals
Wilson Carr/Bass, Backing Vocals
John Duran/Drums

ABOUT
Meagan Tubb was born in St. Louis, MO where she started her musical training at tender age of five with piano, before moving into guitar lessons and eventually, after performing acoustic shows by herself during high school years, formed her first band, Out of the Tubb, in 2000.

After graduating from University of Missouri in Columbia, Meagan moved to California in 2003, where she entered the studio for the first time and recorded an EP called Color Outside the Lines. After relocating to Austin, Texas, Meagan Tubb & Shady People was formed with guitarist Jason Nunnenkamp, drummer John Duran and bass player Wilson Carr.

Meagan Tubb & Shady People gained popularity in the Austin scene and after winning local talent contest, they were signed to Willie Nelson´s record label. Influenced by blues masters like Jimi Hendrix, Duane Allman and Stevie Ray Vaughn, Meagan Tubb & Shady People released their debut album, Beautiful Noise in 2008.

Their latest release Cast Your Shadow was produced by Stephen Doster and came out in early 2011. Cast Your Shadow has received excellent reviews and regular airplay within Austin, Colorado, Arizona, and beyond. Since their new release, Meagan and her band mates have played at venues all over Austin, San Antonio and other places around Southwest and the Southeast and shared the stage with artists like Willie Nelson and Dertybird.
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