4741 - BOOKER T. JONES - The Road From Memphis (2011) (REPOST)

BOOKER T. JONES
''THE ROAD FROM MEMPHIS''
MAY 10 2011
41:09

1/Walking Papers
Kirk Douglas / Booker T. Jones/3:14
2/Crazy
Brian Burton / Thomas Callaway / Gian Franco Reverberi / Gian Piero Reverberi/3:05
3/Progress feat. Yim Yames
Booker T. Jones / Yim Yames/3:19
4/The The Hive
Booker T. Jones/3:48
5/Down in Memphis
Booker T. Jones/3:51
6/Everything is Everything
Lauryn Hill/4:35
7/Rent Party
Booker T. Jones/3:58
8/Representing Memphis feat. Matt Berninger, Sharon Jones
Booker T. Jones / Liv Jones/3:29
9/The The Vamp
Booker T. Jones/3:22
10/Harlem House
Booker T. Jones/3:50
11/The The Bronx feat. Lou Reed
Booker T. Jones / Liv Jones/4:38

Matt Berninger/Vocals
Owen Biddle/Bass
Dennis Coffey/Guitar
Kirk Douglas/Guitar
Booker T. Jones/Chimes, Hammond B3, Piano, Producer, Vocals
Sharon Jones/Vocals
Stewart Killen/Percussion
Lou Reed/Vocals
Rob Schnapf/Guitar, Handclapping, Producer
Ahmir Thompson/Drums, Producer
Yim Yames/Vocals

REVIEW
by Thom Jurek
Booker T. Jones could have gone in any direction after 2009's Grammy-winning Potato Hole. He's traveled the musical map with his ubiquitous MG's as recent reissues -- 1977's disco-centric Universal Language and the 1970 classic McLemore Avenue, a collection of Beatles covers -- attest. On The Road from Memphis, Jones and his B-3 choose to do some non-linear musical storytelling: in the title lies the key. This set reveals Jones' musical odyssey from the early days in Memphis to the places that influenced his thought and playing: the soul sounds that emerged from Detroit, Philly, and Los Angeles; all along a labyrinthine, groove-laden path into the present day. He enlisted the Roots -- the seemingly ubiquitous go-to house band of the 21st century -- with Amhir ?uestlove Thompson and Rob Schnapf as co-producers, with Dap-Kings' Gabriel Roth engineering. The Road from Memphis is loaded with treats: Detroit Funk Brother Dennis Coffey adds his trademark wah-wah and the Roots' Captain Kirk Douglas adds his jazz guitar sounds. Both men do excellent work, adding buckets of feel to Jones' B-3, ?uestlove's breaks and beats, and bassist Owen Biddle's low-end theory. Vocalists appear on some of the album's key tracks: Sharon Jones and the National's Matt Berninger duet on the slow, summery, "Representing Memphis"; My Morning Jacket's "Yim Yames" does a stunning turn as a soul singer on the Motown-inspired "Progress" (who knew?); Jones takes his own authoritative turn on the deep, funky fingerpop of "Down in Memphis" (even his voice has rhythm). And even Lou Reed gets in on the act on album-closer "The Bronx," doing his usual "real life happening on the streets" croak. It's in the instrumentals, however, that Jones reveals his story best. Opener "Walking Papers" uses the main vamp from Johnnie Taylor's classic "Who's Making Love," (he was backed by Jones and the MG's on the original), and perform it more like the "Cissy Strut"-era Meters. The reading of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" offers some of Jones most subtly inventive melodic organ work. "The Hive," "Rent Party," and "The Vamp" have exactly one transcendent idea each (how often can anyone say that about a song?); the band works them to death firing on all levels. The Road from Memphis has grease, grit, groove, and yes, greatness. Jones' story is compelling listening, but more than that , it's a backbone-slipping monster of a dance record.

BIOGRAPHY
by Mark Deming
Booker T. Jones was one of the architects of the Memphis soul sound of the 1960s as the leader of Booker T. & the MG's, who scored a number of hits on their own as well as serving as the Stax Records house band. But Jones' accomplishments don't stop there, and as a producer, songwriter, arranger, and instrumentalist, he's worked with a remarkable variety of artists, from Willie Nelson to John Lee Hooker, from Soul Asylum to the Roots.
Booker T. Jones was born in Memphis, Tennessee on November 12, 1944. Jones developed an keen interest in music as a boy; while working a paper route, he used to pass by the house of jazz pianist Phineas Newborn, and would often stop and listen to him practice as he folded newspapers. By the time Jones was in high school, he helped to direct the school band and was proficient on saxophone, trombone, oboe, and keyboards; he also played organ during services at his church, and would occasionally sneak out and sit in with R&B combos at local nightclubs. In 1960, Jones, a frequent customer at Memphis' Satellite Record Shop, was recruited to play sax on a Rufus and Carla Thomas recording session when the proprietors of the store, Estelle Axton and Jim Stewart, decided to start their own record label. The label soon evolved into Stax Records, and Jones, along with guitarist Steve Cropper (who was managing the record store when he met Jones), bassist Lewis Steinberg (later replaced by Donald "Duck" Dunn), and drummer Al Jackson Jr., would form the MG's, who would back up Stax artists Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd, Albert King, and many others, as well as releasing a steady stream of instrumental recordings on their own, including the smash hit "Green Onions." Jones' productivity in the early to mid-'60s is all the more remarkable as he was also a full-time student at Indiana University, where he studied composition and music theory while doing shows and recording sessions during weekends and vacations.
Booker T. & the MG's enjoyed considerable success in their heyday -- cutting hits, backing Stax's leading artists, touring Europe and the U.K. with the Stax/Volt Revue, and accompanying Otis Redding for his legendary set at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival -- but between internal disputes at Stax (mostly regarding the spoils of their successful distribution deal with Atlantic Records) and the increasingly busy schedules of the various members, the group was on the verge of breaking up, and in 1970, Jones relocated to Los Angeles. He had already been branching out, appearing on Delaney & Bonnie's 1969 album Home and Mitch Ryder's ambitious The Detroit-Memphis Experiment, and after 1971's Melting Pot, the MG's quietly broke up. Jones stayed busy with session work, playing on albums by Bob Dylan, Steven Stills, Kris Kristofferson, and Rita Coolidge, and in 1971 he released Booker T. & Priscilla, the first of two albums he would record with his then-wife, Priscilla Coolidge-Jones (the sister of Rita Coolidge). The same year, Jones produced Just as I Am, the outstanding debut album by Bill Withers, which featured the hits "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Grandma's Hands." In 1975, Jones and the MG's were working on a reunion album when Al Jackson Jr. was murdered; the group continued to record with drummer Willie Hall, but they parted ways again in 1977. In 1978, Jones released his first solo album, Try and Love Again, and enjoyed one of his biggest successes as a producer, producing Willie Nelson's Stardust, a collection of pop standards that established Nelson as one of country's biggest crossover acts.
Session work and production assignments with Willie Nelson dominated Jones' schedule in the 1980s, though he released a second solo album, I Want You, in 1981, and another followed late in the decade, 1989's The Runaway. In 1992, Booker T. & the MG's were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and that same year the group reunited for a special, high-profile gig -- they served as the house band for an all-star tribute to Bob Dylan staged in honor of the songwriter's 30th year as a recording artist. Neil Young, one of the artists who appeared at the concert, was impressed enough with the MG's that he invited them to serve as his backing band for a major concert tour in 1993. The tour sparked new interest in the band, and in 1994 Jones and the MG's cut a new album, That's the Way It Should Be, and they supported it with a number of live dates. Jones soon returned to a steady schedule of session work, and he produced as well as performed on Neil Young's 2002 album Are You Passionate? But in 2008, Jones stepped up for one of his most ambitious solo efforts to date, Potato Hole, in which he was backed up by country-influenced hard rockers the Drive-By Truckers, with Neil Young adding additional guitar on several tunes. The album earned enthusiastic reviews, and Jones supported the release with a number of live dates in America, Europe, and the U.K. In 2011, Jones returned with another inspired collaboration, The Road from Memphis, in which he teamed up in the studio with Philadelphia-based hip-hop/modern soul collective the Roots.
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4740 - GUITAR PETE - Raw Deal (2011)

GUITAR PETE
''RAW DEAL''
OCTOBER 28 2011
55:47

1. Raw Deal/8:22
2. Battle Cry/5:39
3. All Fired Up/5:30
4. Gimme Back My Bullets/6:15
5. Born to Lose/5:35
6. Too Far Gone/5:11
7. Dead and Gone/5:43
8. Mudslinger/4:12
9. Love Me or I'll Kill You/9:19

REVIEW
by Evan Cater
Burning Bridges is a pretty apt title for Guitar Pete's incendiary solo debut. The artist keeps his namesake instrument blazing throughout the record, which essentially amounts to 43 minutes of gloriously shameless showboating. Pete is not a particularly talented vocalist; his booming, throaty bass is well-suited to the blues, but it would hardly earn him a recording deal on its own. On some tracks, he seems to give up entirely on the idea of singing, resorting instead to shouting the words rhythmically. Two of the album's best tracks ("J.B. Shuffle" and "Chillin'") are instrumental tunes that allow the guitar to wail for itself in a smoldering tizzy of dexterous showmanship. The album's sound is remarkably three dimensional for a three-piece band (Guitar Pete is joined by Anthony Bernardo on drums and Marc B. Gilman on bass guitar) playing a series of more or less run-of-the-mill Chicago-style blues songs. That's because Pete's fretwork is so dense and multi-faceted, letting more than a little '70s jam band influence to crash his ostensibly traditional blues party. This is particularly true in his explosive take on the familiar blues-rock tune "Mustang Sally" and in the smoky rhythm and blues number "Do You Hear the Rain." Burning Bridges is not a brilliant album; it has no pretensions to greatness. It is simply straightforward showmanship and as such it's a pleasure.

BIOGRAPHY
by Evan Cater
Pete Brasino has been playing his rock & roll-flavored brand of blues ever since he was in high school. He began to teach himself to play guitar as a 16-year-old and within six months he had become so proficient with the instrument that his classmates dubbed him Guitar Pete -- the nickname that would become his performing name. Another significant leftover from those early days is his playing style. Because he never had a guitar instructor, the left-handed musician never learned how to string the guitar the way a southpaw traditionally would. Instead, he plays upside down and backwards, holding the guitar lefty but using right-handed fingerings. Brasino's early heavy metal albums, released under the name Guitar Pete's Axe Attack, were not commercial successes, but they caught the attention of high-profile music industry professionals and eventually led to a 1994 recording deal for Brasino's band, Snakeyed Sue. The band's first record was produced by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiro, producers whose resumes included work with Blues Traveler, Guns N' Roses, and Aretha Franklin. Snakeyed Sue dissolved shortly after the album's release, but four years later, Guitar Pete returned with a solo effort Burning Bridges that provided a showcase for his powerhouse blues sound.
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4739 - GUITAR PETE Live At The Blues Warehouse (2009)

GUITAR PETE
''LIVE AT THE BLUES WAREHOUSE''
2009
49:31

1/Intro/Turning Off
Pete Brasino/8:12
2/Cold Shot
Wesley Clark / Michael Kindrid/8:22
3/You Shook Me
Willie Dixon / J.B. Lenoir/8:53
4/Going Down
Don Nix/5:35
5/Hey Joe
Billy Roberts/7:55
6/Voodoo Child
Jimi Hendrix/10:34

REVIEW
by Evan Cater
Burning Bridges is a pretty apt title for Guitar Pete's incendiary solo debut. The artist keeps his namesake instrument blazing throughout the record, which essentially amounts to 43 minutes of gloriously shameless showboating. Pete is not a particularly talented vocalist; his booming, throaty bass is well-suited to the blues, but it would hardly earn him a recording deal on its own. On some tracks, he seems to give up entirely on the idea of singing, resorting instead to shouting the words rhythmically. Two of the album's best tracks ("J.B. Shuffle" and "Chillin'") are instrumental tunes that allow the guitar to wail for itself in a smoldering tizzy of dexterous showmanship. The album's sound is remarkably three dimensional for a three-piece band (Guitar Pete is joined by Anthony Bernardo on drums and Marc B. Gilman on bass guitar) playing a series of more or less run-of-the-mill Chicago-style blues songs. That's because Pete's fretwork is so dense and multi-faceted, letting more than a little '70s jam band influence to crash his ostensibly traditional blues party. This is particularly true in his explosive take on the familiar blues-rock tune "Mustang Sally" and in the smoky rhythm and blues number "Do You Hear the Rain." Burning Bridges is not a brilliant album; it has no pretensions to greatness. It is simply straightforward showmanship and as such it's a pleasure.

BIOGRAPHY
by Evan Cater
Pete Brasino has been playing his rock & roll-flavored brand of blues ever since he was in high school. He began to teach himself to play guitar as a 16-year-old and within six months he had become so proficient with the instrument that his classmates dubbed him Guitar Pete -- the nickname that would become his performing name. Another significant leftover from those early days is his playing style. Because he never had a guitar instructor, the left-handed musician never learned how to string the guitar the way a southpaw traditionally would. Instead, he plays upside down and backwards, holding the guitar lefty but using right-handed fingerings. Brasino's early heavy metal albums, released under the name Guitar Pete's Axe Attack, were not commercial successes, but they caught the attention of high-profile music industry professionals and eventually led to a 1994 recording deal for Brasino's band, Snakeyed Sue. The band's first record was produced by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiro, producers whose resumes included work with Blues Traveler, Guns N' Roses, and Aretha Franklin. Snakeyed Sue dissolved shortly after the album's release, but four years later, Guitar Pete returned with a solo effort Burning Bridges that provided a showcase for his powerhouse blues sound.
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4738 - GUITAR PETE - Burning Bridges (1998)

GUITAR PETE
''BURNING BRIDGES''
OCTOBER 6 1998
43:26

1/Turnin' Off
Guitar Pete/3:46
2/Jellyfish
Guitar Pete/2:44
3/Mustang Sally
Bonny "Mack" Rice / Sir Mack Rice/3:42
4/Do You Hear the Rain
Guitar Pete/5:43
5/J.B. Shuffle
Guitar Pete/3:43
6/Drifting
Guitar Pete/4:28
7/Makes No Sense
Guitar Pete/6:24
8/Chillin'
Guitar Pete/4:04
9/Rainmaker
Anthony Bernardo/2:58
10/Gasoline
Guitar Pete/5:54

Ray Arias /Bass
Anthony Bernardo /Drums, Percussion
Diane Cameron /Vocals (Background)
Charlie Giordano /Keyboards
Guitar Pete /Guitar, Producer, Vocals
Rich Johnson /Harp
Deborah McGriff /Vocals (Background)

REVIEW
by Evan Cater
Burning Bridges is a pretty apt title for Guitar Pete's incendiary solo debut. The artist keeps his namesake instrument blazing throughout the record, which essentially amounts to 43 minutes of gloriously shameless showboating. Pete is not a particularly talented vocalist; his booming, throaty bass is well-suited to the blues, but it would hardly earn him a recording deal on its own. On some tracks, he seems to give up entirely on the idea of singing, resorting instead to shouting the words rhythmically. Two of the album's best tracks ("J.B. Shuffle" and "Chillin'") are instrumental tunes that allow the guitar to wail for itself in a smoldering tizzy of dexterous showmanship. The album's sound is remarkably three dimensional for a three-piece band (Guitar Pete is joined by Anthony Bernardo on drums and Marc B. Gilman on bass guitar) playing a series of more or less run-of-the-mill Chicago-style blues songs. That's because Pete's fretwork is so dense and multi-faceted, letting more than a little '70s jam band influence to crash his ostensibly traditional blues party. This is particularly true in his explosive take on the familiar blues-rock tune "Mustang Sally" and in the smoky rhythm and blues number "Do You Hear the Rain." Burning Bridges is not a brilliant album; it has no pretensions to greatness. It is simply straightforward showmanship and as such it's a pleasure.

BIOGRAPHY
by Evan Cater
Pete Brasino has been playing his rock & roll-flavored brand of blues ever since he was in high school. He began to teach himself to play guitar as a 16-year-old and within six months he had become so proficient with the instrument that his classmates dubbed him Guitar Pete -- the nickname that would become his performing name. Another significant leftover from those early days is his playing style. Because he never had a guitar instructor, the left-handed musician never learned how to string the guitar the way a southpaw traditionally would. Instead, he plays upside down and backwards, holding the guitar lefty but using right-handed fingerings. Brasino's early heavy metal albums, released under the name Guitar Pete's Axe Attack, were not commercial successes, but they caught the attention of high-profile music industry professionals and eventually led to a 1994 recording deal for Brasino's band, Snakeyed Sue. The band's first record was produced by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiro, producers whose resumes included work with Blues Traveler, Guns N' Roses, and Aretha Franklin. Snakeyed Sue dissolved shortly after the album's release, but four years later, Guitar Pete returned with a solo effort Burning Bridges that provided a showcase for his powerhouse blues sound.
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4737 - PETE BROWN & PHIL RYAN - Road of Cobras (2010)

PETE BROWN & PHIL RYAN
''ROAD TO COBRAS''
2010
74:53

1/Flag A Ride
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/4:19
2/Living on the Edge
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/4:54
3/Between us
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/4:28
4/Klip-On Weirdness Kit
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/4:20
5/The Ballad of Psucho and Delia
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/6:18
6/Tell Me
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/4:49
7/Men Only
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/5:07
8/13th Floor
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/5:40
9/Scroll On
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/7:10
10/When Love Has Wings
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/4:28
11/Moving Target
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/5:38
12/Didi
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/4:49
13/Sneaky Spot Trading Man
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/6:25
14/Couldn't We Try Again?
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/6:28

Rietta Austin /Vocals (Background)
Maggie Bell /Vocals
Arthur Brown /Vocals
Laurie Brown /Trumpet
Pete Brown /Percussion, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals
Clem Clempson /Guitar (Rhythm)
Lee Goodall /Flute, Saxophone
David Hadley /Bass
Helen Hardy /Vocals (Background)
Bob Jenkins /Drums
John McKenzie /Bass
Jim Mullen /Guitar
Mo Nazam /Guitar
Phil Ryan /Horn Arrangements, Keyboards, Producer, Vocal Arrangement
Mick Taylor /Guitar
Art Themen /Saxophone
Annie Whitehead /Trombone

BIOGRAPHY
by Andy Kellman
One of the key eccentrics of the Harvest stable and a successful collaborative lyricist for Cream ("I Feel Free," "Sunshine of Your Love"), poet/percussionist/vocalist/trumpet player Pete Brown was one of the many artists to arise from the British beat movement in the mid- to late '60s. Like a lot of his peers, Brown's spin on progressive rock came from backgrounds in folk, jazz, and blues.
Brown was kicking around the scene as a poet until being approached by Cream to assist in songwriting. Upon achieving chart success with the trio, Brown decided to go the musician route. Graham Bond asked Brown to help out with some songs for the Graham Bond Organisation, and he was eventually invited to sing with the group on-stage. Once they broke up, Brown helped form the Battered Ornaments, hoping to work with musicians whose skills didn't dwarf his own. The group fell in with Harvest, the progressive subsidiary of EMI that housed the likes of Syd Barrett, Deep Purple, and Roy Harper. The Battered Ornaments' only record with Brown, A Meal You Can Shake Hands With in the Dark, was released in 1969.
The Battered Ornaments booted Brown from the band on the night prior to a supporting gig for the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park; his vocals on the recording of the group's second record were eventually wiped off. The sacked singer immediately set about forming Piblokto!, a group that, for 1970's Things May Come and Things May Go But the Art School Dance Goes on Forever, comprised bassist Roger Bunn, guitarist Jim Mullen, organist Dave Thompson, and Battered Ornaments drummer Rob Tait. Bunn was replaced by Steve Glover for Thousands on a Raft, which was released six months after the debut. Another shake up in the lineup predated the final Piblokto! release, the single "Flying Hero Sandwich."
Brown teamed up again with Graham Bond for 1972's one-off Two Heads Are Better Than One, which featured contributions from several of Brown's former bandmates. With keyboardist Ian Lynn, who played on Thousands on a Raft, he formed Back to the Front, a group that performed but never recorded in their original form. The group lasted until 1977; Brown faded away from music, at least in a performance sense, until 1983's Party in the Rain, which featured most of Back to the Front behind him.
The '90s saw Brown working again with Phil Ryan, a keyboardist who played with Man, the Eyes of Blue, and the final lineup of Piblokto! They made two records together, Ardours of the Lost Rake and Coals to Jerusalem. Toward the end of the decade, he formed the Interoceters, a group that performed songs from his lengthy career. Brown has also maintained a working relationship with Jack Bruce and has participated in the making of several records by other artists.
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4736 - PETE BROWN & THE INTEROCETERS Live (2004)

PETE BROWN & THE INTEROCETERS
''LIVE''
RECORDED AT THE BORDERLINE, LONDON 17TH DECEMBER 2002
OCTOBER 25 2004
70:07

1/Brain Money
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/5:15
2/The Old Soul Singer
Pete Brown/6:16
3/Hard to Say
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/5:21
4/Comuter Generated Woman
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/4:30
5/Waiting for the Call
Pete Brown / Jack Bruce/7:46
6/Do the Dispute
Pete Brown / Phil Ryan/5:07
7/Dark City
Pete Brown / Jack Bruce/5:15
8/I Read the Funky Times
Pete Brown/4:59
9/The Politician
Pete Brown / Jack Bruce/7:30
10/Thousands on a Raft
Pete Brown/7:28
11/White Room
Pete Brown / Jack Bruce/7:36
12/Theme for an Imaginary Western
Pete Brown / Jack Bruce/3:04

Rietta Austin /Vocals (Background)
Pete Brown /Percussion, Producer, Vocals
Helen Hardy /Vocals (Background)
David Munch Moore /Keyboards
Mo Nazam /Guitar
David Hadley Ray /Bass

BIOGRAPHY
by Andy Kellman
One of the key eccentrics of the Harvest stable and a successful collaborative lyricist for Cream ("I Feel Free," "Sunshine of Your Love"), poet/percussionist/vocalist/trumpet player Pete Brown was one of the many artists to arise from the British beat movement in the mid- to late '60s. Like a lot of his peers, Brown's spin on progressive rock came from backgrounds in folk, jazz, and blues.
Brown was kicking around the scene as a poet until being approached by Cream to assist in songwriting. Upon achieving chart success with the trio, Brown decided to go the musician route. Graham Bond asked Brown to help out with some songs for the Graham Bond Organisation, and he was eventually invited to sing with the group on-stage. Once they broke up, Brown helped form the Battered Ornaments, hoping to work with musicians whose skills didn't dwarf his own. The group fell in with Harvest, the progressive subsidiary of EMI that housed the likes of Syd Barrett, Deep Purple, and Roy Harper. The Battered Ornaments' only record with Brown, A Meal You Can Shake Hands With in the Dark, was released in 1969.
The Battered Ornaments booted Brown from the band on the night prior to a supporting gig for the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park; his vocals on the recording of the group's second record were eventually wiped off. The sacked singer immediately set about forming Piblokto!, a group that, for 1970's Things May Come and Things May Go But the Art School Dance Goes on Forever, comprised bassist Roger Bunn, guitarist Jim Mullen, organist Dave Thompson, and Battered Ornaments drummer Rob Tait. Bunn was replaced by Steve Glover for Thousands on a Raft, which was released six months after the debut. Another shake up in the lineup predated the final Piblokto! release, the single "Flying Hero Sandwich."
Brown teamed up again with Graham Bond for 1972's one-off Two Heads Are Better Than One, which featured contributions from several of Brown's former bandmates. With keyboardist Ian Lynn, who played on Thousands on a Raft, he formed Back to the Front, a group that performed but never recorded in their original form. The group lasted until 1977; Brown faded away from music, at least in a performance sense, until 1983's Party in the Rain, which featured most of Back to the Front behind him.
The '90s saw Brown working again with Phil Ryan, a keyboardist who played with Man, the Eyes of Blue, and the final lineup of Piblokto! They made two records together, Ardours of the Lost Rake and Coals to Jerusalem. Toward the end of the decade, he formed the Interoceters, a group that performed songs from his lengthy career. Brown has also maintained a working relationship with Jack Bruce and has participated in the making of several records by other artists.
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4735 - PETE BROWN & IAN LYNN - Party In The Rain (1983)(2000)

PETE BROWN & IAN LYNN
''PARTY IN THE RAIN''
1983
OCTOBER 2 2000
65:43

1/Broken Windscreen Dance /5:00
Bass – Dill Katz
Clavinet, Backing Vocals – Lynn Maxwell
Drums – Jeff Seopardie
Keyboards, Afoxé [Cabaca], Backing Vocals – Ian Lynn
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Lead Vocals [2nd], Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy
Music By – Ian Lynn
Saxophone, Flute – Bimbo Acock
Words By – Pete Brown
2/White Room /4:38
Bass – Jerome Rimson
Drums – Rob Tait
Guitar – Les Davidson
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Jack Bruce
Voice – Jill Saward
Words By – Pete Brown
3/Big City Cowboy /4:10
Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy, Ian Lynn, Val McKenna
Bass – Dill Katz
Drums – Jeff Seopardie
Guitar – Val McKenna
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn
Saxophone – Bimbo Acock
Words By – Pete Brown
4/Walk Into The Sun /5:43
Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy, Ian Lynn
Bass – Dill Katz
Clavinet – Lynn Maxwell
Drums – Jeff Seopardie
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
5/The Comeback /4:37
Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy, Ian Lynn
Bass – Dill Katz
Congas – Jeff Seopardie
Drums – Rob Tait
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
6/Still Have The Love /2:55
Bass – Ian Lynn
Drums – Rob Tait
Lead Vocals, Congas – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
7/I Read The Funky Times /3:35
Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy
Bass – Dill Katz
Drums, Timbales, Percussion – Jeff Seopardie
Guitar – Val McKenna
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn, Pete Brown
Percussion, Backing Vocals – Ian Lynn
Saxophone – Bimbo Acock
Words By – Pete Brown
8/Party In The Rain /8:14
Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy, Ian Lynn
Bass – Dill Katz
Drums – Jeff Seopardie
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn, Pete Brown
Saxophone, Flute – Bimbo Acock
Words By – Pete Brown
9/The Old Rock Singer /4:11
Bass [Uncredited] – Alan Mair
Drums [Uncredited] – Rob Tait
Guitar [Uncredited] – Les Davidson
Keyboards [Uncredited] – Ian Lynn
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
10/Later Days Of Time /6:19
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
11/Barbed Wire Nightdress /6:26
Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Helen Hardy
Bass [Uncredited] – Dill Katz
Drums [Uncredited] – Bob Emmines
Keyboards [Uncredited] – Ian Lynn
Keyboards, Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Lynn Maxwell
Lead Vocals – Helen Hardy
Producer, Mixed By [Uncredited] – Chris White, Dennis Weinreich
Saxophone, Flute [Uncredited] – Bimbo Acock
Words By, Music By – Max Middleton, Pete Brown
12/Summer Hills /5:29
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
13/Patterns /4:52
Lead Vocals – Helen Hardy
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
Tracks 1 to 8 - Recorded in 1976/77, first released in 1983 (probably as "Back To The Front - Party In The Rain" on Discs International INTLP 1)
Tracks 9 to 13 - bonus tracks.
For tracks 9 to 13 are no further informations given on release; the credits for tracks 9 & 11 are taken from "Pete Brown - Before Singing Lessons".

BIOGRAPHY
by Andy Kellman
One of the key eccentrics of the Harvest stable and a successful collaborative lyricist for Cream ("I Feel Free," "Sunshine of Your Love"), poet/percussionist/vocalist/trumpet player Pete Brown was one of the many artists to arise from the British beat movement in the mid- to late '60s. Like a lot of his peers, Brown's spin on progressive rock came from backgrounds in folk, jazz, and blues.
Brown was kicking around the scene as a poet until being approached by Cream to assist in songwriting. Upon achieving chart success with the trio, Brown decided to go the musician route. Graham Bond asked Brown to help out with some songs for the Graham Bond Organisation, and he was eventually invited to sing with the group on-stage. Once they broke up, Brown helped form the Battered Ornaments, hoping to work with musicians whose skills didn't dwarf his own. The group fell in with Harvest, the progressive subsidiary of EMI that housed the likes of Syd Barrett, Deep Purple, and Roy Harper. The Battered Ornaments' only record with Brown, A Meal You Can Shake Hands With in the Dark, was released in 1969.
The Battered Ornaments booted Brown from the band on the night prior to a supporting gig for the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park; his vocals on the recording of the group's second record were eventually wiped off. The sacked singer immediately set about forming Piblokto!, a group that, for 1970's Things May Come and Things May Go But the Art School Dance Goes on Forever, comprised bassist Roger Bunn, guitarist Jim Mullen, organist Dave Thompson, and Battered Ornaments drummer Rob Tait. Bunn was replaced by Steve Glover for Thousands on a Raft, which was released six months after the debut. Another shake up in the lineup predated the final Piblokto! release, the single "Flying Hero Sandwich."
Brown teamed up again with Graham Bond for 1972's one-off Two Heads Are Better Than One, which featured contributions from several of Brown's former bandmates. With keyboardist Ian Lynn, who played on Thousands on a Raft, he formed Back to the Front, a group that performed but never recorded in their original form. The group lasted until 1977; Brown faded away from music, at least in a performance sense, until 1983's Party in the Rain, which featured most of Back to the Front behind him.
The '90s saw Brown working again with Phil Ryan, a keyboardist who played with Man, the Eyes of Blue, and the final lineup of Piblokto! They made two records together, Ardours of the Lost Rake and Coals to Jerusalem. Toward the end of the decade, he formed the Interoceters, a group that performed songs from his lengthy career. Brown has also maintained a working relationship with Jack Bruce and has participated in the making of several records by other artists.
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4734 - PETE BROWN & PIBLOKTO! - Thousands On A Raft (1970)

PETE BROWN & PIBLOKTO!
''THOUSANDS ON A RAFT''
1970
1994
65:08

1 - Aeroplane Head Woman/6:36
2 - Station Song Platform Two/3:36
3 - Highland Song/16:58
4 - If They Could Only See Me Now Parts 1 & 2/12:01
5 - Got A Letter From A Computer/5:43
6 - Thousands On A Raft/7:03
7 - Can't Get Off The Planet (Bonus)/6:00
8 - Broken Magic (Bonus)/6:52

Pete Brown/Vocals
Laurie Allan/Drums
Jim Mullen/Guitar
Roger Bunn/Bass
Dave Thompson/Organ

BIOGRAPHY
by Andy Kellman
One of the key eccentrics of the Harvest stable and a successful collaborative lyricist for Cream ("I Feel Free," "Sunshine of Your Love"), poet/percussionist/vocalist/trumpet player Pete Brown was one of the many artists to arise from the British beat movement in the mid- to late '60s. Like a lot of his peers, Brown's spin on progressive rock came from backgrounds in folk, jazz, and blues.
Brown was kicking around the scene as a poet until being approached by Cream to assist in songwriting. Upon achieving chart success with the trio, Brown decided to go the musician route. Graham Bond asked Brown to help out with some songs for the Graham Bond Organisation, and he was eventually invited to sing with the group on-stage. Once they broke up, Brown helped form the Battered Ornaments, hoping to work with musicians whose skills didn't dwarf his own. The group fell in with Harvest, the progressive subsidiary of EMI that housed the likes of Syd Barrett, Deep Purple, and Roy Harper. The Battered Ornaments' only record with Brown, A Meal You Can Shake Hands With in the Dark, was released in 1969.
The Battered Ornaments booted Brown from the band on the night prior to a supporting gig for the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park; his vocals on the recording of the group's second record were eventually wiped off. The sacked singer immediately set about forming Piblokto!, a group that, for 1970's Things May Come and Things May Go But the Art School Dance Goes on Forever, comprised bassist Roger Bunn, guitarist Jim Mullen, organist Dave Thompson, and Battered Ornaments drummer Rob Tait. Bunn was replaced by Steve Glover for Thousands on a Raft, which was released six months after the debut. Another shake up in the lineup predated the final Piblokto! release, the single "Flying Hero Sandwich."
Brown teamed up again with Graham Bond for 1972's one-off Two Heads Are Better Than One, which featured contributions from several of Brown's former bandmates. With keyboardist Ian Lynn, who played on Thousands on a Raft, he formed Back to the Front, a group that performed but never recorded in their original form. The group lasted until 1977; Brown faded away from music, at least in a performance sense, until 1983's Party in the Rain, which featured most of Back to the Front behind him.
The '90s saw Brown working again with Phil Ryan, a keyboardist who played with Man, the Eyes of Blue, and the final lineup of Piblokto! They made two records together, Ardours of the Lost Rake and Coals to Jerusalem. Toward the end of the decade, he formed the Interoceters, a group that performed songs from his lengthy career. Brown has also maintained a working relationship with Jack Bruce and has participated in the making of several records by other artists.
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4733 - PETE BROWN & PIBLOKTO! - ...The Art School Dance Goes On For Ever (1970)

PETE BROWN & PIBLOKTO!
''...THE ART SCHOOL DANCE GOES ON FOR EVER''
1970
51:29

1/Things May Come and Things May Go, But the Art School Dance Goes...
Pete Brown/5:06
2/High Flying Electric Bird
Pete Brown/4:18
3/Someone Like You
Pete Brown/5:49
4/Walk for Charity, Run for Money
Pete Brown/5:31
5/Then I Must Go and Can I Keep
Pete Brown / Chris Spedding/3:53
6/My Love Is Gone Far Away
Pete Brown / Chris Spedding/2:50
7/Golden Country Kingdom
Pete Brown/3:12
8/Firesong
Pete Brown/6:01
9/Country Morning
Pete Brown/6:50
10/Flying Hero Sandwich
Pete Brown/3:23

Jim Mullen
Roger Bunn
Dave Thompson
Pete Brown
Rob Tait

REVIEW
by Chris Nickson
It has to hurt to be dumped from the band you lead, but that's what happened to Pete Brown with the Battered Ornaments -- and to add insult to injury, right on the eve of a prestigious support slot opening for the Rolling Stones at London's Hyde Park in 1969. But Brown, already an acclaimed poet who'd penned many of the lyrics for Cream, dusted himself off and founded Piblokto!. This, their first album, was actually far more accessible and commercial than his work with the Battered Ornaments. The inventive title track percolates, and "High Flying Electric Bird" (which was the B-side of the band's first single) features Brown on the highly unusual rock & roll slide whistle, mimicking a birdsong. But it's "Golden Country Kingdom" that's the highlight; long and involved, it's a wonderful and highly affecting piece of prog rock that stands as the best thing Piblokto! ever put on tape. It stands as a contrast to the more laid-back "Firesong," although "My Love's Gone Far Away" offers a more soulful organ sound.

BIOGRAPHY
by Andy Kellman
One of the key eccentrics of the Harvest stable and a successful collaborative lyricist for Cream ("I Feel Free," "Sunshine of Your Love"), poet/percussionist/vocalist/trumpet player Pete Brown was one of the many artists to arise from the British beat movement in the mid- to late '60s. Like a lot of his peers, Brown's spin on progressive rock came from backgrounds in folk, jazz, and blues.
Brown was kicking around the scene as a poet until being approached by Cream to assist in songwriting. Upon achieving chart success with the trio, Brown decided to go the musician route. Graham Bond asked Brown to help out with some songs for the Graham Bond Organisation, and he was eventually invited to sing with the group on-stage. Once they broke up, Brown helped form the Battered Ornaments, hoping to work with musicians whose skills didn't dwarf his own. The group fell in with Harvest, the progressive subsidiary of EMI that housed the likes of Syd Barrett, Deep Purple, and Roy Harper. The Battered Ornaments' only record with Brown, A Meal You Can Shake Hands With in the Dark, was released in 1969.
The Battered Ornaments booted Brown from the band on the night prior to a supporting gig for the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park; his vocals on the recording of the group's second record were eventually wiped off. The sacked singer immediately set about forming Piblokto!, a group that, for 1970's Things May Come and Things May Go But the Art School Dance Goes on Forever, comprised bassist Roger Bunn, guitarist Jim Mullen, organist Dave Thompson, and Battered Ornaments drummer Rob Tait. Bunn was replaced by Steve Glover for Thousands on a Raft, which was released six months after the debut. Another shake up in the lineup predated the final Piblokto! release, the single "Flying Hero Sandwich."
Brown teamed up again with Graham Bond for 1972's one-off Two Heads Are Better Than One, which featured contributions from several of Brown's former bandmates. With keyboardist Ian Lynn, who played on Thousands on a Raft, he formed Back to the Front, a group that performed but never recorded in their original form. The group lasted until 1977; Brown faded away from music, at least in a performance sense, until 1983's Party in the Rain, which featured most of Back to the Front behind him.
The '90s saw Brown working again with Phil Ryan, a keyboardist who played with Man, the Eyes of Blue, and the final lineup of Piblokto! They made two records together, Ardours of the Lost Rake and Coals to Jerusalem. Toward the end of the decade, he formed the Interoceters, a group that performed songs from his lengthy career. Brown has also maintained a working relationship with Jack Bruce and has participated in the making of several records by other artists.
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4732 - PETE BROWN AND HIS BATTERED ORNAMENTS - A Meal You Can Shake Hands With In The Dark (1969)

PETE BROWN & HIS BATTERED ORNAMENTS
''A MEAL YOU CAN SHAKE HANDS WITH IN THE DARK''
JULY 1969
62:49

1/Dark Lady
Pete Brown/5:23
2/The Old Man
Pete Brown/5:29
3/Station Song
Pete Brown / Chris Spedding/3:25
4/The Politican
Pete Brown/12:16
5/Rainy Taxi Girl
Pete Brown/4:49
6/Morning Call
Pete Brown / Chris Spedding/2:51
7/Sandcastle
Pete Brown/9:25
8/Travelling Blues
Pete Brown/12:09
9/High Sorrow (Bonus Track)
Pete Brown/3:27
10/Raining Pins and Needles (Bonus Track)
Pete Brown/3:35

Alto Saxophone – Nisar Ahmed Khan On 1 to 4, 6
Banjo – Butch Potter On 2
Bass – Butch Potter
Congas, Percussion [African] – Pete Bailey
Design – Mal Dean
Drums – Rob Tait
Flute – Nisar Ahmed Khan On 5, 7
Guitar [Portuguese Chittarra] – Chris Spedding On 3
Harmonica [Mouth Organ] – Charlie Hart On 6
Lead Guitar – Chris Spedding On 1, 3, 6, 8
Organ – Charlie Hart On 1 to 3, 5, 8
Piano [Prepared] – Chris Spedding On 5
Producer – Andrew King, Dick Heckstall-Smith
Slide Guitar – Chris Spedding On 2, 4, 7
Talking Drum – Pete Brown On 7
Tenor Saxophone – Dick Heckstall-Smith On 1, 8
Trumpet – Pete Brown On 1 To 4
Vocals – Pete Brown
Whistle – Pete Brown On 8

REVIEW
by Richie Unterberger
Pete Brown's debut album may not have been as accessible as those of Cream (for whom he often helped write material) or even the early Jack Bruce (for whom he continued to collaborate as a songwriter). There are similarities, however, though more to Bruce's solo work than to Cream. For one thing, there are those lyrics, which are of a far higher standard than heard on most rock songs, ranging from ominous impressionism to take-out-the-piss political satire. Then there's Brown's voice, which rather resembles a gruff Jack Bruce, and is effective though certainly not as smoothly melodic as Bruce's vocals. And then there's the music, which grew out of the same jazz-blues-rock community that gave birth to the Graham Bond Organisation, Cream, and Colosseum. In fact, two other alumni of that scene, Bond (on organ) and Dick Heckstall-Smith (on saxophone), are among the supporting players, as is a young Chris Spedding. There are also unusual psychedelic and Middle Eastern accents here and there in the arrangements, though tasteful and subdued. Because there aren't the pop hooks of the songs Brown had a hand with in Cream, and because Brown's voice is not that of your average rock frontman, it's not something that ever got a wide audience. But it has its rewards for those looking for something a little more avant-garde and intellectual than much late-'60s psychedelic-prog rock, including the fairly grooving "Dark Lady" (which musically resembles Graham Bond's work), "Station Song" (where the likeness to some of Jack Bruce's more mysterious tracks is highest), and the beguiling downward-spiral melody of "Rainy Taxi Girl." Some of the bluesy tunes are more functional, but the 12-minute "The Politician" -- not the same as the Cream classic "Politician" penned by Brown and Bruce, though there are similarities -- is a highlight, as a very witty and scathing anti-establishment spoken word poem segueing into an off-kilter blues-rocker that exposes the "politician" for the lecherously hypocritical geezer he is.

BIOGRAPHY
by Andy Kellman
One of the key eccentrics of the Harvest stable and a successful collaborative lyricist for Cream ("I Feel Free," "Sunshine of Your Love"), poet/percussionist/vocalist/trumpet player Pete Brown was one of the many artists to arise from the British beat movement in the mid- to late '60s. Like a lot of his peers, Brown's spin on progressive rock came from backgrounds in folk, jazz, and blues.
Brown was kicking around the scene as a poet until being approached by Cream to assist in songwriting. Upon achieving chart success with the trio, Brown decided to go the musician route. Graham Bond asked Brown to help out with some songs for the Graham Bond Organisation, and he was eventually invited to sing with the group on-stage. Once they broke up, Brown helped form the Battered Ornaments, hoping to work with musicians whose skills didn't dwarf his own. The group fell in with Harvest, the progressive subsidiary of EMI that housed the likes of Syd Barrett, Deep Purple, and Roy Harper. The Battered Ornaments' only record with Brown, A Meal You Can Shake Hands With in the Dark, was released in 1969.
The Battered Ornaments booted Brown from the band on the night prior to a supporting gig for the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park; his vocals on the recording of the group's second record were eventually wiped off. The sacked singer immediately set about forming Piblokto!, a group that, for 1970's Things May Come and Things May Go But the Art School Dance Goes on Forever, comprised bassist Roger Bunn, guitarist Jim Mullen, organist Dave Thompson, and Battered Ornaments drummer Rob Tait. Bunn was replaced by Steve Glover for Thousands on a Raft, which was released six months after the debut. Another shake up in the lineup predated the final Piblokto! release, the single "Flying Hero Sandwich."
Brown teamed up again with Graham Bond for 1972's one-off Two Heads Are Better Than One, which featured contributions from several of Brown's former bandmates. With keyboardist Ian Lynn, who played on Thousands on a Raft, he formed Back to the Front, a group that performed but never recorded in their original form. The group lasted until 1977; Brown faded away from music, at least in a performance sense, until 1983's Party in the Rain, which featured most of Back to the Front behind him.
The '90s saw Brown working again with Phil Ryan, a keyboardist who played with Man, the Eyes of Blue, and the final lineup of Piblokto! They made two records together, Ardours of the Lost Rake and Coals to Jerusalem. Toward the end of the decade, he formed the Interoceters, a group that performed songs from his lengthy career. Brown has also maintained a working relationship with Jack Bruce and has participated in the making of several records by other artists.
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4731 - AMERICAN THREAD - Killing Days (2013)

AMERICAN THREAD
''KILLING DAYS''
MARCH 15 2013
43:48

1. Drink For The Damned/3:06
2. 12 Ounce American Dreams/5:13
3. Fool's Gold/3:45
4. Wedding Day/3:59
5. Killing Days/5:11
6. Fisherman's Lullabye/4:48
7. Lost and Found/3:42
8. Parade/2:21
9. 39 Days/4:48
10. Directions to Heaven/3:32
11. Time To Let Go/3:40

ABOUT US
American Thread is a rock and roll band founded by Guitarist/Singer Brendan Ahern and Drummer Geoff Downing in 2012. Based out of Boston, American Thread just released their first Album, Killing Days at Proofbox Studios in Somerville with Producer/multi instrumentalist Steve Mayone.

Killing Days blends influences from Bruce Springsteen to The Pogues and focuses on themes seen often in the Northeast from the plight of commercial fishermen to observations one can make in any bar around Boston. The band is proud of where they are from and the people who make this area great.

After recording the album Brendan filled out the lineup by recruiting Michael Taggart(Formerly of The Good North) to take on lead guitar and his brother Gary Taggart to hold down Bass.

The band is already establishing a loyal following throughout the Boston area and is looking forward to playing this great music out.
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4730 - THE SUBDUDES Live At The Rams Head, Disc Two (2008)

THE SUBDUDES
''LIVE AT THE RAMS HEAD, DISC TWO''
DECEMBER 9 2008
108:04

DISC ONE
1 - Intro (Spoken Word)/1:43
2 - Poor Man's Paradise/6:04
3 - Papa Dukie And The Mud People/8:44
4 - Light In Your Eyes/6:36
5 - Carved In Stone/3:52
6 - Why Can't I Forget About You/5:09
7 - Montage (Spoken Word)/3:05
8 - Street Symphony/6:30
9 - Sarita/6:06
10 - Half Of The Story/5:26

DISC TWO
1 - Fair Weather Friend/5:08
2 - If Wishing Made It So/4:25
3 - All The Time In The World/5:31
4 - Late At Night/6:00
5 - Fountain Of Youth/4:30
6 - No Man/7:01
7 - Thorn In Her Side/6:02
8 - Next To Me (Encore)/6:37
9 - It's So Hard (Encore)/9:28

BIOGRAPHY
by Steve Huey
Led by singer/guitarist Tommy Malone and accordionist John Magnie, the Subdudes draw most of their inspiration from the sounds of their native New Orleans, blending blues, gospel, funk, and R&B with their own harmony vocals; their sound is also notable for the band's substitution of a tambourine player for a drummer. The band came together after backing artists such as Joni Mitchell and Roseanne Cash, and released its eponymous debut in 1989. Like the group's subsequent albums (including 1991's Lucky, 1996's Primitive Streak, and 1997's Live at Last), The Subdudes featured a mix of covers and originals. After an eight-year sabbatical, the Subdudes joined Bob Dylan guitarist Freddy Koella to produce Miracle Mule in spring 2004. Keb' Mo' would be the producer for the band's 2006 effort, Behind the Levee, and Street Symphony would follow in 2007.
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4729 - THE SUBDUDES Live At The Rams Head, Disc One (2008)

THE SUBDUDES
''LIVE AT THE RAMS HEAD, DISC ONE''
DECEMBER 9 2008
108:04

DISC ONE
1 - Intro (Spoken Word)/1:43
2 - Poor Man's Paradise/6:04
3 - Papa Dukie And The Mud People/8:44
4 - Light In Your Eyes/6:36
5 - Carved In Stone/3:52
6 - Why Can't I Forget About You/5:09
7 - Montage (Spoken Word)/3:05
8 - Street Symphony/6:30
9 - Sarita/6:06
10 - Half Of The Story/5:26

DISC TWO
1 - Fair Weather Friend/5:08
2 - If Wishing Made It So/4:25
3 - All The Time In The World/5:31
4 - Late At Night/6:00
5 - Fountain Of Youth/4:30
6 - No Man/7:01
7 - Thorn In Her Side/6:02
8 - Next To Me (Encore)/6:37
9 - It's So Hard (Encore)/9:28

BIOGRAPHY
by Steve Huey
Led by singer/guitarist Tommy Malone and accordionist John Magnie, the Subdudes draw most of their inspiration from the sounds of their native New Orleans, blending blues, gospel, funk, and R&B with their own harmony vocals; their sound is also notable for the band's substitution of a tambourine player for a drummer. The band came together after backing artists such as Joni Mitchell and Roseanne Cash, and released its eponymous debut in 1989. Like the group's subsequent albums (including 1991's Lucky, 1996's Primitive Streak, and 1997's Live at Last), The Subdudes featured a mix of covers and originals. After an eight-year sabbatical, the Subdudes joined Bob Dylan guitarist Freddy Koella to produce Miracle Mule in spring 2004. Keb' Mo' would be the producer for the band's 2006 effort, Behind the Levee, and Street Symphony would follow in 2007.
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4728 - WOLRUS - Chasin' The Light (2012)

WOLRUS
''CHASIN' THE LIGHT''
DECEMBER 13 2012
20:39

1. BeachWall/3:57
2. Blow My Mind/2:28
3. Far Away The Mountains/5:32
4. My Love is Gonna Last/5:43
5. Think I'm Gonna Feel Better (bonus track)/3:04

Miguel Puig: vocals, guitar
Graham Summer: vocals, guitar
Joki: bass & backing vocals
Adri MT: lead guitar & backing vocals
Diego Veiga: hammond, harmonica & backing vocals
Adrián Seijas: drums
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4727 - WOLRUS - Wooden Tapes (2011)

WOLRUS
''WOODEN TAPES''
NOVEMBER 29 2011
37:51

1. Summer of 10's/2:21
2. Stone & Roses Blues/2:36
3. She is/2:28
4. Country Fever/3:48
5. Clearer than Me/4:21
6. Take Me Away from Home/2:59
7. Every Smile/2:57
8. Let it Flow/2:10
9. Mary's Field/2:30
10. Rock Me All Night Long/3:56
11. Some House/2:11
12. Broken Harmony/5:45

Miguel Puig: vocals, guitar
Graham Summer: vocals, guitar
Joki: bass & backing vocals
Adri MT: lead guitar & backing vocals
Diego Veiga: hammond, harmonica & backing vocals
Adrián Seijas: drums
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4726 - RICHARD LINDGREN - Grace (2012)

RICHARD LINDGREN
''GRACE''
OCTOBER 31 2012
42:25

1. Reconsider Me /3:40
2. Hopeless Side of Town /4:32
3. I Came I Went But I Don't Know Where I'm Going Now /3:23
4. She's Already Gone /5:13
5. If Only She Came Walking By /3:27
6. Losing My Bearings /3:59
7. By My Lonesome (Dublin Town) /2:26
8. Sunday Tea Blues /4:24
9. Silver /3:28
10. A Slow Walk of Dreams /4:58
11. New Year's Eve 2009 /2:55

The Richard Lindgren story...
By Mr Broom Beacon Jr/Storyteller
Spellbound by the words and music of Bob Dylan, Richard Lindgren a twelwe- year old boy decided to become a singer himself. Alone in his grandpas trailer he decided not to come out until he had completed a song of his own. It took a couple of days to get it down because he didnt know how to play the guitar but eventually three chords descended upon that trailer and three chords will do anyday. Richard learned his craftsmanship quickly and even in the mid-eighties you could find him hammering away on his guitar in some local bar in his hometown Malmoe. Throughout the years he formed different bands, such as Kettlefish, a group inspired by country music and Irish folk music. The band lasted a couple of years and then it was time to move on. Richard has always written his own material and in 1995 he felt it was about time he got a record out. Ignored by the big record labels he rented a studio on his own and recorded his first album, simply called Richard Lindgren and distributed it himself. This album is now very hard to come across and rumor says that not even Richard has a copy.

In 1998 he set out searching for the ghost of Townes Van Zandt. He arrived on a Greyhound bus in Austin, Tx and stayed at a rundown motel on the outskirts of the city. For months he roamed the streets, wrote new material and played some gigs at some classic venues. When I once asked him if hed ever found the ghost of Townes he said I felt something at the Cactus Caf just as I was about to leave. Richard Lindgren spent the following years traveling alone with his acoustic guitar. These trips took him to stages in Austria and in the Czech Republic and especially in Vienna hes got a small audience who, when hes in town, rarely misses out on a show. During this period of time Richard wrote a lot of new songs and the time had come to release a second album. Postcard from Elsewhere was released in May 2003 and got some fine reviews though some thought it was a gloomy record. Lindgren toured on his own to promote the album and in Denmark he found an audience reciptive to his work. He now tours DK on a regular basis and hes formed a group with just danish musicians. Richard Lindgren has just completed his third album and it will be released sometime in the beginning of 2006.

He is currently signed to Scandinavian Recordings and at the present hes planning the recording of a fourth album which will also be released in 2006. In different costumes Richard Lindgren has played support act to artists such as Robyn Hitchcock, Ryan Adams and Jayhawks. Sometimes on his own, other times with Swedish backing group Transcendents. In the summer of 2005 he did the PRE-SPOT tour in Denmark together with The Tiny and Norwegian singer/songwriter Ane Brun. Richard received the Fjellis award in 2005.
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4725 - RICHARD LINDGREN - Memento 1994-2010: Best Of + Rare & Unreleased, Disc Three (2011)

RICHARD LINDGREN
''MEMENTO 1994-2010: BEST OF + RARE & UNRELEASED, DISC THREE''
APRIL 6 2011
208:44

Disc One
1/One Step Behind/4:06
2/Five Pints and a Wink From Gwendolyn/5:10
3/When My Days Are Done/2:36
4/Blue Sky Shut/4:12
5/Poets Drown In Lakes/3:59
6/Passenger/5:25
7/Blind Willie McTell
Bob Dylan/7:23
8/Mezcal Mae feat. Andi Almqvist
Andi Almqvist / Richard Lindgren /3:51
9/I Don't Belong In This World Anymore/4:24
10/Black Morning, Black Train/2:27
11/Aberdeen/7:20
12/Lone Star Blues/5:44
13/White Freightliner Blues
Townes Van Zandt/3:28
14/Take Tomorrow/3:21
15/Back To Brno/3:32
16/Doubt/3:44

DISC TWO
1/Drunk On Arrival/4:38
2/Portion of Love/4:37
3/Dead Man/5:23
4/Hello Mystery World/3:37
5/Grand Hotel/5:29
6/Goodbye Rosie/3:33
7/I Won't Recall You At All/3:14
8/My Kind of Place/5:42
9/Brother Flower
Townes Van Zandt/2:26
10/I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry feat. Maria Blom
Hank Williams/3:40
11/Lighthouse In the Dark/4:59
12/Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen/6:34
13/I Can't Deliver That/5:51
14/Sweet Buttercup/2:45
15/Drinking Down Sorrow/7:27

DISC THREE
1/From Camden Town To Bleecker Street/3:16
2/Goner feat. Tiina W. Edring
Richard Lindgren/2:19
3/Bad News/3:09
4/Silver/2:25
5/You Know Who Your Lover Will Be/4:24
6/If Only She Came Walking By/4:36
7/David Reynolds' Last Ride/3:44
8/Tom Traubert's Blues
Tom Waits/5:38
9/Mixed-Up World/4:36
10/Deportees (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
Woody Guthrie / Martin Hoffman/6:52
11/A Man You Can Hate/3:58
12/If My Name's Ever on the Tip of Her Tongue/5:39
13/Song of Calamity/4:08
14/Untitled, Pt. 2/2:32
15/How Long?/10:49
TRACKS BY LINDGREN, EXCEPT AS INDICATED

The Richard Lindgren story...
By Mr Broom Beacon Jr/Storyteller
Spellbound by the words and music of Bob Dylan, Richard Lindgren a twelwe- year old boy decided to become a singer himself. Alone in his grandpas trailer he decided not to come out until he had completed a song of his own. It took a couple of days to get it down because he didnt know how to play the guitar but eventually three chords descended upon that trailer and three chords will do anyday. Richard learned his craftsmanship quickly and even in the mid-eighties you could find him hammering away on his guitar in some local bar in his hometown Malmoe. Throughout the years he formed different bands, such as Kettlefish, a group inspired by country music and Irish folk music. The band lasted a couple of years and then it was time to move on. Richard has always written his own material and in 1995 he felt it was about time he got a record out. Ignored by the big record labels he rented a studio on his own and recorded his first album, simply called Richard Lindgren and distributed it himself. This album is now very hard to come across and rumor says that not even Richard has a copy.

In 1998 he set out searching for the ghost of Townes Van Zandt. He arrived on a Greyhound bus in Austin, Tx and stayed at a rundown motel on the outskirts of the city. For months he roamed the streets, wrote new material and played some gigs at some classic venues. When I once asked him if hed ever found the ghost of Townes he said I felt something at the Cactus Caf just as I was about to leave. Richard Lindgren spent the following years traveling alone with his acoustic guitar. These trips took him to stages in Austria and in the Czech Republic and especially in Vienna hes got a small audience who, when hes in town, rarely misses out on a show. During this period of time Richard wrote a lot of new songs and the time had come to release a second album. Postcard from Elsewhere was released in May 2003 and got some fine reviews though some thought it was a gloomy record. Lindgren toured on his own to promote the album and in Denmark he found an audience reciptive to his work. He now tours DK on a regular basis and hes formed a group with just danish musicians. Richard Lindgren has just completed his third album and it will be released sometime in the beginning of 2006.

He is currently signed to Scandinavian Recordings and at the present hes planning the recording of a fourth album which will also be released in 2006. In different costumes Richard Lindgren has played support act to artists such as Robyn Hitchcock, Ryan Adams and Jayhawks. Sometimes on his own, other times with Swedish backing group Transcendents. In the summer of 2005 he did the PRE-SPOT tour in Denmark together with The Tiny and Norwegian singer/songwriter Ane Brun. Richard received the Fjellis award in 2005.
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4724 - RICHARD LINDGREN - Memento 1994-2010: Best Of + Rare & Unreleased, Disc Two (2011)

RICHARD LINDGREN
''MEMENTO 1994-2010: BEST OF + RARE & UNRELEASED, DISC TWO''
APRIL 6 2011
208:44

Disc One
1/One Step Behind/4:06
2/Five Pints and a Wink From Gwendolyn/5:10
3/When My Days Are Done/2:36
4/Blue Sky Shut/4:12
5/Poets Drown In Lakes/3:59
6/Passenger/5:25
7/Blind Willie McTell
Bob Dylan/7:23
8/Mezcal Mae feat. Andi Almqvist
Andi Almqvist / Richard Lindgren /3:51
9/I Don't Belong In This World Anymore/4:24
10/Black Morning, Black Train/2:27
11/Aberdeen/7:20
12/Lone Star Blues/5:44
13/White Freightliner Blues
Townes Van Zandt/3:28
14/Take Tomorrow/3:21
15/Back To Brno/3:32
16/Doubt/3:44

DISC TWO
1/Drunk On Arrival/4:38
2/Portion of Love/4:37
3/Dead Man/5:23
4/Hello Mystery World/3:37
5/Grand Hotel/5:29
6/Goodbye Rosie/3:33
7/I Won't Recall You At All/3:14
8/My Kind of Place/5:42
9/Brother Flower
Townes Van Zandt/2:26
10/I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry feat. Maria Blom
Hank Williams/3:40
11/Lighthouse In the Dark/4:59
12/Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen/6:34
13/I Can't Deliver That/5:51
14/Sweet Buttercup/2:45
15/Drinking Down Sorrow/7:27

DISC THREE
1/From Camden Town To Bleecker Street/3:16
2/Goner feat. Tiina W. Edring
Richard Lindgren/2:19
3/Bad News/3:09
4/Silver/2:25
5/You Know Who Your Lover Will Be/4:24
6/If Only She Came Walking By/4:36
7/David Reynolds' Last Ride/3:44
8/Tom Traubert's Blues
Tom Waits/5:38
9/Mixed-Up World/4:36
10/Deportees (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
Woody Guthrie / Martin Hoffman/6:52
11/A Man You Can Hate/3:58
12/If My Name's Ever on the Tip of Her Tongue/5:39
13/Song of Calamity/4:08
14/Untitled, Pt. 2/2:32
15/How Long?/10:49
TRACKS BY LINDGREN, EXCEPT AS INDICATED

The Richard Lindgren story...
By Mr Broom Beacon Jr/Storyteller
Spellbound by the words and music of Bob Dylan, Richard Lindgren a twelwe- year old boy decided to become a singer himself. Alone in his grandpas trailer he decided not to come out until he had completed a song of his own. It took a couple of days to get it down because he didnt know how to play the guitar but eventually three chords descended upon that trailer and three chords will do anyday. Richard learned his craftsmanship quickly and even in the mid-eighties you could find him hammering away on his guitar in some local bar in his hometown Malmoe. Throughout the years he formed different bands, such as Kettlefish, a group inspired by country music and Irish folk music. The band lasted a couple of years and then it was time to move on. Richard has always written his own material and in 1995 he felt it was about time he got a record out. Ignored by the big record labels he rented a studio on his own and recorded his first album, simply called Richard Lindgren and distributed it himself. This album is now very hard to come across and rumor says that not even Richard has a copy.

In 1998 he set out searching for the ghost of Townes Van Zandt. He arrived on a Greyhound bus in Austin, Tx and stayed at a rundown motel on the outskirts of the city. For months he roamed the streets, wrote new material and played some gigs at some classic venues. When I once asked him if hed ever found the ghost of Townes he said I felt something at the Cactus Caf just as I was about to leave. Richard Lindgren spent the following years traveling alone with his acoustic guitar. These trips took him to stages in Austria and in the Czech Republic and especially in Vienna hes got a small audience who, when hes in town, rarely misses out on a show. During this period of time Richard wrote a lot of new songs and the time had come to release a second album. Postcard from Elsewhere was released in May 2003 and got some fine reviews though some thought it was a gloomy record. Lindgren toured on his own to promote the album and in Denmark he found an audience reciptive to his work. He now tours DK on a regular basis and hes formed a group with just danish musicians. Richard Lindgren has just completed his third album and it will be released sometime in the beginning of 2006.

He is currently signed to Scandinavian Recordings and at the present hes planning the recording of a fourth album which will also be released in 2006. In different costumes Richard Lindgren has played support act to artists such as Robyn Hitchcock, Ryan Adams and Jayhawks. Sometimes on his own, other times with Swedish backing group Transcendents. In the summer of 2005 he did the PRE-SPOT tour in Denmark together with The Tiny and Norwegian singer/songwriter Ane Brun. Richard received the Fjellis award in 2005.
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4723 - RICHARD LINDGREN - Memento 1994-2010: Best Of + Rare & Unreleased, Disc One (2011)

RICHARD LINDGREN
''MEMENTO 1994-2010: BEST OF + RARE & UNRELEASED, DISC ONE''
APRIL 6 2011
208:44

Disc One
1/One Step Behind/4:06
2/Five Pints and a Wink From Gwendolyn/5:10
3/When My Days Are Done/2:36
4/Blue Sky Shut/4:12
5/Poets Drown In Lakes/3:59
6/Passenger/5:25
7/Blind Willie McTell
Bob Dylan/7:23
8/Mezcal Mae feat. Andi Almqvist
Andi Almqvist / Richard Lindgren /3:51
9/I Don't Belong In This World Anymore/4:24
10/Black Morning, Black Train/2:27
11/Aberdeen/7:20
12/Lone Star Blues/5:44
13/White Freightliner Blues
Townes Van Zandt/3:28
14/Take Tomorrow/3:21
15/Back To Brno/3:32
16/Doubt/3:44

DISC TWO
1/Drunk On Arrival/4:38
2/Portion of Love/4:37
3/Dead Man/5:23
4/Hello Mystery World/3:37
5/Grand Hotel/5:29
6/Goodbye Rosie/3:33
7/I Won't Recall You At All/3:14
8/My Kind of Place/5:42
9/Brother Flower
Townes Van Zandt/2:26
10/I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry feat. Maria Blom
Hank Williams/3:40
11/Lighthouse In the Dark/4:59
12/Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen/6:34
13/I Can't Deliver That/5:51
14/Sweet Buttercup/2:45
15/Drinking Down Sorrow/7:27

DISC THREE
1/From Camden Town To Bleecker Street/3:16
2/Goner feat. Tiina W. Edring
Richard Lindgren/2:19
3/Bad News/3:09
4/Silver/2:25
5/You Know Who Your Lover Will Be/4:24
6/If Only She Came Walking By/4:36
7/David Reynolds' Last Ride/3:44
8/Tom Traubert's Blues
Tom Waits/5:38
9/Mixed-Up World/4:36
10/Deportees (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
Woody Guthrie / Martin Hoffman/6:52
11/A Man You Can Hate/3:58
12/If My Name's Ever on the Tip of Her Tongue/5:39
13/Song of Calamity/4:08
14/Untitled, Pt. 2/2:32
15/How Long?/10:49
TRACKS BY LINDGREN, EXCEPT AS INDICATED

The Richard Lindgren story...
By Mr Broom Beacon Jr/Storyteller
Spellbound by the words and music of Bob Dylan, Richard Lindgren a twelwe- year old boy decided to become a singer himself. Alone in his grandpas trailer he decided not to come out until he had completed a song of his own. It took a couple of days to get it down because he didnt know how to play the guitar but eventually three chords descended upon that trailer and three chords will do anyday. Richard learned his craftsmanship quickly and even in the mid-eighties you could find him hammering away on his guitar in some local bar in his hometown Malmoe. Throughout the years he formed different bands, such as Kettlefish, a group inspired by country music and Irish folk music. The band lasted a couple of years and then it was time to move on. Richard has always written his own material and in 1995 he felt it was about time he got a record out. Ignored by the big record labels he rented a studio on his own and recorded his first album, simply called Richard Lindgren and distributed it himself. This album is now very hard to come across and rumor says that not even Richard has a copy.

In 1998 he set out searching for the ghost of Townes Van Zandt. He arrived on a Greyhound bus in Austin, Tx and stayed at a rundown motel on the outskirts of the city. For months he roamed the streets, wrote new material and played some gigs at some classic venues. When I once asked him if hed ever found the ghost of Townes he said I felt something at the Cactus Caf just as I was about to leave. Richard Lindgren spent the following years traveling alone with his acoustic guitar. These trips took him to stages in Austria and in the Czech Republic and especially in Vienna hes got a small audience who, when hes in town, rarely misses out on a show. During this period of time Richard wrote a lot of new songs and the time had come to release a second album. Postcard from Elsewhere was released in May 2003 and got some fine reviews though some thought it was a gloomy record. Lindgren toured on his own to promote the album and in Denmark he found an audience reciptive to his work. He now tours DK on a regular basis and hes formed a group with just danish musicians. Richard Lindgren has just completed his third album and it will be released sometime in the beginning of 2006.

He is currently signed to Scandinavian Recordings and at the present hes planning the recording of a fourth album which will also be released in 2006. In different costumes Richard Lindgren has played support act to artists such as Robyn Hitchcock, Ryan Adams and Jayhawks. Sometimes on his own, other times with Swedish backing group Transcendents. In the summer of 2005 he did the PRE-SPOT tour in Denmark together with The Tiny and Norwegian singer/songwriter Ane Brun. Richard received the Fjellis award in 2005.
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4722 - RICHARD LINDGREN - Poet Drawn In Lakes_ A Live Recording (2009)

RICHARD LINDGREN
''POET DROWN IN LAKES: A LIVE RECORDING''
APRIL 29 2009
50:38

1/From Camden Town to Bleecker Street/3:19
2/Deportees/7:00
3/Poet Drown in Lakes/5:19
4/Five Pints and a Wink from Gwendolyn/5:18
5/Take Tomorrow/3:23
6/On the Nickel/8:25
7/At My Weakest/4:41
8/Song of Calamity/6:03
9/Grand Hotel/6:51

The Richard Lindgren story...
By Mr Broom Beacon Jr/Storyteller
Spellbound by the words and music of Bob Dylan, Richard Lindgren a twelwe- year old boy decided to become a singer himself. Alone in his grandpas trailer he decided not to come out until he had completed a song of his own. It took a couple of days to get it down because he didnt know how to play the guitar but eventually three chords descended upon that trailer and three chords will do anyday. Richard learned his craftsmanship quickly and even in the mid-eighties you could find him hammering away on his guitar in some local bar in his hometown Malmoe. Throughout the years he formed different bands, such as Kettlefish, a group inspired by country music and Irish folk music. The band lasted a couple of years and then it was time to move on. Richard has always written his own material and in 1995 he felt it was about time he got a record out. Ignored by the big record labels he rented a studio on his own and recorded his first album, simply called Richard Lindgren and distributed it himself. This album is now very hard to come across and rumor says that not even Richard has a copy.

In 1998 he set out searching for the ghost of Townes Van Zandt. He arrived on a Greyhound bus in Austin, Tx and stayed at a rundown motel on the outskirts of the city. For months he roamed the streets, wrote new material and played some gigs at some classic venues. When I once asked him if hed ever found the ghost of Townes he said I felt something at the Cactus Caf just as I was about to leave. Richard Lindgren spent the following years traveling alone with his acoustic guitar. These trips took him to stages in Austria and in the Czech Republic and especially in Vienna hes got a small audience who, when hes in town, rarely misses out on a show. During this period of time Richard wrote a lot of new songs and the time had come to release a second album. Postcard from Elsewhere was released in May 2003 and got some fine reviews though some thought it was a gloomy record. Lindgren toured on his own to promote the album and in Denmark he found an audience reciptive to his work. He now tours DK on a regular basis and hes formed a group with just danish musicians. Richard Lindgren has just completed his third album and it will be released sometime in the beginning of 2006.

He is currently signed to Scandinavian Recordings and at the present hes planning the recording of a fourth album which will also be released in 2006. In different costumes Richard Lindgren has played support act to artists such as Robyn Hitchcock, Ryan Adams and Jayhawks. Sometimes on his own, other times with Swedish backing group Transcendents. In the summer of 2005 he did the PRE-SPOT tour in Denmark together with The Tiny and Norwegian singer/songwriter Ane Brun. Richard received the Fjellis award in 2005.
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