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Americana, Country, Folk, Soul, Jazz, Western Swing & everthing cool and roots influenced! This is where you'll find a wealth of interesting and essential releases that don't fit a straight Blues or Rockabilly label. Take your time, listen and discover!
Steel is Real! A session of western swing, blues, rockabilly, and jazz featuring the pedal steel and lap steel guitar of Joel paterson.
Joel Paterson - Pedal steel, lap steel, guitar
Beau Sample - Upright bass
Alex Hall - Drums
Scott Ligon - Piano, Hammond organ
Original liner notes from "Steel is Real" by Beau Sample:
When Chicago’s music scene comes up in conversation, you are not likely to hear the words “steel guitar.” If Joel Paterson has his way that will all change soon. Paterson is the Windy City’s champion of the steel guitar.
When I moved to Chicago from Austin I thought my days of playing with steel guitarists were over. Luckily, I could not have been more wrong. Within days of my arrival I got the chance to sit down for an informal jam session with Joel Paterson and Alex Hall. What started as a laid-back afternoon turned into a real-deal project, and ultimately, the first session for our new record label. The three of us founded the Ventrella Recording Company to document our new-found empathy and dedication to American roots music.
Joel Paterson is one of the most lyrical players on the steel scene today. He is comfortable using space and dynamics in his improvisations, a true sign of maturity on any instrument. He can make his steel guitar sound like a ragtime piano, a punchy brass section, a blues guitar or even the most mellifluous of female vocalists. I feel any listener with an aural palate, refined or not, will be able to enjoy the variety of music Joel has served up for this record. You will hear him play western swing, jazz, blues, hawaiian, latin, and country – and even dish up some soul jazz organ grooves. He is a musician who knows no stylistic boundaries.
I feel very lucky to have been a part of this session. “Steel is Real” will be a welcome addition to the record collection of any connoisseur of Americana.
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1. JP's Shuffle
2. Indian Love Call
3. Steel Before Sunrise
4. Pedal Madness
5. La Rosita
6. Coconut Grove
7. La Cumparsita
8. Slidin' The Scales
9. Walkin' Ten Strings
10. The Alley
11. Boppin' Steel Guitar
12. Panhandle Rag
13. Nuages
14. What is The Thing (Called Love)
15. All Day long
16. 12th Street Rag
17. When You're Smiling
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The Joel Paterson Trio is a Chicago based group featuring Joel Paterson on guitar, vocals and pedal steel; Beau Sample on string bass and vocals; Alex Hall on drums and vocals. The Trio is dedicated to performing many styles of traditional American music, specializing in classic blues, hot jazz, western swing, rockabilly and everything in between. They perform at many great venues in Chicago, including The Green Mill, The Hideout, and Buddy Guy's Legends.
Joel "Fats" Paterson hails from Madison, WI and has lived in Chicago for years, performing with various bands including Jimmy Sutton's Four Charms, The Wabash Jug Band, The Western Elstons and Kelly Hogan's Wooden Leg. He currently fronts The Joel Paterson Trio and is a member of Devil in a Woodpile. Beau Sample is from San Antonio, Texas. He spent a few years on the Austin, TX music scene and has recently moved to Chicago to play with Joel and Alex. Alex Hall is from Chicago and is a very talented drummer and recording engineer.
Together they founded Ventrella Records in an effort to get rich quick or go broke slow, depending on how you look at it. The label reflects The Trio's lifelong commitment to play good music and to break even. Ventrella Records first two releases include "A Chicago Session," The Joel Paterson Trio backing up boogie woogie piano master Carl Sonny Leyland and "Steel is Real," the steel guitar sounds of The Joel Paterson Trio.
The new Big Four album –The Congregation Sessions– is finally available. Fourteen songs of high quality and varying styles are presented on this disc. From New Orleans based second line songs to down home nitty gritty blues, from soul-jazz originals to loungey club grooves, everything is included on this magnificently produced CD.
These five musicians love playing music just for the sake of it. The variety of styles and songs is almost too much for the listener to grasp. From New Orleans based second line songs, to down home nitty gritty blues to lounge jazz themes.
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1.Honey Tongued
2.Compared to what
3.The Preacher
4.A Big Chunk
5.The Wobble
6.Early in the Morning
7.Don't You
8.Carlos Rilla Chihuaua
9.Sweet Lover
10.On My Own
11.Bim Bam
12.The Pink Panther Theme
13.Dig this menu
14.Black Beans
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Introducing the newly released album from
Craig Shaw & the Illuminators: “Find My Way” 2008
Craig Shaw -vocals / Guitars / Harmonica / Melodica
Wayne Hopkins - Double Bass
Evan Jenkins - Drums
Andrew Prince - Trumpet
Escapee - Guest Vocals
Boz Boorer - Harmonica/Guitar on Run & Hide
WHAT’S THE SOUND?
12 blistering tracks showcasing the band’s versatile musicianship and Craig’s song-writing prowess.
The music itself moves right across the soundboard style wise. From guitar and vocal led roots rock’n’roll, to funked-out, jazzed-up psychedelic rock, skabilly, dub, garage blues with the added texture of a trumpet & percussion. Stirred, shaken and then blasted out of a rocket launcher!
The common theme throughout is Craig’s distinctive style on both vox and guitar, which makes the album a must in your collection. This is back to your roots music that will entice you to keep listening and your feet a stompin’. PLAY LOUD! (Headphones is good to but not too loud!!)
The album was mixed and produced by Boz Boorer (Morrissey’s main guitarist) and Craig Shaw. This led to the sound of the album feeling like an old familiar classic with a contemporary edge to it.
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1. Avalanche
2. Strong & Pray
3. Run & Hide
4. Find My Way
5. Dirty Pool
6. Dance Sister Dance
7. Woke Up This Evening
8. Desert Sun
9. Who Do U Love
10. Mama Got The Blues
11. This World
12. Ella's Song
13. Dream A Little (untitled on album)
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Tokela/Vocals, acoustic guitar
Ninni Poijärvi/backing vocals, fiddle
Mika Kuokkanen/backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Esa Kaartamo/backing vocals, guitars
Jarmo Nikku/acoustic guitar, mandolin, banjo
Olli Haavisto/pedal steel, dobro
Tom Nyman/bass
Topi Kurki/drums
For five years Hoedown, a band that gathers together the royalty of Finnish country scene, has drawn crowds to clubs and wonderful guests to join them on stage. Late 2007 they were joined by Tokela, the legendary singer/songwriter of Melrose, and from the first song on it was evident that this combination should be recorded and released asap! January 7th and 8th they recorded the 15 songs on this album live in studio. A delightful package of country, rockabilly and western swing!
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1. Honky Tonk Merry-Go-Round
2. A Short Life And It´s Troubles
3. Young Dreams
4. A Booger Gonna Getcha
5. Let´s Take The Long Way Home
6. Give Me A Red Hot Mama And An Ice Cold Beer
7. Bitter Tears
8. Feelin´ Low
9. Listen To Me
10. Beer Bottle Mama
11. Ugly And Slouchy
12. Night Life
13. Three Steps To Heaven
14. Tonight Will Be The Last Time
15. Tennessee Waltz'
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Second album of this 1/3rd Walloons (Marc Bodart ex-Buttnaked) and 2/3rd Flemmish (Bart Ieven, Toon Derison ex El Fish) group. Still an obstinate mix of boogie, blues and world music.
Les Générals Jack is a trio, two guitars & drums, who bring an original mix of Rock, Funk, Reggae & Roots all songs larded with a fat layer of BLUES! The members of the band met each other on a Jamsession at the port festival of Leuven (Belgium) in 1999. This Jam appeared rapidly a windfall of format which made the idea grow forming a band. The first rehearsels started on the boat of drummer, Toon Derison, the boat was called 'Jack'. Floated by the inspiration "A chacun son Blues" a first demo with 5 own numbers arose in 2001, and in 2004, they released their first CD "Small talk, Space Message" on the label Naked Productions.
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1. My Show
2. Matongue Square
3. Hey Mama
4. Dirty Taste
5. Road Kill
6. I'd Like To Know
7.
Don't Tell About Love
8. No Use To Cry
9. Human Condition
10. Baby Got Something
11. High Speed Rooster
12. Let Me In
13. Worse
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Buttnaked is about all the colours of todays music universe, at the same time always connecting with where it all started: traditional blues music. On their second album Buttnaked has become fullgrown, presenting a cocktail of styles both explosive and varied: funk, soul, pop, rock, african rhythms, reggae, flamenco... going all the way for an identity of their own, rather than copying what has been done before.
Buttnaked was founded in 1998 but no longer exists. Originated from Namur, Wallonia, they performed mainly in Belgium, France and Canada. Buttnaked recorded 2 albums: "Cool Cool Women" and "The Big Splash". The singer/guitar player Marc Bodart is now part of Les Generals Jack.
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1. Cool Conversation
2. Dog Days
3. The Big Splash
4. You
5. Hit Me
6. Mr. Gonzales
7. No Chicks
8. Little Prayer
9. Sunlight
10. Train
11. Beggin' And Pleadin'
12. Transsylvanian Devil
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