Le Blues....

[Mezcal]

Bonjour,

Rae Gordon (Blues, R&B)



Rae Gordon Band – Wrong Kind Of Love

https://open.spotify.com/album/7nqdwEYX ... JJyis-aP1g

https://raegordon.com/


Rob Tognoni "The TasMANian Devil" (Blues, Blues Rock)


Rob Tognoni – Catfish Cake

https://open.spotify.com/album/2Qwu5GNa ... z5of7pL8vA

Rob Tognoni - Fat Orange Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1b8LNnCElU

https://www.robtognoni.com/index.htm

Cordialement,
Mezcal

[Mezcal]

Bonjour,

Un peu de Blues, Blues Rock et Rock pour le weekend,

Danny Bryant - Means of Escape (2019)

https://open.spotify.com/album/5ggSAkCi ... SmLFNxbZgQ
https://open.qobuz.com/album/p21gga8khl8za

Danny Bryant: guitars, vocals

01. Tired Of Trying - 5:05
02. Too Far Gone - 6:07
03. Means Of Escape - 4:24
04. Nine Lives - 3:52
05. Skin And Bone - 3:46
06. Warning Signs (In Her Eyes) - 4:22
07. Where The River Ends - 5:55
08. Hurting Time - 4:29
09. Mya - 5:06

Date: 2019
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Label: Jazzhaus Records
Producer: Danny Bryant


Sonny Landreth - Blacktop Run (2020)

https://open.spotify.com/album/0zGFPsM8 ... YEjAyPX7_A
https://open.qobuz.com/album/t48by69llrqyb

Brian Brignac: drums
David Ranson: bass
Sonny Landreth: guitars, vocals
Steve Conn: Keyboards
guest:
Michael Burch: drums (track 6)

01. Blacktop Run - 3:38
02. Lover Dance With Me - 2:48
03. Mule - 2:58
04. Groovy Goddess - 3:47
05. Somebody Gotta Make A Move - 3:54
06. Beyond Borders - 4:09
07. Don't Ask Me - 4:13
08. The Wilds Of Wonder - 3:06
09. Many Worlds - 3:01
10. Something Grand - 3:58

Date: 2020
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Label: Provogue Records
Producer: Sonny Landreth, R. S. Field, Tony Daigle


Eliza Neals – Black Crow Moan (2020)

https://open.spotify.com/album/3241klIy ... 9d7mDsv7hw

John Abraham: Bass
Jim Alfredson: Hammond B3
Chuck Bartels: Bass
Bruce Bears: Hammond B3
Lenny Bradford: Bass, Tambourine, Vocals (Background)
Brian Clune: Drums
Jeff Fowlkes: rums
Howard Glazer: Guitar
Jason Kott: Bass
John Medeiros: Congas, Drums
Eliza Neals: Arranger, Composer, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Keyboards, Mixing, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Mike Puwal: Bass, Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Mixing, Producer
Derek St. Holmes: Featured Artist, Guitar
Demarcus Sumter: Drums
Valerie Taylor: Vocals (Background)
Skeeto Valdez: Drums
Joe Louis Walker: Composer, Featured Artist, Guitar, Producer, Vocals
Kymberli Wright: Vocals (Background)

01. Don’t Judge the Blues (02:32)
02. Why You Ooglin’ Me (04:11)
03. The Devil Don’t Love You (feat. Joe Louis Walker) (04:39)
04. Watch Me Fly (04:16)
05. River Is Rising (05:54)
06. Run Sugar Run (04:31)
07. Black Crow Moan (feat. Joe Louis Walker) (04:24)
08. Never Stray (feat. Derek st. Holmes) (03:56)
09. Ball and Chain (feat. Derek st. Holmes) (06:15)
10. Hey, Take Your Pants Off (03:01)

Date: 2020
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Label: EH Records
Producer: Joe Louis Walker, Mike Puwal, Eliza Neals


E D Brayshaw - Fire Without Water (2020)

https://open.spotify.com/album/2vcWqGqx ... TaIdOPXO-Q
https://open.qobuz.com/album/jd0tchzv6dw3a

E D Brayshaw: vocals, guitars, bass, drums, dobro, lapsteel, keyboards
Lee Feltham: drums on Hadn’t Found You and Said and Done

01. Hadn't Found You - 05:32
02. Say What You Will - 03:50
03. When the Walls Come Down - 06:08
04. I Hear The Rain - 03:39
05. Said & Done - 05:13
06. The Call - 04:00
07. Reckless - 08:05
08. Twilight - 05:48

Date: 2020
Genre: Rock, Blues, Blues Rock
Label: Mescal Canyon Records

Cordialement,
Mezcal

[Mezcal]

Bonjour,

Josh Smith - Live At The Spud (2020)

https://open.spotify.com/album/2pDh598b ... GM-xQShtLw

Josh Smith: guitar
Travis Carlton: Bass
Gary Novak: Drums

01. How Long - 5:55
02. Pusher - 13:16
03. The Way You Do - 10:37
04. Letting You Go - 5:42
05. When I Get Mine - 6:17
06. Penance - 9:14
07. Triple J Hoedown - 8:06
08. The Middle - 8:04
09. Where's My Baby - 8:56

Date: 2020
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Label: Flat V Music
Producer: Josh Smith

Cordialement,
Mezcal

[Aragorn]

Merci Mezcal pour toutes ces suggestions

[nouk33]

Salut à tous,

+1 Merci beaucoup pour cette chouette liste

[Mezcal]

Bonjour,

Premier single du prochain album de Kirk Fletcher (Fabulous Thunderbirds).
My Blues Pathway sort le 25 septembre 2020.


No Place To Go


Joe Louis Walker - Blues Comin' On (2020)

https://open.spotify.com/album/3nToFx6L ... DUWJYotWoQ
https://open.qobuz.com/album/pcb0smf713lfa

Comin On - Featuring Eric Gales


Johnny Burgin – No Border Blues (2020)

https://open.spotify.com/album/1kN8Wo5p ... EnjtnNterQ
https://open.qobuz.com/album/v5r0feudvfs5a

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ef6DOvDDUs

Cordialement,
Mezcal

[Mezcal]

Bonjour,

Plusieurs versions de ce live à Boston en 1970 par un des meilleurs représentants du British Blues,

Fleetwood Mac - Live in Boston 1970 (1985 Remastered 1988)


https://open.spotify.com/album/1eD68OVJ ... FbxVrp-XtA
https://open.qobuz.com/album/nzwgl8mq973xa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHKGsUegUMk

Peter Green: guitar, vocals, six string bass on "Green Manalishi"
Jeremy Spencer: guitar, vocals, piano, percussion
Danny Kirwan: guitar, vocals
John McVie: bass guitar
Mick Fleetwood: percussion, drums
guests:
Eric Clapton and Joe Walsh: guitar on "Encore Jam"
Dale Peters (probably) and Jimmy Fox (probably): guest in unknown capacity on "Encore Jam"

Volume one:
01. Black Magic Woman {Peter Green} – 6:45
02. Jumping at Shadows {Duster Bennett} – 4:48
03. Like It This Way {Danny Kirwan} – 4:28
04. Only You {Danny Kirwan} – 4:23
05. Rattlesnake Shake {Peter Green} – 24:38
06. I Can't Hold Out {Elmore James} – 6:35
07. Got to Move {Elmore James} – 3:25
08. The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Prong Crown) {Peter Green} – 12:52
Volume two:
01. World in Harmony {Danny Kirwan, Peter Green} – 4:10
02. Oh Well {Peter Green} – 3:12
03. Rattlesnake Shake {Peter Green} – 25:36
04. Stranger Blues {Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn} – 3:55
05. Red Hot Mama {Elmore James} – 4:03
06. Teenage Darling {Jeremy Spencer) - 4:16
07. Keep A-Knocking {Richard Wayne Penniman} – 4:56
08. Jenny Jenny {Enotris Johnson, Richard Wayne Penniman} – 7:40
09. Encore Jam {Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer, Joe Walsh} – 13:25
Volume three:
01. Jumping at Shadows {Duster Bennett} – 4:17
02. Sandy Mary {Peter Green} – 5:21
03. If You Let Me Love You {B. B. King} – 10:30
04. Loving Kind {Danny Kirwan} – 2:57
05. Coming Your Way {Danny Kirwan} – 7:06
06. Madison Blues {Elmore James} – 4:49
07. Got to Move {Elmore James} – 3:56
08. The Sun Is Shining {Elmore James} – 3:11
09. Oh Baby {Elmore James} – 4:26
10. Tiger {Ollie Jones} – 3:44
11. Great Balls of Fire {Jack Hammer, Otis Blackwell} – 3:16
12. Tutti Frutti {Joe Lubin, Penniman, Dorothy LaBostrie} – 6:45
13. On We Jam {Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Spencer, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood} – 7:56

Date: 1985/1988
Genre: Blues Rock, British Blues
Label: Shanghai Records

Cordialement,
Mezcal

[Papytechnofil]

Bonjour
Un album de Dion (pas Céline, malheur!) blues with friends
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... th+friends

[Mezcal]

Bonjour,

Savoy Brown – Ain’t Done Yet (2020)

https://open.spotify.com/album/0EZdOxYi ... O68wIqDmUA
https://open.qobuz.com/album/xo531b1o6f4sc

Kim Simmonds: Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica
Pat DeSalvo: Bass
Garnet Grimm: Drums

01. All Gone Wrong - 4:12
02. Devil's Highway - 6:07
03. River On The Rise - 5:00
04. Borrowed Time - 4:12
05. Ain't Done Yet - 3:35
06. Feel Like A Gypsy - 6:02
07. Jaguar Car - 4:20
08. Rockin' In Louisiana - 4:01
09. Soho Girl - 4:19
10. Crying Guitar - 4:36

Date: 2020
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock, British Blues Rock
Label: Quarto Valley Records
Producer: Kim Simmonds

Cordialement,
Mezcal

[Mezcal]

Bonjour,

Eric Johanson - Below Sea Level (2020)

https://open.spotify.com/album/1YBiBzJC ... xMadE-YH6w
https://open.qobuz.com/album/bf7qe0763dalb
https://ericjohanson.bandcamp.com/

Cody Dickinson: Drums
Terrence Grayson: Bass
Eric Johanson: Guitar, Vocals

01. Buried Above Ground - 03:24
02. Down to the Bottom - 03:45
03. Changes the Universe - 04:06
04. Never Tomorrow - 02:51
05. Hammer on the Stone - 04:07
06. Have Mercy - 03:46
07. River of Oblivion - 04:36
08. Nowhere to Go - 02:36
09. Open Hearted Woman - 04:29
10. Dose of Forget - 02:53
11. Love is Rebellion - 03:46
12. Riverbend Blues - 03:24

Date: 2020
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Label: Nola Blue, Inc. Records
Producer: Luther Dickinson
Co-Producer: Eric Johanson

Cordialement,
Mezcal

[Mezcal]

Bonjour,

Robert Cray - That’s What I Heard (2020)

https://open.spotify.com/album/5MHALMDV ... hF3Ox0K3-A
https://open.qobuz.com/album/os67l7qi1yjna

Terence F. Clark: Backing Vocals (tracks: 8)
Richard Cousins: Bass
Drums: Steve Jordan (tracks: 7, 9, 12)
Terence F. Clark: Drums, Percussion (tracks: 12)
Ray Parker Jr.: Guitar (tracks: 12)
Trevor Lawrence: Horns, Saxophone
Chuck Findley: Horns, Trumpet, Valve Trombone
Dover Weinberg: Keyboards
Robert Cray: Lead Vocals, Guitar, Backing Vocals
Steve Jordan: Percussion (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 9, 12)
The Craylettes: Vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 5)
The Steves: Vocals (tracks: 7)

01. Anything You Want {Robert Cray} - 3:52
02. Burying Ground {Don Robey} - 2:58
03. You're The One {Deadric Malone} - 2:50
04. This Man {Robert Cray} - 5:07
05. You'll Want Me Back {Curtis Mayfield} - 3:58
06. Hot {Robert Cray} - 3:45
07. Promises You Can't Keep {Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson, Steve Jordan} - 5:56
08. To Be With You {Robert Cray} - 2:55
09. My Baby Likes To Boogaloo {Don Gardner} - 3:50
10. You Can't Make Me Change {Robert Cray} - 5:04
11. Little Less Lonely {Hendrix Ackle, Richard Cousins} - 4:19
12. Do It {Jack Ashford, Lorraine Chandler} - 3:26

Date: 2020
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock, Soul
Label: Nozzle Records, Thirty Tigers
Producer: Steve Jordan

Cordialement,
Mezcal

[Mezcal]

Bonjour,

Pas que Blues mais sympa,

Whitney Shay - Stand Up! (2020)

https://open.spotify.com/album/7GOacdQF ... QbYI7jddcg
https://open.qobuz.com/album/zfzv73mvr59ga

Alice Sadler: Backing Vocals
John Mills : Baritone Saxophone
Chris Maresh: Bass Guitar
Charles Godfrey: Cowbell (tracks: 4)
Tommy Taylor: Drums (tracks: 7, 8, 10, 12)
Brannen Temple: Drums, Percussion (tracks: 1 to 6, 9, 11)
Laura Chavez: Guitar
Red Young: Keyboards
Marcia Ball: Piano (tracks: 9)
Guy Forsyth: Resonator Guitar (tracks: 9)
Derek O'Brien: Slide Guitar (tracks: 3)
Mark Kazanoff: Tenor Saxophone, Backing Vocals
Al Gomez: Trumpet
Guy Forsyth: Vocals (tracks: 6)
Whitney Shay: Vocals, Backing Vocals

01. Stand Up! - 2:59
02. Someone You Never Got To Know - 4:22
03. Equal Ground - 3:22
04. P.S. It's Not About You - 2:31
05. I Thought We Were Through - 4:02
06. Far Apart (Still Close) - 3:56
07. You Won't Put Out This Flame - 2:37
08. Tell The Truth - 3:23
09. Boy Sit Down - 4:41
10. I Never Meant To Love Him - 3:45
11. Getting In My Way - 3:38
12. Change With The Times - 4:00

Date: 2020
Genre: Blues, Soul, Funk
Style: Contemporary R&B, Rhythm & Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Soul
Label: Ruf Records
Producer: Mark Kazanoff

Cordialement,
Mezcal

[Aragorn]

Bonsoir,
Voilà voilà… ça vient ça vient… C'est qu'ils m'empêcheraient de faire ma sieste ces deux-là !!

Jimmy “Duck” Holmes – Cypress Grove (2019)

https://open.spotify.com/album/6fgTw3Ig ... 3B1WFWJHhQ
https://open.qobuz.com/album/x5bsyssijyfpb

Salut,
Merci pour cette belle pépite

Tinsley Ellis – Ice Cream In Hell (2020) très bon aussi

Je ne connaissais aucun de ces 3 bluesemens

+ 1 une excellente découverte pour ma part

Mezcal

[Mezcal]

Bonsoir,

Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite - 100 Years of Blues (2020)

https://open.spotify.com/album/0FVnunlq ... Wzj6lBi1BA
https://open.qobuz.com/album/zzdqxcliqxz5b

Kid Andersen: Electric Upright Bass
Bob Welsh: Guitar, Piano
Elvin Bishop: Guitar, Vocals
Charlie Musselwhite: Harmonica, Vocals, Slide Guitar

01. Birds Of A Feather {Elvin Bishop} - 3:25
02. Est Helena Blues {Roosevelt Sykes} - 4:53
03. What The Hell? {Elvin Bishop} - 3:09
04. Good Times {Charlie Musselwhite} - 3:48
05. Old School {Elvin Bishop, JoJo Russo, Willie Jordan} - 5:01
06. If I Should Have Bad Luck {Charlie Musselwhite} - 4:03
07. Midnight Hour Blues {Leroy Carr} - 4:14
08. Blues Why Do You Worry Me {Charlie Musselwhite} - 4:05
09. South Side Slide {Elvin Bishop} - 3:16
10. Blues For Yesterday {Charlie Musselwhite} - 5:55
11. Help Me {Ralph Bass, Sonny Boy Williamson, Willie Dixon} - 5:17
12. 100 Years Of Blues {Charlie Musselwhite, Elvin Bishop} - 5:14

Date: 2020
Genre: Blues
Label: Alligator Records
Producer: Kid Andersen

Cordialement,
Mezcal

[enrok]

Bonsoir,
Neal Black and the healers

1 Don't Follow Me There 5:34
2 Why Do People Act Like That 4:14
3 All For Business 4:55
4 Green Bean Swing 3:22
5 Little Boom Boom Boom 4:10
6 Never Been Lucky 4:36
7 Shoeshine Shuffle 4:05
8 Break A Promise 4:06
9 Forgive Yourself 3:16
10 Saints Of New Orleans 4:24
11 Going Down Together 4:27
12 Alabama Flamenco 5:17
13 Secrets 4:28
Crédits
Baritone Saxophone – Jürgen Weiching (tracks: 3, 10, 13)
Bass Guitar – Abder Benachour, Kris Jefferson (tracks: 2, 6, 7, 9, 11)
Bells – Alain Brunet (2) (tracks: 6)
Drums – Dave Bowler (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 8, 10, 12, 13), Natan Goessens
Guitar – Robben Ford (tracks: 3)
Harmonica – Nico Wayne Toussaint (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9)
Lead Guitar – Fred Chapellier (tracks: 10, 12)
Percussion – Olivier Perez (2) (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 9, 12)
Piano – Magali Bourderon (tracks: 4)
Piano, Electric Organ – Mike Lattrell
Tenor Saxophone – Tommy Schneller (tracks: 1, 3, 10, 13)
Trumpet – Jens Buschenlange (tracks: 3, 10, 13)
Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Resonator Guitar – Neal Black

[Mezcal]

Bonsoir,

Kirsten Thien - Two Sides (2020)

https://open.spotify.com/album/1NRBVgSc ... nU7_K-9CIQ
https://open.qobuz.com/album/up1b66po7yqda

Kirsten Thien: vocals, rhythm guitar
+guests

01. Shoulda Been - 04:15
02. Sweet Lost and Found - 03:12
03. After I Left Home (Song for Buddy Guy) - 06:10
04. Say It Out Loud - 03:38
05. I Gotta Man - 03:36
06. Montañas - 04:10
07. Better or You're Gonna Get Burned - 04:28
08. I'd Rather Be Blind - 03:39

Date: 2020
Genre: Blues Rock, Blues
Label: Screen Door Records

Neal Black and the healers

Sympa Neal Black, et avec Robben Ford

J'avais bien aimé celui-ci:
le-blues-5015?view-post=156706#p156706

Cordialement,
Mezcal

[Mezcal]

Bonsoir,

Robert Belfour - Pushin My Luck (2003)

https://open.spotify.com/album/2OqzphBQ ... Mm7LeA-Hdw
https://open.qobuz.com/album/o17qdt6c3ctyb

Ted Gainey: Drums
Robert Belfour: Guitar, Vocals

01. Hill Stomp - 3:00
02. Breaking My Heart - 5:01
03. Pushin' My Luck - 4:34
04. Go Ahead On - 4:23
05. You Got Me Crying - 4:06
06. I Got My Eyes On You - 4:32
07. Sweet Brown Sugar - 3:43
08. Stayed Awake - 3:40
09. Crazy Ways - 4:17
10. I'm Gonna Leave - 3:43

Date: 2003
Genre: Blues
Label: Fat Possum Records
Producer: Matthew Johnson, Bruce Watson

Cordialement,
Mezcal

[Mezcal]

Bonjour,

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram - Kingfish (2019)

https://open.spotify.com/album/6fCDiY92 ... qLG3H-RLYA
https://open.qobuz.com/album/wijuhikzojhaa

01. Outside Of This Town - 4:08
Bass: Tommy MacDonald
Drums, Backing Vocals, Written-By: Tom Hambridge
Guitar: Rob McNelley
Guitar, Vocals, Written-By: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

02. Fresh Out - 3:48
Bass: Tommy MacDonald
Drums, Written-By: Tom Hambridge
Featuring, Vocals, Guitar [Second Solo]: Buddy Guy
Guitar: Keb' Mo', Rob McNelley
Guitar [First Solo], Vocals: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Piano: Marty Sammon
Written-By: Richard Fleming

03. It Ain't Right - 3:05
Bass: Tommy MacDonald
Written-By, Drums: Tom Hambridge
Written-By, Guitar, Vocals: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

04. Been Here Before - 5:54
Bass: Tommy MacDonald
Piano: Marty Sammon
Written-By, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Written-By, Percussion: Tom Hambridge

05. If You Love Me - 4:03
Bass: Tommy MacDonald
Drums: Chris Black
Guitar: Keb' Mo', Rob McNelley
Harmonica: Billy Branch
Written-By: Jontavious Willis
Written-By, Guitar, Vocals: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

06. Love Ain't My Favorite Word - 5:25
Bass: Tommy MacDonald
Organ [Hammond B3 Organ]: Marty Sammon
Written-By, Drums: Tom Hambridge
Written-By, Guitar, Vocals: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

07. Listen - 5:29
Bass: Tommy MacDonald
Featuring, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals: Keb' Mo'
Guitar: Rob McNelley
Organ [Hammond B3]: Marty Sammon
Written-By, Drums, Tambourine: Tom Hambridge
Written-By, Guitar, Vocals: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

08. Before I'm Old - 4:15
Bass: Tommy MacDonald
Guitar: Keb' Mo', Rob McNelley
Guitar, Vocals: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Organ [Hammnd B3]: Marty Sammon
Written-By: Richard Fleming
Written-By, Drums: Tom Hambridge

09. Believe These Blues - 4:24
Bass: Tommy MacDonald
Guitar: Keb' Mo', Rob McNelley
Guitar, Vocals: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Written-By: Richard Fleming
Written-By, Drums: Tom Hambridge

10. Trouble - 2:55
Bass: Tommy MacDonald
Piano: Marty Sammon
Written-By, Drums, Percussion: Tom Hambridge
Written-By, Guitar, Vocals: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

11. Hard Times - 3:11
Resonator Guitar: Keb' Mo'
Vocals: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Written-By: Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge

12. That's Fine By Me - 4:42
Bass: Tommy MacDonald
Piano: Marty Sammon
Written-By, Drums: Tom Hambridge
Written-By, Guitar, Vocals: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

Date: 2019
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Label: P-Vine Records
Producer: Tom Hambridge

Cordialement,
Mezcal

[demat]

MC Houston Baker, Mississippi Delta dues

[Mezcal]

Bonsoir,

Charles Caldwell - Remember Me (2004)

https://open.spotify.com/album/473xQAzY ... 4_ATUeuduQ
https://open.qobuz.com/album/i6cjek1ko678a
https://charlescaldwell.bandcamp.com/album/remember-me

Spam: Drums (tracks: 2, 9, 11),
Tino Gross: Drums (tracks: 7, 10)
Charles Caldwell: Vocals, Guitar

01. Hadn't I Been Good To You - 4:10
02. Old Buck - 3:40
03. I Know I Done You Wrong - 2:50
04. I Got Something To Tell You - 4:14
05. I'll Do Anything You Say - 3:00
06. Alone For A Long Time - 4:00
07. Movin' Out Movin' In - 4:02
08. Down The Road Of Love - 3:05
09. Same Man - 5:16
10. Goin' Though The Woods - 2:43
11. Remember Me - 3:22

Date: 2006
Genre: Blues, Delta Blues, Electric Blues, Country Blues
Label: Fat Possum Records
Producer: Bruce Watson, Matthew Johnson

Charles Caldwell, c'est la personnalisation du blues le plus pur, profond et dénué de tous artifices, un blues qui respire les boues du Mississippi, les siècles d'esclavage, les champs de coton, l'âme et la souffrance d'un homme et celle d'un peuple, aussi un hymne à la vie et une longue plainte d'amour. C'est en 2002 que Matthew Johnson le patron du label Fat Possum en recherche de nouveaux talents se voit dirigé vers Charles à Coffeeville, Mississippi. Il est de suite envoûté par le présence et le charisme du bonhomme, par sa voix puissante chargée d'émotion, et par ses superbes compos personnelles. Un Caldwell qui fait pleurer sa vieille guitare, une Gibson 135 rafistolée qu'il traîne avec lui de bars en bars depuis prés de 50 ans, en tirant des sons lancinants, des riffs simples et imparables qui ne sont pas sans évoquer John Lee Hooker ou d'autres artistes du cru tels T-Model Ford, Junior Kimbrough, Robert Belfour, RL Burnside ou Boo Boo Davis. Depuis 30 ans Caldwell travaille pour Heathcraft Industries et joue dans les juke joints poisseux de la région avec pour tout paiement " autant de whisky qu'il peut en boire ".
Ecouter ce cd c'est faire un voyage initiatique aux sources du blues , c'est aussi le témoignage d'une époque révolue : Matthew Johnson " il y a encore 10 ans quand j'arrivais dans une petite ville je pouvais trouver 2 ou 3 gars capables de se débrouiller avec une guitare, maintenant il est rare que j'en trouve un ".
Merci à lui d'avoir trouvé Charles Caldwell et de lui avoir permis de graver son âme sur cet album, même s'il n'en aura pas vu la sortie puisque il décède d'un cancer en Septembre 2003 et que le disque sortira en Février 2004.
Il faut savoir que durant les sessions d’enregistrement du disque, Charles, malade, n’a pas les moyens de se soigner - hé oui, black ET pauvre, dans ce merveilleux pays, voila 2 bonnes raisons de crever comme un chien - pour apaiser ses souffrances il joue sur sa fidèle guitare avec l’énergie du désespoir de celui qui sait qu’il va mourir, qui sent les doigts crochus de la mort se refermer sur son cœur pour finalement l’arracher à sa femme Coralee et ses 4 filles chéries.
(p’tain c’est beau ce que je raconte, je f 'rai même pleurer un vieil alligator du Mississippi… Pour éloges funèbres, nécrologies, contactez moi, tarifs avantageux, carte de fidélité, prix de groupes,facilités de paiement...)
Une voix, une guitare, plus une batterie sur certains titres, c’est simple la musique finalement, pas besoin des 35 semi remorques de matos de show laser et du petit cul de "Lady Machinchose" pour créer l’émotion : c’est toute la différence entre les vrais artistes et les imposteurs...
Ce disque c’est son testament musical , remember Charles Caldwell ; RIP.

Cordialement,
Mezcal