Blue Collar Blues

Blue Collar Blues

Track Listings

1. Blue Collar Blues

2. Pony Ride

3. I Give Myself Away

4. Mexican Honeymoon

5. Whole Lotta Love

6. Hearts Are Like Horses

7. Foley

8. Border Town

9. Moving On

10. Rose Is a Rose

11. Hole in My Heart

12. Never Say Never

13. Vibe

14. Uncertain Texas

Blue Collar Blues,Richard Dobson,Brambus,Folk,Folk & Traditional,Pop

Blue Collar Bluesman
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Blue Collar Bluesman
Motor City Josh
Manufacturer: No Cover Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Blues | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA2TMK
Release Date: 2005-04-12

Tracks:

Tim's Blues
I'm Going Away
I Was Born to Play the Blues
Detroit Michigan
Detroit Lady
Funky Man of the Blues
Sit Back and Let the World Go By
Born in the Dog House
I'm Down for That
I Can't Win for Losin'
I Paid the Doctor
Blue Collar Bluesman
I Was Born to Play the Blues (Radio Edit)
Blue Collar Bluesman (Radio Edit)

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Finally... bare-bone blues piano!
The Old School

Signifyin'
Fred Kaplan
Manufacturer: Blue Collar Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Blues | Styles | Music

Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000005CK3
Release Date: 1997-11-25

Tracks:

Side Pocket
Chocolate Drop
Four Thirty-One A.M. Blues
Droppin' In
My Help Is On The Way
Bigfoot Swing
Roadhouse Special
Lock Down
Royal Biltmore Boogie
Fred's Blues
Sunnyland Special
The Honeydripper
Slow Freight
L.G. Boogie
Signifyin'
Gumbo Grinder

Customer Reviews:

Finally... bare-bone blues piano!.......2003-04-15

Wow! This is the real deal! I love blues piano, and have finally found the single source for a variety of styles and moods. Up to this point, I had been listening to a lot of David Maxwell (Maximum Blues Piano - Tone Cool Records). Maxwell is incredible, but you almost get the feeling that he's trying to impress you more with his "chops" than his soul.

Fred Kaplan plays the blues with some mighty tasty licks, as well as the heart and soul of a tried and true bluesman. The disc is produced well also, and you can let yourself feel as if you're right there in that smokey blues club rather than a studio.

If you're a real fan of the blues, and appreciate the clean sound of a piano wailing away, then you owe it to yourself to pony up the bucks to listen to the keys played as they were meant to be played.

The Old School.......2002-07-02

Fred Kaplan, Larry Taylor, and Richard Innes have captured the essence of pared-down-to-the bone piano stride and boogie in this magnificent recording. Kaplan is one of the best blues players today, devoted to a near-forgotten style best remembered best by those old gems from Jack Dupree and the Memphis Slim/Willie Dixon collaborations. There isn't a person on the planet--musical tastes notwithstanding--who would not find something to like in this CD. And most importantly: while this is a Kaplan recording, it only works because of the first-rate back-up from Taylor and Innes. This a gem--one of the best records of the year.

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solid and enjoyable
I am not related to Billy Lee Riley
Billy Lee Riley Master of the blues

Blue Collar Blues
Billy Lee Riley
Manufacturer: Hightone Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Blues | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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Tennessee Border

ASIN: B0000005PY
Release Date: 1992-10-15

Tracks:

The Little Green Men
(You'll Have To) Come And Get It
I'm Down Now
Perfect Woman
All Over Again
Living The Blues
Calhoun City
Rock It Billy
Stranded
The Blues Come Around
Back Door Sally
You Did A Number On Me
Blue Collar Blues

Customer Reviews:

solid and enjoyable.......2006-06-18

A really great cd. This is real rock and roll. Much better than you would expect, not a "comeback" or oldies type, but mature,solid bluesy rock. Highly recommended!!!

I am not related to Billy Lee Riley.......2000-04-20

This is a terrific mix of country, blues, and rockabilly. I wore out my cassette tape, now I have to buy a CD.

Billy Lee Riley Master of the blues.......2000-03-03

Man, This is a great album, I know because I've been listening to Billy Riley for 35 years, He is my cousin. His music is always good, But this album is great.!

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Another FABULOUS Outing!!
A True Bluesman!
This IS Kim Wilson
great cd for kim's vocals & awesome harp

My Blues
Kim Wilson
Manufacturer: Blue Collar Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music

General | Blues | Styles | Music

Texas Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music

Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music

Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music

Harmonica Blues | Blues | Styles | Music

General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Contemporary Blues | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music

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ASIN: B000005CK1
Release Date: 1997-11-04

Tracks:

Everything I Do Is Wrong
Trying To Make A Living
Five Long Years
Gumbo Blues
Things Ain't Right
Tell Me Why
Break It Up Baby
Hop, Skip And Jump
Date Bait
West Helena Woman
Too Late Old Man
Everything's Gonna Be Alright
Your Funeral And My Trial
Oh Baby
My Blues

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Back in the 1980s, Kim Wilson was merely one member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, a quartet that was as much a showcase for its never-waste-a-note guitarist Jimmie Vaughan as it was for its lead singer and harmonica player. But the rest of the T-Birds exited during the early '90s, and now the T-Birds are Wilson and anyone he hires for a particular album or tour. Their most recent studio outing, with co-producers Steve Jordan and Danny Kortchmar, leans toward their own backgrounds more than the scrappier blues of the past.

Happily, Kim Wilson's 1997 solo album, My Blues, tilts the blues-rock formula decidedly in the opposite direction. The rhythm on this project--built around acoustic piano, acoustic bass, and a small drum kit--is light and swinging, evoking the jazzy blues of pianists Roy Milton and Roosevelt Sykes more than the blues-rock of the T-Birds. The 15 songs feature two compositions apiece by Milton, Sykes, Little Walter, and Wilson as well as blues standards by Jerry McCain, Eddie Boyd, and Sonny Boy Williamson. These understated performances revive a bygone era quite enjoyably but they lack the modern ambitions of the best Thunderbirds recordings. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

Another FABULOUS Outing!!.......2007-02-21

In some peoples' minds, Kim Wilson will always be the guy who belted out "Tuff Enuff" with the Fabulous Thunderbirds; however, that is selling him wa-a-a-ay too short.

People who know him only for that one song don't know that he is possibly the greatest blues harp player in history (that's harmonica to all you non-blues cats).

That attitude ignores the legendary years of woodshedding and paying their dues as the house band of Antone's Blues Bar in Austin, Texas, backing up everyone from Muddy Waters to Buddy Guy to Albert Collins to Albert King... and many, many more.

It also pushes aside the (excellent) early Fabulous Thunderbirds albums "Girls Go Wild" (1979), "What's The Word" (1980), "Butt Rockin'" (1981) and "T-Bird Rhythm" (1982).

Those people are also forgetting the commercially successful eighties blues-rock-pop of "Tuff Enuff" (1986), "Hot Number" (1987), and "Powerful Stuff" (1989).

Founding member Jimmie Vaughan left the fold in 1990 (which would have been a death sentence for less hardy bands). Instead, it led to the reformation album "Walk That Walk" (1991) with two former members of Roomful of Blues.

Later, leaner, meaner and "tuff-er" than ever, the group put out one of the best blues-rock discs of the 1990's with "Roll of the Dice" (1995) with Kid Ramos laying down the guitar tracks. It was followed by "High Water" (1997), which paired him with Danny Kortchner and Steve Jordan...and most recently in 2005, the expanded and funkier T-Birds released "Painted On".

Meanwhile, in the early 90's Wilson had formed another band, the Kim Wilson Blues Review. Originally a touring band consisting of various sidemen he had performed with over the years, this group allowed him the freedom of playing the West-Coast jump blues and Little Walter-inspired forays into harp heaven as well as the Texas Blues for which he is so well known. He teamed up with old friends Clifford Antone and Derek O'Brien to record his first and second solo outings "Tigerman" (1993) and "That's Life" (1994).

This 1997 disc, "My Blues", was the first disc on his own Blue Collar Music label, and was recorded in the retro-cool method of Hi-Fi Mono directly to an Ampex two-track recorder. If it sounds like a cool old Chess recording from the 50's, that's because it was laid down that way.
From 40's West Coast jump blues to funky forays down New Orleans way, early 60's Soul to 50's Chicago grooves, Kansas City swing to West Helena guts, and throw in some Golden Triangle (Texas/Lousiana Coastline) Juke Joint nastiness, this disc as it all.

Overall, this is a great example of Kim Wilson's heart and soul, blues and funk, rock and roll...but most of all, it showcases the unknown genius he possesses.

Good Vibes To Y'all

A True Bluesman!.......2001-07-18

Kim Wilson stays very busy on the road theses days, alternating tours as frontman for The Fabulous Thunderbirds and occasionally hitting the clubs with his Blues Review. If you've been to any of his solo shows, then you know what to expect on this fine album - many well-crafted covers of older blues material, sprinkled with a few Wilson originals. Most of the tunes here don't begin to approach the raucousness of many crowd pleasing T-bird favorites, but they are just as satisfying. Eschewing the latest digital technology, this CD is recorded live & retro-style, in Hi-Fi mono, to give you that "latenight, juke joint" feel. Nearly every tune is a stand-out, in it's own way, w/ "West Helena Woman", "Date Bait" and "Your Funeral & My Trial" leading the way. Definitely a "Buy" for Blues fans.

This IS Kim Wilson.......2000-03-22

I bought this CD at his show in Maynard, MA on 3/18/2000 at the Sit'n Bull Pub. I saw the man perform that night...what a show! I listened to this CD the next morning and it was as good as the show...maybe that is why it is titled "My Blues". His "Live-to-tape" recording method does this band justice! There is no mixing magic here, what they played is what you bought! You hear the band, in their element. I can recommend this CD to anyone who truly enjoys Blues without being afraid they might not like it. If I were Merrill-Lynch, I'd rate this one a "BUY"!

great cd for kim's vocals & awesome harp.......1998-10-04

kim has outdone himself on this one. listened to it on the way home the other night and was floored, not only by the tune selection but by the recording method of hifi mono. sounds great and even recommend it to the savvy a##holes at living blues, who said this cd wasn't worth anything.

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Paradise
Hot Rod & The Blues DeVilles
Manufacturer: Hot Rod & The Blues DeVilles
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Blues | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA7A8S
Release Date: 2005-03-08

Tracks:

Wasted Day
Lip Service & White Lies
Voodoo Woman
Send Some Love
Knockin
I'll Be You Man
Lost Highway
Paradise
Bluesion
Way Down

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Blue Collar Blues
Richard Dobson
Manufacturer: Brambus
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00008RH27
Release Date: 2003-04-15

Tracks:

Blue Collar Blues
Pony Ride
I Give Myself Away
Mexican Honeymoon
Whole Lotta Love
Hearts Are Like Horses
Foley
Border Town
Moving On
Rose Is a Rose
Hole in My Heart
Never Say Never
Vibe
Uncertain Texas

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Fit That Steel
Steelbeam
Manufacturer: Right On! Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA8PC8
Release Date: 2005-08-09

Tracks:

Boilermaker Blues
Redneck Ways
Engine 17
Cheap Whisky
Jaded and Bored
Hazel Eyes

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When a Woman

Manufacturer: Laura Blackley Band
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAEWCA
Release Date: 2002-09-24

Tracks:

Codependents' Blues
Chappie and Nancy
Cheesy Little X-rated Love Song
Pieces
Without End
The Ghost of Frankey Silver
If I Said
When a Woman's Got the Blues
Senseless Things
Best of Me
Woman Breaking Down
Yo Kitchen

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Blue Collar Blues
Richard Dobson
Manufacturer: Brambus
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000024APR
Release Date: 2003-04-15

Tracks:

Blue Collar Blues
Pony Ride
I Give Myself Away
Mexican Honeymoon
Whole Lotta Love
Hearts Are Like Horses
Foley
Border Town
Moving On
Rose Is a Rose
Hole in My Heart
Never Say Never
Vibe
Uncertain Texas

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Too Angry To Pray
Ron Lasalle
Manufacturer: Ph-Q
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Blues | Styles | Music

General | Country | Styles | Music

General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music

General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005NHTX
Release Date: 2001-04-15

Tracks:

Fear
Too Angry to Pray
Another Day in Nashville
Take Me Back to Texas
Hard Cold Truth
Bringing Love Back Home
Little Promises Made
I've Had It With Love
Just for a Second
Everything But Goodbye
It A'int Money
One Day at a Time
I've Got It Made

Album Description

Singer/Songwriter/Producer/ Poet and former label chief Ron LaSalle is back with a 13 song introspective collection titled “Too Angry To Pray” that he has termed “Soul Twang”. A mixture of rock, soul, country and blues. Set for release in February 2001 but available now at his web site Ronlasalle.com. Recorded in Nashville, TN at Creampuff studios and Co-produced by Brent Little of the RippleKings, the record treads on a myriad of familiar styles with the authenticity of an early 70's Memphis Garage band. The CD opens with the spoken word delta poetry of “FEAR” and closes with the revival stomp of “I'VE GOT IT MADE” with it's honest journey of Love, hope and pain in between. The Radio ready title cut “Too Angry To Pray” depicts his own acceptance of Alcohol abuse over 11 years ago. Co founding D'Ville Records with Garry Tallent (Bruce Springsteen's Bassist) and Engineer Tim Coats in late 1995 they helped forge a path in Nashville now called Americana mixing hybrids of music and boosting the careers of such notables as Greg Trooper Steve Conn and The Floating Men. The label folded in early 1997 and left LaSalle stung by it's failure followed by 7 deaths of close friends and relatives including a new born son dying in his hands. LaSalle turned back to writing and performing for pure salvation. With a National tour in the works and initial press being positive LaSalle will once again prove he is the King of Passion, Heart and Quality.

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