Lannie Garrett - Comes Love

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1995
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:01
Size: 126,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:12)  1. Easy Street
(2:34)  2. You're A Sweetheart
(5:13)  3. Detour Ahead
(3:53)  4. I Don't Know Enough About You
(4:06)  5. Invitation To The Blues
(3:41)  6. You're Lookin' At Me
(4:54)  7. I Wonder
(3:15)  8. You Can Be Replaced
(4:56)  9. Easy Living
(4:14) 10. Comes Love
(3:42) 11. Pickin' Up After You
(4:19) 12. Falling Back In Love With You
(4:15) 13. Time After Time
(1:42) 14. Go Slow

With a play list featuring, but not limited to, torch songs, Lannie Garrett's third album zeros in on her versatility in delivering a set of 14 tunes cutting across different styles of music. Garrett's home base is Denver, CO, where she was named "Favorite Female Vocalist" six years in a row by the Denver Post. Along the way, she has appeared with such luminaries as Bob Hope and Bill Cosby and opened for her idol Ray Charles. On this album, Garrett is joined by a cluster of very good musicians with the trio of Eric Gunnison, Mike Marlier, and Kenny Walker augmented by other musicians on various tracks. Prominent jazz-pop sax player Nelson Rangell shows up on several as saxophonist, flutist, and whistler! He whistles well, but he is no Elmo Tanner. Rangell's soulful tenor saxophone on "I Didn't Know Enough About You" helps to create a depressing mood that seems to be proper for this not-so-happy tune. Rangell turns whistler on "I Wonder," which Garrett leans on to construct a chilling picture of a dark, rainy street scene as she works through this tune. His tenor returns taking on a funky tone as Garrett goes vamp on the not oft recorded "You Can Be Replaced." Things get a bit brighter on "Comes Love" as Kevin Bollinger's muted trumpet figures beneath Garrett's voice and around Eric Gunnison's piano. Mitch Chmara's electric guitar makes significant contributions on this track. One of the highlights of the album is a vocal duet rendition of "Pickin' Up After You" as Garrett is joined by Tommy Malone from the the Subdudes. Together they fashion a colorful blend of Motown and country, with Kevin Bollinger's trumpet providing the bulk of the instrumental support. Contrast this with the other vocal duet on the set where Garrett and Chris Daniels of the Kings blend for a medium tempo, bouncy straightforward interpretation of Bobby Troup's "You're Lookin' at Me."This album amply demonstrates that Garrett is comfortable with any number of vocal styles, straight-ahead singing, R&B, country, and the blues. Although her vocal skills are not extraordinary, she certainly puts everything she has into each song she delivers, making her effort very credible as well as entertaining. This album is a set of good performances from a well-rounded entertainer and is recommended. ~ Dave Nathan https://www.allmusic.com/album/comes-love-mw0000238877  

?Personnel: Lannie Garrett (vocals); Chris Daniels (vocals, acoustic guitar); Tommy Malone (vocals); Kip Kuepper (strings); Nelson Rangell (saxophone, flute, whistle); Kevin Bollinger (trumpet); Eric Gunnison (piano); Mitch Chmara (guitar); Kenny Walker (bass); Mike Marler (drums).             

Comes Love

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Chris Daniels & The Kings - Stealin' The Covers

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:52
Size: 143.9 MB
Styles: Funk, Blues, Jazz
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[3:30] 1. Roll Over Beethoven
[2:21] 2. Choo Choo Ch'boogie
[4:48] 3. Just Kissed My Baby
[3:04] 4. 634-5789
[4:03] 5. The Heart Of Saturday Night
[4:19] 6. Congo Square
[4:35] 7. Crossfire
[4:34] 8. In The Night
[2:48] 9. In My Life
[4:40] 10. Who's Makin Love
[5:40] 11. Riding With The King
[5:00] 12. Soul Mine
[2:58] 13. Crosstown Traffic
[4:29] 14. Killing Floor
[3:09] 15. Sing, Sing, Sing
[2:47] 16. Cool Yule

Chris Daniels, rhythm guitar, vocals; Colin "Bones" Jones, lead guitar; Chris Stongle, drums, vocals; Kevin "Bro" Lege, bass, vocals; Dean LeDoux, keys, vocals; Darryl "Doody" Abrahamson, trumpet, vocals; Jim Waddell, alto, tenor sax, flute, vocals.

Chris Daniels & the Kings played their first show on March 14, 1984. Chris has toured Europe 16 times and played in the States from South Carolina to Seattle, New York City to LA. The seven piece rockin\' band, called "funky-blues" by the Europeans, is an all out "horn band" celebrating their 24th year making great R&B, funk, "jump blues" and rock n roll.

Starting in 1991 the band made a name for themselves touring Europe: playing for the Queen of Holland at the 50 Year VE Day Celebration and at Holland's famous Parkpop Rock Festival for 450,000. They have headlined festivals from Mediterranean to the North Sea. They have had number one records on Holland’s number one rock show, “Countdown Café” and had front page success with cover articles in De Telegraph and De Standard in Amsterdam and Brussels and amazing reviews in Billboard, LA Times and Downbeat.

There all new "party till you drop" record of hits "Stealin' The Covers features a remarkable list of "special guests" including Sonny Landreth, Sam Bush, Bill Payne, Mollie O\'Brien, Hazel Miler, Ritchie Furay, Tony Furtado, Steve Riley, Sam Broussard plus many many more.

Stealin' The Covers

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Chris Daniels & The Kings - Louie Louie

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:42
Size: 88.6 MB
Styles: Jump blues, Swing
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[2:52] 1. If You're So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich
[2:44] 2. All For The Love Of Lill
[3:31] 3. Sure Had A Wonderful Time Last Night
[3:25] 4. Penthouse In The Basement
[3:13] 5. Azure-Te (Paris Blues)
[2:22] 6. Choo Choo Ch'boogie
[3:36] 7. Shine
[2:16] 8. (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse
[4:46] 9. You Rascal You
[2:55] 10. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
[3:16] 11. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
[3:35] 12. Five Months
[0:04] 13. Bonus Track

When jump blues experienced a rebirth in popularity in the '90s and bands like the Cherry Poppin' Daddies and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy hit big, quite a few young acts jumped on the bandwagon and started embracing the music and fashions of the '40s. Chris Daniels & the Kings, however, weren't jumping on any bandwagon -- formed in the mid-'80s, the Colorado outfit was playing jump blues and jive before those styles came back in fashion. The title Louie Louie will make many rockers think of the Kingsmen's '60s smash, but that isn't one of the songs you'll find on this CD. Rather, Louie Louie takes its name from the artists that lead singer/guitarist/producer Daniels calls "the three Louies": Louis Jordan, Louis Prima and Louis Armstrong. Though one can hear the influence of all of those Louies on this fun, entertaining album, Jordan's influence is especially song. In fact, many of the songs that Daniels embraces come from Jordan's repertoire, including "Is You or Is You Ain't My Baby," "Choo-Choo-Ch Boogie" (one of Jordan's biggest hits), "If You're So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich" and "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens." With the dark-humored "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You," Daniels chooses a song that was recorded by all three Louies. As the album's producer, Daniels is careful not to overproduce -- he was obviously going for an organic approach. Although not brilliant, Louie Louie is competent, enjoyable and sincere. ~Alex Henderson

Louie Louie

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Chris Daniels & The Kings - 10

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:57
Size: 107.5 MB
Styles: Jazz-blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[3:31] 1. Howlin' At The Moon
[4:29] 2. Killing Floor
[4:40] 3. White Hot Lightning
[5:00] 4. Soul Mine
[4:42] 5. Bluz Cruz
[4:40] 6. Who's Makin Love
[5:29] 7. Come On Sit Down In My Kitchen
[4:07] 8. Gimme What Ya Got
[4:24] 9. It's All Good
[5:52] 10. Crossfire

Chris Daniels, rhythm guitar, vocals; Colin “Bones” Jones, lead guitar; Randy Amen, drums, vocals; Kevin “Bro” Lege, bass, vocals; Darryl “Doody” Abrahamson, trumpet, vocals; Jim Waddell, alto, tenor sax, flute, vocals.

Chris Daniels & the Kings have toured over two continents and have been asked to appear in such diverse places as South America, Curacao, Japan, and all over Europe. Chris has appeared with the B.B. King, Uncle Cracker, Blues Traveler, The Neville Brothers, Delbert McClinton, Sister Hazel, Sheryl Crow, Robert Cray, Taj Mahal, Al Kooper, Bonnie Raitt, Ziggy Marley, The Fixx, to name only a few. They are headliners on international festivals, like Ribs & Blues Festival with their buddies THE B-MASTERS, at Marktrock, Berchem Blues, and the Lokeren festivals in Belgium, and the Kings have toured as the back up band for Sonny Landreth, David Bromberg, Al Kooper, Bo Diddly, Francine Reed and Dutch guitarist Jan Rijbroek inplaces like Paris and Amsterdam, and for Bonnie Raitt, members of Little Feat, and Was Not Was at the Roxey in LA to name only a few they have worked with in the States. Die hard fans from Italy to Holland rocked with this remarkable artist who has appeared on HDnet all High definition TV, VH-1, TNN, Much Music/Canada, NIppon TV/Japan, Crooked River Grove, KUSA, and on Onhe Filter, AVRO, KAVRO, Paris MTV, and Brussles 1, in Europe, and on Swing TV in Buenos Ares, Argentina.

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