Blues with a Feeling - The Official Podcast Shaun Bindley's Blues With A Feeling

“Grammy award winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and producer Jon Cleary returns for his first Australian tour in five years with his band The Absolute Monster Gentlemen, to celebrate twenty years since the band’s inception and first album.London born, but a longtime resident of New Orleans, Jon has enjoyed a dizzying career, having graced stages alongside Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Allen Toussaint, Dr John, Brian May, Robert Plant, D’Angelo, Eric Clapton, Mavis Staples, Boz Scaggs, James Taylor, Charles Brown, Ike Turner… The list goes on.”

 

Thrilled to be joined by Jon Cleary on the show this week as he prepares for Jazz Fest in New Orleans, ahead of his Australian tour in May. To celebrate, Im featuring Jons very cool 2023 release So Swell.
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 “I am an American world musician, Texas drive.” Brown has roots in the hard-swinging big-band blues ‘n’ boogie he recorded for Aladdin and Peacock in the 40s, but today his music is a kaleidoscope of western swing, Cajun, hard-core country, funk, rock, and jazz. His guitar style still echoes T-Bone Walker–even at its most emotive, it stays pristine and precise.

                                                                   Chicago Reader

 

Its 30 years since Clarence Gatemouth Brown went into the studio to record this classic 1994 Verve Records release and I’m throwing a blues part to celebrate. Plus new releases from Jon Cleary, Rick Estrin & the Nightcats and Cedric Burnside.

 
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“Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials are the hottest purveyors of bottleneck boogie to come outof Chicago sinceHound Dog Taylor.”– The Chicago Sun-Times

 

“Raw-boned,old-fashioned Chicago blueshas a new young master–Lil’ Ed Williams.”– The New York Times

 

With Lil Ed Williams  enjoying a birthday on April 8, I’ve pulled a classic album for this weeks show, the bands debut release for Alligator Records “Roughhousin” For all your houserockin needs, down miss this Chicago Blues classic.

 

Plus new releases from Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Katie Henry, James Harman, Marcel Smith and Sue Foley.
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“Mooney is one of a handful of younger blues players who has forged his own style, a jarring juxtaposition of angular Delta guitar and funky New Orleans backbeats. He explores the dark sides of those traditions in Against the Wall, a harrowing and stark work. Mooney's voice and guitar, both quivering, conjure up the image of a lost soul at a Delta crossroads at midnight; his shadowy bass- and-drum rhythm section evokes the ominous powers of voodoo.”

                                                        All Music

 

 

Overdue for a classic album feature, I’ve dug deep into the Blues With A Feeling library this week to bring you this sensational album, John Mooneys 1996 classic “Against The Wall” A particular favourite of mine, I’m thrilled to feature this incredible record for you this week.

 

Plus new releases from Cedric Burnside, James Harman, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Sue Foley, Eric Bibb and Anthony Geraci.
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“A welcome ray of sunshine…Ball is a killer pianist, a great singer and songwriter. Potent blues, sweet zydeco, soulful, fast and furious Texas boogie…heartfelt, powerful and righteous.” – Billboard

 

“Rollicking, playful, good-time blues and intimate, reflective balladry…her songs ring with emotional depth.”– Rolling Stone

 

I’ve cooked up a very cool show this week, celebrating Women in Blues in general and Marcia Ball in particular with this killer live set from the 2005 Alligator Records release Live! Down The Road. Full of what makes Marcia Balls music so loved.Plus tracks from the latest releases from Sue Foley and Angela Strehli.

 
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“Consisting of tapes recorded live over two nights in March of 1985 at the Belly Up Tavern in Soldano Beach, California, this captures James Harman and one of his best bands in full cry…

Harman and the boys kick hard and heavy through half a dozen of his better-known numbers…

The guitar interplay between Hollywood Fats and Kid Ramos is textbook in its accuracy and passion, and the rocksteady rhythm section of Stephen Hodges on drums and William Campbell keeps things totally in groove territory every beat of the way”

                                                                        Cub Koda

 

Shaun’s pulled another classic live recording for this weeks Blues With A Feeling Live Focus.

Featuring the incredible James Harman Band – Strictly Live ’85.

Plus a selection of incredible new releases from Rick Estrin & the Nightcats, Sue Foley, Tinsley Ellis, Marcel Smith, Ben Harper and James Harman himself.

 
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