V.A.: Exile on Blues Street

Modern Electric Blues, Retro-Soul, Contemporary Blues

Telarc International, home of some of the most talented artists on the contemporary blues scene, offers the latest installment in its ongoing series of blues interpretations of seminal rock albums. Exile on Blues Street, mines the deep blues roots of the landmark Rolling Stones recording, Exile on Main Street, recorded in 1972. Exile on Blues Street is the highly anticipated followup to The Blues White Album, Telarc’s 2002 blues spin on the Beatles landmark self-titled recording of 1968 (which came to be known simply as The White Album), and Blues on Blonde on Blonde, Telarc’s 2003 tribute to Bob Dylan’s 1966 watershed opus, Blonde on Blonde.

The Rolling Stones, reigning kings of bad-boy rock, have been wearing their blues on their sleeves for most of their forty-year run. Other influences, as well as countless innovations, can be heard in their music, but no influences are more pronounced than those of American blues, soul, R&B, and gospel music. The Stones’ affinity with the blues has been well documented and, to their credit, they’ve never shied away from that connection. Their innovative early recordings and uncanny staying power have secured them ranking among the greatest rock and roll bands of all time.

Some of the finest examples of these musical connections can be heard on the vintage Exile on Main Street. Recorded in the basement of a sprawling mansion in the South of France, while living in exile for tax problems, the Stones created one of the masterpieces of rock and roll. The year was 1972 and, while not an immediate hit among the press, the double album spoke intimately to a generation about things they understood—disillusionment, alienation, and rebellion. That they were musically within the blues idiom much of the time seems fitting.

Produced by Randy Labbe, the mastermind behind The Blues White Album and Blues on Blonde on Blonde, Exile on Blues Street boasts a track list and personnel roster that paints a compelling picture.

Songs considered among the truest to their respective traditions were chosen for blues treatments on Exile on Blues Street. Given the blues-filled music and sentiments of Exile on Main Street, it seems appropriate to have some of the kings and queens of the blues give these songs a workout on Exile on Blues Street.

Performers
Tab Benoit - guitar and vocal
Tommy Castro – guitar and vocal
Deborah Coleman – guitar and vocal
Colin James – guitar
Jeff Lang – guitar and vocal
Christine Ohlman – vocal
Lucky Peterson – guitar, organ and vocal
Otis Taylor - guitar and vocal
Jimmy Thackery - guitar and vocal
Joe Louis Walker - guitar and vocal
with:
Brian Stoltz – guitar
Tommy Shannon – bass
Chris Layton – drums
Andrea Re – backup vocals
Rob Roy – backup vocals
David Noyes – trombone
Randy Labbe – producer

Tracks
1. Ventilator Blues - Lucky Peterson
2. All Down The Line - Christine Ohlman
3. Rip This Joint - Tommy Castro
4. Sweet Black Angel - Otis Taylor
5. Sweet Virginia - Jeff Lang
6. Tumbling Dice - Colin James
7. Shake Your Hips - Tab Benoit
8. Shine A Light - Joe Louis Walker
9. Happy - Deborah Coleman
10. Rocks Off - Jimm Thackery

Download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/80888747/EOBS.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/80891244/EOBS.part2.rar

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