John Mayall - 2019 - Nobody Told Me [FLAC]
Artist: John Mayall
Title: Nobody Told Me
Format: CD, Album
Producer: John Mayall, Eric Corne
Country: US
Release Date: February 22, 2019
Recorded: 2018-2019 at The Foo Fighters’ Studio 606, Northridge, CA
Label: Forty Below Records
Catalog: FBR 022
Barcode: 0 20286 22760 1
Genre: Blues, British Blues, Harmonica Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Duration: 48:05
John Mayall:
Wikipedia:
John Mayall, (born 29 November 1933) is an English blues singer, guitarist, organist and songwriter, whose musical career spans over fifty years. In the 1960s, he was the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band which has counted among its members some of the most famous blues and blues rock musicians. They include Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Jack Bruce, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Mick Taylor, Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Harvey Mandel, Larry Taylor, Aynsley Dunbar, Hughie Flint, Jon Hiseman, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Andy Fraser, Johnny Almond, Walter Trout, Coco Montoya and Buddy Whittington.
In November 2008, Mayall announced on his website he was disbanding the Bluesbreakers, to cut back on his heavy workload and give himself freedom to work with other musicians. Three months later a solo world tour was announced, with: Rocky Athas on guitar, Greg Rzab on bass, and Jay Davenport on drums. Tom Canning, on organ, joined the band for the tour which started in March 2009. An album was released in September 2009. Since then, Mayall has continued to tour with the same backing band, minus Canning, who left due to other priorities.
Nobody Told Me:
AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek:
At age 86, British blues godfather John Mayall is still going strong. In 2016 he pruned his touring band to a trio with Mayall acting as his own guitarist and keyboardist. This date finds him returning to the quartet lineup with a host of all-star axe-playing guests including Joe Bonamassa, Larry McCray, Alex Lifeson, Steven Van Zandt, and Todd Rundgren, as well as his newest touring slinger Carolyn Wonderland (the first female to hold that role in one of his bands). He is also accompanied by his working rhythm section of bassist Greg Rzab and drummer Jay Davenport, with Billy Watts on rhythm guitar, and the horn section from Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
Anyone familiar with Mayall's catalog understands his proclivity for hiring the best sidemen -- especially guitar players who have included Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Peter Green, Harvey Mandel, Coco Montoya, and Walter Trout, to name a few. Nobody Told Me was cut in Los Angeles at the Foo Fighters' Studio 606 on the same Sound City Neve console his one-time protégés from Fleetwood Mac (John McVie and Mick Fleetwood) used to record Rumours. Mayall has a way of both purposing his guitarists and focusing them while getting them to open up. The opener is a read of Magic Sam's "What Have I Done Wrong" with Bonamassa. While rightfully celebrated for his technical acumen, Bonamassa is also well known for his excesses. Here he delivers a taught, brief, and biting break buoyed and balanced by the funky horn section. The tune also reveals that in his advanced age, Mayall's singing has lost its nasal quality to become an expressive (and mostly on key) growl. Later, Bonamassa is featured on the punchy, blues-jazz fusion number "Delta Hurricane," which also boasts a burning horn chart. McCray is, as always, all edges and razor-wire, and is given free rein on "The Moon Is Full" and the Chicago-styled slow burner "The Hurt Inside." Former Rush guitarist Lifeson turns in the set's biggest surprise in a cover of Jeff Healey's "Evil and Here to Say," on which Mayall plays his trademark wailing, harmonica alongside his fierce blues piano. Lifeson could easily shred through his breaks, but instead tempers his attack to add to the tune's powerful emotive kick while retaining his signature sound. Rundgren shows his solid grasp on the soul-blues boogie of Little Milton's "That's What Love'll Make You Do," while Van Zandt's fuzzed-up six-string performance on Mayall's "It's So Tough" (backed by the songwriter's sultry, spacy electric piano), is offered with raw, swinging roadhouse intensity. Wonderland shows the authority in her playing via three selections, beginning with the snarling, moody, ropey electric slide blues-rocker "Distant Lonesome Train," penned by Bonamassa. Her house-rockin' boogie comes to the fore on Mayall's "Like It Like You Do," and the long, slow blues of his title track closes the set and she trades lines with Mayall's rumbling piano. Guitar slayers notwithstanding, Nobody Told Me is a hallmark Mayall date, chock-full of great songs and performances that underscore his considerable (and well-deserved) reputation.
Tracklist:
01. What Have I Done Wrong (feat. Joe Bonamassa) - 3:55
02. The Moon Is Full (feat. Larry McCray) - 4:54
03. Evil And Here To Stay (feat. Alex Lifeson) - 4:48
04. That's What Love Will Make You Do (feat. Todd Rundgren) - 3:54
05. Distant Lonesome Train (feat. Carolyn Wonderland) - 4:33
06. Delta Hurricane (feat. Joe Bonamassa) - 4:58
07. The Hurt Inside (feat. Larry McCray) - 5:36
08. It's So Tough (feat. Steven Van Zandt) - 4:19
09. Like It Like You Do (feat. Carolyn Wonderland) - 3:46
10. Nobody Told Me (feat. Carolyn Wonderland) - 7:22
Personnel:
John Mayall - Harmonica, Keyboards, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals
Joe Bonamassa - Guitar
Eric Corne - Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer
Jay Davenport - Drums
Ron Dziubla - Saxophone
Alex Lifeson - Guitar
Larry McCray - Guitar
Mark Pender - Trumpet
Richard A. Rosenberg - Trombone
Todd Rundgren - Guitar
Greg Rzab - Bass
Steven Van Zandt - Guitar
Billy Watts - Guitar (Rhythm)
Carolyn Wonderland - Guitar
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