Dion-Blues With Friends-CD-FLAC-2020-THEVOiD

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 Info   
     Artist  | Dion
     Title   | Blues With Friends
     Genre   | Blues                                Format  | Album
     Source  | CD                                   Time    | 60:48
     Label   | Keeping The Blues Alive Records      Store   | 2020
     Catalog | KTBA61080                            Rip     | 2020
     Bitrate | 889 kbps                             Size    | 407.04 MB
     Freq    | 44.1 kHz                             Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
 Tracks 
     01. Blues Comin' On (with Joe Bonamassa)                        4:48
     02. Kickin' Child (with Joe Menza)                              4:00
     03. Uptown Number 7 (with Brian Setzer)                         3:56
     04. Can't Start Over Again (with Jeff Beck)                     4:26
     05. My Baby Loves To Boogie (with John Hammond)                 5:19
     06. I Got Nothin' (with Van Morrison & Joe Louis Walker)        5:05
     07. Stumbling Blues (with Jimmy & Jerry Vivino)                 3:00
     08. Bam Bang Boom (with Billy Gibbons)                          3:57
     09. I Got The Cure (with Sonny Landreth)                        4:07
     10. Song For Sam Cooke (Here In America) (with Paul Simon)      4:24
     11. What If I Told You (with Samantha Fish)                     4:44
     12. Told You Once In August (with John Hammond & Rory Block)    5:34
     13. Way Down (I Won't Cry No More) (with Stevie Van Zandt)      2:58
     14. Hymn To Him (with with Patti Scialfa & Bruce Springsteen)   4:30
 Notes  
     Bridging the era between late-'50s rock and the British Invasion, Dion
     DiMucci (born July 18, 1939) was one of the top white rock singers of his
     time, blending the best elements of doo wop, teen idol, and R&B styles.
     Some revisionists have tried to cast him as a sort of early blue-eyed soul
     figure, although he was probably more aligned with pop/rock, first as the
     lead singer of the Belmonts and then as a solo star. Drug problems slowed
     him down in the mid-'60s, yet he made some surprisingly interesting
     progressions into blues-rock and folk-rock as the decade wore on,
     culminating in a successful comeback in the late '60s, although he was
     unable to sustain its commercial and artistic momentum for long.
     Blues With Friends is a straightforward title for an album that isn't quite
     as straightforward as it seems. Unlike most blues duet records from rock &
     roll lifers, this isn't a collection of covers. Dion wrote 14 new songs,
     usually using blues as a foundation, then invited a bunch of famous pals
     into the studio to add some vocals or maybe guitar. The guest list is
     varied, ranging from blues lifers Joe Louis Walker and Sonny Landreth to
     relative new guns such as Joe Bonamassa, while also finding plenty of space
     for rockers like Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Brian Setzer, Van Morrison,
     and Stevie Van Zant.
     Not all these players are strictly blues and the album isn't quite, either,
     taking the time to dig deeply (and quietly) on the Simon duet "Song for Sam
     Cooke (Here in America)" and the comforting closer "Hymn to Him," which
     features Springsteen and Patti Scialfa. Blues With Friends may be most
     interesting whenever Dion wanders from the straight and narrow, but the
     straight-up blues are often compelling, too, particularly when Dion gets
     down and dirty with Billy Gibbons on "Bam Bang Boom" and when he spars with
     Walker and Morrison on "I Got Nothin'."
     The different shades of blue are nuanced but notable and help make Blues
     With Friends another strong latter-day collection from Dion.

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33M	01-dion-blues_comin_on_(with_joe_bonamassa)-thevoid.flac
25M	02-dion-kickin_child_(with_joe_menza)-thevoid.flac
26M	03-dion-uptown_number_7_(with_brian_setzer)-thevoid.flac
27M	04-dion-cant_start_over_again_(with_jeff_beck)-thevoid.flac
34M	05-dion-my_baby_loves_to_boogie_(with_john_hammond)-thevoid.flac
35M	06-dion-i_got_nothin_(with_van_morrison_and_joe_louis_walker)-thevoid.flac
20M	07-dion-stumbling_blues_(with_jimmy_and_jerry_vivino)-thevoid.flac
26M	08-dion-bam_bang_boom_(with_billy_gibbons)-thevoid.flac
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27M	09-dion-i_got_the_cure_(with_sonny_landreth)-thevoid.flac
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29M	10-dion-song_for_sam_cooke_(here_in_america)_(with_paul_simon)-thevoid.flac
32M	11-dion-what_if_i_told_you_(with_samantha_fish)-thevoid.flac
34M	12-dion-told_you_once_in_august_(with_john_hammond_and_rory_block)-thevoid.flac
18M	13-dion-way_down_(i_wont_cry_no_more)_(with_stevie_van_zandt)-thevoid.flac
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