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Valerie Wellington - 2 albums Жанр: Chicago Blues / Electric Blues Страна: USA Год издания: 1983 - 1991 Аудиокодек: MP3 Тип рипа: tracks Битрейт аудио: 256 - 320 kbps Продолжительность: 01:38:11 Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: да
1984 - Million Dollar Secret - time: 00:45:19 - 320 kbps
Треклист: 01. Down In The Dumps [00:02:52] 02. Million Dollar Secret [00:04:03] 03. Independent Blues [00:02:47] 04. Cold, Cold Feeling [00:05:35] 05. Smokestack Lightning [00:03:37] 06. Dirty No-Gooder's Blues [00:03:56] 07. My Baby Treats Me Like A Stepchild [00:03:52] 08. You Can't Have My Monkey [00:02:49] 09. Bad Avenue [00:04:43] 10. Love Don't Love Nobody [00:02:27] 11. Wild About You [00:03:04] 12. Voodoo Blues [00:05:28]
About
Blues singer and actress, Valerie Wellington, was born on November 14, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois.... Valerie Eileen Hall trained as an opera singer at Chicago's American Conservatory of Music for three years. She learned piano as a youngster and played with local blues man, Lee 'Shot' Williams, at the age of 15.... In 1982, Valerie took the Chicago blues scene by surprise, and with high impact, as a singer, not forgoing her classical training as an opera singer as much as using it to enhance her work in the blues. As a blueswoman, she fit right in, not only becoming a regular in the blues clubs, but also compiling an impressive theatrical resume for her portrayals of Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith - women who, like opera singers, learned to project their voices without microphones. Big Maybelle and Big Mama Thornton provided additional inspiration, and the influence of KoKo Taylor was also evident in Wellington's blues approach, which combined classic vaudeville-era blues with the evolving hard-driving, electrified sound of Chicago blues in the 1980s. Her power-packed voice was heard on only a few record releases, but was featured frequently in radio and television commercials.... On October 1 1984, Valerie's debut album, Million Dollar Secret, was released on the Rooster label, and received 'rave' reviews from critics, all of whom commented on the power of Wellington's voice.... In 1987, she contributed one track to Alligator Records' The New Bluebloods, an anthology of younger Chicago blues artists.... Valerie also appeared in the 1989 MGM motion picture production of Great Balls of Fire, a biography of Jerry Lee Lewis, starring Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder and Alec Baldwin. She performed a blues arrangement of Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On in her portrayal of Big Maybelle in the pre-rock 'n' roll era.... Sadly and shockingly, Valerie Wellington died of a brain aneurysm at the age of 33, on January 2, 1993, in a Maywood, Illinois hospital, immediately west of Chicago. Valerie is interred at Restvale Cemetery in Worth, Illinois, just southwest of Chicago. ~ excerpted from a biography by Jim O'Neil in All Music Guide
Состав
Valerie Wellington, vocals, piano(1) Magic Slim, guitar (1-2,4-6,8-10,12) John Primer, guitar (all tracks)(lead guitar on 4) Johnny Littlejohn, slide guitar (3,7,11) Sunnyland Slim, piano(2,6,8,10) Billy Branch, harmonica (3-5,9,11) Nick Holt, bass (4-5,7,9,11-12) Aron Burton, bass (1-3,6,8,10) Nate Applewhite, drums (4-5,7,9,11-12) Casey Jones, drums (1-3,6,8,10)
1991 - Life In The Big City - time: 00:53:16 - 256 kbps
Треклист: 01. Let The Good Times Roll [00:03:34] 02. Kitchen Man [00:03:15] 03. Sparrow [00:06:31] 04. How Blue Can You Get [00:05:01] 05. Baby What You Want Me To Do [00:05:36] 06. Iyannatta (Trouble In Mind) [00:03:01] 07. Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On [00:06:58] 08. Got What It Takes (Stingy Ginny) [00:02:52] 09. Steal Away [00:05:49] 10. Fool For You [00:05:09] 11. Wasted Life Blues [00:05:24]
