Charley Simmons - Full Circle

Styles : Acoustic Blues
Released : 2001
Lable : Charley Simmons

01 - Southbound
02 - Suffocation Blues
03 - Deep Gap Salute
04 - Your Town Now
05 - You Can Love Yourself
06 - Doc's Guitar
07 - San Francisco Bay Blues
08 - Pacing The Cage
09 - Windy and Warm
10 - Black Label Blues
11 - Deep River Blues
12 - Lullaby Baby Blues
13 - Sunrise Over Sinbad

Charley was born and raised in rural Delaware on a farm near Blackiston Crossroads. He started playing guitar at the age of nine. His travels carried him south to St. Augustine, Florida where he studied on the styles of Merle Travis and the late Gamble Rogers among others.

These days he makes his home in southeastern Utah and performs throughout the Intermountain West from Salt Lake City to Telluride,Co. He was the 1992 Utah State Flattop Champion, the 2002 Wyoming State Fingerstyle Champion and the winner of the 2003 Gamble Rogers Fingerstyle Competition.

"Full Circle" is a collection of thirteen songs and instrumentals by the extremely talented guitar player and singer Charley Simmons. Mr. Simmons accompanies his singing with masterful finger-style guitar music. His voice is a combination of dry, long-cut shag tobacco and honey, which is complemented perfectly by his guitar work. All the selections were played on a Breedlove C-25 Northwest. For you guitar aficionados and aficionadas, this is an extremely sweet, well-balanced guitar, punchy and quite piano-like in tone. The CD was recorded cleanly, without any over-produced effects. Just one voice, one guitar, pure and unprocessed. Turn up the volume, and it sounds like a live performance in your living room.

Some of the tunes are traditional, others are by writers such as Greg Brown, Bruce Cockburn, Keb'Mo', and Doc Watson. Two of the tunes are by Mr. Simmons. His closing tune of the CD, "Sunrise Over Sinbad," is breathtakingly beautiful. The compositions on the CD range in style from Delta to country blues, to Doc Watson-style to Akins-Travis-style fingerpicking. In the liner notes, Mr. Simmons cites Doc Watson, Chet Atkins,Merle Travis, but especially the late Gamble Rogers, as strong influences on his guitar style.

"Full Circle" includes an extremely energetic rendition of Doc Watson's "Southbound" and "Doc's Guitar," a heartfelt version of Greg Brown's "Your Town Now," an astute and haunting interpetation of Bruce Cockburn's "Pacing the Cage," an old favorite, Jesse Fuller's "San Francisco Bay Blues," and John Loudermilk's "Windy and Warm," which you will recognize instantly when you hear it. The seven other tunes are played with an overwhelming sense of competence, compassion, and soul.

original CD from sussex

Richard Earl - One More Song

Styles : Soul Blues, Electric Blues
Released : 2008
Lable : Great Blues Recordings

01 - Henpecked
02 - Comin' Back Baby03 - I'll Be Right Here
04 - Baby It's You
05 - Bad News
06 - Blues Over You
07 - His Old Lady And My Old Lady
08 - Too Many Lovers
09 - One More Song
10 - Riding All Night

One of the finest blues singers to ever take a stage, with a soul-filled blues CD.

Richard has shared the stage with other blues performers including Little Milton, Tyrone Davis, Barbara Lynn, ZZ Hill, Ervin Charles, Johnnie Taylor and others. Richard's work with the late Ervin Charles on the Dialtone CD "Greyhound Blues" added more fans to his growing list. At the 2001 Utrecht Blues Festival in Europe, Richard Earl made a great impression on those in attendance with his effortless blues phrasing.

Roger Wood, writing in the Houston Press, says "Earl's straight from the pulpit inflections testifies with righteous fervor".

The CD album contains seven original songs and three cover songs. Richard wrote six of the songs and is co-writer with his guitarist, Jack Edery, on one song. Other members of the band include Chris Thibodeaux on Keyboard, Bob Stidham on Bass, and Robert Smith on Drums.

Lino Muoio - Mandolin Blues

Styles : Acoustic Blues
Released : 2011
Lable : Cheyenne Records

01 - Girl From Arkansas
02 - Bound To See My Babe
03 - Master Cheater Man
04 - Memphis Blues
05 - Picture Of You
06 - Swing Thing

07 - Harmony H35

08 - That Old Time Blues
09 - Louise
10 - Miss Swmiss
11 - Take Me Away

12 - Sweet Little Woman

13 - Homeward Blues

14 - Slidin' Grass

Guitarist, mandolinist and songwriter Lino Muoio has been a part of the Italian Blues music scene for over 20 years, playing many gigs and festivals with his main band “Blue Stuff” with various appearances on National television, and participated in many recording sessions for a variety of artists in Italy.

Not many folks view the mandolin as a Blues instrument, but Lino believes the Blues and the Mandolin fit perfectly together!

After the first solo album (Blues on Me), he decided to dedicate an entire project to producing a fine piece of work dedicated to the Blues Mandolin.

The CD has fourteen original songs and English lyrics. There are no covers songs at all, and almost all of the songs were written and performed in collaboration with many fine musicians from all over the world. Some of those artists include: Mike Supnick of Swing Maniacs, Sebastiano Forti of Sweetwater Jazz Band, Bobby Ray Green of The Network Band, Lonnie Wilson and the Kompoz Community, Veronica Sbergia, and my group Blue Stuff.

The collaboration resulted in a diverse offering of styles, from the vintage country Blues inspiration of Yank Rachell to the Chicago style of Carl Martin, and a healthy dose of jazz, swing and bluegrass.


original CD from sussex

Boogielicious - Route 88

Styles : Piano Blues, Boogie Woogie
Released : 2010
Lable : Herzel Records

01- Dadlow
02 - Shake Rattle ' n roll
03 - Swingy Thingy
04 - State Street Special
05 - Route 88
06 - The Boogie Woogie blues
07 - Dave Speaks
08 - Flip Flop and Fly
09 - AA Booghee
10 - Sweet Patootie Boogie
11 - Eeco's Boogie
12 - Low Street Blues

13 - The Boogie Woogie Rocks

14 - Summertime

Eeco Rijken Rapp (NL) :
Eeco studied classic piano for over ten years.
At the age of sixteen, after attending a concert of jazz pianist Rob Agerbeek he decided to switch to jazz and boogie woogie
He is specifically known by boogie woogie connoisseurs for playing the authentic style from the era of celebrity Albert Ammons. They also recognize the very fluent and seemingly effortless way he plays the piano.
As from the first publication in 2006, his video’s and boogie woogie lessons on Youtube immediately drew and keep drawing the attention of many from all over the world.
Since then he performed at many jazz and boogie woogie occassions all over Europe, such as festivals in France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany and Holland.

David Herzel :
Eeco is supported on drums by David Herzel (Germany) He is certainly one of the most astonishing drummers of our time with a mind boggling concept of time, creativity and speed. David is a professional drummer for more than 20 years, a lot of people will know him from "The Original Contemporaries".

Betram Becher:
Bertram Becher played the keyboards in many different bands since he was 15 - ranging from "Beatles" to Rock. At the age of 24 he found the harmonica and it grew to be his first instrument. Since then Blues and Boogie were his first choice. He wrote the "Interactive Blues Harp Workshop" (CD Rom, Voggenreiter) together with world-class harmonica player Steve Baker in 1998.

Marco Pandolfi - Close The Bottle When You're Done

Styles : Harmonica Blues
Released : 2012
Lable : Abnegat Records

01 - Wonderful Time
02 - I Want You To Stay Long
03 - Rockin' Like A Cherry
04 - Keep It To Yourself
05 - Goin' Away Baby
06 - Lucky Man
07 - You Upset My Mind
08 - Close The Bottle When You're Done
09 - Blue & Lonesome
10 - Too Many Ways
11 - Cuttlefish

Marco Pandolfi’s presence on the Italian Blues scene goes back twenty years. He has been playing in the most important events on the peninsula, winning the respect of the greatest Blues Musicians in Italy and abroad.

His performances and his recordings have been reviewed by the most authoritative magazines such as: Il Blues, Blues Revue, Soul Bag, Blues Britain Magazine...).

His music is played on radio programs around the world (B.B. King’s Bluesville-XM radio USA, King Biscuit Time-Helena AK, WWOZ New Orleans, WEFT Radio-Champaign, Illinois and more).

Marco Pandolfi is the only Italian Blues musician to have participated twice at the INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE in Memphis, TN (USA): in 2006 with the band Marco Pandolfi & the Jacknives (representing Roots and Blues Association of Parma) and in the last edition of 2011 in the category solo/duo (representing MOJO STATION, Roma).

Pandolfi has performed with some of the most famous Bluesmen worldwide, such as Richard Ray Farrell, Paul Oscher, Bob Margolin, Harvey Brooks, Preston Hubbard, Bob Corritore, Willie King, Tom Walbank, David Lee Durham, Paul Cox, King Edward, Bill Howl-N-Madd Perry, Mickey Rogers, among others.

"Close The Bottle When You're Done" (2012) Marco sings, plays harmonica and guitar.
During his last tour in the States (may-june 2012) He played Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Festival (California) with The Mannish Boys sharing the stage with James Cotton, Paul Oscher, Kim Wilson, Bob Corritore, Mud Morganfield, Bob Margolin, Junior Watson, Alex Schultz and more.

Marco Pandolfi - guitar, harmonica and vocals
Federico Patarnello - drums track 2, 3, 5, 7, 9
Jean Charles Carbone - Bass track 5 and drums track 11
Live Session recorded in the studio. No overdubs.


original CD from sussex

Pat Savage Band - Hog Wild

Styles : Bluesrock, Southern Rock
Released : 2002
Lable : Savageworks International

01 - Main Street Daytona (Audio Picture)
02 - Hog Wild
03 - Doncha Listen
04 - Gotta Git Out
05 - Chevrolet
06 - Hungryman Blues
07 - The Beat Goes On
08 - Matter Of Time
09 - Downtown Came Uptown
10 - Cash Money
11 - To Have The Blues
12 - Midnight Ride
13 - Too Much Monkey Business
14 - Bad Go Getter
15 - Snake Bite
16 - I Can't Wait Much Longer

It was Pat’s third solo release “Hog Wild” which secured his first major record deal with SONY in Europe. He subsequently relocated to Europe, basing himself there for a 6 years, before returning to live in his home town of Toronto, Canada.
Pat Savage has graced many stages in many countries with rock & blues artists such as Joe Cocker, Foghat, Saxon, Savoy Brown, Matt Guitar Murphy, Albert Collins, Uli Van Roth, Scorpions, Manfred Mann, Slade, Sweet, Uriah Heep, Steppenwolf, Molly Hatchett, Lynyrd Skynyrd, BB King, Marshall Tucker Band, Grand Funk, Georgia Satellites, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Jeff Healey and Colin James to name but a few.
Pat’s many talents in writing; production and performance have won him accolades in Canada, the USA & Europe throughout his vast music career, and his CDs have been critically acclaimed in major bike magazines, blues and rock magazines and in the mainstream press all over the world.

Big A & The All Stars - We Juke Up In Here - Mississippi's Juke Joint Culture At The Crossroads

Styles : Delta Blues, Juke Joint Blues, Acoustic Blues (Diatonic Harp)
Released : 2012
Lable : Broke & Hungry Records

01 - Big A & The All Stars - We Juke Up In Here
02 - Louis 'Gearshifter' Youngblood - Rabbit In A Log
03 - Lil' Poochie & Hezekiah Early - You Know I've Tried
04 - Red Paden - (dialogue) I Don't Have To Pretend
05 - Terry 'Harmonica' Bean - Baby (Do Anything For Me)
06 - Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes - Could've Been Married
07 - Red Paden - (dialogue) I'm Moving At My Own Pace
08 - Elmo Williams & Hezekiah Early - Jug Of Wine
09 - Louis 'Gearshifter' Youngblood - Get Rich And Marry You
11 - Red Paden - (dialogue) The Game's For Life
13 - Big George Brock - Down South
12 - Lil' Poochie & Hezekiah Early - Bring Your Fine Self Home
14 - Holmes & Bean & Vick - Someday (Get Over You)
15 - Louis 'Gearshifter' Youngblood - Bonus Song With Motorcycles


We Juke Up In Here: Mississippi’s Juke Joint Culture at the Crossroads is the new film and music project from the makers of the award-winning blues movie M For Mississippi: A Road Trip Through the Birthplace of the Blues. We Juke Up In Here follows producers Jeff Konkel and Roger Stolle as they explore what remains of Mississippi’s once-thriving juke joint culture. The film is told largely from the vantage point of Red Paden, proprietor of the legendary Red’s Lounge in historic Clarksdale, Mississippi. Paden, a true Delta character and jack-of-all-trades, has been running his blues and beer joint for more than 30 years – providing one of the region’s most reliable live blues venues and an authentic stage for a cavalcade of veteran blues performers, both legendary and obscure. Some of the blues performers in the DVD/CD include Anthony “Big A” Sherrod, Terry “Harmonica” Bean, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Big George Brock. Told through live music performances, character-driven interviews and rare on-camera blues experiences, viewers are taken below the surface of the quasi-legal world of real Delta jukes. We Juke Up In Here is a joint production of Broke & Hungry Records and Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art. You can watch trailers for the documemtary and purchase it here. All the photos above were taken by Lou Bopp, whose additional work can be seen here.

Original DVD from sussex

Jake Matson - Comin' Home

Styles : Acoustic Blues (Diatonic Harp)
Released : 2000
Lable : Storyville Records

01 - Goin' To Take Some Time
02 - Death's Limousine
03 - Savannah Town
04 - Ramble On
05 - Crossroad Blues
06 - Blind Willie's Medley
07 - Deployment Blues
08 - Raise Up Mama
09 - Preachin' Blues
10 - Vacaville Prison Blues
11 - Little Bird
12 - You Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond


Jake Matson learned to play the blues while living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His tour of duty with the United States Army took him all the way to Alaska, where he worked on the songs you now hold in your hands. He fashions his music with the raw energy and syncopated rhythms he absorbed from the count blues masters of the past like Son House, Blind Willie Johnson and Robert Johnson. In Jake Matson’s songs appear trains, phantom women, highways and towns, the comings and going of lovers and thieves. He sings with passion and plays his National guitar with a ringing intensity. Like the blues men he studies, Jake Matson has been taken far from home, but along the way he has cultivated a genuine feeling for the rollicking good time beat of the country blues.

Personnel
Jake Matson, Barry Levenson - guitar
Rick Reed - bass
Larry David - harmonica
Dave Kida - drums

Matchbox Bluesband - Ain't Doin' Too Bad

Styles : Chicago Blues, Harmonica Blues
Released : 2011
Lable : Blues-O-Matic Records

01 - I Got To Go
02 - I Hear You Knocking
03 - Come On In This House
04 - I Feel So Good
05 - Teardrops From My Eyes
06 - Aint' Doin' To Bad
07 - No Matter How She Done It
08 - Mighty Long Time
09 - Make Up Your Mind
10 - Bo-Frost Man
11 - Trouble No More
12 - I Hear You Knockin'
13 - Black Nights
14 - My Buddy Buddy Friends
15 - Tough Times
16 - Number 9 Train

Latest live album by veteran German blues band featuring the vocals and harmonica of renowned German Blues expert and performer Klaus "Mojo" Kilian and the exquisite guitar playing of Bernd Simon. A mixture of Chicago Blues and classic R&B.

For almost 30 years the Matchbox Blues Band plays traditional blues in many shades. Based on the classic Chicago blues contains our repertoire swinging and rocking rhythm and blues, earthy Down Home Blues and acoustic variations. The long-term stability of the occupation has led to a very homogeneous group sound that is equally true to style, individually and intoxicating.

original CD from sussex

Stefan George & Tom Walbank - My Old Friend The Blues

Styles : Acoustic Blues (Diatonic Harp)

Released : 2011

Lable : Self Lable

01 - Stop Breaking Down

02 - It Hurts Me Too

03 - Me And The Devil

04 - Can't Be Satisfied

05 - Dead Shrimp Blues

06 - St. James Infirmary

07 - My Old Friend The Blues

08 - Malted Milk

09 - Walk On

Stefan George is one of those dependable artists who plays blues-folk. He's also a prolific artist, with more than 10 albums to his credit over the past 12 years.

 He was heading into the studio to finish up mastering a live album recorded in Tucson with English harmonica player World-renowned 'Harmonica Guru' Tom Walbank who born in 1969 Englishman. 

They played well excellent piece of blues music very compactly in this album.

original CD from sussex

Good Time Charlie - Garage-A-Go-Go!

Styles : Bluesrock

Released : 2011
Lable : Good Time Music

01 - Net-Zombie
02 - High-Jiver
03 - News For You
04 - Cold Shivers
05 - Shine

06 - Time-Squeezer
07 - Red Lights
08 - Gone

09 - Garage A Go-Go

10 - Horse
11 - Told You Twice
12 - Ditch Diggin'
13 - Part Of My Game

 After close to thirty years on the road as one of the premier Norwegian bands who started out taking their musical inspiration from  American 50-s & 60s soul, savage rock & roll and rhythm & blues, Good Time Charlie are ready with thirteen brand new songs saturated with energy and magical charm.

  Good Time Charlie has been described as “honest tradition-bearers with great love and respect for their craft”, at the same time being able to renew themselves and take the music further in a genre where originality and new ways of thinking have been rare for many years.

Garage-A-Go-Go! is a fusion of the raunchy garage rock of the 60s and the explosive and energetic sounds of soul  music? in a word: Grage Soul. A good tip for a good time!

After having taken a new course with the critically acclaimed Norwegian grammy-nominee Mojo Energy in 2008, this Garage-A-Go-Go! release is a stylish and uncompromising musical experience of unashamed high energy. Purified, unadulterated real music!

 The band has a strong focus on obtaining the enormous power arising from a successful chemistry between the performing and expressive potential of the bandmembers  and the music itself, giving the lyrics and music a strong inner core.

The album was recorded at the legendary Duper Studio and produced by GTC and Yngve Leidulv Sætre (DumDum Boys, Kaizers Orchestra, deLillos, Datarock, Magnet).

Yngve Sætre has once again created a fresh, state of the art production, capturing and enhancing  the characteristic and authentic  Good Time Charlie-sound.

Personnel Arle Hjelmeland  -  vocals,  harmonica
Steinar Karlsen  -  guitars, vocals
Einar Olsson  -  drums, vocals
Morten Skage - bass, vocals

original CD from sussex

Lösekes Blues Gang - Black Cat

Styles : Chicago Blues (Diatonic Harp)
Released : 1996
Lable : Lava Records

01 - I'm Gonna Leave You
02 - Never In Time
03 - I Need You So Bad
04 - Talk To Me
05 - Sweet As A Flower
06 - The Weight
07 - I Got You On My Mind
08 - Black Cat
09 - Looking Out
10 - I Need Your Sex
11 - Jack, Willie, Slim, The Gumbo And The Fried Chicken
12 - I'm A Looser
13 - Hey, Good Lookin'


 One of the most senior blues bands from Germany. Whether traditional, modern, rock - the driving boogie, the soulful vocal harmonies, which are always good for goose bumps have the public worried more for sensation and the band in a permanent place among the renowned blues bands Germany bestowed. At club gigs with Blues stars like Memphis Slim, Blind John Davis, Errol Dixon and Champion Jack Dupree.

On this album the group conveys exactly what audiences for musical enthusiam, piano boogie, harp blues with good solos that make feels good.

Georg Schroeter & Marc Breitfelder - Live At Blues Baltica ... On The Way To Memphis

Styles : Piano Blues, Harmonica Blues

Released : 2010

Lable : Analoghaus

01 - Sunnyland
02 - All Night Long
03 - Little Piece Of Paper
04 - Long As I Can See The Light
05 - Sugar & Spice
06 - Talk To Me
07 - Rush Hour
08 - Can't Be Satisfied
09 - Shake Your Boogie
10 - Runnin' On Faith
11 - Rock'n'Roll Queenie 

 Pianist Georg Schroeter and harmonica player Marc Breitfelder made history this past February, as they became the first Europeans to win the International Blues Challenge. Representing the Baltic Blues Society in Northern Germany, they took the title competing against approximately 100 solo/duo acts from around the world. Their most recent release, Live At BluesBaltica . . . On The Way To Memphis, captures their live performance to perfection. Though this recording is not only the pair, as it also includes David Herzel playing behind them on drums, they are at their peak here.

 This is the band’s third live recording, which in all reality is the absolute best way to hear their music. Georg Schroeter is an exceptional pianist with strong vocals. Marc Breitfelder’s harmonica work is incomparable; he reach notes that soar well beyond the normal plain with such ease he appears to hardly be drawing any breath. Together they have been working with one another for twenty-one-plus years and make for a very fascinating sound that keeps the performance rolling and exciting as brilliantly displayed on this release recorded at the 2010 Eutin Blues Festival.

 The performance contains a nice blend of original music and covers. What is exceptional here is the songs they have selected often are better known as guitar pieces which have cleverly been reworked to fit in their duet mixture, with Schroeter’s piano assuming the lead lines. Songs to note being done in this manner include tasty takes on Elmore James’ “Sunnyland,” Muddy Waters’ “Can’t Be Satisfied” and Eric Clapton’s “Runnin’ On Faith.” Love the honky-tonk roll that Schroeter takes during “Can’t Be Satisfied.” One of the most noteworthy covers has to be John Fogerty’s “Long As I Can See The Light,” which Schroeter delivers in his own personalized, beautiful incarnation. But the duo’s original songs are not to be overlooked either. “Sugar & Spice” is a romping little number that’ll catch your attention and the harmonica work on numbers like “Little Piece Of Paper” and “Rush Hour” will lead to the question just where does Breitfelder come up with these notes, they far out reach the cosmos and maybe the only other players today who can even compare might be Jason Ricci or Carlos del Junco, but even they may be outmatched. Incredible blowing!

 All in all, Live At BluesBaltica is a tremendous outing for Georg Schroeter and Marc Breitfelder, clearly a convincing showing of why these guys took home the prize at the International Blues Challenge. Not to be overlooked. This disc carries a lot of amazing musical passion, energy and down-right fun.

original CD from sussex

Shelton Powe - Carolina Blues And Gospel

Styles : Country Blues, Gospel
Released : 2012
Lable : Music Maker

01 - Stranger Blues
02 - Send Me
03 - Vestapol
04 - Diving Duck Blues
05 - This Train
06 - One Monkey Don't Stop The Show
07 - When You See My Savior
08 - Down On Me
09 - Buckdancer's Choice
10 - John Henry
11 - Gypsy Woman
12 - When I Lay My Burden Down
13 - This Little Light Of Mine

Shelton Powe was raised in a family of Gospel singers and players. His earliest memories place him on the tent revival circuit surrounded by his music-making parents, aunts, and uncles. As a young man he immersed himself in the Blues scene of Atlanta, learning at the feet of Blues legends Cora Mae Bryant, Neal Pattman, Cootie Stark, and Frank Edwards. Shelton is a collector and over the years has amassed a wealth of lyrics and melodies that none can touch; at the same time, his style and delivery are all his own. He conveys nuance and intricacy recalling Curley Weaver combined with a spirit of spontaneity that forms an intimacy with the listener. The 14 tracks on Shelton's first release are all traditional Country Blues and Gospel but they are delivered with a freshness and sincerity that will make you feel as if you are hearing them for the first time. -- Aaron Greenhood

original CD from sussex

Tomcat Courtney - Tom 'Tomcat' Courtney

Styles : Electric blues
Released : 1995
Lable : Tom 'Tomcat' Courtney (Tape)

01 - Wish Is Magic
02 - Strawberry Girl
03 - The Highway And The Freeway
04 - Freebasing Again
05 - Mocking Bird
06 - 12 O'Clock Midnight
07 - Pain Of Love
08 - The Girl Next Door
09 - Shake It Up Baby
10 - Four Wheel Drive
11 - Blues Singing Woman

 Born in 1929, bluesman Tomcat Courtney shows no signs of slowing down. While growing up in Texas, his pianist father owned a nightclub frequented by blues legends like Sonny Boy Williamson. Courtney pursued tap dancing and began to perform in places like the Barnum And Bailey Circus and other type traveling shows and he also began to sing as well, After learning guitar, he fell easily into the rhythm of the traditional Delta blues groove of his most admired musicians, like BB King and Lightnin’ Hopkins.

 In the early 1960's Tomcat Courtney moved to Los Angeles where in began to do shows in night clubs like the 54 night club,the Eightball ,Polka Dot,Psychedelic Shack and other numerous clubs.
Moving to San Diego in 1971, Courtney formed the Bluesdusters, who became house regulars at O.B.’s Texas Teahouse, where Courtney played every week from 1972 to 1992. Nowadays, he turns up frequently at P.B.’s Chateau Orleans and La Jolla’s Turquoise Cafe .His album Downsville Blues was released in May 2008. It includes many of his own compositions, as well as classic covers like Mance Lipscomb’s “Meet Me in the Bottom”,Buddy Moss first song it 1935 and Tampa Red’s “Cryin’ Won’t Help You , Tomcat Courtney writes and preforms all of his songs

 Tomcat Courtney did a tour at the Lucerne Blues Festival, Marco Fiume Blues Passions Festival in Italy, the Bay-Car Blues Festival in France, the Lionel Hampton Jazz Club at Hotel Le Meridien in Paris, Tomcat Courtney also did the Hayward-Russell City Blues Festival Blues Festival in 2010 and captured the audience at the Morgan Freeman's Ground Zero Blues Club.Downsville Blues was number one on several of the European Blues charts in 2009 and his European charting and record sales earned him an invitation to the prestigious 2010 Montreux Blues Festival. After playing Montreux and touring Europe, Courtney was inducted into the California Blues Hall of Fame. The Bay Area Blues Society and the City of Oakland have been recognizing worthy local and international blues artists since 1985 with their annual West Coast Blues Hall of Fame and Awards show.  This year the event was held in the Grand Ballroom at theHilton Oakland Airport Hotel on March 28th 2010  Tomcat Courtney was awarded  the musical accomplishments of  having contributed greatly to the music

 The 20th annual San Diego Music Awards took place on Sunday, September 12 at 7pm at a concert setting, better known as Humphreys by the Bay Tomcat Courtney won the Best Blues Music Award
The name of some more of that Texas Delta blues that Tomcat Courtney has made and performed so well are Twelve o clock midnight, Sundown in San Diego, Little John, Katrina blues, Downville blues and Mother Davis Tomcat Courtney is a Texas Delta Blues Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocal  entertainer, with that foot and stomp box down home sound.

original tape ripped by sussex