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• Roots Monday: The Mannish Boys = “Mary Jane”

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We have much to be thankful for this week, and I am thankful that the Mannish Boys are back to deliver another dose of righteous blues. Serving up an extra serving of delicious Delta-style blues, the latest incarnation of the Mannish Boys dish out the perfect way to start our holiday week off with some “Mary Jane”. Their old-time blues sound keeps those little-known gems alive for a new generation of music lovers.  Reprising their all-star roles in the band are Finis Tasby, Bobby Jones, Kirk Fletcher, Frank Goldwasser, and Randy Chortkoff, joined here by an entirely new and outstanding rhythm section comprised of Willie J. Campbell on bass (The James Harman Band, The Fabulous Thunderbirds) and Jimi Bott on drums (Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Woodbrain). With music this good, it’s no wonder we keep coming back to them time and time again.

The Mannish Boys
“Mary Jane (feat. Bobby Jones)” (mp3)
from “3rd Annual Delta Groove All-Star Blues Revue – Live At Ground Zero, Vol. 2″
(DELTA GROOVE PRODUCTIONS)

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• Roots Monday: The Mannish Boys – “Champagne and Reefer”

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We have enjoyed the music from the Mannish Boys before on the stash, back in July of 2008. They are back with a new album, that delivers all of the Delta Blues with the precision and soul only well-seasoned musicians could pull off.  The group is really an ever-evolving unit of world class musicians. Founding Member, Randy Chortkoff’s vision was to bring musical greats in the genre who have their own history of blues music and perform lesser-known gems from the blues vaults all while drawing attention to the music from decades past, creating a new generation of blues lovers and hopefully producing some royalty revenue for the estates of their blues forefathers. The result has been a five year project and some recordings that will stand among the legends it is honoring. The new album, “Shake for Me” is full of music from our past that sounds familiar, yet new with todays production values. Today’s tune is a blues standard that was a hit for Muddy Waters when it came out in 1981, on his “King Bee” album recorded when Muddy Waters was 65. Coincidentally, the Mannish Boys band name comes from the title of a standard blues song first recorded by Muddy Waters in 1955.

The Mannish Boys
“Champagne & Reefer” (mp3)
from “Shake for Me”
(DELTA GROOVE PRODUCTIONS)

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Just another note, one of the musicians listed on the track is Mike Zito who has graced the stash before with this amazing rendition of “Little Red Corvette”

Welcome to Blue Monday, Stashers! You know the kinda blues we’re talking about when we say we have the “Searchin’ Blues”. THE MANNISH BOYS bring us some amazing blues today with their musical take on the searchin’ blues. The Mannish boys started as an all-star West Coast Blues revue that were together for one studio project. Now, four CD’s later, they are still belting out the blues with incredible skills, bending guitar strings and classic blues vocals. This album may be the best blues album out this year! If you are searching for great music, you have found it here.

The Mannish Boys
“Searchin’ Blues” (mp3)
from “Lowdown Feelin’”
(DELTA GROOVE PRODUCTIONS)

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