June 21: Fred Chapellier with the BP Band in Pittsburgh
I've written here
before about my
tours in France with
Fred Chapellier in
November 2007 and
April of this year.
We have mp3 files
and a video from
some of my shows
with Fred on our
website, under the
description of
Fred's latest CD, A
Tribute to Roy ... more
Now in MP3: The Rhythm Kings, 1975
I recently got hold
of a CD that an old
friend burned for me
of my first big-time
band, the Rhythm
Kings (l to r: Lazy
Henry, Chris
"Bloomfield Slim"
Patarini, John
Hogue, Kurt "Junior
Smoke" Steinle, me,
Gene "Dr. Feelgood"
Hudak), playing live
in S... more
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2007
A
Tribute to Roy Buchanan - Fred Chapéllier
& Friends
DFGCD
8637
This
new CD by French guitarist Fred Chapellier
features Billy Price singing "A
Nickel and a Nail."
Here
are some free mp3 files of Billy Price
and Fred Chapéllier live in
concert in Goussainville, France in
November, 2007 (Jimmy Britton, keyboards;
Pat Machenaud, drums; Abder Benachour,
bass):
Billy
Price's long-awaited first studio
recording since 1999, with 14 new
songs (13 original), featuring Billy
and the Billy Price Band. Here are
one-minute, lo-fi samples of all the
songs on the CD, in mp3 (all files
are 588 KB):
This
compilation CD includes two complete
recordings by Billy Price & the
Keystone Rhythm Band, from 1984 and
1988 respectively:
Live
This
CD captures Billy Price and the Keystone
Rhythm Band live at the Wax Museum
in Washington D.C. Featuring the blistering
rock/blues guitar of Glenn Pavone,
the band smokes through a hot set
of blues and soul before an enthusiastic
audience. The CD includes the first
release ever of a lost Otis Redding
song, Since You've Gone Again; Price's
version of I Can't Lose the Blues,
which was later covered by bluesman
Son Seals; and Price's lengthy workout
on Tyrone Davis's Turn Back the Hands
of Time.
The
last recording by Billy Price and
the Keystone Rhythm Band, this CD
contains original material written
by Price and his bandmates, including
Who You're Workin' For, Absolute Love,
Real Time, and I'm Gonna Win the War.
Recorded in Philadelphia at Studio
Four and produced by Phil Niccolo,
this CD adds a rock/pop veneer to
Price's traditional soul sound. Featured
soloists are Glenn Pavone on guitar
and Don Aliquo, Jr. on tenor sax.
Produced in Los Angeles by Jerry "Swamp
Dogg" Williams. In addition to the
title song, which Billy Price recorded
with Roy Buchanan in 1974 on Roy"s
"Livestock" LP, this CD includes eight
songs written especially for Billy
by Swamp Dogg. Here's more
information about the new CD.
Returning
to Jeree Records in New Brighton,
PA, where Billy Price made his first
recording with the Keystone Rhythm
Band ("Is It Over"), Price resurrects
the spirit and feel of the southern
soul music that came out of Memphis,
Muscle Shoals, and Nashville in the
1960s and 1970s. The CD includes background
vocals by Chicago veterans Dianne
Madison (currently singing with Aretha
Franklin), Theresa Davis (former member
of The Emotions), and Robin Robinson,
as well as a cameo appearance by Price's
friend and mentor Otis Clay on Clay's
"That's How It Is." The CD contains
16
great songs.
Billy
Price's first post-Keystone Rhythm
Band CD, Danger Zone is Price's tribute
to the pre-rock 'n roll rhythm and
blues sounds of the late 1940s and
early 1950s. This CD features interpretations
of songs originally recorded by artists
such as Bobby Bland, Charles Brown,
Big Joe Turner, and Little Willie
John, performed by the cream of Pittsburgh's
jazz/blues musicians, including Max
Leake (piano), H.B. Bennett (drums),
Nick Dialoiso (tenor sax), and Ralph
Guzzi (trumpet). Danger Zone also
includes three songs written by Percy
Mayfield, sometimes known as "The
Poet of the Blues."
Digital
copies are available from all the
major download services, including
Apple
iTunes.
1988
Free
At Last
Antenna
CD 0088
This
CD is out of stock. It is available
on Live
& Free at Last, a new
compilation CD by Billy Price &
the Keystone Rhythm Band.
Digital
copies are available from all the
major download services, including
Apple
iTunes.
1984
Billy
Price & the Keystone Rhythm Band
Live
Antenna
CD 0085
This
CD is out of stock. It is available
on Live
& Free at Last, a new
compilation CD by Billy Price &
the Keystone Rhythm Band.
Digital
copies are available from all the
major download services, including
Apple
iTunes.
1981,
1979
Is
It Over?, They Found Me Guilty
Antenna
CD 0090
This
CD contains the first two LPs recorded
by Billy Price and the Keystone Rhythm
Band in 1979 and 1981 respectively.
Is It Over was produced at Jeree Records
in New Brighton, PA and contains many
of Billy Price's most popular songs,
including Eldorado Cafe, You Left
the Water Running, Lickin' Stick,
Slip Away, and Ace of Spades. They
Found Me Guilty was recorded in the
Washington, D.C. area and produced
by Denny Bruce and Craig Leon. It
features Billy Price's 10-minute soul
opus "The Jury of Love" based on Bobby
Bland's "Cry, Cry, Cry" and O.V. Wright's
"Eight Men, Four Woman."
To
help commemorate the 25th anniversary
of Pittsburgh's WYEP-FM, the Billy
Price Band performed live on Bumble
Bee Slim's Blues & Rhythm show
on 5/1/99. For those who missed the
concert, we're making it available
for free in MP3 format.
Musicians:
- Lenny Smith, guitar
- John Burgh, keyboards
- Willy
Franklin, bass
- H.B. Bennett, drums
- Eric DeFade, tenor
- Curtis Johnson, tenor and baritone
- Ralph Guzzi, trumpet
We're
happy to make these recently unearthed
recordings available to our fans.
Thanks to Duane
Irate Jones for burning his tape
to CD so we could make these available
to you.
Musicians:
- Billy Price, vocals
- Harold
"Lazy Henry" Reid, guitar
- Fred Delu, keyboards
- Gene "Dr. Feelgood" Hudak,
bass
- Kurt "Junior Smoke" Steinle,
drums
- Eddie Jonnett, tenor
- Chris "Bloomfield Slim"
Patarini, tenor
- Van Crozier, alto
- John Hogue, baritone
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