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By Tom Wright

THIS IS THE BLUES VOLUMES 1 & 2 – On CD 

HOLLYWOOD,CA(HollywoodToday)7/24/2010– Eagle Rock will celebrate the blues, when the first two CDs of its exciting new series This is the Blues are released.
These are the songs that sting, burn, and hurt so good, performed by the artists who studied it, and expanded upon it.

This Is The Blues presents a musical collective interpreting some of the greatest blues and blues-rock tunes of all time. Classics written by the likes of Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon, T-Bone Walker, Peter Green, and John Lee Hooker are honored with performances by a gathering of supreme musicians in modern rock and blues. Volume 1 features Jeff Beck, Chris & Mick Jagger, Mick Taylor, Gary Moore, Harvey Mandel, and T.S. McPhee, while Volume 2 boasts Rory Gallagher, Jack Bruce, “Lonesome” Dave Peverett, Southside Johnny and honorees John Lee Hooker and Peter Green, in addition to many others. Volumes 3 and 4 will be released on July 20.

Track Listing:

Volume 1:
1.) Hobo Blues – Jeff Beck
2.) Black Magic Woman – Larry McCray
3.) Rattlesnake Shake – Vince Converse / Innes Sibum
4.) Going Down Mobile – Savoy Brown
5.) You Shook Me – Mick Taylor / Max Middleton
6.) I Want To Hug You – Zakiya Hooker / Johnnie Johnson / Bobby Murray
7.) I Loved Another Woman – Larry Mitchell / Jay Aston
8.) Long Grey Mare – Harvey Mandel / Wilbur Bascomb
9.) Evil Woman Blues – Ray Gomez
10.) I’m In The Mood – Jack Bruce / Gary Moore
11.) Cryin’ Won’t Bring You Back – Luther Grosvenor / Mike Kellie / Jess Roden
12.) Drop Down Mama – T.S. McPhee
13.) Play On Little Girl / T-Bone Shuffle – Paul Jones / Otis Grand
14.) Ground Hog Blues – T.S. McPhee / Dick Heckstall-Smith
15.) Racketeer Blues – Chris Jagger feat. Mick Jagger

Volume 2:
1.) Leaving Town Blues – Rory Gallagher
2.) Send For Me – Jack Bruce
3.) Love That Burns – Dave Peverett / Rod Price
4.) Red House – John Lee Hooker / Booker T. Jones
5.) Whatcha Gonna Do – Zoot Money / Bobby Tench
6.) Stop Messin’ Round – Savoy Brown feat. Kim Simmonds
7.) Go Down Sunshine – Duffy Power
8.) Albatross – Paul Jones / Bobby Tench / Max Middleton
9.) Traveling Riverside Blues – Peter Green / Nigel Watson
10.) Baby When The Sun Goes Down – Southside Johnny / The Uptown Horns
11.) Ramblin’ Pony – Harvey Mandel / Wilbur Bascomb
12.) Nine Below Zero – Nine Below Zero
13.) Closing My Eyes – Naked Blue
14.) Rocks In My Bed – Pete Brown / Phil Ryan
15.) I’m Leaving – T.S. McPhee / Dick Heckstall-Smith / Clem Clempson

Eagle Rock Entertainment serves up a second helping of the blues. This Is The Blues: Volumes 3 & 4 recreates some of the greatest blues songs ever written, culminating in a sublime listening experience. This set of CDs, each 15 tracks deep, and 70-minutes rich, will be released July 20.
This Is The Blues is an arrangement of choice tracks from the Pete Brown-produced tribute albums Clarksdale to Heaven: Remembering John Lee Hooker, Knights of the Blues Table, and Rattlesnake Guitar: Music of Peter Green. The result is a complete set of blues music exaltation. On Volumes 3 & 4, masterpieces from the likes of Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Peter Green, and Willie Dixon are paid tribute by artists such as Mick Taylor, Jeff Beck, Gary Brooker, Jack Bruce, Snowy White, as well as many others.

Volume 3:
1.) Crawlin’ King Snake – Peter Green Splinter Group
2.) If You Be My Baby – Dave Peverett / Rod Price / Southside Johnny
3.) Bad Like Jesse James – LLC
4.) Little Red Rooster – Savoy Brown
5.) Serve Me Right To Suffer – Gary Moore/ Jack Bruce
6.) Little Wheel – Gary Brooker / Andy Fairweather-Low
7.) Showbiz Blues – Rory Gallagher
8.) One More Mile – Mick Clarke / Lou Martin
9.) I’ve Got News For You – Clem Clempson / Jack Bruce
10.) The Same Way – Mick Abrahams
11.) The Supernatural – Clas Yngstrom/ Ulf Ivarsson/ Christer Bjorklund/ Frank Marstokk
12.) Hellbound On My Trail – Ken Hensley
13.) Fleetwood Mac – Larry Mitchell / Stu Hamm
14.) Merry Go Round – Luther Grosvenor
15.) Will The Circle Be Unbroken – Jeff Beck

“This Is The Blues” is a new CD series from Eagle Records bringing together some of the finest blues, jazz and rock guitarists and singers performing classic blues tracks from across the years. This third volume brings together another amazing line-up of talent including Peter Green, Southside Johnny, Vince Converse, Savoy Brown, Gary Moore, Jack Bruce, Gary Brooker, Andy Fairweather Low, Rory Gallagher, Mick Abrahams, Ken Hensley, Luther Grosvenor, Jeff Beck and many more.

” This Is The Blues”  volume #4 brings together another stunning line-up of talent including Mick Taylor, The Pretty Things, Snowy White, Gary Brooker, Maggie Bell, Big Jim Sullivan, Andy Fairweather Low, Ian Anderson, Arthur Brown, Georgie Fame, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Billy Sheehan.