Bright Lights, Big City
Sampler #6 2009

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Before I started Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine 15 years ago I was a traveling photographer and I introduced myself to the music business all over the country. What struck me was the universal need to move toward the “Bright Lights” whether it is the distant flickering light from a jukejoint on a Mississippi cotton field or the 24 hour midnight sun of a New York City nightclub. Blues men and women always looked to the Big City to aspire to. Bright Lights, Big City. So when I started this magazine I named it after Jimmy Reed’s song, “Bright Lights, Big City”
Bright Lights, Big City
Gone to my baby’s head
Bright Lights, Big City
Gone to my baby’s head
I try to tell the woman
But don’t believe a word I said
Bright Lights, Big City
Went to my baby’s head
Bright Lights, BigCity
Went to My Baby’s Head
I hope you remember
some of those things I said
The Bright Lights, Big City Sampler as usual has all the flavors of the blues: funk-rock, bigband, guitar-driven, Mardi Gras Indian blues, Viking blues, Chicago blues, New York City blues, New Orleans blues, Westcoast blues,KC blues, Miami blues and Motown blues.
Mahalo! Aloha! May The River Be With You! May The Wind Be At Your Back!, Go Tell It On The Mountain! Love, Peace, happiness & HOPE! — Robert Jr Whitall

1. Robert Jr Whitall
w/ The Howling Diablos 1:20
www.bigcitybluesmag.com
Publisher/Editor In Chief of Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine with backing by The Howling Diablos.
2. Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
(featuring Reverend Goat Carson), “Rising Sun”
“Golden Crown” 3:15
www.fBoo.com
Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine’s “Shaman of Love” who brings the Mardi Gras tradition to the blues world with his rendition of the classic, “Golden Crown”—Mardi Gras to the world!
3. Chris James and Patrick Rynn (featuring Sam Lay and David Maxwell), 
“Stop And Think About It”
“You’re Gone” 3:47
www.thebluefour.com
The longtime band to the legendary Sam Lay have broken out with their great new CD on Earwig Records. Every cut is a hit.
4. Johnnie Bassett
“The Gentleman Is Back”
“Keep Your Hands Off My Baby” 3:58
www.mackavenuerecords.com/johnniebassett
The smoothest, cleanest guitar picker out there these days, on this cut, a very tasty duet with the man with the “keys” to the highway—Chris Codish. It’s been too long since his last recording.
5. Doug Deming & The Jeweltones
(featuring Dennis Gruenling),
“Falling Through The Cracks”
“Tonight Is The Night” 5:36
www.dougdeming.com
The “Gentleman of the Blues” Doug Deming has hit his stride with his new CD and this cut with harp ace Dennis Gruenling.
6. Dave Fields
(featuring Billy Gibson),
“All Wound Up”
“Big Fat Ludus” 4:17
www.davefields.com
Manhattan-based “New York Boss Guitar Man” Dave Fields pays tribute to his musical culinary heritage featuring Billy Gibson—“BMAs harmonica player of the year.”
7. J.T. Lauritsen
& The Buckshot Hunters
“Squeezeboxing”
“That’s How I Got To Memphis” 5:04
www.jtlauritsen.com
Norway’s “Blues Viking” JT Lauritsen shows how a “Buckshot Hunter” croons about his favorite blues town.
8. The Howling Diablos
(featuring Calvin Cooke)
“Divine Trash Highway”
“If You Love Someone” 2:58
www.howlingdiablos.com
The Motor City’s funkiest groove masters—The Howling Diablos join the love preacher—Mr. Calvin Cooke for the perfect anthem of 2009’s Summer of Love.
9. Brad Vickers and his
Vestapolitans
“Le Blues Hot”
“Where Can My Baby Be?” 4:17 www.myspace.com/ vestapolitans
Gypsy Blues is alive! Where can you hear a clarinet on a blues song? A swinging CD from our back porch favorites—The Vestapolitans.
10. Mark Montgomery
“Town Topic”
“Talk To Your Doctor” 4:00
www.markmontgomery.com
Mark Montgomery-well-versed in Kansas City rhythm&blues music heritage as Little Hatch's bass player, Mark and his wonderful songs are just what the "doctor" ordered.
11. Jimmy Carpenter
“Toiling In Obscurity”
“Back By The River” 4:11
www.myspace.com/jconsax
From the city of horns—New Orleans, Jimmy has stepped out from the background to finally share his vision and love of the musical gumbo that is keeping New Orleans importance in America’s culture in focus. Bon temp roulle!
12. Bob Angell’s BluesOutlet
“I Feel So Good”
“Olneyville Stomp” 2:20
www.bluesoutlet.com
For more than three decades harmonica Bob has been the blues! From the bright lights of Memphis to the Big City’s of the East Coast let Blues Outlet make your hips shake with the “Snake Shaker.”
13. Oklahoma Ollie
“Good Man Around”
“Gotter Have You Love Me” 3:17 323-971-5107
Lowell Fulsom’s main man is still kicking out the original blues with a party beat showing us that older is wiser, better and in O2’s case sexier!
14. AZ Kenny TSAK
“Like I Do”
“Like I Do” 3:56
www.56deluxe.com
Hot Hot Hot is the guitar work of AZ Kenny TSAK and the song “Like I Do” are helping to drive “MUZAK” out of our system and save the world from fakers.
15. Greg Nagy
“Walk That Fine Line”
“ Jenny, Jenny, Jenny” 3:32
www.big-o-records.com
Guitarist from Root Doctor, his song is a rockabilly stomper that shows off Greg Nagy’s guitar skills and vocals giving us another “Jenny” song.
16. Michael Packer Blues Band
“Rikers Island Blues”
“Born In New York City” 5:12
www.michaelpackerblues band.com
New York, New York “If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.” With David Maxwell, Jimmy Vivino, Lou Marino and other Big Apple super stars, Michael Packer shines under the Bright Lights Big City.
17. Midwest Blues Allstars
“Covered Up”
“I Wanna Be Loved” 2:11
www.themidwestbluesallstars.com
Since 1999 the Midwest Blues All-Stars have been consistently bringing their brand of Chicago Blues to enthusiastic audiences all over the Midwest.
18. Toronzo Cannon
and The Cannonball Express,
“ My Woman”
“My Woman” 4:04
toronzocannon@sbcglobal.net
Young blood from Chicago’s
Blues belly. The Blues is constantly being reborn and Toronzo shows here the best, later for the rest!
19.Cathy Lemons/
Johnny Ace Blues Band
“Shoot To Kill”
“I’m Used To These Blues” 6:30 www.lemonace.com
San Francisco’s veteran bass player and bandleader and his beautiful and soulful Cathy Lemons have been keeping the west coast blues honest in the beatnik jungle North Beach. We are so happy and proud that we could get them out of the Bay Area and onto our sampler.

A cure for the blues
six times a year.

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1. Robert Jr
w/ The Howling Diablos 1:20

2. Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
(featuring Reverend Goat Carson),
“Rising Sun”
“Golden Crown” 3:15
www.fBoo.com

3. Chris James and Patrick Rynn
(featuring Sam Lay and David Maxwell), 
“Stop And Think About It”
“You’re Gone” 3:47
www.thebluefour.com

4. Johnnie Bassett
“The Gentleman Is Back”
“Keep Your Hands Off My Baby” 3:58
www.mackavenuerecords.com/
johnniebassett

5. Doug Deming & The Jeweltones
(featuring Dennis Gruenling),
“Falling Through The Cracks”
“Tonight Is The Night” 5:36
www.dougdeming.com

6. Dave Fields
(featuring Billy Gibson),
“All Wound Up”
“Big Fat Ludus” 4:17
www.davefields.com

7. J.T. Lauritsen
& The Buckshot Hunters
“Squeezeboxing”
“That’s How I Got To Memphis” 5:04
www.jtlauritsen.com

8. The Howling Diablos
(featuring Calvin Cooke)
“Divine Trash Highway”
“If You Love Someone” 2:58
www.howlingdiablos.com

9. Brad Vickers and his Vestapolitans
“Le Blues Hot”
“Where Can My Baby Be?” 4:17
www.myspace.com/vestapolitans

10. Mark Montgomery
“Town Topic”
“Talk To Your Doctor” 4:00
www.markmontgomery.com

11. Jimmy Carpenter
“Toiling In Obscurity”
“Back By The River” 4:11
www.myspace.com/jconsax

12. Bob Angell’s BluesOutlet
“I Feel So Good”
“Olneyville Stomp” 2:20
www.bluesoutlet.com

13. Oklahoma Ollie
“Good Man Around”
“Gotter Have You Love Me” 3:17
323-971-5107

14. AZ Kenny Tsak
“Like I Do”
“Like I Do” 3:56
www.56deluxe.com

15. Greg Nagy
“Walk That Fine Line”
“ Jenny, Jenny, Jenny” 3:32
www.big-o-records.com

16. Michael Packer Blues Band
“Rikers Island Blues”
“Born In New York City” 5:12
www.michaelpackerbluesband.com

17. Midwest Blues Allstars
“Covered Up”
“I Wanna Be Loved” 2:11
www.themidwestbluesallstars.com

18. Toronzo Cannon
and The Cannonball Express,
“ My Woman”
“My Woman” 4:04
toronzocannon@sbcglobal.net

19.Cathy Lemons/
Johnny Ace Blues Band
“Shoot To Kill”
“I’m Used To These Blues” 6:30
www.lemonace.com