Joe Beard - Blues Union
release date: Mon Apr 01 1996
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Audioquest 1039 CD - 14.98
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Track Listing
- Lay For Me Sometime - (Joe Beard , Joe Beard) 4:40
- Just To Be With You - (Bernard Roth) 5:24
- I Count The Days You're Gone - (Joe Beard) 3:30
- Sinners Prayer - (Percy Mayfield) 7:28
- Sally Mae - (John Lee Hooker) 2:57
- Please Don't Light The Flame - (Jimmy Reed) 4:47
- Feets Out In The Hall - (Joe Beard) 6:30
- Think - (McGrackling , Deadrick) 3:19
- Telling It Like It Is - (Joe Beard) 8:25
- Don't Know Why - (Joe Beard) 4:05
- Late In The Evening - (Tanner) 3:46
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"Joe Beard has to be heard. There is so much soul power and beauty to his music." - Ronnie Earl
"What gives overwhelming power to his music is his intense yet soothing singing." - Living Blues
Performers
Joe Beard - guitar, vocals
Ronnie Earl - guitar
Bruce Katz - Hammond B-3 organ, piano
Bill Struve - acoustic bass
Per Hanson - drums
Rod Carey - bass
Joe Dubuc - harmonica
David "Fathead" Newman - tenor saxophone
Recording
Produced by: Joe Harley
Recorded at: Bearsville Studio, Woodstock, NY 18-19 August 1995
Engineers: Michael C. Ross, Todd Vos, Scott Gormley
Recording: Studer A-80 2-track
Microphones: AKG C-12, C-12A, C-414, C-452; Neumann U-47 FET, U-47 Tube, U-67, U87, TLM-70; Shure SM-7, SM-57
Cables: AudioQuest Diamond X3, Lapis X3 and Digital Pro
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Joe Beard - Dealin'
release date: Sun Sep 22 2002
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AudioQuest 1055 CD - 14.98
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AudioQuest 1055 SACD - 22.98
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Track Listing
- The Bitter Seed (Jimmy Reed)
- You Don't Love Me Anymore (Willie Cobbs)
- Just Like A Fish (Joe Beard)
- Life Without Parole (Joe Beard)
- My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble (Walter Hap)
- Holding A Losing Hand (Joe Beard)
- Give Up And Let Me Go (Al Smith)
- Three Day Love Affair (Joe Beard)
- Making A Fool Out Of Me (Joe Beard)
- Long Tall Shorty (Abramson/Covay)
- That "So-Called" Friend Of Mine (Joe Beard)
- You'd Better Be Sure (Ricky Allen)
- If I get Lucky (Joe Beard)
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Dealin', guitarist Joe Beard's third AudioQuest Music outing, following his 1995 Blues Union with the estimable Ronnie Earl and the 1997 For Real which paired him him with the other New England guitar terror, Duke Robillard. Duke's back again here and so is the rest of the For Real crew, pianist Bruce Katz, bassist Rod Carey, drummer Per Hanson and Muddy Waters alum, harpist Jerry Portnoy. The man keeps good company. -- excerpt from liner notes by John Anthony Brisbin
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Joe Beard - For Real
release date: Wed Apr 01 1998
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AudioQuest 1049 CD - 14.98
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AudioQuest 1049 SACD - 22.98
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Track Listing
- Drinking Old Taylor (Beard) - 2:59
- Don't Start Me Talking (Williamson) - 3:26
- It's up to You (Beard) - 4:44
- See See Rider (Hopkins) - 3:33
- Dirty Groundhog (Hooker) - 2:14
- Reap What You Sow (Beard) - 3:30
- Elem (Beard) - 8:13
- Who's Using Who (Beard) - 3:05
- The Things I Used to Do (Guitar Slim [Eddie Jones]) - 4:35
- If That's What Pleases Her (Beard) - 3:17
- She's Wonderful (Beard) - 7:59
- 37 Years Old (Beard) - 2:52
- Airplane Blues (Hopkins) - 3:01
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"Joe Beard is an emotionally potent and rhythmically compelling singer of straight ahead blues."
- Living Blues
"Beard's warm vocals resonate with feeling and his guitar playing is equally well grounded. He deserves the spotlight that's focused on him."
- JazzTimes
Joe Beard's first release for AQM, Blues Union featuring Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, was one of the biggest blues surprises of 1996. New Orleans' influential Offbeat Magazine named it the "Blues Album of the Year". Critics worldwide were overwhelmed by this Mississippi born bluesman and former neighbor and playing partner of the great Son House. In reality, blues greats such as Ronnie Earl and Duke Robillard have been singing Beard's praises for many years. And both jumped at the chance to record with Joe.
For Real finds Joe Beard fronting a blues dream team consisting of the great guitar stylist Robillard (fresh from sessions for Dylan's latest masterpiece) along with Bruce Katz, Per Hanson and Rod Carey - better known as Ronnie Earl's crack band "The Broadcasters" until a few months ago. Jerry Portnoy, known for his awesome harp work with Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton, joins in on four of the tracks. For Real is a potent combination of Beard originals and homages to Joe's main men, Lightning Hopkins and John Lee Hooker. Listen ... Joe Beard is For Real!
This is a pure analog recording. The tracks were recorded live direct to two-track.
Performers
Joe Beard - Guitar, Vocals
Duke Robillard - Guitar
Bruce Katz - Piano, Hammond B-3
Jerry Portnoy - Harmonica
Rod Carey - Bass
Per Hanson - Drums
Recording
Produced by: Joe Harley
All tracks recorded by: Michael C. Ross at OceanWay Recording, Hollywood, CA March 28 and 29, 1998
Mastered by: Bernie Grundman
All recording and mastering cables by: AudioQuest
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