Saturday, November 22, 2025

Johnny Shines - Solo Acoustic Sets, live in Melbourne 1979




Hi Xyros. Greetings from Australia. My name is Mick Bowden.

I'm a long-time reader of your blog & over the last couple of decades have downloaded many gems I would've had zero chance of finding anywhere else. As a way of thanking you & giving back to the community I'd like to offer you & your readers something quite unique.

In 1979 my band at the time, The Hepsters, were booked to back Johnny Shines on 2 dates in Melbourne. Johnny did a third show also but was backed by a different band. In each show Johnny did the opening set solo on acoustic guitar followed by 1 or 2 sets on electric guitar with the band. While the recordings (straight from the desk) are a valued memento of my early days in music, I'm not particularly impressed by the band tracks. However, the 3 solo sets are something very special. 
 
Cheers, Mick 

 
01 - intro.flac                               
02 - instrumental #1.flac                     
03 - Kind Hearted Woman.flac                  
04 - My Black Mare.flac                       
05 - detune.flac                              
06 - Prison Bound.flac                        
07 - intro & boogie (i).flac                  
08 - Kind Hearted Woman.flac                  
09 - Big Fat Mama.flac                        
10 - Worried Blues.flac                       
11 - detune.flac                              
12 - Moaning Blues.flac                       
13 - Hound Dog Blues.flac                     
14 - instrumental #2.flac                     
15 - Kind Hearted Woman.flac                  
16 - Shake 'Em On Down.flac                   
17 - Rolling Man pt1.flac                     
18 - Rolling Man pt2.flac                     
19 - detune.flac                              
20 - Freight Train.flac                       
21 - Crossroad.flac                           
22 - Hungry & Raggedy.flac                    
Bonus 3CR - 23 - I Don't Know.flac            
Bonus 3CR - 24 - Little Wolf.flac             

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9 comments:

thebird said...

Awesome; thank you!!!!!!!!

T.G. said...

Thanks a lot at first, but the archive includes nothing and has only 286 bytes, can you fix and repost please!!?? Thanks for your efforts!

muddyw123 said...

GREAT, Tx in advance.

Rippin Frog said...

kewl cant wait !

Er'Bo said...

Very nice post !! Many thanks Mick.

Bob Mac said...

Excellent, good to have a copy of this.

MichaelR said...

Thanks for this, Mick and Xyros. These recordings certainly are something very special. Thank you for letting us hear and enjoy them.

Smokey said...

Thanks Mick and Xyros.

Yardraw said...

Thanks Mick & Xyros.