Mighty Blue Kings Discography of CDs

Mighty Blue Kings CD discography Ross Bon and the Mighty Blue Kings Soul . Sweat . Manic Energy "My music is about the way that I embrace life; with spontaneity and emotion; it's all about the connection!" says Ross Bon when describing his music. Bon's latest album release - with the Mighty Blue Kings - "Alive In The City" (his fifth album and fourth independent release, R-Jay Records) marks the return of what has been greatly missing the past 20 years - ...

Mighty Blue Kings music CDs "My music is about the way that I embrace life; with spontaneity and emotion; it's all about a connection" says Ross Bon when describing his musical evolution. With over 100,000 independent albums sold, Bon's live performances across the country have earned him and the Mighty Blue Kings rave reviews; creating a celebration of sound, sweat and manic energy; bringing their fans to a point of frenzy, where they can't help but to jump up and join Ross ...

Mighty Blue Kings discography The Mighty Blue Kings turn out retro-swing like the Cherry Poppin' Daddies and Royal Crown Revue, but there's a crucial difference -- the group concentrates on jump blues, not swing, unlike so many of their contemporaries. They also tend to be more musically skilled than many of their peers, which gives them more blues credibility. Come One, Come All, the group's second album, still sounds a little stiff compared to classic jump blues, but it's still ...

Mighty Blue Kings songs While the Mighty Blue Kings rose to cult prominence during the new swing craze of the 1990s, the attention the raucous Chicago band received from the latter's world was more incidental than anything. For one thing, the charismatic Ross Bon (and company) trafficked in the sort of jump blues of the Louis Jordan variety. And the Mighty Blue Kings were no mere mirror or cover band, they hooted and hollered with a raw energy not out ...

Mighty Blue Kings CD discography So much of the retro-swing craze is defined by its dynamic performance aesthetic: this stuff doesn't warm you up, it fires you off. Live-gig swing albums thus make sense in ways that studios can't quite capture. The Mighty Blue Kings' lusty, athletic, and completely up-to-the-minute lounge act contributes a vocally dominant, more jazz-based Chicago sound than its, say, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy counterpart. Singer Ross Bon, a competent blues-harp player who contributed to a 1996 Willie Smith album (as did Kings guitarist Gareth Best) fronts this band with decisive adult vocals and a watch-me-work-people onstage attitude. He pulls it off: the ...

Mighty Blue Kings albums Track Listing of songs: Jumpin' East Of Java; Swing Sweet Pussycat; Maddest Kind Of Love; Mr. Zoot Suit; Here Comes The Snake; Trou Macacq; Datin' With No Dough; Violent Love; Go Tell The Preacher; Lint; Goin' Out Of My Head; Salt In My Wounds; That Says It All; Let's Get Outta Here;