Eugene Hideaway Bridges

Eugene Hideaway Bridges - Live in San Antonio (2009)


Genre: Blues
Format: MP3
Bitrate: VBR ~207K/s

Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges is a blues artist who offers music that is not advanced or out of the ordinary, but assures everybody a real good time. These live sessions at Chango's Havana Club in San Antonio, TX, showcase Bridges and his band at the height of their party-making powers in a very strong set of electric blues featuring original material. Where Bridges might be a bit short-sighted in that many of these songs bear familiar or even classic titles, they are not the songs seasoned blues lovers would know. Nonetheless, the bandmembers play with their collective hearts and souls, while the leader sings tough, rough-and-ready modern blues with an urban edge similar to a cross between B.B. King and Bobby "Blue" Bland. Organist David Webb and electric bass guitarist Eric "Lollipop" King are well above average as accompanists, while trumpeter Justine M. Miller and saxophonist Seth Kibel add plenty of soulful punch to a potent band that Bridges commands. The leader favors a style not so much in the Texas swing blues tradition, but does gravitate toward music influenced by big-name predecessors. A song built on the "don't go away" theme, "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" is a fairly good cover of Sam Cooke, while Cooke and Lou Rawls wrote "Movin' and A-Groovin'," done without commercial concessions. All the rest are written by Bridges, though the rocking warm-up "I Got the Blues," midtempo "Woke Up This Morning," funky and contemporary "Little Boy Blue," and outstanding lone real Texas swinger "Won't Be Your Fool" all have copped headers from great blues songs, but different lyrics. "Real Hero" is totally original within its king-meets-kingsnake slinky singing and big beat bass drum accents, the autobiographical "Bluesman" is an on-the-road song from the personal perspective of Bridges, and "I Know That You Love Me" deviates somewhat in its good-time bompity-bop calypso rhythms. In an extension of Cooke's traditional spirit soul-blues, "I Found It" stands out not only for its honest and pure intent, but it also seems more naturally derived. But when it's time to party and get down, Bridges and his band cut loose on "Giving Up on Love," tossing away any airs or pretension to rock the house down, while the equally energetic closer, "Jump the Joint," recalls Louis Jordan's "Let the Good Times Roll" in that the band could indeed likely play all night long. While the band and Bridges are in rare form, this release cannot completely capture their charisma and dynamism as experienced by patrons actually being at a live show. Still, a companion DVD notwithstanding, this audio offering is going to be an item all fun-loving electric blues lovers will want in their collections, and comes recommended without reservation. ~Michael G. Nastos


1. I Got The Blues
2. Woke Up This Morning
3. Little Boy Blue
4. Learn How To Let You Go
5. Giving Up On Love
6. Real Hero
7. Rome Wasn't Built In A Day
8. Won't Be Your Fool
9. Movin' And A Groovin'
10. I Know That You Love Me
11. I Found It
12. Bluesman
13. How Can I Win
14. You're The One
15. Jump The Joint

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Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges - Rock And A Hard Place (2011)

Genre: Blues
Styles: Contemporary Texas blues
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 320
Year: 2011
Time: 57:02
Size: 130.6 MB

Born in 1963, son of the blues guitarist Hideaway Slim, Eugene is the fourth child of five. His mother was from the Bullock family (the same as Anna Mae Bullock better known as Tina Turner) and Eugene claims he got his guitar skills from the Bridges side and his voice from the Bullocks. At five he was already playing with his father around Louisiana. With his brothers as The Bridges Brothers he sang gospel and was the musician of his church touring with the Pastor, Elder A A Edwards. At thirteen Eugene was entering R&B talent shows and had formed his first R&B band The Five Stars.

Eugene moved to Texas to join the Air Force at sixteen, playing in the Air Force band for the next three years. On leaving he joined The New Chosen on guitar and vocals and went on to play with The Mighty Clouds of Joy.

Following a move to Houston, Eugene released Blues, Gospel and R&B recordings by the three bands he was running at the time. These included the first line-up of the Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges Band. They toured the USA from coast to coast.

Blues, Soul, Jump, Funk, Gospel, Rock and Beach music make Eugene’s latest CD an upbeat journey through all the musical influences that have made Eugene the seasoned and versatile performer we have today.


[3:09] 1. I Can Never Forget
[6:11] 2. Rock And A Hard Place
[3:33] 3. She's Out Of My Life
[3:16] 4. Baby I Like
[4:19] 5. It's Gotta Be The Last Time
[3:22] 6. How Long
[4:05] 7. It Will Not Stop
[3:57] 8. Dance With You
[3:07] 9. I'm Holding On
[3:02] 10. 45 Jump
[3:49] 11. It Had To Be You
[3:16] 12. Long Way From Texas
[3:30] 13. Won't Let Me Go
[3:28] 14. Mom And Daddy's Place
[4:52] 15. BB


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