01. Cambalache & Bronca (03:56)
02. No Te Rindas (04:49)
03. Sucio y Desprolijo (03:41)
04. Ana No Duerme (04:13)
05. Viento Dile a la Lluvia (03:52)
06. Escapando de Mi (03:34)
07. Plegaria para un Nino Dormido (04:24)
08. La Balsa (03:53)
09. Avellaneda Blues (04:45)
10. Espiritu Celeste (04:32)
11. A Estos Hombres Tristes (04:14)
12. Mister Jones (Retrato de una Familia Americana) (01:54)
13. Post Crucifixion (03:16)
14. Todo el Dia Me Pregunto (06:40)
15. Algo Flota en la Laguna (04:02)

Javier Vargas (guitar)
José Rulo (guitar, vocals)
Juan Carlos Mendoza (bass)
Miguel Angel Cap (drums)
Oscar Quesada (drums)
Jota Marsán (drums)
Gustavo Segura (drums)
Peter Kunst (drums)

Javier Vargas and the Vargas Blues Band return with a new project: Cambalache & Bronca (2017 KZoo Music). Recorded in Spanish, it includes legendary songs by Argentinian artists and a song he wrote with his dear friend Manolo Tena when they recorded the album Spanish Blood together: “No Te Rindas”, which will also be one of the singles of the album. --- vargasblues.com

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01. Hard Times Blues — 4:04
02. One Day I Get Lucky — 3:36
03. Madrid — Memphis — 4:28
04. Blues Business — 3:34
05. Get Ready — 4:46
06. Generation Blues — 4:07
07. 2001 Blues — 5:35
08. Del Sur — 4:48
09. Right Time — 3:58
10. When The Night Falls — 4:44
11. I'm Ready — 4:45
12. Strip-Tease — 3:24

    Bass – Juan Carlos Mendoza
    Drums – Pedro Barceló
    Flamenco Guitar – Rafael Riqueni (tracks: 8)
    Guitar – Louisiana Red (tracks: 2, 11)
    Guitar, Producer – Javier Vargas
    Harmonica, Vocals – Carey Bell (tracks: 2, 11)
    Keyboards – Miguel Collado
    Recorded By, Mixed By – Juan Ignacio Cuadrado
    Vocals – Jeff Espinoza (tracks: 5, 6, 10)
    Vocals, Harmonica – Philip Guttman (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7)

In 1990, Javier Bargas makes the most important move of his career and creates his own band: Vargas Blues Band.

All Around Blues, is the first album Javier Vargas recorded as leader of Vargas Blues Band, with collaborators Elena Figueroa and Philip Guttman among many others.

In 1992, Madrid-Memphis, Javier’s second album, is released with collaborations from bluesmen Carey Bell and Lousiana Red, flamenco guitarist Rafael Riqueni and the vocals of Philip Guttman and Jeff Espinoza.

Both albums -All Around Blues and Madrid-Memphis- became widely popular and had record sales for a blues record in Spain.

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01. Rose On The Water - 4:59
02. Blues Pilgrimage - 6:20
03. Texas Tango - 3:05
04. Love Ain't Got Nowhere To Go - 6:27
05. Ride Baby Ride - 2:54
06. Black Cat Boogie - 5:11
07. 1969 - 5:41
08. Ridin' High - 7:13
09. Thinking Of You - 6:34
10. Buenos Aires Blues - 5:26
11. Big Boss Man - 5:42
12. 253 - 3:48
13. Blood Shot - 5:36

Javier Vargas 	 -  	Guitars, Arrangements
Chris Layton 	 -  	Drums
Tommy Shannon 	 -  	Bass
Reese Wynans 	 -  	Keyboards
Jeff Espinoza 	 -  	Vocals
Larry T. Thurston 	 -  	Vocals
Preston Shannon 	 -  	Vocals, Middle Guitar Solo on "253"
Steve Potts 	 -  	Drums
Dave Smith 	 -  	Bass
Earnest Williamson 	 -  	Keyboards
Lyn Jones 	 -  	Harmonica
Tino Di Geraldo 	 -  	Drums
Jacquelyn Reddick 	 -  	Background Vocals
Jacqueline Johnson 	 -  	Percussion, Congas, Shakers
Sam Baco 	 -  	Percussion, Congas, Shakers
Jose Vera 	 -  	Bass
Jorge Lema 	 -  	Bandoneon
Alfonso Perez 	 -  	Keyboards

You will be hooked on this album within the opening minute of Track 1 Rose on the Water. Javier is one amazing guitarist. I own all his CDs (And DVDs), and Texas Tango is without doubt his finest hour (Definitely when it concerns the Blues).Vargas Blues Band CDs usually have at least one Latino tune in the Santana field.This CD is 100% Blues Mastery. Rose on the Water is more in the Rock vein, but then we are taken into the Classic "Blues Pilgimage". The vocals of Jeff Espinoza are deep and soulful.Title Track "Texas Tango" could easily be called Texas Boogie. It will definitely remind you of Classic early ZZ Top (Vocals included).Scorching guitar follows."Love aint got nowhere to go" is a slow moody BB Kingish style tune that is accompanied by Background Organ."Ride baby Ride" featuring Double Trouble, is start to finish 100% Rocking headbanging boogie.Love it ! "Black Cat Boogie" is another classic and always features on the VBB live set-list.Wicked harp playing from Jeff Espinoza and female backing vocals.I have this song on Video from Montreux from about 7 years ago and the harp jam vibe was a sight to see. "1969" is another slowish soft starting song that builds in intensity. The song obviously pays homage to the hippy-flower power era, and there are nice touches of Hendrix notes in there for nostalgic purposes."Riding High" is an absolute killer.Javier really in mindblowing form here (At times you will think of Eddie Van Halen). The Keyboards ably back the guitar here.The remaining songs will bring you back down to earth with the very mellow "Thinking of you" and "Buenos Aires Blues" and the Standard Blues of "Big Boss Man" "253" and "Blood Shot". It is no wonder that the greatest Blues Backing band (Double Trouble) were quick to play with Mr Vargas. Other Blues legends have also featured on VBB CDs and at live concerts including Lonnie Brooks/Larry McCray/Sugar Blue/Chris Rea to name just a few. It will be very hard for the Vargas Blues Band to top this almost perfect recording. ---Paul Watson, amazon.com

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01. Bye Bye Zombie
02. Let It Go
03. Moon Light Blues
04. Run Away
05. Palace Of The King
06. Radioactivity
07. Inner Sun
08. Steeler Of Love
09. Out Of The Dark
10. Roy Blues
11. Esperanto

Javier Vargas - Guitar
Gaz Pearson -  Vocals
Luis Mayuo - Bass
Peter Kunst - Drums
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Tamas Szasz - Keyboards
Roberto Daiqui - Spanish Guitar
Dani Wilde & Chris Jagger - Backing Vocals

Javier Vargas fronts the band, his musical influences have been shaped by living in Argentina and Venezuela, moving to the USA and living in Spain. Having played the guitar for most of his life firstly a Spanish Guitar moving onto electric guitar at twelve it isn’t surprising that this album is guitar driven rock that draws its influences from many musical streams including the blues.

Vargas Blues Band, From the Dark have created a true crossover sound melding and blending musical textures and tones to create a sound that is uniquely his. This is the album that showcases his stellar guitar skills with intuitive and slide guitar and lead breaks that soar and crash melodically into the support of the rhythm section. The cherries on top of this musical cake are the vocals of Gaz Pearson, as they articulate and flow around the words that wrap around the guitar creating a homogenous sound making this album stand out from the crowd.

The album opening track makes a statement from the off with Bye Bye Zombie this is a crescendo of sound punctuated with some stylish use of the wah-wah pedal in the solo’s that gets your musical ear engaged you want to hear the rest of the album. We have a change of beat and emphasis with Latino driven blues riffs on Moon Light Blues, this track cements the power of Gaz’s vocals and Javier’s guitar work and the only time the hints of his South American influences are heard.

This is an album that has tracks that have a beat and rhythm that would fit into many a radio station, coincidently both starting with ‘R’; Radioactivity and Runaway. It is his trademark slide guitar with its bluesy sound that gives this album a tone not found on energetic guitar-centric rock inspired music full of melodic power chords and searing bending of the strings with a twist of the blues added to the mix.

The cover of Palace Of the King has great backing vocals but this track has been re-hashed so many times it does not add anything to the album, From the Dark would be just as good without another variant of this perennially recorded ad-played anthem.

Roy’s Blues and Esperanto draw the album to a close and it is that combo of Vargas and Pearson that lingers on and makes this album an enjoyable listen

If you love guitar with attitude and lots of tonal texture combined with powerful vocals, from a guitarist who has played with an eclectic mix of stars including Prince, Chris Rea, Frank Marino, Junior Wells, Glen Hughes & Devon Allman on stage and in the studio; delivering music that refuses to be of-a-type, then this is an album for you. --- bluesdoodles.com

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01. Avellaneda blues 4:49
02. Viento dile a la lluvia (canta Litto Nebbia) 3:51
03. El tren de las 16 (canta German "Mono" Burgos) 2:52
04. Post crucifixiyn 3:27
05. Ana no duerme 4:13
06. No hay tiempo que perder 3:16
07. A estos hombres tristes 4:13
08. Algo flota en la laguna 4:41
09. Mr. Jones. Retrato de una familia tipica americana 2:01
10. La balsa 3:54
11. Plegaria para un niño dormido 4:25
12. Suena y corre 3:39
13. Natural 4:27
14. Escapando de mi 3:34
15. Hogar 3:39
16. Todo el dia me pregunto 7:18

Javier Vargas - Guitar
Luis Mayo - Vocals, bass
Juan Carlos Mendoza - Bass
Miguel Angel Cap. – drums

Javier Vargas, the son of Spanish emigrants to Argentina, was born in Madrid soon after his parents left Buenos Aires. When he was nine years old, the family moved back to Argentina, which is where he started playing the guitar.

His earliest influences can be seen in Argentine rock of the late 60s and early 70s, in groups such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Cream, The Rolling Stones and The Doors, and in guitarists like Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana and B.B. King, who still provide great inspiration for him today.

In the late 1970s, Javier took his guitar and went to the U.S.A. to study music. He lived in Nashville, Tennessee, and in Los Angeles, where he played in clubs, and also took part in recordings as a session guitar player. Every night he used to jam with American and English musicians and he met many well-known musicians such as Alvin Lee, Roy Buchanan and Cannet Heat, who also influenced his style.

In the 1980s he returned to Spain and became a member of Miguel Ríos‚ band, playing the guitar in several of his albums. He also played with La Orquesta Mondragón, and worked as a session guitar player and composer.

In 1991 he took the most important step of his career and formed his own band. All Around Blues was the first album recorded by Javier Vargas as the leader of the Vargas Blues Band. --- whoisthemonk.wordpress.com

En el año 2002, será el reencuentro de Javier Vargas con sus raíces al otro lado del charco. Se publica el disco Javier Vargas & Espíritu Celeste (Tributo al Rock Argentino), en el que recoge las experiencias musicales vividas en sus años de residencia en Argentina y la influencia de grandes músicos locales como Litto Nebbia, Pappo, Claudio Gabis o Luis Alberto Spinetta. --- taringa.net

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1. Shake Baby Shake 
2. Rock 'n' Roll Circus 
3. Searching For Love 
4. Back To My Roots 
5. Love Hurts 
6. Hush Don't Cry 
7. Sin City 
8. Don't Step Over Me 
9. Bankers Blues 
10. Roling In Trance 
11. Anaconda Style

Musicians:
Javier Vargas – guitars
Paul Shortino – vocals
JT Garrette – Hammond B3
Ferran Bosch Caliu – harmonica
Luis Mayo – bass
Carmine Appice – drums

Algunos llevábamos tiempo pidiéndole a Javier un disco en el que diera rienda suelta a todas aquellas primeras influencias con las que se formó como músico, las del nacimiento del rock duro a finales de los 60 y primeros 70. Eso es precisamente ‘Heavy City Blues’, un álbum donde, sin perder sus raíces, el madrileño colinda con el sonido del heavy rock más primigenio: Cream, Hendrix, Zeppelin… y claro, Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck, Bogert & Appice), batería perteneciente a aquella gloriosa generación, encantado de la vida aportando su poderosa pegada en el disco.

“Shake Baby Shake” lo abre y nos da la medida de hasta dónde puede llegar el nuevo sonido de la Vargas Blues Band, con un penetrante riff principal, diversas partes todas ellas concisas y relevantes, sin divagar innecesariamente, un solo de guitar hero metalero que te sorprenderá, y mucho ataque en una voz, la de Bobby Alexander, de tonalidades graves. Grave también es el puente de un “Rock’n’Roll Circus” donde Javier y Bobby pasan mucho tiempo montados en las mismas melodías.

Muy elegante resulta “Searching For Love”, que especialmente por el estribillo, podría perfectamente haber salido de las cabezas de Mick Ralphs y Paul Rodgers; Paul Shortino (King Kobra), cantante en algunos de los temas del álbum, tiene un timbre distinto al del frontman de Free y Bad Company, pero los giros en su voz le delatan. Muy reseñable también el trabajo al Hammond B3 de JT Garrete.

La base electrónica que precede al instrumental “Back To My Roots” despista, pues cuando verdaderamente arranca, observamos que estamos ante el blues más blues de todo el trabajo, sobre todo en cuanto al sentimiento de melancolía se refiere.

Tras la jubilación de Dan McCafferty y el futuro incierto que se le presenta a Nazareth por delante, el “Love Hurts” de la Vargas cobra un nuevo valor. Le han introducido además otros arreglos, empezando por el inicio de guitarra, lo cual se agradece tratándose, como se trata, de una versión de una versión (The Everly Brothers fueron los primeros en presentársela al mundo, pero tampoco era de su autoría).

Con “Hush Don’t Cry” nos sumimos en otra bacanal guitarrera hasta que, para ir despidiéndola, se quedan enganchados en una nota dándole paso a la armónica; ésta vuelve a emerger con fuerza, pero esta vez desde el comienzo, en “Don’t Step Over Me”, el corte donde mejor se aprecia que blues y rock son padre e hijo. Entre medias queda “Sin City”, de desbocadas digitaciones a las que Javier nos tiene poco acostumbrados y otro de los temas más indómitos de ‘Heavy City Blues’. Entre Cream y Hendrix está “Banker Blues”, con abundante wah-wah y caídas en el acorde Mi séptima dominante con novena aumentada, por siempre asociado al guitarrista de Seattle.

Extrañamente, la voz levemente nasal de “Rolling In Trance” se asemeja a la de Axl Rose en “Bad Obsession”, uno de los temas más bluesy de Guns N’ Roses. Con aires tejanos y nervio psychobilly (así de “punkie” es) irrumpe el cierre “Anaconda Style”, segunda pieza instrumental del disco con Carmine llevando un tremendo ritmo basado en caja y Javier tirando de efectos.

¿Eres seguidor de la Vargas Blues Band? Te encantará esta nueva faceta de Javier. ¿Nunca te ha llamado la atención el blues porque solo te va la música dura? ‘Heavy City Blues’ te reconciliará con el género. ---Juan Destroyer, mariskalrock.com

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01. Do You Think I'm Sexy (with Carmine Appice, Paul Shortino, Pat Travers)
02. Pretty Blue (with Jack Bruce, Reese Wynans)
03. Parisienne Walkways (with Tim Bogert, Carmine Appice, Paul Shortino)
04. Rock Away The Blues (with Juniors Wells, Andres Calamaro)
05. Exotic Mambo (with Alex Ligertwood, Reese Wynans)
06. Do You Belive in Love (with Chris Rea)
07. Blues In My Soul (with Devon Allman, Frank Marino)
08. Riding High (with Larry Thurston)
09. Body Shock (with Larry Graham, Raimundo Amador, Chester Thompson)
10. Make Sweet Love 2U (with Bobby Alexander)
11. Blues For My Baby (with Larry McCray)
12. Man On The Run (with Tim Mitchell)
13. Blood Shot Blues (with Preston Shannon)
14. Sad Eyes (with Glenn Hughes)

After twenty years in which Javier Vargas was surrounded by numerous collaborations with artists from the world of rock and blues, editing an album with all of them, Jack Bruce, Glenn Hughes, Chris Rea, Raimundo Amador and Double Trouble among others, come together in this amazing disc containing a version of the classic Rod Stewart “Do You Think I’m Sexy” where Carmine Appice, Paul Shortino, Pat Travers and Javier Vargas, lead him to his most experimental. --- bluesyemre.com

Tras 20 años de carrera de la VARGAS BLUES BAND, siempre rodeados de los más importantes artistas del Rock y Blues del momento, ahora conmemoran su 20 Aniversario con la edición de ‘Vargas Blues Band & Company’. Un álbum irrepetible con muchos de los mejores músicos de la historia del rock y el blues mundial. --- vargasblues.com

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1. Ride With My Blues 
2. Mojo Proteccion 
3. Suffering Screams          play
4. Childrens and Guns
5. Too Many Lies 
6. Reasons To Cry 
7. I Am Amazed 
8. Love On The Run             play
9. Time Will Come

For years, the Vargas Blues Band has been entertaining audiences throughout Europe at such major venues as Switzerland's Montreaux Jazz Festival, Germany's Pop Korn Festival, The Great British R&B Festival, and the Antwerp R& B Festival, as well as extensive touring elsewhere throughout Europe and Latin America. Carlos Santana, who has performed with Vargas in Spain and France, remarked on the Spaniard's unique talent to blend Rock, Soul, Flamenco and Latin influences. Now exploding on the shores of the US, the Vargas Blues Band gives music lovers in the states a great taste of his fusion of sounds. ---Editorial Reviews

Javier Vargas (Madrid, 1958) es un guitarrista de blues y rock, fundador de la Vargas Blues Band. Ha grabado quince discos de estudio con la Vargas Blues Band y tres en directo, así como varios DVD de sus conciertos, varias recopilaciones en conmemoración de sus veinte años de trabajo, y un disco tributo al rock argentino. Ha colaborado con músicos de la talla de Carlos Santana, Glenn Hughes, Raimundo Amador, Miguel Ríos, Andrés Calamaro, Prince, Devon Allman y un sinfín más.

En Mayo de 2010 se publicó un nuevo disco de estudio, MOJO PROTECTION REVISITED, en el que se hace una revisión a un disco editado en el año 2008 en Argentina con el nombre de MOJO PROTECTION, y en el que se incluyen nuevos temas compuestos por Tim Mitchell y Javier, grabados con la última banda, compuesta por Javier, Tim, Luis Mayol (bajo) y Peter Kunst (bateria). Destacan temas como "Talking About the Blues", "You Got Me", "Passion Blues", o "Mojo Protection". De nuevo blues - rock sin artificios ni concesiones, y con toda la fuerza de la Vargas Blues Band.

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1.Walking the street
2.Blues in my soul
3.Ya ya ya, looking for my baby
4.Beautiful woman
5.Blues para Lucía
6.No pasa nada
7.Tierra del vino
8.Bluevision
9.Blues de los colores
10.Mojo hand
11.Your love is a jail

Have always enjoyed J Vargas's work; though his previous releases have usually been wildly uneven in reference to song quality, I find this to be one of his more consistent efforts ( in addition to "Feedback"- my favorite cd.)

At turns taking the lead stylistically from Santana, SR Vaughan, Chicago blues, synthesized flamenco, and all out late 60's psychedelia, Mr. Vargas turns up the Fender Twin and sets his Strat for "stun". If anything, the man can pack quite the sizzle when he lets his distortion and wah-wah pedals do the talking for him. Doesn't hurt that he knows how to slow it down too-

Though the singing can be a bit over the top at times, if you are a fan of the aforementioned influences and like a Latino kick, you most likely will not be disappointed. And if this one turns you on, look for "Feedback" -that one is also well worth hunting down. ---A B, amazon.com

En Flamenco Blues Experience, Javier Vargas, fusiona sus raíces de blues rock con el flamenco. Javier Vargas cuenta en esta ocasión con importantes colaboraciones como Frank Marino, icono canadiense de la guitarra blues rock, Devon Allman hijo de Greg Allman miembro de los Allman Brothers, Raimundo Amador, artista de renombre de la guitarra flamenca y blusera que, en el tema Blues para Lucía, entabla un diálogo de guitarras con duende junto a Javier Vargas; encontramos también al dúo Rey Morao, el toque especial de Mauri Sanchis al Hammond, el funk fusion de The Cherry Boppers o dentro de sus habituales cantantes y colaboradores, Tim Mitchell, Bobby Alexander y las bases rítmicas del batería Steve Potts (Crossroads Guitar Festivals) con el bajista David Smith. Como avance de este disco de la Vargas Blues Band, No pasa nada, un tema interpretado por Bobby Alexander con la guitarra flamenca de Raimundo Amador. --- lahiguera.net

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1. Riding High 
2. Rock me baby 
3. Blues latino 
4. All around blues 
5. Hideway 
6. Messin' with the kid 
7. You don't know my name 
8. Everything is going to be alright 
9. Don't let go 
10. Hey hey blues

Personnel:
Javier Vargas- Guitars
Philip A. Guttman- Vocals
Elena Figueroa- Vocals on “I wonder if you ever” and “Blue Midnight”
Fernando Vázquez- Vocal and Harmonica on “You don’t know my name”
Dan Rochlis- Sinthesized Guitar on “Everything is gonna be alright”
Hector Olivera- Bass
Pedro Barceló- Drums
Damián Bermúdez- Keyboards
Jean-Pierre Gómez- Bottleneck Guitar on “You don’t know my name”

Javier Vargas, creator of the Vargas Blues Band was born in Madrid in 1955 but his family moved to Argentina when he was barely six years. With ten years old his father gave him his first guitar and started guitar lessons and music theory, but soon tired of these classes and continued to learn on their own.His beginnings were influenced by the blues, rhythm fashionable at the time.

In 1971 he went to Venezuela, although not long in leaving the U.S., where I wanted to really learn the true masters of the blues and learn about new trends. His first contact in North America led him to Tennessee, where he drank from the fountains of the country and worked with the Mad Covers Band, playing covers of famous bands. Her next step was to go to Los Angeles where he rubbed elbows with many established stars such as Van Halen. In 1977 he returned to Spain.At its inception collaborated with Miguel Ríos, Joaquín Sabina and Manolo Tena, who made the disc with Spanish blood. Along with these collaborations, created the band called Vargas Blues Band, with a bass and a drummer, and turned to go Spain to become known.

In 1991 he published his first album, All Around Blues, with the collaboration of Elena Figueroa, among other distinguished friends. In 1992 publishes Madrid-Memphis, with whom he won a notable success in Spain and sold a considerable number of copies. --- whoisthemonk.wordpress.com

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