1 	That's The Blues 	
2 	Nothing You Can Do Or Say 	
3 	Brothers Gittin' On With Others 	
4 	The Blues Is The Blues Is The Blues 	
5 	Cold Hearted World 	
6 	Vase Of Love 	
7 	Come On Home 	
8 	Have A Good Time 	
9 	Bad Decision 	
10 	Black Cowboy 	
11 	Ike's Blues 	
12 	The Truth

Ike Cosse - Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica

Guitarist and vocalist Issac "Ike" Cosse has been leading a band called the Coldbloods around the San Francisco Bay area for the last 20 years. Cosse took his earliest musical inspiration from guitarists like Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix, and he played jazz and fusion for some time before settling on the blues.

Cosse joined the band of saxophonist Joe Puttley in 1983 and learned the finer points of blues playing from him, as well as the need to be an entertainer when on the bandstand. After working with Puttley for a number of years, Cosse was given the chance to sing; "Crosscut Saw" and "Further On Up the Road" were the first two blues songs he performed on stage.

After forming his own band, Ike and the Coldbloods, in 1987, he began to work the clubs around the San Francisco Bay area, where he had relocated some years earlier. Ike and the Coldbloods played at Slim's in San Francisco, Moe's Alley in Santa Cruz, and other venues around the Bay area. After several years of interpreting cover songs in Bay area clubs, Cosse realized if he was going to take his music anywhere, he would need to perform original compositions.

After dropping a copy of his self-released album off at B.B. King's Club in Los Angeles, Cosse got a booking there, opening for Coco Montoya and Johnny Johnson. Cosse's first album, The Spot Is Hot, was released on his own label in 1995. Since then, he's recorded an album for JSP Records of London, The Lowdown Throwdown. Cosse currently lives in Santa Clara, California. ---Richard Skelly, allmusic.com

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01. Bang Bang Girls 5:18
02. I Just Wanna Rent 3:13
03. Let It Happen 4:01
04. Doggy Style 3:23
05. Dog Dang Shoot 4:50
06. Hell To Pay 3:26                play
07. When I Get Home 3:42
08. She's Expensive 3:24
09. My Baby's So Cynical 3:59
10. You're The Man 4:30
11. Hubba Bubba Brother 5:45
12. Let It Happen (Instr.) 3:58     play
Issac 'Ike' Cosse - Guitar & Vocals
Sid Morris - Piano
Earoll Slack - Organ
Myron Dove - Bass
Cecil Daniels - Drums
Big Bones - Harmonica
Dennis Dove & Pat Ross - Background Vocals
Charles McNeel, Sha BaKa & A.J. Johnson – Horns

Ike Cosse's debut for London-based JSP came about after the label's owner heard a copy of the bluesman's self-produced cassette. With The Lowdown Throwdown, Cosse proved capable of attacking the full range of blues styles; "Dog Dang Shoot" is straight Chicago material, while "Hell to Pay" offers James Brown-style funk and "Let It Happen" recalls classic R&B balladry. What's most appealing about The Lowdown Throwdown is Cosse's lyrical directness; he prefers plain speech over metaphor, describing experiences with past romantic conquests ("I Just Wanna Rent") and strip club employees ("Bang Bang Girls") with humor and frankness. Cosse's vocals are a bit on the thin side, which is especially troublesome when he writes above his range, as on "My Baby's So Cynical." But after all, Cosse isn't setting out to be the next Bobby "Blue" Bland; he comes across on The Lowdown Throwdown as a highly individual entertainer confident in his ability to make the audience relate to his songs. Each time you start to think he's sounding too full of himself, he lets loose with a brilliant bit of self-deprecating humor. And he's not above completely hamming it up when necessary, as on one perfect couplet from "You're the Man," which recounts his attempt to move back home after leaving his father's house: "My door is always open to you for dinner/But your room is now the aerobics center." ~ Kenneth Bays, All Music Guide

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