(Blues rock, Electric Chicago blues) Twice As Good - 3 albums - 2006-2012, MP3, 224-320 kbps

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01 - Shame, Shame, Shame 03:34
02 - Call It Stormy Monday 06:15
03 - Killing Floor 03:29
04 - It Hurts Me Too 03:38
05 - Shake Your Money Maker 02:55
06 - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 02:37
07 - Tuff 02:38
08 - What's Goin' On In Your World 03:53
09 - Flip Flop & Fly 02:48
10 - Okie Dokie Stomp 01:52
11 - I'd Rather Go Blind 03:07
12 - Goin' To Mississippi 03:54
13 - (Five) Take Five 02:37
14 - Queen Of My Heart 04:04
15 - Travelin' South 02:34
16 - Black Magic Woman 03:47
17 - Call Me The Breeze 03:37

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01 - Walk With You, Talk With You 02:19
02 - Clarksdale 03:56
03 - I Love My Babe 02:49
04 - The Sax Boogie 04:13
05 - If That's All Right With You 03:15
06 - Make It Go 02:52
07 - Recession 04:03
08 - The Way You Move 04:03
09 - Somebody New 04:12
10 - Don't Let The Green Fool You 04:18

Twice As Good, or their acronym 2XG, is the professional name of the music duo formed by Paul Anthony Steward (Son, born 1984) and Richard James Steward (Father, born 1951) from Elem Indian Colony in Clearlake Oaks, CA on the shores of beautiful Clear Lake. Richard had grown up around music all his life, he learned to play guitar and sing from his Mother, Priscilla. Priscilla had learned music from her cousin Hank Gonzalez. Hank & the Country Classics was a favorite Country music singer of the Indian community around Clear Lake and Northern California. Later on, Hank taught and shared music and performance tips to Paul & Rich, even shared the stage with them in Twice As Good’s early years. Rich grew up admiring Country, Blues & Soul. He shared this music with his youngest Son, Paul.
When Paul was a young teenager he showed a great interest in music. He had a toy keyboard and could figure out and play melodies by ear. Richard taught Paul some keyboard chords and how to play guitar, encouraging him to be a Lead Guitarist. Paul, inspired by B.B. King began imitating the Electric Blues Guitar he heard on the radio and CD's, also practicing his vocals. Paul & Rich, inspired by the Blues Brothers, began performing house parties and BBQ’s for friends and family, just the two of them.
They had played around with various bands in the beginning, gaining exposure and experience, working with an Indian group from Colusa Reservation called “Red Man Blues” that had broken up but in May 2003 they debuted as "Twice As Good, 2XG" at Terry's Southern BBQ in Santa Rosa, CA. Since then they have been all over the USA, independently released 6 albums, shared the stage with many legends and famous artists, and continue to garner success and praise with Paul leading the band through flashy show tunes, with soulful vocals, screaming guitar, and unbelievable stage presence.
From the house parties they went to the clubs. From the clubs they went to the Indian Casinos. Getting a steady gig at River Rock Casino was a large growing point for them. From the casinos they went to the festivals. Being part of the revered Blue Wing Blues Festival 2007 for the first time got them a great magazine interview in News From Native California. From there they took a hot tip from the great Charlie Musselwhite, who heard them playing at River Rock Casino and saluted them, he told them to go to Clarksdale Mississippi. You bet that they were standing at the “Crossroads” in April 2008 for the “Juke Joint Blues Festival.” Following that Blues Trail like the old-timers did they went up North and got another big performance in June 2009 at the Chicago Blues Festival, performing with the amazing Johnny B. Gayden on Bass Guitar.
Then back home in California, they were honored by the Bay Area Blues Society at the West Coast Blues Hall of Fame with an award for “Best New Blues Band of 2010” the 1st Native Americans to receive the award. Later in 2010 they continued to garner acclaim and recognition by winning the Last Band Standing Competition at Pala Casino in October. They beat 9 of Southern California's best bands by putting on an awesome show and putting out the Real Deal Blues. Then in November they proudly received the Award "Best Blues Recording 2010" for their album If That's All Right With You, and closed the awards ceremony show in Niagara Falls-NY rockin' the crowd and jamming with award winning actor Wes Studi (star of Geronimo: An American Legend). Onward they continue to spread the sounds of the West Coast Blues with a hint of the Indian Beat.
The name "Twice As Good" isn't a claim of status. To Paul & Rich it is a dedication to hard work and quality of craft. About believing in one's self, not being shy, and having the courage to try something as hard as becoming a successful professional musician. They were once told, "You can't make it in the music business, you got to be twice as good". So they replied, "Well all right then. We will be, Twice As Good".