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Jimmy “Duck” Holmes: Cypress Grove

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On October 18, 2019, “Easy Eye Sound” label released “Cypress Grove”, the ninth Jimmy “Duck” Holmes album.  It was recorded in 2019, at “Easy Eye Sound Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Dan Auerbach.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy “Duck” Holmes – vocals, guitar
  • Dan Auerbach – guitar, mixing
  • Marcus King – guitar
  • Eric Deaton – bass
  • Sam Bacco – drums, percussion
  • Leon Michels – saxophone
  • M. Allen Parker – recording, engineer
  • Alex Skelton, Caleb VanBuskirk – engineer assistant
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • Perry Shall – design, layout
  • Alysse Gafkjen – photography

Track listing:

  1. Hard Times – Nehemiah Curtis James
  2. Cypress Grove – Nehemiah Curtis James
  3. Catfish Blues – Robert Petway
  4. Goin’ Away Baby – James A. Lane
  5. Rock Me – McKinley Morganfield
  6. Little Red Rooster – Willie Dixon
  7. Devil Git My Woman – Nehemiah Curtis James
  8. All Night Long – Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
  9. Gonna Get Old Someday – Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
  10. Train Train – Jesse Mae Brooks
  11. Two Woman – Jimmy “Duck” Holmes

Sam Cooke: Night Beat

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In August 1963, “RCA Victor” label released “Night Beat”, the tenth Sam Cooke studio album. It was recorded in February 1963, at “RCA Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Hugo & Luigi.

Personnel:

  • Sam Cooke – vocals, arrangements
  • René Hall – guitar, conducting
  • Clifton White, Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Ray Johnson – piano
  • Billy Preston – organ
  • Cliff Hils – bass guitar
  • Sharky Hall – drums, tambourin
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Dave Hassinger – recording

Track listing:

  1. Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – traditional
  2. Lost and Lookin’ – James W. Alexander, Lowell Jordan
  3. Mean Old World – Sam Cooke
  4. Please Don’t Drive Me Away – Charles Brown, Jesse Ervin
  5. I Lost Everything – Ella Tate
  6. Get Yourself Another Fool – Ernest Monroe Tucker, Frank A. Haywood
  7. Little Red Rooster – Willie Dixon
  8. Laughin’ and Clownin’ – Sam Cooke
  9. Trouble Blues – Charles Brown
  10. You Gotta Move – traditional
  11. Fool’s Paradise – Johnny Fuller, Robert Geddins, David Avid
  12. Shake, Rattle and Roll – Charles Calhoun

The Peddlers: Birthday

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In December 1969, “CBS” label released “Birthday”, the third Peddlers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1969, at “IBC Studios” in London, and was produced by Cyril Smith.

Personnel:

  • Roy Phillips – vocals, acoustic guitar, organ, piano, arranger
  • Tab Martin – electric bass, arranger
  • Trevor Morais – percussion, arranger
  • Ted Sharp – engineer
  • Andy Johns – engineer
  • Mike Claydon – engineer
  • John Hays – design
  • Terence Donovan – cover artwork, photography
  • Chris Hopper – inner photography

Track listing:

  1. Where Have All the Flowers Gone – Pete Seeger
  2. Little Red Rooster – Willie Dixon
  3. Southern Woman – Roy Philips
  4. By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Jimmy Webb
  5. Girlie P.S. I Love You Girlie – Roy Philips
  6. Day In Day Out – Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom
  7. City Living – Anthony Richard
  8. Lockshen Pudding – Roy Philips, Tab Martin, Trevor Morais
  9. Birth – Roy Philips

James Blood Ulmer: Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions

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On September 4, 2001, “Hyena” label released “Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions”, the 19th James Blood Ulmer album. It was recorded in April 2001, at “Sun Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Vernon Reid.

Personnel:

  • James Blood Ulmer – vocals, guitar
  • Vernon Reid – guitar
  • Charles Burnham – violin
  • Rick Steff – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ
  • David Barnes – harmonica
  • Mark Peterson – bass
  • Aubrey Dayle – drums

Track listing:

  1. Spoonful – Willie Dixon
  2. I Want to Be Loved – Willie Dixon
  3. Little Red Rooster – Willie Dixon
  4. Dimples – James Bracken, John Lee Hooker
  5. I Just Want to Make Love to You – Willie Dixon
  6. Evil – Willy Dixon
  7. Death Letter – Son House
  8. Fattening Frogs for Snakes – Willie Williamson
  9. Money – John Lee Hooker
  10. I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love – Willie Dixon
  11. Too Lazy to Work, Too Nervous to Steal – Daylie Holmes, Marl H. Young
  12. Double Trouble – Otis Rush
  13. I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) – Chester Burnett
  14. Back Door Man – Willie Dixon

Willie Dixon

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On January 29, 1992, William James “Willie” Dixon died aged 72. He was musician (guitar), singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, “Grammy Award” winner ,next to Muddy Waters recognized as the most influential person in shaping the post-World War II sound of the Chicago blues. His songs were recorded by countless number of musicians such as Bob Dylan, Cream, Jeff Beck, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones. Some of his best known songs are “Hoochie Coochie Man”, “I Just Want to Make Love to You”, “Little Red Rooster”, “My Babe”, “Spoonful”, and “You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover”.