- The House of Blue Lights (album)
Infobox Album
Name = The House of Blue Lights
Type = Album
Longtype =
Artist =Don Covay &The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band
Released =1969
Recorded =Herb Abramson 's A-1 Studio
Genre = R&BElectric blues Soul blues Blues-Rock
Length =
Label = AtlanticSepia Tone
Producer = Don Covay
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ctfibkh96akb link]
Last album = "See Saw"
This album = The House of Blue Lights (1969)
Next album = "Country Funk""The House of Blue Lights" is an
Rhythm & blues album by thesoul music artistDon Covay & the Jefferson Lemon Blues Band. It was released in1969 onAtlantic records . (See1969 in music ).Unlike Covay's previous two more
Southern soul oriented albums, Covay teamed with formerShirelles guitarist Joe Richardson and folk musician John Hammond in theJefferson Lemon Blues Band , an attempt at an undergroundblues-rock album titled "The House of Blue Lights". [Jason Ankeny, [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:5m9yxdkbjolf~T1 "Don Covay > Biography"] ,Allmusic Website. Retrieved 29 December 2006.]The album was re-issued on
compact disc onSeptember 26 ,2002 bySepia-tone records .Track listing
# "Key to the Highway" (
Big Bill Broonzy ,Charles Segar ) – 2:21
# "Mad Dog Blues" (Don Covay ,Joe Richardson ) – 3:28
# "The Blues Don't Knock" (John Denioa ,Sidney Wyche ) – 3:11
# "Blues Ain't Nothin' but a Good Woman on Your Mind" (Covay, Richardson) – 3:12
# "The House of Blue Lights, Pt. 1" (Covay) – 7:33
# "Four Women" (Covay) – 3:34
# "Steady Roller" (Covay,John Hammond Jr. ) – 3:17
# "Homemade Love" (Covay) – 6:26
# "But I Forgive You Blues" (Hudson Whittaker ) – 2:31
# "Shut Your Mouth" (Dave Clowney ) – 3:23
# "The House of Blue Lights, Pt. 2" (Covay) – 4:09Personnel
The band
*
Don Covay – vocals
*John Hammond, Jr. -Guitar ,Harmonica
*Gerald Jemmott - Bass
*Daniel Jones - drums
*Charles "Honeyman" Otis - Drums
*Joe Richardson - Guitar, Vocals
*Butch Valentine - BassTechnical staff
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Don Covay -arranger , producer
*Herb Abramson – engineer
*David Cheppa –mastering External links
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:omkvu3y5andk The House of Blue Lights] at
Allmusic
* [http://www.midheaven.com/labels/sepia.tone.html The House of Blue Lights] at Sepia tone records siteNotes and references
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