- Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions
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Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions Studio album by James Blood Ulmer Released September 4, 2001 Recorded April 10, 11 & 12, 2001 Genre Blues Label Hyena Producer Vernon Reid James Blood Ulmer chronology Blue Blood
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(2003)Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions is an album by American guitarist James Blood Ulmer recorded in and released on the Hyena label in 2001.[1][dead link] The album features Ulmer covering fourteen blues standards recorded at Sun Studio.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "some of the greasiest, knottiest, most surreal blues music ever... Memphis Blood is a fresh injection of blues truth... Ulmer delivers here, big time".[2]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [2] Track listing
- "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) - 2:58
- "I Want to Be Loved" (Dixon) - 3:15
- "Little Red Rooster" (Dixon) - 4:22
- "Dimples" (James Bracken, John Lee Hooker) - 3:31
- "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Dixon) - 3:30
- "Evil" (Muddy Waters) - 2:50
- "Death Letter" (Son House) - 9:41
- "Fattening Frogs for Snakes" (Willie Williamson) - 2:51
- "Money" (Hooker) - 3:34
- "I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love" (Dixon) - 3:30
- "Too Lazy to Work, Too Nervous to Steal" (Daylie Holmes, Marl H. Young) - 2:36
- "Double Trouble" (Otis Rush) - 4:56
- "I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)" (Chester Burnett) - 8:25
- "Back Door Man" (Dixon) - 3:18
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- Recorded at Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee on April 10, 11 & 12, 2001
Personnel
- James Blood Ulmer - guitar, vocals
- Vernon Reid - guitar
- Charles Burnham - violin
- Rick Steff - piano, wurlitzer electric piano, hammond B3 organ
- David Barnes - harmonica
- Mark Peterson - bass
- Aubrey Dayle - drums
References
- ^ James Blood Ulmer discography accessed July 26, 2010
- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed July 26, 2010
External links
Categories:- Hyena Records albums
- James Blood Ulmer albums
- 2001 albums
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