Promised Land (Robert Walker)

Infobox Album |
Name = Promised Land
Type = studio
Artist = Robert Walker


Released = 1997
Recorded =
Genre = blues
Length = 56:35
Label = Rooster Blues
Producer = Robert Walker
Jim O'Neal
Patty Johnson
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3krsa9tgu23s link]

*PGB rating|4|4
Last album =
This album = "Promised Land"
(1997)
Next album = "Rompin' & Stompin'"
(1998)

"Promised Land" is the first solo studio album released by American blues guitarist Robert Walker after over fifty years of performing. The album was released in 1997 by Rooster Blues. It contains only one original song by Walker himself, with rest being treatments of standards from a wide range of styles.

Track listing

#"Goin' to the Train Station" (Cooke) — 6:01
#"Please Love Me" (B. B. King) — 4:05
#"Just a Country Boy" (Walker) — 7:04
#"Promised Land" (Berry) — 3:43
#"You Took My Love " (John) — 5:52
#"Still a Fool" (Waters) — 3:47
#"Wild Side of Life/It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" (Carter, Miller, Warren) — 1:55
#"Everything Gonna Be Alright" (Magic Sam) — 4:40
#"Baby, Baby, Baby" (Cooke) — 2:12
#"How Much More/Mama Talk to Your Daughter" (Lenoir) — 3:32
#"Better Lovin' Man" (Axton) — 4:39
#"Hold That Train, Conductor" (Clayton) — 3:55
#"Got My Mojo Working" (Foster) — 4:16
#"Berry Pickin'" (Berry) — 2:52

Personnel

Performers:
*Robert Walker — guitar, arranger, vocals, producer
*Sam Carr — drums
*Frank Frost - organ

Production:
*Spencer Diablo — digital editing
*Brent Endres — mixing
*Duncan Hudson — engineer, mixing
*Patty Johnson, Jim O'Neal — producer, mixing
*Susan Bauer Lee, Selina O'Neal — cover design
*Bill Steber — photography

Reception

Allmusic says that this album has "no real weak cuts" with "a good number of true gems" but mentions that the audio recorded is subpar for the studio. [cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:40d2vwnya9xk~T1|title=Promised Land review|author=Bob Gottlieb|accessdate=2006-12-17] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings, however, warms to the audio, equating it to "the sweaty vigour of a juke-join Saturday night."The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings, album review by Chris Smith pg. 676] According to reviewer Chris Smith, between this and "Rock the Night", "Promised Land" "has the edge, but only just."

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