Rock the Night (Robert Walker)

Infobox Album |
Name = Rock the Night
Type = live
Artist = Robert Walker


Released = October 23, 2001
Recorded = February 4, 2000
Genre = blues
Length =
Label = Rooster Blues
Producer = Robert Walker

Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:om881va3zzha link]
*PGB Rating|3.5|5
Last album = "Rompin' & Stompin'" (1998)
This album = "Rock the Night"
(2001)
Next album =

Rock the Night is the first live album by American blues rock guitarist Robert Walker. It was recorded on February 4, 2000 and released on October 23, 2001 by Rooster Blues.

Track listing

#"Cut You A Loose" (London) — 4:33
#"Found Love" (Reed) — 3:45
#"Rooster Blues" (West) — 3:43
#"Linda Lu" (Sharpe) — 2:51
#"Standing at My Window/Don't Answer the Door" (Crudup, Johnson) — 5:38
#"Truck Driving Man" (Fell) — 2:02
#"Why I Sing the Blues" (Clark, King) — 3:58
#"Memphis" (Berry) — 2:54
#"Stagger Lee" (traditional) — 3:50
#"Robert B. Goode/Little Queenie" (Berry) — 3:57
#"Hide Away" (King, Thompson) — 3:32

Personnel

Performers:
*David "Pecan" Porter — bass
*Sam Carr — drums
*Robert Walker — guitar, vocalsProduction:
*Jim O'Neal — producer, mixing
*Tomas Ford — engineer
*Jack LeTourneau — engineer, mixing
*Bill Steber — photography
*Jannell Turner — art direction, design, photography

Reception

After the blandness of Rompin' & Stompin', "Rock the Night" fared considerably better. This was due in part to having fellow veteran musicians such as Carr and Porter, who are "as wild as Walker, but less wayward."The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings, album review by Chris Smith pg. 676] The "tethering" of Walker by the others leads to some fun moments. That doesn't mean that they performed flawlessly, though, since reviewer Chris Smith comments how "Hide Way" "has so many wrong notes that it's almost a new composition" and that other songs also get "a thorough mauling."

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External links

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