Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions
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] The album features Ulmer covering fourteen blues standards recorded at Sun Studio.
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| Released | September 4, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | April 10, 11 & 12, 2001 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Hyena | |||
| Producer | Vernon Reid | |||
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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]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [3] |
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" Willy Dixon – 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
- 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 Archived November 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed July 26, 2010
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1430. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
External links
- Discography at the end of the page for this album at the Wayback Machine (archived May 1, 2006)
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