Blind Dog Radio

Memphis Tennessee by Charlie Musselwhite

Label: Paramount Records.
Release Date: 1970.
Recording Time: 38 minutes.
Releases: 1984 (Crosscut Records), 1991 (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab).

Styles: Electric Harmonica Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Harmonica Blues, Regional Blues.

Though steel guitarist Freddie Roulette was pictured on Tennessee Woman, he did not play on the album; luckily he is given ample space here, and the combination of his eerie vocal-like sound, Jack Myers's solid but adventurous bass playing, and Skip Rose's jazz piano voicings made this edition of the Musselwhite band one of the most original blues outfits ever. Charlie is in fine form as well, on a rock-solid cover of Muddy's "Trouble No More," and a lyrical reading of "Willow Weep for Me," and his harp tour de force "Arkansas Boogie." - Review by Dan Forte.

Personnel: Charlie Musselwhite (vocals, harmonica), Fred Roulette (steel guitar), William E. "Skip" Rose (piano, organ), Jack Myers (bass), Lonnie Castile (drums).

Recorded at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee. Includes liner notes by T.E. Matrox.

Credits: Chuck Berry - composer; Lonnie Castille - drums; Clarence Lewis - composer; Charlie Musselwhite - guitar, harmonica, primary artist, vocals; Jack Myers - bass.

Tracks: 1) She Used to Be Beautiful; 2) I Got to Go; 3) Memphis, Tennessee; 4) One Mint Julep; 5) Blues; 6) The Wolf; 7) Temperature; 8) Arkansas Boogie; 9) Willow Weep for Me; 10) Trouble No More; 11) Done Somebody Wrong.