Label: Malaco Records
Release Date: 1987
Releases: 1987, 1990, 1995
Recording Time: 46 minutes
Studio Recording
Styles: Electric Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Retro-Soul, Soul, Soul-Blues
Recording information: Malaco Studios, Jackson, MS.
Annie Mae's Cafe is one of the strongest albums Little Milton recorded for Malaco. Milton's solos are crisp and stinging throughout the album and his vocals are impassioned. Because he's in top form, he can save the lesser material and that's what makes the album so consistent.
by Thom Owens
Personnel: Little Milton (vocals, guitar); Little Milton (guitars); Dino Zimmerman (guitar, guitars); Milton Campbell (guitar); Brian Gum, John Frantz, Steve Dressler, Bob McNally, Mickey Davis, Peggy Plucker, Janet Dressler, Claudette Hampton (strings); Greg "Fingers" Taylor (harmonica); Harrison Calloway, Ben Cauley, Charles Rose, Harvey Thompson, Ronnie Eades (horns); Ray Griffin (electric bass); James Robertson (drums); Jewel Bass, Thomisene Anderson, Catherine Henderson (background vocals); Larry Addison, Carson Whitsett (keyboards).
Photographers: Marion Vance; Tom Joynt.
Producer: Wolf Stephenson; Tommy Couch, Jr.; Tom Couch.
Engineer: Wolf Stephenson; Tom Easley.
Credits: Larry Addison - composer, keyboards, main personnel; P.R. Allen - design; Thomisene Anderson - vocals (background); Sidney Bailey - composer; Jewel Bass - vocals (background); Harrison Calloway - horn, horn arrangements, string arrangements; Milton Campbell - composer, guitar; Ben Cauley - horn; Tom Couch - audio production; Tommy Couch - producer; Tommy Couch, Jr. - producer; Mickey Davis - strings; Janet Dressler - strings; Steve Dressler - strings; Ronnie Eades - horn; Tom Easley - engineer; J. Edwards - composer; John Frantz - strings; Byron Gregory - horn arrangements, string arrangements; Ray Griffin - bass, bass (electric), main personnel; Brian Gum - strings; Claudette Hampton - strings; Catherine Henderson - vocals (background); George Jackson - composer; Robert Johnson - composer; Tom Joynt - cover photo, photography; Little Milton - guitar, guitars, main personnel, primary artist, vocals; Bob McNally - strings; R. Moore - composer; Sam Mosley - composer; Peggy Plucker - strings; Denny Purcell - mastering; Earl Randle - composer; James Robertson - drums; Charles Rose - horn; Raymond Settle - composer; Wolf Stephenson - audio production, engineer, producer; Greg "Fingers" Taylor - harmonica; Harvey Thompson - horn; Marion Vance - photography; Carson Whitsett - keyboards, main personnel; Dino Zimmerman - guitar, guitars, main personnel.
Tracks: 1) I'm at the End of My Rainbow; 2) A Real Good Woman; 3) Breakaway Clean; 4) Copyright on Your Love; 5) Cheatin' Is a Risky Business; 6) Annie Mae's Cafe; 7) This Must Be the Blues; 8) Too Hurt to Cry; 9) You're My Strongest Weakness; 10) Why Can't We Be Together.
Tracks: 1) I'm at the End of My Rainbow; 2) A Real Good Woman; 3) Breakaway Clean; 4) Copyright on Your Love; 5) Cheatin' Is a Risky Business; 6) Annie Mae's Cafe; 7) This Must Be the Blues; 8) Too Hurt to Cry; 9) You're My Strongest Weakness; 10) Why Can't We Be Together.