Label: Rounder Records
Release Date: 1988
Recording Time: 45 minutes
Recording Date: April, 1987 - May, 1987
Releases: October 25, 1990 (Rounder); July 5, 2011 (New Rounder)
Styles: New Orleans R&B, Retro-Soul, Soul, Soul-Blues, New Orleans Blues, Regional Blues
Although calling Johnny Adams a blues singer is far too confining, he's certainly among the finest to perform in that idiom. He's equally brilliant at slow or uptempo numbers, can effectively convey irony, heartache, or triumph, and is a masterful storyteller. These ten blues numbers cover every emotional base, allowing Adams a chance to show his proficiency. With great support from an instrumental corps that includes guitarists Walter "Wolfman" Washington and Duke Robillard, keyboardist Dr. John, and saxophonists Red Tyler and Foots Samuel, plus Ernie Gautreau on valve trombone, Adams didn't just cut a blues album, he made unforgettable blues statements.
by Ron Wynn
Credits: Johnny Adams - bass, composer, mouth trombone, primary artist, trombone, violin, vocals; Nancy Jean Anderson - cd adaptation; David Barard - bass; Scott Billington - design, producer; Johnny Bristol - composer; Tom Coyne - mastering; Lee Crum - photography; Dr. John - arranger, dx-7, keyboards, organ, piano, piano (electric); Herman V. Ernest III - arranger, drums; David Farrell - engineer; Lowell Fulson - composer; Ernie Gautreau - trombone (valve); William Guest - composer; Ruby Hice - composer; Gladys Knight - composer; Merald "Bubba" Knight - composer; Gregg Lunsford - mixing; Percy Mayfield - composer; John Morthland - liner notes; Toby Mountain - editing; Doc Pomus - composer; Mac Rebennack - composer; Duke Robillard - arranger, composer, guitar; Bill "Foots" Samuel - horn arrangements, sax (alto), sax (baritone), sax (tenor); Catherine Schaffner - composer; Mark Tanzer - mixing assistant; Terry Tullos - flugelhorn, trumpet; Alvin "Red" Tyler - sax (tenor); Billy Vera - composer; Walter "Wolfman" Washington - guitar, guitar (rhythm), rhythm arrangements; Jim Weatherly - composer.
Tracks: 1) Room with a View; 2) I Don't Want to Do Wrong; 3) Not Trustworthy (A Lyin' Woman); 4) Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye); 5) How Wrong Can a Good Man Be; 6) Body and Fender Man; 7) I Owe You; 8) Wish I'd Never Loved You at All; 9) The Hunt Is On; 10) A World I Never Made.