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John Hammond - So Many Roads (1993) [FLAC] Category Rock/Pop Albums, Blues CDs, Contemporary Blues Label Vanguard Orig Year 1965 All Time Sales Rank 63146 Discs 1 Release Date Mar 20, 1993 Studio/Live Studio Mono/Stereo Stereo Recording Time 37 minutes Personnel Levon Helm - drums, background vocals Robbie Robertson - guitar, background vocals Garth Hudson - organ, background vocals Charlie Musselwhite - harmonica, background vocals John Hammond - vocals, guitar Michael Bloomfield - guitar, piano, background vocals Jimmy Lewis - drums Eric Hudson - organ Jimmy Spruill - guitar .: Tracklist : So Many Roads is Hammond's most notable mid-'60s Vanguard album, due not so much to Hammond's own singing and playing (though he's up to the task) as the yet-to-be-famous backing musicians. Three future members of the Band -- Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, and Levon Helm -- are among the supporting cast, along with Charlie Musselwhite on harmonica, and Mike Bloomfield also contributes. It's one of the first fully realized blues-rock albums, although it's not in the same league as the best efforts of the era by the likes of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band or John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. In part that's because the repertoire is so heavy on familiar Chicago blues classics by the likes of Willie Dixon, Bo Diddley, and Muddy Waters; in part that's because the interpretations are so reverent and close to the originals in arrangement; and in part it's also because Hammond's blues vocals were only okay. Revisionist critics thus tend to downgrade the record a notch. But in the context of its time -- when songs like "Down in the Bottom," "Long Distance Call," "Big Boss Man," and "You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover" were not as well known as they would become -- it was a punchy, well-done set of electric blues with a rock touch. ~ Richie Unterberger Includes original release liner notes by Barry Kittleson. Personnel: John Hammond, Jr. (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Michael Bloomfield (guitar, piano, background vocals); Robbie Robertson (guitar, background vocals); Jimmy Spruill (guitar); Charlie Musselwhite (harmonica, background vocals); Garth Hudson (organ, background vocals); Eric Hudson (organ); Levon Helm (drums, background vocals); Jimmy Lewis (drums). Liner Note Author: Barry Kittleson. Photographer: Barry Feinstein. Personnel includes: John Hammond (vocals, guitar); Robbie Robertson (guitar); Charlie Musselwhite (harmonica); Michael Bloomfield (piano); Garth Hudson (Hammond organ); Jimmy Lewis (bass); Levon Helm (drums). Tracks: 1. Down in the Bottom 2. Long Distance Call 3. Who Do You Love? 4. I Want You to Love Me 5. Judgment Day 6. So Many Roads, So Many Trains 7. Rambling Blues 8. O Yea! 9. You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover 10. Gambling Blues 11. Baby Please Don't Go 12. Big Boss Man PLEASE GIVE AT LEAST WHAT YOU HAVE TAKEN STAY IN SEED PLEASE .: Other Files :. log+cue+m3u+cover |
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