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Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions

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Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 4, 2001
RecordedApril 10, 11 & 12, 2001
GenreBlues
LabelHyena
ProducerVernon Reid
James Blood Ulmer chronology
Blue Blood
(2000)
Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions
(2001)
No Escape from the Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions
(2003)

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.

Reception

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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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Track listing

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  1. "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 2:58
  2. "I Want to Be Loved" (Dixon) – 3:15
  3. "Little Red Rooster" (Dixon) – 4:22
  4. "Dimples" (James Bracken, John Lee Hooker) – 3:31
  5. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Dixon) – 3:30
  6. "Evil" Willy Dixon – 2:50
  7. "Death Letter" (Son House) – 9:41
  8. "Fattening Frogs for Snakes" (Willie Williamson) – 2:51
  9. "Money" (Hooker) – 3:34
  10. "I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love" (Dixon) – 3:30
  11. "Too Lazy to Work, Too Nervous to Steal" (Daylie Holmes, Marl H. Young) – 2:36
  12. "Double Trouble" (Otis Rush) – 4:56
  13. "I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)" (Chester Burnett) – 8:25
  14. "Back Door Man" (Dixon) – 3:18
  • Recorded at Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee on April 10, 11 & 12, 2001

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ James Blood Ulmer discography accessed July 26, 2010 Archived November 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed July 26, 2010
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1430. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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