Bobby "Blue" Bland - Years Of Tears

Artist:

Bland, Bobby "Blue"

UPC:

048021746927

See Also:

Turner, Big Joe Reed, Jimmy (Blues) Pickett, Wilson Charles, Ray B.B. King/Bobby "Blue" Bland - Together for the First Time...Live Bobby "Blue" Bland/B.B. King - Together Again...Live King, B.B./Bobby Bland - Together Again Live [Import]

Description:

Personnel: Bobby Bland (vocals); Jimmy Johnson, Will McFarlane, Kelvin Holly (guitar); Harvey Thompson (tenor saxophone); Jim Horn (baritone saxophone); Harrison Calloway, Jim Williamson, Bob Cheesman (trumpet); Charles Rose (trombone); Claton Ivey (keyboards); David Hood (bass); Roger Hawkins (drums); Thomisene Anderson, Jewel Bass, Valerie Kashimura, Frederick Knight (background vocals).
Producers: Wolf Stephenson, Tommy Couch, Frederick Knight.
Engineers: Steve Melton, Wolf Stephenson, Jerry Masters.
Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Sheffield, Alabama and Malaco Studios, Jackson, Mississippi.
Personnel: Bobby "Blue" Bland (vocals); Kelvin Holly, Jimmy Johnson , Will McFarlane (guitar); Harvey Thompson (tenor saxophone); Jim Horn (baritone saxophone); Harrison Calloway, Bob Cheesman, Jim Williamson (trumpet); Charles Rose (trombone); Clayton Ivey (keyboards); Roger Hawkins (drums); Frederick Knight, Jewel Bass, Thomisene Anderson, Valeria Kashimuri (background vocals).
Recording information: Malaco Studios, Jackson, MS; Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Sheffield, AL.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Frederick Knight; Roger Hawkins.
This 1993 release is one of the best Bobby Bland made for Jackson, Mississippi-based Malaco Records. It was recorded at Muscle Shoals Studios, utilizing some of their superlative players, including the perfectly synched rhythm section of drummer Roger Hawkins and bassist David Hood.
The bulk of the songs are written by such Malaco regulars as George Jackson, who penned the opening "Somewhere Between Right & Wrong," the sassy "Hole in the Wall," and the shuffling "Hurtin` Time Again," and Frederick Knight, whose "I Just Tripped on a Piece of Your Broken Heart" is the heart and center of this album. While Bland`s Duke label recordings from the `50s are rightfully held up as his peaks, YEARS OF TEARS demonstrates that with the right players, production, and material, he`s still a force to be reckoned with.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Somewhere Between Right & Wrong
2. There`s a Stranger in My House
3. Hole in the Wall
4. Years of Tears to Go
5. Hurtin` Time Again
6. I Just Tripped on a Piece of Your Broken Heart
7. Sweet Lady Love
8. Love of Mine
9. I`ve Got to Have Your Love Tonight
10. You Put the Hurt on a Hurtin` Man

Album Information

Release Date:

12/15/1993

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Texas/W. Coast Blues

Label:

Malaco

Catalog Number:

MCD-7469

Original Release Year:

1993

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

48 : 17

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