BOBBY BLAND - Two Steps From The Blues (+5 Bonus Tracks) (Limited Edition)

BLUES JOINT

£17.08

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: 8028
Barcode: 8436563185700
Release Date: 26 Jul 2024
Genre: Rhythm & Blues

A1, A4, A6, B1, B3 & B7: Joe Scott (lead trumpet), Melvin Jackson (trumpet), Pluma Davis (trombone), Robert Skinner, L. A. Hill (tenor sax), Rayfield Devers (baritone sax), Teddy Reynolds (piano), Wayne Bennett (guitar), Hamp Simmons (bass), John “Jabo” Starks (drums). Chicago, November 12, 1960.
A2, A7, B6: Same personnel as above. Chicago, August 3, 1960.
A3 & B2: Joe Scott (trumpet), Rayfield Devers (baritone sax), Teddy Reynolds (piano), Clarence Holloman (guitar), Hamp Simmons (bass), Sonny Freeman (drums), unknown alto & tenor saxes. Houston, January 1958.
A5 & B4: Same personnel as A1, A4, A6, B1, B3 & B7, plus unknown flute, background vocals and strings. Houston, June 25, 1959.
A8: Joe Scott (trumpet), Pluma Davis (trombone), Bill Harvey (sax), Pat Hare (guitar), Sonny Freeman (drums), unknown bass and piano. Houston, 1957.
A9: Same personnel as A1, A4, A6, B1, B3 & B7. Chicago, 1961.
B5: Bill Harvey’s Orchestra including Connie Mack Booker (piano), Clarence Holloman (guitar), Hamp Simmons (bass), Sonny Freeman (drums). Houston, March 12, 1956 or early 1957.
B8-B9: Same personnel as A1, A4, A6, B1, B3 & B7. Chicago, 1962.

1 Two Steps from the Blues
2 Cry Cry Cry
3 I'm Not Ashamed
4 Don't Cry No More
5 Lead Me On
6 I Pity the Fool
7 How Does a Cheatin' Woman Feel?
8 Farther Up the Road
9 Who Will the Next Fool Be?
10 I've Just Got to Forget You
11 Little Boy Blue
12 St. James Infirmary
13 I'll Take Care of You
14 I Don't Want No Woman
15 I've Been Wrong So Long
16 Your Friends
17 Stormy Monday Blues