Alone with My Friends

Alone with My Friends
Studio album by Memphis Slim
Released	1963
Recorded	April 25, 1961
Studio	Levey's Sound, London
Genre	Blues
Label	Battle
Producer	Ed Michel
Memphis Slim chronology
All Kinds of Blues (1962) Alone with My Friends (1963) Aux Trois Mailletz (1963)

Alone with My Friends is an album by American blues pianist Memphis Slim which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Battle label. The album, recorded in London during a European tour, is an exploration of the blues repertoire in terms of songs associated with blues singers Big Bill Broonzy, Tampa Red and Georgia Tom, Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon, Curtis Jones, St. Louis Jimmy, Sonny Boy Williamson and Blind Lemon Jefferson. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[3]

In his review for Allmusic, Richie Unterberger says "Not the first or last place to check out Slim on record." ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Highway 51 Blues" (Curtis Jones) – 4:15
2. "I Feel So Good" (Big Bill Broonzy) – 2:45
3. "Rock Me, Momma" (Big Bill Broonzy) – 3:50
4. "Goin' Down Slow" (James B. Oden) – 3:40
5. "Sittin' on Top of the World" (Carter-Jacobs) – 3:40
6. "Sunnyland Train" (Memphis Slim) – 3:55
7. "Goin' Down to the River" (Blind Lemon Jefferson) – 3:00
8. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) – 3:55
9. "I Can Hear My Name A-Ringin'" (Sonny Boy Williamson) – 4:00
10. "Going Back to My Plow" (Big Bill Broonzy) – 4:45

Personnel

• Memphis Slim – vocals, piano

References

1. Original Liner Notes by Ed Michel
2. Unterberger, Richie. Memphis Slim – Alone with My Friends: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved November 24, 2015.
3. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 457. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.