Copeland Special

Copeland Special
Studio album by Johnny Copeland
Released	1981 (1981)
Studio	Blank Tapes, New York City
Genre	Blues
Label	Rounder, Demon, Black & Blue
Producer	Dan Doyle
Johnny Copeland chronology
Copeland Special (1981) Make My Home Where I Hang My Hat (1982)

Copeland Special is an album by the American musician Johnny Copeland. ^{[1] [2]} It was in 1981 on Rounder Records in the United States, Demon Records in the United Kingdom, and Black & Blue Records in France. It was recorded and mixed at Blank Tapes, in New York City, and produced by Dan Doyle. The album won a W. C. Handy Award. ^{[3] [4]}

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Robert Christgau	A− [6]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+ ( ) [7]

Robert Christgau wrote that the "conviction [is] more palpable here than on any new blues to come my way since Johnny Shines's 1977 Too Wet to Plow." ^[6]

Track listing

1. "Claim Jumper"
2. "I Wish I Was Single"
3. "Everybody Wants a Piece of Me"
4. "Copeland Special"
5. "It´s My Own Tears"
6. "Third Party"
7. "Big Time"
8. "Down on Bended Knee"
9. "Done Got Over It"
10. "St. Louis Blues"

Personnel

• Johnny Copeland – guitar, vocals
• John Leibman – guitar
• Don Whitcomb – bass
• Mansfield Hitchman – drums (except on tracks 1, 3, 5, 7)
• Candy McDonald – drums on tracks 1, 3, 5
• Julian Vaughan – drums on track 7
• Anthony Browne – organ on tracks 2, 5
• Ken Vangel – piano arrangements
• Brookly Slim – harmonica on track 4
• George Adams – tenor & soprano saxophone
• Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone
• Byard Lancaster – alto & tenor saxophone
• Joe Rigby – baritone saxophone
• Bill Ohashi, Garrett List – trombone
• John Pratt, Yusef Yancey – trumpet

References

1. Palmer, Robert (September 4, 1981). "Johnny Copeland, a Blues Find from Texas, at Tramps". The New York Times. p. C5.
2. Sullivan, Jim (September 18, 1981). "Texas Blues from Copeland". Arts. The Boston Globe. p. 1.
3. Tinder, Cliff (June 1983). "A Good-Lookin' Texas Sound". Record. Vol. 2, no. 8. p. 21.
4. Govenar, Alan B. (2008). Texas Blues: The Rise of a Contemporary Sound. Texas A&M University Press. p. 308.
5. "Copeland Special Review by Bill Dahl". AllMusic. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
6. "Johnny Copeland". Robert Christgau. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
7. Hull, Tom (May 10, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved May 13, 2021.

External links

• Discogs
• Official Johnny Copeland site Archived 2011-11-26 at the Wayback Machine