Good Old Koerner, Ray & Glover

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Good Old Koerner, Ray & Glover
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ReleasedJanuary 1972
Recorded1963 and 1964 at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
Genre Blues
Label Mill City MCR-172
Koerner, Ray & Glover chronology
The Return of Koerner, Ray & Glover
(1966)
Good Old Koerner, Ray & Glover
(1972)
One Foot in the Groove
(1996)
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Good Old Koerner, Ray & Glover is an album by Koerner, Ray & Glover, released in 1972.

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History

Good Old Koerner, Ray & Glover is a collection of live recordings from the trio's performances at the St. Olaf College folk festivals in 1963 and 1964. It was 24 years before their next release. The album is out of print.

Reception

Steve Knopper, in MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide , called the album a good one for listeners to explore after hearing the group's debut record Blues, Rags and Hollers , calling it "a nice comeback record, although the trio’s time had clearly come and gone." [2]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Black Jack Davy" (traditional, Carter Family)
  2. "Down to Louisiana" (Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins)
  3. "Too Bad" (John Koerner)
  4. "Dust My Broom" (Robert Johnson)
  5. "Black Snake Moan" (Lead Belly)
  6. "Mumblin' Word" (traditional, Lead Belly)
  7. "Two Trains" (Waters)

Side two

  1. "Drunken Instrumental" (Tony Glover, Dave Ray)
  2. "Love to You" (Willie Dixon, Waters)
  3. "Special Agent" (Sleepy John Estes)
  4. "Mean Ol' Southern" (Arthur Crudup)
  5. "Love Bug" (Koerner)
  6. "Linin' Track" (traditional, Lead Belly)

Personnel

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References

  1. "Good Old Koerner, Ray & Glover". Allmusic . Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Knopper, Steve (1998). "Koerner, Ray & Glover". In Rucker, Leland (ed.). MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. ISBN   978-1-57859-030-8.
  3. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Koerner, Ray and Glover". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. New York: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. p. 899. ISBN   978-0-19-531373-4.