| Hard Drivin' Blues | ||||
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| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | January 27, 1962 and May 17, 1963 | |||
| Studio | United Recording Studios, Chicago | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 45:39 | |||
| Label | Delmark DL-607 | |||
| Producer | Robert G. Koester | |||
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Hard Drivin' Blues is an album by blues musician Roosevelt Sykes with Homesick James Williamson recorded in 1963 and released by the Delmark label the following year. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
AllMusic reviewer arwulf arwulf stated: "When the music heard on this album was recorded in January 1962 and May 1963, Sykes was in the process of ripening into a sanguine creature even more interesting and provocative than his earlier selves had been. ... Sykes had enjoyed one hell of a comeback as an internationally acclaimed master of the blues; he toured extensively, playing tiny saloons and massive music festivals, even recording at times with electrically amplified instrumental backing. All throughout the second half of the 1970s, the one-man, one-piano Hard Drivin' Blues album was warmly received by those lucky enough to have caught Sykes live and in person, and it still stands as one of the very finest recordings in his entire discography ...There are plenty of Roosevelt Sykes albums to choose from; this one is essential, fundamental, and indispensable.". [6]
All compositions by Roosevelt Sykes
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