Levee Blues

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Levee Blues
Leveebluespotliquor.jpg
Studio album by Potliquor
Released 1972
Studio Deep South Recording Studio
Genre
  • Southern rock
  • blues rock
Length34:53
Label Janus Records
Producer Jim Brown
Potliquor chronology
First Taste
(1970) First Taste1970		Levee Blues
(1971)		 Louisiana Rock & Roll
(1972) Louisiana Rock & Roll1972

Levee Blues is the second album from American band Potliquor released in 1972.

Potliquor was a 1970s rock group from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The band was formed by George Ratzlaff and Guy Schaeffer after the breakup of a successful cover band named the Basement Wall. Like several other bands of the American South, their musical style was a synthesis of influences such as Little Richard, Ray Charles, Jimmy Reed, and more, making Potliquor a part of the nascent Southern rock genre. Potliquor released four albums plus a compilation album but had only one hit single written and sung by George Ratzlaff.

Contents

Work on Levee Blues began in February 1971 at Deep South Recording Studio, and even though it had been planned for release in May, the band did not complete recording until August 1971 with the album release coming in December.

Reception

Chess/Janus announced that they would be promoting the new album for Christmas sales, and the company took out a full page ad in Billboard in December to promote five of its new albums, including Levee Blues.

A good review in Billboard foreshadowed a successful run by Levee Blues. Billboard reported airplay in Kalamazoo, Michigan; [1] Chico, California; [2] De Kalb, Illinois; [3] Long Beach, California; [4] and Bridgeport, Connecticut [5] in the first two months of 1972, and the album hit the Billboard chart at #208 at the end of January. [6] "Cheer", a cut from the album was released quickly because of the early airplay it had been getting from national disc jockeys and entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #98 on February 12, 1972. Five weeks later, a constant increase in sales lifted Levee Blues to #168 and "Cheer" to #65. [7] [8] This would be the high water mark for both the album and single. The album was reported as still getting airplay in Livonia, Michigan [9] at the end of the year.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cheer"George Ratzlaff4:52
2."The Train"George Ratzlaff3:28
3."Levee Blues"Les Wallace, George Ratzlaff4:03
4."Rooster Blues"Willie Dixon6:34
5."Chattanooga"George Ratzlaff3:06
6."Lady Madonna"John Lennon, Paul McCartney3:59
7."You're No Good"Clint Ballard, Jr.3:59
8."When God Dips His Love in My Heart"W. S. Stevenson0:57
9."Beyond the River Jordan"George Ratzlaff3:55

Personnel

Additional musicians

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References

  1. ↑ Glassenberg, Bob (January 21, 1972). "What's Happening". Billboard: 45.
  2. ↑ Glassenberg, Bob (January 29, 1972). "What's Happening". Billboard: 29.
  3. ↑ Glassenberg, Bob (February 5, 1972). "What's Happening". Billboard: 33.
  4. ↑ Glassenberg, Bob (February 12, 1972). "What's Happening". Billboard.
  5. ↑ Glassenberg, Bob (February 12, 1972). "What's Happening". Billboard: 45.
  6. ↑ "Bubbling Under the Top LPs". Billboard: 29. January 29, 1972.
  7. ↑ "Top LPs and Tape". Billboard: 58. March 25, 1972.
  8. ↑ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard: 57. March 25, 1972.
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