Mouth Harp Blues

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Mouth Harp Blues
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Studio album by
Shakey Jake
Released1961
RecordedNovember 17, 1960
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Blues
Length35:35
Label Bluesville
BVLP 1027
Producer Ozzie Cadena
Shakey Jake chronology
Good Times
(1960)		Mouth Harp Blues
(1961)		 Further On Up the Road
(1969)

Mouth Harp Blues is an album by blues musician Shakey Jake Harris recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label the following year. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "When Harris returned to New Jersey later that same year to wax his Bluesville encore, he brought along fellow Chicagoan Jimmie Lee Robinson as his guitarist. A full rhythm section was used this time (New York cats all), but the overall approach was quite a bit closer to what he was used to hearing on Chicago's West side". [4] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings considers the accompaniment to be not entirely suited to Harris’s style, and the album not to be one of his best. [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy D. Harris (Shakey Jake) except where noted

  1. "Mouth Harp Blues" – 5:00
  2. "Love My Baby" – 3:15
  3. "Jake's Cha Cha" – 2:05
  4. "Gimme a Smile" – 4:25
  5. "My Broken Heart" – 3:10
  6. "Angry Lover" (Armand "Jump" Jackson) – 3:00
  7. "Things Is Alright" – 2:15
  8. "Easy Baby" – 5:00
  9. "Things Are Different Baby" (Ozzie Cadena) – 5:15
  10. "It Won't Happen Again" – 2:10

Personnel

Performance

Production

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References

  1. ↑ Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series accessed October 29, 2018
  2. ↑ Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography accessed October 29, 2018
  3. ↑ Wirz' American Music: Shakey Jake discography accessed October 29, 2018
  4. 1 2 Dahl, Bill. Shakey Jake Harris: Mouth Harp Blues – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  5. 1 2 Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 571. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
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