Sad Days, Lonely Nights

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Sad Days, Lonely Nights
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Live album by
Released1994
RecordedApril 1993
Genre Blues
Length65:30
Label Fat Possum [1]
Junior Kimbrough chronology
All Night Long
(1992)
Sad Days, Lonely Nights
(1994)
Do the Rump
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Sad Days, Lonely Nights is an album by Junior Kimbrough, released in 1994. [4] [5] It was recorded live in Kimbrough's club, without an audience. [6]

Track listing

  1. "Sad Days, Lonely Nights" – 4:22
  2. "Lonesome in My Home" – 4:34
  3. "Lord, Have Mercy on Me" – 9:54
  4. "Crawling King Snake" – 4:50
  5. "My Mind Is Rambling" – 6:21
  6. "Leaving in the Morning" – 7:19 (HBO series Boardwalk Empire song for lead and trail)
  7. "Old Black Mattie" – 6:40
  8. "I'm in Love" – 5:04
  9. "Pull Your Clothes Off" – 4:28
  10. "I'm Gonna Have to Leave Here" – 6:35
  11. "Sad Days, Lonely Nights" – 5:33

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References

  1. "Junior Kimbrough - Sad Days Lonely Nights". Fat Possum Records.
  2. "Sad Days, Lonely Nights - Junior Kimbrough | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  3. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 347. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
  4. "The Memphis Flyer: Music - December 23 - 29, 1999". www.memphisflyer.com.
  5. Cooper, Kim; Smay, David (July 8, 2005). Lost in the Grooves: Scram's Capricious Guide to the Music You Missed. Routledge. ISBN   9781135879211 via Google Books.
  6. Marcus, Greil (October 20, 2015). Real Life Rock: The Complete Top Ten Columns, 1986-2014. Yale University Press. ISBN   9780300218596 via Google Books.