Triumvirate (album)

Triumvirate
Studio album by Mike Bloomfield, John Hammond, Jr. and Dr. John
Released	August 1973
Studio	Columbia (San Francisco, California) Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Blues, rock, R&B
Length	36:22
Label	Columbia
Producer	Thomas Jefferson Kaye

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide	[2]

Triumvirate is a 1973 collaboration by Mike Bloomfield, John Hammond, Jr. and Dr. John. It is the only album they released together. ^[3]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cha-Dooky-Doo"	Mae Vince	3:29
2.	"Last Night"	Walter Jacobs	2:55
3.	"I Yi Yi"	Dr. John	3:41
4.	"Just to Be With You"	Bernie Roth	4:05
5.	"Baby Let Me Kiss You"	King Floyd	2:58

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sho 'Bout to Drive Me Wild"	King Floyd, Jessie Hill, Mac Rebennack, Alvin Robinson	3:31
2.	"It Hurts Me Too"	Mel London, Hudson Whittaker	3:47
3.	"Rock Me Baby"	Joe Josea, B. B. King	3:40
4.	"Ground Hog Blues"	John Lee Hooker	3:31
5.	"Pretty Thing"	Willie Dixon	4:36

Personnel

• Mike Bloomfield – lead guitar, keyboards, vocals
• John Hammond, Jr. – guitar, harmonica, lead vocals
• Dr. John – banjo, guitar, keyboards, organ, percussion, piano, vocals, arrangements
• Thomas Jefferson Kaye – guitar, backing vocals
• Chris Ethridge – bass
• Jim Gordon – baritone saxophone
• Jim Josea – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Jerry Jumonville – tenor and alto saxophone
• George Bohanon – trombone
• Richard "Blue" Mitchell – trumpet
• Jessie Hill – vocals, backing vocals
• Lorraine Rebennack – bass, backing vocals
• Freddie Staehle – drums
• John Boudreaux – percussion
• Bennie Parks – percussion
• Jessie Smith, Robbie Montgomery – backing vocals

Technical

• Pete Weiss, Roger Nichols, Tony Reale - engineer
• Ron Coro - art direction
• Jim Marshall – photography

References

1. Wolin, Jan Mark. "Triumvirate – Mike Bloomfield / Dr. John / John Hammond, Jr." at AllMusic. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
2. The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1979. p. 39.
3. Irwin Stambler, The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock and Soul (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989), pp. 67 & 183.