Tasty Blues

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Tasty Blues
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Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedJuly 1, 1960
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Blues
Length42:02
Label Bluesville
BVLP 1012
Little Brother Montgomery chronology
Little Brother
(1960)
Tasty Blues
(1961)
Blues
(1961)

Tasty Blues is an album by blues musician Little Brother Montgomery recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label early the following year. [1] [2] [3]

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Reception

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AllMusic reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "Here's a very attractive example of a pianist with roots dug deep in pre-war tradition updating his style just enough to sound contemporary for 1960. ... Montgomery swoops through his seminal "Vicksburg Blues" and "No Special Rider" with enthusiasm and élan". [4] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings comments that Lafayette Thomas’s presence on the album sets it apart from other records by Montgomery. [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Little Brother Montgomery except where noted

  1. "Tasty Blues" – 4:40
  2. "Santa Fe" – 2:36
  3. "How Long, Brother?" – 3:36
  4. "Pleading Blues" – 3:30
  5. "No Special Rider Blues" – 2:22
  6. "Brother's Boogie" – 2:54
  7. "Sneaky Pete Blues" (Lafayette Thomas) – 4:20
  8. "Something Keeps Worrying Me" – 4:02
  9. "Cry Cry Baby" (Armand "Jump" Jackson) – 3:00
  10. "Satellite Blues" – 3:54
  11. "Deep Fried" – 3:55
  12. "Vicksburg Blues" – 3:13

Personnel

Performance

Production

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References

  1. Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series accessed October 31, 2018
  2. Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography accessed October 31, 2018
  3. Wirz' American Music: Little Brother Montgomery discography accessed October 31, 2018
  4. 1 2 Dahl, Bill. Little Brother Montgomery: Tasty Blues – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  5. 1 2 Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 467. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.