Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 42:42
Size: 97.8 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1974/2007
Art: Front

[2:55] 1. Somebody Loan Me A Dime
[3:17] 2. The Getaway
[4:17] 3. Directly From My Heart To You
[3:46] 4. Going To Chicago
[3:14] 5. You Say You're Leaving
[3:23] 6. Checking On My Woman
[3:52] 7. You Don't Know What Love Is
[4:21] 8. I've Changed
[4:51] 9. Country Girl
[4:24] 10. Gotta Wake Up
[4:18] 11. Texas Flood

One of the most subtly satisfying electric blues albums of the '70s. Fenton Robinson never did quite fit the "Genuine Houserocking Music" image of Alligator Records -- his deep, rich baritone sounds more like a magic carpet than a piece of barbed wire, and he speaks in jazz-inflected tongues, full of complex surprises. The title track hits with amazing power, as do the chugging "The Getaway," a hard-swinging "You Say You're Leaving," and the minor-key "You Don't Know What Love Is." In every case, Robinson had recorded them before, but thanks to Bruce Iglauer's superb production, a terrific band, and Robinson's musicianship, these versions reign supreme. ~Bill Dahl

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