Elmore James & John Brim - Whose Muddy Shoes

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1969/2001
Styles: Blues
Time: 48:39
Size: 112,2 MB
Art: Front, CD, Tray

(2:46) 1. John Brim - Ice Cream Man
(3:17) 2. Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes
(2:25) 3. Elmore James - Madison Blues
(3:03) 4. Elmore James - I See My Baby
(2:58) 5. John Brim - You Got Me
(3:22) 6. Elmore James - My Best Friend
(2:46) 7. Elmore James - The Sun Is Shining
(3:03) 8. John Brim - Lifetime Baby
(2:17) 9. Elmore James - Talk to Me Baby (I Can't Hold Out)
(3:10) 10. John Brim - Rattlesnake
(2:42) 11. John Brim - Be Careful (I Would Hate To See You Go)
(3:01) 12. Elmore James - Dust My Broom (She Just Won't Do Right)
(2:39) 13. Elmore James - Tool Bag Boogie (country Boogie)
(3:01) 14. John Brim - Tough Times
(2:27) 15. Elmore James - Call It Stormy Monday
(2:44) 16. Elmore James - The Sun Is Shining (Alt)(bonus track)
(2:48) 17. John Brim - Gary Stomp (Instr)(bonus track)

Elmore James discography
tracks 2,4,6,12,13 : rec January 1953; Johnny Jones (p), J.T. Brown (ts), Ransom Knowling (b), Odie Payne (dr)
tracks 3,7,9,15,16 : rec April 1960; Johnny Jones (p), Homesick James (gt), J.T. Brown (ts), Henry Harris (dr)

John Brim discography
tracks 1,8 : rec May 1953; Little Walter (h), Eddie Taylor (gt), Elga Edmonds (dr)
tracks 14,17 : rec March 1954; Jimmy Reed (h), Eddie Taylor (gt), Grace Brim (dr)
tracks 5,11 : rec April 1956; Little Walter (h), Robert Lockwood (gt), Willie Dixon (b), Fred Below (dr)
track 10 : rec March 1953; Little Walter (h), Louis Myers (gt), Dave Myers (b), Fred Below (dr)

Elmore James had recorded a session for Chess in 1953 before settling down with the Bihari Brothers and again in 1960, shortly before starting his final recordings for Bobby Robinson's Fire, Fury and Enjoy labels. This collects up all of them with the bonus addition of an alternate take of "The Sun Is Shining," which can be interpreted as a precursor to his later hit "The Sky Is Crying." The earlier sides from 1953 lack his inimitable slide, but the 1960 session produced classics like "Talk to Me Baby," "Madison Blues" and a powerful reading of T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday." These tracks of James working with the Chess production team are delightfully fleshed out with a half-dozen gems by the highly underrated John Brim, some of which include stellar harp work by Little Walter ("Rattlesnake," "Be Careful" -- on which Walter stops playing in several spots to become an ad-lib backup vocalist -- and "You Got Me") as well as the original version of "Ice Cream Man." -- Allmusic.

Whose Muddy Shoes

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