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Slammin' on the West Side

04/01/1996 | Telarc 

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All Music Guide Review

Lousy album title, great album. Johnson hasn't been based out of Chicago in years, but that sound remains at the heart of his approach -- even when he's recording in Louisiana with a funky New Orleans rhythm section (bassist George Porter, Jr. and drummer Herman Ernest). Jump blues in the form of Buddy Johnson's "A Pretty Girl (A Cadillac and Some Money)," athe Magic Sam tribute "Hard Times (Have Surely Come)," the solo acoustic "Get Up Aand Go," a soul-slanted "Every Woman Needs to Be Loved" -- Johnson smokes 'em all. ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide

Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • A Pretty Girl (A Cadillac and Some Money)
  • 3:12
  • 2
  • She's Lookin' Good
  • 3:56
  • 3
  • Hey Little Girl
  • 5:00
  • 4
  • I Ain't Doin' Too Bad
  • 4:56
  • 5
  • It's Good to Me
  • 3:28
  • 6
  • Sittin' on the Back Seat of a Greyhound Bus
  • 6:27
  • 7
  • Every Woman Needs to Be Loved
  • 4:00
  • 8
  • Stranded
  • 3:22
  • 9
  • Early in the Mornin' Blues
  • 5:00
  • 10
  • Another Man
  • 2:19
  • 11
  • Hard Times (Have Surely Come)
  • 4:30
  • 12
  • The Woman I Love
  • 3:49
  • 13
  • Get up and Go
  • 2:03
  • 14
  • Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
  • 2:58
  • 15
  • Waiting at the Station
  • 5:47
  • 16
  • Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On
  • 3:52

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