Track Listing
1. I'm Bobby "B"
2. I Don't Want No Kickin' in My Stall
3. There's a Rat Loose in My House
4. Truth Will Set You Free, The
5. Memphis Monday Morning
6. I'm Glad
7. My Baby Is the Only One
8. I Hate Missin' You
9. You Left Me With the Blues
10. Lookin' for Some Tush
| Details | | Playing Time: | 49 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Jim Horn, Tom "Bones" Malone | | Producer: | Butch Bonner, Tommy Couch, Wolf Stephenson | | Distributor: | Distribution N. America | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Bobby "Blue" Bland (vocals); Sam Mosley, Will McFarlane, Butch Bonner (guitar);Tom "Bones" Malone (flute, saxophone, trombone); Jim Horn, Doug Moffet (flute, saxophone); Harvey Thompson, (saxophone); Jim Williamson, Steve Patrick (trumpet, flugelhorn); Joe Hardin (trumpet); Charles Rose (trombone); Bob Johnson, Clayton Ivey (keyboards); Willie James Hatten, David Hood (bass); James Robertson (drums).
Engineers: Wolf Stephenson, Jerry Masters, Kent Bruce.
Recorded at Malaco Recording Studio, Jackson, Mississippi in Spring 1998.
MEMPHIS MONDAY MORNING was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.
Personnel: Bobby "Blue" Bland (vocals); Jimmy Johnson , Sam Mosley, Will McFarlane, Butch Bonner, Dino Zimmerman (guitar); Tom "Bones" Malone (flute, saxophone, trombone); Doug Moffet (flute, saxophone); Jim Horn (flute, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone); Harvey Thompson (saxophone); Jim Williamson, Steve Patrick (trumpet, flugelhorn); Joseph Hardin (trumpet); Charles Rose (trombone); Clayton Ivey, Bob Johnson, Carson Whitsett (keyboards); James Robertson (drums); Quanda Brooks, Jewel Bass, Thomisene Anderson (background vocals).
Audio Remixers: Kent Bruce ; Wolf Stephenson.
Recording information: Malaco Recording Studio, Jackson, MS (05/07/1985).
Photographer: Errol Dillon.
Unknown Contributor Role: Tommy Couch.
Released in 1998, this was Bobby Bland's 10th album for the Jackson, Mississippi-based Malaco Records. Bland is heard here in his late sixties. His voice had become coarse with age, but is no less convincing, impassioned, and downright sexy. Malaco regulars, most notably Robert A. Johnson, who died just before this release appeared in stores, wrote the bulk of the 10 songs here.
Bland was living in Memphis, as were the writers of the title song, and that city's traditions of post-war blues imbue the proceedings with a resilient sense of place. The recording sound is warm and wide (earlier Malaco releases tended towards a narrower range of fidelity), and the overall effect celebrates the enduring and regal qualities of the blues. The opening snort/snarl on "There's a Rat Loose in My House" is vintage Bland. The set closes with a cover of ZZ Top's "Lookin For Some Tush," actually recorded a dozen years earlier during Bland's first Malaco session.
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