Promised Land (Robert Walker)

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Promised Land

Studio album by Robert Walker
Released	1997
Genre	blues
Length	56:35
Label	Rooster Blues Records
Producer(s)	Robert Walker Jim O'Neal Patty Johnson
All Music Guide link PGB
Robert Walker chronology
	Promised Land (1997)	Rompin' & Stompin' (1998)

Promised Land is the first solo studio album released by American blues guitarist Robert Walker after 50+ years performing. The album was released in 1997 by Rooster Blues Records. It contains only one original song by Walker himself, with rest being cover songs from a wide range of styles.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Reception
4 References

[edit] Track listing

"Goin' to the Train Station" (Cooke) — 6:01
"Please Love Me" (B. B. King) — 4:05
"Just a Country Boy" (Walker) — 7:04
"Promised Land" (Berry) — 3:43
"You Took My Love " (John) — 5:52
"Still a Fool" (Waters) — 3:47
"Wild Side of Life/It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" (Carter, Miller, Warren) — 1:55
"Everything Gonna Be Alright" (Magic Sam) — 4:40
"Baby, Baby, Baby" (Cooke) — 2:12
"How Much More/Mama Talk to Your Daughter" (Lenoir) — 3:32
"Better Lovin' Man" (Axton) — 4:39
"Hold That Train, Conductor" (Clayton) — 3:55
"Got My Mojo Working" (Foster) — 4:16
"Berry Pickin'" (Berry) — 2:52

[edit] Personnel

Performers:

Robert Walker - guitar, arranger, vocals, producer
Sam Carr - drums
Frank Frost - organ

Production:

Spencer Diablo - digital editing
Brent Endres - mixing
Duncan Hudson - engineer, mixing
Patty Johnson, Jim O'Neal - producer, mixing
Susan Bauer Lee, Selina O'Neal - cover design
Bill Steber - photography

[edit] Reception

All Music Guide says that this album has "no real weak cuts" with "a good number of true gems" but mentions that the audio recorded is subpar for the studio.^[1] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings, however, warms to the audio, equating it to "the sweaty vigour of a juke-join Saturday night."^[2] According to reviewer Chris Smith, between this and Rock the Night, Promised Land "has the edge, but only just."^[2]