Rock the Night (Robert Walker)

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Rock the Night

Live album by Robert Walker
Released	October 23, 2001
Recorded	February 4, 2000
Genre	blues
Label	Rooster Blues Records
Producer(s)	Robert Walker
All Music Guide link PGB
Robert Walker chronology
Rompin' & Stompin' (1998)	Rock the Night (2001)

Rock the Night is the first live album by American blues rock guitarist Robert Walker. It was recorded on February 4, 2000 and released on October 23, 2001 by Rooster Blues Records.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Track listing

"Cut You Loose" (London) — 4:33
"Found Love" (Reed) — 3:45
"West, Jerry" (West) — 3:43
"Linda Lu" (Sharpe) — 2:51
"Standing at My Window/Don't Answer the Door" (Crudup, Johnson) — 5:38
"Truck Driving Man" (Fell) — 2:02
"Why I Sing the Blues" (Clark, King) — 3:58
"Memphis" (Berry) — 2:54
"Stagger Lee" (traditional) — 3:50
"Berry, Chuck" (Berry) — 3:57
"Hide Away" (King, Thompson) — 3:32

[edit] Personnel

Performers:

David "Pecan" Porter — bass
Sam Carr — drums
Robert Walker — guitar, vocals

Production:

Chris Millar — producer
Thomas Ford — engineer
Jack Letourneau — engineer, mixing
Bill Steber — photography
Jannell Turner — art direction, design, photography

[edit] Reception

After the blandness of Rompin' & Stompin', Rock the Night fared considerably better. This was due in part to having fellow veteran musicians such as Carr and Porter, who are "as wild as Walker, but less wayward."^[1] The "tethering" of Walker by the others leads to some fun moments.^[1] That doesn't mean that they performed flawlessly, though, since reviewer Chris Smith comments how "Hide Way" "has so many wrong notes that it's almost a new composition" and that other songs also get "a thorough mauling."^[1]