Rock the Night (Robert Walker)

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Rock the Night
Rock the Night cover
Live album by Robert Walker
Released October 23, 2001
Recorded February 4, 2000
Genre blues
Label Rooster Blues
Producer Robert Walker
Professional reviews
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.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Cut You A Loose" (London) — 4:33
  2. "Found Love" (Reed) — 3:45
  3. "Rooster Blues" (West) — 3:43
  4. "Linda Lu" (Sharpe) — 2:51
  5. "Standing at My Window/Don't Answer the Door" (Crudup, Johnson) — 5:38
  6. "Truck Driving Man" (Fell) — 2:02
  7. "Why I Sing the Blues" (Clark, King) — 3:58
  8. "Memphis" (Berry) — 2:54
  9. "Stagger Lee" (traditional) — 3:50
  10. "Robert B. Goode/Little Queenie" (Berry) — 3:57
  11. "Hide Away" (King, Thompson) — 3:32

[edit] Personnel

Performers:

Production:

  • Jim O'Neal — producer, mixing
  • Tomas 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]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings, album review by Chris Smith pg. 676

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