Blues for We
Blues for We is the third album by American blues guitarist Mel Brown (guitarist) recorded in 1969 for the Impulse! label.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 2½ stars stating "The title notwithstanding, Blues for We largely abandons all pretense of conventional blues idioms to couch Brown in a series of soul-jazz contexts that draw heavily on mainstream R&B formulas; the problem is the material, which spans from avant-garde jazz to bubblegum pop and stretches even a player of Brown's considerable range far past the point of no return. Sometimes a record can be too ambitious for its own good, and the reach of Blues for We definitely exceeds its grasp -- given the choice to pursue any number of directions, Brown sets off in all of them, and loses himself in the process".[2]
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Track listing
- All compositions by Mel Brown except as indicated
- "Twist & Shout" (Phil Medley, Bert Russell)
- "Blues For We"
- "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
- "Son of a Preacher Man (John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins)
- "Set Me Free"
- "Freaky Zeke"
- "Indian Giver"
- "Stranger on the Shore" (Acker Bilk)
- Recorded in Los Angeles, California on March 3, 1969
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