Catch Up with the Blues


Catch Up with the Blues is an album by the American musician Johnny Copeland. It was released in 1994 on Verve Records. It was recorded April 27–30 and May 1–3, 1993, at Kiva Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The album was produced by John Snyder and Jay Newland.
The album featured Copeland on rhythm and lead guitar and vocals, along with Richard Ford, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Floyd Phillips, Bobby Kyle, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, Randy Lee Lippincott, Barry Harrison, Robert Hall, Jaqueline Johnson and Jacquelyn Reddick, and the Memphis Horns.
The album also featured guest musicians Lonnie Brooks, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, and Joe "Guitar" Hughes.

Critical reception

The Morning Call deemed the album "a fine mix of rough-edged rockers such as 'Rolling with the Punches' and 'Making a Fool of Myself' as well as a stellar ballad, 'Life's Rainbow '."

Track listing

  1. "Catch Up with the Blues"
  2. "Rolling with the Punches"
  3. "Every Dog's Got His Day"
  4. "Cold, Cold Winter"
  5. "Making a Fool of Myself"
  6. "Rain"
  7. "The Grammy Song"
  8. "Bye, Bye Baby"
  9. "Another Man's Wife"
  10. "I'm Creepin'"
  11. "Pedal to the Metal"
  12. "Life's Rainbow "