Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions


Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions is an album by American guitarist James Blood Ulmer, recorded in and released on the Hyena label in 2001. The album features Ulmer covering fourteen blues standards recorded at Sun Studio.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated that "some of the greasiest, knottiest, most surreal blues music ever... Memphis Blood is a fresh injection of blues truth... Ulmer delivers here, big time".

Track listing

  1. "Spoonful" – 2:58
  2. "I Want to Be Loved" – 3:15
  3. "Little Red Rooster" – 4:22
  4. "Dimples" – 3:31
  5. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" – 3:30
  6. "Evil" Willy Dixon – 2:50
  7. "Death Letter" – 9:41
  8. "Fattening Frogs for Snakes" – 2:51
  9. "Money" – 3:34
  10. "I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love" – 3:30
  11. "Too Lazy to Work, Too Nervous to Steal" – 2:36
  12. "Double Trouble" – 4:56
  13. "I Asked for Water " – 8:25
  14. "Back Door Man" – 3:18

Personnel