All Night Long
Junior Kimbrough & The Soul Blues Boys
1992
All Night Long is a Blues album by Junior Kimbrough & The Soul Blues Boys, originally released in 1992. On Gatefold: 16 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Blues
- Chicago & Electric Blues
- swampy
- hypnotic
- southern
About
Produced by the late, great music critic Robert Palmer, who featured Kimbrough prominently in his documentary film <i>Deep Blues</i>, this live session is a clear-sounding, loose, and crazily energetic heaping of electric blues. Recorded in a rural wooden church in 1992, this is remarkably Kimbrough's debut album. He'd made singles since the late '60s, but until Palmer rediscovered him, his nuanced, detuned and heavily rhythmic guitar style (which lies somewhere between Fred McDowell and John Lee Hooker) was wholly obscure. Palmer thankfully preserves the "wrong" notes and amp buzz, making this the closest one can get to the juke joint itself. Backing band the Soul Blues Boys—electric bassist Garry Burnside and drummer Kenny Malone—hold Kimbrough up perfectly while he lurches atop a deep blues beat.
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Tracklist
- 1Work Me Baby4:44
- 2Do the Romp3:57
- 3Stay All Night4:43
- 4Meet Me in the City6:50
- 5You Better Run7:33
- 6Done Got Old2:36
- 7All Night Long5:50
- 8I Feel Alright4:02
- 9Nobody but You5:54
- 10Slow Lightning3:22
Credits
Performers
- Garry BurnsideBASS
- Kenny MaloneDRUMS
- Junior KimbroughGUITAR VOCALS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 16 pressings tracked on Gatefold