Blues · 2022

Fenton Robinson

Monday Morning Boogie & Blues

Label: Sunset Blvd Records CD-SBR-7020

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Track Listing

Disc 1

Somebody Loan Me A Dime
The Sky Is Crying
Smokestack Lightning
Little Red Rooster
Moanin' For My Baby
Don't Start Me To Talkin'
Stormy Monday
Leave You In the Arms (Of Your Other Man)
Let Me Come Home
The Getaway
Sideman
Give You Some Air
I'm Not Through Loving You
Mellow Fellow
She's A Wiggler
Little Turch
I Wanna Ooh!
Laughing And Crying Blues
I Fell In Love One Time

Disc 2

Going To Chicago
Country Girl
Somebody Loan Me A Dime
As The Years Go Passing By
My Girl
Everyday I Have The Blues
Blue Monday
Instrumental
Just A Little Bit

His Japanese fans reverently dubbed Fenton Robinson "the mellow blues genius" because of his ultra-smooth vocals and jazz-inflected guitar work. But beneath the obvious subtlety resides a spark of constant regeneration -- Robinson tirelessly strived to invent something fresh and vital whenever he was on a bandstand. John Richbourg's Sound Stage 7/Seventy 7 labels, cut 19 sides including his signature song Somebody Loan Me a Dime an absolute benchmark of his career, spotlighting his rich, satisfying vocals and free-spirited, understated guitar work in front of a rock-solid horn-driven band.