Copeland Special is an album released by Johnny Copeland

Johnny Copeland

Johnny Copeland was an American Texas blues guitarist and singer.-Career:Born in Haynesville, Louisiana, United States, while Copeland was becoming interested in music, he also pursued boxing, mostly as an avocation, and it is from his days as a boxer that he got his nickname "Clyde." Also as a...

 in 1981 on Rounder Records

Rounder Records

Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...

 in the United States, Demon Records in the United Kingdom, and Black and Blue Records in France. It was recorded and mixed at Blank Tapes, 37 West 20th Street, NYC, and produced by Dan Doyle.

The album features Copeland on guitar and vocals.

The following musicians also appeared on the album:
Arthur Blythe (Alto Saxophone), Byard Lancaster (Alto Saxophone & Tenor Saxophone), Joe Rigby (Baritone Saxophone), Don Whitcomb (Bass), Candy McDonald (Drums on tracks 1, 3, 5), Julian Vaughan (Drums on track 7), Mansfield Hitchman (Drums on tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10), John Leibman (guitar), Brookly Slim (Harmonica track 4), Anthony Browne (Organ tracks 2, 5), Ken Vangel (piano arrangement), George Adams (Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone), Bill Ohashi (Trombone), Garrett List (Trombone), John Pratt (Trumpet), and Yusef Yancey (Trumpet).

Track listing

1. "Claim Jumper"
2. "I Wish I Was Single"
3. "Everybody Wants A Piece Of Me"
4. "Copeland Special"
5. "It´s My Own Tears"
6. "Third Party"
7. "Big Time"
8. "Down On Bended Knee"
9. "Done Got Over It"
10. "St. Louis Blues"