High Heeled Blues
Encyclopedia
High Heeled Blues is a blues
album by American
blues
guitarist
and singer Rory Block
. It was released in 1981 through Rounder Records
. It was produced by John Sebastian
and engineered by Shep Siegel at Bearsville Sound Studio
.
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
album by American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
and singer Rory Block
Rory Block
-Festival appearances:*Long Beach Blues Festival - 1993*San Francisco Blues Festival - 1999*Notodden Blues Festival - 2006-See also:*List of blues musicians*List of contemporary blues musicians*List of Austin City Limits performers-External links:****...
. It was released in 1981 through 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...
. It was produced by John Sebastian
John Sebastian
John Benson Sebastian Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and autoharpist. He is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful, a band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000...
and engineered by Shep Siegel at Bearsville Sound Studio
Bearsville Studios
Bearsville Studios was a recording studio at Bearsville, New York just west of Woodstock, New York.The studio was opened in 1969 by Albert Grossman, manager of Bob Dylan, The Band, Janis Joplin and Todd Rundgren....
.
Track listing
- "Walking Blues" (Johnson) – 2:20
- "Travelin' Blues" (DelaneyMattie DelaneyMattie Delaney was an American delta blues singer and guitarist. She was active in the 1930s with only two known recordings: "Down the Big Road Blues," and "Tallahatchie River Blues."-Career:...
, Johnson) – 2:43 - "Got To Have You Be My Man" (Block) – 2:15
- "Devil Got My Man" (James) – 2:20
- "Down in the Dumps" (Wilson) – 2:58
- "The Water is Wide" (Traditional) – 3:29
- "Since You Been Gone" (Block) – 2:13
- "Cross Road Blues" (Johnson) – 2:26
- "Achin' Heart" (Block) – 2:16
- "Hilarity Rag" (Traditional) – 2:01
- "Kind Hearted Man" (Johnson) – 3:12
- "Uncloudy Day" (Alwood) – 2:33