Rompin' & Stompin'
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Rompin' and Stompin' is the second studio album
by American
blues rock guitar
ist Robert Walker
. It was recorded on October 22, 1997 and released on April 14, 1998 by Fedora Records, a sub-label of Jazz Depot. The album has been considered "congested" and with "unimaginative accompaniments" that give Walker "no room to cut up and go crazy" and that as a result, the album sounds like "any old cover band."
Production:
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
blues rock guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
ist Robert Walker
Robert Walker (musician)
Robert "Bilbo" Walker Jr. is a blues musician. who is known in the blues music world due to his "rock 'n' roll showmanship" and "flamboyant Chuck Berry imitations."- History :Walker was born near Clarksdale, Mississippi. Walker Sr...
. It was recorded on October 22, 1997 and released on April 14, 1998 by Fedora Records, a sub-label of Jazz Depot. The album has been considered "congested" and with "unimaginative accompaniments" that give Walker "no room to cut up and go crazy" and that as a result, the album sounds like "any old cover band."
Track listing
- "Baby How Long" (Burnett) — 3:28
- "Take Yo' Hand Off a Me" (Coombs) — 4:08
- "Mustang SallyMustang Sally (song)"Mustang Sally" is an R&B/straightforward blues first recorded by Mack Rice in 1965. It gained greater popularity when it was covered by Wilson Pickett on a single the following year. Pickett's version was also included on his 1967 album The Wicked Pickett....
" (Rice) 4:51 - "Cut You a Loose" (London) — 5:38
- "Something on Your Mind" (McNeelyBig Jay McNeelyBig Jay McNeely is an American rhythm and blues saxophonist.-Biography:...
) — 4:48 - "Mel's Hideaway" (Walker) — 4:14
- "Shake for Me" (Burnett) — 4:13
- "Moanin' at Midnight" (Burnett, Howlin' WolfHowlin' WolfChester Arthur Burnett , known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player....
) — 2:59 - "Still a Fool" (WatersMuddy WatersMcKinley Morganfield , known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues"...
) — 3:35 - "Mystery Train" (ParkerJunior ParkerJunior Parker was an American Memphis blues singer and musician. He is best remembered for his unique voice which has been described as "honeyed," and "velvet-smooth"...
, PhillipsSam PhillipsSamuel Cornelius Phillips , better known as Sam Phillips, was an American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ who played an important role in the emergence of rock and roll as the major form of popular music in the 1950s...
) — 4:14
Personnel
Performers:- Jeff Henry — bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Chris Millar — drums, producer
- Clarence Walker — guitar
- Robert Walker — guitar, vocals
Production:
- Wendi Horowitz — design
- Mick Rainsford — liner notes