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Bummer Road is a compilation album by the American blues musician Sonny Boy Williamson II, released in 1969.[1] It achieved notoriety due to the inclusion of 11 minutes of studio outtakes related to the track "Little Village", where Williamson and producer Leonard Chess argue about the song.[2] The album was issued with a label advising that the track was not suitable for airplay, due to profanity—allegedly, it is the first blues album to carry any kind of "explicit lyrics" sticker.[2] "Little Village" inspired the name of Little Village, a band that included Ry Cooder, Jim Keltner, Nick Lowe, and John Hiatt.[3]
| Bummer Road | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compilation album by Sonny Boy Williamson II | ||||
| Released | 1969 | |||
| Studio | Chess Records studio | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Chess Records | |||
| Producer | Leonard Chess | |||
| Sonny Boy Williamson II chronology | ||||
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Production
"Little Village" was recorded in September 1957, at the Chess Records studio in Chicago.[4] The songs on Bummer Road were produced by Leonard Chess; the album was compiled by T.T. Swan.[5][6]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [7] |
| The New Rolling Stone Record Guide | [8] |
AllMusic wrote that "every track is a burner," and called the 11-minute "Little Village" studio chatter addition "one of the best examples of enlarging the scope of a musical track by adding auxiliary material that wasn't originally meant for release."[6] Reviewing a reissue, The Age wrote: "The stunning 'Unseen Eye' ventures low-down through understated piano and guitar arpeggios, while the haunting 'Keep Your Hand Out of My Pocket' follows Sonny Boy's admonition: 'You'd better cut it now because if you let it cool, goddam it! It won't be worth a damn!'"[9] The Anchorage Daily News called "Santa Claus" a "sweet and lazy harp blues from a master, backed up by Robert Jr. Lockwood's guitar, and allegedly made up on the studio spot when Sonny Boy was drunk."[10]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "She Got Next To Me" | 2:30 |
| 2. | "Santa Claus" | 2:42 |
| 3. | "Little Village" | 11:50 |
| 4. | "Lonesome Cabin" | 3:00 |
| 5. | "I Can't Do Without You" | 2:45 |
| 6. | "Temperature 110" | 2:14 |
| 7. | "Unseen Eye" | 3:00 |
| 8. | "Keep Your Hand Out Of My Pocket" | 2:45 |
| 9. | "Open Road" | 2:52 |
| 10. | "This Old Life" | 2:34 |
References
- KRAMPERT, PETER (March 23, 2016). "The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica". Mel Bay Publications – via Google Books.
- Goldstein, Patrick (24 Feb 1991). "NASTY BLUES?". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 64.
- "LITTLE VILLAGE A BLEND OF TALENT". The Hartford Courant. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- London, Justin (2013). "Ephemeral Media, Ephemeral Works, and Sonny Boy Williamson's 'Little Village'". The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 71 (1): 45–53.
- Herzhaft, Gérard (1997). Encyclopedia of the Blues. University of Arkansas Press. p. 36.
- "Bummer Road - Sonny Boy Williamson II | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 697.
- The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 549.
- Reilly, Terry (22 Apr 2003). "Must-have classics". The Age. A3. p. 10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - Meyerowitz, Robert (December 4, 1994). "ADD SOUL, BLUES TO HOLIDAY SOUNDTRACK". Anchorage Daily News. p. E1.
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Bummer Road — сборник американского блюзового музыканта Сонни Бой Уильямсона II, выпущенный в октябре 1969 года на лейбле Chess[1]. Издан в серии «Chess Vintage Series»[1]. Составлен, отредактирован и спродюсирован Т. Т. Суоном[2].Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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