Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions is an album by American guitarist James Blood Ulmer recorded in and released on the Hyena label in 2001.[1] The album features Ulmer covering fourteen blues standards recorded at Sun Studio.

Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions
Studio album by James Blood Ulmer
Released	September 4, 2001
Recorded	April 10, 11 & 12, 2001
Genre	Blues
Label	Hyena
Producer	Vernon Reid
James Blood Ulmer chronology
Blue Blood (2000) Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions (2001) No Escape from the Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions (2003)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, and stated, "some of the greasiest, knottiest, most surreal blues music ever... Memphis Blood is a fresh injection of blues truth... Ulmer delivers here, big time".[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Track listing

1. "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) - 2:58
2. "I Want to Be Loved" (Dixon) - 3:15
3. "Little Red Rooster" (Dixon) - 4:22
4. "Dimples" (James Bracken, John Lee Hooker) - 3:31
5. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Dixon) - 3:30
6. "Evil" Willy Dixon - 2:50
7. "Death Letter" (Son House) - 9:41
8. "Fattening Frogs for Snakes" (Willie Williamson) - 2:51
9. "Money" (Hooker) - 3:34
10. "I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love" (Dixon) - 3:30
11. "Too Lazy to Work, Too Nervous to Steal" (Daylie Holmes, Marl H. Young) - 2:36
12. "Double Trouble" (Otis Rush) - 4:56
13. "I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)" (Chester Burnett) - 8:25
14. "Back Door Man" (Dixon) - 3:18

• Recorded at Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee on April 10, 11 & 12, 2001

Personnel

• James Blood Ulmer - guitar, vocals
• Vernon Reid - guitar
• Charles Burnham - violin
• Rick Steff - piano, wurlitzer electric piano, hammond B3 organ
• David Barnes - harmonica
• Mark Peterson - bass
• Aubrey Dayle - drums

References

External links

• Discography at the end of the page for this album at the Wayback Machine (archived May 1, 2006)