Alone with My Friends explained

Alone with My Friends
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Memphis Slim
Cover:	Alone_with_my_friends_cover.jpeg
Released:	1963
Recorded:	April 25, 1961
Studio:	Levey's Sound, London
Genre:	Blues
Label:	Battle
Producer:	Ed Michel
Chronology:	Memphis Slim
Prev Title:	All Kinds of Blues
Prev Year:	1962
Next Title:	Aux Trois Mailletz
Next Year:	1963

Alone with My Friends is an album by American blues pianist Memphis Slim which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Battle label. The album, recorded in London during a European tour, is an exploration of the blues repertoire in terms of songs associated with blues singers Big Bill Broonzy, Tampa Red and Georgia Tom, Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon, Curtis Jones, St. Louis Jimmy, Sonny Boy Williamson and Blind Lemon Jefferson.^[1]

Reception

In his review for Allmusic, Richie Unterberger says "Not the first or last place to check out Slim on record."

Track listing

1. "Highway 51 Blues" (Curtis Jones) – 4:15
2. "I Feel So Good" (Big Bill Broonzy) – 2:45
3. "Rock Me, Momma" (Big Bill Broonzy) – 3:50
4. "Goin' Down Slow" (James B. Oden) – 3:40
5. "Sittin' on Top of the World" (Carter-Jacobs) – 3:40
6. "Sunnyland Train" (Memphis Slim) – 3:55
7. "Goin' Down to the River" (Blind Lemon Jefferson) – 3:00
8. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) – 3:55
9. "I Can Hear My Name A-Ringin'" (Sonny Boy Williamson) – 4:00
10. "Going Back to My Plow" (Big Bill Broonzy) – 4:45

Personnel

• Memphis Slim – vocals, piano

Notes and References

1. Original Liner Notes by Ed Michel