Chicken Fat (album) explained

Chicken Fat
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mel Brown
Cover:	Chicken Fat (album).jpg
Released:	1967
Recorded:	May 31 and June 1, 1967
Genre:	Blues
Length:	40:02
Label:	Impulse!
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Chronology:	Mel Brown
Next Title:	The Wizard
Next Year:	1967

Chicken Fat is the debut album by American blues guitarist Mel Brown recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4 stars stating "Guitarist Mel Brown is hailed as "An Impulse! Discovery" on Chicken Fat, his debut for the label, and this album does feature a fantastic unique sound... Leave it to Impulse! to put a new spin on the guitar/organ sound. This is hot stuff".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Mel Brown, except as indicated

1. "Chicken Fat" - 4:16
2. "Greasy Spoon" (Mel Brown, Herb Ellis, Paul Humphrey) - 5:53
3. "Home James" - 6:34
4. "Slalom" (Jules Chaikin) - 2:31
5. "Hobo Flats" (Oliver Nelson) - 2:18
6. "Shanty" (Brown, Arthur Wright) - 4:40
7. "Sad But True" (Ellis) - 5:01
8. "I'm Goin' to Jackson" (Ellis) - 4:24
9. "Blues for Big Bob" - 4:25

Recorded in Hollywood, California on May 31, 1967 (tracks 1-3, 7 & 8) and June 1, 1967 (tracks 4-6 & 9)

Personnel

• Mel Brown - guitar
• Herb Ellis (tracks 1-3, 7 & 8), Arthur Wright (tracks 4-6 & 9) - guitar
• Gerald Wiggins - organ (tracks 1, 3-7 & 9)
  • Ronald Brown - bass Paul Humphrey - drums (tracks 1-4, 7 & 8)
• Oliver Nelson - arranger (tracks 4-6 & 9)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9100-series/#as-9152 Impulse! Records discography
2. Westergaard, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 11, 2011