Country Meets the Blues explained

Country Meets the Blues
Type:Studio
Artist:Ramsey Lewis Trio
Cover:Country Meets the Blues.jpg
Released:1962
Recorded:August 2 & 3, 1962
Studio:Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre:Jazz
Label:Argo
LP 701
Producer:Ralph Bass
Chronology:Ramsey Lewis
Prev Title:The Sound of Spring
Prev Year:1962
Next Title:Bossa Nova
Next Year:1962

Country Meets the Blues is an album of jazz interpretations of country music and blues tunes performed by the Ramsey Lewis' Trio which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Argo label.[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Your Cheatin' Heart" (Hank Williams) - 2:59
  2. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 3:07
  3. "Blueberry Hill" (Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock) - 2:43
  4. "Country Meets the Blues" - (Ramsey Lewis) 2:27
  5. "Memphis in June" (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:05
  6. "High Noon" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) - 4:46
  7. "I Need You So" (Ivory Joe Hunter) - 3:21
  8. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) - 2:45
  9. "Tangleweed 'Round My Heart" (Roy Kelley, Forrest Wyatt) - 3:24
  10. "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" (Clarence Williams) - 1:56

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bsnpubs.com/chess/argo600.html Argo Records discography
  2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/country-meets-the-blues-mw0000871598 Allmusic Review