Here's the Man! explained

Here's the Man!!!
Type:Studio album
Artist:Bobby Bland
Cover:HERE'STHEMAN!.jpg
Released:1962
Recorded:1960–62
Studio:Chicago, Illinois
Genre:Blues
Label:Duke[1]
Prev Title:Two Steps from the Blues
Prev Year:1961
Next Title:Call On Me
Next Year:1969

Here's the Man!!! is the second studio album by Bobby Bland, released in 1962.[2] It was issued in standard mono, as well true stereo and was the first Duke album issued in the stereo format. Even though the previous album, Two Steps from the Blues remains available on CD, this album hasn't been available in its entirety since 1988.

The album reached No. 53 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.[3]

Production

The songs were arranged by band leader Joe Scott.[4] [5]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "Bland displays his vocal power throughout Here's the Man! using his volcanic, guttural delivery to easily work through Joe Scott's galvanizing arrangements, especially on 'Twistin' up the Road' and 'Turn on Your Love Light'." Billboard called Here's the Man! a "fine album ... which shows off [Bland's] stylish vocal treatments."[6] In an appreciation published after Bland's death, Texas Monthly wrote: "Blues could be orchestral, blues could be lush, blues could sound as urbane as it wanted to sound."[5]

The album was a 2024 inductee to the Blues Hall of Fame.[7]

Track listing

  1. "36-22-36" (Deadric Malone)
  2. "You're the One (That I Adore)" (Malone)
  3. "Turn On Your Love Light" (Malone, Joe Scott)
  4. "Who Will the Next Fool Be" (Charlie Rich)
  5. "You're Worth It All" (Malone, Vernon Morrison)
  6. "Blues in the Night" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
  7. "Your Friends" (Malone)
  8. "Ain't That Lovin' You" (Malone)
  9. "Jelly Jelly Jelly" (Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines)
  10. "Twistin' Up the Road" (Malone, Joe Veasy)
  11. "Stormy Monday Blues" (T-Bone Walker)

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Book: Popoff, Martin. Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. September 8, 2009. Penguin. 9781440229169. Google Books.
  2. Web site: The Man. www.austinchronicle.com.
  3. Book: Farley, Charles. Soul of the Man: Bobby "Blue" Bland. February 7, 2011. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 9781604739206. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Bobby 'Blue' Bland obituary. June 24, 2013. the Guardian.
  5. Web site: Remembering Bobby "Blue" Bland. January 28, 2015. Texas Monthly.
  6. Late Pop Spotlights. Billboard. June 30, 1962. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
  7. Web site: Blues Hall Of Fame Class Of 2024 Named. Memphisflyer.com. May 7, 2024.