| Ramblin' Mind | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Big Bill Morganfield |
| Cover: | Ramblin' Mind.jpg |
| Released: | 2001 |
| Genre: | Blues |
| Label: | Blind Pig |
| Producer: | Dick Shurman |
| Prev Title: | Rising Son |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | Blues in the Blood |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
Ramblin' Mind is an album by the American musician Big Bill Morganfield, released in 2001.[1] [2] Morganfield supported the album with a North American tour.[3]
The album was produced by Dick Shurman.[4] Morganfield wrote nine of its songs.[5] He was backed by many of the musicians who had played with his father, Muddy Waters, including pianist Pinetop Perkins and guitarist Bob Margolin.[6] Taj Mahal duetted with Morganfield on "Strong Man Holler" and "You're Gonna Miss Me".[7] Billy Branch contributed on harmonica.[8] "Mellow Chick Swing" is a cover of the Sonny Boy Williamson I song. "People Sure Act Funny" is a version of the song made famous by Arthur Conley.[9]
Entertainment Weekly noted that, "formulaic as it can be, Chicago blues is a powerful force in the right hands." The Chicago Tribune determined that, "where his superb 1999 debut showcased veterans of Waters' Chicago band, Ramblin' Mind broadens the palette with jazz and Mississippi Delta blues."[10] The Independent deemed it "a cracking Chicago blues album."[11] The Gazette said that, "on 'Mellow Chick Swing', an old Sonny Boy Williamson tune, he jumps the blues on top of Mr. B's swinging piano pounding and Bill Lupkin's Williamson-inspired harp playing."[7] The Commercial Appeal opined that Morganfield's "guitar playing is journeyman, his songwriting pedestrian, and his singing frankly weak."[12]
AllMusic wrote that "Morganfield's expressive vocals always hit their mark."