Tasty Blues Explained

Tasty Blues
Type:	Album
Artist:	Little Brother Montgomery
Cover:	Tasty Blues.jpg
Released:	1961
Recorded:	July 1, 1960
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Blues
Length:	42:02
Label:	Bluesville
Chronology:	Little Brother Montgomery
Prev Title:	Little Brother
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	Blues
Next Year:	1961

Tasty Blues is an album by blues musician Little Brother Montgomery recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label early the following year.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Reception

AllMusic reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "Here's a very attractive example of a pianist with roots dug deep in pre-war tradition updating his style just enough to sound contemporary for 1960. ... Montgomery swoops through his seminal "Vicksburg Blues" and "No Special Rider" with enthusiasm and élan". The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings comments that Lafayette Thomas’s presence on the album sets it apart from other records by Montgomery.

Track listing

All compositions by Little Brother Montgomery except where noted

1. "Tasty Blues" – 4:40
2. "Santa Fe" – 2:36
3. "How Long, Brother?" – 3:36
4. "Pleading Blues" – 3:30
5. "No Special Rider Blues" – 2:22
6. "Brother's Boogie" – 2:54
7. "Sneaky Pete Blues" (Lafayette Thomas) – 4:20
8. "Something Keeps Worrying Me" – 4:02
9. "Cry Cry Baby" (Armand "Jump" Jackson) – 3:00
10. "Satellite Blues" – 3:54
11. "Deep Fried" – 3:55
12. "Vicksburg Blues" – 3:13

Personnel

Performance

• Little Brother Montgomery – piano, vocals
• Lafayette Thomas – guitar (tracks 1–4 & 6–12)
• Julian Euell – bass (tracks 1–4 & 6–12)

Production

• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Notes and References

1. https://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-bluesville-1000-series/#bvlp-1012 Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series
2. https://www.bsnpubs.com/fantasy/bluesville/bluesville.html Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography
3. https://www.wirz.de/music/montgome.htm Wirz' American Music: Little Brother Montgomery discography