Greatest Johnny Adams Blues Album

Johnny Adams | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 11, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder / Umgd
• ASIN: B000B8I8ZA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,444 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #99 in Music > Blues > Regional Blues > New Orleans Blues

Editorial Reviews

This New Orleans legend could kill a blues song; he does it 12 times here with hometown help from Dr. John, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Duke Robillard and more on My Baby's Quit Me; Roadblock; Danger Zone; This Time I'm Gone for Good; Garbage Man , and more!

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "classic delivery hits the mark everytime ~ Johnny Adams is Great!", October 29, 2005

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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Rounder Records presents a legend with an all star cast of the blues greats in an original as original can be "The Great Johnny Adams Blues Album", featuring 12 killer blues tunes that will set your soul on fire...it's just what the doctor ordered, the best medicine from the likes of Johnny Adams (vocal), Wilbert Arnold (drums), David Barard (bass), Wayne Bennett (lead guitar), Jon Cleary (piano), Herman Ernest III (drums), Darrel Francis Sr. (bass), Donald Harrison Jr. (alton sax), George "Geeje" Jackson Jr (congas), Craig Klein (trombone), Charlie Miller (trumpet), Ed Petersen (tenor sax), Jimmy Ponder (guitar), George Porter Jr (bass), Shannon Powell (drums), Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack (piano), Duke Robillard (lead guitar), Elijah Rodgers (rhythm guitar), Bill Samuel (baritone sax), James Singleton (acoustic bass), Dr. Lonnie Smith (Hammond B3 organ), Jim Spake (tenor & baritone sax), Donnell Spencer Jr. (drums), Scott Thompson (trumpet), Michael Toles (rhythm guitar), David Torkanowsky (keyboards), Eric Traub (tenor sax), Terry Tullos (trumpet), Alvin "Red" Tyler (tenor sax), Johnny Vidacovich (drums), Craig Wroten (piano & organ), Walter "Wolfman" Washington (rhythm guitar)

With some of the best song writers in the business and songs ever to grace blues album:
DANGER ZONE (Percy Mayfield)
FORTUNE TELLER (Johnny Adams)
GARBAGE MAN (Willie Hammond)
IMITATION OF LOVE (Doc Pomus/Mac Rebennack)
LAUGHIN' AND CLOWNIN' (Sam Cooke)
MY BABY'S QUIT ME (Doc Pomus/Joe Kookoolis)
MY HEART IS HANGIN' HEAVY (Percy Mayfield)
NOT TRUSTWORTHY (A LYIN' WOMAN) (Percy Mayfield)
ROADBLOCK (L.J. Welch)
ROOM WITH A VIEW (Lowell Fulson/Billy Vera)
SCARRED KNEES (Janis Tyrone)
THIS TIME I'M GONE FOR GOOD (Oscar Lee Perry/Deadric Malone)

Want to thank Scott Billington (producer), Mac Rebennack (producer), David Farrell (tracks recorded in New Orleans), Jonathan Wyner (remastered Cambridge, Mass.)...and Rounder Records for this one-of-a-kind album for us, the fans of the best music around...BLUES!

This CD is proof, once and for all ~ that the "BLUES" was then, is now and IS FOREVER ~ we've hit pay-dirt...and that folks, is the truth, plain and simple...Johnny Adams is the best in blues...just the way we like 'em!

Total Time: 53:00 on 12 Tracks ~ Rounder Records 11661-2182 ~ (10/11/2005)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars no such thing as a bad Johnny Adams album, May 16, 2006

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COMPUTERJAZZMAN "computerjazzman" (Cliffside Park, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews

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Great blues selections by Johnny Adams on this CD. His voice is so smooth and melodious. Pleae note: this CD is a compilation of "blues" songs recorded by Johnny Adams from his Rounder Records CD's, so if you are planning ot buy them all, then this one becomes superfluous.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really good!, October 22, 2005

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M. Bernocchi "mbernocchi" (Old Windsor, Berkshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This is a "full" 5 stars brilliant blues album. You cannot really ask for any better than this. Johnny vocals are top of the range and with the great Duke Robillard taking the lead on most of the tracks this is just a must have album for all the real blues fans out there. If you are really deep into the blues do not hesitate and add this one to your collection, you will never regret it.