Bobby Bland - Two Steps From The Blues [Reissue 2002] (1961)

Artist: Bobby Bland
Title Of Album: Two Steps From The Blues
Release Date: 2002 (1961)
Location: USA
Label: MCA Records (MCAD-27036)
Genre: Soul, Blues
Quality: WavPack (image+.cue+covers)
Length: 35:10 min
Tracks: 14
Total Size: 153 MB (+5%)

Two Steps from the Blues is the debut album by Bobby Bland, in 1961. It compiles five songs recorded between 1956 and 1960 and seven songs recorded in two sessions from August 3 to November 12, 1960. The sessions took place in the Universal Studio in Chicago, where Bland and his backing band moved after a series of successful singles and albums. The backing band was composed of Joe Scott and Melvin Jackson (trumpet), Pluma Davis (trombone), Robert Skinner and L. A. Hill (tenor saxophone), Rayfield Devers (baritone saxophone), Teddy Reynolds (piano), Clarence Holloman (guitar on some tracks, notably "I Don't Want No Woman," where Bobby Bland shouts, "Look out, Clarence!" in the middle of the guitar solo), Wayne Bennett (guitar on other tracks), Hamp Simmons (bass), and John "Jabo" Starks (drums). Scott also served as an arranger.

Tracklist:

01. Two Steps From the Blues [Brown, Malone] (2:34)
02. Cry Cry Cry [Malone] (2:43)
03. I'm Not Ashamed [Robey, Scott] (2:36)
04. Don't Cry No More [Malone] (2:28)
05. Lead Me On [Malone] (2:06)
06. I Pity the Fool [Malone] (2:44)
07. I've Got to Forget You [Malone] (2:34)
08. Little Boy Blue [Harper, Scott] (2:40)
09. St James Infirmary [Primrose] (2:26)
10. I'll Take Care of You [Benton] (2:26)
11. I Don't Want No Woman [Robey] (2:40)
12. I've Been Wrong So Long [Agee, Malone] (2:19)
13. How Does a Cheatin' Woman Feel [Smith] (2:38)
14. Close to You [Agee, Malone] (2:18)

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