It Ain't Right

by Jimmy Burns

Overview

It Ain't Right is Jimmy Burns' first studio set in a long time -- 12 years, to be precise, a belated sequel to 2003's Back to the Delta. It Ain't Right doesn't make any pretenses about returning to Burns' Mississippi roots but rather settles into a wonderfully textured soulful groove, something relaxed and elastic, a sound that gives plenty of space to both his clean, hopping guitar and robust vocals. Although the album is devoid of originals, he manages to spin songs by Bobby Rush, Jimmy Reed, Percy Mayfield, Little Walter, and Lowman Pauling toward his soulful style, even finding a way to turn Ben E. King's "Stand by Me" into a bit of an uptempo groover. Not everything here is sprightly, not by a long shot, but the things that stick recall the easy elegance of Sam Cooke, whether it's on the deceptively chipper "Will I Ever Find Somebody?" or the churchy closer "Wade in the Water," and they help turn It Ain't Right into something of a relaxed, heartfelt celebration. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	08/21/2015
Label:	Delmark
UPC:	0038153084127
Rank:	125206

Tracks

1. Big Money Problem
2. Will I Ever Find Somebody?
3. Snaggletooth Mule
4. Long as You're Mine
5. Hard Hearted Woman
6. My Heart Is Hangin' Heavy
7. Crazy Crazy Crazy
8. A String to Your Heart
9. Rock Awhile
10. Stand by Me
11. Surrounded
12. I Know You Hear Me Calling
13. It Ain't Right
14. Messin' with the Kid
15. Wade in the Water

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jimmy Burns   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica
Dick Shurman   Completion
Greg McDaniel   Bass
Roosevelt Purifoy   Organ
Aaron Getsug   Sax (Baritone)
Ariyo Sumito Ariyoshi   Piano
Chris Neal   Sax (Tenor)
Bryant "T" Parker   Drums,Vocals (Background)
Marques Carroll   Trumpet
Anthony Palmer   Guitar

Technical Credits

Mike Stoller   Composer
Dick Shurman   Liner Notes,Producer
Jimmy Burns   Liner Notes
Melvin R. London   Composer
P.D.   Composer
Larry O. Williams   Composer
Dave Forte   Design
John A. Cameron   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Steve Wagner   Mixing
Bobby Rush   Composer
Jimmy Reed   Composer
Billy Flynn   Composer
Ewart Abner   Composer
Ben E. King   Composer
Eddie Burns   Composer
Walter Jacobs   Composer
Jeff Griffin   Cover Photo
Lowman Pauling   Composer
Robert G. Koester   Producer,Album Supervision
Percy Mayfield   Composer
Marques Carroll   Horn Arrangements
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Goree Carter   Composer
Debra Lewis   Liner Notes