Sad Days, Lonely Nights

by Junior Kimbrough

Overview

If All Night Long was a great electric blues portrait, this sophomore release, given more widespread distribution via Fat Possum's deal with Capricorn, is an extension of the portrait, but with a lot more grit and grind thrown in, given a darker, deeper sound by a change in location (still Kimbrough's joint, but a different building). The vocals are further back, buried in the thick, heavy electric mix -- some of this music here is Southern electric blues sounding about the way it might when the apocalypse is just around the corner. Forget the fancy stuff, the polished edges, the studio touches -- there are no second takes, no overdubs, no last chances. It's terrifyingly compelling at times. Junior Kimbrough plays the blues with a raw edge, and it's brilliant, dark and mesmerizing -- and it's on CD, with nothing buried, nothing hidden, and nothing safe, all the sharp edges intact. ~ Steven McDonald

Product Details

Release Date:	03/31/1998
Label:	Fat Possum Records / Epitaph
UPC:	0045778030613
Rank:	52240

Tracks

1. Sad Days, Lonely Nights
2. Lonesome in My Home
3. Lord, Have Mercy on Me
4. Crawling King Snake
5. My Mind Is Rambling
6. Leaving in the Morning
7. Old Black Mattie
8. I'm in Love
9. Pull Your Clothes Off
10. I'm Gonna Have to Leave You
11. Sad Days, Lonely Nights

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Junior Kimbrough   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Kenny Brown   Guitar,Slide Guitar
Garry Burnside   Bass
Cedrick Jackson   Drums

Technical Credits

Robert Palmer   Producer,Producer
Traditional   Composer
Bernard Besman   Composer
Junior Kimbrough   Arranger,Composer
John Lee Hooker   Composer
Robbie Norris   Mixing,Engineer
Bruce Watson   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
David Kimbrough, Jr.   Composer
Keith Perler   Assistant Engineer
Larry Brown   Liner Notes