''Blues for We'' is the third album by American blues guitarist Mel Brown recorded in 1969 for the

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 2½ stars stating "The title notwithstanding, ''Blues for We'' largely abandons all pretense of conventional blues idioms to couch Brown in a series of soul-jazz contexts that draw heavily on mainstream R&B formulas; the problem is the material, which spans from avant-garde jazz to bubblegum pop and stretches even a player of Brown's considerable range far past the point of no return. Sometimes a record can be too ambitious for its own good, and the reach of ''Blues for We'' definitely exceeds its grasp – given the choice to pursue any number of directions, Brown sets off in all of them, and loses himself in the process".Ankeny, J
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Mel Brown except as indicated'' # " Twist & Shout" (

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, Bert Russell) # "Blues For We" # " Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" ( John Lennon, Paul McCartney) # " Son of a Preacher Man (John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins) # "Set Me Free" # "Freaky Zeke" # "Indian Giver" # "

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Personnel

* Mel Brown – guitar, vocals *Abraham Miller – drums *

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– arranger, conductor *Unidentified horns and strings

References

{{Authority control Impulse! Records albums Mel Brown (guitarist) albums 1969 albums Albums produced by Bob Thiele