''Deep Down'' is an album by the American blues musician

Carey Bell Carey Bell Harrington (November 14, 1936 – May 6, 2007) was an American blues musician who played harmonica in the Chicago blues style. Bell played harmonica and bass guitar for other blues musicians from the late 1950s to the early 1970s bef ...

, recorded in Chicago in 1995 and released by the

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reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "More than a quarter century after he cut his debut album, Bell recently made his finest disc to date. Boasting superior material and musicianship and a goosed-up energy level that frequently reaches incendiary heights, the disc captures Bell outdoing himself". ''

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'' stated that "Bell benefits greatly from a high-quality backing band and a tight production team that curbs his habitual excesses ...It tends to suggest Bell might inherit the Chicago harmonica crown on merit rather than by default".

Track listing

All compositions by Carey Bell except where noted # "I Got to Go" (

Little Walter Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968), known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter, whose revolutionary approach to the harmonica had a strong impact on succeeding generations, earning him ...

) − 3:56 # "Let Me Stir in Your Pot" − 3:42 # "When I Get Drunk" (

Eddie "Guitar" Burns Eddie "Guitar" Burns (February 8, 1928 – December 12, 2012) was an American Detroit blues guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter. His career spanned seven decades. Among Detroit bluesmen, Burns was deemed to have been exceeded in ...

) − 5:16 # "Low Down Dirty Shame" − 4:29 # "Borrow Your Love" − 3:59 # "Lonesome Stranger" − 4:03 # "After You" (

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) − 3:41 # "I Got a Rich Man's Woman" (L. J. Welch) − 4:43 # "Jawbreaker" − 2:57 # "Must I Holler" − 7:00 # "Tired of Giving You My Love" − 3:49 # "Easy" (

Big Walter Horton Walter Horton (April 6, 1921 – December 8, 1981), known as Big Walter (Horton) or Walter 'Shakey' Horton, was an American blues harmonica player. A quiet, unassuming, shy man, he is remembered as one of the premier harmonica players in the hi ...

) − 4:44

Personnel

− harmonica, vocals *

Lucky Peterson Judge Kenneth Peterson (December 13, 1964 – May 17, 2020), known professionally as Lucky Peterson, was an American musician who played contemporary blues, fusing soul, R&B, gospel and rock and roll. He played guitar and keyboards Keyboard ma ...

− piano *

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− guitar *Johnny Gayden − bass *Ray "Killer" Allison – drums

References

{{Authority control Alligator Records albums 1995 albums Carey Bell albums