Rock the Night is the first
live album
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by the
American
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blues rock
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guitarist
Robert Walker. It was recorded on February 4, 2000 and released on October 23, 2001 by
Rooster Blues.
Track listing
#"Cut You A Loose" (London) — 4:33
#"Found Love" (
Reed) — 3:45
#"Rooster Blues" (West) — 3:43
#"Linda Lu" (
Sharpe) — 2:51
#"Standing at My Window/Don't Answer the Door" (
Crudup, Johnson) — 5:38
#"
Truck Driving Man" (
Fell) — 2:02
#"Why I Sing the Blues" (
Clark
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,
King) — 3:58
#"
Memphis" (
Berry
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) — 2:54
#"
Stagger Lee
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" (traditional) — 3:50
#"Robert B. Goode/
Little Queenie
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" (Berry) — 3:57
#"
Hide Away" (
King,
Thompson
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Canada
* ...
) — 3:32
Personnel
Performers:
*David "Pecan" Porter —
bass
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*
Sam Carr — drums
*Robert Walker — guitar, vocals
Production:
*Jim O'Neal — producer, mixing
*Tomas Ford — engineer
*Jack LeTourneau — engineer, mixing
*Bill Steber — photography
*Jannell Turner — art direction, design, photography
Reception
After the blandness of
Rompin' & Stompin'
''Rompin' and Stompin is the second studio album by American blues rock guitarist Robert Walker. It was recorded on October 22, 1997 and released on April 14, 1998 by Fedora Records. The album has been considered "congested" and with "unimag ...
, ''Rock the Night'' fared considerably better. This was due in part to having fellow veteran musicians such as Carr and Porter, who are "as wild as Walker, but less wayward."
The "tethering" of Walker by the others leads to some fun moments.
That does not mean that they performed flawlessly, though, since reviewer Chris Smith comments how "Hide Way" "has so many wrong notes that it's almost a new composition", and that other songs also get "a thorough mauling."
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rock The Night
Robert Walker (musician) albums
2001 live albums
Live blues albums