''Sleepy Hollow'' is an

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by American electric blues band

Siegel–Schwall Band The Siegel–Schwall Band was an American electric blues band from Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1964 by Corky Siegel (piano, electric piano, harmonica, vocals) and Jim Schwall (guitar, mandolin, vocals). They played many live shows, ...

. Their second album on the

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label, and their sixth album overall, it was recorded at Paragon Recording Studios in

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. It was released on

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in 1972. It was re-released as a CD by

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in 1999.

Critical reception

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'' wrote, "Though blues-fed, the elements involving the music of the Siegel–Schwall band are decidedly rock; the sound is exciting. Best cuts: 'Something's Wrong', 'Hey, Billie Jean', and 'His Good Time Band' is fairly good. Dealers: This group has a solid music reputation and a large fan-following among serious rock devotees." Writing retrospectively in ''Billboard'' in 2000, Jim Bessman said that ''Sleepy Hollow'' "showed the increasing experimentation within the blues format that would mark the band's final few years — though Siegel–Schwall continues to reunite periodically for concert appearances... But the most telling track of the set was Siegel's 'His Good Time Band'. The tribute to an exemplary musician who just didn't care to compete commercially, but was content enough to sit back and play his music solely for the love of it, surely spoke for Siegel–Schwall — which in the late '60s and early '70s virtually owned the Midwest, yet disbanded at the height of its popularity to pursue other interests."

Track listing

:Side one: #"I Wanna Love Ya" (Rollo Radford) – 4:05 #"Somethin's Wrong" (

Corky Siegel Mark Paul "Corky" Siegel (born October 24, 1943) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and composer. He plays harmonica and piano. He plays and writes blues and blues-rock music, and has also worked extensively on combining blues and cl ...

) – 4:08 #"Sleepy Hollow" (Siegel) – 3:30 #"Blues for a Lady" (

Jim Schwall Jim Schwall (November 12, 1942 – June 19, 2022) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, and photographer. He was best known as a co-founder and member of the Siegel-Schwall Band. Musical career Jim Schwall was born in Evanston, Illinois ...

) – 8:32 :Side two: #"His Good Time Band" (Siegel) – 3:57 #"You Don't Love Me Like That" (Schwall) – 3:28 #"Sick to My Stomach" (Schwall) – 2:19 #"Always Thinkin' of You, Darlin'" (Siegel) – 3:15 #"Hey, Billie Jean" (

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, Siegel) – 6:10

Personnel

Siegel–Schwall Band

–

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–

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, vocals *Rollo Radford –

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, vocals *Shelly Plotkin –

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Production

*Siegel–Schwall Band – producer *

Bill Traut William Raymond Traut (March 20, 1929 – June 5, 2014) was an American jazz musician, rock music producer, manager and record label executive. He co-founded the Dunwich and Wooden Nickel record labels, and produced The Shadows of Knight, The Am ...

– supervision *Barry Mraz – recording

References

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