''The Real Boss of the Blues'' is an album by blues vocalist
Joe Turner recorded in 1969 and originally released by the
BluesTime label.
Both Sides Now: Discography Preview for the BluesTime label
accessed November 11, 2019
Reception
AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated "Turner was roughly 13 years removed from his peak and certainly willing to do whatever it took to get back in the studio and maybe the charts, so he followed producer Thiele through Gene Page arrangements that updated his classic jumpers of the '50s. ... It's not vintage Turner but it's worthy: it's one of the rare late-'60s blues LPs that feels of its time yet is connected to the past".
Track listing
# " Shake, Rattle and Roll" ( Charles Calhoun) − 3:04
# "Lonesome Train" (Traditional) − 2:43
# " Corrine, Corrina" (Traditional) − 3:03
# "How Long, How Long Blues
"How Long, How Long Blues" (also known as "How Long Blues" or "How Long How Long") is a blues song recorded by the American blues duo Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell in 1928. It became an early blues standard and its melody inspired many later ...
" ( Leroy Carr) − 3:20
# "Careless Love
"Careless Love" is a traditional song, with several popular blues versions. It has been called a "nineteenth-century ballad and Dixieland standard".
The death referenced in an old version was the son of a Kentucky governor. Although published acco ...
" (Traditional) − 2:57
# "Two Loves Have I" (Ted Murrell) − 2:00
# " Honey Hush" (Lou Turner) − 6:36
# "Plastic Man" ( Len Chandler) − 10:41
Personnel
* Joe Turner − vocals
*Unidentified orchestra arranged and conducted by Gene Page
References
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1969 albums
Big Joe Turner albums
Albums produced by Bob Thiele
Flying Dutchman Records albums
Albums arranged by Gene Page