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Released
  
October 17, 2000

Length
  
67:00

Release date
  
17 October 2000

Label
  
Hypertension Records

Recorded
  
September 21, 1999

Artist
  
Long John Baldry

Genre
  
Blues

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Producer
  
Helge Halvé, Butch Coulter

Evening Conversation (2000)
  
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Evening Conversation (aka Long John Baldry Trio Live) is Long John Baldry's second live record, which was captured at the Downtown Blues Club in Hamburg, Germany in Sept 1999. Long John was accompanied by longtime friend Butch Coulter and British guitarist Matt Taylor. Long John performs acoustic versions of "Morning Dew", "Who Back Buck", "Flying", "Maggie Bell" and "Backwater Blues".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Good Morning Blues" (Traditional) - 5:28
  2. "Who Back Buck" (Traditional) - 2:40
  3. "Back Water Blues" (Traditional) - 7:47
  4. "Morning Dew" (Tim Rose, Bonnie Dobson) - 4:14
  5. "Black Girl" (Traditional) - 3:22
  6. "It Ain't Easy" (Ron Davies) - 4:17
  7. "Burn Down The Cornfield" (Randy Newman) - 5:58
  8. "Moon Dance in Tajikistan" (Butch Coulter) - 4:15 (Butch Coulter solo)
  9. "Walk On" (Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee) - 5:54 (Matt Taylor lead vocals)
  10. "Can't Keep From Crying Some Time" (Traditional) - 2:22
  11. "Maggie Bell" (Long John Baldry) - 3:33
  12. "Blue Valentine" (Tom Waits) - 5:55 (Matt Taylor solo)
  13. "Midnight in New Orleans" (Len O'Connell) - 4:32
  14. "Flying" (Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Ronnie Lane) - 6:05

Personnel

  • Long John Baldry - vocals and 12 string guitar
  • Matt Taylor - electric and acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Butch Coulter - harmonica and acoustic guitar
  • Christina Lux - vocals on "Black Girl"
  • Recorded by Helge Halvé
  • Mixed and Produced by Helge Halvé and Butch Coulter
  • Mastered by Helge Halvé at Recording Service Halvé in Hamburg
  • Road manager: Jens Becker, Christian Seul
  • Executive producer: Christian Thiel

    • Album

    Another live recording from Germany, this was recorded in September of 1999 at the "Downtown Blues Club" in Hamburg and features Butch Coulter and young U.K. guitarist Matt Taylor. The recording is a replica of Baldry's acoustic shows, featuring blues material such as "Good Morning Blues," "Can't Keep from Crying Some Times" and "Back Water Blues."

    Songs

    1Good Morning Blues5:30
    2Who Back Buck2:41
    3Back Water Blues7:48

    References

    Evening Conversation Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA