Released 8 October 1997 Length 50:41 | Recorded 1997 Release date 8 October 1997 | |
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Awards Juno Award for Blues Album of the Year Similar Colin James and the Little, Colin James and the Little, Bad Habits, Sudden Stop, Colin James & The Little | ||
Colin james national steel
National Steel is a blues album by Canadian musician Colin James, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). The album was recorded at Rat's Ass Studios and Mushroom Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia and mastered at MasterDisk in New York City.
Contents
- Colin james national steel
- Colin james unplugged national steel lrbc 23
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
James teams up with his longtime friend Colin Linden to record a predominantly acoustic album running the gamut from delta blues, to jug band and Chicago blues. The album covers songs written by some of the greatest bluesmen including Otis Redding, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon. The CD liner notes offer a brief commentary by James on many of the tracks.
The album is named after the resonator guitar made by the National guitar company, also pictured on the album's cover.
National Steel earned James the 1998 Juno Award for "Best Blues Album".
Colin james unplugged national steel lrbc 23
Track listing
- "Shout Baby Shout" (Yank Rachell) – 3:15
- "Rollin' Stone" (Muddy Waters) – 3:21
- "National Steel" (Colin James, Daryl Burgess, Christopher Ward) – 4:52
- "These Arms of Mine" (Otis Redding) – 4:44
- "Going Up to the Country" (Taj Mahal) – 4:11
- "Fixin' to Die" (Bukka White) – 4:28
- "Somebody Have Mercy" (Sam Cooke) – 3:32
- "Postman's Sack" (Tiny Bradshaw) – 1:40
- "Please Baby" (Lonnie Chatmon) – 3:41
- "Ride & Roll" (Brownie McGhee) – 2:39
- "I Live the Life I Love" (Willie Dixon) – 3:39
- "My Mind Is On Vacation" (Mose Allison) – 3:34
- "Before the Dawn" (Colin Linden) – 4:24
- "Kind-Hearted Woman" (Robert Johnson) – 2:41
Personnel
Songs
1Shout Baby Shout3:21
2Rollin' Stone3:26
3National Steel5:00