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The Wizard (album)

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Released
  
1968

Length
  
40:02

Artist
  
Mel Brown

Producer
  
Bob Thiele

Genre
  
Blues

Recorded
  
March 21, 1968

The Wizard (1968)
  
Blues for We (1969)

Release date
  
1968

Label
  
Impulse! Records

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Mel Brown albums
  
Chicken Fat, Double Shot!, I'd Rather Suck My Thumb, Blues for We

The Wizard is the second album by American blues guitarist Mel Brown recorded in 1968 for the Impulse! label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 2 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Mel Brown except as indicated
  1. "Ode to Billie Joe" (Bobbie Gentry) - 4:23
  2. "Swamp Fever" - 6:05
  3. "Blues After Hours" (Pee Wee Crayton, Jules Taub) - 6:34
  4. "African Sweets" (Dee Ervin) - 3:10
  5. "Stop" (Jerry Ragovoy) - 4:21
  6. "Chuck a Funk" - 4:53
  7. "Miss Ann" - 4:10
  8. "W-2 Withholding" - 2:12
  • Recorded in Los Angeles, California on March 21, 1968

    • Personnel

  • Mel Brown - guitar
  • Terry Evans - guitar
  • Mack Johnston - trumpet
  • Clifford Solomon - tenor saxophone
  • Unknown - piano, organ
  • Ronald Brown - bass
  • Paul Humphrey - drums
  • Roy Brown - vocals

    • Songs

    1Ode To Billie Joe4:23
    2Swamp Fever6:05
    3Blues After Hours6:34

    References

    The Wizard (album) Wikipedia
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