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Johnson's Whacks - Jimmy Johnson
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Track Listing
  1. The Twelve Bars Blues
  2. Ashes in My Ashtray
  3. I Stand Alone
  4. Slamming Doors
  5. Take Five
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  1. The Twelve Bars Blues
  2. Ashes in My Ashtray
  3. I Stand Alone
  4. Slamming Doors
  5. Take Five
  6. Strange How I Miss You (When I Haven't Even Lost You Yet)
  7. Poor Boy's Dream
  8. I Need Some Easy Money
  9. Drivin' Nails in My Coffin
  10. Jockey Sports
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Uncommon wit runs through the lyrics of this varied set, certainly one of the more intriguing Chicago blues albums of the late '70s. Johnson's high-pitched vocals are particularly soulful on the impassioned "I Need Some Easy Money" and "Ashes in My Ashtray," while "The Twelve Bar Blues" and "Poor Boy's Dream" are upbeat entries that don't sound as comfortable for the guitarist. Johnson gets away with a honky-tonk reprise of Ernest Tubb's country classic "Drivin' Nails in My Coffin," but his rehash of Dave Brubeck's "Take ...

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Johnson's Whacks 1993, Delmark

UPC: 038153064426

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