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Somebody Loan Me a Dime - Fenton Robinson
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  1. Somebody Loan Me a Dime
  2. The Getaway
  3. Directly from My Heart to You
  4. Going to Chicago]
  5. You Say You're Leaving
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  1. Somebody Loan Me a Dime
  2. The Getaway
  3. Directly from My Heart to You
  4. Going to Chicago]
  5. You Say You're Leaving
  6. Checking on My Woman
  7. You Don't Know What Love Is
  8. I've Changed
  9. Country Girl
  10. Gotta Wake Up
  11. Texas Flood
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One of the most subtly satisfying electric blues albums of the '70s. Fenton Robinson never did quite fit the "Genuine Houserocking Music" image of Alligator Records -- his deep, rich baritone sounds more like a magic carpet than a piece of barbed wire, and he speaks in jazz-inflected tongues, full of complex surprises. The title track hits with amazing power, as do the chugging "The Getaway," a hard-swinging "You Say You're Leaving," and the minor-key "You Don't Know What Love Is." In every case, Robinson had recorded them ...

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Somebody Loan Me a Dime 1990, Alligator Records

UPC: 014551470526

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