''Blues License'' is the sixth

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by Australian musician

Renée Geyer Renée Rebecca Geyer (11 September 195317 January 2023) was an Australian singer who was an acclaimed jazz, soul and R&B musician.* 1st edition nline * 2nd edition rint She released 15 studio albums with '' Moving Along'' (1977) and ...

. The album was released in June 1979 and peaked at number 41 on the

Kent Music Report The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music historian David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999. The chart was re-branded the Australian Music Report (AMR) in July 19 ...

Track listing

;Vinyl/ cassette (VPL1–0214) Side One # "

The Thrill Is Gone "The Thrill Is Gone" is a slow minor-key blues song written by West Coast blues musician Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951. Hawkins's recording of the song reached number six in the Billboard R&B chart in 1951. In 1970, "The Thrill Is Gon ...

" (Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins) – 6.55 # "That Did It Babe" (Pearl Woods) – 5.15 # "Set Me Free" (Deadric Malone) – 4.08 # "Bellhop Blues" (Kevin Borich) – 3.23 Side Two # "Won't Be Long" (J. Leslie McFarland) – 3.48 # " Stormy Monday" ( Aaron "T-Bone" Walker) – 6.43 # " Dust My Blues" (

Elmore James Elmore James ( Brooks; January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader. Noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice, James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...

) – 3.03 # "Feeling Is Believing" (Willie Henderson, Richard Parker) – 7.01

Credits

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

*Mal Logan: keyboards *

Kevin Borich Kevin Nicholas Borich (born 27 October 1948, Huapai, North Island, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter. He was the mainstay of the La De Da's, the leader of Kevin Borich Express, and a founding member of ...

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

("The Thrill Is Gone", "Set Me Free", "Bellhop Blues", "Stormy Monday", "Feeling Is Believing") *Tim Partridge:

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

(All tracks) *John Annas:

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

(All except "Won't Be Long") *

Kerrie Biddell Kerrie Agnes Biddell (8 February 19475 September 2014) was an Australian jazz and Studio recording, session singer, as well as a vocal teacher. Life and career Born in Kings Cross, New South Wales, the only child of Irish-Catholic parents Kathle ...

: backing vocals ("Won't Be Long", "Feeling is Believing") *Tim Piper: guitar ("That Did It Babe", "Dust My Blues") *Mark Punch: guitar ("Won't Be Long") *Steve Hopes: drums ("Won't Be Long") *Ron King:

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica incl ...

("Dust My Blues")

Charts

References

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