''Carey Bell's Blues Harp'' is the debut album by the American blues musician

Carey Bell Carey Bell Harrington (November 14, 1936 – May 6, 2007) was an American blues musician who played harmonica in the Chicago blues style. Bell played harmonica and bass guitar for other blues musicians from the late 1950s to the early 1970s be ...

, recorded in Chicago in 1969, that was released by the Delmark label.Both Sides Now: Discography of the Delmar(k) Label
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reviewer Bill Dahl stated "It's a mite ragged around the edges, but Bell's 1969 debut session certainly sports the proper ambience -- and no wonder, with guitarists Eddie Taylor and Jimmy Dawkins and pianist Pinetop Perkins on hand to help out. No less than four Little Walter covers and two more from Muddy Waters' songbook dot the set, but many of the best moments occur on the original numbers". ''

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'' said "Neither band does more than run through the changes with indifferent precision ... Bell is an intermittently effective vocalist but his harmonica playing lacks adventure and inspiration".

Track listing

All compositions by Carey Bell except where noted # " I'm Ready" (

Willie Dixon William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he ...

) − 3:08 # "I Got to Find Somebody" (

Little Walter Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968), known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter, whose revolutionary approach to the harmonica had a strong impact on succeeding generations, earning him ...

) − 4:20 # "I Wanna Will My Love to You" (Little Walter) − 3:40 # "Blue Monday at Kansas City Red's" − 4:03 # "I'm Gonna Buy Me a Train Ticket" − 3:47 # "Come on Over Here" − 3:09 # "I Cry So Much" (

Mel London Mel London (April 9, 1932 – May 16, 1975) was an American songwriter, record producer, and record label owner. He was active in the Chicago blues and R&B scenes in the 1950s and 1960s. London is best known for his compositions for Chicago ...

) − 4:47 # "Sad Dreams" − 4:47 # "Everything's Up Tight" (

Junior Wells Junior Wells (born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr.; December 9, 1934January 15, 1998) was an American singer, harmonica player, and recording artist. He is best known for his signature song " Messin' with the Kid" and his 1965 album '' Hoodoo Man Blues ...

) − 4:05 # "You Know It Ain't Right" (Little Walter) − 3:45 # "Last Night" (Little Walter) − 4:34 # "Rocking With a Chromatic" − 3:22 # "I'm Gonna Buy Me a Train Ticket" lternate take− 2:29 Additional track on CD reissue # "Walking in the Park" − 2:54 Additional track on CD reissue # "Carey Bell's Blues Harp" − 15:44 Additional track on CD reissue *Recorded at Sound Studios, Chicago on February 12, 1969 (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 & 13) and May 6, 1969 (tracks 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 14 & 15)

Personnel

− harmonica, vocals *

Pinetop Perkins Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins (July 7, 1913 – March 21, 2011) was an American blues pianist. He played with some of the most influential blues and rock-and-roll performers of his time and received numerous honors, including a Grammy Lifet ...

− piano (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 & 13) *

Jimmy Dawkins James Henry “Jimmy” Dawkins (October 24, 1936 – April 10, 2013) was an American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist and singer. He is generally considered to have been a practitioner of the "West Side sound" of Chicago blues. Career ...

(tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 & 13), Royal Johnson (tracks 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 14 & 15),

Eddie Taylor Eddie Taylor (January 29, 1923 – December 25, 1985) was an American electric blues guitarist and singer. Biography Born Edward Taylor in Benoit, Mississippi, as a boy Taylor taught himself to play the guitar. He spent his early years playing ...

(tracks 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 14 & 15) − guitar *Sidney Thomas (tracks 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 14 & 15), Willie Williams (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 & 13) – drums

References

{{Authority control Delmark Records albums 1969 albums Carey Bell albums Albums produced by Bob Koester