''Double Shot!'' is the first blues album recorded by harmonica player

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and guitarist Mel Brown. It was produced by Andrew Galloway and Sandra B. Tooze and was recorded on October 18 and 19 1999 at Liquid Recording Studio in

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, Ontario. It was released by

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in 2000 with a running time of 57:28, and received a

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nomination for Blues Album of The Year.

Track listing

#"Dirty Rat" ( W. M. Thornton, M. Laylar) – 4:50 #"Ruby Mae" (Mel Brown) – 4:55 #"Early in the Morning" (Leo Hickman, Dallas Bartley,

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) – 4:28 #"Big Leg Woman" (

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) – 7:31 #"Snooky and Mel Boogie" (James Pryor) – 1:38 #"Rock This House" (James A. Lane) – 4:03 #"Let Your Hair Down, Woman" (James Pryor) – 5:20 #"So Fine" (

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) – 3:14 #"That's All Right" (James A. Lane) – 6:48 #"Do The Boogaloo" – (James Pryor) 5:05 #"Ease My Mind" (Mel Brown) – 5:25 #"Work 'Til My Days Are Gone" (James Pryor) – 3:34

Personnel

– harmonica, lead vocal (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10 and 12) * Mel Brown – guitar, lead vocal (2, 6, 9 and 11), second vocal (3) *The Homewreckers (1, 2, 3, 5 and 9): **John Lee – piano **Al Richardson – bass **Jim Bodreau – drums :

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– piano (4, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11)

References

{{Authority control 2000 albums Snooky Pryor albums Mel Brown (guitarist) albums