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"Hello Cat, I just got back and I'm looking for that place they call the Chicken Shack" -Amos Milburn
The Amos Milburn Legacy
Milburn and Associates Entertainment Group
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Los Angeles, CA 90024
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MOTOWN Sessions
the motown sessions, 1962-1964 - track listing | ||||
| track# | song name | track time |  |  |
| 1 | My Daily Prayer | (2:23) | ||
| 2 | My Baby Gave Me Another Chance | (2:24) | ||
| 3 | I'm in My Wine | (2:34) | ||
| 4 | I'll Make It up to You Somehow | (2:35) | ||
| 5 | Don't Be No Fool | (3:08) | ||
| 6 | In the Middle of the Night | (3:44) | ||
| 7 | Chicken Shack Boogie | (3:09) | ||
| 8 | Bad Bad Whiskey | (2:27) | ||
| 9 | One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer | (3:28) | ||
| 10 | It's a Long, Long Time | (3:14) | ||
| 11 | I'm Gonna Tell My Mama | (2:03) | ||
| 12 | Bewildered | (2:30) | ||
| 13 | Darling How Long | (2:15) | ||
| 14 | Hold Me Baby | (2:38) | ||
| 15 | Baby You Thrill Me | (4:02) | ||
| 16 | I Wanna Go Home | (2:55) | ||
| 17 | Mama's Boy | (2:29) | ||
| 18 | I'll Leave You in His Care | (2:30) | ||
the motown sessions, 1962-1964 - all music guide review |
| Signed to Motown years after his peak as an R&B star, Milburn's association with the label turned out to be something of a non-event, producing only an obscure album and flop single. A commercial non-event, that is; Milburn's skills were still intact, resulting in some fine if somewhat uncharacteristic performances. This compilation reissues that album (The Return of Blues Boss) and adds seven unreleased tracks. Milburn may still have been singing blues/R&B, but he was with Motown, which meant that a fair amount of soul-pop flavor inevitably seeped through. You can hear it in the occasional female backup vocals, swinging brass arrangements, and even a brief harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder on "Chicken Shack Boogie"; the arrangement on "I'll Make It Up to You Somehow" wouldn't have been out of place on an early Mary Wells single. The results are pleasantly surprising, updating Milburn's sound (which would have been quite anachronistic in the early 1960s) into the early soul era. The material is pretty strong, including both bluesy ballads and more uptempo numbers that don't totally smother his boogie-woogie roots. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide |
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United States
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