Mouth Harp Blues

Mouth Harp Blues
Studio album by Shakey Jake
Released	1961
Recorded	November 17, 1960
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Blues
Length	35:35
Label	Bluesville BVLP 1027
Producer	Ozzie Cadena
Shakey Jake chronology
Good Times (1960) Mouth Harp Blues (1961) (1969)

Mouth Harp Blues is an album by blues musician Shakey Jake Harris recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label the following year.^[1][2][3]

Reception[]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[5]

AllMusic reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "When Harris returned to New Jersey later that same year to wax his Bluesville encore, he brought along fellow Chicagoan Jimmie Lee Robinson as his guitarist. A full rhythm section was used this time (New York cats all), but the overall approach was quite a bit closer to what he was used to hearing on Chicago's West side".^[4] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings considers the accompaniment to be not entirely suited to Harris’s style, and the album not to be one of his best.^[5]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Jimmy D. Harris (Shakey Jake) except where noted

1. "Mouth Harp Blues" – 5:00
2. "Love My Baby" – 3:15
3. "Jake's Cha Cha" – 2:05
4. "Gimme a Smile" – 4:25
5. "My Broken Heart" – 3:10
6. "Angry Lover" (Armand "Jump" Jackson) – 3:00
7. "Things Is Alright" – 2:15
8. "Easy Baby" – 5:00
9. "Things Are Different Baby" (Ozzie Cadena) – 5:15
10. "It Won't Happen Again" – 2:10

Personnel[]

Performance[]

• Shakey Jake – harmonica, vocals
• Jimmie Lee – guitar
• Robert Banks – piano
• Leonard Gaskin – bass
• Junior Blackmon – drums

Production[]

• Ozzie Cadena – supervision
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

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