Room with a View of the Blues is an album by the American blues musician Johnny Adams, released in 1988.[3] Adams won a W.C. Handy Award for the album.[7]
AllMusic wrote that "with great support from an instrumental corps that includes guitarists Walter 'Wolfman' Washington and Duke Robillard, keyboardist Dr. John, and saxophonists Red Tyler and Foots Samuel, plus Ernie Gautreau on valve trombone, Adams didn't just cut a blues album, he made unforgettable blues statements."[2]The Washington Post thought that the album "clearly ranks among his best work," writing that "although Adams' voice is remarkably agile, the album's performances are more restrained and bluesy than usual."[10]Newsweek declared that "Adams may be the best not-quite-famous singer in the world."[11]
Track listing[]
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Room with a View"
5:03
2.
"I Don't Want to Do Wrong"
5:43
3.
"Not Trustworthy (A Lyin' Woman)"
3:35
4.
"Neither One of Us (Want to Be the First to Say Goodbye)"
6:16
5.
"Body and Fender Man"
5:30
6.
"I Owe You"
4:56
7.
"Wish I'd Never Loved You at All"
3:07
8.
"The Hunt Is On"
3:46
9.
"A World I Never Made"
3:53
References[]
^Hoekstra, Dave (February 17, 1989). "A songbird flies north - Johnny Adams joins Otis Clay at FitzGerald's". Chicago Sun-Times. Weekend Plus. p. 7.