Too Wet to Plow
| Too Wet to Plow | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Blue Labor Records | |||
| Producer | Holger Petersen | |||
| Johnny Shines chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | A-[2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |  [3] |
| (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Too Wet to Plow is a studio album by the blues musician Johnny Shines, released in 1977.[2][5]
Production[]
The album was recorded in Edmonton, and was produced by Holger Petersen.[6]
Critical reception[]
Greil Marcus, in Rolling Stone, called the album "an unelectrified, completely personal statement that speaks as well for the cutting power of country blues in the late Seventies as Muddy Waters’s Hard Again did for that of Chicago blues."[7]
AllMusic wrote that the album "finds Shines in excellent form ... one of the album's high points is an interpretation of Robert Johnson's 'Hot Tamale'."[1] Reviewing a reissue, The Milwaukee Journal praised the "superb" slide guitar, writing that "the country blues here sound great."[8]
Track listing[]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Too Wet To Plow" | 4:17 |
| 2. | "Travelling Back Home" | 3:47 |
| 3. | "Hot Tamale" | 3:02 |
| 4. | "Moanin' The Blues" | 4:36 |
| 5. | "Red Sun" | 4:34 |
| 6. | "Winding Mind" | 2:34 |
| 7. | "You Better Turn Around" | 4:20 |
| 8. | "The Wind Is Blowin'" | 3:29 |
| 9. | "Trouble's All I See" | 5:08 |
| 10. | "30 Days In Jail" | 3:37 |
| 11. | "Pay Day Woman" | 4:58 |
| 12. | "Epilog" | 2:14 |
Personnel[]
- Johnny Shines - vocals, guitar
- Sugar Blue - harmonica
- Louisiana Red - guitar, harmonica
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Too Wet to Plow - Johnny Shines | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Robert Christgau: CG: Johnny Shines". www.robertchristgau.com.
- ^ The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. 2006. p. 578.
- ^ (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 731.
- ^ Sanjek, David (2018). Stories We Could Tell: Putting Words To American Popular Music. Routledge.
- ^ Kellogg, Alan (24 Apr 1992). "Progression to Beatty". Edmonton Journal. p. C3.
- ^ "Johnny Shines, 'Too Wet to Plow' (05/04/78)". May 9, 2016.
- ^ Dowlding, William J. (5 June 1990). "Tomato's crop yields uneven acoustic blues". The Milwaukee Journal. p. D2.
Categories:
- 1977 albums