National Steel (album)
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National Steel is a
blues album by
Canadian musician
Colin James. The album was released in
1997 (see
1997 in music) on
Warner Music Canada. The album was recorded at
Rat's Ass Studios and
Mushroom Studios in
Vancouver, British Columbia and mastered at
MasterDisk in
New York City.
James teams up with his longtime friend Colin Linden to record a predominantly acoustic album running the gamut from delta blues, to jug band and Chicago blues. The album covers songs written by some of the greatest bluesmen including Otis Redding, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, and Willie Dixon. The CD liner notes offer a brief commentary by James on many of the tracks.
National Steel earned James the 1998 Juno Award for "Best Blues Album".
Track Listing
- "Shout Baby Shout" (Rachell) 3:15
- "Rollin' Stone" (Waters) 3:21
- "National Steel" (James/Burgess/Ward) 4:52
- "These Arms Of Mine" (Redding) 4:44
- "Going Up To The Country" (Mahal) 4:11
- "Fixin' To Die" (Bukka White) 4:28
- "Somebody Have Mercy" (Cooke) 3:32
- "Postman's Sack" (Bradshaw) 1:40
- "Please Baby" (Chatmon) 3:41
- "Ride & Roll" (McGhee) 2:39
- "I Live The Life I Love" (Dixon) 3:39
- "My Mind Is On Vacation" (Allison) 3:34
- "Before The Dawn" (Linden) 4:24
- "Kind-Hearted Woman" (Johnson) 2:41
Personnel
- Colin James - vocals, guitars, producer
- Colin Linden - acoustic and slide guitars, mandolin, background vocals, producer
- Norm Fisher - bass
- Chris Norquist - drums and percussion
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