A Good Day For The Blues (CD) ~ Ruth Brown (Artist) Cover Art

Good Day for the Blues (CD)

By: Ruth Brown (Artist)

More About this Product
List Price: $17.98
Tower Price: $14.85
You Save: $3.13 (18%)
Add to BagAdd to Bag Click to go directly to the checkout.
This item qualifies for FREE Shop N' Save Shipping for orders over $25. Check individual shipping price. *Some Restrictions Apply.
Availability: In Stock
Share This:
Add To KaboodleAdd To Kaboodle  Submit To Digg!Submit To Digg!  Share On FacebookShare On Facebook  Add to FavoritesAdd to Favorites  TwitterTwitter 

Product Description

Track Listing

Your browser doesn't seem to have Flash enabled.
In order to access the album preview center, please ensure that the Flash player is installed. You can download it here.

DISC 1 for Good Day for the Blues (CD) Album By Ruth Brown (Artist)
1   Good Day For The Blues
2   Can't Stand A Broke Man
3   Never Let Me Go
4   Hangin' By A Shoestring
5   H.B.'s Funky Fable
6   Lover Is Forever, A
7   Ice Water In Your Veins
8   True
9   Cabbage Head
10   Richest One, The
11   Be Good To Me Tonight
12   I Believe I Can Fly
 

Run a Quick Search on "Good Day for the Blues" by Ruth Brown to Browse Related Products:

Browse more products related to "Good Day for the Blues"

Browse more products related to "Ruth Brown"

Review

Q (7/99, p.105) - 3 stars (out of 5) - "...still on gusty form, [Brown's] vocals [encourage] guitarist Duke Robillard and keyboardist Bobby Forrester to reach even greater heights..."
Dirty Linen (2-3/00, p.82) - "...demonstrates once and for all that Brown has vocal chops that few in the r&b business can equal....a pure pumping shot of double-crossed love gone real, gone bad. Genius in motion..."
Living Blues (5-6/99, p.70) - "Ruth Brown proves her timelessness and rootedness with a deftly delivered selection of torch songs, ballads and blues....[GOOD DAY] is brought fully to life by plush arrangements...and expertly articulated solos..."

Title Note

Personnel: Ruth Brown (vocals); Duke Robillard (guitar); Bill Easley (flute, tenor saxophone); Victor Goines (clarinet, baritone saxophone); Ray Moore (alto saxophone); Charlie Miller, Abram Wilson (trumpet); John Touchy (trombone); Davell Crawford, Bobby Forrester (piano, Hammond B-3 organ); James Singleton (bass); Akira Tana (drums).

Recorded at Ultrasonic Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana in July & August, 1998. Includes liner notes by Scott Billington.

A GOOD DAY FOR THE BLUES was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.

On the Grammy-nominated A GOOD DAY FOR THE BLUES, "Miss Rhythm" continued to show she could still show off plenty of sass and brass after 50 years in the music business. One of Brown's strengths is the way she treats a ballad, whether she's twisting and stretching out the standard "Never Let Me Go" or turning Steve Goodman's "A Lover Is Forever" into a cocktail-lounge weeper.

Backed by a crack band that includes talented guitarist Duke Robillard, Miss Brown keeps the mood entertaining. Standout numbers include the Dixieland traditional "Cabbage Head," the humorous "Can't Stand a Broke Man," and the childhood parable "H.B.'s Funky Fable," all in which Brown takes on the guise of characters (including a no-nonsense spouse and a variety of woodland creatures). Not surprisingly, Brown also excels at more upbeat material, including the snappy "Be Good to Me Tonight" and the Johnny Otis shuffle "Ice Water in Your Veins." The most unexpected turn comes on a reading of the R. Kelly smash "I Believe I Can Fly," which Brown turns into sweeping epic that benefits from a slow buildup.

Customer Reviews for "Good Day for the Blues (CD)" by Ruth Brown (Artist)

There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!

Submit your Review

Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials

Tower Records music Sales, Promotions & Special Features

Today's Most Popular Music Genres

Tower.com Music Boutique Stores

  • Greatest Hits Boutique
    Expand your musical horizons with our monthly selections for "Greatest Hits" and "Best Of" CD Collections.
  • Tower Records Vinyl Store
    Enjoy some of our favorite new pressings, indie rock releases, and milk crate essentials priced at up to 30% off so you can keep spinning right round (Like a record!)
  • The Beatles Collector's Boutique
    On 09-09-09, experience music history when the original studio albums by The Beatles are re-released, digitally remastered for the first time! Browse our favorite Beatles music, video and book titles!
  • Woodstock Anniversary Boutique
    Celebrating 40 years of Woodstock - Three days of music that changed the world forever!
  • The History Of Indie Rock Boutique
    Browse Our Album Art History of Indie Rock Influencers, from the 1960s to today!

Interact with Tower.com