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John Hammond, Jr.: Rough & Tough

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Label: Chesky Records
Released: 2009.04.21
Time:
 58:33
Category: Blues
Producer(s): David Chesky
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.johnhammond.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] My Mind Is Ramblin' (Chester Burnett) - 3:58
[2] Still a Fool (Muddy Waters) - 4:56
[3] Up the Line (John Hammond Jr.) - 2:53
[4] My Time After Awhile (John Hammond Jr.) - 4:29
[5] Got to Find My Baby (John Hammond Jr.) - 3:18
[6] She's Tough (Jerry "Boogie" McCain) - 2:57
[7] Chattanooga Choo Choo (Mack Gordon / Harry Warren) - 2:21
[8] Statesboro Blues (John Hammond Jr.) - 3:25
[9] I Can Tell (Samuel F. Smith) - 4:25
[10] Get Behind the Mule (Kathleen Brennan) - 4:56
[11] No Place to Go (Chester Burnett) - 4:24
[12] Slick Crown Vic (John Hammond Jr.) - 3:54
[13] Come to Find Out (John Hammond Jr.) - 4:35
[14] It Hurts Me Too (Hudson Whittaker) - 4:31
[15] I Can't Be Satisfied (Muddy Waters) - 3:31

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John Hammond, Jr. - Guitar, Guitar (12 String), Harmonica, National Steel Guitar, Vocals

David Chesky - Liner Notes, Producer
Norman Chesky - Executive Producer, Liner Notes
Rick Eckerle - Engineer, Session Coordinator
Nicholas Prout - Engineer
Luigi Giugliano - Session Assistant
Alex Sterling - Session Assistant
Lisa Hershfield - Production Assistant
Bill Milkowski - Liner Notes

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2009 CD Chesky Records - SACD346



John Hammond, Jr. has produced many hallmark albums during a 50-year career and 35 recordings, but Rough & Tough might top them all. Playing solo on a variety of guitars, a harmonica, and singing up a storm, Hammond acoustically interprets songs of the legendary bluesmen that established the urban Chicago train of thought. His choices should be very familiar to most blues fans, but the way he plays them are a throwback to pre-electric, back-porch days, when simplicity was the norm rather than amped-up volume. The energy is within Hammond's soul, and he lets it loose for every track of this extraordinary album. Interpreting songs by Muddy Waters and Little Walter comes naturally, but he also tackles tunes like Howlin' Wolf's "My Mind Is Ramblin'," and especially the low-down and dirty "No Place to Go," "Statesboro Blues," "It Hurts Me Too," and the delightful swing jazz classic "Chattanooga Choo Choo" are included, as well as Jerry McCain's more contemporary "She's Tough." Two originals by Hammond, "Slick Crown Vic" in boogie mode and the easygoing "Come to Find Out" are unearthed from previous recordings, emphasizing that he also stands proud as a presence among these giants. This is a flawless example of John Hammond's capabilities in presenting authentic blues with a feeling and passion that few artists can match, and comes with a high recommendation, and a well-deserved 2009 Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Blues Album.

Michael G. Nastos - All Music Guide



An umptysquillionth album by the son of the man who discovered Bob Dylan, a veteran bluesman with all the payable dues duly signed and docketed except for the unfixable fact of his whiteness. The audiophile Chesky label has recorded him alone with his collection of guitars and harps (all listed by make and luthier) as he tackles a 15-song programme of originals (lots of Muddy Waters), a Tom Waits ("Get Behind the Mule") and "Chattanooga Choo-Choo". Good, authentic, lupine stuff but not pretty.

Nick Coleman - 13 September 2009
© independent.co.uk



In some ways, Rough & Tough harkens back to that first recording for Vanguard Records nearly 50 years ago. But over time, John Hammond has become a force of nature onto himself, closer in spirit to the icons he emulated as a young man. His guitar playing has become stronger, his expression deepened by the years. His latest outing is a stripped-to-the-bone solo session recorded in the solitude of St. Peter's Church in New York City that continues the noble tradition of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Reed, Little Walter, Leroy Carr, Elmore James and Robert Johnson.

Amazon.com



4 stars out of 5 -- "He's a tried-and-true individualist aware of the mythic power of 12-bar music; his singing and playing of guitar and harmonica pose insights wiser and more nuanced than he's displayed before on tape..."

Down Beat



Chesky präsentiert den Blues des mehrfachen Grammy-Gewinners John Hammond, in noch nie gehörtem Gewand. Rough & Tough trifft es vortrefflich: Dank der einzigartigen Aufnahmetechnik.

JPC.de



"Als Gitarrist beherrscht Hammond lässig sämtliche Folkblues-Spielarten. Wo andere Kollegen ihre Stimmbänder quälen, wirkt er unterfordert und nutzt neben Jazz-Phrasierungen auch Chanson-Ausdrucks -mittel oder sogar eine Kunstlied-Attitüde."

W. Dulisch - stereoplay 7/09
 

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MY MIND IS RAMBLIN'

I'm goin' get up in the mornin'
Buy me a Rocket Oldsmobile
Gettin' up in the mornin'
Buy me a Rocket Oldsmobile
My mind is ramblin'
An' I'm gonna trot this on
Well, I'm goin' drive up to the gas station
Tell the man to check this Olds
I'm goin' drive up to the gas station
Tell the man to check this Olds
'Cause I'm drivin' a Rocket Oldsmobile
An' I've got to trot this on
I got hydraulic brakes
Four-wheel drive
Ride down in the front
An' I just won't wait
I've got me a Rocket Oldsmobile
My Rocket can take the road
I don't want nobody
To even get in my way
Mr. Highway Man
You better get outa my way
Mr. Highway Man
You better get outa my way
My gal is in Arkansas
And I've got to be on my way
I want everybody
See my Rocket go
I want everybody
See my Rocket go
I'll be crackin' like a ...
An' I'm be honkin' like a ...


STILL A FOOL

Well, now, there's two, there's two trains running
Well, they now want her, going my way
Well, now, one run at midnight and the other one
Running just 'fore day
It's running just 'fore day
It's running just 'fore day

Oh Lord sure 'nough they is
Oh well
Mmm, ho ho, somebody help me
Ho, with these blues

Well, now, she's the one I'm loving, she's the one
I do hate to loose
(I do hate to loose)
I do hate to loose
I do hate to loose

Oh Lord, sure 'nough I do
Oh well huh
I've been crazy yes, I been a fool
I been crazy ho all of my life

Well I done fell in love with a
With another man's wife
With another man's wife
With another man's wife

Oh Lord, sure 'nough I done
Oh well
Long, she's so long and tall
(Tall)
Till she weep like a willow tree
Well, now, they say she's no good
But she's all right

She's all right with me
She's all right, she's all right
She's all right, she's all right


UP THE LINE

You used to love me,
you said I was your desire
You're actin' strange lately tryin' to,
drive my love away
I'm cuttin' out baby,
girl I'm goin' back up the line
If I stay another day, you're goin' to,
Drive me out of my mind

Took me from my home, I was nothin' but a child
Made all kinds a promises to me,
I know it was lyin' and jive
I'm cuttin' out baby,
Girl I'm goin' back up the line
If I stay another day, you're goin' to,
Drive me out of my mind
Train is at the station, and I'm all packed to go
It ain't no use to worry, 'cause I won't be back no more
I'm cuttin' out baby
Ggirl I'm goin' back up the line
If I stay another day, you're goin' to
Drive me out of my mind


MY TIME AFTER AWHILE

It's your time now baby
Ohh but it's gonna be mine after awhile
I said it's your time right now baby
Lord but it's gonna be mine after awhile
You know you know if things don't change
I'm gonna move on down

She stayed out last night
And do you know she just walked in
The girl is gettin' ready
She's going back out again
I said just wait one minute
Just before you go
She didn't even look at me
She just turned and walked out the door

It's your time, it's your time, it's your time right now
Ohh, I gotta, I gotta, I gotta feelin'
Ohh it's gonna, it's gonna, it's gonna be my time after awhile

I got a look through my window
And guess what I seen
My baby sat with another man
In a long black limosine

I said it's your time, it's your time
Yes you know I, you know I got that feelin' woman
Baby it's gonna be my time after awhile

I just wanna talk to my baby
And here's what I wanna say
Go ahead on and mistreat me
But every every dog got his day wow
Somebody better come here and get me baby
I just want to talk to my baby


GOT TO FIND MY BABY

I'm gonna search this town
From door to door
The love I crave
I can't find no more

I got to find my baby
I declare, I wouldn't lie
I ain't had no real good loving
Since that girl said goodbye

Hmm, you know I hate to see the sun
Hurry to the west
'Cos I know my whole life
Will be in a solid mess

I got to find my baby
I declare, I wouldn't lie
I ain't had no real good loving
Since that girl said goodbye

Yes, l ever since she said
That we were through
I've been nervous
And shook up too

I got to find my baby
I declare, I wouldn't lie
I ain't had no real good loving
Since that girl said goodbye

Yes, I don't care if it's the last thing
I ever do in my life
I'm gonna find that little girl
And make her my wife

I got to find my baby
I wouldn't lie
I ain't had no real good loving
Since that girl said goodbye


SHE'S TOUGH

You oughta see my baby when she walk down the street
Upsettin' everybody she meet
She's twenty-three in the waist, thirty-eight in the hips
She got long black wavy hair and ruby-red lips

Oh she's tuff
Oooo, she's tuff
My baby's tuff, she ruff and tuff
And that's tuff enuff

She walk past a clock, the clock won't tell time
She walk through the college, professor lose his mind

Cause she's tuff
Oooo, she's tuff
My baby's tuff, she ruff and tuff
And that's tuff enuff

The president said to my baby, come here, sweetheart
You can stop a world war even before it start
We know the enemy won't pull the trigger
When they walk out on the front line and they see your fine figure

Cause you tuff
Oooo, she's tuff
My baby's tuff, she ruff and tuff
And that's tuff enuff

And that's tuff enuff
And that's tuff enuff
And that's tuff enuff


CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO

Hey there, pal, whatcha say?
Step aside partner, it's my day
Bend an ear and listen to my version
(Of a really solid, Tennessee excursion)
Pardon me boys, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo?
(Yes Yes) Track 29!
Boy you can give me a shine
(Can you afford to board, the Chattanooga Choo Choo?)
I've got my fare
And just a trifle to spare
You leave the Pennsylvania station 'bout a quarter to four
Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore
Dinner in the diner, nothing could be finer
(then to have your ham and eggs in Carolina)
When you hear the whistle blowing eight to the bar
Then you know that Tennessee is not very far
Shuffle all the coal in
Gotta keep it rollin'
(Whoo Whoo Chattanooga there you are)
There's gonna be, a certain party at the station
Satin and Lace
I used to call funny face
She's gonna cry
Until I tell her that I'll never roam
(So Chattanooga Choo Choo)
Won't you choo choo me home.
Get aboard...
All aboard...
Chattanooga choo choo
Wont you choo choo me home

STATESBORO BLUES

Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low
You got no nerve baby to turn Uncle John from your door

I woke up this morning, I had them Statesboro Blues
I woke up this morning, had them Statesboro Blues
Well, I looked over the corner and Grandpa seemed to have them too

Well, my momma died and left me
My poppa died and left me
I ain't good looking baby
I'm somewhat sweet and kind

I'm goin' to the country, baby do you wanna go?
If you can't make it baby
Your sister Lucille said she wanna go
And I sure will take her

I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen
Well, I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen
Well, now, she treat me like a king, yeah, yeah, yeah
And she look like a dog gone queen

Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low
You got no nerve baby, to turn Uncle John from your door


I CAN TELL

I can tell because it's plain to see
I can tell the way you look at me
The way you know you hold my hand
Yes, pretty baby I can understand

I can tell, I can tell
I know you don't love me no more
No more, no more
No more, no more
I can tell, I can tell
I know you don't love me no more

I asked your Mama and your Papa, too
What more can a poor man do?
Now, you been running with a heart breaker child around
Here's a new bounce that you put me down

I can tell, I can tell
I know you don't love me no more

Well, you won't answer your telephone
When I knock on your door they say that you ain't home
Your sister let me in and tell me I can wait
When you come home you show up real late

Now, I can tell, I can tell
I know you don't love me no more
No more
I said, "No more"
No more
No more

Baby, I can give you romance
Only if you give me another chance
I'll cook your food and I'll wash your clothes
I promise will keep your warm when it get cold

I can tell
I can tell
I know you don't love me no more
No more
No more
No more
No more


GET BEHIND THE MULE

Molly be damned smote Jimmy the Harp
With a horrid little pistol and a lariat
She's goin to the bottom
And she's goin down the drain
Said she wasn't big enough to carry it

She got to get behind the Mule
In the morning and plow
She got to get behind the Mule
In the morning and plow
She got to get behind the Mule
In the morning and plow
She got to get behind the Mule
In the morning and plow

Choppity chop goes the axe in the woods
You gotta meet me by the fall down tree
Shovel of dirt upon a coffin lid
And I know they'll come lookin for me boys
And I know they'll come a-lookin for me

Got to get behind the Mule
In the morning and plow
Got to get behind the Mule
In the morning and plow
Got to get behind the Mule
In the morning and plow
Got to get behind the Mule
In the morning and plow

Big Jack Earl was 8'1
He stood in the road and he cried
He couldn't make her love him
Couldn't make her stay
But tell the good Lord that he tried
(Chorus)
Dusty trail from Atchison to Placerville
On the wreck of the Weaverville stage
Beaula fired on Beatty for a lemonade
I was stirring my brandy with a nail boys
Stirring my brandy with a nail
(Chorus)
Well the rampaging sons of the widow James
Jack the cutter and the pock marked kid
Had to stand naked at the bottom
Of the cross
And tell the good lord what they did
Tell the good lord what they did
(Chorus)
Punctuated birds on the power line
In a Studebaker with the Birdie Joe Joaks
I'm diggin all the way to China
With a silver spoon
While the hangman fumbles with the noose, boys
The hangman fumbles with the noose
(Chorus)
Pin your ear to the wisdom post
Pin your eye to the line
Never let the weeds get higher
Than the garden
Always keep a sapphire in your mind
Always keep a diamond in your mind
(Chorus)


NO PLACE TO GO

How many more years, are you gonna wreck my life
How many more years, are you gonna wreck my life
Well the way you done, you gonna wreck my life.

How many times, you gonna treat me like you do
How many more times, you gonna treat me like you do
You took all of my money, and all of my love too.

Now I'm old and gray, got no place to go
Now I'm old and gray, got no place to go
You got yourself a young stud, and you can't stand me no more.

I'm going to the stairs, I'm gonna beg ya for my clothes
I'm going to the stairs, I'm gonna beg ya for my clothes
For where I go nobody knows.


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COME TO FIND OUT

I'm leavin' here runnin', my time has just run out
You see me runnin' now, my time has just run out
You never wanted me baby, Lord, I come to find out

I tried so hard, baby but I couldn't see past the doubt
Well, I tried so hard, baby, ooh, my time has run out
I been a fool so long, Lord, I come to find out

The wind is howlin', blues turnin' inside out
Oh, the wind is howlin', blues turnin' inside out
And my world is unravelin', boy, I come to find out

And I'm goin' up country where I'm barely known
Baby, I'm goin' up country where I'm barely known
I been with you, baby, made me lose my happy home

I said night is fallin' but I don't know where I'm goin'
I said night is fallin', ooh Lord, I don't know where I'm goin'
Only sight I'm seein' is the long old lonesome road

I gave you my lovin', you know what I'm talkin' bout
I gave you my lovin', you know what I'm talkin' bout
But you played me for a fool, baby, I come to find out


IT HURTS ME TOO

You said you was hurting, almost lost your mind
And the man you love, he hurts you all the time
When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me, too

You love him more when you should love him less
I pick up behind him and take his mess
When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me, too

He love another woman and I love you
But you love him and stick to him like glue
When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me, too

Now you better leave him, he better put you down
Oh, I won't stand to see you pushed around
When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me, too


I CAN'T BE SATISFIED

Well, I'm going away to live
Won't be back no more
Going back down south, child
Lord don't you worry 'bout

Woman I'm trouble
Trouble and all worried mind
Well, I just can't be satisfied
Just can't keep on crying

Well, I feel like snapping
Pistol in your face
Going to let some graveyard
Lord be your resting place

Woman I'm trouble
Trouble and all worried mind
Yeah, I just can't be satisfied
Just can't keep on crying

Yeah, I'm all in my sleep
Hear my doorbell ring
Looking for my baby
Lord seen a doggone thing

Woman I'm trouble
Trouble and all worried mind
Yeah, I just can't be satisfied
Just can't keep on crying

Yeah, I know my little old babe
She gonna jump and shout
That old train be late man
Lord I come walking out

Woman I'm trouble
Trouble and all worried mind
Yeah, I just can't be satisfied
Just can't keep on crying, well

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