High Heeled Blues

High Heeled Blues is a blues album by the American guitarist and singer Rory Block. Produced by John Sebastian and released in 1981 through Rounder Records, it included a number of tracks that took Block back to the classical blues form with which she began her career – including three compositions by Robert Johnson, one by Skip James, and a number first popularized by Bessie Smith ("Down in the Dumps"). Other songs move in a more modern direction, incorporating elements of pop, country, and gospel.

High Heeled Blues
Studio album by Rory Block
Released	1981
Recorded	at Bearsville Sound Studio
Genre	Country blues
Length	30:46
Label	Rounder
Producer	John Sebastian
Rory Block chronology
How to Play the Blues Guitar (1978) High Heeled Blues (1981) Blue Horizon (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings

CD Track listing

All tracks are written by Rory Block, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Walking Blues"	Johnson	2:20
2.	"Travelin' Blues"	Delaney, Johnson	2:43
3.	"Got To Have You Be My Man"		2:15
4.	"Devil Got My Man"	James	2:20
5.	"Down in the Dumps"	Wesley Wilson, Leola P. Wilson	2:58
6.	"The Water is Wide"	Traditional	3:29
7.	"Since You Been Gone"		2:13
8.	"Cross Road Blues"	Johnson	2:26
9.	"Achin' Heart"		2:16
10.	"Hilarity Rag"	Traditional	2:01
11.	"Kind Hearted Man"	Johnson	3:12
12.	"Uncloudy Day"	Alwood	2:33

Personnel

• Rory Block – lead vocals, acoustic guitars, harmonium on "Got to Have You Be My Man"
• John Sebastian – harmonica, electric baritone guitar
• Robb Goldstein – hammered dulcimer
• Warren Bernhardt – piano, harmonium

Production

• Rory Block and John Sebastian – production
• Shep Siegel – engineering
• John Sebastian – liner notes