Saturday Night Blues is a compilation album of recordings by Canadian blues performers, released by Stony Plain Records and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1991.[1] Subtitled "The Great Canadian Blues Project, Volume 1", the album was released as a tie-in to the CBC Radio program Saturday Night Blues, and was compiled from a mix of previously-released material, new unreleased recordings and performance tapes from the CBC Radio archives.[2] It was one of the first significant compilations of the work of Canadian blues artists.[3]
| Saturday Night Blues: The Great Canadian Blues Project, Volume 1 | ||||
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| Studio album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Genre | blues music | |||
| Label | Stony Plain Records | |||
| Various artists chronology | ||||
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The album was a cowinner, with Loreena McKennitt's The Visit, of the 1992 Juno Award for Best Roots and Traditional Album.[4]
A sequel album, Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years, was issued in 2006.
Critical response
editMark Miller of The Globe and Mail gave the album a mixed review, calling some of the songs excellent but criticizing the album for including only one woman and only one artist from the vibrant blues scene in Quebec.[3] Helen Metella of the Edmonton Journal reviewed the album positively, writing that "these 20 cuts acknowledge the tremendous variety and top drawer quality of northern blues."[2]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Danser le loup" | Gerald Laroche | 3:01 |
| 2. | "No More Doggin'" | Colin James | 4:16 |
| 3. | "Path to the Liquor Store" | Jackson Delta | 3:36 |
| 4. | "I Need a Woman" | Johnny V and The Houserockers | 3:32 |
| 5. | "Just Your Fool" | Dutch Mason | 3:44 |
| 6. | "Thinking About You" | Lester Quitzau | 4:07 |
| 7. | "Bert's Boogie" | Amos Garrett | 3:05 |
| 8. | "Bad Luck Blues" | Ken Hamm | 3:35 |
| 9. | "Love U 2 Much" | Rita Chiarelli and the Road Rockets | 4:19 |
| 10. | "Pussy Footin'" | Dean Cottrill | 2:50 |
| 11. | "Rockin' Little Boogie" | Downchild Blues Band | 3:47 |
| 12. | "Goin' Down South" | Bill Bourne | 3:02 |
| 13. | "Statellite Dish" | Brent Sam Parkin and the Stingers | 3:32 |
| 14. | "Nothing to Show" | The Drew Nelson Band | 4:19 |
| 15. | "T.V. Preacher Blues" | Big Dave McLean and the Muddy-Tones | 3:15 |
| 16. | "Love of a Woman" | Jack Semple and the Luxury Blues Band | 3:52 |
| 17. | "Hey Rosita" | Paul James | 3:53 |
| 18. | "Tombstone Boogie" | David Raven | 3:48 |
| 19. | "The Drifter" | Roger Howse | 3:20 |
| 20. | "Clear But Confusing" | Rusty Reed and the Southside Shuffle | 2:02 |
References
edit- ^ "The continued blues revival added a cheery note; Stony Plain Records celebrated 15 good years in business". Edmonton Journal, January 2, 1992.
- ^ a b "Northern blues package a meaty meal". Edmonton Journal, December 8, 1991.
- ^ a b "Mining for great Canadian blues". The Globe and Mail, January 6, 1992.
- ^ "Here's who took top music prizes". Vancouver Sun, March 31, 1992.