Somebody Loan Me a Dime
Somebody Loan Me a Dime | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1974 | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 42:37 | |||
Label | Alligator | |||
Producer | Bruce Iglauer | |||
Fenton Robinson chronology | ||||
|
Somebody Loan Me a Dime is a 1974 studio album by
Critical reception
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B+[2] |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [3] |
The album overall received good reception by critics and is described by the 1993 The Big Book of Blues as "essential listening."[4][5][6] AllMusic in its review characterized the album as "one of the most subtly satisfying electric blues albums of the '70s".[1] New York based WGMC blue radio host Jeff Harris describes the album as "one of the era’s true masterpieces", Robinson's "pinnacle".[7]
Music
The album includes a new recording of "Somebody Loan Me a Dime", that Robinson had originally released in 1967 for the Palos label.[8] The song is regarded as Robinson's signature piece and his best-known number. In 1969, Boz Scaggs popularized the song with rock audiences, when he recorded it with Duane Allman on lead guitar for his second album. Although Scaggs is listed as the songwriter on the original album,[8] later reissues credit Robinson.[9] The title song serves as the background music during the opening scenes of the movie The Blues Brothers, a movie responsible for revitalizing Aretha Franklin's career.[10]
Jeff Harris identifies as among Robinson's influences on the album
Release history
The album was Robinson's debut for the
Track listing
Except where otherwise noted, all tracks composed by Fenton Robinson
- "Somebody Loan Me a Dime" – 2:54
- "The Getaway" – 4:17
- "Directly from My Heart to You" (Little Richard) – 4:17
- "Going to Chicago" (Traditional) – 3:46
- "You Say You're Leaving" (Big Joe Williams) – 3:15
- "Checking on My Woman" – 3:23
- "You Don't Know What Love Is" – 3:50
- "I've Changed" – 4:23
- "Country Girl" (Rudy Toombs) – 4:55
- "Gotta Wake Up" – 4:25
- "Texas Flood" (Larry Davis, Don Robey, Joseph Wade Scott) – 4:12
Personnel
- Fenton Robinson – guitar, vocals
- Dave Baldwin – tenor saxophone
- Cornelius Boyson – bass guitar
- Elmer Brown – trumpet
- Tony Gooden –|drums
- Bill Heid – keyboards
- Norval D. Hodges – trumpet
- Bill McFarland – trombone
- Mighty Joe Young – guitar
- Bruce Iglauer – record producer
References
- ^ a b c "Somebody Loan Me a Dime - Fenton Robinson | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
- ^ )
- ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
- ISBN 0-14-015939-8.
- ^ ISBN 0-415-92699-8.
- ISBN 1-55728-793-7.
- ^ a b c Harris, Jeff (August 7, 2007). "Fenton Robinson: Somebody Loan Me A Dime". Big Road Blues. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
- ^ a b Dahl, Bill. "Fenton Robinson Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- ^ Box Scaggs (liner notes). Boz Scaggs. Atlantic Records. 1978.
{{cite AV media notes}}
: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Fenton Robinson". All About Jazz. November 10, 2007. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
- ISBN 1-85828-755-3.
- AllMusic