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Chicken Fat (album)

1967 studio album by Mel Brown

Chicken Fat is the debut album by American blues guitarist Mel Brown recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.[1]

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4 stars stating "Guitarist Mel Brown is hailed as "An Impulse! Discovery" on Chicken Fat, his debut for the label, and this album does feature a fantastic unique sound... Leave it to Impulse! to put a new spin on the guitar/organ sound. This is hot stuff".[2]

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Track listing

All compositions by Mel Brown, except as indicated

  1. "Chicken Fat" - 4:16
  2. "Greasy Spoon" (Mel Brown, Herb Ellis, Paul Humphrey) - 5:53
  3. "Home James" - 6:34
  4. "Slalom" (Jules Chaikin) - 2:31
  5. "Hobo Flats" (Oliver Nelson) - 2:18
  6. "Shanty" (Brown, Arthur Wright) - 4:40
  7. "Sad But True" (Ellis) - 5:01
  8. "I'm Goin' to Jackson" (Ellis) - 4:24
  9. "Blues for Big Bob" - 4:25

Recorded in Hollywood, California on May 31, 1967 (tracks 1-3, 7 & 8) and June 1, 1967 (tracks 4-6 & 9)

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Impulse! Records discography accessed April 11, 2011
  2. [2]
    Westergaard, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 11, 2011
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