Down Home

• Artist: Z.Z. Hill
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• Release Date: 1982
• Total Time: 38:09
• Genre: Blues

Review

Down Home is one of the very few classic blues albums of the 1980s. Hill revitalized the genre among African-American listeners with his "Down Home Blues," which earned instant standard status. But the entire album is tremendously consistent, with the percolating R&B workouts "Givin' It Up for Your Love" and "Right Arm for Your Love" contrasting with an intimate "Cheatin' in the Next Room" and the straight-ahead blues "Everybody Knows About My Good Thing" and "When It Rains It Pours." ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Down Home Blues	George Jackson	Z.Z. Hill	(5:10)
Cheatin' in the Next Room	George Jackson	Z.Z. Hill	(3:32)
Everybody Knows About My Good Thing	Miles Grayson, L. Horton	Z.Z. Hill	(4:53)
Love Me	Eddie Floyd, Sonya Floyd	Z.Z. Hill	(3:44)
That Means So Much to Me		Z.Z. Hill	(3:53)
When Can We Do This Again	Phillip Mitchell, Billy Clements	Z.Z. Hill	(4:15)
Right Arm for Your Love	Swamp Dogg	Z.Z. Hill	(3:28)
When It Rains It Pours	Bobby Patterson	Z.Z. Hill	(3:37)
Woman Don't Go Astray	King Floyd	Z.Z. Hill	(2:20)
Givin' It Up for Your Love	Swamp Dogg	Z.Z. Hill	(3:17)

Credits

Z.Z. Hill (Vocals), Z.Z. Hill (Main Performer), Muscle Shoals Horns (Horn), Thomisene Anderson (Vocals (Background)), Jewel Bass (Vocals (Background)), Tommy Couch (Producer), Leroy Emanuel (Guitar), Ray Griffin (Bass), James Robertson (Drums), Wolf Stephenson (Engineer), Carson Whitsett (Keyboards), Dino Zimmerman (Guitar), Charlotte Chenault (Vocals (Background)), Jackson Strings (Strings)