Good Time Tonight

• Artist: Big Bill Broonzy
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• Release Date: 1990
• Total Time: 56:39
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Blues

Review

If you're following the 30-plus year career of Bill Broonzy and already have the two early compilations available on Yazoo, here's where you go next. These are basically ensemble works covering the time frame between 1930 to 1940 and Broonzy sounds very comfortable in the company of Blind John Davis and Joshua Altheimer. The 20 tracks compiled here (culled from various Vocalion, ARC and Columbia sessions) sound pretty great, benefitting mightily from modern sound restoration devices. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
I Can't Be Satisfied	Big Bill Broonzy, Muddy Waters	Big Bill Broonzy	(2:44)
Long Tall Mama	Big Bill Broonzy, Arletta May	Big Bill Broonzy	(2:47)
Worrying You Off My Mind, Pt. 1	Big Bill Broonzy	Big Bill Broonzy	(3:04)
Too Too Train Blues	Big Bill Broonzy	Big Bill Broonzy	(2:50)
Come Home Early [#]	Big Bill Broonzy	Big Bill Broonzy	(2:59)
Hattie Blues	Big Bill Broonzy	Big Bill Broonzy	(3:02)
I Want My Hands on It [#]		Big Bill Broonzy	(2:53)
Made a Date with an Angel (Got No Walking Shoes) [#]		Big Bill Broonzy	(2:58)
Horny Frog [#]	Big Bill Broonzy	Big Bill Broonzy	(3:09)
I Believe I'll Go Back Home [#]		Big Bill Broonzy	(2:25)
Good Time Tonight [#]	Big Bill Broonzy	Big Bill Broonzy	(2:30)
Flat Foot Susie with Her Flat Yes Yes [#]	Slim Gaillard, Derrick Stewart-Baxter	Big Bill Broonzy	(2:56)
W.P.A. Rag	Big Bill Broonzy	Big Bill Broonzy	(2:47)
Going Back to Arkansas [#]	Big Bill Broonzy	Big Bill Broonzy	(2:50)
It's a Low Down Dirty Shame [#]	Big Bill Broonzy, Ollie Shepard	Big Bill Broonzy	(2:54)
Too Many Drivers [#]	Big Bill Broonzy	Big Bill Broonzy	(2:34)
Woodie Woodie [#]	Big Bill Broonzy	Big Bill Broonzy	(2:54)
Whiskey and Good Time Blues [#]	Big Bill Broonzy	Big Bill Broonzy	(2:52)
Merry-Go-Round Blues [#]	Big Bill Broonzy	Big Bill Broonzy	(2:41)
You've Got to Hit the Right Lick [#]	Big Bill Broonzy	Big Bill Broonzy	(2:50)

Credits

Wilbur Ware (Bass), Buster Bennett (Sax (Alto)), Ransom Knowling (String Bass), Lawrence Cohn (Liner Notes), Bill Settles (Bass), Blind John Davis (Piano), Oliver Hudson (Bass), Frank Abbey (Digital Engineer), Punch Miller (Trumpet), Frank Brasswell (Guitar), Lawrence Cohn (Compilation Producer), Austin (Sax (Tenor)), Joshua Altheimer (Piano), Odell Rand (Clarinet), Michael Berniker (Project Coordinator), Leeford Robinson (Piano), Big Bill Broonzy (Vocals), Howard Fritzson (Art Direction), Oliver Hudson (String Bass), Sam Sampson (Vocals), Black Bob Hudson (Piano), Gary Pacheco (Project Coordinator), Mr. Sheiks (Trumpet), Big Bill Broonzy (Guitar), Wilbur Ware (String Bass), Fred Williams (Drums), Bill Settles (String Bass), Bill Osborn (Sax (Tenor)), Frank Abbey (Engineer), Lawrence Cohn (Producer), Frank Abbey (Digital Restoration), Amy Herot (Project Coordinator), Steven Berkowitz (Project Coordinator), Ransom Knowling (Bass), George Barnes (Guitar (Electric))