Slim's Shout

• Artist: Sunnyland Slim
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• Release Date: 1969
• Total Time: 40:54
• Genre: Blues

Review

You wouldn't think that transporting one of Chicago's reigning piano patriarchs to Englewood Cliffs, NJ would produce such a fine album, but this 1960 set cooks from beginning to end. Sunnyland Slim's swinging New York rhythm section has no trouble following his bedrock piano, and the estimable King Curtis peels off diamond-hard tenor sax solos in the great Texas tradition that also mesh seamlessly. Slim runs through his standards -- "The Devil Is a Busy Man," "Shake It," "It's You Baby" -- in gorgeous stereo, and two unissued bonus cuts (including another of his best-known tunes, "Everytime I Get to Drinking") make the CD reissue of Slim's Shout even more appealing. ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
I'm Prison Bound	Brownie McGhee	Sunnyland Slim	(3:26)
Slim's Shout	Ozzie Cadena, Sunnyland Slim	Sunnyland Slim	(3:53)
The Devil Is a Busy Man	Sunnyland Slim	Sunnyland Slim	(3:56)
Brown Skin Woman	Albert Luandrew	Sunnyland Slim	(3:48)
Shake It	Big Joe Turner	Sunnyland Slim	(3:05)
Decoration Day	Sonny Boy Williamson	Sunnyland Slim	(4:41)
Baby How Long	Leroy Carr	Sunnyland Slim	(2:43)
Sunnyland Special	Albert Luandrew	Sunnyland Slim	(4:46)
Harlem Can't Be Heaven	Sunnyland Slim	Sunnyland Slim	(2:19)
It's You Baby	Sunnyland Slim	Sunnyland Slim	(2:28)
Everytime I Get to Drinking [Take 3][#][*]	Sunnyland Slim	Sunnyland Slim	(2:40)
Tired of You Clowning [#][*]	Sunnyland Slim	Sunnyland Slim	(3:09)

Credits

King Curtis (Sax (Tenor)), King Curtis (?), Leonard Gaskin (Bass), Leonard Gaskin (?), Robert Banks (Organ), Robert Banks (?), Ozzie Cadena (?), Phil DeLancie (Remastering), Esmond Edwards (Artwork), Belton Evans (Drums), Belton Evans (?), Rudy Van Gelder (Engineer), Nat Hentoff (Liner Notes), Sunnyland Slim (Piano), Sunnyland Slim (Vocals), Sunnyland Slim (Main Performer)