Guilty!

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Guilty! (Black & White Blues)
Studio album by Eric Burdon, Jimmy Witherspoon

Publication
(s)

1971, 1995 as CD

Label (s) ARG Records / BMG

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

blues

Title (number)

9

running time

45:33 min

Guilty! ( English for guilty , criminal ) is a 1971 released music album by Eric Burdon and Jimmy Witherspoon .

After the separation from Eric Burdon & War , the album was released from July to September 1971 by Burdon and Witherspoon together with War band members, the band was called Tovarich , in MGM Studios, Wally Heider's Studios and in John Phillips Studio (title Home Dream ) recorded. The track Going Down Slow was recorded live on location at the San Quentin State Prison with the Far Out Mobile Unit, together with Ike White & the San Quentin Prison Band . Contrary to interview statements by Burdon that the album is a live album from the performance in prison in May 1971, Going Down Slow is the only live track on the album. At the time of recording in May, Burdon was accompanied by the band War.

In 1976 the album came out with a new cover under the title Black & White Blues , and in 1995 it was regemastered as a CD .

Guilty! was the only collaboration between Eric Burdon and Jimmy Witherspoon. The album ranks 97th in the list of the 100 best albums of all time at the Italian e-zine Viceversa .

Track list

  1. I've Been Driftin / Once Upon A Time - 3:47 (J. Witherspoon / E. Burdon)
  2. Steamroller - 4:13 (J. Tayler)
  3. The Laws Must Change - 4:55 ( John Mayall )
  4. Have Mercy Judge - 3:47 ( Chuck Berry )
  5. Going Down Slow * - 6:24 (J. Oden)
  6. Soledad - 5:07 (E. Burdon / J. Sterling)
  7. Home Dream ** - 7:18 (Eric Burdon)
  8. Headin 'for Home - 4:33 (E. Burdon / K. Kesterson / J. Sterling)
  9. The Time Has Come *** - 5:55 (T. Edwards / J. Witherspoon)

List of musicians

  • Eric Burdon, Jimmy Witherspoon: vocals
  • Bob Mercereau, Lee Oskar ** : Harmonica
  • Papa Dee Allen ** : Congas
  • Harold Brown ** , George Suranovich: drums
  • Charles Miller ** : tenor saxophone
  • Howard Scott ** , John Sterling, Ike White: guitar
  • Lonnie Jordan ** , Terry Ryan: piano , organ
  • BB Dickerson ** , Kim Kesterson: Bass
  • Reverend James Cleveland Choir ***
  • The San Quentin Prison Band (with Ike White, guitar) *

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ERIC BURDON & TOVARICH at www.ericburdonalbums.com ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed July 22, 2009)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ericburdonalbums.com
  2. ↑ Information taken from the CD inlay.
  3. ↑ a b Explanations of the live recorded title "Going Down Slow" at www.ericburdonalbums.com ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed July 22, 2009)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ericburdonalbums.com
  4. ↑ 100 Best Albums of All Time at Viceversa (Italian, accessed July 22, 2009)