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Product Summary
Format: CD
Manufacturer: Alligator Records
Buy.com Sku: 219416758
UPC: 014551874324
UPC 14: 00014551874324
Release Date: 2/22/2011
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
Sample
1. T-Bone Shuffle ~ Johnny Copeland/Albert Collins/Robert Cray
2. Moon is Full, The ~ Johnny Copeland/Albert Collins/Robert Cray
3. Lion's Den ~ Johnny Copeland/Albert Collins/Robert Cray
4. She's Into Something ~ Johnny Copeland/Albert Collins/Robert Cray
5. Bring Your Fine Self Home ~ Johnny Copeland/Albert Collins/Robert Cray
6. Black Cat Bone ~ Johnny Copeland/Albert Collins/Robert Cray
7. Dream, The ~ Johnny Copeland/Albert Collins/Robert Cray
8. Albert's Alley ~ Johnny Copeland/Albert Collins/Robert Cray
9. Blackjack ~ Johnny Copeland/Albert Collins/Robert Cray
10. Something To Remember You By ~ Johnny Copeland/Albert Collins/Robert Cray
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info |
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Full performer name: Albert Collins/Robert Cray/Johnny Copeland. |
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Personnel includes: Albert Collins (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland (vocals, guitar); Allen Batts (organ); Johnny B. Gayden (bass); Casey Jones (drums). |
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Recorded at Streeterville Studios, Chicago, Illinois. Includes liner notes by Bruce Iglauer & Dick Shurman. |
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Personnel: Johnny Copeland (vocals, guitar); Albert Collins (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Robert Cray (vocals, guitar); Allen Batts (organ); Casey Jones (drums). |
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Audio Mixer: Justin Niebank. |
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Liner Note Authors: Dick Shurman; Bruce Iglauer. |
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Recording information: Streeterville Studios, Chicago, IL. |
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Photographer: Paul Natkin. |
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This excellent 1985 Alligator release finds three guitar legends squaring off, cutting heads, and forming a brotherhood forged in blues. The elder statesman and leader here is the irrepressible Albert Collins, whose guitar sound and unique approach to the blues has been bending ears since the '50s. Johnny Copeland, the "Texas Twister," an early disciple and longtime friend of Collins, is also here, showing he's moved well beyond Collins's early tutelage. The youngest gun is Robert Cray, another musician Collins took under his wing (some 15 years after he first met Copeland). |
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Backed only by a bassist, drummer, and organist (the spare backing band helps put the guitar work at center stage), Collins, Copeland, and Cray go toe-to-toe on these tracks. What's especially intriguing is that each song gives equal air time to each musician, making room for solos all around and even, on some tracks, shared vocals. Copeland is the wildest here, with his wooly, rough-hewn voice and blistering leads, counterbalanced by Cray, who lends a laid-back air of sophistication to the proceedings. Collins brings it all together with his signature "icy" style. SHOWDOWN! is a dream come true for blues-guitar fans. |
Producer: Dick Shurman; Bruce Iglauer |
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Engineer: Justin Niebank |
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Compilation Appearances
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Strike A Deep Chord |
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Live At Montreux 1982 & 1985 (w/ Bonus DVD) |
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For Connoisseurs Only V3 |
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Solos Sessions Encores |
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Alligator Records 40Th Anniversary Co |
Associated Artists and Works
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Collins, Albert |
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Fulson, Lowell |
Technical Info
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Release Date : 02/22/2011 |
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Original Release Date : 1985 |
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Catalog ID : ALCD 8743 |
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Label : Alligator Records |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Stereo |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00014551874324 |
Professional Reviews
Q - Recommended - "...as joyfully loose and spontaneous a blues session as anybody's cut for a decade and a half..."
Living Blues (p.57)
- "The album went on to earn a Grammy, and for fans of hard-driving, funky, thick molasses guitar jams, well, this is your record."
- "The album went on to earn a Grammy, and for fans of hard-driving, funky, thick molasses guitar jams, well, this is your record."
Living Blues (9-10/95, pp.90-91)
- "...SHOWDOWN! is one of the most successful collaborations in modern blues recording, bringing Collins together with two of his best-known proteges, Johnny Copeland and Robert Cray....the album features a selection of great songs, with plenty of room for state-of-the-art guitar virtuosity..."
- "...SHOWDOWN! is one of the most successful collaborations in modern blues recording, bringing Collins together with two of his best-known proteges, Johnny Copeland and Robert Cray....the album features a selection of great songs, with plenty of room for state-of-the-art guitar virtuosity..."
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