Release Date: 1/01/1996
Recording Date: 1/1996
Tracks: 11
Length: 00:52:14 Hrs
Label: Rounder
Type: CD
- Genre/Styles
- Soul, Soul-Blues, New Orleans Blues, New Orleans R&B, Retro-Soul, Regional Blues
Album Tracks (11)
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What the Critics Say
Johnny Adams is renowned for his smoky but smooth voice, but One Foot in the Blues is as much a showcase for Lonnie Smith's Hammond B-3 organ, which sounds like a living, breathing creature. The spare, mostly live-in-the-studio production allows plenty of wide open sonic space for Smith's expressive organ (including his pulsating bass pedal), Ed Peterson's after-hours tenor sax, and Jimmy Ponder's gentle guitar fills. While Adams' most fervent champions thrill to his every note, others may find his singing mannered on the ballads that dominate this session, and his voice is certainly huskier than in the days when he earned the sobriquet "the Tan Canary." As the title suggests, the CD is only partly blues; Adams' other "foot" here, as on his previous '90s recordings, is placed squarely between the cabaret-jazz crooning of Johnny Hartman and the soul-pop styling of Lou Rawls. ~ Steve Hoffman, All Music Guide
