Name: Johnny Young and His Friends
Brand: Testament (label)
SKU: 32775
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Johnny Young and His Friends

Rating

Album: Johnny Young and His Friends
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Prison Bound
2)	Sugar Farm Blues
3)	All My Money Gone
4)	My Home Ain't Here
5)	Blues for the Big Time - (previously unreleased)
6)	Did You Get That Letter?
7)	I'm Leaving Baby
8)	I Got It
9)	Bumble Bee - (previously unreleased)
10)	Meet Me in the Bottom
11)	You Made Me Feel So Good
12)	Want My Lovin' - (previously unreleased)
13)	Blues and Troubles
14)	Kid Man Blues
15)	Humpty Dumpty
16)	[Untitled Track]
17)	Forty-Four Blues
18)	Whoop It Up

Album: Johnny Young and His Friends
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Prison Bound
2)	Sugar Farm Blues
3)	All My Money Gone
4)	My Home Ain't Here
5)	Blues for the Big Time - (previously unreleased)
6)	Did You Get That Letter?
7)	I'm Leaving Baby
8)	I Got It
9)	Bumble Bee - (previously unreleased)
10)	Meet Me in the Bottom
11)	You Made Me Feel So Good
12)	Want My Lovin' - (previously unreleased)
13)	Blues and Troubles
14)	Kid Man Blues
15)	Humpty Dumpty
16)	[Untitled Track]
17)	Forty-Four Blues
18)	Whoop It Up

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Johnny Young (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Otis Spann (piano); John Wrencher, Jimmy Walker, Walter Horton, Robert Nighthawk.
Compilation producer: Bruce Bromberg.
Personnel: Johnny Young (vocals, guitar, mandolin); John Lee Granderson, Robert Nighthawk (guitar); Slim Willis, Little Walter, Big John Wrencher, Big Walter Horton (harmonica); Jimmy Young , Otis Spann (piano); Robert Whitehead (drums).
Liner Note Author: Pete Welding.
Recording information: Chicago, IL (1962-1966).
Photographer: Pete Welding.
Arranger: Johnny Young.
Recorded in informal settings between 1962 and 1966, this presents Young with various configurations, with major Chicago blues talents like Otis Spann, Robert Nighthawk, Little Walter, and Walter Horton lending a hand at different points (Young also plays solo on a couple of numbers). Only three cuts feature drums, so this is usually at the midpoint between Delta blues and the electric Chicago sound; Young usually plays guitar, but also brings out his mandolin for a couple of songs. Warm performances, though not especially noteworthy. The CD reissue adds four previously unreleased bonus cuts. ~ Richie Unterberger

Professional Reviews

Living Blues (9-10/94, p.80) - "...Young in a variety of informal settings from 1962 to 1966, backed by various combinations of local heavyweights that emphasized every nuance of Young's rough-and-tumble Mississippi-bred approach..."