JIMMY DAWKINS FAST FINGERS Original Release:1969
Label: Delmark
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First released in 1969, after guitarist Jimmy Dawkins had served a long apprenticeship as a sideman in the Chicago electric blues scene, Fast Fingers remains one of the finest pure electric blues albums of its era. Dawkins proves to be a solid songwriter and an able singer, although the best moments on the album invariably come when he tears off a casually perfect, deeply soulful, but never showy electric solo. Highlights include the stomping instrumental "Triple Trebles," featuring an outstanding Dawkins solo over a funky horn-driven rhythm, and the mellow, laid-back opener, "It Serves Me Right to Suffer." The album was finally reissued on CD in 1998 with a new cover and two fine outtakes from the original sessions, "Sad and Blues" (which features an exceptional extended solo by Dawkins) and "Back Home Blues," which is a 1969 recording with a new (1998 ) vocal by Dawkins. ~ Stewart Mason
Tracklist 1. It Serves Me Right To Suffer 4:11
2. I Wonder Why 3:08
3. I'm Good For Nothing 5:15
4. Triple Trebles 2:46
5. I Finally Learned A Lesson 3:47
6. You Got To Keep On Trying 4:17
7. Night Rock 3:29
8. Little Angel Child 3:59
9. I Don't Know What Love Is 6:01
10. Breaking Down 5:35
11. Sad And Blues 4:55
12. Back Home Blues 3:51
Personnel: Jimmy Dawkins - vocals, guitar
Ernest Gatewood - bass
Joe Harper - bass
Lester Dorsie - drums
Also: Lafayette Leake, Mighty Joe Young, Eddie Shaw
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