Time: 25:50
File: Flac
Released: 1960
Styles: Blues
Art: Front
1. I'll Never Be Free (2:09)
2. The Swingin' Shepherd Blues (1:56)
3. Midnight (2:04)
4. Have I Stayed Away Too Long (2:17)
5. Stormy Weather (2:17)
6. Trouble in Mind (2:49)
7. Tricky (2:09)
8. Blues Stay Away from Me (2:12)
9. Re-Enlistment Blues (2:44)
10. The Lonesome Road (2:46)
11. Yesterdays (2:22)
Hello Blues is Floyd Cramer's attempt to play the blues in his own distinctive, "slip-note," style. Of course, the laid-back tempos and gentle arrangements of all the music on the album mean that it never sounds as gritty or down-home as the best country blues, but that isn't the point of the record -- Hello Blues is a pleasant collection of bluesy easy listening, not a blues record, and taken on its own terms, it's entertaining. The CD reissue including four bonus tracks, which are not necessarily "blues": "Sentimental Journey," "Red Roses for a Blue Lady," "Mr. Lonely," and "Love Letters."
Hello Blues FLAC