Hyena; 2007 By Joshua Klein ; June 7, 2007 Bad Blood in the City: The Piety Street Sessions From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Bad Blood in the City: The Piety Street Sessions Studio album by James Blood Ulmer Released May 8, 2007 Recorded 2006 Genre Blues Length 48:48 Label Hyena Producer Vernon Reid James Blood Ulmer chronology Birthright (2004) Bad Blood in the City: The Piety Street Sessions (2007) In and Out (2009)
Bad Blood in the City: The Piety Street Sessions is an album by American guitarist James Blood Ulmer recorded in New Orleans at the Piety Street Recording Studios and released on the Hyena label in 2007.[1] Contents
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "The creative place Blood finds himself in his partnership with Reid is yielding great fruit. This album is the strongest of their collaborations thus far, and is a wild ride through blues, R&B, and hard-driving distorted and feedback-laced — yet utterly musical — New Orleans funk. It's a monster".[2] Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 4/5 stars[2] Track listing
All compositions by James Blood Ulmer except as indicated
"Survivors of the Hurricane" - 3:53 "Sad Days, Lonely Nights" (Junior Kimbrough) – 5:59 "Katrina" – 3:46 "Let's Talk About Jesus" – 4:19 "This Land Is Nobody's Land" (John Lee Hooker) – 5:18 "Dead Presidents" (Willie Dixon, William R. Emerson) – 4:40 "Commit a Crime" (Chester Burnett) – 5:21 "Grinnin' in Your Face" (Eddie J. House Jr.) – 4:36 "There Is Power in the Blues" – 2:28 "Backwater Blues" (Traditional) – 5:52 "Old Slave Master" – 2:36
Recorded at Piety Street Studios, New Orleans in 2006
Personnel
James Blood Ulmer - guitar, vocals Vernon Reid - electric guitar, acoustic guitar Charles Burnham - violin, mandolin Leon Gruenbaum - Fender Rhodes, piano, Hammond B3 organ, keyboards, mellotron, clarinet David Barnes - harmonica Mark Peterson - electric bass, double bass Aubrey Dayle - drums, percussion Irene Datcher - vocals (track 4)