Come On in This House

{{Infobox album

| name = Come On in This House

| type = studio

| artist = Junior Wells

| cover = Come On in This House.jpg|border=yes

| alt =

| released = 1996

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Blues

| length = 69:20

| label = Telarc{{cite news |last1=North |first1=Peter |title='Celestial' Junior Wells played with true passion |work=Edmonton Journal |date=20 Jan 1998 |page=C2}}

| producer = John Snyder

| prev_title = Everybody's Gettin' Some

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Live at Buddy Guy's Legends

| next_year = 1997

}}

Come On in This House is an album by the American musician Junior Wells.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/junior-wells-mn0000962064/biography|title=Junior Wells Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQU3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1065|title=The Blues Encyclopedia|first1=Edward|last1=Komara|first2=Peter|last2=Lee|date=July 11, 2004|publisher=Routledge}} Released in 1996, it was Wells's final studio album.{{Cite magazine|url=https://downbeat.com/news/detail/telarc-releases-junior-wells-come-on-in-this-house-on-sacd|title=Telarc Releases Junior Wells’ Come On in This House on SACD|date=March 5, 2002|magazine=DownBeat}} He supported it with a North American tour.{{cite news |last1=Ehrbar |first1=Joe |title=Blues Harp Great Junior Wells Plays Mad Daddy's on Saturday |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=28 Feb 1997 |department=Weekend |page=2}}

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Traditional Blues Album".{{cite web |title=Junior Wells |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/junior-wells/17553 |website=Recording Academy |access-date=11 October 2022}} It won the W. C. Handy Award for best Traditional Blues Album.{{cite magazine |title=Junior Wells, Pioneering Blues Harmonica Player, Succumbs at 63 |magazine=Jet |date=Feb 2, 1998 |volume=93 |issue=10 |page=18}}

Production

The album was produced by John Snyder; it was encoded in surround-sound.{{cite news |last1=Simon |first1=Jeremy |title=Blues colleagues happy to enter Junior Wells' 'House' |work=Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph |date=21 Feb 1997 |page=AA15}} The title track was written by Mel London.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R9bUCB6_ll0C&pg=PA123|title=Earl Hooker, Blues Master|first=Danchin|last=Sebastian|date=February 11, 2010|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi}} "Give Me One Reason" is a cover of the Tracy Chapman song. Corey Harris, Sonny Landreth, and Derek Trucks were among the slide guitarists who contributed to the album.{{cite news |last1=Zwerin |first1=Mike |title=Junior Wells 'Come On in This House' |work=International Herald Tribune |date=6 Dec 1996 |department=Features |page=15}}

Critical reception

{{album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/come-on-in-this-house-mw0000081664|title=Junior Wells Come On in This House |website=AllMusic}}

|rev2 = Chicago Tribune

|rev2score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite news |last1=Dahl |first1=Bill |title=Junior Wells Come On in This House |work=Chicago Tribune |date=22 Nov 1996 |department=Friday |page=60}}

|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=8 |page=581}}

|rev4 = MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide

|rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |title=MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide |date=1998 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=396}}

|rev5 = The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings

|rev5score = {{rating|4|4}}{{cite book |title=The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |date=2006 |publisher=Penguin Books Ltd |page=695}}

|rev6 = Philadelphia Daily News

|rev6score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite news |last1=Takiff |first1=Jonathan |title=Blues to Do You Right |work=Philadelphia Daily News |date=18 Mar 1997 |location=Features Yo! |page=35}}

}}

The Philadelphia Inquirer noted that the "spare arrangements show that Wells is still a sly, crafty player."{{cite news |last1=DeLuca |first1=Dean |title=A Revived Blues Legend Plays at Warmdaddy's |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=28 Sep 1996 |page=D9}} The Chicago Tribune praised the "sly rendition of swamp rocker Bobby Charles' 'Why Are People Like That?'"

The Buffalo News concluded that "no one is overshadowing Wells' soulful harp, or his bluesy voice, surprisingly intact at 62 after a career spent in smoky clubs."{{cite news |last1=Beebe |first1=Michael |title=Junior Wells has long been one of the top living blues harpists... |work=The Buffalo News |date=November 8, 1996 |page=G34}} The Rocky Mountain News determined that "the bluesman still sounds warm and supple, or edgy and anguished, as the mood requires."{{cite news |last1=Rassenfoss |first1=Joe |title=Junior Wells Proves You Can Age Gracefully with the Blues |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=November 15, 1996 |page=22D}}

AllMusic called the album "a virtual slide-guitar mini-fest and a demonstration of the timeless appeal of classic blues done well." MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide deemed it "a top-notch album cut years after Wells was written off as a creative force."