Tasty Blues
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{{Infobox album
| name = Tasty Blues
| type = Album
| artist = Little Brother Montgomery
| cover = Tasty Blues.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1961
| recorded = July 1, 1960
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Blues
| length = 42:02
| label = Bluesville
{{small|BVLP 1012}}
| producer =
| chronology = Little Brother Montgomery
| prev_title = Little Brother
| prev_year = 1960
| next_title = Blues
| next_year = 1961
}}
Tasty Blues is an album by blues musician Little Brother Montgomery recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label early the following year.[https://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-bluesville-1000-series/#bvlp-1012 Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series] accessed October 31, 2018[https://www.bsnpubs.com/fantasy/bluesville/bluesville.html Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography] accessed October 31, 2018[https://www.wirz.de/music/montgome.htm Wirz' American Music: Little Brother Montgomery discography] accessed October 31, 2018
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Tony |last2=Smith |first2=Chris |title=The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |year=2006 |edition=|publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-140-51384-4|page=467}}
}}
AllMusic reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "Here's a very attractive example of a pianist with roots dug deep in pre-war tradition updating his style just enough to sound contemporary for 1960. ... Montgomery swoops through his seminal "Vicksburg Blues" and "No Special Rider" with enthusiasm and élan".{{AllMusic|first=Bill |last=Dahl |class=album |id=mw0000093021 |title= Little Brother Montgomery: Tasty Blues – Review |accessdate= October 31, 2018}} The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings comments that Lafayette Thomas’s presence on the album sets it apart from other records by Montgomery.
Track listing
All compositions by Little Brother Montgomery except where noted
- "Tasty Blues" – 4:40
- "Santa Fe" – 2:36
- "How Long, Brother?" – 3:36
- "Pleading Blues" – 3:30
- "No Special Rider Blues" – 2:22
- "Brother's Boogie" – 2:54
- "Sneaky Pete Blues" (Lafayette Thomas) – 4:20
- "Something Keeps Worrying Me" – 4:02
- "Cry Cry Baby" (Armand "Jump" Jackson) – 3:00
- "Satellite Blues" – 3:54
- "Deep Fried" – 3:55
- "Vicksburg Blues" – 3:13
Personnel
=Performance=
- Little Brother Montgomery – piano, vocals
- Lafayette Thomas – guitar (tracks 1–4 & 6–12)
- Julian Euell – bass (tracks 1–4 & 6–12)
=Production=
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Category:Little Brother Montgomery albums