Levee Blues

Levee Blues
Studio album by Potliquor
Released 1972
Studio Deep South Recording Studio
Genre
  • Southern rock
  • blues rock
Length 34:53
Label Janus Records
Producer Jim Brown
Potliquor chronology
First Taste
(1970)
Levee Blues
(1971)
Louisiana Rock & Roll
(1972)

Levee Blues is the second album from American band Potliquor released in 1972.

Work on Levee Blues began in February 1971 at Deep South Recording Studio, and even though it had been planned for release in May, the band did not complete recording until August 1971 with the album release coming in December.

Reception

Chess/Janus announced that they would be promoting the new album for Christmas sales, and the company took out a full page ad in Billboard in December to promote five of its new albums, including Levee Blues.

A good review in Billboard foreshadowed a successful run by Levee Blues. Billboard reported airplay in Kalamazoo, Michigan;[1] Chico, California;[2] De Kalb, Illinois;[3] Long Beach, California;[4] and Bridgeport, Connecticut[5] in the first two months of 1972, and the album hit the Billboard chart at #208 at the end of January.[6] "Cheer", a cut from the album was released quickly because of the early airplay it had been getting from national disc jockeys and entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #98 on February 12, 1972. Five weeks later, a constant increase in sales lifted Levee Blues to #168 and "Cheer" to #65.[7][8] This would be the high water mark for both the album and single. The album was reported as still getting airplay in Livonia, Michigan[9] at the end of the year.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Cheer"  George Ratzlaff 4:52
2. "The Train"  George Ratzlaff 3:28
3. "Levee Blues"  Les Wallace, George Ratzlaff 4:03
4. "Rooster Blues"  Willie Dixon 6:34
5. "Chattanooga"  George Ratzlaff 3:06
6. "Lady Madonna"  John Lennon, Paul McCartney 3:59
7. "You're No Good"  Clint Ballard, Jr. 3:59
8. "When God Dips His Love in My Heart"  W. S. Stevenson 0:57
9. "Beyond the River Jordan"  George Ratzlaff 3:55

Personnel

Additional musicians

  • Paul Harrison - 12 string guitar
  • Bobby Thomas - percussion
  • Glen Spreen - horn arrangements
  • Horns - Lee Fortier
  • Art DeCesare – horns
  • Bud Brashier – horns
  • Lloyd Roach – horns
  • Pete Verbois – horns
  • Jimmy Miller – horns
  • Charles Pounds – horns
  • Cy Frost - string arrangements
  • Dino Constantinides - strings
  • Leslie Petrere - strings
  • Kenneth Klaus - strings
  • Clarence Render - strings
  • Thaddeus Brys - strings
  • John Babb - strings
  • Studio Chicks (aka "The Blackeyed Peas") - background vocals

Production

References

  1. Glassenberg, Bob (January 21, 1972). "What's Happening". Billboard: 45.
  2. Glassenberg, Bob (January 29, 1972). "What's Happening". Billboard: 29.
  3. Glassenberg, Bob (February 5, 1972). "What's Happening". Billboard: 33.
  4. Glassenberg, Bob (February 12, 1972). "What's Happening". Billboard.
  5. Glassenberg, Bob (February 12, 1972). "What's Happening". Billboard: 45.
  6. "Bubbling Under the Top LPs". Billboard: 29. January 29, 1972.
  7. "Top LPs and Tape". Billboard: 58. March 25, 1972.
  8. "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard: 57. March 25, 1972.
  9. Sutherland, Sam (December 23, 1973). "What's Happening". Billboard: 21.

External links

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