Deep Down is an album by the American blues musician Carey Bell, recorded in Chicago in 1995 and released by the Alligator label.[1]

Deep Down
Studio album by
Released1995
Recorded1995
StudioStreeterville Studios, Chicago
GenreBlues
Length52:19
LabelAlligator
ALCD 4828
ProducerCarey Bell, Bruce Iglauer
Carey Bell chronology
Carey Bell & Spike Ravenswood
(1995)
Deep Down
(1995)
Good Luck Man
(1997)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings    [3]

AllMusic reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "More than a quarter century after he cut his debut album, Bell recently made his finest disc to date. Boasting superior material and musicianship and a goosed-up energy level that frequently reaches incendiary heights, the disc captures Bell outdoing himself".[2] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings stated that "Bell benefits greatly from a high-quality backing band and a tight production team that curbs his habitual excesses ...It tends to suggest Bell might inherit the Chicago harmonica crown on merit rather than by default".[3]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Carey Bell except where noted

  1. "I Got to Go" (Little Walter) − 3:56
  2. "Let Me Stir in Your Pot" − 3:42
  3. "When I Get Drunk" (Eddie "Guitar" Burns) − 5:16
  4. "Low Down Dirty Shame" − 4:29
  5. "Borrow Your Love" − 3:59
  6. "Lonesome Stranger" − 4:03
  7. "After You" (Sonny Boy Williamson II) − 3:41
  8. "I Got a Rich Man's Woman" (L. J. Welch) − 4:43
  9. "Jawbreaker" − 2:57
  10. "Must I Holler" − 7:00
  11. "Tired of Giving You My Love" − 3:49
  12. "Easy" (Big Walter Horton) − 4:44

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Alligator Records: album details accessed November 6, 2019
  2. ^ a b Dahl, Bill. Carey Bell: Deep Down – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.