1. Red Neck, Blue Collar
2. Truck Drivin’ Man
3. Violin Bums
4. Out Of Blue
5. Love Bones
6. Hadacol Boogie
7. Rooster Blues
8. White Silver Sands
9. Can’t Beat The Kid (Part 2)
10. Somewhere Down The Road
11. Samba De Orfeo
Total time: 39:55
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Jungle Jim and the Voodoo Tiger
James Luther Dickinson
Memphis International
It only takes the first few notes of “Jungle Jim” to realize Dickinson was a major contributor to the sound of “Into the Purple Valley” and “Boomer’s Story,” the Ry Cooder albums he co-produced and played keyboards on in the early ’70s.
He probably also had a big hand in the song selection for the aforementioned Cooder albums, because Dickinson’s third solo album in 34 years likewise contains covers of obscure American chestnuts, unearthed from what he calls “the jukebox of my mind.”
A1 on his mental jukebox is “Red Neck, Blue Collar” by folkie Bob Frank. Other choice selections include “Violin Bums” by Collin Wade Monk; “Out of Blue” by Greg Spradlin; the Johnnie Taylor classic “Love Bones”; the huge 1957 hit for Don Rondo, “White Silver Sands”; “Can’t Beat the Kid” by Eddie Hinton; Chuck Prophet’s “Somewhere Down the Road”; and the instantly recognizable instrumental “Samba de Orfeo,” from the 1959 original motion picture soundtrack “Black Orpheus.”
In keeping with Dickinson’s family values, sons Luther and Cody give support on guitar and drums, respectively. Also among the album’s personnel are Amy LaVere and Alvin Youngblood Hart.
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