Arbee's Blues

Arbee’s Blues lays testament to bluesman Arbee Stidham’s triumph over a long depression, a consequence of an accident that forced him to give up the saxophone in the mid-1950s. Along his route to recovery, the musician picked up the guitar, and this album—over half an hour of plaintive Chicago blues and swinging boogie-woogie—is one result. Stidham’s deep, grizzly voice and understated guitar licks weave through Memphis Slim’s piano/organ riffs and Jump Jackson’s beats on snare. See the liner notes for more about Arbee, his blues, and the lyrics that recount them.

Track Listing

101	Good Morning Blues	Arbee Stidham	01:52
102	Falling Blues	Arbee Stidham	04:09
103	Blue and Low	Arbee Stidham	03:01
104	Misery Blues (Calypso)	Arbee Stidham	02:23
105	My Baby Left Me	Arbee Stidham	02:26
106	In the Evening	Arbee Stidham	02:58
201	Walking Blues	Arbee Stidham	03:12
202	I’ve Got to Forget You	Arbee Stidham	03:35
203	Standing on the Corner	Arbee Stidham	02:10
204	Careless Love	Arbee Stidham	04:20
205	Tell Me, Mama	Arbee Stidham	03:42