Country Meets the Blues

Country Meets the Blues is an album of jazz interpretations of country music and blues tunes performed by the Ramsey Lewis' Trio which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Argo label.[1]

Country Meets the Blues
Studio album by
Ramsey Lewis Trio
Released1962
RecordedAugust 2 & 3, 1962
Bell Sound Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelArgo
LP 701
ProducerRalph Bass
Ramsey Lewis chronology
The Sound of Spring
(1962)		 Country Meets the Blues
(1962)		 Bossa Nova
(1962)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.[2]

Track listing
  1. "Your Cheatin' Heart" (Hank Williams) - 2:59
  2. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 3:07
  3. "Blueberry Hill" (Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock) - 2:43
  4. "Country Meets the Blues" - (Ramsey Lewis) 2:27
  5. "Memphis in June" (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:05
  6. "High Noon" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) - 4:46
  7. "I Need You So" (Ivory Joe Hunter) - 3:21
  8. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) - 2:45
  9. "Tangleweed 'Round My Heart" (Roy Kelley, Forrest Wyatt) - 3:24
  10. "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" (Clarence Williams) - 1:56

Personnel

References
  1. Argo Records discography accessed October 9, 2012
  2. Allmusic Review accessed October 9, 2012
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