Bummer Road is a compilation album by the American blues musician Sonny Boy Williamson II, released in 1969.[1] It achieved notoriety due to the inclusion of 11 minutes of studio outtakes related to the track "Little Village", where Williamson and producer Leonard Chess argue about the song.[2] The album was issued with a label advising that the track was not suitable for airplay, due to profanity—allegedly, it is the first blues album to carry any kind of "explicit lyrics" sticker.[2] "Little Village" inspired the name of Little Village, a band that included Ry Cooder, Jim Keltner, Nick Lowe, and John Hiatt.[3]
AllMusic wrote that "every track is a burner," and called the 11-minute "Little Village" studio chatter addition "one of the best examples of enlarging the scope of a musical track by adding auxiliary material that wasn't originally meant for release."[6] Reviewing a reissue, The Age wrote: "The stunning 'Unseen Eye' ventures low-down through understated piano and guitar arpeggios, while the haunting 'Keep Your Hand Out of My Pocket' follows Sonny Boy's admonition: 'You'd better cut it now because if you let it cool, goddam it! It won't be worth a damn!'"[9] The Anchorage Daily News called "Santa Claus" a "sweet and lazy harp blues from a master, backed up by Robert Jr. Lockwood's guitar, and allegedly made up on the studio spot when Sonny Boy was drunk."[10]
- "Bummer Road - Sonny Boy Williamson II | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
Sonny Boy Williamson
Bummer Road
1."She Got Next to Me" 2:30
2."Santa Claus"2:42
3."Little Village"11:50
4."Lonesome Cabin"3:00
5."I Can't Do Without You"2:45
6."Temperature 110"2:14
7."Unseen Eye"3:00
8."Keep Your Hand Out of My Pocket"2:45
9."Open Road"2:52
10."This Old Life"2:34
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