Blues Roots

Blues Roots
Studio album by Ike Turner
Released	June 1972
Recorded	1971 & 1972
Studio	Bolic Sound, Inglewood, California
Genre	Blues
Label	United Artists
Producer	Ike Turner, Gerhard Augustin
Ike Turner chronology
A Black Man's Soul (1969) Blues Roots (1972) Bad Dreams (1973)
Singles from Blues Roots
"Right On" Released: April 1972 "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" Released: July 1972

Blues Roots is a studio album by musician Ike Turner. The album was released on United Artists Records in June 1972.[1]

Recording and release

Blues Roots was a side project recorded in 1971 and 1972 at Turner's studio, Bolic Sound, in Inglewood, California. Two singles were released, "Right On" and a cover of Lloyd Price's "Lawdy Miss Clawdy."[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The album received positive reviews.[4][5] Gene Sculatti wrote for The Sacramento Bee that "Ike's approach to singing provides refreshing counterbalance. He added, "where Tina's fiery attack suggests a long-caged lioness suddenly freed, Ike's style rests on understatement."[6]

Billboard (June 10, 1972):

The strength of Ike's style does lie in his "Blues Roots." Producing himself on this package of blues images, including some material of blues great Willie Dixon and other masters, Ike proves his ability as a writer and artist of the blues as well as his development as a singIe performer. No horns, no Ikettes, no frills – just clean, pure blues from the roots.[1]

Reissues

Blues Roots was reissued by BGO Records in 2012 on the compilation CD Blues Roots/Bad Dreams.[7]

Track listing

[8]

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You're Still My Baby"	Chuck Willis	2:58
2.	"Tacks In My Shoes"	Ike Turner	2:58
3.	"The Things I Used To Do (I Don't Do No More)"	Eddie Jones	2:57
4.	"Goin' Home"	L. Jennings, J. L. Lattaker	3:01
5.	"Lawdy Miss Clawdy"	Lloyd Price	1:37
6.	"Right On"	Ike Turner	4:45

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Think"	Ike Turner	2:59
2.	"Rockin' Blues"	Booker Lee	2:48
3.	"That's Alright"		2:59
4.	"My Babe"	Willie Dixon	3:22
5.	"Broken Hearted"	Jean Tucker	3:29
6.	"If You Love Me Like You Say"	Ike Turner	3:02

Personnel

• Ike Turner - vocals, guitar, arrangements

Technical

• Barry Keene, John Mills, Jim Saunders, Steve Waldman - engineer
• Mike Salisbury - design
• Norman Seeff - art direction, photography

References

1. "Special Merit Picks" (PDF). Billboard. June 10, 1972. p. 43.
2. "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World: 8. April 29, 1972.
3. "Blues Roots/Bad Dreams - Ike Turner | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
4. "Ike Turner's Voice Well-Suited To Blues". The State. July 20, 1972. pp. 4-E.
5. Price, Hardy (July 30, 1972). "Team Is Hard To Beat". The Arizona Republic. pp. 4-N.
6. Sculatti, Gene (August 26, 1972). "Music Scene: Ike and Tina Turner". The Sacramento Bee. pp. A4.
7. "Ike Turner - Blues Roots/Bad Dreams". Discogs.
8. "Ike Turner - Blues Roots". Discogs. 1972.