Here's the Man!

Here's the Man!!!
Studio album by
Bobby Bland
Released1962
Recorded1960–62
StudioChicago, Illinois
GenreBlues
LabelDuke[1]
Bobby Bland chronology
Two Steps from the Blues
(1961) 		Here's the Man!!!
(1962) 		Call On Me
(1969)
Singles from Here's the Man!
  1. "Turn On Your Love Light"
    Released: November 1961
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Here's the Man!!! is the second studio album by Bobby Bland, released in 1962.[3][5] It was issued in standard mono, as well true stereo and was the first Duke album issued in the stereo format. Even though the previous album, Two Steps from the Blues remains available on CD, this album hasn't been available in its entirety since 1988.

The album reached No. 53 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.[6]

Production

The songs were arranged by band leader Joe Scott.[7][8]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "Bland displays his vocal power throughout Here's the Man! using his volcanic, guttural delivery to easily work through Joe Scott's galvanizing arrangements, especially on 'Twistin' up the Road' and 'Turn on Your Love Light'."[2] Billboard called Here's the Man! a "fine album ... which shows off [Bland's] stylish vocal treatments."[9] In an appreciation published after Bland's death, Texas Monthly wrote: "Blues could be orchestral, blues could be lush, blues could sound as urbane as it wanted to sound."[8]

The album was a 2024 inductee to the Blues Hall of Fame.[10]

Track listing

  1. "36-22-36" (Deadric Malone)
  2. "You're the One (That I Adore)" (Malone)
  3. "Turn On Your Love Light" (Malone, Joe Scott)
  4. "Who Will the Next Fool Be" (Charlie Rich)
  5. "You're Worth It All" (Malone, Vernon Morrison)
  6. "Blues in the Night" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
  7. "Your Friends" (Malone)
  8. "Ain't That Lovin' You" (Malone)
  9. "Jelly Jelly Jelly" (Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines)
  10. "Twistin' Up the Road" (Malone, Joe Veasy)
  11. "Stormy Monday Blues" (T-Bone Walker)

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b "Here's the Man! - Bobby "Blue" Bland | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 666.
  4. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 64.
  5. ^ "The Man". www.austinchronicle.com.
  6. ^ Farley, Charles (February 7, 2011). Soul of the Man: Bobby "Blue" Bland. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781604739206 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Bobby 'Blue' Bland obituary". the Guardian. June 24, 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Remembering Bobby "Blue" Bland". Texas Monthly. January 28, 2015.
  9. ^ "Late Pop Spotlights". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 30, 1962 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "Blues Hall Of Fame Class Of 2024 Named". Memphisflyer.com. Retrieved May 7, 2024.