Jimmy Dawkins • Fast Fingers

 

Review:
by Stewart Mason
First released in 1969, after guitarist Jimmy Dawkins had served a long apprenticeship as a sideman in the Chicago electric blues scene, Fast Fingers remains one of the finest pure electric blues albums of its era. Dawkins proves to be a solid songwriter and an able singer, although the best moments on the album invariably come when he tears off a casually perfect, deeply soulful, but never showy electric solo. Highlights include the stomping instrumental "Triple Trebles," featuring an outstanding Dawkins solo over a funky horn-driven rhythm, and the mellow, laid-back opener, "It Serves Me Right to Suffer." The album was finally reissued on CD in 1998 with a new cover and two fine outtakes from the original sessions, "Sad and Blues" (which features an exceptional extended solo by Dawkins) and "Back Home Blues," which is a 1969 recording with a new (1998) vocal by Dawkins.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/fast-fingers-mw0000674635

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Reseña:
por Stewart Mason
Publicado por primera vez en 1969, después de que el guitarrista Jimmy Dawkins hubiera realizado un largo aprendizaje como músico secundario en la escena del blues eléctrico de Chicago, Fast Fingers sigue siendo uno de los mejores álbumes de blues eléctrico puro de su época. Dawkins demuestra ser un sólido compositor y un hábil cantante, aunque los mejores momentos del álbum llegan invariablemente cuando arranca un solo eléctrico casualmente perfecto, profundamente conmovedor, pero nunca vistoso. Destaca el instrumental "Triple Trebles", con un excelente solo de Dawkins sobre un ritmo de trompeta, y el suave y relajado comienzo, "It Serves Me Right to Suffer". El álbum se reeditó finalmente en CD en 1998 con una nueva portada y dos buenas grabaciones de las sesiones originales, "Sad and Blues" (que presenta un excepcional solo extendido de Dawkins) y "Back Home Blues", que es una grabación de 1969 con una nueva (1998) voz de Dawkins.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/fast-fingers-mw0000674635

 

Tracks:
1 - It Serves Me Right To Suffer - 4:07
2 - I Wonder Why - 3:05
3 - I'm Good For Nothing - 5:12
4 - Triple Trebles - 2:42
5 - I Finally Learned A Lesson - 3:43
6 - You Got To Keep On Trying - 4:12
7 - Night Rock - 3:26
8 - Little Angel Child - 3:55
9 - I Don't Know What Love Is - 5:57
10 - Breaking Down - 5:31
11 - Sad And Blues - 4:51
12 - Back Home Blues - 3:30

   
Credits:
    Bass – Ernest Gatewood (tracks: 2 to 4, 6, 9, 10), Joe Harper (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12)
    Design – Kate Hoddinott
    Drums – Lester Dorsie
    Guitar – Mighty Joe Young
    Liner Notes – John Fishel
    Photography By [Additional] – Ray Flerlage
    Photography By [Cover] – Jim Falconer
    Photography By [Original Cover] – Jim Powell
    Piano, Organ – Lafayette Leake
    Producer [Album], Supervised By [Album] – Robert G. Koester
    Producer [CD] – Steve Wagner
    Recorded By – Dave Antler
    Tenor Saxophone – Eddie Shaw
    Vocals, Guitar – Jimmy Dawkins
    Written-By – Jimmy Dawkins

Notes:
Tracks 2 to 4, 6, 9, 10 recorded November 28, 1968
Tracks 1, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12 recorded January 21, 1969
Tracks 11 and 12 are previously unissued.
The vocal on 11 and the first half of 12 are new '98 vocal tracks re-recorded at the request of Jimmy Dawkins.

Label: Delmark Records – DD-623, Delmark Records – 623
Released: 1998
Genre: Blues
Style: Chicago Blues
https://www.discogs.com/release/1277566-Jimmy-Dawkins-Fast-Fingers

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