Tracklist Hide Credits
| 1 |
Natural Man |
2:33
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| 2 |
Don't Dog Your Woman |
3:12
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| 3 |
Let Me Die With The One I LoveWritten-By – Alex Atkins, J.B. Lenoir |
2:11
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| 4 |
Carrie Lee |
2:41
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| 5 |
Mama, What About Your Daughter |
2:28
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| 6 |
If I Give My Love To You |
2:37
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| 7 |
Five Years |
1:45
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| 8 |
Don't Touch My Head |
2:16
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| 9 |
I've Been Down So Long |
3:14
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| 10 |
What Have I DoneWritten-By – Alex Atkins, J.B. Lenoir |
3:07
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| 11 |
Eisenhower Blues |
2:51
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| 12 |
Korea Blues |
2:49
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| 13 |
Everybody Wants To Know |
2:16
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| 14 |
I'm In Korea |
3:07
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Credits
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Alto Saxophone
–
Alex Atkins (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to A7, B1 to B3, B6)
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Bass
–
Willie Dixon (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to A7, B1 to B2, B6)
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Compiled By, Edited By, Producer
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T.T. Swan
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Design [Album]
–
Cathy Swan
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Drum
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Al Galvin (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to A7, B1 to B4, B6, B7),
Alfred Wallace (tracks: A4, B5)
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Engineer
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Malcolm Chisholm
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Engineer [Assistance]
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Gary Rice
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Guitar
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Leroy Foster (tracks: A4, B5)
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Guitar, Vocals
–
J.B. Lenoir
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Photography By [Cover Photo]
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Ray Flerlage
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Piano
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Joe Montgomery (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to A7, B1 to B4, B6, B7),
Sunnyland Slim (tracks: A4, B5)
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Producer
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Leonard & Phil Chess
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Tenor Saxophone
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Ernest Cotton (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to A7, B1 to B3, B6),
Lorenzo Smith (tracks: B4, B7)
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Written-By
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J.B. Lenoir (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B2, B4 to B7)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Other versions
| Category |
Artist |
Title (Format) |
Label |
Category |
Country |
Year |
| 410 |
J.B. Lenoir |
Natural Man (LP, Comp, RE)
|
Chess |
410 |
US |
1974 |
| 410, LP-410 |
J.B. Lenoir |
Natural Man (LP, Comp, Promo)
|
Chess, Chess |
410, LP-410 |
US |
1970 |
| 410, LP-410 |
J.B. Lenoir |
Natural Man (LP, Comp)
|
Chess, Chess |
410, LP-410 |
US |
1970 |
| CH 9323 |
J.B. Lenoir |
Natural Man (LP, Comp, RE)
|
Chess |
CH 9323 |
US |
1990 |
| BRP 2014 |
J.B. Lenoir |
Natural Man (LP, Comp, RE)
|
Chess |
BRP 2014 |
Italy |
1981 |
Tracklist
| A1 |
Natural Man |
| A2 |
Mama, What About Your Daughter |
| A3 |
Give Me One More Shot |
| A4 |
Everybody Wants To Know |
| A5 |
JB’s Rock |
| A6 |
If You Love Me |
| A7 |
Low Down Dirty Shame |
| A8 |
Don’t Touch My Head |
| A9 |
When I Am Drinking |
| A10 |
I’ve Been Down For So Long |
| B1 |
Five Years |
| B2 |
Don’t Dog Your Woman |
| B3 |
I Don’t Know |
| B4 |
Good Looking Woman |
| B5 |
If I Give My Love To You |
| B6 |
Carrie Lee |
| B7 |
Korea Blues |
| B8 |
Eisenhower Blues |
| B9 |
Let Me Die With The One I Love |
| B10 |
What I Have Done |
Credits
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Alto Saxophone
–
Alex Atkins
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Bass
–
Willie Dixon
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Drum
–
Al Galvin,
Alfred Wallace
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Guitar
–
J.B. Lenoir,
Leroy Foster
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Piano
–
Joe Montgomery,
Sunnyland Slim
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Tenor Saxophone
–
Ernest Cotton,
Lorenzo Smith
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Vocals
–
J.B. Lenoir
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Written-By
–
J.B. Lenoir
Notes
This LP of original Chess recordings (1951-1955), originally released on the label as 78s, is a ‘best of’ Delta bluesman J.B. Lenoir’s early period. Introduced onto the Chicago blues scene in 1949 by Big Bill Broonzy, Lenoir was soon recording regularly for labels like Job and Chess. By the time his “Eisenhower Blues” was released for Parrott Records in 1954, Lenoir’s beautiful voice and talent for songwriting had made him a big man on campus. The protest song, which criticized President Eisenhower and his tax policy, was fast on its way to becoming a hit when it was unceremoniously yanked from shelves by government censors. However, J.B. was not deterred, and continued his social / political criticism with songs like “Korea Blues” - and later “Down In Mississippi” and “Vietnam Blues”. However, he was not without a sense of humour as well, and wrote songs like “Don’t Touch My Head” about his new process hairdo.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Other versions
| Category |
Artist |
Title (Format) |
Label |
Category |
Country |
Year |
| DOL1504 |
J.B. Lenoir |
Natural Man (LP, Comp, RE)
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Dol |
DOL1504 |
Europe |
2014 |