Saturday Night Blues (album)

Saturday Night Blues is a compilation album of recordings by Canadian blues performers, released by Stony Plain Records and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1991.^[1] Subtitled "The Great Canadian Blues Project, Volume 1", the album is significant as one of the early compilations of the work of Canadian blues artists.^{[fn 1]} The album won the 1992 Juno Award for Best Roots and Traditional Album of the Year.^{[fn 2]}

Track listing

1. Danser le Loup (Gerald Laroche) Gerald Laroche (3:01)
2. No More Doggin' (Rosco Gordon, Jules Taub) Colin James #(4:16)
3. Path to the Liquor Store (Gary Peeples) Jackson Delta (3:36)
4. I Need a Woman (Uncredited) Johnny V and The Houserockers (3:32)
5. Just Your Fool(Little Walter) Dutch Mason (3:44)
6. Thinking About You (Lester Quitzau) Lester Quitzau (4:07)
7. Bert's Boogie (Amos Garrett) Amos Garrett (3:05)
8. Bad Luck Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson) Ken Hamm (3:35)
9. Love U 2 Much (Rita Chiarelli) Rita Chiarelli and The Road Rockets (4:19)
10. Pussy Footin' (Dean Cottrill) Dean Cottrill (2:50)
11. Rockin' Little Boogie (Uncredited) Downchild Blues Band (3:47)
12. Goin' Down South (Bill Bourne) Bill Bourne (3:02)
13. Statellite Dish (Uncredited) Brent Sam Parkin and The Stingers (3:32)
14. Nothing to Show (Uncredited) The Drew Nelson Band (4:19)
15. T.V. Preacher Blues (D. McLean/P.Scott) Big Dave McLean and The Muddy-Tones (3:15)
16. Love of a Woman (Jack Semple) Jack Semple and The Luxury Blues Band (3:52)
17. Hey Rosita (Uncredited) Paul James (3:53)
18. Tombstone Boogie (David Raven) David Raven (3:48)
19. The Drifter (Roger Howse) Roger Howse (3:20)
20. Clear But Confusing (Rusty Reed) Rusty Reed and The Southside Shuffle (2:02)

Credits

Musicians

Downchild Blues Band (Performer)
The Houserockers (Performer)
Road Rockets (Performer)
Jack Semple (Performer)
The Stingers (Performer)
Dean Cottrill (Vocals)
Roger Howse (Vocals, Guitar, Composer)
Howard Soutwood (Drums)
Wade Pinhorn (Keyboards)
David Vivian (Bass)
Rita Chiarelli (Vocals)
Dutch Mason (Vocals)
David Raven (Vocals)
Bill Bourne (Vocals, Guitar)
Ken Hamm (Vocals, Guitar)
Colin James (Vocals, Guitar)
Paul James (Vocals, Guitar)
Big Dave McLean (Vocals, Guitar)
Doug Scarrow (Guitar)
Drew Nelson (Vocals, Guitar)
Brent Parkin (Vocals, Guitar)
Johnny V (Vocals, Guitar)
Dean Cottrill (Guitar)
Tony D. (Guitar)^{[fn 3]}
Amos Garrett (Guitar)
Al Hartley (Guitar)
Tom Lavin (Guitar)
Paul O'Neill (Guitar)
Kier Brownstone (Bass)
David Raven (Guitar)
Bob Evans (Bass)
Brian Kipping (Bass)
Fred LaRose (Bass)
Jack Lavin (Bass)
Brian Pollack (Bass)
Ben Richardson (Bass)
Farley Scott (Bass)
Gary Gray (Keyboards)
Rich Hopkins (Keyboards)
Gene Taylor (Piano)
Geoff Arsenault (Drums)
Dave Bjarnason (Drums)
Al Cross (Drums)
Randy Joyce (Drums)
Pat Steward (Drums)
Adrian Vecchiola (Drums)
Marty Vickers (Drums)
Alan Black (Harmonica, Drums)
David Burgin (Harmonica)
Rusty Reed (Harmonica)
Dave Babcock (Saxophone)
Pat Carey (Saxophone)
Steve Hilliam (Saxophone)
Dan McDonald (Saxophone)
Bill Runge (Saxophone)
Mike Skinner (Saxophone)
Bob Tildesley (Trumpet)

Other

Bill Bourne (Producer)
William Butler (Producer)
Dean Cottrill (Producer)
Ken Hamm (Producer)
Jackson Delta (Producer)
Paul James (Producer)
Jamie Kidd (Producer)
Tom Lavin (Producer)
Drew Nelson (Producer)
Rusty Reed (Producer)
Ben Richardson (Producer)
John Switzer (Producer)
Ken Whiteley (Producer)
Johnny V (Producer)
Bill Buckingham (Engineer)
Hugh Cooper (Engineer)
Jamie Kidd (Engineer)
Ross McCall (Engineer)
Ross Murray (Engineer)
John Naslen (Engineer)
Jamie Sulek (Engineer)
Danny Sustar (Engineer)
Gerry Woolsey (Engineer)
Al Lamden (Mixing Engineer)
Frank Opolko (Digital Editing)
Rob Storeshaw (Graphic Design)
Tom Ronan (Engineer)

Footnotes

1. ↑ Another example of a compilation of this nature, released at a similar time, is the 1992 cassette-only release by K-Tel Records, Canadian Blues Masters. Included on the release are songs by The Downchild Blues Band, The BelAirs, Long John Baldry, The Powder Blues Band, Dutch Mason, King Biscuit Boy, Amos Garrett, Morgan Davis, The Blues Busters, The Demons and Neil James Harnett. See Particulars of Canadian Blues Masters; www.worldcat.org.
2. ↑ A successor album, Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years, was released in 2006.
3. ↑ Also performs as Tony Diteodoro; see Lynn Saxberg, Monkey Junk wins big at Maple Blues Awards; The National Post, January 19, 2010; www.nationalpost.com.

References

1. ↑ Saturday Night Blues - Various Artists at allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-11-28.