Mel Brown : Chicken Fat (Verve By Request Series)

Guitarist Mel Brown’s 1967 Impulse! debut is possibly both the funkiest and most unique album ever released on the label. Brown’s clean blues picking style-honed while playing in John Lee Hooker’s and T-Bone Walker’s bands-marinates funkily with the swinging soul-jazz organ of Gerald Wiggins. Especially noteworthy are the title track, ‘Greasy Spoon’ and the simmering lament of ‘I’m Goin’ to Jackson’.

Track Listing:
1. Chicken Fat – Mel Brown
2. Greasy Spoon – Mel Brown
3. Home James – Mel Brown
4. Anacrusis – Mel Brown
5. Hobo Flats – Mel Brown
6. Shanty – Mel Brown
7. Sad But True – Mel Brown
8. I’m Going’ to Jackson – Mel Brown
9. Slalom – Mel Brown

Year of Production: 1967