Tired of Wandering

Tired of Wandering. subtitled The Blues of Arbee Stidham, is an album by blues musician Arbee Stidham recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label the following year.[1][2]

Tired of Wandering
Studio album by
Arbee Stidham
Released1961
RecordedNovember 7, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreBlues
Length37:25
LabelBluesville
BVLP 1021
ProducerOzzie Cadena
Arbee Stidham chronology
Arbee's Blues
(1961)		 Tired of Wandering
(1961)		 A Time for Blues
(1972)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[4]

AllMusic stated: "Tired of Wandering is among his finest albums. This session, which boasts King Curtis on tenor sax, doesn't cater to blues purists; while some of the tunes have 12 bars, others don't. Regardless, the feeling of the blues enriches everything ... Stidham demonstrates that the blues can be sophisticated, polished, and jazz-influenced without losing their grit".[3] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings noted "Stidham's relaxed singing seems here to reflect the manner of Lonnie Johnson. So too does his songwriting, which at the time of the recording was motivated by his belief that 'the blues have kind of taken a ballad trend. You've got to make a sweet blues, and it's got to tell a story'. As an instrumentalist though he had neither Johnson's ability nor, even as is all too embarrassingly evident, his ear".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Arbee Stidham except where noted

  1. "Last Goodbye Blues" (Joe Turner) – 3:02
  2. "You Can't Live in This World by Yourself" – 3:57
  3. "Pawn Shop" (Brownie McGhee) – 6:57
  4. "I'm Tired of Wandering" – 3:10
  5. "I Wan't to Belong to You" – 3:08
  6. "Wee Baby Blues" (Pete Johnson, Turner) – 5:28
  7. "You Keep Me Yearning" – 2:34
  8. "My Heart Will Always Belong to You" – 3:36
  9. "People, What Would You Do" – 3:14
  10. "Teenage Kiss" (Armond Jackson) – 2:19

Personnel

Performance

Production

References
  1. Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series accessed December 2, 2018
  2. Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography accessed December 2, 2018
  3. Henderson, Alex. Arbee Stidham: Tired of Wandering – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  4. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. p. 610. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
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