Label: Americana
Reissued 3/26/21, originally released 1966
The quintessential swamp blues specimen in its mighty mono glory! Slim Harpo's swamp blues stylings earned him almost instantaneous success, his first single quickly becoming a blues standard and later a British Invasion darling. Originally released on Nashville's Excello Records, Slim's '66 LP is full of his signature harmonica and nasal tenor, its double entendre-laced title track being the most successful of his short career. Influential to a wide array of artists (Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones, Flamin' Groovies, and many others have covered Slim's songs), Baby Scratch My Back gets its long overdue first reissue!
Track Listing:
- Shake Your Hips 2:23
- Midnight Blues 2:08
- Harpo's Blues 2:11
- Buzzin 2:07
- My Little Queen Bee 2:35
- I Love The Life (I'm Livin') 2:31
- Baby, Scratch My Back 2:47
- I'm Gonna Miss You (Like The Devil) 2:17
- Rainin' In My Heart 2:45
- Wonderin' Blues 3:10
- We're Two Of A Kind 2:45
- I Need Money 2:30