The Heat of the Blues

Original Release Date:  February 5, 2007

Track Listing

• 1. Cold Women with Warm Hearts
• 2. Gonna Make It Somehow
• 3. Sensation, Communication Together
• 4. I'm Your Mate
• 5. Truckload of Lovin'
• 6. Hold Hands with One Another
• 7. Cadillac Assembly Line
• 8. Nobody Wants a Loser
• 9. Guitar Man
• 10. I'm Ready
• 11. Ain't Nothing You Can Do
• 12. I Don't Care What My Baby Can Do
• 13. Change of Pace
• 14. My Babe
• 15. Running out of Steam
• 16. Rub My Back
• 17. (Ain't It) A Real Good Sign
• 18. Love Shock
• 19. You Upset Me Baby
• 20. Chump Change
• 21. Let Me Rock You Easy
• 22. Boot Lace
• 23. Love Mechanic
• 24. Call My Job
• 25. Good Time Charlie
• 26. Get out of My Life Woman
• 27. Born Under a Bad Sign
• 28. The Feeling
• 29. We All Wanna Boogie
• 30. The Very Thought of You
• 31. I Got the Blues
• 32. I Get Evil
• 33. Angel of Mercy
• 34. Flat Rie

Credits

• Willie Dixon: Composer
• Deniece Williams: Vocals (Background)
• Eddie Floyd: Composer
• Bill Henderson: Strings
• Joe Sample: Keyboards
• King Errisson: Conga, Vocals (Background)
• Paul Humphrey: Drums
• Ray Noble: Composer
• Chuck Rainey: Bass
• Roy Gaines: Guitar
• Dee Ervin: Vocals (Background)
• Dennis Robbins: Guitar
• Kenneth Williams: Drums
• Jeanie Arnold: Vocals (Background)
• Johnny Badanjek: Drums
• Homer Banks: Composer
• Pete Bishop: Engineer, Audio Engineer
• Tony Bongiovi: Remixing
• Brandye: Vocals (Background)
• Leroy Breaux: Drums
• Alex Brown: Vocals (Background)
• Joe Clayton: Conga
• Donald Cooke: Trombone
• Don Davis: Producer, Audio Production
• Henry Davis: Bass, Guitar (Bass)
• Detroit Junior: Composer
• Scott Edwards: Bass, Guitar (Bass)
• Bobby Eli: Composer
• Billy Fender: Guitar
• Ernie Fields Jr.: Flute, Saxophone
• John Fraga: Bass
• James Gadson: Drums
• June Gardner: Drums
• Glen Goins: Guitar
• Janice Gower: Strings
• Jay Graydon: Guitar
• Lani Groves: Vocals (Background)
• Booker T. Jones: Composer
• Bert Keyes: Arranger
• Albert King: Guitar, Composer, Vocals
• Dwayne Lomax: Drums
• Harold Mason: Drums
• Cosimo Matassa: Audio Engineer
• Eric Morgeson: Composer
• Larry Nix: Mastering
• Leo Nocentelli: Guitar, Composer
• Jerry Peters: Keyboards
• Greg Poree: Guitar
• George Porter, Jr.: Bass, Guitar (Bass)
• Wardell Quezergue: Piano (Electric)
• Rudy Robinson: Arranger, Keyboards
• Henry Roth: Strings
• Willie Schofield: Composer
• Leonard Selic: Strings
• Ray Tini, Jr.: Guitar
• Norma Toney: Composer
• Allen Toussaint: Piano, Arranger, Composer, Programming, Producer, Audio Production
• William Upchurch: Bass, Guitar (Bass)
• Maxine Willard Waters: Vocals (Background)
• Fred Wesley: Horn
• Anthony Willis: Bass, Guitar (Bass)
• Aaron G. Willis, Jr.: Guitar
• Eddie Willis: Guitar
• Robert Zimmitti: Percussion
• Bert de Coteaux: Arranger, Composer, Conductor, Keyboards, Producer, Audio Production
• Carl Thomas: Composer
• Wa Wa Watson: Guitar
• Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns: Horn
• Paul Humphrey & the Cool Aid Chemists: Drums
• Larry Hamilton: Composer
• Julia Tillman: Vocals (Background)
• Judy Perettt: Strings
• Mack Rise: Composer
• Terry Collins: Composer
• Barry Murphy: Composer
• Aaron Willis: Composer
• Herman Kelly: Composer
• Charles Williams: Percussion
• George Bohanon: Trombone
• John Roberts: Trumpet
• Didier Scohier: Design, Layout Design
• Alfie Falckenbach: Producer, Liner Notes
• Bill Henderson: Strings
• Charles Williams & His Concert Orchestra: Percussion
• Robert Dabon: Piano (Electric)
• Harold Greenberg: Strings
• Arthur "Skip" Godwin: Audio Engineer
• Jeanie Arnold: Vocals (Background)
• F. Byron Clarke: Audio Engineer
• Ray Tini: Guitar
• Chales Rainey: Guitar (Bass)
• Wa Wa Watsou: Guitar
• Hermon Riley: Saxophone
• Tony Silvestre: Audio Production
• Marvin Jen King: Keyboards
• John Fraga: Guitar (Bass)
• RUDY ROBINSON: Keyboards, Audio Production
• Leory Breaux: Drums
• Aaron Willis Jr.: Guitar
• Judy Perett: Strings
• Jerry Estes: Audio Engineer
• Bob Bryant: Trumpet
• James McCarthy: Guitar