Catch Up with the Blues

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Catch Up with the Blues
Studio album by Johnny Copeland
Released	1994
Genre	Blues
Label	Verve

Catch Up with the Blues is an album by the American musician Johnny Copeland.^[1][2] It was released in 1994 on Verve Records.^[3] It was recorded April 27–30 and May 1–3, 1993, at Kiva Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The album was produced by John Snyder and Jay Newland.

The album featured Copeland on rhythm and lead guitar and vocals, along with Richard Ford (steel guitar), Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (harmonica), Floyd Phillips (piano), Bobby Kyle (rhythm and lead guitar), Mabon "Teenie" Hodges (rhythm guitar), Randy Lee Lippincott (bass guitar), Barry Harrison (drums), Robert Hall (tambourine), Jaqueline Johnson and Jacquelyn Reddick (background vocals), and the Memphis Horns (Wayne Jackson on trumpet and trombone, and Andrew Love on tenor saxophone).

The album also featured guest musicians Lonnie Brooks (lead and rhythm guitar on tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 11), Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (lead and rhythm guitar, and violin on tracks 2, 4, 7, 11), and Joe "Guitar" Hughes (lead guitar and vocals on tracks 1 & 8).^{[citation needed]}

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

The Morning Call deemed the album "a fine mix of rough-edged rockers such as 'Rolling with the Punches' and 'Making a Fool of Myself' as well as a stellar ballad, 'Life's Rainbow (Nature Song)'."^[5]

• Johnny Copeland Official Website Archived 2011-11-26 at the Wayback Machine

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