Alone with My Friends

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Released1963
RecordedApril 25, 1961
StudioLevey's Sound, London
Alone with My Friends
Studio album by
Released1963
RecordedApril 25, 1961
StudioLevey's Sound, London
GenreBlues
LabelBattle
ProducerEd Michel
Memphis Slim chronology
All Kinds of Blues
(1962)
Alone with My Friends
(1963)
Aux Trois Mailletz
(1963)

Alone with My Friends is an album by American blues pianist Memphis Slim which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Battle label. The album, recorded in London during a European tour, is an exploration of the blues repertoire in terms of songs associated with blues singers Big Bill Broonzy, Tampa Red and Georgia Tom, Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon, Curtis Jones, St. Louis Jimmy, Sonny Boy Williamson and Blind Lemon Jefferson.[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStar[2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues RecordingsStarStarStar[3]

In his review for Allmusic, Richie Unterberger says "Not the first or last place to check out Slim on record."[2]

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