Hot Damn! (Billy Lee Riley album)

Hot Damn!
Studio album by Billy Lee Riley
Released	May 13, 1997
Recorded	1997
Studio	Sun Studios, Memphis, TN
Genre	Blues and Country blues
Length	61:19
Label	Capricorn
Producer	Billy Lee Riley
Billy Lee Riley chronology
Rockin' Fifties (1995) Hot Damn! (1997) Shade Tree Blues (1999)

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Allmusic	[1]

Hot Damn! is a 1997 blues album by Billy Lee Riley.^[2] The album was nominated for a Grammy.^[3][4][5][6]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Billy Lee Riley; except where indicated

1. "Fine Little Mamma" – 2:10
2. "Winter Time Blues" – 4:36
3. "I'm Him" (Jerry West) – 3:14
4. "It Never Rains Till It Rains On You" (J. Kennedy) – 4:04
5. "Nothin' But The Devil" (West) – 3:58
6. "I'm Gonna Quit You Pretty Baby" (Silas Hogan, West) – 1:59
7. "Rock Me Baby" (B.B. King) – 4:41
8. "Take Me Back Baby" – 3:36
9. "Rainy Night In Georgia" (Tony Joe White) – 4:58
10. "Too Close Blues" (West) – 2:17
11. "Rainin' in My Heart" (James Moore, Jerry West) – 3:03
12. "Cause You Got a Little Money" (J. Kennedy) – 2:07
13. "Blues for My Baby" – 4:55
14. "How Come We All Ain't Got The Same" – 6:54
15. "You Gonna Miss Me" – 3:36
16. "Time Ain't On My Side" – 4:27

Personnel

Musicians

• Billy Lee Riley – vocals, harmonica, rhythm guitar
• James Lott – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
• Ray Sanders – acoustic bass
• Pete Sully – drums

Technical

• Billy Lee Riley – producer
• James Lott – engineer
• John Neil Martin - 2nd audio engineer
• Diane Painter – art direction
• Craig Allen – design
• Bill Friskies-Warren – liner notes

References

1. Hot Damn! at AllMusic
2. All Music Guide to Country: The Definitive Guide – Page 643 0879307609 Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine – 2003 – Damn / May 13, 1997 / Capricorn ♢♢♢ Billy Lee Riley sounds surprisingly sprightly for a veteran rockabilly performer on his 1997 comeback. Hot Damn! Conceived as tribute to his musical ..."
3. Robert Cochran – Our Own Sweet Sounds: a Celebration of Popular Music in ... 1610752945- Page 107 Riley continues to perform steadily (in Europe and in the United States) and also to record; in 1992 he released Blue Collar Blues, and in 1997 his Hot Damn! was nominated for ..."
4. Ali Welky, Mike Keckhaver Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music −1935106600 Page 181 "... rediscovered by Bob Dylan, perhaps his most well-known fan. In 1997, his blues album Hot Damn was considered for a Grammy. ... his wife for many years. For additional information: “Billy Lee Riley.” Delta Boogie. http://www.deltaboogie.com
5. Billboard – January 8, 2000 – Page 47 Billy Lee Riley, "Shade Tree Blues" (Icehouse). Riley is well- known to rockabilly freaks as ... The album is very much in the mellow-but-burnin' manner of Riley's 1997 Capricorn album "Hot Damn!" The repertoire is mostly swamp blues in a ..."
6. Blue Suede News – 1999 – Billy Lee Riley / Shade Tree Blues Icehouse lHR 9434 The last few releases Riley has gone back and forth between rockabilly and blues, but with the recognition brought by his last blues release Hot Damn! (which was nominated for a ...

External links

• Mike Greenblatt: Meet Billy Lee Riley, the rockabilly rebel who was both a lover and a fighter.
• Hot Damn!
• Bob Townsend: Billy Lee Riley Hot Damn! (Capricorn).
• Thom Owens: Billy Lee Riley: Hot Damn
• Billy Lee Riley – Hot Damn!