Bishop's first solo album (billed to the Elvin Bishop Group) was a mixed effort at best, hampered by his limitations as a singer and composer.
Bishop wasn't really much of a vocalist at all at this point, and as a frontman he usually resorted to the hoarse half-comic yelp of his Pigboy Crabshaw persona.
The result wasn't successful as either straight blues or comedy, though he certainly pulled out the desperate quasi-vaudevillian stops for "Sweet Potato," a love song that made his girl seem as deliberately physically unappealing as possible.
It was better to let his guitar do his talking, as he did on the original instrumental "Tulsa Shuffle," which strongly recalled his better moments in the Paul Butterfield Band (complete with harmonica by Applejack).
"Dad Gum Ya Hide, Boy" was another over-the-top comic number in which Bishop played the country rube, while the rest of the album was filled out with accomplished but routine blues-rock, including covers of Guitar Slim's "The Things That I Used to Do," Percy Mayfield's "Prisoner of Love," and J.B.
Lenoir's "How Much More." The 2002 CD reissue on Sundazed adds two live tracks, "So Fine" and "Party Till the Cows Come Home," that originally appeared on the early-'70s various-artists compilation album Last Days of the Fillmore.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Things That I Used to DoEddie "Guitar Slim" Jones, Guitar Slim | Elvin Bishop, Elvin Bishop Group | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 24 MB |
| 2 | Tulsa ShuffleElvin Bishop | Elvin Bishop, Elvin Bishop Group | Play | 05:19 | 12 MB | 33 MB |
| 3 | Sweet PotatoElvin Bishop | Elvin Bishop, Elvin Bishop Group | Play | 05:38 | 12 MB | 34 MB |
| 4 | Dad Gum Ya Hide, BoyBrowley Guy, Jr. | Elvin Bishop, Elvin Bishop Group | Play | 02:53 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 5 | Honey BeeElvin Bishop | Elvin Bishop, Elvin Bishop Group | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 6 | Prisoner of LovePercy Mayfield | Elvin Bishop, Elvin Bishop Group | Play | 05:23 | 12 MB | 29 MB |
| 7 | How Much More | Elvin Bishop | Play | 03:04 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 8 | So Fine (Live) | Elvin Bishop | Play | 03:57 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 9 | Party Till The Cows Come Home (Live) | Elvin Bishop | Play | 03:07 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 36 mins | 84 MB | |||||
| 36 mins | 223 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Applejack | Harmonica, Harp |
| 2 | Elvin Bishop | Composer, Guitar, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 3 | Elvin Bishop Group | Primary Artist |
| 4 | Fred Catero | Engineer |
| 5 | John Chambers | Drums |
| 6 | Jud Cost | Liner Notes |
| 7 | Alberto Gianquinto | Piano |
| 8 | Guitar Slim | Composer |
| 9 | Browley Guy, Jr. | Composer |
| 10 | Bob Irwin | Mastering |
| 11 | Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones | Composer |
| 12 | Stephanie Kennedy | Production Coordination |
| 13 | Hank Lebo | Photography |
| 14 | J.B. Lenoir | Composer |
| 15 | Tim Livingston | Project Manager |
| 16 | Percy Mayfield | Composer |
| 17 | S. Colby Miller | Composer |
| 18 | Stephen Miller | Piano |
| 19 | Steve Miller | Guest Artist, Organ |
| 20 | Johnny Otis | Composer |
| 21 | David Rubinson | Original Recording Producer, Producer |
| 22 | Jeff Smith | Design |
| 23 | Art Stavro | Bass |
| 24 | Bruce Steinberg | Graphic Design, Photography |
| 25 | Efram Turchick | Project Manager |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |