After Hours is the debut solo-album of the blues piano player Pinetop Perkins.[1] He is backed by the New York-based blues band, Little Mike and the Tornadoes, using the Chicago blues approach.[2] Released in 1988 by Blind Pig Records, the album, produced by Edward Chmelewski and Jerry Del Giudice, featured 12 songs, including blues standards and original material. The album was recorded in New York City at Chelsea Sound by Natasha Turner.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[3]
AllMusic[1]

Musician credits

  • Pinetop Perkins, piano and vocals
  • Little Mike, Wang harmonica
  • Brad Vickers, bass
  • Tony O, guitar
  • Pete DeCosta, drums
  • Ronnie Earl, guitar on "You Don't Have to Go"

Track listing

  1. "Got My Mojo Working" – Preston Foster (3:45)
  2. "After Hours" – Avery Parrish (4:08)
  3. "The Hucklebuck" – Paul Williams (2:54)
  4. "Sit in the Easy Chair" – Pinetop Perkins (4:20)
  5. "Thinks Like a Million" – Pinetop Perkins (3:23)
  6. "Chicken Shack" – Jimmy Smith (3:43)
  7. "Hoochie Coochie Man" – Willie Dixon (4:47)
  8. "Yancey Special" – Jimmy Yancey (3:05)
  9. "Every Day I Have the Blues" – Peter Chapman [sic][4] (3:26)
  10. "Anna Lee" – Robert Nighthawk (4:29)
  11. "You Don't Have to Go" – Jimmy Reed (4:09)
  12. "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" – Pinetop Smith (3:15)

References

  1. 1 2 "After Hours – Pinetop Perkins – Songs, Reviews, Credits]". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Bio – Little Mike and the Tornadoes". Littlemikeandthetornadoes.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 515. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
  4. ↑ Credit given on CD as "Peter Chapman", but should be "Peter Chatman"
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