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The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw is a 1967 album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Paul Butterfield

Paul Butterfield was an United States blues vocalist, harmonica player who gained international recognition in part, as one of the early acts performing during the Summer of Love, in Woodstock, New York....
. Its name refers to Elvin Bishop
Elvin Bishop

Elvin Bishop is an United States blues and rock and roll musician and guitarist....
, whose role shifted to lead guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
ist after Mike Bloomfield
Mike Bloomfield

Michael Bernard Bloomfield , an United States musician, guitarist, and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation entirely on his instrumental prowess....
 departed to form Electric Flag
Electric Flag

The Electric Flag was a blues rock music soul music group, led by guitarist Mike Bloomfield, keyboardist Barry Goldberg and drummer Buddy Miles, and featuring other well-known musicians such as vocalist Nick Gravenites and bassist Harvey Brooks....
. The album marked a slight shift in the band's sound towards R&B
Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues is the name given to a wide-ranging genre of popular music first created by African Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s....
 and features a horn section.

  • "One More Heartache" (Smokey Robinson
    Smokey Robinson

    William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an USA R&B and soul music singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is noted for being one of the primary figures associated with Motown Records, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy....
    /The Miracles
    The Miracles

    The Miracles is an United States rhythm and blues group from Detroit, Michigan, notable as the first successful group act for Berry Gordy's Motown Records....
    ) – 3:20
  • "Driftin' and Driftin'" (Charles Brown/Johnny Moore/Eddie Williams) – 9:09
  • "I Pity the Fool
    I Pity the Fool

    "I Pity the Fool" is a song originally done by Bobby Bland in 1961 for Duke Records. The song was credited to Deadric Malone, a pseudonym of Duke Records owner Don Robey....
    " (Deadric Malone) – 6:00
  • "Born Under a Bad Sign
    Born Under a Bad Sign

    Born Under a Bad Sign is a blues album by Albert King, recorded between 1966 and 1967,and released in 1967 by Stax Records. This was the first album Albert King recorded on Stax, and the title song became a blues standard....
    " (William Bell
    William Bell (singer)

    William Bell is an United States soul music singer and songwriter. He was one of the architects of the Stax Records-Volt Records sound, and is probably best known for his 1961 debut single , "You Don't Miss Your Water"....
    /Booker T. Jones
    Booker T. Jones

    Booker T. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known for frontman the band , Booker T. and the MGs....
    ) – 4:10
  • "Run Out of Time" (Paul Butterfield/Brother Gene Dinwiddie/Peterson) – 2:59
  • "Double Trouble" (Otis Rush
    Otis Rush

    Otis Rush is a blues music musician, singer and guitarist. His distinctive guitar style features a slow burning sound, jazz-style arpeggios and long bent notes....
    ) – 5:38
  • "Drivin' Wheel" (Roosevelt Sykes
    Roosevelt Sykes

    Roosevelt Sykes was an United States blues musician also known as "Honeydripper".He was a successful and prolific cigar-chomping blues piano player who influenced blues piano playing with his rollicking thundering boogie....
    ) – 5:34
  • "Droppin' Out" (Paul Butterfield/Tucker Zimmerman) – 2:16
  • "Tollin' Bells" (Traditional, arr.






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    The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw is a 1967 album
    Album

    An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
     by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
    Paul Butterfield

    Paul Butterfield was an United States blues vocalist, harmonica player who gained international recognition in part, as one of the early acts performing during the Summer of Love, in Woodstock, New York....
    . Its name refers to Elvin Bishop
    Elvin Bishop

    Elvin Bishop is an United States blues and rock and roll musician and guitarist....
    , whose role shifted to lead guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
    ist after Mike Bloomfield
    Mike Bloomfield

    Michael Bernard Bloomfield , an United States musician, guitarist, and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation entirely on his instrumental prowess....
     departed to form Electric Flag
    Electric Flag

    The Electric Flag was a blues rock music soul music group, led by guitarist Mike Bloomfield, keyboardist Barry Goldberg and drummer Buddy Miles, and featuring other well-known musicians such as vocalist Nick Gravenites and bassist Harvey Brooks....
    . The album marked a slight shift in the band's sound towards R&B
    Rhythm and blues

    Rhythm and blues is the name given to a wide-ranging genre of popular music first created by African Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s....
     and features a horn section.

    Track listing

    1. "One More Heartache" (Smokey Robinson
      Smokey Robinson

      William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an USA R&B and soul music singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is noted for being one of the primary figures associated with Motown Records, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy....
      /The Miracles
      The Miracles

      The Miracles is an United States rhythm and blues group from Detroit, Michigan, notable as the first successful group act for Berry Gordy's Motown Records....
      ) – 3:20
    2. "Driftin' and Driftin'" (Charles Brown/Johnny Moore/Eddie Williams) – 9:09
    3. "I Pity the Fool
      I Pity the Fool

      "I Pity the Fool" is a song originally done by Bobby Bland in 1961 for Duke Records. The song was credited to Deadric Malone, a pseudonym of Duke Records owner Don Robey....
      " (Deadric Malone) – 6:00
    4. "Born Under a Bad Sign
      Born Under a Bad Sign

      Born Under a Bad Sign is a blues album by Albert King, recorded between 1966 and 1967,and released in 1967 by Stax Records. This was the first album Albert King recorded on Stax, and the title song became a blues standard....
      " (William Bell
      William Bell (singer)

      William Bell is an United States soul music singer and songwriter. He was one of the architects of the Stax Records-Volt Records sound, and is probably best known for his 1961 debut single , "You Don't Miss Your Water"....
      /Booker T. Jones
      Booker T. Jones

      Booker T. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known for frontman the band , Booker T. and the MGs....
      ) – 4:10
    5. "Run Out of Time" (Paul Butterfield/Brother Gene Dinwiddie/Peterson) – 2:59
    6. "Double Trouble" (Otis Rush
      Otis Rush

      Otis Rush is a blues music musician, singer and guitarist. His distinctive guitar style features a slow burning sound, jazz-style arpeggios and long bent notes....
      ) – 5:38
    7. "Drivin' Wheel" (Roosevelt Sykes
      Roosevelt Sykes

      Roosevelt Sykes was an United States blues musician also known as "Honeydripper".He was a successful and prolific cigar-chomping blues piano player who influenced blues piano playing with his rollicking thundering boogie....
      ) – 5:34
    8. "Droppin' Out" (Paul Butterfield/Tucker Zimmerman) – 2:16
    9. "Tollin' Bells" (Traditional, arr. Butterfield Blues Band) – 5:23


    Charts

    Billboard (North America)
    YearChartPosition
    1968Pop Albums52


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