MEMBERS ONLY - Bobby Blue Bland

Personnel: Bobby "Blue" Bland (vocals); Jimmy Johnson, Dino Zimmerman, Rick Harvey, Jesse Robinson (guitar); Mickey Davis, Bob McNally, Claudette Hampton, Peggy Plucker, Janet Dressler, Brian Gum, John Frantz, Linda Geidel, Steven Dressler (strings); Harrison Calloway, Charles Rose, Harvey Thompson, Ben Cauley, Jim Horn (horns); Carson Whitsett (keyboards); Ray Griffin (bass); James Robertson (drums); Vince Barranco, Carmelo Garcia (percussion); Jewel Bass, Thomisene Anderson, George Soule (background vocals).
Personnel: Bobby "Blue" Bland (vocals); Jimmy Johnson , Richard Harvey , Dino Zimmerman (guitar); Brian Gum, John Frantz, Linda Geidel, Steve Dressler, Bob McNally, Mickey Davis, Peggy Plucker, Janet Dressler, Claudette Hampton (strings); Harrison Calloway, Jr., Jim Horn, Ben Cauley, Charles Rose, Harvey Thompson (horns); Carson Whitsett (keyboards); James Robertson (drums); Vince Barranco, Carmelo Garcia (percussion); George Soul?, Jewel Bass, Thomisene Anderson (background vocals).
Photographer: Paul White.
Bland's first album for Malaco is a deliberately retro affair, and all the better for it. The veteran bluesman is in good voice throughout; he seems positively energized by the songs, in particular the commercially successful title tune, which has a classic '60s soul groove. Most of the material here does, but there's also some straight blues (the Junior Wells-derived "Straight For the Shoulder"), a nod to late-'70s disco ("Sweet Surrender") and an authoritative cover of Elvis Presley's "In the Ghetto."

• Genre: Pop
• Released: 04/07/1995
• Released: 4/7/1995
• Genre: Pop
• Format: CD
• Format: CD
• Released: 4/7/1995